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though I doubted whether ho would hold
auy conves Ration ujiou the subject.
*hlr*. Mtrklcy urged mo to do so; ant! ob
served, if General Jackson had not determin
ed whom ho would appoint Secretary of
State, and should say that it would not be
5Ir. Adams, it might he of great advantage
to our cause, for Its so to declare, upon his
owu authority; we should then ho placed up
on the samtf footing with tho Adams men,
and mitrht fight them with thoir own weapons,
That tho western members would naturally
prefer voting for a western min, if there wore
a probability that the claims of Mr. Clay to
the second office in the Government should
he fairly estimated: and that if they thought
proper to vote for General Jackson, they
could soon decide the-contest in hfs favoi!
A short time after this conversation on the
30;h of December, 1824, (I am enabled to
fix the time not only from my own recollec
tion, tut from letters which I wrote on that
day, on the day following, and- on the 2d
January, 1826,) 1 called upon Gen. Jackson.
After the company had left him, by which 1
found him surrounded, he asked me to take
a walk with him, and whilst we were walking
together upon tho street, I introduced the sub
ject-—I told him I wished to ask a question
in relation to tho Presidential election; that
I knew ho was unwilling to converse on the
subject; that, therefore, if he deemed the
question improper, he might refuse to give
it an answer: that my only motive in asking
it was friendship fur him, and I trusted he
would excuse me for thus introducing a subject
upon which I knew he w ished to be silent.
Ilis reply was complimentary to myself, and
accompanied with a i .'quest that l would pro
ceed. I then stated to him there was a repm#
in circulation that he had determined he would
appoint Mr. Adams secretary of state, in case
he were elected President, mid that I wished
to ascertain, from him whether he h id ever in
timated such an intention. That ho must at
once perceive how injurious to his election, such
a report might he. That no doubt there were
were several ublo ambitious men in the country,
among whom I thought Air. Clay might bo in
cluded, who were aspiring to that oflice, and if
it were believed, ho had already determined to
appoint his chief competitor, it nrglit liavo a
most unhappy effect upon their exertions, and
those of their friends. That unless he had so
dcicrmmcd, I thought this report should he
promptly contradicted- under his own authori
ty,
l mentioned, it had already probably done
him so;no injury, and proceeded to relate to
him the substance of the conversation wVch I
held with Mr. Mark ley. I do not remember
whether I mentioned his name or merely de
scribed him as a friend of Mr. Cluy.
Aftur I had finished, the General declared
die had not the least objection to answer the
question. That ho thought well of Mr. Adams,
bill had never said or intimated that he would or
that ho would not appoint him secretary of
State. That these wore secrets he would keep
to himself—ho would conceal them from tin
very hairs of his lioad. Tint if he believed
,ffis right hand then know what his loft would
flo, upon the subject of appointments to office,
no would cut it olf and cast it into tho fire.—
.That if ho should ever ho elected President
it would be without solicitation and without in
trigue upon his part. That he would then go
“nto office porfcc.ly free and untrammelled,
tnd would bo left at perfect liberty to fill tho
offices of tho government with tho men whom,
at tho time, ho believed to be tho ablest and
best it! the country.
I told him that his answer to my question
was such a one as I expected to receive if he
answered it at all, nud that I had not sought to
obtain it for my own satisfaction. I then ask
ed him, If I were at liberty to repeat his an
swer. Ho said I was perfectly nt liberty to do
so to any person I thought proper. I ticei]
scarcely remark that I afterwards availed my
self of the privilege. The convcrsatioif upon
this topic hero ended, and in all our intercourse
since, whether personally or in tho course of
our correspondence, Gen. Jackson has never
. onco adverted to the subject, prior to tho dato
of his letter to Mr. Beverly.
I do not recollect that Gen. Jackson told me,
X might repoat his answer to Mr. Clay and his
frionds; though I should be sorry to say he did
not. The whole conversation being upon the
public street it might have escaped my observa
tion.
A few remarks and I trust I shall have done
with this disagreoablo business for ever.
I called upon Gen. Jackson on tho occasion
which I havo mentioned, solely os his friend,
tipou my individual responsibility, and not as
tho agent of Mr. Clay, or any other person.—
I never havo boon the political friend of Mr.
Clay since ho beenmo a candidate for tho office
of President, as you very well know. Until I
saw Gen. Jackson's letter to Mr. Beverly of
tho 5th tilt, and at the snrao tirao was infofmod
by a letter from the editor of tho U. States’
Telegraph, that I was tho porson to vfftom ho
alluded, the conception novor onco entered my
mind, that ho hclioved mo to havo been tho a-
{ entof Mr. Clay, or of his friends; or that I
ad iutendod to proposo to him terms of any
kind from thorn, or that ho could have suppos
ed mo to bo capable of expressing the “ opin
ion that it- was right to fight such intriguers
with their own weapons.” Such a supposition,
had I entertained it, would have rendered ino
exceedingly unhappy; as there is no man upon
earth, whoso good opinion I more yalued than
that of General Jackson. He could not, I
think, havo rccoivcd this impression until after
Mr. Clay and his friends had actually elected
Mr. Adams president, and Mr.* Adams had ap
pointed Mr. Clay secrotary of state. After
these events had transpired, i| may bo readily
conjectured in what manner my communica
tion might have led him into the mistake. I
deeply deplore that such has been its effect.
• I owe it to my own character to make ano
ther observation. Had I ever known, or oven
suspected, that Gen. Jackson believed, I* had
been sent to him by Mr. Clay or his fr.ends, I
should have immediately corrected bis crronc-
ovi impression; and thus prevented the neces
sity for this most unploasunt explanation.—
When the editor of the U. S. Telegraph, on
the 12th October last, asked me by letter for
informortion upon this subject, I promptly in
formed him by the returning mail, on the lfi'.h
of that month, that I had no authority from
Mr. Clay or his friends to proposo any terms
to General Jackson in rclitiou to tlieir votes
nor did I ever make such proposition ; and
that I trusted I would bo as incapable of beco
ming a messenger upon such an occasion, as it
was known Gen. Jackson would he to receive
such a message. I have doomed it necessary
to make this statement, in order to remove any
misconception which may have been occasion
ed by tho publication in the Telegraph of my
letter to the editor, dated the lltlt ult.
With another remark I shall close this commu
nication. Before I held tho conversation with
Gen. Jackson, which I have detailed, I called
upon Major Eaton, and requested him to ask
Gen. Jackson, whether lie had ever declared
or intimated, that he would appoint Mr. Ad
ams secretary of stale, and expressed a desire,
tint tho General should say, if consistent with
the truth, that ho did not intend to appoint
him to that office. 1 believed that such a de
claration would have a happy influence upon
tho election, and I endeavored to oapvince
him that such would bo its effect. Tne con
versation was not so full, ns that with General
Jackson. The Major politely dccliued to
comply with my request, and advised me to
propound iny question to tho General himself,
as I possessed u full share of his confidence.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Lancaster, 8th Aug. 1827.
MA۩I.
Tuesday, September.4, 1&2T.
‘ Our Country ....Our whole Country.”
Tlie flimsy attompt of the Radical presses
to palliate tho language of Forsyth towards
the immortal Washington, on the ground that
(lio purchase of the medals was unconstitution
al, puts us in miud of an anecdote wo once
heard :
“A good nut and old codger and his wife, to
avoid continual'disagreement, drew up an in
strument of writing for their mutual govern
ment. Things now went on right smoothly,
until, returning home together one evening, ra
ther boozy, the old man tumbled into a ditch 1
and, being unable to got out, ho called upon
his beloved for assistance. At hor reply the
old man was thunderstruck: No ! says she ;
l can't—that's not in the contract /”
So when Forsyth declared, "that there was
nothing in the revolutionary or subsequent ser
vices of General IVishington to induce us to set
so high a value 300,j on any thing which had
been in his possession," his friends endeavor to
justify his blasphemy, on tho ground that no
such thing is mentioned in the Constitution !
But Forsyth probably thought ns little about
the Constitution at this time, as ho did when
ho advocated tho sodition act and gag law of
old Adams's administration; or when he toast
ed iho eldest child of Federalism; or when he
denounced tho democratic administration of
Jcfforson; or when lie endoavored to defraud
a literary institution. Ilis parasites may plas.
ter over these matters if they can ; but the
People will always think, that such a man can
not he sound at heart, and is not qualified for
tho ruler of an enliehtened state.
Tho resignation by Colonel Tattnall of
his seat in Congress, we may suppose, will
givo rise to some new speculations, and keep
alivo tho political excitement which Imd began
to subside. Tho vacant office will no doubt
be strenuously contended for, hut by whom, or
when, wo have no additional information to
that contained in tho Savannah paper. It will
be remembered, that, since tho repeal of tho
District Law by the last (republican !) Legis
lature, tho election takes place by general ticket,
“Civis,” or Civet, in the Messenger, asserts
that the - lato barbecue in this county has lost
Mr. Talbot 40 or 50 Votes! As he cannot
prove this, and nobody beliovos it, lye presume
ho moans gained instead of lost—else why
in such alarm about It? If he behoved that
Mr. Talbot had lost votes, wo should* have
heard it announced in a different manner. It
wont do, Civet, your statomont refutes itself.
You must “sputter, spawl and slaver,” more
consistent with reason, to. injure Mr. Talbot
or alarm his friends.
The weathor for the last fortnight has assum
ed a temperature altogether unusual for this
season of tho year. It has been dry and cool.
On some mornings, oven in this mild latitude,
n fire has beon almost indispensable to com
fort. Tho growing crops aro suffering' with
drought. It is expected tho quantity of cot
ton will fall considerably short of last year’s
crop. In the lower sections of tho state,
tho caterpillar wa loam is committing exton
sive ravages.
[communicated.
TALBOT IN HOUSTON.
On tho important and all cheering news of
the announcement of the Old Republican,
Matthew Talbot for Governor, between
three and four hundred of his friends and
supporters met iti Perry on the lGth instant,
(pursuant to only eight days’ previous notice)
to interchange tlieir sentiments and congratu
lations upon au event so desirable and impor
tant.
At twelve o’clock, the citizens met at the
Court House; at which they were addressed
in an extemporaneous manner, by Howell
Conn, Esq.; after which, ho read the order of
procession, which was formed at the Court
House door; when the company proceeded to
an oaken grove, in which a handsome and a-
Imndant barbacue had been provided, to which
tho company sat down, Henry W. Raley,
Esq. presiding as President, and Captain J.
M. Kelly and James Dean, Esq. as Vico
Presidents. Aftor partaking heartily, and af
fectionately widi each other, (which will al
ways be the, case, where thoro is a unanimity
of feeling,) lie following preamble and resolu
tions were offered and read, by Captain J. M.
Kelly; which wore adopted by the company,
und reiteriHed in twenty-five cheers:
Wo, the citizens of Houston County, having
assembled together for the solo purpose of in
terchanging our gratification on tho occasion
and. event which Jiavc announced to us, that
our excellent fellow-citizen, Captain Matthew
Talbot, 1ms consented to become a candidate
for the suffrages of the people, at the approach
ing election lor Governor of Gcotgia,—deem it
our privilege, as a portion of the sovereign peo
ple of a sovereign State, thu3 to assemble and
openly express our preference'for an indivi
dual ivho.-:e character is unexceptionable, and
whose fidelity as a public servant is irreproach
able:
It is therefore unanimous 1 !/ resolrr.it, ns the sense of
tins meeting, That we, placing the highest confidence
in tile public worth and honesty of Captain Talbot,
as a statesman, patriot ntid private citizen, do hereby
pledge ourselves, encii to the other, to use all honor
able mears in our power to nromote the elevation of
that unclemting republican, believing his cause to be
that of the people, of Jnckson and the Union.
It is further recohed, That we ardently recommend
onr fellow citizens generally to unite'tnsir influence
to promote tiiis. desirable end in furtherance of the
public good.
Resolved further, Tlmt the proceedings of this meet
ing be signed by the President of the Day, and coun
tersigned by the several Vice Presidents, nnd be pub
lished in the Macon Telegraph, and also in the States
man Sf Patriot, and also in ail other republican news
papers printed in the Suite of (Icorgin.
HENRY W. RALEY, rrtnaem.
JAMES M. KELLY ?
JAMES DF \N j * ,cc Pru, aentt.
The following patriotic and republican sen
timents were druuk with unbounded acclama
tions ofjoy:
By Henry W. Raley, Esq. President of the
Day. The Clay of Kentucky—too soft to
scale the bark of Tonne-see tl.ckory.
By James M. Kelly, Esq. First Vice Presi
dent. John C. Calhoun and George M‘Duf-
fie, tho stanch friends of Jackson.
By James Dean, Esq. Second Vico Presi
dent. John Forsyth—lie who would set a low
value on the Revohitionaiy or subsequent ser
vices” of General Washington will, in his turn,
be valued low by tho republicans of Georgia.
By Edward Welch, Esq. Hail to the He
roes of *76—may their revolutionary services
bo lung remembered by this republic.
By General William Wellborn. The lion.
Mattubw Taibot, in 1798, one of the framers
of our Constitution—always an inflexible re
publican: may he, iu 1827, bo Governor of
Georgia. ,
By Captain James E. Duncan. A free and
independent people will indignantly frown up
on iho revilor of the illustrious Washington.
By Solomon Simpson, Esq. General Wash
ington, ir^the hand of Providence, tho founder
of our republic—General Jackson and Mat
thew Talbot, the defenders thereof—success to
their elevation.
By Mr. John Hctiin'on. May Forsyth fall
as much short of his election, as he -does of re
publican principles.
By Mr. Lewis Pollock. May Houston coun
ty be represented in tho next Legislature by
tho friends of Matthew Talbot.
By Joshua Pattishull, Esq. General Geo.
Washington—the sons of democracy will hurl
from their councils, the potty revilers of tho
Father of his Country.
By Captain Henry ft. Blanchard.' The li
berty of tho Press,” the sovereign right of a
Republican People.
By Levin F. Chain, Esq. Matthew Tal
bot, the old, tried, faithful, public servant and
republican—the people’s choico and tho peo
ple’s governor. ‘''
By Edward Moore, Esq. Talbot, Jackson
and the Union.
By Mr. Jcslee Boyd. Captain Matthew
Talbot—we prefer him to the man who wished
to lesson the fame of the best of men, tho fath
er of our country, General George Washing
ton.
. By Jeremiah Beall, Esq. of Decatur Coun
ty- May Talbot be our next Governor, and
General Jackson our next President.
By Dr. A. J. Robinson. Goneral Andrew
General J
people’s fi
;>pn—the people
Matthew Talbot,
The Superior Courts of tho Flint Circuit,
commenced in this county last week, to con
tinue without interruption through tho several
counties in tho circuit. His honor C. J.
M‘ Donald, on tho bench—B. F. Harris, so
licitor general.
On the 27th ulL Washington Poe, Esq.
resigned the office of Intcndaut of Macon, for
“reasons which it is unnecessary to stato."
Jackson—by the exposure, to tho world, of tho
unholy ulliauce botwoen Adams and Clay, ano
ther glory is added to his imperishable famo.
By Jamos A. Everett, Esq*, of Crawford
county. General Andrew Jackson, General
John Clatk, General E. P. Gaines, Captain
Talbot and Colonel John Crowoll, true friends
of tho republican cause—may the pooplo of
Georgia and. tho United States over support
men of so much storling worth; nnd may their
federal opposers in the Stato of Georgia and in
tho United 'States bo speedily hurled from A-
merican confidence and American honors.
By Mr. John Tyner. Houston County, al
ways in the ranks of republicanism—always on
the look out at her post.
By I. Chain, Esq. Tho Union of the States.
By Mr. John Bailey. General Washing
ton ayid General Audrow Jackson—the form
er, the savior of our country—tho Utter, its
defender.
By Mr. B. Ax -Tharp. Captain Talbot and
By Mr. Wyat A. Hunt,
thu trim. Jacksonian.
B . Cli ul ;s R ilny, of Twiggs county,_ an
old revolutionary; patriot. Gcorgo Washing
ton—I detest the wretch who could underva
lue tho “revolutionary or suii-cquont services
of that great and good man: let John Forsyth
and his sayings bo forgotten by every republi
cs' 1 - „ „ _
By Cnptain^E. Smith. George M. Troup
•his menaces aro dona with, and Georgia is
done with his councils.
By Mr. Reason Jenkins. Happy in our
present Convention, to express our preferences
for men and measures, let'us on tho first Mon
day iu October next, teach a lesson of repub
licanism, by placing at tho helm of our Stato,
tho venerable Talbot.
By Mr. Samuel Sikes. Talbot and Jack-
son, true republicans—may tho former be our
next governor, the latter our next president.
By Howell Cobb, Esq. Matthew Talbot:
under tho most promising prospects of his ele
vation, we hail the Old Patriot.
By Mr. L uko Bozeman. M >y the sons of
America preserve and protect the liberties on
which they rely; nnd forever romember that
groat day of freedom, tho Fourth of July,
1776.
By John Walker, Esq. General Washing
ton, the first—Genoral Jackson, the second sa
vior of our country—Clark the same in princi
ple and so is Talbot.
By Walter L. Campbell, Esq. candidate for
senato. Matthew Talbot, tho long tried and
faithful public servant—wo hail his elevation,
as we would our nation’s pride.
By Major Allen Wiggins, candidate for tho
II iuso of Representatives. Tho Jackson of
Tennessee, and tho Talbot of Georgia.
By Mr. John G. Cooper. Jackson and Tal
bot—the first the choice of the Union, the se
cond the choice of Georgia.
By Mr. H. Hall. John Forsyth—when our
country was invaded, where was he?
By Bryant Daughtry, Esq. Captain Tal
bot and General Jackson, republicans of tho
Old School.
By Mr. Daniel Clarke, son. Geo. M. Troup
—having nearly run his political race, may' he
retire with that infamy ho justly merits, as one
of the low profligate wretches, that lives to die;
and dies to bo forgotten.
By T. Watson, Esq. Matthew Talbot, the
firm republican—may lie bo our noxt governor.
By Mr. David Dillard. Captain Matthew
Talbot, the people’s friend. •
By Mr. Goorgo Clevis. John Forsyth—
may his expected gubernatorial salary, fell short
of his ostimate of Washington’s inedals.
By Mr. Marcellus Morgan. Tho Chero
kep land—wo want a Jackson imd a Talbot for
iis ohtninniciit.
By Mr. Richard. Goodwin, Captain M it-
thew Talbot, one of the brightest gams of our.
country’s glory—may lift be our next governor,
and may Andrew Jackson be our noxt presi
dent.
By Mr. William Wilson. General Andrew
Jackson—his past services entitle him to tho
highest office in the gift of tho people.
By Mr. Thomas YViLon. Matthew Talbot
and Andrew Jackson—their past services enti
tle them to tho highest offices in tho State and
United States.
By Mr. William Griffin. A Talbot govern
or, and a Jackson president.
By Phineas Oliver, Esq. Tho brave lie I
ro or Orleans,.never to be forgotten by tho ci
tizens who entertain republican principles; and
the same republican principles Will cause Mat
thew Talbot to fill the noxt cxocutivo chair of
Georgia.
By Mr. Joseph Glover, of Twiggs county.
Captain Matthew Talbot, the true friend of
Jackson, and the undeviating republican.
By John M. Moore, Esq. Goneral An
drew Jackson—let us forget his foibles, (for ho
is human) when his good deeds so fur overba
lance his bad.
By Mr. Jesse Dupree. A Talbot govern
or: a legislature ofliko principles.
By Mr. Reddick Boll, Esq. Matthew Tal
bot, tho firm republican, worthy tho confidence
of the voters of Georgia.
By Mr. John E. Watois. May tho voters
of Houston come forward to tho polls at the
noxt oloction, with an eye single to the promo
tion of Talbot friends.
By Mr. R. M. Morgan. General John
Clark—although removed from our State, still
he and his are near and dear to us.
By Mr. William Rhodos. Captain Talbot,
a genuine republican of the old stamp, a friend
to union and freo suffrage, whose elevation to
tho offico of governor of Georgia is confidently
looked for.
By Mr. Ephraim Wilson. Matthow* Tal
bot, tho great, tho noble and the good—the
democrats of Georgia hail hit eloyation.
By Mr. James Carter. Jackson president,
and Talbot governor, with a Clark legislature.
By Mr. William H.- Jordan. The brave
Revolutionary Veterans. Thoy fought, bled,
and died, to obtain tho. independence wo now
enjoy—infamy and misery attend the wretch
who would endeavor to abolish that indepen
dence by disunion.
By William Farrell, Esq. General An
drew Jackson—in war none oxcels him—in
E rivato life, the man of truo worth, devoted to
is country’s cause;—may ho bo honored with
the highest offico within the gift of a fret and
independent people.
By Mr. Fairloss. General John Clark, nnd
Captain Matthew Talbot, tho.poople’s frionds.
By Lieutenant Butler. Georgo M. Troup
—Georgia commands that he retire into pri
vate lifo, and bo no rnoro the instrument of ci-
vil discord.
By Captain Johnson Wellborn. Goneral
Jackson and Matthew Talbot, mon whom tho
pooplo delight to honor.
By Mr. William Huff. Captain Matthew
Talbot, the statesman, patriot, republican and
philanthropist.
By William Johnson, Esq. Matthew Tal-
hot, the firm and uudoviating republican; may
he bo our noxt governor.
By Mr. Morgan Swane, John Forsyth, tho
choice; and the ' federalist, the would-be republican, i| w .
man, tho Jackson man,, and the any nu'
office.
By Mr. James Engrain. General A
J ickson, a man of true republican prin",,
exhibited to the world, by his firm an/^
vial mg conduct, both in war and peac (
ho be honored with the highest office *VI
the gift of a freo and independent peonl, 4 *
By Captain Gillett, of Pulaski.
Andrew Jackson, the brightest gen, j n
dem of his country’s glory—may bcu 1 ?
next president. ’ ' ‘
, By Mr. Tlmmis Patterson,
son and Captain Talbot, the
ral and political principles—may ( | w
plenty, honor, and happiness; alwayi ba '
to them.
By Charles II. Rice, Esq.
, HP Mathew Talh*
—his political life Ins always been i n ,t r j t ,
cordanco with the sentiment of our diitir
cd fellow citizen, Duncan G. Caiaph*]
“party strife and asperity, art a reproath'iv
ny poople:” may lie lie our noxt governor
By Mr. Robert Engram. Captain J|
tliew Talbot—twice led to tho altar of H v * '*
by a natural affection, and not by the ejS
sorv threats of an indignant father..
By Edward Engram, Esq. The nonfir
ornor of Georgia—may he sit dowaintli le ,
cutivo chair, with more honor than the p :a "
governor will, get out of it. r
By Mr. F. Leonard. General AaU
Jackson, “great in tho councils, mighty
field”—may ho bo our next president/
By Mr. Martin Pollock. Jackson and TA
bot, mon of like principles—may the W
bo our noxt president, and the latter oar Be*
governor.
By Mr. A. R. Brown. Genoral Anlm
Jackson—liis fame so highly elevated, tH
calumnious shafts of Henry Clay full'hariale.
to the'ground. f
By Mr. E. ,G. Pollock. Republican Pi
ciples—may wo ever cxerciso them byt
for such men as Jackson and Talbot. ;
By Mr. Josso Watson. Jackson and T;
bot, men who are always found in therms
republicanism—Georgia, together wuhtliel
lilted Stales, hails tlieir elevation.
By Mr. N. W. Collier, of Laurens u.,
Matthow thtf first in the new Grea: Cook,;
Matthew the first in this pooplo’s Glory. .
By Mr. Johu C. Morgan. Thu »in.on of
men in support of State rights, sofurasc
patible with tho union of the States.
By Mr. L. S. L. M‘Cali. .May tlie rL
generation imbibe those principles wlicao
.revolutionary worthies so nobly defended,
By Mr. Littleton Carter. A T.illw; 5,
ernor, basking in tho shade of Old Hickory^
By Mr. Joseph Oliver. John C. Cal
ono of America’s brightest ornaments.
By the Company. Campbell an I W
representatives; T.dho', govern 1-; J ic.v
profdeiii;—uid the County, the State aiidii
Unitfa, arc safe. • ■*> a,*-.5,- 7
The above were drunk with csthuk
acclamatiohs. Several, others,- WtksM
much republican feelings, aro uauvoiiibiy*
milled for Want of time. .■*$ ^tTI
Although the company was large, mi
asscmblago goneral, from'different pimoli
county, yst thoro was not the least jar; asia
people retired early and in good order. M.i
who wore compelled to remain at horn;
count of domestic engagements, sent tlieir I*
wishes fortho elevation of tho Old P itrf
to tiso their own oxprcssidn, ‘“for the j
tion of oil Mat. Talbot."
EX-INTENDANT of MACOX:
As this unfortunate being has again 1
himself before tho public, in tlio charactergf**
injured nun, and attempted to place iiieiatr
attitude of on unprovoked, a rclertless«
raorconary persecutor, tlie correction cf I
misstatements in relation to principle and Id
I hold to bo anght neither needing non' '
ting apology. ' / .
His contemptuous allusion towards me, l>
tng backed by no detail of circumstance!, I
sorves no response othor than tliM I
tinuo to deprecate an npproxiinatiou of •
character, until liis habits and princip’ -- ,k
have undorgoao a radical, reformltinn.
The charges advanced, under tbs s
of Homo, which ho duos not wish to 1
shall not now be repeated; and the solitirjf»
logement, which I10 would contest, shul.h
tho sake of order, be noticed in th? P 1 ' 0 ?
place. _ t
Tho chiofplea, which ho presents in eitt
pation of himself nnd in crimination of tnOj**
sists in a direct denial that I was event®®*
ly referred to in his placard of, the 2d ulc«|
to which I obtoml tho following
First: Common report, often liben
tributes] to my pon tho strictures on t
al proceedings of the Corporation, to '
publications, it has not been disputed, w
taken exceptions. ' Second: Nothing
him or the Corporation had cithor been ■ I
ten by Mr. Bartlet, or bad appeared as
al in tho Telegraph. Third: On the HP,
day preceding the posting of his placard, 1
considered myself bound, in convorM ?'j |
ono of his particular friends, to.renrenco
previous conduct with austerity. I ' oU ., »^|
Poo had boon distinctly informed that Mf- .■
let had left Macon on tho 28th of Jtjjy*®*
not'expected to return until tho 5d Au? 11
day subsequent to tho posting of bis Fj
Fifth: I was known,, at tho nine, to *> e
ing to all tho business of the office,
editorial department, and was unjustly J"’
cd of also laboring in that. Sixth: *
card, in its most literal signification, cl '': J
me; i. e. “tho oditor and all concern* .J
[tho Telegraph's] publication." Sovst#*
showing him ono of tho placards and i»fl (
whether he wore die author, he made w ‘
sion to my being excluded, although * .
ed him, in effoct, that I would lead 'd'^
to a closer acquaintance with hieprvj". J
tures. Eighth: On the evening of me
which his placard was posted, he caiidTji
rear room of the store of Messrs- ^
Chisholm, h gentloman of the nul IT r
as having aided in tho purchase of 1iW W
tus of tho Telegraph, and assured hi®