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Upuu himself to drnounce Capt. Talbot as a
federalist, against whom, such a charge has ne
ver yet been madt* by any body that knew
hint, and against wham, lie cannot cite the
word, expression, or voie, (though ho was a „
member of tins Convention, a delegate from j Do what they will, they are not rebuked. At
Oglethorpe county, and for nearly, with but thoir dinners, genius is racked to find provo-
few intervals, thirty years in the Legislature, I cations to excess; course follows course, and
from the county of Wilkes, and many of those | dish follows dish—every part of the earth
years, 1’resident of the Senate,) that can prove ' sends in its contribution and the cellars of the
him to bo tainted with one single act, ward, or i old world must yield up the nectareous juice
vote, that will support bis assertion—And for-j of the grape. Hour sifter hour are spent in
sooth he supports Mr. Forsyth as a bare repub- this indulgence, and full as great a proportion
lienn—'when to the perfect knowledge of eve- as go to excess at any barbecue; are found
ry tody who has known him for thirty years,! drunk at the breaking up. These are no rare
does, and must acknowledge that be was in 1 shows, they nro far more common than bar-
olden days, a boasted federalist. Head his j becues, and yet these pious censors have not
orations from 1SOO to this day; read his toast | sounded the alarm; but let a barbecue be gi-
given in the days of terror, “Charles Cotes- j veil to the cultivators of the so !, and religion
worth Pinckney, the eldest sun of federal- mid morals are in danger! How despicable
ism." Read his contemptuous remarks upon j the attempt to bring in religion and morals, to
the resolution offered in Congress, last winter, ] operate against such a man as Talbot! How
to appropriate live hundred dollars to purchase I cxcrable at best is the attempt to unite religion
up the medals which had been presented to
Gen. Washington, by the Old Continental
firet to yield to tho conquering powers of good I present constitution, and in the Legislature,
cheer (uid guoJ wine 1 I no has acf|iiire<l <i reputation for soundness of
It is in vain to disguiso the matter! The intellect, and for a sincere love of his country
Troup party and presses tread lightly on the and,her public institutions, which cannot be
toes of the nobility and gentry of the laud, impaired by the calumnies of b;s enemies, and
Congress; and which had by some means got
into die market, and were to bo sold at public
outcry. “That he could see nothing ill the
public services of General Washington, which
should induce ns to place such a high value up
on jury thing which had been in his possession.”
And yet, strange its it may seem, this man is
lauded as a lion republican, while Capt. Tal
bot, one of the soundest and most orthodox re
publicans in this or any other State in the Uni
on, is branded as a federalist! Old consum
mate impudence,—Old for shame, Mr. Or me,
hide thy diminished head! seek a holt! a cor
ner!! a cave or uny other place!!! that will con
ceal time from tins finger of scorn, that must
be pointed at thee by all uoon men.
SEVENTY-SIX.
From the Statesman Sf Patriot.
It h is been suggested by cerium political
observers in a neighboring county, that there
was a probability of Mr. Forsyth’s withdrawal
from the canvass for Governor, provided his
Expediency G. M. Troup could again be
persuaded to oiler.
B it this is extremely unlikely, now that the
crisis Itas approached so near at hand. Had
such announcement been made eight weeks
ago, we grant there had been shrewd policy
J«Jtj for Gov. Troup, with til the curses that
have been heaped upon his administration,
would undoubtedly have received Two Thou-
sand votes morn than Forsyth will. As the
Cdse stands, this important difference natuially
turns to Talbot’s favor. Matthew Talbot has
once been before the people ns candidate for
Governor,—he is known and, universally es
teemed. Ho is the poor man’s benefactor; and
to do a good action, is the governing impulse
of bis heart. It is tlm peculiar lustre of his
character, in that he turns his back upon no
man for Ii<s poverty, or h's misfortune, but
opens his hand and his house with hearty
welcome to all who need his aid or seek his
counsel. He has never studied the corrup
tions of a Spanish court, nor bowed to Kings;
but he lias been.^located and bred up in the
republican s'mplic ty, confidence and fellow
ship of tho common people. As a public
functionary in v irion ; important stations, what
man, save Matthew Talbot, that ever breath
ed in Georgia, and mingled at .ill in lior po
litical affairs, over passed the ordeal of thirty
years without spot or wrinklo in the undimin
ished affections of tho people of both parties!
Matthew Talbot is a Gentleman to the poor
as well ns to tho rich; let the poor then, as
well as tho rich, stand up for him.
and politics—and how many disgraceful exam
ples of it have been seen of late amongst ns !
Aro they not ashamed of themselves l D >
they not know, that no place furnishes fewer
temptations to gluttony than a barbecue l Do
they not know that tho faro offered on those
occasions is plain, even to coarseness, and that
the liquors drank are hut ordinary in qu ili-
ty l Do they not know, that far from causing
intemperance, none are found intoxicated at
those places, but such as are entirely sottish
iu their habits? And do they not know, that
the charge of resembling hungry wolves in a
desert attempting to “destroy otto another" is
a libel on the People of this State?
I am astonishod at tho number of good men,
who still remain blind to the policy and pur
poses of the Troup party. No matter how
often the attempt to abridge their rights is
made; no matter how hopeless a distance they
are placed from all intercourse with their
haughty leaders; no matter wlrut contempt is
heaped on them, their adlie.lott is fixed as
the foundation of the earth, and far from ex
pecting them to assort their rights as free men,
we find them worshiping their party, and
ready like the pious Job {o say, “tho’ he slay
me, yet will I tru-t in him.” Who is no*
ready to exclaim with tho wise man; “Tho’
yo bray him in a mortar, yet will a fool’s folly
not depart from him?”
He who puts his hand to the plough should
not look back, and I beseech tho friends of
Jackson nnd Talbot not to lie frightened from
their course by tho line and cry-ofa set of in
terested politicians; but to offer to the people
at large timt affectionate and fraternal regard
which might do justice to tho expanded feel
ings of Talbot. CURTIUS.
MACON.
Tuesday, Sepietnbev V\, 1821.
From the same.
Away ye "exclusive Jackson men," Thou “Kang
of noxious creatures,” “peonies men," ‘‘bucaniors,"
“hangmen;" Thou "lirutifiea" vulgar "debauchee,”
Thou "inlidel" "Tory” “demon,” "baboon,” “vi-
por” “cur.” Avaunt! what hast thou to do with
politics. Sidney, the Profane.
A terrible huo and cry has issued from tho
Trotip presses against the Jackson anil Tal
bot barbecues. They are terrible goblims to
certain pious politicians. It is truly wonder
ful with what alacrity tho pcoplo come out
on these occasions, and could tho vcuerablo
Talbot make bis appoarnneo at them, they
would scarcely fall short of the joyous welcome
of Lafayette. T« ; manifestation of joy at
the prospect of elevating so much worth and
integrity to tho executive chair, has been at
tended with its usunl consequences. Ono ri
ditulcs, another scolds, another groans. O
they aro terrible things! Who shall answer
for the gluttony and drunkenness they give
riso to, and alas, who for tho “swearing”
\ “wrangling, qurreling;” “pouring out anatho-
mas,” and like “starving wolves of the desert”
attempting “to destroy one another.” I have
charity to admit that some of these writers
believe themselves really engaged in tho sup
port of public morals and public virtue; hut
they must pardon mo for believing that this
manifestation of their tone of virtue, has
grown entirely out of their party prejudices.
Had the barbecues been in honor of Mr. For
syth, they would be found to wag the tongue of
praise, or at least, stand silent sentinels on tho
watch-tower. Getting drunk is n fault, but
voting for Talbot is the sin. Let me ask
these writers, whether I treat them unfairly ?
Where were thoy when public dinners have
been given from ono end of ibis nation to the
r bthcr? What dread have thoy shown of glut,
tony, when it is announced that on a single
thanksgiving day in a northern state, tlm cider
and aplo sauco consumed, would have been
sufficient to drown overy mnn who has seon
Talbot barbecue? Whore were thdy when
their idol Mr. Crawfoid was feasted with
public dinners from ono end of the state to the
other ? And where were they, when the mo
rals of the nation received that terrible wound
in feasting in lionor of Lafayette ? Do they
pretend that (base things givo rise to less
gluttony, or lest intempemnee than barbacucs?
Have they never witnessed such scones, or
have the reports of drunkenness at such pla
ces never reached them. Nay, have they been
in Georgia, and not heard how frequently tlm
Grand Lama of their veneration, was tho
Fromtim Same.
. Mr. Editor.—I discoverered a scnrriloqs
piece in tho last Macon Messenger—by whom
written I know not, which, but for the insinu
ations which it contans, is not worthy of no-
tico. Tho writer finds his partisans engaged
in a fruiilnx* cause, and that an bnnnrahln con
troversy can be of no advantage to .them; and
‘consqnently seems to have dipped his pen
into a fountain of slander, and effectually con
taminated tho paper. In his vain effort to
display his wit' he speaks of “Birbecued Go
vernors,” and manifests more surprise at an
invitation being given to our citizens to par
take of a dinner in boner of two distinguished
individuals, than lie could have done, had lie
discovered the “Philosophers Stone!” Iam
much disappointed if this writer, who is apt
to discover tho slips of his neighbors, would
not be contented to have his idol “Barbecued’
and even “Roasted,” provided ho could bo
elected Governor 1 lie has but littlo discrc
tion as a politician, to make such observations
respecting many of our worthy citizens, and
upon reflection, I think ho will convince
himself of the unfortunate effect they are cal
culated to have against his party. Aro not
Barbecues and Dinners given in honor of our
greatest heroes and most enlightened states
men? Have not dinners been lately given in
various parts of the Union by tho friends of
Goneral Jackson,' nnd others by the friends
of Mr. Clay ? Why thon should this, writer
bo frightened that they are given in Georgia ?
Does ho not read accounts of thcrupor does
he suppose tho people are so ignorant that
they, like, himself, are astonished to hear of
a barbecue? Or does not this witling rather
fear, that tlm vast multitudes, which parti
cipate in these Barbecues, will vote for those
Gentlemen for whose honor thoy aro given 1
which, I trust, will ensuio to him the votes
of a majority at the election in October nexi.
I acknowledge that Mr. Forsyth is superior
to Captv Talbot in making speeches, but have
those speeches been of great benefit to the
country ?—not at all;—they have cost to the
treasury many thousnds of dollars—I would
have prefered that Mr. Forsyth had given a
conscientious vote when required, than io have
made speeches of two hours continuance and
then to have given a biased or wrong vote.
Capt. Tiilbot was never guilty of such under-
ltaud dealings, whenever he had to give his o-
pinion he gave it without fear, and under the firm
conviction that he was doing what lie believed
jost and correct. “Philo Georgia” cannot
declare that Mr. Forsyth was actuated by the
same motive. Besides, Capt. Talbot, though
belonging to what is called tlm Clark party, has
been remarkable for the moderation of his
political piinciples in regard to parties, and
for his disinterestedness and liberality towards
his political opponents. In fact, members of
tho Troup party are ready to acknowledge
the truth of tho above declaration. Can tho
friends of Mr. Forsyth make a similar declar
ation ? Has he not been most violent in bis
political principles?—Is lie not a mail who
would prefer to see the country in revolution,
that lie might ride in the storm, and occupy a
conspicuous place in the convulsion?--The dif
ference then between Capt. T.albot and Mr.
Forsyth is so apparent, that I shall conclude
'bis part of my remarks by observing, that the
election of Capt. Talbot to the executive
ei tir would allay these bitter feelings which
have existed, and do exist, nnd which if not
put down must prove ulnnatcly ruinous- to the
best interests, of our state, for the good of
Georgia has been neglected on account of
party spirit; wliolsome measures have beyn a-
bnndonod owing to its unhallowed interferen
ces; and internal improvements liavo been
postponed because this.same fcdl monster had
more influence than patriotism; having preferr
ed the ad ivncements of political friends to the
advaucemont of the best interest of the stato—
It is high time that such a state of things should
cease, otherwise destruction will soon stare us
in the fice.
“Philo Georgia” in giving the requisite
qualifications for Governor surely did not re
flect that he was describing an office possessing
the three general powers of the government.
Hu did not reflect, that bv the constitution of
the state, the Governor is only the executive
officer. He is neither a legislator nor a Judge.
—The qualifications mentioned by “Philo
Georgia” are more applicable to a member of
the Legislature thin to a Governor, because
in the legislature originate all laws, which the
Governor puls in force. It is true the Go
vernor can recommend laws, but recommen
dations arc quite different from the power of ma
V' n g Tbp conclusion to V>o drawn from
these remarks is that tho qualifications ot a
legislator are greater than for a Governor,
“ Convention." It will be remembered,
that the Freemen of this Stato are called upon
to express, at the General Election in Octo
ber noxt, their feelings in respect to a Conven
tion for the purpose of altering the Constitu
tion so' as to reduce the number of the Sena
tes and Representatives in the Legislature.—
The people will exercise their own discretion
on this subject. For ourselves, we think, that,
though the Representation is numerous, it can
not, on any principle of equity, be curtailed at
the present time; and if it could, that the Gen
eral Assembly, in its legislative capacity, pos
sesses ample power to curtail it, without the
expense of a Convention for that special pur
pose.
Heavy rains have visited those parts since
our last. —
of different ministers to the 8pani,l, ’’’I
■minded that fain, arid’ in vnin (md m t , “?• W j
•position of the Florida* The «ettL m 1 ** V
claim and the purchase of the royal nm?!
conic a matter of the first importance.” ^
Here are enumerated two distinct v-
the payment of five millions to the
the United States and the acorn.’.. 011 **
Floridas by tho Untied States-H-i,-° *»i
to confound the one ..with the other ,,
sider the one as implying the othe
°f loq
TJ
From the Washington News.
hough I will acknowledge that tho qualifica
tions for the executive officer of the state
must not bo of an ordinary character—Capt.
Talbot possess qualifications of a superior or-
der, and wpII calculated for the executive de
partment of the state, he has a discriminating
mind, well calculated for the investigation
and examination of all cases placed before him
for decision—Ho is thoroughly acquainted with
the internal resources of the state; he will he
able to recommend measures best suitod to
the promotion of its welfare; lie is well ver
sed in the constitutional laws of tho cbnntrv;
nnd ho will bo able to decide correctly on all
points presented before him—What more can
bo required of a Governor?—Tho Govern
or is not a legislator to make laws—Tho Go-
vernor is not a Judge to decide upon Blackstone.
Lyttleton, or Coke upon T.vttleton—rav opin
ion then is, that Capt. Talbot, by Ivs expe
rience, his political wisdom, and his modera
tion in regard to party feelings, is tho only
man now in Georgia Well qualified for the
Executive chair—He will nssuage tho fierce-
noss of party spirit; He will give anothor di
rection to the mind of the people, and they
will hereafter devote their industry nnd at
tention to tho welfare of tho state,'and to am
prove their actual condition. CANDOR.
Mobile, (Alabama) August 11.
Election Returns.—The following is the re
sult of the elcctiou in Mobile County, on Mon
day last.
_ Governor.—There being no opposition, His
Ex. John Murpiiy, is of course re-clccted.
Representative to Congress.—There being
Raleigh (N, C.) Aug. 21—The following,
wo believe, is a correct list .of our Members
for the next Congress.
To the Editor of the Washington News.
SIR—A writer in your last paper over tho! no opposition, tho honorable G. W. Owen is
signaturo of “Philo Georgia” laments the po- of course re-elected,
litical immorality of the present day, and ex
presses his fcclngs in regard to tho Govern
or’s election. It would appear by what this
writer says, that Capt. Talbot is an honest
man, but destitute of talents; and that Mr.
Forsyth is a man of first rate abilities, and
of transcendent genius. In regard to this
point, let me remark to you Mr. Editor, that
the premises of “Philo Georgia” ore uot cor
rect, and cannot bo substantiated by facts.
In regard to tho qualifications requisito for
Governor of Georgia, and to the actual con
dition of the state, tho writer is equally in the
wrong, and his premises are in a great mea
sure untenable. Tho writer cannot most cer
tainly be acquainted with Capt. Talbot, other
wise he would not have declared that he was
destitute of talents. As I know this gentle
man intimatoly, I can safely assert, that thorc
is not a man in Georgia better versed in the
constitutional laws of the land than he is, and
no one who understands better the principles
upon which the public institutions are foun
ded. It is true that Capt. Talbot has not
been endowed by nature with a fluency of
speech, and were ho possesed of this gift, it is
believed that his modesty would have directed
it to a better uso than bis competitor. Re
specting his knowledge of constitutional law,
the best qualified of our citizens can attest the
fact; In tho convention which framed the
Edenton District,
Halifax,
Edgecombe,
Newbern,
Wilmington,
Fayetteville,
Warren,
Raleigh,
Caswell,
Salisbury,
Mecklenburg,
Burke,
Surry,
Lemuel Sawyer
Willis Alston
Dr. Thomas Hall
John H. By ran
Gabriel Holmes
John Culpepper
Daniel Turner
Daniel Barringor
August II. Shepherd
John Long
H. W. Conner
S. P. Carson
Lewis Williams.
FOUR MOUTHS AFTER DA TE
PPLICATION will be made to the Inferior Court
l of Mooroe county, while sitting for ordinary
purposes,-for leave to sell the REAL ESTATE of
Seaborn Jacobs, late of said county, deceased.
GEORGE SI. GULLETT, Adm'r,
September 10——4toam—46
NOTICE.
k LL persons having demands against the estate of
xm. Thtophilus Pearte, late of Twiggs county, de-
ceaxsed, are requested to bring them in properly at
tested, and those indebted to said estate ore requested
to aako immediate payment.
ALEXANDER NELSON, Executor.
SepUaftcrlO—fit—-46
[communicated.
Barbecues.—Tho incendiary presses are ve
hemently railing nt barbecues and shooting
matches; yet it is not quite two months since
their own candidates were in attendance on
these pastimes, two or three times a week, and
lavished all the eloquence of Absalom upon
such persons as would suffer their caresses.—
Wonders, miracles in the way of conversion
wero boasted of as having been performed by
them on such occasions; but perceiving their
recruiting officers so thoroughly imbued with
the spirit as to cause strong appreheusions that
more votes would be lost in tho way of death,
than gained in the process of conversion if Ihe
aractice were continued, shooting matches and
jarbecues wero abandoned, to the Clarkitcs,
who are less blessed with a capacity for receiv
ing tho “spirit in abundance,” and therefore in
less danger of suffering from enthusiasm. Yet
so far was the practice persisted in by the
Troupers, that, if thoy succeed in electing a sin
gle candidate in any of the five adjoining coun
ties, ho may truly be said to have been repeat-
dly shot for and barbecued, and barbecued nnd
shot for. FAIR PLAY.
[communicated.
TALBOT—a federalist.
The friends of Jackson and of the Union in
Georgia are certainly wrong in censuring the
Scditionists for calling tho venerable Talbot in
strictness a “federalist.” He has always been
democratic federalist: for he has, from early
life, uniformly avowed and practiced on tho
Manciples set forth in tho Foderal Constitution.
In no instance has he departed from the letter
and spirit of that only true Charter of Liberty;
anrl must, thorofi.r*, bo essentially and strictly
a federalist. lie is wfederalift, by the sanio
parity ofreason, tint a Christian is a deist.-—
The Federal Constitution is his text-book, as
the only true and living Deity is tho God of
the Christian. Therefore the one is a Fede
ralist and tho other a Deist.
But if it bo tho intention of the insurrection
ists to convoy tho meaning that ho oither is or
has been such a federalist as their Dagott, John
Forsyth, avowed himself to bo previous to his
hypocritical regeneration or conversion in 1811,
a federalist of tho John Adams stamp, the de
claration is unfounded. The assertion that ho
oither signod or voted for any instrument or ad
dress, expressing confidence in the administra
tion of Old John Adams, is a base invention,
which cannot be supported by any authentica
ted document in existence. Had lie done so,
why was it never dreamed of when he was the
rival of Gcorgo M. Troup? What but a con
scious knowledge of its falsehood has delayed
its preferment to the eve of the election with
out producing the instrument itself? By pro
crastination, it was hoped that the citizens of
Georgia would, without examination, believe
the tale, reject tho venerable patriarch in con
sequence and discern tho imposition wlien-too
late to repair tho effect of their credulity. Let
the instrument pro forma bo produced; but that
is impossible. Tho fabrication will not suc
ceed.
Had it however been true—had he former
ly reposed confidence in tho patriotism of John
Adams's administration, but been undecoived,
and shown by the whole of his subsequent life
that he abhorred tho imposition, what moral
guilt would on that account have attached it
self to him? None. To consider men inno
cent and virtuous, until the reverse ho proven,
is but n fair tribute of justice sanctioned by the
immemorial maxims of law and reason. Evon
such a course, if truoj would not have brought
him to the lovel of John Forsyth; who hungto
the black cockade federal party not only until
its slavish principles and oppressive measures
wero developed, but also after tho voice of the
nation had driven it from power and branded it
with infamy; and even as late as last year he
lauded its leading tenets, hereditary aristocra
cy and all. But Matthew Talbot has never
been a federalist of that stamp; and the white
brigands are called on to aduce their proof.
SCOURGE.
had been frequently -urged; but r
complished until John Forsyth “it... ^
the ears” of tho Spanish cab net
“the Floridas were acquired, and she'^
lions paid.” Hero are the two u |,
presented as being obtained from Si
the sole exertions of John Forsyth, 'a
statement is essentially false, and un 4
ed by rumor even. Though “;|, e Sj
were acquired,and the five millions paid' 1
are not to bo viowed as two events’
pendent of eacli other. The provinces'
ceded by Spain in consideration of the U
States relinquishing the claims of our '
against her, and paying them out of,
treasury. Except the Floridas, noth
obtained from Spain; and, therefore
tention of the writer to promulge the r-
that the Floridas and the five mill 014
obtained from Spain, is false. The
tion amounted to nothing more than 1
quishment of tho two provinces by
payment of tho debts due by her to VU1
zens. The first, period of the eleven*
tide of the treaty precludes all doubtoav
subject, and shows how littje credit ittob
tacned to the assertions of Mr. Forsyth!,,
ing friends in Georgia:
“The United States, (it runs) esoneratinr
from all demands in future, on account of ftt
of their citizens to xvhich tin- renunciWom
contained extend, and considering them entii
celled, undertake to make saiisfariion fir tie i„
an amount not cxceedingjite millions of dollin'
It cannot bo denied, that this is explicit",
donee that the five millions of dollars,
our citizens for spoliations committed 0
vessels and merchandize, were not gotv
Spain, but liquidated by our own gov-
in consideration of the cession of the
by the Spanisli sovereign, or,” in other
' “ di
that Ferdinand gave us the Florida's, u.
stipulation that, with regard to him, 1
claims for remuneration should be cttnrt
That Mr. Forsyth had nothing to do in
motion of the treaty, previous to its fir
cation at Washington City, is as noton
the treaty itself; and that he effected do!
fit for oar country, not mutually pottie^
by the commissioners of the two govji
on signing it at Washington City, we &
testimony of Hyde do NeuviDe, then Fra
minister, and of Ferdinand himself,
front succeeding in effecting tho purp
government, that after sixteen month:
bling and whining, storming and thunlei
consented to accept and did accept tjtetr
from tho Spanish king without a comfiti
ratification, and thus exposed our gow
to the loss of millions, and thousands of oat]
zens to beggary: for it was clearly prom
the last Telegraph [of the 27th. ul;.] by in
respondent signed “Bibb” that the grantt»tj
Duke of Alxgon, covering an extemivete
of the most valuable Land in Florida,:
that treaty’s not hnving received the
tion.nl sanction of the cortes, in full forenj
effect. In this conclusion “Bibb!.’ is not*
ry; but is sustained by jurists inferior t
in the United States—Robert B. Taj]
M. Robinson, W. W. Van Nesv 1
Sampson and George Caines.
Yet, in tho teeth of all this eviden
Troup “subalterns” award to John Fos
credit for his failures, and praise him fora
which have never been accoinjilishcd.
even convert his pitiful bilk to cheat thetr
toes of tho Richmond Academy by attea,
to evade tho payment of his note, given
fair and valuable consideration, into sail
nesty and unsullied honor. His uuqu
and ungrateful, his malicious and tr-us
censure of General Washington and Its *
vices during and subsequent to tho war of fc
dependence, thoy represent as, the dinu^
patriotism and of' wisdom. Bui what ft*
expected from a faction that con.end thitlab
ers .in the exercise of civil rights are'o'
rected by the employer, and pie id self-1
in justification of falsehood? Is it In a 1
prosperous stato, or in the agonies of h'lw*
solution? ,f GARKOCHA. |
CUIl, J
coiitrovttif’ij
FOR THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
If truth told in a manner that leaves an er
roneous impression diffors not in turpitude
from falsehood intended to deceive, what must
a writer in a neighboring print think of himself
and many leaders of his party, when he reflects
on the degradation to which his cause is redu
ced, in needing, for its continuance, the per
version of Jacts set forth in the very laws of our
country? That ho distortion of language may
bo complained of, I cite tho two passages in
which he conveys a meaning as opposite to
truth as light is to darkness: <
“Great difficulties existed between the government
of the United States and Spain. The subjects 6f
that government had committed spoliations uoon the
comoeree of our count,, to the Amount of K
lionsoldoUtn. Our gpvcnuacal through the agency
FOR THE MACON TELEGRAM
LABOR—a disqualification 1 -
Though privy to tho ultra servile prfc
entortained by the leaders of tho TrtwjtP -
it was with astonishment that I 'V,
last Messenger [of August 2£] a o'Mff
tion signed by the most intelligent and»
tial Trouper in tho Flint Circuit,
down "as a maxim not to be con
that the master is accountable for lb® 1 !
tho servant, nnd applying that principle
case of an artisan in the exercise of a I
lege guaranteed by law to every "W™ J
our country;—I say with astoniskMtsl-'
though the principle has long been * 1
tenet of their creed, they had cautex
claimed it, and termed themselves i« c
sive champions of equal rights and tM
friends of the common people.
Sinco they liavo, however, h
side tho mask, nnd thus bohlly
through a high and distinguished or?
doctrine that the exercise of any nu ^
cupation divests tho laborer of the rn
privileges of a freeman, it may jw' be 1
a departure from decorum l0 .' n )[ e . |
slavish maxim, and to ascertain lw"'
compatible with the spirit ofouransn-
I hold its negative to bo based upon
vident principle—that, as men are u* £j| ,
J uals, no member of tho body P 0 " 1
eprived of his natural rights beyond ^
law hath succinctly expressed for r
vation of peace nnd tho security ot
In this country, the law recognites n F
ed orders, nor confers any ira muni V “a)
deration of wealth. The poor , Jil
indolffnt and laborious, tho .
are civilly and politically ecpl.