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THE MACON
TELEGRAPH
Volume 3.
_,„g piPER IS PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY
TU MYRON BARTLETT.
It is issued weekly from his Printing Office on
Mulberry street, a few rods above the Post Office.
Price, three dollars a year, if paid in advance—
nr rotiR dollars, if not paid before the end of the
Subscribers living at a distance are requir-
!il iii;
J2\MES A. BLANTON,
irrjwat &
merchant tailors.
A RE now opening at the Macon Clothing Store, a
large assoilment of GOODS and CLOTHING,
C0 Super^>lue, black, brown, olive, claret, dhtb and
mist London Cloths; super blue, black, brown, claret,
mist. drab, bulland white London Casimeres; super
blue,’ black, brown.olive, drab and green silk Velvets j
splendid assortsment of Velvet Vesting and Valencia
do; buff and white Merseilles'do; Boudard’s super
black Gloves; Castor do; white do; Buckskin do;
lined do; German, bandanna and flag Handkerchiefs;
Italian India and plaid Cravats; white do; Battistedo;
Navarino and French Stocks; Stiffeners; Vest and
Pantaloons Springs; white and black silk Hose;
worsted and cotton half hose do; silk Umbrellas;
’Webb’s patent silk and common Suspenders; Bergan-
Lj e Shirts; white and brown shirting; Paddings; cot-
lion Flannel; Sattinett; Buttons; sewing Silk and all
binds ot Tailor's Trimmings; Military Trimmings;
gold and silver Epaulettes; Stars; Tassels; Cord;
pelt Plates; Lace; eagle and ball Buttons; worsted
wings; red top Plumes, &c. &c. The above goods
are of the best quality and will be sold low.
READY MADE CLOTHING.
Super blue, brown, olive, mixt, claret Frock COATS
•* « “ “ “ “ Dress do
•< « “ COATTEES .
- •• “ « ‘ <■ PANTALOONS
Cord, Bangiip, Beverett.and Satinett do
Plain, striped and figured silk velvet VESTS
'Cloth and Caahpere do
riain, Florentine and striped do
Fancy silk do Valencia and Merseilles do
Fine'Linen and Cotton Shirts
III. •ached and unbleached Shirts
Short Jackets and Trowsers
Pea Jackets and Monkey do
Over Coats and Great Coats
Fine Flannel and Cotton Drawers
Colton Flannel and Swansdmvn do
100 Gentlemen and Ladies’ Camblet and Plaid
CLOAKS, &c. &c.
TAILORING,
Carried on ns usual in all its various branches. Hav
ing the latest New York Fashions,and the best of work
men, our work shall not he iuferior to any. We soli
cit the patronng: of onr former friends and the public
generally. , ,
N. B. On hand an elegant one horse BAROUCTI
CARRIAGE, and one horse WAGGON, which will
be sold low for Cash—also, a SIDE BOARD.
Macon, October lilt, 1828.
or the corker below the drug store of elms, shot-
well & CO. UULBERMT STREET. MACON, GEORGIA,
C ASH DE ALER in the following descriptions of
GOODS’ vie:
GROCERIES, HATS,
STAPLE DRY GOOD8, BONNETS,
SHOES, CROCKERY,
BOOTS, HARDWARE,
SADDLERY, CUTLERY.
Thankful for past favors, begs leave to inform his
friends and the public, that he lias just received and
now offers fur sale, at the lowest market prices, a gen
eral assortment of the above articles, together with a
few FANCY DRY GOODS, which with those previ
ously on hand, makes bis stock large and the assort
ment very complete. '
Feeling the utmostconfidence Inbeingable to supply
his customers wii li Goods at as low prices as they can be
bought in the market, and to make it to the interest
of planters and merchants in this section of the coun
try, who buy for cash, to make their purchases here,
instead of going farther. He respectfully solicits their
calls as well as'those of the citizens of Macon, and
confidently expects a liberal share of business.
On hand a large supply of Liverpool grouiid and St.
Ubos SALT. October 0-42
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 2\, 1829.
APF EAL ToTtIIE CITIZENS 0?
THE UNITED STATES;
Number V2.
1 t
A Re mods for Hard Times
, $3000 to be disposed of for $5.
W HOEVER wishes, now lins the opportunity of
obtaining it by applying to the Agents of the
MACON MASONIC HALL LOTTERY.
HIGHEST FRZZE.
$6000
O’ PRIZES only to be dra'
NEW GOODS.
IIUNGERFORD& $r, STODDARD,
| ^CffAVE received their Fall and Winter supply and
LB. now offer for sale n general assortment of sea-
|soluble DRY GOODS, Ac. the following in part
Duffle, rose and point Blankets; fine blue, black
I mi l olive Cloths; hlue*and steel mixt. Satinets; white,
lev u and red Flannels; Salisbury Flannel; Bomba'
im« and Bouilinzettes. Also, a very general assort'
•ut of fashionable FANCY GOODS; Silks; Slus-
Laces; Ribbons; Leghorn Bonnets; shell Combs;
.Vc. Gentlemen's Plaid and camlet Cloaks; La-
Idles' Plaid and camlet Cloaks.
Fi-'e bine and olive Frpck Coals
'• “ •• Dress Coals
•• steel mist and olive Coattees
'• cloth and satinet Pantaloons
Silx velvet mid Valeutia Vests; 200 coarse wool-
len Jackets and IVntiloonS; 0 coses Beaver end eas
ier, bits; 4 cases hoys’ Beaver and castor Hats; 6
ea«-• Men's and hoys’ wool llats; 15cascsand trunks
Fliiies, all qualities; 2 cases tine Boots; 4 cases cotton
mid wn.il Caros; !')') sides sole andblatk Upper l.eath
• r; 4 dozen calf Skins; Morocco and lining Skins, as.
•a iiril colors; Senses men's and women's-Saddles;
Oil lull Spanish Sugars; JO casks Goshen Cheese. Al-
-ii an assortment ot Hardware and Crockery; 600 lbs
I«>•"' Feathers ;• Almanacs for 1829, by the gross.
1 ‘ ivemlier 24 47
NEW GOODS.
P. JUDSON If CO.
H AVE just received and arc now opening at the
Neu> Clothing Store and Hal Ware House, on
Mulberry street, Macon, a superb assortment of CLO
THING and HATS, consisting in part of
Super blue, black, brown, olive, claret, green and
mixt Dress Coats, Frock Coats and Coatees
Steel mixt and drab OverCoats
“ “ * Great Coats
Short Jackets and Pea Jackets
Super blue, black, drab, blue and black mixt double
milled Cassimere and Cloth Pantaloons
Sattinett and Benverett Pantaloons ,
Drab, brown and narrow cord do
Green and olive narrow cord do
Super blue, black, drab and mixt Cloth and Cassimere
Vests
Plain, striped and cut blue and black silk velvet Vests
Black and fancy silk Vests
variety of Florentine, Valeutia and Merseilles Vests
Plain and rutile fine Linen Skirts
“ “ •' Cotton do
Bleached and unbleached do do
Finejglannel and Cotton Drawers
lGOGentlemeu’sand Ladies' Camblet and Plaid Cloaks
A variety Hosciry. Handkerchiefs, Cravats, suspenders
glove#stocks', stiffeners, springs for vests,&c. &c.
HATS.
An extensive asortinent of fashionable
Black and Drab Beaver Hats
Fine and coarse Castor Hats
Fine and common Roram Hats
A general assortment of Youths’ and
Children's Huts, Wool Hats
Men's fur and hair Seal Caps; Men’s Cloth Caps
Children’s Chinchetlo, Cloth and hail- Seal Cans, Ac
Ac. All of which are offered at reduced prices
for Cash.
fij* A liberal price in Cash will be paid for Beaver,
Otter and Mink Furs. , Nov 17
While Lend and Spanish Broij^xin Oil
PAINTS, OILS, 4v.
JUST Received by the subscriber
Linseed Oil"
Best winter strained Lamp Oil
Spiriis Turpentine
While Lead and S;
Verdigris dry and in Oil
Spanish Whiting
Window Glass, Ac. Ac,
Which together with his former Stock renders his
s- iitinent complete.
II- has nn Imud an assortment of FRESH GARDEN
I SEEDS (ungenerous insinuations to the contrary not-
IwMnsiandiiig)—all of which he offers for sale on ac-
IcuminudaUng tends at his Drug Store in Macon,
N. CHILDERS.
Macon. February 13,' 1829 4t 7
IT! &\ Illids and 26 Mils. St Croix Sugar, lump and
J » aiJ loaf Sngiir, 40 bids Coffee, HO bills Whiskey,
110 do. Morgan’s Gin, 10 do. new Ruin, 4th piool'Jamai-
|ca Ruin.d ~ ~ “
|iiif Canary,
|G Mils apple
, do Cuguac Brandy, Holland Gin-Port, Tene-
nU-y, and inalugn YVines—laimps,and lumpOil,
, apple. Vinegar, 100 ps. cotton (lagging—5 tons
liwcod’s Iron, one luindlu German steel, 50 kegs cut
lAinls, lOdo. Ursula, 5kegs wrought Nails, 20 kegs Du-
|pnnt Powder, Shot and Lead, (i boxes bar Sttnp, 3 do,
>|'et'in CniidllK—Ginger, Pepper, Spice, Nutmegs, In
digo, English Mustard, 40,000 Spanish Segars, 10,000
Aim- r.ean do.—4 kegs nn d 2 boxes Tobacco.
I he above goods, together with our former stock
comprises a general assortment, and will be sold
cheap l.ir cash or approved paper. '
-"'I' 1 lIUNt5EUKORI)S& STODDARD.
GARDEN SEEDS.
TfBST received at the store of ELLIS, SHOT*
rj *> FI.I.& Co. a large assortment of Shaker Gar-
p ot a superior quality. Among them are
•iii’lv Jiiqe pens Long Cucumber
imp*-Marrowfat do Prickly do
•niiy Charlton do Dutch summerSquash
'strawberry dwarf do Crookncck do
}. ."‘ l Marrowlnt do . Winter do
l-L'rty red ey'ii Beaus.
li; i °. 9 r “'herry pole do
Ilied Onion
I*' hlte lo
Tilnod Beat
K'••low do
g-ii. ly Turnip do
f ersnip V.
Ph-iinc,. Carrot
’ > rngr.i- C
r ‘y Vnii ci
Com
^.mhea^^
£ :u ; (, y ■ do
a'' , ,lu
l‘ :l »l-t Radish
K u "'l|> do
RRimon do
r arl y Cnmmher
. d°
Dutch snmmerS
Crookneck
Winter
Icchdnd Lettuce
Imperial do
Cntilinge head do
Solid Celery
Curled Parsley
Sage .
Asparagus
Leek
Flat Turnip
Squash Pepper
Vegetable Oystar
English Sgirel
GRASS SEEDS.
White Clover
Herds Grass
Lucerne
M
Millet
jan 17
Ui'u^s, Me&unues, &c.
. * 2. A General Assortment of well selected
Genuine DRUGS and MEDICINES,
with Instruments of v jtftous kinds, suitable
for. Physicians, Fanatics or UctailiTS—
Just received and for sale at Savannah or
Augusta prices, by
i , ' IILLIS. SlIOTWELL & Co.
WirT* ,ar S* ® toc * ot Oils, Gian, Dye
us Uye-stuffs, Nails, Tacks, Castings, Ac in quau
to suit purehaato #
Much less Ilian two Blanks to a Prize.
Tickets $5—Unit es §2,50—Quarters $1,25.
Commissioners, appointed by the state of Gec-gia
JohnT. Rowland, Wn. J. Danelly, H. G. Lamar, T.
King, S. Stone, D. Ralston, A. R. Freeman, E. W
VVright, and R. Birdsong.
The following persons are appointed Agents in Ma
con for the sale of Tickets : J. Freeman (e Co. Rats■
ton Jr Jones, Rose Jr Slade, Edw. It'. JfrigM, Stone If
Coil, Levi Eckley.
Person? dishing to purchase Tickets by the quantity,
for sale, can obtain them at a reasonable discount by
lying to the Secretary.
’rize Ticket* in the Greene & Pulaski Monumen
Lottery of Savannah received in payment.
Orders, post paid, enclosingthc Cash, will be prouip-
ly attended to by "the Secretary.' or any of the above
namcd’Agents. N- BARKER,
Nov It) •Secretary to the Commissioners
gry
HL 1
GKITFIN & WELCH',
ON CHERRY BTREF.T,
Have just received, per boats Monroe and Ariel,
G Hints St Croix Sugar
G do Orleans do x
20 bags Coffee
100 bbls Whiskey
50 bills N Gin
10 do Portland Rum
25 do Potatoes
5 hluls Molasses
5 bbls old Peach Brandy
5 do old Apple Brandy
40 kegs Nails
75 pieces Cotton Bagging
10,000 lbs Swede’s IRON, from 11-4 to 8 inches wide
150 bbls FLOUR, direct (rom Baltimore, of a supc
rior quality, which they will sell low for cash
—ON HAND—
300 bushels Liverpool SALT
100 bbls Mnnongahela Whftkey, 8th and
, 9th proof
I pipe Holland GIN.3 jan 17
REMOVED. B
T HE Subscribers have removed from their old
stand to the store lately occupied by Messrs.
Win. J. Danelly & Co. where they offer for sale
Cheap tor Cash a general assortment of •
DRY GOODS, HARDWARE
CUTLERY and GROCERIES
Macon. Fell. 13 « A. GILLIS & CO.
JUST RECEIVED,
Per Red Rovtr, Emetine and other late arrivals
2 Ilhds. New Orleans Molasses
2 “ prime Sugar
20 bbls. Whiskey
30 •• N. Gin
20 bags Coffee
10 boxes Spcrmacetti Candle*,
* warranted pure
8 boxes mould Candles
For sale by JAMES M. MILNER.
—IN STORE—
Canal Flour, Potatoes, Mess Pork
No. 1,2,nnd 3, Mackerel, Jamaica Rum
Macon,51'. February, 1829. tf6
KBW STORE.
T HE subscribers have opened in the Store lately
occupied oy Messrs. A. Gillis& Co. on Mulber
ry street, w here they offerfor sale, a large assortment of
' GROCERIES,
which they will sell low for cash.
BUTTS & COATES
Macon. February 13,1829 7
FRESH FLOUR.
Just Rcteittdper Wagon, . .
BBI.S. sweet Tennessee FLOUR
w For tnie by
February 6.1829,
JAMES M. MILNER.
tf G
MliRCEIVS CLUSTERS
' AND
METHODIST HYMNS,
J UST received and for' sale by
HUNGERFORDS A. STODDARD.
Decern berl '- I
ON CONSIGNMENT-
fUST received und for sale at unusut
for Cash,
unusual low prices
49 barrels St. Cioix Sugar
2 hhds •• •*
2 “ New Orleans “
U barrels “ “ “
10 hhds Whiskey
By
Moron, December$7Ih, 1828.
60 barrels Whiskey -
20 <• Gin
25 bags Coffee
17 hhds .Molasses
A. GILLIS At CO.
52
F
GOOD SHEET FLOVR,
OR sate by ' A. GILLIS At CO.
Niivi-i.iber22 ’. 47
Reaver and Otler Fuvs Wanted
vuUE highest market prices will be given in Cash
J V lor the nbove FURS. Apply to
JAMES M. MILNER, Auction Store.
January 3,1829-1
1 Prize of
$5000
is
1
of
$1500
is
1
of
$600
is
2
of
9300
Is
It)
of
$100
is
10
of
$50
is
60
of
$20
is
200
of
*10
is
1580
of.
so
is
1855 PRIZES
3145
- -*fi***-
5000 TICKETS
9
$5000
$1500
$500
$1100
$1000
$500
$1000
$2000
$7900
$20,000
Watch &. CVock Repairing, &c-.
PHI HE Undersigned respectfully informs the public
B and his old customers, that be'has returned to
Macon, and has resumed business at his old Stand on
Mullierry-SIreet, one door above Mr. K. Tyner’s Store,
where lie hopes by strict attention to Business, and
exertions to please, to merit their confidence, and to
obtain a share of their patronage.
JOHN R. GARLAND.
Macon. Norrmbcr, 27. 1828.48
WAREHOUSE
rtniir. Subscriber having taken the
0 ' W AIIE-HOUSE lately occupi
ed by Harrison Smith Esq. tenders
Ills services to his (riends and the
public in general, in the business of Re
ceiving, Storingandforwnrding Cotton. Hispersonal
attention willbe devoted to alltboso who mny favor him
' vW,nCan ' JOHN P, BALLARD.
September 12.1828 • 38.
WAHD-HOUS£ '
, - AjND . <
Covmnisfeion Rusuiess... .Macon.
PHILIP cook,
H AVING taken for the approaching season, the
large and convenient XVARE HOUSE of Har
vey ff Rodgers, (formerly occupied by Jesse Stmt ton,)
next above John T. Lamrr’s, tenders his services to
his Friends and the Public generally, in the.storlng,
selling or shipping of thei - Cotton, lismny he desired.
"From his long acquaintance with many of the Plan
ters in this and the adjacent counties, he flatters hitn
self to meet with a liberal encouragement.
Either himself or Jakes S. Weans may be con
stantly found at the Ware House. ang 16 33
nil litis is the truflli. Abandoned by the na
tional government, becausesho declined, lor
reasons which iter highest tribunal adjudged to
be constitutional, to .surrender, hor militia .-into
the hands of a military prelect, although tin-;/
were always equipped, and ready and fuitliinl
under their own officers, site nevertheless cluno
to thrTIiiion us lo the ark 'of her .safety, atpi ‘
ordered her well trained militia in(o the tiold,
stationed them at 1)10 points of danger, defrayed
their expenses from her own treasury, and
garrisoned with them the national forts.. AH ,
Iter taxes and exercises were paid with punc
tuality and promptness, an .example by po
means followed by some of the Slates, in Vvhicli
the cry for war had been loudesr. Tltese facts '
are recited for no other purpose But that of
preparing for the inquiry, what becomes of !ilr.
Adams’‘key,’ his ‘(iiojecl,’ and his‘postulates V
Tim letter was to all intents and purposes, lo
use his language, ‘consummated.';
Laws unconstitutional in tlm public opinion
had beeu enacted. A great majority of an ex
asperated people were in a stain of the'highest
excitement. The legislature (if his word bo
•aken) was under the aiUn.igomcr.t of the lea
ders, Tito judicial courts ivore one their side,
and the juries,weres as lie pretends, contamina
ted. A golden opportunity hadarrived. .‘Now
was the winter of their discontent made glori-
rions summer.* AH the combustibles for rev
olution were, ready. When, behold! instead
ofa dismembeied Union, military'movements,
a northern confederacy, and British nliianc.e,
accomplished at the favorable moment of al-
mosi total prostration of the credit and power
of the riational rulers, a small and peaceful
deputation of grave cilixens, selected JVom the
ranks of civil life, and legislative councils, as
sembled at Ilariford, There, calm aud col
lected like the P ilgrims, from whom they de
scended, and not unmindful of tnoso who had .
achieved the independence of their country,
they deliberated on t ho most effectual means
of preserving for thoir fellow-citizens aud their
descendants the civil and political liberty which'
had been won, and bequeithod them.
The character of this much, injured assem
bly has beeu subjected to heavier imputations,
uitder an entire deficiency not only of proof,
but of probability, than ever befel any other
set of men, discharging merely thu duties ofa
committee of ir legislative . body, and making
a public report of their doings to their'eoristit-
[Concluded.]- d
The elfort discernible throughout this letter,
to connect those latter events, which were of
a public nature, and of which the natural and
adequate causes were public, wilh the myste
rious project, known only to himself of an ear
lier origin and distinct source, is in the last
degree violent disingenuous.
The cess on of Louisiana to the United
States, when first ptoranlged, "^as a theme of
complaint .alid dissatisfaction, in this part of the
country. This could not he regarded as fac
tious or.unreasonable, when it, is admitted by
Mr. Ad a tils, that Mr. Jefferson and himself
eutertainnl constitutional scruples and objec
tions to the-provisions of the treaty of cession.
Nothing, however, like a popular excitement
grew onr of the mei-sure, and it is stated by Mr.
Adams that this project •slumbered' un'il the
pet mi] of the embargo in December, 1807?—
Suppose then for the moment (what we have
not a shadow of reason for believing, and do
not believe) that upon the occasion of tht^Lou-
isiahir Ti e»fy, ‘certaiu leaders' influenced by
ronxiitutioh-il objections, (admitted to have
been common to Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Adams
and themselves,) had conceived a project of
sepffrntion, and of a Northern Confederacy, as
the only probable counterpoise to the manu-
(ifciiire of new Slates in the South, does it fol
low that when the public mind became recon
ciled to the cession, and the beneficial conse
quences as it were realized, (as it is conceded
by Mr. Adams, was the case) thes.’same ‘lead
ers’ whoever they might bo, would still cher
ish theemhryo project, and wait for other con
tingencies, to enable them lo affect it! On
what authority can Mr. Adams assume (lilt
the project merely ‘slumbered’ fot years, if his
private evidence applies only to the time of its
origin.
The opposition to the measures of govern
ment in 1808 arose from causes, which Were
common to the people, not only of New-Eng-
land, but of all the commercial states, as was
manifested in New-York, Philadelphia, and
elsewhere. By what process of fair reasoning
then can that opposition be referred to, or con
nected with a plan, which,is said lo have ori
ginated in 1804, and to have been intended to
embrace merely- a northern confederacy >1 The
objection to the Louisa'na treaty was founded
on the just construction ufthe compact between j units. Tiiesoimpuiations have never assumed
COMMISSION BUSINESS
IN DARIEN.
P[T}HE subxcribers rpspccttully tender their xer-
.11. vices to the Receiving and Forwarding ot Goods
and Produce—ampin Wlmrfatid Stole room, together
with several years experience in the business, end a
teady location in the place—will enable them to give
'lie greatest facilities and strictest attention to the in
terest of their employers. .
Darien, Aug. 7,33 HAWES & MITCHK1 L.
fit HF. Commissioners if the Ocmulgee Navigation
l above Macon, are requested to meet in Macon
on tlm FIRST THURSDAY in APRIL, for the pur-
purpose of making arrangements for working ou said
River the ensuing season. T. HOLT,
February 11 m2m One of the Commissioners.
FOR SALE,
THE Steam Boat MACON,
burthen 152 tons, built in Charles
ton Uy Mr. Paul-Prtcbard, in 1826
of the best maleriuis, and her En
gine built by Mr.',W». H. Evans
also of Charleston. This Boat has an elegant Cabin,
well furnished', which can accommodate upwards of
twenty passengers, has three large copper boilers,
with a powerful Engine, in good order, and she is in
every respect well found.
The Macon is now loading for Augnsta, where sho
may be seen from the 7th to the 10th March, and in
Charleston, on her return, about the IGtli. For par
ticulars, apply on hoard of the Macon, to Alexander
McGregor, or at his office, Chisolm’s upper wharf,
feb 27 3t ALEX. Mr.GRKGOR, Charleston.
NOTICE.
T HE Commissioners of the MACON MASON
IC HALL LOTI ERY,announce to the public,
that they hnvc fixed on
Wednesday the 15 th of April next,
for the LAST DRAWING o( the First Class, on
which day they pledge themselves it ihnlllporiiire/y
take place. » •
From the liberal support thus far extended to the
Lottery, they confidently rely on that continuation of
patronage, without which no undertaking of the kind
can be brought to a successful conclusion.
On that day prizes to the amount of $10,000 miul
be draum—among these are the
CAPITAL PRIZES tf $5,000, $500, $300’s, A c
and from the fact that one half of the original amount
of Brizes Is still In the Wheel, they offer this as afford
ing a better chance, of profit than any Scheme now
before the puhhe. *
Orders for Tickets from any part of the country en
closing the Casji or Prize Tickets will be promptly
aUctledtoby, NATU'L BARKER, Secretary.
Macon, 21st February, 1829
Cider.
FEW Barrelsof ClDERofsuperiorqualityJusl
Feb 28 9
1.1.LIS, .SHOTWEEE A Co.
I NOTICE.
^THIIE SUBSCRIBERS have lately rem6v**d front pnOjIE LtfiSFE.S of the Two Acre Loin on the
their old stand, to the corner house on Cherry Town Common* are notified that the Second
Street, formerly occupied by Messrs. Ralston & Jones, Instalments became due on the f>th of February Inst,
where they will keep on hand in their usual exleu- e nd they are requested tq come forward and pay up
aive way a general assortment of Hard Croce-' theft respective Instalments to the subscriber,
vies and Dry Goods. ▼ , MARTIN SUMMONS, Secretary.
IM. i 40 KIMBERLY A CHISHOLM. 1 Much 11th, 1823 3111
sovereign states. It was believed in New-Etig-
luud, tisat new nrembers could not be adued to
the confederacy beyond the territorial limits of
the contracting parties. This was considered
as u fair subject ut remonstrance, ns justifying
proposals or an amendment o£the constitution.
But so far were the federal party-from attempt
ing to use this us an additional incentive to the
passions of dm day, that in a report made to the
Legislature of 1814 by a committee, of which
Mr. Adams’ ‘excellent friund,’ Josiah Quincy,
was chairman, (Louisiana having at this time
Been admitted into the Uiitou) it is expressly
sic ed, that ‘they have not been flispostd to con
nect .his great constitutional question with the
transient c lamities of the day, from which it
is to their opinion very apparently distinguish
ed both in its cause and consequences.’ That
in their .view of this great constitutional, ques
tion, they have confined theniselvcs to topics
and arguments drawn from tlm constitution,
‘with die hope of limiting the further progress
of the evil, rather than with expectation of im
mediate reltefduring the continuance of exist
ing influences in the national administration.’—
Tliis report was accepted ; and thus the ‘pro
ject,’ instead of being used as fuel to tlm (lime,
is deliberately taken out of it, ntid presented
lo the people by ‘the loaders,’ as resting on dis
tinct considerations from the ‘transient calami
ties,’ anti for which present redress ought nei
ther to be sought or expected.
To the embargo imposed in December, 1807
nearly all the delegates of Massachusetts were
opposed. The pretexts for imposing it wore
deemed by her citizens'i mockery of her suf
ferings. Owning nearly ono thifd of the lon-
nuge in the United Stales, sho felt that her
voice ought to he heard in what related to its
security. Depending principally on hor foi-
eign trade and fisheries for support, her situa
tion appeared despernto under tho operation of
this law in its terms perpetual. It was • a bit
ter aggravation of Iter sufferings to be told, that
its objects was to* preserve those interests. No
people, at peace, in an equal space of lime, ev
er endured severer privations. She could not
consider the annihilation of lier trade as inclu
ded in tho power to regulate it. To her law
yers, statesmen, and citizens in general, it ap
peared a direct violation, of the constitution.—
It was universally odious. Tho disaffection
was not confined to the fedorul party. Mr.
Adams, it is said, aud not contradicted, announ
ced in his letters to tlm members of Congress,
that government must not rely upon its own
friends. The interval from 1807 to 1812 was
filled up by a series of restrictive measures
which kept alive the discontent mid irritation
of the popular mind. Then followed the war,
under circumstances which aggravated the
public distress. In its pregross, Massachu
setts wrs deprived of garrisons for her ports—
with a line of sea-coa^f equal ip extent to one
third of that of all the other maritime States,
she was left during the whole, was nearly de
fenceless. Her citizens subject .to incessant
alarm ; u portion of tho country invaded, and
taken possession of as a conquered territory.—
Her own militia arrayed, and encamped at an
enormous expense ; pay and subsistence sup
plied from her nearly exhausted, treasury, nod
reimbursement refused^ even to this day. -Now,
what under the pressure and excitement of
these measures was the conduct of tho federal
party, the ‘devoted majuiitywith the military
force of the State i»their > hands;—with Uto cn-
coinagemeutto Leftlorived from a conviction
that the Northern States wore in sympathy
with their feelings, and that government could
not rely on its own friends 1 Did they resist
the laws? Not in a solitary instance. Did
they threaten a separation of the States 1 Did
they urr.iv their forces wish u show of such dis-
•a precise form ; but vague opinions’have ore
vailed ofa combination to sopayato'the Union.
As Mr. Adams lias condescended, by tho
manner in which he speaks cf that convention,
to adopt or cuuntoumire those imputations on
its proceedings, we may be excused for* mak
ing a few remarks on lha subject, althuuzh this
is not a suitable) occasion to go into a full ex
planation and vindication of that uieqsnrc.
Tho subject naturally resolves Itself into
fuor points, or questions. ‘ . s'
First, the constitutional right ofa State tp,
appoint delegates to such ti convention:
■ Secondly, tho projiriety and ■ expediency of
exercising4hat right at that time:'
■ Thirdly, the objects intended to bo attained
By it, atid the powers given fpr that purpose by
the State to the delegates; and - ’ ■
Fourthly, the manner in which tho delcgutes
exercised their power.
As to the fiast point, it will not be doubted
that the people have a right ‘in mi orderly uipi
peaceable manner to assemble to consult upon
the common good ;’and to request of their ru
lers ‘by the way of addresses, petitinns, nr re-
monstancos, redress of the wrongs donn them,
mid of the grievances they suffer.’ This is e-
numernted in the constitution of Massachusetts
among our natural, essential, and unalienable
rights: Ktul it is recognized in tho constitution
of the United States ; and who then shall daro .
to sot limits to i|s exercise, or to prescribe to us •
the manner in which it shall bo exerted? We
luve already spoken ofthosiato of public af
fairs and tlte measures of tho general govern
ment, in the year 1813, und of the degree of
excitement, umuuntiug, nearly to desperation,
to which they had brought tlte minds of the
people in this and tho adjoining States. Their
sufferings mid apprehensions could no longer
bo silently endured, and numerous meetings of
the citizens had been held on the occasion in
various parts of the country. It was then
thought that tho measures called for in such an
emergency would be more prudently mid safe
ly matured and promoted by the government
of thu State, than by unorganized budies of in
dividuals, strongly excited by what they con
sidered to bo the-unjust and oppressive meas
ures of the general government. If nil the
citizens had-tho right jointly anti severally, to
consult for the common good, and to seek for a
redress of thoir grievances,- no reason cun be
given wbv their legislative assembly, which
represents them all, may not exercise tlte same
right in their behalf. We no where find any
consti.uitinnal jiiohibkion or restraint of tlm ex
orcise of this power by the State; mid if not
prohibited it is reserved to the Statci We
maintain then that the people had nn unques
tionable right, in this as well as in other modes,
to .express their opinions of the measures of
tlte general government,' and to seek, 'by ad
dresses, petitinns, or remonstrances,’ to obtain
a redress of their grievances and relief from
their sufferings.
If there was uo constitutional objection to
this mode of proceeding, it will ho readily ad- '
milted that it was in all respects tho most eligi- ■
ble. In the state of distress and danger which
then oppressed all hearts, it was to be appre
hended, ns before suggested, lliatlhrge and fre
quent assemblies of tlte people might lead lo
measures incoitxistant with tlm peace and or
der of (lie community. If an appeal was to be
made lo the government of tlm United States, ■
it is likely to bo more effecte d, if proceeding
from the whole State collectively, than if from
insulated assemblies of citizen* ; and th6 appli
cation of that form would tend also to repress
the public excitement, vnd prevent any sgddco
and unadvised proceedings of the people, by
bolding- out to them the prns|>cct of relit^\
through the influenceoftheir State government.
position? Did the government or people of This latter consideration had grogt weight wl',4
Massachusetts in any one instance swerve from the legislature ; and it is believed to have been
their allegiance to thu Union t The reverse of the only motive that could have induced some