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Us ?arcwell \ddres'. qu the subject, an a<&. cs*’.
worthy of record- <jc a tablet of adamant, cai»
on you in strains ot ir:e«otibie eloquence u
_ preserve your national union.
The great and good Adam*, with his capu-
cious mind and extensive is-fijence, follows the
bright example of the Gather and friend of his
country to preserve that inestimable blessing.
And may we not hope that Divine Providence,
so often our Almighty Friend in distress, will af
ford us aid and support, and gran; an happy is-
BliC
Xho next object of importance, to which,
gehtlemeb, permit me to call your, audition, is
the militia. Unprepared to enter into details,
my observations must be general. The mili
tia is the great depositary &f cur liberty and in
dependence—it is the first, and Iasi hope of our
country. Let the militia be inefficient, and
.sudden will be our transition to slavery.
Previously to the revolution, the greatest
care was taken to keep (he militia in an unor
ganized and torpid state. Indeed, in this and
other provinces, patriotic exertions were made
with little effect to counteract this slavish poli
cy. But the provincial executives, always op
posed t^ the interests cf the people, appointed
militia officers, subservi«j|i to regal purposes: |
anjl-when war with the mother country was in
evitable, one of the first important measures
► adopted, was the reorganization of the whole
militia. Since that period, this state, by its own
authority, and afterwards in subordination to :
the federal gover nment, have paid a marked at-.,
lection to the subject. The result has done j
honor to both governments; their measures!
have excited that martial spirit, which merits
every attention and encouragement.
The materials composing the militia, are in
dependent aspiring citizens ; whose ambitious
minds never were, and with the utmost confi
dence, it is hoped, never will be, subdued by fo
reign domination. Infinitely will they prefer
their, existence with immortal honor in the
field; to a surrender of their beloved country to
haughty and tyrannical invaders. A country,
the birth right of themselves and of those most
dear to them.
Such materials for officers and,privates are
not exceeded, if equalled, on the globe. Or
ganized, armed, accoutred find clad, they are
it) this state as well disciplined as the nature of
the case at present will admit. But is it not
possible to complete their discipline ? And is
it not an object worthy of every attention, and
requisite expencc i
The revolutionary army, for several years af-
ter it was formed, was but an established mi
litia; and yet never was an army composed of
more meritorious officers and privates. It is
deeply to be regretted, that their services were
not belter rewarded. Their exertions to attain
discipline did them great honor ? but, until the
arrival of a disciplinarian from the family of
Frederick the great, the measure was imprac
ticable. By his skill, military older sprang
out of confusion, American corps were soon
equal, if npt superior, to veteran enemies, and
these were convinced that our federal grounds,
were too sacred to be trodden by foreign inva
ders.
I Should measures be pursued with success in
all the states to attain this very important ob
ject, and our union, unimpaired and confirmed;
be supported by a completely disciplined mili
tia, then may the United States, in their de
fence, bid defiance to the world, and rest in
safety.
^ I feel, gentlemen, the obligation of duty, to
BtUrn your attention, for a moment, to the feder-
P> al government.
f Previously to the revolution, when clouds
collected and portended a political tempest, it
was predicted by ministerial adversaries, that
out federal league “ would be a rope ot sand”
—This, ih a great degree, was. verified by the
form ot the confederation. The change from
| . that to the federal constitution, applied power
fully to the feelings and interests of the com
munity at large, and produced the necessity
of an accomtnodaiioo. This having been
wisely adopted, and the requisite amendments
having been sanctioned, a system of federal
government exists, which embraces the gener
al and nearly the universal approbation of the
people.
The first candidate foi president, united the
public suffrages ; but, in regard to his succes
sors, divisions ensued, being the result of the
different territorial, commercial and political
views and interests of the states ; which, in the
beginning, had little or no activity. The peace,
order and dignity which, nevertheless, prevail
ed in the federal elections, are the highest pan
egyrics on the people, and on the form of tlieir
government.
We have in the federal chair a president,
K whose enlightened mind, and whose moral, social
; and poli teal virtues quality him, in a super-emi
nent degree, for that important station. If any
naitot^an boast of a chief magistrate with su-
perio?Tjiiafiues for promoting public happiness,
it is not within the recollection or knowledge of
■the person addressing you. Of what con
sequence is it, whether a president was born
on this, or on that side of the Potomac ? At e
not the United Stales one great political fam
ily ; exquisitely alive to the least common in
jury, aud to the conduct cf government ior re
moving it \
When we consider also the respectable char
acters which fill the other great executive of
ficial departmer.13, arc they not, so far as char
acter has a claim, justly entitled to our highest
respect, confidence -Sc support. ?—Front men let
us tumour attention to measures ; let us view
the conduct of the federal government, from
the fi'st burst of the Gallic volcano, to this
day—let us look at them on the honorable
ground of neutrality, charged, in turn, by each
belligerent, with mean degrading partiality,
and repelling with dignity, the unprovoked at-
' tack. See our federal rulers, robed in justief
tmd honor, whilst Europe, convulsed to tin
center, has been in one great blaze of \v«
, preserving, for a series of years, their unoffentt
ing states in peace. Behold them, in th
choice of unavoidable evils, struggling With t!
impatience and afflictions of the people, unde
the painful, but indispensable ope; alien for
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-/reset ving the vital fluid of the nation, their
x'ive property—and &eu let us declare the
onert judgment of candor and truth on the
induct of our government.
Whilst we adroit, that there is no perfection
in human nature, and that the greatest men
do often err, let us not construe the errors of
honest functionaries into crimes ; let us place
in the opposite scale, their meritorious acts,
aud at least give them full credit for the bal
ance. When this is done, may we not with
truth declare, that tiie fedeflpl government
have done Weil, and are good and faithful ser
vants of the public ?
The provisions made by the constitution and
laws for the establishment and promotion of
literature, teligion, morality, and the social
virtues, supported, as they have been, aud as*
suiedly will be by government, cannot fail to
attain their desirable objects. They are the
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SAVANNAH,
Thursday Evening, June 28,1810.
On the 12 th instant, the Senate of Massachu
setts proceeded to the choice of a Senator to Con
gress. The votes were. 20 for Mr. Vamum,
and 20 for Mr. Pickering. A second trial was
to take place on the next day.
true and only sources of present and future severe
happiness. Without these qualities, what is
man ? A living sepulchre, with a fair and de
ceitful exterior, and an impure and polluted
A letter f rcei Gottenburg, dated UJ May, re-
ceh ed'at New York, states, that Toningen and
the whole of Holstein, as well as Spain and Hol
land, are now wider a strict blockade by the
English, end that the Baltic is entirely filed with
British vessels cf war. These measures are said
to have been adopted in consequence of a British
armed vessel having been ordered from a Swedish
port, which she had entered in distress, after a
engagement. .
On the 3d February, official notice was given
A letter from New-Orleans, dated 24th Mav,
says—“Our port is full of French privateers;
mind—and possessed of them, is he not “ the : and 1 fear our trade will experience every vex-
uoblest work of God ?” IIow important then to ation from thebi this summer.”
society, is the patrouage of government for
the institution and support of schools, acade
mies and colleges ? These are the inexhausti*
ble fountains of true piety, morality and litera
ture ; and the solid foundation of liberty, na
tional honor, and public happiness.
In the channels of husbandry and commerce, i ——
flows in a great measure the active property of ’ -American Flag—We are informed by an
this state. These are natural allies, the aid of i highly reputable gentleman, who arrived in the
one, is indispensable to the other, and it is * John Adams frigate, that whilst he was at
fortunate for both, that there is a coincidence j Havre, a brisk and constant trade was carried
of friendship and interest between them.— |
- AUCTION.
TO-MORROW 29th instant
„ IViU be sold at the subscriber's store,
1 chest Carpenters Tools
\Vaiters, Glass Candlesticks
Chairs and breakfast Tables
Sundry Tin Ware, &c.
Efcing the personal property of Allen Sey t -
niour, deceased, sold by order of the adminis
trator.
Williford 8t Stevens, auct’rs.
June 28 75
AUCTION.
On SATURDAY, .30th instant;
At the Exchange, will be sold,
A variety of
Groceries and Dry Goods,
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock.
Howe h? Dimoh, auct’rs.
. __ jt.
Citizenship.
A regular term of t$e Inferior Court com-.
menr.es at the Court House in Savannah; on t
They are the great pillars of this common
wealth, and not a right of either ought to be
invaded, or impaired whilst she, in subordina
tion to the general government, has an arm to
protect them.
Industry and economy, those great sources
of wealth, cannot be too much encouraged and
supported. Happily for this country, they in
numerous instances are enlisted in the service
of manufacturers and mechanics. These valua
ble and important classes of out 1 fellow citizens,
have a just demand on government, for every
reasonable encouragement and support.—
Their pursuits are practicable patriotism, and
whilst our national and state parchments, es
tablish our independence of right, their mea
sures, more solid, are establishing for us, an in
dependence in deed.
When we reflect that the United States are
in possession of numerous blessings, political,
civil and religious, many of which are not en
joyed by any other nation : that we are remote
Irom those scenes of war and carnage, by which
Europe is vested in sable : that we enjoy the
unr.ontrouled right, on prictple* of true liberty,
to form, aitcr, and carry, into effect our federal
and state constitutions : that founded on them
and on law, there exists a spirit of-toleration,
securing to every one the undisturb .d rights
°f conscience, ;nd the free exercise of religion :
that the people, at fixed periods, hate the
choice of their rulers, and can remove those
who do wrong s. that the means cf education in
all its branches, are liberal, general and suc-
cesful : that their national strength, resources,
and powers, by proper arrangements, may ten
der these states invincible : that by our hus
bandry, commerce, manufactures, and me
chanical arts, the wealth of this country almost
to Mr. Bourne, the American consul at Am* | MONDAY the 9th July next, when those sti
sterdam, “ that no American vessel whatever 5 . disposed, ,n *fy become Citizens of the United
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,—J\atwnalIntMgencer. J une 23- 77 f/lri.
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Office of Discount and Deposit,
Savannah, 23th June, 1810.
This Office will be shut on WEDNESDAY
’.NEXT, the 4th of July; therefore, all Bills
with | and Notes payable on that day, must be taken
up on TUESDAY. Notes intended for Dis
count^ must be lodged before 2 o’clock on
MONDAY ; and such as are for renewal, datjs
ed on the 2d, and drawn at 62 days.
Thomas Mendenhall,
[77) Cashier.
on between that port and Great-Britain,
licenses and principally under the American Flag
—-Baltimore paper.
rou TTIE EVENING LEDGER.
NO. I.
TO THE PEOPLE.
I propose, in a series of short numbers, to
submit my senlim ents to the people of this
State, on some subjects, which .may probably
claim their attention and respect. My inves
tigations will be deficient in many of those
particulars which distinguish the writer of ge
nius and ability ; but these defects, will, I hope,
be amply compensated by a zeal that will be
discovered to promote the happiness and best
interests of my fellow-citizens.
I shall commence with a subject, worn al
most threadbare, but to which it is necessary
to recal the public attention, for purposes that
will be developed in succeeding numbers.
That the Yazoo Sale was effected by fraud,
bribery and corruption, no one pretends to de
ny. The legislature of 1795 betrayed every
important trust confided to them by the peo
ple, and returned to their constituents reeking
with the spoils of infamy and pollution. The
means by which the SPECULATORS tri
umphed over the honor and patriotism of a
majority of the members of that legislature,
are too well known to be now detailed—it is
sufficient for me to say, that the people were
cheated out of their property by a compact,
than which, the annals of history cannot pro
duce another, so palpably iniquitous and
corrupt.
The De Witts were inhumanly butchered
by a duped and infa uated populace. They
were accufed of plundering the state. No
surpasses credibility : let us not be prompted J men could have been governed by purer priri-
by imprudent zealots of any description, to haz- ‘ ciples of integrity. 1 hey, however, met a fate
aid the irretrievable loss of all, or of any of which a misguided people conceived was merit-
these inestimable blessings ; but let us secure
them forever, with the aid of Divine Provi
dence, by rallying around the standard of our
national government, and by encouraging and
establishing a martial spirit, on the solid foun
dation of internal peace, order, and concord.
Accept, gentlemen, I pray you, my unfeign
ed thanks, for your patience on this occasion :
which I consider as a pledge of your future
ed by public peculators. These patriots perish'
ed innocently ; but if the popular indignarion
had been directed, in a fimilar manner, against
the cotrupt members of tlfe legislature of ’95 —
again!! thofe dealers in fin and fraud—men of
virtue might have deprecated fuch a diforder in
the pure and legal adminiftration of a republic ;
but would one emotion of fympathy have been
excited ? Would one tear from Justice have
outrage
liberality towards me ; unnecessary, as my ob- j f a u en upon their deftiny ? No. The
servations may be in regard to information to U pon the law, would have been the only subject
yourselves, they have afforded me an opportu- Q f re g ret
nity of discharging my obligations to the pub- ; T &. legislature of ’96. endeavored to erafe
he, by unfolding matters which may have im- the ftain ' which had been impofed on (he
public virtue : and tho’
in the refeinding act,
pressed your minds with much, if not with .
equal importance. ' As the season requires,
that, for the benefit of the country, your session
should be short, nothing shall be wanting on my
part to promote your objects. However inter
esting to the public your measures may be, they
will not exceed my anticipation : and be al
ways assured, that consistently with obligations
of an official nature, they vvtll ever receive ray
cordial co-operation and support,
-Any other communications, gentlemen,
which may be requisite, shall be submitted to
your consideration by message.
E. GERRY.
His excellency’s speech was committed in
the s'enatc to the honorable Messrs. Philips,
Cushman, and Blake
Sheriff's sales.
On the fast Tuesday in September next.
Will be sold at the court-house in lliceborough,
at the usual hours,
The following Negroes, viz ;—October, No
vember, December, May, April, Nancy and
Sukey, with the issue of the families, if any.
Also, all that Tract of L. and, containing four
hundred acres, situ ate and lying in the county
of Liberty; and another Tract containing five
hundred acres, more or less, adjoining the afore
said Tract; which two Tracts of Land are
bounded on the south by land of James M‘Kay,
on the west by land of Richard Girardeau, on
the north by land ot Thomas Way, and on eve-
ry other side by vacant land, at the time of sur
vey.
Also all that Tract of Land, containing two
hundred and fifty acres, more or less, situate and
iving in the county aforesaid, bounded, at the
■ une of survey, southwardly by land of James
\l‘Kay ; northwestwardly by land of James
te wart; eastwardly by land of Edward Way,
md vacant land ; and southwardly by land of
3 athaniel Clark, and vacant land.
The above property, taken by virtue of an
•xecutkm on the foreclosure of a mortgage,
• :ues D’Wclt against John Jones. Conditio ns.
ca.di. JQSIAH WILSON, s. l. c.
June 28—77
Union Society.
A quarterly meeting of the Union Society,
will be held at the City Hall, on MONDAY
F VEKING NEXT, the 2d of July } precisely
at seven o'clock.
John N; Eraiisford, sec’rv-
June 28 77
Chatham Artillery.
You will appear ot the Laboratory, in full
uniform, on WEDNESDAY NEXT, at tea
o’clock a. m. precisely.
June 23 77
Pope, sec’ry.
Just Received,
100 pieces (assorted numbers) Irish LIbf*
ENS, for sale for cash, or approved paper.
Minis Sc Henry.
June 2 8—77
For sale
Bills on New-York,
Apply to
Andrew Low £? Co.
June 28—77
For sale,
AT C. GUNN’S,
BACON and LARD, of a superior quality,
at wholesale or by the piece.
June 23-
-77
just Opened,
A chest of Imperial Gunpowder TEA, of .the
latest importation, for sale low
1 bale low priced CASSIMERE
ALSO,
300 dozen perfumed crown SOAP
50 boxes common brown do.
For sale cheap by the box, by
E. YameU.
June 28— 77
on
the reafons assigned
may not be fatis-
factory to the Supreme Court of the United
States, vet, no honeft man can read them with-
ou feeling a conviction, that all the powers as-
fumed by that legislature were ftrictly conftitu*
tional and legitimate.
We must presume, that congress possess
es more wisdom and integrity, than can be
found on the Supreme Bench of the United - RY
Slates. The speculators have never been, ‘ ,v i!l
nor will they ever be able, to effect a com
promise with congress. Now, congress re
presents the views, the wishes, and the sen
timents cf the whole nation. The rejection
of the Yazoo Claims by congress, proves,
therefore, the opinion entertained of them, by
, the great body of the people,
t The decision of the Supreme Court would
l afford topics ol elaborate enquiry, and there
fore foreign to the plan of these essays. My
only object in this number, was to shew, from
John F. Everitt,
Has taken the, stand, corner of Draylon-street
and Bay-Lane, lately occupied by 'James
England, where he has for sale,
Cogniac Brandy and Jamaica Rum
Loaf and brown Sugar
Fresh Hyson Tea and Green Coffee
Choice pickled Tongues aitd Salmon
Molasses, fresh Butter, Cheese, Hogs-Lard
and sweet Oil.
A small assortment of very handsome
LIVERPOOL CROCKERY,
With a number of articles in the GROCE-
LINE. and a few DRY GOODS, whica-
be sold low for cash.only.
:17 s An excellent MILCH COW, for sale—.
Apply as above. June 28 77
The Subscriber,
Being about to leave this Slate for a few
months, has appointed John Lawsoit, esq:
and Mr. John I. Roberts, his attornies dur
ing his absence. Any person having demands
against him, are requested to present them im
mediately for payment; and many who are
owing him are informed,that unloss they i
immediate satisfactory arrangement, with <
a view of the general turpitude of the Yazoo er of his attorn i es , they musCexpect to be call-
Speculation, the abhorrence id which it is he*d \ e d rjR j n ^ different manner. ZVlr. John I. Ro^
by all the honest and disinterested citizens ©f ! berts will attend to my ccrrespocdents and th®
the United States.
REGULUS
Married, near llaleigh, N. C. on the 14ih
inst. Crttus ICexVakeS, esq. of Georgia, to
Miss Mart Rogers, daughter of the iate col.
Rogers.
Ciris is unavoidably omitted this afternoon.
FORT OF SAVANNAH.
- Cleared.
Ship United States, Gardiner, Liverpool—
J. Idler & Co.
British brig Euphemia, IVilkie, Greenock—
J. Carruthers.
—Jane, Bassett, Liverpool—Lord and
Hall.
Joseph Ricketsan, Sterling, New-York
— William Gaston. .
a Eunice, Edgar, ditto—J- Meigs.
Schr. Eliza if Katy, Lightboztm, Philzdel-
fihia—T. if R F. ?VEiitvns.
concerns of the store.
William Woodbridge., -.
June 23—b—77
To Let,
A two story HOUSE, in Elbert ward, near'
the residence of Morris Miller esq. For terms
apply to JOHN EPPJNGER, sen.
June 28—77
Marshal’s sales.
By virtue of an order of the hon. William
Stephens, judge of tbg District Court cf Geor
gia, will be sold at the Exchange, on Monday
the second day cf July next, the schooner
JOHN, with her Boats, Tackle and Apparel,
as she now lies, at the wharf occupied by S. & C.
Howard. Conditions, cash.
JohnKppingcr, ii. d, c.
June 28^—77