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WEDNESDAY MORNING , JUNE 18, 1828
The Georgia Journal, in an article upon the
Tar ill, estimates tiie amount <jf foreign woollens
worn by every person in the State, man, woman
and child, at the average price of $6 ; ami argues
that as the Tariff of 1824 fixed the duty on the
importation at 38 per cent, so, in consequence,
every man, women and child pays a tax of $2 28
on account of that Tariff; and that the amount
paid by the whole population *is $912,000.
Now there is more sophistry than truth in this
statement. The people of Georgia have not been
burthened to the amount of one cent by the Ta
riff on woollens of 1824. Has the price of wool
lens increased since that time ? No, it has fallen.
Has any one paid more for his coat, or blanket
than formerly ? No ! he has paid less. We ap
peal to the sales books of our merchants, to public
price currents, nay to the recollection of our citi
zens, for the proof of this.
If then, the practical operation of the Tariff is
directly the reverse of what was predicted in re
gard to it, of what is sti’l asserted of it—if instead
oi raising the price of goods, it only keeps it stea
dy—if our citizens can see , and feel all this, will
they be led away by the clamors of interested po
liticians, sc far as to jeopardize the peace and bar.
mony of the Union ?
All the clamor which has been raised against
the tariff, has been based upon the assumed fact,
that the price of goods would be advanced in con
sequence of it. But experience has shown that
such is not the fact. The price of goods has not
advanced—consequently, the planters of the south
have not been taxed for the benefit of the north
ern manufacturers. This duty of 38 per cent, a
bout which the editors the Journal make so
long a talk, instead of coming out of the pockets of
the good people of Georgia, has been paid by the
foreign manufacturer He has been obliged to
send his goods to our market, at as low a price ns
formerly, in order to compete with our domestic
manufacturers. He has not been able to add the
amount of duty tc the price of his cloth but has
been obliged to deduct it from tne amount of his
own profit?, from the wages of his half starved
workmen. It is the foreign manufacturer, there
fore, who is taxed by the Tariff, and not the con
sumer, as our politicians would have us believe.
But there is another inacuracy in the reasoning
of the Journal. There may indeed be 400,9tX
souls in Georgia, agreeably to his statement ; bu‘
then very few of them are dressed in British
Broadcloths. So far as our observation has ex
tended. the planters of Georgia arc usually clad
in substantial homespun, the produce of their own
looms. We, of course, except a few individual
in the neighborhood of towns. But should an
one be desirous of making a calculation as to the
amount of cloathing subject to the tariff let him
attend the sittings of the Superior Courts in the
! different counties, and notice the dresses of the
| jurors, witnesses, and suitors, about the Court,
House. He will find that the tariff has a very li
mitted operation. Why instead of every man's
paying a tax annually of 2 28 on account of the ta
riff, there will be found but few who have paid that
amount for British broadcloths in the whole course
of their lives ! It is preposterous to suppose that
the farmer is taxed, because there is a duty on an
article which he never buys. The price of broad
. cloth may rise and fall, and never affect the in
terests of the farmer, if he never meddles with the
article There are, to be sure, other classes of tho
! community who wear British goods to a large a
j mount. But who are they ? The merchant, who
; imports British goods, finds it more convenient to
take a coat pattern from his shelf, than to be at
the trouble of getting one manufactured at home.
The lawyer, tho doctor, together with the non
descript gentry, dress in broadcloth—Who, if they
be not the most numerous, are generally the ost
noisy part of the community—and are generally as
sensitive in matters that touch the pocket,as other
people. And even admitting that these individuals
do pay a tax on the superfluous articles of their dress
does the country suffer thereby ! If they cannot
afford to pay the tax, let them dress ip homespun
and avoid it.
W e repeat it —the prodigious clamors which
have been raised by a certain set of politicians a
gainst the Tariff, and the general government,
and the northern manufactures, have their origin
in feelings and views, which are not avowed. Let
the people look to it, and examine the matter for
themselves, before they are humbugged into a
course of policy, which will prostrate their dear
est interests, and tarnish the glory of their state
forever.
The following is a list of Candidates for Electors
of President and Vice-President nominated at the
last session of the Legislature, by the party who,
at the last, election, (supported General Jackson in
opposition to Mr. Crawford. These style them
selves the consistent friends of Jackson, because
they supported his claims from principle as well
as policy, when they were opposed by the popular
voice of the State. This Ticket, it is understood*
ig pledged to Jackson and Calhoun.
Gen. Daniel Newnan, of Baldwin,
Gen. John Stewart, of Oglethorpe ,
Gen. Henry Mitchell, of Hancock.
Col, John Burnett, of Glynn.
Col. John Cqnmnghain, of Elbert.
William Penticost t of Jackson.
Maj. John Hatcher, of Wilkinson.
Benjamin Leigh, Esq. of Columbia.
Pitt Milner, Esq. of Monroe.
We are not personally acquainted with all the
“individuals above named, but, with the exception
of the gentleman whose name stands at the head
of thfs list, have understood them to bo revolu-
THE ARUf§
SAVANNAH, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1828.
tionary characters of irreproachable lives, well
deserving the confidence of their country. The
name of Gen. ha* been so frequently in
the newspapers, hat vve presume few of our fel •
Iow r citizens ar . unacquainted with his character
and claims. He is a gentleman-of fine talents,
was a brave and successful officer during the last
war, and one among the earliest who espoused the
cause of Gen. Jackson in this State.
The ticket which we have inserted below, was
nominated by the party who, at the last election,
supported Mr. Crawford ; and who then, it is be
lieved, preferred Mr. Adams to Gen. Jackson.—
Circumstances, however, have occurred, which
have changed their feelings in regard to Mr.
Adams, and they now, though rather unwillingly,
come into the support of Gen. Jackson. It is not
long since many of the leaders of this party ex
pressed themselves very freely against Gen. Jack
son, and it was not until all efforts to bring out a
tlmd candidate had failed, that they consented to
raiiy under the Jackson flag. Indeed, such was
the hostility entertained by the Crawford party
against Jackson and Calhoun, that had a more ju
dicious course been pursued by Mr. Adams on one
or two occasions, we think the time has not long
passed, when a proper exertion by the friends of
Mr. Adams w o#i have given him the votes of
this state. But it is not now possible. Whether
this ticket will support Mr. Calhoun, we have our
doubts. The hostility entertained against him by
many of Mr. Crawford’s friends, is strong and
deep rooted ; and we should rather be inclined to
think, that this ticket, if elected, would throw
away their votes again upon Van Buren, in pre
ference to voting for Mr. Calhoun, The friends
of Calhoun in this state, will, it is prosumed
support the other ticket.
I he individuals composing this ticket, as well
as the other, are highly respectable, and have long
enjoyed the confidence of the people in several
honourable stations.
Col. John Maxwell, of Bryan,
R. R. Reed*, Esq. of Richmond.
Dr. William Terr#| ; of Hancock.
A gust in S. Clayton, of Clark.
Gen. David Blackshear, of Laurens.
Solomon Graves. Esq. of Neirton.
Col. John Ruthe: f .rd, of Baldwin.
John Moore, Esq. of Oglethorpe.
Maj. Oliver Porter, of Greene.
We observe bv a notice in the newspapers that
the students at one of our southern institutions,
ua\e adopted a resolution to dress entirely in
lion spun, and more especially, to W'ear no cloth
Mianufactured north ol the Potomac. Now 7, wliat>
aver may be said of (lie feeling in w 7 hich this re
solution originated, there can be no harm in tho
practical part of it. Were our young lads, gen
erally, obliged to dress in homespun, it would bo
better botli for and their parents. If the Ta
i ill is this is the only w T ay to disarm
il of its sting. But such puffs will all be forgotten
•i* tne first hofydhy They originated ruthe
interference ol a few 7 boys of an older growth.
TIIE YANKEE IN GEORGIA.
Louisville, March, 1823.
To Mr, Ichabod Flog ginbottom , Schoolmaster ,
Biossomdale Village , f'crpiont.
Dear Sir,
In my last I informed you of my safe ar
rival in Savannah, and of the general politeness of
the people of that city—more especially of the
little man w 7 ith the red lace, who was candidate
for an important office. After spending several
days in that, flourishing city, and making many
w 7 ise and profound reflections upon the manners,
customs, and habits of the inhabitants—the bene
fit of all which you shall in due time receive—l
concluded to start for Milledgeville, where, as I
have bean informed, the genius of the state con
verges to a focus, as it w r ere, affording thereby
great facilities for observation and reflection. Al
ter due deliberation, I concluded to travel on
horseback ;as in fact 1 w r as not encumbered w 7 ith
much baggage, and washed to get along economi
cally. So I went round to the livery stable, where
I was told, 1 might be furnished with animals of
all descriptions. Can you hire me a horse says I,
to gj to Milledgeville ? “Ay, that 1 can, says he,
I’ve the horse that’s carried many a great man to
Milledgeville. and the one w 7 hich many more must
ride if they ever get there—call him Old Treaty ”
Thus saying, he led out a long legged, sw 7ayback
ed, shambling kind of a quadruped, criplcd in his
gait, broken winded, and blind of one eye, which
he declared one of the safest and surest horses in
| the country. Can stand the climate, says he, tra
vel at. all hours, and in all weather, and was never
foundered, or known to fail. He has carried seve
ral of my neighbors express, to Milledgeville. and
: not long since ran a famous race on the Georgia
course, against the Dare-devil. Always hire
him to persons going t<4 Milledgeville.” Guess
fie won’t do, says I, too thin on the ribs: “All the
better or that, says he, got no other.” go l hacj
to mount upon Old Treaty, and sat off.
For the first twenty miles the road lies through
a flat swampy country, and has been causewayed
at considerable expense. Few marks of high im
: provement on either side. About sundown ar
rived at a place they call the Major’s, where I
: procured entertainment for the night. Avery
| clever man the major—keeps a good house—but
darn’d bad whiskey and no cider. lie knew my
horse Old Treaty .directly—“ an old acquaintance,
says he—rode a race on him to MilledgeviHe once
myself-—-hoped to have gained a prize of So(V0 —
but just as I got to the stone steps of the State
House, five stout candidates jumped upon his back
at once, and crowded me off behind, over the tail;
Old Treaty made a terrible effort —but he was
heavily laden, and a tall fellow from ‘Wilkes, who
rode a horse called Vox-populi, dashed on ahead
and won the prize. A sure horse, and good bot
tom, notwithstanding.” “But be careful, says he
how you ride through the piny-woods—the water
of this section don’t agree with his wind 1 .”
You have often brought to my notice the changes
which climate effects on the races of animals.—
But I do not remember any instance adduced by
you more remarkable than the one I met with
soon after I left the Major’s. You well know what
a sleek, prim, puritanical race, your pedagogues
are in Vermont. The unchanged descendants pf
the precise puritans of the 17th century; in ap
pearanee, formal, stiiT, conoeited, and unearthly.
But they % are a different animal altogether, here.
I met one on the way to his birchen empire. He
was a little man, but I dare say, a great gemne—
about 4 feet 7, in heighth, and 3feet in girth—eyes
of a most lustrous aspect—cheeks full and rubi
cond nose red *His plight not so
commendable as I could have wished, for the ho
nor of his profession, his nether garments being
somewffiat dilapidated, lyid the two inches of linen
which should have appeared, entirely secreted be
hind the folds of a red bandanna handkerchief.—
In one hand he cairied a well worn volume, and
from his right hand coat pocket, there peer.
ed forth the neck of a black bottle. Is
Is this, do you imagine, a distinct race, or is it
merely a variety, produced by the influence of
climate ?
Notwithstanding the cautionary warning of the
Major, kept on my way, without let. or hindrance
till I got into she State of Emanuel. Here I came
to a place wdidre was held a magistrates’ court.
“ Holloa!” says one, stop and take a drink.”
Thank you, says I, no occasion. u But you must
stop and hear the Governor’s Speech,” says
he : no man passes here without hearing the Gov
ernors Speech and tasting his whiskey.—
Huzza ror Governor S . Damn Troup
and the treaty!” Thus saying, he took me
from the horse, and led me through the
crowd to the front of the Court House, where a
dark gray man, with short legs and a wide mouth,
and who wore pepper and salt homespun, and ra
ther a cdpper colored nose (by w hich sign I sus
pected him of being a Candidate)--mounted in a
gingerbreadcart, making a speech to his consti
tuents, as he called the people. “ I hold,” says
he, “ that bonevolunce is the first business of le
gislature men ; and how can w 7 e show 7 ourselves
Christian folks, if w r e don’t comfort all the wi
dows. and provide for those unfortunate creatures
who come into the world without any fa
thers to look arter ’em ? Han’t I been a Sin-a-tor
twenty years, and don’t I know w 7 hat’s what; I
am clear, fellow citizens,for giving a draw to all il
legitimates,”
“ Huzza ! for the governor,” shouted a huridred
at once ; “ the governor's treat” cried others ; *
and w 7 hat with drinking and shouting, the balance
of the governor ‘s speech was entirely lost. Soon,
how r ever, a tall skinny looking fellow 7, w 7 ith a face
the color of fresh bees-wax, throwing off his coat
and mounting a stump, “ Troup, says he, is the
greatest man in Georgia, and Clark is a Tory and
Yazooist! lam the best man on the hill, and
can w hip any five of ye !” With that he
swung his long bony arms to and fro in token of
scorn and defiance ; lie w 7 as not, hcw 7 ever, suffer
ed to remain long without an antagonist; a little
shrimp of a man, about the size of a forked carrot
jumped into the ring which w 7 as already formed,
and, crowing like a cock, “ Troup,” says he, “ is a
dammy gog, and the son of a tory ; didn’t he insult
jinral Government, and kill Mlntosh ?” “ A fair
fight,'’ cried by the bye-standers, “give ’em room
—a fail fight!”
In the bustle of preparation I made my escape,
and found my horse Old Treaty ; but the devil of
a trick someone had played him in my absence ;
his ears w T ejre cropt close to his head, and his tail
was shaved as clean as the back of my hand !
Made the best of my w r ay, without asking ques
tions ; but, ip my hurry, took the w 7 rong road, and
arrived here before I found my mistake.
I am yours, to command,
ROGER LONGFELLOW.
The sale of the reserves at Maccp has been de
ferred until October next.
The following estimate of the strength of the
tw r o Candidates, Adams and Jackson, is from the
New York Commercial Advertiser, and show's the
grounds upon which the friends of the adminis
tration rely for its support.
ADAMS. JACKSON.
Maine, 9 0
New-Hampshire, 8 0
Massachusetts, 15 0
Rhode*-Island, 4 0
Connecticut, 8 0
Vermont, 7 0
New-Y<rk, 22 14
New-Jersey, 8 0
Pennsylvania, 0 28
Delaware 3 0
Maryland, 8 3
Virginia, 0 22
North Carolina, 0 15
South Carolina, 0 11
Georgia, 0 9
Tennessee, 0 11
Kentucky, 14 0
Ohio, 16 0
Indiana, 5 0
Illinois, 3 0
Missouri, 3 0
Louisiana, 5 0
Mississippi, 0 3
Alabama, 0 5
138 123
Whole number of electors, 261
Necessary for a choice, 131
Doubtful' —All of w hich we have allow
ed to General Jackson:
Pennsylvania, 28
Virginia, 24
North Caiolina, 15
Tennessee, 2^—f>9
Ol some of tiie above doubtful cases al
though Mr Adams can he elected by a res;-
pectabie majority without them, still lie has
more than an equal chance of receiving
their voles also Tiie fair probability is
on the most careful estimate of present
prospects, that Mr, Adams will have a
part of the doubtful states, and that his vote
Will be more tiiau one hutidred and fifty.
The Bridgeport (Conn.) Patriot says, from the
report of the Manager of the New State Prison, it
appears that the earnings of the prisoners during
tfie last year, have exceeded the expenses of the
Institution more than SIOOO, Formerly, the ex
penses at Newgate Prison were from $5,000 to
$J.0,000 beyoned tfie receipt?
By the politeness of Cupt. Fannin, of the ship
Lafayette, and Capt. Dunham, of the schooner
Jthello, we have recived New York papery of thq
7ti inst.
Liverpool pspers* bad been received in New-
York to tne evening of the sth May, and Lo, ion
to the (Jth, one day later than received at this
place. The reports of the Markets are not later
than those tarnished by the Octavia.
A rumour prevailed at the west end of the town
yesterday, (to which, however, we do not attach
the least credit,) that Earl Grey was to come into
Power immediately, and to have the Bureau of tho
Foreign Dopaatment.
Greece.-- We learn from one of our Paris corres
pondents. that beside the measure of sending Con
suls to Greece, the French Government is about
to authorise, or rather to be a party to, a loan, fer
tile immediate service of the Greek Government
The money is to be sent in monthly instalments,
Times.
Billing's Liverpool Advertiser of the oth, says:
“ The accounts from tho East are this week of j*
very pacific character, and the impression has be-,
guu to prevail that hostilities will not, after all
take place between Russia and Turkey. The ad-*
vices from the British Ambassador at Vienna re-,
present, that the councils of the three Alied Pov/,
ers are again in acebrflanoe, with regmd to the
conduct to be pursued towards Turkey. This does
not go to the ext ent of assuring us that Russia wall
not. occupy the provinces north of the Danube,
but it at least si lows that the Emperor must, have
given a positive pledge not to pursue hostilities for*
the purpose of conquest.”
A Congress at Vienna, to deliberate on Easierq
affairs, was confidently spoken of yesterday after
noon at both ends of the town, though nothing of
the kind is mentioned in the latest advices
the Austrian capital, by the arrivals of yesterday 4
whence the most recent dates reach down to thq
25th ult. according to which the bustle and alarm
occasioned by tfie warlike preparations of Ruusia,
had subsibed.
LONDON, May 5.
Paris papers of the 3d reached us hist night.—
They contain rumours that the Russians havq
crossed the Pruth.
The bill to repeal the Test act, had passed both
houses of Parliament, but it appears had not ycs
received the Royal sanction, and a rumor prevail*
ed that the King did not approve of the measure,
The New Times of the sth. asserts that the King
resolved at first to refuse his assent, and it waq
not until the Ministers one and all tendered their
resignations, that his Majesty agreed to give tliq
subject a re-consideration.
Thp Catholic question was to be brought for*
ward by Sir F. Burdett on the Bth.
The St. Petersburgh Gazette of the loth April,
makes no allusion whatever to the military prepa,
rations of Russia, nor to the intended departure of
the Emperor from his capital,
The following well merited compliment on
Judge Schley, copied from the Augusta Chroni,
ole, contains the sentiments, we believe, of foqr
fifths ot the people of the Middle Circuit.
Speaking of the accumulated mass of business
which the time prescribed does pot admit of be.
ing acted on, the Editor observes,
“All that could possibly be done under
present circumstances, has not been ne
glected, and much praise is due to his Ho*
nor, Judge Schley, for the unceasing assi%
duity with which lie has applied himself to
the laborious duties of his office, The un
favorable auspices under which this gentle*
man came into office—when he was but
lade Known, at a ti ne of high party excite
ment, and in opposition to a rival and pre*
decessor who was deservedly a favorite of
the Bar and ofthe people—arrayed against
him a strong and ex ensive feeling ofpre*
judice ; and the manner in which he ha*
so successfully triumphed over every inimi*
cal feeling, anu gained the respect, esteem
and warm approbation of many who were
then his bitterest opponents, is a source of
the highest credit to himself and the most
hear tfelt gratification to his friends pi is
inflexible firmness and impartiality, patient
and unwavering attention, close investiga
tion, extensive legal knowledge, and care
ful and correct decisions, are the frequent
theme of conversation with those who have
witnessed his official conduct ; and so
much have they won upon the good feel
ings of the public, that we are confident a
much stronger feeling of disapprobation
would now he excited against turning him
out of office than once existed against
bringing him in, It is already whispered
that he will have an opponent at the elec
tion which is to take place at the next ses
sion of the Legislature ; and though he
might possibly succeed against him with
those who are removed from hisspheieof
action and unacquainted with his merits, it
is by no means likely that he could after
wards succeed in reconciling the people of
his Judicial circuit to the change
Naval.—We learn from the Philadelphia Chro
nicle, that recruiting stations so: the U. States’
Navy have been established at Carlisle, Chambers*
burg, and Hamburg, under the general command
of the gallant Capt. Elliot, resident at Carlisle, the
principal depot. We are told that this has been
done at the suggestion of the Captain, having re
ceived a prompt assent from Secretary Southard.
The recruits, says the Chronicle, have already
been numerous— and of a character far better en
titled to confidence than that of many who have,
been picked up, on the seaboard, for the naval ser
vice. Drunkards and idlers are rejected.
It is certainly a novel idea, to seek eveir lands
men and ordinary * ;amen, in the interior of the
country, among the sons of respectable farmers,
most of whom, probably, have never seen a ship,
or dipped their feet in the water of the ocean.—
But they are good stuff, and we doubt not, many
among these youths will soon learn to “ hand,
reef, and steer,” as w ell as the best.
Employment is given to many of the inhabitants
of these towns, in rigging out the recruits in the
naval costume, with straw hats, &c. and we un
derstand that, wdien thus equipped, they attract
much attention.
The success of the experiment seems to bo un
questionable. If such numbers enlist when the
canals, the coalmines,and tfie approaching harvest,
offer abundant sources of employment, many more
may be expected in those seasons when w r ork is
worse paid, and less easily procured. These proofs
of the inclination of our people to this ser vice ars
highly gratifying, and give strong assurances fcha|
the glory of our navy is not destined to diminish,
Massacji usetts Rail Road. —Governor Linooln.
of Mass, reeommends that the Hudson River Raif
Road be speedily commenced. He appears to
think that it can be carried into
tion.
[No. 4.—VoL. 1.