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About The Washington news. (Washington, Ga.) 1821-183? | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1824)
wli Sftm’l. Youog received tSO vofeg. Hon. Joseph C. Yates, 45 Scattering, 1 The meeting next proceeded to ballot for Lieut. Governor. Hon. Erastu* Hi <oi reo’vd 75 Hon. .Tames Burt, 21 Scattering, 6 It was then resolved that the above nominations he unanimous, and (hat the candidates he supported by the republican party. A committee of eight was ap pointed to draft an address to the electors, and the meetingadj turned, 1 The “ irregulars,” as they are called, it seems did not attend the mucus; the whole number in both II ouses is 158, absent 52. Col. Young was the candidate that Gov. ‘Tompkins believed would suc ceed him in 1816. He is a mao f iunable tale *s, a’ l a west ern paper, the Madison O*< ever, speaks uHiim in the foil >wi <g cj ms. ** Col. Young ; s meoiiooe l a. * candidate fur Governor at the next election. If he should obtain the regular nomination at Albany, no doubt lie will su * eed. He i ama > of sound underaaoding .ri* o *•-. rity, and is, and always has b -n a faithful adherent to the re*uh hau party cf this state. Ilis >.*■?. tii >o would give general aa'isfalioo to the partv,” In eo formity with the principles “land pra tier we have ever pus-med tc support the regular nnm i ttions of the democratic party, fairly and honor ihhi made , we hall supp rt Col. Samitel Y u v g For G veil nor, a*d General uastus Root. Fou Lt. Governor of the, state. for 1 the ensuingwo years. While pursuing the old and steady course laid down for the govern knent of the Democratic party* the only course to produce union and tri %mph. we esteem it a duty which we m st cheerfully discharge, to hear Witness to the incorruptible integri ty and repuldii an conduct of Gover nor Yates, who may he pronounced emphatically an honest man He fed persuaded that the IT mocrats of this state will not forget him ; and although lie retires from the of fice of Executive. he will oo doubt fill a station equally as responsible and honorable, ihougti not as per plexing and difli ulr. ELEC LIOYFERIXG. We copy the followi g s tuple of the style in which ill.* B xionians electioneer for Goveroo*, while we , in this Slate are falling i ito a milk and water system in r*Uion to our old opp merits, the D mocrats of fiostoo speak thei* mind like meo. Xat. Advocate. From the FE D E ! JL DO 1 ’ VlllXE // / Th ■ following declaration was tnadr by a gentleman, in presence of a numerous ‘Oiupan* in IT sum, on the 6th f September 1812. He Was a respectable merchant of un impeachable veracity. On being vtold, after having made thin declar ation, that he would not publish it, (ieimmediately wrote and subscribed it, and deliverer it to a gentleman present. He is deceased, but his written declaration, subscribed with his name , is now in my possession. “ I believe the present Govern** ment of the United Slates to be a disgraceful and pusiianimous gov eminent; and while it continues, the Country will never gain respect, either at home or abroad. I hope a Monarchy will be es-ablished , and J would vote for a King tomor row, provided the Candidate should not be a Democrat , bur some such man as Christopher Gore. E C. Immediately alter subscribing the Above, he declared the following* which was immediately put iu wri ting by a gentleman present. “ I he direct tendency of the pre sent Federal measures is the es ab. lishuient of in the United States, and this i know to be the DESIHE OF THE FEDEeALISTS. / hope in God they will effect it. and rid the Country ot a disgraceful and pusilanimous Government.” The above was said in 1812, when the Federal design of separating the states was openly av wed, V as the establishment of monarchy the objeet cf Mr. Otis, when be de clared that, ** the Consti'ution hud failed to secure to the Xew Fug and States the object of its for mutton 7” Os Mr. Blake, when he said in the Senate ot Masaehusetts that, * the Constitution must t<e taken to pieces, find another built up” and that “ such was the business of the Hart ford Convention 7” Os Gen. Obb, when he declared that if Boston wwa visited by the British, it should raise, the white flag? Os those principal citizens of boston wtio requested Commodore Bain bridge to <;ad our frigates below the Castle? The young men of Massachu setts, when ,k the polls ori YION -1) A Y N*-XT, are requested to think of t itse hins^s. ALGER ~\ SIDNEY. From the Yutional Advocate, * MOUNTAIN IS LABOUR’”— ‘ LvNDOF STEADY HABITS ” I Toe t'Ood £ >p.K o \iiddetown, (Conn.) iiavv - b.eo .a e-y uirmvn m o a flurry, by an j cvuri. ,t great ical m.iortance O • day, as uncle Jos ah *as wa.kuig iiomt, muu,£ j up** • ■!•- utmiber of in can** and electioneer ing jjaniphle s he uhou.d -end u Use western coun*res ~fx year, flt .aa beneath Ins feet j a ieuer supe"sc it)*-.! > Alexander Wolcott Esq. j He -u’ It i r U|j “ t < ix iii- h a u u-j ,ib, ’ aulatter tuning h several um-sme ;h ig i , > v hetiier it con amed ur undone, anu ouai around to see nUe -vas ooserveu, ‘ h-: ipnv:d and read U Uumivi cour ey, or, I it .>u piea>e,conm.in hones ,ciij nn. di; up.in uucie J nun, ,o hand >icr uie tv bclu-ignijj j •o Vlr. Woicoit, o it> rightiui owner, wnhout pry njf m o its comen's . bu u were pmbabiy ailing ton much n m > he k.<_cn enquiry and ar leut cunosi.y cf our C">*nec icn. triends, ..ot to look, into ale. er din eed.o ap: .va'C in- I dividuai. U.tcle Josiah discovered ‘hat it was a politica letter and wmien by one dem- • ocrat i uioilier democrat, on the presidennal e cenon Here was a diScoveiy i here wa> a bi j w up, and a blow out. Uncle josiah had some uite i.toil ot calling a liarrlhrd Conven tion, ‘o dcc;d‘ upon the con auitd in | the letter, but after placing nis finger upon his nose tor one second and a half, being the usual period of reflection in that neighoourhood, he resolved o convene a mail caucus, though a > gi eat triend of John Quincy Adams and lake measures on the occasion Accordingly he i ca ltd on U ic' i n Flash, Cousin Jona hau But ternu:, bq.nic FlaU. C.iinet Funkm, and En sign Pa ypan, who lor hwitii repaired to uncle Joaiah’.s. ; Aunty Keziah was requested solemnly to 1 wiihdraw -the old ca- was kicked out of the room, and ;he squirrel'cage placed outside the door. The Caucus then drew around the ta ble ; uncie Josiah having first piepared a bowl otapp.e toddy wi*h a wo,. den nu meg gi a'ed over u, and so.rie chips of c .dfi.b. Afier this refreshment ne> all put on ibe.r specs on the tips ofilieir nnses, when uncie Josiah drew out ihe horrible letter winch lie read amid sundry exclamations ot () ! my—O’ dear— by < the living j.ngo— odds fag. and catnip—what | a blow—wbai bumblebees—here's treason and 1 wi chcra.fi. I lie leucr turned out to be of he shocking tenor as Inflows ‘‘ Ni-.w London, Conn. Oct. 9, 1823. Djar Sir—A* you may have perceived, i he Republican Advocate, of this place, bus lor some time, taken an active ar.J verv decided stand in support ot Mr. Crawford and democ racy. The republicans here appear alt united m the ame cause, l'lie Advocu.e, in conjunc tion with he Times, of Hanford, wiilcer ain ly have a just influence m tlie state and out of it. Cauiioi the Bentuiel ot your place be made to do us duty, in an ,mmediate support of tue interests of the coun ry i its co opetatio.i at this time is very des rab e. 1 understand, on good authority, that the Mercury, ot Hartford, would also do its duly I in dus cause, if .hey were not tearful of losing the priming ot the U. S taws. In the discharge of their duty, they ceruunly ough to be protected against u sacrifice of their interests, and I should huik, there would be republicans sufficiently patriotic to guard them from any io*s for their fideli yto the party. The New Haven It gis ter, it is to be feared, will be for amalgamation, &.C. It is undoubtedly a point of great import ance to get a senator of decided democracy \Vith the h.guesi reqKc. and esteem, I am your faithful servant GEORGE H. RICHARDS. Alexander tYolcott, Esq. j\liddletoin. A.ier lighting pipes and drinking another bowl of toddy, they agreed to give all due so lemn!.y to the .mportan- discovery ; to form themselves into comma tee and make reverend and grave report on lit subject, all wivch was primed in the Middlesex Gazeue, and a tin cart despatched, as an extraordinary courier, wnh the proceedings to the Professor of the New York Statesman, who has it all jn his Thursday’s pap r, under the imposing titie of ••Important Discovery.” What a humbug , only equalled by the former humbug when they tried us for publishing a po ttical letter under simuar circumstances, a.d found us guilty of piracy, or being engaged in the slave trade or some such sor*. of thing. What are ihe facts of this case? Mr. Rich ards recommends iu an honest, upright, and respectful manner, that efforts may be used to induce the and mocratic papers in Connec leut to do their duty m supporting the principles of the party which patronises and sustain them ; not only that, but Mr. Richards has committed the heinous sin of'declaring th a a democratic senator should be elected. Aye say they, but he is a clerk in the Treasury Department. In deed; and is he no citizen .2 Has he n rights —no opinion because he is a clerk In the Trea sury ? How happens it tha’ Mr. Crawford has powerful friends in every department in the government ? And how happens it also, that in the Treasury Department Mr. Adams has many friends I lt shows that ci'izens in every situation have their opinions, and w ill exercise taem freely. With the exception of Mr. Crawford none of the Presidemial candidates work less tor themselves than Mr Adams, and yet he had sufficirn nfluence to get one of his clerks elected to Congress, certainly a more promi nent situation to be usefui- We commend the letter of Mr. Richards for fideli’y to his principle, and if the good peo ple of Middle own imagine thes* kind ot hum bugs wi.l injure die high standing of Mr, Crawtoid with the na ion, they are welcome to more of them. The abolishment of Imprison merit for Debt - A great prin iple triumphed in the Senate yeftetday, and the day will he remembered as one of the bright est in its history. T hat enlighten ed body yesterday gave its fin*! §n*'- tiori to an act, which* we venture to s -y, will command the applause of ihe country, anil acquire for the body itself a durably renown. One branch of the National has, at length, said, that Deot shall oo longer be considered criminal— that the dungeon shall no longer be the port ion of the honest debtor. The bill which has passed s oeces saril’ qualified aud guarded—it gives no immunity to Laud, and it con tains th • requisite . ue- ks lo shield its be. fits from aouse; out the Seuaie iias* substantially at and form ally declared against the principle of Imprisonment for den* j u has 1 trodden do an aod trampled under foot one oi the last remnants of Feud *1 amj Roman barbatisai,whi'-ii | she tor e of education aod habit have been able successfully to uphold un til tow against the spirit of the age. We cannot doubt that the con cur ente of he other Branch will rcoder the overthrow oF this anom aly in our system complete and per petual. Our pleasure, we confess, woqld have beeu greater, had this philan thropic measure received a more unanimous content. We have, how ever, the satisfaction to know that its opponent*, generally, were not averse to the bill on principle, but because they thought the scheme imperfect; and many of them, we further know, are so far from ap proving of imprisonment for debt, that they are the warm advocates of the still higher measure of relief, a general system of Bankruptcy. Os this, as well as the object of the bill which passed ihe Senate yester day, we have beeu the humble but constant supporters. Ou the sub ject of the expediency of a system of Bankruptcy, we have (lilfered from maoy for whose opinions we entertain habitual respect; but in our attachment to it we are incor rigible. It rejoices us to see this beneficent measure even in pail ac complished. Should the Congress iu iis wisdom ever couple the other part with it, in the laws of the Re public, men, indeed, should we ex pect the nation to rise up and call teem blessed, Xat. Intel. THE NEWS. WASHINGTON, April 24, 1824, “ A. PARENT” is received, and ahull ap. pear in our next. THE CHEROKEE INDIANS & GEORGIA. We lav befire our readers some interesting official papers respecting the extinction of the Indian title to land in the terri'ory of the state of Georgia. They must appear very extraor dinary, especially if we take a retrospective view of ‘he situation of the Indians at the time the con veil non oflßo2 was concluded between this state and the United States, of the policy which has actua ed the Indians to sell their land since that period, and of the interest the state has had ever since in the occupation of the land in possession of those Indians It is not our purpose to discuss all these points: we refer o u r readers to the able remonstrance of the Georgia delegation to President Mon roe, fora more condensed exposition of the whole subject. And we venture to say. that after giving an attentive perusal to all :hepa pers, the conclusion will be drawn, that the general government for some time past, has shown strong marks f indifference in regard to the just demands of the state of Georgia, and that the extraordinary and unprecedented attitude lately taken by the Chernkees, can not originate from themselves, but certainly from ci'izens of the Uniied States, who clan destinely set them forward tocreat a spirit of dissatisfaction among the people of the state towards the general government. It is of public notoriety, that the lands we have bad from the Indians since 1802, agree ably to treaties between them and the United States, were ob'ained after repeated applica tions to the general government, and after pressing remonstrances from the legislature to the President. With the result of the late negocia l ions with the Cherokees, every citi zen must be acquainted- Why has the-gene ral government been so dilatory in complying with the stipulations of the convention of 1802? Why have the Cherokees refused last year to sell an acre of their land ? In examin ing attentively the message of the President, inserted in this day’s paper, t will be found, that the Executive of the Union does not ap pear anxious for the extinction of the Indian title to land in Georgia, and that he inte r est of the statp is not with him a subject of deep consideration. It will be found also, that the extiaordinary propositions of the Cbero kees are treated with more respect than the just claims of the state If the Indians had been left to themselves; if some inter meddlers had not officiously offered to guide them in their councils, no doubt can exist that the attempt made last year to ob'a n more land from them would have been more suecesful. We publish an article from an Alabama pa per respec’ing the Cherokees Who could have put in iheir heads to ask the recognition ot their independence by the United States, or to be annexed to the state of Alabama ’ These demands are of so remarkable a nature, and appea- to be so unlike the policy hitherto pursued by the Indians, that it would be well for the governmen of the state to ascertain the fact and to investiga e it thoroughly with all its ramifications, by which those tha re main behind the curtain and push the Indians forward, might be unmasked and their names known. i wo states have been formed from the land ceded by Georgia to the United S'ates. The sale of the public lands ;n the *wo states have more than reimbursed the money expended by the genera; government agreeab'y o ‘he stip. tilaliorw of the convention of iio2j am yet to this day, these stipulations have not been complied with by the United States in regard to Georgia. The state is obliged at every ses sion of Congress to urge her just demands, and a final settlement of all her claims on the general government, and always without success. Can Georgia ameiy submit to a prociastination of the justice she has a right to expect ? Can she exercise any longer that forbearance which she has always manifested towards the general government? Forbear ance is no doubt a virtue; but it must be dis regarded when by following it the best and vital interests of the state are to suffer.—Let ‘he Governor publish forthwith the corres pondence he held with the Secretary of \\nr. NEW-YORK. This great state will be true to the repub lican party; every thu g done there is mark ed with consistency, and a sincere desire to promote the welfare of he Union, to ensure the ascendency of the party, and to prevent divisions among its members. In an article taken from the New York Advocate, it will be seen tha the members of the legislature have nominated two distinguished republicans for governor and lieutenau. governor of tbe S'ate. It will be seen also, that this nomina tion meets the approbation of ‘he party, and tha* a unanimous vote will be given to those nominated. It must be observed that Govern or Yates received at the meeting many votes; and as it is well known tha he is a firm friend of Mr Crawford, as wed as Mr. Root, with out waiting tor information respecting the o pinion of Mr Young, tbe Washing.on Re publican, on hearing of the nomination, puts dow r n Mr. Young as an enemy of Mr. Craw ford, and says, that the interest of this gen tloman is prostra ed in New Yotk. But whu will the editor of that paper say, when the New Yoik papers, inimical to Mr. Craw ford, come to his hands, and he reads the a buse they have began to heap upon Mr. Young? What says the New York American, a feder al paper, and one of ihe mos 1 violent against . Mr. Crawford? “ JYlr. Young is the candidate of th-? officeholders, and of those “who have desert ed the cause to •which they owed their elevation, and cheated ihe people of iheir rights ,” &c. Would an enemy ot Mr. daw ford empiov such language in speaking of a menu l The fact is this, the tederahs s are now desponding, of their cause ; they begin to find out that very soon they will have to return to that obscurity from which for the good of the country they ought never to have emerged , consequently, they resort to desperate means to prevent a desperate cause to .sink; —Deceptions and falsehoods are now the means remaining to them; and in the manner they are employed, in attempts to injure the reputation of the most distinguished republicans of the country, i would appear that by long practice, those edit ors have rendered themselves very expert in deed in handling calumny. If they have not yet obtained the master’s degree in those elegant arts, they are entitled to graduate without further examination in the School for Scandal. Os the calumniators in civilized ao ciety, weU may it be said, O pestis i O lubes.• CONGRESS? In the House of R. April 5, Mr. Forsyth, from the committee to whom was referred the President’s message on that subject, reported a hill “ making further appropriations tor the extinguishment of the title of the Creek In dians to land lying in the state of Georgia which was twice read and committed April 7, Mr. Forsyth offered the following resolu tion which was agreed to: “ Resolved , That the President of the U- S. be requested to communicate to this bouse the proposals made, through Gen. Jackson, by the Path Killer and his chiefs of the Chero kee tribe of Indians, in the year 1820 or 1824, to make a cession of their lands to the U. S.— together with any other propositions made in relation to the same subject, of which he may be possessed.’* The Washington Republican, tbe New York American and Statesman, and the Na ional Gazette, praise the speech of Mr* Rufus K:ng in the Senate of the United States, against the laie caucus a. Washington. This is as it should be : federalists must support one an other. If is rumoured that a Caua! is to be constructed from the Qgechee to the Savannah River, near the city of Savannah. If this project be effect ed* it will turn the trade of a great portion of the Eastern section of the state to that rity, which uow goes to Augusta. The Ogechee is navi gable as high a9 Louisville for boats of twenty or thirty tons burthen; and if they could run to Savannah without going round the point be tween the two rivers, most of jthe cotton raised on or near the Oge chee as low down as Louisville would be sent to tbe Savannah mar ket on them, and that part of our State would be supplied with nearly all articles of consumption in the same way. It is likewise hinted that an at tempt will be made to extend the same canal to the Altamaha river. The advantages of sueh a measure to the city of Savannah are incalcu lable. It would draw the trade of an extensive and rich country on the waters of the Oconee aod Okmulgee rivers ; and nothing could c herk it but the running of steam boats from C harleston, Darien, &o. into the up country on the same waters. It is worthy of remark here, that the Legislature of thi* state some years ago granted an exclusive pri vilege for the running of steam boats on the Altamaha j and by a late de cision of the Snpreme Court of the U. States, the citizens of other states have a right to run steam boats on those water s, independent of any act of the State Legislature—so that now the citizens of ojur own state are debarred by our own aet from a privitegeon those waters to which the ©it zens of all other states are entitled. So much f r the W idom es ourJLegislalure,— ‘leo, Messenger. 1 The voto which wa* taken ytist, * day,in ihe House of v< for reducing the proposed duty ; Iron from one dollar and tweJ* cents per ewt. to ninety cents. \ understand, jeopardizes the who bill for a revision of the tariff, of and ties oo import*. \V itii this aae. ment of the bill, of its warm est friends become its opponents, o” at least indifferent to it; The fat© of the biil is therefore n u w more doubtful than ever, Xal. Intelligencer, 10 th inst *** “ —'T * 1 : Fake Notice ALL persons arecautiotied againsC buying the property ad vet toed by the Sheriff of \Viikes, as the pro. petty of Arthur M. Charlton The plantation, negroes, &c. were lefr by the late Col. Pra> in srut>t to us tor the sole benefit of Mrs. charlton and children. John J. Maxwell, Geo. M. Watters, Trustees under the will of t piutitl J)hit Pray, Bryan Lounty, April :6, I 1824. i7- dt J Lost or Mislaid, A NOTE of hand given by Whitehead Heulri. k to Joel button, some time iu January or February 1821, for Slot), and oa which was endor ed $52 50 thelSih of February, 1823 baid Note is supposed to have been lost on the road between Malhnysville aod Au gusta the latter pan of Jimiar* last. All persons ape cautioned not to trad.o for the same, John stons, Mallorysville, dip ‘ll \ 19,1824, 17—*Jt J * ES I ABLISHED LINE 4 XEWrORK PiVKETS. SHTPB. MASTER!, Savannah , William Beebu tf Louisa Matilda , D Wood. Augusta , D. Van Djke. William Wallace, T. A ood. Emperour, J. H Ben iett- The above are first rate Vessels, with experienced commanderan4 will continue to sail in regular .‘.ac cession throughout the eason, leaving. Savannah for N. York on and New York for Savannah on Sate* urday in each week Hali 6c Hoyt, Agents in Savannah J- & C. Seguine, Will. Whitlock/ Agents in Xiu York, The undersigned having made ajr* rangements with the proprietors oi the above line of Packets,* pljing be tween New York and Savannah, and with the Boat Company of Georgia also, yrhich enab es them t& receive and forward to Augusta ot Hamburg, all goods arriving in the Packets of the above line, free q£ Commission and storage:—Give no*> tice to those merchants in Hamburg, and in the interior of Geor gia and South ( arolina. who may wisfy to avail themselves of this arrange ment, that all good intended to b& forwarded free of t ommiesion must be consigned to the * übberiber* in Sa vannah, accompanied with instruc tion* to ship them by the boaG of the bteam boat Company of Georgia di recting also tp whom the good *haU be consigned, at Augusta and Ham burg. Goods not consigned to Macken zie & Ponce at Augusta, *hall he held subject to their order, until the freight from New York the wharfage, dray age. and other incidental charges ia t Savannah, are paid. Ponce & McKenzie. Savannah, sth April, 1824.—1^ 11 ■■■— ■ ‘ Ls the first Tuesday in July will be sold at the Court house of Wilkes County, agreeably to an or der of the Court of Ordinary of said county, *ne tract of Land containing 140 acres, more or less* lying in the county aforesaid on Lit tle river, adj ining Joseph Hackney and others, for the benefit of the heir* and creditors of Daniel ogletree, de ceased, Teims, 12 month*, with ap* proved bond and security. Wm. Robertson, adm’r, April 21, 1824 17 Blank Deeds, Neatly Printed. *• and JFvr sals at this Offse,
