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wTiu&s'Tm'NrY,
Candidates for the Suite Legislature.
SEN iTE,
Bolling Anthony. Thomas Wootten.
HOUSE
Thomas Anderson. ,Thn W Cooper.
John T Craves Felix G Hay.
William C. Lyman. John H P ,pe
James Hembert James It* nder
mmmmm —
VTT We are an horized ‘o announce Chaulks
E H tx.vts, Esq of Sparta, as a candidate for
a seat in the House of Representatives of the
United States at the next congressional elec
tion
NINE months after date ap
plication will be made to the
honorable the Inferior Court of
Greenee County, while sitting for
ordinary purposes, for leave t
sell the lands belonging to the es
tate of John Ogletree, late of said
county, deceased.
Henry Perkins, admV.
March 15, 1824 m 9 n
NINE months after date ap
plication will be made to
the honorable the Inferior Court
of Wilkes County, while sitting
for ordinary purposes, for leave to
sell the half of one tract of land
lying in Fayette county, but for
irerTy county, 13th dis
trict/ and kr>wn by No. 195, for
the benefit of the heirs of Wash
ington Hos. deceased.
Solomon Arnold, adm’r.
Harnett Hoff, adm’x.
July 6 1824.
SwTTRTfc, wombs after date appu
cation will be made to the hon
orable the Inferior Court of Lincoln
Count'., while fitting for ordinary
purposes, for leave lo sell the real
estate of tia <nah Holmes, deceased,
for the benellt of the heirs and cred
itors.
Ichabod Holmes, adm’r.
Feb 4,1824. m9in
month after - ate, applica
tion wi.i be made to the honorable
the inferior court of Wi county,
while -itting for ordinary purpo es,
for leave to -el part of the rea es
tate of ‘ illiam Wa-ker deceased,
being one tract of ’and lying in the
county aforesaid on the waters of
Fibhing creek, adjoining iuy Smith
and othe ■?, containing 265 acres for
the benefit of the heirs and creditots
Thomas Wootten, aum’r.
January 7 18.! 4
NINE months after date, ap
plication will be made to the
honorable the Inferior Court of
Wilkes county, while siting for
rr tinary purposes, for leave t#
ssli al! the real estate belonging
to Mount M- Mercer, deceased,
for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors.
H KVOV MERCER, adm’r.
March 1, 1824.
7V INE months after date app’i
cation will be made ’o the lion
ora 1* the Inferior Lourt of Elbert
countv, while sitting or ordinary
purposes, for eave to Fell the rea e<
tare of Job Hammond, s- u late of
l 4 oert cou ry, locea and consisting of
one tract of ard on Savannah R ver.
seven mi es a j \ve Peter burg aso
Or: c i or ol an i :i Irwin county, in
tiict! 1 O trier No tor the
benetic or tire heirs and creditors of
said <1 ce.i ed
Lucy H 1 mnond, adnvx.
January 6,18 ’V
The Washington News.
WASHINGTOST, ( Georgia) SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1824.
[Communication ]
• facts are sluOO.trn tiling*. ‘
1 Me. Guieu,—
A * the controversy between Mr. 1
Graves arid Col. Lytnan lias been
’ laid before (he pubii % and both have |
1 appealed hi ihai public foraue.tsi
od, 1 exercise a privilege on this 00-
! oasion which these two gentlemen
! have granted m me as a enmpoueut ;
| par of the ootnrnu my, and wmon,
if * bey had 00l and >oe so, could nave
been exer-ised without being guilty
of intrusion iu this affair. Without
further preface I proceed to the ex. j
aminaiion of the controversy.
Mr. G. aves tv accused of having
practised deception at the Lst elec
tion for members of the legislature.
To substantiate the ‘ barge, cerufi- !
Gates have been produ ed by Loi.
Lyman from incu of ntgu standing
in the county. To controvert the
certificates of those gentlemen, vir.
Graves has nothing *0 produce but
his own word ; consequently the otitis
are fearfully against hull Aut,
however high stand the signor* **f ‘
the cerufi- ate* ; however pi vjudiced
may a cerium portion of uie * xtzeus
of the eoun.y he against Mr. Graves,
I am •ertai. that the foiiowi.ig re
in o kk,.up|>i ltd by uroo<iieovoi tiblt>
facts, wiif eotilrioufe us reuiuvi g
the prejudices which may have been
enleri.ar.ed against that gentleman;
for the fads are notorious and can
not he denied by any toau*whobas
resided in (he < uu ay tor iw . years.
The county bus hee., a. U suli ia,
divided into two pat lie*, deuouiioal
td the i lark pur y 61 the crawiord
party- rheir respective sire, gins
iiave beeu pretiy well batum cd as
regarded stale matters, la cgacd
to the prcstdedi&i question, a great
m ajority of the people ts to i tvor of
Mr, LVawi'ord. Mr. Graves has al
ways been a ine.ither of toe ddw
ford party, considered u u
by (he Clark pany. lie Was eu-n
ted once to the legisiaiurn by the j
Crawford party oonjcuuiiy who a ■
small uumher oFCluik vme*., wuu |
I from private esieetn supported hmi |
A the last election tie was elected
b,o. iy one vote major i y over Col.
Carnpb dl, a Clarkue, woo vas not
a eandiUate. I’he reasons wbv he
did no get a greater uumner of
votes and I>r. P-.pe was uoi elccied,
CJu v -.t be explained.
As it was said before, the oounty
is divided in two parties. That part
of tite county which lies in the north,
of which Mailorysville it. the central
point, is inhabited generally by
Clarkites : they are there in ihe ma
jurity. That part lying in the soudi,
and a little to the east and w*-t -f
south, is inhabited by individuals
friendly to Mr. Crawford, a-d are
there in overwhelming majority.
The other parts of the county are
pretty weli divided At al! elecii
oos, the north and south give the
most votes; and at they turn out,
decide the elections. Ii will readily
he perceived, that if the citizens of
one of those parts of the county re
main at b me, theeleetion must be
j carried by the other: so it wa* a‘
the last election, very few of (he vo
ters from the s mth came to the poll;
the day was carried by the Clark
ites who turned out to a mao.
Two points had been sorted at
the beginning of (he last year, up
on which the candidates for the le
gislature had to give to the people
t'ieir sentiments; the governor’s e
lection, because a roumynian was
a candidate, and the formation of a
new county in that part of (be coun
j ty inhabited principally by the
j friends of Mr. Crawford. From
1 oour.ty pride, and a general respect
; for the private qualities of 1-apt.
j Talbot, many citizens were in favor
of his electi m to the gubernatorial
chair, while many others, knowing
Ihe influence the governor’s election
would nave on the presidential ques
tion, (Mr. Crawford, a Georgian,
be ng a candidate for the presideo
oy,) were willing to overlook (lie
pr %a c qtiHlili a*ions of Capi. Tal
b -i, and to have a known friend of
M<- C awl’trd elected governor.
. The Clark candidates had n<> rea
j sons lo conceal *heir sentiments:
I thuir hatred to Mr* Crawford was
assurance enough that they w'*uld
not vote, if elected t > the legisla
ture, for Col. Trup. The Craw
ford candidates bad to he more on
their guard. They could not take
a decided stand against Cipt. Tal
bot, knowing the great respect gen- 1
erally entertained for him, and the i
uncertainty of the feelings of thi*
gentleman as regarded ‘he presiden- i
fial question. Tlie Crawford can- j
didates were determined not toeom- I
prom*t the integrity of the farty, i
nor the interest of Mr. Cra’-tford, j
by too hasty declarations. Besides,
it had been rumoured that Captaio :
J’albot bad expressed himself in
favour of Me. Crawford’s claims lo 1
the presideuoy. Al) these eonsiih- i
rations led the Crawford candidate 1
to pause, ami to reflect upon whit
was best to he done, to easure their 1
election, well aware that the Clac|- ;
• tea would use all means In defeit i
it. The report of Capt. Talbot hi- -
viug declared himself in favor of \
Mr. Crawford, acquired more ai- i
the ‘tioity by gentlemen of und mbt
ed veracity in whose presence Cipt. ,
Ta>bot made the declaration. Mr.
Graves was one of the Crawford
who was more anxi >us
t lrea Capt. Talbot come <*ul in .
favor ol ?r Crawford. The inti- !
ma y which existed between i
bis father and Capt. Talbot, and !
th i r espeet he bad entertained per- j
sunally lor him. naturally led him j
t j wish a coincidence of feelings in
dr**
to the pcesideoltal qup'-tion,
it iot on other points. Thus mat
ters flood af j ? private friends
o? v*r, ficavcs, Clarkite->, asked
him his opmiot) respecting the gov
ernor’s election. The answers of
Graves have never been a po
sitive ast they were desired; and fbe
reasons were obvious at the time,
c. Graves ks*w (he report in Gr
ula<io-., ihat Capt. Talbot had de
eiared himself i j favor of Mr*Craw
ford; he knew ibat a great many of
p'.‘in ‘ai friends were opposed to
C.ip’ •'■’hoi; be knew that the go
! ver or’ elc'iio i would have some
I i (Ii t, eo is the nresidential ques.
;*i i : Vmbeto de lare himself po
! s"V-g i .5 favor of Captai i Talbot,
i* - • k owing tlie T rutli of the
i “cr> t) -evai'itig. that he was friend
i !y ae elec.imi f M-’ C awford?
W a he to forfeit the confideaue of
his political friends by blindly sup
po -tiag a man fop governor who
had ever been the bosom friend of
, Clark? r Vas lie lo put in je ip
j a ly the asreoda >-,y the democratic’
i party was to acquire in the ensuing
legislature, b promising to give his
vote to one of i's eppa ten:* ? No.
Some friends of Capt Taiboi, and
on** who is distinguished for bis e
. leer sneering faieoN, have ptibiioiy
i said to some friend* of Mr. Craw
i ford, and to me particularly, thai
all (he of ihe comity ought
; to join ip favor nfCaph Talbot, fop
l three was n > and *ubt, that if be were
l elected governor, he w-mld support
Oawfo | This v*a reported to
; Mr*. G ives But on the oilier
j hand. I know positively* that a few
i days before the election, Captain
Talbot was asked whether he w mid
; support Crawford o** not. His an
! swer was, that he would nut b'.id
himself. If then Captai* Talbot
would not bind himself respeaiing
the presidential election, how could
people have the hardihood to require
that Graves should have bouud him
self in regard to the governor’s el
ection? Mr. Graves would not
bind himself; the respect be had
| for Capt. Talbot, and the eotfld
enre he had in those gentlemen who
had heard the Captain declare kirn
self in favor of Mr. Crawford, in
dure him to believe that, though
not political friends, yet being a
soul hern man, Capt, Talbot would
ultimately support Mr. Crawford
for the presidency. These are the
reasons, it is presumed, which led
Mr. Graves to give evasive answers
to those who inquired what were
his sentimentt respecting the gov
ernor’s election. Mr. Graves be
lieved to the last moment, that
Capt Talbot would declare himself
publicly in favor of Mr,. Crawford;
and lie would have voted for him if
such declaration had been made.
Sometime before and on the day
of election* many Clarkites were
beard to say, that they were cer
tain Mr Graves would not vote for
C pt. Talb t as governor. Under
tliis impresion, and knowing that
the friends of Mr. Graves living
on Little river would not turn out
j generally, the Clarkites put upon
i their ti diets the name of Colonel
Campbell, who was not a candidate,
i but who had written to some friends
! here, while on his way to the Creek
| Agency, that lie would serve if e
i teeted. II Mr. Graves had been
| supported by the Clarkites, bow
comes it that Col. Campbell had on
ly one vote less than Mr, Graves, j
the only Crawford caodidate elected?
How comes it that a great many cit
izens did nut know that Col. Camp
bell was to he run, only on the day
of election ? Why this eonecalmeot
—this intrigue—this shameful ter
giversation if Graves was consider
ed a Clark candidate ? That he
ivns not so considered and support
ed by the party, the circumstances
atten ding the ele lion abundantly
prove. The members of the Clark
party knew the sentiments of Mr.
Graves resperti: g the presidential
question; they knew he had firm
ness enough to disregard all private
consideration when the good of the
country required such a sacrifi e;
consequently, the most powerful
exert tons, aided by intrigue arid un
derhand dealings, were used to pre
vent his election; and they would
have sueeeeded if a few Clarkites,
guided by some honorable feelings,
had nut refused to vote for a man
■ who was not a candidate. Yet he
is accused ot misleading those very
men who tlelibera ely and actively
exerted themselves to defeat his
election ! Mr, Graves also was Dot
suoported by all the members of his
own party.
The oitizeos on Little river, find
ieg it agrievanoe the great distance
of the court house to their section
of the county, determined to peti
tion for the Formation us a mw
county. It was natural for them
.to declare ibai they would vote on
ly for those candidates who would
pledge themselves to support their
petition. All the candidates made
this declaration, and pledged them
selves: the friends of Mr. Crawford
ooftsoientiously and without *p ei<lU
liar motives:” the Clarkites, with
the greatest joy, promised to sup
port the petition, but with peculiar
motives. What were those motives? |
Facts.-—The south of the county
has always been a check to the am
bition and encroachments of the
Claikile* —to ‘heir getting all the
county olliccs, and lo their carry
ing all genet al elections in their
own way. Without the south, the
county would be in a great measure
at the mercy of the Clarkites. For
this reason, they joyfully promised
to support the division of the coun
ty, This was their peculiar motive,
which they have not denied, and
dare not deoy. To show more for
* tbly that this was actually the mo
tive wnich actuated them, why
were they an vehemently opposed lo
anew coumy being formed also in i
the non! ? Because their strength
lay in that quarter. Take Little
river and part of the north from
Wilkes, the parties will again near
ly balance; but take away one sec
tion only, one party must have de
cidediy the advantage. The Craw
ford candidates declared they would
support the formation of the oew
county. Mr. Graves exerted him
self iu favor of it among the mem
bers of the legislature, which can
he proved, and voted for the bill.
But could be prevent other
members of the legislature from vo
ting against it on “party principles,”
as Col. Lyman so charitably ex
presses himself? If the question
was put to him, whether bis inter
est would suffer by the division of
the county, could he have said no i
He would have told a palpable false
hood, for there is not a man in the
county, nor in the adjacent coun
ties, who does not know that the
principal strength of the Crawford
< aodidates lies on Little river. It
was known by Mr. Peter Crawford
himself before he put the question
to Mr. Giaves. a Colonel Lyman
says be did. The Clarkites did not
lose this opportunity to prejudice
the citizens on Little . ivet /§£
the Crawford candid uc*. before uie
election. f t’hcv reported that >r.
Pope and Mr. G *aves wep* ru
ed to die formation of ane v n;ui*
, ty. This report Ko.’ocd civdii be
cause the citizens of l.iniq riv**r
knew that the in u s strength of the
Crawford party bri .g with hem,
the annihilates <*f the party would
naturally he opposed t > a division,
as hereafter they w uld have less
chance of being elected by the oth
er sections of the county. They
were willingt however, to support
the Crawford ticket: hut tiieir pri
vate interest called loudly in a di
rection whh‘h might interfere with
the interest of the pan?. How
were rhey to act to conciliate these
clashing interests? On one side,
the C'arkites artfully insinuated
that the Crawford candidates would
not support the new county; on Ihe
other, they could not co'isisieotiy
with their political principles, sup
port men who differed so widely
with (hem on so many material
points, but who, through interested’
motives, would indubitably vote fr
the formation of the new county. In
this perplexing situa‘ion, many of
the citizens of Little river abstained
from voting: they could noi vote for
men who, as they were told, would
riot support the new county, though,
of the same political opinions; uud
they could not vote for men to whom
they were opposed in principle-
Hence the loss of the election of
Hr Pope, and probably of the oth
er Crawford candidates. The citi
zens of Little river now see the in
trigues practised by the
they have been deceived by them;
and the support they have given to
the new county bill must be duly ap
preciated: at the uext election the
citizens of Little river will no doubt
show thair real feelings. Mr. Graves
voted for the bill agreeably to hi£
promise; he is willing to do so ag da
ifc* w* iutci cnf , as
C>{. Lyman says. The bill did not
pas*; the Clarkites have been dis
appointed; they expected to rule tho
next election. But since the last
election, the feelings of the citizens
of the uounty have materially chan
ged; they begin to see h© error*
into whinh the Clark lea lers have*
thrown them; and should anew
county be formed, their ascendancy
would not he so great as they anti
-1 cipate: Mr. Crawford has for his
friends at this moment, an over*
whelming majjrity of the oitizeaZ
of the oounty. J U ST ATI A*
BRITISH OPINION
OF OUR
NEW TARIFF.
From the London Morning Chronicle.
We refer our readers to the Uni*
ted States Tariff Bill in another co
lumn, which will produce a great
sensation in our* manufacturing
towos. The enormous duties on
all our staple manufactures, will,
we doubt, give rise to smuggling on
a most extended scale from Cana
da and the Wes’ Indies, bu- while
the most demoralising effects will
: be seen in America, we fear the ef~
j feels iu England will be of a very
| distressing nature. We owe this
j measure chiefly (o the cupidity of
j our Country Gentlemen, who, by
! excluding their produce from our
! markets, impel al! the agrieultural
. nations to become manufacturers
for themselves. Thus our poor un
fortunate workmen, one market be
( ing shut after another, are forced to
toil for less aad less, every day—*
weavers for 14 or 15 hours a day,
, receiving from seven to ten shillings
| a week, while the corn law compels
them to pay twioe as mu >h for their
food as is paid by the peopie of ev
. ery other country.
, The Americans will repent, in
sackloth and ashes their absurd
law, which will produce gre*t heart
burnings throughout the country.
It will operate us a hcAvv burden
ou several of (he staler, and greatly
retard the prosperity of the whole.
JOBPRiVHG
OF yVEKY ‘iif SCUIFIION.
Afop/bljr executed at this Office*.
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