i <-c n:ir meat ions. 3
T*> TI!B
People -of Wilkes County.
A few week* ago, * Arirtides” ad
dressed sf v ral numbers of a politi
t*;d “to the people of Georgia.”
O er i|e signature of JrfiVrso-
U> i” h writer has addressed him
self fb M citizens of “ ilkes” on
lv. 1 •hs nddres, “A J; ffersnui
an.” as be cal's himself, has assum
ed •• me potior* ur flit- part dike
t*>a •*\risrides,” on ibe
piiet • t,e radical, is not willing
to rid mil. Aod 10 (he people of
V !kr* t oony # Aristides, will state
Ms . l*}* rions.
i **A Jeffersonian” declares “it
is lh* def*** ruination of the Crawford
par t j break down every man who
will it bow down nod worship at
the shrine of radio ahi-m.” This as
sertion cannot be supported by any
reaso: *bfe 1* satisfactory evidence.
*3 be fiends of Mr. Crawford are
only stewing t>> prevent themselves
fr> m being annihilated by the migh
ty gu* of political wsml, which has
herrtofue kept them mostly cover
ed niiii leave* at and dust. They with
in the true spirit of republican gov
err ment to alternate (be luie; to
Itcve 1 heir turn in administering the
jßffdrs oi the pobli -; to have them
selves some inies represented in the
leeislnture of the *ia'*e, it'd in the
Juries of the county. They have
tl icrminrd to bre k down no man
j this p ini al stiile—their atm is,
te *si‘ j i their strength, a : and pro
•.ejsrm rin mscHe* f*bb ami fcquAL.
1 io -bei* ris g, •♦tbrrs tail, it Will
b■b* 1* itgiu)i}i rOiot q ?eu** ■, and
Et. Os expi * red b{ to* e who have
b e wt.lv a Hard band upon them,
fin gn*vt while.
2. ’{ .avs “evety engine (bat
fiJst h ml and ingenuit’ rah invent
|c i■%'• -iv m.-isle use of, to tlr<jwn
soil ,f-fle fqi rv Jiirf) Us^orl. ,,
f |h - hiu. h ; nieutihy has been iUHfi
iit’ ■!* and iv prove* * flit- mhi K’IS o faea
upon * Ipt** sublet, t, *• hr who ruth,
t) ai read ■* < equity & what
ti - ussu u k> tftftiion m> M>. traw
led Ins been M>dtd. (lift writer ha*
iu’ proper lo inform u*—-
f •■ & lit b* t>t • f reasons I ehatim
jbiy itresi me .The fr rends ti lr
<_>'*f id (anda ’ ? ihtit grea- drpend
<■ }-* • qu y hmi
Tliej art* Snuffed hui if lte pet),
pin of ihcse ! ii*rd hia t ea C be-
wet- a(j j i?f?ed v*fj> ihe tba
ra .i t* iti M >wfWu, Itiey will
ail in- e lii'ii far *i< tii'uiaess, bin a
liilitv ? and infrjpry. I’bey kDow
li.Ai e (jufry npd dis us>i.i are % g
.m* •<• and to ibi# purpose—* is encu
vi’ iru! *<oli.ufd iu efote, in Uie
.** § ?!)ic ffent :*lr. Irawiuiti se-
Jr* f ’. I the P*eid‘*y depend*
apart ‘ k* i>. tV k .*iw*rdj>e his* p'.-ui.
f yoe ; lu<e ‘ T hiv worth ,gh
t t n *■■!!• t stvp isulicual es,
t l ihr*e repnbU'**.!! PitjhieaU
•m* approved if Ml* liaWfuiiP#
; * .•■ I course—now, il it*e people
;i the ,*p|M *l) „iioh, Mr. 1 law*
•ill In* our >ei President
rU iv tnra <s tlfi'fHto so af
t * • , l'. 4j tbJc ;jeii, as
J7V -mm 1.-gllt Hi* f. leuus ;tak
„ * - mj.i ,y, <i-ulj-‘ree ami Pii#
*l sic- !• g uii-varratilauic >o
t >v • vl*, Cravtltud’* Irieiidi
. “* *. ft i * quiry and d**’ ussioa.
hrte vd?.lu im n huv* bteu de*
viM tl u, t ttia Mr. v iawloidb pulit
t, al ab 1 *>**a) ehaiar ter, — io(]uiry
w-is iiihtle and had Upon
. M hem ‘l'lie tw. b*st were by
r res:> ttsib'e newpopei writeia. On
iVteso t( , asio.'.ti, ; i Int-nda t.i Mr.
it aw Pe-d e*uid. wish propij.
t \ i rppt t ij u y betaue
i e cieelv i-uerd weie tnu tk>d 9 were
f tdden aid i.a?bii*d > i lie
Uni ftfr. i :avi<:d j.mj tii Iriendg
er e iV-irouai l n (jutiy u*.d thst-us
*ion,
t* renpr iiaible < ‘J iiu rbar*
pes were iolr* it vesi gated by ihe
i .'pteaeniauie* of :hc }e piy, and
• it t and to be oreiii jot? fed by faei&J
he tretuoi jul >! the Ui
Mr. i ilwatds was ihe tiered, lo
euu:-, il.i and. vviifuit of a lull of
it.e: t *;m .tonor. r | Stcao at tu a
to s v. . *e telly iuve.. gaud by
j V* iiimiJl e le in li.t* a*
;v — * • Hit* po* p?e—usd‘ aliiM>U|*i)
ao .ti ly a itrp o* hie unit*, aiiii
• i j.;. 1 • s l\, i w*t.f‘ti but kiitldeo
ii. t ■* j M.i t <.{! t wiiiidi wug
i pfi- .i s!j ijtei.i’.yr# t*. ‘
■ <!i a t3 *. U’ • q.it*.
.IL;.st id, .. wt!lel-4, St i! S
I ft* t j’ }!( j\i itUS • t • 111
*’ *. K!> ii.Oii* .< li> ii‘t ■' 1 t
. LimCs iui owi aU t k ;-jliiu o Ui3 ua
. * • . .* I
founded allegation! fc all these ea
ses (and I know of no others) e qui
ry and discussion has neither been
drowned nur stilled, but bas rather
been readily mci and zealously pro
secuted. It is the highest boast of
Mr. Crawford’s friends, that his
political conduct should have thus
been, scrutinized. They are assur
ed now, that their attachment is
not tn a man of shallow mind, of
unsound polities, or of doubtful in
teg ity—they can rely upon his ta
lents, his republicanism and his ho
nesty, as being three times tried,
and ‘proven pure ! Tim, fellow cit.
izens, is the merit of radicalism—
fliis is the test of responsibility in
public officers—*V the radicals may
■wiih propriety triumph in the know
ledge that fheir friend their chief
the prodigals call him) has un
dergone with credit these searching
ordeals.
3. fie says “they [the Crawford
partv] have waged a war against the
people, and their motto is [the lon
gest motto I ever heard or read off]
Shut your mouths, we hear no ar
gument. we grot no quarter — Mr.
Crawford hns been nominated, and
tjnu Use people have nothing to do
with the matter; forif you say one
7V rd against Al# Crawford, or a
gainst the caucus we shall put you
down as an enemy to republicanism,
a federalist, an apostate, an ultra,
a prodigal, a jackass, a j >ck a
Hopes a nincompoop, a Tom Mod
die. nj ‘ck a dandy, and other hard
and frightful names; so bow arc,
Kim ( emeus has sworn it, and he
must be vln y*.d i’ All this very ele
gant seoten. e. I have quoted, that
you may treasure its merits; for
one-edition of a newspaper, is not
enough in perpetuate this titbit of
syrinx aod prosody. I have been of
the class called radicals since they
were named, aud ike friend of Mr.
Crawford since my acquaintance
nidi his political character, and I
declare o my honor, I never heard
of. mrr ever saw the above recited
motto, before I read it in the News
last wevk—l declare I rever heard
the name oi Tom Noddle before,
and as far as 1 may be the proiocu
tor cf the radicals, I never heard
such ugly names pronounced by any
of them n reference to those ppo
set! tn Mr. C awfrrd. Ihe name
of jack-ass, ! hive heard; hut w bo
th;**’ i? wa, exclusively tn reference
in the braying thing tU*i used to be
kept Horn’ two or tnrer mile* from
ashi> gton, or any oibei bu ying
thing, I caune> take upua my seif
o say
But to r*eorit-T0 Mr. Tom Nod
dle’s assertion, that the Crawford
party have waged a war against the
rights of the people, a< and their mot
to is “shut your mouih*,” &•.
This is another gratuitous and
groundiessasseverarion, and is tn:*de
wholly wiih a view to catch the peo
pie’s eve, tod blind their judgments.
Th© Crawford party depend wholly
and solely upon rite people them
selves—end their solirtialioa to
their fellow eiiizens is “open your
eves’ and open your mouths too ”
See h.w business is done foe you by
your public servants—call aloud for
the free exercise ol* your privileges
—do no! sv>ft-ry<>urst* lves to be hood
wicked—do not let your p.tssions be
excited Id misguide your judgments j
—Hifcke your public ofii'*eri respon- |
sible—“bejust and tear not”—when |
you wish your constitution or your ;
laws to he altered, say so, and it !
sb*all be done as a majority shall de
si e; it is not to he expected that an
alteration should be made in your
political temple, unless that altera
tion is desired hy its proprietors aud
inmates—the labourers must first
consult your wishes. The Craw
ford party is ’composed of “people,”
ant) a great portion of the “people of
Georg;.*” compose the Crawford
party. Yes, cit izens of Wilkes,
we are a strong body of the “people”
—you are of us, and we of you. It
is to the people alone that we lock
for adivLion of the loaves and fish
e*. We expect aid from our fellow
people in the election on the first i
Alonday in October next, for it is ‘
the people themselves who are inie- j
rested in is result. How absurd ‘
for tbrt Mr. Tom Noddle to write i
so simple!—s if people were not
people,. whether they be for Craw
frrd or Ja ks>n.
4 Mr, i ’oat Noddle says “that 1
JWLx*u i& ai 1 hi* |j, ne ,| ie
f proi.iii cut candidate - Tor TTie
rorid’ ney.* I take this opportu
ne! oi saying that I read inker pa
pj s man the •* New<.,” ammigst
ht-rn ltic N t * >al Jour mi, Aew-
Statesman, lastaad least j
• t
! the Georgia Tatrtot—and 1 fiml
| that neither the friends of Mr. Ad-
I atns nor those of Mr. Clay are w il
ling to admit that Gen. Jackson
will be even the third best! The
prospect cannot be so flattering for
the General as Mr. Tom Noddle
9eeras to think. He says “ Mr.
| Crawford cannot be elected Presi
dent of the United States” as “ but
four states support him by their elec
tors.” These four states are New- |
York, Virginia, North Carolina At
Georgia, which give 8i votes, to
* which may be added Delaware with
three votes, makiiW 87 votes by e
lectors, which is j|st one third of
the whole number, against three 0-
tiier candidates, f can assure you,
fellow citizens, that no other can
didate will get as many votes, if they
ail continue. The only chance of
preventing Mr. Crawford’s eleotioo
is to join three forces against him,
and drive him into the House of
Representatives of Congress.
5. Mr. JVtn ivoddlc *aya “ the
radical party, who to a man sup
port Mr. Craw fort}, area restless
minority.” l'tat’s true; we to a
mao support Mr t Crawford, and
have heeo a restless minority in
M ilkcs county, because our sup
pression was so rigorous and arbi
trary, that weVould not patiently
bear it. The high handed measure
of depriving worthy citizens of their
privilege of serving on juries, and
wi f luut cause, is galling to every
honorable mind. “The leaders of
the party had rattier ‘‘reign
in heii, than serve in heave*” says
Mr* To® Noddle—but how he
knows, I Cannot say. The radical
party ought, and I hope do, place
their entire hopes of temporal and
spiritual happiness in the means
which God h&s appointed; and it is
the bounden duty of the leaders (ts
any there be) to manifest a reverse
of the ‘proposition, and rather be
anxious to ‘-serve *0 heaven than
reign in hell/’
Ail the efforts of Jacksen men, can
not prevent Mr Crawford from get
ting trve electoral vote of Georgia.
Then why do they wish to suppress
the voice of hi- friend* in Wilkes
county/ The only expectation es this
ma> ccuvering in favor of Gen. Jack
son i to effect county purposes!
buffer it nor .fellow citizens.to distract
your counsel- The friends of Mr.
Crawford are known They are u
voiw and. Bear them gallamlv on your
ballot- at the election on Monday wet-k
—and let the glad ridings be sounded
abroad that the majority of the peo
pe of likes counr\ have chosen a
‘ Crawford ticket * and voted 01 the
future choice o*‘ Presidential Electors
by the people in general ticket/’
Our prospect- are bright fellow cit ,
izen Let us awake with the day
prngre.c with the travelling sun—
fo r th our power and splendour
at mid day—retire to our
homes at even tide—and hope to rise
on the morrow to a political thanks
giving that we may eNerche ‘‘jus
tice in mercy ” I am reproached by
the prodiga s a* an ‘ignorant and Je
suitical demagogue,” yet lam -one
of the peep e,” and vour friend
JIMS TIDES.
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
Elector? of President and
Vice-President.
On the first Monday in October
next, you will be railed upon to give
your opinions in regard to an im- I
port ant poiot—to signify your wish
es as to the mode of choosing elec
tors of the President and Viee-Pre
sklent of the United States. This
question has not been discussed in
the public prints. It seems to have
passed unnoticed— to have been
merged in the more immediately in
teresting subject, of who shall be
the next President ? without consi
dering or earing about the manner
in which the other elections shall
be made in future.
To prepare the public mind for
an enlightened and correct decision,
it will be attempted to moke a few
observation? relative (hereto, which,
if they do ro more, may do some ;
good by calling the attention of the
people to the er?qairy.
The electors are now appointed
in three different ways by the sever
al s atesi Ist, by the legislatures—
2d, by general ticket, aud 3d, by the
people in districts.
Ii ffaei last mode prevailed univer
sally, perhaps it would be the best;
hut until if is made so, by an alter
ation of the Constitution of the Uni*
fed .states, it is certainly unwise in
any stale 10 adept it* because a nii
norihj of the people of a state, where ?
ever it composed the majority a
district, would thwart the wishes of
the majority of the people of the
whole state, and lessen its influence s
io the result of the presideoliai clee- •
tion ; which would be neither desir
able nor proper. ;
The question may, therefore, be
considered as offering (his simple al- i
lernative the choice of elec- j
tors be confided to the legislature, •
or be given to the people, to be made
Iby general ticket ?
It is necessary to advert to the
constitution of the United States,
touching this ease; the practice in
this state under it, and then from
the best view which wc are enabled j
to take of the subject, to determine I
whether or not, an alteration is re- j
quired by the principles which ought j
to govern in this republic} and the i
substantial good of the great boby \
of the People. j
“Each state shall appoint , in such •
manner as the legislature thereof
may direct, a number of electors,
equal to the whom number ofsena- \
tors and representatives, to which
the state may ho entitled in the Con
gress. 2l par. Ist see. 2d art. Cons.
tr. si-
Under this discretionary authori
ty the legislature of Georgia direct
ed the appointment of electors to be
made by the immediate reprtsenta
tix'es of the people, annually elected
by them; the members of the Gen
eral Assembly ; which has been (ho
practice from that time to the pre
sent, and in no instance, it is coufi
deafly asserted, have the wishes of
the people been counteracted or
thwarted by the arrangement; but,
on the contrary, the votes of the
state have always been given io the
man of the People •
But it bas been suggested, that
the wishes of the people may at
some time run counter to that of
their agents or representatives ; and
that therefore, a power should not
be retained by them to appoint the
electors of President and Vice Pre
sident, which can be as well exer
cised by the people themselves.
But in avoiding Seylla, let us not
fall into Charybdis—let us eschew
extremes; the middle is generally
the proper course; and virtue itself
is said by an ancient philosopher, ;
to be the middle point between vi.
cious A pure demoora.
ey, in member of the
state assists in the administration of
public affairs in person, is perhaps
as much to be guarded against, as
an aristocralieal, or monarchical
form of government should be, by
a people determined to be free and
independent. Besides the troubles
that resulted from such governments
in ancient limes, they seem only to
be compatible with the first rudi
ments of society; aud are wholly
impracticable in extensive territo
ries, with a scattered population.—
Moreover, agriculture, every spe
cies of industry, and the necessary
attention to the dotnestio concerns
of each individual, must be neglect
ed uu er such state of things, so
that the state would iq the end ine
vitably perish.
But the conformation of our plan
of government is niuob belter fined
to the purposes for which it was in
stituted; it is a representative demo
cracy. in which the people do tor
themselves whatever they conveni
ently can, and what they cannot well
do themselves, they commit to the
management of ministers chosen by
themselves at short periods of time.
It is not wished to take the choice
of electors of the President acid Vice
President from the people, but to
secure it to tli m, to let (heir ageots
choose for them, who from (he na
ture of circumstances, nan do it
much more conveniently, and have
better opportunities ot making a
correct choice than the people them
selves in their individual capacities,
who are generally unacquainted’
with the characters or intentions of
those (except from hearsay, and
vague report of others) who are of
fered to their choice. In small dis
tricts this would not be the case;
but in the whole state it would be
unavoidable.
Insist upon (be principle to its full
extent, and where would it carry us ?
we ought not even to trust the choice
of the President and Vice President
to the electors at all: It ought to
be made immediately by the people
throughout the Union; and then,
how would the influence of Georgia
compare with that of New York or
Pennsylvania ?
But the genius of our government
is aud we cannot be
afraid to trim; :.oi- %i>cu
ally elect r * ; ,, to
choose eletio s fop -- ;h ire
elected iu October, kc; V* fil
ter following ; am-- a w i . ;u >se.
the eie. toot-; itsry kuo vour
and never wi.i ti-veiv * A
small number nf persons, -elected hv
their fellow *it!zeus (mi.. J?? gene
ral mass, will h<* muri •; >. > pos
sess the ..formal; n. ;ii i discern
ment requisite Wo the proper choke
of electors they me ; enpable
of analyzing the quaiitu to
the statiou, and act node;* circum
stances kavorablo t deliberation,
and i- a judicious combmarisot fall
the reasons proper to govern their
choice.”
If no injury the*j can result from
intrusting our agents, the member!?
of the General Assembly, with tlie
eboi. e of electors; aud if it can bis
made by them more conveniently
than it possibly can be by the people
themselves; aud if in all probability
the selection will he more judicious,
why should the plan be alicied under
which we have lived so !o>g, and
which has operated always in strict
conformity with our best interest,
convenience and wishes ?
If those who may read these re
flections upon the subject tinuk a
the author does, let them on the day
: of the general election write upon.
1 their tickets “ Legislature.”
| Depend upon it, nothing will Uff
, gained by the contemplated alterW
| tiou*. Fhc right of the people'll
| elect is plausible; but it is chimcn-
I cal. fit will increase the evil whirl#’
it is sought to avoid. The repre
sentatives ol the people are identified
with the people, they speak their
wants and wishes ; they are not a
separate and distinct body of meu,
; having other and adverse views t?>
those of their constituents.—Lrt u*
, not mistrust those whom we liavo
selected to intrust with the manage
! ment of so many important consi
derations, in this one particular,,
, from which 00 danger can come, and
from which many evil consequences
may result if the change should takes
place.
Give the election ta the people*
and how will it operate? A few
! influential individuals in the statw
, will nominate the electors, and tho
people will ratify the nomination
with their (rotes, so that iustead ot
leaving the choice to their agents,
assembled together at the
government lrom every prsrvfdTo
state, it will in fact be made by threw
or four or five of the great men of
the nation. This is no fiction—it it
true, and will he the case whenever
the people undertake to do that*
which from the nature of thiogs,
they are ovt as competent to do, aa
properly, as their agents or imme
diate representatives could do fop;
them. Whenever the people under
take to elect persons whom they do
not know, they have to pin theirfaith,
upon other itien’s sleeves , who many
times are luterested to deceive and
misjead them, by consideration*
which ought not to enter into th
reasons which should determine tka
desire oi tbe people. ]
, AMICUS POPULM,
■■■■■■ ■ =?"1- =3
Capture oj Cornwallis •.
We have heard it often asserted,
(say 9 the Norfolk Herald) that Ge
neral Washington, by a well oot)-*
certed plan of fi nrsse, drew Corn
wallis into the position at York,
the most favorable, perhaps, that
could have been selected to prevent
the retreat and ensure the capture
of the British army; while others,,
agaio, have contended, that Wash
ington had other views at the time;
that the movements of Cornwall*!*
were the result of necessity,
that his being entrapped at York
town was rather the effect of acci
dent than of miscalculation, Thi*
question may be considered as put at
rest by the following letter, pub
lished io the American Museum for
May, 1791, which is peculiarly ti
propos at the present time. Th©
Eitoroftbe Museum thus introdu
ces the letter,
“It has beeo controverted wheth
er the capture of Geo. Cornwallis
was the result of a plan preoonaert
ed between Geoeral Washington and
Count de Grasse; or rather whetbr
er the arrivat of the Count in tli©
Chesapeake, was predetermined &r
expected by General Washington,
and consequently ait preparations to
attack New-York, a mere finesse to
deceive the enemy; or whether th©
real iotention was against N. York,
and the siege of Yorktowri planned
