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HAS just received an elegant
assortment of
Spring fy Summer Goods,
equal to any offered in this place,
ALSO,
Constantly on hand, Hardware,
Crockery, Hats, Shoes, Saddlery,
Groceries, Paints, Oils and a gene
ral assortment of
Confectionaries,
All of which will be sold ns low as
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Washington, April 14,1831. 43—3 t
Bank State ofGeorgia,
Savannah, 7th April, 1831.
mTOTICL TO STOCK uni
DERS. —An election for six
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holders in this Bank, will be held at
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Monday the 2d day of May next, to
serve for twelve months from that
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10 ahd close at 2 o’clock.
A PORTEIi, Cashier.
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April 8,1831. 43—tde
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ANDREWS ifc CHANDLER.
V/ashington, April 12. 1831. 43—ts.
WASHINGTON, (GA.) SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1831.
Kenneth Grant,
AFTER returning thanks for
the patronage he formerly re
ceived in this place, respectfully in
forms the citizens of Washington &
its vicinity, and the public in general,
that he has commenced business in
this place again, at the old stand in
the North end of Judge Lennard’s
building, fronting the public square,
where he will constantly have on hand
A General assortment of
MOST FASHIONABLE
CLOTHING.
Such as silk and silk velvet vests,
cloth and easimere pantaloons, round
jackets, &,c. &c. which he will dis
pose of on reasonable temrs. Cus
tom work will bo executed in the
most neat and fashionable style, and
at the shortest notice.
II warrants his work, and will be
thankful for any business in his line.
Washington, Wilices county,
April 6th, 1831. 42—ts.
NOTICE.
THERE w'ill be an election held
in the town of Washington on
Saturday the twenty-third inst. for
first Colonel of the 18th regiment
G. M. to fill the vacancy of Stephen
A. Johnson, resigned.
JOHN JONES, > r ~
JOSEPH MOSLEY, j vapl s \
April Ist, 1831. 41
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From the Globe.
On the second of March, we pub
lished an article defending the Pre
sident against an attack in tide upon
him by the friends of Mr. Calhoun.
Mr. Warren R. Davis a member ot
Congress, and relation of the Vice
President had written a letter which
was published in the Southern Times,
tending, to show that the President
had determined to proscribe, all who
XIJ Ouu
vention,” because he had refused to
nominate Mr. Findley as Attorney
for the U. States for South Carolina,
upon theground that he was a mil li
fer. This letter to Mr. Calhoun’s
relation lmd for the moment the in
tended effect. The Editor com
menting on this letter exclaims:
“General Jackson mistakes the Ca
rolinian character if he belie ves that
acts like this will not arouse a spirit
that will crush him and his Myrmi
dons.” To defend the President
front the imputation cast, that he
considered the speculative opinions,
which individuals might honestly en
tertain, us a disqualification of Office,
it became necessary to show the spe
cial reasons that operated on hint in
the case of Mr. Finday. The Pre
sident has been informed that Mr.
Calhoun had avowed the doctrine
the Tariff laws might be annulled
through the Juries of S. Carolina,
and ho wa3 therefore unwilling to ap
point an attorney for the U. States, to
enforce the collection of the Revenue,
who conctiretl in opinion with the
Vice President on this subject, and
who might, holding the laws to he
unconstitutional, refer them to the
Jjjyrmg, with a concession that they
were not valid. We made this state
ment while Mr. Calhoun was this m
city, and mode the pledge, if he de
nied it, or the Telegraph ‘‘for him,”
that we “could establish the fuel by
the must incontestable evidence”
The individuals, members of Con
gress, upon whose information wc
were authorized to declare the i
| grounds assumed by Mr. Calhoun.;
! upon the subject of nullification were j
i then in this city, and would not liava
j hesitated to have borne their testi
j atony, if called on by the denial of
j-Mr. Calhoun. We had their assur
ances to this effect. Mr. Culliouu
did not think fit to make a denial;
nor did the Telegraph venture to say
that it had authoiity to do it “for
him.” Several weeks had elapsed,
before the Editor of the Telegraph
look it upon himself to put in a qua
si-denial of the Statement of the
Globe. He says:
“Again we say, >ve have no authority to
Sfrteulk on this subject, Unt w<r deny that 4}r Cal
noun tn.J ever written or uttered a word favoring
di-union.. We deny litis. ROT os fijs AUliWlitry,
’
‘but on our coufideoce-ia the purity <*f bis public
life and the order of his patnotitu ;* anti on his
oft repented assurances ofihc ardeu* attachment
to the Uni- i. As to nuliitic<uio,l|ife£ ;rk au
thorized to say, because hove frequently
heard him declare, that Ml. Calhoun 1 * opinions
conform to those of the Republican party of ‘9B,
as expressed in the Virginia Resolutions drawn
by Air. Madison; the Kentucky Resolutions
by Mr. Jeflrrson; and in the judicial decisions of
Judge M’kean, in Pennsylvania.*’
The reader will be struck with the
time when this singular plea by at
torney, without authority, was put
in. When wc presented the state
ment to the public, Mr. Calhoun was
in continual intercourse with the E
ditof of the Telegraph, tindmadchis
press the daily organ of presenting
something in relation to himself to
the nation—but be gave no contra
diction to tho all-important fact stat
ed in the Globe. It was the topic of
universal remark in thecity—but Mr.
Calhoun stood mute. —He made no
response, because he knew members
of Comgress were present whom be
had endeavored to bring iuto bis
views—that the “irrcsistable evid
cities’ was at ts&ud, and would be!
produced whenever a denial ou his ]
part made it proper. It was left, j
therefore, to the Editor of the Tele- j
graph to make the contradiction by!
inferences —not by authority ; basing ;
it “Upon confidence in the purity bj j
his (Air. Calhoun's) public life and
the ardor of his patriotism.” This
conjectural contradiction wus made
by tite Editor of the Telegraph in the
absence of Mr. Calhoun, so that it
.could by no possibility be considered !
as having ins approbation—it was
made immediately after the Editor
Oi the Globe had left the city to be
absent {several weeks, so that it might
not be followed by any immediate re
murk front him.—Anti it was made
in the abseuce ol'ull the individuals
from whom All. Calhoun and the E
ditor knew that the proof must he
derived,
Vve shall act in a plain and direct
way in regard to this matter. We
will leave nothing equivocal, as to the
course which we have pursued or !
which we feci bound to observe in re- i
ill. ....
In defence of thy President’s con
duct with regard to the SL Carolina
appointment, vve assigned the reason
upon which he acted. This involv- j
etl the course recommended by Mr. i
Calhoun to defeat the revenue laws
of the U. States, aud as a conse
quence, a charge against him for hav
ing proposed to nullify these laws.
We pledged ourselves to establish it
by “incontestible proof,” if denied by
Mr. Calhoun or the Telegraph “for
him. — We were apprized that no
gentleman would volunteer evidence
in a ease of this sort, unless it were
called for by a denial from Mr. Cal
houn himself, or by a person author
ized to do it “for him “
And wenow have to say to the E
ditor of the Telegraph, that vve are
not at liberty to use the proof in our
possession, unless a denial be made
by Mr. Calhoun himself, or by some
one authorized to do it in his name.
“Whenever this is done, we pledge
ourselves to prove that Mr. Calhoun
did directly and vehemently urge
the principle of nullification, in a con
versation with several gentlemen, as
a means of defeating the operation of
the Tariff law.
That on another occasion he in
sisted that any c::e Slate might suc
cessfully resist the operation of the
i ariff law , if attempted to be enfore'ed
by suit.
That he proposed, as a mode of ej
fictuating this successfully, that invr-l
chants should refuse to pay their cus- \
Uot house bonds, and if the U. States ’
gjgftught suit on them, they could plead j
the general issue, which would bring
j the quvsli&ttobeforc a Jury, and that
no Jury cuold be obtained in S. Ca
I rolina, which would find a verdict for
That pending the discussion of
Foote's resolution, he urged a member
of the Senate to commit hit,: sc If in fit
vor of the nullifying doctrines broach
ed in that debate, insisting upon the
necessity oj unanimity among the tifou
-1 them members upon this point, and
We repeat that wc shall not holt!
ourselves under obligation to give
the proof of thes4 statements unless
they are denied by Mr. Calhoun him
self, in a letter addressed to us per
sonally, in some publication author
ized in bis own name. The indivi
duals who will sustain thuen, stand
on the same level with himself, and
cannot decent! to an altercation with
an Editor, who contradicts without
authority and upon his own mere
presumption. We will not hesitate
to give Mr Calhoun the names of the
persons ttfion whose information we
predicate our statement, if ho re
quires it as preliminary.
From the Boston Statesman.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE U. STATES.
A PARAPHRASE.
Recent events, nmnisfesting a
vvidedivision among the party which
has hitherto supported Henry Clay,
are too important not to awaken ge
neral attention. They are entitled
to serious reflection by the friends of
j the administration, ami by the peo
j pie. From the moment oft he origi
j nul “ combination ” against the Fresi
dent, wnich was organized at the
j Clay dinner at Washington, inline-,
j diately after his election, it was fore
seen that the materials composing
it, united for a time by a common
feeling of revenge for disappointed
ambition, and of contempt for popu
lar sovereignty, would necessarily
l fly asunder whenever it should come
to be decided who should expect the
posts of power. Nothing but the
subtile chemistry of these common
objects, it was perceived, could hold
in iiuion such repulsive materials as
the nullityers oi the South, tue Tar
itf men of the East, and the unti-nm
*ons ot the West. Such a jumble
of politicians could have no natural
cohesion. If J)r. Cooper and Sir.
Webster, could long act in harmony;
ii Mr. Clay, the grand master, anti
Mr. Granger, the auli-mdson, could
ting ravishing ducts to tite tune of
j “iicie vve go round, go round;” if the
Li.'!heat “ilitn” n> 1 ...-t-. -- J u
masonry, amt the lowest bass ot tar-
iff und Morganism, could he made
to chime in a feline consort, then in
| deed, 100 lime might be expected to
J have arrived, when water woqld run
up hill, anti lire and powder mix
harmlessly together.
As to the iiou. Mr. Webster, his
political sentiments are well known
to take their hue from his political
expectations. The thermometer of
his anti-tariff zeal rose and fell with
tite variations of popular opinion in
Boston. By a gentle and kindly at
traction he mingles with the free
trade party whenever it has the.as
cendency, and Is again disengaged by
that poivenui solvent, a diminution
of its numbers. Against the tariff,
and for the lurifl; a friend ot Adams
aud an enemy of Adams; for Cai
rn ua m 1823, Adams in 1824, Clay
in 1325,Adams iu iS2C,CIay in 1828,
Cainoun in 18bd, atm for himself in
lo 31; at one time, vaunting his fed
eralism, at auuther, considering the
charge of federalism libellous: one
year against the South, and solicit
ing the West, the next repelling the
West—pay mg lus “devoirs” to the
South; denouncing, at one session,
the advocates ot state rights and at
the next, soothed into submissive si
lence, when the question is thrust
upon him, with Torse/s dangling from
its apex: and on these momentous
subjects vibrating, like Balie Jarvie,
betvvcu:- heaven and earth!
The foresight vvhich anticipated
the rupture of a party, of which this
gentleman was one ol‘ the most con
spicuous of its incongruous materials,
was not deceived. Fulfilment has
chafed the heels of prediction. Be
fore the second your of the illustri
ous Jackson’s administration had
closed, a gulph. like that between the
rich man und Lazarus, separates the
mass of these political “free com-
panions”—these followers of “war,
pestilence, und famine.” The in
fluence-of their idol, founded upon
their hatred to republican instituti
ons, their eagerness for revenge, ar.d
their rapacity for plunder, is no lon
ger powerful enough to repress their
j contentions. They not only quarrel
jin his face, hut having pulled him
Shorn his imaginary elevation, like
Vultures, they prey upoa his corso.
[New Series—No. 44.
We bear no more enthusiastic en
comiums of the paJriotisnjjtnlcma
and fascinations of Henry xflavA—
Achilles is slain—Ajax and Ulyscrr
arc contending for bis armor.
Wo have heard much of Mr.Clay’s
independence, of his determined
spirit, of his boundless popularity!
Wo now see the verification and
manifestation of these qualities.—.
We behold him evidently sinking Ha
t he first stages of a political decline*
His voice no longer cries in the wil
derness, nor is he now found
ed in persecuting the people’s admin
istration from city unto city. Whis
key steams, and stirlions smoke in
vain. Chagrin preys upon him iq
his retirement. He is so indepen
dent that he dares not even curse tho
kind political friends who are dig
ging his grave; so determined, that
he yields himself a willing victim to
their machinations; so popular, that
of his utter downfall “there is not a,
loop to hang a doubt upon.”
Our purpose in these
is to suggest that those who liavd
supported Jackson’s administration*
and Who still support it, ha’ C no con
cern in these disputes of the enemy*
except so far as they may affect tho
the public interests. So far as dis
sention may be likely to weaken thd
union of a faction which has hitherto
proceeded in a course dangerous to
the great interests of the country,
the ‘ effect will be unqucstioiiabfy
good. Still better will it be, if tlies*
disputes, growing out of motive*
merely peisonal and ambitious shall
open the eyes of their deluded fol
lowers to the real character of theu*
leaders. In all their publie acts, m
all their mining and countermining,
there is not the smullcst reference to
the prosperity of the country, or tha
happiness of the people. All public
principle is abandoned and the puflL
lie good forgotten; in their eageVi
struggle for power. In the storm of
our republican institutions, one desr
pernte leader burls another from tliO
and pestilence,’’ is their battle cry,
und tlic stimulus to combat, is tho
hope of plunder. They look to suc
cess to reward them with a general
proscription of the republicans, tha
sacrifice of the Indians—the bribed
of tlic United States Bank—war oij
commerce—war on state rights —th©
annihilation ofthcConstitution. Tor
gratify them with a grund consolida
ted empire, wherein the few shall
make u prey of the many, where tiJ
ties of rank shall distinguish the gen
tlemen from tho simplcrnen, and ex
orbitant wealth shall reduce the peo
ple to a miserable vassalage, and
make them, in very deed, “hewers
of wood and drawers of water.”
And what a spectacle docs this
contest exhibit? Who does not sed
in what an aspect of disgrace it holds
up the monarchical party of the coun
try ? What republican does not
feel his indignation roused, that tlicsd
factionists should have stolen tha
name of his party to prosecute sucl*
infamous designs ? “National Be'-
publicans!” National, because they
aim to destroy the Constitution; an<{
republicans, bocause they scorn and
deride the intelligence and patriot
ism of the people 1
There remains for the friends of
tho Constitution, administered by
Jackson in its true spirit, to arrest
the progress of this wicket! faction
and preserve tire country from the
ruin of its measures. O'Ur course
lios right onward. IVo will turn
neither to the right hand nor the left.
The republican party, having twice.
saved the country and the Constitu
tion, are again destined to save it.—-.
They are the friends of union-—they
are free Americans—-and they are a
great majority oj the Union . Froofd
of disaffection aud schism in their
adversaries, assure them of a most
signal success. They have a point
of concentration—the man ‘-who hats
filled the measures of his country's
glory.” lie has ugain consented to
sacrifice his wishes to the wishes of
the party; and in this sign, we con
quer. lie was never yet guilty ot
duplicity, never soiled Ins honor with,
a political burgain, never compro
mised his principles. Always just,
houest, magnanimous, he has always
been attended by public favor. Ad-
