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NEWS 8b PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. D. <. COTTINW, Editor. No. 1. —New Series. -iV'ewN and IMaiitci-s’ Gaxetlc. TERMS. Three Dollars per annum, paynlile at the time of subscribing, or Three Dollars and Fiftv Cents if not paid within six months. No paper will be discontinued, Unless at the option of the publisher, without •liesetliemcnt of all arrearages. Advertisements not exceeding one square first insertion, SfivfixTY-FtvE Cents ; and for each subsequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction of 35 per cent, will be made to those who advertise by the year. (gs Our Advertising friends are requested to mark on their advertisements the number ofinsertions they Wish us togive them ; other wise they will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. . %* Letters on business must come post paid, to insure attention. THE PEOPLE’S TICKET. For President. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, The invincible Hern of Tippecanoe —the in corruptible Statesman—the inflexible Re publican—the patriot Farmer of Ohio. For Vice-President. JOHN TYLER, A State Right's Republican of the School, of ’9B— one of Virginia's noblest sons; and emphatically one of America's most sagacious, virtuous, and patriotic Statesmen. For Georgia Legislature. Wilkes Anti-Van Bui’cn Nomi nation. ELECTION ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER. For Senate. Dr. WILLIAM Q. ANDERSON. For the House of Representatives. ROBERT A. TOOMBS, Esq. Dr. JAMES N. WINGFIELD. JOHN T. WOOTEN, Esq. For Congress. fELECTION on the First Monday in October, 1840.] R. w. HABERSHAM, of Habersham, WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene, JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup, EUGENIUS A. NIS BET, of Bibb, LOTT WARREN, of Sumter, Thomas butler king, of aiynn, ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson, JAMES a MERRI WETHER, of Putnam, THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee. For Electors of President and Vice Presi dent. f ELECTION THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER 1840.] GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe, Gen. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden, Col. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee, Mai. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock, CHARLES DOUGHERTY, oj Clark, SEATON GRANTLAND, oj Baldwin, Gen. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass, Gen. W. W. EZZ.ARD, of De Rail), C. B. STRONG, of Bibb, JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke, Gen. E WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. > V L I T IV V L. LEGAL REQUISITES FOR NATU RALIZATION OF FOREIGNERS. The subjoined statement of the legal requisites for the naturalization of foreign ers, will be read with interest. The sub ject is commanding considerable attention at this time, in consequence of elections H now going on and soon to take place i Editor of Cincinnati Republican .* Sir —As fiequent applications are made to me for information relative to the legal requisites for tne admission ot aliens ur fo reigners to citizenship in the United States, •and as I find a strong disposition in the pub lic mind, (in consequence oftheexcitement •occasioned bv the approaching elections) to be accurately informed on this subject, I have thought that it would be valuable to foreigners, and satisfactory to the public ge nerally, to have published in your paper, a plain and brief statement of what the Nat uralization Laws, now in force, absolutely require. As there have been ten statutes pa shed by Congress upon this subject, some of which alter and amend, or repeal the Vvhole or parts of others, I have a very gen ial uncertainty ordoubtexisting as to what the requirements for citizenship now really are. I have, therefore, carefully examin ed 1 the law, and herewith furnish you with a’ plain and condensed statement of its in •dispensable provisions. 1. EitheroftheCircuit or District Courts ] of tilts United States, or any Court of re cord in any of the States or Territories, ha ving common law jurisdiction, a seal, and clerk or prothonotory, (and no others) can naturalize foreigners, and give certificates of citizenship. 2. To enable a person, 21 years of age or upwards? to become naturalized, (who emigrated to this country since the 18th of June, l'Bl2j he must make a declaration to someone of the Courts above mention ed, (or its clerk) of his intention to be come a'citizen of .the United States; and such declaration must be made two years at least before he applies for admission, or can be admitted, to citizenship. He must also have resided at gears within the jurisdiction of the United States, im mediately preceding his application for admission, and the hist year of his resi dence must be in the State or Territory where lie makes application. During these five years, he must at no time have been without the jurisdiction of the United States. 3. Any free white alien minor, who shall have resided within the jurisdiction ol'lhe United States, for three years next preceding his arriving at the age of twen ty-one years, and who shall have continu ed his residence therein to the time of his application for citizenship, may, after he shall have arrived at twenty-one years df age, and after he shall have resided five years within the jurisdiction ofthe United States, including the three years of his mi nority, be admitted a citizen without hav ing madennv previous declaration of in tention to become a citizen ; provided he shall declare on oath, and satisfactorily prove to the Court, at the time of his ap plication for admission, that it had been, for three years next preceding his applica tion, his bona fide, intention to become a citizen. 4. Any free white alien who resided within the jurisdiction ofthe United States, between 14th April, 1802, (or any pre vious time) and the 18th June, 1812, and has since continued to reside therein, may be admitted to citizenship, without having made any previous declaration of intention to become a citizen ; provided he satisfac torily proves that he had so resided, and the places where he had resided ; and al so that he proves by citizens of the United States, that he had actually resided for the five years immediately preceding his application, within the jurisdiction ofthe United States. 5. The children of persons duly natu ralized, being under the age of twenty-one years at the time their parents were so na turalized, shall, if dwelling in the United States be considered as citizens of the Uni ted States; and the children of persons who are now or have been such citizens, shall, though born out of the limits of the ‘United States, be considered citizens.— But the right of citizenship shall not de scend to persons whose fathers have nev er resided within the United States. 6. Any alien, who shall have legally declared his intention to become a citizen (according to the first section of the act of April 14th, 1802) and shall have died before he was actually naturalized, the widow and children of such alien shall be considered as citizens of the U. Stales; and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of such, upon taking the oaths prescribed by law. 7. No alien, except he be both free and white, can be admitted to citizenship.— Nor can any alien be admitted until he prove a good moral character; that he is attuched to the principles of the Constitu tion ofthe United States, and well dispo sed to the good order and happiness ofthe same: ant’ takes the oaths that he forever .enounces allegiance to all foreign powers or potentates, to support the Constitution, &.c. as prescribed by law. 8. All the proceedings in relation to the obtaining naturalization must be faithfully and fully recorded by the Clerk of the Court where they occur. 9. Forging, counterfeiting, or fraudu lently procuring any certificate of citizen ship or naturalization papers, or falsely or fraudulently using those belonging to, or intended for, another person, is pun ishable by imprisonment in the peniten tiary not less than three nor more than five years, or by fine not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dol lars, at the discretion of the Court. These are all the necessary and import ant requirements of the law now in force relative to the naturalization of foreigners. I have not deluded the provisions of the statutes in the order in whicli they were passed, because there have been so many alterations and amendments, and so much repealing, that to do so, would render the law inexplicable and confused to most rea ders. I have aimed to exhibit it so plain that the commonest mind can readily un derstand it. If, in this attempt, I shall have contributed any service for those who may wish to become naturalized, or fur nished the public more ready means of de tecting frauds at the ballot boxes, I shall feel amply repaid for the little trouble I have taken. JAMES F. CONOVER. Cincinnati, August 3d, 1840. A Draft on President Van Buren.— Mr. Editor ‘The following draft has fallen into my hands for collection. I de sire to present it to the drawer, for accept ance, through the columns of your paper. Will you be kind enough to publish it 1 To his Excellency Martin Van Buren i Sir On the 4th of March, 1841, please deliver the Presidential chair, with all its honors and responsibilities, to Gene ral William Henry Harrison, and charge the same, as advised, to a sovereign people. Yours, sympathetically, TWENTY STATES. Washington, (Wilkes county, Ga.) Scpltimbcr 3, 18-10. THE PEOPLE’S HEART, Os the career of Gen oral “'Harrison, I need not speak ; the history of the West is his his tory. For forty years he has been identi tified with its interests, its perils, and its hopes. Universally beloved in the walks of peace, and distinguishad by his ability in the councils of his country, lie has been yet more illustriously distinguished in the field. During the late war, he was longer in actual service than any other General Officer; he Was, perhaps, oftener in ac tion than any one of them, and never sustained a de feat. Thus spoke Col. Johnson, V. P., in the House of Re presentatives whilst a member of that body. ts/ 5 ” General McDuffieliavihg published his adhesion to the present Administration, it may be well to look back as far as 1834, to sed what this “ high-minded politician” said of the concern : “ Before that God to whom I am re sponsible for what I say here, I do believe that the annals of human idolatry and de lusion cannot furnish an example of more impudent, audacious, and monstrous im posture, than that which the Administra tion is attempting, and I fear with too much success, to palm upon the people of the United States, under the flimsy and delusive guise of returning to the primitive simplicity of a hard-money government. Nothing that I hate read., among all the superstitions of the World, transcends its monstrous audacity.” (fir In his last annual Message to Con gress, President Jackson bears the follow ing most conclusive testimony against the Sub-Treasury Scheme, which now finds so much favor in the eyes of the Spoils Administration, and all its followers, who have an eye to become Sub-Treasurers. In his Message to Congress of December, 1836, General Jackson said : “ To retain the public money in the Treasury unemployed in any way, is IM PRACTICABLE. It is besides, against the genius of our FREE INSTITU TIONS to lock up in vaults the TREA SURES OF THE NATION /” llow can any honest Jackson man, or true “ follower in the footsteps,” get round, or get over this downright veto of the Sub-Treasury System 1 Which is the Worst I —Genera! Har rison is falsely and basely accused by the Locoliico oresscs, of having voted in favor of a law which prescribed the sale of poor white men for debt. Mr. Van Buren is truly and justly accused of sanctioning the principle, that a white man may have his estate taken away from him, and that lie may be fined, imprisoned, pilloried, whip ped. branded, cropped, or hanged, on negro evidence !! Grand Failure ! —The great dinner which has been in contemplation for some weeks back, to be given by the Locofocos to that stock-jobbing politician, Edward J. biu-lt, earns off on Thursday last, (Aug. 20,) near the line ot Richmond and Burke counties. And notwithstanding the great efforts to get together a crowd, lo ! and be hold ! when the assembled multitude had collected, it was variously estimated by members of their own party, at from one to three hundred persons.—Chronicle and Sentinel. A Good One. —The Van Burenites, in this State, having become somewhat sick of the contest, propose to repair to the Indian Springs, en masse, For their HEALTH. — Ibid. Something to be alarmed at—The pros pect of a National Debt made certain. — The receipts of the United States Treasury for the last five months : Customs i : : : $6,091,951 Lands : i : : : 1,395,202 Miscellaneous t : : 32,676 $7,529,829 The Secretary of the Treasury, in his annual report, estimated the receipts would be $18,000,000 for this year. The pro bable expenditure will be $40,000,000. Let each interested examine for himself how come this falling offfrom the estimates. How comes this great increase of expendi tures ? Is there not something “ rotten in Denmark ?” Or, perhaps, in the words of a custom house officer, when undergo ing an examination before the late investi gating committee, “ that credit was given in the cash hook for all the bonds that were paid, the rest were in suspense.” , a The Whigs love darkness rather than light.— Globe. If there is any man in the nation that loves darkness rather than light, we think it must be the Vice Presi dent.—Louisville Journal. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. POLITICAL OPINIONS OF MARTIN VAN BUREN, IN REGARD TO THE RIGItT OF SUFFRAGE, &c., Arc. [From the Report of the Proceedings and Debates ofthe Convention of 1821, assembled for the purpose of amending the Constitution ofthe State of New York.| No. I. —-Martin Van Buren in favor of placing Free Negroes on an equality with White Men in regard to the Right of Suffrage. At the opening of the Convention, Fri day, August 31, 1821, Mr. King, from the committee appointed to consider and report in what manner it would he expedient to take up the business ofthe Convention, presented a scries of re solutions, the 6th of which was as follows : ,l Resolved, That so much of the Consti tution as relates to the rights and qualifica tions of persons to be elected, be referred to a committee to take into consideration the expediency of making any, and if any, what alterations or amendments, therein, and to report such as they deem expedi ent.”—Journal of the Convention, page 35. Under the above resolutions, Messrs. N. Sanford, S. Van•Rensselear, P. R. Liv ingston, Fairlie, Young, Crdnmer, and Ross.— Jour. Con. page 38; Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1821. Mr. Sanford, from the committee ap pointed, reported that the committee hav ing considered the subjects referred to them, recommended tho following amend ments to the Constitution :—“ 1. Every white male citizen of the age of twenty one years, who shall have resided in the State six months, next preceding any elec tion, and shall within one year preceding the election have paid any tax assessed upon him, or shall, within one year pre ceding any election have been assessed to work on a public road, and shall have per formed the work assessed upon him, or shall have paid an equivalent in money therefor, according to law, or shall within one year preceding the election have been enrolled in the militia in this State, and shall have served therein according to law, shall be entitled to vote at such election in tho town or ward in which he|hall reside, for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Sena tors, Members of Assembly, and all other officers who are or may bo elective by the people.”— Jour. Con. page 134. September 19, 1821. On motion of Mr. Sanford, the report of the committee relative to the right of suf frage, was taken up for consideration, and was discussed.— Jour. Con. page 178, <Sfc. The question being on tho first section as originally reported by the committee, Mr. Jay moved that tho word “ white” be stricken out. — SeeJor. Con. page 190. The object of this amendment was to place the Negroes on an equality with the Whites in rpgard to voting. Colonel /Y oung earnestly opposed the amendment. “We ought to make a con stitution adapted lo our habits, manners, and state of society. Metaphysical refine ments and abstract speculations are of lit tle use in framing a Constitution. No while man will stand shoulder to shoul der with a negro in tho train band or jury room. He will not invite him to a seat at his table, nor in his pew at church. And yet he must bo placed on a footing of equality in the right of voting, and on no other occasion whatever, either civil or social!! The minds ofthe blacks are not competent to vote,” continued Col. Young, “they are too much degraded to estimate the value of exercising with fidelity and discretion, that important right. It would be unsale in their hands !!” &c.— See Jour. Con. page 191. The question on striking out the word white, was then taken by ayes and noes, and decided in the affirmative, ayes 63, noes 50, MARTIN VAN BUREN voting in the affirmative, to strike out the word white, and thus place the NEGRO ON AN EQUALITY WITH THE WHITE MAN IN VOTING AT ELEOI’IONS. — See Jour. Con. page 202. * After the above vote was taken, Gener al Root immediately arose and observed, that “ There was danger of extending the right of suffrage too far. It was now ex tended to NEGROES, or in the polite language of the day, to COLORED PEO PLE. It was, in his opinion, inexpedient to admit strolling voters.” With a view to preventthis, he offered a further amend ment relative to residence, paying of tax, doing military duty, &c. &c.— See Jour. Con. page 202. This is the same Martin Van Buren who is now exhibited to the world as a “north ern man jwith southern principles.” Is it one ofthe principles of the south, that a negro has as much right to vote at elections as a while man ? We pause for a reply. No. 2.—Martin Van Buren in favor of a freehold qualification for State Se nators (September 22d, 1821. Chief Justice Spencer moved to amend Mr. Roots amendment, by requiring an interest *i law or equity, in lands, ten ements, qr hereditaments of the value of $250, ask qualification of voters for state Senators.— Jour. Con. page 215. Mr. VVn Buren opposed this amend ment. lie contended that the land inte- rest “was sufficiently guarded by the con stitution as it now stands. It now provides that the Senators shall be freeholders) and that part of the constitution it was not pro posed to alter. There was no objection to fixing the amount ol'lhe freehold required in the elected, and to place it on a respec table, but not extravagant looting.”— Set Jour. Con. page 255, dye. After a long debate, the question on the amendment ol Chief Justice Spencer, was taken by ayes and noes, and decided in the negative, ayes 19, noes 100, Mr. Van Buren voting in the negative.— Jour. Con. page 370. Under the old constitution, which in this respect, according to Mr. Van Buren, “it was not proposed to alter,” no man Could be elected Senator, unless he “pos sessed a freehold ofthe value of one hun dred pounds over and above all debts char ged thereon.” - -— Con. of New York 1777, sec. 10. No. 3.— Martin Van Buren opposed to universal suffrage. — Jour. Con. page 278. Mr; Jay, for the sake of relieving the embarrassments of the committee, moved to strike out from Gen. Root’s amendments the words, “or being armed and equipped according to law, shall have performed within tho year military duty in the mili tia of this State.” Jour, of Con. page 274.—The question was taken and decided in the negative, ayes 26, noes 92. Mr. Van Buren voting in tho negative. General Tallmage then moved to strike out “or on the highways ; he was confin ing the qualifications of voters, to stich as do military duty and pay taxes. Col. Young replied, and was opposed to striking out. Mr. Van Buren supported the motion for striking out. The people, (he said,) Were not prepared for universal suffrage. Gen. Root replied, that iftheclause Were stricken out it Would disfranchise a nume rous class of persons who ought to vote. Mr. Bussell was against striking out. “Ii would disfranchise many who ought to vote. lie recollected a Revolutionary sol dier in his town, who was at the siege of Quebec, and another who was at the stor ming ol'Stoney Point, and neither could have a vote if this motion prevailed.” September 27,182 L An amendment of Gen. Tallmage was under consideration.— See. page 876. Jour, of Con. page 277.—Gen. Root said the amendment provided for the dis franchisement of a numerous class ofeiti zens He enlarged upon the remarks of thtTgenileman from Niagara, M*. iusscll who mentioned two instances in his town, where two revolutionary patriots and sol diers, one of whom fought with Montgom ery under the walls of Quebec, and the other, under Wayne at Stoney Point, would bo disfranchised if this provision were stricken out,” &c. Air. Van Buren said, befell himself call ed on to make a few remarks in reply to the gentleman from Delaware, (Gen. Root.) He observed that it was evident, and in deed some gentlemen did not seem dispo sed to disguise it, that theamendment pro posed by (Gen. Root) contemplated noth thingshort ofuniversnl suffrage. Mr. Van Buren did not believe that there were twen ty members of that committee who, were the bare naked question of universal suff rage put to them, would vote in its favor, Mr, Van Buren then replied to a statement made yesterday by his honorable and ven erable friend from Erie, (Mr. Russell)) in relation to the exclusion of soldiers who had fought at Quebec and Stoney Point, under the banner of Montgomery & Wayne. And he felt the necesssily of doing this, because such cases urged by such gentle men as his honorable friend, were calcu lated to make a deep and lasting impres sion. * * * Few of those patriots were now living, and of that few, the number was yearly diminishing. In fifteen years the grave will have covered all those who now survive. Was it not, then, unwise to hazard a wholesome restrictive provL sion, lest in its operation it might affect those few individuals for a short time?— He would add no more; his duty would not permit him to say less. One word, (continued Mr. Martin Van Buren,) on the MAIN QUESTION before the Committee. We had already reached the verge of universal suffrage, There was but one step beyond, And are gentlemen prepared to take that step? We were cheapening this invaluable right. He was disposed to go as far us any man in the extension of rational liberty ; but he could not consent to undo value this precious privilege, so far as to confer it with an in discriminating hand upon tvery one, black and white, who would be kind enough to accept it.— See Jour, of Con. The question on striking out “ (HI oS j the highways,” were then taken by v is j and noes—and decided in the affirmative : ayes 68, noes 48, Martin Van Buren vo ting in the affirmative, and thus voting to exclude from the right of suffrage a large class of citizens, and also soldiers of trie Revolution.— See Jour. Con. page 28(4. The effect of this striking oUf the wbrds “or on the highways,” wfts to exclude from voting all those who did hot pay taxes &c. and who, if those words'had been left in | he Constitution, might have voted, by 11. .. It \ I*l*l J/, Printer. Volume WVI. working on the highways, to the amount of sixty-two and a half rails. Alarlin Vuii Huron, by tins vote, says NO—you, poor laborers, who do not pay j taxes, Ac., stand aside, you shall NOT VOTE. Pile effect of his vole to strikq 1 out “ white” as before shown, was to ad- I mil negroes .to vote on the same footing with white men 1! ! This is the Martin Van Buren who is called by the office-holders, the FRIEND ofthe POOR MAN !! September 28, 1821. Judge Van Ness moved lor a reconside ration of the vote of yesterday, for strik ing out the words, “ on the highways.”—- See Jour. Can. page 284. Alter a long discussion, the question of reconsideration was taken and decided in the affimative. Colonel Young then called for the con sideration of Mr. W heeler’s amendment.— See Jour. Con, /mge 2~6. Mr. Wheeler spoke at length in its fa vor. He w;ts in fAvor of universal suf frage, with suoli exceptions and limitations as might be conducive, to the public wel fare.—See Jour. Con. page 284. Judge Platt opposed the amendment, on the grrthnd that it went in favor of univer sal suffrage. Mr. Van Buren “occupied the floor for some time in expressing his sentiments de cidedly against universal suffrage. We were hazarding every thing by going to such lengths in the amendments,” &c.— Page 284. Mr. Tompkins supported the amend ment, and thought too much alarm had been created by tho bug-bear, universal suffrage. Taxation as applied to repre sentation, meant liability to taxation. How was it when no taxes were imposed in this State ? Were there no representation ? Page 284. Journal of the Convention, page 287. The question on Mr. Wheeler’s amend ment was taken by ayes and noes, and decided in the affimative, ayes 63, noes 35. Martin Van Buren voting in the ne gative, and against universal suffrage. No. 4. —Martin Van Buren against Uni versal Suffrage, And in favor of c Household qualification for Voters. September ’9 1821. On motion of Mr. Edward, he whole subject was again referred to • select corn i mittee of thirteen to consider and report upon it.—Jour. Con. page 288. October 4, 1821. Colonel Young, from the committee of thirteen, to whom was referred the resolu tion relative to the right of suffrage, made a report— See Jour. Con , page 329. ‘Phe subject came up lor discussion, page 366. Martin Van Buren said, “that as the vote he should now give on what was called the highway qualification, would be different from what it had been on a former occasion, he would give a brief explana tion. The qualifications reported by the first committee were of three kinds, Viz., the payment of a money tax ; the perform ance of military duty ; and working on the highways. The two former had met his decided approbation. To the latter he wished to add the additional qualification, that the elector should, if he paid no tax, perform no military duty, but offeied his. vote on the sole ground that he had labored on the highway, also to be a householder.” He then proceeded to give a history of the progress ofthe voting on the subject, and staled as a reason, why he would not now again attempt to add the qualification, that if he did, it would be running the hazard of the reintroduction of the proposition of the gentleman from Washington, abandon ing all qualifications, and throwing open the ballot boxes to every body. Then went on !o point out the many evils that would flow from a wholly unrestricted right of suffrage, “ First,” said he, “it would give to the city of New York, about 25,000 votes, whilst, under the liberal ex tension ofthe right or the choice of dele gates to this Convention, she had but about 13 or 14,000 ; that the character of the increased number of votes, would be such as Would render their elections rather a curse than a blessing, Secondly, it would not only be injurious to them, but to the northern and western part ofthe State,&c., the additional representation which next year was to be distributed among the coun ties, would, instead of going principally to the west, be surrendered to the worst po pulation of the old countries and cities. Thirdly, the door would be entirely closed against retreat, whatever might be otrr after conviction, founded on experience, as 19 the evil tendency of this extended suf frage.” He said the highway fax was within the control of the Legislature, and might hereafter be confined to property. For one hundred years at least this would afford protection against the evils appre- I beaded, He would, therefore, notwith standing that his desire to have the quali .icnlion of householder, added to the elec tors of the third description remain un changed, accept the report of the commit tee ns it was, with the addition of military qualification, which he thought ought to be a opted for the sake of principle, if for no filler reason. A The question was taken—affirmative 86,, 4 14.—-See Jour. Con. page w yV ,