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lie will probably {jive it;
and 1 take leave to recommend that you
pumic a similar course towards Mr. Van
Huron.
0. Whether Gen. Harrison would veto a
charter for a Hank of the U. States, I have
no other knowledge than that given bv hitn
to the public in his letter to Sherrod Wil
liams, and in his Dayton speech. That he
denies to the Government the right to abol
ish slavery in the District of Columbia with
out the consent of the States of Virginia and
Maryland, and the People of the District,
is sufficiently proven by his letter to Judge
Her rien, already quoted. That he denies j
to Congress all power over slavery in the
District, is proven by tbe same letter, and
many speeches of his in print. That while
he believes the power to exist in Congress to
construct roads and canals, yet that he no
longer believes it prudent or expedient to
exercise it, he has repeatedly declared—
and his determination to adhere to the
principles of the compromise act, he has
alsodeclared.
10. I unhesitatingly declare it as my
firm conviction, that’ William Henry Har
rison is qualified to guard and promote the
liberties and happiness of his country, be
cause he is the stern and unflinching advo
cate of popular rights, and the uncomprom
ising opponent of the bold and daring as
sumptions of powers which have of late
years been claimed and exercised bv the
Chief Executive Magistrate of this Union
—because lie regards the public offices of
the country as created for tbe benefit and
advantage oftlie People, and not for the
political advantage of the President, and in
that spirit, utterly denies the right, on the
part of the President, to remove from office
one “who is honest, capable and faithful to
the Constitution,” to make way for another
whose chief recommendation is to be found
in his being a noisy and clamorous dema
gogue and partizan—because be would
carry with him into the Aministration the
principles of Jefferson, and would require
of the office-holders to obstain from interfer
ing in the elections, and to bestow a close
attention to their duties in place of the ac
tive partizanship which is qow every where
exhibited—because he is djfhmittcd by his
principles, to recommend ami to urge upon
Congress the adoption of such measures as
will ultimate in the commimtig the custody
of the public monies toother bands than the
President's, so as effectually to seperate tbe
Purse from the Sword—because he is in
favor ofeconomy in the public expenditures
in opposition to that wasteful course of ex
travagance which has caused the public
expenditures to increase in ten years, from
$13,000,000, exclusive of the payment of
the public debt, to near $40,000,000, annu- j
ally—because lie is the sworn enemy to
corruption, and the lover of virtue—because
in iiis election and by his example, will be
established and secured that greatest of all
reforms, without the effort at refor
mation is hopeless, viz: tbe limiting for all
future time, the Presidential term of service
to a single term of four years-and because
be is an honest man, and a Republican in
principle, and a patriot in practice. I
might find other reasons in the history of
his past life—a life devoted to the service
of his country, but I have fully answered
your enquiries.
Having responded fully and freely to
your enquiries,
I am, gentlemen.
Your most obedient servant,
JOHN TYLER.
To Tillman E. Jeter, Philip Mayo, Wm.
W. Dickinson, Peter Elmore, Youel S.
Rust, R. 11. Burch, Robert W. Hull,
Joseph Blunt, John M. Timberlake.
an INCIDENT OF LAKE ERIE.
Makenzie in his life of Commodore Perry
while describing the battle of lake Eric,
and the horrible carnage on board the Law
rence, relates the following incident. In
the hottest of the fight, Yarnel the Ist Lieu
tenant came to Perry, and told him that
the officers of the first division under his
command were all killed or disabled. —
Yarnel had received a wound in the fore
head and another on the neck, from which
the blood flowed profusely over his face and
person, while his nose, which had been
struck by a splinter, was swollen to a most
portentous size. Perry, after expressing
some good-humored astonishment at his
tragi-comical appearance, sent him the re
quired aid ; but soon after he returned with
the same complaint of a destruction of his
officers, to which he replied, “You must
endeavor to make out by yourself; 1 have
no more to furnish you.” In addition to
the other oddities of Yarnel’s appearance,
some of the hammocks were struck in the
nettings, and the contents of the mattrasses
chiefly stuffed with the down of flag-tops,
or cat-tails, were distributed in the air, hav
ing much the appearance of falling snow.
This substance, lighting on Yamal’s face,
and attaching itself to the blood, gave it, as
Dr. Parson’s describes it the appearance of
a huge owl.—When he went below at the
close of the action, even the wounded were
moved to merriment by his ludicrous ap
pearance, and one of them exclaimed, “the
devil is come for his own. — Boston Jour
nal.
THE NAVY.
It has been so much the custom of late,
for the laudable purpose of repressing the
war with which seemed to be rising among
us, to trumpet our want of preparation, that
perhaps it may be well to give a small item
on the other side. Our present Navy com
prises G 8 sail, including eleven ships of
the line, one razee, and fourteen 44’s. Then
we have the frame timbers (contracted for
and mostly in readiness,) of 15 ships of the
line, 18 frigates, 15 corvetts, 9 steamers
and 9 brigs and schooners, besides copper,
iron, sec. In no very long period, there
fore, we could go to sea with 26 heavy ships
of the line, 32 frigates, only two of them ra
ting less than 44 guns, 30 corvetts, a dozen
steam-ships, and a suitable proportion ot
smaller vessels. If half a dozen frigates
and a few corvetts could in the las. war
maintain the honor of the country against
the immense Navy of England, one would
suppose that the above mentioned force offi
cered and manned as it would be in tbe
most efficient manner, would give even
England some trouble. We are men of
peace and do not wish to see any bloody
experiments tried ; but wc earnestly hope
that England will not presume so much
upon our weakness and want of prepara
tion. From the nature of our institutions,
which eschew a standing army, we shall
always be in a sense unprepared, whene
ver a war overtakes us ; i. e. we shall not
have our war-harness on and it will take
some little time to get it on. Hut after re
ceiving a few hard knocks, it has been found
hitherto that we could give as good as we
got. Our population has doubled since the
last war, and our military resources (taking
into view our rail roads and canals) have
been quadrupled— N. Y. Journal of Com.
From the Savannah Republican.
BAD NEWS FROM FLORIDA.
We have made up our minds from re
cent advices from Florida, that we should
not again be pained by recording news like
that contained in the following letter, which
came to band yesterday from one ofour at
tentive and respected correspondents in Flo
rida, per the U. S. steamer Beaufort, Cap-
Pjjck. But alas ! there is no trusting the
willy Indian, and we begin to believe tiiat
we must not flatter ourselves with the pros
pect of a termination oftiie war while an In
dian remains in the territory.
Correspondence of the Savannah Republican.
FLORIDA, April 4, 1841.
Gentlemen - —An express has this morn
ing arrived at Pilatka from Fort King,
slating that the Indians have exhibited an
hostile attitude this day within one mile of
Fort King. A party of seven warriors sud
denly emerging from the hammock, attack
ed a small party of soldiers who were out
hunting, fired upon them anR killed private
Thompson, company “H.” 2d infantry.—
This occurrence took place at 12, M. A
detachment of at Fort King
immediately left Another item
to add to the prospect of closing
the war. These are supposed to he
oftlie same Clinch
about started
from that station for
the full of the moon and you may expect
shortly to insert in your columns an article
headed “ bloody massacre.”
Yours, &c.
Mb. Murray, the first preacher of the
doctrine of the Universalists on this side of
the Atlantic, was an Irishman, and possess
ed of many of the eccentricities so common
ly attributed to his land. Many of his no
tions, he often carried to extremes. Among
other opinions, he endeavored to spread
that of the final salvation of animals.—
•Our faithful creatures,” said he once, “the
horse and the ox, for their services here
on earth, will in after life be raised above,
and feed on the mercy of God in ctherial
pastures.” Observing a smile around him
he added,“lsee this is anew doctrine among
ye, but it is none the less true ; I have the
most complete confidence in it. Here is
my favourite Cu,” said he, pointing to his
favourite dog, Cupid, who usually stood
before his master, wagging his whole body
in unison with the gesticulations of the
preacher; “there is my faithful Cu, I have
no manner of doubt, for his fidelity to his
master, and his interest in matters of spirit
ual concern, will sometime have an oppor
tunity to curl his little tail in glory !”
WHAT IS POETRY?
A smile, a tear, a glory, a longing after
the things of eternity ! It lives in all crea-1
ted existences, in man and every object that!
surrounds him. There is poetry in the!
gentle influences of love and affection, ini
the quiet broodings of the soul over the 1
memories of early years, and in the!
thoughts of that glory, that chains our spir-1
its to the gates of Paradise. There is po-1
etry too in the harmonies of nature. It
glitters in the wave, the rainbow’, the light
ning, and the star —its cadence is heard in
the thunder and the cataract —its softer |
tones go sweetly up from the thousand
voice-harps of the wind, the rivulet and the
forest; and the cloud and sky go floating
over us to the music of its melodies.—
There’s not a moonlight ray that comes
down upon stream or hill; not a breeze
calling from its blue air-throne to the birds
of the summer vallies, or sounding through
midnight rains its low and mournful dirge
over the perishing flowers of Spring ; not a
cloud, bathing itself like an angel v ision in
the rosy gushes of autumn twilight, nor a
rock glowing in the yellow starlight, as if
dreaming of the Eden land, but is full of
the beautiful influences of poetry. It is
the soul of being. The earth and heaven
are quickened by its spirit, and the heav
ings of the great deep, in tempest and in
calm, arc hut its accents and mysterious
wordings.— Geo. D. Prentice.
Reading.—A. proper and judicious sys
tem of reading is of the highest importance.
Two things are necessary in perusing the
mental labor of others, namely: not to read
too much, and to pay great attention to what
you do read. Many people peruse books
for the express and avowed purpose of con
suming time ; and this class of readers form
by far the majority of what are termed the
“reading public.” Others again, read
with the laudable anxiety of being made
wiser ; and when this object is not attained
the disappointment may generally be attri
buted either to the habit of reading too much
or of paying insufficient attention to what
falls under their notice. — Blakey’s Logic.
Rail Road between Bombay and Calcutta.-
The expediency of establishing such a com
munication is under discussion. The ex
pense is estimated at about £500,000.
THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS.
To the People of the United
states.
Fellow Citizens :—Before my arrival
at the Seat of Government the painful com
munication was made to you by the officers
presiding over tho several Departments of
the deeply regretted death of William Hen
ry Harrison, late President of the United
States. Upon him you had conferred your
.suffrages for the first office in your gift, and
had selected him as your chosen instru
ment to correct and reform all such errors
and abuses as had manifested themselves
from time to time in the practical operation
of the Government. While standing at
the threshold of this great work, he has, by
the dispensation of an all-wise Providence,
been removed from amongst us, and by the
provisions of the Constitution the efforts to
be directed to the accomplishing of this vi
tally important task have devolved upon
myself. This same occurrence has sub
jected the wisdom and sufficiency of our
institutions to anew test. For the first
time in our history the person elected to
the Vice Presidency of the United States,
by the happening of a contingency provid
ed for in the Constitution, has had devolved
upon him the Presidential office. The spir
it of faction, which is directly opposed to
tlie spirit of a lofty patriotism, may find in
this, occasion for assaults upon my admin
istration. And in succeeding, under cir
cumstances so sudden and unexpected, and
to responsibilities so greatly augmented,
to the administration of public affairs, I
shall place in the intelligence and patriot
ism of the People my only sure reliance.
My earnest prayer shall he constantly ad
dressed to the all-wise and all-powerful
Being who made me, ana by whose dispen
sation I am called to the high office of Pres
ident of this Confederacy,
to carry out the principles of that Consti
tution which I have sworn “ to protect, pre
serve, and defend.”
The usual opportunity which is afforded
to a Chief Magistrate upon his induction
to office of presenting to his countrymen
an exposition of the policy which would
guide his administration, in the form of an
inaugural address, not having, under the
peculiarcircumstances which have brought
me to the discharge of the high duties of
President of the United States, been afford
ed to me, a brief exposition of the princi
ples which will govern me in the general
course of my administration of public af
fairs would seem to be due as well to my
self as to you. In regard to foreign na
tions, the groundwork of my policy will be
justice on our part to all, submitting to in
justice from none. While I shall sedu
lously cultivate the relations of peace and
amity witli one and all, it will be my most
imperative duty to see that the honor of the
country shall sustain no blemish. With a
view to this, the condition of our military
defences will become a matter of anxious
solicitude. The Army, which has in other
days covered itself with renown, and the
Navy, not inappropriately termed the right
arm of the public defence, which has spread
a light of gloiy over the American stand
ard in all the waters of the earth, should he
rendered replete with efficiency.
In view of the fact, well avouched bj r
history, that the tendency of all human in
stitutions is to concentrate power in the
hands of a single man, and that their ulti
mate downfall has proceeded from this
cause, I deem it of the most essential im
portance that a complete separation should
take place between the sword and the purse.
No matter where or how the public moneys
shall he deposited, so long as the President
can exert the power of appointing and re
moving, at his pleasure, the agents selected
for their custody, the Commander-in-chief
of the Army and Navy is in fact the Trea
surer. A permanent and
should therefore
liiaTr public expenditures the most rigid
economy should bo resorted to, and, as one
of its results, a public debt in time of peace
be sedulously avoided. A wise and patri
otic constituency will never object to the
imposition of necessary burdens for useful
ends ; & true wisdom dictates the resort to
such means, in order to supply deficiencies
in the revenue, rather than to those doubt
ful expedients, which, ultimating in a pub
lic debt, serve to embarrass the resources
of the country and to lessen its ability to
meet any great emergency which may a
rise. All sinecures should be abolished.
The appropriations should bo direct and ex
plicit, so as to leave as limited a share of
discretion to the disbursing agents as may
be found compatible with tho public service.
A strict responsibility on the part of all the
agents oftlie Government should he main
tained, and speculation or defalcation visi
ted with immediate expulsion from office
and the most condign punishment.
The public interest also demands that, if
any war lias existed between the Govern
ment and the currency, it shall cease.—
Measures of a financial character, now ha
ving the sanction of legal enactment, shall
be faithfully enforced until repealed by the
legislative authority. But I owe it to my
self to declare that I regard existing enact
ments as unwise and impolitic, and in a
high degree oppressive. I shall promptly
give my sanction to any constitutional mea
sure which originating in Congress, shall
have for its object the restoration of a sound
circulating medium, so essentially necessa
ry to give confidence in all the transactions
of life, to secure to industry its just and ad
equate rewards, and to re-establish the pub
lic prosperity. In deciding upon the adap
tion of any such measure to the end propo
sed, as well as its conformity to the Consti
tution, I shall resort to the Fathers of the
great Republican school for advice and in
struction, to he drawn from their sage views
of our system of Government, and the light
of their ever glorious example.
The institutions under which we live, my
countrymen, secure each person in the per
fect enjoyment of all his rights. Tho spec
tacle is exhibited to the world of a Govern
ment deriving its powers from the consent
of the governed, and having imparted to it
only so much power as is necessary for its
successful operation. Those who are char
ged with its administration should careful
ly abstain from all attempts to enlarge the
range ofpowers thus granted to the several
departments of the Government, other than
by an appeal to the People for additional
grants, lest by so doing they disturb that
balance which the patriots and statesmen
who framed the Constitution designed to es
tablish between the Federal Government
and the States composing the Union. The
observance of these rules is enjoined upon
us by that feeling of reverence and affec
tion which finds a place in the heart of ev
ery patriot for the preservation of union &
the blessings of union—for the good of our
children, and our children’s children, thro’
countless generations. An opposite course
could not fail to generate factions, intent
upon the gratification of their selfish ends;
to give birth to local and sectional jealous
ies, and to ultimate either in breaking as
sunder the bonds of union, or in building up
a central system, which would inevitably
end in a bloody sceptre and an iron crown.
In conclusion, I beg you to be assured
that I shall exert myself to carry the fore
going principles into practice during my
administration of the Government, and, con
fiding in the protecting care of an ever
watchful and overruling Providence, it
shall he my first and highest duty to pre
serve unimpaired the free institutions under
which we live, and transmit them to those
who shall succeed me in their full force
and vigor. JOHN TYLER.
Washington, April 9, 1841.
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
GEN. HARRISON’S LAST LETTER.
On Saturday, a hardy, weather-beaten,
but respectable looking seaman presented
himself to the Collector, at the Custom
House, and inquiring for Mr. Curtis, said,
“ Gen. Harrison told me to give this letter
in your own hand. He told me to give his
kind respects to Mr. Curtis, and said Mr.
Curtis was his friend, and would be my
friend.” Mr. Curtis opened the letter, and
found it to be from its date, one of the last,
if not the very last letter written by Gen.
Harrison. It bears date of the day when
his illness commenced. The reader will
see, from a perusal of it, that amidst all the
cares and troubles of his high position, he
was true to the humblest of liis old friends.
Tucker says the General made him come
to the dinner table with the great folks, and
when hesitated and intimated that he had
better go below for his dinner, the General
said, “ Tucker, you and I have been ship
mates, and a long time together. You are
an honest man ; come and eat your dinner
with me, and come here again to-morrow
morning and get your breakfast with me.”
Tucker says the General invited him to
stay in Washington, and told him he would
take care of him, but his wife and children
being in New-York, Tucker preferred to
return. He says General Harrison fol
lowed him into the grounds, on the east
side of the White House, and there walked
with him arm-in-arm—that the General
had no hat on, and when Tucker adverted
to his liability to take cold, he waived the
remark by saying ho was already unwell.
Having received the letter from the Gener
al, Tucker says he followed him to the
door and shook him by the hand, saying,
“ go to my friend Mr. Curtis, and after you
have been to him don’t forget to write to me
that you and your wife and children are
‘happy again.”
Tucker says he had no money to come
home by land,but he did not let the Gener
al know that for he knew he would give it
to him in a minute, and he did not wish to
take money from the good old man who had
| been so kind to him. And so Tucker went
lon beard of the schooner 1,. L. Sturgis
at Alexandria and worked his passage
home to New York. When he came to
the custom house he had not been ashore
thirty minutes, and having first heard the
sad news of the death of his kind benefactor
as he passed up the Old Slip dock, the
abundant tears that flowed down his hardy
cheek testified that his is no ungrateful
heart.
We are glad to hear that Mr. Curtis
immediately appointed Mr. Tucker an in
spector of the customs.
“Washington, 2Gth March, 1841.
“Dear Sir—The bearer hereof, Mr.
Thomas Tucker, a veteran seaman, came
with me from Carthagena, as the mate of
brig Montidia, in the year 1839. In an
association ofseveral weeks I imbibed a
high opinion of his character—so much so
that (expressing a desire to leave the sea) I
invited him to come to North Bend and spend
the remainder of his days with me. Subse
quent misfortunes prevented his doing so,
lie was desirous to bring some money with
hi in, to commence fanning operations. His
bad fortune still continues, having been
several times shipwrecked within a few
years. lie says that himself and family
are now in such a situation that the bum
blest employment would he acceptable to
him, and I write this to recommend him to
your favourable notice. I am persuaded
that no one possesses, in a higher degree,the
virtues of fidelity, honesty and indefatiga
ble industry ; and, I might add indomitable
bravery if that was a quality necessary for
the kind of employment he seeks.
“ Yours very truly,
“W. H. HARRISON.
“Edward Curtis, Esq.
“Collector, &c., New Y'ork.”
I
NEWS m GAZETTE.
PRINCIPLES and MEN.
WASHINGTON, GA.
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1841.
A. National Bank.
The qutstion has been frequently asked
of late “ What will bo the policy of Presi
dent Tyler’s administration in reference to
a National Bank ?” This question seems
to us to be fully answered by the letter and
address of the President which we publish
in to-day's paper. In the former, he quotes
and adopts the sentiments of General Har
rison, that if the powers granted to Congress
by the Constitution cannot lie carried into
effect without the aid of a Bank, then the
resort to such an institution is both “neces
sary and proper,” and expedient, occupy
ing the same ground, as to this question, as
that occupied by Messrs. Madison and
Crawford, and atone time too, by Mr. Cal
houn.
In the address to which wc also refer,
Mr. Tyler unequivocally declares his op
position to the Sub-Treasury, as both “ un
wise and impolitic, and in a high degree op
pressive,” and assures us of his readiness
to give his sanction “to any constitutional
measure which, originating in Congress,
shall have for its object the restoration of a
sound circulating medium,” and he adds,
“In deciding upon the adaptation of any
such measure to the end proposed as well
as its conformity to the Constitution, I shall
resort to the Fathers of the great republican
school for advice and instruction, to be
drawn front their sage views of our system
of Government, and the light of their ever
glorious example.”
From these remarks of the President,
there can remain no room to doubt, that a
National Bank will receive his sanction
when its expediency shall be made evident
to him, and when it shall be proposed, and
passed upon by Congress. That the latter
event will take place, there is just as little
room for doubt; if the voice of the people,
a large majority of whom, are in favor of a
Bank, can be heard in the legislative Halls.
Experiment after experiment has been tried,
substitute after substitute, lias been propo
sed to supply the place of the former insti
tution, all have been of no avail, and the
country is weary of these make-shifts, and
calls upon the government to return to the
old aud beaten track, pointed out by “the
Fathers of the great republican school,” in
which it went forward so well. Experience
has taught us the many errors and faults
of the old U.S. Bank, and also how to avoid
them, and we have no hesitation in believ
ing, that an institution can now be framed
acceptable to the country, and eminently
useful to the Government.
As to the expediency, the plainest argu
ment, and that which is in every man’s
mouth, is the best. Formerly, a person
with U.S. Bank Bills, could travel from
one end of the Union to the other, and his
funds were every where good and at par ;
now, the currency that will buy the travel
ler’s breakfast will not be received m pay
ment for his dinner ! Formerly, the mer
chant paid little or nothing by way of ex
change, now he is robbed of the greater part
of his profits, by brokers ! The Kentuck
ian or Tennesseean, sold his produce to
the Georgian, put his United States’
money into his pocket, and went home
contented, they now receive their-jiay
ment in Rail Road Bills, or some such
trash, and pay 15 or 20 or oven 30 per ct.
tribute to the money changer for specie or
exchange. Tho money changer manages
to put off’ his depreciated currency at a
smaller loss, for the bills of some of our spe
cie paying banks, and pounces down on
such a bank to obtain specie, (the 4 per ct. *
law affording very little protection even if
taken advantage of,) and to repeat the same
operation. Tlius the country is drained of
coin, and worthless rags are given to the
people in lieu thereof. State institutions
arc crippled in their operations, the good
and solvent suffer, and lose the confidence
of community, their hills are driven out
of circulation, while those of insolvent
banks supply their place.
When shall these things cease ? When
ever the people, in their power, rise up and
say “ Give us back our old servant, the
Bank, or one that shall serve us as well !”
when they cease to lie tamely down, to be
devoured by the vultures that prey on their
vitals. When the press through which
their voice is most loudly heard, shall a
bandon its present tame and cowardly
course in this matter, and speak out boldly
and fearlessly in the trumpet tones of in
dignation, despite of the croakings of dema
gogues and their hirelings. Let the gov
ernment learn the will of the people through
the press, and by their representatives.—
The pilot now at tho helm waits only a
declaration of their will to rescue us from
the shoals and quicksands that have so long
surrounded us—-shall we give the word, or
shall we be tossed about on the wide sea of
wild experiment still longer, without star
or compass to guide us ?
OC?* The report of the fire at North Bend
if true adds weight to the recommendation
of many papers of both parties, that a full
year’s salary of the deceased President
should be paid to his family, already much
impoverished by the expenses of a removal
to Washington, and now it seems, deprived
of a home to which to return. We hope it
will he one of the first cares of Congress to
provide for them.
KrWc notice in the Savannah Repub
lican oftlie 17th inst., an advertisement of
fering a reward of 83,000 for the recovery
of the sum of 837,000, stolen from the
vaults of the Planter’s Bank in that city.
The money was of various denominations,
but principally 50 and 20 dollar hills.
Ruckcrsvillc Bank.
The following is a recapitulation of the
report of the Ruckersville Banking Compa
ny, made to the Comptroller-General and
Commissioners, April 1, 1841 :
DR.
To bills signed for
circulation, 8119,980 00
Do. do. on hand, 17,910 00
In circulation, 8102,070 OO
Deposite Account, 22,358 38
Surplus Fund and Profits, 20,276 08
Bills Payable, 340 00
8145,044 46
CR.
By Gold Coin, $28,524 32
Silver Coin, 22,173 75
Gold Bullion, 290 00
Bills of other 8ank5,85,170 87
In hands of an Agent, 1,990 64
Bills receivable run
ning to maturity,
all good, $24,024 02
Bills receivable past
due and good, 56,824 75
Bills receivable in
hands of an attor
ney secured with- ,
out suit, 41 75
Expense Account, 5,146 36
Profit and Loss, 858 00
$145,044 46
kor. McDonald’s Relief Mea
sure.
The Loco Foco prints have been much
in the habit lately of publishing such opin
ions of Grand Juries as were in favor of
their newest humbug, the Relief Measure.
We recommend to their attentive consider
ation the following extract from the Pre
sentments of the Grand Jury of Wilkinson
County, and beg them to bear in mind that
that county gave a large majority for Gov.
McDonald.
“ This body cannot conclude these pre
sentments without expressing their heart
felt sympathy for their fellow-citizens in the
embarrassments produced from the unpre
cedented failure of last year’s cotton crop.
But whilst we feel and regret the present
embarrassed condition of the country, we
cannot approve of some of the measures
suggested for relief.
We can but express our unqualified op
position to what is commonly called Gov.
McDonald’s relief measure, believing as
we do, that the following, among otbj ob
jections, are unanswerable — f
First—Because the plan cannot he car
ried out so as to afford even temporary re
lief, without destroying the already shake;-" 1
credit of our beloved State.