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qf the window, ui.ii the ntcwnrds uficr
them. Every matt 1>>s bird; and here goes
Cur itu Cork Robin?’ With thul lie.
made a grub at bis 'Lilliputian antagonist,
but minted bun, us he bIuI away amongst
tbfi women like an eel, while his pursuer,
brandishing his wooden arm on high, to
which 1 now perceived, for tho first limn,
that there was n largo hook appended,
oxclaitne-J hi a broad Scotch accent, “Ah,
if ( had but caught the creature, I would
Imvo clapl this iu Ids’mouth, and played
him like a-salmon."
At thiirsignal, in poured tho mass of
Soldiers and sailors! the constables van
ished in ‘an instant; the stewards were
driven back upon the Indies; and such
fainting and screaming, mid (Wearing and
threatening, «nd shying of cards, and fix
ing of time jfld place fur a cool turn in the
morning, ithud never been my good for
tune to witness beforo or since. My wig!
thought I, a precious country, where n
man’s lifo may he periled by tho fmlt'
ion of the covering to his nakedness!’ 1
Millkpukvills, Aug. Ctb, 1932.
Messrs. Goimi and Uuxck
Editort of iht Georgia Constitutionalist.
Gbntlemcv,—I have this day aeon an
editorial nonce, fht your paper of the 3d
iitst.) informing the public, that you will not
again publish tho Republican Ticket for
Congress, until 41 you hHVo better assu
rances thin you now possess, of tho teal
course tho candidates intend to pursue, in
tho present crisis of tlto political affairs of
the country."
f havo never concealed my political
Opinmps; and nt this timo, when niy name
is before tho people ns a candidate for
Congress, would bn tnoro desirous than
otherwise, that thuy should he known.—
At tho taino time, you will indulge mo
with the remark, that your course is one
■altogether strnngo and surprising, and I
can scarcely believe you could ItaVe duly
reflected upon It, before you committor!
your urticlo to the paper.
'll is admitted, that tho Editor of n pa
per, mid every other person, lias tho
right to-cal! on nny candidate for Con-
gross or (ho Legislature, for hi* opinion
on important subjects; hut I nevor cun
consent that any editor can rightfully ar
rogate to himself the prerogative of de
nouncing tho ticket selected by the Re
publican party,and refusing its publication,
because tho candidates may differ from
him in opinion; much less can I consent
to your claim of withholding their names
from the public, until you can ascertain
whether they do indued entertain a differ-
-eni opinion. When the Republican par
ly consented to receive you ns one of its
organs, they never could huvo supposed
they bad invested you witli the power of
‘determining who should be candidates -to
represent ilium in Congress. Yet this
you have in effect assumed; for the only
reasonable and legitimate inference which
can bn drawn' from yOur article, is ilutt
you will only ronew the publication of tho
ticket, if tho candidates coincido with
your opinions. You ought to recollect,
that the pooplo are free, mid claim it
right tojiidge for themselves who shall re
present thorn, and will not submit to dic
tation, even from the popular Editor of a
popular paper.. You ought not to’forgot,
tlim this ticket is one selected by the Re
publican party; anil while you havo iho
right, in common with all of us, to object
to some of the persons, yet it is your duty,
us a poblic journalist, to publish the ticket
for tho information of tho people, unless
you intend to maintain, tlmt tjte people
rpust not vote for them, nor even know
wlm aro candidates, if you do not approve
them.
As I am perfectly willing my opinions
shonld be known lit ihu present mo-
'tnentous ‘crisis of oifr political affairs,’
bronchi about by the refusal of Congress
to reduce the Tariff - to a revonno duty,
1 shall not bo prevented from informing
t|ie people, evon by tbe ob|cclionublo
style and manner of your remarks.
It is my opinion, that each State hRS
the right to judge of tho Constitutionality
of evory law of Congress—mid that eaclP
State has the right to declare every law
unconstitutional which it believes to be
so, mid that the time und the occasion
whan this shall be done, is only a quest ion
of expediency.
It is my opinion, that the into Tariff acts
uro unconstitutional, unequal in their ope
ration, unjust and oppressive; and since the
refusal of Congress to reduce the duties on
* imports to the revenue demund, we have
no reasonable hope of redress from them.
It is my opinion, that as all the rovenue
iutcr.dnd to be applied to the payment of
the puhlicdnbt will be collucied under the
aet of 1828, and every dollar of it may
be paid off beforo any revenue call bo
raised under the act of 1832, the time
bas arrived, and tho occasion has preson-
ed itself, which imperiously demand of
the State to take the redress into bur own
hands and to exercise the high preroga
tive right of resisting the operation of
.that act within her own limits, by all the
Flora ike Augusta Chronicle.
OGLETHORPE MEETING.
I send, for publication, tho proceedings
of the Oglethorpe Meeting, which took
place yesterday* agreeably to the proceed
ings of tho pjepafutory meeting, already
published. It was one of the most re
spectable and impressive assemblages i
over witnessod, or that probably ever oc
curred in this Stain, und was conducted
lliruugliuut ina manner worthy of the
county, of the patriotic men who con
ceived it, and of tho groat and all-impor-
lant objects which culled it forth. Tbe
arrangements were tasteful aud judicious;
and the repast, most plenteous, sumptuous
and excellent, beyond anything of the
kind I ever saw. The citizens assem
bled at an early hour, and spent the time
in communing on iho subject which had
culled them together, till a meeting was
culled in the Court House, to appoint a
committee to draft resolutions and submit
them to the meeting- The crowd ill and
nrouitd the Court House, and indeed,
throughout the village, was vory great:
and after a committee had boen appointed,
it adjourned to tho beautiful grovo ul tlm
Female Academy, where a dinner, most
striking for its plenteousness und extent,
iho taste mid beauty of ils arrangements,
and the peculiar excellence And variety of
ils dishes, absolutely astonished, and oxci-
tod the warm prniso and admiration of evo
ry beholder; Thirteon long tables were
spread with evory variety the season could
afford, prepared and spiead out by tho
fair h inds of the Indies of tho village, who
seemed as though determined to vie to
tho utmost, with the other sox, in the gen-
Uut oun, happily, is u bloodless contest'
Bloodless in it* * beginning : and bloodless,
wo most firmly und religiously believe,
wilt be its ending. Though, if oor oppo
nents should madly court desolation and
self-destruction, by attempting to bayonet
us: because we will no ionflfct permit
them to plunder us : why let them come!
Virtuous and just as is our cause, wholly
defensive and necessary its defence, we
must triumph. And wltnt if it were possi
ble it could be otherwise, we cun die in its
defence, but cannot live to be slaves!
And Oglethorpe too! Noble mid illus-
triobs name ! Oglethorpe, like her great
namesake, will never draw the sword n
gainst Iter own children, and those who are
nobly battling in the vory firench of <Acir
rights; and if she must fight, or fall, it must
be for them, and with them, who are alrea
dy contending for her tights, as welt as
their own. Glorious has been her com
mencement; and, come what may, glorious
and triumphant must be the results I
The mode of resistance litis been placed,
by tbe Athens Meeting, in tho hands of
the people, and Oglethorpe has acqui
esced in it. Who can possibly disap
prove of it t Surely, none, let their pre
sent opinions be what they may. Let
tho olhor counties, then, all arouse them-
solvcs and imitate their spirited and patri
otic sister. Their safety—tho safety of
till—is in the nntiro union of the States;
and tho mode devised is certainly the
very best to affect it. And, whatever
may be tho result of the State Conven
tion, it will bo the will of the people; and
all who further ils existence, or aid its do-
lihet aliens, should do so, prepared to yield
all individual preferences, as to tho mode
orous spirit and patriotism of the occasion; I of resistance, to its final decision.
und many a forvent blessing tvas bestowed
on their flattering and inspiriting efforts.
At tho held of tho tables, presided tho
venerable und consistent putt lot, John
Moore, Esq.—aud, as temarked by a gen
tleman present, n worthier man und a bet
ter cause, nnfer met. He was supported
by Col. John Banks, Maj. Isaac Collier,
Gen. Harwell Pope, Ruben Freeman,
Esq. Augustus Ahlen, Esq. Maj. Joseph
I. Moore, Capt. Richard T. Hanson,Joint
Gilmer, Esq. Captain John Townsend,
und Edward Coxo, Esq. as Vice Presi
dents.. The number ol persons present,
was variously estimated at from 1,000 I,-
300. Col. Thomas F. Foster repliod to
a Tousl from the Committee of Arrange
ments, in favor of tlto Georgia Delegation
iu Congress, and declared that there was
no longar nny hope of redress from Con
gress. Judge Clayton und Judge Bur lieu
were idso warmly Toasted by the Com
mittee, und replied in most able and elo
quent addresses, which woro received with
rapturous applause. And the most de
termined sentiments of resistance, and'
those most favorable to nullification and
tho nullifiers of Carolina, both in tlm
speeches, the resolutions, und the toasts,
uniformly met with the loudest ami most
enthusiastic applause. There was no ar
tificial excitumenl iu all this. And to n-
void it, no procession was formed, no mu
sic was presented, and neither Itquois or
wines of any kind wore used, or any beve-
rago whatever, except water. The most
porfocl freedom of opinion prevailed; and
the company, one and all, were repeatedly
invited bv the President, and the. Cum
mittoe, to address the company, and offer
to its consideration, any opinions or sug
gestions tltoy might entertain.
Cot. Joseph H. Lumpkin, from the
Committee appointed, introduced a pre
amble and resolutions, declaring tho Ta
riff laws unconstitutional, oppressive and
unjust—that the pooplo of Georgia have
no redress left, hut through a resort to their
State Sovereignty nntl reserved rights:
“ that t/te ought not, cannot, and will nut
longer submit!"—that should the General
Government attempt to coerco into sub
mission any state tliet may Interpose her
sovereignty to arrest tho evil, \v« should
consider her defence essential to our sdfe-
ty: that the county »\ill eloct delegates
to the Stato Convention in Millodguville,
recommended by the Atlious mooting, with
full powers to protect and defend tho
rights of their constituentsi that a commit
tee of Correspondence be appointed: and
that the other counties bo invited to con
cur in thus* objects. Thcso resolutions
were unnnitnously adopted, with acclama
tion, and none were so loudly and en
thusiastically cheered, ns those against
submission, atvl indicating n determination
to defend Carolina, should tlto threatened
coercion be attempted. There was also
u resolution, stuck in reluctantly, by way
of conciliation, and “ to prevent miscon
struction,’’ in favor of Uoneral Jackson,
which passed with a most dull and spirit
less approval, and a few dissenting voices:
nut because of disapprobation of the sen
timents it contained, but of the inappro-
priatettess of suth a resolution, on such an
occasion.
After tho passago of Mho resolutions, a
large number of spirited and patriotic
! Volunteer Toasts were given,' aud the
means within Iter control; ami that a dif-1 Meeting theu adjourned in the utmost har-
ferent course mnst necessarily destroy all I niony.
~ " nnd This meeting is most auspicious to tho
cause of liberty and the rights of the
South, and glorious us it is, as an example,
most glorious, and triumphant will -be ils
results. The contest is now fairly com
menced—a contest which can never bo
ended, but by victory or death. “We
ought not, cannot, will not, longer submit!"
Aud, lie the cousequences what they may,
“ we must do our duty, and loavo them to
G.od," conscious that he who would count
the cKt of Liberty, is fit only to be a
slave. The very Damn of the ground it
self, on which this contest has commen
ced, is peculiary sacred and auspicious—
Lexington ! the first battle ground of our
ilktstrious forefathers, for that very liber
ty, for which we are now contending, and
havo now gls» *trttc% the fir»t blow)
the limitations of tho. Constitution,
result in unconditional submission to a
monied or mauufacioring aristocracy.
And it is my opinion, more effectually to
accomplish this object, the people of th«
different counties ought to elect Delegates
to represent them in tho Convention to
be held nt this place, and determine on
the measures most proper to be adopted.
I am, gentleman, vours respectfully,
SEABORN JONES.
Yon aro requested to republish
til's m vour papor. S. J.
EVDR EDWARD DF.LONY of Ejily Cty.
i»s Candidate fur elector of President and Vico
Yrasidoot of the United State* lie is friendly
tothe ro-e'ncr. -u f.tiufrtir Jackson to the Presi-
dsocy. and lb- Election of Philip P. Barbour of
Virginia to the Viee-Vrcsidentty.
Lexington, August 4lli, 1MUI
OGLETHORPE MEETING'.
Friday, 3d of August.
Tho citizens of thu Comity, mid many
distinguished visitors, uiumbering alto
gether, upwards ot one thousand, con-
vettud, to take into consideration, the bur
dens imposed on the South, by thu Tariff,
and to deloimine on the mode and mea
sure of redress, proper to be adopted.
The company assembled in the Coort
House, and were organized, by calling
John Moore, Esq. to tho Chair, and ap
pointing Bciij. F. Hardeman, and Wm.
McKinley, E-q’rs., Secretaries. The
crowd was sir gioat, that comparitively
fen could he scaled: and having noirtiuated
Joseph U. Lumpkin, John. M. Berrien,
God. H. Young, Augustin S. Claytou,
Burwcil Pope, Seaborn Jones, Isaac Col
lier, Thomas F. Foster, and John Billups,
to collect public sentiment, anil prepare
and report at 3 o'clock P.M. Resolutions
iu conformity therewith: The meeting then
adjourned to the Grove, around tho Fe
mule Academy, where a sump uous dinner
was provided by a few generous citizens
Jylm Moore Esq. presided at the table,
supported by.Col. John Ranks, Maj Isaac
Cqjlior, Gen’l Burwell Pope Rob. Free
man, Esq. Augustus Alden, Fsq. Maj.
Joseph J. Moore, C.ipt. Ricli’d T. Han
son, John Gilmer, Esq. Cap). John
Townsend, and Edw. Coxe Esq. as Vice
Presidents, The cloth bt ing removed,
tlto following sentiment was offered by tho
Committee of Arrangements:
Our Senators and Representatives in
Congress: Their efforts ugainst the ntis-
ealied '‘American System," though utter
ly unavailing, have nbiuined for thorn the
highest reward of virtuous- ambition—tho
gratitude of their consittients.
Col. Thomas F. Fostpr, in behalf of
imself and colleagues, responded in an
animatod address of half un hour’s length.
He expressed it, as his settled belief, that
all hope of relief from the majority iu
Congress, shut out forever—vindica
ted his colleagues, who voted for the tariff
net of tho late session, from tho charge of
having sanctioned, by their conduct, the
principle of the protective’s systutn; and
concluded, by offering.
7’/ic patriotic citizens of Oglethorpe
County—The firs' to propose a system
atic opposition to tho Tariff: may the call
which they havo made meet a cordial
rospouse from our fellow-citizens through
out the Slate, and enlist tho firm, united
and determined co-operuiiou, of the wltolo
people of the Sooth.
By direction of the citizens of Lexing
ton, who originated the meeting—
Tho lion. John Forsyth, and Judge
Wayne,—Wo are informed they voted
with a Protcstando, a fact unknown to us
on tlm 21stuttuno.—If they are for rcsis
tance to the Taiiff, wc are for them: if nut
ivo arc as we were
By the Committee of Arrangements.
Tlte Hon Augustin S. Clayton: Ho spoke
not for the curs of an interested majority
pi Congress—for that were; indeed, fruit
less, liut for his anxious and suffering con
stituents nt home. They have lien'-d his
voice, und he was not mislal
response of their deep and
Amen.
Judge Clayton arose, aftot the loud and
continued cheering luul subsided, and re
plied to this marked expression of appro
bation, in his most felicitous manner. He
concurred in thu opinion expressed by the
first speaker, that the last gliunneiing of
hope from our avaricious oppressors, was
extinguished: detailed many striking inci
dents, which occurred in the progress of
the Bill, through the two branches of
Congress, to sustain him in tho conclusion
to which'ho had arrived; and for one
hour, lie alternately delighted and inflamed
the audience, by the most biting sarcasms
aud bitter denunciations; lovellod against
the American system, and its reckless and
unprincipled advocates and beueficisries,
and cnuclirled by offering tbe following
sentiment:
Self Redress: The only remaining re
medy lor the opprustious of the South.—
He that ha* a heart, to feel, a head, to
frame, and an arm to defend, “ now’s ib?
day and now’s tho hour," to strike for lib
erty 1
By the Committee of Arrangemonts.-^-
The Hon.John-M. Berrien: A* a sena
tor iu Congress, be ennobled the Protest
of his State, by the eloquence which ac
companied its presentation. As the au
thor of tho Free Trade Address, and ft-
member of tho Committee to wail upon
Congress, he has rendered n cheerful,
though unavailing service, at the call o(
his fellow citizens of Georgia. A zeal,
thus signalized in tlleir service, knows no
ubatemetu, while their oppressions remain.
Judge Berrien arose, amid the enthusi
astic cheering, nnd in n manner, altogether
his own, acknowledged, with much feeling,
Iho honor intended him: gave a succinct
history of tho several Tarifl laws': show
ing, that wbat was originally supplicated, in
1816, ns a boon, was demanded, in 1828,
asu right, and proclaimed in 1832, ns tbe
settled and permanent policy of the coun
try. He inculcated . the importance of
harmony among those, groaning under the
common giicvar.ee, nnd with the bold and
manly spirit of a Henry, he hurled defi
ance at our oppressors, and demanded of
the State, whether she would tamely
surrender her sovereign and inalienable
rights, nnd prove recraant to the solemn
pledge, contained in the Protest of 1828.
He concluded his able and eloquent ad
dress, by saying, be would adopt, as his
own, the semimem of tho first speaker,
with n slight variation :
Tlte ' Citizens of Oglethorpe : Their
patriotic call shall be responded to, by
every .freeman in Georgia, and by every
sunt hern freeman.
The following i’roantblo and Resolu
tions woro (lion reported-, by the Com
mittee appointed for that purpose,
through their Chairman, Col. Joseph II.
Luui|)kin, who stated that he had risen
front a sick bed, to perform the duty, and
that ill health, and a desiro to make way
for tlto views and suggestions of others,
induced him to yield the advocacyjrf them
to other speakers: but ho trusted it was
unnecessary for him to say that lie
was toady to sustain to tho utmost,
the principles mid pledges they con
tained. He sat down nmidsi enthusiastic
cheering. And, they were then ably ad
vocated by Col. Seaborn Jones, who con
tended, that notwithstanding the taxes had
been lessened four millions, still, the bur
thens on the South were not diminished.
Her specified the increase of price paid
for the great necessaries of life, under this
odious measure; and submitted, in conclu
sion, the following toast:
The State of Georgia—She knows
her rights, and has proved that she has the
boldness to declare, and the courage to de
fend them. Her sons wilt not desert her.
The vote was then taken on the Pre
amble and each Resolution, separately;
and they were all adopted by the compa
ny. The preamble, and the first, third,
fourth, fifth, and seventh resolutions, u-
nanimously; the second resolution, with
the most raptuous applause, nnd the sixth
with very few dissenting voices.
Whereas, it is the opinion of this meet
ing, that tlte proceedings of the late Ses
sion of Congress, afford abundant and
conclusive evidence; that no satisfactory
adjustment of'tlto Tarifl'can ho longer
expected from a majority, deaf to the
voico of justice aud reason, und obstinately
determined to exercise power, regardless
of. right. Under the specious namo and
pretence, of regulating duties on imposts,
nnd reducing the same, they arc filching
from southern labor, its hardcarncd pit
tance—to gratify tho cupidity, and inlluto
tho . pride, of the Northern manufacturer
and capitalist, contrary to the constitution,
aud to tbe moaning and intention of tint
framers thereof. And, whereas, the peo
ple of Georgia have only to depend on
sovereign and reserved rights, for a re
dress of their wrongs.
Resolved, Therefore, that in the opin
ion of this meeting, tlto late law of Con
gress, to regulate imposts, and nil the pro
ceedings and acts of that body, having for
their dirtet object, tho encouragement of
domestic manufactures, are not only une
qual in their operation, but deliberate pal
pable, nnd dangerous breaches of the,con
stitution—to which, as fr-e citizens of
Georgia, tec ought not, cannot, to ill nop
longer submit.
Resolved, That should the General
Government attempt, by forco, to coerco
into submission, any State which may'in
terpose its sovereignty, to arrest the evil,
anti thereby preserve the Constitution, wo
should feel constrained, by a sense of self-
preservation, to consider her defence, es
sential to our defence.
Resolved, That the people of this coun
ty will, on the first Monday in October
next, elect four Delegates (the number of
their Representatives and Senator iu the
in the j Legislature,) to meet at Milledgville, on
hearty—| tho 2nd Monday in November next,
’ clothed with full powers, iu behalf of their
Constitution, to Qtuinlain, preserve, and
defend, the rights and privileges, of the
free citizens of this Slate.
Resolved, That for the purpOso of hav
ing the sense of the people fully represen
ted in said Convention, and to procure u-
nanimity and concert of uction, a commit
tee of seven persons, to wit: John Mooro,
Harwell Pope, John Banks, John Billups,
George II. Young, Joseph H. Lumpkin.
J. B. McJunkin, and A. S. Hill, be ap
pointed to correspond und cooler with
similar committee in other counties, and
with a central Committees at Milledgeville,
(to be nominated by the ciiizens of Bald
win count;) to adopt such measures as will
place before the people correct informa
tion, and as are best calculated to advance
the objects herein contemplated. .
Resolved, That the several counties in
this State are earnestly, though respectful
|y, requested, to concur in the objects of
the foregoing rcsolatitRp,
Rtsolyei, That,' to prevent ntiscoh-
structioti, at home or abroad, we aver
our confidence in the patriotism of Gen.
A. Jackson, unshaken.. He is entitled to,
and wdl undoubtedly receive, the almost
unanimous suffrage ol Georgia,
Resolved, That our prodoedings bo
signed by the Chairman and Secretaries,
nnd inserted in all the public Gazettes of
the Slate. J, MQORE, Chairman.
Bexi. F. llAhnzwxx, ? •„
Wiluam McKixlcy, 1 Secrrfar,M -
; VOLUNTEER TOASTS.
Bv the President of the day. Geor
gia.—Iu tlte redemption of her pledgo,
not to submit to tho Tariff, she expects
every man to do bis duly.
By Col. John Banks, otto of the Vice
Presidents. The crisis has anived, when
we must not, wc ought not, and I hope wilt
not longor submit to tho exactions and
oppression of the misnamed American
System. > .
By Cant. R. T. Ilanson, one ol the
Vice Presidents of the day. The Tariff—
Union of the South, the only mode of rad
ical redress, whether the remedy be seces
sion, nullification, or any other efficient
measure.
By Capt. Augustus Alden, one of the
Vico Presidents. Southern rights and
Constitutional liberty—alike essential to
the perpetuity of our Federal Union—
grant us those, and we are satisfied—deny
us tlieso, and be the consequences at the
door of the oppressor, not the oppressed.
By Gen. J. V. Harris, of Elbert
The'cr.isis.—41 demands wisdom to direct,
and firmness to exeento. • Preserve 'the
Union, if possible) but, ijot at the sacrifice
of Liberty and our Constitution.
Bv General Wm. W. Montgomery; of
Richmond. - South Carolina and Geor
gia; They have entered into the contest
fur the great cause of the-South, and, shoul
der, to shoulder they will conquer or die.
By Col. S. Rockwell, of Baldwin.
The Tariff System; Oppressive in its
provisions, and unconstitutional in its ob
jects. The freemen of llto South, will
pour forth their millions for the support
of Government, but not a cent for the
protection of manufactures.
Bv Doctor S Harlowjof Burke. The
people of Georgia in Convention met;
They will devise proper measures, and
th j true sons of the Stato. will execute
what they shall determine.
By J. S. Calhoun, Esq. of Baldwin.
Freedom's bailncr is agoiu unfurled;
One effort-more; Georgians, onward, re
lax not your energies, until justice shall
resume her place, and our violated fede
ral constitution bp restored to ils original
purity.
By Col. J. B. Walker, of Morgan. In
the redress of Tariff grievances, lot the
Iroemcn of Georgia be prompted by the
spirit of moderation yet, let them be firm,
unitod, and decisive.
By Goo G. Matthews, Esq of Green.
The county of Oglethorpt: “ My own,
my nativo land.” She lias hid the.firm
ness, first publicly to proclaim the
noble daring and patriotism to resist the
unconstitutional encroachments of the
Federal Government.
By J. S. Griffin, of Bibb. Mutual
Concession: Tho foundation ot Societies,
the basis of all republican Government,
the only preservative of our Union. May
the course which Goorgin may pursue, be
in principle, nncompromi.- Ing as fate, yet
magnanimously forbearing.
By Judge Dunglterty, of Clark. Resis
tance to oppression, from any nnd evory
quarter, at anv ami every hazard.
Bv S. Oliver, Esq. of Elbert. The
Constitution of the United States: a
compact between sovereign States, of o-
qual powers, and equal rights; Haying no
common tribunal to Judge of its viola
tions, each party b is an equal right to
judge for itself, as well of infractions, as
tho modo nnd measure of redress.
By Col. Jos. H. Lumpkin. Temper
ance Societies: Their principle of total
abstinence, imports moral elevation to the
sentimonts ol this meeting, which has
practically adopted it. May it spread and
triumph until it has nullified evory Drum
shop, Rum hogshead, Bruudy barrel, and
Wiuskoy rfislt, in tiie land.
By A. II. Pomhorton, Esq. of Augus
ta. The present crisis: Let us have no
more of the sickly cant about brotherly
love, nnd the sacredness of tho Union:
m»co is ended: the arguments of eoneititr
iton and modification have been exhausted.
t)o yon think Georgia will submit ? Ra
ther think the spirit of 76 never existed,
and that oppression is preferable to Free
dom.
By G. W. Harris. Federal" Usurpa
tion: Rendered trebly aggravating be
cause inflicted by the relentless cruelly raaiv
avarice of our brethren.
By B. W. Hubbard. The arguments
offered this day, by our able statesmen,
Foster, Clayton, and Bcrrion, prove to us
that we are en oppressed people, by this
odious protective system; that we uro ,
slaves : and, “ who so base as be a slave ?
let him turn nnd flee."
By E, Cone,-Esq. Tbe President of
tho United States: His-moral energy; the'
veto on the Bank question, is equal to his
renown in the field.
By David S. White, of Elbert. Tho
interposition of Slate sovereignty, against
the usurpations of tho General Govern*
nient; the true “ To Kaloh" of our Fed
eral republic.
By Daniel •Chandler, Esq. of Wilke*.
In our struggle for constitutional rights, let
us neither display the temerity of mad
men, hot evince:the cowardice of slaves.
By Mr, Dilworth," of Morgan. Tho
dearest of rights, and most sacred of du
ties : to fesist oppression.
By F. W. Cook. Sonto plan ofresis
tance must bo adopted : Let us try nulli
fication; if carried otit, it can but produce
disunion, and that it may preserve tho
constitution: and of wlmt value is;tho Uni
on, nnless all boar equal burthens, and re
ceive equal benefits.
By Col. Robert llubbard. The Union*
Next to our liberty, the most dear; may
we all remember, that it can only bo
preserved, by distributing equally its bed-
efns and burthens.
By Col. Jc-hn Milton, of Muscogee.
Tho Nullifiers of S, Carolina wise arid
patriotic. They havo. engaged our atten
tion; and in tho common struggle for an
equality of rights, rl Georgia tie weighed
in the balance she will not ho found want
ing.
By W. M ckinley. JVvIti(kationvr-
Aftor the argument is exhausted, no novel
ty, it is nothing but .i short name for that
old principle of politics, “a .GovernmeiR
forfeits all rights to obedience, by misrule;’ 1
Make me a maniac und a slave, tlm day!
deny this faith.
By Maj. Walker, of Burke. The UniHit
— We love it, rfcvere'it, and vafue it, high
ly; we pi ize still higher, our liberty and
rights; and we delight to honor the men,
who have firmly,foarlcssly and ably de
fended ais.
By Wonsley Hobby, Esq. of Columbitf.
S. Carolina—Go on; lot our oppressors
appeal to force, if they dare; iu the hour
of your trial, the whole South will form it
self into a rampart around you.
By P. W. Hutchinson. If a duty of
throe pence per pound, on Ten, produced
the wur with Old England, what oughj
46 per cent on all the common articles
of life, to'produce with New England t
A speedy Convention to give tlto answer.
By Col. Elisha Strung, who whs reluc
tantly absent. The Southern States—
may they adopt such .measures, that tho
next Congress may not doubt what course
will bo pursued, if the Tariff is not redu
ced to 12 1-2 per cent ad valorem.
By Col. A. G. Foster, of Mofgap.—-
The 'Tariff—There soomsnow to be, 'in
Georgia, hut one opinion, as to resistance.
May there bo but one opinion as to ihtt
modus uperandi.
’By Col. Wm. Jones,’"of Lincoln.—
The Tariff—The South has borne iw
oppressions until forbearance has ceased
to be a virtue. South Carolina is in thu
lead; Georgia is buckling on Iter harm-ss.
jind will soon pull by the side of her gene
rous and devoted sister. They will uot
yield the principles for which they content!
(equal rights) until tliolr fields are turned
into “a howling wilderness."
Bv. Geo. M. Dudley, Esq. r £ht>
mode of resistance to Federal Usurpa
tion: the only preliminary we have to set
tle. This do»e, our motto is, “vinrmtV
opibusque parati."
By John Watkins, Sett, of'Elbert.*-*-
The ,South—We have asked for nothing
but what is just, and have been deniedj-
we submit to nothing (but is wrong.—
Therefore, to be, or not to lie, in tho
They who shook off the tyranical oppros- . Union, (and nut who is to be called Rabbi)
sion of their Mother country^ will, not is now the question.
Iiesilato to resist that of their Sister
Suites: and if ncod bo, even unto death.
By S. Foucho,.of Wilkes. Secession,
with liberty, and equal rights, is better
than Union, as long as we can; but, liberty
and equality forever.
By John Larnur, Esq. of Macon.—
Robert Y. Ilayne, and James Hamilton,
of South Carolina: Tho spirit of Hamp
den and Enunet, animate them; they will
do all that freemen dare do to preserve tlte
Union; he that will do more is none.
By Col. Thomas A. Pasteur, of Wilkes.
Nullification: Our Sister State, South
Carolina, may err, in pressing tho moa-
sure; but, uur causo is common, nnd our
m-nts will bo ready, to defond her agaiost
Federal usurpation.
By James A. Groves, of Elbert. The
Tariff of 1832; A trap to catch compro
misers.
Responso by tho company. We are
too old to be caught with chaff.
By F. H. Cone. Esq. of Green. Lib
erty first and Union nfierwnrds.
By Geo. R. Clayton, Esq. of Clark.
Secession or submission: The Freemen
of the South will never hesitate to choose
the former.
By C. J. Jenkins, Esq. of Richmond.
The Union: Formed to be valuable; why
should out Its value ho calculated t
Col. William C. Dawson, of Greene.
The friends of the Tariff: In truth and
in ooodoar, wo now tell them, oor forboor-
By Col. Porter, of Morgan. Georgia'S
She sneaks, and shall bo heard; resistance*
to an unconstitutional measure, is Iter
privilege; submission not her character.
By C. Howell, of Lnwrenceville. May
tvo, without fear, and without danger,
proceed to lay aside the oppression, or tbe
Tariff.
Bv Col. Jno. W. A. Pettit, of Henry-
The Union of the States: Let us cling it*
it so rcsolutoly and affectionately, thut toe
may at all times be willing,- when Congresflt
violates the Constitotion. by an net calcu-
ted to dissolve It, to Nullify the ait and
preserve tho Union.
By Col. John Billups. • South Caroli
na: Whatever may be the means she Is
employing for-its’attainment, her object
is tlte relief of (be whole South from in
tolerable and despotic oppression: Upon
the issue of her struggle, are suspended
oar rights aud our liberties: Georgia will
partake ber destiny..
By Col. M. B. Lamar, of Muscogee.
The writings of Gov. Troup: Political,
Sermons ou the Mount.
By Col. R L. Gamble, of Jefferson.
The principle of State conventions, as
adopted by this patriotic meeting: Tho
legal, peaceable, and constitutional mode
of a redress of federal oppression.
By (name not kuown,) Georgia: She
dares to do any thing, upon principle; and
being right, results cannot be wrong. '
By Wm. a. Smilb, Esq.