About Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1828-1861 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1832)
tlior lm< ■ •ri' washed together jjjirotcftinn, that protection will be promp- Oi 1 in eight Iron- fxly aliVilt-d. S’. .11 we degrade ourielve* 'irt'ila'My b Milt cx err ■ r.i r . ■ owtnei rigidly <*, t ., <• ■ no (*■ i *«:•.*>, nor even ••••II felMirtrd It trio fit >. -ncii'm foi t.i lifter. The lirouiiaed benefit from sin ii r.-sirn-.ive nioafiires linn not been ot>' iiied, while the itlrmtvo'niences and mil' ng« caused by litem have become too tnanife*!. Is 'is Choh.ra transhissible by Persons an / Goads? — I’be assmupnoii U|i)n which the itiiiiiic.ivn measures just dntailed have bee i (used, viz: ill 0 Cholera is gencially, if ii-n ilnilmmly ir.nstnissihls by persona ii.nl elo’lting, and merchandise, is cOnttu vert.-d at every »top of our inquiries into the ins orv of lie disease. Tim facis and Hra.imenis preponderate greatly on tho oth «idu, and would xoem to be connu uall eignmntin; wohthe -increase of our krr wlndga of tire habit* of Cholera. A few .vill M'fll e fur our present purpose. The pers nia composing the family of the Persian nrince, quitter! the city of Turin* titer ilio violence of the disease bad already began to abate. They, how- er, c. trued <he Cholera along with thorn, ond continued o be attacked, from four to s x a day, for about <eu days, but not a single nerson mthe villages through which ‘thev passed or where they slept, iouk tliu dun .*■•. During the prevalenco of the Cli. lmu in Moscow, about forty thousand pe.s.ms quilted that city, of whom a largo Dumber never performed’quarantine, und yet mi ruse is on iitcord of Cholera being transferred from Moscow o other places, and ii is equally curiam, savs the respecta ble Prussian physician from whom wo derive the toregning statement, that ill no situation appointed for quarantine, has any caso of tho disc t»o occurred. In the year 1823, dicing the period in which the disease ftrsi prevailed in Astra- can, large numlutr* nt parsons left the city dailv; nevertimiess, they did not convey tlm disease either io remote cities or to tile neaiest neighboring villages. In 1830, many villages unnamed bee from Cholera, notwithstanding the constant communica tions with the city—one, five iveisis irons Astracan, on the shores of the VVulga, wiiuio whole families nod ivoikmensuught retnge, when the disease was lit its li.tglil. It was the same with many otheis, where not only lain dies, hut the sick wore truns- ported. Wmlst tho disease was raging nt Bres lau, ul . quaraiiiine, found useless, was dmm away with, tlm inter course between ’ the city uud die niugi.boring burghs unit vill iges was uiiiquii ruptnd. For six or seven weeks tinee or fuur thousand pea sants euluied 'ho cey every day and ro- turned to limit homes. Many of them had communication with the houses of thr. w, finri rm 10 many of iho villages the .'liaenau did not exmiid. Thus mil a single case occurred hi ShiirlunuS wBI'fe more iiiau two iiundied persuus rnpairod oven day <> tltuii couiiiry so is—the large bin a i if M i ini'll, nasi til Breslau, ant. 1 tlm Villages ol Fa bust and Neudorf, xvliicli join dm city and contain each from one Ih - i-HUd io twolvo iiundied mhulmaiits, equally escaped. Du ng ilm prev deuce of the disease nt Si Peuirsburgh, constaiil and free cum- munic it ion was kepi op beuveon it and a Village aboui fifteen worsts distant, that of the Giiidiunt, mnl not u single caso of disease occurred at the latter place. Taking these facts in connexion with tho ins nice of exemplion from tho dis- e.ist* enjovod by the villages in tho island of Kris olsky, notwithstanding unlimited inteimuise between iliem and the cit) of Si. Peiershu rgh. wn shall know what va lue to attach to tile statements ol insula tion of places mil person* having protect- od thi-m from Cimlei t. The fact of es cape iio.ii the disease, by no means im plies a correctness in die assumpiion dial quarantine Was the protecting means, tlm more especially wm n we call to mind tin well known ciremnst nice recorded by difT-reni wrimrs on dm East Indian Cho lera, diul in lm ve j centre ol extensive districts ravag'd b\ Cholera, III certain narrow etniisbv patch ami all their cl-v.he by the ,m Vi ':iu eight mm- llvly dred and sixty or, , move elluiled jliv malwng fu ■ mur potitions or appeals to not a •nui’l' in-' beiine nflVned wn hi our oppressors! Oi, can we be so meffa- Cholera, mini one tmudre.l ,md twenty-[ blv stupid, as in hope for better success hu e hospital .Mend mis, two only w ifleeted,a man mid a woman,both of whom were disposed to die disease from very regular condui t, for winch they lutd been ensured. ' Instances of entire immunity after con slant intercourse wi'h tho nick, might lm greatly multiplied both in India and Eu rope. The women who washed the clo'hys of the patients in the hospital at Orenburg, were entirely exempt Irom tho disease. A liko immunity was enjoyed bv tho at tendants who helped the patients in and out of the hath, rubbed heir bodies^ dressed blisters, &,c. in different Russian, and other hospitals. The physician general to the town has piial of Daiexic, says, dial there were five W'iicrs always near (he patients; eight men wore employed in robbing and bathing; nine medical men visited Ilm pa- tionts, of whom orte was always in tho room in the day time, (wo watching every night: no one ol these twenty-two per sons fell ill. / I have visited, snys Dr. White, tho Gateshead hospital, duiing tlm lime I had the honor of being pliysiciun to thai insti tution, under all circumstances of physi cal depiessimi. I have breathed die atmnsphero of its apartments for hours lo- iban has attended our past actions? — Clearly not. Shall wb be told, that Con press >11 it* late session, modified die sys tem, so as materially to lighten our bur thens! And whip, let us enquire, is this boasted modification? Let us look at it for a moment, 'hat we may admire this distin guished exetciso of lib"rty, on the part of bur oppressors. By his modification, the dudes have been reduced probably six ^millions ol dollars per annum, noi more thnn two millions, of which, are upon ar ticles extensively consumed hy tlm southern Deople, whilst/imr millions, at least, aro upon various articles used, almost exclusively by the northern peo ple ol all grade's and classes, from iho nabob down to tho riiy dandy. So ihat our npprnssois,tdr each Holt ir of lax- nt^in, taken off from iho people of the n »ouih, have taken at least two dollars ff from themselves. Do our oppressors link that limy can trample npon our rights ud insuli our understandings with impu- ity? Dr. they consider us so utterly devoid f common sense, as not to be able to see ulirough so shallow an artifice—or shell >»« be beguiled and deluded by tlm hope in.it still further relief will bo grained us? not ii nor bo forgotten, that the party op pressed, wronged and outragid tendc-—- 1 Ty, 1 have frankly and feafTessly statod my own opinion. 1 find many men entertain ing the same opinion, with whom I have not been nr ihe habn ol agreeing, and ma ils holding a contrary opinion, with whom I have all my life been associated in my political acts; bur, such considerations can not induce me to abandon my owji honest convictions, upon so important a subject. But, upon this branch of. the controversy, I wish to be disimcily understood, and to this end 1 now avow my determination, .should a majority of my fellow-cit izens differ with trie in opinion ns to ho remedy, to give all ihe nid nty power, io whatever tfifasuro ol re sistance they may select, and recommend it to tin' people 61'ilie Slates, for, I regard ‘COLUMBUS—SATURDAY, AUGUST 25. Enquirer. The following is the Ticket, designated by the Convention to be supported by tho Troup patty at the ensuing Congressional Election. HENRY BRANHAM of Patnau, A. S CLAYTON of Clark, R H. WILDE of Richmond, T. P POSTER of Greene, C. E. HAYNES of Hancock, J. M. WAYNE of Chatham, 3 JONES of Muscogee, G. R. GILMER of Oglethorpe, U. L. GAMBLE of Jefferson. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A Review of the Address of Miraboau B. La unanimity as essential to our succoss; but , mar, Esq by “ Harris," is rcceivod, and shall up. I do this with one intputtant reservation I pear next week —it is this: should Georgia determine up- j Several oilier communications, including tho .1 „ j.. V . J r’ address of Mr. James Childers delivered before on another remedy, and should any one of fh? temperance Society of Columbus, are re- gather; yet I, the attendants, tile nurses, all equally exposed, have equally escaped. Nut a single individual in the profession lias sustained an attack since the disorder lias prevailed. We are not to suppose that physicians and nurses should he entirely free from at tacks of Cholera—we ought, on tho con trary, to he surprised at tho proportion be ing. so small, when wo cons.dcr how the extreme fatigue and loss of rest which they undergo, must peculiarly predisposo them to the disease. Very different, hoiy- ever, would be the result, if physicians, friends nnd attendants, woro obliged to render their services in the dose, confined quarters of n city or town, in the damp, filthy, mid ill-ventilated houses of those who are in the greater number victims to tho disease. Hence it becomes tho duty of government, und the proper corporate authorities, to make provision for the re ception of the poor ond needy in suitable hospitals, mid also for an evacuation of all cellars, and underground lodgings, & close dirty hovels, hy their customary tenants. Letters in answer to invitations to the Lexington'Dinner. to their oppressors, a general ad valorem JUDGE SHORTER. Athens, la: August, 1833. OfHl/ctnuK I have r evived your po- li'ti in v i i hi ion u> a ptibltt dinner, tv he giv tin ul Lexingion, on Finlay next and to unite w ih ntv follow-citizens, then ami There io tie assembled, in devising the s>t- lest uud most efficient measure ot redress againsiliie evils of ho American Tariff System. I very much regret, that a prior engagement, which I (nay not violate, compels me to decline your invitation; bin I take this occasion to assure you, that 1 tool a deep and lively interest in the ohjert of your meeting, and though I shall be ab sent in person, 1 shall bo present with you in feeling. It would far exceed the limits of a let ter, to sav to yon all tiiat i think and j'cel upon this momenmus subject; but I will avail myself of the occasion, to.icntere i few general remarks.— The following three propositions may bo considered us orthodox, in least ill Georgiu. 1st. That lite Protective System is pal pablv violativo of tho object und spirit of ilie Federal Constitution. 2d. That no act of Congress, rotitrnty to tile Federal Constitution, is ipso facto void, and possesses no manner of binding force or efficacy.— Anil, 3d. That ihe Protective System is ex ercising u bl'gh'infc influence oier all bran ches of business in the Suite, and is grad ually “eaiing out our substance." These propositions have been so often and amply discussed, anil tlieir correct ol country, 1 ness asserted hy so overwhelming a mu- duty of twenty five per cent, and that it wit* indignantly rejected. From that ve ry moment there wus no longer any ground ovr»n for hope; and for one I declare my self utterly opposed to farther submission, anti boli"ve, Ihul determined opposition fa proper and necessary. I ant equally well satisfied, that we have already sub mitted too long, and tlm' the longer, the system is suffered to remain, the stronger it will hecopie, and the mule difficult it will bo trj» iipioot it Oor oppressors have said tci us, we shall hear our present bur then? Fertile, suhiiiission will Wn weak en us Mild strengthen them. . Lm n be ro- mninlxned, iluit our oppressor* have olicn taunted us, most insultingly, in regard to a p nticuiyr description of our property; and that at tlx- Tariff COnveiition in New York last fall ti> proposition w.is openly made, io apply the surplus money in the National Treasury) to the purchase and emancipa tion of our. slaves. They have oo consti tutional w,|rrant to fix upon us the protec tive system, nor have they any such war rant to iniornieddle with our slaves; but, if we submit to the first, we sh ill in a lew years, in all probability, ho ttquired to submit to the Inst. The time, I i ke it has now irrivnd, when we must assert .md en force our rights, or give up all claims io independence, aiid oitlo down into a stare worse than colonial bondage The Remedy next remains to be consid ered, a id, to my mind, if i< be admitted tlinl tho existing Tariff is violative nt iliu Constitution,' iho muc'li-whuserl, and notv misrepresented doctiute of Nullification. is an apuropriate, if not llif.' only true re medy’. I frankly acknowledge, that I have had a contrary opinion, and tli.n my mind is noi notv free from doubt. 1 will noi a- buso your patience by going into an ela borate nigumenl npon this fruitful subject, but will content myself witli stating a few gpueial propositions, the correctness of which can hardly ho questioned, and from which the doctrine of Nullification serins almost necessarily io result. I as sume |t, as undeniably true, 1st, that tile Stn o of Georgia considered in liei se- pirate, sovereign and independent charac ter, anil the federal Government, con sideied as such, are two separate and in dependent governments. 2d, That the Federal Constitution is nothing more nor less than a treaty, oi compart, entered in - to bv each particular S ate, for itself, of the one part, and the Federal Government of the other part. 3d, That where itvo • overal Governments differ, in regard to. ihe terms or meaning of an existing treaty or compact between them, each lias an e- qn d light 10 decide for itself: rnd 4'h, the Southern States adopt Nullification as the proper remedy, that State is not coer ced into obedience, either by the Geu’l Government, or by other Slates, without firsi rendering us powerless; for, the mo'- menl any ono of the Southern Slates is reduced by forex, into submission, that very moment will forever seal our fate.— Ppiniit mo, gentlemen, in conclusion, to tender you a Sentiment : The protective Systcm~It is tinjust, unequal, oppressive, and not warranted by a fair construction of the Federal Consti ■ union: we will not submit to it: and for this, “ we mutually pledge to each other, our properly, our lives, and our sacred Iiouor.” Respectfully, &c. ELI 8. SHORTER. N. C. SAT RE, ESa- Sparta, July 30,1832. Gentlemen:—Yum csieuniud favor of ceived, and will be attended to as early as practi* cable. Wr.Kr.ELANDTyNER his received the appoint ment oF Post Master in Macon, vice M. R.Wallis deceased. The reply of Col Seaborv Joses to tho stric tures of the Augusta Constitutionalist occupies considerable space in this day’s paper- ft is worthy of perusal, and we houe tho Constitution ist will transfer it to ilH columns. Tho cases whjcli Col. Jones has cited in support of his opi nions, contained in his former letter to the Editors of tho Constitutionalist, are apt and conclusive illustrations; and such as, wo think, cannot easily bo obviated, even by the ingenuity of the co% ductors of tiiat journal. The Constitutionalist must certainly have the credit of adopting a firm and decided course in the present threatening as pect of our political affairs, yet to give that tyrm- ness and decision its great benuty, the Constitu tion u I ist must not shrink from the assertion of its correctness by reason and argument. Will the Constitutionalist arraign tho policy of Georgiu, in her collisions with the General Government ? We thp21stinst. was received on my return ■ presume not. Where is the difference inprinei home from W ilkes. To meet and dolib- 'pte, between the former disobedience of this State, crate with ton on the important subject ol i *"<1 that now conte,npls.ed relative to the tariff? , - ? , . J \ Did not the Constitutionalist sanction the refusal the present occasion, is a duty, in every • of Judge Dougherty to obey the authority of the citizen, who feels tlie evils of lliu existing Supreme Court, an authority mo, “ exercisedoS- system of oppression—und to mo it would tensibly within the sphere of its constitutional be extremely gratifying, as woll ns instruc- * entimenl l1 '" 1 i ournal h 1 as en : . • * ° | 7; , , • . dorsad ** on account of its moJerntion and good live—but a personal attendance being at j scnseAra not Ul0 Supreme <;„ ur t t’on this lime tnronvrnii'nr, I will beg leave i gresn co-ordinate.branches of ilia Federal bead taent produced by a belief in tlieir imn^iii J rry sufferings, are about to Nullify an act of Congress; or in olhor words, have de termined to rebel against the Union aha commit an overt act of treason, by setting at defiance and openly resisting the laws of the country. The crisis has indeed arrived, nnd every friend of the Country and the Constitutionevery friend of ibd union of the states, is called upon to stand by bis principles. All minor questions aro absorbed in this movement, which threatens to divide the Union and plunge the north und the south in iho horrors of a civil WRr. Even the qttoslious of pre serving to tho Country, in defiance of the cupidity of the Albany Money Changers, the United States Bank and our present admirable currency, in which all are di rectly interested, becomes ono of minor _«• importance, when contrasted with the preservation of tire Union. Of the Con stitutionality of a Tariff for protection, we never have—we never can entertain a doubt; and- although we are not pre pared to say a more judicious reduction of duties could not have been effected, yet the Congress of tho United Slates having gravely determined upon the present law, it becomes the duty of all good citizens to comply with its provisions. A contrary course, whetherbv States or individuals, is treason to the union, and we call upon tho IriendsofLibotty—the Patriots—the hon est and good men of South Corolina—to strangle in its infancy the bold ultempt now making to destroy the Union of the States nnd involve the country in civil war. Wo yet Itojjo much from a love of coun try, from the return of reason, nnd from a calm review of the consequences of re bellion; hut if these fail, then must resort bo had to tho strong arm of power to en force the laws Sf Congress; and if Charles ton should be declared a Free Pprt, t» few vessels of War must he sent to block ade the IIarbour nnd bring her people to n sense of tlieir duty to the constituted tui- thorities of the country. Here then, we have, in no ntoasnrctl terms, thf) 1 into which llmie exis ed no inn.* I obsiu- joritv of our citizens, llt it it would be till ties to tho extension ot tint di>* tsc, but into which it never penc ra ed, although all around win otto scene of desolation. This part of itie subject cannot be pla- red nt a clearer light than by sitnpl.v ob serving bat rite instances ol immunity from ; r disease where unlimited inter course had h"on allowed, are in tenfold git ator number than where restrictions hid been impos 'd and iion-inicrcourse en forced. Non umucourse by santtarv cor dons and quarantines) do not even give uu uddilio' ul cltanrn of escape. Their tendency and eff-ct are the other wav. There has no been found any ,.pprc anil useless here to repeat them. Tin only questions which wo can now discuss, nit It any kind of propriety and utility are, first. Sha’ ; .ve resist this s.. stem of op pression and plunder, or meekly submit out necks to the galling yoke of our op- piO'Snis? And, Second. If resistance be resolved upon, t\ bat is the proper mode of procedurel— 1 pray you to indulge nte in a few rom rks, upon these two questions, in tile order in which they have been stated. The qnes lion of submission or resistance, is now fairlv biTore ns, lor our people huvo as- ei Me connexion between the full und fro- ' sembled in tlieir respective counties, at q.t-nt intercourse of physicians, muses, | dift'erenl limes, for years back, and have at'Ondauts, und friends, with the sick of protested and remonstrated against the Cholera, and (tie number of die lormer ■e >ro have been attacked with ihe disease. Cholera were thus communicable, a ' .■e« majority of Ate persons designated, -pt-lit to have hnd tile disease—whereas fact, n la. ge majority of them entirely escaped. Those who were Htturked were not in greater proportion than would h tve suffered 'from tn\ prevalent disease wliai- evet A' H erat, five hundred and oigh'\ seven oulients tffeeled with Cho lera, and eiibt hundred and sixty I bor ing under other diseases, wdre admit ted ini> 'bn hospital of Oidinko. This hospital ei’sis's of . single building, three stories high, communicating by stabs placed within the wards. The sure - tend a, b.d r barge of all ih*- patients; the d.ffi-ent r’ s of furnitu:c weieilisttib Utod without distinct ion to the putiums, whole systepj: and in the most respectful terms, appealed to Congress, either for its p-ptMl or modification: our Legislature nt different times, has done the same; anti the people of (lie Snuiltern States have met in Convention at Philadelphia, and after a full and clear exposition of out wrongs rlecl Ted in the language of broth erly love and affection, that they could not, and would not submit to be longer op pressed anti robbed, under the forms of law. But what, let me nsk, has been the effect? The.melancltoly answer ntav bo found upon the Journnls of the la'e session of Congress. The system of protection to the northern, and of robbery o the southern people, has been triumoliainly sustained, and we have hern distinctly as sured, tlta' if hiiv hr rpeh nf domestic in dustr^ should be fpuod to want farther merely to observe, that in my humble opinion, meetings of this character, if gen eral,ate well calculated not only to excite < flection, arid nit anxious inquiry into the otigin and nature of I lie grievance, bin, when exempt from passion anil 'prejudice to invent and systema izo a plan for relief. So discordant aro tho views of intelli- gem politicians upon the remedy, that the suggestion of one, or adoption of another mode, is certain of opposition, und fre quently of ridicule. While one man ol equal patriotism is disposed still to beat and forbear, rather than fly to ills ol winch lie knows not tho extent, another, is warm for any measures, no mat er in how direct collision they may place the State, with the General Gb\ernment. With the utmost deference to the Opinions of en lightened gentlemen, in this and our ad joining Slalo, I cannot ranvinre myself of the right claimed by the people of one Slate, while un integral pact of (lie Union, to oppose tho ads of the federal head exercised ostensibly within the sphere ol its constitutioiial limit. But, when a peo ple are convinced that the objects of tlieir association are not fulfilled—that the har riers interposed for tlieir security aro bro ken down—their equal rights to protection disregarded by the power to whom the government is confined—a preference by legislation yielded to ono over another sec tion or interest—their petitions for redress disregarded, and remonstrances contemn ed, it is their right, and must he their du ly to themselves, openly to declare—“non in liter faede.ra veni"—we will no longer submit to these usitt pinions, and if tve can not continue undur the family compact, on friendly and equal terms, it is better thin like Abram and Lot we separate. But, before this dernier resort is adopted, should not some solemn and emphatic demonstration be made having for its ob ject to convince those who o.xerctse the power that we are in earnest, mid that it is with them alone, to say whether wc and have not thoir respective decrees heon -anc tioned “ ostensibly/ within the sphere of choir com slitaiional limits?" Was not the old treaty abrogated, and the new one ratified hy the 8c- nate, according to tiro forms, nnd ostensibly with in tho sphere of tho Constitution ? Did not Mr. Adams tmteuror to enforce the decision of the Senate, ostensibly ivithin the sphere of his consti tutionul power / We have never yet been able to discover the difference, in princip'e, between these acts of Georgia, and tho pre, ailing doctrine of Carolina. We read too with attention the let ter of Gov Middleton of South Carolina pnblish- od last year, in which he oanctione the overt acta of Georgia, and repro mtes tile intended move ments of his own 3lnte yet we thought it wus a distinction without a diffi rente We do not wislt to ho considered captious in tins matter. If we are wrong, wo will cheorfnlly retract our error. We are desirons, however, to know it, what con- sists the difference between resistance to a deci sion of the Supreme Court made ostensibly with in tho sphere of its constitutional limit, and re sistance to an uct of Congress made with the same solemnity, whether that decision oi that net affect ono Slots.. -ri>»Mi> four. There is. in orincijile. no differnnee—and why are the tame men up holding tho one and roprobating tho othei I viewo of the editors of one of the leading papers r they ? Why tiiat tho ' that the constitutionality of a pnotciiwe I a ' ml1 bo ^ r ' v e» 'othtsdreaillui alianmtivr. Tariff is a political question, which „J Come when ttmay.jand I trust ,n God court has the power io decide; and if a ,ho ^ went) judicial question, stfll, that .he rxi-f.ng " ^paration of this Umon M not ltgh.lv Tariff is so frame,!, that the Due auestion <«> b P ">°ug|" of-sbll a severance, wt.ltall never has, and never ran, , b. fote *! 8 bo preferab!e>p any judicial tribunal. If ntv premises he ex . l8,,n S 8,0,0 °‘ b,ooH and d,s l ,u ' a ‘ ,*...l. : : HOO. enn eel, it seems ifficult, if pot impnssi Me, to resist the conclusion, that ihe con- stitutionalitv of the protective system, is a question which mast bo docirlgd, hy the Federal Government, cud the several Stales each for itself, and on its own re sponsibility. Again, if it be admitted that the existing Tariff is um nnstitulioenl, all will admit that it is void to all intents and purposes, and that all persons ami officers who obey and enforce it, are trespassers. Now if sucli an act be void, sui. ly each State may, and indeed, is bound to refuse it obedience; ami it is equally plain, that no decision of a majority, however large, and particularly of an interested majority, ran make tiiat constuniioaol and valid, which is admitted to bo unconstitutional and void. It seems here again to follow, that Nullification \s the proper remedy : for it, nt the very outset, stamps upon the act its true legal character, of a nullity, whilst all other modes of resistance, for a time at least, seem to admit its validity, hy suffering it to exist, and he enforced. If it be ailmi'ted that the protective sys tem is constitutional, then indeed we have no remedy, for such an act cannot be resis ted, either bv nullification, or by a con vention of a minoritv of the States; but, if it be unconstitutional and void, it can not be doubted th it each State may refuse •t obedienc£. In the prosent aspect of affaire, how- On me subject of the Tariff, nnd In ternal Improvement, during the last few years of wltat avail has been the voice of the South in Congress? Tile power is with our political adversaries, who have shown themselves relentless in the use of it. Ol what use-, then, is this present representation of the Southern States, in the federal legislature? It is bul a mocke ry. Let the South, then, in one united voico of the people, declare,"that we will no longer meet you in joint deliberation— we will not participate in yout counsels, niitil this abomination shall be driven front norland—until the constitution, the bond of our Union, is restored in its purity, you may proceed without us—for with us,you have no common feelings.” I humbly conceive that a course simi lar to this while it evinces a passive yet positive determination, will arouse the honest nnd patriotic of our northern breth ren to a sense of our rights and of injustice under which we are suffering. In the firm belief that vour’ delibera tions will be distinguished by views, tru ly bonefieial to our doumry, 1 remain gentlemen, your friend, and humble servant. NATHAN C. SAYRE. LAXD. ....... ... ...rw- OT 107jn , he ;, th diltli , of Muscogee ever, 1 regard resistance ns (lie mom yurs- conaty for sale by * tien, and iumanner as altogether teconda- j June p—4 ULO, W. IHLU.NGHAM. Tliete was limiting of gioat interest transacted at the General Council which commenced its session on the 23d. inst.— E. VV. Chester, Esq. bearer of certain pro positions from theGovornmoiit, addressed to iho Clierokeespnviiing them to a nego tititioo nnd General arrangement of the difficulties existing betwoen thorn, com municated tho object of his mission.— The propositions were read and interpre ted and by a vote of the two houses it was resolved that the Principal Chief lip au thorised to reply to them thrnugh the Agent, Col. Montgomery. The abovo article is extracted ftom the Choro koo 1’hcu.iix. front other matter contained in the eaino paper, wo are induced to believe that tho Cherokee nation is seriously disposed to treat. Mr. ltuudinot, the Editor of the I’liccnix, has ten dered hie resignation ns Editor, to the Principal Chief. John Ross. We gather from this jotter of resignation, that the Editor und the authorities of the Nation are at Variance, the former adverse, and the latter favorable, to cession, and removal. Mr. Boudinot says: Were I to continue ns Editor, I should feel myself in a most peculiar and delicate situation. I do not know whether I could satisfy ntv own views and the views of the authorities of the nation at tho same time My situation would then lie as embarrass ing as it would ho peculiar and delicate. I do conscientiously behove it to be tho duly of every ritiZmi to reflect upon the dangers with winch We are surrounded; view the darkness which seems to lie before our beloved people; our prospects and tho evils with which we arc threaten ed; to talk over all those matters, and, if possible, como to some definite and satis factory conclusion, while tiiorc is timo, as to what ought to ho dono in the last alter native. ( could not consent to be the conductor of the paper without having the right and privilege of discussing these im portant matlm-s— and Irom what I have seen and hoard, were I to assume that privilege, :oy usefulness would he parul- ized, by being considered, as I have un fortunately already been, an enemy to the interest of my beloved country and peo ple. I love my country and I lovo my people, us my own heart bears me wit ness, and for that vory reason I should think it my duty to tell them the whole truth, or wltat I believe to be the truth. I cannot tell them that we will b6 assisted in our r»,hts when I have no such hope, and after our leading, active, and truo friends in Congress,and elsewhere, have signified to us that they can do us no good. Hero wo think are strong indications of the in tention of the Cherokees to remove west. at the North. And what aro t . . , - present abominable nnd tuitions torifl'is perfectly •• constitutional”— that aa a majority in Congress, feeling power nnd forgetting right •• have grave ly determined npon tlio present law. it becomes the duty of all good citizens to comply with its provisions.'’ ns well tho oppressed as the op pressor—that “ a contrary course, whether by states or individuals, is treason to the Union"— and that, if the milder tnoans of persuasion ond tiireat will not bring as into submission thnn the “ strong arm of power" must ho exercised to sub jugate us os “rebels” and “traitors!" Rebels and traitors! Good Heaven, are firemen then, battling for their birth-rights; their chartered li berties, “ their lives, thoir lorlnnes und tlieir sa cred honor,” to he branded with these vile epi thets? Are men, who have borne nnd forborne— who have petitioned, remonstrated, protested and hesouglit Congress,—bv the most cogent argu ments, in the most eloquent strains, and lire most pathetic appeals—session after session nnd year after year—are lltey to he cast oil'at last, ob rebels and traitors, and told by theit inexoral le persecutors that tho “ strong arm of power” shall reduce them to subjection? Hutcly, Burely, if nor thing of ull tiiat lias gone by lind been able to convince us that all sense of eqnulity and jastieW is lost to Iho bosoms of fire monopolists, such sen timents must produce that eflcct. It is not to bo disguised, however reluctantly we may comb to tho conclusion—it is not to he disguised, tiiat upon our own good arm alone, can wo rest a rea sonable itopo of safety. The question is fairlv before us, are wo willing to relinquish onr dourest privileges, and sutler tho charter of our liberties Tito New York Connor and Enquirer of tho 8th inst. contains the following article: Nullification s This Hydra of the South, has at length assumed a more distinct form, and it will he perceived that the poople of Seoit) Carolina, acting under the excite- lobe made a more mnclt und derision to ns, or a ft i ron the EtrqeiRER. Messrs. Editors.—IVrtnit ns through tho mss dium of your eolnmns to refcomroend to the peo ple of Muscogeo county onr follow townsman James A. Berthf.lot, Esq aa n suitable candi date to represent the interests of this county in tho contomplated Convention to ho held at MillcdgC- villo in February next, on the enhject of Reducj tion. Mr. Bcrthciot is a native Georgian, tv Southerner in principle, a thontugh-goiiig Nuili- fior in every sense of the word, nnd eloquent be* youd measure; aud doubtless would subserve not only the interests of tho county, bat of the State generally. 100*"* VOTERS. To the Voters of Harris County; Tho undersigned have been appointed a Com mittee to ilwito yon to meet in Hamilton, on thq second Monday in September, at 1 o’clock. P. M. to take into consideration the subject of reducing onr representation in the Legislature, and tin) propriety of nominating a suitable person from each party to reprwont file county of Harris iu the contemplated Convention to be held in Mil' lodgovillo, Robert Hardetoay, Henry Low, t James Huff, Zeba Fletcher, George Ross,- Jared Dennard, gqqjRthflj^v ! we prepared Io Ftand up for their defence? Rendy at the altar of freedom to sustain the Con- Btitution or if necessary to suffer, and bleed, end dii: in its behalf? Our cup of suffering is now lull to overflowing. nnd,with our best feelings of moderation uud forbearance, wooo no other re course than an appeal to cucli effectual remedy as the wisdom of the .Slate, in an assembled Con vention, may determine upon. In tbo name of manhood and of liberty, let us not give up our dearcsf interests without a struggle—let us not submissively bow our necks to the yoke, and look complacently on whilst the mnnncles are rivotted to oui limbs—let us not submit to he willing bond- men and colonists to an aristocratic raonopol}*, and suffer tlm patrimony of our children to wrested from our ignoble grasp without a strug gle. Wo h.\vo hitherto looked to the North for a returning senso of justice; we have depended much upon their feoli - s of fraternity, nnd lovo of the Union; but our patience is exhausted. Our burthens have not been removed by our oppres sors, and they must he thrown off by ourselves. ^ Now is tho time to act, or tho ** System” will W fixed upon us, perhaps for ages. Instead of afford- iug relief at the last session of Congress, ihe har pies have but sunk their taloifs deeper into tlieir prey, and have but acquired a keener relish for what remaii * of our suhstnr.ee; nnd nothing but the enorgotic exercise of our own sovereignty will cause them to loose tlieir avaricious grasp, until tiiey have extracted the last shilling from our alieudy meagre purses. The Union may he jeoparded—may bo severed. IVt cannot help it. Constitutionally sustained, it is dear to us tu» the apple of our eye; and no section of our onco happy country has lavished its treasure or shed its blood more freely than we have, to sustain und aggrandize it: But our lights, our liberties mid our independence, are dearer to us than the Union. For what is the Union worth without them ? If our wealth must go, let it go in defence of our rights, and not in never-ending subsidies Ri the cupidity of insatiable manufacturers. r J i J Aqg.'tftb, 183& \ 1
