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ir,U|To-ca»tiouo it,thatihfi*uuufuciJt«» haho
two hundred millions of money revested
rfPC^ ******* off the system
ffence of liis pr.napl^ ye. £» rffEpriton in ^ limit, ofifoorgia, this-su«e would j would benkrup, the capitalists. ble.tjhe
bin esse' accordance with thai ol Wov. jsiroyea oy ^ be no Unger • "lemboi of the Uwen.-
BlSRErtTRO* ALL UNTONSTI- pear,i»actuallygotugon, almost uouot.emf,
TUTIOnVL REQUISITIONS, OF Si tire .present lime, aod^vbpOgh otieyUjf,
WHATEVER CHARACTER OR yet as cerumly as the other three. I ul-
ORIOIN THEY MAYBE, end to the lude to the survey end occupetlonof the
best of mv ability, will protect sod defend J Cherphee notion. Tlioos 'lids -who a
SenihT/rf the State, and ore the ream., (now decrying the term nulhficat.on, ere
afforded me. to maintain it* laws end con- perfectly wilting that it flftlild“®‘ 1"*
sttiti ion.” These are principles every way t ested in the case rrfei red to, and perhap
wormy of a statesman, and such as every like the threat in your 3rdresolul.o.nwoud
tn .n shonld be proud, much less flruldj to vote against any man *>Uo should bei op
prospects of the farmers, beggar llte oper
atives in the factories, and, in fine, reduce
avow. But let tM mark the issue of this
missionary ease, and here I must ask again,
"wnat ere the eantimpntS Ot your meeting
iOTregard" to the Missionaries 1 When I
« rmed in Congress that “before the Mis-
lOrtes mould be uWt from the l’«iii*
tentiary by vlrtoo of mo decision of the
aopreme court, Georgia would become a
bowling wilderness," a letter from the
oily of Augusta, the place where your
meeting was held, informed the Editor of
the National Intelligencer, thus I did not
•peak the sentiments of. the people of
Georgia. Now 1 had every roason to
■oppose he formed his opinion upon the
views of hb neighbors, if he spoke lire
truth 5 and If so, tire political opinions of
that city are at ymriance with the rest of
the Mod people of Gem'gia, for the in-
formation thus given by the Augusta hit
ler has, in all its parti,' been wUMy un
confirmed. And,this induced mirto fitar
lhat there might bo an interest in that
flourishing city, not altogether tn unison
With the good southern feeling ofthe rest
fif the state. Bo this as It may, the de
cision of the supreme court lias been nuU
' lifted, or tho matter b now thrown upon
tho goneral government to lake its coarse.
If it yields,ilio authority dfthat govemmont
Itas been held in itorfect contempt and ren
dered nuttand void. If It proceeds, then
til the consequences of revolutionary ac
tion, and the effusion of Mood, so much
dreaded,in relation to the tariff, must be
the inevitable result. ,
This decision purports to be founded
. upon tho intercourse law passed by Con
gress in 1802, to regulute irude with the
Indians, and also upon tho solemn Tree
posed to its success. Tlte last legislature
authorised a survey and disposition uf this
whole country, and I understand the sur-
vey it made, ilio conwiitsioners uro con-
vened, preparation is making for the lotte
ry, tlte drawinM 4 ^ 0 commence in Octo
for any
an* all other modus that will ed us of the
oppression. . Wo have tricd/heggtng till I
nm tired—-we hate Ikied rerthnsiratlng till
I am disgusted—we havb tried reasoning
tilt I am-disheartened—we havd tried
threatening till I am ashamed, and all this
has been going 00 far the last twelve years,
till the advocates o( the system, hardened
and - confirmed in their eucronchtnents,
declare H is fixed and forover smiled.—
Now I am for resistance, and never to
cease till we strangle the monster or get
out of the roach of its mischief.
These, gentlemen, am my " somimonts
in |eg n d to nullification," and though they
may differ from yours, yet if I know my
the manufacturing districts to contmuni-
ties of paupers, tad rattier thsn yubmit ,to
such a state of things, they say they are
tired—we have tried remonstrating till willing to dissolve the Union: Tfreyptna-
sen| the ■Heroaltye.thatYOU or THE*
19 IV VWIIIIMVitvv ... - —- 1 P mt I • . . | -
Mr next, and in ull probability the pos.es- own heart, l have not a solitary Wish to
smn of iheluHs will pass from the In- disturb ono single view you may havo
diant befoto tho closo of tho your. Now
what becomes of the treaties that have
guarantied this very territory to its present
inhabitants 1 Tho constitution of the U.
State declares ail treaties to bo the su-
pi earn law of the laud, any thin, in lite
constitution and laws of Ilio nates to the
contrary notwithstanding. The violation
of a treaty ofinii iuvolves a nation in war,
nnd but for the tveukness of this nation
such might have been the consequences of
this proceeding on the psrt of Georgia.
Can it be possible that this will not bo
culled a plum, and pnlpable, case of nulli
fteation ! Tho mallei is too-clenr; con
ccrniug it there can be.no maimer of
doubt. And although an individual, 1 can
not agree that it is right, yet under my
doctrine,based upon the opinions of Mr.
Joffersoff, lhat a state has tho. right to
"judge lor itself, as well of infrac ions
(of the compact) as of the mode and
measure of redress," and the stale having
pronounced these treaties unconstitutional,
and therefore Mill mid void, if she is
luvaded by the general government, ( go
to support her decision "right or wrong,"
fur my first allegiance is due to the Mine of
Georgia. This is my kind ofnullificatiow:
will your meeting do this 1 If they will,
there is 00 difference of opinion betwnen
its; if they will net, I leave tho people of
upon this subject, and 1 rejoice that this
feeling of mine fully sustains me in the
declaration, lhat I entertain no spirit of
proscription against any one who differs
from me hi opinion. As your meeting, by
your resolutions, was intended to influence
the approaching elections, I must bog
leave toeuier nn appeal fiom your tribunal
to the much higher court of that of the
good people of Georgia,-and to them the
balance of my remarks will'be addressed.
la some public character or other, I
linve served you for twenty-five yaars, and
though 1 may not have satisfied you, 1
know 1 have never deceived you. 1
hope I havo given sufficient proof dial
the love of office has not induced mo ip
. ties of the United States, declared by the Georgia to judge which doctrine • suits
conmitution to bo tho supremo low of the 1 their notious of patriotism best.-—
land. Now it is resisted bv tho Stale oi l Now what case can loud to blood and re-
Georgia, upon tho ground’ that tho law volution Stronger than tins! And yet 1
. I? area «... . st sat Itpltnvn lllut (HU. nr stllV OtllAr rose.
und tnu Treudontr* uncottstiiutlorttil.
What is lire plain fit fair inference to be
drawn from this case ? If a stnte can l ight
fatty resist a law which has not only gone
through tho nsunl foiras of legislation,
sanctioned by the Executive nnd Legisla
tive brandies of government, but has boon
pronounced constitutional by the highest
Judicial power, Visit is, passed all the
? ;uards that ran give lite smmp and author-
l.v ofi law, surely there can be but little
cause to itro id a similui opposition to ilio
tar.ffa-i founded upon an etiually flagrant
usoipution. Bui we are told they are not
tlntilai cjisoi. Lei us examine this point.
Tie- intercourse law is .fbundofl upon that
power in ih* constitution, which gives to
Congress the right to regulate commerce
wiili tho Indian Tribes. Tin tariff act
Is s-iid to rest," upon the right to regulate
commerce w.th foreign nations. New
m irk, lro.it ol diene powers are found side
by siiio, in die 8 fit section ofthe 1st arti
cle of the leder.il constitution. Suppose
boih laws, for ins firsttime, hod been pas
sed at the list Congress. Tho first, con
taining a provision that iha Cherokee na
tion of Indians within the limits of Geor
do not bclievo that this, or any other case,
will ever produce such ■ result. Tlse
thing is unreasonable. No oppressive and
unconstitutional law can be enforced
shape my opiuions to conciliate popular
favor. I am proud of your conljdeoce
but yon could not desire mo to possess it
at lliooxpenso of my, independence. I'
in nty lato service 1 have advanced opin
ions ou the floor of Congress you do not
upprovo, or I have misrepresented your
sentiments to your op[)fessors, you ought
to turn me out. Undecoive them Us
quick us it is in you? pgwor to do so, and
1 Itavo no doul^l they Will greatly rejoice
at it: It will fro an act alike due to their
superior discernment tqf vbnr views, as
well us to your own sincerity, and it will
bo certainly a just, though a severe rebake
to my want of fidelity. But lot me pray
you uot to bo deceived by the mere force
of words. You cannot bo made to be
lieve that Congress has any thing to do
with nullification, or that your liberties
are in d anger from the doctrine in that
body. U pend upou it, Whenever a vote
shall be taken in Congress to nullify the
must submit, and they most solemnly tie
dare they shall not. What hope have
vou from a proipect so gloomy, II you
can believe my testimony? And if in
charity you roav yet flutter yourselves that
I am deceived, if my delusion is honest,
can you blame me for my earnestness in
the cause! Have 1 not as much at stake
as you have! Have I not the same cobn-
tryl Havo 1 not a home and a family
among you whose all is poriled as well as
yours! Nay, more; havo I not an inter
est different from yours, the greatest
monied interest 1 possess iij the world,
protected, in common with other monop
olies, by this very system! Had I not
roason to believe that I had, in an enlarged
degree, acquired yout kind indulgence and
increased confidence! Could I not have
returned home, and by a silent, selfish
course, enjoyed my property and popular
ity free frotii the rtangor of losing either,
if I had been disposed to consider these
us the only objects worth regard, or the
chief rewards of a generous and confiding
people! Under circumstances like ilieso,
mine indeed most be a fatal, infatuation;
but only uccord to ntc wliut before heaven
is true, an honest intention, and you may
lako back yout trust to morrow. I will
yield it without a murmur, and the conso
lation shall lie mine,.that 1 can live utVdor
any government that you can, und will
have closed a political life free from the
renroachcs of conscience.
A; S. CLAYTON.
Csuvafltion’Ot'r-.ii foil pa waff.
on advocate of NulHficatitjh buff not *,
Carolina Notification, which was d-eep-
live as promising peace, and calculated TO
entrap the people. He believed in Nulli
fication as asserted by Mr. Jefferson,
the patriarch of democracy; and contend
ed for the right of tlte State to declare any
oneonsiimiionul aw, null and void : the
State was the proper judge—the pWMfc
being occossaty In Iter Sovereignty. Ue
condemned John CoinotN.whom he con
sidered to be an unprincipled politician;
but indulged a good foeliug for the mass ot
the Carolinians who were engaged in tho
cause of liberty. That ho was for and
with Georgia in every difficulty in which
the might be placed; and that if the pro
ceedings of tho proposed Convention were
submitted to the people, as he thought thoy
should be,and confirmed by them,he would
go with them under all circumstuuccs, light
aUfffy Wr. reiUiuawnl Iloddle-
revolving rodders, tire shown in
p „y Working models of steamboats
ihaf" ptopel thero.elves round tanks of
water, fec.^—ftOiuion Spectator.
against a sovereign state. It is n free tariff system, it would well behoove you
agent in a more voluntary conlederutibn | to have ns many nullifters there us possi-
whiclt is wholly unnecessary to its internal
gin, was an independent nation, and not three things;
robjoct w the laws of Georgia; The so-1 ’■* ' ru "‘
con'd, containing n provision that the peo
ple of Georgia should pay a tax to tho
northern capitalists to protect thotr mnnu-
fn-fuiert. What would .Georgia do With
the first law ! NeedT answer that she Inis
already nullified precisely audit a law, in
(he prsaent intercourse law, and the de
cision founded thereon. If titan she would
nblltfv tlte first law, can there bo a sensi
ble difforonca, in point of effect or priwei
.pie, betwnen that and tho last 1 It is said
tlnir difference is in thpir consoq ieuc«s,
the first applies to a si agio state, tire other
lo all .the states; and prey what hits one
■ovoreigu state in do with the t ights of oth
er sovereign states in their separate rapaci
ties! It is not recollected that one state
has nothing <o do with another, only in the
stipulated articles that have confederated
them together, uud so soon as the confed-
' crated government passes a law out of these
articles, each suite throw* itsolf Upon its
original separata rights, and may employ
whatever means it plousos to prevent the
operation of that law, or if it cltooa* s it
may submit to its authority. Tito ether
states m >v dcsivo the proioctivc st stem,
indeod tnoru than two thirds clamor fin it.
Gao this be any good reason why Geor
gia shill submit to it!
Suppose all tho other states, like Louis
iana and Kentucky, should be bougie up
and become reconciled to -lie late act, cut
it be con-ouded dial Georgia must be
municipal regulation. Having gone into
the union far external objects, the moment
these ure lost,; nnd tin attempt is mude to
rob Iter of ber inberunt rights, tho snnto,
free agency that made the compact can
dissolve it, nay it would become so by
reason of die fraud ofthe opposite party.
Force is out uf (lie question. Four times
has Georgia tried this matter, and just as
certain as fate tour times site will Itavo
proved it. And if site will try it the fifth
time, she will meet tviih the same success,
for no mnn cau believe thut when the
alternulivf) is presumed to tlte goneral
govemmont to give up tin- Union, or to
rut tho throats of bar ciiissmis to pamper
tho wealth of a privileged order, that tho
choice wifi occasion even an instant's hesi
tation.
In all cases of usurped or assumed
powers, Mr. Jefferson's doctrine maintain
ot wrong. ...
L. S. D’Lyon, E-.q. then addressed tho
meeting, and also opposed the same reso
lutions, but warmly advocating tho Caro
lina doctrine of Nullification,yot furiously
denouncing John Cai.uoun, the father of
it.
Judge Nicoll, replied to and sustained
tho resolutions upon ptiuciple in nu uble
argument.
The question on tlnr passage of the reso
lution was then put, nnd carried, with but
by four dissenting voices—two of which
rvere bovs. Sav. Rep.
1st. That nullification is lire rightful
remedy.
2d. That it is a natural right.
3fl. That “every state,” of its “ otvn
authority,’' has a right to “nullify within
its own limits "
Upon this last it may bo necessary to
sny bur u word. A state entitled lo
judge for itself, us well of infractions, ns
the mode and measure of redress," cannot
part with itisovereignty (witltou. becoming
dependent) to any other state so us to
matte that other tlte judge of its violated
rights. A submission of this kind implies
an obligation to abide by tho award, nnd
such a course every body must perceive
requires a stole to give up its own judg
ment to the decision of one who may not
have halTlhe some interest at stake, or any
thing liken proper knowledge of tho
bearings of lhat iuterett. What would
have boon the consequence if Gov. Troup
hsd waited till lie should kavo submitted
the case of tire old und now treaty to u
ronvention of southern states, or if Gov.
Lumpkiu It ad done ho same thing in rein
lion to the missionaries or the survey of
the Cherokee nation! Think ypu not
tire decision would have boon against us !*
And wltni security bus any state against
any other result, when sho trusts her sove
reign powers to nn arbitration ! I sub-
scrilie most unequivocally to tho doctrine
coninincd in the above three points, nnd
1 consequently 1 am for a convention of tlte
blc. You owe it to your und-rstaudings
to make this enquiry, “wlta; possible barm
enu u nulliftcr do u* in Congress"! Per
haps, of ull the places in the world it is
the one where ho could do tire least harm;
and if even Congress should tit tempt to
force-ilio tariff upon the South by nrms, it
is theono which might bo able to do the
the most good. At least there wuuld be
more dependence upon his vote to with
hold Ilio necessary supplies, than upon
that of nu anti-nullifter. It is only at
home you have to dread bint, if there be
need for dread at all.- But you may rely
upon it, there is nothing in that name,
hostile to your liberty, which originated
with tho greatest friend liberty has ever
had on this side of tho Atlantic ocean.
Though a constant effort is made to throw
around the word nullification tho greatest
possible odium, nnd to render it Hnollter
name for treason. yct did not Mr. Jefferson
so conceive it. it was employed to rid
ourSelves of the unconstitutional ads of
Great Britain; it was.'rbcommeiided by
this immortal sago to subvert tlte tyranny
of 'the sedition law; it lias boeu successful
ly pructiscd in our own slate, und I affirm
that many other cases can be adduced
WELL DONE OLD CHATHAM.
When the occasion has needed the voice
of this county, site has never been found
wanting in the expression ol opinion but
lias always given it freely and fearlessly.
The crisis bad arrived, when it was
expected that she would he heard on the
subjects, which nre now agitating the
state, and on the doctrine which has
recently been stalking through her, like a
demon, destructive in itscourse: but it has
been met by the patriots of the state, and
and its progress, wo trust, completely ar
rested.
The* people of this county, according
to previous notice, assembled yesterday at
the Exchange,and in numbers not equalled
by any meeting held Itere previously.—
Tlte room was crowded to overflowing,
nnd every citizen present, with but an ex
ception, which' made unanimity the more
striking, was animated by the high, yet
temperate resolve, to resist any attempt to
saver the bonds of out glorious and happy
Union, while ull were ardent with the
determination to oppose, by ull the means
which becamo them ns men and citizens,
the oppressions of tho unjust and odious
“ system of protection."
Nullification, like dust, was thrown to
the wind, ar.d ere tho mooting ended there
was but one fouud who held lo the doc
trine.
An ol.l and most respected citizen,
( Wm. B.Buli.och, Esq.)!nurtured in the
principles of tho revolution, by a father
who was a distinguished actor in that glo
rious ora of puto and <'evoted patriotism,
and a republican in tho days of '99 and
1S00, ol tho school of Jefferson, was
called tp tho Chair, and VV. W. Gordon,
Esq. appointed Secretary. Mr. litfi.-
loch in an able address marked by tlte
judgment of it sound head, and imbued
with the feelings of a sound patriot,' ex
plained to liis fellow-citizens, the reasons
for which they wore called together,
detailed nnd commented on, with great
Enquirer.
■’COLUMUDS—BATtJRDAY. SEPT. IS.
" i ’ i n * t" -r ■ ■ ■
Wt-publhif in to-day's paper. Jadga Clayton’s
lettcrto the “ AntpuU Committee,” m answer to
their requisition apou him for hia polities! opin
ions upon the sebjeot ef nullification. Wo recom-
mand it to ibeperusatflfour ieeden; it is written
with greatability, and conuinsowundprim iples. H
js timetbatthe people of the 8oMh should begin to
do something mote than they have done tor years
that have gone by. Petitions, remonstrances and
protests, and even threats have been made far
years—and what has bee. the resak? Why, that
we lure been mocked end derided; that we have
boon told that the wretched system bus becomo
tho settled policy of the government; end thut
the Union sliull bo abandoned before thut system
shall be given up. We have been told of groat
national interests whirh-muet ,lje .protected, and
that we mast submit to nn eternul burthen; not
to support the government; not to help the poor
and tho needy, but to oddtonnd increase tho two
hundred millions of dollars vestod in manafacto-
•ries. Iftbo people of the South intend lo submit
to Ibis, lot them do it peaceably.—Let them put
their hats under their arras and bow submissively
to tho lordllngs who are thus oppressing llictn.—
Let them not harden tlte hearts of their oppres
sors, hy their constant and fruitless complainings,
nor render themselves contemptible, by constant
ly threatening what they-never intend to perform.
Lot ua bow our necks to tho yoke, and endeavor
tc make yarjelvea as contented us possible.—Let
. us not recur to the. eqaulily, of rights and privi-
Exlract of a letter to the Editors, da- \ leges lor which our Puttiers fought,und which wt»
ted Covington, September 2,1832. | onco enjoyed.
“About 800 persons attended out tariff
meeting, held in this place on Friday last;
and after four or five hours warm discussion
of the tariff policy generally, Newton
County spoko with a voice not to be mis
taken. Tlte main question for determin
ation, was resistance or submission. Yes,
resistance at till hazards, cost what it may,
was tho almost unanimous voice of nil
present. Netvton Qtuhty spake on this
occasion, in my opinion, -us Southern free
men should speak.
"We adopted at our mooting resolutions
similar to thoso adopted at Athens and
Lexington. We intent) us a small portion
of the freemen of Georgia, to contribute
our mite—yes, our all, in defence of south
ern grievances nnd southern wrongs, come
weal, como woo. In the trying times of
1828, wo had a political saviour, who
saved us from federal encroachments, and
that saviour yot lives to give good and
wholesome instruction to those who be
lieve in him. Our cause is a good one ;
it is onu upon which tho rights and liberty
ol this country depend: and it is a duty tve
owe not only lo out selves hut to posterity
to leavo them that rich inheritance left us
by a noble ancestry, nnd God forbid that
we should bequeath u legacy of slavery in
stead of freedom. And it does seem
to me, that n man who will ralmtv fold his
nrms, under present circumstances, nnd
say sudniission! peace! peace! all is well,
resist not, fear not, look to Congress for
relief- might as well say lhat I care not for
sou hern freedom, I care not for liberty, I
prefer slavery and pence to libettv, if it
bus to bo obtained.at so grpnt n hazard,
“ I Itnvo expressed nty feelings freely;
it may bo that you differ with mo in some
tilings, my zeal perhaps carries me iartbnr
than you are willing to go. To be candid,
and I hope you will pardon mo if I speak
so freely, some of your old friends in this
country do complain. They say you are
too mild, you do not go far enough in Ibis
matter." Constitutionalist.
from other states. It means, it enn me.m 1 perspicuity and succinctness, tho three
«owe su too? Does it not occur to every j people of tho state to determine the best
vnind, that there can ho no possible differ method of removing the burthens imposed
ercsqbei mien robbing the states, by pioce-;hy this unconstitutional, usurped, and
meal, of their constitutional rights, or do > unjust law, anil whatever that method may
ing it in one goneral attack upon the whole he, I feel bound to submit to it. If how-
sisierhootl! The reasoning that would
.(tempt to make u HBierence, will ostali-
cIi.lt diis position, if n enfli *u attacks a
■ingle individual, ha ut'ist repel Itiat imme-
dia'ely, but if It* attacks him in company
with twemv three oU»»rs,<*'xaoen of whom
.re willing to-tie robbed, and the olllei
tuveit doubling whether they will fight or
■nbntit, ho most wait -tuUtl they m ike up
their mind** Fremsuch logic I bng leave
•most heartily t > dittfU. AH infractions
of he cMittimtiOf) are alike, whether they
■bo gr.-a .a small, so say all divine* in
ever you would ask me what nty plan
would be, if I were in that convention, I
am ready to givo it, though I should be
willing to yield it for nny other, which the
pt Oder,re and good souse of that conven
tion might detail. 1 would declare the
law tinninstiluiional, and iheretnie nuU
•mud fold. That I would notify 'he gen
era! govemmont of this fuel, and that if
the Inw was not repealed, nr modified, so
ns to lay u revenue tuty only, which should
he adequate to the just wauts of the gov-
rnment, on or before the Inst day of-the
rervfeueo to the moral l*w ; the progress , first session of the next Congress, that is
nothing more than, disobedience lo arbi
trnry and oppressive laws, and in that
sense is thoro a man among you longer
prepared to obey nn edict that exacts b ill'
the fruits of your labour and forces from
your honest plougiimon such n slavish
contribuiation ns that ever) furrow which
he runs, undor the scorching brants of a
summet's sun, yields its produce to a
northern nabob! Who is there that is not
willing to wage an mierntinablc war n-
guinst un extortion that subjects you,
your property and your posterity, to a
tribute limited only by an interest lhat has
been deaf to reason, dead to sympathy,
blind so justice, and bunt only upon the lull
fruition ofits unholy desires! Would lo
God you could have personally witnessed
the late deliberations of Congress. I
tell yon by nil that is holy in heaven, that
this protective system is dictated by ilio
manufacturer themselves, that they nt-
tend-by committees, nnd agents, around
the balls ol Congress, for tho purpose of
giving Instructions lo members of Con
gress, as to wliut must bo taxed, tvhat
must bo free, nnd what must he tho quan-
lity of tho burthens. 1 tell you iu the
| same sacred manner, that members of
Congress rise from thpir places, and de
liberately drawing from ilmir desks letters
received from their manufacturing con
stituents, will rend out their demands for
an increase of taxes, and they arc as do
liberntcly granted, against the ardent and
repeated remonstrances of your protesting
representatives. I tell yen solemnly, that
it is not an uncommon thing far those
members, friendly to the manufacturers,
to fix the-rate of, duty on one day, and
then change it to a higher apmuiK °t> *he
next day, at the more instigation of man
ufacturing agents. I tell you'that they as
sert on the floor of Congress, that the
protective system sliull never be reoooled,
and give « It reason that it was imposed
by the sooth, that the natiou is now pledged
modus which bad been proposed to relievo
us, and posterity, from thu burdens of ilio
American Svstein.
THE AMERICAN INVENTOR IN
LONDON.
Mr. Perkins mny bo considered in the
light of a benefactor to bis species, inas
much as liis wonderful improvement in
tho art of killing, must eventually lead to
tho abolition of tvar. To give some idea
ofthe powers and capabilities ofhts steam
cannon, let the render fancy a metal tube
of any given calibre, connected with a
compact steam apparatus ot proporlioualo
' power, and moveable at pleasure in any
In acc.ordancu wiili a proviouq notice, a large
number of citizens of this and o»bor Counties, as
sembled at the Methodist Church, in this place,
on Thursday luM, for the purpose of deliberating
upon the .measures neecasary lo bo pursued,for the
purpose of leltoving ourselves from the opproo- '
sions of the •• Protective System.” At an early
hoar, the house was crowded to overllowing-—
Oeti. HflWAiiD was culled to the Chair, and Apoo
cues Kuihkrfoiid Esq. appointed Secretary. A
committee ol.gentlemen u rn then appointed to
prepare a preamble nnd resolutions to be present
ed to the meeting When they were presented,
an animated discussion took place which lusted
about live hours,-in which Judge Shorter, Cel. ’
Jones and Judge Wayne, took part.; The meet
ing not being satisfied with Urn discussion, a mo
tion was made that tire meeting should adjourn
until 10 o'clock tho next day, for the patposb of
continuing the discussion, which was almost
unanimously carried.
The meeting adjourned, met on Friday morn
ing according to, ndjoernment, Mr. M.. B. La
mar being entitled to tire floor opened tire dismis
sion, and was forllffwcd by Col. 0. ‘ft. 'Thdmns,
Judge Oolquct ami Cot. Junes, tho falter gentle
man particularly answering Judge Wnyno. Tho
Judge Was then heard in reply: tvhen'Col. Iver
son rose iu support of an uineadment previously
ofibred by him condemning tho doctrine of Nul
lification as advanced in South Carolina. At
hnlf past 7 P. M. tho quesitontl-us token on Co!.
Iverson's amendment, nnd it was negatived by an
overwhelming majority and theoriginal preumbto
and resolutions presented hy the cotqmittee were
adopted by acclamation. Theso will be pub
lished in our next; when tve will ta'lfo occasion
to comment mure at large on the 'proceedings./
This is indeed n proud day for MupfOgeh nnd
Georgia. The chKtrtr.es ofthe “apostlp of liber,
ty" have been fearlessly advanced—nnd 'thin
"rightful remedy” sustained by our citizens.
PUBLIC MEETING.
At a nitrating of fliu citizens Ta'lbot
county on the 5its tilt,. Col. Win. B. Fono
was called to the Chair, nnd Dr. TlIbMAB
J. Bugs was appointed Secretary. Tho
object ol the meeting was cxplainofl by
tlte-chairman as preliminary to.a 'goneral
convention ot the citizens of the county,
to take into consideration tho present po
litical co'ntliiion of ilio country, and par
ticularly in reference to tlte Tariff jtolij
cy: The foHotving resolutions were offer
ed ami read by Col. Towns, nnd second
ed by Thomas C. McKeen, Esq, and
adopted unanimously:
Resolved, That tvo deem it expedient
A proposition was then made, that a j direction hy means of a universal joint.
committee of seven citizens be appointed
to draft Resolutions, which was carried, as
will be observed by the proceedings.
After n short absence the committee laid
before tho meeting their Resolutions—
tho loading of which drew forth the
prompt approbation of the meeting in
long bhJ deafening applause. Alter this
strong nnd spontaneous expression of re-
sending feeling had subsided, Judge
Wayne roso and made one of the most
able, conclusive, firm and dignified ad
dresses, wo ha've ever rend or heard
delivered; all eyes wore intently fixed
upon him nnd the silence which prevailed
(except at intervals when he was appitra-
Willi one fourth additional force to that
of gunpowder, it will propel a stream of
bullets, whether musket or ennnon bull, at
the rate of seventy -eiglrt in four seconds,
for nny length of lime during which the
steam power ni„y bo kept up. Nothing
mortal, or that is made by ‘mortal hands,
can stand against saclt a resistless attack.
One gua is in itself a hntlory iu perpetual
nnd iucegsant action, moving horizontally'
er vertically, sweeping in a sotui-circular
range and pouring all the while a contin
ued volley of balls with unci ring precision
when directed point blank. Ttvo of these
guns in a ship would Sink any vessel in
stantly; and wliut force could pass by such
ded, which were frequent) enabled every a battery on land! Tho very appeartneo
citizen present to hear him, without losing | of tMie on the field of battle, would clear
a word. His vindication of liis vote was '• it of living beings, either hy putting them
conclusive; it showed the man, the patriot,! to flight or lo death. The gun is fired
the Jeffersonian democrat. Every one : every hour; and it is so fixed that the balls
without distinction, appluded him fur the! can only hit a target at tho other end ol
act; and when ho had closed his speech,! the room. Thcttoise it makes in firing
which occupied about two hours in tins is little more than lhat caused by tho rush
delivery, the citizens evinced their furihor j of a column of stream from a narrow np-
approbation and satisfaction by their' partnro, with the addition of tho noise
cheers. I of the balls hitting the target. Strange to
Col. Jackson, who was ono of tlto ] relate, th-sro is not the slightest danger to
committee to draft resolutions, addressed, alarm lire most timid female. It is curi-
the meeting, and expressed his confidence, ous to see a small lube of polished steel
in the patriotism of Messrs. Forsyth and spitting (for that is most expressive of its
Way:;e—his be lib f that they acted eo«sei-' action) forth a shower of bullets and steam
entiousnesfy in voting for the Tariff of I without (lie least apparent effort.
1832,and thut they ought not to lie abandon-' Besides this extraordinary mid beautiful
ed; but hb contended lhat the Bill of 18S2 piece of mechanism, there are othor spa
wns, us much ns the Bill of 1828, a bill of cimensof the ingenuity of the inveutor,
abominations, and ought to be resiedted.— Mr. Perk ins, .which we can only enamor-
He dissented from two of tho resolu- ate. Apparatus, illustrating his i.ew mode
lions—the one disopproving of a Couveu- of evaporatiog fluids in open vessels, mid
tion; the other, discOunteunncing Nullft- of penetrating steam under pressure; for
cation !e was in favor of the Coiiven- ■ compressing uir;—for generating heat hy
ion proposed by the meetings at Athens | means of friction qpplicublc to tho fusion
and Lexington, but was net in favor of a! of metals, &.c A new paddlo-wheel for
and proper to iujjite our follow citizen*
generally of the county of Talbot to nt-
tond a public meeting lo be hold »t tho
Court Houses in Tulbotlon on tho 21st
of September, for the purposo ol dclibcru-
and taking iujq consideration the
question of the Tariff' policy—and deter
mining upon sending Delegates tc tint
contemplated Convention in Aiilledgc-
villo in November next.
Resolved, That tho -Chairman of tliia
meeting appoint two persons in curb Cap
tain's district to give notico of the meet
ing ou ihe-21st, and authorise them to in-,
vito tlte people generally.
Resolved, That the climmiun appoint
fivo persons to prepare nnd report reso
lutions expressive of the feeling of the cit
izens of this county in relation lo the Ta
riff—und the course they should pursue.
Tlte Chairman appointed Ggorge VV. B.
Towns, Esq. Dr. Thomas J.' Bugg, Dr,.
N. B. Powell, Samuol W. Flournoy, Esq.
Thomas C. McKeen, Esq., us the Cont-
mitteo to prepare and report resolutions,
t&c. The meeting adjourned lo tlte 2)st.
VVM. P. FORD, Chairman.
Thos. J, Hugo, Sec'y, ,
for THB kX'bVIREn.
^ At a meeting of tlto Citizens of Harris
County agreeable lo previous notice, cqrK
vened in Hamilton on Monday the tOitv
inst. to consult as to the propriety of send
ing Delegates to the Convention to bo
held in Mtlledgoville on thosocond Mon
day in February next. Cel. Mc-DOttgald
was called to the choir.
It was resolved, uiinnimoasfg, that-the
County of Harris send delegates lo that
convention. Whereupon John J. Blatter,
and Robert S. Hardmpjr, Esq. wt-ro‘
unanimously nominated to represent tho ‘
County in that Convention.
Before adjourning the meeting, Resolved
to appoint a day.for the purposi^f distus-
siog the engrossing subject of Southern
oppression, nnd if thought host to sctul
Delegates to tho Anti-Tariff Convention
in November next. The Aiy first np
pointed was Friday the 14th which was
upon mtitual consulwtioa postponed until
Friday ilio^SiU inst. wlteu all the Citi
zens of Harris, and «U others whq may