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JLltbooghl couldnotbe mistnkeo, ns fo erfoedthroughherteafi,thiSRceob m the orflowing prepositions, Sm-The Editor of tim-Dgmocr at” ui
Aedeepand powerful emotion under which tale of her early love; From the circ«m»tan- *° f “^®" ’ 8 P his paper of the 27tb. py, afccta to fe*4
she labored, l was not prepared for this ces connected With hrr fathers death, Hel- a n / ct 0 f Congress, incompatible with a great deal of anxiety ‘W Mr.Ci-awfenJ,
1 felt that 1 had um pared With the tender Jen had not yet, apprised her m0 ' ber ° f the * Federal constitution is no Jhw, and or some of his friends, shtrold
sensibilities of the human heart, and regret, her engagement with Landsford. She how- the re without sanctioning u- a confession of his politics faith. He a
ledit- for 1 saw that they were jared and ever, verry soon saw the state of affairs, and «»»« b « ® n ® rc f a w,ino willing to admit, that “ this is an, important
y r okM. kn.; k Without some prompt tnanuvre, .1 «*£»•£;"£ iUelf par( o{ crjsi J n lhe affa V, of the State” and that
B« (he aid of a Lecsnder bottle, produce was tost} for she had fixed on a match m he r e( ^ r P [ Government, will, in most or every aspirant for office should if possible,
•d by n handsome |W* spparenily sbm. ownmtttd, fi*Hellen, with young Sedge- h a ® d k , idei wilh lhfi administration, he thoroughly known befori^ isenmled
and therefore ought not to be relied on by to the suffrages of the pep*
twelve years old. .shh Monjacovertd, ' ^^^l.h'The u.ua'l and therefore ought
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was standing In the Mreet, near the window; train of negotiation
The parents of young The States composing the confederacy,
alliance have not parted with their sovereignty ,
Inn subdued and melancholy tone she ash* Sedge worth, were not averse^ to a^nu wnco ^ ^ people of each have as perfect a
«d me in, and requested me to be uamd. witb b eau tv and accomplish* right as they ever had, to resist mi oppres-
Words cannot ^ribe fetm.gumt.on ai*e
lor his exordient. He next ▼W*|M 0
know- whether Mr. Crawford Is a NuMifior
’or Union man? a literal ConsdtutiouiW,
or Cohsolidationist!” ” Is he tbe fiiend of
Andrew Jackson, or of John C. ‘Cal
houn]” of Martin Van Buren, of Daniel
ent Poet, that,
“All seems infected to the infected spy”
“ As all looks yullow, to the Jaundiced eye”
This is til-; last and only apology, which
can be offered for the insinuation contain
ed in thi! best portion of the paragraph
, ..1. ofMrro« t whichinutt «,««fromllto hooor fochwi tobMlowd. ” ”“lErigh» uod
dregs of human miaery, and perhaps seethe, interested was hisaffectio » . The ag a r j e ved people of any State have
the last ray of human hope, that yet l.n- afterlife msteadofon*'ofgloomari misery a0 GnUmSd discretion in the choice and
geredin a waited and blighted bosom. might have bedn one of ^"PP- ?T* . ute 0 f a jj mca ns for the restitution of vio-
M y fir « r :7“ U h a . J" e h xci. e ed r aod° m"’- fot^dfed and^he wT left.o thecare of a luted rights; whether that violation pro- efl , n |m , oest por(Ion 0I Ine paragrapn
Ufiod aa she was, that* I* was Landsford, I lender, but selfish mother. That mother ceed State ’ fe<Jera ’ rf- quoted, and is consequently its most appro.
knew it would hardly be possible, to chango never thought of tbe awful precipice, upon e.gn Government. prtate answer.
' idtoo, that any at- which her-daughter was standing; nor that ,, g . and 'froup . ^ as ,ho gratification of the Editor s cu-
matriciifal hand, she was to plunge Afeerin^q/t/i« ^ , sq< f nosity the only reason it would bo foreign
from my inclination to attempt it; but as
M*j. Crawfo , has been brought before
thu people for the highest office in their
gift, it may subserve the cause of justice,
Measure;—melancholy aod painful, be- daughter, her plans for future wealth and Male Academy ■« Cenireville,and organ- a# we)l as < he besl .merest of the people iu
cause it wm to be a history of her errors happiness. She spoke of the nature and tsed their meeting by calling LoI.I'eterit. t hi S section of Georgia, to state in a few
and miseries, and to one dearly love, and successor her negotiations, of the marriage Mahonb to the ch*r. end appointing Leon- w ,, rdSt what Maj. Crawford is as well as
So* Zrli loving. These reflection, dc- and future residence of Hellen, as Mrs. ard P. Breedlove*heir Secretary. Alter what he isnot
termined me, te hear her story, though it Sodgeworth. Voong Sedgeworth had of- the object for which the "T**;" 6 h “d been Crawford is an American, in heart,
mieht be traced in shame, and like tha si- ten visited them, even amid the deep gloom called was discussed, Mr. i II0 »‘ Aa • • * and in sentiment; a native Georgian: reard
moon should bo a pestilential,and suffoca- of moorning, and being cordially welcomed Keen offered, and m a very ati e auci eio- u j |ltho p r ,nci;»lo» of’98.; a Democrat of
Une Wind* by her mother, was treated kindly by Hel- quent manner, advocated the followed l’re. lhe old School; a convert to the Jefferso-
Slte became somewhrif calm, and with ten. This seemed to be the result of disin- amble and Resolutions, which were passed nj an fetth; and, an undeviating Republican,
much difficulty, I was anabfed te make out forested friendship, and she felt grateful for ■ diswtlM ffliem in every chango of times. Too pure to
tha following painful story. bis kindness and effort* to banish the gloom PREAMBLE L entertain hostility toany man, merely be-
As already stated, her father «Hs a dis- that overhung Watervleit. But when her
We, the citizens of Talbot county, mem. causehediffersfromhiminpoliircalsentT-
tineuished officer, in tbe battles of Ilia coun- mothers plans were unfolded, the nature of bersof the Troup party, and professing ment; and yet too firm and inflexible, to be
try; be hud however retired, from the tent Young Sedgeworth’s visits explained, 3ho Slate Right principles as expressed in«h.i the tool of any faction, the slave of any
8nd the baitlo field, into the bosom of do- felt that sacrilege had been committed against Virginia Resolutions of 98, and the Ken- party, or, the pander of any aspiring deni-
raestic happiness, and our tale opens upon her fathers memory, that instead of a min- tacky Resolutions of 99, and acted on by agogue.
him, a grave, and venerable mao, at once istering and kind fiiend. Sedgeworth was George M. Troup in 1827, esteem it out Fora succinct exposition ofhispoliti-
tha stay of an affectionate family, and the the insidious minion ol Iter mother’s ava- high and unalienable right to convene and cal creed, the public may he referred to the
pride, Of an extensive circle, of relations rice, the heartless pander of her mothers publicly express our opinion about mpn second paragraph of his letter published six
and friends. Her mother, was kind and schemes. Never did her mother appear and measure ou all occasions....and after thq Southern Recorder, ol the 31st. oil.
indulgent, and ^oved her daughter dearly; more unamiable, nor Sedgeworth more con- mature deliberation and patient investiga- This contains an ample elucidation of iijs
hut there was one blot upon her character, temptible. In the first paroxism af her in- tion, do. views in regard in the relative interests «ad
it was avarice-*-that blot was tbe cause of dignalion, she flouted her mother with this Hesolve, That in the opinion of this obligations of the general and State Gov-
ail her daughters misfortunes. Hellen, for profanation. This produced a storm, which meeting, the proceedings of the late Reduc* ernments? But u. violent political pa. fi-
this was bar daughters name, was n lively, ended in threats on the part of the mother, tion Convention, held in Milledgeville on z;ms, who not locking to the dignity aud
arid defiance on that of the daughter.— the 1st Monday in May last, should not be honor of the State, w uld prostrate all. to
Landsford was ordered from the house, and ratified for the following reasons, :o wit : the promotion of their unhallowed ambi-
Helien forbid, on pain of banishment and 1st. It does not answer the end proposed, tion; a little mot o may bo necessary, .ban
eternal displeasure, tO'see him more. Sho in calling the Convention. the mere expression of thoso abstracts priu-
wild, volatile, but happy girl, endowed how
over, unfortunately, with a high and irra-
•cible temper; it mi unlike the '‘flower,
which bauds beneath the stornu to give its ...... . . _ , ,. r .—
bosom wftofy to the ransnine, that the evils might as well have tried “to reason down 2d. So far from removing existing evils, ciples, in the details of which, political
..... .L.—.i ^ " J •"*"*'■'' ■ . i H i character.'is formed and sustained.
Majr. Crawfords principles liavo been
sufficiemly tested to prove to every unpre
judiced mind that he is as well, or better
qualified to fill the Executive chair ol
Georgia, at this important crisis than any
of life may pass highly over it. At the time the thuridring tompest of Niagara, into the the proposed plau will increase them,
our tale commence!, sue waa fourteen years little silvor lake that used to look so sweetly 3d. In both houses of the Legislature un-
old, in Darien at school. Henry Lands- as it slept among the mountains.” He al- dor the proprosed an^endment, a minority
ford, was a Lieutenant io the army, sta- most immediately left Watervleit; but be* of the people will elect a majority of mem-
tioned at that place; bo saw and admired fore he did leave they met, and in that bfers.
her,oho was then a lovely being, in budding meeting vowed eternal cons>ancy. Hellen 4th. The taxes will bo paid by one por*
Womanhood; ho sought her acquaintance; was to essay every means, for a short time, tion of the State, aad their proceeds appro- man whose sr-rvices can be procured. He
■he was young and susceptible, and soon, to change her mothers purpose: Lands- pria'ed by another. is second only to Troup and only second
rilas! too soon loved him; and can it be ford however had, no hopes; a sword and 5th. The fedetal basis ought to have to him by tho want of that practical experi-
wondered, that a young girl, with a heart aash, his only fortune, he knew were in tho been retained, its one house at least, and if ence, which fits a man for manipulations
full of fender sensibility, and unattached, eyes of avarice, but as dross, in oposition to it be rejected, a great and permanent injury of office. Possessing and integrity of pur-
Should love such a being, as site described wealth. If her efforts failed, Landsford to the State, and to the South will be un- pose which no circumstances can shake;
Henry Landsford—black hair, black pier- was to return, ar.d they were to marry, dis* avoidable with talents qualifiing him eminently for the
cing eyes, fair complexion, sprightly coun- pite her mothers oposition. How fiaif is Resolved, That we will never consent to superintendence^ “might) workshop”tho’
teuance, a uose slightly roman, and a pou- human hopes; she little thought, than in less alter or amend tho Constitution of this his advisers nmy bedie few and feeble!’* ho
ting lip like Napolaan tall io statue, pnd than eight weeks, she waste be the wife of State, until we shall be made sensible that would sustain tho iionor and dignity of tho
commanding in appearance, noble, high Sedgeworth, and in a moment of frantic justice, patriotism and good government re- State, unsullied by (he touch of pollution,
minded geuerous, aod devoted, with an despair, sho was to curse, iu all tho bitter- quire it. whether it emanated from the Bench of tho
agreeable, and easy manner, his fine por- ness of her heart, him, whom she had now Resolved, That wc reprobate and con- Supreme Court, or the Gates of.the Peni-
soo highly relieved, by an elegant uniform, sworn to love forever: yet both actually team the efforts of any portion of the peo- tentiary.
always dasxliog to a woman; but irresistible oceurod, all her efforts to change or molli- pie of this State, to alter the Constitution But Sir, It is asked, is Maj. Crawford a
when worn by one otherwise, prepoiaes- fy her mother's purpose, was vain. An 0 f this State, for purposes of political or „Nnllifier or a Union nianl" AM this io
ingin appearance.., she did love hint; and emissary of that same mother, deputed for party aggrandisement....be they our friends the question; this, is tlm mighty leva by
her miserable history told ms,,but too well, tho purpose, sought Henry Landsford and or our foes. which certain expect to elevate themselves
And did he not love hot? yes, he loved the in n momat of convivial mirth, when in the Resolved, That we sincerely regret the into the confidence of the people; this is
uprightly Hellen, with an arder,|«hat excee- ardor of youthfii! love, be pledged M Hel- manifestation of a feeling among our people tire Cabalistic phrase, that is to adapt jtself
ded if possible her own; nor was this strange lee,” the fatal poison was infused into hie to encourage the friends of emancipation, to auy and every State of things as best
added to her many accomplishments, she, braie, Hellen was false, Heavens! what a and the foes to tho Constitution of the Uni- suits the views of those who use it. -This
was an only daughter, and a rich heiress, change, ia the destiny of these two iodivid- ted States, by tampering with the principles “Union,” once so intimately intertwined
thus mutually devoted, they plighted their uals, was made by these three words; Her upon which they are both seeking to un- around the heart of wery friend to Ameri-
eternal faith giving way, to all the illu* vows in sight) of Heaven, were forgone dermine the vital interests of the South. can Liberty, but now prostituted to the ba*
sions of the most romantic attachment, cot arid forgotten; unsuspecting, he reflected
doubting sIm» ennanmatiou, of nil their hopes, nor upon ttlts life of poison; if he had, how
like silly butterflies, they immagined them- different would qave been their fate; the let-
selves basking in a garden of roses, yet they ter before referred to, was lustily penned,
were wandering amid thorns; instead of and the wretch, who bora the shaft, re
inhaling the odour; of those fairy flowers, turned, with the hearts blood of his victim.
they were infusing into their minds, the poi
son of the Canker Worm, that lay concealed
within. The'r foldings were in this situa
tion, when For father, wasted by the vera-
Jence of an asthmatic cough,* warned her of
her approaching end; with the spread of in
She read the letter and swooned.
( To be tontinued.)
Rtsolved, That Joel Crawford is a cst purposes of political and private nmbi-
suitable individual to succeed the present tion; This” Union” is to form the touch-
incumbent in the ditties of the " Mighty stone of Orthodoxy, with every aspiran^
Workshop**—that we have the strongest jor office, in the estimation of a certain
gssurrance from his character a patriotism, class ot politicians,
that he will not voluntarily pledge, what he Now it is believed of Maj. C. as of very
does not mean, nor in fact comply with; honest politician in the State, that he bows
that he will not knuckle and crouch at the with honest deference to tho constitutional
feet of felons, nor sue for quarter when the enactments of Congress; That ho would
conflict comes betwean the rights of States notatteinpi bv any other means, tli-tn nype*
August 6, 1833. w r _ ^ ^
Messers JJdifors,...Having arranged to an( ] fo e usurpation of undelcgaled author!- tition and remoustance, to avert the opera
be absent from the State for a few weeks, ty in lhe Genera! Government.
Docent affection, she soon knelt by his bed and being anxious, as far as may be in my Qii motion, Resolved, That the aroceed-
side; she mingled her tnsrs with his, em- power, to resuscitate and to bring into j ngs 0 f this meeting be published in the
braced him in his dying momenta, and he healthful action the Jeffersonian doctrines Recorder and Georgia Times....tbe Hicko-
died; she had soothed the pains, of his de- of’98 aod ’99, / requesf*you to do me tho ry ^ut and Columbus Enquirer,
dining life, and inspired a calm, in his dy- favor to publish in your next paper, the PETER F. MAH6NE Chairman,
ing moments, but he was gone, and she waa following extract of « fetter from Maj. Leonard P. Breedlove. Secretary,
an orphan; his remains were deposited, in Crawvord to the ondersigued, dated July _________ *
n plain urn, and laid in the midst of a grovo 23d, 1833, / do not believe that / can ren- denr/rui... Ffnrri« muntn
of small poplars; on the head stone was der a moreacceplable service to the repub- w^^^sBerreHConantS
Respect fdlly,
JAMES S. CALHOUN.
simply inscribed "a son, husband, father, licaa cause,
without reproach” she immediately ieformed
Landsford of tbe fatel blow, and begged
to a while, the indulgence of silent grief,
lor one, who must now ever be to her ^s a
dream. The season of deep mourniog
passed away v and Landsford came; of the / have been in past instances, and shall J8dt Jane 1833.
lion of oppressive, tho' constitutional Laws;
on tbe other hand it is believed that neither
Maj. Crawford, nor auy other sound.mind-
ed holiest hearted politician believes that a
State is bound to obey the unconstitutional.
a actments jf the national Legislature;...
because, tho constitution being the act of
the peoolo in their seporate sovereign ca
rf pacity, is mndo the root out ef which 4
Conant applies to mo , Laws mu, l grow; and any few not sprio]
; : i* it inn fr/sm Into paa! J _L .* 'a.
W I rr .
for letters of dismission finra the further >ng from this root, is spurious, void ab initi
and consequently nul
people or the S ate.
admiaistratioB on Ute estate of Barry McKin. This and consequently nut binding upon the thl
and admonish ail and singular «r .t,o O "„»«
ia therefore to cite i
__ the kiudred and creditors to be and appear af my u,. .. ... , , , ,
u aar .u _n:c ... _ . office within the time prescribed by law, to shew While :t is believed that thesfi BfO _
Wurre the nulhncation of an uncon- MBSe jf*,,- ihejr have why said letters should not sentiments of Maj, C. because Wo knot?"
stitutional few promises success and relief, bo Granted. Given under m^and^n office this him to be a talented and honest politician
sensations produced by that meeting, she be, as decided an advocate for it as Mr.
Still bad the most vivid remembrance; it Jefferson himself.
mu aflaodtaly tpd xubduing,« tho d$*> No nan tnainttios with more earnestness
June I8-—6—mCtn
E. T. L.
we also believe that his love of Union a~
liarmnny, would induce him to resort t
m for every oil»«r method consistent wilh the hon
and dignity of the Slate previous to t'