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1 ") the established church,
tb,ecd^, s t.cst,.;hc ei>ooi bar , a ^
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■nuir? i i •
me ise mat
chiefly. hy !■»,
i seems
to foliov
selfishness holds sway iu (he huma'ii heart,
equality of properly is an impossibility. Nor
on the other hand, are we of that school of
political economists, which protests against
ind j all interference of government in what con-
" Vf"”rn.r KiVlidmicn, nobly redeem
opinion of si in - r - r .ncrrT “ Its
_,1 .* li is the church oj Uie /-our-
In,,. Ion “ Times,” 5. quoted
l ,e strongest approbation. - f []le
Church is pecul.ai!y the Oim>■
poor man. W-s ever a .ruth n.ote undent
hlc, or more
the whole community
habitant of this wide i
lute pauper, that Knows ,:ol whc.e
"ek a resting place, enters herein,
spirit Me indeed :« befi's him towards h.s
Maker, but towards man erect, in conscious
S ,11 can tre. d upon English soil, will not
avail against the naked, awlultiuth. 1 acts
will then stand out unveiled, the reason «M
lllcll | IL . unclouded, the illusions ol language
-...lsonliislrv will have beeu swept away; and r ,,
T .t will then be the difference between the ! cents the distribution ol wealth, and the pro-
• V m-dients of the cup a.hni isleted in this tection ol honest industry, averring that -11
wo-ld to the British pauper the African j this may be better left to its natural course,
slave ? Whose bondage is the heavier, he i and the adjustment of time and c'ucuuistau-
wiio is claimed by legal title and taken care ol • ees. So long as the main elements which
' ..i'i,. property, or he who is crushed, govern or influence this adjustment are large
l: capital, superior talent, great skill and iutel- |
ligerTce, the most ititeuse selfishness, hidden
fraud, open ignorance, unsuspecting sinijdic-
THE ENQUIRER.
fUE ItKSTOllATliJ
r UE5EKVAT1U3
OF THE CONSTITUTION' THE
OK LUSEKTT—THE RESCUE OF
THE COUNT It V.
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more i.regnsut with vast and awful cor.-
res? 'The parish dimch is open to
r i’|jc humblest
ni, the most desti-
ot where else to
ill a
aqd starved, and cast aside ! He who is sole
t o the highest bidder, or he who is so d to the
lowest bidder, whose person is thn St upon
the rich with a fee for taking the entr ust ol
society, and whose utmost labor is not valued
at food and raiment, and air and a place to
stand upon in the land of Ins birth ? ilewho
lives upon the compulsory charity of his mas
ters, or he whose master is deeply interested
to provide, all that' may lend to ins health and
strength ! II e who, when h'c runs away, is
driven hack and refuted by his masters, until oilier, the benefits of association are lost.
eon a lily of brotherhood with the wealthiest
and noblest of his fellow creatures.
These are lofty words, and near abundance
of promise to the ear; but the poverty strick
en wretches, who by millions arc the children
of till Church, are little the belter lor their
noble maternity. The country par sit ehttn h
es, it is true, stand open, and in some there t
room, but why do these special children ol
t he church remain without ? \V ho is in fanl',
the mother or the offspring? But in Lon-
,| „|, wlrwe these words first met the public
eve, how is the fact about the ope t doors?
There are said not to be more that 200
churches in London, belonging to the cstab- ;
lishment; and tjiere arc in dial city, ot pro -
per age to attend church, aimtit m e milium
persons; of course, if all the men vrtre to
enter the free churches, and if the wealthy
and noble v.( re thus confronted with the poor,
the assemblages would average about 5.(100
each. So small is the accommodation ullbnl-
ed the poor in .London, in tact, although the
Dissenters have 9S8 places of worship, it .s
computed that th ue is no room for from ”00,
000 to 500.000 of the population. In an f-
laborate work on the Poor of Loudon, the
Jtcv. filr. Va'es, a benevolent and intelligent
divine of the Church of England, affirmed,
that in 1822 there were no less than 700,000 mi -
converted pagans in the city ol London, (p
•072.) In 1838,a report was made by a |.ar-
hanaentary committee, appointed to inquire
into the state of churcb accommodation,
winch says, that there nrc_00,000 human be
ings in Glasgow, for whom there was no room
in any place of public wurshipol anv pi'l'sna
give.
charily
ity, and all the combinations of favorable and
uulavoralde accident; so long, if society be
wort!) maintaining, will the poor, the unwary,
the ignorant, and unfortunate claim the inter
ference of government, in provtditigsuch laws
as will preset v e them from being wholly ex
cluded from the benefits of thesocia! system.
When men are left free to prey upon each
u:d
the greater number will be stripped ol their
a’l, and their industry become the prey ol
their victors.
What, then, is to be done for llm down
trodden millions of Great Britain and Ire
land ! We freely admit there is a widen her- |
elite between pointing out an evil and finding
a remedy. History abounds in cases where
the remedy has proved worse than the disease ; ;
atid the bodies of men often experience
heavy wrongs, for which the wisdom of their j
m n Is can devise no adequate remedy. No
feature'.u the mind of man lias more contri
buted to stay the t ea! progress of human well* ;
being, than the want of due consideration
about changes and remedies; than the dis
position to adventure upon revolution, with
out principles for its conduct or its conclusion.
How much blood has been sited in the asser
tion of rights w liich have been lost as soon as
they were won ? Great Britain and Ireland
must toon or late Undergo a thorough revolu
tion. The government should meet the ex
igency, and not be overtaken by it : to be
beneficial, it should be managed and gained
by tlie government, and not in opposition to
if. Jf the measure be fraught with a c.om-
suit compels them to receive him, orlie
who is sougld carefully at great expense, and
earned back as a lost' sheep that is found?
Pauperism is a non-desuipt kind of bondage.
The pauper is not valued at a bargain and
sale, is not worth the fetters of slavery : he is
an odious burden io his many headed master,
the Parish, without hope nr comfort in this
life, and without the teaching lvliicu promises
hope in the life to come.
Nor should the conscience of that rat on
be quieted by its crusade against the slave-
trade, nor by the recent scheme of carryit g
English civilization into Africa, upon wh:cli
immense sum - are to be expended, nor ov any
other, nor by all its grand schemes ol fori igu
trade and foreig i benevolence. Nor should
the millions raised by the poor rates be a sub
ject of silf-gtatulation: for “though i bestow
all uni {roods to fail the poor, ami though I
my body to be burned, and have not
tv, it profitetb me nothing.’’ Be towing
all onrgoods to feed the poor is not charity !
What then arc we to call that which renders
a small part of our goods upon coui| ulsioti ?
The | metical le-sou which we design to
I * Acuities, t o g^mnent on
human woe and auguisli is allowed to exist
Ise, direct o;
CO Eli M3US—G EOKGIA:
WEDNESDAY MORN INC. MARCH 24, 1841.
COTTON. Bales.
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j Received previously .31.47,2
j Total receipts : 32,22.'
Total shipments 27,'9-
I Stock on hand A-k 73
Received same time last scasou . 40.-27
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Trice. 0 a. 10 j
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who are indebted for more than a year’s sub-
j-scription, will be waited upon by a ( ollector
i in a few days. In tlie mean while their atten-
1 tion is directed to the terms ot sulisi ription
i published on tin? first p..ge. A strict coin-
; pliauce with these terms will lie re ptired, in
. every iustai ice, Jiy the Collector. Those who
I el unwilling to fork up tlie four dollars per
: year, must save us the expense of a Collec
tor’s wages, or “they’ll have to stand it ” A
word to the wise is sufficient.
earnest effort for its removal. And tins in a
Proteslam country, in which all men are by
|,iw required to l.o religious, in the nineteenth
century, when the light ol r. v datum and the
i "lit of science is streaming abroad over tne
whole earth ! And why is it! The solution
is found in one of the strongest principles of
our nature, habit. The present generation
n within the city or suburbs; and Alison ; of Britons have gro-vu np and witi.es ed from
(on Population, M- 67,) «li,i quotes tins lac
adds; “The number of poor, ir.smlicircum-
staners of spiritual destitution, is 1.3,000
great! rat tilts moHietsl (1810) titan when tms
in:igntficc:.t effort (the ajijuiinlmait oj the
coiniuitUn) was commenced, to give the bles
sings of Christianity to that hideous mass of
civilized heathenism.” Such, then, are the
ficts in the two largest cities ol Great Br.:-
nin, in reference to the prevision for religious
instruction made by the two groat established
churches. That this destitution is not con
fined to these two great cities, we are informed
iby the reports of the committee above veiet-
icd to: “Nothing lias so much crippled the
energies of the established church, as 'be
want of churches and ministers in the large
tow n; and populous disTicis of tlie kingdom.
The growth of the population lias been so
rapid as lo outrun the means ol the church
to met t its spiritual wants; and the result has
been, that a vast proportion of the piople are
left destitute of the oppor:unities of public
.worship and of Christian ins ruction, even
.when every allowance is made fur tlie exer
tions of those religious bodies which are not
in connexion with the established church.”
(Second Report, page 6.) And another fur
nishes proof that ot the 10,301 church liv
ings, more than 4,500 were vacant at one
time, or, in other words, the incumbents were
jion-residonts.
It is no part of our design to hold up Brit
ish legislators as exclusively guilty in -heir
treatment of the poor. We speak hot in the
spirit of recrimination, but in grief and sober
ness. We know that our people of the
southern states hold men in slavery ; we Know
that intemperate men in the north have, hy
indiscretion and wicked zeal, contributed to
rivet more tdusi Jy the chains of our poor
Africans; we acknowledge that we have, as a
13 ttion, sinned grievously against dm poor In
dians; wc know that we have many other and
great n.i'ioua 1 sins, fur winch we must answer,
.one of the chief of which is a signal abuse o!
our civil and religious blessings. Every na
tion lies under heavy responsibilities. None
.have the right, however, to plead the oppres
sions of utiiers in palliation of their own.—
We admit that many who are most fund in
the condemnation of others, would, in the
same circum tances, be guilty of the same
acts themselves. \Ve believe, that when the
accounts of all nations and men are given tip
-before God, no one will have whereof to gio'
ry over another nation, or another man.—
'The slaveholder and theilhiilitimiist will stand
there to be judged by a different rule from
that which they have applied to each other.
Many good deeds which in the atmosphere of
tnis worlJ shone with unquestioned splendor,
will in that day, be shorn of their I tightness,
when placed under tbeliglitol unerring truth.
Who, for instance, can venture to foretell
what will be the final doom of God upon that
act of the British nation which expended a
hundred millions of dollars to emancipate a
million of slaves in the W. Indies, and passed
over more than eight millions, whose condi
tion, in all respects but name, was lessen lu-
aiable than that of those so munificently tin-
V iked from bondage ? We err m saving pas i-
j.ei over: the millions of money thus sent a-
broad to wipe tv.vay the name and reproach of
slavery, were wrung from the withered sinews
and over-wrought muscles of the laborer at
home. Is nottiie wealth of Jamaica the pro
duct ot tlie slave’s labor ? it is just as true
that the taxes of Britain, tltough paid by the
»:eh, are the earnings of the poor. The oil
and the wine, which the I’ritnh Samaritan
poured upon the wounds and bruises of the
West India slaves, weretli marrow andhlood
ot his own children. Was this gland move
ment inten led to appease the conscience of a
nation u> which the spirits of a thousand mil
lions of British puupets, who in tlie last tom
centuries have, lived in suffering and died in
want, were appealing for-justice anj mercy to
their descendants? What has that act,
which sheds so much glory on the nation,
done for the countless multitudes of hunger
ed and miserable creatures who paid the cos ?
Will the emancipated negro ever acquit the
debt he owes his starving benefactors? And
is there no bondage iii Britain ? Let that
question be settled at the final day, when the
empty boast of’ tile common law, that no
published in London, bv Thomas
earth can bring more wisdom and address to
the task, as tlie history of the last hundred
A GLAXO ft AT THE FAST.
The study of our political history for the
their iufanev these sad sights, and heard iltose
sail narratives: They are used to it: inured
to it. Genetations before thorn, centur.es of
gen ’rations were in l.ko manner hardened.
If auv sudden disaster o fire or fiord were to
s rip of their all a. town of five thousand in
habitants in England, a hundred thousand
purses would be open for their rode!: H' e .'
would soon be restore? to abundance. The
suddenness of their mislortune would be th i
t tie lo succour. Jf the Emperor of Russia
were to threaten the woes of pauper sm to
five thousand Britonsiu his power, the whole
nation Would ' be roused, -and the people be
called to stand to I heir arms; but if he should
carry h.s ti reat into execution, an electric
emotion of anger w ould flash over the coun
try, a thousand cannon -woubi be po nted,
millions of money would be voted, and the
nation would peril its existence in a shock of
arms against all the power of the Autocrat, to
rescue 3 the ill-fated beings suffering iu the
gripe of his despotism. N itionai lionorwould
demand this, effort-. Is there no correspond
ing sentiment which can be roused to such
aifeffort in behalf of (he mote than five mil
lions enduring these woes at home ? Where
are the Bihoops and other clergy? Surely
they have read that—“ He that iaboreth, la-
boreth for. liimscil, lor his moutli craveth it
of him.” And again, “ Rob not the poor be
cause he is poor, for the Lord will j dead their
cause, aitd spod the soul ot those that spoiled
them.” Have they no desire to secure for
ilteir young Queen, who must yet be open to
gend impressions, the blessing—“The king
that faithfully jndgeth the poor, lus throne
shall be cstab i'shed forever.” It appears to
us that if the good people ol Great Britain
could, through the mists of selfishness in
which they have been brought up, obtain a
clear view of their responsibilities before God
in this matter, they Would place their faces in
their hands and their hands iu the dint, and
make a solemn vow to give no rest to ihe.r
hands or their feet, or their minds, until rise
wet', of restoration had commenced, which
would give ail the blessings of' their beautiful
Island to the now unhappy bulk of the popu
lation. Is riot this state of things a memora
ble warning to watch the growth of national
sins and abuses—a lesson to ail nations to ex
amine rigidly whether there be not some de
formity iu their system, to which constant
use has rendered them criminally indulgent?
The subject which should press w ith con
stant vigor upon the heart of every man that
has po .'er m tlie nation, is, what is to be done
fur the _ well-being of the people—not of the
paupers, but the people, all the-people. Abol
ish that legislati. n which legislates for the
neb, as rich, and for the poor, as paupers.—
Abandon those niter'tula dale discussions upon
the relative merit of the voluntary and com
pulsory system of supporting the poor; they
are a guilty evasion of the real question.—
That debate cau never end; and victory will
be claimed by both parties. One exclaims,
behold the English poor under the comp ri-
sory system! the other, behold the Irish
poor under the voluntary system! And
the demonstration could not be more com
pel; oil b'-’th s'des. If the e’oquence, and
argument, and ingenuity, which have been
expended in this false discussion had been
applied to the single point of elevating
the condition of these millions of abject
beings, some progress towards the resolu
tion of lire true difficulty might have been
made. It is uot a question of economy, in
which the triumph will be complete, when
the .scales are so ueaily adjusted, that deliv
ery can be made to each pauper of tin; pre
cise number of penny weights which will sus
tain him in life, aril none over. It is a ques
tion how the mass of the British nation is to
receive tlie benefits of industry, civilization
and Christianity. It isnotan inquiry how the
natural increase of our race can be best
biought under the influent e of the “ preven
tive check,” nor merely how food may be
years proves, jri no penou, .m m no »«huu, , eight years, allonls a melancholy, mu no;
has tin mind ol man shown gicatu powci. i :1 n uninstrnctive lesson. The events it dis-
If tlie great measure ol elevating toe lie- ,
gradtd mass be undertaken in the right spirit, j Hoses,, and Inc momentous influence exerted
ft will succeed, and the moral and religious j upon the character of otti people, and of our
power of that cn p re wL! then surpass the ' institutions are solemn but profitable themes
power of her intellect, of her arms, and of liei . j- or rc fl e ef lon . What patriot can lookback
w al'ii. Jf the morn! power she now boasts ,
w. aiui I ... I without a shudder upon the scenes through
is wielded by four or five imlitons, how will | 1 a
that power be felt when it is wielded by a I wliicli our government lias lately passed, and
population of twenty millions ? Can motive ; recall tlie feelings of dread with w hich he
be wanting for this good work, in a nation • witnessed the Vandal spirit that coni. o’!ed its
which is publishing the word of God ! Ucstin y 7 And yettl,is retrospection will serve
languages, and which is, ot course, pro- ; . J
claiming the law of charity to all the world ? j ^ impress upon Ins mind many important and
Can a nation so rich towards God, deny the I interesting truths—truths that will aid him as
boon of righteous legislation and equal jus- ! t j. e lights of experience in Uie performance
lice to h i own siibjccls ? Can she be obsti- of lh ” se [)o!ili( . :il ( j ulx;8 ,iiat inure to him in
natelv blind to the temporal and spiritual j .... ,
, . r , , ,,i* ,c common with every American citizen—fiuths
destitution of the heathen dnulien oj the , - , .
Church in her ow n Isle, w hilst she is minis- that wili elevate-his mind, and give him a dear
ie temporal and spiritual ceeessi- ■ or view of the dangers that beset the noble
vessel in which are freighted our liberties and
our glory, as well as of the means lo be ex
erted in order lo avoid their),
While therefore our gratitude is awa’ eued to
the Giver of all good, for our deliverance from
evils that threateue 1 to overturn tiie best of
goveiuin r, :;ts, and bury us beneath the mins of
our loved institutions, lot us meditate serious
ly on the causes that brought those evils upon
us, and endeavor as patriots and as citizens so
to act for tiie future as io prevent the recur
rence of similar disasters. In the midst ol
tenngto
ties of bat barium strangers in the remot-
e:trej.ii isol the. earth ! And it tins far
sighted benevolence- is to prevail longer ;
jf Lazarus, at the gate, is to be thrust away
and excluded from blessings conferred upou
Lazarus beyond sea, ought we not here,
from sympathy with our suffering brethren in
Great Britain, to remonstrate against the in
consistency ?
Where signal abuses exist, it is difficult, in
any country, to enter peaceably and discreetly
upon the subject of reform, and especially
where the laws or institutions to lie reformed
have the sanction of time in their favor.—
Questions of this kind, it is readily admitted, . .
require more wisdom and deliberation than j hope for the future, let us uot forget the hici-
some of the ardent friends of humanity ure | j ents G f ,] lc past. The abysm of despotism
willing to concede, ft is frequently deemed j „. uvne ,q to rcce ive us, and though we havecs-
daugerous to lay a reforming hand upon any j J . . ,,
oa-'fof a system which appeals so constituted j caped, we need not cheat ourselves into ike
as not to admit of change; as to require the j belief that the source ol alldan^erisremo-
goid and bad to stand or fall together. There V ed. .If ottr republic is yet safe, it is not be
are to be found in every society men, who, cause ij iy gulf over which it tottered waxclo-
l-v the constitution of their mind, or by their ! , ... ,
1 y . . ! ..I .set; it is out v because the power! ul arm of
position in fife, are violently oppossed to ail | , ” , . 1
ch mge. Men of experience too, in the af- ; awakened popular lutelligeiiee w as put iorili
fairs "of the world, who have learned how | iu time lo save it from the impending ruiti.—
much more ensv it is rashly to pull down, qq le people ha 1 confidingly trusted to their
than wisely to build up or restore, are often Illiergaa(1 bj .| as i eC pin fancied securi
ty. They hud been lulled into a false repose
by the artful songs of the demagogue, and
when at length they were aroused by the
thunder-peals of patriotism that burst from
a few gallant spirits, who liad kept failliful
watch upon tlie towers of the republic, they
arose in fheir might and rusltcd opportune
ly to the rescue. Who cau say that another
term of Administrative violence and Execu
tive misrule would not liavc plunged this coun
try into a hopeless state ot despotism, from
which it could never have emerged ? Truly
lias it been said that the corruptions of ill-
period between the years 1837 and 1841 were
| but little excelled in the darkest eras of the
“Eternal City.”
The atrocious practice of rewards and
punishments carried out oy the late adminis
tration—the notorious auu demoralizing sys
tern of buying up men of influence by the
proffers of office—the mid-day prostitution o!
the entire powcis and patronage of the gov
ernment to pariizati purposes the seiui-bai-
barous creed, that “fo tuc victors belong the
spoils of office"—the virtual approval of dis
honest practices, as evinced by the retention
of known defatshers, and the appointment in
many instances of worthless and degraded
creatures to places of trust all, all are proo.s
of a grand design on the part of our late ru
lers to advance the cause of monarchy, by en
slaving the minds and -corrupting the moralso*
the people* And tiie fact cannot be d snied,
that tlie most pernicious efiects were begin
ning to be visible throughout the length and
breadth of the land. Operated upon by ex
amples set them in high places, and by the
of public and private virtue were j oiso.ied,
ami thus our government began to exhi
bit symptoms of decay, which threatened
speedy dissolution. But the’good sense of
the American, people had uot departed, and
when aroused, though late, from the lethar
gy into which it had fallen, it spoke out in a
voice of than ler the condemnation of those
who had sougiit to pull down the best msti-
utions of the republic; tli3V were hurled
from authority, and once again patriotism
breathes free under a purer political atinos-
liiere. Let us then resolve io guard more
closely the great chatter of human liberty,
which is now in the keeping of tlie Amen-
cah people. With the proper degree of vig
ilance, our experiment cannot ini!. Democ
racy possesses within itself tlie seeds of per
petuity, which nought can destroy but self a-
baseinent in the people, or gross neglect to
nurture and sustain them. Let us therefore
study the’ errors of the past, and learn from
experience the art of preserving the boon ol
inheritance bequeathed to us by our fathers.
VIRGINIA AN]) NEW YORK.
The Bill which lias recently passed the
Legislature of Virginia, for protecting the
citizens of that commonwealth in the posses
sion of their slave property, provides that all
vessels of every description owned either iu
whole or in part, or commanded by a citizen
of New York, entering the ports of 1 irgiuia,
and all vessels sailing from that Stale to any
port in New York, shall be subject to search
and inspection ; the vessel undergoing inspec
tion, to be liable for all expenses.
The act is not to go into operation until
May 1842, giving lime to the State of New
York lo relinquish the ground she has taken,
by surrendering the fugitives from justice,
Peter Johnson, Edward Smith, ai d Isaac
Gansey, in compliance with tlie requisition o:
the Executive of Virginia, and by repealing
the law “ to extend the right .of trial by jury,”
which was enacted it seems mainly for the
benefit of sltwe-sfeaJing felons. This is an
important movement on the paitof \ irgiuia,
equally called for by the exigency of the case
and the necessity of adopting some effectual
measure for her future safety and picseiva-
[ioti. And she will be sustained by every
Stale, South of Mason and Dixon’s line in
the ■position she has taken.
But look .at poor old Georgia! She too
lias a controversy of precisely tiie same char
acter with the State of Maine. The property
of her citizens has been stolen by lclons and
carried away with impunity. The Abolition
ists liiive made a descent on her borders, and
carried away the slaves of her people, while,
th ■ state of Maine, which harbors tlie thieves,
insultingly tells us that there is no such
crime as vegro stealing'. And what has
Geoigia done to resent the injury and secure
her rights? Iler representatives d d all that
could be done nt the last sitting of the Legis
lature, to maintain the honor and protect the
institutions of the state, by passing a law
si nikar in its effects.to the one now adopted by
Viiginia; but her Coventor, a man whose
chivalry cozes .out in short crop messages, and
vanishes at tiie locution of a mandate from
lie Supreme Court of the United States,
conceived himself ?riser than the Lcgis attire,
uid therefore vetoed tlie bill. It is to be
hoped that the Governor of Virginia is a
mail of different mould.
THE FAIR.
The reader will perceive by our advertising
colunmsthat the Ladies of the Baptist Chinch
propose to hold a Fair at James’s Tavern on
Wednesday evening, 7th April. We take this
early opportunity to bespeakfor.fhenitlie gen-
** GEORGIA -ILLUSTR ATED.
We have been favored by Mr. Richards
with the 2nd part or February number of
this peculiarly interesting work. It contains
two splendid engravings. The first is a pic
turesque and faithful view of the famed Tal-
erous encouragement ot our friends—which ! lulahFalls.in Habersham county. .Fliescenc
lias never on a similar occasion, been solicited ' is inimitable, as all must glowingly remember
in vain. Our citizens should take a peculiar j who have ever had the pleasure of beholding
pride on this occasion, in manifesting their ! it, and well has the talented artist sketched
liberality. In addition to the fact, that the
Ladies 1 ave with their own delicate fingcis
prepared the articles to lie so si. and oo doubt
displayed great skill and neatness in their
fabrication—let it also be remembered thattlio
proceeds are to be applied to tlie payment of
its varied and interminable beauties. Tit
accompanying description is also very fine.
The second vign ttc is a view of the Geor
gia F emale College at Macon. The engrav
ing is not inferior to the first, and presents a
striking sketch of that noble edifice, which
the debt incurred in the construction of thn 1 j stands as a monument of the intelligence and
beautiful temple for divine worship, which ; public spirit of the people of Geoigia. The
lifts its lofty spire from the very heart of the j plate is accompanied with an illustration by
ciiv, and is at once both an ornament to the
place a and a brilliant monument of the
liberality of those who have constructed it-—
The undertaking was a noble one, and tlie
sacrifice has been already great to the friends
the Rev. Geo. F. Pieree, giving a succinct
history of the origin of" the institution.
We cannot too strongly recommend this
work to the favor of the public. It is i tie
in which every Georgian especially should
of the Church engaged in it. The ladies feel-a peculiar pride, both from the nobleness
Lave come up to their help, with their charac
teristic benevolence and zeal. Let us all
honor them, and ourselves, and tlie city, by
going up to tlie Fair with purses well filled
and the strings pulled out.
At T.u.dot Court 22<1 March, 1841.
y'j the Editors of the Columbus Eoquircr :
Gextidikx ; The remarks in your paper
of tlie 10:h iust. suggesting the name of tlie
Hon. R. 11. Wilde for any vacancy that might
occur in the Representation from Georgia lo
the next Congress escaped my observation . , e ut of the U. S. Government,
to-day. The connection ol my name
of the design and the eminent ability with
which it is executed. We hope that tlie vis
it of Mr. Richard's lo our city will be well
rewarded with scores of subscribers to sus
tain him in his novel enterprise, and foster
the truly delightful work he has undertaken
in perpetuating the unrivalled scenery of bur
State.
uati
with those remarks justifies this liotiee ol
them.
It would certainly have been indelicate on
my part to have declined a candidacy which
had not been offered me, had I should not
have publicly done so. You quote correctly
my private correspondence iu which 1 have
distinctly stated to my friends, that under no
circumstances could i accept a nomination il
I am tendered it. The necessity to decline
i would be imposed upon me by my profes
sional duties and iiiuispeusible attention to
my private interests.
1 feel (July sensible of the honor ddne me
by the people of Georgia in selecting uie for
The Globe.—It is mailer of congratula
tion totlie country at large, that the Editors
of this infamous sheet are no longer in the
The
resolution to dismiss them from the office of
Printers to the Senate, was passed on tlie lltli
in u by the following decided vote, after an
able and eloquent speech in its favor by .Sen
ator Berrien.
Yeas—Messrs. Archer, Harrow, Bates,
Bayard, Berrien, Clay of hy., Clayton, Dix
on, Evans, Henderson, Huntington, heir,
Mangum, Miller, Morehead,Merrick, Phelps,
Porter, Preston, Simmons, Smith of Indiana,
Southard, Talhuadge, White, Wood bridge
—26.
Nays—Messrs. Allen, Benton, Bnclianan,
Calhoun, Clay of Ala. Cuthbett, Fulton,
King, Linn, McRoberts, Nicholson, Sevier,
Smith of Connecticut, Sturgeon, Tappan,
Walker, Williams, Woodbury—lb.
This result haying b-en announced, Mr.
t le brief time 1 have beep in Congress, and , C|ay mnve j that the Secretary of tiie Senate
opposed to changes of which they cannot
exactly beforehand measure the results.
The opposition to changes iu the social sys
tem embraces therefore some of the more
powerful elements of society. W hen these
find themselves pressed for reform, they too
often content themselves with.examining and
rejecting the crude projects which are offered,
without honestly inquiring whether there may
not be just cause of complaint, which might
be met and removed. It is not always the
ca; ; that those who seek relief are the best
calculated to devise remedies for the ills oi
which they complain. StJ it is in Great
Britain, at ibis time. We would not by any
means assume the ground that all the meas
ures which have been pressed upon that go
veinment, on the part ol those professing to
be the special friends of the oppressed classes,
are wise or needful. Mere political power is
not the relief which the people need; univer
sal suffrage would neither feed nor clothe
them. They are wholly unprepared for the
exercise of such a power, and long training
would be required for that purpose.
If the government, however, lontinne to
hesitate, and 'o shun the difficulties ai the
emergency, the people will press foiward,
unprepared as they arc, and, by rashness or !
violence, overturn the vast institutions of the
country, and, losing the advantages of which
they a'e in search, precipitate others into the
gulf frim which they have risen. For more
than t.vo centuries, a certain class of writers
in England have confidently'predicted the
speedy downfall of that country, and these
prophecies, which are yet repeated, have had
more p obability iu their favor than the fail
ure ol fulfilment would seem to warrant.—
Engla id has been saved by the more than
usual skill in administration, which has cliar-
actetiz \i her government. This liiay vet
suffice for a long time to come, am! good man
agement and cunning may yet defer her ruin
to a'dritaut period. But it may eotne soon,
and it will come at last. The people of G
y~~r ~treat . , . ,
Britain and Ireland, unless their physical and I very persons { whom their on ingiiest honors
moral c >n lition be improved, will eveutmdiv ! hiaf been bestowed, it is not remarkable thn;
■ rise upon their oppressors, and then what is j t!ic of tho people the nselves should
seized by force will be wasted in the riot of 1 . . ‘ ... ,
if the cluck be unavailing. 11 is not a ques-: power. Then will be lost the wisdom and have yieloed to an umuence so pervading,
tion o! law nor of the eon ti'un.ou ; it is a ; experienc of centuries; a new social system i By degrees the toleration a! vice and corrnp-
qm s :on of human justice and o! duty to God. ! will be co mnenced, to contract, in its growth, ! tion spread from t'.io g >v r'li mat to the gov-
Ttm error which has grown into the English I as many evils as were lamented in that which | wued, and ah uub.mnJH lic&ase was extend
nicii Dus so deep- was destroyed.
ly rooted itself in the English mind is, that
the lot of the poor is regmded as inevitable;
susceptible ol alleviation but not of change.
* 111 iron, was puBKsUeq in Load on. By
liable?, F. A. 8. one of his X:'.r-i.-*> Justices of
. e l*eace, ‘‘The History oi’ the Poor ; the rights, du-
au d laws, resoecuug them/’ The ohjeej. of this
work was io trace ihe chu < ii estates to their origin,
b nn tithes anil glebes, and having done this, to show ; HO COVCf
that all the present church properties were rifts, not
to bishops and priests for lheir own use, but gifts IN
TRUST f jr rercahi purposes, one of which was the
maintenance oi tie poor ; he insisted that the right of
tlie poor, iu t-iese estates, had neither been destroyed
by act ot parliament, nor become extinct bv iap^e of
time : he urged that as occvrrit eccUsice
was a maxim of the church, and, that as the j t or were
the children of the ch.acb; therefore nullust tempus
occun it paupzrtbiis. “ The poor are a part of the
church ; the possession ? of the church are the oosses-
Mona of the p-.*or; they were obtained in the name of
t -e poor, for i!ie Jove~0f God. Is sot that, the law of
t ;e part, which is the law of ihe whole ? f And he
cdL* upon those who doubt his position, “to find, if
taey cau, an afurmaUcc IK}unction, that the church s • j - . . . . , ,
...ouM bold its revenues, free ambdear of those trists. "” in '’ r:ous . »*>'! Others indolent:
l ;y tbe donors w!:en the ? ?ave w; 1 1 n.prove the gifts of mt.ire,
imaaa.d tubes, fiir eleemosynary purposes." Such
doctrines, -- ’
Cau iliei'e be a doubt, if ihe governmn -t of
Great Britain would honestly and earnestly
engage in the humane v.otk of elevating her
The poor do not belong to any order in the labonug classes, of her ultimate success ?^_
politica! system; they area mtglitv c-xcres- jf undertaken iu that spirit of determination
nee feeding po.mc; mere is and seif-sacrifice, so oUuii exliiiiited un oilier
success would be rapid and
ow small a part-of that ex pen
f'Ji'ifi ujitiu uir oouy poii.iv , lucre is au j 3 eSf-sacrlfi(
placed for them at the banquet of (;ccas jot.s, the
they have pj-eseuted themselves un- j complete. Ih
it the feast. But their claims are i aitm* and affpl
erued, ami ah unb.iun 1
ed to individual iuimoraliiy. Throughout soci
ety m almost all its ramifications,moral trans
gression was beginning to be ligatiy regarded,
and crimes were tolerated which but a few
years ago would have branded the offender
with infamy iuid disgrace.
A change seemed te hive come over the
life, and
bidden at the least. J>nt their claims tsrc ; diture aud effort ivhjch was applied to subju- spirit of our people. Tiie strange indiffer
sternly disregarded, and they me scarce per- j o-.-ue her injured colonics in America, would ^ ence which was manffeste i towards rhe usur-
mitted to touch crumb or fragment, untd : f, ave sufficed to elevate to usefninwc nnH • , , „
weighed in balances adjusted to the life-pro- j L P fL£ more than as tiunv nto of her ! J,at: ° nS ° ! tae ExeCaW8 ^ OCCe «« ve W
serving point.
. . jjate fu
touch crumb or fragment, tint:! ! {j KVe s
I happiness
i subjects ut JiOjne ? How sinalj a portion of
Wc arc uot of tiie number of those who the money which has been expended in sub
contend that men may force themselves, or sidizing and feeding foreign Loops, would
Since tlie foregoing article was written, we
have received the Richmond Whig of the
24th insr, which contains a new chapter in
the h’s ory of this grave controversy. It ap
pears that Gov. Seward ol New York, lias
made a demand upon the Executive of \ ir-
ginia for the delivery of a fugitive by the
uam ; of H diert- i\ Curry, who is charged
with having committed the crime of forgeiy
in New York and fled to Virgmi t. In answer
toiliisrequisition, Gov. Gilmer acknowledged
its propriety under the Constitution and sta
te 1 his readiness to comply with it whenever
the Executive ot other authorities of New
YN rit shall see fit to comply with the demand
heretofore made by him for the delivery of
the feious who have taken refuge in that
State.
Ou the announcement of the official state
ment sc:ting forth these fees, the Genera!
Assembly of Virginia, after an animated dis
cussion, passed resolutions disapproving the
course of Gov. Gilmer, and declaring that
Curry ought to be given up to the authorities
of New, Y'ork independently, of the difficul
ty existing between the two States. The
passage of those resolutions caused the im
mediate resignation of Gov. Gilmer, which
was laid before tlie assembly on tlie 20tb insr.
be directed to deliver to Blair fc Rives tltcir
official bond. This motion was decided in
the affirmative by the same vyie.
The Legislature of Virginia adjourned on
ihe 22d inst. after an ineffectual effort on the
part of the Locos, who were accidentally in
tlie majority, to bring on an election for Gov
ernor, with fifty vacant seats in the house.
TIIE EXTRA SESSION.
The annexed Proclamation from tlicPres%.
dent of the United States determines the
question of aa Extra Session. It cannot be
doubted that the interests of the country d»*
maud the early consideration and action off
Congress. The deplorable condition of etfcrvj
branch of the public affairs requires a revwcdv..
The unsettled and periloa% position of. oun
foreign relations; the defenceless-situation of
our frontiers and seaboard, in the event of
hostilities from any quarterUie dtsqsiiy and
disaster spread throughout the land on ac
count of the derangement of= the- oarrency ;
the bankruptcy of the Treasury ; ; the de
crease of tlie revenues of the- Government ;
the large public debt to be liquidated ar.d
paid; in short, the thousand and one evih*
spawned upon the country by the late admin
istration. all require the most effectual
remedies iliat can be devised by wise and
and generous mode of communicating with j salutary legislation. Mr. Win JJnren called
h’s friends, will not think the less of him for an .Extra.Session in 1637, when tl;e oondi-
sieiniiig to decline a re-nomination before it . tion of the country was not half so desper-
was offered—for they all know that it would J ate. but lie had nothing to recommend ex
it .ve been offered him in preference to any | cept tlie passage of :* law to lock tin the
other man, had his private engagements rcu- treasure of the nation iu the vaults and'boxes
have served them honestly if not effectually.
My observation and experience for that peri
od have satisfied me that the people are enti
tled to tlie whole lime of their Representa
tives, and should not be content with a divid
ed service. The vaca'ions are not less im
portant for preparation, than the sessions erf
Cougnss are for the various and important
duties devolving on them.
While therefore the pursuit of my profes
sion is indispeusible to me; I could not do
justice to myself or the public ,Iq undertake
to represent their interests—especially when
names are presented in heu ol mine which
are and ought to be so much more acceptable,
For the present I trust that your sugges
tions w li be adopted, at least so far as to dis-
c mnect my name with’ any prospect of can
didacy, should a vacancy occur.
Very respectfully, Ac. IIINE6 HOLT, Jr.
The letter of Col- Holt was received after
our last paper was on the press. W e were
ourselves before acquainted with the motives
that prompted the Colonel to speak freely ins
unwillingness to remain at present in the public
e vice and, wc were aware of tire desire lie
fait to have, our friends look about them for a
suitable candidate to fill the vacancy of Mr.
Dawson, without reference to himself. Those
who are acquainted with Col. Holt’s frank
dered it expedient for him to remain in the
public service. Besides, if there was any in
delicacy iu the public mention of Mr. Holt’s
views, we are accountable for it, and not Mr.
Holt—for to us the responsibility belongs, of
making public what we knew to be his set
tled purpose iu the premises.
AY T e conclude iu this day’s paper, the ad.
nrirablc article from ihe Priucetoii Review,
on “ tlie Poor and the Poor laws ot Great
Britain.” It is very seldom that we admit j country, appear.to me,to
into our columns an article of such great
length as tiie one alluded to, and nothing but
the superior merit and interest of this one,
has induced us to depart from our general
rule. We are confident that our departure
from it in this instance wili not only be for-
The reasons given for this measure are co- I given, but gratefully acknowledged by every
gently set forth in the letter of resignation and I enlightened reader who wishes eithei to ac-
do honor to the patriotism of its author.—
Whether Gov. Gilmer was right in refusing
to comply with Gov. Sowar Ps demand or not ?
we cannot stop now to determine. But un
der the circumstances of the case we do ad
mire his noble determination to protect the
rigiti if Virginia and the South oi the
quaint himself with the actual condition of
the laboring classes in monarchical govern
ments, oi to obtain a proper estimate of the
advantages of the Republican institutions of
our own favored land. We: could wish that
all classes of our readers would give the ar
ticle a thorough reading. The rich and ihe
most delicate of all questions that have ever I poor are equally interested in the startling
yet disturbed the harmony of the Union. facts here developed. The funner should
read them, that lus tniud and heart may be
properly imbued with the principles of jus-
! tiee and magnanimity towards those less fe-
vored in worldly advantage than himself-—and
Whig Nominations.—Gov. Davis and
Lieut. Gov. Hull have been nominated for re-
election by die Whigs of Massachusetts.
Tire Hon. John Banks has been nominated
by the Whig convention at Harrisburg, for
Governor of the-State of Pennsylvania.
The Whigs of New York city have nomi
nated J. P. Phoenix, Esq. as their candidate
for Mayor.
James C. Jones Esq. of Wilson County,
Tennessee, has received the nomination for
Governor.
McLeod.—It is saidthat the only evidence
of McLeod’s presence at the burning of the
tiie laltei that he may see how immensely in-
•eresti d he is in the security and permanence
of those institutions, which, like a mighty
bulwark of strength, lift themselves up be
tween his own and the lamentable estate of
tlie pauper of England. In the present hour
—when our nation is brought to a pause in
its downward course towards despotism—the
perusal of this article should excite in the
hearts of thousands a deeper and holier feel
ing of gratitude to Him in whose hands are
Caroline,'is derived from the brags he made a i| 0U1 - ways, an 1 who has granted success
of a Cub Treasury. Now, however, smga-
tlilng is needed to be done which will r?!iexe
the country from the blight under which it ijs
laboring, and restore the same wholesome"
state of tilings that existed when the tin!ccr;K-
ers came in power.
OFFICIAL.
A PROCLAMATION BY TIIE PRESIDENT OF TUB
UNITF.n STATES.
Whereas, sundry important and weighty,
matters, principally glowing out of tlie con
dition of the revenue and finances of the
for the consider-
tion of Congress at an earlier day than its
next annual session, and thus foim an extra
ordinary occasion, such ns renders necessary,
in my judgement, the convention of tlie two
Houses as soon as may be practicable, 1 do,
therefore, by tJiis my Proclamation, convene
the two Houses of Congress, to meet in the
Capitol at the city of Washington, on the
last Monday, being the thirty-first day of
May next. And 1 require the respective
Senators and Re; resect itives then and tlicre
to assemble, in order to receive such informa
tion respecting the state of the Union, as may
be g : ven'to tliem, and to dev . e and adopt
such measures as the good of the country
may seem to them, in tlie exeicise of their
wisdom and discretion, to require.
In testimony whereof, 1 have caused the
seal of the United States to be hereunto af
fixed, atid signed thesame with my hand.
Done at the city oi Washington, this seven
teenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and forty-one, and of the In
dependence of the United States
the s.xty-fiftli.
3Y. H. IIAUKISON.
By the President :
Daniel- Webster, Secretary rf Clatc..
[L. S.]
gave evidence, as was supposed, of a decay
of patriotism and national virtue. The pub
lic mind had apparently become so hardened,
as to view without emotion tlie most tl.triug-
assumptions of power, and from constant rep-
img
be legislated i; to equality of possession.— have purchased up tire rarious interests which
That plan is a scheme of knaves, or a vision now oppose die permanent elevation of the
of enthusiasts. So long as men have differ- ; pool ? . Hew certainly would those means
ent powers of body and mind; as some are which li ire been expended f«r the .benefit of et5t ' on ol ~ outrage, to have become passive
as tome j those whom the people of Egland never saw, and unfeeling. IiighminJcd ai: ^ talented men
_ ■ id filh- j lave, if properly applied, afforded permanent no longer sought office under the general
ers neglect them; a- sun.e are bold, and advantage toller oppressed millions at home ' i ’ . c i n ,
~ * 3 ,f Great Britain hesitate^ ^ver-umei?, or tf they did, were lopaised,
in Canada of tbe.feats he performed on that
occasion.- The New York I imes says that
he is so notorious a Munchausen, and so des
titute of character for truth and veracity, that
even his own confessions will not be received
in evidence. So it seems tuat in orderto pro
cure au acquittal, lie will have io prove him
self a iiar.
Messrs. Clay and King.— The report
that a challenge had passed between these
gentlemen seems to be unfounded
happy to see it contradicted.
to the cause of truth in our late and glorious
struggle fertile principles of liberty—princi
ples which alone cau secure millions of our
people against the horrors experienced by
the poor iu other lands.
The (. oiumbus i lines has\erv little ground
for charging Mr. Granger with being an Abo
litionist for voting against Pinckney’s resol i-
tions in 183G, when it admits that he voted
precisely as did General Glascock and other
We are j Southern members, and that Gen. Glascock
triumphantly sustained by the people of
parjjaiej.
1. w 1 0,llC1S al ' e lh,5i J ; co as soils an 1 ci
lfc was indu^Ato publish an editku^T his booh 68 var >’ 5 so long ai acci.’fi It; i adv.mt: g
winch ail there dangerous' m-cmnalGrm, <>». may enr.ch some, and acc ile.mil .iis.drai
may enr.ch some, and accidental ills, dviin-
. tagesimpoverish others: above all. so long as
cii- Do the people of
lie rigl
, tlirou_
always with them 7
The Legislature of Maryland convened iu
Georgia for tlia
very vote. It is a strange
government
ercise the right kind of liberality to thedr aad til03eonl J wonil “sell fheir birtb-
nper -, through fear that the poor may not fight for a mess of pottage,” were promoted
to posts cf honor or profit. Tims the springs * C. to the depth of ten inches.
extra session on the 24th iust.
On the l«th inst. snow fell at Raleigh, N. : ihe same relation
rule that operates to the advantage of one
What say you people of Georgia? Docs
not the following circular, issued by the order
of General Harrson, come np to your notions
of wliat arepuliean President ought to do iu
going into office ?
CIRCULAR.
Department of State, March 20, 1841.
To the lion. Thomas F.icir.a, Scc'n/ of the Trcas'ry :
Sir : The President is of opinion that it is
a great abuse to bring the patronage of the
General Government into conflict with the
freedom of elections; and that this abuse
ought to be corrected wherever it may have
been permitted to exist, and to be prevented
for the future.
He therefore directs that information be
given to ail officers and agents in your De
partment of the public service, that partisan
interference in popular elections, whether of
State officers or ofiiceis of this Government,
and for whomsoever or against whomsoever it
may lie exercised, or the payment of any
contribution or assessment on salaries or
official compensation for party or election
purposes, will be regarded by him as cause
of removal.
It is.not intended that any officer shall be
: mid the injury of another, when both stand in J *£| V’^cmmS of "'lis'llpSJ resecting
Try some other Look ■ public men or public measures, or in the ex-
ighbor. ' ercise, to the fullest degree, of the cofistittl-