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THE TIMES.
T!ic anion of the sfa*c* and the sovereignty of the states
COLUMBUS, MAY 13, 1841.
From the Enquirer, of yesterday.
COTTON. Bales
Receipts, week rnding May 8 - - 256
Received previously .... £5341
Total receipts ..... 355.97
Total shipments ..... 333 15
Stock on hand ..... 2 252
Received to April 4.1840 .... 47,7 46
Price 10 to lOJ cents.
w e are authorized to announce Col. I’cnj
-11. Morrell as a candidate for Colonel of the
773d district Georgia Militia, to fill the vacan
cy occasioned by the resignation of Col. John
11. Watson. The election to take place on
Saturday next.
The Hon. John Forsyth arrived in town on
Tuesday evening last, and took rooms at the
City Hotel.
The Globe of the 29th ult. publishes a list,
containing 132 appointments. To make room
for these appointments, by the same list it
appears there have been 103 removals from
office, 9 resignations, I deceased, 1 dismissed,
and 19 without reference.
We do not object to the proscription which
is now carried on by Mr. Tyler, upon princi
ple, but we do most decidedly object to the
hypocrisy of the Whigs. They have told us
they were opposed to the system in toto—that
they would permit no man to he displaced,
who had performed the duties of his office
punctually. But now we see how much confi
dence is to be placed in the assertions of these
sanctimonious politicians of the hard cider and
Jog cabin school.
We understand the University of Georgia,
at Athens, at present is in a highly prosperous
condition. This is as it should be. The in
stitution deserves a generous patronage, on
account of the learning and capability of its
instructors, and as the alma mater of some of
Georgia’s brightest ornaments. From a cata
logue, it appears there are one hundred and
twenty-six students in the institution.
Among the various topics of public thought
at the present day, none is so filled with in
terest as the education of the females of ou r
country. It were useless to descant upon the
virtues or merits, or after what has been so
often said upon the subject, to impress upon
the public, the obligations which are due them-
Wo leave it to others to speak with eloquence
and poetry, of the most eloquent and poetic
nature’s works. For ourselves, we shall only
say, that we shall attend with delight, the an
niversary celebration to be held this evening
by the ladies of the Methodist Church, in the
Lyceum Hall. Who will not attend it 1 Who
does not approve of the purposes for which
Ibis society was organized 1 Who will not
pay willingly, a few cents to spend a pleasant
evening with the fair ladies of our city, en
gaged as they will be, in the discharge of the
noblest of duties, the duty of charity. Lives
there in Columbus, a man, with soul so dead,
who will not attend the anniversary celebration
this evening. We certainly trust not, and
heartily wish the ladies all the success they
eo richly deserve.
More disclosures are being rapidly made in
‘regard to the disgraceful conduct of the officers
of the Bank of the U. States. It appears that
members of Congress have been paid—bribed
would not be too strong a word—to uphold
before the people the charter of this institu
tion. Mr. Webster, the present Secretary of
State and Idol of our neighbor of the Enquirer,
it appears has received the sum of one hun
dred and ten thousand dollars for services
rendered. This certainly looks very suspi
cious. Mr. Ewing, another member of the
Cabinet, lias received two hundred thousand
dollars for services not as yet discovered to
the people. This should be looked into. If
men in high places can be bought and sold for
pieces of silver, at a sacrifice of honor, virtue*
and every principle a high and honorable man
would cling to as he would to life, what can
we expect from the tenants of the cot, from
those in the humbler walks of life ? Will not
the example of these men be a great induce
ment to lead them to crime, and eventually to
the dungeon or the gallows ? The men con
nected with the mangement of this institution,
in our view of the case, are nothing less than
common swindlers—robbers on a grand scale.
We have heard of numerous instances of late
where persons have been reduced to extreme
poverty, and even want, by the failure of the
bank and the consequent depreciation of its
stock. A case in point may be found near our
own city. An old widow lady, a relict of
former ages as it were, had placed the savings
of her younger days in the vaults of this insti
tution. It was a sum just sufficient, by rigid
economy, to maintain her comfortably. But
now, her fortune gone, her property under the
hammer of the sheriff, and she left without a
friend or a dollar, has been obliged to betake
herself to daily drudgery to earn the means of
subsistence. This is a startling fact, but it is
nevertheless true; and we have no doubt there
are thousands of similar cases to be found all
over the country. Have these men, the man
agers of this institution, any conscience ? any
feeling? any honor ! If they have, how can
they receive any enjoyment from their ill got
ten gains ?
Tiie proceedings of the Democratic Young
Men’s Convention will be seen in our columns
W e were present at Milledgeville during the
deliberations of the body, and we can bear
willing testimony to the high and honorable
bearing of our young friends. It was truly a
noble*sight. So large and respectable a body
of the young men of our Slate, actuated only
by feelings of the purest patriotism and devo
tion to their country’s welfare, leaving tlioir
homes and encountering the fatigues of a long
journey, (for tiiore were many in attendance
lrom remote parts of the State,) was a scene
well calculated to inspire the patriot with high
hopes, as well lor the present prosperity of the
country as for its future preservation.
The Convention was addressed by General
Harden, of Clark, and the Hon. John Forsyth
Air. Forsyth enchained the attention of the
audience for two hours, with one uninterrupted
strain of thrilling eloquence. Truly, he spoke
as man never spoke before. llis allusions to
the accession of Mr. Tyler and his probable
euaroo, were peculiarly just amL impressive.
Mr. Forsyth certainly deserves the entire con
fidence and support of his own State ; ano
may we not liojie that, when, ere long, the
people of the Republic shall be called upon to
choose a ruler, he may be their choice 1
Upon the adoption of the resolutions sub
mitted by the Committee, several members
addressed the Convention. The efibrt of Mr.
Stile.-, of Chatham, seemed to us strikingly
beautiful. Ile is quite a young man, but with
the energy and talents he possesses, must soon
attain to distinction in our Stale. Col. John
Ijaniar, of Macon, addressed the Convention,
and refuvd most admirably the charges which
have been made against the .State Rights Van
Buren men in the State.
Upon the whole, it was one of the most re
snectabie and talented body of young men we
have ever seen, and we have no doubt great
good will accrue to the country’ from their
deliberations.
Froni die Louisville Advertiser.
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS.
The country is not entirely ignorant of the
object of the Federal party in calling this ex
tra session. General Harrison, it is true, has
sung -‘mum” to the last, but Mr. Clay in the
Senate, long before the President made his
appearance m Washington, not only issued his
proclamation, ordering an extra session, but
boldly specified the purposes for which it was
to be called.
The repeal of the constitutional Treasury j
law—tiie creation of a National Bank—the |
revision of the tariff—the alienation of the |
public domain —the passage of a bankrupt law,
and the repeal of the expunging resolution,
were set down on the calendar in advance, as
the work of the extra Congress under ihe
new order of things. Therefore, the country
is not in the dark. The people know what to
expect. The Federalists, for the first, time in
many years, have a large majority in both j
Houses of Congress, and a President who has I
pledged himseit not-to thwart them in what
they may choose to do. The atrocious and
unparalleled act of the Senate in violating its
contract with Blair end Rives and dismissing
them from office, for the crime of being op
posed to the majority of that body in politics,
is an earnest of what may be expected of them
in fut ure. An Administration that begins its
work by such a foul act of proscription and
partisan malice, gives the people cause for the
most gloomy a]‘prehensions as to what it may
yet do.
Our foreign relations may be of such a na
ture as, in the opinion of the Executive, to re
quire the presence of Congress at an early
day. There is nothing now apparent which
indicates such a necessity, though it is not
known precisely what kind of impression Mr.
Fox has male upon the new Administration.
The diplomatic powers of the President and
his Cabinet are certainly ample to settle all
legitimate questions yet at issue between our
Government and England. By a judicious
exercise of these powers there is no need of
Congress, unless, indeed, a necessity for war
should arise. But, if the President intends
so far to succumb to the demands of England
as to attempt the liberation of McLeod, or
even to interfere with the jurisdiction of New
York in the matter, or the operation of her
laws, he will find the need of the whole power
of a Federal Congress to back him in that de
grading course —ay, and of an army too, for
the people will never submit to the prostration
of the rights of the States, or the violation of
those conservative principles and safeguards
upon which their rights and liberties depend.
We shall Watch, with painful anxiety, the
developement of the complication of plots
which this extra session will bring to pass. A
formidable list of odious measures fill up the
bill of the first act in the play of Federalism
revived. The principal actors have been re
hearsing their parts for years, and are prepar’
ed for the grand denouement. Flushed with
a victory which astonished themselves as well
as the country, they will endeavor to make the
most of their accidental elevation, by fasten
ing upon the people measures which will se
cure their ascendency, and crush opposition.
But let them strike warily. There is an ener
gy and fire in the American people which will
not bear oppression or brook dishonor. Let
there be a false step —n treasonable conces
sion, or an unjust violation of the rights of the
States, and they will be hurled from power by
a blast of withering public indignation. Let
them act wisely and with a patriotic regard for
the rights of the States, the security of the
people, and the preservation of the national
honor, and all will be well.
From the Giohe.
GENERAL JACKSON.
The two principal fabricators of gossip for
the fable-loving party, are Master Brooks, of
the New York Express, and a comrade from
the same school, I'rentice, of the Louisville
Journal, who is indeed the master workman.
The latter is notorious for his poetical biogra
phy of Mr. Ciav, as well as political fabrica
tions ; the other for the fictions of his letters,
as a traveller, as well as a stationary hireling
scribe. This pretty pair, between them, got
up the story about Gen. Jackson’s bankruptcy.
Master Brooks, in his Express, threw out the
matter as a rumor :
it is reported lhat Gen. Jackson has be
come involved beyond his means, by endorsing
fora relative. VVc hope, with our contempo
raries, that the rumor will prove incorrect ;for
we should regret to have the ex-President
stripped of his preperty in his old age, altho,
in his old age, he Las been the instrument of
stripping thousands of our citizens ol all their
property.” N. Y. Express.
The varlet of the Journal replies, (having
no doubt suggested the rumor to his confed
erate :
“The rumor, we are sorry to say, is not in
correct. A few weeks ago, we saw a very
long letter from General Jackson, to a gentle
man who had drawn on him for one hundred
dollars. He acknowledged that the money
was duo ; but stated that he was so miserably
embarrassed by his security debts, as to be ut
terly unable to raise even the small sum ne
cessary to meet the draft. lie said lie had
some blooded stock, which he was wi ling to
give up to the drawer of the draft, but that
one hundred dollars in money was out of the
question. We have not, for a long time, read
a letter lhat more deeply excited our sympa
thies. \Ye a 1 aloet felt like forgetting that the
writer was justly chargeable with having re
duced tens of thousands of his unoffending
countrymen to a condition of pecuniary desti
tution more pitiable than even his own. Lou
isville Journal.
The Nashville Union, by a very plain tale,
puts an end to all this crocodile sympathy.—
it thus gives the material out of which these
two spiders have spun their web:
“ The above paragraphs in the Weekly
Cincinnati Enquirer having met the observa
tion of Gen. Jackson, he lias authorized us to
state that the impression srught to be con
veyed by the two first, respecting his pecuni
ary a flairs, is entirely erroneous. The amount
of the correspondence With Mr. Reesides is
this : Mr. Reesides wrote to him from Louis
ville, Ky., that he'was there sick and in dis
tress and, not having means to carry him
home, had drawn a bill for SIOO, which he
wished Gen. Jackson to pay. Gen. Jackson,
not owing Mr. Reesides one cent, stated to
him that, as he was not in funds, being pressed
with some responsibilities which he had in
curred for his adopted son, he could not give
him the money lie desired, but that, if a good
blooded mare would relieve him, ire would
freely present him with one. Nothing more
was heard of the transaction or Mr. Reesides
until the circumstances were the subject of
newspaper comment.”—Globe.
YOUNG MEN’S CONVENTION..
Milledgeville, May 3,1841.
The Convention of tiic Democratic Young
Men of Georgia, recommended by a Resolution
of the Democratic Party in December last,
having assembled in the Representative Hall,
the meeting was called to order, and on mo
iTon of Col. Wra. W. Wiggins, Col. John
Lamar, of the county of BiOb, was called to
the Chair for ihe purpose of organizing the
Convention, and Frederick 11. Sanlord, \\ tn.
J. Bulloch and Jesse C. Farrar, Esqs. were
requested to act as Secretaries; when the
tbilowing Delegates from the several counties
attended, to wit:
Baldwin —C. D. Hammond, Geo. 1). Case,
C. Id. Ryan, Win. G. Little, W. C. Derry,
Win. Steele, H. 11. Conneii, Royal S. Hall,
F. 11. Sanford, J. I). Fannin, John Hammond,
T. G. Chambers, James il. Shaitan, Elias M.
Edwards, Joseph Dark, Yv. W. Cabins, L. A.
Young, J. U. Horne, J. W. Bennitf, William
Chambers, C. B. Huson, N. D. Tiainor, John
G. Park, Thomas Ilaynes, James N. Hall,
Augustus Calloway, John M. L. Turk, James
Young, Geo. W. Rowell, Thos. B. Jourdan,
Benj. Lester, Isaac Moore, John Lee. James
Gunn, J. R. Anderson, James A. Jarrett, Wm.
S. Rogers, and David IJ.1 J . Brown.
Bibb —John Lanier, K. R. Green, Peter
Solomon, A. B. Adams, J. G. Coleman, B. L.
Franklin, E. D. Cook, 11. Bloom, M. M. Strong,
Larkin Griffin, James Ilals'on, D. Clopton, J.
Lamar, Rob’t S. Lanier, Wm. Solomon, 1). R.
Rogers, C. A. Ells, T. A. Barnard, Wm. D.
Mims, R. YV. Jamison, John O’Keeffe, John
Hollingsworth, Dr. Thomas, David Davis, VV.
A. Tharp, Thos. Collins, jr. and J. McFarland.
Bulloch —H. S. Moore.
BuLLs —D. J. Baily, 11. Hendrick, O. Hen
drick, J. Thompson, L. Robinson, W. Smith,
S. K. Adams, S. H. Sanders.
Carroll —J. S. Boggins.
Cass —James M. Spuliock and 7’. R. Iluson.
Chatham —W. H. Stiles, YV. J. Bulloch,
and G. I). Matthews.
Chattooga —Wm. T. Lowe, Wm. P. Hinton,
J. H. llili, Isaac Fridell and A. G. Dickson.
Clark —Stevens Thomas, Albon Chase,
Ferdinand Phinizy and George Dent.
Cobb —Jesse C. Farrar, John Lemon and
John Dunwiddie.
Coweta —Young J. Long, YY r m. E. Harda
way, Wm. A. Spear, Thomas M. Griffin, YVm.
T. S. Powell and A. J. Johnson. •
Crawford —Gregory J. Turner, Gideon
Newsom, Perry C. Carr, Green P. Culver
house, Thomas Andrews, James J. Ray and
Geo. YV. Seymore.
Decatur —A. B. Vickers.
DeKalb —John Collier, Alexander Johnson,
T. M. r Ivans and A. Reynolds.
Dooly —ll. Pettee and 11. M. Ferns ide.
FiberL —James Brawner, YVm. B. Bowen
and Allred Oliver.
Fayette —P. S. Ilefian, P. 11. Chambers and
John J. Whitaker.
Habersham —J. Y T an Buren and YVm. C.
Rich.
Heard —Giles S. Tompkins, John T. Smith,
F. D. Palmer, Wm. M. Garner, and Francis
D. Bowen.
Henry —Wm. Johnson, James Walker, Ro
bert Walker, YV. G. Allen, Jepthah Billings,
Pickens Y r andergriff, Reuben Hall.
Houston —Hardy Hunter.
Jackson —YV. H. Brasleton, J. M. Herbond
and A. B. Pittman.
Jasper —James C. Robinson, John Hines,
John Digby, Leroy Price, Luke Morgan, John
Maxy, Thomas E. Broddus, R. W. Bonner,
John R. Dyer, W. F. Flournoy, Samuel D.
Varner and E. J. Harvey.
Jones —YVilliam G. Smith, J. E. Thigpen,
Elbert Hutchings, R. H. Hutchings, T. Ho
gan, J. E. Cook, J. Miller, A. J. Cook, O. V.
Brown, M. YV. Lowe, J. Stiles, jr. T. J. Stew
art and Samuel Blow.
Lowndes —Duncan Smith, Thos. B. Griffin,
John YV. Spain and Andrew J. Clyott.
Lumpkin —M. 11. Gathright and YVm. M.
Varnum.
Macon —W. L. Campbell, John A. Hunter,
Andrew McKenzy, Rasco Lepy, Robert Pea
cock, Jno. Greene, B. Brooks, W. T. S.
Rusliin.
Mclntosh —Randolph Spalding.
Madison —Henry P. Strickland, S. YV.
Colbert and A. Griffith.
Meriwether —Robert J. Stewart, YVm. R.
Faver, Joshua L. Render, Levi Hart, N. D.
Ector, J. YV. Spritling, M. G. Cowles, J.
Perdue.
Monroe —G. G. West, J. F. West, J. Collier,
T. Phillips, A. J. Elder, A. E. Brown, YV. F.
Brown, John A. Parham, Hilliman Pittman,
Jesse Pope, A. Spear, jr., S. YV. Burney and
YVm. Redding.
Morgan —Thomas Bonner and B. C. F.
Bonner.
Muscogee —John M. Bethune, D. P. Ellis,
YV. K. DeGraffenricd.
Newton —G. L. McCleskey, S. Henderson,
J. YV. B. Summers and Richard Byrne.
Pike —Jacob Martin and J. B. Daniel.
Pulaski —l. YV. Mitchell, J. O. Jelks, N.
Bozeman, B. B. Hamilton.
Putnam— l\ H. Dawson, Benjamin Cooper,
S. 11. Ingram, J. Johnson, William Mahon, B.
Bachelor, Jesse P. Bryant, Major Rose, L.
Singleton, J. Tedwell, Marion Spivey, YVm.
Turner, C. Spivey, R. Parham, James M.
Adams, J. M. Flournoy, R. F. Trippe, Henry
Alford, Simeon YVaggoner, Jonathan Adams,
Nehemiah Stanford, J. C. Mcßeynolds, Z.
Edmondson, S. Plummet, William A. Gorly,
Thomas .T. Voss, George Carter, B. Sandford,
James Coates, George YValler, Greenbury
Allen, Nathan Bass, Skelton Napier.
Richmond —William McLaws.
Talbot —S. K. Croll, R. H. Page.
Talliaferro —G. Luckett, E. C. Lawrence.
Troup —Walter G. Handle, William G.
Marcus, A. T. Newsom.
Twiggs —William W. Wiggins, A. Garter,
S. Raney, J. L. Dunham, B. D. Packer, N.
Land, S. D. Stokes, YV. Clance, B. B. Ilerbe,
Thomas U. li rkett.
Upson —J. Kendal], B. D. Farmer, S. Smith,
George Swift.
Walton —James Jackson, B. J. Hill, N,
Johnson, W. W. Nowell.
Warren —George V. Neal, Stoddard Vv.
Smith, Samuel M. Johnson, William Usry,
Q. L. C. Franklin.
Washington —Q.uintillian Skrine, A. S.
Tennille, James Boatright, William Warthen,
James Armstrong, O. B. Glenn, Sam’l Field,
Jackson Daniel, William Hicklin, John Kit
rael, W. W. Buck, John L. Irwin, John B.
Northington, Andrew McConkey, John Si
range, Wm. M. Glenn, Alex. Smith, W. B.
Glenn, S. D. Brantley, Dr. J. P. Welch, Roger
Lawson, T. J. Young bloo , Richard Reins.
Wilkes —John B. Kendrick, Dan’l Roberts,
George W. Smith, Robert M. Moon, Thomas
Carr, Alfred L. Boren, John Jesse.
Wilkinson- —P. Ganey, Levi Mathis, W.
Hancock, T. N. Beall, Thomas Jackson, Win.
Gibson, James Vv. Todd, Jacob \V itt, John T.
Brannan, Thomas Jones, I. v.ac Lindsay, N. C.
Hughes, W. Shinholser, \\ iisuii Brannan,
Green Hatcher.
Barbour county , Alabama —Americas C.
Mitchell.
The Convention being organized, Col. La
mar in the Chair, on motion of Jacob Martin,
Esq. it was unanimously resolved, that Col.
David J. Bailey, of the county of Butts, be
requested to preside over the deliberations of;
the Convention, and Messrs. J. R, Dyer, Wm.
11. Sii es, and Alexander Spear, Esqs. were
appointed a committee to conduct him to the
chair, where he delivered an appropriate, elo
quent and patriotic address.
On motion of Mr. Bethune, of Muscogee:
Resolved, That the rules of the Legislature
be adopted by the Convention for its govern- j
ment.
On motion of Mr. Jackson, of Walton:
Resolved, That a Committee of three he
appointed to wait upon the Hon. John Forsyth,
and other distinguished Democrats now in this
city, to lender them the respects of this Con
vention, and request them to address the
Convention at such time as may suit their
convenience.
The committee named were Messrs. Jack
son of YValton, Stiles of Chatham, and YVm.
G. Smith ol Jones.
On motion Col. John Lamar of Bibb :
Resolved, That a Committee ot twenty-one
be appointed by the chair for the puqiose of
reporting to tins Convention a preamble and
resolutions, expressive of the principles of the
Democratic party,yor their adoption.
The Convention then adjourned until three
o’clock, v. M.
3 o’clock, r. m.
The Convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
The President announced the Committee
of twenty-one to prepare a preamble and reso
lutions, “the following individuals, to wit:
Messrs.
John Lamar, of Bibb,
YVilliam 11. Stiles, of Chatham,
Jacob Martin, of Pike,
S. \Y. Burney, of Monroe,
J. R. Dyer, of Jasper,
James Jackson, of YValton,
Stevens Thomas, of Clark,
Willi m G. Smith, of Jones,
Wm. W. Wiggins, of Twiggs,
James M. Spurlock, of Cass,
Fred. H. Sanford, of Baldwin,
Th mas M. Griffin, of Coweta,
J. Kendall, of Upson,
Q. Skrine, of Washington,
S. 11. Sanders, of Butts,
Wm. McLaws, of Richmond,
John Dunwoodie. of Cobb,
A. B. YTckers, of Decatur,
Wm. Johnson, of Henry,
M. IL Gath eight, of Lumpkin.
Mr. Jackson, of Walton, from the committee
appointed to wait upon the lion. John Forsyth,
and other distinguished Democrats now in
this city,
Reported tha! he had performed tiic duties
assigned him, and that the Hon. John Forsyth
would address the Convention to-morrow
morning, and- that Gen. Edward Harden of
Clark, Gen. John W. A. Sanford, and Judge
C. B. Cole of the county of Baldwin, were in
attendance, and that Gen. Harden would ad
dress the Convention.
After an able and eloquent address from
Gen. Harden,
On motion of Mr. Matthews, of Chatham:
The letters from a number of distingislied in
dividuals who were unable to attend the Con
vention, were read.
Milledgeville, April, 1811.
Dear Sir: At a meeting of the Democratic
Republican party at this place in December
last, it was
“Resolved, That the Democratic Republi
can Party of Georgia, undismayed by the re
sults of the past year’s elections; firmly con
vinced of the correctness of the principles
which have actuated the members of the party,
are determined to open the new political cam
paign with a dose adherence to those princi
ples—principles which have been proclaimed
at all times, already well known to the public,
and therefore needing no reiteration.
“And it was further resolved, That this
Convention earnestly call on the Democratic
Young Men of Georgia, to meet in Conven
tion at Milledgeville, on the first Monday in
May next, for the purpose of adopting such
measures as they may deem expedient for the
advancement of Democratic principles, and
that a committee of at least one hundred be ap
pointed for the purpose of adopting such mea
sures as may be deemed expedient, to carry
into effect the objects of the contemplated
Convention.”
In accordance with the last resolution* the
preliminary business has been promptly at
tended to, and the objects of the convention
being made known from the mountains to the
sea coast, we confidently anticipate a large
meeting of the Democratic Y 7 oung Men of
Georgia. We know you will be pleased to
see that disappointment lias not abated their
zeal; “but firmly convinced of the correctness
of their principles,” their enthusiasm has only
acquired new fire from defeat, and their adher
ence to the democratic cause is
“ Still ihe same,
Whether they win or 10-e the game ;
True as the dial to the sun,
Although it be not shone upon.”
Aware of your devotion to our common
principles, and appreciating the value of your
services in sustaining them, may we not hope
that you will lend your presence and the
weight of your counsels in aiding and direct
ing our energies in May next, if it should meet
your convenience to do so.
Yours, respectfully,
FREDERICK H. SANFORD, of Baldwin,
JOHN B. LAMAR, of Bibb,
WILLIAM H. STILES, of Chalham,
HOWELL COBB, of Clark,
JOHN H. WAT SON, of Muscogee,
EBENEZER STARNES, of Richmond,
W. W. WIG GIN TANARUS, of Twiggs,
Exceptive and.Corresponding Committee,
Athens, 17th of April, 1841.
To F. 11. Sanford, John B. Lamar, W. 11.
Stiles, Howell Cobb, John H. YVatson, E.
Starnes, and W. YV. Wiggins, Esqrs.
Gentlemen : I have been honored with the
receipt of your circular of the sth inst. reques
ting my presence and aid in the councils, of
the Young Men’s Democratic Covention, to be
lioklen in Milledgeville, on the Ist Monday, in
May next. My devotion to the principles and
cause of the Democratic party, will only ter
minate with my life. The ardor of my youth,
and the maturity of my riper years, have con
stantly, and without variation or shadow of
turning, been devoted to the support of the
well known and well deflnod principles of the
great Democratic party —I will never aban
don or forsake the party. We have the same
cause, and the same God. I doubt whether I
shall have it in my power to meet you on the
occasion suggested, but I shall not fail to use
every appropriate exertion to further objects of
vour meeting. Your friend and servant,
WILSON LUMPKIN.
Washington, 23d Feb. 1811.
Dear Sir: I have been honored with your
communication of the 15th inst., covering res
olutions of the Democratic Republican party,
and inviting me in behalf of tho Committee,
| and the young men of the State, to address the
Convention, to he held at Milledgevile, on the
! first Monday in May. 1 cannot but be highly
| gratified-with this testimony of regard, coming
; from a quarter so respectable, and regret, that
I am compelled to decane the invitation, as !
! expect to have an engagement at the time,
which will not permit my attendance. St&nd
| ing, as we do, on the old Republican ground
! of opposition to a National Bank, to a protec-
I tive Tariff, to wastful and unconstitutional ex
penditures, to the dangerous scheme of and istribu
tingthe revenue from the public domain, to the
| renewal of the illegitimate connection between
the Government and the Banks, and in favor ol
the rights of the States, and the strict construc
tion ot the Constitution, there is no cause for de
spairfrom the recent defeat- It will be but tem
porary, if we, as a party, shall rigidly adhere to
our principles and doctrines. They lie deep
in the public confidence, and cannot be per
manently shaken, while the people shail prove
worthy of liberty; but, if we should depart
from them, or give them a luke-vvarmed heart
less support, power will permanently change
hands, and our political system undergo an en
tire revolution. With great respect, 1 am, &o.
&c. - J- C. CALHOUN.
Frederic k H. Sanford, &c.
Darien, 25th April, 1841.
Dear Sir: I have before me your kind invi
tation, to attend a Convention of the Demo
cratic Young Men of Georgia, to be holden a’
Milledgeville, on the first Monday in Mai
next. 1 had promised myself the pleasure c
being with you upon that occasion, and in Its
toning to your eloquence ; to have sympathiz
ed v. ith you, in your vindication, of the good
and the wise ; but the elements have so mul
tiplied the difficulties that are in my way, that
1 must f >r the time, relinquish the'pleasure of
this meeting.
You are engaged gentlemen, in a battle that
was never lost, but in the end, always won ;
For if the Persian scaled the mountain, while
the watchman were asleep; M iruhon, more
than paid the dent o. i’hennopyjp?. i h-.
plague spot, uj.’ou the American people—from
too most,* oi Urn ilevolution to t] • e present dav,
has been a propensity to speculation in Lands,
m Banks, in stocks of every kind. Then give
my young friends, your hearts ; then leud your
liands, and lend your tongues; to weed avi av 1
tins ioul pollution I —to wipe fronS our robes
tli:s moral stain! and our Governmect, v ill
stand for ages, a light to the people of the
world. lam yours, respectfully and affection
ately, ‘ TiIUS. SPALDING.
. Tlie Convention then adjourned, until 9
o’clock, to-morrow morning.
Tuesday, May 4, 1811.
-the Cosm enti.on met pursuant, to adjourn
ment.
The Committee appointed to wait upon the
Hon. John Forsyth, having attended him to
the Representative Hall, and after being intro
duced to the Convention in a few appropriate
remarks by Mr. Jackson, of Walton, he rose
amidst the applause of the Convention, and
delivered and Address which rivuted the at
tention of every one present, a id which, for
eloquence and its peculiar appropriateness,
was beyond description impressive.
The Committee of twenty-one appointed to
draft a preamble and resolutions expressive of
the views and principles of the Convention,
made the following Report, which was unani
mously adopted:
REPORT:
The fundamental principles of Democracy
is equality—between citizen and citizen. To
give effect to this principle it was, found ne
cessary in the establishment of our govern
ernment to secure by organic law, called a
Constitution, the individual rights of every
member of community. The history of all
governments* shows that the ex? reise of an
absolute and uncontroled power by an irres
ponsible majority must sooner or later termi
nate in aristocracy or despotism. The only
guarrntee in the stability of Democratic insti
tutions, is found in tlie moral restraints which
the fundamental law directed by the para
mount sovereignty of the people, is supposed
to be placed in the majority of the legislature.
It will be perceived at once that no govern
ment can be organized under a constitution,
without creating two separate and distinct in
terests—the interest of the governing—to in
crease its power, and the interest of tlie gov
erned, to hold to the terms of the compact. —
The slightest accession of power to the gov
erning beyond those conceded by the compact
for the defence and portection of all, destroys
at once, that equality of right between citizen
and citizen, which constitutes as was said the
essential difference between democracy and
all other systems of government. The con
clusion is inevitable, that the durability of de
mocracy eminently depends upon a strict and
rigid construction of the Constitution, and the
principles as well applies to the State as Fede- 1
ral constitution. It would be supererogation
to declare doctrines so long acquiesced in,
doctrines which have been sanctioned by time
and confirmed by experience.
But a departure from those principles in
many of the leading measures of the Govern
ment, under the pressure of circumstances in
some cases, and a pardonable confidence in
the magnanimity of the majority of represen
tatives of the American people in others, by
their unforeseen effects, have brought doubt
and discredit on the practical soundness of
even these cardinal principles. The charter
of the Bank of the United States, and the Tar
iff of 1816, furnish in their history a sad com
mentary upon the dangers of the slightest de
partures from the letter of the Constitution.—
While we read the lessons it teaches, let us
profit by the melancholy warning. Every
man who pretends to the least concern for tlie
the public welfare, must heartily deprecate
these honest errors of many of the best and
wisest of our statesman, and deplore their con
sequences. For them we honor the motfve,
while we pardon the wrong. But it has now
, ceased to be a subject, of magnanimous forbear
ance to the true and trusted, and it is high
i time to rebuke the selfish ambition that seeks
to perpetrate those dangerous innovations up
on the spirit of our institutions which threaten
nothing less than the subversion of our Gov
ernmennt. To the mischievous influences of
the first chartered monopoly, may perhaps be
traced most of the flagrant and confessed evils
of the banking system. To the same cause
may be attributed the enactment of the Tariff
for a public debt, or a surplus revenue, are es
sential to the existence of a National Bank—
The feathers that support the Cormorant in his
flight, are plucked from the people ; deprive him
of these, and you fix him hopelessly to the
ground. With the unrestrained control of tlie
public revenue of the country, no opposition
i can reach, no forecast can resist it; corrupting
■ where it cannot intimidate, defying where it
cannot corrupt, it has brought relief but to
disappoint; it has won public confidence but to
betrayand rob ; hs baneful influence and exam
ple lias, in tlie e.,d, fastened upon us a system
of Banking tha preys upon the country with
more hands th„a Brarius, more heads than the
Hydra.
I Os this influence upon community, the pres
ent decay oftrade- prostration of private credit
and tlie abasement of public morals, bear clear
but humbling testimony. The unhappy con
dition of the country, all must acknowledge
and deplore. In such a juncture of affairs, it
is surely the part of wisdom to seek some rem
edy lor these multiplied and accumulated evils
—to palliate the ills from which we may not
fly—let us enter upon its discussion with tem
per and candor. Extremes beget extremes *n
the moral as well as the physical world, and the
best security for the lasting success of any
measure, is that we should enter upon it with
becoming moderation. This remedy—is a thor
ough and radical reform of the Banking system
—a united and vigorous opposition to the re
charter of any new banking monopoly, State or .
Federal, upon principles recognized by the pres- 1
entsvstem and forbearance to those inexistenec!
-not for the sake of the .Banks, but the sake
of the people ; for the rest, lei time and pru
dence and industry, by their sure and silent op
erations, ease off the pressure, and bring back
our financial system to a steady standard ol
value. Stringent laws upon the Banks and
the great credit lenders of the country, ever re
coil upon the community invariably produce
revulsion and panic- The proper tribunal for
question of debtor and credhor, are the Courts
of Justice and public opinion—-guarded by
the unerring instinct of interest.
In the general views, based upon principles
of equal justice to ail,the great 1 )eiaocrat:c par
ty of the United States may be supposed to
participate. But another subject iraugh’ with
Jeepest.interest to us as Southerners, com
mends itself to our earnest consideration, and
should find an echo in the bosom oi every trie no
of the South.
The deiicate relation in which we stand as
slaveholders to the world, bids 11s be no lon
ger, idle spectators in the great drama in which
we must, sooner or later, play an important
part. For years it has been our unhappy des
tiny to be ever on the opposite on tins vital
question.
It is ever the position of a passive minority
11 a Representative Government; it is perhaps
he characteristic of a dominant party as such
n temporize with the factious and disconten
ed ; it is ever their interest to yield something
o the clamors of the obstreperous and violent;
o outrage no party by rigor ; to win applause
v concession. Upon this subject we must
throw around us a Ripple wall of brass.
We must yield no point —make no terms ;
concession is surrender—moderate resistance
is death. All connection with this misguided
fanaticism, is contamination; their apologists
and supporters are traitors to tlie South. Up
on this subject, all Southerners, ‘whether
Whig or Democrat, are alike bound by indis
soluble ties of interest—our destinies are a
like for evil or for good. But it is ours—to
plant ourselves upon the total inhibition of the
agitation ot the subject in Congress—to hold
those who palter with the abolitionists, for po
litical purposes, to be the worst and most dan
gerous, because the disguised enemies of the
South ; and to the Southern Democrats in
conformity with these views, we pledge our
selves to the support of principles contained
in the following resolutions
Resolved, That the stability of all govern
ments founded upon a Constitution, essential
ly depends upon die strict construction of die
fundamental law ; that a departure from such
a rule of construction of the fundamental law,
substitutes the will of majority lor the Consti
tution itself, and in effect abolishes the organic
law of the land.
Resolved, That it is the duty of every
branch of the State and Federal Government,
to enforce and-praeticc the most rigid econo
my in tlie expenditure of the revenue ; and that
all taxes, direct or indirect, raised beyond the
necessary expenditures of the Government, is
a direct infringement of tlie rights of the gov
erned, and avioladon of the spirit of the Con
stitution.
Resolved, That a seperation of tlie finances
oi government from ail connection with corpo
rations, is indispensably necessary to a sound
and safe currency, and of the rights of the peo
ple.
Resolved, That Congress has no power to
charter a National Bank ; that we behove
such an institution one of deadly hostility to
the best interests of the country, dangerous to
our Republican institutions and the liberties
ol the people, and calculated to place tlie bu
siness of tlie country within the control of a
concentrated money power, and above the
laws and the will oi the people.
Resolved, That tlie distribution of any part
of the revenue of the United States to the sev
eral States, or to individuals for them, is un
constitutional and unequal between state and
state.
Resolved, That the assumption or guaranty
by the general government, of tlie debts of
the several sta es, directly or indirectly, is in
expedient and unconstitutional.
Resolved, That Congress has no power
under the Constitution of the United State. 0 ,
to interfere with or control the local institu
tions of the several states, and that the agita
tion of the subject in Congress at the present
crisis, by the reception ot aoolition petitions,
or debate, is an open insult to the southern
people, a palpable violation of the letter and
spirit of the constitution, and tends directly to
revolution.
Resolved, That we approve of the nomina
tion of Charles J. McDonald, as tlie candidate
for re-election to the Gubernatorial Chair,
and cordially recommend his administration as
worthy of the renewed confidence of the peo
ple of Georgia.
On motion of Col. Lamar, of Bibb.
Resolved, That tlie Democratic Party of
“Georgia feel no political hostility to the prin
ciples of John Tyler, President of the United
States, expressed on the subject of the United
States Bank, Internal Improvement, and the
Protective Policy ; and if his Administration
shall be conducted upon his principles ex
pressed upon those subjects in 1832, while a
Senalor in the United States Congress, we
will cheerfully support his administration;
but should he now consider, as many of his
compeers do, the old State lights doctrines of
Jefferson and the patriots and constitutionalists
of ’9B, as “Virginia abstractions,” and act upon
the principles of Clay, Webster &, Cos. then
we shall hold him as we hold the rest of man
kind, a friend, if he go6s with us, an enemy, if
against our doctrines.
On motion of Col. Smith, of Jones.
Resolved, That as members of the Demo
cratic Republican Party of the State of Geor
gia, willing at all times to evince the high
estimation in which we hold ibe services
of faithful advocates of tlie People’s rights,
and the cause of Democracy; and having seen
with feelings of the highest gratification, the
zeal and ability with which the venerable and
illustrious editor of the Richmond Enquirer,
Thomas Ritchie, h. s battled in the ranks of
Republicanism, and having, as he has, devoted
a long life to the advancement of those great
principles which we look to as our polar star,
that a Committee of five be appointed to con
sider and report to the Convention some
method of expressing our appreciation of his
services.
Whereupon Messrs. Smith of Jones, Welsh
of Washington, Neal of Warren, Solomon of
it hi), DeGraffenreid of Muscogee, were ap
pointed that committee.
The Committee having retired for a few
moments, Mr. Smith, from the Committee,
made the following Report:
The Committee appointed under the reso
lution in relation to the services of Thomas
Ritchie in the cause of Democratic principles,
beg leave to report, that they have considered
the object expressed in the same, and recom
mend, in order that it may be accomplished,
that as a testimonial of our due appreciation
of those services, Mr. Ritchie be presented
with an Editorial Chair —and recommend also
the following resolution for the adoption of the
Convention:
Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of
the Convention* in relation to the same, be
transmitted to Mr. Ritchie, signed by the Fre
sident and Secretary.
Which report and resolution was read and
agreed to.
On motion of Mr. McLavvs :
Resolved, That a Committee of seven be
appointed for the purpose of carrying out the
suggestion and recommendation contained in
the report of the Committee.
The committee named were Messrs. Mc-
Laws, Smith of Jones, Styles, Dyer, Thomas
of Clark, Skrine, and Lamar of Bibb.
On motion of Col. Dyer :
Resolved, That the thanks of this Conven
tion arc due to our Senator in Congress, the
Hon. Alfred Cuthberf, for the bold and able
manner in which he has sa successfully ex
posed to the South, the dangerous and uucoi -
stitutional views entertained by the present
Secretary cf State of the United States, upon
the subject of slavery.
On motion of Mr. Styles of Chatham :
Resolved, That a Committee of one from
each Judical Circuit, be appointed for the pur
pose of preparing an address, at such time as
will suit their convenience, calling upon tHe
people of Georgia to sustain the revolutions
adopted by this Convention, when the follow
ing Committee was announced from the chair,
as follows, to wit:
Eastern Circuit, William H. Stiles.
Middle Circuit, Quintjllian Skkine.
Northern Circuit, Alfred L. Boren.
Southwestern Circuit, A. B. Y'ickf.ks.
Oemulgee Circuit, Wm. G. Smith.
Flint Circuit, John Lamar.
Chattahoochee Circuit, John Bethcne.
Coweta Circuit, Jesse C. Farrar.
Cherokee Circuit, James M. Spurlock.
Western Circuit, James Jackson.
On motion of Mr. Parmer, of Upson :
Resolved, That this Convention do recom
mend to the Democracy of every county in the
State, to assemble at their respective court
house, as soon as may be convenient, to carry
into full operation and effect the objects and
recommendations of the deliberations of this
Convention.
On motion of Mr. DeGrafienrefd, of Mus
cogee :
Resolved, That the thanks of this Conven
tion he respectfully tendered to the Hon. John
Forsyth and General Edward Harden, for the
able and eloquent addresses with which they
have been pleased to honor the Convention—
and that the President of the Convention, be
respectfully requested to call on them for a
copy of their addresses for-publication.
On motion of Mr. Galhright, of Lumpkin:
Resolved, That the thanks of this Conven
tion, be tendered to its President, David J.
Bailey, and its Secretaries, Major Fred. 11.
Sanford, Win. J. Bullock and Jesse C. Farrar,
Esqs. for tlie prompt, faithful and aide manner
in which they have respectively discharged
the duties imposed upon them by “this Conven
tion.
And be it further resolved, That tlie pro
ceedings be signed by the President and Sec
retaries, and that the Democratic papers of
this Siate be respectfully requested to publish
the proceedings of the Convention.
The Convention then adjourned, sine die.
DA\ ID .!. BAILEY, President.
Frederick 11. Sanford, J
\\ m. J* Bullock, > Secretaries.
Jesse C. Fabkak, )
Religious intolerance the law of the
i.axi).—li will be seen from the following ar
ticle iromthe Washington News, that Jud<>o
Andrews has decided that Uni versa lists lire
not permitted to give testimony in Courts of
justice, on account ot their religious opinions.
U c have as little respect as poss.hle for the
doctrines ot this sect, but we nevertheless
consider this decision a palpable violation of
t,ne Constitution ol tlie State, the offspring of
bigotry, and opposed to the plainest dictates of
reason and common sense. \do shall d.scuss
it.
„ Legal Decision. —ln Oglethorpe Superior
Court, last week, the test inony of several
i u finesses was decided to be inadmissible on
the ground mat they were l niversalists, not
! believing in a luture state ot reward and pun
ishments.
.a m.s-trial, by reason of the sudden illness
ol one ol tnc Jury, winch had the case of the
State vDavid Patton, tor murder. Prisoner
remanded to \\ iikes county Jail to await fur
ther trial.—Ga. Argus.
Our neighbor oi the Enquirer says we have
written a lengthy defence of Mr. Calhoun’s
consistency. We think he is mistaken. We
were exposing the inconsistency of somebody
else. Speaking of us, he says further:
“ Belonging u> the same exclusive class of
politicians with the distinguished South Caro
linian ot whom we have spoken, and claiming
himself to be one of the few who have consist
ently adhered to him through all his political
gyrations, tlie editor of the Argus very readily
construes what is said of iiis great exemplar,
as a direct insinuation against Ins own course.”
Our neighbor lias in this, spoken very much
at random ; one who according to the testimo
ny ot his friends “ would sooner lose his life
than sacrifice his character for truth,” ought
to be careiul before he makes an assertion, to
know that it is true. In saying that we claim
to he “one ot tlie tew who have consistent!//
adherred to him (Mr. Calhoun) through all
his political gyrations,” the editor has stated
what he not only did not know to be true, but
what it lie knew any tiling about it, he knew
to be untrue. 1/e lias had tlie means of know
ing that Mr. Calhoun has never been a favor
tic ot ours. Upon those subjects, however,
upon which Mr. Calhoun touched in his ad
dress, we thought him right, and we thought
also, that he occupied the same positions live
years ago, on all those subjects which were
then before the country.
lie says:
“It to oppose an •administration confessedly
republican, be in accordance with tlie princi
ples now entertained by Mr. Calhoun, his
former friends must undoubtedly feel that lie
has voluntarily parted with them, and joined
himself to his former political foes.”
\\ e should like to know how long tlie En
quirer lias been of the opinion, that the ap
pointment of Mr. Webs'er to the highest office
within the gib ol tlie President, is evidence of
a republican administration.—Ga. Argus.
IVfoLE AWFUL DISCLOSURES ! BANK OF THE
United States—seven millions lost jn
ELECTIONEERING—TH E ORPHAN MADE TO PAY
THE “piper” —THE WIDOW MADE TO PAV FOR
“yarn.”—lf is now ascertained, says the Phil
adelphia Spint of the Times, beyond a doubt,
and it may b 3 found in nine folio pages of the
ledger of the bank, that, out of twenty-one
millions o! “suspended debt,” seven millioi s
have been squandered for electioneering pur
poses 1
We state upon good authority, that this
broken l ank has been in the constant habit of
loaning its moneys, as long as it had any, to
prowinent Federal Whig politicians, and for
(he present, annex a few of their names, who
partook of the seven millions of dollars, viz :
To Col. Kickapoo, $250,006!
To Daniel, the Godlike, 110,000!
To Riddle, 100,000!
To Ewing, 200,000 !
To Gen. St. John, 500,000!
To Tyson a large sum !
Say in all, to 1 hese, 1,000,000 !
The balance, six millions, was squandered
in the same way to politicians, chiefly in 1850
and 1840, to elect Harr son and Tyler. Os
the 110,0C0 to the “godlike,” 28,000 is for
over drafts ! This proves clearly, that the
whole capital stock was not lost in cotton spec
ulation and fancy stocks, but. in these two
evils and in electioneering. What a comment
upon the letters of Biddle and the doings of
the committee—both suppress important facts,
that honesty calls loudly for a full and clear
exposure of, that the people may know where
the money of the widow and orphan has gone
to.
Two strangers recemiy visited Bunker
Hill, and ascended to the lop of (he Monu
ment. Alter they had asked a number of
questions, which the superintendant answered
very politely, he told them it was customary
to pay a .small sum for ascending the Monu
ment. At tiiis they were highly indignant,
and said they thought it was a free country,
and this place should he free to all—they
would nm be gulled out of the ir money by a
Yankee ? an Englishman ought to be allowed
to go free to such public places, Sic. ‘l’he su
perintendant bowed very politely, and said,
“ 1 wish you had mentioned that you were
Englishmen before, for they are the only per
sons we admit free ; we consider that they
paid dear enough for ascending this hill on
the 17th of June, 1776/’
The following tribute to the financial abili
ties of sip. Parker, is frem the Cincinnati Ga
zette. What a pity it is that this great man
and accomplished “regulator” of exchanges
should find it necessary to leave the country !
If he could but be induced to return and take
the presidency of the United States Bank, he
would set it upon its legs again, and soon
eclipse the fame of Nicholas Biddle :
“*\V. M. Parker, Esq, of London,’ alias
‘ Robert Dawson,’ has, it is thought, left pretty
legible foot marks from New Orleans (via
Louisville, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York,) to Boston, whence lie is
doubtlesss making a .blue streak over the At
lantic for merry England again, in the last
steamship or packet that sailed from that. port.
“He has made only a ‘flying visit, to the U
nited States, but one which some of our mon
ey dealers will long rememb- r. He will hard
ly be able, on his arrival in London, to eke out
as big a book as was made by either Captain
Maryatt or the Rev. Dr. Eiddler, but he can
shake under their noses, as the result of his
visit, a rnuciq heavier purse than their manu
scripts brought their, and laugh them to
scorn.”
