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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.”