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THE COLUMBUS TIMES.
VOLUME I.]
POLITICAL.
DEMOCRATIC a DDR ES S
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
Sensible of the importance and correctness
oi the political principles asserted and main
tained by the Democratic Party, and anxious
to spread them before the whole people oj
Georgia, without concealment or disguise, the
Democratic members of the I-iCgislature seize
the occasion,at the close ol their official labots,
to repeat and reassert those principles—to
declare umjiminished confidence in their wis
dom and efficiency for all tire purposes of aju
dieious and useful administration nf cur public
affairs ; and to express the hope, that in their
representative character, they have neither
proposed nor adopted measures repugnant to
thedoctrines they profess, or inconsistent with
‘the essentia! and permanent iinerests'of the
people ot Georgia.
Il is cerainiy to be regretted that, in the
conduct of our national affairs, and in the
management of the less important, but not
•'ess useful matters of state concern, more con
cert ot action, and greater unanimity ot feel
ing do not. prevail. With a people whose dts
imjruu.J.ing euaracterisucs are the same—
whose import tint interests are identical—and m
a government founded by them, and intended
:o recngn;.-e and protect their individual rights
j it may well excite surprise, and create sohei
aide, mat wholly different powers are claimed
lor that government, and dtrecly opposite
measuies suggested lor the preservation of
‘hose rights and interests. The history ol
the vxortii iris shown, however, that this di
versity oi opmioii has exsted, to a greater or
less extent, m ail governments hearing the
seindanc* ol freedom—and rhat, whether cai
cma ed to answer sain ary purposes, or to m
il ct senosis evils, any hope of exemption from
under our uhcrai reputdirau institutions, ts
contTadicied by the exper.euc .* ol the past,
and cannot reasonably be entertained. Tins
spirit ot party, when uncontrolled lor proper
purpose.-, and unal.ended by a zeal for inquiry,
.•lid a love oi investigation, degenerates into
tyranny ; and i. is only when recognizing eer
taiu lundamrntal principles lor its guide, and
accompanied by a minute examination into the
tendency and effect of those principles, that
ils existence is rendered tolerable, or can be
reconciled with tiie operations of the govern
ment. Yielding, therefore, to the unavoida
ble necessity ol ihe existence of political par
lies ; solicitous to confine differenes of opinion
to questions til principle; animated by patri
otic views, and conceding to political oppo
nents motives equally pure; the Democratic
Party have embraced tu >te rules of construc
tto*i m the administration of the constitution
an i laws, an i ere reeking to establish and
porpotuaie iliose limitations of power, which,
they behove, were approved by the lathers oi
the republic, and are in accordance with the
mud and equitable spun upon which our civil
ins;aufious were founded.
I’iie political divisions winch have distin
guished the h.story ot the country had their
ongiu in the conveniion that framed the con
stitution; and have been continued, under
various modifications, to the present day. lax
crois.ng, ;-.t times, a controlling influence, in
the movements ol the government; and act
ing, occasionally, w.th a violence that pros’ra
;ed every rule of right, and bid defiance to the
opera;ions yl • reason niul reflect on; these
excesses in Tire jxipuinr niinii ii ive found their
apology invariably, in a claim to preserve in
violate tiie charter of our liberties, thus ren
dering homage to the importance and solctn-
Uiiy oi ii*e instrument, and acknowledging
that any departure trom. it was hazardous and
aiarming lo tiie safety of the country. These
agitations of the public mind, on subjects in
volving the general welfare, however violent
or modified in character, prove that, in theory,
our government, was nvsi designed to recog
mze the doctrines of construction and di
i'LK’ATiux, and that, in practice, they must
eventually destroy tiie peace of the Union,
and the established system of our civil policy.
Deeply impressed with the correctness and
salutary tendency of these views, and claim
ing to be governed by them in their political
action, the Democratic Party avow “undiinin
ished confidence in the confederated system
which forms the government of the United
Slates;” and that, “purely administered, it
will protect the rights.and secure the inter
ests and happiness of iho whole people of the
United States.”
Adopting those maxims of political conc3urt,&
discarding all assumptions o! power, not plain
ly cran ed in the written constitution under
which we live,.this parly disavow and repudi
ate that system of measures, which were first
ushered into being under the administration
of the elder Adams; that are admitted to be
unauthorised by the letterof the constitution ;
and that we believe to be odious to ils spirit,
an i dangerous to llie lteedom of tiie people.
Th s government, owing its establishment to
the popular will, and dependent for its preser
vation on lhe public intelligence, can receive
no twisert alive aid, by the exercise of v agrant
powers derivable w holly from.implication, and
that, in their gradual and unavoidable multi
plication, must ultimately introduce inveterate
evils into our political system, and obliterate
tls fairest features.
The only safeguard, therefore, against those
insidious encroachments, is in an adoption 01,
and a strict adherence io, the principles and
policy of Thomas Jelierson; and in a disavow
al of all those measures of the pro sew day,
which find no warrant in the letter of the
constitution, or in an absolu e necessity to
perfect its granted powers. If experience j
demonstrates the inefficiency of the iustru .
tiiGitf under tins interpretation of its faculties,
and its inability to accomplish the purposes of
a wholesome government, the wisdom’ of its
fiamers has provided a remedy, its defects
can be constitutionally corrected by the voice
of the sovereign people who brought it into
being, and whose dearest interests are inter
woven with the purity of its life. L’ntil these
defects are indicated by the general condem
nation of the country, and their injurious ten
dency is practically exemplified, pa'riotisni
demands ail our efforts’ to detect and resent
every departure from its s cred provisions.
Thus regarding the constitution of the Uni
ted Slates, and the extent and character of
its powers, the Democratic Party enter their
solemn pretest against, and pledge unceasing
opposition to ail the prominent measures ot
the.r political opponents, as indicated by Lon*
gress at the iaie extra session. 1 hayueciars
fhe.r inability to reconcile those measures
win the act.ve powers ot tiie constitution;
or to discover wherein they are essential to
advance the happiness, promote tiie interests,
or secure lite honor and dignity ot the country.
On the contrary, they think they see in them
alarmi: g indications of a settled detemnna
tion to exercise not only all the powers which
the constitution fairly gives, but all that can
be extracted from it oy construction.
Among the ni si prominent of tins class of
measures—although there are others ol
kindred character, of les* importance, but of
equally pernicious tendency-—are the bills to
incorporate a Bank ot the United Siatcs; to
distribute the proceeds of the puolic lands
among the states ; and to raise additional rev
enue f r the support of government the iast
of which, when we consider the preceding
measure abstracting a large fund from its ie
gitfiM's purpose, war, if net unconU
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1841.
in its details, an act of injudicious and extrava- 1
gant legislation. A inmute examination of
the particular provisions of these different
mea.-ures of the late extraordinary Congress,
is riot demanded for the information of the
pub'ic, and would extend this address to an
ui reasonable limit. Their tendency and ef
fect have been fully communicated to the peo
ple of Georgia, through the- public journals,
and by the speeches of distinguished gentle
men in Congress—and tiie opinion entertain
ed of them has been signally manifested by
the recent extraordinary political revolution
in this state —a revolution displaying an in
flexible determination to discard ail.measures
of doubtful constitutional propriety, and to
cling to the ancient republican doctrines es
tablished by thd political revolution of ISOO.
In matters of state concern, we are I appy
to inform you that promptness, decision and
union have characterised the proceedings of
the legislature. T!ie acts of a public nad
general character sanctioned by it, \\ bile they
are believed ;o be free from constitutional ob
jections, will, we trust, receive the approba
tion of the people, whose best and highest in
terests they are designed to subserve and
promote. The act to revive, and render offi
ciant the Central Bank, and thus to enable-it
*o discharge ils important, dunes to Die state
and to i lie people—the act to diminish the
burdens ot extraordinary taxation imp sed by
the fast legislature—and the acts which, r -
garding proper!v tiie extraordinary embarrass
’.nenis ui the times, have carried retrenchment
and economy into every department of the
state government —are measures of such deep
and pervading importance—(affecling in a
greater or less degree, the individual interests
o, every citizen); as to merit special notice
ami must el cil universal commendation. Oth
er enactments, less general in their character,
but of equally important bearing in tiie more
curetifiiscribed spheres assigned for their oper
ation, have rece.ved tne sanction of the iegis
ia:ure thus testifying to its earnest desire
to regard the wants an wishes of the people
in every form in which they could be consti
tutionally consulted.
The promptness and zeal which have dis
tinguished the action of the It'gi.-laturc—the
practical character of its measures, and the
confidence we entertain in their beneficial ten
deucy—authorize us to expect the special
regard ol our immediate constituents, and the
general approbation of the state. And iri ter
minating our official labors—animated with
ihe hope that our measures may accomplish
all we expect —and witnessing the redemption
ot tiie stale Irom the political control of these
whose principles are, in our opinion, fraught
with evils oi a serious and alarming character,
we return to our constituents the trust repo
sed m us, congratulating the people of Geor
gia upon the bright prospects belore them—
pointing with unerring certainty to the speedv
prostration of the party: which now hold the
reins of federal power, and the consequent
exemption of the country from the aggravated
evils ol a weak and unstable administration
of • lie General Government.
ROBERT JV! ECHOLS,
THOMAS HAMU ‘I ON,
UAItLES i.UllPliY,
A. Mcl > ifJGALD,
LEWIS S. HR OWN,
I. H. SAFFOLD.
K. A. BK-'iDDI’S,
B. GRAVES,
EDWARD J. BLACK,
W. It. REYNOLDS,
‘u atom As Hilliard.
From ihe Si and aril of Union, Dtc. 17.
TO THE DEMOCRACY OF GEORGIA, j
After a seven weeks absence from our edit
orial duties, rendered indispensible by obliga
tions to the public, we return once more to
the field of political coolest, with our eyes
right, and our blade bright.
Cheered ana encouraged by the triumphs
which have recently marked the progress of
democracy, m every section of the Union, we
come to the battle-field with fresh vigor, and
renewed confidence in the cause of those
great principles ‘which can alone secure the
people of this vast republic in the enjoyment
of that liberty which, was achieved by the
blood and toil of their fathers.
When we look back upon the scenes of
1840, and compare them.-with*the tremendous
and glorious reaction of 1841. we leel strength
ened and confirmed in the belief, that although
the people may sometimes be led astray, they
will not long remain in the wrong, upon ques
tions involving their highest interest; and
tliat they will make haste to correct their
own errors, and to punish those who mislead |
and betray them ; and such has bean the re-1
suit, iu nearly every Sta'e where elections I
have taken place within the last four or five !
months.
The late session of our own Legislature fur- j
nisties abundant proof of the wisdom of the |
people, in casiing off the Whig yoke, and re-j
turning to the good old republican track. In \
eighteen hundred and forty, the idolaters of!
cider barrels, coon skins and pepper pods,’
promised enough, if their pledges had been :
realized, to have produced a- imlieniuiii. Ref
ormation — Retrenchment --Relief—money
in abundance—peace, plenty and happiness,
throughout our borders. They gained tiie as
cendency—came to Milledgevilln in a heavy j
majority,and what did they do] Why,they:
turned loose the brokers and shavers upon
the Banks, ami in a snort time tl.e larger por
turn of i heir specie was on its way to i he north,
or to Europe—the currency worse deranged,
and the people out of money. They shut up
the Central Bank, and l >arred its doors against
those to whom- it belonged’—-declared they
ought not to relieve the people il they could ;
doubled the taxes —increased the •expenses of
government by appropriations —continued in
session 52 days—voted liiemseiv.es §3 per
day, making the aggregate expenses ol the
session §102,783 50, adjourned and left their
constituents to work out their own salvation,
with fear and trem ding. 1 lie Democratic
Legislature, irue to the interests of the peo
ple., began the work of retrenchment i:i good
earnest, by reducing their own pay to 04 per
day, and by making a corresponding reduction
in the salaries of public officers. They made
as ort session, by working day and night, in
the pubiic service of 39 days only, by which
the expenses of the sess.on were brought
down to 535.2513 00 ; which deducted from
the Wing expenditure of 1-840, ot $102,783,-
50, leavmg a balance of $30,52? 50 in favor of
! the Democratic Legislature. Add to tins, tiie
• reduction of salaries, which may be estimated
a $9,000, and a red u I on n£the ‘ev.-. equir
! aiem to §50,000, and we present in tiae whole,
’ an item of sv...d retrenchment equal to §95,-
527 50.
But th.s is not all. They have taken every
s:e p in their power ‘o foster and strengthen
the Central Bank, and make it efficient, in
rendering sen ice to the people ; and -o lar as
we are aide to |udge, the r acts will be very
cenerally approbated by their Inflow citizens.
Let the people look at these things. Let
them compare the sessions of 1840 and lri4l.
together, and they cannot fail to come up to
the pods on the first Monday in January, to
g.ve new strength to the Democratic party.
Cocitk, Colquitt, and Black, true De
mocrats —str.ct constructionists of the Cos: -
stimtion —opposed to a United States Bank,
as unconstitutional and impolitic—opposed to
the distribution of die public land- —the tariff,
ar.d all the Federal measures of the extra sea-
“THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES.”
sion, are now before the public as the Demo
cratic candidates for Congress, on the first
Monday in January. Men of acknowledged
talents—distinguished fertile spirit and abil
ity with which they have defended the rights
and honor ofthe South, and particularly upon
the abolition question, we invoke the active
efforts of our friends,, to bear them through,
wiib a triumphant major rr.
From ihe M:icn. Ga. Telegraph.
TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF
CfKORGIA.
In a few days you will have to attend at
the polls, to select your county officers—
i Sheriffs, Clerks, Coroners, Surveyors, Tax
i Collectors, Receivers,&c.&c. —most of them
for two years. I'hese officers, though their
salaries are not large, are extremely necessa
ry in carrying out the laws of the State. It
is equally important to have honest and faith
ful and energetic county officers, as it is to
have smart members of the Legislature ! No
matter how smart the latter may’ lie, nor how
good the laws may be which they enact, un
less you have good and honest and efficient
county officers, what will it avail ]
It is not absolutely necessary that county
officers should be party men: When men
equally good can be found of your own side,
you will of course vote for them —it is a duty
j you owe to your party. Those who fight the
I battles, are entitled to the profits as well as
I the honors of the victory. Besides, if you
! bestow all the lucrative offices on your oppo
j nents, what encouragement will there be for
any to accept the more laborious ones, where
no profit is attached ! Besides, though the
candidate for office may be a very good man,
and a very clever fellow, and an old neighbor,
and a very particular friend, and all that—still
you ought to provide against the official in
fluence of ihe office, (which in some cases is
prodigious,) being used aga.nst your party,
and your party’s candidates.
On the same day', you will be called upon
’<> vote for three candidates for seats in Con
gress. The ticket, run by your party’ stands
hi tlie head of this column. It was nomina
ted by a full convention of tie Party assem
bled in Milledgeville, with unprecedented
unanimity—and as far as can be ascertained,
will be supported with a like unanimity by the
party.
It is not necessary here to ro into an argu
ment upon the obligation of every Democrat
to support this ticket. Perhaps you have a
particular dislike or a personal antipathy, or
! some political objection to one, or all of the
! candidates; What then? Will you stay
away from the polls, on that account! Do
you owe nothing to the CAUSE! If you
believe it right—or whether you believe it
altogether right or not—if you b-dieve Democ
racy is preferable to Wlugism—that the par
ty you belong to is aiming to advance the best
i iterests of ilie country —you owe it to that
party to make some sacrifice of feeling, of
opinion, for the good of the party.
Nor is it necessary to go into an argument
r.t this time as to the merits of (he respective
tickets that will be presented to you. It is
enough for me to say, in this place, that one
is the Whig ticket —that the candidates upon
it are all 11 higs —that they are the advocates
of Whig measures, and Whig doctrines. And
that the olher is the Democratic Ticket—that
the candidates are all Democrats—and that
they support Democratic doctrines, Democrat
ic measures and Democratic men
Go to the polls. Let nothing deter you.
Show to the world, that tiie gloiious victory
you achieved in v etober is not the last you
are to achieve—that as you conquered the
enemy then, you will conquer them again—
that as you triumphed tlien, you will triumph
again. Go to the polls: and the God of Bat
tles will be with vou. CRAWFORD.
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER
Os the hon. Henry A. Wise, of Virginia,
Dated Nov. 5, 1841.
But the “cor|oral’s guard, the friends par
excellence of the President ” were upbraided
foi not supporting any of the Whig measures
of the Extra Session. What measures do
they mean? The Abolition movement to
keep liie House of Representatives disorgan
ized until the 21 si rule was suspended or
abolished? The organization of the House
so as to throw one-third of (he heads ol com
mittees to one seel ion of the country where
only one-eighth belonged ? The consiimtion
of committees so lliai if Ihe question of recog
nition of the Black R -pub! c of Hayli was re
ferred, it weni to a majority of non-slave
holders? So that if tfie question of amend
ing the lam-of the United Stales as to fugi
tive slaves, to prevent anv more New York
and Virginia or Maine and Georgia contro
versies, was referred, il went to a maj irity of
non-slaveholders? So that if the qoesiion as
io compensation for a negro killed in the
Florida war,for any other war, was referred,
H went to Mr. Gid lings, of Ohio, and a ma
jority of non-slaveholders? Do they mean
the hue and cry to exaggerate the public
debt in order to raise ti e tariff, and make an
excuse for distributing the proceeds of the
public lands? D tliev mean the distribution
ot tho-e proceeds with one hand, while ve
were borrowing money, in Ihe midst of Na
tional Bankruptcy and distress, with the
other. Tiie measure to give away I he pro
ceeds of the sale ol ihe public property —or
what is worse, the payment of State Debts
with them—or the making of internal im
provements, or the education of free negroes,,
or what else ihe Slates please with them,
win ii the Constitution points out specifically
what shall he done with public money and
for what alone it shall be raised? Do tliev
mean (he violation of ihe compromise act bv
rais ng many articles from nothing or a very
low tax to 25 per cent ? Do they mean the
aliempt io pave the way for a protective ta
riff"? Do they.mean ihe extraordinary ap
propriations from an empty and embarrassed
treasury? Do they mean the Bankrupt
Law, winch may draw country as well as
town, farmer and mechanic as well as naer
chani and trader into the Federal courts, far
f om home, with double costs, fir (he recove
ry of just debts which may m whole or in part
be blotted.mU kr ever—at a time, too, when
creditor , are anxiously but will ng'y waiting
for better times to better fortunes, in order to
get eventual payment from Debtor-? D>
they mean thejirbitr.iry restrictions upon tiie
freedom of donate and upon tiie free • nurse
of legislation both in the House and in the
Committee of the V\ hole on the S ate of the
Union? Do ihey mean the haste and indi
gestion wuii which measures were hurried
through, without deliberation, and without
debale? Do they mean everything, in a
word*wluc they did, except what they did
or the Navy? If these are (lie measures
; ihey mean. I deny that they were Whig
measures—there was nothing Whig in or
about them—they were what no freeman or
| lover of liberty, or the constitution, or the
: country, had a re .son to dream of or to ex
i |>ect before ihe election —they were worse
than Locofocoish—and they were the fruiis
! oft he Dictatorship, nor of a free and untram
> naelled party of enlightened men, who claimed
| to be equals, or thought as equals, or need
i as equals, who uiel free and deliberated freely
| m lull communion of council thpy were the
j dictation of a few leaders to a shirked and
j packed caucus, which obeyed instinctively,
and blindly !14 a wed wherever they were led.
Ifjjtrt oppose these and such as- Dtiest, sul jects
me to the anathema of the feitiilul, lain ready
and willing to be burned lor a heretic, and
will gladly glory in the martyrdom! Il this
is to be the contest and the struggle, I regard
it as no holy war, and the spirit which in
vokes its devastation as more horridly fiend
ish than any Destrucliveism ever niYftoonced
Ivy its authors themselves. But, I am confi
dent its effects can be no other than their
own political destruction; for there is public
virtue enough among a free peopfi sot only
to defend itself but to visit its enemies, the
boldest arid ni ist powerful, the most daring
and desperate, with condign retribution.
The true sovereigns are true to themselves,
and there is an overruling Providence, as in
our fathers’ days, and there will he for ever,
to protect the liberties and reanimate the
hopes of the people in this God-favored iand.
1 give you, then my cordial congratulations,
one afid all, and as a perpetual sentiment for
al! “Constitutional Republicans,” I reverently
propose to von—
“ God and the People ! ”
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Wednesday, Dec. 8.
Mr. Tankerslev presented the following,
which was read, and orJe*ed tube entered
on ihe journal, viz:
The undersigned metnhersof the House wT
Representatives take this method of express
ing their opinions upon certain questions in
volved in the action of the House yesterday
on the report->f the Committee on the State
of the Republic—premising that tliey fully
concur in the report of the minority of said
Committee; and that in relation to the mat
ters contained in the report ofthe majority—
First; We believe a National
erly restricted, to be the best, most proper and
ecenomical means that can be devised for the
collection, safe-keeping, and disbursement of
the public moneys ; that the expediency, pro-’
prieiv and necessity of such an institution is
fullv admitted by a ma jority of the people oi
this State ami of the United States; and if
the constitutionality of such an institution
were doubtful, we would yield our opinionsto
that ot the Father o ! his Country, ofthe Su
preme Judiciary of the United Slate,s, and of
the majority of the Republican and Stale
Rigliis party since the foundation of the
Government.
Second : We do not believe that there is
any attempt now being made to abolish tfta*
veto power ofthe President of the U. States;
and we are imposed to its abolishment.
Third; We do not believe that our Min
ister to England is a practical Abolitionist;
and wt* arc fortified, nay, confirmed in this
belief, from tiie fact that our distinguished!
Seuat >r in Congress, the Hon. John M. Ber
rien, having better opportunities!)!'satisfying
himself on this head than vve have, voted to
confirm his nomination, which we believe he
never would have done, had he entertained
the slightest doubt of his soundness in regard
to the peculiar institutions of the South.
Wm. B.Tankerslev, Win. O. SaftMd,
H. W. Winfrey, Reuben May,
Aaron Hardv, Wi/ey Franks,
Edwin F.Birdsong, Robert Robinson,
Moody Burt, Wm. L. Baker,
H. W. Hagerman, Wm. McGahagan,
Seaborn Lawrence. C S. C rod ilie,
H. H. Armstrong, Wm. Lumpkin,
Charles J. Jenkins, John Wvnn,
James Patterson, Thus. O. Carter,
Kinclie i McKinney, Absalom Funderburk,.
Elias Wilson, Wm. T. Burke,
Jethro Darden,. W. Daniel,ofGreene,
S. J. Whatley, J. H. McWhorter,
Duke Williams, J 11. McCall,
Wm. Stroud; James Moore,
Archibald McMillan, Wm. Chester,
Wm. D. Stone, T. G. Ford,
D. N. Pittman, Win. Peahodv,
Benj. Brewton, Moses Dan tell,
Reuben Mann, John S’. Tboruas.
Mr. Perry, a member of the House of Re
presentatives of South Carolina, writes to the
Greensville Mountaineer, from Columbia, as
follows:
“1 have just been informed, by very high
authority, that Gen. Thompson’s appointment
to Mexico has been made by the President.
He was in favor of Poindexter, but found that
his nomination would not be confirmed by the
Senate, and> has given the mission to General
Thompson.
“ It has been rumored for several days past,
that there is a probability of Col. Preston’s re
signing h:s seat in Congress, if Tyler’s mes
sage does not square with his notions. The
election of h.s successor would produce con
siderable emotion in the Legislature.—Rich
mond Enq.
Gorrespandence of ihe Cliadi-s'oniCourier.
Washington, Dec. IS.
In the Senate, to day, the committees were
not announced. 7’he Vice President stated
that he would announce them tomorrow.
The Senate choose Mr. Tuston of the Pres
byterian Church for its Chaplain.
Mr. Mingum gave notice that he would, at
a proper time, introduce a resolution to lessen
the expense of printing. The public printing
was now a very heavy charge ou the Treasu
ry, and much of it was entirely unnecessary.
The Senate adjourned without doing any bu
siness.
In the House, the standing and select com
mittees were announced. You will find them
in the Intelligencer. As we supposed, the
committee on the currency is so constituted
as to be very favorable’ to the President’s
views. Mr. Cushing,of M iss, is the Chair
man ; Mr. Wise, Mr. Gilmer, Mr. Proffit, and
Mr. \V. VV. Irwin, form a majority of the com
mittee, and are well known as friendly to the
Pres dent and his views. Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr. McKay are locofoeos. ‘There a-e but two
w.ljigs on the committee—Mr. J. P. Kennedy
and Mr. Garrett Davis. We learn that th.s
committee will report a bill founded on the
President’s suggestions. There will be two
parties opposed to the measure. The Benton
party, and those of the whig party who still
hold out for an old fashioned bank. It is
thought possible that the scheme may pre
\ai] fc should-the lccofo&o party be divided and
broken up. But that party is not likely to
play the game which has destroyed the whig
pariv. VVe shall, however, soon see.
You will see that the committee on ways
and means is reorganized and made a thorough
whig committee. Tiae foreign relations h-s
Mr. Adams at its head, and Sir. Cushing, the
ia.e C airman, second.
The famous rnethodist preacher, Mr. John
X. Mafia ,was elected Chaplain of tiie House,
on the first ballot,, by a large majority.
The death of Col. Hunter, iate assistant
door keeper was announced, and the House
passed a resolution paying his funeral expen
ses, and abolished the office. Cui. Hunter
was a soldier of the revolution, and fought
unler G?n. Sum er in many engagements.
There is some prospect that the iocofoco
party will soon be as much divided and d.s
.reeled as the whig party is. They may di
vide on the tariff question; on the currency
question : au-J on the next Presidential ques
\ tiun.
The inrrease of the population of Great
Britain, fer the l.st ten ytfirs, is 2,*39?733.
[NUMBER 47.
Frain.the-Aujusla (Ga.) Coii'tiiutionalist.
VIRGINIA AND NKW/.YOItK CONTRO
VERSA'.
The Columbia South Carolinian of last
Thursday gives us the information, that a bill ,
to prevent the citizens of New York from
carrying slaves, or porsons held to service,
from South Carolina, and to prevent the es
cape of persons chaiged with the commission
of any crime, has passed both houses of the
legislature : in the house by SO to 15 votes,
and in the Senate by 31 to 3. This bill, it is
believed, is precisely the same as the one of
Virginia, and which is to go into operation in
May next. The following resolutions have
also passed both branches of the legislature,
almost unanimously.
1. Resolved, That this Legislature view ,
with regret and abhorrence, the constructive j
meaning of the constitutional provision re- j
spec ting “ fugitives from justice,” and “fu-:
gitives from service,” asserted by the Execu- 1
tive and Legislative authorities of New York, [
in tiie year 1840.
2. Resolved, That in the opinion of this :
Legislature, the forced and dangerous con
struction put upon tne 4th Article of the
Constitution of the United States, and the
arrogant pretensions to control its operation
by the State of New York, as indicated by !
the positions of her Executive in the progress !
of the late controversy with Virginia, and the !
proceedings of her Legislature, pending the
same, should be repudiated and discounte
nanced by every State in the Union, as de
structive of the faith pledged in tiie Confede
ration,. and ultimately subversive of that
State Sovereignty, upon which they profess
to be founded.
3. Resolved, That the Governor be re
quested to communicate to the authorities of
Virginia, the high sense entertained by this
Legislature, of their moderation and respect
ful forbearance in conducting tiie recent un
happy controversy with the State of New
York—of the justness of the position assum
ed by Virginia, on the assurance of the bear
ty co-operation of South Carolina, in all pro
per measures to vindicate her rights as a state,
and to protect the property of her citizens.
4. Resolved, That copies of the Report
and Resolutions adopted by this Legislature,’
together with a certiSed copy of the Bill,
when passed* he furnished by this State, to
the Governor of Virginia and the Governors
of the several States in this Union, and to our
Senators and Representatives in. Congress,
to be laid before that body.
The Philadelphia papers of the 15th instant
contain the presentments of the Grand Jury,
which were handed to the Court of General
Sessions on the 10th read on the 14. h, and or
dered to be filed. The following are extracts:
A full and searching enquiry has been in
stituted and the deliberate opinion of the
Grand Jury is that certain officers connected
with the United States Bank have been guilty
of a gross violation of law, colluding together
to defraud those stockholders who have trusted
their ail to be preserved by them; and that
there is good ground to w arrant a prosecution
of all such persons for serious critliinal offen
ces, which the Grand Jury do now present to
the Court, and ask that the Attorney General
be directed to send up for the action of Grand
Jury bills of indictment against:
First —Nicholas Biddle, Samuel Jaudon,
John Andrews, (and others to jury unknown,)
for entering into a conspiracy to defraud the
stockholders of the U. S. Bank of the sum or
sums of §400,000, in the year 1836, and es
deavoring to conceal the same by a fraudulent
and illegal entry in 1840.
To sustain the above, endorse Austin Mont
g anery, Capt. Henry Nal erv, Henry H n,as
accusers Moses Kempton, Edward Col -s, Jas.
S. Newbold, Joshua Lippincott, Jonathan. Pat
tersnn, Thos. Taylor, and William Ijrayton*
as witnesses.
The Grand Jury on their solemn oaths and,
affirmation, do further ask that a bill of indict
ment be sent to them against,
Second—Nicholas Biddle, Joseph Cow*
perthwait, Thomas Dunlap (and others to ju
ry unknown,) lor entering into a conspiracy
to defraud &c., &c., the Stockholders of the
United States Bank during the year 1*836, ’37,
38, ’39 and 1840, by which the Stockholders
have been defrauded out of a sum or sums of
money exceeding $300,0091
To sustain this bill, endorse the same accu
sers as in the first case, and as witnesses Mo
ses Kempton, Edward Coles, Jas. S. Newbold,
Joshua Lippincott* Jonathan Patterson, Thom
as Taylor, William Drayton, Joseph Cabot,.
Rodney Fisher, Richard Price, arid George
Handy.
The Grand'Jury on their solemn oaths and
affirmations do further ask for a bill of indict
ment agamst Alexander Lardner,. Thomas
Dunlap, Richard Price* Lawrence Lewis, Geo.
Handy and others, (to the jury unknown,) for
feloniously, &x. conspiring to cheat and de
fraud the Stockholders of the United States
Bank of Pennsylvania, of the sum or sums of
about §130,000, in the year 1840.
To sustain this charge, endorse the same
accusers as on the others, and as witnesses,
Moses Kempton, Edward Coles, James S.
Newbold, Joshua Lippiricott, Jonathan Patter
son and Thomas Taylor.
THE.FORG-EkI,ES IN NEW YORK.
The report of large forgeries having bien
committed in New York is confirmed. Tfte
amounts are, however, much larger than were
first named. ‘The New York Express of Sat
urday tells the story as follows :
Large and Systematic Forgeries.—-Much
to the astonishment of the gentleman whose
respectable name has been used, as also of the
officers of the bank, it was ascertained on
Wednesday that numerous and extensive for
geries had been committed on several of the
banks of this city by persons who theretofore
had borne an. unsullied reputation in the sem
mercial world. It appeared that the endorse
ruent on the notes of the amounts of S7OOO,
of S3OOO, and of S2OOO, purporting to have
been endor-ed by Mr. John Johnson, of the
firm of Messrs. Boorman Johnson, and
which had been discounted by tl.a Nation; 1
Bank of this city at different dates for Messrs.
Kirk and Johnson—were forgeries.
It appeared from the statements made, that
Mr. Johnson had been in the habit of endor
sing the notes of Messrs. Kir!; & Johnson,
commission merchants of 137 Front street, a
house in good repute, and the members of
which were John G. K rk and George John
son, Jr.—and that one or the other, or both, of
the members of this last named firm, hid
availed themselves of the facilities thus atiur
ded them to forge and counterfeit the name of
Mr. John Johnson, as endorsers to their notes,
which, from the unexceptionable character of
the paper, were discounted without difficulty.
The forgeries, however, were doomed to see
the light, for as some of the notes, thus pur
porting to be endorsed, were not paid a ma
turity, Mr. John Johnson became acquainted
with the fact a* the National Bank, and the en
dorsements of the three notes, amounting to
slo,ooodeclared to be forgeries, as-also o h
ers that have been paid. I.i consequence of
this discovery, Mr. Johnston having made af
fidavit of the forgery of his signature, r.nl Mr.
Albert Gallatin, Pies dent of the National
Bank, havi ig also made affilivit before Judge
Noah or. Wed leeday evening, that mag.s rate
ij ; u°d his \varr~n for the arrest of Mr. Ge\
Johnston, T r, of the firm of Kirk 5: JifcnEfon,
of 43? Front street, and he aryested at *
iate hour of that nighL M his house 11 Grain!
street, by officers Bowyer and McGrath, and
committed to prison }• r examination. M *
Kirk could not be found by the officers up to
a late hour on Thursday evening.
It was also stated by one of the Judges, that
other forgeries of the aatuc name, by the per
son or persons above charged, have been dir
covered to the amount of §IB,OOO on the
Butchers’ and Drovers’ Bank ; for a consider
able sum also in the Bank of America—besides
in some other Banks—the whole amounting to
•855,000. Both Mr. George Johnston, Jr,
and his partner, Mr. Kirk, were held in high
repute prior to the discovery of these transac
t.ons, which, it is alFeged have been gtfing on
for three years or more, by forging on one bank
to make garment for another.
Tiie J#urna! of Commerce gives the fol
lowing M the amounts'of forged notes d;s—
countg*Kit the Banks named :
At ilie Bntrhers’ aid Drovers’ Bark £lB SCO
Bank of New York, 7.00 ft
Bank of the Slate, L0.30U
National Bank, 10 000^
Bank of America*. 4 000 N*
Button Bank. 50 ‘0 *
‘The New York American explains the
covery of tiie forgery in this wise.
M-r. Kirk, of the commercial house of KirkS
& Johnston, 127 Front street, offeied to aa
broker a note of his firm for §SOOO, purporting*
to be endorsed by John Johnston, of tli*Jirui™
of Boorman & Johnston—this was deqgmdjf
but with, an intimation that a note for a smlLer
amount, endorsed by the house instea of shn
of its partners, would be bought.
ly Mr. Kirk soon returned with a notemr
three thousand dollars , endorsed by Boorman,.
Johnston & Cos., which lie was told to leave
and call for the money in an hour. Mean—
wh lie* the note was sent to Boorman &. Jolhi
ston, who pronounced it a forgery. Mr. K.
did not return ; and upon further investigation
it was ascer ained that on notes in different
Banks, the National Bank of America, and the
Bank of New York,, the name of John John
ston had been forged to the amount of fifty
six thousand dollars.
Duel. —The morning papers report that a
duel was fought at Hoboken on Saturday, be
tween Mr. Peter Schennerhorn and Mr. Al
exander Fleming,, both of this city—the latter
being severely wounded at the first fire. The
quarrel grew out of an offence occurring at, a
party one evening last week, at which Mr.
John Schermerhorn, the brother of Peter, as is
alleged, was insulted by Fleming. A corres
pondence ensued. John Schermerhorn invi
ted Fleming to a meeting, which invitation
was declined, and an additional insult heaped’
upon the original affront. The police being
a I vised of tiie belligerent altitude of ilie par
ties* interposed, and Mr. John Schermerhorn
was subjected to bonds to keep the peace.—
In this state of the case,.Peter Schermerhorn
espoused the cause of hia brother—a meeting
was had—and the original aggressor can give
but a Flemish account of the campaign. It is
deeply to be regretted that this barbarous cus
tom is reviving amongst us. Fourteen years
ago that sad though brilliant fellow. Graham,
was killed at Hoboken, and until tire present
affair* we believe* there lias since been no
blood letting there : and we were imping that
he murderous propensity of duelling was
abating. The present case, however, added
to that in which Beaumont was winged a few
months since, for speaking too freely of a mar
ried lady in respect of whom he was boasting
of his gallantries, induces us to fear that the.
march of civilization is backward.— N. York
Cour. & Enq.
Montgomery County Cikcuit Court- —
The Circuit Court now in session in this city,
finished last week the Criminel Docket, after
having been engaged on it about three weeks.
Phis when we consider that the Criminal
Docket contained 170 cases, may be consid
ered quick work. About forty of these cases
were dismissed or continued, the remainder
130 were disposed of by trial, 58 of which re
sulted in conviction. There were nine ar
raignments for capital offences, which were
disposed of as follows.
Mailer convicted of Murder—Chessly of
murder—Harkins of murder—Schuesseler
and Hobbie of man slaughter—Hammock and
NYhitemore arraigned for murder, trials con
tinued till next March—Wheeler and Paw
ley indicted for negro stealing, continued till
next term.
The other cases were mostly indictments
for affrays, assaults and battery. I his long
list may not argue well for the reputation of
our community as a peaceable one, the tho
rough manner however in which the Juries
did their work at. the present term, will do
much towards the prevention of these offen
ces in future.
Marler after having been convicted on two
trials of the murder of his brother, has, we
learn, been pardoned by Gov. Bagby.
Chessly has been sentenced for execution
on tiie Ist of February.
Harkins the assassin of Bbugley, was sen
tenced on Monday last by Judge Martin, to be
executed on the 3d of January. lie has, most
of the time since his arrest, exhibited the
recklessness of tiie hardened ruffian, during
however the affecting and impressive sen
tence by the Judge, he manifested some emo
tion.—Montgomery Journal.
Prospective Baronetcy for O’Connem..
—We take the following from the Dublin
Register: We have seen a letter from I,on
don, which states that the greatest anxiety
prevails among the friends of the outgoing
Lord Mayor (Alderman Johnston) and the-
Lord Mayor elect (Alderman Pirie,) as to the
royal accouchement —for, in the event of the
Queen blessing the nation with a Prince be
fore l he 9th of Nov., the present Lord Mayor
would be entitled to the Baronetcy ; but should
this auspicious event take place subsequent to
the 9:h of November, Alderman Pirie, as the
Lord Mayor of London, would obtain the ele
j vaticn. ‘The writer in conclusion, observes,
! that Mr. O’Connell, as Lord Mayor of Dub
| !m, and the first Catholic one for ages, would,
| in spite of the enemy, be entitled to receive a
: similar honor.—Dumfries Courier, Bth Nov-
From die Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Monitor, Dee. IC,
The board of Trustees of ihe University of
Alabama, on Tuesday last, elected Rev. Mr.
Sirnmes. (late Professor iri Randolph Macon
College) Professor of English Literature, to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the. death of
die ate Rev. Prof. Pratt.
ILs Excellency Gov. Fitzpatrick, has ap
p ‘imed Clement C. Clay, j . of the county of
Madison; John Gill Sfiq.ter,of the comity of
Barbour; Lorenz.) James, of the county of
Clarke; and Percy Walker, of the county of
M dme, Aius de-camp, with the rank of LLut.
Colonel.
The who’s number of vessels built in the U.
S.ates during the year lb 10, wa -671, the ag
gregate tonnage of which was 118309 10.—
The total tonnage of the United fckates, in
1840, was 2,180,764.13.
I’beto‘a! value of imports into.all the ports
of tiie United States, from-the Ist of October,
1839, to the 30th of September, 1810, was
$ 107,140509. and the total value >f exports,
during tiie same period, was $132,085946;
the iauer sum being made up of $113,895 638
in domestic produce, and Gi9,i4o 312 ;n ser
e £ produce.—Phil. U. 8. Gazette.
Repeat Association. —The Pnilndrlplua
ChroiiiCe says, B>hoj> England delivered an
address on fi e Rep*a! of the Union, nefoie
the Repeal Assoc ation on Saturday, in the
Y-ronddv Uu.fdinge, corner of Tcirh ad
| Chestnut streets. The room ivas r'oivdii! to
I excess and the b’sliop, during his speech tv**s
I greeted vvifiilouJ end canlinucJ bursts ufap
pYuse.—lL\