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[THE TIMES.
I COLUMBUS, GA.
Wednesday, July 16, 1645.
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M. iIALL McALUSTER,
OF CHATHAM.
’ Out correspondent “ A Whig” shall have
l attention next week.
Mlt. BANCROFT'S ORATION.
Our Readers, wilt no doubt thank us. for
laying before them this fine production of
the accomplished Secretary of the Navy,
which will be found on our first page.
M liXtUO.
Our readers are refeired to another co
i lumn for interesting news from Mexico, by
the schooner “ Creole” from Vera Cruz,
, which arrived in New Orleans on the 6th
inst. bunging Mexican files to the 17lh June.
The probabilities of a war, strange as it
may seem, consideting the relative strength
of the parties, seem to increase. The plot
of this famous fatce, or what begins now to
assume more ilie seinblyice of a ttagi-coine
, dy, continues t(\lhieken —promising, ere
I long, to gratify ouniirfpatiout curiosity with
n development, fttPkof rare and varied
* incident, suited w But we
j ltave no room for comment. The news
| speaks for iiself. We expect soon to hear
I the echo of the Texian thunder from the
I halls of the Montezumas, and if it is war
i like in its character, then listen for the
echo of ours from the walls of St. Juan de
| Ulloa!
COLUMBUS FEMALE INSTITUTE.
/ We had the pleasure, last week, of wit
nessing the exercises of the graduatingclass
tit, of ihis institute, under the cate ot Mr.
jfj Slade.
ggSji The exercises took place at the Baptist
Church, and consisted of Music and origin-
Bal composition. We were in such a posi
njion, that we were unable to hear enough of
g he latter, to judge of their character. It
9tct]uires a masculine voice ol more than or
■ tlinary compass to fill that chinch, and it is
J,ot sur])rising that tile delicate organs of
yjio young ladies should (ail to do it. We
Liakc an exception, however, in favor ol the
■tjoung lady whose theme was “he labors
‘ftp vain, who, strives to please all.” The
T’ leamess and distinctness of her enuncia
tion, (without being krud) was such, that
K. hough in a remote part of the building, we
>st scarcely a word. We hate rarely
1 lean! a finer voice. It reminded us of Vol
j Zaire's description ol the most musical lan
i juage of the world, the Spanish —Pura
| Umo el auvo, y sonora eotno la pln/a —pure
f'Ls gold and sonorous as silver. The pus
R' lessor ol these fine vocal organs, we thought,
handled her subject with more skill than we
I jxpected, and gave proof of Mr. Slade’s
Success in cultivating the powers of reflec
|ion and a graceful diction Wc under
stand from those who were more fortunate
ly located, that the theses, generally, were
jpf that character. Nit the least pleasant
l pari of the exhibition was the music given
S’ jby the young ladies. This department is
‘( [under the charge of Col. Weeden, and we
5 Lelieve all the audience felt that the profi.
eicncy of his pupils evinced his skill and
, lottention as a teacher. The vacation song
{ .snng at the close of the exercises, by the
ischool, struck us as a very cleverand agrec
■ able performance.
( An address of which we did not hear
■ enough to speak, was made by L. T. Doivu
; jno, Kstj.
POLITICAL JEALOUSIES.
We invite the attention of our Democrat
ic Readers, to the just and sensible views
contained in an article from the “ Union,”
upon the subject of “jealousies” of the ad
ministration.
| Mr. Polk, emphatically the People’s
PresiJest, and owing his nomination to the
I distinguishing circumstance of not being at
(he moment of his selection, an aspirant for
1 the honor :—Mr. Polk called from his do-
I meslic arid private circle, to be the candi
date of the whole democratic party and the;
President of the whole people : the particu
lar favorite of no particular section of his
party—but brought forward and triumph
antly elected, by the whole : pledged to
hold office hut a single tetm, and therefore
clear of all suspieion of shaping his govern
ment to the end of his re-election—the Pre
sident, in short, in just that position to com
mand the confidence, and to he entitled t Q
the justice of his political ftiends; is yet
badgered with doubts and suspicions—hec
tored here and blamed there, and made the
victim and scape-goat of all the burning
jealousies, fierce criminations and petty dis.
contents, which the partizans of distinguish
ed men, looking to the succession, entertain
towards each other. Every appointment
is scrutinized, and if theappointee happens
to be a Van Buren man, straightway the
Charleston Mercury or his N. Y. cot respon
dent. marks it as inconlestible evidence of
the President’s hostility to Mr. Calhoun.
If a Calhoun rnsn is appointed to place,
with ei|ual injustice and folly, some Van
Buren print utters the cuckoo cry of com
plaint. This (]uetulous spirit strikes us as
extremely unjust, ungenerous and unmanly.
If the President is not to make selections
from the tanks of the friends of Calhoun
and Van Buren, pray where is he to go to
find them ? Surely not in tho Democratic
party. Do these jealous adherents of Cal
houn and Van Buren counsel the President
to compromise the case and appointing the
friends of neither, go to the Whig ranks for
his officers! Or, is either unblushing and
greedy enough to demand, that all the ap
pointments shall be made front the ranks of
his segment of the party. For our own
part, we are utterly unable to reconcile this
factious conduct with a true and earnest
friendship for. and a warm feeling of inter
est in, the success of President Polk’s ad
ministration. We all strove bard to eleot
him. Did we do it for the sake of the pal
try spoils to be shared by the victois, or for
the recognition by the Government of great j
pfirTTjiles, which we believed to be vital to
itsptwky and jierpetuity. Who, then,with
1 his political heart in the tight place, cares a
IraubeeJVheiher a Calhoun man, or a Van
Buren tnjn, or Cass mau, or any man’s
man, is appointed to the offices, while he
has the assurAoee that the President will
remain true to lV\s political obligations, and
will keep the government faithfully in the
“Republican track’”tie is pledged to follow.
Tlte article from life Union, which we
1 look up our pen. only tS.call attention to;
! will satisfy any candid that the Pre
sident has made his appointnients, in entire
innocence of the idle charges <Vf partiality
and bias winch have been brought against
j. him. \
, A SUPREME COURT. \g
The reader will find in this panera apiiV
munieaiion signed “ Harris,”
against the establishment of a Siiuffiiit Ju
dicial tribunal in Georgia, for Uirput pose of
[ correcting errors and of freeingone uniform
1 [and pervading standard erfKegal and equi
table jurisprudence throughout the .State.
The article appearedJK the Enquirer, lasi
week, and it wasjnlso on our Editorial
1 hook in manusciujlr form, for publication.
We could not room for it, until to-day.
*♦ welcome to our columns for
the of this question. We state,
howev^p in advance that we difier with
ccelo, in tl& %dbd usious to which
his teasoning leads.T JTnV if some, corres
pondent, holding different opinions, does not
’ save us the trouble, we shall feel bound to
argue the question with him, step by step
and to the best of our ability. Our own
conviction, founded upon all we have ever
leatned of the paramount importance of a
system of stable, uniform and unchanging
law, and upon the direful expetienee of pur
own Georgia jurisprudence, leads ns to pro
nounce such an institution as “ Harris” op
-1 poses, as the very greatest civil blessing
which a beneficient Legislation could pos
sibly bestow upon the public.
This anomaly now exists in Georgia—
that while its citizens owe allegiance anil
are nominally bound to obedience to one
Constitution and one Code of Laws, they
ate in fact living tinder as many systems of
jurisprudence as thete ate Judicial Circuits
in the State. A statute is enacted at Mil
ledgeville, as the Law of the State, equal
ly binding in Baldwin, in Richmond, in
Chatham and Muscogee, and yet in no two
of those counties, will that statute receive
the same construction, or operate as the
same law; and why? Because the tribunals
interpreting the act, are distinct, and irres
ponsible powers, having no common stand
ard of precedents to which to conform, and
each being the Supreme and final—we had
almost said the omnipotent arbiter of the
rights of the citizen, arising under the act.
The consequences are evil in a twofold
manner. In the first place, the judges of
the Supcr’or Court, as local magistrates are
clothed with powers of a character 100 tin
limited and daugerous ever to be entrusted
to a single man—ami in the second place, it
may happen, as it often has happened, that
two persons in Uvo dillerent Circuits, claim
ing property upon legal principles diamet
rically opposed to each other, may both, by
the adverse decisions of two Judges of the
Superior Courts, be found in the legal pos
session and enjoyment of that, properly
and vet, strange to say, they both claim to
hold under the Laws of Georgia, which
are. or ought to be, the same ever\ where.
Undei this state of things, the statute
Book of Georgia, ceases to he the Law of
Georgia, ami in its place is substituted the
opinion nr tlie caprice of the Judge of the
Superior Court for the time being.
Let a client go to the most eminent coun
sel in the State—propound a legalques-'ion
to him, involving interests, however great,
and ask him his opinion of his rights under
the Law. The answer wiH invariably be,
from an honest lawyer—“ my opinion of
tha Law of your case is, so and so--but
what the Courts of the country will decide
lam unable to inform. Judge of this
Circuit, lias decided tlte quest? n, so and so-
Judge of that Circuit, lias decided it
differently, and Judge of another Cir
cuit has not decided it at all.” Tho client
j will justly exclaim, “ what, sir, are not my
rights of property, defined by the Laws of
my State ? Is it not for the ascertainment
of these rights and for their steady protec
tion when ascertained, that T pay my taxes,
render my obedience to the Laws, and dis.
charge all my other duties of good citizen
ship”? “Certainly,” tire Lawyer will re
ply; “the theory of your Government, tlte
spirit of your free Constitution entitle you
to all this—hut, constituted as our Judiciary
is, of eight distinct antfindepcmlenl heads,
with no common appellate jurisdiction at
which to mould the man of contrarienl and
heterogenous legal opinions, into one steady,
and stable form, it is impossible that the
theory can be anything more than the fabled
fruit, that turns to ashes upon the lips.”
It is to evils of this nature and magnitude,
that the friends of a Supreme Court would
apply a corrective. It is tho one-man pow
er of our Superior Court Judges, whose ju
dicial authority is absolute, uncontrollable
and despotic, that they would limit by the
restraints of a supervising tribunal. And
what are the objections urged to such a tii
bunal, as a remedy for these acknowledged
evils?—a remedy which almost every civi
lized and intelligent people on the Globe,
with the exception of Georgians, have found
it necessary to apply.
But “Harris,” scouts all this argument
in favor of the Court, drawn from wise and
intelligent example; and argues, because
intelligence has in all ages and countries
sanctioned certain errors and abuses, which
he enumerates, that therefore the example
of intelligence should ltave no weight in
tire popular decision of this question. I’ray,
would “ Hatris” have us lake counsel from
Felly and Ignorance? His argument leads
to that. Bin urges our cot respondent, a
Supreme Court is going tube an expensive’
thing ; and he attempts to frighten the peo
ple by showing how many thousands it will
cost. By the same rule, every public In
stitution might be condemned—the Presi
dential, Senatorial, Gubernatorial, Legisla
tive, and Judicial offices, are all expensive—
shall we abandon them on that account 1
There is nothing so expensive as thei/p in
tuslice—ou the otlrer hand, no prieitf is too
high to pay for justice. This agputnent is
unworthy of serious relHtaiioior It is not a
question rrf expense. /
“ Harris” objects the Court
once established, never gmld be abolished—
and in older to give Practical ptoof if the
soundness of his atjpimenf, he is compelled
to assume the eruption of the Conti, nod
to take for that they would’ pro
nounce a act abolishing the
constitu ional.
“IMFris” avers that a Supreme Court”
wouTU increase the length and cost of litiga-
Upv’and presumes this “will uoibe dented.”
,f\Vedeny it without hesitation. Litigation
flourishes most where the law is unsettled—
, wlieie principles are alloat like sea-weed
hqt tire ocean, and where, as in our Courts
newa law-suit is a desperate scramble of
cunning and adioitness for success. At pre
sent, n\ man’s claim can be pronounced
desperate him go to law—lie has a
chance. Bitt, if we had a Supreme Court,
if we had a scries of reported decisions,
who, who would goto Law, when the de
cision was already avoided against hitn?
One of the chiefest beauties and glories of
the British Law is, that settles
the rights of thousands—by sys
tem every man's case stands upAu its own
bottom, and the “ glorious the
Law” is most beautifully ilhis'tated. A
Supreme Court, then, by fixing landmarks
to the Law—by settling great pr nciples af
fecting general rights, would cut oIV litiga
tion. For a few years, no doubt, a Su
preme Court would have a vast deal of la
bor to undergo, in reducing the chaos of Geor
gia jurisprudence to form and order. But
after that, the Legal profession would be
greater sufferers by the stability it would
induce, than their clients.
And lastly, “Harris” urges that a Su
preme Court would give the rich advantages
over tlte poor in law-suits between them.
If the general truism is only meant here
that it man of money in n case has the ad
vantage over one who has none, it must be
j admitted. A client who is too poor to fee
‘j Lawyers, is as bad off as the sick man
j who is not able to engage a doctor, or a well
[one who cannot employ a butcher or a ba
| her. Poverty is an evil —solar, “Harris’’
is right, but it is no more an evil in a Su
preme Court, than in a Superior, or a Jus
tices Couit.
“ Harris” promises further communica
tions and arguments. If tire latter arc not
of a heller quality than those ho has given,
he will fail to convince us, that a pure, rielr
and exalted fountain of Law will not cause
blessings to flow upon cur people.
VERY COOL.
“ Senex” of the Georgia Journal, is either
i getting to be facetious in lrisold age, or he
i is cunningly proceeding on the tiite aphor
i isrit that “ all the fools are not dead yet!',
j Hear what he says about Messrs. Craw
j ford and McAllister :
I “Georgia lias had two Federalists for
i Governor, and intends to have uo more.
! The Republican chieftain who now con
i ducts the allairs of Stale, Iras too strone a
! hold in the affections of the people to be
j displaced by a Federalist of tire olden
j stamp.”
I Mr. McAllister, blind reader, is the indi
| virtual designated as the “Federalistof the
olden stamp,” “Tell me your comnnny,
| and I’ll tell you who you at e” is a capital
| good old rule, and whethei we apply it to
I Gov. Crawfords’ political associates or to
the principles with which he consorts, we
think, it will be found ho is much nigher
tlte contamination of a “ Federal” hug, than
Mr. McAll'ster.
Boston {Basting) is the hatching nest
of Whig pr,nciples (or this country. —
The Lawrences, the Appletons, and their
hired Senator Webster of Bosting, are
the gentlemen who get up for their home
consumption V\ big principles and measures.
And they are very much like tlte wooden
nutmegs their countrymen usr;d to vend in
this same Southern market—they pay the
Boston trailer well, but ate a bilter pill to
the Soutliern consumer. We fancy Gov
ernor Crawford has felt there was more
truili than poetry in this when the “ Black
Tariff” of 1312 was manufactured in Bust
ing, and brought out by that yankee politi
cal pedlar, Mr. Berrien, to be commanded
to Ins strong “Free Trade” stomach. How
must tire gall of the hot Nullifier have boil
ed and fretted at the dose! But Betrien said
“ Dear Governor be persuaded to takest.
Toombs reared, it must be taken, or Mir.
Clay wouldYe dished by his Yankee friepds.
His Excellency yielded like a good elirWian
Whig; and Vom being the fierccst*iater
ofcommercial%esirictions, was mirnmlnus
ly converted lolhe dogmas of proteejou ami
ButG.rvCiav\>rd did not stopatXe wood
en nutmegs —he wiled chip pumFkia seeds,
and horn Hints am\thc whole “tracery” of
yankee political Nations, and w>vr he stands
as high as any onolnf the yblitical blue
noses in Hosting fellowship J Wc fancy, if
Ire Itad a good chanc&he wrtilil go a fifty
million Bank, bounfll atWhe Bistiibution
scheme, and if Mr. Bjkri/n would lubricate
the measure with tfß/tle or bis oily elo
quence, we should notMspair ot his giving
irr to the assumption j|the Slate Debts.
Now, does it not bclme “Senex” as the
Governors friend, tcvtvbt other folks with
Federalism ? Old KettKinan, “those who
live in glass houseyshouß not throw stones!’
FOURTH OMSULY dip ELERSLIIi.
On the 4th m July, a\very respectable
number of tbelizens of Barrs county, re
siding within I Me vicinity elElierslie, assem
bled at the liaise of Capt. Kicbard Prather,
and partook a free Barbewe furnished by
Capt. Pratheßand Iris excelAit lady.
After the Moth was retnovl. the company
present weiMorgauizetl into* meeting by
calling GenßLowE to the C*ir, and Col.
Lemuel Cam, acting as Secrewy—when the
Chair statwthe object of the tfceliHg to be
the givingMublic evidence .of in estimation
I in which Me hold the life and character of
Geri. AnMew Jackson. WhAenpon Col.
Reuben MCrown read and propped to the
ii.eetingMie following preamble Bud resolu
tions, aMer having prelaced themame wjih
some remarks suitable to the occSion. The
preanMle and resolutions were tlftti unani
mousM adopted, to wit:
Arew Jackson is dead! TANARUS soldier
statMmau, patriot and philanthftiist has
passed from the field of his earthly glory to a j
new theatre of action! Ho needs not the!
plaudits of his admiring countrymen to exalt .
his memory with mankind, lor the civilized j
nations of the world, with one voice, have
long since classed him with the most brilliant
Heroes ofautiquity. At the top of the page
of universal fame Iris name is enrolled, and
ins deeds are destined to live immortal in
history. The current of time may flow on,
ages on ages may roll away, and oblivion for
ever hide the lives of Iris cotemporaries, but’
the name of Andrew Jackson will be green I
in the affections of Americans while our
country has a being. Great lie was, and
“good as he was great.” His public virtue. 1
Ins undfeviating adherence to justice ami right \
his devotion to the public good, his defence
of the bumble aud helpless, and his love for
the rights of man, have stamped his charac
ter with an unfadiug lustre, aud surrounded
bis name with the most splendid hale—utuly
ing as tune itself. He needs no huzzas of his I
friends to make him renowned—no rnonu- j
I incuts of art to perpetuate his memory—no
eloquence of man to pronounce his Eulogium
—all these have been awarded him by the
unerring fiat ofTruth and the common con
sent ol mankind. Therefore,
Jlesolced, 1 hat in the death of Gmural
Andrew Jackson, the Nation has lost one of
its wisest Counsellors—Fieedotn one of its
most successlui champions, and the pe ‘pie
one of their best earthly friends.
! Resolved, That these proceedings he pub
j Halted in the Muscogee Democrat and Co
lumbus Times.
HENRY H. LOWE, President,
Lemuel Cade, Secretary.
PUBLIC MEETING IN EARLY.
At a meeting of the citizens of Fort Gaines,
held on the 2 >tlr of June, to take into con
sideration the most smtatrle manner of pay
ing a just tribute of respect to the memory of
General Andrew Jackson—J. L. C. Frank
lin, was called to the chair and 1 Jr. Lewis
Paiiilm r quested to act as Secretary.
The object of the meeting was explained
in a few appropriate remarks by Col. DcGraf
j fenried and Col. Joskih S. Patterson—when
on motion of Col. Patterson a committee of
I live were appointed by the chair to make suit
able arrangamerits, and draft a preamble and
resolutions suited to the occasion—also that
the chairman should select nil orator.
The following gentlemen were named as
the committee —VVtn. Castlebtlry,Col. John
W. Hut live C. F. liemis, A. Marshall, and
Dr. S. Paullin.
Dr. J. Johnson was selected as orator, and
kindly accepted the appointment.
On motion, the meeting adjourned to the
4tl) of July to hear the report of the commit
tee and the oration.
J. L. C FRANKLIN, Chairman.
Lewis Palt.mn, Secretary.
July 4 h according to previous arrange
ment the citizens ol Early and the adjoining
counties assembled at Wilson’s Hotel, where
the following order of procession was funn
ed under the direction of J. L. C. Franklin,
as Marshal of the day.
Ist. National Flag—2nd Committee of ar.
rangements —3d Orator of the uay— 4 h Por
trait of Gen. Jackson shrouded in crape—s'.h
Citizens generally
The procession then moved to the Female
College; and after being called to order by
Writ. Castlebury, Esq , chairman ofthe com
nrtlee, Major Jas. P. Holmes addressed the
Throne ot Grace in an appiopriate and itn
prcss ve manner. The committee through
i!tei* Secretary made tho following report
which was unanimously adopted.
REPORT.
The citizens of the county of Early now
assembled h ive heard wi ll prnfemnl sorrow,
of the death of General Andrew Jackson, late
President fit the Si ales, and for more
than thirty Vrars coMpictious in Jlie alßiials
of hiscou:it\by liMdced s as a ani * a
Statesman. V m 2b
No man days of tlieTnqstWms
Washington hJoccupted so lc.rgßHT space
in the country, in iltouvaso! tire
world, and iy*ie j|arts and
countryineatißOf deeds as a w/fr
a Geneiaoljf wouldme superfluous
The xojMlfoii tvhiclM'e nve was >mJjjpOiis
valor, aMn cedcd,tn lii"trowess i:t tyar,; under
his command the Flag of his cotmtYy was
t over lowered to the fie, whether white or
red—and although lie carlied it through ma
ny a hard fought, field, it waved in triumph
to the last. He was perhaps the only Gen
eral of his time who was never defeated or
outwitted try tile wily savage, and Iris very
name became a greater terror to them than
armed men. ‘This feeling has been trans
mitted front father to son, and the wild (Semi
nole of the Everglades, still recounts with
wonder and awe, Iris deeds of successful dar
ing.
Llis military career was indeed most for
tunate for him, ami glorious lor Ins country.
It began in vicory, and endi and in victory. It
did not close in darkness and defeat, like that
of Hannibal, l’oinpey, or the great Napo
leon, but in a blaze of glory, which is yet
a beacon and a warning to the nut ions ofthe
earth. As long as the father of waters shall
pour Iris tribute lo tho Ocean, as long as the
Mississippi flows, will the name of Andrew
Jackson lie associated with ail that is g'ori
ous and great in the annals of war. As long
as its waters shall form a great pathway lor
the nation, so long will the battle plain of
New Orleans bo the monument ufiris glory,
and a warning to the invader.
Nor was his civic renown less honorable
to himself or glorious to his country; called
with a unanmity almost without precedent in
modern times lo the Chief Magistracy of his
country, he discharged the duties of that im
toftaut trust with an honesty and singleness
of purpose, which won the tribute even of his \
political enemies, and the respect and adini- j
ration ofthe civilized world. And although I
the t.nie has not yet arrived when all are \
willing to subscribe to the wisdom of his max j
inis—all will admit that the breast of Andrew j
Jackson heat only for Iris country, and if he
erred, it was error which human imperfection
could not avoid. Distinguished in youth, re
nowned in manhood, beloved and honored in
old age: lie lias descended to the grave
crowned with imperishable laurels, without a
stain upon bis memory, and mourned hy a
nation of freemen —Peace to bis ashes —
Honored be his name.
Retained, That the most suitable tribute
we can pay to the great and good man who
has boen called away Irotn us, is to be found
in the profound sorrow which we leel for the
death of Geo. Andrew Jackson.
lle.soiccd, Tlial as a Visible evidence ofour
sorrow we will wear the usual badge of
mourning for thirty days.
Rosolced, That the newspapers of this
State be respectfully requested to give pub
licity to these proceedings.
The adoption of the report was followed
hy an eloquent and impressive oration by the
Orator of the day.
The procession then returned to the Hotel
in the same order.
At sunrise a National salute was fired, and
minute guns during the march ofthe proces
sion. WJI. CASTLEBURY, Ch’mn.
Lewis Pacllin Sec’y.
Suoar. —The New Orleans Picayune
says, sugar plantations are being opened
m vaiious sections of Louisiana, with uu
precedent rapidity. Many of the cotton
planters have abandoned that cultivation
for Sugar. More especially is this the case
case in Atakapas and Opelousas. On the
Red River the planters are tinning their at
tention to sugar. Large orders have gone
up the river for sugar mills and fixtures, and
a number likewise have been sent to Phila
delphia.
THE SUPREME COURT. I
I To the People ot licorgia !
! As the time is at hand when your thoughts t
. will be turned to tlie selection of those who j
are to be clothed with the power ol affecting
either for good or for evil, your rights and j
interests, by the agency of Legislative power,
j it becomes you to begin locust about lor the i
: purpose of ascertaining how tar and in wliat i
j manner those rights and iutcicsts may be
affected hy the action of the next legislature.!
j Amongst the subjects, and perhaps by lari
j the most important, which will occupy the |
! attention of that body, is the eitablishineut:
[of a Supreme Court, kis the more iuipor-j
I taut that you examine this measure thorough- i
i ly, because when once fixed upon you, ho its [
[operation good or evil, it is upon.von !or ailj
[time to come. It becomes then a matter ol j
[the deepest interest with you, to weigh the |
matter well, to .examine thoroughly anJI
| understand perfectly well its advantages and
disadvantages, while it is yet in your power
j to control by your voices and your votes, the j
[ legislative action upm it. And perhaps you [
will be able to examine it the more careful-1
] ly, and impartially from the lact that it |
addresses itself to you, ru t as a question ol j
[ party politics, hut as one in which every
i man has one interest unconnected with party
[ —one which il adopted, must slice upmi eve-1
j iy one its beneficial or its baneful intT-.ienres [
without regard to tiro party with which he!
may claim association,
For the purpose of devoting y >ur attention
to this investigation, I propose to submit to
vour consideration a few suggestions which j
have presented themselves to my mind in thej
course of my reflections upon the subject.!
It is my purpose in the course of this discus-]
sion, not only point out what 1 con-ider the
objections to the establishment of the court,
but to examine fully, all the arguments
which have been or may he urged in its favor.
I am aware that in placing mvselfin opposi
tion to this measure, I shall encounter a host
of intelligence and influence; for it is a fa
miliar fact, that it is claimed that all the in
telligence ofthe country, of both parties, is
in favor ol it ; and not only this, but that it
i has the example of every other State in the
Union, and of every civilized country in the
world iu favor of it. I will adroit to the ex
tent to which the terms go, that this is true;
and if what is called the intelligence of the
country, always fully understood the true
| interest of the people & with it moreover con.
nected the virtue and disinterestedness to
pursue that good, and if the universal adop
tion of measures hy government, proved that
they advanced the interest and secured tlte
rights of the people, 1 should unhesitatingly
admit that these arguments are utiansweta
hlo in favor ofthe establishment ofthe Court.
But so far from this, if they prove any thing in
favor of a court, they prove that we ought to
have m this country a king and a hereditary
nobility. For so far as I now recollect, there
is no country in tho world civilized, or un-
Civized, out of the United States, in which
they do not exist, if you were logo into
one ofthe countries of Europe and complain
us the form of their government, the reply
would be ready, that the same form of gov
ernment existed in every country in the
world but one, and that in each, the govern
ment and all its measures are sustained and
supported no! only by all the intelligence but
all the virtue. But unfortunately lor these
arguments mid these claims vve ofthis coun
try, at loasl some of us, think that in these
cinm'ries as they have gone on adding pow
er upon power to the government, they have
been built upon the ruins of the rights and
the destruction dj'Bie interest of theßnaeses,
though perhaps-Bre sutlerers tit*’ derive
ample coiisolatiotV\oin the reflation that
the institutions
[ ruin has been wrrnukt have
not only been adoptXljJbut jpe still sustain
ed and suppo led hyVlltljpmttlligencc and
all the virtue ofthe rinl*.
Having given a paslflß notice to these
arguments, I pass tneri sos the
question. The fit states nt\to he consider
ed in Itie establishment oMhe court is the
.expense. The jyiblishmen*jf power in a
for gl or for evil,
always in jjjr s expense ancßtxpeiise in -
volves one of the essential
but tire most delicate and dangerous attri
butes of government, because it teaches
every where, and is felt by every man. it
ought, therefore, tube guarded with a most
watchful and jealous eye. It will doubtless
j be considered by all, sufficiently moderate
toset down tho annual expense ofthe court
at ten thousand dollars. I know that this
is considered by many a very paltry con
sideration, a sum too pitiful to be mention
erl in the expenses of a government ; but it
is a proverb of a people remarkable for their
wary caution and keen sagacity, that
“many mickles make a inuckle.” All the
expensesofottr government ate made up of
comparatively small items, and to a people
who already begin to feel that taxation
bears heavily upon them, & who have pros
pect of feeling its weight much more severe
ly, even this small sum of ten thousand dol
lars may amount to something; for the
court once established, its expense must he
paid year after year—in prosperity and ad
versity—and though tlte sum may seem to
be small, yet in ten years il will amount to
a hundred thousand dollars; even il its
expenses shall not exceed the amount 1
have assumed, and shall not be increased
as it grows older and stronger. The Stale
already owes nearly two millions of dollars,
upon which the people pay annually over
a hundred thousand dollars of interest —the
State Rail Road is increasing thedebt da ly.
It is true, lire payment ofthe principal is n
long ways oil—some of it twenty five and
some thirty years; but how is the piincipal
| to be paid when it shall become due? The
I next Legislature will, in all probability,
‘authorise two hundred thousand dollais
more of State Bonds, for the benefit of the
Monroe Rail Road. Should that he doue,
it will make an addition of twelve thousand
dollars ol interest, to be raisedovery yeai by
taxes. You feel the burthens of taxation
less heavily now, because the Ccn'ral Bank
is collecting the money due lo it, and is
able to pay some oft be expenses of the gov
ernment without resorting to taxation; hut
that resource will soon be exhausted, iV then
everything must come Iront the taxes.
The people of Georgia ought then to he
well satisfied ofthe great importance us any
object, before they permit their Representa
tives to entail upon them a heavy and per
petualexpenditure of money for its attain
ment ; and this becomes doubly important
whenil maybe that the object would be a
very hard bargain, even if it cost nothing.—
This item of expense must stand aga’nst the
court under any circumstances, and it must
cost and continue to cost that sum, even if il
should turn out to be a great evil. Power
never releases its hold when once attained.
The Court once established cannot be
abolished. If’a majority of the people, aud
even ofthe Legislature should desire it, it
cannot bo done ; a law passed lo that effect
hy the Legislature, would by the court it
self be pronounced unconstitutional. It re
quires two thirds of each branch ot the Leg
islature for two successive years to alter the
Constitution, and there will probably always
be, if the Court should be once established,
a party in favor ol it sufficiently large to
ptevent that.
I will not say that no good would result
to any body from the establish me nt of the
Court, because it very seldom hap
pens in any country that the means of get
ting power and largo salaries are devised
and executed without benefit to some; but
I think it is susceptible of demonstration
that the Court even, if it cost nothing, would
be productive of n.uidi more evil than good I
It will increase the length and cost ol |
litigation. This is one great evil which J
suppose will not be deified.
Jt will give to litigious men who have
money, the means ol annoying and harass
ing bv long and expensive law-suits those
who are poor, and by tlrs means they will
Ire able to deprive 1 he!” of their rights alto
gether, or make it cost them as orach ns
they are worth to get them. The delay ol
justice, is to a majority < f men, in a pecuni
ary point of view, almost equal to, and in
many cases it is worse titan a speedy deffial
ol it ; and the history of Courl&shows that
the more hands you have to pass through,
in pursuit of your rights—the more delay
ami expense you encounter and the less
they are worth when you obtain them. To
the mass of every community a speedy de
cision of litigation is of great importance;
because delay iujurps not only by withhold
ing tire right, hut hy subjecting the party to
loss of time ami expenditure of money ; ami
it not unfrcquently happens when he is re
quired to pass through several dillerent
courts,.that he wire proseculesor defends Iris
tights’, finds even when he has gained his;
cause, that considered in a pecuniary point i
of view, he had belter have yielded them |
without contention. j
i In a future number, 1 shall point out fur
ther the evils of the establishment ol the [
Court, ami will examine t4re arguments [
r.dtielr have been urged iu fav rr of it, and 1 |
think 1 shall he abb in show lo any unprej I
Ind iced mi ml, that while the wits us a com [
j plicated judiciaty, arc palpable and tangi- j
i ble, that the good which the advocates of
| this measure assert will result from it, lie
‘chiefly in the imagination.
HARRIS.
From lire Federal Union.
MR. McALI.ISTER’S CORRESPONDENCE.
The Savannah papers are filled with a vo
luminous corresprirrnlt'irec which in tire year
1834, took pl.ee between Mr. McAllister
and tire late Richard W. Habersham, and
which was ex'eusively published at the time.
This correspondence, now drawn forth try
the whig press, has reference to the fact that
Mr. McAllister accepted the office of district
attorney oi the United (States, alter it had
been resigned by Mr. Habersham. The re
signation of Mr. Habersham, Mr. McAllis
ter’s acceptance of tire office ami the corres.
pondence which grew out of it, were matters
of deep feeling and excitement at lire time.
Mr. McAllister’s position was then satisfacto
ry tutlre Ll’.iion Par:y;nothing now can now be
elicited in regard to it, and it will be
strange if il proves objectionable to the Dem
ocratic Tarty, composed of tire same men
with the same principles. We expected this
course of policy would be pursued by tire
whigs. T'iicir object is obvious. Occupy
ing a position without defence, they prefer
making the assault if they use but weapons
of lath or straw. Our brethren of the Detn- I
eralic press are cautioned against leittg di
verted from their own true course of policy.
We are in the field, not only for tho support
of proper principles, but to put down those
which are wrong. We are to support the
true and original democratic principles of
Mr. Jefferson and General Jackson, and to
oppose federalism as originated by Adams
aud supported by Clay, Webster, and Ber
rien.
[official.]
APPOINTMENTS BY THF. PRESIDENT.
Enoch Fowler. Naval officer for the dis
trict of Newburyport, Mass, vice Thomas M.
Clark, whose commission will expire Juiy
TOlli, 184f).
Gkorgs F, Worth, Deputy Postmaster
at Nantucket, Mass,, vice S. 11.Jenks, whose
commission lias expiied.
John Forsyth, Deputy Postmaster at Co
lumbns, Georgia, from the 221 inst., vice G.
W. E. Bedell, whose commission will on that
day expire.
Thomas Shepherd, Deputy Postmaster at
Northampton, Mass., vice Amos 11. Bullen,
removed,
From Iho N. O. J’fi'* rs"nian Rcimhllcan,
GEN. JOHN B. IMWSON.
This distinguished and good mail died on
the”Bth inst., after a lingering illness. He
has literally worn out his life in the service
ol his country. Brave, generous, ever mind
ful of favors, forgetful of injuries, devoted to
his friends, incapable of meanness—lie has
lived for others, and for his country, with
out ever considering for a moment his own
personal interests. It was, in the best days
of Athens, considered the highest eulogy,
on a public servant, to say that he died
poor. John B Dawson has several times
abandoned places of profit and pursuits cer
tain to ensure wealth, at theeall of his coun
try, and he has died poor in this world’s
goods, but rich in public honors, in the at- ‘
feci ions of Iris friends, and in all those qual- j
ities of the heart which make men estimable j
in this world, and fit them for rest in Ilea- !
ven. Louisiana never gave birlli to a more
devoted son; she never loved one belter;
she will never mourn one with more heart
felt anguish and sincerity.
MARRIED,
On tho morning of die 9th inst, at the residence of
M s, I ‘rowel! m Russell county Alabama, by the
Rev, Mr. Rush, Mr. William Alexander to MPs
Ariadna, daugh fir of the late Henry Crowell,
Attention 1 Colninliiis Guards.
A N ELECTION will be held at iho Company
JQI Room, on Saturday'the gdilr inst. at S o’clock, 1
P. M.for a dill Lieutenant ofihe Coiumbus Guards,
vice John Forsyth promoted.
PHILIP T. SCHLEY,
July 16, !S4o 29-if Capt Coittinhas Guards.
.•MUTUAL LITE INSURANCE COM
PAKY OT ItEVY-YOBE-
Xo of Lives Insured during the month of
June 1545 00.
Condition of the Company- lsl February and at this
dal
Dete. No. Pol. Cross Dorsrs owl Amount
issued, receipts, expenditures, invested
January 31, 1(186 124 687 27,-1 li 97 273
time 30, 1,513 191,907 88,315 158592
Increase since
Ist February, 427 67,220 10,901 56,319
M. ROBINSON, President.
The business of this Company is rapidlv and r egu
larly progressing, presenting uvery prospect, both ol
security aud profit.’
Applications received and all desirable informa
tion furnished by 11. S. SMITH, Agent.
July 16, 1845 -29-H
BOORSSBLimb OUT
At tlte Cheap Book-Storey
OKI Si ami near the Market.
riIHE subscriber intemlin o io tisposf of his en-
Jl lire siock, is* SELLING OUT u?. fast as pos
sible. at prices still lower than ever.
Teachers, Parents, and the Pub ic in centra!, are
earnestly invited tu cull and examine Ins very exten
sive stock, before purchasing elsewhere.
Jii y IG, 1815 19-ts GEORGE DIJNH\M.
* - FVUCETS.
BRASS and HI tick Tin Faucets—varioug siz,e,
and Molasses Gates.
Fur sale bv
J. KNNI3 & C l
July 16, 1843. At the New Hardware S ore
si io c n ar i; too ls.
UCti as Biucers. Puucn Fliers. Nippers, Peg
” vJutierg, Shoe K itves, Rasps, Awls, Tacks,lke.
For sal® by
J. ENNIS & CO.
July 16, 1815. At the New Hardware S ore.
ttun&citEWsi
WELDED Uv.AD Ut.Li SCRE WS, assort
ed. For sale by
J. ENNIS Sl CO.
July 16, 1815. At the New Hardware Store
W||ITELEA O
A supply ut ill® tustovv articte, *>o. 1. For sal®
by J. ENNIS &CO.
* July 16, 1845. AmH® Na?w Hardware Store,
WYNTON rcHSALS ACADEMY.
PW'*,Hllnext term in this institution will cemmonew
J3l on Mjndr.v.JoiytU’, 1845.
Tuition per teini of JST weeks, sl7 50 1
French “ ** 44 Hixtra)- 10 00,‘
lucidcnial Expenses, 50
Tuition puvablo in advance. .
K. W. B. MUNRCL FVinipai;
L b been proposed that ,ui extra ciwrge o?
live .debars be made for thoge who .cave before tur
Exam nation!
July 16. 1845. 29—21.
CASH! CASH H
R fmd that many have an impnt-s?Lon that *to:
v W do not sc l goods as cheap as we w6M if wtr
sold txclnsm ly for cash. To all such xve would*
say, that what we do s.ll for cash. L, a/d shall !*♦
>o!d as low as such merchandise, is -o!ti any where
and at the same time, we intend’lo continue otir prac
nct- of'liiog on n credit stu b of our friends, as*,
have satisfied u a of their ‘Ability tO pay. Wo
have a good stock of DRUG AN DM LUivJINESk
to sto*e pint tofm ntiou a small-stock .on the river )?
aud will tty, and satisfy all who call * n as.
POND & WILLCOX. Agents,
July IG. Near (he Market.. _
Itf® V a Voting Man who h. been engaged in dif~
fen ut Mehcaxtilf Oort*f*%v
£-a. fr the last eleven years, A SITUATION A3?
j CLEKIvin this city. An active hiL-dncss wou\4 bye
| prrferK-d. L T f■<{ o siTollable rdfeteaces girYarfor chi**
racier ai:d.-cap.;uiii>v. Apple to
POND £ WILfiCOX, .
| July 9. Near the Markel.
’B’Etosupsoti’s Eye Water*
OLDRIDGE’S Balm o Columbia, Jav Be** IS&ur
route, Indian Hair Dye, Neive nn> Bone LaL
j uanivtit, Viuejjar Rouge. \c Sic. For ml® by
FOND 4 W fLLCOX,
! July 2. Near tho Market.
Palry & CoS Orris Tooth
ROSE flavored j for sale by
POND&WFLLCOX:.
Julj 9. Near the Market. .
Orris Tooth Wash.
FOR sal” by POND & WIi.LCOX itg !*.
Julj 9. ’ Near Marked
PLANTERS, Physicmw, Country Merchants*
and i.rhers witli ng to purchase Drugs amir
.Vied tellies, w-ilfd'i vv, Ii to call at the ISltie Dnijt
SlOr<’ where they cc.il Uud And every article wf
warrvtued qualities, at low puces and on ÜbaraL
terms. PAUL ROSSIGNOL.
June 25 1845.
HAND'S highly perfumed reDet ChitfH m Baflisi
Fur sale by ‘ PAUL ROSSiGNOt.,
June 25, IS4 At the Blue Drug Star®.
jwf HANP’aS c mpound Chine*® Tablet of Alaba*>
ier for removing Tan, Frecfeels. Pimples, White
ning t ! ie skin £c. Waraifrd free from all injurious
itigretbeuis, and ketUctly Uarnah ss. For aalu by
For sale hy PAUL RUSSIGNOL.
June 25 1845. A the Blue Drug Sturdy
SNiib!Bll Tu narinds very tine. Fir sal® by
1 PAUL ROSSIGNOLa
June 25, 16-15. # At the Bhie Drug Stor®’-
Egß ARNHILL’S* I M >i•; LU Bi. 1; INK. --W
ranted, when used according to direction to
produce a beautiful Black, nualtembt® by tvashbujf
or cheiinail ugents. For sale by
PAUL ROSSrGNoL.
June 25,1845. At the Blue Drug Btor~
jtfOOA WATER 1 SODA WATERS
CtOUl. a- Bee with every vr.r ety of SyTfßp9>
f al*o L’digress. Pavilli in lodine ami Blu® l.icA.
Y\ alers, previously cooled hi BcC may ho drank.
PAUL ROSSIGNOL.
Jvne23, 1545. At the Blue thug 3tor
CIITRATE >f(Quinine and Iron, & few ouuce®.
/ just received and -or s*!e by
PAUL ROSSIGNOL.
June 25. 1844. AI the Blue Drug Store.
Fancy So.ips.
B.IRENCH A’tnooJ Soap, a delightful at tide ;
it 1 do Rose, (ft) do do
Fine, Musk, do and do
do Spctmaceh, for softening the --kirii.
Lorr’s Old Windsor Soap.
do Transparent, do
lluli’j Annelid S< np. in bars ;
do Pure Palin Soap, in cakes;
Oui Castile do u line article.
ICJ 1 * For sab by
CARTER St STOORTOft,
.T-.il) f6. Sign of the Red Mortar.
FAHNESTOCK'S VEStIttIFUOE*
i feS tfllß i*4*iiio iy for worm* m one ot me moat ex-
J3L lraordina r y ever used. It oftVcmally erah
ca:es worms of ail sort*, from children and adults.
THOUSANDS perish by worms without the real
”a ire being known. Some other reason is astogmu}
f.r ‘heir sickness* until too hi to to cur® tho real
What immense repponsibility then rests upon the
jir.rcnt who does not know, and the doctor who doe*
not understand, the complaint which is destroying
tin se precious flowers ot life— children*
What should be done ?
The answer is plain. Give this vermifuge, which
wi'l be sure to do good, if they have no worms ; and
if they have, it will destroy and eradicate then* with
a certainty and precision truly astonishing.
ft cannot h arm the smallest infant or the strong?'**
adult. There is no mercury ot mineral in it. Mer
cury is the basis of moat worm remedies ; and the
remedy is sometimes worse than tire disease. So
uev**r use lozenges, but rely upon this. per
son will bo convinced on one trial, that it is the moat
pt rfeet cure ever invented.
The immense sale that this vermifuge has, rs a
sure test of its value and the e.-tinration in which it u>-
held by families. It would be quite too expensive
to publish tho yolunv’S of certificates that hive been
given for this article and the users of it are requested
to spread the name to all persons w horn they thurk
may b ? benefited bv it.
Speak ol it in n I families, and you will do your
I duty to your fellow creatures, and feel assured of the
-ipprobaMon of all good nion, and will receive your
j reward in heaven.
I We cal! on all good citizens to make know** the
effects of this wonderful remedy.
F*r sale bv
CARTER &
July 16. Sign ofthe Red Mortar,
PLANTATION FOR SALE.
* HE subscriber being
f? C 91( u desirous of removing into 2gfl£Ehg!§9
I B ‘own, offor*} for sale bis
■TV-lhahia'ion.strek, &c.situ
a ted about FIVE MILES
FROM COLUMBUS, on the Hamilton Bond.
K. TANNER.
Columbus, Julv Hi, 1845. 29—if
%j[USOOGEtt SUPERIOR COURT, Mar
) ItH. Term, 1845.
Janies- S. Watson and\
William C. Watson, nn-j
norsjby their m xt friend, I
James A. Slaton.
vs Bill for ftceeuftt, Eckel
John H. Watson, and j and li junction*
Benjamin W. Walker, j
Executors of James C. |
Watson, dc cM. ; The In- l
surance Bank of Coluni- |
hits Fnrish Carter and |
I M cliuel J. Kcnon, Exec j
j u ors of George W. Mur- [
, ray, de’d. ; The Wes- j
t**rn Insurance und Trutt I
Company of the ci’y I
of Columbus, Maitland, i
Kennedy .&Co., Seaborn |
Jones, E. S. Hamilton, f
T. S. Pelton, survivors, L
Ac., Silas B. StillvvelU £
! J. S. Smith, & Cos., and I
The Plnuters & Meehan- f
•ch Bank of Columbus. J
IT ajincaring to the Courr, that David MnHlamf.
David S. Kennedy, Stcyvart C. Maitland, Jamea
Correll, E. S. Hamilton, T. S. PeMan, George
Seymee, and Silas B. Still well reside beyond the
Jurisdiction ot this Court.
1 1 is, therefore ordered, that &aid defendants be, and
are hereby required to plead, answer and demur, to
complainants Bill, not datnurmg alone, at the next
I'erin o : this Court; or iha ; said Bill be takenjwo
confess*) as to them,& that serv ice of said Bill wit! &
• ms rule, ha made and perfected by publication ol this.
Ruic, once a month for four moruhs before said courts
in the Columbus Times, a newspaper published irx
the city ofColumbiis. Gn.
JOHNSON & WILLIAMS,
Compi’t Sob.
A true copy from the Minutes of Muscogee Su
perior Court 27th day of June, 1845.
B. BEASLEY,CPk.
July 16, 1845. 29—m4m
ll.chart! Fomby, l Bll| ni.covary, RelwrUnd
Daniel \\ rider aiut f Injuorutm id Troup Su|.e.i-
S-tmust Davis. J or Gourt.
1 r appearing to the Court that Samuel Davi, on*
of the delendani* in the above Bill reside* onteT
ihe limits of this State. It is therefor* oa
ordered by the Court, that said Samuel Davi* ap
pear and plead, answer or demur, to said Bill, on **
b- fore the first day’ of the next Term ©* this Court
ae in default thereof the plaint iff be permitted to take
his answer pro confesso And that said defendant
be served by publication of this rule in the Columbus
Times in terms of the law.
A true copy from the Minutes ot Troup Superior
Court, Apm Term, 1845.
MOSRS LEE. r. IV
July 16,1845. SBl—An