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From the Sentinel.
THE SUPREME COURT.
No. 5.
Having poin'ed out some general
advantages which would result from I
the plan of a supreme Court which has j
hmi i sib nitted, I proceed to notice
th >se which stand in immediate con
nexion with the details ofthe system.
AuJ first, of
THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
He is to be appointed by the Governor-
Because he is the most important officer
of th Court; and it is more probable
th it lie will be ’veil chosen by one, than
by in tny. The Governor, in electing
the Chief Justice, would surely remem
b..-r, that be was choosing an officer,
who was to preside long alter his own
term of office would expire—an officer
under whom he himself might have to
pr ictice. and for whose faults he alone
would be responsible. Under all these
influences, it would be wonderful if he
did not make a good chi.ice, if not the
very best.
But at fifty-eight, the Chief Justice’s
t'-rm of office expires; and theii, the
Governor may lose his power of ap
pointment upon the petition of two
thirds of both branches of the General
Assembly; why not permit him to ap
point at the expiration of the term, as
at the begining?
I aoiwer: 'That ir will l'”p
pen that the Chief Justice wdl become
incompetent to the duties of his office
at the age: anti if he be an able officer,
he should not be removed at that period.
But whatever might be his abilities, the
Governor would be almost certain to
remove i.im. The choice would be be
fore him of reappointing the incumbent
for three years, or of appointing some
fivorile, for fifteen, twenty or thirty
years perhaps. In such a posture, it
is easy to foresee how he would act.
Remembering, that before the three
years expired, himselfmight be remov
ed from office, he would seize the op.
portunity of promoting his favorite,
before it should be ever lost to him.
O.i the las’ night of President Adams’
term of office, he labored until twelve
o’clock at night, filling up commissions
for officers whom e wished to get in
before he went out. On the other
hand, if the Governor should be moved
by sympathy or friendship to reappoint
the Chief Justice, he would do so, how
ever incompetent that officer may have
become.
But two thirds of both branches of
the General Assembly, would readily
concur in a petition to re-appoint a
Chief Justice of distinguished talents
and worth; and it would be next to
impossible to draw such a petition from
the favor or sympathy of so large a
body, in behalf of a Judge who was
unfit for his place. But if the Gov
ernor is bound to re-appoint upon the
application of two-thirds of the Legis
lature, why notgive the re-election to
them diretly?
I answer, because this would make
it the duty of them to aetjin the matter;
and then they might be put to the disa
greeable necessity of voting out the
Chief Justice. If the Assembly were
obliged to pass upon the merits of the
Chief Justice; great exert ons and
strong appeals might be ma le to them,
-wfilCh by possibility might move them
to re appoint an unfit officer, whereas
if they were not constrained to act in
one way or the other, it is not likely
that they would be induced, first to
move, and then to move wrongly. It
is almost, as true in morals as in phy
sics, that it is much easier to change
the course of an active body, than it is
to overcome its vis inertia, and give it
an oblique direction too. No gentler
way ot getting nd of a respected but
worn out officer, than that of letting
him drop silently down the declivity
which was marked out to him in the
beginning as the end of his career.
The Governor is inhabited from
choosing the Chief Justice from among
his relatives and immediate connexions.
This, it may be said, will, at all times
exclude the first men in the country
from the highest scat on the Bench.
Hardly ever. But let it be admitted:
t iey would not be excluded from the
bench, if foreclosed from its highest
place. The Senate might place them
on a lofty seat, and the House of Rep.
resentatives might place them in the
Court; and in either event, the country
would have the full benefit of their
talents. But it would be far belter to
forego the advantages which might
occur, o ice in a century, from allow
ing the Governor unrestrained power
in choosing the Chief Justice, than to
expose him to the strong temptation of
making a lofty post a money-making
or living-making business, to his kin.
The Chief Justice’s term of office
expires at fifty.eight; the shortest pe
riod ever fixed upon, where the term
has been measured by the years of the
incumbent.
True, because, it sometimes happens
that from other causes than age, a
judge becomes unfit for the bench.
But.let it be remembered, that under
our system, the Chief Justice does not
necessarily go out of office at that age.
He may be, and doubtless will be, if
he remain worthy, continued twenty
or thirty years longer in office. But
afier that age, his elections come round
so rapidly, that he may be removed
almost as soon as the first symptoms
of decay in his intellect are discovera
ble.
A. B. LONGSTREET.
At Moscow, on the 4th of August,
the famous bell the largest and hand
somest in the world, was raised from
the ground, where it has long lain. It
was cast in 1733, by order of the Em
press Anne, by Michael Motoren, a
Russian metal founder. Its height is
21 feet; its diameter, 23 feet; its weight,
12,000 poods, 480,000 lbs. (432,000
lbs. English weight.) The beauty of
the form, the bas reliefs with which it
is adorned; the value of the metal,
witch is a composition of gold, silver,
ami copper, render it remarkable as
xh >wing the advanced state of the art
of casting in metal in Russia at that
early period. It was raised by a very
ingenious contrivance of M. Montfer
ra id, and is placed for the present on
a pedestal.— Hamburgh paper.
COTTON WOOL.
The English Journalists, Reviewers,
and other writers, almost, always call
-cotton, cotton wool. Do they think
that it grows on the backs of American
sheep?
Daily Advertiser.
_ _ ~
i'
A SPEECH FROM JOHN C. ! U.thh nT” |
We copy into our paper to-day, from the '
Pendleton (S. C.) Messenger, the speech de- ;
livered by Mr. Calhoun, at the dinner recent- :
ly given him and General Waody Thompson', |
of the U.S. House ot Representatives, by the !
citzens of the Pendleton District. We call
the attention ot the reader to this luminous j
speech. It contains facts for the people, not I
only of the South, but of the whole Union J
These facts relate to the effect of the tariff' — j
the operation of the compromise bill—and the (
state of the abolition question. Perhaps Mr. j
Calhoun (and it is natural that he should) takes
too much credit to the Nullification of South
Carolina, in bringing about the present un
precedented prosperity of the South. We are
not and never have been ot his school of poli
tics tn this particular; still we do not doubt
that South Carolina did much by the course she
took, towards the present prosperity which is
now participated m by all the southern States.
But it was a dangerous r tnedy, and ought
never to be again resorted to, as we believe.
But laying this old and now happily settled
: matter aside, we consider every thing which :
comes from John C. Calhoun worthy of at- I
. tention. One ofth? three greatest men—Clay, <
Webster, and Calhoun. —now living m this !
[ or anv other country, or, as we believe. who .
ever have lived, since th:: days of inspiration, '
j we have always admired his giant intellect, ■
his penetrating, unequalled forecast, htssi icer
itv, and his spotless, mrchequered moral cliar-
■ acter. His speech on this occasion, like till
■ tbe speeches of that great mister-spirit, speaks
, for itself. He proves that the compromise,
which the Van Buren leaders of the spoils
: parly threaten to lay violent hands upon in the
, hope of‘‘tickling, the South thereby, notwith
. standing Mr. Secretary Woodbury declares,
; in his letter to Dr. Waterhouse that all the
i surplus will ba wanted by 1842, has saved for
the southern States $27,000,000 annually!
: which accounts for the fast growing prosperity
of the South. We again call the reader’s at
tention to this speech.— Mobile Advertiser.
From the Sentinel.
Madness and Desperation.
, The result of the late election has convinced
the friends of Van Buren that his chance is
indeed desperate, to obtain the Electoral vote
* of Georgia, and they arc now making their
death struggle, with a madness and despera-
I tion unparalelled in the political contests ot
Georgia. Look at the columns of their pa
pers; they teem with misrepresentations the
most flagrant, and falsehoods the most foul.
Look at tile columns of the Constitutionalist of
j. the 18f.li inst., and the Standard of the Union,
for the proof of this assertion
The Constitutionalist says: “The Whigs
and Nullifiers are willing to give their votes
’ for Gen. Harrison and Mr. White, who are
friends of the Bank of the United States.”
The Nullifiers do not support Gen. Il.trri
son; he is not our man—he is not in the con
| test in Georgia at all, and we are not willing
|to give our votes for him. That Judge White
: is a friend of the Bank of the United States, is
i \ false, false, false! Nothing but the most reck
less disregard fortruth could ever hive justified
such an assertion! There is not a single act of
his life that will warrant it! But why mouthe
about the Bank? Can the Van Burcnites talk
and think of nothing b it the Batik! The Bank
is dead; its charter has expired, its day is
passed; its destiny is fulfilled, and why then
do the Van Buren party eternally gabble about
a thing not in existence? We can tell the peo
’ pie. The Bank was unpopular in the South
during its existence; and they think to fright
en the people into the support of Van Buren,
1 by dragging forth the dry bones of the dead
> monster to the public gaze, and then stretching
t their own mouths, and flaring their own eyes
as >f frightened half to death, they bawl out,
’ “behold the Bank,” “look at the Monster,”
' “there’s Nick Biddle,” “down with Biddle.”
’ “down with the Bank,” “huzza for Jackson!”
i All this terrifying clamor arid ferocious war cry
t is made over the dead carcass, for the purpose
of keeping up a morbid excitement, fur the
’ benefit of Mr. Van Buren, a man who, in the
graphic language of a Tennessee toast, “can
not stand long enough upon his own merits to
be knocked down.” And will the people suf
fer themselves to be deluded into the support
' of such a man by such means? Are they
’ numsculls, doltsand blockheads? No! Again
’ the Constitutionalist says:
“And why do we support Mr. Van Buren'?
’ Because he is opposed to a protective tariff, to
j a system of internal improvement; to the Bank
\ of the United States, and bank monopolies, and
because he would oppose any measure tending
to interfere with the institution of slavery in
’ the South. Mr. Van Buren believes that the
federal government possesses no constitutional
power to meddle with slavery in the States,
, and he believes that slavery cannot be abolish
ed in the District of Columbia, without the con
sent of the slave-holding States, if even the
federal government had the power.
> “It Mr. WLite or General Harrison had de
[. dared that they entertained opinions similar to
those of Mr. Van Buren’s we would not be so
’ much opposed to those gentlemen.”
‘ Have truth and sincerity departed this world?
and have ignorance and blind credulity taken
possession of it, that men will make such as
sertions with th>' hope of finding believers?
Van Buren opposed to the Tariff! Why he
absolutely voted for every Tariff ever impos
ed by Congress since 1824—the “ bill of aboin
-1 inations and all,” in 1828! “'Opposed to inter
’ nal improvement"! Why he vo ed forthe Cum
t berland Road, with its toll gates, and for eve
ry measure of internal improvement of a popu
‘ lar character ever proposed! “Opposed to the
1 Bank"! Yes, after it had become unpopular;
before that time he petitioned for oue of its
I branches to be located at Albany! Has he not
I declared his belief in the constitutional power
oi Congress to abolish slavery in the District
* of Columbia? And yet the Constitutionalist
says, that if White or Harrison entertained
similar views on these subjects, to those of Van
Buren, that the Editors would not “be so much
opnosed to them”! Now, admitting that Van
’ Buren is opposed to the tariff, to the bank, and
’ to internal improvemen.s, we ask wherein does
t he differ from Judge White? The Judge is
opposed to them all, and on the subject of Abo
lition the Constitutionalist certainly will not
have the assurance to say that Van Buren’s
opinions are preferable to his! White is op
’ posed to abolition, and stands above Van Buren
. in denying the right of Congress to touch the
f i question any where, not even in the District.
I Was there ever before such palpaple misrep
’ resentation and bare-faced inconsistency as
’ this paraded before the world in a public news-
* paper under the guise of truth and dignity?
Never! But the Constitutionalist again says:
“But we are convinced that, should either Mr.
White or Gen. Harrison be chosen to be Pres
ident of the United States, a course of policy
II would be pursued, which would place the
Union in imminent peril. The surplus reven
ue'Would be employed in corrup ingthe people
of the States; and increase the surplus, duties
i, on imposts would have to be increased. The
11 fiscal operations of the country would be u.i
--< der the control of the Bank of the United
a States. A system of internal improvement
would ba carried into effect io the States.
And the question of Abolition would become
one of the leading measures of the administra
tion.”
•‘Ange’s of grace and ministers of peace
defend us”! Abolition “one of th£ leading
measures of White's administration" !!!
j “Reason hast thou quit, the h-.tu.ds of men, and
! fled to brutish beasts”? Truth, . u.cerity,dis
j cretion, character and common smise, are ye
j all thus staked upon the desperate “hazard ol
the die,” to be lost forever to th • world, u i
[ less Van Buren be elected? Is .Mr. Guieu
. mad, that he raves thus? Is he crazed, that
■he speaks thus as one, who having no land
-1 mark in the realms of truth, whither to direct
I his footsteps, falls into the bogs and mires oi
j error and falsehood? Or has tbe prospect ot
Van Buren’s defeat confound d his senses,
bewildered his judgment, and brought him to
the last stages of madness, desperation, and
blindness to public censure. We know not
which most to admire, the weakness which
could be brought to believe what Mr. Guieu
says he is “convinced" of, the presumption
which supposes it can dupe others mtn a like
opinion, or the hardihood which can lace a
world in saving that the aboiiiion of slavery
will be “one of the leading meastires’’of White s ;
or Harrison’s, should either of tli< tn be elect- ;
ed! And such things, too. asserted by a friend
!of Van Buren’s! Yes, by a supporter ol the
’ man who voted to restrict slavery in Missouri
land Florida, who now professes to b-lmve,
! “with the lights before hint,” til it Congress
■ has a right to abolish slavery in the District, ol
I Columbia, and who, to cap the climax ot po
| litical perfection, voted to allow free negroes
I the right of suffrage. Such reckless asser
tions, ho.vever little they may become a res
pectable press, are certainly Well worthy of
the black cause which they are intended to
subserve.
CONSIDERATIONS.
To those who think of the publie interest
when they give their votes in the appr etching
■ ! Presidential election, we commend the follow
-1 ing brief article from the Boston Atlas, It is a
• concise and impartial statement of the consid
erations involved in the issue. We as', very
man to read and reflect upon it. Surely mint
ought, injustice to themselves and the country,
| to have some other object than the mere eleva
-1 tion of A. or B. to an office so responsible as
that of the Chief Magistrate of tbe United
' ! States. We put it to th': plain farm ers of the
' j country every where to say, whether the mut
! i ters urged in this calm appeal to their judg
ments are not entitled to some weight? It is
■ j not enough so- them to mean th it which is
j right—they ought to investigate and do what
iis right. These considerations are not. ficti-
' i tious—they are drawn from the records of
I our public history—and ought to address them
selves to the understandings and serious con-
i sideration of every honest friend of Mr. Van
Buren, as well as to his opponents, — V- S,
1 Telegraph.
t
The Young Men of Boston.
Opposed to the present national administra
tion—-to Executive Interference in Elec
tions —to Executive DICTAT ION OF THE SUC-
■ CESsoßsnip—to Executive war upon the Judi
ciary akd the Senate—to Executive coN-
’ trol of the Currency—to a league of the
’ ( Executive banks—to the accumulation of all
■ the people’s specie in the hands of the Gov-
I eminent —to the assumption of Legislative
; Power by the Executive Departments, as
• i in the violent removal of the deposites, a. id the
■ recent illegal Treasury Circular—to Post Of
’ fice Espionage and Judicature—-to the in
fringement of the LiiU|^m^MHM- u '. Press—
■ to all projects for Public
Money— to the
1 Records—to the ~ which
’ have struck at Chl vania, and
’ at Laws and Constitutions in Maryland:—
Friendly to an Economical Reform of
> Expenditures—to a just Distribution of
’ the Proceeds of the Public Lands—to an
; immediate distribution of the Surplus
. Revenue—to State Sovereignty, and the
, Senate of the Union, as the ciiadel and strong
hold of State Rights—to Internal Im
provements—to the restoration of the co-or
dinate branches ol the Government to their le
gitimate and constitutional agencies—the
’ maintenance of our Faith with the Indian
j Tribes—a just observance of our Neutral
' Relations—the limitation of Executive
Power—and the curtailment of Executive
; Patronage:—
And, for all these reasons, opposed to the
' elevation o/\Martin Van Buren to the Presi
dency of the United States.—
Are requested to assemble in the Lecture
' Room of the Masonic Temple, on Tuesd. v
■ evening, the eighteenth instant, at half-past 7
o’clock, to take measures for a thorough organi
> zation of the district.
i
From the Richmond Whig
I _
, NEGKO SUFFRAGE.
It is a notorious fact that in the State of New
York Negroes exercise all the privileges ot vo-
> ters —it is not less notorious that Mr, Van Bu
ren was instrumental in ccitferri. g this privi-
• lege on the gemmen of color. Now, it is well
> known that Arthur Tappan and his confede-
> rates are men of great wealth —plenty of mo
ney and an overflowing zeal. Suppose, then,
? that Fappan & Co. should desire to see one of
t t hei r ebony favorites on the fl<>or of Congress
- what is to prevent them from purchasing a
? tract of land large enough for a colony, and set
: tliug it with such a number of negroes as to
- control the elections of a Congressional Uis-
- trict? There is nothing in the State Consti-
- tutiou of New-York to prevent such a state of
- things. Mr. Van Buren, let it be borne in
- mind,assisted in the holy work of permitting
- negroes to vote—he it was who voted tor the
e motion to strike out the word “ white,” thus al
; lowing every negro possessed of $250 the pri
s vilege of voting. Some few years hence will
t doubtless witness an Othello on the floor of
r Congress proclaiming universal emancipation
t and universal amalgamation ! There an: sim
t j ilar instances on record. In the Bahama
J ! Islands, such has been the progress of the prin
t ! ciple Mr. Van Buren helped to introduce into
i | New-York, that already the House of Assem-
t | bly is filled with negro members, who sit and
1 | vote, cheek by jowl, with their former mas
s ters ! We ask what is to prevent such a state
s of things in this country ? If a Congressional
. District of the State of New-York should elect
t a negro Representative, and he should present
s his certificate, what is to prevent him from
. taking his seat? Will Mr. Ritchie tell us?
i Are the Southern members of Congress pre
e pared for this ? Least of all, ar ? they willing
. to undergo a midnight session in the month of
- August with a Cuffee at their elbow—ther
s mometer ranging perhaps 106 ? We can an
. swer for Virginia—Perhaps Colonel U. M.
? Johnson of the Great Crossings, would have
: no objection, as habit is said to be second na
. tore —but the Representatives if the Old Do
. minion would tire in an instance like unto this.
, But to be serious—People of the South, will
3 you bestow your suffrages on one who has aided
- in bringing about a state of things which all ad
-3 mit may come to pass? Will you vote for
s Practical Amalgamationisl ? If you do, rest
■ assured the time will not be distant when the
. African race will claim admittance in the Halls
I of Legislation, Mr. Vati Buren is an avowed
t District Abolitionist, and in favor ofnegro suf
, fragc—Col. Johnson is an Amalgamationisl,
; and consequently very tender towards the
OU t €V W VI is ♦
* Dusky Sally.” and the African race in gene- j
ral. is such a ticket, as the one headed Van |
Bnrc.i and Johnson, entitled to your respect !
>V e opine not.
NO AMALGAMATIONIYJ'-
From the Baltimore Chronicle,
a s’j'et a tui n« dsscsasm’k
We published :i few davs ago an article Irorn
th- N-w \ork Daily Advertiser, ctiiirgi.-ig n
lawver in that state, who was just setting out
in fits profession, with having persuaded an ,
luiiiest. bat less intelligent Dutch neighbor, who .
was embarrassed in his pecuniary matters, to
make over all his property to him by the con- .
session of judgment or otherwise, when not a j
cent was due, so that he might, by thus creat- .
i :g a nominal debt, got clear ot his creditors, [
und.-r the two third act; and telling him that ■
subsequently he could h ive his property res-j
tored to him, on pavrneut to the said lawyer of
,i sufficient sum for bis part in the transaction.
The propertv was made over, and tbe iniqui
tous scheme consummated, and when the poor
misled Dutchman applied for a settlement he
was threatened by his law verTHAT if ever he
j MENTIONED THE SUBJECT AGAIN HE WOULD
j PUT HIM IN THE State’s PRISON FOR PER-
Ji RY.
'l’lii.s is the charge; and the Advertiser offers
to prove lit it Till ' LAW'YER .'tLiRII X
V A N BUREN, and to furnish “namesanddates
and circumstances," if it be deemed necessary
by the editor of th : N. Y. Evening Post, (a
Van Buren paper.) and a pledge given that il
it be proven to be true, the editor ot the Post
will not support Mr. Vmi Buren tor th l : Presi
dency. The Post hesitates to give the pledge,
| and the Advertiser again reiteratt s the charge,
and says:
“ We renew our offer to the editor of the
Evening Post, to furnish him with the name ot'
lhe MEAN and INFAMOUS PETTIFOG
GING Presidential candidate WHO PER
JURED HIMSELF! and suborned another
to commit (unintentionally) perjury—who bv
this means DEFR Al? DEL) ILLS NEIGH
BOR OF HIS GOOD N AME AM) OF IDS
PROPER L Y, and who the t THREATENED
to have him INDICTED if he uttered a cotn
j plaint. But, the pledge in return we require
' must b:? a substantiality--somt thing which is
i tangible—something which amounts to more
than the Post’s “ quivalerit”—semething more
j reliable than the Editor’s committal against
! Banks—something more than his violated faith
i given to the Loco Focos.ntid something that is
more definite than a PROMISE TO DO any
time between now and the end of eternity.—
. Vv henever such a pledge is given, we promise
. to change th ; politics ofthePostin a day, and
produce a metamorphosis as great, though not
more palpable, as that which this former Loco
Foco ovgao has undergone withn a few weeks.
YEA or NAY we repeat, Mr. Editor?
In the mean time, we will say to our Whig
friends that, we arc INFLUENCED BY NO
FEAR, FAVOR or AFFECTION forthe
Presidential pettifogger.—Our silence on the
subject of the names arises front the respect we
entertain forthe living witnesses of the IN
FAMOUS TRANSACTION, and because
j we will not drag a circle of the sufferer’s triends
j b -fore the public, unless in our opinion the
common goot 1 DEM AN DS ll’ at our hands!! !
And still the Post evades he question, thus
( evidencing its fear that the charge is true, and
yet lacking the independent honesty to de
nounce a man who would be guilty ot such a
crime.”
We hope, for the sake of humanity, that the
charge is not true, or that it may be softened
in some of its more important features, and
yet it would appear by the following extract
from the Advertiser, that it is not now for the
first time published, but th.it heretofore Mr.
> A’an Buren has been successful tn preventing
• its general propagation:
■ “For our friends at a distance we will say,
f that in making the statement of the case of the
'■MEAN, MISERABLE PETTIFOGGER.
U who first PERJURED HIMSELF. DE
FRAUDED HIS NEIGHBOR OF HIS
I I PROPERTY, and then of bis good NAME,
• I we did not mei n to have it understood that we
■ are or Were the SOLE depositories of the
■ i knowledge of the case. Neither would we
' have them infer that it is NEW. It is almost
: as old as the history of the rise and progress of
■ the INTRIGUER referred to, and in this city,
i and Columbia county, it is almost as well
: known as the Magician himself.
Under these
' friends of Mr. Van Bur
such a charge
think of supportii’arz ~
From the People "
AN ASTOUNIMNG FACT!
Col. R. M. Johnson a Pensioner upon the Gov
ernment ever since the last War!
It is a fact but very little known,yet never
theless true, and easily proven, that Col RI CH
ARD M. JOHNSON, the Van Buren cattdid
. ate for the Vice Presidency, IS AND HAS
. I BEEN, FOR MORE 'TUAN TWENTY
. YEARS, A PENSIONER UPON THE
I AMERICAN GOVERNMENT and he has
. atiuuallv received a PENSON of SIX HUN
. DRED' AND FORTY DOLLARS. This
, we have upon the authority of a distinguished
f gentlemen of Kentucky, formerly a member of
• Jongress and a conspicious supporter of Gen.
i Jackson. There is no mistake about it. Our
. informant, having heard the fact stated bv an-
> other member of’ Congress, was incredulous,
. and went to the Pension Office himself, anil
. saw the entry upon the books of the office,
f; and we think he said it bears date from the
i sth Oct., 1813, twenty-three years, at $640 per
; year, makingthe stiugsum of‘sl4, 720. The
: money is regularly paid in Washington City,
. it, place of Kentucky, for the purpose of disguise
■ as our informant says there are but very few
I people of Kentucky who know any thing of the
f case.
i Comment is almost unnecessary. Colonel
- Johnson is a candidate for the second office in
i the Government. He is said to be the weal
. thiest matt in Kentucky and has received more
’ money from the public treasury than anv man
. living or dead. He is now receiving about
I twenty thousand dollars for his humbag Cnoc
. taw Academy, under various Indian treaties
: wherein sections have beeu inserted through
1 his influence, atid for his special benefit. It
l is sail! that while Gov. Barbour (a relation of
t Col. J.) was Secretary of War. there was
t scarcely an Indian treaty made, that did not
? contain some provision for granting sums of
. money annually to Johnson’s Choctaw Acad
; emy, which is kept on his farm at the Great
f Cross’igs, and is the greatest deception ever
. practiced upon the poor natives. Richard M.
. Johnson with his professed patriotism and hit
. manity, is one ot the mo.-.t sordid and avaricious
> men tn the United States. The fact heru
. stated is sufficient to prove, it, if no other exist
. ed. While hundreds of the poor soldiers of
. the last war have been cheated out of their
I pensions, and never received a cent, in laud or
I monev. Col. Johnson is to this day rcc.-iv ing
. $640 per years, and is worth, it is said, a
■ MILLION of dollars. Let the people judge
; how worthy he is of their suffrages.
: Now gentlemen of the Van Buren press a.-
i tempt no denial of this disgraceful matter in
i til you have applied to lhe Globe itself t’>r the
facts. Ami we hope the National iutelligcn-
, ccr and U. S. 'Telegraph will also ascertain the
whole truth of the c tse.
, Ei't.ract. from an article from the U. S. Tel.
j “ Perish the Colonies, rather than sacrifrce
one iota of our principles!’’ was the cry of
Robespierre and Les Amis des Noirs, when the
( news of the disastrous events of the St. Dornin
;go insurrection reached Paris. They were
i glutted with n hellish joy when they heard that
th :tr “principles" had been consecrated by |
; th.: innocent blood of women and children, —
■ aitii that ih'.iir triumph had been Secured amidst
1 scenes of inexpressible horror. We will not
! sav that a like spirit animates those who are
tin listing themselves forward, uncalled and un
desired, with the same title on their foreheads,
j and tlu: same principles in their mouths. But
j it is due to the great interests involved, that
those who are m<,st deeply concerned in the
| subject, should be kept well informed of the
I current of events.
i It was declared by Mr. King, of New York.
J i i 1820, o t the floor of the Senate, “ that slave
j ry in these United States, inpioint of law and
' right, did not exist, and could not exist, under
j the nature of our free form oj government, and
j that the Supreme Court of the United Stales
{ would so declare it.” These principles were,
in substance, embodied by Mr. Van Buren and
his friends, in the Legislature of New York, in
lhe form of instructions, and transmitted to
Mr. King as a warranty for his opinions and
conduct. Mr. 'Tallmadge also, at that time, in
' ill ■ liaise of’ Represo. tatives, and now we be
j Here, a Senator from New York, openlj via- |
! dtcated the views of Messrs. King and Van |
’I BureD,and declared in his place on the floor,
: that “slavery was incomputable with rejniblican j
[ form of government," and that Missouri, there- I
: fore, ought not to be admitted into the Union,
■ but upon an express prohibition of slavery, in- |
I sorted in her constitution. Upon this, Gen.
■Harrison, at that time a representative for
i Ohio, stepped forward, and in a strain of man.
• ly eloquence and feeling, vindicated the inter-
■ ests and the institution of the slaveholding
’ States, and drove back the advocates of Messrs.
King and Van Buren, behind their entrench-
■ ments’of morbid philanthropy. They dared no?
> reply on constitutional grounds. We thank
’ hint for it, though we are no partisan of bis,
• yet we thank him for it. He did justice to the
- character of the South—to men who were as j
t noble, and as true, and as generous and brave,
■ as those “ precious vessels"— those ‘dear saints,'
whose stomachs sickened at the sight of a black
man in bondage, but grew of better tone when
the color changed to white.
jFloritia.
The Schooner George Miry Capt. W il
lis, arrived yesterday from Jacksonville. — .
we have received the Jacksonville Courier of I
the 13th inst. from which we have copied lhe i
following:
Jacksonville Oct. 13
We hear partly from rumor but mostly from
undoubted authority, that the detachments ot
- Tennessee troops have killed straggling In
dians to the number of fourteen. It is to be
hoped that the report and general impression
are true—that even the swamps and hammocks )
, ! of Florida afford no sate refuge for the Indian, j
: from the bold and brave Tennesseeans. Should |
this campaign close lhe war, as every friend
i jof Florida devoutly wishes, those men will
return to their own State their triends and
] homes, wearing the laurels of glory.
1 At the date of our latest intelligence, Gov.
! Call was still at Fort Drane—and report says
|he is short of provisions and forage. Sup-
I plies must soon reach him. It is supposed he
will soon bo on the Ouithlacoochy and that
! supplies will be brought up that river. Forage
■ ! lias ere now reached Volusia, and Maj. Pierce,
with his command, has undoubtedly joined
• I the Governor. A gentleman of the Army in
' 1 a letter to Col. Dell, this place, to whose
, politeness we are indebted tor a perusal, thus
’ j speaks of Maj. Pierce.
, I “He is a tine fellow —going ahead—taking
all the responsibility to aid Gov. Gall \Yith for-
; ' age, 4‘C. without waiting, as somg o(tlie rest
do. for a special order for he
. expends.” ~ .
The same writer says the question of com
. tnand between General Jesup and G°v. CaN
is settled. Gen. Jesup doesnot claim it, but
J offers to take any comman the Governor gives
him the command of his own regulars, 800 tn
[( number and
j the
now '
fir®) i m
at tbe i ■
N’<>. Uli!. 'I
Cher- I
I “^phe' doubtless concentrated
their forces, and probably they are in council
consulting whether to yield or fight till the last
’ man of them is slain. ’ From the past winter
and the Seminole character, we can hardly
■ anticipate any other alternative than that they
- will, in oneway or another continue the war
fare.
;
Extract front a letter to the editor, dated,
' i “MICANOPY, Oct Bth 1836.
“We arrived here yesterday together with
. Maj. Pierce and about 100 regulars. We
| met 100 ot’Gov. Cail’s volunteers under Col.
f! Cuthbert, at Sautaffee as an additional escort
! or to hurry on provisions to the Governor, w ho
r with 1700 men, lately arrived at Fort Drane,
probably on tin- 3d. 'l’hey left this place on
the sth and about 20 miles on towards Santat
i tee, at Danters place, they surprised and killed
four Indians. The house is situated about 100
• rods from the road, and feeling themselves
r perfectly secure from observation, w’ere cook-
■ ing and preparing a meal, but the smoke let
the secret out and the volunteers surrounded
e them. They all run and attempted to bteak
z through the line but were shot down making
3 no resistance. I was at the house yesterday
and Billy (Omartla’s cousin) was along.
1 lie examined the dead bodies and is of the
i opinion tha . they were Creeks —lie says no
Seminole evergoes from home so poorly dress-
: ed as these were, one of whom was naked
t l, We expect to leave to-night for Governor
t Call’s head quarters, and from thence we do
. not vet know.
3 “The Indians have dug up almost every
i thing which the troops buried on leaving this
t place in the summer; and even Lieut. \\ hey-."
f lock’s grave was yesterday found opetiLjg^..
3 arrival? 'They had dug to the cotli
t it unmolested when they dtscoveredv*
I’ a grave.” ,
t We learn (says the Georgetown
i- tan) that the President has ordered a CoiirtSr
1 nqiurv. the consist of Major Generals Brady
. and Alkitison, members; and Capt. Samuel
3 Cooper, as Judge Advocate and Recorder; to
t be held at Frederick, Maryland, as soon as the
. -state oflhe service will permit; of which the
t President of lhe Board will be the Judge, to
r investigate the causes of the failure of the
i- campaign in Florida under Genaral Scott and
» General Gaines, and of the delay in prosecu
i ting the campaign against the Creek Indians
■ ' tn Alabama. — Columbus Sentinel.
Jim Henry— This notorious I ndian was ur
. 1 raigued before the Superior Court now sitting
■ tn Russell county, Ala. for depredations com
. , nutted in that county; but on application stic-
■ ; cccded in having Ins case removed to Mont-'
| gotnery county. — Republcan Herald.
soutUfvn
Alliens, <»a. Saturday, October 29, 1836.
FOR PRESIDENT.
STU O-XI ?■„ WUTT: ].
for VICE -PRESID EUT.
JOlirif TFltli iA.
WHITE FJLECTOSEAJL TICKET.
DR. AMBROSE BABER, of Bibb,
COL. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.
COL. GIBSON CLARK, of Henry,
COL. HOWELL COBB, of Houston,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe,
DR. THOMAS HAMILTON. ofCass,
CHARLTON HINES, ESQ. of Liberty,
WILLIAM W. HOLT. ESQ. of Richmond.
DAVID MERIWETHER, ESQ. of Jasper.
GEN. EZEKIEL WI MBERLY, of Twiggs,
THOMAS STOCKS, ESQ., ofGreene.
FOR CONGRESS.
(f. f, i: ?\. c/( ©, n)2vw-soi\r,
; In the piece of poetry in the last Whig, from
the pen of our much esteemed correspondent
“KATE,” in the 3rd line Ist verse, for “E’eryet i
j my heartconferr’dlove’s power;” read “E’eryet
i my heart confessed love’s power.”
•‘THE ATHENIAN.”
Gentlemen holding subscription papers for
the “Athenian,” will please forward them to
William L. Mitchell, Esq. of Athens, one of the
editors, as it is desired to commence the work
as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers is
obtained.
We h.. ve been requested to notice that the ex- ■
amination of the Sparta Female Academy, will
Commence on the 7th November, and close on
the 10th.
Southern Literary Journal.
The October number of this work in conse
quence of the indisposition of the Editor and j
operatives, did not reach us until within a few I
days. It has, however, lost but little, it any, of:
its usual interest. The contents will be found
in another part of to-day’s paper.
We publish to-day another original piece of:
j poetry signed “Kate,” to which we invite the :
I particular attention of those who are fond of
j that kind of composition. This and the piece
I published in our last are from the pen of a young j
female of rare genius and of a highly cultivated :
mind.
We know there is nothing so deceptive as '
taste when exercised in reference to the merits |
of poetical effusions, but if we are not greatly
deceived, (and we confess we are no poet.) i
j there have seldom appeared, among the fugi- |
! tive contributions to a news-paper, productions
I of more real worth and possessing in so felici
tons a manner all those characteristics ofchaste, i
finished and feeling poetry.
There is a plaintiveness in its tone that is |>e-J
culiarly touching. There is allusion
that awaken mournful yet pleasiti
The style is simple yet '
it is rich without
without conceit. Xotlj^T 3
ed. Graphic m its &■;
in its figures. A
vades the mind, and a souened pity warms the
heart of the writer. These have been success
fully managed to produce the keen and unquiet
emotions which invariably stir within us a lively !
sense of cruel and wanton injury.
We believe these pieces want nothing but the |
name of some distinguished Author, some tried
and acknowledged reputation, to secure for
them the same favorable run which so justly
marked the essays of Mrs. Hernans, if not the
enviable popularity of the “ Summer Rose.”
We publish to-day a complete list oflhe
late election from all the Counties—as well as
the members elect therefrom. The following
ueorgn qj c j a ] icturns for each candidate:
48448 Tou ' ns - 29599
Tl"- C ’ 29570 Haynes, 29490
antland, 29343 Owens, 29337
Jabez Jackson, HQ'2'2l Holsey. 29228
*l)awson, 28994 *Alford, 28805
*Colquett, 28677 *Habersham, 28557
Coffee. 28544 *King, 25458
*Nesbit, 28419 *J. W. Jackson, 28363
*Biack, 28347
R. »I. JOHNSON.
The following article frjm the Louisville Jour
nal, we lay before our readers, that they may
not be unadvised of the true situation which the
Van Buren candidate for the Vice Presidency, ,
has maintained in society. The editor it seems
has taken some pains to be advised of the ac
tual state of things; and after obtaining the in- ;
formation, has spread it befoie his readers.— ;
Comment, it would seem, upon so flagrant an
outrage upon virtue and morals, would be un
necessary, before an intelligent, virtuous and
moral community. We would, however, pre
mise, adopting the mode of argument to which
the Southern Banner resorts,in relation to Judge
White—that these charges base, black, and dam
ning as they are, have been promulgated imme
diately under the observation of Col. Johnson
and his friends, and they have not dared to de
ny their truth, consequently they may be con
sidered true to the letter.
People of Georgia—can you with these things
staring you in the face, go to the polls on the
first Monday in November, and give your suf
frage to Richard M. Johnson of Kentucky, who
has openly married his own slave! Can you
with till your boasted love of morals—your re
gard for virtue—your zeal in the promotion ot'
refinement in society, consent to stain your
~,’ter of your State, by giving
-' . ii yon say to
. - <l<’sti-
. . ‘’ • liveliest
-.lace
, 'I
reflect; ask your %
be willing to intro* ■■ \ ' ~
circles, a man
would not, (.and we vet&b.
not) can it be possible tv • ."*l.;
cmg such a man in so eletß qt
But we will add no morL ' |
on the intelligent, moral, nWK.
citizens of Georgia to savetrfv UtfcTe from the
ignomy and disgrace which would result from
giving the electoral vote to R. M. Johnson. If
these are so blinded by their devotion to party
as to forget all those obligations which are due
to themselves, to virtue, to morals and to socie
ty, as to support him, we will only exclaim “0
' temporal O mores!”—and entertain our own
opinions of their professions.
True State oi tlie Case.
We have received several letters Irom abroad,
enquiring whether Col. R. M. Johnson actual
ly married the mother of bis yellow children,
or merely lived with her iu “a state of nature.”
Having obtained tbe necessary information
upon the subj :ct‘, we can give a correct re
sponse to the question.
The C d. lived for some years with his wo
man out of a state of wedlock, during which
time she had several children. At length;
while he was at Washington city, officiating
as a member of Congress, she become religious
ly inclined, and made application totheChurch
for admission as a member. The church re
jected her application on account of her in
decent and unlawful connection with Col John
son, and informed h?r, that she could not be
received as long as that connectic n subsisted.
On the Colonel’s return home, she laid the
whole matter before him, and strongly urged
him either to make her his wife or to permit
her to discontinue ail intercourse with him.
Thus situated, he appealed to a clergyman to
join them in the estate of matrimony. The
clergyman, knowing such a union to be for
bidden, under heavy penalties, by the law of the
land, refused to give his aid in the performance
of the ceremony. The Colonel, unwilling to
be thus baffled, invited several of his neighbors
to his house, and among the rest ti notorious
priest in the vicinity of the Great Crossings;
and. when all were assembled, he and his wo?
man stood up befoie them, each holding a
prayerbook, and went through the marriage
(ceremony. The ( hurchwas then satisfied,
that she was to all intents and purposes Col.
Johnson’s wife. Accordingly they received
her as a member of their body, and she con
tinued in full communion until the time of her
death.
The near approach ofthe first Monday in No
vember,admonishes us that ’.ve should urgeuport
the people the importance of turning out and ex
ercising with that manliness which character
izes tin American Citizen their privilege on that
eventful occasion.
It is a day of deep and absorbing interest to?
every citizen ol the Southern States, and its re
sults may be fraught with tin most gratifying
or disastrous consequences to our institutions.
How important then is it that you should be
stow your suffrage as Freemen? Go to the
polls Georgians untrammelled by party, uncon
| ’rolled by demagogues, untutored by party train
ers and give j our votes to him who in your es
timation deserves it at your hands When you
have thus acted you will have discharged your
duty to jourselves, to your Country .and your
' children, and nothing short of this will relieve
from the paramount obligations due to each.
I VA e have said we were admonished to urge
the people out—yes the whole people—of all
j ages and conditions who are entitled to a vote.—
And in this we are sincere. Il Georgia is to be
; slid the slave to a blind and degrading partv in
| fluence, we are willing to witness the sacrifice
j mortifying as it may be to a native son. If she
, is doomed to support in obedience to the will of
j a majority of the people for offices in
■
amalgamator (of which we have no doubt,) we
shall had it as one of their noblest deeds
Werepeat-Goto the polls Citizens of Geor
gia and in the exercise of that dearest of all
privileges '
( “Be just and fear not,
Let all the ends thou aims’t at,
Be thy Country’s.”
Internal Improrrmen,.
luder this head we propose to indict a few
remarks to the friends of Internal improvement
tn Georgia, connected with their vote on the
first Monday itt November next. It i s a s ac ,
well known to all who are at all conversant with
the subject, that to carry out the present splen
did projects of Rail Roads &c. contemplated in
Georgta, that a system of liberal and enlarged
views is not only necessary for their aecom
phsement; but it is equally well known that the
w n n °n he State government must be had, as
aSS . ISt:II ? Ce ofthe atitseon
roul. lhe policy heretofore adopted in rela
tion to the funds ofthe State, leave no hope
even to the most sanguine, that any monied aid
can be had from the Legislature of Georgia, un-
Icssitbe that which shall be obtained through
the Distribution Bill o f the last Congress. This
is a position which none will deny. Conse
quemly it becomes the duty of even- friend of
internal improvement, to examine wdl the feel-
' All admit the hostility of Mr. Van Buren & his
immediate party m Congress to this measure
and when they discovered how ineffectual their
eflorts were to defeat the Bd! itself, their derni r
I 'ißsage ot other bills, w hich would by ’their
drafts upon the 1 reasury wholly extinguish the
surplus contemplated to be distributed Which
would have as effectually defeated the objects of
the distnbution Bill, as though they had carried
a major.ty against it m both branches cf the
II yt should Marlin Van Buren enceeed in Ins
I e tction, he will not only render powerless, if
possible, the bill already passed; but he will most
, certainly arrest the passage of any future bill,
: contemplating a distribution of the surplus rev
enue. B ould it not then, we ask be prudent,
as you feel deeply interested in this great work
tog.ve your vote to an individual, who will take
pleasure in distributing among the States,this
immense surplus; which will be annually gath
ering m the Treasury; to be appropriated as
they shall deem fit! With the aid of what the
present bdl contemplate j to distribute, already
m tbe Treasury mid w Wt will be collected over
and above the necessary expenditures of the
■Jlpvernniet t. until the'•ustoms are reduced to
Revenue standard; the friends of internal im
'hp m-ement in Georgia and the other States,
complete with proper energy and individ
y J enterprize, everWvork which the Philan
ffifopist, the Statesman or the Commercial man
desire. H e these suggestions to
efery friend ot ititefial improvement in Geor
ti»a, and with will leave the subject for
IRheir deliberate refection.
Tllf: ELECTIONS.
The late elections in Pennsy Ivania for the Le
gislature and members of Congress from that
State, have resulted unfavorably to the whig
cause, The Van Buren party have succeeded
in electing a majority both in the Legislature and
Congress; but it is said that their majorities arc
greatly diminished front those of last year, and
the whigs seem to have cause of exultation, ra-