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BY W S JONES.
WAREHOUSES.
“ Fliitilzi it CLAYTON,
WAREHOUSE & COMMISSION
merchants,
Corner of Reynold* and Campbell Street*,
Augusta, Geo.
HWIYG mad* erte-si-re additions to cur Warehcas
i •, ring the snauner. It s bow one of the tost connnod.ru
L. the r- t iu,ern ci uctry. We are better prepared than ever so
the transaction of the Commission Business in every depart
ment ot all coodgnments cf Produce frem cur custetaera,
heD interest will be Batthfuily regarded. PH£XIZY
E. P. CLAYTON.
Augusta. Sept. L 1 W). sepl-uaw-m
M. P. JSTOVALL,
M arehonse k Commission Merchant,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
i
CiovmTEs the business in all It* preaches, !r his larze I
a cd .•tuiuodious Fire-Proof YCarehc-ase, on Jacison street,
s-ar tie Globe Hotel
Orders for Plantation and Family Supplies promptly and |
careCiiilv li led.
Tne us -a. CA*H facilities afforded customers.
auSl-dAwdm j
DOUGHTY, 6EALL&CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AUGUSTA, GEO,
/"’OVTIWEfc business at their oi* s*.*r_'i (Fire-Proof Build-
V,
v : ’ *t to their old friends and customers.
AdTanceeae heretofore. E. W. DOUGHTT,
W. A. BEALL.
C. W. DOUGHTY
Anyteta. Aajrosta, Atwzust 50. 1983. mnfis-dsw4wßo
P. G. MORROW,
Warrhousa and Commission
AIERCHANT,
At tru Fir*-Proof Warehouse of PkinAty <& Clayton,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
Cjflce on the Comer us Reynold* db Camvhell Ft*.,
TP STAIRS,
WILL ‘terete ids personal attention to the *&l; uittunn
I v of t'ottofu and ail other Produce.
Orders for Family and Piant*iic>c SuppSee,Shed at the low.
esr market price*.
Card Advances made cc Produce in store. Charges eus
toniary.
Augusta. Oa, Atmit, I*Bo. salS-dAwfiß
ANTOINE POULLAIS,
COTTON FACTOR,
Warehouse Jackson Street,
AUGUSTA, GUO.
rfIUE -i* iai Carh fadik.esrequired. will he t ay
1 frfaac? m. ; costooMrs, a:.,: the salt es ad Ccttoc cccs gaed
n me snail navi try personal attention. aa3-<L*wS-r-
HEARD & SIMPSON,
Warehouse and Commission
’ MERCHANTS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
W” E wil - ctSne the Warehouse ard Comm Las.cs Busl
t “ bom. at onr old stand. yshere we jolirit a continuance of
the parrot: e of cur oid fried* and the puolic *er'al*v
-■-z cTTita heard a sdfP?oy.
HARPER G BRYSON,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE,
-AJCJG'TTSTjA, GEO.
■Wli s hi* rrwnal after. i:<- a will be girts to the Stonge and
Sa. e ■if Cot’On and other Predace.
Order-'or Family Supplies promptly attended to.
fie advanced oa Produce 1c Store.
IP” 3aies Room and Office oa Reynold, betwe-a Jackson
and Mclntosh streets. ‘ aaS-dlAvSa
J. C. DAWSON,
Warehouse fr Commission Merchant,
NO. • WARREN BLOCK.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
ty2B-fim
’ HEARD & CLARKE,
WAREHOUSE & COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
fire proof warehouse, on retnold street.
{Near South Caroline Railroad Depot,)
AUGUSTA, OA.-,
AV'ILL devote their personal atter.tk® to the Sale and
’ ‘ Storage ai Cotton and all ciLr Pro uce; ajo. to re
tv ring and : rwarding Goods.
Order* for bagging, Hope and Family Supplies promptiv at>
tended to.
Liberal Cash Advance* made at all times ce Frodnc* in
store. ISAAC T. HEARD.
HENRY E. CLARKE,
James a. jo^nes,
Warehouse k Commission Merchant,
NO. 6 NIcINTOSH STREET,
AUGUSTA, <3- .A
XVILL continue the Commiaelcn Irueinese in all Its bracch-a.
, I Persona! attecSon givectc the sale and storage of CUT
TON. ard ail other produce consgced to him.
Thankful f:*r the Sit-eral natrocage of his friend* la lcrmer
▼ears, he would nmcti'iiir solicit a continuance of the same,
and that of the pnaue srer.eraUv.
Orders fc-r Bagging. “Rope aadFamliv Suppdas. carefully Hi
ed at the lowest mars et price.
Lite A cash ad ranees made oc Produce in store.
J. A. JOKES.
A ognsta. July 4, LS*o. : vS-dAwf-m
JD’Antignac, Eyans& Cos.,
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
A'CJQITSTA, O-A-.
Tl’E coctiaue the shove buxines* at our naußOdiona ware
l r house on Reync-I 1 street, near the United Ftares H r e*.
where wamav always he found to attend to the ictteet es
our customers.
Order* Et Plantation and Tiitr...y Sup-pi ;e# promptly filled,
me all the aaoai fitciiftiea grn-ed to our meeds'.
Cash Advances madron i roduce in sore-.
WM. M. D'AVTIGXAC,
GEO. W. EVANS,
-2 iAwsm Wit. E. EVANS.
GARDINM & 3IOOKE,
WAREHOUSE & COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
(Warehouse formerly occupied by slee pee® £ Gardiner,)
Mclntosh street,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
VyiLL Cre their personal attention to the selling of Cotton,
e orsuckotaer produce a* may be sent to them by their
** teods ac<i the p .Astin* public.
tfJT -Vz Rop. aad Family S-ippllc*, fiLedto th
t ist Advance. made spec Produce frt Store, when required.
JAMES T. GARDINER.
_ formerly Slmpecn A Gardner.
ST- JOHN MOORE,
V- -M. A A. A. BEALL,
WAREHOUSE & COMMISSION
merchants,
AITH KTA, OV.
s.*B&r* , * j, * i * , s
htmloftm ®o txteiide*!, aa<i
Augusta, Ga, July 9. : W .
SIT lAT ION WANTED
A S|SfMed^ l^ M &.•?£"£££?
attectlOT to tb* Drug buAceea. it daslrou*of r)Sr.r', ;
tte, spajTOEt ia that Sat. Undoubted teerimoulala cT2
Aoryto the Editor of the Chr-tdele 4 Sent: to’.l
METROPOLITAN
FIRE mmm COMPANY,
ZS'ew York.
CAPITAL t-AOO.OOO.
CASH SURPLUS 10),000.
Is prepart-1 to take risks on all Insurable Property In the
city of Augusta, and throughout the State of Georgia, at fair
raies.
Gen. JAMES LARIMER GRAHAM, Pres t.
EDWARD A. STAKSBURY, SetyT
J. C, DAWSON, Agent,
*TMy 50. i Warren Block. Augasta.
INCORPORATED 1819.
Charter* X-ei*j>ettral.
ET.Yi INSCRINCE COMPANY.
i AitSLTS 2,194,000.
1 Tt! Company is weL known in this city, and throughont the
as the leading Fire Insuracce Ccmpaay. It baa earned
I a reputation for prompt atteafon to hcai.iese. and ashoaorabie
f ?°*rai ana eqtritable pertsrmance of its obligations, unequalled
j by any other Comparer.
B. fl. BRODNAY, Agent,
. for Augusta and Ticiaitr,
i JTTi-day opposite Bridge Bank Buhdlng.
MARKET
FIRE \mm COMPINT.
NEW-YORK.
Capital $*200,000, & Large Surplus,
\ INSURES ON
SERfHA.h DISE,
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
BUILDING*, and the
better class OF RISKS GEHERaLLY, j
cm the stoat Favorable Term,.
Tne Company is now doing tueicess on the
“PARTICIPATION PLAN,”
b 7 SEVESTT FITKPER CENT of tne net Profits U I
<liTi4eG acujjauT (In - j
| aria the Fuad rtpefcaencefl by the Scrip is secureiT !n- \
: vetted and held hr the Coa : a:.r as a gnara *y f- jt policy i
. thereby greet.y increaeirg the secure, and ‘d.tnlcihltg the !
i expeure of Insurance, without any liability whatever on the i
■ part ot the assured.
Fir t Division of Profits, July, 1860.
THIRTY-THREE-AND-A-THIRDFER CENT in Scrip
S on the Premiums on Policies written with the Participation
, Pr* viion, and marked oft durirg the year ended June SO.
ASHER TAYLOR, President, i
J. E. MARSHALL, Assent.
4-dlm
RICH
Fall Dry Goods!
CJR4I & TURLEY,
RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE PUBLIC.
THAT THEY ARE NOW RECEIVING
A VERY LARGE
#
And Elegfant Htocli
OF
FALL DRY GOODS,
A nieng which will be Found :
UerrE rartCcUred SILKS, eertreiy new ;
K:v. F ‘:.ard bILK-, very chssp :
Rich Brocade and Five Blar* SILKS ;
Very r :ch White SILKS, for leaning or Bridal Drewe*;
Rt’ h Chene SILKS, er.ureiy new stvies;
Rich Paris Printed MERINOS and DELAINES ;
Lunin'* Le*t MERINOS, in t -*r uandseme cci**rs ;
f-icii Brocade and Plain POPLINS
Very Flue French stnaL Sg’ires ;
Low Priced Mu*l: DELAINES, great tar.etv ;
Lapin’s Bv-s* BOM BAZIN Er*. extremely cheap ;
BOMHAZINE DE TE. a New and LeautLul article for
Deep Mourning:
Bb'*‘g Ail Wool DELAINES, fine Quality :
Fi e Black AI.PACA, ver*r cheap :
Frtuch. Engi ih and American PRINTS ;
Biftck and Colored GINGHAMS :
Bleached and Brrwr HOMESPUNS:
Linen and C ttou SHEETINGS ai.d ILLOW GOODS
TOWELING, it. great variety, verr cheap ;
Fine Ai. Wool and S; k War’ FLANNELS :
Very H-ayy Ail W.*! tied FLANNELS, chrap •
BusiERY, in great variety, for Ladies. Gent-'. Mi**e and
Youths:
PLANTATION GOODS, Good and Cheap ;
AVITH A GREAT VARIETY
OV OTHER AERTTICLES,
TO WHICH WE WerLD
Respectfully Invite the Atterilton
OF THE PUBLIC.
Cray & Turley.
f?
\\. li. MLISIII IYY & CO..
DEALERS IN
STOCKS, GRYTES,
JR, A-IsT GES,
BOUSE FIR.MSHI.NG GOODS. At., ;
Gas Fixtures,
METALiC ROOFING. GAR FITTING ANTI
PLUMBING, FORCE AND LIFTING
PUMP*, DEEP WELL PUMPS.
(POE AKT PE PTH ■WELT TO ONE HUNDRED TEST.
Which e guarantee to g ve entire satisfaction! -
Lead Block Tie, and Gi'vanised lion,
Pipe, Bcc. ; Tin Plate, Sh set
Lead, C.ppei, and
Street Iren
By arrangements lately made, are the S'NLE AGENTS |
for the sale of i
GHIL SOFT’S
ELEVATED DOUBLE OVEN
RANGE,
The most economical and quicheperatiu* Pci-= -er tnmted.
Housekeeper* aad other* ar% Invited ae eEamr-W this King*
before pur-fcasuig. Its real au vantages eauno* “be detaje l;!
hut suCce it to say, that for quick, even el. 1 :e*ifu'., Biking
aad oderate ce nsumpt:-* of Fuel, it ruu * -peroede every
other ete* Lar apvaratus.
These Rangt * car. e fitted with Wrier BaclE. an i fixture*
for fc eating additional jeoms ; and are sold ‘uss, as low as any
good Cocking store. We are also A gents for
CHILSON‘B PATENT FURNACE,
FOR HE/tTING
Dwellings, Oh.urch.es,
hote us,
And <Jthr public buildings. Tb'fc apparatus, hasvifig
Vneted to tin c st rigid te*t by tfoe first JVrcetig e men cf the
has been pronounced tccapabte cf farther Imprrveinen..
We are also Agent* for the sale -gs the
WEST CiSTLEBORO’
Imitation Marble Slate
MAHTLE6'.
^ .90 pwr ** a* *c <*al.eng* tiar afoneet serutiny.
cite at a grant d*nl .** prfo. than J Urtu*
Q *PThea-;on te cur ‘#u* i w*, w ha “* to
octlS-Jls* z ‘f - ou r fttends anand
AUGUSTA, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 11, 1860
W. J. HAMILL.
Wholesale Dealer in
FLOI R. CORN MEAL. MILL FEED,
COPN, OATS, HAY, STRAW, SC.
NO. 50 S. FREDERICK STREET,
j BALTIMORE.
THOMAS WOOD & C 0„
j GEOCERS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
8J NIIDEN LANE,
NEW YORK,
• to PUKCHASES ot PR> V i
! SIONOjRN. Ac_ Ar., on Commfckn.
Keferer e—FLEMING ± ROWLAND. AugoaU, Ga
DISSOLLTION of partnership.
r UHE partner-nip heretofore existing between tne under
A signed undei the firm cf JAMES D. LEHMEK 4- CO.
**this day dlssi .red by mutual consent. Either p&rtv i* aa
thoriied to use the name of the frm in sett ling the - -.sine**.
JAS. D. LEHMtR,
„ , ~ , RUFUS A. JONES
Cincinnati. July fid ISfiO.
Rcttb A. Jojtxs.
Os. ate firm of J D. Lefcin*: 4 Co_ - , _
Ji'ur; F. Ctnucnrea Gneral Parm*rs.
i ate of Tetmeaeev.
■j as. D. Lxhmse. Spe -a! Partner.
COAMINGS & JONES,
{S'ecceseors to jo*. I>. Lehmer dr C 0.,)
General Commission & Forwarding
IERCHANTS
Nos. Si and S3 West Second Street,
CINCINNATI, O.
4 S *ecceaeor* to the ior.g e/ta-Uehed firm of J a*. D.Lehre.ei
kV 41’ w*9 be* leave us call attention to the abere oa.**ci.
x .drespectft y offer our services as GENERAL COMMIS*
SION MERCHANTS, for the rchaee andsaie of ail kinla ot
Produce and Manufactures, nan re ebecuL.v Prov.airL* and
j Flour.
Having ample cash means snu fi les for conducting a Cota
miss; n Bus Lr. ’se in allvan. ‘it branches, we hope, by stria
I attention to our duti-w, to r*ce*re a liberal rhare of r*a r rorage.
CUMMINGS £ JUNES.
Cncinnati, July fid, 13*.'.
HAYING impaired my health by constant application to
business for the past fifteen years. I have found it neces
sary to trir.a-- the active rrnnagemitit to others. In doing so,
I cah. viih irreat coriSdecce, recoiuir.eiid et siiccmbc rs. Measn.
CL MMINGS 4 JONES, to my friends and patron*.
J. D. LEHMER.
Clr.. . nati, July M. IS*.
R.-fcrto Josiuh Sib.ey 4 Bens, Augusta. Geo.
J V
NED BUNTLINE’S NEW BOOKS,
Nev-York Mercury Stories.
FULL OA ILLUSTRATIONS.
JI'ST • :.--dan i for at r**;l or .p'ba,(, at .a
cneap B* kStoreof FREDERIC A. BRAIT, ft A'
Street, New York. Price 55 nerds each, or anv five lor on
do-At, or the whole sleven for two dollars.
. I
THE WHITE WIZARD: ..r. The Great Prophet of tat
i Seminole Indians- By Ned Buetrine. Price 15.-.
U.
SEA WAIF : or. The Terror of the Coast. A Tale of Pri
vateering in ITT 6. By Ned Bcn'Jiae. Price 55c.
111.
SAUL SABBERDAT : or. Inc Idiot Spy. A Tale •’ th
Men and Deeds of ITT®. By Ned B.ntllne. Price v.
ELFRIDA : or. The R<-d Rover s Daughter. A New Mys
tery of New York. By Ned Bunthue. Price 15c.
THE MAN-O’-WaR S GRLItGE. A Romance of tfc
t Revo.utioc. Bv Ned Buntline. Price fific.
VI.
OUR MESS, or. The Pirate Hunters of the Gulf. A Tale
of Nava’ Heroism and Wild Acver.ture* in the Tropics. By
Ned Buntiice. Price 25c.
VI t.
LCONA PRESCOTT : or. The Curse Fulfilled. A Tale of
the American Revolution. Bv Nec. Bun Line. Pr.ce isc
VIII.
THATE.NDANFGEA. THE SCOURGE: or. The War
. - e ‘-f ‘he M. _avs*. A Ti.* of M-. *terv. Ruth and Wrong.
BvNed Butline. Price 55c.
IA
STELLA LELORME: or. The Camancbe’e Dream. A
Wildabd Fanciful Story of Savage Chivalry. Bv Ned Eunt 1
line. Price 25c.
X.
THE RIFT AND THE STRAY. A Tale of the Smug
Z ts in the Er.giish Chancel. BeautifUJv IHust:ated. By i
Maic- lm J. Errym. Price isc.
PAT LA WAY : or. The Mciintai Ou'lnw*. a Tale ( tthe
Northern Trapping Ground*. BvDr. J. H. Rr .iaaoa. Trice ■
Ail of the above Books are full of beautiful Hhaoativc Em
: graving* by Dariey.
Booksellers. New* Agent*, and all others will please m . on
their orders at .race.
C->piee of any or all of th* above works will be eat see o I
pcstaiga, per mail, to any one. on receipt of price.
Ca J or send, or aidreee all orders to
FREDERIC A. BRADT,
*er- .13m 54 Ann Street. New Yerk,
FANCY GOODS! FANCY GOODST
CYRUS J, LAWRENCE,
No. 29 Chambers Street,
N E W-Y URK,
“Wholesale Dealer in
SMALL WARES,
OF EVE HI DESCRIPTION,
Such ae TOMB” BRUSHES, BUTTON'?. PINS. NEE
DLES. THREAD?, PORTMONAIE3. STATIONARY,
PERFrMERY’, JEWELRY. WATCHES, MUSICAL,
WARES, WOOD and WILLOW WARE Ac. Ac.
SPECIALITIES.
Lawrence’*Grooeelea* Perfect Eyed NEEDLES :
Lawrence's Oriental COLOGNE :
Lawrence'* SOUTHERN FAVORITE ;
Lawrence's GOLD PENS, wurranted ;
Lawrence’s STEEL PENS, the Planters, and ethers;
Lawrence’s LEAD PENCILS, ah styles :
Lawrence's Usnaburg SEWING THREAD—a superior
qualitv, put up in lame and small Balls, and a Spool*.
All Good* warranted as represented. Neat and ccnrenlett
Catalogues, with blanks for memorials, supplied to purchasers
on app acaiion. derf-dAw 1 v
TANARUS, M & MELIiLN,
No. 6 Maiden Lane,
NEW YORK,
INVITE DEALERS IN
GUNS,
AND
SPORTING ARTICLES,
JEWULEES,
DBCG6ISTS,
STATIOSEBS,
AND
FANCY
GOODS JOBBERS
TO EXAMINE THEIR STOCK OF GOODS,
Consisting cf GUNS, RIFLES and PISTOLS, es aiids
■ertptios*; ELET'SCAPS. WADDING and CARTRIDGES
POWDER FLASKS. Shct POUCHES, Dram FLASKS. Ac..
Ac.; PLATED WARE and JEWELRY, both Foreign and
Domestic; DRUGGISTS ARTICLES, rtx: Labln’a EX
TRACTS, Lowe’a Brown Windsor aad other BO APS; Fin*
ineli and ->ther Dreaeing COMBS ; Hair. Tooth and Sharing
BBTSHEe ; Medicine CASES ; Tooth POWDER; Sharing
CREAM, it, Ac.
STATIONERS’ ARTICLES; DESES, INKSTANDS aad
CUTLERY, of ah appro-red makers.
Fine French and English FANCY GOODS. BRONZES.
GILT ARTICLES; PCRTEMOXXAIES; Leather TRAY
ELING BAGS. Ac.. Ac.
SOLE AGENTS for WEBTLEY RICHARD’S FOWLING
PIECES ; Eire’*celebrated Sporting AMMUNITION. Hetffoc a
►Arnr” and -Model” RAZORS; Adam's Reroiring PISTOLS
tri:dm
ON CONSIGNMENT,
50 bids, choice BACON SIDES ;
20 tierces choke HAMS;
20 tierces Sugar-Cured Caaraaeed SHOULDERS;
2Y bt superior I.EAF LARD ;
1000 sacks Pecnrrlrania Black Seed OATS ;
10 bcx low price TOBACCO.
hhds CLEAR SIDES.
For sale at low rata by
J. C. DAWSON,
Hfiqt Kt. S Warren Block.
MAPES’
SOIL-LIFTING PLOW!
WHEY a surface Plow i* run at a depth of twelve inches.
vv and a two-horse Soil Lifting Plow fuilows, which is ca
pable of disintegrating to adep'h ‘Tfifteea inches more, there
is a tot*, disintegrated depth of twenty-seven inches, and those
l who so practice will find teat they have anotner farm beneath
that represented r -h their map. A smaller siie of this Plow,
I (one horse; thinner la the soie and mere dart-like in its figure.
. is aa admirable mniement for cult:. ating crop®, and will do
i the w<-rk of core than forty men with hoe*. With the corn
i crop, th.s tool may run ckae along*; ie the corn, and to the full
! depth of twelve inches when the corn is ut three inches high.
and before the roots occupy the space between the rows; this
I will lift the soil, move every com plant with the aoil, and for so
| s'lght a dhst-iTce as cot to separate the particles from the roots.
; yet so completely loosening the mass that the plant tnav be
picked up with the fingers. This is more tL'roagfc cultivation
than can be obtained by one hundred uoeings. leaving the soli
in better tilth and cutting of no root*. More than twenty
thousand of these Plcw* were sold last vtar.
PRICES :
One Hcrse W V)
Two Horse 12 50
“ “ with Cutter 14 id
! Three Horse 14 06
“ ** with Cutter 15 30
For sale by J. A. QCIMBY,
oetlS-dlawtf No. S W arren Block, August a Ga.
VOCAL MUSIO r’
CS. MALLETTEM Ciaares in VOCAL MUSIC, will
• c-. mmence a: his Academy, cover Mr. Heney's Store.) aa
[ follows:
’ Juvenile Class, October 3d. at 4 o'clock P. S. Days of Tui
| ticu Wedneaday and Saturdays.
Ladies’ Cla-s. October 9th, at 4 o'clock P. M. Day* of Tui-
I tlon, Tuesdav* and Fridav*.
Ladies and Gentlemen's Class, October 10th at, S o’clock P.
; M. Tuition on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Each C.as* til commence at the first'principles of Musical
! Notation.
TERMS :
Juven ’• Cass. >5—54 Lesson*.
Lad ; es’ Class 5 In
Ladies and Gentlemen's Cass s—lß “
sepSfi-dtf •
i .VITEI) STATES HOTEL,
MOSHER & ROSAMOND, Proprietors*
BROAD STREET,
AI Gl STA, GA.
THIS large a-d long-established Hotel having teem tnor
oughly re-fitted and re-fondshed this bummer, is now pre
pared to satisfy all the wants of the traveling community at the
most reasonable terms. From its central posTioa. in the
healthiest part of the city, tne CXITEDSTATES hasalway*
enjoyed a large share of tne public parrenage. and the Proprie
tor- are determined to spare neither pains cor expense fuLy to
sustain its ancient reputation as a first-class Hotel.
LIME! lIME!
2000 bbl*. Prime New
ROCKL4XD LIYI£,
rN STOKE AND aRRITTNO
FROM MANUFACTORIES DIRECT j
FOR SALE I.OW BT
R. J. BO WE & CO.
ectUlm
1860.
NEW GOODS
FALL AXD WINTER.
WRIGHT k ALEXANDER,
TUOCLft respect fully inform their customers and the
it public, that they are now prepare: to exhinit their
usually large and carefully selected stock of
STAPLE
AND
FANCY GOODS,
Os which they Invite an exam.nation, and challenge a compar
ison of price with any house in Augusta.
We CAN. an.: WILL Sell Good* as CHEAP as any house,
and GUaRaNTcIE tcemae represented. We have’ Sil Ks
and DREbS GO*>DS. in great variety; MEKINOEn. BOM
BAZINES. DELAINES ; American, English and French
PRINTS : HANDKERCHIEFS. EMBROIDERIES. LACE
GOODS. WHITE GOODS, HOSIERY and GLOVES.
Supr. IrAh an: PL. w Case LINENS. DIAPERS and
VOWELS, of all kinds’; American, Shaker and Welsh FLAN
NELS, of all qualities: TICKINGS. LINBEYS, SHEET
INGs aed SHIRTINGS, of all w : dths and style*.
CLOAKS and-HA WLs, a lirge a*s rtment ; Kenturkv
JEANS. -ATINETS. CASSIMEF.es ad TWEEDS.
Schley's Ricnmond Fact ry PLAINS, and other makes : 08
NABtTRGS, Sf RIPhS. and a full stock of Goods f>r Servants’
Wear; NEGRO BLANKETS, of ail sites and kinds, at
Very Low Price* ; BED BLAN SETS. 4c„ 4c.; all *f which
we -&r on accommodating tennA and Invite examination.
*ep27-d4w-;m
MILLEDGEVILLE RAILROAD.
Otnci or re*a Kiu.*irr-rLX.2 Rahoad Cos, >
September A 13d<). f
a T meeting of the Board of Directors th.* day held, the
XX following Resolarions were passed by the Board :
Reev.'ved. That the Chief Engineer be ‘inemicteii to empl'y
suen audit!- nal assistance as may be necessary to finish the lo
cation of the line of Road by the” first of November next, to be
let by SectL ns after advertisement, so tr<‘U as each Sectioa has
been reported to the Board.
Baoivfi, That the President be authorized to make a call
upon the Stockholders of the Miliedgeyilie Company
for payment of the following Instalments upon their 3t in
addition to the 5 per cent, required at the tiine of subacri-tion,
to wit:
Fire per c<nt. on the 10th of October, 1560.
Fifteen per cent. “ 10th of November, 1860.
Five “ “ 10th of Decemuer. 1360.
Five “ “ fora of January. 1361.
True ertract from the Minutes of the B- ard.
W. MILO OLIN, Sec'y and Treas.
In pursuance of the fid Resolution above, the Stockholders 0
the MiiiedgevUle Railroad Company are requested to pay the
Instalment* as set forth in said Resolution, at the office of said
Company in Auausta. S. D. HEARD. President.
Augusta. Sept. 4.1360. serC-t-JalO
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SPECIAL MESSAGE
OF
JOSEPH E. BROWN,
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. ,
Eubctiti Departmknt, )
Milledgtville, Ga., Nov. 7,1550. I
To th* Senate and House of Representatives:
Since the adjourenaeot of your last session, I
received from trie Governor of South Carolina a
copy of the resolutions passed by the Legislature
ot that State, at its late session, on the subject of
our Federal Relations. By reference to these re
solutions, copies of which are herewith transmit
ted, it will be seen that that gallant State, impatient
under the wrongs which she, in common with her
southern sisters, has suffered in the Confederacy,
and ready, as she ever has been, to defend her
constitutional rights, invites all the slaveholding
States to meet in convention, “to concert measures
for united action.”
I also transmit copies of the resolutions passed
by the Legislature of Mississippi in reference to
trie resolutions of South Carolina; by which it
will be seen that she accepts the invitation. It is
understood that the Legislature of Alabama has
also made provision lor having that State repre
sented in convention; while Virginia, Tennes
see, Kentucky, Texas, and probably other South
ern States, nave declined to accept the invita
tion.
In view of these facts, it is evident that the con
vention, should it meet, will be composed of dele
gates from bnt few of the Southern States. I
think but little good could be expected to result
fjom its deliberations, unless the Southern States
were generally represented. Ido Dot, therefore,
recommend the appointment of delegates to rep
resent this State. In declining to recommend the
appointment of such delegates, I do not wish to
be understood as expressing a willingness to ac
quiesce in the repeated aggressions of the non
slaveholding States.
In my opinion, the constitutional rights of the
people of Georgia, and of the other siave’uoiding
States, have been violated by some of the non
siaveholding States to an extent which would
justify them, in the judgment of all civilised na
tinns, in adopting any measures against such of
fending States, which, in their judgment, may be
necessary for the restoration and future protec
tion of all their rights.
At the time of the formation of the Const.tu
tion of the United States, the rights of the slave
holder were recognised, in all the States. No I
political demagogue in the Northern States had ‘
then been able to ride into power by denouncing
the people and the institutions of the Southern
States ; nor had the Northern pulpit beeu dese
crated by abolition harangues. Since the pas
sage of the law of Congress inhibiting the traffic,
most of the illegal importations of slaves have
been made by Northern men, in Northern .-hips.
And it is a well known fact that the people of the
Notnern States, before the tralfic was inhibited by
Congress, imported a lurpe proportion of the
slaves brought from Africa, and sold them to the i
! people of the Southern States, and received their
j money for them, wnich, wita its proceeds, was,
I no doubt, invented in shipping, manufacturing,
Ac. Triis fact was fresh in the recollection of th:
I Northern patriots who united with our fathers in j
| forming the Constitution; and they did not hesi
tate to mnd themseives and their posterity or to
: respect our right* in slave property.
I regret to say. however, that the conduct oi
many of their descendants has not been charac-
J tensed by a like spirit of justice; since manv,
whose ancestors grew rich by the sale of slaves to
i the southern people, are now ready to denounce
i the trains by which the fortunes tney enjoy were
made, as immoral and inhuman, and th* southern !
1 people as little better than demons in human
; shape, because we continue to hold, as propertv,
: the offspring of the slaves purchased from their
fathers. Numbers of them advocate the doctrine
that our slaves should be set free among us, inter
marry with our children, amalgamate with us, and
be placed, in all respects, upon a basis of perfect
equality with our free white population. For the
purpose of promoting this object, and producing a I
general revolt of our slaves, a portion of their
number, with tire and sword, have invaded Vir- j
gmia, one of our Southern sister States, and
slaughtered, in cold blood, some of her quiet, law- !
abiding citizens. It is true, these guilty crimi
nals have suffered the penalty of the law upon the i
scaffold; but the justice cl their punishment has
been denied, and their names have been canonized
by the abolition masses in the Northern States; i
and, even in the pulpit, the are frequeutly referred
to as martyrs to the cause of hbertv.
Should our citizens iuvade their'Territory, and
burn down their factories built with money or the
proceeds of mosey paid them by Virginia, Geor
gia, and Carolina planters for slaves, and butcher
their citizens who hold property acquired by the
sale of slaves, or by the use of the productions of
slave labor, how differently they would view the
question of criminality I ‘ But ‘the invader who j
should slay the Northern citizen who holds his i
fortune acquired by the proceeds of slave labor
and the sale of slaves, would not he more guiltv j
than those were who invaded a slave State and i
slaughtered her citizens because they held slave*; i
nor would his moral guilt be greater than that of
the political leaders,~who, by their doctrines and
teachings, prompted and encouraged the invasion
of Virginia. While the abolitiunists deny our
right to bold the slaves we purchased from'them,
they do not permit any one to question their right
to their propelty purchased with the monev we
paid them for slaves. They claim the right to
hold their property thus acquired, but denv our j
right to hold the slaves they sold us for it. They
claim the right to carry the property which thev j
received from us for s'lares int* the Territories, j
but deny our right to carry the slaves thev gave
us for it, into the same Territories.
This is not the spirit of Northern patriots of
177*5, with whom our fathers united in the Decla
ration of Independence ; nor of those of 1787,
with whom the;.- entered into the compact of the
Constitution. They were brave, noble, generous
men, who required justice from all men, and
were ready, in return, to render even-handed
justice to all. At that time - Georgia and Massa
chusetts were alike sovereign and independent ;
States. Each entered the family of States with ‘
her faith solemnly pledged to tne other to perform !
all her Constitution*, obligations, and to respect ■
all the Constitutional rights of the other.
The Constitution of the laited States is a com- j
pact in the nature of a treaty, between the sover- |
eignStates oi this Union; by which each State :
made concessions to the others, for the sake of
the Union, and each bound her faith solemnly to j
the others, to do, or to permit Congress to do, j
certain acts which it was agreed would promote ;
the interests of the others, and to omit to do cer
tain other acts which might be to the injurv of the I
others. Each delegated to the General Govern- I
ment, under the qualifications contained in the
Constitution of the L nited States, the exercise of I
a portion of its sovereign powers, for the good of j
the whole. Georgia, when she entered the com- j
pact with Massachusetts, conceded important com- j
mercial and other rights; which concessions, under !
the operation of our tariff laws, navigation laws, I
and otherwise, have inured greatly to the benefit 1
of Massachusetts. In return for these concessions, j
Massachusetts solemnly contracted and agreed I
with Georgia, that she would, on her part, i among !
other things, i “deliver up ‘ to Georgia her fugitive
slaves escaping and going into Massachusetts, on
claim of the party to whom the service or labor
may be due. No one pretends that Georgia and
the ether southern States would have entered into ;
the impact and formed the Union, had Massa
chusetts and the other northern States refused to
give this express guaranty.
Not only the plain language of the Constitution
itself, but the contemporaneous debates, and the
early construction put upon the Constitution, ot
w hjch we have evidence in the fact that no law
wa s passed by Congress on the subject for several
years after the Union was formed, “ail show con
clusively that the understanding between the
States was, that Massachusetts, and the other
Northern States, pledged their faith to Georgia
and the other Southern States, sot simply that the j
Federal Government, by its officers, might arrest j
fugitive slaves found in their limits, and deliver
them up to their owners, but that the people of
Massachusetts, and of each Northern State, by
their officers, would themselves ** deliver them
up,” just as they bound themselves to “ deliver
up” fugitives from justice.
The only difference in the language used m the I
Constitution, as applicable to the two classes of
fugitives, is. that the criminal, or fugitive from ■
, justice, is to be delivered up on demand of the
Executive authority of the State from which he
fled, while the slave, or fugitive from labor is to i
be delivered up on claim of the party to whom !
such service or labor may be due. Thetwo clauses
will be found in item two of article four of the
Constitution of the United States. The clause in
reference to fugitives from justice, is in these
words : •* A person charged in any State with
treason, felony, or other crime, who sbaif flee
from justice, and be found in another State, shall,
on demand of the Executive authority of the
I State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be
: removed to the State having jurisdiction of the
crime.”
The clause relating to fugitive slaves is as fol
; lows : “No person held to service or labor in one
State, under the laws thereof, escaping into anoth
er. shall, in consequence of any law or regulation
therein, be discharged from such service or la
bor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the par
ty to whom such service or labor may be doe.” It
may be here observed that the aame language,
“shall be delivered up,” is used in both, cases ;
and that the Constitution does not, in either case,
say that it shall be done by authority of Congress.
I do not say that Congress may not have con
current jurisdiction id these cases, and that a law
may not be passed by Congress providing for tbs
exercise of this power by the officers of the Fede
j r *l Government in case a State refuses to do it,
and thereby proves faithless to its Constitutional
; obligations. As this may not be considered an
open question, Ido not propose to discuss it; but
I do say that, under these provisions of the Con
stitution, the faith of each State i* solemnly
pledged to every other State in the Union, to ex
ercise this power whenever a proper case may
arise; and to deliver up the fugitives of either
class found within her limits, on the demand or
claim being made as provided by the Constitution.
| What State denies its obligation, under the Con
stitution, to deliver up a criminal who is a fugi
tive from justice, on demand of the Executive au
thority of the State from which he fled? lam
aware that discussions sometimes arise about the
legal form of the demand, and that a faithless Ex
ecutive may, under some shallow pretext or legal
technicalitv, refuse to do his duty; but what
! by legislative authoritv, has ever vet de
nied the obligation ? and what State, not con
trolled by Abolition counsels, having no regard
■ for plighted faith, will, for a moment, deny its
Constitutional obligation to deliver np a slave
who is a fugitive from service, on claim of the
party to whom such service may be due?
But how have several of the States of this
Union kept their solemn compact with Georgia?
As I should be compelled to extend this message
to too great a length, were I to attempt to point
out the faithiess legislation of Maine', Vermont,
New York, Michigan, and of other Northern States
upon this question, I will notice only the iegisia
j tion of Massachusetts, as one of a class of States,
which, under abolition rule, have shown them
selves utterly regardless of their constitutional
obligationsand their solemn pledges of public
: faith.
Massachusetts has not only failed to enact laws
providing for the delivery of fugitive slaves to
their owners, but she has, inflagrant violation of
everv principle of good faith, enacted laws throw
ing every obstacle in her power in the way of the
rendition to their owners, by the officers of the
Federal Government, of fugitive slaves found
within her limits
By a statute of that State, approved March ‘24th,
1543, she commands the Judges and Justices of
the Peace not to take cognizance of the Act of
f Congress, prssed in 17??, for the delivery of fugi
tive slaves to tneir masters, and not to grant the
certificates required in cases that may arise under
j the third section of that Act, to any person who
I claims any other person as a fugitive slave within
I her jurisdiction. This certificate, under the Act
of Congress of 1793, is necessary to enable the
1 owner to carry ~ack his siave to the ritate or Ter
; ritory from which he fied; and it is by that Act
| made the duty of the Judge or Justice to act m
| such c jse, and to grant the certificate upon proper
proof being made. She also enacts that no sher
iff, deputy saeriff, coroner, constable or jailor, or
other officer of the commonwealth, shall arrest or
| detain, to aid in the arrest or detention or impris
onment, in any jail or other building belonging to
the State, or to any county, city, or town thereof,
• of any person for the reason that he is claimed as
i a fugitive slave. And as a penalty, it is enacted
r that any Justice of the Peace, sheriff, deputy sher
r iff, coroner, constable, or jailor, who shali'offead
against the provisions of this law, by in any wav
acting, directly or indirectly, under the power
conferred by the third section of the Act of Con
gress, aljrementioned, shall forfeit a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars, or to be subject
to imprison moot not exceeding one year in the
county jail.
This statute only prohibits all officers of Massa- i
chusetts from arresting or detaining a fugitive
slave, and denies to a citizen of Georgia the aid of
the officers of tii%t state in capturing his fugitive
slave found there, bat denies to fctm the use of
any jaii or building belonging to that estate, for
the purpose of detaining his slave tiil he can car
ry him away : and also makes it highly penal in
auy officer who acts and gives the certificate di- 1
reeled by the aci of Congress as above stated.—
This law of Massachusetts effectually nullifies, in
that State, the act of Congress passed for the pro- i
tectiou of the constitutional rights of the people
of Georgia and the oiher Southern States.
In 1 soo, the Legislature of Massachusetts pass- |
ed, over the Executive veto, another statute, ex
tending the provisions of the act of 1843, to the
act of Congress known as the fugitive slave law,
passed in lhoO; and which was intended to nulli
fy that act. Tnis act also extends to the fugitive
slave the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus / and,
on his application, makes it the dntv of the court
before winch the habeas conns is returnable, to
order a trial by jury ; which is not allowed or
said statute in any case except in cases of a fugi
tive slave; and also gives the court the power to
admit hioi to bail. On the trial, the jury may re
turn a general verdict; and they are to have the
same discretion that juries have in the trial of
criminal cases. If the jury disagree, the issue
may be submitted to another jury, or continued
to the next term, at the discretion of the court.
The claimant ts required to state in writing, j
with precision and certainty, the facta upon which
i he relies ; and neither the ciaimaut of the fugi
tive, nor any one interested in the alleged obiiga- !
tion to service or labor, nor the fugitive himseif, |
| shall he permitted to testify on the trial; and no
\ confessions, admissions, or declarations of the
; fugitive, against himself, shall be given in evi- |
| dence. Upon every question of fact involved in
the issue, the burden of proof shall be on the ;
I claimant ; and the facts necessary to be establish- j
ed must be proved by the testimony of at least j
: two credible witnesses, or other legal evidence •
equivalent thereto ; and no ex parte deposition or ;
affidavit shall be received in proof, in behalf of the j
claimant; (it might be in behalf of the negro - ; |
and no presumption shall arise in favor of the I
claimant; from any proof that the alleged lugi- |
tive, or aDV of his ancestors, had been actually
I held as a siave, without proof that such holding
i was iegal. I presume this proof could hardly be
; made to the satisfaction oi an Abolition jury, who
{ deny that slavery is in any case legal. A fine of
not less than one, nor more than live thousand
dollars, an imprisonment of not less than one, j
nor more than five years, is imposed on any one j
who shall come into the Commonwealth, with in- !
tention of removing, or assisting in removing
therefrom, any person in the peace thereof, not
held to service or labor, Ac. under tee rules of j
evidence laid down by the statute, with the delays j
allowed in the habeas corpus court, no citizen “of j
| Georgia, before a Massachusetts jury, would ever
| be likely to be able to establish his claim to his j
| slave ; and, therefore, the penalty imposed by the
i statute is to be, and doubtless was intended to be.
indicted upon every owner of a fugitive slave who j
I enters the limits of Massachusetts to claim his j
property.
Ine next section of the statute, in addition to
this penalty, gives the negro the right of action for j
damages against the person who thus entered the
| Commonwealth for the purpose of removing him i
| therefrom. After providing for the delays, and 1
! prescribing the rules of evidence above mentioned,
as though the Legislature feared that some owner
j of a slave might be able to overcome all these ob
i stacles, and establish, even under all these disad
vantages, his right to his property, they proceed to i
enact, that any officer of the Commonwealth, or |
1 any officer of any city, county, town, or district, !
’ who shall arrest, imprison, detain or return, or I
; aid in arresting, imprisoning, detaining, or return- !
i ing, any person for the reason that he is claimed
or adjudged to be & fugitive from service or labor, I
shall Oe punished by fine, not less than one. nor ;
’ more than two thousand dollars, and by imprison- ‘
ment in the State prison, not less than one, nor L
’ more than two years. And if the volunteer mill- f
ua of the State assist the owner, even after the
slave has been adjudged to be his property, they *
are subject, under the statute, to a like penalty. “
If, therefore, a citizen of Georgia follows “his j
fugitive slave to Massachusetts, ahd after a long,
expensive, and vexatious iiugation, obtains in the
proper court a judgment establishing his claim to j
his property, and starts to return home with him, j
and a mob arrears him whileattempting to return,
and takes his property from him by force, and any
civil or military officer of that State comes to his
relief, and assists him against the mob to return ;
to this Mate with his property, such officer, for
this act, is subject to be fined” from one to two j
thousand dollars, and to be imprisoned m the i
! State prison, i Pemtentiarvi, from one to two *
’ years.
It is further made the duty of the Governor, by |
t and with the advice and consent of the Council, to S
appoint in every county in the Commonwealth, !
one or more commissioners, learned in the law, j
who are to be diligent and faithful in the defence j
of any person who is arrested or seized, or in dan- j
ger of being arrested or seized, as a fugitive from
service or labor, with power to employ other coun
sel for the defence ; and the whole costs of the de
fence. including the attorney’s fees, are to be paid 1
out of the Mate Treasury. The statute then de
clares that no jail, or other place of confinement
belonging to, c-r used by the Commonwealth, or
any county therein, shall be used for the inipns
| onment of any one, wno shall be accused or con
• victed of any offence created by either of the fugi
tive slave acts passed by Congress, or who may be .
accused or convicted of resisting any process, war
rant or order issued under either of said acts, or
of rescuing, or attempting to rescue, any person,
arrested or detained under any of the provisions j
of eitner of said acts, or of any person arrestea
under execution for damages, for assisting a fugi
tive to escape from service or labor. Under this
provision of the statute, if the leader of a mob re
sists a United States officer in the execution of a
process issued under the authority of the acts of
Congress, for the arrest of a fugitive slave, and
thereby enables the siave to escape, or rescues
and takes him from the officer after he has been
arrested and this daring violator of thfc law is
indicted in the United States Court, and convicted
and sentenced to prison for having in the manner
above mentioned forcibly taken from a citizen of
this State bis property; or if the citizen of Geor
gia sues him for damages in the United States
Court, and recovers judgment, and has him ar
rested under execution, Massachusetts, in either
case, denies the use of her jails for his imprison
ment.
It u finally enacted that do part of this statute
i shall apply to so much of the act of Congress as
VOL. XXIV. NO. 267
rentes to fugitives from justice: showing that the
Mate recognises her Constiiotional obligation in
the one case and repudiates it in the other
By tbese statutes, the State of Massachusetts
not only nullities the acts of Congress passed f£
1 tbe protection of the Constitutional rights of the
people of Georgia, but holds out every induce
mcnt in her power to her citizens to violate them
to resist their legal process, and to rescue and
i take from ns our fugitive slaves, after an adjudi
cation under the acts of Congress that thev are
j our property.
When South Carolina, in 1532, made provision
for the nullification of certain laws of Congress,
kuown as the tariff laws, by the operation of
which her citizens were being plundered by the
Government to enrieh the manufacturers of lias
! sachuse'ts and other Northern States, the whole
| Union was convulsed with excitement, and the
use of Federal bayonets was threatened to coerce
her into obedience, if she attempted to carrv out
what were denounced as her treasonable designs.
When Massachusetts, in 1543 and 1555, in pal
pable violation af her duty under the Constitu
tion, passed acts effectually nullifving the laws
of Congress enacted for the protection of the
rights of the citizens of the slave States, no out
pouring of indignation went forth, and no err of
treason to the Government was heard from’ the
Northern Mates. Bnt if a Southern man propos
ed that Massachusetts be coerced into obedience,
or that a Southern State pass retaliatory laws
he was denounced as a disunions, if not as a
traitor. If nullification in South Carolina, for
j just cause, was treason against the Federal Gov
ernment, what better is it in Massachusetts with
out cause ? 1
I r£°, bS y the rwords l °, f no State or nation m
i Christendom are more blackened with the dee a
1 sU “ of andl ** r ? ce ’ “WO* by fitful violation of
public faith, than this record of Massachusetts If
! I uce strong language, it is because I feel that the
wrongs doue our State require that I speak the
I truth without reservation While the trade c f
Georgia is worth to Massachusetts, annuaLv, hun
dreds of thousands, if not millions of
under oar tariff laws,’navigation acts, and other
advantages wh:ch Massachusetts derives from the
Union, she retains upon her statue book these
most extraordinary laws, for the purpose of rob
bing the citizens of Georgia o t their property
which may escape and be found within her limits
She is inviting our trade, to which manv of our
citizens look for their daily bread ; but if our
merchant goes there to trade, and carries with
him his slave as a body servant, ( which he has
as much natural right to do as a citizen of Maasa
chusetts has to carry his baggage with him when
he travels through Georgia, the laws of that
State take from him his property, and refuse to
permit him to bring it with Lim’when he returns
to his home.
Suppose a similar treaty or compact existed be-
I tweeu France and Great Britain, and the Gore-a
ment and subjects of France should, in open vio
: lation of the c ompact, rob the subjects of the
j Government of Great Britain as the government
and citizens of Massachusetts do the citizens of
i Georgia, would the Government of Great Britain
submit to it for a single month ! So doubt, in
i such case, satisfaction wonld be promptly deman -
! ded of the Government of France; and. in case
! of refusal. the Government of Great Britain would
resort to immediate reprisals, or a prompt decla
ration of war. Should the freemen of Georgia
i be denied by her legislators the protection which
j the crowned heads of Europe never fail to afford
to their subjects? If so, our Government is a
failure, and our boasted freedom is but solemn
mockery.
All writers on the subject of government agree
that the duties and obligations of the State or
Government, and the citizen or subject, are recip
rocal. The State has the right to require fr/L
each citizen prompt obedience to her laws; to
! command his services in the field of battle against
her enemies, whenever, in her judgment, it may
be necessary to her protection, or the vindication
of her honor; and to taz him to any extent which
her necessities may at any time require. These
requisitions, Georgia, as a sovereign State, has
made, and may continue to make, on all her citi
zens. In return for the sums paid as taxes, and
the services which each citizen renders the State,
I including obedience to ail her laws, he is entitled
| to demand and receive, from the State, full and
! ample protection of his life, hislibertv, his family,
his reputation, and bis propertv of every descri’p
| tion.
It is the duty of Georgia, therefore, whenever
’ one of her citizens, no matter how humble, is rob
bed ot his property, or wrongfully deprived ot his
liberty, by any otner State, to demand prompt
! and ample redress ; and, if it be denied, to make
the cause of her citizen her own cause • and if
need be. to exhaust her vast resources and her
great energies in a determined effort to redress
i the wrong. If, therefore, the State of Massachu
setts. in open violation of her Constitutional obli
gations to Georgia, plunders a citizen of Georgia
of his property, and refuses to make redre'ss,
Georgia violates every principle of good faith to
her own citizen, if she refuses either to compen
sate him from her own treasury, or to compel
Massachusetts to compensate him. A sovereign
State should either protect her citizens or cease to
claim their allegiance and their obedience to her
laws. But it may be asked how Georgia can com
pel Massachusetts to compensate citizens of Geor
! gia who have been robbed of thrir propertv br
Massachusetts legislation. The law of nations
furnishes a ready reply- The most distinguished
writers on this Object lay down the doctrine that
a State, whose citizens or subjects have been un
justly and illegally deprived of their propertv by
another State or nation, which refuses to m&k'e
reparation ; may lawfully make reprisals by seiz
ing the properiy of the offending State or nation,
or of its citizens or subjects wherever to be
found ; and, if justice is still refused, by confis
cating and delivering to the injured partv a suffi
cient amount of the property so seized, to indem
nify him against the loss; and such seizure is de
clared to be no just cause of war.
The law of nations does not, in such case, con
fine the injured State to the seizure of the public
property of the offending State, but authorises
the seizure of the property of any individual citi
zen or subject of the offending State. As between
States, the law, in such case, considers all the
property of every citizen or subject as the proper
ty ol the State to which he belongs and subjects it
all, or any part of it, to seizure for such Injure,
done by the State, as justifies reprisal. If an in
jured S'tate makes reprisal, and seizes the proper
ty of a citizen or subject of the offending State,
and delivers it to its own citizen or sabject, in
satisfaction for the injury done such citizen or
sabject, it is no violation of the right cf private
property ; but the citizen or subject of the offend
ing State, whose property bas been seized, must
look to his own State to compensate him for the
loss which he has sustained on her account; and
it is the duty of such State to make good the’ loss
to its citizen or subject. It follows, therefore, in
case a citizen of Georgia is deprived of his slave,
[ or other property, by the uujust and unconstitu
| tional legislation of Slassacbusetts, and Massachu
-1 setts refuse to make restitution on demand, that
I Georgia may by the law of nations, justly seize an
amount of the property belonging to that Com
; monwealth, or any one of her citizens, wherever
o be found, sufficient fully to indemnify her citi
[ zen, and retain it till restitution is made by Mas
sachusetts, or. confiscate and deliver it to the in
jured citizen, in satisfaction for the damage sus
tained by him. This is not only the law of na
tions, but it is the law of nature; “and is in strict
conformity to tbe plainest principles of natural
justice.
Nor does that provision of the Constitution of
tbe United States which declares that no State
shall grant letters of marque and reprital, inter
fere with the right of a State to reblress her own
wrongs, or those of her citizens, as rgainst a
sister State of the Union, by reprisal, where she
has no other remedy. The law of nations recog
, nises a clear distinction between reprisals mace
! by a sovereign State, and letters of marque and
\ reprisal granted by a sovereign State to an indi-
I vidual, or individuals, authorising them to redress
their own wrongs. The latter is prohibited by the
i Constitution, but contains no inhibition against
| the former.
Georgia has it, therefore, in her power to com
j pel Massachusetts or any other northern State to
; do justice to her citizens ; and in this way to
j force her to repeal her obnoxious and offensive
j legislation on the subject of slavery or to suffer
the penalties due to her violation of good faith,
and of that comity which should ever exist be
| tween all civilised States. I therefore, earnestlv
j recommend her representatives, by prompt legia
f lation, to remove from her escutcheon everv stain
[of inequality by which it is now tarnished. Let
us meet unjust, aggression and unconstitutional
; State legislation, with just retaliation.
To this end, I recommend the enactment of a
law authorizing the Governor of this State, in case
any citizen of this State shall in future be deprived
of his siave or other property, under the operation
of the aggressive legislation of Massachusetts, to
which 1 have referred, or of like legislation of anv
other State, or by the neglect of any such State to
fulfil her Constitutional obligations to Georgia, or
her citizens, by delivering up to the owner, on de
mand, his slave which may bare escaped into
such State, to call out such military force as he
may deem necessary for the purpose, and to seize
such amount of the money or property of any cit
zen of such offending and faithless State which
may be found within the limits of this State, as
may be amply sufficient fully to indemnify such
| citizen of this State who may have been robbed of
his property by tbe failure of such faithless State
jto discharge its Constitutional obligations; and
forthwith to notify the Governor of such State of
the seizure; and, ia case the Governor of such
i State shall fail, within thirty days from the time
’ he receives such. notice, to cause the property of
our own citizen to be returned to him, or its full
value paid to him, that it shall then be the duty
of the Governor of this State to deliver such quan
tity of the property so seized, to the injured citl
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