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DOTS' ALGOr-TAH.
OR THE
SORCERESS OF MONTILLO:
A ROMANTIC TALE.
SuUen and sad to fancy’s frighted eye,
Did shapes ofdun aod rn'irVly dew advance.
In train tumultuous, and of gesture strange,
And passing horrible! CHARACTACXH*
('CONTINUED.)
In a short time the slaves lay insensible
on the floor, and I had no doubt had ligh
ted the saloon to enjoy themselves in the
hashaw’s absence. Taking a hunch of
keys, which had fallen from Abdallah’s
pouch, I opened a door opposite to that I
had entered, and traversed several luxu
riant apartments, till I came to one richly
perfumed, and hung with violot coloured
satin and variegated flowers.—Hero, on a
tose coloured couch lay a lady sleeping,
beautifully clad in robes of purple and In
dia muslin, A light veil concealed her
face, which I gently withdrew, and be
held, O heavens! the indescribable reali
ty of the portrait I had so long cherished.
My whole soul was absorbed-in love and
Contemplation—I stood till she turned and
waked. A faint scream followed her sur
prise, as I sunk upon one knee, and re
peated a thousand protestations to quiet
her alarm. Seeing she,regarded me with
a kindly eye, I drew the picture from my
bosom, and putting it into her hand, de-
if cViO f>VPf Qllll’ iYlP. OrifllTlIll !«■—»
manded if she ever saw the original!
*.• Long have I sought for the lovely reaL-
Ity,” said I; this picture came into ray
possession many months since in a singu
lar way, and now I have found all I have
sighed for, thou celestial divinity V v
“ Great Mahomet 1 the likeness is mine.”
—exclaimed Seraphina, “ But, stranger,
it is dangerous to, stay even to give an ex
planation. If the bashaw should know
of your intrusion iu ihese forbidden apart
ments, alas! I should tremble for your
fate!”
*• Ah, angelic ere/lure," said I—“ there
is my despair—the favoured bashaw, bles
sed will) your love—" “ Love!” ex
claimed Seraphina-—" I have only known
that sublime passion yet by name!—the
bashaw is my aversion. I would rather
be the meanest drudge in his palace than
Fie compelled to receive his loathsomo ad
dresses !”
I then spoko to her of my family, of
mv property, and of marrying her in Spain
where mutual esteem was a jewel more in
valuable than all the tinsled splendour of
the East. Seraphina then indulged me
by giving abrief narrative of her life:—
' **‘1 have heard mv nurse often repeat to
tnc the cruellies wmen took place in con-
\ sentience of the edict of Philip, without
particuferiZing either my family or name.'
\vhm I had attained' my sixth year, my
jikise privately sold me to a slave mer
chant. In dressing me out, I particular ■
ly remember a string of pearls hung round
my neck, which my purchaser insisted
(should go with me. My. prattle and per
son engaged his favour, and he educated
me with great care and. expense. Never
having experienced the caresses of a pa
rent, I became attached to him, and led
a life of happiness till he died. His ra
pacious heir then sold me to n merchant,
who again sold me to the bashaw Ismael
Solyman, whose slave I now am.”
Our conversation next took a tender
turn, and I proposed to Seraphina to ef
fect an immediate escape! and that Ab
dallah should be of our party, as he knew
the path across the sands, and for the sake
of his freedom would be faithful to us.—
I imparted the scheme to Abdalhh, who
agreed to every part but that of going be
fore he had had a gala night:—“ and
this,” added he, “ shall be to-morrow
flight.” It was useless to represent to
him that delays were dangerous; he
laughed at mv fears, and left me to give
*>rders about preparing the celestial saloon
for the grand festival. On the following
morning" the ladies of the haraift were let
loose, and expressed their astonishment at
the figure and dress of an European. In
particular, ajlady, named Zulima, address
ed herself to mv notice, and I observed
she beheld Seraphina with a jealous eye.
Except this lad}', who was of a hold figure
and commanding aspect, the others had
more the manners of children. The ba
shaw’s favourite wife, by whom he had
twri children, both of whom were dead,
refused to partake in our revelry, and re
mained in her apartments. At the first
hour of night our festival began, and Se
raphina, magnificently decorated, looked
like the hours of the enchanting scene.
From the garden we were invited to visit
the great bashaw Abdallah, who, in the
rentre of the celestial saloon, under a
."flittering canopy, seemed surrounded by
every earthly luxury. When the Turkish
dances Lad subsided, our bashaw gave the
word to move into the supper room, where
he seated himself ip the bashaw’s seat,
and ordered no one to remain sober after
he ceased to be so. Zulima now ordered
her black servant to fetch a bottle of the
favourite wine which she and the bashaw
used to drink together. Pouring some
into a golden vessel, and presenting it to
Seraphina, she said, “ Come, Seraphina,
you cannot refuse a cup to.the health of
your brave Spaniard.”—Seraphina took
but f threw myself before, her, and draw
ing my sabre, presented its point to her
in turn. . 'f \
In thi$ state of confusion, .with oar. wea
pons uplifted, three blasts from the shrill
sound of a trumpet, threw all the compa
ny in the most alarming consternation.—
The cup fell from the hand of Seraphina,
and, as she sunk into my arms, she feebly
uttered, " My dear Marano, we are all
lost!—It is the bashaw Solyman !” Zu
lima, recovering from the first affright,
threatened me with revenge. Abdallah
lay insensible from inebriety, and the la
dies had swooned with terror. In this
state the bashaw entered, attended by his
guard—Zulima instantly addressed him
" Behold, my ferd," said she, “ the source
of alhhc-disorder in this Spaniard, who
has boasted that he slew you in battle,
who has offered violence to the, bribed
your servant Abdallah, and now holds
your slave Seraphina in his arms 1” While
Zulima spoke, Solyman recognized me :
“ Tis the man who had nearly conquered
me in battle!” said he. “ Guards, seize
the Christian dog, disarm, and bear him
to the dungeon. _ Seraphina shall this
night be mine ! And, after I am sated, the
women shall be resold, and Seraphina
with them !” I became frantic with rage,
and end ed with gigantic strength—I
burst from the guards, and rushed upon
Solyman, I drew the fatal dagger which
I wore in my bosom. As he receded to
avoid the blow, Zulima thrc,w herself up
on me with the weapon still in her hand :
I avoided her, and in the act of defence-
pierced her to the heart.
Again I was seized, and forced to the
dungeon in an insensible state. When
try recollection returned, I found myself
chained to the wall. I called on the name
of Seraphina till I was exhausted. Eve
ry moment I expected the execution of
the Bashaw’s sentence, and a slow step
spon announced the approach of it. The
pprsori advanced close to me, concealed
by the total darkness. -A glaring light
then shone from behind, and a voice along
the vaulted passage called out, “ Stop till
Ifask the wretch some questions 1” When
toe.light appeared I beheld mv danger.—
A black slave, half naked, was standing
over me with a battle axe, ready to strikei
’the stranger then demanded in a furious
tone how I becameTpoSSessed of the dag
ger I had killed Zulima?—I instantly re
collected the voice and features of Ach-
met, whose generous nature immediately
set me at liberty, and promised me the
same succour I had recently yielded him.
He then conducted me into that suite of
rooms where I had first seen Seraphina.
In the last apartment my feelings were
agonized by the sight of Seraphina sitting
in an affectionate posture with the Bashaw,
Achmet saw my agitation, and kindly turn
ing to mo said, “ Feel no uneasiness at
what you see, my friend. A few hours
have unravelled wonderful mysteries, and
produced the most pleasing prospects.—
This is the Bashaw Ismael Solyman, my
brother, and the brother of L-ady Cleona..
That is Seraphina, the daughter of our
long lost sister, and you arc my friend and
preserver, Marano de Pinato.”—Joy fil
led rny soul, as Seraphina. unrestrained by
tne presence of her uncles, rushed into
my arms. After.my transports had a lit-
tlesubsided, Achmet informed me that he
had saved his brother’s life on the field of
battle, and had then explained to him the
death of Nourahthat Ismael Solyman,
overcome with sorrow, had resolved to
pass the rest of his days in solitude in his
castle. On his arrival, the disorder that
reigned, and the words of Zulirh^ had de
termined him to subdue the beautiful
slave. As she lay on tlie couch apparent
ly lifeless with terror, he beheld the neck
lace of pearl and gold, given by Lady
Cleona to Seraphina at her birth. He
knew it again, and when she had recover
ed, he opened his arms to receive her as
his niece. Achmet confirmed his brother
in the certainty of the necklace; and af
terwards informed me that Rimanez was
gone to his castle to fetch Lady Cleona to
her brothers; and that Don Algonah had
employed him as an agent in murder her,
but, touched with pity and a love of her
beauty, he had spread a report that she
had been drowned in the Darro, in which
the Don .also thought that he (Rimanez)
had shared the same fate.
(To be continued.)
THE UNITED STATES.
Our attention has been attracted by a
letter, copied recently into the news-pa
pers of the day, from the London Exam
iner, where it is given as having been “re
ceived, by;a distinguished friend of the
people, from a relative travelling in the U.
States.” We have seldom read any artr
and education is disseminated to a degree
so universal - as to be surprising. Emi
grants, however ignorant, are changed in
the next generation. A dense population
must ultimately produce, I fear, a worse
state of affairs ; but as the commencement
and foundation of this people are superior
-to any thing that has yet previously exist
ed in the world, the results, we may rea
sonably hope, will be superior to what we
see in the old world. From the earliest
time they have been accustomed to self-
government—their dependence upon
Great Britain was principally political—
the Navigation Acts they always evaded—
and against any attempts of their Gover
nors to invade their privileges, they passed
resolutions containing as free principles
as any broached during the War of Inde
pendence. Our histories do not contain
these matters’; they are to be found only
in the histories of different States, of
which they have many published early in
style of chronicles. The English Cabi
net, even in the time of Charles II. were
alarmed at this tone of independence, but
were always deterred from coercing them,
lest they should join the French ; and it
was only after the conquest of Canada,the
English ventured upon steps which leclim-
mediliftely to the Revolution. When in
dependence arrived, they had only to
frame the Federation. State Ooverc-
ments had Jong been previously in practis
cal existence ; the only change was Jn dri
ving out'a Governor appointed by thq
King, and electing one for themselves,
witli an elective council. The inhabitants
of the Southern States,such as I met with',
do not differ from those of the North ;
they are the same People—shrewd,cleyer,
plain, but abounding in common sense.—
The nature not only oftheir constitution
and laws, but customs and manners, is to
tally averse from the acquisition of over
grown fortunes in particular families ; en
tails are not allowed ; and, in default of
wills, property is equally divided amongst
all the children. From the effect of this,
properties which were once considerable
in Carolina, Virginia, and the Southern
States, are now frittering away every
day.”
“ You will frequently hear of large for
tunes made by commercial individuals, but
the second or third generation they are
divided out to the level of the general
mass. Men of wealth seem more to be
envied than liked. It is impolitic tofnake
too great a show if you wish to rise or to
be popular. Tho members of Govern
ment, even the Secretary of State, live in
the plainest manner possible. The state of a
London merchant of secondary class, liv
ing in Guilford-street, or Ely-place, is e-
qual to that of Mr. or Mr. . I saw ,
no establishment, even amongst the roer- ■
chants of New-York, which could have
exceeded ?2,500 per annum. The Presi
dent in travelling,, lives at a boarding
house ; and in travelling in a steam-boat,
he draws a ticket with a tailor or a haber
dasher, to know which is to have the bed
or the bench to sleep upon. Parade and
show are contrary to the genius 6f the peo
ple ; they will not brook that one man
should exhibit any extravagant superiority
over tho rest of the citizens.”
“ In external appearance, and in regu
larity of attendance at church, they are the
most religious people in the world. The
country is covered with . churches.—
On the Western road, in every newly e-
rected village, a church is to be found. At
half past twelve to one o’clock, you will
see the whole population of New-York
turn out of the churches ; at Phiiadclpha
and Baltimore the same.”
“ I met in general promiscuous society,
with Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Meth
odist, Unitarians,and Catholics, and could
only find it out by ascertaining what
churches the attended on Sunday* This
must arise from their having no political
privileges to quarrel about. No clergy
men in America can hold any military or
civil employment what ever ; lie must be a
parson, and nothing but a parson. In tho
poorest situations they have a decent
maintenance; in the parishes of New-
York, about 2 or 3,000 dollars annually.
This arises solely from the rent of pews.—
In your rank of life, it would cost about
fifty or sixty dollars per annum for the
support of the church and clergyman. Mr
■ had purchased his pew, and the in
terest amounted to about twenty dollars
per annum. This was the whole expense
—no gifts, presents, or other mode by
which money can be exacted 1 Their
clergymen are invariably respectable men,
and good preachers. I mean as to tone
and delivery—the composition equal to
whatyoo find amongst the ordinary preach
ers in England. Upon the whole, I did
not hear, nor could I discover, in Amer-
cle, amongst the many which have been ; ca > the slightest objection to .suffering re
lignant look of Zulima gave me a susph
cion of the fate of Noureh—I dashed ii
from her hand, and Zulima, perceiving
she was detected in her poisonous (reach >
cry, drew a dagger, and would have
sheathed it the bosom of Seraphina,
published from the pens of Europeans,
which contains as much just observation,
and as correct a discrimination between
the characters of the two Nations of Great
Britain and the United States, as this
does. We do not copy it entire ; but we
think-the following passage will interest
many of our readers, by showing to them
selves the traits which distinguish them
from that people of Europe, who sp.eak
the same language- with themselves. The
writer, it will be observed, has not travel
led much, if at all, in the States South of
the Potomac, having seen southern men
only from home. His observations there
fore apply chiefly, and almost exclusively,
to the Middle and Eastern Statps.
[National Intelligencer.
“ In the first place, set it down as an
axiom, that as a People they are the first
in the world, and essentially differing in
certain points from the British. What is
practicable and easy therefore with them
could not be safety engrafted upon us. In
political improvements we must follow at
it, and as she raised it to herjips, the ma-, a humble distance. If they are destitute
of a “ Corinthian capital,” they have pos
itively nq commonality or mob. In the
towns, as laborers, something like it may
be found in appearance; but the country
is covered by yeomanry of the first de-
scription who own the soil they cultivate i
ligion to take care of itself, without the in
ter vent ipn-or assistance of the goverment.
“ As to living in America, if restricted
to the wants of the labouring classes, it. is
decidely cheap. Beef, in New-York, 3d to
4d. per lb. : mutton 2d. to 2£.; common
pieces much cheaper. Bread,-as you may
suppose cheap. Wages, 1 to lj dollars
per day for Common labourers. It is de
cidedly the paradise for the lower classes
on this terristrial globe. House rent is high
fa the town ; servants wages ‘extravagant;,
and they do nothing; furniture and clothes
exorbitant. You would lire about as well
for 1000?. per annum in London as in N.
York, with this difference, that in the lat
ter with that expenditure, you ' would be
somebody, in the former nobody.
“You may go as far as ?2000per annum
in America, and get some comfort for the
outlay in a country-house, carriage and
horses; beyond, that would be folly to
spend it, ifyou had millions, for you can
get no servants, and the larger your es
tablishment the greater your individual
slavery. The people I admire-—their
spirit, their institutions, and their growing
power (for their anticipations afc to the
population are not exaggerated)—but with
any present feeling—(they may improve)
—I would rather reside in Great Brittam,
in spite of her imperfections?!’
Remonstrance against the Tasif.—The
Charleston South Carolina papers of the
18th ult. contain the memorial, of the
Chamber of Commerce of that city, to
Congress, “against any additional bur
thens otf the Agricultural and Commer
cial interests of the country, in the shape
of an amended Tariff." Having inserted
the resolutions of several meetings in the
Northern States, favorable to an increased
Tariff on Woollens, <fcc. we subjoin the
substance of the Charleston memorial, as
we find it condensed in the Georgetown,
S. C. Intelligencer.—Nat. Intel.
“ It commences by stating its opposi
tion to the Woollens Bill, both as regards
its principles and its provisions. It then
proceeds to state the danger of all legal
restraints on foreign commercial inter
course, which, when once commenced,
may be carried to a most pernicious and
even ruinous extent. The records ofhis-
tory and the present struggle between rival
interests abroad are referred to in illus
tration of the general impolicy of restric
tive measures—the introduction of a coer
cive policy is deprecated as tending to ar
ray the agricultural interests of one section
of country against the manvfacturing in
terests of another, which should be allow
ed to harmonise by the gradual operation
of circumstances. The two following
are the leading grounds of opposition to
lo an increase of the Tariff taken by the
Memorial. 1st. “ As the duties contem
plated in the bill (Woollen’s bill) must
constitute an aggravation of an already
unequal and burthonsnme tax on the con
sumption of the Southern States: and,
2d, “As they must have an encreasing
tendency to limit the foreign market for
their staples.” Under the first head the
position is maintained, with great force,
that the existing duty on coarse woollens
operates in the nature of a ’burthensome
tax on Southern capital, which fails very
heavily on the slave holder—a clear dis
tinction is drawn between the operation of
the tax on free and on involuntary or slav.i
labor—the unequal pressure of these du
ties on the rich aod poor is noticed. On
the second branch of the subject, the Me
morial expresses an apprehension of the
extent to which our present policy may
reach in depriving us of the benefit of a
foreign market for our staples. The Me
morialists protest against forcing industry
out of its natural channels, by statutory en
actments, intended to give it a particular
direction. They affirm that tho patrio
tism of the south did not murmur under
the sad effects of unequal pressure when
the exigencies of the country demanded
sacrifices at the hands of her citizens.—
They complain now under entirely differ
ent circumstances of the country. The
danger of British retaliation is urged at
some length as likely to fall with peculiar
weight on the Commerce of the Union:—
The Memorial next speaks of the proba
ble diminntion of the revenue, and then
denies the constitutional power of Con
gress thus virtually to lav a tax on domes
tic industry. It concludes with a feeling
appeal to that body on the tendency of the
restrictive system to place in opposition
the interests and patriotism of the citizen.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
NEW-YORK, JULY 7.
By the Friends, from Greenock, and
the Chili, from Liverpool, we have re
ceived papers to the 2d June. The late
ness of the hour prevents os from giving
more than the heads.
Public confidence was increasing in the
new Administration, and the funds had
advanced in consequence.
It was rumored that the King of Eng
land had written to the Duke of- Welling
ton, requesting him to resume the com
mand of the army, which he had declined.
Great sensation was produced in Lon
don, on the 26th, in consequence of intel
ligence from New-York of the misunder
standing between the Brazilian and the
United States’ Government.
A speedy and powerful intervention in
favor of the Greeks was about to take
place—so fhy the Friench papers.
Constantinople dates say that the
Divan had commenced carryiug into exe
cution the principal articles of the treaty
of Ackerman, and that the best under
standing prevailed between the Porte and
the Russian legation.
Odessa, May 8.—Letters from Con
stantinople of May 2, announce that the
Sultan has dismissed from his office the
Seraskier Reaschid Pacha, and appointed
for his successor Aga Pacha, who com
manded the troops in the Bosphorus.—
The latter has been succeeded in his com
mand by Chosrou Pacha, whom tho
Greeks called Topal Pacha. It is infer
red from this either that the Acropolis
had been delivered, or that the siege was
going on very badly. A report is cur
rent that the Sultan has commanded the
Reis Effendi not to receive any note from
any European minister relative to the
Greeks.
Liverpool, May 29.—Yesterday, about
2000 bags of Cotton were sold at the low
est rates of last week. The average
qualities of Uplands and Alabamas are
now nearly unsaleable at 6Jd per pound.
The motion fer going into committee
upon the Corn Bill, in the House of Lords,
has been carried by 129 votes to 63.
May 31.—This day’s sales estimated at
2000bags; much on a par with the pre
ceding day’s business. On Wednesday
(30th) there wore sold 300 Sea Islands,
supposed to be on speculation, at about
l-4d advance on the late prices.
AVGUSTA.
THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1827.
fly- The GEORGIA COURIER
will be regularly issued on Mondays and
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and it is hoped all Advertisements will be
handed in, at least, by 12 o’clock on tbosv
days.
Counterfeit $10 Notes on the Bank of
Newbern, are in circulation in the west,
ern counties of North-Carolina. Thev
are said to be well executed, and calcula.
ted to deceive those who are not very
good judges: the signatures are good imi
tations. The bills are made payable to
S. Watkins, at the principal bank in New.
bern, dated Jau. 2d, 1819, letter D.
A public dinner was given to Mr. Me.
Lean, Postmaster-General, by the citi
zens of Lebannon, (Ohio,) and its viei»
nity, on the 19th ult. The Cincinnati
Gazette nominates him for the Vico-Pre*
sidency.
FROM THE AMERICAN WATCHMAN.
Messrs. Editors: Observing by an ac
count of certain proceedings of a late
meeting “ of citizens of the State of Dela
ware friendly to Manufactures and Agri
culture," as published in the “ American
Watchman” of the 29th ult., that I have
been appointed one of the Delegates to
the Convention at Harrisburg, I beg leave
to state that I decline the appointment.
I am not unwilling to co-operate with
my fellow-citizens in all proper measures
for the advancement of the interests of
“ Manufactures and Agriculture," but it
appear^to me improper that I should, by
participating in the deliberations of the
Harrisburg Convention, commit myself in
relation to particular measures, on which
I may hereafter be called to act in my
public representative capacity. I freelv
explained this impression to several gen
tlemen who, previously to the late meet
ing, solicited me to attend that conven
tion, and if I could have been induced by
any Circumstances to yield to their rush
es, such do not at present exist.
Independently of this consideration,
the incidents and termination of the late
meeting in this Borough, and especially
the incompatibility of the third resolution
as published, with opinions previously
formed and expressed on the Woollens
BiU” under the responsibility of my pub
lic station, would justify me in declining
this appointment.
I am content that my sentiments in fa
vor of the policy of protecting and en
couraging American labor against foreign
competition should be judged by mv pub
lic votes and conduct during the ten years
I have been honored with a seat in Con
gress. ■ I believe it to be essentially con
nected with the national prosperity, and I
cannot doubt that it will be so considered
by any administration of the General Go
vernment, unless its friends, consenting to
use it as an engine of party purposes, in
volve it in the fate of party struggles.
The vote I felt it niy duty to give
against the “ woollens bill” was dictated
by no change of previous opinions ; but
by a conviction, after ful! investigation,
that the evils it proposed to obviate either
did not exist, or were of a temporary cha
racter, requiring no immediate legislation;
that the provisions of that particular mea
sure were partial, unequal, and extrava
gant, and not calculated to attain the pro
posed objects of its friends ; that such a
measure was not demanded by the wants
of the woollen manufactures throughout
the Union, nor justified by a due regard
to the other great interests of the country.
I am, respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, L. M’LANE.
Wilmington, July 2, 1826.
In a Philadelphia paper an advertise
ment of patent medicine says, “ One bot
tle will act on any complaint whatever, if
the patient is reconciled to his fate,"
SINCERE OPINIONS.
Eight years ago, when the Richmond
Enquirer and its editor had not become
tools in the hands of an unprincipled com
bination, and, Mr. Adams not being a
candidate, the Enquirer was at liberty to
speak the truth about him, that paper con
tained the following editorial remarks,
upon Mr. Adams’ defence of Gen. Jack
son’s conduct in Florida.
Frankfort (Ky.) Commentator.
“ I cannot sufficiently express the pro
found sentiments of admiration and de
light with whjch I have perused this State
paper. It is written with an astonishing
force of ingenuity, and adorned sVith the
most captivating eloquence of all descrip
tions. It has the air of a man, who feels
most acutely for the wrongs of his coun
try—who is indignant at the insults offered
her by the aggressor, pretending to de
mand redress, and who pours ont those
feelings in the most forcible strains. It is
a monument of diplomatic geuius. It is
an ornament to my country. I feel proud
of belonging to such a nation which has
produced such a blaze of talents. It
shivers the manifesto of the Spanish Ca
binet into dust and ashes. Into what
utter insignificance does the redoubtable
Chevalier Onis sink 1 He seems like a
pigmy in the hands of a giant.”
In 1818, when for a similar reason, the
same Enquirer was at liberty to speak
with equal freedom of Gen. Jackson, its
sentiments were such as follows:
“ I will say before my God," says the
editor of the Richmond Enquirer, (Thom
as Ritchie,) “ that for the acts he has done,
on account of the precedents he has set,
he (Gen. Jackson) ought to be called to
answer. With all my respect for the Ad
ministration, I must think them wrong for
the forbearance they ?t present appear to
have manifested towards him."
In the same year, the same Enquirer,
copied, with approbation, from the Geor
gia Journal, the following, among other
remarks :
General Jaclcson.—It is rumored that
the members of the Cabinet at Washing
ton, are equally divided on the propriety
of arresting Gen. Jackson for disobedience
of orders in his Florida expedition. *****
The “ Hero” of Orleans, like Com.
Perry, seems to be intoxicated with po
pular applause. He seems to act on the
absurd belief that he “ can do no wroDg."
He has taken upon himself to decide on
the field matters that belong to the Con
gress. He has repeatedly disregarded
positive orders, and trampled the funda
mental laws under foot. He has in short
played the part of a Military Despot, and
exercised the power of a Dictator in dis
guise. It is lime the eyes of the people
were opened, and that they should see
things as tRey are. Ctcsar, Cromwell and
Buonaparte, though valiant defenders,
were also enslavers of their country.
The celebrated M. M Noali, Judge
and Governor of Israel, now edits a pa
per in New-York, on the side of the oppo
sition. But in January, 1819, Mr. Noah
was the Editor of a truly republican print,
called the National Advocate. He then
said with perfect truth and justice of Mr.
Adams, as Secretary of State, what may
be now said of him as President, with
equal truth and justice.
“ Since Mr. Adams has entered upon
his public duties, he has not been diverted
from them by any extraneous circumstan
ces, but has proved, by assiduity, perse-
verence and UNents, that be is a most use
ful, capable aud correct officer, and merits
fully, THE CONFIDENCE WHICH THE PEOPLE
REPOSE IN HIM-"
The Fredericksburg Herald says, “At
the celebration at Orange Court-House,
Va. we understand that Mr. Madisen, Ex-
President of the U. States, and PFijjp P
Barbour, Esq. Representative in. Coes
gress, addressed the company.”
TOR THE GEORGIA COURIER
WO w 1.
Two Candidates are before the people
of Georgia, for the Executive Chair. la
the examination oftheir respective claimt,.
every citizen has an undoubted right to
draw, and to express them publicly, the
conclusions which his feelings, his ideas of
matters and things, and his political princi
ples, especially, may suggest. Without
fear, I shall exercise this right: well
knowing that my fellow-citizens cannot
censure me for a privilege which is mv
boast &.the birthright of every American
citizen.
Mr. Forsyth and Col. Campbell are the
two candidates for the suffrage of the peo-
pie. The point I shall principally exa- |
mine, is the claims each have, or pretend
to have, to that suffrage. First, Mr. For
syth.—In respect to the talents and quali
fications of this gentleman, no objection?
has been made by his enemies. In re
spect to his services since he has been in
public life, I shall not pretend to speak,
it would be an insult to the good sense am!
understanding of the people of Geojgia.
to expatiate upou that subject. I shall
confine myself, therefore, to the hue and
cry which has lately been raised in the
State, and bandied about for sinister mo
tives, by a few disappointed office hunter?,
and a few pretended politieiansj who,.un
der the garb and sanctified name of Re
publican, conceal the most pernicious po
litical principles, and the most ardent
desire to see John Quincy Adams re
elected to the Presidency. This»hue and
cry is, that Mr. Forsyth was a Federalist
in times past.
I appeal to the good sense of rny fellow
citizens, to say, whether such a charge is
in any wise tenable, and can stand its
ground against facts : some of which’ I
shall produce to show the fallacy and ri
diculousness of the accusation, and which
will be admitted, I hope, as incontroverti
ble, at least by the impartial and libera!
part of the community'. Those most con
spicuous in the disssemination of the
charge above alluded to, are themselves,
to all intents and purposes, federalists of
the old school—black cockades to the
bene. Being federalists, as I shall be
able to prove, how can they oppose Mr.
Forsyth for principles which, it would ap
pear, accord with’ their own ? They
should'on the contrary, support him, and
oppose his adversary, who, if I were tc
believe them, has been always a consistent
democrat. But the plain fact is, that Mr
Forsyth has been, and is still, a patriot, a
a sound republican, and an ardent friend
and supporter of the federal compact,and
of the federal constitution, as originally
formed and adopted by the States ; while
his snarlers and detractors are federalist!
to t he bone, and support one for Governor,
who will go heart and soul with them io
the accomplishment of their splendid
schema to better the condition of the pto*
pie.
All true democrats now-a-days are op
posed to Mr. Adams and his measures.—
Are the enemies of Mr. Forsyth opposed
to Mr. Adams? O yes! say some of
them. But are they opposed to his mea
sures, and to his plans for promoting the
general welfare of the country ? I say
they are not. They advocate a liberal
construction of the constitution; they
advocate internal improvements, exclu
sively under the patronage of the federal
government; they advocate the abomina
ble doctrine, that the President can entaa- i
gle the country with foreign alliances;
they advocate an exclusive protection of
the manufactures, to the detriment of the
agricultural interest; they advocate the
encroachments of the federal upon the
state governments, for they have declared
that they would take up arms and range
themselves on the side of the United
States* regulars against the Governor and
Militia of the State; they supported John
Quincy Adams, Gaines, Andrews, and
company, in their abuse, insults, and bul
lying, of the constituted authorities of the
people of Georgia, they took part with
the enemies of the Southern States, in
denouncing the stand taken by South Ca
rolina in regard to the iutroduction of free
persons of color into that State; they
publicly declared, that it would be treason
to resist the regulars sent by John Quincy
Adams„ for the purpose of capturing*