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THE FAST ROOM.—No. 1.
Tho more reflection an honest man
bestows on the fable published in the
Richmond Enquirer, concerning the East
Room of the President’s House, the great
er must be his difficulty in endeavoring to
reconcile the conduct of that print with
rhe plainest obligations of morality.
On the 4th of last January, an extract
of a letter appeared in it, dated “ Wash
ington, January 1st, 1827,'” of which the
following is a part, viz: “ This being the
“day on which the President’s House is
“ thrown open to all visiters, I went, a-
'• rr.ong others, to pay my respects to
" him* or rather, 1 should fairly confess,
“ I went to see *the East Room, for
the furnishing of which ivn had vo-
M ted twenty-five thousand dollars, at the
“ last session of Congress. I was anxious
" to see how that amount of furniture
“enfold be stowed away in a single room,
“and my curosity was fully satisfied. It
“was truly a gorgeous sight to behold,
“ but had too much the look of regal mag-
“ nificencc to be perfectly agreeable to
" MV old republican feelings.” Then af
ter some profound calculations,, in the
style of a certain soi dit political econo
mist, showing, among other things, that
the furniture of the East Room cost the
price of 20.000 acres of public land,
enough at 40 acres each, to furnish homes
for 5,000 poor families, tho writer says,
“ Witli these reflections I left the East
•“ Room, made my way to the Presence
“ Chamber, paid the debt of a lowly
“ obeisance, and retired. The house was
“full of company, but i saw very few of
41 the unprincipled Opposition.”
The gross falsehood of this story was
soon exposed in different prints. In a
supplement to the National Intelligencer,
of March 5th, 1827, was published Mr.
Francis Johnson’s speech, delivered in
the House of Representatives on the 16th
of the preceding month, and containing
-fho following passage, viz: “ Some time
“ ago I saw a publication in that print,
14 [i. e. the Richmond Enquirer,] purport
ing to be a letter from a member of
“ Congress, in which the writer slated
41 that lie had just then returned from the
‘‘President’s, where he had been. If
.'■* was New Year, and he had been in the
* 4 East room of the house, and he spoke
1 of it as being most splendidly furnished
v -‘ out of the $25,000 appropriated'at the
" last session. A T oio every m mhr.r of this
“ House does Xnow, that, not one cent of
“that money has been drawn from the
“ Treasury, and every man anti woman,
” boy and girl, who was at the President’s
” on New Year, knows that there was no
'*furniture in the room except a few oi l
” chairs, and an old settee or two, altoge
“ thcr iporth but a very few dollars. Now
•" it is impossible to my mind that any
“ memlei of Congress could have written
“such a letter ; I have no thought.or be-
“ lipf that anv member did write it. The
“ Editor has been so credulous as to suf-
“ fer himself to be imposed on by some
“anonymous writer, or he has wittingly*
imposed it on his readers. What could
11 have been the object for the publicn-
“ lion ->f such a letter, I cannot conceive',
“ unless it was to add to that excitement,
11 which had been already created there
“against the President.” »
On the 27th of April, the Editors of
rhe Enquirer published, professedly “ with
great pleasure,” a letter signed “Fair
P.lay,” addressed to them in the Peters
burg Intelligencer. “JFair Play” here
qunied from the Washington letter, as
published in the Enquirer; called the at
tention of ihe Editors of that paper to Mr.
Johnson’s speech: nnd very properly
added—” I think it a d'Tty you owe your
"country and yourselves, to fprret out
M this impostor, who has palmed this trick
“ upon you, a..d drag him before the pub-
“ lie. If this be not satisfactorily explain-
" ed, it will go abroad the settled opinion
M that the Virginia opposition to the pre
sent Administration is bolstered up bv
correcting tho “alleged errors” in the
letter! They were told by a third mem
ber of Congress, standing in his place in
the House of Representatives, that the
statement in the letter was false, and yct^ .on the field of honor, as it is called. If
refused to avail themselves of this infor
mation, accompanied as it was by an ap
peal to the whole House for its truth,
because he had not, in their opinion,
treated them with “courtesy!” As to
their objection, that “Mr. Johnson is an
intemperate pattisan, whose statements
are apt to take the color of his own feel
ings,” it is really too peurile for notice.—
Could the Editors possibly believe that
Mr. Johnson would venture to assert in
his place in the House of Representatives,
that “every member of the House docs
know that not one cent of the twenty-five
thousand dollars, alleged to have been
expended on the East room has been drawn
from the Treasury,” unless such were the
fact I Would any man who was not an
idiot, utter a falsehood which must be
exposed as soon as spoken ; and especial
ly when, by writing a letter from Wash
ington, and having it published in a pro
per “form," he could publish a lie safely!
In regard to Mr. Johnson’s “ want of
courtesy” to the Editors, it did not, had
he been guilty of it, furnish them with the
least excuse for omitting to contradict the
falsehood of which their press had been
made the vehicle. But in point of fact,
no such ** want of courtesy” existed.—
Mr. Johnson expressed a very natural be
lief tint no member of Congress wrote
the letter; and then stated that the Edi
tors had either been imposed on by some
anonymous writer, or had themselves
imposed on the public. I am not aware
that any alternative supposition could
have been made.
ANTI-CRAFT.
—*•£•***-
From, the Tuscaloosa Alabama Ccntincl.
PAIR FIiAY.
“O! wad some power the giftie gie us
To sec ourscVa as others see us!
It wad fra mony a blunder free us
And foolish notion '
What airs in dress and gait wad Ica’e us
And e’en devotion!
BURNS.
“ intrigue, fraud, and management.”—
To this manly appeal tn their candor, the
Editors answered: “The account to
“ which the writer refers, respecting the
“ East room, was forwarded to us, as it
“ purports, by one of the most intelligent
“ami distinguished members of Congress.
“ He has sever vet seen fit >o re-touch his
“ statement, and corre -t his errors, if he
“ has made any. Another respectable
“ member of Congress subsequently sent
•* on a statement to correct the alleged
“Errors in the first; bat on account of
“some difference of opinion as to the
” form in which this last communication
“ should appear, it was never publish-
“ed—and upon applying for it recently,
” it is found that the letter containing it
“ has been destroyed. We should have
“ noticed Mr. Johnson’s remarks at the
“time they were published; but Mr. J.
•is an intemperate partisan, whose state-
" ments are subject to take the color of
“ his own feelings; and besides, in the
“ remarks in question, there was a marked
“ want of courtesy to the Editor of this.
“ paper, which prevented our paying him
“ the respect of republishing his remarks.”
Now, surely, this is most extraordinary
language. The Editors can publish an
extract of a letter from one member of
Congress, without any scruples as to what
„jorm” it should appear in; (for it is not
presumable that the 'writer insisted that
his name should accompany .the, publica
tidJT) And ye* refused on the ground of
It is not only in dress, in gait and in de
votion that we “ see oursel’s” differently
from w hat others see us. In politics also
wearo remarkably indulgent to ourselves
and to our own party, and pass over a
thousand foibles without censure, or speak
of th*m as virtues, which others view in a
very different light. We are apt to claim
for ourselves privileges, and exercise them,
which we esteem extremely unreasonhle,
if not wholly unpardonable when exer
cised bi? "onr opponents.
It is thought, Toi“ instance, highly im
proper and reprehensible by editors and
others opposed to the Administration of
tho general government, that Mr. Clay
should m;Tke speeches in his own defence
at public dinners, in Pennsylvania and at
different places in Kentucky. I> is said
iO bo highly indelicate, and a prostration
of the dignity of his ot7.ee; so much so
*hat he is . ailed the travelling, speech-
making. and electioneering Secretary.—
And yet it will not be denied that he has
assailed without intermission and
without mercy, for tho last two years, by
the united talents, energy and invention
of his political opponents. What must
the Secretary do ? Why he must forsooth,
maintain his dignity and keep his mouth
shut. And what then ?—will he close the
months of his enemies by that means ?
Not a', all. They will say that his silence
is, in effect, an acknowledgment of his
guilt. But a few weeks since, the accu
sations of an anonymous -writer wore
spoken of as having received confirmation
—as entitled to be taken for confessed,
becauso they had not been denied under
the signature of Mr; Clay. He may say,
with Pope,
1 A dire dilemma! Either way I’m sped:
If ha is silent, his guilt is taken for grant
ed ; if he replies to his adversaries and
denies their charges in the most public
manner, he is accused of electioneering,
acting the demagogue, and sacrificing hi*
dignity. To contend that he ought to be
silent, under the imputations that are
made against his character; comes with a
bad grace from his accusers: it is as much
as to sav, “ we do not deserve notice : we
are nothing but an empty, windy, bluster
ing, and “factious opposition,” which he
cannot descend to answer, without sully
ing his own dignity. Mr. Clay, it seems
does not thrnk so contemptibly of his as
sailants, especially since Gen. Jackson
has become their leader.
But Mr. McDuffie, who is “a good man
and true,” who is opposed to tho Admin
istration— >vc beg pardon—we remember
now that it is the Administration that is
opposed to him—he, although he has suf
fered no extraordinary persecution, can
make speeches and eulogize his own
course, and condemn that of others.—
without being guilty of the least improprie
ty. Mr. Clay in defending his vote in the
election of President seemed to be under
the necessity of speaking of tho relative
pretentions and qualifications of Mr. A.
and Gen. J. for that important office. But
he did no? do this without meeting with a
reproof even from Gen. Jackson himself;
but as for Mr. McDuffie, he may assail
the President and Secretary in as bitter a
tone as lie pleases, and hold them up to the
contempt and indignation of the people ;
and it is ail well enough—he belongs to
our party : “ to the pure all things are
pure but as for the Coalition—they al
ways go wrong by design, and never do
right by accident. We do not make these
remarks because we think Mr. McDuffie
wrong in brldlv calling in question the
integrity of Messr^Adaggs apd. Clay if he
thinks them corrupt or dishonest. Let
corruption be exposed, and dishonesty and
intrigue unmasked. But let us not in onr
political disputes. abandon all liberality
and reciprocity ; but rather “ live and let
live:* if it w bd right and fair that the one
party should accuse, it cannot be unfair
that the other should defend itself. If we
must have hard fighting, there can be no
reason that the parties should not have fai t
play. Let the principle of equality and
equal rights be regarded as scrupulously
as they would be between two combatants
the one party be allowed the use of the
rifle, why should the other be restricted
to the pistol! and if the use of a rest be
permitted to the one, why should not the
same privilege be extended to both ? If
a severe political battle is inevitable, let
us have an open field and no dodging.
The ease of Captain Reed appealed
to by General Jackson to prove that
General Washington was as cruel and
as lawless as he has been, is no par
allel to that of Harris and his companions
in arms. In the first place, it was Col
onel Lee, and not General Washing‘on
who issued the orders to shoot deserters.
Suppose for a moment we do the immor
tal memory of Washing’on the injustice
to concede that he issued the orders al
luded to by General Jackson, they would
not in any manner extenuate his arbitrary
and inhuman conduct. The deserters
ordered to be shot were seized passing by
stealth from the American camp to that
of the enemies, carrying with them their
arms and equipments. The Tennessee
Militia surrendered their arms, took re
ceipts for them, from their officers, and
publicly left the camp ; not to go into that
of-the enemy, but to retai n to the bosom
of their own families. The Deserters
were regular troops, and it is not pre
tended they had served out their times.
The Tennesec militia had served out the
whole of their time, &, had always publicly
avowed, from the law and the opinions of
their officers their right to go home. It
is indeed a desperate caso if after a search
of many months, this is the best excuse
which can be offered.
The precipitancy of General Jackson
is much and justly deplored, why did he
not refer the matter to the President—
there was no hurry—tho enemy had been
defeated and peace was made—why then
hurry these American Militia to an ipno-
minous death and premature grave ? Why
did not General Jackson give time for his
own k ndly feelings to come into play!—
If he had we now feel assured that this
dark, and bloody page would not blur our
history. The General’s order which di
rected theexeeutiou of the six militia men
in four days after its receipt, also contain
ed these words—“ M :jor Genera! Jack
son approves the proceedings and sen-
“ tences of the court, and orders them to
“ be carried into effect.” This was in re-
“ fcrence to nearly two hundred Militia
“ men, who had been ordered to have one
“ half of the hair of their head shaved off
“ close, and to be drummed ootof camp.”
Wo now learn, from the certificate of
“ Adjutant General Hart, that each and
“ every one” of those men, was honora
bly discharged. Why then, we repeat it
was General Jackson so precipitate ? If
“ He had taken time these wretched men,
“ might also have been each and every
one of them honorably dsscharged.”—
They might now be happy husbands and
fathers. Widows who jiavc been bowed
down to the earth with affliction and toil
to maintain their orphan children might,
now be happy mothers &. wives. Instead
of curses, ther lips would be pouring forth
blessings; and the praises and thanksgiv
ings of those who were made orphant
would be ascending to the throno of hea
ven to prepare a place for him who had
spared their father’s life. What a pearl
above all price was here cast away.!
General Jackson pronounces the letter
of Harris, published in the Democratic
Press to be a forgery. It would be better
to prove the assertion than to raise doubts.
It is admitted that Mr. Harris wrote, and
General Jackson received, one letter from
him while undei sentence of death. Why
are not the American people furnished
with an authenticated copy of that one
letter, that it may be compared with the
one we have published ?
There was a time when the praises of
the Hero of New Orleans resounded thro’
the columns of the Democratic Press, and
when it was among the foremost, we will
not say the ablest, of his defenders, against
a hoft of assailants, who are nowhisparti-
zans—men whom lie would have hung un
der the second section. Then Gen. Jack-
son would not hear tho Democratic Press
spoken of slightingly or disrespectfully.—
Then he could kindly furnish materials for
its columns, we now write with some of
them on onr desk, signed in his own pro
per hand writing. These days Have pass
ed away. The milk of human kindness
has curdled in his bosom. We could not,
with uis lifo and actions, end abundant
evidence of bis unfitness, support him for
President of the United States, and there
fore we are now, even by the General,
spoken slightingly of. Be it so. We feel
proud and honored by his good opinion,
but we are not humbled in our opinion by
any changes in his.
When we defended him, when we
lauded him, we did our duty. He de
served to be defended and merited our
highest praise. The day wo trust will
uever come when our tongue and our pen
shall not be prompt and ready to praise,
even to the very echo, the Hero of Or
leans. We would be blind to his faults—
we would conceal his errors—magnify his
virtues—do willing homage to his gal
lant services—and shout aloud’ our joy
and gratitude to the protector of Beauty
and Booty. But when that protector,
forgets that he has’ resigned, from a con
sciousness of his own unfitness,every civil
office, he ever held, listens to the voice
of flatterers and aspjres to the chief Magis
tracy of his country, our pen freezes in our
ink and our tongue cleaves to the roof of
our mouth.—[Democratic Press.
we leave the fact of such a letter having
been written into a district in Kentucky
in order to answer its purposes in a close
ly contested election, and to- them we
leave the consideration of other circum
stances that conflict with previous letters
of the General, which condemn in others
any such participation in defence of them
selves or accusation of others.
We have only oue observation to make
in reference to the Letter, which is upon
that part of it wherein the General says
that the record, in regard to the trial
of the Militia-men, either is or ought to
be on file in the Department of War.
The fact, we believe, has been ascertain
ed, that the record of the trial is not in
the Department of War, aud the friends
of General Jackson know that it is not.
They perhaps da not know what we now
state—that the record was transmitted to
the War Department at the time, but was
returned by order of the then President
(who probably did not much like the
complexion of it) to the State of Tennes
see, and we believe to the Governor of
the State, under whose order the draft of
the Militia was made. Mr. Madison is
one who, we hive good authority for
saying, could not look on blood and car
nage with composure, and who conld not,
of course, approve of this slaughter, in
cold blood, of militia-mcn, whose only
crime, at the worst, was a mistake of their
duty. He therefore, probably declined
placing among the national archives the
record of these proceedings. Certain it
is, that they were returned to Tennessee,
and arc in possession of the friends of
General Jackson, though possibly un
known to him.
One word as to the letter of Harris,
published in the Philadelphia Democratic
Press, about the alleged forgery of which
there 1ms been much said. That Latter
we always supposed to be the effort of
imagination, intended to embody in form
what might havo been the natural reflec
tions of the Baptist preacher on being or
dered to bo shot. Some of our contem
poraries have put a very serious construc
tion upon that composition. For our
selves, we have not been able* so to regard
it. This Mr. Harris, we learn from Gen.
Jackson, did write a letter to him before
his execution, which letter did not move
the General from his purpose. That
Letter, if it be in existence, would at once
settle the question, whether the fictitious
image of it, as committed to paper in
Philadelphia, bears any resemblance to
the original. We should like to see the
original letter. And, though we have
not copied the supposititious letter, it ap
pears to us to be rank affectation in anv
one tn suppose that its being of that cha
racter weakens its force as an argument
against the military execution which it
deprecates.—Nat. Intelligencer.
" P. S.—It will be recollected, in the
Revolutionary war, at a time of great tri
al, General Washington ordered deserters
to be shot without trial. Capt. Reed, un
der this order, having arrested three, had
one shot without trial, and his bead brought
to the General ; but he, General Wash
ington reprimanded Reed for not shooting
the whole three.”—Gen. J. Letter. -
Now m irk how History speaks of this
affair, in the person of an eye and car-wit
ness to all that passed :
" The army was posted on the Hud-
above West Point; it was just before we
stormed Stoney Point. Col. Lee was sit
ting at a table writing. An officer came
in and reported that more of the men had
deserted across the line to the enemy.—
Col. Lee, ('the celebrated commander of
the Virginia Legion.) without an instant’s
hesitation, or withdrawing the pen from
the paper, gave the orders‘to shoot ev
ery man that was detected deserting to the
enemy; and send their heads to head quar
ters.” The order was given to Lieut.
Reed, who was in command of the ad
vance guard; the same Gen. Reed who
commanded in the battle in which Sir Peter
Parker was killed in the late war, & is now
lying on the Eastern Shore of this State.
—The order was issued but a short time
before three men were detected in the act
of deserting, pursued, taken close to the
enemy’s line, and brought in. Reed ob
served, that according to orders, ho ought
to execute all three of them, but that °he
Would not do so. He would make an ex
ample of one of them. I think, on exam
ination, it appeared that one of them was
a German, one a Frenchman, and the o-
ther an American. Reed inquired which
of the three dshoul die ? 11 was unanimous
ly agreed that it should be the American.
In him the atrocity was the most aggrava
ted, because it was his native country he
was deserting—he was shot. His head
w»3 cut off and sent to head quarters, a-
greeaiily to ordeis. But no man could be
more mortified dnd provoked than Gen.
Wash ington was at the sight. So far from
countenancing tuch a proceeding for one
instant, Col Lee was immediately arrest
ed, and tried for his conduct, and it was
with extreme difficulty, indeed, popular as
that officer deservedly stood with the army
that he was preserved from being broke
for the ofence,"
Slat. Col. yean.
drawn, wc admit, before it could have as
sumed the form in which it appears in the
Statesman. To shew how much authori
ty these gentlemen have for the declara
tion gratuitously imputed to Mr. Trim
ble, we annex that part of his address from
which the declaration was probably man
ufactured
“Apart from personal or local prefer
ence, it was the clearest, case that could
have been presented to a Statesman, so
far as Kentucky and her interest are con
cerned. Adams, compared with Jackson,
is the best qualified to fill the station.—
In taking him Kentucky has secured the
friendship and good will of all the Eastern
States. Her friendship with Ohio and
the other Western States is unimpiared.—
No jealousies have been created ; no heart
burning or ill will. Had she gone for
Jackson, she would have failed and lost
her only chance of attaining equal weight
and influence in the Cabinet and Presi
dential Councils ; a thing of much impor
tance to the Western people at this time.—
She would have displeased Ohio, by sepa
rating from her and acting against her, and
her second choice, after she had done her
best to have our first choice elected : And
thus Kentucky, instead of growing stron
gcr and stronger, would have waxed weak
or and weaker than she was formerly.—
She would have aided the enemies of Mr
Clav in putting him down at a time when
his services are most wanted. In fact,
she would have put herself down, and him
with her, and sacrificed her best and high
est interests in a hopeless effort, made a
gainst her better judgement. She would
have put it in the power of the Southern
States to strengthen and amalgamate the
cotton and commercial prejudices hereto
fore existing, and in force against us, to
the great injury of the agricultural atid
manufacturing interests of the middle and
Western States. The south would hav
had the ascendency, as heretofore, in the
Cabinet and in Congress. Internal im
provements—roads, canals and bridges—
all the aidsofagriculturc and interior trade
so much desired and wanted, would ha
been under the control and management
of Statesmen who havo hitherto opposed
them-
2. Resolved, That as a means
of
complishiog this object, wewill use
manufactured from cotton, particular,
the articles of cotton bagging, Collo ; J l
clothing for our slaves, and for such ar .,'
cles also of our own clothing as n, a y
deemed suitable and adapted to our /
mate provided they can be abtained r.
reasonable terms.
3. Resolved, that we will promote ,i,
manufacturing interest generally, thr 0o ^
the United States, and that we will {
preference to articles manufactured i D 3t .
section of our country, to the exclusi 0c ^
foreign fabrics of the same quality aB j
prices.
4. Resolved, That as a further m c -.
of advancing the agricultural prosperity }
our country by increasing the consult-,
tion of our own produce, we wul fo^
ourselves into a society for the encoura^.
ment of domestic manufactures by
wards and premiums for such goods as
manufactured of cotton and suited to
country.
5. Resolved, That a subscription pa- e .
be forthwith circulated for this purpe^
and that the subscribers now present, pro.'
ceed lo the election of a committee t,
draft a Constitution for the Society, :
be reported on the first Wednesday i-
December next.
6. Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed to procure subscribers.
7. Resolved That the adoption of sin-;,
lar measures be recommended to our f e >.
low citizens of the adjoining counties.
8. Resolved, That the proceedings ( *
this meeting, attested by the Chairnia:.
and Secretary, be published in the papers
of this citv.
9. Resolved, That this meeting now
adjourn until Friday, the 3d of August
next.
JOS. E. DAVIS, Chairman.
Henry W. Huntingdon, See.
Gen. Jackson's letter.—Under its pro
per head will be found another Letter
from Gen. Jackson concerning the exe
cution of the Militia-men, during the )ate
war. To the reflection of our, readers
The following has been repeatedly
published in tho Boston Statesman as
“David Trimble’s declaration,” We copy
it as it appeared in its last dress, in the
Statesman of the 17th inst.
“ When we got to Washington, we
found that Crawford was out of the ques
tion. Wo ascertained that if General
Jackson was elected, he would nofappoint
our friend Clay Secretary of State. WE
THEN ascertained DISTINCTLY,
that if Mr. Adams should be elected, he
would appoint Mr. Clay his Secretary of
State. Under these circumstances we de
termined to vote for him.”
The reputed declaration of Mr. Trim
ble was republished in the Statesman of
the day after they acknowledged the re
ceipt of Mr. Trimble’s Address, from
which this declaration must havo been
drawn, though sometimes more thaq wire-
PUBLIC MEETING.
NATCHEZ ^MISS.) JULY.
As some of our fellow-citizens at a dts
tance, might possibly be induced to sup
pose that the meeting of Planters and
other citizens held in this city on Wed
nesday last, was of a political character
solely for the purpose of aiding the policy
of President Adams’ administration, with
respect to the encouragement of Agricul
ture, Internal Improvements and Domes
tic Manufactures, we will simply observe
that tho meeting was attended by citizens
of all parties. Joseph E. Davis, Esq
was unanimously called to preside over
its deliberations, a gentleman known to
be of the “ opposition.”—It certainly
must be a satisfaction to every American
Patriot, to see that notwithstanding tho
peoyje of this country may differ as to men
yet they will give to measures all the met
it and all the support they deserve.
The third proposition of the resolutions
was opposed by Dr. Wm. N. Mercer, and
supported by R. J, Walker, Esq. Mr
Walker stated that the object of the
meeting was to increase the consumption
of cotton, and that in no way could that
desirable end he more effectually attain
ed than by encouraging the domestic mar
ket. Within a .few years a new pur
chaser has arisen for the staple of Missis
sippi, the American Manufacturer. Thou
sands of bales of cotton are already man
ufactured by our countrymen. How shall
we increase the demands of this new pur
chaser, is an interesting question to tho
cotton growingstates. We will increase then
greatly by introducing articles mantifac
tured out of cotton into more general use
among ourselves; but will we not increase
the consumption to a still greater extent
by inducing, If possible, the citizens of
the non-cotton-growing states, to unite
with us in bringing tbe article into more
general use amongst themselves. But a
small portion of tbe citizens of the mid
dle states clothe themselves in cottons.—
If we can induce them to adandon the
silks and linens introduced from abroad,
and wear articles manufactured out of
American cotton, by American manufac
turers wc gain, much. Let us then meet
the citizens of the non-cotton growing
states in a spirit of amity, and concord,
and wo will induce a reciprocal feeling.
Let us purchase all articles of the Ameri
can manufacture when we can attain them
at a fair price, and the erroneous idea
that the different states of our confedera
cy have diverse and hostile interests will
vanish before the test of practical experi
ment.
At a meeting of the planters and other
citizens of Adams county held agreeably
to public notice, at the Citv Hall of the
City of Natchez, on Wednesday, the 25th
of July, 1827.
Joseph E. Davis, Esq. was appointed
chairman, and Henry W. Huntington,
secretary.
The object of th.i meeting being an
nounced from the chair, to bo tbe forma
tion of an association for the encourage
ment of agricultural and domestic man
ufactures, the following resolutions were
introduced by Stephen Duncan, and be
ing separately put, where carried, viz:—
Whereas, under the present extended
and improved state of agriculture the sta
ple of our country is likely to be produced
in greater quantities than can be consum
ed ; and whereas, unless the growth and
consumption of cotton can be brought
nearer to atrtquality tbe price must be so
reduced, as not to afford a fair profit to the
grower, and embarrassment and distress
must ensue.
1. Therefore, be it resolved, as the
sense of this meeting that it is essential
to our prosperity as agriculturists and as
citizens, deeply interested in tbe welfare
of the country, that the raw materials
should i>p promoted and encouraged by
all the means in our power.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1827
It would be a work of unceasing labor,
and requiring both more time and span
than we can spare, if wc were to notice
all the misrepresentations and errors of
those papers which advocate a different
side from the one to which we are not
attached. We shall not attempt if, bet
endeavor to give the most moderate nnrt
decent articles which we find in the cor*
rection of erroneous statements. We arc
surprized to find again so nuir'i of the pa
pers occupied vviih the Harris and ii:o
East Room letters. General Jackson hi
himself condescended to notice the fur
mer, and we gave his' letter in a late
Courier. Our readers will find bnij^tliese
matters again discussed on orr inside prjv
We wish we conld always sift the truth
from so much falsehood and misrepresent*
ation, as daily is thrown before the pnh«
lie. If it were always true, we should 1>p
done with it afier having once state,d i',
but to be constantly having to recur t<
subjects that are old and disgusting, and
putting matters to right after wc had al*
most forgotten their existence, is one o!
nhe most unpleasant duties of our station.
But what can employ the mieds of such
men as Bines, Ritchie, Gales, and Gene
ral Jackson, we would not venture tosay ;
would be uninteresting or unimportant?:
our readers.
We did not perceive till too late, that
in that part of the Dialogue on the Tariff,
where the constitutionality of protecting
domestic manufactures is maintained, pro
hibiting is used instead of protecting, if
several instances.
\V o have so often given up onr judge*
ment to our wishes, on the affairs of
Greece, that we look with distrust on alt
intelligence from that quarter. If any
good news has ever reached ns of their
triumph for a moment over their relent
less enemies, it has been followed imme
diately with some terrible reverse. If the
cloud of their misfortunes has been for a
moment illumined with the glory of their
xploits, it has been only to exhibit in
more dreadful contrast the darkness of
the storm which is to f ilow. fiut yes*
terday on the saergd plains of Athens, the
actions of Karaiskaki and his brave com
rades shed a glory on their country, like
the light of their fame had suddenly burst
from the tombs of their ancient heroes;
but alas ! although it cheered for a time
the desponding hearts of half the world, it
was destined to die away like the flicker
ing gas which flits over the mouldering
remains of common mortals. The brave
Philelhcooes who stood by kb aide ha^
been cast to tho vuhurea o» the plains
and his own brave heart although i»
rests in glory by the side el Better*
and Byron, is but a clod of the valley.
It may be that the news is true, that the
Treaty is signed in England, by whirji
Greece is to be set free, and forces to
carry it into effect are now on their way
tothis oppressed country.
Some doubts exist as to tho manner in
which Col. Tatnali’s vacancy is to be fill
ed, whether by tbe General Ticket or
District System. It is alleged on the one
hand, that Col. Tatnal! was elected by
the First Congressional District, and bis