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sure of which, all the influence alidall the
expostulations of the intelligent part of
her citizeus will not be able to repress the
outbreakings of their exasperated’popu-
lation 1 Far from it. On the contrary,
i these consequences are kxiked to as justi-
! fiablc, and that on the several grounds that
the tariff would be unconstitutional and
unjust. Here is a political doctor, with a
vengeance—one who would go to the root
of the matter.” He is for none of your
weak recipes of confections and pot herbs.
“ O, true apothecary ! thy drugs are
quick.” The bitter pill of disunion is the
mildest prescription he deals in.
I intended not here to enter into the
FOR THE GEORGIA COURIER
In the midst of the violent party excite- I
merit which has shaken our country for i much disputed question of the tariff policy,
the last three years, in the prosecution of | I am even willing, for my present purpose,
an opposition,the most virulent and unre- i to admit the ridiculous and almost aban>
Jeniing which it h;
any administi alien
fallen to the lot of 1 doned ground of its unconstitutionality.—
of our government
to encounter, it has been cheering to ob-
>erve occasional evidences that at least
As to its justice and expediency, I am
even willing to suppose that there exist
some inscrutable reasons not vet revealed
one of the great cardinal principles of our j to the public, why the practical operation
government, a sawed attachment to the j of the protection duties on woollens should
union, has escaped the shock, and is still j n*>t be the same as it has been on cottons,
regarded by the wise and the good of all i »hat is, to afford after a year or two a
parties as one of those political doctrines, 1 better domestic article for half the price
which, vindicated by the wisdom and \ formerly paid for the foreign. I yield
consecrated by the sacrifices of the great
men who have gone before us, has been,
these points fur the sake of argument ;
and then I ask the doctor, supposing the
if I ntav use The expression,’ deposited j tariff I ill should pass, and its constitulion-
withm the holy of holies in our political
temple, and solemnly laid up as a thing
sicred and inviolable. Such a demon-
s'ration was recently afforded in the indig
nant exoression of reprobation which
burst simultaneously from every quarter
of our confederacy, upon the head of a
certain restless agitator, who had dared to
invade this consecrated ground. I allude
to the merited censures of the prc«s, upon
certain sentiments inculcating disunion,
uttered by Dr. Cooper, President of the
South Carolina College, at the anti-tariff
meetinp, liehl sonic time since in Colum
bia. The following is the language held
bv that genilemnn on the occasion alluded
to:—“ We shall ere long he compelled tV>
“ calculate the value of mir union, and to
“ enquire, of what use is this most unequal
“ alliance bv which the Smith has always
“ been ttie loser, and the North the gain-
“ er ? Is it worth our while to continue
“this union of States, where the North
“ demand to he our nns'ers, and we are
“ required to be tlimr tributaries ? M
T am aware of the doctor’s lettor to the
editor of the United States Telegraph,
(noscitur ex sQciis) r#pellin<? the construc
tion which lias been placed by the public
upon this language. But this letter, if it
were not that every other sentiment which
it is calculated to inspire were swallowed
up bv one engrossing feeling of horror,
would really provoke our laughter. TIip
writer of it complains of misconstruction.
“ Misconstruction,” indeed ! Now, I hold
it one of those verv plain cases with which
construction had nothing to do. The
mind that could place but one “ construc
tion” on such language, would befrav as
ludicrous a propensity to doubt, as did a
certain constructionist 1 have heard tell of,
who, when called a liar bv another, asked
what was meant to be insinuated. No—
It does appear to me that this is one of
those plain cases to which the very plebeian
tiiaxMn may be applied, that “ what every
body says, must be true.” Surely no
min i bufthe Doctor’s own, and that under
some fatally perverting influence, would
be apt to discover but one meaning in such
language as this ; nor can I liken his testy
protest to any tiling more aptly than t<>
the well known case of the maniac, who
was charitably removed to forgive the
proceedings by which he was restricted to
the mail-house, by the reflection tliar
“ they were all crazy.” But die subject
is too pregnant with alarm to allow of any
thing like levity. So far, therefore, from
finding any thing like a palliation in the
doctor’s exculpatory letter, I must con
fess I can see in it only a deep aggrava
tion of his offence; for, under the pre
tence of explanation, its author has re
asserted and enforced the same obnoxious
sentiment, in terms oven more shocking
and repulsive than those with which the
good people of Columbia were edified. I
can see in it onlv the sinner who, though
*' often reproved,” but “ hardens bis
neck”—the political incendiary, who,
fearing lest the fire-brand which he had
cast should not do its office, returns with
an armful of combustibles, carefully hus
bands the decaying embers, and deliber
ately bln vs them to a blaze. It will
scarcely be believed that it is such lan
guage as that already quoted, of which
this reckless partisan says, “ I beg per
mission to disclaim them, (the excuses
which certain editors had charitably sug
gested for these sentiments, as the produc-
ality should be seriously questioned, how
long is if since the Supreme Court of the
United States has been stripped of its
power to decide on the constitutionality
of a law of Congress? or how long since
such tnen as Marshall and Story, and
Washington have forfeited the well earn
ed confidence of this country? and why
forego this peaceful constitutional remedy
,o betake ourselves to the frightful one of
disunion? and even admitting the injus
tice of the law, can not the ingenuity and
patriotism of this doctor devise something
niilder”-some sweet oblivious antidote ?”
Will none of his medicines reach the dis
order but the dreadful drastic potion of
disunion ?
The doctor asks with an airof triumph,
“ Is there any limit in this country to the
discussion of any political question whate
ver ?” Now, to this question I answer
most emphatically, yes. To a great phi
losopher, this I am aware may seem rather
unphilosophical ; but I know I shall carry
with me ninety-nine hundiedths of the re
flecting citizens of this country, when I
j assert that “ in this country” the union is
j no onger debateable lground—that it lias
j keen discussed enough—that if has been,
as I observed before, laid up as a settled
question never more to be touched or
mooted. And, however much it may
shock some of those views of “ infinite
perfectibility” which the doctor may
have imbibed in the halls, or rather gar
rets, of the Jacobin clubs of Paris, I would
beg leave to admonish him that there are
“ in this country” several such questions—
questions on which the people, poor be
nighted souls, presume to think their pre
sent views sufficiently perfect. Anv per
son, for instance, “ in this country,” who
would denounce the whole Christian reli
gion, and deliberately throw h : s bible into
the fire, I hesitate not to say, would be
shunned as a monster, and so of our union.
The popular and trite sentiment, “palsied
be the tongue and withered the arm that
would disturb our union,” is not a mere
idle, frothv ebullition of over-heated na
tionality, but the deliberate dictate of cool
and dispassionate judgment—a sentiment
which the natives of “ this country” have
drawn in with the milk of their mothers,
and piously caught from the dying lips of
their fathers. Thank God if has rema : n-
ed thus far unimpaired even amidst all the
violence of these evil times; and the good
and the wise, and the patriotic of all par
ties stand ever ready to utter their deep
and unanimous and atWul “ anathema
maranalha !” against the sacrilegious hand
that may be put forth against it.
One more remark, and I close. I have
not been able to perceive the peculiar pro-
oriely of i lie President of a College, act
ing the political agitator, at popular meet
ings. I should certainly suppose such a
functionary much more appropriately oc
cupied in his literary duties. Moreover.
I have lately read a treatise on Political
Economy, by this same gentleman, pur
port i no to be the substance of a course of
lectures on that important science deliver-
ee to the students of Columbia College.
Now, although I am aware of the acknow
ledged disiimion between political econo
mv, properly so called, and the science of
government, yet it is evident that they
must be very closely connected : nor does
tlie author seem very scrupulously to have
observed the line of demarkation between
ihein. I have a right to consider him,
vioiis—they ara as cogent as they are ob
vious ; and alone, would seem to be suffi
cient to prevent the adoption of a measure
so ruinous to a portion of the people of the
State. But there are others still more cogent,
connected with the question as it stands re
lated to the general welfare, & growing
out of the present condition and future
prospects of the financial concerns of the
State. The Comptroller General reports
that the expenses of the government for
the last year, have been $180,358. more
than the receipts at the Treasury. And
the Governor, in his message, at the com
mencement of the present session of the
Legislature, stated, that the average an
nual expenditure of the government for
the years 1824, 5 and 6, amounted to
$108,000, and the average annual revenue
It would seem to be almost useless to
talk Presidential politics in South Caroli
na : fot* talk or write as much as any poli-
cian may, it availetb nought.’ The peo
ple of this State, as well as of those South
of a certain river, the name of which is so
often quoted that we are determined not
to name it this time, are as firmly fixed in
their determination to vote for a particular
candidate for the Presidency as it is pos*
sible for human feeling to be fixed. The
attempt to shake that determination, would
be about as silly as the attempt to confirm
it. To do either would be very ridicu
lous, and hence it would seem almost a
matter of supererogation for any of us
who wear out goosequills in ma
king up matter for a newspaper in
the Southern States, to sav any
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY, NOV. 26, 1827.
from taxation for the same years, to only | thing upou the subject, since whatever
$70,000. The expenditures of the polij we may say, the result will be the same.
ical year, just expired, have been unusual-1 Genl. Jackson^will receive all our voles as
posing ' ” " l '~~“
iprob
able tfiat-ihe receipts from grants will rid
much more than reimburse the State. It
will, from present appearances, be many
years before the Cherokee lands come in
to our possession; the prospect of rereip’s
from this source is therefore distant. There
are, it is true, near $640,000 in the Treas-
ury. But of this, not more than $125,000,
we believe, consists of current bills. And
when the present Legislature adjourns,
there will nor, probably, be more titan
$60,000, or at most $70,000, of current
money in the Treasury. These last state
ments are made in round numbers, and on
probability only, for we have not docu
ments before us by which to fix the a-
mounts pjecisely. With these resources,
limited as they are, and decreasing every
day, our literary institutions are to bw-fos-
tered, our roads improved, and our rivers
opened; all matters of vital importance, the
last two particularly so, in the present con
dition of the market for our staple article
of agricultural production. Of how great
consequence is it from those considerations
that the funds of the State should be hus
banded with the utmost care ; and how
preposterous does thalt policy seem to be
that would, these facts existing, incur the
enormous expenditure of the public money,
that must inevitably attend the abandon
ment of the old buildings, and the erection
of new; particularly when a very little ex
pense, comparatively, would put the old in
a condition to answer every useful purpose
for many years to come.
The Theatrical Corps destined for Au
gusta, now playing in Norfolk, will leave
the latter place on the 28th for Savannah.
Our river has risen a little, and we have
no doubt from the rain which fell on yes
terday and the preceding night, and which
must have been very general, that we
shall have a good steamboat river this
week. The clouds are vet heavy.
Report speaks of disturbances on the
Creek frontier. Although it is said seve-
ly large, fi om the gi eat cost of disposing j surely as Mr. Adams will receive those of ra ] murders have been committed and
of the land lately acquired. And it is prob- j N’ew England. \ et notwithstanding the | ban( j s in war ]ii se attire | iave been seen oi:
absolute certainty of Jackson s support in ,
the Southern States, it is almost impossible j ,he Chatahoocl.ee, in Lee county, we
lo keep an Editor’s pen out of the politi
hope it is nothing serious, and has proba-
cal inkstand, even after he is convinced ( bly its origin in the intemperance of some
°t the utter uselessness of dipping it in straggling party. It cannot be supposed
—for if he have any mind »f his owto, and „ , , ..
...... . ; • . ij any general hosti e movement is content
bring its faculties into exercise he can hard- J „ .
ly keep silent upon a subject which calls ! P‘ ate “ by the Creek Nation.
“ it was received loo late /” But it uai r ->
late to receive the trade, notwithstanrii n r. ,(%
years had elapsed. A public Man was j"
giving,—but a “private” one was I, when, *"
reive. Your empty stores hare been filled T> '
Cotton—vour wharves have groaned und
weight of Cotton—ships have left vour i?
laden with CottonJ/—In short the State has*
—Charleston has the Trade; but ichat h- #Wr
The debts to pay ! ! ■ ■ — r ‘HI
Caesar said, when he plunged into the P v f
“ The die is cast!" blc ^‘
Proud Charleston !—where is your fane 7
Remember !—in the path of justice, thatl
main. ’ ■
HENRY SHl'LT/
Hamburg, S. C. January 8th, 1827.
aoaietir
The address to Charleston was made
since, as will appear by its date, and
I have lately seen in the Charleston print, ■
sayings of Ciesar are true. “ The die is *
they sav the trade is gone, and the City is f‘j, Jr
In 1821,1 commenced building the Town r>>'H "
burg, applied to the Legislature for the h**"-
fifty thousand dollars, stated at the
that I intended to carry much of the tr.uT f™ 0 ’
the Savannah rivet djrect to Charleston*^s° ni
sured its success as well as the Town J
forth the whole feeling of the country
VV« cun say very truly that we have as
little taste Yor politics, and the controver
sies which grow out ot them, as any man
who ever happened to prefer Jackson to
John Q. Adams for the Presidency; but
what of that—We have our preference,,
and see that preference impugned in thirty
or forty newspapers every tune we open
them, and at the same time see all sorts
of abuse heaped not only upon our favor
ite candidate, but upon every body who
happened to think well of him. If the
advocates of Mr. Adams, would urge his
claims to recollection above board, and
oppose those of Jackson in an honorable
way, we woald be the last to quarrel with
their difference of opiuion ; but many of
them do no such thing. They not only
underrate the pretentions of Jackson, and
and that too in the most exceptionable and
ungeutlemanlv mode, but they speak of
those who think differently, in the same
style of scurrility.
Cheraw Spectator.
Instinctive Sagacity of the Bee.—This
And it must be remembered, that the j hardily needs now an illustration: but, the
lions of a momentary excitement,) and i therefore, as exerting more or less influ-
dtliberately re-ndopt every syllable of it.” . eMCe ovor 'he political opinions of his pu-
Now let ns, for a moment, examine tliis . P'k > ant ^ I should imagine that the vio-
langtiage which the doctor has re-adopted j I 00 ' excitements of party, were not parti-
with such imposing deliberation. It pie
sents iiself with a two-fold aspect : first, as
-conveying an assertion that the union has
already become useless to the South—
and secondly, it holds up the severance of
thermion only as a future evil, the conse
quence of further tariff encroachments.—
Now, which meaning dyes (lie doctor pre
fer, the more or the less obnoxious ? To
deal with him in the utmost fairness, (un
grateful a recipient of charity as he ap
pears lo he,) I will in charily, impute to
him the comparatively less revolting of
these i wo views. We at e willing to sup
pose he meant to inculcate the idea that
the precise moment for disunion ntay not
yet have arrived—dial the measure of
wrath is not quite full, but awaits the piti
ful addition of some few per cent, more
to the import duties on woollens-that it : s
an argument addressed lo the fears of a
majority of the States. But then, in what
. -ape does that argument present itself?
Is the extension of * It** tariff deprecated on
the eround that disunion would be the de
plorable consequence, however unjustifa-
lie such a step might be ? Are thd pro
priety and expediency of such a catastro
phe disclaimed at the same time that the
event is predicted? Does he say—lav not
■an the South this burben, under the pres-
cularlv friendly to that coolness and steadi
ness ol mind with which it is desirable that
the great outlines of political, science
should be incnlcated. I should fear lest
his graduate should come forth from his
hands narrow and bigotted partisans, ra
ther than with minds properlv imbued
with those enlarged and liberal views of
the theory of government, which, through
a long line of her many illustrious sons, in
by-gone times, have shed such a truly en
viable lustre on the State of South Caro
lina.
Quete.—Does the doctor really incul
cate such principles on the minds of the
rising youth of that State ? If he carries
his street politics into his professor’s chair,
I would, with no unit iendly voice, sa v, woe
to the State ! UNION.
The question on the removal of the seat
of government, is a very important one,
and those whose province is to settle it
have a heavy responsibility to encounter.
We p iss over the obvious reasons against
its removal growing out of the fact, that,
when fixed at this place, it was intended to
bo permanent; and the consequent injus
tice to persons,who bought properly here,
relying on the pledge to that effect that
was tjien given., Thqse. reasons arc ob-
loss is not confined merely to the building
oalled the State House.—The Penitentia
ry must be removed also; for it is impor
tant that it should he immediately under
the eye of the Legislature. The public
Arsenal and Magazine must go too of
course. Two of our Banks have pur
chased property here, and the State is
doeply interested in both of them. This
property, we suppose, would be aban
doned likewise. The State has lands
around Milledgeville—These would be
of very little value, wore the seat of gov
ernment removed —Here, then, are other
source* of loss, to a vast amount, which
must be taken into the calculation. Can
it be supposed for a moment that the in
crease in the value of the public lands
around the new site, wherever it may be
selected—and this is the only source of
reimbursement we have ever heard men
tioned—would be any thipg like equal to
these losses ? :?
But, in addition to all this, there is
another consideration ofgreat importance.
The permanent location of the sent of
government is a question in which all the
counties which the State may ultimately
contain, should have a voice. On this
principle they should never have agreed
to the removal from Louisville until all the
territory of the State had been occupied.
For it is certainly the province of an
enlightened statesman at all times, not to
act upon partial conceptions and tempora
ry expedients, but to look into futurity as
possible, and adapt his measures—not to
local feelings and sectional prejudices, but
to the general sentiment of the people—
not solely to present times and occasions,
but also to the probable condition and
interest of ages to come. The Cherokee
territory, will, some time or other, come
into our possession. It comprises an ex
tensive tract of country, and will sustain a
very dense population, both from the
salubrity of its climate and the richness of
following which we copy from a recent
work on the natural history of this indus
trious insect, may interest some of our
readers:
“ A snail having crept into one of Mr.
Reaumer’s hives early in the morning af
ter crawling about for some time, adher
ed, by means of its own slime to one of
the glass panes, where, but for the bees, it
would propably have remained till either
a moist air or its own spume had loosened
the adhesion. The bees having discover
ed the snail, immediately surrounded it,
and formed a bordet of propolis round the
verge of its shell, which was at last so se
curely fixed to the glass as to become im
moveable, either from the moisture of the
air from without, or by the snail’s secre
tion from within. Moralidi has related a
somewhat similar instance. A houseless
snail or slug had entered one of his hives.
The bees, as soon as they discovered it,
pursued it with their stings till it- expired
beneath their repeated strokes; after
which, being unable to dislodge it, they
covered it all over with propolis.
In these two cases who can withhold
his admiration of the ingenuity and judg
ment of the bees ? In the first case a
troublesome creature gained admission in
to the hive, which from its unwieldiness,
they could not remove, and which, from
the impenetrability of its shell,they could
not destroy. Here then, their only re
source was to deprive it of locomotion,
and to obviate purification, both which
objects they accomplished most skillfully
and securely, and, as is usual with these
sagacious creatures, at the least possible
expense of labour and materials. In the
latter case,to obviate the evil ofputresence
by the total exclusion af the air, they
were obliged to be more lavish in the use
of their embalming material, and to form
with it so complete an incrustration or case
over the slimegirt giant,” as to guard them
from the consequences which the atmos-
Our Legislature has done nothing new
since our last, but have been workingon the
materials already prepared. We extract
from the Journal some intelligent observa
tions on the removal of the State House
We shall continue to keep progress with
the proceedings of the Legislature, and
give full details of all business of general
interest.
BANK REPORTS.
Bavlr of Augusta, Oct. 13, 1827.
To His Excellency, Georof M. Troup,
Governor of Georgia.
Sir—I have the honor of transmitting; herewith
for the information of the Legislature the annu
al exhibit of the state and condition of this Bank,
as on the 1st of October. 1827.
It is with plea nre the Directors are enabled to
renew the assurance communicated a year ago,
(and previously) that the Bank continues sound,
and its credit unimpaired.
It is profable, that of the debts denominated
‘bad’ in the report, a part wit! be recovered, and
it is equallv probable, that the list of such as are
catted doubtful may be increased.
Some loss, though not much, mav be sustained
on the item of 'Real Estates,’ but. upon the whole
and notwithstanding the mercantile misfortunes
of the year 1825, together with the subsequent
depi-essiop in the value of our principal article of
produce the Bank has continued to do a safe
burfness, and to ke- p up its dividend to eight per.
cent, from its actual profits The stock is worth
ten per cent premium, an.d has not been lower
(though occasionally higher) foi maty vears.
In ihe exercise of a discretion .confided to the
Directors by the l,egi*!ature. in relation to an in
crease of capital, it has not yet been considered
advisable to recommend it to the stockholders:
inasmuch as it requires care and circumspection
to find safe employment for theexisting capital,
and to sustain the established ci edit offhe institu
tion. The Directors, however, consider it a duty
to recommend an increase the moment it shall
appear to be advantageous to the stockholders,
and called for by the public convenience.
The direct interest held by the State in the
Rank—the prompt and liberal act of the Legisla
ture. granting in answer to the memorial of the
Directors, an extension of the charter with
permissiun to increase the capital, rend.er it more
incumbent on the board to give this concise ex
position of the reasons which have influenced it
in abstaining from a recommendation to the
stockholders to increase the capital for the pre
sent.
I have the honor to be. very respectfully, Sir
your obedient serv’t.
(Signed) THOMAS CUMMfNG,
Pres t Bank of Augusta.
A general Statement and Exhibit of the A ffairs of
the Bank of Augusta, on the 1st day of October,
1827.
DR
To Capital Stock, 600,000
Bank notes &. change bills in circu
lation 413,961 31
Amount of Deposits by Individuals 189.660 63
Amount at the credit of the U States 27.866 82
Of former dividends there remains, 10.762
Reserved Fund. 85,829 14
Of which there will be
applied to payment
of dividend to be made
next month, 24,000
And unpaid expenses to
that time, about 3,000
The balance so far as it
may be necessary, held
to cover bad debts, and
any loss that may ac
crue unreal property, 58,829 14
$•85,829 14
its soil. The people wlio will reside in ph ere invariably produces upon all ani
it, will have a right to have their interest
and convenience consulted in the settle
ment of this question. If, therefore, tha
seat of government be removed at all,
ought it to be attempted until that territo
ry is peopled and represented ? If it be
note removed, when that part of the State
shall come to be, represented, a removal
may be again agitated, and may be car
ried in the affnmativp. Here will be an
other abandonment of expensive buildings
and another immense expenditure of the
public treasure in the erection of others.
It seems to us that sound policy, fiscal
economy, a regard for the best interest of
the people generally—indeed every thing,
proclaims the impropriety of the measure,
at any time, but particularly at this.
Georgia Journal.
Magnetism.—An Italian chemist has
discovered that the green colour coutains
the principal magnet, and that this colour
suffices to render a steel needle magnet
ic. H# decomposes a ray of light bv
means of a prism; and by exposing a
steel needle to the action of the green
ray, it soon becomes magnetic.
Bed for the Sick.—Mr. Jones ofprovi
dence has invented a bed, on a simple and
cheap plan, which obviates most of the
difficulties he has found in lifting persons,
changing tbeir beds, and placing them in
almost any desirable position, with ease
and safety. The bed can be made to
answer the purpose of a chair or couch at
pleasure, so that the patient can be made
to sit up, extend his feet for bathing, &.c.
and occupy most of the positions oecessa-
ry in sickness, without being touched by
bands.
ntal substances that are exposed to its
action after life has become extinct. May
it not be asked, what means more effectu
al could human wisdom have devised, un
der similar circumstances ?
1,327,979 90
Animal Gratitude.—On Friday after
noon, a boy of 14 years of age,while herd
ing cattle on the farm of Reideley’s, was
attacked by a bull without the least pro
vocation. He was repeatedly knocked
down and trampled upon for a length of
time so as to be very severely bruised in
all parts of the body. No body being
near, his cries were not heard ; and fatal
consequences would very soom have en
sued, had he not been released in a most
singular manner. While the furious ani
mal was getting more enraged, lie was at
tacked by the rest of the cattle (oxen) in
so determined a manner that in order to
defend themselves that in order to defend
himself, he left the boy, who was fortunat-
ly still able to remove, and who was thus
enabled to escape. Such an example of
the exertion of a degree of intellect in
cattle,led to an enquiry of the boy regard
ing the circumstances of the case.—The
hoy informed the writer of this article, that
only one of the cattle came first to his res
cue and attacked the buil, and in a little
time the others came, as if to the assis
tance of the first. This grateful and gen
erous aDimal had been, during last winter
in rather a sickly condition, during which
time the boy had paid it considerable at
tention, giving it handfnlls of corn and
otherwise administering to its comforts,
which attention it has so nobly repaid, by
rescuing its benefactor from a riolenj and
1 shocking death.—Fife Herald
CR.
By amount discounts due the Bank
and running to maturity, $910,427 70
Of which there may be es
timated as doubtful, $3,365
And had, 11,341
$14,706
Amount due by other banks on open
accounts current,
Real estate as heretofore
described, 53,121 25
Do. in the city of Augusta
and its vicinity, subse.
quentlj acquired 9,550 65
Banking house as beretofoie described,
Bills of other chartered
banks of Georgia, 82,800
Bills of Foreign Banks 14,485
Amount of species belong
ing to the Batik in its
vault, 228,632 52
14,963 60
14,000
326,917 52
$1,327,979 90
Taken from the books of the Bank of Augusta,
and certified by John G. Cowling, Book-Keeper.
TO CHARLESTON, S. C.
Read the Memorial—Read the Resolutions—
Look at the Commerce and reflect.
To order a prosecution, before a crime, is con
demning a man before a trial.
Solomon says, “ There was a city., and few . these great obstacles between the Sara nah Bat
granted for the aid of these two great u nder ^
ings. I was then called h • manufacturer of
possessed of uncommon genius aud abilitie ’
language was well understood. When I an r
last year to the Legislator to know wheE
had complied with my contract, and to h
w hether I had earned any thing for myself T
five years 1 had wrought for them mv ..‘"i-
tion was entirely too late, my language'could?,
be understood. “ I was an impudent fcllou
In 1822, I presented a memorial to the Ci7
Council of Charleston, in which I gave mv view
respecting the commerce and the benefits lb,!
might result to the City ; the Committee annoim
ed by the City Couneil to act on mv memorial*
reported on the 10th of April igo.i a .
which reads as follows; •• The Committee r !
Council to whom was teserred the Memorial '
Henry Shultz, beg leave to report, that they haJ
taken the interesting document- submitted hy y r
Shultz into consideration and take occasion -
observe, that we concur fuliy in opinion with that
enterprising individual in the vast advanta?-
which would accrue to the State, hut more pan;
cularly to the City of Charleston, in having an n .
sy Steam Boat communication between Hainbin -
a **d it-’ There are five or six more resolves^
resolutions in which they concurred with ,hai fn -
ferprsing individual; but after they tho’t they had
secured the trade, they could uot'agree’witihih,.
Dutchman on any one point; he was then a mad
man. I have been in that House in Columbia, builj
for such people, an elegant house it is, and a great
many fine departments are in the same: but found
it nnoccupied except bv the keeper, and was think
ing it was like the Indian’s gun, ‘it costs more
than it comes to.’ Look at the Columbia Canah
the State appropriated one million of dollars —
They spent it. It was said, “It will take two or
three hundred thousand more to accomplish it
which we must give, otherwise all wo have snout
will be lost’’! When that was spent it was the
same doctrine over again ; it was said. “ Unles
w<' finish it all that has been spent will he lost." I
cannot see when this great work will be finished
and how it will answer the contemplated ohiect -
for there are rnnnv vacancies which must and no
doubt will be filled up by the art of glib tongue
ora ready pen, but I myself doubt whether over
in reality ; sometimes the river is too high, other
times too low, sometimes it rains too much ,
tlier times too little ; w henever the power of man
can control these tilings it may be accomplished.
Tho’Imay have gone too far, these are all the
works ofwise men. and I would not have the pre
sumption to know the motms by which they weri’
actuated, or to see further in futurity, than ther.
When I talked about building the Bridge across
the Savannah River, it was laughed at,'and said*
“ General Hampton attempted it twice, and did
not succeed, and now this Dutchman talks abour
building one : the fellow is crazv ! But i- hedid
it. would only stand until the first fresh.’’ When
I talked about bulling the wherf. it was said,
“ Build a wharf indeed ! They build wharfs in
Sea-ports where the tide raises five or six feel,
but to build a wharf in an upper country on a riv
er that rises tsve- ty feet at a time, the fellow iy
crazy, such things never have been knowu.”
When I talked about building Hamburg, it was
said.” Build a town in a swamp, right in the
face of a wealthy City ! The fellow is insane” '
When I talked about diverting the trade from
one state to another, th s was conclusive : and
I deserved to be put in a straight jacket; notwilh-
standiug whi h. all there my undertakings, one
and all, not only in part, but in full, are crowned
with succes- I In fine Charleston got the Com
merce. I made no rivers, I dug no canals, 1 used
nature and applied steaui, it could not have been
done otherwise.
I was aware that there was seasons when Steam
Boats could not be applied in fnll; and at those
seasons more suitable boats for the river, would
be compelled to assist them in a particular mode,
and boating in those seasons, is combined with a
grpat deal of labor and hazzard of loss Ini good
river, I may say a simpleton mav boat; but at
these seasons it requires a boatman not merely
by name, but bv experience and abilities ; and I
am also aware that individuals are not willing to
incur these difficulties and losses ; but the State
ought; for it is the State that receivSTflirbenefit:
for these reasons and for these purposes, I asked
for the sixty five thousand dollars: and so san
guine did I feel in the Legislature seeing this, ve
ry, very great benefit to the state bv securing
the trade at these seasons, as well as in good sea
sons that I commenced building boats for that
very purpose, and to mv great astonishment they
did not see it nor would they believe (though I
told t ern) and gave them all my reasons, they
rejected the application and had it taken five
times the amount, it would have bean money bet
ter appropriated for the benefit of this State thaij
any that has been for years past; for in gooa
Steam-boat river, this State and Charleston bad
the trade, and it was a time for the decisive blow
I might almost say, that the destruction either of
SavaRtiah or Charleston, depended on it ; for
Charleston had the trade in good river, and had
she also retained it these seasons, it would have
been permanent; without, it cbuld not. What
are the facts ? As soon as I commenced building
these boats, a number of persons immediately
thereafter, commenced building boats for low
river also; the State rejected my application, the
Steam-boats were compelled to stop. Did tba*
stop the Commerce ! No ! All these boats, at
once, tell in the trade, and where did they go ? tn
Savannah of course ; for to Charleston they could
not go, and thereby these very m ans I had cal
culated f >r the benefit of this State, turned out to
be beneficial to Georgia ; this State had the tradf
once, they may net get it a second time and if
the trade from Hamburg go to Savannah, Ham
burg is an iujurv instead afa benefit to the Sti.jt
for it will draw ttade from this State v. hicn
gusta never could; and were this State to spend
millions and millions on canals and roads from
Columbia to Charleston, they could never suc
ceed in drawing the trade, for nature is stronger
than the art of man ; It is the noble Stream of the
Savannah that draws it, and which the power ol
man cannot repel, aud will Charleston say thai
she willdraw the trade from Savannah by Canals ^
they may as well talk about digging canals
the Moon as to talk about digging canals between
Savannah and Charleston, for I think it is asun-
likeiy for them to draw the trade from Savanna.■
by canah, as it is for them to cause the Savanna
River to run from the sea to the mountains, for n
men within it; and there came a great Kiuga-
gainst it, and besieged it, and built bulwarks
against it.
Wow there was found in it a poor Wise man,
and he by his Wisdom delivered the city ; yet,
no man remembered that same poor man.
Then said L, Wisdom is better than strength ;
nevertheless, the poor man’s wisdom is despised,
and his words axe not heard."
No tidings yet of two promised Steam Boats.—
The promises 1 received ; but where are jthe two
forty thousand dollar Steam Boats ? The Legis
lature could net receive my Memorial,-, bccausg
and the Citv were removed, would not Savanna..
be one ofthe first sea-ports in the Southern ptate*
And this can be done, for 1 can doit myself. ,J ‘
one hundred thousand dollars. la;d out acC01
ding tomv directions, would effect it: anJ w.r
they to give me fifty thousand dollars for my^
bilities and labor, 1 would prove the tact.
money as fast as I can lay it out for thatP°* f '
theresball be do ifs or andsaboutit, and as tot r -
fifty thousand dollar foyroys'*!/ I tvifl not a.: 4-