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GEORGIA LEGISLATU tE.
Mr. Glascock reported (he following
articles of impeachment against Shadrack
Bogan, which were adopted.
Articles of Impeachment, exhibited by
the House of Representatives of the
State of Georgia, who possess the sole
power t<* impeach all persons who have
been, or may be in office, in behalf of
themselves and aft ihe citizens of said
State, whose sole power it is to try the is
sue between the State of Georgia and.
Shadrack Bogan, one of the Commission*
era for drawing the piespnt Land and
Gold Lotteries, for the high crimes and
misdemeanors following, to wit:
Art. 1s». That the said Shadrack Bo
gan, one of the Commissioners of the
Land and Gold Lotteries, by virtue of an
election and appointment of the Legisla
ture of the State of Georgia, held aud
made on the ■ day of eighteen hun
dred and thirty, did take upon himself
the doty required of him, add on the 22d
day of October, 1832, in the county of
Baldwin, and State aforesaid, commenced
the drawing of the said Gold and Land
Lotteries, as one of the Commissioners
elected and appointed as aforesaid, that
the said Shadrach Bogan continued iu the
discharge of his duties, until the 12*h day
of November, 1832, wheo the said Shad
rach B tgan did illegally, coirupily, aud
fraudulently, to defraud the good citizens
of this State, or a portion thereof, caused
the following valuable prizes to wit—Lot
No, 244,23d dist. 3d sec. Lot No. 195,
23d dist. 3d sec. and Lot No. 92. 14th
(list. 3d sec. to be drawn by the follow
ing persons, to wit: the first namod Lot
*»y one John Wing, es the 404th dist. in
Gwinnett county; the 2nd moied Lot by
Elizabeth Fee, of the 406th dist. Gwin
nett county; and the third Lot by John
Randle, of Davis’ dist. Gwinnett county,
all of which prizes the said Shadrach Bo
gan is speecially charged as being the
owner of, or largely interested therein.
Art. 2nd. That the said Shadrach
Bogan, Commissioner as aforesaid, on
the 16th aud 23d days of November,
1832, in the conoty and Slate aforesaid,
illegally, corruptly, and fraudulently, to
defraud the good citizens of this State, or
a portioa thereof, caused the following
valuable prizes, to wit: Lot No. 124, 14ih
dist. 3d sec. and Lot No. 15,0, 15th dist.
3d sec. to be drawn, or to be eu.ered as
drawn, by the following persons, to wit:
—L *i No 124, 14th dist. 3d sec. by Jobu
Wing, and Lot No. 150. 15th dist. 3d sec.
by Charles McHugh, citizens of the coun
ty of Gwinnett, and State aforesaid; which
Said prizes the said Shadrach B .gau is
specially charged with being the owner es.
or interested therein by purchase or oth
erwise.
Art. 3d, That the said Shadrach Be
gan, on the ■—» day of——, 1832, af
ter the above prizes, aid the names of
the persons drawing the same, mentioned
as aforesaid, were icgularly, legally, aud
in good faith made out, aud prepared to
be deposited in the wheels of the Land
Lottery, did illegally, corruptly, and frau
dulently, and with an intent, illegally,
corruptly, and fraudulently, to defraud
the good citizens of this State, or a por
tion thereof, prevent the same from be
ing deposited in the wheels es said Lot- t
tery ; and did retain the same in his pos
session, or cause them to bo retained in
the possession of some person or persons,
unknown, until the days on which they
were diawo, or are represented to have
been drawn, with intent the more easily
and readily to carry into effect, his ille
gal, corrupt and fraudulent designs.
Art. 4th. That the said Shadrach Bo
gau did, on the ■—» day of November,
1832, in the county and State first afore
said, and on divers other days, commit
and piactice the gresest frauds and im
positions upon the associa
ted with him, and the clerks to said Com
missioners, to the great injury of the good
people of this State, or a portion thereof,
by writing and pasting the following
names to the following numbers or
prizes, to wit: John Wing, to No. or
prize 244, 23d dist. 3d sec,; Eliza
beth Fee to No. or prize 196, 23d disi.
3d sec. ; John Randle to No or prize 92
14 h dist. 3d sec. ; John YV iug to No. or
prize 124, 14th dist. 3d sec. & Charles
McHugh to Lot No. 150, 15lh dist. 3d
st,cc., and artfully aud fraudulently con
triving to have them returned, or repre
sented as being fairly and legally- drawn
from tbe wheels of the Land Lottery
mentioned as aforesaid, when iniruth and
iu tact they were never deposited therein.
Art. sth. That the said Shadrach Bo
gan, by the proceeding aud conduct set
forth in the foregoing articles, contrary
to the high and important trust confined
to him, as Comm’r aforesaid, has, for the
sake of lucre and gain for himself and
those connected and concerned with him
in the prizes aforesaid, been disgracefully
•instrumental in establishing a precedent
subversive es the good faith which ought
to be found in the actings and doiugs of
all persons in whom the great concerns of
this State, and tbe interest of tbe good
eitizeus thereof, may be hereafter confi
ned.
Irani the Charleston Courier, 7th, inti.
South-Carolina Legislature.
Mr. Preston, from the Committee on
Federal relations, to whom was refetred
that part of the Governor’s Message re
lating to the O dinance of the Conven
tion, reported in part, by introduciug a
bill to carry into effect, in part, the Or
dinance of Nullification;, which... was read
a fiist time, and ordered t -be printed.
This is a lengthy paper, and provides
that if after the Lt February next, goods
are seized foi the non-payment of duties,
the Consignee may recover them by ac
tion of replevin, but before the Sheriff de
liver the goods to the Plaintiff, he most
take bond of the value of the goods, that
Plaintiff in replevin will prosecute his
case and abide by tbe judgment of. the
Court. If the writ of replevin be not ex
ecuted, and a cAfnplaiut to the effect be
lodged under oath before a Magistrate, a
Capias ad Withernam may be sent Ynit
to distrain the goods of Defendant to dou
ble the value, of the goods seized, and if
the goods seized are not delivered in one
month, the Sheriffis to sell tne goods and
chatties of Defendant for cash, and after
deducting expenses, pay over the money,
to Plaintiff, who shall hold the same un
til the trial of the case. , The Sheriff,
however, is not by this act to be deprived
of any of the tights he may have to exe
cute the writ of replevin by the provisions
of this Bill. „
If money be payed in nature of duties,
it may be recovered by the payer by
action of assumpsit'; if any person be ar
rested and committed to confinement un
der the judgment, order or execution of
the Federal Court, he shall be entitled
to his habeas corpus and action fojr false
imprisonment. t . If goods are sold under
any provision of the laws of the United
States concerning the Tariff, the Sale is
declared illegal, and the title of defendant
is not by the sale impaired. If any per
son obstruct the execution of this law, or
nullify the same, or eloign goods, or as
sist in carrying away or. concealing the
same, he is guilty of a high misdeme
anor, and muy, on conviction, be fined in
the sum of SSOOO, and not less than sl
-and be imprisoned not longer than
2 years, nor less than 6 months. This
act to be given in evidence without spe
cial pleading aud to go into effect on the
Ist Feb. next.
Mr. Jones from the Military Commit
tee, to whom was referred so much of the
Governor’s Message, as relates to plac
ing (Ire State in an attitude of defence,
reported a bill to provide for the securi
ty and protection of S. Carolina, which
was read a Ist time, ordered for a 2nd
reading on to-morrow, and to be printed.
[This bill authorises the Governor, in
the event of coercion by the General
Government, to call out the militia of the
Slate, to enforce the declarations aud pro
visions of tho Ordinance ; to accept the
services of ten thousand volunteers ; to
class the militia into four classes, which
are to be in service at different periods ;
to compel all able bodied white men, be
tween the year of aixieon and sixty, to
bear arms ; and in general, it provides for
all such contingencies in the military ser
vice, as if the State were aheady engaged
in the defence of her rights from actual
invasion.]
From ihe N. Y Com. Adv. Dec. Ist
THE PAYNE FESTIVAL**
This afi'nr, on Thursday eveuiug, went
off exceedingly Well, as we learn from
those who were present. The audience
was biilliant and select; aad the receipts
from subscriptions amounied to about 4
thousand dollars. Whether it aroze ftom
the haste of preparation, the accidents
arising from the indisposition of some of
the pet formers, or the constraint arising
from the circumstance that a great deal
was expected, we are not able to say :
but we learn that the tragedy was not
well played.—This disappointment was
redeemed by the exhibitions. At the
close of the performances, Mr. Payne was
loudly and unanimously called for. He
appeared aud made the following address
—lahoring at first under very natural em
barrassment., but presently recovering
himself, and speaking in clear, melliflu
ous tones, while the enthusiasm of the
audience became still greater as he pro
ceeded :
“My honored countrymen, my most
valued frieads, I thought ! should have
been better prepared for the emotions of
this moment; but it is long, very long,
since I stood in person before the public
and so immeasurably is the anticipation
from my wildest dieam exceeded by
wbat I now experience, that I am com
pelled to east myself upon your indul
gence for my inability to give my feelings
utteraoce. —And shall J not do so with
out apprehension,- having tho evidence
before me of this brilliant scene, —‘the
beautiful and the brave,’ the wise and the
wealthy clustering in oiiU unequalled gal
axy of lofty and of liberal hearts, —that
for any thing depending upon kindness it
is impossible to look to you in vain?—
Grant me your paidon, then, if 1 am in
competent to acknowledge that kindness
as I ought; for it is your own goodness
that paralyzes the power to thank you,
and l am dazzled,dizzied, surprised, over
whelmed.
When I think that in this place three
and twenty years ago, my youthful steps
first ventured before the public,—feelings
and associations rush through my memo
ry,—for which your own sympathies will
find a language, that my tongue seeks in
vain. The very theatre ih which I stood
h4s since been levelled to the ground,
—and though lam upon the same spot,
there remains no vestige of the stage
which the fond fancies of a boy arrayed
in all the charms and promises of fairy
land. Since then, the character of my am
bition is changed; yet I can remember
•‘such things were and were most pre
cious”;arid the retrospect becomes the
more-touching to myself, now that I ap*
pear on it for the last tithe, and bid it
formally and eternally larewell. It is a
high satisfaction to me that my adieu to
the stage, and my return to my home,,
should be marked by an event, which,
to all Americans who devote themselves
to literature and the arts, will give a glo
rious lesson. It will show them that they
beloug to a country which is incapable of
forgetting her sons,—and let those sous,
whatever their discomforts, toil on and
not despair,for the time will come, whan
they, shall be nobly recollected. Fur my
self, I do not acquiesce in the testimoni
al of this night, under any vanity regard,
ing fny Qwn claims, which can mislead
me as to its rea : incentive; but I hav# a
deep sense of tbe responsibility imposed
ou me by this unprecedented kindness;
and believe me, my excellent friends, —-
believe me my beloved countrymen, it
will be the study and the prayer and the
perpetual hope of my future life, to len
der myself woithy of the present moment
and of a country of which I was ever
proud, and now, since I have seen other
country, am yet more proud than ever, —
and of a city, in whosejarsighted, geuer
ous and gallant acts,, hourly I witness
fresh motives for exiesting that it is my
distinction.to have been bury be< so;i.’’ r
AUGUSTA.
Wednesday, dec 12, 1832
II i* We received no Mail on the Northern
line last night.. *
COTTON—From some cause or oth
er the receipts thus far for the present
mouth have fallen short by one half of
the receipts of the corresponding period
of the last year. The difiereuce may
have been occasioned bv the badness of
the roads, connetted with the opinion
some of the planters may entertain, that a
more favorable lime for selling will occur,
after the President’s Message shall have
had time to influence the balanco of their
diminished crops.
The demand is good to-day with a
slight improvement in price, we quote 10
a 11 ; good fair lots and 10 5-8 ;
prime a 11. F«eights to Savannah
75 cis.—Charkston $1 —and scarce.
To-morrow is fixed for the trial of Bo
gan. I< has been delayed 10 send for
witnesses.
We have it from veiy good authority,
says the Tallahassee Floridian of the Ist
inst that the Hob. John H. Eaton will
be appointed Governor of this Territory
in case of the resignation of tire present
Executive.
iILEIUIKEE CIRCUIT
ELECTION.
J "UN \V\ Hu' Pkk — Judge.
Wm Ezzard— Solicitor.
H. H. Lowe, of Harris County, is cho
sen Brigadier General of ihe 10th Divi
sioo ; and Daniel M‘D- uoald, Major
General of the lOib Division, in place of
Gen. Miller, resigned. John Bates, of
Hall county, has been chosen Major Ge
neral 7th Division. . .
■ * ' l ' ‘ ~
The following aie the Electors of President
and Vice-President in Soutli-Carolina:
Robert J. Turnbull, W, B. Seabrook, Elijah
Watson, Tlio 3 Dugan, IV. Thompson, jr. Benj.
Hart, Samuel Cherry, IVm. Dubose, Thos. Evans,
Thomas Lyles arid Joseph S. Shelton
Who voted for John Floyd of Virginiarfor
President and Henry Lee of Boston for Vice
President.
The South-Carolina Legislature is doing noth
ing, waiting, wn presum •, t«> htar what the Pre
sideat will say. The Military Committee has
reported such arrangements as will place the
State in a preparation for war, and the civil act
hi relation to the Tariff, or its principal provi
sions,will be found in the correspondence of the
Charleston Courier in another column. Os the
doings of our own Legislature, we are piefound
■y uninformed;
The President has touched the subject
of the Tariff aud the disturbances to which
it has given rise with equal temperance
and good sense. The Nullifters were in
hopes, the violent and hasty temperament,
which it has lately been their policy to
uscribe to him, would hurry him into rash
and intemperate suggestions and measures
and induce him to utter language and ep
ithe s equally unworthy of him and the
occasion. He simply states, after gently
alluding to the quarter where these dis
turbances have began to manifest them
selves in overt acts, that if the prudence
of the public officers and the patriotism
es the people should not be sufficient to
overcome them in the exoeulion es exist
ing laws, he would lay the matter before
Congress with such suggestions as the oc
casion might require.
The views he takes of tha Tariff are
temperate, rational and patriotic. The
gradual reduction of those duties to the
revenue standard is recommended, due
regard being had both 'o the faith of the
Government and the preservation es the
large capital invested, by legislative en
couragement, in establishments of national
industry. In effecting this adjustment the
protection afforded should not exceed
what may be necessary to countervail the
rival legislation of foreign nations and to
secure particularly a full supply of those
articles of manufacture, which are essen
tial to theoational independence and safe
ty in time of war. These views so per
fcctly accord with those which we have
endeavored to inculcate, that we cannot
refrain from bringing them again before
the public in the imposing garb with which
the President has clothed them. And let
their soundness and moderation and patri
otism abash the rash agitators over the
river, whose folly and violence threaten to
shake the last bud of hope from the deso
lated tree of liberty. Oh! is it not too
bad, that in such a Countiy as this, blessed
as the President truly describes it, “une
qualled in prosperity and happiness in any
portion of the Earth,” is it not too bad,
that its peaceful quiet should be thns
startled by the discord of their mad am
bition ?
“Th.e. final removal of this great burthen
(the public d«-bt)from*our resources affords
the means of further provision for all the
objects oi general welfare and public de
fence which the constitution authorizes
and presents * tbe occasion for such fur
ther reduction in the revenue as may
nut be required for .them. From the re
port of the Secretary of the Treasury, it
will be seen that after the present year
such a reduction may be made 10 a con
siderable extent and tbe subject as.ear
nestly recommended to the consideration
of Congress, ill the hope that the com
bined wisdom of ho Representatives «t
the people will devise such means of of
fering that salutary object, as may re
move* those burthens which shall be found
to fall unequally upon any, and as may
promote all the great interests of the
community.
“Long & patient reflection has strength
ened the opinions I have heretofore ex
pressed to AJongrpsson this subject; and
J deem it niy dray, on the present occa
sion, again to urge them upon the atten
tion of the Legislature. The soundest
maxims of public policy and the princi
ples upon which our republican institu
tions are founded, .recommend a proper
adaptation of the revenue to the expen
diture, and thfey also inquire that the ex
penditure shall be limned to. what, by an
economical administration, shall b>; con
sistent with ihe simplicity of the Govern
ment, and necessary to an efficient public
service. In effecting this adjustment, it
is due, in justice to the interests of tbe
different S ates, and even to the preserva
tion of the Union itself, that the protection
afforded by existing laws 40 any branches
of the national nidus ry shoo’d not exceed
what may.be necessary to counteract the
regulations of foreign nations, and so .se
cure a supply of those articles of manufac
ture, essential to the national indepen
dence and safety in time of war. If, upon
investigation, it shall be found, as it is be
lieved it will be,that ihe legislative protec
tion granted to any particular in'eiest is
greater than is indispensably requisite for
these objects, I recommend that it be
gtadually diminished, and that as far as
may be consistent with these objects, the
whole scheme of duties be reduced tr» the
revenue standaid as soon as a just regard
to the faith of the Government and t »
the preservation of the large capital in
vested in establishments ot domestic iu
dus'ry will permit.
•‘That manufactures adequate to ihe
supply of cur domestic consumption
w ould in the abstract, be beneficial to
our country, there iz no reason jo. doob*
and to effect their establishment, there is,
perhaps, 110 American citizen who would
not, for a while, be willing to pay a
higher price for them. But, for this
purpose, it.is presumed that a tariff of
high duties, designed for perpetual pro
tection, has entered into ihe minds of but
few-vifour statesmen. The most they
have anticipated, as a temporary and gen
erally incidental protec'ioti, which they
maintain has the effect to reduce, the
price, by domestic competition, below
that of the foreign article. Experience
however, our best guide on this as on
other subjects, nukes it doub.ful whether
ihe advantages of this system are nor
counter balanced by many evils,and wheth
er it does not tend to beget, in the minds
of a large portion of our countrymen, a
spirit of discontent and jealousy danger
ous to the stabili.'y of the Uuion.
“YViiat fhen shall be done? Large inter
ests have grown up uoder the implied
pledge of our National Legislation,which
it would seem a violation ot public faith
suddenly to abandon. Nothing to jus
tify it but (he public safety, which is
the supreme law, But those who have
vested their capital in manufacturing es~
tahlishments, cannot expect that the peo
pie will continue permanently to pay high
taxes for their benefit, when the money
is not required for any legitimate purpose
in the administration of the Government.
Is it not enough that the high duties have
been paid as long as the money arising
from them could be applied to the com
mon benefit in the extinguishment of the
public debt.
“Those who take an enlarged view of
the condition es our country, must be sat
isfied that the policy of protection must
be ultimately limited to those articles of
domestic manufacture which are indispen
sable to our safety in time of war. With
in this scope, on a reasonable scale, it is
recommended, by every consideration
of patriotism and duty, which will doubt
less always secure to rt a liberal and effi
cient support. But beyond this object,
we have already seen the operation of
the system productive of discontent. In
some sections of the republic its influence
is deprecated as lending to concentrate
wealth into a few hands, and as creating
those germs of dependence and vice which
in ether countries have characterized the
existence of monopolies, and proved so
destructive of liberty and the general
good. A large portion of the People
in one section of the republic declares
it not only inexpedient on these grounds
but as disturbing the equal relations of
property by legislation, and therefore
unconstitutional and unjust.
“Doubtless, these effects are, io a great
degree, exaggerated, and may be ascrib;
ed tea mistaken view of the consideraf
ti->ns -which led to the adoption of the tar
iff system; but they are nevertheless im
portant in enabling us to review the sub
ject with a mere thorough knowledge of
all its bearings upon the great interests of
the republic, and with a determination
to dispose of it so that none can with jus
tice complain.
“It is ray painful duty to state, that in
one quarter of the United States, opposi
tion to the revenue laws has risen to a
height which threatens to thwart their ex
ecution, if not to endanger the integrity
of the Union. Whatever obstructions
may be thrown in the way bf the Judicial
Authorities of the General Government,
it is hoped they will be able peaceably to
overcome them by the prudence of their
own officers and the patriotism of the peo
ple. But should this reasonable reliance
on the moderation and good sense of all
portions of our : fellow-citizens be disap
pointed, ii is believed that the. laws them
selves are fully adequate to the suppression
of such attempts as may be immediately
made. Should the exigency arise, ren
dering the execution of the existing laws
impracticable from any cause whatever,
prompt notice of it will be given to con
gress with the suggestions of such views
and measures as may be deemed necessa
ry to meet i\”
The committee of the Rump Convention hare
at last given us their Address —written Nov. 21,
it has been laid by to mellow. But it is rotten.
We find Ihe following among its first misrepre
sentations : .v .
“ At an advanced period of the session,
after having participated in its organiza
tion, and shared in all its preceding delib
erations, a portion of the delegates, some
of whom had been appointed to, and had
served on the general committee which
was raised >o consider what objects ought
to engage the attention of the Convent ion,
and what would be tlie must proper means
to effect ihe same, who had shared in the
labors of that committee, and hud express
ed their assent in substance and with some
verbal alteration 10 the principles contain
ed in the report which was subsequently
adopted by the Convention, thought prop
er.to retire from tiieir seals,” &,c.
The false impression this is intended to make
excites an indigna'ion which we can scarcely
restrain. . We attended and watched the move
ments «f this body w ith a perfect understand
ing of all its man<E;ivitrin»«, “At an advanced
period and assented in Substance to the princi
ples contained iu the Report”! We find much
difficulty to correct this statement in lan
guage consistent with our respect for it authors.
“At an advanced period” ! Who contrived to
make 'he secession of n part of its members oc
cur at an advanced period 7 Before the Conven
tion, after chosiug a president, had scarcely tak
en their seats, what was done t It was moved
to appoint a Committee of 21 tb report business
for the Convention, evidently with the design to
commit that body to act. It was opp <serftiß pre
mature, as an important preliminary iuvestiga.
tion was first necessary to ascertain the charac
ter of that body, whether it was entitled to rep
resent the People of Georgia in Convention.—
This enquiry., tho* proposed on the first evening
of its session, was resisted for five da -g; iu ih«
mean time the party insidiously urging The a*
sembly to act. This essential inquiry , was not
ouly postponed by.long debates, but by calling
up to its; exclusion, business out of the order of
precedence. So eager jvere they to commit the as
sembly to act as a Convention, that they propoir
ed the Committee to draft Resolutions,not ouh
before examining the credentials of Membrrs,
hut before adopting Rules for the government
of the body. They knew independently of their
own consciences,that their pretentious to repre
sent the People of Georgia would be scrutiuiz
ed, and they determined, by previous organiza
tion, to postpone and defeat that enquiry, till
they had.committvd tbe assembly to act as a
Convention. This examiuation we think should
have been made under the temporary organiza
tion of the Chairman, and then if the credentials
had been found sufficient to identify those bear
ing them as the delegates of the People of the
State, they would have been authorized in vot
ing for a President and declaring themselves a
Convention. But Torrance’s anxiety to get to
work scarcely allowed the bustle of balloting to
subside before he jumps np and moves, that a
committee he appointed to report business for
the convention. Old Gen. Blackshear, not be
ing in the secret and seeing at every step the ne
cessity, repeatedly tried to have rules adopted
for their government; but no, they intended to
do the business and adopt rules and decide
whether they were rightfully a convention or
not, afterwards Aud so they did.
The other member of this sentence aUo re
quires explanation. Those, who subsequently
left the convention, in If defence attended the
meetings of the Committee of 21 ; but that they
assented to the principles of the Report, made
after their secession, we know is false, Si so pro
nounce it. y
The follewiuf Message was receutjy sent to
the Legislature bv Gov Lumpkin :
Executive Department, Ga. I
Milledgeville, Dec. sth , 1832 J
At the request of Governor Hamilton of
South Carolina, 1 herewith lay before the
General Assembly, a copy of the procee
dings of the late Convention of the State,
which he desires should be laid before
both branches of the Legislatute of this
State..
Having so recently submited to the Le
gislature my geueral views, in relation
to the subjects connected with those pro
ceedings, I forbear at this time, intruding
upon the Legislature such reflections us
have been forced upon my mind upon read
ing these proceedings; emanating as they
do from one of the enlightened States of
thisconfederacy. For the present,let it suf
ficefor me to remind you of the closing ad
vice of our venerable Washington.
“ Interwoven as is the love of liberty
with every ligament of your hearts, 00 re
commendation of mine is necessary to for
tify or confirm the attachment.
“The unity of government which con
stitutes you one people, is also now deiy
to you It is justly xo ; for ii is a main
pillar in the edifice of your real ftidepeqd*
once ; the support of your tranquility at
home, your peace abroad ; of your safe
ty ; «»f your prosperity; of that very liber
ty which yoa so highly ptizs. But, as
it is easy to foresee, that from different
causes and from different quarters, ntuch
pains will be taken, many artifices em
ployed to weaken in your minds the con
viction of this truth—as this is the point
of your political fortress against which the
batteries of internal and external enemies
will be most constantly & actively (’though
often covertly and insidiously)direcied:
rt is of moment that you should
properly estimate the immense value of
your national union, to your collective
and individual h ippiness: that you should
cherish a cordial, habitual, and immove
able attachment to it ; accustoming your
selves to think aad speak of it as the dal
ladium of your political safety and pros
perity; watching for its presetva’ion with
zealous anxiety discoumenanceing what
ever may suggest a suspiii-m that it can
iu any event be abandoned, and indig
nantly frowning upon the fitsldrawing of
every attempt to alien any portion of our
country from the res', or to rnft eble the
sacred ties which now link tuget’ior tho
various parts.”
WILSON LUMPKIN.
VVefind the following intimation in regard t<J
the course the Administration will pursue tow
ards the Tariff, in the Correspondence of the
Richmond. Enquirer :
" From all that i understand, you will
be ploased with the good old republican
doctrtues of the President’s Message, fol
lowed up throughout by a masterly Re
port from the Sec’y. of the Treasury. It
is said that'the Secretary has come forth
in the strongest maimer for bringing down
the Revenue to the wants as Jew as possi
ble, and for taking all ihe surplus, off the
protected articles.—lt is also said, that
the conduct of the Bank for the last year,
has nude a complete convert of Mr. Mo
Lane against it.— His purity and eleva
tion of character, united to his fine un->
derstanding and accomplishments as a
gentleman, make him invaluable to the
comply at this time.”
The people ut Greenville, S. C. on ll*>
third inst. adopted the following Resolu
tions:—
Resolved, That whilst the powers-of re
sistance ere left u«, we never will submit
to be disfranchised in (he land of our na
tivity-proscribed from office fur opiui n'*
sake—robbed <»f nor rights as freemen,
and deprived of those inestimable privi
leges winch are f umidahle to tyrant* only
—all of which are conlni red in ill j Ord.-
nanee, under tho insidious covert of n
‘ Test Oath ” and its proposed 13ill of
Pains and Penalties.
Resolved , Tb it we never can bn inda*
ced to raise a paiacidal firifo against the
Union ol these S ates, let the order count
•from what source it may, and that now
.attempt to force us into such a course*
will be met with drawn a voids aud fixed
bayonets.
Resolved, That we ate ready and wd-'
ling to'defend these our opinions aud sen
timents, with our lives* our foituftes and
our sacred honor.
Tito people of Spartanburg adopted ilia
following:
Resolved , That the Ordinance reoer t--
iy adopted by the Convention at Cob.my
bia, contains principles and opinions dV-*
graceful to the State, and deserves llio
universal scorn aud contempt of every
lover of Liberty.
Resolved, That -notwithstanding the
address to (ho People of Soudi Carolina,
issued from said Convention, ro the con
trary, we con* der that we owe an allegi
ance to the United Slates, from which no
newer <n earth can absolve us, until that
Government be destroyed, and that cur
confidence in the government of the U. S.
is unimpaired.
Resolved, That the attempt to dissolve
the Union, under the delusive pretext of
peaceable Nullification, is a base and in
famous attack upon the liberties of tire
people. ‘
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this
Meeting, that no Union man or Nullifier
ought to take the “Test O alb.”
St. Cecilia Society.
THE regular Meetings of the St. Ce
cilia.soci tty will be ternmcd on Sat
utday Evening ((he 15 h ins:.) at the So
ciety’s Room, and thn performing meiu*
bers, epecially, are particularly request-'
ad, to be regular in their attendance, in
order to ensure a prompt attention, and
success to the future undertakings of the
Society.
The monthly tickets of admission .will*
be ready for delivery to members on the
evening above mentioned.
Bp ordtr
J. S. CAMFIELD, Sec'y.i ■.
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