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FOR THR GEORGIA COURIER.
IMPROMPTU.
( Written in the Senate oh the dost of the debate
on fly an't Ketolulxons )
EPITAPH OVER NULLIFICATION.
-Here lie* tire monster dead and cold
Who sought to break fair Union's fold—
Beneath these sods (he demon lies,
Little lamented, much despised.
The monster fell by Union’s dart, **
Which qniveiing, thrust him to the heart—
Aghast he foil, and groaned, and died,
By none lamented or envied.
Ah ! dead—and Union’s plant survives,
O’erNullies’ graves luxuriant thrives;
And fair Columbia’s stars yet shine,
With lustre bright, and still divine.
TO BE JLsET.
A young lady, who had been insulted by an
old maid, placarded the following lines on her
door and windows :
To be let, or be sold, for the term of her life,
Elisabeth Hall by the way of a wife ;
She’s old and she’s ugly, ill-natured and thin ;
For further particulars, inquire within,
[From Tim Crinclt't Log ]
JAMAICA.’
Were 110 designate Jamaica as a
community, I would call it u handsha
king people. I have often laughed hear
tily upon seeing two cronies meeting in
the streets of Kingston, after a temporary
separation; when about pistol shot asun
der, both would begin o tug and tug at
the righl-hand glove, but it is frequency
a mighty serious affair in that hissing hot
climate to get (he gauntlet off; they ap
proach,—one, a smart urbane little man,
who would not disgrace St James* street
being more kill-dried and less moist in
his curpureals than his country friend,
has contrived to extract his paw, and
holds it out in the act to shake.
Ah! how do you do. Balloon? quoth
the Kingston man.
Qui<« well. Shingles, rejoins the glov
ed, a sioot, led faced, sudoriferous, yam
fed planter, dressed in blue-white jean
irowsers and waistcoat, long Hessam
boots drawu up to his kuee over the for
mer, and a span new square-skirted blue
coatee, with lots of clear brass buttons;
a brimmed black silk hat worn white at
the edge of the crown wearing a very
small neckcloth,above which shoots up
an enormous shirt-collar, the peaks of
which might serve for winkers to a star
ting horse, and carrying a large whip in
his hand—Quite well, my dear fellow,
while he persists in dragging at it—the
other homo all the while standing in the
absurd position of a finger post —at length
off comes the glove—peice-meal perhaps
—a finger Ist, for instance—then a thumb
—at length they tackle too, and shake
each other like the very devil—not a so
ber pump-handle shake, but a regular
jiggery jiggery, as if they were trying to
dislocate each other's arm-; and, conlonnd
them, they don’t let go—they cling like
sucker fish, and talk and wallop about,
and throw themselves back and laugh,and
then another jiggery jiggery.
On horseback this custom is conspic
uousl\ ridiculous. I have nearly gone
into fits at beholding two men careering
along the road at a hand gallop —each on
a goodish horse, with his oegro b y as
tern o' him on a mule, in cleau frock and
trowsers, and rmart glazed hat with
broad gold band, with massa’s nmbrell-t
in a leathern case slung across his shoul
ders, and his portmanteau behind him on
a mail pillion covered with a snow white
sheep's fleece; suddeuly they would pull
up, on recognizing each other, when, luck
ing their whips under their amis,or cross
ing them in their teeth, it may be—they
would commence the rugging and riving
operation. In this case, Shingle's bit of
blood swerves, we may assume—Rattoon
rides at him—Shingle fairly turns tail,
and starts out at full speed,Ra'loon thun
dering in his rear,with streatched out arm
Had it does happen, I am assured, that
the hot pursuit often couticues for a nitlo
before the desired chapperdaw is obtain
ed. But when two lusty planters meet
on horseback, then indeed Greek meets
Greek. They begin the intetview by
shouting to each other, while .fifty yards
off, pulling away at the gloves all tho
whiie. “How are you, Canetop? glad
toseeyou Canetop. How,do you,l hope.”
“How are you Yamfu, my dear fellow!”
their horses fretting and jumping all the
time ; and if the Jack Spantarsor gadflies
be rife, they have, even when denuded
fax the shake,to spur at each other, more
like Knight 1 emplar and a Saracen charg
ingin ibo.'al combat,than (women mere
ly struggling to be civil; and after all they
have often la get. their black servants a
longside to hold their bor es, for shake
they must,were they to break their necks
in the attempt. \Vhy they won’t shake
harfds trifle their glovfes on, I am sure I
can't (ell. It would bo much copier and
nicet—lots <>i Scotchmen in the coni
t untty too. n
A Singular- Whim. —“ Byron declares
thnt he has no choice but that of sacrifis
ing the body to the mind, as that when he
eats as others do he gpts ill, and loses all
(»wer over his intellectual faculties, that
animal food engenders the appetite of the
animal fed upon, and he ins ances the
manner iu which boxers are led asa pm<d;
while, on the contrary, a regime of fish
and vegetables served to support exist
ence without pampering it. I affected to
think that his excellence in, and fondness
of, swimming, arose from his continually
living on fish, and he appeared disposed
to admit the possibility, until, being no
longer able to support my, gravity, I laugh
ed aloud, which For the first, minute dis-,
composed him,, though he ended by join
ing heartily in a laugh,, and said,—
“Well, Miladi,after this hoix, never ac
cuse me any more of mystifying, you did
take me in , until you laughed.’’— Lady
Blessington's Conversation.
Ladv Convassers. —A person- subset i
bing her name Mary, writes,to the editor
of a Belfast paper on the -subject of the
election fer that place. ..The address is.
“To the inhabitants of Belfast,” and af
ter reading them a lecture on various top
ics, she thus proceeds.:—“But jt is folly
to talk to you : and I will address myself
to a more influential body: Ladies of
Belfast, it is one. of ,your .own sex, who
speaks to you; let the .oilier sex do as
they please, it is with us the decision of
this and every election rests. Stand to
y-<»ur puriains—prepare your lectures—
and teil your husbands if they will not act
like men, that we at least, will do our du
ty: and, if we cannot rouse them, we will
shame them T Order them to stand for
ward for t,heir rights, and publicly choose
the candidates. Mr, Editor—l left my
husband at his wine ; 1 hear him coming
put this in your paper to-mnrnjw, and
charge it to none of their committees ;
but to the aqCount of rtiy lord and mas
ter; and should he not pay it,; and some
others that J will trouble you with, .! shall
take upon myself to stre-'ch his ear us long
as a claret-jog.’’
PULSATION* i .
The pulse' in the time of H ippocra*
bea' probably not more th an 60 heats in a
minute; from which, probably originates
our small division of time,denominated the
moment, or seconds, which divides the
day into 86,400 parts. As the human
species refine, probably, the pulse quick
ens; and so completely are we machines,
that like a clock, the faster we go, the
sooner we are do« n.— Loud. Med. and
Snrg. Journ.
London. —ls,ooo ve-sels lie at a 'ime,
inthe docks and at the wharves; 1500 car
riages a day leave the city At stated hours;*
4000 wagnns are employed in the country
trade ; the annual commerce of the city
is estimated at £130,000.000 sterling.
Alas! the Poor Indians —Governor
Dinsmoor. of New Hampshire, in his late
speech ai the opening of,.the legislature,
speaking of the Aborigines, some of whom
si ill “ live and breathe” in the Granite
State, gives us the'* following statement.
Thoie is a fault, of magnitude, some
where. But, who is in fault, the white
man or tne savage’
Returns have been received from one
hundred and forty-one towns, in which it
appears that the number of Indians*, in
those towns, is 188; 90 males and 98 fe
males. Os these 76 are in confinement;
25 in priyate houses, 34 in poor houses,
7 in ceils and cages, 6 in chains and trains,
and 4 in jails.
* Insane.
From the Char lesion Courier, 17 Ik insl,
1 BANK ROBBERY.
A most daring robbery of the S. Caro
lina Bank, at the corner of Broad and
Church Streets, was perpetrated on Fri
day night last, by means of false keys;
and bills,of the Bank to *lt,e amount of
one hundred and fifty six thousand dol
lars abstracted from tiie Cashier’s vault,
together with about three hundred dollars
in specie.—Suspicion fixed upon a man
whose namoappears lobe Henry Barton,
an Englishman, who arrived in.ibis city
aboul three weeks since from Baltimore,
aud who kept a small dry goods store in
Queen, near Church-Street. He had re
cently employed under some plausible
pretence, Mr. La Mode, a black & white
smith, to make several blocks, for kevs—
and when boldly passing the Bank yes
tpiday. forenoon, he was pointed out by
Mr. La Motte, (who did not at the time
know either his name or residence,) as
the person who so employed him. He
was immediately atrestedf, taken into the
Bank, and soon confessed the fact of his
participation in the business, and named
the place in bis house where his portion
of the money would be found, which, on
being recovered, turned oat to be one hun
dred and eight thousand dollars in Bank
bills, fall the large bills having fallen to
his share) and all the specie except about
twenty dollats. After a long and tedious
examination, he was committed to jail,
without disclosing the name of his accom
plice—but great hopes are entertained
that the remainder of the money will be
soon recovered.
It is a source of great satisfaction to the
community, that the perpetrator of this
dariug‘thefl, hns been so promptly arres
ted, as it relieves from a state of anxiety
all those connected in any manner with
the institution. It will be seen that a te
ward of SSOOO has been offered by the
bank for the recovery of the money, aud
1000 dollars for the conviction of the tbiof
or thieves.
It is now within a few days of thirty
yea rs since An attempt was made to r< b
the same bank by undermining from tne
drain in (tie street; which .was fortunately
discovered when nearly consummated.—
An,account ol this attempt appeared in
.the fit si number of the Courier , which
was printed two days after the discovery.
A few days ago a man in the Exeter
Hospital had his leg amputated, he having
undergone a like operation some time
since, sj that the poor fellow is now leg
less. Wiien the operation on the last leg
was finished the surgeon stiiid to him,
“Well, my good fellow it is all over.”
“Bless your soul, sir, d’ye think 1 didn’t
know that ? Tisn’i the first tune I’ve had
a leg cut off.”— Western Luminary.
Mr. M’Duffle’s estimate a few years
since, of the value of the Union. ~
The Union prevents us fjrofii wasting
and destroying one another. 1,1 preserves
relations of peace among communities,
which,, if broken into, seperale nations,
would be arrayed against one another in
perpetual, merciless and ruinous war. It
indeed, contributes to our defence against
foreign States, but still more, it defends us
from one another. For ourselves we fear,
that bloody and mournful as human histo
ry ifi, a .sadder page than has. ever, been
written, might record the sufferings of this
country, should we divide ourselves into
separate communities. We fear that our
country, in case of disunion, would be
broken into, communities, which would
cherish towards -one another singularly
fierce and implacable enmities.”
S C. LEGISLATURE.
In senate, December 14.
A Bill from the Hou»e to provide for
the security and protection of the Slate
of South Carolina, was taken up for a
second reading, and made the special or
der, o( the day for tomorrow at 12 o’clock.
A Bill from the House to carry into ef
fect in part the Ordinance of. Nuliifica
tion, was read a secoud time,with sundry
amendments,ahd on the. question shall 'lie
Bill be relumed to t(ie House, the Yeas
and Nays were called far, and were, Ye ts
30 —Nays 11.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
DEC. 14.
The Senate returned Ac,'a to incorpo
rate the Med' ca * College of S> Carolina
aod t • regulate the militia Philips
and St Michael’s ordered to be engross
ed. ; , .
A Bill to provide for the election of
Tax Collectors by the people, was taken,
up for a second leading, after having been I
committed and re-commi ed, and after
having had the yeas and nay* taken twice
thereon, was, on the las: a> etnpi to send
it to the Senate, decided in the nega
tive.
The House considered and agreed to
an unfavorably repoit ou tlie memorial of
the Medical Society of 8. C.. praying a.
lottery; and ordered a Bill, which had
received two readings in the Senate for
that purpose to bo laid on lie table.
A resolution was submitted by Mr.
Brooks, requiring the Pt inter to the
House forthwith to print two thousaqd co
pies of Gov. Hayne’s inaugural address,
for the use of the membois, which was
agreed to. ’ ,
The Senate have ai'ered in some very
material points, the Bill of the Commit
tee on Federal Relations, to carry into
effect, in par*, the Ordinance,. You will
perceive also, an ..almost new bill,: of the
Military Bill of the H use.
The valiancies are so great, that it is
questionable whether they will not clash
so much as to be irreconcilable.,
As they are now amended, they will be
returned, and when called for their next
reading in the House, will, it is possible,
produce some excitement.
The Charleston.Delegation,had repor
ted that it was inexpedient to Legislate on
the subject of depriving the Firemen of
this City of their brivileges, and the bill
as reported, had been withdrawn.
Thu bill incorporating the S. C. Sugar
R fining Company had passed boib hous*
03.
The Bill to carry ln;n effecM itie Otdi
nance, amending the amended bill of the
House, will in the course of business come
up again in the House to-morrow. The
amendments of he Senate are material,
and we will soon ascertain who are for the
whole extent of the liabilities and punish
ments, as contained in the untended Bill of
the House.
Tiie appropriation and tax bills are not
yet introduced, and wc cannot therefore
calculate on an adjournment befuie the
last of next week, if then.
From Paulson's American Daily Advertiser-.
Friends of the union.
At an adjourned meetiug of the ct'izons
of the city and county of Philadelphia,
held in the State H»use Yard, on Thurs
day, 6ih inst. at 3 o’clock, P. M. the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were ad
op'ed—
Whereas, dangerous and ungenerous
disaffection to the constituted authority of
these United States prevails in South Ca
rolina, hitherto always one of the,most
exemplary of them, but now organized to
defy and annul the laws of the Union ; and
at such a time a general expression of
opinion may tend to enlighten and
strengthen government; therefore,'
Resolved, By the people of Philadel
phia, in township assembled, That we see
with deep regret the proceedings of our
fellow citizens of South Caroliiia, as set
forth in the Ordinance of their Conven
tion. and other like manifestations of rash
and hostile measuies, of which we entire
ly disapprove.
Resolved, That while thoroughly con
demning such proceedings, yet in a spirit
of kindness and conciliation anxiously
cherished towards all our fellow citizens,
we would rejoice in the return of those of
South Carolina to their attachment to the
Union, thv? retracing of steps so unwisely
entered upon, aud the renewal of the ac
ki -wledgement of their allegiance to the
federal authority: but should they persist
in assailing the integrity of the Union, we
hereby declare our fixed determination to
maintain it iMiimpaired, and to support
government by ail lawful means against
what is called Nullification.
Resolved, That we respectfully recom
mend to the Legislature of Pensylvania to
adopt such measures as may be requisite
to sastain the constituted authorities of the
United States at this conjuncture, to man
ifest the invincible attachment of this
State to the Union, and its unalterable
resolution that it must be preserved invi
olate.
, From the editorial correspondence of the
.Charleston Courier, under date of Columbia,
December 14—
“ The Union Convention met this day
at the appointed hour, and finished the
highly important business, deeply affect
ing the welfare of the State and the per
manency of the Federal Union, with
which it was entrusted. The meeting
was opened with a solemn and impressive
prayer from the Rev. Mr. Green. The
Hon. John S. Richardson, Chaiiman of
the General Committee, rose and stated
that the Committee had prepared and
were ready to submit, a report ou the
matters and resolutions committed to
them, together with a remonstrance and
protest against the Ordiaance of. Nullifi
cation. James L. Petigr.u, Esq. then
read the report, and C. G. Memminger,
Esq. the remonstiance and . protest, in a
distinct and impressive manner. During
the reading of these documents a solemn
stillness prevailed, and profound attention
characterised .the audience. The ques
lion was then put, without discussion, on
their adoption, and they received the una
nimous assent of the Convention, Iu
pursuance of a> resolution, to that effect,
the. members then rose as their names
were called, walked uncovered to the
President's table, and attached their sig
natures to the remonsuafice and protest,
the Mon, Henry Middleton,' the Hod.
David Johnson, the Hon. Richard I.
Manning, and the Hon. Starling Tucker,
ns Vice Presidents, and Franklin I. Mo
ses, and James E. Henry, Esqs. as Sec
retaries of the Convention, signing fitst,
and the members following in alphabeti
cal older. A space was reserved at the
head of the list for the name of the vene
rable President of the Convention, Col.
Thomas Taylor, a patriot of the revolu
tion, now in the 90th year, who was pre
vented by continued indisposi ion fiom
honoring and cheering the Convention by
his presence, and presiding at the offer
ing they were about to make on the altar
of liberty ; and a Committee,was appoint
ed to wait on and present it to him foi
his signature. When the signing was
completed, the Secretary.. reported that
one hundred and seventy six delegates, be
ing the whole number present, had in
scribed their - names on ,his roll of free
dom and immortality. Oil motion, it was
resolved, that deiegaies to the Conven
tion, prevented from attending the pre
sent session, and members of the Legtsla
toie attached to the Union party, be al
lowed hereafter to affix their signatures to
the remonstrance and protest, it wt s
agreed.thin the several documents above
referred to, should be deposited in the
keeping of the Hop. .Henry Middleton.
It was then resolved, ou motion of Judge
Richardson, ‘ that when this Convention
adjourns, it stand adjourned until tho 4 b
day ol March next,’ with an understand
ing that it be sooner re-convened, if requi
red bv the exigencies of the limes, Ti»e
thanks of, the Convention were tendered
to the Rev. Mr. Green, for his perform
ance of ihe services of religion, and to
the Vice Presidents and Secretaries for
the ability with wh.ch they discharged the
duties of their several offices. The pre
siding officer then delivered a brief but
feeling address, appropriate to the termi
nation of the labors of the Convention,
and the approachiug seperation of its
members-—and prayer was again- offered
up by the Rev, Mr. Green io the throne
of Almighty Grace, invoking blessings
upon the counsels and measures of the
Convention, and protection amidst impen
ding danger; after which the Convention
adjourned.
“ A more imposing scene than exhibi
ted by the Convention on this momeni
imis occasion, has been rarely witnessed.
The deep solemnity that was depicted on
every cbuntenaoce, and characterized ev
ery transaction, the hallowed offices of re
ligion, and the wisdom and respectability
of the assembly, uniting the learning of the
Bench, the genius and eloquence of the
Bar, the wealth of the planter, and the he
roism of ’76, together with associations
connected with the perils of the crisis, all
contributed to produce a powerful and im
pressive effect. The printing of the doc
uments, adopted by the Convention, have
been provided fur, and I therefore will no'
attempt to give yon from memory an im
perfect detail of their contents, especially
as their general tenor was stated in my
last communication I* is sufficient for
the present to say, that they are worthy of
the distinguished assembly from which
they emanate, and of the momentous sub
jects of which they treat; that they em
bodv the creed of the Union Party, and
breathe, at once, a devotion to the Union,
and a determined spirit of resistamce to
the hateful tyranny that has recently erec
ted itself in our State. The Union Party
have,now disclosed their sentiments and
assumed their attitude—it is that of per
fect harmony aud concert among, them
selves, and is characterised by both
moderation and decision—they are ear
nestly desirous of peace with their er
ring brethren, but are yet resolved to as
sert their equal claim to constitutional lib
erty and the rights of man.
“ It is a remarkable and quite an acci
dental coincidence, that the day on which
the Convention closed its deliberations, is
the anniversary of the evacuation of
Charleston—of the emancipation of our
commercial metropolis from British thral
dom. God grant that it may be an augu
ry that the triumph of our principles and
the failure of the mad schemes of our op-
ponents, will ever secure us from a return
to the colonial yoke.”
letters from New-Yorh rcccnntly, says the
Chailesto.. Courier, acknowledge the receipt of
the Ordinaucr, and speak of the great excite
mem which it has produced among mercantile
men. It is confidently predicted that the Go
vernment will be firm and decided in executing
the laws, and supporting the Constitution
One intelligent merchant, extensively inter
ested in trade, and who has heretofore been the
uniform advocate of “Free Trade,” writes as
follow s
“We are looking with featful appre
hension to the proceedings of your Con
vention. Repeal all the Tariff Laws to
morrow, and South-Cardina would in two
years petition for a restoration of the pre
sent state of things. By securing a home
market for 200,000 bales of Cotton, which
is constantly increasing, she receives eve
ry year at least 10 per cent more for her
cotton, lhan-if eotifined exclusively to the
Foteign market. Destroy our manufac*
■ures, and she must pay more for goods,
and get less for her cotton. John C. Cal
houn and Wm Lowndes we consider as
as the fathers of the protective system—
the South fixed it upon the North, even
against their own wishes. We were a
mongst the ultras of the Free Trade par
ly, but are now satisfied that the principle
of pmtection cannot be abandoned with
out inflicting as great a wound on the
'South as on the Noitli—and you may
make the discovery yourselves (we mean
your political Hotspurs) when it is too
line. If John C Calhoun had bee* a suc
cessful candidate for the Presidency, we
should have heard nothing about Nullifi
cation.”
AUGUSTA.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 19.
The Governor of Georgia offers Two Hundred
Dollars Reward for the apprehension of Wm.
Flournoy, who shot Lemuel Smith of the Mil
ledgevillti Theatre on the 12th inst.
Bogan was to have received the verdict o-f
Guilty or Not Guilty on Monday evening last,
as the Senate, after hearing counsel, adjourned
till 7 o’clock, when they would meet aud pro
nounce the sentence of the court
We have bee* exceedingly disappointed in
not.gelting the Proceedings of the South Caroli
na Union Convention. *
Xne Gonnniitee of the Heuse of Rt presenta
tivesto whom was referred Sherburne’s Memo
dial against Judge Holt, not having any thing
brought before them to justify the action of the
House, have been at their i (-quest, discharged
from the further consideration of ttie same.
There is a repoit in town this morning,
that Gov. Hay tie ol S. Carolina Jias issu- I
cd a Counter Proclamation to ilrat of the j
President, of the United Slates, calling on
the people of that Sta e, to stand by their
arms. We are unable to vouch for its
truh.
Mb Berrien, has replied, to the letter of
Judge Crawford, which, being short, we pub
lished. As we cannot publish Judge Berrien’s
at present, it at all, we shall endeavor to give •
the sutistan- e-o< hig explanations. We tlipught
the Judge was about.to be severe, hut almost the |
•*»ly evidence we have of it was in the liegiiiMing i
ol his reply where he notices what he calls tnts
representations of his conduct. “ Anonymous i
scribblers,” my s he, ‘-have given free scope to
there malignity aud men who, until now, have
been .nplacable iu their resentments, have
buried their ancient fueds. to unite in the denun
ciation of an individual, who is as indifferent to
their spleen, as they are heartless in their pro
sessions of confidence in eaeh other.”
Mr. B. denies that Nullification is recognized
or any thing like it, in the #tn Resolution of the
late Convention. W* do.not exactly understand
what Mr. B. intends to call the light.of one of
the States to decide for itself and in the last re
sort, on the compact, into which it has entered
with the rest—whether be means to confine that
right to words merely, or that it is to have any
practical operation ; but he says it i« not Nullifi
cation. a doctrine, in which Mr B. says he has,
on ail proper occasions, declared his inability to
acquiesce This declaration he made before
the meeting of the Convention, while if was con
vened, and he reiterates it now. He says this
stb Resolution only claims for a State the right
to decide for itself, that a specific power has not
been conferred by the Federal Constitution ; but
Sou;h-Carolina not only claims this right, but
also claims to inforce her decision upon her co-
States; and remaining in the Union, in the en
joyment of ail her privileges, to refuse obedi
ence to a law enacted in the alleged .exercise
of that power, until anew and explicit grant of
such power shall be made by the constitutional
majority of the States in General Convention
assembled.
This sth Resolution appears from the Judge’s
explanation, to be the mere expenditure of
breath ; for decision, appears po be the whole
length it proposes to »o; while South-Carolina
proposes to carry out her decision anil practical
ly to enforce it upon the other States. It is for
the Judge, not ns, to inform the Public, what
good could arise from the assertion in conven
tion of such a right to talk ; or rather It might
be considered incumbent on those, us among the
number, who have seen such terrible things in
this poor armless resolution.
The charge of inconsistency, made by Mr.
Crawford, of. opposing a Southern Convention
in Burke and recqmmending one in Convention,
the Judge answers thus : The question in Burke
he says, was between a Slate and Southern Con
vention. He thought a State Convention should
be first organized, because in it only could the
People legitimately act upon the recommenda
tions of the Southern Convention, or even deter
mine whether they would confer with their co-
St&tes at all. If a Southern, therefore, had been
called before the State Convention, the former
ialone, if called for consultation merely, would
have been useless from its imbecilit , and if or
gaoizM ftfr action, would have been emconsrtra
tional, as wanting (he s&ft c tion of the People of
the State iu Convention assembled —the power
that ratified the Constitution.
We believe we have done Mr. Berrien fu'l
justice. We are sure we designed to do him no
injustice. But we w ish he would more explicit
ly inform us, what is the full limit of operation
he assigns to that &th Resolution—is it tO be all
words—no acts? Because if the foitner, we
might be converted into an advocate, instead erf
an opponent; for we will not question the peo
ple’s right to talk as much as they please.
Cherokee aountv,our readers will remember,
is now permanently organized and divided into
ten new Counties, Cherokee. Lumpkin. Forsyth,
Union, Gilmer, iic. and with due regard to the
right of the Indhuis to possessions amply suffi
cient for their convenience and comf rt, an in
dustrious population will, in future, occupy it for
all the purposes of civilized life. This large
portion of the State had been the theatre of such
wild disorder, that the State, under the acquias.
cence of the Rational Executive, was induced to
take the jurisdiction into her own hands, to en
deavor to impress upon it features more legi
timately been.t ing the neighiioihood of a civil
ized community. The temporary organization,
which was then the consequence, has now given
way to a more permanent organization, and of
-course, all the laws, which the exigency of the
case rendered necessary and proper, will be ei
ther repealed by the Legislature, or become ex
tinct with the circumstances w. ich gave them
birth. Under one of these temporary laws, the
Missionaries weie inipnisoued. The act, for
I which they are now punished, ce.ises to be a
crime,'because it can never be again committed-
The law and the liability ceasing, why shou'd
their consequence continue 1 Pem lties ate en
! acted for deterring examples From what does
' the continued imprisonment of the Missionaries
deter our citizens 7 Nothing. Let it, therefore,
cease.
This is one of those topics in Georgia, which
must be discussed, if at all, in a whisper. But,
as whispering always betokens something wrong,
or supposed to be so, we have never prejudiced
any cause that we have advoctte.-l, by circulating
its claims, as if were afraid they wore not worth
defending. Wc know we often s-pe-k too loud
for our ow n interest, but wo speak honestly ou
every subject, be the consequences what iln-v*
may. And we regret, that we have been induce.l
by considerations, unconnected «it > the sub
ject, to postpone our views to the present mo
ment, when, we fear, they will be presented al-.
most too late tor any effectual consideration.
For die Missionsies themselves, how
ever respectable they may be, we care m t
ouecen —we have no sympathy with tin m
in tiieir suffering —it lias been < lte ju-1 re
ward of their own folly, tho levs to Ite ie*
gietied, as it was emphatically voluntary.
As regards tlieui individually, wo would tig;
SDOII they should hear tho last titim i-5
there as any tvluro else; but this case u»
the only link that connects Go<tioi,t in hi.v
kind <>f.sympathy with the violence of diet
day. We wish it severed, and *bvor* and
now phen, we sli >ll have nil the credit if
the act. ft isjtsilv considered that my
Indian policy has triumphed that we
have vindicated and established our right
ol jurisdiction over the whole territory
and ali peijwns within it. Why then.should
we continue, fu more punctiliousness, thq
: only source of irritation with the: ge I!
government, which it in our (mwer i«%
| extinguish by tilt* dash of a pen? 'flu*
question is completely in our ;>■ *or„
. Removed now, it can never recur. Th»
controversy is now continued by Indian
j Chiefs and uhiio men, whom they have
contrived toiti'eiwst in their cause. We
are induced to believe the mass of the n.t
lion have nq sympathy with them, and
now still less, ms the triumphant re-elec
tion of Gon. Jacks m has dispelled the il
lusion which false hopes had exci'ed as to
the consequences of his defeat. The Indi
ans will shortly seek better fortunes io the
West, as sure as we are now pleading wi It
the good sense of our fellow citizens to end.
no useless con'roversy, and avoid embar
rassing an Administration, which has so
signal y favored our policy. What earth
ly good can result from the continuance
of the present pos ure of affaits? The
question can nevpr rise again to distract
any community, and its existence and
Continuance have served to foster falso
hopes in our neighbors, which it is our du
ty to extinguish at once and forever.
So exciting a subject, has this been,
and so deep, therefore, is the responsibil
ity, that we do not incline to ask the Go
vernor to hazzard his popularity on any
questionable policy ; but let the Legisla-,
ture consider the matter with an enlight
ened and fearless patriotism, and do what '
their wisdom will dictate, the honor of
the State sanction, and the consequences
justify.
MARRIED,
In Greene county, Alabama, on the 27th ult.
i>y the Rev John H Gray, Mr. John Newton
Wadeel of Willington, S. C. to Miss Martha,
youngest daughter of Ihe late Major George
Robertson of Abbeville.
In Edgefield, S. C. on the Mth inst. by the
Rev. Wm. B. johnson, Mr John M Prothro
to Miss Sarah *nn. daughter of the late Henry
W. Lowe.
DIED,
At hi* residence io Columbia county on the
moroing of the sth inst Mr Thomas H. Sar
oeant. io the 30th year of hi* age, leaving a be
reaved widow, hig mother and many relatives:
and ftiqndg to mourn hi* early eii{ from time to
eternijy.