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From the Georgitt'Journal.
To the People of Georgia.
Au extract of a letter perporting to have
been written by the (Wor
cester & Buller) to the Editors of the
Missionary Herald, has been republished
in the Journal, and other papers of t hts
State, which papers have charged Gove
nor Lumpkin, upon the authority of this
letter, with having cocnproinitted the
rights of the State, in releasing the Mis
sionaries from confinement in the Peni
tentiary: and as this letter contains state
mentt and insinuations utterly false and
unfounded, and from the manner in Which
my name has been introduced by those
men, *o said letter, my*st/edcc be
construed into an assent to il's general ac
curacy, and as the very nature of my sit
uation makes it obvious, that I must have
been acquainted with the facts and cir
cumstances connected with the discharge
of the Missionaries, it becomes iny duty
to give to the public, those facts and cir
cumstances correctly, and leave them to
judge, how far the rights and character
of the State have been compromuted by
the Executive, in the discharge of his of
ficiat duties.
Governs ‘Lumpkin,ns it is well known,
from thetime he came into office,m speak
ing of this case, constantly affirmed, that
ihlfertfen had Htru’si themselves mt<» pris
on by their own indiscretion and to ly,
.nd there they s.tould remain, as long .as
they stood in opposition io the laws ot the
fllate, and relied on the power of the su
preme court to liberate them; but when
ever thev should see their error, and re
trace their steps, he would set them at
liberty. But that the Governor ever dt-j
rectly, or indirectly solicited them, or e
veu advised them to withdraw their sun,,
or ask for pardon, is most certainly false.,
sb far ns I know dr believe; and fr«m my
constant intercourse with him and hts
friends, most have known it, if such had
beep the fact.
The Missionaries, in the leiter referred
V State, to ttfy astoriishmebt, that “we.
made no solicitation, no overture, no com
promise, but we were often and earnest
ly solicited by persons in the confidence
of the Governor,to desist from the prose
cution.” That any person “in or out of
the” confidence of the Governor, ever
•3 .nciTED Mr. Worcester & Butler (in,
any such light as insinuated by them) to
“desist,” 4»c. is what 1 never knew, nor
eVer believed; but Ido know, 'hat many
persons did rbmonstrte with them, and
candidly advise them 'o abandon a course
that was wrong in itself, and to say the
least of I' HIGHLY INEXPEDIENT. They
Were plapilv told, that, whp<he< ’h°y in
tended it or’not, they were but tools in the
hands of designing politicians, to subserve
party purposes—that they were inflicting
a deep wouud on the cause of Christianity,
that they wete doing a serious nnd lasting
injury to the cause of Foreign Missions—
that their zeal for the Cherokees was a
mistaken one, and would resuit in no ben
efit to them— that they were doing vio
lence to the common interests, and com
forts of their families—that their own pri
vate chaiacter as professors of religon,
Was endangered—and that they
were exciting the whole country in a de
gree net warranted by the Circumstances,
and producing beait-burnings and jealou
sies, which were calculated to alienate
the affections of the people—that they
were endeavoring to oppose, and thwart
the Government in its sett led policy, to
the different Indian tribes o
ver the Mississippi, which was unbecom
ing in them as Missionaries and Ministers
of the Gospel. They were reminded,
that the State of Georgia could not- would
not pay any attention to the decision of
the supreme court, that Iter sovereignty
as a state, forbade it——that the further
proseevtibn of their suit would only tend
io bring into disrepute, thffi authority of
said court. Thus were they remonstrat
ed with, and for the correctness of the
statement I appeal to Dr. Brown of Mount
25ion Dr. Church, Rev. Mr. Sinclear;
Rev. Mr. Hoyt, Dr. McDowell of Char
leston and many other citizens of distinc*
tion not necessary to name. This was not
without its effect, and apparently brought
the Missionaries to deep reflection, an'*
enquired of me, that if, after advising
with the Board of Foreign Missions they
should determine to withdraw their suit,
and throw themselves on the clemency ol
the State, whether or not, it would effect
their release. I replied to them, that I
had no doubt, but it would, but if they
wished it I would see the Governor, and
know his views. They requested me to
do so which I did, and was informed by
the Governor, that he had never had r bnt
one mind on the subject, that his deter
mination had ever been, to discharge them
whenever thev should be convinced of
their eiror, & submi 4 : that he had thought
of discharging them at any rate,as S"on as
the state should be folly in possession of
• It may be proper to mention, that the words
in Capitals and Italics are so priu'ed by direc
tion of the
the Cherokee country by the operation of
her own laws, and the supreme court
should, at next session, pass oyer the case
without action as he had no doubt it wou d
do, but that they n»ver should nft t dis
charged as long as the State was ’hreat
ened or menaced bv the authority of t te
Supreme Court This information was
communicated tp the Missionaries, and
thev immediately (viz. on the 4th of April,
1832 ) addressed a letter to the Prudential
Committee of the Board, in which they
state the nature of the remonstrances
made by their Souijmrn friends, and the
advice given them,‘&c. and asked the ad
vice of the Board, iu regard to the course
thev should pursue. The Secretary of
Board, (Mr. David Green,) on the 25th
of April, replied to tljem in substance,
that a regular meeting of the Committee
had not been had, that he had conversed
with the most of the Committee, indivi
dually, that they did not wish to direct or
advise, or do any thing that would lay
them tinker iestraint or obligation; and
continued, “ they see no reason why, as-,
ter the Supreme Court of the U. S. has
pronounced you not guilty, and declared
v«»u to have been unjustly and unlawfully
imprisoned, vou should bear about with
you as long as you live, the stigma of be
ing Pardoned Convicts. They do not
see whv, before the regular and constitu
tional methods of carrying the decision of
the Supreme Court into effect, have been
revolted to, you should lake a course
which must necessarily cause the authori
ty of the Codrt fb be contemned before
tire whole country. Nor do they see any
reason why, as you exposed yourselves
to arrest and imprisonment, partly in main
tenance of vour own civil rights, and those
of the Cherokees, and for the sake of as
certaining what is die language of the
■CoiistiiutiTin 'dhd treaties and laws of the
U. States on the sufijecr; you should
now, after having obtained a decision in
your favor, yield up all .Vbiir claim, be
fore it has been fully proven lhat you can
not secure it. It seems to the Commit
tee, that your case now Hiore resembles
that of Paul and Silas, (Acts 16, 37.)
than it has done at any previous period ;
indeed, the principles laying at the foun
dation of the two esses, seem to be pre
cisely the’safiie.
“My’leiter will look like arguing the
case with you, which I by no means in
tend to d->. lam sure I would not say
one word to you, which*] supposed would
influence you to remain in prison one
hour longer than you should think it your
duty to remain there., and could do it
cheerfully. I kno w that the trials of your
feelings faith most in many res
pects be -great. You continually share
largely iu sympathies of the committee
and their jifhyers, and yon are remerttber-i
ed in oilr fam lies every day.”
*This letter had the effect to determine
iheMissionarie’s still to pursue their course
aqd as (his subject had been relied on to
defeat General Jackson in his election,
the overwhelming majority by Xvhich he
was elected,. seemed to convince the
opponents of Georgia, that the American
people had decided in her favot; and as
it was sensibly felt, that the controversy
was doing essential injury to the cause of
religion, the cause of Foreign Missions
and to the tranquility of the country, a
simultaneous effort was made, by remon
strating with the Board itself, by influen
tial Christians', aS Well as politicians 1 , who
assured thetitih addiuph toother mischiefs
revolting from their obstinacy in persis
ting, that they were aiding the cause of
Nullification, by coupling the Georgia
controversy with that of South Carolina,
and among those, were C<d, JCuthbert,
Judge Schley, and Gen. Coffee* But
either of these gentlemen petitioned them
to withdraw their suit, or insinuated that
they were authorized by the GovbrhdV id
to d<», or say any (fiittg to them on the
subject, is utterly false, in my opinion;
for 1 heard conversations with the Mis
sionaries by all these gentlemen and what
they said was byway of remonstrance,
and not petition; stating, however, a
they well might, that there was no doubt
of their liberation, should thtey ivithdraw
their suit, and rely on the 'clemency of the
State for their discharge. If I arh mista* •
ken in anv of my statements, I trust any
gentlemen I have referred to wi I correct
me. This influence fcoulU no longer be
resisted, and the Board, early in January
1833,-addressed a letter to the Missiona
ries, informing them of the facts as above
stated, and told them that a due regard
to public opinion, and the cause of relig
ion required that th<»y should withdraw
theii suit. This letter was received on
the evening of the Bth January, 1833, de
the same evening Messrs. Worcester and
Bu'ler instructed their Attorney’, Mr.
Witt, to prosecute their suit no further,
and cminmuniciited the fact to the Gov
ernor,and Attorney General of the State.
In their communication to the Govern
or they remarkfed, that“we have not been
led to the adoption of this measure by a
ny change of views in regard to the prin
ciples on which we have acted.”—The
.Governor considered this communication
disrespectful. and determined that as i»hg
as they regarded the “principles off which
they acted” so h ghly, they fy'ght
stand by them in the Penitentiary. They
Were informed the next day, by Col.’
Cuthbert. (I thinkj what reception
their comrdunicatmn had met with; which
very much humbled and alarmed them.
They then asked Col. Cuthbert to request
the Governor to let then# the
communication, in order to correct it in
its objectionable parts; this the Governor
refused, and the fullowing noe was then
addressed to him.
Penitentiary, Milledgeville, Jan. 19th,
1833.
To His Excellency Wilson Lumpkin,
Governor of the State of Georgia.
Sir. —We are sorry to be informed that
some expressions in our communication
of yesterday were regarded by your Ex
cellency as an indignity offered to the.
State or its authorities. Nothing could
be further -from our design. In the course
we have now taken it has been our inten
tion simply to forbear the prosecution of
our case,& to leave the question of out
continuance in confinement,to the magna
nimity'of the State.
We are respectfully vour
S. A...WORCESTER,
ELIZUR BUTLER.
t)n the l l 4th the Governor granted
them a pardon, The siatement of the
Missionaries that Mr. Forsyth called on
Mr. Wirt, at the instance p( ihe Govern
or is pronounced to Be utterly false by
both the Governor and Air. Forsyth, who
both affirm that not a word had ever pass
ed between them on the subject of ’he
Missionaries’ discharge, previous to the
time spoken of., I also distincly iecol
lect that in Mr. Wirt’scommu ication to
Mr. YVorccster, informing him of the call
made on him by Mr Forsyth, that Mr
Wirt stated that iMr. Forsyth had told
him he had no authority, whatever, t<*
say that the G<<veitlor .would dischage
them on th- withdrawal of their suit; but
pimply gave it as his opinion, that the’
Governor would do so as a matter
couise. . .
These are the facts and circumstances
correctly, connected with the discharge
of Missionaries. — I forbear to make
any comment on them myself t leaving an
enlightened public to decide for them’
selves.
CHARLES C. MILLS, r
Milledgeville, July lldi, 1833. r
P. S. Those papers who have publish- 1
ed’the leiter of ihe Missionares.it is hop
ed, will, as an act ot justice, publish this
statement. . \
C. C. MILLS.
To Zekiel down to Down
ingville, iu the Slate of Main— hair and
speed. I
WaSHiWt< hr, at the President’s house,
'July 9-
Deer Sir—Tjest rit you, a line afore,
to let you know 1 was left in Fillydelfy. It,
was sanin that there was some plage) 4
skee'm io it, and it is all cum out now,
and it was’nt nothin but a trick of that
York weazle to get the old Gineral away
froth me: but 1 guess youl see ile pay
him for it afore Jve dun with him. I g"i
into an express rise off and keicht up with
the Gineral and got in the koach iwo mile
afore he got here, I cum pretty quick I
tel you, and if it hadn’t a ben for Major
Barey’s fjsst mails that kept a block in up
'the road "I should a ketcht the Gineral a
little this side of Baltimore. Y'U may l
depend upon it thit one fellow/ looked
pretty sireiked when he see me/ cum op,
and the old G.neral shook mo by the
hand in such an a’ffecksionery tvay, I see
:'that little buchman’s eye’s was as full of
invigh as you ever see. When we cum
him »o the President’s house, the Gioe
ral says rite off to me, “Major Downing,.
I want yop to walk with me into the kabJ
inh/ 1 and so we <veiit sirate up statesand
jest as we opened (he big meh-'ggiay dore,
dont you think there set tbat Amos Kindle
a ritin at the table rile in the old Giner
al’s chair. I see the Gineral’s eyes snap 11
pretty quick as he went up behind him
and snatcht the paper. You never see a
feller look so slreeked when the Gineral
was a reedin it, and the minuet he got
through he.kalled rite for hs hors whip,
and if he hadn’t cut it pretty quick out of
the side do«>r, heed a got such a hiding
aS I guess you nor nobody else in Down
ingville nor no where else never see.
The old Gineral went rite into a kold
swet and set down in his chair as week as
watery and saves he, “ihere Major Down
ing, reed that*--the villans—there’s a let
ter from that snake in the gras to Isaac
Hill, to get up a quarrel between you and
IW9—t>6t 1 see through it as .plain as day
)fte—there’s the finger of Kalhoun and
the nullifires in it, you may depend open
it, and jeit then that are sly witch cum in
with Major Dollensin, and the Gineral,
show-i it to him Vod 4 . He sed rite oil
that he had’nt no hand in it, and did no<
know nothin about i ; but he rather guest
the Gi'Aeral had got hold on’t at the right
ebnd. I didn’t say nothin, but theres a
carcumstan'ce cum out this mornin that
; looks pretty bad. This mornin Majoi
Dollensin cum to my reom and woke me
up to come down into the Gineral’s kab
inet, and so we went down stairs softly
so as to kech the wecxl asleep. The
old Gineral and 1 had a kouncil about
half an hour andjest as I cum out of the
kabinet there he was standin close to the
dore.—He was a good deal.flustrated but
he lookt all at once kinder smileing, and
says, good morniug,Major,i&“The same
to yoursblf, says J, pretty quick. Then
says tie, “you look uncommon well this
mprnin, Major,You’ve seen the Gineral.”
“Yes,” says I: and then he begun to ask
rhe rjuestions; and says I, “You need’m
be ttyin your korkskrew on me. I guess
that you’ll have to get up a little arlier
than this to get round Jack Downing, and
that aint all neither; and so I tell yon
now I kan see through you in a minnit
any time. The pesky little sarpent dropt
his tail pretty quick I tel you.
We are goih to hav a kabinet kouncil
to hite on that Kendle letter, and the old
General has invited me to assist the Seky
terrys; He is down in his kabinet this
arterpooti with Major Eaten, out
his Kamb’ridge The Major
haint been able to make nothing out, and
he says there must be some mistaik in the
latt'm. He has' got hold of a, old book
that he says is the Gineral’s old tinman
dicksunary; land, judgen from his looks
when I was in the room, I guess theyve
pretty neer got hold on it. The Giner
al says, that if he dont make it go he
shall send so Seth Sprague to kum down.
The Gineral has jest sent for me to
knm rite down agin into his kabinet to
meet the Attorney Gineral to advise him
how to fix things for the kounsil tonite,
and I tell you what, I guess youl see that
110 brake np sum of their kerryins on
. here.
- Yours to sarve,
JACK DOWNING.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY. JULY 22,7833.
AUGLSTA COTTON MARKET.
The prices continue to advance daily, sales
from wagons to day of 100 bales at 12£ a 13| cts.
There are perhaps 300 ba'es for sale in second
hands at 14 cents for average lots; 14 and up
wards could be obtained for,a choice lot.
U 3 Since the above was in type.we learn n
small sale has been effected at 14|. From l$ jo
2 cents, within the last 15 days, has been reali
sed on all sorts.
A Meeting of the Citizens of Richmond coun
ty, was held at the City Hall on Saturday, the
20th inst. in pursuance to a public call- Samuel
Hale. EsV;- was called -to the Chair, and IVa.
C. Mtcou, Est| appointed Secretary.
The object of the Meeting was explained by
Col. W. T. tjould, who read the resolutions of
a recent Meeting at Athens and a leiter from a
Committee of that Meeting, and off red a reso
lutiou,whi-.h, after amendment, was passed in the
following form J
“A Meeting having been held at Athens in re
ference to a Rail Road from that place to Augus
ta, and the co operation of the citizens of Rich
mood county, having been requested by a Com
mittee of that Meeting:
“Resolved that a Committee be appoi ited to
correspond with the citfeens of Athens and other
places on this subject and that said Committee
report at an adjourned meeting of the-citizens
of Richmond county, to be held on the third
Saturday of August next.’’
"-It was then resolved that the Committee con
sist of Five to be appointed by the Chairman 1
who proceeded to appoint Messrs.
H H. CUMMING,
W W. MONTGOMERY,
JAMES HARPER,
JAMES W. DAVIES,
WM. C. MICOU.
On motion it was also resolved that the Chair
man of this meeting be authorized to fill any va
cancy which may occur, by resignation or other
wise, in the committee of correspondence ap
pointed under the above resolution.
SAMUEL HALE, Chairman.
Wat, C. Mfcou Sec’ry.
Ata meeting efthe Boaidof Directors of the
Bank of the State of Georgia, on Monday last,
Thomas Stocks, Esq. of Green county, was
elected Agent of that Bank for the office of Dis
count an I Deposite, at Greensborough.
An interesting child Was drowned on Saturday
In the Hamburg side of the river, named Alof.r-
Nol Sidney Reijfield, aged 11 years. He had
gone over with some other boys of Ihe same size
to bathe, and probably encountered a current be
yond hi strength. ‘ He was found next morning
a little below the Bridge- ,
The Hickory Nut has collected some .8 or 10
Toast‘ in favor of the Election of Mr. Crawford,
B s Governor, and calls them Crawfordiana. Ts
we had time to collect those in favor of Mr
Lumpkin, and our compositors time to set them
up, nnd our paper ro»m to hold them, we could
send it a much sweeter nut to crack. Lumpkin
tana, we are sure, is sweeter than Craw/ordiann
They are forming a Company in Baltimore to
run Steam Packets between that city &. Charles
ton S. C. to touch at Ohl Point Comfoit.
The result of the tw o years war between the
Sultan and Meheinet Ali, has been thelo.«sto the
former of at ieast two thirds of his Empire.
It is estimated that eight millions of dollars
would not supply the loss, in slavel, occasioned
by cholera at the Havana.
The David Brown, Capt. Pennoyer, has arri
ved at Charleston, having undergone the neces
sary repairs in Beaufort, N C. Ihe Passen
gers pay Capt Pennoyer handsome compliments
for tils attention to their coinfort and safety.
The Toasts at the recent celebrations of the
4th have as little elegance or spirit as we ht-ve
ever known. They are all little norations — In
stead of concentrating the whole strength t» a
point, the spirit is so diffused as to have evapo
rated, before we_get it. We think. Black Hawk’s
as good as any we have seen :
• Hliite Woman— Pretty Squaw—good big
leeyes put papoose it*—short blanket—run fast
Another Omen-—The friends ot Ratification are
here designated as Hats, while, Cats and Rats
being natural opponents, the Anties are called
the Cats. But it so happens that here the Rats
are not only so large, but so numerous, that they
sets the Cats at defiance, gambolling uiialarmed
ami unharmed iu their very presence. Cats
catch us, if you can
We call the attention of our friends of the Mil
ledgeville Journal to these signs, which we are
constantly exhibiting as the sure “signs of the
times.” They may like them better than “ let
ters from the upper Country.” Certain we are,
they are worth more than extra official Grant!
Jury Presentments.
Augusta, Joly 19, 1833.
J G McWhorter,
Str : yesierdav being at> idle day with
me, and being confined to my office from
sunrise to ihe setting thereof, I concluded
I would see How many animals have been
killed in our market' for one year, from
the Ist July 1832, to the Ist July' 1833.
The result of which is as follows :
Hogs and Pigs on which fees have
been paid 2,549
Venison 68
Sheep and Lambs 1,248
Calves 312
Beeves 2,138
Total 6,315
J. W. MEREDITH, C. L. M.
N. B. Theie have been as many more
I expect <>f Hogs and Sheep that have
been sold out of market hours, and by
contract by the Butchers, that there is no
fee for, and are not taken account of by
me.
J W. MEREDITH, Clerk.
On a moderate calculation it is estima
ted 'hat Kean received for his profes
sional services at least £IOO,OOO from
the time he first appeared at Drury Lane,
to his final exit at Coven' Garden, He,’
fievertheleus died insolvent.
FOR THE COURIER.
-r
“ One of the People” and mjself, it
seems, have closed our main argument,
and have nothing left to do, but to skir
mish. He intimates, in the Courier of
the 19th, that I have changed my mode
of discussion, because he had “ ceased bis
labors,” and given me personal notice to
that effect. Does he recollect that, in
the same as he expected to
leave town soon, 1 expressed a wish that
he should remain, till the appearance of
jny last number, in order to answer it ?
The Editor of the Courier remembers
that, on handing him the manusetipt, 1
expressed au anxiety to have it published,
in time to be answered ; and that we bulb
thought “ One of the People” would an
swer it. 1 have not, therefore, changed
my mode of adthes®, under the idea that I
was “ in conclusion.”
He must surely have thought; that he
was in conclusion, when be stated that e
had devoted a “ large portioh of several
numbers,” to my argument on the mixed
character of the slave. M( I have just laid
down his essays, after peru ing the whole
series again* tor this very purpose : and
I find NOT THE SLIGHTEST ALLUSION, in
either of them, io this mixed character.
He d’tjd, indeed, name IVJr. Madison, and
in not very respectful terms : but both
that gentleman’s argument and mine he
let alone —very prudently, nojdoubt.—-1
ask him t<» quote the passage, where it is
mentioned. , . , (k r
But, he says, he has not only noticed
this argument, but I have “ noticed” his
“ notice.” [This.is ag: eater mistake than
the'other-—if one mis'atement can be
greater than another. Il he will refer to
my reply to his third number, he will find
that I there charge him with having omit
ted tn “ notice” my argument. And
that is all the “ I have taken, of
his alleged “ notice,” till ; my last num.
her reiterated the charge". Is this whaj
he calls “ doing my best to reply to him’*?
It is true, he did lay down certain propo
sitions, w hich.he now says are inconsist
ent with this “ mixed character.” But
he never said so befoie : nor is that in
consistency, nor the truth of Ips proposi
tions, proved by him, now. How
ny” persons may have “ thought he .cnh
futed my arguments,” by hese “ incon.
troveitible propt sitions,” I know not.—
Let me suggest to him, however, that
s atements <4 such “ thoughts,” on the
part of others, would come, with a better
grace, from any body, than ,himself.
With the “appearance of a new col
league,” 1 have nothing to do. In com
menting on his appearance, “ One of the’
People” commits the very fault, that', in
the next preceding paragraph, he had’
chaiged on me—he “ makes an old speech
over again”—and that, the very worst
speech he ever did make : for insists
that a principle cannot, bo sound, because
different writers find diff-rent reasons for.
supporting it ! But he d<>es worse than
this. He directly charges me with saying
the very reverse of what 1 expressly did,
say. I know him too well, to suppose,'
fpr a moment, that this was intention I
lie had forgotten what I had said : and,
as he has done before, neglected, in quo
ting, to refer to the original text. He
says, in regard to the “ right to represent
property,” “ Richmond, in fine of his,
numbers, sal/s this is wrong." And he
italicises these words. In my first num
ber, I expressly stated this io be right :
but ditl not urge it, observing ihal “ the
question has nothing to do, wiih the pur
poses of iny discussion, and the ground,
necessary to be occupied, is broad e
nough, without it.’"* He again nnsrep
tesents me, in saying that the giv
ing of one representative to a coun
ty. with but 600 inhabitan's, “ Richmond
admits to be right, or, at least consents
to.” Observe, these italics are. his own.
N>w I admitted no such thing. I express
ly denied the right of the smaller coun
ties to a representative, each, unless the
same number of people, in every large
county, could also have one :j but observ
ed that, as a “ concession”—and only as
a concession—this one was yielded to
them. _ Now, really, with what grace, as
ter such perversions as these, does he
pronounce me “ guilty of a fraud, in garb
ling the quotation” of one of liis princi
ples ? 1 did letjve out a line of the pro
position referred to. But it neithqr alter
ed the sense, nor diminished the force of
the sentence. It was done, deliber
atelyfor, in making the quotation, it
struck me, as possible, that I might be
charged with garbling. But, on attentive
examination, it seemed to me that the
words omitted were so clearly surplusage,
that the charge would be ridiculous. Look
at the original sentence : “The execu
tion of the will of the majority of electors
is an important, principle, to be regarded,
yet it is not a principle of primary impor
tance, to which all others must yield
These last words are those omitted. If
I understand the meaning of language, a
principle of “ primary importance” is, of
course, one “to which all others must
yield.” The very term imports it. I
say, again, then,’ that the above proposi
tion, even with the words which I omit
ted (for d > not change it, at all)
w’hen laid down, as a fundamental rule f«»r
“representative republics,” does “set
even ridicule, at defiance.” “ One of
the People” still insists that the principle
of “ local, or county representation” is of
greater importance—as he thinks the
misquotation.material, I suppose he would
say more primary importance—than
“ the execution of the will of the majori
ty.” In othar words, that the rights of
“ square miles” are more important than
the rights of the people ; which is the
precise proposition that I treated as ri
diculous. Let our readers judge.
• Page 5, of the pamphlet copy.
t In stating that this would make a House of
1.500. this writer is about as correct, as in most
of his other positions. The entire white popu
lation of Georgia is 309,835. , According to his
arithmetic, this, divided by 667 —the population
of the smallest county—gives 1,6001 t “A .
Daniel come to judgment 4 . '*
The writer aayx I admitted his iilu-«
(ioo of this doclriue, and io the
breath denied the conclusion. Con«
sioos, by the bye, do not always foM
from the premises assumed. I did a«
the physical possibility of a minoriH
governing, under any system of represß
tation. But I denied that the case putH
“ One of the People” ever could occH
in actual experience—l did not sayß
would “ rarely occur.” —That is anotfl
misquotation —and ! did not, and new
can, admit, that hik illustration affords ■
slightest apologyy for his cavalier trcß
merit of the will of the majority. Imß
admit that it behooves tho ftiends ufrn
fication, to think and speak, as lightlyß
possible, of “ the will of the majority’]
for they very well know that their fav]
ed scheme will, if adopted, put an eter]
veto on that will, in Georgia : and tl
day that these amendments are ratifil
(if it evet comes) will be the last day, tl]
“ the will of the People is the law I
the land."
The writer intimates that I have,“frG|
necessity,” “ given the go by” Io sorffi
of his propositions. Will he tell nl
what those propositions were? If I haw
not attempted to disprove all bis proposl
tions, it has been only because, in thrq
or four attentive readings of his article!
I have not had sense enough to discovd
them. Whether I have succeeded, 1
“ answering and confuting” any assettiol
of his, I leave for our readets to decide
a course, which, perhaps, he had bette
have followed, too—though 'it may be
thß', but for his telling us how completely
he has annihilated my argument, no bod,
would have ever foond it out.
He says, my only hope of safety lies
his essays not being read I I Very mod
est, and unassuming, “pun honor I” Now
in a former number, he took occasion V
say,'hat iny rematks were “entitled tore
spect, not only for style, but for matter.’
What soil of papers, then, must he, io hi
,oyn opinion, have written ? His ideas ol
his own authorship amount to this—ft
writer, “respectable for style and matter”
can oply hope for safety, on the ground
t r ha| MV PAPERS ARE NOT read ;• for, if
read, they demolish hitn / veni ! vidi ! !
VICI!!! I take this to be the plain!
meaning of the concluding paragraph of
my friend’s “last words & dying speech.”
As was asked, in reply to a member in the
Convention, “does he really suppose that,
nobody has any understanding bitt him
self?” 1 have only to say that this childish
gasconade is a sad proof, in addition to all 1
we had before, that, since “ One of the
Peop'e" joined the Quixotic crusade, in
favor <>f ibis abortion, called a Conven
tion, he has taken leave of his g od tas'e,
and comqtoti spnse. lie is reallv a man
of sound judgiqent and discrimination.—
And tjre display, ho now makes, only
proves, what cveiy body knew before,
that an honest man cannot conduct a con
troversy like a man of sense, unless he
feels thu consciousness <>f a riehieotis
cause. RICHMOND.
Singular Circumstance.— The decora
tion of the Legion of lienor has recently
been bestowed ttpou an old Artillery matt,
at a grand review of ihe National Guards
at Nantes. The singularity, however,
is io this; he is the every person who point
ed the cannon, at the battle of Dresden,
which cart ied ft way rXe pf General
HJorcnu, and caused Hjs death !
ARRIVAL OF THE VANDALIA;
AND ARK.
The U. S. ship Vandalia, hearing tho
broad pendant of Coni. J. D. Hendley,
commander in chief <>f the U. S. naval
forces in the West Indies and Gulph of
.Mexico, accompaned by the U. S. schr.
Shark, Lent. Comdt. B<>ernm, of thu
same squadron,arrived in Hampton Roads
yesterday afternoon from Havana,whence
they sailed the 6th inst —Officers and
crew in g'md heal h, with the exception
of Lieut. Jerome Callan, who came pas
senger in the Vandalia, and returned
home, sick.
The Vandalia, anchored in the Roads,
the Shark came up yesterday evening and
fired a salute, which was returned from
Com. Warringt n’s flag ship at the Na
vy Yard.
A friend who went dow n in the Poca
hontas politely obtained (or us the follow
ing list of the officers of the Vandalia:
George Budd, Esq. Master Coni'dt.
Lieuts.—Joel Abbott, ls«; F. A. Ne
ville, 2d; John Calhoun, 3d.
Acting Master.—J. K. Mitchell.
Fleet Surgeon—John A. Kearney.
Purser—Dudley Walker.
Contdi. of Marines—Andrew
Secretary of the squadrun —Thos Mil
ler.
Assistant Surgeon —L. W. Minor.
Passed Midship.nan—T. M. Washing
ton.
Midshipmen—Hend’k Norvell; Samu
el Larkin, Jr.; Edw. Middleton; Y. A.
Jenkins. Alb. A. Holcomb; C. F. M.
Spotswood; Janies Forbes; J. W. E.
Read; Lafayette Maynard; James Me
Cormick;James D. Johnson; H. P. Rob
ertson; Thos. W. Gibson; G. W. Thay
er.
Captain’s Clerk—J. E. Holland.
Boatswain—George Wilmuth,
Gunner—John Haynes.
Carpenter—John Cox.
Sail Maker—Wm. BennetfJ
Passengers--Lt. Jerome Callan, sick,
and Mid. Joseph Moorehead.
The following .list of officers of the
Shark, was politely handed to us by an
officer of that vesselj
Lt. Cumdt.—Wm. Boerum.
Lieutenants—Hampton Wescott, Jobs
M. Berrien. <
Sailing Master. S. C. Rowan.
Purser—A. M. D. Jackson.
Assist. Surgeon—Brickerhoff.
Midshipmen-,—J. > M. Lockert, F. 8..
Renshaw, W. L. Maury, M. L. D. Wat
son, J. Carrbll, W. H. Adams.
Captain’s Clerk—George Dea*.
Gunner—-N. Stevensoo,