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No deduction will be made in future from these charges All advertisements must have the number of insrrrions m irknd.on them;otherwise they will be inserted till for bid. and charted accordiuqly. SHERIFFS, CLERKS, mid other public officers, will have ’35 per < etc deducted in their favor. ADDRESS, Delivered before the Union and State Rights Association of Chatham coun ty, on the 4th of July, 1834, by M. Hall M’Allister. (Concluded:) It the principle that a state has parted with no portion of its sovereignty be un sound, what becomes of the doctrine founded thereon, that, each State, by vir tue of its undiminished sovereignty, has aright to judge for itself of all infractions of the Constitution by Congress, and to decide upon the mode and measure of redress? If it be urged, that the General Govern ment is the mere servant or agent of the States, say to the asserters of such a doc trine, that you will not prostrate the digni ty-of that Government at the footstool of each, and every State in this wide-spread j confederacy; say to them, that holy writ declares, that no one can serve two mas ters,and thatyou dare not c harge upon those sages who framed your Constitution, the monsUious absurdity of imposing upon the General Government the obligation of - four and twenty, with the correla tive duty of obeying their instructions, • however various and conflicting. Should you be told that the State Go vernment is the only guarantee you have I for your liberties—respond in the beauti lul language of another, “That the State Governments are beautiful structures, ' (well worthy of preservation indeed,) but situated on a nuked beach. That the U iuoii is the dyke to fence out the flood— that broken, when the next spring tide, comes, they will be buried in one common destruction.” Should you be called on by the advo cates of exclusive State sovereignty, to contradict the evidence of your own sen ses, and be required to believe that you are an enslaved, or oppressed people, point them to the past and present prosper ity of your State, and ask of them a parallel in all history tor the rapidity with which the fifteen individuals who disembarked on yonder strand, have expanded into a population of half a million of freemen? Demand from them a sight of your tetters, —and if they point to any inequalities in the legislation of Congress as such, tell them to look abroad upon the surface of their extended country, to contemplate the diversity of her soil, her climate, her pro ductions, the extent of her territory, and tell them, that it is as much to be expected that the waters of the Atlantic will bear equally at the same time upon every part J of the coast, as that the legislation of Con- : gress will operate withperyec? equality at one and the same time upon every por tion of this wide spread confederacy. Tell them, that these inequalities have been endured by other portions of our country, and that a redress for them is to be found in that spirit of forbearance.and conces sion of which our Constitution was the offspring, and by a timely application of those remedies so amply provided by that instrument. Should they attempt to undermine your confidence in the correctness of your o pinions by bold assertions as to the influ eace and talent they have, or expect ere long to have enlisted in behalf of their doctrines, point them to the great number of those, who having battled under Jefler s>n in defence of the genuine principles of democracy, now fight side by side with you for the maintenance of those princi ples-. Refer them to that portion of our country’s history, when most of the talent, learning, and influence ofa certain sec tion of this confederacy, were devoted to the sustenance of doctrines simila r to their own; —let them mark the fate which over whelmed those doctrines with their ad vocates, and in that fate let them see the reflection of their own! Unable by argument to convince your understandings, they may endeavor to alarm your interests, and to excite your passions—they may tell you that you are in the possession of property which in its nature is offensive to the feelings, and at variance with the interests of a portion of this confederacy, and that the existence ot State sovereignty, as contended for by them, is essential to the preservation of your rights’ Believing that many honest and patriotic men have been deluded into their doctrine by lending an easy credence to these wily suggestions, bear with me, fellow-citizens, wuile 1 attempt to, prove their futility. In the first place, for the purpose of sustaining their doctrine, w impossible <•«'•(• is supposed. In the Constitution, which is the compact and bond of our U nipn, this species of property is not recog nized, but a. representation, of it. allowed in Congress. Now W ere that Congress to destroy any portion of their constituen * whether of persons or property, they would in effect dissolve themselves. By destruction of one of the three equal and co-ordinate departments created by the Constitution, our Government would be resolved into its original elements, and we rcniitfed back to the precise situation in which wc were prior to the adoption of our Constitution. But were this a supposable case, will you not require some proof of the fact asserted ? Are you to be told that the sentiments of the people at the North are to be gathered from the ravings of a few mad fanatics? This species of reasoning is somewhat analogous to that which has proved, to the perfect satisfaction of some English travellers, that we are, as a peo ple, habitually addicted to theft, falsehood, and drunkenness. The loss of his trunk —having been the victim of some knave —or having witnessed some instances of inebriation, has satisfied the mind of the philosophic traveller that he thorough ly understands the habits and sentiments of the great body of the American people. The evidence with which the English man is satisfied, is certainly quite as full as that, on which you are required to form an opinion in favor of the assertions made by your political adversaries. But, fellow-citizens, without placing re liance upon the good feeling and sense of justice of our northern brethren, let us inquire what their interests will incline them to do. It may be asserted without fear of con tradiction, that the non-slave holding States of the North are as much, if not more, benefitted by the existence of sla very, than are those States in which it sub sists, because they reap the pecuniary fruits of the system, and are at the same time free from the evils which are its in separable attendants. The great interests of the people of the North, are their ship i ping—their manufactories —-and a mar ■ ket fortheir produce. In the transporta tion of the bulky staples of the South, em ployment is afforded to their shipping—‘ the production of the raw material gives , life to their manufactories, and the-South ern market is an outlet for their produc tions. 'l'he growth of these staples on a large scale has never been attempted on this continent, nor ever will be effected with out the combined labor o 'slaves. This the people of the North well know, nor are there any who understand more clear ly or pursue more vigorously their own interns; and believe me, whatever may be tfflTfanaticism of a few, the great body of that people, through their representa tives in Congress, will never direct a blow at an interest so intimately connected with their own. . No, my countrymen, it is from a differ ent quarter we must expect interference with our rights. Look not at the distant horizon for the coming tempest, when the thunder-clouds may be ready to burst directly over your heads! Did Congress legislate upon the interest to which allu sion is now made, in the States of New j York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Dele ware? Did not the blow come from the respective Legislatures of those States? Refer to the struggles between the moun ; tain and Atlantic districts of Virginia in relation to this species of property, which for some years past have agitated that State, and which were more fully develop ,ed in their recent Convention. Look to the surface of your own State, and you will perceive, that the representatives in j our domestic Legislature from that por . lion of the State where our peculiar pro perty is essential to its prosperity, will in : a levy years bear no proportion to the num ’ ber of those who will represent a wheat 1 growing community, where a particular species of labor may, and probably will, |be entirely dispensed with. What, then, i will become of our rights, left to the ‘ su preme sovereignty” ofa majority of the people of the State? Be not deluded, my countrymen. The best protection we who live along the coast can have for our rights, is to be found in an equal support of the General and State Governments, in order that each may serve as a check up on the other. One other consideration may be urged upon you by your political opponents, and which demands a passing notice. Should they fail on any other ground, necessity (the tyrant’s plea) maybe asserted, to sus tain their doctrines, that in disputes be tween the State and General Governments, there being no common arbiter appointed by the. States, ex necessitate rei, each State must judge for itself. Can it be, fellow-citizens, that the sage Fathers of our Country 1 when assembled for the purpose of adopting a Constitution, the professed objects of which, were to form a more perfect Union, to ensure domestic tranquility, and perpetuate the blessings of liberty to their posterity, a compact with thirteen parties to it, and with a provision therein contained for the indefi nite enlargement of that number, until, perhaps the hum of civilized life should mingle itself with the roar of the distant Pacific, and at the same time give to each party a right to place its own and separate construction on that compact? This would be to ensure domestic tranquility with a vengeance ! If this be in truth our legacy, what gratitude is due to the memory of Sires who have bequeathed to their sons an inheritance so replete with fruitful sources of dtscord? They proposed to leave us a wel organized government, imperfect, perhaps, as are all the institu tions of man: but professing to contain with in itselfthe power of perpetuation, by the adoption of amendments suitable to the various exigencies that might arise. In lieu of this, they have bequeathed us— what? A form of Government? No; for Government supposes that there are those who are to be governed. A compact e quitable in its provisions! No; for one of the parties has the right of exclusive construction. A contract of Union? No; for contract pre-supposes obligation on the parties to it. If the doctrine of your adversaries be correct, what then is this thing which has been transmitted us un der the name of the General Government? A rope of sand, a nonentity, a thing which was still-born' as its birth, which never had an existence as to all practical purposes, With .such construction fixed upon the Constitution, our General Government is at best, a beautiful piece of machinery; but which, when put in motion, stops with the first obstacle it encounters. Let such con struction prevail, and our Constitution finds its euthanasia in the rights of the States. In addition to the foregoing sugges tions, we have the authority of that great champion of State Rights and Apostle of Liberty, Thomas Jefferson, with which to vindicate the memory of our Fathers. In the year 1822, in language not to be mis understood, he declares that there is a common arbiter to which disputes between the State and General Governments must be referred for final arbitrament. After distincly declaring that the State and £ ed eral Governments “are co-ordinate de partments of one simple and integral whole, ” he continues—“but you may ask, if the two departments should claim each the same subject of power, where is the common umpire to decide ultimately be tween them I In cases of little impor tance or urgency, the prudence of both parties will keep them aloof from the questionable ground: but it it can be nei ther avoided nor compromised, a Conven tion of the States must be called, to as cribe the doubtful power to that department, which they think best." j And again, in commmenting upon the decision of the Supreme Court in the case ; of Cohens vs. the State of Virginia, he declares that “Me Ultimate Arbiter is the people of the Union, assembled by their deputies in Convention, at the call of Con- • gress, or of two thirds of the States. Let _ them decide to which they mean to give an J authority claimed by two of their organs. | Awd it has been the peculiar wisdom and felicity of our Constitution, to have provi- : .\ ded this peaceable appeal where, that oj \ other nations is at once to force. ' > If, in despite of th6 foregoing considera tions, your political adversaries remain wedded to their opinions—and if by su perior address and ingenuity,by bold avow al, or confident assertion, you are driven from the field of argument, yonder is your rallying point—cast your eyes on that standard, associated as it is with the recol lection of the past—with the memo ry of those who have fallen in its defence ■ —with all that is glorious in the history of our country —and swear, ere it shall droop submission to the banner of any State, you will shed yopr last life-drop in its defence, “Bright flag of my country! long, long may it wave, “Through perils and darkness, the hope of the brave.” “The oppressed of the earth by thousands have come, “To breathe the pure air of Freedom’s last home; ‘ “In our dark hours of peril a strength.they will be, “And glory to fight ‘neathyou flag ofthe free.” “May the stars of that flag still brightly burn on, “In glorious remembrance of those who have gone.!’ • • sr Alas? my countrymen! how few of those spirits who rode upon thvrevbkition ary tempest and directed the storm remain among us? The badge of mourhifig that shrouds yon standard sheet proclaims that another link in the already much bro ken chain which bound us to the period of our country’s birth, is gone! - “Fame with swollen eye” has. announ ced that La Fayette, the Great and Gqod, is numbered with the honored dead. The blessings of a grateful people descend with him into the grave. Let the Geftius of our Country drop upon his tomb the tributary tear,and Liberty deplore the loss of her devoted son. “There Honor comes, a pilgrim grey, To deck the mould that wraps his clay, And Freedom shall a while repair, And dwell a weeping hermit there.” As the Patriots of the olden time, one by one, are removed from among us, it becomes more imperatively our sacred du ty to cherished an immoveable attach ment to those institutions which are the result of their efforts. Vain have been their labors—their dy ing counsels—their patriotic hopes—if we make not our own hearts the deposi tories of the sentiments which inspired them. Ere long, the annals of our Coun try, and the spirit which animated our Sires, will be all that are left to instruct us. Ponder well those annals commune with that spirit—swear by the God of your Fathers to "transmit entire the glorious inheritance to which yourselves were born,” and our country will be free and happy while empires may perish by in ternal commotion,or bu crushed by foreign conquest. THE USE OF THE TOMATO. /n quiekning the action of the abdominal viscera. , Like most persons of studious or se dentary habits, I often am more or less in moded, and my health impaired, by inac tion of the stomach and bowels, so as to be under the necessity of resorting to med icine,principally catharticts,in order to en able our readers perfectly to appreciate what I am about to say of a remedy, this state of bowels is always in some degree accompanied with a sense of straitness of the chest, and besides a general uneasi ness, and lassitude with the head ache, or some degree of pain in the region of the liver. It seems to me a recurrence of those symptoms that accompany attacks of what is called by my physicians, a liv er complaint, to which I have been a good deal subject. The appetite instead of be ing keen becomes imperfect, with a pecu liar taste of the mouth, as if something was wanting in the functions of digestion, to constitute health, for which cathartics arc only a temporary relief,not a remedy. The common Tomato, used in making gravy, at once removes this taste of the mouth, in a little time quickens the ac tion ofthe liver, and removes all the above noticed symptoms and feelings; I regard it as an invaluable article of diet, or, if you please, as of medicine, or of medical diatetics. With me it has always been an object of solicitude to find out such di et, as should supercede the necessity of medicine, Except in pickle, which I can- not use, I eat the Tomato, in every imag inable mode ofdressing, and find it ’per fectly adapted to my wants In the hope I of being of some use to others, these facts are stated. The Tomato is of great use to me. It is raised with less trouble than any other vegetable that I have any knowledge of. It was planted six years ago, drops its own seed into the ground, and has produced bushels every year since, with no other trouble than once digging the same ground, in Spring and one or two hoeings, on a spot of perhaps six feet square. It makes a good pickle and is raised with one hundredth part of the la bor and trouble of an equal quantity of cu cumbers. But one other object remains to be stated. I incline to the opinion, though with out having yet fully tried it, that the Tomato may be made into a rich sauce, for meat, and be kept through the year, or from season to Season of tne fruit. The gravy, I know, even in the hottest weath er in summer will keep perfectly unchang ed for several days in a common open dish in a pantry; and this I know, as my ; cook does not like the article, I have con- ■ trived to keep it over when she neglects my directions. i If properl vyprepared, bottled and corked it would certainly keep good in an ice house or perhaps in a common Cellar, or under water, or at low and uniform tem- ■ perature. —At any rate, if found to be as j useful to others as it is to me, it will be i quite desirable to find out how it rnay best ibe preserved for use. As a pickle kept in brine or vinegar, I could not use it, ' I am’inclined to think that its good qual- I ities would be much diminished, for any i one,by this mode ot preservation: It seems tome, that of all the articles of diet or medicine that have come to my knowledge the Tomato acts most directly upon the liver,and thus on bile, Publish this it you please, and let others try it and make their own obserquations. I know that several persons of my acquaintance have derived like benefits from the use of it.—TV. K Farmer. A woman, who lately removed from Manyunk to Norristown, Penn, has giv en birth to a child having two heads, four arms and four legs, was joined at the breast, and possessed but one heart. The child is dead, and the body has been carried to Philadelphia for scientific ex amination. FROM THE NEW YORK EVENING STAR. !*You don’t tell us nothing about the ‘Cholera,” says a good-natured old lady, taking off her specs, and laying down the Star.. “Certainly not, Madam, for Iwo very good reasons; first I don’t like to talk on unpleasant subjects this hot weather; secondly, I do not believe that there is any Cholera in this city, to an extent to alarm any person.” “Why, la me! I know of a heap of cases of Cholera, or eery/Uc Cholera.” “No doubt, Ma dam, that is the very error into which we are.. constantly falling. You are well now?” . ‘iY.es, I think so. Now and then I have a twitch and a small cramp, but a little lavender and sugar drives it off.” “lean manufacture you into a posi tive’ case of Asiatic Cholera in two hours.” f* You dont say so—how?” “ Why, sim ply eat two cucumbers, dressed or raw, as you prefer—then take a quart, of black berries, four green corn, four young pota toes, mashed, a lobster or a crab, some ice water, and wash the whole down with a quart of buttermilk, and you will shortly have a touch of the real thing.” Although there may have been a few cases of Cholera, arising probably from imprudence, or from causes unknown, yet all the physicians unite in declaring that there is no epidemic prevailing, and, while we are free from epidemic, we are only to be prudent—keep cool, and make our. selves comfortable —there is no real dan ger: and our board of Health is wide a wake; let us look to that quarter for truth- CoMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAVAN NAH and Macon. —The communication between these two cities, of such vital im portance to them and the whole interior of this State is, we trust, now in a fairway of being placed on a proper footing, and in the course of a few years, we hope it will be direct by Rail Road and Canal, instead of by the long and tedious river navigation by which it now is. The. Ci ty Council of Savannah have set to work in earnest and with spirit, which ar gues well for the eventual success of the enterprize, having engaged the services of Col. Cruger, an Engineer of the high est reputation, to survey the route between this and Macon. Col. Cruger and his associates set out yesterday to commence operations, and we hail it as the first link in the chain of internal Improvements which will bind the various parts of our State to its own commercial emporium. Once begun, we feel sanguine, that the advantages to be de rived, will be so palpable, that our State will soon be covered with works of In ternal improvement. The geographical position of Georgia for such works, is superior to that of any other Southern State, and Gen Bernard pronounced Sa vannah to be the New York ofthe South. A glance at the map will show that in case of an Atlantic communication with the Western States, as is now contempla ted, it must pass through Georgia, and the nearest seaport is our own Savannah. Activity and enterprize cn our part wonld ensure the termination here. Macon and Savannah once connected, the rest would follow from the force of circumstances.— Georgian. Haggish.— ’‘When are you going to commence the porking business?” asked a person of another who had a sty on his eye. “Explain,”—said the aiflicted one. “Why,—l see you have got your sty," ready “True” —was the reply, “and I have got one hog in my eye now.’ CAkNSVIX.EE, FRANKLIN COVNtr, ) August 3, 1834 $ Gf.Ntlemen. —lt. affords me pleasure to be enabled to inform, you and, through you, his friends in Georgia, from recent and unequivocal indications, of the fact, that the health of our friend, Col. TER RELL, is greatly improving. He is now at the Red Sulphur Springs in Virginia, and derives marked and decided advanta ges to his health front the Use of those waters, and the salubrious climate in which they are situated. A Confident hope is entertained of his entire restora tion to perfect health. I would not have troubled you with this Communication, 1 but for the fact of an impression having gone abroad, prejudicial to Col. T’s elec tion, ostensibly predicated tipon the said ! state of his health, but really, I am per > suaded, coverttly and insidiously to in jure his election, knowing the strong hold he has upon the affections of the people in .the up country in particular, and of the party to which he is attached generally 1 throughout the State. Very rcspecfullv, gentlemen, your friend. HENRY FREEMAN, j , MR. m’dUFFle’s OPINION OF REN. JACKSON The following is an extract from one of Mr. M’Duflie’s dinner speeches io the campaign of 1828: “If I were called upon,” says Mr. Me Duffie, ‘to define what constitutes a tal ent for governing human affairs with wis dom, I would say, that when our coun'ry is surrounded with difficulty, a crisis pre sented in our affairs, from which it is im portant that she should be speedily extri cated, that man is best quallified to rule her destinies, who has the judgement to decide with promptitude, what is the re medy that will save the Republic, and the energy to apply that remedy success fully, whatever obstacles may be inter posed by foreign force or domestic trea son. Such is the man I should designate as qualified to fill the Executive office of the Republic—and such a man precisely, is ANDREW JACKSON.” New Orleans, July 21. A duel was fought on Saturday on the opposite side of the river,at which,it is said, several hundred spectators were present. We understand the proprietors of the steam ferry boat offer a premium of one hundred dollars to every Jndividual who will kick up a row, and decide it by burn ing powder on the same spot as that of yesterday. A few such duels, he thinks, will make bis fortune. The place is very convenient both for combatants and spectators, as carriage hire is saved, and we arc informed that there is a spacious open building, where the spectators may sit secured from the effects of the sun, and where all kinds of refreshments will hereafter be served. To make the thing take, one or ,two days’ notice of each affair should be bruit ed abroad, and at the coffee houses. Not Store.— “ Turn out. turnout, or by I golly I’ll sarve you as 1 did a man t’other day.” hollooed a Jonathan, who with bis gal in his lumber box, was about coming in contact with a dandy and his fine gig. The affrighted beau, sadly terrified at the mysterious threat, turned out, and as bro- I ther Jonathan was passing, asked him how it was he served the other man. “ Why, I turn'd out myself. At a Convention of the Whigs of the State of Main e, held at Augusta, on the 21st July, Peleg Sprague (now a Sena tor of the United States) was nominated as the candidate lor the office of Gover nor ofthe State. The number ofthe Con vention wasthree or four thousand! Gen eral King, who had been 'ooked to by many as the person most likely to be no minated, was present, and was appointed President of the Convention. He made an address, declining to be considered one of the number from whom a candidate was to be selected. Original Anecdote.— An old Connecti cut farmer, whoeherished an inveteratean tipat hy against peddlers, was once accosted by one of these “traveling merchants” with— “Good morning' sir. Couldn’t I sell yon some of my goods to-day?” “Well, 1 don’t know—-very possible you might—let s see what you’ve got.” The peddler accordingly unshouldered his pack, and displayed them temptingly to the examination of the fanner. “Is that all you have to sell said the farm er. ‘Yes—what more do you want?” “Why, I want a good large sized grind stone.” “Do you suppose, sir that I would carry grindstones on horse-back? ' “I beg pardon,” said the farmer,“l real ly thought you was a foot." FOUR months after date, application will be made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of Lincoln County, while sitting tor ordinary pur poses, for leave to sell the real estate of An drew Allen, deceased. JAMES ALLEN, Adm’r. July 7th 1831. td 92 TES DOLLARS KHW.iKI). STOLEN from the Plantation of Pat. H. Carns, on Saturday night last, the fine bay Horse, the property of Chas. Carter, Esq.—He is about 15 and a half hands high, 7or 8 years old last grass, very prominent eyes, p.nd of a deep rich mahogany bay color, unmarked by white, with black legs, mane and tail. When taken, was unshod, in very high condition—the mane rubbed considerably from the crest near the head, and the tail very long, the dock never having been cut. The above reward will be paid on the delivery of the horse to the subscri ber. JOHN CARTER. Augusta, August 11 ts 94 TV The Other city papers will copy the above NOTICE. THE subscriber has disposed of his entire stock of Earthen, China, and Glass Ware to Mr Joseph Wheeler who will continue the business on his own account, at the store 357 Broad-street. All persons indebted to the late firm of P. B. Taylqr dt Co. or to the subscriber individually, are requested to make payment forthwith to P B. TAYLOR. Augusta, Aug. 11, 1834. Gtis 94 ■ a FRIDAY, AUGUST IS, 1 834. IY- We had no Mail last night beyond Cam den, S. Ci The thtrid Brown lies by ohe trip for repair* in New York and will not, therefore, leave Charleston to-morrow as usual. She will, how ever, tftktt her regular turn thereafter. The Gibbons will leave Charleston again on the 23d. Mr. Lamar’s iron Steamboat,, the John Ran dolph this city on Wednesday last, in fess than 72 hours from Savannah, towing up Nos. I& 14 deeply laden. She niade a short . excursion down the river in the afternoon with a party of citizens. We wish the Richmond county was finally arranged. Our Banner is • always up; but we wish to show the men who will fight under it. We desire to know at once, with whom we shall again triumph, in our en ’ deavors to preserve the pr««e and quiet of this great Republic, and place its integrity and secu rity on a rock, that shall forever defy the as saults of all its enemies, at home or abroad. The GMesays that on the Ist of the present month, after all the heavy payments have been made in July to meet most of the large appro priation bills recently passed, the Secretary has still on hand subject to draft, about ten millions of dollars ; and that if another cent should not be collected for the whole of the residue of the year, it will probably have a sufficiency to meet punctually all the current expenses, and to pay the remainder of the public debt. The President of the United States has offi cially recognized M. Delarue de Vi lief et as Consul of France for the State of Georgia, to reside at Savannah; Hugo Christiaan Gildem eeter, as Consul of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, for the State of Louisiana; and Luca Palmieri as Vice Consul for His Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, for the Port of Philadelphia. The schr. Sabina at New York from Havana - and Sisal, reports that when she left the latter . • place, on the 20th June, the governments of Merida and Campeachy were at war, and 4000 “ troops were investing the latter place, under command of the governor of Merida. Mr. M’Duttle has replied to a request of a * large number of his constituents, in Abbeville ‘ , District, to be permitted to continue his services i in Congress, that his ill-health lays him under an “ imperious necessity ” to decline, and if bis health is not improved in two months, that he will be obliged to resign his present seat. He has, however, before he finally retires, if his health shall permit, promised “a general sur vey of the political condition and prospects of the country.” The meeting referred to passed the following resolutions: Resolved, Thai we respectfully reqnest Mr. M’Duffie to consent that his name l»e again placed before the people of this Congressional District, as a candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives. Reeolred, That should he be prevented by loss of health, or other good and sufficient cause, from acceding to our wishes in this respect, he will retire from our service with the most cor dial approbation for his past services; our. warmest sympathy in his afflictions; and our best wishes for his future happiness and wel fare. At the late annual Commencement of the University of Pennsylvania the 31st ult. the Degree of Doctor of M • iicine was conferred among others, on Wm. B. Bacon, and William, K. Schley, of Georgia. We are more andjn ire convinced that we have put the right construction on Gov. Troup’s letter—that the “State Rights’ party he means are his old friends of the Troup party, for whom he did “ services” worthy of their “ro collection,” If we are mistaken, and there are so many contradictor}' interpretations, it be hooves Gov. Troup to quiet the uncertainty by an explicit declaration, as to whom “he and his house will serve.” Still believing We are right in our interpretation, we proceed to copy the’data, on which we proceeded, adding further that regard for Gov. Troup’s character for con sistency, which we said was remarkable, amidst such general delinquency, induced us to main tain the opinion we have expressed. For if he should declare the. contrary, and has thrown himself info the arms of his old political foes, what character does he deserve? What influ ence can he maintain with any set of men, after so recently giving utterance to the sentiments and opinions which we copy below 2 If he is a nullilier, he has most disingenuously endeav ored to impose on his political friends, and if he is not, it becomes him, from regard to his own character, toplace the whole dispute hors de combat, by an explicit disavowal of any change of opinion from what these extracts plainly indicate. We therefore, with hundreds of others, call on Gov. Troup for a plain docu ment to disabuse the public mind. Though we, as we have said, have no great political re gard for him, his character belongs to the State —his name is identified with its distinctive pol icy, and such recollections it becomes us to as sist his political friends in preserving. These are the opinions to which we have alluded: “ I am not certain that you are aware of my earlv ami uniform disrelish of the doctrine of nullification, as maintained by the ruling party in a sister State.” “ I would offer offer up my life to sustain the Union for a single day.”— Troup. “ There is no constitutional remedy for un constitutional laws, but the Ballot Box.” “ There is no power given by the constitu tion to resist the laws of the United States;” and “as states may do very imprudently and unwisely what they have a right to do, it be comes them to act very deliberately and cau tiously, because it is lawful for other states to unite against them, to compel a fulfilment of their obligations under the public law. ‘‘Fifty years of Union without convulsion, is no trifling evidence of intelligence, of prudence, of subordination, of contentment. How many guarantees besides, are to lie found against has ty and inconsiderate action, by which great blessings are to be lost. An insulated state may, lor a moment rescue liberty: but liberty is not to be maintained without independence, and in.- dependence cannot long be maintained by an. insulated state. I wonld rather say upon the whole, that states would not secede for fight and trivial causes—that grave and weighty con siderations alone could influence them—that only gome grievous oppression, or frightful ty ranny, driving them to despair, could divide them from the Union.” “ The union of all the states, fop |he preserva tion ofthe sovereignty and independence of each —when it performs thjs office the tlnion is sacred: when it fails, it is worth the support of those only,