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Cicorgia. Legislature.
* IN SENATE.
Saturday, Nov. 10.
Committees were appointed to prepare and
report bills agreeably to the notices of yes
terday.
The President laid before the Senate a
communication from the Treasurer of the
State, transmitting a statement of the receipts
and expenditures at the Treasury during the
political year of 1832—which was read and
referred to the committee on Finance.
BILLS REPORTED.
By Mr. Clayton—To give to the act passed
2ist Dec. 1830, relating to Juries’ and At
tornics fees, a proper construction.
Mr. Baxter —requiring Executors and tes
tamentary guardians to give security, &c.
And, for the removal of all obstructions
from the main channel of the Oconee river.
Mr. Cobh—to give master masons and
carpenters, liens on buildings erected by them
*in this Slate. ♦
And to amend the Ist sec. of the 3d art. of
tho constitution of Georgia.
Mr. Scudder—to add parts of tlie counties
cf Habersham, Ilall, and Carrol! to the conn
ty of Cherokee, and to divide the same into
ten counties, and to provide for.the organiza
tion of the same.
Mr. Dunagan—to repeal the 2d sec. of an
act ro appoint eleven additional Trustees of
the University of Georgia.
Mr. Cochran—to add a part of the county
of Cherokee to the county of Campbell.
JIESOLUTIONS PRESENTE 1).
ify Air. Echols of Walton. That tjic mili
tary committee be requested to take in con
sideration the propriety ofaltering and amend
ing the 3d sec. of the 4th art. of the consti
tution, so as to m ike the general officers of
militia elected by the people of their respect
ive divisions and brigades subject to bear
arms.
Mr. Sellers—relative to the appointment
of a committee to join a committee on the
part of the house to enquire into and equal
ize the labors of the several Judges of the
Superior Courts of this State-
Mr. Hudson—referring all matters which
may be presented to the Senate, upon the sub
ject pf internal improvement of our State to
the committee on agriculture and internal
improvement.
Mr. Henly—that the surveyor general in
form the Senate, what number of fractions,
nad their size, iu each gold, and in each
land district.
Notices fortlie appointment of committees
to prepare and report hills.
By Mr. Mjncritf-—to alter and amend the
sth sec. of the tax act of 23d Dec, 1830, and
for oilier purposes.
Mr. Smith of Tw iggs—to sell all the pub
lic hands now belonging to the State of Geor
gia, and place the proceeds in the Central
Bank.
BILLS PASSED.
To appoint aa additional number of Lottery
Commissioners.
And to give the orphans of Samuel Lewis,
deceased, a draw iu tne goal and land folto
ries.
Monday, Nov. 12.
Committees were appointed to prepart
and report bills, agreeably to notices of Sa
turday.
BILLS REPORTED.
By Mr. Wood of Mclntosh. To establish ,
an Infirmary for the relief and protection of
aged and inflicted negroes in the Staleof
Georgia, and to provide funds for tilt' same.
Mr. Ncsbit—instanter. To allow ail per
sons to give in their names for a draw in the
land and gold lotteries, who are entitled to a
draw or draws, under the provisions of the
land acts of 1830 and 1331, who have not
given in their names—and to provide for de
positing their names in the wheels.
Notices for the appointment of committees
to prepare and report bills:
By Mr. Smith of Sumpter. To change the
times of holding the Sup r or Courts iu the
counties of tlie Chattahoochie circuit.
Mr. Shorter. T< regulate the charters and
secure the solvency of all the banking insti
tutions iu the State, and
To divorce Tab. Phelps and Win. Phelps.
Mr. Knight. To sell lots No. It) and
19 J iu tile several districts in Lowndes coun
ty.
Mr. Chappell. Tc divorce Lucinda and
E; 1 1 i ana !i II roo ks—and
To incorporate an Academy in the county
of Monroe to be called the Pine Grove Gram l
m ar school, &c.
Notices for the appointment of Commit
tees die.
Mr. 1 Vior—To give to Plaintiffs in certain!
cases a lien on defendants pioperty, so as to
prevent a preference being given to mort
gages when the mortgage is executed after the
commencement of the suit.
Mr. Wood, of Mclntosh. For the public
Kinds to work on the road from Darien to
Mil I r >vil ia ill A aeon.
Mr. Mitchell of Clark. To authorise
plaintiffs in execution to take out the grants
and chaige the fees in the hill ofcost for lands
lying in the county of Cherokee.
Mr. Cone. To amend an act giving to E.
Junks, the right of a turnpike road, &c.
BILLS PASSED.
To authorise the Trustees of the p.ror
school fund of Tatnall county to loan out the
Uiid fund &c. on certain conditions.
To m ike permanent the site of the pub
iic buildings in the county of Tatnall.
To incorporate Burke county Social Libra
ry company. And
To create an additional election district in
the county oflrwin.
BANK OF MACON.
A message was received from the llous
informing the Senate of the appointment of
messrs. Morgan, King of Greene, Ryan,
Murray and Neal, a committee to join such
committee as inay be appointed by the Senate
to enquire into the causes of the failure and
present situatioaof the Macon Bank.
TUBS DA Y, NO VEMBER 13 th.
Committees to prepare and report bills
were appointed in conformity with the
notices of yesterdav.
BILLS REPORTED.
By Mr. Wood of Mclntosh. To ap
propriate a part of the public hands to
work a road from Darien to Macon and
Milledgeville.
Mr. Sellers—to compel the clerk of the
Inferior Court of Henry county, to adver
tise all estray horses and mules which
may be regularly tolled in said county
in some public gazette, published either
in Macon or Milledgeville.
Mr. Blackstone. For the relief ofCraw
ford County, and for other purposes.
Mr. Towns—to exempt all jiersonswhe
have been engaged in a duel, either di
rectly or indirectly, from the pains and
penalties thereby incurred.
Mr. Henly—to add an additional sec
tion to the constitution of this State to
present the Chartering any more banks.
MACON BANK.
On motion of Mr. Wood of Mclntosh,
the Senate took up the Message from the
H. of R. yesterday, so far as to concur in
the resolution contained in said message
relative to the appointment of a joint com
mittee to examine into the affairs of “the
“ Macon Bank, and added as a Commit
tee on their part, Messrs. Hudson, Cobb
and Starr.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Hudson. That the joint Commit
tee on Finance be directed to inquire into
the expediency of raising a tax for the
su[fyort of government for the political
year 1833, and for oilier purposes.
Mr. Green. Authorising the Committee
on agriculture and Internal Improvement
to inquire into expediency of opening
a main road from Athens iu Clark, to Mc-
Affees Ferry in Gwinnette, &c.
Mr. Freeman. For the better and
more definite regulation of the admis
sion of beneficiaries of the Poor School
fund.
Mr. Nesbitt. Preamble and resolutions
relative to the Penitentiary system.
PETITIONS.
By Mr. Eckley. From the “Macon
Volutecrs,” —referred to a select Com
mittee, consisting of Messrs. Eckley, Mc-
Doucald, and Chappell.
Air. Henly, was added to the Peniten
tiary Committee.
BILLS PASSED.
To give to heads of white families who
have no wives, but who have a white
family of one dr more legitimate children,
who are not entitled in their own right, to
a draw in the gold lottery.
To compensate magistrates and other
managers for carrying returns from the
election precincts in Henry county to the
Court House. Adjourned.
Wednesday, Nov. 14.
Committees to prepare and report bills;
as noticed vesterdav, were unpointed.
BILLS REPORTED.
By Mr. Sheffield—to reduce the She
riffs bond, so far as respects the county o f
Wayne.
Mr. Williams—to legalize and make
valid the acts of M Gresham, Clerk
of the Superior Court, Stewart county.
Mr. Stapleton—to manumit a woman
of color and her son John—property of
Peter Ray, a free man of color.
Mr. Ful wood—to exempt all free white
persons from paying a poll tax.
Mr. Baxter—to incorporate the Farm
ers Academy in the county of Hancock.
Messrs. Sellers, Towns, Starr, Cobb,
Ncsbit, Oliver, Tenniileand Wolford,were
appointed a committee to join such com
mittee as may be appointed by the House
to enquire into and equalize the labors to
be performed by the several judges of the
Superior Courts, &c.
RESOLUTIONS*
By Mr. Chappell—to deliver an execu
tion against Wm. W. Oslin, Tax Collector
far Monroe county, to James Clayton and
Wm. L. Fambrough, in order that they
may use the same for their reimbursement
as the securities, of the said Osiin, which
was agreed to and sent to the House.
Mr. Muncrief—referring to the joint
committee on education, &c. the reports
of the county academies and poor schools,
as made by the Senatus Academicus to
the Senate.
Mr. Greene—relative to the election of
three Commissioners to superintend the
present geld lottery.
Notices for Committees* to prepare and
report hills :
By Mr. Wood of Mclntosh—to alter the
oth sec. of the 3rd art. of the constitution
Mr. Cone—to cause the public hands
now at work on the Dublin road to repair
the bridge an Black creek.
Mr. West—to move the election pre
cinct in Troup county, from L. Gillilards
to Posey Johnsons.
A message was recived from th? House
concurring in the bill to appoint an addi
tional number of Lottery commissioners,
and in the resolution relating to an exam
ination of the affairs of the Bank of Macon.
BILLS PASSED.
To organise a volunteer company of Ca
valry to be known as the Crawford Cav
alry.
In committee of the whole:
To incorporate certain Academies, &c.
To give tho Tax Collector of Bryan, fur
ther time to pay the tax of said county.
To incorporate and appoint Trustees
for Brier Creek Academy in W arren co.
To make permanent the site of the pub
lic buiidings in the town of Amcricus,
Sumpter county. Adjourned.
Thursday, Nov. 15/'/, 1832.
Committees to prepare and report bills
TIIE MACON ADVERTISER.
were appointed in conformity with noti
ces of yesterday.
BILLS REPORTED.
By Mr. Mitchell—to authorise plain
till’s in execution to take out grants and
to tax the grant fees in the bill of coits for
lands lying in Cherokee county.
Mr. Mealing—-to incorporate th< Au
gusta Mining and Manufacturing Com
pany.
Mr. Chappell— to incorporate the Vol
unteer Company in the town of Forsyth,
called the Monroe Musketeers.
Mr. Smith of Twiggs—to alter and
change the time of holding the Superior
Courts of the Southern Circuit so far "as
relates to the county of Twiggs.
Several notices were made to appoint
committees, of a character not sufficiently
interesting to require immediate attention.
PETITION.
Mr. Eckley presented a petition from
the commissioners of the Town of Macon,
which was read and referred to Messrs.
Eckley, Boykin and Gordon.
A communication from the Treasurer
was received, stating, that as no tax on
goods sold by vendue, was exacted from
the vendue masters of Macon and Colum
bus, he deemed it necessary to present the
subject for their consideration presum
ing, in the multiplicity of business, it was
overlooked by the* Legislature. The
communication was referred to the joint
! committee on finance.
BILL PASSED.
To repeal the act compelling the Judg
es of this State to convene at the Scat of
Government to establish uniform rules of
practice throughout this State.'
The Report on the Bill to create anew
Division of Georgia Militia, was made the
order of the day, for Monday next. Ad-;
journed.
Friday, Nov. 16.
Committees were appointed agreeable
to the notices of yesterday.
Bills reported and read Ist time.
By Mr. Smith : to alter and change the
time of holding the Superior courts in the
counties of Stewart, Randolph,Lee, Sump
ter, and Marion.
By Mr. Ibi gan : to incorporate Warm
Spring Academy in Merriwether county.
* NOTICES.
By Mr. T emples : to form anew coun
ty out of the counties of Houston and Ma
rion.
By Mr. Oliver: for (he better securing
the title of property purchased at Sheriff
sales under justices court executions.
The bill to divide the Chattahoochie cir
cuit into two judicial circuits, being the
special order ot this day, was taken up,and
ordered to lie upon the* table till called up.
The bill to add .parts of the counties of
Habersham, Ilall, and Carrol, to the coun
ty ol Cherokee, and to divide the same in
to ten counties, and provide for the orga
nization of the same, was read a 2d"time.
A message from the house announced
the passage of certain bills, for which, see
proceedings of the ho .sc of same date.
The President and members of Senate i
repaired to the representative branch to
elect three commissioners to assist in the
drawing of the land lottery, and on the
ballots being received and counted out,
there was no one who had a majority of
the votes.
The Senate then returned and adjourn
ed until 9 oclock.
Saturday, Ncv. 18.
This day was almost entirely occupied
in the election of three additional commis
sionersfor the Land Lotteries;
Monday, November ID.
Bills read the first time.
To require all children who reside in
the city of Savannah, and within two miles
of the same, who are entitled to the Poor
School Fund, to be educated at the free
school of Savannah, &e.
To amend an act more particularly to
define the qualifications of voters for Al
dermen-of the city of Savannah, &e.
To incorporate the town of Thomas
ville, in the county of Thomas, and to ap
point commissioners for the same.
To require persons returning land or
gold lots 'as fraudulent, to give bond and
security, and to alter the 26th see. of the
land act, assented to Dec. 21, 1830.
To authorise William Gumming of Bibb
county to clear out and keep in repair a
Race Turf, at a place known as Napier’s
Old Field, on the States’ Reserve, below
‘Macon.
To establish three additional election
districts in the county of Troup.
For the better securing the title to prop
erty, purchased at Sheriff’s sales, by vir
tue of Justices Court Executions.
Notices to appoint Committees,
By Mr. Freeman—To provide for call
ing a Convention, and for electing dele
gates to reduce the number of members of
the General Assembly of tho State of Geo.
Mr. Bryan—To alter and change tho
time ofholding Land Courts in Scriven
county.
BILL PASSED.
To lay out and define anew division of
Georgia Militia. The yeas and nays on
its passage were, yeas 49-—nays 23.
The bill to add parts of the counties of
llabersh un, Ilall, and Carroll to the coun
ty of Cherokee, &c. was reported with a
mendments. Adjourned.
~ itwJK or toj.oir.s w.
October, 25, 1832.
4 N additional instalment of ten per cent, on
/V the Capital Stock of this Bank is required
(o be paid by the Stockholders on or before Tues
day the Bth January next.
By order of tbo Board.
A. B. DAVIS, Cusliie.
Nov. 8. 32
MACON.
-fLESDAV, NOVEMBER 23, 1832.
Coavcutional Debates.
The delegates who are desirous of having
their speeches published, arc respectfully in
formed that it will afford us pleasure to pub
lish them, if they will be kind enough to fur
nish us with briefs—some are already receiv
ed, and wo should be gratified to get any and
all of the remarks of gentlemen. When re
ceived they shall appear as soon as possible.
TI! £ PUBllcpn 2 N TING.
We respectfully beg leave to ask the Leg
isluture, and'particularly the honorable com
mittee appointed to contract for the public
printing, whether it is in accordance with
strict rulps of justice, to receive and act upon
proposals made with an evident intention of
securing the contract, at no matter what
rate '! We know we can answer for them in
the negative. *
To explain ourselves. Proposals have been
received from fivo or six different publishers,
ail of whom, with the exception of one, make
in their proposals various propositions for
doing the work ; commencing at one, and one
half cents, and ending with a multiplicity of
fractions down to 64 mills. Now, it must be
evident to the committee that this course
must not only embarrass and distract them in
making up a decision, but that it is 'also in
compatible with a fair and honorable compe
tition. If the contract has not yet been act
ed upon, we would with due deference to the
Legislature and the committee, suggest the
propriety qf reviewing the proposals already
received. Let it be determined who is the
lowest bidder, at a definite bid, and, we will
with pleasure abide by the decision of the
Legislature. This much we beg leave to say
in justice to ourselves. And such a course
we think, would be giving all the competitors
a fair and equitable chance, and enable the
Legislature to dispose of the business at once.
Georgia Anti-Tariff State Conven
tion. No. 1.
To understand the character oftiiis Con
vention distinctly, it becomes necessary to re
fer to circumstances preceding its organiza
tion—circumstances which will inevitably
have, hereafter, a material bearing not only
upon men and measures, but upon the Snve-
Rightoof tbo Sttc of Georgia. To the
work then:
It will he Remembered, that in September
last (we believe it was in that month) a polit
ical Triumvirate met in the City of Augusta,
and called a meeting of the people, for the
avowed purpose cf putting down a Conven
tion, the advocacy of which was then spread
ing throughout the who’e State, with all the
impetus that patriotic feelings and liberal
principles could urge. We wish here, to lie
distinctly understood, that the Triumvirate,
opened the Convention in its incipiency—
& that they threw obstacles in the way of the
people’s meeting together to appoint dele
gates to a general Convention to maintain
and defend their rights. After having done
so, and finding that their opposition was fu
tile, they called another Augusta meeting,
and determined that it was necessary to send
delegates to the Convention; not, however,
for the purpose of main'* inirig and defending
the rights of Georgia; but, lor the cxnres. id
purpose of crushing and dissolving the Con
vention which Contemplated the redress of
those rights. The Triumvirate Committee
had resorted to e very species of political strat
egery to carry their point. They catechised
candidates for Congress, and candidates for
the Legislature—and we were only surprised
that they stopped there; and had the peculiar
modesty to refrain from catechising the Pres
ident of the United States and his Excellency
the Governor ofGcorgia. llow far such con
duct is consistent with what the Fathers of
the Federal Constitution considered a pure
ly democratic and representative government,
it will be our duty hereafter to enquire.—
These remarksaie merely initiatory, and in
tended only to show the nature of the opposi
tion which was premeditated by a single coun
ty against a Convention of all the counties in
the State. The prime movers of the opposi
tion, however, have already learnt that an
efficient nictation to a State, requires more
talent and influence, than it is necessary to
exercise in dir tatirrgto a county. With this
preface we leave the subject, until our next
number.
TRie Anti-Tariff State Convention.
This highly important Convention, after a
weeks sitting, (as will be seen by reference
to the proceedings,) adjourned on Saturday
last, to meet again on the first Monday in Ju.
!y next. The retreat of the Fifty-three Se
cedcrs, was a novel and unexampled proce
dure. Their names are before the people,
and it will rest with them to say, how far they
have discharged tho sacred trust confided to
their hands. For ourselves, we shall at an
early opportunity review their conduct; and
if then, it is not pronounced to be a
departue from tho political and pecuniary in
terests of the South, arid particularly from the
political mid pecuniary interests pf the State
of Georgia, we shall stand ready to forfeit all
the public confidence which we may enjoy.
* _ ~ CHOLERA. *
Rumor, with her thousand tonges, has re
ported a cause ofCholeia as h iving occurred
in Milledge. The case alluded to has come
under our immediate observation-—it was one
of common dysentary. The patient, who was
consigned to his grave, without his consent,
is on his legs and well to do.
We have seen with deep regret several
communications addressed to tiio Georgia
Courier, purporting to lie notices of the pro
ceedings of t he Anti-Tariff State Convention,
held in this place. The statements, or ra
ther mistatements, made by the writer arc so
flagrantly destitute of correctness, that we
may hereafter call the attention of tho pub
lie to them, in a particular manner. It will
then evidently he seen, that the writer was
in collusion with those -patriotic gentlemen,
who boasted they could destroy and dissolve
the Convention, in two hears after its organi
zation.
ANTI-TARIFF CONVENTION.
Milledgeville, Geo. Monday, 12th NovcrnbeTKK
On this day at the hour of 3 o’clock P. M. the following named gentlemen co "
ed in the Representative Hall of the State House, and produced Certificates ofA
several appointments and elections as Delegates from their respective corn*;
to-wit;
From the county of Appling, Malcom Morrison.
From the county of Baker, Young Allen.
From the county of Baldwin, William H. Torrence and Samuel Rockwell
From the county of Bibb, Robert A. Beall and Robert Collins.
From the county of Bullock, SamuelS. Lockhart. •
From the county of Burke, Jonathan Lewis, Edward Hughs and David Taylo
From the county of Camden, Horrace R. Ward. " ‘
From the county of Cherokee, Zachariah B. Hargrove and Wm. W. William,.
From the county of Clark, A. S. Clayton, I homas Moore and Joseph Ligon
From tho county of Columbia, Isaac Ramsey, Wm. A. L. Collins and John C
ledge.
From the county of Coweta, Thomas Watson and Owen H. Kenan.
From the county of Crawford, Henry Crowell and Hiram Warner.
From the county of Decatur, Drury Fort and John W. Keith.
From the county of Dekalb, Lewis J. Dupree, David Ividdoo and Oliver Clark
From the county of Dooly, Thomas 11. Key.
From the comity of Early, Jonah T. Patterson.
From the county of Effingham, Clem Powers.
From the county of Elbert, Beverly Allen, J. N. Davis and James M. Tate.
From the county of Emanuel, John R. Daniel.
From the county of Green, Wm. C. Dawson, George G. Matthew's and Will'
Greer.
From the county of Gwinnett, JohnG. Park, Wm. Maltbie, Hines Holt and S 1
Mullin.
From the county of Hall, Wm. 11. Underwood, John McAfee, Ramond Sami
and Nehemiah Garrison.
From the county ofHancock, Thomas Haynes, Tally Vinson and James Lews
From the county of Harris, Jacob M. Guerry and-Barkley Martin.
From the county of Heard, Rene Fitzpatrick.
•' From the county of Henry, Andrew R. Moore, Gibson Clark, Jesse Johnson ai
James Coker.
From the county of Houston, Walton L. Campbell, Hugh Lawson and Carl*
Welborn.
From the county of Irwin, William Slone.
From the county of Jackson, David Witt, John Park and John G. Pitman.
From the county of Jasper, Alfred Cuthbert, D. A. Rees and M. Philips
From the county of Jefferson, Roger L. Gamble and Philip S. Lemlie.
From the county of Jones, Wm. S. C. Reid, John L. Lewis and Tomas G. Barrc
From the county of Laurens, David Blackshear and Eason Allen.
From the county of Lee, John G. Oliver.
From the county of Lincoln* Rem Remson and Peter Lamar. .
From the county of Madison, Thomas Long and Wm. M. Morton.
From the county of Marion, Wiley Williams
llrom the county of Mclntosh, Thomas Spalding and James Troup.
From the county of Merriwether, Wm. D. Alexander and Hugh W. Ector.
•From the county of Monroe, John Macpherson Berrien, Thomas N. Beall, Geor
W. Gordon and Elbridge G. Cabiness.
From the county of Montgomery, Joseph Ryals.
From the county of Morgan, Wm. S. Stokes, Van Leonard and C. Campbell.
From the county of Muscogee, Allen Lawhon and A. S. Clifton.
. From the county of Newton, Charles Kcunon, Richard L. Simms and Seth
Storrs.
From the county of Oglethorpe, George R. Gilmer and John Moore.
From the county of Pulaski, B, W. Bracewell.
From the county of Putnam, L. W. Hudson, Charles P. Gordon and Wiley 1
Mason.
From the county of Rabun, Samuel Farris and Henry T. Moseley.
From the-county of Randolph, Benjamin Holland.
From the county of Richmond, John Forsyth, Wm. Gumming and John P. Kin:
Fnym the county of Scriven, A. S. Jones and P: L. Wade.
From the county of Talbott, Samuel W. Flournoy and N. B. Powell.
From the county of Taliaflerro, Absalom Janes and S. C. Jeffries-
From the county of Tattnal, Joseph Tillman.
From the county of Thomas, Wm. Reynolds and A. J. Dozier.
From the county of Troup, Samuel A. Bailey and Julius C. Alford.
From the county of Upson, Reuben J. Crews and John Robinson.
From the county of Walton, Thomas W. Harris T. J. Hill and Orion Stroud,*
From the county of Warren, Henry Lockhart and Thomas Gibson jr.
From the county of Washington, Samuel Roberson, John Peabody and Mon
Brown.
On motion of Gen. Beall, of Bibb, Mr. John Moore, a delegate from the couif."
Oglethorpe, was appointed Chairman.
On motion of Mr. Gordon, of Putnam, it was resolved, that the Convention procc
forthwith to elect by ballot a President to preside over the Convention during its <
liberations.
Whereupon, the delegates present, proceeded by ballot to the election of a Pro
dent, when on counting out the votes it appeared that George R. Gilmer a Dclcgi
from the county of Oglethorpe, was duly elected.
When President Gilmer was conducted to the chair, he delivered the follow
qddress :
Gentlemen—You will accept my thanks for the distinguished honor you have a
ferred upon me. It is accepted with great diffidence, and olily from the dispositi
to comply with your will.
In my connection with deliberate bodies, hitherto, I have attended but little to j
form of their proceedings. I must therefore rely, (and Ido so with greatnonfidei
on the liberality and intelligence of this Assembly, in aiding the Chair in secui
order, and in giving the best direction to tho business of the Convention.
The appearance of this thronged audience is but an indication of the deep intei
which is felt throughout our State, and beyond it, on the subject of our deliberate
We are now, indeed, pfesenting the spectacle-familiar to old and despotic gov®
mentsubut never in our country, of a struggle which is about to. commence, wli
has indeed already commenced, between the people on the one hand, and the gove
ment on the other, for ihe possession of power.
The important consequences which must follow from what shall be done by I
Convention, warns us to adopt such measures as will not only meet the apptcbal
of the State, but be carried into effect with the united and determined action of
Whole of its people. To do this, we must lay aside all personal interest, all indiviu
feeling, all party jcafousics. That we may thus act, and that the happiest results
our country may reward our exertions, is my strongest desire.
They then proceeded to the election of three clerks, when on counting out
votes it appeared that Wm. Y. Hansell, Benjamin T. Moseley and Mansfield -
ranee were elected.
On motion of Mr. Torrance—Resolved, that a committee of twenty one be
pointed whose duty it shall be to report resolutions expressive of the sense ot
convention in relation to the Protective System, and the best and most efficient m
of obtaining relief from4he evils of that system: and that the said committee be
ther instructed to report what objects ought to engage the attention of this com
tion—and what will be the most efficient means of accomplishing the same.
Which was read and agreed to.
On motion of Mr. Rockwell, it was resolved, that a committee be appointed to!
p ire and report rules for the government of this convention, during the sitting ol I
convention. In conformity with this resolution, the President appointed nieJ
Rockwell, Dawson and Allen of Elbert, the said committee.
The convention then adjourned until to-morrow evening three o’clock.
Tuesday 3 o’clock, P. M. 13th, Nov. 183-
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. Beall of’Ribb, presented a certificate of the appointment of Thomas bu
King, Esq., as a delegate, from the county of Glynn, which was read.
Mr. Rockwell from the Committee appointed to prepare and report Rules lm
government of the Convention, reported certain rules—which. were read am
dopted.
Mr. Forsyth submitted the following Resolutions, viz:
Resolved, That a Committee of five be appointed by the Piesident to exam l '.-
report.to tiiis body at its next meeting, the authority of the persons assembled
gates from the different counties of the State to represent the people of their
counties; the Resolutions, ifany, under which the election in each county was hero I j-'
tice given of the time of the election; the manner of luriding it; the number o*' 0 *'
given at the election and the number of votes in the coimtv. . *
Resolved, That the individuals who have been elected as a committee of what is*'"
as t!ic Athens meeting, be and they arc hereby requested to present to this body the Cos