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e thr Committee was then amended, by
Cl*! 00 motion of
M Chapped* a further compensation of
w Hollars per day, to the Secretary era
c - to assist the Electoral College, whilst
service of said College, which was con-
CU S)UTH-CAR° lina convention.
Tie following Message was received from
Governor, and referred to the Committee
*nVc State of the Republic :
Executive Department, Ga. >
Milledgeville Dec. sth, 1832. \
At the request of Governor Hamilton of
South Carolina, I herewith lay before the
General Assembly, a copy of the proceedings
I of the late Convention of the State, which he
desires should be laid before both branches of
the Legislature of this State.
Having so recently submitted to the Le
ulature mv general views, in relation to the
fubieetsconnected with these proceedings,
j forbear at this time, intruding upon the Le
gislature such reflections as have forced upon
L mind upon reading these proceedings; em
anating as they do, from one of the enlight
ened States of this Confederacy. For the
Present, let it suffice for me to remind you of
the closing" adv ice of our venerable Washing
ton.
“Interwoven as is the love of liberty with
every ligament of your hearts, no recommen
dation of mine is necessary to fortify or con
firm the attachment.
“The unity of government which consti
tutes you one people, is also now dear to you.
Jt is justly so; for it is a main pillar in the ed
ifice ofyour real independence; the support
ofvour tranquility at borne, your peace a
broad; of your safety; ofyour posterity; of
that very liberty which you so highly prise.
But, as it is easy to foresee, that from differ
ent causes and from different quarters, much
ruins will be taken, many artifices employed
|o weaken in your minds the conviction of
ins (ruth —as this is the point of your politic
pi fortress against which the batteries of in-
Icrnal and external enemies will he most
lonstantly and actively, (though often cov
rtly and insidiously) directed; it is of infin
fe moment that you should properly estimate
he immense value of your national union, to
our collective and individual happiness;
I hat you should cherish a cordial, habitual,
I ind immoveable attachment to it; accustom-
I ng yourselves to think and speak of it as the
I lalladium of your political safety and pros
perity: watching for its preservation with zeal
■u- anxiety ; discountenancing whatever mav
■ugliest or suspicion that it can in any event
Be abandoned; and indignantly frowning up-
Intlie first dawning of every attempt to alien
Iny portion of our country from the rest, or
jo enfeeble the sacred ties which now link
jogetber the various parts.”
WILSON LUMPKIN.
The Senate then adjourned.
Thursday, 6th Dec.
BILLS REPORTED.
To relieve certain persons, and to vest
I chain powers in the Governor, in rela
ionto the drawing of the Gold and Land
I iOtteries.
io form anew Brigade out of the coun-
and Carroll.
| PUBLIC PRINTING.
I The Senate took up the Report of the I
phi Committee on printing; and the same !
pa? read as follows :
' That in conformity with the duties
|'-.v were appointed to perform they issu-'
tproposals to the several Printers of
lilledgeville, and such other persons as
;s understood might wish to offer for
r‘ printing of the State for the present
Non; and after receiving and compar
t’five different proposals made them, all
I which are herewith submitted, and
l>ich they beg may he accepted as a
riot this report. They recommend to
‘ Legislature the adoption of the follow-
I resolution ;
Resolved, that the Legislature accept
■ proposals of M. D. J. Slade, to eSe
te the Job Printing for the present ses
a. upon the following terms, viz :
or each pamphlet sheet of eight octavo
OS| cents —for each job, or pamphlet
P'ng one sheet, or less, 9 cents per sheet—
■ c figure work double those rates—
■ure work, price and one half.
■j ’ ,hat thc proposals of Messrs. Prince
Iwgland, to print the Laws and Journals of
Ipresent Session, be accepted upon the
►wng terms,viz;
E ne an mills, per copy sheet of
Pt octavo pages, and figure and rule work
|"™ se P nces The whole to he finish
s ' from the time the contract is
pummated.”
►me debate then ensued, after which Mr.
■ er proposed the following resolution,
Jen was agreed to;
IS*., * Lat the Report of the Printing
IJt bc rccom,nitt ed; and that they he
I G„ C l!° "' ve not ' cc all the applicants
I vJr' C P ri,ui,1 £) they make scaled
|, * s for all the public printing, by a spe-
I ui!'", 6 :. lhat tbe y s,ate the lowest prices
I jc t they will do the printing, and that
jp 1 K when made, be reported to the
L BILLS REJECTED.
■ j." ■ etinte rejected the Bill to relieve Alt
-1 Jdfceph Parker, securities of
K I r "" >I ax Collector of Houston coun-
Pij'the year 1828.
P'h, Ac. concurred in.
message was received from the House,
uncing the concurrence of that body in
j' 1 " fdn'ent of-Senate to tlie
* o| itions providing compensation for
° r . So ‘ President artd 'V. President:
K'lif a, ncndi , icnt hy way of substitute to
Dl “ [or the relief of tfid Orphans of Win.
"•dec : and,
’he amendment by way of substitute to
->o ution directing the Commissioners to
,*• 'er’liwith to the drawing of both
nos. Adjourned.
TI| R impeachment.
J'mpeachmcnt of Shadrach Bogan, Esq.
[IP , , ' ol fery Commissioners, has been
until Thursday next, to give time
or Persons and papers.
the gold and land lotteries.
I he drawing of these interesting Lotteries,
which has been stopped in consequence of
the circumstances growing out of the late im
peachment, will it is presumed be recom
mended early the ensuing week.
house of representatives.
Thursday, Not. 29.
Committee were appointed agreeably to
notice.
The Preamble and Resolutions offered bv
Mr. Ryan, a few days since, upon the subject
ot a Southern Convention, and made the or
der of the day for to-day, was taken up, and
with an amendment, by wav of an additional
resolution abhorring Nullification, adopted by
a vote of 97 to 58.
The House concurred in the Resolution
from the Senate, permitting the Commission
ers of the Gold and Land Lotteries, to sus
pend the drawing until the examination into
the all edged frauds of the Commissioners is
completed.
Friday, 30th Nov.
Mr. Neal of Newton, moved to reconsider
so much of the Journal of yesterday as re
lates to the adoption of the Resolutions offer
cd by Mr. Ryan. After an interesting debate
of several hours, the motion was lost bv a vote
of 91 to 52.
Saturday, Dec. 1.
The bill from Senate to compel the Treas
urer and Inferior Courts of the several coun
ties in this State to receive of Tax Collectors,
Bills of the Macon Bank in certain cases, was
read the third time and passed.
A Resolution fixing the pay of the Elec
tors of President and Vice President at eight
dollars day, and allowing four dollars for eve
ry twenty miles coming to, and returning from
the Seat of Government, was agreed to.
Mr. King of Greene, reported a bill to au
thorize the Surveyor General to employ a
competent Clerk and to provide for the pay
ment of the same, which was read the first
time.
Monday, Dec. 3.
Mr. Starke laid on the table a preamble
and resolutions, proposing an amendment of
the Federal Constitution, by a Federal Con
vention, which was read and made the order
of the day for Thursday next.
BILLS REPORTED.
To define the fees of Clerks of the Supe
rior Courts of this State in cases of equity and
injunction.
To amend an act assented to 23d Decem
ber, 1829, more effectually to define the du
ties of the Trustees of the Poor School Fund
in the respective counties of this State.
To regulate the intercourse between the
| Banks of this State, and other institutions and
i Brokers.
To require Banks to make monthly,as well
ns annual reports.
Mr. Pace gave notice for the appointment
of a committee to prepare and report a bill,
to authorize the Surveyor General to record
j the names of all persons who may hereafter
take out grants, in a hook to be kept for
that purpose.
The bill to amend the Road laws of this
State, passed December 19, 1818, was reject
ed by the House.
Several bills were read a second time, and
ordered for committee of the Whole.
The bill to provide for digesting and pub
lishing the common law, was laid on the table
for the balance of the Session.
The hill to make it a penal offence for any
President, Directors or any other officer of
either of the chartered Banks of this State, to
exceed or violate the provisions of their re
spective charters by fraud, mismanagement,
&c* was read the third time and passed.
Tuesday, December 4.
Committee appointed to prepare and re
port a hill to apportion the public hands a
mongst the several counties of this State, and
to place them under the charge of the Inferi
or Court of said counties.
BILLS REPORTED
To authorize the Governor to correct abus
es in the drawing of the Gold and Land Lot
teries, and to prescribe the oath of the Clerks
and Commissioners, &c.'
The House took up the amendments of
Senate to the bill for the relief of the Or
phans Win. Bond, &c. and (to require the
gold and land lottery Commissioners and
Clerks to take and subscrioe an oath and to
require the Commissioners to give bond and
security before they enter upon the duties of
their appointment, amended the same, and
directed the Clerk to carry it forthwith to the
Senate.
The bill to amend the first section of an
act, to regulate the licensing of Physicians,
in this State, passed 24th December, 1825,
was read the 3d time, and rejected by the
House.
THEATRE.
MRS. SMITH’S first appearance for
several weeks.
FRIDAY EVENING, Dec. 7,
Will be presented, (positively for the last time
this season,) the celebrated Melo-I)rama, transla
ted from the French by John Howard Payne,
called,
Therese, tlie Orphan of Geneva.
Carwin, (the Advocate,) Mr. L. SMI 111.
Mariette, (or Therese,) Mrs. SMI I’H.
Countess de Morville, Mrs. (AHTIR.
Bridget, (wife of Lavigne, Miss CAH IT,R.
Between the pieces, Mr- Sol. Smith will sing
the Comic Song of the
“BEAUTIFUL BOY.”
Previous to “ Therese,” will be performed the
genteel farce of
IIOH TO IMF, FOR I,OVE,
OR, THE RIVAL CAPTAINS.
Capt. Talwick, Mr. L. SMI 111,
Trap, (his servant,) BAIL\ ,
Capt. Biumentfelt, TATEM.
Trick, (his servant,) MORTON,
Baron, EAR I EjL
Michael, (a brick maker, PALMER.
Charlotte, Mrs. CARTER.
In rehearsal, and will shortly be produ
ced 4 Sir Walter Scott's MeloDraina call-,
cd 44 THE LADY OF THE LAKE.”
THE MACON ADVERTISER.
MACON.
fi!IDAV. PUCEHlicit T. ,
iiIZZA FOR JACKSON!
Tlie Electoral College.
This dignified body met in the Hall of
Representatives, this day at 12 o’clock.—
I he venerable Gen. David Blacksiiear,
ot Laurens,as presiding officer was induc
ted to the Chair. The President then call
ed the Electors, who respec' .vely answer
ed to their names,in the following order:
BEVERLY ALLEN,
ELIAS BEALL,
DAVID BLACKSIIEAR,
WILLIAM B BULLOCH,
JOHN FLOYD.
SEATON GRANTLAND,
HINES HOLT, Sen.
HENRY JACKSON,
WILLIAM TERREL,
JOHN WHITEHEAD,
WILSON WILLIAMS.
The electors having answered to their
names, the President informed them he
was ready to receive their votes for a Pre
sident of the United States. The votes
were accordingly given in, and the count
being had,
ANDREW JACKSON,
was declared duly elected President of
the United States, from and after the 4th
day of March next.
The names of the Electors were again
called, who having as previously noticed,
answered to their names, deposited their
votes, which being told, the President an
nounced MARTIN VAN BUREN,
as duly elected Vice President of the U.
States,from and after the 4th day of March
ensuing.
Both Houses, and a large and respecta
ble concourse of ladies and gentlemen 1
were present to witness this solemn and
interesting ceremony. Upon the annun
ciation of each result, it was received with
heartfelt plaudits. The imposing appear
ance of the members of the College—all
of whom are men who have “ done the
State some service”—also made a deep
impression upon the audience; and as they
left the Hull and retired from the dis
charge of their high and responsible trust,
they were cheered and accompanied with
a voluntary burst of applause.
Although the result of the election was
not unanticipated, yet such was theenthu
siasm on the occasion, that at night the!
State-House, the Hotels, the Stores, and
private dwellings of the citizens were
beautifully and brilliantly illuminated.
This splendid spectacle, accompanied by
the loud mouthed reports of cannon, which
reverberated through the “ seven hill’d” j
town of Milledgeville, recorded a moral
triumph greater than any that ever adorn- i
ed the city of Rome.
NULLIFICATION.
W e have heard some gentlemen in the Legis
lature, say, that they had good reasons for believ
ing that the President of the 11. States, would force
South Carolina from the stand which she has ta
ken. How far these gentlemen are in the secrets
of the Cabinet, we know not ; but, we humbly
presume, that they are not better advised on the (
course of policy the. President intends pursuing, .
than is the Globe, the Administration paper. Al
luding to this subject, the Globe holds the follow
ing language:
“We perceive that the opposition prints
are giving, as intelligence, intimations
spread abroad by the Telegraph, to make
the impression that the President is tak
ing measures to blockade the port of
Charleston, by revenue cutters, and is
marching troops to make war upon the
nullifiers. There is not the slightest pre
text for the supposition, that any one con
siders such precautions necessary, to se
cure the collection of the revenue. No
resistance, by force, to the due adminis
tration of the law s, is apprehended.”
Mr. I Say lie* of Bancock.
We hope this gentleman will bring up bis
truly bona fide Stales Rights bill in relation
to the unconstitutional interference with the
criminal jurisdiction of our State. Let him
do so, we say, and that too, without loss of
time. As the agent is a representative of the
principal, and hound for his acts (so far as
he is instructed,) it becomes the State, we
think, to repel the innovations of the one, as
well as the other.
Georgia has already declared the man
date of the Supreme Court, in the case of
the Missionaries, a flagrant usurpation of
the constitution; and has pledged herself
to resist its execution, with all the means
in her power. Let her then act up to her
declarations, and at once put an end to the
ridiculous political farce which is now
carrying on. She can very promptly ef
fect this, if Mr. llayne’s proposed bill is
called up and adopted. If this is done,
we should no longer see the Executive in
sulted with such notices as have already
been presented to it, by Elisha W. Ches
ter, Esq. the far famed Cherokee Counsel
lor.
MR. CRAWFORD.
Mr. Ryan has politely put into our hands
the following Note and Letter. Toe letter
is from a distinguished gentleman, who has
been for the greater part of his life, engaged
in public duty. He highly compliments Mr.
R. for the very zealous part which he has
acted in relation to the momentous question
which is now agitating our State. The views
of Mr. C. however, —conspicuously high as
he stands in public estimation, —do not cor
respond with those entertained by us—nei
ther do his views, wc believe, and we seri
ously believe it, correspond with the views of
the people of Georgia, or with the views
which Mr. C. himself, has heretofore enter
tained. In a little time we will make it our
duty to prove this assertion.
Mr. Slade :
By giving a place in your columns to the
following letter, received by last evenings I
mail, you ill not only oblige me, hut render
as I conceive, an essential service to the coun
try. It is a matter of \o small gratulation to ;
me, that, while I am asa iled by those who are
comparatively “mushiooi is of modern growth,
lam sustained in my course by the “grave r.nd
reverend seigniors” of the party.
DENNIS L. RYAN.
Milledgeville, Dec. 5, 1 832.
Wood Lawn, )9th Nov. 1832.
My Dear Sir —l perceive from the News
papers that you have introduced a bill fir call
ing a Southern Convention, tvith a view to
counteraet the proceedings <of the nullifying
Convention. 1 thank you for the effort which
you have made, and hope tliat your fu. rtheref
forts will he crowned with success. It is diffi
cult to determine who is the most intrepid in
the race of inconsistency; the Governor or Col.
Berrien. The former after laying dow.a ab
stract principles in his message which it is
presumed will satisfy the wildest nulhfic r in
South Carolina, comes out with an exp ress
denunciation of nullification, because he ; lays
it is a mystery he cannot comprehend. It tile
reason lor the rejection of nullification should
be applied by the Governor to almost any su In
ject in ethics, philosophy,or politics,he would
find himself almost a Pyrrhonist, for there li.s
scarcely a subject in those ample branches of
human knowledge, to which he might not be
able to make the same objection, viz ; that
lie did not comprehend them. The Governor
ought I think to he allowed credit for his de
nunciation ; for he has placed it in such jux
taposition with liis nullification premises,
that lie seems to have courted the enviable
distinction of being conspicuously inconsis
tent. The Col. altlio’ he has not manifestly
courted the distinction which the Governor
has sought with a degree of intrepidity rarely
displayed by a soldier in storming a battery,
is nevertheless entitled at least, to a wreath of
the crown with which the Governor has with
so much gallantry enciicled his brow. 'Die
Col. on the Ist day of August last at Athens,
declared his hostility to nullification; that de
claration has been repeated at various times
and under various circumstances down to the
second Saturday in November, only two days
before the meeting of the Convention, yet in
the course of the next week, he presents the
Convention, with the following resolution,
viz :
1 sth, “That it is essential to a confederated govern
ment, the powers of which are expressly limited by
the Constitution which created it, that there should
exist somewhere a power authoritatively to interpret
tliat, instrument, to decide in the last resort on the use
or abuse of the authority, which it confers on the com
mon agent of the confederated States; that such pow
er cannot belong to the agent, since that, would be to
substitute his judgement fur the constitutional limita
tion, and t hat in the absence of a common in biter ex
pressly designated by the Constitution for pur
pose, each State as such in virtue of its soreicK'dy
necessarily remitted to the exercise of that right.”
If the foregoing resolution docs not recognise th, '
right of nullification as broadly and explicitly as the
most visionary nuliifier in South Carolina desires it,
then lam no judge of the English language. But this
is not the only inconsistency Col. Berrien’s resolutions
involve him in. The last printed speech of his which
has been seen by me, was delivered in the county of
Burke ; in that speech he opposed a Southern Con
vention and declared it tube unconstitutional; unless
it was intended to be consultative and recommendatory
only, in which case it might be harmless from its im
becility. Among the resolutions adopted by the Con
vention (drafted as it is understood by Col. Berrien,)
a Southern Convention is recommended without spe
cifying the number of States necessary to form such
Convention, or defining with precision its powers and
duties. Is this Convent ion tube consultative and re
commendatory only ? Then in the language of the
Col. at Burke, it is imbecile and therefore harmless.
Is it to assume a different char actor and act a different
part ? Then the Col. hasdcclared it to be unconstitu
tional. Is it possible that the people of Georgia who
have chosen a Convention to deliberate upon the most
eligible plan to relieve themselves from the evils they
have suffered for more than sixteen years, and are
still suffering, will approve of a measure which its au
thor has publicly pronounced unconstitutional or im
becile? I trust not. I think I know the people of
Georgia better than the Colonel. , They will not ap
prove of an unconstitutional measure as long as there
remains a constitutional one unexhausted, anil they
w ill approve of an imbecile measure under no circum
stances. Such a measure can never I • right,can nev
er be acceptable to an enlightened and free people. It
is not my intention to endeavor to discover Col. Ber
rien’s motives in the maze of inconsistency into which
he has fallen and has hail the misfirtbne to draw oth
ers. His followers if they had time to have reflected, 4.
to have collected the evidence of his inconsistencies,
would doubtless have abandoned him and his
resolutions to the public scorn and contempt
which in the end will inevitably overwhelm
them. Nothing but a desire that the delusion
which prevails at this tnoment may be of short
duration, could have induced me to take any no
tice at this time of the Col. or his resolutions. A
conviction that nothing more was necessary to dis
pel the momentary delusion than a plain and
faithful exposure of the strange inconsistencies in
which his conduct has been involved for the last
; six months, has induced me to present them to
your mind at the time that you are laudably en
deavoring to counteract the baleful effects of tho
late convention, of which the Col. seems to have
been the animating principle. If this letter shall
have any tendency to aid you in carrying into ef
fect the measure you have introduced into the
House of Representatives, it will have answered
the only object I have had in view’ in writing.—
As it is written for that purpose, you are at liber
ty to m-ke what use of it you please in further
ance of that object. I have no unfriendly feelings
for Col. Berrien; on the contrary the relations
which have subsisted between him and me have
always been amicable; but through life, I have
invariably preferred the public good to individu
al interest. When I see a course of measures
adopted which I believe will be injurious to the
interest of the community of which I am one, 1
feel it to be my duty to raise a warning voice
against it, to advertise my fellow-citizens of the
danger which menaces them. Whether the fate of
Cassvdra awaits me or not, is concealed in the
womb of futurity. It is n< tin the power of mor
tals to command success, but what is perhaps bet
ter, it is in their power to deserve it.
I am, dear sir, your friend
and most obedient servant,
WM. lL CRAWFORD.
Hon. Dennis L. Rvan.
Fouvciitioiml Portraitnrcs.
The following sketches are taken from a cor
| respondent of the “Southern Banner.” There is
j a neatness, piquancy and fidelity in their graphic
j touches, which will forcibly strike every one
| who had the pleasure of hearing the distinguish
j ed gentleman alluded to :
j “No man, who has not heard John Forsyth
! in debate, can form any adequate idea of his
prodigious power; it is absolutely wonderful.
His grace of action and power of voice, is, so
far as I know peerless; he has no equal in elo
quence of that order to which excited extern-
i corn .y oiscussions give lise; you cannot ap
, P r< Mate his eloquence from a perusal of his
/eechcs ; his sentiments constitute but one
ualt die elements of his greatness ; he wields
| the feelings of the multitude with the skill
j and adroitness of a magician, and can strike
down an adversary with the power of demo
, iil'ou itself. It would have amused you to
! have seen Mr. Forsyth practice the doctrine
of Nullification upon some of the small fry
ol the assembly.
Col. Cuinming has trained no accession of
fame by his attendance upon flic Convention,
lie has but very moderate parliamentary tal
ents, but is distinguished in the drawing
room, or in sub-committee sessions. His col
loquial talent is commanding. Ilis manner
has more of military frankness and directness,
than the beauty or grace of the orator. lie
can plan the parliamentary campaign, but can
not execute the evolutions.
I had been taught to believe that Alfred
Cuthhert was one of the most talented and
eloquent of our statesmen, but you may rely
upon it, he has exhibited himself here as but
little superior to the veriest school boy de
claimed His efforts here have excited the
pity, not to say contempt, of his friends. So
much tor the headmen and chiefs of the seces
sion. Other men claim a passing notice.
Mr. Be men stands out from among ordina
ry men, with prominent outline and command
ing proportions. lie has not the speed, the
rapidity, and alertness of Achilles, hut he
has the tremendous energy of Ajax—Forsyth
defies all competition, m Guerrilla war; Ber
rien is the hero of campaigns and seiges.—
I'orsyth, like Murat, is unrivalled in the on
set ; and Berrien, iike Napoleon, invincible
at Austcrlitz ; the eloquence of Air. Forsyth,
like the mountain torrent,sparkles, and foams,
and bounds over all impediments; that of
Mr. Berrien, like ocean’s tide, moves onward
in quiet, swelling, deepening flow, until all ob
jects arc merged in its ample bosom. In the
convention Mr. 11. seemed constantly to have
his eye fixed upon results, and could not he
led astray by momentary excitements; always
self-possessed, wary, and furnished, 1 is cool
and dignified oratory foiled the repeated ef
forts ol his wily adversary; and he finally led
his friends to the adoption of plans which he
no doubt had well matured in private. Mr.
B.’s fort is in solemn argument; he is argu
mentative, even logical; yet, his most abstract
reasonings are embellished with the richest
figures, clothed with the purest English, and
accompanied and enforced w ith a grace and
dignity of manner inimitable. 1 have no
idea that Greece, or Koine, or Britain, furnish
in their long annals two happier models of elo-
quence than these gentlemen. Our young
countrymen would do well to study them.
Judge Clayton is familiar to von. Ilis
pen is more eloquent than his tongue. Ilis
mind teems with thought, but his thoughts
| arc but little aided by his manner. He was
i, pt reared in the Grotto of the Graces.—
There is jn Judge C’s speeches and writings,
hut little of classic beauty, still lie is impres
sive. Jle produces {hat kind oi impression
which superior intellect ever (lid and ever
will produce. His knowledge is his power;
and no man is more fruitful and ingenious in
his illustrations.
Mr. Gilmer delivered one speech, when
the convention was in committee of the
whole, upon the report of the committee, and
was listened to with marked attention.—
There is a peculiarity in this gentleman’s
speeches which touches all listeners, and
that is, an air breathing through every word
and every action, of undoubting confidence [
in the rectitude of his positions ; he is always j
earnest, seems not to speak from speculation, j
but fiom absolute conviction. There is also
a tremendous force accompanying Mr. G’sj
opinions, growing out of the entire integrity)
and frankness of his character; no one doubts
that he is not God’s noblest work—an hon
est man. lie has not that self command in
debate necessary to the developement of the
high attributes of oratory, his feelings hurry
him away; his sentences, therefore, are some
times broken, and his manner rough.
I could speak of others, but I prefer to be
rather a narrator of events, than the chroni
cler of men’s merits or demerits.
Mr. Forsyth, alleging that the convention
refused a sufficient scrutiny into the qualifi
cation of its members, seceded—about fifty
gentlemen, mostly of the Clark party, follow-;
ed him. lie quit the convention before it !
had acted—instead of endeavoring to direct!
it to wise results, or even proposing to it any |
measure whatever, he retired from its delibe
rations. It is said, and I have no doubt that
the assertion is true,.that this gentleman and i
Col. Cuinming came here with a fixed pur- j
pose to dissolve the convention, to bring it j
into disrepute with the people, and organize |
new parties in the state.” J
Kontli Carolina Convention.
The Governor, it will be seen by reference j
to our Legislative proceedings, bas laid be-1
fore the General Assembly a copy of tire pro
ceedings of the late Convention of the State
of South Carolina.
Ills 1 Excellency in communicating these j
important documents to the Legislature, has
given, we respectfully think, no clue by
which that body can form a definite opinion
of his views of the policy which South Car
olina is pursuing. lie merely introduces
them in a formal manner, and then for the ed
ification of the Legislature refers them to a
quotation from tiie Farewell Address of the
sainted and illustrious Washington. Not a!
word ever dropped from the lips of that “great j
and good” man, undeserving the solemn at-j
tention of the American people. We look
upon bis sayings as aphorisms and maxims
which should be engraved upon the Consti
tution and upon the hearts of every man who
aspires to the character of a Patriot. But,
unfortunately for the times we live in, the
advice and admonitions of the Father of his
country are too often adduced for the unholy
purpose of applying them to men and
measures, to which they have no relevan
cy whatever—and this is too frequently
done with no other object in view than to
subserve the paltry considerations of local
parties. If this is not true, why, let us ask,
is the Farewell Addicss,quoted a3 applicable
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to the present posture which South Caroling
has assumed ? Has that State recommended)
Secession ? Has she recommended a dismem
berment of the Union 1 We say, decidedly"
she has not; —that none of her acts have the*
remotest tendency to any such results-—and
that such results cannot possibly be brought'
about, unless they are forced upon her by the'
fatuity and madness of misguided friends, ul
tra-politicians and jealous, tyrannical rivals.'
On the important subject to which we have
alluded, Governor Lumpkin himsfelf is with'
•South Carolina, as will be seen ivr tftefolloW
ing extract which we make from his message:-
“The proceedings of the late session of Con
gress were noted wrfh intense interest and !
solicitude, and will; a spirit and desire 1 to find,
something in the proceedings of that body, s
tending to harmony, founded upon acta of
justice, and a more sacred regard to the prin
ciples of our Federal System. But each sdc->
ceeding Wivil during the late, long Session,
did but strengthen my misgivings, in longer
looking to that body, to save the country fron
the threatening evils of partial, oppressive
and unconstitutional legislation.”
Wc know it will he replied, that the Gov';'
ernor hast unequivocally denounced Nnllifi-*’-
cation; hut at the same time We contend that
he has unequivocally recommended resistance,
which in our political vocabularlf means tho'
same thing-. If there be any inconsistency •
and discrepancy in the sentiments of his Ex
cellency, it is not our duty to reconcile them.
All we can say is this, that the passage which'
wc have taken from his Message, would and'
does authorise and justify a determined resis
tance to the protective Tariff.
_ sa&aaaas.
In Winchester, Conn, on the 24th ult. John’'
Rutherford, Jr. Esq. of Macon, Ga. to Miss*
Caroline Hurlbut, daughter of Lemuel llorlbut
Esq. of the former place.
I'resciitiiH'iits
Of Bibb Superior Court, August adjourned Term ,
1832.
VVTE, the Grand Jury, selected and sworn for
v v the county of Bibb, make the following
Presentments:
We are almost daily made to witness the vio
lation of our laws prohibiting the introduction of
slaves into this, from other States, for sale. Wo
view this mode of increasing onr slave popula
tion as a great evil, and earnestly recommend a*
rigid enforcement of the laws of this State for its
prevention. We recommended theselaws'to the *
attention of our Ilepresentives in the present Leg
islature; and should they deem them inefficient, 1
that they use their endeavors to have them 1 so
amended as to render them effective.
According to the present araugsinent of hold
ing our Superior Court, hut one week can be had
at the regular sitting, which is fully ascertained,
is altogether too short a limit to dispose of the
quantity of business on our dockets, and that an
adjourned term will always be necessary. Wo
therefore recommend that the time of silting b* eo
altered, or such arrangement be made to give suf
fisient time for the disposal of its business.
A committee of this body have examined the
court house and jail, and report, that they find
the jail generally in a good and safe condition.
But from the number of negroes and other per
sons that are frequently confined, they recom
mend, that should the country funds admit of the
expense, that another room be added to the jail
apartments. The room now occupied by th
jailor could be fitted up at a small expense by ad
ding gratings to the windows, new doors, Ac.
For the accommodation of the jailor, a cheap
frame building of two rooms, wsich would be
much more airy and comfortable that his present
apartments, should be erected.
The J ury find that the court hoHse liae suffered
much injury from the leaky condition of the eu
pulo and roof, and is likely to suffer to a much
greater extent in the plaistering, £Jc. Tftey re
commend it to the immediate attention of the In
ferior Court, and that it receive repairs forthwith
in the roof, spouts, windows, and wherever it
may need it.
A committee of this body who have taken is to
consideration the situation of the roads and bridg
es, reported, that width few exceptions, the row Is
and bridges are not in such a condition as tin -y
would wish, or as the importance of as •
market town would require. Wecanno, hows r
er point out any particular sestion of road tb.at
requires special notice.
We recommend to the Inferior Court a rild
enforcement of the road laws.
We have had before us the Tax Colletor’s
Books, and recommend that he be allowed on th
State Tax the sum of SIOO 83 cents, and on th
county tax $37 81 cents, making together the
sum of $l3B ti l cents, viz.
For insolvent list, - $37-72-71-2
For property returned by Smith and
children, and also by Charles S.
Lewis, .... 82-28-41
For property received by J. Jackson,
and also returned and tax paid in
Monroe county, - - - g g-j
For expenses incurred by Tax Collec
tor for sale of property which did
not pay expenses, ... 46-05-1-4
„ $l3B-61
We have examinedthe books of the Clerk of
the Superior Court, and find them nearly and cor
rectly kept, and all entries belonging to them up
to this time properly made. The papers of the
office are neatly filed, and as far as we are able
to judge, correct.
The Grand Jury take this opportunity of ex- \
pressing their renewed approbation of his honor,
Judge Strong, in the performance of the adruone
duties which have come under his jurisdietioa >
during this long and procrastinated term. The
promptness with which the cases of adjudication -
have been taken up and disposed of, accompanied
with his accustomed urbanity of manner, can but
receive the commendation of 13ihb county. r
To the Solicitor General, we return our thanks
for the ability in the performance of his duties in
connexion with this body, and his willingness at
all times to counsel w hen called on.
We requost so much of the above presentments’ r
1 as are of a public nature, be published in the sev
! eral gazettes in Macori.
SIMRI ROSE, Foreman.
Myron Bartlett, Daniel Wadsworth,
Benjamin May, Finley Holmes,
Irwin Bullock, Wm. S. Norman,
George Jewett, Lewis Fitch.
Charles A. Higgins, James Hoy,
Lewis 11. Gregory, Kdw. W. Wright,
Luke J. Morgan, Charles Ingram,
y.aehariah Holliman, William Scott,
Liam Alexander, C. ff r . Washington,
liolen Bivins, •
On motion of Washington Poe, Solicitor Gen- '
oral, it is ordered, that the above PresentnventwvA
i be published in accordance with the request oC*
j the Grand Jury,
! A truo copy from the minutes. J
v Deo. 1,1338. U.O. UOBSvtW
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