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POLITICAL.
Hi*? * ron ‘ cr - >° * lui . don T' uc “ , ~‘, h ' I ofyonr «he
• * s-oiAnin doubts I Vou will proceed with the enrolling business,
he nntter f rJSj '«!•«« l »"«! Gov. Lumpkin, to whom a copy of this letter
... .. „„ .1,. snhiect. I I has been transmitted, has been requested to ap-
you. The fate ot our old friends, as a jn'lj'
hangs upon the rourso you may recommend to
T^*o Oiwcrnor’s Ooi'respdHtleiteo
with Mr. PcsiiSierlou.
Frvn ths Augushi Chronicle.
Tho first HettortfVoin Oov. Lumpkin, opening the
em-fesjondenco, is as follows:
MIU.BDOKVI 1.1.15, April fit'i. '«di.
Mr Dear Bin.—1 read the Chronicle with in-
SSS^'XM^5Sj!> "ti“
communicate clearly and desliiictly your ideas on j
nil subjects. In the Chronicle of the Hh, l was (
pleased with the notice taken of (in*. 4r r ’ u P s let-'
t.f bs “ A Georgian.” I was tile-*-' ynm
MIWM remarks on the subject of the. •
Moating/' Permit me to s,»v to VT)U, that while
nm decidedly in favor of Reduction, my name has
had a prominent place, in tho Hancock and other
meetings on the subject ot-a Convention—without
my privity, knowledge ov consent—*. «; «*' b °"
the least consultation Yvitlt me. by any ind_iVK1u.il
■who has taken part hi those meetings
im will hi* irivrtl to 1110 1*
The
requested
nrolting agents to receive
j while our opponen
will have gone hy, aud neglected, ml is lost. — | V! ^ ,,u '’'""^"eais nor double on ihMubject . ■ -
I need not tell vou, that in taking advantage of • * l , | l nt yon will not only protect and j point two assistant
this “ tide,” the deepest' responsibility rests upon | teel salts lie t t- of g ( ate, but at j the same compensation as whs allowed them last
" ' ' ’ the same, time jealously do justice to ter insulted '
r hearing towards tlioie »nultaye
1 car,.i.,t pauso to choose between party, and this
honest dictates of my conscience and judgment, | mu, tlt.it tin.
particularly when great principles, and the .lately
a,,.I welfare uf inv country, are at stake ; yet won
1 .»■' ■+**» araa 1 sr* :r:r:; ram ss—.w
ind nelfaro of mv uv.. Jt — • - -
ir ardently l desire to a«:l wiili my ol<
friends in this matter ; how my best wishes ami
feelings are « ^h them ; and iH.w.jmvio.-r ^
2ft Hjfthem -: most glorious triumph for .he lu
mp. and reward for all the trials they have cultur
ed for long past. What have they to (ear ' Mas
not nullification triumphed most gloriously u ■
roliua, against all the dimcult.es with which
has been assailed, and in Ore very win..too. ol at
;;;houi I the opposition of nil .be States in the Union, an
at first a majority of its own? ''hat, thru, is to
The evi-| prevent its success here, with tins example a
ln 11 - • ' and tho canvtctior., that as pre-
„ .dissiuuaries will no: leave the
bile you are Governor of iliefetate,
„ emtentiary, j . , .
till they have served out their full term ul strvie
to the last minute.
I remain, respected and dear sir,
With great esteem and regard
Vour obedient servant,
a.. 11. i-bmuekton.
ile-
denne of what l sKie, will be Siven_tojhe pubhr j h Jim«ar maTerinVa nre engaged in the co
in doe time—in an incontrovertible form,
official relation which I hear to the people, at this l
important crisis,occupies all my time and talents...
and would require more if I had them to bestow.
1 am onllobo diverted from a straight forward
g-enrsft. The State will sustain alt its rights.
Fear not. Bo strong. I am calm and composed.
1 use no threatening language, nor large swelling
words. 1 shall not ape Troup. But l am ready
,0 nSl UK mo'hear from you, aud believe mo yours
*'" lve^ • WILSON LUMPKIN.
A. H. Pemberton, Lsq. Augusta.
When the ahovo letter was written, we were, anl
plir.it, *nff
‘luntwrily
that hr 4 'rr*fl lhi
oi.-tcly similar m...« -
test hrrr, ns Ihrrc, on both sides, th« results must
he precisely tho same. Are not the n 111lifirrs .n
Carolina our old allies and friends; nnd their oppo
nents, there nnd here* m/r opponents; and such,
too, as we never can lend, or net with mutually,
nr at all, except by following their lead, and
Office cr the auolsta chronicle
Augusta* June. GIk 1832
IIesitctf.!) Sir—I an-sorry to seethe V
rnI Union taking so decided a stand against Nwlli-
AcationJbecause I dotilf not that it will do most
serious Injury to the Clark party. Nullification
is sure lo triurnpli, as it has already triumphed in
the Supremo Court case, rxcepPin the fKinir ; aud
as fast is the principles become understood, and
it is foiml out that the move against the Supreme
Court 1 a case of Nullification, decidedly similar
in prinliple to that meditated by Carolina, the
name il adopted also. 1 know that the doctrine
is sprelling through the State most rapidly, and
far beylid my most sanguine expectations 1
shouting huft7.*s to their triumphs? And will not ^ ^hidevef party takes it up first must carry t!'.e
, /.i 111 \ li a ilu* tun , 1 . . /> ....... r..„.s
success, with them, (the nullifu rs) unite ihc t"0
States in action as wi ll as interest, and give a
strength to their common cause, most important
to their common safety* and to their influence
upon those abroad, against whose oppressions
they are contending ? While on the other hand,
any triumph in this Stateagainst them, either by
ourselves or our opponents, must be a triumph
"'"‘...'- "‘V ’’ nn l most explicit, nmi against ourselves,—and against the South—divid-
NuUitlcalion n * Aware of this, ho voluntarily l ing and weakening it, nnd thereby rendering its
determined terms
opens n correspondence—tolling
Xoniclo with increased Interest, ^rte 'Tr n
with n> g.nernllv in matters of nrmr.mlo. W1 ml.lttr*?
■nice scarcely nnv thing else had appear*- . m the pa-
|>erfor soma time ? And what other ‘'matters ot prin-
=c*ipla” could we have expected he roifrred to, hilt
Hawse of riu'.lificsiion, when wo had not diseased any
wlhers for a length ot time? The very article he men
tions, respecting tho “ Hancock Meeting,” was one
•trongly censuring the effort to draw off the energy,
interest,and feeling of the State, to (lie subject of “ itc-
duction,” when they wen? all needed on the subject
of resistance to the oppressions ot the Tariff, and ought
til to lie concentrated on that, till it ww finally set
tled and disposed of. Our whole efforts at that time,
were devoted to the rights and wrongs of the State, &
proper mode of redressing the latter, and sustain
success, in the picsent contest, more nnceitaiu,
tar<ly, _and w pih1ft^c .1 3iftdVeViY°reine“iy, c'tunot he
reasonable, and you are sensible cannot occur
and therefore, since a union of the South is st
important, how foolish it is, how impossible, it
fact, with those who look to principle and patriot
ism, and not mere personal or party interests and
prejudices, to choose disunion as the remedy, in
preference to nullification—even though they may
not like nullification—when the worst lhat can
possibly ensue from the latter, is the adoption ot
the former, if it should not succeed in remedying
tha evil without it. Jl you agree with me as to
the danger of delay—and rest assured that our old
opponents are now concerting measures to take
dav. nniwith them, of course, as 1 have heretofore
noticed^) you, all those of the other party who
are nnlluers, should one portion of the Clark par
ty declan against if, a much larger, I firmly be
lieve, wilideclartfor it, and thus completely split
the pnrtyA Cor my own part, I cannot see how a-
ny intelligent man cat. declare for a decided nul
lification ol the decision.,f the Supreme Court,
and of course all the laws Ml j treaties on which
it is founded, and yet he opp*. 0 | n()t 0 nly to the
exuedienev. but to the prt/iciptes ,\^ t , r ,».« r ;i .
.'./.Vim Muhiiic.moi), winch .ire precistV^tlie same.
When I came out »o openly and thoroghly for
the doctrine, both in expediency as well s princi
pie, (which latter I have always held, as pu know
year
Enrolling hooks must be prepared in the follow
ing form. A memorandum must be inserted, pur
porting that the subscriber assents to a treaty with
the United States upon the terms heretofore of
fered by the President, to their people, and that il
no treaty should be made in the course ol next
fall or early In tho **;».•««-, tKo.% tUo subscribers will
cede to the United States all their right and in
terest in the Cherokee lands East of the Missis
sippi, upon the following conditions:
That they shall receive so fast as Congress shall
make the necessary appropriations, the ascertain
ed value of their improvements, on their arrival
west of the Mississippi.
That they shall be removed and subsisted one
year, at the expense ol the United States.
That they shall he entitled to all such stipula-
! lions as may he hereafter made in favor of those
who tin not now remove, excepting so far as such
stipulations may depend tin the cession ot rights ol
improvements for which the subscribers have been
previously allowed compensation.
That they shall have their full share of the three
years of annuity now remaining unpaid, and they
shall he entitled to their just proportion of the
school reservation under the treaties ol N17 and
’19.
The object of this, ax Von will perceive, is to
place those who will now enroll and emigrate, on
the same level with those who may follow them to
the 'Vest; the Government being desirous to ex
pedite their removal, and render to them all equa
justice. In the progress of this bu^.MCSS, wi
thank you to communicate freely with the De
partment, and make such further suggestions as
you may suppose will conduce to the benefit of
the Clierokees, and the advancement of the benevo-
l e ^.f ,e r.? r .‘ l .!f..Hr Br "{ , lS! , 'w;ii he'pleased ’to
communicate to your assistant enrolling agents,
such directions in conformity to these instructions,
you may deem necessary for their information
ing a description of the scene, save,-“thus has ternri- j Tlu> Correspondence,
noted thia long anticipated festival, from u htcl. so much ) Wc re publish, this week, Ins Excellency i mentors-
was hoped and so much feared; the hopes have ripened- . ^ c0rreS p O ndence with Mr. Pemberton. When cal-
into reality, the fears have happily ceased to exist. m on lately for his sentiments on the proposed ameud-
^re’satfsfimtmytotiio'Khigttnd^Goventnmnt, tha*i if | me.it, his official organ declares him - decidedly in ft.
it had been iillowedito bo wholly uninterrupted by open j vor 0 f Ratification"—and very gratuitously adds, •' „
Trout tho arrests which have j j oc ;j e< j|y opposed lo Nullification:' Verily, his Excel-
:
opposition; since it anpei . .
S the enemies o^STder have again pros- I leucy’s declarations, correspondence and official dec.-
cd how utterly insignificant a minority they form in ] meuts, will prove him decidedly on hath sides of bolt,
the great body of citizens who have a right to consider , the . (; qllost j olw . It has never boon denied, though
themselves ~ ' '*
sxvxrn no riJKITK-VTl’.
_o. I openly charged in several papers, that his Excellency
characterized the proposed amendment as unequal and
—= j unjust—though declaring through the Federal Union
- that he is “ decidedly in favor of Unification.'' The p ro !
sent correspondence will shew, that though “decidedly
! opposed to Nullification,’’ there teas a time when h 0
did not “ abhor the doctrine ;” and his message to th e
Legislature will convince the most incredulous, that up
to tho moment when that document was
m °re than
hall written, his Excellency contended for the right of
I a State to determiuo for herself, “ TIIE TIME
■ THE MODE and THE MEASURE of redress." '
The trial uf Antoine Lu Blanc, for the murder or
' .Mr. Olid Mrs. Sayre, and their coloured servant wo
man, was concluded at Morristown, (N. J.) on t | le
22d tilt., and resulted in his conviction. The culprit
at first denied, but has subsequently confessed his gnilt
Ho was sentenced to bo bung on the Friday thefilh
lust.
The Gama Grass referred to, and so highly recom
mended, in an article on the first page, can be seen
growing on several plantations ill the neighborhood of
this place.
*<>« the former. And ivlint dues he *ay, in couuec- I the field—nnd will soon do so, as soon ns they cun
lin« with mil this.T—'• The Statu will »«stam nil its
rights. Fe«r not.” Fenr not whut, hut tliat wo
fflifj^ld succeed, in the course we were then pursuing f
* Be strong.” Strong in what, hut the advocacy of
nuliifitsntinn T “ I nm calm and composed. 1 use no
threatening language, nor large swelling words. I shall
not ape Troup. But I am ready to do niy duty.”...Now
tvbat could all this he uuderstuod to mean, hut that
he should not u*e threatening language, and large iw el-
ling words, as Troup had done, hill that lie would sus
tain the rights of the State, as delerminulely us ho had
itnna, nutii'llliBlmiHing 1 «
Next mark our reply to this, and an extract from an
other letter, the first part of which is on another whol
ly different subject and therefore omitted. Here they
are—and say if we did not write therein from begin-
ing to end, as one under full conviction that he agreed
with us on the doctrines of nullification 1
Office of the Augusta Chronicle,
Augusta, April 10th, 1832.
Tics pec Ten Sir:—Vour esteemed favor of the
inst. is received, ami I take the first opportu
nity afforded hy an extreme pressure of business,
to reply to it. ft is really gratifying to me to know,
that the Chronicle has increased in its interest
with you *, for, standing alone as I do in this State,
in the promulgation and advocacy of the great
principles of State Rights and Free Trade, which
have agitated our Sister State, and assailed on all
Bides by nrejudice, interest, ignorance, and timidi
ty, with scarcely any thing but a good cause and
clear conscience to give me “ good cheer,” I can
not but feel deeply the kind and approving smiles
qf those 1 respect and cHteey^mfl. uaruvqffirkv
than ordinary weight. Great as is the present op
position to nullification, founded on blind preju
dice, and ignorance of its real nature, it must yet
triumph, or 1 know nothing of the people. The
•♦vils complained of are generally admitted; and
the necessity, therefore, of some remedy or other,
vnust be admitted, also; and in such a crisis, it is
the duty of every patriot, to take the remedy most
efficient in its nature, aud least dangerous in its
consequences. What is that remedy, now that ail
•hope from Congress is at an end ? The State can
not after all that she has asserted, argued, remon
strated and protested, calmly stand still and suffer
her oppressions to continue without an effort to
relieve herself....and to make efforts which would
plainly be unavailing, would render her ridiculous
& contemptible in the eyes of the world. It must
be evident to every reflecting mind, that she will
not, cannot remain passive, under such circum
stances; and since efforts of some kind will he
made, it is necessary and proper lhat the people
•hould be enlightened in time, and prepared to
make their efforts efficiently, judiciously, and safe
ly, To deny that a great crisis is approaching,
it absolute madness, the effect of selfish supine-
fieiia or blind ignorance ; and for those who see it
to disguise the fact from those who should sec it
and prepare for ir, is a base disregard of duty, and
treacherous indifference to the interests of tho
country—-the whole country. To preserve the in
stitutions of the country- -the Union--and at the
same time remove the evils of which we comph
should be the object of every one— and if this be
snot done before the evil becomes too great and ex
asperating, the people of the South will not care
to preserve it. At present, none are opposed to
the Uuion or the Government, but simply to their
errors ; and the true object now is, therefore, to
root out the errors, and not destroy the Union or
the Government. This is the object of .N ullifica
tion. llut unhappily there arc too many leading
men in this state, who look more to private and
party interests and prejudices, than the good of
their country; and these men now, for reasons
which are fully obvious to you, oppose nullifica
tion, because of the men engaged in it in South
•Carolina. And they therefore madly urge disu
nion as the only proper remedy, and I fear will
convince the people of that fact, if ihn«o wl»«
have opposed their mad party schemes, do not now
stand up in the cause of the people, before it is
too late, and shew them they have a safer, sure
fometly. But lately these folks attacked nullifi
cation because they said it tended to disunion ;
and now they choose dire'.t disuniou, as a better
temedy. What madness! What absurdity!---
reconcile the conflicting opinions among them
selves; for many of the more honest and inde
pendent of them have evinced symptoms of nul
lification—and all of them would doubtless pre
fer it, honestly, if they could so do without fol
lowing Calhoun aud his friends ; for you know
that before Calhoun came out, and Crawford de
nounced his doctrines, they made strong demon
strations in i»s favor ; and here would rest a great
moral influence, on our part, in operating against
men who arc, in fact, fur mere party motives, ope
rating against what they honestly believe to he
right.—If, I say, you agree with me as to the dan
ger uf delay, you will of course see the propriety
of making every possible effort lo create unanimi
ty among our friends as speedily as possible, and
enlightening them on the proper course to be
adnp'ed, as the only means oi saving them from
committing themselves farther against nullifica
tion, and playing into the hands of their oppo
nents. I nm satisfied you will find no difficulty
with them, when fully and honestly informed.—
At least, I judge so from the fact, that mostly,
aud almost uniformly, where 1 have explained to
them fully lire doctrines of nullification, even
among those formerly most prejudiced aud vio
lent against it. they have admitted its truth nnd
republicanism, and expressed their astonishment
to find it so difiurent a thing to what they had be
lieved it. The fact is—and to their everlasting
credit and honor be it spoken—they arc generally
governed hy honest and patriotic motives, and,
posed to do what they honestly believe right, and
to hear both sides, as the best means of arriving
at it. Why they arc opposed to nullification, I
need not explain to you, or say. that it is bee
they have believed it a very different thing from
what it is. Ami I feel confident, that they need
only to be fully informed of what it is, to adopt it
without hesitation. Honest error and prejudice
asily overcome—and there will ho no diffi
culty, therefore, in convincing them, particularly
as many of their most intelligent and influential
party men are already nullifiers in principle—and
their strength as a party, must he greatly increas
ed by the tendency of tho more honest of their
opponents, who are more or less committed to
the doctrines, to join their cause, with the convic
tion that a similar failure must probably occur to
the opposition here, as in Carolina—and hy the
moral and physical influence they must derive
from the successful and co-operating party in Ca
rolina. Their great argument against nullifica
tion—that the Supreme Court was the proper ar
biter in difficulties between the States and the
General Government—is now completely destroy
ed, by the late decision of that Court in precise
ly such a case, and their direct opposition to it ;
and as they must therefore either adopt nullfica-
tinn or disunion as an ultimate remedy, J cannot
doubt that they will unhesitatingly choose the
former. I should be much gratified if the reme
dy of nullification were to be applied by the next
Legislature to this decision of the Supreme
Court, by laws making it penal to attempt to en
force it within our limits ; and I trust it will be.
it would be following in the footsteps of Virgin
ia, in the case of the Alien and Sedition Laws,
and would give strength to the nullification cause,
both in that State and in Carolina.
“ A Georgian” was written hy one of our most
powerful and influential friends, and favorites of
the party, and a nullificr too ; and I should he
pleased to tell you his name, but that profession
al etiquette ami confidence, forbids it, without his
leave, which I have not immediate means of ob
taining. 1 shall tell him what you say of his ar
ticle, because it will doubtless please him, and
therefore not tend to lessen those political ties
which I would fain have as strong between you
and him a* possible, and which I shall never loose
any opportunity of cherishing.
I approve of your course in relation to reduc
tion, decidedly, and am glad that our views of the
“ Hancock meeting” accord. How scandalous
it is for the Troupers to be contending about mat
ters of mere jmrty feeling, (for you know that is
the due secret of the matter) while the groat in-
» min taut , a„vL ...w, j* an( ] government in the enrolling business.
I have from my first acquaintance with yu, when ° i •
wo first met with Col. Gumming at the lansion
House.) I anticipated much oppositiot among
my subscribers; but to my agreeable su iri.ic, I
have not lost even half a dozen of them, >n that
account, and have gained many, and reeixed the
most cheering assurances, and flattering puspccts
of tile future from every quarter of the Htaj—and
to an extent which would much astonish yu,and
which you will find very shortly is nut exggcra-
ted.
1 remain, respected sir.
With great regard and esteem,
Vour obedient servant,
A. IL PEMBERTIN.
KttQVTfvv.
HI!#. f-.EI»GE VII. I. Es
Wednesday, Scpl. 11, 1833.
I'ou v ft VJ.tt.xou.
MAJ. JOEL CRAWFORD.
R. i Tli'IC.I TSO.V.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE GEORGIA COURIER - .
Thei1 v - is no department of tho Federal Government j n( j ( j re89 nl y 3t »lf to you for a .single purpose. Ifo
useful in its constitutional functions, and mere not intend to argue whether Maj. Cfuwfordis, or i»
, ‘ ‘ , 10 „ ;* ir.Mscends the til, than is tho Jndicia. nut a nullifier, in the sense you may adopt; for with
dangerous when ittraJscenUs tnun, riumo men, (and I class you among them us a very con.
• j ♦ anti we iiuntc wc may add v. J » . | spicuous and prominent sample,) political principle*
none which is more apt to transcend them. Lertam it ^ ur(i things of little moment, having no obligatory or
is that in those periods of our history, which have pro- binding influence, and consequently supporting bull
sented the most trying conflict* between tho Federal flimsy shew of correct consistency. Like the-wander
semeu me / * ovtl - ing Arab, whose home is always before ban, your ca-
and State authorities, the federal Judiciuiy n* ^ reer in politics has never becu marked by atuy rererti*
been found ranged on the side of the former. Such, foie tendency whatever. Regardless of tho past, your
we think may fairly be considered as its habitual ten- ( ambition is staid by the present, leaving the morrow t»
-
hick has been, much more to present lo his view,
originates in the very sumo provision that was intended ; H?i.:5S* ,l iV.._r
to secure it from error: its irresponsibility. It w
mde
Now, would he not, if lint then a nullifier, line un
deceived us as to the evident impression utider.vhich
Ike above were written ? Note it iie attempts lolo
ill the following reply to them, in the sligheet degee.—-
A small part of it, in reply to that omitted in oirs, is
loll out.
Mii,i,k.doevii,le, June Ot li ias-2.
Mi/ Dear Sir—Your letter of the liili inst. is
before me. And although I am sick and scarcely
ible to write, not hiving answeitd your former
interesting letter, I feel that you must not he longer
neglected, lest my silence should he attributed
to some want of respect nr kind feeling, which
does not exist. My kindest feelings are with you
as a friend, in whoso motives, independence anil
talents tin confidence remains unshaken. In re
gard lo tho course of the Federal Union, I shall
remark, its Editors, like the rest of the corps, as
far as I know, are the rightful owners of all that
appears in their paper editorially. For myself,
you may rest assured f have no newspaper organ,
not the slightest control, concert, or connexion
with any press in existence, so far as relates to the
political sentiments of the editors. Su far as 1
am concerned, titty are entitled to the entire re-
sponsibility of all that appears in their papers.—
As a public man, all that 1 ask from a free press
is, that when mv public acts tire taken up, that they
from every honest F.ditor.
Having a great many tilings to do, l find it ne
cessary to take one thing at a time, and 1 select the
most im]">rUtnt one first. And when lhat is <1 h jio-
sed of, 1 take op the next, &e. If I had notling
else to do, hut to write and make speeches on tub-
jects of political economy, I would certainly try
my skill, at this important crisis, rather that re
main an idle spectator of the deeply inleresing
scenes which now agitate the country. But t is
my lot to he the superintendent of n mighty teirk-
shoii. My auxiliaries are few and feeble. Lheiy
tiling that is not planned, prepared and excelled
hv myself, undergoes my scrutiny, inspectiunand
correction.
In a wortl, Sir, let me plainly say to vou, lant
at this stotmy period, endeavoring to steer the lark
of Georgia, w ithout one solitary competent nd
regular adviser. I have found many ot my frieidg
purely and exclusively selfish. If they cannot al-
vise so as to bring advantage lo themselves, tiny
drop oil'. Well let them go.
My health is bad, but my spirits nnd confidnicc
firm and unshaken. If God spares my life and
gives me health, I shall surmount every other dif
ficulty.
1 can write no more, yours as ever,
WILSON LUMI’IvIN
A. II. Pemberton. Ksq. Augusta.
1 am, sir, with great respect,
Your oli'i serv't.
(Signed) JOHN KOBIL
Acting Secretary of War.
Maj. Benjamin F. Curry, Calhoun, Ten-
ncssee.
—iiinoan:—
The Population of the II. States.
The Boston Journal lias some interresting sug
gestions on this subject, derived truni the last
Quarterly Hegister.
The greatest population to a square mile is in
the District ofColumliia, where it is ^Con
necticut, G3; in Rhode Island, 72; MaS^Hpelts,
81; Maryland aud New Jersey, 40 24;
New York, 41 ; Pennsylvania, do.
The population ol New York in 10 f0, it is sup
posed will be 2,500,000. or 200,000 more than that
of all New England, and about equal to that ol all
the North Western Territories. That of Penn
sylvania is rated at 1.700,000; ol Ohio 1,300,000. _
That of Virginia is put at a lew thousand n, t' re - j co)1C tirrence of circumstances, may be peaceably and
And thus the oldest settled ofAhe spates, which | fu „ r ,. pe |] e d. and the Court set right, by a
i" l'"' 1 » [»>l>nl«» on ‘>1 747.000, will h;,ve I g „ rto i by the nation; so happy a conjuncture
been overtaken hy a Stale which had no govern- State supportcu uy me , ttj j
mentor any kind until one year before that date, | should by no means be allowed to pass umuiprovod
dul not become a State until 1802, nnd had
:nses op pi
Anil can it be supposed that the people, if proper- ! rests of the Slate are at stake, anti call for unr
ly advised and informed, will not see through all j undivided aid and energy. A pretty business,
ttliis, and treat it as a mere parly move, regardless ] truly, for men opposed to the Tariff, and always
of principle ? Make the worst you can of nullift- I clamoring about the name of State Bights, tube
cation, it cannot bring any thing worse than disu- j furthering the political views ol Van Jluren, an
oioo, and promises much better. 1 know I need j ultra-Tanlf mao!—By the bye, how statoT you
not explain to you the salely and efficiency of I and the President? I expect not very well, lor
nullification. You must know it, and those en- | of course, our opponents have made every elfort
gaged in it, and that it aims at the evil complain- j to alienate from you his regard aud confidence,
ed of, and not at the Union ; and what folly it is to Be assured you have nothing to expect from him,
attack the Union, when we are not opposed to it! | while they have his ear ; and I doubt not therc-
I am satisfied that movements ate afoot, among | l« r *. •« •>>« present Supreme Court business, you
the leaders of the Troup party, to oppose nullifi-
cption, and adopt disunion as their party remedy— j vt ' r J' cautiously any thing which may come ft om j ,j e j ent t he whole object in view, and deprive ui!-
designing thus to make every tiling a matter ol j T ;l1 quarter. Not lhat 1 believe he would mten- j selves of the power of d
party aud party aggrandizement, regardless o(\ tiontiUjt dec* ice you; but, with the mlluence they i
principle. And shall we look on calmly, and let ! h-ne over him, and the case with which he is evi- j
them iufuse the poison into the minds of the peo- j gently controlled by those around him. lie might 1
|)le, without making a single ctfort to stay it, anil j pcrliatts he made the means of doing you mis
shew the better remedy ? You must see, I think, | chief. Your situation is a delicate one, and I
that nullification or disunion must soon he adopt- j deeply sympathise with Von, hut yet at the sunn
ed.as tho remedy of the Stale; and there.is now lmiu *ci'l assuiod, that with a proper reliance on
but little time for otir friends to determine which youtnlf, the peril of il will he fully equalled by
they will take. Admit that both ire r cilt—still j *■*“ ultimate triumph; as hi fact is always the
they mtul choose between the two; and if tlmv I c ““c. when we shrink not hunt the peril, and do I „f January next. After hht return you shall be it
$u not this quickly, it will be out of their power' 01,r duly to our.elve*. | ,j, e d of his opinion, he being now absent,
to choose with any chance ol party success lor We have the news here, of the petition of the Lithe meantime you are hereby authorised
ihentseres. _ 1 heir opponents w ill move, a to I soon, , Miasiununcx tor a pur dun, and some one or two of remove at the public expense, s neb rciervccs
ftttd their laciltUss ufcpculiug upou lint jKoplc j cur fti'.tvls have feared you might ye hi to ii| ittVi u>£0*cM of ihu
1700, a population of only 3,000. Indeed, Ohio
has the resources within itself, for growing into
the greatest State of the Union. It can support,
without difficulty, a people as dense as that of
Holland.
Ohio contains but 39.000 square miles, while
Virginia contains 04,000, which is within 1,000
of the whole area of New England, and makes
Virginia the largest as well as the oldest fstate.
The next in order is Georgia 02,000, and Mis
souri 00.000. Illinois contains 55,000, Florida
50,000, New York 40,000, Pennsylvania 4f,000,
North Carolina and Louisiana -18,000 each, De
laware 2,120, and Rhode Island 1,350.
The most rapid increase of population we ol>-
id 230,000. This Iasi was at the rate of 409 per
cent in ten years, whereas the average rate of the
whole Union for the last ten, has been 33 per
cent, and that of New England but a little less
than 19. lhat of New ' nrk was never greater
than 70; of Maine, 58; Indiana, Iti l; Illinois.
350; Louisiana, 500; Michigan, 704; Arkansas,
1,3 44. The most rapid increase, has of course,
been in the early settlements.
The population of the United States in 1840
is rated at 17 millions. What it will lie a hun
dred years hence, it is not easy to calculate. What
it may be, however, is inferrable from the fact that
our territory is immensely extensive ; that a vast
amount of licit land is yet unoccupied; that
lands now cultivated may be made vastly more
productive ; that a large portion of our country is
under tropical climates ; and that il the whole
country should support hut 230 inhabitants to a
square mile, as F.nglund now does, we should
have, as the editor of the Register observes, more
than Jour hundred and fifty millions.
—:rwiwo:—
The Richmond "'big, of tljc 27th nlr. says •
41 Tlie shock of an Karihqiiak** was distinctly felt,
in this city, this morning at about hall' past six
o’clock. Its duration was about six seconds.”
It wa-» - >0 sensibly felt, that two deaths were oc
casioned hy it, in the following manner: The
negroes in the coal pits being alarmed, rushed at
once to the mouth of the shaft ; when they arriv
ed there, the curve was about to ascend. One of
them seized upon it with both hands, without be
ing able to get into it; and when he had ascended
the distance of about 100 leet, bis strength relax
ing, his grasp gave way, and be fell, dashing out
bis own brains, and killing another person who
was standing immediately under him.
—:nonoo:—
44 The earth was Jevcris/i and did shake.”—Shaks.
The shock of the Earthquake felt hereon Tues
day morning, was experienced as far as we have
heard from—in Washington, Baltimore, and the
adjoining counties of Maryland and Virginia. A
letter from the foreman at Mr. Baird’s Stone Quar
ry, in Stafford county, Va., dated on Tuesday
morning, says—“We have had a remarkable shiv-
erijig of the earth here to-day; the workmen say,
‘the rocks have the fever aud ague.’” Gentle
men residing in the country, say that sounds simi
lar to that which preceded the shock in the morn
ing, wore heard two or three lime* during the day.
[A/e.r. Gazette.
LATEST I?IS031 EUROPE.
The packet ship Canada, Capt. Britton, arrived at ,
New-York on the 24th, bringing London papers to July j
3Jst inclusive, containing Liverpool dute* to the29th.
The Irish Church Temporalities BiJl was read a
third time in the House of Lords on the flUth, by a ma
jority of fifty-four.
The discussion on the details of the Slavery Abolition
Bill was going forward with every prospect that it would
pass without material alteration.
There is nothing further from Portugal, of an authen
tic character, except hy way of Madrid. These ac
counts represent the Pedroito army to have reached
Stotuhal, on the lefl hank of tho Tagus, opposite Lis
bon. A rumor indeed prevailed, that Lisbon had been
captured—but this appears to have been without fouud-
tion.
The markets for Cotton were in a more favorable
condition than during any previous dates; the rates
power of doing what we would other- j higher and sales more extensive. On the goth July,
wise he able to do. \ ! some prime Uplan^^'ottou sold at lljj, and Nmv-Or-
The opinion of tho Attorney General wiKfoe ! l« ,| » rt ut 12jd. tJuius during tho past week, 80,000
taken, touching the power of the General (lov^ri- j hales.
ment to remove the reaervees untier the trcaVg —:ooooo:—
ol 11*1?—10. If he should he of the opiuLi from tiik s. y. joimin vi. or commerce.
that the Government has the power, iustructirL { RAYS LATER EK4MI EltAAEE
How is the above letter to he understood, but aifiv-
ing us his reasons, therein detailed, f.ir not coinpliiig
with our urgent wishes, that \\2 would come out <ien-
ly before the public, in ••dvucacy of the doctrines vvlen-
tortuined. aud h**Mevfd him to entertain f Does hi not
say. that but for the pressure of other matters, uni the
want of competent aid, & c. he 44 would certainly ti his
skill, at this important crisis, rather than remain ai idle
spectator of the deeply interesting scenes which
agitate the country ?” And how were we to expect,
this, that lie would have tried his skill, Ac.—f<
against nullification ? Should we have been justifl l
entertaining for a moment, a single doubt, o
score?
Wo here submit the case to the public, and
them todetormiue whether Gov. Lumpkin was o
not a nullifier, at the time this coresnondencn
place—whether, if ho was not so, he did not
just grounds to believe he was—and whether hjwr.s
wronged by the expression of that belief, or hi uuy
cause whatever lo complain of it.
ite to those for which he now pretend* ta
irresponsible th:it it might not err; but its exemption I havei unbounded hostility.
.. , i- ,• ;q nrriirs Whence arises it, however, that you perceive tncli
from the ordinary corrective checks, rendu * its errors, effucl- in lho principles of Mai. Crawford, and
of course, when it does commit them, more difficult of reconcile, by such fi atornul embraces, the doc-
cure Mr Jfkfeksos, it is well known, found this the j trines of Governor Lumpkin / Where canyon find
problem hardest of solution, in the action of our gov-1 language used by Maj Crawford, stronger or atari
promcm naruesi , | iuleli |y exploded lor the strongest species of uullifi.
eminent. As matters stand, there is no appeal Irttn t (,. m cull |,e shewn from the olliciul correspoti-
iu decision, however vicious ill prineiplo-or mischiev- l | t , Mce () f Wilson Lumpkin t Your impertinent letter
ons in tendency, hut to the great tribunal of public o- of interrogation to Maj. Crawford, met with the silent
, . , r I - I frencral ' contempt it deserved ; and having no tacts to go upon
pinion, the trial of which lmolves a very S c!Hr!i| | )ml ..J,,,,,. f„r Major Crawford such opinions m jo;
and lengthened discussion, or to the sovereign power ^ w j|| |, 0-st serve to injure him. I leave you loan
of-1 State which to he efficacious for good, must be i s wer your own assertions. But whilst you are engage,
ultimately sustained also by public opinion. Whenever iusueli a profitable task to your countrymen, I give™
11 1,1 ' / J 1 *«iwm/»Lml • a passage Iroui Gov. Lumpkin .*» message, and beg tha
therefore that Court errs where it maybe he ’ j you will expound it according to your own faith i
whenever it advances a pretension, that by a fortunate j us p lc y now use. The extract is in the Goven
or\» best style, and reads:
“ Intolerable assumptions and usurpations which
not yield to the ordinary influence of reason mid jintici
must l»? cheeked by some means ; and the power to ai
complish this end must unquestionably reside in the rei
peetlvo sovereignties. It is inconsistent with every prii
eiplo of liberty and free government, for the political!
served rights of a State to he confided to, or dependent
the decision of maj power under'Heaven* except it be i
trill of her own people. When burdens become insuflci
1,1-. the time* TUG .MODE, and THE MEASURE
redress, nre questions which must he determined by thoi
who feel themselves aggrieved.”
What say you to language like this ? Is there m
npishness of Crawford in il ! Be precise, and remei
her hercalterto fortify your own camp, before you ve
thus ta gain something to the cousccrmion of principle,
and the certainty and stability of constitutional law.
Such all opportunity presented itself in the Mission-
ary caso.
Georgia stood on ground too strong to be shaken.—
She stood on tho integrity of her territory, and on
her right to regulate aud control her internal polity, in-
denenJentlv of the General Government. These were ,
'l . ^ . . , . , , . 1 turo an attack upon the citadel of your enemy
immunities too plain to he mistaken, and too important , ^ pypilOPOLlTAN
not to he appreciated and finally sustained hy every j jvj You mistake your man altogether. lam
State in the Union, for they applied equally to all cf Nullifier, and have never been at Athens.
FROM THE CHEROKEE PH(ENIX.
Department of War. }
June 22. 1033.J
Sin,—In relation to the project for the recoval
of the Cherokee*, heretofore submitted by y<i to
the Secretary of War, I am instructed to corrnu-
nicate to you the views of the President onthat
subject. The President is opposed to sendit; an
exploring party of Clierokees to examine the
country allotted to their tribe West of the 1 is-
sissippi, as a measure involving very considcible
expense, and not promising much benefit; the
probability is that the generality of the Cherobes
are sufficiently informed upon that subject, nd
their real or pretended reluctance to remove, c>es
not rest upon their ignorance or dislike of \iat
country.
He is also at present, opposed to the appoit-
tnenl of Commissioners, believing it to be preni-
them. The State was at peace within herself, too, on
this subject. Troup had settled the question, in the
minds of the people of Georgia, in the now treaty war.
fere'il in the outset 4 , 1 *aiuTTell 1 'tho people luiitod'as one
man. Indeed, Lumpkin tells the Legislature himself, in
his annual message, that on this very point 44 our whole
people, as with the voice of one man, have manifested
acalm, hut firm and determined resolution to sustain the
authorities and sovereignty of their State.” What a
glorious opportunity was here presented, of easily and
peaceably fixing the limit between these conterminous
authorities, and fixing it at a point, too, that of oil o-
thers is most likely hereafter to disturb the harmony of
the country ! Tho opportunity is lost. It may never
return. Indeed it is next to imposiiMn it ever can re-
turn under so many auspicious circumstances. Gov.
Lumpkin had not to tnarcK out ahead and plant the
banner. It was not hi-* stern and difficult duty to take
post on ground 'ebt yet familiarized to the people, and
to maintain ’,i as Troup did, amidst the divided coun
sels of Lis own State. lie was sustained hy the whole
People of Georgia; other States were silenced hy their
own history; the Executive of the Union claimed with
Jefferson, tho coequal right to act on his own inter-
prointinn of tho r?nn^titutiou, and at«iQ(] ready to re
cognize the rights we claimed. Gov. Lumpkin, hi fact,
had nothing to do hut sit quietly in his chair; and the
people, had he but permitted them to retain the post
they had taken under Troup and the Treaty, would
have fixed a landmark, that would have stood for
ever. And they would have done this peaceably; and
as the Governor himself says, with a 44 firm and deter
mined resolution.” Wilson Lumpkin, hy his tempor
izing timidity, has deprived Georgia of this glory, and
the Union and mankind of this exalted and enduring
benefit.
The true Georgian is ashamed or tho petty manage
ment and degrading underplot that preceded the en
largement of these men. Ho must hang his head in ,
deep confusion of face, ill seeing this commonwealth j “laves o^iKlge^antotS'n IhoTaS «cti
coming down from her high estate, to hold a negocia- | of the Southern States, were inaccessible to moral ii
tion with these felons. The scene was a new one in i *»trrction
Georgia
M
Milledgeville, Sept. Bd, 1833.
(D“ The above was prepared for our last, but w
excluded for want of room.—Edits. Ecc
T n!; AOUuwTa chronicle
COL- LILUMaEVS vindication
New-York, August 9th, 18X1
Sir:—On my return to this city last evening, fro
Canada, 1 received, among other coinmuniratioi
your paper of the 10th ultimo—arraigning me, int
name and behalf of the good people of my native Sta
for some remarks attribnu*d to me at the recent
ing iii Bo»ton. I interpose no plea to the jurisdicti
of the tribunal, before which you have cited me ton
pear. For while 1 hold that no publicfunctionarynl
elevated—at the same time I maintain, that no pin
individual is too obscure, to forbid an investigation
his conduct by that community, against whose rial
and interests he is supposed to have offended,
temper of your concluding observations might perha|
be thought a sufficient excuse for silence. But I liai
determined to waive all scruples, which woundedpri
or delicacy might suggest.
As regards the report of tho Speech itself, it is me
gre and crippled, and does me manifest injustice. Sti
in using this language, 1 design lo impute no crimina
ty of purpose to tho reporter. In one place, for eiai
pie, l am made to say, 44 there were strong feelings
the South against the North, and that I and othersh
striven to disabuse the public mind.” The rema
which 1 delivered was this:— 44 The South had belien
that the North looked upon it only with uu eyeofse
intorowt—I culled, therefore, upon tin* persona whom
addressed, to furnish by their contributions, u proof
disinterested kindness, which could not he ir.isnndc
stood—that we might have it in our power to remove th
impression.” Again, I am represented as staling, 41 th
u change had taken place, even within a year pant,
the sentiments of the Planters themselves, on the su
jeet of emancipation.” This idea is whollv foreig
from any thing uttered by me. One, or both of tl
Agents, mentioned that a change had tukeu place will
in a few years past, in certain portions of the South, i
regarded the religious instructional slaves—that «om
who once opposed, now solicited it, under a full pe
suasion, that it rendered this species of propertyiteel
much more safe and valuable—ami further, that Si
cietios had been formed in some counties, among th
owners themselves, to secure tho regular religious ii
struction of their servants. Those declarations wei
I'.M*;T.°"I lure ' i,ml linking that by pre.epihmcy, we my
i*ct in view, and deprive oir-
f doing whut we would uthcr-
ill he Riven fur th.it |>ur|icise, and the reservA I By the packet -hip Charlenmgne, Capt. Fierce, we
will he inliirtned of the views of the Departmei, have received Havre papers, hi the 1st Atigih>t jnclu
and advised to remove peaceably hy tho first d
Confidential friendsof tho Executive depart
ment are seen hoseiging the cells of the culprits; com
munications are made, and protocols or notes are sent
aud returned, and conferences are had, and no body
knows, nor ever can know how many stages and forms
of negotiation were gone through before the basis is
settled—Faugh!! And then the great and patriotic
purpose, the exalted object of all tltis timorous firmness,
this time-serving steadiness, this serpentine directness
and diddling dignity of onr redoubtable Chief Magis
trate—what was it I Why to creep out—Yes ! abso-
lately to creep out; or lather to get these priests to help
him creep out of a case, in which the whole people of
Georgia, “ us one man,” and the great democracy of
the Union, with tho Executive at their head, stood rea
dy to sustain him. In crawling down from this high
position, he has defrauded the people of the State of
an honor they had ulinost achieved; qnd he has depriv
ed the Union of an incalculable benefit. This honor
and this benefit, was that of stopping back, as they
would have done, the Hood of usurpation at tills pre
cise point, where it is most upt to overflow, and where
its outbreaking must fiver he the most destructive.
We learn that a plea to tho jurisdiction of our Stale
Court is tiled by tho counsel of tho Indians, in every
caso where a Cherokee Indian is defendant. So that
thu Supreme Court tuny not want for opportunities of
interposing in our judicial proceedings under the force
bill, whenever it nmy he deemed prudent to advance
Without noticing other mistakes, I will proceed
reply to the intcrogntories which you worn pleased I
propound to mo. You ask, first: " Did Georgia»e»
you to Boston on n mission of ecclesiastical nieitdi-
ty, for tho purpose of aiding a Theological Semin®
in South Carolina!” I answer—No! Georgia#
never honored me with any mission, political or m
gious, to Boston, or elsewhere. By professional indu
try, liberally rewarded hy the uniform patronage
the kind people among whom it has ever been my Ml
piuess to live and labour, I have been enabled, f
mental relaxation, to invigorate my health, and to gt
tily a reasonable curiosity, to visit this region, with*
asking the help of the public treasury, or the protects
ot* an official commission. I was not even all ng eu ’
the Institution, for the endowment of a professor*
in which, funds were solicited. My attendance at “
meeting was wholly accidental. Still, ns a director'
the Seminary—a Southern man—where its bene 11
were to lie more immediately felt, and a meitiM*
that particular denomination, under whose auspice:
is sought to lie established, I did not feel myself* 1
lierty to decline the service imposed upon me. A 1
hero I beg permission to enlarge a little. Believmf,
to be important to raise upltml qualify a gospel nun
try, familiar with tho habits, peculiarities of cbaract
and even the prejudices of our people, the .Synod
South Carolina and Georgia resolved to Brl!C, pj
school. It cannot hut he known to you, that die rn
byterian Church is feeble, us resjiects numbers,
those Slates. It was thought, therefore, not onlyj*
liable, hut altogether expedient, having done first's
we could ourselves, hy contributing $ 50.IWM), *®
ply to our brethren abroad, to reciprocate past per’
ary favors of u similar character from us, by sup|
ing, out of their uhundniice, our pressing wants,
felt, that the same authority which issued thecoia*"
•• go preach tho gospel to every creulnre,” ' ul i'“
upon us tho duty of doing wlmt wu could, to set”*”
that pretension
Georgia Inis been drifting to tho leeward two years, 1 an adequate supply of efficient Clergymen, to pe*
and has already Inst several important points in her bear-1 the work, especially in tho destitute places of e«
sive, aud Faria to tho evening of July hist. a ! i'tg. Much of the ground gained under her old com- ",**every other Christ**^
The three days passed oil* without any serious ills, i Blunders is already lost. Two years more, aud all tlmL.mFe”'’' ind t h ’ V, iVi'i*,’.‘ 11 i r ^','t *«c ■ rsM* 1
ba '***•• at us rally ,u time to save her from 1 no geographical ffiffinSLT’ilbSed
* * ' * “. i‘iv!l consolidation, from the sway of a bargaining minority, j "I 10 ." ,, ,N" rl ! 1 . to tjivp up, whde the j
liy timely disemuryon lli„ inirt of theiuilhorilios. j\Ve ,
j r 1 ,Vo ( m u,e ,on « u, " ur " * ■ ^ »■»«'«<* £?« £ six
1 * ui - J,h - Baillgttall, s Messenger, mcuuclud-1 Cellalllutloi, ' rluilv . thif humiliation f Tho ubvittt"