Newspaper Page Text
r
able the public now, and Mr. Colquitt lurnrfe
hereafier, properly to estimate tl>e spint in
which his address is written. He Fnakes as-
sumptions which rue merely gratuitous, an<
sustains his position by arguments so feeble,
that to state, is to refute them. He asserts
that “ it is the blindness of stupidity, or the
madness of party, for any man to doubt that
Gen. Harrison whs nominated for the purpose
of obtaining abolition votes. 1 pray my ancient
associate to recall this expression, 1 am nei
ther blinded by stupidity, nor maddened by
party, and yet I doubt. I do more—exercising
the tight of a freeman, that of judging for my
self, ^disbelieve. If the fact which is here
a-serted were true, which it is not, would it
prove that Gen. Harrison was an abolitionist]
If that band of fanatics, irritated by the expo
sure of their iniquitous schemes which had
been tecently made by Mr. Clay, in his able
argument in the U. S. Senate, were more in-
fl uned against him than against Gen. Harrison,
whose denunciations were more ancient, and
le^s fresh in their recollection—and if those
who sought to tescue the Government from the
misrule of Mr. Van Boren, calculating upon
this state of feeling had been influenced by it
to select Gen. Harrison as their candidate,
would this have made him an abolitionist]
Pursue this idea farther.—Suppose General
Harrison should receive the vole of a portion
of the abolitionists—(we know that he cannot
receive their united vote, for a part of them
insist upon nominating their own candidate,
while another poition supports Mr.Van Buren)
—suppose Gen. Harrison should receive a
number greater or less of abolition votes,
would this make him an abolitionist ] When
in 1324, Mr. Colquitt’s political opponents and
mine supported Gen. Jackson in opposition
to William H. Crawford, does Mr. Colquitt
believe they were more influenced, (I mean
those who regulated the movements of the
party) by attachment to General Jackson, or
by enmity to Mr. Crawford ] Mr. Colquitt
has an extensive connection, a large circle
of friends, seme of whom have differed with
him in relation to the local politics of the
State. If these, undei the influence of what
ever motive, had sustained him in the Congres
sional canvass, would it have shaken his State
Rights’ principles ] If even now, as lhe re
ward of his secession at a moment so oppor
tune to the administration party in Georgia,
when each man is ready to ciy out “ help
Cassius or I sink,” if they should (most unex
pectedly to Mr. Colquitt) put his name on their
Congressional ticket, and in good faith give
him their votes, would lie thereby become a
sabuiissionist—the miserable craven lie has so
often denounced, who knows no rightful rem
edy beyond petition and the ballot box tor the
violation of his constitutional rights! Mr.
Colquitt will see, and if in his present state of
feeling he cannot, the State Rights’ party will
see that sucla arguments are too weak to avail
with any man, who was not more than half
convinced already. But our worthy repre
sen I ative is wholly at fault i i relation to the
m dives of this preference of Gen. Harrison to
Mr. Clay by the Convention at Harrisburg.
It will be difficult for him, with all his advan
tages of position, in running over the cata
logue of American Statesman, to select any
two individuals equally distinguished on the
theatre of political lire, between whom, there
has been throughout their whole course a grea
ter community of feeling and of opinion, than
between Mr. Clay and Gen. Harrison. To
either of them, the Convention at Harrisburg
would willingly have confided the Executive
Chair. The motive for the preference ofGen.
Harrison is to be found in their belief that his
popularity with the nation was.gieater than
that of Mr. Clay—that while he would receive
in the Northern, Eastern and Middle States all
the votes which would have been given to
Mr. Clay, liis commanding popularity in the
West, which had been the scene of his mili
tary and civil services, would, and it alone
would counterbalance the influence of Col.
Johnson. 1 do not think we of the South
were taken into the calculation of the oppo
nents of the admit istration, who were assem
bled at Harrisburg. It was believed we were
either devoted to Mr. Van Buren, or so en
tirely wrapped up in Mr. Calhoun and his
phantasies, as to make it hopeless that either
Gen. Harrison or Mi. Clay would receive sup
port from us. That they were light in their
judgment, of the Northern, Eastern and Middle
States, is already evident, anil the tidirgs
which are borne to us upon every breeze from
the West, ofGen. Hurtison’s triumphant pro
gress in the affections of the people there,
a : iest the correctness of their decision in re
lation to that section of the Union. If they
erred, as it is now manifest that they did in
their calculation concerning the South, let us
not therefore question their intelligence. The
revolution in public opinion and feeling which
has been accomplished here, even at the mo
ment in which 1 write, both in its extent, and
the rapidity with which it has been effected,
is unexampled in the annals of political history.
It could not have been anticipated by them—
since now that it has ocouued, it as thoroughly
surprises us.
1 am compelled to take up the charges of
Mr. Colquitt somewhat out of their order,
This results from the fact that the arrange
ment of them is unmethodical, manifesting
the excitement under which they were pen
ned. I pass then to the allegation that Gen.
Harrison is an abolitionist .founded on the state
ment that he was a member of an abolition
society in Richmond at the age of eighteen.
As Geo. Harrison was born in 1773, this must
of course have been in 1791. Now, 1 ask
Mr. Colquitt if he does not know that Aboli
tion Societies ate of recent establishment in
the United States—that they have grown up
since the South Hampton insurrection in Vir
ginia, within the last few years—if he was not
perfectly aware when he penned this address,
th it i he society here spoken of was “the Humane
Society of Richmond,” and that its object was
the abolition not of slavery, but of the slave
trade, the importation of slaves from Africa. If
he did not know these tacts, which have been
promulgated throughout the Union, he is ob
viously unqualified tor the office of an instruc
tor. if he did prefer tills charge against Gen.
Harrison, knowing the facts which 1 have sta
ted—but I will not permit myself to indulge
such a supposition, or to state the conclusion to
which it would necessarily lead. 1 contentmy-
selfwith the notoriety of the fact, the charge is
utterly groundless. Mr. Colquitt still insists
that Gen. Harrison is an abolitionist, and in
proof of it he gives extracts from The Libera
tor,The Emancipator, and The Leroy Gazette,
abolition papers. The two first of these ex
press the exultation of the editors in conse-
q ience of the failure of Mr. Clay to obtain the
nomination of the Harrisburg Convention, but
they do not manifest the slightest approbation
of the nomination of Gen. Garrison. If Mr.
Colquitt had not been so very unf ntunate, on
this, as on various other occasions, some of
which have been already noted, as to meet
only what served the purpose of his argument
against Gen. Harrison, he could have told us,
ih the editor of one of these same papers,
T e Emancipator, i< - much dissati fied with
the no.iUuaUett oi ucu. iiafiiaott us be Wflh
pleased with the rejection of Mr. Clay, and
ihat lie manifests a decided preference for Mr.
Van Buren. I ask the perusal of the follow
ing extracts which Mr. Colquitt has over
looked :
Extract from the Emancipator.
“General Harrison.—Many have supposed that it
mirht b- expedient lor tire Executive Committee to inter
rogate Gen. Harrison, now that lie is lhe recognized can
didate for the Presidency, with some prospect of election,
to learn his views with respect to the almliiion of slavery.
But where is the use 1 It is true, we rejoice in the rejec
tion of Henry Ciav. hecau-e he is a slaveholder, and de-
f nd -r or slavery. General Harrison we know, i, not. a
slaveholder. Neither is Mr. Van Boren. But no one
thin sit necessary to interrogate Mr. Van Bitten. Why?
Because l.i< principle* are known to he in favot of the
Slave Power, But are those of lien. Harrison anv less
so? He is lhe man "I his party, and that party have
shown lhe absoluteness of their soh-ervieney bv nomina
ting a slaveholder, a peculiarly bigoted devotee of slavery
on the same ticket w ith Gen. Harrison, and now bv electing
a nullifying slaveholder, hum slavebreeding Virginia, for
Speaker.
“ But we submit, farther, that Gen. Harrison’s principles
are already well known by his deeds, of which we find the
following summary in lhe Rochester Freeman:
"‘In December. 1802, while Governor of Indiana Terri
tory, he was president of a Convention of the people of
that Territory, held at Vincennes, and transmitted to Con
gress a memoiia! of thee.invention.praying that the^ixtli
article of the “Ordinance of ’87,” which prohibited sla
very there. might he suspended. (See A in. State Papers,
1803.) His efforts to make Indiana a slave State, were
prosecuted for years while he was Governor ot that
State.
‘‘In 1819. Feh. 15, Gen. Hanisoa voted as a menibei
of the House of Representatives, again,t. a clause prohib
iting a further introduction of Slavery in Missouri: and
against a clause for Inriher emancipation (at 25) of slaves
hern within that Stale. Two days afterwards he voted
against a clau-e prohibiting the future .introduction of sla
very into Arkansas, and against tlie future tgrtancipation of
slaves born in Arkansas.
‘ So basely did he bow to slavery, that even Oliio was
shocked. Fie was indignantly rejected nt the next Co -
gressional election in 1822. The National Intelligencer of
Oct. 20. 1822. says : “ It is confirmed to us that Mr. Gazely
is elected in opposition to Gen. Harrison. A friend it.forms
us, which we are sorry to learn, that he was opposed pnr-
tii iilarly on account of his adherence to that principle of
the Constitution which secures to the people ol the South
their pre-existing rights.” It seems, then, that Gen. Har
rison claimed tor the South the right to fasten slavery upon
any soil which the nation might have or purchase.
“ He has had but little opportunity to act in a public
capacity upon the subject of slavery since that time; hut an
address from his political fiiends in Virginia, in 1836,
says, “he is sound to the core on the subject of slavery.”
Here then we have two abolition -papers,
the Emancipator and the Rochester Freeman,
opposing Hairison’s election. Hear the same
paper further :
“ It is true that Gen. Harrison’s personal demonstra
tions are less recent than Mr. Van Btnen’s. But they are
much stronger, for Mr. Van Buren helped to send Ruins
King to the United States Senate to oppose slavery in
Missouri, ami has never attempted to extend slavery to
regions where it was already abolished. And further the
demonstrations of the llarrison party me more recent
than those of the other. And if it is said that we should
give the old General a chance to repent of his pro slavery,
we replv that it belongs to the man who repents to exhibit
his own repentance Certainly there are no circumstances
in the case which warrant the slightest presumptions, in
favor of his repentance. Let him or bis friends it they
j choose, show wherein his views differ from his actions in
! IS02, and 1319, and in 1836.”
When Mr. Colquitt was quoting from Ab-
I olition papers to inform us, the people of
I Georgia, of the views of that band of fanatics
J in relation to Gen. Harrison, was it right to
j withhold from the extracts which you have
just read ? or must we again resorting to the
; conclusion that our worthy representative was
I himself ignorant of the facts which were ne-
ressary to the proper decision of a question,
j on which lie undertook to instruct us.
Again, I ask—Does Mr. "Colquitt know or
| lias he at any time heard of The Cayuga Toc-
| sin, a regular Van Bitten abolition paper I
| Does he know W.O. Duvall, a leading aboli
tionist devoted to lhe cause of Mr.Van Buren I
Has he read his letter to the editors of lhaf
paper dated Port Byron, 4th month, 7, 1840,
in which he denounces the speech of Slade, of
Vermont, (though an abolitionist and in favor
of the light of petition) as a foul conspiracy
between “ the slave-holding Whigs of the
South, and the office-seeking abolitionists of
the North,” and speaks of Gen. Harrison as
“the slave holder's tool”1 Still Mr Colquitt
insists that Gen. Han ison might not to he sup
ported by the South, because Whig members
of Congress present abolition petitions, and
sustain their right to have them received and
acted upon. He has taken the trouble to
count the number of these petitions which
were presented by Whigs in Congress, from
States iu which they did not reside, ami finds
that they amount to 1,317, while the Demo
crats presented only seven. 1 do not know,
and have not just now the means of informing
myself which Mr. Colquitt has, but he can tell
us, how many of these 1,317 petitions were
presented by that eccentric gentleman, Mr.
John Q. Adams. If Mr. Colquitt had given
us this information, I apprehend the remaining
number would have been so small as not to
have involved many of the Whig members of
Congress in the crime which he thus charges
against them in mass. Of Mr. Adams’ posi
tion'iu relation to the Piesidental canvass, I
know nothing. If I understood it now, 1 should
' not be able to predict what it would be in
i November. I could not fotesee how it would
j stand the summer heats. There were conjec-
j tures of his disposition to give in his adhesion
| to Gen. Jackson at the time of Mr. Davis’
election to the Senate of the United States,
and if he should complete the Mosaic jf the
Administration party by a present accession to
it, it would certainly surprize some of at
the South much less, than the similar move
ment of a distinguished Southron, who we
once hoped would be alike without fear, and
without reproach. 1 protest, therefore, against
Gen. Harrison being held responsible for his
eccentricities. As a memlter of Congress,
the General supported the prominent mea
sures of his administration, without imbibing
his notions. He will not be likely to do so,
when their positions are reversed.
But more gravely. A hand of fanatics at
the North are waging a ruthless war against
our peculiar domestic institutions. One of
their means of warfare is the presentment of
petitions to Congress. Some of the Northern
Whig members of that body present these
petitions and maintain the right of the peti
tioners to have them acted on by the National
Legislature. A great majority of these mem
bers avow their willingness to unite in a re-
p.iri that the prayers of these petitioners
ought not to lie granted, but contend that the
right to petition is secured by the Constitution,
and cannot be withheld by Congress. New I
have no hesitation to declare not merely as a
Southern man and as: a slave-holder, but as a
citizen nf the United States, looking to the
requiiements of the Constitution, that ibis as
set lion of the right of petition in behalf of
these fanatics, is as wild a phtenzy as ever
was exhibi ed in the halls of Legislation, and
l venture to say and think lean piove that
such is the opinion of Gen. Han ison. But be
fore proceeding further in my remarks on this
pari of the address, let us put ourselves in
possession of Gen. Harrison’s views in relation
to these people and to the powers of Congress
over the subject of slavery. He has spoken
freely, and acled decisively. Let us endeavor
to understand him, as Mr. Colquitt’s object is
to make the conduct of these Whig members
of Congress beat upon the question of his
election to the Presidency.
[tu ax
ANTI-VAN BUREN CONVENTION.
Milledgeville, Georgia, )
June 1st, 1S40. f
At H o’clock, A. M. of this day, the delega
tes tolhe Anti-Van Buren Convention of Geor
gia, assembled at the State House m the cham
ber of the House of Representatives, when on
motion of Col. Roger L. Gamble, Majoi Joel
Crawford, a delegate from the county of Han
cock, was called to the Chair, and on motion
of Judge Strong, John H. Stkki.e and Fran
cis V. Delaunay were requested to act as
Secretaries.
Upon an inspection of the credentials pre
sented by the delegates, it appeared that the
counties hereinafter named were represented",
as follows, viz:
Baler—J. C. Harris, P. J. Strozier.
Baldwin—Miller Grieve, Geo. R. Clayton,
Wins. Rutherford.
Bryan—Soloman, Smith, J. C. Linder.
Bibh—C. B. Strong, E. Beall, A. H. Chap
pell. T. G. Holt.
Burke—A. J. Lawson, Enoch Byne, Win.
Bennett.
Camden—Duncan L. Clinch.
Campbell—Wm. Bomar, E. W. Maxwell.
Chatham—John M. Beirien, Edward Pad-
elford, James Hunter, Wm. Law.
Cobb—James B. Randall, Hiram Howard,
David Irwin.
Columbia—N. Crawford, A. Avery, Thomas
White, Robert Gunby.
Coueta—AugustusH. Stokes, John E. Ro
binson, Hillsberry R. Harrison.
Butts—Robert Mays, Thos. Ragland, Asa
But t ell.
Cass—J. B. Underwood.
Decatur—A. D. Smart.
DeKalb*-J. M. C. Montgomery, Elijah Bird,
J. B. Badger.
Crawford—E. M. Amos, Sami. Rutherford,
H. B. T rout man.
Elbert—Alfred Hammond, Y. L. G. Harris,
John Jones, Robert Hester.
Fayette—PI. D. McIntosh, Jeptha Lan
drum.
Glynn—Andrew L. King, Charles Davis.
Houston—Howell Cobb, John J. Hampden,
James Holmes, P. B., D. H. Culler.
Henry—Tilman D. Oxford, Henry Banks,,
John S. Crenshaw.
Harris—Benjamin Henry, John V hite,
Benjamin Williams, Wm. C. Osborn.
Hancock—Joel Crawford, Mark Gender
Hardy C. Culver. Irby Hudson.
Half—Reuben Thorton, Jonathan Mitchell
Habersham—S. A. W ales.
Gwinnett—Daniel N. Pitman, Tints. Me'
Guire, Madison R Mitchell. Joint R. Alexan
dei.
Greene—John Cutt ight, Y. P. King, J no. E
King.
Jackson—Joseph T. Cunningham, H. T
Peoples.
Jasper—W. H. White, Daniel McDowell
Lawson S. -Holland, Joshua Hill.
Jefferson—Philip S. Lemlie, Roger L.
[ Gamble.
Jones—David E. Blount, Peyton T. Pitts
Th os. Lowe, Jos hua L. Holland.
Laurens—Nathan Tucker, Thos. H. Wil
kerson.
Lee—John J Williams, Gteen Knowles.
Liberty—Sand. Spencer, Jos. E Maxwell,
Lincoln—H. W. Hagennan, Benning B.
Moore, Hugh Henderson
Madison—John Scott, Richardson Han
cock.
Macon—Wm. H. .Robinson, George Bar
low, John R. Stapler.
Marion—Jno. M. Minter, Berry W . Beas
ey, John Campbell.
McIntosh—J. E. Townsend. J. J. Garrison.
Meriwether—Gibson F. Hill, Newnai
Thorton, H. S. Wimbish.
Monroe—H. H. Bumpkin, W m. A. Black,
J. R. Simmons, Josiuh G. Jordan, T. Z. Hat
mon.
Montgomery—Farqtibard McRae, Jacob C
Clements.
Morgan—Nathaniel Allen, Merrett W.
Warren,' Jno. G. Rives, W T m. O. Saffidd.
Muscogee—Jno. Betliune, Sen., Wm. L
Wyttri, Jno. Banks, N. W. Cocke, Jos. B
Greene.
Newton—John Hinton, Cary Wood, C. D
Pace, John N. Williamson.
Oglethorpe—B. F. Hardeman, B. W. Hub-
hard, Jno. Crawffird, Alexander Thomas.
Pike—Wm. M. Betliune, Robert Allen,
John B. Reid, Wm. M. Leak.
Pulaski—Edward St. George, A. H. Han
sel!.
Putnam—Hemy Branham, Irby Hudson,
L. H. Liuch, J. A. Meriwether.
Randolph—Win. L. Crawford, H. L. Tay
lor.
Richmond—Thomas Dawson, J. W. Jones.
Stewart—F. G. Gibson, J L. Delaunay, E.
\\ 7 . Randal, C. A. Gaulden.
Sumter—J. K. Daniel, Wright Bradey, J.
S. Hanes.
Talbot— C. H. Worrell. W„ W. McNeil,
Dickson Cureton, A. K. Leonard.
Taliaferro—J. M. Anthony, T. Chaffin, J.
M. Townes.
Tattnall—John Tootle.
Troup—L. A. Bond, Miekleberry Ferrell,
Joel M. Ciiivets, J. Beasley, S. Curtright.
Twiggs—E. Wimberly, J. G. Slappy,
Ira E. Dupree.
Upson—P. E. Bovvdre, W. Traylor, John
J. Carey, T. W. Riveire
Walker—W. B. Coffee.
Walton—J. J. Sell man, John S. Means,
Peter G. Morrow.
Warren—H. Lockhart, Wm. Hill, Adam
Jones, John Harris.
Washington—David Curry, Lewis Bullard,
Edwaid Brain lev, James Gainer.
Wilkes—A. D. Si at ham, Robert A. Toombs,
Gilbert H. Wooten, James M. Smytbe.
Wilkinson—John Smith, Wm. H. Wright.
Judge C. B. Strong offered the following re
solution, viz :—
Resolved, That the Honorable John M.
Berrien, of the county of Chatham be, and he
is hereby appointed President of this Conven
tion.
Which was unanimously agreed to.
On motion the Chairman appointed Messrs.
C. B. Strong, George R. Clayton and J. M. C.
Montgomery, a committee to inform the Hon.
J. M. Berrien of his election, and to conduct
him to the Chair.
Upon taking the chair, the President ad
dressed the Convention in which he alluded
to the important objects for which it had as
sembled, aud tendered his acknowldgments.
Mr. Thornton, of Hall, offered the following
resolution, which was adopted :
Resolved, T hai every county partially rep
resented in this Convention, shall be entitled
to give the number of votes to which said
county would he entitled if fully represented.
Mr. Thornton, of Hall, offered the following
resolution, which was adopted :—■
Resolved. That Editors of newspapers be
invited to take seats within the Hall, for
the purpose of taking down the proceedings
of tile Convention.
Mr. Osborn, of Harris, offered the follow
ing'resolution, which was carried, viz :—
Resolved, That the rules for the Govern
ment of the House of Representatives of the
General Assembly be, and the same are here
by adopted for the Government of this Con
vention.
Mr. Cobb, of Houston, offered the following
resolution, which was adopted, viz :
Resolved, That the President appoint a com-
mttee to consist of twenty-one members, whose
duty it shall be to form a ticket of eleven
names to be presented to the people of Geor
gia, to vote for William Hf.nky Harrison,
of the State of Ohio for Piesident of the
United States, ami John Tyler, of the State
of Virginia, for Vice President of the United
States; and.thatsaid committee report as early
as practicable.
On motion, the Convention adjourned to 5
o’clock, P. M.
Monday, o o’clock, P. M.
The Convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Mr. Isham S. Raney, a delegate from the
county of Coweta, appeared and took his
seat.
In pursuance of the resolution offered by Mr.
Cobb of Houston, and agreed to by the Con
vention, the President appointed the following
committee of 21, viz •—
Messrs. Cobh, of Houston; Hunter, of Chat
ham ; Spencer, of Liberty ; Avery of Colum
bia ; Lawson, of Burke ; Smythe, of Wilkes ;
Hardeman, of Oglethorpe ; Thornton, of Hall;
Wales, of Habersham ; Underwood, of Cass ;
Irwin, of Cobb; Montgomery, of DeKalh;—-
Beasly, of Troup; Holt, of Bibb; William
son, of Newton ; Clayton, of Baldwin ; Bran
ham, of Putnam ; Banks of Muscogee ; Gib
son, of Stewart; Dupree, of Twiggs; Smart,
of Decatur.
Mr. Lawson of Butke, was, at his request,
excused by the Convention from serving on
the Committee of twenty-one, and Mr. Gam
ble, of Jefferson, substituted in his place.
On motion of Mr. Montgomery, of DeKalb,
it was
Resolved, That the Committee of 21 be re
quested to report to the Convention to-mor
row morning at 8 o’clock, the result of their
deliberations.
On motion of Mr. Hudson, of Hancock, it
was
Resolved, That this Convention will proceed
to-morrow morning at nine o’clock, by gener
al ballot, to select nine candidates to be run
by the Anti-Van Buren patty of Georgia, for
Congress at the next elec.ion.
On motion the Convention adjourned to
meet to-mot row at 8 o’clock, A. M.
Tuesday Morning, 8 o’clock.
The Convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Mr. Martin Kolb, a delegate from the coun
ty of Campbell, and Mr. John Totty, a dele
gate from the county of Clark, appeared and
took their seats.
Mr. Branham, from motives merely person
al, asked and obtained leave to be excused
from serving on the committee of twenty-one.
Mr. Cobb of Houston, Chairman of the com
mittee of twenty one, repotted the names of
the following gentlemen, to be presented to
the people of Georgia as candidates for Elec-
| tors of President and Vice President, to vote j
£l*i Wm. H. Harrison, of Ohio, for President,
and John Tyler, of Virginia, for Vice Presi
dent of the United States, viz :
Hon. George R. Gilmer, of the county of
Oglethorpe.
Gen. Duncan L. Clinch, of the county of
Camden.
John Whitehead, Esq., of the county of
Burke:
Hon. Charles Dougherty, of the county of
Clarke.
Hon. Joel Crawford, of die county of Han
cock.
Hon. Seaton Gran (land, of the county of
Baldwin.
Hon. Christopher B. Strong, of the county
of Bibb.
Col. John TV. Campbell, of the county of
Muscogee.
Gen. Ezekiel Wimberly, of the county of
T wiggs.
Gen. And/etc Miller, of the county of Cass.
Gen. Wm. Ezzard, of the county of De-
Kalb.
The Report, after much discussion, was
agreed to.
The Convention, in pursuance of the reso
lution offered by Mr. Hudson, of Hancock, and
adopted on yesterday evening, proceeded to
ballot for candidates for Representatives in
Congress, when, on counting out the ballots,
it appeared that Messrs. Wm. C. Dawson, E.
A. Nisbet, J. C. Alford, R. TV. Habersham, T.
B. King, Lott Warren, Roger L. Gamble, Jas.
A. Meriwether, Thomas F. Poster, were duly
elected.
M essrs. Thomas M. Nelson and Peter F.
Boisclair, delegates f rom the county of Rich
mond, appeared and took their seats.
The following communication was receiv
ed from the Tippecanoe Club of Bibb county,
viz:
At a meeting of the Bibb county Tippeca
noe Club, held this evening, it was
Resolved, That our delegation to the Con
vention to be held in Miiledgevillc next week,
be ins’ructed to propose that a general State
Convention of the People of Georgia, oppos
ed to the administration of Martin Van Buren,
aud iu favor of tbe election of Harrison and
Tyler, be held in Macon, or some other place
that maybe agreed upon, on the 4th day ot July
next, or such.other time that will be agreeable,
to take such steps as may he necessary to pro
mote the great cause of reform in the govern
ment ; and that all the citizens of the State,
without reference to former parties, he invi
ted to be represented in said Convention.
A. PrABODY, Sec’y. pro. tem.
Macon, Saturday evening, May ‘6dth, 1840.
After reading the foregoing communication,
on motion of Mr. Beall of Bibb, it was
Resolved, That this Convention do recom
mend that a general State Convention of the
People of Georgia opposed to the adminis
tration of Martin Van Buren, and in favor of
the election of William Henry Harrison and
John Tyler, be held at Macon on the second
Thursday in August next, to take such steps
as may be necessary to promote the great cause
of reform in the Government ; and that the
citizens of the State, without reference to for
mer parties, be invited to alteud and be rep
resented in said Convention.
On motion of Mr. Y. P. King, of Greene, it
was
Resolved, That the Chair appoint a commit
tee of nine, to be styled tbe Central Commit
tee, whose duty it shall be to notify the indivi
duals composing the Electoral aud Congres
sional tickets, of their nomination by this Con
vention, and to supply any vacancy that may
occur in either ticket.
The President appointed Messrs.
T. G. Holt, Miller Grieve, George R. Clay
ton, Williams Rutherfoid, M. Gouder, H. C.
Culver, Irby Hudson, Jr., H. Lockhart and
Joshua Hill, to compose tbe Central Commit
tee.
On motion of Mr. Cobb ofHouston.it was
Resolved, That a committee of nine be ap
pointed, of which t!ie President of the Con
vention shall he a member and Chairman, to
prepare and have published, an address to the
People of Georgia, recommending the sup
port of the tickets for Electors of President
and Vice President, and members of Congress
to their favorable consideration.
The President appointed the following gen
tlemen to compose ihat committee, viz :
Wm. Law, R. A. Toombs. A. H. Chappell,
D. Irwin, P. S. Lemlie, Y. P. King, H. Cobb,
and E. Beall.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That each member of the Con
vention contribute the sum of two dollars for
the purpose of defraying the expenses inci
dental to its session ; that said sum he paid in
to the hands of the Secretaries, who are here
by respectfully requested to pay said expen
ses.
On motion of Mr. Toombs, it was
Resolved, That the Reformer, a weekly
newspaper, printed at Augusta, is entitled to
the support of the opponents of the adminis
tration of Mr. Van Buren in Georgia ; and
that the members of this Convention, upon
their return home, will take active measures to
obtain subscribers to the same in their respec
tive counties.
On motion of Col. Gamble it was
Resolved unanimously, That the thanks of
the Convention he tendered to the Honorable
John Macpherson Berrien for the able dis
charge of his duties as President of this Con
vention, and for the excellent address deliver
ed by him upon taking his seat; and
It is further Resolved, That he be request
ed to furnish a copy of the same for publica
tion.
Mr. J. M. C. Montgomery, of DeKalb, ask
ed and obtained leave of absence for the bal
ante of the session.
On motion it was
Resolved, That Major John II. Steele and
F.V. Delaunay, Esq. are entitled to the thanks
of this C on vent ion for the very satisfactory
manner in whir h they have respectively dis
charged the duties of Secretaries of the Con
vention.
On motion the Convention was adjourned
sine die.
JOHN MACPHERSON BERRIEN, Pres’t.
John H. Steele, ) 0 ,
F. V. Delaunay, j Secr 3 ‘
MEETING IN CAMPBELL COUNTY.
Pursuant to previous public notice, a meet-
ing of a portion of the State Lights party, op
posed to the present Administration, was held
at the Court-house for the purpose of nomina
ting and appointing Delegates to represent,
the party of said county in a Convention to be
held in Milledgeville, on the first Monday in
June next, for the nomination of a Congres
sional ticket, President and "V Jce-President of
the Umted fttafes, and Electors for the same.
On motion of Dr. Edward H. Glentworth,
William Davenport, was called to the Chair,
and E. W . Maxwell, appointed Secretary.
Resolution by Wm. M. Butt,
Resolved, That the Chairman appoint five
gentlemen as a Committee, to nominate three
suitable persons as delegates to represent said
county, viz: Henry Paulett, Dr. Wm. Bomar,
Benj. Camp, Lemuel Black, and E- H. Glent
worth.
The Committee appointed, after retiring
for a few moments, nominated tbe following
gentlemen to represent our party in said Con
vention: Martin Kolb, Dr. Wm. Bomar, E.
W. Maxwell.
The meeting was then addressed by several
gentlemen on both sides of the question, right
and wrong—Executive powerand equal rights
—when on motion of Dr. Glentworth, the fol
lowing resolutions were read and adopted:
Resolved, That vve are firmly opposed to
the administration of Martin Van Buren, and
that we will resort to the best ant! most effi
cient means within our power, to defeat his
re-election, and that out motto shall he Mene,
mene, tekcl upharsin. viz : weighed in the bal
ance and fount! wanting.
Resolved, That having confidence iu the
unsullied patriotism, Republican principles,
sterling honesty, and public services of Gen.
William Henry Harrison, we will contribute
all our efforts through the pen, press, and
stump, to the diffusion of sound principles du
ring the ensuring campaign.
Resolved, That we admire the very dignified
course pursued by some of our members iu
Congiess, and pledge ourselves to use all our
influence to secure their re-election.
Resolved, That this meeting deem it expe
dient to leave the action of our de'egates upon
the great questions that may be presented for
their consideration, to their sound discretion
—untrammelled by instruction—but that they
will be governed by what will be determined
upon at said Convention.
Resolved, That the delegates who should
attend, he authorized to fill any vacancy in
the delegation, or to vote in place of any mem
ber absent.
Resolved, That we as a party deem it advi
sable to disseminate the truth among the peo
ple, so far as in our power, during the present
Presidential campaign.
Resolved, That we sustain the State Rights j
press of the country, and recommend to this
meeting, patronizing the two new weekly’s, J
called the Reformer and Log Cabin, published ■
in Augusta, Ga., advocating ti e cause of the j
PEOPLE. Constitution and, Laws, against Ex- I
ecutive encroachments, usurpation and power. ;
On motion of Dr. E. H. Glentworth, it was
Ordered, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the State Rights papers
of this State, Southern Recorder and Georgia
Journal, Milledgeville, Messenger, Macon, !
and Chronicle & Sentinel, Augusta.
Ou motion, the meeting then adjourned.
WM. DAVENPORT, Cb’r.
E. W. Maxwell, Sec’ry.
Cause of Thankfclnfss.—A minister was once
speaking to a brother clergyman of his gratitude fur a
merciful deliverance tie had just experienced.
“ As I was riding here to-day,” said he, “ my horse |
stumbled and came very near throwing me from a bridge, '
where the fall would have killed me, but I escaped, uu- '
hurt.”
“lean tell you something more than that,” said the j
other. “ As I rode here lu-duy, my horse did not stumble
at all.”
\Vc are too apt to forget common mercies.
Tiie Rev. Robert Newton—A very celebrated and
eloquent preacher, belonging to tbe British Weslyan Me
thodists and now representing that numerous and respec
table body of Christians, ns their delegate from the British
Conference, yesterday preached an impressive and elo
quent sermom in the House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States. Tbe rapacious ball and the gallaues were un
usually crowded, and many hundred attentive auditors
stood during the w bole service in tbeaisles and lobbies of
the House. The congregation was certainly one of tbe
largest ever witness! d within its walls, and comprehended
most ol tbe members of both Houses of the national Legis
lature, and a vast number of very distinguished citizens.—
Tbe d iscourse was one of the most powerful and eloque it
pul]:it addresses that we ever remember to have heard.—
At the close of his sermon the reverend gentleman made
some very happy allusions to the eloquent addresses which
h<- ha l the pleasure of hearing on the previous night, in the
Houseof Representatives, at the American Education Cou-
veution, and maintai ied that education, scieuce and learn
ing were the honored and powciful advocates of Christian*
ity.—Rational Intelligencer.
STATE SOVEREIGNTY.
recoIdH
MILLEDGEVILLE,
Tuesday, Jnuc 9, I8JO.
For PRESIDENT,
WM. HENRY HARRISON, of Ohio.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN T\ LER, of Virginia.
We havegiven oorentire editorial space to tbe procee
dings ot tbe late Convention, and tbe account of the fej-
I tivities at tending the occasion. These nil? doubtless l, e
| found more interesting than any thing else which w e cou'd
i substitute for tliPin.
>
l
j By the last accounts, it appears that the Indians in Flu-
j rida are stilt committing depredations, murdering our
j citizens, and devastating the country. Surely this has open
j one of ti:e most disastrous Tran which has ever occurred
: since the first settlement of America; we con oniv sav
i that if the capacity of the federal Administration for | iro _
; secuting war is to be judged of by this lamentable one. d*.
! people ought to see to it, that Van does not involve us
j with other nations; oral least, not before tbe Inst of Fab-
; ruary next, when we trust I be government will pass into
1 abler and more efficient hands.
The Central Rail Road has not sustained ns much dam-
: age as was at first supposed The Cars were on the 4 h
j inst. running to tbe 50 mile station, and were expected in
a few days to reach the 100 mile station. In the course
| of tbe next month, twelve miles in addition, it is said, will
1 be travelled by the Cars, which will reduce the stage tra-
i vel between this place and the terminus to about fifty miles.
The importance of this road to tbecer.tr
j this State, is daily developing itself. It bus opened a n<-,-
and speedy channel of communication with our sea bo •
which will doubtless prove of as much advantage to ti,e
interior of thia State, as it will to the advancement and
prosperity of Savannah, unquestionably the most beauti
fully ornamented and pleasant city o.i the southern coa-t
We observe in addition, that we are lik-lv to be favored
shortly with a daily mail by this road, to extend on throu-h
'its place to M«cnn. which will open a new channel of
communication with the North, that will be as speedy as
by any other route.
I DCP Me. Preston’s letter is like himself, first rate; it
deserves, as it will assuredly receive, the most respectful
consideration of the people.
K? The “ Review. & will command the attentive
perusal of every reader.
Our Barbecue was attended by the members of the
Convention, and many of our fellow-citizens, to the num
ber probably of some seven hundred persons, and it is not
too much for even us to say, that all seemed to enjoy them
selves, w ith a zest unmingled w ith aught to mar or inter
rupt the flow- of enthusiasm and good feeling which per-
va' 1 - i tie assembly. The dinner was succeeded by the
tc. ig toa-ts, &c., which went down as may well be
imagined, with the most hearty t usto.
By George R. Clayton, Esq. President of the Day:
IVm. H. Harrison and John Tyler—The opponents of
the present incumbents of the I're>idency and Vice Presi
dency of the United States—the first, when warned that
’f lie voted with the South on tlie question of the Missouri
restriction, he would destroy himself, like a patriot replied,
“ i> is beUe^to destroy muself (han destroy the Consti
tution of my d^intryp—the second a native of the old
Dominion, against whom slander has not dared to raise
its vituperative tongue. Thirteen cheers.
By Col. Williams Rutherford, a Vice President:
The President of our State Rights and Anti-Van
Buren Convention—His energies swell with the impor
tance of occa ions—His impromptu defence before the
Senate of the United States, of Georgia’s righrs in the
“ old and new Treaty struggle,” still glows in the hearts
of his countrymen. In such his exertions and services,
Georgia and this Union itself mav rejoice.
After the applause loud and long, elicited by the toast
had subsided, .fudge Berrie.v was generally called for,
and in obedience to the desire of the assemblage, addres-
j sed them in one of the most effective speeches which ever
j that gentleman delivered ; and this is saying as much as
I can he said in its favor We shall not attempt even a
i sketch of his speech ; it requires the place the occasion,
| the assemblage, the enthusiasm, tiie patriotism of the
j meeting, to hiring before tlie minds of our readers the effect
| of this fine effort; and this we cannot of course accom-
I plish.
j By Col. M. Grieve, a Vice President:
Our thrice welcome guest, the hero and patriot, Gen.
j Clinch—Ever ready to serve his country, in council or in
; the field—when we forget the honor of our country’s Da?,
1 then and then only shall we cease to hosor one of its most
j heroic defenders.
I Our readers may imagine tiie feeling with which this
I toast was received. It is enough perhaps to say, that the
I hero to whom it was given, was the marked object of the
Convention and of the festival. The General responded
to the toast in a very few words, more characteristic of the
soldier and patriot, than the orator; yet nothing could
have been more effective than his simple annunciation,
that be “could lay no claim to oratory, but it in the cause
a forlorn ho^*e was needed, he would be among them
and the vast assemblage, from the youngest to the oldest,
felt that what the General said, he would do ; that he was
one who in the hour of need, might be relied on to “ star.il
by his arms,” uy, and as one, who, if necessary, would
die by his colors.
By Major I. L. Ilarri-q a Vice President:
“ Chathani”—A name identified in English history with
(he uniform support of tne cause of the people—whenever
our Chatham lads to maintain that c .use. let it cease to
-/car a name unsullied by the advocacy or countenance of
corruption.
Judge Law, of Savannah, was londiy called for, and to
the toast iu honor of his county, toe JoJg • res mded in a
style which interested aud delighted every audio.i . With
out attempting a sketch, we will only say, tha; J
Law’s speech was one of the most finished aud neauu.i.l
effots which we have ever listened to, and it called torth
the enthusiastic approbation of the people.
Judge Law, in conclusion, ottered the following:
Honor to the man who has reflected honor and glory
upon his country.
By James II. R. Washington, a Vice President:
A. H. Chappell, Esq., of Bibb—A gentleman whose
superior ability ai d untiring perseverance in the acquisi
tion of know ledge, have advanced him to a station among
Georgia’s most dis inguislied ions. Ills early and zealous
opposition to l .e curi upturn and misrule of the present
'Administration of the Federal Government, entitle him to
the - rt.itude of every patriotic citizen, and especially the
fri d- ■ f “ Old Tippecanoe.''
Col. Chappell was loudly called for by his fellow-citi
zens, and responded to the cull in a speech of great pouer-
He was listened to for perhaps an hour with deep atten
tion—an attention only interrupted bv the frequent bur.-ts
of feeling on the part of his auditors, in the loud cheers
with which they frequently made the welkin ring.
Dr. C. J. Paine, Vice President, read the following Iet-.
ler from H. W. Flilliard, Esq., of Montgomery, Ala., v»Jio,
had been invited to attend :
Montgomery, Ala., 26th May, 13411.
Gentlemen;—Your letter inviting me to attend the
meeting of your Convention, and to partake of a public
dinner to be given on the occasion, has been received.
v much regret that other engagements will not per-
to enjoy your hospitality. Ft would afford me, I
ou. no common pleasure to be with you on that
i Oar own Convention will I»e held, ut the same
id it is my duty to be there. We are making a.
i! effort to redeem oar Siavvand 1 trust that tins
I present her to the wor[A, rxgenerated,
me to express the gratification which it affords
itness the energy displayed by our friends in Gear
e are engaged in lir: same great cause, th® cause
•ouutry; and marching side hv side to her rescuq,
ol be vanquished,. W e have every thing to sttmu-
u recollection o£ our ancient gkuy and pto-peuty,
irvey of our present couduiuv, ahke impel us to
We ure cheered too with of .beties time*,
udard which we ha>e set **p against the aul lo,s °
mines, floats, in triumph throughout our country—-
shout of a|i indignant and aroused people, »s ieai
? Iron, tlie bills o. New-Eagland, sweep,i.g across
es\, spreading over its broad prairies and swelling
r and deeper t nes from ghmous old * trginiu.
mup^.excjtemeBt which pw*«U» 0rtOo$boutU^