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TJnhcl State*, is eminently a popular excitement. It**
tlr’ people, who are moving-. Tirtd "f misrule, uml
eusieii with those who have so wretchedly abused the* 1
tru-ts. they have gulfo-red about ibeir old Iriend, " **•
Henry Harrison, and they have called him nut from toe
retirement of his home. They know him, for they have
tr.ed him. Upon the battle-field he has often .-»et up the
banner of his country against her foes, anil never bore it
•r,va\ until it was rovetvd with the lustre of victory ; and
they'now call him forth to save that country from those
who threaten to bring upon it far greater calamities than
t .ose which would follow the tread of foreign invaders.—
]],. will save it, and we shall yet mingle our rejoicings
over a regenerated country.
Very powerful efforts have been made, and will yet be
uvule. to prop the Administration. Its trained bands will
fjvht to the last with desperate fierceness, hut their efforts
arc impotent. Let not our friends be dismayed; let them
;of good heart ; we shall strike through all opposition
already (as Napnleun said to an officer, at the battle of
.Marengo, who alarmed at the desperate struggle made by
the enemy towards the close of the engagement, exclaim
ed : “ I think this is a battle lost ’) “ I think its a battle
won." and, as on that occasion, rallying his troops lie
made a charge which carried every thing before him, so
in the present contest, oar efforts should rise with the re
sistance .offered, and we shall achieve a glorious triumph,
I shall noi.be permitted, gentlemen, to he present when
the distinguished sons of Georgia are assembled to delibe-
r de for the good of their country, and to partake of your
•a-nerous hospitality; hut I will lake the liberty of offering
a sent-meat, which 1 trust will be heartily responded to:
Georgia and Alabama—Allied by neighborhood and
|w i,|ood; the only contest between them shall he to see
v ki-h eari do m ist toward redeeming our country.
• * The Douglass and the Hotspur both together,
“ Aie confident against the world in arms.”
With verv great respect, vour ohd’t serv’t.
HENRY W. HILLIARD.
Messrs. Geo. R. Clayton, and others of the Com.
Dr. Taine then gave the following toast: Alabama—
Her recent efforts in the cause of Harrison and Reform, is
Loiled as the harbinger of better tiroes; and the month of
November will fiod her “ redeemed, regenerated and dis
enthralled.”
Bv Jeremiah Beall. Esq., a Vice President:
Hon C. B. Strong—A Virginian by birth; a republi
can of the Jeffersonian school; the first to raise the fl tg
of Honisor. and reform, in Georgia. May it be nailed to
the mast, and every State Rights man assemble around
standard, and shout “ Hurrah for the Hero of Tip
pecanoe ! ! /”
The cry was long and loud for Judge Strong to appear
;„.f,re los fellow-citizens, who, in obedience to their wish,
j lid in a speech abounding in facts and argument, illus-
I ; -i.> s, satire and humor. The Judge humorously com-
j,, i,. -d of some of his very best tilings having evaporated
die lu* ascended the rostrum, but enough remained to
, 'T f,u :ii I lie enthusiastic plaudits of the hundreds who
surrounded him. —
B\ Major Steele, a Vice President.:
T'k' County of Newton—The late exposition on the
yuvt nf one of her sons, (Gen. Williamson) of the misrule
,i,l rxllavagance of the Federal Administration, is, to the
,..nuti \ evidence that it. the cause of reform, herpatriotic
c ii/.' iis will be found at their posts, on the fir»t Monday
in next October and November.
Gen. Williamson being called for responded in a few
appropriate remarks, in which lie pledged himself that the
c nil.tv of Newton would d i her duty.
T. V. Delaunay, a Vice President : The county of Put-
vam—distinguished for the intelligence and patriotism of
h r citizens—will she not he an aide co-worker in the
great cause of Reform.
0 i being loudly called for, Major Meriwether re
sponded to the toast in honor of old Putnam, in a short
address, full of spirit, energy and eloquence. His words
were cheering to the friends of the good cause, and loudly
and heartily did the large assemblage hail the glowing
sentiments of the orator.
By T. Rtigiand, a Vice President:
Old Wilkes—Among the first to hoist the banner of
Harrison and Reform—always ready to strike for liberty—
and to hurl from power those who are willing to crush the
people for the benefit of the “ spoils
On this toast being announced, Mr. Toombs was enthu
siastically called for by the assemblage, w ho responded to
the call in a speech of startling energy, and most effective
eloquence, which called forth repeated bursts of approba
tion from the surrounding assembly. It needs but such
orators as Toombs and his other associates on this occasion,
to meet our fellow-citizens during the canvass, to make
Van Burenism a very scarce article by November next, in
Georgia.
By Wm. B. Tinsley. Esq., a Vice President:
Col. Roger L. Gamble of Jefferson—A pure states
man, a virtuous citizen, and an iiucorrupted patriot. We
hail witn ihe liveliest satisfaction, his nomination this dav,
fur a station which he has once already filled with ability,
and w ith a fidelity to his constituents which affords ample
guarantee- that he will never “ follow in the footsteps” of
those w ho misrepsesent the opinions, and abuse the confi
dence of those who elected them.
Col. Gamble was called upon by the general voice of
his fellow citizens to respond, which lie did briefly, in his
usual style of honest and true hearted earnestness, and
sound sense, and in which he depicted in glowing terms
the rutise in which we were engaged, and the reasons most
potent which we had to glory in it. He showed it to be
b.e cause of the people—the cause of their dearest intc-
rests ; lie showed it to be the only cause that could save
the country. This gentleman, as lie always is, was lis-
tctied to with the deepest attention, and the greatest re-
spect, by all within the sound of his voice.
By Mr. Powell, a Vice President:
Our Guests “ The Tippecanoe Club of Macon,” many in
numbers, strong in exertion, and full of virtue, patiiotism
a-.d intelligence. Such associations will insure the success
of •• the Farmer of Ninth Bend.”
The Tippecanoe Club was most happily represented in
the person of Washington Poe, Esq., who responded to
the sentiment in a strain of chaste and fascinating elo
quence, which enchained the attention, and excited the
deepest interest of the large and respectable auditory
which surrounded hint. Mr. Poe is a line specimen of the
talented Southern gentlemen, and but rarely, we dare say,
has his talent uud fine elocution been brought morehappily
i to exercise, than on this occasion.
By 1 on. of Arrangements: Geo. McIntosh Troup—
Th i uiicorrupted, and incorruptible patriot—now, as ever,
tne enemy of corruptionists—our veteran leader in 182o
who, when the argument was exhausted, was ready to
stand by his arms.
Which was responded to by the hearts, as it was by the
v lice of every man who heard it, with an enthusiasm not
surpassed even in the eventful days of ’25.
By R. \V. Flournoy, Esq. of Washington county: Geo.
”. Gilmer—t hough absent in person on thi* occasion,
'i-t he is everpresent in the hearts of the people of Geor-
l i ; who, on toe fiist VI ta l.iv i i November next, will a-
iiuui renew their unshaken confidence by elevating him to
a position where he may speak their seutimi ut- in favor of
li orison for President, and Tyler for Vue President.—
'*> e know that Georgia can do so—w e hope she will—may
' vc to write, she has.
When the cheering which always makes itself heard,
w »en the name of this distinguished Statesman and well-
tried patriot ,announced, had subsided, an extract of a
private letter,, -written some time ago by Gov. Gilmer, was
lv: ‘d, in which fie expressed himself with his usual force
a d honesty, against the existing Federal abuses, and re
joiced in the prospect so fair of a speedy Reform, by the
election -ot Gen. Hurusnn. It is cheering to see'such a
union of lie art and purpose, among those in whom we
1 |V, ‘ 50 b»ng confided ; the “ bright and venerable names”
of our party.
Air. harris, after « cv: prefatory remains, read the fol
lowing toast from tin lion. Seaton Giant]and, who had
retired:
By 11 oil, Seaton Grantlandi Gen. Wm, Henry Harri
s'a—A soldier, a statesman and a patriot—a knowledge
ut his character and oi his public services, will ensure to
biio the suffrages of the people.
The Tippecanoe Club of Macon being called on fin-a
sentiment, the call was responded to
By S, Rose; The Hero whose standard wc bear, and
w hose flag never suffered a .defeat”—We here pledge to
"nr fellow-citizens of Georgia, that if he loses a battle now,
it will not helot- lack of our exertions.
U'.l. Y. P. King of Greene; Gen. Wtn. H. Harrison,
ol Ohio—His talents, patriotism, and independence, enti-
•■e him to any office in the gift of the people—even tfie
highest.
ti. M. Onue : The People—Awakened by the sore
anise ut power in the Federal Administration, will speedily
l x I H 'l ‘ 1 UM j the Union, by the election of Harrison and Ty-
l ' 1 ’ 'he illegitimate state, starvation—the offspring of
* an Burenism. r
. - Mr - W1 'de of Columbia: Our patriotic and kind-
■ variedf, tends of Baldwin county—May the enlhusias-
1 Bunn- which they have kindled here to-day, buru bright-
and brighter, until it shines through all the log-cabins in
J airgia.—[Music; Hail Columbia.
kml. David Irwin of Cobb; The State Rights Party
t Cherokee are ever prepared to meet their enemies
* nether they be dollied iu the garb of old und long cber-
*■ J* 11 h'iends, or appear in the silk and purple of Execu-
,JV|,r - 1 hey know them ; they will murk them ; they
t * avoid them; they will neither touch, nor taste, nor
“audic {m guclcon tinng.
Col. H. Howard of Cobb: The Republican cause in
Georgia—Let our brethren in other parts of the State but
do their dutv, and Cherokee shall not be found wanting.
P. E. Baud re of Upson; “ The. sober second thoughts
of the people—May the first Monday in November next
show that the people of Georgia are determined to put in
practice some of the professions of the present Admin
istration, by the election of the hor.cst patriot und states
man, Wm. Henry Harrison.
John J. Cary of Upson: Georgia—On the first Mon
day in November she will load her big gun with Harrison
principles, wadded with the records of the late war, und
levelling at the great \\ hite House, will blow Martin Van
Buren sky-high.
Wm. B. Coffee of \\ alker: To the Hon. Hugh 7..
White, the pride of his State; he is no more, but the Bal
lot Box, in November next, will speak volumes in his
praise, for Harrison arid Reform.
Lewis Builatd, Esq., of Washington : Old. Washing
ton—She lias been coming, she is stiil coming, and she in
tends keeping the road to the end, in which path it will
be necessary to kick out of the way Marlin Van Buren.
Col. Mays of Butts : Oar Electoral Ticket—A coni-
| bination of faithful public servants in the field and cotm-
j nils of the country ; men of practical experience in the
. every day business of life, and of zealous patriotism. The
people know them; they know too their own interest, and
will support the Harrison Electoral Ticker.
F. McRae, Esq.: Montgomery County—She is imme
diately in the neighborhood of the residence of George M.
Troup; she could not he so near one patriot without feel
ing w arm in the enuse of another, Wm. Henry Harrison.
Maj. Wood of Newton: Newton County—In the year
1825 she made a still small voice over the surrounding
elements; in October and November next, she will thun
der loud and long.
J. Hinton of Newton: lUm. Henry Harrison—The
soldier w ho faithfully and efficiently served his country in
her time of need; the statesman who stands ready to
buckle on the armor of service, again, in the hour of
greater need—the man whose integrity is 113 unbending as
the post-oak sill of a log-cabbin; whose patriotism ns
pure from bad mixture as the best sort of hard horse-ap
ple cider. *
Join S. Means of Walton: H»i. Henry Harrison—
The successful General in the late war of the United States
and Great Britain. May he be equally successful in the
war of the people against Van Burenism, and totally*drive
from office the authors of Sw-nrtwotitism.
Col. Wm. C. Osborn of Harris: Harrison and Re
form—Not the Jackson and Van Buren ref im of pros-
i perity to adversity, but a thorough, radica' Reform. Such
1 a reform as will destroy those artificial distinctions of mo
dern politicians, between moral and political morality.
J. W. L. Daniel. Esq.: The Stale Rights Presses of
Georgia—At all times ready to sustain and support the
best interests and principles of their party,
Mr. Batiks of Henry : Black, Colquitt and Cooper—
Like Ephraim of old, they are joined to their idols—let
them alone.
Dr. IVurifov of I’litnam :
Old. Putnam Boys, always good and true,
Will stand up in October for Old Tippacnnne.
Uriah Ward of Putnam: G>-n. Wm. II. Harrison—
May the old Farmer of the North Bend be elevated to the
Presidential Chair, aft- r ihe fourth of March, 1841, and
Martin Van Buren made to retire to Kinderhook, to raise
cabbages and shear his own sheep, w ithout u string to tie
them with.
M .j. M. Gaud r of Hancock : For our cause—this na
tion’s zeal is on fire; here's a fun to the flame; ninv it
never he extinguished until it demolishes the last stubble
of corruption.
Hardy C. Culver of Hancock : The Slate Rights Par
ly of Georgia—In a good muse—may they grow and
do- risb so long as liberty and virtue are their polar star—
the support of old Hancock mav be relied on.
J. J. Williams of Lee : The County of Lee—Firm in
principle, united in ranks ; she will aid at the ensuing
elections, in the great crusade against the mul-Administra-
tion of the Government
J. C. Harris of Baker: Georgia—In the approaching
contest for the Presidency, may she contribute her influ
ence to displace the man who is pledged to follow in the
footsteps of his tyrant predecessor, and cast Iter vote for
the people’s candidate, Gen. Wm. H. Harrison.
Green Knowles of Lee: Hoping that Harrison may
lather Van Buren with the West, and shave him with the
South, together with his deluded followers.
By one of the Convention : The present Entertainment
does us good, and is creditable to the liberality and hospi
tality of our friends of old Baldwin.
Mr. Smythe, of Wilkes: The Hon. Henry Cloy of
Kentucky—The unrivalled orator and statesman—the
faithful and incorruptible patriot.
Col. John G. Sluppey, of Twiggs: The generous hos
pitality, the fixed permanency, and the continued pros
perity of Milledgeville.
Mr. A. S. Bryan : As the best interest of Georgia is
identified with the success of Harrison and Tyler, she will
give them a triumphant vote in November next.
Mr. Jacob C. Clements, of Montgomery county: Ex
ecutive Patronage—Mr. Jefferson forbade interference in
elections by officers of the General Government, as incon
sistent w ith the spirit of the Constitution—Mr. Vun Buren
permits such interference by those officers, if he does not
require it from them
A Guest: The best of all “ Virginia Reels”—her latest
Reel, called the Spring Elections—to the tune of Clear
the kitchen.
Dr. Nathan Tucker, of Laurens Co.: The American
Peopli—Ever grateful to th>rir public servants, may they
elect Gen. Wm. H. Harrison, us their next Chief Magis
trate, ns a reward for bis important sei vices rendered the
country.
Mr. James J. Scarborough, of Houston: The Editors
of the Reformer of Augusta—For their zeal and devotion
to the cause of Harrison and Reform, they merit the con
fidence and support of every lover of his country’s weal.
Dr. Bond of Troup: Major Joel Crawford—Our know
ledge ot him is enough to satisfy us that the cause in which
he has embarked, requires no sacrifice of State Rights
principles.
Mr. A. Hammond, Esq. of Elbert: The country is
paralized by the innl-administration of the Federal Gov
ernment. With the principles of the Virginia and Ken
tucky resolutions in theii hearts, and a strict construction
of the C institution of the United States emblazoned 0.1 the
Standard of old Elbert, as their motto, her p itriotic sons
will march to their country’s rescue on the fiist Monday
in November next, battling in the cause of Harrison, Tyler,
and Reform.
Benjamin Williams, Esquire ; In parting with our
friends, we will take a cup of good old hard cider, and
j then we will go home to urge upon the people the necessi-
I ty of voting for Harrison and Tyler.
Dr. Wimhish: The State Rights I'arty—one, and inde-
| visable—now and forever.
Mr. Alexander, of Gwinnett: Gen. William Henry
| Harrison—The last hope of the Republic—may the ite-
| public’s last hope be its brightest.
j Gen. T. Dawson : Gen. Waddy Thompson of South
i Carolina—Success attend his efforts in opposition to the
great leader of the State, John C. Calhoun.
Mr. T. M'-Guire, of Gwinnett: The Hon. Charles
Dougherty—The firm supporter of State Rights and Re
form.
Mr. H. R. Harrison, of Coweta: Gen. Wm. H. Har
rison, the People's Candidate for President—The nu
merous charges promulgated against the old patriot have
been refuted; and os a proof of such refutation, we believe
that he will receive the highest office in the gift of 0. free
people, by being placed in the Presidential Chair on the
4rii of March next.
Y. L. G. Harris, Esq., of Elbert; Georgia—She has
resolved to redress the nation’s mi-rule, and she comes in
her strength to ihe rescue of the People.
By the Monroe Delegation: Colquitt. Cooper and Black
1 —The action of ihe State Rights party towards these gen-
i tlenien, show s that they d ■ not “ Jove Ctesar less, but that
they love Rome more.”
Lawson S. Holland : Friends of Reform—Republican-
j ism, thy banner is hoisted in behalf of our second W’ash-
I ington, Gen. W. H. Harrison, and the devoted and patri-
i otic son, J. Tyler—may they be called to fill the first uud
second offices of thi* oik e happy and favored, hut now op-
j pressed Republic. — Honor to whom honoris due, mid not
1 to the powers that be.
Major McIntosh, of Fayettee : May the State Rights
party of Georgia rally around the great platform of Liber-
I ty, on the first Monday in November next, and with the
! help of her sister States, tear down the pernicious doc
trines and principles of Martin Vun Buren, and live in har
mony in our log cabins, enjoying a cup of hard cider with
our venerable old friend, Tippecanoe.
J. B. Randall, of Cobb : The citizens of Milledgeville
—long will their hospitality be remembered with lively
emotions of gratitude, bv all the guests who have so large
ly participated in the joyous festivity now about to close.
Gibson F. Hill, Esq., of Meriwether: The People—
They have determined to admit Wm. H. Harrison into
| the Presidential chair, and the Stale of New-Jersy into the
Union.
Richard M. Orme : The State Rights Electoral and
Congressional Tickets, this day nominated—A combina
tion of worth and talent, which the people in their majes
ty, will delight tdho’ior, to correct the abuses in the fed
eral Administration.
Major H. D. McIntosh, of Fayette; Gen. Wm. H.
Harrison—Early in life did he go to the relief of his
country—may he succeed iu the approaching Presidential
ejection, and bring about a change in the general govern
ment rtf these United Stales.
Mr. Crenshaw ; The county of Henry—In 183G, true
to the glorious principles ot R, putlicunism, cast her vote
lor the illustrious Hugh L. White, against the imbecile
and faithless Maitin Y uu Buren; true to the same prin
ciples, reprobating iiis ruinous and destructive policy, she
will rally in 184D to the standard ot W m. II. Harrison, to
advance the same objects.
Col. Hudson of Haneock : The Journal and Recorder
They have un lulled the flag of Harrison and Tyler, un
der tire walk of thecapitol, and opened, their batteries up
on the spoils party with tremendous effect. Let the friends
of Reform every where cheer them, and all ottr other pa-
pms engaged iu the same holy cause, with their confi
dence.
G. H Wooten, of Wilkes : Gen. Wm. Henry Harris-
son—He has been faithful over a lew things: le tus make
him ruler over many.
Dr. Dupree of Twiggs. The Stale Rights party of
Baldwin county—Though in the midst of the advocates of
corruption, it is a blight focus around which her sister
counties will rally ; and may they come to the rescue on
the first Monday in November next, with a triumphant
majmitv.
H. H. Lumpkin, Esq., of Monroe: The Hon. John
McPherson Berrien—“ Am honest mm, the noblest w ork
of God,” ho cun be, and is, a warm advocate for Harrison
and Reform; and can be, and still is, a consistent State
Riehts man
Capt. Wm. A. Black, of Monroe: The Hon. Wm. Law
—His superior talents and his devotion to the cause of
Harrison and Refoi m, entitle him to the gratitude of every
State Rights Harrison man.
Dr. E. AY. Maxwell, of Campbell: Ctesnr had his Bru
tus—Charles the first, a Cromwell—and the present usur
per of the Presidential Chair, let him take warning bv
their example 1 For the People cry out eve y w here, with
a voice that causes the walls of the White House even to
shake to its very centre, saying, (when the present incum
bents look around them in any direction.) Mene, mcne,
tekel upharsin. Therefore, we, tfie people, intend to send
“ old Granny” on the fourth of March uext, to the Capitol
of the United Slates, to dense nwav the filth, and to purity*
the place, with honest principles, and copious draughts ot
good old cider.
N. B. *• Granny” is n General, and always has enough
of white-oak brooms to •‘dear the kitchen.”
Col. A. H. Stokes, of Coweta : Wm. H. Harrison, of
Ohio and John Tyler, of the Old Dominion—They
glory in the name of Virginia ; at d Virginia, to recipro
cate the sentiment, glories in the pride of their nativity.
Major T. M. Neison, of Augusta: The id of March,
1841—The end of a supple seivility, which makes self ag
grandizement the obji ct, in prodn'ming that ’lis “ glory
enough to serve under such a chief”—the advent of a pure
and manly patriotism, which shall proclaim that’tis ‘‘glory
enough to serve such a country.”
Peteisnn Thweatt, Jr.. E*q. : The State Rights and
Anti-Van Buren Ticket for C- tigress—composed, as it is
of State Rights men.the pupils and followers of Thom
as Jefferson, and not John C. Calhoun, ought and will
receive the united stq-poit of every true Republican and
sincere opponent of corruption and misrule.
Dr. E. \V. Maxwell, of Campbell; The fair daugh
ters of the city of Milledgeville.—
Both handsome, virtuous and true,
May each wed a son* of old Tippecanoe;
Raise sons and daughters from under their hands
That ne’er w ill obey a despot’s commands.
^Political Son.
W. T. \V. Napier, Esq.; What is it but base ingrati
tude on the pan of the wretch in human lorm, and win-
has never perilled a hair in his country’s service, but w or
is engaged in stretching out his sacrilegous hand to snaich
the laurels clustered uruond thesilveted brow of the States
man, Republican, and Warrior—William Henry Harris-
son.
W. W. Paine, Esq.: John C. Calhoun—It wants but an
other Waddy Thompson, and his reign his done in South-
Carolina.
Sent in by a young lady : Gen. W. H Harrison—Th •
patriot—the soldier.— Hemet our enemies on the plain:
of Canada, he fought, victory < rov 1 ed his effort. At the
p'resent day we call on him, and the honorable son of Vir
ginia, Tvler, to meet our enemies, the Federalists, in the
political plains—may they be favored as in former days,
crowned with victory. L. M. H
By \Y'. A. Buchanon : To Ihe ladies of Milledgeville
—On! that they would, by the goodness of their manners,
and I>v the sweetness of thei-- conversation, declare most
assuredly that they will not tolerate Martin Y’an Buren’t
Administration.
Z. Jackson Esq., ofl.ee: Col. R. A. Toombs—The true
patriot, statesman, and soidiet; wi re In* in Congress, hr
would not desert his constituents, hut would represent their
true interests
J. L Ragsdale, Esq : We have tried the Jackson and
Van Buren system which has been from had to worse —
We are now resolved to try the Harrison system, which we
are confident must prove, a- it has always done, to be
Good, better, best.
Mr. Spencer Riley : That portion of the Union party,
who are generous and patriotic enough to unite with u
in the support of Harrison and Tyler, and thecauseof the
people.
\Y’. A. Burhannon : Gen. Harrison—The laurels which
calumny could not w ither—nor neglect obscure, have been
watered afresh from the fountain of a nation’s gratitude
and are destined to bloom again. Old Tippecanoe for
ever f
John B. Dav: Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison—In the
dawn, we disclaimed him—in too morn, we acknow
ledged him—and under a meridian sun, may we elect
him.
By the Company : The Marshals of the Day—For
their polite attention to our comfort on this occasion, we
return them our thanks; and in support of Harrison and
Tyler, wo give them the hand of fellowship with three cheers
for success.
We had not tlie pleasure of being with our friends after
the toasts from the Vice Presidents, but understand that
many gentlemen were called nut by the acclamation tf
their fellow-citizens, and that besides the toasts, the meet
ing was cheered by some of the most effective oratory of
the occasion.
From invited guests at a distance, the committee have
received the following replies :
Washington City, 28th May, 1840.
Gentlemen :—Your letter of invitation came too late
for me to expect my reply to reach you by the day of
your celebration, but I cannot forego t lie pleasure of assur
ing you that nothing could he more agreeable to me than
to witness your organization, and mustering into the service
of the country, during >ts war against the office holders.
I regard the contest upon which you are about to enter,
us emphatically one between the people and the place
men, and involving in its issue the question whether the
interests of the community are to prevail over the interests
of those who govern us.
The President of the United States, was placed in office
by hi* predecessor. The fact was thus ascertained that an
incumbent had such a power, and a precedent was esta
blished for the exercise of it. To the immense patronage
accumulated of late years upon the Executive Department
of ihe Government, has thus been added, a fearful accession.
This peculiar species of patronage does not address itself
to the timid and the vulgar mercenary, hut to the bold, the
ambitious and the powerful: to those spirits who control
large masses, and aspiring to the highest office, are taught
that their aspirations cannot be gratified by a high patriotic
course—but only bv winning the favor of the incumbent,
who can designate iiis successor, and order out 11 discipli
ned corps of an hundred thousand stipendiaries -to execute
his behest Thus, even those who desire the templing
rewards of ambition, ate seduced to seek them in ihe
purlieus of the ; dace—and to supplicate anointment from
whatever hands may bapp-11 to hold the phial. The dan
gerous precedent was established in the person of the pre
sent President, and by the power of the ruling party.
Generai Jackson organized the patronage of Government,
for the purposes of his party, and placed his nominee iu
the Executive Chair, to preserve and carry oat that orga
nization. The politiral existence of his successor hn3
no other origin or support. From the necessity of his
condition, therefore, even it it had nut been agreeable to
his nature, ami in a great measure his own handiwork, hr
would he bound to carry out und perpetuate a system of
which he is the first beneficiary.
He is the first example of a President made by a Presi
dent; and if this practice be not at once and emphatically
rebuked by the aroused indignation of the country—if he
who has thus come in, can use the means which be has
thus acquired, to force an act of indemnity from the peo
ple, our form of Government has undergone a fundamen
tal change, and the office of President has ceased to be
elective.
That the public mind has already, to a great extent,
been bowed down to such a state of things, i* illustrated
to a melancholy d gree, by the history of the last three
years. Mr. Van Buren cun. into office without any sup
port from the judgment of thp pr - !e, or any hold on their
affections. The measures of in* party had already crip
pled ihe country in all its great interests, and the moment
they were exempted 'i om the cumpressing power of Jack-
sou’s will, they fell to pieces.
Mr. Van Buren has presided amidst daily increasing ca
latnities—calamities increased and increasing by his policy.
With majorities in both houses of Congress, the ordinary
business of the country has stagnated—with an army dou
bled, and its expenses quadrupled, a band of Indians has
conquered and retains a portion of our territory—with the
necessity of borrowing money from day to day, his expen
diture has nipidly risen to 38 millions n year, and yet in
the absence of every thing to give him strength, and in the
presence of every thing which ought to weaken and destroy
—his party maintains him, and threatens to perpetuate Pis
dyn my. How is this ? The question will be answered,
when you add to the celebrated repoits of Mr. Benton and
Mr. Calhoun, on Executive patronage, the tact since as
certained, that a President may appoint Iiis successor.
I repeat it, that ibe present snuggle is between the peo
ple and the place iiol'Jezs, and if the people are now beaten
— I fear it is for a long time—tin* Iasi struggle.
Wlien the mode of Mr. Van Bureu’s election has bepr,
sanctioned by thi* voice ol the country, though that voice
be compelled by the force of a drilled and disciplined
corps of Palatine troops stationed at free quarters through
out the country, and moved with military precision by sig
nals from this capilul—lie will nominate his successor,and
that successor his—until it will come to pass that the Au
gustus will be as much recognized in the stJle as the
Ctesar.
It is the duty of the country therefore, to break the
force of the precedent, by refusing the re-ehrtiou of Mr.
Van Buren—the defect in his title is incut able, and al
though it would not authorize any patriot to oppose indis-
cnmuiately the measures of his administration, it is just
ground to oppose his re-election. But I by no means ad
mit that the primal and paramount objection to Mr. Van
Buren is modified or diminished iu any degree by the
course of his policy, or 'he character ot his party.
The whole course of the dynasty to which he belongs,
has had a fixed tendency to the augmentation of Executive
power. It is a fundamental princi - e of the dominant
party, that all the avowed principles ol a candidate tor
ttm Presidency are sanctioned by bis election, and that
therefore it is the duty of Congress to register nil these t Columbia, S. C. 28th May, 1840.
opinions by giving them the form of law. Thus the func- j Gentlemen :—Although the late dale at which your
lions of Government are consolidated in the hands of the | fluttering invitation was received, put it out of mypowi-rio
Executive, and the two houses of Congress are but a fur- I ci joy the hospitality of your fellow-citizens, I thank you,
ma! pageant to enroll his decrees. | that your kindness has given me an occasion to express
This p* rvading sentiment of the party in favorof Exe- nty warm consent to youi political views and principles,
cutive power, has sustained the President iu an audacious j The history ot our government for years past, is but a
pressing of a measure, year after year, although Congress i map of disastrous errors, mottled with alternate stains of
and the country have repeatedly rejected it, until the peo- j malignity and folly. A el we have consolation in one lmppy
pie, harrassed and wearied by a contest with adisciplined \ result, at least. I lie experiment has been trii d, with sig
corps, are compelled to submit, or tire dragooned into a nal ability and perseverance, of converting the elective
seeming submission by the disfranchisement of a Slate,: franchise of the Arnei ienn people, into an organized appa
llin' n Congressional manufacture of Representatives. i ralus, pas-ively obedient to the machinations of a party—
This principle will i.i the same way ratify and enact into | ihe monstrous expei nnmeni of making a slave of liberty
law, the militia project proposed by the Secretary of War, , itself! An awakened nation has announced the abortion of
and recommended by the President—a project the wildest, j ihe plot, and has taught unprincipled politicians not to
most unconstitutional and dangerous that has ever been , rest their hopes upon hi nding a Sampson,
officially proposed in this country. It results from this | I am, Gentlemen, very respectfully,
ever active principle of the augmentation nf Executive j vour obetin nr servaqC,
power, that the uunual expenditures of the Government are ; ^ PIERCE M. BUTLER.
increased from year to year, till they have attained the pro- j G. R. Clayton and others.
sent unprecedented and alarmieg amount. The Executive j P. S. P-rmii me to join vour friends in bailing—The
is strong in proportion to the amount of money given him one effectual Experiment—The Experiment of a new
to disburse. The power of the President now, in compa- Administration.
rison to what it was when Mr. Adams was President, is
as 13 to 39 millions. Indeed, it is much greater, for when
it was understood to he unlawful or improper to bring.the
the federal influences in contact with the freedom of elec
tion, there was a mural check upon those influences, which
does not nmv exist. Now, the practice of interference in
elections bv federal office-holders, is open, admitted and
justified. Their salaries have been taxed to raise funds—
and their personal agency vindicated and urged by an
House of Representatives, I
Washington, May 28. 1840. (
Gentlemen:—! have the honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your polite letter of the 20th insr., which has just
comr to hand, inviting me to be present at the Convention,
which will assemble at Milledgeville, in the Slate of Geor
gia, on the first Monday in next month, for the purpose of
nominating Electors of President and Y'ice President of
elaborate document, adopted in the Senate, und sent forth j the United Stales in opposition to Marlin Van Buren, und
as the decision of the party. j to partake of a public dinner to be given on the occasion on
Thus the use of an enormously increased fund, is in- the succeeding day. I sincerely thank you gentlemen, for
trpsti d to agents no longer restrained by shame «r fear, but
urged on, stimulated and exhorted-to exertion, with the
certainty of reward for diligence, and punishment for
lukewarmness.
The avowed tenets of anv party are of le=s consequence
than ils pervading spirit and temper. .What men say, is of
if ss consequence than what they do. The party you op
pose. has by its acts been more prodigal than any other
which has ever ruled the country.
The highest Tai iff ever know n to the eountrv, was sanc
tioned hv the vote of Mr. Van Buren. and threatened t<>
be enforced by the bayonets of his patron. More money
iias been expended in internal improvements, In this party
than by anv other. It has maintained the most protracted
the most expensive and the most disgraceful Indian war,
ever known since the settlement of the colonies. It has, j fragments, bv rallying to the support of men instead of
in fiue^presitled over a more ruined 0 ndition of the coun- j principle, it became p-twerl'-ss and imbecile. The signs
t-y than we have ever before sepn. a broken down com- j of the limes indicate, and the circumstances of (liecountry
merer-, a deranged currency—n destroyed credit—a gene- ) are anspieious to that thorough and- complete re-union of
rul and universal prostration of industry, confideure and 1 the scattered ranks of the republican | arty, which is alone
hope, which have been superseded by languor, suspicion
and despair.
li they have not contributed by misrule to this state of
things, or if they have not failed to avert it by wise and
conservative measures, their adminisiiration mid our ca
lamities are co-existent, and being so, must puss for cause
and effect, unless othewise proved.
No one who has observed the conduct of public affairs
by the pin ty in possession of the Government. < .111 fail to
perceive that it has been dictated by a recklesf»spirit of de
structiveness. Instead of enumerating what has been
shaken or pulled down, we might ask what has net? for
we stand in the midst of a desolation, which looks like the
track of a whirlwind. But let me specify an instance or
two. The Senate was dragged to the footstool of the Ex
ecutive, arid made to expunge its records. Ttie majority
of the House has broken the great Seal of a sovereign
State, and'scornfuliy trampled it. The States themselves
have been wantonly called to the bar of the Senate, and
reprimanded for their acts and doings. The State Banks,
exclusively amenable to Stale authority, are habitually
villified and intermeddled with; and a project is now
suggested for repealing their charters, by authority of this
Government.
Now whatever may be the avowed tenets or pretended
principles of this party, such is its policy; and these
things demand a change of men and measures.
The essential spirit of this party is manifested in the
manner in which its established organ conducts the Presi
dential canvass. The press of a party concentrates into a
focus its intelligence, its temper and its morals; and these
qualities of the administration may be ascertained by the
manner in which its press prosecutes the war against Gen.
Harrison. It would be chimerical to expect a perfectean-
d >r and fairness from exasperated pnttizans. but the mode
of this wm fare can be justified only by a general dis
pensation fiom the decencies of civilized life.
TIip Globe represents Gen. Harrison as a dotard and a
drunkard, as a maniac breaking from his keepers and his
cage, and rushing into the streets of Cincinnati w i’h insane
y'olence, and blasphemous language. He is charged with
vieps and crimes, which if true, would disgrace the com
munity in which he is permitted to live. This old gentle
man. who lias passed his life in office, from his voulh up
wards, trusted and applauded by his country in all tin* vi
cissitudes of politics, and long since recorded in the bright
est pages of her history—this man, born of the revolu
tion, and with a claim if not to hereditary gratiturl--, at
least to forbearance, tor his Father’s sake—he, wlio from
nineteen to sixty, has been passing through a laborius se
ries of responsible offices, Soldier, Senator, Governor,
Representative of our nation abroad—ha is presented
to the world, with every circumstance of contumely, and
his grey hairs dragged through the foul sewers of a press,
unexampled f«.r virulence and vulgarity since the invention
of printing. The organ of the Government thus treats a
man whom every department of the Government has de
lighted to honor—who belongs to our past history, and who
iias been selected by at least a respectable portion of the peo
ple, for the highest office. YVhat is the spirit which presides
over such a press T For my own part, I prefer the autho
rity of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Adams. I
prefer the authority of impartial history, to these ribald
heaping on the head of this old soldier, every epithet of
reproach of which our language is capable, but it prompts
its myrmidons to an indiscriminate application of the
most odious terms of the vocabulary, to all who favor and
support hint. They denounce him as an abolitionist; and
with a fury which counteracts itself, they ace lire those men
from the centre of the South, who are his friends, us abo
litionists. The whole charge is as true as any part of it,
und fixe- the dean e of credibility Hue to witnesses who
make such declarations.
No man wlio has examined into Gen. Harrison's opin
ions on this subject, can doubt that they are stronger in
favor of the constitutional rights of the South, than Mr-
Van Buren’-, and that he maintained them under circum
stance-, to the severe test of which Mr. Van Bn pii has
never le en subjects d. The Missouri question was the only
one upon which they Irolh acted—hole tney acted it is not
necessary for me to stale. If any man out of the slave-
holding Slates has given proof of his devotion to their
rights—if any man has vindicated them boldly and efficient
ly bevoud "or own borders, it is Ger. Harrison. He did
not signalize his courage and firmness more conspicuously-
iu Iiis brilliant military career, than in the. civil conflict to
which he exposed himself in the maintenance of the con-
sti, utioual rights of the South, in the face of an exasperated
community. 0 1 this subject, there is no comparison be
tween him and his competitor.
YVh.it has Mr. Van Buren done to commend himself to
the country, or deserve its gtatitude 1 Let him answer
who can !
What has General Harrison done? Let Wayne and
and Shelby answer—let Madison answer—let tfie nation’s
vote of thanks answer—let the rich and teeming plains of
Illinois and Indiana answer—let Tippecanoe and Thames
and Fort Meigs answer—In his vote upon the admission of
Missouri and Arkansas answer. These things make Gen.
Harris m a man in his own right. Where aie the muni
ments by which his adversary claims the gratitude of his
country 1 in what archievcs are they deposited 1 in what
documents are they contained ? in what page of our history
are they written ? in what field has he fought for us ?
wtiat great measure of policy has be carried in our coun
cils? He attained his present station by the power and
popularity of another. ihe only boast ol his life was to
have served a Chief, and ihe great promise of his policy
was to tread in his footsteps.
These are th ■ men between whom we me to choose: and
I most earnestly hope that the State Rights paily of Geor
gia will be found where it has always been my pride and
pleasure to act w ith it, and that it will make a VVuterloo
of this last battle of the long campaign, through which its
banner fins been so gallantly borne.
I am, gentlemen, with great respect, your obedient ser
vant, WM. 0. 1’RES'iCN.
Geo. R. Clayton, and others.
Charleston, 31st May, 1840.
Gentlemen :—I have had the honor to receive your in
vitation to auend a Convention tobe held at Milledgeville,
for the nomination ot candidates lor Congress, See., and a
dinner to he given on the first Tuesday in June.
1 regret extremely that it is not in my power to accept
this obliging and flattering call. Deeply interested as 1
feel in t!ie isxiie of the approaching struggle to rid the
country of a cabal who are striving to turu its Government
into the most odious, insolent and insupportable of obllgar-
chies, l should lie particularly rejoiced to be able to con
tribute, ia however teeble and humble a way, to awaken
the Mouth to a sense of what is due, in such a contest, to
ils honor and real interests. But i am compelled to deny
myself the p'easure ct being present at your meeting, and
ui list content myself for ihe present with offering you my
most hearty good wishes for your success iu the holy cause,
and with expressing my perfect confidence that nothing
but a criminal 'supineuess on the part of its defenders can
prevent its triumph. The intelligence that Georgia is likely
iu follow the example of Virginia, has animated our
friends elsewhere with the hopes that the country of
Lowndes and of Ciawford is about to cast off the ignoble
yoke that has been attempted to be fastened upon its neck
bv a mock unhallowed coalition.
* I beseech you to accept this expression of my unfeigned
respect, and the assurance of the high consideration, wiih
which I haVe the honor to be
Your otniged and devoted servant,
HUGH S. LEGA&E.
Messrs. Clayton and others.
themselves with respectful submission to the clash and con
flict of the popular will, intrude themselves in trained bauds
and as captain generals of the war, against the voters and
tax payers of the country. And to this end the Treasury
is plundered, in a hundred ways by those who have it in
keeping, to maintain themselves against those whose toils
and sub-tnnee contributes the supplies. I.i this emergen
cy, the people in due fuim prescribed, have planted their
standards and arrayed ilieic f rces within the precincts of
the polls in the several Stales; and tli y find ibeir most
formidnnie oppos rs urn wing long hows- with poison, d ar
rows upon thi-in, from tue high towers of the citadel at
Washington.
lo tie challenged to such a strife, has surprised and a-
larmed the independent spirit of t ie nation; but il lias a-
wakened an indignant resentment which loredoo us a nght-
eous result. In such a contest, permit m • to indulge a
confident hope that Georgia, will be counted with uie vic
tors.
Respectfully yours, Sic.
* JOHN HENDERSON.
Messrs. George R. Clayton, >Vm3. KuTHEitsjRD.dnd
others.
Washington City, 28th May, 1340.
Gentlemen:—Your invitation reachej me this morn
ing. Congress will not adjourn before the mouth of Julv.
My duties here deny me the pleasure of accepting the invi
tation. It would afford me much pleasure to nave mingled
with my constituents on the occasion. The motives and
objects which have influenced the assemblage, lo which I
have been so kindly invited to participate, command my
most decided approbation I moat sincerely unite with
the opponents ot the present Administration, in their de
termination to use all tuirund honorable means to produce
a reform in the administration of the General Government.
A change ot rulers, in my opinion, can alone secure the
reformation, which your interest, prosperity and happiness
demand, fn times like these, when ail the great interests
ot the country, are borne down by causes connected with
the policy ot this Central Government, il becomes the
duty ot an injured and oppressed community to enquire
ini0 the causes, and if wittiiu the power of the ballot box,
lo exercise honestly, industriously und resolutely, its con-
set valive influence, and thereby remove those cutises. My
belief is that the patriotic exercise of the right of suffrage
by the People of the States, in the approaching Presiden
tial eleciiou, will change our rulers, and restore confidence
among all classes—give life and spirit to the people, who
are now sustaining a most unprecedented pressure in their
pecuniary affairs—efieer ttie father and iiis dependents,
amidst ttieir present gloom, and uige them onward in the
hope of belter times. I trust it may agai. re-open tho
la-arts of those who have been drives by care, caution,
and a necessity of self-preservation, to close the credit,
the indulgence and confidence, formerly existing. I can
not look on the coming revolution in the fui tunes ol* me
People, with any other feeling than that of syn.putLy: but
comment is needless—my enlightened constituency under
stands and feels these things, and the let-ling nmv pei end
ing und influencing them, uud wtiich has earned the Con
vention ;o he called on lln- 1st of the next month, is a
guarantee that every patriotic 1 fforl will he used to restore
the union to prosperity, anti give contentment to ihe people.
That the Presidential contest should have created vast
excitement, is not surprising, ihe People have moved
(yes, I say, the People, not politicians only) for reform,
in their onward march, ihe array ot office holders, act
ing in concert, urged by Ine pnweiful motive of interest—
headed by the influence ot the reins ot Government—
backed by the money, or credit of the Union, in the shape
ot Treasury Notes, is now boldly attempting to stay the
power of the People, and check their just indignation
against the mal-adtninistration of their own Government;
in this contest, the People are to be captured by this army
ot officers, if cunning trickery and hypocrisy can do it—
but my hopes are strong, my faith uadoubling, that the
People will succeed. My course on the Presidential elec
tion is known to you—1 go for Gen. Harrison against Mr.
Y an Buren. My reasons are also betore my constituents
in a short letter, and will soon be before them in a Docu
ment at length. I am also for John Tyler. They are the
candidates of rile People against the office-holders, ai.d
are the persons selected nr carry out the views ot tne
great Constitutional and Conset valive Parly of the
Union. Under their flag. 1 find the fi .ends ol economy—
tho irieods of the Coiuutuuou—of refora*—of the righto .
the kindness shown to me upon this occasion, and would,
with great pleasure, avail myself of- your hospitality, if I
conkl.
lc is matter of sincere gratification to me ft) find, that so
many of my Southern brethren who formerly marsl ailed
in the same ranks, and did battle together under the old
r-publican banner, hut, who, by accidental circumstances,
have been for a time separated, are again rallving under
th cir old flag, and are about to do battle in the same
cause. YY’hpn principle was the basis upon which parties
were formed ; und the rights of th* States, and the liberty
nod prosperity ol ihe people ihe Danner under w hich it
fought rhe republican nartv was invincible. Its xiarch
whs from conquest to conquest, and from trium: h to
triumph. But w hen it suffered ilself to he broken into
necessary to break the force of the cenliepvtal tendency
of our svstem r and drive back within its own clearly de
fined boundary, the bold and daring usurpations of the
executive department of our Government.
As it would he an act of the most consummate folly in
the commander of an army, not to capture the vanguard
of his enemy, because at the same blow, he could not de
stroy ihe main body; so it would be most unwise ia the
republican party, not to strike al all, because at a single
blow, it cannot achieve every thing. I11 the present cun-
lest it. will be important to break the tremendous force of
executive power, to curtail its immense patronage, to de
stroy the strict party discipline which prevails, and to re
store representative and official independence by rescuing
the honest and faithful from the withering influence of
Executive proscription. If in the election of some com
petitor over Mr. Van Buren, we defeat these mighty en
gines of despotism, vve sliall achieve much—we shall ac
quire foothold in the enemy’s country, and may pursue the
victory until the whole mass of republican principles and
the purity of the Government he recovered. The question
for every patriot should he, by opposition, can something
be achieved for civil liberty and free institutions? If it
can, he should grasp it, and trust to time and opportunity
lo achieve more.
I trust gentlemen, that harmony may prevail, and unani
mity characterize your deliberations; and that your la
bours may result in the signal advancement of free prin
ciples and the prosperity and happiness of our common
country.
YY'itli great respect, I uni, gentleman,
Your obedient servant,
J. GARLAND.
Messrs. George R. Clayton, and others, Committee.
Senate Chamber, U. S. May 29,1840
Gentlemen :—Your kind invitation to partici|>ate in a
public dinner lo be given on the occasion of a convention
to he hidden at Milledgeville, by the opponents of the pre
sent administration of the general government, for pur
poses of nomination, (fee. on the 1st Tuesday in June, has
been received by me to-day.
If at liberty to consult my inclinations only, it would be
gratifying to embrace riie opportunity thus afforded to in
terchange ci.ilities with the. citizens of Milledgeville, and
of the State of Georgia, who may assemble on that occa
sion. But aside from other consider itions which interpose,
the important measure of a bankrupt system now [lending
in the Senate, and for the success of which I feel moult
solicitude, constrains me to deny myself the pleasure of
your proffered hospitality.
The objects ot your Convention have tiie warmest appro
bation.of my judgment. A change in the administration
of the general government is necessary. And none have
belter reasons for uniting to effect that change, than the
friends of State Rights and State Sovereignty. Be.ride the
many important principles involved, in respect to which,
a change is indispensable, the present contest is waged
with a personality of interest on the part of those in power,
and which is n-serted in a bold tone of official insolence,
that so savours of candour and confidence, as half consents
the wickedness und impotence of its pretensions. The
office holders presumptuously rebuke the popular move-
ebullitions of a degraded jness; and so far from finding i tnetits againsttnem. as if an encroachment upon their rights
in 1 hem cause for opposition to Gen. Harrison, they fur- j Ihe heal and buruien ol the present struggle, is not so
riish additional reasons for terminating a dynasty which much between puriizan voters merely, hut the People’s
characterizes itseif by a resort to such means. But this is | servants and agents, who by tiie ttieory of our government
not all; the rabid spirit of the party is not content with Soould measurably passive in such a trial, deporting
of every section of thi* Union, end with them I shall
battle, and in so doing I assure the people of m\ native Stale,
that I am for their rights—their interest—and when I
shall la;l to be so, my head is at their discretion. Accept
gentlemen, for the honor tendered m*\ mv thanks, and let
me ask you to lemler them to tlie citizens of Baldwin. I
have written in basic, shorter than I desired, but for it to
reach you by the 2d, l must close.
Receive tlurassurance of my high regard and great con
sideration. . 0
Most respectfully,
^ _ . WM. C. DAWSON.
To Geo. R. Claytos, YY ms. Rutherford, and others.
Washington,. H. of R., 28th May, 1849.
Gentlemen:—Your invitation to bo present at a Con
vention, to lie held iu tile City of Milledgeville, of the op
ponents of the present Atlmhiistratio.i. was this dav re
ceived..and 1 hasten to express mv thanks for this mani
festation of fa- our, and the gratification of my feelings to
know ihar the Repuhiteaiis-of Georgia, of all parties, are
going forward in the great and necessary work of reform,
upon tin; success of which the greatest results depend.—
Should our labours triumph, 1 verily believe we shall have
accomplished greater good to our country, ourselves and
our children, than we could in any other employment of
life. And. I feel confident, it we are energetic, and faith
ful to ourselves and our country, in exposing rhe corrup
tions and misrule of the administration, and the ron-’itu-
' tional opinions, the qualifications and claims of Gen.
j Harrison, the republican candidate for President, that tiie
I [>eop|p of Georgia, always promiilent in tho American
| Republican family, will bestow th - vote of the State 0:1 tiie
I Hero, Civilian and Statesman, YVilliam Henry Harrison.
The m ire 1 look into the opinions ot Gen. Harrison, the
evidence he has given of his Republican creed, and the
sacrifice lie ha* made of popular fuvo*, to secure to ihe
peujile of the Souih, the enjoyment of their constitutional
righ's, the more do I grieve that I ever suspected turn of
entertaining opinions against onr righ’s and*interests.—
And the greater is my contempt for that system of politi
cal warfare w .ich justifies garbling and publi-bing. from
the speec h of a faithful public servant, » -e-ha.l of a sc .-
fence, in such a manner as to make it appear that he had
said any tiling else than what be did sav.
Nothing would afford tne greater pl asure. than to m ot
my fellow-citizens ami confiding constituents in Milled" -
vide, that 1 might talk with them, one and all, fnllv a- d
freely of our hopes and prospects of a happy riddence of
our country of the despoilers of ear prosperity, and the
authors, to a great extent, of our pecuni iry distress. But
as a S"iifincl of the people of Georgia, who has not surren
dered his arms, or the citadel of their rights to the enemy,
I feel that it is a paramount duty to remain at my post,
where, if I can do no other good, I may at least “give
timely notice of approaching danger.”
Y\ ith a sincere desire that harmony and conciliation
may prevail in the Convention, an.i the best measures mav
be adopted for the success of the republican cause,
I am truly,
Your ob’t. servant,
LOTT WARREN.
Messrs. Geo. R. Claytos, and others. Committee 4-c.
YY r ash ington City, 28ih May, 1S40.
Gentlemen : I have had the boner to receive vour
invitation to participate in a Public dinner to be given bv
the opponents of the Present administration on the 2d of
June, to the membersof the Convention which is to assem
ble on the 1st, for the purpose of nominating a Congression
al Ticket and Electors of President and Vice President of
the United States.
1 would glndlv avail myself of the opportunity thus af
forded of mingling with my fellow citizens from ali parts
of the State, and giving to the opponents of the administra
tion the assurance of my zealous co-operation in the cnu?e
in which they are engaged, did the nature of mv public
duties here permit. I beg however to assure you. gentle-
l(-men and those you represent.that no one feels more per
fectly convinced of the necessity of a change of rulers and
measures than T do.
If Mr. Y'an Buren can retain possession of the Treas-
II r y—enforce his new system of finance, and procure his
re-election, through the instrumentality of party drill and
management, amidst tiie distress and min which his inea
su res have inflicted on 11 nenerons and confiding people,
they may not hereafter hope, peacefully, to throw off the
rule of his dynasty or prevent the appointment of his suc
cessors.
file great political struggle which is now going on from
one extreme of the Union to the other, may be justly re
garded as a contest which is to decide whether, wc are to
have a government of the people regulated by the consti
tution and the laws, or a monarchy in disguise directed by
the will of the President.
The late hour at which your communication was receiv
ed—my various and indispensable duties, prevent n.e from
K"i n S into an examination of the relative merits and claims
of Genera! Harrison and Mr. Van Buren to our confidence
and support. But 1 may be permitted to say that after
the most careful investigation, 1 am prepared to give it
••is my well considered opinion, that the former is entirely
worthy of the high office to which we design to elevate him,
and that the latter has done enough to fin frit the respect
anil confidence of Iiis friends and lo fulfill the most alarm
ing predictions of his opponents-.
I bog h ave, gentlemen, in conclusion, to offer the fol
lowing sentiment :—
A government of the people fi—
Not a peopled t/ie Government!
I have the honor to be with great respect.
Your fellow citizen,
THOM AS BUTLER KING.
George R. Clayton, YY'ms. Rcterfokd, &c.
Washington City, 23th May, IS40.
Gentlemen :—1 am to-day in receipt of your letter of
20th in-t.. soliciting my attendance on the occash n of the
assembling of the Convention of the State Rights party,
at Milledgeville. ihe duties of my place here will not
permit me to accept rour polite invitation. I mit-t there-
I fore resoectfullv decline making one in the councils and
j festivities of that occasion. As much a* any other citizen,
I feel the necessity of the most vigorous measures to resi-t
the rr.isi u!e of the pre-ent Administration of the Federal
Government—an administration which I be lb ve to he
niiti-repubiican in its avowed principles.;, and in its practi
ces unfaithful toils professions. YY’ithout permitting n.y-
st-lf to give reasons for the assertion, 1 assure u>u, iliat a
ronlinunnci of Mr. Van Buren in ( flier, and a fuirres-iou
to h fn, of a man holding such opinions as lending mem
bers oi the Democratic party now avow, will endanger ti e
Const it ntiou nnu pro.-periry of t Ire com trv. Retoi m ir in
dispensable, nor ca it it fie accompli-hcd, but hv a change
• •( Rulers. Most sincer Iv, therefore, do I lend my hum
ble aid to ifn- election of Gen. Harris.01—a man whose
services, opinions and integrity commend him, in my opin
ion. eminently to tut- support and confidence of southern
politicians. I can see no reason in the principles of the
opposition candidate, or in the impuoed policy or practice
of Mr. Van Buren to justify our support of tfie latter gen
tleman. On the contrary, l do verily believe that the op
position to Jackson ,-..id Van Buren commencing with the
Proclamation and Force hiil,and unitedly continued until
a very recent date, is confirmed, and ought lobe sanctified
by the imbecility, vacilalion and corruptionsofi the Powers
that be.
I cannot permit myself to believe fer a moment, that
our party, so long distinguished for ils consistency of prin
ciple und conduct, is destined to division and there
fore to defeat. It is with mo not merely a hope, but
a conviction that notwithstanding a few of the distinguish
ed members of the party have felt it their duly to abandon
their former friends—the great body of the State Rights
men will remain, undismayed and undivided. This aban
donment is cause of sorrow, but not of anger or of dis
couragement. And 1 am also satisfied, that there are not
a few, who have heretofore given an honest support t« the
incumbent of the Presidency; who can no longer sustain
him in his cruel experiments upon the liberties and happi
ness of the- people.
Very respectfully, your fellow citizen,
E. A. NISBET.
To Messrs. G. R. Clayton and others, Milledgeville, Ga.
MIDWAY FE.7IAI,e SE.HIMABY.
T HE Exercises of this School, under the management of
Mrs. EgerTOS, will be resumed on Monday uext. the
15th injt. A few scholars only , iu add tion to those already
engaged, can be received, as the number is limited.
June 9.1840. 21 It
COIWENTIOH OF JI UGSS.
T HE Judges of the Superior Courts, will meet in Con
vention in this city on Monday, the S9th day of June
instaBt, it being the 3th Monday.
By order of the Judges,
CARLTON B. COLE, Chairman.
Milledgeville. June3. 1*40 21 3t
FIFTY DOLLARS KEltABD
YYfILL be given for the apprehending and delivering t.
v v me, or at t..e Savannah Jail, my Negro man Lit.
Liard. And as 1 have reason to suspect that he has bee
stolen by certain persons for the purpose of selling him i.
Florida, ot in the middleo r southwestern counties of th'sState
I will give an additional reward of* 8200 for the thief o
thieves, with proof to convict them of the crime. Hilliard ,
ab tut 25 years oi* age, black, large mouth, with promim-t
lips, stout made, with the loss of a joint off the lore aud mitld..
fingers of his left hand.
K. W. FLOURNOY.
Savannah, 28lli May. 1840. 21 2t
ffj” The Standard of Union, will please publish the above
twice, and charge R- W. F.
FOB SALE,
L OT No. 120, 28th District, 3d Section, Cherokee county
Apply at this Office.
June 8. lt<40 21 tf
BBOl'VUT TO JAIL,
A NEGRO MAN about 5 feet 8 inches high, light com
plexK)ti.,sayS he belongs to George Walker, ol Twiggs
county, Ga. Said negro ram.way trom a plantation oi \\ ..ik-
er’s 111 Houston county, from me overseer, John Doe; says
his Dame is George Said negro is-bout27 year-old. a tie
owner can have him by proving property, and paying ex
penses. JESSE HURST, Jailor.
Tattnall county. Ga., 30tb May. 18-tO. 21 3t
RYUliii uiou Its alter date, appiicaliou wriil be made to
JP t [, e Honorable the luteiior Court of Morgan.county,
when sitting tor oidinary purposes, tor leave 10 sell the real
•state oi John O’Neal, late ot said county . deceased.