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are already acquainted with the use of the
firelock ; and the evidences our militia gave
at Bunker’s Hill and King’s Mountain, during
the war of the Revolution, and at Fort Mc
Henry and Fort Meiqs, at Stonington and
Sandusky, at New Oileans and the river
Thames, during the last war, induce us to be
lieve that “ without more discipline, subordi
nation, or knowledge of the use of arms, than
the militia of those limes possessed, and ours
now have, they would not rather prove a bur
den than an assistance to the army,” employed
in the defence of the country; and if the dis
aster at Detroit, and the retreat of our army
from, and the surrender of, the city of M asu-
ington, be quoted as evidences to the contraij
—we believe they may both be traced to some
other cause than want of training in the army
which Cren. Hull treacherously surrendered,
or want of conduct in the troops, undiscipli
ned as they were, which dispersed at "VY ash-
ington for the want of a commander to lead
them against the advancing enemy.
We have said that we thought the re-orga
nization of the militia useful, and, to some ex
tent, necessary. We also think the training
of the militia by the several States necessary ;
and we think it also necessary that Congress
should prescribe the discipline according to
which the States are to train the militia. This
latter duty Congress has, from tune to time,
attended to, and, for the purpose of perform
ing that duty now, we ask leave to report a
bill for the purchase and distribution among
the State*, according to the number of their
militia, the necessary number of Scott's In
fantry Tactics, which was prepared by him
under a resolution of the House of Repre
sentatives, passed the 8th of April, 1834, and
reported to the Secretary of War (Lewis
Cass,) and approved of by Andrew Jackson,
then President of the United States, as ap
pears by the proclamation of the Secretary of
War, of the 8th of April, 1835. And, in re
lation to the report of the Secretary of War,
and his letter transmitting a system of re-or-
wmization of the militia of the United States,
referred to the Committee on the Militia, we
concur in the resolution of the majority in
asking to be discharged from the further con
sideration of the whole subject.
PI-lILIl* TRIPLETT, P. G. GOODE,
WM. B. CARTER, J. RIDGWAY,
FOR THE SOUTHERN RECORDER.
REPLY TO POLITICAL TRACTS—No. I.
If the first item proves any thing, it proves more than
was intended ; for Gen. Harrison received appointment in
office from every President until Gen. Jackson, who has
always envied him. Washington received an appointment
under Adams’ administration ; and it was, perhaps, through
Washington’s influence that Adams first gave Harrison an
appointment: and this I suppose is tiie reason why Wash
ington has of late been called a federalist, and consolida-
tionist. Now if the sense of the word federalist is to be
so construed, as to include Washington, then will I glorv
in the name; hut give it its proper meaning, and surely
Van Boren is the most high handed federalist that has ever
lived. For by means of that abomination of abominations,
the sub-treasury, or liard-money law, or bankrupt bill, or
the hill to make rich men richer, and poor men poorer, or
the bill to enable rich men to by their poor neighbor's little
patch of land for one third of its teal value; he has ac
quired the whole control of the public treasury, and there
fore ‘‘cannot too strongly recommend” Congress to orga
nize a standing army of two hundred thousand men, to
protect him with his great electioneering machine, for
merly the people’s money. An army too, to be like the
purse, entirely under his control; to he subject to his beck and
call, to march hundreds of miles, under the government,
of the articles of war, merely to muster in time of profound
peace. Surely Van Burea lias forgotten that people live
by eating; for when he emancipates his black witnesses,
and calls out his white subjects to guard his great purse,
who will he lelt to make bread l
But may be he aims to live as did Vitellius, of whom it
was said, that had he reigned long, the whole Roman
Empire would not have been sufficient to maintain his ta
ble; his dish was filled with a medley made from tlte air
bladders of the fish called scarri, the brains of pheasants
and woodcocks, the tongues of the most costly birds, and
the spawn of lampeys brought from the Carpithian sea.
And lor the manner in which he kept up this very econo
mical mode of living, the following is a good example:—
*' A Roman knight being dragged to execution, and crying
out that he had made the Emperor his heir, Vitellius de
manded to see l he will, when finding himself joint inheritor
with another, he ordered hath to he executed, that he
might enjoy the legacy alone.” It is said of another eco
nomist of ancient limes, that he had hits of gold chopped
up ia his minced pies. But as Van Buren has found out
another way of using gold, by having it coined into soup
spoons, perhaps a soup meagre made of fox brains and
spider eggs, magically softened with pigeon milk, garnish
ed with the tongue of a mocking bird, and served upon a
gold plate on a table made from Benton’s mint drops,
would better suit his fancy.
As to the second item, I would ask why it was that John
Randolph never attempted to prove the citarge, when Gen.
Harrison denied it; hut invited Gen. Harrison to partake
a dinner with him, and to bury the matter in oblivion.
Item 3.—As to Harrison’s being a black cockade can
didate, it has been proven false by his friends, and is now
proven false by his enemies; from the fact of their being
no other evidence to quote from than the Globe. A change
able colored cockade would suit Van Buren.
Item 4.—That the definition here given, proves Van
Baron to be a federalist, no one can deny : lor what higher
I .t',tude of powers can he assert, than to claim the right
of holding the purse and the sword I With the sovereign
command of these, what measure could he not accomplish 1
What higher federal poweis can any federalist ever seek,
than to have the individual control of the whole revenue
of the greatest nation on earth, with two hundred thou
sand regular soldiers armed and equipped, and subject at
a moment’s warning, to his command. And further, to
say that Congress has a constitutional right to abolish sla
very, and that he, being sworn to support the Constitution,
would veto such nn act were Congress to pass it. As for
the great parade of Gen. Harrison’s votes, made by the
Standard of Union, it is no new thing for Mr. Standard to
make great parades, for he has become so accustomed to
abortion, that he can miscarry and chuckle at it as a hen
does when she lays her egg. But to be candid with Mr.
Standard, the public money would certainly be better spent
in encouraging domestic manufactures and internal im
provements, than it would be in hiring men to electioneer
for office, or in hiring men to go through the country to
find out how many ducks and chickens the women have
hatched, or in hiring 200,000 men to guard a lawless
despot.
Item 5.—Hero the author surely made a mistake, and
published something that he did not intend : for the opin
ions of Gen. Harrison upon a bank of the United States
were certainly maintained by Washington and Jefferson -
v o that a bank of the United Slates was not constitutional,
unless it was necessary to carry into effect some of the ex
pressly granted poweis of the Constitution; but when it
was clearly ascertained, (as it now is,) that this was the
case, and the people calling upon Congress, (as they now
are,) to charter the bank, it was the President's duty to
sign the bill. They did so, (and so will Gen. Ilatrison,)
and Washington, in his farewell address, recommended
the encouragement of public credit, but Mr. Van Buren
says—no credit.
Item 6. I his could not have been intended as a charge,
but merely as a compliment. I have heard the sameopiti-
ion expressed by \ an Buren men, and therefore leave it
with them.
In item 7, the writer tells us that Gen. Harrison had
been endeavoring to explain ihe principles upon which our
Government is founded, and that he approves the procla
mation as construed by Mr. Webster; but the manner in
which Gen, Harrison explained those principles, the con
struction which Mr. Webster put upon the proclamation,
end how highly, and under what construction Van Buren
approves the proclamation, does not think proper to tell U3 .
in the 8th item, the author has produced evidence,
which most unequivocally relutes his assertions.
Item A.—Gen. Harrison knowing the election to lie be
tween Adams and Jackson, must have made a wise choice;
for hv the election of Adams, the universal wreck of com
merce was probably prolonged four years.
As to charge No. 2j I tender to the author my most
hearty thunks lor publishing documents so favorable to
Geu. Harrison : for his address of 1822, is certainly suffi
cient to convince any unpr. judiced man, that he is a con
sistent State Rights Republican. And I thank him fur
ther, for the information confirmatory of the fact, that the
Abolitionists do not consider General Hnrrison as their
“* cuuffi y l° their lawless course.
I he conclusion of the whole matter is, that Gen. Har-
j ison is like an old pure silver dollar;—the more you rub
it, the brighter it shines. And Van Buren is like an old
dirty tab e cloth ;—the more you turn it over, the more you
can t find the clean side. • «»
The New York Express of Thursday, g avs
It is stated that the Sub-Treasury Receiver hus by di
rections from Washington, fixed on the Bank of America
in which to keep his account and make bis deposites.
NY bile in the valley of Virginia, the crops are suffering
from drought, in the region of Richmond, on the other
hand, there lias been an abundance of rain. Vegetation
ail kinds is said >o be very luxuriant, r
STATE SOVEREIGNTY.
recorder
milledgeville,
Tuesday, August 1 § , 1840.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WM. HENRY HARRISON, of Ohio.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER, of Virginia.
FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT,
Hon. GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
Gen. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
Col. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee.
Maj. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
Hon. CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
Hon. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
Gen. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
Gen. W. W. F.ZZARD, of DeKalb.
Hon. C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
Col. JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
Gen. EZEKIEL WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CONGRESS.
RICHARD W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.
EUGF.NIUS a. NISBET, of Bibb.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
We do not know that we can perform a bet
ter service to our readers, one more useful or
perhaps acceptable, than by placing before
them the Congressional Report on the propo
sition of the Van Buren Administration for a
Standing Army, and which they will find at
large in our columns of to-day.
Much has been written by our political op
ponents, to palliate the enormity of this auda
cious attempt on the liberties of the people,
great effort has been made to deceive them in
reference to it. We ask of all to read this
report on the subject.
We can remember the day when such an
attempt to raise a Standing Array by the Pre
sident, would have bulled him from office, ac
companied with the reproaches and the ie-
probation of the people, from or.e end of the
Union to the other. It is the very measure
which has been adopted by all usurpers to ac
complish their ends. History instructs us that
the overthrow of every republic which has
existed, has been accomplished byjust such a
measure as is now recommended by the Pre
sident. Give our President the purse and the
sword, the public Treasury and a Standing
Army of 200,000 men, and what is then to
prevent him, when he pleases, from assuming
the purple and wearing the crown. We consid
er this measure in every light in which it can be
received, as the grossest, the most impudent
assault upon the liberties of the country, which
has ever been made; if it does not rouse the
people of this Union to a rejection, an indig
nant rejection of the ambitious men who have
attempted to effect it. then are the people of
this Union blind to the dearest consideration
that can influence them as freemen. But the
people are aroused, we hear their voice on
every breeze, and it is the voice of indignant
rejection ; October next will echo and re-echo
with the condemnatory sentence of at least
twenty States of this Union, against those who
have trampled on the principles of the repub
lic, have outraged the genius of our country
by their claim of the purse and the sword, and
have withered and overthrown the prosperity
of tins once flourishing and happy land.
We trust every one who wishes to know
what this vile administration has been at-
tually doing to undermine the liberties
of the people, will give this Report a conside
rate and impartial perusal.
Our friends are confident in their hope of
carrying the next Legislature. Our sister
State Alabama, has lieretofoie been in a far
worse minority than Georgia, both in numer
ical count of the people, and in the Legisla
ture, and yet the recent accounts shew that
Reform is carrying the day, and she has prob
ably succeeded in the legislature this year,
against a majority last year of about fifty.
We too have had a large majority in the
Legislature against us, but we have generally
differed from Alabama in this; that in Alabama
our friends have always been gieatly in the
minority of the people, while here there has
—with all the difference in the Legislature—
been but a slight difference in our count of the
actual voters of the State.
What say our friends of the different coun
ties of Georgia? Shall we put forth our ef
fort and carry the legislature ? We can doit
if we will—and why shall we not? Is it not
important that we should have our Senator
in Congress, as well as our Representatives
in the House ? And has not Georgia been
long enough in the hands of those who found
her the richest State in the Union, and have
now by their legislative wisdom brought her
to be rauked with the poorest ? Where are our
millions of wealth which Georgia could show,
before the control of her affairs got into the
hands of her present guardians ? Where are
our clear millions in the Central Bank, ena
bling her to loan year by year, hundreds of
thousands to the people, and yet to keep her
own bills at the top of the market, sought for
by all, and selected to be laid up by all who
did not require to use the money, because they
were the same thing to them as the silver dol
lar ? YV here is the wise and beneficent le
gislation that has characterized the last ten
years of the Legislature of Georgia ? And
if perchance a solitary ameliorating act may
be fished out of the accumulated mass of
absurdity and silliness which overwhelm our
statute books for these last ten years, have
not these solitary exceptions for good, been
carried through by the aid and influence of
the minority ? Surely, it is time for the friends
of the State to rally to the rescue ! She has
been too long in the hands of those who have
broken down her prosperity at home, and
lowered her credit abroad !—it is time to res
cue her from such incompetent hands, and
entrust her again to those who hitherto guided
her destines honorably to her fame, and pros
perously to her people.
Again we ask our friends of the different
counties, shall we make our triumph perfect,
by carrying the next Legislature ? You have
but to will it, and the object is effected. Put
foith your strong men.—Let there be no com
petition among friends.—Rally to a man on
the great principle of Reform in the State and
General Governments. Let each man feel
that the eye of the State is on him individually,
and that Georgia expects every man to do his
duty.—Let that duty, that serious imperative
duty be performed, and Georgia, like the
Union, will stand forth next October, redeem
ed, regenerated, and disenthralled—and the
sun of 'prosperity with its warming beams,
shall again gladden the hearts of our people.
In the speech of Mr. Preston and the let
ter of Mr. L egare, which will be found on
our first page, we offer the reader an intellec
tual treat of no ordinary kind. Who can lis
ten to the soul-stirring eloquence of the patriot
Senator of our sister State, as he sets forth
the abominations of Van Burenism, its cor
ruption, its heartlessness and its woful effects
on the prosperity of the country, without
feeling his spirit stirred within him, and re
newing his vows to do to the utmost his part
in its overthrow ?
Who can peruse the lucid argument of the
accomplished Legare, without utter astonish
ment, that any within the limits of our wide
spread land, should be found so dull of com
prehension, so dead to the true interests of
the country, as still to be found the champions
of measures so totally subversive of those in
terests, and of men who through weakness or
wickedness have brought the curse upon us.
Surely, with the actual demonstration of . the
ruinous effects of the measures of Van Bu
renism, every day and every hour before their
eyes—in the general calamities of the country
—in the straightened and embarrassed con
dition of ourselves and of our neighbors around
us—of the fearful distress which a continua
tion of this state of things must most assuredly
bring upon us all; surely, with all this so
clearly before the eyes of all, who will not
open them; he must be prepai’ed to offer a
costly sacrifice who will longer bow at the
altar of mere party, in the longer support of
the authors of this wide-spread ruin.
We commend Mr. Preston andMr. Legare
to the best consideration of our readers.
We would commend to the serious conside
ration of the maligners of Gen. Harrison, the
testimony of their own candidate for the Vice-
Presidency, in relation to his merits. Surely
Col. Johnson, who served so long under Gen.
Harrison, and who fought with him too, is a
much better witness in relation to the military
merits, the bravery and patriotism of our can
didate, than the Tom, Dick and Hariy, whom
nobody knows or ever before heard of, who
are mustered up to prove him to be in their
own courteous and decent language, an old
granny. When we remember too that Col.
Johnson is now politically opposed to Gen.
Harrison, and is himself on the Van Buren
ticket for the Vice-Presidency, his testimony
is of the very highest character that could
possibly be brought forward in favor of his
competitor, Gen. Harrison. This testimony
will be found in another part of our paper,
and is so direct, so conclusive, and so honora
ble, that we really cannot conceive how our
Southern Van Burenites can, in the face of it,
hold up their heads, and yet heap their abuse
on the man thus proved to be a most devoted
patriot, and a gallant and effective soldier, who
has faithfully served his country from his youth
up, in her councils, for her welfare, and in the
battle field, in her defence.
THE GREAT MEETING OF THE. PEOPLE AT
MACON!
We are informed that there was reported
to the Tippecanoe Club in Macon, as attend
ing at the recent Convention, some 8000. A
pretty considerable Convention we should cali
it. Besides the Delegates, it is computed
there must have been at least from three to
five thousand visitors. A reasonable esti
mate, and probably considerably short of the
real number, it is thought there must have
been an assemblage of Fifteen Thousaud citi
zens. Think of that fellow-citizens !—and
these full of enthusiasm for Harrison and a
Reform of the Government. Does this look
any thing like defeat next November? Let
common sense answer the question.
We understand that Mr. Preston, who has
participated in a great number of the meetings
of the people, in the various parts of the
Union, says that this is the largest assemblage
at »vhicb he has been present in the southern
States, When Georgia determines upon a
course, she does’nt do things by halves. It
was a cheering sight truly, to see delegations
of the people, coming hundreds of miles to
shake the hand, and to hold communion with
their associates in the great cause of the coun
try. What can withstand such patriotic enthusi
asm ? The power of the federal government
is great, we know—its patronage large—its
disbursements immense—and its army of offi
cials beyond our count, but this, although or
dinarily sufficient to keep in power those who
control it as does this administration, is not
powerful enough to withstand the enthusiasm
of the People, when aroused in the cause of
their liberties and their rights.
Our political opponents may contemplate
the great meeting of the people at Macon,
and exclaim, with quite as much truth a3 did
the discomfited Woolsey, “Farewell—a long
farewell to all our greatness.”
We have been informed of a very unpleas
ant occurrence which took place on Thursday
last, at the late great meeting of our fellow-
citizens at Macon:—On Friday morning,
Mr. Preston and Judge Berrien were to
address the people before the Central Hotel
There were present on the occasion scores
of carriages, perhaps hundreds, principally
containing ladies. These were mixed up
with the vast assemblage of pedestrians, con
vened on the occasion, forming a dense mass
of thousands. Some boys procured a quanti
ty of crackers and scattered them near the
crowd, greatly alarming the horses, causing
them to plunge and attempt to run, produ
cing a rush and pressure most alarming, by
which many were overthrown and trampled
on, many were slightly injured, and by which
the lives of hundreds were brought into ex
treme jeopardy. We would hope in all chari
ty, that this was the product of mere youthful
thoughtlessness and indiscretion—the reclsles-
ness of youth, unmixed with the unmitigated
malice which must have characterized the act,
had it been the work of more reflective years.
We are happy to learn, that although the
circumstance bid fair to produce most serious
consequences, providentially, but slight injury
was done.
We understand an attempt was made to prevent the pro
gress of the delegates to the late Convention, by a body of
armed men, who tearing up the bridge of the Echeoonnee
creek, about 14 miles west of Macon. The same individu
als formed a sort of battery on this side of the bridge and
demanded the flag to be lowered, or to abide the conse
quences. This was of course, indignantly refused ; the del
egates proceeded to mend up the bridge, passed with flying
colors, while the enemy retreated. We are happy to learn
that this unparalleled outrage on the liberties of the country,
this high-hnnded invasion of the rights of the free citizens
of the State, did not result in bloodshed. The moderation
of the delegates canDotbe too highly commended, while the
outrageous violation of the rights of our citizens, this unheard
of refusal of the right of way on the public roads to political
opponents, must meet with the indignant reprobation of ev
ery lover of his country, of both parties.
The elections are going on, and most favorably for the
cause of Harrison and Reform. There has been what
may be termed a revolution in Alabama against Mr Van
Buren. In Indiana, already, from not half the counties
of the State, the Whig candidate for Governor is ten thou
sand votes ahead of his Van Buren competitor. From
North Carolina, the most doubtful State, in relation to the
Governor’s election, we have not decisive accounts, but
hope for a good result when it is ascertained. In Ken
tucky, as far as heard from, the Whig candidate has two
votes for one of his Van Buren opponent—and so we go.
Our next will probably give the result of the elections in
progress.
[REPORTED FOR THE RECORDER.]
THE HARRISON CONVENTION AT MACON.
This great Convention, the most numerous ever assem
bled south of the Potomac, and the most enthusiastic ever
witnessed in this section of the Union, was held in the city
of Macon, on Thursday and Friday, the 13th and 14th
instant. From noon of Wednesday, the delegations from
the several counties poured into the city b.y hundreds, with
music and banners, and were received with the enthusastic
cheers and shouts of their brethren of Macon ; and by eve
ning the streets presented an almost unbroken line of pro
cession, while the welkin rang with almost uninterrupted
cheers at the successive arrivals of different delegations.
Great applause and cheering was elicited bv the appear
ance of the Troup and Sumter delegations, each preceded
by a regular built Log C abin, with the appropriate in
signia, and the string of the latch outside.
At night an immense assemblage was addressed at Ha
milton &. Reynold’s Warehouse, by the Hon. Julius C.
Alford, in one of his most animated and characteristic
speeches, which was received, as may be supposed, with
the most enthusiastic applause. He exposed in the most
unsparing manner, the corruption and abuse of the Ad
ministration party at Washington ; and congratulated his
constituents on the certain prospect now presented of a
glorious victory over the spoilers of our country’s liberties,
and the return to a pure and honest administration of the
Government. In defending his own position, as a sup
porter of Harrison, he spared not those, who, elected as
opponents of Van Buren, and sent to Washington to op.
pose the glaring and acknowledged mal-practices of his
administration, had deserted the cause of their constitu
ents, joined with the spoilers, and added insult to injury
by charging thirty odd thousand intelligent, honest, confi
ding constituents, with deserting them. If he had had
the treachery to desert his friends, he would not have
hud the meanness to deny it—it was too plain a case.
He alluded with great indignation to the spirit of Van
Burenism, as manifested by the attempt at Echeconnee
creek to arrest, by lawless violence, the progress of the
Muscogee delegation, or compel them to lower their flag;
and related an incident in connection with the banner of
his own delegation, which operated most happily in turn
ing the tide of indignation into one of the best feeling and
merriment. The artist, he said, had represented Harrison
at his plough, but had omitted, from some cause, to add
the horse drawing it. A Piker, on the route, had taunt-
ingly noticed the defect, and said that Harrison must be a
great man, if be could plough without a horse or some
other animal to draw—“Where was the horse?”' The
prompt reply to the taunt was, that Harrison hud just
given him to a poor Methodist preacher. The effect of
the anecdote was electrical.
The assemblage was also addressed briefly by Col. Wit.
P. White of Savannah, and Hon. E. Y..HHI, and at consid
erable length, and with great force and effect, by the Rev.
VV m. Mosely of Henry. The meeting was one of great en
thusiasm, and was prolonged to a late hour, from the
great anxiety to hear the thrilling oratory of the speakers.
On Thursday morning, at 8-o’clock, the several delega
tions marched in procession from their respective encamp
ments, or places of rendezvous, to Hamilton & Reynold’s
Warehouse, the appointed place for the assemblage of the
Convention. When all had assembled, and'occupied the
position assigned them, each delegation ranged under
banners, some of the most splendid design and appearance,
the spectacle presented was one of the most imposing ima
ginable. To the eye was exhibited the imposing appear
ance of a dense mass of thousands of men almost shaded
by a cloud of splendid flags and banners, and mingled with
hundreds of the fair and beautiful, animating them by their
presence and their con ntenance ; while to the mind was
presented the striking and unusual spectacle of an assem
blage of thousands of intelligent freemen, voluntarily com
ing together from every section of this great State, to
counsel together of their wrongs and the abuses of their
Government, and to animate and cheer each other on in
the peaceful contest of the ballot-box., for their redress.—
Nor was the assemblage less distinguished for its great
weight of intellect, and the personal influence of the ma
jority of its members, than for the immense number com
posing it; and the surpassing eloquence and effective ora
tory of the speakers there congregated, would have favorar
bly compared with those of any similar assemblage which
this country basever witnessed. There, loo.had come up as
to the common shrine of their country’s liberty, the enthu
siastic citizens of our sister States, Alabama and South
Carolina, to pledge their best efforts in thecau3e of reform,
and to light anew their zeal from the blazing altar of
Georgia's patriotism. There, also, had assembled the
Revolutionary sire, and the youthful devotee, the distin
guished statesmen, and the unambitious tenant of the Log
Cabin, all equally animated and zealous in the glorious
cause.
TheConvention was called to orderhy Washington Poe,
Esq. the Mayor of the city, and the blessing of an over-rnling
Providence invoked upon the cause and the deliberations
of the assembly, by the Rev. George F. Pierce. The Hon.
John MacPherson Berrien, of Savannah, was then
unanimously appointed President of the Convention—the
revolutionary soldiers present were nominated as Yice
Presidents, and Maj. John H. Steele ef Milledgeville, and
Messrs. Gresham, S. R. Blnke, T. N. Beall, and S. M.
Strong, of Macoir, appointed Secretaries. The President
addressed the Convention on the purposes of their assem
'bling, and the glorious cause in which they were engaged,
in one of his most brilliant efforts, eliciting as he ever
does, the admiration ami applause of his auditors, and
romm inding, forari hour, the delighted attention of the
immense multitude who surrounded him.
Mr. Preston of South Carolina, was then introduced
to the Convention, and delivered one of the most brilliant
and effective addresses ever listened to in Georgia. Any
attempt to sketch this splendid speech, to describe the
manner of the orator, or the effect produced upon the en
raptured multitude, would do injustice to the distinguished
reputation of Carolina’s unrivalled orator, her unbought,
uncorrupted and incorruptible Senator. He must be
seen and heard, to form any adequate conception of
the effective character of an oratory, which at one time
rising to the sublimest summit of eloquence and grandeur,
surprises, while it entrances his breathless hearers; at an
other convulses them with laughter, by his inimitable hu
mor, and indescribable expression of countenance—at one
time firing them with burning indignation ; at another,
calling forth their ineffable contempt for the unhappy ob
ject of his withering, his annihilating sarcasms. It is
enough to say, to those that ever had the pleasure of hear
ing him on such an occasion, that it was a speech by Wm.
C. Preston, of South Carolina.
At the conclusion of Mr. Preston’s address, the great
procession was formed—the several delegations ranged
under their respective banners—and marched down Cherry
street to Bridge street, down this to the court-house square,
thence up Mulberry street to Second street, and thence to
Hamilton & Hardeman’s warehouse, where a profuse din
ner had been provided bv the liberality of the Hnrrison
men of Macon. It was in this procession that the grand
est and most exciting display was made—the thousands of
delegates—the cloud of splendid banners—the throngs of
the fair and beautiful, gazing with delight "from the win
dows and balconies of the houses, and waving their hand
kerchiefs in encouragement and congratulation to the pro
cession—the cheers and shouts returned—the music of the
bands—all combined to produce the most magnificent spec
tacle ever witnessed nt the South.
A description of the several flags and banners borne in
procession, may not be uninteresting to those who were
not there to witness the display of them. They are not
given in the order in which they advanced, but as they
could be taken, at different times and places.
CLARK COUNTY.
Large banner, bearing the inscription Harrison and
Tyler. — Device, a LogC’abin, with the American Easrle
hovering over it, and a scroll inscribed ‘‘ I come from the
people." Below, “ old Clark Kill go it or burst." A
smaller flag bore the inscription, “ Sink or swim, live or
die, survive or perish, we vote for the people’s candidate.”
‘ OLD OGLETHORPE,”
“ Tine to the farmer of North Bend.”
NEWTON COUNTY.
Device, Plough and Saw. Inscription, “ Harrison,
Tyler and the June nominations.” Reverse, an
Eagle pouncing on a Fox. Scroll in the beak of the eagle,
“ In Neicton, all's will. 1 '
RICHMOND.
A splendid banner—Device, the American Eagle draw
ing a canoe (labelled, “ Tippecanoe”) towards the While-
house, seen in the distance. Scroll from the beak of the
eagle, “ Harrison and Tyler.” Motto beneath, “ Waf
ted by the breath of millions."
COLUMBIA.
A splendid banner.—Washington, as taken from Cano-
vas Statue, represented ns signing Harrison’s first com
mission. Inscription, “ He in whom Washington trust
ed, the People may confide."
“CARROLL
is coming for the Hero mho never sustained a defeat."
Device, American Eagle, with a scroll, “ Harrison and
Tyler.”
“ HANCOCK.
Our cause is oitr country's."—Reverse, “ Hancock
for Harrison, Tyler and Reform.”
HARRIS.
Device, a Log Cabin, surmounted by the eagle and stvrs,
motto beneath, "pure republicanism." Inscription—
“ Harrison, Tyler and Reform,”—“Cincinnatus comes
to give to Columbia her glory again.”
“MACON COUNTY DELEGATION.”
Motto above, “ Georgia." Reverse, “ Harrison, Ty
ler and Reform.”
FAYETTE.
Inscription, “ Harrlson and Tyler. Device, a ball
inscribed “ Fayette." Motto, “ Have a care, Martin,
this ball is rolling."
“ MARION DELEGATION.”
Device, coat of arms of Georgia. Reverse, a Log
Cabin, with the American Eagle over it, and a scroll—
“ Harrison, Tyler and the Constitution." In the Eagle’s
talons, a ball with motto, “We will raise the republican
farmer, and down with the purse proud aristocrat.” A
streamer from the flag staff, inscribed, "Look out the far
mers are coming."
WARREN.
Device, a Log Cabin. Inscription, William Henry
Harrison,” “ We loved him because he first loved us—
let hint be President.”—“ The fox of Kinderltook is up—
Old Warren has joined in the cry, and will be in at the
death.” Reverse—device. Harrison on horse back. Above,
Harriso*, Tyler and Re-form. Below, quotation from
Harrison, “ Courage my brave boys—one charge more,
and the victory is ours.” Another flag—“Old Warren
never backward in her country’s cause. Retrenchment
and- Reform—one Presidential term."
LAURENS.
Device, likeness of Hnrrison inscribed, “ the Hero of
Tippecanre.” Below, ‘ Harrison, Tyltr and Reform.”
Above, “ Laurens submits to no dictation.”
CHATHAM.
Device, a view of the port of Savannah, and a part of
the city. Inscription above, “ the Tippecanoe Club of
Savannah”—below,' “old Chatham comes to the rescue.”
Reverse—device, a large ball inscribed, “ Harrison, Ty
ler and Reform." Motto beneath, “the ball is rolling—
stop it who can.” A beautiful miniature Log Cabin sur
mounted the flag staff.
MUSCOGEE.
Device, a large American Eagle with a scroll, “ We will
do our own voting and oux own fighting.” Inscription
above, “ Muscogee Tippecanoe Club, April 17, 1840.”
Reverse, the National flag. Inscription, “Harrison, Ty
ler and Reform.”
TALBOT.
Device, a Log Cabin, &c. Inscription, “Yeomanry to
the rescue, your country is-in danger.” Reverse, American
Eagle, with a scroll in her beak, *' Harrison, Tyler and
Reform"■—in her talons, the chart of the American Con
stitution, on which can be read, “ We the people of Ame
rica, & c. At the bottom, “ The faithful six."
“ UPSON DELEGATION.”
A large banner ; device, a Log Cabin, with agricultural
implements, and the cotton plant and corn growing. In
scription—“ Success to the Farmer," Below—Our cause,
is our country's, our candidate, its gallant defender."
Reverse—Likeness of Harrison, surmounted bv the Ame
rican Eagle and Flag—Scroll“ Harrison, Tyler and
Reform" ; Below, Tippecune, left, Thames, right, Fort
Meigs.
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
Inscription.—“ Harrison and Reform,"
“JASPER.”
“ Glories in a soldier's name". Reverse, “Harrison
and Tyler." Small flag—likeness of Ilanison, inscribed
“ The Hero of Tippecanoe.”
BIBB COUNTY.
One banner—Inscription, Wm. Henry Harrison—de
vise, a serpent, with motto: “ The rod of Aaron among
the Magicians.”
Another—Likeness of Harrison, inscribed “ The last
Hope of the Republic." Reverse, “ A Southern man
with Southern Principles."
Another—Device, a Log Cabin, surmounted by the Ame
rican Eagle, with a scroll, “ Harrison and Tyler." Re
verse, “ We will teach the palace slaves to respect the
Log Cabins."
“HENRY COUNTY.”
Inscribed, “Harf.ison, Tiler and-Reform”—motto,
“ Spirit of ’76.”
“HOUSTON TIPPECANOE CLUB.”
Device, large American Eagle, with u scroll “ Harri
son and Tyler.” Reverse, Log Cabin, &c.
Six small banners, inscribed as follows: 1st. “ Our
Country and Institutionsreverse, “Patriots to the
rescue." 2d. “ Harrison and Tyler;" reverse. “ Re
trenchment and Reform." 3d. “ No Negro Voting;"
reverse, “ No Negro Testimony." 4th. “ A Uniform
Currencyreverse, “ No Reduction of Wages." 5th.
“ No Slauding Armyreverse, “ No Perjuries or For
geries." 6th. “ Purge the Public Offices;" reverse,
“ Clear the Kitchen." The last was followed by twelve
men with brooms,
WASHINGTON.
Likeness of Harrison, and around it “ Harrison, Ty
ler and Reform”—motto beneath, "No Standing Army
of 200.000 men."
BUTTS.
Large likeness of Harrison, with the inscription “ WIL
LIAM Henry Harrison, the People's choice."
“ OLD PUTNAM.”
Device—Log Cabin and agricultural implements—In
scription beneath, “ Tippecanoe"—left, “ Fort Meigs"—
right, “ The Thames. At the bottom, “ One Term of
Office only—No appointment of a Successor."
“ PIKE COUNTY.”
Device, American Eagle—inscription, “ Harrison, Ty
ler and Reform.” Badge of the delegates—“ Often
beaten, but never vanauished."
MERIWETHER.
Inscription, “Meriwether County at her post;" reverse,
“ Virginia's sons, well tried and true"—transversely, at
one corner, “ A Change."
TROUP.
Device, Hnrrison w. the Plough—Inscription, “ Troup
County Freemen r—we come to the rescue." Tlte eagle
hovers over Harrison, placing a wreath on his brow; in
her teak is a scroll, “ Slander blights not thy laurels"
In enc talon a scroll, "Do your own voting, fellow citi
zens; ’ in the other a scroll “ Thames— Tippccanoc. *
Fort Meigs.”
MORGAN.
Device, a Log Cabin, Jtc.—Inscription, “Wjf.H. Har-
iusom, the People s Candidate.”
_ . BURKE.
Device, laige Eagle, with a scroll in her beak, “ Harri
son and rYt.F.rt”—Inscribed around, “ Old Burke true
to her Jailh.
COWETA.
A portrait of Harrison, inscription, Harrison, Tyler
and the Constitution.” Reverse, the American Eagle
with a scroll, “ The Spirit of 76,” Inscription, “ The
people, not party,”
TWIGGS.
Inscription, "Harrison, Tyler and Reform,” Reverse.
“ One Presidential Term.”
LINCOLN.
Devise—Harrison advancing to the Capitol with a broom
in his band. Inscription. “ Sweep out the money-chan
gers from the Temple of Liberty,” Reverse. “ Lin
coln among the first to shew her strength in the coming
contest."
BALDWIN.
Device, the State House of Georgia. Inscription. “ R
is belter that I should destroy myself, than the Constitu
tion of my country." Reverse. The Coat'of Arms of
Georgia resting upon a foundation inscribed “ Stale
Rights." The same inscription as on the other side.
DECATUR.
Likeness of Harrison, inscribed “ Harrison, the hope
of our Country,” and “ Wm. H. Harrison, the Farmer
of Ohio."
MONROE.
Likeness, of Harrison. Motto, “ Honor to whom hon
or is due." Reverse. Harrison at the plough. Inscrib-
tion, “ The American Cinsinatus."
SI EWART.
Device.—A Log Cabin from which a ball is rolling to
wards the Capitol. Little Van t3 seen running away, ex-
cxclaiming, “ Oh ! that Ball
GREENE.
The American flag. Inscription, “ The people of Old
Greene will, oh the first Monday in next November, vindi
cate the fame of Gen. Wm. H. Harrison.”
RUSSELL COUNTY, ALABAMA.
Device, large American Eagle—over it a motto, “Ala
bama comes to the rescue,” Inscription, “ Russell Tip
pecanoe Club.” Reverse, American flag, with “-Harri
son, Tiler, and Reform.”
CHAMBERS, ALA.
Inscription, “ We have met the enemy, and they are
ours.”
MONTGOMERY, ALA.
A splendid banner—On one side large portraits of Har
rison and Tyler. Motto, “ Once more to the breach, dear
friends, once more.” Reverse, Harrison at the plough,
in view' of his Log Cabin. Inscription beneath. “ The
American Cincinnatus." He is represented as arrested
in bis labors by an individual, who summons him from
the plough to the Capitol, which is seen in the distance,
and to which he is pointiag.
Another small but beautiful banner was noticed, with
out ascertaining to whom it belonged. Inscription, “ Har
rison, Tyler, and Reform.” Motto, “ Its hoc signo
vincemus
On reaching the dinner table, a splendid banner present
ed itself in front of the main entrance, 20 by 30 feet, and
elevated some 60 feet high, representing Harrison on his
charger. Inscription, *• The Hero of Tippecanoe."
At the table, no toasts, regular or volunteers, were drank,
such was the necessity of changes to give even a noietv of
the company an opportunity ro-dine, and such the anxiety
to bear the numerous Speakers in attendance. Betore
the dinner w as over, the call was heard' from different
points for the respective favorites, and thiee or four were
scon addressing as many crowds at different points of the
square. Thrilling addresses were delivered by the follow
ing gentlemen, and perhaps hv others, that escaped the
notice of the writer: Judge Hill, of Jasper, Messrs. Al
ford. Toombs, Kenan and Harris, of Baldwin, Gen. War
ren, Messrs. Poe, Miller, of .Augusta, Chappell, Hutchin
son, of Ala., Hilliard, of Ala., and Col. Mooro, of Henry,
Judge Law, and Mr. Bartow, of Savannah, Col. Gamble,
Judge Strong, anti Mr. Blake, of Macon, and Mr. Gunn,
of Alabama. Mr. Preston, who had hoped, he said, to
escape notice,and only joined in the crowd to listen toothers,
and to light anew his zeal in the glorious cause, at the
glowing altar of Georgia’s patriotism, could, not re?i»t the
pressing cull of those who had been so delighted with him
in the morning, and w as forced again to address the assem
blage. He was not less happy, if less brilliant, than be
fore, and delighted his hearers for more than an hour, in
an unstudied effort, which he begged them to consider no
thing more than “ a friendly talk.” From what he had
witnessed he was satisfied that Georgia was safe. He
saw the hand writing on the wall, but it did uot make his
knees smite together.
Alter lie concluded, the assembly dispersed with ihe
highest satisfaction at all they had- seen and- heard. At
night addresses weie delivered at the Club room, by seve
ral gentlemen, which the writer did not hear.
On Friday morning, Mr. Preston, by previous appoint
ment, addressed a large concourse of persons from the bal
cony of the Central Hotel with more effect, if possible, than
on either of the former occasions. The speech was bril
liant in the extreme, flashing and scathing like the lightning
of the summer cloud.
At the close of his address, the Convention re-assembled
at the warehouse, where a preamble and resolutions were
introduced by Mr. Chappell, and after being amended by-
resolutions of Mr. Toombs and Judge Strong, were unani
mously adopted. fThey will be given next week.] The
Convention was addressed by Mr. A. J. Miller, Judge
Law, Mr. Toombs, Mr. Hilliaidof Ala., and Mr. Beecher,
a delegate from Wetumpka.
A vote of thanks to the citizens of Macon, moved by
Mr. Beecher, of Baldwin, was passed; also a vote ot
thanks to the President and Secretaries. The President
returned his thanks in a short, but beautiful address; and
the proceedings were then closed by an impressive and fer
vent prayer by the Rev. Jonathan Davis—when the Con
vention was adjourned without a day.
Thus closed the most numerous and enthusiastic Conven
tion ever assembled at the South, and which (it indeed any
thing was wanting before) has sealed forever the fate of
Van Buren in Georgia.
We would commend to the serious attention of the frag
ment of Van Burenism in Georgia, the letter of their for
mer political associate, Guv. Kinney of Illinois, whose rea
sons for abandoning Van Burenism, w ill be found aonelus-
ive. By the way, scarcely a day passes, without bringing
infm maiion of the renunciation of Van Burenism, fium all
quarters of the Union. If matters go on as they aie going
by next November, there will be searcelv a vestige of Van
Burenism left.
The Great Western has just arrived, bring Liverpoel ac
counts to 24 July. Cotton remained at about the same as
the previous account. Oxford who shot at the Queen was
acquitted on the ground of insanity. The State of Illinois
negociated in London^ a loan for one million without diffi
culty. Orders are brought by the Western for Flour and
Wheat. American stocks had improved- The civil war
in Spai t is at an eod. The remaining accounts are devoid
of interest.
Henry Clay’s Democracy.—Col. Johnson stated du
ring his speech at Harrisburg, that the first time he ever
remembered taking off his coat to fight was w ith Henry
Clay against the supporters of the alien and sedition laws.
He said that in argument Mr. Clay wielded a battle axe,
while he could only handle a tomahawk; but of late years,
said Col. J., Mr. Clay and myself have been oo opposite
side. I must, however say that he is the pride of Ken
tucky, and although we hope to carry the State next fall,
it looks like hoping against hope.—Fenn. Jntell.
To the Editors of the Recorder,
Gentlemen :—I notice a publication made in the Colum
bus Enquirer of the Jlth inst., which,it founded in trulh-
is calculated to injure me; and as I shall make mv expla
nations in a few days, l have respectfully to request my
friends and the public to suspend their opinions until I can
be heard Very RespeclfuPy yours,
A. B. FANNIN.
Married, in Wilkinson county Ga. at Coolsprings
o-iThursdiy, 6th inst., by A. M. Jordan Esq., Mt. John
H. Pierce, to Miss Susannah Nobles, only daughter of
Mrs. Mary Nobles all ofthis place.
W ILL BE SOLD at the late residence of Tbomas Me •
Call in Laurens county, Ga.,on the 2d day ot October
next, a quantity of fine Wines, one fine gold Watch, the
household furniture, stiver plate and a nninber ol valuable
books; sold as the estate of the deceased. Teims made
known on the day; sale to continue from day to day
J. H. YOPP, Ex’r. •
Also, nt the same time and place, will he sold, the estate
of Mrs. Elizabeth A. McCall, deceased, consisting of Oxen,
Carts, Horses, Hogs. Sheep, Beds and Furniture, and about
fifty head of Cattle; sold by the Executor. Terms made
known on the day ; sale to continue from day to day.
August 12.1840 31 ^
Tovra Lsts far Sale.
W ILL BE SOLD on the first Tuesday in November
next, in the town of Troupville, a number of Lots of
various sizes, including number thirty.five, (35) in said town.
Terms on the day. SAMUEL M. CLYATT, )
HENRY STRICKLAND,
JARED JOHNSON,
JOHN KNIGHT.
August 18, 1840 31
l tds
CO»NI88IOK( BlliBWM.
T HE undersigned have this day associated tnemselves
together, under the firm of Holmes A Sinclair, for
the transaction of a Factorage and Commission Business, at
Savannah. WILLIS HOLMES.
E. SINCLAIR.
We tender our thanks to our friends for their former pat
ronage, and solicit a continuance of the same.
Savannah, August 11.1840 31 j* ra .
KJ* The Messeuger and Telegraph, of MaCOO, and tho
Enquirer, Argus A Sentinel, Columbus, will pttQRph-