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FIT* MlAM.
Lctti'n of (he 16th quote uplends, at 8d
to ltd! ortho lltb site Hi*
A (Met quantity of Cotton had arrived
at Liverpool in the week ending the lltb
nit. ae during that period tweu|y veeeeli
entered that port ftom New-York alone,
nndlkomtho U..8tntaa, fcrty-Bve. 1 0 f Virginia oh the 9th inaian’t, ot tdio*»’c^.
Letters recotved at N. York from London > >' J
AComeimay heeedn ihcleptwn ig*»
little aouth of the pleiodea or aeven tare
ita tail pointing about W.8. W. lap
peon however very feist. .
The frigate Brandywine, with the luMt
[of the Nation on board, pawedthe lapse
low to mot hut 1 told you, alio, that| considered aatiifaetory. f nequieaced in
I waa uot present when the argument of I thia opinion, and, ultimately, in the further
the Attorney Genera) waa delivered ; that (suggestion that it woe unnecessary then to
he Supreme Court did not euatain tlieec I publish thia correspondence, from the reflec-
loctrmee ; and I aapreaaed to you no opiu j lion that the poaeeaaion of it Airmailed the
ion that the Government of the U. Statea " “ “—*
had an;
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THURSDAY MORNING, 8KPT ti.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
8avantun, Ssft. St, 1»S5.
Tha Board of Health boa the aatiafaclion
of announcing to ita fellow-cithena, that
although a alight inereaae of fever of a mild
type,’ and the subjects generally reaiding in
the auburba of the city, huoccnrred during
the poet week, Savaonoh continuee to en
joy an nnueual ahare of health, for the
preventeeaaon.
By order of the Board,
I. K. TEFFT, Sec’ry.
Report of Deaths in Bet Citu of Savannah
during the.veek enstinftQthSepUn>b*r,init.
Pied of Inflamation of the Brain and Dye
entery, I, aged 48 yearn*.
Sudden,
Biliouv Fever,
DebiHty,
.. . — Total
* At the hoeidtal.
I,
t,
1.
e»
30
31
We give thie day the correapondence be
tween Mr* Baaaian and Governor Thouf.
It will be perceived that it eubataotiall; sup-
porta the Governor, and that the opimona
of Mr. B- are the eame, aa to the queetion
of elavery. Indeed the queetion of inter
ference with our alavc population in any
ehape, ie one upon which we do not know
how any difibrence of opinion cotild have
existed.
Tan Crof-—The following letter, which
hae been handed to ua given some informa
tion ae to the Cotton crop, which will be
found of an interacting character at the
prevent moment ■
Camdiiv Codhtv, Sept. If, 1825.
Pear Sir—Having intimated a wish to
have my opinion about the probable quan
tity of 8ea Inland Cotton made tbie year in
thin part of Georgia, I have deferred an an-
awer until the middle of September, when a
fair eelimate can alwaya be made. In the
Brat place, I would mention that perhapa
aioce the drat settlement of Georgia, never
. .did the planters, in general, make greater
efforts to realise greet cotton crops, then
. . they did this sear, ahd perhaps, never was
hurricane we did not aspect again this year,
nor did we ever dream of a catterpiller.—
These cotton ravagers first made their ap
pearance in July last, and by the first of
September, there were few if any consider
able planters without them. Although they
come from an almost invisible egg, placed
at the bottom of a cotton leaf, yet they will
obtaio foil growth in a week, and will pros
trate the glory of a cotton field in a fort-
night—their stench is almost intolerable,
and by this means the fact of their being
in your field can be ascertained a few days
previous to any visible knowledge. I con
speak positively.wben I aay that very nearly
the whole of the ootton crops of East Flori
da, Camden and Glynn Counties, are, or
will be destroyed. I have no positive
knowledge of their having done so much
damage farther north. Many planters
who lost a considerable part of their crops
last year by the hurricane, and all their
crops this year by the caterpillar, will be
greatly embarrassed.
I remain, Ac. ■ ■
mention the fact, that a vary on tensive house
had commenced the purchase of a targe
quantity of Cotton, and that there were
strong hopes for believing that no Airther
.reduction would take place in'; the article.
There had been a great deal of alarm
and agitation on the Exchange at Paris in
consequeuc of the failure of several specu
lators. On the-Slh the 5 per cents closed at
I02f. 40c.
The news from Madrid ir as melencholy
as ever. The people in a state ready for
insurrection, the officers of government
completely disorganised,and money supplied
to the royal treasury by the sale of trading
with a fine breexe from the north. i -j
An Agent from Holland, it is said, hae
arrived, fully authorised to take tyo-thirds
o* the Chesapeake and Ohio Cand Stock,
if the remainder is ensured to be a inscribed
There are at the present time, diirty-oue
Colombian vessels cruising fot Spanish
property in the Mediterranean.
GOV TROUP AND MR. BERRIEN.
To the Editors of the National Journal.
Bulloch Counts. (Geo.)
24th August, 1825.
Sin: The circumstances which require
the publication of the following eorrespon
5.(
licences, at once ominous,o the
revenue, and increasing, if it is possible to
do so difficulties which oppose themselves
to a return to a better and wiser system.
It is said that an expedition composed of
two frigates, several corvettes, and some
t ransports, will sail from Forrol the 1st Sep
tember ahd convey 3900 men to Porto Rico,
and 2500 to the Havana.
' The king of France is said to be very
melancholy, be has no longer the same
amiable manner. This change is attribu
ted to his increasing deafuess, and ’ to the
embarrassments in which M. do Villele
finds himself involved.
Parliament has been further proroged
from the 25th of August to the 1st of No
vember.
Ghee* Successes.—The Paris Conrfifu-
tionel of the August 4, contains a letter
from Leghorn, dated July 24, which men
tions a great naval victory obtained by the
Greek Admiral Minulis, over the Turkish
fleet commandedby Topal Pacha. The lat
ter, it soenis, left the port of Soda on the
25th day of June, with the intention, in
the first instance, to assist the debarkation
of 4,(100 Egyptians, who were proceeding to
succour Ibrahim Pacha, and afterwards to
goto the mouth oftlie Peloponnessns, whore
his presence might facilialc the operations
ofthe Pacha of Romelia; According to
[he letter in the Constilulionel, however, the
Greek fleet frustrated their design by a
decisive victory gained over the enemy on
the 1st July between Cerigo and Milos.—
The action lasted several days. The dis-
ipmfitore ortne Touts m iepnsemen
SfS».“.'SS..fr„PSb,Tt SS . tssym *** « *™ na
publication with some explanatory obser
vations.
My residence during the present Sonimor
is in a retired situation, at the distance of
eight or ten miles from the nearest pouf of
fice, to which the mail is brought but once
in a fortnight. Occurrences, which it is
unnecessary to detail here, prevented me
from hnving any communication with Sa
vannah, for nearly three weeks. I have,
consequently, not been aware, until within
a very few days, haw much the subject to
which this correspondence refers had enga
ged the public attention, and that it had
been presented in such a view as to render
this communication indispensable.
No one eouhf have felt more surprise than
myself on seeing the communication oftlie
Governor of Georgia, Which is referred to
in the following letters. I saw it with pain,
as well as surprise, but, at the same time,
with a full conviction of the purity of the
motives in which it had originated, and of
the entire misconception which must have
produced it. A long and intimate acquain
tance had given me the most perfect con
fidence in the candor and ingenuousness of
thisgentleman. I could not, therefore, hes
itate concerning the course which it was
proper for me to pursue. I determined to
address myself directly to him. to state the
error, and to ask its correction. The cor
rcepondence which fellows was thus pro
duced:
Letter from John Marpherson Berrien to
(Jot. Troup.
Savannah, 25th June. 1825.
Mv Dear Sir : 1 have seen in the Geor
gia Patriot of the 14th inat. an article pur
porting to be a statemnt inode by you to the
Legislature of a conversation between you
and myself which occurred during my lost
visit to Milledgoville, and cannot avoid ex
pressing to you the surprise and regret
which it has excited. When I saw in your
first communication the manner in which
you bad noticed the subject of the interfer
ence of other States iu our domestic con
cerns, 1 .waa struck with the singularity of
yawn* kavimr tra tutor red (wntt. Tfwwrqttt,
you believed to be) the substance of a pri
vate, unofficial document, without consul
ting me to know whether your recollection
of that conversation was accurate—wheth-
er I would consent to bo brought before the
One Day Later.—The Crisis, at New- Legislature in that manner—or, in fact,'
York, furnishes London papers of the 10th S iv,n B mo the slightest intimation of your
... .... , , ... „ i inteutioo thus to present me to the public,
ult. one day later than by the John Wells, | When, subsequently, a call for ’ ’
most of their vessels would fall iuto the
bands ofthe Greeks.
but they furnish no intelligence of import.
The accounts from Greece, appear to be
very contradictory. The packet ship Flor
ida, Tinkham, was below at New-York on
ny concern in urging thia discussion,
ild entertain no auch opinion, aa I
had been informed that tbs Attorney Gen
eral had. at a previous term, given up the
case on the part of the Government, and that
it was retained at the inatance of a mem
ber of the Colonisation Society. I had not
tho most distant conception that any obser
vation of mine could have led you to think
of intimating to the Legialature that ao ap
peal to arms might become necessary. I
iiad in view, simply, a decisive, but temper
ate. expression by the Legislatures of the
Southern States, of their feelings on this
subject; and so little did I anticipate such
a courae, that when you suggested the in
quiry, whether yon oogbt not to communi
cate the subject to the LegMlature at their
extra session, I told you I thought it was
nnnecessary, as the regular session would
occur before the meeting of Congress, and
the Legislatures of other States wuuld then
be convened.
With this view ofthe conversation which
I bad with with you, and without insisting,
as, I think, I might do, that you should nut
have drawn me before the public, unless
with my own consent I now simply repeat,
that I cannot agre« to stand before that
P ublic in tho attitude in which 1 am placed,
f yon can suggest any mode \* Inch I can
with propriety adopt by which I can retire
from it, without injnry to you, I shall be
gratified. Acquitting you, as I do, unhesi
tatingly, of any iut, ntion to misrepresent
me, I regret very much that this tniscon.
ccption should huve occurred at a moment
when the circumstances m.tv, by perver
sion, be used to your injury ; but ihe views
w liich you have received from tbie converse
tion, and have communicated to the Legis
lature, are so variant from those which I
entertained, and which I have thought, and
still think, bestcalculated to rally tbu South
ern States around a cause which is com
tnnn to them all, that I cannot consent
diminish the little prospect which I have of
being in any degree useful in the national
coa.iciis, by being considered as having
originated them.
Pray let me heer from you soon, and
believe me yours truly.
JNO. MACPHERSON BERRIEN
Governor Troup,
Letterfrom Governor Troup to John Mac•
pherson Berrien.
Mit.t.p.iiGv.vu.i.E, 2d July, 1825.
Mr Dear Sir—I received your letter of
the 2llth ult. this morning, and ■ ant sorry
that any misconception oftlie conversation
in relation to the slave question should have
occurred or given you the least inquietude.
The purport of tliecnnversatiun on you part,
was nothing, as I understood, but a recapi
tulation of circumstances which occurred
at Washington, of public notoriety there, as
they soon would be every where, aud the
impression which thoseOircumstaucea made
on your mind. I did not suppose you fur
ther acquainted with the views of the Gen
eral Government than those circumstances
disclosed, or the opportunities which your
presence there mi. ht afford yon of acquir
ing thorn, much' less with any definite
T* ,IM * T—jvlilals •Ini* 4h>w• onlVUV
might hive in contemplation ; and 1 die
tinctly remember you to have said that the
decision of the Supreme Court had not
sanctioned the doctrines of the Attorney
General, i fact very well understood when
the message was penned. Indeed, in all
these things you are at liberty to consult
your own memory as equally good with
mine ; but suffer me to say, you have a*
dopted a vorry erroneous conclusion in b*-
wcceselon; that like frogs in the .
Egypt, we hive not hau time to conffii?
firet before toother end another hat.*^
presented. Falaohoods have beei?.. 6 "*
ed*—falae conatructioua given to bin!?” 1 '
motienam.dei. Co.tgroS: ."'d
metni of correcting, at any time, the error* mouena maae ia Gongreet; and tn 'T“‘
in the statement ol which l had complained, ua the Governor hea condescended i, q*
and would elio enable me to afford any ex- them the subject! of epecitl communi
planetion to -those concerned who should to the Legialature. When exiled u,
think proper to tsk it from me. Such ex- those members who were still tncreHnl’ 1 *
donations I would heve given with cheer- for further information, he tella tbu i
'uincts, if they had been sought; but 1 have ihfee fabricated stories end false cun i
not felt myself called upon—perilsps, not tions, alone, should alarm them if «„v p
authorized to intrude them. could.) Indeed, he tnd hia friend, k"*
Not having then imputed to the General mistaken the constitution ofthe public
Government any agency in producing thia and heve forced poison upon it ia such „
discussion j having expressly stated that I title* that it now begins to recover ht
was not present during the argument of sea. And it is full time to pnuie.or th
the Attorney-General, and that the decision of our good name will be sacntieecUi ‘
of the Court had not confirmed the princi- shrine of individual ambition. For f
pie* contended for, the statement made by are citixens of Georgia; so likewise." **
me to the Governor consists in the exprea- citizens of the United States, andthd*
sion of an opinion, that the resolution of Mr. ties of the one are not paramount hi
King, the doctrines which I heard, and qua! to the other. ’ “ *
those which I understood were expressed It is quite common for factionists I
in the case of the Ramirez, with the con- country to justify opposition byadoDti ” ii"
versxtion out of deors to which that resolu- doctrine of British politico. *• that „„ "*
thus and this discussion gave rise, were cal- tion is necessary to the pte.erv>t. n n W"
;n,„, . a;.—.in.. n nri...... .2 .. *vion or lib-
fcay be ia
ciliated to mmif. at a disposition improperly erly.” Whatever truth there „
to interfere in our domestic concerns, and the doctrine as it regards GteiTL 1 ,
In awaIsr ■ snallnoonnoo nmnniv .III. nnli.pinl urK.iaA mn imMM M.... A ! _ . __! ,
ofthe slave population, small portions,
who, at auch times, are to be admitted to
freedom, leaving the residue in slavery un
til the renewed resources of the Govern
ment shnl! enable them again to apply the
lot. or other means of s> l ..tion—who be
lieve that tho unredeemed nmss. wlio will
thus have been tantalized with the hope of
a freedom, the more alluring because exist
ing only in fancy, will quietly submit to the
performance of their servile duties, during
this protracted process, such persons wiil
differ ftom me in opinion.
Those who believe that tho discussion of
the lawfulness ofthe slave trade, accompa
nied with animated descriptions of its her
tors, with a view to prove its legal invalidi-
ty, not merely under the lows of Ihe United
States more recently enacted, but also witli
reference to the law of nations, »liich Ita.-
undergone no change since our oiwn slaves
were acquired by that very traffic, who ho
lieve that such discussions and description-
may be safely indulged among a people
where slavery exists, and is thus derived,
will think timt these apprehensions are vis
ionary. Be it so—but such is not the opin
inn of those who nrc most deeply interested
in the result of these experiments, of the
people of the .South. For myself, as one of
that people, I feel that I atn called upon to
resist such opinions, by all those considera
tions which can bind a man to the fulfilment
of his most solemn obligations; mil, even
in the absence of every other motive, by
on unaffected attachment to that union
which I have befcn taught to cherish and
revere.
I am. Sir, your obedieni servant.
■ rm. MwoiuHndKtnBfiAElEN.
EUR THE GEORGIAN.
theinforma-
tion was made on me by the Chairman of a
Committee of tho House of Representatives,; lie'ing that an impression may have been
1 was forced to tile conclusion that you had ] dcuVned to be made, that the particular
given my liuuie to that CoaiuiiUee.'aud, in 1 P art <*f the message to which you have re
my reply, written at the instant, after men-1 furred, and which lias given rise to so many
the 12th inst. from Liverpool, whence site I tionin 8 t,lis impression. I proceeded to make 1 aI J‘ l such remarks, was the offspring
... ...... f , ! a briefstatement of wltat I had said. Ifllint! ot y° ur suggestion, or in consequence of
sailed on the luth August, live days later letter was shown to you, as, from reference i * n y thing emanating from you. So far from
than by the W. * : '- -* a;—* — 1 - 1 - - - —
Latest from Liverfool.—By the arri
val ofthe John IVelle. at New-York, Liver
pool papen to the 11th of Angust and Lon
don to tho 9th, are received. The political
intelligence i* not ot importance ; but the
commercial advices are ofthe most distress
ing character to the whole south. The par
ticulars we do not possess, . Letters state
under date ofthe 10th of August, that the
feilure of an eminent commercial bouse, in
consequence of the great fall in the price of
Cottoo, and the fear that other houses may
fail from the eame cauee, had thrown
considerable degree of gloom over the town,
- at the perriod of the departure of the John
mih.
Another uceount says that two houses
are mentioned—one of the houses which
have stopped payment ia that of Crowther,
Clough-dt Co. This city, we understand,
nay likely be a sufferer, and letters received
from Charleston, state that several hous
es there bad Mopped, or were about to
•lop, payment, and that the utmost coufu-
- piooexixted, iu the mercantile community.
Liverpool accounts of the 8th August
nay, thu demand for cotton throughout the
week, ha* been steady, and the prices paid
are about gd per lb. higher than those ob
tained at the last public sale*. The trans-
actiobs consist of 40 Sea-Islands, at 21d. a
27d, with 190 stained at 84d a 17d : 2920
.Bowed* 8) * 11 jd; 1050 Orleans’, 9jd a 13;
400 Mobile*, 9d a lRfd. Ashe* were rather
hciik.
The Baltimore Chroicle states that there
were eleven denttu in the city of Savannah,
during the week ending the 31st ult. This
is a material errorthe number of deaths
during that week was but one—and the
whole number during the month of August,
one of the tickhj months, eleven. Much
of gratitude aa we have owed for the health
of this city tor several years past, the pre
sent season has been more healthy than any
which haa preceded. No spot in the Union
has possessed t greater share of that first
of blessings.
to some circumstances, it seems, may have i ' l - Ihe disclosures made by you in that con-
been tho fact, boliire your statement oftlievernation formed but a small purt of the mat-
6tli of June was made, J have thou to corn-! !u r "P°n which that part of the message
plain that you should have persevered j WBS . after malure deliberation, framed.—
in that statement after my explanation to; • assure you that 1 would n t. ou any ac-
Mr. Lumpkin, anti with the disposition in uonnt, that you should participate, in the
relatiun to me which such a measure would j l e “ 8t degree, the responsibility of the adop-
manifesk on your part, 1 should of course be' l ' on and promulgation of that sentiment—
relieved from thu feeling towards you which ! nnr uhall any body else. I claim both the
now embarrass me. I prefer to adopt the '‘* KU *ud the language embodied there, as
' my exclusive property ; and, in the enjoy
ment of it. I do not see that there is much
likelihood of my suffering interruption—
Nuverllieless. it is a sentiment approved by
every re-consideration of it. and one which
will be sedulously impressed upon my chil
dren.
That the resolution of Mr. King, and the
sentiments you heard expressed connected
Measures are taking in New-York for
celebrating the completion of the Great
Western Canal, in a manner commensurate
with the magnitude of the undertaking thus
happily concluded. It is suggested in the
Albany Patriot, that heavy canuon be plac
ed along the whole line of the canal, from
Lake Erie to the Hudson, within hearing
distance; and that on the appointed day.
when the water is let into the canal, and a
boat ie about starting for Albany, the Buffa
lo Artillery should commence firing, and
every cannon, in doe rotation, announce it
aloug the line. In this way, the news
would be received in Albany from Buffalo,
in t o tours.
Doctors Hodge, Bache, Meigs, Coatee,
and La Roche, of Pbjiadelphia, have issued
a prospectus for the publication of ■ quar
terly journal, to be called H The North
American Medical and Surgical Journal.”
The London European Magasine, con
tain* an aflide contrasting >• The English
labourer and American Slave,” and giving
a preference to the condition ofthe letter.
Cheaf Living—The Herkimer, N. Y.
paper advertises boarding for persona at
tending Courts, at the following rate*: For
meals and bitten, 3e; lodging Id i and
horse keeping l«. per dies)—other boarded
12* per week.
contrary conclusion. I am unwilling, per
haps unable, at the momont, to shake offthe
feelings springing from a friendship of more
than twenty years ; and I cannot forget,
that, under the operation of these, and from
a belief that the public interest would be
promoted by your success. I omitted no hon
ourable exertion to aid your election to the
office which you now fill. Under the com
bined influence of these considerations, lain! w ' t * 1 ' l ’ ,,K * ,llof!e which you understood
were expressed in the case of the Ramirez
and the conversa lions out of doors, to
which the argument of that case gave rise,
a restlessness
which
awful cun-
have made no such assertions as may be j sequences, and ynur considering the doc
extremely unwilling to do any thing of
which your enemies might avail themselves
to your injury. But the situation in which I
am placed before the public by ynur comtuu- 1 wore calculated to excite
ideation, and subsequent statement, it one! alnon £ oar coloured population,
in which I cannot cousent to remain. I might be productive ofthe most aw
inferred front that statement. On the'eon
trary. you have misunderstood both the teu-
or and object of my observations.
The African case, in which I am of
Counsel with the State, having been the
subject of conversation between its, I was
naturally led to advert to the disposition to
iuterfero with our domestic concerns of
that sort, which I thought had been mani
fested during tho lost winter at Washing
ton. I considered the resolution of Mr.
King as strongly evincing such a disposi
tion, and I thought that the sentiments
which I heard expressed, and those which
I undcstood were expressed in the case of
the Ramirez, and the conversation* out of
doors, to which the argument of that case
gave rise, were calculated to excite a rest-
leepess among our colored papulation,
which might be productive ofthe moat aw
ful consequences. I, therefore, saggested
to you, os I had done to others, my opini
on, that these consequences ought to be
met. and would be most effectually averted,-
by concurrent resolutions of the Legisla
tures of the Southern Statea, declaring this
subject to be exclusively within their own
particular cognisance, and asking from
Congress to abstain from intermeddling
with it. I spoke to yon of the purport of
the arguments of Counsel, ao fbr as I had
heard them,, and of thoee which bed been
ascribed to the Counsel, whom I did not
h'-ar. I told you that I considered the doc
trine* advanced as alarming, and that, with
the feeling which, es a Southern man
they excited in me, I ihoold have been
glad of an opportunity of replying, which
the order of the discussion did not ci
trines advanced by the Attorney General
mid others, as you understood them, alarm
ing, were all the facts of any importance,
according to my estimate of them. It was
well known that they were the views of the
General Government only, from which we
had any thing to fear; and whether you ex
presseil any particular knowledge of those
views, or not. we were at liberty to infer
them from the facta disclosed. Neither
in dictating that pert of the message,
therefore, or in devising a remedy for the
evil complained of, were you or any body
consulted, or more than a due weight given
to ytur disclosures.
Beference was unhesitatingly made to
that conversation, because you were a
Senator of thia State in the Congress ofthe
United States, and it became your duty to
make known to this Government whatever
transpired at Washington prejudicial to ita
interest*. Having sought an early opportu
■ity, to do so, I thooght you entitled to cre
dit i and, accordingly, at the call ofthe La-
gialatnre, submitted to it the paper to which
yon have allnded.
Cordially reciprocating the friendly sen
timents you exprem, I remain, very truly,
yours, G, M. TROUP,
The Hon. J. M. Bsuuxn.
P. 8. You are at liberty to use thie let
ter aa you please. G. M. T.
These letters (which were written, as
wilt be seen by their dates, long before
those of the Attorney General and the
Judges of the 8upreme Court) were shown
immediately after the receipt of the last, to
some ofthe mutual friends of the Governor
and myself; by whom Ihe explanation was
to excite a restlessness among our colored whose government is a mixture of '
population, which might be produc’ivR of ch. Aristocracy and Democracy; i 0
the most awful consequences. Such was jealousy and contention may pray,-at th,
my opinion then—such is tny opinion now. collusion, of any two for the ilaitruaituiof,
I have not desired to intrude it upon ihe third; and thus owe to strife th,: presorva
public; but since it is before teem without tion of all; the doctrine is irrelative and tt -
any agency of mine. 1 do not hesitate to terly fnlse when applied to a simple dean
avow it. and will, whenever the occasion |cratic government like ours. Tite dii-
may require it, endeavor to deleud it.— I source of danger is from dissentinm. Tu t
Those who believe tlmt a project, in the figure expresses more truth, when we m
execution of which it wilt heeomn nocessa- our government is an arch, whose key stall
ry. frnnj time to time, to cull from the great is the constitution. While every por; pr-.
es to the centre, it defies pressure from wi;, I
out; but if the key be withdrawn tbu wiiu.
arch falls into its original component, pare |
The prosecution of a first claim again.,; I
government, is not, however, to bo call-.d I
opposition to government; nor can .-odaro |
ger its existence wlnie nrgod with buara
ing temper ami caml-mr Hud Guve.-am |
Troup restrained himself within lliodccwi I
ey which self consideration should itnvopr- I
scribed; and if not himself, nt least rogatx I
for the stale he represented, absolutely «. I
mnndcd of him; every honourable t-sciba I
would Ituve gained our applause. Cut sir..* I
every unfounded charge and extr-.v,-;; I
pretention that can be unde orurgud an 11
ihe government of the U. States arc ft I
tended by some, and thought bv ntherr. tg I
be so much bad & received by G orgia; Asi I
since likewise G >v -rnor Troup lias calloc
on the citizens of Georgia to become ju,I-1
es in their own cause ( ontrary to the 1
stitution ofthe U. S. which has gin.-n ll.al
p over lo the Supreme Court) ami if that I
rights such as they might judge litem to Cr, I
wure not yielded to arguments to oblail
them by force of arms; it becomes csey I
honest citizen before he throws off his ail, I
giance to the Union, to investigate the * I
claims lor himself; and ij endeavour to m-1
dors: and them with the same clearness tol I
certainty that he would hia individual claim I
upon * follow-citizen. A su.xioc - . history uf I
the origin and prngr >ss of these claims of |
til emerged in a cla-m on the General Got-1
eminent may,perhaps, be sutficic t (o pin t I
these claims with their attending circum r
stances, perspicuously before as. In at-1
rmnntinfr to rr v, evmr. anuno, I shall ta-r I
incontestable facta only, for the basis- ( 1
By Letters Patent of G orge the 2^dal-|
ed the 9th of Juno. 1732, and by other sub-1
sequent letters, all that country south oftk* I
m t .o ti eru btnk of tbe.Stranuah /! ;-1
er and extending south to the St. Marp I
River; and up to tho sources of these tit-1
,-rs; and from thence westerly to the soul!
■ea. was granted to a company in Enplan
for the purpose of settling a colony, iuceuu-
»d for the benefit of poor persons whuto'ji.1
choose to emigrate thither.
Authority wss granted bv those ’e -,
porrluue lands from the Indians , .
[loses h-fnre mentioned.) I*- is well k 1 .
'hat 43 years alter the grant of tin-.. :
letters, Georgia joined ihe other eolome t
;he struggle for Independence; and u.i
its acknowledgement claimed the stun;.;
tent of territory as that fixed by the Li
ters Patent.
Matty other states were similarlyslluitted
to Georgia ns regards their tenitott-b.—
Their charters hud defined their limits "*
their sea-li mrd sufficiently cert ia; but
were vague as to their exteet back—""t
came in collision with others ami nil related
to a country in their rear unexplored ill
nnknuwn.
It had become a question before the clap
ofthe revolutionary war.whether the cron
rights to lands should devolve to the etrtl
in titeir federative character, or to each-t-
perate state. And bo long back ns MU
the Old Congress recommended to; he staiN
claiming the pre-emption to lands unat
their charters to cede their claims fit til
benefit of the Union. Accordingly Mnso-
chusetts, Connecticut.N’- w-York, Virgtaa.
and South-Caroliua with a view to aid Got-
eminent and prevent direct taxation tor cs
support, coded all that country nnw cou.-t-
tutiug most of the western states l™
entire north-western territory.|| Ge-tpi
would, undoubtedly, have done the same *
a few years, with a portion of her clan**
territory—patriotism, pride end evenJ«sri‘o
to the other slates to mike equal J '
tion for the support of national ID f
from which she was to derive equal benem,
dictated the measure. But while fnc de
layed, cotf/panies of epeculaton • “ D
were associated to purchase her clem* ,0 *
large extent of country. And in they
obtainod an act familiarly known •» 1 *
Y>2oo act for the sale of l hesc lands to tnc
companies and purporting to be tor rets' g
means for paying revolutionary *>W' e
These men had too much eogacitv tn rfti
the lands, and accordingly lost no l |in *
selling out to citizens ot other iteto* * l
DISCITE JUSTIT1AM MOJtTTI,
Hear, and be just.
Johnson.
The General Government, from the adop
tion of Federal Constitution to tile present
moment, has tit all its uieaniYreH, whore the
interests of a separate state has been con
ceroed, rather given,than taken advantage
Not a solitary instauce is to be found, not
withstanding, the outcry of state demn
gogues, where the United States’ Govern
nieiit, either Executive, Legislative, or Ju
diciary, h.tj exceeded the powers granted
by the people. And, indeed, we have not
only the past to justify our confidence; but
in the locality of feeling which each mem
ber of Congress carries with him, a strong
guarantee tor the future, that no adminis
tration will attempt an encroachment oh the
rights reserved to the states; or if it should,
that this locality of feeling would interpose
an impenetrable shield.
On the contrary, the history of the state---
affords abundant evidence of a disposition
on their part,not to maintain, only, the rights
reserved by tba Constitution; but lo en
croach upon thoso solemnly and expressly
granted to the General Government. And
some of the states huve even gone so far as
to avow principles closely allied to decla e l &
open rebellion. The state ofVirginia during
our difficulties with Fruuce led the way; ami
the New-Eugland slates to be revenged on
the principal actors of Virginia, followed
the example during our last war with Greut
Britain. Though these letter states, in
their Convention at Hartford,confined them
selves to a declaration that they disapprov
ed of the war, and would take all legal and
Constitutional measures to obtain peace ;
yet the design nf the leaders in that con
vention was, undoubtedly to alarm govern
ment and also to lessen its credit in the mo
ney market, by which it might be prevented
from effecting the loans necessary to the
conducting of her enterprises to a success
ful issue. Although revenge is eagerly
sought by mankind, and by none more so,
than by parties; yet no domestic or foreign
example can excuse the want of patriotism
and devotion to the public weal,
Until the present Governor came into of
fice, Georgia had sustained a character for
patriotism, at unsullied as the mountsin
snow. True,she had not obtained the fame
for moderation which wisdom lends her vo
taries ; but her patriotism was thought to
be like her own son—warm and glowiiig.
But since the present incumbent haa presid
ed over onr affaire, we have been stunned
with declamations against the General Gov
ernment.
And for what ia thie mighty clamour ?
The answer ie at hand, Governor Troup and
his party heve their own private interests
to promote, and it is believed an excitement
against the General Government would pro-
selling oat to citizens ot
advance.
The next succeeding Legislature d*' 1 *''
ed the act telling these lands voided on t»
ground that bribery bed been need n> Ff
curing it; and .ordered the retard* «
proceedings ther on to be burned. I*
not, however,- conteeded that the ne”""
of that legislature bed not been dulf
ed; nor Set any other act oftbat body
not valid and binding a* Lew. The' ,
sens of other elites, who had been dupf«
into the purchase ofthe clainw under t*»>
mote their owuinterests, to effect it,pert in-1 act, finding no redree* from Georg 1 e-^.r
vectives, violent denunciations and sophistry : plied to Congress, and almost every e*”
have taken the place of dignified candour | was filled with their elemour.
and manly argument. I say they endeav- After the first exuberance of mfi®
our to promote their own interests by ereet- pest, the leading men to thie eute m- &
ing an excitement against the General Gov-' tppreheneivefor the result; and tn«u-
eminent; because, after the palpable evi- Government being advised thet tne«
dence they have given of their deeigne,(her- were euetaineble in law. aod eppr* ^
Ry would be weakness. One cause after if not a ckrU war among “ u ™"*’, r , r e
another his been urged why we should op- worst consequence, if these cUtmW
pose the General Goverqifeaat.ineueb quick ta interfere in tho affluro oftnom