About Savannah Georgian. (Savannah, Ga.) 1824-1829 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1825)
V» »T ®. 4 W. HOMBRTBOJT, pirnr.miEm or tot laws Or rub cm uailv riraa, : i : : COUNTRY r Am, i. x (*>!*• I I. I KIOHT UOI.IAM, i i :rtrc. dollars SATURDAYMORNING, OCT. I, 1H25- On Moqdny next,.an election takes place at the Cnurt-Houso in this city for a Gov ernorof the State of Georgia, and for ono Senator and .three Representatives, for the County of Chatham in the State Legisla Cure, The Candidates are— : nli ! ' rOR GOVERNOR. gEorge m. N REPRESENTATIVES. MORDECAI MYERS, EWD. HARDEN, GEO, ROBERTSON. We are requested to announce UAvio Bell, a candidate for Sheriff of the County of Chatham, at the ejection in Jahuary next. When we hear it seriously asserted that Governor Troup is chargable with the mur dor of M’Intosh, because he was premnture in obtaining his consent to the survey, we are strongly reminded of an article which appeared in our paper some time ago,where it was ironically observed that it would not be Surpfising’lf it Should shortly be asserted “ that M’Intosh and not his murderers was the enemy of tho U. States.” The asser tion that Troup was instrumental in that unfortunate event is however going further than even the most credulous could have expected.' If out herod’s Herod—aiid' puts to the blush all the maxims of the “ all’s fair in politica” school. It is not however more singular than the conduct of that party, who have co-operat- ed with the enemies of. the treaty, and who now, disinterested souls ! come forward io declare their affection for it; at the eleventh hour, when they find the full tide of popu lar feeling is in its favor. This ahuffing conduct however is not that of all the party—there are others who yet boWI/ and every one connected with it, for if cof- rupt the charge affects every officer of the tl. States. From the President and the Sen ate down even to the minor agents in the drama, tho State of Georgia, it ia fortunate having uo participation in it up to its forma tion. • Do those who argue the corruption ofthe late treaty on account of the purchase from M’Intosh, recollect the treaty of 1821 .’ or do they suppose the people have lost their pow ers of reflection and memory? The lata trea ty was concluded without the expenditure of .a cent from the Treasury of the State ; but the treaty of 1821 formed under the adtnin- istration of John Clark cost the State tip' wards 13,000 dollars which was taken from the-contingent fund and appropriated for the purpose of obtaining the cession ofland thou made, and this at a time when the United States Commissioners were rea dy to advance 15 to 20,000 dollars for the same purpose. Yet the money was advanced, and tho treaty concluded—acted upon by the Senate ami duly ratified.— These fact9 go far to prove that uot only can lands be obtained whilst Troup is Gov ernor, but that they can be obtained hon estly and without a farthing expense on the part of tho State. With that charitable disposition, which by imiendo and perversion, represents the plainest facts, in a light which must be new, because unknown even; to those who are the objects of its exercise, Governor Troup has been blamed for calling an extra session for the purpose of deliberating on the mode in which to dispose of the lands which the treaty had placed in our ^possossion. No man, we dare venture to assert, over acted from a more pmw motive, than Gov. Troup, throughout the transaction* connected with the Creek,Treaty. From its very com mencement, hia whole soul was directed to the attainment of these lands, and for whose benefit.’—not certainly his own, but for the benefit of tho citizens of Georgia. Oa t1ie conclusion of the treaty, hia first object was to obtain from the Indiana who concluded the treaty, permission to survey the lands— that permission was obtained. Acting un der the conviction that no difficulties could -possibly exist, and with the best interes's of hii fellow-citizens at hearf, desirous to piked thbm in possession of tho lands at as curly a period as possible, he determined to ' call an extra session of the Legislature, as he was in duty bound to do, to determine on the mode in which the land ahould be laid off and disposed of, to appoint the surveyors for running the tinea, and at as early a pe- riod as possible, to place those to whom the lands belonged, those who for twenty-thrde years had been anxiously desirous toobtain them in vain, in actual possession. From the mode jn which this call hu boon notic- efi.lt nnglt; be supposed tbatOoTsioup had committed some offence egainet our laws—eomc infVaotion of the constitution, had introduced some strange innovation in our usuaget, which wouldiond to the de struction of the state. But not'one word of thou assertions, if made, would be true— he exor&ed only a power of bis office, from the best of motives—for reasons sufficient ■ ■■ ■. t. , - . , f. ■. as will he seen by what we have slid. In' 1821, an extra session was called by Gov. Clark, for the same purpose as that of last May, to dispose ofthe Creek lands obtained by treaty, so that the accusation from such k quartet, comes with a marvellous ill grace. But in all contosts of the character of that jtow carried on in this state, there will be ^ fonud on both sides of the <pestion v tjpii who strain at a gnat apd ewalloyy,* ( if‘it be necessary 10 Urn aoppplt of cvisiT' * ia neodlqptto.eatet into qn^ei tion of tho treatyconcioded at the Springs—a great part of its opponents ore ashamed of their opposition, and the at tempts of those who yet avow that oppnsi. tion, will not benefit thorn. The people will see and judge of the motives of this op position, and as they appear equally inclin ed with its friends to identify it with the name of Troup, there can be little necessity tor discussion. It is Troup’s Treaty, and as such, will be support^ by Tin immense majority of the people of Georgia. Our word for it, if the people of Georgia elect Troup, it will be considered a declaration of ||jblic opinion on the part of an independent qfate, which none will dare dispute—it will Secure us the attainment of our long ne glected rights, and defeat the efforts of our opponents within and without. But wo must conclude our remarks "bn this subject for the present. Before another publication of this paper, the great question will be denideiT Were we inclined to no tice all the unfounded assertions and calum nies, which have flowed from every source during the discussion on the present occa sion, time, and room, and patience would fail. We feel that we have paid more at tention to themthan they deserve. nlaed frooPUe etate ofGeorgia, &» valid, jersey 2, Pennsylvania *, Delaware 2, Vlr- and it conveyed a right of soil. . j ginia 2, North Carolina S. South Carolina 2, But admitting! tor the sake of argumeiff, ^Georgia2,Tenneaaee2,Missouri I,’ Alabama that thoUnitqd States hqve reaped the prp^ *, Illinois I, Indiana 2, Ohio 1, Mississip- from the grantees under the Yazoo act-s how great was that profit t The state of Alabama, except ivory (Mall portion, if*W thousand auras, was net disposed of'hiidcr that act, and from shit source shin's)'’thi! General Government have derived the prin jcipa| part of the milliona received for , lands ceded in the contract of 1802, so that . even on this ground, if no other existed, the ' assertion of Governor Troup is founded! qn fact. He must know little ofthe character | of that statesman, who would suspect him j of statingg falsehood. Afffo cessions ofthe.ktates^to the Ge elusion again re- 'ntosh, in Jfc There is nothing in the article of Ogle- thorpe.which we publish in another column, whifihwe consider as deserving of much timo. Our opinions have been so fully ex pressed, that it is unnecessary to discuss p»l«,»».wJ>tkhmrr W pqjppetc.nt to furnish an opinion, and we see no reason to 1 retract one matter of fact or argument whten w« nave urged, wneiner me par- gain of 1802 has been fulfilled according to its spirit, appears to bo considered by O. a point at issue between us—now wc do not consider it at issue at all. We have pro duced proofs, we think, to support our opin ion that it has not been so fulfilled—when O. produces proofs to the contrary, other than he lias yet produced, we shall consid er the point as undetermined. To givo a fair opportunity to Oglethorpe, we quote that part ef his article which he asserts we have misquoted, in connection with the context. “ It has been asserted by Governor Ttoup that the U. S. Government made im mense profits by this convention (that of 1802) at our expense. This is not true; for if a profit has accrued to the U. S. it lias i not been at our expense, but of tlmt of the claimants under the Yazoo act. For by a decision ofthe U. 8. Supreme Court, it was adjudged that tho sale under that act was valid, and consequently that Georgia had no legal claim to the lands When she ceded them to the U. S.” Nbw where is the advantage gained by this quotation which wc have made from Oglethorpe, verbhtim et literatimOf what construction is this extract susceptible, if it be not, in the words in which it is expressed in the latter member of it, that the state of Georgia had “ no legal claim to the land9 when she ceded them" by-the convention of 1802, because tho sale to the Yazoo purcha sers was declared valid by the U.S. Court. What was that sale ? Was not that salo a sale of the soil, in the occupancy of the In dians ? Did the purchasers under that ne farious act suppose they were simply pur chasing a pre-emption right—or did the purchasers from them, and the purchasers from the latter, pay their cash for permis sion to purchase their lots from the Indians? No, they purchased and settled, their rights in the'soil being thro’ the original purchasers derived from the state of Georgia. Jf the sale was of the soil, what made it valid? the title ofthe state of Georgia which con veyed all the rights of Georgia to the pur chasers. The corrupt Legislature of 1795, therefore, did not sell to theYazoo purcha sers simply the right of pre-emption—they sold the property in the soil, and it was de cided by the Supreme Court that the “solos” were valid under the title ofGeorgia. If this ia the fair construction,-then the assertion of Oglethorpe, that the allodial ti tle is in the Indians, is in direct conflict with it ( for if it were in the Indians, the right claimed by the -Yazoo purchasers would have been declared void, but by the .decision ofthe Court,the sale was rccog- 'the Mrolutioni to the csso of’ ■?cfi M fchief Jiisi The states, having Wii limits-different portions orfe^fetiry'ehvered by Indians, ceded that territory generally to the United States, on conditions express ed in their deeds of cession, which demon strate the opinion that they ceded the sort as Well as the jurisdiction, and that ingoing so, they granted a productive fund to the government of the union The lands in controversy lay within the charteied limits of Virginia, and were ceded with the whole country southwest ofthe Ohio. This grant contained reservations and stipulations, which could only be made by the oumert <f the soil” . , ; Such was the cession ofGeorgia in 1802. Tho contract expressly provides for the ces sion on the part of the state, of its right, title and interest to the “jurisdiction and soil.” In reference to the Lands within the state, the right to the “jurisdiction and soil” remains unimpaired—the obligatiomtb purchase only, being imposed on the Gener al Government. In tho same case we find tnc following:— “ It (the power of granting lands) has been uniformly exercised over territory in pos session of the Indians. The existence of this power must negative the existence of any right which may conflict with and con trol it. An absolute title to lands cannot -/>:* ist at the same time in different persons or in different governments. An absolute must be an exclusive title, or at least a title which excludes all others incompatible with it.” Tire sltodial title,* therefore cannot exist lotvo and uoages pi and recognised by President Monroe, in his message of 1817. It is therefore, and for the reasons we have before stated, that we do not give our assent to the proposition, that this right “ cannot bo seriously contro verted.” There is nothing more easy than to make an assertion—hut it is the proof which (tar ries the conviction—such is the assertion that the Governor line violated the consti tution of tiie U. S. in interfering in Indian affairs—an assertion which we pronounce to be utterly unfounded. Although we may not have been so fortu nate as to hove proved all our positions to the satisfaction of." an Indian,” we feel sui- isfied that no civilized and intelligent man, will long doubt that wc are correct. patriotism andgenerqaltyh, aPeAtf«dk£amat Georgia fur asking equivalents fur pet ccii.on of territory, similar io those demanded by, andyiiMed to other state!, whose' conduct is not censured. The author' of (be Review say. that Georgia when making the cession, “ nesivtd or ample equtvsientr By gubro quent»vein tiita, it appear* u,*t the Review er means the hs. since received an ample e- quivklfht.'Or that an ample equivalent was siipulntea-.to be paid. In J802, Georgia rc ceived nothing but promises/.first,a promise of (he payment of $1,250,000 out of the fir.l receipts from the lauds. Rdly, The eatinvu.sh ment of 'he Creek end Cbecrokee title to lands occupied by them ■■ hunting grounds in the state;: The Brat promire has beea coat- plied with fully ; the second, partially. IV L„ , - . , 000,000 of acres hwebeen freed from the In ner flesire to aid the General cause, and it j dims f 10.000,000 remain occupied by those will further shew the means which have t 'ihda ( about half that quantity la to be ab-n- been deed by men in authority to prejudice *** » f* ‘h« Treaty ofthe pi lqr~S6s, The fallowing extract from an able arti cle in the National lotelljgenyer, in reply to an article ih a New-York Review,'will ahew with what reason the Sta,te of Georgia- ie taunted with a want of patriotism in her ceaSVon of territory in 1802. It will shew that site was behind none of the ataf.es in her character, as well aa delay her rights by bringing forward unfounded charges aa a proof ofthe sacrifices made by tho Gener al Government to fulfil that -contraot.— They should blush who thus betray Tllei'r sense of their own injustice by bringing for ward such misrepresentations aa are here detailed to shield themselves. The reader will admire the mode in which an expendi ture of 25,000 dollars is made to appear as upwards of one million against the state, a fact which wo had before omitted to men tion. Is this honest ? The time has ar rived when we must conseut no longer to be trifled with in this way. We most speak in the language of truth and demand our rights. Let us be united and there can .be no doubt of our obtaining them. Hav ng developed in hia own way the gen eral policy of the Onited Slates, the au.lior proposes to confine his attention to the Creeks —He begins w t.i the treaty of 1797, and quotes the treaty df 1796. He forgets that ’be treaty o! ’93 was succeeded by aCreek war beginning in 1791 and lasting until 17i'6.— Prom there treaties, he aroceeds to the agree ment o cession of 130 \ which he is pleased to confide, the foundat'on of the rights or Q'orgisto about 25,000,'00 of acres of her territory, ihe consideration for which was the- relinquishment of her clnims to western terri tory claimed by the Uniti-d diates aa the com mon property ot -the confederated Slates Thin part of he review d-a-rves particular attention. The author tnninuatea that Geor gia!,ad no title ; that the hod belonged io the wh ile United S ates. Then lie asserts that she was bound in gratitude, mid by pub lic duly, to msAe a reason to the U. State* - barges Georgia w.lb being more fortunate, or less g iieroun, than tier a ster states, in de- layiog her cession on.il 160.'; and offers for ndniiation the eaample of New-York, woo, dir ing the Revo utiunary war, reli. q nshed all ner back lands 11 answering to th,.*e grave cliaege* again*. Ueorgia. “ whose indep n-. d -nce was achieved a!mod without her aid,” some bitterness might be excused, but neither tile author of these calumnies, i.ur those Who l*ud his effor's, are wottlra uiument’a anger- The yet living witnesses of ihe revolutionary struggle can testify that Georgia suffered more deeply, struggled with as much enduring for yj^^an^gerformed^jn pi oportibn to her B,11, of her doubtful titlcT^STuprSme Court have decided that her title was good— an authority eq ul in credit to that of * New- York Reviewer, although endorsed by a Wash ington Editor to give it currency—fFietchcr vs. Peek, Cranch’s Reports.) Of he time and cirouma'ances of the Sev ern! ce siona of western territory by the dif- fe-ent states, the Reviewer is deplorably ig. nnrant, in supposing that he has given a lair etpos lion of his knowledge Congress soli- I 'dian Springs Adopting me statement from tho War Department, „f ISSda the coqof be Convention of 1802 to the United States, is •aid to be nearly eight milliona of dollars.- The gross errors of this statement were expo sed by a committte ol Congress. The public will m,kc a proper estimate of it, when re minded, tberrio make out this large sum, a properly which cost 25,000 dollars, was charged in theaccount t,?J/.l37 50 Usama led value was- Substituted for actual cost, in order to prejudice the public iniod on ihe subject of the convention of 1802. This, however, is the sin of the War Department The Reviewer having ooly adopted the state ment upon (be •ull.u.ity otlfe. Calhoun, win, it is to be hoped, read it without examination, and transmitted it to Congress on the credit ol the Clerk who unde it out. The cession of Alabama and Mississippi has not cost the U. NUieaasingleecnt. Not a doiiar i.aa been paid from the public Treasury under that convection, which was not previous ereived into it from the proceeds oi the pmperty ce ded. The Treasury t> «s now a large surplur, the amount Sf which i* da ly augmenting by payment* for land* already sold, and by the sale of lands. The final profit to the United Bta ea, after the complete fulfillment of all their engagement* to G oigia, at oidiug tn the pr,-tensions of that State, wdi exceed 865,000,OnO (See Report of Committe-- ol Congress, d ash 109, of the lot session, 18 Congress, page 4.) " Gon. John Clark arrived in this place ou Friday last, and shortly alter, it was repor ted that J. Crowell would be in town on the next day. We should like to know if this is not suspicious, to hoar that they are ri ding about the country, just before the elec tion ? What can it mean ? If it be true be was expectod here, and ofthe report there is no manner of doubt, will Clark deny his connection with that man ? Will he Bay it was merely an accidental .meeting eighty miles from home, and that too, in a quarter ofthe country, where Crowell never domes ? Surely Clark cannot believe that Crowell can be of any service to hiiu in the election —Though some people may be disposed to support Clark, they will never do it at the request of Crowell, he is too much despised to help his friend in this part of the country. Lei the people look to this, it is a little cir cumstance, but speaks a great deal whem connected with other facts. Athens Centinei. . **— ty in our .Tb*great fell in the price of r. Europe and the failures in Livens*,? " #k qnent upon it, have produced asut. ■ng in our commercial cities, and lyln thia, that is, we fe.r, not mitigate the evil. This conditio!^"' consists hi the first, piece, of a of confidence, and secondly, of an "i' prying curiosity into the .ff.j,‘S neighbours, and an incautious , > sometimes, a malicious prousn.ii. . that A. or B. orC will i, something tantamount thereto, v, ' '* in.e'» fenro likely toproducethercui,. Ni edat *• possible, than the inch guesses, at a moment when -lie want of confidence already merchant though possessed otantnl^' finds it sufficiently difficult X"> means be immediately and readily tible, to meet agreements which it.??! 9 ry times, would hardly give him, h,""' . It rests with the banks! perhaps**) ,*!^ 1 in some measurb the psnic E by a steady, eaiitious, systematic not capriciously withdrawing on C* 1 ' of a moment, and without investi*,, J? 1 accommodations they have been lcc “ I ! to afli/rd, but rathe/leaning, ">'i Hive risk is incurred, (mm*. most need support. It is in such Z w cies that the public haVo a right candidate for the highest official dignity in our state, ia now on an electioneering tour, age, in person, throughout the upper countries!!! Canvassing, as the candidates for every day’s appointments, with every oue for his ' vote—cringing, and scraping, and bowing and slinking of hands to-day with a man whom lie would not notice to-morrow.— from the banks, in return for ^he rlr, privilege with which they are thrnishing a circulating medium ,t I’ 1 Wliryilfl'Some-nazara, moretg’ Mr duals would be expected or required t u „, tain the credit of tho. city, SyS *„ those whose fall might impair or derange if As to the second, and as w'uhink /u.:; evil, that occasioned by busy i,,*, vv |,„ seem to deliglrt in the opportunity ing at hazard the real or im& tunes of their neighbours, wu ranoniv n , that if public opinion will not, tho der which we live will, arrest anil pcnUb such mischievous tattle. It is m, which a court and jury would Medy,,,,. ish, and particularly at a mpnfeht like iln,_ for any mini (and the more mrigliiv iht, character pfthe Individual, the meitnAi evil) to say, even though no malice cfiif h proved, that this or that house Ims sluppdt, or will stop payment—Nnr is it anyjuiiii- cation that one is unly,the propngntorofnrhu another has invented or given currqnivl-. It is every man’s duty before ho circnfitci such reports, (which by the bvo. it is ahnri both wisest Slid kindest nut to Ol at ili strumental in doing) to satisfy himself d tlieir truth : and then, if his appetite lb evil communications be too strong to re* lie may nt lenst indulge it in snfelv. B) if lie must talk ofthe affairs of others, joj will not take the trouble to be accurate, lit shoeld suffer, and suffer severely. JVcv>-York, Antrim. Lieut. Frederick G. Woebert, uftht Navy,'was tried on certain charges by i Court Martial nt New York, some time la* Fall, found guilty, and sentenced lobecnb iered. The sentence was suspended until the late naval trials in this city, in which (the case of Lieut. Rninsgs) il *ili be rcoollectcd, Lieut. Wolbert tin accuser, and a material witness. The Sen tence against Lieut. Wolbert has since ben approved by tho President, and he has cordinglv been stricken from the roll euniiuKa wimi no mme,* f"Hy, false churges against’Lic^'^"j age.—.Afil, Int. if ult. iiU,n & * Am.ooidm—Possession held in nbsoliite independence, without any acknowledg ment of a Lord pnrn mount. We copy tire following from Mr. King’s paper, the New-York American, which speaks the opinions of the obolitionidts and mischief-makers. We recommend it to the particular notice of those who bclievo that no cause exists fur any feeling upon the subject of which it treats :— “ It is hardly to be expected that the free elates, who feel that the unity, the beauty, and the peace of our free republic are jeop arded by this, curse of slavery, will shut their eyes to its enormity, or will, from any undue apprehension of the menaced consequences of their efforts, pretermit any just and law ful opportunity for its gradual extinction; while those who most frequently and pa thetically appeal to these anticipated con sequences, seem in reality to be unmindful of them, or, at any rate, to prefer the pow er and the profit of slavery, with all its per ils, to pence and security, and more humble political rank without them.” “More humble political rank without them!” This is the point upon which hangs ail the efforts made to interfere with this portion of our population—our safety and welfare are as dust in the balance, when a political object is to be gained by the. “ northern policy,” spoken qf in the same paper, aa having gained the ascendant.-- The people of the spntb will diily appel ate the interference of these disinterested philanthropists, when they reflect that to humble our political rank' is'the object; but they will tell them to beware. ' Rufus Kina.—Tho appointment of Mr. KtNO, lias never bean confirmed by the Senate. The Philadelphia National Chro nicle, gives the following estimate to shew that it wilt not meet the approba tion of that- body :-rNew-York 2, New- ult. In the Augusta Chronicle, I percai- quotation of a letter V t0 in Governor placed opposite n quotiiVon from the mV Testament. Now ns thik , 4)ti trcat} , , i appear disposed to bring f u N« r i) i|l e liw [ I expos non o. ms auow.cuirc. . -o„ K r 0 ,a ,o,.- WwU is it possible that John Clark thinks ra !ity of a random expression^ liciluV m 178>, from the »tv.«i», cession* of -f 1 '® clllio "" ot Georgia such tools as to be ; „out to an Indian as proot of d^Vaviti- these lane*, that a common fund might be; influenced by a few sort, sweet words ! and . s „pp„se we examine tho langungpL-' provided tor the payment ofthe common debt: *hot they will, by voting tor him, sacrifice, j ot the principal co-partners in the iiri.- 'i, i —As it iisua'ly hanpena, the s**te least inter j aa they will inevitably do, their dearest i Crowell. Speaking of M’Intosh sinK ' -rated in those lands, ws* the fi st to exhibit | rights, their^ properly, (tho public lands) and j friendly Indians, the agent says, " I ■ proofs of her gencrom'y,hi s Cession. New- their liberties .’—contemptuous must Ills ■ bate them worse and worse; any n-c iL Yo'k liaving an "in ieterminate claim“ ceded I opinion be of them, if he so thinks, and his | that would suffer one man to sell thru ii'l that claim in 1781, witnoul conilitiua. Tne j actions say so, and lie is degrading 'lie high j tion ought to die and go to hell. 1 once pul I act of the New-York legislature is rather a and honorable office to which he ambitiously J that fellow (M’lnfosh) down, hut fen I; I declaration of actual boundary, than aaurren., looks fnrward.'by such contemptible, and ] Warrior and Little Prince reinstated Inn ler of a claim to he Umteo Slates. Virgin [ debusing conduct. We may truly say. Oh iacHed, in 1784. on condition that her ex- Lucifer l son of the morning, -how art thou fallen 11—lb. p roses in defending the territory ceded should be reimbursed i that, the French inhabitants should be confirmed in their possessions: and With r reservation oi 3 100,000 acres, and 150,- 009 acres to meet certain claims of land un der the state laws, Sic. Ac, Massachusetts ceded in 1785. Connecticut in 1786, of ill her claim bey-ml a certain line, 120 miles W. of ihe western boundary cf Pennsylvania— In ’ 800, Coi gross passed an act to authorise ; -iters patent to be uisned to Connecticut, re* leasing the right uf the Unit- d Stales to the aoil of the W eaten) Reserve, on condition that Connecticut surrendered her territorial and junsdist o ral maims, which was due by (Jon* nCctic.ut in the tame year. South Carolina ce. ded in 1787. Noith Carolina ceded in (790, on conditions burthening the lard eded with sit the land claims under the acts of the legic* tsture of ihe state. Georgia, in 1802, after several unavailing attempts to make an ar rangement with the United States. The S osition of 1788 made by that St ite, will cate her from ihe charge of delaying to follow the gene-puy example set by her sister states, while the terms offered, compared with those accepted fretn Virginia, No- tn Carolina and Connecticut, will prove that she was not more d. sirens of promoting her individual in trrest, than became a great state, united in the defence of common rights with olben more powerful, but not mope faithful than herself. She proposed a cession, on condition,—1st That the United Stater should guarantee to the' eilixetiaof Georgia* Republican >orm of Gov ernment : ‘?ndly, I hat tbe navigation of the waters uf the ceded territory should be free to all (hr United States—no luties but for ihe eommi n benefit: 3-lly, That $'71,148, which had b-en expend, d in quieting the Indians, nr resisting their hua.iliiiet, ■houid'be allow* ed in the specie quota required, or to be re quired uf tbe stale; 4:hly, That, in defending tin stair, tbe expense should be paid by (hr United States, according to the articles of confederation i and, 5.lily. That Congress should guarantee tbe remaining terri orial right* of the state—J. of C. 635,4th vol-_ This preposition was rejected, because the laud lay too fer off to be of immediate advant age ; That Georgia owed buf a anal! quantity n t the specie requisition, and the fund ought not to be burthened i and, 3d, Beeauee territo rial guarantees had never beea made by Con- grrsa. It ii not necessary to proceed to show the peculiar circumstencee which afterwards occurred, to induce the Mate of Georgia to Wile, and the United States tc stipulate differ ent conditions in Ihe cession wliich was made in 1802. Nor is it at all important to prove thatti oae condition! were not more onerous than those imposed by th: oesalons.of Virgin ia or North °»rolina. Tbe articles of agree ment of .1802, were satisfactory to the parties when executed, and were universally approv ed by the people of the United 8tatea. Nor is it worth while to inquire why the want of Oke dav later fron Europe—JY. reft, Sept. 20 By the Courier, from Liver pool, and the Frances, from Havre, we have London papers to the evening ef August 15, Liverpool to the 18lh, and Havre of the same. There is no news, save of no addi tional failure of a cotton merchant, and a confirmation of the defeat (though not thfi capture) of Ibrahim Pacha. We have been favoured with tbe follow ing letter dated, Liverpool, Auguust 17.—We regret to say that another extensive house in the A- merican trade suspended payment yester day and which a little damps the cotton market for the present. It is said however that a good deal of cotton will in conse quence of these failures be locked up from the market for some time owing to several causes—want of orders to sell in some ca ses and in ethers the intricacy of the ac- ' counts and also the hope that, some delay may obtain better prices and enable the parties to make a more satisfactory arrange ment for tlieir creditors.—The matket may possibly under theBc circumstances, remain steady; but-the state of commercial affairs here is such that wc are not sanguine of any amendment. The sales of the three days of this week are about six thousand 580 bales, but those of yesterday were but 1000, after the failure was known. The great propor tion of the Uplands selling are from to 9} and a few lots above 10J. Speculators continue to buy occasionally, finding that prices are so moderate that any great loss is not likely to be incurred. Extract of a Letter from Havre, Aug. 18. Our cotton market is more firm, and sales though not extensive, are more regular, and at rather better prices. The sales of American descriptions from the 11th to 17th inst. consist of 202 bales Louisiaua, at from 29 to 321 a°us ; 473 bales Alabama and Tennessee, 27 to 30; and 886 bales Uplands, at 24 to 27}.—Rice is declining—sales have been effected at 39f. September 21 .—It was reported yesterday, that the > Eagle Bank at New-Haven, had stopped payment and closed its doors. The drawing of the Literature Lottery No. 2. for 1825; took place yesterday afr term-on. The following were the numbers drawn. 59, 54, 39, 10, 62; 6, 40, 47, 21. We Understand tho number which drew the highest prize Of$25,000, was purchased of the manager* by a gentleman of this eity. I hope the Bfe r Warrior is now in licll lorn I and that the Little Prince may soon''!*< j him,” &c. There is much to admire toil* I consistency of men who advocate'and tin I ever the conduct of this good Christina, ml speak of Governor Troup as being unfriojii-1 ly to religion and morality. It is amtuijn; I to hear the Rev. Mr. Compere brought in' I the discussion—this good man who cun* I swear tn statements made on his won} I I is this conscience-stricken gentleman,! *»l f ject of George the 4th, who pmiinutra | Jackson n blood tlmrsty iyrnnt, a cruel mv-1 derer—that hall the documents Bubmitidl by Gen. Jackson to tho goverament mb I lies, that the United States had cheated in I Indians out of a fine country tor a song-ic-1 that the Indians were more civilized thi« I tile Georgians, &c. ail which I know >-- ■ I sidered a great recommendation by llicfir-1 ty who have co-operated to rob Georgia 1 ‘ I her just dues, but will raise a feeling on dj I part of Troup and the Treaty, which 1 carry them through triumphantly, c;’' 1 - 4 1 a million of such degraded opponcnls- TO THE EDITORS OF THE GEORGIAS- I certainly did not intend to have int’" 1 ' ed further remarks upon your re«i»' but to prevent misconception of opinion* have already advanced, I beg you wdl 11 diilgo me a little further. Not to waste words, however, in a beg 1 ’ ning. , , In your paper of'Thursday, in some remarks of mine, von say, 11 W* ( tend that it ia a bargain f'airiy made, erf . only question is, na* it beea tumllcd «• should hove boen ?” I( il( j That the compact between the U® States Government and Georgia, bargain fairly made, I shall be the W* deny, but whether it has been fulfilled should have been, brings us » l ‘““f' .. You contend it has not. 1 on tne trarv contend, that if a setting »bu“, ( performance of a contract, is evident , disposition to fulfil a contract by an , taker, the U. States Government bMff| en ample and unequivocal evidence o a position to comply with her c ? n ?P a „ e .iia Georgia. For it has held eighth 1 ” with tit Indians for that purpose. 1802 to last February ; which »rar»S about one treaty in in avery thirty-'" months. . , ... .m, If the last treaty .be carried into^ she will have obtained, for i the compact, upwards oftwenty milboj* acres of laad, out ofthe twenty-flveaW taken for, and she hds hkew"* P* 111 money stipulated-
