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VOL. I. •o gc f(T? “’ *u\ -*SSte§j% $gSStMp My# lilfcggif’ (T 1)C Georgia Citizen. L. F. W. ANDREIVS, Editor. MACON, GA., AUG. 30, 1850. From the “Georgia Citizen”—Extra, OF SATU RDAY. The extraordinary circumstances in which the Editor of (ho “Georgia Citizen” unexpectedly finds himself, by the pro ceedings of a public meeting held yesterday at the Market ilnuso, in this city, leaves him no alternative hut the present method of communicating with his friends and subscribers in explanation of the cause of those proceedings as well as in vindication of himself from the slanderous imputations which nr* attempted to be fastened upon him. On yesterday about noon, 1 received the first intimation of nay existing excitement in the city, in which 1 was seri ously and deeply interested. I was then informed that some ssiiliincnts contained in a letter from my Atlanta Corrcspon deut, published in yesterday's “Citizen” were considered by som ns objectionable in character and of abolition im port. and that a public meeting was about to Ik* called to take into consideration the offence committed. According]}', in a short umo a Placard was posted about the streets and exten sively circulated for a meeting at -1 o’clock, at which hour an assemblage of perhaps one hundred persons, one half of whom wire lookers on, convened, and was duly organized by the appointment of Henry G. Ross and M. E. Rylander as Cluurmen, and E. A. Wilcox and H. K. Green,Secretaries. After organization, the meeting was addressed in the most Inflammatory style bv two or three persons, all of whom were non-residents of Macon, to wit: John A. Jones, Esq., of Paulding County, Mr. Howard of Crawford, and Mr. Bill- In* of Albany, Ga Os these persons I shall have occasion to speak hereafter. After the vials of wrath had been exhausted against me, flte verdict of this packed jury, who would not allow of any *tfx iu the meeting, and who did not allow a written explana tion which I had sent iu to he heard at all, cxeepthy the Com mittee, was formally communicated to ma at my office, the Committee having liem supported in the performance of that duty, by a crowd of followers. Tin* following is the verdict rendered in form and in sub *mo*: Resolved, That a committee of fifteen he appointed to wait upon Mr. Andrews, and inform him that he must not is another number of his paper in this city and that Ik* must five up the name of the Author of the‘Gabriel’letter, and should he refuse to comply with the above demands, that the citizens of Macon will adopt such measures as to emu |k-1 his precipitate departure. HENRY G. ROSS, ) - ( hairmen. M. E. 11l LANDKII. \ E. A. Wn.cox, ) , . ’ - Secretaries. H. K. GftfcKv. \ Macon, Aug. 23, 1850. Committee ap[Kiintcl to wait on the Editor of the “Georgia Citizen” as per the within resolution : 15. F. Ross, Chairman, J. Dean, Dr. J. M. Green, K. Collins, Peter Solomon, N. 11. Beal, J B. Ross, 11. Fort, A. Comer, \V. C. Lnwxho, T. G. Holt, li. B. Strohecker, J. H. Brantley, C. W. Rains, Alex. Richards. Ruing thus bese t 1 was constrained by those sacred feelings which the father of an alarmed household may be supposed to have possessed, under such circumstances, to comply with one part of the demand as to the name of the Gabriel Letter, accompanying it, however, with the declaration that the whole proceedings were contrary to lair and the. constitu tion, and that I yielded to might what I otherwise would not have given up. The other demand of the meeting is yet to lx* conceded, if on reflection and counsel with my friends, it is thought best to take either alternative presented in the reso lution, of stopping the publication of my paper or meeting the consequences threatened against my person and property, by an excited and lawless body of men. That the public may judge of the nature of the charge on which this movement is founded, I here insert the objection able paragraph in the letter of Gabriel, and will then explain how said article happened to appear in my columns : “Among the numerous buildings that are now in process of erection, in this city, is one of brick, in full view of, and •careely a stone's-throw from, the Atlanta Hotel, wliieli is do- t •igned as a depot for the safe-keeping and sale of negroes. | Two-thirds of our people, who know the purpose for which it is intended, are opposed to its completion, but, as yet, 1 have < heard of no steps being taken to prevent- it. On Sabbath last however, the heavy rain with which we were visiteu washed , •nay nearly one-third of the eastern wall—thus showing ( t > ‘he minds of omen-believers at least) that Providence disap proves the unhallowed purpose tor which ‘lie building is de- , •iftiieil. K(, r my own part lam free to say I should rejoice , (oseeit razed to the ground as often as its owner rebuilds it. 1 his letter was received by W ednesday evening s mail, on the opening of the Office at half past 5 o’clock, and without being read was thrown into my private drawer. <)u Thurs day, being the busiest day* in the week in my office, in getting my paper to press for the mails that are made up at 8 and ‘J o'clock P. M. I handed the letter to a compositor to place in ! type, supposing that it contained only an item or twoot local j Hews at Atlanta, and went to the Mass Meeting to hear the distinyuishod strangers speak. After my return at 1 o cloe.v to die office, I was so engaged all the afternoon in making up : firms of the paper, and getting ready for press, that, eon- ■ ‘•"*l7 to my usual custom, I got my son of 15 years of age to , read a portion of the proof. Tile part read by him was the! k'tter referred to—so that I did not actually know tliat it eon- toned what it did. But it is due to truth and candor to say, that I probably should not have thought it necessary to blot ot *‘ the writing, if I hail read the same with ordinary atten ton, inasaiueh as the opinion expressed, though impolitic and pernicious at such times as the present, lias been the settled lav and opinion of the State of Georgia, until the last ses ion of the Legislature, when said law was repealed, in de fiance of Northern fanaticism on the subject of slavery. Nevertheless, so far as abolition sentiments are even im plied, indirectly, in the quotation of Gabriel’s letter, I have *rrr endorsed the same. Ido not approve of any sen- Hmrnte of that character. For fifteen years past, 1 have, time and again denounced abolitionism, in the most indignant terms, and have now at hand tho most ample proof ot the k*ct: 1 have sacrificed on this ground, my connexion and fel lowship with my religious denomination, North. Not longer than two months ago, I published in the ‘‘Georgia Citizen as severe a denunciation of the “Universalist General Reform j “as possible for my pen to indite. In proof of all ibis, 1 j have documents to show, which amount to a demonstration i of the fact, that 1 have written more perhaps tlian any other j Editor of Georgia against the sin and the shame of abolition i isin! And yet for the inadvertent expression of one of my j correspondents, who in all cases, are considered and held res j ponsible for what they communicate to the press —a rule uni : versa!, and established by general custom, as well as by the I authority of such men as the lion. John B. O'Neal, of j South Carolina, who has recently declared to the Editor of the Newberry Sentinel that, “ it seems to be strange that an Editor is held responsible for the language or sentiments of his correspondents.” On no other principle indeed, could a correspondent find admittance into a newspaper. But it is useless to dwell upon this point. If a public | meeting of my fellow citizens will allow me the opportunity, 1 feel able and willing to show, from documentary testimony and from a cloud of personal witnesses, that, in no sense, thought, word or deed, have I ever been guilty of the politi ; heresy of abolitionism. lam a native born citizen of the i South, having been born in North Carolina and brought up in Kentucky, lam, at present, and have been several times : before, a slaveholder. All of which facts my reasonable fel low-citizens of the South will probably admit are good evi- j deuce that I am as sound as the next man, on the subject of.Southern Institutions. I am constrained, however, to express my conviction, here. ‘ that my present position is not in reality based upon my sup-I posed abolitionism. That is the pretext, but other causes are 1 at the bottom of the persecution now raging against me.— j j l'rom the character of the assembly of yesterday and from re j cent facts whieli have come to my knowledge, lam satisfied : l that political prejudice is the cause of the whole proceeding. ‘ A large majority of the active portion of the assembly are ! ! known to be rabid politicians of the 3f>, 30 ultimatum school, j I On Thursday, these men had a meeting here which doubt- j less kindled anew all the fire of their souls against their op- : posing brethren. They were incensed and mortified too, at ! the failure of their hopes and expectations, in reference to the I number of persons expected to be present. To this may he added the pointed denunciations in the Citizen of yesterday | against the disunion sentiments uttered by nearly every epea- I keron the occasion, which, it may be supposed, had some in- | flaenee in keeping up the public excitement. One fact I j j will mention, in proof of this point, aud that is—that one of ! ’ the Proprietors of the “Georgia Telegraph,” on Thursday j evening before the issue of yesterday's paper, was heard de- j j nouueing the Citizen “as a d — d abolition sheet ” which the person addressed, Mr. Anderson of up country, was suppo- j sed to be taking. 1 his and other facts within mv knowledge, i go far to implicate two rival printing establishments in this un lawful attempt to break down my press and ruin my business. Before high Heaven I believe it to be true that my disun ! ion fellow-citizens of the Macon Press are at the bottom of . t his whole conspiracy against my life arid property. Let the candid public inquire into the frets of the case, aud judge for themselves, if these tilings be not so. There may be a few private griefs and some sectarian prejudice to gratify, but these last are but as a drop in the bucket, compared to the first j named. j And now [conic to speak of a disgraceful fact in connec tion with the proceedings of yesterday's meeting—one which j ( every citizen of proper pride of character must repudiate as * unseemly and improper, in the highest degree. I allude to , the fact that the orators on the occasion were till strangers j in (lie city! They hailed from Paulding, Crawford, and Un- j her. John A. Jones, is well known to the people of Macon j ! a.s the jacobitiieal member of the last legislature whoso wish- j j ed to ride over the interests of Macon, in tlie matter of the , Railroad connexion, that ;i little of the same mob law which 1 ’ _ i i lie tried to get up yesterday against me, would probably have i been his just reward, had Ire returned home, publicly, [ through tins place. This ugliest of all men, politically aud i personally, was the chief speaker. IBs blood had been warm j ed the day before, by b'outh Carolina's peculiar politics and j his appetite for the prospective banquet of dissolution was i probably whetted to an insatiable keenness. The second ! speaker is the reputed political Editor of the Macon “Tribune” | and reveals another fact in the history of the transaction which j an intelligent public will know how to appreciate—and the j ! third is also a stranger, of whom we know but little. ’ ... I By what right these strangers had to assist the citizens of < 1 .Macon to protect themselves from political or other transgres sions, l am not able to divine. It was, certainly, an uneall- I | ed for zeal, of which I shall hereafter have perhaps the op- j portunity of asking a satisfactory explanation—and for which “I bide my time.” There is another view of this matter, which I cannot pass j without comment. It is a question of solemn import whetli- ! ! er in a community of laws and constitutions, any body of men, j ! however respectable in character or imposing in numbers, j have any light thus to destroy the business, property aud i ! reputation of any citizen. In my case the laws of the conn- j trv have been grossly violated. The Constitutional privilege j of trial bv a jury of my peers has been denied me, for an j nlledged offence. I have not had even a hearing , much less j a defence, on the accusation alledgcd against me, hut admit- | | ted to be the aet of another. Another fundamental provision j of the Constitution of Georgia and the United States—that j of the “ liberty of speech and of the press' ’ —has been trampled under foot by my enemies. They have placed them selves above all law —yea, have assumed the prerogatives ol law-maker, accuser, judge and executioner, in their own im maculate persons 1 Nor is this all of this beginning of the u grand dratria of Dissolution ” which is about being open ed. This meeting, in the alternatives presented in their res olutions of demand, have conspired to rob me of my prop erty and blast my prospects of business. If 1 accede to their demand of not publishing another number of the “Citizen” I shall be bankrupt in purse aud reputation. If I remove else where, it will be a confession of guilt, which will amount to an interdict on my business in any other Southern community. If I defy the malice of my foes and proceed with my publica tion, I subject myself to the possible consequences ot a forci ble ejection from the city—the destruction of my establish ment and ignominious outrage upon my person! And even if there is moral and physical power in this community to a vert these dangers, there is no power can prevent my grievous loss of business and good name, by the irretrievable stigma which lias already been affixed to iny character, and which a venal press will be eager to diffuse abroad. Under a full view of the case, I therefore appeal to the aid aud sympathy of all just men in this my present emergen cy. I appeal to my friends near and abroad, who have ’ known me for manj years, to stand by me in this hour of per j seeutiou. 1 appeal to the constituted authorities of the State | and city, to protect my person aud property, and to permit no violent obstruction to my lawful buisincss. If I have oftend ! ed any law or statute, l appeal to the tribunals of the Com -1 monwealth to arraign me for the offence before a jury of my peers. I appeal to the community in which I dwell for an opportunity to defend myself from any and every accusation. And finally, I appeal to all, in the name and behalf of an af flicted and innocent family, to spare them the perils and dan gers which besot their husband ami father. But if after all, I am to become the first martyr to a blind and infuriated political zeal, I would in conclusion, solemly ask, where is this warfare to end, and who will he the next victim ? If one independent Press can thus be silenced, by the lawless voice of a score or two of its opponents, on mere suspicion of wrong, without evidence or examination, what is to hinder the muzzling of every other press obnoxious to those violently disposed ? And where, then, will be the palladium of the people's rights and the resting place ot lib erty ? Let the people answer. -- * It remains for me to say, that should I not be permitted to issue another number of the “Citizen” my patrons abroad “Jißicpcniicnt in nil tljiugs —Neutral in Notying.” MACON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUG. 30, 1850. Association” of Massachusetts, its motives and acts, as it may understand the reason on the receipt of this extra. — I hey will, I am sure, for the nio-t part, kindly appreciate my position and not expect me to perform an impossibility. In that event, also, those who have paid their subscription in ad vance may suffer a trifling pecuniary loss, but the blatne there of will not belong to me but to mv despoilers. The public's obedient servant, L. F. W. ANDREWS. To Correspondents. LIP Owing to circumstances beyond our control, we arc ! not able this week to give place to much valuable correspon dence on our table, and it will depend on the abatement or continuance of those circumstances, whether wc shall ever be able to publish what we have on hand. &T S. G., of Griswoldville, lias our fnll permission to stop his subscription at once, on sending us $1,25. His ad vice and dictation being impertinent, are of course disregarded. To many friends, at home and abroad, who hare sent us words of encouragement and profl’ers of aid in this our hour of trial, our thanks are due. i sy Letters on Florida, its climate &c., deferred. ——— Our Half Sheet, In consequence of the derangement of our business, for the last few days, we are unable to issue a fnll sheet by the u sual hour of our weekly publication, and therefore, come be fore the public, to-day, shorn of our fair proportions one half. We hope, by next Friday, to be “ourselves again” and that the malice of our foes will soon be subdued into res pectful obedience to the majesty of the law and the inviolabil ity of every honest citizen’s rights. Although already vitally injured, we have confidence enough in the justness of our cause and in the good sense of the community, to believe that all temporary loss will be more than made up to us by a liberal addition to our subscription and means of support. It will therefore be sufficient, for us to say to our friends scat tered abroad that their encouragement now will most pleas antly realize the adage—that “a friend in need is a friend in deed.” Constitutional Rights of the Citizen. To show what principles of the Constitution have been violated by the gentlemanly Mob of Friday last, we quote a few passages from this Magna Charta of our liberties. Article Ist of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States says that, “Congress shall make no law res pecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of the speech or j of the press, <j-c. Articles IV, V, & Vl, read as follows: Article, I, “ The right of the people to be secured in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasona- i hie searches and seizures, shall not li* violated, and no war- , rants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oatli ; or affirmation, and particularly describing the ] ‘ace to be ; searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Article, 5. “No person shall bo held to answer for a , capital, or othrewise infamous crime, unless on a present ment or indictment of a grand jury, except in eases nuking in tin* bind or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service,in time of war, or public danger; Nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled, in any criminal ease, to be witness against himself; nor be deprived of life, liberty or property, without duo process of law: Nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. Article, C>. “In till criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an im partial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed ; which district shall have been previ ously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature I and cause of the accusation ; to be confronted with the wit | ness against him ; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor ; and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence.” The public can thus judge what great principles are in- I volvedin the action of the meeting aforesaid. Several of the ; dearest rights of citizens arc thus trampled in the dust! The j Declaration of Independence also lays it down as a funda mental doctrine, that “life, liberty and the pursuit of liappi necs” are “inalienable rights. ’ Reader and fellow citizen ! What is our fate to-day may ibe yours tomorrow ‘. What is to-day the humble cause of an humble individual may tomorrow reach the higher places of! citizenship and make our Constitution a bye-wonl and a ; mockery. And the men who are thus endeavoring to break down these pillars of liberty are those who would dissolve the j Union and establish a Southern confederacy on its ruins ! Judge ye, whether the latter, if ever accotuplised by such : hands, will not, the rather, be a despotism of the must atro cious character. —BP— Mho are (he Conspirators! In justice to several gentlemen, whose names arc attached to the proceedings of the mob meeting of Friday last, as well 1 as to relieve ourselves from the false idea that has gone a broad, that many of the most respectable citizens of Macon have united in the perpetration of the outrage upon our l ights, thus giving more weight and sanction to the procecd j ings than really belongs to them, we are constrained to ex amine, a little, into the personal character of the meeting and to point out, by name, the chief actors in this little dra ; ma of lnobocracy. The ringleader in the work i s Ben Fort, a man of whom j we will not allow ourselves now to speak in the manner that ; we might feel just. He is known, however, as one of the i fiercest 36, 30 men iu Macon—a man of violence and blood .—and the agent in business of Mr. Janies Dean, wlio is said to be the owner of the building, spoken of by Gabriel. Those two with W. C. Lawslie, who is an agent for the Messrs. Orrs', engaged in the same calling, all of course, interested parties in the matter of accusation against our correspondent, were appointed on the committee of 9 to draft resolutions. This, we are assured, was done, by the chairman 11. G. Ross, in obedience to the clamor of the | crowd, who nominated whom they pleased as Committee-men, : iii despite of the wishes of the chairman, who reluctantly ! took tlie chair and only with the view of placing the most j moderate men on the committee. Such, at least, is his sub ! sequent version of the affair. The next man in order isM. E. Rylander, wlio is suppos ed to have a small personal grudge agninat the Editor. r l his ho however, now disclaims, and says, that lie went to the meeting through importunity of others. The next is E. A. Wilcox, a native born Yankee, who thinks to make himself accounted a sound Southern man by extra zeal against the appearance of abolitionism in others. I This young man it will be no harm to watch closely, in all time to come, lest he be found a hypocrite of tlie first water. The next on the roll is Doctor 11. K Green and his broth er Doctor J. M. Green, both of whom are known as violent politicians of the ultra school of polities 36, 30, who have long aspired to be leaders in Democratic Israel. They are restless men and possessed of bitter feelings against all oppo nents. We leave them to answer to the tribunal of their own consciences and to future personal account with our selves, for the part they have taken in this law 1> * s transaction. The next names arc those of the Ross famE . 13. F. Ross, J. B.Ross, ATlios. L. Ross, whose connexion personally and pecuniarily, with tlie “Telegraph"’ office and with a Reverend Ex-Senator, are too well known to need comment. They are all men, too, of the ultra stripe in politics and one of them, on Thursday evening of last week, denounced the “Citizen” a.s a u and abolition sheet. Besides the above named, there were other men in the meeting who were active in getting up the excitement whose names do not appear in the published proceedings. Os the speakers from abroad we shall not say a word here, save that they deserve and receive the execration of all well disposed citizens of Macon. But there are two or three others that shall not so esespe that notoriety to which their deeds have entitled them. J. Jenks Jones is one of these. He drew up the original resolution to compel us to leave the place in five days, and tried to have the same passed without organi zation of the meeting, or appointment of a committee. His bitterness is occasioned by our late * rebuke of his labors of love in behalf of disunion, and by his general association and fraternity with the “Telegraph” clique. Samuel Ray, Editor of the Telegraph, is another prime mover in the proceeding, though his name does not appear therein. Let this fact be remembered when an opinion is made up concerning the motives of those engaged in this mob violence. Two other men may be named as a portion of the con spirators, who are relied upon to do the “ dirty icork ” of tho occasion, under the lead of the redoubtable Ben Fort , and these are Win. G. Hogue and Hiram M. Lindsay. In conclusion, we take pleasure in exhonerating several gen tlemen from all evil intention in their participation in the meeting aforesaid. Dr. Robt. Collins allowed himself to be placed on the Committee, for the express purpose of defend ing us from violence, and to liis efforts, aided by those of Dr. Stroheeker and one other, are we indebted for the slight alteration made in the purport of the resolutions. Wo are also authorized to say that Major Anderson Comer, who was added at tho close of the meeting to the Ist Committee of nine to make up the 15 Committee charged with the duty of calling upon us, utterly repudiates the whole proceedings. Maj. Comer avers that he went down for the sake of peace and arrived just as tho Committee was being enlarged to 15 when his name was placed on it, without his being aware of the nature of the resolution adopted. Wo also learn that others object to the extreme measures proposed. As for Vlr. Richards, Judge Brantley N. 11. Beall, and the remaining members of the Committee, we cannot learn that they repudiate, and therefore hold them guilty of a wilful violation of law, as conspirators against our rights of person and property, as libellers (sec Preamble) of our good name, and as subject to all tlie pains and penalties which tlie laws prescribe against such offenders though rank ! ed i is the devont and holy of the land. j From this sifting of the material engaged in one of tho grossest outrages known to the annals of Georgia, an intelli i gent public will not fail to see the origin and design of the whole nflitir. It is to “abridge the liberty of speech and ! the Press,” and thus prepare tlie way for tho triumph ofan arcliy, misrule and jacobinism of the worst description. Let the people ponder on these things and judge righteously.— ; May “God save the Commonwealth” and preserve us from the suares of the wicked. The Beginning of the End. Our Griffin Correspondent, who wrote before the recep tion of our extra, lias correct ideas concerning the cause of : the present persecution against tlie Editor of this paper.— Indications, of an unerring character, have for some time past satisfied us, that a systematic effort has been set on foot, 1 to put down every press in the State, that has any influence against the scheme of disunion which lias been openly avow ed by the ultra men of the South. This idea was first broach ed, if we mistake not, by tho ‘Republic’ of Augusta and tho ‘Times’ of Columbus, by suggesting an enquiry into the birth place of certain Southern Editors. It next took form in com pelling Mr. Chester to vacate the Editorial Cluiir of the Marietta Ga. Helicon, and nowit lias ripened, nearly, a gainst the Georgia Citizen, and is lianging, in ominous Air port, over the heads of our neighbors of the Journal & Mes senger, the Savannah Republican and tlie Columbus Enquir er. All these presses have been placed under the same ban of proscription. Tlie “time” of the first named has been a voweil ns ‘coming next,’ and the latter has had very signifi cant hints of having the hanging process established for the benefit of its Editor ! Maj. John 11. Howard, (we are told, for we did not hear him,) avowed a similar purpose, in his speech, Thursday evening, at the Lanier House, tlvit they would have to commence here at home the business of hang ing, or words to that effect. If in error in this particular, we shall he most happy to correct the statement, but we think there can be no mistake in the fact stated. Citizens of Georgia! Arc you ready for these extreme measures of faction ? Freemen of Georgia and friends of I the Union, of law and the Constitution, are you prepared to • submit to such intolerant measures 1 If so, then are ye, in -1 deed li submissinnists” in fact as well as in name, and unwor thy of the boon of liberty which you now enjoy. Liability for Damages. It is, we believe, a settled principle that each and every one of those engaged in any acts of violence aro individual ly liable for tho full amount of damages which may accrue immediately and prospectively, and that the injured has the right of election of which individual he will prosecute for said damage. The gentlemen long purses will therefore please look to the matter, before it is too late. In truth, every citizen of Macon is more or less interested in preventing niobocracy, as each one is more or less interested in the safety of the City. It is moreover Another principle of common law that “a man’s house is his castle” and that lie will be held guiltless in tlie eye of the law, for defending the same from assault, by all tho means in his power. To this add the principle of self- j preservation which is self-instinctive, and prudent men can see what danger attends every departure frtm the strict rule of right and order. The Proof at hand.— if there is n single sensible j man, in the State of Georgia, who has admitted the idea, for a moment, that we are opposed to the Institutions of the South, we are prepared to show from the files of various pub lications that we have conducted, for fourteen years past, that the accusation is as contemptibly false and malicious as was ever opined at the tlireshhold of Pandemonium itself. No man hasever written more or more denunciatory of all abolitionist movements, than has the Editor of this paper, for that long period of time. In proof of tlie fact, we have the files to show and they can be attested by thousands of wit nesses who have read our papers and patronized our publica tions. We challenge our accusers to say as much and prove it true. A Mistake. In all our denunciations of disunion schemes and ultra measures, wo have never charged either of these things up on the people themselves. \\ e have never fouud fault with those who prefer 36 30 to 42, nor have we uttered a word which can fairly bo considered into an opposition to that basis of settlement of the vexed question. M e are more than willing to settle on that lino, but do not see the use ot making that or any other hop a fighting line ov ultimatum. And hence we have not failed and shall not hereafter tail to de nounce the ultra tcaders, who have thus far prevented a 1 eaecable and satisfactory adjustment, so long as we may be permitted by a kind Providence to wield a pen in behalf of peace and the Union. AVitli the people however, the honest people, we have no controversy. Their “sober second thought” is generally right. “ Save me from my Friends. ” The Savannah Republican does us great injustice in the notice it has taken of our Extra in withholding the true rea son we assigned for the mob violence directed against us. The Editors of that paper have known us long enough to be well aware that the charge of abolitionism against us is a wicked fabrication. Otherwise, why is this same excitement sought to be gotten up against every other Union press in the State, the Republican not excepted ? Tlie intimation was openly given, the other day, that a certain paper in Savan nah might do well to take the hint given to the “Citizen.” Why so ? Has the Republican been publishing abolition doc trine ? The same remark may be made as to the “ Journal Messenger.” The Editor of that paper lias thought it neces sary, in his last issue, to speak of the threats promulgated a gainst himself and to bid defiance to his foes, but not a word d<K*s lie publish of our explanation of the circumstances un der which the offensive paragraph found admittance into our columns, nor a word as to liis disbelief of the charge of abo litionism against us. Os course, then, liis readers will be en titled to infer that this was the true cause of mob violence a gainst us! We remember the time that the Editor of the “Journal A Messenger” was vehemently assailed for senti ments delivered before the Mechanic's Society of Macon, a tin to those found in the “Gabriel” letter. Then it was that we came to the rescue and dealt some sturdy blows in , his behalf! In view of all which, well may we say again, ; “save me from my friends and I will take care of my ene mies.” While on this subject we have a word of sincere thanks’ to our cotemporary of the Central Georgian, Sandersvilie, for the full and copious extracts lie has published, from our extra. Coming l?om an opposing brother of the 36, 30 1 school, this act of justice has sunk deep into our heart. On the other hand, we have a word of scorn and contempt for the Editor of the Federal Union, for his basely false and ; malignant article on the subject of our difficulties. That an , elder in tlie Christian church would stoop so low as to justify mob law occasioned in part by liis own efforts to influence the passions of his followers, surpasses comprehension. It is a notable instance of the demoralizing and brutalizing influ ance which disunion politics lias upon its votaries : —more a non. Onr Fire-eating (otemporarics. We have not space this week to devote to the “Tribune” < and “Telegraph,” but we shall,hereafter take occasion to prove all we have insinuated against the proprietors of these estab lishments, that they have been active in getting up the ex citement against this press. Sam. Ray, we have been inform ed, has sworn that he’ll i 'bc and dis we shall print another number of our paper,” and there is no doubt that lie assist- , ed Counsellor Jenks Jones in preparing the Preamble and j Resolutions which were adopted by the meeting, in which he participated personally, as did Howard, Harrison and Law ton of the “Tribune”. Tho ostensible editors of the latter ; sheet are too contemptible for special notice, and tlieir avow- j ed approval of mob law violence is a matter of no sort of con sequence, except to furnish tho evidence in italics of their own type, that they ‘"unqualifiedly approve” such violence and that they are brutish enough to mock at tho forcible rup ture of that tender relation which exists between “an inno cent family” and its head, and to assert that tire members of the former will receive no injury, though that head should be decapitated! I* ino sentiments, truly, to come from one wlio pro fesses to be an humble disciple of tlie “meek and lowly” Re deemer of men ! Comment is needless. They hare “made lies their refuge.” We caution tlie public against giving credence to one of the thousand rumors afloat in this community derogatory to | our character. There is not a word of truth in any of them. \ We never had, before, a mob at ov:r heels, though one was j threatened, three, years ago, in Columbus, on as false a charge , as the present, and ended in smoke. We never were driven out of Columbus for any cause as ever}* body there knows.— We were never defeated in any contest, personal or otherwise, in which we were there engaged, and never came oft’“second beet,” even though often threatened and sometimes attacked. True, the tide may now have taken a turn, and we may be crushed under the ruthless and ponderous car of mob law and \ mob power, but not so is our distrust of that gracious Provi- J donee who has thus far watched over us with protecting eare ] and kindness. We feel a proud consciousness of innocence j in the matter luiJ at our door, and this will enable us to bear much buftetting from Satan and liis myrmidons in human . form, whether such buffeting comes in the shape of actual vi olence or in the insidious pathway of lying and defama tion. Look to themselves. —If the Fire-eaters are so in tent on vengeance upon us for unintentional transgression, what have they to say or do, in regard to the addresses of i certain gentlemen on Wednesday evening of last week, in j this city, and to the speech of John Gill Shorter, to the ne- | groes of Randolph County. We venture to say that more mischief was done on these two occasions than was ever “dreamed of in their philosophy/’ And yet, these same | speeches about the issue between the North and South, and t one of them informing the blacks that they would soon change , places with their masters, were applauded and approved as j something right, patriotic and consistent with Southern sen timents. “Oh, consistency, thou art a jewel!” j * _ t ‘ i Washing, their hands of the “Citizen.”—in j order that no innocent person may be held accountable for the daring sin of countenancing us at the present juncture, there by subjecting themselves to loss in business and reputation, by reason thereof, wc hereto append the names of those sub- ! Bcribers and 1 patrons who have abandoned us since mob law earnc into fashion : J. S. Richardson, Alex. Richards, M. L. Graybill, E. A. Wilcox. To these add the names of J. W. Harris and Thomas Brown, who stopped their papers a week or two since, and the sum total thus far is given. Altered without authority.— To show the reck less character of some of our enemies, we may state the fact that one of the Dr. Greens altered the last clause of-tlie res olution adopted by the meeting, so as to require our precip itate departure” from the city. These two words we under stand, were not adopted.by the meeting! Bring thorn in* —Certain gentry with whom wc have unsettledaccounts and who are afraid of losing a ihrip be cause of our ‘-precipitate departure ” from the city, which they promise themselves will take place, immediately, if not sooner, arc requested to hand in their accounts, at any mo ment before the mob applies the torch to our office. After that, we shall not be in a condition probably to meet our en gagements. As an instance of such wise forethought on this point, we may mention that one of the Conspirators against whom we hare have a claim of several thousand dollar* for ; his share of the damages we expect to reoover, ha* already j scut in a small bill and had it cashed! ! InTiting Hostilities. — A friend inform* ua that trr port is in circulation that we, after closing oar doora on* day,’ have again opened them, with a view to invit* farther aggre*- sion upon our right*, for the purpose of gaining heavier dam* ages for the property which may be injured. This • a* way of backing out of a difficulty which will not **rre the purpose of the moboeracy, nor need these rioters flatter tketn j selves that they will find us unprepared or unwilling to fit* them a reception commensurate with their desert*. “Every mother’s son of them’’ who has determined to join the urWv j sion against our property or person should take their fivewfctf their hands and be prepared to sup with Pluto. Ell fit I! I<l Democrat.—The Editor of thMftegai J done us a favor in dropping us from his li*t-book. We do iKt I wish further exchange with a paper that support* apah ma ns John Gill Shorter, in appealing to tho negroes “tobehnve well—to do as they would be done by, for they might, are long, exchange situations with their master*;” (see corf** pondence from Cuthbert.) As to the “Bat” matter, th* Kdi -1 tor knows the insult put upon us and by whom, and b*n**d not therefore freOiiinself, because we turned the table* upon the scamp who sent us that disunion emblem through tho ’ mail ! i Savannah News. —Wc are much obliged for the very flattering notice which “Maj. Janet” lias seen fit to take of , our account of the late Mass meeting in tliiacity. lie think* . that our account is well calculated for a Northern circulation ! and tliat its spirit and fucts are of questionable character.— By this time be will perhaps have discovered that our allow* 1 mice ns to number was too liberal by one half, Boon Ray’s .or 6,00 U calculation to the contrary, notwi th s tauiling? .\t all events, we do not appreciate the morality of the idea 1 that wo must publish a falsehood about the matter, for effect upon Northern ears ! That principle may do for the “New*'* ( but we profess to le governed by a desire to “tell the troth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth,” without reference to the supposed effect the truth may have upon the conduct at our enemies. Wonder if the ‘News’* is good authority on which to bqee the action of liis contemporary of the Georgian, who** Wyivt I of the number at the mass meeting doubled ovon that of th* “Telegraph” of this city ! We don’t ourselves see tho use | of such unblushing statements. That Hallows. —In times of high cxcitcinqflt, wf>* ! men are struggling for power under the garb of extraordina ry patriotism, they nre apt to overstep the bound* of pradenuc, and say things unbecoming a Christian or a citizen. These • are some madmen here and hereabout* who talk shoe! h**&- j ing sueli as do not join them in their bombasto tarioso notion*. Now, hanging is a very unpleasant tiling, and should only be resorted to in the last extremity. Anu again, when H i*re , sorted to there is no telling whose unlucky neck may be 1 stretched. In our younger day* our good old mother mfltv 1 enced us to take mi occasional peep into the scripture*, and wc remember in that good Book one memorable install o* at a hanging match. Human erected a gallows for the isys otel hanging of Mordecai, and soon found himself dangling too** | its beam. The moral of this we leave others to discover, tfe wc feel no interest in it ourselves.— Columbus Enq. LETTER, from GRIFFI2V, Ga. Griffin, Ga., Atig., 25, 185(1. Dear Andrews .•—l was much surprised yesterday to leara. as I did tliat you had been proscribed and ordered to discon tinue the “Citizen'’ and leave Macon in ten days. Wheu l first heard it, I supposed it was one of the idle rumours of the times ; but i am now convinced that what I at first wa* dis posed to treat lightly is a solemn fact. tr* soon as I became convinced of the truth of the report, I set down and wants | you aline, but as the ears failed to go down to-dav, I chd : eluded to write again more in rxtenso, which I now do. 1 learn that you have written and published a defence in j the form of an “extra,” if so. I wish you to send me a oopy to Zebulon, as I shall be there all the week at Court. I#yo have more than one sjiarc copy I think I could circulate them to advantage. Some men here seem very much disposed to misrepresent you, but they are all of the “30, 30 or fight” strijie. Among the Union men you have some Cist friends, and 1 hope I may be alk/wed to include myself among the number. I have looked over the articles published by yea whiofeavere seized upon as the pretext by your persecutors, J and have in company with others, examined them, oloaoly, and all moderate men from whom I liavc heard an expression of opinion, say that they contain nothing to warrant or au | thorise the highrlianded measures with which yo* arc Uircat ! ened. Indeed, an idea lias been suggested, and is now pretty well concurred in among your friends and the friends of the I'nion, that the attempts to muzzle your press is intended by 1 tile disunionists as the beginning of their operations in this State. They know that the stopping a public press will al ways create excitement, and as excitement is the food they feed on, tliey have availed themselves of tho opportunity of fered in tlio publication of your paper, to reap a good harvest of their favorite diet And if by tlieir attack, upon you, they can arouse a fooling of resentment sufficient to excite to arms and blots!shed, they will have accomplished their aim. Asa means to strengthen them in their unholy designs it is suggested here that the disunionist* intend to stee rage the Baptist denorninatkm of this city against yom, and especially the female members, by fiitee version* and naisrep ’ resell tat ions of the letter written from this place and publish* cd over the signature of “AMen W. Walker,” bat whether tliey will be able to effect much in this way, remains to ba seen. For no one I apprehend who .will read the afticlawitb* - out prejudice, and give it a fair intrepretation, can viaw K an casting any reflection upon the ladies in any respect what ever. The objetet of the writer was to give the nnmannerly boys a rub, which be did in very deoent term* (and all. which ■ was well deserved), not intending to implicate the ladiss at all, who were only mentioned to show, that they were dis turbed bv the improper conduct of the boy*. This apyr*- to be the true intent and spirit of the article, and whoever shall persist in endeavoring to make a- great blow over it, must undoubtedly be actuated by some ill advised design. I trust you will persevere and let the “Citizen” appear weekly, as heretofore, neither proving recreant to the causo you Jhaye espoused, or failing on all proper ooaasions, to .**• pose the mad schemes of all those who wonld tear asunder the “stars and stripes” by which our glorious Uaion-iarboupd together. The manly course you-have heretofore pursued/, if persisted in, amid the fury of opposition thus recently sprung upon you, cannot foil to add greatly to your patron age, and if the mad fanaticism with which you are now sur-. rounded should prove too powerful for your own resistance, all you have to do is, to let yo friend* know, and you win have help commensurate with your needs. Yours a* ever, TR.OCH -iNXIS3ii 1 Griffin, Ga., Aug. 24; 185 ft. Dear Citizen :—1 have been.at court all this week, at Zeb ulon, Ga. The Missouri men. in the early part of the week bad a meeting in the Court house. The assemblage though small, was addressed by Ex-Gov. McDonald, Z. llarman and O. C. Gibson, the first and last being members to the Nash- NO. &