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EXPOSITION i OF THE United States’ Commissioners, In relation to the lute Treat;/ concluded by j them with the ' Indium. Tlic co in miss' n ine part of t lie United States v >!i bided th« late trea ty with the Creels »dn is, arc placed by! circumstances beyond tlieir control, in a| ; situation not less painful Ilian peculiar. — Intrusted with a negotiation of great na tional and local importance, they had con ducted it to a successful result, and the j treaty itself had received the fullest sanc-j lion of public authority, alter the only ar gument which could !)• suggested against its validity had been presented both to the executive and the Senate ol the United States.(l) In a abort time thereafter, General Mc- Intosh, a chief, equity distinguished for his inHuence among his own countrymen, and for his friendship, attachment and ser vices to tin; white people, and some ot hisi mast conspico ms friends wore assassinated by a band of lh >s., Indians wh i had oppo sed a cession of territory, vvnile reposing j with perfect confidence on (he solemn pledge of protection against die “hostilities' of the whites and all others” given in the! 0 tli a ride of the treaty, and at the very! moment they were preparing for the speedy! re’ii ival, of the “ emigrating party.” Tl(e| Indian Agent, Cal. Crowell was accused ol having insligited the massacre, (2) and Mai. Andrews of the War Department was speedily delegated to investigate the charge, while General Gaines was simultaneously commanded to suppress the disorders of the Creek Nation, and if possible compose its di .send mis. B Tieving tint the powers confined to tho.-e gentlemen, would he ex ercised excl i lively in an examination of the subjects referred to them, (he commission ] ers never entertained a thought that theirl con Incl in the negotiation of the treaty was to b i arraingi d, on the integrity of tlieir ■ official and private characters impeached.— As little did they suspect that the Execu tive Department of the United States, was in any degree dissatisfied with the course they ha I pursued. They have maintained a c jrrespo.idence with ilie Secretary of, War from the conclusion of the treaty to liie present, and no disapprobation has been expressed. Soon however, after these gen tlemen had entered upon the performance of tlieir duties, both of them, in terms more or less direct, pronounced the Commission- ; ers guilty of corruption in negotiating the . treaty, or ol such a departure from justice as c mid scarcely bo considered less culpa a t.U u'e it'y, Miw.Vltal! ratification, is to be submitted to Congress, bur the ucd with tne charge of being “ tain ted alike, with intrigue and treachery,” (4) The clearest principle seem id to require i that the G iveniment should protect its oivo negotiators from a partial inquisition into their conduct by agents subsequently appointed, and for purposes, ostensibly different. We repeat, that the Commis sioners had received no intimation of a du sign to examine their diplomatic proceed ings, and cannot now believe tint the head id Government in delegating Gen. Gaines! and M.ijur Andrews for specific pur poses, intended that they should extend’ their investigations to a subject embracing in mmy interests which wore not repre sented before their tribunal. The rights of the United States, of Georgia, and let it be respectfully added, ot the C numissioners also, demanded that they who must be sup pose I best qn ililicd todefend them so far us they were involved in the treaty, should receive notice of the ground on which their public acts were assailed, and enjoy the op portunity of sustaining them. Hut as no such measures were adopted, and (he Cnm-j missiancrs wore not stoical enough to re-! gard with indifference the puss hie effect of tne accusation ot it remained uncontrover led, they applied to the department of war! fir a e >py ol the charges, and alleged proofs; which hat! been derivtd from the invcs!i ,r a-l tion, and as yet, copies have not been re-i reived. lie ice we are at this time compel led to coniine ourselves to a general view ot the conduct ol the special agents, so far! as we have been able to derive a knowledge' td it (rum the ptiuhcations of the day— to a' view ot the state of in.- Creek Nan m, anil 1 to a more particular notice of the measures which we pursued in o Uainiug the treaty. the principles obtmuslv deducibie from tins an iiigeineiit, will, we think, remove or at lea-t -ospend any prejudices excited by tncj deuuncia.ioas id the treaty and is makers.' It is with the deepest regret, that the ve ry nature ol the detinu e requires us to cea sore, but we shall endeavor to perform l i disagreeable task in such a manner, a. to com nice the impari.il that \vc ate impelled hy necessity and guided in a sense of jo- . lice. Due piomineut individual must ob-j noxious to animadversion, must discover! 1 rum our past forbearance, unquestionable' proof, that personal enmity does not enter into our motives, 'lnch no doubt of what we shall sub nit' has already comma .united in detached portions to Dm public—but ill,- our object to) blend into one view me principle facts mil reasonings iclat.ve to the subject, a- bi-mlL,' perspicuously and calmly as possible, tint men ot .dl parties may receive the simple! impressions of irum, aided by arrangement < and uii'listuibed by passion. . We commence with (he special agent, I Maj. Andrews, who, preceding General Games, first became the object of public at tention. The duty prescribed to this gen tleman was an examination of the conduct jof the Indian Agent and the contingent a 'doption of certain measures in relation to this office. Col. Crowell was accused, anti the regular scope of the enquiry was, wheth er his accusers had spoken the truth. If, as Mtij. Andrews asserts, hi® what necessity tli an indirect justifi jCmrimissinners. t •.< cm-. ■ ■ if j judicial career by i ’ ; mus > - idence consisting t !bad been provoked tosh by lire miscall ’ r of the treatv, wou J ’ that before the ent should procure a rnniiicaiioii oi me persons most deeply interested and who alone could be considered the proper defen ders of their own acts of diplomacy.—And I finally, it he can be pardoned for disregard ing this very obvious consideration—ls, in sensibly and unconsciously he allowed the 'defence ot Crowell, to become the impeach - inient of the commissioners, did justice or delicacy permit him under the.se circum stances to pronounce his opinion of their guilt las he lias manifestly done in his compliment 'to Col. Crowell for “ stemming a torrent jof corruption disgraceful to the nation !”(6) I I'his procedure sufficiently objectionable in itself appears still less reputable when con- Itrusted with his animated censures of the Legislature of Georgia for taking eeparte testimony against the Indian Agent. It would have been well if Maj. Andrews economising his sensibility to i: justice, had reserved enough to restrain himself from wrong, instead of exhausting the whole in a volunteer reprehension ufth.it which he un advisedly imputed to others. Tne Gover nor of Georgia solicited such a suspe ision of the Agent as would prevent or diminish diis influence over the witnesses to he exam ined mi his trial. With extreme reluctance the special Agent agrees to suspend him in “ courtesy” to the authorities of the State, anl yet in the prfuessi m of his extraordi nary courtesy to Georgia, denounces (he conduct ol her Legislature as unjust, it not persecuting. Since this gentleman uni formly affects the air of a fastidious observer ol all the niceties ot property, what could have induced him to offer this gratuitous insult? Ha wis commissi >ned to try Crowell, not the Legislator or the negotia tors of the treaty, and iioihlng it would seem but the violence of partisan zeal could blind a cautious Judge to an indecorum so flagrant —the letter ol suspension alone, is sufficient to stamp the character of his operations. (") In a document which he knew would be t,ia1 ' l,e tells the man mo is suspended 10 piuitm no ~1,... ilueiice, that he (the Judge) considers him injured, it not persecuted—that his impres isioaa are all in favor of the accused—that jhis suspension is a mere matter of form and intimates in a manner plain enough to he understood by tile humblest capacity, that the Indian Agent will doubtless be spee dily restored to his office with the honors of a full acquittal. Charity and ingenuity n nited would find it no inconsiderable task to palliate such a measure. If the trial had proceeded wi l limit a suspension, & Maj. Andrews had remained silent, persons in |fear ot Crowell might have been embol jdened to testify the truth, under the appre hension that justice would b ■. done in order ing hisremiv.il; but here wis an official caveat notifying all such that they would testify at their peril. With the. nature ol the charge of corrup tion so boldly and gratuitously exhibited by the special agent, a id with the specifications I which hii has dmibdessly famished the de partment ot war, we are not acquainted, iand hence cannot be expected to give a par ticular and specific answer. If u shall be -1 come necessary for us to be more minut-, | we haz/.ard nothing in venturing the pledge ■that we shall he prepared to meet the exi gency. Before proceeding however to ano jllier and dis<ioct brinch of the subject, we j will bestow a lew additional remarks upon ja late, and further proceeding of this spe cial agent. It will be recollected that du ] ring Ihe period nf his operations in the Creek country, a board of state commissioners was j constituted under the authority ot the legis lature, and in-tructed to collect le-t inonv in support of the charges against the Indian j Agent. I’his board, inclosing their duties, submitted a report of their proceedings to • the governor oi Georgia from whom they 1 derived their commission, in answer to this report, Maj. Andrews has lately made ■;a publication in the pipers at Washington, . in which he has indulged in terms of the • most unsparing inve live ami licentious re criminal.on. With ihe proceedings of M q Andrea-, or of those gentlemen, in (he dis charge of their respective duties, we had no connection, and iiule expected to he invol I veal in tneir coi I ism ns. 1 is not our duty no vindicate that board,nor shall we attempt it. I ney are competent to tlieir own de | fence, when implicated even by MM. An drews’superior. But the special agent, in his anxiety to defame Col. Williamson, |makes him the conductor by which certain alleg.di ms are cnmmuuie.Ued to us. to i speaking of that gentleman, he savs, “ Col. i W . W . A illianison s amis c mvicted in the jevid. nee which accompanies mv report to the government, by tie* testimony of nunier mis witnesses* ol being an active insfru ■ a nit i . die Hands oi the com lissioners wno made the late treaty, in attempting to , bribe various persons to betray their duty i and honor. He is shewn to have ottered a - bribe of 558,000 to the United States’ inter - prefer, whose character lie has since endea t vored to destroy, to prevent any exposure of - Ids own corruption. He is shewn by the 0 evidence to have been paid a thousand dol -1 larsforhis services, and to have received - twenty live or thirty thousand dollars of , |the United ■ ;ed in the hands ule the treaty, ’ •*<«> t> .1 th that money in •; i.M ..in:., i negroes as a gro l ier.’.’ '• . ;>l that C.cJ. Williamson ■ 11 • agent during S rendered us ! 11 ’ aintance witli i>’ -oi, i the -his industry ■ wan his capacity »|for business, made him eminently useful. ; he performed long jonrnies for us—suffered - fatigue, exposure and privations at the most 1 inclement season of the year, ia obtaining - tor us information, essential in overcoming - intrusion and perfidious opposition and con ' ducting ns io success. He was instructed - to use, and no doubt did use Ids best, exer r-|tlnns in removing from the minds of the - chiefs all (ulse impressions, let them have t been derived from wbat quarter they might, : and however insidiously made. These nn l pressions thus made, were the obstacles a ) gainst which we had mainly to contend, i ■ Mad others who ought to have acted from -duty, Ireen even willing for our success, .vaud moderately /.ealous in their co-opera ? tion, Col. Wtlliainson had been spared his t labor, and the United Slates the expense *o( his employment. It will be borne in | mind, that toe object of our mlssi m was to i obtain a cession of territory, to enable toe i United States to comply with her compact I with Georgia. Die execution of that com |P icf , was « !l, *d still is, ;i subje. tof the most iigemral and interesting discussion, involving i principle and exciting feeling, which it was -i generally desirabl *to settle and allay, The >imethod adopted to d > this, was through the , medium of treaty, and to defray theexpen , ses ot such treaty a competent appropria . ition was made and placed at the control of : commissioners. No sooner had they com t menced the discharge of their duties, than they were met by opposition from different i- quarters, varying in motive but of the same I,degree of obstinacy. This proceeded from s!intermedlers, some of them being Chevo / (8) and others whitemen, who with -1 untiring industry had been struggling to ob i struct our progress and counteract our per -1 sonal exertions. In this situation, if we tjhud contented ourselves with nviking a cold t and forma' proposition, and receiving a Hal j if not insolent denial, then indeed, we had el been unworthy of the commission which we iihcul, most leeble negotiators, barely lulce - , . ...... |,a l rmr» r Cv ,*,. i sibihty, to the charge of “ corruption,” a corruption however, but little ottensive to t pseudo philanthropists, and toe mock moral - ists ol the day. Our ideas of duty, led us 0 to exert ourselves more actively as the ob , stacles increased. When we found our - selves resisted by insidiousaod bidden mmi f.sures, their discovery was necessity to en -jable us to evade their force. Surrounded t by these untoward circumstances we did 1 avail ourselves, not only of the, assistance .yd Col. Williamson, but of others. But 11 tint lie, or others, were employed Inj th to -j“ l)r ‘ l>e various persons Id betray th ir duty - an,/ honor is false, and this we declare • ( careless of the number of witnesses bv who o Maj. Andrews Inis proved it. That i Lob Williamson ever oft'jreif to Humbly the j United States interpreter, a bribe of gs'o.iO, ■ i we d i not believe—that he was not author r ised by us to in ike such otter, we know.— - But that the Maj. has proven both, we think -(probably, lor upon Humbly and various oth ,jers witli wh en we hid ti deal, an oath im posed no obligations. (9) i 'X ,! lj eg leave to repeat, that we had done >{ nothing to provoke Maj. Andrews to make -the charges against us. We had preferred -| no accusation against him, and whatever - inuy have been ou. - opinions ot the manner yni which he had discharged his duties, and 11 of its tendency to illegitimate results, we had loreborii, either directly or indirectly, -: to interfere. Let the public decide, upon V 1 Ur 1 1 view of the course pursued by this s ‘l'dßut, wlietner he was not totally incapa - cilated for tire duties assigned him, either C‘->y the force of his partialities, or the weak r,ness ul his understanding. Let them de termine on either supposition, how much u| reliance is to be placed in the result of his y enquiries. she proceedings of General Gaines are cjof a character not less to be reprehended. >! Gi attentive observer of (he course of these el two special agents of the United States, ; cannot have lulled to remark the impassion ed and unbecoming manner in which it was ■, pursued, and the singular analogy of the ai rived at. This analogy is the | more -inking, when it is discovered to lie ri beyond the regular scope of their respec ■jiive commissions. Wo have already ex i posed the inconsistencies of Major Andrews, -j iml shall next look to the assimilated move i,meats ol Gen. Gaines. >: Ihe Creek nation had become the seat of ildisorder in consequence, of the murder ol three ot its chiefs, who had favored the .j treaty lately concluded. To suppress these e disorders, to restrain, or protect, as occa ■ "ion migiil require, and to restore tranquili ly to t ie nation, were, as we conceive, the jonlv duties assigned for his peifonnatice s i fh.it he should have assembled the two par o ties iu the nation and received their respite y live statements relating to the rupture, was a reasonable. That these statements, what - ever they were, and no matter how inttuen - ceil, should have been communicated to the if Government and taken for what they were e worth, may also be granted. But when - ever he resolved himself into a tribunal and J sat in judgment upon the validity of the f treaty, or (he conduct of the commissioners s in obtaining it, interests were involved, im , portant & delicate,which ought to have been y represented. That he has impeached the i treaty and assailed the commissioners also, will be seen in Ids several communications i upon the subject, (10.) We have no ap r prehension that he was instructed to do so, s at least by his Government. —He has there i tore under unsurped authority, practised an f indecorum from which his own sense ot i justice ought to have detered him. . (to be continued.) 1 BOSTON, C.iurur Office, JVov. 10—1, A’. M. t FUIK. —Our city seems to be devoted to conflag ration. It be r comes our duty lo record the occurrence ol another extensive • tire, which his destroyed a large amount ot properly, and con r verted t number of elegant, commodious and valuable edifices in to a pile of smoking ruins. About hall an hour before one o'clock Wednesday morning a [ lire w.'s discovered in the store of Mr. W. Brown, on the south side of iJourt-slreet. The alarm was instantly given; but before efficient aid could be obtained, the Humes had made such progress , its lo set at defiance all exertions to coniine them lo the building' where they originated. The wind was brisk at northwest, and • watted lb** bliizing’ combustibles to a considerable distance, in the direction of Water and Congress streets ; and at one lime -great i fears were entertained for the preservation of Joy’s Ha idin:, . (Cornhill Square,) a id the Did Slate: II mse. both of which took lire on the cornices. Had the exertions to save these buildings • been fruitless, the conll tgralion could not have been arfcsied without sweeping a passage through to the harbour. In about *‘vo hours in i a half, however, the lire was subdued, after having, I destroyed the row of brick buildings on trie south side of the street, from the Old Court House *o the building on the corner of - Court-Street, tne house back of CornhiN Square formerly owned by P. Gavely, and a number of smaller buildings in tire rear of those enumerated Thu following is as nearly ;i» we can now as- I certain, a correct list of the tenants, with their occupations, of the , buildings burned and injured. On the south side of Court-Street, Tudor’s *uil ling (so called)* I occupied by Mr. Bacon, apothecary - M ossrs. 11. Fuller, ..1/ uvy.j aid Hunla», altornies, an 1 Vrriin and Smith, engravers The! 1 range of brick buildings, almost new, owned by Hon. Peter C.l . Brooks, occupied by 6. Whcelright. umbrella maker, Daniel l/essiuger, batter, A. Kltison, tailor, and th-; olfices of P. C- Brooks. Id. (J. Otis, jr. W F. Otis, J. T. Winthrop, K. Shaw, S. Bartlett, S. I). Wood. Sherman Leland, A. \V'. Paine, Au gustus Peabody, James Savage. P. Blair, George Blake, United ) States District Attorney, T. Wetrnove. vVm. T. Andrews. The adjoining brick building owned also by d/r. Brooks, and occupied J oy O. C. Greenleaf, bookseller, .). T. Austin, county attorney, . and Farohnm, Phelps printers. The next tmilding, making tin corner of Cornhill, was preserved with much difficulty, and nut J without much considerable injury. k On the north side of Court-street the elegant edifice belonging to J. 11-ard, jr. register of probate, occupied by himself, C. I*. . Curtis, J. (-tuiu-'.v, jr. Wm. P. ,'l/asou, attorneys, and Wells & Tilly, booksellers, she next building, belonging to the estate of the late Judge Dawes, occupied hv J\f rs. Preston, milliner, and f the upper part of a dwelling house. The next owned by ..Mr. Brooks; occupied by Elias Payne,shoe store, J. K. AM an, aitor - ney, and J. Hastings, manufacture!* of printing ink. On the alley leading south by the Old Court Rouse nil th** 1 hurldings occupied by J. Farri-. V M Sore. S. K. Williams and] [, White nan, attorneys, and Luke Baldwin, deputy slier’,if. | n»e house belonging formerly to Mr. Gnyelte. occupied as a I .'onfeclioriary, with some small tenements adjoining, whose oc- cupants’ names we have not learned. The block of buildings extending from Cornhill square to - Coirt-street. o.- 'iipied b> Mcisr<. Wollcot and (ielston, 'Velle?, Gslston & Porter, Stillman V’illis. Kilby Page mil uthirs, was 1 preserved with diffimltv, but much injured in Hie rear. - Nearly all the goods and merchandise were removed from lii s block to places of safety. A five story building next above Jl/r. Heard’s, belonging to » the President of the United States, occupied by jl/cssrs. Welsh I and Eckley, attorneys, was considerably damaged. I We have not nsceruined Hie probable total amount of losses, ! nor whether any of Mr. Brook’s buildings were insured, .dfr. i leard, we un lerstand, was insured at the w l/utmil t)lii «*. Tin l building was erected but a few years since ; the front consisted eutfrely of granite pillars and glass windows and doors. It w-.is ‘ the first cditice of that d scription, it is believed, that was erecl . <1 in Boston Among the soiTerers. ‘ha loss of '‘Veils and Lilly is probably the -::f x“f« ASfifc wfivir 1 uable. com -rising an assortment of the best European and Vrnor; ) •.0 books We have heard itt value differently estimated irorn ■ iffy to eighty thousan I dollars. Vfa;iv valuable law libraries arc utterly consumed ; that of Mr. . ’ is, s *il to !>•• worth $3000; of George Sullivan, F.sq. in the of ,,CP r * irithrop, whose loss in books and pa.iers is said to -be $3500. AL-. Blake. District attorney, has |„ st , m . r y thing lb i? wis in is office, books, furniture, papers, See. worth five or Mr. P- abody is also a greot sufferer. r. Hastings, . s’iites his loss to consist chiefly of Isinglass, which was in the "i-per storj of the buildings, and worth ‘2 or $ t()00. *’ro ni the Journal des Debats, Sept. KJ. [ HAYTI. cution of the Ordonnance of Sept. , 1, 1825. she colons, or tlieir attornies, are re ‘Sled to hand or to transmit under cover the Minister of Finance, addressed to Mr. VVante, director. Rue des Complies, ; near the Holy Chapel, the particulars , relative to their claims, and to furnish as tar as possible answers to the following . points, to be signed by the claimant, t L I'he name of the place in the north, . west, or south where the property was sit-j . uated— 2, the name of the parish and quar ter—3, name by which the habitation is! s known— l, by what title it is claimed, and g whether as owner of the whole ora part — 1 5, the quantity ol land in squares [carreuux j p M. Domingo measure, and the boundaries! rof the plantation—G, the cultivation to! 1 which it was devoted— 7, the number of e negroes who were on the plantation— B, the] , sai ’t of mills—9, the number of mules or i horses—lo, the number of carts— ll, the| s number of neat cattle— l 2, the annual rev-! - cMiue, and the estimated worth of the plan r'tation —13, the distance, and name of the -[agent who forwarded the produce— l-1, the -{indication ol (he titles and documents in 11 possession of the claimant. sj In relation to houses and shops not f"r ming parts of a plantation, the claimants e ; are requested to add to the replies of the . above questions the name of the city, !m --e rough or parish, and that of the adjoining , street. » luvpvoyfcA Motion Press. A I 1 *"' ‘ Inwing been obtained Cor an iin L pr ,v :1 Cotton t’res;. Cor packing cotton i e to acpiiire bales, tb • subscriber, woo oas beei - appointed by the proprietors agent, otters lb, . orivi l ' ' i -n.iki>i-.g aod using the s:.me to con pani s or in livid,ials. For di-.criptiou ao.l term . ’ apply i.t tb.a olttoe. nr ’•> Hubert Mabbeeslmm. i | /or the Proprietors. (j _oCj*Vhe Augusta Constitmiondiat, M.lodge vi le Journal, and Macon Messenger, are rMiues e dto insert Ule «bo,e, for two inondis, a; ,1 f, r . e ward b its t , the dice-;C the Georgian. ■V vinna/i, N vemb’r t;t Ft) fi HI HE. NKGim VVOMvN win. ,s 9 y n.d C 10k, V. 1, .raul tr m-r—V- p Cur b;r paiti.i.’ ttf- at • 1 s i liiow, NuVuhb r £ 25 t CONSTITUTIONALIST. e ~~ AUGUSTA. e . : FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1825. [1 e A letter writer in the last Chronicle, has s thought proper to dispute the correctness ’ of certain information which we gave (o the 11 public, upon the subject of the late elec e tinns at Mil ledge ville, and insists that Judge *’ Wayne “ was not saved to the Bench by s an influential Clark friend.” The proof for this assertion is that the writer “ has ’ been in a situation since the meeting of the Legislature, to know the conduct and feel j. ings of the people’s party or the opponents 1 of Governor Troup ; and also to know the views of that party in the Legislature.” Now, notwithstanding the very prominent situation of the letter writer—his thorough '■ sympathy with the Clark party, and his i deep insight into their conduct and views, 1 we are not disposed upon his mere ipse dix » it, to doubt that but for the influence of a e Clark friend, Judge Wayne would not have f been re-elected, and we are assured (hat 5 there was a great anxiety to get up an op “ position to him. Our information may be .jincorrect, but we must see. something more !jthan this writers negative before we are J permitted to doubt it, especially as in the .''very sentence we have quoted, he runs into i the extraordinary absurdity of denominat ! ing the Clark party “ the People’s party”! ! Who elected Governor Troup ?—The j People. Who decided against Gen. Clark’* nclaims in that election ? The People. Who .''is then the people’s choice, and to the friends j!ol which of the candidates shall it be al lowed to style themselves the people’s par ty? Let the common sense of the reader i decide, whether when (he minority assumes i this title, it is nut barefaced cant and an ar ; rogaiit usurpation. 1 The letter sets out with a puny effort ; against the character of this paper, which let us tell this all knowing and promi |jnen{ individual, is far beyond the reach . of his efforts, however anxiously and ear jnestly he may assail it. We have em barked in a good cause, emphatically the ' cause of Republicanism—and although we ■lare aware, that from the time our first num ber issued, there have been continued ex -1 ertions to put us down, yet has our press » remained unmoved, and triumphed over all 8 opposition. We do not say this in a spirit of vain glory—the merit is not in us, but in the principles we have advocated, and which we are proud to say, were recognized ■ and approved by the people in the late c i lection of Governor. < ! We are informed that it “ was the gene-/ rat understanding that Judge Wayne was! not to !>« nppiwotl bow this under standi? mg was brought, about, whether by mecti*-*- ii in caucus or by the force of intuition we do . not learn ; but it is added that the party 0 was “ authorized to have opposed him.” By whom authorized /—Does the writer '' mean that they were authori/.ed by some arch manager to do certain things,’ and to abstain from others—that there is a power behind the throne greater than the throne itself? Authorised ! From whit should Legislators derive authority but from the ■ Cons 1 itution and their consciences. Arc these the inerring guides to which the party resorted, and to which Uiiy will resort in •he elections before the Legislature ? We 1 otter no answer to this question-let the , people judge for themselves from whom or i from what the majority in the Legislature derives its authority. I W? are taunted with the selections fori office made tie the friends of the Governor, | {when they held the reins in the General | Assembly. We are yet to know that those :selections were either exclusively or impro iperly made, and we tuink we are correct in Stating that they were made in all cases jwith a view to the relative merits of the I competitors for office. Hut supposing that I 'l ll le Republican majority was governed by I ' party feeling alone—tines such an example I .justify or even excuse a like course in the I '{opposite party, when they have the power? J j Surely not. Error may and frequently/ ! does beget error ; but “ two wrongs can nc ' ■ ver make a right. ,, Bat the principle governing the elections is avowed to he the “ dangerous doctrines” of Governor Troup and his friends. 1 true English of this is—there are two pat•■^ kJ ties in the State, and the Clark party hav I ing a majority in the Legislature, arc resolved to support (heir own friends for the purpose ot strengthening themselves and weakening their adversaries. Thus s every consideration hut that of Party is to be thrown out of view, and men are to lie chosen for office or rejected on ac count of the livery they may think pro per to wear. VVe submit to the discern ment of the people—if such a principle be correct r anil the question is submitted with out comment, As tor the “ dangerous doc trines” imputed to us, where are they to bl found and in what do they consist? --Siialilj wc be referred to the old electioneering slo-l . ry about an attempt to sever (lie Union amll weaken its bonds ? This will not do--lheß People have pronounced its fallacy and con-1 • demolition in the election of Governolc i roup. The doctrines unifonjuly held amM advanced by us and our hiends will be touml we trust, alter the most rigid examinatioiß to ba purely republican, and we shall conß juuue to adhere to them, although croß v.’iupiioN be the order of the day. 1