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VCL. II.) ATHENS, GEORGIA s PRINTED BY ALEXANDER M'DONNELL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER *, 5809. ELECTION. f* ‘ f > tr\ r iVO. /, i IN free repre/enf stive govern ments, it is an obj< ct of the higheft importance that the mtereft of the > representative fhould be the fame v/i/. than cf his conftftuent? hVhr-R'vri th’s h pot the -cafe tl re is region to o: preh mi that die inte rest of the peepT* wjl! be facrificed to that of the reprefentaiive. If, however, the integrity of the mem >’ ber ihov.hi .protect the intereft of hV-J ccuicitoepts by the fact in t of h’b own, yet the bare circumiunce f c-f tins conflic ing intereft, when known, will iubject the actions of > the reprefentatiye to fufpicions, and >1 to unjuflr imputations. It may 1 therefore be faleiy inferred, that the people ought never to eie£t a re -4 preknrative, whofe intereft is ad verfe to their own, and that no ho neft and intelligent man, thus fit-u ---* atsd, ought to wlf!i to be elected. If ties principle is fundamentally ccrrerft, let us examine the fixation of the candidates of the county of t* C ail , and fee whether its prafti- cal application ought not to deprive feme or the til of the fu ft rages of all > hone ?, independent and intelligent men. • Colonel Harmon Runnels Is a . candidate for the oilice of Senator c.f the county. I will afk the free men of the county of Clark whether ! thi* gentleman is not held and dr rely ‘■bound to the flats in the jam of thirty t if and doll firs os one of the Jecuri ■* ids cf the fratfiorf-jfaUtng cominifti.cn ~ trs ? Have not thele worthy friends of the Col, been impeached, coniidi ed and punijksd by difquaiVfication ? And has not this convidlion jhswn beyond the poftibility of doubt, that the Col/s bond is forfeited , and that he, and his co-feeurities are juftly indebt ed to the (late in the faid furn of thirty ihcifand dollars ? Is it not a fad that the ftate has ordered (bits to j be commenced again ft the corr.mif fioners and their fecurities, and consequently agnioft the Colonel ? And is it not a fad that the leglfla tufc have foe fome years paft em- J im <=d much of their time in releaf ing ft-curiiies in criminal cafes from their bones or recognisances ? If you dubt the fad, examine the journals of the general afifembly and the queftion will be anfwere-i in the affirmative. Can any man in his fefifes dfoubt that the C l. will apply to the le £ flaturc to relcafe hun from his ftcurity fn >.? r If tiny man ir iuld be H> fitly as to have entertained Lien a ft übr, the Coi. has put the queftion beyond all poffihikty of dono: oy declaring, as I am inform e g that he (hould make no defence o the aL ion v inch is, or will Jpe 9 -' :c f:n i-d ttgdnft -H;a by the r iv upon trii a?er- * oreign Correspondent ‘— r jL <£PS* & GEORGIA EXPRESS ‘ MANS shall run Te AND fro, and knowledge shall be increased. cy of the ftate to an old and faithful jervant” If the Colonel is bound to the Jlate with his fellow fecuri ties in the fum of thirty thoufand cellars or any other fun, and if the Legiflature has heretofore interfer ed in fome few cafes of this kind, ran any man in the county of Clerk he lo (Lipid as to deny that the intereft ot colonel in this particular queftion is directly ad verfe to that of the ftate and his conftituents ? When the colonel, (no doubt from a conviction that his intereft was at war with that of the people) took down his name laft year, fome yyople were then fo uncharitable as to attribute this ad to a conviction oil his part that the people would not tied him ; and I am forry to iay that his coming forward this year goes very far in fupporc of thefe uncharitable fuf picions. I appeal to the colonel himfelf to fay whether his intereft is not as much oppofed to that of the people that year as it was laft ? T H mu ft an iwer in the affirmative, unlefs indeed be fympathized with the frac tion felling conimijficners—unlefs in deed he juft ly mer 4cd the imputation cf participating with that worthy trio , in morerefpefls than that of fe curyiyfbip, which has been unchari tably, 1 hope, charged upon him. i hat the in if ; of the colonel is oppofed Cos that or his conftitu ents, in this narticukr queftion is not the greateft evil which will flow from his ekcticn. There were three commiftioners, all refident in different parts of the Stare. Each cf thefe men, had, I am informed., three fecuri.cies, and each ftt of fe curfties were bound in the fum of 30,0c® dollars, making an aggre gate fum of 90,000 dollars. The lofs of this lum to the date, great as it isj would not ruin us. It is not the amount which we are to lofe, that will azFcd the ftate fo much, as the principle that is to be eftabliftied and the ruinous confe quences that v/iJI needfarfty flow from its eftabliflimenr. Let us fup pofe the colonel and feveral other of the fecurities are eleded, will it be pcflible for them to ad free from the influence of this queftion, fo a) l important to them ? * Will not all their addons, even if they are ho neft, be i’nfenfibly direded to the attainment cf their dffchstrge from their bonds without the payment of the money ? rnoft aflfuredly this will be the cafe. It is himan na ture ; and no on? individual, or political ad of the colonel's will juffiy a belief he is above the corsmoH fiaiitiefof human nature, I have laid where the irtereft of the candidate is at war with that of his conilituentf, if he rs honeft and in ter; .g” nr, he ought not wifti to he eleded* ft he colonel’s intereft is wafwith. that of.his cbuftirutntP; the . lorn is a candidate and wifti- es to be eleded, therefore, \re may fairly conclude, the colonel cannot be honeft and intelligent. I will take it for granted, that the colonel and his co-lecurities v/h*3 wifti to be eleded ftand upon the fame footing as to honefty, and that embarked in 0 common bottom, their exerti ons will be directed by the fame e* ~red principles which influence them to cirbr their fervices c® the public. It is impoflibJe that any man can be fo blind as not to dis cover that, the fervices of thefe le curities will foe fold to any defign ing fet of men who will undertake to difeharge them from the pay ment of the debt they owe the ftate, as the reward of their unhallowed fervices. In this way my fellow citizens you will not only be bam boozled out of the debt which is due the flare, but the more impor tant interefts of the ftate will be facrificed. Thus you will be de frauded, out c f the fum of 90,000 qciVar*, wind. w.b?t *s more horn’lilt ing and d’fgufting, you will be com pelled to pay the bribe, which en ables thefe men to defraud you.—■ This bribe may be the facrifice of your raoft important rights and li berties. When I fay that the eledion of the colonel may lead to thefe confequences, I do not mean to be underftood as dreading the colonel's talents or enterprise. I mean fun ply to enforce this id a, that the colonel can eftedt much more in his own cafe by being a member, than if he v/as a Ample petitioner at the bar of the legiflature. Every man who has ever affted as a member of ar y political body will fubferibe to the truth of this proposition, So fenfible were the framers cf our laft conftitution of this advantage, that they exprefsly declare that no member of the legiflature (hall be eligible to any office in the gif: of that body except militia officers and juftices of the inferior court. Be fore that time, members were eli gible, and the evil was fo fevtrcly felt, that the conftitution was chang ed, In fubfequent numbers, I will examine the tendency of rdeafing fecurities generally, and fnall par ticularly enquire into the claims of the cojonel to mercy upon account of his fervices. If I have Jeifure, I fhall examine the queftion cf his e ligibility growing out ‘of the for feiture of his bond, as weil as his gerera! claim to the confidence of the free men of the county of Clark. FRANKLIN. The following article is from the Char left on Courier, a print heretofore decidedly federal , “ The news of a difavowel by the Britifh miniftry of Mr. Erikipe’s fare act of arrangement with this country, and their denial cf ary powers in him ro cdnlude fuch ar rangement, has wrought up the pubric mind to a ftate cf agitation but rarely equalled. As far as we have heard or feen there is but one fendment held on this fubjeftj a fentiment of mingled indignation and furrow—indignation at the fliameful <?c treaclierous manner in which the good faith and honefty of our government have been abivfcd —and forrow, that the relations of amity and friendftiip between us and the Britifh nation, which ap peared to be in fiich a happy ftate of accommodation, fhould be thus broken up by a miftaken fjpirit of diicord on the part of England. - I here will be no divifion of opin ion on thefe matters throughout the whole of the United States. Every American will make up his mind with out hefitation—-it will require no time to deliberate upon the queftion, whether we fhall furrender ourlelves a football to the infulting power of any nation, or whether we fhall rife up with a determined relolurmn to defend 0” 1 ” honor and belt intet fh—No I In * fuch an alternative we fhall hefitate not—de bate not—divide not, but, with on* voice and with one impulfe of hon orable zeal and adoration of this our country, we will vindicate the reputation and the rights of the American People, with an ardor and vigor, that in the caufe of juflicc cannot but be crowned with fuc c els. “We hgve fuffered much, and have lufrered long, from the unjuft conduct of the powers of Europe* but tneie fuffcrings have by no means defrayed the fpirit of ftub born reftftance againft oppreffion, in tne bolorn of AmeiLariSj anti the honeft fear of infamy and dil grace, we truft, will forever keep our national charafter exalted in our own eyes, and in the eyes cf the world. Our independence cofl too much blood and too much to be furrendtred to any domineer ing foreign potentate 5 neither will we tamely fubmic to bear the loads of difgrace vTich the enemies of this country may endeavour to heap upon us.—-The ftrength of the A mtrican ftates, if well difpofed and directed by a wife and afrive admin lftration, is for si) deft n— five purpefts, and is cntTcTy acV quate to repel the lawlefs sggrtff ions of any hoftile power if Tuch power v/erc now arrayed a gainft us, we would not be found wanting in the hour of peril. Wo deprecate fuch a trial-—we love peace, and deleft the murderous trade of war, and we hone that no efforrs, either in this country or a broud, will bring us into a ft,ice of hoflihcy, Every onecheiiihcd th * hope, that with England, azleaie, our peace was above to be mads: —Her laft obnoxious decrees we wire led to believe, op or. the belt authority, were v .d aratvn on ua (No. 67.