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fog to a prompt acknowledgment of their
justice at all times, but calm, dispassionate
and impartial investigation.—They are in a
course of liquidation and settlement.
The expenses of the military expedition
ordered for the defence of the southern
frontier against the hostilities of the Indians,
have been allowed as a correct charge a-
gainst the general government, and paid :—
and monies advanced on account of the U.
States by the Executive of Georgia for run
ning and marking the Florida line have, al
though that operation was arrested by the go
vernment of Georgia, been promptly return
ed:—acts indeed of just expectation, because
manifestly right in themselves,but aflording,
at the same time, no little gratification, be
cause what is manifestly right is not always
done.
Among the various violations of the Con
stitution of the United States, the people of
the Southern States have lately been made
to feel and to complain of that prominent
one which has taken from the States the
general guardianship over the labor and in
dusfrv of the people, which it was supposed
exclusively belonged to them, and which, it
is believed, they never have voluntarily re
linquished. It is in the exercise of this
guardianship that the Congress proceed,
from session to session, to tax one portion
of the community, not interested in a parti
v ~«u!ar branch of industry, to sustain another
potion interested in, and carrying on that
brunch. Disregarding the liberal principles
•whhdi w ould leave industry free to seek its
own qmplpyment, and retiinr.ig to the be-
nighteiKp.olicjiJjoeg practised by other na
tions, but now abandoned and abandoning
by all enlightened ones, jf claims an abso-
solutc dominion over it^to fetter, to restrain
to encourage, to prohibit, to cause it to take
any or every direction—thus substituting
for the natural order of things, the artificial
system of the darker ages.—The power,
which, in raiRing'rfeven*’-a or regulating com
merce, incidehfh^^jMdtfets manufactures^
or encouragp4S 'ttie' i ftklific&‘which are indis-J
pensable to (thif defence, is a very
different Jbjiwer*“that claimed by the
FederaF’^rovemment, to protect by any
means, Hiysetly or indirectly, all or any of
them, tMtn\whieh'# more distinct substan
tive wiff 5 tmport\at»t , power could not be given
by airy^edAstituaion to any government. It
“ that *we ask for the grant of this
iwptt to Congress. It is in vain
tbfe cruelty of taking from the
!fc of agriculture to increase the
r A>fits of manufactures. We are an-
from year to year by an amended
Conscientiously
vernment of the Ui
liiring
ed $tates y As not con- ces,
number of penitentiary offen-
from increasing y'ith the increase
ducted according to the principles of the
constitution—that powers are claimed
and exercise^- by it in derogation of
those principles, and that in practice it is
virtually a consolidated Government, and
therefore essentially different from that
formed, and designed to he formed, by the
convention of ’87, I would recommend to
you, at the same time, to address a respect
ful and affectionate memorial to your sister
States, requesting them to unite with you
in all constitutional and legitimate measures
to bring back the Government to the pure
principles of Mr. Jefferson’s administration,
which are the true principles of the consti
tution. It is a subject of sincere congratu
lation that, notwithstanding your tempta
tions have not been less than others, you
remain uncorruptcd by the assumed powers
of the General Government over the Inter
nal Improvement of the country. Other
states which have surrendered this birth
right, will find no compensation in the pro
mised equivalent, as principle has never yet
found its value in the weight or measure of
the precious metals.
I invite your attention again to the sub
ject of Internal Improvement, and to the
dangers inseparable from a longer postpone
ment of a judicious System adapted to the
wants and resources of the state. It is
mortifying to our pride, and it will prove
ruinous-to our interest, that every state in
the Union and every state in Europe, ad
vancing in the 1 course of improvement, open
ing communications between the most dis
tant parts of its territory, cheapening its
transportation, augmenting its trade and
commerce, and cementing the union of its
people, give signs of increasing illumina
tion, whilst Georgia with some claims to
intelligence and public spirit, has not yet
executed a solitary work, or raised a single
monument in illustration of her devotion to
M
augmenting the tribute and multiply-
tfce exactions. Nay more : as if the
ess lacked vigor and animation for
■■ the' work, a combination of States exciusive-
hpinterested in perpetuating these abuses;
resolve themselves into a hody unknown td
the constitution, and dictate to the go-
.* vernment at Washington the kind and
amount of tax which the people of other
states shall pay; so that we may soon have
to ask ourselves, which is the government
of the United States, the Assembly of States
which passes the edict of taxation, or the
authorities of more regular and constitu
tional appointment which receive it as law
and order its registration. 1 recommend to
you the adoption, without delay, of a firm
remonstrance to the Congress against this
system of usurpation, injustice and oppres
sion.—You will address yourselves, I know,
to a formidable government, having the
power, for certain purposes, over the purse
and the sword, and r.ow claiming and exer
cising the power to direct the national in
dustry and national improvement without li-
mitatiori—in short, the absolute masters of
the fortunes of twelve millions of people.
But you can yet speak in the language of
truth, if not in the spirit of Freemen. Your
complaints may be unheeded. If they
should be, I recommend to you to address
yourselves to the States having common in
terest with yourselves, and to suggest the
expediency of concurring in a non-consump
tion agreement, to be carried into effect by
all the means which are constitutionally
given to their respective Legislatures. Tt
is painful to contemplate the consequences
which must follow. That government whose
parental duty it is to make us all friends,
and to keep us so, is straining its faculties
to fasten upon the country a system which
cannot fail to set one part of it in hostile ar
ray against the other. In self-defence,
we are first driven to anon-consumption,
which, in the end, must prove a non-inter-
course, and, as a necessary consequence of
that, to the cultivation of a more friendly
relations with foreigners, who, supplying
our indispensable wants, at least so long as
file general government suffers them to be
supplied, will take the place of our own
countrymen in our feelings and affections,
leaving nothing for them but bitterness anc
heart-burnings.-—We are not unwilling to
give to 6uir own countrymen the same pro
fits we give to foreigners, provided they are
fairly and constitutionally earned. It is the
forced consumption of an article, unconsti
tutionally enhanced in price, which, like thic
forced consumption of the tea,' we resist.
All things being equal, we are not unwilling
to consume the fabrics of bur own co’^~ 1
and so far to encourage theTabricaton ,
we protest against,the Artificial encourage
ment given at our expense, when we are
made to pay not only the tax for that en
couragement,' but to lose Ifte' trade in bur
staple which affords the only means of pci)-
: V jngjiwJt. It is 'ntfVovhe expiated that fo-
Nations will Tong continue lefreceive
our raw material if we refuse to receive
their manufactures, and we are not used to
that despotism which
whether fear or against
would constrain us
nufacture for ourselv
tion.
t, to ma-
of population, has diminished. Other cau
ses may have contributed to this result, but
the more obvious and immediate ones must
be found in the operation of the code itself
—You are encouraged, therefore, to perse
verance in a system (imperfect as it is)
which awarding jo crime its merited punish
ment, deters Iron the commission of it—
Nor, in the estinate of benefits are you to
overlook that judicious management which
promises to make the industry of the i nstitu-
tion available for its support, and so far re
lieve the State from the expence incident to
the administration of its criminal justice.
The Officer who is,at the head of it deserves
well for the fidelity and intelligence with
which he superintends its interests, and it is
submitted whether ip offices of thi-s descrip
tion where the qualifications for them de
pend so much on aiknowiedge of their de
tails, frequent changes do not operate inju
riously to the public
The Report of Judge Schley will disclose
the glaring defects and inconsistencies of
the Code which a short experience had ena
bled him to detect, together with the obvi
ous and necessary remedies which you can
not fail to apply.
The Finances of the State require your
attention. It is important, in relation to
them, that there t should be system—that it
should be simplified and intelligible, and
that in the administration of it, you should
neither be deceived yourselves or be the in
strument of deceiving others. If it is asked
on what resources the government relies for
its annual support, it will be difficult to find
an answer.
passed, and it purports to be an act4o raise a
tax for the support of government; but ac
cording to your practice—for there is no
system—the whole amount raised and ap
plicable to the support of government is not
sufficient for that object by one third Tr: *
tied to the encouragement and protection
which is not inconsistent with its general
freedom. The introduction of a new culture
may claim the countenance of government,
as well from its general utility, n3 from the
difficulties attendant on it. Among the va-
Dancing,—Is a more healthful exercise
than running, because it is. leas- violent, and
may be longer continued without risk of sud
den exhaustion. It is also more beneficial,
from the exhilaration of spirits excited by the
music and the agreeable intercourse with
rieties which contribute to the comfort of the fair sex, vrith which it is always asso
that of the vine ranks with the first
class. A culture eminently promotive of
the public health, and the public morals.
Our respectable fellow citizen, Thomas
McCall* t»f Laurens, distinguished aiike for
hiS science and philanthrophy, has devoted
many years to this culture, aud his laudable
zeal and patient industry give promise of ul
timate success. A temporary and limited
encouragement may ensure it; and its good
If it
the agricultural and commercial prosperity I is asked upon what other resource than tax-
of her people. We must soon withdraw
from the rivalry of trade, or share it on the
most unequal terms. No fertility of noil,
no geneality of climate, can compensate to
Georgia a difference of freight of five to one
against her, in a competition with her neigh
bouring states. Her industry will be para-
lized, and her capital exhausted. Already
the wheat grower of the western parts of
New York, from which formerly a bushel of
wheat was not exported, supplants the wheat
grower of Georgia in his own market. And
ere long the cotton market, reduced to the
lowest price at which the article can be rais
ed, Georgia with such fearful odds against
her, will be forced to abandon the cultiva
tion. In this, as in all the articles of bulky
or weighty carriage, the cotton states will
'undersell her in the same proportion which
their facilities of transportation bear to her
difficulties; and when reduced to the ulti
mate point of stagnation and depression, she
may awake from her repose with regrets
and lamentations, but without the means or
the resources to remedy the evil.—You are
asked to keep pace with your sisters in the
improvements which correspond to the ac
tual state of the trade,wealth,aiid population
of the country, and if nothing more, at least
to make the high roads the avenues of a
cheap and expeditious transportation at all
times, and the navigable streams likewise,
in the degree and to the extent of which they
are susceptible
The Report of the Chief Engineer, who
has continued in the public service at my
particular request, will shew what, with very
limited means, has been done or attempted,
during the past season, and what it may be
useful or profitable to do hereafter. It is
not to be expected that this or any other
competent officer will devote himself to the
service of the State, for a compensation
scarcely sufficient for the maintenance of
his family, when the same qualifications in
other states find a double or triple allow
ance. It would be wiser to abolish the
office.
I again solicit your consideration of the
expediency of organizing a Court of Errors.
If^he Constitution should present the only
obstacle, the Constitution should be amend
ed. That instrument must indeeed be ve
ry defective which has not only omitted to
guarantee uniformity in the administration
of justice but opposes obstacles to it. It is
not necessary to the organization of such a
Court, that great expense should follow; to
the State, or great expense and great delay
to the parties. It is the argument in the
court above which is superfluous, and which
it is the duty of the Judges to supply , which
produces both expense and delay. The
Judges want nothing but the record certified
from the court below, and it is not foreseen
that all unnecessary delay of the final de
cision may not be effectually prevented.
Under every government justice should be
administered purely, cheaply, promptly, and
uniformly—It is the union of the ‘elements
which constitutes, the perfection of every
Judicial System—the delays and expenses
which are not absolutely necessary to the
attainment of its ends are to be ranked a
mong the greatest evils of society, and are;
under a free government,altogether insuffer
able.—You are invited to this amendment
of your own system, therefore, with a confi
dent expectation, that withoutextraordinary
expense or extraordinary delay, you can
cause justice to bd Administered to the peo
J “ with purity tuid uniformity^:' ' !1 “
the Penitentiary will make known to you
u| Actual state of that Institution. It pro
ceeds under many disadvantages (a
tive building and a defective ’System!
swer the objects of its establishment and to
justify the "expectation of ila founders.
Yuthout hfijattihg that the tdra^tjons to
the bf cricer-
ation the government relies, the only answer
that can be given is—upon any monies which
are, or which maybe in the Treasury.—If
the government does not rely on taxation
for its-support, it ought to be distinctly
known upon what other resource, either per
manent or temporary, it does rely. If it re
lies on taxation, then the income should be
made equal to the expenditure, or the ex
penditure reduced to the level of the in
come. Ought the government to rely for
its ordinary support on precarious and un
certain sources of revenue, or is it the poli
cy of the government to depend on the funds
in the Treasury until these funds are ex
hausted, using its income and making en
croachments upon its Capital indiscriminate
ly for that purpose, and leaving eventually
nothing for extraordinary emergencies, for
public education, for internal improvement
and other subjects of national concern. It
is a rule of political economy., and a good
one, not to take more money from the peo
ple than is required for the ordinary and cur
rent wants of the government. Whilst in
practice you do not take more, you return
one half of what you do take, and depend on
other resources to supply fhe deficiency.
It will be wise to consider of this matter in
time, and to adopt a rational and coherent
system which will take the place of irregu
larity and disorder.
The funds of tKb State, including bank
stock, evidences of debt, and monies in (he
Treasury at the end of the political year,
amount to near two million^ of dollars.-The
average annual ordinary expenses of gov
ernment for the political years 1824-5, and
26, amount to $108,000, and the average
annual revenue from taxation for the same
years, to $70,000.
Our Literary Institutions continue to mul
tiply and flourish. The University more
than ever endears itself to the country by
the number of its youths, their proficiency,
the noble emulation which animates them
the moral and religious sentiments which
superceding the harsher discipline,, main
tains order and subordination,. and the high
attainments in Composition and Elocution
which, at the Annual Commencement, re
markably distinguish them
The Academies improve in the means of
usefulness as they increase in number, orga
ciated; and it hi one of those exercises
which can never be enjoyed after the body
has been previously fatigued, as is frequent
ly demonstrated in those countries which
are attached to this amusement. Thus a
band of Scottish reapers, after labouring in
a harvest field from sunrise to sunset, will
dance all night to the music of an itinerant
fiddler, without appearing to be exhausted ;
and in the West Indies, a negro who has
effects would be seen eventually in a diver
sified cultivation, in an independence on fo
reigners for an article of great value; and in
the gradual substitution in practice of a less
for a more intoxicating beverage. If you
coincide with me in the policy of extending
a fostering hand to this subject of agricul
ture, the kind and degree of encouragement
will be regulated by a sound discretion.
The various acts and resolutions of the
last Legislature depending for their efficacy
upon the Executive power, have either been
carried into effect or are in a course of exe
cution.
An abstract of warrants drawn upon the
Treasury—a list of Executive appoint
ments, made during the recess of the Legis
lature, as also the reports of the different
Banks, accompany this communication.
The sound and healthful state of the cur
rency as exhibited by these reports, is high
ly creditable to the Directors of those Insti
tutions, and as connected with the general
prosperity of the country must be very grati
fying to you. That of the Bank of Darien
continues to be an exception, but the report
gives assurance of progressive improve
ment, and ultimate restoration.
Resolutions of the Legislatures of Ver-
mont, Connecticut, Alabama and Maine,
having relation to various constitutional
amendments, are also submitted.
The vacancies occasioned by the death
of Brigadier General Stephen H. Gilmore,
of the 1st Brigade of the'3rd Division, and
by the resignation of Brigadier General
Thomas Dawson, of the 2d Brigade of the
same Division remain to be fiHfed,
Retiring from office, aft^r four years ad
ministration of the public aftkirs, it would
have given me pleasure to congratulate you
on the safety of the Republic, the flourish
ing condition of the country, arid abhve all
on the union and happiness of the people.—
That the Republic is yet safe, and that the
country is still prosperous, we are indebted
more to Divine Providence, than to our own
merits.—That the strifes and contentions of
party have scarcely ceased to distract the
public mind, to embitter social intercourse,
and impair the energies of society, we owe
to the weakness and perverseness of human
nature. The boisterous passions, the off
spring of political dissensions, and in the
conflicts of which, reason is suspended, are
not to be allayed on the instant, but by Him
who can stay the tempest and bid the waves
be still.—No matter what the perils—no
matter what the calamities which beset the
country, experience has proven that in all
countries these disastrous passions seek on-
ly a selfish gratification, regardless of the
public interest. In our own, they have had
their ferocious march, and their guilty tri
umphs. Formidable at the beginning, and
fostered by events, they harassed the pro
gress of this administration under its great
est trials, and embarrassed its councils at
every step. It is well that little could be
claimed from abilities so moderate under
circumstances so adverse. We may be
content and thankful, that if nothing has
been won, every thing lias not been lost—
that the exasperations of the struggle are
subsiding, and that in the prospect before us
there is nothing to discourage or "dismay.
You have therefore, fellow citizens, every
motive as men, and every obligation as
Christians, to banish discord and to cultivate
peace—to discard the passions which be
come children more than men—to separate
yourselves from names, the best of which
are comparatively worthless, and attach
yourselves to principles, which are un
worked all day under a tropical sun, stimu
lated by love and pleasure, will walk 10 or
12 miles to a dance, and after footing it all
night, go to his task-work in the morning
apparently as much refreshed as if he had
passed the night on his pallet. Dancing,
to prove highly salutary, should be con
ducted either in the open air, or in large,
well ventilated rooms.—JWedical Essays.
MW FAX3. GOODS.
J UST received by the subscribers from New-York.
a seasonable assoitinent of Goods, among
which are the following, viz :
Superfine Cloths, Cassimcres, Vestings, and Trim
mings,
Cloaks, Frock and Dress Coats, Pantaloons and
Vests,
Men’s and Youth’s Beaver Castor and Rorum Hats,
Do. do. Sealskin and Cloth Caps,
Silk and Cotton Umbrellas, &c. &c.
Gentlemen’s Boots and Shoes from L. Beer’s Manu
factory.
The above articles are all of the latest and most
approved style, and will be disposed of on moderate
terms. * WOOD & JONES.
Athens, November 9—45 3t
nizing the best system and adopting the most r changeable, and which cannot fail you in
approved modes of instruction—fend the/ * ’ T ■ *
Free Schools give better promise of fulfilling
the ends of their institution, as the funds fcfr
their support are better guarded’and econo
mized. So tW f education may be
flourish and the religion of the c
less prosperous
it, giving to it
are seen in the
tion of society,
.orderly as well t«o p
The faults of ou* . System have
berin frequently 'presented u> you.—The re
vision and amendmept which ought to have
J h n w— A * mm w rv t r\ /\ .1 A
to
lOt
ith
•ts
Ji-
ore
ued;
own system and adopt an organization cal
culated to give stability and efficiency to
this arm of national defence. In the mean
time every encouragement has been given
to the formation of volunteer corps, who an
imated by a love of country, and trained un
der a good discipline, have stood ready to an
swer at a moment’s warning, the order re
quired by any exigency.
BpBBHPBBBPBMW . The Congress of the United States ha*-
rSnfife Wopjil of the Prinduih) Keeper of ing been invested ‘Wlth the qualified powel*
“ to promote the progress of science and use
ful arts by securing to Authors and inven
tors the eidtosive'jSditi^fltii&r respective
writings and' diaccP|el|es,*f the power f over
eveiy other description of industry, not in
consistent with this, is ofc&uipae reserved to more
the State, or people.—That of agriculture, comeg j
the pari^firarae1«lris^eculiarly u ^ ira ” Q r
your utmost need. In fine, to think and
act as brethren of the same family, allied by
a common interest and a common destiny,
of which the universal Parent will be the
Guardian and Protector. It is the best as
it is the last advice 1 can give, and, return
ing to private life, I invoke the blessing of
God upon our country and bid you farewell.
G. M. TROUP.
Water-proof Glue.—A correspondent in
forms us, that he has succeeded m making
re ~ a glue, perfectly wafer-proof—and having
the property, also, of drying almost imme
diately after its application- His method
we learn, is first to immerse common glue
in cold water until it becomes perfectly soft
but yet retaining its original form. After
which, it is to be dissolved in common raw
linseed oil, assisted by a gentle heat, until
it becomes entirely taken up by the latter
after which it may be applied to substances
adhesion to each other, in the way com
mon glue is ordinarily applied
most immediately* and water will exert no
action on it. It is unnecessary to say to
how many valuable purposes, in the arts
this applicatioq may be used.—For cabinet
makers, it is .important, as mahogany ve
neers, when glued by this substance, will
never fall off by exposure to a moist atmos
phere. In ship building it will probably an
swer a^yaluable purpose, as it has infinitely
city than common glue, and ho
is to water,
discovery.
We conside
NOTICE TO CARPENTERS.
W ILL be let to the lowest bidder, in the town
of Monroe, Walton county, on Thursday the
^9th of this month, the building of a Methodist Meet
ing House, to be sixty feet long, forty wide, and
fourteen feet in pitch ; and the house to be raised on
good brick pillars four feet from the ground ; the un
dertaker to furnish every thing, and have the house
completed by the first day of April next. One fourth
of the money will be paid on the day the contract is
closed, one fourth more when the house is covered,
and the balance when the work is completed. A
particular plan of the building is left with Mr. Rene
Stone, in Monroe, for the inspection of those who
may wish to undertake the business. The whole of
the materials to be of a good quality ; the shingles
to be altogether of heart pine. The undertaker will
be required to give good Security, to complete the
work by the first day of April, out of good materials
and in a workman-like manner.
JOSEPH SAMS, JOHN STEEL.
JAMES W ARE, RENE STONE,
THOS. W. HARRIS, JAMES BEALL,
JOSEPH HARRIS,
WM; M’MICHAEL,
November 1,1827.
HARLEY BAKER,
Trustees. 1
NOTICE.
T HE Subscribers have renewed their lease on
the WAREHOUSE AND CLOSE STOR
AGE, at present occupied by them, for three years
from the first of October next.—The whole is under
going repair; several new sheds will be added, and
will be in neat order for the reception of Cotton and
Merchandise. They beg leave to tender their thanks
to their friends and customers for past favours and
respectfully solicit a continuation of them. Thcii
undivided exertions will be used to give general sails j
faction to those who may be pleased to employ them.
Advances will be made on produce consigned to
them, if required. (■
) HEARD & COOK.
Augusta, Sept. 5.—SStlD X
Storage & Commission
BUSINESS.
T HE Subscribers beg leave to tender to tlierr
friends and the ptiblic, a continuance of their
services in the above mentioned line, at their old
stand.—They offer to their Patrons the homage of
sincere gratitude for past favours, and the assurance
of unremitted exertion to deserve future patronage.
A. SLAUGHTER & C. LABUZAN.
Augusta, [Geo.) September 1827.—3gw
her toes si
frost bittci
It dries al- ‘■^BLANKS of all descriptions are neatly and ex-
peditiouslv printed at this office, where a snn-
LAND FOR SALE.
T HE subscribe^ offers for sale the Tract of Land
situated 6 miles from Athens, on McNutt’s
creek, containing 1300 Acres, 250 or 300 of which is
opened ; the balance in woods. It affords an elegant
Mill Seat, and has from 50 to 100 Acres of good bot
tom land. It will be sold in one parcel or divided to
suit purchasers. It is offered low and on accommo
dating terms.—For further particulars enquire of
James Meriwether, livingnear the place, or the^ub-
scriber, residing in Powelton Hancock county. ^
August31—35 tf DAVID MERIWETHER.
r'
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
' A BSCONDED from the em-
-ilL ployment of the subscriber,
living io the Cherokee nation, a
negro woman, named Betsy, aged
21 or 22 years, small size, (rather
under common,) very sensible and
rather disposed to be' saucy, sup
posed to be in a pregnant situation,
very’ dark and well made; one of
ir than common, and appears to be
hich.foot not recollected: on close
examination’her back is marked with the whip low
down.—A reward of Ten dollars will be given, .to se
cure her in any jail in this state, if run away * and
if stolen, a reward of Fifty dollars, on the detection
and conviction of the thief—Any-information re
specting her will be rceived by myself; or P. I. Mur
ray, Gainpsville, Hall county.
October 26. DANIEL DAVIS.
7
NEW GOODS.
rip HE subscriber Respectfully informs his friends
A in the country, that he is nov.' receiving from
New York an extensivoasEortment oCJSrit^b, French,
and American Dry Goods, suited to the approaching
season, which he will Sejll at a small advance, by the
piece or package.—Country Merchants and Planters
are particularly solicited to call and examine for
themselves at No. 271, Broad-street, Augusta.
October 5. H, W. SCOVELL.
> peditiously printed at this office, where a sup-
ply ofthe following are at present on hand, and can
be had immediately on application.
Blank Declarations on Bonds and Notes.
Do. Executions.
Do. Sheriff’s Deeds.
Do. Indictments.
0 Do. Scteri Facias.
iBL'fjP 0 * vlberters of Administration.
r» ****>_ ’ 'stratqSBonds.
D d fcrti. lb AV ‘ tfl annexed
r Intcrrogatorie
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