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JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
S. T. CHAPMAN A, S. ROSE, Editors.
From the Somthern Recorder.
AsiatltH tipev Gem Clinch ami the Georgia
Volunteer*.
It ifethr policy of the Democratic papere-totraduce
tprrvate character for political ends.—There i nothing
t-acred from their asaaultH. The purest and brightest
character is vilified, traduced and slandered. This has
been their course towards that gallant old soldier Gen
eral Clinch. Knowing and fearing the strong hold he
Had upon the affections of the people, no sooner was he
nominated than slander, detraction and falsehood, be
gan to assail his reputation. His gray hairs—his glori
ous services to his country—his long -life of honorable
anil gallant bearing, afforded no shiHd from their as
saults. They began to ridicule him—to taunt him with
the enquiry if “he -rmild make a speech V* They left
blank columns in their papers, and culled them hie
speeches. All this done to insult him because he
was a favorite among the people! Not satisfied to in
sult his gray hairs, they began to slander and traduce
him He was charged with having placed his note in
Bank, and then refusing to pay it. The facta being
shown, it appears that the plant iff after lie had taken
the testimony of his own witnesses, dismissed d* suit,
because he was not entitled to recover upon the fact*
And yet, notwithstanding the fool charge feihlse and
unfounded, they repeat it, time and again, in the hope
someone may be induced to believe it, from that repe
tition. The “ Federal Union” has for the last two
weeks been engaged in propagating another wicked and
cruel slander upon Gen. Clinch, ami while the Editor
disclaims any intention to avail hie honor©? his integ
*? ty, he wraps up in his charge thcgroK-esttinft the vilest
imputation upon the integrity, not only of that old man.
but upon every’ officer attached to the Georgia troopb
serving in the Florida war. And l wilt tali-that Editor
and his associates who are repeating Ins slanders, that
there ip not a volunteer m that battalion,nor from Geor
gia, who will not hurl back with indignation the inniii
uationhe has ottered. There ire hundreds who know
the charge to be false—and they will tell yon ho.
The charge which the Kdkor mal.es, is no more or
less, than that after Gen Clinch had poured out his pri
vate stores to the suffering volunteers, lie deatanded and
recived extravagant pay from the government for them
Now, bir, as one ofriiose, volunteers wl>o fed at his boon
ty, and partook of hia hospitality, I proncunee the state
ment an unfounded slander; and I appeal to every
Georgia Volunteer to bear testimony that it is not true
If Gen Clinch dd this he was aided and abetted in it by
every Captain from Georgia, and all combined to rob
the government, and eventually to ohexfrhe soldiers.—
Gen Clinch’s character, his honor and his honesty, am
not alone involved in this—but every Captain in th* j
sennee,from our Hiate, stands equally guilty with him f
I any, then, that Gens. Clinch, upon all occasions, free
ly and generously distributed to privates and officers,
whatever he had to divide ; that the soldier was ever
welcome to his table, and whatever of comfort or con
venience he could a fiord the wounded, the sick or the
weary, was voluntarily and freely ikfibrded; and he
never sought nor received one cent of compensation ‘
therefor, from either soldier or government. The state- [
ment of a few facts will show thee harp-* to be utterly r
false. Every one knows that if Gen. Clinch pave any
thing to the volunteera, provisions and the like, they
took them into possession at once and enjoyed them ;
and that he did deal liberally with them, every volunteer
from Georgia knows foil well—and the people, know it
too, for they aU Temember how the volunteers relumed
with shouts of praise to Gen. Clinch.
Now if he made out an account for these things, he
had to prove it; and how did he do it ? The Quarter
“Master took for the use of the army such articles as it
needed. He then called a borrrd of officers, and they
assessed their value, and gave a cetifirate of all to the
owner. Gen. Clinch then presented that to the gov
ernment Now the government in turn calls upon th •
Quarter Master to know what he has done with those
articles To relieve himself, he must show what has
become of them. If destroyed, he must prove their de
struction ; if given out to the soldiers, he must prove it.
“Now how must he do that ? Every ration (lay, as it is
called, the Captain of each company, whether in camp
or on the march, had to make out a w ritten requisition
r— ly-tmr rmiouH of bread or flour, of mean, sugar and
with a tile of men, went to the Quarter Master, receiv
ed the provisions, receipted for them, and earned them
to the company. This was the showing whidh reliev
ed the Quarter Master. The orderly called up the
head;* of messes, and divided out the provisions. Now
every one sees; that if Gen. Clinch had given these pro
visions to the men, the Quarter Master would never
have had-them to divide with the men If he had never
received them, he would never have given Gen. Clinch
a certificate that he had, and Gen. Clinch could never
get pay tor them. These plain facts tell every man thaf
the charge made by the Federal ‘Union is untrue.
But if it be true, then the Quarter Master combined
with Gen. Clinch to give a certificate for provisions
which he never received The captains and their or
derlya united with both to receipt for what they never
got, and thus to cheat the men to benefit the General
Now I ask, who among all the volunteers from Georgia
ever heard-or dreamed before of all tiu*> .fraud and vil
•amy ? I answer, net a man.
But who are the men concerned with Gen. ‘Clinch ui
this fraud ? ‘Captains Boner and Robertson, from Rich
mond . Cap*.. Campbell from Jefferaon ; Copt Maloti*-
from Washington; Cgpt Nelson from Cfierokoe; Capt
Bibb; <*pt. Meriwether from dNitnam .
Cap;. Foster from Morgan; Capt. Black from Monroe ;
Capt Brown from Hancock; aiuiQuarier Master Allen
from Putnam.
To the voiunters I appeal to know whotiier the
‘Federal Union has tpoken fatclv,or whether all these
men arc the cheats and swindlers it line represented
hcm to be Where was the Editor to learn such grave
charge * a gurnet our friends and deliow-chisaas ? Did
the go where th#* Indian rifles roared, or the weary and
hungry soldier slept on the cold earth? No! he wae
securely lodged in his law office in Macon, while hfo
own fellow-citizens and towwnen, who are wsimnh in
volved in his charges as Gem Clinch, were in tne field
in defence of their State and country. But this Editor
may attempt to back out from his charges, or seek to
bolster them up by saying that Gen Clinch did get pay
for some corn and same sugar. But that i not his
charge It is-that he got jury for what he gave away 1
That is the insinuation—that the slander He has re
ferred to the repott made by Judge Dawssn m Con
gress, to show that lie received pny That very report
furnished the evidence contradicting whwt he said. It
Appears that aftei Gen Jesup had closed the Creek wa 1
in Alabama, he carried the Tennessee cavalry t© fieri
da —took possession of Gen. Clinch's plantation, and all
his com and fodder, and cut down his whole crop of su
gar rnne to recruit the horses, in all about 2,000
This was tu October sad November. Gen Clinch was
not in Florida at the time Gen. Jesup wan in com
mand—having succeeded Hcott and Clinch— who left
ui May before. Gen. Jesup testifies iliut it woaki have
cost the government,o carry them there, throe dollar*
A bushel for com, and f\ur dollars a hundred for hay.
And the same kind of sugur was worth ten dolacsa hun
dred m Savannah Now all these larts npjtc&r in the
report Jie had it before hun ; lie knew tliat the ‘migar
ond com’foi which Gen. Clinch was jmid, was used
by different tsoqp* than those he commanded; and yet
knowing nil,ho wilfully misrepresent* and all to injure u
political opponent Provided lie ran defeat Gen. Clinch
he mi willing v sacrifice truth, honor and justice, even if.
an duing so, he has to Ida** and min forever the character
of Gen Clinch, and every .fficcr voder him.
It is a hard thing for a volunteer who has served un
dei a gallant general, to hear his character vilified—his
honor assailed. and his gone rests liberality converted into
an act of sordid snd unprincipled iwaiuu* -and u* hear
It all with silenor This is asking more than human
ust mre can endure Gen. Clinch was railed die “ Vohin
leer* ftieiid’ -and morning,noou and night, they
crowded tusk* **ptahfe table.
The “string of the latch” was always on ike ogiife
of the door, and none were more welcome within than
the “Georgia boys.’’ Often have 1 seen th* voluuleci.
when broken down with tin- fatigues of the march- him
gryund iiaJf starved—partaking freely of tbe the ol*i
soldier's bread and meat This may sccru a (snail mat
ter to the editor of the Federal Union, who has rolled in
wealth and cose ail his life ; hat to the soldier who has
suffered, m is the outpouring of a noble heart, which h*
esteem* greater than half the world besides. The **>l
diet loves a man with stag heart—and those who aym
pahs*e with him, know rv>w to appreciate him
A VOLUNTEER
fan- Tailor mid lift Ismil),
A of the New York Tribune, writing
from Tratrie da Chun, Wisconsin Territory, under
dan of 11th of August, says;
The military atatmn here (Fort Crawford) h > bun
a favorite pert among the officers of tin army, and
many of the most distinguished ofthenrhave been sta
tioned here first and last. Gen. Taylor was stationed
here for seven yen is, from ‘3l to ‘3B, and I have made
ninny inquiries of the old settlers here in relation to him
Every man, woman and child, that ever knew the old
hero, spenks of him in terms of absolute reverence.
They all say he was so just a man, so plain and unas
suming in his deportment, so industrious, ho attentive
to all the wants of his soldiers, and *o kind-hearted
and benevolent. Beside Gen. Taylor, Gents. Worth,
Twiggs, and Kearney, and Col. Harney have been
here at different times,. Col. Jeff Davis was serving
here as a lieutenant when Gen. Taylor was in com
mand, and fell desperatety in love with one of the Gcne
mTs daughters, but his addresses were discouraged by
the General, and the daughter was Hint to Louisville,
Ky. Davis the n resigned his commission, went to
Louisville, and married the young lady without the
“knowledge or consent” of either I’a or Ma. Fhe is
represented as having been a beautiful and accomplish
ed young lady, but died soon after her marriage with
Davis. The General had three daughters, and ht
seemed determined that none of them should marry in
the Army ; but the young ladies did not heed the notion
of the father—the eldest married Dr. Wood of the Ar
my, the second Lfaut. Davis, and the third, (on dit,) 1s
to inarry Major Bliss.
11 A C O r¥ , <Sa.
~ WEDNESDAY, SEPTTH. 8, lrt47.
FOll PRESIDENT,
GEN. ZACIIAUY TAYLOR.
For Governor.
GEN. DUNCAN E. CLINCH.
CANDIDATES FOR 8188 COUNTY.
We an* authorized to announce JAMES A.
NISBET und BOLIN BIVINS M eandidfttM
for the House of Representatives, at the next
election.
Lee, J ml .son mid Lee*
We notice that several of our cotemporarieH of the
press, our publishing and calling attention to a certain
advertisement headed PRINTS ONLY, and signed
Lee,Jndson and Lee of New York Having received se
veral applications from the aforesaid house to publish the
said Advertisement upon terms which would amount
to a dead shave , and believing it to be a self evi
dent proposition that any men who would sAaveapoor
printer (and what printer is not poor) would not scruple
at taking extra profits from a southern merchant, we
therefore most seriously advise our friends, when they
go to New York, to avoid the house of Lee,Judson and
Lee, as they would a mock auction store, lest they
get as deeply shaved hh those ‘ preen ’ uns ” of the
press, who arc doing their Advertising upon terms a
like discreditable unprofitable and unprofessional.
A Word to All.
We give more than usual of our space to-day to cor
respondents for the simple reason that we believe their
contributions to be more instructive and more interest
ing than any thing which we could write. We ask for
them all, a careful perusal, hut more especially do we
call attention to the very able paper headed “ Who is
Dnucan L. Clinch We ask especially the conduct
ors of the press to read mid copy it. We beg honest
men of all parties to read it as an net of justice to one
who has been vilified and slandered most grossly by a
venal pnrtiznn press. That part of Gen. Clinch’s his
tory connected with the Creek and Seminole wars, and
with the operations upon the Chattahoochee in 1810
has, hitherto, been but little understood. A few of the
incidents are now given—enough, we trust, to convince
the public that however Gen. Clinch’s military quali
fications may now be depreciated by upstart politicians
and babbling demagogues,still they were and are such,
as could be understood by that old fashioned patriot and
warrior, Gen. Andrew* Jackson ! Having the testimo
ny of Gen. Jackson on the one hand and of the “ Coon
Killer ” and men ol like ilk on the other, the people of
Georgia will be very’ apt to arrive at a proper conclusion
*in regard to Old Wilhlacoochee, and to manifest it on
the first Monday in October, in terms not to be mistaken.
Manufacture in Mhcoii.
postpone a very able and well written articYe, ort
subject of establishing Manufactories in Macon. It
came to hand after our own article upon the subject was
in type. It a)lull certainly have a place next week, ac
companied by some additional facts, which we are at
present engaged in collating. We see not why men
should persist in investing their means in lands and
negroes, especially when the enemies of the cotton plant
seem to be multiplying ho rapidly, and when the prices
in a foreign market arc so fluctuating as at the present.
Besides, we have a question of local independence soon
to be ht tiled. II the men of the North will persist in
branding us as robbers and inen-stealers, we see no
reason why we should continue to patronize their woik
shops, esj*e dally when we can produce precisely a*
good articles, from 20 to 40 per cent, cheaper, at home
The Worm—The Cotton Crop.
We find oar Western exchanges filled with particular
accounts ot the ravages of the Cotton Worm. In Loui
wanna, Mississippi and Alabama, particularly on the
rivers, the damage already has been very great, and the
impression is rapidly gaining ground that the crop will
be quite as short as tliat of last year.
Democratic Nomination.
The Democratic Party of Bibb county, yesterday
nominated R. A L. Atkinson and Elisha Davis,
E qr*. as their candidates for the House of Representa
tives, in the next Legislature.
The New Steam Ship on Fire.
The fine new ship, Guadalquiver,oiaix hundred ton*
burthen, and built originally tor the Went India trade
was set on fire by an incendiary Uv day alter her arri
val at New York, and came near being entirely destroy
©d. Some five engimw were playing into her lor about
an hour, and yet the flames were not extinguished un
til the cabin wp nearly consumed. A tree negro was j
arn-Hted, on suspicion of having committed the act.
• *
• Cotton Rfccipt* at Columbia.
There wore received at Columbia, South Carolina,
during the year ending September Ist, of
cotton Os these, 7V.707 were forwarded to Charleston
by Railroad, and 30,222 by river, leaving on hand
bale*-—the stock on hand Sept. 1, 1810, being 4,472
hale*. During the same period, the following good*
and country produce were forwarded from the same i
place to Charleston -
\JjT9 bales Cloth and Yarn ; 29 hales Waste ; 7 liulch i
Wool; 8,311 bbls Flour; 38 hhls. domestic Liquors;
f>2 bbls. Turpentine; 17,388 bushels Com and Pens; I
10t) bushels Meal; 1,094 bushels Oats; 24 bush. Wheat,
291 bushels Rye ; 633 bushels Potatoes; 110 bushels i
Groundnuts; 5 husheU Flaxseed; 115 bushels Dried !
Fruit; 75 bags Feathers; 3 barrels Indigo, 8 crates
Manic*; 29 fir kind Butter; 21 lihds. Bacon; 17 casks, !
5 hogsheads, 35 lings and 1 barrels Beeswax ; 305 bunt 1
country Iron
NEW HOOKS.
We are indebted to Mr Boardman for the following j
works, viz:
New Illustrated Josephus— Part three—w ith notes j
explanatory essays, &lc. Ac Tire illustrations of this
part are especially tine, the paper beautifully white, and i
the typography unsurpassed. It is an elegant work,
andoughllo he found m every well selected library
I/iuit the A7 Vand t!u court of France in the 17 th
century—- Parts three and four.—Huving already spoken
|n high terms ol the Ist and 2nd parts ol this instructive* j
and amusing work, we deem it unnecessary to do more
than remark that their high diameter is fully sustained
in the numbers now iietore us Mus Pakdok has real
ly mode an admirable Book of it, mid (he mechanical
execution does honor to the publishers—the Meters
Harier, of New York
Th<* Mounted Volunteer*.
The Hatalioii have been at last organized, ami M veral
of the companies had lefQor the seat ot war. Capt James
Calhoun has received, the appointment of Lieut Col
onel. and has selected the following officers to compo**
his staff, viz. Lieut llstely, Adjutant; L.’ Ul, Berry
Quarter Master, Allen Lee, Sergeant Major; John K
Jones, Quarter master Sergeant The Enquirer gives
the following as the list of'th* officers of the Comps
nifs;
let. Captain E R Gouldmg . Ist Lt B A Hoxey, 2d
Linns J O T Raider and L W Chandler Ser
geants—Youngs, Burnett |vry snd Duke Cojpo*
rsls— I Tooraur, Robinson, Law and Logan
2d Captain II KendiU; Ist Lieutenant W A Ren
fro , 2d Lieutenants, P Bootlic and C H Baker
Sergeant*—-Smith,Collier, Parker and Roquemorc. Cor-1
i porals—Shipp, Poesy, Moore and Calhoun.
3d. Captain, C, 11. Nelson ; Ist. Lieutenant, Isaac
Walling, 2d Lieutenant, J. C. Davis, J. W, Ander
son.’ Sergeant*— Allen, (nay, Crombie. Humphries
Corporals—MUes,Fletcher,Chambers and Nix.
4th. Captain, C. A. Hamilton; Ist Lieutenant, John
C. I lately ; 2nd Lieuts. Belli Jenkins, Juseph Richard
son. Sergeants—Forsyth, Owens, Drummonds,Jolly.
Corporal*—Frost, Ragan, Luke, Frost.
sth. Captain, Win. T Wofford; fat. Lieut. W W.
Rich;2d Lieutenants, W. E. Curtis and Reuben Con
ner. Sergeant*—Rhodes, Mann, Snrton, Evans.
Corporals—Goodwin, Thompson, Sterling, Knowles.
6th. Captain, W. D. Fulton ; 1 t Lieutenant, Thom
as Berry ; 2:id Lieuts , William Cooper, James 11. ILili.
Sergeants—Austin, Boyle, Sumner, Burnet. Corpo
rals Cown, Harlow.
Still Lnter from California—Gen. Kearny at
St. Louis.
I The correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writes from
! Cincinnatti by Telegraph Aug. 30th, 6 p. in.:
“ I just lenrn by the arrival of a boat from St. Louis*
that Gen Kenrny and suite arrived in that city on \V ed
day evening last.
They left California on the 18th of June, and arrived
|it Fort lieavenworth yesterday w -k.after n short trip
jof sixty-five day*, accompanied by several discharged
Morman volunteers. The entire party numbered fifty
* five.
Col. Fremont was under arrest, left at the same time,
hut remained at Fort Leavenworth to come down in
the next boat.
G- n. Keurny came by the South Pass,mid encountered
many obstacles, besides which the snow was very deep
! on the mountains.
I The Indians were very quiet and evinced no hostility
They met emigrant trains progressing finely.
| When (ien. Kearny left California the prospects were
very peaceful.
I Col. Mason was left in command of the fleet off the
coast consisting of the Columbus, Com. Biddle, frigate
Congress, sloops Portsmouth, Dale, and Warren, and
HtoreHhipsLexington, and Erie. The lattpr were to
sail in a few days with five hundred men. The rest of
the troojis were to be divided into parties and stationed
indifferent part* of the country.
TEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the Steam ship Giiadalquiver.
The steam ship Gaudalquiver, Capt. Ilosken,arrived
rt New’ York, on the 29th, with Liverpool dates to the
14th. Her commercial news is important. There had
ls*en a great panic in the money market in England
and coni and provisions had still further declined. F,x
tensive failure* had taken place among the corn dealers
estimated at between seven and eight millions dollars !
The in Europe, were generally very prom,
ising. and there had been h still further decline in com.
The following table exhibits thejeomparative value of
breadstufis by the last two steamers:—
Aug 14. Aug 4.
U. 8. Wheat, bush Sri 98(2)2 04 $1 92(2)2 20
IT. S. Flour, brl 24 $6 48 (2) C 60
Com, per quarter $6 24(3)6 72 $6 24(2)7 20
Meal, barrel $3 36 $3 36
Western canal flour at Liverpool was quoted at 26s ;
at London 27 (2) 28 s per barrel. Corn was very dull at
26(S)28sp quarter: Com meal 14 s per barrel.—
Wheat 66 (ft 68s jier quarter.
Trade in the manu faeturiug districts was dull, ami
the rate of interest had been still further advanced to 6i
per cent, by the Bank of England. Consequently there
had been a decline of l penny on Cotton. The sales
from the 4th wore 32,500, and of the week ending 14th
i 22,530 bales including 9,610 New Orleans at 6d. to Hid.,
I 3.500 Alabama at 6ld. to 7id. These classifications
| brought last year,same time, respectively, 3ld. to 7d.
| and Id. to s!d. The stock in Liverpool is 396,000bale s
| against 776,1100 last year. The consumption is now
! 22,222 bales against 29,085 bales per week in 1846, and
the importations to date are 183.555 bales lessthan
during the corresponding period last year.
The general and political news prossessed but little in.
tercet.
Dentil of Silas Wright.
This gentleman expired on the morning of the 27th
ult. of apoplexy, at his residence in Canton, St. Law
rence County, New York. He was at the Post Office
him to his borne, gave” !mh iff&fkVft!! l Afiu
supposing him to be better. Very soon after a message
reached Dr. Clark, that Mr. Wright was dying, and
before he could reach the house, he was dead,
j Mr. Wright was confessedly one of the most talented
men in the nation, and for twenty-four years exerted
nn* important influence upon state and national politics,
lie was born in 1795. lie entered the profession of
tlie law and early in life attained to eminence. In 1823
he was elected to the State Senate of New Y ork. Here
he at once attracted attention ns enable debater, as well
as a wily and skillful partisan leader. In 1829 he.was
choren State Comptroller, and in 1838 was elected to
the United States Senate, where he remained until his
resignation in 1844. It is generally believed that lie con
sented in that Year to become a candidate lor Governor
expre ariy for the purpose of carrying the State of New
York for Mr. Polk. In this he succeeded, and therefor**
has since been generally looked upon ns the Democrat
ic Cat ididhte for the succession. This position would
doubtless have been yielded to him, without opposition
even from the southern wing of the patty, but for his
well known sentiments in regard to slavery, and his
supposed agency in pressing the Wilmot proviso upon
Congress. As it was, he was vastly the most prominent
man of h.isparty for the Candidacy, and would doubt
less hail lie lived, have been the nominee of the next
Democrati c National Convention.
Mr. Wright was a mild and amiable gentleman, and
seldom gave offence, even to his political opponents.
He was a great lover of agricultural pursuits, and has
far years and uring the recess of Congress, labored |>erson
ally in hit gardens and upon his farm. Having gem -
rally enjoyed uninterruptedly robust health, his death
has created as much surprise as regret. He was ap
parently in the very prime of life, in full vigor of intel
lect and approaching the zenith of his political career*
when he wm thus suddenly called hence. In the lun
guage of the Albany Argus, his death “ will give new
phases to the movement of parties and to the inspect of
events.” Its announcement caused the deepest sensa
tion in ail ofri les in New York, and die flags in the har
hor,as well am nt the public buildings, &c Ac. were 1
displayed at half mast, in token* of the public bereave
ment.
A Word to the People.
The plan of canvassing the State adopted by Col.
Towns is unquestionably anti Republican, and nt war
with the best interest of the people. Should he succeed
in carrying his point, hereafter candidates for that high
office will have to be selected exclusively from uiiioug
members of the bar. because, they nre the men who are
most generally trained to public speaking. All farmers,
all median!cm, all inhering men who are architect*
tlu ir own fortune will Ik forever excluded from the Ex
ecutive chair. The consequence will be that the legal
profession will ultimately monopolize all the iiiqxiriaiit
offices of the country—it will obtain all the power and
all the influence, and liecome tip* most hatetul aristoc
racy upon the lac** of the earth—worse than that of
Great Britain—it will lie bawd upon flic exclusion
of the poorer and agricultural classes from a |ar
ticipntion in the honors snd emoluments of their govern
ment It will he but the firxtstep towards a restriction
of the right of suffrage.
i The men who are most intmiiitcly associated with
I Col. Towns in his political pilgrimage have no synipa
j thy with the people. What interest does Col. Johnson
feel in tlm success of popular rights l la it not uni
versally known that he i a proud, haughty, aristocratic
I pretender one who despises the masses, and who ap
i proaches, only when he wishes to use them tor his own
Hellish purposes ! How long is it since he as a member
ot this same It-gul profession ul k'ulaeki Couit, insulted
every inhabitant of the Southern and South western
counties by delaring in übftanc* that III] hud no i(l*>n
ot leaving s comfortable home to submit to miserable
fare and sleep in the log house* of the Southern coun
ties in die inclement month *f December? And yet
this self constituted aristocrat, this *ulk stocking mem
ber of the profession has been selected by Oil. Towns
to aid him in enlightening the people who reside in the
log cabins of Cherokeer. This man who is afraid to
expose his preemu* person in .South western Georgia
Ins is cii ch**s* n by Col Towns to abus** an old Hero
who has spent thirty year* **f In* life in the field, oft* n
without cither tent or covering, and compelled fre
quently lo divide Ho* scanty sere with the p*or soldier *
The only mier*s which ao<-h a man could hav** in
making such sacriftoee, is to c* rablish a precedent which
will insure u himself and hie friends in future, i novas
•d qhances tor public *tata*n That u>'h are the
views ol both Lol Town;, md Col. Johnson, will hr
v* rv apparent to th* reader if h* will only reflect for a
moment upon the character t some of the articles
which have appeared in the Federal Union. T hat pa
per lias dwelt with much earnestness upon tie: fact, that
Gen. Clinch is no lawyer, col - queutly i.s not fit for
the station to which he nt-pir nd hns left the reader
to draw the inferrciice, that no mania competent for
the Station who hus not been drilled in the “ quirks and
quibbles of the law.” The Editor of that paper is a
bosom friend of Col. Johnson, ‘ id has formed a part o*
ihc Democratic caravan in Cherokee; therefore it is
but reasonable to conclude, that they have conspired
together for their mutual benefit, and for the establish
ment of a precedent which will effectually cheek all
competition among aspirants for office from the agri
cultural, mechanic and laboring classes
Will the people encourage such men in such a bold
find reckless scheme to place themselves in power, and
forever prevent deserving men from rising from the
humbler walks of life—unless through n single avenue—
the profession of the law ? It these men succeed now,
the precedent will have been established, and hence
forth no man can become a candidate for public station,
unless he shall have first established a reputation as a
speech maker. In Gen. Clinch the people have a can
didate who i* bold, honest and fearless—who has spent
his life in the service of his country, and in the cultiva
tion of the soil. Let the plain men, the mechanics
and Imrd-tisted laborers of Georgia, now uniie, with
out distinction of party, to secure his election, and
all w ill be well. Gen. Clinch is one of the people,
and has always manifested the fnct by his kindness
to the poor, ond especially the poor soldier. Let
them all now rally to his standard and place him at the
helm of state.
An Honest Confessfon.
KjF For ourself we are free to acknowledge we do
not believe Gen. Clinch designed any fraud.
Federal Union, 3Uf ult.
Will the reader believe that the foregoing declara
tion is from the very press which has been manufactur
ing charges by the whosesale against General Clinch !
Such is even the fact. But this b not all. It seems to
have leeii forced from the Editor merely by his convic
tion of the weakness, the utter weakness of his own
testimony. lie makes the charge of fraud, produces
what he alledges to be the proof, makes an argument
in the case and finally saves the Jury the necessity ofe
acting, by bringing in a verdict against himself! No
wonder the presiding Judge at Milledgeville recently
found it necessary to appeal to the Tax Rook in order
to ascertain whether the aforesaid Editor was serious in
claiming to he a lawyer ! it is even a worse case than
that stated against Mr. T jwns in which he is said to
have sued the man *who employed him instead of the
one he was employed to sue. The worst part of this
whole matter is that the Editor of the Union did uot
even wait to hear the defence which Gen. Clinch
might set up. Like Gen. I tren, when he heard that
old Rough and Ready was corning down from Monterey
to pay him a visit, the redoubtable Colonel has “vamo
sed! the ranch ” and taken to the chapparal. lie now
affects to believe that the General “designed no fraud’ ’
but that he possessed no business capacity, that he was
deceived and overreached by designing men. Now
this is rather complicating to the charge, because it in
volves the private character of many of the most re
spectable Democrats in Camden, who were engaged
with Gen. Clinch in the Bank. What will the Editor
of the Union say when he learns that the note in ques
tion was not made until mare than a year after the
Bunk went into operation Jand consequently, ipse, facto, !
could not have been a stock note in any sense which !
might have led even to a suspicion of fraud on the j
part of the maker ? What will ho say when he find* 1
the whole edifice of falsehood, which we are feign to be- 1
lieve others have erected for him, tumbling about his
ears ? If he has said thus much already, what are we
to expect from his death-bed confessions l What would
lie say in case it may yet be made to appear that this very
note in question was made by Gen. Clinch on his own
personal responsibility to protect the credit of the Bank
and the interests of the Bill holders ? We all know that
in the pecuniary revulsions which as the result of Dem
ocratic rule, shook the whole country from 1837 to
1843, the St. Mary’s was one of the few Banks which
never did suspend specie payments while under the \
control of Gen. Clinch. It is also known that the ‘
personal character and private fortune of that gentle”
man were on more than one occasion called into requi-’
sit ion to sustain the institution ; and yet we find when
the Bank passed into the hands of Mr. Winter, so well i
me'ins, tfiaf *l™ j |
Bills in specie, not only at the counter, but at the agen-1
cy which he established in Augusta. The St. Mary's j
Bank never did suspend—but always redeemed its J
notes in specie so long as it was under the manage j
merit of Gen. Clinch ! ! Yet strange to say, the very
man who made all these sacrifices tor the institution
and for the bill holders, is accused by Democratic prints
with fraud. Had the aflairs of the St. Mary’s Bank
been conducted as were th* se of the Darien Bank, or
of the Central Bank, or the Commercial Bank of Ma
con (in some of which, we believe, the Editor of the
Union and Go!. Towns have had a finger) we presume
Gen. Clinch would have been regarded as a marvelous
proper financier, been carried into the Executive chair
without Democratic opposition. As matters now stand
we are happy to present our candidate as an old fash
ioned financier—as a man who has never be
trayed any trust, who has always sustained Isis person
al credit and that of the institution over which he pre
sided, ond who even in the disastrous revulsions result
ing from Democratic sway, w as able to hold up the St.
Mary’s Bank as one of the few institutions in the nation
which continued to pay sjrecie.
Taxing Tea and Coflee.
A correspondent of the Savannah Republican has
caught Col. Towns in the very act —not of dodging—
hut of trying his best to tux tea and coffee. This vote
was given on th** Revenue Bill reported by the Com
mittee of Ways and Means, to the last House of Rep
resentatives in accordance with the recommendation
of the Democratic Secretary of the Treasury. The
first section of that Bill was as follows:
“ Be it enacted, That from and alter the 10th day ol
March, 1817, there shall be levied, collected and paid,
u duty of twenty plr cent, on Tea and Coffee,
imported thereafter into die United Slates from For
eign countries.”
The above correspondent udds
“ A substitute wa* offered to this Bill, omitting the
section alx>ve quoted—and, on taking the vote, Col.
Towns voted against the substitute, and in favor of
the original />*// which imposed a tax of twenty plr
cent, on Tea and Coffee.
“Ah Col. Towns has voted to tax 8a lt, and was
in favor of taxing Tea and Coffee, the indispensable
requisites to the poor mail, will the voters ol Georgia
support n man who is so regardless of their interests U ,
What will now become ot those tender hearted, peo
ple loving Democrats who In 1841, declaimed so vocif- i
nously against Col Dawson because of his vote upon |
the Tea and Coffee tax ? Will they le honest and (
vote against Col. Towns, or will they go for party re- j
gnrdles of consistency and the interests of th* masM's ! t
W shall aee.
Gen. Clinch Triumphantly Vindicated. ,
It will lie recollected that the allegations against Gen
Clinch touching his connection with the Ht. Mary’s
Bank, ore,
1. That he gave his note for S.IOOO to make up the 1
stock of the Bank and afterwards refused to pnv it assp- (
pcursfroin the pleas filed by his attorney, James W I
Preston, Esq
2. Tlmt said note was given in violation of the char 1 *
ter of the Bank, which required that all the capital
should be paid ill cash.
3 That the giving of a stock note under the circum- j ,
stances and the refftrting of it by ( fan Clinch officially |
as u part ol the stock ot th* Bunk wh* n fraud'upon the |
people. | |
Ths nre flic allegations Now Id us see how ,
plain simple ink will put them down
1 Mr. Preston in his letter already published has de |
dared that (fan Clinch knew nothing of the plea in j
question—that he was absent from the State and was 1
not responsible in any form or manner for saiti pfea or !
any ot the statements which it ootitsined.
2 In regard to the character of the note w*- give the
following facts from the Savannah Republican. of Mon- I
day lust, the Editor*of which paper have the documents
in hand to prove the correctness of their statements
“The Bank of St Marys, went into operation on th*
2<>th day of May 1837, as appears by the published no
tice of the Cnfnmitfiotisti, dated the 19th of April, 1837
calling a meeting of (he Siockhoiders for organization
and for the election of Directors, and also by the record
efl result ol aid election and organization in the RE-!
PUBLICAN OF THE 2Sd DAY OF MAY, 1H37
Ifr The note of On** Thousand IVdlura referred
‘’T to. was not made for more than ONE YEAR
ftT AFTER THE SANK COMMENCED BU- jt.+j
CL/* HIN ESS. and it bears dab , Tiff . TWKN
i Orr TV-NINTH DAY OF JUNE, 1838. ux This
NOTE WAS ENDORSED BY ONE OF TI!F. WEALTHIEST AND
MOST RESPECTABLE GENTLEMEN” OF CAMDEN COUNTY.
The Biditors in Riving the foregoing statement men
lion that“ they had been informed by the former Cashier
of the Bank, that tins note was a transaction subsequent
to the date of the commencement of business of the
.! Bank, and that the allegation that there wan any fraud
in that transaction or in the proceedings relative to the
amount of Stock taken and paid—waa false and slan
derous,”
They however declined giving the facts in the case
until they could obtain the dates from the original pa
pers. Now let every honest man after reading the above
statement only remember that Mr. Winter the owner of
l he Bank, and in whose name the suit in question was
brought, dismissed the urtiun, and the defence of Gen.
Clinch is complete and triumphant.
What shall be said of his accusers? What shall be
said of the men who insinuated that he had falsely
sworn that the note in question was a part of the stock
of the Bank 1 W hat shall be said of the men,who in very
charity, averred that Gen. C. had committed no fraud,
but had boon overreached, on account of hia simplicity,
and goodness of heart, by wily and designing men?
Bet one and all such hide their blushes and their confu
sion while (he old hero stands forth pure and spotless be
fore the people. His is indeed a character of which
both the State and nation should be proud ; because it
grows brighter and purer the more it is tried in “ the
burning, fiery furnace” of vindictive slander. Let the
people rally around his standard, and show his vipe
rous defamers, that they are indeed “ gnawing a file.”
Falsifying tii£ Records.
Our cotemporary of the Federal Union denies that he
falsified the records in regard to Gen. Clinch and the
St. Mary’s Bank, and excuses himself for not publishing
the whole record by declaring that it was not in his pos
session at the time his paper went to press. This only
shifts the onus upon some third, and perhaps, irresponsi
ble party. By the falsification of the record is understood
the suppression or alteration of any part which is materi*
to the issue, ’l’hc Editor of the Union published a plea
al which may or may not have been fictitious, and bases
upon that an allegation of fraud, while he or some of his
1 friends withhold that part of the record which is most
i material in the case. He cannot escape the charge by
declaring that the balance of the record was not in pos
session. he made the allegation and it was his duty
as a conscientious, fair dealing gentleman to present
that part of the record which shewed the disposition
made of the case. That there was a falsification of the
1 record no one will deny. If the Editor of the Union
sees proper to shift the onus by declaring that he w’as
duped and deceived by bus political friends into the ri
diculous position of making charges without examining
or possessing the testimony to sustain them, with him
lie the consequences. All we have to say is, that his
party will be very apt to regard him in future as a most
unsafe and unreliable leader—as a sort of Ampudia of
the press.
In regard to the balance of the record which the Edi
tor has at last produced ; all we have to say is that it
fully confirms the declaration which we previously
made, viz: that” Mr. Winter abandoned or discon
tinued the suit before coming to trial .” Here is the
record:
CAMDEN SUPERIOR COURT, )
Nov. Term, 1843. $
Abraham J. Bessent, who sues for the use of the Bank
of St. Mary’s
vs.
Duncan L. Clinch.
[The process is dated Oct. 20th, 18-13. After the dec
laration and pleas the record proceeds:]
VERDICT.
We find for Defendant.
April Bth, 1844. R. Brown, Foreman.
Appeal by consent without prejudice to either party.
Mc Allister & Cohen, Flf's Atty’s
W m. Law tJ. W. Preston, Df’s. Atty’s.
Discontinued 16th Nov'r. 1846.
McAllister & Cohen. Pit's, Atty’s.
Discontinuance noted on Judge's Docket, and minut
ed at Nov'r. Term, 1846.
Henry R. Fort, Clerk.
Now every lawyer and every man of common sense
must know’ that from the very form of this verdict there
was no trial, that the plaintiff must have been con
vinced that he could not recover if he did go to trial
and therefore the verdict for defendant. If Mr.
Winter had sufficient cause of action, w’ould he
have been likely to allow it to be stated on the face of
i the record that the appeal taken by consent teas to be
; is just as much a matter ct form as the pleas themselves.
’ The Eliitnr of the Union professes to be a lawyer—we
j believe he has recently even made affidavit of the fact
‘he ought not therefore, out of pure respect to the pro
fession thus to mislead the public, on a matter which in
volves the character of one of the purest men in the
State. We are not astonished to find him in the ar
ticle in question deliberately backing out of his position
and publicly declaring that for himself he is free to con
fess that “ he does not believe Gen. Clinch designed
any fraud!
This attestation to the purity and honor of General
Clinch would have come much belter from the Editor
had he not made u charge against that gentleman based
upon a part only of the record and thus subjected him
self to the grave “ insinuations” contained in our former
article in regard to “fiilsfying the record.” We are
truly sorry that he has left himself in the very position
ill which he vainly attempted to place Gen. Clinch—
thus while the public may appreciate his motives, they
must conclude that he has unwittingly “ falsified the
record” owing to an excusable weakness in the head, or
an over zealous anxiety to benefit his party.
The Coon Killer and the Old Soldier.
In IHIS Col. Herscuel V. JoiiNsoN.it waa generally
understood, was regularly feed for a large sum to write
Mathew llali. McAllister into the Exuctive chair.
The redoubtable “ Coon Killer” labored most industri
ously, but it was generally whispered in the Democratic
ranks, that he did Ids candidate more harm than good.
Herscuel has consequently concluded that if he can't
write he ran sjieak!’ and subsequently, has been “ im
pressed” (whether for pay or not we pretend not to say,)
into these rvice of the “ perpetual dodger.” He has been
for some time “ showing off” in Cherokee, and we are
inclined to think is likely to br.ng about the same result
that hesosucessfully accomplished in 1845. It appears
that at a recent Barbacue on the line of Murray and Gil
mer Counties, the aforesaid “ Coon Killer ” made a most
terrible onslaught upon Gen. Clinch. We learn from
the correspondent of the Augusta C hronicle S( Sentinel
that—
“He came down upon the old General without mercy-
He spoke of his military career as being nothing;
that he was forced into one battle and killed fifteen In
dians ; that he ted his corn and sugar canc to the sol
rleirs, and charged one dollar and fifty cents for his corn,
and eight cents for his cane; that during his stay in
Congress he reported one bill the length of his finger,
said three words in its favor, and received his eight
dollars per day; that the old man could not say more
for it waa not there"—he had no mind, he could not
speak—he had no brains, that he had no business capaci
ty and was not fit for Governor.”
After Col. Johnson hail closed, the same correspon
dent adds:
%'% % %
“All old war-worn soldier mine forward and took th
stand ; In* staled that he wus a Democrat, that he had
always voted that ticket, but at October he should vote
for General Clinch, that he knew him well, that he had 1
served with, him and under him, he knew him to be
capable, patriotic, and deserving, and exhorted his
Democratic triends to do likewise. He said he had
seen the time when under General Clinch thnt he
would liave given ten dollars torn half pint of com, and
that (General Clinch generously supplied them with the
Iwst h* had on hi* farm, and that ail his soldiers loved
him. This old man is celebrated where fie is known
tor truth and veracity, and his honest soul could not bear
to hear his old General traduced and slandered, and
keep quiet, and you rould see hi the crowd thmt many
partook of the old soldier's feelings.”
What a scathing rebuke was that, to the“ pompous
gentleman in backram"! lie seems to have a mast
happy fueulty of disgusting his own men, and driving
them ovsrto the Wings Wonder if he will not, some
of these days, prenent his bill to the party lor “a r*w
HUKMF.DS for serviees rendered in this Cherokee
campaign.
The Ntorni Coming.
The Democratic pres e* seem to have been thrown ‘
into extaeies by the increase of importations Thev
f°rget thnt this was precisely the condition of affair
winch preceded the great pecuniary revulsion of 1837
Judging from the signs of the tunes the days of distress
are even now not very distant The Join nol of Com
merer says:—That X'160,000 of sterling hills have
been returned by the last packet protest* and We do not
find *ht am lulls draw n in New York have been return
td
The Pilgrim’s Progress.
Coi.s Towns and Johnson have now been engaged
for nearly a month, in traversing the Cherokee coun
try in search of vote*. They have thrown off the man
ly attitude maintained by candidates for the Executive
Chair in times past, and assumed the garb of the po
litical mendicant. They are wandering from door to
door begging crumbs of comfort from friends and foes
We understand that at every cross road and almost every
public place in Cherokee, their notices have been post
ed up calling upon the people to meet them at particu
lar places. The day arrived, the orators were there,
but the people have not shown any willingness to coun
tenance such political vagrancy. They have generally
remained at home pursuing their lawful and honorable
avocations, leaving these political wanderers to seek
auditors elsewhere. We are credibly informed that
not a single meeting has been fully attended. In Cass
county for instance, where there are at least 2f>oo voters,
scarcely 150 persons w f ere in attendance and nearly one
third of them were Whigs. In Cobb county there was
emphatically a beggarly account of “empty boxes” to
listen to their harangues. So in other places. In Mur
ray the conduct of the coon-killer was such, and he
was so abusive of Gen. Clinch, that even an old wa r
worn Democrat was constrained to take the stand pub
licly and call upon his brother Democrats to rebuke
such conduct by voting for Old Withlaooochee! Ev
ery where these gentlemen are received w ith most ap
parent indifference by the people. There is no enthu
siasm—no interest manifested and yet they wander on
in their ignoble pilgrimage. The more they arc rebuff
ed the more piteously they beg. They seem resolved
so completely to destroy the dignity of the Executive
office as to prevent all gentlemen of self respect hereaf
ter from seeking it, and consequently to secure to them
selves a perpetual monopoly of the place. They have
conspired to exclude all men from a candidacy who are
unaccustomed to make public speeches, and henceforth
in all time to come, no man need aspire to the Execu
tive Chair who is not blessed with the gift of the gab.
Will the people submit to such an innovation? Will
they allow a tew aspiring lawyers and politicians thus
forever to destroy the republican character of their gov
ernment ? Let them answer at the polls on the first
Monday in October next.
Col. Towns ami the Broken Ranks.
The Editor of the Federal Union makes a most un
fortunate admission when in his paper of the 31st ult.,
he confesses that his assault upon General Clinch was
“ prompted by the repented attempts to attach censure
to Col. Towns, because he had happened to have voted
for the charters of some of the Banks that have subse
quently failed!” “ Happened” indeed ! Does the Edi
tor mean to join the Whigs and charge Col. Towns
with a want of firmness and independence—of voting
only by accident and of avoiding responsibility ns a gen
eral rule ? If so, we will he happy to furnish him with
a most formidable list of offences. “ Happened” to vote
for broken Banks, indeed! The Colonel must certain
ly have had a most unfortunate run ofluck, for we be
lieve that every Bank which he lta]q>cned to vote for
“ subsequently hastened to fail” It was very unfor
tunate for both himself and the country that he never
did hajipen to approve of any except some “pigeon
roost” concern.—The old Hawkinsville Bank, the In
surance Bank of Columbus, the Commercial Bank of
Macon and the celebrated North American Gold Min
ing Company, were all with him very especial favorites.
In those days he was not only in favor of these shin
plaster corporations ; but he even in 1831 hajq/ened to
vote in favor of exempting the latter monopoly from
taxation! According to the Federal Union all of Mr.
Towns’s misdeeds are mere accidents. Like the boy
when accused of whistling in school, Mr. Towns avers
that he did not whistle, but that “ it whistlof itself.”
Upon the “high principle of honor,” he is in favor of a
hard money currency, but for mere party oxpediency he
“ happened.” to shingle the State with the promises to
pay of certain Banks which, in the gingerly language of
his organ, “ subsequently failed, /” Now let us con
trast Col. Towns’s Banks with the St. Mary’s Bank
under Old Withlacoochee, —the former swindling the
people out of thousands and tens of thousands, and the
latter always standing up to its obligations—always
paying specie. What stronger evidence do the people
want of the comparative financial ability of the two
candidates ? In the very sentence quoted above from
the Federal Union , the Editor virtually confesses that
the conduct of his candidate is wholly indefensible and
that the tire of his opponents was becoming so hot that
some demonstration was necessary in order to draw off
nublic attention from Col. Towns. Hence the assault
upon Gen. Clinch whicn nn& tw** been so trramplmm
ly repelled, as to force even the Editor himself to with
draw all allegations of fraud. The smoke having thus
been thoroughly cleared nway, we trust that the people
may examine at their leisure, into the financial career of
Col. Towns. Those who have lost money in the vari
ous broken Banks for which he happened to vote, will
of course be most feelingly impressed with a sense of
his remarkable financial qualifications; while those; who
have been safely piloted through the monitory 6torm
which followed the disastrous Democratic ascendency
in both the National and States Governments, cannot fail
to turn to “Old Withlacoochee” with an abiding confi
dence in his prudence, his economy and his wisdom in
the management of money matters. We ask no more
triumphant vindication of Gen. Clinch, nostronger ev
idence of his capacity and honesty than has been furn
ished in the very developments of the fuels toucliing
the financial career of the two candidates wliich liave
been forced upon us by Col. Towns and his friends.
Mr. Towns opposed to the Planters.
Mr. Towns every where proclaims himself'in favor
ol the Democratic British Tariff of 1846. The Flam
ers were told that il that tariff were passed and the du
ty on Cotton Bagging reduced, that there would lie a
corresponding reduction in price ? What are the facts !
In 1846, Bagging sold at from 10 to It cents. In
stead of falling it has risen in price, and now sells un
der the tariff for which Mr. Towns voted, at 18 to 22
cents. Now let us see how much that single vote of
Mr. Towns has cost the Planters of Georgia. They !
make about 350,000 bags of cotton requiring 5 yards of j
bagging, or 1,750,000 yards. That at an advance of 8
cents tier yard, is equal to SIIO,OOO. But this is not tin- j
only item—Rope has also advanced so as to cost about I
30 cents per bide more than when this British Tariff* was
passed by Mr. Towns and hia Democratic allies. Let
us then see—3so.ooo bales at 30 cents each are equal to
$105,000; therefore the Planters ol Georgia will have
to |>ay tlus year lot their bagging and rope alone, $245,-
000 more than they did last year.
What think you of that gentlemen ? If Mr Towns,
by his advocacy of a single measure, has caused the
Planters of Georgia to lose a quarter of a milium of
dollars in a single year, will they trust him—can they
trust him with the management of the finances cf the
State 1
Niitiveisiu in it* worst Form.
Some of the Democratic pspere are uwmulting Gen.
Clinch, and denouncing him as an imported candi- j
date—a nntive of North Carolina, Ac. We believe
that Gen. Clinch whs a eitisen of Georgia, andenga- j
ged in defending tire women and children of the State
against the murderous savsge before muny of those who
now sssail him were revelling in their diaper —hut even !
udinitting him to have recently liecome a citizen, w hat I
of it ? Must a man be a native Georgian in order to he
qualified for office) if such were the test in Cherokee,!
we tear lliut there are but few persons qualified for official
dignify in all that region. The doctrine thus broached
is infinitely won*’ than Nutive Americanism—because if |
applicable to States, it may with equal propriety be re- I
stneted to towns mtd counties, and lienee Ire worse i
than flic “alien and sedition law.” Wliut will the nu- !
rnerous citizens who have come among us from distant I
and neighlsiring Stales say to tins new Democratic
doctrine—especially w hat will the sons of the old North
Htnte say when tliey find one of their own numtier, th”
son of a Revolutionary Patriot thus proscribed ( If I
they ure thus unceremoniously pronounced unfit for ot- i
fine, the next step of these Democratic reformers will j
Is’ to deny them the right of voting Let litem look to (
It m tunc.
The < linking Policy.
The Nashville Union. Mr Polk's paper, in mourning
over the defeat of the party in that Slate, says m refer
ence to lhe divisions in the ranks of the spoil rs:
“ Tbs Democratic policy hereafter must be, where
individuals, reckless from lust ol office, persist in con
tinuing candidates to the injury of the caus c, to choke
them off or choke them to death”
This IS going s little further than even “ Old Hicko- j
r> who only advlssd them to “ shoot the dee. t ters 1
it sppears, however, thnt under “young Hickory's’
reign, men sre to fie allowed neither freedom of thought
nor action—that they must necessarily submit to the
dictation ot cliques and rubais, ot be accused of a “reek- |
less lust of office” and be l haksd off or choked to death” ,
just as the necessity of the ease may require ‘ Verily
Democracy may well profeca to favor th’ “ largest lib
crt>” of the citizen
Go to, let us lluild n ( itj>
We trust our readers have not yet forgot,„ n !h( .
wlueh we some time since published under the , *
caption. Its object was to give to the real estate i’ V' 0
ot Macon a correct impression of the influence of,,
j ufactures ii] the up-building of cities. We then and,”
i hasty comparison between the natural a.lvmu, ■ “ *
Lowell and Macon, and contrasted the two nr *
population and wealth, showing the rapid in “*
.the fonner. Every bale ol cotton carried to Lo*’ n
costs between seven and ten dollars for freights 1
missions, charges, interest, Sic., Sr, o.
that ,t costs 20 per cent, on its value and font the eh’ o*’ 0 *’
es for returning the mamrlirctured goods is only T S ’
5 p.-r 01. on the raw material—it follows tint .**
cm manufacturer has an advantage of 25 „ . rrl ,
• mencc with ovr Ids Northern comp. Wl , r ‘ a ,
tins the difference in the price of labor and ,, roV ili
: a '" l we have > tile very lowest enleulmion 20 an
more in our favor To this again wc „,ny safirfoguJ
10 per et. for the advantages resulting fr„ m the .1 ,r
cnee in the length, ten,pets,arc and
of our seasons, nud we liave an aggregate ot 55
j over the Northern Capitalists!! ‘ per ct -
This may seem strange, but it is not less st-nnee n
true, and if any one should doubt it, wc will prod,, 1“
facts and figures to sustain the position Vet wirh n
these advantages i„ favor of Macon, is it not sir ‘
that I.owcll should liave so far out-stripped her in u i’l
I aml population f Macon we all know is ,|„. lh
! annually of 123,000 bales of cotton and has a cnT’
ponding grocery and dry goods trade • yet Macon rT
(.oppressed by the_ abstraction ofn few thousand j.jZ’
!!” mxe \ LuWl ” “ th- contrary manufactures Z
between 00,000 and 70,000 hales of cotton and still 1
people pay an ai.ni.al tax of *127,820,73-a| m( * I ,?
: out feeling it—s, 10 738,73 on nal estate and 1
on polls. Ihe number of ratable polls in 7 392 })oi
increase 0f055 over las. year. We find i„ fo e
the following l.st of persons who are uli
slooand upwards: a
John R. Adams, sll7 70|Snml Lawn-n™
Sell, Ames. 117 00 VVtn! Lvbinqon *2* 70
Sclwin Bancroft, 107 00 G. W Mansri-n’ It* ,r>ft
James Bowers, 200 10 Stephen 1 ’ ™OO
Jonathan Bowers, 15.3 60’ Aaron Mansur ‘ m 2!
Royal Call, 100 10l Mrs S- M VI,’ 1 ! 79 30
( lco. H < ‘arleton, 107 85 John Nesnmb °’ s ’’ ,!£ f
Stephen Castles, *3O Tims. Nesmith ££
rhos. B.( I.mms, 118 40| Harlin Pillsl, ™ SS
Joshua ( (inverse, 100 65 Ransom Reed ~
Nat il. Cntchett, 159 35 Jacob Rohhiim m S
Elishn D.ivis, 159 0(il( 'has. ,Vt. Short -'rim
Henry Emery, 190 50|R„ y a| Southwck rs -a
Isaac Famngton, 121 So iV.dd Spnnlfonu
.{me h fellows, 163 20 SidneySp„ , f’ l'”
v\ illiam ]< iske, 224 10 .Km Sn-mUm , ’ 5
F-
Cyril french, 908 4(ll Jonathan Tyler 3- m
Joshua B French, 193 3(1 Rdw. F. WWi’n fir
■fohnVV Graves iff, S **”
O.Vsxcn. ’ U I 50 te n v^r <mb %
sr
Gilman Kimball, 103 00 Mrs Sanil. ’ i- )
J T . G. Kittredge, 100 40, Kfi Wrlghf’ m 2
John A^ Knowles, 2M ”| Natl “"“"‘ Wright,’ 316 50
How would such a list of taxable inhabitant, show
the city of Macon ? But this is not all. We find the
following list of payments made the past year he L,’
: of ,llosc hateful corporations whicli are so much dri ai!
ed by certain wisearers at the South, viz:
Lowell Bleachery, #7Bl oo|Merrimack Cos ll"(y,on
Appleton Company 3.300 00 Mass Cot Mi 11s 10 an
B"i.tt Cotton Mills, 0.720 on Middlesex Mfib, SSS
Hamilton Cos., 0.720 no Suffolk Cos , ’ : S S
Lawrence (o„ B.tm 00 Trcmom .Mills. 3360 00
Lowe ( ompany. 5,010 00, Lock a Canal Cos 8M 30
Lowell Mac. Shop, 2,800 ooj ’ ■ M
Thus showing that nearly $70,000 of the shove men
tioned taxes of I,„well are paid on her manufacturing
property. If we adJ to this the amount paid upon tire
private property ot persons connected witli the dis
UlTfl, i f!f i ! Wi " b o ‘° c:,l ™ lala ‘h-tatlewt
. *IOO,OOO of the taxes annually raised in the city ofLcw.
ell come from her manufacturing interests. D duct iius
from the whole amount and the remainder will be n
about equal to the Laxable capacity of Macon. Now
why this difference? It is attributable alone to her
manufacturing and mechanieenterprise. Had the wine
direction been given to labor and capital in Macon ten
years ago that was given to Low-Hat the outset, Macon
would tins day have been tire larger city of the two, be
cause she would have had at least 40 per ct. a,lvan tart
011 every hale of Cotton manufactured
Is it too late for us to avail ourselves of rhea, un
paralleled advantages f For from it. Now w indeed
a most propitious moment. We are eompnras'ielyout
ot debt. Macon is beginning again to give strong evi
.trace „f prosperity. The sound of the hammer, the
saw and the anvil falling constantly on the rs- must
convince'every one that the hands of the mecUnir are
ud ol labor and the employer has the means-wherew.ih
to pay. Let us not again venture our meal* m wild
and uncertain cotton speculations, the success of which
may depend upon a thousand contingencies orar which
we have no control. Lot us not risk our means in the
hands ot foreign agents, nor place them wnlrin foe new
er of British speculators backed by the Bank of Ena
land and the whole monetary power of Europe. On
the contrary, wisdom and experience teaeli as to keep
our hinds at home and to employ them so astostrength
en the arm of the mechanic and the laborer,
j Sume one will say that there is not enough reauy cash
n -Macon to construct a smgic manufactory npona
arge scale, ll not, there are hundreds ol iimmpJwyd,
unproductive negroes that might he oonvertui into rad
greatly to the benefit of the present own-T- md tire bal
ance of tile negro population. Their al-sstve would
not he felt except beneficially. They coulo be usefully
employed U|H>n distant plantations, while heir places
here would be supplied with an equal number of Indus-
Uioas, moral, enterprising white population, vnose ac
cumulated earnings would go to build up and improve
our city, to render real estate more valuable and to
swell tire income ofour treasury. Will not foe cuueas
reflect upon these matters and act accordingly!
The Northern Allies..
Those Democratic prints which arc endeavor,ag to
mislead the people of Georgia on the'subject of the Wil
mot proviso* ought not to conceil Run their rrsfeto
I ar, '( lpfi as the following, whicli we copy foan .he
j Holmes County (Ohio) Farmer. The pom.rapli, n
! will appear from its lace, is from a thdfcugh going Deni
oeratic p|er.
Gl nil the shnuipful ever attempted to b*
pnhued upon the people, that concocted by Joha C
Calhoun, and his New England tory aiUea,in regurd to
acquiring no more territory, is tl,c meat ibreadtjare and
contemptible. The whole scheme is one to gw ibf
Federalists the the control of fie Go/erameni
and eventually, when the prent excitemrntlialUve
away, to admit New Mexico and Cahlorain into j
this l nion with tlieeurs** of slavery hanging to them!
I his is the plot, and il the south insists upon rating
this bargain between Calhoun and Webster, tlie sooner
the Drawn ary of the North rally upon the H’ltmol
Proviso, against any more slave territory, the better ‘
I'aredet mid Atuclin.
The following statement from the New Orleans
Picayune, 10 said to be upon the authority of a private
I letter, from a most reliable source in Vera Cruz b
Hoes stroiledv to confirm ill*- sp*'culntioriN ventund m
last, in rrj/fiiil to the secret of Fareiles* return. D’t J
h* remembered that At*H*'in is the individual ehiwn K r
Folk to represent th<* interests of the nati*n,and yr l
w<* find him m I eugue with our greatest enwjb ® 1
hivoring his return ui the most critical period of the wr
The Picayune says;
“Froiu Vera Cruz we learn tlmt Senor Atodia
<en. Faiederi uftcr the latter landed and
him. Furedea is understood to have to l'">
by a sign io “keep duik,” and th* handsomemdn*'*
ho lor the splice ol 101 hour or more—at ad * vein* > inli
th** distinguished Mexiean had puss* and eat oi tin 1 ‘ ‘
gates. We have seen these facts written fisw ,r *
Cruz hy a gentleman of amine and discretion
him we learn, to, tlmt Senor Atocka held a siHA i'"’
tile customs at Vera Cruz, finu> which l*e hi if b**
promptly dismissed lor connivira; at lhe nsenpe ll’
ds - Every day is further developing its- litn t “ l
nor At(s*lia to act as the emu*ary of our Govef
“ lloiik iiifn i to hiiHiiil toy it* ’
‘l‘he Columbus Democrat Miya “ Henry C hi' l ini
have credit lor one potriituc st miiumt, bt wlt ‘
thought of his general views, lie advised Ii ■* Fhd*d<
phm Ire tids i. r memlH . - tlmt “lliis glore .* saitdbi’st*
II lid land is our common country -in peat ’ i or in
in weal or m war -under !*a<j ndmimst # itioO ot p*
governim tit. Remember to stand by it
til’ eloquent ntid appropriate language es the “i
Ashlan i'’ t his friends, on the occesien •*! h<*
it through the city of “ik oth* rly Love/ roCiipf *”
All honor to him lor so noble a sentim*** .
W” ur* inclined to think thnt Mr Poii would bf W
pjr ” lentn that simiiai vh weie enter tuned hy
-t thos<* ferocious Demorriits who lan 1 the w
who take giKwl rare to remain at lie 1 >•
Whigs fight the tiHttlr.- Their cry s S I**4
Paihtnwl !■ t ilk H htgs take care nfiheci ‘tintrv