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JOL-RNAL &: MESSENGER.
J I.MES T NlsilEl’ A <. UO'K, Kditr
Thf Finishing S nke.
L'tier of Ji. to the Editor of the Sin
York Courier and Enquirer:
private note to tuf. editor.
Mo rule ur :—in your journal, t h*r ** Semi-week
C ttrier and Aeic York Enquirer,” ot the 20: h
December, 1831,1 have rend an article entitled “ Go\
criior Kossuiit,” in which figures an historical doct
mmt concerning ihe abJicji on of M. Kossuth. Ih
document bears my signature. Never having *>'<
the document, it is very nianffesi that I have nev
signed it.
I have then the honor to pray you, Monsieur, to 1
so iod as to accept the accompanying answer, a>
take measures to insure its geneta! pul-'icity.
Accept, Monsieur, the a S'lira nee olmy high r-onsi
eration. BAR I lIOUr.MY sZCMKRt,
Late President ot the Council of Ministers in Hangar
Pj:i<, January 3, 1352,12 flue Boursault
the tiblic let ret; of at. szcuerc.
Mr. Editor .- —ln the number o', the 20th Dcneinbe
ls.il, of your journal, “ The Stmi- Weekly Courit
and Xeic-York Enquirer” in its morning edition a
article is inserted, with the ’reading “ Gov. Kossu h
In it is embodied the a*;h-niie act of ahdiration <
tue Government by Kossuth,ar.J among th* names
the subscribers thereto, I find also my ow n.
I did indeed, take part in tiie business ot the wa
which we were compelled to wage for our constiti
i;o:ial iuiertv and independence, against the Austria
dynasty. I have, indeed, participated in that ho!
war, but in so doing, 1 only fu,tided uiy dut es as
citizen and man, and consequently, l have done non
tig which c u;d * ntitle nte to lay claim to any pariict
lar glory ; yet. on thr ether hand, l must insist that
have done nothing which could, by any means, biii
s. npon me, or soil a clear conscience.
1 teel myself, therefore, constrained, for the -nke
tru’ii —t.>r my own honor ant political character—
nritte the loilowing declarations:
1. That 1 never subscril>ed mat act of abdication.
2. That 1 never saw the same.
3. Ti.a* tieithe tny sens*- of duty cs a rit z- n. n
as -i patriot, would rver have si.<-w-d me top-it n.
s g ii.. eto that at (.bad I ev-r -a-:rr.or h- sus
ence ever neen made k own to e ; wfc clt never w
the tact.
vu eit is an.ioabr.--J y e ! .ei thit Mr K"e?n
„ itr.-.r was, i.or co d hut eeo con*;*- .rd to tU
a JCiitM by ar v ii •-. o f *n>wa to-rr.* .a n
and, S Dost Jr M K ~*:r t i..:n-?e . ,jU t-t we- ks.
ev-n OMlfa .-r ■- - ‘ -rai tiorg. yas
tra :or, I can -.-I -see bow h s raj .-vioa a:.d r.rsirr •
t. sup e;ae power in:* the h J* ot a tram-r can .
c :is rtent w . n hts so tnaeh pr sed heT :ww and tot
of country. lu war and in rrv>iati>is teh<to *i
sape-. -r mind is !iiar..f-s:t u not • y words,bat bv and
line c) itisreisi neiwe- it Kossuih and tiorgev i
Arad, oo iie lira e! Aagn-t, !Sii#. one or th- *tf*
ni s: nave sjnk, and we see that neither of them up
pea's to nave been a hair the worse, tiorgey cause
K i-r ch to be request'd to ib lie ne in I Ko*-* it ii has
t> ■i to do it, an.l tin ueJ.Hely (hereafter Hcd aero,
toe rirkish boundary.
1. is anpar ant to remark here, tint at ‘his motile i
• I'.r-re -.sere siih ill “s-* ht it!* *! tit -i • ■<” 1 nr or ire*,
es, a.. I two cf these the strong t i :‘i* - !.. .e couatr.
name,, .£.)’*•■ aid peter -. ii m. v.-e!i ns ana;
uiy ot 135,000 men ati-J 300 fieid pteces. 1 believe, th--
never before in the history o< the world has ih- tiead •
& nation turned his hick on so powerful a military
force.
Gorg-y laid down his arms only with 26 000 men.—
The re-q of the army surren.led only 5-canse they
heard not ody that Mr Ko*- i h. j .-ib.fiovcd.and by
sodi-i.tg had declared the hopes of the nation as forev
er lost, _lti il it. i.tiu initi-’ tI, i..c o-u:r:iy, giving
himself no though 7 for the tie ol h.s party, his t lends,
the army, tiie lorttcssess end t.e nation. tie wci.t
over the boundaries eat rely r,lone ; he avoid, and
carefully his friends and acquaintance-*, espec.aliv all
those who assembled on the bt.u'.dnti*-*- in order
tbit he might the mo e certainly secure bis own s.if.-ty.
Mr. Kossuth was chosen Governor on the it h ot
April, laid, not directly by :lie peopie. bur by (he Na
tional A+uemb\y,provisionally, an.! not by vnii e, but by
ac<-i-"ii ii'im, ar.d under the c ndiM.ti efrultc” incon
necti iiw th the Ministry, which was also uiude re
sponsible for etrerything.
ii is true tiiat Mr Kossaih could resign It office
In ihicase, if the National A>setnMy were in sets ott.
new dispositions of authority coud have been made;
in the absence ol the Assembly the Government tnus:
of neceseity remain in the hands o< :!te Mm s'. rs.
It is not necessary torenruk, tint the nation had the
sovereign right to delegate esecut.ve ikiwot, it! tbits
the person to whom thesat.-te Ind been delegated.could
never transfer his right so a third party.
Mr. Kossuth, however, < n the I hit ot August. IfM'd,
in Arad, not only resigned, which he hail the power to
do,but not only did not assemble the Ministry, which
had received powers of government comemporanc- u!y
wi ll himself, but he iranst.-ired in nnuth-r the power
which hid been entrusted to hi* mvt; person.
He did more, lie cppom'od n delator, which hr was
not him-* It.
M. . KiWs iih can Hi# longer r n
law or in right as the Gov. of Hangaty.
Because he voluntarily s irren ivied iliie |x w-r:
Because l;e transferred this power to tin.jpT, whscli
he had no i ight to do:
Betsuse he also abdicated in tiie ns nr of t!* whole
Ministry, without having previously consulted them:
Because he immediately transferred the power o! the
State toGorgey, a man whom lie, m hem >re than a!l
others, had long before considered u traitor.
Finally, because he dd all this wthout cmsulting
with, and without the knewiedec of that M.ii stry,
w ich had been appointed with him, and consequently
even s > tar a? me. a form is eo tsiden and, acted contr r.. to
the law.
It is net my intention to dissect the uitiurtunaie and
-ver dui-tnaiing policy of Mr. K —uih ; yei :s I .am
->h ! igeJ to exculpate niyself from any interer.ee* to fc
drawn Inin that act, which, nevertheless, though dor.e
in my rime was done without my knowledge and tciih
o’ii .’vy content, it is impossible tor me on tliis occasion
not iri di c'are, that Mr. Kossuth hr.* no claim enhe: In
iaw c. ot right, to the character of Governor of Hunga
ry. Sot in law, b.-cau’ •b• * hastily surreu lere ! the
offia -, without even observitig th • 1-gal forms ; nut of
ri"/tt, because, while on the 14th of April, 1849. when
our troops were everywhere victorious, we saw him
stand forward as Governor, yet afterwards,on the lßn
of August, 1349, when we were suffering continual Je
'eit, we saw hmt hastily and precipitately fine him
seit from th- same office, that is to 9iv, in th- dav of
victory and glory he accepted the office; in t‘'e day of
dang-r, he surrendered it to the first who deniand-d
it of him.
And now h- steps forwarJ w. ak!y and unconsci
ously forgetting all this, before the world as the
Governor of Hungary and as the dictator among his
fellow-exiles, demanding from us unconditional obedi
ence and nsk3 a sec-ond time for a power for which
ie sioaed himself before pattiy incapable, and pn.t
of.which he misused.
However tnoe'i I pity the political want of con-ci
enc -nown in his pub ic cn.r-it-i h wvet oiucit tie
:.v -joicc if h- shou.d micctcj i.) m* tlietoricnl agi
lation to obtain money and sympathy for the cause o
Hungary, in order that he may, in some nie.tsu e,
restore what he has injured by h.s unc.lculating, fe
verish, vtuctllitii'g, uaprmcipied policy, yet ot the
other hand, every sensible mitt fed Hungarian must be
convinced, that to recogmse Mr. Kossuih as Governor,
or as he earnestly claims to be acknowledged, tiie
absolute Dictator, would be equivalent to devoiim. the
cause of Han —aty f->- r- ser.-.rt ! lime to a seve; - ‘ w■: -
fail. \Ve welcome hint, therefore, in our ranks only
as a single gitieo patriot, perhaps even the first among
his equals, but as Governor, we cannot acknowledge
him, we who know hispastcar-er.a id who value d.v n
liberty,and our beloved fatherland above every personal
consideration.
While I respectfully request you, .Mr. Editor, to re
ceive these lines, 1 take, at the same time, the itbeitv I >
rr. ke the following remarks: Criticise,etamiue.con
r at much as you will, the act imi of those persons
w nve appeared ill the late Hungarian war of inde
pendence, we desere it all; a- - h of us has more or
less been wanting; only touch not with contemptuous
hand the cause itself, for that cause was at least as
pure and holy as the war of die Ain-rican Revolution ;
in a word, we were the delenJers of right and law
against the efforts of faithlessness and anarchy ; we
were the heroes, the apostles, the martyrs of freedom,
under ihe persecutions of tyranny. Consider .Mr.
K.jssiiK. as a. rhetorical advocu.e of the Hungarian
cause; he maj be it* pleader, he never was its hero, be
cause at the first approach of danger he was the first
tost. ins. In forming an opinion upon his career, arid
Ibis political character, thi* is nil the more important
land dec :>:vt er', since tie (who u> b* *nu-all doubt
‘uihii the most avaricious of gioiv that ev-*r lived
a . . v way, every poauibl - ‘
ored to co centr.ite coiihdeiice in hts ow n person ; and
henc- it wus natural enough, that by his weakness in
the day ot danger, the cause of the nation tell with
him. The people, Itovvevt r, remained steadfast, while
he had become a fugitive, and, with his crossing tiie
(boundaries of Hungaty, lie filled no longer that high
■place to which the cnnfi fence of a brave people had
elevated him.
BARTHOLOM.TSUS <7, MERE,
Eonnefiy President of Hungarian Ministerial Cou -cil.
j Paris, 4th .lan . 1&32, )
No. 12, Uur Ih-uisauit
MACON, GEORGIA.
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mder the supernite.i l ineeol ita present proprietors.
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At the r-i-'iit ipreiiiij; of t.ie Execunve Comuiittee
i.i (!■ Southern Central Agrienltural Anncta.MO, n
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tune to ; ;it y nr fi-ids in orUrr. and prvpaie lor a pre-
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can obtain a o- t v.
VV n>htugloi.—l nli't vent ioii ,
n.’fore our next ’ssu-, th Ai* iv< r.-n v ot the
iii h day ol Wash gt .1 i! have come and gone,
aad we ;-.-ive therefore deemed it pro,>er to-dar,to
|pu‘. >tt aa • vr.ict hin h.s e .revved A idress. We
of Add re— which n*
e’s toihe fotrign jeil.cv of tl.e Government ini',
we have tii- pni;cy of neutrality ar.d noii-interveniion
elahorairiy presented—ilieiHiirv up* it which Wnsii
ingtou's aduHitiStratioii was conducted in saleiy and
n.iiior, through die eveßiful crisis of 1793, and upon
which our whole diplomacy and foreign intercourse
•iias bet n based No deviation fiom this policy can
h -found .r the whole history of the Go-eminent, and
lit has become ei; feared more than ever t > the great
jmass of ihe Ant-r:can people, by the recent effoitsof
Ifnreigtiets.fin'ttics and demagogues to overthrow it.—
At ihe pres-nt li. nneiit, tiie language of Washington
ass the cp : * 1 fo r c.-oi :• prophecy, ntt.i >ve
ry ur t
eis, wtioee inilh ft lit- p iiov ottos coumry.'has teen
-iiaken by tiie rl.rtoiic ol an o -a tor, from the interior
‘of Europe,or weakened by a commendable sympathy
for an opgress.-d people. We have not feared and do
■not now tear the Kossuth excitement. We have re
garded it as exhibiting one of these morbid s ates of
ifue i i.bhc mii.-d, wh.ch time would cure, at:d which
“ouid demonstrate in its rapid subsidence ihe profound
tu.ii ot Jrf ison s position, luat error of opinion
may be tolerated,wnere reason is left free t > combat it..
New York c iy leceived K- fcgnUi, ;t is true, in a luro r
• a exciteniMit andetithusiasin. But New Yutk city
,is!i"t tl.e L’l.ited Slates, Rrtherisi New York city
dem-*nstrati-*;i, a criterion of the feelingrr opinion of
th-country. The various elements of population in
t!iai iarge city, if builed down, wou and make a com
pound,we i uagine, s mewli,t resembling tiiat which
wjs lurned from *.h - \\ itches’ Cauldron in Macbeth.
N'rw York has u i Atneric.tniz.-d it-ei: to > often, ami
Worehipped too min y new,- li-fits, ever to exert liere
.iier its legi iimt.e i; flaence in shaping the < pinion o*
die country
The only feeling v.e have Iwd upon tlte subject has
been that of chagrin and mortification, when we have
witnessed the aduitation which ha* been heaped up. n
Kossuih, by pubiic bodies, by individuals, and I)} the
Pie's, and tit*- endorsement which Ins views have re
ceived from men in high position. Kossuth has been
gr"S.i y and unfeelingly deceved by ihcse ttven. l’lieir
•no iv*-e in all l aelr demottsiraiione and expressions of
sympathy for bis country, nre inti-rested and selfish.
He can never untie island them, unless he will consent
to r-iiuiiii with uslor ten oc twenty years. A.theend
of lltai time, possibly he might begin to understand the
complex Htoiiv * which influence ihe tnovem-nr*
it:e words and llie acts of Presidential aspiranis. We
yield to none in our sympathy for opyress-d unions
-very where. We yield to none in our d-sire lose
‘he principle* ot free an 1 lepublienn governrnein
proji*gated throughout ihe w’otld, but at the same time
wc have a deep and nbidinz seriiim*-ni ot loyalty to
our men country as e distinct, indep-ndent, isolated
anil, un-al>sortied in ‘the solidatity of lit- Peoples,’ wi'h
its own liabitii-Je* ol iliotiglit, ait 1 of action, its own
seifi-h intereais. its own traditions, its own past and its
awn fniure. And we cannot admit that our national
individuality slo it and be brok'-n down—our Iradi'ions
i lieuled—* ur histoiy interpreted anew, and our futute
policy with r-card to liberal movements in Europe,
heated to ns l-y an impudent foreign adven'urer.
Our litnued space will not permit us so discuss
tue q ivft ion of intervention. The South, relying upon
the auti.ority of every admin.stration we have ever
bad, and knowing, too, that it must pay for the iudul
g-iicn of this expensive, Quixotic folly, is unanimous
in condemning it. Republicanism his assumed cer
tain plnes upon th- continent of Europe which do
not commend it to tiie people of this country, lisitd
vocat-ear* idealist* wlto expect some great undefined
g-• 1 tr. :t a R-,iub!ic, or d.* n igog i-'-s an Jag la'ors,
who employ liberalism as a mean to advance tlteirowu
-e.rislt pitrpos's. B< tween them Repub! icanism has
b*-c Hue associated w.th Socialism, and with the aboli
•ion ‘fait th.- v tlu-able institutions oi Government, S >■
c.r-\ and Proper'y. in th scou .irv.n Republic was
an inevuaf.le necessity—the unavoidable product of
he individual independence, intelligence .and dignity
ol a c la.iy ol freeholders. Upon the Continent, Re
publicanism wjsan idea handed down from ‘lie learned
tothe mimes, which dazzled, bewildered and maddened
them Titere ir si ill ex lets only in idea—in tendency,
and untiltite irri*s-s are befer itiitructed in ‘he simple
ruths ol Republicanism, and in the practical tffieierev
of a Repaid c to accotnpiiFh— not mirncl* but tlte
greatest g- old the greatest number—intervention by
us in their behalf would he ruinous to them and to our
selves.
Why are oir S>n h-r t Rig'tta-Ftre-Et'in* S.-ce i
sion Demoe.-at'c trienJ* s.h-nt upon the .subject of in
tervene >u, ih-:r resolutions ol tlte !>d ? They know
it is an lesite in ih- next Presidential election, and ‘hey
are opposed to it Wh* -’i-n *■■•(; out f Di:l
• tie gt 1.1. e who i. ‘•. -d leSi.ltllio.lß tali tol.lt
upon a phtaae winch would express the inste millieu
i opinion npon this subject—tiie non-commital roin
■litment,ot whi.-lt we hive st a finirah can ilbistra
'ion in me recent speech ot .Mr. Ca-s in the Senate !
Or did h- intend to ig mre tins among the other issues
now before the country ?
The iJtbb C u ity He.-* •linteu*.
We hardly know by what name to designate th -p;, .
t> of UJ. ‘ll nT’; phi* ‘ -vVHi that
party has exhibited, have been as many al noet a* those
of the moons which have shone upon it. Di-ranion,
Secession, Resistance, Nutt Intercourse, and the ah
stract right <*l peaceable Sec s-ion, hive been, each ill
ts turn,’.he proinineoi article of its pokticui creed, and
hive b-en,et:-h :tt in turn, abandoned utter being te
pudialed hy the people oi Georgia. Ihe list demon
stration of ibis party, in tins county, in il* meeting o
the 3 and iti't , whose proceedings we copy fiom the 7>-l
egraph, evidences, on the part of ils member o , not *>n.y
a willingness 10 abandon every idea, principle nml i
- upon which their party was formed; but a nervi ut
eagerness to deny their own identity, in sheltering
themselves behind the name ot Democrat and the Vir
ginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1794 and 1799
These gentlemen exhibit extraordinary juvenility in
leaping over the ealient points in their past political ca
reer, which stand between them and the Baltimore
Convention, and a remarkable pliancy in adapting
themselves to tire new costume winch they huve in
dued. But charity itself will hardly cover their “mul
titude of sins,” and they ought not to expect the emp y
assumption of the guise of Democrats to effect it, when
th-v them ,, elves have attempted to tear Democracy to
fl - c—s ai- over its raiment to cast lot*.
so ti's- three r--s.lutio:‘S of the meeting above re
f-rrtd in ji.s.-ii certain t.uths about co.istdiduiion and
State sovereignty, to wlticft vve cannot object, except
us indicating that tiie gentlemen who pa.-red them,
are dtstorlied occasionally, nr f iitind to be, by the
ghos'softiie Essex Juno. Ir is a su;e artifice, ait;ld
and well uttdei-t-xxl trick in the taet.esof patties, par
t.cuiaiiy at theS mb, tochuige Fedetuiis-in upon the ir
opponent*. ‘I lie*e gentlemen, who exhibit such a Imr
mr < f Federal.sm, believe ilmt r Notional P>.at k, a pro
tective t iriff, internal intprovenieni hy the General
Government, an I the exorcise ol any power by Cott
gre*3 or the Executive, nut • xprees'y delegated to
them by the Cons'imhon,nr not residing by necesmiy
iinp'icatioti, tronpiwers there'll delegat'd, are each
and evety one of tiiem, high I'-dt ral doctrines Such
i their idea ol'Federan-m.aiid vet we can prove tn*in
the record, tint Jelf-rson, M mison,Calhoun ntui Jack
*>!!, tiie -rent Soutl etn L'gl t* ol Democracy, li.ive
eiciioi men sanctioned sum-.if not ail of the*:- high
Federal mensurt s Wesin-jly tnenti* this, to show
the 100-enrss with wkicii three gentlemen eirplny
‘erins and the violt t.ce which tticy fitive dot e to the
m* utory and the priin-q 1< sos men wlitrn we admire,
and wUnit they ptentt .i )<• tnutnre, in their extreme
faste to -ippr* pti >te to ih-tr on U'e the c id rn!' y■ g
, cry against Federalism
i'hesc renolutioits farther state,asa fact, that ‘‘there
are not, and never have been, Gil two great parties in
ibis c.iuntry.” Ftotn this wc must entirely ilipfritl.
| If tlnssin'emenl ts nue, it C.-I.v uts the people ol Geor
gia, ot A all ima and ol .Missis* ppi, <<f ihe absurdity ot
’ calling into existence n Union Patty, when there
was no neces-ily tor it—-and the Union Party of th.-
absurdity oi combatting, for twi years, ininginnry
foes. W'e occ-pt this statement, bowt ver, fit in the
gentlemen who fw-sed th*.*'* resolutions, as an tul
tit s-ion against thetnelve—as an acknowledgment
I that the Sece-s. in Soiidt-ru Biz ns Party, to winch
th- v belocgrd, is, and was a failure, and that they
*lane the very existence ot -ucti it patty to te con
sidered ii* t• t< i u* lutml'v:s .id apocryplinl. We
in ght icltng upon llie S|i ril oi dir mnxnn, Dr mar
tins nniil.\c..) >o v> ■! stdi-i <<, ii lins wn* I lit- limit of
their requirement. I>at they .*k u*. in endorsing tin’
st temc.n.to,or get ivot only ilh* < xisteneeol ‘lie Disunion
P.my *il the South, hut •*f the Fiee Soil Patty ol tin-
N-rift—ot that ■*>■**'of fanatics,” that “unpnm ipled
taction” that “detnoralizing and denationalizing ele
men', in Me izi nre.il f/nti-s.” which we, in out
snnjdiciiy.believing the ns-eiioi i of these very nun.
eotisidered a* forineily devoted Sy them, lu an inn.ior
tulity f iti'aiMV ‘J'bis v”: vr dettuii cl their own
identity, and tliis etilutgeJchatiiv, which cau-es them,
not ulv to forgive and larget their -enemies—but to
claim them ns th-ir friends, is so very singular, that
we must b ok farther into the record o! the proceed
ings *ftheir meeting, tu ;i:iJ a motive lot sneh strange
conduct.
‘Hie Gth and Tilt resolutions contain a glowing
eulogy upon the X itioß.tl D-inocraiiu Party, it?>-.1 de
clare that “ tiicrc have been, and stiii tire, Sm th‘ rn
Democrats etioug'i, who arc t; m* to :iteir principle*,
ami the Ssnth, ii Southern patriots w.d be true toth-m
----de ves,” iSgc. \Vc lutveiio tlestre to combat this idea.
Bui who art- they who now .ass; it it 1 Tlte very men
wbo, ,a few sh< it months ago, <i.ied it, w beti it was
■irg-d by Union men—the men w tin applauded ih<- ..< -
tlv>n ol the Nil*'..v ue C.it.vetiiton. wlien it !c luted
that Southern uj'-:s ouglit not t ■ go into N iiionai Con
venliott* v.'t !t a ll v p tr;v, lot t.e nornination ot Presi
drfit and \ ,f.- President—ih- m-n w!i<> engaged in the
Macon Convention, which end* rwd the action cl’the
Na-hville <’ iiventi<iß—t'.i men who declared “s he two
great parties'’ of the North rotten and corrupt—the
nt-n who denounced U nion men because t i<y beiieved
tl-ere was some virtue ar.d some patriotism among
their North- rn brethren, as traitot* to tlte S* u:h, a
? Vo•'d*:! a-* 1 * r.lli * :f F P diet- j •! Ab
olitionist!-. These are the individual* aho now tetrad
every thing they have ever said.aliuudon every position
they l ave ever assumed—dare imt even assert in dis
t net terms, the tight <-f peaceable secession, tij on
which they fought in the late Gubernatorial canvass,
and pas* reso ves wliicli grow Luiky an-.l cumbrous,
w.th an exces-ive pi tliora ot co iciiiution, goo-.i w.lj
and btotherly love towards Non hern Democrats.—
Wiiere are the Nasbvilie and VI con Convention men ?
Where is tn- Southern Rights Parly, par ixcellence,
of the S'ate l
The iasl three resolutions contain the solution of tin
strange conduct of” rlit-se gentlemen. They mien Ito
send delegates to Baltimore—thev wish these delegate*
lobe admitted; and they, therefore, sen I them wi'h
the resolution* of’V3 and ’99 in their hands, and ike
declaration that they are opposed to any new tests and
creeds in politic*. In their eag’ tn ssio avoid every
recent ..-*sue which they themselves have ta.sed, and
neither to do or *ay any thing which wtil jeopard the
admission of llreir delegates, they go back more than
half a centuy and plant themselves upon these teso
lotions Bat they are not safe yet. Tire Democracy
are divid-d ujjod the c-on.-truction “f tlt-se famous reso
lutions. These Bibb county gentb men believe tiiat t.'tejr
counte lance the Jocti iae of peaceafdeseoe-sion. Tlte
North'rn Democracy, and the entire Jackson Democ
racy, supported by the nu hority of Madison, who
drafted tlte resolutions < i ’93, d-eiaie secession to (.
heresy an no pa'l oi th * Democratic c. -< *l. At this
very moment, a fierce and hitter war is waged by the
Southern Press, which tc r-s the argon of our llibh
county opponent* lust year, ngiinst the Washington
Union. The Smthcru Press charges the Union with
Federalism, because it u, hold* the Whig doctrine,
and die dor-t;ine of Jefferson, Madison and Jackson,
tijKiir the subject < I secession. The Union stands firm
in ns refusal to admit the ii>dit of s- cession ; hut std|
deprecates the strife upon this little point, which, n
continued, m iy jeopard the harmony ■ f the Baltimore
Convention. “ Under what Knrg, B< z-miaii l ” Will
our Bibb county friend* stand l.y their organ, in their
State Convention,or stand ny th*- Union —the organ
of the Democratic Patty. ‘1 lie Union is ready to hail
them as sinton pures. provided they seal ih< ir mouths
hermetica.ly upon the subject of s-cession, until after
the Baltimore Convention. We invite our Bibbcounty
friends to this f.ttther and additional sacrifice of princi
ple, for seats in the Baltiuu re Convention.
In conclusion, we must forewarn these gentlemen,
that it the Baltimore Convention Humid, by any chance,
nominate a man true to the South and her institutions,
they must not arrogate to themselves any credit for it,
as they h-v-- not stated di'tii C iy, “r insisted upon one
sing e right of tlte S >u:h.
Politics in AlHbamn.
The Union party in Alabama, have recently deter
mined in Convention to send no delegates either to the
Whig or to the Democratic National Convention ; and
they recommend to the friends of the compromise
measures tire propriety of lidding in the city ol Wash
ington,on tlte second Monday in June next, a Nation
al Union Convention, irrespective of old puny organi
zations, for the purpose of nominating candidates lor
President nn l Vice President ol the United States,
pledged to th*- support and miiuten nice ol those mea
sures n a tiiai adjustment.
Tit* Congressional caucus of 1 lx• Democratic patty,
held at the capital, nt th- beginning of the present so*.--
B on of Congress, refused to sanction tire Compromise
measures, and it wdi lie remembered that tins p-lusul
via* prompted by a tender considers'ion for the scrap es
of the Abolitionist gem lenten, who find their affini
ties with Democracy, not a’ ail inlerlered with by their
pecui’ur vetsonal proclivities. It seems to be tin un
derstood thing, that the control of the National Con
vention of tfi.it pmy, wtti he in the hand* of tho:*.- who
dic'aied the C'ur*e •>.’ pM : “.* litt j* at tlte Congressional
o tucit*.
The Uni mi party of Mahnni. whose independent
position we have above teleired i, was laige.y m the
majority 1:1 that Siate at tlte lust election. Tlte same
party holds the ascend ncy in Georgia and in Mi'eiS
aippt, and is composed, in those States us well as in
A abunri,oi men formerly know.i a* Wli'g* and l)em
ocr.it-, Ii it now acknowledging I. either name as a po
litical designation, i’tt-* circooisi iu -es wiiich compell
ed the fornnti 11 of dns Union party, so lar fn nt hav
ing lost -my ol their t.th -rent force, are m 1 ici more
po veil ti y ojierative 11 >w ttni ever, an I their inff n-nce
wi.l probably be louu I suffiiieni to bring the who e
Sautli into nte concentrated unity ol p.ihtic il action,
in trie nature <•! lire case it must happen that tests will
besubm tied lo the Democratic Convention wiiru 1:
meets iu iii:a city, ••vini:!i mu't destroy ttie hartntiny ol
Its counsel*, and tender imifoiiuiiy id action next to
impossible. The ulttai'S will contend for übsoiuu
control and will insist upon intro luctiig titeir peculiar
dogmas into the schedule of the party’s principle*
The conservatism ol ihe South 10 be effectively exert
ed must be united, and with unity and concentration
it can hold the destinies of the Republic in its keeping.—
Baltimore American.
Madison on Secession.
‘I lie following letter from Mr. Madison was written
■ to Mr. W ebster immediately after hi- *peech in rep y
i;o Hayne it is found in the new edition ol Mr. Web
j .-let's Life and speeches:
Mo.vTrFJ.iER, March 15,1833.
My Dear JStr.: I return my thanks or the copy ol
your late very powerful speech in the Senate ol tlte
United Slate* 1; crushes ‘jiuilificniion.’’ and must
I a 4 ten an at)Biid*<n.tietu ol ‘ secession. But tins .alter
dodge* the blow, bv confounding the c ami to secede
at will with ‘he light ol sectdmg iro.n intolerable op
j r -sron. ’J lie former answeis itself, being a violation
without cause ot a faith sofoumly pledged. The latter
is another name only tor revolution, about which there
I.* no theoretic count vnt-y. Its double rfpect, never
| .Iseless, with the countenance received from certain
i planets, is giving it a popular currency here, which
| may influence the approaching elections both lor Cott
rrt'saud lor tiie f?tatc Legisl” tutc. it l.as gained si'ine
advantage also by nnx-ng itsell with the question,
whether the U nsinuiion ol lilt L :oi> and Sttteswnslorm
ed hy tl.e people or by the State, now under a theoretic
discussion bv uninmted ptirtizans.
it is fortunate when d.s; uted theories cun be decided
>y undisputed tacts : ami hete the undisputed fact is,
that the Constitution was made by th® peopie, t utus
unbodied into the several Fmics who were parties to
;t, nml therefore made by the States in their highest
HUihoiitative c• parity ‘1 iu-y might, by the same nu
norityar.d b> the seme pn’t-fss, litive convct'< and the
Coiited* racy into a mere ]< !-; ue or treaty, cr continued
It with n..uged or bridged . ,-weis. or l.uvc nnbod . and
‘lie people .it titeir nspective Hiatt s in o < lie people,
naio e, r s vereigmy : or as they did, b) u t xe 1
■* rm, make them one ;cc | le nation, o. soveteigi.ty,
‘or certain purposes, anil ttot so lot others.
l ire Constitution ol the Lotted States being estab
lished by a competent authority—by that *>t the sover
. igii people ot the several States who weie parties to it
—it remains only to inquire w hat ihe Constitution is ;
and here it speaks for itself. It organizes a govern
in’ lit into ite usual legislative, executive, ami judiciary
departments; invests it with specified powers, h aving
ulheis to the parties to the Constitution. It makes the
government like oihet governments, to operate direct
ly on Ihe people; places at its command the needlul
physical meant ol executing ns powers ; and finally
proclaims its supietnacy, and it.at ol the laws made in
pursuance of it over the Constitution and Laws of the
States, tlieoowersol the Government being exercised,
is in oilier elective and responsible Governments, un
der tl.e contiol ol ils constituents, the people and the
legislatures of the States, and subject to the revolu
tionary tights of the people, in extreme cases.
Siicii IS lilt- Constitution “I the ('lined Siatesdeju
rr and dr facto ; and tiie name, whatever it be, that
may be given to it, can make it nothing more or iers
th. tu whit it is.
I’ardon tins hasty effusion, which whether precisely
according or not with your ideas, piesetits, 1 am aware,
nothing iii.il will be new to you.
VV oh gteat esteem and coidial salutations,
JAMES MADISON.
Mr. Webster.
Extracts from Washington s Farewell Address )
“ Olweive good faith and justice towards all nations ;
!cultivate prate and harmony with all; religion and
morality enjoin this conduct ; and can it oe that good
policy tl.ies not equally enjoin it ! It w .If ire worthy oi
■i lice, enligluered, and, at no distant period, a great
nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too
novel example of a people always guided by an exalt
ed justice and benevoiet c-e. VV ho can doubt that,
in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a
plan wcui.l richly repay any temporary advantages
which might be lost by n steady adneretice to is ! Can
it he that I’roviJence has not connected the permanent
lelicity of a nu:ion with its virtue 1 The experiment,
at least, is recommended by every sentiment which
ennobles human nature l Alas! is it rendered impos
sible by its vices l
“ In the execution of su"h a plan, nothing is more
essential than tint pemnnent inveterate antipathies
against particular nations,and passionate attachments
for oil’.'”s, should he cxciuDo ; >*nd tba*. h pi'cp of
;■ i. l a uicub elm ■■ •- ards i ti .*i.J be
culmu e*j. The nation wlttcii i.i'luig i • ■ dsanoth
er, an habituai hatred, or an habitoui tonai.ess, is, in
some dr gre--, a slave, it is a slave to its atom ‘sity or
to its affoction ; either ot w iticu is suliicient to lead it
astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one
nation against another, disposes each more readily to
offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes ol
umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable, when ac
cidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. Hence
itequeui collisions,obstinate, envenomed, and bloody
comet:?, rhe nation, prompted by ili-vviil and re
sentriif-ni, sometimes impels to war the Government,
conliai) to the best calculations oi policy. Tlte Gov
ernment timi b parncipat in the nt tional pro
pensny, and adopts, througu passion, what reason
wt aid reject; at other times it makes the animosity ol
the nation subservient to projects of hostility, instiga
ted iy pride, ambition, and other sinister and perni
cious motives. Tiie peac* oit i, sometimes perhaps
the ,t <e:ty, of nations has been the victim.
‘• fn. likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation
to aiintiii i produces a varit iy *.l -vii-*. Sympathy for
the livotite nation, facilitating the lilusion ot an imag
ti. coamion interest, in cases where no real common
nee test exists, and infusing inio one tiie enmities of
the other, bcirays the former into a participation in the
q irirr* is und wars ol the la:ter, wniioui adequate in
ducement or justification. It leads also to concessions
to I. i ivonte nation of ptivtleges denied to others,
w.iicii is ;.pi doubly to injure tiie cation making tiie
c n;c .’- oils; by unriecessatilyparting with what ought
to have Le n retained, and by exciting jealousy, ill-wili,
and a disposition to retaliate, in tiie partUs troin whom
equal privileges are withheld ; and it gives to ambi
ti u, cortu; e 1, or deluded citizei.s (w ho e’evote them
selves to titt tavorite nation) facility to iieiray.o: s.-icn
fice the interest of’ their own country, without odium ;
sometimes even with popularity ; gilding with the ap
pearance oi a virtuous sense ot obligation, a ectn
mrndubie deference lor public opinion, ora iauducle
Z'*a! (or public good, the base or foolish compliances o.
ambition, coiruptior , or infatuation.
“ As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable
ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to
the truly enlightened and independent patriot, flow
many opportunities do they afford to tamper with do
ineMic factions, to practise the art of seduction, to mis
lead pubiic opinion, to influence or awe the puaiic
coutici s? Nadi an attachment of a small or weak,
towards a great and powerful nation, dooms the former
to lie till- satellite ol the lutt'-r.
“ Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (1
co"jtire you to believ** me, fo!iow-citiz<-i>-*) the ji-.il tuy
■U a tree people ought to he constantly awake ; since
: history and experience prove that foreign influence is
lone of the most bant-fui foes of republican Govern
ment. But that jealousy, to be useful,must be impar
tial ; else it becomes tlte instrument of the very influ
ence t*> be avoided, instead of a defence against it.—
Excessive partiality for one foreign nation, and excess
ive di.-hke for another, cause those whom they actuate
to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil, and
even second, the arts of influence on tl.e oilier. Kent
patriots, who may resist the in It ignesof the favorite,
lure liable to become suspected and odious; ic title its
to ils and dupes usurp ihe appicu'-e. and confidence
j i,f the people, to surrender then interests.
! ’• The great rule of conduct for us,in regard to foreign
| nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to
; have with them as little political connexion as possible,
j rio lar as we have already formed engagements, let
‘them be fulfilled with perfect good faith, il te let us
I -':oP
■ *• Europe has a set of primary interests, winch to us
I have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she
i must he engaged in frequent controversies, the causes
of which ate essentially iore gn to our concerns
Hence, therefore, it roust be unwise in us to implicate
ourselves, ly artificial ties, iu th • ordinary vicissitudes
ol her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collis
-1 ions of her friendships or enmities.
“Our detached and distant situation invites and
enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain
one people, under an efficient Government, the period
i is not fit, off when we may defy ma trial injury from
! external annoyance ; when we n.ay take such an atti
! tude as w ill ,-au?e the neutrality we may at any time
j resolve upon, to be scrupulously respected ; when bel
ligerent nations, under the impossibility *■! making
!acquisitions npon us, will not lightly hazard ilie giving
us provocat on ; when we may choose pe. ee or war,
as our interest,guided by justice, shall counsel.
“ Why forego the advantages ot so peculiar a situa
tion I Why quit our own to s:ond upon f -reign ground?
Why, hy interweaving our destiny with that of any
part of Euiope, entangle our peace and prosperity in
the tods of European ambition, rivalshtp, interest,
humor, or caprice l
’■ It i’ our true policy to steer clear ot permanent al
liances with any portion of the foreign world; so tar,
: 1 mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; tor i-t me
lot be understood as capable ot patronising infidelity
itoexi-img engagements. 1 Imld the maxim no less
applicable to public than to piivateafibirs.thnt honesty
is always the best policy. I repeat it, therefore, let
lose < cig -moot- ii* rtroii in their genuine sense.
Lfut,m my opinion, it is unnecessary, ttid would l>e
nowise to extend them.”
Hibb Democrat tc Mcctiug.
Pursuant to previous notice, a large and respectable
portion ol the Democratic patty ol Bibb convened at
ike Court House,iu this city, on Tuesday, tiie 3 I inst.,
tor the purpose oi appointing I) legates to the I) -,no
crutic State Convention, to be held in Miltedgevdle on
th** ti st Tuesday in May.
On motion of Sam. J. Ray. the meeting was organ
ized by calling Ji-tm Bailey, E k q., u> the char, and the
appointment ol l*. Tracv as secretary,
i The meeting iijviug 1,-011 organized, the chairman
!stated its objects; when, on motion of S. T. Bailey, a
Committee <4 nine was appointed to prepare a pream
ble and resolutions, and report the same to the meet
ing.
In pursuance of this motion, the t!'m>ir.appointed the
following gentlemen ns that Committee, to wit: Col.
,S. T. U i y, N. Bass, A. R McLaughlin , D M Dun
woody, VS . Luwshe, R. A L Atkinson, A. Dessau,
Jonathan Wilder,mid Dr. J. T.tTxe.
The Committee hSvir.g retired for a short time re
-111 rued and reported tbe follow-tig resolutions, winch
j were unanimously adopted:
llesolced That we are members of the Democratic
pnty, because 4 hat patty has ever based its eref and on the
Virginia ard.i entucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799
J.'i soli ed, That Ihe only safety for the Union, ar.d
for hbeity, isiu thecarelni preservation ol Suite Rights
and Stan sovereignty; that consolidation and central
pow er is the fountain of nil despotism, and has been
the grave ofiioerty in all ag“s and aii countries ot the
wo 1 Id
Ke solved, Tiiat but two great parlies have ver ex
|t*led m this Confederacy, called in the beginning Fed
eral aud Democratic; one the party of consolidation
am! central power, anti tlte other the party of State
sovereignty, no ma’terhow thepartvof power have
changed their name,front time to time, to catch the
popular breeze, their principles have never changed.
Resolved, That all tlte calamities that have befallen
(he South.or I 1 at threaten to overw helm Irer.nre the
w.nkol the Federal party and their ignorant t.-os:
that (lit bom It would have lost none ofter ngna,
a id have nothing tolear, ft lire old Slate Rights Dfiit
ocrt.tic principleshad nlw ay? prevailed.
Resolved, That the calumnies which have ben bet
us ot la le, and have shaken to its centre our otherwise
happy couiitiy, have all arisen trorn a departureJro:*
the OeuiuHtratir State Rights creed. All the South
asks or needs, or ever will need, is State Rights, in
practice—not alone in promise.
Resilrcil, Tint the Democratic party of the North
lor hall a century stood in the van. ii4lllinthe battles
01 till-Stull) and the Union,and breasting'he angry
waves ot Federalism, which sought to overwhelm Iter;
Olid there tin se brave patrn ts would have ever stood,
tied not the South tdton deserted them, and cheered at
the tiiumph of their foes.
iitsoiccd, That there ever lies been and still are
Northern Democrats enough wh> are Hue t > their
principlesrnJ the South,ami who will maintain tin
ancient b,i;h and preseive the tights ol all die stales,
II Southern patriots w ill be true to themselves, and
unite with iht in, as did the ir lathers of old, to save t!:e
country.
Resulted, That it is the duty of ihe true and old
Democratic pm y of this State to unite wi’h on* North
ern fuel ds at 11 il'imore, next June, to select 11 can i
dale lor the presidei c , oprt vent their being out-voted
by two equally dangeti us factions, who threaten to be
there,unhidden—Abolitionists and Federalists. The
salty of Ihe .Sou h and ol the Union equally demand
that that Conventions, ould not be controlled by these
mi gu ded citr #ll .
hrsolred, ’l Inti we entertain no m . tv 1; r , v
ag.'i USt O’ y of our fellow ehl/ens, who neiv lu.vehe.e
tolore differed with us, and dial we cordially invite
and welcome all who are disposed to act w oh us trom
principle, into the ranks ol our paity, regardless ot tur
mer party associations.
Resolved, Thai we recommend to onr brethren in
other counties to select Delegates, 10 assemble at the
*-eyt ol government on the first Tuesday in May next,
in nunibei equal t>> the repu-sennit ion ot each county
under the old apportionment, to select lour or more
Delegates, lor the Slate at large, and iwo or more lor
each Congressional District, to aitetid the Democratic
Convent o at Baitmiorv on the first .Monday in June
next.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to support the
nominee of the Convention, it ills life is a pledge of
fidelity to tlie Constitution, and nil the rights ot ail the
States.
Resolved, Tnat the Democratic ptrty of the South
are nttetly opposed to all new tests and creeds in poli
ties,as the base tricks ot baser politicians to gel office,
and that we would, so far as in us iies. seek only the old
and sale paths oi our wise la hers, therein to wa k all
our days.
Amotion was then submitted,and adopted, author
izing the Chairman to appoint four Delegates to repre
sent the county of Bibb, in the Convention to be held
in Mill edgey file on the first Tuesday in May.
In pursuance ot thi“ motion, the Chairman appointed
tiie following gentlemen delegates tor the county of
Bibb, to wit:
Col. S. T. Bailey,Col. N. Bass, George W. Adams.
Esq., and John Rutherford, Eq.
Col. Atkinson then moved that the proceedings o:
this meeting lie signed by the Chairman and Secretary,
and published in the Georgia Telegraph, w ith the re
quest that other Democratic papers of the Stale copy.
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
JOHN BAILEY, Chairman.
P. Tract, Secretary.
Arrival ol the Pacific.
The Telegraph announced on Saturday morning
the arrival at New York,from Liverpool, of the steam
ship Pacific, w ith intelliget ce from litter ci’y to the
28th ult.
J .s. McHenry’s Circular of the 27th ult. says, that
since the sailing of the Eoropa, the demand furcotton
has increased, the sales of the three days amounting to
32,000hales,of which 12,000 have been taken on spec
ulatiottand for export. Th- advices ol a reduced crop
and the upward movement of price.-, in A ti-nca,h*ve
brought about a much more hopeful feeling lor tbe !u
lure. At Manchester,the mills tire well supplied with
orders, at remunerating prices.
The latest news received from London by telegraph,
on the morning the Pacific sailed, states that reports of
a threatened invasion ol England, by Napoleon, were
qu’te current, and that the Government had ordered
30,000 stand of arms from Birmingham, and would
concentrate 25 000 troops iti London. The Daily
News says that orders have been sent to recall three of
the principal shins of w.,r stationed in the Tagus,
with all dispatch, to the coast of England.
[communicated j
Shall we s-nd delegates to the Baltimore or Philadel
phia Conventions ’ No—emphatically t:o. And now
fortlic reasons in brief:
Ist. Because we shall meet there rabid abolitionists,
in such men as Preston Kicg, Seward, Wilmor, Day
ton. Chase and Gov. Johnston of Pennsylvania. I de
sire no political fellowship with such a crowd.
2d. Because we shall meet there Socialists, Red Re
publicans and Interventionists, who are laboring to up
set the Wi-eiy laid foundat ons of the government—
men who aspire to teach the country nevr codes of po
litic!! I morality, and to unlearn the people the lessons
of Washington With such men, ihe Constitutional
Union Party of Georgia can hold no fellowship.
3J. Because it we go into either Convention, we
completely put the good and great men of the o;her
party, wkhnut the categery of the support of the Con
•titu tonai Union men of Georgia. If we go to the Bai
timore Convention, John J. Crittenden is cut off float
aii chances to lie our candidate, and if we go to lire
Philadelphia Convention, we put Mr. Buchanan uii
der the ban of our hopele.-r proscription. Thus a host
of good and true men will be flouted by the Union Par
ty of Georgia, who, in the hour of trial, have stood
faithfully by the Compromise measures. The Unioi
Party of Georgia cmaot sttltity itself by ■ : gro>
injustice.
4th. Because it we determine to go to either of thes*
Conventions, the proud position of Georgia in th
Confederacy is lost. The country has given us creJit foi
patriotism. Let us not now hunger after the spoils am
patronage of the Government, tor if we do, we beconi’
the scoff of the Republic. We are now honored am.
respected f>r the purity and elevation of our princi
pies. But let us embrace the foul corruptions, th*
loathsome abominations and the alarming heresies t*
the old National Parlies, and tiie encomiums which
have been so freely lavished on Georgia, will be con
verted into gibes, jests and sneering maledictions.—
From such a fate, good Lord deliver us.
sth. Because the people are determined not to go in
to cither of these Lion’s dens. They are afraid of the
voracious wid beasts, in the shape of Abolition, Fre*
Soil und Higher Law, who have lapped the blood c.
these old National Parties, until they iiave become
rampant to lap the life blood of the Constitution. The
people see that the tracks of Compromise men, lead
into those dens, but never out, and therefore if leadem
make the fearful venture of entering, they will not fol
low. No never! no never! Let leaders go if they
will, but the proud sovereigns who ask no blandish
moms from power, arid n patronage from high place
w ill stand like piilars of adamant upon the world re
iiowned Georgia Platform. Locking arms and buckle!
with their friends in Alabama, the Georgia Union met
will enter the fight for the next Presidency, under n
flag but that of the Union anJ til: Constitution. Si
that if any ambitious lenders desire to outstrip ou
Southern Rights friends—to get into the Baltimore
Convention, the rank and tile of the Union Party mus
bid them go in peace, whilst they turn to renew thet
oaths of allegiance to the sacred compact of fraterni
zation, ogretd by upon the Georgia Convention of lost
C \ TO.
Bombardment of Johanna by tin Amerlcm
Nhip—.
Johanna, one of tiie Comoro LV ds, situated oil th
northern part of the Mozambique Chitiinel, h- t-aee
Madagascar and the Airican coast, has been bombai
ded by the United Slates sloop 01-war Dale. Th
place is much frequented by whale-ships for supplie
and it was owing to repeated outrages from the king ,
the Islands, to which our whalers have been subject**
that the attack was made. In August, 185), he seize
and threw into prison Capt. Moore, ol the bark Mari:
of New Bedford, and lire Dale was despatched by ot
government to obtain redress fr the outrage. Tl
Warren Star has the following account of the nttnc!
derived from Cupt. Cutter, ol the barque Dolphin :
‘ Ct pi* in nis./U, iiin 1 no.,. t . 1.1 ~,ij ;.; u -., ,;f tj.it 1
the English mj ‘adroit 011 this stall .11, : nd the maste .
of American ships m tiie harbor, and a sn of ihe Et
glish residents here, being cotivmed ol the flagrant in
us:ice done u Capt-a in Moore and other* ;<t this tslatu
immediately demand and of the King 2U.000 tiolbiis.ai
requited an imnrediut * treswer. Alter waiting all nigl
and receiving no answer, he despatched another lettei
intorming tit • King t>iu if be <h,| not ~I VO him ; ,n ;iu
S'*'er alt < b-Umv 12 <> e :*<• k. he s:i*,u!*.l comment**’ hos*
tiiiiirs. ! ire Kogrt p i*-d to the lust note ofjTing 5iH
dollars in cash, .)‘W)dollars worth of bullocks utiu inn
kets. Cupt. Pearson refused this, and got his slop un
d'T vveigh . and nioored h r nil the l*urn, ItW yards
from the heacii, with his broad MJe to the tow 1. The
King then sent off a id offered to pay $31)0-.* .( he could
g-t it iu any way—wou'd give trinket.*-, cattle and cm
t'*n clot it to make up the amount. Cap;. Pear-on ihe*
gave the Kmg2l inurs more to cmui Jer ol it, at tit
same lime telling him not to make any warlike dein
onstruiionsm the meantime ;it he did, he should con
sider it a breach ol laith, and elreul J con-me nee inline
Jiate hosttiit.es. lie also notified the King that if h
did not come tosome definite terms,lo s* nd the wome
a:.d children >nl of tiie place by 1 o.m the next day,:
he should then commence tiring upon ihein. A: day
light the (iih, there were n large number ot troops pa
rtided on the shore, und they sent word to Capt. Peai
son tout he might do what tie could—they would n*
pay anything. At ‘J. A. M , the Dale commenced firit
shot at the fort After five shots they set avh'r fl -g.
apt Peat-on immediately ceased firm?, and s*ei
L ut Fairtax vvitii a flag ol truce, to inq ite vha he
, wmle flag w .is s*-tit t.*r, and it t. Iry were u *.d. m eat
with him. They s* redthat they wished the tiring
1 to cease, and said th v **• Id not meet the demand.—
They wete to'.d to h tui and i#ii the flag ot ruce, hut they
: refused to do so. Capt. Pearson, on leartong tltei: n
I swer, *ent another message to them, informing me in
1 hot it they did not h iu: down the flag he Hi-i tld coin
j raetice firing agtin wi'h it up. After wailing apr n-t
. 1‘ iigtii oi t in .C.ipt P. arson Bgr.i;i cornuienc cl t ring
at tiie foM.a ’d blockhottte a: the corner of th** (own.
After nineteen shots and shells they set a ugntd <n ihe
| beach, and Ltettt. Parker was sent with a Ha got irtw-e.
: At tins time ihe King offend to pay AtUtM down, give
•1 bond for sst!(K> and surrender ihtMour.; seid th t h*
had done wrong ltd p'lth'ufy promised not to on so
it future, lie would gi vc up his houses, his slave'* h~
j cattle, but lie could not givt but §IOyOm money aid
j thirty head of c tide. Ca[t. Pears, n, w i>hing to *noid
i bloodshed, accepted tins >ll r on c nditio i tliat the
! Kings’ ould make a ireaty with the \m-rican govem
! inent.plac ng Autericans on an equa: tooting wait the
At 5 A M. ,01 tlw 7th, f
: Pi a;s*.n Ir.uieil hiv s'.ip from ihe town, and eve ty thing
j h::s gone on quiet since, so f ts ”
SLUM AG Y>
Mr Wesster —l’lte .MaUri'f Nacion. wit!i the it* t
unusuai ignorance which European author lies, well
informed upon other matters, mam lest towards this
country, ?p tksof D miei Webster as “ the vt t.era!)>
■wthi'i ‘ thf oxl ruiiij l I - ■ ‘yt'i-ibtsucnl dictionary oj
*hi Li ii nth i iiiiit'ige k‘;**wr. i 1 tv giui.u ad A.nen
ci. a it </.e mint si l J rebyltrinn ecer biifihsfd accor
ding to the tile of Calvin n the Biale of Mussacitu
se!i.-.”
J ffT E isfupposed that ihe Whig members r.{t!on
jgressvvill very soon select Someday in June it July
jmr holding u National Convention. No day was fixed
I at the VV hig Conveniit n in Ph'iodelphta, winch ucn -
mated Gen. ‘l'aylor. Tiie pi- ce to he selected wiii
probably cause some diversity ol opinion.
Qt.tens in Hungary.—lt is a prescriptive rule, and
we believe a law of Hungary, that no in march shall be
called a Queen. Consequently, whenever females
have succeeded to the throne ot Hungary, they have
been called Kings. Iu 1385, when Mary, the daugh
ter of Charles Dorns, ascended the throne, she whs
styled King. Maria Theresa was also styled King.
Wheeling Bridge.—lt is reported that the United
! States Supreme Court has agreed upon a decision
which is unfavorable to the Wheeling Bridge Compa
ny. Under this decision, the bridge w iii either have to
he removed or elevated.
E 5?” Tut? mother o! M. Thiers died tiie other day,
lat BatignoUfs. Adolphe was the only child.
lit mentioned,by the way, that lie is about to publish a
pamphlet under the title,“Appeal to Europe.”
’ The Colonization Society has elected Mr. Web
j ster tobe their President, vice Mr. Clay, ami Mr. Web
ster has consented to accept.
cy Senator Dickinson of New York, is one of the
Delegates elected to the National Demo’ ratic Conven
tion from that State,and is warmly iu favor of the nom
ination of Gen. Gass.
The Indians in Texas. —A bill has been introduced
into the Texas Senate, to set apart ten leagues of land
tor some ot the tribes of Indians, who liave for a long
time been located in the State.
Cry No street in Constantinople has a name ; nor is
there a lamp toil, yet there are 500,000 inhabitants!
There is no; a post office nor mail route in ail Turkey,
nor a church bell—but there are at least two dogs to eve
ry inhabitant.
Education in Georgia —There are in ’he State of
Georgia, 1450 schools, colleges and academies, with
one thousand six hundred and twenty-two teachers,
and an aggregate number 0f41,702 pupils. Notwith
standing. the number of white persons in the State,
over twenty one years of age, who cannot read or
write, is 41,786.
James Montgomery. th“ poet, whose death was
recently announced, is still af ve 1 1 I in Ins u*-ua,
h Th
oj- i iie following is an extract from a letter of Kos
• ulh to ihe Committee at Cincinnati!, which Mr. Pulsz
ky is to deliver and explain :
I decline in the most solemn way every procession,
illumination, banquet and cosily entertainment. Allow
me to provide tor my lodging and board ; and whatever
you may liave resolved to bestow tor those objects, let
the amount be given to the Hungarian lund.
Kossuth has accepted an invitation to visit Indiana.
tar Besides nightingales thrushesand swans, says
the Boston Post, another bird has appeared in the mu
sical groves oi Phtlaldelphin. “Mr. Q'Jayle” is giv
ing concerts at the Chinese Museum. He has an ex
cellent bill.
Kecugnuiox of the Independence of Liberia by
Prussia.—President Roberts has received from the
Prussian Minister, at the Court of St. James, a des-
I patch,containing a formal recognition of the incepen-
I deuce ot Liueria by his Government.
£3- The President has determined to remove Brig
ham Young as Governor of Utah, and appoint Col.
Doniphan in his stead.
DCf Dodge had such a fuil house at Newburyport,
that the audience ind to[!augh ptrjiendicvlarly, there
being no room for Literal smiles.
3T The Engli.-h Tory historian, Allison, relating
Washington’s retirement into private life, holds th: =
language: “He bequeathed to his countrymen at. Ad
dress, 10 which theie is no composition of uninspired
wisdom w hich can b: ar a comparison.”
The New York Mirror says that Hon. Daniel
Webster has consented to deliver an a idress in that
c::y on the 23d of February, when Washington’s birth
day is to be commemorated—the 22d falling on Sun
day.
Mr. Buchanan.—The Wilmington Du iht Journal
j says, that ii has every reason to believe that tiie deino
jeraevot North-Carolina has already made its select ion, :
and that its first choice for the Presidency has fallen
upon ilon. Jas. Buchanan, of Pennsy va.ua, with j
w iios- name is associated that ot lion Robert Strange ; j
this ticket having been received favorably by various
papers throughout the -State.
?>lr. Douglass for the Presidency —The Jackson
Association oi New-Chileans huv • noininatfd the Hon.
Stephen A* Douglass,of Illinois, asa suitable person to
receive the nomination of the Baltimore Convention
fo*- the Presidency.
he Presidency I rgiitui Ii hig Convention
I t • >’< ti g mem “ is of the Genera, A-se.i.hiy of Vir
ginia, and the Whig Central Committee, (says tbe
Washington Republic,) have recommended a State
Convention ot tiie Whig party to be held on the 14th 1
day ol April next, in the city ol Richmond.
A Block for the National Monument from Ire- !
land.—The Cincinnati Gazette states that Mr. J. A. 1
Lynch, of that city, has, by correspondence, induced
the corporation of Galway, Ireland, to send a block o: j
their native marble, with an appropriate inscription, !
for a place i t the National Monument at \\ |
Tastings of Punch.
The last number is full ot at Louis Napoleon.
The French Dictator to his Army iu Plum Terms
Our contemporaries, the newspapers sometimes, ti >ugh
seldom, translate French very badly. Strange to say,
not one ol them correctly rendered that very persp eu
ous document, the French dictators address to I is ar
my; which, done into honest English, runs simply
thus:
Soldiers! The hour cf triumph has at last arrived.
For the accomplishment ol my design, so i ng cher
ished, of overthrowing the republic, and seizing on the
reins ct despotic power, 1 feel that 1 can count upon
you
You will not have forgotten the plain ot Satory.—
Your palates yet tingle with the flavor of my sausages; 1
your ideas still dance, enlivened by my champagne.—
You will not cease to taste the sausages; the spirit of !
the champagne will not escape from y* jr Ii ads, ti l
you have rendered me the service :or which I stuff'd
you with the u;ie, and drenched you with the oilier.
Soldiers! 1 turn you loose upon tbe people. Bayo
net —shoot dow'n—all who resist you. File at the win
dows ot private hous-s; lies!late not to eannen ide the
dwellings of your fellow citizens. Strike terror into
the hearts ol your countrymen; show yourselves more
formidable to them than yo t ever were to the enemy.
It is you who, for me, must awe into submission tiie
people of France.
Do my work, soldiers, and you shall not miss your
reward. You shal have more sausages more cham
pagne. Every fellow-citizen vou shoot, >1 sausage ;ev
ery brother-republican you run through the body, a
bottle ot champagne; small Germans and pints for
th e blouses : for the r* st, saveloys and q tarts. Cram
me down tne throat of tiie nation, and I w ill return
theobligttion with sausages and champagne. For
ward to never-ending glory—to perpetual .utich. Re
member glory ; remember clmnpjone and sausages! !
No 11 Expergr.
“ Onr ('oirespondruts'’ Medal V- th** wuiid wags
;.mi w is. it is reiiiiv unfair, that whilst medals a e
, g*veil to warriors in red coats tlv're is no didim ui-k
----itig mark tor ill* heroic soldiers ot the p ees. We are
convinced that unity a veteran with a Peninsula
m-dai at Ins breast,ntu*l Ii tve j-fi evv-u tiie injostic.- <*i
| Ins own decoration, when contrasted widi tiie unre
quited bravely ol “Oar Ovu Correspondent ” of ; in*
daily press, c**.>!y, ttriguanoco-i.-iy taking notes in the •
hull t shower rattling about a barricade—in the drench j
ot gape saturating brtc.K walls—and in the very can- j
lion’s mouth, seeking for ** latest iuteliig’ i ce.’ >0
coolly, sit courageously, h is “ Our Own Gort*sn nd
eat ” done his work, that 0:1 the next French rev un-no,
—say to-morrow, or th*- day after—we s .oj 1 not t>e .
at ad s.j'pnvd at ree vng, by electric teiegtaph
■ju:**:l:.'!!g * k*- tor *j<i•>-.* r
(From outt own Corse'P indent )
“ A-riving on the !> .t!evarJ l'jlicu, we h.ve i*:s,
received ;t t.uiiet ”
(Ft. rthi:r PaKTtcui.Ars )
•* \\V bate leeelv U .mother htltlel.”
(Latest I'articulaks )
“ We :*IC (!••: tl.”
Sir Frnn is fiend having written a letter t*< tl.e
r s itit*’s it* jitM 1 liraiu “• t L'nits NajMheon, 1 tit.cii t lt n.\s
‘sis head ts Clearly touched, and indulge*, m the td
luv. tig:
Nursery Rhymes tor the I i.vls.
fli re was a littie Bart,
Aid he took tiie little part.
Os tite man with :h*- bullets of lead, find, lead,
He wrote to the Times
In tier* nee of the crimes.
Digrneeful to the h-nrt and the head,head, load.
French Neics. — It is certainly a curious tact, and
highly characien.-iic of th** countiy, that the first im
portant fact which the subm rme telegraph Imd to
transmit troin Frtlnce should have been a revolution !
The Wnt of all Storms. —Storming a barricade.
As it should be. —We understand that M* ns. Jul
j ken's inous.er cottcerts were brought toa close with idle
sit.guiariy appropriate air of Farewell to the Aloun
tam.
u ,U!li ’ rA! E ja>ut
Stip-riar Courts
IAM’IUV •
JANUARY.
- * Monday, Ciintham
It!) Mon.lav, Richmond
FEBRUARY.
I t Monday, t ark
2d Monday, t ‘'-ati****^)
>8 inter
3: ,'l ndrty, (’ utph* II
F o\d
j Meriwether
\\ airon
ltlt Monday. Bi dwin
Carroll
.1 !ek*n
Monm.*
Marion
Taliaferro
j MARC 11.
1 Ist Monday, Coweta
Laurens
Madison
Morgan
Pauid ng
2J Monday, Butts
Cass
Crawford
Elbert
(freene
Gwinnett
Harris
P.dk
‘d andoiph
3J Monday, Cobb
Fayette
Hall
Newton
Putnam
Twiggs
Talbot
Columbia
3J Thursday, Bulioch
Monday after. Effingham
4 n Monday, Gotdon
Macon
Early
Washington
Wilkes
Franklin
APRIL
Ist Monday,Cherokee
Murray
P.ke
DeKalb
Warren
Wilkinson
Camden
Thursday after, Rabun
Friday after, v> ayne
2d Monday, Forsyth
Whitfield
Dooly
Decatur
(i'ynti
Habersham
Hancock
Monlgonjery
Thursday after. Mclntosh
ami Tatnall
3d Monday, Lumpkin
Walker
B iker
Henry
Jones
Liberty
Oglethorpe
Pulaski
Emanuel
Thursday after. Bryan
4th Monday, Union
Dade
Houston
Heard
Jasper
Lincoln
Stewart
Sc veil
l it ..*r
Thursday after. Irwin
MAY.
Ist Monday, Gihner
Lee
Upson
2d Monday, Bibb
Chatham
Troup
Muscogee
3d Monday, Spalding
Burke
Taylor
4 !: Monday, Thomas
Monday utter, Lowndes
M*i. ait. Low tides, Clinch
Thurs. after Clinch, Ware
Mon after Ware, Appling
fnfei ior Conrts.
EASTERN circuit.
VV ayne, Last Monday in December nod May.
Camden, Ist “ in January and June.
Glvtiir, 2d “ in “ “
Mclntosli, 3<i “ in “ “
Bryan, 4*h “ in “ “
L'berty, 2d “ in “
Bu'ljch, Ist “ in February and July.
Effingham, 2d “ in “ “
Chatham, 3J “ in “ “
middle circuit.
Columbia, Ist Monday ’n February and July.
Washington, 4tii “ in January and July.
Montgomery, lt “ in February and August.
Tatnall, 2d “ in “ “
b.manuel, Ist “ in January and July.
Striven, 2d “ in “ “
Burke, Ist “ in “ “
Jefferson, 3*J “ in “
Richmond, Thurs. after Ist Mon. in March and Sept.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Madison, 2d Monday in January and July.
Eibert, 3d “ in “ “
Oglethorpe, 4th “ in “ June.
Liticcin, Ist “ in January tnd July.
Hancock, lt “ in “ August.
Warren, 2d “ in “
VV tikes, Ist “ in May and November.
Taliaferro, Ist “ in J t-,e an : Drt * n ber.
WESTERS CIRCUIT
Franklin, 4'n Moi.uay ir. January and J'tiy.
Rabun, is: “ in “
Gwinnett, 2J “ in June and December.
Jackson, 2J “ in January and July.
Ulurk, 4th “ in April and October.
Habersham, 2J “ in January and July.
Hall, 4th “ in •
Walton, 3J ** in May and November.
OCMULGEE CIRCUIT.
i.k'tison, 2*l Monday in January and July.
Jones, 4 h “ ‘in “ “
Jasper, 4th “ in “ “
Baldwin, 2d “ in May and November.
Greene, 2d “ in June and December.
Morgan, Ist ■* ] n “ “
Putnam, 3d “ in “ “
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT.
L'>wndrs, G[ Monday in February and Aagu-t.
rtiomas, 2d “ m January and July.
Telfair, 4th “ in “ “
Irw in, 4th “ in Jan. and Ist Mon. July.
Laurens, Ist “ in June and December.
I’utaski, 4:!i “ in Jan. and Ist Mon. July, j
Appling, Ist “ in February and August.
Ware, 4th “ in April a:id Oc ,f >ber.
Clinch, 2d “ in “
TLINT CIRCUIT.
Butts, 2d Monday in January ar- iy.
Upson, Ist “ iu February: Uigttst.
Pike, Ist “ in January an * j jly.
Monroe, 2d “ in June and December.
Newtor, 4'h “ in “ “
Henry, 4tfi “ in January and J"'r.
Spalding, 3d “ in “
CnEROKEE CIRCUIT.
Cass, 4'h Monday in May and N er.
Cnattooga, 3d “ in April and O jr.
Murray, 3J in january and
Walker, 3d “ in “
Fioyd, 3.1 “ in April and October.
Dade, lt “ in June and December.
Gordon, 3d “ in January and July.
Whitfield, Ist “ in “
COWETA CIRCUIT.
Fayette, 3d Monday in January and June.
Meriwether, 4th “ in April and October.
Troup, Ist “ in Febrosty and August. P
Cowe'a, 4tli “ in June anil December.
DeKalb, 3J “ in “
Heard, 2d “ in January and July.
SOUTH WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Randolph, 2d Monday in Januarv and J !v.
Lee. 4h “ in “
Early, 3J “ itt “
Decatur, Ist “ in April nn* 1 O* tober.
Sumter. 2d “ in May und November^
B k*'r, ‘Tuesday after Ist Monday in March &. Sept.
CHATTAHOOCHEE CIRCUIT.
Sr wart, let Monday in Febni.arv and July-
M *.!ton. 3d •* in May and November.
Muscogee, 2 1 “ in February and August.
‘Talbot, 3! “ in June and December,
flarris, 21 “ in “
Taylor, 2.1 “ in February and August.
MACON ClßCtir
Twig.-s, 4th Monday in January and July.
Bibb, 2d “ in “
lionston, 4’h “ in
Crawford, 3j “ in May and November.
1) .0 y, 4ill “ in June and December.
Macon, 1-t “ in Febtuary ar;d August-
BLUE RICHE CIRCUIT.
Paulding, 3d Monday in F> btuaty and Augt .
Ct.er< k-e, Ist “ in Jut e and Deceit ber.
Forsyth, 2-| “ jn Jafuiary and Juiy
t.uoipkui, 3 i “ in Jut>e and Deceti i:**r.
UHI It, 4tlt “ in “
Gilt:i*-r, 2d “ hi Jan. &■ Lt l ' n
Car-oil, 4th “ in May and November.
Cain* bril, 2d “ in June atid Deceroocr.
Cobh, 3.1 “ in “ “
Polk, 3.1 “ in April and October
Georgia 7 Per Cent Bonds.— I w ‘ Unnoted 1
aml Dollars <•! the above Bonus, (-ays the ■* .
Ville Recorder ol Tues*luy,) were iit coiumg > I •
notice, taken jesterday—having UfauG ‘J -
Tl'.e premium paid as Iron) U * •** ‘ .oaht to
stock cotuparit-g it with other moic stocks, g.
have gone ut higher rates, bad foreign cap.tabe < ■ •
■•<l tignity to then interests. We i.ottce that •
per cents payable in ’7, ate w orth m New
Georgia 7 per cvi.ts should have brought tuu
she rs quite as responsible for her debts, am
no doubt will pay h*-r interest as promptly anu ; a
ally, us any other Btare.
** MondiJ 1 N r^.
4 "< Mond/v ■
Monday ( - h
C2?* 1
3d Monday cl*’* 5 ,
F^ 1 ’
\Vv' Wp ’i' cr I
4h Monday,^;
Monro*. |H
liadwin
SEPTUIfe’
Ist Monday f p a J2;
Cowf*
Madison
Laurens
2d Monday, P„ij| g ‘ ln
Cass
r " an do: P i,
*>Ut 4 3
Elbert
r ’ r “<-!;p
3d Monday C[!b~
T>%
£ p wton
ray'tle
L ,a!| -m
*aina ni
Talbot
4ih Monday, Gordon' 3
Macon
Early
M fi sMng! oa I
I
Franklin
OCTOBER
Ist Monday, Cherckre
Murray I
DcKalb 1
Warren
™ , ,
rueaday after. Pike
Thursday afur, Rabun
2d Monday, Foray ”
Whitfield
Dooly
Decatur
1 ‘nbershitn S
J uncock
™, , Montgomery j
Tboradayaf-r, Ta'p.ali
3d Monday, I rrik a
’ alker
Baker
Henry
Shew rt
Em,-, u-i
J< tit t)
t 1 .lethorpe
I o nski
4tii Monday Onion
Dade
Houston
Heard
Jasper
Lincoln
Striven
Telfair
Thursday afier, Irwin
Thursday before last Mm
day, Biil'och
Monday alter, Effingham
November:
Ist Monday, (0 mer
Lee
L! son
i Mj. Jay bm )
Troop
Jefferson
Muscogee
3d Monday, Spalding
Burke
Camden
Taylor
Friday after, Wayne
4th Monday, Glynn
Thomas
Thursday after, Mclntosh
.Monday after, Lowndea
and Liberty
Thursday after, i.ryan
M on. aft. Lowndes, Clinch
Thurs. afier Clinch. Ware
I Mon. after Ware, Appling