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Newspaper Page TextWE0NE1PAV, MAY 1ft, 1139, PROSPECTUS OP THE WEEKLY GEOR GIAN. That a mutual dependence exists between the upper tnd lower potrinns of Georgia, between the citizen nr Ute mountains and of tin* counties bordering on the dlauatChauahnocbee. and him wboae lot la east In the principal Seaport of the State, where the rich prndnets of Georgia aeek an nutlet to the ocean, no patriotic citiaen »f rite youngest of the old thirteen can. for a mo tnent, doubt Our people, spread over an eatent of country, in which there exist* every varietv of anil and climate, have a community of interval which. If proper ly regarded, and made to centre u;mn the welfare of the maaa, will advance them In acience, wealth and ■octal prosperity. Our people are not only Agriculturist*, and mer chant*, but many are divettintr their attention to manu facture*. We tliua whites* agriculture, commerce, and manufacture* proceeding, hand in hand, to make ua a community great and happy. That Georgia ia rapidly reaching that commercial , grandeur and independence which her local portion, as the k< y atone of the long arch nftlte maritime state* or our Union aided by enlightened legislation, mutt •re long confer upon her. no citizen with the prophetic eye of a *tat«*mnn can he onrnnacion* of. It will he our elltdy through the co'umn* of the thorgtan not only to apt-end hefotelite render the lnte*t foreign and dnmestie. Intelligence, not only to inform him on national and Mila politic*, bnt to convince him {hat the first duty of the citizen. concurrent with the welfare of hie iunnedinte family, tstocuhlvnte an nhlil- ng attachment to the institution*nf tils native State and encourage that 'pirn which will eventually make Her. gia assume that rank as an Independent stme of tills confederacy, which her noble advantages, if developed hy th* patriotism and enterprise of her tons, cannot fail *o secure to her. Aa auxiltafyTorhejieneral prosperity of our belov ed 8tate we would cherish a reciprocal feeling be- • sr$en the citizeua of every section of our State, and aeek by facta to convince every native and adopted •on of Georgia, that no State lit the Union contain* more elements of aocial happiness,—none a more fa vorable position to be independent, aa she should, o’* those who seek (and in some measure with success) of making her tributary to their proaperity. To effect tills, the Georgian will refer, on proper oc casions, to her own Savannah, the ancient city of the State, and invite the notice of the citizen of the interior to her improvement, which from tier commanding situ. • ation, has been gradual y onward, and in recent years astonishing. Exporting from her wharves near ilxtten million* in value of the staples of the State, she ia yet but little known to a large portion of the Agriculturists of Georgia ; and the merchants of the interior, in many instances, pas* her to swell tiie profits of the Northern capitalist, and thus compel the purchaser within our limits to pay twenty per cent to our Northern brethren for those manufactures which could be furnished by our own citizens. Shall Georgiaus submit longer to this onerous tax upon their in lustry? The patriotic re sponse will be an emphatic—No 1 One million, two hundred thoumnd dollar*, are tliua paid as a tax by the consumers of Georgia, and not one year only, but every year. It requires little reflection to geicuive how our pockets have contributed to amass the wealth of the mooey kings of the North, how their cities have beceine splendid, aud their public works ■V magnificent. New York, the great city of a great State, exports but four millions more than Savannah, while her im portations exceed those of Savannah nearly $108,000,. 000. The profits on these vast importations, beyond the consumption of New York, would accrue to the con •uraers of the articles, if they were their own import ers. If we look at the shipping owned in Savannnll.)which exceeds that owned hy the merchants of any Atlantic port South of the Chesapeake) and employed by her merchants, a moment’s ie Auction will convince our ren ders in the interior that the enterprising merchants of this city are aide with their own vessels to transport a srge portion oftlio vx|M*rting tradejif Georgia, and the numerous ships and oilier square rigged vessels, which during the business season rr iwdlier wharves, in pur suit Of freight* for Eumpe.woutd assist in bringing hack to her shores the rich return cargoes demanded hy the wantsofnur population. We would desire too to diroe- the attention of our fellow citizens in the interior to the rapid advancement of their Seaport within the last eight year*. In 1830 the population of die city, exclusive of the snuiity of Chatham, was 7776. In 1838 it Had in. creased to 12, 758, bring un addition of more than sixty per rent, (exclusive of a transient population f ont November to March of about 3000 more,) and in the three years ending in August Inst upwards of 100 build ings (many of diem brick) of various sizes have been erected in the city an l suburbs, (several of them im posing fire proof ware houses, capable of storing large quantities of cotton.) while since tluit period many sub stantial edifices have been raised. One thousand feet of new wharves have also been recently reclaimed from die river for dm use of the city, and eighteen steam, rice and raw mills, have been erected within the past ten years in the city and its /Immediate vicinity—five of diem having been raised witliiu die last two years. The value oflter real estate has dtus materially improved, as evhiced by die high rents and tlte still increasing demand for houses, sensi bly augmenting die ordinary sources of the city's reve nue. If we turn to the river and enter into details we see twenty two steamboats, belonging to this port with an aggregate tonnage of 3704 51-93, and engines of 1021 horses power, besides many plying on onr wa ters and trading here which hail from other ptnr.es, a* Charleston and Darien. We see a'sntAfrty-iseen square rigged vessels owned in whole or in part in Savannah, of which eighteen are ships of the largest class, aver aging more than five hundred tons. We would siso point to our Uidl Roud, which is now travelled by ?>• tomotlv* more than sixty miles, and has been graded for 105 miles, and under contract for 132 from the city In this work ourcity as a corporation, have embarked half a million of dollars, besides extensive private sub- cripdnns on the part of our citizens. We merely glance at these facts,tlint our fellow conn- trytnen of interior Georgia may perceive that the prosperity of Savannah is substantial. In the brief space of a Prospectus, details exhibiting our resources, aud our progress in the scale of rides, must be avoided. We must allude briefly to other subject*. Onr columns shall of course be devoted to ail mat ters interesting to the general reader. Agriculture, (and as connected with it die cultivation of silk,) Idler- ature and the Arts will receive all the attention which a Weekly Miscellany can furnish, while the latest markets, foreign and domestic, will be inserted. One word as to nut politics. The character of die Genrgiait we will strive to sustain. Temperate and firm in tone, we shall support the measure* of the ad ministration while dtey adhere to die policy heretofore characterizing it—but be free to condemn when we judge it to be wrong. The terms of the Weekly Georgian will hem single subscribers, in the city or country, Art* dollar* per an *am, payable in advance. Every posimister who rnny jemil twenty five dollar* (free of postage) thereby fur bishing ten subscribers shall receive eleven copies of ghe Weekly Georgian, and any four subscriber* in the ^country remitting ten Hollars (free of postage) shall re- <eeive/<mr copies of die same. CyOur reader* are informed that all advertise menu intended forth* weekly paper must be so mark ed, and will be cbnrged accordingly. OGP The late subscribers to the Dfrlen Telegraph will receive the Hist number of the Weekly Georgian. Those who desire to become subscribers will be r-oeon •idered if they do not return the number by the nex 1 mail. E7* The lad number of Hio "Augusta Mirror,’’ is • choice one. Tout periodical is m »«t creditable to the State. |jy " A Fly Tb4P.’*—A g-mtleman of "leisure ly habits,” showed us a vary ingenious appai nl it- of this kind yesb-rdiy. Tho trouble uf baiting it, however, keeps him from winning our prize, if a bel ter is offered. We have no dnuhr,thnugh, that im provements con be mode; end that” fly traps” will be in great requisition ere long. Col. Stone, editor of the New York Commercial Advertiser, has been nominated by tho Governor of N#w York in tho Senato. to goto Europe for the pur poso of collecting Colonial records interesting to the State. The match two mile heats $10,00 )aside, between Boston find The Queen, which was to have Imenrun over tho Raleigh, N C. Course, at the spring moot ing it U Mid is " off.” Th* Queen being out of fix, bos been turned out and the backers pay tho forfeit of |3000.—5. Patriot. . ^ 1 S ^ •Mb# ■*>«*«* tu their interest, and will stead Itt. I till (I JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. " Video meliore proto que de-.erinre sequor.*' This old geiitlHmiu, lit* ni-nll.** to say, Im* livid ton long for his own good i nmo When Wi- thUk of the pa-rloi Samuku Adams, we owii wo venerate tho litimn itsnll. There are nssochtion* roniii'cn-d with it, (hut wo cun not, it we wotid. get nd uf. Even tho hallucinations— ho Quixo l*nn — tin* un-otMiily *li<pl*y» nf.|,<H.v Quincy him* -tf. m- tempting loj.-opiniisons ih -y till. th-best inter ests of our Union, mid to do-troy (lie very prim-iploi on wltii-h the i-onli-doruti-.n * filieold thirteen Slut**- wen- fonuod—oven nil this mi-chb-f. a« been »cnre ly «blo to vHucooi.r ie-|H-ci for thut nunv-. Uut who, in >ho iioitto of oil tluit i- ntoicilu 1 , evei sow stn-h glaring ioo>m<isioiioy exbi'ntod ns unit which Jolts Quixcr An AMs, has ht-on guilty of. through-u Id* Ahn.iiion port’•iinoiici-ef 11 is Wolfe lieui-l *e*iio-il to It ivultuoit W'iund u • w, hiiiepruyoi of the m-un-oiuiist* on tluit *uli,oc —mi* cv. rj pul-* soetnod to bout lit uco inLince with their opuil.iii — when, lo,,Mid i.rimld 5 tn>* grout ch impi-n -o' the right rf p tition—ul' fro-dont mid epml r glit*, now Woen tho trouh e i* over, come* out, nu-l *n\s, nay. nouu.lv «).-. lur-s •» that lie t* ion |*rrpun*i t. vme for the imni- dmto abolition ut sms cry in iko D » trail n Culu iihiu, &«.” W hut u »p* oiii'-io lie Im* mode of liims.-h! A bo.ir>llo*s hoy would le o-h.uned to k|i**w rueit n pn»*ioii for notorioty 1 Tm.y, the words we ha»e quuted under the hooding of hi* b.i t tinti«-e. npfnv •"bim witn the greatest force, liutuudl,.uud*liiiiie- M***lv * iys— I know the right, ai-d I approve it too— Condemn tlte xroig, ni.u \tt th< «may puriue.'* W<-u,in m-uiuciy ivpr *« onr tudigiiu ton ut th lioiiiy evidence i f soph *tirnted mid toiloroii* logi> by whi-li Mr. Adam* would ploy mi the 'irdumu*. Ilei* n siugu ar ma • S nnd rue who ccrtninly i-aii- not be *uii>flod wi ll lin>*rh*. lie m»y not Inve •ived in vniti—but betlei 'iwimhe liu.l. lJu hu* done little good to hi* Generation. (CORtUSPOJtDKNCK OF THK SAVANNAH OtOROIAN.) LATEST FROM FLORIDA. UrPKRVtLLE, Garet’s Feu t, > May 10th, 1839. J Mt Dear Stitt—I have not written lately n* there has been nothing in tho way of new* since tho arrival of the General in Chief. He is still at Fort King,endeavoring to restore pence by nmkiug a ver bal agreement with the Indians, to confine them selves to a certain portion of the territory, pr mi*- ing them that they shall not be molested if they keep within tho boun lury designated for them Tho Indians are so much scattered, thntit must take some time io make them acquainted with ou inten tions. As soon >• this i* done, tho wnr may be con- c ■nsidered over. Five regiments of foot will remain in the territory, and tlte rest leave for their proper stations. [from Ol»R CORKKSPoNdint.] Saturday, May 11th, 1B39. Convention met nt tiiui* n’cbn-k, A. M. H<m, J M. Wnyne, I’ e-idnnr, in the chair. Alter pray r m i (lie cull nf the roll, th- Convention resolved it- svif into u Committee ofth- wlioh-, Mr. Stocks in iheChuir. Cii m.iibm the reput of the Comma- t.-e wn* Itt'ten up, Mr. Berro-n moved th-* ab»p tion of the plan submitted hy tlieCoimnitti-ein llteii R-port fore hi *«i licit i ion of Seimt-triiil Distrirt*. Mr. Dutvson followed nnd opposed the plan of forty—ix Senatorial Districts, a* ruuferritu Inn much power *m rite minority at the oxp-n*e uf the mnj-irity. M Gatnh'e fid lowed nnd u railed t hnt the convention wn* bound, ut least liehimselffi-li he wn* bound tnudhin. t itiie plan prescribed by the Legi-luture, iuii-nmch as the CoiiVi-uiion hu* hern urguiiiz -d uinler liu- Law of last sus-io >. lie udvocuted the territorial linsi* recognized hy that Act. nnd I by pubii - op in ui a* fur us Him opinion could Ini n*eei- tiiinn-*. Mr. Ilopki i* f.illoAed. mill u* well a- 1 could under*tnlid hi* r m irk* from the distance at wh rh I wi* placed, supported <he terriD-riiil lin*i*. Mr. Jeuki-.*, fdlo ved mid ii-ntirre.l that liefdv concurred wiili die g-mriem in from t.’li.iilimn, (M-, Berrien,) that thee mstiiueni element* of r«-|u<seu- latino are population, territory and t ixulioti. 1I-- u*keil if ten 'llo y could giv -tifuirexprcssl ni of pop- ui ir will, lie Hio >g u out. S i wirii regard to tax ation. lie considered ihoe.einent of po|iaiatioo a iiH«iS lie-* m is't iinp.irtatit. G mlem.-n say w • n sent here to reduce. Isay (observed M-..I ) ' are sent iiore to reduce it ml eqiulz.-. II,- argued tint ii two coniigumi-aoiiiHie* w.-re tnk-n a* th ba-i* .-f the Sen it-nial plan, ivdicn m a on id lie ef fected Inn imi e<pia|.zition. lie deelmed lliiu-ea m-ire liuun I by lh * c iieiul »i!»jeet* of the B II—re duction and ■ q luiiz ition—il.itti by any specilt-aiiou *o wit,the securing tneo hc-mnty a nu mber,orH.e forma i ion of Sen 11 or in I Di--ri>.'*. en the plan ot two contiguous con mie*. lie contended that in tlte composition ofthu Mouse, us ad -pied ye-tcrduy, population as an element of ill-* Hepresun'mive Inisj* hi-be-n di*iegnd< d, ami ilo-ref ae ii slum becon-nlered Hie orgnaiz moii oft lie Seuiu-., M Davi«, of L-'i-, next rose and argil -d lint lh * law *i tin- Legt-lanre resnl it* d th-* plan, mid b-1 Hint lie wu-tlieie ii .der iii-liueiioii-. Mr. W. ITmi. of H-i. Iirr-hiim, ruse and argil, d H.ui ii wastin' do y ot po.tticnl lioilio* organized like tin- present in do ju— lice *-q rally t*i .lb. Ii * u •* -rve I lit it if they ..nd c. mmeuced on ihu |iiiti *i|«l * of white bu*i*, they wottid nave sutried rigm. Tim genii- man from Ghon*-, (Mr. Diwsou.) get*up with Id- pi.iusibii- i y looks all over me House, trad dec are y m an no wr-ieg in your poms. I u mine i* ngln. Mr. W pr-H-u.-ded to nrgue in fiivm nf n whi n basis, un-l drew a c-uitrust Itetween the white population nt nf tin* Eu-'cru nnd 6-mii hern Dislr.nts n* comp i red with the C icruxer umi Western District* and limit Representation respectively, Mr. S ark, of Bull-*- follow-d and contended that 2D9 00J u minority ol the peii.de, were nlremly entrusted with tin* d- sli nk'-, of 559,01)0 md tint thu principle of allow ing each county however smuli, a l(i*pre>eiilutivi' l wh* railicu ly w iong. Mr. U oi-t-D. o. Cmwf ird, followed, and argued against reduction of any kind. Mi. S^mncsr of Li berty, next rose ut.d advocated ihu adoption of th** Itfatures of the report, olisurvod that it was hi* in tention to effect reduction, hut nut to change thu principles of ilia Constitution. M. Harmon, of ,Mun me, opposed tlie pluti submitted in thu report. Mi - Wayne, (Fies'l.) followed m.d iimurkiri that ns n citizen, be hud difieicut idea* iifth* obligation im- posed upon the memlwri, than lie hud expressed on tlte floor. Mr. W. referred to the origin of the Convention, und contended that the amendatory proposition for the report of the committee* would throw wide open the duur* of the constitution. I le took up the report, and illustrated his view*, lie aid down a* a principle that the m ijority s'luuld govern, but th it principle would In* wmth nothing, unless modified, *n •« to protect ibn right nf the minority. Mi. W.offered thjt lie went for the fed eral basis, I eo iu-e his oulh r.-rptired it, Imt argucl against adopting popul itlou n« th* principal of or-, gmuzibgiha Senate, end especially population un ler tip* fe lurd b'i*D, worn the Legislii'itre spoke of reducing mid equalising tho representation, they «|Mike ofb as spphcuble to thu ||ou*eof Represen- ml tvs, Tu-» flent'e In* always been couipo-e-l without reference in |Nipulaiion He ennietided that th« Convention have no right to go out of tba Ju Ifit* Wnyne pi * weeded nt •- me length, nnd 1 J • ntft p ei end in state at this time tlte argument* lie urged in fuv-ir of the tvport-*if aide. 1 *hal t’uruish you wi it th- m ut n fir ore period. Unless u •leuograplier, I fi-i-Oliui l could do little justice le any uf thu s|H*ak--r«, pir iiiiila'rly to Ju-I.e Wayne, whosedeliveiy. you tire awnre, is very rapid. Mi. Uerrb-n ro-u tiud suggesting Hint it wnsnenr he usual time for ndj* nin-eut, ni- v« d tkui tie Comtnitieeri-e. r p*rl progress, and have leave t-> sit iigniu { wiiieli m ul-m was sii'laiueil, and th* presid ur having re-urn -dihe chair, the Convention tdpm ueil about 15 uiiiiutas of one o'ciuck, until 3 oYl-afr, I*. M. Satcroay, May 11th. 1839 Convention met pursuant mi adjournment nt three o'clock, P. M. ThecnnsllerAtion of the report was res-im- d in Committee, Mr Mocks in tha Chair. Mr. Berrien io*o an*l al.lressed tlte Chiir. He c mn znced by .1 welling on tho nature of tho Con stitutional limits imp so un the Convention, end nf its powers, as d*rivod from the pouple. Mr. B. •a d, tho act of the Legislature contains curtain re quisite-. Hu stated tho rule of law in the construc tion of statutes a id lustruramts. Whon the legisla ture S)ioke of equa.ity it was with reference to the prevision of the Constitution of'118. VVheu the Legislature passed un act requiring us to reduce tho representation in tho house, it w-as with reference to the same constitution. Mr. B. argued that tho ma jority does not universally govern hut tho rulo is that it shall govern according to and impursuance of the fundamental laws of tho land. 1 ho object of the provisions of those laws is M shield tho minority from tho encroachments of the m^j'-rlty. Mr B. proceeded to say that he considered tho report * f the C *m-nittijfl should bo adopted a* it violate* no rulo of equality as sanctioned by tho constitution. He asked if it was tho fact that territory and no t population would bo tho efficient power in the Sen. ute. He doubted whether in the practical opera tion of thn scheme, tho friends of the territorial plan will not find that they have yielded their wishes totha friends of the population project. Mr. B*-r- ien sp ike little morn than an hour, nnd I have n-*t attempted to *tate nil his views and argumonts but will end-avour to furnish them. Mr. Jones, of Muscogee, next rose and spoke about thro© quarters of un hour ugttlnat the ©don. tion of the report. Mr. Jenkins explained at length. When Mr. Jenkins concluded, a matlon that the Committee rise, report progress, and ask leave to sit again—prevailed. A motion to adjourn until j past 7 this evening was lost Tho Convention adjourned at six o'clock, until nino o'clock Monday morning. There nre various opinions as tn tho time of final adjournment. S into think tho whole of noxt week will be occupied. I send several of tho substitutes laid on the table, which ifyouhuva room.for, you can publish. [from a correspondent ] MTLLF.DGKVILLE, Mnv 10th. 1039. Four days have elapsed and the Convention has ma l * little progress. Not until yesterday afternoon nt three o’clock was a report made hy tho Com mittee of thirty. Tlr*re wns much difference nf opin ion in that Committee ns to the plans submitted, but they eventually adopted n portion of the report of their Su't-Committco. with the classification nf Senatorial Districts, submitted by Mr. Springer. A copy nf the report you will herewith receive, be ing by the first m-tii nfter tlte maturity of n plan. Tlte project* of Mr. Sprhigor and Mr. Junes, nf Muscogee, submitted in Committee, you will also receive. They have boon, I lenrn. (for other en gagement* prevent constant attendance on tho Con vention in every stage of its progress) boon received in Convention with oth-r plans some eight or nine, (one of which, that of Mr. Jenkins, of Richmond, seeks to form the Judicial Circuits into Senatorial Districts, giving four Senators to curb, and thus making fort. Senators.) All the plans were ord *red t.i bo printed nnd the C.invention ndl ourned until this morning ut ten o’clock, at which hour the mail fur Sivinnuh c oses. Thn-o will hu consul-rablo discussion, I predict, on lha multitude of plans. Whether th-ru will he nny thing adapted, accept able to tho people, we shall soon ho able to judge. The P-d-rnl basis, I am inclined to think, will lie pre served, although there are many disp wed to disturb it. If I can procure a printed copy of nil the plans in time f r thn mail you shall receive them. Thn time passed in the Committee of thirty in maturing the report, nr {ties littlnjn favor of reduction, (thoujh I mys-rif wish to see redneti -n affected in some way or other.) Th re are many itnn of talent and ex perience iu Legislative matters in the Convention and any rocomumd ition from t *em to the pe -pie should curry grent weight. Thn objertnfG uargi ins sh m’d he n-vr to relax in their endea ots to regen erate their State, by throwing ofT the incubus of an inactive body, and itssuming the spirit of a now birth make the Senate half thn num ber, and the seats will be occupied more gene rally by "grave and reverend seignnri,” while some seventy member* taken from the lower h -use will cnnbl" it to digest schemes nf State ag grandizement, nnd at tho same time, the number will be snffi-icntly large to preserve unimpaired the spirit nf popuinr representation. P. S. I have just learned that in all probability the r 'port of the Committee of thirty will be adopt ed hy the Convention. If, in aty event it should be tm 1'ifled the federal basis will be preserved. This I dtrivo from vim- of the prominent members, whose sources of information enable them to form reasonable calculation*. Ifso, the Convention will, I think, amount, to-morrow. Friday. May 10th, 1339. The Convention wn* railed to order at 10 o’clock. After prayer, tit • roll whs culled. The Report of the Committee, with tho several suhstlltile* offer ed, wete, on motion, ordered to be printed. The Convention then re-olved itu-lf into Committee nf the whole, Mr. Stork*, of Greene, in the chnir* an*l, *m motion, tlte original report wn* tend. Some ■ question* of or ler then occupied the time nf the Convention. A melon wn* made to Hike up the original Repor* by sneilon*, whirh the Chnir deci de i to lie in onter, the -iihstititt-** on the table It • ing placed there merely rim they may lie printed, with the re-mvntinn to tie* gentlemen offering them to move them a* substitutes. Tho Report wus then taken up by sei-ti *n«. On rending the fi .t ►ort'mn Mr. Clinstnin, of Gilmer, mnv* d in strike out the word* "110*1 including Hirer-fifth -f nil the pnoph-of color.” Oil dividing, it w is lu«t, sixty l*eiog c-nnii- ed in thn uffirmnive. The fust s*-cti *n was then adopted without a division. Th** next section, giv ing onn member to euch county wn* th' n also adopt ed without n division. On thn third section lining rend, it wn* moved to strike out "five,” so ns to re quire u different numb r to entitle it coon y to two memltei*. A division being en led for, it ppenn d tin-re wore yens 140, nays Ml—t* countviMiy toi ler*. Curried. Mr. Iluthiti*. ofG#inni*it,moved to in*ert ''*(|W.” Other gum lenten pr*p**»rd " seven,” , ‘-U” nnd ” five, five,” Mr, Hu chin* explain' d lh*- r#n*on« which influvuci-d lion to make th-* motion, nnd in th • emirs.* of hi* remark* -luted (hut If fight thoumnd -mu adopted ns the ratio for itco membsrs, and twulvn thousand for thru mom* li.-r*, Hiflllmim woild b*- cmn|H»s.*d-iU' 127 ia -m- tiers, .eighty ie** Hum unitbr th*- CnnstltuUon a* It xl-t*. Mr. Wnyn**, (President,) in sntne brief re mark* nvpwed his desire to make the iitimltrruflh*- l.egi*lniure ns stn*ll u« ||meiii-iili|i-, nnd therefon* ended *m the g -ntlem -n, propo j ig the D-speclive umher*. in *'ty wlixl they -lesigiied ns lli\* ratio for t-rnn* member*. Mr. Ilo cliins ex|.lnim*d nnd avow ed ltim*e.f inl’ivorof l'J.UIII) for thnm taembers. til l every itdditio ul 40ill) of r*-pre«enttiiivijpopuiM- i ni toboentitl d loiinn.idiliotiiil inemlier. Mr. Mer iwetlier hri- flv n»ipn*. d ||«e motion In fi I tltr blank wpIt”eight." Mr. Berrien,uf Cimriuim, fnllnwed with aunt*- rem*ri*s, in whi*-li ha intimated Ills pre lerence for 6.001 ns tho repres»titntivn population ut vntiilo to lira menthttr*, nnd every nihl'iiuii'd <5 0 U) tiiini wlTlkwiti in mbet. The one* inn wns t'.en taken nil Hie n *mher ••*■uglit” anil lost. Tlte in *ti*m lor " soven" w ns ul*nht*l. " Six” wns then insetted liy u vote nf 141 to I'J-J, ns coitnteil by tel- 'er*. The next section wn* liter) ujopted, nftsr mi ineffi-ctunl nltempt to siriketett •• twelve," so xs to mitke 10,0 10 the railo.toeolitli*toilih eemembets, Tiie sections following, so fqr n* they telute tn the eumpii.iiiiin of ill* - House, werethen agreed to wi h* "ti*’ rim*»nd n*-nt. The c<un*nit*re then n»*e, report ed p ngr*-*«, nn-l n-ked leave to sit ngnin, which report wn* ucvepled. A motion wastheu mudu to ndj-urn. until ui-u o'clock to-morniw mottling, wit clt wn* u trried Tlte Cmiveittionthon adjourn ed ut fiiteun minutes In-fiire one. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. Tho Committee to whom wo* referred the reso lution nf tho Convention, requiring them to report u plan fur tho reduction f the number of the mem bers uf the General Assembly of this >tate, beg leave to report tho following os a substitute for thu seventh section nf tho first article of the Constitution now in force: ’I he House of Representatives shall bn composed of member* from uil lha counties whirh now sre, or heriuftcr may bo included within tht* State, accord ing to their respective numbers uf free white per sons, and including three-fifths of all the people of color, to be ascertained by an actual enumeration, to bo made from time to time, at interval* of seven yeurs, ns now by law provided. Each county shall bo entitled to one member. Each county having a representative population os ab ve specified, of five thousutid persons, shall be entitled to one additional member, und enclt county having such representa tive population of twelve thousand persons, shall be entitled to two additional members, but no cou«< y shall have more than three members. Tho number of members of which the House of Representatives will be composed according to the aforesaid ratio, and the last census, shnll not here after bo increased, except when a new county is crcuted; and it shall bo the duty of the Legislature, at their session, to be holden next after tho enumera tion provided for by law, goto regulate the ratio of tepresentution as to prevent such increase. The Representatives shall bo chosen annually, on the first Monday **f October, until such day of elec tion shall be uttered by law. Tho C.-mmittee report the following as a substi- tote fur the t> ird section uf the first articlu of the Constitution now in furep. The .>cnnte shall consist of forty-six members: and whenever hereafter the Legislature shall lay off nnd establish a new county, it shall bo added to the must contiguous Scimturiul District. * Thn S?nnte shall be elected annually on the first Monday in October, and shall bo composed of one member from each of the forty-six Senatorial Dis tricts following t 1 Chatham and Effingham 2 Seri vert and Burke 3 Richmond and Columbia 4 Lincoln ond Wilkes 5 Elbert and Mudison 6 lliirberritam and Lumpkin 7 Union und Rabun 8 Forsyth uud Hall 9 Jacks n nnd Franklin It) Clark uud Ogletlmrp* 11 Greene and Putnam TJ Tnlinferru and Women 1J Hancock nnd Baldwin 14 Washington and Jefferson 1 i Etnunu 1 nnd Montgomery 16 Bulloch and Bryan 17 Tatnall and Liberty 13 McIntosh and Glynn 19 ( nmdeii and Wayne 20 Ware and Lownd.’s 21 Telfair and Spilling 22 Laurens and Wilkinson 21 Fma«ki and Tjvlggs 24 Bibb nod Crawford 25 Julies and Jusper 26 Butts and Monroe 27 Morgan and Walton 2d Nowtonand Henry 29 DcKulb and Gwiiniett • 3.t Gilineratid Murray 31 tassnud Cherokee 32 Cobb uud Campbell 3d Coweta nnd Fayette 34 Mcrriwethor and Talbot 3 i Pike und Upson 3J Houston and Macon 37 Domy and Irwin 33 Tbonus and Decatur 39 Buker nnd Early 4-1 Leo nnd Sumpter 41 Randolph and Stewart 42 Muscogee aud Marion 41 H»rri* aud Troup 41 Heard and C trri'll 4 j Paul ling and Floyd 46 Chattooga, Walker & Dade Tie- fo-luwuu -Ui.nl he the seventh section of the Fi* si At licit- of the Con-tilutinti of tin* Stale uf Gear- ui •: The I Ion**- of Representatives *hn!l breompm-d of *liem'*ers from nit the counties which tinware, or in-renli* r mat he, inn tided wiihinilds State, neror- ding to their respective number uf free white |*rr- sons, Hn* eimmemti n to lie mnde net-ordinf to the hist een-u-. Each county contning five t hniisnnd in- linhitniii*. ugr- enlde to the fori-g-'ing plan of enu- me-niion, -halt he entitled to two memln-rst eight HioiioimiI to Htree mem'*er»; -ndn» c -unty shell Ii ive more Hum three m mbers, hut each roomy ■ t ill liiivn onJ mender. . When the next State Cet*- •u- i- i:ik*-n, He* ten countie* Imving th-- highest number of fr>-*- white inh ibitnnts atnive eight thou- *.md shall eeun !*• entitled to three memln*r*|the twenty-two c-.unties Imving the higliest number of f.ee white inhabitant* ibove live ihnn-nnd nnd uud r Hie fit st ten, shall havotwo member* each.and the Im hum* ofthu count.es one each, mnking according to tin-1 i*t c- not*, 135 mombeis: Chatham 3, Du Knlli 3, Gwinnett 3, Homy 3, Jocksnn 3, M -tri- wether 3, Muscogee 3, Newton 3, Talbot 3, Treup 3, Bibb I'm* 2, Cobb 2, Coweta 2, Elbert 2, Franklin 2, Houston 2, Hull 2. Harris 2, Haber- • ham 2, Jasper 2, Lu-npkin 2, Monroe 2, Pike C, Putnam 2. Richmond 2. Stewart 2, Upson 2, Wal ton 2, Warren 2, Washington 2, and each of the remaining counties »ne member each. Mr. Jonas, from Muscogee, submitted the follow ing plan for reducing the Representatives: l. The federal basis to be adopted. For the Senatorial Branch, tho ratio shall be 20,- (100 for ono Senator and, the Senatorial Districts will be as fo.tows: 1 Chatham Bryan Effingham 2 Bulloch Emanuel Tatltml Montgomery Liberty McIntosh Glvnn Wayne 3 Camden (tt”‘ Telfair. . Irwin' Lowndes Thomas 4 Decatur Early Bakor 15,944 2,163 . 2.H70 2,864 5,b68 4,034 5,1)86 3,932 4,184 4,186 3,711 3,079 4.367 4.921 4.141 3.698 21,182 23,174 * 91,164 0. . r, .f 1 Let 4.871 Randolph 5,329 fil.766 Do *ly 3,727 5 Pulaski 4,031 Laurens 4 660 Washington 8,1169 Wilkinson 6,ru 22.320 6 Scriven 3,832 Burke 8,349 Richmond 10,360 23,541 7 Jefferson 6.S4S Warren 8,318 Columbia 8,365 21,128 8 Lincoln 4,613 8,389 Wilkes Elbert 9,318 22,320 D Talinfcrro 3,738 Oglethorpe 8,729 Clarke 8,514 20,681 10 Hancock 7,541 Putnam 8,592 Baldwin 5,363 21,496 11 Greeuo 8,474 Morgan 7,375 Walt n 8,948 24,797 12 Crawford 8,504 Twiggs 6,591 9,852 Houston 22,949 13 Muscogee 13,172 Stewart 8,559 22,731 14 Talbot 11,830 Macon 4,045 Marion 3,607 Sumter 3,645 23,107 15 Jasper 0,990 Jon- s 7,8*21) Bibb 7,568 24.378 16 Upson Monroe 11.168 12,390 23,558 17 Harris 11,198 Meriwether 12,000 23,198 18 Troup 12.413 Heard 4,180 Carroll 3,811 20,404 19 Coweta Campbell DaKalb 22,950 20 Pike Henry Foyntte 24,242 21 Gwinnett Newton Butu 22,355 22 Madison Jackson Hall, 21,994 23 Franklin Habersham Lumpkin 21,780 ae iwuun Gilmer Uninn Murray Cherokee Forsyth Cobb 22,472 25 Cass Floyd l’auldl g Walker Dado Cbatt oga 18,664 3d. For the Unuse of Representatives, the ra tio of Representation shall be as follows: That 3,00i) population shall give one member— 7.0U0 two members, und one member more for eve- y five thousand additional population. Under this ratio, the Comities will, at present bo entitled; occordiug to the last Census, to the follow ing Members: Population* IS,944 3 9,16, «IUba -muni tu ilnlr l.um.i, .nil „||| . u ^ funl. In .lur-licn ol Iholr tl|hl>, and »!*n Iht U« O.min prated tl.en.rrum fmuj nml Impntum, tb,, - -III eniltruen Nnlura’e lau.ietr p.eacrvatlun, B»eh Itlliu ntiltudn ilto Grant Jury hnvn pltcnd tbnnt. *elt„. In, mi, I nm cnnll.lent tiie, .III bn tu.ulti.il in it l.jr .licit Mluit eltittlid A JUttOH. ' Chathim Bryat Effingham Bulloch - Emanuel Tatnall Montgomery Liberty McIntosh Glynn Wayne Camden Telfair Irwin Lowndess Thomas Decatur Early Baker Lee Randolph Dooly Tulaski Laurens St-riven Burke Richmond Jefferson Washington Wilkinson Houston Sumpter Marion Macon Stewart Muscogee Harris Tnlbot Crawford Bibb Twiggs Jones Baldwin Hancock Warren Columbia Lincoln Wilkes Taliaferro Greene Putnam Jasper Monroe Upson Troup Mcrnwether Pike ’ Butts Heard Coweta 2,864 2,7D4 2,202 1,889 5.1)86 3,932 2,911 1,273 1,774 1,940 2,359 1,629 2,250 4238 1 4938 1 3359 1 1 4164 1 4186 1 3654 1 3079 I 4367 1 4921 1 4141 1 3698 1 4871 1 5329 l 3,927 1 4D31 1 4500 1 3832 1 9349 2 10,660 2 4545 1 8.69 2 5714 1 9853 2 3645 1 3687 1 4<i45 1 8559 2 13172 3 11098 2 1183(1 2 651)5 1 7568 2 6591 1 7829 2 5363 1 7145 2 8318 2 8265 2 4613 1 6389 2 3738 1 6474 2 8592 2 8991) 2 1239H 3 11168 2 12413 3 12038 2 7609 2 4559 i 4183 l 8612 2 Fayette 56H) 1 Henry 11D23 2 Newton IU3U0 2 W -lion 8948-2 Morgnn 7375 2 Clarke 6514 2 Oglethorpe • 8729 2 Elbert 9318 2 Madison 4191 1 Jackson 10425 2 Gwinnett 10.176 2 DaKalb 9853 2 Campbell 4415 1 Carroll 3811 1 Hull 7378 2 Franklin 8699 2 Harbertham 7422 2 Lumpkin 5669 1 Cherokee 4180 1 Forsyth 4747 1 Cats 6161 1 Cobb 5630 1 Floyd 2.832 Paulding 2-229 5058 1 Walker 2,883 Dado 834 3445 1 Chattooga 4060 1 Murray 3025 1 Rabun 1.862 Gilmer 1,486 3348 1 Union $194 l 4th. The number of member* in the Senate and House of Representatives shall not be increased, end tho Legislature shall pus o law at the first ses sion eftor each cen»us shall bo taken, from ttmo to time, to change tho ratio fur tho Senato and Uuuao of Representatives, »o as to continue that number. We learn from iheMad.sonlan.thatibaPrtsldoni of the Uniied States intends visiting tlw North, end that> will spend most of the warm season In bis aatlve State. fDEFALCATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS. The WitIg* have made • great hundlo uf the de falcations of thu Conerrvntive Swartwout, and those who followed in his path. This mud was their Idol—theif "golden calf,” before hu ” mn.lu himsolf sdurco. 0 Apostocy ie always certain of n wartn re ception in thu nfttie or Whiggrry.—T AttMADox Hoffman, Vbhplanck. und countless others, de- sorters from the democratic romp, are now tho len ders of tho Whigs. Sbward, tho present Govern or of Now York, It is well known; was once a Demo crat, or professed to bo ono. Yet the Whigs, have given him tho highest office in tho State. Indeed, wore it not for tho many dcsortlons that have taken place ofla to years, from tho ranks of the Democrats, tlte so called Whig party—hot roully, the Federal Junto, would not huvobcon ublo to sustain itself ut all. It would have long since disappeared from tho political arena. However, wo commenced about defalcation*. Now, when tho Whigs have spent their breath in denouncing defaulters, and in undeuvouring to make all such belong to tho Democratic party, wu find that the grpatcr number of thosu who broke their trust, were actnuUy Whig«t Where tho Government will luse by the defalcations of one Domocrat, it will be at a loss of treble the amount by Whigs. Mr. Murray df Kentucky, has put tho mattor in its proper light; other members of Congress ltuve done the same, and tho Richmond Enquirer, quotes tho following on tho subject J " In the month of October 1830 a jndgment wns obtained against Andrew and Junto* Erwin, for thn sum of $92 685!—Andrew Erwin is tho father-in fata of that great Whig lender John Bull, who do- clutms tb loudly upon the fl tor of Congress, about the corruptions of thn present Administration. " Mr. Kant, late collector of Bulb, Maine, seems to bo a dufi.iiltur for the modest sum of 15,090 dol lars. This man was tho Whig candidate for Gov ernor in that Slate, and received thu entire Whig vote.” " The tosses prior to Gen Jncksnn’i administra tion, by collector* n\\A receiver*, amount to $1.200,'• 001); the n .initial turn ia nearly double, but part of this sum is secured. It i* prolintdo nothing will hu lust eventually under Genera I Jnckton’s administra tion, hut liy LiUlebury Hatokint, or under tho pres ent Administration hut hy Swartwout ami Price, There wid be oilier defaulters, blit their security will be good for their respective amounts,—Reekie**, collrciorut Pi-rtlt Amian.lin*producedsntnoa arm; h.s dufulciilion was thirty or fifty dollars. He, so *0>w a* the defalcation wn* discovered, paid the amount. Ho was u Democrat. Hu was misled hy his ptoJi-cetxur. “ B-tl do wo hear any thing from Arnold, the colluctur ol tho name place, some years before, un- dor the administration iifoiieJ.Q. Adams? He is in dulii'dt fo< $80 090, tint one farthing of which wus recovered ; yet we hour tin Federal murmuring •bout that defniealion.—tin wit* o modern Whig. This was causmlliy the neglect of tho Administm- ti m under which tiie default norutiod, according to the charge* now preferred, and it sene undi-t the Bunk Administration. Why this muteness about Arno d’s defalcation? All umlorstood- "Tito loss on merchant's bonds. This loss amounted to $7,(1011,0.10, with nit interest. Sen de tails of names und dare* in report to Senato, Grit July, 1830,duo. No.51)3. There wi.!ho found the name or G. W. Brown, of thn firm of Tho* Smith & Co, in default for the modest sum of $80,000. I would like to know whether or not liui* a violent und noisy Whig in Naw York. Perhaps tint Whig gentleman now in my eye (Mr. Curtis) can inform me. And I would Inquire of that gentleman, if he did not maka the motion in common Council to dis miss uli Democrats in the cily from office nnd pub lic employ, even down to thu lamplighter* " Edward Thompson, I think nf Philadelphia, whom Hie records show to be n dof,toiler to n con siderable amount. f ny the rtatonable stun of $101) - UOJ, or more,—,*tirbap* some nl the Whig gentle- atoii from Hint city can infnitn us a* to his politics. Whig, 1 pnxntne? Yes. silence gives consent. " All lliesi* base frauds and wholesale defalcation* occurred tinder Hie U S. Dank Administration, end lielure the present Administration. They grew out of tho wholesale gambling system, established, mainiiiitn-Hand managed by the Bank*. This sy*- tum, the Democracy of this country have always set their faces against. Who arc respon-ible for tho losses' thus sustained, btlt these who, for party and t eiininry motive*, sustain and keep u,» tie* frau In- '•at s^'tiem that give* birth and support to ilium? " Co fueling officer*. Report nf .limitary 17th, 1838, Hoiisu of Representatives, document 111, show* names iifdofaiiltiiig collecting officer*. *• RuputU uf First and S -c wtd Cmnpttollers of tho Treasury, documents Nos 2, 6, 4d. and 186, of tho House of Representatives, show defuulls uf dis bursing officers. Million Brent. The name of this individual stand*im record, with a defalcation ann-xed of $7(1,541. He was a I'Hymnsloi General, ( Whig.) "aiimuol Chaplin, lata paymaster, defalcation $109 00U.(Wliic.) "Amos Burney, late navy ngent, d'-fnlcnrinn $70,- 562. (Whig.) Joseph Kuhn, defaulter for $22,021 55. (Whig.) • But here comes Wm. MoMuntry, purser, de falcation $17,991, (Whig.) " Bank deiiilnatiiitis. Look, sir, at the million* ■ list liuvo been lust to lha G ivcrnment by ill" frauds oflho hanks,since 1817.tip to 18)8, inclu sive—-all during the Bank reign.” What will tho Whigs soy to this ? Tltry cannot, with all their ingenuity, bring tho sumo amount of defalcations against the Democrats. Like ull the other attempts of the Whigs to decry tho Democrats, this ono hu* most signully failed. Those tiiat were loudest in thoir outcries, are now silent. So it goes the good old principles of republicanism hare been tried on every hand—and hove never boon found wanting. We find that ego improves them— they repose in quiet in tho honest breasts of the yeo manry nf our county. Corruption cannot tarnish their lustre—it drops off, and leaves them bright uud unsullied as virgin gold—or maiden purity. Lung may it be so. [to THK KOITOR OF THK OEOfUJIAN.] K1CEBORO, May 13ih, 1839. Sir,—A writer In tho Georgian of the 9th. ex presses his surprise on the perusal of rite late Pre sentment of the Grand Jury of Liberty county, and asks, "what is the tone of this paper? Defiance and resistance! menace* applied not merely ton particular corporation, but elao to the law* which they huve sworn to protect, to the judicial decis ions they are bound to enforce, and to thu princi ples of good order, which as citizens, and parties larly as Grand Jurors, they should hold in reveren tial regard.” Although the writer pretends to have no interest in the pending contruvrrsey, I am unwilling to ad mit hi* competency to sit in judgment upon thuso who hove a very deep interest in the matter, and as he may bo one, who, though he bus no interest now, may hope to have, when the fees are about to be distributed lam not surprised athia mis-stato- ment uf the case, and Jd* abhorrence of tho "Lynch like proceed ing of ibe jury,” as be is pleased to term it. The true state of the c-.se js thi* S—Tho Grand Jury, in commdn with one half of tho citi zens of tbeii county, are threatened with tho pros ecution of ii claim, which they know to be fruudu- |rnt,or originated in fraud ; and although thure is no body of men in existence who respect the law* more, yet they hive determined to resist, b*cxu** the law in this instance cannot protect them from pijnstice.' They must nnd will be driven to the alternative, either quietly to relinquish the bequest of their forefathers, or to *p* nd their substance in defending what is luhMuniinlly their own by hiltei- itatice, by purchase, end lung and |>eaceub|e pos session. Under such circumitance*. not only the lover* of good order, but the most pessive in the commuuiiy The crops in Mississippi aro suffering several/ frunte long draught. Apprehensions of a short crop were expressed, unluss a fall of rain came sea* suitably to the relief uf tho planter!* • A From the (llobe. THE APPROACHING CRISIS IN GEORGIA) 1 lie approaching Presidential election is already producing it*,(feels in thisStmo on the present ot rnllis-r previous organ Its tion of parries, nor do w* wonder nt this, when w* take Into view the Impor* Intict* of the principles Involved in lha contest, et* ('•-dully so far ns Georgia is concerned* Separata framevory thing else, it is well known that Henry Clay lias nl ways thrown iho anight of hi* opposition ngnirisi every measure calculated to promoto the In* tuiesi ufGcurginuith regntd to her Indian policy, und the iittuimneotof tier ju*t territorial rights; nor hat that opposition boon Itnrcly given j i.irbn* model it liia e-pedal hudness to urge it with e tool worthy of in teh strungei justification* than ho could possb* bl.v have for doing so, if indeed he could have any. But whet, wa take into view the great principle* which .we huve been struggling to uphold In tho Smith, in common with the whole Republican per* ty ihiniigli.ua th© Union, sinco tho days of Wash- iitgton mid Jutfei-shn, up to the presunt period, wo find fur more ittipuriuni reasons nnd inducctnome for bringing about a more general and perfect union of ull parties In the Smith, to the support of Mr. Van Buren, tliitn Ims over, heretofore, boon effected, C'en this united effort be brought into operation at n crisis ol so much moment, onn involving so much interest as to the weal dr wo or our common coun* Wu do tint hesitate to answer tba» r #o for ae Georgia is concerned, there cannot be tho lease vestigo nf n doubt. Tho prospects were never mure bright and cheering. The result will nc\er huve been mure glorious und happy. It is true time the Opposition presses In this StaW tire iisinjj all their puwets und ingenuity, their t In cut* and pursmtsions, and their wity schemes,to keep up the show of a tolerable force. It is true that they attempt to criminate Mr. Von Buren ae tiie cause ofovory tuishup which has befallen the country. It is it ua tlint they have charged upon him uvery Federal nnd AboliliuHism in the^blgclc catalogue of their own kindred press and party Of the North; and it is equally true, that they hnvu foiled in uvery iiislniiuu to addiicu tho evidence, and substantiate the facts uf such churges; we can not doubt, therefore, uf gaining a trlumph-nt ver dict of the pcoptu of Georgia in favor of the ac cused, with full ilmnngvs for their malicious prose cution und persecution, we need notdnubt.it. But thu exertions which oro now being modo by thu Opposition, or Federal, .proas in Georgia to throw uwuy tho vote of tho Stnto upon soma other individuul "not now before the people,” formso *i$n of tho timos with regard to the approaching crisis which requires to bo noticed. What are thu motives expressed by these presses for such a move ment? TI tore is but n solitary ono which wo have seen, and tliut is, to keep their party- united, Aro - they sincere in litis motive? Wo shall prove that they are not; that they, tit heart, are favorable, to Mr. Clay's election, and that tho whole uffair is a more sham to dulude, and docolvo thu people. Now, mark, the approaching contest fpr the Presi dency iuvolvi-g no local question in politics ( wo muuti no Slate question. It covers the wholo ground of general policy, aud tho principles of (T ididaics two piomiiitiut candidates for that high offi diametrically opposed. Henry Clay, on the ono put t, sustaining thu old Fodcral doctrines df Alex*< under Hamilton uud John Adams—a consolidated Government, tlte powurs of Internal improvement by the General Government) a protective tariff sy«-‘ turn; a division of the punplu; by tho enactment of laws, into two classes—the RICH, with oxcluslve favors and |iriviluges, and tho POOR, to labor and lake care of thamselvos; a splendid National Bank uf fifty million*, whereby no may bo enabled to create a moneyed despotism above the powers of tho Government, aud establish a lordly aristocracy in thu couutry with laws to sustain it in all its op pressions, and beyond thu possibility of remedy or relief, sava by civil revolution and a dissolution of tlto Confederacy. Such is lha tendency and end of Mr. Clay's principles. Martin Van Buren, on tha other purt, sustaining, with all tho powers of his great mind, (he true und strict doctrines of tho Con stitution,_uquul rights und privileges to all mon, tho rights of the Stutes in all tho powers which they have not delegated to tho Goueral Government, and tho rigiits of the General Government, and thoso only, which huve been oxpre*sly 4 dolegutcd to it by tho States, Such ure thu leading principles ofthu opposing candidates. Now, what object can tho fed oral presses in Georgia dosiro to effect by keep ing thoir purty united and aloof front a contost m which such principle* ure opposed as thus* above stuted l Have they any patriotism who would'thus luuk silently und curolessly on in such a struggle? Would they mot ut onco bo via wed as traitors to their country, or tccrel attic* of tho enemy? And yet they pretend to give no other oxcuso for this extraordinary course than simnly " to keep' their party united.” How childish! How simple! How unlike a bold, fuurless and hottest patriot! H(>yv unlike n man! But are they sincere la this childish, simple mutiue 7 Wo hullovo they aro not;)otas bring them to tho tost more fully. We defy them to point out otto slight uct or proposed measure of Mr. Vutt Buren that is nut strictly constitutional. Wo defy them to point out ono single measure of itis tliut in tho least infringe* tho rights of tho Stales; and lastly, wo defy them to point'out onn single meusuru compromiting tho hiteiest of the South. If, then, hu sltull stand clear of all thoso charges,-where is tho honest States Rights man who would not yield him his support in preference to Henry Cluy / Or whom is tlte manly Republi can who would stand off in careless indifference at suclt u crisis, when ho wus awure that in doing so ho wus making possible thn success of Homy Clay and his principles, by lessoning tlte strength of Mr. Vutt Buren 7 We therefore cumo to tho reasonablo conclusion thut no .press, nr individuals, a party, could pursue such a course in tho approuchtna Presi dential election, unless from a deliberate desire to suppmt Henry Clay, although in a covert and'Socret trimmer, whilo they would attempt to deceive tho people with tlte simple idea that all they designed- wm' 1 to keep the part* together." * But w« have still stronger proof* to adduce^ .The Federal pre-iu* in Georgia, far sbme Voir* past, have exulted Ion openly on occasions of Whig vic tories at lh« North, favoring the prospects of Mr. Clay, and achieved over the Domocrat ia party, by liissiippottt-rs nnd friends, now to attempt a denial of their preriiler lion* In his favor. They’ have re- juiced with Him Federalists, nnd they have mourned with them. Thi-iropposition to Mr. Van'rBuren and tho Democratic party, is nrrcUely in unison with tl>a: of riu* Federal parly—they plan with.them, they caucus with them, they ubuso with ib*m, and they act with them. I* it'reasonable to siipposo, then, that they would oppose Mr- Van Buren’e re- election and withdraw from tha contest merely to keen their puriy united? -Who would believe it 7 Such, then, la tha course of lha Opposition-Federal pies* in Georgia, and such tho schemes to gull and deceive tiie people, and lead them into tho support of Mr. Clay. Under such cirr.umstnnre*, could It be expected that reasonable inen—tnen who were truly honest in their views and opinions—-would longer consent to pursue a cour-e so suicidal tn their dearqst and most cheri-he/l principle*. Hence- that patriode portion nf the States Rights party In Georgia who claim to be R'-publican* upon principle, have no bly determined to fly to the rescue of their beloved South, and save thn Constitution of their common couutry from the foul grasp of tho destroyer. Their united exertion with the Union party 'of Georgia will rnrry the Sfnte triumphantly for M rj Van Buren, nnd the principles which he and'they, fn common, have been striving to sustain—the true principlce of the Constitution, A GEORGIA DEMOCRAT. A YaNKKf..—The Boston Postsoysf— ... You may alwuys know a Yankee by his (tlockby up a door, if he can possibly ger hear enough to one to dot it. It moke* no mutter what doorTt ia, or Low mnnv poople may want to pats in and outltbfjre boH stand, ond talk—and, most likely,holloa,tjijtom®One nor•*» the street to come over. If twojqn ’eqi gee to-ethcr in n door, they'll cowrive* to .stand -skew fashioned, with their .elbows.nitricWng out like a t’lioerde freeze, so that ono can't get through 'fnt without storting off hi* buttons, or losing ^ils coat tail- I have seou ’em do it ^thoiwnoa primes at court doors, church doors, thrextre doors, aitd all other donrs, and jail doors besides., If I should •£- cr bo cart away nt sea. and tiflerwerd drift uptih aa unknown coast, with alioustinrtwdin slgbt(Xsbould he able to tell in nn instant whether X was hi New England of not, from the mere fset t" •lid or did not block up tho door*.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly Georgian. (Savannah [Ga.]) 1839-184?, May 18, 1839, Image 1