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ly and grace.
Watapf ikaMkroU*««"•
sasSfc25?£j5^;tigws
r . There IIaspirit, ■ ft?*!-*" and
. In lb# mb, which give aridfiwa of the
aftra# poetical taleai#." "It U seldom
bad*) that wibwi opportunity of eommaad-
L iMawapasilio** nfiha young with No maah sla-
cJii*. W# tr« told tbit lady la aotmoredk-
thtf*l*b?-l for her literary a'talnm-nts, thin for her
airs still attraction*. Wa ilull ba pleased to bear
Umbra tgala." __
▼ERSES ON A PAINTING BY II.IRATIO
MACCULLOCH, E#q., R. 8. A.-"CASTLE
CAMPBELL."
"TkiCaiilaof Gloom, In th* Valoof Sorro*."
No vandirlnf ray to li<hl tho (loom
That brood* abnv.- thy crumbling wall,
Tho very sad ws* of lira tomb
Haags o’ei it like a fuut-r.il pall.
Darkly iho cloud* on high are spread—
Darkly tho river iweejn b-low—
Aad each pala flnworot b-nd* its bead
Down to tho oarth in silent wuo.
All tnuTolau han|> the aspen leaf,
And not a sound disturb* ri>? air
Bnttho tomnltnous vide* of Grief,
Or low and plainlivo wail of Cara *
And gating on the scene, 1 feel
III sadnon o'er my spirit creep.
And loo( to boar the thunder peal
Arooie It from iu death like sleep!
Not thus wort thou when la«r f stood
Within tho shadow i.f thv towors I
No (loom was in thy solitude,
No dowy tears were on thy flowers,
ft was a radiant summer day
Tbit smiled upon this wooded dell,
And on thy heights, an worn and fray,
Tho (lorinns sun light fell t
Twasaglad scone! lira song nf binls
From ovary tree the gala was bringing,
And with gay laughter and light words
Tby echoes loud wore ringing;
Above no bong tho hoccb.treo's shade,
Tbrongb wh ich lha od.aous brersea play'd.
And ahow'd bluo glimpse* of iho sky
Smiling In doodles* purity.
And when the day with arrowy speed,
To fla bright close at length had come,
I flan* me on the nur.brown steed—
(Waiting lo liesr me lo (tint home,
Whose veil nf rose*, as 1 write,
Rises all softly on my sight—)
Oh I yet my memory can rerall
The flashing eve, thulxiundiug tread,'
Though dim, nnd cold, nnd nevreleis nil,
And number'd with tho silent dead |
Ob! flaat of font and fair of form.
Than peerless onr. I see lire now
At when the glow of life was warm
In those proud veins, whore fiery flow
Cold death lias ftnten—hill or plain,
8ball never te# tby like again!
• • • • • •
My life baa been a tunny path,
Nohfbud has stain'd Its joyous tinura,
N«r vengeftil storms arisnn in wrath
To mar its fair, nnwithei'd floweis;
And when I look upon tho past,
It l« not with the drosty thought
That the bright haio round it cast,
Can lingo no more my fu'urok|i£
Bet Memory of such scenes ran pv *
A glory to the roming years,
And Hope's benignant star revive
To cheer us through tills world of tears t
Than weloome aught thatbrlngs to view
The fair and faded past anew,
And in the fairy world of art
Brings (rack such vision* to the heart,
Of bourn whose awlft nnd shadowy gleam
Was rapid ns ilia lightning's Iwani—
And makes us tal that cold decay
Can never chase their bloom awny!
Kiinhnrgh,QOlh March, 1039. I. A. 8.
9From the N. Y. Kerning Peaf, Jolf ft.
We are glad that Mr. Van Huron introduced the
•uliiert of the Independent treasury In Ms remarks
el Castle (Isrden. Nm'lhxt te required clearer elect*
datioe, or more conclusive arguaaent lima be has
given toil In pravtons dUrstssioea, huttaea|4we the
affected hsllel of certain wldg'prit t*. tbit lha euafl*
drnca of its friends In its absolute necessity
and perfect |u«uce was dimineblirg. It is utter
folly to suppose tlmt reasonable men would
arek to withdraw their aeppurt from a measure
whlrh is every day furnishing additional proof
of its propriety, and gaining new advocatest
and none but those of the shallowest minds,
Of most culpable rrrdutily. would either make
nr believe the assertion. If the measure had
been a mere transient rapedient, urged to prop a
falling party, and not In th* midst of a tempest of
opposition—if it had bAeo a schema to conciliate
popular prejudice, and not one upon which tho dee*
time* ..fan administration eni lb# vital principles
of the Constitution were staked, ilia charge to
• lilch we advert would have been at least plausible.
As it is, a mote ludicrous rote of self deception,
at a more sorry instance of falsehood cannot be re id*
ilv eoncrivrd,
* The truth it that tho plan of an Independent
Treasury i« hocuming more important iu the estim
ation of clrar sigh'ed mnn the more it is resolved
and debated. It is r-c-mi pended let #♦» many cunsi*
derations of wisdom sli.it the wonder is that it an
not long since adopted as the settled poliey of ihe go-
vernment. Tlincluinora which it ut first provoked
are pas-log away—the alum awakened by adroit
nddretes to pnv .te interest has subsided—the false
•e.r*-niuf of partisans is exposed, whilst lira clear
InduSItnhln principle# upon which it rest* are
woi king firmer convictions in lilt* mindsul ilsfiiutids,
nr.il winning a giadual but cariain M|j>robation
from it* fues. As in all novel question* or moment,
hns'iliry retakes Into indiffeience, and indifference is
sprnlily followed by positive and warm nppruvdl.
Whnl In eflirctetlu*!* this inuasme pioposn f To
seporxle the government from a branch of business
exposed lo constant fluctuation and corrupt abu,e,
to ronfinr its action to its legilmn'o functions, to
f irnservo the operations uflMuo within thnir projrar
iiiiiuds, to withhold the public money from tho
possession of slid legally constiimod agents of tin*
people. Nothing in lids should cache tho fear*
of person* disposed to engage in the rirerpii*e* of
commerce on the fair field of competition. If any
of these cannot .be aurtuinod without foreign bid it
is the inevitable HT'Jct of causes with which no (over*
meat can rightly nr harmlessly interfere. The In
terests of evrry other branch of trade demand thnl
all nnsuund *|rarnhti"ti# should he insluutly amen*
tied or suspended. They aro of tho nuttiro of urif-
itic plants wliirh thrive only by call acting the lifn
blood of mnn* vigorous growths.
Trade reaches the highest p dm of prosperity in
the nhsciirn of legislutive control. It is then com*
milted to its uwn Indfiicailoiil sugnrity uml force.
It is liable to no vicissitudes r»vo thore which
I'* ovidence ordain* to dteck ever* or confine the
restless imptil-*'* of human dei'ro within the strict
limit* of ifciiludo nod justice.
@9* &SR* tltl#"’
wo atraami bearing the ai)uvu rm.t • *.
‘ Vstl# af Dolor, In which Cattle tump-
A SWEET POETESS.
Wa hav* from lime to limit copied into nur col
umns from English nows|»a|ier*, articles of poetry
Bom the pan at Elisa Cook. la our view, aba i# the
«MM foccesaful contril'Utor tn the London period!*
nil since the day# of Air*. I Tinian*. Much of her
composition la beautiful, and all |Nissesiea merit.—
Wa lutyoln one oftlia latest specimens. It is touch-
lag a»d melancholy, end lest nhilesophiral than
ae«ld be dealrad, but it is n«venh«-lo»t jdaintiie and
STANZAS,
Tba wild lies and the butteifly,
' Am bright and happy things to see)
Living beneath a tumm r sky
And nestling in an orange tree.
The eagle, monarch of the roekt,
Snare nobly In hia lonely flight,
'Mid lightning streams and thunder thocks,
Tba bird of freedom, strength and m ! ght.
The graceful chamois bounding leaps
Wmcs ether sleae would pause and t!uiak|
He epeae the gulf, he elimlia the »t^p«,
And sports upon the topmost brink.
Bleet things of earth, tho bright, tlm bravo,
la lands af serfdom still the free,
Tel Ml one privilege ye heva
U eeegkter coveted by me.
Bet I have heard an eastern tala
Of creature* patient, mild and fair,
Whose faith la never known to fail
TO) BMW give more than brain should bear.
Then meekly proud. Its head la Imw'd,
With wrong and suffering oppress'd.
To breathe its gentle Hie away,
And sink at oeee in death and rest.
TU« ll the privilege I'd ask,
When throbbing puls* and aching brow
Beuoy bow sadly dark the task
The seal may have to learn Mow.
Obf I bare lived through many an haur
That bads my writhing spirit cry —
"Oho me the Lama's fabled power,
Bmb, break, my heart, and let me die."
ELIZA COOK.
Ne " Jrk (- v - •/•) Ftmliocl.
THE PEDLAR AND THE TORTOISE.
ArABLRI-un TIIB ABOLITIONISTS.
A traveller, one simvnur's day,
Spied, as he tolled ulnng-hle way,
A busy pedlar by a hedge
QSttnf his dull knife-blade an edge
Thee, rolling up his sleeve*, Intent
Upon his work, he downward bent
Towards a poor tortoise by him laid,
Aod la Iu vitals plunged in# blades
“Hell!"cried the travelter, as the gore
Spaa from tba opened veins—"No more!"
-^•Leok'ye, my flood," lha pedlar said,
. "Tba oreature Is by nd means dead.
"My aim Is mercy t you know well
"The thing is prisoned in this shell.
"Toghro it freedom I endeavor,
"Wbtee thu* Its bony bonds 1 sever."
*s»"f toodom I" tho other answered soon,
"Xt pay* full dearly for tho boon!
"U'siUil and borne yon cast aside”—
*“iaa bo spoke the torteise died.
(GT We copy tlm following from llio N. Y. Kra,
ufilieflih ln*t. .
JOHN C. CALHOUN.
We liuve received a copy of tlm roply of Mr. Cut*
hunt), loan iuvitiiiiun from lliu Coiniuiltmi of Ar
rangements, lo deliver tlm Fourth of July Oretiun
in thisci y:—
Fort llil.t., June 12th. !83!i.
Clitnilemen,—1 have been Imimiml by your nute
of tlm 'J. p )ili of May, (receivi'il tlm Dili Inst.) infin til
ing me that d -legn ct of tlm l)nm>iciaiic Kcpubii*
ran parly, from ilm several Wants of your city ha.l
selected nm to deliver ihe oration at lira approach
ing anniversary of Independence.
1 scknowliulgo uitb gratitude lira honor of being
sclertrd by so numerous xml respectable a portion
of my fallow rbisen* in a distant section of tin* Un
ion on *ue|i nn oerasion, and am duly aensiblo of
the obligation which it iinp"se<| but tlm grout d.a-
tmien nml iny 'noiticrmia uml imlispentihle engugu-
munis tender it utterly itnpu-aiblelormo to accept.
Among other grounds to wlikli you lutve nllu-lvd,
t Ml have referred to tlm part I Imve recently Li
on in the Senate, a* o.w of the causes nf that fu<
vnrnhln niiinlun towards mu which Ims led to tlm
Intended imnor tbul 1 am reluctantly compelled lo
decline. l*«s< sisit me to a-sy, in taking tbe po*i«lnn
tn which you refer, there went dnlicu'ilet of lira
m sal formiduhln rhamclur in tlm wuy, but lind
lira sense . fduty uuder wt.iab 1 acted. The cur
rency was n«s new queslio.-i with me. For many
year* it had ln*en lira *ubiect of my reflection, and
lira sourea of deep iiiliiiiiude, and I bud made up
my mind' wimnllm lime urrived, tlmt would furor
it on lira aiieniion oftli-coumry a id govertinmni,
as to the part 1 would i*l*o if lltcii oil lira stag? of
action.
Tlra derangement to which our poitnlry is sub*
jeot Is not accidental. It is inherent In lira system
itsalf, and ia soils of every effort lo correct it u i'l
grow from had Iu worm, till some great and radi
cal change i* rlT-cieil. In tlm meauiime, lira com
munity l« destined to pass ihrougb -ceiras of ditflnil-
tyand danger gre iter tiinu any heretofore experien
ced, unless lira people sin u>d be timely nroused lo
apply an efficient ivmedy to lira growing dmxdcrs
I hold it nlmoft impossible, tnat ibeie should be
any stnln uf things mure cuiruptiiig to morals,
muredunguious to frre in«tliutlon«, or morn purely?*
ingio industry, than an unnrrt-sits, varillatlog cur*
renev, under the control af private cupidity, «uch as
ours mi and I am amnaed, that the wealihy capi*
tali-I*, wh-»»e property exist* In stock* and securi
ties, nre not lira fii ft to aeo it uml take the ularm.
They ought to see tint the gains from tho irregular
working of *ncli a sy*rem must Ira but momentary
and fallncinu-; end must Ira followod by a aimni, If
permitted to progress, which will sculler such ac
quisitions u« leaves before u tomudo. In taking my
stand against tho system, no paitial or local consid
erations governed me. 1 siiaxl up lor what 1 lion-
•stly nn l sincerely believed to Ira lira morality, the
freedom and prosperity nfilio country, ariuntrd by
enmity to nn class ui-snetion, but believing that 1
was acting the part of a true friend of nil those who
ears* profiting by it for tha moment, as well as of
those who for lira time were Its victim*.
Whether in th>* I wus mistaken, I nm content
to lenve tn linra and experience to decide. Tims
far 1 have seen nothing lo shake my opinion, but
much in confirm it much to animate mn to perse
verance in thernursn I have taken, till an rir-ctual
remedy is applied to this among the most danger*
i'll* evil* that can hrfil the country
For the very kind manner in which you have
iMnniunicared tho wi-lras nf ihoe* you represent,
oo will nleasr accept tny sincere acknowledgment*,
e.tnnot but Ira highly gr.it fled to learn, ihm many
of my old friends in your grout metropolis have' not
forgotten me, nml 1 do assure you that few tbiog*
would "fiord me more p’r.i*uro than would au op*
portunity to renew myat-quaintanro wiib them, a*
wrllastd form it with those tnoro reeuul friend*
whose approbation I have Irani so fortunate as to
gain, In the try ing scenes through which I have
more recently pas-ed.
Though circumstances will not permit me to nr*
cent tho hanor prnflVred, and to be present at y.-ur
cerabration, it will not, I trust,Ira rousidoro.1 an in
trusion to otloi the foilowing sentim- nt:*-
'* Equality, in ila br >*de*t *en*e, nf rights and
privileges between citizen and cititea, p>.r»uii and
purxuti, one portion of tho country nnd anoth -r,
lira drop nnd s did foundation of mir polilieul fs.
brict preservw (bat. anj all is »afo—.iratroy it,
and the whola would rush iraadloug to tliodu.u'*
To RirlNnl J. Smith, Stsvcn
R. Hvrris.andO.M. Duqg*
hci ty, Esqr*. /
OT Tha following letter shows that Mr. W*»-
stf.R has move*! o(Ttlra track. Who will follow
suit, lo maka way for Mr. CLAf 1
Frees the Beeto%,Altai.
WITHDRAWAL OF MR WEBSTER-
To vita I'mrLi nr Mamacnbiktis.
It is known thnl my name ha* Iraen presented to
lira public, liv a meeting of memlier* of lira Iragisla-
loro of the State, a* a candidate for tlra office of
I'resident ot the t'mlfd Milrt, at lira ecsumg elec
tion. As it has been eaprete.1 that a convention
would Ira hidden in lira autumn of lids year, com-
t »*e*l of delegates fnuti the several statr*. I Hava
itherto tboogb: proper not 11 anticipate, in any
•ay, tha result of that convention. Hut 1 ant now
out of the country, am lo return, probably, much
earlier than tlra period fixed for the minting nf the
convention, and do not know what event* may oc
cur. in tlra meantime, which, if I were at borne,
might demand immediate attention from me. I de
sire, moreover, lo act no part which may tend to
prevent a cordial and effective union among those,
whose object, 1 tnut. Is to maintain, unimpaired,
lb? constitution of lha countiy.and to uphold all Is
groat intvresU, by a wire, piudeul and patriotic ad
ministration of lira Government.
There considerations have induced mo to with*
dmw my namu a* a candidate for lira office uf Presi
dent at lira next election.
DANIEL WEBSTER
London, June IQ, 1839.
From the Wmhinulon Olohe,
THE EXPRESS OF WIIIGGKRY.
Matter Uko-iks, of lira Express, i* lira best repre
sentative of Whig* extant* Indeed, so scntioln l*
tba* party, which iive* on drlutinn.of lira value <d
lliitfiibriculot of tlioir fortune*, tlmt !»•* has Irani ru
th" editor of ut leaal three of th lr piessea f-«r three
cities, vis: the National Intel.igencer, Hultunore
I’uui-.t, and New Y«nk Express. Ho wraka up
tlm idiiur.als of tho lari into letters for iho two
first.
This man of all work fui Whlggery has given an
example of the great WH< faculty, which should
eluvato loin nlaive Webb, Noah, and Benn.tt, hi*
New York rnmpalitur*, and far ubovo nil Ida ri
val* in liio url in all thautlicr Atluisticcilioe, wlwto
the Ked--ral arti-l* have lirouglit lira game of bum-
bug t*. riot high- at perfection.
There l», however, no humbug in the sample we
now present. • li is what vv-rj d Ira railed in court
limd swearing. Hear Matter UltouKt nato lip*
fart* in regard to tlra President's reception, and
contrast bis tetimuny with that uf oilier Whig wri
ters—very unwilling witnesses:
Master llRootts of tlra Express! " The reception
was tlra most frigid wo uver saw uf any public
in."
Mr, HaI.k *-f ihe Journal of Commcrc*-: " Altra
gntlss-r tlra affair wei.l olT in cxcelb-nt stvle, and we
nro sure thu President must have l-nen qjpro iliuti
satisfied with his ruceptinn, It was su. h u recop-
lioa as was due to thu Cld f Magistrate of aixieeti
millions of peo| I-*.''
Mast* r llitiMiKs —It wa* understood before he
enme here, that lie wished to keep clear of the Loco
Ktrau* of lira l’ntk, nn l bu In th-cust uly of lira Silk
Stocking Loco Focoa of the Parlors uud aalirans."
Colonel Store.—"Tlra I’rosideai then rode up
Uroadwuy, pit-ceded by tlm troops, surrounded by
ft lends, anil followed by a long |irecession of cat 11-
iiges, lunsitmiui, and foutnraii ”
Master IIhixiks : " Thecavalradu was little morn
than •* large conqiaiiy .»f troop*."
Mr. IIai.kl” Tlra sight of o*tr Immense turn
out ycstcnluy was oira upon which a tyrant might
look and stir tip hi* wnitli. Tlirru were lira rich
ami the pxir, coaches, cart*, horses, nnd footmen,
arrange*I helter skelter on each si*lc of Broadway
for a long distance.”
Mnsier Ilnoiixs: " Of coorso the Whig* had no
thing to do with it, except in their ulhcial capatii-
li a a* military nran *«r u* civic officer*. The men
who uunlly welcome a Chief Magistrate were not
tla-re. The clas* of men wlra gave tlieir hands to
Gen. Jackson even were not there."
Mr. IIA1.KI—" Tha inililicul opponents of tho
Presid- lit were dUposeu to pay hint respect on uc
count of his slnti-n, iff r no other itaom.
" In lira crowd were hi* political friend* and ene
mies, both alike respi-ctlul lothn Chief Magistrate
whom lira Majority had chosen The whole sconu
was calculated to uxcllu tlra highest hopes for a
Government of lira pe*qdc.”
vwwf* the m real would you ask I
« written in ties bootless task
VwWattljr ueasa to paddle,
I with others' rights may medd'e.
CLEON.
EetbaobDirart Health —Wequsitio* whoth-
—*- - -*7 la the wrebl which exhibita a more
raa frees fatal dries*e*,tlua lha town
Ala Georgia, la thia town together
- pupttlatod emtutry around, emhta*
rai-JLr 7 ' 000 Inboblianis, there were in
2i3**** rf ,May, four deaths, three of which were
S5JS.?**"; euMcm.iii Mt .hii.i,A|iei
V«*-lX>-A«k.-N.O. Rm.
!~B> MU.. OX
•5hCS«- The o'- but not final wwaad, cteyof New York, where ire have been ea boas#.
Mml» De< M.inlr* ," ,r I*** kreper for msay year* t and we cooedre ourselves
ffi%jo-£ba .rib.
CT The ,V. Y, Xrw Era of the 6ih, makes the
following remarks on an Injurious report mad? by
the Star against the Editor:—
DASTARDLY RESORT.
The eight or ten daily opposition* being unable
*J*cope in (air a.gumeut and discussion with this
tho only democratic ro-wnlng paper in this city, have
frequently represented that ila editor is an English
man by bmb. who bat no feelings n-*r principle* in
emnmoQ writh the American people. The Star of
Wednesday again betook itself to thisdasunlly re-
aort, notwithstanding that wa have repeatedly core
rectad the misreprescntatiun. Uefuriiug to our ac-
ewM, **fthy President’s reception, it say*—
" The New Ere of this morning contains a royal
account of tha c«emooies,y*ri'ten by an Kndiah-
tyle «>f«n English Fd I tor's do-
tail oft Queon'a coronation, nr a King', Gslt to
lulUtmu. Jrm draiocmc, *qj Aowrinu, (M-
i-pW “ pwtldfuu, 1. |U Our « .u.”
*»« <w , m ) imliUc.l
comluct. Of our Amt>rir.n nMl-lly wo can in,Mnl
INSTINCT.
Col. Sthnx, of tho Cntnmendnl Advertiser, from
hi* propensity to royn'ise every tiling having an
“V®**impressed by liighiinalitles.gives tlra follow
ing arcouhioi ttragmsTtremueraiMr tti-puy.
"Thu President then n-uJ up Unradway, pre
ceded by the tr-xips, surrounded ny friends, uud fol
Inn od by n lung i rocesshm of carriages, hortonien,
ami loot men. Ilo wa* inuunttd on u fine hla-k
charger, w hich from hi* pnxs.1 ami noble eaniage,
wo *li(Nild Indd to Ira of deckled Whig Mood. Tlra
Providonl redo with n royal air, and managed Ids
stand like u o tvnlivr. In truth Ira is ns good n
manager of horses a* Ira is of men—and so that
they are well billed, wlran well hooted nod spurred,
Ira ride* Imili to adoiirati n. Broadway was well
thronged for tlra occasion, nnd tlra window* of lira
liutisc* worn filled. In the vicinity of lira Pink,
tlra crowd wits great, and lira scene q'lilo imioiutcd."
Tlra hurra, it seems, was •* proud uml noble,"
hence the Colonel : nfvrs Ira wn* of" decided Whig
b!oo<l." Tlra President " mnuag<'*l this steed like
a ca'nlier," nnd therefore "Ira riide with n royal
ttir." Certainly he who rides the Whig* " booted
and spurred” nine Ira royal. Their wh-*le scheme
nf politic* tend* totltis end —Fi t.
Kj* Wo tledicuio tlra following in the Ab ditinn.
1st* ofConiM-ciicut, nnd the regions round uboui:—
From the Xrw //-teca Herald.
Ftrir Years Afro.—In ilrara degenerate days it
la •uinctiiiras useful tu review the past, and com-
nnre tlin pieiotit with nur former stnln A friend
lias hanjed u* a filo of tlm •• New Haven Qasitte,
md Coni'cctirut MiT^rine/'fiir tho yesrl8Hr, |*ul>-
Ii,lied by Jori-th M-igs, Innn'-. ly Profi-«snr of M i-
ihematict in Yale College, which cniil.. T n a gre.it
many cut Intis rembil*cencc>. Antniig nthers wn
ubsurvo the following:—
"TO BE SOLD.
" A healthy, ‘irons a*el aet'..-e, Negro Hoy.nh.iut
11 vear* of age. Inq-dro of t.ie Printer."
• TO UK HANGED,
" A likely young N- gto, nbnnt 18 year* of age.
He I* linngrd fur n-t foil', but fi-r want • f employ,
and to preserve him ftom rite greater evil of being
sold ms a slav.- fnrbf-.”
A COUNTRY OF LAWS!
It is revolting tn rend paragraph* like the follow
ing. When will the homicide—the manslayer n-
celvn his deserts? When will tlra tuqjosty of lira
law bo respected a* it should t
Iratt. the murderer of Cant. Usher. pa**ed
through the city yesterday no hi* way to Texa*.
Ho made no aeoret of the affair, but publicly ex
hibited tlra cnrldnn with which he shot him, and also
nno of tho two bullets ho had cast for the purpose,
lie m> armed with a brace of pistols, two bowl*
knives and a carbine. Ilo imy do very well for
Texas, but a man that would call another to hi*
dmir at midnight, and murder him in cold blond,
would never make a good member of society
Lett stated that it waa not fur the part he took in
burning in the Caroline, that ha »hm him, but f->r a
personal imuit.—Rockrtfcr J'zilj Son*
HutiRiCARE.—A pamphlet of a very interesting
character hx* l*'e!y becu pub.isbed hi Englan-I.on
tlrasuhic.t nf lira greet ha* rirane which vrs* exn#-
r'enced in Greet Britainet* I t--lvml oo the7ili a *y
ot'Jsnuiry , 1 R.t*>; it is by Wibiam Thompson. It
*oi-m* iluit duiji'gth- limricaue, no bird was able to
lo-rp the wing, end immense unmle-r* of various
icin.lv wore killed. Aftrr ill- hurricane a great m *-
ny seabirds, principally -t-irniy |-etrel,eeic found,
living and deud, in ma-y parts uf th? interior of
Ireland. S i many of ilu-su wiogod strangers were
never foonl eslrare in that country sinra the mrir-
cry nf man. Ki«h were a'Huluieiy blown uu> ot'ihe
water, au-l thrown upon the Und.high and dry, to
tho distance o f too or three yinht etui thlt happen
ed on tho sea shore, and on thu bordors of the latge
lak-'s in ilia interior.
It tret »tat d by Robert Hill, of Dublin, a gentle-
m.tn of Croat re*je«cubili|y,*hat aft-r the hurricane,
tho d- ad bislie* of ro-tk* r*» the na-nber of33.0 *0 (as
cor * a matter "f curiosity tin* number wa* reckoned by
tomeboys) were picked up on the shores of a take
some miles in rxtent, and with extensive rookeries
on its b -rders, iu the country of Westmeath! and
that in the $xma locality, number* of perch were
thrown to anma distance into the fishl. Dean Vie.
nolle*.on whoso property lhecireumtteacaocurrr«l,
confirm* thia rxtraonliaary statement—aad submit*
to the iavpettioa of visitors a mote than ardiaary
strong psnnrl of a new window shutter, which wa*
driven in and broken through by a rook dashed
against it on tha nlght.in question, lit further men-
luxte that some of tha perch were ftmed so far as
fifteen j^anl* from the mlga af tba lake.—Belee
EDITORIAL CUURTWY.
Tha Editat af tha ft- Aan«tiae Seme tells lha
Editor af tha FMda HtroH in Me hat papw that
ha "/ir#.**
REDUCTION rtlNVENTION—MR. 8PIUN-
CIER’fl J'l-AN.
The following shall Ira lira I bird Raritan of the
Ant Ankle of the Caaatltmwn of the 8iata of Oeor-
fie.
T Ira ffenate *b .|| he rfi-e'td «enu dly nn (he first
.Monday in OcIoInt, and shall bo composed of one
member from each of the fony-sla Souatmai Di*-
trict* following t
I. Chstham and Eflln(h*m.
3. herrirn and Burke.
3. IIk-hmnnd nod Columbia.
f Liet-*dn and Wilke*.
ft. Elbrrt and M**ii-ou.
0. Ilalwrslraoi and Lumpkin.
7. ('ntofi and Habnn.
8. Forayih and Hall.
ff. J*rk*onend Fr.-nklin.
It). Clark and Uglethoipe.
II. Ur>erwand l’ut**m.
I'J. Talinfi-rru and Wanra.
13. llam-iM'k and Baldwin.
14. Wiuld igtonand Jcffiiraon.
I ft. F.m tnucl and Moi.igomery.
16. Ilolhich and Bry *n.
17. Taiti.all and Lib-ny.
IH. Mrlumrii and Glynn.
Iff. (.’' inden and Wayne.
30. Wsreaml L-iwmba.
31. Telfair and Appl.ng,
22. Lauren* and Wilkinson.
33. I’uli.ki and Twi^g 4 .
9-1. Ilibli and (.'rawfoiil.
3ft, J-tm-s and Jn-p* r.
36. Ho t* and Monria*,
37. Morgan sod Wbioni.
28 Nowmn and ll.-nry.
. 2ff. DnKalh nml Gwinuetl.
30. Gilmer arm Murray,
31. Cass and Cb*rok<-e.
32. Cobb and C’ampt«e3.
33. Cnwem and Fayette.
3- 1. Moiriwi-lherand Talbot.
3ft. I'iku nnd b'psnn.
36. Ilouvtonan-I Mi*mi.
37. Doo!yan.| Irwin.
3H. Th-onns mid Dera'ur.
30, Bauer and Early.
40. Lee and Snuiier.
41. Rarrdnlpli mi d Stewart.
42. M'i«cog*-eund Marion.
43. Harris anil Troop,'
4- 1. Heuid and Carroll.
4>. rauldiug and Floyd.
46. Chattooga, Walker eral Dado.
Aral whenever Irar. afie tlra le-gislaturo shall lay
ofTuin| establi-h a new county, it "trail bo added to
tho must contigunu- S -uatoiiul District.
' Tbe following sliitll In- tlra Sovr-nth Sertion of
tho First Article uf lira Cunviitutionof lira State of
Georgia :
Tlra I In.iso of Representatives shall Im composed
of month -r* from till the countlos which now nro or
here after may ho Inc! nled wi.hln this Slate, urrord-
ing to their respective numbe.* of free white per*
*on«,i|itr rnumi ration lobemole accnrling to lire
Inst census. Enchroutry curitiiining five tliousan-l
inhnbi:unto ngreonhly lo the foregoing plan of enu-
meratinn, shall bo entitled to two mem'-ei* ; eight
thou«anil, to throe memle-rv, nnd no county -11111
have in ire than three memlrars, but each comity
ahall have n.ie mornin-r. When lira next Stall-Cen-
-ti* is taken, the Inn onuntlos hnvhig tho hlghosl
nun bornf free while inhabitants nhove eight tho-i-
» nd al.nil s-nch Ira enliil d to tbr■•*» memle r* i lira
twenty two rn intir* having lh-» highest iiumU-r of
fren whi'ehihahitnnl* nhove five llinurand nml un
der lira first ten, sliall havn two tirainl or* atch, nnd
■ ha hnlnnro of >ho ciiuini-t, one each, making, uc-
conling to tbe la*i census, 135 member*, Chmham
3, DeK-ilbS, GwinnJlt 3, Henry 3, Jackson 3, Mrr-
riwether 3, Slusrogr-n 3, Newton 3, Tnlb»t3 Troup
3, Uihli 2, Cavil 2, Cnhh 2, C'mvi-ln 2, F.ilrait 2,
Franklin 2, II -n-t ot 2.II -H2, llmri*2, lluherslnm
2, Jasper 2. Lumpkin 2, Monroe 2, 1'ike 2. Pot-
nan* 3, Rielimoml 2, Sir wart 2, Up—n 2, Wnllm
2, Wiirion2, Warinnglon 2, nod oucli of lira re
maining co.ratios onu mem'..i'o,ich.
Af It SYMSGEH'S SPEECH.
Mr. Prrsiiixm—lb leg -in.iccuv'o.no-l to ad-
press putilic a*«oml'!ras, it c-ti!.| n- t b-r expect-il
that 1 *hoiit(l niteUsv nny display in such u body ns ili’ i,
composed as it is nf the most *plendi-d taVnts .he
Stuto nffinds—ftnin (jai'i-mt-n filling iho most cx-
abed *t *ti.oi« in lira republic, down to tho pbiinesi
farmer*. The duly which I owe my constituents
compel# mi- to nit>-mpt to nvdtu known my uidn-
Ions, and Is* deserlhv, a* well us I can. wlnt nllcr-
at.ion* will suit my coostitiieoi*, nnd th" whole p- >-
pie ol me oiHic; ket-,-...- >i-r*tny m v.ew the c-ju .-
ixatioo of lira rep f entn : om, lin ed up -n llioso
pri.rain'es tint are thu Mmi.gih mid sopport of uur
repuhfioan institution. No nu-mhorof this Cunvc
linn c -nrxp--ct to obtni-i an slt'-in'inn in lha p*
ofn-pivsi-, t iii-'n ilial shall ci.nra up lo bis la-au
ideal. I>u - s!i.niM enciMira *e a spirit of compromise,
by consulting tbe various interest-* that aro Imre ru-
presonted, pruducinc lira gn ulest mirauni of guild,
w th tin-li-tiRt possildu evil. Wo sliould n o bring
with n* in Erase walls ou* pm isan f<v! : .ig.;but rv-
my thing like partisan rancor and p.-ejndice *houl.l
at once he discarded, nnd our only aniMiion n-id
Ifuvh-oihlbotuad rocothu imoiost of ih-> peo
ple uf Georgia, and fl cliaracier and high stand-
ing of the State nn-mgnui sister* *-f the confi-den-
rj. In the aitersiim.s to be made, we *ln Id at
b ast try to nuke llnon with n vie * to their pcrni.i-
imncy, nml not to s-ir-ot n ii-ioptirnry uml transient
ndvujiMg'-j ft/i jho m'k r ilium nude hy ui, if they
should mritt with the ipprobalnet of the |icop|-.wil|
continue in all probability, iu be tlra constitution • f
ill? State to tbe burst griraruiinut itn'css tint - mid
tho operation of thoumoiidmuntmn Iu, should prove
unequal ami ojipressivo upon port! on* of our Stair.
And even this ine-iu iliiy mus, Ite *o gross a* to la-
insupportable, or the |-r.-ple will submit to it ratlrar
than risk a(hnn;o si-j. nlonvnrelhcy ofaheraiixn*
in thu organic Inw of li.o land.
The Inw p issi-d hy the last Legislature,calling nn
the people to elect deh-gates to ract in coaventiou
at tins time, to make certain alterations in t'ra con
stitution, has prescribed miuaili, wh cli we have Li
ken, nnd which oath proscribes nur drain* ns follows
—"Wo solemnly awt-nr that we will not attempt to
add to or tsk-t from lira cti ivtiroii.m, or attempt tn
change or alter any oih- r section, c -.use, or article
oft!.(t eonstit-ition of lira SLitoof G. o.gia, utliur
thin thoso touching tlm representation in thollnuu-
ral Asst-nildy ihi-iiof/'Atc. Ji:c. 1 con-id rail else
• xerpt tho oath contain *d in this law, «n aisutnp-
tion on th«* p *rt of tho Lcgislat-o e winch pas -e.l u;
I co s| lent presumr.tion on their part tu say how
the alti-ratiun alum Id Ira made, fa; it U wore current
•list tli.-y "hon'd rec--mm> nd, why tut m ike tin- nl-
t rati.-ns ihem-elves. 1 so c-uisoli-.X’d it when lira
tvII was on it* p-*s*age, and altli-»ugh an enihu*ix"t
in favor uf reduction, I could mil give ilmy support,
on account ofh* recommend *liotis| for Hlihuugli I
knew it •hoold ha«u no Idading efi\*ct nn auy of tho
si-."gates, Irayoial lira «atd> tboy took, yut 1 feared
it might bo con»id. r. *1 by s-nn-t go »d men, who
might view it differently from what I did, lo be
binding In nil its recotntnenduiinn*! ihereluro 1 re-
siaed it* passage in tlio Senate, and propore i'tu
•triku from the scvoaih secti-m lira last clause of
said »<ction—my motuot to str.ko out was von-d
down. The reason* Assigned by sevoial *vn*t..r>
for opposing thi* motion to strike oui, was ihi«,thuy
d>d not consider any p irtion of thu lew of bind! get-
ffeary, rxrrpt the o srti, on the delegates to bo #;ic -
rd; ai.J having little time to Ira >sact tba l.utinc**
(it being the U*t evening of tho sossion.) And
while th-v *dmi'red uud ugreed with ore, iliat lira
free people, and ill-* • only, mo ths only true ba>i*
of representation in a i* publican form of Govern
ment, yet they would adopt the law i« its prevent
»h *pe, rather th*n lias nd the fiidoi** uf a neudment
in lira iilhur branch id' lira G -nrnil A.-s-mbly at Hint
la o hour! believing us *U:*y did, Hint ibe icducliuu
•■ftheGeucral Ass-rand* was imponant.an.i lira law
rolling the convention l-r tli *t pmpiw wa*essen
tial to effect that object. This opinion. I well recol
lect, was expressed hy the h-jnnra'no Se.tutui ftom
Ch.ali.itii, w li wo county ha* a larger block pujiuia*
ti -n than any other io tlra S are, which expression is
m.-re honorable to bimthiu » »:at'raofbr.**s or mar-
b.c w«.u -I Ira if raised in Ins nativv city to roinmem-
monue Id* virtues. For thu individual who cou.d
lake ground in fa-or of principle, agsinvt the
biassH'hi* interest and lira infl n-..cc oft-du.-ati--n i*
*n-ro w.olhy *>f eo nm -m -ratira* than any tt.iogelsc.
The ritixrns of lbs County that 1 in put bsve the
honm to rcpre-cnl, Imv* iuarki.d uni I -r nra the lino
of duty, which, I am happy tore-, tn-oorj. with my
awn view'.undali thslwlilc powets tha I posses*,
ho dsv.ortlto ilrair *atrrc,*., and <n lururera ae
rtf tireir prim iplc*. At the last ter n of our Superi
or Cum i, the grand jury took into coireldtratiun the
objects of lira prose ui conremiou, sm| after iho most
full and fits interchange of view., ilray gmctu their
r.-prc**niaiiv«t* the following instrucuon*: ‘'Amoog
the ms: y ab**or!»ingquutkm# which agiuta our
litical buru-ia, ll-nt whichisnaw oftlio must press
ing importam oin its con* qaem-estutho section of
ilw country In which to resile, is tho alteration*
which may be mad* b» the ri>n«iituti..a by tbs con-
vrntioa which is to motion .bs first Monday ta next
month. Wt ptrcalve that tha I- gi-latuio in piss
ing n law tu requoat thtpraiplo of dm dilf.-rtniroun-
llta af ihUttAW tu eb-ot m mb«rs to meet in said
itioa, fiavt aiimnpts-la dhna'loa wNUDsea
Wt |-sis without g»vi vgit our daciiad dUappr*
Ution. In tht* b'll «rt find a t'aase which status that *
the cinirntion *11*11 not muddle with lha Fedarnl Ba-
*1*. N»w we lin'd that in nur State representation
ihutu |, no <uh?r democratic rapubliran basis than
tha white bari-t and that whila we Iralwvn that lira
Senate should Ira formed "pon territory, by putting
twociHintie* together, without respm't t'» thulium*
Imfs «f die Inhabitants, welmlinvn tint tliolluu-unf
Bi-p esefitativr# *liould be bv*« I upon population,
tni that pnj-ulaMo'itbe free white popu ati-oi «»fth--
c.ig ta ,; andal b-.ugliwe iralicvo it of hiiiu-ntu im-
por anre that tliare should tu n very considerable re-
dnrtiun nf tho numlx-r of lupresnnlntlvut yet wo
Iralirve lira prineipl* on winch tho torluetioa
it unde, is of more importance to us than
the qu unity .if i; and thut ifit be allowed lohemsdn
upon the nrincipleoflha Fedenl basis, that wo will
It i insdedrawersnf wotur mid Irwert of wood for
ru# mom Wi-altliy neighbor* *'f thu mbldk' | ,, » r * "f
lira Si* e.J.\ «l**a we knowibit all^peraoBS who pro-
*»■#« un Imited |Hiwer will at a -nte timeu*e it wrong
fully, we call upon our fellowcitiien*"I llioupcraii.-
Iiy mid of the wire* qm«* region In join u*, nnd to
b ivet'iii white bad* • tiabli-lrad by ilii* eonvcutioii}
aud ill (I a Irere there i» «••> doubt ol' their member*
going fir tho while biaiv, H at lit y Iriva meeting*
and inatrnet llc-ni. A«d wo hereby ie-pm#t our del-
ega’es lo it p all th -lr per omul exertions tn have the
reducii -n m-i.le in the ropro-entative hr mrh, upon
the while had*, while wr pledge ,eife.ve-if the al
teration i« m* lo opo-t lluii bts s ru take all lawful
nienn* in nur p iwer hove the ('Iteration ratified
lwfi.ro the £ ample. But ahoidd it ho int-lo upon '•*"
Federal b»»i., we p'e Ixe ourralves lo u-e ull lira
lawful eterre .,.* wliirli lira God of Heaven ha* given
nnwrr t »o-e. t • d feat if* ril-ficalio..."
| wi" ro-e tI-? therenso-# which proves to m<-
tlntllieiopreo-nlHlionsI oubl b? hitaeil ill tlm H* usi'
of Rep;c-cnti.lives, upon the white htvlcnd of Fed-
cnl lra«i«. In lira fir*t p'«- e, 1 b--lievo tint expe
rience *l(on].|Inve omra iulbiunco with u«. We trad
stnve* he'd us -urh in elnvi-n Slut--* of lira Uuiuo.
in none of which, except ilo- Stales of Georgia uud
North (.'are-lii'H. nre ll*--y put in the scale in rurei'-g
ruptereatation, ns je roois. lo one or more they
arc caleu'aied in the scale a* pro|Kity, which 1
coo nnd to lx- the only li^ht in which ilray should he
viewed in our Smio nff'uirs. Wo find xevcrnl of
iler-e State* have within n lew yenis past rcito'd -I-
b-d il»eircoo*iil-uh*ns nod trill those -laves me i.o:
co-in'r--d in thr t.dde *i'll i| ( .- free whit- |rapul .ti o,
to raise icpr s -iiiniioli -ipcn; we fiml nil tlra cou-li-
tiitiuus fin in-d in ilia south nnd west, undsouih-
we*i of u«, u i'll all the fight# of expero-nco ai d
lira ioiprovcneoi* of tho uge to point out llo ir
course, and lo Improve (ipoothe examples ol niin-r*
whohave gone before, with many citu-n# of our
own Georgia iu their tmiivuiuinii* io fruitio tlioir con-
si initio.h not one of tiiem lutve thi* feature in
them —Tlieso thieg* *h-Mild make u* doubt—even
were we iu favor ol liiivchiovo in out const.lotion—
of itsb ing comici; lor w-c mn t uckn -wli-dge tho
ngo I* ipriug on to iinprovd in nvi-ry thing—uml that
thi*,our wr»MM lo-in.«phero, ha* udvauced wuh
hasty vide*in all kind* -f improvements and not
the least among tlrani r* lira science of »nver.incut.
Yon will perceivn by n glance nl the ronatitutious
nf tin- eleven slave holding Stun-* that this iirivtu-
eristic feature is ill none ol them but two. Then us
far a* the experience of ntiicra i* eow-cined, wo
linvo it in favor tifdi«j-en*irtg wi:ii thi- fiaturein
our c«n«iitoiioii Nov* 1 -vill ny t-r shew it* nrivto-
ciniic uml uneipitil In-uring, nnd indeed oppre-sion,
over *orno pai.« of lira Slut-:—vvbilu it giv -s to
tho«e c..un'ic* where slave* mo ounK-r *u«, n-lvau-
lag.-* river those pan* w here llM-yart-sparra, which
are unti-rnpuhlii nn; and a* such, republicans should
rise sun rinr to sordid interest uml give uji ilm un
do- advantage which tli-y p i«*es* without u sir ig-
pie, an.l shew ill -ttlreyun- n-ally what they would
have lira world believe 1i„ Ira—democruiic io-
publican*. Oil tli-rie uv r whom interest and puw
«<■ Inivu mure iiffluinii'e thm lova of Sims*, I do not
hope to linve nny influence, but upon three who
have the good uf ilrair S'ut-- in view, I h-qra to
make some oh«ervaihin* lint wi.I attract ilrair at-
feiirioo. Tle-ro nro fioty couniie* in lira Stuto
whit'll hy lira I «t conriH iiivu urah a im-m'rar in
lira lloore of Uep.(-#e.iimivtfi mo.e, by inking im-
’ nw-huh* nf lira sfov-r im„ it * .-.rmputaron, ilisa
'ray wAuiJ otlrarwire bate. A large majority uf
ih-iso counties lie in-vbitt i* termed tlra Iduck belt,
through lira mi-ld u of too State from the Siivuim -h
river to tlx-Cb'iMahoncliei| which nivouiugo of
i my rne-nl ers gives tiiem a m ijority in tkat Hou*o
wlt-rend lolUftr rri-ing revet, ra or appropriatin-
nioney "hull or.giiiMlu n* will plainly appear hy re
formin'tn lira iTi itl in-licit-nnd rixtm-mli secliun of
tlrafl.(ii*lltu'ion. Ifany gcntleinun of iIris body will
lake tin: n.Hible to rxa-win . bow the money of iho
State Im* Ihvu A|-propria.,-.l t b-r will lind that u lias
gomi a*tbi*m*j.oiiy ha* d muit-d, with but low
cxcetiiions Lank ut tlm lot- rani improvements uf
iIk-Siu'o rnu.b-iiltiin*t entirely io bun-ill tlio sec
tion* of lb.- Suite w hb-li ba* ltd* ndvamago uf re
presentation, nnd it tlrarr In*la-ena-ivtiling do..e io
uoy niher counties, it ho. Ihk ii Iracuuse it was ac-uafi
ly to bo dnmi in j-ul tlra iinpiovomcot
through, li- bi-i'cll lira blank belt. Tlra people io
•Ira si-mionof I her runny io wlikli I live litv.* been
treatr-d like alien*. No p m uf the treasure of tho
Suite In* been expend J nm mg os, and mulling
d.mofnr mir Irannlit.—Thore is now in progress, ill
tile Stain's expense, tlirougli IliuC'ierukeo uouutie
n woik iif iinm-ura imp .iiauc<- to iho State, parti-
rulaily In tlra Idark hi', winch miy Ira ibruwn op
to it* a* Irani:* done l -r onr •-•pueint benefr; but let
nienss.-rt (list who w-ni'il u*e tliis urgouii-nt tiiiii
it would m-vt-rhuv-hu.-n atti-iupted hut iltat it was
to furni'h th'- hi irk (raft njili prnvi-ions at a cheup
rale—to pic if io ilrair power to iai*o more cotton
—In purchase r.ore nr-giiras to m k« more cofion,
Ate., to make- tl.e rich ri.-li. rj nml lira peopluolTlio
roumles from Troup county, wht-ro liivnd aiuiis
should In-1he erinli-lo be ihiwiI cum? in com|>cii-
•i-n with >lra rich va'ley* of lira w est from wlrare
bren.l sinff-rrm. Ire drliv.-red in Macon and in this
place, by thirty per ci-m. clranpcr tliim they ennb?
from lira county In which l live, nnd on'equal terms
with the sain? nriiely in lira t.'lierokeo ciwintie*.
This is intemal improvement* for u* with a ven
geance. Yet although ouPpenpb-saw- nil thuM-evil
cnnseipicncex to themselves, t vn*t see llram ulmost
to n mnn, ridnj above local nnd aollish pivjmlic.es,
ami voting larp\ indeed, I may say. inimonse sup
plies, to make this very road w lirah is to iniur llram
individually, hot which they hn|ra and Ix-liuvro will
bo a source of wealth to tlra State of Georgia —
Look nt lira work done on th? rivers uml roads.
You w-i!l find it don? in tho-e parts of the State hav
ing this edvantace, when the most inconsi Icrald?
I»rm-?iti avk.il for other parts, nre d-nied All
b'. I* for nppr.'printing money must originate in thnt
Mouse, having this udvunln ;e, nnd if they do not
Iw-nrfii tint s?ction'ulorra. tlu-y die than*. Look at
tlra bill lt*t sass*on to rem ivo the ob«iroction» to
navigation in tho Ch-it'nhoochec river, from U'rst
Point on to tho main tract of the Western nnd At
lanta? Ifiiiiimd, In DcK'dh county, thrown nut with-
out scarcely' giving it nny riraaidenition nl all, al-
tlxMijh it was to mnneettwo railroads ami tohrnetu
a largo part of tho State in which section there
were hut few slave*. And afterward* oven the
piiiful sum of five iliousn id dollar* were refused to
to ho appropriated lo employ a competent Engi
neer t'Ptnxko a survey, and report *•> lira next Ira-
gi"!sinre th-- prarricalii iiy of removing tlra obstruc
tions ti a navignti >n upon thnt river, nml tho ox-
pen* is thereof. And this, too, hocauso it did not
im-neiliatoJy benefit lira hlnek belt—and because the
members in thrt se-tion «f ths State, which wn*t>»
he benofiteJ, would not vote for tho S ate’* credit
being given fur million* for itnpn voments, the re-
veimo to lie derived from whlrh whs not ta enrich
the treasury of the State, hut to put into the p-c-
Let* of incorporated .?->mp tnies composed at first,
perhaps, of onr own rit z?n«, b-it which companies
in a short time would have consi-ted mo*tly, if nut
entirely, ufforcigm-rs, who would iftho L-gnlatur.
lnd agreed to endnrao the bonds of tlm coinpnnirr,
hare enjoyed th ? h.-neftt, and lira State wind 1 hare
had the d-.-ht to p y.
Till* is the r?n»on why the po *p!e in th? part of
tho State in which 1 reside,have fared so badly; nnd
it will continue so m long as this inequality in re-
pre*entvi<»n remain*. Tho great tnjustico i* nre
felt a!<in? in the distribution of the fund* of the
State f.rr internal improvctno'il, but in what is of
tnoro vital impor'nnco to us, n diarriminution ha*
even been made in iho education of tho youth of die
co-intv. In pare 2ft, of Prince'* Digrst, you will
find there, under t o h?ad «.f Academic * and Fr.v
School r, a part of an act passed Doia-mbcr 24th,
1832, entitled" An not to provido for tho morn
eqiinl distribution of tho Academic fund among the
several r-runtie* of the Stitc," section l»t, tho
academic food* berenftcr to l-cdirtrihotcd among th?
several counties of thi* State, shall *-e distributed in
proportion to the roprot?ntntlvo population nf cncb
county agreeably to lb" last conrus returned to tbe
Executive office. Here-we have an evidence that
tho*? who have power will sometimes use it wrong
fully. Herr i* a declaration that the ncu lemic fund
istulio horenfter distributed—not equally among
thorn who should enjoy it—but necnrd.ng to th? re-
preranLaiivc population which include* threedifths
of all perron* uf color add.il to tha free white in
habitants, although sour law* matw it penal for any
person whatever to educate a slave Wh*t an In-
conslstanev is here shown! And will aay gentle-
BtAA OR this floor ooaurnd that this is right ? Vttu
long you haw tha power, ftom lima to tima^uch
U«t At Ud* »ift be passed.
Let u* |»*rk a littlafurtler, and we shall fttxl this
kind of distinction oxisis I Mother thing* besides th*
two before mentioned By reference to rrincei
new Digrst page 76, at lha top, you w ill find tlra fol
lowing t "Tlra Directors »»f th? said Hank (m an-
ing tbe Central Bank iff Georgia, the property of
tlra whole State) shall hereafter di tribute their
lir.itta ns niunlly o*practicable among thucitir.cn* of
thi* Slat? having d'.e regard lathe populali-n of lit *
dilfi-n-tit riMiniies. on the basis fixed by the 7tli sec
tion of tlra 1st article oi^l lie cwnstiluii-n." Here
svo linve It again, tint llto*o who hivo (rower will
use It wruiigfiilly. What is thut 7th stetion of the
1st article of tlra constitution ? Hire it is: "The
IIinim* of ||.-|ires'*nlativrs *ImII Ira cunpo-cd of
members from all lira counti s which now are, or
may herraft< r ho included within th * State, accord
ing to tha rosiuvlivu iiunihcr* of IVoo whit? jut-
*iiiisand including thrre-fdlbs of oil |x*oplo of col
or." !!• ru it i* in all its naked dcfoimity! That
thrci-fifihs of all tha |ieop!e of color slinll Ira count
ed n« wh te persons iu lira distribution of money by
I ho Central Ilnnk—nhhongh, if the auditors of thut
Bank wen- to loan lo out- of those people uf color,
any part "f tho Ion is of tlx- State d<*po«iti*d in tho
CYntrol Bank to Ira lent out by them, the Governor
would dismiss than forthwith. Wo find that this
nttix of distribution has bei?u followed up In thu
In ms made by this bank from tlmt time to this. I
will show sotiM of its inequalities. The county
which I have ih<- honor in prat to .represent, had
by tliacuosu* of ftf3l, n white popalnti m of 3,067,
which entitled her to n rejitvsentutlnn of two mein*
Iht- in tlio ll-U"0of Representnlivcs. The county
of(S:ynn lnd a white pojrublissn of 622, but by
roi-.othig three fifths of tlx? |x-rsont of color, her ro-
pro.sen tut ive |>opiilutii>n was incren*cd to three thou-
amid thirty ultra, which outiilcd her to ns iniiiiy
meiiiU?i * at tlm county of Carroll; oud her six hun
dred nndtwi-i.ty two wh Ip iidiabilnntr drew of tit*"
dUtril.ulioii made in tie? summer of 1836, of tin*
eighth dislrihuliou of the t.Vntnd Bunk, $1,973$
whilo Cur.'oll, with n white pupululiuii of throo
ilioiisaiid uud -sixty seven, drew at thu tnma distri
bution. $2,133. Here is n gross nml puIjMl.le in-
eipiriity, pre-r-nting llii* unjust slur ot thin"*. A
county, with onc-tifil. nf tlra free wliito hihuhiiuuts
mijoying equal right uud importance iu both hi'mi-
eh •* uf tin- Gi'tii-rid Assi-iiiiiiy, withoixrirl'livolitnp*
tin- strength, and dmwinir from, tin? (Vntml it ink
within a sniiill fraction uf tlra same amount uf tris»-
iM-y distrilniti-dh^tho Suite to its ci l/uns. Wln-ru
is tin? rop'iblirnti tlmt will Ixihlly pod foiirlcssly do-
chiri* in tin- face of tlra pi-op'r, that lids is just or
r-ijuimble. 1 mn well inure that tho advocate*
of tlra Federal Icisi* will urge thnt lira owners ot*
slaves liavo to puy tuxt-s for them, and thnt on ac-
cuuut of thnl tiixutiou they ought to cqjny grcntvr
advanta-’es. To thi* argument I would reply, iliut
the fta-e white people of tho Stale, who have no
slaves, or but few, are required to reuder personal
services to the State nnd the United Suites, wlih-h
fur overhiihtot'os nny udviiiilm-L-s derived from the
incteaM'd uiiionnt of taxes paid into tho Treasury
by tlra large slaveholder*. I- it necessary for me
to infoim thi* i-iilightcped Imdy, in what there «-r-
dci-s consist ? Who i* it thnl fornix tlra shield nnd
upport of tho country when threutvtied hy hivu-
tion I Who I* it that arrests tlra midnight ad
vances of tho savage Indian f It is the free white
people of yixir State—tho hewers ol wood nml
drawers of water, that f tiii your nutimiul strength
in time of poi'im, nnd your hulwoik of defouco in
linra id iavnsioii. Ye*, 1 a*«r-rt it without the fear
of contradiction, thnt lira |xxir w hite men of tlra
country, aad thore atone, nre relied on in time -f
dnngcrto form n barrier in inroads of nn uppniach-
ing enmity. The wealthy slaveholder* remain nt
homo to protect tlu-ir fumilie* from that very *p ( i
cii-s of pnqM-rty which tlrav now dcriro an xilvnn
lagi: from in Mir State n-pre-entation, wliirli | bold-
|y andfcnrli-s«!y affirm tlmt they mi"ht not. And
llicliuvo mid uni prepurud lo sti to, thut if Iho d' *i-
collies lx- gtvit, thu troop* from lira up country
will, in many instance*, insti-ud • f marching to iih-i-i
the foreign (la-, have tn Ira iii’loriou*ly stationed in
tome of tho riitintu-s, in the neighborhood of some
of ili.■ largo p' inters, toIti-cp hi Hohji-ct'.on this vory
S|K-cicii of property. It will come to lids—and I
woo'd n'qseifully ask, is n whit? m in'* life In one
purl of lira Slate lobe risked and hnar.lr.l for the
protection of a wealthy planter'* property in nno-
ilrar pint of tlm Smto 1
This Federal basis will not answer any va’iiahlc
nr ju»t purpose in Mir own Stale nfi*.iir«. It w-ll no
doubt be urged by tlx; friend* and uilvocnti'* of tlm
Fedi-rul basis, that should it be dietitili«-«l hy us in
our State cmisiltutiuii, it would nllcrl nor interests
and rights else where, to wit: in the geoerul govern-
oh nr A mi.iiwni'i rv-lle, lion will noivirrae nny tin-
pirjodWil mind tint wo tra-il apprelx-nd no injury
(rom that quurtcr. Thi* L'liion will nmtimra to
exist no longer than it is to the advantage of tie
different parts of which ii i« rompum-d; and it is iny
siixvr* ib-sin* that those advantages may I .« for all
t : in* to coma. I have feu red its dissolution much
less limn many of my friends. The staple article nf
pruihic.iiim in the south and sniiili west, is cotton;
which nt ill'* linra nod I'm n nnmlx-r of years, lias
furnished tli- medium d ex-*lniige Is lsirn this
country nml Knglurd. and for lira mo-t part with
the continent of Kurrono. This article of cotton
would not ho produced if we w ro in depend en
tirely upon the while population. Tims wo soo
that slave lulxrr i« necessary to promote tlx- p.rr*-
(rarity of this ro.-.tim-ut, as well us to n.-guiute the
nmii'-tirry nff ifi* of Enropo, By tho Inlmf’of our
xhives wo givo employment to nil tlra northern and
i-nstem .Stales | nnd half the population would sink
into pauperism nnd want, were it not for the rm-
plnyirx-ni ths-y derive in making fabric# out of the
cotton ioihIi- by thus? slaves, wbo-e nutnbi-r being
amiiiii-d, nml which numbi'r wn nro byngrccmani.nl"
1-wvd lo use three-filths to add to our whites to in-
enure our n-|tre*cnr<iion in Congrvs*. This pro
duction nf rurion d d not exist at the time this com
pact was entered into, hut it was considered that
the smith wax giving up to tho north, othrr ad
vantages equivalent to this. And now, the immense
wealth nnd prn*j»erity furni .licfirira n.irth by the
South, nnd lira facility of obtaining exchange upon
Europe, and in fact with the nnrirc eivili/i-rl world,
ten time* nvorbnlnnccd this cunccasion niuJo by the
(•-ople nf tlm nortli to us, ut the formation of our nn-
tionul compact. 8-likewise in o-ir own S-ate tlra
military nml civil servicr* renden d by the fire
white people of the up country, nnd th? protection
nnd sermiiy afforded to the planters of tlra black
holt, far overbalances the nnimiut • f money arising
from taxes p r'd upon this s|rccies of property.
By the major portion of iho |ranplo of tire United
Slate*, sbi'cry Ira* been repudiated, nnd eonsidi-red
u c.mve to tlra people ummig whom it exists. Iiul
I mn of n different npiumn, and think, with an emi
nent stotesmnn of South Carolina, tlmt it •* a bless-
ioghihtoih? whites and lo th? blaiks, wherever
it exists. Where there I* n slave population, we
find the frun white inhabitant inspired with n more
lofty patriotism nnd high toned chivalry. They nre
cipwMo of conceiving without bring tr•mmc.l'il
c ith cfleminate imheeility; nn«l they always execute
with f.-nrh-s* intrepidity. The mlvantagn of having
slaves to htlmr for tlioir benefit, nlfnrd# llram lei
sure nnd opportunity to fit themselves for im.-ful-
ness tnthi-ir rimniry; and what tlra poor whit? man
I* to tlrecnuntrv in tlra field, th'-re wealthy men and
slaveholder* nre in the rcunrih But w-hilo the
poor mnn n* d Ills dangerous and arduous services
ure Inst in oblivion, the statesman enjoy* iho ho-
nor* nnd emnl-i-ncnt’* of high official m'ion while
lie lives, and live* in the grateful recollr-e i<>n of id*
eorntrr in all timeto com?. Having these impor-
t-mr advantages th- y ought not to require lira addi
tional inihrancc which three-fifths of the ldavl; popu
lation w .ti'd give th-.-m, os a hod* of r -preser.tn-
•ion in the councils of ihe State. Slavery Is also u
lr!?ssing t" lira necroes tlram-elves. In their nxt vo
land, Africa, they have ever I een chnineteriscrl hy
the most savage a -ts of harh oi y t un.l not unfix-
quentlv tlrav exhibited their cannibal di-jMisition*.
preyin’ n;sin th?ir ownspeera*. Th?irdegnad>iti in
in the bomr- of their nnce-t nr I, has ever h-’en c-m-
p'ete, nnd they show little k-M capacity for enjoy-
mont than the wild bea-ts of ih'-ir own deserts, in
thi^rountry, too, where slavery :m* her n abolished,
we *.’p them uniformly the veriest pauper* of tire
la id, the victim* of intaxiealion and every vici-ni*
habit—no dispodtion to improve their conditi -n or
cultivate unv nf their moral faculties, or enlarge
their capacities for enjoyment. But where slavery
exist* they are only required to IsW for their own
support and that of their owner*. An l, fur tlra most
part, they are well tod, clad, happy and cunteritsd,
mueit better off— iuimmsurahly m->w hippy, than
th? laborer# of tlra north md tire npervive* of Eng-
l.ind, who are compelled to labor e-ch day from
twelve to fourteen hours, with hut a few minutes in
termission.
I will cease this comparison. Propartv I# able to
protect itself rail hoot tbe e.aisiamie required by tha
Federal beria. Tlra possession of wea'th, which in
thi* country consist* mostly in real estat# and no-
groes, gives tn the owners sif it already too much ad-
vantace ovar llx»re that do not own nagroaa or own
but few nf thorn. And tins feature, beside* being
anri-republican, should be stiiekan out, lo make nor
governmant more permanent. For how can I r«s-
main In pearnand ixsconieulnd, who Inve no slaves,
whan a msn who owes one hundred shall bav# sla
ty-one tin*** the impoiunoa la thia foreremeaf. Ia
relslag repsBEEistaUwB. a bars whm I katel No.
Mr. PrMldaRt, this (aatura nUI out, muaiBot ba left
to slain nur • scutcheon#; strikt this out, tad ?ta#a
the proparty qnaliflratbm for ymir governor, and
you will come amour a» maybe to the idea ( have
iifrepubliraiiLm. Thore two fraturrs shraild re
main no loo;er than tlwji enald be law fully temoted.
Remote th? nrra by the arti*n of this CMtveniiuo,
and the oilier as anon thereafter a* prnciicablf.—
The nicnmeiit ilntl lira taxes nre mostly paid by tha
•Uveh'd lers, is more fpceiou* than solid. Indeed,
ilo-y are taxed, but so nre tbe poor white matq and
tlra tax-* for a iiumlrai of re r* past InsteaJ ol baiag
put into tho treasure of ihe Slata and distributed
equally f«r rite benefit of all pari*, ha* Iraen retain
er! in rnrh frmn'y in w-hirh it *»• raised. Within
mv r.-cnlVeri-'n I’he urm.iint roised from lira salt of
land. i|re‘piof>er*y ..rihe wh-ileSiale, nt putticulsrly
th- sltive hold- rs, has Iraen the principal snuteefrom
whence nur Stale coffers liavo Iraen supplied.—
There is something to the mind nf th® frera whila
man revo ting, in having tho census of himself and
his w bill- family taken, nnd then to have it overlra!-
nneed by hi* neighbor's negroest nnd tht' they should
I'U euk'iiluted hi tin- amici ng'dirtl him and hla chil
dren, when it would Ira nothing more than swelling
lira itifl'raiKV of the wralriry slave holders, and hav-
in? Ids ik-ii's nnd inn rest at tlra mercy ol thUcIa*#
nf tlra eouiiii itii*y. Lit! me entreat lira advocutc*
of thi* |ii-nillnr bnris, tn pause before they tcsulva
tirfnalr-n it down upon u-t f rl-e assured we cannot,
nnd will not, submit to it—and noihingbmdevotion
toils- land of our hir'li, nml nur ftatern.il relations
and Iriiiriiit-M that fins attendedu-duiing tho whofo
nf our part liirtniy, which prevent t us nt unco from
throwing i (I tliis gullieg yoke of injurtice and op-
p e.tioti, wlfrh is r-ow within tlra sc-'jra of ourpow-
und ability. I .ft it no? Ira said that we hav? gona
.... lliu* fin uudpm»|rared. And why not conrinue on
in lira Minin way 1 I irnswor—w-plmve paid tribute
enough; !i'nlus tin sr-uriiorn pooplo were t.nwilling
to (mv f-'riy •-••« of evrry hundred, to
iiplmhl lira unequal lariff wliirli had Iraen fastened
upon nr—lira advocate* of lira firen white papulatiun,
ii* u basis of repri senintinn, nro tint willing to give
r concede that -iwSy out of every hundred of the
negro. « of nor more wealthy neighbors, should ba
ro uitiil mt n-i r-nr free white rbildrer-. Ask not
f-r wlint you ougjji tint tnhnvr, for lenr In time your ,
i-xurbhuul ileiimnns may bo lesrannd, and you be
not allowed even wlint you origin in reason 'olia-0.
Let ni? u«k tlra uduwite* of lira Fr d--rnl basis, why
se't-ci llii* kind of pm|x-rty and put it against the
white population, (fi-r we ennnot consider negroes
its perron* hut n* prnporiy only,) why tint put in
siiM-k in trad--, Bank «-nrk, Arc. f Why have pro*
perty r. torscuteil a' ail I Have not the rich Influ
ence nnd power enough in society and in the govern
ment, Iiy tlio urate force of wenltii f Will the great
body nfilm people, stilt add to thi* power end influ-
once by giving them representation upon pro(rarty
in their General Assembly? No, God forbid tliat
lira Legfstuture of Georgia should ever again be com
posed of memt- -rs representing iragrira* instead of
freo nran. No.ilcprml upon it, thu only truo basia* •
uf iepiililii-nii repri si'iiiiition is freo white cilixens,
and the soil and territory on which ilray reside; for
th- poor man ha* land, and live* on lend, as well as
lira rieh mnn; nnd no milttcrlinw poor this land may
h—it is III* Imme; and tlio cnhln nn it is his castle.
These, and hi* lilrarty, is nil lie has. They arudesr
to him—and they alone should be represented in
the council of his Stare.
Mr. l’rurident,—I liavo submitted to this conven
tion n pin nf red url Ion, although plain nnd simple,
in accordance with the view* of tlra people of Geor
gia, redur-1? the number of the popular brunch of V
our Lcgis’ot are, to nno hundred and thirty five at
pic out. nnd sulijirat to increns? only from tho fore
innlimi nf new- cuuiitii'*. Tha Si-uutu to consist only
of for.y six members raised from the same number
of Senatorial districts, and not subject to any future
increase; tlra new countk-s wlran formed hereafter,
to Ira nttuclrail to contiguous districtn nlrcndy form
ed. '1 hia will iniike thu number of tho Legislature
upon joint bollix, umouiilto one hundred and eighty
one tiH-mlrar*. which will Ira suflWk-ntly numerous
for all iIm- niirp 'ses of Iragi.dation, and too lirge to
I e nlfiTtn i by hrilxiry, nr nny other corrupting In-
fljpuci*. It will save tu tin- Stuto nhnut forty iTiou-
suiul dollars iiu-uml'yt lira laws will Ira mudo with
more delilrantifon, mi l let better adapted to tho
waits mxl w'slu-s uf lira country $ member# will be
tnoro niti-ntive teriralr duties, I'm tlra responsibility
upon ilium, will lie iniuradinto nnd pri-sring. Tlio
a'oilon of |egi«!ntor w ill Ira more lionnnihle, and tlm
people under llx-su circumUatrccs, will Ira able to
rr-nimuml the services nf their nm-t influential nnd
tnli-utcil ritiit-ti*. These nnd n innltltud- of other reu-
sons, iicliintud me iniulvnuiitingthe plunthal I Imvo
lira honor to submit; uml I hope that this plan, or
somethin* embracing the same principles, may be
adopted nnd wlran submitted to the people may re
ceive tlm sunctinn oftheh- npprobuthui.
Tho fnll-iwing, from lira Loi.irvilli- Journal hot
been p-il.|i>hed in most nf lira Western |»aper#:—
"Tits Chaulestor ilxii.noad fuojkct at an
END.—A highly respri-iiililegumli'miiii nf this oily,
recently from booth Ciirolinn, informs us ihm C'ul.
Blan.li'ij, lira 1’rcridei't of tin- Chirlvsl-m Huilrond
Bank, slated to him iliut lie ImiI given up all idea
of pushing tlra Railron I farther than Columbia, tlio
capiml nl 8'intli Ciirolina. Tlw Colonel si id ihit
lira Stale uffinorgin hud put under com rant n Hni|.
loud from Aih.-ns, Georgia; to Knoxville, Tr-nn.,
which, inrannexi-or with tin- UrilnuJ now marl^
coiupl.'inl,from Allans to Aiun's, an.l with Ibo'
Bud ■ (nil from Angtixtn lo Chirk non, wontd^open
n Huilrond comniuidi-alloii from Knoxville to Chur-
ir-slon. 'J'be Cohmel thought Hi it It would bequito
rdinilmis ro h:ivo two Kail-medr from Charleston
to Knoxville. South Carolina alruud-ins her pro
ject, but "ho claims tha credit uf huviiig spuircd
Georgia into tlw grout enterprise; nnd thu is nona
the li-.* satisfied with having a communication with
Kn*t Tennessee, that is made w ith lira money of
a rival State.
Inf rente of the growth of Cotton.—In tho yenr
1791 the amount nf roiton exported from tho
I’nitcil S-atcs wn* 183,316 Ih* i in 1793 it was not
quite 1,900 00<l lbs ; in 1802 it wax 27.501,075
lbs.; in 1819 it was 87,997,l»1ft Ih*.; in 1820 it wn»
127,800,132 Ih*.; in 1830 it was 298.450,120
Ih*. The amount exported in 1838 was upwards
of 639.00i1.000 I'm. ; lr living for Immn consumption
93,1103,0011 IIm. ; th*- whole crop, tu round niimner*,
beingestiuniteil nt 737,009,000 Ifi*. which, nt four
teen c?rnt* per pound, would Ira worth more than
one hundred million* nf dnllur*. This is a greater
amn-iiil than ever wa* produced from all the gold
and silver mines in th*? whole world in one year.
From a Into F.ne.Hth paper.
The nt.r.«MXG* nr Civilization.—In our Aus*
t*a!a*inn iraw*. wr hive given very full details of a
.t-ial arSydney for a crinw. the atrocity of which
wVl render it scarcely credible. A set of white
miscreant*, eleven in number, mniw svago than tho
untutored brings whom they immitwith that epi-
tlrat, appear tn have carrrail oil’ twenty-eight natives,
nran, women, nnd childrcd. from a station, where
these native* were not intruder*, having been per
mitted to remain thore, being nn friendly terms
with thu white*, and tn have butchered them, young
and old. in cold hlteal, " without,” at the Attorney
General stated, •• any probable cause or provoca
tion to pallia'? the nttr -•'ion* crime.” The ni"jf
creatures, who were camp- d randy for the night,,
were fir-t driven into a hut: them they wero (un
resistingly) tied, and brought out, crying for help
and merer: " the mothers ami children were cry-
‘.ig. and thu little o?c* thut could not walk.” They
npp?ar to have been fastened in a string, nnd their
murderer* on horseback, drew them on. "One
Mark wa* handenfli’d t their hinda were all tici
with tlra (Nilm* to each other; the rope was a very
long one. They nil complained of being obliged to.
go, the blggoit hoys were tied, nnd those who could
nntVilk were carried Iiy the jin#; the women who
rsrrii-d th- children were tied " Tho scene of sa
crifice wa* about half n mite off A large fire wa*-
mode, mid the bodio* were buim.
• It would havn been supposed thnl such ir*»rinie
would have deprived th? perpetrators ofev/.i cam-
limn svinparii}; but no, ilray were defended by coun
sel, th- expen«e being defrayed by on association
illegally form-d for the purpose of defending all
who may be charged with crimes resulting from nny
collision with the natives. A rumor tn that effect
wa* mentioned >>y the Atmrocy General, and nAa
of the witnesses f-r the defence, the mister of one
of thu prisoners, admitted that he wa* a subscriber
to the d'-funro of tho nran. It is almost nrodltts
tn say that the prisoners wero aquilted.-—Atialie
Journal.
Note.—Yat the En-!i«h nrwspatrars, and tevt-
ralofthe English politician* in I’arlinment,Brecon-
slnnt.'y taunting the United State* for it* treatment'
of the Indians? Would it not bo well to pull tho
beam first out oftbeir owu eyes; to look first at
borne f end to reflect first whether they aro roc
throwing stones from glass houses l—Qlobe.
Honor to Ihe Bren Dead!—Me}. Beaj. Ro-
main", of this city, on* i-f-mr ol-i#*t ririsraa,ba»
beeoiR# by aucrinn prircU**' proprietor of lire
Nuute.ltum al U» WsNbout, which conulas tho
remains nf tlreen thou tend American victim* U>
»b# borrura of tba British Jersey Prisoo Shlp^—
Tbaa* rema'nt were Interrod msay yaar* tine*, u4
ibe groaoN* long naglsced are now to b# appro-
pfiawly (nmm«Bird.—Xew Yerk Star