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therefore a man whom no power under
that of the Almighty can restrain, he
must needs be the most dangerous man
to lie placed at tlie head of the govern
ment it is possible to conceive. There
is no foreseeing what he would do, or
would not do. Not a few even of the
whigs feel that he is an unsafe man ; even
the manufacturers themselves support
him with fear and trembling; the no
blest ofall the whigs has denounced him
on more occasions than one, and now
only 'damn him with faint praise.’
Mr. Frelinghuysen is quite a different
man ; and while agreeing with Clay in
all obnoxious measures to which Mr. Clay
himself stands pledged, he represents cer
tain other elements of the whig party,
from which still more evil, if possible, is
to be apprehended. Mr. Frelinghuysen
is pot only a whigin the wosrt sense of the
term, hut he is also the very impersona
tion of narrow-minded, ignorant, conceit
ed bigotry —a man who boldly attacks re
ligious liberty, demands the unhallowed
union of Church and state, and contends
that the government should legally re
cognize the religion of the majority, and
declare whatever goes counter to that to
be contra bonos mores. He concentrates
in himself the whole spirit of ‘Native A
mericanism’ and ‘no popery,’ which dis
played itself so brilliantly in the recent
burning of the Catholic dwellings, sem
inaries, and churches in the city of Phila
delphia.
We see personified in the whig candi
dates modern Federalism, political pro
fligacy, and canting, fanatical religious 1
bigotry. Their success would be fraught
with the most serious danger to our po
litical institutions, to social equality, and
to religious freedom.” ,
Whig Principles.
The President of the Whig National
(’on vent ion, at which Mr. Clay was nom
inated for the Presidency, was Ambrose
Spencer of New York. He was a mem
ber of the Convention of the State ; and
in a speech on the qualification of voters,
he used the following language;
“That man who holds in his hands
the substance of another, will be able to
control his will. Such a person will for
ever be the creature of the one who feeds,
shelters, clothes, and protects him. This \
class of persons would he as subservient
io the will of their employers as PER
SONS OF COLOR.”
Benjamin Watkins Leigh, of Virginia,
was the next greatest man in the Whig
National Convention, and was the. cho
■ sen instrument to nominate Mr. Clay.--
While a member of tlicConvenlion which
formed the present Constitution of Vir
ginia, he uttered the following senti
ments :
“I ask gen tie men to say, whether they
believe that those who are obliged to de
pend on their daily laL«r for their subsis
tence, CAN or do ever enter into politi
cal affairs? THEY NEVER DO—
NEVER WILL—NEVER CAN.”
“No government can produce the
greatest degree of happiness and safety,
or fail to destroy them, which does not
produce the jealous security for property,
WHICH DOES NOT WED POWER
TO PROPERTY.” Jorunal of ike
(. 'oiivcu/iun, />w.lsS —10:?.
Among the Vice Presidents of the Bal
timore Convention appears the name of
Leverett Saitonstall, of Massachusetts.—
This man was a leading member of the
notorious Hartford Convention, which
met to plot treason to our institutions and
disgrace to Our arms in tlie late war.
When the bill for the admission of
Louisiana into the Union was before
Congress in 1811, Josiah Quincy, tlfen
a leading Federalist, ami now a conspicu
ous whig, employed this language:
“ If this hill passes, it is my deliberate
opinion that it is virtually A DISSOLU
TION OF THE UNION. That it
would ircc the states from their moral
obligations; and that, as it will he the
right of all, so it will he the duty of some
definitely to PROPOSE SEPARA
TION—AMICABLY IF THEY CAN
- FORCIBLY IF THFY MUST.”
Os that (the Federal whig) party,
TREACHERY is so favorite an instru
ment, that I have heard Mr. Burgess
(lion Tristnm Burgess) complain that
they have even used it with him. Pl'
IS THEIR NATURE AND THEIR
VOCATION. 1 welcome the result of
\our election, as a pledge that their cha
lice is returning to their own lips—they
aetrayed Mr. Burgess by not electing
him to the senate of the United States.
Their own organ in Providence (the
Providence Journal) charges the loss of
his election to the house, upon their
treachery. So will it, and so mote it al
ways be—THEY have NO HONEST
PRINCIPLE TO KEEP THEM TO
GETHER —their only cement isa SYM
PATHY OR HATRED TO EVERY
VIAN of PURER PRINCIPLE than
THEMSELVES.— John Q. Adam's let
ter to Dutee ./. Pearce, dated September
7,1835.
Bad as was the character of Aaron
Burr, his election, in preference to Vlr.
Jefferson would have been a blessing to
the eountrv. — N. Y. Com. Advert see.
I would not vote for this appropriation
(for the defence of the" country) if the en
emy’s cannon were battering down the
walls of the Capitol. —Daniel Webster's
speech in the Senate, pending the diffi
culty with France.
Comment by John Quincy Adams:
Tlie man who would be guilty of ut
tering a sentiment so unpatriotic, at a
crisis like this, has but one step more to
take, and that is— to join the enemy !
I will do my duty, even if Mr. Clay is
to be benefitted by if, from whom I have
experienced only UNGENEROUS
TREATMENT, IN REQUITAL for
years of devoted service.
I have done him (Mr. Clay) many fa
vors, but be has returned them all with
the BLACKEST INGRATITUDE.—
Gen. Harrison's letter to Mr. Brent, in
the v inter of IS 11.
It is the dictate of benevolence and hu
manity to sell a poor man at a Sheriff's
sa’e, into voluntary servitude, until he
earns enough to pay the fine imposed by
the court.” —Elisha Whittlesey , Whig
Congressman from Trumbull , Ohio.
The Senator, however, not only tells
us that they (the Whigs) holdall sorts of
principles, but they were afraid to pub
lish to the world any declaration of their
sentiments. Now, I believe it is a part
of the law of nations, that when war is
made against PIRATES, there is no
need of the ceremonies of any former
previous declarations of war, but it is un
derstood cn all bands that you are at lib
erty to attack them without ceremony,
and cut and slash as hard as you please.
Clay's speech in the Senate, 1840.
The law of the duellist is an OUT
RAGE UPON EVERY PRINCIPLE
OF ORDER AND HUMANITY. It
sets the laws of God and the institutions J
of a Christian people at defiance; and if
this MURDEROUS spirit be not met
and fearlessly rebuked, on ourselves will
abide much of the guilt of MURDER.—
Mr. Frelinghuysen.
1 pronounce the member, whoever he
may he, A BASE AND INFAMOUS
<’ ALUMNI ATOR, A DASTARD, AND
A LIAR; and if he dare unveil himself
and avow his name, l will hold him re
srhh'sible, as I here admit myself to be,
TO ALL THE LAWS AVHICH GOV
ERN AND REGULATE MEN OF
HONOR.— Mr. Clay's “ Card .”
In all this 1 do not mean that the Uni
on is to he held fast at whatever cost. —
Vast sacrifices should he made to it, but
not the sacrifice of duty. For one, Ido
not wish it to continue, if after earnest,
faithful effort, the truth should be made
clear that the free States are not to be ab
solved from giving support to slavery.
BETTER that we should PART, than
be the police ot the slaveholder, than
fight his battles, than wage war to up
hold an oppressive institution. Sol say
let the Union he dissevered, rather than
admit Texas into the Confederacy.
The free States should declare that the
very act of admitting Texas will be con
strued as a dissolution of the Union.—
Dr. Chalining, vol. 6, p. 349.
I would humbly prostrate myself before
HIM, and implore His mercy to visit our
favoreel land with War, with Pestilence,
with Famine, with any scourge, other
than military rule, or a biind and heed
less enthusiasm for mere military renown.
Mr. Clay's speech of Baltimore, May,
1828, as reported in Niles Register,
vol. 31, page 195.
That Mr. Clay is the chosen candi
date of the aristocracy of the Whig party
is unquestionable ; and it is equally un
questionable that very earnest and zeal
ous efforts will be made to impose him
upon the whigs ns their candidate. It is
also certain that Mr. Clay is not the
choice of the Democracy of the whig
party. Apart from other sufficient rea
sons, therefore, which we shall give here
after the very fact that Mr. Clay is the
darling of the Aristocratic Whigs, or
rather the very cause which makes him
so, operates, in the nature of things, to
prejudice him in the eyes of the Demo
cratic whigs, and to lead them to fix their
choice upon some other candidate. — Bos
ton ( Whig) Atlas, Nov. 20, 1838.
“ Y. t Fivlinghuyscn, gratitude is due tlicc,
.A rut tuftirr ;>raise than language can supply ;
Guilt may denounce and ealumny f tusuethee,
Ami pensioned impudence thy worth decry;
Brilliant and pure posterity shall view thee,
Asn fair planet in a troublous sky.' 1
f T Yin. Lloyd Garrison, the Abolitionist.
1 believe the ESTABLISHMENT of
a BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
IS REQUIRED by the common good of
the whole country ; and although 1
might be willing, if it were practicable/
to adopt an existing bank as the basis ot"
such an institution, under all circumstan
ces, 1 think it MOST EXPEDIENT
that a NEW BANK, with power to es
tablish branches, be created and charter
ed UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF
CONGRESS.—Air. Clay's speech in the
Senate , May 28, 1838.
The revenue system is a system un
der which there is a sort of perpetual war
between the interests of the government,
and the interests of the people! High
tariff duties fill the coffers of the govern
ment, and empty the pockets of the peo
ple.—Speech of Mr. Clay in Congress,
1820.
No more revenue should be levied than
is necessary to an economical administra
tion of the government. 1 should have
preferred that the compromise in all its
parts [uniform duties of 20 per cent.]
could have been adhered to. — Mr. Clay's
letter to Mr. Meriwether, October 2,
j 1843.
The prohibition of the fabrics of for
i oign countries would transfer the monop
| oly to the home manufacturers in the
; United States. T]re true interests of the
i consumers are best promoted by a compe
i tition between the foreign and national
j supply. The inevitable tendency of that
■ competition is to reduce prices, as all ex
| nerietice has demonstrated.— Mr. Clay's
! letter to Whig committee of New Or
leans, January 23, 184 i.
The fact that Mr. Clay is more of a
i free trade man, (advocate as he is of a
| reasonable tariff) than Mr. Van Buren,
is becoming generally known to the peo
ple of the South.— Richmond Whig,
the leading Clay paper in Vir inia.
We deny that Mr. Clay, or the whigs
| of Georgia, whose candidate he is, seek
for the establishment of a protective tar
iff: BUT MR. CLAY ADHERES TO
THE PRINCIPLES OF THE COM
PROMISE ACT . —Savannah Republi
can.
“ 'Piic Senator (Mr. Calhoun) was con
tinually charging him (Mr. Clay) with
the design of violating the compromise
| act! When had lie swerved from it ?
He was still for adhering to it, as he un
derstood its principles. Those principles
lie did not consider incompatible with the
protection of American industry, in j»rel
crence to any other. He had lived, and
would die, an advocate of the protective
system. He bad never changed his
principles. They were now the same
as they had ever been ; but he submitted
to the restrictions of the compromise act
as a matter of necessity. And he did not
I even now think it prudent, because not
I practicable, to go as far as his inclinations
j led him, with the friends of protection.—
I But as far as he could go, he would!”—
Mr. Clay's Speech in Senate. 23 d of
'March, 1813.
From the August a Conatihi Hanoi 'M.
The result of the present political con
test in Georgia vvilldisclose a solemn fact,
whether the people have sense and intel
ligence enough to judge for themselves
of tiie soundness of the principles which
should govern those citizens selected to
administer the general government, or
whether that people are to be influenced I
in the rdoption of political principles by j
the leaders of the parties into which the j
country is divided. What do we now
behold f The people of Georgia, until a i
few months past, had manifested the!
strongest opposition to the federal system
that a party in the United States were en-!
deavoring to place in the ascendency.— }
The people of Georgia have always been
opposed to a protective tariff, ‘.o a nation
al bank, to a liberal construction of the
constitution, to an extension of the pow
ers delegated to the general government,
and to other principles equally at war
with state rights, and the integrity of our j
public institutions. We cannot believe j
that the people of Georgia have in so j
short a time, seen any error in the course j
they have been pursuing. If they have
not, what could lead them to change a
policy which had taken so deep a root in
their state ? If they have changed, to
what cause must this be ascribed ? Ei
ther to themselves, or to certain party
leaders. If the cause is in themselves,
and they believe, conscientiously, that
they have been in the wrong all this time
we have nothing more to say; but if the
change is to he ascribed to party leaders,
our fellow citizens will have to acknowl
edge, that they have been remiss in their
‘independence; that they have abaridon
edsome of the attributes of freemen ; and
that they have in their party leaders more
confidence than in themselves. They
will have shown mare subserviency to
the opinions of others than they should
have done. But, can the people of Geor
gia at once become the supporters of a
protective tariff,of a national bank, and
other federal whig measures, because a
few party leaders find it to their interest
to support a policy to which they were
once so inimical ? We have a Letter
opinion of our fellow citizens of Georgia.
H e know them to be high-minded, de
voted to state rights, and to the integrity
of the public institutions of the c utntry ;
and we are convinced that they will not
be led astray by ambitious and utipriuei
pled leaders', who throw principles to the
winds, when they interfere with their
scheme of aggrandizement. Would not
those party leaders have remained stead
fast to state rights principles—to princi
ples advocated and maintained for more
than forty years— if they had not adopted
the policy of supporting Mr. Clay for the
presidency ? I)o tney not support a pro
tective tariff and a national bank because
Mr. Clay is in saver of those measures?
Would they not have been zealous fertile
annexation of Texas, had not Mr. Clay
written a letter against such a measure ?
Did those leader.; declare themselves
against annexation before the letter of
Mr. Clay appeared ? And were not the
general mass of the people of Georgia the
zealous friends of annexation before the
whig leaders began to speak ? Have the
I people of Georgia changed ? And why
! have they changed? Do they have
more confidence in the opinion of a few
leaders than in themselves? The result
of the present political contest will decide
the question. Knowing the people of
Georgia as we do, we anticipate the re
sult. The people of Georgia will judge
for themselves; they will not be led astray
by a few interested and ambitious party
leaders, who are deceiving them, in or
der to acquire the ascendency in the
state, and to accomplish all their schemes
of aggrandizement.
More Wltis Abolition.
We extract from a communication in
the Charleston Mercury, the following
remarks, which we leave to our readers
without comment.
Once more Mr. Editor, and I am done,
.“and though last not least.” I give you
Ex-Governor Peward, one of the most
powerful and devoted champions and
Whig leaders In the Union. Hear what
lie says upon the subject.
'i’lte following is an extract, front Ex-
Governor Seward’s Letter. He appears
to have kept its beauties hidden till its
close.
“ Look at the threatened extension of
our territory, for the mere purpose of ex
tending the public domain of slavery,
and adding new bulwarks, to support
that accursed institution. Who shall
postpone this evil now? A Whig Sen
ate. Who can prevent it hereafter but a
Whig administration and a Whig Con
gress? And who shall lead the way in
these great measures but the Whigs of
Western New York—who led the way
in 1837, and 1838 and in 1840? Anil
who so tit a leader as HENRY CLAY,
whose self-sacrificing patriotism has so
often postponed its own rewards to save
the interests, the peace and welfare of his
country.
“ I am, gentlemen, with great respect,
your humble servant,
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.”
The Letter front which this extract is
taken, was addressed to the Clay Club of
Orleans county, New York, and bears
dn'e, “11011111 Auburn, May 13, 1844.”
1 have not accused Mr. Clay of being
an Abolitionist—he is in the hands of
friends and there l am content to leave
him: but to the men of die south we
would say, awake, arise, sleep no longer,
lest like Samson you be shorn of your
strength.
A SOUTHRON.
Prom t'.'e Oneida (.V. V.) Chief, .Inly 19.
X'o end to the Renunciations.
Anil “still they come.” the gsthering throng !
While rings af’.ir the thunilcring cry,
Front host to distant host along,.
11 For POLK!for DALLAS! VICTORY!”
The following letter from Judge Platt
will be read with interest. The Judge is
a man of sterling ability and integrity,
and we give him a cordial welcome to
our ranks:
To the editor of the Clinton County
Whig:
Sir—l will preface the annexed letter
by an anecdote. Some years since, Gen.
Root, ( now a staunch Clay man) at the
period referred to, was a State Senator.
He had a warm and animated sparring
with Parley Keyes, also a Senator. On
the following morning, Gen. Root called
at the room of Mr. Keyes, and found him
in bod. “Mr. Keyes,” said the General,
“ we yesterday had some warm words in
the Senate chambers: now, sir, we have
for a long period been warm friends: but,
sir, as l knew that yon was not big
enough to apologize, I have called my
self to make an apology.”
There are many men who are not
“ big enough” to admit they have been iti
error, although convinced
lu your paper of Saturday last, June 15,
you have thought proper to publish to
ihc world that I was, in the year 1840,
in favor of Henry Clay for President.—
That I was in favor of a Protective ’Pa
rift', (you should have said a discrimina
ting tariff;) and that 1 was in favor of a
Distribution of the sales of tiie Public
laudAnd you also add, that I am now
“ a loco foco of the true stamp.”
1 admit that, at the period above stated,
I was in favor of Mr. Clay for President,
that I was also in favor of a United States
Bank, a discriminating tariff, and of dis
tribution.
Having thus admitted the correctness
of your statement, you will now oblige
my by informing the public, through the
medium of your paper, that I have, since
1840, in conjunction with about two hun
dred thousand other citizens of tire Uni
ted States, altered my mind on the above
subjects. That our opinions of men and
measures are changed. That we, the
200,000 voters above stated, are, at this
time opposed to Henry Clay as a candi
date for the Presidency. That we are
opposed to a United Slates Bank. That
we are opposed to Distribution. That
we are in favor of a Tariff, to an amount
corresponding precisely wrth the abso
lute wants of the government; discrimi
nating in its character, and consequently
protective. And you may add, if you
please, we are in favor of the annexation
ot Texas to the United States.
I have the honor to be
You r very ob’t serv’t
LEVI PLATT.
Plattsburg, June 21, 1844.
The Pittsburg Morning Post gives the
following list of whigs of 1840, who have
renounced that party.
Mr. N. B. Craig, well known as nneoi
the most effective whig editors; Dr.NV.
Eldred, who was formerly elected Re
corder by the whigs; Mr. Alfred Sutton,
late Prothonotary of the county ; Mayor
Hays, three times elected Mayor ot Pitts
burg and now occupying that position ;
Wm. G Austin, a favorite whig speaker ;
Wni. Larimer, another favorite whig or
ator ; R. C. Flekson, appointed by the
whig party postmaster of Alleghany city;
David Gilleland, once Register of the
county ; Russell Everette, standing Sec
retary of whig conventions; John Ham
ilton, formerly whig candidate for con
gress ; H. 801 l man and Andrew Watson,
the embodiment of anti-masonic princi
ples. The Hon W. W. Irvine, who was
the whig candidate for Congress in IS4O,
is now a democrat, and Samuel W.
Black, has left the whigs in disgust,’and
embraced both body and soul in the dem
ocratic cause.
The Little Rock (Arkansas) Times
and Advocate, the oldest established whig
paper in that State, lias renounced its fed
eralism and is doing good service under
the banner of Polk and Dallas,
v The Eaton (Ohio) Democrat, which
Wedded by a whig of 1843, talks as
follows :
“ The prospects of the success of the
democracy in Ohio were never more
cheering. We hear the cheering news
daily, of men who,- “ without a why or
wherefore,” went with the whigs in 1840,
that are now coming out from the hurn
bnggery, falsehood, and (alse promises,
i The good work goes bravely on, and
song singing cannot arrest it. Tod will
!>e our next Governor if he lives, and no
i mistake.”
The Cleveland Plaindealer of the latest
j dale has this paragraph :
Changes ! Changes!—We have the
1 recantations of over one hundred straight
i Harrison whigs which we shall publish
; next week over their own signatures.—
! Stand from under!”
Honi soil r/ui rnul y pense —A mem
ber of the bar of our acquaintance lately'
received a pair of garters somewhat mys
teriously, purporting to come froma lady.
Although not down at the heel, he con
| siders the present /eg-itimate, and feels a
j higher interest in the fair donor than he
chooses to express.
1 Sara!), deaiyj/aid a waggish husband
to his wife, ‘if I were in your place I
wouldn’t keep that baby so lull of butter
as you do.’
‘ Butter, my dear, I never give it any
i butter.’
‘ No, but you poured about a quart of
j milk down it this afternoon, and then
j trotted it on the knee tor nearly two hour,,
j If n doesn’t contain a quantity of butter
j by thft time.it isn’t for want of churning.”
11, JUHMsTUfi, liUlTOlt.
“ .Vo/ the glory of Ca-.mr, but the welfare of Home.”
M VCOX, WEDNESDAY JULY 31, 1814.
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES K. POLE,
Os Ten :csscc.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
©EOE.SE Ivf. DiiilcJkS,
Os Pemisylvan in.
Democratic Kleetoral Ticket
FOR TUB STATE AT LARGE.
ALFRED IVERSt >N, of Muscogee.
CHARLES J. MCDONALD, cf Cobb.
For Ihc Districts.
Ist dial. ROUT. M CHARLTON, of Chatham.
■2ml “ BARZILLA t GRAVES, of Stewart.
3J “ GEORGE W. TOWNS, ofTalhot.
4th “'WILLIAM F. SAMFORD,of JVle.i wether.
3th “ CHARLES MURPHY, of Cass.
Cth “ WM. R WOFFORD, of Habersham.
7th “ HERSCHELL V. JOHNSON, of Baldwin.
Bth “ (Appointment not yet made.)
S3 51 7he office of the “American
Democrat” has been removed o the
Second Story of the Building on Mul
berry Street, formerly occupied by the
Branch of the Bank of Darien, ft is
now easy of access, and well supplied
with Job-Type of every description. —
Bills, pamphlets, and all kinds of Job
work will be done at the lowest jirices
on SHORT NOTICE. A portion of
the patronage of our friends and the
public is respectfully solicited.
The Committee of General Ar
rangements are requested to meet at
tie* Association Hall next Saturday at A
o’clock, P. M.
I list Rate ct New Cotton
Brought from the plantation of Isaac
West, Esq. of Houston county, on 30th
July, and bought by Messrs. Cowles &
Nicoll of East Macon at 8 1-2 cents.
£3=We are authorised to say that the
Democrats accept the challenge to meet
Mr. Stephens and whoever else the whigs
may denominate on the 15th proximo.
And they bold themselves in readiness to
enter into preliminaries for a free and
full discussion of the principles of the
two puirtioß at any moment they may be
called on.
Should the whigs, as is anticipated,
back out, a public demand will be made
to reply to whatever Mr. Stephens may
advance on that occasion.
At a meeting ol the Democratic asso
ciation, last Saturday evening, for the
purpose of making arrangements for the
mass convention at this place on Utc 22d
August, the following gentlemen were
appointed a Committee ot Invitation and
Correspondence:
Col. Henry G. Lamar,
Dr. Wm. Green,
Maj. James Smith,
A. P. Powers,
John Lamar,
D. C. Campbell,
S. M. Strong.
And the following gentlemen were ap
pointed a committee of General Arrange
ments :
DU. R. COLLINS, JOHN BAILEY,
ST. LAMER, WM. F. CLARK,
C. C. USHER, M OUT IN N. BURCH,
JAMES GODDARD, JAMES It. BU 1 TB*
JAMES M. GREEN, S. WOODWARD,
JOHN D. WINN, R. BASSETT,
CHA’S CAMPBELL, T. L. ROSS,
JOHN J. BENNETT, HENRY NEWSOM,
J. P EVANS, COL. W. B PARKER,
J. R. PERRY, N. C. MUNP-OE,
A. F. SHERWOOD, S. B HI
DAVID FLANDERS, J HOLLINGSWORTH
E. S. ROGERS, D. J. DAVIS,
O. MURPHY. F. HORN,
JAMES A. RALSTON,W. H. ..U- ARTHY,
SAM’L GOVE, F.SI.MS,
R. K. PARKER, H. E COOK,
C. A. F. IRVIN, CHARLES STEVENS
C. A. ELLS, J ' MRS DEAN,
LUKE ROSS, WM. D. Mb’.3,
H. B. KING. WM. S. ELLIS,
O. H. PRINCE, M. lOHNSTON,
E. C. BLAKE, GF.O. M. LOGAN.
Principles vs. the fuitlilu' Six.
The whig leaders of this district have
expelled the Hon. A. H. Chappell, from
the ranks of the “faithful,” for voting a
gainst the black tariff of 1842, alias Mr.
Clay’s tariff. If it be an unpardonable
sin in Mr. Chappell to vote against it,
why not expel the “faithful six”—Nisbet,
Dawson, King, Meriwether, and Gamble;
they opposed it while in Congress in
1S 12. Yet they are in full communion
and fellowship with the great whig party
of Georgia, and are deemed marvellously
proper and consistent men—the very nu
cleus of the party, end the rank and file
swear they have not changed. Yet Mr.
Cl tap pelf tor voting precisely as they did
against this infamous bill is denounced,
by some of the very same men them
selves as a traitor and renegade to his
principles- -beautiful, beautiful.
Indian Sprin? Convention.
Not being aide to attend the conven
tion, \\ c arc indebted to the kindness of
a friend for a short account of the pro
ceedings of the great meeting of the peo
ple at the Springs. The number pre
sent, lias been variously estimated at
from four to six thousand. On Wed
nesday the day preceding the convention,
the large number present, were address
ed by Messrs. Latham, of Campbell;
Wiggins, of Twiggs ; Campbell, of Bibb;
Stark, of Butts'; Whitfield, of Pulaski;
and others. On Thursday, the meeting
was organized by the election of the fol
lowing gentlemen, as president and vice
presidents, marshalls and secretaries of
the convention :
D. C. CAMPBELL, President.
Vice Presidents:
HIRAM WARNER, of Meriwether.
J. W. BURNEY, of Jasper,
LEVI S iJ’LYON, of Chatham,
Gen. J. W. GORDON, of Jones,.
(Jen. B. H. DARDEN, of Butts,
Col. GIBSON CLARK, of Monroe,
Col. A. W. PRIOR, of Pike,
Col. G. J. GREEN, of Crawford,
Col. LATHAM, of Campbell,
A. A. MORGAN, of Dooly,
H. L. DENNARI), of Houston,
H. 11. TARVER, of Twiggs,
A. 11 A MMON D, of Baldwin,
JAMES H. ADAMS, of Putnam,
Col. JOHN ROBINSON, of
HENDI.EY VARNER, of Henry,
Gen. WM. G. SMITH, Marshal.
Col. THOMAS WRIGHT, ) . ~
Col. J. G. COLEMAN. ff^sils.
Col. John Lamar, of Bibb, ) ~ ,
Col. John 11. Dyer, of Jasper. ) ' LCI
On Thursday morning the meeting
was addressed by Hon. Howell Cobb, of
Clarke ; and Col. 11. V. Johnson, of
Baldwin ; ill speeches of great eloquence
and power. After these addresses, the
meeting was formed into companies with
the delegation from Chatham, on the
right, accompanied with a fine band of
music, matched to the mountain Spring,
where a suitable platform for the speak
ers had been erected.. The meeting
was then addressed by Hot). W. I\ Col
qui:t, Hon. W. 11. Stiles, Judge \Yel
born, Judge Warner, Col. Samford of
Meriwether, Gen. Ilarnlson, arid Messrs
Howard, of Crawford, and Johnson of
Columbus. During the day the compa
ny partook of a fine barbecue, prepared
for the occasion. Every thing went off
well, and no accident happened to mar
the quiet good feeling and harmony that
prevailed throughout the meeting. The
fine spirit evinced by the democracy pre
sent, augurs well for our success in the
coming contest.
When the meeting adjourned it ad
journed to meet in Macon, on Thursday
the 22d of August, when we hope to see
30,000 of the hardy yeomanry, the trite
democracy of the country present.
Macon Convention.
In the name of the democracy of the
city of the hills—in the name of the de
mocracy of tho county of Bibb—in the
name of the democratic party of the state
assembled in convention at the Indian
Springs--in flic name of the great princi
ples for which we are contending—in the
name of Texas—in bchalfofour country,
freedom and the Constitution—we in
vite the people, the democracy of this
and the adjoining states to meet us in
mass convention, in this city on Thurs
day the 22d day of August proximo.—
Let there be a general uprising* of the
people, not only in this state, hut in the
neighboring states of South Carolina,
Alabama, and Tennessee. Let them
come here front every section, to mingle
together as brethren and friends of the
same faitl), to strengthen the ties of prin
ciple, to testify anejv their zeal in the
great cause m which they are engaged, to
throw around and hold theft affections
in the silken chords of union and har
mony—to fix tl;cir fidelity firmly upon
the broad and lasting foundation of equal
rights, equal privileges, equal protection
and in all honorable and fair ways to ex
tend the border of the glorious manci
ples of our party ",iu to give anew ini
put* to the progress of Republican free
dom, equal liberty, and regulated govern
ment, which the great issues now before
the people of the country so plainly in
volve. Again we say. let there be a
general uprising of tne people in every
quarter. Let them come here by
thousands from the seaboard and the
mountains —from the beautiful gallics of
the Chattahoochee, the Flint and the
Savannah, from the midlands and the
green hills- of Cherokee—from S. Caro
lina, Alabama, and Tennessee, and the
convention will be attended by the most
glorious results. The democracy ol the
city and county will be amply prepared
to accommodate all that may come, and
will receive them with the true rights ot
democratic hospitality, and in their name
we bid such as will come to the “cityot
the Hills,” WELCOME, WELCOME, WEL
COME.
Hj-The electors for President mid
vice-Prcsidcut are elected as heretofore,,
by general ticket.