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prints—charging that Gov. I’oik’sgrand
father, lliu late Col. Ezekiel Polk of N.
Carolina, was a tory in the revolution.—
A baser libel on a deceased patriot uever
issued from a licentious press. Howev
er the fact might have been, no charitable
or honorable man would believe for a
moment that the fctoral or political stan
ding of Gov. Polk ought to be affected by
it. But the charge, in every possible
sense, is a vile fabrication. The writer of
this paragraph has seen full, clear, con
clusive, and demonstrative proof of the
high, honorable, and manly course pur
sued by Col. Ezekiel Polk, as a citizen of
North Carolina, before and during the
revolutionary struggle for independence,
showing that he was a true whig of 1776,
and gallantly bore arms as such by the
side of his kinsmen of the same family
name, and his noble whig fellow-citizens.
How unlike are the characteristics of the
vvhigs of 1775 and 1776 and of IS4O
and 1814 !
It is thought proper that it shonld be
star and here, that at an early day—under
' - ■ authority of distinguished citizens of
\ ih Carolina, (Govetior Polk’s native
State,) who have taken the matter in hand
is tieing due to their State and the hon
orable name of Polk, and in vindication
ff a deceased patriot of the revolution— 1
a full and perfect refutation of this slan
der will lie given to the world from proofs
lerciofore taken, and now being collected
-a great portion of them procured from
permanent State records, and highly
•redibie living men. The writer of those
remarks speaks of these things as perfect
ly certain, and within his personal know
ledge and information, as to the existence
of the proofs, and the intended course of
Gov. Polk’s friends in his native State.—
That the refutation will put the propaga
tors of the slander to open shame, vindi
cate the reputation ofthe dead, and bring
new honors to the living, are facts upon
which all Gov. Polk’s friends may repose
with perfect confidence. To say more
.ii this place, would be forestalling the
praiseworthy labors of the honorable and
distinguished citizens who have the mat
ter now in hand else where, and whose
work, when done, will be ample, perfect,
and thorough.
The Nashville whig papers, with all
their rancor towards Governor Polk, have
not dared to propagate or republish this
iibel. They dare not now do it, or even
insinuate that it is true.
From the Southern Banner.
Dowling recn Aroused !
OGLE THORPE WAKISG CPU!
According to previous short notice, a
lurge meeting of Democrats and Clay
men assembled at Uoicling Greene, in
Oglethorpe county, on Saturday, the
13ih of July. The meeting was organ
ized by ap; ointing Wm. Jewell, Presi
dent, and David Dunn,and Wm. Pittard,
Vice Presidents, with John D. Milnor
and Eusi! Pace as Secretaries. The ob
ject of the meeting was then explained
by Vi. McKinley, to be the appo/ntnient
o delegates to the Democratic conven
t iat Eaton ton, to nominate cp <c!idates
f Congress, and for Preside!. .al Elect
or. m the seventh district.
.Motion was made by F. Phinizy, for a
committee of seven to repoit the names
ol eight delegates to the convention - 4 to
vote for a Congressional and 4 for the
electoral candidate ; and the chair ap
pointed the following gentlemen as that
committee, viz: F. Phinizy, John D. Mil
nor, Giles Young, Capt. Bledsoe, J. G.
Milnor, Patrick Stevens, and Henry 11.
Lumpkin, who having retired and con
sidered the matter, reported to the meet
ing the following delegates, viz: David
C. Barrow, William McKinley, James E.
Smith and Jacob Phinizy, jr. for the first
object; Jonathan Bell, Esq. Daniel John
son, Esq. Matthew J. Coxe, Esq. and Jo
el Hurt, Esq. for the ‘2d object—which
report was unanimously adopted.
On motion of David C. Barrow, the
delegates were authorized to fill vacan
cies in their number, if any should occur.
Thomas J. Brittain then moved for a
re mnitlee to report resolutions of a gen
; a nature, expressive of the sense of the
• ting; whereupon Thos. J. Brittain
•id F. Piniiizy were appointed for that
purpose. After retiring, the committee
] ported the following; resolutions, viz:
Ist. Resolved, That all the hopes and
,ust expectations of the cotton country,
ibunded on the Compromise bill of 1833,
have been blasted and disappointed by
the wicked and unfair tariff or tax law of
1842; and that the vote of A. 11. Ste
phens, Esq. lately given in Congress in
support of the tariff, is a gross misrepre
sentation ot his constituents.
2d. Resolved, That Georgia believes
now as she always has believed, that a
tariff law, like that of 1842, which taxes
me part of the people to make another
;>art rich or prosperous, is unfair, unjust,
vrannical and unconstitutional.
3d. Resolved, That the feelings and
interests of Georgia, as to the tariff, are
ruly expressed iu the former resolutions
of our Legislature, and in the celebrated
Protest o#*lß2S, against a protective tar
iff, presented to the United States’ Senate
by Judge Berrien for the State of Geor
gia, and there recorded among the Sen
ate’s archives, as solemn and everlasting
evidence of our people’s hatred to the
tariff.
4th. Resolved, That the people of
Georgia have twice voted against Mr.
lay since 1823, because he was for a
protective tariff; but they have been late
ly cheated into his support by the repre
s ntation of the leaders, that he was not
in favor of such a tariff now; and being
n>»w drilled into his ranks, they are sud
denly undeceived, and it is attempted to
b ■ proved to them, that a tariff for protec
i n, Mich as that of 1842, which was de
nounced by the whig representatives of
Georgia, and which takes from the plant
er cue-third of the produce of his labor,
s .*>• >eh a tariff as they ought to sup/> »rt.
;» h. Resolved, That the Hon. Absa
iotn if. Chappell, who was last year call
ed by the Clay party, “one of their purest (
men,” and who, from an honest convic-1
tion that that party was pursuing a |
course hurtful to the South, has lately
quit said party while it was in power,
and while it was ready and anxious to
give him office, has entitled himself to
the lasting gratitude, and the |pud and
lasting praise? of every friend of the
South. Indeed , is he a 44 pure man ,”
for none other would give up office to
stand by his country.
6th. Resolved, That when such men
as Absalom H. Chappell, George R. Gil
mer, Marshall J. Wellborn, Julius C. Al
ford, Cos!. John Howard, Col. A. Janes,
Col. Pulaski Holt, Col. Junius Wingfield,
Dr. Branham and Gov. Troup (not to j
mention a multitude of others)refuse to go j
with a party that is in power, the people
should suspect there must be some good
reason for it, and that the policy of that j
party is unfriendly to the welfare off
Georgia.
After the reading of these resolutions,
a public invitation was given to Clay
party present, to join in a free and fair
debate upon them, to be conducted by :
Thos. J. Brittain for the Democrats, and
by any gentleman whom the daymen :
might choose on their side. The day
men, however, declined to .enter the de-,
bate. After some remarks in support of
them, the resolutions were unanimously
and warmly adopted. During the dis- j
cussion of the resolutions, reference was I
made to the noble resolutions and procee j
dings against a protective tariff adopted j
by the Bowling Green people in the j
same house 16 years ago, at a public
meeting, in which Peachy R. Gilmer was
chairman, and Hay T. Landrum was
Secretary. The mention of the Old ;
Bowling Green Resolution, seemed to
have a fine effect; and the people seem
ed glad to speak out now with the same
voice they used on this subject in years
gone by. It was evidently a pleasant re
collection—even the gentlemen of the
Clay party, who were present, could but
be gratified at the production of this no
ble and honorable piece ot Bowling
Green district history. Many had for
gotten it, but all seemed delighted to have
the fact revived. Let the Ciay party in
Georgia remember it, Bowling Green
district is not going in 1844 to swallow,
or take back, the words of truth and so
berness which she used in 1828.
After adopting the foregoing resolu
tions, Thomas J. Brittain moved for a
committee to offer a resolution relative to
Texas; whereupon the chair appointed
Thomas J. Brittain. John R. Young and
David C. Barrow that committee, who
after consultation reported the following:
Ist. Resolved, That Texas, once ours,
but ceded away by the treachery of John
Quincy Adams, its re-annexation to the
Union is of indispensable and vital im
portance to the South.
2d. Resolved, That we will support
no man for President who is so forgeitul
of the South os to oppose the immediate
annexation of Texas.
These resolutions were then warmly
and eloquently advocated by Thomas J.
Brittain, John K. Young, James E.
Smith, Paschal Smith, and Geo. Lump
kin, jr. This debate was exceedingly
interesting. While the old hacknied
politicians and professional office-hunters
of Georgia, formerly nullifiers, now tar
iff men, are disgracing the history of their
section of the Union by turning somer
sets on (lie tariff and by opposing Texas,
here are a host ot young men, right from
the plough, with clear heads and noble
hearts, bursting through party shackles,
and vindicating manfully and eloquently
the rights of the country. The work is
now in the right hands—the people in
the country are moving in their sove
reignty at.d dignity. Truly, these are
the people’s own orators, and in their
hands we are glad to leave the advocacy
of Texas and Southern rights. Mr. Bell
was loudly called for by the meeting,
who were anxious to hear him, but he
declined speaking. Wm. Smith and
Thomas Hawkins, of the opposite side,
being present, were cordially pressed by
the meeting to speak, but they also de
clined.
Capt. Bledsoe closed the debates by
humorously advising the people to “trea
sure up, in honest hearts what they had
heard, lest by any means they should let
them slip, and thereby lose their salva
tion.”
“Resolved, That the proceedings of
this meeting be published in the South
ern Banner and all other Democratic pa
pers.
On motion of Jacob Phinizy, jr. and
D. C. Barrow, the meeting then adjourn
ed to meet again at the same place on
Saturday, 27th July, to receive the re
port o.f delegutes to the Convention, and
for a free discussion ; and with three
cheers for POLK, DALLAS, and TEX
AS, the crowd dispersed.
WM. JEWELL, President.
John D. Milnor, ) St|
Eusil Pace, \ Secretaries.
[llE-PUBCISHED BY REQUEST.]
From the Constitutionalist of July *2B, 184*2
Mr. Editor:—lt is amusing to one, who
has any knowledge of political history
forS or 10 years past, to listen to the pol
iticians of the day denying the creed of
their party in times past. I often imag
ine how you “ laugh ill your sleeve” as
the daily evidences of their inconsistency
are presented to your notice. I wish you
would begin to exhibit these contrarient
views, as a check upon their career.—
The leaders will be afraid to encounter
the ghosts of their former opinions, for
some of them have the most hideous as
pects. I need not tel! you, and 1 should
think it were perfectly unnecessary to re
mind any body, how the mass of what is
now called the whig party in Georgia, but
a few years ago, denounced Henry Clay,
their present idol, as the greatest rascal
in these United States, and were ready to
blow this Union to pieces on account of
certain policy, which he cherishes now
with the same devotion he did at former
periods ofhis political career. A Bank of
the United States was one of those meas
ures they denounced as “ grossly uncon
stitutional,” which now has not only
changed its character in that regard, but
has become with them the great remedy
for the multiplied evils of the day. It is
no longer the “ Monster” that would
crush beneath its mighty tread the liber
ties of the country. A “ Protective Ta
riff” is another of Henry Clay’s iu< asures,
so horribly weighing down all southern
energies, that Nullification was invoked
as the only Hercules that could lift the
gigantic pressure from our necks.— j
Southern and State conventions, nil sorts
of political contrivances, even disunion
itself, were'snggested. Conventions met,
legislatures resolved, partie raged, Heav
en invoked as the avenger of injustice,
with all the mighty energies that swell
a nation’s heart at the cry of oppression—
all, to terminate a tyranny that ground
us to the dust! Now, that “ protective
policy” conies to their imagination, clo
thed as an angel oflight, the saviour of
our country’s redemption ! The whig
party have nominated Henry Clay as
their candidate for President and do not
even allow us to infer, that they of course
adopt the principles and policy, with
which his name is every where identified
—they freely ..vow aim miblushiiigiy i
adopt them. 1 will not refer to the great
lever, which was to remove this accumu
lation of evils, farther than to say, that
nullification and the “ protective policy
were the great antagonists of tin day, and
marshalled each its host of deadly
foes, in whose bosoms I rimed as bioody
hostility as ever hurled the fir ry crusa
der against the Saracen imuiiers of the
Holy I and. No epithet no disparage
ment was too strong against the Americ
an System and its truly great champion,
Henry Clay. Even Mr. Wilde, in an
sweringa dinner invitation, must vent
some of the enmity, which was general
in every bosom : “ I think” said he, “ the
compromise is better than civil war,
though (’lav made it.” 'l’he toasts and
resolutions of the public meetings in
Georgia in 1821, 1832. &o, would form
a strange piece ol history for the present
day. Will you favor us with some of
them ?
On the 4th of July, 1831. in a neigh
boring county, the President of the day,
then a senator, gave : “ The true Amer
ican System : Let every man pursue the
road to wealth honestly in his own way,
without the interference of government.”
On the same occasion, another gave,
“ Troup, Gilmer, and State Rights—
men and measures we delight to honor.
May they live to see the American Sys
tem buried in its mother earth, Clay.”
Another : “ Henry Clay, the oppres>or of
the south May the people of ihe l nited
States never call him from his present re
tirement.”
Mr. Berrien, believed to lie the author
of the Address lo the Free Trade 1 ’onven
lion, in 1831, to the People of the United
States, thus spoke of a Protective Tariff:
“ A numerous and respectable portion
of the American people do not merely
complain, that this system is unjust, but
they question the right to establish it.—
They do not doubt -they utterly deny—
the constitutional power of « ongress to
enact it.” Again : “Di tinguished as
the system is by every characteristic
winch may define a tyranny the most
odious, why should we, who are its vic
| lims, not stand on our chartered rights V
You remember Clayton’s and !»• rnen s
Convention in 1832. Its object was to
follow Sou'll Carolina in her violent op
position to Mr. * lay’s protective policy.
The county meeting*-, preparatory to that
convention, are rich in proofs oi die in
consistency of the same mass of politi
i eiaus : Morgan county declared that “ no
' modification m the amount of our taxes,
jso long as the protective principle i ad
hered 10, w ill reconcile us to the system.”
And Burke county, whose citizens Judge
Berrien addressed at the time, declared
the Tariff laws, so far as “ they were de
signed for the protection of manufactures,
to he unjust, oppressive and unconstitu
tional.”
In his letter to the Richmond Com
mittee, in 1832, Col Gamble, one of our
present representatives in Congress, pro
nounced the protective policy “ oppres
| sive, unequal in its operation, and uncon
jsttutional in its effects, and, therefore,
should not be binding, should lie resi-t
--ed, dec.” Yet, if his speeches are correct
: ly reported, helms within the'rnonth,ad
j vocated ibis same policy so strongly as
to bring down upon him the rebuke, ot
some of his colleagues.
Mr. Wilde, in his letter on the same
occasion says: <; lt is impossible for me
to defend, palliate or deny the evils of a
protective tariff.” Is the late addiess ot
the Whig Convention in Georgia the de
monstration of this proposition ?
Col. Foster too, on the same occasion,
said : “ That the tariff system is unequal,
unjust, unconstitutional, and extremely
oppressive upon the southern states, 1
have no doubt.”
In this county, the meeting at Spring
Hill was composed of the present wliigs,
and the resolutions were drawn up by
George W. Crawford, Esq Here are two
of them:
“ Resolved, That we hold the tariff
acts of 1832, and those ot 1828 and 1824
and 1810, so far forth as they act, or have
acted to protect and encourage private
industry, as unconstitutional—that it is
not within the constitutional competence
of Congress to regulate private labor and
to grant bounties and privileges to partic
ular interests.”
“ Resolved, That-we consider the fur
ther action oi the state legislature, against
the “ Protective System”—either by jx
tition, remonstrance or protest—would
be nugatory, humiliating and unbecom
ing a free people.”
1 have referred to the Clayton and Ber
rien convention of 1832. The 7th and
oth resolutions sav :
“ 7th. That the act, laying duties on
imports, passed in July, 1832, as well as
the several acts of which that act is a
mendatory in so far as it transcends the
revenue, and is intended to operate, and
does operate for the protection of manu
factures, is an excercise of power not on
ly not granted by the constitution, but a
plain and palpable violation of the true
intent, meaning, and spirit thereof,” &c.
“ 9th. That the people of Georgia can
not submit to the permanent protection
of domestic manufactures, by duties im
posed for that purpose on the importa
tion of foreign manufactures,” &e.
Your readers are perfectly able to ap
ply these quotations, and I shall trespass
no longer on their patience.
MONITOR.
Law amt Order Party.
Mr. Clay, in his “great speech” at Ra
leigh, assumes for the whig party a pre
eminent devotion to law and order.—
'Hie Baltimore Republican tests the cor
rectness of this pretension, by briefly re- j
capitulating some facts on record. In
the Tippecanoe campaign they desecra
ted the Lord’s day by violent party ha
rangues ; declaring, through Webster, |
there “were no Sabbaths in Revolutiona
ry times.” They endeavored to organ
ise an armed body ol men to march !o
Washington to drive 4 (»!d Hickory” Iron’
the Presidential chair, and M>me of them
me* in that city, at Scottt’s long-room, for
that purpose. They tried to get up a ten
cent revolution m New York and Boston, 1
because President Van Buren would not,
in defiance ot law, receive for postage
the notes of non-specie-paying banks.—
In Pennsylvania they resolved to “treat
the election for Governor as if it had not
occurred,” and at the point ofthe bayo
net attempted traitorously to maintain
Ritner in the Executive chair, when Por
ter had received a large majority ofthe
votes of the people. In New Jersey,
violating all legal authority, Governor
Pennington outrageously defied the voice
ofthe people in the election for Congress
men, and with usurpation and infamy
unparalleled in this country, gave to the
minority candidates certificates of elec
tion, with the “broad seal” of the state at
tached therelo, to cover as broad a fraud.
as ever disgraced any nation.
At a dinner in Nashville, in August,
1810, during the convention, Mr. Crit
tenden, the bosom friend of Mr. Clay,
gave as a toast: “ The ballot-box and the
cartridge-box.” Mr. Preston, of South
Carolina, another devoted adherent ol
Mr. Clay, during the same campaign,
said : 44 If Mr. Van Buren cannot lie dis
-4 placed ill rough the baiiot-box in No
-4 vember next, I, for one, am ready to re
-4 sort to such moans as God and nature
4 have put w ithin my reach to force
4 a change.” This treasonable declara
tion was received with shouts ofapplause
by the whigs of Richmond, before whom
it was delivered. Mr Graves, who
butchered Uilley, used the following lan
guage during the same campaign : “If
4 it were not for the hope of redress, the
4 hope of a change through the ballot
-4 box, I would here, so help me god!
‘upon this holy altar! take an
4 oath this night to take up arms, and
4 march with you to W ashington and
'•put down the present dynasty by
4 force.”
John Bell, Mr. Clay’s prime minister
in Tennessee, exhibited his deep devo
tion to law and order, in the following
sentiment : “ The appeal is now to rea
-4 son. No feelings, but those of patrio
-4 tism, love of justice, and equal rights,
4 need to be invoked as yet ; though the
‘day may cotne, when a sense of injuiy
4 and oppression—of indignation for a
‘country’s institutions dishonored and
4 overthrown, may call forth deeper pas
-4 sums and awake different energies.—
4 That time, I hope, may not come, but if
4 itshould, / shall be rc dy to do my du
-4 ty then as well as now.”
Ia addition to the sayings and doings
of these lesser lights, reterence might he
made to some striking passages in the
career of the “Great Embodiment” him
self, strangely at variance with his as
sumption for his party of being the pe
culiar friends of law and order, but, as
these might be considered rather person
al, we forbear.
Democratic National Conven'ion
The following resolutions were unani
mously adopted by the Democratic No
tional Convention, which assembled at
Baltimore, May 27, 1844.
RES. LUTIOXS.
Resolved, That the American demo- i
cracy place their trust not in factitious j
symbols, not in displays and appeals in- •
suiting tortile judgment and subversive
of the intell ct of the people, but in i
a clear reliance upon the intelligence,!
the patriotism, and the discriminating
justice of the American masses.
Resolved, That we regard this as a
distinctive feature of our political creed,
which we are proud to maintain before
the world as the great moral element in
a form of government, springing -from
and upheld by the popular will; and we
contrast it with the creod and practice of
federalism, under whatever name or form
which seeks to pa sy the will of the con
stituent, and which conceives no impos
ture too monstrous for the popular cre
dulity.
Resolved, therefore, That, entertaining
these views, the democratic party of this
Union, through their delegates assem
bled in a general convention of the states
coming together in a spirit of concord,
of devotion to the doctrines and faith of
a free representative government, and ap
pealing to their le low-citizens for the
rectitude of their intentions, renew and
re-assert before the American people, the
declaration ol principles avowed b. them
when, on a former occasion, in general
convention, they presented their candi
dates, for the popular suffrages :
x. That the federal government is one
1 of limited powers, derived solely from
the constitution, and the granjsof power 1
shown therein, ought to be strictly con
strued by all the departments and agents
otMlie government, and that it is inexpe
dient and dangerous to doubt
ful constitutional powers.
2. That the constitution does not con
fer upon the general government the
pow er to commence and carry on a gew
e al system of internal improvements.
3. That the constitution does not con
fer authority upon the' federal govern
ment, directly or indirectly, to assume
the debts of the several states, contracted
for local internal improvements, or other
state purposes ; nor would such assump
tion be just and expedient.
4. That justice and sound policy for
bid the federal government to foster one
branch of industry to the detriment of
another, or to cherish the interests of one
portion to the injury of another portion
of our common country ; that' every citi
zen and every section of the country has
a right to demand and to insist upon'an
equality of rights and privileges, and to
complete an ample protection of persons.,
and property from domestic violence or.
foreign aggression.
5. That it is the duty of every branch
of (he government to inforce and practice
the most rigid economy in conducting
onr public affairs, and that no more rev
enue ought to be raised than is required
u> defray the necessary expenses of the
govern inert.
6. That Congress has no power, to
charter a national bank ; that we believe
such an institution one of deadly hostili
ty to the best interests of the country,
dangerous to our republican institutions
and the liberties of the people, and cal ab
lated to place the business of the country
within the control of a concentrated mo
ney power, and above the law's and the
will of the people.
7. That Congress has no power, under
the constitution, to interfere with or con
trol the dome-tic institutions ofthe sev
eral states; and that such states are the
sole and proper judges of everything ap
pertaining to their own affairs, not pro
hibited by the constitution : that all ef
forts of the abolitionists, or others, made
to induce Congress to interfere withques
tions of slavery, or to take incipient steps
in relation thereto, are calculated to lead
to the most alarming and dangerous con
sequences ; and that all such efforts will
have an inevitable tendency to diminish
the happiness of the people, and endan
ger the stability and permanency of the
Union, and ought not to be countenan
ced by any friend to our political institu
tions
8. That the separation of the moneys
of the government from banking institu
tions, is indispensable for the. safety ofthe
funds ol the government and the rights
of the people.
9. That the liberal principles embodi
ed by Jefferson and the declaration of
independence and sanctioned in theconsti
tution, which makes ours the land of lib
erty, and the asylum of the oppressed of
every nation, have ever been cardinal
principles in the democratic faith ; and
every attempt to abridge the present priv
ilege ofbecomi: g citizens and the owners
of soil among us, ought to be resisted
with the same spirit which swept the
alien and sedition laws from our statute
book.
Resolved, That the proceeds of the
public lands ought to be sacredly applied
to the national objects specified in the
constitution ; and that we are opposed
to the law lately adopted, and to any law
for the distribution of such proceeds a
mong the states, as alike inexpedient in
policy and repugnant to the constitution.
Resolved, that we are decidedly op
posed to taking from the President the
qualified veto power by which he is ena
bled, under restrictions and responsibili
ties, amply sufficient to guard the public
interest, to suspend the passage of a bill,
whose merits cannot secure the approval
of two-thirds of the Senate and House of
Representatives, until the judgment of
the people can be obtained thereon, and
which has thrice saved the American
people from the corrupt and tyrannical
domination of the bank of the United
States.
Resolved, That our title to the whole
of the territory of Oregon is clear and un
questionable, that no portion of the same
ought to lx: ceded to England or any !
other power; arid that the re occupation
of Oregon and the reannexation of Tex- ;
as, at the earliest practicable period, are I
great American measures, which this j
convention recommends to the cordial !
support of the democracy of the Union.
Resolved; That this convention here
by presents to the people of the U. States
James K. Polk, of Tennessee, as the
candidate of the democratic party for the
office of president, and George M. Dallas,
of Pennsylvania, as the candidate of the
democratic party sot the office of of Vice
President of the United States.
Resolved, That this convention hold
in the highest estimation and regard their
illustrious fellow-citizen, Martin Van
Buren of New York : that we cherish the
most grateful and abiding sense of the a
bility, integrity, and firmness with which
lie discharged the duties of the high office
of President of the United' States, and
especially of he inflexible fidelity with
which he maintained the true doctrines
of the constitution, and the measures of
the democratic party timing his trying j
and nobly arduous administration ; that
in the memorable struggle of 1840 he
fell a martyr to the great principles of
which he was the worthy representative, J
I «Lid we revere him as such ; nndjthat
we hereby tender to him, in his honora
ble retirement, the assurance of the deep
ly seated confidence, affection, and re
spect of the American democracy.
Resolver?, That an address to the
|>eople of the United States, in support of
the principles of the democratic party,
and of the candidates presented, as their
■ representatives, by fjiis convention, be'
prepared by the commute on resolutions
and be published by them. ns *
Resolved, That the proceedings of thk
convention be signed by its officers, an d
published m the democratic republic™
newspapers of the United States.
M.-JOHNsTON, -EblTuli.
“Mat the glory of Qatar, but the welfare of Some.”
MACON, WEDNESDAY,
FOR PRESIDENT
JAMES K. POLK,
Os Ten. esxee.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
GEORGE M. DALLAS,
Os PennxylpanUi.
Democratic Electoral Ticket
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE
ALFRED IVERSON, of Muscogee.
"CHARLES J. MCDONALD, of Cobb.
Districts.
Istilist. iOtiT. \1 CHARLTON, of Chatham
- n, l “ BARZILIAI GRAVES, of Stewa*.
3J * tJEORGE AY. TOWNS, bf Talbot
4lli “ WILLIAM F. SA M FOR D, of Men v> other.
sth 44 CHARLES MURPHY, of Cass.
6tb “ WM. R WOFFORD, of Halwsham.
7th “ HERSCHELL V. JOHNSON, of Baldwin.
Bth *• (Appointment not yet made.)
Hjr’ 'Jhe office of the “American
Democrat” has been removed o the
Second Story of the Building mi Mul
berry Street, formerly occupied by the
Jiranch of the Bank of Darien. It is
note 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 prices
on SHORT NOTICE. A portion of
the patronage of onr friends and the
public is respectfully solicited.
T. S. Reynolds.
* v A Meaning Call.
Those subscribers to the Democrat who have nst
yet p;.i(! up their several arrearages are now called
on sy to do.
sh terms of the Democrat are, as subscribers
must perceive, two dou,ars and fifty cents, tnra
riably m advance, and yet, from reasons known to
many, the cash has not been demanded from any
lo the present time. Presuming, however, that all
have held themselves in readiness from the data of
subscribing to comply with such a cell When made,
we now make it with a full assurance that none wilt
watt for another call, or “till a more convenient sea
son,” but ilia! ail will come forward to a man and li
quidate their several due*
It was upon the each system that the Democrat
wa« l, ended and completed its Ist volume, and is
now -veil advanced in the second with a continually
increasing list —and to this system we iDtend rigidly
ad -and assure our friends that no efforts wilt
V spared in making it a desirable paper, and in
is mg mighty to the pulling down of the strong
holds of” Whiggism and in elevating JAMES K.
POLK to the Presidency.
We have chosen this methoiFof calling on our sub
scribers because attended with less inconvenience
for city, and the surest medium to reach those at *
distance. *
T. S. REYNOLDS.
Prospects of the Convention.
We have been kindly favored with
the perusal of a letter from a highly re
spectable citizen of Charleston, in answer
to the committee of invitation appointed
by the democratic association, in which
he says:
44 You may depend upon having a
large and highly respectable delegation
from Charleston, and other places in S.
Carolina, to join you in the great Mass
Conventon, to be held in your city on
the 22d inst. The udegates will leave
Charleston a few days previous to the 22<J
Via’Savannah, where some proper dis
play will no doubt be made by the patty.
We will also send you a goodly, num
ber of speakers, to" ropresent the democra
cy of South Carolina,”
The republicans of Georgia, will b® hap
py to meet on that day, at the 6eat of
democratic enthusiasm in this state, the
gallant democracy of the state whose
proud soil, while it nourishes a Calhoun,
a McDuffie, a Huger, and Rhett, with a
host of others at the present day, mingles
with the hallowed ashes of a Rutledge, a
Pinckney, a Lowndes, a Horry, a Marion,
allayne, and a Sumpter, of the past —and
in the nameof the republican party of this
state, we bid the descendants and coun
trymen of these honored patriots, wel
come, thrice welcome, to the state of
Georgia.
The Convention.
We are glad to learn that our democra
tic in the eastern and seaboard
' counties, are making preparations to’be
well represented at th^Mass Convention
,to be held here on the 22d. Georgia
j holds not a nobler or more chivalric setof
men or a more devoted, gallant and zeal
ous race of democrats, than can be found
in Chatham, Liberty, Mclntosh, Camden
and the neighboring counties. We bid
them a cordial and hearty welcome, and
promise that every effort will be made
to make their visit to the t*P country A
grccabW •