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-yen call it, in true fu far as relates tc
thccommiflioners prcferinga memo-
r'nl to the lad Leg'flitUre, anti ufing
their influence to have eftaldifhed on
a permanent !>afis, an Academy in
the county of Putnam. But if our
county impure this to us as a crime,
we are willing to hear tire odium,
and (land the ted of public ccnfure;
hut it will he well for many to re
member, that if we are to be con
demned for this, Wm. I ) Lane, cfq
will be equally guilty, for lie labor
rd bard in tlie Senate at the feflion
of 1808, to procure the eflabliflt-
mer.tof an Academy in this county,
■and actually did fuccoed fo far as to
obtain a refolution in the Senate to
thjt r(Ie<9, wherein lie fays, were
appointed men of the frfl ref. labi
lity as commi(honors. We now re
coiled the names of three of thefe
lefpeclable gentlemen, Mefl'rs. Wm
D Lane, Ilcnry Putnam, and Rich
ard Refpefs, junior.
Dion, you have the impudence to
fay, ‘Eugenios volunteered his fervi-
res for men, who acknowledge the
difficulty of the talk of defending
themfelves, and (brink from it. This
very reply will convince the world
ycu are a mifereant and a liar. Ycu
fay that they knew tire cunning and
caution ncccflary to defend their con-
dud, which you fay, is in its very
nature indefei Able, and did not in
tend to employ the talents of F.uge-
nius in its defence. Know Dion,
Eugenius is unknown to us confe 1
quently we could not he apprifed of
his intention to anfwer you. But
fiincc we find his love of virtue, and
hatred of vice, have conflraincd him
ro enter into ttie defence of inno- ,
cence, and todeted guilt and error, )
we are compelled Dion once more to
make y>u a fubjed of piTlic fliame,
by returning our thanks to Eugenius
for Iris difintcrcllcd condud in this i
refped. |
You fay again Dion to Eugenius,
for your better information, know
that thefe gentlemen did not intend
to come finglv or colledively to the
contdl with Dion Thou fliame-
Icfs and hardened wretch, if thy bo-
fom were warmed with one fpark of
honor,honefty or virtue,how wouldft
thou feel on tlris occafion, when thou
mull know what an impartial public
will think of thee, and how little
they w ill appreciate thy charader ?
Doubtlefs they will think with us,
thou art not worthy the name of hu
man creature, much lefs that of a
p ntlcrr.an, and that were it not for
the caufe of truth, the man and the
pen who condefcended to write a-
gainft you, would be degraded by
the deed.
We indeed Dicn would have gaf
fed you and the .currilous ebullitions
of your brain, in filent contempt as
you deferred, but we all know the
tlefign of this great project The
elc£tion is approaching, and your im-
pofing confequence muft be placed
on a point confpicuous, left one ray
of its fplcndor (hould defeend to the
earth without afteding the op.ics of
any one, but ibis was unneceflary,
for we all know you are a Giant and
expedit'd to place yourfelf at the
head of a corrupt, diforganizing and
demoralizing party, to low the feed
of diflention, to fail the flame of a
rancorous party fpirit, by which you
would be placed in majefty on the
floor of the Legiflature, when rai-
ling the infignia of your own impor
tance, & like the Goat of four horns,
puflied to the norffi, to the fouth, to
the end, and to the weft, tread the
A flcmbly under your feet, fill the
county with political ccnvulfiotis, &
in your infm iated Ityle, bellow out
TREASON—and dcllrcy by yt ur lies
and machinations the peace and hap-
pinefs of a quiet & contented people
Again Dion, you have had the dar
ing infolenCc to impeach the condud
of ’he legiflature, and to put your
abilities in competition with the col-
L ifted wifdom of the State, and de
clare they have pa (Ted an unconftitu-
tional law. Let the world judge of
this accufation, and determine who
fliail be condemned, you or the le
giflature. Again, yot laytio repub
lican would ad on fuch a law. Yon
might as well fay no republican does
now. nor ever did, ad a member of
the Board of Truflees of the Univer-
fty of this flute •, the two laws of
it corporation are almofl vetbatim.
It will further be known that ma
ny of the gentlemen who have aded,
and now ading on thefe laws, are
revolutionary characters, who fought
and bled for the liberty and privi
leges we now enjoy ; but on the o-
ther hand we have feriou" douLf;
whether this Dion if his youth did
not prevent, did not ad a very dif
ferent part in that affeding tragedy
However, it is a fabfantial fad, if he
were not from his young years, ma
ny of his near relations were engaged
in adual hoftilities agaitill this coun-
71.i'em Beet::: money received into
office, ’ 95 00
Received cf Singleton lloit, Efq.
Tax CcllcElor. " 203 00
Dollars 407 OS |
Money paid away on dfferen* orde rs: j
1809. Decent. Paid Obadiah Edge, j
ifoner to Wajh-
24- 00
ror require further r.fTurr.r.cescf his
with to promote the interefts of his
county, nor of his regard for the
public weal. lie will be found at
taclied to the conftitutidn and au
thoricies of our government; a friend
to libertv Zi independence, and pof-
fefling talents fufikient to extend its
| principles.—He will alfo be found
juft in the formation of his fenti-
and horn ft in their avowal-
try, and the trite hut true proverb , for conveying a prij
fays, as the old cock crows the young J ington,
one learns ; and there are good rea- ! Paid Doles the amount arijing from 1 ments,
fons to believe that every branch of ■ the Tale cf an ejlray bull, after dedaB- He has not the perfnnflve ta enls o
- • • *• - J - J |0 61 1.4. ! an orator, but poll, (lbs that honefty
1 aw y Ke,awn's order, 30 00 ’ of principle, precifion Sc clear judg-
Paid' Skelton Stand,fer, for keeping "lent which procures him efteem and
" _ .. I /J . .-...J Ir —A .A. .. r. • vTsxlo llfrx Iff
iilg cop,
Paul
this famil y have always been, Sc now
are, the difciplesof roryifm.
We call on you then, citizens of
Putnam, as friends and freemen, and aprifoner, 56 25
admonifli you to beware of fuch fe-1 Paid D. Jctckfon the amount ar ing
ditious fcribblers, for we are well from the fate of ten ejlray logs, after
the principles 0 • - tmnrzt: ;.»nj j a 1 r
proof of intcgiity. '1 hat tWife and
declamation, without fenle ot mean
ing, is not eloquence, end I wouul
uige him, fliould he again attempt
flump fpeechts. to avoid addrefikg
die people as “ gentle men of the j nr.
to (hew himfull .1 Lawyer, arc! h(Tui.-
him that the “ merits of his cafe ” if
not othenvife flared, will before the
elcdion be laid before the public by
a citizen cf BALDWIN, j
A Small Selc£t School,
r*~jipIIE fubferiber prepofesto teaclt
1
allured there are many of this kind
that are under the immediate influ
ence of Britifli and tory principles,
and are difperfed through the vail
domain for the purpofe cf fapping
the fundamental principles of our
happy government ; rind fuch, fel
low-citizens, eve believe the man to
he, who addrefles you under the fic
ticious name of Dion. Is he then dej
ferving of your notice or confidence,
either in a public or private capacity?
Know then, fellow-citizens, for
your fatisfaflion, & not Dion’s, that
a Court-IIoufe will he built, fuch a
one too as few counties will he able
to boaft of, alfo a Jail will be built,
without fubjedling you to any addi.
dcduBing cofls. 23 31 1-
jPaid J Kcnnon, 24. ('0
Paid It Holloway, pO
Paid William Keeling, for the vfe
and f:,t>l>ort of James Harriet, an in
valid, 30 00
Dollars 237 67 1-2
Extradl from the Minutes,
June 1!) 1810
C. Pendleton, Ci'k.
/mount of money arifng from the
fale of Lots in the Town of Pat on-
ton 10,227 75
Amount paid for »
town trafl. 1200 66
Anwunt paid S Statidifer. in part
tional taxation, as your pretended 1 fir layingcjf town lots, 30 00
friend Dion has reprefented. Let us 1 ’ ‘
again fellow citizens, conjure you to
be on ycur g lard, that you be not fe-
duccd from the eternal principles of j f r ( j :e y ear Iso A appropriated fa
bu ilding the Court Ilcufe, 299 98
Amount paid for building Court -
TIoufe, 3 232 00
Amount received cf the county Tax,
in the Town of IMilledgeville,
A SMALL SELECT SCHOOL; which
will commence as foon as Six Schol
ars are fitbferibed ...He will be limit
ed to Twen'y Bchollars, who will
be taught the Latin and Greek
Languages, Retoric, Moral Pur-j
i.osorHY, and the Mathematics..»
Englifli Grammar and common A-
rithmatic will not he taught, except
to thofe who are ftudying the Lan
guages. The fubferiber dees not
propofe to teach the fi>(( Rudiments
of onr language.—His terms are
TEN DPEI.ARS a quarter.
Crt RtS 'TOPTIER Ra ni:tn.
July 2.5. 17-E
right, by the falfe irffinuations of pro
judiced, envious and ambitious ferib-
blcrs.
And, to thee Eugenius we give the
words of encouragement. Fear not
the gafeonnding language of this felf
created Giant, Thou art armed with
tilt panoply of virtue and truth, and
with the fling of innocence and in
tegrity, like David, renouned in ho
ly writ, you will not only be able to
flay not only this Goliali of a Dion,
The reader will find that the whole
of the appropriations, except one
item, was made before the cftablifli-
ment of the Accademy. part of
which has fince been paid, and a
part of which is vet due.
By order of the Board cf Truf.ees
N. B. Any perfon wiftiing to be
further ( atified with regard to the
particulars of the foregoing flate-
but a thoufand other fuch uncir- | ments, is requited to call on Simon
cumcifed and unconverted lories. Holt, and he may fee every item
And now Dion, we-will take our j —enr
leave of you, and turn you over to re
ceive the laflies of a violated confci-
ence ; confidence did we fay ? dead,
fir. dead ! Hear you not the figlis
For the Argus.
Mr. Ryan,
OBSERVING a publi
cation in the lalt Georgia loumal,
that float on every gale for the death! , under the fignature of «< Phori
The Board of Trustees
which the comparative merits of
Mefl'rs Owens and TaHiaf rro, (the
Statement cf the funds emu expendi- Baldwin Senatorial Candidates) are
tures rfjPutnam county, in 1808, pretendedly brought into view, and
and part cK 1809 : in which Major Owens is condemned
as difqualified by holding the com-
K mount cf if ray money received in- miffion of Judge of the Inferior Court
to the office, in 1808 £3* 1809.7>y ! of the county, I am led to introduce
Leuveiling Williams, IiJquire former I f°™e dbfervaions to the notice of tiie
■Jerk, 352 89 14.
Money received into office for 'Liven1
licence. in the years 1808 and 1809, by
L. Williams, Pfq. 480 68 3 4<
Dollars 788 58
Money paid away on different orders, by
L. Williams, efq. former clerk:
1808. June. Paid Robert Dukes,
for building Pdlcry, 35 00
1 809 Jan. Paid Wm. Williams,
efq■ for Jury Box, 5 00
Match- Paid Wm. Williams, for
recording deed, 50
May. Paid Stckely Morgan in part
for Court Hottfc, 78 50
Paid Skelton Standi fer a balance due
him, for running and laying out the
town lots, ° " 23 00
Paid Luke J. Morgan and Green,
for re building the gable ends cf the
court houfe, - 35 43 3-4
June Paid James Holt forfervices
rendered the county. 5 00
influence, and is a man whofe life is
in proof of the maxim, that
“ A wit’s a feather, and a chief’s a
“ rod,
“ An honed man’s the noblefl: work I
“ of God.”
Such being the qualities poflef- i
cd by Major Owens, is his county to
be deprived of his fervices in the Le
giflature, bccaufe he exercifes the
duty of a Judge in the Inferior
Court ? When men are fought for
to fill the Judicial places in a coun
ty, thofe believed to poflefs the bell
judgment and information, are look
ed upon to receive the appointment;
and if a Judge of the Inferior Court
is thus difqualified, why is not a Juf-
tice of the Peace ? Are not lioneft
Judges as well or better calculated
to enadl wholefome and equitable
laws, as any men among u- ; or are
they more dangerous in power ? Is
it to he feared that a mail who is
confidered as the moll virtuous of
our citizens, will barter the interefts
cf Lis country; or bt caufe he n£ls
as an Inferior Judge and I.egiflator,
does he poflefs other powers of op-
preffion than are in the hands of any
other of its members? L the cem-
penfation allowed our Inferior Court
fo great, that while they are nrijuft-
ingnnd fettling the difpures betw een
man So man, the; are anraffing a for
tune to themfeives; or rather is it
not a fadt that thefe Judges, inltead
of having all thefe great and danger
ous powers, are placed in the moft
difficult and unthankful appoint
ments in our government ? 1 the
power of making petty appointments
a dangerous or defirable one ; or is
it not the moft \inw ifhed for and dif-
agreeable ? Ov has Pliocion the lead
belief in thefe imaginary powers,
which have been fo long harped up
on, and which he has newly drefled,
merely with the hope of injuring the
fuccefs of a man he knows pofllfled
of too much independence to be go
verned by his principles ?
But fellow citizens,who are thefe
numerous fages of antiquity that
have lately fprung up among us,and
under the fpecious mafic of ove and
patriotifm, endeavor to diredl the
minds and actions of the people ?
-Does thii Pliocion pofTefs the virtues,
or ishc actuated by the principlesthat
governed the man whofe name he
hasftoler? No! this pretenden Pho-
cion (I conceive) is no other than Pla- 1 JV fl 1 , ,J ul uu
vio. wholaft year under the name of , kv fubferiber living
ele£tors, and examine this “ over
grown power,” the poftl ffion of which
is fo alarming to Pliocion.
The liberty of fpeech and of the
profs, being among our mod valua
ble and ineftiinable privileges, an ex-
ercife of the right furely belongs to
every individual. Of the private
charadler, the political or moral
(landing of any private citizen, nci- i Curtins made the moft unwarantable
ther the community or the editor of 1 attack upon the charader of a can-
Adfiunl ft r at or s Sale»
TV I L L n E S O r. D,
Agrc able to an order of the hot, In
ferior court of Laurens county, on
the firf Tue/day in September next,
at the phut at ion of the late Travir
Penn, dee.
All the Pcrfonal Kflate
Of faid dec. confiding of llouf-
hold and Kitchen Furniture, Black-
fmith’s Tool c . &c fold for the be
nefit of the heirs and creditors —
Terms made known on the day of
fale.
Man' hr::-?, Adm’frix-
IVm Hawthorn, Adm’r,
July 2 5. 17-tds^f
Adminiftrator s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD,
Agree Me to an order of the hen,
Inferior court of Ogle*hotpe, on
the fhfl Tutf.' ty of Sept next,
at Lexington,
An undivided third of
600 Acres of Land;
Lying on Brufliv creek, in Jack-
foil county;and one Lot of 1 and,
N° 19 f, in the 20th diltri£t of Wil-
■ kinfon ; being the real eftate of Ifai-
ah Johnfton, dec. fold for the bene
fit of the heirs and creditors of (aid
dec. Twelve months credit will be
given, the purchafer giving approv
ed fecurity
Patton Wife, Adm’r.
.Tu’y 2.5. I 7-'ds
a paper, have right to make public
I enquiry ; but an examination of the
I views, talents or principles of every
I fjfcer of government, is not only a
j light poflcfled by each, but its publi
city is renderingfervice to the com-
I m-untfy Bo alfo it is widi every man
who is propofed as a candidate, or
Iafpires to any place of important
truft in the government —The pre
didate, at the late hour of a Sabbath |
night, when too late to give oppor
tunity to the gentleman implicated
to refute the a'tempt previous to the
clcdlion, and then fiirunk behind the
real name of a citizen unknown as a
w riter ! Flavin too, is a candidate
for popular favor, and. has e /-n the
audacity to offer himfelf as guardian
of the rights of the people of Geor-
tpntions of a man thus propofed or ; gia, and folicits a deputation to the
offering fer appointment, ought fure
ly to be publiclv examined, and his
i abilities and afleflion to the gover.n-
Paid John ICtnot,, in part for build- ment to bear the (eft of a general in-
ing bt idge, 40 ()()
July Paid John Kcnnon, in part
for do do. 1 10 00
Del Paid fas Berry, 60 42
Paid Matthew Gage, for timber
for bridge, 20 00
Paid J. Lew's agreeable to J. Keti-
non’s order, 26 65
Paid Peter’F. Flournoy, agreeable to
J. Keren’s order, 26 65
Paid Triplet, for working on the
court.houfe, 25!) 35
Clerk’s extra fervices, 72 50
Dollars 785 35 3-4*
Extract from the Minutes,
June 19. 1810.
C. Penrleton, Cl’k.
Statement of the Fund', and Expendi
tures, of Putnam county, from Oct.
1809, until June Term, 1810;
F.f.ray
received info the cf-
109 98
veftigation
I am not about to purfue the en
quiry into the “ comparative claims”
of the gentlemen. Of the qualifica
tions or pretenfions of Major Talli-
ferro, I have nothing to fav. If he
pofllffcs peculiar qualities to entitle
l”’m to the (lation to which he af-
pires, his friends will mention them ;
hut if lie is only that virtuous man
and good citizen he is ftnted to be,
I can only refpevT him as an indivi
dual, and until I can learn of his
po(Telling qualities to which I have
never yet learnt he made claim, I
(hall he unwilling to depute him with
tli” power of ftatc Senator...My ob-
jecl is more particularly to ponrtray
in true andjult colours the claims.of
Mr;Owens to the confidence and
fupport of his'fellow citizens.
Thofe who have witnefied the
condu£l of Major Owens in the Le
giflature of the State, will I truft
need no otlvr proof of his ability,
Lorgrejs of the Union. I' is roat.ain
this hoped for power, which impels
him to favor the ele£lion of Major
Talliferro. It is to obtain the more
native exertions of the Major, he
thus comes forward inhis praife. Me
knows he has nothing to hope from
Maj. Owens; that his character and
views, and his unbounded and vain
ambition is too well known bv that
gentleman, to give him the lead hopi
of aid from that quarter He would
render you thoughtlefs of qualities
and virtues he knows he does not
poflefs ; and bring into view the pre
tended importance of oratoiial pow
ers, while he has the confumni .te va
nity to believe he poflifles them!
But I truft he has much to amend,
and much to learn before he is cloth
ed with fuch important powers. He
lias yet to learn that the mere af-
feflation o( Repnbhcanifm does not
conftitute the patriot; nor a profef-
fed attachment f o two political par
ties whofe principles are diamefri.
cally oppofue, form any part of the
charnfle* of a (latefman.— Fkivio
muft alfo Rani tLat to. afl againft
Ten Dollars Reward.
TRAY ED or ftolen .from the
Lincoln
county, about 3 miles from Rays-
ville, on Fri J ay the firft of this inft.
A dark Ray Horfe,
about five feet high, five years olcL'
his mane hangs on the left fide, on
his near hind leg a large knot occa-
fioned by a hurt when a colt, he
paces and trots tolerable well. Any
perfon delivering faiil horfe to w:
(ball receive the above reward with
all reafonable expences, or to Ro
bert Samuel in Milledgeville ; if
Rolen One Hundred Dollars will
be given (or the Horfe and I hief.^i
Edward Samuel.
June 98. 17-c
GEORGI A, ‘Jones county
W J II ERE AS Mary Pav*-
W ing & Joel M‘Cicru:on
of the county and State afore-
faid, have applied to me for E.V-
ters of Adrninift ration on the
eftate of Peter Pa rting, late of the
ftiid county dec. as neareil in
kin.
1 hefe are therefore to rite &
admonifh all and fmgular the
kindred and rreditors of the faicl
deccafed, to file their ohjeQions
(it any they have) in office o : v
or before the firft Monday in.
September, cihcr'vrlfe letters-
will be granted the m.
Given under rnv hand It fc ^
tins 1,5th day of .Tuiy*1810,—
and ot American Independetit►
the S'tj;lu
1 Roger /if Cart 'r\ K