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fubjcfl. Ti.;* zCk fcr cfiaYMUg a
batik was fufprndcd fnme time ior
ronfideration before it received the
fignnture of Walhington. It has been
confidered cnnftitudonal by all the
Hates—for I believe I may fry that
the f ates without exception have gt-
r'ui legitimacy to the paper iflited by
the inflitution. If it was originally
unconflitutionul, and the paper was
not capable of going abroad, every
man punifhed for counter!, iting U.
Stn’es’ bank notes, lias fullered t'.n
juftly ; becaufe, in that cafe, Cen-
grefs, ltaving no righ.t to create the
charter of a hank, had no right to
punilh the forgery of its paper,
I (ay nothing of the (lability of this
inflitution and of its utility in c oik fl
ing the revenue—if, after the lapfe of
twenty years, various atfis have been
done proceeding on the conftitution-
alitv of tlie law eflablifhing the hank,
I ennfider t he fubjeCb one, which
has been fo ailed on, that whatever
cbflacks arc nppefed on the ground
of conflitutionality fltould now be
done away, hut, hiving this confi-
devation afidej all thofe who believe
that a batik is a l’pcedy, fafe and eco
r.omical mode of collefling money
into the Treafury, mud find autlin
pref.ly f.i'.iir.g C8» Inferior Judges
as eligible to appoiiitmcr.tr, it only
remains for the people, whofe unb:
afftfl judgment will give merit its due,
to defignate by their voice, between
good and bad men who may oft* r to
But to iiftroduce Elijah Clark as SllCllrt 3 ScHGS
a pattern of integrity,h fttrely touch- (
ing upon a firing whofdthoufnud vi
brations will found truths to his feel
ing. that callous as his heirt may be,
cannot fail to produce tbemoft un-
ferve as public lundlionarics. Here | pleafant founds Can this man fuf-
r , - i • . * . 1 r _ V • tA ir > /• n . ic»rirn . ni
then let me ebferve, and it is a con
fideration which I wou d w ith my
countrymen to weigh, that hitujl
judges, and virtuous & cornet Law
yers, ate men the bed calculated to
judge of the bearing of law, and left
{hr his integrity to be mentioned, or
his eye trace a .production where
virtue and accompliftiments are nam
ed, and not remember the courtefy
of a ft ranger more than a thoufand
ni'lcr, from thL, who to relieve his
The nigcn’ot!3 P'r.tJuV.afl himielt
could fit down and in fifteen minutes
devife half a dezen inodes whie!)
would give infinitely more facility
than a b.nk to the coUe&ion of the
revenue. He might farm out the re
venue ; cflr.blifh fa.miug diflri£ts;
put-a farmer-geitertil vtt the head of
them with a cotpfe of JeitilTaries.—
The Secretary of the I'reafury would
have noshing to do hut to draw on
him for a fum of money, and require
it or his head This, fir, if a plan
which would give the greatefl pcfii-
blc facility. You could command
money of the farmer-general or you ...
could require his head. Himfelf & ! ltonefl ; let them be men whofe love fail to refiefl, that after grateful ex-
his Janifl'arics could always fend the j of order v.r.d good government is ef- pre (lions of graritude, arid tne moil
tablifhrd, * “ r r f ~~
tice ; they
thofe principles of liberty and inde
pendence, which were purchafed for
our country with fome of the beft
blood of ihe nation.
To deal in < alluftorts,” or to “Jluh
ninth infinuqliin” is as foreign from
money ; or, if he did not. the people
and the JanifT.tvics could fend his
head.
[The qurflion teas taken cnfailing
cut the fum payable for the charter, if
LOST.3
...•etty-tr-s?...
For, ruz A ficus.
qualified to enafil wholefome and i plaints of diilrefs, gcnevouily loaned
equitable ores. Let the people hut ( him a fum of money to pay histrav-
defignate fuch as are virtuous and ' elling expenfes home; and can he
and they will do you juf pofitivc promifes to again return the '
' will guard and fupport amount immed atcly on his arrival 1 iLUul
licre, he fullered near three years to
elapfe, and a fuit then to be com
menced for its recovery, without its
raffing a guilty bhtfii at his own de
pravity If he can, let him further
vefl £1 on his meartnefs in claiming a
TO do away improper im
prrfiions, and give merit its due ; &
and at the fame time pourtray the
ch,‘rn£ter of the man with whom
fuch foul attempts originate, I a cl-
my will:, as patriotifm is from Plio- j legal advantage, which only compelled
cion—My objedt in writing wo-, and him to pay/7.v per cent, the lawful in
is truly a two-fold one
only defend merit, hut i would ex-
pofe a man whofe principles fie views
I detefi. Let therefore, Elijah Clark
for it in the conftiturion. To ! dreffed a few lines to my fellow citi- | take of!' his m fit, for it is lnni 1 re
iry
have given the power to col left tax
es, and not the bell means of getting
them into the Treafury in the moll
correct manner, would indeed have
been an extraordinary feature in the
cviflitution—it would have been
giving the end without the moans to
attain it. It would be giving a for-
c. .1 co: ftruftion to the cor.ft.itution
to fay that it had done fo.
I know that g-ntlemen think the
coikfilion of the revenue wouhl be ;v*
well accomplillied tlirough the llate
hanks. Thofe who think fo, jultily
z?ns in a late Argus. I then pro-
mifed a further recitation of the me
rits of the pretended IShccion, but
had no intent to again cal! upon your
attention at fo early a period. But
tIlls man of many names, having pre
fixed the Philo to his Phocion, and
founded Ins own praife in favor of
his “ ornamentedJlyie." and “ unan-
ftoerabit deduftious ” and at the fame
time rt fined me with tiiat kind of
ro.ifot.ii-u which is peculiar to this
man ef probability, and again endea-
v. riii to imprefs you with a belief
cognize miner the fhield of Pho-
cion ; let him conic boldly to the
charge, and I will weigh his proton-
lions to the important appoirtmetu
he craves, aril tingle his ears with
the honed truths of plain Englifh.—
Were he content to remain in a
“ corner” I would not trouble his
reflections ; hut as lie afpires to a
feat in the Congrefs of the Union ;
as he attempts to reach a pl ace where
not only patriot ifm and ability, but in
trgrity is required, 1 cannot fileiuly
hear hundreds reproach him as an |
I would not i tereft of Conneflicut for the ufe of
the money ; and then take confola- j
tion in the rtumerous other inflances !
where lie has failed to render jnfticc
to his fellow-men. 1 cannot dole
without refcrrir.g for a moment to
the allufion of Philo Phocion, that
o the world knows tlie fource, and
are guarded agaitifl the injection of
a citizen of Baldwin ” I would af-
fure this man, that it comes from a
fource where his principles fir views
are know ; that it is the impudence
of himfelf and friends, and the im
portance of the fubjedt, that has
brcugiit this addiefs from a Citizen
of BALDWIN
Tlie ignominious filiation to
which Philo Phocion alludes, lias
W ILL BE S O L D,
On thef if Tucfday in October rust,
„t Twiggs Court-hotfe, between the
ufual hours,
One Lot of Land,
In the 2fith dillriCl ov Wilkinfcn
now Twiggs county, N° - 1 ; levied
on as the property of James Lyon t >
fatisfy an execution i:i favor of tie
Executors of Charles Martin, dec.
•”A I. S O’" .
One Lot, N° 230, in tlie SuindiT
Infill of the Wilkinfon now Twiggy
county ; levied on as the proprity of
James Finch to fatisfy fundry exe
cutions in favor of W. and 1 liomas
Returned by a conllable.
"*A L s o...
One Bay Horfe, taken as the pro*
perty of William Robertfon to fati--
i’y the State’s execution againil fakl
Robertfon.
•**A I. S C— |
One Chefnut Sorrel Horle, and
one Waggon, taken as the property
of James Durham, to fatisfy the
States execution againil faid Dur
ham. "’A L 3 O’"
One Lot, N° 121, in the 23d dif-
tritl of IVilkinfonnow Twiggs comi
ty, taken ar, the property of James
Griffin to fatisfy George M'Gcigney’s
execution. Returned by a conllable.
...A I. S -o .. \
Lot N° 2-), in the 23th diflrifl of
Wilkinfon now Tw'egs county, tak
en as the property of Jolvah Irvin to
fatisfy William B AUifin’s executi
on againil faid Irvin. Returned by
a cotrlfable. Conditions caih.
E. JSunrt, Siv’ff,
Aucrufl 29.
22-tJs
their opinion or.lv on rcafons
to my mind fliew the cpnfii'.uticnality i ^ ars ai
of th ; U. S bank and jitove that we I '^ lc *■(
Lave authority to ufe that inftrument
If we think proper and deem it the
ran ft eligible M r c are the graniers
of power. P»y whom is it cxccu'cd f
Through the i iftrumentality of indi
vidual; and their funds. In tiling
the inflruncrt, wedo/treatea bene
fit to tlie individuals, who, together
with their friends, tnufl be cmplcycd.
Tor tins benefit I can fee nothing
Improper in receiving adequate com-
pcnfntdon. And if it be a grant of a
benefit, why not giant it to thofe
who will give an equivalent for it.
Sir, the confutation grants to Con-
frefs the power to fecure to inven- *
which ! 'hat the Conflliutl.n of our ftatc tie- I unfaithful Attorney and Solicitor, from its obfeurity loft its eflefil, if a-
fenor Judge from a feat i
flat tire, I deem it my duty
to make a further reply.
I ,.m content that Phocion, P’nilo-
Phocion, or even Major Elijah Clark
flion’d call my production “ apiece
of florid impotence,” or wave my “ al-
lulions” to luit his or their purpofe.
My objedlis not to pleafe them...I
come f tv ai d net us a clef, eudant front
the (Eds. nor by divine infpiration ;
butcloihed with the radience of truth
and jufticc, I take up the gauntlet
with the hope of convincing you of
the necefiity of fuppotting the pre- I
tensions of Major Owens to a feat
in the Senate of our Hate ; and to
point cut the mifatunenis, viinus and
chaiafter cf his traducer, and put a
arid not warn my feliow-citi-zens of, ny was intended to be produced. It
tors of 11 fofu 1 arts theexclufive right whip i„ every ho,mil hand, " to in
to them recoveries. We mufl not be tf:e r afcalnaked ti.rcir h the world.”
mnh'd by language or wordr. We I The idea which is promulgate
fell privileges every day. Docs not
our Treafury receive benefits from
the fa’.e oi thefe patents ? And yet,
according to the ideas of the gentle
man from Georgia, we thus become
the huckfterr, of privileges But left
tlie gentleman fliould not think that
tins cafe applies wrv firongly. 1 will
call to mind a remaikable cafe—I
know not how the gentleman vo’cd
on tlr> law. We have incorporated
a number of gentlemen to build a
h’ idge acrof- the Potomac, relervit.g
a a bonus for til's privilege the Iree
P'tTige of all armies, military muni
ti nts, fire, cf the U S.; which was
exaiRlv the fame thing as receiving
fo much money The government is
a b:dy politic ; its operations mult
he carried oti by individuals •, and
when individuals, incorporated for
the purpofe of receiving revenue,
who ufe their hands a;ul eyes in tlie
hufinefs, receive trtb much tmolu-
me t I fee nothing improper in re-
0,lining from them an equivalent in
promulgated
with fo much v a!, that the “ Execu
tive, Legijlativc and JufUcialbvmchc-:,
, <■ f < ur government fh.all be fcpcrotcfic
dillirifita.’' is net friftiy ccrrefl. With
all his afiumed probity fic patriotifm,
a! pro-tended purity of motive, this
the fait. I cannot hear him declared
as incapable offcurrilit\ fir abufe. and
not revert to his foul and detcflable
attempt under the fignature of Cur
tius, written and polled for no other
purpofe than to gratify rhe maligni
ty of a heart, he may believe lliield-
rd with adamant lie may imagine
himfelf as defencible as a liedge-hog,
and hug himfelf in his fancied fe-
curity ; but let me remind him that
“ he that lives in a glafs houfe fliould
nor begin to threw tlonci.”
Elijah Clark lias been brought in
to view, and held uo “ •er jl iHed in
political feier.ee, ns pi fi fin g a fund of
information, calm judgment mid in
f.exible integrity ” Thefe arc quali
ties neceflavy in the characler of a
member cf Congvefs, and I fhall
now endeavor to fliew that Elijah
Clark is a flranger to them —At a
time like the prefent when out nati
on has to encounter fupr rlative dif
ficulties, it is of the utmofl import-
, ance that ft:i!full politicians fliould
be appointed to guard and guide our
•commended to him to follow the
example of a painter, who having
drawn on a fign the appearance of a
bead to which no refeir.blance could
bo found, was compelled to write
underneath, “ this is an djs.”
N B Mr. Grantland having been
plcafcd to publilb the full N° of
Baldwin, it is requefted that he will
further evince his impartiality, by
giving a place to the above.
ct M ONEY!!!
Sheriff’s Sale.
W1I.L BE SO L D,
On thefirjl Turf lay in Gd. next,
in the Town of Clinton,
nr.Tr.'srx THE VSUAL nouRS t
One Lot of Land ;
N° 1 SO, in the fithdiftricl of Bald
win now Jones county, taken as the
property of William Wright to fa
tisfy an execution in favor of Buck
ner Harris.
"’A L S O’"
Lot No 94-, in the 11th did rill
of Baldwin now Jones county, in
the pofleffion of Samuel Wilfon, ta
ken as the properly of Alexander
Perryman to fatisfy William Mar
tin’s execution.
Phocion has attempted to blind your 1 political barque in frfety. Is that
undeidaiidinps with falfe ftatement.-, j man, I would then afk, {killed in
He hffs, as ‘
without its provifo. The Confiitu
tion of out da
b. fin of his igenietns, not only al
low but exprejsly name
(Jfliti-t f,. j ujlict .. of the Inferior court,
& Jutlicea ol the peace,” as eligible
to appointments. Whence then a-
tifes all this clamor, and why at
this time aie you fo pointedly called
upon to-forfake Mr. Owens on tlie
ground of his judicial title, when the
Con dilution, inflead of di baring
Jiini a feat in tlie Lcjiiflature, exprefs-
ly recognizes him as eligible ? V.'liy
is it, 1 lay, that you are fo earneftly
it were, given you a law j political fcicuce, who lias publicly
' o. Ihe Confiitu- 1- denounced a fellow-citizen, nay our
vvh.icli is made the 1 prefont Governor, as a llritijb Sub-
t only al- | jecl ! liable to be demanded at any hour
“ Militia \ j rein our Government ? Will you give
{ your fufirages to a man who gives
I credence to the Britilh doctrine,
j “ that once an Englflman, always an
j luigli/htnan ”f Will the man who
has uttered fuch fentimeuts, be a
dreneous fupporter of our privi
leges as a nation ? Is a man who
can publicly make fuch declarations
a fit and proper per fen to watch o-
ver and protefil the rights cf out peo
ple ? Can you confide in tl e pohti.
FOR SALE,
tnplTAT well known (land in the
| Town of Sparta, occupied for
many years bv Join: Freeman, Efq.
as a house cf Entertainment Cotton - , ,
,, J , 1, , • ,- . r win now Jones county, taken as the
or Neuroes would be taken in lieu or >h
- - 0 rnr properly of William G Sturges to
latisfy fundry execu’ions in favor of
Patrick Kelly. Returned by a Con
llable.
One undivided fourth part of Lot
N° 107, in the 10th dillrifl ofBald-
the
Cadi Ihould it better fuit the
chafer —Necefiity impels the alter
native, otherwife, this valuable pro
perty would not he difpofed of.—
Terms moderate and may be known
by application to
’ ^7 CLh r'' ,r county, taken as the property of Wil
—jiUlleagcvide^ *ugujlj.2. gg^f , iiim fctzpatrick t0 fatisfy Thoma;
>,jLU t\CjI v, Putnam county. I’inkaxd’s execution vs. faid Fitzpa
Lot N° 199 and N° ISA, in the
12tli dillricl of Baldwin now Jones
WT/HEKEAS Mary Mad-
vV dock-, Z pheniah Har
vey, William Anglin & Jofcph
Maddocks have applied to me
for letters of Adminiftration cn
trick. ...a t s o...
A Crop of Corn of J 2 Acres, and
2h Acres of likely Cotton, no grow
ing.— Alfo one borrel Flare, CUQ
Box re 1 Horfe, and three Cows aid
Calves ; taken as the property! of
the ell ate &e (Teas of Beniamin n ‘ , r V T , r ^pc ty. o
, , J David Kcnnady to fatisfy the Hate of
Maddocks, dec. < Georgia's execution againil faid Ken-
l 1 ru le ate therefore to cite & na dv.
lirgvvl to look upon Mr. Owens as - ftill of fuch a man, or w ill you place
~ ■’ —■ yi unlit to receive the appointment a
1 e . I", •'r pC ? ,ctcfc,fc ,h ' S r an large majority of vou, 1 am convinc
ed th? bid wnl not be 11 ruck out. j Cl | f deem him well qualified to fill ?
Trocp ohferv.-d that the gen- ( It is not, my countrymen, that this
! a ! faid that the poweyr to iti- | Bhocion believes him difqualifi-
hlr. Troo
tlctv.an ! a 1 fuel that tile pov
corporate a hank was derived from
cd, incapable, or dangerous ; but
the power to lay and co!le£l revenue; ] it is becaufe be does not favor
i nd tint the power ought to be ex the views of Elijah Cla>b, a puny
crcifed, becaufe banks gave a facility ! politician, who aipires to an appoint-
tn the colleiflion c.f tlie revenue. If mint as far above his «» mcrirr,,” as
the power be evcrcifod, it mud be | lie L fu-m truth and juft ice. * Could
tliis man or.ee hi ing Mr. Owens into
his views, or to favor lits dtfigr.s,
you would hear no more of thefe
“ three fepavatc fit diftin£l branches
of government.” Did Mr. Owens
neccffary and proper. If it be ne
ts. fiery to the colleflion cf the reve
nue, the revenue cannot be colleifl- d
Without it I he gentleman from Ma
ryland might fay a hank inflitution
Vais ufeful. lie plight fay it would not pqllafs too much virtue and good
give facility, to the ccilcdlion of the fenfe to be led aflray, or could ho be
revenue y 1 ttt facility and neceflary brought to wink at a imes, and fade
ate wholly diflerent, and tlie conlli- at corruption, you would hear 1.0
tin ion fjys that a power, to be inci- more of his being difqualified, nor
dental, mull be f ury and proper be troubled with fuch glaring falfe-
your dearefl rights ut tier his pro-
tedlion and guaidance ? No ! 1 am
convinced you will not, and that 1 li-
jah Cla’k, not twelve months fince,
made fuch a declaration, numbers of
my county-men can atteft.
Where, I would next r.fir, is the
fund of information, tliis fame man is
faid to pufleff ? Is it h\ttgeneral infor
mation. or \ii%legaltalents, lie is prided
upon ? If we ccnfider him as a Law
yer, let documents be reierted to,
am! more errors will be found in his
practice, that in that of any gentle
man of the bar in the iliftiiifl ! Fol
admonifh all and lingular the
kindred and creditors of faid de-
ceafcd, to be and appear at our
next court of Ordinary, to be
held in and for the county afore-
laid, to fliew caufe, if any the y
...A t. S O...
One good Road Waggon fir Ceer,
one .Black Horfe, one Cbcfr.ut Sor
rel Mare, one Sorrel Ilorfe, and one
Bay Horfe ; taken as the property
of Thomas Seal to fatisfy the State
; a.u, to mew cauie, it any tney c , f Georgia’s execution, again ft And
have, why faid letters fhould not fiJcul.—Conditions Cafli.
be granted.
Given under my hand this 26ih
day of Augnft: 1 ffto.
C. Pendleton, c.c.o.
Cl.ORGlA, Hancocft comfy.
W jtebfas Elizabeth 'J ait
applies to me for Icfcis
ot Aeiminilkation on tlie citato
of Robert fait, late of this coun
ty, dec.
1 hei’e are therefore to cite
Augufl 2D.
S. Ija?in f Sh’ff.
2'2-tda.
Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL BE SOLD,
On the f if Tmflay in Oft obey n\xr,
in the Town of Madifon, Morgan
rarity, between the ufic.l hours, iht
following property, v/c.
One Neg ro Boy
^ By tlie nanig cl Ifaac ; taken n3
tne property of Kanmer Fitzpauit k
f-9 Acres of Land in the 4-th dif-
If facility he a ground of adlioti, we
:m* gem rallv w i.le i.f tlie ‘ru- policy
<■ 1 u.'l.t 'o adopt that tneafure
which Tuaii give the gieatell facility.
iioods, as that the Conllituticn de
bars Ill's pretentions.
I he Con dilution then, a3 it ap
pears not only recognizing, but ex-
adingnfh all and fingular tlie
low him to court, and you may hear kindred and creditors of faid de- to fatisfy a „ t xecu..on in faver o !
declamation without argument, and ceafed, to be and appear at my 1 Mitchcl -and Cox.
node and found without fenfe or office within the time preferibed I —a j'
meanmtr. In fafif had namie or by J aWj (Q fi)cw rauItlj j( any ' - * -
humble Ration, he might have made tht 7 can |, a
n t/trrry bujjoomjl) S/xc niftier, ot have nul R ,alltc ^*
ivkiJUtdauay his t\i/htucat the hnm- tiivcii under my hnml
tiler and lap-(lone, before his genius 2Gtll tlay of Augufl, 1810.
v'oultl have brought hi a: from cb* fohn Chambers, for
‘ - a#/ Create, e c o.
P' r 2 d } !T r a mr 2 th °y «n Why faid letters fhould “k'l of Baldwin now Morgan coun
tilts
ty, .A f>72 ; taken as the property
of Henry D. Stone to fatisfy au, ex-
execution in favor of .h fin Cnig, jr.-J
others. Conditions rath;
A. hPAfec. D- S.
Augufl 29. ", w’-tfi •