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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 •