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uusu. vits^amaieBSl
For the Argus.
To Maj. Elijah Clark.
HAVING no doubt of y^ur
being the author of a producti
on figned Citizrn, publifhed
in the Georgia Journal of the
SiOrh of Auguft laft, in which 1
am coupled v/ith the Editor of
the Argus, under the charges of
mifreprefentation, lying and o-
ther things,which induces me to
acldrefs you thro’ the medium
of a News paper, which I here
tofore hoped was an undertak
ing I thould never have to per
form toward you or any one eife.
Now, Sir, as you are pleafed
to commence by Living, the vile,
barefaced and fhameful attacks
upon aman’s reputation were ne
ver more palp-.ble than in a ftate-
ment in the laft Argus, of Major
Clark’s (as you are pleafed to
ftyle vourfeif) officiil conduct
le’fpet'ting John Hoyle and Hen
ry Putnam; and that a plain
ftatemeiitof th ■ facts would prove
that the Editor of the Argus had
lied, moll fhanicfully and wan
tonly lied.
Having furniihed the Editor
of the Arj
ment
Srnublifiiit after which I fltall he' of his feelings and reputation, a- f-^erof W? politics with alldifcern
perfectly willing to be done with gainft an attack made in the
News p ipers. But as to what Georgia Journal, of Auguft 29,
C l. Grifham has laid on that by a writer under the fignature
luhjeft fince j perhaps the an-', of Citizen.—I do hereby cer-
nexed certificates of Joel Craw- tify, to the belt of my recollec-
rd, Efq. and Capt. John Aber-
ctombie, may be iatisfactory. i
Now, fir, I have never pretend-!
ed to account for your flrange
ft inronfiftent conduct in Hoyle,
and Putnam’s cafes, and it is for!
you; not for me to account for it. j
Then, fir, befo good as to let!
the people know, how it was I
that John Hoyle forefaw, at leaft
as early as the year 1807, (for
that was the year you were e
leCted Solicitor) that he would
be apprehended long afterwards
for hog-healing, and that by
B nfon, and fhould employ you
to bring the cafe fo long before
the c {fence was really committed-
1 enquire of you Major (for I lee
you ar«. fond of the title by giv
ing it to yourfelf fo repeatedly)
If this cafe of Hoyle’s was con
ducted and profecuted laiily and
confident with your duty as So
licitor, what ncccfiity for your
plMgina yout honor that Hoyle
did not bribe you—what neccf-
fity for procuring Hoyle’s afii
that date-! davit avowing he did not bribe
and knowing it to be cor- j y ou » v,nen nobody lays he did—■
reft, I am lorry to till you that j whatneceflity for addinglo many
i’o far from your having made a misreprefentations, as well as
rel ition of lifts under your fifti- j impoflibihties—Why fay you
cious name, that you hav r e not 'vereemploved by Iloyle to bring
tion, that Col. Grtfham ftateu
to me in faid convcrfation, that
at l'onie fr l iner term ol Hancock
Superior court,the recognizance
of John Hoyle, was returned
to him as State’s Officer for pro-
ferution, that on enquiry it was
found that the crime (which was
charged to be that ol hog-Heal
ing) was committed in the coun
ty ol Baldwin,‘and that he Gref-
ham, during Hancock court,
handed over the recognizance ol
faid Hoyle to Major Clark, So
licitor-general for the Ocmulgee
circuit, for thepurpofe of bring
ing Republicans—he is of nature.!
confequence difowned and held in
juft contempt by tliofe enlightened
and tried Republicans who are now
honored with the confidence and
higheft offices in the gift of the citi
zens of Georgia; his popularity a-
tuong the lake warm, the ignorant
and duped pretenders to democracy
has already raifed the drooping head,
and loofed the menacing tongue ol
Federalifm It is not many days
fince I heard an advocate of Major
Clark’s elefticn, fay, that l’rofeffir
Meigs was to he, or. expected to be
hurled from his place in the Colledge
of Georgia, becaui’e he had the im
pudence in his addrefs to the board
of Truftces, to make Come fli sutures
onFederalifm. Republicans of Geor
gia, awake from your (lumber and
indifference...let not the unfullied
honors of your Republican charac
ter be tarnifhed through your fatal
ing the offender before the pro-1 fecurity. If Major Claik is not e-
per tribunal for trial.
Joel Crawford.
September 15, 1810.
ftattd correftly, a fingle laft ap
pertaining to the cafe—ludeeJ,
Cv it is fo far from a relation of
f: fts, that you have not once
blundered upon the truth.
Now, fir, you well knhw, that
In ff ad of 1 a ft term, the cafe of
Hoyle and Benfon was called up
for r d at Nov term, 1809 and
at h it term I called on you for
the warrant, & at the lame time
tof you I had fet-n Col Greff, m
deliver the papers lo you— Why
ihd you not deny it then fir, in-
fttad of telling me as you did,
that the papers and warrant w is
among your papers at home, k j
at dinner time you would bring
them down ; after dinner you
told me you had fearchecl for
them and could not find them,
which induced you to continue
the caufe by confent. 1 then
ferved you with a copy of a no
tice (the original of which I have
now to produce in evidence this
term) requiring you to produce
the warrant on the trial.
Now, fir, in relating Tafts,
why not have faid as the faft is,
that vour not producing the war
rant, which you have uniformly
acknowh dged or.ee to have had
pcfiefiion of, produced a fecond
continuance at laft term, as my
original notice and your copy,
ferved on the 14th of Novem
ber 1S09, wiil prove. j
Again, fir, I fry you never !
charged me with circulating falfe j
reports on you, hut you told me i
you had been informed, that 1 !
laid ycu had received bribes—I j
denied then (as I do now) having j
you had received bribes, but tiat
ed to you the circumflance of
Hoyle and Bcnlcn’s cafe, as my
rcalon for having hard thoughts
of, and fufpefting you ; during
which time Col. Grelham men
tioned to you, that he well re-
collt fted giving you the papers,
which ycuacknowledgi d (as you
Had done h- fore) but yon i'fiid
you did riot know whether the
warrant was among them ; Col
Grelham replied,hecoulb not fay
that it was ; for he merely hand
ed the bundle of papers, pre
fuming they were all together.
When J can fee Col. Grelham,
I promile you and your fellow,
citizen;, (who you are fo eagerly
firUing to deceive) to procure
Irom him a fair representation of
this fait long before the caufe of
aftion exifted—Why tell us
th-if I was prefent when you ex
amined Mr. Daniel, Mr. Benfon,
and fonts other perfon, and was
convinced that (if an offence was
committed at all) it was in Han
cock I pofitively deny bang
prelent or hearing any Inch coil
wrfation and I know all theper-
I certify, that I heard Colonel
Grelham, lay, in fubftance the
fame contained in the above cer
tificate, in the prefence ofanum-
ber of gentlemen, in my public
dining room-
John Abercrombie.
GEORGIA, Hailed: county.
1 Phillip L. Sunms, Clerk ol
the Superior court ol faid coun
ty, do hereby ceitify, that on a
careful examination ot the Do
quets of faid court, from F l-ru
ary term 1806, to Augult term
1810, inciufive, find no cafe
commenced therein bv John
Hoyle vs. John Benfon, for falfe
imprifonment.
Philip L Simms, c.s.c,
September 15, 1810.
GEORGIA, Hancock county.
I John Chanmers, Clerk
of
Iona who v ere pi dent will agiee •. t j, e j n f er j or COUi -t of fain county,
to this—but ai knowledge you j do certily> thaton a careful ex
tol! me you had made fuch an aminationo f the Doquets of (aid
enquiry ano that the refult was i C0Ult? f r cm January term 1806
as you have ftated, which is near
er the truth than any thing ell’e
you have ftated.
In a fubfequent No. of the
I Journal, you tell us, you had
i before the commencement of
j this Fame action in Baldwin,
I commenced an aftion in Han-
I cock between the fame parties
! and for the fame offence. How
I far you have been correft will
j appear by the annexed certin-
i cates of the Clerks.
I have not time this morning
t to make a reply to your ftate-
; merit of fafts in Putnam’s cafe
j But, fir, you were charged in
to June term 18JO, inciufive,
find no cafe commenced therein
by John Hoyle Vs. John Benfon,
for falfe imprifonment,
John Chambers, c./.c.
September 17, 1810.
For the Argus.
SYMPATHY is a principle
fo efiential io our nature, that the
individual who can witnefs feenes of
human mifery unmoved, is juftly
ftyled a monfter He that can fport
with the fenfibilii y ot his fellow crea
ture wantonly or unnecefi'arily, de-
ferves a much more opprobrious cha-
after. Amongft the n : ny objeft;
t Atgus (as I charge you r.ow) , that merit the confoiitary tiibute of
vvith. faying to the court, in hear j fympathy, the innocent victims of
tug ot fome of the Grand Jury, i infernal malice in the tovm of either
that the bill was not preferred
with an expectation of its being :
found, but merely to juftify Cap
tain Putnam’s reputation
this too, as a reafon for refufing j
to put Thompfon’s name on the !
bill as a witnefs, after Putnam
(not you) had moved for a com-
pulfory procefs again ft Thomp-
foo, to give teftimony. This is
the only part that 1 can noiice
now ; and if you will deny this
under your own fignature, I will
produce affidavit upon affidavit
lo prove it—But, fir, if you do
not i’eny it, lV.tisfy us that your
conduft was correft ; let us
know from ycu, what produced
this novel mode cf procedure,
and vve (hall be l'atisfied.
Ai % chib aid Afarli/i.
Alillaigeville, Sept 17, 1810.
Called on by Archibald Mar-
religious, or political perfection,
have the moft undoubted claim not
only to the commifi'eration, but to
•vnd ' , ^ le j uft indignation of all good men,
1 againft their malicious perfecutois
But, fellow-citizens,
ment like ours, when the intereft
of a community, when the welfare
of thoufands imperioufly calls for
the impartial invelligation of the
charafter and pvetenfions of tliofe to
whom we are about to commit the
prefervation of our liberties, inde
pendence, and honor as a nation ;
if in the difeharge of fo important &
fo indifpenfable a duty, juflice mult
be done to the unworthy, as well as
the man of merit...if the fpeciotts
covering niuft be {hipped from the
ifpiring knave and liis bafenefs held
up to public condemnation and con-
lempt, we hope an enlightened peo
ple are able lo diferiminate between
the difeharge of fo difagrteable a du-
j ty and malicious petfecution. Such
is the charafter of the cruel peife-
| cution fo pathetically complained of
by the friends of Major Clark...it is
tin, Efq for the fubftance of a '• tiro denunciation of an indignant en-
converfation which took place lightened people thundered by the
between ntyfelf and Col. Young ! penetrating voice of truth...he is
Grelham, Solicitor-General for ckarpd with Federalifm on all hands
; fi.o ""■''•'i- and the Republican
fted it will not be for want of the
fupport of every Federal vote in
the ftate.
But the Tage of perfection lias
not been limited to the accommo
dating politics of this ambiguous Can
didate, this truly Federal Republi
can , the torch of candid inveftiga-
tion is no fooner applied to his offi
cial and private charafter, than a
doleful found of perfecution, Han
der, falfehood, and abufe blue foith
to drown the voice of truth. A few
fpecimens of his integrity as a pub
lie officer have been laid before the
public, but if tliofe already given are
not fulficient to put the queftion of
his integrity out of all difpute, I
would aik the Major and his ingeni
ous advocates, what part of Iris oath
or duty as defined by the conftituti-
on, autboiiled him as Solicitor, for
the confuieration of 10 or 15 dollars
more than his lawful fee, to write
or pledge himfelf to write “ firtisfied”
on the back of the recognifnnce bond
in the cafe of Moore, indifted for
Pei jury, in Jones county ; the money
paid for the exprefs purpofe of put
ting a ftop to the profecution. I
would alk, why the Judge of the Su
perior court ordered a criminal do-
quet to be kept, if not to check tlie
corrupt practices of this immaculate
Solicitor ? If Elijah Clark efcapes an
impeachment for his conduft, while
Solicitor of the Oakmulgee circuit,
he will be more indebted to the hu
manity and indulgence cf the ftate
of Georgia than to his own integrity
The grounds on which his jarring,
intrigueii.g advocates found his claim
to a feat in Congrefs are irreconcile
able, as his own conduft to integri
ty, his champion of Putnam county
had the candor to admit him a Fe
deialift.
The modeft Amphion with his
immortal lyre, is for placing him on
the lift of bijl Republicans, but of all
the wife fchemes of thefe wife and
great men, orators, poets, or pet-
benvs, thine Doftor Fallible, ought
to be faithfully recorded ...this pious
Doftor equally famous for his piety,
patrotifm, and courage, all over the
county of Baldwin and Hancock.
Detpainng in the power of mufic
or oratory, or any o’her earthly vege
table, to confecrate the charafter, or
recommend the qualifications of Ma
jor Clark to popular favor •, and pe
netrated at the fame time vvith the
govern- j P u reft zeal {or the purity of Zion,
j has appealed to the laft hope & afy-
lum of the guilty; has endeavored io
bring Major Clark’s facred caufe and
| his own together before the church,
: and now {lands waiting for a verdict
in favor of Major Clark, and againft
his ungodl' peri’ecutor.
Go on gieat mat), and fliew your
fclf at oi ce the purifyer of the
Church, and of Major Ciavk’s unful
lied charafter, and for fear t hefe
believing people fliould have a grain
of difeernment, and leave you to
lock for the reward of your piety S<
zeal in the retributions of another
world ; I will promife you this much
confolation, that juflice {hall be done
you for this and many move fimilar
memorable deeds, which the hiitovi-
nns of modern times through no
doubt their envy to your fame have
as yet buried in malicious Glencc.
SPECTATOR.
Will be Let,
To the loii’cjl bitUer, oti Tiufilcty ' f e
23.1 cf Ucider next, at Hartford,
in the county of Pulajlet,
THE BUILDING OF A BRICK
COURT-HOUSE:
The plan of the Houfe, and terms
of Payment, will be made known cu
that day.
—a L s o—
WILL BE SOLD,
On the same day to the hightjl bidder, I
A Number cf Lots
in faid town.
6’. Jones,
IV. A. Harper,
Edmund llogan,; Ccm’rs
Henry Fulgam,
jas. T. 7 hoitias,
September 19. 25-tda
" — — * —e--r/« V |
Executor’s Sale 1
IV ILL BE SOL D,
On Saturday the 20th of Odder
next, at the plantat ion of John
F. Flournoy, late of Putnam
county.
One Horfe $2? Colt,
A fecond handed Cotton-Gin,
Cows, Hogs and Sheep.—Twelve
months credit will be given the pur- 1
chafer giving bond with approved
fecurity.
Mary Flornoy, j
JoJ'tah Flournoy,; Ex Vs.
John H. Pcfey,')
Sept. 15. 25-u
Marfhnll’s Sale.
WILL BE S 0 L D,
Atihc Court houfe in the Town cf
Milledgeville, on the firji Luej-
clay in November next, the
Following Property •,
Two Negroes, (viz. ■ Beck and her
child Harriet, taken as the property
of Henry Graybill, jun. at the in-
ftar.ee of John Church, by virtue of
an execution iffued out of the fixth
Circuit court for the diftrift c f Geor
gia.
A Abercrombie, d.m d.g.
Sept. 17. 25-tds.
PRoTlLE^r
r-pFIE Subfcriber intends making
I Milledgeville his place cf te-
fidence during the letting uf the Ge
neral A ff mbly, and offers his fer-
vices to the public ; he will take the
PROFILES of fuch Ladies ft Gen
tlemen a‘ may pleafe to honor him
with their commands —Hie mat be
conferred wiih at any time at Mr-
Olmliead’s Tavern.
Thomas Wilkinfon -
Sept. J9. 25-c
Bewat e of the Swindler
O N the 4-tb in ft a ieilow of the
name of Miles K Webb, dur
ing my ah fence pafied in my {tore a
forged Note ol Hand for Ten Dollars,
figned Anna Macrery, witnefied by-
James Tate, both of Jones county,
which the latter has depofed to be ^
forgeiy. As this infamous aft may
be repeated by the Swindler, who it
is reported has forge j d otheir Notes,
I think proper to give information,
that he may not injure fociety by his
depredations—He is of a friiall na
ture, fight complexion, midling thick
body and full faced, Loops a little iu
his walk, tells a plaufible tale of dif-
trefs. He was apprehended a fei®
days fince but made his efcape from
his keepers.
P. Mcna’d.
Sept. 19. 25-c
the weflem circuit, at the laft
Superior court in Hancock court
ty, anti which Mr. Martin deem
Tthst Ik'fui,d to jot: at Greene, i Pil necefiary to th? vindication
by the peopi
preffes...his devotion to the intereft
of the Federal party ...notwitliftand-
ing lfis equivocal pretences has been
notorious enough to It amp the char*
CAUTION.
LL perfons are for warned not
T\ t0 trade with my wife Rebec
ca Gray, as I will not be aniVerable
for any of her contrafts.
Thomas Gray.
ncock county, Sept. 18.
I Is
GEORGIA, LaldiL /tn Cou dy*
WHEREAS Sar^uei
ton and A. M‘M.)llan has appiiW
od to me .or '.otters of adinirif*
ti-Ation on tffo eftate of Jared Bi-
galow late, of this county deccal-
1 liofe are therefore tr» cite &.
admonilh all and lingular the
kindred end creditors ol (aid de-
ceafed, to be ; r.d appeair at my
cm e within the time pr; feribeti
by law, tr» ffievv caufe if any
tn^y h ive why laid letters. ffiouiJ
not be granted.
Given under my han 1 at of
fice this 19th day of Sep! enffa*
1810.
Frederick Freeman, CT.