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/ \ IVIIL^EDGEVILTjE : SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1830. Candidates for Conches—IVitson Lumpkin, Tho mas U. P. Ch<0iton, Diiniei Neuman, Janus ,l\] tl'ayne, Se<!ton Granlland, iUy Thompson, Thomas Foster, Henry G. Lamar, Chai leg E"lon Haynes, Richard II, stale of political fce'iogs in Georgia, convinces u llilde, Reuben C. Shorter, Ro"tr L. Gamble. conclusively, that a Convention ut this time for tl ICF* We understand Col. Billups lias declined. pose-of Reduction, would be a measure friug GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. Candidates in Baldwin county. Ton senate—Gen. JAMES C. VV \TSON. houserep.—Maj. BURTON HEPBURN, Dact. TOMLINSON FORT. REDUCTION. q s this subject has been propose I to the people by the •>r.aral Assembly, and most of the presses have called to .. . tile attention of the public, it will be expected that ire fhoulti "■tve our views of the matter. On die abstract oucstion of “Reduction” or “No Reduction” there an be but little difference of opinion. The Representa tive branch of the Legislature is becoming entirely*<oo j ar „ e So is the Senate; but we should oppose any alter ation of this branch of the Assembly, that was not ef- I'eLted upon republican principles, having a sirict regard to 'he corporate character of the counties. U e arc opposed to any system which would destroy the relative v eight of ♦he counties—rather than surrender these rights, tve _ houl(1 p re fer to see the S mate remaining as it is,composed of one Senator from evfry county. Wc have no opinion cftfic Gerrymander sys;em. ‘Aith this V«ricf outline of onr views, tve shall proceed to state our rea.-onsfor oppos ing an unqualified vote for Reduction. Our opinion may he bru fly expressed in tlie common maxim—of two toils choose ’.lie least. But let us he •’lore explicit that wc m iy be the better understood. We say with the Journal, “Give.the people light 1 ’—but hcavtn deliver us from those ll b'ue lights'' that give it. m to our enemies, while tiuy blind the eyes of o ir friends. Wo shall therefore consider the subject in two blanches— First, as »t regards the inil.teiicc cf political power in reference to party divisions. Second—as it regards the relative fights of the coun ties.. At present, uc shrll content ourseivrs with shewing (hat 'here hasb.cn for years past, a settled purpose lo preservt power in a certain line of safe succession at the . xpensc tj i?; political power of a certain party, and the rota tive power of certain counties. The people of Georgia h ive not been ignorant of this design, as the votes of the. Legislature will •• hew. And the eyes of thinly populated counties are biginning to be opened on this question. We have ourselves noticed, fir .sever'd years past, the v irlous and repeated proj-.ct3 suggested a? th basis of a Convention—nor have we been bund to the d<u • wished <n<,livi« which have suggested tiiun. Pr. v t ide S'ear ldd4, numerous efforts were made by the . v. oar lv to give certain important elections to the people oilj Tra han J ich „„ — , the true basis-f opposition. It it were not deductible to this aristocratic principle, to "ha 1 other cause is it tube traced) It wiil be remembered, that during this period ofour history, toe Troup leaders wore opposed to G.-n. Jackson, an J openly avowed then prcfc ein'e of Mr. Ad ams over him. !"<c columns of the Journal and Recor der—the recent and open avowal "f the Constitutionalist —amt the journals of the Legislature—bear ample t-i'ri- ' { Any body in preference to $e«prts3eHy tltcee gimJed vror^s, a 2esire tor tlie' orgariz. Man of Senatorial districts by the union of seve ral counties mto one. VVe will next refer to the avowal of the Senator from Morgan in the last Legislature— that he Would rather be the. Representative of a “rotten borough” in England, than of one of the small counties in the low-coun try, or words to that purport. Thus, he not only exhib ited a desire to see their power curtailed, but expressed an utter contempt for their character and constitutional privileges. 't his hasty sketch ofour past history and the present us most the pur- aught with the most disastrous consequences to a large part of the body politic and to the rights of the weaker counties. Oner put this power into Ihe hands of those who desire the measure, and it will be to sign Ibe political death war rant of one party and the destruction of the rights of the small counties, not only for the present, but for all future time. Much has been said of Jrte about the destruction of parties. Could we see anv thing like an approach even toward liberality on this subject, e might look with less jealousy on the pretended regard ofour opponents for the public treasure. We do not believe a word of this cant. Political power—county ascendency—and party consoli dation, make up their tender regards for the people’s mo* nry. If it were not so—why have we seen the barefaced slanders and misrepresentations of one party so lavishly poured out in the Southern Recorder for some months past? If i! were not so—why should the Georgia Journal “/rout the dust of oblivion rake” the skeleton of an old din ner to Gen. Gaines to frighten the people of Georgia back to Hie prejudices of limes gone by, to effect their purposes? —Uc would say to the people and the small counties— do not ‘offer yourselves to lie deluded by the magic word —Reduction—It sounds well to the ear—it looks well on paper—while it is hut another name for Convention — and Vint, but another for Consoiidation. 'Vo therefore say that a tore is desireablc— our voices in the lie willing to Tole for ,i Reduction of the House of Reprc sentatives—hut not of the Sriiofe, except upon the plan (cCMMrKlCATED.J To tue Editor of the Athenian— Sip.;—I address you in the singular number, because it so appears on the front of your paper, although well authenticated accounts would justify a resort to theplM- ral.—In the progress of an apparent determination c<n your part to assail every one who dares avow political sentiments in opposition to your own, you have singled out a publication that appeared in the Statesman & Pa triot of February last, upon which to vent a spleen ren dered more bitter by recent discomfiture in a controversy of your own seeking. Like the disgusting Polypus you extend a hundred arms to gather what ever the stream throws in your way, whereon to indulge your “innate principle” of misrepresentation. But, Sif, your motives are fully understood, and duly appreciated -*and if you are not a stranger to every principle of common fairness, should “In/” to bb:?h for polluting the purity of your er mine, by uniting with n parcel-of calumniating parasites, whose object is personal aggrandizement, whose means are detraction and *ilful misrepresentation. It could not have been your object to prejudice the minis of your readers against the writer of “Phocion;*' because i:i the first place, you did not know him; and secondly, if you possessed that knowledge, you must have known he was beyond the reach of your censure, and injury, ha'.-ng no intention to seek for office, and disdaining alike all dis- foa Could not Tuve been vgnofant that die repaid [cation of them was induced by a very different motive; the de sire of furnishing to the people all the light that had been shed upon an important- question, in the course of a de bate that, excited the roost intense interest, and called forth the greatest display of intellectual power, almost ever ex hibited in any deliberative assembly. The speeches of these distinguished Senators covered the whole ground embraced in the questions at issue; which could only be brought to the knowledge of the public, by submitting to its examination the entire documents themselves. But, Sir, this matter was not permitted to rest upon conjecture merely; the motive as here stated, is explicitly avowed by the Editor in the same paper containing Mr. Webster’s Froth the Jtief,TFlog, JiJy 50. LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM COLOMBIA- The brig Montilla, Beckman, arrived at New YorkoS Monday from Carthagena, brings papers of that place to the 1st July.- The annexed extracts i re taken in m the second edition of the Journal of Commerce and the Ame rican. Ills stated that two days previous to. hp s >!u g of the Montilla, despatches were received lrom VtiHiu* elaannouncing a counter revolution in that department* the overthrow of Gen. I’aez’s authority and influence, am? his forced resign »tior: the department had, moreover,de clared for rc-union with New Grenada. On Bolivar’s arrival at Car»bag-na, it is slated that aft the principal merchants of that place called on him in c first speech. He there says, “That we may give the po- [ body, requesting that he would not desert them or leav* litical history of the times to our readers, we have com- the country. The next day all the ladies of Carthagcra waited cn him with the same request. The Southern provinces of Guynqnr! and Panama hn<f given him information that if he left the eountry, th;y should immediately separate lrom the Republic of Colom bia and form independent Governments. Cartlwgena, June 47.—On the 13th inst. His Excellent \ . .. ,■ ...... • . , „ ( course necessary, and it would be ldlei -but the preservation of our rights anu , . , „ , .... Government is more so. w! should •«> defi-nee efprinciples that have n< for a Reduction of the House of Reprc- J» ™ •- ^ ot of the Senate, except upon the plan • .' -a plan by which the corporate powers 1 0 i„t it ,« * r and relative rights cf the counties can be preserved in the j ”, * " a *' Senate. If this cannot be tffuMed, we should say upon , ^ ’ * , ^ n nor tickets, “Reduction of the House”—but not of “the j sl ™ ’= a ’ P* 0 ” mfciiced the publication of the debate in the Senate of the Union on Fool's Resolution. They will, no doubt, derive much gratification from the perusal, far as the speeches are from the point of issue.” Here you had the F.ditor’s positive allegation of bis rea sons—reasons that you must have felt were real; and not withstanding you well knew tldtse articles owed their pub lication in the Statesman to such latulnble motives, you so | the Liberator arrived in this capital, (from Turbaco,)' fir resisted the obligations of truth and justice, as to as- i accompanied by thcSrs. Prefect and Commamlani Gener- cribe other motives which you endeavoured to impress up-1 of the Department, and a brilliant concourse of Ckicfsy the minds of your readers. With your usual disingenu- officers and respectable inhabitants, j ousucss, you attributed the animadversions upon Cooper’s j His Excellency was saluted with vivas by the people it> approbation that did not proceed from his conscience, j , :e f ir j 0U s | e tttr, to the abundance of the Editor’s regard stree's through wbiebiie passed, till I is arrival at the . mi his God. 1 his 1 say, was not your object; you had f or M r> Webster, and not originating in detestation of bouse of Gen. Aloniilla, where lie took lodgings. the intrinsic turpitude of the sentiineuts it cherished.— i Immediately he was waited cn by iiis numerous friend* You advance imputations, and endeavour to sustain them ! *n this city, and until near evening there was a great num- by a particular statement cf facts. In imitation of the j ber of persons about the liouic of h-is Excellency, w ho practice of your prototypes, you assign sentiments ot your j desired once more to see him. These ingenuous and vo- own sc! ction, and afterwards vituperate them. Youim-! lunlary demonstrations prove more than any thing else,- pule unpopular tenets, that you may assume the merit of ; bow much the Liberator is beloved by all classes in this exposing tliem. Ethical writers teach us, that there is no i capital. falsehood more odious ihan such as is predicated upon cir-! The following day was appointed for all the authorities cumsiances, part of which are true—and no slander more af| d corporations tu pay their respects to His Exce'h ncy malicious, than when truth is perverted, and pressed into -‘“But this interview did not take place, on account of lus its service. The only palliation that could be offered for j being a good deal indisposed; and it was necessary to your knowingly misrepresenting this matter, may be found ; P»stpone it till the 16th. in the fact that a habit of prevarication and deception has j 0° the last mentioned day, the civil anlhorities, corpo- other views: your design was, and is, to excite the belief that the editor of the Federal Union was favorable to the doctrines contained in the article alluded to, because you suppose them to be unpopular in this S*ate. This latter insinuation you endeavor to support by asserting, that, “the communication, (Phocion) was published unaccom- paided'by any editorial remarks, and the presumption is therefore fair (hat the editors had no decided objection to it.” Now, sir, you will distinctly understand, my pre sent object is not a defence of the remarks of “Phocion;” Reduction of our Legisla- I lhc ? have ncvcr > ct , be f aS8 ,f , ed . s ,® “ 3 lo . rendcr lliat * 1 ‘ ,r,,,rc “ •»*>»«•*>'and it would be ulleto advance argu- not been attacked; of that production, is to be regarded more as an acknowledgement of your impotence so blunted the moral perceptions, as to render you incapa ide of appreciating motives of conduct, which find no abid ing place in your own bosom I apprehend the apology here offered, will not be considered as relieving you from Senate ” •rfj"' The Rural Cabinet set cis to fbink that the Troup p irlv i« clean-shaved, ready to be delivered into the hands of Philistines—as we find in it under date of July 31st, the follow ins r ‘‘Troupers to your posts—the Philistines be upon thee, 0 Sampson.” Sampson was mt delivered to his enemies, till shorn of Ids strength. If'h-• Cabin* t finds its friends in this ! predicament, we eau only say—so mote it be! j To Enquirer in the Recorder of the 24th July. J According to my promise in the last Federal Union, I j sir, using your own rule of evidence, it will not be difii- cced briefly to answer the enquiries contained in your [ cult to show that the Troup party are obnoxious to Ihe. ' same charge: for you will hardly deny that individuals of them entertain exactly such opinions as you impute to the Clark party. I will re for you to an Instance, lest your memory, which fails sometimes, should be tempted to do on this occasion—In the month of February last, a dis of ihe third Edition has arrived at one oft be Cost-Offices tinguished member of the Troup party, one >• ho has crcdi i .1 Georgia. “Or has Mr. Poihill introduced this sub- tubly filled the office of Judge of the Superior Courts of j. ct to widen the breach between the North and South in this State, .Tier perusing the article over the signature of j direct contradiction lo the motto or standard with which he appears before ihe public, that of the “Federal U- than an attempt at refutation. ] design to few of your own tergiversations; to fasten you by evidence that shall be “confirmation ooi3 ofholy writ,’ a.id then hold the mirror : (.duponyou. Here! must conclude this epistle, havingex up to nature,” that you may r.t leisure contemplate the j ., usted tinie and , pc;% but not “the argument.” I r< - atlitude in which j cur own folly, or something worse, has i 5crvr . ( 0 myself the right of continuing to trace your pro- placed you before the public. j ujn*ss through the dark windings of your erratic course, un- I will here digress one moment, to state a foci, connect- j , d motives which have influenced your unprovoked at- ed with the subject under review, which will go far to j be render; d as visible to the public eye, as they ap- shew the degree of fairness you are disposed to exercise J , 1c:ir ((J m jue. And here permit me to explain a point be- towards your political opponents, k ou assume as a tact, 1 |,j nd which, from the equivocating tenor of your course, I indeed make it the constant theme oi declamation, that. judge you would endeavor to take shelter. You may ask, the Clark parly have sympathised with 111! 1 Indians in their ', v ». v u. ig <|,j s cx >os.ition been n rations, public officers, and « great number of respectable* inhabitants, headed by th; Prefect ofJhe Department, pro ceeded to the residence of His Excellency, where were already assembled the Commandant General of the De- sufibrings; and that the Troup party to a man suppose they have been justly dealt with, and approbate the entire policy pursued towards them. To sustain ihe first posi tion, you bring forward the sentiments of Phocion. and charge them upon the leaders of the Clark party.—Now. Phocion,” very candidly obs reed, that it was certain !’qc S'ate policy toward the Indians, is at variance with the room” I answer no—mo«t certainlv not—far otherwise, dictates ol sound morality, and cannot bt justified Ly our You know, that mv exertions have been used to heal the reflections■—or words to that tflo t. Now, sir, this hun- unhappy divisions of sectional feeling. If you will alteu- ! cm effusion of the heart, I thought creditable lo the indi- tirely read the article complained of, a second time, you I vidual from whom it proceeded; anj has been adduced to fnony to tins position ... . . . . , , . . son” was their creed. Fort, F* zeman and \\ atson. will find great confidence cx*pressed in our Northern and ; snow that it individual opinions are to oe imputed to apnr- ri irkmen, were opposed by the fKcorefor, in Baldwin, j Western bre'hrcn. I deprecate all such attempts as you ; ly> that to which you claim affinity, is chargeable with on the gvound of their being in favor. ;T Iackson. j here insinuate against me, as the columns of every paper : what you deprecate in your opnonents. It is not possi- _Tha Clark p ;rty, still true to tin ir creed, insisted will show since i have been an Editor. Bat I need not! ble that you are ignorant of these individual dissentients, f all power in a re- endeavor to prove to you, whit you are already convinced ' and it is undoubtedly from no defect “of malice” in your cvfully : i 3 the truth. 1 will only observe, however, that this im-1 “composition,” that the same evidence upon which you ciousiy through the Recorder, i acquit your own parly, is found sufficient to condemn your breach i opponents. the j But, Sir, I have higher ground upon which to confront —I have other and more serious charges to exhibit— shall show lo your confusion, that your “composition” power in tnc nanus oi inese upposeis oi iuc punu- i ticn, i also say—;>o, .Vinaam, lar irotn it. nau mis i * 3 altogether 90 freed “malice,” as you are solicitous l ir will. The first election of G ;verncr Troup having been my object, I could have effected it long ago. The I lo inculcate the belief, beca effected by the most desperate efforts in the Lcgis- press has been at my control. But I did notdesirelo in- j Ir. behalf, then, of truth and justice, I charge you with l.iture, by the defection of a lew individuals seeking for i jure Mr. Burritt, nor to cast any difficulties aroaiud him j wilfully and knowingly violating both, by ascribing^ to the promotion, and perhaps by means still mere ccreopt and } more than an imperious sense of (be h ; gh duty I owed to Editor of the late Statesman, now Editor of the Federal reprehensible—the determination scenieu settled that thi-> I society required. Painful as was tins duty, I could not j Union, motivesand sentiments which you knew he did not ill-reV,tea no-ver must be preserved “at any and every haz- ! suffer my regard for one individual and his family to sev- > entertain, and by endeavoring to lorUty your insinuation *rd?” Tlie acquisition of o;r lands was made the hobby f e r all the solemn ties that bound me to my country and j by a perversion of circumstances and facts. Because t.ic ou which the race for power was thereafter to be rode.— \ my friends. Could I have shielded from your bosom and ariic.e signed Phocion was no commented on by the order h 'vever to gild the pill, it was necessary to ren- ' ihe heads of your little ones the blow that was necessarily t editors, you presume they ‘liad no decided objection to — rue vreu.K. »*•«* u™ .. m that the people were the true source cf all power ir public—till the thlc of public opinion rolled so powi ar-iinst their opponents, that they were reluctantly com-1 puia’ion comes most ungraciously through the Record; polled to surrender the election of Governor and Electors j which has been for years endeavoring to widen the brea •ut) the hands of the People. Believing that by this con- j you speak of. “Or can it be that he wishes to fan t ■pest of public opinion, the septic bad departed from i expiring embers upon the altar where his late dethroned j you—IS them, it was nerc a sury to make some desperate effort lo ! partner was somjiced?” TO this very serious imputa- j andshal Tctain power in tlm trends of these opposeisof the ponu- j ticn, I also say—No, Madam, far from it. Had this ! is not a! much of the moral turpitude involved in the course prov- i partment, with his staff, ami all the chiefs and officers of ' the garrison. The Prefect then addressed the Liberator in very affectionate and appropriate teims, to which his Excellency replied as follows: “I receive with the most profound gratitude the gener ous sentiments with which you honor rue, in the name of the inhabitants of this capital, whose principal authorities and public officers I see here assembled. I have a> lived, gentlemen, at this illustrious city, like a traveller, who can only stop long enough to make the necessary arrange ment lor continuing his journey. In leaving *ny country, to which I have devoted inybeat services, I am not igno rant that we have scarce!) begun to fu fil our duties to wards it, and that now its tranquility, prosperity and happiness, ought to he the objects ofour off iris, in .-.rotr' thatthe heroic sacrifices consecrated to its iml; perdence, may not be rendered useless. It would therefore be vety grateful to my feelings to be able to accompany you ?(;: , giving the first example of obedience to the authorities legitimately constituted, the only means of maintaining order and making liberty and all social blessings secure. Rot they accuse mo, gentlemen, of ambitious views, which although they are far from my heart, are by 3ome believed to be well founded. Under this pretence, a party has been organized which keep the Colombian people in a constant state of agitation. My remaining in 'lie repub lic under such circumstances, would afford abundnnl pre texts for the continuance of disc: ders. This is my opin ion, gentlemen, and I cannot resist my conscience. All the revolutions, and all the excesses, have hern laid to my charge; and even had every thing remained tran quil, suspicion would not have ceased to alarm those who lear my influence, or my supposed aspirations. Perhaps a long absence will extinguish jealosy. At least, time will ; place the government of Colombia on <r solid foundation, so that it may not think itself threatened bv any individu al nor subject Jo the hateful influence of factions. Then withoutdoubt, my absence would terminate, and (would return to the bosom ol this country, which I cannot leave without regret, after participating the benefits of inde pendence, and the glory of being subject only to a govern- made by any other than the Editor himself? The answer I give is this—The Editor of the Federal Union stands ir no need of any assistance to vindicate his course. This you know full well—but there are assailants, and means of attack, to which the honest indignation of virtuous sensibility, will not descend to reply. You have voluntarily assumed this attitude, and employed those means. You have selected as your weapon to assail him, an article published at my request; it devolves therefore as a duty upon me, to reply to your attack; not merely by vindicating the purity of motives which you have aspersed, but by setting forth the motives which influenced joufoa systematic course of detraction •nd misrepresentation, worthy the cause you advocate.— In ibis article l have adduced proof to show that you have, unprnvokedly, penciled facts for the purpose of inflicting injury—and consequently I have, so far, fastened upon you the charge preferred at the commencement of it. I now take leave of you with the promise to continue the inves tigation; exhorting you at the same time, to receive in patience and humility the punishment brought upon your self, and not, resorting to your usual mode of defence, talk much cf your extreme good nature; and after vitupe rating the reasoner, suppose you have refuted his reason ing. and overthrown his established facts- But lest you should be restive under (he prickings of conscience, I recommend to your especial attention the moral conveyed in an anecdote which lam persuaded has not ercaprda gentleman of your erudition—I mean the anecdote of the boy who having confessed to his mother that fear had restrained him from discharging his musket at a militia training, which by repeated loading now con- t ment constituted by ourselves. I ever great may be tained twelve cartridges, so enraged the old lady, that af ter bestowing upon the hopeful young soldier certain sig nificant appellations, she dischaiged the piece to the ter ror of the youth, who seeing her kicked over by the recoil of the gun, bawled out to her irom his hiding place, “lie stilt mother, there arc eleven more to come yet!” Yours with all due regard, PHOCION. .for the people disafiect. d towards the General Govern- | given, mn.-t gladly would I have.done so. I would say j it.” Yju well know, that the Statesman & Patriot has ynenl. Ctark hail loq our luJiao Sands without, tiny . much—*-u.s 1 have felt, much, ou this subject—but l fear always be^n conducted upon a system of liberality, which collreipD with th.-? authorities of the tjnion. But Troup ! that you cannot diilv appreciate my sympathies. I will not made its columns accessible to communications conlain- rred his coadjutor* were not * itisfied with their acquisition i therefore wound your feelings, nor open anew the ave*, Dig sentiments widely variant fiom those of its eddors. in an amicable maon* r, unless they could also retain i ones of my own, by dwelling on this branch of this pain- their political power and crush t’reir opponents. The poo- j f d dutv —The residue of your communication is not in p!c were then-fore induced to believe, that tve had arrived 11 tiie interrogative stylo. But as it contains very grave .t a period of oppression iv.ir.-e than colonial vassalage, j charges egaiiret me, 1 am bound to reply. Indeed were hv that very adinini'iralion of tue General Government vvhicn the Troup leaders h id brought into power, by np- ”a«inT Mr. Crawford and Mr. Adams to President Jack- son. ' They succeeded in this project, step by step, till wc were called on by the Governor tu ''stand bv one arms'’ r.'rainst tl>e authorities of the Untun; and the minds of some of the prop! had been so embittered by their artifi ce*? as lo respond to the call. These rash measures wire artf-d'y colored by a pretended regard fur the interests of Georgia, when her in'; rests r q nred no such li gfihanded measures; 1 istorv most unupivmml'.y prove. By 'h;sc means ; cv -r a lean nrejuri'.y was obtained for Governor Troup, at : first election b. tore the people. had bpen thus effected, d principles, but But though tie: election of Troop had bt not from an approbation uf his p h'tca it not for this part of it, I should have suffered it to' puss unnoticed, as it regarded yourself, I must therefore say 10 you, yon have been most erroneously informed, if yon have been told that “public sentiment is already against me” in this matter. There never was an act more uni versally approbated by the community interested in it.— But you speak of my “riding lo the high places of politi cal fame”—and “covc-irg up motives of self-interest and aggrandizement”—You knotty Madam, that I enga- g d in the editorial department with your husband at his a» our previous and subsequent - earnest solicitation:—I presume you know it—If you do not, I now inform you of it. I will also inform you, that bis political supporters advised him to this coarse—the ob ject of ibis yon very well know.—Perhaps, however, you iio not know that for months past, and even betore hi.*. Tiicy professed a willingness to furnish the people with materials proper to elicit truth, on all questions of impor tance, political, literary, and theological, of general inte rest; in the execution of which purpose, many articles be longing to each department must have been'inserted, From which they necessarily difi’ rcd in opinion, unless you can suppose them according with all, however opposite in sen timent and design. That you knew this, you will not de ny, uni ss, as on a former occasion, you seek lo escape the charge of prevarication by the pica of ignorance. If you have been as cartful to preserve all the numbers cf the Statesman & Patriot, as you have those selected to subserve your particular design, by turning to the one printed on the tenth day of August, 1828, you will find nn article over the sign a'arc of “Pubticola” on the subject of the tariff, the concluding paragraph of which reads thus. “But should this hope tart us—should ?i.e next Congress refuse a repeat—should it riv.-t more strongly the chuins forged for us by the last; and should the gloom of futurity , f. om wh it some ol the pcop o • er>- ( U. ! y induced to bt- j M y determination early in the spring, became set- Jicvc was a c’uvahic regard for the interests of Georgia, j tied to do so. I had en'ered into a negotiation at lire minds of the people bad noi become poisoned to rucli j that time for t!» - purchase of a house from a professional an extent, as to destroy entirely the voice of Jackson’s old ! gentleman, with a vimv to retire to the. exclusive practice friend 2 in tlie Legist iture. A number of ihe Mini! conn- j of my profession. We did not agree on the price, and I sent, and sHll continue to send, a sulTi :ient number of J went.o Licon to complete another arrangement more (as Burritt left here I had a design of quitting the establish- j extinguisn the last ray of hope that tlie calamity will be * removed—in such ease, a recurrence to first principles must be the dernier resort. The Union is dear to us, but our Liberties are still dearer.” You will remember at tins period the Statesman was accused of advocating the Tariff; J\ ullification.-—We puhlish today art article on the subject of Nullification, from the South ern Patriot. This is the doctrine which is now proclaimed by the disaffected of South Caro lina, in the place of “Disunion/’ and tve are pleased to perceive evidence, which (he arti cle in question furnishes, I hat, South Carolina herself, contains yet in her own bosom, men, true to the cause of (heir country, and who may themselves achieve for that State, the honor of stifling, in their bud. the germs cfdis- loyaltv that have unfortunately sprung up in ber sod. The mode in which the Disunionrsfs flow propose to resist tlie operation of the larifflaws oftlie Government and to which is given this name of Nullification, is the following—The Merchant is to receive his imported articles find give Iiis bonds; they become duo, pay ment is to be refused, suit will be commenced; the trial comes cn*, the judge charges the jury that the bonds are given without a sufficient the sacrifice on niv part, l make it for the country, and if it give to that country the repose which it need*, I shall think myself infinitely compensated.” Carthagena, July I.—On Monday a schooner anchor ed in the bay from* Rio Cbico, a Province of Caracas, via Cnracoa and Rio Haelie, having on board Mr. Jose Mi guel Maeliadoy commissioned by the chiefs and inhabi tants of that circuit to bring to the Lib rator the news, or rather the declaration, made by (fie people of Venezuela, in favor cf the integrity of the Republic, the Constituent Congress, and the government which was in power at the time of the scandalous proceedings ia Caraccas on the ‘25th November, Extreme Heat.—For the last eight or fen days the temperature of the an* in this city, which too, seems not to have suffered so much as New-It ork an-J Boston, has l>2en exceeding ly oppressive^ We know not ever lo have- found a more trying season of hot weather tu South Carolina or G?orgt.i —Col. Star. Yi.-s check ;» believe) to niv advantage. Indeed my determination and it certainly then, as to the last moment of its duration, denounced disunion, and the noisy proceedings liiat were then agitated, and considered precursors of that evil.— fccua'orsto preserve a power which op; r Viren the power of t.Kiir oppressor*, ami a safe g-o.rii of I and my inclinations wt re so fixed on this subject, that I! This article by “Publicola,” of which the quotation above the rights of the thinly pt< pled counties. j had told my friends that I could not remain—and 0 n | * 8 a sample, contained such seniimenfs as were extremely Sensible of this state .'filings, tii“ rupanfy of the Troup \ warm solicitations, I consented, but an hour or two before I congenial to the temperature of the times, and diametri- ■leadrrs could a it b.: satisfied wnh any thing shuit i.f the , Vie sa't of the Press, to continue—reserving ‘o myself the ; cally opposite lo those maintained by the Statesman, and total uf.'n-ir <’pp '-neats. tVhrte th< v oppose j right to r; tire whenever .a successor could be procured, | known by you to be so maintained—yet we find tlie Edi- consolUalion in ihe General Oovai i.ir re;!, they openly ami ! W |io would lie acceptable to the patrons of the Press. All j for “waiving his privilege of rejecting the article altogeth- nvowcdly uw'ict “ n ir * State pfoiifos. I he Georgia | these things are susceptible of proof in Vlillegdeville, Ma- I er>” and even refraining from offering a single comment Journal of May 22d s..ys-‘ Lei every thing yield lo the Ci)ll nll j Clinton, by ihe first gentlemen and ladies in the '•?«« it From these facts would you presume that he ' “ three towns. Hoping that this will satisfy you in regard bad “no decid. d objection to it?” Will you profess to j to my feehngs end views—that it will convince you that I : believe that approbation realm inert comment? No, Sir, am still vonr friend, and would go as far as mv abilities j y ou W *H o'* s0 5 because, to identify the opinions of would permit me in aiding you and relieving the anguish j the Editor with a popular doctrine, would not accord with f the I 43 feiy- l/»e con solid «:*»» and the peinctimy Hence a rc e ori w.is in ntr. Iimt tu argument in tl.e public prints, and h'-n to attempts in the L gishiture, to assein- *%lc a Convcn'iun ‘.lie sec ret object of which Ins been •ftroughout, a cons did rtioii of the .strength of (lie Troup •any>by organizing the small and thinly settled counti «■ Into Senatorial Districts, so as l i break dow n their milu- 4li>nce in the political p ;wcr of tliu stale. Bo*, this veil w as 4&00 thin lo conceal tlie real ohj-ot which it covered; nod ■ the convention was, at h-ngth, toted down in tlie Ltgisla- i-1ure. Ti.us we see what exertions have been nt .do to put [ “ Jo'.vn the political influence uf a particular parly, or part Uf the citizens of Georgia. 2d. L ct. nr briefly sec the feelings which have been lanif-sted toward the relative rights oi the Counties. In this Ihe weaker counties are .ill interested as it rn- tsrds their corporate p ivili-ges, apart from ihcir political iifluencc, stri; tt) so called. It is true, that these run in to each other—as uo the exertions made fur ihe-.r dowu- foU. But all the counties h ive cons'ituti *nal .rights and ire alleoa.alty interested io then., .and unless the Coii Ctitutian guarantees to tlicui a n^ht to be near.I romt*-1 ►here in supp >ri >if their local amLpolitical interests, tiu.-j could be subject to entire prostration. Indeed, where maid be tlie necessity of creating counties, if they ore hot to have equal lights, and a voice in the government In their corporate characters. This is a branch of our phede Repub.ican system. Thus Rhode Island and Del aware have the same power in ,,ie Senate, as N;:w York knd Vireinia. VVe go for County rights as well as State fights but understand us—we do not think them unlimit- td sovereignties, having the right of nuUficalion—but we Wc they will not by their own votes suffer themselves to h nullified.— All the history given above applies to this >rnncl/of the subject. VVe shall men'iononlya few ar- guments or instances peculiarly applicable to tiie elu cidation of Ibis 2d ground of the discussion—though ma re more might be adduced. We refer, first, to Governor Forsyth’s toast given on the 4>li of July 1829. His Ex- fcelte.ncy, being at the head of a party, may be taken as rood evidence on this subject. This was his toast A Ipeedy change in that pari of our State Constitution, iich makes political pencer depend upon space instead ol oputalion.” Bui one construction can be given to this. DIED, In MillcdgCvirte on the morning of the 5ih inst. Col. Robert R. Rukfin, aged 42 years. His disease, ihe dropsey of the heart .nd lungs, was lingprrng, and txero- tiatmg bey/mu df-sCription. His death was sudden, ‘.ho’ not unexpected.- A few minutes’before his exit, he co,n« versed with entire ralion.iiiiy. Col. Ruffin was an offi cer in the Army during the late war with Great Britain. After having b' eii some lime in the service, he was made Aid to Gen. Gaines, ami was engaged in s<*ve- al battles.— consideration, and the jury find for the defend-1 ^! e * n " a brilT ^.°fficer—a gentleman eS b*gh and hovers- . r t. „„,i • ” ", r , , , ble foe!mg?, tie was retained on the Peace evabli-h* ,.ut, ..nd in ctl-eof appeal, the farce has only j ment, uhich was a very honorable testimory ot h:s mrli- to be re-acted. 1 his plan, sav they, will ena-1 t-arycharaciei andstending. His feelings were warm and ble them to resist peaceably; every thing mnv I sincere—his attachment to his friends immovable. Du- go on barmonionsfy as before, and they will be I rinJ ’ t!ie * lltter P art of his idness, he.spoke of death with „ . .• i • J great composure—said that he looked to the merits of the relic ed from f heir hardens.: [ Saviour for his hopes beyond th? grave} and was entirely ihe brieiest examination of this subject, : resigned to the approach of death. It was gratifying to bis shows, that tlie adoption of this principle into , friends to see the attention.paid him during his tedious Ihe Stale Governments, would bring about a ! illr, e 8S a » d extremesu&rings;—and tfw'nomerousat- virtnal .lis.oln.ion of the Federal Compact,! and we cannot entertain a doubt, charitably as j folofthe soldier, who had fought ihe battles of his country, j we arc disposed to our fellows, that its adro-| He has left a bereaved widow and two fine boys to ilie cates are either ignorant or wicked men. jp care0 * a kmd and indulgentFrovWence. of vonr situation—and that I mnv never again be compel- ! yo’u designs; resembling, in this respect, those reptiles led to answer charges preferred by a lady, that natural history informs us, seek such food only, as lam your friend, JOHN G. POLHILL. contributes the poison they delight in communicating to Augest I4tli, 1830. >0*0" their victims. 5 have bad reference lotbis particular in stance, because the production was ray own, and thecir- fmporlant, if —The Augusta Chronicle contains m extract from a Maine paper, stating—that Gen. Web- within my own knowledge. Many other instances of a South-Carolina has a right to nullify a law of the\Gcneral Government that it conceives one rous, so has every other State; and then, wher ever a doubt can be artfully raised as to the! constitutionality of a Ijjw, the several States j will abide by or resist it, as it serves their im- cumstances connected wkb its publication, were placed n>e( Ji;,ie interest. But the curse will not stop iiriiliin mv mtiD KiiftW PliP'ft. lYi.iliV ftlhi r nf n . * sti-r tvlio was appointed to take the census has been driv- ;-q back nnd compelled to desist from his duty, in the ter ritory claimed by ihe British, and that the authorities of New Brunswick have exiended their jurisdiction over the disputed territory. Here i« .another IS'arihern cause, of war for Dr. Cooper. Woii’dn’t it be better at once to give up all Jf eir England, to gratify the Doctor and ids friends, than lo insist on our rights? —OG;n:oG— William Schi st, Esq. and Dr. Tomlinson Fort, have been appointed Trustees of Franklin College. ICP* The following young ladies have correctly parsed tlie sentence propounded nt Miss Benuam's examination, without assistance. VVe are again compelled to express our high gratification at these manifestations of genius, industry and commendable ambition. VVe hope our young friends will pardon our want of gallantry for thrusting them out of cur columns of last week to make room for our selves. Miss Paiience Barrow, Mary Jinn Buffington, “ Mary J. Stovall., . Jlmanda Day, “ Sarah M. Stubbs, Talba H. E. Gindrat, “ Antoinette Jl. C. Fleming, Elisabeth A. Darnell. —zz:z:zx— |t^=> VVe have received the fir-tand second numbers of the Journal of Law, “conducted by an association of Members oftlie Bar” of Philadelphia. From the cursory view a pressure of business has enabled us to take of this periodical, we find it contains matter useful to the profes like kind occur, and among ot’urs r.re known to you.— The Editors of tlie Statesman, from a sense oftlie duty im posed by their situation as public journalists, frequently admitted to their columns articles rejected by other edi tors, some of which were political essays, and their au thors Troup men! They acted upon the principle, that freedom oj Ihe Press is not merely words without mean ing; that all have a right to be Iteard. They gave to the public intelligence of all kinds, original, and selected, without mutilating it to suit their own predilections party views. They altered nothing, they suppressed nothing; and their opponents often availed themselves of a liberali ty they have not even j-et brought themselves to imitate. These faets you have carefully neglected to notice, be cause they could not be perverted to serve your purposes. You would not tell the people that the Editors of the Statesman published essays against the Tariff, because you designed, when it suited y»ir eonvenience. to charge them with being Tariffites. And you would not copy from that paper these articles, because you intended, for party purposes, to copy such as you thought more unpop ular, and place them to the account, not only of the Edi tors, but of the leaders of the Clark party, and the party itself. In the same spirit of determined misrepresenta tion, you lately taunted the Editor of the Federal Union, with having published tlie “first speech of Mr. Webster, and the second speech of Mr. Webster,” without having the frirness to state that the speech of Gen. Hayne was also published, and subsequently, that of Mr. Livingston. You did this for tlie purpose of giviag plausibility to the ehargeyou held in reserve to use on some more favorable tw ' ca *; o * , i t**. 1 tbtse speeches of Mr. 'Veb.ler were .el..*,-1 compact, if the principle «e It caffbe ite„on application «this office. . I cd nccoutp of :he;r conform!'? to *»■ of tic Editor A JijcuSS should obUltk—MMc Regular. here; there will never be wanting demagogues who think they perceive their individual ele vation, in the separation of their own sections from the confederation; and the wiiy aspirants will be constantly at work, in persuading the people, of the grievousness of every public measure, that is in the least susceptible to be represented as an evil; no arts will be unem ployed to bring about a nullification, if for no other purpose, to produce universal disaffec* tion and discontent; and the General Govern ment must finally sink, for mere want ot' force to sustain itself That a Government reduced to the condition, of making laws without the power to enforce them upon the several mem bers whence it draws its authority, must pre sently tumble into pieces, is as certain as that an edifice must fall, whose foundations are moved away. What would be more ridicu lous than an association of persons, instituting themselves a body for certain purposes; making laws to govern the several members, to the end in view, and introducing a condition, that they should obey them or not »9 they happen ed to please—Yet such would be the position nwaacwBwabij'M Executive Department, Georgia, } Milledgeville, Vith August, .S'50. y BEAT difficulty amt confusion having ari>ci: tiom ™ ^ the manner in which Regim n!.il C ;iiri for . t iiici^ty'.n of Regimental, Battalion and Company Dis tricts, and the want of knowledge at the EXecn'ire CfiLv of the proceedings of such Com-ts, wherei-y it h. s > .> :en happened that persons have bten improper!? eoRi.’Tiirei.jn- ed both as Civil and Military Officers—That such evils may no longer exist, it is ortDsrtna, That whenever, hereafter, a Regimental Court shaft be held for the puipose of creating or altering any Regimen tal, Battalion or Company District and such* District or Districts be actually created or altered by such Court, that theprcsi ing officer cause a copy ofiis proceedings to be made out and transmitted to Executive Office:—li is further Ordered, That said Courts cause to be, stated distinctly in their proceedings, ihe number, gr ide end names of each Military Officer residing in such neivlv created district or districts, and also those the lines of which are altered by them, and especially where nre- Com pany Districts are formed that the number art! names of Justices of the Peace residing therein, and the r,; :-r of the Company District to which such Jc^tice ci Justice? of the Peace had previously belonged, By the Governor: EVERETT HAMILTON PfF.RCE, Secretary. GEORGIA, Walton county. W HEREAS, Robert M. Echols and Cuiuarine Phil lips apply tome for Letter* of Administration or the estate of Zichariah Phillip*, late of said county, d.c’d. This is thn efure to cite the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to appear at ruy office within the rime prescribed by lew, to file their objections, if any they have, why sayt Utters should iqd be granted. Given under my band, this 9th August, 1530. .J&SSE MITCHELL, c. e. August 14 v # fit