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MILLEDGEVILLE :
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1S3I
’i'ne communication of our rcspecitd correspondent
“Furt Gaines” dated I6ih January, did not resell us till
yesterday, lie will perceive that occurrences since that
lime render its publication unnecessary.
Tbe Southern Recorder of Thursday last seems to
have gotten into a great pet, because we noticed a rumor
w^lnd heard that V!r. GilvI-'R would decline a re-elec-
tion. T ic Recorder Ins n > doubt taken full satisfaction
of is, by averitig tint it, bad not beard the rumor, and
that ‘‘Mr. Lumpkin had declined the honor intended for
hi n liy hisfiienls”—a piece of information which we
gave to the public by Mr. Lumpkin's own letter. IVc
nre now happy in being enabled, upon the authority of
the Reorder, to annotmee that Georgs R. Gilmer does
not dricluid a re-election—and we are not sorry to bear
it. Let it also lie remembered that Thomas Mayses, of
Hancock, is also a candidate—and, we are not sorry for
tbut either.
_ By a letter from a certain “wealthy and intelligent
county” we learn—“that if the contest was between him
mil Gd^icr, that he, U.ivues, tvuul 1 receive a majority of
the votes of this county.”
The Puffing System—Two communications have ap
peared in the pap rs, one at M icon, the other at Augusta,
so identical in style and sentiment, as to indicate that 'hey
are from the same pen. They both recooimeod George
JM. Troup, fur Governor. This, we believe, is not a nao
thing auuiv our opponents—but it is certainly a new tray
of ’ stressing public opinion “from various parts of the
: State”
JACKSON—CALHOUN—CRAWFORD.
These are three distinguished names—and the last in
the order in which they stand, is in the 4v.pnlitivc de
gree—a distinction by no means cnviabl in ihe discus
sion to which we fall the attention of our readers.
It is generally known to our readers that there has
been un unh -ppy difference between the tw„ first < ffictrs
of our government. Jackson and Caliioun, hi relation tu
the part said to h ive been taken by the Utter in the meet
ing of the cabinet under 'Ir. Monroe’s administration, to
determine on the course to be pursued towards Generai
Jack-on for having taken certain "pani-Ji posts m Florida
during the Seminole war. Tins meeting took pl.ice in .1 u
Jy iSlS, while Mr. Calhoun was Secretary of war. Much
has bo ii said both in public and priv.de itspt cling the di
visions of (he cabinet on that occasion. Ai d it now ap
peals that certain ''plotters aud contrivers’ hare been at
work, for a seik-s of years, to produce a rupture between
tie se distinguished gentlemen. This object has at last
been effected, and one of the mo-t impoi taut aii.i dignified
re I ittoiis bctwi on officers and individuals has been broken
ofi by intrigue.
In tbe United States’ Telegraph of the I7tli ult. Mr.
Calhoun has sj .mulled to liis c. n.'tiloenls, so much of this
Unhappy difficulty between himself mid the President, as
lit thought sufficient to clear m< the aspersions attempted
to be cast upon liis private and ofiieiil reputation. In com
ing before the country in this manner, Air. Calhoun states
“that there tire strong reus ms against it, I feel and ac
knowledge; but I also feel the most thorough conviction
that tin- sacred obligation to vindicate my character, iin
peached, as it has been, in one of the most important in-
cid- nts if my i.fa, far outweigh all other consider ilioiis.”
We rtgre. that nur limits do not permit at this time to
give li.e whole of the correspond nee and documents—hut
vve think wito the United States’Telegraph, that “Mr.
Calhoun’s vindication will he perfectly satisfactory” tn
tiic people of the. United States—and that the “plotters
and contrivers” “have incurred-a weight of responsibility
frjni wltich there can be no escape.”
The c mse of tins rup’itre seems to he that the Presi
dent lias been indued to believe, how correctly we will
rj d say—that Mr. C .litoun, undir the guise cf continued
ifilen-lsiiip, has acted wills insincerity and dnplici y to-
Varu him.
Such a rapture between the two highest furrri'n.ri s
of our government, wo must seri msly deplore. M e lu-
11 n 1 li t malignity find deadly hatred of purpose which
lets thus coolly and cilculiitiiigly brought u stigma upon
tile character of bur country. Let the m lelimators an-
ewer tu ill ur country firtiiis disgrace. Let the true, ori
ginal, in I ’rod frien ts of Genera I Jackson I »ok welt tu
the past ff.rts usd uuticipulcd cousequi nccs of.-us-Ii dark
intrigues. Nor would it be useless to the Pr. sub-nt him-
seift.il i.>k la ic icti of these eleventh-hour friends—;>r< -
i .nded I., odd — .wno huv a z .I o iscd upon th it kind
uf knowledge which seeks the down-fail of its tui’-inie*.
while it look , wi la an eagle’s lye, to its own promotion
vtjvui the r urn. it iiu* t HVcted.
Tae polt'icai nineliiii ttions of liie last twHvr years be
gin to develop* tiieRiselvei*—nor do-s tli d v I r enieni
pi .ce Ihe ’'radical chief” in a very cnviatde py it; on before
t is country. Tiiul wl.irh was d lie m seer, t, b. inns to be
• t .pn>c! timed upon the house-tops. Mr. Crawford and his
.< «:onfederates, we repeat, have an awful weight of resp.' ii-i
* hiliiy hanging, like a millstone, around their necks. They
B once d'fcatfcd Hie election of General laiksun, ana should
,, their contrivances endanger it the second time, they will
I add infinitely to lire debt already du< to thtir eountiy.
Not having it in our power to give such an epitome oi
I the facts as will place live su ject, in .11 its hearings, he*
I fore the people of Georgia, we shall content ourselves u.
present, with giving u bin f sketch of what We deem the
mail: features of the plot—those p trticuiarly which most
interest the Georgia reader. Hereafter tve shall lay the
facts fully ii fore t!ic public.
The d icufi.ents tefor- us, substantial d by the fi st men
in our country, shew W illiam II. Crawford to have been
lit tiie hotioin of tne whole itfftir—and that he bus been,
for years, industriously at work to set General Jackson
-tind Mr. Caliioun fit variance- In that altciipl he has,
-at length, succeeded—while his own expressions and let
ters shew that he was himself the secret enemy, all the
while, of General Jackson. In a conversation in the pr,
sence of Mr. McDuffie, in Edgefield in the summer of
I8t8, after the cabinet inerting, Mr Crawford stuted tbit
Mr. Calhoun “had been in favor of an inquiry into Genera
-al Jacksiin's conduct, and that lie (Mr. Crawford) was
A Ike only member of the cabinet, that concurred with mm.”
In a conversation with Air. Garnett, form-rly in Congress
from Virginia, vlr. Crawford sain—“ General Jackson
ought to be condemned”—It w as a strong expression, a nil
Air. G lrnelt nut d it down in his j lurn ii.
tVlien we turn to Mr Crawford’s letters, gnarled as
one of them seemed designed to be, vve find him condemn-
■; ed hy hi. own pen. In a letter o Alfred Bulrh, E q. of
Tennessee, (luted 14th December, 1827, Mr Crawlord
writes—“Ttie vote of the State of Georgi a will, as cer
tainly as that ol'Tennessee, be given for Gen. ral Jackson
yu opposition to Mr. Adams. The only difficulty that this
| ;3tate has upon the subject, is that, if J act,son is elided
-Calhoun will come into power.” “If you can ascertain
that Calhoun wiii not be benefited by Jackson's election,
: you will do him (Ijckson) a benefit by communicating
that information tome. Make wb.it use you please of this
teller, and shew it to whom you please.” la the same
letter, Crawford stales—that a certain individual (left
blank in the copy) bad written tu him, “tii.it Jacka ii
ought to know, and if he does not, tic shall know, that at
the Calhoun caucus in Columbia, the term, “Military
C iioftii i,” vis banded about m ire flippantly than by H.
Clay; an I that the funily friend* of .Mr. Calhoun wi- e
— mast active in giving it currency—and a Ids, “I know
personally that Mr. Calhoun favored Mr Adams’ pre
tensions until Mr. Clay declared for him.” I’liis Mr.
Calhoun fl tly contradiels, saying, there was, at lltul
time, no f.itther intercourse between him and .Mr. Craw-
furl th in mere ordinary civilities.
In a letter to Mr Forsyth, (which has been shewn to
the President) dated 30lli April, 1830—.Mr. Crawford
writes—
“ludeed my own views on the subject had undergone u
material change after the cabinet had been convened.—
IMi. Calhoun made some allusion to a l< tter the General
had written to tbe President, who had forgotten that he
bad received such a letter, but said, if he had received such
an one, he could find it; and went directly to bis cabinet &
brought the letter out. In it General Jack-on approved of
the determination of the Government to breakup Amelia
{eland and Galv<2town, and gave it also as his opin
ion that the Florida* ought to he taken by tbe Uni
ted States. He add d, it might be. a delicate matter for
the Executive to decide; but if the President approved of
it, he had only to give a hint to some confidential member
of Congre*3, say hihnny Ray, and he would do it, and
take the responsibility upon himself* I asked the Presi
dent if the letter had been answered. He replied no; for
that be had no recollection ol having received it. I then
said that I had no doubt that General Jackson, in taking
Pensacola, believed lie was doing what the Ex cutivi
*fsb«<h After that loiter was produced, unanswered, I
should have opposed the inflictidfl of punishment upon
the General, who had considered the silence of the Pres
ident as a lacit consent, ytt it was al'lef this letter was
produced and read, that Mr. Calhoun made hjs proposi
tion to the cabinet for punishing the General. •
“I do nut know that I ev. r hinted at the letter of the
General to the President; yet that letter had a most im
portant bearing upon the deliberations cf the cabinet, at
k-UKt in my mind, and possibly in tbe minds of Mr. Ad
ams and the President; but neither expressed any opinion
on lie suhj« ct. It seems it had none upon the mind of
Mr. Calhoun; for it made no change »u his conduct.”
In reviewing the expressions of Mr. Crawford before
Mr. McDuffie in the summer of J8l8, and that before
vlr. Garnett that Jackson ought to be condemned—in
connection with (he letters to Caleb and Fursytb, it re
quires but ordinary penetration to perceive that Mr.
Crawford himsell has shewn that, not only at the time of
tb * cabinet consultation, but afterwards, he was the ene
my of Geucrul Jackson, and that he pursued the surges
lions ol his hatred with a malignity deadly as death, and
a perseverance untiring ns time, till the voice of the na
tion placed the lltro beyond the reach of his poisoned
shafts. Arid though Mr. Calhoun has not disguised his
fii‘6t impressions in the cabinet meeting, and has ever
since, till the rupture, been the decided public and private
advocate of tbe General—yet Mr. Crawford, who in the
cabinet “concurred” with Mr. Calhoun, and lias been
since, ihe covert prosecutor and public enemy of the Presi
dent, lie endeavors to ward cfi'lhe censure ol public opin
ion by throwing the charge of opposition in the cabinet
and out of it, upon Mr. Caliioun. Nay, Mr. Cr«wford
went farther,—He rested his support of General Jackson
(if it was ever yielded in any way) by ins own showing,
upon tiie ground that Calhoun was not to Ic benefit!ed by
Jackson’s elevation. “The only difficulty (says Craw
ford tu Mr. Balcli). hat Georgia has upon the subject (of
supporting Jackson) is, that if Jack son should be elected,
( nlhoun will come into power”—and,—“If you can as
certain that Calhoun ;.iti nolbe benefited t.y Jackson’s
election, you will do him (Jackson) a benefit by commu
nicating tin: inf iritiaU.ui to me ” The fair and plain in-
le-prot.Uikjn of all which is, that if Calt-vuin vva*- tobe bene-
fitted hy Jackson's election, he, Mr. Crawford, would see
that the electoral votes of Genigia, and of sucb other
''talcs a? he c )uti control, should nolbe given for Jackson
Mlu* dues not remember that the m donations of Craw
fnd, V an Burcn, &Co. defeat-<1 Jackson’s first election?
Whodocsnui remember tbe ilespeiatc exertions made In
dr. Crawford’s friends about that time, to keep the e!fc-
tion of electors from the people of Georgia, whose voice
could not be Cuiitr- lied, while scattered over the Stall—
and in retain it, against tiie people’s will, in the L- g.sla-
ii:rc where Mr. Cranford’s forces could bedrilied in «>m
iiizlM? v\ ho has forgotten the sudden polii -cal conver
sions that happened about that time, when u certain dec
ent,i-hiur Ci an tmditc Was mat!* a Senator in Congress,
and subsequently, Attorney Genera! of the United Stales?
Though much has been brought to light—though we have
in imperfect clue—yet vve can see, but see as yet but faint
ly, the pr.ests of the mystery in their dark robes. Much
yet remains to be told. Tiie fifth act of the ’rngedy is
yet b< hind the curtains—and time may unravel the whole
plot.
IVe hove already shewn,by the statements of McDuf
fie and Garnett, that Mr. Crawford was the ‘'iiemy cf
Gen. Jackson after tiie adjournment of the cabinet meet
mg. In addition to the*c, the opposition to General
Hickson by Mr. Colib, the warm friend and advocate
of Mr Crawford—the introduction by him ol Resolu
tions into Congress to inquire into the Generals conduct—
and the unmeasured abuse of Jackson which teemed from
the Craw ford pres-es—files of certain p ipers now in Md!-
tdgeTill;*—all go to shew most conclusively, that not only
Mr. Crawford, but his “family friend” and political as
sociates were the inveterate jjpeznit-a of G< ner.<l Jackson,
inti were anxious o destroy his well earned popularity at d
influence. All this it was in the power of Vlr Ci.uvforu
to have prevented; but it did not suit his purposes to do so.
Pursuing this 9tibj c. back to the moment of the cabi
nrt consultation, let ns now see how Mr. Crawford’s own
leibrs shew bi« opposition to Gennal Jackson at the date
of that consultation. Mr. Crawford, in his letter to F r-
syHi, aeknowl; dges that liis own views find undergone a
“niaterid change jfti r the cabinet had conventd ” Of
0 *rse before it had convened, his “views” must have
been in l*iv<>r of punishing the General. What then pro-
d ir. d this ’'materialchange” of his opinion?' Here is an
effect for which there must have be> n a cause, lie sHedges
that cause to have been the letter, in>-mioned abovi from
lack.son to President Monroe, which had noi been answe r
ed by vlr. viunroc,but which he says was produced & rend
h f re the rabine’—In which Gen. lackson *-£ . vr it as hi
opinion that •h’ 1 F’oridas ought to be taken by the United
Sut s ” As this letter forms a promiriet trait in the case,
it cU-st-rv's p iticular atUnlion—Mr. Cranford seems t
huv thoughts '—f rlievrHrtn Mr. Adau.s to prov< tint
it was b- lore th cabinet—And in bis exti'cine anxiety t
"Xfulpate hi mse if, he s ales that “thathttei had a most
impoitavl bearing upon thedi liberations of tbe cabinet”—
but he -idd—“it seems it had n t upon Mr. Calhoun; f. i
it made no change i:i liis conduct”—And a m tdenco o>
Tvo before, he says, ‘-it vv >s af’*-r ibi ■ letter n-;is product'
and rend, that Air Calboun u ad" liis prnposi'iou t tb
cabin.-.t for punishing the General.” It is worthy of »«
m irk here, how much stress Mr. Crawford lays ur-oo th
fl‘ ct produced by this I tter, in order to show liiat he ii <
n excuse for his prstended change of opinion, which die
nuloperatc upon Mr. Caliioun Bn! m^st unforiiinate’y
for Mr Crawlord, his statements about this li ter, in con
section with the testimony of Mr. Monroe, Mr. Wirt,
md Mr. Adams, furnish, if not Mr. Calhoun’s exculpa
tion, alieast the utter condemnation of Mr. Crawford him
seif, and a complete refutation of all that he has said a
bout it. If no s.ucli letter was before the cabinet, and ( s
• ir. Crawford affirms) Mr. C.ilb 'unmade his propositi.u
’•> punish 'he General, after the letter was "produced ai d
read”—it follows im-vit bJy, that Mr C'Iboun did not
make such a proposition—& this is confirmed by Mr. Wilt’s
statein- nt, that punishment bad not been proposed by
• ny one, unless an inquiry into the General’« official c n-
duct ran be regarded a* punishment. Mr. Wirt does not
even shew that a reprimand in any form, was m vcd. If it
-iiould appear that no such letter was before the cabine",
where will be M-. Crawford’s apology furtive gross imputu
lion upon Mr. Calhoun, and w here the false pre'entes Op-
"ii which he predicates this “material change” of his
views? They vanish like the pesliient fogs - f the morning,
before the rays of truth, and leave Mr. Crawford strip!
of ihe dark gauze covering **f his own manufacture —
.Vo such letter was before the cabinet!/— For says Air.
Monroe—
“The letter was laid aside .and forgotten by me, and 1
never read it until after the conclusion of the war, and
then I d.d it on an intimation from you that it acquired ns>
attention. You ask whether that letter was before the
cabinet in the deliberation on the despathes received trom
the General, communicating the result of that war, or al
luded to by any member in the administration. My impres
sion decidedly is that it was not b- fore the cabinet, nor do
1 recollect or think that it was alluded to in the delibera
tion on the subject. Had it been, I could not, I presume,
have forgotten it. I received the despatches referred to
here, and had in ide up iny mind before I left home as to
the part I ough’ to take in reference to its management,
especially if 1 should be supported in tie opinion formed
hy tiic administration. That support was affoxled it, and
1 pursued the course which my j ulgeim-nt dictated, with a
view to the honor and interest >1 my country, and tiie hon
or of the General who commanded.”
Mr. Wirt says—
“The letter from General Jackson to President Monroe,
therein mentioned is entirely new t-» me. According to
die description of the letter given of it in the extract, it is
•me of so singular a character, thM, if it hud ; n exhibit
ed nt any meeting at which I was present, I think I could
not have forgotten it.
“I think that if such a letter Lad been produced ami
read in my presence, I should have retained nome recol
lection of it; whereas it strikes ’no, in the description, as
a thing perfectly new, and of which I never henrd before.
“I have no r.-coHection that punis meut hud been pro
posed hy any one, unless an inquiry into the official con
duct of the general can he regarded as punishment. It
strikes me, too, that if that letter bad been produced, and
Mr. Crawford hud placed his implied change of opinion
on the inference of acquiescence which he supposed the
general to be authorized to draw from the President’s si
lence as it could not have escaped observation and such
a discussion ns would have tended to have fixed the oc
currence on my memory, that tbe general had not asked
the President lor an squiesccnce to be inferred from si
lence, but for a positive hint of his approbation through
“some confidential member of Congress, say Jolmy Ray.”
Upon the- whole, Sir, if these things did really occur
in my preseuce, 1 can only say they bave left not the
slightest trace on my memory.”
Mr. Adams says—
“In the course of the last summer, I received a letter
from Mr. Crawford, referring to tbe consultations of Mr.
Monroe with the heads of Hie Departmeats, in Ihe sum
mer of IS id. upon the proceedings »f Gen. Jackson in
Florida, on the occasion of (he Seminole wa t and alluding,
to aletterTrom Genera! Jackson to Mr. Monron, which
le stated to have been produced at one of those meetings,
ana to which his own letter appeared to attach some im
portance.
As the contents of his letter appeared to me to he of
peculiar,interest to the character of Mr. Monroe, 1 an-
swered him that I had no recollection of the production
ot sucha letter as that to which he referred, and request
ed liis permission to communicatehis letter to Mr. olon-
roe himself. Tu this answer I have received no reply.” v
VV here now is M r . Crawford’s ground for this “mate-
nal change” of his views? He has none. How then
can his opinions have been changed* It is not usual to
change our opinions, particularly on such important sub
jects, without some reasons. iThe cause assigned by him
of this change, if Mr.-Wirt, Mr. Adams-, and Mr. Mon
roe are to bo credited, bave noexiHcnce. The ©«iy fair,
interenco then, is, that Mr. CravV&rd was. at the time the
cabinet was in session, a**d hasher since been, the enemy
of Gen. Jackson—though he m-iyhave tacitly acquiesced (hs
Mr. Calhoun suggests) in tbfViswsofthe other members of
the cabinet—& further, iba/ the “baseless fabric”saiageni-
ously (is he see^s to thipk) reared upon this letter, u hich
was not before the meptiog, is like its unseen basis, a
mere pretext to inJu« the President and othcis to believe
that his unfriendly >uews towards him bad undergone a
’ materialchange.” To sum up this view ofthe matter, we
are drivep to the conclusion, that Ji'Uliam II. Crawford
stands befdre tiie nation, by *e result of his own industry,
very much in tbe predicament in which he and bis friends
once had the pleasure of placing one JWtitan Edwards.
The recollections of that triumph may uflbid some unatl
ground for consolation.
Theie are other important suggestions growing out of
the fruin of refl.ctions upon this case Where ■ as Mr.
Crawford’s “material change” of opinions when shortly
•ift- r this cabinet meeting, he stated ixfore Mr. McDuffie,
that he alone “concurred” in the opinion that Jackson*
conduct should be enquired into—“that if the adminis-
•ration could not give direction to public opinio n, but per
mitted a military t fficer who had violated his orders, to an
ticipate them, they had no business at Washington, and
hud better return home”—Aye, this returning home and
disclosing cabinet secrets, before he bad seen the letter
1 published at Nashville siven as his apology, was most ex
alted conduct for a cabinet cfficri! —The old files ofthe
Georgia Journal can read us a lelectahle lecture on this
disclosure—but was it bused then LMion the Tennessee l it
ter. “believed” to bave been written by Mr. Cnlltmin or
bv his directors? Where was Mr. Crawfird’s “material
chanze” of views, when he declined to Mr. Garnett that.
' Jack-son ought to be condenined”!—Where vv ts this change
f views, when the whole moral energies of his partisans
were raising the hue and erv against the Genera!? Where
wns his “material ehangi ” of views when his intimate
friend was pushing an investigaton against him btfore
the Congress of the Union?
It is now time that the people of Georgia should begin
to look back upon the past and see tbe efi‘ ct f Tinerly pro
duced and likely again to he produced upon the d etion
of the man, whose popularity in Georgia could not he sup
pressed ev; n by the intrigues of his enemies, bead d by-
Mr. Crawford. It is time that they should open tLet.
eyes lo those p!o's and contriv-nnci s, by which thfy have
so long heen deluded—to that state of things vihicli ha*
brought the vrerv existence of the Union into danger, and
lias made its vetyname odious to some ofthe people.
But vve >vi!l not at this time persu the subj.ct. It will,
probably for some time to come engross public attention.
• l ,e disclosures now made may lead to others more im
portant to this sectiuji of the ur.h'n. We look for other
dev Jopments Trom VV ashingtua of deep interest to die
people of Georgia. Let them, in the mean time, cherish
the warmest attachment to their country. And whatever
may be tiie result of these matters, let them be prepared
'o keep pure the fountain* of poli’ieal power—tlie only
means bv which the Constitution and the Union can be
preserved and perpetuated.
JUDGE l*b;:K.S TRIAL.
The result of thi* trial has been looked to with great
interast by the American public—and ue doubt not tiny
have been most seriously disappointed. Fur ourselvi-s,
after learning the facts, ive have felt mortified and hum
bled at the opinion of the High Court of I ipeachments.
v\ here should we look for the vigorous support of “the
freedom of speech, and ofthe press,” ifnot to that digni
fied tribunal? Does the Senate of the United State*
d<em it no i-friction of the private rights of a citizen by
a ju-iici'd officer, that he should be imprisoned and d>p< iv-
eJ of bio jr-M -ei.ii/ rights and privileges fi r the exercise ot
ol a Constitutional r:gh! T I . Iliein ..ny thing in the per
— n of : judge so sicred that »i cannot be touched?—any
thing in ii is decisions given lotbe world in a newspaper,
hallowed, they cannot be criticised? If*o— then in-
di cd is uur judiciary a cu*se—an incubus, overpowering
md stagnating the viral energies of the body politic, and
:• .ratizing Jl ‘Iie«tr>rt3 of free mid niaiilv investigation!
Gi English orator, while defending the rights of a royal
li-nt, b-ving heard < f certain misconduct in a member
>f the high ribunal, shrunk not from ixclaiming to the
5 use i f Pec s, alluding‘o a noble Lord—"stand forth,
noil slanderer”—and his incpendence end boldness cost
ini no prison walls—no forf. iture of privilege-— No—lit-
now appointed to th British Cabinet by tbe very royal
•bander rhe thus indignantly invoked. But an Anieri uo
* ■wyci is imprisoned and suspended from bis professional
ivuleg. s, Ibr a mil cri icisin of a published decision—
■chile Ins opprtssnr got s unpunished! "I am a Homan
Citizen,” was a suffi- u nt sab gun id in antiquity, against
pptession and ubusi! When the prosecutors of Paul, rc-
narkable alike for his d-. vution tu religion and liis love ol
i city, learned that lie was born a Roman, they would
gbidiy have released him privately from prison—hut
tnough under the extraordinary protection of his Maker,
ic scorned to avail himself secretly of thos' rights, to
..hich as a citizen, he waspubliciy entitled I—Yet in tins
enlightened age—in this enlightened country, the freest id
the fret—an American citizen is stiipt of hi.- rights—in
carceruled— and his ppressor goes unpunished .'
As well Mi ght the St n.Ue, far this aitictc, arraign us
before their b r fora contempt of their decision in this
xtraordinury acq iittai—as might Judge Peek thus law •
lessly hav punished Mr. Lavvles>! We cannot spe kof
iliis proceeding with the respect we habitually entertain
for tbe Senate ofthe Union The fiutsi f the case were
too plain anil palpable to be misunderstood. We fear
that such decisions, under such circumstances, must pro
duce unhappy tesults—particularly at this juncture, when
t portion ofthe people look with such unwarranted jealou
sy to - aid the Courts of tae Ui-ittd States. It is a bad
comment on the freedom of'lie Pr ss in a Republican
; country — it look-, iuo much hk" u gag-Lito—and must ha*-i
the . ff ct b ith to lessen the respeit due to the judicial tri-
uinu'S of the land, and to curtail that freedom of speech
and ofthe. Pr ss, which orove the Pitgnasto Plymouth,
and has ever since been the b >ast of their descendants.
No one can deprecate, more than we do, the licentious
ness of tiie Press, We yield t<> none in the proper re-
snect due to tbe constitutional tribunals of the country.
But there is a difference, wide as the poles, between tiic
I- K I support of judicial authority, and the unwarrantable
exercise of lawless oppression.
We would not chargethatgrave and enlightened assem
blag- of constitutional judges with an intentional drrilic-
tipnof their solemn duty—much less with deliberate cor
ruption. Yet vve could not but admire, and fill in with,
the views of the. independent Editor of the Rhode IsEnii
American, r Press opposed to the measures of General
Jackson’s administration. We are at a loss to conjecture
how the Sen-ite could have arrived al their conclusions,
except from the influence alluded to by that Editor. He
makes the following correct summary, concluding with a
very significant ami imporlan' inquiry.
“It will he observed that of the 21 Senators who pro-
Donnccd Judge Peek goiliy, but two, Clayton of Dela
ware, and Robbins of Rhode Island are opposed to the
administration.”
“Ofthe SJJ who pronounced him not guilty, four, Grun
dy, Hendricks, Tux- well, and White, arc the only Sena
tors in favor cf the Administration. Judge Peck is a
strong Ami-Administration man. and his removal would
have enabled the President to fill the vacacey with a Jack
soil man. Can it be possldt: that this consideration hi«l
an- imperceptible influence spoil the votes of grave Sena
tors?”
Fire.—On Monday night the 2lst February, about 12
o’clock, a fire took place in Milledg. vjlle, which consumed
tbe Planter’s Hotel occupied by John W. Pitt—aod
two or three smaller buildings adjacent, brsides out houses.
The favorable state of weather, a rain having commenc
ed about the tune—and the great exertions of our citizens,
aided by the well directed operations of the engoie, pro
tected the buildings on the opposi'e side of the street.—
Mr. Pitt sustained some actual loss, and must be a suffer
er to considerable extent in the derangemaut of his busi
ness &c
The Sheriff’s advertisements from the counties
cf Gwinnett, Newton, Waltun and Pulaski, which were
inserted for the first Tuesday in Mareh, hot having receiv
ed a legal course of publication, we bave deemed U expe
dient to change them to tiie first Tuesday in April.
for ths federal cnion.
Mr. Editor—My attention bas lately been drawn to
several Newspaper statements of an a Hedged misunder
standing between our veutrable President and the Vice
President, Johr. C. Calhoun. The difference seems to
bave been occasioned by the part said tu have been taken
by Mr. Calhoun, as a member of Mr. Monroe’s cabinet at
the time the official conduct of General Jackson in the Se
minole war was under discussion.
It is said that Mr. Calhoun was in favor of calling a
Court Martial, before which the General •qoulyi account
for a violation of orders; aud that after Mr. Calhoun was
overruled, and a different course uUiru it. lv adopted. He
Rfccu prufeawaJ UitA-aif ;»t iv^yMu have bi cn the friend and
advocate of the measures pursued by tbe General on that
occasion. It is aito ailedged, that Mr. Crawford, (who
was also at the period alluded to) a member of the cabi
net, has in a letter recently written to General Jackson,
turn'd Informer or Slates-evidence, and exposed the
treacherous part which wasucted by Mr. Calhoun toward
the Generai; in consequence of which the ffiffcrencc has
arisen between tbtm.
As to tbe truth or falsehood of the rumor I cannot
speak advisedly; i will however venture to predict, that
if any unfriendly feeling exists in the breast of tiie-. Picsi-
•ent toward Mr. Calhoun by reason of an}- information
famished him by Mr. Crawford—he bus been most cun
ningly and artfully imposed on. Mr. Crawford’s opposi
tion to vr Calhoun is not of recent date—it i* proveitdal
through the whole Union. It was Mr. Calhoun’s zealous
and effective opposition to his election in 1824, that pro-
•luccd a fueling of hatred never to bo eradicated. Since
that memorable period, he has pursued him with an ap-
P' tile as keen as death.
In looking ovtr a lute number rf the “Kentucky Ga-
zett',” which is well known to be one mum* the most re
putable Jackson papers in that State. I saw some Editorial
remarks on this aff.ir, and if the Editor is to be credit' d
it discloses in glaring colours the dark and insidious cor
duct of Mr. Crawford in relation to Mr. Calhoun. He
says, “we are far from condemning Mr. Calhoun upon
“the accusationiof Mr. Crawford He is known to he a
“bitter enemy and would "top at nothing to crush his
“hopes. In the fall of 1828, we were shown a letter ad
dressed by Mr. Cranford to a highly honor ib'ie and U*s-
“tinguished citizen of ibis Slate, proposing to him to use
“his eftbi ts to prevail on the Jackson electors not to vote
“for Mr. Caihoun as Vice President, when tit the- linn* iie
“knew they were pi dgtd to do so. This minister (ff nt
“to injure Mr. Calhoun, we considered as cowardly in
‘the extreme; u was viewed in the s. me I got by tlirgen-
“tlc.-man to whom it was addressed. In his reply lie
“treated the letle: rath r contemptuously, spurniog the
“idea th.it '-;r Crawf«rd supposed him capable ofexert-
“ingtheixfl ence desired.” 1 say if Mr. Crawford wrote
-och a letter, and fur such a purpose, nothing that be has
said or c»n say against John C. Calhoun w ill be looked on
witli the least surprise, and far less with undoubted credit.
Another reason why Mr. Crawford continues to “sheet
bis paper built-ts” at Mr (’alboun, is that it is probable
he would like tu displace him from toe Vico Pr< sideru-y,
to make room for himself. 1 say it is probable, because
I have seen such a wish expressed in some of liis f'mo-scrv
mg newspapers of Georgia. What a I ament ble r. fl e-
tion that lie should be recommended fr-r so high and im
portant un otlice as that of Vice President of tiie Unitt ti
Stales, when j; is notorious to all acquainted <■ fill hi* pre
sent s’ate of mind, that his iofiimities render hirn unfit f»r
the offi-te he now holds f..,m the Legislature of tiie Slatt!
It is howe'er fur the people to decide whether they art-
thus la ho imposed on. For the honor and prosperity of
mv country I hope not.
In conclusion. I will merely say that I do not write as
tjie apol 'gi*t of Mr. Calhoun—if he be realU guilty of it
want of good f lith toward General Jackson, let him be de
serted by the American people, who have so long confided
in his great worth and talents as a Statesman; but I
wotiM also say that a charge preferred against hin by Mr.
Crawford alone, should be held and cons.d. red as of qwes-
tiouaulc authuriy. ^ JUSTICE.
GEORGIA TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
Auxiliaries are informed that the time rias arrived, in
which they should begin, (if they have not alread. begun,)
to collect their fads and make out their reports for the
Annual Meeting of the state Society. It is d< sigm d to tm-
bodv these r ports and giv- them publici'yto shew the ac
tual condition of our country, and what has bet-n aoempld
to b* tter th s eondi'ioii.
Ttie following questions from the proceedings of th-.
last year, are ins' t ied fi»r g ner-iI information, with the
earnest re quest that answers may be returned by each So
ciety in the State.
1. Mow many mernb< rs in the county ?
2. How munyg.!l .ns of •'piri's were sold from 1st of
January, 1831), o 1st January 1831 ? and how iviil 'hat
quantity compare w ith the quantity sold, say, in 1^25 or
G?
3. How many drunkards have been radically reformed
since the formation ofthe State Society in M. y 1823 ?
4. H< tv in my families have ceased the Use of ardent
spiri's, e xcept as a tin dieine ?
5. Hoiv much more money hasy ur county expanded
fi r ardt lit spirits, than for science and religion, including
preaching the gospel, the education of your children, aud
all the benevolent operations if ihe ago ?
6 How much more does it pay for spirits than for
tflXes?
At a Qiarterly Meeting held in ViUedgovilte in Novem
ber last It teas resolved, tha: all the boettt cs in the State,
be reqnesie l to contribute, by .1 ril n;xt, such sums as they
a>e able, in wder to procure the services of an dlgtnl to trav
el throughout the Stale and organize .Juxi'imies. but h
an s .g nt is much need d. In wtioie co mt'es not a ray
f lig .t has been emitted from our State Society, and no
xcr ion tins been put forth to arrest the wide spreading
desolations of iutetnpercnce. Ii is d- sirahte too. that Sev
eral thousand copie- of the' proceedings and annual report
•A next meeting, should be published ami scattered in ev-
' ry corner of our state to give information—to arouse the
Ink--warm—tr» convince and convict temperate oppusers
■d o ur plan, and to alarm those fast wedd d to their bottles.
Conit ibutions will br r< quisile to make these public.
Thi Annual meeting will beheld at Buck-Head Burke
county, on Saturday he 9th April. If delegates cannot
attend from v*ry distant Societies, it is hoped they wiil
not fail to forward their reports;—•■Mscngcrs to the
Baptist Convention from various parts cf the State will at
tend their Anniversaries at the same oluct, & reports may
t*e transmitted thro’ them; or directed, post paid, to the
Secr> tary in Eatonton. Let every S .ciety send a Dele
gate that can. ADIEL SHERWOOD,
Secretary,
RTARilXEE,
On Snndav the 30 li January, by Richard Holr'vmbp,
F.sq. To mas Wats-in, to the audible Miss Amanda
M I i• es .11 "P Gwinnett county, G t.
.£1,
J OHN R. MOOJ'AN max s his grateful acknowl
edgments to his fellaw-ciliZv.ns of Millcdgeviile, lor
their laborious exertions in rescuing his property from the
lire on the night i f the 21st ultimo.
March 1st, 1331 34 It
PROPOSALS.
for publishing by suoscr ption a Map of that portion of
Georgia now occupied by the Cherokees.
T HE subscribers would respectfully inform the public,
that they intend, in addition to th-ir New Map of
Georgia, to publish as soon as the Sectional Surveyors
have made their returns, a large and complete Map of the
Cherokee country, wherein will be delineated ail that ean
be pointed out on a Map.
The Map will be printed on strong silk pnper, and “as
richly ornamented,”as any presented to the public, with
us many “gold regions as minutely described;” and de
livered to subscribers fur One D->llur and Twenty-five
Cents—without any purl in advance.
CARLTON WELLBORN,
ORANGE GREEN.
February 24 34 6t
~ FRANXZJXr SALE;). ~~
On the first Tuesday in oiPielL next,
B EFORE the court-house door in Caniesvdie, Frank
lin county, between the usuol hours ol sale, will he
sold, the following PROPERTY, to wit:
Fifty one acres of LAND, adjoining Jones on the wa
ters of Indian creek—levied on as the property of Will
iam F. Brown by virtue of a fi. fa. against him from a Jus
tices’court in lavor of Ely Wood for the use cf Jes-.».
Holbrook; levy made and returned to me by a const a bl.
WILLIAM A. J0NE8, D- Sh’ff.
March l 34
SHERIFF’S SALES.
PULASSi SAILS.
On the first Tuesday in Al'IilL next,
W ILL be sold, at the court boose in town i f f tarf-
fnrd, Pulaski teuLiv. u. L ren tiic u*ual Lour- of
sale, tbe following PROPEL TV. io-xit:
Five hundred arid five acres of © k and hickn-v LAND,
lying on Rocky tree*,, being two lots of hud w!*r..
John J Hodges now- lives ai.d cultivates, numbers nut
known, lying in the twtnre-sscond dhltict ©f Wilkinson
now Pulaski county—levied on ns tlir property < i John .J.
Hodges, to satisiy a fi. fa. issued from the Superior Court
in favor of Ajiios Urotvu, beircr, vs John J. Is«wi*. $
Twn hundred two anda half acres of pine LAND, viih
a good GRIST MILL thereon, Ling in ihe 4th district rf
Dooly now Pulaski county, number noi known—tev.t<) on
as the property of Willis Ca-on, to satisfy t fi. f*. i s „j. d
from Dooly Superior Court in favor of Z ebe iah U.
• oioer, vs Willis Cason, and \Vhitehcusc./Vasun and
Thomas Coleiuan, secu; ies on apneal.
ALEXANDER DENNARD. Sheriff.
March 1 . 34
WiLZ.TG5T SALES.
On thejirst Tuesday in ATidT next.
F.i'ORE the court-house door in the town i f ^fon•
roe, Walton county, will be sold, between thu usu .1
hours of sale, the following PROP* RTY to wit:
three NEt.ROES: Dave a fidlow about thirty-five
years of age, I,rzab twenty-two years of nae and h' j r
child about tix muntt.s old—.41 levied on as the property
ol James bed, to satisfy two fi fas. one in favor of’1 how-
as W. Harris ami the oiner 111 Atvor of W’ilham M. bell,
vs James Bell,jr and Jsme* Bed
One FRAt'TION, No. 52, on the south nest side of
the Appalachy river in the county of Walton, eontnin r g
one hundred aud uineteiu ac es more or less, v. her tH
William I. Davis now liv«.«; aiao otic black t-orse, about
8 years old, one ox can and yoke of uxhi, sixteen bead
horned cuttle, twenty head of hogs, two beds and bed
steads and furniture, and cm hurciu— levod on as the
property cf William J. Davis, to satisfy a fi fa. in favor
<>f Benjamin Collier.
Al e. sixty-one and a half acres LAND, bring one
fourth cf lot No. 121. in lie first dissrici Walfon coon-
tv—as toe property of C- z..rin - AicGraw, levie-i un by
virtue of a morlg .ge fi. f ; is-ued out i f the Superior
Court of tA alt on county in favor r-f Sanu'e* Catliu, vs.
said MeGr-iw; property pointed > nt in .■uortgige fi ■'*.
One half of LOT No. t>7, in the 31 «:i trict of said
county—a* the property of Ttminas Clack to satisfy one
fi fit. in favor of Samuel McJunkin, vs John Clack and
Tborn.'S Ci C\'; th land adjoins Stokes and Browu.
O.ie h*i of LANJJ, No 85, in (lit- 3ddistr.ct said coun
ty—levied on t > sati fy u fi. fa. ir» favor «.f the Stale of
Georgia v a Benjumiu Fuller; levied on as the property
of s<iid Full> r.
March 1 J. T. MORROW. D ‘’t ’ff.
arEWTONSALis! :
On the first Tuesday in A PHIL next,
S^l^ILLbe sold, before the court-house door in the
f v town of Covington, Ntw'on countv,between the
usual hours of sate, the following PROPERTY, to wit;
One hundred acres of LAND, inoi«or le-s, whereon
Seabrou J. Ciack and Gibson Duke now resides, known
as the place whereon Me Dows' store boose stands, on
the waters ol South river—levied on as the property of
Seabron J. Clack; and one hundred acres, more or less,
whereon John A Rowel now resides, on the vvattrs of
Honey creek,- adjoining Huson and others—levied on.as
tbe property of John A Rowel, to satisfy a fi fa. in f-vr
of Austin H. Greene, vs Seabron J. Clack and John A.
Rowel. JOSEl’H WATTERS, Sh’ff.
FORTUNATE LOTTERY OFFICE,
NO. 241, BROAD ST. AUGUSTA,
WHERE .LV I.MMEJST, E .IMOPJi'J OF PRIZES
HAVE DEEM' SOLD <$• PROMPTLY P.JJo.
FCj'yHE subscriber begs leave to inform ihe public, that
fi. the official drawings of Yates & McIntyre’s Splen
did Lotteries, in Virginia, PcnmyLaoia, and eisrwhere,
w ill be r< g daily received al bis office, one or more Lot-
t ries cacti week, aud that adventurers at a distance m y
have an opportunity of trying their luck, by enclosing the
amount they wish invested, in ca*h or prze !iek*t-, and
ink: ts vritl.be returned to them in the Lo't r ne>* suc
ceeding the recei t ol thtir orders—or in any specific L-. t-
ttry, as they may direct. Tiie drawn numtiers as soon
as re.c: ived will be forwaidcd to adv. nturers, vvlien so re-
qu- sted.
The Drawing of the UNION CA-
AL LOTTERY, Class Nc. 8, will
V/ b?- if» eiv. ii on
Saturday, 5th March,
EIGESST FRIZES $30 030
$20,000
$5,000
&Q £cc. &e.
Tickets $tO, and shares in proporli.-n— U:dcrs (post
paid) tu be uuectco tu
W. P. BEERS
March 1 Augusta.
ZU£ACO£J TELEGT.APE,
A WEEKLY MEffSPAPEH FHirATLl) AT MACON GA.
And devoted t ‘ InlcUh.euct, Commerce Agriculture,
bcituci and sound Prtnc/p is
[ N oidinary tune-! it might per hap-. •« sum fl ions to
si t fortti formally (lie poidieui iaiih 6f u p><t*:-c jour
nal w- it known fo< s-v.arai year- in rn -st p.. 13 ol t-u- Siate,
t.ul at the present j-.ncture in •• hich c««nfl enng opinions
threaten a iliange in the farm ->f o-ir g -k ri m.-n: and a
suspension of the peace, safety and happiness of s ci* ty
by etvii war,—political canuorand moral hotie*ty d. m:uul
a succinct declaration of principles and view.*, that a clear
line of demarcation may be traced between the friends of
peace and rational Iretciom and the advocates of anarchy
and carnage.
The Telegraph will, hb it has liiiln-rto done, vindicate
personal and political liberty so iur as compatible uitli
private happiness and p-:h!ic safety. It will ibere-fore
cling t«* the opinions of the fatlicrs ofthe Revolution, as
comprised in the Declaration of Independence and tbe
Com titution of ttie United Stat s ; and it holds it to be a
truth almost intuitive, that on ttie must vigilant and unre
mitting restriction of the General and State Blanches of
our government to their respective provinces, depend the
benign operations of hose opinions, tiie virtue of ihe m-.n,
the franchise of the citizen, and the internal peace an 1 ex
ternal safety ofthe country.
Under thes-- impressions, the Telegraph, as regards the
causes of excitenu ill in the South, considers the criminal
j irisdici ion of r Very Stale over her chartered limits to be
long exclusively to her ow n tribunals, and every interfer-
■ nee with it either by the Federal Judiciary or by Congress
to be a palpable ustirpacion that ought to bereisislerJ ; but
the tarifftbough injudicious in m m* of its provisions and
needing general revision to adapt it to the interest of the
country, it views as being strictly w ithin the power uiffi
which Cangies is invested ; and b* lieves tint internal im
provement in its existing shape to be rather an abuse of
iegitimate authority than an infraction ofthe Constit <fion
—an evil which the palrotism and independence of Presi
dent Jackson have gone far to remedy and winch the good
sense and virtue of future Congresses wi l no doubt re
move altogether.
It will therefore be readily perceived, that the Telegraph
acknowlt-i g-is that the bouthern people have just gro mis
for complaint and remonstrance, in which it unites, but
none for sedition or revolution; and contends that the «d-
v .rates of the latter measures, whether under the mme of
nullifi-irs or convent'Oiiisls, are in fact adverse l" the peace
and prosperity of our country and inimical to tiie morals
md hapine&s of its citizens*
I' will likewise be .inferred, and that trn'y, that the TcL
-graph supports the re-Hcction of Andrew Jacks- n t - tint
Presidency, and cn operates in ev ry measure it terns
just and salutary with his primitive fiit nda in Georgia,
In the prosecution of the fort-gning o'-j rts, tin- Tele
graph is aid d by Archibald Campbell M’Inttre.
The Telegraph will sfio. tly appear in an tnlu-^-o form
md new dress. The terms of subscription »r-, three col
lars per annum in advance,or four at Uk end of ihe v.:iir.
Atacon February 9, 1831. M. BARTLETT.
2'NOUR months after rf«»te application will be made to
-4. .the honorable the Inferior Court of Jones county,
when sitting for ordinary purposes, far leave to sel- the
• eat estate belonging to the minora of Benjamin Milner,
1 ceased adjoining Charles Woman* and otli-ra.
PENELOPE MILNER,
February 25th, 1631 Guardian for the AliscnS,