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FEDERAL imoX.
4.
POLITICAL.
From the Charleston C'*v (lazette. i
NULLIFICATION. . .
It was occasioned l>v nn order of the Governor, to
<o the commanding Officer of the commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, to call out and resist, with the tnil-
shal for that district, in the execution of his official
duty; and thereupon the said court sentenced the
said Michael Bright to three months imprisonment,
and to pay to the United -States a fine of two hun
dred dollars; and the .several others above named,
to one months imprisonment respectively, and to
pay to the United States a fine of fifty dollars.
itary, the execution of a decree of the supreme j And, whereas, it is considered that the offences
Court of the United States. This, the Officer—' committed in this case, proceeded rather from a
General Bright—did not hesitate to do, and hence i mistaken sense of duty, than from a spirit of diso-
Ihe trial. Mr. Dallas, for the indictment, in demand- j bedience to the authority and laws of the United
ing the decision of ihe Court on the part of the L T . States: JVbrr, therefore, be it knoirn, That I,
of Messrs. Goulbourn and Peel—Mr. Cavendish
and Lord Palmerston, the old members having been
rejected bv a majority of nearly 200 votes.
New-Ark Election— Mr. Seargeant Wilde has
beaten the Duke of Newcastle in his own borough.
IRELAND.
Lord Cloncurry has been raised to the peerage.
sident, written under circumstances entirely above any
suspicion of insincerity, and at a time when he knew ail
about the difference between the President and Vice Pre-
sident, and long after his letter to Calhoun touching the
correspondence.
August 14th, 1S30.—Mr. Lumpkin wrote to one of its
as follows,—“I have been a Jackson man from the befon-
ning, and never in my life uttered an unfriendly word to
States, holds ihe following language; which, as it
bears directly upon the spirit of the day, in.our sec
tion, we shall quote at large.
“It Itas often been said bv the counsel for the
defendants, that this was not to be regarded as a
The (act of Mr. O Connell seconding a motion of | his fame. His former enemies coming in to his ranks,
Major Sirr, the police magistrate, and a resolution J shall not drive me from my old ground.”—Now, which
by Alderman Darlev, before whom he was so late- i of Mr. Lumpkin’s accusers can say, he has “never ut-
James Madison, President of the United States of
America, for these and other good causes and con
siderations me thereunto moving, do, by these
presents, pardon and remit, to the several persons
above named, the offences, as aforesaid, by them
ly'brought to he hound over on a charge of a trea
sonable nature, is among the miracles of the pre
sent moment.
common case; and they have endeavored to make j committed, and the fines respectively incurred by
a deep impression of its importance on our minds, {them; requiring that all prosecutions and judicial
by reiterated appeals to the power and the digni- proceedings, for and on account thereof be forth-
ty of “I/te constitute! authorities of Pennsylvania! j with stayed and discharged.”
It is, indeed, an extraordinary case—but while Ij
distinguish ft, in its nature and importance, fiomj Qticre.—Would those partisans of Mr. Gilmf.r
every other prosecution which has occurred, I can and Mr. Haynes, who now- attack Mr. Lumpkin
only perceive in that distinction, additional motives , because he lias respectfully and properly yielded to
for a firm and energetic course of conduct on the the will of the people,—and who charge him, most
part of ai! (Judges, jurors and prosecutors) who unjustly, with inconsistency, for this propersurren-
are intrusted with a share in the administration of der of his own wishes and opinions on the subject,
iustice. If it. shall be deemed sufficient for the pur- to those of his constituents; have supported him, if
poses of impunitv, in the commission of offences ■ he had consented to be a candidate in the first in-
agalnst the laws of the'United States, to obtain or stance? If they will shew us that they would have
to allege the sanction of a State law, or a State , done so, in that case, we shall consider their ob-
Mamstrate, the national authority and the national jection, on that point, as just, and pertinent—if not,
pendpnee will he no more.” 1 we must look upon it as ridiculous and futile, and
Judn-e Washington, in uttering the decision of adopted, in a desperate cause, for want of abetter,
th** Court, speaks as follows: • Had the circumstance occurred on their own side,
“W ashington, Judge.—Michael Bright, and to Mr. Gilmer, or Mr. Haynes, they would have
the other defendants! A concluding period has lauded it, very properly, as an evidence, first, of a
now arrived to the long and deplorable contest, in modest, unassuming, and retiring disposition, ami
Which you have been, we believe, under mistaken then, of respectful obedience to Ihe will of his con-
notions of duty, most unfortunate for the character stituent.. But, as it is, they were predetermined
Oi our common country, and peculiarly of this res- ! against Mr. Lumpkin, and of course must find
pcctable part ofit, engaged. The origin of the con- some grounds of opposition to his election.
.... ’■ & - : —j [Augusta Chronicle.
FEDERAL UNION.
HllllEgKETILLE, JUSTE 29, 1831.
FOR GOVERNOR,
WILSON LUMPKIN.
EUROPEAN NEWS.
VERY LATE FROM ENGLAND.
Baltiwc Jure 11. 132
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Candidates to represent Baldwin county.
FOR THE SENATE,
GENERAL JAMES C. WATSON.
FOR THE HOUSE,
COL. EZEKIEL E. PARK,
CAPT. WILLIAM W. CARNES.
TO OUR PATRONS.—At length we have the pleas'
ure of presenting to you our pnperpn an entire new dress'
We hope it will meet your entire approbation—and that,
in the liberality of your feelings, you will not forget
General Jackson's toast—The Federal Union—It must
be •presei'Ved.
As the lovers of foe Union, we feel every assurance,
that you are opposed to its dissolution. As therefore we
have reorganized, and strengthened, our Cabinet, we shall,
troversy is lost sight of in the more important and
dangerous consequences which have grown out of
it. If the measure of which you unhappily permit
ted yourselves to be made the instruments, had
npt been checked in its Commencement, it might,
tv its effects and example, have swelled intft an ... . .
i-Vesistible torrent, prostratino-in its course the li- The fast sailing ship Corinthian, came up yes- and co-operation, by whico alone, we shall be enabled to
berlies, the laws, the happiness and the safety of terday from Liverpool, bringing advices to the 13th {combat die ravages oi tune, and fight against die enemies
the nation.
“That such was the object, or that this was the
melancholy catastrophe either intended or desired,
-ar.- huvfi not. the most distant belief. But such
tered an unfriendly word against the fame of Jackson?”
Not the Journal, not the Recorder, not the Constitutional
ist !!—In a letter of 12th January, 1S31, Mr. Lumpkin
writes—“The editor of the Globe and myself are, and
have been, for some time past, living under tlie same
roof. He is, what he professes to lie, a thorough-going
Jackson man—He will go the whole against every power,
and so will Duff Green—that interferes with Georgia in
her exercise of full and complete jurisdiction over the In
dians.”
These letters were written in the onurse of a friendly
and private eorresponde.nce, under circumstances which
yn to show the sincerity of the sentiments they convey.
Mr. Lumpkin did not design them for the public eye—
never expected they would be published-*-nor will not
know that they have been, till this article meets his eye,
or some one gives him the information. We publish
them however, because we know and the public must
know, that he never has, and we are assured in our own
minds, never will disavow these sentiments. One of
them shows the deep interest he takes in our rights over
the Cherokee lands.
Much has been said about Air. Lumpkin’s inconsisten
cy, (the guilty too have cast the stone) and even the very
courteous term, hypocrisy, has been applied to him, be
cause he first declined, and then yielded to the wish
of his friends. Now we know Mr, Lumpkin’s sincerity
—nay, earnestness, in this matter. We were among those
who solicited him to offer—we have his replies, shewing
his anxious wish and determination, during the last win
ter, not to be a candidate fin - Governor.
Putting these extracts before our opponents, we are
aware, is like “throwing pearl before swine”—they will
probably turn, and attempt to rend us and Mr. Lumpkin.
But, to continue the simile, we are determined, they
shan’t grit their teeth and grunt, for nothing?
“Tlie Clark paper in this place” has a few questions
for a paper in this place, which lately advocarcj the cause
of Adams against Jackson—to wit—The Southern Recor
der.
1st. "When Jackson was first a Candidate for tlie Presi-
uf the Union.
ve not the most
ie resuli
is resorted to, in res
lisinterested decree
justice, or the lawful acts of the other departments
of our government. In the members of this court,
there exists no other feeling or recollection, than
and fo
ate am
t lie the result, when arms are opposed to laws, steamer at Liverpool, stale that there h;
esistaneeto thedeliber- three day’s fighting, and the brave Poles 1
1 disinterested decrees of the tribuha
May, inclusive
Tlie following items of intelligence are derived —
from Liverpool papers of the. 12th and 13th May.! In the algebraic solution, which appeared in our co-
Private letters from Berlin, by tlie Hamburg bunns of the 9th instant, the paper was partly stricken
there had been
had been
of defeated, with the less of eight thousand prisoners
and two thousand failed. It also appears that G’e-
neral Dwernicki had escaped the Russians, and
has been joined bv nine thousand men, previous
to which his army consisted of twelve thousand
men.
There appears to be no doubt of the defeat of
General Sierauski by Kreutz; all ’accounts, Polish
and German, concur in it. From the position in
which the armies are, a very few days must bring
decisive inte 1 i igence.
The Standard, on tlie authority of private letters,
endeavored to speaks confidently of the defeat of tlie Poles, and
with goes so far as to assert that Warsaw was ready to
open her gates to the merciless and sanguinary
DiehitscJi. Humanity shudders and trembles for
tlie Jkte of the bravest people in Europe.
We have received, by express, 1 he Paris papers-
dated yesterday, the Moniteur contains a long and
such as the most sincere regrets inspire,-that the
occurrences we so much deplore, have arisen from
decisions in which we have, in our respective sta
tions, had a share.
' “We should be unworthy of the responsible sta
tions in which we are placed, if we suffered any
otii^r than public motives, connected with a sense
of dutv, to influence our conduct. Our task has
been a painful one, but we have endeavore
perform it with impartiality. "VN e reflect
pleasure, that every opportunity was offered for d-s-
cussion, and that this case has been conducted with
greater latitude and range of argument, than per
haps would have been so icily right on common oc
casions. Every thing has been done and said,
off, before several import a nt errors were detected. They
were corrected before all our numbers were vrinted.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.—“Observer” has come
to hand—postage not paid. We would here observe once
for aii, that we cannot hereafter admit any piece particu
larly on a political subject, without the name of the author.
We have Lad “Nondescript” under very grave consid
eration. As the signature so completely answers the
piece, we are are inclined to admit it. We should like to
see a little better poetry, as we have new type to set it in.
On more mature deliberation, a sense of duty com-
pels us to exclude the “Georgia Anecdote.”—We
apprehend it may give offence to die gentlemen alluded
jy—and surely our correspondent would not wish us to
p ive offence to several persons for die gratification of see
ing his “anecdote” in print.
which could contribute to a clear understanding of somewhat angry defence of tlie King and his Mi-
the case. The decision lias been made on the law, ulsters lor their conduct respecting the “decoration
*8!
am
to the army and nation, in which he does not dis
guise the difficulties of their situation, but tells
tnem plainly that their only hope of ultimate suc
cess in tlie struggle for national existence depends
on their continued preservance. He enumerates tlie
oiorious results of the campaign, and comments
you were opposing the laws of the United States, much in demanding to bestow them as marks of
and violating predominant obligations. None more Royal favor. “The heroes of July” have refused
hi'dilv appreciate than we do, tlie military spirit of to receive that which the Kinghad no right to give!
our fellow citizens, and tlie discipline and subordi- General Skrzynecki has issued a proclamation
nation of our militia.—These attributes, when re
quired in laudable and necessary efforts lor the sup
port of the laws, or for tlie safety of our country,
a:e highly commendable. But when employed, as
yours have been, in measures of resistance to estab
lished principles of tlie Constitution, and in viola- fe —-— c - , , , u
lion of the peace and good order of the nation, tiiev with a laudable pnne on the lac , iat t ioug i Po-
become destructive i„ J their immediate effect*, and land had but at .is commence™..., an .11 orm.maed
widely mischievous in their example. We do not force of SO.fXJO to opp.se to .he hordes ol Russia,
say this-reproachfuilv, being numutded that you nearly 50,000 ot the latter have been put /««-<&-
acted under mistake!. nolioSsof duty; it becomes and «.x*cen tnousaud reman, prisoners m
us at tlie same time to express, in pointed terms, Warsaw, whilst the Poles have taken eleven fljra,
our disapprobation. As it ^beeny^ lot tote * u together with a great number of
engaged m a measure, winch, on reflect,on hcreaf- J* an d ammunition waggons. &c. On tin:
ter, y
ate
enc<
the
submission to the concction m l, “ T V’ '• j j; )rce ular in Russia, notwithstanding tlie reverces s
tive,^exemplary and salutary. It physical
w'
the
thJ I r ,
friendly to republican forms ogover.^ had'obtained a victory over the corps of Ge-
“It does not he neral Rudiger at Luck on the river Stvr, in Volliy,
.rovornmenft Our duty Is pro- nia. In this brilliant affair he took twelve pieces
bribed and we must obey. Instances in other of camion, and a large number ol prisoners, among
Sw have occurred, wherein the imperative obli- whom it is said is the Assum e
nations of dutv have induced decisions contrary to whole pulk of cossaclcs were drown
^ wishes and feeling of those who gave them, and the remainder ot the
Your
with more confidence, look to you for that cordial support j de ’ u 'T’ u P° n ^ pnncipie dfo you prefer John Quincy
' • 1 ■ ’ ’ r * 1 Jidams to Jackson? Was it because Adams’ politica
creeri wui iuiOi'Q congenial with your own, than tlie Gene
ral’s?
2d. "When you reluctantly took up the cause of Jack
sop, was it because Jackson changed?—was it because
Adams changed?—or was it because you changed your
self? If you did change, what part of your farmer cieed
in principles, did you abandon?
3d. Who were the original friends of Jackson in Geor
gia, and what paper opposed them on tlie express ground
that they v. c -e “in favor of Jackson?”
4th. At the last election for Governor, whose cause
did the Recorder advocate, Gilmer's or Crawford?3? And
if it sat with »reat dignity “on the fence,” was it because
it had no “choice of evils?”
5th. Whom does the Recorder prefer now—Haynes or
Gilmer? And give the reasons for tlie preference.
6di. If it should lie proved to you that Calhoun is not. a
Nidlifier, will you think any better of him, than you did
before nullification raised such a dust in Carolina? If
you would not, what advantage would it afford you to
know whether lie is, or is not, a nullifier?
7th. What party in Georgia has always opposed nul
lification, and what party has advocated it, in and out of
the Legislature?
8th. If it should be proved to you that. Governor Troup
is a nullifier, will you abandon his cause? If you would
not, what comfort would it give you to know that Cal
houn ’s not?
9th. Do you design to censure Calhoun for nullification,
and applaud Troup for the same doctrine?
10: h. If it should be shown to you tha f certain mem
bers of the last Legislature are mdUfiers, will you oppose
their election?
11th. How-do you like Jackson’s appointing Mr.
Livingston to the Cabinet? It his having been a “defaul
ter,” disqualified him, as you once said, for ihe Presiden
cy, do you think it disqualifies him for Secretary of State?
If you think not, give us your reasons.
I2(h. Do you hold with the doctrines advanced in Dr.
Daoieli’s substitutes, offered to Wood’s Resolutions, in
the last Senate of Georgia?
13 h. Do you beiieve in the doctrines contained in
Troup's letter, republished in our. paper t,o day?
We call your especial attention and request categori
cal answers to the following.
14th. When Forsyth offered for Governor, did you re
quire him to rests n his seat in Congress? Did you ever
require inis of any Troup man?
15111. If you never did, why do you so strenuously re
quire it of Tvlr. Lumpkin?
16th. If Mr. Lumpkin should resign his seat in Con-
ress, whom would the Recorder advocate, as his succes
sor?
17th. Can you so far relax your dignity, as to give us
argument against Mr. Lumpkin, instead oi abide?
18th. V. hy do you insert dashes, instead of names?—
Is it from an excess of modesty—of tender regard for Air.
Lumpkin’s character—or a profound respect for the laws
of your country? *
19 th. As you are so fond of attacking Mr. Lumpkin,
how should you like a few missiles against Air. Gilmer?
the glorie^tof’God and his works—the better will be be
prepared, when sanctified by the spirit of God, to drink
in “pleasures, pure as heaven and lasting as ctem ; *y ”
W c would add, that it affords us great pleasure to /earn
that this numerous denom.nation of Christians are be
coming awake to the importance of education. We
are pleased with the plan of the union of labor with stu
dy. . We believe the system a good me—and i hat an ag
ricultural institution in which the student win earn lus
bread and his education at the same time, must add to
the vigor of mind, and body. The sedentary habits of
students are generally injurious to both. \\ e sinceu ,y
hope, for the gm.d of society, that they may lie en«l Uii
to succeed, and that other denominations and classes o£
our community, may follow the example.
, [tOR THE FKDRAL TVION.1
MILLEDGEVILLE MASONIC HALL LOT
TERY.
Messrs. Editors.—Having understood that the next
drawing of tlie Alilledgeville Masonic Hall Lottery is
near at hand—that tlie wheels are rich in splendid fri
zes—and that the grand deposit of $30,000 will be
made before the last drawing—a number of us—poor fel
lows—throughout the various counties of our good State
of Georgia—have determined, as the 4th of jult is near
—to spend it (if possible,) like freemen. Now, gentle
men, what was our revolution for, if we can’t do this?—
Some of us fought for Liberty ourselves—tmd those that
were too young:, bad fathers to fight for us. And yet this
monster, Poverty, would treat us worse than ihe-•hitocrut
does the poor Poles. "W e see other men, at every re :\un
of our glorious Anniversary, eating their pudding: —
cmjking then-madeira and champagne, while we are
obliged to stand and look on, “like poor folks at a fruity*
or do worse—sit down—by a spring—under a tree over
a bottle of stiit-burnt whiskey—Mith a “poor shcat” bar
becued—with a pan of pepper sauce for our wine and a
piece of the coarsest sort of cornbread for our puddfn «•—
to celebrate the liberties of our country!! homer mr* a
stout-hearted fellow says: “Never mind, boy^u
know, General Marion was caught by a British officer,
silting’ on a. /og* * euting ronsTed But ^cntlcrsciri
I always answered, “that is coM comfort'.” ’ Do v . u be
lieve, sirs, that Marion wouldn’t rather have had Tohn
Bull’s beef and pudding, with his freedom, than hisymn
potatoes? And now tlie British war is over, are we slid
to drink whiskey, upon half raiions? M e want to qmt
the dirty stuff. We therefore tell you, sirs, we don’t in
tend to submit to it any longer.
\\ e understand that since you published that piece of
poety, one of our friends, has drawn the sum of 10,000
dollars—and that fifteen thousand, and thiutt
AIR. LUMPKIN. We cannot conceive in what
manner this plain Republican could have acted more cor
rectly, in regard to the position which he now occupies
n ward his constituents, than lie has done. When lie
a-(dres.>ed his letter in February last to Air. Pern-
oerfon, dctaiiiiwr his private reasons for declining an
honorable candidacy, to which lie had been urged by
he had no disposition to be put in
‘reuse and particularly that of the command- to pieces or put to flight; so that R
„ officer’ is less susceptible of apology than those may be said to be annihilated. The
tfJLi Ynn were called upon to act in an en- bnlUant affair are hourly expected.
ing , - „ ,
alluded to. You were called upon
lightened city,were the means ofinformation, on le
gal and political subjects, are particularly great,
and where it was in your power at any moment, to
to have obtained the best advice as to the obliga
tion of the orders you received. If you have listen-
to improper counsel, we can only lament the cir
cumstance.
mmander. A
d in the river,
Russian corps were cut
Rudiger’s corps
details of this
The same paper of the 2St!i contains an official;
report of the commander-in-chief, dated Japdtow, ■
2-2d iust. in which he gives an account of the defeat
of Sierawski, which on the whole, agrees, with the
Russian account, only the loss of the Poles, is stat
ed at 2000 men; General Sierawski is stated to have
drawn this disaster on himself by exceeding hisin-
“It is our duty however unpleasant the exercise structions, and advancing towards Lublin, where
of it, to pronounce the following sentences in your tlie enemy had a very superior force,
several cases, and in fixing the degree of punish-j Constantinople, April 11.
merit we have not been inattentive to every, cir- New executions have taken piace since the last
<*uinstance which has been offered in your favor, post. The Vice Admiral, Tahir Poca, was stran-
The triumph of the laws over military force array- gled a few days since. They say that he was lin
ed against tl iem, is sufficient for their object. The ; plicated in a conspiracy recently dtscovered. Tlie
measure of punishment, is in vour unfortunate case i flame of revolt has extended into Syria, and Baby-
ivartteularlv. of small comparative importance. Ion and Bagdad are in a similar state to Albania.
Dublin, May, 10.
particularly, of small comparative importance.
Example, and not severity, Is dictated by our duty,
and has been .our aim.
“The sentences of the court are, that you Micha-
To the majority which appeared yesterday of
261 lor Perrin, and 256 for Harty, tlfere is added
<*l Bright te* imprisoned for the term of three for this day up to tliree o’clock, altout one hundred
months and pay a fine of two hundred dollars to the ; for each, and large numiiers of voters waiting to
United States and that you James Atkinson, Wil-, poll for them, the reform candidates no doubt, is
liam Cole, Charles Westfall, Samuel Wilkins,! entertained of Perrin and Harty s return.
~ ’■ The news from our country elections this day is
ghly favorable “to the Bill,” we learn of the re-
ui,eiuimui F ,xy agnation of Bereford in Waterford; the return of
to the United States, and stand committed till these Bodkin a reformer, for the town of Galway, in oppo-
are complied with.” j tion of Mr. Daly hitherto all powerful jhere—
In order that tlie Pennsylvania effort at Nullifi- j and something like a certainty of the return of two
cation should have the benefit of a full length per-1 reformers for Kerry, (one of them O’Connell) to
•.mat'.™ wo rnVP fbp la njruai-re of President Madi- the discomfiture of Mr. Fitzgerald. No hopes of
donation, we give the language of President Madi
son’s Proclamation, in winch he granted a pardon
to the Nullifiers.
“ Whereas, it has been represented to me that
General Bright, James Atkinson, William Cole,
Charles Westfall, Samuel Wilkinson, Abraham Og- “ Whole Bill” reformers for Carlow: Blackney
hopes
Lord Chastlereagh’s return for Down. And Sir
John Byng is announced as going down to contest
the country of Derry. There is also the most confi
dent expectations stated, as to the return of two
-den, Daniel Piiyle, Charles Hong and John Knipe,
all of the state of Pennsylvania, were, at a Circuit
Court of the United Suites, lately held for the Penu-
ylvania district, at Philadelphia, duly and several-
convieted of opposing and obstructing tlie mar-
and Doyle in opposition to the two moderate can
didates, Boren and Rochibrt.
London, May 10.
Cambridge University Election.—The election
an office, which they had so recently, and with such Info
marks of confidence, conferred upon him. That confi
dence had remain unshaken, for the course of nearly
twenty-seven years—the period of Air. Lumpkin’s ardu
ous and important public services to ihe people of Geor
gia. When that jvopie w ished to place him in another
appointment, contrary to his individual inclinations, he
certainly owed to them, to state his private objections t< .
the new coarse proposed by his friends. He therefore
did so—but lie did if, under circumstances more unfavor
able to.a true knowledge of die public voice, that tlie cir-
cur. Unices under which his late ietier was wriiren, con
ceding his own opinions to tlie public vvill, ascertained
more fully on his return to Georgia, from his duties at
W ashington. To have acted otherwise, would have
ocen to violate that rule by which his public life has been
uniformly governed—and by which all officers, in a
republic, should be governed.
?>o far therefore from turning his letter of February into
an argument against him, it is one <>f the strongest rea
ms why he should be more cordially supported. In that
letter he'stated the reasons which influenced Ills own
mind to decline die invration—-this was his duty.
So soon however as he ascertained that the genera] wishes
of his friends called him fo the Executive chair—when lie
could no longer doubt what those wishes were—when he
found that lus own individual opionion, was arrayed
against that of his friends—then duty was changed, with
the change of circumstances—and w hen lie put. to him
self tlie. question—“Shall 1 hold out obstinately against
their wiSh and adhere pertinaciously to my ownl—Have
not these people placed me where I now tun—and have
they not the right to change my position?”—true to die
principle, that the Represent alive should yield to the will
of his consiituents—Air. Lumpkin could give but one
answer. He has given it—and tlie pe< pie, a; the polls,
wdl respond to it. None, but those, who would have
been his enemies under any circumstances, will object to
And iVir. Lumpkin’s own conscience must, in future,
approve this submission to the will of his constituents.
It is no new thing in Georgia—ceriainly not among
our opiionents—to elevate a favorite candidate from one
honorable post to another. Like the centurion of old,
they have had, and still have, their servants, ready 4.0
climb the bidder of lame and profit, font one round to an
other, at the bid of their leaders. They say to this man,
“ieave your present office for another”—and lie leaves'll
—They say to that man, “quit this office, and go up
higher”—aud he quits, and goes up higher. They are
minute-men in these matters—a!ways ready and willing
to march up to a more honorable and influential station,
—Clinging fast, at the same time, to the old commission,.
till they get the new one. Nor is it a new tiling
in the Troup ranks, to find men holding, at the same
time, several honorable and lucrative appointments.—
v'v e know one individual of the Troup party, who now
holds four appointments. But so soon as a Clark man
is only solicited, and becomes a candidate—not for two,
or flirte, or four cfiiees at once—but to step from one into
another—a most lamentable dirge is raised against it.
Now, who cannot see through tills cant about abandon
ing one appointment for another? The truth is, this
outcry is raised against Mr. Lumpkin, only because his
enemies are ularmed at his appearance in the field.
Some most uncharitable, unmanly end insincere at-
temptshave been made, to impress die public mind with
the belief, tliat Air. Lumpkiy is. opposed to general. Jack-
son. Those who make the charge know it to lie false—
those who make ihe charge, have been Jackson’s bitter
est enemies—those who make the cl or?e, are the very
men, who opposed Mr. Lumpkin and hi' ft.ends, on the
oenj ground, that they were *Hn favor 0, Jackson.” It is
now a pitiful attempt^ to “pin themscives to the sleeve”
of Jackson’s popularity, when they find they can no lon
ger resist that popularity in Georgia. This is indeed, ma
king a virtue of necessity.—On the other hand, Mr. Ltunjv
ion lias, from the first, remained-the undeyiating advocate
f the President. It is a fact too notorious to be denied—
•t remains in biack §tnd white—(let the Rccm'der, Jour
nal, &.c. look to their files) that the Troup party and their
presses, opposed—nay, vilified Jackson, as long as they
ired to do it. They oppeniy preferred Mr. Adams, A r
hat very time, Mr. Lumpkin was tlie firm, and j>ei secuted
idvocate of Gen. Jackson. Let them deny the&'statt-
ents, ii' they cun.
in addition to what the Macon Telegraph, in its able
defence of Air. Lumpkm, has already said, we wifl give
dollars to a broken merchant? Well says another, ‘let’s
go in for the chink, any way—that nasty Penitentiary
is burnt down—and if we give the masons ten dollars a
piece, they will put up a handsome building to adorn the
capital.” So we all concluded to “go in blind.” We
know too, that the Lottery Commissioners are pretty
clever fellows—we hear no complaint against ’em. But
we have a heavy complaint against that tyrant of a fel
low, commonly called, Poverty. We shan’t trouble you
with all our names—but, you may be sure, there’s a
plenty of us—aud we all want money—and to convince
you that we are determined to throw off the yoke of that
miscreant above-named, we send you, for publication,
he following Declaration of Independence. If any
of us should draw the Thirty Thousand, what a boun.-
cing dinner we shall we give on the glorious Fourth!!—
You and the Commissioners shall have an invitation—
and all the ladies that don’t feel above poor folks—but
we shall Ire rich then. Watson, and Boykin, and Carnes,
and Park, and Howard, and Calhoun shall be there—ami
ii Lumpkin, and Haynes, and Gilmer will only come, they
shall sit with us, and welcome, and no questions a-Ned
“ ’bout next election.”
Yours to serve, DICK BIG PRIZE.
Mol a Bene.—Dick B. P. reserves the Big Prize for
himself.
Postscript.—If the signers of this Declarat ion don’t
draw in the Millcdgeville Masonic Hall Lottery, Dick re
commends them ’specially to Beers’ or Cosnakd’s, Act*
gusta, Ga.
r . TT - . - . x—, j , —— - of the Christian’s aim—and tire more expanded ate his
tor 4.ne L iih erstty closed ou r ndav } ui tlie return a few mote extracts from his letters, respecting the Pro > intellectthe more wifl his enraptured spirit revel in
EDUCATION.—We designed to have continued a
few remarks made by us on this all-important subject a
fortnight since—but we have been happily relieved by a
rich’ supply from our intelligent correspondents. W"e
shall therefore suspend what w e had to say, lest our un
savory dish might diminish the richness of the feast, and
mar the beautiful variety of the service. We cannot,
however, avoid whetting our knife a little upon our good
farmer, “Baptist." We know he is a worthy man, and
adorns his profession. We shall not therefore carve his
dish so as entirely to spoil it. We like most of his ideas
well, hut at the same time, w r e think a little more sauce
wouid do it no harm.
lie thinks Latin and Greek of no use. Now we
would ask him, how should such unlearned farmers, as
lie is, have had a Bible to read in English, if we had not
had men, who knew those languages thoroughly, so as to
translate them? Besides, new translations ot the Bible
are coming out. W e see now a prop<-sal for a new trans
lation. Whenever we begin to have new translations,
we shall soon probably have a Baptist Bible, a Presbyte
rian aAIethodist Bible, a Calvinist Bible, a Trini
tarian Bitiie, an Unitarian Bible, a Catholic Bible, an E-
piscopal Bible, and an Universalist Bible. And aii these
put together would be no Bible at aii. We should there
fore have to look to the original entirely, like tlie Catho
lic peasantry, to learn the word of God. N ow, we wouid
ask “Baptist," who couldcorrect all these errors, if we
had nobody that knew Greek, &c.? We think our friend
“Baptist” and his brethren would fare badly; for the oth
er denominations would blow them “out of die water”—
and they would be like a fish upon dry land.
Besides, our worthy friend, “Baptist,” has no objection
to Hebrew, because he undemands the Bible w as written
in Hebrew. W e are very sorry his iearned brother, or
whoever gave liim the information, had not told him ihe
New Testament was originally written in Greek, and
tlm the Apostles who wrote it, were Jews, whose mother
tongue was Hebrew—but still they understood Greek,
Latin, &c. Now if Paul, and John, and Aiatthew, &c.
&.c. could not only read, but write Greek correctly and
classically, and they nothing but fishermen, why should
not some of our plough-handle preachers know Greek
and Latin too? If Greek and Latin would take away
piety, God would not have suffered his Apostles to know
them. Does Arithmetic spoil the piety of any of our
preachers, Methodist, Baptist, or Presbyterian?
Besides, if tlie young Ministers are to work for their
learning, why not work to get a thorough education at
once. We do not think a thorough education absolutely
necessary to make a useful Minister. But we have nev
er yet seen a learned and pious Alinister, who could not
entertain and instruct, to-greater advantage than an igno
rant one. Surely if there is any profession which calls
into exercise all tlie powers of the human mind, it is di
vinity. G od himself is all know ledge. He gave us intel
lects to be improved to his honor and glory. He com
mands his Ministers to be “wise as serpents"—to “bring
forth tilings new and old.” "We find astronomy, poetry,
oratory, all used by the divine writers, in pourtraying the
grandeur of creation, and the unshakable glory of God.
“Glory, and honor, and immortality” are the true objects
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
When in the course of human events, it becomes ne
cessary for rich men who liave become poor, 01 poor na n
who wish to become rich, to dissolve the impolitic bands
which have connected them with Poverty, and to assures
among the powers of the wealthy, the comfortable and
equal station to which the laws 01 nature entitle them, a
decent respect for tlie opinions of mankind, requires that
they should declare the causes w liicty impel theffi to tii«
separation.
We hold these truths fo be self-evident, that ail men.
arc created equal; that they are endowed by their crea
tor with certain unalienable rights; that among these are
•bread, meat, and the pursuit of property. That to secure
nese rights, Lotteries are instituted among men, deriving
dietr just powers from the consent of the Legislature-, that
when any form of Poverty liecomes destructive of these
ends, it is the right of adventurers to alter or abolish it, and
'.o make a fortune, laying its foundat ions on such princi
ples, and organizing it in such form, as to them shall seem
most likely to efteet their safety and'happiness. Pru
dence indeed will dictate that situations in life, long es-
ablished,- should not be changed lor light and transient
causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that
poor folks are more disposed to suffer poverty, while its
evils are sutierable, than to enrich themselves by hard la?
iior, to which they have been unaccustomed. But when,
by a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing inva
riably the same object, Poverty evinces a design to reduce
them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their
duty, to throw oil" such government, and to purchase lotte
ry tickets, for their future security. ►Such lias been the
patient sufferance of these adventurers; and such is now
ihe necessity which constrains them to alter their former
systems of livelihood. _
The history of the present king of Poverty is a history
of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct
object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over
these ticket holders. To prove this, let facts be submitted
to a candid w orld.
He has refused us admission into banks, the most
wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his governors to pass laws for our im*
med.aie and pressing necessities.
He has refused to pass laws for the accommodation of
large classes of people, unless those people w ould relin
quish the right of being representatives in the Lcgisla*
ture—a right inestimable to them and formidable 10 ty.-
rants only.
He has called together whole families cf men, women,
and children in log huts, not very unusual, but very mv
ci mfortable, and distant from tlie public treasures, tor the
sole purpose of fatiguing them out of their lives.
Hehas dissolved whole firms repeatedly, for bearing
w ith manly firmness, his invasions on their stock and
credit.
He has refused for a long time aft er such dissolutions,
to cause their credit to be re-established; whereby the
money making pow ers, incapable of annihilation, have re
turned to these Ticket-holders, for their exercise: their
bodies remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the dan?
gers of casa's from without, and hunger within.
He has endeavored to prevent the population ^>f fami
lies; for that, purpose obstructing the laws for the accu
mulation of estates; refusing to pass others-for their mi
gration thither, raising the price of giants in the Land
Lottery—and cutting the gold diggers out of a draw.
Helias obstructed the ad minis Cration of justice by re-
fusing us horses to lide to Court, to aid in executing the
judiciary powers. '
He has made judges dependant on his will alone for
their appointments.
He has elected a multitude of judges and justices, and
sent among us swarms of Sheriffs, and Constables, to le
vy on our property and sell out our substance.
He has kept among us, in limes of the Penitentiary,
standing Bench Warrants, without our awn consent.
He has affected to render the wealthy, independent of
and superior to, the indigent citizen.
He has combined with tyranny to subject us to K ju
risdiction oppressive to our constitutions and uncomforta
ble to our feelings; giving his assent to their acts of pre
tended necessity.
For quartering large bodies of suffering children among
us.
For protecting them by a piece of corn hoe-cake only»
to keep them from actual starvation.
For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial
by a jury of our peer*—because, in poverty, we are u
less
For transporting us to jail, t» bq haprikaned. there
debts we emmot pay. . ~ N r *
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