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FEDERAL UNION.
DOMESTIC.
FROM THE CfrUtl/ESTOV COURIER.
The followinw letter was addressed to General
^I(Pdrew Jackson, President ol'the United States,
by the Committee of Arrangements, inviting him
to join them in the celebration of the dav:
CHARLESTON, (S. C.) JUNE 5.
//is Excellency Andrew Jackson,
President of the United Slates :
SIR—T he undersigned on behalf of their fellow
citizens of“the Union*nd "State Rights Party," have
the honor to invite you to -a Dinner given on the
npproacfciftg Fourth of July, in celebration of the
Anniversary of American Independence.
Had we regarded this return ol’the birth-day of
ttpr nation, as an era of merely ordinary import, we
should not perhaps have taken the liberty to pre-
split ourselves belbre you. But the case is far oth
erwise.
As a native of the State of South Carolina, and
one whom she has always delighted to honor, we
t?o not doubt, Sir, that you have felt such interest
in the expressions of sentiment and opinion, which
Imve been elicited during the' progress of affairs
among us-, as to he fully aware, ol’the great lines of
distinction drawn between the several parties in
the State, as well-as the portentous omens which
threaten us with civil convulsions. It is well known
to you and to the world, that the kite political dis-
or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link to
gether the various parts.”
“Your patriotic endeavors, Gentlemen, to lessen
the violence ofparty d isse ntion, cannot be forwarded
more effectually, than, by inculcating, a reliance on
the justice of our National Councils, fit pointing to the
fast approaching extinction of the public debt, as an
event which must necessarially produce modifica
tions in the Revenue System, by which all interests
under a spirit of mutual accomodation and conces
sion. will he probably protected.
“The grave subjects introduced in your letter of
invitation, have drawn from me the frank exposi
tion of opinions, which I have neither interest nor
inclination to conceal.
“Greatful for the kindness you have personally
expressed, I renew my expressions of regret that
it is not in mv power to accept your kind inv itation;
and have the honor to he with, with great respect,
“Your obedient u d humble servant,
(Signed) “Aiv DREW JACKSON. ’
To John Stoney, George Warren Cross, Rene Go
dard, Francis Y. Porcher, John btrohecker, Jas.
Moultrie, Dennis Kane, James Adger, S. H.
Dickson, J. Harleston Read, William Kunhardt,
John Wagner, Edwin P. Starr*
federal, union.
MILI.EDGEVILLE, JULY I A, UB31.
OCTOBER ELECTION.
FOR GOVERNOR,
WILSON LUMPKIN.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Candidates to represent Baldwin county.
FOR THE SENATE,
JAMES C. WATSON.
FOR THE HOUSE,
EZEKIEL E. PARK,
WILLIAM W. CARNES.
FROM THE AMERICAN SENTINEL.
MR. INGHAM AT HOME ! !
On the morning of Saturday, Mr. Ingham left
missions and events, have tended to loosen those ' Philadelphia lor nis cherished home, mu private
bonds of fraternal affection, which once united 1 lie carriage; accompanied by theBucivs county com-
remotest parts of our great empire. Geographical mittee ol arrangement. On arrivingat the bucks and
limits are familiary referred to, as connected with Montgomery hue, he was met uy a numerouscaval-
separate and disjointed interest, and too many of cade ol the substantial yeomanry oflus native coun-
our youth are growing up, as we fear, anddeeplv tv, who manifested their unabated attachment to
lament, in the dangerous belief that these interests, their laithlul public servant, by iouii, hearty and re-
are incompatible and contrasted. | pealed cheers, ana in aiithaigunv ol kindly leeuugs,
We conceive it, Sir, to be a matter of infinite im- winch coining from me unoiasedyeonian, is, to me
portance to our country, that those fatal errors ! honest public agent, the noblest reward ue ever can
•should be promptly corrected, and the feelings hop 1 to realize. At the Lucks county line a pro
which they engender thoroughly eradicate
the ancient ties of friendship may once
closely together (he several members of our
confederacy. It is our special aim to rev
fall force, the benign spirit of Union—to renew „
mutual confidence in each others good will and ; Francis bairtt, soldiers ol me revolution, the latter cious tendency.
MILLEDGEYILLE* MASONIC HALL LOTTE
RY.—We have set up the official prize list in more Com
pact form, than is usual. Let the number of the thou
sand, placed at the head of each section, be prefixed to the
number set down in the body of the secaon, and you will
have the proper number: thus, in the second section, the
first number in the body of ihe section, is 1012.
GOVERNOR TROUP’S LETTER.—In a
late number, bv particular request, we republish
a useless and odious incumbrance, from the feeble shall resolve, for their interest, safety, & happiness;
hands of our executive officers, w no should per- ; will be right:” an assertion most extravagantly a li
mit the laws to be openly and successfully resisted: surd, most ouTVageously false! And why is it made?
government itself would cease, and the contused, To flatter them into the presumptuous belief, that
bewildered, and bloody reign of anarchy would tbl- their counsels are so wise, it is impossible they
low.—The Federal Executive would sustain the should err; and under this ill-timed seiMionfidence,
law of the United States. As soon as the President to prevent a careful revision of their rash course;
should be informed, that this law is resisted, f l ow- to keep them infatuated and blinded to the future,
ing the example of Washington, he would summon until they shall have advanced too tar to recede;
to the field, the militia of Virginia, bl’ North Car- untill they shall have taken the fatal plunge, into
olina, of Tennessee, of Georgia, to subdue them- the abyss of disunion. In the same strain of ex-
surgents, and to re-establish the authority of the travagant flattery, he tells them, that what they
violated, the nullified law. Is it believed, that these thus resolve, “none will have the right to question.”,
militia would disobey the regular, constitutional Most false, most unprincipled, most profligate,
command of the President? Is forbearance towards declaration! According to the doctrine taught by
their fellow-citizens of South Carolina, to bring up- George M. Troup to the Nullifies, South Carri
on them, the guilt, the punishment, the infamy of lina may deliberately disobey, and resist, and set
mutiny? of desertion? of treason? The Const it u- aside, tlic lsiws Of bur fcountry; and our judicial and
lion has given to the President, authority to call out executive officers will have no right to object to
The militia, in cases of insurrection: and the miiitia, her conduct. She may abandon the Union, she
when so called out, however pninful the service,dare may interrupt the transmission of the United Stair s
not, will not, disobey. At such a call, they will Mail across her territory; she may overthrow aii-
march, when ordered—they will fight when order- of her republican institutions, and establish a mon-
ed. Gloomy, hateful, detested he the day, on which archival or despotic government; she may formdbr-
Americans shall wage war against Americans! eign alliances, offensive and defensive, she may in-
In sucii a war, victory itself would rend the ho- terpose an English army, between Georgia and Al-
soms of the conquerors,"with the sharpest agonies; abnma on the one side,‘and the seat of their Feder-
and their hearts, overwhelmed with public and pri- al Government on the, other; and those_states, and
vate grief, would have no other consolation, than that government, according to'the doctrine of
the consciousness of having performed a great and George ,r> I! 1 ” in
essential duty, in sustaining the law, and thereby 7 He
preserving the Union of these States. The ban- “pe
ner of associated stripes and stars,the’gforious ban- The Nullifiers are about to copvenc r fbr the pur-
ner of our country, of our whole country, would he pos' 1 of devising the most efficient mode of resis-
tcnances. with no military alacrity animating their ed them, that they lived under the best form of
' i- government, and one especially containing the most
salutary checks on the abuse of power^that had
ever been devised and executed, by the virtue nrut
patriotism, without which, the laws, and statutes, j being the Presidential Elector, who in ls2S recor- ; v * as written,
and forms of government of these States, will exist bed the voice of the people m favor ol Jackson arid dressed, and
The occasion on which this letter
the persons to whom it was ad-
the style in which it was com-
m vain. We diselaiinfromthe bottom of our hearts, j CalAoun y on arriving at the Rear tavern, toe pieces- posed, ail concur to furnish decisiv t ewltnce, uiat
ajil political or party purposes of local nature or c, : r- sion was termed by a very numerous assenukage of the writer intended it to reac i lepun lie ey e, am
<&miscribed extent. We esteem as bretheren and j “Rucks County farmers^ 5 'and ail participateu m an : to produce an effect on the minus of the Pf°P e -
pfesociates, all who cordially unite with us in devo- ' excellent and plentiful collation prepared ibr tne oc- , e regard it, as one ma series ol efforts to in u.>
tion to our common country, and in the firm reso- j casion. After this flattering welcome of Mr. dnto the hearts of thei citizens of the Southern blades,
Ibtion to defend her institutions, and transmit them j Ingham to “home,” Captain Laird presented him a a:i implacable hatred loi the etleral Ins i -uions °*
lfciimpaired to the generation that shall succeed us. j brief address on behalf ol The freemen ol bucks, to j (), J r country; ana to urge them, under the in ue,ice
Tour sentiments in relation to this subject are weff 1 which he made a leeimg, eloquent and appropriate °{ migry passions, to insurrection, o reason, o
khown, and have been repeatedly announced, and j reply, both ol* which were received with the iouaesi ! disunion, and to dire civil war, i ie nievi a e
We are proud to regard y T ou, Sirj as one of our fii- demonstrations of feeling, and wlncn weiiopesoon • Slll( °f disunion.
solution. We render homage to the lofty Courage ties, from which it has rescued, and continues to
| of the misguided,the infatuated sons of our sister preserve them; that it is the Federal Union alone,
fibers and leaders.
In lair, spirit, and with these views, we request,
the honor of your presence on ihe approaching oc
casion. The citizens of Charleston have flattered
themselves with the hope, that you would be able
Without inconvenience, to comply with their invi
tation, urged some time since through the municipal
dhthorities. May we he permitted to indicate the wishes ol'the seer eign peop
period of yonr visit, so fir as that it shall inch !•>'• . ho will oe so poor, as t
the Anniversary of the Declaration of Indepond
to la) be lore our- readers. Samuel D. mg ham, as j
Fully to understand the true design and scope of
kindred, of brothers, and of fathers, shed by each ion a:one, which unites their strength c wains i Um-
others liands, in this civil, this domestic war: but eign injustice and oppression; and thus enables them
madly fighting in an evil cause, they would be con- i triumphantly to defend their commerce, their soil,
strained tofrield to the superior force, to the over- and their independence, against the rapacity and
wlielminer numbers, of the equally valiant soldiers : ambilTon of foreign enemies. A patriot, a iover. of
of the Union. Nor w ould the navy, that glorious the Union, would solemnly have admonished them,
anu of our country’s power, of the power of these to “discountenance whatever may suggest even tv
United States, be permitted to remain inactive. In suspicion, that the Union can, in* any event, be a- 1
his enemies desired, is now in retirement, but He j fhe tofrer, wennist l*ear in rnind,the pet sons to whom | language of a beautiful and nervous writer, banOoned, and indignantly to frown upon tile first
carries woth him to the shades of private ole, an at- \was addressed, and the occasion loi v, Inch it was j “Then would f!ie port of Charleston, if declared dawning of every attempt, to sever one portion of
tachment and respect which toe possession oi pow- j prepared.
1 1 11 It was addressed to a committee of the Nullifiers
of South Carolina!!
Various public prints in that state, had declared,
er and place never can purchase lor Ins persecutors
and calumniators. When ihe voice of truth reach
es the Presidential ear, and the just and anxious (
le are complied tviili, : tlia, , ' 1L '
poor, as to do reverence to tne
free by South Carolina be put in a state of blockade . the country from the rest; or to enfeeble t he sacred-
bv Congress. The Columbus, anil the Indepen- fa's, which now bind together, the various parts.”*
dcnc<\ and the Franklin, and the Brandywine, and How widely different, in what deep contrast, is ihe
ke their stations exhortation of George M. Troup! He declares to
the Lexington, would one by one, take ineir stations t-xuuriaiiou oi ueorge m. troop!
on the edge of the bar: and last of all, the poor i them, that “they have a right to change their <rev-
o!d Constitution herself, almost coeval with her al- eminent at pleasure,” and “to throw oil the govern-
nion.
Federal Government was enlbrcing over
the Southern States, an odious tyranny, submission
creatures who obscure the light of a man, the wuh- j wl,ich v ''** disgraceful and rumous. Some oi j flicted namesake, would obey the unwelcome sum- j ment of t iie Union, whenever their sail ty, iiappi
efceo. With the most respectful consideration, Sir, I drawal of whose countenanc' would sink them to I lieT-riir^t influential and ta.ented statesmen, m pub- j m on«. She would come, not skipping over the j ness, and interest may require it.” “He’then e it-
t We have the honor to b* ! the native darkness from winch they originated, and I IC '‘frangoes to large assemblages oi the people, | waves, like the sea bird Riot scarce wets Ills bosom j deavours to convince them, that their safety, inler-
to which they properly belong. Tne “Pennsytoa- j }ia( ' descri.ied the usurpations ol the General Gov- , on snowy crests; not ringing with g’ad shouts,. est, and happiness require, that they frhe.uld change
^ • nia farmeror if ms enemiofprefer it, the “Penn- i frnment,.and the consequent sutlenngs of Carolina,' and the rapture of anticipated triumph, as when j their government; that they should throw’off fru
• - confidence ! nM)St exaggerated terms: they had represented j s ), e ranged like n monster of the deep, beneath the ' ~ ~ x - 1 * TT ' 1 - ....
Your Excellency’s obedient servants,
JOHN STONEY,
GEORGE WARREN CROSS,
RENE GODARD,
.FRANCIS Y. PORCHER,
JOHN STRO FI EC K ER,
JAMES MOULTRIE,
DENNIS KANE,
•JAMES ADGER,
S. HENRY DICKSON,
J. HARLESTON READ.
WILLIAM KUNHARDT,
JOHN WAGNER,
ED *VIN P. STARR,
Suite letter from Gen. Andrew Jackson, in re
ply 4o the above, was read, after the 4th Toast,
Worn the centre right by Col. Cross, from the left
1$; Capt. E. P. Stark, and, from the great ex
tent of the Bower and assemblage, it not having
deen heard at the extreme ends, it was there read,
severally, bv the Hon. Thomas Lee, and the Hon.
Thomas S. Grimke.
* “WASHINGTON CITY, JUNE 14th 1831.
^Gentlemen—It would afford*rue much pleas
ure, could I at the same time accept your invita
tion ol'the 5th inst. and that with which I was lie-
lure honored by the municipal authorities of
Charleston. A necessary attention to the duties of
Hiy office, must, deprive me of the gratification I
should have had in pa ring, under such circum
stances, a visit to the State, of which I feel a pride
calling myself a citizen by birth.
“Could I accept your invitation, it would be with
flk* hope that ail parties—all the men of talent, ex
ited patriotism, and private worth, who have been
divided in the manner you describe, might be
united belbre the altar of their country, on the da;
pnncple,
! greted, as it only tends to place nor in a more mde-
| pendent position, ami gives new weight to the mor-
i a, iiifliu nee she aiwa_\ s must, and always wiilmain-
j tain, id toe councils of toe nation, if she only remain
• true to herself, detestation lor toe corrupt coalition
I of 1824, and love for the gallantry and patriotism
J of tiie hero of New Orleans, were the governing in
fluences which operated on her in 1S2S. The
support unbending and inflexible, she lias given to
four successive Southern Presidents, proves that
selfishness enters but little into her composition.
Creek Agenct, July 1st, 1831.
Sir—Information that can be relied on, has just
reached me, that the Small Pox has made its ap
pearance amonir the Indians about forty miles from
this place on the Federal Hoad; and as the Indians
are in the daiiv practice ol visiting Coh-mbus and
other frontier settlements of Georgia, you will please
give the information, through the medium oi your
paper.
I’am sir, respectfully, your obt, servt.
‘ JOHN CROWELL.
To the Editor of the Democrat, Columbus, Uu.
South Carolina, again to assert, and to maintain by j ] 00m slowly and mournfully from the deep. Who
ajnii i uu tut: omcuui GGirimiMuu w* f
ejice—independence which cannot exist without U-
®ion, and with it is eternal.
‘Every enlightened citizen must kjow, that a
aralion, could it be effected, would begin with
ers to the hateful tyranny of England. They had
been told, that, the Northern States were their na
tural enemies: that England was their natural ally.
We mention these harangues and publications, not
to expose at this time, the dangerous fallacies which
they contained; but to shew what was the situa
tion of South Carolina, at the period referred to.
These inflammatory addresses and publications
bad produced a irreat cff-ct on the minds of a large
proportion, (it was believed, of more than one half,)
of the gaiiant people of that State: greal numbers
of patriol icemen were so far misled, as to feel a vi
olent hostility towards a government which, tliev
were taught to believe, was ••pitressing and degrad
ing them; and they seemed ready at the call of
their leaders, to resort to nnv measures, however
violent, or dangerous, in resisting rite constituted
authorities of the government of this Union. From
the bosoms of many American citizens, that deep-
rooted, and virtuous, and essentially American sen
timent, of love for the Union, had been almost
eradicated: in its stead was flowing up, a belief
that a union with the No'-th “a States was to U
deprecated as a curse, which was rapidly spend
ing, &. would continue to spread, poverty, and de-
out h. It was durinir
misguuied people, at this crisis
The Indians.—On a requisition from tne Gov
ernor of Illinois, a detachment of six companies of
U. S. troops from the 3d and 6th regiments, left def
ies son Barracks yesterday, in the steam-boat En-
. . r .i i - , kcuo in,i nnu .„' tenu is. , for Reck Island, to qiiiet some difficulties
set apart tor the solemn celebration _ M ; at presentexistuig between our citizens and tiieSac gradation, and ruin over the
and Fox Indians in that neighborhood. The de- I this agitation of a
tachment, we understand, is accompanied by Gen. j so pregnant with danger to our Federal Institutions,
Gaines. We have no very definite account of the j and alarming to the lover of tile peace and union
the Indians arc said to of our country, that the leaders of the nullifying
the aggressors—to have trespassed upon the 1 party determined to have a great assemblage, a
roperty of the whites, burning their fences, &c. • kind of informal convention, at Columbia, for the
bans reside, was purpose of imparting unity to (heir counsels; and
We.1 present an iiiumountaWe barrier to thejsoM by them to the u. mates, but they were al- 'devising and adopting sra^e energetic my c of op-
u » R. , ^ bv whatever, lowed to remain on it for a lontrer time-tlmn stipu- eration. At this meeting tnere were to lie two
SSteSStWlTWtatevej latod in ,l.e treaty. They are notv very tunviUing great top^ (or dfeussion; the first, “Shall the
patriotic nam > . Q ., nn0 rt. The to remove. • I power of t„c State be employed in resisting theex-
filreeofSevid^t troths, the effect they must We understand that Gov. Reynolds of Illinois, edition of the act of Congress imposing duties on
iorce o - - •’ has put in requisition apart ol the militia of tnat, t.he importstiQn of formgn merchandize? Second,
State.—Missouri Republican of May 31. j “In what mode can tins law of Congress'be most
civil discord, and end in colonial dependence on a origin of the ilisturbnnr-
J. ■ ’ i O-w,.. tffp W^t ot na- be
separation,
qivil discoru, .
torein-n r.otvur and obliteration from the ust ot na-
Uons^ Che should also see. that high and sacred 1 ! property ot the whites, burning tti
Rons. Wot lie soooui aiso ht . r. v . and upon which these Indu
duties which must and will, at all nazzarus oe pci , ** 1 TT „ .
f lp harrier to the sold by them to the U. States, bi
when they were first unrolled, on the morning ot’
Indepfltdence: and was not obliterated, when they
were trailed along, torn and daggled with blood, in
the days of the country’s tribulation; hut now, alas,
voluntarily blotted from them by South Carolina
herself? Who could support the sight, when a squad
ron of the United States of America, should obey
the stent command of duty, and rush down in dark
and liitai array on the old palmetto tort! But a worse
sight than tins must be borne. By the necessity of
the political system in which We live, a necessity
strongerjtlian men, and stronger than parties: what
soever State shall drop from this Union, will fall in
to the arms of England. We kz'riv that this would
be a bitter necessity to a patriotic state, but it would
be h Q r inevitable doom. Scarcely will the squad-
ion of Ihi' United States have appeared off' the wa
ters of Charleston, to engage reluctantly in a civil
war with their brethren-, when a British fleet will
hasten to relieve the free port: and the Royal George,
and the Sovereign, and the Majestic, and the Leo
pard, and the Shannon, will he again arrayed n-
gninst the United States, in alliance with South
Carolina. Into what condition will this plunge the
U. States, or the disunited State? We freely admit,
that it would plunge the United States into an abyss
of suffering. On South Carolina itself, it would
bring a direr scourge than loreign or civil war, a
belhim piusquem civile, in which, in the the most ter
rific sense, a mail’s Joes shall be those of his own
household.”
It was when Carolina, under the counsels of the
Nullifiers, was hastening to this mournful crisis,
that George M. Troup, a citizen of Georgia, was
. invited by those Nullifiers, to attend their great po
litical festival, as a guest and a counsellor. What
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Xiltimately have upon the minds of those who seem ,
for a moment to have disregarded them, make me :
cherish the belief I have expressed, that could I!
have been present at your celebration, I should
have foundjall parties concurring to promote the ob-
E L of your association. You have distinctly ex-
ssed that object—“to revive in its fillip force the
ngn spirit of Union, and to renew the mutual
confidence in each others good will and patriotism.”
Such endeavors calmly an ’• firmly persevered in,
cannot fail of success.* Such sentiments are ap
propriate to the celebration of that high festival,
which commemorates the simultaneous declaration
ofUnio:. and Independence—and when on the re
turn of that day, we annually renew the pledge
that our heroic fathers made, of life, of fortune, and
of sacred honor, let us never forget that it was giv-
sn to sustain us as a United, not less than an Inde
pendent people.
“Knowing as I do, the private worth and public
virtues of distinguished citizens, to whom declara-
•flons inconsistent with an attachment to the Union
ftave been ascribed, I cannot but hope, that if accu-
latelv reported, they were the effect of momentary
excitement, not deliberate design and that such
men can never have formed the project of pursu
ing a course of redress through any other^than
constitutional iqeans; but if I am mistaken in this
Charitable hope, then in the language of the father
of our country, I would conjure them to estimate
properly “the immense value of your national Un
ion to your collective and individual happiness;”
to cherish “a cordial, habitual, and immovable at-
cl one lit to it; act* Homing yourselves to think
and speak of it, as of the palladium of your political
safety and prosperity, watelling tor its preserva
tion with jealous anxiety.; discountenancing what
ever may suggest even a suspicion that it can,
ip any event, be abandoned; and indignantly
gowning upon the first dawning of every attempt
•&2$r portion ©four country from the rest,
EOIU JA, FLLATK! COUNTY.—'Whereas-
T >».u«T D. fc ur^jc:. admmi&irator on die estate of
At 1 da' Yor.nr, deceased, applies lo me for letters of
dismission on sa’oira e:
These are therefore to rife and admonish, all and sin
gula'*, the kindred and credvors of said deceased, to be j
and appear a. a Court of Ordinary to he held on the first i
Monday in Jant.R’-y ni x’, in and for said county, then. ,
and there to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters j
should n it be p-amed. Given under my hand, this l'ith
day of July, 1831. ,
JOSEPH CARRUTHER8, Clerk.
July 14 1 rofim
effectually resisted by the action of the power ol
the States?”'Persuasion, remonstrance, argument,
were held no longer available, nor suitable to the
dignity of injured freemen; further forbearance was
deck- ed to be tame submission; the only remedy
was held to he, direct and forcible resistance, undur
the sanction of the State Legislature, or of a State
j Convention, which should nullify the act of Con
gress, absolve the citizens from their allegiance to
it, and provide punishment for those who should at-
government of the Union: and to rccomphsh ibis
unholy purpose, he addresses him^if-tothcir’passions
—those passions which were at that time, like a nigh
ty &. tempestuous ocean, rolling ihuirwild and u nmi-
tuous waves over the country. 'J’o oppose tit# ir
breasts with serene firmness, to the rising billows,
to subdue the storm raging in threir own’
would have k en a noble- effort, a sublime a
meat, of virtue. At such a crisis, a benevo
patriotic man would solemnly h:n
lellow-citizens of Carolina, that v
my of deliberation and wisdom: that it v/mps ti e
understanding m c’ouds, and darkness
(timing t'ie eye away from beholding some oh;ect-
and shedding a false light around others
men from the truth, and leads them into:
But such was not the admonition of George M.
Troup. He seems to lear that ihe cold expression
of his opinion trill not have sufficient weight to in
fluence their conduct: and he endeavours to give
effect to that opinion, bv exciting the turbulent pas
sions ot the Nullifiers, to a higher pitch of violence,
and by infusing a mere malignant rancour into
their hostility to the -Federal Government. For
this purpose, he describes the government of this
l- nion, as a curse, resembling tlie odious despotisms
of Turkey or Persia; as a many headed monster,
regardless of the prayers and entreaties of our peo
ple; as a cormorant that fattens and lastcus on our
substance; as a fierce and consuming fire, which
burns oniy to destroy. It is in relation, not to any
expected, or threatened exactions of the gbvenv*
ment, but to things as 1 tier already existed, u> a law
previously enacted, and then in operation, that he
makes these remarks; a law which has precisely
the same import, the same bearings, the same con
sequences in Georgia, as in South Carolina, if thia
be ;• » rerect picture of our government, if' it be in
truth as tyrannical, and rapacious, and detest)ole,
and ruinous, as is here represented, why should
South Carolina any longer submit to the galling and
disgraceful servitude? Where arc the eves and ears*
the hands and hearts,, of the American people?
\\ hy do not the citizens of Georgia, of all the
Southern States, indignantly burst the disgraceful
manacles which fetter, and debase, and ruin them?
If such lie. the fruits of the Union, whv should it
^ > UORGIA, WARE COUNTY.—ri hereas Jas.
H IT Ward applies to me for letters of administration
on the estate of Juab W ard, late of said county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite the kindred and creditors of
said deceased, to he and appear at. my office, within the
time prescribed by law, to shew cause, if any they can,
why said letters should not be tainted. Giuen under my
hand, this 6th day of June, 1831.
DAVID J. MILLER, c. c. o.
June 30 51 5f
H enry county, Georgia.—whereas
Ruel Edwards applies to me for letters of adminis
tration on the estate of James Baxter, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law ,
to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters sh- u!d
not be granted. Given under my hand, this 16th June,
1831. GUY W. SMITH, c . c. o.
June 23 50 5t
F our months alte; date application will be made to
the honorable the Inferior Court of Ware couniy,
when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell Lo'.
of Land, number one, in the 6th district ofT roup county:
said land drawn by rn illegitimate child, formerly named
Wiley Osteen, now Wiley Robson, and sold tor his ben
-fib JAMES ROBSON, Guardian.
July 14,1831. 1 4m
tempt its enforcement. As a part of tiffs system, duct of George M. Troup? He knows that his in
it was proposed to declare Charleston a free port,, fatuated friends have advanced to the brink of a
into winch foreign merchandize might be imported, j precipice, without clearly perceiving the danger,
without paying any duty to the Federal Govern- ] which lay beneath. A distrust of themselves; a
mpnt - | deliberate reconsideration of the momentous ques-
The operation of such an act of Nullification is; tions which they have already been discussing and
very obvious. The law of the State supersedes the deciding, amid the phrenzied agitation ol* the’pas-
la wof Congress: the authority of t lie State triumphs; sions; a calm re-examination of the inevitable, lawful
a beautiful opportunity, what a noble occasion, was i command our love and reverence? Why did this
here presented, for a wise and benevolent man, to i very man, in deference to public sentiment*Once de-
attempt to reclaim his vicious, or misguided fellow- ! * * 1 ’’
men, from the paths of error, in o which they had
wandered far! With what torrid zeal would a true
patriot have exerted al! the powers of his influence,
have sent forth al! the charms of his eloquence,
have employed all the energy of his talent, in sav
ing Ids country, from the threatened, the imminent
danger, of insurrection, ^)f civil war, of disunion!
W iio can doubt, that such would have been the
conduct of Washington, the wisest, and holiest of
patriots?
But Avhat, at this momentous crisis, was the con-
tv.l v imiu, III UCIUIUIIUC III JJU1HICMrUliHIt'JII, DUt t 4
chtre, that he would sacrifice his iito to preserve the
Union for a single day? Oh, this letter is an atro
cious libel on the government of our country; on
the Federal Union of these States: it will be* read
with delight by the enemies of freedom in Euroj c,
if it shall be fated to cross the Atlantic; in the A-
merican heart, it should excite emotions of resent
ment and abhorrence, against its author. Wha I un
biassed mind can doubt, that it was the wicked de
sign of this libel, to excite to madness, the angry
passions of our misguided brethren of Carolina:
and under tiffs evil influence, to instigate them to
acts of treason against their country?
To encourage the Nullifiers to proceed to resis
tance, he made an assertion,'which the Southern
States will in no event justify. He declares, that “iff
contrary to expectation, the existing system shall
become the fixed and settled policy of the country,
the Southern States must withdraw from the con*
federncy,cost what it may:” that is, even tho’ it may
lead to furious, and implacable civil wars; lo the
annihilation of their commerce, to the conquest oi’
a . -i j — ivuj* the weaker by the more powerful States: or to their
a d punish the officers of the Federal Government, as a prudent, nnd benevolent man, warn them, that! subjugation to England, or to France, or to Rus-
tor attempting to execute its law. one erroneous step may lead to consequences deep- ; sia. We do hope that the selfishness of certa'ia
tsI result is equadv obvious. U mess Carolina ly disastrous to themselves, to their State, and to portions of the confederacy will yield to the inffu-
should yield, and give up to punishment, her citi- the Union? Does he affectionately remind them,; ence of triser and better counsels, pursued with
zens whose crimes against the Union were commit- that as man is liable to err, they should adopt no firmness, but without exasperating violence: and
ted under the preceut and command of her law— plan, until they shall have bestowed on it, the most ’ that a disinterested, generous, noble patriotism, ri-
u iat lo to.prevent civii war. What is to save the patient, and mature deliberation? W T idely different | sing above the sphere of narrow, sordid, local pre-
count. \ from this dreadful calamity? To stay the. ef- is his policy. He buovs them up, with a false con-1 judiccs, will again harmonize the variant wishes,
and conflicting interests, ot the different portion#
of the Union. And we are sure that the Southern
States will not seek to avoid the losses which they
endure under the existing tariff, whether greater or
smaller, by bringing on themselves the unspeaka*
bly greater calamities, which must follow the break*'
ing up of the Union. Notwithstanding the phrases
“contrary to expectation,” every reader of the- Ic^v
' * See WMfeuigto*’* farcweQ addrwft
fusion of kindred blood, to avert the heart-rending fidence in themselves: he commences with a strain
con lict, will Garouna depend on the indecision, the of flattery;, he tells them,, of “their wise counsels,
weakness, of the h edera! Executive? Jackson is and patriotic efforts.” If men of high standing
our rresident. -Does she rely on his discretion—on declare, that their counsels are wise, and their efr
nis foi bearancer In such a case lie is not ciotlied | forts patriotic, why should they reconsider those
with any discretionary power: It is his duty, to en-, counsels? why should they abandon those efforts?
force the law:-and this duty he has solemnly sworn 1 He thus commences with* an attempt to lull them
to perform. If he permits successful resistance to < into a blind, and fatal security, in their onward
the laws in one State, bow can he enforce them else-1 march to disunion. He then says to them: “what-
where? The sword would fall, as an idle pageant,! ever the people of South. Carolina, in convention