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of either on party ^rounds.* They know that Yes! and to protect that kind master—that am- all the slang and ail the slander of his opponents , party, alias the Clay party, alias t ie internal l A> t
h e is a bitter antimasonic vvhi^. fonninji one of iable mistress—those dear children, the very —and though we fall ourselves, we will not a- ! improvement party, alias the monopoly party, pan hie
As tiie doctrines of the nullifiers are inborn-
with the continuance of the Federal U-
position get up the abolition excitement, North ing plagues, not for ns—hut lor our dependent disorder and violence. Never before have we
and South, and it is by such falsehoods they at- slaves; .and that they at our biJding would join witnessed such a spirit of indignation and rescnt-
n:mpt to operate in favor of their stool pigeon, in any plan to crush them to the earth. ment pervading the minds ol the community.
Jud-'e White in the South.— Washington Globe. ,, ; * yy— ttt A volcano was in embryo, which nothing but
from the Richmond Enquirer* the prudent firmnes of a few citizens who fore-
From ihe last Alcxtindvid Gazcttc* Politics ploying Abolition• It is idle to con-, approaching storm, prevented from
Abolition—Northern and Southern Feeling ceal the fact, that some of the fit r hi and ^ h.gs with tremendous force on the heads of
—Remarks—We have recently had an oppor- are pbijtng this game with the a bo ltion tjuta- j ^ m jsguided aboiitionisis. On tiie morning < f
tunity of satisfying ourselves, personally, of the lK " f 1 | ; i K M A ] . / wu . r ^ af | that day, as if to brave the public sentiment, an I
real state of publi
regard to tiie gi
Abolition, and of
tiuns in relation the
not have enjoyed.
• stripped oil the disguise, and in an uidignant
manner, exposed the manoeuvre: ‘*!t is this
spirit which, through corrupt and prostituted
presses, has -ought to fan the emhers of excite
ment and sectional jealousy, with a view to draw
away the citizens of that section, under the in-
faience of high-wrought feeling, from the sup-
partv—and all the little aliases; to be sure and
call them the American party, because if there
is any virtue in a name, there is some prospect
of improvement—they will at least have some
th') ns American about them.—ltarif ord Times.
There is no doubt with us, that the entire
North from Maine to Maryland, is sound on the
great questions to which we have referred.—
We believe that a servile disturbance or insur
rection, so far from being encouraged, w ould in
stantly call to tiie field tens of thousands of tiie
Northern population to aid in assisting us, ii ne- . , ... . .,
eessary, in maintaining our rights and our pro- port ol the national candidate lor the preside,!-
• pertv;* and that in no cause would the Northern ( 7> because bis birth-place happens to be in the
people, generally, sooner buckle on their knap- X°«h; ^ which through associated presses
sacks and shoulder their muskets. The vast at the North, has labored to inflame the people
majority of the Northern people conscientious- of the South against the same democratic can-
lv believe slavery to be a great evil; but they didate by holding him up to the community, as
also believe ii lo he an evil which does not affect the candidate of the abolitionists, and by repre-
them—with which they can'and ought
nothing to d
-and with which then
lo have senting his confidential friends as the patrons ol
uterest) emancipation; when no single act of his life or
alone would prevent them from meddling.— °J t ' ieir lives affords the least
That this feeling is strongest in the lowns and
villages, w;o know; but nevertheless, it extends
itself ill a greater or less degree all over the
country. Tiie intelligent and educated are with
us from principle and a knowledge of the true
state and condition of things; the trading class
es are with us from motives of policy and in
terest: and the laboring classes are on the same
side, from a natural hatred engendered towards
the other color, in con
with their busin
certain that the
people look with disapprobation,
liorrence, upon the schemes and plans
pan and his associates, and are. indignant iu the
course Which they have pursued and seem de
termined to follow. You will find Tappan and
Garrison, and their co-laborers, denounced
wherever vou go; and that with a bitterness
color to such an
at 7 o’clock P. M. to be attended by the noto
rious George Thompson and John G. Whittier,
“when the principles and views and operations
of the nbolitiouists would ne explained, and any
questions proposed answered.” Hie iss..i :g of
this notice produced a tremendous excitement,
and it was plainly to be seen that if the meeting
should take place, confusion and disorders wculd
be the inevitable consequence. Seeing this
state of things, general Davis, the chairman of
the board of elect men. called on Thompson and
his friends, warned them of die consequence,
and requested them to desist from any attempt
to hold a meeting. To this friendly warning
they paid not the least heed; and general Davis,
fearing the court house might be seriously in
hearken to the voice of the insidious tempter of; jred tQ , he coupt [lousc> and finding
the Advertiser,—and attended. But since the
meeting, the whig Advertiser, true to its voca
tion, is attempting to fritter away ail the moral
effect of the Albany meeting.
The Boston Courier of the 31st ult. (whig pa
is and occupations. It is also j>cr) comes out at once, and says:
neatest body of the Northern ' “There is another object, which it is the wish
>ouencc of interference
and warmth which must satisfy the most prejudi
ced that the north is sincere in its recent exhi
bition of sympathy and affection for the South.
Having said thus much, justice requires that
we should also sav that recent events have caus
ed somewhat of i reaction at the North, and
that public feeling is not now so decided in la-
vor of the South as it was three weeks ago.—
The advances of the North have not been re-
• •eived with a corresponding spirit at the South.
The professions and resolutions of the citizens
i-f those, places at which Anti-Abolition meet-
and even ab-1 of some of the master spirits in Virginia and
Tap- Soil’ll Carolina to effect, and wo apprehend they
have no objection to availing themselves of the
, , ■' . ... . c . , A i ed into a
labors ol our abolitionists in order to ensure
success. Wo mean the election of Judge
White to the presidency. By representing the
non-sluve-holding States as inimical to their do
mestic institutions, they expect to unite all the
others in favor of their slave bolding candidate.
And we have no doubt they will succeed in their
attempt. Judge White will get the electoral
votes of all the slave holding States, except,
jiossib/y, Louisiana and Kentucky. The Rich
mond Enquirer nmy laboi as it pleases ior Mr.
Van Bureu—but its toils will be vain, for Vir
ginia will never give another vote (she never
gave but one) for a Northern candidate. Judge
White will get the electoral vote as sure as there
is a.slave in its territory.
But the Salem Gazette of the 4th, (another
Haul’
ings were held, have been met m sumo instan
ccs, with coldness, in others with sneers, in [ whig,) lets his cat at once out of the bag
others with reproaches. Philadelphia itself, j this whig oracle:
exhibiting as it did a most noble instance of al-j “The discussion of the slavery question,
fectionate solicitude and brotherly affection re-! while it is doing a world of mischief in other
ceivcd no favor from a particular quarter. And respects, is also widening the irremediable
New York, aiming lo prevent violence bv too breach in the Jackson party, which is now so
was itself violently rebuked and i equally divided that both branches are power-
strung action,
denounced. It is not in human nature to bear
tamely and quietly such conduct, and hence it
is that the public ardor on our behalf lias been
cooled at the North:—still tho general state of
feeling is as we have represented above.
We have all along seen that designing men tiie people the tact ol the dismemberment of the
would seize the opportunity of the excitement party. We sincerely believe, however, that
caused bv tiie proceedings of the abolitionists, j White will have a majority in more States than
less in themselves. In New England the \ an
Buron section of the party predominates so de
cidedly, that the friends of White dare not at
tempts any organization at present, and the
bolli rooms closed against them, retired. In
the mean time, the multitude had assembled,
determined that the incendiary Thompson should
not escape them if ho made his appearance.—
Not finding Thompson, they proceeded through
the streets, and falling in with Wnittier, and the
editor of the Herald, they pelted with dirt., and
somewhat injured them, though we b lieve but
verv slightly. These individ tais finally escap-
iousc, when the multitude, consisting
of several hundred, immediately repaired to
the house of George Kent, where Thompson
had taken up his quarters, and where he was
supposed then to be. Mr. Kent had been in
formed of their approach by one of his friends,
when Thompson immediately made his escape
to the woods, and Kent left the house alone in
charge of the women, correctly judging that it
would be more safe in their hands alone, than
if attended to by himself and Thompson. File
multitude when arrived at Kent’s house, de
manded Thompson, but were assured that
neither he nor any oilier man was within-—
About this time general Davis, who bad been
sent for, arrived and addressed the assembled
people. He told them that Mr. Kent had as-
sured him that Thompson should not attempt to
lecture upon anti-slavery or hold any meetings
whatever in the place—that if their object was
to put a stop to the lectures of Thompson and
the abolitionists, that object was, therefore, ac
complished, and suggested to them the propriety
of retiring. This they did, but being baffled
in their attempt to seize Thompson, they con
structed an effigy which was paraded through
the principal streets and afterwards burnt in the
State House park, and concluded the whole
ceremony with a display of fireworks and Ihe
TO accomplish ends of their own. The South
has been excited, and properly excited, at the
base and nefarious practices of the agitators—
it has seen cause for action in the increase o!
abolition societies arid the extent of their means
and purposes, and it judiciously called upon the
North to pul down the incendiaries. This might
have been done quietly. The demolition of
Abolitionism inighi have been accomplished at
the North, and by the North alone—had the
people been nroperly encouraged to go on with
the work. But party came in with its intrigues
and jealousies, and the good work has not been
thoroughly accomplished.
It remains for the South then, now, to repress sion going ahead, they are calling upon the
agitation and frown down agitators at home as whigs to come forward to their assistance.—
well as abroad. We sing no syren notes of (Not true!) ‘Help me, Cassius or I sink, is
peace when there is no peace; but we beg for i their cry; and they are urging, through all their
calmness, coolness, prudence and wisdom. We organs, the holding ol slavery meetings, ‘with-
must be active, vigilant, easily roused; but we ; out distinction of party.’ Judge Whites
need not be intemperate, captious and ungrate- strength lies principally at the south and west,
fid. Lei us not quarrel with friends who are and it is fin* the purpose of checking the rapid
disposed to go with us because they cannot real, i increase of his party in those quarters, that the
i/.c our situation, and therefore do not go the ! southern Van Boren papers call so powerfully
lengths that we would go. Nor ought we to ; for declarations of opinion against anti-slavery.
visit the sins of a few deluded fanatics upon the
whole people of dint section of country which
t hey happen to inhabit. To do so. i - to do great
injustice.
Just as we advise: intelligent men of the North
to cotrio among us, view our situation, and then
form their judgments on a particular matter, so
should they recommend our
theirs, hear their seulitne
determinations. A mutual interchange like
this would be productive of great good. We
would then know and understand each other
better, and should have less fanaticism on the
one bund, and more of kindly feelings on the
other.
To Northern Abolitionists—Possibly the abo
litionists may not he aware of the real tendon- i to sav, they are designed to thwart a political
ov of their designs and measures. They cer- object, than to promote one; for, on second
lainly cannot be assured of the detestation in thought, we arc inclined tobelievc, that the \ an
which they are already held by the free blacks Burenitesare doing all this in self defence, and
of the south, whose happiness and liberty they that the White division of the party were adroit
have sensibly abridged, and whose lives, in some enough lo take the lead in turning this ngita-
instances, they have put in jeopardy. Even i tion of the slavery question to the advantage of
those of the. slaves, who have heard ol them, i their candidate and the injury of Mr. Van Bu-
curse their names as the authors of numerous ; ren. At any rate, cut how it will, and benefit
vexatii*:s and privations to which they are now i whom it may, if duly and patriotism call for
necessarily subjected. The inquisitorial visits, j the passage of such resolutions as those of
pat roles, searches, confinement to plantations— Boston and other places, denouncing slavery
the refusal of useful indulgences and the exae- and anti-slavery, they ought to bo passed.—
tion of additional duties, are all the fi nits of, Let right be done, if the heavens fall.” (Right
fanaticism. The blacks who see and know ■ at last!)
the cause, would be as ready to inflict summary “Let right bn done (say we too) if tho Hea-
vengeance upon Tappan, Garrison,Cox, Thomp- vens fall.” If Martin \an Buren be an aboli-
son and their co-laborers, as their masters.— tionist. away with him! Every southern voice
Do the inccndaries know that they are absolute- : should be raised against lum! But if be be with
ly riveting the chains they profess to wish to see ! the south, and this insinuation ofNoah and some
loosened! We should think not. But let them efthe southern whigs be false, as the Salem Ga-
besatisfied that such is the fact. The relation ; zette believes it is, and as we most conscien-
betwuen master and slave is more intimate and | tiously believe, then let justice be done him by
binding than they imagine. They do not know the south. But Ictus not cry “Crucify him!
that many a master in the south would throw Crucify lnm!” until he is proved to be a traitor
himself and his family upon his slaves for dk- to our rights, and to the constitution of his coun-
* RjBxcE, even against the abolitionists themselves, trv. Until he be so proved, we shall despise
leaders and newspapers attempt to conceal from disch . irge of cam , oru
We regret exceedingly the folly and deep in
fatuation which led to this state of things; at
the same time we rejoice that nothing worse
transpired. The course adopted by the select
men in shutting up the court house, was the on
ly prudent and judicious one—and to it the
fanatics owe their safety. Had Thompson
made his appearance, nothing could have saved
him from insult and outrage, andprobably from
destruction.
In thiscrisisof events, we entreat the honest
among us, who have adopted the views of the
anti-slavery zealots, to pause and reflect. They
must already be convinced of the injurious ten
dencies of the farther promulgation of their doc
trines any where—they must know that public
feeling cannot be much longer abused and out
raged"with impunity, while on themselves wd!
be visited the consequences of persisting in their
treasonable and incendiary efforts—and let them
beware. At the same time, we reprobate all
resort to violence, and counsel our hitherto quiet
and peaceable citizens to avoid all such riotous
occurrences as have stained tlie character of
other sections of our country.
Oil Saturday morning, as we understand, the
stage drivers spontaneously and unanimously
refused lo carrv out the bundles of the Herald
of Freedom—an abolitionist paper printed in
this town—and threw them into the street.
Van Buren, and we recommend the matter for j
investigation to those waiters on Providence
who wish to keep on the strongest side. We
sav nothing about the whig candidates, in this
connection. The party which will support
WEBSTER and HARRISON is immensely
strong, whether it embraces a majority of the
whole people, or not. Neither White nor T an
Buren will receive the support of the Whig par
ty. The division about them is altogether in
tiie Jackson ranks, where they both belong.
“The Van Buren braneti of the party have
heretofore been much the most abusive toward
the whigs; hut latterly, finding the white divi-
The charge (which we believe to be false,) that
Mr. Yin Buren is in favor of immediate aboli
tion, will turn the whole south against him, if
believed. The groa object then, now is to al
lay the jealousy of the slave holders, and per-
suade them that Mr. Van Buren’s election will
not endanger their property.” (And most clear-
)ur people to goamongst ly it will not.)
;nts, and listen to their | “We do not feel at all clear, however, that
those who believe duty requires the expression
of their opinion against slavery and ami-slave
ry, should be withheld from the public and for-
mal utterance of it, by the consideration that all
these measures are designed to promote a poli
tical object, which is kept carefully concealed
from them. Perhaps indeed we ought rather
represent that government itself as a powei ini
and dangerous enemy to the rights of the states.
Why do they dwell alone on tho lew injun s
which we suffer from the federal government?
Why are they forever silent as to tiie innumera
ble, and invaluable advantages which we derive
from it? Because, hating it themselves, they
wish die people to know only its lauhs, that their
- tamper may be prepared lot us destruction.—
They constantly endeavor toexciie in the minds
1 of the southern people, distrust, and dislike, and
.gonist to go back a quarter of a cent« rv
rake up antiquated stories, for the pun.csJ.rf
npeaching a character in issue? Would j. °
ec-ur to the jury themselves, that th. v ouji,,"?
he intormed, not what was the character Cf a°
party or the witness, iwenty years |,!°
w >ai has been his character for the last r ^
years? wliar is it now? Rules of ^
wtuen nave been sanctioned by the wisdom ur , i
jnstified by the xperienc** of ages, have!*, *
reckiessiy violated in this desperate assaulj on
character of Judge Schley. n
tin
Suppose that the character of a member of
church were put in issue before his bre’.hm 3
what candhl man would overlook the last 7
tV years of an unpointed life, »o hum un m,.
r ’ .
of censure and accusation in transactions w .
had so long since passed bv? And would nu
pious church immediately conclude-, that 1
an ; 1(! .
‘"Tisthenar-span^leil banner,oh, Ion? may it wave
‘O’.er-.helaiul of thefree a:nl the home of the brave.”
FEDKR4L UNION.
MI L LEDGE V1 LI. E, OCT. 3, 1835
MARTIN VAN BUREN,
FOR PRESIDENT.
R. *1. JOHNSON.
FOR VIC V.PR ESID ENT.
WILLIAM SCHLEY.
FOR GOVERNOR.
FOR CONGRESS
,I\BEZ JACK SOW.
JESSE P. CLEVELAND,
HOPKINS ItOLSEY,
THOMAS GLASCOCK.
Union Ticket lor Baldwin County.
For Senate,
GEORGE W. MURRAY.
For Representatives,
R. S. JORDAN,
A. II. KEN AN.
Union Democratic Republican Ticket for De-
Ka»b Connty.
For Senate,
STEPHEN MAYS.
For Representatives,
JOHN DORRS.
MOSES MURPHY,
JAMES DIAMOND.
UN ION DEMO OH ATIC REPUBLICAN
TICKET F'JR TALBOT COUMTY.
FOIl SF.VATE,
DR. NORBORN 1L POWELL.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
DR. WILLIAM DUANE,
COLONEL WILLIAM TOWNS.
We learn that a party of citizens of this
county, started last week in pursuit of a man
by the name of Thurman, who was supposed
to have stolen several horses, from the neigh
borhood of Ama Calola. They overtook him
in the night, on Gottokay. in Gilmer county;
he. upon seeing them, immediately fled; they
hailed him and ordered lnm to stop, but. refus
ing to do so, he was fired on; he died immedi
ately. Thurmon was a man of notorious bad
character, and strongly suspected of belonging
to a gang of “Poney Club men,” who have
for some time infested our section of country.
Miners' Recorder.
Hurrah for the “American” party.—'The
leaders of what was the whiff party, Theodore
Dwight, William L. Stone, Mordecai Manassah
Noah, Duff Green, and his special friend of
“mahogony stock and percussion lock memo,
ry, James Watson Webb, &c. have after nine
days discussion al the North American Hotel,
in New York, decreed that henceforth,—and
until they can get a better one—the friends of
the bleeding constitution shall be called the
“American” party. Therefore let all good cit
izens take notice and govern their tongues ac
cordingly: and when they speak of the friends
of Hamilton, alias old federalists, alias federal
republicans, alias the peace party in war, alias
the war parly in peace, aliasth° strict construc
tionists, alias the Hartford Conventionists, alias
the no party in politics, alias the liberal con
structionists, alias the consolidation's, alias the
state rights party, alias the great New England
party, alias the great republican party of the
world, alias the tariff party, alias the friends
of the union, alias the friends of a dissolution
of the union, under certain circumstances, alias
the national republican party, alias the Adams
NULLIFIERS AND ABOLITIONISTS.
—The nullifying press professes to believe, that
we have accused their party of a design to aid
the abolitionists in their attempts to cause an
insurrection among our slaves. It they are
sincere in (heir professions, if they really be
lieve that such was our accusation, thpy have
fallen into a ridiculous mistake oil a plain sub
ject. We have never declared, we have never
insinuated, we have never believed, that the
nullifiers desire an insurrection of slaves, and
a servile war. We do not believe that the nul
lifying disputants are so wanting in sagacity,
so incapable of understanding a plain argument,
as to liave made this mistake. Tue language,
of indignation which they pour forth on the
occasion, is but mock-heroic, an affectation of
resentment against a pretended injury. Our
charge was, that the nullifiers, no less than the
ablitionists, are enemies to the Federal Union;
anJ that the nullifiers are using the abolitionists
to advance their great objects, the destruction
of the Federal Union, and the formation of a
Southern Confederacy.
The motive of the nullifiers in practising this
shallow artifice, lies perfectly open; and it can
not succeed. If they can produce the belief,
that we have made against them a charge of a
serious cnaracter, which we cannot sustain,
they will wrest from the Union press some por-
tion of the confidence of the people, who will
thus he prejudiced against the charges which
we do prefer; and they will escape the necessi
ty of meeting an accusation, aguint which they
cannot make a successful defence.
Need we repeat the proofs, that the nullifiers
are hostile to the Federal Union? Their whole
course fora senes of years establishes the just-
ness of the accusation. Their doctrines are
incompatible with the existence of the Federal
Union; and if reduced to practice, must produce
its speedy dissolution. 'Their first principle,
that a minority of states, however small, resting
on their own judgment, and trampling on the
judgment of a majority of the slates, however
large, may employ force in executing its own,
and overthrowing the judgment of the majoii-
tv, if persevered n, will lead to fatal collisions.
It is contrary to some of the strongest principles
of human nature, that a majority, especially
a strong majority, should suffer any question in
which they have a deep common interest, to he
decided by tho physical force of the minority.
They will require the common government to
meet force with force; and they will sustain it
iu executing the law. A system which, on
every disputed question, throws the minority
and the majority into hostile array against
each other, and relies for the adjustment of
constitutional rights on the umpirage of force,
would soon produce fatal convulsions. What
ever professions the nullifiers have made as o
the peaceable nature o( their remedy, such is
iis real, its inevitable tendency. We doubt not
that the inventor of this modern absurdity
clearly perceived, that his great principle of
nullification if persevered in, would rend the
Federal Union asunder; and that he introduced
it for this very purpose.
Their doctrine, that the common government,
established by the people of the several states,
has not authority to execute its laws, is in like
manner incompatible with the existence of the
Federal Union. No government, whether of a
state, or of any other community, people, or
nation, can be held together, without the power
to enforce its laws, and to overcome fircible op.
position to them; and no means can be devised
more effectual for producing the early dissolu
tion of the federal government, than the estab
lishment of such a doctrine.
Of the same evil tendency is their doctrine,
that any stale may withdraw from the Union, at
any time, and under any circumstances, howev
er detrimental to the other states. The zeal
with which the nullifiers have pressed this doc
trine, and urged its vital importance, shows that
they are earnestly, studiously, deliberately bent
on the dissolution of the Federal Union.
hatred against the people ol the North? For J euser who raked up these antiquated ctmrn s
several years they endeavored to make the ci j was governed bv malicious motives, and n,,[ i" ¥
tizens of the slave-holdmg states believe, that j a desire to advance the cause of truth and
tiie great body of tho people of the non-slave-j tice? And would it not detmmine. that • ,
holding slates were futaily bunt on destroying j character of the accused should he judged. '
bv statements of what he may hn
us, bv a mad interference with our domestic in
stituti'-ns. Their accusations were made with
out proof, and in violation of truth. The de-
velopements of public sentiment iu the middle
and eastern states, during the two Iasi years,
have demonstrated, that a very large majority
of our northern
designs of tiie uboiitioi.i-sis. and are prepared to
sustain southern rights. But these accuvnalat-
not
ave Suit! op
done a fourth of a century back, but by |ij s , 10
tions during the last few years of his life, reach
ing down to the period of the investigation?
And will an intelligent, candid, ancl tinriV),*
people, yield any regard to accusationsnga
fellow citizens condemn jhe j a distinguished citizen, which are prefers! - J
irunrpnnK. ,M violation of the plain and honest princie'ea
. . , common sense, and common justire? And w
ing proofs have not corrected the injustice ol ■ tl)ey nof conclude H al at cuser.s ,
the mil lifters; and they adll endeavor to pro- | f al - tofilld ma|ler |br censure and rear,' ni
duce the belief, that a connection with the north- ] are not Wliljng to t stab | ish the , ru , ^
ern states will be latal to the vital interests of ( ,f t!l(; man> bi:f are J^uring, w i,h u ,
the South. Evidence is entirely lost upon them. | zea |, to procure an unjust condemnation? “
The vote of Judge Schley in the TVsds
Facts are utterly disregarded by them. If
their accusation is now false, they maintain that
it will be true hereafter. The abolitionists
through those states are shown to be iu a weak,
contemptible, odious minority. 'This Let, with
all the strong expressions of just, and svmpa
thetic, and patriotic feeling, which have re-
cently burst from public assemblages of people
at the North, do no! reach.'he hearts of the
nullifiers. They maintain, that tiie citizens ol
those states, although now our friends, will
hereafter become our enemies. H< ar tin* lan
guage of the editor of the State Right's Sen
tinel. published on the 23th of September.
‘ The time is at hand wh> u th- - * faoaiirb, as we call iliein,
will an influential party—vull Jw worthy of the p .liii-
case, is too well understood to need exposiitoQ
at this time. In the calm and deliberative [art
of the session, in an able report prepared bv I
him, In* had maintained the rights of the state
in relation to this subj.-ct; and when tiie ques. (
tion was brought up in a new shape, in the conilj.
sion and hurry of the last night of the session
he did not oppose those rights; lie did nut hv
his vot* declare that the state hud no right u i
enforce hor ciinunal law in that ease; lie mere.I
ly expressed his opiui» n, that, legislative in!, , r - [
ence was at that time inexpedient. And this |
was a question on which men equally deti r/n;
ed to maintain the sovereignty of ihe &t,
might well differ, especially when tht:ir<
were to !v* fin ni d, without either the lime,or J
the calmness, necessary lor mature delihera’ii
Judge Schlfcy, far front being a federalist,I
supports l lie patriotic administration <>( Andrew I
Jackson, who is now ilie worthy leader of t e|
republican party o:’ the United States; while
whole federal party, under their new name |
cam's notic<-: ami as we at 'he South are now supporting
Northern men, federalists,, caucus camiidiiles—anv body,
and every body, lor party’s sak«; so will you seethe fana
tics sustained ant] supported hy sort)-parly at the North,
for llle »akp of their political influence. Th-y will soon
be able to give a decided majority fo a party which, with
out their aid, would he in lh>- minority; and when that is
ihr case, opposition to them will cease, and they will he
as much court'd as I hot are now condemned.
‘ if you would know precisely whar is to he tic strength
of the abolitionists in the course of five or six years to
com 0 , compute the niimocf of prof-ssing Christians north j "whin.-? arc most vindictively opposed to t :, at
of th* Potomac, make a reasonable allowance for their in-1 . . , p , - 11 ,
flu. ncr o\er iheir families, connexions, and d> pendents, j Administration. I .lest: nudiners, wilt, accit
end you will have it to a nail Here is the stopping point i Judge Schley of being a federalist, are tints-
of ih-ir/auaucsm; but it is not. he stoppin^j>Jint of their selyes c j ose |' y leagued with the
infiuehoo. Combining with tiiosw dusp rale j• o!11*t Ians i - 0
who think of nothing but party, and care for nothing hilt
self, they will trample down your constitnrional rights,
vvi'li as "little ceremony as did the manufacturers a few
years ago.”
These passages show, that when tiie accusal
tions of the nullifie r s are refuted and condemn
ed by the facts exhibited in evidence, they re
sort to conjecture, »o prophecy, in order to keep
up in the hearts of the southern people, a dis
trust and hatred for those of the North. And
whv stimulate this distrust? Why cherish this
hatred? There is but one true answer to these
questions. Mutual confidence and affection
between the different portions of the American
people form the strongest cement of their U-
•lion; the nullifiers therefore labour to destroy
this mutual confidence and affection. It the
citizens of the South can be exasperatd against
the people of the North; if the former can be
made to believe, that the latter seek their ruin,
and will use the powers of the federal govern
ment to accomplish their direful purpose; the
nullifiers will then have succeeded in the prin
cipal part of their labor. There will then b**
no difficulty in persuading the people of the
South to burst their connection with men who
have both the power and the inclination to ruin
them; and to abandon a government which is
to be the instrument of their oppression. What
southern man, believing that some five or six
years hence, a controlling portion of the north
ern people will attempt our ruin, and that our
Union with them will furnish the means of ac
complishing their fatal purpose, would not j m
ederalists; s
have formed wi h them the “whig party,''
most bitter and relentless opposition to then-
publican party. Far from feeling any di>!i»
to federalists, they consort freely with the Hal
ford Convention, and blue light federalists a
New England. If Judge Schley were a f •
a list of this stamp he would tiu.ii he on enemy
to the republican party, arid would receive ib
cordial support of the nullifiers. Their zal
against him as a federalist, is the mereurtita
of party. They oppose him, because ie sa
member of the republican party; and
same reason, and because he is iudusii>.isj
learned, talented, and upright, he will be
ported by the republican party.
JUDGE DOUGHERTY, A SUBUBi
ZIONIST, AND A NULLIFIED—TbeiJ
lowing exquisite piece of casuistry, appa^
under the editorial head of the Southern
corder of the 29th of September.
• “A nullifier is out* who believes it.at n State m:u. X
pleases, resist an unconstitutional anil unjust law, ;t/.. j
tier it null within the limits of the Slate—as ill the rax ij
Troup and our Indian lands
“A siihuiissioniat is one who believes that a State
rigid to resist an unconsiitulionul'law pass.-d by the e
ral Government, except by a revolution
“Now it re*juire8 no Solomon to perceive that 3si
cannot be both at onee That is lo say, a mail sure?'
not believe in the right of a State to resist an urn.*-
lional law, and believe, at the same time, that a >ie J
no such right. The belief of the on.-, necessarily r-'V
the bi-li-f of ihe other Now we would inquire ®*
neighbors, the Federal Union, and Standard ui
which of thesP, (Us lhey cannot believe bulh,; do •-
Dougherty and general Beall believe? And «•*»:'
ther ask of our neighbors, in common jusue- and no t
jdiatoi V resolve to burst that Union, and to I mm' sen.se, if they convict ihemol .mliifie-atiou, to ^
— , .-. ihe submission indictment; and, on :h" other Minn,v
throw off that government/ A dissolution Ol j convict of submission, in all fairness to nut jw “
the Federal Union* is the natural fruit of the j for nullification. Or pe-rhnps having already,as
sentiments of the nullifiers. Tins party is now j
struggling for the ascendancy in the state; but | tionally and on th-^ other, that tney will n»;
we are confident that a majority of the people ' would be better for our neighbors to t, m c iiti»' a * iU
know their principles and sentiments; and will
not confide the destinies of Georgia to the care
of the enemies of the Federal Union. . Men who
themselves love the Union, will not rashly war
against their own principles, will not madly be
tray a cause that is dear to them, bv electing
a nullifier to the executive office of the state,
or to a seat in the slate-legislature, or in the
congress of the United States.
JUDGE SCHLEY.—The stale charges
brought against Judge Schley firmly establish
this point—that his opponents can discover no
ground of reproach in the Iasi twenty years of
his life, except his vote irt the Tassels case.—
They put his character in issue, and assail it by
evidence which would be rejected in any fair
investigation, before any candid and impartial
tribunal. The witnesses testify under the bias
of strong hostility against him, which their in
sidious professions of friendship cannot disguise;
and of deep interest in causing his defeat.—
These considerations detract most materially
from the weight of their testimony, and should
incline the public, if not utterly to reject it, at
least to receive it with great distrust, and to
ascribe much of what they state to the false
colouring of prejudice, and to the warping in
flue nee of interest. But for the sake of ar
gument, we pass over these important considera
tions. Even if their statements were candid,
and impartial, and just, they ought not to affect
the present standing of Judge Schley; as they
do not prove what is his present character^ or
what has been his character for many years
past.
We say that the certificates ofLemlieand
Itis subordinates, if offered in evidence in any
fair investigation, before any candid and unpar
tial tribunal, would be rejected. Suppose that
the character df a witness, or of a party were
put in issue, in a legal investigation, before a
judicial tribunal. What judge would permit
the assailant to pass over the last twenty years,
and to go behind them to find ground of im
peachment, and to overthrow a character other-
wise fair and free from reproach? In colonel
Gamble’s practice as a lawyer, was he ever
himself permitted, or did he ever permit an an-
at oner to the grammatical role, that two ncga.i' *
each other, anil honestly confess at once, that in 8 " 1 ' 111
to prove loo much, they have invalidated iheir " , L; '
mony.” ,
'This argument rests on a strange leui '
—that it is impossible for any man to bt* 2'
of inconsistent conduct. We prove by >
trovertible evidence, that iu 1830, th<* ex ~
was a most deplorable submissionist. Tin
tifieis have not ventured to question the tru
the sufficiency of our evidence; and thisc:
standing by itself, cannot be plausibly
We further prove that he is a nullifier. •
the nullifiers will not deny.; they k:mw
be true. Each of our positions, standing
itself, is mast certainly true. But our pro-
metaphysicians have discovered, that
placed together, each of these truths de>
the other. When we have proved a man ■
guilty of outrageous inconsistency, we
proved too much; and our accusation, aF
sustained in both its parts by irresistibr ^
deuce, refutes itself. Common sensr* *
conclude, that the conduct of this man
more easily be tolerated, if he had bevn J
missionist alone, or if he had been a n |_
alone; but his jumping from one extro I
its opposite, proves him either entirely
of judgment, or utterly regardless
pie. But our casuists have discover
gument which is far above the reach o i
moil sense. This argument is in sim* ® ■
follows. If our candidate has been
missionist and a nullifier, he has been ' •,
consistent with himself; but it is i' n P oS ’,- J
any man to be inconsistent with h' n *“ .
therefore impossible for him to have ^ .
a submissionist and a nullifier. .
poor quibbling that the nullifiers att' u VI
move from their candidate* imputation ^
true, (and they are true) ought to p' 0 ^
his aspirations for political distinction*^ ^
a submissionist and a nullifier, " tfb ai
what principles he will abandon, a ^ -
will assume in the next year, 8 rji#
changes he will undergo in t ie lt htoP c ]
riii-se remarks apply w ")' e< ! U “
al Beall, one of .he »'*"' f y'"K
congress; for he has been by
sionist and a nullifier.