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jjcv towards foreign powers. It is, uu-
' questionably, our true interest to cultivate
Such a man can no more pass through
JL , n ^t friendly underststanding with
cve rv nation, and to avoid, by every
J oiiorable means, the calamities of war;
uul we shall best attain this objjct by
frankness and sincerity in our foreign in
tercourse, by the prompt and faithful exe
motion of treaties, and by justice and itn
rtiality in our conduct to all. But no
nation, however desirous of peace, caa
hoi* to escape occasional collisions with
other power?; and the soundest dictates 'of
nolicv require that wc should place our-
vlvci ill a condition to assert our rights,
rf a resort to force should ever become
necoisarv. Our local situation, our long
line of s'cacoast, indented by numerous
bays, with deep rivers opening into the in-
rerior, as well as our extended and still jn-
<r easing commerce, j>oint to the navy as
„ ur natural means of defence. It will,
1U the end, be found to be the cheapest
,j most effectual; and now is the time,
■ n a itason of jjcace, and with an x»ver-
Iflowing revenue, that we can, year after
Tfir, add to its strength, without increas-
W the burdens of the j>eoplc. It is your
uruc policy. For your navy will not only
protect vour rich aud flourishing com-
iintTie i» distant seas, but will enable you
reach and annoy the enemy, and will
ff ive to defence its greatest efficiency, by
meeting danger at a distance from home.
It is impossible, by any line of fortifica-
f 10I1 «, to guard every point from attack a-
gainst a hostile force advancing from the
ocean and selecting # its object: but they
arc indispensable to protect cities from
Iwmbardinent; Jock yards and naval nrso-
nal# from destruction; to give shelter to
merchant vessels in time of war, and to
single ships or weaker squadrons when
jijcssed bv superior force. Fortifications
„f this dest ription cannot be too soon com
pleted, artnod, and placed in a condition of
the most perfect perparation. The abun
dant means we now possess cannot be ap
plied in any manner more useful to the
country; and when this is done and our na
val force sufficiently strengthened, and
«ur militia armed, we need not fear that
anv nation will wsntcrdy insult us, or
nfsdleiilv provoke hostilities. Wc shall
jiorecertainly preserve peace when it is
wall understood that wc are prepared for
wari
Ju presenting to you, mv fellow citizens,
these parting counsels, I have brought be
fore you the leading principles upon which
I have endeavored to administer the Go
vernment in the high office with which you
twice honored me. Knowing that the
path of f reedom is continually beset by
fiiemies, who often assume the disguise of
friends, l have devoted the lust hours of my
public life to warnyou of the danger*. The
progress of die U. States, under our free
and happy’ institutions, lias surpassed the
in ui sanguine hopes of llief ounders o! the
republic-. Our growth lias been rapid
fevnnil all former example in numbers, in
wealth, i:i knowledge, and all the uselul
iris which contribute to.the eomfortsarid
convenience of man; and from the earliest
»;>iml liistorv to the present day, there ne
ver hoc been thirteen millions of people
simciated together in one political body,
»1k> enjoyed so much freedom and happi
ness as the people of these United States.
You have no longer any cause to tear dan
ger limn abroad; vour strength and j tower
are wall known throughout the civilized
world, as well as the high and gallant
fearing of your sons. It is from within,
among yourselves, from cupidity, from
corruption, from disappointed ambition,
and inordinate thirst lor |K>wer, that fac
tion! will be formed and liberty endanger
ed. It is against such designs, whatever
•lisguUe the actors may assume, that you
have especially to guard yourselves, Vou
havetlie highest of human trusts coinnr.ittod
to your care. Providence has showered
on this favored land blessings without
number, and lias chosen you the guardians
of freedom to preserve it for the benefit of
the human race. May lie, who holds in
lii» hands the destinies of nations, make
you worthy of the favors he Inis bestowed,
wd enable you, with pure hearts and pure
hands, and sleepless vigilance, to guard
*nd defend to the end of time, the great
rhargr lie has committed to your keeping.
My own race is nearly run; advanced
ami failing health warn me that before
haii; 1 mu*t pass beyond the reach of hu
man events, and cease to feel the vicissi
tude! of human affair*. I thank (Jod that
my liTe has been sjient in a land of liberty,
•nd that he lias given me a heart to love my*
omntry with the affection of a son. And
tillsd with gratitude for your constant and
unwavering kindness, I bid you a last and
affectionate farewell.
ANDREW JACKSON.
lections.
atlr * Clin ? ,he of discordant
“If m ' ghl 1,6 e *P cc ‘^ ‘o for.
ever on a boundless ocean witlwut encounter.
Z t 5 m P C8,8 ‘ Enmity is the Iwan.
° b y mferior minds, to greater. The
man who passes through life without an enemy
., ? , an ^ ln cre *tion, a thing of no value
. Uisliop, tiierufore, lias enemies—zealous,
inveterate enemies. Is it to them we are to look
J: ,r n J usl estimate of his worth/ What
living man is there who would be willing to val
ue In? reputation by the verdict ofu well known
malicious enemy? and yet it is through thismed
lum that Col. Bishop has been judged of, his con
duct misrepresented and condemned without
hearing? This is most unjust, unmanly dealing.
iiut the nmst absurd of the whole tissue of ab.
surdities, is tho censure attempted to be passed
upon Governor Schley, for the appointment of
Col. Bishop. Is it supposed that the Governor
should control every appointment by the Direc.
torv .and every act of that body? If so, then indeed
the Governor would have a virtual control over
the whole funds of the Bank; he would, in effect
be so/e director, the office of the others may bo
abolished, and the State saved from the expease
and folly of paying three Directors; and the of.
nee of Governor of Georgia be hereafter des.
cribed, m our Constitution, as “Governor of
Georgia, and sole Director of the Central Bank
of said State.” This attempt to link the name
if Governor Schley to what is believed an un-
popular appointment, for the purpose ofinfluen.
cmg the next.elections, is a device to shallow to
■serve the purpose.
Iu conclusion I would remark, that Col. Bish.
op is known to be patriotically devoted to the u-
nion paity. 'i'his, of course is no recoinmenda.
lion to the nullifiers to aid in obtaining for him
eien common justice. The more honorable a.
mong tliem hold aloof, ns from a thing with which
they have no concern, whilst the scavengers of
tho parly, those who delight and vegetate in pu.
tridity, of course chime in wiihtlicpack who have
raised tho howl. Col. B. cannot be moved bv
such canaille, but is too patriotic to [lermil an in.
jury to he inflicted upou his friends, through him.
ARISTIDES.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist,
COL. WILLIAM N. BISHOP,
fhe scandalous terms of reproach heaped up-
-*1 tins (Hirsccutcd individual, inust fill with dis-
Xu>n every ingenuous mind. His appointmeW by
■lie Directors of the Central Bank to an office in
that institution, lias been seized upon, and repro.
wted in the most scurrilous manner by tl-.ose
?inki of purity,” the Columbus Enquirer,
Chronicle & Ihmtinel, and Georgia Journal.—
But this wax to have been expected from them;
*'>d should warn reflecting men, especially of
we I nion party, that they must not passs judge,
went " ithoul decisive evidence, upon the reputa
tion of a man assail: d by sucli “exquisites.’’ Tba
wily outrages perpetrated again* truth and jus-
t'rr, U|)om the most virtuous and patriotic of our
Citizens, by these degraded Journal*, should at
wee be received as high evidence of their worth.
wtitute themselves of every principle of patri-
®'* m “td honorable feeling, the ambition of
J ieir conductors knows no higher aim than to ca.
uiniuate and defame the great and good of the
deficient in that order-of iutelloct neces.
u 7 discuss and ilirow light around the great
•glutting principles of tlie day, diet/seek to earn s
•opi’ort lor existence so miserable, by a
’'"P and misrepresenting the conduct of every
P '"cal op|Kiiicnt brought into notice by the
e| liln grsincident to public life. It is not l«y P ur
i lae lf| dcfc:id or assail the appointment of Bish.
J i 1 to tlie |K>st lie-holds in the Central Bank. IJe
mi been placid there however, and like all olh
men in public offices of trust, should be judg.
v his works. He is well qualified to dis.
I do not doubt
_ H the writer be-
''nu to be greatly und unjustly disparaged.
^ a temperament fearless ond unyienling to
aa ? er ; ' lf unites much gentleness of heart, an
' *pWisivo generosity, unswerving fidelity, ond
J'otcd tricudihip. But it has been ills misfor-
to he placed-in situaiions before tho public
sler ner virtues of his nature wore (breed
: " “ c h°u- Th« overwhelming |>opularity en-
''>*d among the citizens of his own county,
V c »ks in “cuqfii (nation strong” of the gentle af.
chai
j lt!l duties, and his integrity
111 e afft-ctions of the heart too, 1
SCENES IN MURRAY COUNTY.
Copy of a letter to Governor Sc/ilcy.
Ntv Eciiots, Marcm *, 1S37.
Governor Schlcxj:
Dear Sir—Experience lias taught me
tlie iuipropiii-ty ol troubling the executive
ol the State, with any subject of public in
terest, not immediately connected with
his official duty. But a slate of things
now exists in Murray county, which I feel
my duty as » citizen of the State, to
fey before you, as it has been represented
to me, through various channels of infor--
mation, towit: On Monday morning, the
27th ultimo, about day light, fifty armed
men, headed by the iSherifl of the county,
forcibly entered the houses of a majority
ol tht: citizens ol Spring Place, ami un
der the color of a Stales’ warrant, after
making ptisoners of the citizens, the shor
in' and his company proceeded to collect
and seize the public arms belonging to the
State of Georgia, deposited in that place,
amounting to about lilty-four muskets,
and some public pistols—and then kind
led a lire in the public square, and let
them there continue, until they were con
sumed by lire.
It is further stated, that these citizens
while* in custody, were treated with great
indignity, insult, and the most abusive
language, and threats of violence. Fi
nally, ten of these citizens, a part of
whom, at. least, and most of them, I be
lieve, are men of as good standing in the
community where they live, as any other
men in the county, were marched oil' to
the Jail of Gass county; to all of which,
as they represent, they submitted witliout
a struggle. Indeed, their suhmissivencss
to the forms of law, is fully evinced from
the fact, that they went to Cassville, es
corted by the sheriff) and three other in
dividuals, under the name of a guard.—
On their arrival at Cassville, a court was
convened—a writ of habeas corjnts procur
ed, upon which, the prisoners were
brought before the court—and ujion va
rious grounds of illegality, the prisoners
discharged.
They are now here, on their way home.
The news has met them here, that on
yesterday morning, several other citizens,
their friends, were whipped, abused, shot
at, and maltreated in various ways. In
deed it is said, that women and children
were whipped. Moreover, it is stated,
that an attempt was made, to fire their
dwellings last night, and that several In
dians were seen amongst the number, who
were engaged in these scenes of horror.
These men have applied to me, for ad
vice. I have advised them to rely ujion
tlie laws of their country. To exercise
[Kitience and lorbearance. They reply—
that under existing circumstances, the
laws of the State, cannot be executed—
that a company of their small j»opulation
is now in the Florida army; and that those
who have resolved to drive them from
their homes and their State, are chief!}’
composed of renegadoes, who feel no at
tachment to any abiding place: Indeed,
I have strong doubts,. whether the civil
administration of justice, can any longer
he maintained m Murray county, without
linlitary aid. I doubt whether an impar
tial jury could at this time be procured in
tlie county, or die authority of the civil
magistracy maintained.
To prevent all misapprehension, I think
proper to remark that I have not made
you this communication, as a partizan in
these most degrading and humiliating
scenes. I have done it in the true spirit
of a citizen of my beloved State, with
whose destiny, my all is identified.
'£J,c suffering citizens themselves—will
give you the facts, and ask your ad\ ice
and aid.
Copy of a letter to die editor of the
Southern Whig.
il Pleasant l 'alley, Murray co. Ga.
March 1, 1S37.
“Mr. Joxf.s—I take t)ie liberty of ad
dressing you a few lines, to inform you ol
the late movements in this county. ^ ,,u
seem to he aware that a large part ot the
honest citizens of this county, who are op
posed to William X. Bishop, were, at the
last January election, driven away Irotn
the election polls u ith the arms af the State;
that four or five respectable men were
fired oy and wounded, some of them dau-
rrerouslv. They have continued to use
diem since, in order t- shield themselves
from arrest and enforcement ot the law,
(and in fact, have done soever since their
introduction into this county.) However,
the citizens treated as aforesaid, took out
precepts for them, put them into the
hands of the sheriff, who summoned in a
sufficient guard, who assembled at . pr?ng
Place at an early hour on Monday morn
jog last, and succeeded in arresting nine
or ten of the clan—bad them examined
before two magistrates touching die pre
mises, who were accordingly found guilty
and committed to Cassville Jail. We
also took all the States’ Muskets found
their possession, about fifty in number,
and committed them to the flames on die
public square at noon day—sacrificing
them to the cause of liberty, upon the al
tar of (he public good. Wc are of opin
ion that the public in their opiniou will
sustain us; for it is well kuown that the
governor h.is been well apprized of these
arms being used in prostrating LAW aud
I<IBEttr Y in this County, to the annoy
ance of the civil citizens thereof. Yet it
seems that his excellency is determined
to sustain Captain—Colonel—Postmaster
APPOINTMENTS made by the Pre
sident, and confirmed by ibe Senate of
the United States.'
may
sequence! But I am of opinion, that the
citizens of this county will let the world
know that they are determined no longer
to let their liberties lie trilled with by such
lawless blackguurds as Bishop and his
clan, though they may fora time be smiled
upon by Governor Schley, and supplied
with arms which serve ’only to shield
them from having their Crimes brought to
light by a fair administration of the law.
1 was personally present, saw the men
arrested as alxive stated, and helped bum
the guns. If any of the foregeing is
worth placing before the public, you art
at liberty to use any part or all,' as you
think proper. Yours icspectfully,
CAREY W. JACKSON.
JOEL R. FOTNSETT «f 8mX CuoIIna, SarMarx of
Ike War Urpanaiml.
GEORGE M. DALLAS of fVnnarlaama, Envoy Ex-
traoruirmrr, and Minister Ptrniantrmirff to
^WILLIAM W. CHEW, Lapiiua to lb.
“HENRY WHEATOX, Hi„i*rr to Pnwl.
WILLIAM H. HAY WOOD uf North Carolina. Ckana
i’ Affiiim lu Belgium
POWiiATA?! ELLIS, Envoy Extraordinary, and Min
uter Plenipotentiary la M-iirv.
ALUCEE LABKAMCHE uT Loniaiana,Charga d* Af
faires to Teiaa. .
W ILLIAM SMITH of Alabama, and JOHN CATRON
of Tenneaaea, additional judgea of tba Supreme Court, un
der the late art.
JOSEPH W. PARNCM, Amayer, and DAVID H. MA-
SON, Coiner, for the Branch .Mini at Dahloorga, in Geor-
**■
'"Tisthctar-apanrletl banner.eh, len; mi, It wave
"O'er (he I and of the free ami the home uf the brave."
FEDERAL UNION,
HILLEUGEVILLE, MARCH SI, 18377
FLORIDA.—The %var in this territory, ue believe, ii at
length ended. All the chief*, except Omicola have engen
dered to General Jt»aup; and are lo 1m» at Tampa, with iheir
families, followers, and properly, by the Kkh of April, for
removal to the West.
We are requtaiod to state, that the meet-
in" of Hopewdi Prosbitery, anil of the board
of Trustees of Oglethorpe University, will be
held on tlie last Thursday of March, instead of
the 3d Thursday, as before advertised; and on
Friday thereafter, being 31st of March, at 12
o’clock tt noon, the Corner Stone of the Univer-
say will be laid with Masonic Honors, at which
time an address by Coi. Joseph Henry Lump,
kin will be delivered.
PRESIDENT JACKSON’S FARE
WELL.—Wc trust that the length of this
address will not prevent its being read.—
It is worthy of the venerable patriot, who
has now retired front the cares and hon
ors of public life. It breathes the senti
ments of ardent patriotism, and is fraught
with lessons of profound wisdom. It is
iu perfect harmony with the Farewell Ad
dress of PRESIDENT WASHINGTON.
But there is a striking difference in the cir
cumstances under which these two docu
ments were prepared. WASHINGTON,
with deep forethought, saw the dangers
to which his country would be exposed
at a future time; and warned his country
men to beware of the evil to come.—
Jackson,' from the midst of those dangers
which Washington only foresaw, but
which now surround and press upon us,
by his own observation and experience,
confirms, and illustrates, and enforces the
precepts of the FATHER of his coun-
tr y* ________
ARISTIDES. At the request of a
friend of Col. W. N. BISHOP, we re
publish a communication which appeared
in the Constitutionalist, under the signa
ture of ARISTIDES.
MURRAY.—Tin's long distracted coun
ty continues to be the scene of violent
agitation. Desirous of eliciting the truth,
w« republish two letters, one from the
Standard of Union, the other from the
Southern Whig, giving different versions
of a late transaction in Murray. The
writer of the letter in the Whig endea
vours to give a political aspect to the feud,
and to make it bear on the contests-of par
ties in tlie state. We hope that Union
men will not be drawn into the snare; nor
suffer this feud to be made a party ques
tion. As good citizens, we should endea
vour to suppress these disorders,-whoever
may be their guilty authors; and to estab
lish the just at.d peaceful dominion of the
law in this unhappy county. It would be
neither prudent nor virtuous, to identify
ourselves with either of the contending
parties of Murray; and we protest against
any attempt to hold us responsible fot any
of these outrages. The feud is not in it
self, and should not by any management
be made a party question.
FORTIFICATIONS AND SURPLUS
REVENUE.—A bill making the ordinary
appropriations for carrying on and com
pleting the system of fortifications, passed
the senate; and being approved by all
parties, it would have passed the house of
representatives witliout opnosition, hut for
a manoeuvre of John Bell. On his mo
tion, the house added to it, as an amend
ment, the substance of Mr. Calhoun’s bill
for the distribution.of the surplus revenue,
which had liecn previously rejected by
the senate. On the return of the bill to
the senate, that body rejected tlie amend
ment, tlie majority seeing no reason to
change their opinions, and alter their
votes on this subject. The house, on mo
tion of Bell, adhered to its amendment,
and the bill was lost.
TREASURY CIRCULAR.—-The late
president did not act definitively, on the
bill “designating and limiting the funds
receivable for the revenues of the United
States,” and in effect repealing the trea
sury circular. This bill has therefore not
become a law. It was presented to the
president at half past two o’clock, on the
2d of March; ana Ijetween that hour and
the close of the session, there was not
time sufficient to obtain the opinion of the
attorney general on its legal construction
and operation; and then to xvqigh it with the
care and deliberation, which the difficul
ty and importance of the subject demand
cdt '
UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF CON
GRESS. The act to reduce the tariff)
and the act to restrain the sales of public
lands, passed the senate, but remained, at
the close of the session, among the numer
ous bills not filially acted on by the house
of representatives.
INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS.—A re
solution having been ps^ed by the senate, ex-
pi casing it as t!w opinion of that body, that our
government ought to recognize the indepen
dence of TEXAS, ami an appropriation having
het-n made by congress lor the sup|>ort of a min-
inter to be sent to that State, PRESIDENT
JACKSON^ sent for COL. WHARTON, the
rexian minister, at eleven o’clock on the night
of the 3d instant, and motived him in his official
character. At the same time be nominated
Mr. LABRANCHE, to tho senate,as Charge’
to TEXAS. At the inauguration of PRESI
DENT VAN SUREN, COL. WHARTON
occupied a place in the diplomatic corps.
COMPROMISE.—REDUCTION OF
THE TARIFF.—It is not willingly that
we allude to tho character, or dwell on the
conduct -of John C. Calhoun. Con
demned in the judgment of a very large
proportion of the American people, il is
now imjiossible for him to alter the frame
ot tlie federal government, or to prevail
on the Southern states to abandon the
Union. For all general and great purpo
ses he is a fallen statesman. But one of
the parties in our own state adopts his
opinions, however inconsistent and absnrd
they may be; and follows bis guidance,
into whatsoever mazes of sophistry, and
error he may lead them; and yields itself
as his instrument in warring on successful
rivals, of whose advancement he is jeal
ous, regardless of the sacred cause of free
government, and of the prosperity of his
country. As Georgians, it is impossible
for us to avoid collision with the followers
of this man; ami his theories and argu-
nnients, his hatreds and rentments, with
all the other fruits of his evil ambition,
are constantly obtruded on our sight, and
thrust across cur path. It is to resist and
conquer his pernicious influence in our
own state, and to warn our fellow-citizens
of the depths into which he would allure
them, that we ever recur lo his name.
Four years ago, on the tariff question
the country was divided into three par
ties. First was the party which advocat
ed high protective duties, led by Clay.—
The design of jhis system was, to enrich
the manufacturers; but its partisans had
the art to represent it as necessary to se
cure the independence of our country,
and as contributing most efficiently to in
crease the wealth and prosperity of our
people. 'Through a large part of the north
ern states they succeeded in obtaining the
support of the commercial and agricultur
al interests, although the system operated
unjustly on those portions of die commu
nity. It was peculiarly unjust to the
South; because, having but very few manu
facturers, wc received no compensation
for the immense sums which it drew from
us. It was aided by the fact, that the U-
nited States at that time owed a large pub-
lie debt, to defray which it was necessary
annually to raise a large amount beyond
what was needed for the ordinary expen
ses of the federal government.
There was also the nullification party,
which maintained, that the protective du
ties were absolutely ruinous to the South;
that in consequence of their pressure, our
fields were deserted, our villages and ci
ties were falling into decay, and our plant
ers, oppressed and impoverished, were
compelled to abandon the land of their
birth, to seek subsistence in a strange
clime. This party further maintained,
that the law establishing protective duties
was a violation of the constitution of the
United States, and ought to be resisted
with force. To justify the employment
of force, the theory of nullification was
devised; and South Carolina, the only
state which the nullifiers were able to con
trol, prepared for armed resistance to the
officers of the federal government, and for
forcible secession from the Union. A regu
lar convention of the people of that state,
in a solemn ordinance, decreed and an
nounced, that South Carolina would never
permit, within her limits, the enforcement
of a law which contained the protective
principle. The member* of this party,
while preparing forcibly to resist the pro
tective system, compared themselves to
the patriots of the revolution, taking up
arms to throw off the tyianny of England,
and hazarding their lives in defence of lib
erty. Of tills party John C. Calhoun
was the founder, prophet, and dictator.
The third party was composed of the
Union men of the South; with all others
in every part of the confederacy, who,
feeling that the protective tariff was un
just and oppressive, believed that it ought
to be resisted, not with muskets and can
non, but with the power of argument
and reason; that it ought to be opposed,
by appealing, not to brute force, and the
field of blood, but to the good sense, the
enlightened self-interest, the justice, and
the patriotism of a free people. This
party embraced, among its members, the
late and the present president, with the
distinguished statesmen who formed tlie
cabinet of General Jackson. v
The first of these parties had for se
veral years controlled the counsels of con-
cress; but in 1333, their strength wast fast
waning; and Mr. Clay acknowledged his
belief, that in one year they would be m
a minority, and no longer able to preserve
their system. At the same time, Cal-
houn was in a state ot alarm, at the dan
gers of insurrection, to the verge of which
he had led his *tate. In this perilous
juncture Clay introduced what he repre
sented to be a compromise hetween the
fnends and the enemies of tlie protective
the pretext, and made a precipitate re
treat from the chivalrous enterprise lor
which he had armed the nullifying state.
He abandoned the design of forcibly re
sisting a law which was to be executed
by that stern, and energetic, and talented
old man, Andrew Jackson. By this com-
E roraise he agreed, that those, whose rub-
cry, according to his opinion, had op
pressed and ruiiicd the South, should con
tinue, for a term of years to oppress and
ruin the South; that those who had been
violating the constitution, should for the
same term continue to violate the consli
tution. And what is the precious, what
the invaluable consideration, lor which he
barters away the rights of the South, and
the principles of the constitution? In this
compromise Clay yielded nothing but what
he had already lost, by a change of pub
lic opinion, and the waning popularity of
his American system; Calhoun gained
nothing but a pretext for retreating from
the dangers which beset hij forward
course.
Since that period, the public debt has
been entirely paid; and the protective ta
riff, as regulated by this compromise act,
with other sources of revenue, brings into
the federal treasury a much larger sum
than is needed to defray the expenses of
the government. ‘ The friends of the ad
ministration propose to reduce the reven
ue to the actual wants of the government.
They rest on this plain pro])osilion; that
the people ought not to be required to pay,
in taxes, a larger amount than is needed
to support the government which they
have established. But this rational, fair,
and honest proposition is opposed. By
whom? By John C. Calhoun. He la
bours with zeal to defeat it. Not only
docs he consent, that the federal govern
ment shall continue a system, which he
has declared to be robbery of fhe Souih,
and a violation of the constitution; lie en
deavours to defend this system against a
reduction suited to the wants of the gov
ernment, and required by public opinion.
When the senate passes a bill for this pur
pose, he angrily censures it as a party
measure. It interferes with his compro
mise. It seems that he is dishonorably
bound by his compact, to become an ene
my to the interests of the South, and an
apostate from the principles of the consti
tution. Are there southern men, are there
Georgians, so forgetfulofhonor, so regard
less of the" claims of their, country, as
still blindly to follow this unprincipled
statesman? He is unworthy to lead any
of tlie patriotic sons of the South. Citi
zens of Georgia, whom the imposing pro
fessions, and the specious reasonings of
this man have kept spell-bound for years,
cast oft' this disgraceful pupillage! No
longer subject your souls to the instruction
anti guidance of a leader, who has proved
false to all of his professions, and recreant
to all of his principles! As enlightened
freemen, feel, think, and act for Your
selves !!
VOX TIIK FEDERAL FNION.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST COLLEGE.
This is designed to be purely a literary and
scientific institution. And although it will be
in the hands of the Baptist denomination, it is
not intended to make Baptists, but Scholars.—
It will be free of access to all, without regard
to religious opinions; ond any, and all, of the
denominations may, if they choose, avail them,
selves of the privilege of instructing their sons,
in it, if it could accommodate them all.
The Baptists feel it their duly, as well as their
privilege, to establish a college. And as the
other denominations have gone ahead of them
in rearing Institutions of a literary kind, it is
hoped none will object lo their following in
their praise-worthy example. It is not expect,
ed that every body can be pleased; and although
some have a wish to have a college, yet they
want to have it in this, and that, and the other
aumr. But the truth is, if we do not succeed
under the patronage and auspices of the Baptists,
we cannot succeed at all. If we say it must
not be a Baptist College, we at once say, we
shall have no college; fertile other denominations
have their own colleges to support already.—
YVe know their liberality, and believe that ma
ny of them will aid, as they have heretofore
done. But wc think the Baptists ought to build
ONE college, as easily as the other denomina.
lions could build TWO. They are numerous
and wealthy, and all that is wanted, is united
effort among themselves. It is so desirable to
have a college in Western Georgia, that I am
persuaded few persons acquainted with -the situ-
ation and extent of this part of the State will
be inclined to question the propriety of locating
the College at Talbotton. PH1LOM.
roa TMK FEDERAL CHIOS.
BAPTIST COLLEGE.
Mr. Editor—At a public meeting of
the citizens of Talbotton, held on Satur
day evening the 4th inst, the following
address and resolutions were prepared
and adopted, all of which you are respect
fully requested to publish.
Mr. Chairman.—Your committee have
had under serious considerat^n the pro
priety of locating the Southern Baptist
College at Talbotton or iu its immediate
vicinity, and would beg leave to inakq the
following report:
We are fully aware that in all commu
nities, “Union if strengthand probably
tho -importance of combined effort is no
where so obvious as in the accomplish
ment of those schemes which contemplate
the general improvement and happiness of
mankind. Matters of fact, the experience
of mankind, and the volume of Divine
revelation, concur in establishing the jxisi-
tion, that “a house divided against itself can
not stand." In taking this subject iu hand,
we are aware that the fears of many of
the most devoted and efficient supporters
of the college, will be immediately excit
ed, lest we, by our efforts here, divide the
strength of its friends throughout our coun
try, and thus overthrow completely, the
whole scheme. But these fears need not
be indulged. Wc are not the enemies of
the college at any place. It must go up
here, if it can; if not, then it will at
Washington. We ask iu location here,
upon principles of honor and justice to
the cause of science, literature, morality’
and religion.
Two years haYe now elapsed, since the
projectof a Baptist College was agitated
in Georgia. It was decided hy a vote of
the Baptist convention, held here last May,
that the college sltould be. located at
Washington, in Wilkes county. Trus
tees were also appointed and instructed to
E mceed in building, when the sum of one
undred thousand dollars could be pro
cured in good subscriptions, payable tn
five equal annual instalments. A whole
hare obtained but eighty thousand dol
lars, having the whole length aad breadth
ol the State to operate in. Now your
committee confidently believe the necessa-
ty sum can be readily obtained for its lo-
cation in western Georgia; and they know
of no place possessing as many advanta
ges as Talbotton. When we look at the
map of Georgia, we discover a vast field
for a college m this new and flourishing
part of the State. We have no colleges
west of theOcmulgee river, and this is the
last opportuuitv we shall have to procure
one; for when this shall have been located,
each denomination of christians will be in
possession of a college. Tho Presbyte
rians have theirs at Midway, near Mil-
ledgeville; the Mctliodists, theirs at Cov
ington; the State also lias hers at Athens,
and these colleges, with the present con
templated Baptist college, will be as ma
ny as are needed; uor will there be room
for another. Shall this college be settled
down at Washington, on the opposite side
of the State, in a nest of colleges and
high achools, where there is but little need
of a college? Surely not. If its locution
be fixed at Washington, all the western
part of the to al
most endless seclusion from college light
and influence. Your committee believe
the college would be better supported, and
would exert a more salutary influence on
the civil, literary and religious depart
ments, were it located in this section. We
need the college here, and we have the
money, the men, and tlie youth to support
it. True, our country is new; and pro
bably our maimers, our morals, our taste,
and our literary refinement, may not be as
systematic and attractive, as we might
find in an older country. But in review
ing the topographical features of Talbot
ton and its vicinity, we find nothing to
render the location of the college at this
jiacc, objectionable. It is halfway-ground
jetween Macon and Columbus, two of the
mos* flourishing cities in the west—it is
equidistant from the seaboard to the
mountains—it is high and healthful, stand
ing on the ridge which divides the waters
of the Flint and Chat tahoochee rivers—
it is in the midst of a rich and fertile coun
try, densely populated by a wealthy, intel
ligent, and reputable people—it is also on
the direct line of daily stages from Wash
ington City to New Orleans, and is easy
of access in all directions. Taking nil
these considerations into view, your com
mittee feel fully authorized to urge upon
the community, the importance of uniting
their efforts and influence to procure the
college location at this town; aud as the
question will be dicided by the Baptist
convention on the first of May next, it is
earnestly recommended that we endeavor,
with all possible speed, to raise the neces
sary sum of one hundred thousand dol
lars, and petition that honorable body to
grant us the college. We feel that there
will be but little, if any, objection to grant
ing our petition; for a number of well in
formed and firm friends of the college,
have expressed a desire to have it more
westward. Many other arguments might
be introduced to support our claims, but
we deem it unimportant lor the present to
offer them. We would however submit
the following resolutions:
1. Resolved, That Dr. William Ellis,
Dr. E. C. Moyer, and Rev. Robert Flem
ing, be a committee to correspond with the
trustees and others, on the subject.
2. Resolved, That Rev. James Perry
man, Dr. Edward Delonv, John C. Ham
ilton, S. C. Leach, T. H. Persons, E.
Reader and Rene Fitzpatrick be a com
mittee to obtain subscriptions in this coun
ty and elsewhere, on the five year plan,
payable only in the event of the college’s
coming to Talbotton, and that they use
peedy exertions to procure said sub
scriptions.
3. Resolved, That the citizens of west
ern Georgia, and the frieuds in the Slate
generally, be invited to correspond and co
operate with us.
4. Resolved, That the address and reso
lutions express our views, and that the
editors of newspapers friendly to the en-
e rprize, be respectfully requested to pub
lish the same. .
6. Resolved, That the citizens of Co
lumbus be invited speedily to co-operate
and correspond with us.
Augustus K. Rugg, Secretary,
JOHN B. GORMAN, Chairman,
P. S.—The subscription books were opened,
and there has been a liberal sum raised for so
short a time-we ImveTWENTY-SIX THOU-
SAND, and will be able no doubt to get in this
county alone fifty thousand—people of Western
Georgia, now is the time to get a college, if you
desire it—the meeting is adjourned to court
week—3rd Monday in March inst.
PETIT GLLPH COTTON SEED.
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1UUW Sank jart nwradfeaoi New Urbane
focal# by NJUHOLS * iMUtlML
muCgemto. March SO, 183L-4S-39
QEOROIA: *
A PROCLAMATION*
By WILLIAM SCHLEY, Oustruor of tai<t Stofe
W HEREAS, I have wreived official information Uiaaa>
murder waa nwamittad in ih* eoniitV uf Uam. in.
thiaStale,on SUNDAY the Sfith uf FEBHl'AttY
law, npon tlie bndjr uf Ilia am Smoot, by HENRY B.
WHITE amt aletn aud it being repmentnl lo me that
nid HENRY D. WHITE bu ltd froae joative, t
have thought proper to inane tlii» my Frortamaiion, hereby
offering > reward of TWO HUNDRED DOLLAR*
to any person or person* wlm may appreliend- and deliver
said White to tlie Sheriff or Jailor of said eomily of tip.
" n.
And whereas, I have reeeived a copy of a tree hiU of in-
dtrliuem, found hy lire Grand Jnry at .May term. 1836, *f (hr
Superior outm uf Ware county, charging H.tJtPStJH! B.
CARVER of lire crime of murder, committed upon tho
hotly of Leokard Mills, on the 19th day of March, 1836,
and it being represented to me, that said Sampson B. Carver
has fled from justice, I have, also, thought nroper :.i olfrr m
reward of TWO HUNDRED DOl.I.AKN to any
Iverson or persons who may apprehend and deliver the said
Carver to the Sheri# or Jailor of said euunry uf Ware.—
And I do moreover, charge and require all officers hotli civil
and military, lo he vigilant in endeavoring to apprehend ami
d' liver the fugitives aforesaid, in order that they may bo
tried fur the off nee for which they stand charged.
HENRY D. WHITE is represented lo be "nhoup
tw enty-two j ears of age, four feet nine inches high, spare
made, light loiir and rompkixioa, gray or blue eyes, amt nose
a little roman.**
SAMPSON K. CARVER is aJwot the foetf.ua
inches high, fair complexion, light ho'-r, blur eyes-, tvilb smii.
ina countenance.
Given under my hand strft the great scat of ine State,
\ : the Cano..l ,p MiUcdgevtllr, this
m .lliiusijjriuir, sms sixteenth day
gfiieeo thirty-seven, ajxt
JBWSL
or ai.ircb, _ _ , ^
of the Independence of tbe'c^ (n { 'state~tim io*tj'
WILLIAM houtvy
By lire Governor:
William A. Tev-ville, Sacrttory State 2r-39>
OFFICE GEORGIA (RAKE ROAJD
un
BAVKXiro
Athens. March!, IHJ7.
K K-SOLVED, Thai in conformity with an order of tho
Stockholders, at their fast annual convention, tfur KiTtb
instalment of FIFTEEN dollars on each share o? tho
capital stock of the Georgia Kail Ruud and Bunking Com
pany, be required to he paid, either at the principal Rank in
Athens, or at Us Branch in Augusta on tho THIRD
MONDAY (being the 17T1t day)or APRIL NEXT,
which may bv discharged hy a note at Silty days hearing
interest, payable at cither of said Bunks, with one good tu.
dorser,
Tukcn from the minutes uf the direction,
41-39 JAMES CAMAS, Cashitr,
GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN
T HE subscriber hns bought uf Galvin Waterman nml
others, tltnexclusive right for the State of (ienreia, of
a new and useful improvement in the MACHINE for
MAKING BRICKS. The original patentee, together
w ith his associates, have given a guarantee in a heavy pew,
ally, fur the successfulo|*'ration of tlie machine, and ot it,
accomplishing all they have represented. The machine
will, with the use of two horses, two grown hands and a
sufficient number of boys to hear stf the brick, he capable
of making at and after the rate of FORTY BRICKM
to euch minute, and if well used wiil last fire years. This
much it warranted hy tho patentee, although there h ms
doubt it can accomplish more, and conrpetitvm is confidently
challenged. A model is in the possession of live subscriber
which w ill he submitted to such ss are anxious to purchase.
A machine wiII also be in e|wraiion in this city by the 19th
of May. To ouch as may wish to purchase rights the ma
chines will be obtained as soeo as they can be received by
the must speedy conveyance from the North, where, hy celt,
tract 1hey are to he constructed. Fur forma and further
particulars apply to the subecriber, or in his absence to thu
Messenger office. Macon, March 16, 1S37.
131-39 _ T. L SMITH.
GEORGIA, Cherokee county,
K NOW all men by these presents, that J, JAKE*
M. CROAK, do bind myself to take up and seats
all executions or embarrassments, that is against or coutd
affect the title in any way of a lot of land that t have sold
this day to S. D. l^onard and J. J. Leonard, known hy tot
mftnher four hundred and thirty-three in the third district of
the first section of formerly Cherokee hut now Forsyth
eountv.and !, James M. Cronn, do further agree that tha
note that the said Solomon D. Lrorutnl and Jesse J Leon
ard hath this day given to him the said James M. Cruaa
for seventy-five dollars, due twelve months from dale,
shall not be recoverable till tho above obligations is cumh
plied with, this 22d Noverolwr, 1838.
Given under my hand and seal, in presence of Abner
Lovelady. JAMES M. CKO AN.
The above is a true copy.
A LL persons are forewarned against trading for the a.
lu>ve_described NOTE, as the consideration for
which it was given has entirely failed, we are determined
not to pay it unless compelled hy law. March 10, 1837.
SOLOMON D. LEONARD,
lt*-39 JESSE J. LEONARD,
DM INI ST K ATOR’S SALE.—Agreeably tom
order of the: inferior court of Jasper roomy, when
sitting for ordinary purposes, will, on tho first Tuesday in
April next, within the legal hours, he sold, before the court
house door in the town of XEWNAN, Coweta rnunty, two
lots of land, one number forty in the serond district of
Coweta county, tlie oilier number forty-six in the first dis.
trivt of Cow-eta county, sold as the property of Georg* W,
Rigid, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs. Tvrtnx tpadn
known on the day of sale. January ii7. 1837.
33 JOHN PRICE, odm’or.
A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—On Tuesday, th*
24th day of April next, within the legal hours, will ha
gold lo the highest bidder, at the residence of James C. Me-.
Kenzie, on Swamp Greek, I) :<~itur nuinly. the perishable
property belonging to the estate cf John Rogers, defeased,
late of said eoiinty, consisting of horses, hogs, household
and kitehen furniture, &e., for the benefit iff said estate.—.
Tsrnis made known on the day of sale. MnrMt 31, 1837.
JAMES C. MeKENZtE, odm’or,
39 in right of his Wife, Mery Ann McKenzie.
A DMINISTR ATOR’S SALE. On the 9th dap
of May next, will, within the legal hours, he sold, at
the late residence of Thomas Hunter, deceased, in Irwin
county, the personal property of said deeen.ed, consisting of
corn, bacun, lard, two hundred head of cutlle more nr lees,
one pair of work steers, thirty-one head uf sheep and home*,
thirty head of stock hoes more or less, eighteen head of
geese, household am) kitehen furniture, plantation tools amt
numerous nther articles too tedious to mention. Sale lo con.
tinun from day tn day until all is sold. Terms made known
on the day uf sale. March 8, 1837.
39 WILLIAM SLONE, adm’or.
A DMINiSTRATORS’ SALB.—On'the eigto
Zm tcentli day of Mav next, will, within the leea! hours, ha
sold at the tale residence of George W. M'Dufiie, deceased,
in Irwin county, the personal property of said deeeasnd,
consisting of ono bay mare, one rifle, one watch, one shot
gun, and twenty head uf stork cauls more or less. Terms
made known on the day of sale. March 8. 1837.
39 ABIGAL M DIFFIE, mbsV*.
E XECUTORS’ SAI.E.—On TTinrsday he Ith
day of May next, will, within ths legal hours, be sold,
at thelate residence of Joshua Proctor, decease-.!, in Thom
as county, Ga. all the estate (not giveo hr wilt.l of the said
deceased, consisting mostly of stork rattle, sheep, hogs, and
good work horses, one hail of ginned rollon, some beef rat.
tie. with a number of other articies too tedious to m-ntiim.
Sale to enntinun from day Co day anti! all is sold Teems,
twelve months credit with somll notes and approved securi
ty. March 7, 1337.
ROBERT JONES, er’or.
39 CINTI1Y PROCTOR, ee're.
DIED, in Milledgeville, on the 17th instant, Major
THOMAS II. KENAN, Info United States’ Marshal for
the district of Georgia, aged sixty-three years. He was a
native of North Carolina, and had been for more than thirty
years a eitizsn of Milledgcville. He was a gentleman of dis
tinguished urbanity, and kindness of heart; social and sl-
foctionats; brave, high-spirited, generous, and hooorablo.
coMMtnxicai ED.
DIED in Milledgcville. on the morning of the 14th inst.
Mrs. MARGARET S. WRIGHT, outsort of Mr. Pryor
Wright of this place, in the ihirly-fitth year of her age.
When the old, tlie dee rep id, or the foet.le of constitution
expire, we feel no surprize, and thu shock is hrekea. be
cause wc have been accustomed lo anticipate llmevent; but.
nIhmi lire healthful oml vigorous are thin struck down in
our midst, we are seized with consternation, and feel as if a
portion of oar own being were withdrawn—a spoke in tbe
wheel of our ewn existence were destroyed.
Mrs. W. had hcen suffering from a slight attack of pleu
risy; but was sufficiently reeovetvd, lo sit up iu !>ed on i lie
morning on w hich she died,—when, she was suddenly seiz
ed with spasm, aud expired iu a few minutes!—in the midst
of lifr, and at a period when her general health was such as
to give promise of great “length of days."
In the death of this lady, the Methodist Episcopal Church,
of which she was a member from her youth up, has lost
one af iu brightest jewels—her numerous friends are de
prived of one of their most valued ossorian-s—her aiUirfoil
husband and her children, must of wham are young ami
helpless have suffered a loss w Inch can nevor he repnired;
but it is’ earnestly hop-d, that this awful dispensation of
Providence may be sanctified to Iheir eternal salvation.
It is not the purpose of the writer of this obituary, to in
dulge in unwarranted encomiums; Init he feels assured that
the united testimony of all her acquaintances will bear him
out in tlie assertion, llial she was, indeed, a woman of no
ordinary merit. If patience, mcekneas, benevolence, a per
fect resignation to the will of God, and llie cheerful per
formance of all our domestic duties, are sufficient lo consti
tute religion ami virtue, then is she entitled to the highest
tribute of praise; for she possessed all these in an eminent
degree. But, she is gone, now!—gene from her affiirted
husband and motherless hal»es—gone front Iter relatives and
friends—gone from the walks of benevolence—gone from
the Church, where her mild nml pleasant voice was so of
ten heard pouring forth the effusions of a grateful lirart!—
That voice shall be heard no more, around Ilia domestic fire
side—in the social circle—in the sssemhlips of worship
here below; bat it shall be tuned lo higher and nobler
strains, in hymning tha praise of God and the Lamb for
ever! May her examples speak to us from the grave,—
whither, we all hasten!W.
F ( . . . . .
iumIb Kj iHr infrrior court of Irwin ronufy, wn^n Hit
ting fur oriliiwry pwrpnM**, for Ii*nv* to m»II n)\ th* !«iu!s
und nfofrrof* belonging tn th# of George W. ATLhiffi*,
fat* »»f »aid f«mnty, dec«w' > d. Murch S. 1837.
W ABIGAL M»m T FFlE, adm'rr.
F Ol T R MONTHS after dale, a indication will lie
mode to the inter i«»r court of It win conn tv; when e*t-
ting for ordinary purpose*, fur leave tu well all the land*
■nd n~gro»s hfetwnging f<» the e?tf*jt*-of TIv»raa* Hunter, late
of said county” dwca-Rnl. March TS37.
33 , WILLIAM SLUMS, atfm'or.
T7U>t' ft HtOAiT4f 8 after d.ilc # api»1ic iiion w ill he made
f to the-inferior court of li|»«on count v. wHea aitting for
ordinary puritor**, for leave to sell lot of land number threw
hundred and fifty*four, in the Iwemy-iijh h district of
Sumter oonnty, bcbmqinff t<» »he estat<* of Martha Miller,
deceased, for lb« benefit of the heirs. March 21. 1937.
33 A. T. MII.LK.lt, aJm'or.
(■ROlUtil A« Tttizgs county.
UTHERKAS*, Wyatt Allen ay»pli<*s for Idlers cf ad-
1 f mutisLrauon on the estate of itohert Tarver, fata
of raid county, deceased.
There arc, therefore, ta cite and admonish af! and singular
tlie kindred am! creditors of said deceased to Iw and appear
at my office, within the time pr«»cril»*d hy law, to show
cause, if nnv exist, why said letter* should not h*» granted.
Given under ray hand at office, xhis Ifiih March, 1537.
e3 W. CRITTRNDKN, c. c o.
, i . year has passed away, anti although inde-
system; atul CaUionn with aviflify seized I f at igable ejrerlions have been made, they
GEORGIA, Pnlaki CToUhttf.
W HEREAS, Richard it. Bnrkliallcrapplies ft..- letter*
of administration on lire estate of Sohunou Haskins,
late of Burke counts, decenverl.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all am) singular
(he kindred and creditors of said deceased to be ami appear
at my office, within the lime prescribed hy law, tn show
cause, if any«list, why said letters should n»t be grant -d.
Given under my hand at office, this 6th March, 1837.
39 JOSEPH CAKRUTHBRS, c. r. n.
GEORGIA, /‘«Ui Countv.
NjUHEllG.is, Burwr-U \V. Brace well applies for letters
"T of administration on the estate of Joseph J. Brae*-
well, late of said county, deceased.
These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singnlar
the kindred and creditors of said deceased to he and appear
at tay office, within the time prescribed hy law, to show
cause, if any exist, why said letters should not he granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 25th Jenurny, 1817.
3J J. V. MITCHELL n.e. e. •.
GEORGIA, IJeKalhcounty.
ESTATE SALE.
W ILL be sold on FRIDAY ami SATURDAY,
the <4th and 25th MARCH, (instant) at the
tom residence uf Robinson Ralls, deceased, in the county of
Putnam, (four miles from Park's bridge) all the personal
property of said deceased, consistii% of negroes, homes,
stork of all kinda, ten bales of rot tun, corn, fodder, oats, two
yoke of steers and two carts, houselmM and kitchen fnmi-
late, together with a large and splendid assortment of car
penters’ tools. At the same time will he :.-9ered for rent,
the plantation of said deceased, if nut rented previously.—
Terms. Small nates with approved securities will bs re
quired, made payable on the 85tb of December nj*L
s 17 PHEKEBY RALL8,tire.
Putnam count if, March 2,1837.-31-33
high—sppratoedTiy James Pbdtips ~*d Jotrn C. Tamer to
forty dollars, on the 1Mb day of Jfaich, 1337.
‘■J***T'i!*»EYSOuU.%?^.
tha 641st district Georgia
nilitia, lolls b - fore John G. Tyos a justice uf ih- peace
hTand for said county, a fiOHBKL HORSE, with a
blaze in hie tace. a small white spot on his nose, and both
bind feet white, (bar or five years old, rf-or feet ten inches
high—«ppraieed by John (Walker and Atozander Murray
lo sixty-five dollars on tha Z7lh day of February 1837.
A true extract from tho eslray-book. March 4,1837.
ALEXANDER G. MURRAY, n c. t c.