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more of the good* of this world tliun would support twelve
families comfortably, who, though possessing oue hundred
times a.s talent aud virtue, arc doomed, by the same system
to penury and suffering.
We pr »>■*»« now to make a “ Bobble and Squeak.” or a
b -•ggar’s dish, out of a lot of * low-priced agefits now in New
Orleans, aud shall season it with a Galloway Currie sauce,
prepared in Broad-street, London—decorate it with don
crur Wood—the ten puny profit prta-ik Tor^uce and
Coon Tail. After getting the ilererend Joslttnl^ick
pick the pockets of their employers and masters, the northern
manufacturers, and divide the spoils with the principal
ageuu. They pay notaxas, no rents, and live on samples
of codfish which they h ring to New Orlet^fS. We must
make a harsh of them someday—but for the present we will
take up the Canadian financier, gtor A r and politician—Sam
uel J. Peters, of the Second Municipality.
Samuel J. Peters.—Alderman Peters, die financier of the
Second Municipality of New Orleans, exercises a great in
fluence on the social nn 1 moral condition of a large portion
ay grace over it we will present the whole to Ambrose, in j of the people, and the prosperity and happiness of the conn-
wini'n the Jesuit aud Jew intend for mastery • try. By the operation of the c-cdit system, and theprivi-
VVooJis a Liver or ' .gent, who cares little about the rate leuc of making the representative of money at pleasure, ht
of 11 eight, provided toe ship return him a resj>eclable “dou-
c?nr” in the shape of commission.
Burton, Parke.* & Co. are the ** tenpenny profits,” the
meaning an 1 force of which we explained on a former occa
sion. They did not ootaiu the cognomen for any of their
ennobling a.-tions.
Barber, a Liverpool agent, is known by f.te flto\rbricjue of
Coon, Tail, Ac.
Currie is tire agent erf Reid, Lrving & Ca, the London
commission bankers. This is, we believe, his first year in
New Orleans. He is a native of the County Galloway Soot-
• vi J—knows bill hole, though be is exceedingly bloated with
pretension. He was trained to business m Broad Street,
London, h/ die counting-house of his misters.
Ko. XIV.
Chvle; Tayleur, Sons fc Co.—This establishment had
formerly a bouse hi New Orld&ns, in connexion with dieir
mines for life,
from one of die
raises men of straw aud easy virtue, from the condition of
loaters to that of opulence and credit, while l»y the same sys
tem he is enabled to reduce to penury, men of talent, capi
tal and industry.
This financial worthy is a Canadian by birth ; and to trace
his progress in New Orleans, the history of his adventures
would be as interesting as dial OTflbocco Jones, or Vincent
Nolle. The Grocery establishment of Peters A Millard is
well known in this country—and it would long since have
explode l, but for die industry and attention of Millard ' for
the Alderman seldom makes his appearance at the house,
and devote* bis entire attention to electioneering, specula
ting and financiering. Sam, therefore, may Thank his part
ner that his head is now above water. Mr. Millard is a
good nature.!, honest old bachelor, whefrf) Peters has been
enabled to humbug and control, though he occasionally
kicks at some of the Alderman’s real estate purchases.
But Peters allays his apprehensions; by pointing out*the
Mexican establishment*. They are still extensively enga- [great resources he can command from the City Bank, and
red in toe colt m trade, and arc mil prions for keeping cotton I from bis rich dry good# cronies on Chartres street, (who all
mi ciu n utria.Us. Their pn:* j* ii business is in Mexico , at once dropped him) he has succeeded in making Millard
n-i l the s autiiwest c >a*t »f Am -ri \>, where they are distin j believe that he was a master of the ardana of financiering
mulshed as smuggler*—w t hey dad more profitable than j and humbug, equal to Nick Biddle, 8hoe.ro Jones,or Hiram
a ie-jitmiite and .\i,c budoe-s. But-ao far do they carry this ; G. Runnels, if a scientific analysis of the .directory of the
d. -te-liable pursuit—which in the»r ease i.*» said to have been City Bank were made by a phrenologist and financier, Sanr
e. fe c i b* bribery, perjury, and all manner ot depravity— talents would certainly be admitted. They withtwoexcep
th.it one of the sons had to make his escape Irorft the' west
coast, or he would have been sent tot
Charles Tayleur, the hea 1 of the house,
inland counties of England. lie lives in good style, and
makes guru pretensions to ton. although i»e does not figure
quite as large in the world of fashion as Ho I ford.
The company of this house was long tilled by John Ridg
eway. Tney have ever been lame 1 tar rendering sales of
troods consigned to tbeir-fereign houses, and well suited to
the market at low prices, while they, would order out as
in i ii a* could be sold on tlieir own account. It was no doubt
owing to ibis feature in their system, that so much difficulty
arose in settling accounts with certain partners—iike some
other brrje iiauat s. But there is a laxity of commercial mo-
i.iU generally pervading all the • Anglo Saxon branch hou
ses established hi tue West Indies, Mexico ami the South*
wen coast; and this feature is strongly marked in the tner
cantilecharacter of New Orleans, in no other city of Uie
Luton would the list system of selling cotton, and the prac
tice of charging storage, Ac. &c.,be tolerated for one mo
ment. General merchants in these countries are little bet
ter than wholesale thieves, when compared with the scru
pulous honesty and mathematical precision of the merchants
of the old world, or even the old States of the Union.
Hilaries Tayleur left the house like Alexander Baring,
but had to return again to sustain its c.vdit, which it still en
joys to a fair c.ftent, but a mystery hangs over them.
No. XV.
The failure of Christmas, Prime aud Livingston, will hurt-
•r.auy of the bubbles in New Orleans. Bam. Niclio f ron bad-
bought bills on them to the amtnint of S30.000 : Bayard A
Robb and tlie Canal Bank have suffered—and Ambrose has
go. it deep—b it lie must be bolstered up for the benefit of
the other prime concern anti the Barings. But look out
for squalls about the close of the season, when Lord Ash
burton finds he Iras no prospect of getting all his money back
and sweeps all that the House can rake up. We Jearn that
Ambrose has increased his purchase since the failure of
•he U. S. Bank, which is a bad Mgn. He must draw like a
cart horse on Prime, Ward A King, to pay for this exchange
—and if the money market in Kngland gets out of order,
\niericau securities tumble down from the condition and
•onductof the IT. B. Bank a3 they must—and at the en l of
) days, these disasters will reach oti New York; Prime,
Vard Ac King will fail, and Ambrose's Bills comeback pro-
ssied. Ambrose, we understand, bas exchange brokers all
ver the city, buying, stealing, and selling New York ex-
range. While Lodge and Austin aie buying cotton, ami
. ive the market pretty much to tlnrmselvcs. all these efforts
»re to prop up the Baring*. The Devil is not going to curl
p his tail again, after llirtingovOr Christinas, Prime and
▲dviiigston ; the old fellow is too fond of fun for that; he will
take half a dozen of tlieir brethren down to Tastus at the
North, before lie crosses the Atlantic and gathers the Bar
ings, the Browns, the three W.’s.and about a hundred joint
•tock nd commission bankers. Jfe will probably visit En
gland in 60 days front the present writing, and then “wo
shall see what we sh ill see.” Tliere has been no disiup-
twm o', credit and trade yet. like die tornado that will upvoof
the Barings, the Browns, tue Conm.i-.sion Bankers, and the
thousand and one houses iliatare based o»i American sccu
. and fancy suk:ks, on which they can only pay their
tions. are perhaps the most pliant and subservient board
that ever exercised the sovefeign power of making money
at will. One of the youngsters on whose wisdom the repre
sentative of money is increased or diminished, is known as
the Alderman’s Shadow. This ephemeral financier has
already built several brick houses in the Second Municipal
ity, for which he is no doubt indebted thfe City Bank frtr
the circulating n red turn. If the B.mk3 were to resume? spe
cie payments, Sam’s Shadow would soon assume the smal
lest possible dimensions, and he would lie compelled to at
tend to the retailing of his cotton socks and suspenders, in
stead of the munuldcfture of the better currency.
This Shadow, and ain jher spectacled functionary, arc ta
king lessons from 8am, and hope ere long to become as great
financiers as their master.
The Alderman has made a strong interest with the New
Orleans Fire Department—an extensive and alarming mo
nopoly. The Firemen’s Insurance Company makes its de-
|H»sUe$ with the City Bank, and when 8am is in a tight place
they give him a lift.
But the Alderman is not only the ruler of the Second
Municipality, the partner in a grocery, president of the City
Bank, Ac c. ic.; he is also sutler at Tampa Bay to the Flori
da Armv. and has made more by that unfortunate war, than
any man in the United States. John B. Allen is his repre
sentative at Tampa Bay ; ami should the accounts for fur-
ifshing the army be examined, a system of fraud ami impo
sition will he discovered, that will astonish even Bankers.
This afionls a fine outlet for City Bank paper, which is ex
changed by Sam for specie or Treasury notes, and imposed
on the ignorant soldiers. When settling clay comes around
the paymaster finds that the most of his disbursements are
coming to 8am f And notwithstanding thi» ' fat” contract,
it is thought that he laid more pipe against Mr. Van B uren
than any irtao in New Orleans. It was the contracts of ihe
Federal Government alone, that carried him through the
try ing times of I S3?.
We have done with Samuel J. Peters for th£ present,but
may have to recur to him on a future occasion.
From the Standard of Union.
ONE IIL'NU'HED PEIl CENT. TAX TO MAKE
TIMES liETTER.
Tlie people bc^in now to feci another cf the blessings
promised them by the Harrison Reformers.
Tax paying day has come, and with it, this truth, that
those who promised last year to put money in the peoples
jxickets, are note, taking it out, with no sparing hand.
Who dogs not remember the scenes of If* 101—Who that
attended a Tippecanoe club, a log cabin meeting, or a gen
eral gathering of the people, can soon forget, in what glaring
colors the coon skin orators puurtrayed the halcyon da^s,
and the bright prosperity which were to follow the success
of Gen. Harrison and his party? and in what bold and strik
ing contrast they were held up, with the embarrassments
under which the country tlieir suffered, and which they
charged to the ill advised measures of Ml Van Buren and
his Inciiils? Few, wo answer, who believed them, and re
lied upon their candor and integrity.
In the pledges which they made of Letter times and mere
inonry —of a revival of the credit system, of which they boas
t by borrowing more and increasin'! tlie principal. Tin; i ted so much, and by which, * honest aud industrious men'*
icli Ambrose Lanfenr. Samuel Nicholson, Gardner J would find means “to save their properly front the she r if
hammer/'
^tiger, At Co., and the
New. Orleans,
various fin
bongo on letters of credit and margin
cfrdii*. to fisf-thi 'arrogant pretenders in Europe, will all
come hack ; and tlie Banks and merchants of New Orleans
will go by t'nc board. New Orleans money will then be
come as worthless as Mis Lsippi shinplasters ; and Samuel
Peters, Edward York, John Minium, Glepdy Burke, and
the great speculators of the Crescent City, will he enabled
to pay their driitsto the Banks on the m**:it favorable terms,
at the expense of die hone 3 t planters and producers of this
country. m
. Wc forewarn our planters against taking or keeping New
Orleans money fir their produce. Let them order hack the
proc eed* in specie or Tieasury notes—the former is the best
As sure as they take Louisiana money of any description.
Planters frequently inquire of us what New Orleans mo
ney they ought to take. We now tell iliem to take none.
Specie '\uinot depredate by the (ricks of the penniless ban
ker n.id commission merchant.—Let them take the sound
currency.
Sc v l), l .\i:n. f ir many years, has b *en the very El Dor
a lo of financiers, swindlers,-cm ats, and all maimer of wild
be i-t of prey. The * li t system/* the banking system, the
cr«* ii? system, all op# • die wrongest inducements of Uue-
c lgr.d adventurer*, < aeais, gamblers and thieves of every
grade, to make it tlieir hea.I quarters during the winter.
N Ue, by his hum iiggcry and .'lie credit sysTe.n, made a for
tune at one dadi; and the “list sy-tcio,’' while it enables
r ic (actors t » swindle tlie planters, allbrds tlie ageut also the
i v.< oi o ( qx>rtuu th -•* for <• *•; iMug hi.» principal. Ilenc#*, for
smile winter*, the i'cesce.u City lias been crowded with
adventurers from all parks, dabbling in cotton and exchange,
i ) the injury o. houc.st reside:]
systematic busiue-s men. Among tiiese adventures
ot \V . Steel Ac Co., of L;
imiiie ot Torrence, from
^ed in the purchase ofiot-
au l sell, and boast of the
* Ust .system.” The mod
? put tins question to the sober judgement of
I every man who believed them. Were they sincere, or was
it not, as events have proved, part and parcel of an organi
zed system of humbuggerv and deception, the most stupend
ous, which has ever astonished the civilized world? 11 is-
toi v at least, will answer aye.
itli power thus gained, and promises so made, where
j lives the record of their fulfilment? Is it to be found in the
] archives ofour State legislation?—Will you search the Jour
nals of both Houses? Will you turn "to the laws of tlieir
i cnacmcnt, and tell us, if there exists enough to reserve the
! recollection of one solitary effort to better the condition of
1 the people, »r to aid them in struggling out of the difficulties
! with which they were surrounded/ You may search them
j all, but it is not there.
j But there is something to he found in the recurds refer-
! red to, which carries witn it, the m *st conclusive evidence,
: that the Harrison and Reform leaders were, from gross ig
! norauce, incompetent to manage the ailhirs of government,
j and to be the guardians of the peop’cs interest, >r that being
{ competent, they commuted a gross? and unpardonable fraud
I upon those who confided irr t eir sincerity, and ability to
.-erye the public. If they knew*, at t e time they w ere pro
mising so natch, that it w as impracticable to alleviate the
I condition of the people, or make good what they promised, i
i * *«-y stand convicted of w ihui and wanton hyjiocracy, and if *
j ti.ey were, as we have said, eo gro *4y ignorant, fliat.- they |
j did not in fact know, whether they could realize the xj.ee-
; tatiuiis which they had ev**ry where excited, then were they
holly unfit to couduct the affairs of the public, and should
THE HI A COW GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
CE.VTBAL CIRCUIT CONVENTION.
Newnan, Coweta Co., Aug. 5, 1841.
At the hour of 9 o’clock; A. M. the Convention, togethet
with a lurge number of citizens aifd strangers from variqaa
parts of the State, were simmncnd to attend in front of the
Eag.c Hotel, where the ofd^r of proceeding was announced
to them by Maj. William lb Anderson, Marshal of the Day.
The procession was then formed, and moved in column to
tlie Presbyterian Camp Ground, and after being seated un
der a lar^e and commodious arbor in front of the stand,
Cob Gilbert D. Greer rose and moved that John Ray,
Esq., take the chair and act as President of the Convention,
and that William A. Spear and Titos. M. Griffin, Ksqrs. act
as Secretaries, which was unanimously agreed to,
The President on taking the Chair addressed the Conven
tion m a clear and forcible manner, pourtraying itistrong col*
ors the necessity of every freeman thinking and acting for
himself, so as to sqcure for themselves and posterity tlie
blessings of our wisely constructed and happy Republic.
Maj. Young J. Long offered the following Resolution
which was read and unanimously adopted ;
Resolved, That a committee of three from each county
composing the Coweta Circuit, be appointed by the Presi
dent to prepare and report suitable resolutions for tlie con
sideration of the Convention.
The Committee named are, Young J. Long, Samuel D.
Echols and John Griffin, Esqrs. of the county Of Coweta;
Hon. Hiram Warner, Jas. Render and Abner Reeves,
Esqrs. of Meriwether County ; Joel D. Newsom, J. H. Scog
gins and Daniel NoVWtTOd, Esqrs. of Troup ; B. D. Thom-
asson, L. H. Fetherston and B. R. Crosby, Esqrs. of Heard;
William Bell, J. 8. Boggess and L. P. Garrison, Esqrs. of
Carroll: John Carlton, William II. England and Martin H.
Cochran, Esqrs. of Campbell; J. D. Stell, Thomas Byrne
and Samuel Martin, Esqrs. of Fayette: A. Reynolds, A.
L. Binion, Esqrs. of DC’Nalb; Jas. Anderson ol Cobh.
Previous to the Couftmttees retiring. Judge Warner, by
request, addressed the Convention in a speech of nearly two
hours, in which he ably ami eloquently portrayed the origin
of parties in the United States—tlie tendency of their princi
ples—the promises of Relief and Reform held out by ihe
party now in the ascendant to the people, and which have
proved no! oirfy deceptive, but additional burthens have
been imposed upon them; JLliat ou the attention of the last
Legislature of Georgia being called by llis Excellency,
Charles J. McDonald, to tlie pecuniary embarrassed condi
tion of the country, the Relief and Reform Legislature of
Georgia responded that they ought not £0 adnjit t^je mea
sures of Relief suggested by his Excellency, it they could,
and could not,if they would.
An interval was then giv*»n for rlirmfe^, after which the
citizens were again summoned 10 the stttnd, and addressed
at length by Gen. II. A. Haralson, of Troup, who in an ar
gumentative and eloquent speech, clearly evinced that a
United States Bank, under any form, i3 unconstitutional, op
pressive, and highly injurious to the interests of the people
—that it must necessarily brin<j along with it a National
Debt, a high protective Tariff aud a system of Internal
Improvement, at the instance of the General Government—
allot’ which w’oukl be excluded, and the Constitutional
right* of die Stales, the unity of the General Government
and the security of the citizens he preserved from, the foul
interference of the abolitionists, by adhering to a strict con
struction of the Constitution of the United States, Ace.
Win. B. Pryor, Esq. of Harris county, then succeeded,
’aitdin arable and eloquent manner addressed the Conven
tion. He took a brief view ot the political history of the
United States, the origin of the Federal and Republican
parties, die principles of each—the tendency of the mea
sures now pending in the Congress of die United States—the
pecuniary embarrassments ot the country—die promises of
Relief and Reform made by the party now in the ascendant,
during the late Presidential canvass, and which have prov
ed not only false and deceptive, but, in fact, additional taxes
have been imposed upon the people.
At 6 o’clock, P. M. the Committee returned, and, after
waiting the conclusion of Mr. Pryor’s speech, made the fol
lowing
i REPORT:
\Vhtteiw a crisis has arrived in the affairs of (lie people
of Georgia, when it becomes necessary for them not only to
proclaim their principles but to entry them into’practice—
when misrepresentation and duplicity is the ordejr of the clay
—when politicans by tlieir professions of friendship for tlie
interests of the people acquire power, refuse to grant to diem
such relief as their immediate necessities require, but tell
them boldly that they would not relieve them if they could,
and increase their burdons by way .of taxation-*-it is time
to rally at the ballot box, and maintain dieir rights and pri
vileges as freemen. The contest is now between the
wealth of a pampered aristocracy, on the one hand, and an
oppressed people on die other.
lie it therrjore Resolved,That the recomcndafion of Got*.
McDonald to the Inst Legislature, for the? relief of the peo
ple of Georgia, entitles him to their gratitude ami support
the first Monday in October next—and that we will use all
honorable means to effect his re-election, for the reason that
he has shewn himself the friend of the people--not iii/iro-
fe.i??on only, but in p' actice.
Resolved, That we have entire confidence in the Central
Bank of Georgia, and recommend it to he placed upon n
footing with the other Banks in the State, in regard to if* is
sues, and that we look upon those who seek its destruction,
as enemies to the best interests of die people ot this State.
Resolved, That we view the acts ot die Whig party now
in power both in the State and General Government, as
calculated to oppress die people with increased burdens
and taxations, aud that we will u-e every honurab.e I'V/r-
tious, to restore the Government into tl.o hands of ihe De
mocracy.
Resolved, That as the people of the Cm
the fir.*!t to raLe the standard of Relief,
veta Circuit i
they will b«
w tio.iV until to Conduct t!i€
be cashb'ic'd accordingly.
fiegiu with Mr. Wood, of the fin
efpoul— wlia, with a mm by th<
M l.itrenl, h ive be- n 1 irgely eng
t >u. They are jobbers who buy
vy profits they nuk*
: i dug business in N
But to the proof, and as tliere is said lo he two hurt's to a
ufs, and regular icli dchinnia, we leave them to cho>c either the one or the other.
wid j After all the vivid prospects, and glowing anticipations of
the shower ot blessings which were to come along with the
triumph of pepper and coon skins, who did n< t look to Mil-
ledgeviile iu November ltf-IO. for the consummation of all
that had been so often promised, and so devoutly wished?
With a majority of thirty odd, they were able to carry all
Orleans, a thirds a rich field for j Lcforc them, and to piepare, and mature tlieir lneasi
• penniless loafers as these, r i make a fortune at th
l*en.it of ihe planters au l p.ori :e:s of the coofitiy. They
.< i ve only to gc: a l iir^a’a c.eiLi or a Idler of credit trow-
some drawing po a t j:. me North, su/.i as the recently explo
ded house of Christmas, Crime ami Livingvtou, or the Bar
;:igs ol Loudon, n i l m .icy enough to pay their passage to
New Orleans. They pay neither rent nor taxes; end the
tiercbauis be; ig mo lazy an<i t.K» di#h<
-•rils, tlicsc men buy it in lists !
es of the buyers, after filling |
There is another source of i
!i the*e agents avail tlirni- |
Ii they receive from the ship i
ar about the rat*;* of freight |
uceur—n >ne o which ever j
>o»l Ac Torreme have |
.-eii the phmtf*.rs* cotton on n.-, i
an*l retail ii out to suit the’wis
tiir orders «>ftlic.ir pri icip.tls.
profit, or r.itlier plunder, of \vl
selves, namely—«he bribes wh
provided they ^et a liberal d
g‘*cs to tin* ow ner of the coitos
«i*awn largely on Chrisimj
!• c, dour and other prodt;<
i fiscrable, rtrkeity aud ins.ilveut banks of Ke
be die stiderers in the first o’ icc, a id our planters who nre
so unfortunate ai i so i^m.raat as to hold their worthless pa-
|-.V, will be th* real sufferers in the end. The Banks i i
New Orleans would tt t iliscount a note for a re. ideiit rti d
lioi.e.'l business min of produce in h ind, but will cash the
luds -.f these penniless lo-ifer.-*, o*micb hubbies as CU
mas, Prime and L
U’ixhI Ac Torren*
iihout let or hindrance from the Democrats. Well—No
vember coine, and November parsed away—but not a whis
per from the reformers upon the subject of relief, although
it was then known that tlie nuffeifoigs of tin* people had been
greatly aggravated by the failure of the cotton crop; and tip
to the 14th of Desember, the same party «tood as imjiervi-
ous to the distress of therr constituents, as adamant; when
Gov. McDonald, moved by a sympathy which entitles him
to the enviable distinction of the peoples friend, stepped for
ward, to stay the tide of ruin which was sweeping over the
Us l-
The philat.trophic comiiHifticaticm which he then made to
the Legislature, need not he here repeated. It is before
the country, and is “winning golden opinions” from bis fel.
low-citizens.
To this measure of humanity in behalf of a suffering peo-
rll
last to abandon it, ami call upon every real I.og Cabin man
in the country tp rally to its support.
Resolved. That we have entire confidence in the people
to redress their own grievances, and when’the bona fide
tenants of the real Log Cabins in Georgia take the business
of relief info their own hands, the result will not be douhtlul.
The foregoing repot t was read and unanimously adopted.
On motion ot Col. Boggcss of Carroll,
Resolved, That the thanks of the Convention he tender
ed to Judge Warner. Gen. Haralson and Mr. Pryor, for tlie
able and patriotic addresses delivered by them totliis meet
ing- . -
On motion of Mnj. Long of Coweta,
Jit solved. That a committee of three he appointed to
wait on those geutletnen who addressed the meeting, and
request of them a copy of their speeches delivered this day,
tor publication.
The committee named arc Y. J. Long, Win. A. Spear
and Thomas M. Griffin, Esq r *.
O i motion i f Col. Stell of Rayelte.
Rcrolced, That the proceedings of this ineeting.be sign
ed bv the President nnd Secretaries and published in the
Southern Transcript, nnd all other papers in the State friend
ly to the Convention he requested to publish the same.
Dn motion of Maj. Thomasson of Hrrrrd,
Resolved. That the flianl s of the Convention be tendered
to tlie President and Secretaries for the faithful discharge
of their duty. ,,
A motion being made and carried to uajouin, tw l r -Si*
dent rose and returned hi* thanks to the 'Convention.and cit
izens generally, ffor the decorum ho strictly observed by
them on the present creation ; and alter exhorting them in n
very warm and feeling wanner to kimlne>*s and brotherly af
fection toward one another, he nrljourned the Convention
without a day. JOHN RAY, Trefchlent.
Wm A SfEAn, ) Secretaries.
T. M. Gturns. S
Prime At Livingston. The cot- | pie, what was the response of the Reform Legislative?
have gone forward, ami the i Why. they declared in the first place, they “could not iftlieyfe
would.” W'as this reply in ifccoidance with the promifes J
they had made? His’ory and truth, answer no. Not a I
doubt was expressed of their will or ability to relieve the
people from their embarrassments— the promise was post* I
11ve and unconditional; mid no man in lus senses, doubts )
tlieir total overthrow in the canvass, if they had said h« fore !
the election, they “could not if they would, - ’ because it was
mg>ton. Min e the failure of the lat er ; upon tin- undoubted assurance, that they “could” and
state that they have a ere. it in N»*w i ' would; 1 that they gainetl the ascendancy. It follow then.
. from a Mont it* ui Bank, and no doubt this Bark will j as a corolary, that they meth* promises, knowing that they
torn out like the Ranger, Newberypoit ai d other v.ild -*at 1 rouhl not be performed,or tbat(he> weie made at random,
«*oncriis that have started out agents to steal the labor of the j anfi in b'ack ignorance of their power to redeem them; a
country by whole aie or retail, just as they can t atcli it. The | question which we leave them to settle among themselves.
United r*tiite* Umk was tic first to conn:, t me this in fa- Had they stopped tliere, with tlie declaration that they
m "is business, ami now behold her? We have warned tlw , “cc nld not if they wr ul 1, have been enough iivall conscience,
•mhlic Jre | • :eut!y against these sharper* ;—we tij.l them j to stagger the faith of those, who hail trusted to thehr pro- t
ilut the base aud fraudulent system of trade ami liocix e in ; tensions—but as if resolved to add insult to disappointment’
New Or cans, would bring on tribes of Nolies ta reap the ; they went a step further* to assert that they “OUGHT
harvest which it ojiened to wholesale swindlers. Besides j NOT. IF THEY COULD.”
the • worthies, there are several other Nolle* in New Or I And so ended the promises of reformation and relief,'so
It .i i at pre ent all of whom lu pe for profit* alone from short J dcrxtron.dy wielded in th» battle of cabins and coon skins, a-
cr.»p> » i l high prices; an 1 whoa the market takes such a ! gaiust tlie reason of the people—so perished all lie; hopes
■ urn as it did in they will follow in th-^ footsteps of j and expe» tations-of ease and nroaperity—trad so vanished i
their iilustiins predif'essor. Burton is one of thi.i rlas*. We , the golden dreams of the hiind idolaters of Tip at id Tv, |
Mime time a 40 gave a sketch of his house of Burton, Barker
.V Co. They once had a large lot of cotton bought on sjh--
culation. aud like Noh#*s, they issued their circular in 1839;
pro*luring from data w hicli they pretended to believe, that
dieootton wo-rklrise to 1'*,}. nj.ioun I before aceitoin time,—-
but instead of rising, ii declinedj and they came out minus,
lienee, they have re» el\*ed the cognomen of the tenpenny
i copliecy. Fuiton i.r wow operating largely in N ew Orleans
cut ton.
He and. the other petmtler*purchaser* on margin credits
have nothing to \o<e. ami feel perfectly rtfe. They are sort*
cf ilic cotton, and if ii declines and they done, tliT hill* will
From the Constitutionalist.
THE GEORGIA DELEGATION VOTED FOR
THE TARIFF, WITH ONE EXCEPTION.
People of Georgia look at this! you will see by the follow
ing extracts, that a northern man—a correspondent of a
northern newspaper, himself a whig (apparently) in his
politics, deems the fact worthy of not.ee, that tlie GEOR
GIA DELEGATION in the Congress of the U. S. voted
for the TARIFF BILL, when the MASSACHUSETTS
DELEGATION divided on the question. The writer is
slightly mistaken, Mr. Alford alone voted agxir»*t the Bill.
All the others ofour representation voted for iu Alas! what
is to become of southern rights, of state rights* and southern
iu crests, it the “great whig-party,” that party m which nor
thern influences thus predominate, can so mislead tlie sons
of Georgia and juggle them by party trickery iqto 9uyh a
committal of their constituents’ interests? Who does not
see in this sign, the cloud “ no bigger than a man’s hand,”
which shall yet break in thunder over the devoted Soititri
People of Georgia ponder this tiling in your hearts!
A QUIET MAN,
To the Editors of the Phi/a. Saturday Courier:
WASIIIGTON August *2, 184J.
Dear Sirs:—The third month of the. session has commen
ced, nnd still the end seems afar off. Some pretend to say
that the Home will adjourn on the 9th of August: but Ido not
11 of words have yet to be poured out
MESSAGE
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF TIIE UNITED
STATES. RETURNING WITH HIS OiiJKC-
TIONS, THE BILL TO INCORPORATE THE
FISCAL BANK OF THE UNITED STATES,
AUGUST 16, 1841.
To the Senate of the United States ;
The bill entitled “ An act to incorjHirate the subscribers
to the Fiscal Bank of the U. States,” which originated in the
Seriate, has been considered by me. with a sincere desire
to conform my action in regard to it. to that of the two Hou
ses of Congress. By the Constitution it is made my duty
either to approve the bill by signing it or to return it with
tny objections to the House iu which it originated. I con
scientiously give my reasons for disapproving.
The power of Congress lo create a National Bank to oper
ate per se over the Union, lias been a question of dispute
from th6 origin of our Government. Men most justly and
deservedly esteemed for their high intellectual endowment,
their virtue, and their patriotism, have iq regard to it, enter
tained different ami conflicting opinions. Congresses have
differed. Tlie approval of one President has been followed
by the disapproval » f another. The people, at different
times, have acquiesced in decisions both for and against.
The country has been, and still is deeply agitated by thfs
unsettled question. It wrh suffice for me to say, that my
opinion has been uniformly proclaimed to be against the ex
ercise of any such power by this Government.
Oil all suitable occasions, during a period of twenty-five
years, the opinions thus entertained have been unreserved
ly expressed. I declared it in the Legislature of my native
S*ate. In tlie House of Representatives of the United
States it has been openly vindicated by m&. In tlie Senate
Chamber, in the presence and hearing of many who are at
this time members of that body, it has been aftin&ed and
reaffirmed, in speeches and reports there made, and by votes
there recorded. In popular assemblies I have unhesitating
ly announced it* and the last public declaration which I
made, and that but a short time before the late Presidential
election, I referred to my previously expressed opinions as
beiri" those then entertained by me.
With a full knowledge of the opinions tint* entertained,
and never concealed, I was elected by the people Vice Pre
sident of the United States. By the occurrence of a contin
gency provided for by the Constitution, and arising under
an impressive dispensation of Providence, I succeeded to
the Presidential office. Before entering upon the duties of
that office, I took an oath that 1 would “ preserve, protect
and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Enter
lainitig the opinions alluded to, and having taken this oath,
the Senate and the country will see that I could not give mv
sanction to the measure of/he charter, described, WlTli-
OUT SURRENDERING nil claim** (o the respect
of honorable men—nil confidence on the part of
the pcop!f—all *clf-rc*pect—nil regard for moral
nnd religioutf obligation*, without nnobfterrnucc
of which no Liovcruinciit can be proMperou*, nnd
no people* can be happy* It would be* to commit
n crime which I would not xrilfully commit
to gnin any earthly reward, nnd which would
jiiMtly nubjcct me lo Ihe ridicule nnd ocoru of nil
virtiioiiM men
I deem it entirely unnecessary at this time to enter upon
the reasons which have brought my mind to tlie convictions
I feel and entertain on this subject.—They have been over Jt
over again repeated. If some of those who have preceded
me in this high office have entertained and avowed different
opinions. 1 yield all Confidence that their convictions were
sincere. I claim only to have th* same measure meted out
to myself. Without going further inter the argument, I will
say that, in looking to the powers of the government to col
lect. safely keep, and disburse the public revenue, and inci
dental! y to regulate the commerce and exchanges, I have
not been able to satisfy myself that the establishment by this
Government of a bank of Jiacoimt, hi the ordinary accepta
tion of that term, was a necessary means/or one demanded
by propriety, to execute those powers.
What can the local discounts of the hank have to do with
the collecting, safe keeping, and disbursing of the revenue?
So fir ns the mere discounting of paper is concerned, it is
quite immaterial to this question whether the discount is ob
tained at a State Bank or a Unite*! States Bank. They are
both equally local—both beginning and Loth eliding in a lo
cal accommodation. What hffttfcnce have local discounts,
granted by -any form of a bank, in the regulating of the cur
rency and the exchange? Let the history of the late United
Staffs Bank aid us ill answering (his inquiry.
For several years afterthe establishment of that instiru-.
tion, it dealt almost exclusively in local discounts; during
that period the c*»ui:?rY was, for the most part disappointed
in tlie consequence miticifited Iroui i'* incorporation. A
uniform currency was not proO*led, exchanges were not re
gulated, and little or nothing was mMcd to the general cir
culation; and in 18*^0 its embarrassments had become so
great, that the directors petitioned the CongreM to repeal
that article of the charter which made its notes receivable
every where in payment of public dues. It had, up to that
period dealt to hut a very small extent in exchanges, either
foreign or domestic, and as late us 1823 its operations in that
line .amounted to a little more than seven millions of dollars
per annum.
A very rapid augmentation soon after occurred, and in 18-23
its dealings in exchanges amounted to upwards of one hun
dred indiums of dollars, including the? sales of its own drafts;
onrT all ttirtc immense transactions Were efl’erted without
the employ meht of extraordinary means. The currency of
the country became sound, and the negotiations in the ex
changes were carried on at the lowest possible rate. The
circulation was increased to more than -22.000,000 and the
notes of the bank were regarded as equal to specie all over
tlie country; tints showing almost conclusively that it was the
capacity u> deal in exchanges, and not in local discounts,
which furnished thesitfaculties and advantages.
It may he remarked, loo, that notwithstanding the immense
transactions of the hank in the purchase of exchange, the
losses sustained were merely nominal; while in the l ne of
discounts the suspeinled debt was enormous, and proved
most disastrous to the bank and the country. Its power of
local discount has, in fact proved to be a fruitful source of
favoritism and ccrrupfmn, alike destructive to the public
morals and to tlie general weal*
The capital invested in banks of discount in the ?J. States,
at this time exceeds $350,000,000, awl if tlie discounting of
local paper could have produced any beneficial effects, the
United States ought to possess the soundest currency in the
world, but the reverse is lamentably the fact.
. In the measure now under consideration of the objectiona
ble character to which I have alluded? Ii is clearly so, un
less by the 16th fundamental article of the 11th section it is
made otherwise. That article is in the following words:
"The directors of the said corporation shall establish one
competent office of discount and deposit in anv State in which
two thousand share* shad have been subscribed, or may he
held, Vhenever, upon application of tlie legislature of such
State, Congress may by law require tlie same.—And tlie
said directors may also establish one or more competent of
fices of discount ami deposite in any Territory or district of
the United States, ami in any State, with tlie assent of such
State; arid when established, the said office or offices shall be
only withdrawn or removed by the said directors prior to
the expiration of this charter, with the previous assent of
Congress. Provided, in respect to any State which shall
not, at the first session of the legislature thereof, held after
the passage of this act, by resolution, or other usual legisla
tive proceedings, unconstitutionally assent or dissent to the
establishment of such office or offices, within it, such assent
of tine said State shall be thereafter pr^sutirted:^4/t</ provid
ed nevertheless. That whenever it shall become necessary
and proper for carrying into execution any of the powers
Granted by the Constitution, to establish an office or offices
iu any of the States whatever, and the establishment there
of slvall be directed by law, it shall be the duty of the said
directors to establish such office accordingly.”
It will be seen that by this clause the directors are invest
Legislature may express its dissent by an unanimous vote,
and its resolution may be defeated by a tie .vote of the Sen
ate, and vfet (he assent is to be implied-
Both branches of the legislature may concur in a resolu
tion of decided dissent, and yet the Governor may exert the
veto power conferred on him by the State Constitution, and
■eheir legislative action be defended ; and yet the assent of
tlie? legislative authority is implied, and the directors of this
contemplated institution are authorized to establish a branch
or branches in such State, whenever they may find it con
ducive to the interest of tlie stockholders to do so ; and hav
ing once established it, they can under no circumstances
withdraw it, except by act of Congress. The State may
afterwards protest against such unjust infert cnce, but its au
thority is gone. Its assent is implied by "its failure or inabil
ity to act at its first session, and its voiefc can nev£r after
wards be heard.—To itiferrences so violent, and, as they
seem to me, irrational, I cannot yield my cousent. So court
of justice would or could sanction thorn; without reversing
all that is established injudicial proceeding, by introducing
presumptions at variance with fact, and inferrences at the
expense of reason. A State in a condition of duress would
be presumed to speak, as an individual, manacled and in
prison, might be presumed t6 b6 in the Enjoyment of free-
doom. Far better to say to the Slates boldly and frankly—
Congress wiHs and. submission is demanded.
It mcfV be said that tlie directors rftay-not establish bran
ches under such circumstances. But this is a question of
power, and this bill invests them with full authority to do so.
If the Legislature of New York or Pennsylvania, or any
other State, should be found to be in such condition as I have
supposed, could there b* any security furnished against
such a step on tlie part of the director# f Nay, i£ it no? fair
ly to be presumed that this pfovfso wa$ introduced for the
sole purpose of meeting the contingency referred to ? Why
else should it have been introduced ? And I submit to the
Senate, whether rt can be believed that any State would be
likely to sit quietly down under such a state of tilings ? In
a great measure of public interest their patriotism rr.ay be
successfully appealed to; but to infer tlieir assent from cir
cumstances a *rar with such inferreuce, I cannot but regard
as' calculated to excite a feeling at fatal eiftnity with the
peace and harrtrony of the country. I must, therefore, re
gard this clause a3 averting the power tOlre ht Congress to
establish offices of discount in a State, not only without its
assent, but against its dissent; and so regarding it, I cannot
sanction it.
On genCfa? prhrf*i|Sles, the right in Cdrgress to prescribe
tearms to any State, implies a superiority of power and con
trol, deprives the transaction of all pretence to compact be
tween them, and terminates, as we have seen, in tue total
abrogation of freedom of action on the part of the States.
But further, the State may Express, after the most solemn
form of legislation, its dissent, which may from time to time
thereafter be repeated, in full view of its own interest,
wliicJf enh n£eer be separated from tlie wise and beneficent
operation of this Government; and yet Congress may, by vir
tue of thfe last proviso, overrule its law*, and upon grounds
which, to such State, will appear to rest on a-constructive
necessity and propriety, and nothing more. I regard the
bill as asserting for Congress the right to incorporate a
United States Bank with power and right to establish offices
of discount and deposite in the several States of ffiis f; ffion
with or without their consent; a principle to ^M(*h I have
always heretofore been opposed, and which can never ob
tain my sanction. And waiving all oth£r considerations
growing out of its other provisions, I return it to the House
in which it originated, with these niy objections to its appro-
JOHN TYL<.
Washington,’Augttet 16, 1841.
3WACO.X :
TtsrxHny .^lorniufi, Augn.l ~ . IVII.
KOIt OOVMKOX
CIIARi.fr* J. TScDOAALD.
l,,-lie 'T -V’ °T a ,': '’ , ', word " l :“ vc >. ct “ bc P° ur f d ° ut «•,! with the fiiile>t power toestsiMish n branch in.in.v Sr.-uo
upon the Bank ami Bankrupt Bill 111 the House, and Upon w Jiich has yielded its assent; and having once established
die Distribution ami l ant. Bill, in the ^ enaie. I #U| .| | f, ranc j^j t shall not afterwards be withdrawn, except
'I he Tar ill 11,11. after a week a diactm.oo, wad OI . t rijay b or<ler of Coi , rrss . s.i.-h assent is to be imphrtl, an.l to
ordered to Le eilgrosstd. I <■>«».nl nr» nofnnllo nvtirpacpil kimiiI
’•Like ti»e L»a. elc -s fabric of a viniiu/’
Iu/cresting Dccilforr relative toncgrccsin Rail Rt rid
Cars.— David Rtiggle*, a n^gro, was i/ntig trom New Bed
ford t<» Boston in the rail cars on the fitli inst. lie bought a
ticket, and got into one o^he cars where th.ere were some
white Indies. The agent* of the company told him he must
move out arid go into ;i se; craft* mr, provided expressly for
negroes. He refused to do this. A copy of the printed re
gulations was shown him,and he still refused, he was then
forcibly expelled, and the cars proceeded without him. He
brought an action against the parties for os suit and battery.
, i ’ ’ . i i ,, , n .. u a «... i ‘ ’ . ; brought an action against the parties for ossult and batterv.
come !»a« k pmtesiod, am. the Banks ana the people ot Mis- i n%\ • • . ‘ . , *
.ii . i » i,..i i ,i.‘-.i i a- The €burt gave its Opinion that noassult was committed up-
--s-«ip;»i and L<*i. ana,-who »Kn<J th ?ir notes will he suffer- ! t , ° i r«i i-«- 1 . , , .• .1 1
1 i» « ’ ? 1 _ i; tt i, . , \ . , ; on air. Haggles bv arty ol the defendants, whilst in the car,
••is. Burton empM'v* as broker a little taiior v.lio abandon- , . 5*. *„„;. « t t » lA 4 c. 1
, ,, 1 * -j ' „ f « 1 . . i , which was not warranted hy the circumstances of the cus*;
cd ■ s trade—Hunt: away tlielliimliic ana lapboard in order . . , . > 1 ,
J r and in reiaiam to what suriseqiicnt/v to<»k place, the court
decided that the - common wealth had not succeeds! in 'mak
ing out tlieir rase against the defendants; arid severally not
guilty if the charge alleged agaiYist thew.—Sew York pa-
ay theUiimblS Md lapboi
cabbage out of the “ list system.” Purton will, no doubt
find him handy.in making out “-salted” invoices lor the oc-
coinmoiiation of Mr. Palmer, who, in endeavoring to work
out au old debt, may require the broker’s invoice and vouch
ers. Sl*oald those' who are in advance forth:* house ent
get hills of litdiitg or cotton in tlieir hand* to cover their ad-
vaoce* r ot near it, • Startup. Dasher A €*»,’ wtfl fall l*ke a
roften tree in a rorwailo. But as Burton, like VVjtherhv, has
*iic talent of getting into a new concern ns joon a» he break*
down a«i(4«t rn«‘, he will h^fan agent for some other credit
repo; in robbing the producer*. He it a strong a#!vo»-att*
for ihe " list '•vsteiu,” as he made something by it wlrile he
was agent for ■ jomaa AViUon A Co.; but the o\l saying,
“ what comes over the devil’s hock, goes unde r his whim,'*
will turn • nr wiBi T'lrton. Those who knew him, will not
touch one iff his hills.
Toe o is 1 p an e! jfpLa; uuc deputy B*.-*oti agents, wli
by order of Congress. Such assent is to be implied,
have the force'and sanction of an actually expressed assent,
"provided in respect to any State which shall not at thejirst
session of the legislature thereof, held after the parsage of
tliis act by resolution or other usual legislative proceed
ing, unconditionally assent or dissent to the establishment
if such office or offices within it, such assent of said State
The assent or dissent is to
sission of the
nnd if not so
1 c a 01 suen omce or onices wuuiii 11, sucu anscui. <
n . 1 !< i I shall be thereafter presumed.” The assent or
>a«. on rai road 1 jj e expressed unconditional! 1/ at the first si,
U atrhes. Jewel- | i^ is i aturCf f ty KOfttr formal legislative net,
wizard s j expressed, its assent into he implied; and the directors are
there upon invested with power, at such time thereafter as
John RvNDOf.ru’s Gr«vk.—A gentleman on a visit to
the residence of the Ute John Randolph, writes to tlie Na- j
tioua! Intelligencer a* follows:—
“ The l»o I v of tins extraordinary man reposes beneath the
tall bratM'be* of a veteran pine, about forty pace* from his
summer dwelling. marble marks the place of his report.
II- waaburie l according to hi* own request, with his head
•othe eS-t an 1 his fe-l i«» the west; with a white unpolish- ;
ed store ai Ids Wad. an-i n black one at hi* fret. He sleeps j
where he lived, \u il:3 p-atefuife s *#n of bis own native fo
res*.”
ordered to bc eng
The. Massachusetts delegation divided upon the question,
but the Georgia delegates went in a body for tbc'bill.
Many seen-, to consider it an act of hasty legislation, ami Mr.
Proffit, of Indiana, made no bones of expressing this Opin
ion oii tbtS subject.
1'he bill taxes Tea. Coffee, Molasses, Sugar, aud Salt to
tlie tunc of £0 per rent., and allows a draWh
iron. It also puts a lighter duty on Gold W
rv, Gems, and Previous Stones. It is like
svtroru*. and vu:s both ways.
th«*y may please, to establish branches which cannot after
wards, withdrawn except by resolve of Congress.
No matter what may be tlie cause which'may operate
with (be legislature, which either prevents it from speaking
or addresses itself to its wisdom, to induce delay, its assent
is to be implied. This iron rule is to gave way to no cir
cumstances—it is unbending and inflexible. It is the langu-
, , , , - - , • .-4- . .1 ase of the inastet to the va«*«il—*-an unconditional answer is
distributed to ti e money lenders, stock .jobbers and specula , ..faimed forthwith? and delay* postponement, or inrnpacitv to
to* Both gentlemen, after ha vine mad* their speeches,' anrwer . produces an implied sWtit which is ever afteHr-
witliJrtfvv tlieir ainendtnenUt—the title wan tlwn atlopfed. j r p va ,.. lb | c Many „f l)le State e i ?cri „ t , s bave B l rea dy taken
; — i place, without any knowledge, on the* part of the people,
Interesting to Hie ladies.—Tt is said that Mr, Clay is a- ; that such a question was to come up. Tlie Representatives
bout to introduce a compromise bill into the Sjjuate* v which j may desire, a submission of the question to their coiistitu-
provide that if any bachelor sli.all publish-his inieaufeh ; ^nts preparatory to final action upon it, but this high pri-
get married, the silence of any lady of his acquaintance, for j vilege iH denied: whatever may be the motives and views
six mouths thereafter,- fhsdl »r taken as an assent on. her part j -entortaine*! by the representatives of the People to induce
to lus proposal, aud lie may publish the bans without asking [ delay, their assent is to he presumed, and t3 ever nfterwards
On Saturday, (he bill was passed by 16 majority; 116yea« J
and 101 nays.
The’opponents of the bill now Endeavored to change its
title. Mr. Wire moved to call it-—“A bill to violate the ;
compromise act, of March 2, 1833.'" instead of "A bill (ore- ;
gulate duties and drawbacks.” Mi*. Hid)a«*k, of Pa., niov j
c.1 to make it— 4 A bill to tax the people fo pay for the amount
her leave". But if w ithin the said six mouths, any lady lie
may fancy, shall declare her determination not to have him,
lie may then proceed to force her into a marriage against her
consent. This law i* designed hy Mr. Clay expressly to
guard the rights of the ladies, about which, it U said, that
President Tyler is supposed to hare some constitutional
M*ruples. It" is understood tliatal! parties,an. I especially the
ladies, art de'ightad niththa cotnpromibr.
binding, unless tlieir dissentahall be unconditionally expres
sed at their first session after the passage of this bill into a
la w. They may, by formal resolution, declare the question
of assent or dissent to be undecided and postponed, and, yet,
in opposition to their express declaration to the contrary,
their assent is to he implied. Cases innumerable might bc
cited to manifot the irrationality of such an inference. Let
oncr-or twuin addition suffice. The popular branch (>f the
(O’ Tice nmiltrtipf Mill linn passed both llou*- .
cm offou^ro*. *
At the Election on Saturday last, to fill vacancies, JOHN
II. BRANTLY, Esq. was elected a Justice of-the Inferior
Court; and JOHN E. JEFF 111 Etf, Kso. wat sicetial Cleik -
of the Inferior Court.
Baring Ifobbrry.
On Thurstlay niglit la-t, the store of hff «*rs. Charles
Campbell A Co. was broken into and robbed of the Iron
Chest, containing tlieir money and papers, beside* n large
quantity of fine goods. It seems the robbers entered thro’
the outside cellar door into the cellar, thence into »he store
above. Wagon tracks leading from the door were traced,
the next morning, into the swamp, a mile distant, where the
iron chest was found, broken open, and rifled of its contents.
Suspicions being aroused, through tlie promptness of Messrs.
Willis II. Hughes and Bonnet Adams, together with the
City Marshal and Deputies, before night five negroes were
apprehended, and most of the money and goods found.
They were found to be part of the gang which has commit
ted so many depredations of a like kind in thi* city, within
the last year or two. The negroes are safely lodged in jail.
It is useless to expert fidelity in our negroes, while so
many inducements to dishonesty are held out to them, by
unprincipled white men. It is these who encourage them to
steal, and buy the stolen goods from them ! Within three
miles of the market house, there are probably 50 white men.
who gain a livelihood by this illicit traffic. We understand
some important disclosures have been made respecting these
miscreants hy tlie above mentioned negroes.
u/
Cow.n.tropli. !
On Sunday niglit, as tlie Care were coining down from
lluaeavillt. iLe}' Citcouii!cred a' \\Mng hillock, which had
unfortunately goue to sleep “silting orr a rail." The bag
gage car was tilled off the track: but Mr. Kecfhad the worst
of it, having I113 ribs stove in ami bin lionis knocked otr—be
sides losing hi, life.
Reform \Vnrt(rtl, Jlr Granger!
Since tlie new Administration bave come into power, tlie
irregularities of the ?ost Office Department, (which previ- j
ously wertfhad enough,) have become intolerable. Tlie i
Mail de rangement ia a nuisance—and should be so act firth
to the world, by every editor, printer, printer’s devil, and )
The recent advices from Florida are of a tn Mt
character. The able and rigorous plan of opr ran '"'X*
ed by Col. Worth, carried into effect by the offh ^
men under Ills comAiand, with a gallantry, , j*,,/'' N
a defiance of danger, fatignh, deprivation, and a
flie service beyond all prafs'e, liave already led to th t '
est results, and afford a strong and reasonable -roanr *
that tlte war in Florida approaches an eariv t e —,■ 7*
probably before the termination of the present ye»i
is but one chief, of consequence, still resisting, wbo ^
his band, appear to be so completely beset hy deta*^
of the army, that bis surrender or destruction m 8v T^ 1
be expected. The sfckneas which, for some time
spread lamentatfon and mourning over that heamjf.' *
harrasaed Territory, is greatly abated and fast dis,nn, B
The desolation of that fine region, and the liarr^.
fertngs of iu citiien,, have been td fts subyhet of lHt
mrsBeratfcm? and we arc truly h.tfipy to Uarn. :’ ut r 15
despondence by which Uiej bave been «o long
ed, is rapidly dissipating, artl that the day-star
gain shedding its light around ti am. and opener, f 1-
vista of future prosperity. We wish these fortune' ■
cations the fullest and speediest coitsuntsiaffco ^
Journals of C.ugrra. daring the called
To our fellow citizens, without party distinction, »v
sire to obtain just and honest views of the designs 0 fj|
Clay and the hordes of spoil-hunting harpies, sharper,
robbers and would-be Hank robber*. Abolitionist,,
shades aud descriptions of corruptionists, by ^
arch demagogue and matchless political charlatan, »
tained, we earnestly recommend a cir^ful, connected ^
unbiassed perusal of the Journals of both branches of f '
grt-ss, during the recently closed Clay session. Thef*
gressional Globe and its Appendir, fnrnish the d,;j f
ceedings in the Senate anti those in it* House of BepJ^
tatives, and all the important speeches on both sides rerV
by the respective speakers. The pric* is so reduced.
one dollar) as to place these inipOrtaht documents wftli,,^
reach of every reader.
We beg leave again most fa meetly to invoke ihe
attention of oar fCllow-eilizei.s to them—of all who are"?
cerftly atldattidouily desirous of a clear and certain
standing of the political circumstances of this roiiirtvy—
characters and designs of the pufy icaders-o-of the rot,,
racy that libs been long maturing, and ianow in rigorvn,
tion, to wrest tlie power of aelf-eoverrtment from the />«*
(for them its only safe depositoiy.) and place it irrceor^
blv, if possibje, in the iron grasp of a Scrub Arjtocrj^
consisting of Bank, Biddleitc nobility. foOm and spirit
jenny nabobs, Olllce bolding aridfocrats, brokers, shar«
speculators, and the locust host of great and small co-j!
tionists. by which such a Government would be r L r„
forming altogether, tlie most heartless, soulless. remondr sl
and debasing domination, under whose blasting inS ott . (
Liberty ever withered, and the spirit of freemen w<s>A
gated into unresisting vassalage.
We believe subscriptions can bc paid in this city, adi-s,
be forwarded, and tlif papers received by the subscrii.;*,
at the ?ost-CffA"e.'
The people have not forgotten how solemnly the un
warned against reading the Globe, tlie Charleston irrrtr,
or any of the damned Democratic papers or pamiiijpts, i;
there tvas nothing in them but lies aud abuse of 6lorio a
Old Tip—that “a true Whip must read no papers bottb
Messenger, Ac. Ac., and tlie National Intclligcnr-r «(g
ihey could pet it, which had every whit as saJrcd arpnrf
for truth, and its statements might be relied On as safrb*
those of tlie Messenger itself." We add, ffcaf the
may judge of tlie uprightness of motive, consistency of a,
duct, and great iui|>onance of the lutelligcnccr, from tn
facts—the first is that, at one time or anotlier, it has dtfre
ed, and opjvosed every party and modification of gam iia
has occurred since its commencement.. It has gewn".
judged so prudently, that it defended the party whirl, o -
the public printing to the Intelligencer, and appwfd -J<
party w hicli bestowed the benefit 011 some other ptdili'Vft
Tilt \\ hig. still addressing liis admiring audirnrr—"i ,
may judge, my Iriends, -t»l its grrat inipoitance, font
fact, that noHlei of integrity and master financier of th
world, lhe thrice honored Nicholas Biddle, Evi. lntlr-
the Intelligencer in pay, *dtmV know how many tear., k
is done, to he sure, in the chap? of Loans—(but all lhatirrf
is Mib rosa)—varying tri m fifty to seventy-five thoue 1
dollars, 'k on may guess hmv valuable services are.tocit.
maud so high a price.
As lor our pamphlets, read itie-ixi carefully, and repeat:!.
Strong pans about Van Buren’. theft of forty -1:1 urn.
kx’htg an AlmlitiiMiist,eating offG.dd plates, with (hiMLsint
and forks and .-"(toons—(don't forget the spoons, they kef
been found very effective) sleeping inJifteen hundreds,
lor Beds! fa tin—the French bedsteads bave done wain
in converting ma-ft- very worthy men to the Deirieonrite
Our pamphlets (the Tip man still instructing ids disciple-*
have one great advantage over the Van Buren article, m
are beautiful with pretty pictures, w hich*, w lien yor bv
got the lesson hy heart, will delight die children.
The speaker aside, “Lud, Lud, what gulls these ffil
-tre ?—!■* too good, poll honor—a palpable hit, ha, ha: 110C
meant that when the hi^ children we: c-done with them. Its*
pamphlets) they’d do just as well for the little dues, if
only see how glad diey are.”
He went on to remind them, that 3sc demcTralic peter 1
lets had no pictures—that the democrats had no laced r /'
at their meetings, no money to spare, made folks'3t!?niy
them pay their own reckonings. \Vc, my hoys, 3av« d
these good things for asking—Hurrah for Harrison—hum'
—hurrah—Tip aud Ty forever. I conclude now, tnydfK
friends, with again recommending to your ardent patr»tss
atnl unhesitating belief every thing published in the Meats
ger, tlie .the-the ..... Ac. respecting the ta*
brought on the country by Jackson anti Van Buren-b
Jackson’s veto of die re-charter of Biddle’s C. S. Hank, w
Van Buren’s theft of forty millions, unexampled ettnu
ganre of bis administration—die gohl waiters and plate*—
that nstion-destroyiug bedstead—by tbc China article, tie
profligately expensive dish dome, discovered by Og’.e>
V big sagacity: they will also tel! you, as I have done,li*
as soon as Harrison’s election is secured, every di.tre.t “ : -
has long afflicted and still afflicts the country, shall be it
beved, every grievance redressed, Bank bills be a*
as unpaid printer’* accounts are now—property double J
value—cotton be *p to CO cents—mechanics’ wages uoo:-'
and a ihou&aud other blessings I can’t think of just now. it.
tlte paper*'I ltnve pointed oat will explain it all to you. «c
additions and variations of their own, wonderfully t»<*
and ingenious. You may rdy upon their statements he*
devil’s imp—and moreover, it should he inooipcratPd into , sacredly true as any’ thing I hare said to you on -
the presentments of all the grand, special, petit, aud justices’ j *'>' b»™«* occasion. You all know toy standing •»■ *
juries under Government:
Not a week passes, but we hen? complaints from every
quarter—North, South. East and West.
We suppose one great reason for all this is, most of the
old {lost-masters have been reformed out, and the new ones
who have been installetWn tlieir placet, have rot yet learnt
the geography of tlie post roads and post-offices. Hence,
packets intended for the South, are sent North—and those
directed East, are sent West—and vice versa. No lunger
ago than the ether day.- as wc caHed at the post-i ffice 10
scold the P. M. a few, about these awful irregularities, with
tears in his ryes, lie pointed to some bushels of Telegraphs,
directed to subscribers in the South-Western counties, that
had come hack, after taking an Alligator trip to Florida aud
roundabout! After taxing our brains, an l our purse, ami
our credit, to print the very best newspaper in the State, to i
have eur papers miseary, through the blundering igr.Araix e,
stupidity, or carelessness in Mr. Tip & Tv’s agents is too r ' 7Y* 7 “ — —-
u a i <t*i • u r .u * i for of two statemrnts in wot, irreconcilable contradict 1011
bad ! k his is Reform with a vengeance. _ u**
We do not include in this censure the gentlemanly P. M ! eru-lr oth€P » one fro,n Must be false. Or*^^
and-his active and obliging clerks, in tlie post-office in thi? ra ^ strike up Log Cabins, Hard Cider, and Tiff*
city: considering the short time they have been in, and the ! noc ’ . ^
vast expanse of d ivies they had to learn, they do remarkably j ^ or onc oracles above alluded to, we can v0 ° 4
well—almost as well as any Democrats could do. Nor do its havi "g forfeited none of its well earned reputation
we include any Ml’ilie large and more important offices— , utter disregard of truth.—We mean the Macon
which we believe are generally filled with intelligent aud j By representations similar to those abovs
business men. ' ^ Stump and Court-House orators and thtf hack
The evil, we appreh ehfl, lie* at the small crosa-road, way ,heir serYi, ’<*. democratic people of Georgi*
and dodgery offices, where the aalary allowed the P. M. is pd into • n * r ** ,,f Federalism, Ahoiiiioniwi. >* ^
not sufficient to procure the services of*a competent person;
yet, where a large mail lias to be opened two or three times
a week, and sometimes every day!
Xow, to remedy this evil, one of two things ought to be
done, viz: either abolish all the way and halfway office*;’or
allow a ,alary that will ensure a competent P, M. We
sacred obligations I am under—I of course would not
you. Farewell, dear comrade* in the good cause, h
yet, said a voice from the crowd, eosie of us here wn*l
don't understand, master Congress man—Yon have if*""’*
to Inlicrc in those papers, to swallow all they tell us as
(•el; how ran we believe in them f The ortek ,t(
they published that Harrison wa* a broken down old ^
almost in his dotage, an old Alien and Sedition la*
alist, and hinted he was as rank an Abolitionist st 'k*®
ceudiary Arthur Tappan—week they describe a
Harrison equal to Gen. Wasliington, and who is to ke
cond saviour of liia country. la n the tonic Gen. H*"-*
they meant ta/ltimes; or are there two? If there be ^
onc Gen. Harrison, he cannot have undergone anv err!* 1
change in so short a time—if the jonrnals you rtfc**®* 1 *
fold the troth on the former occasion, they must bare v 1
I in the latter—if toe latter be true, your farorite P*l**
must have lied most foully and slanderously in d* ^ ,rt<
for of two ?t ate mem* in fiat, irreconcilaWr
leaders, Adams, Granger, ami Webster. Ho*
our people submit to the degre Jation ?
Kentucky C’lav.
Owe of Mr. Clay’s earliest moves, if we recollect * r .
wa? hi? celebrated motion in Congress, that our Govcr ^ ^
sltould enter into close alliance with the Embryo .
hope Mr. Dawson will touch up Mr. Granger on this subject, inertcau Republics. A measure, which, had it been
etn**
“ DRAYTON, GA., 19th August, 1841.
*‘Le: me not forget to say, that your papeis have failed to
reach here for three week* past; ami the Officers of this
county who publish m-youn paper, are iq the jump* about it.*
' must have been disastrous to this country, certainly 10 ^ ^
ing u* in a war with onc. or more European po**** 1
probably with several. But from their generous en ^ ■
in favor of those struggling against deepoti«rt, fern g
dtug our whole popyUtlon, Mv. Clay’s teesW® :