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THE MACON GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
From the Philadelphia Fornm.
THE FAITHFUL DOO,
Br MRS. N. S.
The attachment manifested by the canine
race for their owners, their sagacity and faith
fulness. have been the them: of numberless
stories, and many are led to believe thorn en
dowed with the same reasoning powers as
ourselves. It is neither to assent to litis opin
ion, nor yet to attempt confuting it, that the
following inc’dents are penned—but to record
an instance which transpired under my imme-
d ate observation, of their devotion and fi
delity.
It will ho remembered tint Alabama was
originally a p art of Mississippi Territory. Its
emit g tity to Georgia and the C.trolinas in.
»i iced numberless families from those Sta es to
tv.'move there. The route pursued by them
ted through the Cherokee nation, and like the
Israelites of old, the emigrants experienced
difficulties in reaching safely the land of prom*
ise.
In some seasons of the year, the rivers and
creeks are swollen by the* frequent rains as to
render them troublesome. It was during one
«.f these periods that a family, consisting of a
man, his wife and four children left North
Carolina to settle themselves at Cahawba, the
original seat of government, and in crossing
some stream, they we re upset/and precipitated,
with all their earthly goods, into the water.
With the greatest difficulty the head of the
family succeeded in securing his wife, and
three of the children, together with the wagon
and horses, Irom their perilous s tuation—but
the habv, with the principal part of the bag
gage had gone to the bottom. Half distrac
ted, the mother bethought her of endeavoring
to rescue the child, and holding up one of its
little frocks, she directed their dog. of the
Newfoundland breed, to seek for it at the spot
in which it was believed to have perished.
Diving under the water, the dog disappeared.
The most intense distress was of course experi
enced, with faint hopes of his ultimate success;
hut in n few secconds the agitation of the water
announced his coming, and the dog arose to the
surface with the child, holding his cloths firmly
gripped between Ins teeth, and swimming with
it to the land, deposited it safely at the feet of
ilic mother.
By the untiring exertions of the parents the
child was restored to life again, and without
further detention they arrived safe at their
destination.
Until the accident, the dog had never mani
fested any particular attachment for the child,
hut from the time of rescuing it from a watery
grave, the animal acted as if he considered it
under his own superintending charge. It
would never leave it. Sleeping or waking, it
ist crouching beside the child, who soon dis
covered for the dog a proportionable degree of
affection.
The mother soon died from the effects of
the baneful fever of the country—then follow-
cd one of the children, then another, and yet
another, and the only remaining survivors of
the once happy family were the father, the
child, and the faithfully attached dog.
And now the storms of fate gathered around
this poor offspring of misfortune. The father
sunk under the weight of his accumulated mis
fortunes, and fell into intemperate habits. The
child was neglected, left for hours to the com-
pan : onship of his dog, and the loneliness of its
own melancholy lot—young as it was, for it
was then only three years cfage, it was suffer
ed to wander where it listed, and it would stroll
in the woods far away from its home, with no
one to guide its course but its own childish
fancies, secure in the protection of its mufe
attendant. I have seen it sleeping beneath a
hedge, its innocent head pillowed upon the
faithful creature, its little arms twined around
its neck.
For more than a year they led this kind of
itinerant life; and as they always returned
ere nightfall, and the boy grew in strength, the
father took little heed of either.
There was something remarkable about the
dog and child. Both seemed to shun com
munion with their kind, attaching themselves
solely to each other. When weary, it occa
sionally sought its desolate home; and if press
ed by hunger, stopped on the way to solicit
from some charitable neighbor a slice of bread.
Food was never refused it, either for itself or
the friend accompanying it.
At length the cliilJ sickened and died also,
owing probably to some exposure nod neglect.
When the neighbors went in to administer to
its necessities during the illness, it was always
found lying with its bend resting upon the dog’s
shaggy neck, with one of its a'ms twined around
it, and thus it drew iis latest breath.
The chill was buried, and from this time the
Jog drooped and pined away. No rfforts
were found successful to hire
s;rave. The fond with which he was daily
supplied remained untasted until one morning
the miserable father who had lived to see h's
household destroyed, his hearth desolated,
found the little mound which covered his child,
scratched up to a considerable depth with the
lifoless remains of the faithful dog lying in the
cavity.
From the New Orleans Republican.
We hare long been of opinion that the chief seat of A-
tterican manufactures, will te located in the upper ports of
great Mississippi before the close of the president century—
and it may be, even before the lapse of thirty years. The
Character of the people, Hie nature of their political insti
tutions. and the immense material or appliances for manu
facturing, such a* lead, iron, copper and coal—all 'mile in
forming' a combination to be found in no other part of the
globe.
From a passage in a late speech of Mr. Owen, we find
his views on this bend arc nearly the same as our own.
“One of two ihiuga,” says Mr. Owen, "the people ot the
Wceoern States must do—either we must obtain a foreign
market for our provisions—for our corn and wheat, and
pork and beef; or else, tee must manvfacturc for our-
scire*. How will Xew England relish such an application
of the whig doctrine of home industry—a Home League
here in the West ? Will it contribute to her prosperity,
that instead of sending to lowell and Lynn and Salem to ml
our stores, we learn to fid them ourselves and leave her
that home market of which t*be talks so well ? But if we
are. shutout from a foreign market, by the obstinacy either
of foreign (iuverntnen.s or of our high-tantf party, we have
ro other choice. Necessity, that ir.-»tl)er of invention, will
teach in to rival the Eastern Sute* iu their manufactures.
if we bas e little water-power, we have plenty of wood
arj coal u fleam, and our motto iu these backwoods,
is, **Go ahead !"
That h beginning hie* been made, will appear by the fol
lowing from a Ciociarati paper:
The increased aOKrjniof Cotton Yarn made in this vicin
ity* create* a i*r*e d fraand for die raw material, and the
r«Je« have doehted i<t amount this season over die Inst.
We have actioe/i a mile of about 170 bales of Cotton this
s*eek **.£} cento. Tliete are now some half dozen Cotton
Yana Mi&r.fa<*K>r>e§ koaiiv employed in ibis vicinity, one ol
whaeU at Cermett>a. *rrtwwt the Hiver. turns out 1.100 lbs.
Yar* daily. Tkedi5ie«Jiies of the times have occasioned a
great i*rrM« iaiite tmv nwmufteture of Jeans, and other
•roarae cioia*. La vkwk this 3* uoed *• a warp. Sea.orly a
l^veambuat iki* vicinity without taking
1 article.
TO THE
DEMOCRATIC TART?
1 or THE -
STATE or GEORGIA.
I'n.r.ow.ClTirEXS:—Your Delegates in Convention as-
, your can
I tuen wi
] mind ami
But our opponent
desire such a Ta
but have we nm :
te t'.ii the Chief Magistracy of the Union—a ci
t reproach, and a
jectf
. too
li
than
their words 1 Who are their associates—who 15 their lea
der? Henry Clay is the father of the protective system
he is the master spirit that control: * J
illustrated this very so
(at least in this Slate.) say that tht
if. i'uchisthe laneuagc of their
right to appeal to their acts, rathe
and directs tic energies
D E M O C It A C Y.
bled in June last, after nominating Mark A. Cooper, j of the manufactures of the North and West; an*] his gem-
for Governor, and JaMES H. Stark. of Butts, for Congress
i and exnre.'>ing their determination to abide by the noraina-
I lion to the Presidency of the great Democratic Party of their
I country, selected as their first choice for that exalted station,
John C. Calhoun*, and charged t! e undersigned with the
I duty of addressing you in their behalf, on the great ques
tions pending beforo the people.
■ In selecting the above named individual* to bear aloft the
] banner of Democracy in the respective spheres to which
) they maybe ca.led to act, your Delegates have been innu-
enced by no personal or sectional feelings, but governed by
the principles they profess, have chosen them as the expo
nents of your polit :cal faith.
In these principles,they are sound; professing and illus
trating those doctrines which have distinguished Die Repub
lican Party from the early days of our National exi.-tence. In
free States there must ever exist differences of opinion, and
the manifold operations of Government, freemen will, in
us and eloquence sustain a policy under wbo*e paralizing
influence, the South must droop and wither—Lex fert
fields become desolate, and her very blc^iap turned to
curses. This man is their leader—his name is their watch
word, and under his banner, ebouMer to shoulder, with the
high Tariff party, of the North and West, are they now bat
tling against us. Under whom then, Fellow-citizens, will
vouraliv?—Bat upon this subject our faithis nnfc.—our
cause is the cau?e cf Justice and Truth, and ive will never
, - ,-<• nar <•:' un: 1 we rin so adj'ir-t the duties i.poi*. im
ports, as to bring them down to a simple revenue Tariff.
We are opposed, too. to the Charter o' a Bank of the Uni
ted States, and we might sum up our objections in one sen
tence. We are opposed to it because Congress lias no such
Constitutional power. In vain may we be told. thatW ash-
ington and Madison, sanctioned the exercise of such a pow
er by Congress. VV’e pause noi to enquire into the pecu
liar circumstances, and troublous times which constrained
the exercise of their undoubted rights, approve, or disap- these great men into an approval of a Bank Charter. These
prove the acts of their official agents. A slavish acquies
cence would be unworthy the descendants of those who dar*
1IIESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, IS43.
Democratic Candidate* for President.
JOHN C. CALHOUN, of So. Ca.
MARTIN VAN BUREN, of N. Y.
LEWIS CASS, of Ohio,
have entered into the history of the past, and are familiar
to all, but we protest acainst tjie substitution of authotity for
ed to assert, and did successfully vindicate the freedom of I law—of Legislative and Executive construction, for the
thought and action against the combined force of the British I Constitution itself. Not oolyis the*e no such g natof pow- 1 w. W'M 1 B3 • ft V fit*
Empire. This feeling of independence, alike honorable er in the Constitution, but the convention which formed it. I ** ■-Iws -*.*■* , we Jt xsaaa.
rfiMir, will often piMaea a diversity of aentimenta a- pdaitively refused to make such a grant. And yet Legisla-1 ynn’t r*,«- . nm Vi i 113 ‘1
mongftlfcoee whe agree epos the cardinal points of political | tive interpretation is quoted as higher authority than the -PaPSa.a 3 ■ 1. 3,Ui , IU » ll ^uim,
I Constitution itself, or titan the cotemporaneous exposition' ~ ' l M
The Tarilf-ProlcclioH' j
The following excellent article is from the ,
Charleston Tiansctipt. We commend it to the |
attention of our readers, and to the candid of the j
Protectionists, if any such there be. J lie Editor ot
the Transcript, Mr. Cardoza, is one of the soundest
Political Eeonomists in the South. He is the
author of a Memorial on the subject of Protection,
presented to Congress some years ago, which was
distinguished for its cogent reasoning and correct
deductions:
False Reasoning of Hie I»rotectioni>s»s.
In the discussions on the results of tariffs of duties, both
high an 1 low, why will the Protectionisls omit so important
an element in their reasonings as the stale of the circti sting
medium. This is a counteracting or co-operating circum
stance, with liieh or low duties, according as the currency
is excessive or contracted. When we hail very low duties,
we had large importations, not because ot the low duties,
but of an inflated circulation, and now when the duties o:i
some articles are high, we have limited importations, not
because of the high duties, but of a reduced circulation. aV
contracted or an expanded currency is only another form ot
expression for the fact, that the demand is either diminish-
j ed or enlarged—the purchasing power of consumers less-
J „.. ^.1 nMiMatinn tn enrh <*nnt ruction or en-
%ld
RJCH’I). M. .JOHNSON, of Ky. ened or increased—in proportion to such contraction or en
?IOUE FORGBlRY!
Tlie Clayitca ni their trick* again—or
Forgery new vamped, io the June of
aiid Siiuf.
Bankrupts in honest political fame and r orl( ,.
the Clayites, like desperate swindlers, are a-ain
deavoring to client and delude the people by uV
ling and circulating among them forged, s . )u . ; '
j and counterfeit coin of their own minting and ip
ufaettire. Read the appended article, p CO pt e ..
| Georgia, cooly and reflectingly; and then solemn*
ask yourselves the question, “ IVhat pttnijWd
! does such bare-faced, unblushing, and hardened->
Uvnxj deserve ]"—Does it not deserve youraharpej.
and most decisive rebuke? And will it not
| nay, impel you, by a moral and irresistable
: to withhold your confidence and ti ust from a P an
' which is compelled to resort to such vile
| support its weak, mischievous, and totterin™
; tence?—With one acclaim we hear you indii>(i av '
j ly reply, “It will, it toil!.'—for tkat cause nun ^
1 deed be bad, corrupt and rotten, which, requireu<A
i lnrgement of the currency. Why so important an element j props to keep it from falling and ptrishina on it
is omitted in the rensonin*T3 on this subject strikes us as j *
very surprising. The Protectionists point to the fact that ground.
This diversity of sentiment has existed among brethren of of the very uien who framed that instrument. But if Legis-
the same political creed, to a greater or less extent, at eve- lative interpretation is to be regarded as binding upon us,
ry period of our National history, and it was singularly tl- | then may Congress pass another Alien and Sedition law. or
lustrated in reference to some of the measures of the ad- auy other odious Federal enactment. But if the establish-
ministration of General Jackson. The causes of difference ment of a Bank, were constitutional, it ia intxpedent, and
being removed, those who were separated for a time, have dangerous to the liberties of the people. The melancholy
again become oniled by the hands of a common faith, and termination of the late United States Bank, whose history
aretrow contendinc together for the maintenance of those may be written in the tears of the widows and orpbnas,
fundamental principles upon which they have never differ- whom it has beggared, ought to be a beacon, to warn the peo-
cd. * pie of this country, from similar dangers. To incorporate a
Mach effort has beer, exerted by the Federal press in this \ Bank with a capital of fifty millions of dollars, (the present
State, and much more will be expended in an attempt to fix j scheme of the Whigs) is to raise up a -power, greater than
upon your delegates, and yourselves, the charge of iuconsis- I the government itself, and which iu times of trouble and of
tency in becoming the advocates of Mr. Calhoun. But j war, may order, direct and control it. Such a power by
whence proceeds-Jiiscba-ge? From a party, whose members I concentrating its strength at a particular point, msy prostrate
not long since wete the opponents of a National Bank—the | the State institutions—control elections, anil gire tone and
ur compromising antagonists of a protective policy, ami the character to the government These are no idle fears. None
stern advocates of the rights of the States. Now, these ve- can doubt the power and influence of a great nonied insti-
ry men shout hosannas to Henry Clay—-’the head and front" tutian. and the history of the past, clearly proves that in a
of the protective policy—the advocate of a United States contest with the government, the Banker it miist fall—and
Bank—the leader of the Federal party, whose whole poli-j if united, the liberties of the people would be at the tner
tical course is characterized by a construction of the Con- cies of a corrupt government, and its more corrupt coadju-
stitution, alien from, and opposed to the conditional tenets tor. The establishment of a Bank is nothing more nor less
of the .Republican school. * than giving incorporated power to individual wealth. In
A brief recurrence to recent events will serve to this country, we happily bnve no hereditary nobility—no
prove with what truth your delegates by the selection of irresponsible monarch, and the only nucleus atound which
-Mr. Calhoun, have made themselves obnoxious to the charge aristocracy can rally, is money.—Hence the undue
of inconsistency.
influence it has obtained in our country—hence the stupen-
A few years since, two parties divided our State. Alike dons efforts made to obtain it. and the gigantic criint s com-
opposed to a United States Bank, they were equally hos- I milted in its pursuit—hence the desire on the part of some,
tile to a protective Tariff, and differed only as to the "mode to give form and substance to this god of their idolatry The
and measures of redress." One of these parties deemed Republican party are opposed to such a policy. Ifyouin-
that a steady adherence to moderate, and confessedly Con- I corporate a Bank, you usher iuto existence , an inst.tutiou
sti utional measures, would effect the repeal of the Tariff; which for the period of its chartered existence placed be-
the other found the remedy in Nullification—a measure \ yond the reach of the people. Any other mode of disbur-
which in their judgement, was both Constitutional and Re- I sing and ctUecting the public revenue, can be modified from
publican.—At the head of this latter party stood John C. I year to year, to suit the popular will, and the vicissitudes
Calhoun; and opposed to bodi parties, was Henry Clay, the j of the times. Not so with a Bank. No matter what he iu
friend and advocate of a National Bank, and the friend and I operations; whether by expansion it excites, and maddens
supporter of the whole protective policy. Now, fellow-ci- ] the people with the desire of speculation, or by contraction
lizens, both of these questions arc again forced upon the I of its issues i: ruins thousands, it inus\ stand untosebed, guar-
country. and where are the majority of those, who. in their
zeal for Southern righu, were content to peril the Union in
their resistance to that tyranny wh*cb sprung from n protec
tive Tariff 1 You find them arrayed beneath die banner
of Henry Clay, Men at notes the champion of the protective
policy ! M The mass of the Union Party, with those of .heir
former opponents, who refused to sacrifice their cherished
principles, nave, under a common faith, united in the sup
port of Mr. Calhoun, on whose banner is inscribed, note os
then, -UNCOMPROMISING OPPOSITION TO ANY
POLICY, WHICH SEEKS THE PROTECTION OF
ONE INTEREST IN THE DESTRUCTION OF
ALL OTHERS.”
If the sacrifice uf feelings excited against men oy die col-
lision of party strife on the altar of principle be inconsis
tency, then are the members of the old Union Party obnox
ious to the charge for their advocacy of Calhoun, and Coop
er. Bat fellow-citizens, the former Xallifiers, who now
compose the Whig party exclaim against the Nullification
of Mr. Calhoun. A few words upon this point. The posi
tion to which this great man will probably be called, is one
peculiarly National, and if we argue from the past, as to the
future action of the Federal Executive, it may be safely af
firmed diat no President of the U. States, will ever fail to
exercise all the powers which legitimately belong to the of
fice. Usurpation, rather dian too much forbearance, by the
National Executive, is to be feared. Place Henry Clay
in the Chair of State, whose policy as a statesman, is by con
struction of the Federal charter to enlarge the powers cf
the General Government, and you have the opinions of the
man, and the tendencieaoftbePolitician.combiningwiihtbe
temptations of bis nation to urge him onward in a system of
ursupadon, the result of which must be the slavery of the
States, or the disrupuon of the Union. But in the nomiuee
of your Convention, you find a man whose opinions, send-
menu, and professions are all in favor of the righu of the
States and a strict construcdon of the constitution, and these
will clesrly counteract the tendencies of hia position as Pre
sident, Yet no one can doubt, that Mr. Caiboun, if elected
will exert all the powers which of right belongs to the of
fice. Henry Clay may, by his usurpation of powers not
granted, produce Nullification, whilst John C. Calhoun,
jealous of the rights of the States, will only exercise the
granted powers, and dius remove all necessity of the adop
tion of this mode of redress.
In fact you may well fear a President who may encroach
or, the liberties of the people, bat you need never fear that
any President of the United Sutes will nullify the action of
the General Government.
But yocr delegates do not claim support fury our nominees
solely upon the ground that they are right in dteir political
opinions. They appeal to the good and the virtuous of all
parties, to rally to the support ol those whose pure characters
and blameless lives have adorned the domestic circle, whilst
their adherence to the doctrines of the Republican school,
give assurance that in such hands the citadel will be safe.
And it is a consolation above all price that we may thus lay
the claim of your candidates to popular favor upon their pri
vate virtues as men, and resting on these as on s tower of
strength, calmly, and dispassionately discuss their priori-
pies as politicians. We need not look back on those lines
of distinction, which first separated, and continues to separ
ate, the Republican and Federal Parties, under the various
names, winch, from time to time, hrve been assumed; it is
enough for us to deal with the present. We msy however
remark, that all the differences have originated from one
common point. The Constitution is the text book of Re
publicanism in this country, and tlie truth of every political
opinion may lie subjected to this simple test, is there such a
grant in the National character! The Constitution, and its
strict construction, are the lights which guide ns in cur po
litical course, whilit our opponents now, and ever have in-
iulged in that lalitudinarian construction of that instrument
which has made our Government anything or nothing asttie
caprices of the moment, or temporary views of expediency,
may have dictated.
much have we deemed it necessary to say in relation
totwoof the candidates, selected by your Convention, at
fly huve been di-
* your candidate
for Congress, as noiliinglus been orcanbesaid again.-*, his
character as a man, or against the consistency of the Demo-
lim from the Milledgeville; because against theme
reeled the shafts of our opponents. A
aup
rting him, we
nothing iri his deft
as their first choi
declare to the coon
protected articles are now cheaper thin ever. So they
nre. But they are not cheaper than in proportion to the re-
To be decided by a A’atioisnl Contention its .flay, ( ;„ c[ ; on ; n , ]le ' nm ,, unt 0 f t ] ie currency and the consequent
j diminution in the purchasing powers of consumer.*. _ 1 hey
might, with equal propriety, point to the excessive* impor-
1 tations of those years in which the duties have beer high
I and the currency expanded, as evidence of the fact, that
! large importations are the effect of high duties. If the con
dition of' the currency is investigated on every change of
the tariff, with its tendency to counteract or co operate with
these changes, stimulating or checking importations, more
just conclusions would be obtained, and many absurdities
avoided."
The able Editor of the Transcript expresses his*
mm ivrt/iv, mrrw snm w n», surprise that the Protectionists omit so important an
DEJfIOCI£JEC?fr OF If MSSH. element in their reasonings, as the state of the cir-
To the Centre! March ! , dilating medium. But we are not at all surprised
The inflexible,, uncompromising, uncorruptible I at '*• They well know, at least the enlighened
perttncralic Voters of Bibb enuntv, will observe ! portion of them, how the currency* affects importa
ble following Notice. We anticipate, and the tionsand operates upon prices it is not their policy,
1844.
FOR GOVERNOR,
MARK A. COOPER, of Murray.
FOR COXGRES9.
JAMES n. STARK, of Butts.
county expects, that all the old Trojans, with their
young warriors, will joyfully gird on their armor,
and he promptly on the spot. “Now’s the day,
and now’s the hour.”
(Cf Tire DEMOCRATIC PARTY of Bibb
county, are requested to ineet at the Court-House, in Ma
con, on THURSDAY NEXT, the 17th inat., at the hour
of It o’clock, A. M. for the purpose of nominating candi
dates for the Legislature.
A general attendance is requested: the Members being
elected for two years’ service, makes it an important election
August 15th, 1843.
The Vncnncy ill Congress.
The name of Hershf.ll V. Joh.nson, of Jeffer
son, is suggested in the Savannah Georgian, to sup
ply the vacancy in Congress, occasioned by the re
signation of Col. John B. Lamar. If the selection
cannot he made from the same section that Col.
Lamar represented, we know of no one we would
d<*d bv the tegis ofit3 character. Fellow-citizens, beware
of such an ins'tdution—heed not the voice of the charmer—it
is the song of the syren th«t leads you to destruction.
And next let us refer to the question of the distribution of
the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. These lands
were intended as a common fund forthe benefit of the Union
and the distribution of the proceeds of their sales among the . r .
States, was a mere device of the Whigs, during their shor^ sooner ^upport than Col. J. As the Georgian re
reign, to cajole and bribe the people into a support of their
measures. Take this source of revenue from the General
Government, and its place must be supplied either by di
reel or indirect taxation, in the form or an odious, and op
pressive tariff.—“It keeps the word ol promise to the ear,
and b-eaks it to the sense.”—It gives to the States a paltry
pittance, and wrings from its citizens, double payment for
the boon.
And lastly, the modification of the Veto power. Whence
has arisen this desire, to change the fundamental law of the
land,—to destroy the balance wheel of the Constitution, and
to deface, and deform, that hallowed charter of our liberties,
sanctified by the blood of the Revolution, aad bequeathed
to us by our sires as their last, beet gill?*’ Whence this
desire, we ark? It is the abortion ol a defeated, and am
bitious faction. Foiled in their efforts to obtain power, and
maddenfed by disappointment, they seek to mar the symme
try and harmony of our beautiful, but complex form of go
vernment. The argument that the veto power is a retie of
tyranny, is morespecious than sound.—Ifttbe a relic of tyr-
rany, blot it out of the Constitution; hut no, that pro)>ositinn
would be too monstrous, and so our opponents seek to do
indirectly, t*inl which they dare not attempt directly. What
is the modification which they propose? Why. to retain
the power nominally, bnt if he same majority shall pass the
same law, then the veto power ia without force ana effect.
Preserve the Constitution then as it is—leave thePresident
the veto, which may he controlled by two-thirds of the peo
ple’s representatives, or if.u be an evil, blot it out from the
record. Bat itis norelic of tyranny—our ancestors who
placed it there, were fresh from a bloody coatest for human
rights—where jealous of tyrrany in every form, and impo
sed no guards but those which would protect our liberties.
Such fellow citizens, are our principles, and the princi
ples of the candidates whom your delegates offer to vou—
they are the principles on which the government was based
and by which alone'it can be preserved. If such are your
principles, rally then to their support,—rally as one man.
with one heart, and animated by one desire, the holy and
blessed desire to preservethe liberties of your country, and
to transmit them to your posterity, pure as you received
them. If they are yOur principles, let no private feelings,
no sectional jealousy check you in the performance of that
dutv which you owe your country, and yourselves.
The storm of passion and bumbuggery which desolated
the country in 1840, and swept away for the moment, as
with the “besom of destruction,” the reflection nnd princi-
p'e* of the people, has subsided. The dark night lias en
ded in which logcabins, and coon skins.and pepper pods, and
gourd vines were the emblems and watch-words abd princi
ples of a party, and a purer, and brighter day has dawned.
Reason and reflection, have resumed their swav, and to the
•‘sober, second thought,” of an intelligent^ and awakened
people, we cheerfully submit our principles add our candi
dates.
HENRY R. JACKSON,I
JOSEPH DAY. |
IRBY HUDSON. }. Committee.
WILLIAM
SOLOMON
August 1, 1843.
I IJAl. |
UDSON. }.
M C. DANIEL,
)N COHEN. )
From the Neto-Orleans Republican.
Borderers and Hordrr Troubles.
the Golf of Mexico, a-
terined the civilized race,
nbberiea contemplated or
atersectrd by the Missouri
chiel'artors. In the mid-
long the outskirts of Arkansas and Texas, die
raoders are of the Anglo-Saxon race- Lower down,
r the Gulf, they are variously made up—some bands
are Mexicans—others outlaws from Europe, the United
States and Texas.
Among the most civilized of the Indian tribes, the Cliero
From the Rocky Mountains
long the conun
>ma of what may
do we now hea
• nf murders an
achieved. 1 n
he Upper Plain
and tribetati vs,
the Indians are
iledist
cratis Party nftin
nothing in his praise, certain!
In nominating Mr. Calliou
Presidency, your Convention
they were determined to nupport whomsoever
lected by the great National Convention of the Democratic
Party. Tin’s we would dwell upon
principles of party artiori, to which we should ever adhere.
While, therefore, as citizens of Ga. we lar preferred Mr*
Calhoun for the Presidency, ns citizens of the Union, we are
ready to give an earnest support to th* nominee of the Na
tional Convention. £evetal individuals ol emipence have
been proposed by our political friejids in various - pertious
of the Union as candidates for that exalted station: while
we pledge ourselves to a hearty support of either uf their
candidates, should he be nominated we look forward, with
a firm assurance, to a similar supportfrom them. o{ourYa- j , nir , ud i„ ff plIIt ; eJ wb jeh the cupidity of wliite men has
■ortte, should hia name be proposed to the enuutgr. 1 hus | r t > r r i» ir i...
mice for the Bn d Creeks, there is always a portion of young men
ouiitry, tnat burn ;„g f jr an opportunity of distinguishing themselves as
mi.- nt be se- I ,j ie j r s , ; cestor» were wont to do : ami nothing short of the
emocratie j rest influence of the old rhiefs of those tribes, could res
ot these | f nl ; 3 yong men- from beginning hostilities with some
one or other red skin or pale face.—It is probable the Sem-
inoles and the Wyandotts have not vet lai4 aside their war
like feelings in their new homes, and only want a favorable
opportunity fori again raising the war-cry. The men of the
latter tribes are believed to have little tsste for agriculture,
nr attending to stock. They generally despite the advances
in civilization, made by the Cherokees, Creeks and Choc
lows. This portion of the Red Men in Arkansas—happily
not the most oumerous—will not be very averse to join those
marauding patties which the cupidity of white men has
.... , - j - , I lately aeton foot against the overland trade to and from the
netted, thusi determined to plant ourselves upon pnne.ple, inu .^ al Pr( ,vinces of Mexico.
and cheerfully to sacrifice to them our personal pred.tec- The w|nt of an ,, OTernmentin Texas-tho fact
none, we may look forward with an unceasing trust, to a U at coll rts of justice and their officers are little respected,
signal tr.ump i over ,*ur opponents. . * an 1 that i rh-. m.d mxesair no: ,!em imied t:;u a . ,wi 1
Toe question,iwhicl, now divide the two great P'-rttesof . places, coincide, in exhibiting a state of society,
the country ore the Tana—the proposed mod lfication of the 1 - • ■ - * * - - -
Veto
United
the snl<
The adjustment of the Tariff may he regarded ai a lea
ding question, because being sectional in its character, it ia
more difficult in its nettlemeni, and more dangerous in its
ressilt*. To this, then, we would first call your att ention.
Our country embraces every variety of climate and of soil
—almost every production of Nature—and a 1 the varied
occupations ot civilized man, and it was the crowning glory
of the illustrious fathers of the Revolution that they had
given to their posterity a government, whose benign influ
ence would foster and cherish, and protect these various in
terests,an,1 bind them all in one .harmonious Union; such is
the character of our Constitution, and a strict adbetence to
very loosely held together, a*:
bold bad men. It cannot be
i favot able tr> the schemes of
wondered at then, that we
W,
tso»re o: >« of ii
virtual abolition—the establishment of n
. i i . r . . , | uwui uau men. n wuuut 11c wuiiucreu ai men. mat wt
tes Bank-and he dutrumooo of the proceeds of hetr of exp editions setting out to attack peaceable corapa-
tiepu , an f , p ^ :<r r J niea of traders, at a time when n march of equal length but
in another direction, would have brought tlios adventurers
in contact with the real enemies of the country.
The Mexicans, also have their share of marauders—for
wbich\tbey vre fitted by a capacity to endure great fatigues
and privairoos, although generally theugbt to be no great
lovers of gunpowder. These men operate on the roads
from the Rio del Norte to the towns of Bexar and Goliad,
and occasionally venture on a plundering expedition, as far
as the river Colorado. Unless rooted out thev will prove
a heavy drawback on the prosperity of both Texians and
Mexicans.
Hitherto, little attention has been paid by American
Statesmen to the m ,-ivilizing. semi-barbous tendencies of
n frontier life. Civilization and improvement have advan
ced 50 rapidly in the Ohio Vallrv and along the Great
Lake.*, rbat we have lost sight of the fact that the borders
of Arkansas. Missouri, end the country further West, are
entirely removed from the «nme influences. The nature
n( the country, will do more than the savage character of its
inhabitants *" r forming new habits of life amongst he whites
marks, he is “a gentleman whose talents and un
devialing attachment to Democratic principles, em
inently qualify him for the distinguished station of
a Representative of Georgia in the National coun
cils.”
Tire Prospect before un.
The prospect before us is becoming brighter and
brighter evety day—the signs of the times point to
a great and glorious victory. The following is from
the last Columbus Times:
We have received a letter from Athens, from a reliable
source, which says that ‘Gilmer is offtyith many in Ogle
thorpe. Greene, Taliaferro, Morgan.nnd Elbert.
“Exhort to union: say what the Whigs may of change,
&c.; in their candidate, the Democrats have a friend and ad
vocate of Den ncratic faith and policy. Iu Crawford, they
have an opposer both, and all that relates to it.
The indications from all points are favorable. With
Union among the Democrats, we will beat them 5,000 votes!’’
Alnbiumt Elections.
The general elections in Alabama took place on
Monday the 7th inst. The returns as far as recei
ved fur members to Congress and the State Legis
lature, aqff also for county officers, exhibit an in
creased majority for the good old cause. When we
get the entire returns we will publish them. Alaba
ma ia Democratic to the core. The Coons will
soon be driven beyond the limits of civilization.
North Carolina.—The returns from this State
are so few and sparse, that no definite opinion can
be fotmed as to their result.
Democratic Arlilre.ss to the People of Georgia.
The emphatic and pregnant words, able and elo
quent, are now-a days so frequently applied to the
numerous frothy and superficial productions that
labor from the press, that those complimentary ad
jectives have almost ceased to have a meaning, or
to be looked upon as distinguishing marks of mer
it or genius. We can however, in introducing to
our readers the Democratic Address to the People
of Georgia, safely and truly say, that it is both a-
bleand eloquent; and what is still better, that it is
honest, manly, republican and independent. It is a
free, frank and lucid Exposition of the great leading
principles recognised by the Democratic Party of
Georgia, which scorns to evade a full and fair, ex
pression of opinion, either directly or indirectly, on
those huh and important measures of public poli
cy so interesting to the welfare of the people, and to
the preservation and perpetuation of the republican
institutions of their government. “Those who run
may read” and see the plain and open course we
nre pursuing—there is no evasion, no equivocation,
no ambiguity, no mystery about it—it lays all bare
to the people, and seeks no advantage either by plot
or-counter-plot to accomplish, its patriotic objects.
We have set our adversa'ies a fair and houora
bio example; but we are really apprehensive they
will not follow it. Their politics appear to belong to
an entirely difieient school—to the Mnchiavelic <5cj
Talleyrandic school, which always delights in ob
scurity and intrigue, and never realises its own ele
vation but at the expense of the peoples, rights and
privileges.
We hope the Address will be not only attentive-
however, to let the people know it; for, when they
come to know it, the Protectionists are well aware
that their day of grace is over anti gone—clean
gone.
Yet, after all, Protection does not afford a lasting
source of profit, even to the Protectionists them
selves. It is true, that the large capitalists may,
at first, accumulate large fortunes, by pionopoli-
zingthe market—but, it is equally true, that Pro
tection will ultimately destroy itself, by creating a
ruinous spirit of competition, which must always
inevitably ensue, when favored interests are un
justly protected 1 by exclusive privileges and advan
tages. Did its ruinous and paralyzing effects stop
here, we might, indeed, quietly sit down, and let
the evil correct itself. But, no—it transfuses its
deadening influence throughout the xvhole body
politic; and every other branch of industrial busi
ness most sensibly feels its torpedo touch, as it
drives from our market, by degrees, the foreign
purchasers of our raw materials, and enables the
Protectionisls to,regulate the prices to be paid to
the producers for their great staple commodities.
Thus, a general paralysis seizes upon the whole
system; and Agricultuie, Commerce, Mechanics,
nay, all kind of honest enterprize and labor, ana
even Manufactures themselves, become, at last,
impaired and prostrated.
These are the progressive and destructive work
ings of the Protective System; and its results are
ascertain nnd inevitable as that light and beat pro
ceed from the Sun, whilst the Earth, in het diurnal
course, revolves around that great and glorious Lu
minary. And this is the System which Herny
Clay and his satellites would curse the country
with, instead of a Tariff for Revenue, to satisfy the
necessary wants pf the General Government—a
measure for wnich the Democracy of Georgia and
the Union are now patriotically struggling, and
which they will soon triumphantly accomplish,
notwithstanding the formidable opposition they have
to encounter.
The 8ublcrraueaiij
Is the title of a new paper just started in New
York city, Mike Walsh, Editor. Every body
knows Mike. His motto is “Independence in eve
ry thing—Neutral in nothing,” The Subterrane
an is printed weekly, in a handsome quarto form,
containing eight pages. Price §1 per year.
That ancient oracle of Democracy, The Louis
ville (Ky) Advertiser, which was discontinued some
months since, has been revived. Henry C. Pope,
Esq. Editor.
Democratic Review.
The August No. of this valuable Magazine has
been received. Its contents are, as usual, interes
ting and instructive. The No. is embelished with
an engraved likeness of the Hon. Wu. R. Kino of
Alabama, and illustrations of Neal’s Charcoal
Sketches. We have nut room to notice its contents
more particularly.
Another Loco Toco Light!
A new Democratic paper, entitled “ The Enter
prise,'’ iins been started at Forsyth. Ga. by Mr. F. j gion of Fairies
W. Johnson. Mr. J. being a chip from the Old :;in9, bastinado you into fits with corset bn:
The Clay papers in Georgia are giving curre- v
to this infamous forgery—and among those
have done so, we discover with surprise, the Ga,.
gia Journal. But, we are withholding the p roci -
from the public. Read, read it, we again sav,^
then judge for yourselves:
From the Richmond Enquirer, 4lh ind.
A Forger} 1 —Nailed to the Counter!
We can scarcely describe the surprise and iudipn^,
which wc feit in seeing in tire “Petersburg In elligencer"
of yesterday morning, an article republished “Froti th,
Richmond Whig." Is it possible, that the Editors of
two papers are so ignorant of past events, that they do t*
know that the letter which i3 there attributed to Mr. J,f„’
son is a downright forgery ? and, that its genuine dnre-t;
was exposed thirteen years ago ? The transaction u.j.
noise at the lime—for, Mr. Jefferson’s letter, socotsal 1L
tary to Mr. Clay, was seized upon by the Federal party a i a
strong card at the time—but when the forgery waseipr^j
in a manner calculated to silence all argument, the U’iiq
press dropped it at the time like a h5t potat e—and jq j,
here the “Richmond Whig” now evoking it from its grave,
to make capital for the oenefit of Mr. Clay !
A word as to the original transaction! The Richmud
Whig sets out with the following introduction :
"Mr. Jefferson and the American System—and g-
Clay.—In Niles’ R -gister for 1830—that most valutik
compendium of American History—we find the anotnj
letter from Mr. Jefferson. It tells a tale new to many, wfo
are inthe habit of ssverfringby alloi Mr. Jefferson's opin*
—and who. nevertheless, through ignorance, or some leu
excusable cause, are accustomed to quote him as uuiiuAj
for their denunciation cf Mr. Clay aud the ‘American &*,
tem.’ ”
Then follows the extract “from Niles’ Register Jolt J(
1830,” which first refers to certain extracts from Mr. Jf
son’s Reports and Letters, iu favor of a protective targ-
nrgumenta that are completely offsetted and overthrown.W
subsequent developments of Mr. Jefferson's riper opining
on seeing the exact operation of the tariff—(These latter
developements we published in the course of last year,tad
will republish them, if we find it to be necessary to defier
Mr Jefferson’s true position.) Then follows on the further
extract from “Niles’Register,” containing Mr, Jeffersos'i
alleged letter, which the Richmond Whig parades witk
such a flourish of trumpets. The Register publishes it
with the following head :
"Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Clay.—The Rhode Wind
Lileiarv Subaltern nfihe 25th inst. (.quere nit.) containiu
interesting letter, wbii-h we subjoin, from Mr Jeffersontnt
distinguished manufacturer aud capitalist of Mtrsaefcn-
setts.”
This celebrated forgery purports to be written frou
“Montirello May 25.1823,” and makes M.\ Jefferson nj,
among other things—
•• Ihavenlhrays been of opinion, that the people of Hit
Nation, should manufacture all the fabrics Ihttr exign-
cies demand, if they can do so—and.that they can ion,
icilhout applying to the workshops of England, Praia
and Germany, who will doubt ?
"As to Mr. Cay. I consider him to be one of lleant
talented and brilliant men nnd statesmen that the cm-
try has ever produced., and should I lire, many tun
longer, I hope to see him hold the pace of Chief Exeat-
live of the American Republic.’’ _ 1
And now for the authenticity of this boasted letter! It
was published (no doubt written) by S. Southworlh.the edi
tor of the Rhode Island Subaltern—since, a Wnshnetot
Correspondent of a Baltimore paper,in which capacity he
threw out some allusions to the log cabin and hard cider,
that the cunning Whigs turned immediately to such ic-
count—one of the most adroit of them, now on a hindsree
mission abroad, told us. within a week after the appett-
ance of the silly letter, they would use it in the paiupstn,
and that it would be worth to the Whig cause 50 000 rceei
This Mr, Southworth. who is certainly a man of scire til
enis, is now said to be an occasional Correspondent cf at
“ Madisonian,” in New York, where he is said ta hold
office. He must thank his quondam friends (tlie Clayites.)
for bringing these reminiscences up against the worlofhi
hands in 1830.—No sooner did this letter appear in the
‘‘Subaltern,” than we took a great deal of pains to capon
tbe forgery. We sent on 1 to the Postmaster of Providence,
Mr. Jdfferson’s genuine autograph, to compare it with tie
alleged original of the letter of 1823—but Mr. Soothwoni,
w ho had dared the comparison, flinched from the itsae—
declined showing his MS. letter—and the whole plot «n
blown sky high. ~ He has not since, we believe, denied tie
forgery. And now we have this base coin circulated<**
more by Whig papers, who ought to have known be "''
We trust they will yet have the justice to acknowledge tie
error into which they have been betrayed.
Eai!y Klcvsia-tou—Conn* D’Oruy aud brothtt
Cline!
“If to her share some female errors fall.
Look in her face, and you’ll forgive them all.”
O, fy, fy, brother Jeffersonian, how can you tslk
of a Lmiv. and a Countess too, at such a rate.—
Why, man, she is the Queen pf Beauty, and tr:
Arbi tress of Letters; and Nature decreed at h#
birth, that she should forever re|iose upon beds oi
roses, and be lulled to sleep by the cooing of tunle
doves. If the age of chivalry were not over, vs
would caparison, iiistanter, our noble Rosinantf,
and, with the aid of trusty Sancho, the Squire
the Messenger, we would run you such a tilt, i ,::
, you would soon think the battle of the Wind-Mid
I was baby play to it. Down, down, upon )'«*
I ir,arrow-bones, you recreant Knight, or by t *
manes of the immortal Orlando Furioso, we will
I let loose :jn>:i vou Oberon. Puck, and a wholeh'
ck vou into fevers with bo*-'
Telegraph, we trust he will be no discredit to the
party. We wish him, bis assistants, co-workers
and patrons, all possible success.
Loco-FocO) vs. Pollywag^rr.*
The New York American gives us the follow
ing rap for lauding the brilliant compound, Loco-
foco:
ly read but seriously studied; as the impoitant I e graph.”
.“Nothing,in oor opinion, can be more emphatically sig
nificant of the genius of 1 Democracy” than this same bar
baric compound word Locofoco. **It means a moving light,”
in other words, a jack-o’*l:»ntern. Many a well meaning ci-
I tizen of this republic has followed that moving light into the
bogs ot misfortune. ’Tis a capital name truly. We exact-
| ly agree with our Loco foco contemporary of the Macon Tcl-
truths which it exhibits must tend to strengthen our
cause, and hatmonisfc and invigorate our opera
tions.
s prosper-
perpetual
the h ast
•d. It if.
•iih equal
mav add,
Tbe dUiffzs eflbe Whig* o.n aboemnt of 4 -dimensions a-
Den»orr«te, >y is truly touching. What can b*
mono aagnacimous than the eympafhy of imeb a* oqited
raereaaful par^y !
its provisions is all that is necessary to insure to u
ity at home, respect from abroad, und a Union,
os time.
To support our General Government, duties up*
are properly regarded n* die most equitable, ami
burihen&ome mr.de by which taxes may be impo$<
indirect taxation, aqd if judiciously laid, falls ti
force on all classes *f the community. And we
that a Tariff thus constituted, necessarily affords incidental
protection ro the great manufacturing interest of the country*.
To such a Tariff we have no objection, and have an abiding
confidence if the South is but true to herself, that the Tariff
will be so adjusted as to produce a revenue necessary for
an economica 1 administration of the government, and nr the
same time by its ptrinaneticy, giretheoniv protection which
enn ('onetitutioruMy be given to the manufacturers of trie
North and West.
And who so fit to carry out these great principles, as that
ijlaatriouf tiatesmao, whom your delegates hare aelected ai
it—and unless prdcautions
plains in that direct
Atin ami Africa, nr
hands shall bo against every
Per a value on the smal
fragments are the dust of'tfia
may assimilate in tu
become the homes of a race
t inor«e!s of knowing
nds.
A Yantafe painter, in order to convey an exulted opinion 1
of the happiness of our country, represented a number of.
aiigela, armed with rifles, emigrating nither. |
Titles.
’’Major Cooper nnd Colonel Stark, against Mis
ter Crawford and Mister Stephens. How fond our
Democratic friends are of titles!” says the Wash
ington News. No tricks upon travellers, Mister
News. You well know that Stephens was chris
tened the Hero oj Taliaferro, and that Mister Craw
ford has been Ion*; known as Tustunnugge Tlilucco,
or the Big Warrior !
‘■To sigli for ribbons, art ihnn then so silly?
Mark how they grace Sir Umbra and Sir Billy.”
Cont-ntions!
“Hallo!” cried Dick to Tom, as he was draw
ing on his Prince Albert—“my dear fellow, 1
i"whose thought you were quite a genius; but I find that
j you are not even an original article.” “Why?”
j "Because you have just quoted (coated) yourself.”
We wish some of our cotemporaries who are fond
■d. the great
Very good indeed, fora Pollywagger—“Thank '
you Sir” Clayite, “we owe you one.” The Amer- j
ican, however, has perverted us by suppressing the ;
point of our atticle—but n’ importe, it is only anotii-1
erevidenceofthe truth of the old saw, that the de- j
vil can quote scripture tosuit his purpose; and, why i
not a Pollywagger? Ye:, we do not complain;]
for our Jack with his Lantern only sheds bis light
fot tiie clearheaded, long sighted, and honest-hear
ted—the addle-pated, short-sighted, and hollow- j
hearted Clayites, can neither stand the refulgent
purity ofhisbeams nor his vivifying warmth—un-
der his potent influence tlseir weak eyes become so I
blinded and their weaker heads so bewildered I
that they arc constantly floundering on from fog to I
fen, from mud-hole to C/ay-bank, until the neigh
borhood is aroused, and these lost babes in the wood
are found and dragged into the licht of day ; which,
bye the bye, they are almost as much in the habit
of shunning as the feathered biped that Minerva
patronises.
oards, and
smother you to death with bishops and bustles—
and after all, hermetically bottle up your brait**
and send them
To t!m Moon,
In Wise’s Balloon!
But, seriously, brother Jeffersonian, you lt= v;
done us injustice. We do not consider (bat we
made “quite a parade," in announcing the arm--
“on our shores” of the two distinguished vis'*' 3
alluded to—nor can we recognize the propriety c ‘
your “wondering” that “American newspaj 1 *
have the effrontery to mention Iter name. oo Je
any circumstances’’! This is rather dictate 1 "
language, brother, particularly if applied to 1
Telegraph. In noticing the arrival of the C°° 3
and Countoss, we meddled not either with their i
ligion or morality—we merely chronicled tbe e ' r 1
as an article of intelligence, accompanied with so
remarks upon the positions they occupied > n
literary and fashionable circles in which they
ved; and those remarks, although perhaps f '"’
vid for our every-day sobriety, were, neverthe ,e ^
substantially true. This may not, indeed, I 1 - 1 '
been interesting or pleasant to the chastened t- 1 '
of our brother; hut there were other?, perclmnee
who might have relished them.
We very well know that much has been stu '
the disparagement ofD'Orsny and Lady Bl e!SI11 '
ton,—hut! we also know that their censors nt" re .
lers belong to IIi\ a! Cliques, wiio
of
ofquoting themselves, would just think of quoting
us when they make use of our favor*.
j *It will be recollected that & correspondent called ths
| Clayites the Tadpole party.
their brilliant reputations, and would snatch M et ^.
erv on dil to depreciate them in the estimau 011
com i unity. We have, therefore, shut o ur
against all such tale-bearers ami eave-dropp el3
highly f"'
woro» D ‘
lied »W
i Why, it was but the other day that our
I ed, accomplished, and exemplary country
j Mrs.- Sigournet, who has been truly ca