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LITER A IKY.
TAYLOR'S RECORDS OF MV LIFE.
11C ON U NOTICE.
We bare much pleasure in recurring to this Tory en
tertaining volume, Mr. Taylor seems to have been early
imbued with a predilection for “ acquaintanceship”—
—and in the work before us we have sketches of nearly
five hundred different characters—comprising Peers—
poets—actors—painters—physicians—editors—publish-
ers—-lawyers—divines—philosophers—aristocrat de
mocrats—statesmen—satirists —wits—and every other
variety of which society is composed.
The notitia arising from such “a host of acquaintance,”
as may be supposed, is extremely diversified, in very
many parts comic, and in all interesting. We had
marked about seventy articles in this volume, but as we
find that to incorporate the whole it would be necessary
to print an additional sheet, we have selected some of
the most prominent, which wc lay before our readers.
Passing over Jesse Foot, who always replied in Latin
to any unnecessary complaint which his uncle was in the
habit of making;—Miss Seward, whose starched rigidi
ty Mr. Taylor seems to think was in one instance parti
cularly inconsistent ;—Lord Godolphin, who only read
two works, viz. ‘Burnet’s History of his own Times,’and
and ‘ Colly Cibber’s Apology;’ and when he had perus
ed these works throughout, began them again,and seem
ed to be regardless of ail other authors, we commence
with the well known and eccentric
Dr. Monsey.—“Garrick gave tlic following account
of the origin of his acquaintance with him. He said
that being in the court at the Old Bailey, lie heard a gen
tlemen request a man who stood before him to move a
little on one side, that lie might have an opportunity of
seeing the bench ; the man, however, a stout fellow, ob
stinately retained his station. The gentleman repeated
his request, hut the fellow continued inflexible. At
length the gentleman, in a tone somewhat louder than a
whisper, said, ‘ If I were nota coward, I would give you
a blow even in the court.’ The oddity of the declaration
induced Garriek to think he must be a singular charac
ter, said that, if such a supposition could possibly have
any foundation, it rather applied to Jxird Bath, with
w hom and his lady she made a tour in Germany. There
was something remarkably shrewd and penetrating in
her eyes, tending to disconcert those towards whom they
were particularly directed.
Mrs. Montigue, in the early part of her life, was so
fond of having various colours in her attiro, that Lord
Chesterfield always called her Iris. Her letters are
throughout excellent, and 1 understand were written
without any hesitation. In the‘Dialogues of the Dead,’
written hv Lord I.yttleton l there are two written by .Mrs.
Montangue, which, in all respects, are much superior to
thiiso of this lordship. The unfavourable manner in
which Dr. Johnson mentions Lord Lyttelton, in his
Lives of the Poets,’ induced her to relinquish all inter
c.ourse w ith hurt. She was indebted for some part of her
education to the celebrated Dr. Conyers Middleton, and
it is sail, that such was the precocity of her pow ers, that
st! copied the whole of‘The Spectator’ before she
w s • it v. -cr-i of age, but whatever might have been
the ina rity of her mind at that early age, it is hardly
possild to give credit to the report.”
Os Mr. Taylor’s political principles we have many
illustrations in this volume. To such of our readers who
may he curious to learn what those principles were, wc
preseni the anexed:
John Wires.—“He was conscious that‘Nature had
not formed him in her prodigality,’ hut lie used to say
that the handsomest tnan could only be rated at a fort
night before him when courting the smiles of the ladies.
His wit and liutnour were admirable, and a strong proof
of their influence is, that they could triumph over tile
impression of his person. Those qualities, however,
cannot throw a veil over the profligacy of his life, the
looseness of his morals, and the freedom of his political
principles,—for he was, unquestionably, not merely a
whig, hut a republican.”
In Chapter X. we have the author’s opinion of the real
cause of the death of Lord Chatham, to which wc refer
the reader.
On the 76th page, treating on the subject of the
French Revolution, Mr. Taylor says, “The privileged
orders of society in all countries too frequently treat the
general community as inferior beings. 'The natural con
sequence is, that some men of high intellectual power
arise among the commonality, men who do not, as Dry
den expresses it, see nature ‘ through the spectacle of
books,’ but penetrate into the substance of things, and
propagate principles calculated to give anew foundation
to society. Such tnen will be found in all states, and
unless the higher orders manifest less arrogance, no
country can he secure from revolutionary movements.”
[it a note relative to the author’s connection w ith Mr.
Kemble, we find the following:
John Kemble.—•“ He certainly believed that he pos
sessed comic talents, and as far as a strong sense of hu
mour and a disposition to enjoy jocularity could tend to
excite such a conviction, lie might naturally yield to self
deception. My lively friend George Colman, whose ex
uberant gaiety spares nobody, and to whose satirical turn
1 have often been a witness and a victim, being asked
bis opinion of Kcmhle’s ‘Don Felix,’said that it dis
played too much of the Don and too little of the Felix.
Kemble could bear jocular remarks on his acting with
unaffected good-hutnor. I remember that after we be
came tolerably well acquainted, and were one day talking
on the subject of his Hamlet, I perhaps too freely said,
* Come, Kemble, I’ll give an imitation of your Ilamlet.’
* I’ll he glad,’ said he, ‘to improve by the reflection.’ 1
then raised my right hand over my forehead, as connois
seurs do when looking at a picture, and looking intently
as if some object was actually before me, and referring
to the platform scene, exclaimed, ‘-My father,’ and then
bending my band into the form of an opera glass, and
peeping through it, continued, * Methinks 1 see my fa
ther.’ lie took this freedom in good part, and only said,
* Why, Taylor, I never used such an action.’ 4 No,’ said
I, ‘ hut from your first action every body expected that
the other would follow.’ Whenever lie spoke of his
great predecessor, never failed to say ‘Mr. Garrick.’”
Thetc is a jealousy inlietent in little minds, but the
education and known habits of Mr. Kemble utteily ex
plode the more than hint which our author has attached
to this tragedian. Those who were intimate with the
character of John Kemble, know that lie would not stoop
to the jealousy which is here glanced at. He was cau
tious of his fame as a tragedian, but that was far remo’v
cd from the paltry feeling of the uneducated. In his dc
votiau to the drama, his taste and critical acumen, he
was unrivalled ; and as a successor adequate to the task
of filling his chair, he has left 4 no fellow behind.’ Os
ban homrtue, talent, and hia extensive reading, it is not
for us to dwell on what is admitted by all who really
knew hi in. Os jealousy, as a geacral term, he had not
a tithe—excepting on one theine—which theme was
Shakspcare, with those dramas he is so intimately con
nected that the name of “ nature’s hard,” will always he
followed with its conjunctive— Kemble I
Pinciiback- —There were three brothers of this fami
ly. “They had invented the metal which went by their
name, and to attract public attention they pretended to
quarrel, and advertised against each other and claiming
the invention, and proclaiming the superiority of the ar
ticle in which each of them dealt. They were, howev
er, upon the most amiable footing in reality, and used to
meet every night and divide the profits of the day. The
metal hid lost its popularity w hen I used to accompany
my father to visit his patients, and lie generally called on
th nn as he passed ttieir way.”
Wo have u.i “ od I incident” in the life of the celebra-
ML
Da. Birch—“ He was very fond of angling, amide.
votud much time to that amusement. In order to de
©eive th* lifsh, he had a dress constructed, which, when he
put it on, made him appear like an old tree. His arras
he conceived would appear like branches, and the line
like a long spray. In this sylvan attire he used to taxe
rout by the side of a favorite stream, and imagined that
his motions might seem to the fish to be the effect of the
wind. He pursued this amusement for some years in
the same habit, till he was ridiculed out of it by his
fiiends.”
The anecdotes of Garrick and his cotemporaries are
numerous, ami many of them new; indeed there is hard
ly a public character who lias either flourished or existed
within the last fifty or sixty years but what is brought
under r*view. Os Foote as an actor or a humourist we
must express our conviction that Mr.Taylor has not ex
hibited that impartiality which the satirist was certainly
entitled to. According to our author, Foote’s charac
ter as a witjor humourist was of a very indifferent
order—and that even as an actor, had it not been for his
‘ dramatic ability,’ he must have been content with a very
subordinate situation, if indeed he had been tolerated at
all. This assertion is so opposite to the records of Foote’s
colemporaries, that we make no hesitation in saying, se
vere prejudice has been the controllet of Mr. Taylor’s
pen in this part of his work. Even the saturnine John
son, who went prepared to withstand the humorous pow
ers of Foote, shook with laughter, as he replied to Bos
well—“ Sir, the fellow was so humorous and comic, the
dog was irresistible /”
In conclusion, we would add that to those who may he
already partially acquainted with the history of some of
the characters introduced in this very entertaining work,
while to those of our readers who may be unacqua nteii
with the public history of that day, we would recommend
them to procure the volume without delay—as they will
find it to contain a magazine of entertainment and in
struction.
THE GATHERER.
“A anapper-up of unconsidered trifles.”—SiiiKsrr’ar.E.
“OBITUARY EXTRAORDINARY.
“Died recently, at Sterlings’, in Dinwiddic county,
Va. deprived by age of nose and eye, the full blooded
and well broke imported English pointer slu(,Slv. The
remains of Sly were interred in the lagt field she had
ranged with her master; and to mark the “ruling pas
sion,” the very cover whence she flushed her last covey
in life, shrouds her remains in death. Ye children of
the flask and belt, ye sons of the pellet and tube, lov
ers of staunchness and docility, ye w ho are the friends of
dogs—
“ For they are honest creatures
That ne’er betray their masters.”
drop a tear o’er the remains of one, that was steady,
obedient and faithful to the last. II.”
Catching a tarter. — The following very singular
event occurred in the town of Madison, in this county
about three weeks since. Mr. Benjamin Smith had a
place on his farm where he bated foxes for the purpose
of shooting them. One mor ling soon after day break
he started for the place for this purpose,when on reach
ing his covert or bough house he discovered a large sni
mal near the fox bait. lie took it at first fora large dog
belonging to one of his neighbors, but a shift of position
by the animal satisfied him at once that it was not a dog
hut an enormous black wolf, whereupon he
his gun at him, which was loaded with large shot. Im
mediately th* wolf fell with his legs under him and ap
peared as if dead, which Mr. Smith supposed to be the
case, and laying down his gun advanced towards him.
When he had approached within ten or fifteen feet of
him the wolf roseand sprang upon him, seizing him hv
the leg near his ancle. Immediately a sort of “rough
and tumble” struggle commenced, each striving to get
the other under, the wolf all the while retaining liisgrip
upon Mr. Smith’s leg. At length Mr. S. succeeded in
throwing the wolf upon his side, and holding him in this
position with one hand and his knee, he got out his jack
knife, which he fortunately had with him and plunged
it into the throat of his ferocious assailant, who continu
ed his hold upon Mr. Smith’s leg, biting and growling,
until lie bled to death. Sir. S. received but very little
injury in the conflict, his thick hoot protecting his leg
from the teeth of the wolf who was only able just to
scratch the skin a little. The wolf was full grown and
very large, measuring nearly five feet from snout to tail.
CIRCASSIAN FEMALES.
market at. Constantinople. —‘The Circassians and
Georgians, who form the trade suppy, arc only victims
of custom, willing victims; being brought up by their
mercenary parents for the merchants. If born Moliom
edan, they remain so; if born Christian, they are educa
ted in no faith, in order that they may conform when
purchased, to the Mussulman faith, and therefore they
sutler no sacrifice on that score. They live a secluded
iife, harshly treated by their relations, never seeing a
stranger’s face, and therefore form no ties of frienslup
or love, preserve no pleasing recollections of home, to
make them regret their country. Their destination is
constantly before theireyes, painted in glowing colours,
and, so far from dreading it, they look for tho moment
of going to Anapa, or I’oti, whence they are shipped for
Stamboul, with as much eagerness, as a parlour boarder
ofa French or Italian convent for her emancipation. In
the market they are lodged in separate apartments, care
fully secluded, where in the hcuisof business, between
nine and twelve, they may be visited by aspirants for
for possessing such delicate ware I need not draw a
veil over what follows. Decorum prevails. The waltz
allows nearly as much liberty before hundreds of eyes.
Os course the merchant gives his wananty, on which,
and the preceeding date, the bargain is closed. The
common price of a tolerable looking maid is about £ 100.
Some fetch hundreds, the value depending as much on
accomplishments as on beauty; hut such are generally
singled out by the Cislar Aga. A coarsei article [l] from
Nubia and Abyssinia is exposed publicly on platforms,
beneath verandahs, before the cribs of the white china-
A more white toothed, plump cheeked, merry eyed set I
seldom witnessed, with a smile and a gibe for every one,
and often an audible’ Buy me.’ They are sold easily
and without trouble. I-adies are the usual purchasers
for domestics. A slight inspection suffices. The girl
gets up off the ground, gathers her coarse cloth round
her loins, bids her companions adieu, and trips gaily,
bare footed and bare headed, after her new mistress,
who immediately dresses her ala Torque, and hides her
ebony with white veils. The price of one is about £l6.’
[•Slade.
A Doc blown up. —The Exeter News Letter gives a
curious account of acanine explosioil, that took place in
a “neighboring state,” a place where a great many things
happen. A man having been long troubled by the re
peated intrusions of the dog of a neignboring storekeep
er, at length resolved to rid himself of the nuisance by
his own ingenuity, as his remonstrances with the owner
were l.kelv to prove unavailing. He accordingly pro
cured a cylinder of tin, half an inch in diameter, and
about three inches in length—this lie nearly filled with
powder, enveloped the tube in a piece of fat pork and
threw it in the streets. Poor Jovvler seized and swal
lowed the dainty morsel; and thus, printed and loaded,
returned to his master’s store which was well filled with
gentlemen and ladies cheapening goods, where he soon
exploded! W itli a tremendous report (savs the editor)
which shook the whole building, anil alarmed all the
citizens in the neighborhood, poor Jovvler was blown in
to ten thousand atoms, which were equally distributed
in every part of the-shop! 'Jlio ladies were covered
with the bleeding fragments of the dog; and one of them
had her check terribly scratched by the claws which
• were nttscli-xl to onoof hi< hind leg« a* it whizzr-l like
a double headed shot past her ear. A portion of the
spine struck Mr. Smith, the owner, intlic forehead, and
laid him sprawling. His clerk rushed to the door, Ins
clothes and features bespattered with blood, and scream
ed “fire!” and “ murder!” right manfully. The ladies
joined in the chorus, the hells were set a ringing, and
the people rapidly assembled, and gazed with horror and
conternation on this unparrel lei led scene of blood and
carnage.
The situation of this country is alarming enough to
rouse the attention of every man, who pretends to a con
cern forthe public welfare. Appearances justify suspi
cion; and, when the safety of a nation is at stake, suspi
cion is a just ground of enquiry. Let us enter into it
with candour nod decency.—- Junius.
POLITICAL.
“Tho price ot Liberty, is eternal vigilance.”
From the Charleston Mercury.
RETRIBUTION.
The wickedness of Mr .Forsyth, and the servility ol
of Governor Lumpkin, are, it sccius about to lull upon
their own State. They have been b aten, at their own
dishonest game, by still subtler sharpers than them
selves. The noose, whicbj they have prepared for our
necks, is about to be fastened on their own.
The history ot tile Force Bill is now known. Gover
nor Gass openly complains of the fraud put upon him;
the whole secret is blown up,
tt must be remembered that the Force Bill, while
seemingly diawn for ovr case only, fits that of Georgia
equally well. The first step, then, on the part of ttie
administration, towards its passage, was to avoid com
pelling Georgia to make common cause with us. To
accomplish thts, Mr. Forsyth opened that negotiation
vvifh Webster, Wirt and Sergeant, (counsel tor the Mis
sionaries and Indians) which ended m the withdrawal of
the Butler and Worcester case. This done, tiie Bill
might saft Jy g.j forward, without alarming Georgia-
Mr- Webster, meanwhile, haJ drawn up the Force
Bill, with a view to the hack-game of the Indians.—
When it reached its last reading, the treaty with the
Cherokee Chiefs for their lands, was not completed.—
They had been taught to spin out the negotiation. Mr.
Forsyth, it seems, grew alarmed at the possibility of
their yet refusing to sell; which would of course, plunge
Georgia afresh into the Indian question. To quiet him
an intimation was given by the Indians, that they were
ready to close the bargain,at two and a half millions of
dollars, the price offered them. Mr. Forsyth immedi
ately joined in pushing the Foice Bill; and it waspassed
by both Houses.
The very next morning, the Indians, with all the dig
nity of foreign ambassadors, sent in a request to the
President, that he would grant them an audience of leave.
They were tired of Washington, and wanted to go and
see their own people.
'To remonstrate with an Indian is hopeless. Nothing
could shake them. They were told of the half sale that
they had already made—of the pledge that they had giv
en. It was all in vain. An Indian is not to be shaken in
that way. They said that they had changed their minds;
or, when pushed hard, took refuge in that grave and lof
ty silence, with which the red man knows too well how
to make himself the most impenetrable of diplomatists.
In short, the treaty, to put Georgia in possession of
the Indian lands, is broken oil’.
One of the leading provisions of the Force Bill, is, that
the President shall callout the military force, as soon as
he is certified,by aJudgc of the U. S. Court,that the laws
of Congress are resisted. No discretion is vested in the
President. He must act upon notice from the Judge.
Here, therefore, there can he no room for countenancing,
in Georgia, what is to be punished, in Carolina.
It is obvious that the President regarded this provison,
as merely shaped for the purpose of rendering less odious
the course that he was bent on pursuing, by making it
appear a duty, from which he could not escape. He lias
suffered his hands to be tyed. Against us, he cannot
proceed; against Georgia, care will be taken that he
shall proceed.
We do not make public these facts(in which we have
entire confidence) with any spirit of exultation; but in
one of warning only. Were we even the enemies of
Georgia, we should have but little causq to exult at the
approach of a contest, which can bring her neither loss
nor dishonor, since she 'viil unquestionably meet it with
that determined spirit, with which she has so often be
fore repelled attempts of this sort. If she be attacked
she will, with her brave and loyal population, have littie
need of auxiliaries. The Free Trade party of tins State
will he eager, however, to join her, with buckler and
brand; and to repay, by an enthusiastic assistance, th<
noble and kindly ardour, which so large a part of the
population of Georgia has given in our cause.
Wc copy from the Richmond Enquirer, the following
communication. It is, we learn, Horn the pen of the
most distinguished of V irginia’s sons and was written
immediately after the occurrence of the proceedings to
which reference is made in the first paragraph. Why it
was on hand so long, Mr. R. can explain.
U. • S'. Telegraph.
[communicated.]
Age! thou art ashamed—
Rome! thou hast lost tiie breed of noble bloods.
Is it then true, that the Legislature of Virginia have
shrunk from the question of secession?—“O yes! The
proper time is come.”
Why, then, did the President lug it into his manifes
to? When a claim of right is denied by anticipation,
the more urgent is the necessity for asserting it. The
more reasonable the attack, the more call for prompt
defence, and the more prompt, the more unreasonable.
It is dark midnight: our sentinels are sleeping on tlieir
posls : our camp is assaulted ; arid our martinets must
wait for daylight, that the may see the manoeuvre st
cundum artem.
“But there is no one in the Legislature qualified to
lead” !! ! Is this so ? Then, let them disband and go
home. But is there no one in Virginia fit to lead? If
there :s, let tiie geese but cackle, ami the men will show
themselves. It not, why then Virginia is not fit to be
led, and there is nothing left but to he slaves in condi
tion', as sooner or later, all slaves in heart are sure to be.
Fcimus Troes, and there’s an end.(a)
ies, we have been—we have been men, whose
“swords would have leapt from their scabbards,” even
at a hint of the doctrines of the proclamation. Now, we
bless God that it is poor South Carolina that is to suffer,
and not we ; and are content to ho kept, “like a nut in
the corner of a monkey’s jaw, first mouthed to be at last
swallowed.”
What arc we doing? Wc arc tabling “about it, god
less, and about it;” some evading tho difficulty, like a
sneaking Judge working tound a constitutional question;
and some, who should shout the war cry, “Virginia to the
rescue,” are trying to lead men to peril “life, andfortune,
and sacred honor,” by wire-drawn metaphysics.
“Life, and fortune, and sacred honor”!!! How often
and how freely have they been pledged in this very
cause! Aye,as freely as the spendthrift gives his note
on long credit. But pay-day comes, and all is changed.
Pay-day is now conic.
How is the pledge to be redeemed, when the verv cita
del of State Rights is beleaguered and siiimnolicd to
surrender en pain of the halier? How! By answering
the millions of power thus—
“But it your chief his purpose urge,
Take our defiance- loud and high;
Our slogan is vour lyke-wakc dirge.
Our iiKiat the gravo where you shall lie.”
The poet puts these words in the mouth of a woman.
Our mothers were such women. What are we? Each
'turn* upon hi* folio**’ * ••*vr ofdeath, and say*,
•‘Why man! he doth Lcotridc the narrow world,
Like a Colossus; and wc petty men
Creep under his huge legs, and peep about,
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.”
Aye! creep, and peep, anil hide! Yea, hide your
diaine, and no more pretend to identify yourselves with
those, who backed their resolves with laws, and put
Daik’s i rigade in requisition to sustain both.
Ain !, then, for war? No. lam for avoiding war
by prudent boldness. lam for saying to our oppressors,
on behalfof the whole planting and slave-holding coun
try,“lf this istho. way the bargain is to be read, we must
hcoff: and ify'on mean to continue the Union, the prin
ciples ofthat proclamation must be distinctly and for
ever r nonneed.
Will this course endanger the Union? No. “1 tell
you uiy Lord Fool, that out of this nettle danger, we
pluck the Howe safety.”
A Flit EXP TO STATE RIGHTS’.
•Our auly ambition is, to live mnler equal
jaws."
# ’
ASD STATE RIGHT’S ADVOCATE.
MILLEDGEVILLE, MARCH 27, 183d.
[O 3 The progress of principle is better tested by
the extension of a paper started and established up
on principle than bv any other standard. Our cir
culation is rapidly progressing. W e received last
week, by one mail, thirty-two subscribers and by
another fourteen. The increase of the past week
falls very little short of one hundred. Those who
sustain us for our independence may rest assured
that we shall retain that virtue as long as we are
connected with the public press- We are tied to no
political aspirants, and we shall speak of public men
and measures as we think they deserve to be notic
ed. Nothing can stop our purpose.
The next Governor.
We have been so repeatedly and so forcibly urg
ed from various quarters of the State to signify to
Gov. Troup the strong and unanimous desire of his
friends that he should consent to be run as a candi
date for Governor, that we do not feel at liber
ty longer to disregard the call. We have no ex
pectation that any thing we could say would weigh
a leather in furthering the wishes and views of the
republican party of Georgia in this matter, but we
will take the-liberty as public journalists to record
our opinion, that unless Gov. Troup does consent to
become a candidate in opposition to the present in
cumbent, the great principles, which procured the
triumph of Georgia over the despotic arm of the
Federal government, will be paralized in this State,
and years may revolve before their healthful action
can be restored.
We do not know that we are in possession of all
the reasons which have influenced Gov. Troup thus
far in declining the ready acceptance of the nomi
nation—but as far as wc are possessed of them, we
understand that they relate to the enfeebled state of
his health and a desire to spend the remainder of his
days in peace and retirement But if we have been
correctly informed as to his views, he is willing to
forego every private consideration and to give him
self up to the •public yet a while longer, if he could
lie persuaded that upon his action depended the life
and prosperity of the party in Georgia, to which he
is united by every tie that can hind man to his coun
try.
We would be the last to desire to disturb his tran
quil retirement in the bosom of 1 : s family, to rest
from the excitement,the perplexities and arduous du
ties in which the office of Governor would necessa
rily involve him, but wc cannot let slip this opportu
nity of urging the importance of the crisis which
lias turned the eye of every republican upon the
long tried and fearless champion of their principles,
and produced a zealous and united feeling to place
him at the helm of affairs once more in his own, his
native State of Georgia. She is likely to be re
placed in the same position to the General Govern
ment that she occupied in 1825 True, it is a con
tingency, but we apprehend not very remote nor im
probable in the happening. Georgia wiii then stand
m need of his services, and in what situation could
lie be of more advantage than in the Executive
Chair? But Gov. Troup is better acquainted with
these circumstances than we are, and no man has
more sagacity in snuffing danger,or greater prudence
in warding it off and should he believe that the safe
ty and liberties of Georgia were in jeopardy, we can
not doubt that he will consent to occupy the post of
hazard and responsibility.
Lock to your property.
If we admit the doctrines of the R esident’s pro
clamation we surrender the right of resisting the ag
gressions of Congress upon our right of property in
any mode except by the sword. Those principles
being once firmly established as the rule of action
for the Federal government, and laws will be passed
emancipating our slaves. If this be done, what can
we oppose ti> the excution of the laws ? The anti
slave holding States have the numerical strength,
and if it comes to a contest of arms, the issue be
tween the whites would l>e extremely doubtful. —
But do not the Northern papers warn us of the dan
ger of provoking hostilities with them, for that they
will certainly arm our slaves against us ? These
people, backed by the strength of the general gov
eminent, would be fearful odds against us. Do not
the Southern people know that this is the ulterior
aim of the Northern Federalists? The emancipa
tion of our slaves by the Federal government is one
of their most cherished schemes. That it will be
attempted to bring this question before Congress,
past efforts convince us. Let us then unite in our
opposition to the nationalization of the government,
and we may avoid long and bloody conflicts for the
maintenance of our dearest and most valued rights.
AN by will the South remain so entirely indifferent
to the progress of consolidation in the government
<►( the I nion' Do they not discern the importance
that State Bight principles may assume in the de
cision of questions of the character alluded to, byes-j
feeling constant and instant unanimity at home, sol
h« to deter the eneim from invading our privilege**!
Let us not be ciicumvented bv the artful nnK
hypocritical professions of theNorthcrn neonW^ 1
runts never openly avow their aims, but st L •
blow when they have completely lulled ,u ■ e ***
tudes of the people by the most unbounded Sn
sioiis ot attachment to liberty and equality " ro es j
Assume not the virtue, if y OU bate it ,1
The readers of the Times will probably nr*a I
an article which appeared in its columns of thT fyi
inst. noticing the mock execution of John F ■
under the gallows, for a betrayal of the hidT'-jl
holy trust reposed in him bv the citizens of Gen 1
in voting for a bill subverting the constitutional
sed as it was in every feature to the known
pressed views of the people of Georgia, ands 3
covert attempt to defeat the conciliatory measm 1
Mr. Clay. In our notice of it we condemned 111
manner in which these high-spirited and true «1
of Georgia had manifested their indignant renr '3
tion of their faithless Senator, but gave them r J
for the motive which actuated them. To thj*J
lice the Editor of the Georgia S
supporter of that unworthy Senator and his jiiß
tious schemes,hikes most grave exception anddß
our language “rude.” Wc Inve re-perused thatS
tide, as published in the Constitutionalist, anil J
strongest phrase wc can find in it is the' word
postatc.” Is it rude to call John Forsyth an«j J
tate ?” He has not only “apostatized” from the aB
publican faith in which he falsely professed to I
lieve, hut he has trafficked her political "influence*
serve his mean ambition. I
Does the Editor of the Constitutionalist app J
the course of Mr. Forsyth ? We put the qumiM
categorically. The people of Georgia arefywß
done with Mr. Senator Forsyth. They i.-- : :■
an awful reckoning to make with him, and 'B
would not be in his shoes, tho’ they were studail
with diamonds. Ile will yet quail' before the j
nation of an insulted and enslaved people.
Cherokee question is not yet settled. The' hill I
which Mr. Forsyth voted to draw the life-blood®
the sons of Carolina, is yet destined to kindle I
flame of civil war in Georgia and to firing dess®
tion upon her sons. Who gave life, being a , n i,®
matiou to this bill, one ol the provisions of
was specially designed to meet the case ofGcorß
and the Chcrokees ? It was John Forsyth, cndß
will have to pay the penalty of his infidelity. ty®
are not going to he mealy-mouthed, when the a:*®
laid at the foot of the tree of Liberty, to be heir®
down at the pleasure of a Military despot. ®
Wc but respond in our views to the feeliirs ifil®
great majority of the people of Georgia ii/rtatiM
to the course of Mr. Forsyth upon the enibrcfyijH
It does not suit cither the views, the interests
present estranged feelings of the Editor
stitutionalist from the State of Georgia to
bearing and ..language of a freeman, when
of slavery are clanking at his feet. If we
that Mr. Forsyth lias sold his conscience
gewgaws and trappings of office, have we
right, nay, are we not bound, as an honest
ful sentinel upon the barbican of liberty, to
people that their public servant has sold
try and himself to their enemies ? We have
ken f.orn the impulse of a deep and honest
tion, and we repeat in the bold and fearless
truth, that we do not believe Mr. Forsyth
spark of political honesty.
The Editors of the Messenger come in lor
share of the compliment paid us by this
Wc doubt not, they will give him a Rowland
his Oliver. We say to them, spare not deserter^®^
®
Georgia in the hands of the ciiik®
The Northern Federalists have ever
Georgia the most malignant feelings, arising
the success which has crowned her repeated
to rein ve her citizens from Federal usurpath n.‘
they were not moved, in taking advantage
President's determination to push South
extremities, to procure the passage of
in order to preserve the fealty ot that State
In all probability, had that case only presented i
for adjustment, force would not have been
promptly. Who docs not now see that
was oniv the pretext for the law, and
real object to be operated upon by its bitter
ting pill. The section, which embraced the
na case, was limited to a year— that.
Gcor ia controversy with the Chcrokees,
perpetual. Had Webster and Adams ni
deeji humiliation which Georgia hail brought 11
under, when that Bill was framed ? No.
the auspicious moment io be revenged ft r ;Ih'
Georgia had given to Federal pride,
ningly and joyously embraced.
\ he Chcrokees have taken leave of the
at War and returned to their homes, o
the advice of Webster and ot.ier friendsoi iy ,v 1
carnage to bring their case before the
< 'mirt, where they are promised a lavorab.e
of their case and the enforcement o) the decree ■■ ni
< ourt under the permanent section of the e
framed to meet the case itself. We must 'j 011
pay the Chcrokees their own price for.h' '
which have been distributed by lottery o:
be put to tiie sword and bayonet. Ibis ist
alternative and Ga. will shortly have to elioe*
she will adopt. If ill she submit to be dic.«‘■
/Lobster, Adams, Jackson and Forsyth.
cancel the laws under which wc have 15 x^B,' 1
these lands among our people restore them
much trouble and expense to the
she pay tribute money to the Indians to " a '‘. i^®L l ‘
blow aimed at us by the Force Bill ■
the particular attention of the reader toj » “ ■
remarks of tho “ Spy in Washington, w
dictions, based upon the most accurate
with the secrets of parties at WnsluHc 01 • I
almost every instance, been verified :
“ Anew and alarming difficulty has arisen- ,■
asites of Power are endeavoring to smo a ■ p,;
which lias been kindled by restless and un . trm
lion. 'YUc fourth and fifth sections of tie an( j C o
South Carolina, opens Hie
them to bring the question ol title to
.Mines b< fore the Supreme Court of the ,
Immediately after the passage of this ' ’ ' tarvo |® / ,
in due form, gave notice to Gov. l/ass, *-
of their determination not to progress ’ '
which tin v had made, in a great measure, U j^B" L
Lis now said and believed, that theywu _ p o|J^Bujua
ease, in relation to their lands, to the u P offi
it is the opinion, generally, of s»un<
creo will be made in their lavor. l|p r
Cherokee notice upon the Cabinet W I|) j^*S(.i l (
The War Minister is embarrassed bjr L i^t^Brollii
peeled position, in which this more®
ministration. robabl? can '
If tin < Itt reil,ces persist,and the? p
bought oil by a largo sum of in°o c ?> (tIC |;
be eonipellrd to respond in the . or < a
hardivid'-d, bv lottery, among her IpK
pse it
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