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<.KOit<«lA COSTE^THMI. Monday, May 6,1833. In pursuance of the law oi a call ol a Convention, the members elect, assembled this day in the Representatives Hall ol the State House, in Alillcdgeville, andl was organized bv the call ol Maj. Jacob \\ ood, a Delegate from Mclntosh, to the Chair; and on motion ol Dr. L. 11. Powell, Mr. Sturges was requested to act as tempo rary Secretary. The names of counties and delegates were then called, and gen tlemen in attendance, answered to their names. [The same as heretofore publish ed in the Times.] The only county not represented, was Marion. Mr. Foster then moved that the com mittee proceed to the election ot President of the Convention and Secretaries for the same. On this motion, a desultory debate took place; in which Messrs, foster, Daniel, Jourdan, and many others, par took, supporting the motion ; raid Messrs. Harris, Hudson, Sturges. 'l’.J'ort, Clark and others, opposing it. The former ar gued in edict, that the oath was not pro per to he taken, and the latter urging the taking of the oath, previous to the elec tion and organization. As this subject wills occupy a prominent feature in the proceedings of the Convention, it will be more particularly noticed hereafter. Al tera very considerable and procrastinat ed debate, it was decided that the oath should be taken,agreeably to the follow ing resolution, submitted by Dr. Fart, as a substitute to the one offered by Mr. Iver son, which was accepted by Mr. Iverson: Resolved, That this body now proceed to take the oath contemplated in the law of the last Legislature, providing for a call of this Convention, the people having, by their act of holding the elections, adopted the same. Agreed to. The oath was then administered, and the House proceeded to the election of President James M. Wayne and Win. 11. Crawford were putin nomination, and on counting out the votes, Mr. Wayne hud 151, Mr. Crawford 88. Mr. Wayne be ing duly elected, was conducted to the Chair, from which he made his acknow ledgments; which we would publish, but have not y -. procured a copy. The Convention then adjourned to 9 o'- clock to-morrow morning. Tuesday, May 7. The Convention assembled, and pro ceeded to the election of two Secretaries. Whereupon Wilkins Hunt, of Monroe; Win. V. Hanscll, of Baldwin, and Hamil ton Gaither, of Baldwin were put in nom ination. On counting out the ballots, it appeared lhat Hunt received 153 votes, Gaither 145 votes, and llansell 123 votes. The two first named were elected. Henry Darnall, was elected messenger, and Samuel Clay, door-keeper. Mr. Iverson moved a resolution, that the Secretaries have such printing exe cuted as might be ordered by the Con vention. Mr. Crawford, of Hancock, proposed an amendment, in substance, that a com mittee of tlirce be appointed to ascertain the lowest price at which the printing could be executed. Mr. Sturges, proposed, in effect, that the secretaries contract for the printing on the lowest terms, which was accepted by Mr. Crawford, in lieu of a committee, and which was agreed to. It was resolved, that Editors of .News papers he allowed a seat in the convention to t ike proceedings thereof—agreed to. On motion of Mr. Hull, it was Resolved, that a committee of five be appointed to prepare rules for the govern ment Os this body. That committee, by appointment of the chair, consists of Messrs. Hull, Sturges, Watson of Musco gee, Gilmer and Stewart, who retired and shortly reported rules, which were agreed to. Mr. \Vood, of Mclntosh, introduced the following Resolution: Resolved, That a committee to be com posed of three members from cadi Judi cial Circuit in this State, be appointed by the President, to report some plan, which may form a basis for Ihe reduction of the members in both branches of the Legisla ture. In obedience to which resolution, the President announced that lie had made the following appointments to compose that committee. Eadern Oireuit. —Messrs. Wood of M’- tosh, Daniel of Chatham, and Stewart of Glynn. .Yorth rn Circuit ,—Messrs. Crawford of Oglethorpe, Ryan of Warren, and An drews of Wilkes. Middle Circuit. —Messrs. King of Rich mond, Tcnnillc of Washington and Jones ofScriv a. Southern Circuit. —Blaekshear of Lau re 6», For. of Twiggs, and Brace well of Pulaski. Ocmulgee Circuit. —Messrs. Fort of B. Branham of Putnam, and Monghon of Jones. WtsUm Circuit. —Messrs. Wofford of Habersham, Harris of Walton, and Hull of Clarke. Flint Circuit. —Messrs. Clark of Hen ry, Sturges of Upson, and Luckie of New ton. ChatUihnochie Circuit. — M ssr.-\ I’owcl of Talbott, I verson, of Muscogee & Mays. Chtrokc: Circuit —Messrs. Jag. Hemp bill, Irwin and Chastain of Union. The hallowing resolution was offered by Mr. Foster of Greene ; Resolved, that the Delegate* from the County of Murray, be allowed to take tlicir •eats in the Convention without taking that jnrt of the oath pro* ribed Ibr the mem {•era, which relate* to a residence of seven a car* in the .State, A procrasted debate took (dace on this resolution. And on taking the question the room the yea* wxst! IWl—na fr; r*. xl'jpjr ’<*.. iit o i The fdlowit.y r. lutie"vwerc submitted by Mr. Crawford of Hancock: Resolved , That it is expedient to reduce the Senate to thirty-two members, and the House cf Represen tatives to one hundred and twenty-eight. Resolved, That the Senate bo apportioned among the representative population of the State by an equal ratio, or as nearly equal as practicable. Resolved, That the same ruie of apportioning the members of the House of Representatives be pur sued as far as it may consist with the local interest of counties. Resolved, That these resolutions be referred to a committee of , to be appointed by the Presi dent, with instructions to prepare and report amend ments to the Constitution, in conformity thereto.— Rejected. Mr. Iverson submitted a resolution, for which Mr Bailey offered another as a substitute, which was ac cepted, requesting the Governor to furnish a tabular statement of the population ol this state, together with the statement of the Comptroller-General, and that the same he entered upon the Journals of this Convention. Which was adopted. It was resolved, on motion of Mr. Hand, that a clergyman he requested to open the Convention, daily, by prayer. Which was agreed to, and The Convention adjourned until 11 o'clock, to morrow morning, ‘Out* ambition is, to live uader equal law *.” Ainu state BHunro iavocatb. Ml 1 LEDGE VI Ll.e7ma yIT~I 833~ T*iie Convention to Amend the Constitution. This body assembled in the Reprcscntivc Hall on Monday last, the fitli Inst. Upon motion being made, Major Jacob Rood was called to'the (hair. A proposition was then submitted to the body to proceed to the regular organization of the Conven tion by the election ofa President and other officers, together with the adoption of such regulations as might he necessary to secure good order Ac. Be fore the question was taken upon this proposition, a motion was made that every member take the oath prescribed by the act of the Legis'ature, authorizing the call of the Convention,' to restrict that body to a reduction of the representation alone. Much di> cussion of an irregular and discursive character here took place. Finally the question was agreed to be put to the body whether it should proceed to elect its Officers before the qualification of its mem bers was gon e through with. This question was decided in the negative. It was immediately sub mitted, as a question, whether the members should •then proceed to take the oath. Here again a long and animated debate occurred. A portion of the Convention very rationally contended that the Leg islature, this creature of the people, had no right to restrict the people themselves, whenever they chose to assemble in their Sovereign character, thro’ their Representatives. The other portion maintained that the restriction imposed by the Legislature was only recommendatory and that inasmuch as the peo ple had elected their Representatives without dis sent from the recommendation of tiie Legislature, that the restrictions were thus adopted by the peo ple and the obligation imposed upon the Convention not only to act within the limitations of power im posed, but also to take the oath they would not tran scend the authority of the act of the Legislature. It does seem to us that the position taken by that por tion of the Convention denying the right of the Leg islature to impose any restrictions whatever is the only correct and tenable one. Wc cannot divine from whence the creature. derives the power to con trol the Creator; but this doctrine seems now to be fashionable and it was supported in Convention bv all those men in this State who maintain the same position in relation to the Government of the U S. and the States themselves. The Governments, the mere agents of the people, are Supreme, and the People slaves—mere servants of their power or agency they have created. We do not approve the determination of some of the members to go bevond the restriction contained in the act, but the oath should not be taken, because we regard it .as a mere nullity, and an'assumption of authority, which is an insult to the people, and ought, in all cases, to be dis regarded. \\ r o do not think, however, that any o ther part of the Constitution ought to be touched at present, and under the circumstances. Tiie Stave question—'The rilicscy ol State fflitvi'posiiion-Tiic necessity of si resort to it-Tiic Federal party compared ivitti ttie Jesuit*, .The stirring of the slave question in the Nor thern States renders it highly expedient, if it is not indispensable to our political existence, to settle the mooted point, whether Georgia, as a Sovereign State, can nullify and destroy the operation of a law of emancipation passed by Congress. The pc riod has now presented itself when the people of th< - Southern Country, must conclude definitely what method or line of conduct they will pursue to rid themselves of unconstitutional and burdensome laws, and thus retain the freedom bequeathed us by forefathers of the Revolution. This is a momen tous question, if Slate interposition is to shield our slave property from the plundering and marauding habits of the Northern people, and calls for that calm considerate A unbiased decision, which the genius of our institutions and the character of our people can not fail to secure for it. We should be steadfast in the exercise of those virtues which are the founda tion ol' civil,society, and which have constituted our best safeguard, and we hope will be continued as the immovable Palladium of a free and independent people. We may be slaves to our passions and prejudices, when we havu freed ourselves from tin: iron clutch of our foes and oppressors. Such lias been the fate ol all the Nations of Europe who have attempted tlicir emancipation from the Tyranny and despotic sway of the Holy Alliance and the House of Bour bon, and such will be our destiny, unless wc throw men wholly out of our view in the the examination ot political questions and concentrate the entire force: of our intellectual Umpire upon such measures as may be proposed for our adoption in the present cri sis of our ajlans. One act of aggression has led on to another, until our rights will be swallowed up entirely by the usurpations of the Northern Federalists. We have, (and it is much to he regretted) since the commencement of the second term of the ad ministration of the Federal government by Mr. Mon roe, lost sight, almost entirely, of the principles <>f Statesmen, and the leading jaoliticiauc of our coun try, with some lew uohlc exceptions, have arrayed | themselves under the banner* of aspiring and popu lar men, without rrgard to their jiolitical opinions . fifing governed in tlicir selection by a sordid A selfish’ ambition to promote tl eir own elevation to post* of honor tyi* profit, at ID c*r«‘c«f Uk liberties und ha.'p'me sos the people. e would not licie be un- j Jerstood a* condemning *hat high, generous & bftv , aspiration after fame and distinction, winch, in our country, political elevation can so rcauily confer, but we do hold it to be the unqualified duty ot such men, if they have a spark of patriotism which remains un tine xguished in their bosoms, to join the standards of such politicians only, whose political principles will promote the glory, prosperity and perpetuity of this United Republic. There are and ought ever to be two political par ties in our government, whose views of national power and national polity differ, iiiey should ex ist for wise purposes —♦ > keep each other in check, by sounding the alarm,as faithful watchmen on the ramparts of liberty, xvi Jen either-party may attempt to usurp the rights of fie people. The most mode rate and distinguished statesmen of a!! free govern ments who have left any record of their opinions up on tills question, all agree that in a free country there should a! ways be two parties, th atm liberal A enlight ened governments they uniformly exist, andare rare ly, if ever, found to prevail in despotic governments. We do not here deem it necessary to point out the distinction bet ween the principles and policy ol the Federal and Republican parties, as they existed un der the administrations of Jefferson and .Madison, tor thev arc sufficiently well known to every intelli- gent reader in our country, and it would only con sume time. A tire the patience unnecessarily to re trace them here. Our chief design is to call the at tontion.of our readers particularly to the state of ex isting parties in the Southern country, and to point out the resemblance between them and the pofitico rcligious parties of Europe in the sixteenth century; at the head of one of which was Ignatius Loyola and the leader of his opponents was Jauscnius. — With the history of these* two men, many of our readers are probably acquainted, and the origin oi the two parties with which their games are connec ted and associated. However, as wc are about to draw a parrelel between the existing political par ties at tills day in the Southern country, and the poli tico-religious factions of Europe, in the Sixteenth century, it may not be amiss to give a brief summa ry of the rise and progress of the society of the Je suits. Ignatius Loyola,tlieip founder, was an offi cer in the service of tlw King oi .Spain, and was j wounded in both legs at 1 the siege of Pampchma.— Whilst confined to his sick chamber for the cure of his wounds, lie had leisure to indulge in religious stu dy, and his thoughts became imbued with the dread ful superstitions, which at that time made every Catholic a bigoted devotee to his religion. Loyola made pretensions to inspiration, and petioned Paul 111. Pope of Rome, to establish the order ol the Jesuits, the plan of * which he had formed in his own mind. Upon die plan being submitted to the Pope, with the promise-of unconditional submission to the Holy See, he instituted the order, conferring unlimited authority upon the General or leader oi the sect, who was to be Loyola—but the Pope took took care to reserve the same power over the ruler of the Jesuits that he had conferred upon Loyola over the Jesuits themselves. The object of this So ciety was not the advancement and dissemination oi the doctrines of the Catholic Religion, but only the pretext and the instrument of acquiring riches.and political dominion, in whiclt they so far succeeded as to obtain unlimited influence in aii the Courts of Europe, and to make themselves the Rulers de facto es every government in which they succeeded *in planting a colony. They were the originators of nearly all the conspiracies recorded in history since tlicir cstaolishment; the authors of all the flagi tious crimes known to human nature; the murder ers of Kings and Princes, and the origin of all the foul heresies in Religion, moral and Politicks, of which the century of their existence was so prolific. They did not allow the privilege of thought and liberty of conscience, but proscribed every indivi dual who claimed the right of judging for himself. Acting upon this principle they voted Arnauld a fol lower of Janeenius, out of the Sorbonne and expell ed him from the College of the Theologians, because he would not subscribe to their heresies and incon sisfelices. They even deprived, tho’ their influence in the Court of France, the learned and virtuous Rolliti, the author of the Ancient History, of his appointment as Proctor or President of the Nation al Seminary of learning, because he approved the, conduct of the diSciplePof Jansenius, and because they dreaded his influence ii>t> of flu. youth of France, whom it was a part of their policy to bring within the pale of their influence and autho ritv. The grounds of the dispute and the motives which moved them to 6xpcl Arnauld from the College of Doctors,and to anathematize him forever will be explained hereafter, as we carry out the parallel be tween the Federal party in the Southern country, and the Jesuits of the sixteenth century, as delineat ed by Pascal, whose powerful reasoning aria pun gent satire brought the whole society into disgrace and ridicule. It would be it pleasant task to review Pascal's Provincial letters, raid note the striking re semblance between the poliico-rcligious Jesuits of the sixteenth century, and ;thc plitical Jesuits of this day in the heart of lift Southern country.— Every reader could not fail so remark the striking characteristics which appertain equally to both. The objects of tire politico-religious Jesuits of the sixteenth century, were to amass wealth and to ac quire political strength and influence, which they shrouded under the holy muntlb of religious zeal.— The designs of the political Jesuits of the -present day in the Southern country arb to impoverish and .enslave the people whilst they 1 enrich themselves. They expect to accomplish their dark ends under the deceptive gloss of patriotism. We hope to shew to the entire satisfaction of our readers that the op position of the political Jesuits of the present day in Uie measures and principles wh: -h can only re lieve us from unconstitutional oppression is not bus ed upon a more skid foundation than were the affec tions urged by the Jesuits of the sixteenth century against the opinion* and doctrines of Jansenius.— The subject will he continued in oar next paper. Slavery Abolition* It is appalling to see the .powerful off rts making throughout the Northern .Stales to get up an ex citement against Southern Slavery, with a view to the introduction of the question into Congress. Lundy, Garrison, Denison and Wright arc til! moving Heaven and Earth to arouse the Northern States by the most infuriate and fanatical pamph lets, lectures and newspaper articles, and to brine tlicir united voice into the national councils against tlie longer continuance of slavery. These movers ot the question are not obscure men. They are men o| standing, talents and influence, and they would not venture thus boldly upon the subject mi less they were certain of being sustained by the' people., Mr. Wright is a distinguished professor of a College in New York and is put forward as the I Op- n d'o'-atc A . mam-ipution, uh-ht then are j hundreds upon hundreds doing secret and invisible j mischief, by engrafting npon tbc minds of deluded jteople the same opinions which carried the wW<R body of Europe to the Holy Land, to rescue salem from the hands of the Scraccns. In the view of those misguided puritans, it would only be ad vancingthe glory r of God to march down upon us, cut our throats and make our slaves our. masters. In this contemplated crusade against the South, it is deliberately declared, that “Slavery, all the world over, must be overthrown, or the tniltenium pro mised in the Scriptures, will never take place.’ This is the language of the wildest and most barba ric ng#. It is a foul digrace upon the enlightened era in which we live. The millenium can not take place until slavery is overthrown every where ! Would Vandals, Goths or Visi-Goth have uttered language so nonsencical and grossly superstitious? Is the millenium then to be controlled by the power of man? This is a deliberate falsehood uttered to entrap tho ignorant people, whose minds arc prone to superstition. Anti-Slavery societies are forming every whe re. They have set to work in good earnest, and arc pursuing the most effective method to stir up the people to attempt whatever these fell wretches may propose to them. Some Cromwell will place him >4i at their head, and {here is no calculating tiic horrors ofa conflict with men so deluded. Already have several tvf these fanatics set out on a Western tour to enlist the sympathies and aid of the Wes tern people in their unholy and savage cause. Is it not time, we say again, that the people should a wake to the danger that is impending over them? We approve the proposition ofa Southern Conven tion to treat of the question of slavery 7 . For if that can not be accomplished, any other plan which will unite their efforts against the premedialed attack upon ou. rights of property. READ, PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH ! Extracts from the Emancipator, and from Professor Wright and others, ‘'Slavery, all over the world, must Ic overthrown, or the inilienial period promised in the Christian scriptures, will never take place “ Slavery all over the world will be overthrown, either by the MORAL STRENGTH OF THE FREE, or by the pliysiculforce of the endured.” “On these principles, The Emancipator is put in op eration. Speaking from them, ami from ilieir various relevancies, this paper will advocate “the entire and im mediate emancipation of all slaves.” “Such a course will he advocated, because it is the only just, wise, safe, and advantagovs course which can he pursued. Facts will be adduced to support appeals. Appeals will be made in the spirit of kindness. Kind ness will be sustained by the force of conviction. Con viction will be grounded on the power, of truth. Truth will be persevered in, untill labor shall erase.” “The slave-holders are as cruel as they are Corrupt and deceitful, for they slay the flock. The work of death is always going on in slave-holding countries, either more rapidly or with lingering tortures. No record is kept on earth of the human blood shed, and cf the hu man lives-sacrificed to the relentless demon of slavery. The Lord holds the catalogue, and at the head and foot of the direful scroll is the dreadful indictment—“their possessors slay them anil hold themselves not guilty.”— They arc not only robbers, hypocrites, and murderers, but atheists, who commit the mos.t nefarious crimes, and yet plead not guilty. Thus they despise the law of God, and maintain, notwithstanding all their sinfulness, that they are innocent. They virtually deny all morality, and discard the divine government of tho world; abro gate all religion, and even adduce the name of God, and the profession of the divine truth as a sanction for their wickedness. This is the character of all voluntary slave holders in different degrees-” “In several portions of our own beloved country al most ail settled Preachers of every sect are (what Paul himself terms them) “men stealers,” without the small est particle of commisseration for the colored citizens. They possess hot one sentiment of compassion for them, more than that which Pharaoh A his task-master exhib ited for the Israelites. In reference to the American coloured citizens, they exemplify ail the doings of those ancient sinners of whom the Apostle Paul declares, “that they who commit such things are worthy of death, arid they not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them—traitors, heady, high-minded, in continent, fierce, unholy, without natural affection, covenant breakers, false accusers, implacable and un merciful.” This is the general character of ail slave holders, and that Preachers partake of it is proved by their withholding almost entirely, useful instruction from the slaves.” “My limits allow me to quote but one other of the Society’s numberless attempts to conceal and whitewash a system of legalized rapine, lust, and murder. I liavo just opened to it casually, for the Society’s publication cannot he opened amiss. Jf any man caji read it and notice! indignation kindling at the bottom ofiiis soul, I pray God yet to open ins heart to heal a brother's wrongs.” “ Immediate Emancipation. —The following is from the first Annual Report of the New England Anti-Slave ry Society.' It speaks the sentiments of every consistent emancipator. . “What, then, is meant bv immediate abolition ? “It means, that al! title of property in the slavcsshall instantly cease, because their Creator has never relin quished iiis claim of ownership, and because none have a right to sell their own bodies, or buy those of tho:r own species as cuttle. Is there any thing terrific in this arrangement? It means, that all trade in human beings shall be re garded as felony, and entitled to the highest punishment. Can this be productive of evil. Letters from Professor Wright, of the Western Re serve College, Ohio. “Our readers are already informed that President Storrs, and Professors Wright and Green, of the Western Reserve College, Ohio, have taken up tlrcir pens in fa vor of direct emancipation, in contradiction from the plan oi liiiiso who look only to colonization for a reme dy. 'The urticles.in the Hudson (Ohio) Telegraph, wore extensively read and copied, until from some'cause, the columns of that paper were closed to them.” “1 wish to have it distinctly understood, that I shall not enter info controversy with unv anonymous writer. Let any man give in his real name, in favor of the Colon ization Society, and he shall hear from me. Fori pledge inyseif, while God gives breath, to usoit against tv rants and their underlings. Kiuztit Wrhuit, Jr. “P. S. It may interest you to learn, that on the 261 h wc gained a little advantage on .the Temperance level. But! confidently hope better tilings. TJic Anti-slavery ; re ‘urination, like the Temperance, will add fresh vigor jto every righteous enterprise. When we shall have I arisen, earnestly, to the work of purifying our own land, ~’e shall go forth w itli a tidier unction, carrying the liic; >cff trospol to the heathen. The God who has com manded us to ‘old*.! the cause of tho poor,’ will he with us! ‘ “E- W„ Jr.”- “An Anti-Slavery hV-.cty ivis organized at Reading, Ma--. on Wednesday last. “There i* an Ahti-Mnvcrr Society at tho Andover riielogicul Seminary. Among oilier resolutions recent j ly panned by the Society, is the follow mg: i “Resolved, That expediency, •* well ns justice and I humanity, require* that the cdR-vtH should bo imwiodi* I alely eriiancjp.iiuil, and restored to tlicir natural right* and privileg,*.” I >ti viti-Slsvcrf A rmiy has ban fanned at Hath, Me.—Nathaniel Weld, President; Nathaniel I Secretary.” B * awv | “(Kr The in connexion with the cause.” * W B *® AIR. FORSYTH. 1 We recommend the communication signed “S'J nev” to the perusal of our readers. It is a Sp jp-,J and eloquent rebuke of that talented but rnisgujfj Senator, who forged in conjunction with the mies ofGeorgia, the sword which is to be into her vitals. Can Mr. Forsyth read it and ■ ; feel the shame which his desertion and betrayal”!! i the rights and principles of his State should,,,! , ducc in every man, who has not abandoned eve! \ moral sense? We think not. ■ It is said by many of AL- Forsyth’s friends •'J the people of Georgia h ive not been nvsrd resented by him—that they approve his no!;-J course. If this be true, we' surrender at once j confidence in the people. We shall not put J faith in the virtue or consistency of the mn’titJ We are of opinion,if the approval or rejectifeiTl tiie doctrines advocated by Mr. Forsyth, were sal mitted as a question, alone and unconnected irl any other matter, to the people of Georgia a large majority of them would pass sentence of cl demnatioit upon them. L’ .it this is sot the timel test the principles of the people. There are J many subjects in which interest is invoked, and cl nectcd with the questions which involve 'urinoiJ to get a fair and unbiassed decision until their kl ence is extinct and the public mind quieted. ] The xveeping Speaker. 1 Oh! do vote frr me. if you please ! If laintelJ ted, my old master will curse me and turn me i] of doors. Oh! do give me a big vote i If v] don t, he will frown upon me, and wont give me! Treasury pap, when I go back to Washington. 9 Stephenson wanted a big vote and he cried and! sought the people to give it to him. Why did! want a large vote, when he w*s so certain of I election? It is to be used to procure his mission 1 St. James. We wish Gen, Jackson* would til the vile spaniel out of doors. He richly .deserves! cojravfiieAfioiis. 1 l’diLie Meetixo in T.uuArunr.o Coe.vrv. " 1 April 1, ism! At a meeting of (he citizens of Taliaferro C'miJ preparatory to a meeting to take into considc-aj “The Bill, further to provide* fur the collection if 1 Revenue, Ac. passed at the lust session of Congress,l ge l her with other public matters, Ilermon Merl Esq. was called to the chair, and Achilles D. Shall ford appointed Secretary. I The objects of the meeting were then bricflr| plained by Col. Absalom Janes ;—When, on ac! tiie following gentlemen were appointed a commit! prepare a preamble and resolutions, and report t»l next meeting, (to wit) Absalom Janes, Malcomj! ston, R. Q. Dickerson, Henry B. Thompson, h.l Mercer,Simon Morris, Thomas !). Rice, A.l). SiacH foni, E. (L Callaway, A. G. Janes and Arfti! Gresham. I On motion the meeting tiw-ii adjourned to Tumß April 23d inst. A. D.SHACKELFOUDB Siziß April S3, M Pursuant to tiie above adjournment, a f.oiH collection of tho citizens of the county assembicH the Court House. ■ In the absence of the Chairman, Cob. Absalomjfl was called to tho chair. H The Chairman then, as Chairman of theCtmaH reported the following Preamble and Eesolutimß appropriate accompanying remarks— H V. lirrens wc believe that the Government of cited States was l...inrd by consent, ;pid cuglii' tinueits existence upon no other principle— States tire its cit/istitu-nt parts, ami that Sovereignty of these Slates shaft erase to will he merged in Consolidation, the our country become a nullity, and liberty its.iH tiie theme of idle speculation, or tiie watchword D« magogii.v ;—Ami whereas a period has arrived.iH progress of our national concerns, in which cur H inestimable privileges totter under the strongarnrH majority reckless of our rights, callous to the cal! nanimity or justice, and regardless of' < 'oil: titutioii—A majoiity that, we fear, would iciaH ori tiie altar of cupidity, the sovereignty of liis and the rights of our citizens—And whereas ourselves bound bv overv principle »f Honor, pity and Religion to sustain, in their original institutions so long, so justly venerated. Thcrt^H 1. Resolved , That the law passed at the last of Origress called tiie Enforcing Law- alias mu.,’ is arbitrary and despotic, and amounts ally toa repeal of tiie Constitution ; that it establish a military despotism, whereby the rights of the States and the liberties cf the made dependent upon the decision of aa Judiciary and the discretion of the tuny we "have boon warned to “Pukpaue for * and TtiK i-cki-i.i:.” As freemen, therefore, the Law as a most dangerous innovation upon cred rights; and jib dgo ourselves to unite low citizens in resisting it at ail hazards, by whomsoever .t may be attempted to he cnfnr^B 2. Resolved, That .Messrs. John Forsyth M. Wavnc, in supporting the Enforcing UiHi the best interests of Georgia, betrayed the rc|»oscd in them by going over to her enemies hour of trial, and have rendered themselves to flic charge of being influenced by a thirst live patronage, ami unfit to represent a free pcop«^Br ought to resign. I And that wo most cordially approve of tbc of our other Senator and Representative* 10 ln H for us, our constitutional rights. - Nfl 3. Resolved, That, although we do not mtf B w itli all the principles of Mr. Clay’s Tariffi>">' H nevertheless disposed to accept this comp J with tin- distinct annunciation that we will nol f j vigilant exertions, until the duties shall be duccd to the revenue standard. And “As that J misc should ho our utmost concession, we ****** B selves ready to take tiie most decided steps the is violated.” . B 4- Resolved, That the Executive of Georg l * l J case of ihc Missionaries, did by his conduch the dignity of the Slate and prove hiniselj inC “b B sustaining her honor,-—And that a crisis “*? 2 ■ which it is al! iuqxirtarit to have a H 1 ®’ 1 ' J firmness and ability at tiie head of our ■ m« nt;—And further resolved meeting, there is no one so well quah" et . B tarnished honor of the Btatc as our TATt H ( rrizEN, GkbKUE M. Tkocr. ;»ado! Each of winch,was on motion, ..fl the ini-i ting e -xccpt iUefourth, to which ll - ■ dissenting voire. . ,u w : n B .Mr. Slinrl.rlfurd then introduced the o R<si.lrcd, That, having isalousiy eostnW ■ r. pealed elevation of Andrew Jackson o • off office, ami with pleasure recurred 0 ■ non* of hi* public course, wc fearless > . inauspicious resolve to entree by the *•(# R / 'he eo'l,. th r.wMs/'tuiiuual BB