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M. ri: iiIOIIT’S ADVOCATE.
JuUEVILLE, JUNE 19, 1833. j
BL, authorised to announce j
n \WFOIiD, oi Hancock, a
H„, for Governor, at t«»e eis
I rol BTII OF JI I.Y.
meeting of the Volunteer
;; '/place, «l>e propriety of celebrating
H,.. v ,y of American Independence hav
■ red, the following committees
y i,u the part of tho Corps, to con
committees (should such be appoint*
citizens) and co-operate with them in
Hjj pie necessary arrangements for the
to select an Orator.—Messrs.
A. H. McNeil, \V. G. Lane and
Hlaunay.
of Arrangements.—Messrs. John
L. 1). Buckner, Wrn. J. Davis,and
® ll«r.
■ aunittce to select an Oratorfurtheday,™
of their charge, have selected
Hiiure, Esq. who, they have the pleas
of the appointment,
of arrangements will report
in due time.
June 19, 1833.
correspondents. —“ Macon” on Banks, I
Hed. An Cration de'ivered at LaGrange, j
Bounty, on “State Rights,” is received—
Blue tor to-day’s paper. It is forthcom
■ next.
"HI LLS OF COURT,” which have
‘n: as tortb-coming from this office,
|Hm weeks past, are now nearly coinpiet-
He I have been much earlier, if we
■re*; the copy as waeexpected. Those 1
f -warded their orders are informed
will be sent as early as they are
bound.
■ Convict in the Peurtentaary, named
wiio had been sent from Chatham
- iii.iiibiaughu r, w as drowned in the ()•
near this place, on Sunday last. It
Ho ian niion.aly, bow a convict, being
H c uM be drowned, as in the above case ;
••' . requires thisuxplanatiou. Keni-
H.-noi within 25 days of the lime he
for, and as is usual, with one
■ ... • iiim.-elf satisfactory in the Peniten
, ■«cd some priviledges, and confi
■b- re lie was permitted (one of the guard
Inin; to visit the river to bathe. It is
B. he was taken with tho cramp.
■ r.< i i; ,: e. has been established at Jones-
county. John Jone 6, Ksq. Post
Honthorir Agriculture, Ac.
was called to this subject a few
■ : conversation with an intelligent farmer,
m his operations, and successful in
He iulerrogaled us, “ Why we
were so deficient in public spirit and
Whilst we admitted the fact of supine
neglect of the uses of the rich bequests ol
sere not so ready to give an answer to
'O. Il was not, however, because there
t the deplorable fact, that the South.
ar ■ liemishcd with a frigid inditicrence,
spirit, and divested of those exalted
ii triple, aaj consequently their general
jßf . Oar peoplo are unambitious to make
grow where but one had grown be.
hey have not the enterprise to project, or
w t.r.'cute those improvements of public
ornar.ioat, which give vigor, and life,
to a community. While this stale of
(and we fear it will too long) no
n r , ran be indulged, ol onr approach to
-Id. May we not, however put tho “ flat.
H our eoul,” that Georgia, peculiar
will v \ will Soon awake, from her “ Rip.
' " f »p, aaj take fri sit spirit and incrcas.
hi r slumber. She can nor, we be.
uat, loot; calmly on, and see her noble
H Ci ' i" ! spirited sisters, marching forward
|^B ,Ir ' _ without some tfTort to fairly struggle
. put her capabilities into action, to
ru,-. -.he good race, with honored cele
not successful conquest.
painful reflection to the true Georgian, who
:r ' l fleered and interests entwined to the
“ *'u l l home," to contrast the advance.
B ■ ‘ science of agriculture and public ini-
H' 1 ' v rich hae been so rapidly and success-
by her sisters, with the want of it
B : ' v ' state—(wo sav native —not literally so,
early identified it as our home, and
“blown with our growth.” and increased
K!')
'/ w ith a soil hs favored as “ God’s sun
—with a climate that almost vies with
ntmosphere—with a peoplo naturally
patriotic ami industrious, and endow,
qualifications wh-ch form tho consti.
of a great and flourishing state -
of facilities, adequate to reward the
"V in every branch of science, of agricul.
! ii'f'liamcs—with fine natural channels,
■' ™ taaieriel which are wrought into pro.
“notifying use, by the hand of theani.
■ mth « “gnarled oak” to gold, “ pure gold"—
numerous undiscovered and buried
sufficient to repay the scholar,
IFI and the naturalist, in their researches—
B'. l,| , a | '^ cse advantages, and more, we are a
t'Mnrgot ixg reopt.t—plodding the paths
B‘ lters Hod, under the dogmatical error,
' *®y. was always the right way. Nor in
so bad if iD practising from their
a -opted 'heir virtues • but instead ol which,
ns arc made on ahetr good precepts and
and until they are, commingled with past
■ “nd the abnee of present advant iges.
■ ' r contrast the smiling, improved, and
► lace of country of onr more Northern
o:, r exhausting and neglected fields—
|B I”u adorned end flourishing cutes,
our'Uecayed and delapidattng towns andjtriUfes—
whether their magnificent public edifices, spired
churches, and arched bridges, (surpassing the best
conceptions of the imagination) with our rickettv
and tottering semblances of such, and which are but
mockery of what they pretend to be -whether their
improved streams, constructed rail roads, and well
paved turnpikes, with our slovenly systems of navi- j
gation and ‘ road-rail highways,—whether their sys. j
tematised and well.governcd seminaries, and uni. |
versal education plan, with our ill-digested, tttisma. j
naged, ignorant, an pauper.like schools, mere at- 1
tempts “to learn the young idea how to shoot”— |
we say in all these comparisons, it in every instance j
in which the improvement of man and of nature’s
gifts can he compared —(except hereinafter provided) (
in whatever light we look at them, we have pre. I
sented to ourselves a beggared and haggard aspect, 11
at which our senses sicken, and our fancy dies. \,
It is true, we acknowledge no superior people to ’
our own, in the innate principles of right, honor and ,
ambition. No people on the globe are more sensi. j i
tive [to use parlance style] “of the high principles i
of honor,” and “on economical principles,” than
our people. It is our boast, that we are Southron, 1
by birth, in feeling, and by residence, yea, we hope 1
to be even until death: but with the best conceptions i
of our section and people—with our determination
to abide by and with them through time—“ through 1
good and through evil report”—yet we are tree to 1
admit, and with mortification, too that we are far be.
hind our con.temporary brethren, in improvements,
in rational and local improvement, in all improve
ment, save our paramount effort “to do the thing
that is light”—and in our superior understanding of
the science of government, and its bearings on the
rights of freemen, and of liberty. In our honest
opinion of these saving exceptions, we have our mind
[touse the expression] “fully made up,” and will
maintain the position now and ever, at any and all
hazards.
We had not designed extending this article to it.
present length, nor to have given it the features it
wears : but our feelings and enthusiasm were
wrought on by the unpleasant reflections which are.
trospcct ol things and places have produced; and,
like “ the tear of affection and sorrrw.” by us pos.
sessor, we have been some rel eved by shedding
our ink. Rut our main object, in the outset, was to
present the following extract from a communication
in an Alabama paper. It will be perceived that its
direct application was to Alabama; but it w ill never
theless bear transportation and use in our meridian,
w e shall, at a future time give our views, and tri
fling as they may be, to endeavor to awaken the
people of Milledgevii.le and the sub jacent country,
to a sense oi their interest. Me shad endeavor to
show that it is a want of energy and public spirit,
why our metropolitan and te.ntrical state town is on
the wane—and that by a proper direction of public
spirit, enterprise, and effort, this seventy-hills’ town,
might be arrtsteil from its downward march, and
rise, Phomix-like, from its ashes.
The following extract is pithy—Read it, and with
an understanding sense :
EXTRACT.
“ There is nothing, perhaps, which shetfs the
want of enterprise in the southern people more
than the neglect of our agricultural affairs. i.i is
to me a matter of the utmost astonishment, (T ha.l
almost said mortification) that in such a i
community as this, numbering so many farmers j
of intnlligenee and wealth, that no associations j
have been formed, for the purpose of adding to i
the common stock of the Agricultural knowledge
of the couutry. In this community, composed of]
men, whose only profession is agriculture, not a j
syllable have I seen written upon that subject!
I verily believe, that we inhabit the best pottion i
of the southern country. Shall we make no effort j
to sustain our lands under our exhausting sys- j
tem of agriculture 1 How can we promote this I
great object so effectually, as by Agricultural i
Associations, by means of w hich the whole com- \
inunity will be enabled to profit by the experience 1
and skill of each individual ?—Let us recollect, ]
that our section of country has most of the advan-1
tages of an older country. —Let us recollect, that
although we may kill our lands here, and find .
fresh lands in the western wilds, that it is a most [
difficult matter to find . fertile & healthy' country,'
lying upon one of the very best rivers iu the U. j
States, and convenient to an extensive and excel- j
lent market for all the produce we can raise, j
Such is our section of country. We have it in j
our power, either to abuse or improve the advan-!
tages which nature lias so profusely bestowed ;
epon our country.
“ Wliat's in a names”
Is the innocent inquiry of the tender and rnipas
sionate Juliet—
“ that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet”
So think not the political jugglers of the present
day : They firmly believe (their actions induce 1
us to think so) there are some names so tainted,
that they offend the pure organs of republican j
freemen : therefore, they arrogate to themselves j
a name utterly regardless of its applicability.'—j
We have been led into these remarks by observ-!
ing the eager avidity with which the talismanic !
title of 4 Union’ has been caught np by those who !
once blushed not to wear the badge of Federal-;
ism; their sincere zeal to propagato principles;
which have been long since repudiated; and I
their wily endeavors to cloak these exploded j
doctrines of a past age, under the »pecieus cogno
men of ‘Union’ principles. We allude to those |
who are just putting forth (heir claim to be the!
exclusive 4 Union’ party of Georgia. It may be *
an inquiry of no small interest to ascertain what i
this title means, and what ‘ Union’ it is that hat* j
at this late day, thus loudly called forth their ad- j
herence. Is it a 44 Union” of tho dispersed and ;
discarded fragments of a •andered party? Aj
‘Union’ Gs time-serving politicians, of office-,
seeking partisans, of all whose heretical and pre
posterous opinions have heretofore rendered them
obnoxious to the charge of being Federalists in
disguise ? Is it a 4 Union’ of those whose ac
tions have occasioned a withdrawal of public
confidence, and a dismission from public service,
and are they now seeking to regain their lost scep
tre, and Tide upon this popular hobby triumphant,
into the affections of the people ? Or is it meant
to typify that party who would make the bond of
affection that once united these freo and sovereign
States for tho purpose of common defence and
general welfare, an iron fetter to enchain to
gether in indefeasible allegiance to one consoli
dated government its discordant and distracted
portions ? Is it to be construed Union if you
choose, if not it shall be as we choose ? If si ch
be the meaning that this once consecrated epithet
now wears, the Federalists, have wilfully pervert
ed the term, or mistaken its obvious import; and
we in all reverence suggest for their adoption, the
title of the Fetter-lock and Shackle-bolt party, as
being far more appropriate, and possessing the
advantage of a derivation from the times when
Quixotic crusades in defence of opinion, and the
palsying rule of fanaticism and priest-craft, were
more in vogue than at present. We trust if such
be the meaning of this cabalistic abracadabra of
Federalism, that the freemen of Georgia will ne
ver he numbered w ith the worthippers at the
tty?* political if it means
those who are, in the expressireJaiiguage of one
of our national songs
44 Rallying round our Liberty,”
firmly resolved at ail hazards to maintain the
j treedom bequeathed to them by their ancestors, —
; 10 preserve that Union cemented by the blood that
flowed like rain from the heights of Bunker Hill,in
1 whose defence the plains of Carolina were strew
ed vvuhthe dying ami the dead,when the polluting
fool-step of the hostile invader was upon our shores,
and lus armed navies darkened our waters : If this!
be its meaning we fully understand the term. If to
defend tiie principles of *76 be the object of the
44 Union party,” we would respectfully ask its
self-coaslituted leadi rs how they propose to el
feet so desirable a consummation ? By riveting ,
the liuks of consolida non on the unwilling limbs
of the free ? By betiding in servile meekness at;
the foot of Northern avarice? l>y lending;
themselves the willing tools of a cratiy aspirant
for office? By sacrilegiously defacing aud obli
terating the ancient landmarks of the true faith,,
aud overturning the barriers that have so long
set the overwhelming wave of sophistry at det-!
ance ? If these he the means by which tiity |
would effect their aun (aud of the truth ol the I
conjecture, their present course affords ample ev-;
ideuce,) we pity their delusion. Why ws are
are for ‘ Union’ too. A Union to preserve which
we would peril all and do all that a patriotic cm- ,
zen might do—a 4 Union’ transmitted to us as our;
patrimony, under which we were born, and under
wfilch we wonla die—a Union of free sovereign
and independout States.
CONVENTION.
Since the subject of ratifying the proceedings
of the ‘late’ Convention is fairly before the peo
ple of Georgia for ratification or rejection, we
would call their attention to the anomalous char
acter of that body.
Conventions according to our limited notions
of political matters, are the highest enacting au
thority known in a representative government.—!
Emanating as they should, directly from the peo-;
pie, the source of all power, they should come to |
the task before them unfettered and unshackled. 1
The grievance is laid before them, and their du- 1
ty is to point out the remedy. They canuot by
any principle except such as govern party tactics,
be restricted to any particular method of acting ;
but it is their undoubted, nay their imperious du- .
ty, to pursue such a course as is most conducive j
to the general welfare, to adopt such a remedy as 1
will most effectually’ remove the grievance on !
which they are called to act. The Convention, j
whose late session will confer equal honor on the
.State with tlier history of the Yazoo fraud, could
lot properly be called a State Convention, As
sembled by and under the authority of an act of
the Legislature, they could not assume “ ob ori
gine” te represent the sovereignty of the State.
Who clothed the Legislature with power todirect
the action of the sovereign people of Georgia,;
when assembled hy their delegates to correct an
error which their Representatives had once and
again refused to rectify ? Who strengthened the
arm of the servant that he might dictate to tho
master the path ho should pursue ? Who robed ;
the Legislature with the right to say to the swel
ling wave of sovereignty, “ thus far slialt thou j
come, and no farther?” The Legislature in this, [
usurped a power with which they had never been !
gifted. They might recommend, farther than this j
they could not go, and when their recommenda-;
tion assumed the authority of an enactment, they |
overstepped the limit assigned to them and es- j
sayed to grasp the sceptre that had been confided !
to other hands. But it is said that the people in \
electing their delegates under the law, adopted i
and sanctioned its provisions. This we deny.— j
We pronounce the proposition most preposterous
ly absurd. They only adopted the recommenda- j
tion of their Representatives as to the time and !
mode of election. Jf the fact of their electing
delegates under the law, is evidence of their in
tention to adopt and sanction its provisions, |
how comes it that they elected delegates not
qualified to represent them according to the terms j
of that act ? Did they adopt a part and reject a
part of the law ? If so, what evidence is there j
that they did not reject that portion which made |
! it incumbent on the Convention to allow each
! county one Representative at least? Now the
fact is that there were members in that conven
! tion who were clearly disqualified by tho terms
jof the law from holding their seat. And yet thej',
elected in defiance of its provisions, felt them,
selves bound to respect the enactment of the le
j gislature. Admirable Logic! Glorious consis
i tency ! The Delegates of the late Convention
i at least a portion of them felt the embarrass
j ments under which tho far-grasping wisdom of
j the Legislature had placed them. A portion of
them with a praiseworthy persevernneo endoavor
ed to remedy the evil that had thus called forth
the energies of the sovereign pcop!e._ They were
borne down, by the drilled regulars of an in
trigueing party. Their efforts paralised, their
schemes to advance the public weal rendered a
bortive, hy the narrow-minded policy they had to
encounter, and finally the great interests of the
state were bowed by the majority to their own
selfish notions, and their circumscribed and in
terested ideas of personal advancement. These
things, people of Georgia were not done in a cor
ner, they were planned, published and acted in
j open defiance & utter disregard to your interests.
The Halls of the Capitol were disgraced by such
scenes of political traffic as we hope nevor to
witness again. But the day of retribution is at
hand, when the voice of an indignant people will
be heard, arid those who have dared to tamper
with the public good will bo made to feel the
weight of public indignation.
The Slate of Texas.
| This people until now known as a Colony,
j have lately held a Convention of De'egates for
that purpose, to frame a Constitution for their in
dependent government, which has resulted in
j the establishment of the Constitution of the
j State of Texas. Its form of government is Re
publican, and partakes aimost. entirely of oura—
j heing as we he|j e *r ( taken mostly from the Con
i stitution of Georgia and of the United States.—
Among the framers of it are three individuals,
and perhaps more, familiarly known to the peo
ple of this State, to wit: Jared K. Groce, for
| merly ot Augusta—Charlton Thompson, former
ly of Macon —and Gov. Houston, formerly cf
Tennessee. The Constitution has a clause,
which prohibits paper currency, or any other,
; than gold, silver and copper.
i Cj’The dinner to be given by the citizens of
| Monroe county, as a tribute of respect to John
i M. Berrien, will take place at Forsyth, on the
! 20th inst. We learn thata number of distinguish
ed individuals are expected from the neighbour
; ing States of S. Carolina and Alabama. Many of i
Georgia’s most talanted sons will be there, to do j
1 honor to Mr. Berrien, and among them, we ascer- ,
; taiu, our distinguished fellow citizen, George M.
j Troup. —Oeorgia Macengtr.
1
NULLIFICATION.
; “ What is this much abused XuUificution ?” !
Let it he taken up and inspected—let every can- j
i did and impartial man, “ not haring the fear of
Jackson before his eyes," look upor. the following i
true picture of nvUifieution, and say whether he :
can see in it the terrible featurts the hideous de
formities, which have been given to it by the cun- |
ning art and debavchtd conceptions of its oppo
cents ? Let them look to its origin, and sav !
whether He who first “discovered and revealed
to the people this new light” deserves to be dr-1
nounced as a “ discontenteu f.ictionbt and ambi- j
tious disorganizer”? Who that respects truth 1 ;
and values his reputation for candor, can deny, l
since the publication of the original draft of tho i
Kentucky rosoluttons in the proper hand writing j
ot Mr. Jefferson himself, that he was father of i
this much abused doctrine of nullification ? Is
not the fact so plain that “he that runs may read,”
and that he that reads must understand ? Do
they not expressly assert in so many words,
44 that nullification is the rightful remedy” ?
And yet we find men among us, hardy enough to
declare that nullification derives no support front
the authority of Mr. Jefferson. Too cowardly
to come out openly and honestly, and denounce j
the doctrines of the Virginia and Kentucky reso-1
lutions of *9B, they seek, by the most artful cun
ning and daring hypocrisy, to give to, them a
false meaning, or rather to prove that they have
no meaning atall. And thus the mischief has
been effected—thus the peoplo £ have been most
grossly abused and betrayed—the name of State,
Rights has been hypocritically assumed to cloak
the practice of ultra-federalism, —and the authori
ty of Jefferson, “the great apostle of Liberty,”
and the Father of Nullification, has been daring
ly invoked ass sanction for doctrines subversive i
of State Rights and destructive of all liberty. 1
Why this attempt to mystify and falsify the doc
trines of’9B? For what purpose has riouth-Car
olina, and the mode of redress which she has
thought proper to select for her and our wrongs,
been so sparingly condemned ? Let the people
of Georgia look "to the source and examine the
motives whence all this clamor comes. Can it
be possible they are so credulous as to believe in
the sincerity of those who, whilst they profess:
the most unbounded devotion to the people, are
openly and decidedly opposed to every efficient
mode of protecting their interests and securing
their rights ! Will they confide in the motives
of men, assuming the name of “State Rights,”
yet violently and recklessly assailing a remedy
designed specially for their defence ? Principle’
is no guide to such men in their opposition to
nullification. The, interest and safety of. the
Southern people are nothing to them, compared
with their schemes of political preferment, to ac
complish which it became necessary to dis
tract the people **ith false and exaggerated re
presentations of a doctrine which was designed
for their benefit, and lo degrade the man who was
Rs supposed author. Such are the motives which
havd dictated the course of John Forsyth -and
his party in Georgia. To secimWheelevation of
Martin Van Buren to the Presidency—to gain po
litical power and popularity for his patron in the
South—to degrade a dangerous rival, who had
generously put to hazard his fama in the success
of his scheme for vindicating Southern rights,
this recreant*son of Georgia and his deluded lol
lewere have bartered away the true principles of
the Government, and left their betrayed fellow
citizens defenceless, and exposed to the ravages
of a remorseless avarice. —Georgia Messenger.
From the Hickory A T ut. .
REDUCTION CONVENTION, &e.
Nothing can be further from our intention than
to indulge in a tyraile, against the constitutional
amendment now before the people. Perhaps
we have already acquitted ourselves of unrea
sonable obligation in this matter, by giving our
readers, the amendment; the table representing
the statistical basis upon which the Senate and}
House of Representatives are proposed tc be
Constructed : and some of the most decisive argu
ments of intelligent editors against the mode of
reduction, toto carlo, in nil its features throughout.
Neither weight of authority in matters of opinion,
nor ability and pre-eminent information in the de
tails of this subject belong to us, in so distin
guishinga measure, that we should ;i9sflme to
enlighten and lead the public judgment to a de
cision. We affect no profundity in political lore,
and certainly profess no dexterity in politicaltac
tic3. Enough however we do know and see to
determine ns against the ratification. If either
the principles or the form of the amendment are
materially objectionable, there certainly is no ur
gent necessity in the case that it should be swal
l lowed with our eyes shut, or like the juggler’s
! svrord, to show the world what a prodigy we are
I capable of performing, without hazarding pnliti
i cal suicide. Thank heaven thealiedged pletho
ra in thq legislative bodies, which theconven
| lion was especially convened to shrink and re
j dtiee, is certainly not so unwieldly and enormous
;asio prevent their convenient and Competent
j movement, through the common circle of duties,
j or to require such immediate extremity of com
i pressiou and excision as to endanger ail reasona
-1 > le symmetry ; and for the sake of a little expe
dition and economy, at the present, to hazard the
future vigor and stability of their constitution.
The advantage gained would not be equivalent to
the violations done to justice and equality. Is it
true that the sceptre of representative power has
been arbitrarily transferred from superior numbers
and contributions for tho support of government,
to less populous and contributing portions of the
community ? If so, justice forbids ihc ratification.
In the Senate this is clearly the case. Stubborn
statistical facts provo it; laggard argument on
that point has no vocation. Through the four
views of actual voters, representative population,
white population is equally conspicious. In the
first, from 2,793 voters, the amount of the most
populous district to 300 that of the smallest—in
the second, from a representative population of
30,084, the highest to 2,711. the lowest—in the
third, from a white population of 17,831, the
largest, to that of 1,371, the smallest —and in the
i fourth from a taxation levy of 13,4720.i, the
; maximum lo one ot #6OO, the minimum, we have
the extremes between which tho most conspi
cuous inequlaity presents itself throughout the
whole catalogue of the proposed senatorial dis
tricts. To obviate objection to this, shall it be
alleged, that the senate is based upon territory
; and does not and ought not to rest upon popuht*
I tion and taxation ? Will its advocates liken the
s'atc tv that of the United States ; and tell us that
Delaware w ith its st;*p of territory aarl handful of
<-t people has as much strength la the Senate as
New-York, an empire in extent and numbers ?
I’Ue precedent cited is inconsequential from our
premises and iocmicl u&ive to the argument. The
equality cl tne Suites in the federal senate, was
i tbs necessary consequence of the condition ol
the Buus witen they entered the Union; ait
claiming lobe equal iu sovereignty and actually
beingsot and curiously deunmati'g that provi
sion in the composition ol tho senate, to preserve i
them so. The counties in this or in any oilier j
state are in no such position, l’hey arc nothing !
like sovereign, ki tire mere civil uivisßns of the J
stale ; created and defined lor the more cottimo- i
dious application of the laws, fertile moreeffec-j
tual reuress of injuries and vindication of rights, (
j aud for the more convenient exercise of the elec-j
live franchise and internal police. As contain- 1
log Iragmeuis of tiie great mass of population, j
they art lo be regarded however upon a looting of j
pcrtect equality m tfie whole amount ofrepreseu- j
lalive numoera ; in reference to the exercise of
po.iiuaii power. Il not; if itumeiise dispropor
tion ale insiuuateddjy the means of arbitrary ge
ographical arroudiseiiients and and partitions ;it
tiie greul)nass is so divided and the districts so
contrived that olie bundled citizens hi one section
ot the Slate, exercise as much political power in
lue enactment of laws and the appomtuieutofoi
hcers, as 1000 do lit another, it results as plainly
as a senool-tio).'s sum tu plain figures, Urdt nine
kundred citizens are dlslranchlsed or nullified *
ami entirely submerged, by every such arrange- j
mem. ul such policy be confirmed hy tiie,en
lightened and sober citizens of Georgia i In
iheir hurry and impatience to rid tho legislative
bodies of some slight dropsical sympiuns, will
they madly lend iheir strength to the Hand of *m-
, nries ; who would lip so ucep through the viials
of equality as to eiioaiiger the very existence ol
a tuige proportion of the elective lranchise !
W e will here take the liberty to say, that with [
us the very auspices under which the convention j
sprung into existence betokened no very salutary ,
result. It was horn with the manacle ul restric
tion by ordinary legislation about it; and went
into the hall at MiUedgcyllle, not with the lofty
port and independent aspect of tne sovereign peo
ple, whose concentration and reflection it pur
ported to be, but with the lameness of subordi
nate delegates and the mortifying consciousness
of petty ageijts, fettered hy a special power of at
torney, signed, scaled and delivered by self-corn
stituted and unconstitutional principles. The
ignominious badge of lowly servitude was upon
them from the beginning. They took their
seats and proceeded in their labors with the ap
parent stigma and reproach of confidence with
held, and suspicion ensiamped upon their creden
tials. . It was a. strmige nnomoly ; a raostj
notable solecism, that the sovereign people
sli mid ho seen sitting in convention afraid to trust
themselves, and should complacently Submit to
i lie trammels forged by a set cf organs, Convened
in subordination to tho constitution, and limited
in their acts by that instrument to definite objects.
That, a constitution making power, should be
ordered and directed hy an assembly pretending !
to no such'attribute was singular and passing!
strange.
The Senate in the State of Georgia has co-or-!
dinate legislative powers with the House of
Representatives ; and in practice «tTv and does
present an effectual harrier to any and al) legisla
tive acts- Its influence on the destinies of the
public is as potent and constant as that of any
other branch, for it can neutralize, small as it is,
every proceeding of the other, by withholding its
concurrence. It is therefore as directly connec
ted with the people, as powerfully operative up
on their lives, theif fortunes and their sa
cred honor, as tho other branch, and should life, as
is intended by the theory of the existent charter,
as fairly, completely and fully the representative
of the whole people. Tiie community have a9
much concern and as deep a pledge in their acts,
and should have an equal participation in consii
ting the Senate as in returning the House of Rep
resentatives. Indeed they may he considered as j
nearly wne and tiie same tntrtg; and equally brief i
in th< irtenure of office. 'Hie chief advantage, as |
things are constituted, in leaving the two different j
legislative chambers] is that measures are thereby :
retarded in iheir passage ; infected hills are coni
peilrd to ride a longer quarantine, and are more i
likely to expire in their detention, or lose their;
deleterious Dint, and mischievous tendency, by i
a longer exposure to the air. These thing* being
so away with every contrivance that should make
the senate the allusion of par'y cn -rents, without
respect to representative population ; that should
bring its majority from a lean and unyielding mi
nority of the people, thinly dispersed over unim
proved and almost unimprovable districts ; that
should, to use an allusion that some will under
stand,'deal out a full hand of honors, trumps and
cards of command, (or dummy, to ho played off
successfully against the vital ‘takes of the leading
interests of the State, by such political sharpers
a-* may through all coming time infest tho Sen
ate chamber!
We however believe that tho duty chiefly in
cumbent upon the corps editorial now is to arouse
the citizens to a faithful appearance at the polls,
It is elearthatt.be Jate Convention was chosen hy
a very comparatively small portion of the voters
of the Brate. The day was bad, the apathy was
great, and the independent voters were few.
The second election,for delegates, had marched
in secret and quietness: and thousands who ought
to have repaired to their posts, forgot tiie occur
rence or were too inert to discharge thir July.
They now stand in a different Attitude. They
are called upon to exercise the highest function
at any time within the pale of their privileges;
tosay whether the constitution of the State shall
be permanently changed, in a feature of funda
mental importance ; and if tve arc rightly founded
in our impressions, in a way that will eminetly
affecl-the fountains of legislation and the interests
of thousands. We think that neßhcr the obliga
tions to look to this matter, not the interest, to
counteiact the efiecis of misconception, will he
abortive upon the public mind, and that the whole
suffragan force of tiie State will rally in dense ar
ray around tho constitution to arrest tho effects
of tho injurious innovation.
We aro aware how bald add disjointedaro these
remarks. Any thing like systematic examina
tion of the objectionable amendment was certain
ly not contemplated. We have said nothing
whatever of the total excision of federal basis,
because that has been already honored with com
ment due. in the extracts which we hpve used.
As the judges say in charging juries upon high
prosecutions; gentlemen, if you entertain a rea
sonable doubt, you are bound to acquit; so say
we, Fellow-citizens, if you entertain area sonable
doubt of tho juotice, equality and and wisdom of
tho amendment you are bound to your selves, and
to your posterity, to acquit the country of tho er
ror and culpability of adopting it.
The Fanners Bank of Chattahoochee. —There lias
recently been a branch of this institution establish
ed at Clarkesvilie, Habersham county —Coi.
Samuel -i. Wales, President, aud Paul Has signal,
Esq..Cashior-
It is with painful emotions, we have just
learned that ROBERT LIGON, sen. Esq. died
on bis way homo last evening, whither his af
flicted family were conveying his mangled,and
almost lifel'ss fcr dv. Hia death was occasioned
by a blow on tne head, given by one Jesae
Brawn in this place on Tuesday list. • On an
enormity so outrageous, we forbear further
comment, ns the community are already suffi
ciently excited. Brown is safely lodged in
Gainesville jail. Anraria Herald.
Many of the paragraphs in the English pa
; pers relative to the affairs of this country, aro
j exceedingly amusing Lorn the blunders they
j contain, and, in general tho gross ignoranc.o
1 they display, not merely of our institutions
j and laws, but of the verv geography of the
j country. The following piece of information
is from a late Liverpool paper : The bill to
| abolish nil militia training has passed one
I branch oi the legislature of Pennsylvania, bv
i a vote ol 08 to 52— the Turijf question is
theres—e at an end!"
7’he Baltimore American of the Bth inst- says,
“The President yesterday received visits
of the citizen? from noon until half past one
uclock. Before that houi he made an ex.
cun-ion through the city on horseback, ac
companied by the Mavor and other gentle
men. He will leave the city this morning,
witlrhis suite, in the steam boat Kentucky
for Philadelphia.
One Sense! ! —Our philosophical readers,
who have hitherto valued themselves on the
possesion of f ee sense*, and our less instruct
ed friends who have talked in common par
lance of being frightened out of their seven
senses, will, to use the phraseology of parlia
ment petitioning, lie filled with consternation
and dismay at learning that it lias just been
settled there is but one sense. Men, the
bead of created beings, enjoy only one sense,
it is touch. Ilis eye touches spectral objects
his car touches sounds, bis nose touches smellr;
bis palate ‘ouches flourers—in short his wholt*
life is but touch and go.— IVfifer.a Palladi
um.
Macuied—ln this plane, on Tuesday evening
by the Rev. Mr. Harrison, Mr. Wm. Jackson to
Mrs. 11. B. M. Everett.
Dies, in this place on Sunday morning, Mr.
John R. Wootan, who had long been in a cor;
sumptive decline.
n'tScGehce's
PRIZE OFFICE.
Drawing Received.
r JXHF. following are the Drawn Numbers of the
* NEW-YORK CONSOLIDATED LOT
TERY, Class No. 8, for 1833.
64....32 .62...52...42... 12...41...22 ...27.. 55.
itis l iijw j. cm: s»%
WILL attend the Superior Courts of
the Counties of
7ln*c6gee, fctimptcr, Harris,
Mewai-S. Maiiou, Meriwether,
Randi)l>ii, Talbot, Troup aud
i Let*, Epson, Heard.
Ellerilie, Harris esunty, June 19 23—6 t
NOTICE.
4 LL those indebted to the estate of Henry Bes
well, late of Jasper county, deceased, aro
requested to make immediate payment: and all
those having remands against said estate, will
render them in duly authenticated according to
law.
MILLEDGE ROBY, Ex’or.
Juno 19 23—ts
I*H ESENTMENTS
Os lit? Grand Jury for tlu; Comity
of Eotvitdes. at May Term, IMS.
VNTE the Grand Jury, selected and sworn for
M thecounty of Lowndes, do present;'* a
grievance, the conduct of James Touchstone, for
frequent and repeated overcharges in setting per
sons over the River at his ferry on tho Alapahaw,
in thecounty aforesaid —Witness, William Ro
berts, Isben Giddensand Benj. Sirman.
And taking into consideration tiie badness of
the roads, do earnestly and respectfully recom
mend to the honorable Inferior Court, to use all
| diligence in enforcing the road laws for the im
provement and keeping iu good order our public
! roads.
And also, having performed the duly devolved
: ott ns, in the examinatipn ofoor comity records,
together with tho records of our Poor SrUml
Fund, find them correctly and neatly kept,
and from an expose of the funds by the Treasu
rer in cash and good notes, find that the amount
exhibited corresponds with the books.
\Ye cannot take leave of his honor, Lott \Vas
ien, without tendering our thanks for his strict
attention to the business of our county, and for
the good order which he lias enforced during tho
present term. Also, wo tender our thanks to tho
Solieiter, Stephen I\ Miller, for his polite at
tention to our body during the present term,
i We toquest that these our presentments be pub
i lishedin tiio Milledeeville papers.
WILLIAM BLAIR, Foreman.
| Jeremiah Wilson,
Isben Girldens,
Jesse Lee,
Aaron Mattox,
Nathan Hodges,
James Wade,
James Rountree,
Benjamin Sirman.
Lewis Blackshear;
Joßn Lawson.
Elijah Beasley,
Ilani Boyd,
William Alderman.
Alexander Campbell,
Jeremiah Tilman,
Francis Jones,
Simpson Strickland,
William Hendry,
William .McMullin.
William Burman, son-
Thomas Self.
! On motion of Stephen F. Miller, Solicitor
General, it is ordered, that the foregoing present
ments be published according to tiie request of
the Grand Jury;
I do hereby certify that the foregoing is a truo
i copy from the minutes of the Superior Court .
W ILLIAM SMITH, Cierk.
I June 12.
TSIE NFMERIC'AE BOOK
_ Os (Hi! Prize*
A Nl) drawers names and residence,
in the Gold Lottery, lately drawn, is now
preparing, and will shortly issue from the Geor
gia Times Office, price Ten Dollars, hound.
Orders for the ;ame, will be received by
M. D. J. SLADE.
May I, 1833