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jnck up a slaughtered sheep, a:id earned
through the street, without even a “ greave
cloth,” buried as you u-puFd a iorSc or a dog.
Famine is sweeping oyer these “ iittle specks
on the ocean,” with far more tearfulness
than the cholera in America. The vessels'
from Portland anil Philadelphia, both with
provisions for the dying, afforded new life to
the almost dead. Not less than fhirly-three
thousand out of one hundred thousand, have
died within one short year. Tire scenes of
wretchedness presented at Anfdneq, Bravo,
anil Tago, are heyondslescriptior.
“ ,\t St. Jago, there was hut little of it com
paratively, except with those’ who flocked
ilicre for relief from the oilier islands- Those
of (lien) who still lived, were grouped togeth
er in a large yard, under the direction of the
police or the American Consul, and fed from
provisions which our country has so kindly
sent to them. The scene was an afflicting
one. Here and there 1 was pointed to little
orphan children, w ho had neither father, moth
er, brother nor sirtei. left- Some of them
tyerc sitting on the ground with a little „ar
meiit thrown over tligm to screen them from
the winds which were then blowing very cold
ly, an 1 so far gone as to be entirely insensible
oi' what was passing around them, arid .as if
patiently waiting for death to relieve them
from their sufferings. Others were walking'
as mere skeletons on earth, crying with pite
ous moans for“ bread but whose stomachs,
when given, were too weak to drive any nour
ishment from it. .Mothers, w ith nothing hut
akin and hones themselves, w ere bow ing and
courtesying for a copper to buy something for
their children, with an im|«irluuity that uiigTit
move a stone. Such a sight I had never 'be
fore witnessed, and it has left art impression
which cannot be forgotten. But God is just
and good.”
FOUGHtA.
Ihlglaiitt,
Slavery. —The following are the resolutions a
jrrml to by the House of Commons on the sul>-
ji-vt of the colonial slavery, as they stand in iho
votes: —
“I. That immediate and effectual measures be
liken for the entire abolition of slhvefy though
oiUthe colonies, under such provisions for rcmi
l iting the coiulilioir of the negroes as may com
bine llicir welfare with the die pro
prietors;
■■ ■:. That il is expudicnt that all ehildten born
after the pas ingof* any act, or who shall be un
der the age of six years at the time of llm passing
any act of Parliament for ibis purpose, be declared
free; r-bject tievi-rilu-Tuss, lo vurli temporary re
siriviioiis as may be deemed necessary lor i.lieir
■support and maintenance.
T!iat all persons now staves shall be rous
ted as apprenticed labourers, anil'acquire there
in all rights and privileges of frCenieu ; subject
t > die restriction of labouring, under conditions
in If r a time to be fixed by I'arliament, for tlicir
prescut owners.
“ 1. That,’towards the compensation of the'
proprietors. His Majesty is en.ili'ed to grant to
i le.n i sum not exceeding 2h,1)00,000/. sti rlii'. c,
i> bo appropriated as Parliament 'shift direct.
"5. That His Majesty be eualiliqt la dbfrav
Buy smdi expense as lie may incur in establishing
bn efficient stipendiary magistracy ill llitvcolonies,
uni in aiding die local Legislaiuics in providing
jpou liberal and comprehensive principles fur tin:
religious and moral education of the negro jinpu
laiicn to be emancipated.”
E’.ST INDIA eoMPANV.— OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Ist. To separate the union' which at presold
|sists between the trading character and the save
s ign character of the Bast India Company.
i. To abolish altogether the Cotnpaay 4s-a tra
ling company, and to throw the trade entirely c
»cn tngeneral competition; hut.
!i. To allow the Company to exercise its yre
(er.t authority in India for twenty years.
I. To legalize the holding of lands by BurQ
».ins in the. Bast Indies.
■■ 'l’oallow the natives of India, iSotwithsfniul
ii’' their colour, birth, or religion . to Ltd equally
pUtiblc to ail offices as Buropearis.
liameal (if the Bank Chart nr. — It may b
lee. -.ary for us to remind our readers of tj-ie lead
iy r items in this iiupojtant couiptcrcjal inater. —
fee proposal is—to renew the.present chart, r for
"city one years, it .being in the power of gov
nmiciii to extinguish imt the expiratnn of Half
in! time, on a year’s notice. No Hanking Com
ity of more than six partners are to issue notes
' ii m.’irapolrs, or wnhiivsixly-fivu miles of it,
! nks es rnoro.thr.n six partners, at « greater,
i lance, may draw bills on London to any a
ount, and issue yetes payable in London. The
auk of Bngla’ud notes are to boa legal tender
cdelitS’ above the value of five 'pounds, and flic
(lie bank slfnll not be payable in gold ex
‘l 1 * at the LiaiiU'of Buolaiuf and its branches.
1 - in.t having more man-three months to run
f notfie subject to.lh»usury laws. A weekly
" "ia.li similar to.lhat laid before the'lLmk (lyuu
litlee, staling tho amount of bullion in the Haul.
■d the notes in circulation, shall he furnished •
eekly io the gdverrftnenl aiiil considered eortli
f'tlial; but a ..publications shall In' made'ill tlie
1 •'•"!' . of the avorage of these accounts, at the
P’ »f the quarter. A hill is also to he introdu
| mi i parliament to regulate country hanks.
" • to enconrage joint slue.!; banking cjmpardes
1 |be country to issue Bank of Hnglaiid notes.
I .urth part of the sum lent by the lianl; of the"
’ •vermnetit is to be paid off; and the charge fir
II ) management of the public debt is to be redu
fl> Ifom 2 ia.noo/. to 1 do, ooo/.
i is to he observed I hat in none of these arrange
-11111 is Ireland, of Scotland included; Knglan.l
11 • Wales are only to.be regulated by them. It
F thought by •‘Mr. H iring that better terms
I'-'ht have been obtained from the Bank by tbc
kniMers, and to ascertain" die issues of country
a l. l.s he conceived to be Impracticable ; while
l ,’’ Hume objected to the excluding competition,
'iila sixty.fi vd miles of the metropolis, and c'ati
;‘!"-''l all iuterfercucc with banking as heing.e
--l’"l unjustifiable as an interposition with any
i!." trade. Some country bankers in tlie-.lmuse
"din that it would he of no advantage to them
make Bank of Kngfand notes.'a legal tender,
proposed publicity to ho given to the accounts
its dtOmcd insufficient by Mr. < * rote ; and Mr.
"ia Smith thought that the making of Bank of
ngi.m.i notes a legai tender was good, but con
ford the regulation of country banks a very
duplex matter. On Monday sc’ifitght this im
nt,i:ul interestingdiscussion is to he resum
■ i*' Bank meeting fcccited great Interest ain
'’ i c citizens on Friday. After its dispersion
" public securities till then extremely heavy,
■i 'h .ul half per ceht. Not so, however, with
•”* Stock, of which, thought it had declined
i'v pm cent, from the earlier prices, there was
1 Sundance of sellers, which at tint opening
BtT, and at four o’clock were 191. The
ministerial arraiigement with the ]>ank
j 1" the judgment of tho monied interest, thought
1 ‘ favourable ’of the Bank itself. Bank Niock
•Iroved on Saturday, and reached lAB . to l.ftt.
. Irclaixl.
INSIUUF.rTION IN CORK.
• V’j/e.vrfu,/. Considerable ex. itemeiit lets
ri vailed m thin oily since the arrival, at a late
,” ,r night, of intelligence el a very serious
I 1 V■ which took place in the neighborhood ol
1 ! "U. arising out of that prolific source ol di
‘a ‘ltd lithe system.
' ls torilav morning was appointed for theserv
"'be notices on the t inners residing in that
" '< "|< I niou of Middleton called Mag.e .ba,
| i'' near Rossmoie, the seat of Mr. Copping-
GBOIUiIA TIAIKH,
1 he country, for miles round, was illuminated on
Sunday night, by tires being lit on the tops of the
surrounding eminences, and it was but too appa
rent that an extensive concentration of the poo-.
I pie was resolved Upon. In pursuance.of previ
ous- arrangement, a troop of tbs 7th Dragoon
tyuards, a couple of companies of the 29th ln-
I, : rtr /’ , a ' ld “! ar S a bo,, y of police—the latter com
niaiided by Capt. Nangle—all under the direction
ol Captain Huarn, It. N., and Marshal Cum
mins, Lsq, magistrates, inarched to the pheo
Where the process of serving notices was to he'
gone through. They w ere sc.ueely arrived when
the country people, to tho number of several thJu
sarnls, unawed by the large military and police
forces drawn up, gave the todst determined indi
cation ot rcct.s-_ai.ee. It has been staled to. us,
mat the populace agreed amongst them selves,
come what may, to prevent the tithes beiim rais
ed, and in this spirit actually threw stones’it the
forces, some of which severely injured the mili
tary. Alter reheated remonstrances, as our infor
mant tells us, upon the part of the magistrates,
tpe latter gave the word fire; and .accordingly
the entire party discharged their arms, but with-I
out efiect, the people prostrating themselves in
the fields, and sheltering themselves behind ditch
es.
~ Di'RLifi, June l(h
- operations going on through the
country for the collection ofoirrctrs of tithes now
mi gross the public attention. Beery eye is
turned to the movements of the tithe proctor,
who serves as the nucleus of the constalmlary,
the military and the mob, in w hatever district he
is seen abroad lie is now- the real agitator.—
Sometimes die suffers severely. Thus'a v'iilent
attack w-as made on a Mr. Moss, tithe agent at
f-a’stkdermont, county of Carlow , on latuTues
day. hy a crowd tluit collected to prevent his men
serving latitats, and he had a very narrow es :
cape. I lie llartrgirus (father and son) were on
tin?same day almost beaten tod* ath at Kilsbcelan,
hut with characteristic national vitality have suf
ficiently recovered to sweat information against
three of them, w ho were, in consequence arrest
ed by the police as partisans in the riot.
On Saturday week", Chief Constable Smith
w ent with a party of police, to Lisuiolin, county
Ol I ippfirarv. to put up tithe helices, but seeing
an imiiiense umnher of country people-assembled,
and apparently rather rudely inclined, lie pru
dently retired. On Monday last, however, he
returned to the work, assisted by a large Milita
ry affixed a lithe notice on the door «f„
M’Coriuack, of Mohoblier. Upwards of S,tH)U
peasantry assembled on tho occasion, and it is
stated they fired snine-shots .it Mr. Smith’s par- I
ty, bnt n’o actual injury occurred.
in tlie cou illy' of 801 l tli, a party of I be 99th De
pot, accompanied by C. Plunkett, Ks.p, stipen
diary magistrate, went from Drogheda to.tlie pa
rish of Beaulieu, and at the suit of the Rev, Kd
uar.l Groom seized several head of entile, carts,
Ac., without .opposition. Many of the owners
discharged the claims against them on the spot,
and others liaveffoliotved their example and re
leased their pro j ,erty»
An auction was called for Saturday last at
llathville; county jhP Carlow, of) seveml head of
catfe, the property of Mr. Galian, brother of'the
parish priest, lor tithes"ducio tho Rev. Mr. Wliit
ty, rector. As active opposition was apprehend-.
x’J, a large body of const titulary's under Capt.
Glynn, was ordered to the spot, together w ith a
company of the Lid Infantry, amt half u troop
of cavalry, under the command of Maj. YVa|ling
ton, of the lflih Hussa’s,Ao enforce obedience to
the law. No account has yet reached town £f
the result.
Spala.
Clandrsttjic flight of !3on Carlos (the ex
iled btotlier of-the Ki»" of Spain) Jroin
I’urtugu!, with the •iufonfion, it is sup
posed, of inaking a descent upon some
part of thi} Sp&nish eoast.
It is scarcely necessary to invite the attention
to the-follow ing letters from our correspondents
at .Lisbon, speaking to the occurrence mentioned
above—most extraordinary as it is in alhits cir
cumSianCes, and ominous to :he future peace of
pain. The Cories,-it will bo rememhervd, meet
oil the illth, hut, in the mean time, Ibis head of
llie-spostolicals may have throw n the firebrand
of rebellion into some of tlie provinces of that
country.
Limiox, inne I. —l liasfeh to inform you of
events here, w hich w ill no djßubj surprise you.
You are aw are that Don Carlos, tjio King of
Spain’s brother, w as banished from that kingdom,
lias been lute for.some lime inn slate', of unrer
laiuty as to what lie ought to do. or what those
more powerful of his friendsAvere’goiug to do
with him.
For thadast ten days a Spanish frigate has
bijOH- waiting,to convey him' and bis family, to
Italy, aud an Biiglish brig, eatfud-ttie Monkey,
luifl’lieen hired to take a part of his -suite, lug
iT-a-re, Ac., vvhifh had been removed, from Cin
-u.f to Ajuda, for the purpose of emjjaiktion.
This was to take place in eight days from thear
yvat-of thd frigate. D-ui Carlos is understood
to leave requested pefmissiciji to. prfsk thraugh
Spain; on his way to Home, brft-.this Tor political
reasons was refused. It was «nt concealed by
his people that' lie entertained a fear of'going oil
board the frigate, for wleat particular reason is
Hot-stated,. Passports were taken out for a cer
tain number-of servants .to gdon hoard the Bng
' lish-brig, and amongst them, it is said his Royal
Highness passed’in' disginse, and it is' suppodUii
110 Is to be landed on Some part of tins‘Spanish
coast. ~
AH the authorities here are in a ferment, and
’ it js said-confidently -tliat the Spanish Minister;
inzi strpngprotest to the Portuguese Government',
insinuates some collusion in the. escape ot Don
Carlos. The Princess" and her children are still
iemajiiinOat’Cintra ; several eauriers have been
despatched to Madrid in gre.it lias.e. The frigate
is still in the Tagus.
From another of- our Correspondents.
A Spanish frigate, wlth-a Rear-Admiral’s t!ag,
arrived here on the 2 till uR. to; couwy aw ay,Don
Carlos mid family, and the Portuguese-Prmoess,
to Oivit-a and V eechia, on their way to Rome ;
hut, if report says true, Don Carlos, lor his own
part, has thought proper to convey himself away
in some mode morn congenial to Ids feelings, au.l
in some direction belter suited to his political ob
jects. it is supposed that lie has escaped in an
Kuglish vessel, and gone secretly to some port
in Spain, to play a similar part to that ol the
Dutchess do Berrj.
To-night it.is a report that Don Carlos is gone
to pay a°secret'visit to Don Miguel, at Urnga.—
That he is flitted is eertain.— Morning Herald.,
Tarkcy.
The Angshurgh Gazette of the fllli inst. lias
the following of the 19th wit. from Constantino
ple “ Although thodisputes jielween the Porte
and tlie Egyptian* may he Ui settled,
vet it is possible ihal the former'nmy still be in
volved in many diplomatic negotiations,-w liich
will prevent ils quirtly enjoying the trulls ol
H .e The Porfe has proceeded rather hastily,
and taken up a wrong position. For tlie safes ol
Admiral iucredible concessions have
1,00,. made tc Meke.net Alt ; and to p ease M. de
Butenii the Reis Kflendi constantly deelare.l
that the Ottoman government would not yield any
thing beyond what was proposed by Genera
Moraw ieifat Alexamlrta. Admiral Koussm led
■ r-iined Ids point, hut the Russian* arc sin I en
e mined in sight of the capital, and the questioh
is they will leave us soon, should the susceptiht
lil’vot the s,. P, lershtireh Cahluct declare the
u'l,Heave the auxiliary unity in Turkey nil the
IfclSA
IMF STATE KHaMT’N ADVOCATE.
to mate a iVjriuai Ueman<l lor the departure of the
Kussians. Both alternatrves ye dauoerous, an«J
on being resorted to, would compromise the vp
ry existence of the Porte. "Fht* next dispatches
from xSt. PetfiFshurgh will determine whether the
Sultan will be allowed again to devote fife atten
tion to the part of his country which he retains,
and proceed with his reforms.
Constantinople, May 19.
Ihe accormt received from Kintahia are very
satisfactory. On the 15th Mist, the Port received
tlie first dispatches from Km in Kflendi, who re
ports that ibrrhiin Pacha had received, with the
most lively gratitude,, the firman by which the
Sultan gives him the firm pf the district of Ada
oa, and declared that his army should immedi
ately commence its retrogade march. Ibrahim
has addressed llie Sultan a letter full of the most
submissive and respectful expressions, and Iras
written also to the Orami Yizaer, and to Fewzi
Achraed I’achti. Kvery body here is full of joy
at the conclusion of this embarrassing and dan
gerous all air. As soon as Ibrahim returned over
Mount Taurus, with his army, the Russian aux
[ lliaty corps, cou formidable to the declaration of
his Majesty the Kmperor of Russia, will be em
barked lo return to Russia.
Holhuitl.
The .Jn!werp Garrison. —A letter from Dunkirk
says that the Dutch prisoners of- war, to the num
ber ol IHOT, are to be assembled at Dunkirk,, to
he embarked for Holland.. The first Column, of
about I,BtSO men, w ill arrive on tlie 6th, and em
bark on the Ttii. The second column, likewise
of I,#Bo men, will leave St. Outer on the 7th,
and embark on the --Bth. The third column, of.
1,137 men, w ill leave Bethune on tlie Oth, to ar
rive at Dunkirk on the Btli, and embark tl»:' day
following. The King of Holland, desires to
give a public testimony of approbation to those
Who, during the seige of the citadel of Antwerp
in Dec. 1832, were in that fortress and its de.
pendencies, aud also on board the Flotilia in the
Scheldt before Antwerp, has, by a resolution of
the JUt May, decreed that a bronze medal shall
be presented in the King’s*name, to all those who,
during that seige were citadel and forts
depending on it, and oh the Flotilla in the
rjver.
“Our auilHtiou is, to live uutler
tMjual laws.” *
wisiion,
MODBItATION.
AND
STATE KIRIIT’S AKVOt ATK.
.mii.u;ih;k\ ii.u:, aic. i".-!;!.
W«y iiutliorisfd to aisiioimcc
JOEL t'KAATFOici); of Haii<-oc-k, a
canditliltc for Horwuor, a! tlie eu>
sniug clcctiau.
Tlie freest possible scojx! slioultl be gi
ven to discussions of political principles:
il Irail they \yill fall—if right, they will re
main. No free government ever experi
enced any danger from the knowledge of
its citizens, it is only where ignorance
exists, that inajuity is to be apprehended.
It may be said, that political knowledge
\\ould incline every citizen to set up for
himself 7 if it did, it would be the strongest
guarantee of the safety of the government-
The insidious and designing, g.ajimDre ea
sily transmute fools into knaves, than
knaves into fools. Ilad tlie doctrine of
State Interposition been generally pro
mulgated since ISO I, the abuse of the pow
er tD raise a revenue Would never have
been known. Ilad the principles on
which Virginia acted, in regard to the A
lien and Sedition Law,.been widely diffus
ed, American patriots would have been
spared the shaineof reading the provisions
of the Enforcing Bill. Ifad the lesson
taught by. Pennsylvania, Ohio. .Massachu
setts, Connecticut) and Marne, .been tho
roughly k-arned by our people,* jiur ■ sta
tute book would hftve been unsoiled by the
passage of the act off- 1H32. Ilad the ex
ample, of Georgia, from Chisholm's case
to TasscTs, been properly appreciated by
her citizens, her Legislature luulnever dar
ed to express an abhorrence of the acts of
a sister state, tending to rescue her people
from unconstitutional exaction. And even
now, were the doctrines ol Nullification,
properly understood, the Northern presses
would not presume to cry out lor an in
'crease of protection, or the abolition of
slavery. It is now a duty we owe to our
country, drat this “much abused” doctrine
should he explained to the ignorant, eluci
dated to the mistaken, extricated from ‘the
tansrling meshes of the sophist, divested of
the sjieciotis tinsel which error has wraji
ed around, and placed before a tree peo
ple in the simple majesty of truth. Now,-
while the question is being agitated, as to
the extent of the Federal authority, is po»-
culiarly the proper time to enquire, N\ hat
are the rights reserved to the States, and
what are the powers delegated to the Fe
deral Government ? Now, while the spi
rit of liberty still lingers on the soil of the
South, and ere the royal purple wrap the
President’s chair—Now, sow is the time
to determine, if wo are the free citizens ot
Sovereign Slates,or tho abject slaves ol a
Consolidated Empire. Tho history of the
heroic achievements of ottr ancestors is
still ringing in our cars, and with a know
ledge of what they dared for freedom, their
sons are called upon to say what they will
do to preserve-the liberty they have inhe
j rited. They warred with the halter on
| tlwir necks* but wc tyo not obnoxious to
j the doom.'ofa traitor.. heir’s was the slern
contest of the bailie field—our? theblood-1
less contest of the press. And shall we
shrink from the task? Now, when the
routed Federalists JBOI, have again
rallied their ranks, shall the victorious co
lumns of the Republicans falter at the
sight ? Me trust not. fel'he banner under
which Jefferson led on our fathers to vic
tory, is again unfurled to the breeze, and
will again float victorious over the sons of
sires who conquered then. There can be
now no disguising the matter. The prin
ciples which have been promulgated bv
the Federal Executive, as the permanent
principles of our government, are in direct
opposition lo the principles of the Repuh
hean party, and are such as are held to
be the characteristic tenets of the Fede
ralists. The experience of years has
stamped them as hostile to the interest, as
well as the freedom of tho jieople, and .sub
versive of the government, which it was
the pride of our fathers to have establish,
ed. These principles, it is insidiously
sought to transplant into our own soil.
Republicans of Georgia ! you have never
shrunk lroin asserting and maintaining
th; sovereignty of the state—have arfeve
On those heretofore violent purtizans, w ho
arc now so anxious to disenthral them
selves from party distinctions, drawn from
the name of men—scrutinize the acts of
these new-dyed “Union Democratic Re
publicans.” It is-not the first time that
Federalists and Consolidationists have
sought to enrol themselves in the ranks of
the Republican party.
Tlie new t'r«-«■<!.
** I jiKUkv’F, .uial however much I may have hi*
therto opposed Statu Rights, they are worthy of ull
Support:
I llLinvt;, tkat however much I may have hither
to abhorred aud ridiculed Nullification, it is now the
true panacea.
Ii KUEVK, State Rights cannot be too atrictly pur
sued in theory —hut cannot he too much disregard
ed ill i*kactjCk.
1 believe, that Ifcory Clay has scarcely one prin
ciple in common with the advocates of State lights,
hut I have been und still am, most anxious to make
hint I’roiiidoiU of the UiuUml Slates.
1 have spared no pains in denouncing Andrew
fackson’s vetoes upon the Bank Bill, and the Muys
viHe Bill. 1 have ridiculed all his attempts in i*kac-
toj’cstorc the Rights of the States-and yet I
hold myself tlie friend of State Rights—l will de
nounce his proclamation—And i will denounce his
Vetoes.
1 put myself forth the friend of tho Rights of tlie
States ; yet I do not believe m a strict construction
of the Constitution.
1 believe in the constitutionality of a Bank—and
am in favor of a renewal of it? charter—and yet 1
am a friend to State Rights-
I believe in the constitutionality und expediency
of the Tariff—and still I inn in favor of State Rights.
I am in favor of Internal Improvements made in
the States by the Ger. ral Government—aud still 1
am in fnvor of State Rights.”
The. above, is said by the Editor of the
Richmond Enquirer, to be the new cheed
among politicians. The veteran editor is
becoming less observant of tlie manners
of the times than pertains to his station.
The newest creed that wc have heard*
we subj<4ii for the benefit of tlie non-com
iniuul party, that th«v may know which
side to jump!
The. Newest Creed!
I relieve that the Constitution is the
bond of Union between the States and the
limit to tlie exercise of the delegated jjow
ers of the Federal Government; that the
Constitution was formed by flic States ;
'but that, although they have the right to
judge when its provisions arc violated,
they ought nni to assume the power to re
dress themselves.
I imi.rnx e in the efficacy of State Inter
position to protect her citizens from the
operation bf unconstitutional laws; but
that such interposition should not he ex
ercised beyohd humble petition and re
monstrance to the majority in Congress;
and that, when a state ekesimes to poise
herself on her sovereignty, site is guilty of
rebellion against the Federal Govern
ment, and is irso facto, separated from
the Union.
1 believe that the State Right’s doc
trines are the only conservative princi
ples of a Constitutional Union, but that
such rights embrace only the regulations
of the internal administration and domestic
policy of the States.
I believe that Daniel Webster has no
principles in common with the advocates
of State Rights. I have heretofore de
nounced his doctrines, and reprobated the
policy of the party of which he isntnv the
acknowledged leader, hut I am ready to
side with him in politics, and support his
pretensions, to'become President of the L -
nited Suites.
I have heretofore been the most unspar
ing enemy of Consolidationists and Fede
ralism. I have ridiculed 1 their theories,
warred with their policy, denounced the
chiefs of the party as corrupt and sclf-in.
terested, seeking rather their own aggran
dizement than the welfare and interest of
their country. Vet 1 am ready to go heart
and hand with these “ mine ancient ene
mies,” to pull down and destroy the bul
warks of that faith, which has been built
ut> by my friends; and all this am 1 ready
to do, because he whom I have often de
nounced, is unexpectedly striking on my
side, “I’ll have .no fellowship with
him.”
1 belies e that the States have no right
to resist an encosstiti-tional law ; but
I have upheld the State of Georgia in nul
lifyuig flu,- provisions ot a constitutional
LAW: for I AMIN FAVOR OF STATg ItlOllTS.’’
I believe in the unconstitutfonality of
the 1 arifl ; yet I am of opinion it should
be submitted to; aud if Congress should
pass a dozen more unconstitutional acts, it
is my opinion that they would be the lavv
ot the land, which it would be treason for
a sovereign state to resist— For I am in
favor of State Rights !!
I believe that when a state declares a
law unconstitutional, and therefore, void
within her limits, it is strictly lawful for
the Federal Government to proceed aud
enforce the opcratioii of such law by tlie
bayonets of the National Army For 1
a.m in favor of state rights !!!
M»i«r CiH«fot(t’» Sent linen Is.
• 4 > farta, July 26, 1833.
“Dear Sir: —Your favor of the 15th, has had my
particular consideration, ns all your communications
will have ; and but Irom yoor (supposed) absence
irotu home, would have been inoru i romptly answer
ed.
Yy opinions on thoso constitutiomil relations
which subsist between the Federul Government and
ihe States, have never been concealed; and 1 had
supposed, were well known at least in the.midland
parts ol Georgia. The Federal Government, was
brought into existence by the Constitution; was
created for specihc purposes, comparatively few,
buuoi the highest national importance. Restricted
in its action lo the sphere prescribed to it by the
Constitution, its value to the American people col
lectively and indiv dually has and in all probability'
will continue to satisfy the highest expectations of
those whose wisdom planned it. On appropriate
subjects, congressional legislation will continue to
adyuncclhe interests of the whole, w ithout imping
ing upon, or • urtailing those of any latitude or sec
tion in this widely extended confederacy. But it is
quite impossible to devise a general code of munici
pal law*, which would satisfy the demands of one,
without giving annoyance to other states—and it
was therefore most wisely ordained, that the sub
jects of Federal jurisdiction should bo few, and
those chiefly of a national character.
No one At all acquainted with the history of the
Federal government und its several administrations,
can doubt its tendency jo transgress the boundaries
prescribed by the (/otistitutidn. This is undoubted
ly exemplified in the charters of the United States
Bank, the Alien and Sedition laws and by no moans
tlie least enormous, the Tariffs ot 1816, *24 mid *2B
Against the mischiefs of such assumptions of power.
1 know-that politicians may be found, who maintain
that adequate guards are to be found in the intelli
gence, justice aud energy of the Supreme Court.—
But the supreme Court is part and parcel of the
same government, und will generally, if not alw'ays,
take sides with tho administration, b« nt Republican,
Fcdefal, or tvhat not. The Judiciary is by far the
most irresponsible department of government—is
mote tWan any other, alieuuted from all concern or
sympathy with popular or Mate*Rights, and kas
thus, in our political history, given very few or no
manifestations of temperance or self- denial in the
exercise of official pow'er.
The people, Sir, of thesev|u|M|HHkrn the
prop« r guardians ot State
and Federal. By tin- lijr,,
■.. w iim’, they hgi all "i.kl* tn ,!
vigilance and decision flint
their modes and means of
are to be repelled, or usurpations subdued, are mat
ters of discretionary choice with themselves ; for no
other authority under Heaven has a right to pre
scribe or dictate—and at no tiuio of my life, have I
seen the necessity for a stronger and sferncr stund
in favor of State Rights.”
» Southern lireorder.
Oglethorpe Rail Road Electing.
At a meeting of the citizens of Oglethorpe coun
y, nt Lexington, on the 20ih ult. pursuant toprevi.
ous notice, forth* purpose of taking into con.sidera
tiyn the propriety ot constructing a Rail Road irom
Athens to the < ity of Augusta -On motion of George
R. Gilnicr, Esq. W m. 11. Crawford was called to
the chair, and V\ m. 11. Smith appointed Secretary.
The meeting being thus organized, George H.
Young Enq. in a short hut appropriate address, ex
plained the object of tho meeting; after which, the
following preamble and resolutions were submitted
for consideration, and unanimously adopted.
Whf.reas, Tho citizens of Athens and its vicinity,
have at a late public meeting, taken into their con
sideration the propriety and expediency of con
structing a Rail Road from Augussa to that vil
lage, and solicit': f their felfow’-citizens of this and
other counties through which said road is intend
ed to pass, to lend their aid to its accomplishment,
therefore,
Resolved, as the sense of this meeting, tliul wc
cordially approve of the public spirit of our fellow
citizens of said village and its vicinity as evidenced
in their proposed undertaking; and that we will
zealously unite our efforts with theirs in its accom
pliihment.
Resolved, further, Tliat William 11, Crawford,
George 1C Gilmer, Jos< ph 11. Lumpkin, John l il
lups John Banks, and Edward Cox be a committed
to carry into effect the foregoing resolution, by ex
ainihing into the practicability, probable coal and
public benefit of constructing said road, aud to report
tlie result of their enquiries to an adjourned meet
ing, on the 3d Monday of October next, accompa
nied With the recommendation of such other and fur
ther proceedings as they may deem adviscable, to a
furtherance of the object in view.
Resolved, That the editors of the Southern Ban
ner and other papers in this state, favorable to inter
nal improvement, be requested to publish these pro
ceedings.
The meeting then adjourned till the 3d Monday
in October next.
WV. 11. CRAWFORD, CH’n.
Wm. 11. Smith, Sec’y.
Putnam Rail Road Meeting.
In pursuance of previous notice* a considerable
number of the citizens ol Putnam county, met at the
Court-house in Eutonton, and organized their meet
ing, by calling Josiaii Flournoy, Esq. to the chair,
and appointing Pulaski S. Holt, their Secretary.
Alter the object of the meeting was disclosed by
the chairman, it was addressed by Charles P. Gor
don, Mark A. Cooper, Irby Hudson, Esqr’s. and o
ther gentlemen, when on opportunity was presented
for further subscriptions to the stock for the Augus
ta and Eatonton Rail Road and the amount subscrib
ed having exceeded three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, it was then moved by Charles P. Gordon,
Esq. that the stockholders proceed to the election of
a President and twelve Directors, to act pro tem.
which election, having been gone into, the fallowing
gentlemen were chosen : Charles 1 .. Gordon, Presi
dent, Josiah Flournoy, L. W\ ifuasch, James VJ.
Chambers, Pulaski S. Holt, Henry Branham, Mark
A. Cooper, John Hudson, John C. Mason, Jeremi
ah * lark, Irby Hudson, James A. Merriwcther, and
Waid Hill Directors.
Irby Hudson, Esq. communicated to the meeting
a resolution from the committee appointed for the
Contemplated Rail Road from Augusts t • Athens
proposing a conference with the Augusta and Eaton
ton Itai' Hoad l ompany, on the subject of an tmiou
of the two roads at some point above the city of Au
gusta.
\\ hereupon on motion.
CdiarKs P, Gordon, Mark A. Cooper, and Pulaski
S. Holt, were appointed a committee of conference.
On motion of C-lmrles P. Gordon, Esq. the follow
ing resolutions were adopted by the stockhol ers:
Resolved, That the President and Directors of
the Augusta and Eatonton Kml Road Company em
ploy aji active agent to visit Jasper, Hancock, Mor
gan, Warren, the city ol Augusta, and other coun
ties and cities, for the purpose of procuring sub
scriptions to said rad road.
Resolved, That the President and Directors afore,
said, be authorised to employ a skilful engineer,
whenever they may deem it expedient, to survey
the route for a rail road from the city of Augusta to
F.atenton.
Resolved, that the proceedings ot tins me ting
bes übli bed
josiah FLOURNOY, Ch’n
Pi lfski N. Holt, i co’y.
Col, Drayton.
Col. Mm Drayton, for several years past the ho
nored representative of flijuttalon district in Con.
gress (..ays tlie ( liarlesto.tt’ouricr.J set sail, from
that port, on the SCth ult. in the lift» ship .Sutton, to
reside permanently at the North. Tlie departure e‘
sueh a ui.io from among its—sophre in private- ?o
distinguished in public life—cannot but be regarded
as a public loss, and fill witli unfeigned regret thu a
who properly appreciate his worth and integrity.
Onr good wishes go with him—our prayers invoke,
in his be' all tliat tranquility and peace of mini}
which belong to conscious rectitude and a well spent
life. Long will he live in the recollection of a com.-
munity which he served with fidelity, and adorued
with hia talents and virtues.
Xltc Cliole^a.
It ia estimated that Louisiana iius lost ono-third
ol her populjlioti. by cholera, since its first appear
ance in New-Orleans.
A little town on the Ohio (iver, opposite Wheeling,
named Bridgeport, containing a population ot be
tween 120 anil 201) inhabitants, was visited by thu
cholera; und in 48 hours after the appearance ofthe
pestilence, there were nearly thirty deaths !
A paragraph has been very geperaUy published ill
the papers lutcly, stating that Gen. Hampton hail
lost 700 negroes from one ol his plantations, and
had died from cholera. That statement proves to
be incorrect, as stated below by the Georgia Courier.
“ 1 Itrough a friend ol Gen. Hampton wo are ena
bled to correct the account we copied in our last, rc
lalivo to the allcdgcd grent mortality on his planta
tion, near Xow-Orlcaits. He has not lost more than
20 of his slaves by cholera, and the number reported
to have died would embrace all aud tifo're than be.
long to that establishment.”
A Swearing J iisticc, and a Sworn
Marriage.
1 he Lyon Record relates a laughable anecdote cd*
a Justice ol the I’cace, residing a few vears since i t
the western part of Massachusetts, which is too
good to be lost. The magistrate aforesaid, was call,
ed the swearing justice, aud tho sequel shows that
he had a fair claim to the tilde. At a certain March
meeting, having been, as usual, laboriously engaged
through the day, until late in the evening,' chiefly in
administering the oaths of office, he returned homo
overcome with fatigue and the effects of transient
stimulants, and throwing hiutsell into his chair drop,
ed io sleep—the form ol the oaths administered bv
him through the day, continued to buzz in hi. ears
like the sound of fife and drum in the head of a sol.
titer the night after.u muster, when a wedding cou.
pie and suite presented themselves at the house for
marriage. His good wile, a little discomposed by
this sudden and uncxjtecrcd visit ran to her husband
und called him by nanin, shook him violently by tho
shoulder, and repeated, Mr. Cl Mr. C! do pray
wake up here’s a couple to be married. Mr. C.
partly waking and rubbing his eyes, looked upon the
couple standing directly before'him. Are you thu
couple? said lie, addressing himself to the Hynio.
trial candidates. The bashful couple obeyed. The
Justice proceeded-" You severally, solemnly swear,
that you will perform the duties of your respective
offices, faithful ly and imparlially, according to your
best skill and judgment, so help you, &c. Tho con.
fused couple, und thoir witnesses and friends waitod
us if for something further. That’s all, said thejus
tice, except my fees for administering the oath.
The fees were paid, and the astonished couple, with
plicir associates, retired, alternately agitated with
(anxiety, doubt, and laughter, at the strange occur,
rence. while the justice never dreamed of any thine
out of the Way, till informed by the faithful spouse,'
when it was too lat. to rectify the mistuke.—Bosmv
Times,
The Treasurer of the Colonization Society haa
received a letter of credit for one hundred pounds
sterling from Glasgow, and fifteen pounds nine
teen shillings, being the amount of collections in
Berth. These remittances are the fruits of Klli
ott Ciesson’s in behalf of the Society, in thoso
cities.'
StatueJefferson —The France, from Havre,
brought out a whole length statue of Ji rrrßsoN,
in plaster, bronzed; dono by the celebrated Da
vid. The llkeuess is excellent, and flit) whole
figure of the venerable patriot is easy, graceful,
and natural. It is live original model of ono
which is 6ii is lied in bfonZed metal and'is shortly
expected. This statue is a present to the Corpo
ration ol the city of New-V ork.lrom Lieut. Levy
of the Navy, and is now at Frazee’s, Sculptor,
in Broadway, opposite N'iblo’s, where iris under
going gome slight repairs.
The great Colonization and Abolition Dehat®
at Portland after occupying the Citizens of tliat
place for seven successive evenings, terminated
oa Friday evening, at lit o’clock with the adop
iou of measures for forming a Colonization So
ciety.
IKELA\I>
Poor Ireland ! while philosophy rains'
down her tears and benefactions in torrents,
not a drop falls to your share. You ask
for bread and you receive a stone ; you ask
for raiment and you receive a winding
sheet; you demand equal rights and they
send you martial laws; you ask for justice
and they send you mercenary cut throats
to administer it! An amnvof military ti
the proctors is let loose upon you ; the jus
tice comes among you only to read the riot
act; the rich man to demand his rents;'
and the clergyman to collect his tithes at
the pointofthe bayonet. He preaches the
gospel of peace to a people against w hom
he is making, bloody and relentless war;
'to inculcate flic duties of charityamoug
those he is fobbing oftheir last dinner; and
to enforce the obligation! of mercy, by
showing no mercy. Betrayed, sometimes
by her friends; sometimes by her enemies ,
sometimes by a CaStlereagh, and at others
by a Wellington ; continually resisting in
vein, and only rivetting her chains by ev
ery attempt to break them—lreland exhib
its a practical proof of the truth of the max
im, Aut nunquam tentes antperfice —cither
never attempt or accomplish. Unavailing 1
resistance only furnishes an apology for
new acts of tyranny. When an oppress
ed nation places itself in array against the
abuses of authority ; it should do as we did
here in the U. States—pledge “ liie, fortune,
and honor”; and it should redeem the
pledge at the price of ils heart’s, blood.
Lomk«n rs said to lie one of the healthi
est placed in the world. It lias been sta
ted and we believe correctly, that the hap
py exemption which the' inhabitants of
that city, for the most part enjoy, from the
diseases common to our capitals, is owing
to the sulphurous naptha emitted from the
coal, serving the salutary purpose of.
die king the progress ol' febrile infection.
To prove that the air is saturated with
this naptha, you cannot find a wasp, an
insect, to which it is obnoxious, within the
sphere of action.
ll’t 1 lire authorised to announce
V” fapfalii W*l. I’. M OTT, ax a
tamluluK' tor Mieiilt ol It.ilrtwin
Ooiinty. at the rustling dee lion, in
Jautiarv next. Anju.-t 7. BJ:)