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but in this case, death speedily closes his n
ponies. lie that deliberately seats himself
down with the ardent liopc of rising on Iks
adversary's dowr fa’!, is, in principle, far more
cruel than the barbarian. True, he plungi s
no weapon into*the flesh; but how deep and
cureless are the vulnrrations of the loser’s
mind, while lie leaves hum enraptured at h:s
conquest and splendid front the completed
ruid f It may be objected, that both arc equal
ly in f-.ultq since they endeavour for mutual
spoliation ; —and, consequently,cruelty is teo
harsh an application. But does the recipro
city of the deed remove its attendant fierce
ness? On the contrary, it only renders it
more lamentably observable. It should be
remembered, too, that the finished pumcsU r
seldom combats w itli his peer, but seeks a
novice for his plunder. The truth is, gamb
lin'* is an inexcusable disgrace to this coun
try; and an attempt to connect it with inno
cent amusement is only a wretched perversion
of the term. A social game of cards is, per
haps, not culfiablc, where, we suppose, plea
sure will r.ot degenerate into excess, or bene
volence into Selfishness. JSut the routine of
the regular gambler, one who makes it liis
profession, and braves all conseqnciiccs, de
serves no epithet but greedy and merciless.
There seems to be a living paradox in the
present age ; charity is the colloquial subject
of the drawing-room, sympathy and tenrlcrcst
sentiments drop glowing from ready tongues,
and yet dinner-parties retire from the feast
for reciprocal endeavours of plunder! The
host will frequently invite his guest, and re
pay the hospitality of tlie table by sending
hi tn purge loss to bis abode ! It is a uoloriou;.
and sickening fact, that many of the metro
ixilitan resorts of amusement often contain the
daughters and mothers quadrilling in the ball
room, W’hiic the father is ruining himself and
their fortunes at the card-table. This speaks
volumes on the moral degeneracy of the times.
Even women now, —they, whose bosoms
should be the stainless sanctuaries of none
but .soothing passions, arc becoming garn-
I lers. What a repulsive spectacle, to observe
a female face expressing all the feelings of a
thorough blackleg! to observe eyes tiiat w< re
made for beaming fondness, darting glances
of inward spleen and resentment; —lips
whence delicate tones should only be breath
ed,curled up in anger and masculine stern
ness! Once more, and we will leave this to
pic. May .we not expect that future years
will increase the prevalence of feminine
gntnestt rs ? Woman, whose weight of years
should be supported bv matronly dignity and
reverential aspect, are now employed from
midnight to morn at the gambling-table, and
betray all its concomitant vices in the pre
sence of their youthful oilspring. What
must be the state of society when fashionable
mothers thus wantonly forget their character,
and permit their children to witness their de
pravity—in after-times to represent it!
Theodore was the son of a country gentle
man, equally blessed iii the affect ion of father
and mother: the days of his childhood were
attended with those cares and prud nt indul
gences so necessary to mould the future man
lor active life and virtuous consistency. Ear
ly initiated into the duties of self-cultivation,
arid taught properly to estimate the good
qualities of the heart, at nineteen lie was such
a son that a father might be proud to recog
nise. Each vacation found his studies great
ly advanced, and liis capacity enlarged for
the enjoyments of taste and intellectual pur
suits. His versed acquaintance with the
hards of Greece and Rome, together with tin
delicious ones of his own country, bad engen
dered a love for the muse; which, though
unexpressed in words, was embalmed in the
heart. 11c examined Nature with the eye of
a poet, and drew an indescribable inspiration
from her varied scenery. The grouping
clouds of an cv ning sky folding round the
sun, as if in homage for the light of day,
were to him r ot merely beautiful—something
beyond this—a spectacle that awoke visions
which were shadowed forth in fancy and pen
sive ecstasies. The stars of night,—the ver
dant spread of tile distant meadow,—the- 1 cor
ing mountain anil the sleeping vale, —all were
looked on by him with a mental delight.—
Those who, at this period of liis life, beheld
him accomplished, gentle, and amiable—one
who would have trembled at wilful vice—
could scarcely have imagined that lie would
ever be the victim of vicious folly ; but such
the conclusion of this brief sketch will show
him. These traits of Theodore's youthful
character arc mentioned, in order to illustrate
the for.ee of corruption, even on a rtfined soul
and caltieerie J imagination. '
At the decease of liis father, Theodore ar
rived in the metropolis, to pursue the usual
course of liis chosen profession. Dr. John
son lias remarked, “ to a man whose pleasure
is intellectual, London is the place.” Theo
dore felt this; and had lie been blessed with
as much firmness ns refinement of soul, lie
would have realized all liis fancy had pictur
ed. lie entered on the busy arena of the
metropolis with sanguine hopes, and rrrolu.
tions which, he thought, woukhnever he liro.
ken. His mother, aware of the many peril,
ous temptations in London, fondly and earn,
estly alluded to them on tiieir farewell even
ing. She did not expect he would he impru
dent, but she had known others, similarly s.-
Itiatcd, to fall; apd, tinrefore, her parting
tear w as not an omen of her sou’s misfortune,
but the fond betrayer of internal anxiousness
lor his welfare. A tear from liis mother’s
eye was ever followed by another from The
odore's with instantaneous sympathy, and, as
he staled his last kiss on her lips, the lan.
guage of liis heart was, —“ Can I ever de
ceive, or pain such a mother —never !”
Theodore hud not resided long in London,
ere iiis father’s grave his mother. Hut alas!
a few years hud deteriorated his'principles
and debased liis heart. The death of a mo
ther for a while carried him Hack to the hours
of childhood, —lie thought of w hat lie teas,
and what lie had been. It w;is true- liis let
ters bad deceived her. a;.d that she left the
world with the conviction of Ins future pros
perity ; still conscience was not yet sufficient
ly stilled out to upbraid him. lhit lie was
leagued too closely with his rum to escape ii !
It would he tedious to trace his career, from
the moment of his arrival in to the
morning on which he was informed of Ins mo
ther’s death. It will be enou; Ii to account
for the conclusion, to state that his profession
It td introduced him to the acquaintance ol
some dissipated young men ; his natural goo.|.
ucss of heart fora while foiled each t< in {sta
tion ; but as long as tins was the cast , be was
toe companion!* ss to be happy. He did not
continue bis rcyiatcncr; one visit to a gaum,
ling-housc was speedily followed by othcre.
At first, lortune Mtvnded lum, and lie 'return
ed for several evenings with increased pro
perty. Rut it was this very luck that occa
sioned his rujr. : he now hazarded to play
high, and atone game lost all hisloriner gains.
By various means lie had contrived to dispose
of his property to supply liis exigencies, and
was now about to risk liis last sum. Many
were the palpitations of liis heart throughout
die day. Sometimes he determined to retire
for ever from the scene of his rum; —but tlien
tiie remembrance of liis losses, and the hope
that this last ri.~U would recover them, inter
rupted the half-formed resolution, and allured
him to the trial. The bom came at last, and
with a thrilling bosom did Theodore take bis
accustomed seat at the gnmbling-tSldc. He
knew that his all was risked, and this fata!
truth chilled every limb, and woke up the
cautiousness es terror and hope. If lie rose
a winner, lie should then be free to renounce
his present mode of life, and return to that
of peace and virtue; if not, there was noth
ing but despair to r< for to, and its dictates to
follow! He sat tremblingly opposite his ad
versary, and commenced the game. The lir.-t
two throws of the dice were equal on both
sides, — it now depended ori tlie last one fi r
the termination of the eontc-st. Theodore
number was low, though not so
low but bis adversary’s might be more so. He
watched with breathless anxiousness the ra
ising of his arm, —heard the dice rattle, —too
plainly saw the icy sternness of his adversa
ry’s features, —murmured a tone of anguish,
—the dice was thrown bv Death !
roukHn.
Late Sews from Europe.
At an early hour this morning onr news boat ar
rived in town bringing papers brought by the
ships Constitution, from Liverpool, and Montreal,
from London, Pacific, from Liverpool, and Ma
rengo, from Havre.
The latest dates by these vessels are, frrm
London the 7th, Liverpool fith, and Havre -ltli
Ally.
We have but time to give a very brief summa
ry of their contents.'
Advices bad reached England from Lisbon of
llic'Jfilh of ./line and from Oporto of iheSSlh of
that month. It appears that on the 21st nf .tune,
between three and four thousand of Don Pedro’s
troops embarked on board steam vessels, and ac
companied by some ships of war left thru place,
the troops under the command of the UVuule do
dc Villa Klor (Duke of Terfeira.) They pro
cm led to Lagos, near St. Vincent, about 130
miles to the Southward of Lisbon, where they
landed without opposition. Don Pedro is thus
in possession! f ilio Algarves, the Southern Pro
vince of Portugal, and in liis new position near
ly as much lu the South as liis old one was to the
Northward of Lisbon.
It is not easy to coWf-ct with what object, art'll
from w hat cause, this movement has been made.
It was at first supposed an attack would be made
by'Don Pedro’s forres on Lisbon. Since the
landing at Lagos, all hopes of a speedy termina
tion of the war between the brothers seem at an
end, ami it is supposed the dispute between them
will ultimately be adjusted by the interposition
of England and France.
(■'ftieral Mulignae, the former commander-in
chief in Oporto, lead resigned liis command and
returned to France, as had also Admiral Martori-
OtlS. ,t K .
Don Miguel's forces, it is said in the accounts
from Lisbon, immediately marched towards La
gos on learning the landing of Don Pedro’s
troops. The Cholera raged with the greatest vi
olence. in the Portuguese capital.
Marshal Dottrmont, the late Minister of Charles
the X., had arrived in England and proceeded
from thence with bis suite, to take the command
of the army of Charles X.
• The German papers continue to report es actu
al or threatened disturbances in different parts of
Germany and Italy, by persons disaffected tmhc
governments. In the little territory of Saxe-
Meiningen, several individuals had been arrested
as members of revolutionary societies ; and, in
the dominion of the King of Sardinia, a sergeant
of cavalry, and a lawyer, bad been executed up
on charges of high treason. Several arrests of
persons implicated in political plots have taken
pla. e recently in the Roman states.
Accounts from Constantinople state, that Ibra
him Pacha was seriously ill, arid that the Rus
sian army was ill full end regular retreat. All
their useless horses had been ordered to be sold,
and 15 transports have been taken up for the use
of the Russian Commissariat. This movement
of'the Russian army is confirmed by the fact,
that these transports have been insured in Lon
don. Ibrahim Pacha is continuing bis retroga.de
march from Asia Minor over Mount Taurus.
The Cortesof Spain met on tho 15th June, to
take lliooatli of fidelity to the young Princess of
the Austrias, as legitimate successor to the Span
ish throne. They were restricted by their oath to
this specific object, and all care was taken to pre
vent them from meddling with any other.
Apprehensions arc expressed that disturbances
will take place in Paris on the 1 Ith July, the an.
niversary of’the fall of the Ha stile. T-tio plan of
the government to fortify the metropolis, it is
said, had excited general discontont.
Brussels papers state ,*on authority of accounts
from the Hague, that the mission of Prince Fred
eric to Berlin, to solicit the support of the Berlin
cabinet, lias completely failed, and that tho King
of Prussia strongly recommended io the King ol
Holland tosubmit to the terms proposed to bint.
A duel bad been fought between M. Rozier,
one if the Ministers of the King of Belgium,
and M. Gcndcbein, a member of the Chamber ol
Representatives, in \\ hicli the former was wound
ed. Tho Belgian Ministers appear to have a
majority in the Chambers, and to carry through
the measures of Government, though opposed
with great violence.
Neither the Bill Irir the Abolition of Slavery,
nor that granting anew charter to the East India
Company,or to the Bank cf England, had yet
passed the British Parliament: they were all
still in the Commons or Lords.
The great East India House of Farlie, Den
ham, & Cos. of London, lias stopped payment.
Aero York Courier ajirf Jinyuircr.
Kt. PuTKtiiucbo. June IS. —Accounts from
Constantinople of May 31, received by express,
definitively announce the pacification of tire East.
By the arrangement just concluded, Mchemet
Ali has obtained tho investiture of Syria with
Damascus and Aleppo, and Ibrahim Pacha the
title of Governor General (Mohassel) f Adana.
His nomination Irtsm f bceii’tlie -object
ciul-convention, but is published in an ordinance
of the l’ortc. in the usual manner es Governors
of P.ichalicks,as is done annually.
This arrangement between the Plenipotentiary'
of the Porte ami Ibrahim was confirmed by the
Multan the day before the arrival of Count Orb 11',
whose business wasthen to sec that the conditions
approved by tho Multan should be respected by
the Pacha <jf Egypt, and out of the reach of fur
ther infringement. The energy with which this
business lias been carried on has ensured its cotn-
At the departure of our courier, tho news had
been receive I that Ibrahim Pacha had-til ready
quilled Leutuliin with liis head quarters, and tli.it
the retrograde movement* of bis army had coni
niciicod at all point*. Count Print)', in order to
ascertain this fact, had ordered Captain Lieveu
lo return to the spot, anti to follow the Egyptian
army till in passage over Mount Taurus The
Ottoman Government, with which Baron Lio
ven's mission was concerned, sent Hafir. Itey,
Colonel of the Engineers, in company with that
officer. They were on tno point of proceeding to
GEORGIA TIMES AND STATE RIGHTS’ ADVOCATE.
! their destinations when our Courier left. On the
I return of Baron Lieven, and when the rt treat of
Ibrahim is duly ascertained, his Majesty s Am
bassador will immediately order the troops and
the fleet to quit the Bosphorus.
By an examination of the distances, it is
calculated that the retrograde movement of
the Egyptian army may at once lie completed
in a month,mean time Count Orloffhas coun
termanded the sailing of the third division
from Odessa, anti it is not wanted at Con
stantinople since the troops of Ibrahim haTe
commenctd their retreat. This eoui ter or
der was brought to Odessa "by the Meteor
steam-boat. At file time- of its departure
the Sultan’s visit was annouacetl for
the following day, the I stof Ju»e.
Every arrangement had been nude at I»u
--ukdere, that nothing might be waiting in the
solemn reception of the Sultan bv the lanti
and naval forces.— St Pctersburgh Gcselte,
June 19. —.V. F. flour, and Kr.^.
Two licys going home one day, frund a box in
the rand, and disputed who was the finder. They
fought a whole afternoon without coming to a
decision. At last they agreed to divide the con
tent’s equally, but, on opening the box, behold,
lo—it was empty. .
DOMESTIC.
Diplomatic History.
Most of our readers, we suppose, are apprised
that there is in the press, at the office cf the pub
lishers of this paper, a Compilation of Public
Documents communicated to to' emanating from
Congress, which, under the title of •'American
State Papers," embraces the whole documentary
history of the United States, from the beginning
of the Government lo the present day. Few,
however, would, without particular examination,
realize the '"aluc and interest of this Compila
tion, which is under the direction of the Secreta
ry of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of
RepresentatiVeS, and is sanctioned by the autho
rity of Congress Thtf papers are divided into
classes, the first class being that of Foreign Re
lations. Os the papers belonging to this class,
many have never before been seen by the public
eye, having been communicated originally in
confidence, the reasons for which have now ceas
ed. Some of these documents are curious e
uough. lie have Just lit upon the subjoined,
which recalls to the mind old times and circum
stances which are rapidly fading from memory.
It is-as amusing a sample of diplomacy as one
would desire to see on a summer’s day. [At tho
date of.this Letter, it will be borne in mind, Don
Onis was hero as Minister from the Cortes of
Spain, but not recognized, King Joseph being at
lire bead of tlie Government of that country.}
G o dare say ofir readers w ill be instructed «s
well as amused by it, and so wt here insert it.
. [A r al. Lit el.
CONFIDENTIAL.
To the Senate anil House of Representatives
of the Untkd States:
I communicate to Congress, in confidence, tlie
translation of a letter front Louis De Onis, to the
Captain General of the l’rov’iiice ot the Carac
cas.
The tendency of misrepresentations anu sug
gestions, which, it may he inferred from this spe
cimen, enter into more important correspondences
of the w riter, to promote in foreign councils, at
a critical period, views adverse to the peace and
to the best interests of our country, render the
contents of the letter of sufficient moment to be
made known to the Legislature.
JAMES MADISON.
January 10th, lbl 1.
Translation of a Letter from Loul , de
Onis to the Captain General of the Pro
vince of the Caraccas, ilated
Philadelphia, 2d Feb. IRIO.
The Admiiiistrationof this Government having
put tlie stamp upon the servile meanness and ad
ulation in which they stand in relation to their or
acle Bonaparte, the day before yesterday, by their
direction, Mr. Eppes, the son-in-law of the for
mer President, Jefferson, made a proposition that
a Minister should De tmmrtlmictj j—-l
Bonaparte, at Madrid : this was supported in the
Committee in which the House then was by Mr.
Cutts, who is the brother-in-law- of President
Madison. There were various debates . there
were bowlings in the tribunals : there were sar
casms against the Supreme Central Junta, and
many trilling observations from one party and the
other, among which mention was made of the
arrival of a Minister from the Supreme Junta,
and of this Government’s having wisely refused
to receive him ; and at length a vote was taken,
from which it resulted that, for the present, no
Minister was to be sent to Joseph.
In the annexed paper you w ill see all the de
bates, which, for want of time, I have not been
able to have translated: if your Excellency
should not bo informed, by my former despatch
es, of the mode of thinking of the present Ad
ministration, this alone will shew the little hope
there is of obtaining any thing favorable from it,
hut hi/ energy, by force, and liy chastisement.
Tlie facility. I again repeal it, and .1 will repeat
it a thousand times, with which American ves
sels arc admitted into our colonies, preferring
them to our own, makes these people believe,
that cur weaknessdoes not permit us even to talk
to tlrem on equal terms, much less to take mea
sures which may injure tirun. From hence
springs tlie great opinion (la grande opinion)
they have, that lire intruder, Joseph, will rule in
Spain and her colonies; and hence the incite
ment to their scandalous conduct, in promoting,
by every means in their power, the maebinatit«»
of Joseph, t.i make himself master cf our colo
nies ; as if upon that depended their happiness.
The determination .of making w ar on England,
anJKf treating Spain with contempt, supposing
that her nullity did not entitle her to any thing
cisc, was taken by the present Administration
some lime since, though it Was not in them the
determination of reason. • To accomplish it, they
thought of forming an alliance, offensive and de.
fensive,between France, Russia, Denmark, Swe
den, and tho United Mtates ; and some even sup
pose that it is firmed.— n'lih this object, they
have sent Mr. Adams to the Court cf Petersburg,
in quality of Minister Plenipotentiary, directing
him to examine on his way (h.iciendole recorcr al
paso) thcCourts of.Stockholm and Copenhagen;
hut, notwithstanding this, if England should dis
play her energy, in however small a degree, and
if, on onr part, some vessels should be sent to their
coasts, and some troops should draw near, to
Louisiana, there is reason to believe that we
should see these Provinces, separated and divided
into two or three Republics, and consequently
they would remain in a state of perfect nullity.
; . V ! soon have from the Republic of the
North, which w ouid he our friend, all the sup
plies wliicliarenow drawn from the others, who
would perish, from poverty and quarrels among
themselves.
This country is now without a cent, with a
deficit of four millions nf dollars in her revenue;
with ni t more of nn effective army than GOOD
despicable men—cfwboin 2500 that they had at
New Orleans, are reduced by death la OlKfiani!.al
though they have passed a law for 100,005, much
time find money will he necessary to organize
j .item. Ls Navy is, for the most part, disarmed,
! although they propose to arm it, and the w hole of
jit is reduce! to right or trine frigntts. The
i blindness cf these people i3 such, that the Rofte
j t,.ry of the Treasury, Gallatin, speaking v ith
j Golouel Joseph do Gonzales, la:o Governor ol
l’uuo, who, troui liis having come from tiio Ha
: vaua, Mexico, and other Province*, ho believed
(m t knowing his integrity) to be one of the many
emissaries o! Napoleon (the east which abounds
most hero) offered lu him the CoMtitution of
Paine, and other paper papers relative t > the li
berty winch here they dispute about, persuading
him to send them to Mexico, and our other Colo
nies, and that lie should endeavor to induce theta
to unite themselves io this republic : that here
they were ready, if this succeeded, to move near
to them, or even to place in their country the
Seat of Government. Those, sir, are the ideas
with which this Administration is animated.
Notwithstanding, al the time they observed this
conduct, they sent General Mmnter, in the charac
ter of Minister Plenipotentiary, to Rio Janeiro.
God preserve you many years.
' LUIS DE ONIS.
7b the Captain Gaxerul
of the Princeton of Caraccas.
A few thought* o>i Jlouuuieiits.
The States Rights party at Charleston, ani
mated by gratitude for the zeal,and disinter
estedness, with which that distinguished ci
tizen, Robert J. Turnbull supported the State
of S. Carolina ill her lute arduous struggle,
have determined to erect a monument, to
perpetuate the memory of iiis services,. While
S. Carolina already thus rets towards her son
scarcely cold in his grave, Spencer 'Roane
sleeps w ithout memorial, the grave of Jef
ferson is undistinguished, and no suggestion
lias In tn made to roar a monument in honof
of John Randolph,
When Virginians are-asked for the monu
ments to the memory of Virginia's illustri
ous sons, the accustomed reply is, that they
find a monument in each Virginian’s heart;
implying a censure upon the custom, and as
suming that the gratitude of their country
men confers an honor superior to brass or
marble. That is true, hut it should not ex
clude a more sensible demonstration of grati
tude and affection, liis gratitude will he
more highly appreciated, and more clearly
proved, who contributes something from his
means to hand down to after ages, tlie memo
ry cf the great patriotic dead. N irginia has
taken refuge in this plausible but false senti
ment, to excuse her retnisness in providing
for the transmission of the glory of Iter emi
nent dead, anti tlie memory of their deeds in
behalf of human liberty. Parsimony and in
dolence are the parents of the itlea, and not
conviction of its truth and worthiness of ac
ceptation.
But, gratitude to the public benefactor,
though the originating cause of structures to
the honor of the dead, is not the argument
which, chiefly recommends them. There is
a solid utility in them; not the encourage
ment which they afford to tire arts, though
(hat would remunerate tho expenditure—but
a high moral utility. They address them
selves to the hearts of youth. They* kindle
emotions of patriotism, and honorable ambi
tion. They speak inspirin o ly to tlie gener
ous ami brave. They bring sensibly before
his eyes, a fame which is immortal, and they
man liis emulation to deserve the same glori
ous destiny. Wc have more than once, seen
the-tcars come into the eyes of the plain coun.
tryman who surveyed for the first time, Gen.
statute in the Capitol, a proof
ol the salutai}’ teC'cncy of public monu
ments on the hearts of tne pcffj'lc.. It is time
wc humbly think, that Virginia snC!*'- s h° w
some estimation of the services, and of tuC
honor won for her, by Jefferson, Roane and
Randolph. The epoch is peculiarly appro
priate, for the great cause to which they de
voted their talents, stands in need of every
expedient to rekindle the decaying affection
of the people for it.— Rich. Whig.
The Rah, Road. —The number of pas
sengers over the Saratoga and Schenectady
Rail itoad during the week ending oil Satur
day, including pleasure parties, between the
two villages, was 3539. The w hole number
froth the commencement of July un tn that
tics DPciV rising 10,000; and it may
safely be calculated tlmt the total at the close
of tlie month will not fall shrrt of !'2,000.
This will fully equal any anticipations tiiat
have heretofore been made relative to the tra
vel oti tho road.
The engine used thus far answers a most
valuable purpose, and has been suiliciently
tested, ue think, to show that Ft is at 1 ast
equal to any locomotive "ever used in this
country. It has on several occasions taken
a train of 8 carriages, containing from KiO to
ISO'passengers', with three baggage wagons,
and performed the trip to Schenectady in alit
tle more than an hour an a half, frequently
moving at a velocity of 20 miles an hour.
Tile spectacle, so far in the interior, is one of
a truly imposing character, and will for a long
time prove a novelty.of much interestfo our
inhabitants,and to the visitants who annually
resort to these watering places.
Saratoga Sint inti.
Convention or Editors. —A contempo
rary .suggests a Convention of Editors Tor
the establishment of rules for the govern
ment of the press. We like the suggestion,
and will give it our hearty support, if any ef
fort is seriously made to get up such a Con
vention. The press of this country is in ma
ny respects degenerate, and unworthy the
.character which its conductors should enjoy
for honesty, independence, intelligence and
gentility. Some of the party presses of the
day are a dishonor to the country—appear to
delight in scurrility and mendacity, and ap
parently seek out opportunities for the indul
gence of their bad propensities. It is quite
time that this should be corrected—that edi
tors slioul 1 he held responsible in some sort
to their brethren at large, with an understand
ing that the journalist who transgresses to a
certain extent, should not be recognized as
an honest or honorable member of the corps.
Much for the correction and regulation of the
press might be accomplished by the conven
tion of the description suggested ; to be held
in some central part of the Union, and each
county or distri'-l represented by two or three
of the editorial corps, (lie whole body elect
ing these delegates, and ‘lie whole pledging
themselves to abide by the decisions and re
gulations adopted in convention. We trust
thesubject will lie agitated bv our brethren
throughout the country.— Philadelphia. Ena.
Mrs. Ann Hovall. —lt is now confident
ly stated in the best informed literary circles,
that this accomplished lady, who is justly de
nominated the Mrs. Walter Sco£t of Ameri
ca, is on the eve of a voyage to Great Britain,
for the purpose of challenging Mrs. Trollope
to a trial of skill. She leaves to the latter
the choice of weapons; the tongue or the
pen, it is all one to her. We have little doubt
that if the English virago accepts the chal
lenge, our champion will give a good account
of her; and hereby oiler a bet of two to one
on the “ Black Book” heroine, who also con
i' mpJdles playing a duetto with the lit v. Mr. j
Fuller alter finishing the old Trollope.
Louisiana idr.
Kenja.uiiu Vi alkius LtCigli.
From all that we can learn, as well from
private information as public manifestation of
the people’s wishes, Mr. Leigh seems destined
to he a prominent candidate tor the Presiden
cy ; and w bat is more important, to be the can
didate of the State Rights Party of Virginia-
I-ct us not be misunderstood, or supposed to
mean what we do not say- There is a Party,
in \ a., comprising we think at this time, a
majority of its citizens, & daily increasing,
who believe in the Resolutions of I >OB, and
who interpret those resolutions as meaning
something more than the right of petition and
remonstrance—men who claim for the States a
substantial, conservative remedy against the
cvilsof unauthorized federal legislation. In
dividual members of this great, unorganized
body may have differed in their views of the
South Carolina controversy—they may have
approved tiic course of that State, as men will
differ in the application of principles, in which
they agree ; but they are unanimous in their
condemnation of the President’s Proclama
tion. We mean not such condemnation as
Mr. Ritche’s—amounting in all, as we under
stand him, to a difference of opinion on some
matters of history, and some doctrinal points,
trivial, we presume, as they have not been
specified—but an unqualified disapprobation
of those abstractions of that document, which
were practically embodied in the Bloody Bill.
This is the party whch we believe will seek
to elevate Mr. Leigh to the Presidency of the
United States.
The position which we occupv does not per
mit us to become tlie partizuns of any man.
We fought for cur principles when we stood
•almost alone, against the men in power and
their parasites ; and we will not now hazard
them after the victory they have achieved, by
submitting to have the harness of personal par
ty fitted to our backs. We have seen the error
of others, and will take warning from their
example. But we do not deny that we would
very far prefer Mr. Leigh to any other can
didate wlio is likely to be before
His commanding talents and varied acquire
ments—lns chastened ambition, which never
accepted anoflicc but where he could be pre
eminently useful—the patriotism, in others a
sentiment in him a passion—his elevated char
acter—and last, not least in times like these,
his entire exemption from the entanglements
of party—these, collectively, present a com
bination ofqulities, not possessed perhaps,
by another individual in the Union. We
speak not from our personal acquaintance
with this gentleman—that is slight, and has
not extended beyond an interchange of civili
ties in public. Our information; is derived
from the testimony of those who know him
well, and from evidence that isopen to all.
We are not nominating a candidate for the
Presidency. The people have been led long
enough by Editors, and are wisely taking this
affair into their own hands. Efforts have
been, and doubtless will be made, to check
this growing spirit of self-government. Every
tiling that management can effect, will he ef
fected by those who thrive in the corruption of
tiid fiTCS. Alarmed at the spirit of indepen
dence willed l l,e people of our common wealth
arc exhibiting,the pC'. v managers are discour
aigng every |>opular movomejl Bie plau
sible sophistry that has been so oiliCJt but **i
requsition, for the same unholy purpose-
They tell us first, that it is too early to agitate
the question—next, that Mr. Leigh cannot
be elected, because he is not sufficiently
known—and lastly, it is objected, that these
prooccedings of the people will divided the
Republican Party. The first of these objec
tions is the one mainly roiird on because it is
hoped that it the present enthusiasm of the
people can be checked, they will be discour
aged from any general efforts in favor of Mr.
Leigh hereafter. In the moan lime, the man
agers will take care to have a number of can
uidates in the field, when the cards will be
stocked, and a Convention u la Baltimore got
up to plav them out. After that, we shall lie
told that it is too late for the people to nom
inate a candidate. And if Mr. Leigh is really
worthy of the Presidency, it appears to us,
that the second objection obviates the
lirst. i’iic best possible way to make him
known to the people of the other States, is to
bring him to their notice as early as possible.
Nor can we sec how the nomination of a
popular candidate is to divide the- Republican
ranks. We see very clearly, that it may dis
tract the counsels of the politicians; hut if any
thing can concentrate public opinion on one
man, and thus prevent division, it is the course
that the people are now pursuing.
W’c regard this as the same battle that has
been fought every where, with various results.
It ;s the battle of the many against the few—
of those who by their arms and fortunes defend
and support the Government against those
who seek to engross the honors and emolu
ments of office—it is the battle of the People
against their Rulers. And whether Mr.
Leigh or some other Republican shall be
nominated by the meeting that-arc assembling
throughout the country, wo say, with all our
our hearts, “Goo steed the good clause !”
'I lie intelligence from Athens we arc hap
py to announce, is of the most cheering and
satisfactory character. On no preceding oc
casion perhaps, was tlie assemblage at that
place more distinguished for numbers and
high respectability—nor the results more
gratifying, whether we advert to the unanimi
ty sentiment pervading the representation
of thc.Stutc Rights party convened at Athens,
or to the talents and proficiency displayed by
the studqpts, the rising hope of Georgia,
through their examinations and other exer
cises ; we have heard of their performance
with unfeigned pleasure—it is the “promise
of good things to come” for their country.
The republic is safe. The Old Troup party
is sound to the core, “ ft idc awake, one and
indivisible, the loins girded for tiroapproach
ing contest.
J hey go into it with a unanimity and de
termination that; with Heaven’s blessing,
must ensure success. Their principles, those
ot the A irginia and Kentucky resolutions ot
93, other lules ot practice, those of Troup
in 1-325. c repeat it with unlimited con
bib nee, the Republic is safe—the proceed
mgs of the Convention will follow to the tal
i’l"^l t their precedent in infamous corruje
tion, the \azoo Bill. A high principled and
undeviating disciple of Jefferson, Joel Craw-
Ion! will be placed in the executive. Fiom
tuc unsullied integrity-, the temperate, yet in
flexible determination of that gentleman’s
character, bis thorough knowledge of the
principles of our government and the rights
end just sense lie entertains of the value of
the l iiiu:), every honest citizen niuv rc*t sat.
isfied that to no hands can the interests and
honor of Georgia, and as far as she is con
corned, the preservation of the Constitution
and the Union, be more safely confided than
to those of Alaj. Joel Crawford.— Macon Met
senger.
Political Principles —There is one thin?
we like in the federal press—they come out
openly and fairly. They give you their polj.
tical creed, and battle for it fairly,
with the collar gentlemen. In thc’firstplace*
you cannot tell what their crce'd is, or rathe'
their creed is composed of contrary propos *
tions. They believe in the Virginia and Ken"
tucky resolutions, and they believe in the
Proclamation. —They believe, or rather thev
did believe, when it was the fashion at the
white house, in Ilaync and Rowan, and they
also believe in Webster—that is, they did be
lieve in him. We believe, howc’vor, that
portion of their faith is evaporating.
But so it is, that believing in alt these i n .
compatible things, they explain them away
Ac. that neither we nor any one else can te’li
what their creed is, except it be this. We
believe whatever Andrew Jackson believes
as soon as we can find that out. ’
Who can tell what their creed is? \\ e
venture to hut half a dozen numbers of our
Register of Debates, that neither the editor
of the Portland Advertiser, who lias lately
made a tour through the States, partly with
this object in view, nor the editor of Nation,
al Gazette, who being the conductor of a re!
view, must, ex tffirio, know more than any
one else of the corps, t-.or the editor of the
Baltimore Republican, who has a peculiar
aptitude, ride Baltimore Chronicle, in telling
a serious tiling from a joke, can tell what ate
their principles. It would be gratifying\ 0
us and to their readers if each of the above
named editors would tell us what, in their
opinions, arc the principles which one o£
them is defending and the other opposing.
We confess we are sometimes at a loss j.
bout it. We arc contending against a triple
headed monster, that is neither of the sea
nor the earth, and certainly not of the heal
vens. Some arc in favor of this monster be.
cause it is “ pure democracy.” Others, be
cause it is “ pure concentrated federalism.”
Some, on account of its liberality in having
prominent federalists in the cabinet; others
because it scouts federalists and federalism!
Some, because it is in favor of the tariff •
others, because it is against it. Some, be!
cause it has put down the principles of ’93 ;
others, because it sustains and supports those
principles, and has brought over to the party
the old federalists and Hartford convention
men, convincing all of them of the sinful
ness of their ways. Some, because it advo
cates a bill to put down Georgia, and others,
because it supports Georgia. Some, because
it avows a determination to carry into execu
tion the laws passed by Congress; others, be
cause it lias determined the contrary, unless
it pleases its fancy so to do. Some, because—
but why need we go on and depict this piotcan
monst r.— V. S. Ti I.
ADDRESS,
To the Friend* of Stnte Itlglitg aii«l State
lie medic**
Ihj Candy Itagud.
In the last number of the “ Banner of the
published on the 91st of De
cember, I 5 32, a Prospectus was issued by the
Editor of that Journal, for the publication of
a Daily and Tri-weekly paper, to he entitled,
“The Examiner,” to lie pledged to the sup.
port of the old Republican doctrines of ’9B,
us bold during the times that tried men's souls.
bv the eminent patriots who contribed to ar,
rest the march of usurpation so flagrantly at
tempted by the Federal Government, in the
enactment of the Alien and Sedition Laws.
Subsequent to the appearance of that Pros
pectus, various events occurred to render the
establishment of the paper impracticable.
The impetuous current of Consolidation let
loose by the fatal Proclamation of the 10th of
December, and which was aftciwards at the
North, rendered irresistible by the passage of
the Bill which converted into a governniant
of force and blood, one which had been es
tablished upon the principles of mutual con
cession and peace, has swept away almost eve
ry shadow ot devotion to the Rights of the
States, which at the period of our early histo
ry were considered to he the great pillars of
Liberty. Amidst this wreck of principles,
the number of those who, in this region,still
adhere to the true faith, and who arc superior
to the influnce of that vile and degrading
manacorship which has thus prostrated the
republican cause, and who at the same time
Jiavc sufficient independence openly to avow
their sentiments, is too limited to afford a pa
tronage adequate to the support of a daily pa
per; and all who arc familiar with the expen
ses of publication, well know, that, without
a large daily subscription, or an extensile
advertising patronage, as its basis, a tri-week
ly paper cannot be advantageously sustain*' •
In recurring to this discouraging fact, "hie i
we do with great regret, as well on ouromi
account as one account of the gloomy aspe*
which the northern horizon must preseu o
the eyes of our fellow-citizens of the Sou ,
we arc no-., however to he understood as a >*>"-
dolling all intention of co-oopcrating wit '
friends of free government at the Soutn.
Whilst there is life there is hope; a " '®
couraged by the success which attciidc
struggle for Free Trade, the cause of » IIC '•
five years since, was nearly as desperate a
that of State Rights now is, the few 1,1
city who remain trite to “ Liblrtv tiic •
stitution' —Union,” as understood by
Fathers of the Republican faith, and i w
pudiatc the doctrines of the l’roclaina ■
and the Bill of Force, have resolved to mas
one last, although it may prove to be a
bio effort, for contributing towards the sa
lion of the liberties of the country-
The crisis from which we have just eta a
ed, lias left the public mind in a state o
parativc freedom and quiescence* M
may now calmly sit down and reason tog' .
upon those vital questions of const' u
law and public policy, which, far 1
five years, have been so in terming
men and money, that few individia® -g
si-lent in the planting States, took * • ,
of investigating for themselves the
lure of the points at issue. Under
ence of a Irigli state of excitement, *n r( . t | l£ . r
midst of a partizan warfare, it 13 a
impossible that truth can be discern'
errior ; and lienee we have seen, * n jn J
fusion of tho battle, not only '*! c r ‘* v( . n the
file of the old democratic party, bu
lead! r* of the troops, deserting • *
under which they had always before
it their gh>rv to' be arrayed, ands^ iu