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der tlie instruction of the President, to
move for process; but we do not think it
exactly professional to make an affidavit.
We ought to understand lids matter as it
is understood in Virginia. Perhaps “they
order these things better’’ in ike ten miles
square.— JejJ'erson an.
To tsie peopie m (><crgia.
No man is more reluctant to app< ar before
you in the politic papers tiian i am, hot mi
ller existing circums’a'iccs it is my so. inn
duly to do so, in j isticc to inyseil no fi.-s
than to you. lam a ware that :l will lx tin
interest of sonic to attribute to me inotn. s
different from the irue ones b. uiiicli I am
actuated, lint I will not be detcrcd by such
considciatious lioin lliep ilormuiicc ol a pub
lic duty. ,
Tiic difficulty that occurred in subscribing
for the stock of the l urincr s Bank of Canita
lioocllce, is trcs-i w ithin tin remembrance oi
many. Jt was sough; by two conipann s, one
cooqioscd of General Matson, General Mc-
Douguld, Mr. Collins and their associates;
the other of Col. Alfred Iverson, Mr. Cary,
thyself and our associates. Alter a severe
mid doubtful struggle our party prevailed,
and the ltank went into operatn a under tny
administration as President, aided by fid
ward Cary Esq. as Cashier, and continued so
until the first Monday in tins month. Dur
ing that time, tlie Hank was often assailed bj
other Banks, by Brokers, and by private per.
sons who acted the partol open or secre t ene
mies as best answered their purposes. Lpon
every such occasion, the Hank not only gal
lantly, but triumphantly d< fended itsell, and
up to the tune mentioned, it was not only as
sound and solvent as any Hank in tin L nioii,
but was aide to defy all opposition, no inatli r
from what quarter it might cotne. During
the whole term of my aduiimstrution t never
heard from Director, stockholder, or others,
the first word of complaint against myself.
When I came into the original company ;
when the Institution was organized ; and up
to the time of the rccertt difficulty, I believ
ed it an association of honorable Gentlemen,
acting together for the honest purposcses
originally intended ; that should dissatisfac
tion at any time arise, it would be frankly
made known by the party complaining, and
the evil, if any, corrected. 1 did not be
lieve it possible that we had a traitor in our
ranks. llow far 1 was mistaken, Will appear
in the sequel.
On Wednesday previous to our annual
election for Hank Officers, having had no iu
liination of any complaint ag mist tnyst If,
and contemplating iiocha :x i:l the direction,
1 left home in the stag for Augusta, upon
d with the Bank ; previous
to my departure liowcv' r, 1 left with -Mr. Cary
a power of attorney to represent tny slur s,
and at the election on Monday follow ing to
vote for Mr. Irerson, and the other old direc
tor*. Mr. Iverson was then from home, anti
had been for some weeks, I ut that evening as
i was going from, I met li n i r tuning lo Co
lumbus. tFe saluted each otln ras we pas
sed. My leaving home at that time, and the
direction in which I was travelling, set in to
have given to .Mr. iv< rson great concern and
anxiety, for upon returning home, be imme
diately started Mr. It illlam Brooks, (one of
in- le w associates, and of whom I shall have
occasion to speak more particularly hereaf
ter) under whip and spin* in pursuit of me,
to act is i spy upon my nniveiin nts. At a
late hour in the night, Mr. Brooks overtook
the stage, g ive up bis tiorse, and took a seat
in the stage with the other pis ngers and
inyself, saying that lie li id been clet lined at
Columbus by busm -- until tic - igo hud
left, and was compelled to the st.-p tic tout
taken, that he might be in Augusta by the
time the moil would arrive, lit: proceeded
on to Macon, where I w is to remain for one
flay, and set a gentleman of tint place [whose
character is somewhat notorious—not for
honesty] to kevp an eye upon my movements;
from thence lie went to Mil! \lg. •. il! , tvh-n
lie put the talents of another Gentleman in
requisition in the-ami ho . Mr.
Brooks then disappeared, aiud was next seen
back at Columbus, lie did not go lo Au
gusta. Wbv all this was done, is now quite
plain, but was wholly unsuspected by me at
the time. Whilst Mr. Iverson was from
home I was providing for sustaining him in
his scat at the board of directions, but It,
was -ecretly plotting and arranging my de
feat When be met me going from home,
his suspicions were excited (for tho guilty
are always upon tiio alert] that possibly bis
secret and midnight machinntio.is had readi
ed my ears, and that 1 was about to counter
act orUndo them. Ills friend Mr. Brooks
was both a fit and willing in urnment for bun
to use at this crisis, flow well lie actcu bis
part you have now been informed.
During Mr. Iverson’s absence from Co
lumbus, lie succeeded through the honorable
Mr. Forsyth, in purchasing from
Beers, Booth and Pt. .fiffin on hunffi ,! and
fifty shares of stock in the Bank, u.al also in
person or through other secret agents, some
two or three hundred shares from oilier p r
sons ; hut vet he had not the cv tro! of a
majority of the slock, and one bold a id des
perate effort nmv remained to be mad n
Seaton Grantland E-kj. was the own rof three
hundred shares cf stock, and Mr. William
Sandford cv one hundred, who-” proxi sto
vote were then held by Mr. Cary. Without
the control of this stock, Mr. lu r an knew
he never could succeil in his plans; he there
fore approached Mr. Grantland and asked for
a power of attorney to vote upon his shares,
pledging himself that the only use ho de
signed makingof it, was partially to reduce
the sallarics, and to elect Dr. Thomas lloxey,
a director in the place of Mr. M. W. lh rry.
Mr. Ircrson r. present! and that Mr. < Jury proba
bly would not vote for the r duclion; that
Mr. Perry was under nr/ influence, and
should the reduction meet with opposition
from me, the in xisttre would fail unless l> rrv
was displaced. The proposed measure met
Mr. Granlland’s approbation, and the po re r
was cheerfully gi' n. Mr. Gram! and then
at the request of Mr. Iverson i; p! 1 to, and
obtai ied from .Mr. Samlfo and, a similar power
in ri gird to his shares, which power was In
be used in the same way and for tiio sain
purposes.
In thiß manner, and by th • use ol such
Hu aus, did Mr- In I sou obtain the conli>l ol
a majority of the stock, but In- m-. u r vot. .1
fnr itr. ! lofty or n.ystlj, in-l> ad i t< i. Ii
« ltcli and Mr. \npitr ul 1 roup and .r.
ter, of Harris county, t’ho lint ! !i I
directors Nulwoqocitlly elected .or. N •r,
1’ '.I
any cans, known tome at Uuel, Mr. .• | r
resigned Loth as director and President, in
each of which offices, lie was succeeded by
lien. Sandford.
A*'rr r thus obtaining the confidence of Mr.
Gr utlaud, and so grossly abusing it, -Mr.
Iverson addressed a letter to him as I am in
farmed distinctly admitting his breach of
confidence, and proposing satisfaction by the
purchase of his stock. It is now w his pi red
by the few li tends tiiat Mr. Iverson hu» left,
that ho denies [rather fee'hlv it is true] any
breach oil his part ol airy confidence reposed j
in him by .Mr. Grand uul, and it is intimated !
that .Mr. Grintlanil deterrent the removal i
both of Mr. Gary and myself. All tins, l
have no doubt is uhi lly untrue, and is an in
still adxd to the injury already done him. —
I letter from Gio. I!. Yi
Esq. of Oglethorpe county to inyself, is con- j
elusive upon tins point, lor Mr. Grant'aud ]
“authorises me to say upon his authority,
that Col. Iverson Ins been guilty of a breach j
of confidence, and a betrayal ol the confi
dence reposed in him, in tj/'eiling my rtmor
al.” When Mr. Iverson says one thing and
Mr. Grantland says another, no intelligent
am! unprejudiced man can at this day. hesi
tate for one moment which to believe.
Every man who knows the relations,
which have existed between Mr. Iverson
mi! myself from his boyhood, up to his
recent abandonment of his political friends,
and even snoe, cannot but be surprised at
hi3 course toward me. I bite rent rumours
are I understand abroad, justificatory of
his course ; such as that 1 owed the Bank
an exorbitant debt ; that my course was
unfriendly toward him ; that 1 was using
the whole Bank for my own purposes;
that ia a transaction, 1 had charg
ed him with falsehood, «Nc. his
course been dictated by any ol those
causes, it was due alike to him and my
self, that they should have been frankly
and openly stated.
JVly debt to the bank although heavy
under existing circumstances, never was
exorbitant. On the first Monday in No
vember, it was as well as 1 remember
about as large as it had ever been at any
one time, and then amounted to 83-4,000.
My resources and ability to pay it, Col.
Iverson knows not to be very scant, and
in justification of myself, I must take this
occasion to say, that the private good
debts due me are more than sufficient to
pay all my debts, without touching im
properly ; and that tny property is more
titan sufficient to do the same, without
taking any part of the debts due me.—
Since my return home, i have paid on my
Bank debt $l,lOO, but shall decline mak
ing any farther payment until Mr. Iverson
agrees to take my stock as he promised
to do, but now declines. Ido not wish to
be a copartner in such a concern nor do
1 consider this portion of my property
safe in the hands of such a man.
The Bank never was for one moment
injured or cramped by reason of any debt
ever owing it by. inyself, for whenever
the exigency required it, no personal in
convenience, or private sacrifice was too
great, to restrain me from affording prompt
and efficient relief to the institution. 1
felt my private character ut stake, and
my pride was enlisted, at all times and
under all circumstances to sustain the
Bank, whatever might befall myself. Mr.
Iverson well knows that whenever it was
deemed necessary, Mr. Dillingham, Mr.
Cary and myself have upon our private
credit at different times raised and given
to the Bank at par, specie and specie funds
to the amount of between sixty and seven
ty thousand dollars and were both able
and willing, and would not have hesitated,
to repeat such acts, whencvei m our esti
mation the necessity existed. 1 again
say, that under the circumstances my debt
to the Bank never was exorbitant but on
the contrary highly beneficial for when
the funds were really necessary, they
were forthcoming, and when not particu
larly wanted, the bank was receiving the
interest. That my business never was
burthensomo to tho bank, or my accom
modations unreasonable, is further proved
by the annexed letter from Mr. I verson,
written to me whilst 1 was in Millcdge
ville, as well as by the letter ol Mr. Dil
lingham. lii the lirst, Mr. Iverson says
to me, “although you have been displac
ed as President and Director of the Bank,
yet the Institution shall at all times, be
subservient to your convience and interest
if it receives from you in return a fair,
just and generous course of treatment.”
In the second, Mr. Dillingham says to
me, “he (.Mr. Iverson.) stated it was his
wish your business with the Bank should,
be continued, and that the most liberal
policy should be adopted toward you.”
iSo much for my indebtedness to the bank.
It is by no means however, to be under
stood. that in the distribution of bank fa
vours, the claims of Mr. Iverson were
overlooked entirely. On tiic first .Mon
day in this month, he owed an accommo
dation debt of SIO,OOO, and had frequent
ly hud the most liberal discounts on busi
ness paper, for the prompt payment ol
which, he never was remarkable, even
when the bank was pressed ; under such
circumstances, he never afforded her the
least aid, whether from inability or disin
clination, he best knows. It is hut shear
justice to Mr. Cary and myself, to state,
that under our administration, the bills ol
the Bank had good credit abroad ; when
returned home, were promptly redeemed :
and the institution was, in all respects,
conducted so as to be justly entitled to the
high standing it was daily acquiring, and
hide I. had already acquired abroad.—
The Stock Holders surely had no just
cause of complaint, for wo were enabled
to pay as large dividends as any other
Bank that was as ailed andfi i gl t against
from almost evwry point of the t.'ompa: s.
flow many other grounds of defence Mr.
Iverson or las friends may resort to, under
the difficult,' ~ which sunoiii'l them, I ol
eour»< an uu hie to |>i< diel ; hut to me, lie
r>ls the ih t'eix'e uaoii one gl'.nnil alone
which is in |y di i 10., and in Ii -> fill' rin which
i ieli r< • f has all'ml .In * n had. and to w inch
i i tain -ru tin in' I partir ular at tent ion of
j every ii :i'fi r. II so;* “I i.iaile lo j” i a
pro; i-.t.'ju Uj ■ ii me hi tins urj prop t ol
GHOSIGBA TO!ES AefD STATE RIsfMITS* ADVOCATE*
Ct>N'TKon.ixu the Bank iv.o mor.ths since,
which vou rejected. It tin u b came neces
sary for me lo look out for other associates
who would lens! me their aid, arid go with
me in my rices; — These Ifi ve found. In
in iking my arrangenu ms for success, I fount
r necessary to on rlook you as a member e
itlio boaid, indeed, 1 could not succeed, had 1
retained you in yoarfirmer position. As I
rendered to you, in otili mice to ail oth.r
ersons, a participation upon the mart favor :-
id, terms, ri a scheme of great importance
and deep interest, you cannot coniplu o. A: •
\”ain Mr. Dillingham says, “ L’ol. Iver.-on
lias stated (o me ais reasons tor the course In
has taken in the mutter, and also, that lie
has addressed you at Milled”, y.lie, lolly on
w i- not i om any pt r
sonal feeling of disrespect to you—but tiiat
the stiff css of his i Hurt turned upon this point.
ands it the enterprise was one. he had long 1
desired to attain.”' Now in all thi-, there is
no maaifistation of personal disrespect for
any supposed injury complaint of the
want of either ability or integrity in tny ad
ministration of the Bank, nor any allusion to
unreasonable accommodations, but because 1
refused to lend him my aid, and to slake niv
character and fortune upon the success of a
measure, which Imd the approbation of nei
ther my feelings or my judgment. Nay, lie
knew tny opinion so well, and was so well
satisfied that if in office tny most determined
opposition tu hi., scheme" would lie openly
manifested, whenever the subject should be
broached, so tiiat he dispaired of success
without toy removal, although he might con
trol a majority of all tho stool;.
Mr. Iverson does not state in his letter
win t this mighty “scheme” w as, w hich he
had so long -ml ardently desired to consum
mate ; but as there is note great danger of its
being acted upon, 1 feel inyseil’ bound bv
every consideration, that should actuate ail
honest and an honorable man, to lay before
you, that the nefarious plan may at once be
out down by the united voice of the whole
community. Mr. Iverson did “ about two
months ago” seek an interview with me, and
state that he had the entire control of tlie
West Florida Hank, and he produced and
read to me a paper signed by the famous
Win. Brooks, giving him the full control, but
stated that Brooks still retained au interest of
one half. He then proposed that l should
unite with him in effecting a large loan with
which wc should purchase up a majority of
stock in the Farmers Bank ofChattahoochie—
then unite tlie two institutions. The West
Florida Bank was to do business at Apalachi
ola, upon the lulls of the Farmers Bank ; and
he Farmers Bank was to do business at
Columbus, upon the bills of the West Flori
da Bank ; That the Bank should be held as
the private property of the stockholders;
should do no business upon its own bills at
Columbus, but should keep funds constantly
iri the hands of a private agent, with which,
to share all good notes that might, from time
to time, be in market, and should at all
times lie ready to aid tlie stock holders in
their business and speculations. This West
Florida Bank was then, and yet is lehvly in
sohent having miserably expired under tiic
nursing of this same Mr. IP/n. Brooks. This
proposition I did reject ; and what, I ask,
'would any honest man in the community have
thought of me, had it nietinv aanrohutirm 1 —
The conclusion of Mr. Iverson’s plan was,
that when our debt became due, ye should
borrow from the Farmers Bank and pay it.—
At the time, 1 considered it one ot those
wild and visionary speculations, for which,
Mr. Iverson is somewhat notorious, and did
not suspect him of a desire to act corruptly
or fraudulently toward the community. The
matter almost immediately passed from my
memory, until revived by subsequent event*.
Mr. Iverson never submitted to me or a?k
my participation, in but one plan upon tins
sullied 11.1 tu-i l_„ j\,si been stated.
This must therefore be the plan, to which he
alludes ..i his letter, and in regard to which,
as lie say.; “lie hxa fou.-.J associates who will
give him their aid, and go'w ilh him in his
views.” Who these “associates” are, I do
not know, but suspicion rests upon a gentle
man of Macon, the same who dogged my
steps, and who is believed to possess pecu
liar talents fur such ail enterprise. It is al
so believed, that anotin r gentle mail much
nearer home, famous for mystery, but not for
open struit forward honesty, isoue of the “as
sociates” that Mr. William Brooks is con
cerned,is so plain from all the circumstances,
that a detrial need hardly be expected from
him.
I have said, and now repeat, that when 1
was removed from tho Presidency, the Bank
,vas not only able to redeem its bilis, but was
in a firm and impregnable state.—Mr. Iver
son, in his hand bill states, ilia!// the Bank
was good t/u n, it ought io be not", j k;s is
true, but it does net follow, that it is what it
might be. The Bank is not now in tiic situ
ation it was on the lirst Monday in this
month, i speak thus freely,because lain yet
a stock-holder (very much against my iviii)and
my interest shall not be jeoparded within at
least a rebuke. There are persons who thus
far have acted with Mr. Iverson, ami some
even in tlie administration of the Bin!;, who
do not know by what motives he lias been
governed, or lo what point lie is driving.
Such nn n, i cannot yet suspect of being his
“associates” and giving him their aid, and
“going with him in Ins views.”
Tho Bank has been in effect, bartered a
way, and Iransf rred in secret, with as ifitlc
solemnity or publicity, as though it had been
a horse or a cow.
The whole power of tlie Bank seems to!
be wielded by one man, (by what means ob-1
milled you have been inlorined,) anil tiiat man j
;n my opinion, not worth sd,tX!o in the I
v.oihi, after tlie payment of his debts.
The money to pay for the stock recently
purchased, in si have been borrowed, and for
i in: payment of which, reliance must he had]
upon in. v. loans tiom tire Bank, and which itj
made, will take so much from the capital
stock.
Tei rc is a mysterious connection er un
derstanding between the Bank und William
Brooks, which would be a suspicious ciicum
stance against any Bank.
Tiic Bunk, in short, is in bad hand —its
dt stmies are controlled by a tunti of no econ
omy or business habits, and who is no lon
_cr in my opinion, worthy of confer' e.
In g ird the ». hole proceeding as a I t and
ih piiite i flint to save, not only the it: iwho
l.i-..et I MiroiiHpiein.i-a part, hut i: llur,
v. Ini !!, far, has kept hluisi if nm ■ kid.
In ~i :.mg this expot ition, it ii prol J,!o i
may !» c .apt .1 with m ting under lie n (In
•i * • ■ *' /■. t, res ■ ir i
my lute defeat. *1 trust that 1 shall never
consider myself difealed when turned wut ol
office bv the use if such means. 1 should
rather feel that ! had been tnrindled out of of
fice. As tofi cling resentment any longer,
against Mr. tveason, such a tiling is out ot
t,.e q itslion. I can no longer notice him,or
;;uv thing lie may, write, cr say. 1 trust sus
pic n will net r. st upon me, of a desire to
nut l ie bills ol tiio Bank below par, with the
view of buying diem up. and paying my
Bank debts* l wish to produce entirely a
contrary effect. 1 believed the hills yet to
be good, indeed if the effects of the Bank
are properly used, 1 know them to be good ;
but wiiat degree of confidence is her; after to
be rcposid in the Institution, every man in
tin- community t list decide for himself.
The bills bear my signature; the forego
ing circumstances were all unknown to you,
and notwithstanding the consequences which
may fall upon me personally, I felt it my tin
tv to put you on your guard. Whatever
mav be the issue, no man shall have it to
ujge -against me, that ho was not faithfully
warned.
ELI S- SHORTER.
November 15, 1933.
Tile foregoing address was prepared, and
intended to be published last week, but
reached the office too bite lor instrtiod-
Tiic other papers in the Stale may pir
haps do much good by giving it a place in
their columns.
Miu.i-.ur.rx ii i.e, 11 til Nov. 1833.
De\k Snt—ln compliance w ith your re
quest, I called on Mr. Grantland this morn- ]
mg to procure a copy of the letter which he j
had informed you, he hud received from Col. j
Iverson in relation to your recent removal ;
from the Presidency of the Fanner's Bank oi)
Chattahoochee. Mr. Grantland instructs me ]
to say to you, that notwithstanding the Gen
tlemen to w hom lie had in friendly confidence j
referred the question “whether he was hound
to hold Col. Iverson’s Letter under the seal
of private confidence” were unanimously of j
opinion that he was not so bound : But on j
the contrary hud the most perfect right to use ■
it, to piace himself in the position which he ]
intended and ought to occupy both before ]
yourself and the Public. Yet there are seve- j
ral Gentlemen, whose names are mentioned)
in the letter whose private relations might* j
be disturbed by its publication, and hence j
that he mnst decline at least for the present j
to furbish you with the copy you desire. In j
the meantime however, Mr. Grantland wish- j
es you to understand, that you are at perfect |
liberty to say upon fits authority that Col. !• i
verson iias been guilty of a breach of conti- j
deuce and a betrayal of the confidence re
posed in him in effecting your removal. And !
that when he ari ivcs at Columbus (which will
be in a few days (he inclines to the opinion,
that he will feel it to be his duty to shew you
tnc letter.
Very Respectfully Yonr Friend.
t.EO. 11. YOUNG.
Eli S. Siioster, Esq.
Coi l unr.% Nov. slh 1833.
Dear Sir —You will no doubt be sur
prised to learn the change which has taken
place in the Farmers Bank of Chattahoo
chee. It was a matter of much regret to
me tone compelled to uispiucu you. Vou
will remember however, that two months
since, I made to you a proposition to join
me in this very project of controlling the
Bank, which you rejected. It then be
came necessary for me to look out for oth
er associates who would lend me their
aid and go with me in my views. These
I have found. In making my arrange
ments (hr success, I found it necessary to
overlook you as a member of the Board ;
indeed 1 could not have succeeded and
have not retained you in your former po
sitioa—as I tendered to you in preference
to all other persons, a participation, upon
the most favourable terms, in a scheme oi’
greatimportan.ee and deep interest, you
cannot accuse me of having wantonly sac
rificed either your interests or your feel
ings in the course which I have pursued.
I should have been gratified, if our ancient
relations could have been renewed and
strengthened by that identity which would
have taken place if my proposition has
keen accepted and acted upon; and it)
was with deep regret that I saw you take
a different course and lay tlie foundation )
for a still wider breac h in our private con- -
lidencc and friendship. Situated as things j
now arc, I can scarcely expect, that we j
can ever again be placed upon the same
ground toward each other, which we once I
occupied. Os this however, I am re
solved —I will not be your enemy, unless
driven to it by provocation, beyond for
bearance, which 1 do most sincerely trust,!
you will never feel inclined to give. In j
conclusion, I have to say that although j
you have been displaced as President and j
Director of the Bank, yet the Institution j
shall at all limes be subservient to your)
convenience and interests, it it receives |
front you in return a fair, just and gener
ous course of treatment.
I am respcctfullv, tfic.
ALFRED IVEiDOX.
Eli S. Shorter, Esq.
Judge Shorter :
Dear Sir. — l had written you to send
by Mr. Barnard, but the sickness ol Mrs.
Dillingham prevented me from seeing him
bclbre he left, and I am at a loss now, to
know at what point to address this to yen.
The unexpected change contemplated
in tiie lstituliou made by Mr. Iverson and
Napier, was announced tu me on Sunday;
although 1 was nut aware of its extent, un
til the election on Monday, when it ap
peared Iverson and Napier had control of
flic majority ol tlie stock, and placed Mr.
Napier in the Direction in your place
and subsequently Mr. Napier President
pro tern.
Tlie successor of Mr. Cary lias not
bo n designated, nor do 1 know il any
step has been taken in ldution to this
matter.
Col. Iverson has stated tome his rea-i
sons lor tlx* course lie lias taken in !l;r
mailer, and also llmt be lias addressed you;
at Milledgevil!' on tins subject fully ; that
it was not li m any j* r tuna I feeling of j
disri • |'i et to \uli—but that, tin' slieei i,|
: is ' doit turned up* ii ibis point ! tu.d ti .;'
the enterprise was one he had long ile- 1
sired to attain. That he desired and ;
wished to manifest towards you the same
feelings, which before existed and partic
ularly in relation to the course to he adop
ted towards you, in \<>ur subsequent rela
tions with the Bank. 1 conversed with him
full : ile stated it was his wish your bu
siness with the Bank, should be continued,
and that the most liberal Policy should be
adopted towards you.
Not knowing whether this will reach
you at Miiledgevjlle, 1 will not add
more.
It is unnecessary 7 for me to add that my
exertions for the accommodation ol your
wishes in your business relations with the
Bank, will be of that character they ie
quire.
lours Respectfully,
G. W. DILLINGHAM.
State Kiglit Electing.
Agreeable to previous notice, a large
and respectable number of the “State
Right Party” assembled at the Court
j House on Tuesday evening the 2(ith in
stant. The meeting was organized by
the President of the Society, the lion.
Christopher 11. Strong, taking the Chair,
and on motion of Gen. Beall, John La
mar Esq. was appointed Secretary pro
tern. The President opened tfie meeting
! with an appropriate address, explaining
the general principles of the party and
the particular objects of the association.
He was followed hv the Hon. Henry G.
! Lamar, who went at some length into an
analysis of the peculiar nature ol our
j government, and the history of its forma*
I tion, showing that the doctrine of State
| Rights and State Remedies is an essential
attribute of Sovereignty, and absolutely
I necessary to preserve the liberties of the
people. Gen. Robt. Augustus Beall then
I addressed the meeting with impassioned
| eloquence, appealing to the patriotism,
awaking the zeal, and arousing the energy
j of the members, warning them “that the
I price of liberty is unslumbering vigilance.”
His appeal was met with an enthusiastic
| response and repeated cheers. After
| which he presented the following resolu
tions, which were advocated by Iverson
il. Jones, Esq. in some very appropriate
j remarks, and were unanimously adopted.
Resolved, That we fully 7 approve the
proceedings of the “STATE RIGHTS
i’ARTY OF GEORGIA,” at a meeting
held at Milledgevilledgeville on the 13tb
inst. and that the report and resolutions
there adopted be entered upon the minutes
ol' this Assoeiat : on, and observed as the
articles of our political faith.
Resolved, That each member of this
Association, or those who may hereafter
become members, shall subscribe their
names to said report and resolutions,
thereby pledging the full exertion of their
powers for the advancement of principles
essential to the preservation of State
Rights and constitutional freedom.
Col. ©ammcl Rockwell, one of the Cen
tral Committee of Milledgeville, was re
quested to give his views to the meeting,
ile discussed at some length the princi
ples involved in the struggle in which vve
are now engaged clearly demonstarting
that the doctrines of the State Rights par
ty are doctrines of Jefferson, and upon
tlifir pprpotiiity rest thr» libortioo of the
people und constitutional freedom. His
address was received with frequent and
rapturous applause.
On motion of Capt. Martin 11. Brown,
Resolved unanimously, That we ap
prove of the proposed meeting of the
State Rights Party 7 , to be held in Milledgc
ville on the 12th of December, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
Congress, and that our our delegation
from this county be requested to present
the names of Mikabeau B. Lam ah, Gen.
Robt. Augustts Beam., and General
Damei. Newman, as suitable individuals
to be placed on the ticket.
On motion, it was Resolved, That C.
15. Strong, Gen. Beall, Doctor Green, Col.
' Lamar and Col. Bailey, be and are here-
I by 7 appointed a Committee to prepare and
| publish the preamble and resolutions a
| dopted by 7 the general State Rights Asso
| ciation which met at .Milledgeville, and
have been now here adopted’as the politi
| cal creed of this Association, with such
j expositions, illustrations, and other arti
j cles, in vamphlet form, as may he explana
| tory of our principles, and calculated to
| enlighten and interest the people general
j ly of this county and state.
Reared, That the Secretary prepare a
| draft of the Constitution, and preamble
l and resolutiolutions adopted by the State
Rights meeting at Milledgeville, for the
superscript irn of the members of this
Association, according to the first and
second resolutions adopted at this meet
ing.
Rcsvluliod, That John Lamar, Esq. T.
L. Smith and Iverson Jones, be a com
mittee to solicit funds for defraying the
expenses of publication.
The meeting was addressed by John
Rutherford, Esq. in a speech of consider
able length, explaining his views, giving
in bis adhesion, practically, to all the doc
trines of Jeflerson. A meeting lor such
a purpose has seldom been witnessed,
closing with stronger manifestations of
patriot feeling, unanimity of opinion, and
determinntiod of purpose.
(J. 15. STRONG, President.
JOHN LAMAR, Sec’ry.
[Macon Messenger.
Meeting of the Consolidation Party
Vv e have seen the proceedings of this
parly, concocted and brought forth at n
meeting held in the Representative Hall
at Milledgeville on she 20th inst. and «*s
j < eially designed to gull the |>coplc. In
I erasing these proceedings we were par
ticularly struck with the studied manner
in whii'hthiy avoided any mention of the
principles ol the Proclamation and the
Bill of Blood. Tins flimrcy attempt at
• < ■ ption, while it manii' hfs, an intuition.
to give their new confederates the eo 1,,~
also pretty clearly marks the mental
becthty of those by whom it was design
ed. But they cannot escape the odium
ot approvmg the ultra Federal doctrines
ol the I reclamation and the bloo.lv bill
tor it will be remembered, that when the
Coalition was formed between the Sub
mission men and Forsyth and YVuvne in
May last, the votes of these recreant de
legates in Congress, in favor of this Bill
were in an especial manner, approved*
1 lie Collar 1 less too : their leading or
gan at Milledgeville, has announced thai
| Heir party would be found, at their post
in the Legislature, whenever these doc’
trines should he assailed. Thus, then thev
are committed in this matter. The “sign's
o! the times,” have admonished them
that they cannot retain their “ ill-gotten
power, and openly advocate these Sdious
and slavish principles; it is therefore that
their Leaders found it necessary to get
up a meeting—-with great parade,- a „d
taking council from the Magician of the
Albany Regency, prepare and put forth
a set of Delphic resolutions, meaning anv
thing or nothing, which might for a season
prop up the decaying fabric of Federalism
m this .State. Thus presenting a set of
Jemis faced doctrines, that look noth wavs
If Forsyth and Wayne should accGsc'
them of bad faith_or the friends of Jack
son should charge them with lending him
but a cold shoulder, in their
reply to the accusations of the former “did
we not ni May last, make Wavne Presi
dent °i the Convention, and bv a resolu
p°m ’ ,?PI )r ° ve of your votes on the force
i* ; -° I,c char g e of the latter
iney will point to the Resolution aoprov*
ing the administration of Jackson, ca!in»
Ins principles “Republican,” and his
measures wise, and although the rfoht of
secession is affirmed yet “ is it not called
Revolutionary again, if t | ic f aut
men and the Troup Union men, should
seem to doubt whether they could consis
tent!} serve “God and Mammon too,”
and others should consider their princi
ples, as savoring too much of Dankl
U ebster and Vanueil Hall, and as squint
ing at a surrender of State rights and
State sovereignty, they can point to these
proceedings and show how valiantly they
have approved the doctrines of Jefferson
and Madison, in general terms, although
they have repudiated the “ Right of a
State to judge of the mode and measure
of redress.”
But we have not time at present, to
dwell upon this precious specimen of po
litical hypocracy—we will barely add a
a word to the unwary—trust not those
who are always found against the interests
of Georgia and the South, and in the
ranks of our opponents—mark the deve
lopments, that will be made by them in
the discussion of the State Right Resolu
tions before both branches of the I.egisla,
ture, and vou cannot fail to observe the
“ CLOVEN FOOT.”— lb.
From the Philadelphia Examiner.
The enforcement Hill. —One of the first
subjects to which the Southern members
to Congress, at its approaching session,
will direct their attention, will be the re
peal of the odious Act annihilating the
Sovereignty of the States. So long as
that unconstitutional Act stands on our
: statute books, this Government cannot be
considered as a Federal Republic bui as
a consolidated Empire, governed, not by
a limited constitution, but by the abso
lute and uncontroled will ofan irresponsi
ble majority of Congress which is worse
than any species of monarchical despo
tism. Under that Act the Union can
know no peace. The Southern .States,
who understand their rights under the
Constitution too well to allow them to be
usurped, will never remain quiet under it,
and it would be well for the real friends
of the Union to examine, before it be too
late, how far it would be wise to perse
vere in holding it in terrorern over the
heads of those who are, and always have
been, as ardently attached to the Union
as themselves ; but who are resolved to
cut it assunder, as soon as no choice is left
them, but, between a separation and a
government of unlimited powers.
Many people at the North, because the
Southern papers never rcaeh them, and
because the Northern papors rarely tell
them what is going on at the South, are
under the impression that the spirit of
Nullification died away with the triumph
of South Carolina. So far from it, the
success of that gallant little State, in her
single handed contest with the Federal
Government, which resulted in the estab
lishment of the important truth, that for
infractions of the Constitution, “Nullifica
tion is the rightful remedy,” has infused
fresh life into some of her sister States,
and revived the dormant spirit of republi
canism, which in 1793 rescued the pe° -
pic from the chains then forging f° r l * ,cin
by the party in power. Virginia has un
dergone a radical change of opinion, since
the adjournment of* the last Congress.--
Gcorgia, which less than a year ago, >'•
large majority of -her Legislature, c
nounccd Nullification as a heresy, >
proved her near return to sound pt*
pics, by her vote in favor of Craw for » •
known advocate of that heresy. n ,.
bama, the same spirit is widely sprea ’ •»’
and in North Carolina there arc m ‘ L ‘
tions of a highly favorable kind,
last, though not least, in this y. c r'
of I'cnnsylvunini the State Uiigm* .
trines are making a progress wlm i.
months ago, vve did not believe ''
ever have been possible. Time am
lienee, however, are requisite. j
complisli such a revolution as that c
by General Jackson's Proclamation,
was one of passion and blind !'•
zeal, was the work of a inoinen
accomplish a counter-revolution,
must he alloc ted by enlightening
derstamlings of men, will rC( j'“ rc t . onlllU i.
and even years ; but when on* j,
mated, it will hove a hold ujmo m