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President <>i the I nite*.! Slates or not) xou
iti.n be called upon as President ol lire
Senate to vote upon all or some one of the
subjects mentioned in mv letter. 1 am in
good I uia anxious to obtain \ ottr oifiuion
upon die points submitted hi mv letter, and
tiieretore, du mo, t earnestly and re-pect
fnllv sudeit j our answer us soon as practi
cable.
I have the honor to be your obedient and
humble servant,
SHERROD WILLIAMS.
/P ( r..7 J.7«f Id;?; IB3G.
Sir—l tin 1 Itatliinir i-| your I (<t letter to
ch nine my decision in respect to the lime tit
which I propose to reply to tour (list. it
is however due to both of us th: t I
»!mul'd correct an error into which von have
fallen.
I have already ini.trim d you (hit I would
embrace an early nm.tteiit alter ('otmress
rises, and in abnmhnt season for the pur
poses of vottr inquire, to sen 1 you my an
swer. 1 hat d; tor;uiiiatio:i ret t tins r, on
ly unchange I, but i, eantirmed bv the st t.-
ineiits you have now made. You mtiv
lheretore dismiss your mind all appre
hension of not rec- b ing it in full time ibr
the object yon have ia xi-.v.
1 am, str, Y our obd’t humble serx’t.
M. VAN BUREN.
Uon’ble Snttitr.on Williams-.
Albany, Angus/ 8, IS3G.
Tojlte Hon. StIEKKOD WILLIAMS,
Ileprcsentative in Congress from (lit Slate
of I\t nttiik y ;
Sir —I embrace th? earnest convenient
moment, alter the adjournment of Con
gress, to give you • my opinions and views”
on the various subjects to which nr, atten
tion u is caked bx your letter of the 7th of
April la>t.
Fbe first o< these subjects relates to ti e
propriety oi a law im - the distribution of
the surplus revenue of the United States a- i
tnaug (he States, accor iitig t > their fcder.ti
population, for internal improvemt tits, edu
cation, a id such otiierobjeets aside legisla
ture of the St ties may >ce lit to tip .1 ,• the
same. ' * i
Lt my opinion, Congress does not pos
sess the power, under the constitution, to
raise money for distribution ainoii..’ the
States ; and il a distinction can be main
tained b t.vi .’n raising money for such pur
pose, and the (iistri:.a:i>n ol an unex'iected
surplus, (of I am not satisfied,) 1
think it ought not to be attempted with ■•nt
"a previous amendment of the constitution
defining the authority and regulating its
exercise. -Apprcheii iing dan t rtot: .• U
nion from the coarse of federal legislati.m i
upon the subject o! internal improvemer.ts,
' ami fearing that it could not otherwise be
arrested, I w.is incliimd, at the commence- •
incut Oi i resident Javhsmi's aommi?tratmm
to favor the i lea ot a fiigribution anmi.dlv
ftmoirx t.;o Slntcs, ol t’.;e Mirplus revenue,
and an amendment of the coiistit.itimi cou
f'rr'mg on Congress:; it'mritv to make it.
President Jar!.son. entertaming simitar ap
prehensions, submitted to tin,
elfect to the c iusideratioj of Congress.
They met with approbation in some quar
ters, but were de.'iom.cj 1 in oth rs, will:
extraordinary severity, as encouraging a
policy partieulariy mijust mid ruiimus to a
portion ot the Union, and subversive ot’ the I
principles upon which it xxas fmmied.'
Fime and circumstances have worked chan
ges of opinion on the subject, from which!
my own mind lias not i.vc.i exempted. The '
intelligence mid patriotism of the people ■
proved adequate lo the de.dred :. fm m, ‘in ’
tlielegislatit.no! ( digress rp< n the si.b-'
ject ot inter.i :I improvements, Without ri
sorting to t ic prop >sed distribution : and 1
th? experience of ihe 1 i-t s.ion ii-.s fuily I
sati-fied me ol tae impropriety of auv such
measure. “ The support of the State go
vermneiit in all their rights, as t':e most;
competent administration of our domestic I
concerns, mid the surest btduarks against 1
auti-repubiicmi tendencies; ami “the pre-■
servation <;l tae g’cnerul iu it>
whole constitutional vigor, as fie sheet an- I
chor of our peace at Imme and cfely a
broad,” were described by .Mr. Jttibrson as i
among the essential principles of our go- i
vernment, which ought always to shape it- j
administration. The experience of more
than thirty years has attested the wisdom
and justice of these sentiments—ami it be-j
hoves those who are e;,trusted with the in
crement of public affairs, to beware how I
they disregard the admonition.—They who
can yet allow tncms> Ives to hope that these
great principles can be maintained under the '
operrtion ofniiy of the proposed systems of
<!i-lribiition, have look' d upon th? sign, of
the times in a difierent light trom mvse.f. I:
is my firm coib ictioti, that any system by
which a distribution is made among the
States, of moneys collected by the federal j
government, would introduce vices into the j
legislation oi both governineiits, produc
tive of the most injurious effects, as well
upon the best interests of t.'ie comitrv, »s
upon the perpetuity of our political insti
tutions. I sincerely hope, therefore, that
the good sense ami patriotism ol' the A
tnericau people will prevent the adoption ol
any such plan. The Deposite Bill (recent- i
Jy passed) w ill remove any pn tern e of a
speedy mu ity ibr such a -*ep, and give ;
time to provide against the recurrem e of a
rednmlance ol r.-venmn ,I: would, indeed, i
be a great mi dorlone, if tb it law were regar- j
tied by tfi.> comnry as pledging the future,
cour-e of it- 1 ■_■ i-l ttion to the policy to
which you refer. 'The circumstances under j
xvliich it wa pa ;<*d, were of ail extraordi
•tury ca n- cn-r, cannot well again oc
< i o give a 'dative organization to ;
the n-cal ay. a y f >,■ th ■ coilectiou am. 1 dis- ,
burstnmmtoi i i;( . revenue, which had ,
>' e.i < sriddi- ne<i through the 'l’reasiirv 1) ■
partment hy Executive anthoriti', as a sub-:
Mume Ibr that of tfi. Bank of the United !
Slates, "as an object of the very liightst
importance, h was the succeed win ling !
"P<d ‘'if of the '
tween the we ll understood will () ftl ;■ i>< on'e
on the one side, and the moneyed power’of!
the nation a-img m concert with a formin' i
l:!e portion ”f power on the ofa r '
that has ever talu n place, ce, !a hih |
that has < ver resulted in the triumph j
of the popular v, ill in any coimtrv. To
’accompli li this by the a 'mt of all t<-
to make all responsible Ibr the future work-!
ion -• u.,. ' v •i.-domr |il,e r dl v '
their opiuiaiis ami wishes in its torniation,
ami to put .in end to those fierce and inces
.• ;uit a.-saults upon the management of the
fiscal a.i firs v.f the .".ovi rnuieiit, by means
of which every interest was di.-turbed, was
a result which could m t he too ardently
, desired.—The President had lor several
. sessions called the attention of Congress to
this subject without effect ; an ! the opposi
[ tion party in Congress, by axni.'mg itselfol
partial diversities of opinion among the
friends of the administration, a. ipiirc.l the
I power to prescribe mud.lions to its final
settlement.—Ti.a. to v. Inch their demands
were ultimately reduced, was a distribution
of 1 1..' dej o-itc.; of a portion ot’ the public
immeys among thekt ites. After ine.f.'ct
al e.f .Is in both Imuses, oa the part of tl.e
great mass of the supporters of the go
xerumenl in e.u h to separate that partof tl.e
bill v. '.ieii prut ide.l Ibr the n gulation of the
i)eposi:e Banks iiom the seettons which
mm.e a diik rent i.i-posiimn of the surplus
r.'ientte, the friends of the administration,
u.imrmg among then sclves in regard to de
tails ami construction, but v.itii the same
genera; ol.ject in view, yielded their sup
j port, by large majorities, to the bill in the
modified form in xx l.icii it came from the
house oj representtuix es. The amendment
Hi 'die house, although it did not stri > the
inli ol all its dangerous tendencies, made
an essential change in its eiia'rter in respect to
i the qaestion <>; constitutionality. In its
previous iorm, it took die money by appro
priation out ot the 'T; easttrv, and thereby
1 necessarily raised the question, whether the
j use which was proposed to be made of it,
, was amongst the “ e.\p< mlitures” autliori
. zed by the federal constitution. By the
i hili, .as amended, no money is drawn from
the Treasury, but the slate treasuries, like
lhe state batiks, are, to a limited extent,
:mide places of deposite ; of the constitu
tional poxver to do which, with the consent
. ol the Stales, there can be no question.
i lie President, assuming’, as he was bound
by a proper respect for the instituiioiis ol
die country to do, that good faith would be
. kept in the dealings w hich it authorized be-
Ixvecn the le.lt; til ami state goteruirenls,
jgavcliis assent to t::e mens re. I would
. have given to the lull a similar i!
: .1 mat become my duty t > decide on the
j question ot its passage or rejection. It
, now remains for Public Opinion, to tl.e ef
ficacy whii h we all have so much reason to
look witu confidence am! hope, to determine
the character oi' the ultimate results to be
expected from it. Tt at tiie subject is of
the first importance, all must admit ; ami I
' parii' ipate fully in the apprehension so ex
tensively entertained and so freely < xpress
ed as io its etlects. But Ido not despair :
, Oiten as we have seen our political hori
zon overcast with portentous elemis, anti
; ine safe conduct oi public affairs beset by
combinations which, to all >earanee.
could not be overcome, xve have never yet
seen the time when those doubts and dilii
eulties were not fimulv ami satisfactti.i!y
■cie: red away by'dm . peraliou : f litis pow’-
t’.t.d corrector. S.ivli, 1 doubt m-,!, will I.?
dm result now ; and such, in the nature of
lihlSi. It U;\*. .lj’> iiS S t;lv [.'CO-
pe are i:nc(jri i:pted aii. ’uur fre <*.
. Trejudiee, passion ami seliidme.-s,may ride
die hour, and give a direction to public
que.-lions, xvlicn the i imtrolliiig power rests
i.: a suig.e hg id, or in a few - mdix i.luids
.whose position exempts them from the in
j ii'ious »beets cl oilkial errors; but tins
, can seldom happen, whim that power cx-
■ i. is only, as is the ea e with us, in the great
body of well informed mid virtuous cm.;-
, 1 1) •.! ii i Ih. a, *() Lt* Jl* lij£ COlkU’fj llt'DCt S,
j whether for good or for exii, for public
j measures. 1; is now luriiie majoi it yof the
! people to decide whether lhe measure refcr-
I red to shall only be tnleraied as a temporn
.y evpi’itii nt, lm’ce.l upon ii;e counti x by a
i conjunctionof cxlraorniuary circmns'ar.ccs,
anti rendered less objectionable in conse
quence ol its effect in removing bi vond the
ieta li ci party coiit. niioa and faci.ot s n.i?-
r< pr. s. nt itions, ilistin hi. g que.-tiims in re
i lotion to il.e public momy s, at a moment
i when the public mind i.-, from other causes,
I peculiarly liable to be unduly influenced by
mister and unfounded imputations ; or,
whether the distribution of the j i.blie dc
\ jiusilrs, shall be lhe pan tit ami forerun
. nerol i ilure Gislributions ui the public rev
' cutie.
'I hat the decision of this interesting question
.nil be huaestiy made, xve all know, and 1 do
not lioilbt t.iat it xvid a. obe wisely made, j
", ,■■ Ib» Ilf ■.?, tliat tho pul voice will de
| m.iud, that 1!;:.; species of legislation shall ter
, iimiite with the cim rgeucy that produced it—
uliat early and efficient steps will be taken to I
I invent the recurrence of a state of things cal- j
i < ulited to tarm.-h an exetae for ariv measure of I
' <ii-.ti ibiitmn, by the adoption of the onlv natu- i
ral, sale and just remedy for an excess <it' love- i
i nae, a reduction of the taxes, efiectual in itsre-
■ -.mi , equitable m its detail:-, and w i-.eiy adapted
to the circniiistaiices of the country—that we
I snail be cuntcnt to emitictie the action of our
•loinplicatcd but admirable system of govern
ment, state and f< d( ral, in the coursi that has
, conducted our country to its present palmy state
iol prosperity and renown—-and shall eschew
, in future those scheme-; ol improvement in their
. irJinitii.stration, with wliich the comnry is from
tinm to time immdaled, the results of which, to
iy the best of them, arc extremely hazardous,
■ ii.d which too oiten have ijtiilemuch in view
' .lie individual advantage of the projector as the
! good of the nation.
The next subject embraced in your enqui
ries, is the dislribntion of the proceeds of the
: sales of the public lands, amongst lire suites m,-
co'd;;.g to th.’: Icderal population ol cm:;, for
i limliar purpose-.
I Aly views in regard to several public
, qtieslioir;, and amongst them the | roper
I di-ti ibtition <>t lhe public lands, wi re a-k
--j cd by a portion ol the citizen- of my oxvit
-tate shortly alter my nomination for the
j Presidency. They txert given in August,
: IS3.>, ami tq tut the I niter subject c\pr< .-.-ed
:in the following words:—“ In respect to
■ the public haids, ! need onlv ob . rxe, that
1 1 regard lhe public domain as a trust fund
i belonging to all the stag s, to be disposed
: of for tlic ir common benefit. Ample au
thority is for that purpose conferred upon
i congress by ait express provislcm of the cou
; titution. In making such disposition, lhai
; body should in my opiui n act upon
the principle that the people of the United
i States have a greater interest in an early
[ -etth inent ami siib.ta.itial improx t meut ol
! tit? public lands, than in the amount of re
| v> tr e v.hii li nmv be derived fiotn ll.cm.—
i To accomplish this object, the accmmilatioii
1 ol large tracts in few hands should be t.is
''cmi'cnam ed, and liberal facilities aflbrdcd
lo )!:•■ m’.-pd iti'm nfi’m’dl poi lions by .such
oi onr citizens w herever residing as are'm
good laitli desirous oi possessing them a- 1
homes tor themselves and families. The
partietilar measures by whiih these results
are to be secured, is matter of detail to be
settled by cengre.-s, in (he exercise oi a sound
discretion, aided by' the lights of experience
laud haxitig reference to (he general inter
ests of the count, v.—The disposition id the
public lauds proposed by the bill to which
1 resident Jackson refused his assent, xvas
in my opinion highly objectionable. 1
therefore approved of its rejection bv him
atl.:e time ami all my subsequent reiiection
has confirmed me in that opinion.” ‘ have
watched the discussions which this subject
mis since midcrgom , with all the attention
wuich it- importance domain's, and with an
earnest dcrire to arrive at conclusions in
regard to it w hich shall best answer the re
quirements ol justice and promote the inter
ests oi all tiie states, but have seen no cause
to doubt tie correctness ol these views. I
am of opinion that the avails of the pninic
lands will be more equitably ami faithful
ly' appliei.', “ to the common benefit of the
v> tilted States,” by their continued applica
tion lo the general wants of the Treasury,
than by any other mode that lias yet been
■uggested ; and that such an appropriation
is in every respect preferable to lhe dis
tribution thrcel an ong the stales in the
manner your question proposes. Enter
taining these viexvs, I cannot give you anv
encouragement that I will in the event of
my election to lhe i’residem’y favor teat pol-
Uou* next ask me whether I will ap
prox*.* bills making appropriations to im
prove navigable rivers above ports of en
try.
1 am not aware that there is any question
in reference to tiie subject of Internal Im
provements by the Federal Government,
apon which my opinions have not been ful
;y expressed, in a letter written by me in
October 1832, w hernia candidate for the Vice
1 icsidency, to tue bdiocew Springs com
miite of?■, u: ih t aroiina, ami i.ia leletr from
tint Attorney General oftlie U. Stales to Mr.
■ i : .am! ol .-lecliiecburgh, m 1833, in w liicb
m: was authorized to speak mv sentiments
m (he matter. Tliese doemnents have I
hern frequently and extensively published.
8 i’.oii referring to them, you xviii find
j (bat h orn lhe first action of President Jack-I
son upon ti:is particular portion of his ofii-'
i cial duties, which happened while 1 was
la member ofhis Cabinet, until 'he time
■ hen those letters xvere written, there has
been operation in action am; a genera! cor
res| odeme m opinion betxveen him ami mv
seliupon the whole subject. In the views!
expressed by him, upon the particular ques-l
lion io which y yur enquiry exit nds. in hi> i
a;i. iit.l ml -i- ige to congress m idecetnber, '
1834, I fully concur.—They were as fid-;
lows ;
“ here is anotlier class of appropriations |
lor what umy be called w ithout impropriety !
i.iuermd improvements, which have aiwa-'-1
been regarded as stand’mg upon difiereni!
grounds from tiio.-e to which 1 have refer- I
red. i allude M such as have for their ob-j
ject the impiovi mint < fem- luudii urs, r.nd I
the removal ol the partial and temporary
obstructions in our navigable rivers, for the ,
lacihiy and seem ity ol our foreign com-|
merce. IhegroKtids upon which 1 distin
guished appropriations of this character I
from oiiier have already been stated to j
igress. I will only now add that at the
first session ofcomrress, underthe new- eon- ;
stiiu.ion, it was provided by law, that ali
expenses which should accrue from ami af
ter lhe 13th day <4 August, 1789, in lhene
cessary support and maiiituinance ami re
pairs ol light houses, beacon:’, buoys, and
piers, erected placed or sunk before the
p i < ige oi the uc(, w itiii i any bay, inlet,
harbor, or port, ofd:e United States, furrmi
dering the navigation thereof easy and sate
should be defrayed out ol the ' Treason
ofUiiited States ; and further dial it should
be tiie duty of the Secretary of the Trea
sm , to provide by contracis, with the :>p
p; :b.iti ii <4 t!ie i ident, for rcbuddiii-.
w hen necess iry, a:i 1 keeping- in goo I re
pair, tiie light, iionses, beacons, buoys, and
pub.ic piers in tm_* several states lor furnish
ing idem w ith supplies. Appropriation;
lor sin:.ar o’j.ct, hive been co t uned
from Unit time in tiie present wiihoul inter
rapiion or dispute. As a natural con-e
--iiu. ace ot tiie increase and extension ofour
I -II commt i re, ports of entry ami deli
very have been multiplied ami established i
mil only upon our seaboard but in the in- '
tenor of lhe country upon our lakes am! i
navigable rivers. To convenience and :
safety of tliir commerce have led to
the griidmd extension of those expemii
lures;toihe erection of light houses, the !
placing, planting, and sinking of buoys,
beacons, and piers, and to tiie removal
oi partial ami temporary obstructions!
in our navigable rivers, and in the harbors;
upon nor great rivers, ami in the harbors !
upon our great lakes, as well as on the sea- !
board. Although 1 have expressed to cim
giess my apprehension that these cxpemli-'
tares have sometimes been extravagant ami j
disproportionate to the advantages to be i
derived born them, i have not li It it to be
my duty to refuse my assent to bills con
taining them, ami have contented myself
to follow in this icspect in the footsteps of
all my predecessors. Sensible, however,
from experience and observation, of the
great abuses to w iiicli the unrestriced exercise
of this authority by congress was exposed
I have prescribed a iimkati m for the gov
ernment ol my own conduct bv which ex
pend.titres ol this character are confined to
pinccs below the parts of entry <r tielivcrv
cstabli licit by 1 ! am very sensible that
this restriction i- not as satisfadmy as could
be desired and tliat mm h emlian as.-muit
may be caused to the Executive Department
;n its execiitimi, by appropriations for re-1
mote, and not well understood objects.
*ut as neither my ow n reflections, m:r tiie
the lights which J may properly derive
irom other sources, have supplied me with
a better, J sindi continue to apply my best
exertions to a fiiitldul application ofthei uh
iiponw ii'u li it is founded. 1 sincerely regret
tliatl could not give my assent to the bili
entitled “ An an lo improv, the navigation
ol the Wabash river,” but I could m i have
done so without out receding Irom the
ground wliicb I havc upon the fullest con
sideration, taken upon this subject, ami of
which congress has been lieietcfore apori- I
zed, and without throwing the subject again I
open to abtise-; which no good citizen, cn- I
t.ertainiug my opinions, could desire.”
T E
S'NNIMO OF UN!
I resident Jackson lias no v. her? given
us bis views as to the particular provisions
ol the b ederal Constitution, by w hich he
conceives expenditures of this character to
!a* authoriz 'd, i p-.m referring to tiie early
proceeumgs (( f t; 1( . government we find that
iieneral Hamilton, while Secretary of the
1 reasut yj oim n led tit: t Imy were warranted
by i.ie authority given to Congress to re; u
l.ite commerce. Mr. Jefferson on the other
hand whilst he deprer'ited their liability to
extravawam e abuse assumed that thev
, cou.d beju.stified under tiie power to maintain
j a navy. President Jackson Ims felt tiie
I ipiestimi <4 constitutionality in tiie slate in
Iwiiicn it was left by his predecessors. But
I h iving bad actual proof of the tendency of
' these appropriations to tiie abuses which
! .4i'. .!< m-r.-on apprehended. In* Ims endea-
■ vored to apply u> die subject a practical
’.emedy.— ’A iifi. 14., v iew, lie refused bis as
ent to ail appropriations above ports of en
try or la hvery— ;io t that he held the mere
iact ol the establishment of such ports by
: i otigres’s lieps'tve of the question ofconstt
tutionality, lut because the constitut'ioii,
(timer th ■ getiere.i discretion it confers ill
: rcgaid to th. appruval < r disapproval of
■ bills, gives him the right to do so, without
: reference to tiie constitutional question ami
i because l:e thuight its exercise would he
j highly conductive to the public good. P*o
< one, I believe contends that the President
or,gut, so fin-as it depended upon him, to
I have arrested all appropriations of this char
! actcr, hor con'd it w ith anv show ofproprie
i ty be insisted that he should have given his
i consent to the < xtension of them to objei ts
| ot a character altogether different from those
i wl’.ieli have been promoted by grants from
the 1 ederal Treasury since the commence
i ment ot the Federal Government. That
j the rule he adopted for the regulation of his
1 conduct in the matter, is free from objec
tion, is not contended. I am, however, sal
> isfied that it has been productive of much
wood, and will, until a more satisfactory
| one is suggested, give it my support.
[ 7'it I-:: Confinited.]
EEECrORAL TICKET
It has been known to the public that
Gen. James C. Wat-on, one of the candi
dates upon the Electoral Ticket, would
probably decline the nomination, but until
within a few days we have seen no official
information of (he fact. We now have his
amimriiy for saying that he is no longer a
carniid ite. Infarmation of Gen. Watson’s
dctcriumatioii on this subject was received
•sere Jtiring the late Commencement, and
it was thought advisable by many mem
bers of the Union Party then at this place,
tliat some other cam; alate should be selected
ami amiounced lor die con.-uderaiiou of our
i’ramds generally, win never this determina
tio.i was antimrilativ ply communicated.
This course was deemed necessary, 'mas
maili us the Central Committee bad no
longer antlmrity to act for the Party, and
lhe election being near ut Im.id, no lime for
gen. ral action throughout lhe State was al
lowed, A meeting was according'v held,
at which I 1 1' I M IIjNER, Esq, of Monroe
county, was if.--.i recommended as
a suitable camiidate to fill the contemplated
vacancy. Air. iL'ner, we do not doubt,
will lie highly acceptable to our friends,
lie lias been long ami favorably known to
th.: pvtb.ie, an 1 if he consents to serve, will
be warmly supported, at least in this section
oi ti;e State. We hope onr friends will
unite upon him, ami tliusemi.be us to pre
sents compact and undivided front to the
et:emy ; certain that if v.e do so. victory
will crown our efforts.— -Suulltern Banner.
BEP D!
YVe are not anmug the number who be
lieve that any coesiderab'e portion of the
Union Party of Georgia can be induced to
M param from their friends mid do violence
to their pri iciplcs, by giving their votes to
il l?, im. '•» bite and Jmm Tyler, the tiiilii
• icatiou candidates I' a - President and Vice
President. Some there umy be, who from
personal acquaintance i r private partiality,
will support the Electoral Ticket of tiie op
position, I ut their numbers must be few.
To such, liovveyer, we would offer a few- re
marks.
It is urged by the nullification papers, as
well as by individuals of that party, that the
Union supporters of Judge White, ought to
vote for the nullification ticket for Congress
because the election might be carried into
th-* House of Representatives, where the
Congressmen now to be elected would de
cide the question. This is an error into
which we were at first inadvertently led
through the representation of mdlifiers, and
into w hich it would be their policy to lead
as many as possible. The trmh is, that
the election in October has no connection
with the Presidential question at all ; for
our present delegation in Congress, should
lhe e'.ecUon be carried to that body, will be
required to vote upon if. The members!
now in office, will hold their seats until the
4th of March next, at which time the new
President is to be inaugurated ; he must of I
course be chosen previously to that time. !
We therefore say to the union White men ; I
Be not deceived ! If you would adhere to >
the Union creed w hich you profess, you
will vote with your party at the coming ;
election, whatever may be your views as to '
lhe Presidency. let not a difference of
opinion on one point draw you from the
ranks of your friends on all others—let
not your enemies falsely persuade you that
the next election for Congress has any thing
to do with that of President —but unite, as
you have done in days that are past, in the
glorious work of prostraiing and keeping
down a set of political principles, which
von, and we believe, would, it allowed to
succeed, cast a fearful and fatal blight over
onr now prosperous and happy country.
| f'Ani'ii. Ban.
C ,8” The Stale Rights Sentinel thinks
that “the places ofVi ilde, and Gilmer, am! ■
Foster, and Clayton, have not been filled
by any portion of the present representation
in Congress.” Their scats have been oc
cupied, doubtless, hut if the editor means
that our delegation have not tilled its seats >
in the sanic *viaiiiwr as that which preceded
it, we pi'i ti ctiv aerie with him. We know
what oar present members are—they are
staight forward, imflincli’mg republicans,
who do tlieirdutv became it is their duty;
and know how to do it quite as well as th. ir
predecessors. With talents and integrity
fully equal to those whose places they have
ON.
taken, we find them exerting their energies
lor the good of their country—not profess
ing one thing to-day and another to-mor
iow, anil boxing the political compass as
tneir cupidity, or (lie popular breeze directs,
on’t the Hetilinel try again ?—l6.
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••77/e friends of lhe Unionare our friends,and its
('namies* oiu enemies."
■ ■Sept* G.
'X'ifAei.
FOR PRESIDENT,
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
FO R VIC E-P R E SID EN T,
RICHARD M. JOHNSON;
extract from
MARTIN VAN BUREN’S EETTER
Accepting the nomination of the Conven
tion, and to the N. Carolina Commit
tee.
“ I content tnysolf on this occasion with
saying, thaU consider myself lhe honored
instrument selected by thefriendsof the Ad
ministration io carry out its principles and
policy, and as well from inclination as from
duly, 1 shall, if honored with the choice of
the American People, endeavour to tread
generally in lhe foot slips oj President Jack
son, —happy if I shall be able lo per
fect the work which he has so gloriously be
: gun."
! (£?’Jackson men in these days of mis
j representation, look well to the above ex
tract, and then to the follow ing from his
letter to the North Carolina Committee, on
the subject of
“ I prefer that not only you, but all the
\ people of the United Slates, shall now un
ylevs!awl, tualij the desire of that portion
I of them which is favorable lo my deration, lo
\lhe Chief Magistracy be gratified, I must
go into the Presidential Chair the inflexible
find uneoniproinising opponent of any at
ffi.pt to ABOrASiI BLAULIiIY in the
: District of Columbia against ike wishes of
lhe sluee-holding States.
; “For the Engrossment of rhe Bill, It3vofes—A
gain-t it, 1 4. The Chair voting in tho AFFIR-
I At ATI t E. the Bill is ordered to be engrossed and
| i cad a third time.”
J yj ir'ci lon Buren, on the Rill to vrohihittlie. cir
culation oj incendiary publieatioris through themails.
IB ’T2C££E'S’.
THOMAS F. A.ADEiiSOA, of Franklin.
WAI. B. BL'LLOGH, of Chatham.
SAAIL'i.L GROVES, of Madison.
THOM AS ILYYix ES, of Baldw in.
YVIESON LUAIPKIN, of YValton.
'••• ILLIAM PEN riCOST, of Jackson.
THOMAS SPALDING, of Mclntosh.
REUBEN JORDAN, of Jasper.
WM. B; WOFFORD, of H •hersham.
TIIO3IA S\V 00TEN, of Wilkes.
Union Ticliel.
JOHN COFFEE, of Telfair.
JESSE F. CLE\ EL VND, of De Kalb.
THOM\S GLASCOCK, of Richmond.
SE YTON GRANTL AND, of B.ddwin.
CHARLES E. 11 AY NES, of Hancock.
HOPKINS H. HOLSEY, of Harris.
JABEZ JACKSON, of Clark.
GEORGE Yf. OWENS, of Chatham:
GEORGE Vv\ B. TOWNS, of Talbot.
Union Ticket for Baldwin county.
for senate.
BIICMAU L j. xIN.
RKP RES N ’qAT IVES.
C33A ULCs to. V AMLIWND.
ULNJAJIiN LdJiLBSTEU.
Union Ticket for I’/arren County.
FOR SENATE.
THOMAS GIBSON, ESQ.
F. ErRES E N T A TIV ES.
UR. MONTCLASBORN ANDREWS.
WM. H. BLOUN T, ESQ.
Q. L. U. FRANKLLN, ESQ k
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
“ Leon” cannot appear for want of a proper
name.
GEN. WATSON’S DECLENSION.
Will the nullifying prints which have made
I such a blow about Gen. Watson's declining to
run upon the Win Buren ticket, just publish the
'following article from the Columbus Sentinel?
i
It will save their readers some labor, and much
' anxiety :
“Gen. Watson, of Columbus, one of the
electors put upon tho Win Buren ticket, lias
; requested that his name should be taken down,
on the ground that he xvas opposed to him as a
member of the Clarke party, and that lie has'
seen no reasons to change the Opinions be then I
entertained: and besides, the General was I
very well content lo leave a falling house.
There is not the slightest doubt as to tlio total ;
defeat oi the Yau Buren party in Georgia.”
The foregoing precious specimen of veracity
'we copy irom the Mobile Chronicle, And we
scarcely ktioxv why, either. To contradict
any thing the Nidliiiers say at this time with re
eaid to the election—or any of the candidates,
with the hope that they will give the slightest
attention to truth and justice, is to show oneself
very ignorant of the course they have laid down
ibr be ating Mr. Wm Buren, ami guilty of a cre
dulity worse than puerile. We happen to
kimxv the cause which induced Gen. Watson to
w ithdraxi’ his name from tiie electoral Ticket,
and know that it is entirely different from the
one above stated ; and that the paragraph is,
consequently, as far as relates to Gen. W.
xvholly destitute of truth ; as wo believe it is in
regard to the prospects of the Van Buren partv.
Gen. Watson is now a private citizen, and it
would he unmannerly in us to bring him before
the public without his own desire. Nor do v.e
consider it necessary. Gen. Watson bad good
and sufficient reasons to satis iy himself that he
ought not to run, and he exercised his ur.doubt-
'ed privilege of rciusing to do so. But v.e are
proud to hail him still a staunch Van Enrenre-
I publican, with us heart and hand. Ho xvill vote
| the Wm Baren ticket at the ensuing election,
■ and afford Isis hearty co-operation to the friends
jof that gentleman. So much for the Chronicle
! news of Ga i gia politics. Now we have not the
! most remote idea that the Editors ofthe'Clironi-
I cle will put themselves to die least trouble to
j correct tlicir misstatement. If they do, it. will
certainly be an unusual course. We shall see.
As to Mr. Van Buren’s prospects in this
State, xve do not care to say much about them
until the election is over. />iff—if the Nullifi
ers do not got xvorsc boat this bout than they
have ever been before, then xve are not of the
“children of tie prophets.” That’s ail we
Lave to say noxv.
CHOLERA IN CHARLESTON.
The Board es Health of Charleston, S. C. have
reported lea cases of Cholera, from the 31st of
August to the 2d of September, five of which have
proved fatal. They also state that fair deaths
have oceured from the cases reported on the 31st,
since that period.
Prom the Charleston Courier.
The Board of Health of Charleston, lias
given notice to the citizens that the Cholera
has made its appearance in that city. On
the 30th nit, in the weekly report, thej’
give tue deaths of seven blacks, by that dis
ease. On the 31st, the Board reported that
eleven cases had come to the knowledge of
the Special Committee, appointed by the
Board, since Tuesday last, 1 o’clock, two of
which have proved (ata). The disease so
far has been confined to the blacks, and a
few whites of intemperate habits. The
Board promise to report daily all cases
that come to their knowledge, and call on
the citizens not to be alarmed, by the nu
merous reports, daily put in circulation, but
to place implicit reliance on their daily re
ports and keep their premises clean and x’ell
purified by a liberal use of Lime and Chlo
l ride of Lime.
■| Cholera.— Although Cholera Asphxia has
I been officially announced as existing in our city,
■ we are happy to say that it has not excited that
panic, among us, xvliich is thought to have con
tributed much to its extension and fearful rava
ges in other places, and that it seems to have put
on a type of comparative mildness, yielding
readily to prompt treatment. It has thus far
' been almost exclusively confined to the colored
population and intemperate xvjiite persons, and
i lias generally been owing to indulgence in im
i proper food. Little or no apprehension need
I be entertained by those, who adopt prudent
i precautions in reference to diet, and dress, and
: against exposure. Our citizens remain firm, at
their posts; and we have much confidence, that
' the skill of our Physicians, will, under thebles
! sings of Providence, vanquish the disease.— lb.
TUE ELECTION.
It is less than four xveeks to the elections, ant!
every man who duly regards the true interests cif
his country, cannot conceit! the fact from his mind,
that upon their result, depends the final triumph
of the best principles of our institutions.
A combination is regularly organized through
! out the United St ites, composed of the most hete
! rogciieous materials, which is now engaged in a
desperate struggle to overthrow the republican
; measures of General Jackson's administration, and
to build upon their ruins, a system of government, (
calculated in its object aud tendency, to overstep
the land-marks of th? constitution, and to extend
tiie powers of the federal government, without
check or limitation.
Who that has marked the signs of the times, cm
que.ticn this assertion? Who that sees and knows
; that the federal Bank party, will, in such an event,
: hold a decided preponderance in tiie national
I councils, can fora moment doubt, that their suc
! cess will inevitably fiistyu upon us the Bank of
I ths United Slates, the Tariff aud Interna! Im
, proveincnts, with ali those ultra measures so suc
cessfully overcome by the stein integrity and un-
■ wavering patriotism of Andrew Jackson.
[ Let us suppose for a moment, that Judge V, 1 ite
: should succeed to ths ’’residency : V. hat will be
■ hi:; course, and to whom will ho owe his election ?
■ lie will be in a great measure indebted to the fed
eralists and the Bank, and under such circum-
' stances, can lie oppose a rc-chai’tor of that insti
tution ? It cannot he expected. Can he oppose
! the tariff? Ao! The. main body of the opposition I
are tariff men, and if he succeeds, it must be with
their aid. Can he oppose appropriations for in
tern:.! improvements by the General Govern
ment? He cannut; because the very men xvho
support the Bank and the Tariff, are lhe most de
cided advocates of Internal Improvements.—ln
plain engiish, will any man who may be elected
to the Presidency, shape the measures of his ad
ministration in direct opposiiion to the principles
of those xvho elect him ? The common sense of
mankind xvill answer NO !
Who in Geargill is prepared for such a crisis?
Who that regards the interests of the people and
the rights of tho States, is xvilling to hazard those
interests and those rights upon a contingency so
full of danger to both ?
Can any other consequences result from the :
election of Judge White? Can any man, elected {
by sueh a combination, be expected to shape his
administration upon prineilpes directly averse to
those of his supporters —to tiie viexvs and interests
of men xvho advocate his election solely because
they expect him to reverse the measures of Gener
al Jackson and to establish an order of things,
wholly adverse to those which noxv exist, and j
which have long been, and are now, so decidedly i
approbated by tiie democrats of the union, in eve- i
ry quarter?
This is a subject for the serious consideration of
every man xvho regards his own security, and that
ofhis fellow-citizens as having their only safe and
sure foundation in the preservation of republican
principles, and a strict and inflexible adherence to
the constitution of his country as expounded by
Jefferson, Madison and Jackson.
Who is prepared to sanction the re-charter of
the United States Bank ? Iftherebe such, let them
vote fur Judge White.—Who will sanction a con
tinuation of a most unjust and oppressive tariff?
if there be such’ let them vote for Judge White.—
Vvho xvill justify the appropriation of the peoples
money in works of Internal ImproVeinents by tiie
General Government? Let them support Judge
White.
But it has been broadly asserted, and in Georgia
too—and by an Editor of distinction with the nul
lifying party, that he would prefer either of lhe
candidates for the Piesidency , to Mr. Van Buren—
mid further, that he would take the most uncom
promi ing federalist, rather than the caucus can
didate; meaning Mr. Van Buren. Amon;*; tint
number, are included General Harrison and Mr.
Webster, and if either should eventually succeed,
no man can foresee xvhieh it xvill be, for at pres
ent lhe chance of one, is as good as another.
lioxv many people in Georgia are willing to sec
chstor or Harris: n cdevati d lo tiie chief magistra
cy ? How many are there of any party who are
preptuel fertile leign of blue light federalism and
' abolitionism ? Can a southern man lend his aid in
electing a President who contemns tho principles
of Jefferson—who denounced the measures of
Madison, and who advocatesail the unconstitu
tional and consolidating measures of the most ul
tra and high toned ledt lalism ? Or will they assist
in promoting another who is ready to tax them for
the purpose of raising money to purchase their
own slaves? Such men cannot be supported in
Georgia, unless the people are most grossly delu
ded ami imposed uptai.
To those who honestly prefer Judge White
to Mr. Van Buren, we oiler a word of adnioni
:i hi. Before you make up your minds to cast
your votes in his favour, ask this question of his
: 1 ;:: ling supporters.- -In case you ascertain that
his electian is less certain, th in that of Webster or
ILiri’i <m, who xvill you take as a second choice?
Will you, in that event,throw your weight into the
scale of Webster or Harrison 7 Let this question
be (Ijstiuctly propounded and unequivocally an
swered, before you go in blind, and find at last,
tliat you have been turned over to men, whose
principles you abhor.
Can there be one hundred men in Georgia, who
would vote for Web.,ter or Harrison in preference
to Van Buren? If there are, it is time they should
speak out.
Wil! the voters of Georgia, place their sufrages
' in the bauds of men, who would, under any cir
j ciuustanccs, transfer them to cither?
Let the people consider of these things, aud se
riously inquire, whether the man xvho would pre
fer eb-lci’, Harrison, or die most uncompro
mising federalist, can be a friend to the rights of
the south, aud whether sueh men are notgoverned
; in their course, more from motives of hostility to
General Jackson and the Union Party, than from
: an honest regard for the best interests of the
country.
Why do the mdlifiers hate General Jackson?
Because he issued hi.: proclamation, and sanction
:ed the bloody bill, as they call it. Judge White
I advocated the proclamation & voted for the bloody
: bill, and tho nullifiers support him for his patriot
; ism. Was there ever such inconsistency ?
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FOP. THE STANDARD OF UNION.
i “A QUESTION FOR THE PEOPLE.”
' “ Would the people of any county in the State
' of Georgia, elect to tlio office of justice of the
i peace, or any county office, a man who believ
-1 ed Congress had the right to” draw money from
the pockets of the people, to pay for their own
stares and set them free.
Judge Longstreet says, he would vote for
Harrison in preference to Van Buren, and Har
rison says Congress possesses such power.
White, Harrison, and Webster, are running
in Co., and the foremost man takes ail tho
votes. Will the people of Georgia take part
in such a concern ? 1 think not.
Calhoun and Clay’s compromise tariff impo
ses as much tax as they can patiently bear, with
out compelling them to furnish money to pay for
their property. PAUL PRY r .
FOR THE StANDAI.D OF UNION.
JUDGE WHITE—THE RECORDER’S
OPINION.
1 Tiie following extract from the Southern Re
corder of the 9th January 1835, affords a subject
of curious speculation to the minds of plain,,
straightforward men, who know nothing about
the crooked ways of politics.
“ TTe believe the force bill to be the most hei
nous aggression cn American liberty that has
yet been memorialized on the records of our
country. It has destroyed the distinction be
tween America and Europe ; and, if sanction
ed. would reduce the posterity of men who would
rule themselves or die, and who thought they
had achieved their high resolves, to the condi
tion of the poor Poles, whose law is now, by
the grace of absolutism, the glitter of the ty
rant's bayonet, and the. grinding of his heel.
Against this heinous sin against liberty, how
shall we sttficicnily exclaim ?—And yet Judge
I VIIITE voted forth is bill."
Reader ! con'd you believe that the man who
committed tiffs most “ heinous aggression on
American liberty," would ever find favor with
the Southern Recorder ? Strange as it may
seem, that print is now among his warmest sup
porters.
PAUL PRY jr.
FOR THE STANDARD OF UNION.
Buckeye, Laurens Co. Aug. 28th, 1836.
Dear Sir:— ln looking over the columns of
(lie “ Southern Recorder,” in which were pub
lished the proceedings of a public dinner given
at Dublin, on tiie 4th instant, to the Laurens
County \ ohmteers, 1 perceive that a particular
sentiment 1 offered on die occasion, which, (al
though it did not receive “ 26” jaw-breakers !)
was cheered by tiie company, and handed over
to tiie presi ent, lias been, no doubt, intention
ally left out; an I, tliat too, either ibr the pur
pose of making it appear, tliat no one favorable
to the election of Martin Win Buren, participa
ted in tiie dinner, or in consequence of the dis
approbation of a certain obscure interloper of
nullif cation, whose name is not necessary to be
mentioned iiere: whichever it may be, does
not, in my estimation, show an over quantity of
propriety, nor courtesy, on the part of those
who had the management of the proceedings..
Tiie following is the sentiment above alluded to,
and should you feel disposed to insert it in your
paper, you will much oblige your friend.
J. P. WELCH.
The nominated choice of tiie late Baltimore
Convention : tiie Pan-guard of the Union Par
ty of these United States. His countrymen will
soon elevate him to the highest pinnacle of hon
or, where may lie long preside over “ the homt>
ot tiie brave, and assylum of the oppressed.”
1011 THE STANDARD OF UNION.
DE KALB COUNTY, GEORGIA).
Intelligence having been received in the
oi Decatur, tliat a battle h'td been fought with
the Creek Indians, in wliich two uicuubcrs, of
Captain Calhoun’s company liaff been killed,
the citizens of Decatur and its vicinity assem
bled at tiie Court-ho Use outlie Ist instant, when
tiie meeting was organised by calling Col. Geo,
D. Anderson to tiie Chair, and appointing John
Glen, Esq. Secretary. Tiie objects of tho
meeting were tium explained by Gen. William
Lzzard, who offered tiie following preamble and
resolutions wl.ieh were wianiuwusly- adopted,
\\ hereas, wc have this day received authen
tic information tlrjt a battle was fojight on the
24th of July last, between a portion es Major
Altbr.l.’s battalion and. a body of Creek Indians,
greatly their superior in numbers. And where
as, tiw Do Kalb Georgia Guards, were in said
engagement, and demeaned themselves with
sueh coin age and bravery as to entitle them to
our warmest thinks and most grateful acknowl
edgments. But a gloom is cast over the joy
which we would otherwise have felt, bv the mel
ancholy intelligence that two members of s:ffd
lompany, to wit, William H. Orr, and Join.
Willis, whilst fighting with the most deter;)',ined
bravery on that occasion, fell victims to sifvage
ferociiy, by u'hich d<: pensation of Divine Prov
idence, this community has been deprived of
