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« the principles an I tvlrminatiug "*tl: the rc-1»
. suits which tiic;t* hdmiraiion of the work,'.'
f it there were nd miter evidence, ucnild Ir id : •
, us to believe thry are soliciiious to ticcom ['
, nlisli. Ihe scene of this novel is Itilin 1 ■
X irginin, some f, w years hence, aficr •hi.':
* Union lias been dissolved. Arthi tv "i.iter* 1
woven with the sV>n, are the lead'ag - ar ;ti- :
meats in favor of Nmlifiiati'm, and ilie ;
advantages resulting to the South Iron) a •
severance of the States, What more sue- '
ressfu! engine than this could he devised
to tiudtreiiue the institutions of onr conn- ,
try, and vspc< tally to prepare the min s of
its ynutli to join in their subversion ?,
Thousands who will not read a dry and i
logical argument on the subject «hich it i.-i
the object of this novel to enforce, vvill, nu •
the story, peruse its piges with di light.]
and insensibly inhiiic its prim iples. T.i m [
■antis who would shudder at the idea of!
disunion, when first presented to their;
minds, here under the guise of fiction, mat
become familiar with the term and be in-]
duced to calculate its evil-. Tuere is n>:
position in Ethics, more true than that laid
dou n by Pope.
“ X ice is ■ monster of sa frightful piicn,
“ Th it, to be hated, need* but to be seen;
” But seen too oft, familiar with her fur,
“ Wo first endure, then pity, t'.iefl eir.braco.”
The author of this treason >ble publtea-.
tion is not known, This however, is <>■ !
little consequence, ns it has found a host oi j
responsible endorsers. All the presses of
the land that advocate Nullification, those
of Georgia the first among the foremost,
as it were by comm >:> consent, have vied
with each other in their praises of it.
They have ino»t assiduously recommended
it (o tite notice of their readers. But this
is not an isolated proof. There is another
sign of the time;, offering, if possible still'
stronger evidence that the sentiments we!
eondtnn, are still maintained, and that tin-1
wearied and concerted efi’ nts are ta-d.mgl
for their dissenduatioti. During the \ A . |
session of the Legislature <>f 5 <uth Caroli-1
ni, Gen. Diifl'Green, of W'ns'-.tn r tou Citv, J
than niton) the world C urn >t fhrnuh a tn .‘re }
eervile follower ot Mr, Calhoun, applied !
far a i nailer to enable bim to become n i
publisher, on an extensive scale, ofper.odi- }
cals and other works. He was i.i Mil-1
iedgevillc ul;o during the sessi n, it is be- }
Itevcdon some errand connected with h:.-j
publications. Os the’works proposed by
him to he published, one only is recolifcie.!:
—The Southern Rev iew. The chir.utvri
oi the rest may be inferred from this, and:
the character of this from the ftetthm Judge ■
Upshcrol X irginia, an cq ia:iy eiitb.ttfia.iiq i
follower of the political met -.physics o r Ivjr. '
Calhoun, is the Editor. Truly Ur .i. lmol- >
master is abroad, and the Sunil* <nav ,-eei!
to be well instructed, when iter lessons arc
prescribed by the one, and their text-books 1
furnished by the steam presses of the othv,-. ’
There can be no mistake about it, the’,* i., ■
ft regular system of operations, t > dis etnin
atn principles opposed to those who'll have
descended to us from our fathers, and v. bi. h
have hitherto con lueted the co uitry to hon
or and glory. Tima.wdl ut.m.o.-v, it mat
--ten iv >» to,, Lite, wno arc the author's
find what are their designs.
Bat our opponents t ,d ns they are not
NitUilters ; that tiry are “ State Rights”
men. Ri» an old adage an 1 a true one,
- “ a imnis known oy his company.” Tin v
ronsor< with thefr tiieuj, of th-.’s mte mime '
in Carolina ; through their proses, s::>t.iii
thrtr acts, cnmpiiim-ni them by their public
toasts, approve their votes in Congr and ■
••vet in concert with them whenever they;
have an opportunity. But out of their <>.vn j
mouths let them be comic,.i red. When their '
ptrtywav organized in Nov. ] P 32, they |
adopted is their creed, the kdloe.ing * rc.-c- '
Intions.
‘•That it is essential t-> n confederated ‘
Goverroncnt, the powers of which are ex- j
prc-sly limited by the constitution whi.di
creates it, th it there sboul j exi-t some- t
where, a power autl’.r.riz”d to interpret hit
iii-lmmer.t todicitk in the la,t re.-ort, <m '
•be use and amis ■ of the authority v.h:, h it
confers upon the com non agent of rhe t <m-'
federating State.-, th H such a pown cmim.t
belong to the accnl, si.ice tbit v.o-ud be!
to *n!>.li’iitv hi., j i Igcm-.n for ihe con>t;t:i- ;
tional limitatiou, and, that in th nh-em e <d
a common arbiter expressly de.-igmit d .>■. i
the constitution I >r this purpose, emo. Stale ,
us snek for iucif, and io v irtue of i:s s .y. i
ereignty, is nece.-sariiy'remitted to the ex- !
rrcisc of th it right.”
“That toe several States ictipnsing tl.i>'
Uni 111, were, at the adoption o‘‘t. e Federal i
Constitution, line, sovereign, and irdcpim- j
dent State?; that they have not div u *ted;
• hem* Ives us this charm by the re». i- j
q lis lyicnt of certain powers to lite Federal (
Govcritm<ut &tc.”
Nun if ti.e< residuiio’i: do not contain >
th' very c ; .< nee of ui.llidi ati.m it can I; • ■
found ur where <!.->. Tney were adopted ;
as the creed <>! those v. h;> r>pyo c d i.s the, , '
who are the tamt: t> it oppose us now. i
H iv. they cvi r ahj nc-d this ere.d? if tin v '
i> ivc, I, t tlum tell us whim ami wl;< re and i
waat they have ad >pt> din it» stead. r j’ur ,
»>y “principles not men ’ is their motto, t
’ 1 ill limy solciu.ily abjure l!ii» * t-u se [ 1
toeu are their principle—tin y arc Nuildie .- ’
am! tiny mu: l bear aii thr reproach, which, !
their efl ni? tn tioow oft the uumi-, shew i
they believe j-.i.iiy r- st* upon it. Li pu- t- L
ry, “a rose by any other name may smell i (
a» sweet,” but in p Jiti r, t i the sober real- i
t'.'u-s <>f Jifc, it ji a piact > to tail fi
tiitngs i-th- rw ta. than by t.'i, ir right n line .
But again.. By the last ch.a ,b .am- i. -t .
j"m. ut» hive ip.ru, they a,c no ion;: il:
N'dli’icu, <>r ly.atc Kigt*!?, L it Am....
B r-mi til' 11. Al .■ We IO until rst rnd .o, tn:, i .
tn.-'V cug.itmc.'u 'a it hicyar. to act ’.tiihijut j.
regard to any polili. <1 prin.i ..•>“, an 1 Dm ' >
they gw for or agamst nmii/ or :<ie tbeii i
principles thu.-r of tiie sclfs-vl.-d tv bi ..■ > ? i'.
Iftbi-bi: the ca, •, w ith their as-oi iates, !
Adam-, Clay and Webster, tlu-y !;i b. t
th? a Ivocatcs of con, >!id iti-m; and w ill, !,
.Slade, 'l’ ippau and Jay, of j« a , I
n>; we will n>t do them tins injustu v, Au- I
ti-Vau B.ir>’ui'e« ns they may be, t(,,< v ;ir , ■
Nulliii-r-. still. To prove this, liml, at tiu.ii !
ctflelirations oil the ia-t annivci -ai v <>! ntu '
Jndepende u:c. I’m: toasts drank, arc a for I
exponent of tin ir sentiment ;, and time ai
one place i.- a lair specimen <*f at; the r<M.
'J ake those at Macon, a fair s imuli-. ,
Thu wa, expreo'y styled i.i Ant;-V mßn [
ren celebration. Ir i..-.ai,l there w re pre -
, ’ See t;.-,r/!l j";f. -f ‘..’ I ’ IST!.
rut al the t thle, suin' - deluded I lion men.'
yet respet i lor theirnew friends and cour-!
tesy i- - , their fee linns, could not restrain I
• br,n; ; H) ) hi their regular toa«ts, with the
chalice they presented them, was infused
the poisim of N ulhtii ation. In aumher oil
their regular to.isis, the Xe’miiii-traii'm i
eharaitei ir. d as “corrupt and vicious. ”|
Amith r is in these words, “ The Union ; i
honestly admiiii.-ti'red, be it t verlnsling.” i
\X ith the correctness and beauty ofthc)
phraseology, we h ive nothing to do; but i
iv hat is meant by the sentiment IK> thev I
mean that as tl.e govt riiment is now “cor- ’
'•upland vicious,” not “ho irvily adminis-'
teii'd,” that thorvl'.i re it sli mid not be “cv- j
vrl istio" Bit enough has been sai lto j
lolablisli the position bevon I eimtrm ersy. i
tmt those who oppose usaie N ilhiiers. i
We are now brought to the only remain-'
ing imy.ii v. It is ihi>: Wl;at are tin - <!ti-•
lies ivm. h til - . - ci i-is imposes upon us ?A -
those, wm> o.iee I'cwm the si boar • t • tin ;
inrmutains, ren hoed the si utiment, “lhe|
j Union shift be preserved, ’• we arc again |
, called upon t-> rally around its stani'ard,
g.eel our opponents, ceur.tt ract th< ir
scheitit .s and i.i feat their projects. What
though Mr. Van Buren may not be i't
President of our choice ; what ihmigii b : , s
ateasmes and those of his predecessor li): ,v
; have occasioned nil the ruin which 1’ iS over
. -liado.'.e.i the wholetonnmk it) ,yet
the term of oliicc of the one »• .pd expire, an I
the r. cnperative inergiese,] oureotmtrv will
enable her to snrmqi’.nt the oilier. An i
there any reas nts Xviiy we sb.inild abamh ii'
cur principles np.l throw ourselves into ( . 1( ,
arms ofthose who h.-.ve been b . •' A'
to Morn? Compared v
irophe which itwns.: ;( „ i!e , i| ,., ()fom . , t>
.a a >c.t.itsv i' ,f ’g arc as light as thev are
I p ( ‘ 1 .ej dwindle into insiginbieanee.
| o .eminent which our fathers framed;
l ,lu> .tnion of ih-'se States, is the last hope
j< f treed "tn. XX ben danger impended, we
organized to preserve it ; while dnngi r
i threatens, v.c are recremil to our principles,
: we are pariicidcs and tr.cjors if we r< lax
j our energies to dvfi ml mid. maintain it. J'A
pis.on in our itniks in the mq:iisit> , a ~f
j itiiiim oi Cts, tuny prove final n- , s ~x i -.
j tern e, and we may aw ake to < onieqneu -
( cos oi our delusion wiim i; | by rc .
tra.tng our steps to Uu . ( , ilt
| Bti ts it tri e ll- , t f\r r . Van B;irei| ; 4
. worthy id our •_ o () fid t .nc< ? Tlios<- among us
" l! 1 "0"’ ’mist loudly condemn, once <1e
...,:.t'-d honor fin:. 'l'lieir pr o- -. have
' I lu ' ! nt us to mlniire and respect him. Al
1 .nut time he h id “ done tlie S. ite some-ser-
■ v ice, ' s:;> c thc’i he Ims achieved much
( more. R t - aided the a.! ini-tradon of
1 Gene’..l Jackson, in acre-ting the progress
J°l iidliaraiiot', in aveiting a rev elation
) > Ideh wo d I have engulphed us within its
I vortex. XX ith others this may he a reason,
[hut certainly not with us, f»r I.i- condemn i
1 tioti. Lp >n hi; election as Presidon', lie
I brought into p .wer, an extensive rXorihern
; iidl'ience, and Ims marie that influence to
: It H most efficient! v and f-.curably upon the
(peculiar institutions of Dip S mth. Li hi.-
ina igurrl address, lie travelled mi! of the
'. i.ot- o’ cedent, to allay the a ’prehensions
; oi’ th-. - Smth, and to arrest the fanaticism of
the n ir:h,to pledge his d 'vnti >n to t'r.e one.
j ami his uncompromising Imstdity to the oth
e . Tile couscieiH Mos that Siiuthmi man
j v> h i in advance, ear. array himself in indis
i irimi'iite hostihty t:> ids administration
i tist lie scared, hi-mi id grossly pri vcrieii
’ i'V pi, jiidice or ambition, and Ids heart in-
■ -eii-ible to (lie cl aims of gr ititud - - and p.il.’i
oiistn. But more than this. Intlieoniv
ajipoiiitment whicli the President has made
I in Ins cabi.iet, Ite has given an nddiiiutial
I pledge to the South, and renewed evidence :
i >! his devotion to the friends of the Union.
;D, n i is Mr. Poinsett r A Carolinian by.'
[ oirdi, souilit'rn in his feelings and si-nti-'
| mcnis, one who stood in the fro. t rank in j
I his native Shite, in b .tiling for the Con-ti
tiition mid Union, in the war of uililimA I
[lion, ttml one against whom the heaviest o|'[
. the tirtiilery ol its advocates, wi h fumdisii [
( maligiiity was tincei'sitigly leve ller!. |,
■ ilu ri any truth in the aih*.: ati >n that the [
i I>i - ' - .sent or pi t v inns mlministrat’ron lias been
[ in-triimvtttal in the pec.iini i: y di.-trt-ss ini
] wilicll the cmiritr vis invoh ed ? 11 i, ton ah- i
is'irdto b crei'ited or eve i to in, nit of ar-
Igiimeut. They who maho it, must either
J knew it to tie ife-titnie of f tmdmion, or
| < i-i- ilii ic mental i isiim is too limited nroli
[ scared to di-cmcr ami perceive the truth
Itp, ...
[ i iti’ pre.-scs that are ringing its ch inge.-. in
j ottr cars, w hile they cah itl.ite eageily on
' gullibility of the people, shew by tin ir
j lighting a w ind-mill, there is no giant to [
j encounter. The testimony of Governor l
I ilmutit in cd South Caroi'nta, who will;
. '•kid to n ine in Itis oppo.si ion to the ad
j itb.'i: trillion, and wlio.-c s.ig wity and ahili- ;
, iy ail .mu-t tteltnowleiki.-, should he coindti-
■ »ive. »,.• Ids litter to M . Biddle, afu r '
■ 'peaking oi 'he acts ol the federal govern- I
ime.'K which li t.“ I:so hrgl’dy reprobit- :
erf, he sny ; , tin -p 'll coml filed ivi re inadi - '
q lie t■» til ■ eff - et lh-. tIl ’.S bee ii pt .iduc d, I
.■.ml ti.- ■.. i.■ j;. fureio'e > x ores-i n : A> well .
i;.:gilt we « xpi ci fltnt the wi. "S of a wind- !
tii.D on a primiontiiry near the or can, w 'Mild ;
c:t ate the toi iit'.d.) v,ldcli upturns its mighty ‘
bosom.” ' ' " I
13 it tn crmcjmle. X’/e flatter ottrselvc; |
that it lias now Li eu made to appear that j
t’te controversy now j.'endiupr in this State,
i;ut'Vid:-:t:iilioi’.g till the rli-igus that have
been thrown around it, i: stid, jvliat it wa
tn 1332. and Ire: been even-iin e—icmitro
ver.-y for an i .'igaitot mdlifii ation. L ;
t-i"ii the Ii lends of r >■ Union march b d I
Iy to t'reir post and in an ii.ibr<>!t.<m p’.ia
lanx, g'l ird and d - .’cud them with it"c> m.
i :i i nc e and ue.toiag X'riu.-
th' - v have done, is a sure guaranty ofwh ii
th v< an do. The crisis dvmuii Is r ; th ir i
( i iiici'i) •■> require it. The mem -ry ol om !
•aintcd sir.-?., v.iiu by their s oi iiii e; have
• t cared to i.s the purest and the h ippie-i
got eminent the world tv» r knew ; tin
■ I ii i s ot oar did If a, of pooerit v, ol th.
vorld, • rj fm it upon us to be vi/.imi, firm
ind united. Whatever course others pur
sue, kt udo our dut'. ; tlum, should tin
iayei' t - arrive when our Union skill b
■>r into fragm •?»•--, and th ' last hope
>f i'ri cdom he lo t in its ruin?, we 'hall have I
he aopmb :'iori of our owri erms icuces.arx' I
■ hall be i.bii, to at“wi r, t ach lor him ' 11, I
to - i - i indifiiant world, “ye cannot say that I
I did if.” ‘
LUCIUS.
July 20th. 1?37.
Foil TJIIt tSI'AM'AKD OF t'.MO.X.
'l'lle Xiiiifictl-M.S,<‘ |
V. t.i.-,- f'oiii rniti>;>.
j Ever since the Convention held by this'
( long Hamed party in Mav last, it lias been
' our inten'.ion to call it to public notice by !
. a brii | revc'.v cl’ its proceedings, mid more
I es'x cialiy io sav a word or two ol the poiit- ;
; ii al course of its prt siding ollicer.
' Although a considerable period Ims i
; elapsed since the meeting ol’that body took [
> piaee, and i;, measures Inive been liberally [
■ spread before the people, we believe tin - j
! present time as propitious as any other for
I I'l'ccriiig to them.
: That we may not fatigue the ptibli' - nt- '
: trillion, we shall conlim - ourselves' priori- i
palli to the address delivered bv Jmlgt
[Bi nit n, when about to be insta led as j
I’cesiilent of the Goiivetlti .;i. Bj i <1 as i- I
| the deportment ofth.it gentleman in private [
; liie, the first prominent i,,,hn of the nd Ires-. J
.m usi i ikcs atie u |j ; ni, is the f’lshiotiablc I
an I mum ,!msi- of General J icksoti |
imb liis mJ ~iii>i.,tra:i m, which his ch ir ic-I
ienzcii i jg opposition press, f'romt.heir great |
‘.s N..ah ana Wild), ol notorious hank i
'i’.ianry, mill their worthy coadjutors ol j
the N iiional Intelligencer, down to the ’
I humblest servitor in their ranks ; am* i; SL . j
Laine no se and fury abmtf E k '’cutive - '
I'paimandpen-mned rilfnipt i f ai ,’nhe I
! virgin p- .... •' ’? the (
piiruitism id the opposi
|( ( ' 'X ehi ve heard so in iny changes I
| l-, ’.g on these topi.-g, that we might wellj
i Have donated v, hedicr there might be some ;
' j until in the charges so often reiterated, if it '
'[ had not happened, that during tin. - last
' [ Session of Congress, the House i.f Reprr
j stmt Gives instituted a Cmmr'it;, e with pow
’ ers of enquiry .is bro id iscoul I have been
; conferred, p.c.mng i> rn f ( j le ... , >t vimli. - -
' [he ofthe oppm.-u , n , u j t , ;lil i S( . n
;i ig over the vvi>.»ie country for < vivcnce;
; and ti at mu a shadow of t’nm lotion vv i
[ dj'< ov pi ,j fop ;i ll v sm h charge w Ini’?, er.
[ •-> i v.liai are the facts on me other side?
<i - ssi s. Vv tbb and Noah were vv. rm siii>-
| porters ot (o m ral J o kson’s , |.m :i<r nioii
1 [ ami oppom n:s of a N uiomii Bmk ttiyil
Itlie. were permitted to >iiare tile “;pii!.”
Hl Mr. Bid .i- ,-. I wet i ins pocl.tt, sine, when,
tney have a >tised G. neral .1 irksou, ami
bi’en among (he Inremost u.lvoi ates of a
■ -• ni'Hi a u oik- N ri- tin' opposition of
. Gales Sz Seaion I ss sellish ih.in their-,
-I as their p; i ting esmblishim-in was a verv i
• I tew years siiii-t - , and p uh ibly now is, the ;
! I prop, riy United Slab s B mk.
. I XVtih what con.si.-iem y tin ii, cauju'gel
, ; Berrien ri in-rate the ul. exploded charges I
j <>t itiXi’cntive Usurp itiim and corruption, j
i: upon tlie aiiihority o|' the pensioned presses
I i of the B ink? and especia.ly when his. own ;
.[friends in Ccngn s> w iih tin - most ample:
J scope of inquiry, have bee i unable to find I
! any evidence to sustain them? Verily, he
• [ must be “a D miel come to judgment,” with
iI a vengeance. Tile mxt and kindred topic
i! ol the address is the blighted piosperilv
• and riiieed condition of the country. Tint
. [ prospects are blighted, and ruin will fill:
■ ; upna many, there is no one who will pre- i
.[tend to deny, nor tan any mtn of heart, I'iili
I [to deplore. j
! Lit then comes the issue.—Bv whomaiidi
■ I by vv hat un ans, h ive they hi en occasioned? ■
i Judge B rrien ascrilies them to the fully '
[and tyranny of Gemvral Jackson. 'l’n'i - '
| Jmige is iniimati-ly acquainted w ith Mr. |
[Biddle, ami has doubtless read his corn. - -}
[ pondeuee w ith .toliii Q liticy Adams, amli
, •'**l nut have faded to remern'ier the glow-|
!iug picture presented in liis hutt i - of Ni
,vi tnb. r last, of lie - unt x impled prosperitv '
j <>/ t.u- country. Then, •■exchange with ail
: parts id me world w s in favor of Nc ’
i z ork. Lven (ben, the Cory phi ti- id’ the
«• mg pafiy. Mr. Nichol is Biddle exuhe.i
love: tuepr.i ot rily of the country. If tln --
; country was pi osperous then, w hat has been
lime since, by General J mksoii, to make it
j Olhervv i-c?
'[ But, for ourselves, we are satisfied that
j there was n - -t solid prosperity then —Tin
system oi credit hml lieen expanded to an
: cii'irmous t xo i.i, au.i w s still sustained In
;‘‘fly iug th • Jxitin Gn at Britain, am
1 ’race wT.-e lm|s“ in America.— Pile da - ,
j a 1 which balances wzzsf be adjust' d ha> n >vv
come, and down has toppl.-ri the I? til eddl e
iid a diseased a d bloated paper sys em.
the n -consirm ti'in of’ nliii h, mav wi ll In
; left to the folly of those who reared it. In
[vvb.it w iy - then can the late admioi'trat <>n
he chirgcd wiili iutcrfi-ring with private
’ pros ( .< riiv. z We do mu intriid to go over
i th - gromi I so often contus ed ol the veto of
j the Bank Charter in 1832. nr the reitmv.il i
jof th-deposite... in 1833. B it a word or I
[ two may be necessary to dear up the sub- I
. je< t as we proceed.
[ We have already stated th it the present:
[embarrassments were produced bv a system!
[ of credit expanded to an enormous extent. '
} W'e now ask, w hat isthe ailegi d inlet ference'
; of the late administi aiion as , onuected v. ith ’
' ii?
! Firs’, it is asserted that the n-fusal of the [
: President to sign the bill ext, tiding the j
Bank Uhaiter in J 832; renmving the pub-[
[lie m mey from its custody in 1833, mid'
} <he Specie (ireuhir in 1836, prodm cd all!
| tlie evils under which tlte c entry now}
I labors,--—That tlie. fact being known th t ■
j Die Lnitmi States 13mk won! I exnire liv ■
du It.’’nation cd' iis Charter in 1333, gavej
i i-e to t,. 1 ' creation oi a great and urn xaru- ,
pled inere we -if’ local It ink-. If’ such was ;
die cmisi qdt'ice of iuliilli g a -'.i ■.-d mi ! I
iiigh coii-titmii 'al art by G. neral .1 icksun,
in applv m:; the veto [mv>. er to that bill, w it!i I
what ju.-tii e can t?e present co nmerv ial I
rr .n ..i-ni' iit in - . iid ;»! bis donr.
The prel' uie or argn’m nt upon which 1
'he cliar ge against hi ai - .xUi-mpled to be}
H'lained i-, tn it tin - United States Bulk,
1 votilii have bee - :: able to contim l tlie Sfao
. J mk ; tiiat it would hac e donr sr , and that :
i d-iil'gerons iucri - ise of local banks, ami |
•oiiseqm'nt t'Xtiiin-mn of’ a paner Ciii reiicy
vmdd iiav c breii prevented, Ii id its charter
be« - n prolonged. But how does the stern
voil e of' history sp' ick on this subject? fn
1811, the charter ol the first United State-
Bank expired.—XX itliin little more than
• im-yar, tin - wir with Great Gritaiu com-!
; iienced, anil the Gener.d Govi rnnn - nt wa- '
| ! eft w ithout resources, except the small I
i imount rc reived from the sales of the public]
| aiids from internal taxes, excises &.e. and
t tie casual impost- levied upon some slrag
! .'ling ship that had successfully run the: j
Z'timllet across tin - Ocean; and such nriz.es
!I, VV. re hrmighf j,, by our g - '!| - ' l t Naval j
s T ’ N I) A R D (j F IJ N s 6 N .
■ Hid priv.itceii ig oflieers. Tlien, as during
ilu - revolution, the wants of the cmmirv set
its wits upon th. - rack tn create resources
lor the emergency.—Then, ns during - the
ri- volmion, the paper expedient was resorted
io. Ihevv ar was brought to an honorable i
•ei iii’mation not witbsianditig all our fiscal}
cnili.ii ras-tm nis. The‘‘currency,” a u ntie !
unknown to the ('nn-.iiiinii:ii, Inn since be- i
< ome is lamiliar as “household words,” wa ; I
•h<m as mud) deranged as it wed could Im. }
L'lten, as now, the cry was, that a<N i- ;
•io hi! Bank would cure every evil.—The - ]
strnji'ct was brought before Congress, and j
■dur 1 ie-i ent Madison refused to sign a'
Dili containing a provision vv hich would, is l
‘allied out, oust every Stale in the Union ■
»'f j'lri-diction over every foot of .su’d with-}
• n its limit-;, a N itii> nil Bank was chartered ■
' ii ioe «»rd ol ul arch, 181 6, w ith the avoa ed :
object ol corn cii-ig, by eireumscriliing the }
cuorimms and vitiated St ;te Ba.ik note |
> urrem y. i ha: Bank w ent intooperati- '
early in 1b 1 and before the close -'i a; o
alter having extorted every -J .■" " , j
scrape together, spread 1 >•" ''’ '
o.ved n ' k’ht'K’ky. n
local ,mo, ‘.i . ,h? fn-hem-mme ot
’ ■’• -tcm its cred’torr for more s»>c
cte th' -- , , . . , , , . 1 .
-nit li id m its vaults, and leaving n
, without a doll ir f>r its depositors or th •
[ redemption of its hills. 1! >w many years
I after 1813 elapsed before it mule any
[dividend, 1 leave Judge Berrien to mswr,
! whicli 1 doubt nut he can do if hi - feels the
inclinati'm.—Not only did the hank thus
I most signallv fail in less than three year
i from the time of going into operation, of
iulliliing.ioy one of the promises made bv
its advocates m and mil of Congress. Ii
didimt, beeausi’ it could not, regulate ex
eliniige, n ir reduce the local bank circula
tion to i healthy condition.—lts own st u lr
] was run up bv a series of speculations to
[s?l6s, lor 103: all sorts of’ g imbling sp. cu
latimi was asmeiatrd vvii'a it, in si.irks,
‘ pubii I n I. Uzr. thel tin r ’.f w-.i. h. in itme-t
th ■ imp.-rntive neei -sii, for'is pas.age oi
a s ri: - s of act-of Cmi.gr -s for tun relief
i'll' tin - p'irc'i,<-i rs of ptibin: lands, tiias' -
Ihi Is b- tng then S' di mi a er • In, except the
pro.a it |> vmv'it ol'i lie fif'h, as required
. by rvi-ting |uiv at •'■,.
Tin - legacy mm iniiog to the Governmtwt
from tin's' land ,-pi ctilatimis, mav be lb i id
in the it m “unavailable fund.-,” of a mil
[ lion'or in ore, which has appi-m i - .-| for ma iy
[ years past in th - anna d i-.'ports of tlie
; Secretary of the Treasury. It vwis specu
! '.itimi at that lime, enormous specul it'mi.
} as it has been lor the I is! t.va years n;-;? -e
--! ding the present revulsion, and th it wiih
|mH any Executive int<’il’ riD e, whica
■ embarrassed the country , and now enibar-
I rasses i<. One word more of former times,
; mid we will proceed with our subject.
[ XX hat is the legitmitile ohj-’ct oi any agency
• for correcting mid controlling the issues of
iocal 1, - .inks. It is to keep these issues with
in such bornyls that their bills may be cmi
verti tl into specie at the will of the holder.
Bid the late United Suites B ink coerce the
■ local b inks to -pecie payments in ISI 7, and
i ’he years im iu-di iteiy following? It might
[ be enough to nn-wcr, (h it being bankrupt
itsi II in 1819, ami then owing a pr.olo iged
! existence to the forbearance of local banks,
' its creditors, it was out of tic- q i - stion.
I But ns we are unwilling to answer mirowa
[ interrogatory by an argum-nt however
j eoii.-'liisive, vve sav it was C.uigress, mid not
! the United States Bank that re.-lored specie
[ |> lymetits.
1 lie reso'ntinn of Congress passed in
1816, rerpiiring debts due the Government
[ be paid in specie, or the notes of specie
paying banks, is not before us, but no in
getiiimt-ttnd w< il informed man will deny
its passage, nor can any one dispute its a
gency in re-tormg the cmiiitry to a specie
currency and its equivalent, the notes of
specie p.iy ing banks.
XX hat diil Mr. Madison and his friend
ittempt in 1816 ?
To restore a sound cuirencv, and bv the
resolution referred to, they did restore it.
S > much for the early hi.-tory of th
United States Bink, and its i lability to
"heck speeu'l itimi and hi inordin ite i-sue
ol loc d bank uoti s upto 1819. The truth
is, that it the p ri"d referred to, th • United
St at "s Bank w iif, or eani d al:>n ,r
ait!) the iixmi-troii,- spirit oi’speeu ati m that
exi-ted at the time of which vve have been
speakinu.
One ofthe promises ma de by the advo
cates of’ a N itioii il B i >k while its cii irter
w.ts tie su ijcet ofi|i lihiTaii.)n ii C >ngre-s
was. th it it w mil l ieg - :ilat' - exch luge both
foi l ign mid dome-lj.—. sp t ., ja'iy , ti> it <|’
uiestie exehmige would be corrected b. it. \
But ilO'.v the fa.-I was, we appe dto tie liis
torv of every C'mimmci d C;tv' in du- U limi
it that lime, to she-v that dmn -ti exeh inge
was never so deranged at any period of
peace since the eftahli-limeiit of’ American'
Ifidepctidence, than it was in 1819. T ie:
United St aits Bink, then fiihil, signallv !
failed, to stop or io mitigate tlie course of!
inordinate speinlatioi) which then existed,;
either by coercing tlie l-ii-a! batiks to resume 1
specie payment.-; by re . ulating ex -h niges, !
or in any other way whatsoevi r—and let it !
be bo rue ill mind, that specie tiiVi:y-;H; liy i
the hanks, were brought a'm.it li, the re .)-
of Conjre.. ;to w b we i- ive ai- '
n aily r••f.-rred, 1-it n; - : . -s.'.ry to a>!v .v !>y
or wiiTcfori - th - em iit i-. - . u'u s ;h 13i 9? I
and w liat a'gi - ',iey (he gen rd gr. r.imut'
con! - ! liave had in prodm tag .hem? vVe '
w ill now rem; n to the main line of our sub- [
ji- i.
XX e have said, th it General J ickson is [
cl.’argcd vvilh i i liri-ctiy pro luring the pre- I
Sent embarra»s neats of the country by re
fusing to sign ih- bill to re-chartei tjie Uni
ted St lies B ink in 1832, and di-priv ing it
of t’m - future custody' of the public motley |
hi 1833. flow tines this ch igc tally w itti
die testimony of sober Halving history ?
Before vve proceed tn answer, let ns bcm
in mind 'hrough-mt thi- whole investigatimi,
the assertion, iliat a n itio-ial bank, b-ith
can and will control and preveiit the e.xees
stve issue of local bank paper. It will lie
rememlieied that not only in 1332 and
1833 the bank of tin. - United States was in
( II operation with an nndimitii-hed capital
of i Ii iri y- five millions of dollars.—N ot on I,
this, its charter did not expire until the 3d
oi March, 1836, and before that period
tie same stockbidders were incorporated I
by the Lcgi-iature of Pennsylvania, with
much larger powers than they possessed!
under tlie charter granted by Congress in
1816, J.,vt it be fin tli- rrt tix mbered, that I
after h.n ingolmiincd-their enlarged < barter
from the Slate of’ Beim y Ivauia, Mr. Biddle
the President ol the bank, cmigrattiluted
tne Slockbol lers upon it, divorcement
irom the gi'iieral government, and that die
[new boil, was stronger than the old one
ever had been. Ila national bank can and !
[will regulate and control the circulation ol
i local bank notes, why did it fail to do so in
I 1813, and why i id it also fail to do so in
1 1835, 1833, and -o far, in 1357? If it
. im,-i - -d the power an t the ability to regli
i I-Ite domernir exchange, why did it fail to
[do so in 1819, and again in 1337? VV.
[ need not speak ofthe inclination ofthe hank
I to repress an excejsive issue oflncal paper
} or to regul.'ite the dome-tic exchange eiflti-r
lin 1319, or 1837. Hit, of its power - **'
■ both periods, we may. and
T' ,e ° f . Cora rcial alTalrs
, .. ■ 'States b ink was utterly' powerless et-
. ur.r as a regal itor of d.imestic exchange or
| the circulation of the notes of the local banks,
■ and the history of the l i t three years mijrii:
i well the doubt, whether its failure to con
| troi their issues, resulted from inability, or
| want of in< linntion.—XVe care not which h an
]of tho dilemma miy suit the alvoc ces of the
; b tftk—i i her is fatal toll) ir charge against tin'
i administration of G.mural Jackson. If that
‘ fill ire arose from want of iiielin->lion alone, a
: felons file would be good enoagli for that tirin
or set of mon, who could have saved the coun
try from us present emb irrassmonts, mid would
not, that, in th it very enibarrcssment they
might fi i I the fill I ation of th • ch lr p, oftvr
a iny a id onpr ssion against General Jackson,
j a tithe of whose pa rivtie services would h ive
s wared to (‘imi.an honorable, instead of their
infini its i n nortaliiy. Ifthe failure resulted
from want of power, then must ti>> ch tran fall
to tlie gratin'!, an I the exccsiivo issue ot piper
money by the local banks be placed to the
. arc Hint of th it tnar.linale spirit of siwui.itioii
! vvhi h occasion >ll y, avveeos over the commer
j < - ia) world, carry ing rain and desul ition in i' S
iti lie. c, • care not, as before said, wh' ther
t.)i‘ M ii. d S ite ; ti ink co tl I, but would no - ,
t ; t ; i i■’.''! c i'.d I »l e> • ro‘ t' - .e e ‘ arm >;is is .: 's
jofh•u>es ot 1 >c ii baaits w:ii. - h his been in
Icons m; act! on up.) i, aid i with, l’;e
[ vyil J vowil of h: i i which has existed for
file i '.st ,w> or iureo vu irs; ih i oa - > or t’m oth
er, "| i ill, ab ,'i’v-s G m-.-Hl I t <-ks ri and his
a La iii-tr.itipii fro i> all agency in the revtiLioa
}tn cini-ni'f: ial aifairs now prevailing among
us. We have left the ‘ Specie Circtil ir” for a
lew j’l-erva i'Hn, as it is the last ia the series
of Executive acts .by which it is alledged that
G moral J ickson Ii is pl iy e d out th.: charade
of tyrant an 1 oppressor.
j Wait was Ihe condition of tho country, and
wa it was tho purpose of tint cirriilai 1
In the s iininer oi’ iS3(>, the couih y seemed
to be bib wing tin ler t p.-icuniary plethora ev-
ery specie ; of map! >y meiit was encouraged
an 1 rewarded b'lvoiid any fmm.T preced sat.
[ The public I’reasurv was fu’l to bm-sting, and
Congress was call d upon to pass,.ind aetu'i’-lv
i did pass an ad to deposits nearly forty millions
! in ihe custody of die States.
; file public I m Is were rapidly passing into
j the triads of private tipociilators, who paid f>r
: them ia tin? notes, perhaps, oi not less than five
j hundred Banks. Pradical men, who retn am
s bcre.l the former condition of thiiv’s, among
; others, th it there Ind lain ia the Treasury for
[ many years, mure than one million of dollars in
■ rag aimlev, which h i.i been receive ; for public
j lands, s iw, or imagined they ?. iw, a coming de-
rangutu. - nt vva ca might a id, they coaid iiot
j tell, how in my millions m ire, to the iniaviiila
! ble fa ids above refered t >.
! Wita ins usual fo.-wcast, the President looked
: to these consequences, mid in the Specie Circu
} I.ir simply said, tite. United States have much
; valuable public land in the market. It is
[ bought up with extraordinary avidity, and paid
[ tor in pro.nis - s, the value of which, no man can
I foresee. ikiere is already more revenue th m
[ the government w in's. Tncre is d inger of
i dap ecialion mil I ><; ii’ the bills of every pri-
I v ite corporation .shall bi: received in payment.
[ riiereforc, for the safety ofthe public, who
ever purchases public land, must pay for it in
, gold and sdver.
i Did any one ever before, hear it said, that a
ram having property to sell, might not sav, in
[whit nr'ltimi, piymeat should be made? If
[ it is tho right mid thedmy of a private min to
I see that he guts m ini-y for what he his t > sell,
[ how much more ini >;:rativ« is ii, that a public
; servant, actrag for lit'ieeu millions of his coun
! tryimm, should du the same thing ?
[ We do not cons’: ler it necessary to follow the
Pros! lent of the .N illi tiers Co.iventimi through
i liis sneering allusions to the present Chief M i
! gistrate ol the Union .ve may find private
’ grounds to explain, them, before we close this
arlii 1. -- .
j For the present, it is enough to know, ami to
!st in - for the inl’orai ition of otliers, th it Air.
I Van B iren formed (he liea lof tint very ad
] ministration from which Judge Bei rien was
! driven in 18 >l. K lowing with all his casuistry,
! that J.i I'ge B - rrieii is too goo I a lawyer to at-
■ temp: to look bey.in.l the record, when he has
: m - n of in o ligence to deal with, we fearlessly
' assert, th it w-r.iever might have been the ac-
I cepumb: head ’of mi a;! ninislr itimi of which
i John Al.-Piiersii.i Berrien was the rear file, was
[ such mi one as the American people mighi wi ll
! ilmi i of elevating to lie; Caiei M igistracy—.md
; M ii Itri X' an Buren was that man.
I XV e nee I not therefore, look btivon 1 the
[ spring ol’ 182:), for ovi h-nce of the ability and
[ public services of Mr. Van Buren. It is smTi
j cleat, that Judge Berrien, wiili all bis repma
, lion as a Senator a i I Jmist, was then willing
Ito hold the saber ’mate st itimi of Attorney
I G'.neral, in an administration of which AL.
I Van ts.ire.il was at the head, as Secretary of
; State.
[ Wait has Mr. Van Buren since done to jits-
iiy tai' mde'.-.imni vi":.i. - r itlo.-i of Ju |g.- Bor-’
, rien ? o.tiiag of w iieh wo have ;mv knowl
' edge.
j Ev - r since the dissention r. 1 dispersion oi’
; G ' u'i’.il Jackson’s Cabinet in 1831, ’’lr. Va i
:i)ii n !;as b;-;-n co ire acted upon, lirin acting,
[ ia the ..i-' - it p iiiU; al drain i oi fi s comitrv.
i lita i: .same year, soon as it was ascer
:a;.:i'.'d that the nmmbi'l a of the Cabinet c ink!
I .io - , or would not _ narniotiize, Mr. Van Bm en
; resigned ins office of Kern tary of.State. Short
ly aitorw iirls, tho M:ss;on to En ;l ind w isprt s
-e.d upon him, and going oui tinder mi Execu
tive appointment, he immediately withdrew
Irom Hie field of controversy in his own c.mmtrv,
I well knowing th it many <;f his fellow-citizens
I (hen look' d to him a., the successor of Genural
iacksoii to the Presidency.
s.mild Mr. Calhoun have stifl'erc.l himself to
have been thus sent into km or.ible exile I
'» oul i any mi-i t aspirant for tin l Presitlencv,
Inv" pursued a similar cmirso I VVe are ex
ceedingly mistaken in our knowledge of hum in
character, if ttto offer would not have been
spurned with real, or well feigned indigna
tion.
In the winter of LB3l-2, Mr. \ r an Buren was
regulariy nominate 1 to the Senate, as M'mi.ster
to Great Britain, and if memory is correct, that
nomination was rcji'cH d bv the casting vote of
i the Vice President Calhomi. They, the Trio,
I thought they had killed him, but he fell hack up
lai the bosom of.the people, and like zXnt&g
--| us, rocovert d not only energy enough to
j -tni ’.gb; with his riant enemy, but to everthrew
Has J udgu Berrien forgotten die Baltimore
Convention of 1832 ? Will Im tell u-> whether
liis tavwitc for the ollice of Gove nor, of whom
ho says in liis address, “ lite habits ol Itiendly
itlieri ourse which have existed between us du
ring the w'hole of his life, mid tin: great' r part
of my own, have dostended to us from a by
gone generation,” was nut one of-tlm S'ict: Pres
idctHs of tk'.t Convention ? mid if so .what lias
changed ihe - sea:imcnts ot that individual front !
•he highest cmifm'ence, to the deepest hate ?
Mr. Vmi Buren is now before the country—
use and before the world as the Chief Magis
trate ol this great republic, and his by-gone
public lite gives the strongest ass- rance that his
name will godown to po .terity v. ith respect and
Honor, when the < - onicm;Jiablc efforts of dis
appointed ambition shall have been forgut
!‘ , I
We have already sai l, we thought wn rou; i [
liud private reasons enough, fur Judge Berrien’;; [
bo t lily hotb to General Jackson and his sue- |
eessor, and in investigating th;: subj-'Ct, we are
a hnonislied of our duty to “ judge rigliteou Iy.” I
E very one will reincmber that Judge Berrien!
was appointed Attorney General by General I
Jack-mi in 1829—and (hat the Cabinet as then |
constituted, was broken up in 1831 ; nor will it j
be- forgotten, tha't Judge Berrien enjoyed a wide !
reputation s one of the ablest lawyers in this!
coun'ri. Be also enjoyed the confidence ol [
ih<' President—was his edficial adviser. Cliicl
.Listtec M irsiiail was old, mi l the time not dis- |
tact, when there would be a vacancy in the
high idiiei'then filled bv him. Is it tlierefore,
mire i -onabli* to suppose, that Judge Berrien
hid that olfice in his eye? or is it im.rt: unrea
sonable tn suppost - , that if a vacancy had <>•:-
cm’B'd, whi'le lie was Attorney General, that he
’ would La ve been selected to fill it? Events
which have since transpired, go strongly to
support the belief that he would h ive been so
le tod ; audit would be aliov :tig too little to
the love of honest arid honorable fante, to snp
’.'cse the stulion would not have been desired by
XV e ascribe no unworthy motive to the Judge,
in b‘.|i;e. ing th.:i he broods over disappmntwent
growing out ofbis loss o’ place in -be Cabinet
of G ..'n.'i 'il J acks .:) ; tint liuw c:in he ri'concile
his decl ir. ti-m, in G. oigi t, with the course
pui;. ) d by him on his return to Washington tn
l-’ldl ? Did hr- nnts'ate to his Georgia friends,
Him lie would icmiiii inti a Cabinet unless
G •■ ••■•;.i ,)a ks in explainer) to him, satisfactor
iy, the cmise <>r < - m;s<'s of ahe removal of Alessrs.
11;.. iia.n m:d Br un k ? mi ld;1 be not on his re
turn to Washington, persist in bidding office,
until Genera! Jackson dismissed him from it ?
We cannot be mistaken in affirming that be is
guilty ofthe gross inconsistency implied in the
foregoing interrogatories.
But to whom dors he refer as “ an organized
band, their connections and dependant.-?” There ,
cm, tie m: odier solution than that contained in
Warbur’ons definition of orthodoxv. Does lit:
intend to imply t'tat the supporters of tile late
an I present admin’sua ions are no better than
servile knaves? if he does, wt: throw back in
to liis teeth, the foul awl malicious slander,
backed by -onr uumeasmed contempt for
the brain that conceived, and the tongue that
uttered it.
XV i: have said that Judge Berrien had descen
ded to be the retailer ofthe refuted calumny of
tlte pensioned presses of the Bank; noris he
less guilty in attempting to copy them, by de
preciating die talent mid cltaractci of his poiiti
[ cal opponents.
We ourselves have lived long enough to have
, acquired some kn iwiedge (if political parties
from our own ob-ervalion. We remember that
! the same course was pursued by the federal
[ organs ata time when federalism had not found
it necessary to change its name. Did Judge
i Berrien belong to the federal party at that day?
! D:d he learn the lesson of detraction and abuse
1 in that School—while it was so in name, as in
i charactei ? Where we ask was Judge Berrien
then ? Was Ite found in the ranks of deniocra-
I cy, struggling for “Jefferson and liberty,” or in
[ the ranks of federalism ? Let him answer ; al-
I though it would require at this day, a practical
a:ii;qnary to tell us much about h, .since fede
’ ralism lias passed through national tepublican
ism Wiiigism—-and liow many other ’isms, we
nee.l iiotaHempt to express.
We are free to confess, that we were of the
number of those who were pleased with the se
lection of a disiinguished Georgian as a me.m
--! her ot Genetal Jackson's Cabinet ; but we
! knew too much of Judge Berrien’s history, to
[sw.tilow what was said of him in adevoted ad
[ ministi ation, press “that he was a democrat died
iin the wool.” We l new well enough, carrying
[ out ine metaphor, that he was “a democrat dies
iin the cdoth and we exceedingly regret, that
: the erdor has not been belter able, to stand the
[ eff-cts of ic:nd and weather.
XV e pass over Judge JJi rrieti’s depreciating
i remarks about the legislative and Executive
D.qiarimmits of the State governniem.—W’e
[ mnsi however,.be permitted to express oursttr
■ pri-e and regret, at his attempt to disparage the
[Judiciary; not remembering to have heard,
. that any ofthe present Judges of the Stale,
i ii i l ihaiid it necessary to appear before the
[General Assembly, to ar, ;wer for alleged mis
feasance or nonfeasance in office.
We nave, necessarily occupied much space in
ilispnsing of the |»-liinenary portion of the Ad
dress; but will ende ivor to condense as much
as possible, in treating of tho object of the
Convention, mi l the can lidate sehacted by it.
What says the President of the Convention ?
“ We must regain onr infl.ienctf ir the conn, its
of th:: Slate. W’e mast appeal Jo the people
of Georgia —XVc must appeal to them, to
redeem th. - governrimnt from those unhallowed
comlihritimis which are corruoting and destrov-
r.” ,
To whom doos tin - Speaker refer, as forming
those ird allowod combinations ? Does he
m. -- :n tiie Union men of t’L-urgia I What tinlioh ;
combia ;::in can exist among men holding the]
same political creed? none—none whatever.}
There n v r was a litm - , there never was a!
,oarty in Georgia, hel l together bv so strong a '
bom! of p'llitical .priii-'pie, a ; the Union Part - .', I
since its or: .mutation in 1833. Can as much:
'<■ i l •>:’ mo p e.> 3 1 pai-tv to which Jud-e i
Berrien l>- I.mg- ? ° I
iVo w;d not attempt so quote poetry, espe- !
ci lly, th - ’ poetry of ;h: - high priest of nature, I
!;wn m; mar. - . It is enough in plain prose, to '
sav, that the Jr.-lgt ’ : party embraces white spit - - ■
it-ami rt 1, bl tek soh its and grey, and spirits]
if :tl -Atlier imngi.iaLfe complexions. That it!
tiossesses no sort of hmnogetieousiiess of priori
ole wl atevi'i - —am! with till the honesty tints }
should be fairly alloue.l to the rank and file,'
some, at l - nst of its commanders have no be:-:
ter p.iim-iplo of union, than “hatted” to mon, |
•letter tin:: themselves; mid that we mav not j
be mi-tin I: - :a;ton:I in the application of this rc- ■'
n ■ rk, we now intend to confine it to Judge Bar- }
. ion. and the nomine:: of the convention, Air.}
Gilm-r.
What dot s Judge. Berrien mean, by regain
intr “influeni'e in tho c inncils of tho State!”
Does he pretend that tlie
lUglit—Whig party overdid possess controling
influence in them? XVhy this servant appeal to
regain influence, coupled ns it is, with denun
ciations against it? One who knew notliinv of
hmnnn nature might suppose, th>t the party so
pure, so disinterested, so patriotic as the Judge !
ami his friends pretend tube, could not bo indu
ct'd to take office for fear it would corrupt them
—for fear they should relish, tho spoils of victo
ry too much, ever to be willing to surrender
’.7e kno .. - some of the inaders of that party
well enqagh to sec throtijh all th:.- - , their pre-
tence of patriotism.—Official rank and influence
am! emolument, arc valued as highly by them, -
as any o'ht-.rse) ol men in the world. It is but
the old and universal cry in all free countries,
that the ins arc all devils, and theouls, all saints
and angels. Office then, office, we say, is tb<?
motile with these patriotic gentlemen, to which
is sm> radded in the bosoms of some, the desire
of’ vengeance.
But w hat further is said of the objects of tlie
convention? “’J'aleni, integrity, patriotisrh, a
zeati ns devotion to the principles which we ad
vacate, we must of coin sc require. Beyond
this, the single enquiry in toy judgment is who
will he most likely to command the highest
popular vote,”
Can any one acquainted with the abstract
doctrines entertained by the convention, hesi
tate to believe that “a zroZous devotion to the
princlpUs” of the parly, would have ever re
sulted in the nomination made by the conven
tion?—Y< t tha’t is put forward as the leading
considt ration which should govern the selection*
What harmony of pi inciple is there between
Mr. Gilmer and Judge Berrien in reference to
the general doctrines of nullification? and more
especially, what agreement upon the question
of a National Bank 7 None, we believe, what
! ever; nor do we believe-Mr. Gilmer would ever
have acted in concert wiili the 'Nullificrs, but
under tl.e influence of ti e feeling which promp
ted the utteuiict of the sentiment, that “tho
Union party was the most corrupt faction that
ever existed ia G. orgia.”
Sec it g il.at it was Ali. Gilmer’s known’hatrcc!
1o one party, that has influenct d liisaction with
the other, :nd not identity of principle that
recommended turn to the convention, we must
look to the true motive of hi- nomination in five
necessity ol selecting a candidate who “would
be most likely to command the highest popular
vote,” or in XUlng parlance, be the most
“available,” principle oul ofthe question.
In this is to be found the true reason for tho
j selection of Hr. Gi.rner, and if we have been
I correctly informed, the proceedings ofthe cou
j vmitioii fu'lv sti-Jain us in our position.
i 3 hat body was almort ccmdl divided, so
| much so, that the motive of polity, acting only
j ::p m one or two individuals to go for the can
tiitiute “who could command the highest pop
ular vote,” was of itself, enough to decide tho
cimice.
We kni'w that motive to have influenced re
spt i <able men who were not in the convention,
I-wh" suggested the name of Mi. Gilmer, as most
likely to be acceptable to the Union party— in
[ othei words, inert likely to draw off a sufficient
mim-ber, to give io that man “the highest pop
, uhir vme,” who i; charged with having pru
: nounced them “the most corrupt faction that
! ever existed in, or disgraced the Staseof Geor-
i’hi ’ discussion has so enlarged upon us, that
we forbear fur the present, to discuss the claims
of Mr. Gilmer on the score of talent, integrity,
patriotism &c. and do this the more cheerfully,
us there are co-laborers in the field, who-will
. not fail, as they have not heretofore failed, to
hold him up to public contemplatiusi as he is-
HANCOCK.
FROM TIIE GEORGIA JOURNAL, of 1831.
i A bri’ f Rt view of Mr. Gilmer's adminis
i trillion, from November 1829— t0 No
vember 1831.
The conduct of public men*being at all
[ times a legitimate subject of full and free
; investigation, under all governments foun
| ded upon the principles of constitutional
; liberty, the writer avails himself of that
I privilege to scrutinize the acts ofthe pres-
I ent executive administration of Georgia.
[ In the outset, he feels it due to hisExrelleo
[ cy, to the putdie and himself, to
} that in the remarks which lie may make up
[ on the course of this administration, there
is nothing ot personal hostility entertained
towards Mr. Gilmer.. The object of this
essay is not to vituperate his reputation as-a
private citizen, but to shew from the policy
which he has adopted and pursued as a
public agent, that he has on some very im
pedant questions, wholly mistaken, not only
the opinions, hut the interests of bis con
[ stitueiits —and that whatever talents he
} may possess for the public service in anoth-
I er department, himself and his friends have
I ureatly mistaken liis qualificaiitms tbr the
] oflive winch he now holds. That the pub-
I lie niay arrive at just conclusions upon alb
[ Die important matters connected with his
• administration, it is proper to go back be
yond its commencement, and look for a
moment inio die causes which brought
Mr. Gilmer into office. I- allude to the
unprovoked attack made by him on
.XI r. F ?r-yth in the spring of 1829.—That
controversy was sought by Mr. Gilmer, and
what are the facts connected with it ? They
are these— ln the tall of 1823, Mr. Gilmer
was elected to Congress. Upon a return
of tiie votes, at the expiration of twenty
days Irnm the election, Governor Forsyth,
in obedience to a law of the State, issued
his procl.unatinn, requiring the members
elect io signify I heir acceptance or refusal, to
■erve the State in Conere's, that they might
be commission! d in terms ofthe act afore
said. Mr. Gilmer from some unavoidable
or will'll cause, failed to comply with the
I. rtus of tiie act, and did not signify liis
acceptance within the time specified by
—Governor J orsytb, in obediMice to
its mandatory provisions, ordered a new
election, and issued his proclamation accor
,;iaal.VX Tin* viridimi. manner in which
dr. I'orsyth was attacked By Mr. Gilmer,
is too fresh in the public recollection to re
quire further notice. Wnatever may have
:>e< n tiie.motive o! .Mr. GilimT f>r provok
ing the controversy with Mr. Forsyth, sub
sequent events have satisfied me, and must
carry conviction to th? public mind, that
it was the commencement of a system of
opcr iiiotis intended to bring himself into
the Executive office. He succeeded., not
only in ci,listing his own personal and po
iitical h - ii nds and his “ friend’s friends” in
’.tie ernsnd.' against Mr. r’orsy th and Maj.
Cranford, but by some sort of legerdemain,
ome art of hocus poeus, the great body of
Die f lark party was rallied to his cause,
and Mr. GJuier came into office, by a high
er vote, than any other man has ever re
ceived from the people of Georgia.
Having him now quietly seated in the
Executive chair; let us proceed to the his
tory ol his administration. The first act
" hich demands a passing notice, is liis in
augural address, in which he declared em
phatically that he considered himself “ the
I hiel Magistrate of the State and not of a
partv, tn all die appointments it becomes
my duty to mike I shall attempt to begot,
t rued by no other consideration than the
public service.:’ ’] his declaration was re
ceived by the Clark party with emotions of
pride and satisfaction.—They hailed the
period ot his administration as a political
jubilee, and confidently expected to be re
garded i>y liis Excellency, as a portion of
1 the body politic, nothing doubting, that fu/