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F Prom i'ii' Georgian.
b '* Quirk with the talc, and ready with the lie.
L Tita genial couiidautu ami tire cenvrid spy-"
I have read the reply of Hugh L. White to
B oar venurableex-Prefldent, \ndrew Jackson. —
| T<> sty that pity for the author, ami disgust at i
his performance arc the emotions excited bv tire !
perusal, is to express butfeeblv, the f«’clim>» t - I
voiced hv this impotent offspring of malignity ■
an 1 disappointed ambition.
1 pity the trrm who occupies the position in
which Hugh L. White now stands before the
country.
Evon those to whom he has sold his once fair
name, hato the traitor, albeit, they may love
the treason. Tho Boston Courier, the leadittg
organ of Mr. Webster and his friends, des- ;
eribes this itnfort it irate m tn, ax ” a paltry con-1
ceitod intriguer, willing to descend, if such a fel- i
low can desrend, to any trick however vile, ami I
to violate all tlte requirements of Honor and
Friendship to further his ptirposc."
Judge Wlritc with an ingenuity that does
credit to him, has proved that even Ac can des
cend;, and proof amounting to demonstration of
the fact, is to be found in his response to Gen.
Jackson.
Tho Judgn concludes his address with the
following sentence. “He ( meaning General
Jackson) has determined he will die having
the character of a great man, while my high-
Umbitifin H to ffre m>,scions that I deserve
tho reputation of an Amutf one.’’
I know. lago,
Thy honesty and love doth mince this- mat
ter!"
Ye Goda ! what a shame it is, to> liear this
min, now standing before the country, a living
monument of confi lente brokrff, and fthmdship
violated, prate of honesty I ft is well for his
peace of mind, Judge White is content to die
not having the character of a great man, for
were his ago to be extended to antUdeluvian'
length,the character ofa great man could nev
er he awarded him, by the blindness of friend
ship ; certainly not, by the impartiality of his
,o.r'.' kow stands the claim of Judge
W hite to the reputation of an honest man I
1 hern was a time when tho negatory character
of thi* gentleman, induced many to believe him
virtuous. But tiiat time is past, the apostate
from his principles—the betrayer of confidence
—tho violator of the sanctity of private friend
ship—the purchased deserter from bis political
faith, has developed himself too fully to escape
detection.—His acts stand forth in bold re
lief, challenging the contumely of honorable
m-’n !
Judge White with tho most tender considera
tion lor the faults of his /ric/iJ uses in his ad
dress the following language. “It must bo
painful to any sincere friend, of the ex-Presi
dent, to son the infatuation under whit It he
scents to act, owing no doubt to the influence,
artful and designing men have obtained over
him. In almost every paragraph he writes,
■onothing can be found ;o take from the high
eh iractcr we are generally disposed to ascribe
tn him."
“ O, brave lago, honest aedjusf.
That hast such noble sense of thy friend’s
fault
Does Judge White believe the American
aro to be deceived by such hypocritical
rant ? Can he think that by charges such as
these, ah'? thus preferred, be can fllcli from the
fair fame of <?ur venerable ex-Presideni, or tear
« single leaf, from the chaplet that adorns
his brow ?—There is ono sentence in “ the
address” to which we would bespeak atten- !
tioa.
Judge White uses the following language— '
“There is no man who knows tho ex-pressident
who has more confidence in his chivalry and
readiness to resent an insult than I hart, but i
at the same time, the history of his life icM'.
show that whenever he intends to make such a j
reply as might provoke controversy, he has al- ■
ways timed it so prudently that there sh mid be.
a sufficient number of persons present to prevent I
ill temper from producing had consequences."
Now, Judge \\ hite if he means any thing by
this sentence, insinuates a charge of cowardice
against Gen. Jackson! A charge which the en
emies of his country know to be false—and
which the most envenomed politic?! opponent of
Gen. Jackson (if nonest) will say Is false. Now '
what does this prove’ Why that Judge White '
has wilfully asserted an untruth, or his faculties
have become so warped by the bitterness of
his hostility to Gen. Jackson,that he has bright •
hitnseli to believe a fact, which every one,
friend or foe, knows to be false
In cither case, what dependence is to be '
placed upon his statements, especially when
they conflict with those of another? Will it be
said there is no charge of cowardice in the
sentence we have quoted? What better defini
tion of a coward than a man the “history” of
whoso “life will show that whenever lie intends
to itiaito such a reply as might provoke contro
versy always has timed it so prudently that
there should be a sufficient number of persons
present to prevent ill temper from producing I
bad consequences'” It will be in vain fur
Judge White or his friends to attempt to rc- I
hove him from the dilemma by referring to the |
former portion of this sentence which speaks of I
the “chivalry” of Gen. Jackson—by so doing, !
Judge White’s estimate of chivalry will be j
proved to be rather different from the received '
notions ofhonorable men! In his opinion (should j
this ground be taken) chivalry consists in tiiat'
prudence which would never provoke contro
versy until it had provided a safeguard in sur
rounding numbers against consequences!!
But 1 proceed to the “head and froi t” of
Gen. Jacksun's offending, as slated by Judge
White. What is the charge made against tl.e
Ex-President? No man who lias not read this
abortion of the brain—this miserable tirade of!
crimination and complaint, could imagine it.;
Perhaps you will smile, reader, when you learn, ‘
that which has escaped the grasp of Clay’s in
tellect, the astuteness of Calhoun—the gigan-|
tic intellect of tho “God-like man,” has been j
DIHCOVEREV by 11. L. W hite ! Hide your di- |
minished head (if any you have) spirits of New- I
ton, Columbus, Bellgoni, Burkhardt. et ereteri ■
unities, for the ineffectual tires of your genins j
p ile before the mighty blaze of this man’s in- ;
iellect.
All hail, theu great discoverer ! The most
profound statesmen, the most able an I matured
politicians opposed to the late administration—
the who!. Whig press of the country, have be
lieved and declared the object of tiiat adminis
tration to have been, the introduction of a uni
veisal metallic curretwy, which they have pro
nounced (and perhaps, justly) to be impractica
ble! But Judge White has discovered that all
this is erroneous, and that Gen. Jackson’s ob
ject and deliberate plan have been to force all
jhe Banks in the country to suspend specie pay
m». nts, which object Judge White says he has
effeftjod. The Judge naturally supposes he
may bV asked “how he made this great disco
very ?” And he gives an answer which I
quote verbx ’ ,n '« including italics. “1 willan
»wet tho ques. ton in all sincerity, because I be
lieve Gen. Jacks on no«’tfisArs « Bank of tho
United States fuunJ p, l upon the moneys of the
United I9testes, and attached to the Treasury
D apartment.” Mark ti. 1 ” logical deduction of
tne learned Judge! Geif. Jackson noir wishes
a Bank, &c. and therefore during hisfote ad
mitiisttation {before. Uc wished a Bank,dr,c.) he
formed the plan of forcing ail the Banks to sus
pend specie payments! A non Mvtuitor like
hits, w mid disgrace a Freshman. But suppose
that Gen. Jackson not only now wishes, but it
all past time did wish, a Bank of the United
States, founded upon (hv moneys of the Jailed
States, does any m.in believe, that to efleet tin
establishment of such an institution, General
Jackson sot med the deliberate design of forc
ing >ln* nation into universal bankruptcy - 1 Wil.
.my one believe such means would suggest them
selves to the.ntind of any man, as appropriate
to the Consummation of such contemplated ob
ject ! But the most precious portion of this
monument of intellectual wisdom, is that which
demonstrates that Webster, ("lav, Calhoun and
others, have all been mistaken—that so far from
the introduction of a ntrfversal hard money
currency being the great design of Gen. Jack
■,on, his abject- has- been to break dow n all the
Smiles «n the country, with a view to the estab
lishment of a National Bank! Credat In
ccntrs.ic.
i Now smirk, reader! It maybe urged that
Judge \\ hite Ims had better opportunities of as
certaining the real object of Gen. Jackson than
; others, by reason of his personal intimacy with
li'tn. Non while 1 am free to admit that the
Judge has learned to make ti c most of what
he can glean from having once enjoyed the con
fidence of Gen. Jackson, this plea will not avail
hint, because, by the Judge’s own admission,
the de term i itation of the General to ruin the
cdnntry, developed itself with the issuing of
the Treasury Circulat—since which period
that intimacy has ceased to exist, and for this
other rev-son, that Judge While himself has but
recently made his great discovery, when the
means of effecting it were equally witbin tlic
tintsp ot all. I now take leave of Judge
White, but ot.dy for a time; his "Address”
affords a repast so licit that I am impidled “ to
cut anil come again.” GRACCHUS.
Prom the. Southern Banner.
I NS UR ANCEBA NK O F COL UMBUS.
I his Institution, it is generally known, is
one of the few Banks which refused to sus
pend specie payments, and its friends have in
consequence boasted not a little -over the ima
gined superiority of this-bFtnch ot Mr. Biddle’s
mamnmth. But it appears from a conimuntca
tion which we find in the Augusta Constitu
tionalist, over tiro signature of Mr. John G.
W inter, that there is as much humbuggerv in
this false pretension, as there is in Mr. Biddle’s
other efforts to control and regulate the coun
try. The long and short of the story is, Mr.
Winter presented between three ami-four tlum
s iml dollars of the Bills of that Bank, for which
lie detnatuk'd specie, and it was refused ! And
this, too, when (as he states) “ she has now two
dollars nf coin to one of issue !" Tl w present
unusual state of things in this country, mav
have justified most of the Banks in a tempora
ry suspension of specie payments, until they
could gradually call in their debts without bring
ing bankruptcy upon their customers ; but a
• bank which could, without materially contrac
! ting its discounts, continue to redeem its hills
I with specie, lias neither apology nor excuse for
refusing to pay its debts. As well might a pri
i vote individual say to his creditors—“ Geutie-
I men, I have on hand, two dollars in money for
I every dollar 1 owe you, but J am determined
j that you shall wait my convenien-e before vou
tecnive your just demands.” Every one would
■call this dishonesty—and it is not less dishonest
: in a Bank capriciously to refuse payment for
i its debts. Ihe indtgnatikm w-iiich was excited
j throughout Georgia, at the purchase of the ln
. suraoce Bank by the Philadelphia mammoth,
; has not yet subsided ; ami it would be web for
it to beware how it violates its charter. It tuav,
; ami we hope it will, be deprived of it.
. While ontlie subject of Mr. Biddle’s attempts
lat ti..'ancicring, it may be proper to nientioti,
i that he is adopting measures nominally to r<-
, surne specie payments, by getting in the issues
of the new,and paying out notes of the old
i bank. And .w hen lie h<s effected this—when
ihe has no more notes out tcJ redeem—he w ill
1 probably open his .loots, and his millions every
j whe’’e will sing hallalujahs to his praise, for cim
i fit ring S'J'h a singular benefit upon—himself!
But tlm old ituros will have to take care of
j themselves, and be I'ecleemed when honest Nick
chooses—or pei.'.'aos never. Millions of these
old notes, (although the charter?! the Bank has
long since expired,) have recency U l ’'’ l - P ut
circulation ; and agents have been ,o
our southern ports, to hny -cotton with the,.’ 1 ’ foe 1
j shipment tu Europe, torpay the debts of the new -
[ Bank there. And this flagrant violation >of -law (
and right-, will find advocates—even among I
those conservators of putdic morals and consti- ;
iutional ltiw-> the nullifie.rs.
Another cdiitcst fur Bank ascendancy is cotn- i
ing, and engaged in securing that ascendancy, i
will be found men who have stood in times past,
prominently forth as its opposers and contette
rers. But ws hope 1 nion men will not be
alarmed by flip cries of panic makers, or duped !
by the artifices of avarice.—Let us boldly i
stand up to the work—prevent the re-establish- j
ment o' 1 ' a National Bank first, ano afterwards,!
as circumstances will justify, impose snci> res-,
traints upon our local histiiulion as shall effec
tually prevent them from again producing the
disastrous effects we Lave recently witnessed. 1
All will then be well. The spirit of specula
tion will be checked, honest industry w':U re- '
ceive its due reward, and the country will no ‘
longer be cursed with an irredeemable and
wsrltfless paper currency.
From the Southern Hanner,
CENTRAL BANK—THE GOVERNOR.
The Milledgeville papers publish a no
tice of another distribution of the funds of
the Central Bank, to be made during the
ensuing three months, and amounting to
$750,000. In noticing this distribution,
the Southern Recorder remarks:
“The portion of the surplus revenue due
to Georgia from the United Slates’ Treasu
ry, according to the terms of the distribu
tion bill of the late Congress, will thus find
its way into the hands of the people, at this
time of pressure, when the sensible conve-
I nience will be kit by thousands. Yet to
; this great measure the present Executive of
| Georgia was bitterly hostile, and had his
■ views been adopted, the people of G'eor
|gia would not have received a dollar of
what they are now receiving—nor would
they, for this year at least, have received
any thing in the way of loan from the
Central Bank.”
If the'Recorder intends to convcythe
hlea only, that Gov. Schley is opposed to
a system, by which the General Govern
ment may collect a greater amount of re
venue than is necessary to its wants, and
distribute the remainder among the States,
his friends have no reason to complain, but
will rathet thank that patter for informing
its readers of the fact. But if, as the lan
guage would seem to indicate, it is an ef
fort to make the people believe that their
Executive was unwilling that this money
should be loaned out to them, we must pro
nounce it a base and indefensible misrepre
sentation of his views. In his annual mes
sage of last November, he distinctly re
commends that this money should be loan
ed to the people; and bases liis recommen
dation upon the fact, that by the terms of
the act of Congress, it is merely a depn
site, and should be so held as to he availa
ble whenever called for. Indeed, some of
the Whig pretties of Georgia, have lately
made it a ground of opposition to him, that
he did recommend that this fund slim.hl be
deposited in the Central Bank and loaned
out to the people; an-d hence very logical
ly argued his oppo itiott to internal im
provements! Thus it is with tmr oppo
nents. To-day, "tie of their newspapers
will charge the Governor with the eomniis
>ion of an act, upon which tiny will base
an argument going to prove histi unworthy
the confidence of the community—the oth
ers will copy the article with approbation—
to-morrow, another of these indepe idem
and truth-loving presses will abuse him be
cause Ire ('id not commit the same act with
which he has just been charjred—ami atrtiin
will the abuse he copied and applauded. If
the frtiuds, falsehoods, and contradictions
of our opponents, can pm the Governor
down, that result will he attained-; but we
are tmt yet'disposed tn believe it can be ac
complished by such means. However, the
ttttliiliers will test the question.
Bui the Recorder ih.ti' seems to regard
this distribution by the Central Bank as a
“sensible convenietice” to the people—the.
(■fleet of a very wise and salutary measure,'
to wtt; the deposite of the surplus revemte
in the Central Bank! When did that pa
per become a convert to this measure ? It
must have been a recent aflmr ; for last win
ter its columns contained any ihmg but ex
pressions in its favor. Il' the editor w ill
recur to his files, he will observe that Mr.
I)nnnagt»;i ol Hall comity, made a report
last vvintt r to the Legislature, rccommeod
ing the surplus revenue to be defxisilrd tn
the C-eiitial Bank, thus fmnisbiu;.' the meons
lor this "sensible conventeti.ee,”vvhicli the
Recorder so kindly approbates. And what
was the time of that paper m that time?
Why, it scouted the plan, and treated it as
almota too contemptible for notice. But
we will quote its words:
“To Mr. Dttnnagan’s substitute we will
“not pay the compliment of even a parsing
“ notice. The Central Bank lias now in
“its hands quite as much of the property
“of the State as it can take proper rare
“of.’’
Oi' all things, a sh irt memory is for an
editor lire hmst unfortunate. We have had
several illustrations of the evil tendency of
this defect, in the course of the Recorder
heretofore ; end this is but another instance
in common with the many which have pre
ceded it, and of those which will assuredly
follow after. To advise so old an ofll-nd
erwill be useless; hut vve would suggest to
his cotemporaries on the same side, that it
might he advi.-ahle to exercise camion in
copying the Imiibrations of one so her fl
less in his asset lions, lest they too become
involved in his sin.
Prom the Southern J'anner.
GOV. SI HLEY.
We are pleased to learn that our indefa
tigable Exei ut’ve, after spending theCotn
nienceineiit with us, has again irone into
the Cherokee counties, to h nd the aid ol
I liis presence and influence in expediting
| the surveys preparatory to the location of
j the Western and Atlantic Railroad. As
be will probably have more time nt his dis
j posal than lie did in his former trip, vve
! may expect that ire will trave I through the
■ c-tMitilry all along the proposed routes; hat
i vve advise our good friends the Nullifiers
! not to go into spa~ms about ii. We pro
j mise them that he will not travel out of his
I way to gain a vote j for the independent
■ democrats in that part of the State will give
i him their cordial and zealous support, with
! on; the aid of any’ electioneering efforts.
■ The Southern Recordcr.pat tietilai !y, would
! do well to keep cool, lest the people, re
; meinbering what importance it attar.ln ( | to
l the Governor’s exertions in prosecuting the •
! wt..”l‘i at the time the bill was passed, should
■ tj.'uk th.?' its sneers now, were but the elm-!
! lition of nolhi’ ui malevolence. On nu-!
' noiiiMfing the |. ; 'ssag l l‘ l ’l the hill the Rc-
! ( order remarked:
i “W<-trust that the active, deci''ve cuer
“ gy of the Executive, in pushing • Bis ;
“ resting object, now placed under his c.ii'f; I
■‘ may’ be stu b as to procure the npprolia- !
j “ lion of all concerned, which is in so ma-I
: “ ny u(wds, the entire population of Gexrr-'
I. . !
This great enterprise, then, according i
’to the Southern Recorder, was “ placed !
I under his (the Governor's) care,” and the !
ItopC was expressed that Ire would " push I
this interesting .'diject,” so as to secure the)
“approbation of a!! concerned.” And
now, forsooth, vv heir iiC goes out to see]
-.vliolLer the work “ under his cart’,” i< pro-;
perly laker-care of. the Recorder and other |
prints profess ’o regard it as an election-!
eering excursion, mid to sneer at his igno- |
rniKvof the science t.f Hvil engineering! j
They have missed their ah;. —-indeed, our I
n-eiglrbor of the Whig seems t<; h?ve shot
so wide of the mark ns to < rente trouble j
where he hoped for friendship mid support. !
We copy the following from the Republi-J
-can Herald of Colnnibus. 'ft comiuns -a I
just rebuke, and one which will berespond
ed to by the whole Union party, atid liy ma
ny others who were the political'and per
sonal friends of the late Gov. Clark :
From the Republican Herald.
“ His Excellency left this place on
Thursday last, after spending a few da vs in
town, on an electioneering expedition
through the Cherokee Circuit. The long,
loud and deep dissatisfaction expressed of
his administration, by the good people of
that portion of the State, has rendered it
imperious in the estimation of this e/fgvw/e
--ed Executive to stoop from the dignity of
his station to the degraded vocation of a
paltry party demagogue, to seek support
for the first office in the State, by a fan tiing
subserviency which should disgrace him
who would canvass for the lowest office.
Such a thing as this has never been wit
nessed in Georgia since the r/e/yxof John
Clark; and we had hoped, for the honor of
the State, and the dignity whirl) should at
tach to her chief executive, that the execu
tive chair would tint again be filled with a
man who would cast so foul a blot on Iter
•■scutcheon, and subject her citizens to such
a humiliating spectacle.”
We make the above extract from the
Southern Whig, at Athens, for the purpose
of expressing our deep detestation for the
principles and feelings of the author, and
all others of like sentiments. . We had
hoped that the time had arrived, when the
vile spirit of faction had been subdued by
a generous and noble love of country.—
But it seems there yet lingers one, who as
pires to lead and direct public opinion, w ho
s T .1N IIA |? !I o F UNI o\.
i is dead to every v irtuoiis and manly feeling
. and whose rancarous hatred .pollutes the
' entire he would serve, and places l-tim'wiili
i <‘m the pale o| social relalmnshtp. One
| who wars with ( | u . dead, ami desecrates the
tmrfbto find asnbje.t for Ins millice, can
excite n<> other sentiment in the bosoms
<>l a virtmms community than that ol
loathing und disgust.
Bitt can it he possible that public feeling
te(]<ores food like (| t ; s sihnulate its appe
tite.* that the spirit of faction is to be in
, voked, ami that the contest is one of viu
: (lictive rage, and the prize, the gralifica-
■ lion ol an ambitimis thirst of power? Il
j this he so, then have vve mistaken the issue
belore the people, and mistaken the princi
ples by which they are governed, but are
not deceived in t-!.,e course which thousands
of onr citizens should- and will pursue.
*1 faction uHist- rule in <w devoted
State, patriotism has no choice in the selec
tion ol its itisfriimenls.
STATE HIGHTS and VSITED STATES
HIGHTS.
--
Ji h'li ds (if f ftt- I'nion are our Jri its
<• hi j m it s, -*dr enemies.."
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Tl’CLSlhir AUWUST 22.
I ’
t nion Candidate tor. Governor.
WILLIAMISCHLEL
Those who are opposed to the United
States Bank—to Shin Blasters—to Daniel
■ 'Wcbrtc.r, the Ultra Petieralist and Abolitionist
;—to the Compromise. 'Tariff and to the di solu
tion of the Union will vile for the Union candi-
.! date SC iff. E F.
—.
Those, who are in favor of an Indian's
; swearing away the Hus and property of a
white, man, will vote. r or the Ttiillificrs can
el i d ale, G JEM Ell'
“tHAP 'ER 111.
“ It is due to Ol H IN LIAN PEO
PLE, that that prmn-'ton ol’lhe law of eigh
teen Imndred and nine, should be
i REPEALED,whchpievents INDIANS,
■and the descendants, ot 1 mliaits.lrom being
competent WITNESSES in the courts of
the State, in cases where a WHITE MAN
is a party. The present law exposes them,
to GREAT OPPRESSION, whilst its re
! peal would probably injure no one.” See
j Journal of the Senate, for 1830, page 14,
! ami Journal of the House ol Representatives
I of the same year, page 15.
CHAPTER IV.
Prom Governor Gilmer's Message., Aw. 1831.
“ Upon no subject has there been more
‘ misi e prest nfa/ioii, in rchif 'mn to the
gov erum-mt of the CHEROKEES, and
the civilization of the people ot that tribe.
I Upon examination, it will he fimml, that
the aboriitinal people are as IGNORANT,
THOUGHTLESS and IMPRUDENT
! as formerly ,'"'ithi.ut atty of lite spirit and
; character w hich distinguished (hem when
i war was their employment, ami their sup
port derived front the forest.”
And these are the people Air. Gilmer
would make witnesses, to swear away the
lives am! property of white men.
FEE SIMPLE RESERVES.
We have heretofore shown Mr. Giltner’s op
position 1s a distribution of the Gold Mines by I
Lottery', and Ins reasons firr such opposition, I
namely : that such a course would enable the!
; people to become suddenly rich—corrupt their
tnora! s — a,lf l ultimately lead to the commission
of " inxuml'SAßLF. fravds.”
We will now' sln’w most conclusively, that
he Was equally hostile to a di-iribution of the
valuable lands of tho Cberol.cr? territory; and
that if bis views and recommendations had pre
vailed, the most valuable of th sc lands would
have been sold, and lite money placed in the
Treasure, not'widi-itandhig the great evils which
he apprehended from a full Treasury.
Duriu' 1 ’ the session of 18-30, when the friends
o's the people were exerting themselves to pro
cure the passage of ait ret for the immediate
survey and ovcupaticy of the Territory, and at !
a time too, when he must have known that the ;
measure was demanded by a vast majority of |
his constituents, Mr. Gilmer made a special;
cotntnunicaticn to the Legislature, requesting'
ifi.ot body to pass resolutions authorising tire!
Prosi<!<-'t to !P *nt to the Cherokees reserves j
in fee simple, ” f, ! c United States paying to\
.’the State, the vaL'r .f l!lc s 0 rese rced." '
We pke lite following px..‘act irom this ex-i
traordiuary Kr.xart*:
“ExiCUIXVii Dl-'.FARTMENi', I I
** MUedgeeille, tith Dec., 1530. ( j
“ From information received ti ’ Jii various
sources, it is believed that l’ie r-ffor.ls.o-f the
President to remove the ■Cherekees fiem with
in the limits of the State, would be esseutiaPy
aided by the passage of resolutions by the Le
gislature, giving its assent to the Ptesflent’s
granting to the Cherokees FEE
SLID ES, in tiny treaty or contract which lie
may make vv itli them.
• ♦»*##»*
“ The President cannot offer to their p in
cipal men reserves in fee simple title, r.’s//rc j
land which thr u occinniin Georgia, belongs to
the Stale.
“ For the purpose, therefore, of placing at I
the control of the President, lire means which !
ate believed to be most effectual in making a i
treaty with the Cherokees, permit me to re
commend that you pass resolutions, avt horising
the President to make jr;e simple reeerve.s to
the Cherokees, as lias been heretofore done,
the United States paying to the State the value
of the lands so reset ved
“ Such a measure is DUE TO THE IN
DIANS, who understand the peculiar advan
tages which their country presents for AC
QUIRING WEALTH, and how to use them
FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT.”— [Sec
Journal es the House of liepresentativcs for
1830, page 290.
Had this beautiful scheme of Mr. Giltner’s
been carried into effect, the consequence would
have been, that the Indians would have located
their reserves upon all the valuable lands in
i tho country—trnttso lands would have been
paid for by the United Statcs-'-tlieir proiceds
placed in the Treasury—tho Indians stoned
upon us forever, and the btilance ot the lands
net taken, as reserves, would not luive been
vvorrft a pii-nytme to the State or the peopli*.
What could have been his object in making
this recommendation to the Legislature? To
us, it is perfectly understMijlable.. Il grew out
of his inveterate hostility to-the survey and oc
cupancy of the country, and his deep-rooted
aversion to the LOTTERY SYS TEM. Sell
the lands—give them to the Indians in fee sim
ple'—do any thing with them, so you do not di
vide them among the citizens of Georgia tn
the mode long since adopted—to wit: by Lot
tery.
The folly of such a measure, independentof
its glaring injustice to the people of Georgia,
is enough to satisfy the minds of all candid
and unprejudiced teen, t-liatiMr. Gilnt.'-r is whol
ly destitute of the inroper qttaliueations to fill
Ute high and responsible -station of Chief Ma
gist rate.
Mr. Gilmer is the candidate ofa party claim
ing to be the very quintessence of State Rights;
and yet ho stands convicted before the coun
tty, upon his own showing, of an open infrac
tion of those identical rights, about which Lis
party boasts so rnin.-h, in askingt!,, legislature
to transfer the fee simple vs lire Slate i.i the
f her.t&. e lands, to the President of the Uiwt-'fl
Slates, to enable him to grant •.hem over again
in fee simple, to the Indians.
The more vve investigate the puhfic career
of Mr. Gilmer, the greater is our astoni .hnicnt
that he should have been held up by the NitlF
fiets for tb.e office of Governor; a position in
which 'ins ia-ibeciflty Lad long since become sc
conspicuous.
Had Lis views prevailed—had the Leghda
ture been so fir misled by him as to have trans
ferred tho rights of the people of Gcoreta it:
those lands to the President ; and if, coupled
with the nicasute of fee simple teserves to the
Indians, they hat! carried out his scheme of re
serving what would now be the situ
ation ot that interesting country ? The-ques
tion is easily answej'ed. AH the lands worth
cul'ivatiiig would be occupied as reserves in
i •<• simple by tbe Indians, and the gold -mines
either rn the hands of speculators or govern
ment agents. Instead of eleven respectable
counties, rapidly increasing in popnbtioti,
Ave.ihn and inii'tligcttce, the Gherokee -territory
at this day, would be a 11 howling wd lerness.”
But the Legislature were too wise and too
itidi'peodent to listen to his suggestions, and
tlx; country and the people bavxt cause to re
joice that his <-or.ns:ds did not prevail.
FEE SIMPLE RESERVES TO INDI
ANS! Whitt say you to that, ye who call
y ourselves“ .State Hightsj"
THE JOURNAL AND MR. GILMER.
If ever vve have said that Me. Gilmer was
opposed to poor men’s drawing prizes in the
Gold Lottery, vve have spoken nothing but the
truth.
T n his Messnse to the Legislature, lie savs,
“THE COMMUNITY would he highly ex
cited bythc- hope of act] iring great WEALTH
WITHOUT L kBOR,” and that “PRODI
GALITY is the • smd result of RICHES
SUDDENLY AND EASILY OBTAIN
ED.”
I Now in the name of common sense, who did
■ Mr. Gilmer mean when he spoke of obtfiiiinx
WEALTH WITHOUT LABOR? He
could not mean the rich, because they had al-
I leady obtained their wealth, with ot without la
bor, as the case may have been, and according
to his standard o! morals, were placed above
du- pernicious influence of “ WEALTH SUD
IDENLY AND EASILY OBTAINED:”
consequently his meauing could apply to none
buttlte poor. What other rational construction
i can be placed upon Mr. Gilmer’s language, we
leave the public to decide,
If" RES TLESS IDLENESS,CORRUP
TION AND INNUMERABLE FRAUDS,”
are the natural consequences of wealth obtain
ed “ \V 1 I’ilOUT LABOR,” what is to be
come of lire sons of our wealthy citizens, who
inherit large fortunes from their fathers, for
which lliey have never labored ? Let Air. Gil
mer answer.
'The Journal charges us with misquoting Mr,
Gilmer’s Messages, and taking broken senten
ces to suit our own purposes; and challenges
us to quote out one particular sentence, which
he has given to bis readers with an air of tri
umph. We accept the chakenge, and make
the quotation of the whole senlence., from
which we shall prove two facts -first, Air, Gti
m< r's f.X“d opposition -to a distribution of ihe
mines among tl>« people (the pom- people, il
you .piease,) and secondly the weakness ol his
advocates.
The quotation hs rtnde by us-, is as follows :
“MINES are like lite accnmtdmros -of tlm
people’s money in the public 'I'IIE.YF-UR Y:
the GOVERNMENT should MANAGE
tlicm for GENERAL, and not for INDIVI
DUAL advantage.” .So far vve copied this
sentence as comaiiiitig a distinct opinion upon
'.i distinct measure, and to establish tic tut,
that Mr. Gtimer was openly opposed to a Lot
tery., and asopecly in favor of selling the mines
and placing Ute proceeds .in the Treasury.
Does the Journal contend for any other con
struction upon this branch of the sttiieuc.ei
He will not do it hr face of rational met:. But
now for the balance. “If they should prove
EXCEEDINGLY I’ROITTABDE, the State
would thereby be (maided to relieve the peo
ple from TAXATION, improve all the
ROADS, render its rivers-navigable, and ex
tend the advantages of education to every class
of society.”
This closes the sentence over which the”
Journal has made so much parade, and we -call j
upon our readers to put the two parts together,,
and see what they can make of it.
According to our weak judgment, the latter!
clause fully justifies atid confirms our construc
tion of the first, to wit: Air. Gilmer’s hostility
to the Lottery, and his preference for a sale of
the lots, and only' comes in byway of argumcmt
in favor of the measure proposed.
He tells us "Mines are like.the accumulation
of the people’s money in-the public Treasury,”
and " the Government should manage them for
general, and not for individual advantage,” and
j if, as fearing that the naked unsophisticated
j proposition might not go down so well with the
j people, he deemed it best to qualify it with a
| show of the mighty advantages to result to
I them by taking away their own money and
I placing it in the ‘-public Tieasmy,” and thus
rot'uds off the sentence: “If they prove ex
ceedingly profitable, the Stale would thereby
be enabled *o relieve the people from taxation,
improve ai> the roads, render its rivers naviga
ble, and extend the advantages of education to
efery class of society.”
Very pretty talk imk.ed from the Chief Ma
gistrate of a republican Si.ii.'S t° * ts f rec
intelligent citizens!—lt isequlvflent to telling
them, you have now in possession ah extensive
tnd valuable domain; tertile in soil and rich tn
mineral resources. It is your own bone f»Je
property. You hoM it- as the sovereigns of the
land, subject to distribution among yourselves
according to the mode you have adopted; but if
yon pursue that course, you will work a great
injury to yourselves. Many of you are poor,
and had better remain so, for assure as you
divide this territory among yourselves many of
you will grow rich, become RESTLESS,
1 DLE, and CORRUPT, antllo jvrevent all this
mischief to. society, and “to saveyot* from your
own worst eucnMus, y ourselves,” just let me sell
it tor feck it up in llm “PUBLIC
TREASURY,” and thetv yon shall walk upon
paved roads, sail upon deep smooth rivers, and
ail y onr children may claim the lionor of being
paupers, ami of receiving an education at the
public expomse—aud this is the sum and sub
stance of that portion of Air. Gilmer’s Message
! which vve are t Icillengcd to publish, and which
cannot fail to place him i» a still more obnox
ious light before the public.
Those who deem it right to sell the people’s
property for the purpose of accumulating a
land to make roads, improve rivers and educate
die poor, may support Mr. Gilmer, but for us,
vve maintain the doctrine advanced by Mr. Gil
mer in the same Message,that “the SURPLUS
MONEY in possession of the PEOPLE, can
tro expended more lisvfutiy by them, in improv
ing t!ie lands, and otherwise adding to the rich
es of the country, than if DRAWN FROM
TH EM to be placed in the PUB LI C TRE AS
! URY;” and -because, as Mr. Gilmer again says,
i “It has always been found more DIFFICUL T
'to RESTRAIN IMPROPER EXPENDI
TURES arising from a FULL TREASURY,
than to obtain through the powers which belong
to the government, the ME \NS vv! ich may be
REALLY REQUIRED for PUBLIC PUR
POSES.” And as a most com lusive argu
ment against the sojdiistry of Mr. Gilmer in
attempting to cajole the people unto the meas
ttieof selling the mines, and placingtlie money
in the Treasuty to improve roads and rivers,
and to educate the people,, we again appeal to
his 31 issage in which Ito lays it down, that the
great object to lie effected by the Slate, in the
appropriation of its lands, is the increase of its
population, and the excitement -of its people to
INDI S'l’RY and the ACCUMULATION OF
WEALTH,” and that “the LOTTERY 7 sys
tem, which Iras been hitherto adopted, is belie
ved to have been better calculated to obtain
these ends, than the disposition by PUBLIC
SALE.”
So much for what the Journal is pleased to i
call our "garbled quotation of Air. Gilmer’s
Message;” and if he is not now satisfied, that
his challenge to bring forth tire full sentence Iras
involved his candidate still deeper in inconsis
tem-y! Ids readers will be; and if Mr. Gilmer
himself, really entertains a desire to be elected,
he may well exclaim, “save me from my
friends.”
We might here close our remarks, but a |
word or two more, to shew the awkward predic- j
ament in which Mr. Gilmer stands before the i
people, rendered still more embarrassing by the I
folly' of his advocates.
In the fust ins-tancc he recommended the!
Lottery system to the Legislature, as best cal- ;
ciliated to “excite the people to industry and
the ACCI MI LATION OF WEALTH.”
Secondly- lie denounced the Lottery system,
;as full of mischief, and as tending to produce
I idleness and corruption in the community.
Tbirdly, he admonished the Legislature
against the great evils arising from a “FULL
'TREASURY',” and warned that body, that it
! was much easier to obtain through the powers
i of the GoveriiiHcnt, the means which might be
! required for public purposes, than to restrain
' improper expenditures ; and fourthly, that
the mines should be sold and the p.rocecds plac
ed itt the TRE AS URY’ for no ether purpose,
according to his own logic, than to produce the
means of those very “EXTRAVAGANT ex
! peuditiirrs,” which it is so difficult to RE
! STRAIN, and till this tifsae of heterogeneous
j opiii-imis and contradictions, the Journal has
i attempted to gloss over with Mr. Gilmcr’a
; notable sclieme of improving the roads and
livers, at.d-educating the people with their own
money.
The idea of selling the people’s property to
educate their own d/ddren, savors too much of
a s-T.eme for manufacturing paupers, for the
purpose of enabling the Governmept to appro
ptiate to itself, the glory of educating them at
the public expense.
This is a (ioctriue which has no fellowship
with the pure Democracy of our fathets. 'They
said, give us a poor govermuent and an inde
pmi.'lent people.— Pay to the Government in
tuxes, exactly as much as it requires for an eco
nomical administration of its affairs, and no
more—and leave every dollar besides, in the
hands of the people, who will manage ii ten
limes better for themselves, iban the Govern
ment w ill manage it for them. They w ill make
ila-ii own roads and improve their own rivers,
and above all, they will educate their children
in the proper spirit of independent freemen,
askinj> no charity from the Government, in a |
” ' . i
land where honest indiislrv finds its reward.
They have no idea of beholding a people d<-
pendent -upon their Government. No! in a j
country like sliis, where the public voice is the:
soverei, n power, the Government must look to
the people for its support.
Seven thousand and ten passengers ar
rived at the Quarantine, New York, from
Europe, during the K'» days preceding tht
; 2d instant.
“ Help me, Cassius, or 1 sink.”
“ 1 he Reformer and Mervhant,” a news
paper established some time since by Duff
Green in Baltimore, for the purpose of crying
up the panic and exagerating the distress of the
country, and thereby controling the efcctions in
that patriotic city, is now struggling hi its last
mortal throes.
Tim late triumphant success of the democrat
ic ticket, in the laceof General Green’s nt/gJI/y
' efforts to defeat it, has brought the " Reformer
and Mei chant to llm " valley and shadow of
death.”
General Duf), in the agony of despair, cries
out in the following strains of lamentation:
“ The undersigned makes a last appeal to the
people of the Southern Slates, hoping that flic
late events have demonstrated to them, the ne
cc.sity of sustaining near llm seat of Govern
ment cif the United States, a press rhich
shall be \ '\.n faithful guardian of their peculiar
interests.”
With an egotism exhibiting “ the riding pas
sion strongin death,’Tie exclaims, “ what would
be the consequence of a discontinuance of this
paper ? Would it not secure the ascendancy
of the Administration in the Southern and
South-Western States ?” “ How we apples,
swiip.!"
W hen this Hercules of Nullification, on
whom depends so much, calls out for help, will
not'Lis pa,tty come up to the rescue ?or will
they fold tlmw arms and calmly witness the
prostration of all their hopes in the downfall of
their illustrious chief?
Can it lie so., when ‘c nothing but a sense of
the danger before them has induced him to
urnke die.-sacrifices has made?” Will they
withheld their aid, when he can make those
saci iiices. "nn longer?” Spirit of Callio jn,
forbid it.
It is a case with poor Duff—
“ Othello’s occupation's gene . M *
“He is under the painful necessity of announ
cing to his subscribers, and to the public, that
the paper must be suspended unless the number
ol faying subscribers be incre ased”—but pain«
fid as it is, the catastrophe will conic.
1 he fid! of this disorganizing establishment,-
is an omen of good to our country.
When Nullification first showed its crest, it
was in the columns of “ t|te United States Tel
egraph,” a paper then conducted by Duff
Gwen in the C ity ol Washington, and enjoying
an almost unrivalled patronage throughout tile
Union. \\ ith this mighty engine, propelled by
the talents and perseverance of General G.rpen,-
Mr. Calliottn amierpated the success of Nullifi
cation as a matter of course, ffot the patriot
ism and good sense of the people have proved
an overmatch for this clutmpion of anarchy,-
and alter a desperate struggle of six years, they
have brought him to his winding- sheet at
last.
The fate of Nullification was identified with
the destiny of Buff Green, and they must fafl
together.
Alas! Alas!
" You may call up spirits from the vastly deep,
But they will not come !”
TENNESSEE ELECTION.
Me have received the following returns from
I the Governor's Election in Tennessee
Armstrong (V. 8. C amt mt (VV,)
Washington Co., majority, 257
Greene “ “ 1197
Sullivan, “ •• 1010
Knox, majoiity, 972
Jefferson, •* 909
Alabama Election— The returns from this
State, w hich arc nearly complete, warrant us
in stating that Air. Bagby, (the Union candi
| date for Governor,) will be elected over AJr,-
: Oliver, by a majority of at least five or six
; thousand votes. “It is also certain.” the
• Alobile Times, “that there will be a Demo
' cratic gain in the Legislature of the State next
! winter,”
In the Senatorial District composed of Rus
sel, Chambers, and Barbour, Gen. Wellborn
has been elected over Abercrombie by more
than three hundred votes.
Editor's Cor re. spo ndepre.
Waresboko’, 3d Aug. 1837.
Dear Sir:—“l have nothing of importance
■to write you. We are all, this year, as usual,
and intend giving to Schley, a strong vote.
When Gilmer conies to run in Want, about the
time he gets to ni-tt-d, he will stick, and it is
not my opinion that he willfirfM friends enough
here, to pull him out."
" Dekalb County, 12th August, 1837-
Dcar Sir :—We are progressing finely in a
political wa’, and expect confidently to pros
trate Mr. Gilmer, when we meet him at “Phil
liFpi,”
“ Savannah, 11th August, 1837.
I wish die whole State was ns sure to go for
Schley, as is
"OLD CHATHAM.”
We can assure our friend, that the whole
State will give him a decided majority.— Ed.
Stand.
Prom Europe.— Advices from Liverpool
have been received at New York, to the Ist
till, and from Havre, to the 30th June,
contain no political intelligence of moment. At
Havre there had been extensive transactions in
the article of Co ton, at an advance in price of
from three to four centimes per half killogram
me on ordinary descriptions, and of from two
to three on those of better quality.
Matthias the J > iuphct.---This individual,
who figured so extensively in New York, two or
three years since, is said to be at this time vag
abondizing in, Virginia. Ilostill professes to bo
the expected messiah of the Jews. He prQ-»
seats rather a forbidding and uncouth appear
ance—his beard and his mustachios left to
grow as nature willeth. He was afraid to ac
cept an invitation to preach at MatwhiCStpr,
fearing a mob.
A dreadful fire occurred c#, fop 2d inst. in
e N. Orleans. One block buildings burnt,
and still burning when foe Express mail left.
There arc no doubts o-»*crtained but that it wax
the work of an incendiary, as the fire made
its appearance on opposite sides of the block
simultan -ously..