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EDITED BY THOMAS HAYNES.
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ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the usual rates. Sales of LAND, by Admi
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day in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the after- j
noon, at the Court House in the county in which the property is situate. Notice ot |
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sale.
Sales of NEGROES mtwt beat public auction, on the Crat Tuesday of the month |
between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public sales in the county where tlie I
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giving SIXTY DAY'S notice thereof, m one of the public gazettes ot this State,
and at the door of the Court House where such sales arc to bo held.
Notice for the sale of Personal Property must bo given in like manner, FORTY I
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Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published FORTY' i
DAYS.
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LAND, must be published for FOUR MONTHS.
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before any order absolute shall be made by the Court thereon.
Notice of Application for Letters of Administration must be published THIRTY
DAYS.
Notkaof Application for Letters of Dismission from the Administration of an Es
ate, are required to be published monthly for bIX MONTHS.
KTTki STANDARD OF UNION, which came into life during the stormy pe
riod of 1333,has entered the sixth year of its existence, with fresh vigor and renew
ed support of the great cause of the CONSTITL I’ION and the UNION.
For the patronage which it has received, and the estimate which has been so genc
r.iisl. placed upon nur feeble efforts to maintain the stability and perpetuity of our
blessed institutions, we have no adequate language to express our gratitude; and in
return for these unerring evidences of the public approbation, we are armed with ad
ditional strength to go forward.
The principles wbith the Standard has heretofore advocated, it will continue to
maintain, with increased energy.
It shall be,as it has been, the STANDARD OF UNION. It shall support and de
fend the I NION of ALL the STATES, as the only means of preserving “ the sove
reignty ad EACH,” and to inculcate the great and wholesome truths, upon which
-our fathers so gailosillr achieved the principles of liberty and independence.
We shall oppose with vigilance, any abuse or usurpation of power by the Federal
Govermaeut, by all constitutional means, and as zealously oppose all rash and reck
less movements by States, calculated to jeopardize the harmony of our beloved
Union, “ until the aecnmidatioa of oppression, shall outweigh theevilsof separation.”
We cling with unwavering confidence to the great fundamental principle, that man
is capable of aelf-govermuent; and will in no wise be instrumental in arresting the
experiment now in progress, by which alone this great problem can be solved. We
desire to sea the priuciple«of the American revolution acted out, that the world may
know, whether mankind are worthy the blcssiugs of liberty and independence, or
whethsr, Irmo lhezr own wickedness and folly, they are the natural subjects of anar
chy and deapuUota. Fur ourselves, we have too much confidence in the wisdom and
finunew sf our luMitutians—in the intelligence and patriotism of the people—to
question fur a oiugle moment, the final and glorious triumph of REPUBLICAN
GOVERNMENT,ever all others.
The fierce doctrines of Nullification, which wc encountered at the commencement
of our career, after a fiery contest of four or five years, have sunk at last, under the
paramount iulaeaeo of-public opinion; and are now only remembered ns a thing that
was. But others bare rrown up of no less fatal tendency. The struggle of the
United States Bank for unlimited power, should awaken the democracy of the Union
Io one united and vigorons effort to resist the indueme of a monopolizing spirit,
which u seeking to subject the Government and the people to its dictatorial and den
potic sway. In tbta oonteat, the Standard of Union will be found, as it has heretofore
been, on the aids of the people.
Bat there is still another projec on foot, which every man who loves his country
must contemplate with mingled emotions of horror anil indignation. The attempt of
the northernfeuatie.e to int-->*re with our domestic institutions, in open violation of
the coastitutue*. d*-- Te,< the execration of every patriot, and shall not fail to receive
«ur um.**' I *-’- '■eeotnpremi.-nr, and most efficient opposition-
tjpou the subject of theearvency, we entertain but one opinion—that no Govern
ment should sanction the existence of any circulating medium, which is not equiva- 1
out to gold and silver; and tliat the States aliw, possessing the power of iacorpo- 1
raring and regulating Hanks, should lose no time in reforming the system as it now
exists, and of placing ell Hanking institutions upon such a foundation as will insure |
the fulfilment of foear obkgesaons, in good faith to the public.
As gold and silver form the only currency known to the Constitution, it is our
deliberate opinion, that nothing else should be received by the Government, in the
collection <*f its dues; and as it regards the separation of the Government from ill
Banks, tbemva-ure proposed by President Van Buren, generally known as the’Sub-
Treasury System, meetseur most cordial and decided approbation.
We approve the measures of the present administration, as wc did those of its
illustrious predecessor, believing them to be founded upon the pure principles of
democracy, Mid shall give them onr best support.
Thus have we briefly adverted to the course of the Standard in times past, and the
path it will pursue in future, cheered on as it is, by ibe confident* and support of
the Union Party. With a circulation equalled by very few Journals in the Southern
State*, we shall double *ur diligence to make it every way worthy of the support
which it has received from an enlightened community.
Intending as we do, to make it a source of increased information upon general
-subjects, and to render it an instrument of additional usefulness to the cause which
It advocates, and the principles it maintains, we confidently appeal to the UNION
PARTY, for an increase of its circulation.
Nor need it be supposed from the foregoing, that onr columns will be lacking in in
terest to the general reader. Containing as they do, more space than is embraced in
those of any other journal in this or our neighboring States, and printed in a neat
and compactform, we shall haveaniple room to give place to the choicest gems that
appear in the numerous and valuable periodicals of our country, and keep the search
er after news advised of the many and remarkable events that transpire in out ex
pended territory; and wc do hope, that occasionally, at least, we shall have the plea
sure of laying before our readers, productions from the pens of some of the gifted
•ons of our own Georgia.
In the approaching campaign, we shall be found at *ur posts, manfully sustaining
the nominations of our Party, nothing doubting that we shall gain * signal triumph,
-on the first Monday in October next.
MILLEDGEVILLE COURSE, GEORGIA.
x* —j *
make a race; to close the first of October, and name at the stand.
Iverson &. Bonner,
2<t day—Mile heats, for a fine Silver Pitcher ami Cup, worth S2OO,
for colts and fillies, 2or 3 years 01d,525 dollars entrance—3 or more to
make a race.
3rd day—Two mile heat, free for ail, Purse, $ 300.
4th day—Three •• “ •• •• Purse. 500.
sth day— Four •• “ “ " Purse, 1000.
•fith day—One mile heats, best 3in 5. Purse. 400.
11. F. YOUNG, & CO. Proprietors.
Milledgeville July 31st, 18<38. 2d—wl It.
C AUTION.—AII persons are hereby cautioned aga nsl trading for
the following notes, namely : Two notes for $35 each, and one foi
$-id, made payable the first of March neat, and one tor $75, payable the
ifirst of October next, all being dated August llth. of the present year,
made payable to James M. .'chley, or bearer, and -iuned by myself and
Bowling Own security. Now be it fully known, that lam determin
cd oof to pay the above named notes, as I have good and sufficient rea
son to belie'-o that the consideration for which the said notes were given
for, has failed, and I never expect to receive any vab e so the same.
August 15 .3:5-3t. JOHN 11. DAVIS.
WAKMIOI.'i; AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.—-The uh
dersigned having taken the Warehouse formerly occupied by Mr.
Benj. Baird, up Green-street, offers himself for the transaction of the
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS, and respectfully
solicits a share of public patronage. Arrangements have been made to
afford liberal advances on Cotton and goods in store. Insurance has
been effected to cover all produce in stAre. HENRY RIVES
(f7 s * Ihe Standard of Union and Recorder, will publish the above for
three m.tilths. Augusta, Aug. 1«, 1838. 33—3 m.
M B. VV. FOB< E CO. •
WHOLESALE SHOE DEALERS,
■L A vtfunta, (ieor/ria.
IOOO—One Thousand Packages Boots and Shoes, comprising
every article in the line, which can be sold ns tow as in the Northern cities—all ar
“*,nß ***h manufactures direct. A full assortment of all kinds ol
Augusta,March 20. fl. y v . FORCE &. CO.
CAU 1 ION.—I hose persoas who , jave j )eeil j N yho habit of trespass
ing upon the IHEATRE, for sometime past, arc informed by
urn proprietor that they will be visited with the penalties of the law,
g*9uld Jbeir offenees be repeated. 20. g
THE Annual Jockey Chib
Fall meeting w ill commence
on Monday, the 12th of No
vember next, and continue
six days. 'The follow ing pur
ses w ill be given.
Ist- day.— Post Stake
four mile beats, entrance five
' hundred dollars, twohundred
ami fifty foifeit—3 or more to
of (fllww®
From the Delaware Gazette.
COURTSHIP ON A FRAGMENT OF THE PULASKI.
Many interesting as well as ptiinfn' incidents connected with
that awful disaster, are rt lated tn ns by those who have seen
and conversed with persons saved from that wreck. Amongst
others, the following is told of st Mr. R due, from New-Orleans,
and a Miss Onslow, from one of the S •mil rn Slates, two o
the unfortunates who were picked upon the fifth dfiy, about fifty
miles from land. It is slated of the gec.ileina*;, that he ho:
been silting on the deck alone for half an hour previous
to the accident. Another gentlemen, who was walking near
him at the time of the explosion, was thrown overlio ml, and
himse'f was precipitated nearly over the side of the howl am!
stunned. He recovered immediately, as he s; ppo*ed, Wen he
heard some one remark, “ get out the boats—she is sinking.”
He was not acquainted with a solitary individual <>n the boat.
Under such cir<nnistance-, it is »s natural to suppose that he
would feel quite a-much concern f>r himself as for any one eke.
IL- was, con-cqneiitlv, among the foremost of those who sou, lit
the small boat for safety, anti was about to sh p into it, when he
discovered a young lath, whom he recognized as one whose
appearance had several times during the passage, arrest
ed his attention. Her protector was the gentleman who
was walking on deck and blown over board. He sprang to
wards her, to take her into the small boat, but in the crowd
and confusion lie lost sight of Iter, and he supposed she was
with some other friend. During his fruitless search the small
boat shoved off. The wreck was fast sinking. The night
rang with the prayers and shrieks of the helpless and drowning.
He tinned away in despair, and tumbled over a coil of small
rope. Hope, like the expiring spark, brightened again. Hr
caught up the rope, lashed together a couple of settees, threw up
on them a piece of an old sail and a small empty cask, and thus
equipped, launched upon the element. It was all the work of
a moment. He believed death inevitable, and that effort was
the last grasp at life. His vessel bore him up much better than be
expected, and he was consoling himself with his escape, such as
it was, while others were perishing all around him, when he disco
vered a female struggling for life almost within his grasp. He
left his ark, swam bin twice his length, seised his object and re
turned safely to his craft again, which proved sufficient to sus
tain them both, but with their heads and shoulders only above
water. The female was the youlig lady for whom he had
lost a passage in the small boat. She fancied their float
would be unable to support both, and said to him, “ von
will have to let me go to save yottr-elf.” He replied, “we
hve or die together.” Soon alter they drifted upon a piece of
the wreck, probably a part o! the same floor or partition torn
asunder by the explosion. This, vitli the aid of the settees
fastened beneath it, proved sufficient to keep the n out of water.
About this time one of the small boats came towards them, but
already heavily loaded. He implared them to take in the
young lady. But she said no, she could hut di- —he had saved
her life and she c< uld not leavt him, They were fairly at sea,
without the least morsel to eat or drink, in a scorching climate;
the young lady in her night clothes, and hintself with nothing
upon but his shirt and a thin pair of pantaloons, already
much torn. Os the boat which bore them all in quiet and
safety but a half hour before, nothing was to be seen but scat
tering pieces of the wreck. The small boat was on its wm to
the shore, their own craft being light, and lightly loaded, drift
ed fast away from a scene indiscribal ly heart-rending, and which
he still shudders to think of.
At daylight nothing was visible to them hut the heavensand
a waste of water. In the course of the day they came in sight
of land, ami fora time were confident of reaching it—but dur
ing the succeeding night the wind chang d, and soon after
daylight next morning it vanished again, and with it all their
lively hopes of escaping from their dreadful dilemma ; on the
third day a sail h"\e in sic In—lmt -ilt* was entirely beyond
flailing distance. When found, they were sadly .burned by the
suf —starved and exhasted, though -nil in the possession of!
their facilities, and able to move and talk. But th< ir pain and!
suffering was not without its pleasures and enjoyment. The
romantic part of the story of their expedition is yet to come,
and there’s no telling how much longer (hey would have sub
sisted on the same so id that seems to have aided at least in sus
taining them so well such nt iticr dihle length of time.
The intrepidity he displayed—the ri-k Im run—the danger
he incurred, and above all the magnanimity he evinced in sav
ing her life, strangers ;>s they were to each other, at the emi
nent hazard of his own, eli< ited with her, at once, the warm
est and strongest feelings of gratitude towar-’s him, and before
the tortures of hunger and thirst commenced, kindled that pas
sion which burns nowhere else as it burn’s in woman’s bosom.
On the other hand, her good sense, her fortitude and presence
of mind at tl e most perilous moment, and particularly h< r rea
diness to tmmt and share with him the fate which awaited them,
excited on his part an attachment which wis neither to be dj.
guised m»r deferred. Ami there, upon the “ waters wild,”
amid the terror which surrounded, and the fate which threaten
ed them, in the presence of an all-seeing God, did they pledge
their mutual l ive, am, declare if their lives were spared, 'heir
destiny, which misfortune had united, should then be made as ■
inseparable, as escape from it was now impossible.
After their rescue,he inf< imed her that a sense of duty im
pelled him to apprise her. that by the misfortune whb It had be- |
fdleii them, lie had lost every dollar h- pos-c--ed on earth, I
(ainonnting to about tweniy-five thou and <)• llm>) —that he j
was in “ poverty to Ids very lips”—a beggar among.t stran- J
gers, without the means of pay iug for a single tm ,| of victuals ; ;
and. painful as was the thought of separation tn him, he offer- [
ed to releas? her from her engagement if it was her choice to I
leave him. Site burst into tears at the very tin tight of -epa-I
ration, and asked him if he thought it was pos-tblc f>r the po-j
verty of this world to drive them to a more desperate extremity I
than that w hich they had suffered thus together. He assured !
her of his willingness to endure for her the same trial again, I
a nd of the joy, more than he could express, which he felt at
finding her so willing to fulfil her engagement, which it is said i
i,- soon to be consummated. Il was not till then that he was
n,ade acquainted with the fact, that his ladv love is heiress to
an estate worth two hundred thousand dollars. Who would
n() t be shipwrecked ; and henceforth, who will say “ matches
are not made in Heaven?”
Locked Jaw.—\ remedy has been discovered for this dread
ful affection, Jt is nothing hut the application of strong lye
made from wood ashes. The part injured should be bathed in
the lye frequently ; and if it be inMiat part of the l>ody that
cannot be conveniently immersed, apply flannels, welted wi'h
the lye. It affords speedy relief ami gradual cure. This is a
simple remedy, but it is worth remembering and trying. Tlie
simplest are often the most efficient agents. Many cures are
said to be wrought by this.— Southern Churchman.
RELIGION.
We pity the man who has no religion in I is heart; no high
and irr> si-table yearning after a better ami holier existence;
whois contented with the sen«nalit / and grossness of earth,
whose spirit never revolts nt the darkness of it- prison house,
nor exults at the thought of its final emancipation. We pay
him, for he affords no evidence of Ids origin ; no manifestation
of that intellectmil prerogative, which renders him the delega
ted lord of the visible creation. He can rank no higher than
the anima! nature; the spiritual never sloop so lowly. T<> seek
for beastly excitement to minister w ith a bountiful hand t<> de
praved and strong appetites —are itt/'ibmes of the animal alone.
To limit ourhop"S ami aspirations to this world. i» like r main
ing forever in the place of our birth, without lifting the vt il of
the visible horizon which beat over our infancy.
There is a religion in every tiling around n—— a calm and
holy religion in the nnbreathiiig things of tmttire which man
would do well to imitate. It is a meek and blessed influence,
stealing in as it were, unawares upon the heart, h comes qui
etly, and without excitement. Ii has no terror—nogloom in
its approaches. It does not rouse (he pngsions; it is untram
meled bj’ the creeds and unshado,wed by the superstitions of
WJEWKoiiA, TMSiMi JlOai/% ti, SEi'TEJiaEit !&»> is3S.
Sheer C'eeetsceeteef —~ tf,tr S eeeeutrej—sjur 9*<tr!y.
i l)a ,i.—li is fresh frnm the hand of its atnlior; and u ] wi u
front the imm di <te pre-ence <•! the Great Spoil wh cli per
vmlet an l quickens it. I' i- written on the ar h d >ky ; n
looks out front every star; it is on the sailing < loud ami in the
invisible wind. It is among tin-hid-ami vallies «,( the ear’ll
—where the shmbless mountain tops pierce the thin atimispn n
»>f eternal winter, or where th" mighty forest fl ictti ue> before
the string wind, with its d:nk w ive of green f ill e. It is
spread nut like a legible language upon the broad face of tin
un«l et ing ocean. It is the p<l> ’ry of nature. It is this which
npl fts t’-e spiiit with ns, until it is 'all enough so overlook tin
-hadows of otir place of probation: which hieaks, link after
link, of the <de>in uhich binds us to materiality ; amt which
opens to imagination a world ol spiritual beauty and holiness.
From the Darien Telegraph.
TO THE PUBLIC.
A garbled and niitiue accetint of the preceding* of a meet
ing of an armed mob, at wh ch some half a dozen well dis
posed cit ns attended, with (he ostensible view of preserving
•he imhlic pt ace, which was broken by said mob, tin the 1-t,
2 31. and 4'h of August, having appeared in the Savannah
Georgian, it becomes nn duty, m justice to my character, to
tzive a plain statement of the facts.
In the account furnished the Georgian of the proceedings
of an adjourned meeting, of the armed assembly, held at 3
o’clock on tin* 2d, the following paragraph occurs:—
“ Col. E. S. Rees, the Chairman of that committee, report
ed their having wailed upon Mr. MacCardell with the resolu
tion of the meeting, and by' him requested until to-morrow
morning at 9 o’clock to given definite answer.”
This is false altogether. I never requested one moment’s
time to give an answi rto the impudent and insulting resolutions,
which were submilled to me by the committee. I told the com
mittee, that I denied the right of any meeting to denounce me
in my absence—that I should have had the privilege of defend
ing myself-—that Idi not know of the exisienceof such a meet
ing—that I spurned and contemned its acts —and would listen
to nothing from (hi m- I demanded, if they were the “ emis
saries of a mob?” —as the meeting in question could be con
sidered nothing but a mob. The persons composing the com
mittee replied, “ that they went there (to the meeting) for
peace, and to keep the mob from doing violence to me and
urged me to say, that I would not in future admit anything per
sonal in my paper —that I would lake no notice of the riotous
acts of the mob. I told them that I would not yield an inch of my
l ights as a man or as an editor—that would suffer myself to be
blown into et?rnity sooner than I would listen to their proposals,
but out of respect to some of the committee, I would put my
answer in writing. I did so at the moment, and read my an
swer, which was as follows:
Darien, Aug. 2,1833.
“ TO E. S. REES, C. WEST, AND A. MITCHELL, ESQR’S.
“ Gentlemen :
“ I re< eived, with surprise, a pvamble and resolution, de
nouncing me as editor of a newspaper; and emanating from
a meeting <>f wliich I had no notice.
“ Any number of persons have a right to makf what resolu
tions they pl a«e, on any subject they please—and every indi
vidual has ihe right of paying whatever attention to such pro
ceedings, he may think they dc-erve.
“ I shall give them the consideration I think should be at
tached to such documents.
‘‘Mv own conscience tells ine they are false, ungenerous,
and unjust to me; and I shall continue to exercise my right
of expressing my opinions freely and candidly. Death, in its
worst forms, and the destruction of my h- loVed wife and chil
dren, may stare me in the face, but my lips shall never be re
creant to my heart. 1
“ If I h <ve offended, the laws of the land are ample for my
pnni-limeut; and surely, you, gentlemen, to whom I appeal
with confid 'ii"e, will never suffer a fellow citizen lobe slaugh
tered b-canse he dares to give utterance to Iris sentiment-.
I h ive never refused to give satisfaction to any man for
any off- m-e I mav have been guilty' of—let those, then, whom
I h -ve injure. I. seek personal redress, without the aid ftf a
mol>.
“ I do not know- vi-hat will be the result of this affray, but
(Li - I know, if the fr"<-<lom c.f th" oress, and liberty of speech
r-quiris another martyr, I an willing—heartily willing to be
come that marly r.
I am. r- sneriful’y,
“C. MACARDELL.
Having hearil this re ml, Dr. Wes', one ot the cnmmitee, re
quested inc io retain mv answer uiiiil morning— to r fleet on
it. I wished ih>-in to receive it at "lice: Mr Caller, how, ver,
mv friend, who w,s nresent. drew me aside, and s:ti-I. ih »t I
"tight not t" r f se Dr. West’, i q-ie-t —t'e-it I W uld hive
lime in let mv friends in the <-<utmry know h ,w I wi> perseo t
ed. -tnd they vv mid come to tny aid. I yi< I led to mv friend’s
tdvice, mi I ever, thing t-ir r d o it as lie de-cribed —"V friemls
id coni 'iomvai l. I remarked, h wev, r, that it I kept
my aitsiver until Dmim-day, mi citing" would be ur-i-1e th-re
in.” From (his st,item tl ,it will be S"en, that Ima I - no re
quest t<> gain time to give an answer; that the req test came
o n th- co-tt nittee. Tile tir-t nntrii’h is here cotitrmlicn-d ;
nd I appeal to lite committee thetnselws in support of tny
s t ment.
At nine i.’chick next day, I sent my answer to the commit-
Mr. P ..veil came to me on th? morning of the 3d of Att
g't',l, ait l said, he was empowered to make a proposi.ion to
me. that I should leave the settlement of the difficulties that
existed to arbitration. I toid him, “As far as 1 was concern
ed, that 1 would not wish to do any such thing. The mob had
made their threats, ami let them do their utmost. I cared
nothing for litem.” Mr. Powell’s propotition was made in
p esence of several of my friends, who had determined to stand
by me to the last, and lor that purpose had made all arrange
ments for a gaitant d' fence of mv premises. I asked my
friends, what they thought of the proposal ? Some said, “We
will stand by you to the last drop of our blood ; we are, how
ever, men of peace, and if any arrangement can be made that
will not com;>rot>tiae your honor, we would rather it should be
done.” Others were opposed with myself to trusting the mat
ter to arbitration ; 'out the majority were for it, with the distinct
proviso, that no proposal was to be understood as coining from
me. Indeed. I had transmitted tny answer to (he committee,
before Mr. Powell came to mv boose. 1 requested Mr. Pow
ell to act as my friend, distinctly slating, “ that I never w ould
consent to any difojg that would aflect my rights as editor of a
newspaper—as ahe S stdividnal he bad I’ttll power to act.”
After mature reifection, I went to Mr. Powell, on the morn
ing of the 4th, and made use of these words. “ Mr. Powell,
I do not know what you and the other arbitrators have done
nor do I wish to know. I will not read it, if you submit it to
me. You will oblige me by stating, that I will not abide by
their decision—that 1 have come to 'he determination of dis
continuing the publication o r my newspaper for the present
and that as wh it was made the cause of complaint is removed
the mob can have no demands on me.” I never sqw the agree
ment until I read it in the Georgian, and did not know a sin
gle word that was in it. 1 am not accountable for it as mv
I’riettd. Mr. Powell, relieved nip from all responsibility, on the
ground that the mob had broken said agreement before it was
an hour mnde, by ass tubing mv friends, and coming before my
house anti alm-ioe myself. Dr. West, (one of the committee,)
concurred with Mr. Powell, in mv presence that the agreement
was broken by tin mob. Besides, who gave permission to the
at bitrutors to publish their agreement ? Mr. Powell,’one of
them, never consented to its publication. Even this one act
-hows that th” motives which actuated my opponets in publish
ing the agreement, was to ntake people believe that I had sub
scribed to it, win n in fact I never saw it.
Otte wot<l more, in relation to the meeting of Thursday at
which the Mayor presided. It was an tinned assembly—-no
notice was given me of its existence ; mtrdid any of my friends
know of it. No justice was done meat it —I was denounced,
tried, and found guilty, without being present. Do the per
sons, who got up that meetipg, thing to gull the public, as they
attempted to gag nt ? Il’tiny do they are mistaken. The
game will n<>( sm-eeed.
O< the proece tings ot the meeting held on the 221 of Au
gust, after, Mr. Spalding, and all tny fi iettds had retired in dis
gust. I will s.iy little. The object was m t-oniplisbe lin pass
ing the preamble and one resolution. The mob was denounc
ed, ami the wry ri-tg ea lers of that mob were present, and
lie nd th ir in f.rious dv ds re; rohated. The second rrsolntioii
I did not c-.tre for, as I stopped the pnblicatioti of toy pa>,er
myself ; tind of cour-e, I could resume it w hen I pleased, Did
my fri' inis wi.lt to encourage tniinili, th" Court House would
h ive been cleared i-nmediat dj- after Mr. SplauLlitig retired,
ami tlum no ftirtlu'i* resolntionsbould have emuritrd from those
who were, hke the handle of a pitcher, all on one side. My
friends cart'd nothing for w hat could be done itt their absence ;
nor would I give a straw for the applause of men whose praize
to me is censure of mv nets.
Thu trifling majority that existed against the last resolution
of Mr. Spalding is easily accounted for. The school boys in
the Academy got a holiday, to vote against me—two captains
of vessels not two days in port, were brought up for the same
purpo e—boat hands, strangers, and persons under 21 years of I
age made up th” balance. On the list that is published 1 could
show several fictitious name-’—but the object is not worth while.
The whole publication is a tissue of falsehood and unmanly
sentiment. Why was the con<lrti<>n attempted to be made, tliat
I was not to publish any account of the proceedings of the
mob? Because the guilty are afraid to be exposed.
C. MACARDELL.
I have been handed the following by Mr. Powell:
“To C. MacArdell, Esq.,
“ Dear Sir:—The account of the late disgraceful proceed
ingsio this city, which appears in the Georgian, prepared, no
doubt, by your enemies, would seem to convey the idea that
you made a proposition to leave the matter to the decision of
two citizens—they to choose a third. Jn justice to you I will
state, that you had nothing whatever to do with sm h a propo
sition, until I went to yon. and made the proposal myself ;
having previously consulted with Dr. West, one of the com
mittee, and Dr. Bond—(hat you were averse to such a propo
sition and left it to your friends—that you said, you would not
listen to any terms unless they came from the opposite party—
that yon never heard the agreement—and that the language
you made use of, was to the same effect as that which appears in
your statements above. I will also say, that your conduct dur
ing the trying limes that have passed—l hope for ever—was
such as became an American citizen, and an independent editor
of a newspaper.
“A. B. POWELL.”
“ Darien, Aug, 31. 1838.”
Mr. N. AT. Calder, also has sent us the subjoined :
“ Darien, August 31, 18g8.
“I was present during the interview between Air. M tcAr
dell and the committee, (Dr. West. Col. Rees, and Air. A.
Mitchell.) The above statement of what occurred, as given
by Mr. MacArdell, is correct.
“N. Al. CALDER.”
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS—SYMPATHY.
We beer to dedicate the following extracts from contempora
ry newspapers, dilating on the atrocious and fiendish attempts
of a vill liiwtis mob to lake the life of the E litor of this paper
—burn his family—destroy his property —and violate the Con
stitution, which guarantees to all the inestimable Idessino’s of
freedom of speech, and freedom of the press; we repeat,
we dedicate the following, to those very respectable per
sons, who stood behind the curtain at lite time in question, and
eroaded a wretched mob almost to madness; that they might
commit murder and arson, while the really srililty—the das
tard conspirators—should escape from the consequences "f
’heir crime. The vile deeds that were perpetrated in Darien
during the three d >vs of infamous memory—the Ist, 2d, and
31 of \ncn-t, 1833—will be’Wafted on the w ings of the Press
from Maine to Florid -—i<>n: the Atlantic to the Pacific—
branding with etcr ial in! smy uid disgrace, the authors and the
perpetrators of such i normities.
The first extract is from the North Carolina Standard of
Attgiisi 22 : *
A SINGULAR CASE.
“ I he editor of th” Darien (Geo.) Telegraph, announces
that ~e is olilitr. (| t-» discontinue the publication of that paper,
or eke his house will be burned—his helples', innocent c|iil
'*rcti. and hi- beloved Wife mur ii-re I—and the ffw trail ant
t'imids hti has, sacrificed. In a card wluch Mr. MacArd dl,
(the ed't ,) ptdtlishes in the S ivannah Gcortrian, he says the
late “ ri'>i.->iis and infiniotis proceedings of a reckless mob,* 1
has | d to th" discontinuance of hi- paper, for the piesent.—
Ami yt the editor sax $ “ he can triumphantly show, that no
attempted coercion—no violent invectivi—no deadly threats,
made him move an inch frnei the ground that should he occu
pied by the co idm-tor of an independent pres... All will ap
pear i>i aood time.
“ The citizens of Darien appear to have adopt’ d a new way
to curtail the freedom of speech, and invade the liberty of the
press. The plan will not succeed.”
1 rnly was the editor of the Standard prophetic. It did not,
and shall not succeed.
The next is from the Loni-iana Daily Advertiser, published
in N w Orleans, one of the most respectable papers in the Un
ion. We can assure the Editor ot the Advertiser that the mys
tery would have been cleared in the slip, but that we were re
quested at the time to leave out these words, which originally
appeared in it—“ all for maintaining freedom of speech, and
the independence ot the press.” We looked on the person
who made the request as a peacemaker, and he feared that the
evil-doers would be more furious if tlie truth was told ; we
yielded to his wishes, to show that we would not, even by a
word, be accessary to bloodshed. Our only crime was the in
dependent course we pursued—the fear that we would never
cease to expose the guilty; for all know that no honest man
need fear the denum ialions of the Press. We may tell our
friend of the Advertiser also, that we were not alarmed without
cause, as he may see by our last paper. An armament was
raised—guns, rifles, pistols, and even a SIX POUNDER was
loaded, to blow down onr house. Discharged convicts from
the Penitenliary, ruffian boat-hands, and we are most credibly
informed that negroes were enlisted against us. Very fine
censors of the Press were these indeed ; yet they knew as much
about tlie duties of censors as their employers. But hear the
Advertiser conversing of “ enlightened Georgia.” Thank
God, Darien is not all Georgia! O tempores —O mores!
“ The annexed express slip was received on the 13th from
the office of the Darien Telegraph, (Geo.) Its import is of
such a nature as to have caused us to peruse it w ith more atten
tion than an every day document. The Editor, whom we
mo«t sincerely commiserate, as we naturally would any man
beset with difficulties or surrounded by dangers, singularly, or
rather mysteriously, conceals the cause that is likely to lead to
the destruction of his dwelling, the murder of a loved wife and
endeared little ones—those that ding closest even to the most
callous heart, and with a tenacity like that of the weak and nn
strengthened ivy to the unbending oak. Impossible, that in
liberal and enlightened Georgia, such fiendish atrocity could
b<! even meditated —admitting the cause to be ever so Heinous
—even if it is of such a nature that vengeance cannot he stay ed ;
that the law-—the great bulwark of the citizen—cannot deal
out a punishment sufficient for it ! Impossible, we say, that
wife, children and friends should be sacrificed as a common
hecatomb on the altar of popular fury, for an offence, or crime
with which, perhaps, they had not the most remote connection.
Tins would he a species of revenge that, happily, knows no
precedent in Georgia. The article, we must confess, is a
strtinge one; and had we never read the Telegraph, or notic
ed the spirited and vigorous tone of its editorials, we would be
apt to imagine that the Editor was laboring under fearful ex
citement, or was unnecessarily intimidated. We anxiously
P. L. KO I.’YSOA, PBOPRIETOB-
await some further inform ition or <due to this inexplicable bn-"
sitte-s - ”
The Editor of the N”w York Sunday Af.ir .ing News in
publishing our slip, anuoiHteitig the temporary di-eonti imim e
of the Telegraph, makes th- follow ing ungrai ions remarks.—
They will not lie echoed by -uiy E Jitor in the Union ; yet w e
forgive him, because he did not know when lie wrote it, the < x
tent of our danger:—
“Now, if lb E liter is of «nue min ’, and lias not been
hoax <l, be is in the followmgdilemma :—Either lie km ws who
is the author of the threat, or he does not. If he knew he is
willing to compound a h-lmiy for bis own safi tv ; if he does
not know, he is a poltroon lor his trouble. We are rii-pos. d
to believe titber that some one lias hoaxed him. or that he is
•beside bim-tlf.”
W e tell the Editor of the News, that a gang of desperadoes
and bloody minded-villians, placed thems-l .e< in front of t ur
office, armed to the teeth, with a SIX POUNDER (charged
with every missile which their hell-born tnahguiiy could de
v i-" ) at their back, and swore they would sacrifice every living
being in our hou-e- male and fetnale—adult and infant—un
less we would y ield to tfaeir dictation in the future conduct of
onr paper. , We tell him that we defied them : dared them to
barm us— hat their inclination was hellish, but tbeir cowardice
was greater—that they kept our house in a state of siege fi ir
three days—that we disdained to yield to the dastards ; but as
their turbulence rendered the publication of our paper impos
sible, we postponed its appearance until we could have an op
portunity of ascertaining whither the people of this part of
Georgia, would stiffer such a during outrage on the freedom of
the Press to go unpunished. We have been nobly sustained
by the freemen of M< Imo-h county, as the Editor of the News
will perceive. Little does he know us, if he* conceives that we
would not freely permit our “ blood to flow like rain,” rather
than yield an iota of our rights as a citizen or an Editor. We
yvere imposed on by no false alarm—no anonymous braggart;
but attempted to be murdered by a rascally mob. Wil) the
Editor of the News do us the justice to insert this reply to his
piece, which is calculated to injure our fair fame ?
INDIANS IN DARIEN—NEWS!!!
The extract, winch we published below, from a letter re
ceived hy a relative of the Editor of this paper, dated “Brook
lyn, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1838,” shows what a very respectable
figure poor Darien presents to the people of that section of the
United Slates.
“Your father is very unhappy indeed as he has just heard
of the piece from Mr. MacArddl, saying he had to give up
his paper, fearing that the Indians yvould burn his bouse, and
minder his family ; and he begs us, for God’s salt”, to get you
to entreat Mr. Al icArdell, to send on you and all his family to
this place, where they may live in peace.”
The reader will not, of course, be surprized tint peaceable
citizens at a distance, when they heard of the tn n-derous threa's
that were made against us, should suppose that none but sa
vages could act in such a manner. But, what will onr inno
cent friends say, when they hear tint it was not the blood-thirsty
Seminole who disgraced his race hy such acts—that it was a
set of dastardly pale faces, from whom the red man would re
coil—whose touch he would consider pollution. In a word,
let our friends know, that we hat’e been thus mercilessly as
sailed for maintaining inviolate freedom of the pres-, and free
dom of speech—tl e bulwarks of liberty all over the world.
The breath of calumny cannot say t'.i it we do not possess in
tegrity—that vve are not upright in onr dealings—'hat we do
not discharge all the duties of a go-. I citizen—nur only crime
is the independence we displayed (and shall continue to dist>la\)
in our columns. Why, the silly creatures who opposed us,
never had their bosoms warmed by the snerr-d flame of li u'riy,
or they would know that the very death with whi< h they threat
ened us would be the acme of our wishes; for w'tat cmill f»e
morenobb' than to see an in icid i d expiri t g wit!) lib rty ot
hi« lips,an.l the“freedo n >fth* press, nn I freedom i>fs »e
engraven on his han't? We repeat, whenever the i.n emliat y
applies the torch to our dwelling, it wjl, be our h ppitiess to
die with the flag of freedom for our shroud—:he printing press
our funeral pyre. r
; ,
Replies of the lutes for Contrh'ss to the Inquiries of the
Citizens of Taliaferro a tl b'ran’din counties.
MR. HILLYER’S LETTERS.
Athens, Se; t. kt, 1833.
To the Editor <f the Southern Barner:
1 have seen in the papers a con mmiicat'on purporting to
be from a number of the citiz"nsof Taliaferro county, request
ing “ lheseveral gcnt’em- it who are now bt fore the people ns
candidatfs for C'mgtes-,” to answer the following que-tiuns;
“Ist. Are you lor or against an enti'e separation of the
government from all cotinectiou w ith Bank- ?
21. If the above be answer' d in the t> gntive. th. n are vott
for . r agrtiost ihe < stnlili>lnnent ot’ a National Bank ? or,
3'. Are von for or against a re-organization of the Pet.
Back .scheme ?”
la reply , pt ri it tie tn say through your papct, that I am
for “an en'ire separation <d the Government from all connec-v
tion with B >nks.”
And although the two last questions are put in the alterna
tive. 1 will add, that I am opposed to the establishment of a.
Natiom: Bank, and that I am opposed to the re-organization,
of the Pct Bank scheme.
This answer is given with the greatest cheerfulness, though
iny sentiments have been already expressed through the public
prints on the same subject.
Very respectfully,
JUNIUS HILLYER.
Athens, Aug. 25tb, 1838.
Gentlemen: —Yonr letter of the Bth of this month, accom
panied by a resolution adopted by “ a large number of the citi
zens of Franklin county,” has been received, and I avail my
self of this, the eai liest opportunity, to respond to it.
The resolution above referred to, directs that “a committee
of five be appointed to call on each candidate for Congress in
the State of Georgia, for their opinions relative to the consti
tnti oiality and expediency of establishing a United States
Bank ; and furtlier, that each candidate be requested to m die
known their choice for tlie next presidency, between Van Bu
ren, Clay, Webster and Harrison.
Although 1 have expressed my opinion ttpon both these sub
jects in my letter to the committee of the Union Coiiventb.n, I
will take this occasion to state very bri< fly, and without com
ment, some of the reasons which have brought my mind to the
conclusion that a United Slates Bank cannot be established
without a violation of the constitution.
It is not denied that no clause of the constitution expressly
authorises Congress to create such an incorporation ; m d shall
we, hy implication, so construe that instrument, as to confer a
power which was expressly nsle d of the con veo'.itm that adopt
ed the constitution, and which was refused by that body ? No
true republican can answer ibis question affirniativelv.
The only argument which has impressed my mind with any
force in favor of the constitutionality of the United Stan s
Bank, is, that by the first of the enumerated powers, Con
gress is aolh' pized to coiled and disburse a revi'tim*; and by
the lastcf the enumerated powers, authority is given “ to make
all laws which tn iy be necessary mid proper for carrying into
execution” all the powers vested by the constitution in atty de
partment or officer of the Government. And it is contended
that a United States Batik is ttecessary and proper for the ex
ecution of the taxing and disbursing power. This appears
pl oisible, and it is the only argument which 1 consider worth
noticing.
If we permit ourselves to be governed b y this kind of rea
soning, there is an end of the right,- of the Stales, and of all
restrictions of Federal power.
Let us examine it, and for the sake of argument, let tts ad
mit that Congress has power to create a Bank t because it j»
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