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STATE RIGHTS AND UNITED STATES'MTS. I
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THE THtE fSSt’E.
Shall ours be a GOVERNMENT OF THE RANKS,
arts GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE? Shull we
. 4«* « CONSTITUTIONAL TREASURY, or ™ UN
CONSTITUTION A L N 4 TIONA L HA NK ? Shall we
Jew « CONSTITUTIONAL Cl RRENCY of aountittn
•ilvx* or one of IRREDEEMABLE PAPER? Shall
use live under the despotism of a MON I El> .4 RIS TOC RACY,
•r under the safeguards of a FREE CONSTITUTION ?
[Washington Chronicle.
MILLEIMEViLLEt
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 3, 1539.
TICKET, t ",
•' FOR PRESIDENT,
MARTI# VAN BUREN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT, ' >
JOHN JORS'iTH. ....
FOR GOVERNOR, ' • > r
CHARLES J. MCDONALD.
How cheering it is to the Democracy of Georgia, to be
held the triumphant manner in which their principles have
been sustained hy their republican brethren in th? late el?c
tioM iu other States of the Union.
Teeuesse, Indianna, and North-Carolina, have flung their
“ banner to the breeze,” and proclaimed in a voice as loud as
thunder, **thk Republic is safe.** Even Kentucky, fet
tered as she is. is bursting the chains of her thraldom, and
struggles to be free. The magic of Batik influence iadis
prlled, aud the political atmosphee, is ouce more, pure,
’cloudless. and serene ; and ire reppat, how cheering, how
eousoling it is. to witness the signal triumphs of our princi
ples in all directions, and the utter prostration of that once
fearful whig combination which threatened the total overthrow
W State independence.
• These glorious victories have scattered the last hopes of
Federalism to the winds. Mr. Clay with his fifty million
JBauk. Tariff, and Internal Improvements, is shorn of his
strength, and as “the prudent man furseeth the evil stud hi
deth himself,” so would we advise him to letire from a field
whete nothing but defeat, disgrace, mid discomfiture, a wait
him. He has been found too heavy to be carried l>y the
whip, and too weak to carry himself, and so they will find
■any other whig who may be taken up’hy th-m.
If Mr. Clay declines the contest, a< doubtless he will, theu
the way will be open for General Harrison, whose vanity
■say at least be gratified by a nomination, hut we do not
. think there is a man in the whig party, of good sense and
sound discretion, who will consent to be Used up as .Mr. Van
Buren will use the tallest of them, and that it is a rational
calculation that he will have no opponent who will unite the
strength even of the whig party. It is true that some of tho
whig Slates may run some old broken winded. Judge White
sort us candidates, but we now predict that there will be no
•M opponent of Mr. Van Buren, who will receive the Votes
« of as many as f «ur States. The question is settled—Mr. Van
•t Buren will be triumphantly re elected ; the Independent
--Treasury Bill will pass—a National Bank Will only be re
membered as a thing that was—the tariff will he permanent
ly settled upon just and equitable principles, and the rights
of tho States duly recognized and maintained as secured to
them in the Federal Constitution.
Georgians' stand not back. No people in the confederacy
have a deeper stake in the success of republican principles,
than voursolves. Your election is approaching, and you are
called on by every con-idetation of interest, and the higher
doty, to maintain your principles, by supporting those who
■re pledged to defend them.
Iwtdba example of Tennessee arouse you. of Indiana in
spile you with energy, and of North Carolina, with perse
vers nee in the good cause—and on the first Monday in nest
Oetoher. let yonr watch words lie, Democracy, McDonald,
and Victory !
TO CORRESPONDENTS. ■
We have rejected several articles pro and con, upon the
Flouruoy petitions under a title which we laid down at the
outset of the controversy and which we hare made known
more than once through our columns.
** Rockdale*' would be inserted if the writer's name had
■erompacied the article, it being an inflexible rulto publish
MMonymotu piece unless it is accompanied with the author's
IMK.
FEVER IN AUGUSTA.
We most sincerely sympathise with our fellow citizens of
Augusta, under the severe dispensation with which they have
been recently visited and earnestly hope that in a very short
time they will be relieved from the pestilence which has
covered the city with gloom for the last two or three weeks.
From the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
We have hitherto delayed referring to the prevailing dis •
ease, wrtfi which our city is at present afflicted, having no of
fleial data upon which we could found a contradiction of the
-** thousand and one” rumors which we understand prevail
throughout the country. Os its existence and fatality, we
have.had melancholy evidence in the demise of many valua
ble.and cespected'citikens, and the panic consequent upon its
•addon and unexpected appearance, and its still inure rapid
■ad fatal consequences, has, we fear, in some instances, con
tributed, perhaps, but too effectually, to the extension of the
disease. Os its character and the causes of its pioductioti,
epinions have varied, yet. whatever they may have been, the
faculty, or at least a majority of them have, we believe, con*
eeratd in the opinion of its nr.n conlng-ton. The limits cf the
disease has proyidencially fiir the health of 6ur citizens, been
comparatively circumscribed; the squares immediately con
tiguous to Bridge Row, having been the principle theatre
upon which it has acted, and where its ravages have been
•MMt distinctly marked. The subjoined report of the Board
of Health, shows the extent of the mortality up to yester
day at 12 M. We shall endeavor to keep those of our citi
>ei>s who maybe from the city, advised «>f any changes
take p,aco ei,her ~,e character or extent of the
BOARD OF HEALTH.
* Friday, Aug. 30. 12 M:
The Board report that no death by Fever has taken place
in this city since 12 o'clock yesterday—one person has died
in the ettv within that period of a chronic
of fever oi intemperance, beyond the - corporate limits.
The new cases that have been to-day are gene
rally of a mild character, and the Board are npt aware that
■ single new-case can he properly called malignant.
The number of deaths since tho morning of the l.Btb in«t.
fwheu the first deaths occurred) within the city, or of nrr
•one who retired to the country, but were intrred iu the citv,
■p to ISo’-elock to-day. is thirty fight, of whom twenty-right
the prevailing fever, two of old agts. 'thrde of «>□-
gWfleptien, uitdffve were children under five years es age.
The total number of deaths in tho city from the Ist to the
3 )th Augnst. ittclu.ive. were 48.
Published by order of the Board.
A. CUMMING, Mayor.
Samukl M. Thompson, Secretary.
, Suvdat. Scpt.l, 12 M.
The Board report the death of four persons yesterday at
12 o’clock—one of old age, oue of consumption, ari l two of
fever. The two deaths hy fever occurred out of the city.
The Board have heard of no change iu the character of
the disease, since the report of yesterday.
JAMES HARPER, Chairman.
J. G. De.vLap, Sec'ry. pro. tern.
, Wilkinson County, Georgia, Aug. 94, 1839.
At a large and respectable meeting of the .citizens of
the county aforesaid, convened at Irwinton on Saturday,
the' 24th of August, when Robert Rozier, Esqr. was
< ailed to the Chair, and Wm. 11. Wright, appointed Sec
retary.
Trte object of the meeting having been explained, the
following preamble and resolutions were lead, aud unani
mously adopted.
Whereasi ii appears from various publications, which
ha ve appeared in the newspapers and other sources, that a
petition will be presented to the next Legislature of the
Statit of .Georgia for the*purpuse of prohibiting by law
the retailing nt spirituous liquors, the citizen* of Wilkin
son county here assembled, beg leave respectfully, to pro
test against said petition,' lor the following good and sub
stantial) roasens: ' <
Ist.- Titev believe'the petition alluded to. (leaving lite
( Ousritiiriouality.of the question out of view,) fraught with
PUKhatrisditef, because'the passage of such a law as it coil
templafes. wouhl be unequal, unjust mid oppressive. And,
■ -, SJdljr,- They believe-the.relorm which the petition coti
tctepbirs -etMmitl.-bwhrmiglrt >ib<ruf by the mode prescribed
‘ —bin riitit on die contrary, instead of abolishing the evil,'
diPie wfil be'a tendency to increase and more firmly es
•tabtish it. ’ ' . ,
It would bfe mneqiiaf, unjust, and oppressive, because
; its effect Inifsl be tb wrest from small capitalists a privilege
which they have enjoyed in common from the first ettab
lishment <if liberal and enlightened institutions up to the
present time, and thereby create an odious monopoly by
|>!ticitrg that privilege exclusively into the hands of the
large capitalists. Such a measure cannot be tolerated in
fret; governments without, in the first place, flagrantly
violating an established principle, and afterwards sliame
fullv outraging the common rights of the people. This
objection alone is amply sufficient to show the anti-repub
ii.'itn character and destructive tendency of the petition
—bitt we have others to assign, and shall therefore view
it in another light, for the purpose of more fully exhibit
ing its odious features.
\\ rth a view to this we contend that the petition would,
if adopted, instead ot abolishing the evil, have a strong
tendency to-iitcrehse and more firmly establish it. Spir
its can be distilled with such facility and cheapness that to
limit the quantity offered for sale to fifteen, or even thirty
gallon*, would not 'n this country where labor is so high,
operate in the,slightest degree, to decrease the quantity
consumed—for there is not one man iu a thousand that in-,
dulges in the itse of spirits, but who cptijd lay in as much
or more than the limited quantity. Indeed, instead of di
minishing, ii would increase the consumption, inasmuch as
spirits could tben be obtained, owing to a variety of causes,
at a rate considerably caeaper; as, for instance, a gallon
retailed out at cent drinks, would cost three or four
times as much as if sold bv the whole gallcti. This would
be an inducement id men to husband their pecuniary re
sources fur the purpose of laying in and keeping up a stock
es liquors—we mean such men as indulge a taste that way,
and who could not any time purchase the prescribed quan
tity. But, another fearful consideration presents itself—
to cheapen their liquors so as to bring them within the
reach of bVery one, the distiller and grocer would still add
to the adulteration of their liquors, and thereby materially
affect aiifl intpair the healtli of unsuspecting consumers.—
Here, at once, it must be evident to the most superficial
observer, that the temptation to indulge must be increased,
in proportion to the cheapness and the facility of procur
ing the rtfricle sought alter for the purftose of co sumption.
Again.: Jo lake toe privilege l-tom the retail dealer, and
unjustly give jts advantages to the wholesale dealer would
do just about as inucb good as would the taking of a pisto
le! froin a giant and aritdng him with a steam batten.—
Fite capacity to corrupt, injure, or destroy, is in prop >r
tion to the means of ( tin option, injure, or destruction pla
ced in quf power-—and that those means will be used bv
their possessor to accomplish his designs, whatever they
may be, it requires no series of logical deductions to prove.
Men have in till ages, and will for all ages to come, use ev
ery expedient within their grasp, to promote their subluna
ry views. Tlie inordinate love of wealth, and the fiery
and lustful passion for office, both political and ecclesias
tical, are so strong in human nature that to attain distinc
tion in either, men are too often found ready and willing
to sacrifice cvety feeling of charity and generosity, and
every principle of equity and j istice—and that too under
the specious and hypocritical garb of love for God, and
and good will to man. Far be it, however, from this as
sembly to insinuate that the advocates, en masse for the
rtHail prohibition, are actuated by such base and unwor
thy motives—but we do most seriously contend that their
petiiion will, it granted, result in the same evils, or evils
simi ar to those that spring from the successful efforts of
cupidity, .avarice, and impression. These results are not
foreseen or imagined by tlie large body of the petitioners.
I hey are hid horn their view by the ingenious sophisms
and the glossy and sinister pretentions of a compaiatively
few designing individuals, whose ultimate object is a mo
nopoly ol wealth and power. Give them a wholesale mo
nopoly of meat, drink and clothing, and they would soon
riot in a|l the splendid luxury and promiscuous ruin of
which such monopolies are - the prolific soutce. At d why
should not those petitioners, by parity of reasoning, seek
to debar front the general privilege of trade, the letailer*
of meat and of clothes, as well as the retailers of liquors?
It Would become their modesty, and set oil their jusUce
and equally as well in the one Case as the
otller—for is not extravagant ein diess, equipage, &e. as
sinful and ruinous as the gin cup, the wine goblet, or the
puiiClt bowl? and is tjot. the beastly si H o f gluttony as in
jurious to lieahfi and usefulness "as either? Let the pro
hiWitbry petilipners .who h'.ive exalted themselves as the
Censors Mor'um pF society, set down and fairly count the
tost, anff er our .questions.. When they do, they
will find many fasltioqiible yices abroad that are equally
it not riilil'e injuribiy to.tlie happiness and well being of
society, than'fhe use of ardent spirits—vices which, unlike
that oi dfilitikennessi jtqow no legal, restraint, and are not
[* n ly pei’mlted to pass, unfepr ived and unpunished, but are
even courted, smiled upon, and applauded.
In conclusion, we would remark that there are none who
abhor more sincerely the habit of drunkenness, or the abuse
of the use of,ardent spirits in any way whatever than this
assembly. Drunkenness, like other vicious habits, is an
argument xgainst the abuse of a blessing—but it certainly
can never be made an argument against the use of spirit
uous liquors—no farther at least than gormandising can be
made an argument against eating, or bypocricy an apology
lor Christianity. There are legal restraints for the abuse
of drunkenness—when these are properly enforced and
rigidly backed by tho examples of men of influence and
distinction, the eyil will then, but not till then, be as far
reformed, as human, agency can reform it. These being
the Imaest and unbiassed sentiments of this assembly,
lie it therefore resolved, Tliat we arc opposed to the
prohibitory petition, because wg believe it to be, virtually,
as obnoxious to equal rights as any excise law possibly
could be, and that otir Senator. :>nd Representatives in the
next Legislature, are hereby requested alap to oppose it,
with all their zeal, energy and ability, to tho end that the
[traverx of the petitioner* may be defeated.
Be it resolved,, I bat tire sorest mode of -protecting our
right* AnrForir liberties gii-ir.antied.Jo. Us by our forefathers;
and sealed with thejr hlqotl that jye will support sueJi mrn
•s Will act agreeably So the will of otir forefathers and ad
minister to tn impartially our constitutional rights.
That we will withhold our support from any candidate
for the Legislature that will not come out openly and clear
ly tn express language m opposi lioil l(1 the -fo ' reai<i .! peli .
non., and we wtll use all honorable exertion, against any
man for any office within our gift, who advocate, the afore
said petitions.
Reooloed, That the' course pur , ued by tl|e aforejl!lid
pent oner, tn getting the wopjen and children ’signature,
o sa d petit on., i» dishonorable, and , clear ca.e of .wind
hng by swdhng their peHttjin, by.-fervle. and infant, that
sSfttei?* - '■“"'‘l-
Resolved, That said petitioners h.v e .cted without re
flecnon, or through design, w petitioning their denator.
Resolved, That "■- law a» H now stands on our-Statute
Books, dispense, equal rights, .nd any attempt to pas. an
oppressive law, t* uAcon.ntutionel-therefore we protest
against any legislation on the subject of the before men
tioned fietitiuns. -
Resolved, That we believe that there i. . higher object
ahead, designed bv the m.ttgator, of the Flournoy petitions
r°« right, a, freemen.
Resolved, That if Mr, Flournoy, or his advocates have
become restless with our f. )rnl of Government,
they have the liberty oi removing to some uninhabited
island Uhere they can frame their own constitution, enact
their own law, tn »uch manner, a. will suit their own con
venienur.
Resolved, That the President and Secretary be request..
ed to sign the foregoing, apcl transmit them to the Editm
of the Standard of Union for publicatiun, with the reques.
that the Editors of (be Sj»ufh-m Recorder, Columbm
Enquirer, and Augusta Chronicle, givy it one insertion it>
their respective papers.
* ROBERT ROZIER, Chairman.
, VV m. JtL Wright;
For the Standard of Union.
T“ Tomb., Esqr. Wilkes. County Qa:
Sir: As I shall address you a few line*, from memory. I
shall be glad to stand corrected, if any mistake is made, which
is not i'iteuded. They are intended however, to contain vers
little except enquiry nail requests, relative to • public speech
you made the filteeuth of Augu.t, at Fair Play, iu Taliaferro
county, under, it is said, the jail) of candour.
Did you not in that speech promise to' contrast the merit
and demerits, and give every thing according to the “ record
of the country.” of llenty Clay aud Martin Van Bnreu ?
Did you or not, in. that speech, make yourself the apologist,
if not the eulogist, of Henry Clay, and a United State, Bank i
Did you not, iu substance say, that the Bank wa, incteasin,-
rapidly iu public favor? And did you not try to inccrase tbu.
rapidity with the great name of General Washington ?
Did you not call Mr. Van Buren “a puppy?''
Did you not mention a particular number of hundreds o'
public defaul.ers iu the Post Office Department, and call then.
•■ rogues."' and say. that the number was given according to
Mr. Kendall’s own report f if yea. ah it was'that number?
Will you please to direct us to the public document when,
we can find the names, and theu tell u< how many of then
are Federalists, which .in some places means Whig, aud how
many are professed democrat,.
When you referetl to Sjvajuvout. aad his peculations, die
you tell the people that you and Swartwout were acting itt
the same political party ? Did you tell them that Van Buret
opposed his (Bwartwout's.) first appointment b» Gen. Jack
son ? • < - .
Did you tell the people that* Henry Clay made a speech in
Congress against the Bank an 1811 ? Has not the Unite-
States Bauk. Tariff, and Internal Ituprevemeut by the Gett
eral Government, been among the principal subjects by whirl,
to test Democracy from Federalism in Georgia fol the las'
ten or fifteen years ? Does uot Henry Clay support all thos<
measures? And so far as you have seen the measures oi
Mr. yaii Buren's administration, i- he uot opposed to them
aud is he not pledg'd to oppose them? DiJ you tell th
people in that speech, that Henry Clay voted ageiust a bii
io prevent the abolitionists from citculaiiug their papers au<
P’tnphlets through the mail in-the slave holding States, an
that Mr. \ an Buren, w hen Vice President, gave the castiuf*
vote iu favor of that bill? -u. 6
We ate very williug the people of Taliaferro shall know
the truth, provided they also know the whole Huth By an
sweiing (he above questions, candidly, they can know it
And as ih re w as ,no opporumity at that t me and place, but
through you. we hope you Will feel yourself under some oh
ligations to reply. W hat we mean is, that there was n<
friend (we believe) of Mi. Van Buren present at that speech
aceiistomed to public speaking aud resident iu Taliaferr
couu, y- CANDOUR.
For the Standard of Union.
No. 98.
MAJOR,‘‘M.”
He who walks among pots will be blacked: He wlu
crosses a blackguard will be abused. Iu my 94th Num
ber, I spoke of a certain " gentleman," and in answer t<
one column in the Standard, be has poured upon me four
columns in the Recorder— a singulat proof, bv the wav, o
h's disregard for me and my opinions.
It cannot be expected that I will notice all the abuse
contained in the address of “M,. * -Even tlie misrepresen
tation aud sophistry, cannot now, if ever, be noticed in
detail. I have a higher doty to perform ; I have to place
before the people of Putnant Junher views of the tortu
osity and duplicity of the man ..who has so long deceived
them. My own defence can bi? deferred till a more con
venient season. Major” iVJ.” is public property and must
be treated accordingly ; 1 am a, private citizen; and it is--
hot so necessary to attend to. mvself just now.
In the sequel, however, it shall’appear that Isis long
piece consists almost entirely, of abuse, misrepresentatioii
and sophistry. In the mean time I aver, that about the
best reply io the answer of i* the very piece whicl
he criticises. A (-undid perusal of that piece would show,
that it furnishes no sufficient ground for the display of ma
lignant feeling which we have witnessed on the part bl
“M." and that he has riiisrepresented almost every act and
atgument on my part. , 4
I do not regret the virulence which has been manifested
by “M.” It tends to develope more fully his true charac
ter, it indeed it needed further development: And I
have much mistaken the moral sense, and the retributive
justice of this community, if thcy r s|iall allow the breath of
calumny, in a single moment, to deprive a fellow citizen
of that character for honor and veracity which has beet,
the result of a course of circumspection thtough a life now
considerably advanced, :-i
But we will attend to The object of tho present
number is to present furtlter vipws. oGjli* tortuosity and
duplicity.
Going no further hack titan the contest about Nullifica
tion, we find him introducing a resolution, which his adver
saries, among whom however, I was not included, declar
ed to contain the doctrine. If tliey were correct then,
he took an early stand in favor of nullification. The
contest however, waxed warm anddoubtful; and of course,
our young friond was warm and doubtful. He at length
supposed, however, (and who would not have supposed ?)
from the views expressed by prominent men in the county,
that Unionism « ottld prevail; and accordingly, in a public
controversy, in the town of Eatonton, as ha* been con
stantly assented, he raised hand towards heaven, and pro
claimed, tuat he would never coate to warn the people
against Nullification !
Every body supposed that the matter was then fixed;
that "M.” would stick. But did he stick ? No, he did not.
He played with, and among, and between the parties—
having a face for every man, and byevery man supposed
to favor hrs views.
His conversations with me were frequent, and, at I sup-;
posed, sincere and unreserved ; | had no hesitation in
supposing that he entertained view* fitnilar tn mv .own..
Hi* conversations with Union men generally, were fre
quent, and', as they probably supposed, sincere and nnte
•.erved ; tho impression was almost universal among them,
that he was a Union manl
On his return from Virginia about this time, he brought
with him a pamphlet containing thp proceedings in the
Legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky.,jq Jtejaiion to. tbo
Alien and Soditidh acts, f asked him whether they sus
tained the Carolina doctrine ? He told me lhey.t/u/ not.
Will it b* Mid, that, in all thi*, Union men generally,
as well as mysdlf, were mistaken t Will it be Mid, that I
neither have ability to understand, nor veracity to speak,
the truth? I will.introduce a witness whose capacity and'
credibility will not be questioned by ‘-N.?’ himself. It fr»
contained in an article handed me several years since, bv
a gentlemairof Jasper county. 1 think he said he «tft it
from the Southern Banner. . >
“ In a communication pul I«bed in the Southern Ban
ner of the IBtli of January* 1834,”says the article, “de
nouncing the proceedings of (he convention which formed
the new State Rights Party, he (Mr. M.) wind, up its
.follows-. .Dr.
“ Messrs. Editors, —Let roe exhort you never to ,leep
at your post. “ The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.”'
The test oath of Carolina may be complained of as op
pression, but the spirit of proscription, of nullification; is
as tyrannical in Georgia as there. ; And rest assured- that
when the State Rights Party, falsely called, shall idtve
gained the ascendancy, you will have teyt oaths in
dance. So far as individual power could go, something
worse than test oaths have - already been resotted- to.”
This testimony i< complete ;■ it leaves no room for escape';
it conies from Major “M ” himselfi
At the next Session of tlie Legislature, Major M. de
livered a long speech, of which it is said in the article be
fore me, “ Mr. M’s. speech abounds with compliments and
eulogies on the honesty and purity of the men and princi
ples of the new State Right, Party, as well n* with ridi
cule and abuse of their adversaries." • After such an ‘ ex
hortation’ to Union Editors, and such a denunciation
against “ the State Rights Party," so- called; who wuuld
haw expected such "compliments and eulogies’’ to the
-alter, and such “ ridi<*i«(e and abuse of their • advJrsH*'
'ies ?” such is the man. if these things do not
show bo|h jhe •• facility,” and the fact, of .“ change,’’ if
hey do not establish the most shameless tergiversatiou ';
•hen am 1 unable tojqdge of such, matters. W4wthrit'«4m
'brmation and election of a Uni<m.,congrest»iqAal ticket,
without the use of Major ‘•M’s, ’’ name,, though)indicated
in the pulilie papers, l><jd aoy influence- i«l producing- a
•‘ change” so “ remarkable", is for others to determine.
August 28th, 1839. LAUON,
DADE INSTITUTE.
Public nreeting- in Milledg-cville;
At a meeting of a respectable portion of the citizens
of Milledgeville, held in the Baptist Church, on the 22d
August, 1839, convened for the purpose of listening to
lie statements of Capt. J. A. L. Norman, in relatiati to
he establishment of a Seminary of leanimg, in Flori
da, to be calkd the DADE INSTITUTE, cotnnmmora
'ive of the patriotism and virtues of those who have fallen
-ictitns to the maligrity of the cruel savage, the following
resolutions, were presented and unanimously passed:
Resolved, That we regard with approbation the pro
ject of Capt. J. A. L. Norman, to rear a Monument to
'he memory of tho patriot Soldiers who lost tlieir lives in
b fence of their fellow-citizens upon the plains of Flu
id*.
Resolved, Tliat we hail with still greater approbation
.he proposition, that associated with this Monument, shall
>e a Literary Institution, destined to bless with its.influ
ence the remotest gen-rations, while it shall ever fiajlow
m the bosoms of all, the retnembratiAe of the honored dead,
bus making their dying efforts productive of abundant
>uod to their grateful coutittv.
Resolved, that in vi-w'of the history of that melan
hol v war, and of the benefits which shall result from th<-
stablishment of such an Institution, we regard it is well
worthy the attention of our National Government, and we
dierefiire respectfully request our delegates in Congress to
extend to it such action as iti their judgement they mav
hink proner.
Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to furnish a
•opy of these resolutions, signed by the Chairman and
Secretary, to each of the new (papers of this City, with
i request that they be published.
[Signed] T. FORT, Chairnian.
Aug. H. Hansell, Secretary.
From the Columbus Sentinel If Herald, of -
", copy an article to-day, (rom a Boston paper, jq rela
lon to the fifteen gallon law of Massachusetts. We recom
nrtid it to tho attention of those in our own State. uo»
,r gmg upon the people a similar measure. If in Massachu
setts. where a series of encroachments on 'iidividuttl rights
or many yean, would seem to have prepared her people to
uhmit to a most any arbitrary measure their rulers might
<!opt. such a law cannot be < nforced without resorting to
m ans inquisitorial iu their character, of the Alien and S-di
ion Law stamp; how wil -cell a law ever be carried out.iu
• eorgta. whosf sons ueVer hate, nor never will countenance
>ny thing in the lea t tending tn abridge their rights as men.
-s christ aus. aud a« citizens under a constitution and lans
"tsed upon the sacred l ight of self government ? We never
»ish to seethe day in our State, when ir wilt he necessary for
hose who (eel ittheir duty to seethe laws obeyed, will have
o become informers—watch dogs—upon their- neighbor’s
'alms. Much better that the evil sbottld he let alone, fr
•ou will but add tn it the crime of violating law. If we
were in favor of legislating upon the subject at ail wc would
i great deal perfer a taw prohibiting the matiufncture of
spirituous liquors in the State altogether, and the importa
toil as them from other sevtions. and to have those we
might have bn hand ’estioyed in the most effective and ex
neditious mannei. But there has been more good done for
'he cause of temperance and morality in this community,
within the last few weeks, than.any law will evereffwrt in the
-ame leng'h of time. And this is the way tee want to see in
'empernnee put down. Here temperance and morality go
‘land in hand; the mind and the man ate exalted, hv taking
to himself the merit due to the voluntary relinquishment of
evil, mid the embracing of that which is honorable, noble and
vutuous. On the otto hand is the cringing submission of the
slave, ready to break the bounds whenever lie can; on the
other, 'he exercise of those high faculties of the human mind,
-lie endowments of its Creator, the attributes of its own free
will, knowing the right, and pursuing it of its owu accord-
■PROSECUTIONS UNDER THE LICENSE LAW.
We copy the following article from the N. Y. Tattler, he
caiise it is in tho main correct—such a dialogue, or one very
-iroilar to it iu language, did happen before the Grand Jury
inthisrity.
However much we tnay wish for the annihilation of all the
dreg-shops in our city, and foi the success of temperance and
sobriety throughout the lantl—yet. we never can justify atty
"•tizen. pretence whatever, arraigns a fellow
citizen for merely visiting a Re-tauraleur. or earing hotfte.
•nd on the mere supposition of his violating a, Uw, eante
him to be attested and sent I'cfore a Grand Jury,, there tqpe
questiono 1 without the iufni-maifts being known in the case.
Such acts have a tendency to disgrace any innn who may be
arrested, in the opinion of the public—whether he be a tippler
oi not—and it is a mean act, t.isaythe let st of it, on the side
of hint who takes the part <>f an informer against his neigh
bor, and then skulks behind the curtain to avoid the ithplen*-
ant notariety nf attending the examination and trial of the
person he has arrested. Let every thing relating to pn tu-cu
itont under the law he done in ar. open an frank manner,
above board, no skulking—no deception. He who does not
come manfully to meet his neighbor at the threshold of Jus
tice, face to face, it destroying in a great measure the confi
dence between man and man and is doing society an essen
tia) injury. The course, now pursued, partakes too much of
inquisitorial law.— Boston Ev. Gaz.
Modern Blue Laws and City of Notions The Legislators
in our sister State of Massachusetts, more especially in the
city of Boston, appear to be carrying things with a high band.
Since thedays ot blue laws ami Salem witchcraft, we have
heard of few transactions sprite so bigoted and outrageous as
those which have recently t iken place in the “ Modern
Ath’ns” relative to tho fifteen gallon law. Are we indeed
living in the nineteenth century in the age of enlightened
piscovery and liheraljty, of rail roads, locomotives aud Atlan
tic steam navigation? Or have we been tcansportcd up the
stream of time to the (l.tik ages of ignorance an ' fanaticism ?
Is it a capital offence l<» eqjny a whiff of tohapco ’ I« it pe
nal to suffer your keg rtf beer’m • w «rk’ after twelve o'clock
mi Saturday night-? Is it a high misdemeanor, punishable
with sitting ia the storks tn ki.t n pretty girl ? Shull we be
sent to the gM’ows for laughing out loud in ehuich—or tied
to the whipping post, f.,r giving it ertp of rt-ater ib ri heretic
; t".’ -?• • .•. VarVanici; times wfi
tt'iffd a worse than inquisitorial surveilance indeed returned?
j j ,n,Kh, ,M * legitimately inferred f orn the recent high
handed measures adopted by the supporters of th* fifteeq
gallou law iu B#**on. Some fifty or cue huu'irMl|ptS*mett
have been summoned before the Grand Jury of SuHvHr. Raff
- compt l'ed under penalty, of imprisonment' fur contempt nf
court, to testify as to the time, place and' irci'tnstances whet*
aud where they have drank spirituous liquors. The exami
nations ate,.conducted, we learu, somewlintjafter the follow
ing manner ... .
•• Were you nt the bar of Parker fit Whitney’* yeM’rdtyf**
“Yes.” ...
*’What was the nature of your tipple?"
' 1d > hot know.” ,
"Notkhow! Have a care, sir. You mu« eertalnly know
i whether it contained any splrituous inkredieiita—wa*il>rw-
«iy, rum, or gin, i ra (ompuuud of ail ?"
f: “I do not know, »ir,"
“ What sort of drink did you order?” '
?• I »>k( d for an or’ginaLT • ■ -
•’Wel[ sir,, was there any alcoholic ingredient in-it? To
the best of your belief was there brandy in the compound?**
"To the best of my belief, there was.”
" That will do. You may get down. Mr. Loaflt will take
- the sraitd. What did ybu drink at Tom Barr’s last evening
■ Mr. Loafit?”
~ •'-‘•..Oho'iiose-tickler, h hail-storm, a giu-cocktail, aud two
glasses of apple toddy.” ’
“That wilh.do. We commend your frankness, Mr.- Loafit.
We wish all,gentlemen would be equally candid.”
Aud so ou ! In ti is maimer are gentlemen dragged tip
with common loafers, tippler., aud sots, to testify as to the
'< haracter of their pota'ituw ? Is it credible that the descend
ants of the men ,w ho tjirew the tea overboard, can sutomit to
■ such preposterously arbitrary, unwarrantable aud uneousutu
i -tmnal proceedings, iu silence and peace? ft would be but
going a step farther to compel ;■ refractory wittiest to submit
to the operation of rhe stomach-pump in order to prov» „bo- *
- tber he had been guilty of taking’ a sip of brandy and ’water.
Firtn friends as wc are to temperance, we regard the remedy
Jtt lite, case of the Massachusetts law, (if if be a remedy) as ♦
, infinitely more degrading to the mauhood of a people than
the disease.
DXIpN TICKET FOR- DEKALB COUNTY
FOR SENATE, . . -
:" Johnathan B. wii.son. . -
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
MEHJDITH COLLIER,
LEWIS J. DUPREE.
* CHARLES MURPHY.
For the Standard of Union.
ELEGY,
ox tbx death of tromas crowded, esq.—milleimkvilU', oa.
Farewell, thou servant of the Lord, farewellt
Phy race is ended aud the prize is won,
Thy sainted spirit mounts ulolt to dwell,
Aud hears tlie welcome plaudit of—well dona.
Tliat joyful sound has told upon thy ears
And crown'd the utmost of thy souls desires,
Has put an end mall thy griefsand fears
To join ’he triumphs of the heavenly choirs.
Yea! thou hast entered on the masters joy
And mixed with the beatific throng, '
And strung th" harp to Jesus’ praise on •high '
To sing wiili them the new, the sweetest song.
Thy faith at la-t is sweetly lost in sight,
And realized thy hopes and crown’d thv love.
And friends that went before hail with difight .;
Their Christian brother to the realms abovo.
There thou shah learn in that diviner light
What here the best of us but faintly see,
That all the way God led lliee was the ri-,ht
• Aud perhaps tlie roughest was the best for the*.
We mourn or,- loss, but since it is thy gain,
And grief and suffering with thee are o’er,
We will rejoice that thou art free from pain
Aud landed safe on Canaan’s happy shore.
But still the sympathetic tear must flow
For her deprived of him she lov’d in lift.
Whom thou hast left a Httlcwhite belb* '
The best of mothers, a bereaved -wife.
Oh may the God sh« loves support her miud,
Aud he'p heron his promises to trust,
The widow and her children tlu-n shall find ‘
That all Jehovah’s ways are right and juM.
lie is the husband of the widow here,
A father of the fatherless is lie;
God of our fathers hear bereavement's praver.
Bring us at last our father’s God to see.
Like his, niay our last thoughts be fix’d above,
And Jesus’ praise employ our latest breath
Like him,in peace with God and man remove.
And sink with smiles into the aims of Death.
FREDERICK ZLAX*.
are (o «ntioonce the name
°* Ab.'-.’er Hammond a candidate for the
Senate, at the approaching election in
Baldwin County. 31-te.
j§kjSfca> w e are i u honzetl to atioouuce 1. T.
Cushing, Sr. (is a candidate to represent
the county of Baldwin, in the next, Leg
islature.
L. Robin.--on is a candidate to re
present Baldwin county, in the Repre
sentiitive branch of the Legislature.
Aug. 6th. 1839.
are authorized to announce the name
of Robert Micklejohn as a candidate
for Clerk of the Superior Court;
August 13, 1839.
ig-jklffijSasa We ate authorised to announce the name
l " Oliver H. P. Bonner, as a candidate
for Sheriff of Baldwin county, at the nest
election.
Notice.
1 SHALL hereafter regularly attend the Superior Court* ‘
of Baldwin, I’uinarn. and Newton counties. All •»**• "
iriunicatioiis must be addressed to me at Greensbarough.
F. IL CONE.
A*)gusr.27 1839. 31 3t.
The Federal Union and Southern Recorded, are reque«r«4
: Y<» publish the above thiee times.
; MILLEDGEVILLE JOCKEY“CLUB~
ss»
THE FALL RACES over thf’ Millptl/ovil’o Course, Ga., will eas#-
mence on Monday lhe 11 ih November next.
First day a post stake' for 3 year olds, S2OO
Entrance s’2oo. h. f. mile heats, 3 or more to make a race,
to close Ist November.'and name at the stand.
T. Vanlandinghaui. enteis I.
Col.G. Edmoml.soii enters I.
Second day. 2 mile heats. Jockey Club Purse, SIOO
Third day, 3 mile heats. ••. “ •• 500 ■■
Fourth dav. 4 mile heats, “ •• “ . 800 •
Fifth day, I mile heats, •• •• •• hen 3 in,s 3QO
H. F YOUNG. & Co.
-It?" Th- Constitutionalist, Aiieurts, Moss<?ngter, : Macon, and Sentinel
and Herald. Co'nn.Uus, will publish the ab< ve until the Races.
August 2(t, IffJSi 30 12t
m achin ery: ——•
MiLLCAS.TI.NGS, Ironwork, Cotton and'all
kinds of Alnehi'tery fami-hed of the host m*te
rial", and fini-hed in th? best manner, by "The Savage
Mnrthfiictiirin- Company of Maryland,” who have mode
W*-SftjSL, srrangHincnts with Messrs. Stm all. Siinmow ft Co., nf
Atirosttt. Geo,, tqhe.jheir Agents, for receiving consign,
rtient*, Who Ard niith'n'rized to receive payment j')fj>ill» gm|
!. d,ljw^j4J>yi»ho | ») l waVR, "BeA'to that sterion of
I thoSontn conve dent t<> Atis'natn.
| Prompt attention wllbo|ftidto n ll Order" ad treaaed to thaw gantlemoa,
at Augii’ta. to ThoroaTT.aiidsdale, Superintendent of the works <1 the
“ Savage Fautory,” Md. or to
” GEORGE WILLIAMS. Aeetw.
AoplDtA ,839 28 3m.