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joyed die golden fleece. srvtn now in regard it as a vi st< <1
right. Il is high < I tti<* mlnrtk Ihr ilhisio iof i ins proset ip
livi light anil teach all such, that if die plant. rs lune been
picked mi Itl -eceil, they an* nvidu r gee.se inn* suevp. Ami
il any class in our Smiihern commuiiilies < h mse to take
sides against ns, mid even tiecome the advocates of the
foreign manufacturers, as the extra irdni irv course of sente ,
of our journals on the sea Const and the G .If, Would almost
Warrant us in suspecting thev must lie taught that the j
planters consuttll" the i';r*t estate ill lite cmpite of South- ;
vrn c mnierce, mil arc not tn be diiven, or flittered or’
wheedled, front their j ist purposes, by the combined for
ces of speculators ami i diiois.
1 (rust, tliriefore, that die pt opart d c.invention will as-.
•emblem Macon, anti dial the pliiiters al least, will lie
fully represented, bv die Very ablest llli'n they call select. ;
It is nu ordiaarv m < i<i >n, but fir mote import mt to the i
•Smith mid Smith West, dim all the presidential Conven
tions ever brought together.
GEORGE M'DUFFIE.
"state rights and united states rights?
' umSiR^ feß>a "
■ WWMg
a A A I) op 1(7 IV C O.W»
THE THUE IMWI'E.
SA«// oi/rs4r« GOI'EH \ M E.\T OF THE HASH'S 1
waGWW HELT OF T:<E PEOPLE? .Shall wt
hive a COS''Tl I U7 IUSAL 7 RE lsl RY. or an US
COSSTITI TIOSA L \iTIUSAL HASH? Shall at
have a COSSTITI TIOSAI.I I lel.'ESt J'<>,f golu anp
cilvi'.k or one <>l IH H El) LEW 1 1 L I I’Al'l 1* ? Shit
icelkr under the ilespoUsm of a MOSIEH A HIS I OOH
truultr the safeguards of u I- HEE t OSS'I IT! 7’iON ?
[\\ ashing on • hronicle
_ MILLEMGE VILIEt
CUESDAY MORNING, (M TOBER 8, 1839.
I
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
I’oit pt f t>mi.xt.
iVIARTIN VAN
roi: vice pi:i>ii>iat.
J O El V F <» R S Y T IS.
ARRIVAL <>.' t.lri BKiri.sH QUEEN.
The Steam si. p Brili h Queen arrived .it New Yolk on
112 > h i.lt ~ ii 1 1« i ,”s e*s 11 l iming news th oi that ri ccutly
lan. lit ly til <».' • t iVcsteru.
’ottou has dec i ed J -iuce th t We.rern sailed from Fug
111. and the pressure in Hie m oicv mii'k.-t, very severe.
1 his i» uuweieu.ii. intel Genee, but it is true, and must be
Id.
Ervin the horth < nrulina Standard.
THE EWK* AND Illi: st B-TKEASL'RY.
3> the Free mtn of North Unrulina :
I inske no apology tor s I'linitiiiig to vour consul. r ttion
til views which Republicans entertain upon Mime ol tlm
Inst interesting mailers of public concern. Il is die light
of very freeman to discuss political topics, and die pare
cnlie pie.ss which abusi s the citizen for its exet.ise is ai
h it an enemy io freedom.
WIIA'I Is •J ill’. SUE-TREAS' P.Y?
This is confessedly av< rv iinporiaut subject, Its friends
a'd foes agree th it it i* leg with the late <d mu comity.
11l friends s y die measure is wise and neciss-i , aim
tllrt il will produce great hem fits to lite people. I sene,
nus, on the other hand, siv, tlie measure is lull of evil.
Tie li»rm-r sav il is a ‘‘great measure ot tlelivirami
aid libeity.” The l.tlgu foretell lh.it it “ w ill si|l>Vi 11
ill* liberties of the people.” Bulb cannot be l ight. O o
«isl» or die other is mistaken. Yet is aq u siio i wlml
l\i.'proj.lr, file real s iVeieigns of this liaiio I ', are i alb d
upm to settle. To the statesmen mid stlu lais of Hu
Cotntiy I have nothing to sit. Tuey have lo».g ago
in. le up their own iii'ml-. as I have formed mine. 'I uey
linVe enjoyed al the lights on this sulqect that I h.-ve, mill
there I leave them Bltloth ■ F irmers and Mei iianics
ol this Sia c I propose to address all du- m itiii il la> Is,
and a few of the ronimon sense argurn -llts, ill .1 heal up
otithis subject, with no ornament but truth to decorate
tl etn.
I have met with inanv plain but sensible and subet
miaded FiT tiers and M ch i' ics. v. bn have asked me
PFAut is this Su’>~T eusury? Ti.e <|nes:ion has been
discussed lieieloliue with stu b a nt'Xinie nt invective
cal imuv, and < ontradiclurv stab mi nts, and w i h such a
clutter about exchange, < urn my. It .I nice of trade, excess
of i npuris, ai d such like, 'dial a plain man I els confused
in his attempts to nodi island it. ('ong’ess <h bated it
much and no doubt with great I • irning, linl speeches are
not like a plain appeal to the common sense of the far*
menand voters of Nordi-Catolina. !?• s-d< s that, ora'nrs
and statesmen in CongriSs have contiived to mix up this
qiieu’mn with a mill iltide of others, some of which it is
difli'till Io understand, and tlu-n again th''V have soared
above tlm every-I y things aim. it our la run mid work -shops,
and their topics aie too abstruse In • imiiimii mi 'ds, and
tlien-fore uus ii<able fur il|o. ratin<g the Sub-Treasm v to
the great ho ly of the. peopl. ! I propose tn answ. r this
que«iiiti>, I siuill end: nbeto ixj lain Io the linnibh st
capac.tv what ths Suh- Treeisetri) is.
Fellow Ci iz us! hear me lor my cause! I shall not
entangle myself or < oritnse von by a j <igun ot parts ep
ithets and parly phra < s, nor wimg the chinges upon cur
rency, exchange, iii-cuiinls. impo-ts, and such ltk> , hut
coufi iing mv self sit e tly >n pl on lart* and I tir argumems.
1 shah aitempl Io • xpl in Hi- great piactii al question in
blunt honest wolds! Alter that, I h ave the result with
you, *
Read —muk lam and umlersfand all the facts. See
for voiirselves whether ties cause i- not vntii's and min
-—and our com n>n coon rv’-. It ii i. not. then reject r.
Jf il is, tlie’i like paninis ami line leput.lieaiis cast ofl the
rtrummel* of par y spiiil a <1 a n,>l it. If it is mo, then
.resit! it. if II i-,ilen lepel tin iu'eiesled iiiimst 10l aliv
»e|l-coiisl Holed ” oigilam e. enmntitti rs," and fake i ari
how vmi frost the < m mt. < ol a syst. m you approve, with
the power Io delea p. Il i. l-te.', y<m km.w hiw lo in
stinct ymir Repi esenla llt es to Vole ag .iusf it. If It i ,
thep be vigilaul to deu cl ib-- d. vic. s of those wb on lead
ing iurtizins may se to- u-iiti h orer you. and to rally your
mi-hliorliood and louiiiy lor • )m< st. g as publics rvauls
thus, wlm are Hie sworn enemies ol tl.is system, anil the
• pledged adr.K'.nes of a \tti uial B oik.
(Jolv rom<* to tin* ioves'ig iii oi ol lite subject with a
det riniliuion to give truth lair plat, and In go even a
gait st foim rpr j idtces if ibe mull invites you to it, ami
I have no d .uh all ml your de. i-i-hi. The evmils "I our
o# fid-ay — facts ir>h ch h ire orcurri <1 within the rtc«lhcliun
of the ynuuaef rutiis ol Hie .'tan —-li.il! b<- lefetred 10,
arid then then, wih be no room to deceive you by bold
denials. I'hese al.me will prove even to lite mipri judi
ce I opp 'nnits of a Sub-I’tea-iiry, thill it is Hit tine poli
cy <i| our coieitrv, i if Hie irm* i ueresi of Ibe people, am'
that if It W II not pro I ice nl| (Le benefits its a lvoi a os pro.
mtsu it camot do the harm wliic.i its enemies have pre
dicted. In performing my task I shill study plainness
more than brevity, as I w.iio for men who are muiliet
buyer* nor p dituiaux. Fust. then. I shall explain tin
United Sian s B >nk system; s» vole’, the Pel B mk sVs
tent; mid thirdly, Hm uh- I'reasui v ; And whils I ex
plain tlm ftisi and second of these,'l will remind von of
the causes which obliged the peoplu to abandon both of
«h«tu,
I rtlE tf.MIT.n STATES BANK SYSTEM.
Before Gen. Jackson’s administration, and at the outset
of ii, we all know th it tiiere was a United States Bank, in
whi> Ii the public money was kept, and from which il was
diawn tint fiom time to time as the expru-i-s of the nation
n quiretl. This Bank did not belong to the people, though
it was called ** United States." It was the property
of individuals, except about one fifth of iis stork, which
bi longed to the Guvetnmetit. 'fhe stockholders moneyed
the Bank, not the people or their Gorern.nont. The
stockholders nppointed a huge majority of the Dircctois
mid all other otfn eis of the Bank, and the profits of the
Bank did not go to the Tieasiny of the United Slates,
but to the stockholders, natives and foreigners. So this
B ink was not in any proper sense n Bank of the people
of' the United States. 'I liotigh 1 will show you hereafter
I'.ow it endeavored to beeome the master of the nation
that had first cieated t, afterwards sustained it, and finally
the Government was convulsed by resisting its impudent
efforts to assume dominion over die peopl..
This Bank of the United States, at the period first spo
ken of. was the keeper of the public Treasury of the Uni
ted Sales. But the law which required a deposite of the
public money in this Band, attached several conditions:
Ist. 'Filat the Bank should always pay specie for its notes:
2u<llv. That the deposits should be paid to the Govern
ment in specie ; 3rdly. That if at any time the Sei rotary
of the Tieasiny should see til to remove these deposites
In- iniglr d<> it, provided Hutt he should assign his teasons
for s-i doing to the next Congress.
We here see who kept Hie public nionep of the United
Sia'es, and it is ptoper now to inquire when- the public
monev comes from? In whit does die public ri.vt.nuc
coiisi»t? And how is il collected, and by whom?
'l'he revenue of lite Un n d Slates does not consist of
money collected (tike <mr State taxes) directly from the
lieople. But it consists Ist, Of’ imposts ol duties, viz:
taxes lai upon the foreign goods, &.<•. that ate imported
eito this rounliy for sale. For i xuntple : If a ship is la
den wi ll Englis i or Fiench goods, upon its landing in the
United Suites the shipper or importing merchant is bound
Io pav a tax (or i apo-t dots) upon the cargo. This tax
•! •• s m o lie | u lie Tr -aso y ot ti e United States for the
ii p r id the Gene a Governon nt. To collut the-e
f ixes of co- rm ii is in Its .■ -n-a'tle to uppoim cvllictars in
• vert p r < r p'a e of enirv f r ships, at whit It g.mtls are
mp re '. Su h . fli' irs always have c //. c/er/Hie ptifdic
uoii. v er taxes and a wavs must do it. W i hunt t. ese
■ fficeis the <1 (ties or tax's camiot be collet fetl. 2udly,
Tilt r-Vi'lltle of the U n I- I S' lies, ii put, also aiises
from the sale of the pu'dlc lands in the West ami South
West. The lauds cannot lie sold w idiout agi nts or pub
ic offlt irs Io sell litem and Io collect the price. These
laud o'-j.'ers, Hiereliin*, always have been appoint! ii, and
hev always must be app tinted, to codect this ii venm .
•V i hoai them til' re can lie no sales ami no colieelions.
Tile United Suites collects no ' (her taxes from die peo
ple l''ie tax on imp e ted goa ls and Hie land sales i on
s'imte the whole of their revenue, and we h ive seen that
these an- ue.'essa, dy collected by public < flic, is, and al
ways have been so collected, and always must be collected
in diat m inner.
\Vhd»t the United -states Bink existed, these collectors
piid into Hi u auk du- sums collected by them, ami the
Hank kt pt die mouev foi the Government—viz: when
Ihe v a ions c.dlei tin s piiJ mmiey into Ihe Bank, the Bank
pm d e am mm on their books to the ciedit oi the 'Erasu
re r of the United Stat'S.
And now let ns impure in what manner the money was
paid out liv Hie R ink ? In wba . mode the p iblic disburse
ments an- made ?
I-i. *'nugress passes a law directing the payment of a
ceitain sum lor any object id the Government, special or
general, and appropriates a particular sum of money for
lh;it purpi S". Wi limit an act ol Congress no oflicci, not
even ilie President himself, can touch a dollar of the pub
lic revenms. Thr- l’n sident neviT handles the public
mom v, ami fie l annot do it. lie has nu more (lower to
• e i. h it di in von or 1 have, no matter wlm keeps it.
2 id. A tier Congress h is passed a law directing a cer
ain thing io be dime, and appiopriating the money for it,
some one of the heads of die several departments is re
q i ted to see to i’, e iiher in person or by some of the under
odieius of his di partlnen', and when ll.c contract is made,
( t it 1..- a contra, t.) or when the proper arr ingi nienls aie
uade. ( f il lie a I iw Hint demands any previous arrange
ment.) the bead ot that department notifies the Tiea-uri r
4 die Uni ed Stat, siluil bis ilepaitment requires Hie mo
ev for exi t mit'g ti ai paiticul.ii act ot Cougres, and ibis
r quisitieiit. as i: is < alb d, alii i til dr rgoing tiie inspection
md aptnoval of the Sun teiry td ti.e Treasury, is paid
liv the Tieasiiti r to ti e cimitai tor. or to the agent seh et
ed, fur dis. barging the duty piesciibid by the act of Con
gress. Whilst the public immev was k'pt in Hie United
"-tales Batik the Treason r used to pay these requisitions
by giving Ids cln i k or order upon the Bank, and the Batik
jiaid it to the person named in the chet k, in specie.
If, tor i xample, a law is passed directing any thing to
In- done connected with the I l eer Department, Hie Stere
tary of 117/r writes a requisition upon the Tu usury, n -
lerimg to the ai tol Congress. 'I hat l< quisition is pre
siuti dto the Secretary id the Treasury who is to decide
w! ether Hie requisition Cortesponds with the loir, and il it
dues, lie directs it to be (laid, and thereupon the Trta-u
--| rer gives his i heck on the Bank for it, ai d the odicer who
j receives Hie chick is charged with the sum. So if the
act imposes anv dmv upon the Navy Di (larlmeni, tl e
Secretary of the. Navy is-ties the re quisition and it passi s
through H.e same fin ms: and in like manner the Secreta
ry of State, if it concerns his department.
All these things are very famdliar to a Ci ngressman
and most of them are known tw others, but I dm bt il
they aie exactly understood by a great many men, of good
sense and good information, in our Slate. The witling
who knows least alioui such matters will sneer at my at
tempt Io eXidatn them, but to a plain citizen who has no
tme to read law books and study fr.ani e, they may tint
lie uiilnstruclire or uninteresting. Thev aie necessary
for iimleistanding Hie upt-i-ition of whatever svstem ol
mai.agiug the public business may lie established.
Now von liivi-m.lv to look ba ka monr'iit at this plain
s'ati mem and you will see for yourselves the main features
ut the system by which the reveni.i s ol the United Slates
were matriged antetior to the death of the United Stales
Hank, v ?:
You will see Ist how they were collected:
2nd hovv they wile kept:
3 d how they were paie! out :
In a word, the Uam d Slates Bank system for Colle ding,
keeping, ami paying out the public u onev was Hus:
1. Collectors callectee! ii and deposit! d in Bank to credi
;of I‘ieas.itti of lie Unit d Stalls;
2. Tlie Bank kept it, subject to tl.u older of the Gov
'ii ii mriii ;
’ 3. (’undress apiiropriahd it, and the Treasurer checked
tor Hie appropi ..itloi.s, ami the flank was liable lo pay
these cliei ks in specie.
Not lii'ig alt. t the i s alili'hinent of hNa im d Bank it
I Was discovered th <t however us ■ id that tn* ini um might
; i.e as an agent of Hie G .verniie-iii. vvlid-t iis nrinagers
I .'on Im le I it f'lirlv, there wis in il n > little <1 mger to ti.e
'republican priiniplis id tin Coiisiiiulioi.; especially as
i its great power to do h irm wa* no way under I in contiof
of tlie people. 'l'lie history of i s miscoiidm i alleivvirf*
iis gem rallv kit 'Wii. But tbere is an ev dent proplie.y in
keeping the lecidb rii.m of it m tlie public mind.
J ' I’ne stock wliicli ti.e Govern ii'"it took in this Bank em
| now red it to ajin nut I ir the people a s mill iiiliioitly of
lie D rectors, nnd lo pi V tor the stm'k Ine t/niied States
igtred to liei'i me a debtor to tl c Bank til 5 per cent, in
li'ie.l, until tlie di In was paid. F"r the deposites pa.d
mt.i Hie B Hik md kept there, the Bai k however allowed
lhe United Slat! sno uneie*t at all. Not many years after
the Bink wa* in opi ration the Government had in the
Bii.k. on d> tni»i' , several millions of dull is beyond m—
•• h i< v < xp iis. s, n .d tin ri foie directed tl e Bank to ajiply
n s uip us immev in exti .g'li'ltmi nt of their debt lor
sick. Audit will bo rental ked as most extraordimir*,
but it is nevertheless line, lit.H lhe Batik dated to make
eo'rnpl 'iot the G«ivtern|neni for thigy uud ttsod it iis
a pretext for exciting hostility to the adntiiii ir uion, by
pressing their deblms. 'i'he deposite you will observe
was in the Bank, and the payment of it was to Hie Bank
for the purpose of stopping interest on the Government
debt, and for this the Bank made one of its earliest com-i
plain's. Mak° it the case of two individuals: You owe
me 1,000 dollars, B owes me 1,000 dollars also. 1 have
collecled for you 500 dollars, and to stop interest on your
debt, vou order me to apply the 500 dollars to pay ofl' so
much of vour debt and thereupon 1 press B for payment I
of his debt, and charge y ou w ith being the cause of it !
What preposterous conduct! ’l'he Bank seemed ut this
early day however to act upon the notion that the Govern
nieut money did not belong to theyicop/c but to the Bank,
ai.d that they must not meiely have Hm privilege of lend
ing it out at (i per cent., hut that they wen* injured unless
the Government paid them 5 per cent, besides! And
tle-v found men ready enough to clamor against their own
Government, to please the interest of the Bank ! Then
and ever since they have succeeded in all their attemjits
to create panics and excitements until t.ie managers were
emboldened to try their strength in more open conflicts
with the people. Pause and review for a moment the pro
gress of their advance upon popular liberty. I find it
faithfully sketched in the North Carolina Democratic tes
olutions of 1838!
After the people had deci led against its re-charter, the
Bank set itself in opposition to the popular will, and has
resisted the determination of the people ever since it was
ma le. “ Instead us proceeding to wind up its affairs in
compliance with ?i»w, and according to the intentions
which had been avowed as the cause lor seeking an early
decision of its fate-—instead of reducing its business in
submission to the determination of Hie people, the BANK
organized and prosecuted a system ditectly the teverse
of Hu se professi'itis and contrary to its duty.
It hid restored to a fmeign market to borrow money,
and liv that means to strengHien itst Ift n a contest against
our Government. It ext jided its loans par'icularly
amongst mi'inbers of Congress, so as to multiply the num
ber of iis dependants. I. letained and applied to other
usi s the funds of the G.iver nment, which had been put
into its hands as an agent to p iv off a p in of the national
debt, and actually m gotiated with public creditors abroad
'o wiihlml I the p es..illation of Hi.-ir dem mds. and that
without th* consent of our Government or its offt'ers
I placed th.-v ist wed Ii of the institu i.u in tlie hands of
one mein.awd permitted him In its" what he < Imse fur eb c
tioneering tmrimsi-s. It paid liirelii.gs to vi’l v tin- I’eo
pli -md tbeir Pre-id. iti, and to C ilii-uni le < Vei v promi
nent pnbii. man vvflo h i I Hie limiestv lo resist its snuggle
for nia-ti iv over th- nation. hex li led troll i pirtiii
pa ion in their procee.imgs th" D i -i "or* iptiei ited foi Hie
peii|ilr, tu watch v i th- pil'd c inter, s in le B nk, and
U'uli. iou*lv o- sei ii’e.l aai U.'imiii.C' d .in in I-lif s I i-ieg
| sum.' of ih" [ vi.'ke ] ‘s ere s ol l ie (irisi.n-lioiiS' ,’ and
' Gniillv win'll ttir H eiS 'ol Represent.itivi * si-ut aCo limit-
■ tee lo investigate the test, ami to report upon Hie coudm t
j of tie B.nk atid upon i s cimdittun, its managers arro-
gantlv set up a right to de. i-ie upon what this Committee
might see and what thev slimilii nut see ; and thus in the
j face of law and cimli. ry to an express n quisition in the
! i liaiti r. th. Batik teas closed against any other sort of in
( vestigatioti.” .An institution capable of such political
I crimes, and addu led to practices like these, is dangerous
•o I hertv. Suppose for a single moment that it were to
' become allied with a cotrnpt administration and how long
| would our Iri'i- institutions last? If the people and their
■ Government together have been scarce able to overcome
: Hie encio idiments ot this muni'd power, where would be
| the public sicurity if the Bank ever shall become leagued
: with the G .veinment against the people? They might
' not become enslaved—thespirit of ’76 would rebel against
anv corrupt combination to assail their libeity, hut then
thev might have to defend or recapfiire their stolen tights
at the point of the sword.—lt were lietier therefore to
keep clear of a power under lhe Government that is too
sKimg for the libeity of the people wlo iieated both.
For reasons I ke these the patriot Pie-idi nt Audiew
' Jackson vetoed the ri nevval of ih“ Bank i barter, and
persevered in his li.ist’lity to the Bank.—The hired press
es of the countrv,and tlie stockholdeis and detitmsof the
Bmk, incieased the forces which more hone t motives
bad enlisted midei the Bank banners. In 1832. and be
fore the Presid- iitml elei iii.n of that year, the advocates
I of Hie Bank, with Mi. Clay for theii l amiidate and leader,
! boldly took sides for the Bai k, and presented to the peo
' pie this is*tir : *'Ja<k-on and 'o B ink, or No Jtu ksoh
! ai d Bui k.” iI e people decided bv a large majority in
favor of G n. J.ick-oii and against the Bank. Yui
reciillecl it wi 11. Ami have not lorgoPen how the peopl.
of’ North f 'aiolin i rush 'd to the Republic an s'nii I i d, ami ;
j triumpheil so gloriously ! 1-ilien- a man hardy emmgh
to deny that this issue was made before the people at ill"
election ot Gon. Jackson in 1832? I trust for the honor
of mv political opponents then- is not one, and if there
should he vou knoio he errs, an I ha I your recolk ctiou
f.iltil you, t. .* fact st Htds recorded in the speeches of' Mr.
(.’lav and Mr. Webster on the veto!— speeches that
Wetem ide in the Senate before the election took place.
Il being decided that Hie Bank of lhe U. Slates should
nut lie le-c altered, its managers increased their strong!li
by borrowing many millions in England, where a large
part of tlie stock in the Bank was owned, ami otherwise,
and tlit'ii midi rtouk lo regulate tlm Bmk ami vviel I its im
mense funds ((iov<-iii'nent deposites included) in a man
ner that slmuld coerce the people and the Governnient to
renew their charter. Some of their I'limipal devices
have Imen liiutecf at, and these operated aci oidmg In the
old scheme of tlie Bank, by cteaiing distress ami bv tlieii
minions and prejudiced associates ascribing the evil to If t il
Government altogether. 'l'hese cries deluded many into
an honest support of Hie Bank, and they be
sieged Congress vv ith most inflammatm v demand*, most
viident denunciations, and most thieati nieg curses; Inn
I’r.'-sideiit Jai kson was as (inn as Mount Atlas. I'e was
ibe people’s Piesidenl and the great Chi' fiain ol D moc
lacy.and lie iiad resolved to stand hv Hie Constitution
and the People, let the Bank party rail and rave as thev
might. Was he w rung in all this ? Was lie not right?
IJ is honor, his duty, his oath, required him to resist tin*
attempt to establish a power i.i litis countrv stronger than
the people ! The piejudii ed slaves lo Bank influences
may cal? him despot, tyrant! What matters it ?---Epi
lliets from a def. a ed traitor arc not hurtful io the (amt- of
i patriot who has vanquished his phi's to overthrow the
Governmi'itt. Tile m itiari hi*ls ot ’76 called our revolu
tionary fathers rebels, ol whom Wasliingiim was tin- ciief !
For similar reasons lhe Bankiies call R'-puliiicans sleeves,
and Jai kson their ty ratmical niastei ’ Ti.e re proai lu sot
some mi'n are hard to hear, but who Hoes nut k m w that
ih>- denuncia iims of some otlieis are as harmless as i||i
curse* of an V deter led C eatevei wei •• t-i lhe vigilant < fli
er r who rani hl lin ! I’y laut in.lei i ! Ji. ksoi. s /fpvTtiZ,
and a mon yed corpora um a patriot! Exielleic! I
is hliih st as ill iginal a* hen Mlhsi qu. nl li*invtiv t. hi Hie
“ II iiitiud Couveniiim” vvrie“ I i ami H e I ero <f
Neto Orleans a Tory ! 'I licse lliiog* will fie nue. per- j
haps, whenever a Nilimiil Bank turns patriot!!! oi ,
Wneii men who [i'll s.veel tor lii era d tinier tin sweet
aie able to make it *o by ealiilia ii so ! I'.iis overdiruw
of the in w B ok < | aner, and Un ci rlci .lv Hat i vvni.l.l
not he r.hlalll d, ill ide it n Ci ss .i V lor ('ollgri ss to til'l.
tbeir attention low aids di v i*ii g some oHu t plan 10, keep
i ing t lie puli i ' mom y , and !o ■ p yii w n . in oi public pm -
pose.*. Fm as soon as the Bank i xplred the I . 8H i s
Bank system would m cessai ily na-e to exist also. The
svs'em which Cm girss adopteil was tlie State Bank sys
tem— nii'kn i ned liv lhe Nation I B ink pat ly as the *• i’et
Hank Si/stcm" — w hit h I am no.v to explain.
51ACON.
Ti e proptic 'or of the Spirit of the Tinies, » p,i| er
p ib|i lied in Philadelphia, i*sttcs a weekly sheet beating
th ■ same name. We heartily wish success to the eulei
pr z.e. 'l'he | aper in question is greatly adtniied hire
; for the tab nt ami independent tone by which it is distin
guished. it is iudi ed a most in cresting publication and
, deserves encouragement from all friends of sound princi
ples in politics and all foes vs bank jtfjglitfgs—Lew.
Fron the Augusta Constiiutii.naliit.
HEALTH OF AUGUSTA.
We cannot say much in favor of the health of our city,
as the fever does tint abate any, and is now confined to no
particular portion of Hie city ; we have had no rain since
our last publication, and the river is nt present lower than
ever before known. Within the last two days, the weather
Ims taken a change, being very cool—fires are found
comfortable morning and evening—but the heat in the
middle of the day is oppressive. We understand there
was a slight white frost in town yesterday, and a heavy
one in Hie vicinity of the city, which may in a measure
allay tho ravages of the fever; but we must still say to
our absent friends-—keep away until we have one or two
heavy black frosts, fur we think there will be danger until
that time.
In our last we noticed the deaths of one hundred and
sixty three persons by fever, since the first death occur
red, viz: on the 18th August; since that time, we have
to add the following :
Mrs. M’Cready, Resident, ‘
|William Savage, “
Airs. Mary Russell, u
Master Joseph Haines,
Master Jost [th P. Nelson, “
M ister All'n d Simonet, “
George Cleary, “
George Sweet, “
Win. M. Davis, “
J. B. Steel,
J John Morrison, “
Absalom Flemming, “
Eugene Golly, (a child) •*
jGeorge McMiopliy,
lYlts. Elizabeth Blay lock, “
Mis. Cynthia Liwreuce, “
Thomas Downing, non resident.
E'i.vha Purse, Massachusetts.
Elijah Dwelle,
Michael Shaver, Resident.
W ♦. G. Sin tt, Georgia.
Jilenry Gatdner, Resident.
Ami 10 negroes, among them, Billy Cobb, the Barber.
| Died nut vj the city.
BJARD OF HEALTH.
Augusta, Sep . 26. 1839.
The following commuiiicaiion ti«m the Alavor ot Sa
vaun ih to Hie M y r of tui* C'ily, enclusi. g a chei k Im
one thousand iloii.iis fm the left 1 of our *.< k poor, am
sci'ompii'iied by Hie or cet ding* el lhe ily c.muiil of
S.iVauu ill uti tin- sul'j cl, was laid before tin- Board.
MAYOR’sSgFFK E. ?
S ivamiat', S pi. 23 ), lrt39. £
To .4. Ciostmi tg. Esq. Mayor of Augusta, G’a.
Mr: I have the Ii mm to transmit lo you Hie enclosed
lesolutions of the Come il ot Sav.imi.ili, which were unan
imously pa*.*i d ibis nu.ruing, ala special inei ting It id for
sm.il purpose. I also euclase you a check lor 00, in
pursuance of the aaihoriiy vested in me.
To say that we sympatiiise with you in your afflictions.
Would be but a feeble manner of expressing our leeling.
Willi whom el*e should we sympathise, if nut vv#h the
bereaved and disease-stricken inhabitants of a rby, allied
lo us by every feeling that does honor to the human bi-art ?
Yes, sir, the unanimous vote of the Council is hut lhe
united voice of the whole comiaunity of Savannah ; and
our hearts bleed tor those whose sufferings and sorrows
are beyond our power to alleviate.
May He who holds in his hands th” issues of life and
death, arrest the strides of lhe pestilence, and re-lore
vour beautiful and hospitable city to health and prosperi
ty ! And may he guard you, sir, throiigii the scenes of
despair and death, which you have voluntaiily and gal
lantlv encomttered, and preserve you to receive the thanks
an I applause of your grateful fellow citizens.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, ROBERT M CHARLTON,
Mayor of Savannah.
Council Chamber, I
Savannah, Sept. 23d, 1839. J
At a special meeting us Council, on motion of’ Aider
man Cuvier,
IL soloed. That the Mayor be requested to address the
Mayor of Augusta, assm mg him of Hie deep sorrow of till
ci iz 'iisui Bavannah ott account of the distressing fevi r
which exists in our sister city, and of the sincere desire
of hits B.iard to alleviate, as far as in its power, Hiu dis
tresses ot the sick poor.
He sained. Th it the sum of one thousand dollars be and
the same is hereby appropriated for the relief of such ol
the inhabitants of Augusta as may be in destitute cir
cumstances.
Resolved, That the said sum b<s forthwith transmitted
by t.ie M ivor tu the Mayor of Augusta, to be by Inin dis
tributed, litis Board feeling wi II assured, from Hie philan
triqticand utiwearied efforts us that officer in behalf of his
suffering fellow citizens, the fund iuuld not be placed in
better hands. r
Passed unanimously—-Extract from the minutes.
Joseph Felt, Clerk, pro tem.
MAYOR’S OFFICE, 1
Augusta, Sepf. 26th, 1839. j
lion. Robert M. Charlton, Mayor of Savannah
Mr: —I have tlie tumor lo acknowledge the receipt of
the resolutions of the City Council of Savannah, and your
esieemed f'avnr, both of Hie 23d instant-—the latter in
closing thr sum of one thousand dollars to relieve the
•‘siik pout” of our city. It will, doubtless, be satisfacto
iv to me Citizens of Savannah to know, that much good
will result from their donation. For tlie deep sympathy
felt for its bv our sister city, and for Iter liberality towards
the destin.te---Augusta must ever feel grateful.
i on are plra*ed to make a fl ittei iug allusion to the dis
charge ol' my official duties—w uh such an example before
them, as that ol ymtr distinguished father, when Savannah
was suffering under a similar visitation, no municipal offi
cer in Georgia could slit ink from the labors and exposures
which his station might require from him.
I hope soon to have lhe pleasure ot communicating (he
intelligence of Augusta's being restored lo Iter usual
healthy cimdiiion.
It lieiug now tlie recess oi our Council, I have replied,
al as eailv a period av possible to vour co
1 have the lion a to be, Vour obedient servant,
A. CUMMING, Mayor.
o'l mo-inn, it was
Resolved, itnauimous'y, that ike thanks ol this Bward
be 1.-mb red to tin- .tyi.mu ii id Sav anal., lor their liber
al douaium, and lor the kind c vpie.-.simi u. sympathy which
ace mp Hi • s ft.
IL solved. I'..at these- ret hv lie instructed to cause tin
Lrller ol the M .VO lit Sss .1 l.'»lt, I III' H'S lilt lolls ol till il
i i;v council, and ti.e a sw. r ol tint M y o oi A -g i 5..., to
be pi.blislied.
J AMES HARPER, Chairman.
S. M. Tu ursoN, Sei r tan.
BOLRD I F HEALTH.
Thursday. Sept. 26—12 M.
Tho Bmird r pm t two death* m ii.wu mid one in the euutt
trv from ie-er .hi. iug the I asl I w eul-four Im rs.
'Tlie Boai'd also e|>ort one death ol a teeHiinu c tl I—me
negro ma 1 from a chronic complaint—-iiaii ouu 11 gr.» wo
man iu chil l-bcd.
Friday, Sept. 27—12 M.
'l he Board report the deaths of two adiilis, one ebnd and
three negroes, du iug the last, tweuty-f.iur iiouis, I'.om I, ve ,
Rnd one negro man from diabetes.
Saturday, Sept. 28—12 M.
Tho Boatd report the deaths of one while person in ton it
and one colored man in tho country, fiom fever, during the
latft tw'tftity-four IxfUt'S. Aldo, dtfo death from relapset uc*a-
sinned by gross imprudence, am! tw o children from other
causes.
Sunday, Sept. 29—12 ?.L
The Board report the deaths of ihiee white persons and'
one |.ersoti of color, fiom fever, during the last twenty four
horns, in the city, nud ouS negro iu the country on the 27tb,
nut before reported.
Monday, Sept. 30—12 M.
The Board report the deaths ofoue white adult, one chil l
and one negro in ut iu town. nnJ one white person in the
country, during the last twenty-foui hours.
Tuesday, O' 1.1—12 M.
The board report the deaths of two white peril ms and two
negroes iu town, mid one v.Lite person iu Hto country from
lever, during the last twenty four hours, aitd one person iu
towu of consumption.
f iVednesdey, Oct. 2—12 M.
Thb Board report the dcaibs of five person* in towc, and
due fit the country, of fever, during tlie last twenty-four hottfs.
They also repait the death us one negro woman, on Sat
urday evenin'’ last, omitted on Sunday, not Ii iug then known
to the Board. A. CUMMING, Mayor.
S. M. Thompson, Suc’y.
From the Uharleslun Putiiol-
DEATH OF GENERAL UAY.NE.
The ink is scarcely dry with which we recorded the death
of one einiuout ei izeu, before we are called mi to register
the demise of another. Il is vviih lealings of iuexpresstlilo
!>ain we have t . *tate 'bat General ROBi'iß L' Y. if WNE’,
one w l orn both the Slate us South Usrolrnir Suit the City of
Charlesmu deligbyed to huuor and cliei ishe'l with a warmth
•>f i.flection that never kui'vv aeutemeul —died at \sltville
(N. C..) mi Tuesday last, after a fi-w days illness, of Billiuus
Fever. Geu. Hayue was in bi* 49 h year.—Thus lias per-
I tshed iu the ripeness ol' bis faculties amt the maturity of bis
usefuhies, a citizen who was identified, through a long and
prosperous pub' c career, with almost every scheme for the
advancement of the cirß'tiriri 1 prosperity us our city and
Hie political eh v Tun of mir Slap'.
Iu the rat ions uki. es Xthich lie filled successive y of Must
her of the House of Reprcs. tita'ives and Attorney Geueraf
if the State, Sen itor ia Congress. Governor of the State,
■md Mnyoro! the City, lie gaifierfeil incieasiitg respect i'rem
!>• people, uud It s. iu ib scemiiug to the tout > felt lhe rich
egacy ol nis virtues to < um.lrie a name already' ibustrii'tis iu
'hem nds'fS” us fi m i.lina A* few imb vid ua's in pn’dic
i e h ive enjoy - I m a higiier degiee the happy destiny ul's.x
--»”i tiring tto •bb i i the enr eul of üblie atfecii -o—;;o lapse
f popular coufi ettce —so tn te r-ii oie who'm .e (lo ir
f'.cnit os more meekly-than (rewm ■) it each s’opof
i-. c|. vaium an id >in -I th •hi tr<> of his s' oi- t> with mme
wimmig and chi leo.H iiilii."*. A- « s the fiirnl and
■lol <.f me people w-itd.o it >u Hi .r su --h .hi mi 1.1 tterer.
•Vi h a zj iI in t'le |ii > i' servic’ h>r w n > i rii.-m -it
hi v.ie py th it n ■ ini > -d. lie P, r -a' J re,j.-e-lisi ii -r.-st
•dness. th . jt.o ity -if w lieu s i 11-' JI -i .'-'I- h iiAh.i i G ru.'
Hayue ex'iibi’ct a rare com ainiii.r »!' q fii.i- s dim enable
the p .-s.-ssor to win t u'liie 'n.uo s a d ivv;-.r the n graceiuf
y. His churn ss of jn ig-n. ut enpiww >1 him nt ail times
och >.<se the ti.-nc the se ison md t.w hi-.f ivnents ’.ha’ prom
ised, if they did not 'iiiv ivs -eti'iZ'?. mi-'c.'ss. (IT, iniml w-'s
(ire i miiii-o’iy cb'ai'.ietmisiie ofli.it p ci 4 power which is
narked by Hie ju.lieial ip'ion '’fnisona iu ends, while his
oratory was of 'hit order which w is in i !mii"-i'i'e harmony
w ith his sttun natur .1 s mse. which it 'dlustrat <1 ami enfor
ced. Always j'-.-c ttisive—at times energetic—invari bly
practi' id—m-ver ornate —always for use—nev. r for ostenta
tious display.
if..w *:i i i stum a loss be replaced—such a bla ik C''cd—
so uietinch.dv a bereavement i.e borne 1 Al l*-! let us bow
in subtnis,ion to the divine fi t mi l cim-ole ours'lves w i h
the hope that as the suly-*ct i f our nothe h slum snatched
from us for inscrutable emi*. his example vviil remriu to
Tighten the [.'ages of .ur hisrory, an I Corina lc*son of the
I private virtu? ad irne 1 wi.h b'mi I etrj igrng m imseiaau i in'
i vigorated by lolly public principles.
EAGL^HOTEL—MILLEDGEVILLE '
fBTfIIE Hub’cril.cr respec'fidlv informs the MEMBEKSf
OF TIIE I.F.G IS LA’I'U R E and his friends ai d cus
tomers generall v, th it tie lias ma le every pr. para lion ueces
*a.y, to tender them comfortal.l?—and hopes tu receive a
li .eral shire of patronage during the ensuing session of tha
l.cci* a me. if. McCO.'dß.
< Ic'ube S 37 3t
EXEcUTOk’S SALE.
A G3EE \BLY to tiie I ist will <>f 1‘; trick Scott, la e of
ZBc Fike coiio’y. deceased, wi I b<> soil! . u.,,k ou ■. r» at
me i Tint H use iu said Cuuutv. on tire ti st t'uesuay in LiE
; EM HER next.
’That valuable settlement of I. V' D comp i*ing 600 acres,
whereon the deceased hv<d, well improved and i.i <x elleut
■■epatr. ft Ii- s f.-ur rnil.-s S. »V. of Z t>-u!.m n ■ ar. :n t part
ly on G ay's Fe rv Rouf. Tne •ettleinen •■■> o i is a .-o..<|
ami cotiitoriabe DiVEuLIN . il i. HE out houici, Gin
'i u • .8 c e -v. Azc. &••. tn a •-ion ol com;.. . (i.siii.y
mue .it the St A? In -it. s«'ii 'illy, e -j ;>v ii g f>c lit "s lor an
>u let 1 1 tlie i snge of Fine Mou it lias, r.i e ,m I v finable,—
it also contains a SPRING, HIGHLY MINER AL which
is vety near one. (tm.u« i not uu th* iamf) wh eh. I'.om its
imtneiivedischarge of w ;it»r, and its t»;.id tctnperatu.e, would
warrant the a*surauee ol being, at n-> distant day, a p'aceof
ashional.i* resort. There are enntigumss l.sn is wli liar*
.n the market, so that the settletnaiit could be enlarged to ;.l
nost any desirable eitei.t.
On Tuesitny, the 31st of DECEMBER th.'reafter. al the
ate resilience • f the deceased, I will sell the r.-rnai, ing part
>f the perishable estate, cora f >dder. stock Ac. some furtii
urr. among which there will l e f om 30 >o 19 pick hogs, very
ine indeed.
And oi. the first Tttesdav in JANUARY thereafter, nt tho
"ourt House io Zebulon. I will sell the NEGIiOES of tho
ecea*ed. eight in number, sotna very likely atvd valuable.
The Units, most likely, will be easy.
CHAS. MeDOWELL, Executor.
October 8 1839. !17 :4t.
GEOR.GI \, Washington County.
WtiEß i.A t, vi.en Him h apples to ms for letters of
Hilmimsiraiioii on tiie r-t.tc ol Thomas Hurdle, late
f sai l conni'. d ce-ist tl.
These are therefore tri eiie mid a hie ni»!l nil and singular
the ktmh-cd and creditor, of smd ii.it,.sou to bo mid appear
it my office w ihm tho fi.ns p escribed by I iit, to allow cause
f any exist, why s id letters *li"uld not lie g. tinted.
Given n Her my h iud at i.ffi e in Sandersville this Ist Oc
.vber 1-39 L. A. JIAtMGA.N, C. C. O.
Oct 8. 37 3(’,(|
A PROCLAMATION.
GEORG I *. :
By GEO AGE R. GILMER. Governor of said iStatc.
OFFICI \L information bavi >g been r ceiv dat this I’e
parimi i.t, th it h initrdi r was commit .J out: I2tii
cc tniior, IS' 8 m the couuty of Mm., n in ti.is Sial.-, upmi
he lo.ily «d <’ll \IILI S I>. I Al'Df.N; by <ol* JAt..OB
i’V it I'lß aul it havi,.g b. cu n pres.pited tn mn .i. i: .iu' said
. (alter his il n f.cin jus ice, I have thought pro; ert.. is no
trs ur Iboil uvn in. iCo i. ga . it <f’l V» O HU.vD
ii I) DOLLARS f r his appiem n«t> u run ile ivory to the
*Sie, >ff or J.niorof said comity: ami I moreover ch >:ge a id
-q me all < ffi crs. civil and ~..ii ly m .* >1 ne t< bt vigi-
I hi: in cn.lct v »rinc •<> a ■[> vie ul amide iv> r 1 i.e s;.id Carter
is aior said, in or.k 1 that tie may betruil tor the crime with'
w nil'll he Btauiis charged.
desgrTf TION.
Carter h thirt*-fi'e er !'n ty ye rs of age i.idiuaiy size,
ah. nt five !e'-t, ei,.lit or leu 'm u. •inhr ig w.";Jh about 150
l> muds, il-uk hair, rath r imbm.l lobe sr'cv. black eves,
skill dark. *wm thv i-ouq.l.’sii.n round should r-. n o lew hips,
thick upper lip, heavy e.ct'ioo. is il it. rate, cannot vviiteltis
name, i* quick spoken mid a gmi.i.ler.
Given under i-y hand and the great seal of the
) Rime at the C 'j.iiol in Milledgeville, this 27th
' ' t;iv of Fepteml" r. V D. 1839, mid lmlep< tideuco'
U. S. A. t'.e 61 th.
GEORGE R. GILMER.
By the Gave nor:
Wii. A. 'ltnnillf, Secretary of State.
Oct. 8. t-7