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“ONE” MORE “MEASURE.’
| people, the use of their credit, to help them out of their:
We proceed now to shew to the Recorder, how difficulties, when there will be a deficiency inthecir-
viiJt-lv it was mis aken, in asset ing that the Demo- eolation, of fourteen millions of dollars.
radc partv had thrown themselves upon “one meas
ure” alone, hv which relief ««nJd he aff*orded to lice
I people. In nnr last unmher we iirnished our readers
■ selfupon anv single proposision,but had only sngges-
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS.
The Harrison leaders at Washington, are halt
crazy fora called Session. Some gentlemen of mod
est nspiia:ii:ns.are looking to the Sneakers chair—
'file Bank partv are anxiously anticipating the day
of their triumph over the constitution—l’lie Tariff
jnn.EPGHvn.iiii s
FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY I&
The idea of the Banks taking in ali ilu ir hills, and
leaving the country destitute ot a circulating medium,
, r - - isa doctrine peculiar to tlie Harrison party, the mis-
witli sufficient evidence to sa'isf all reasonable and c |,ievoii> effects of which, begin p. be seen and feil in I^rry ar^ I'ching to, get he
candid men, that the Governor had not thrown him- the increasing distress of the community.
According to our notions of political economy, there
sufficient
! regular
and iiat
i ii is irood policy I" guard it against those sudden
rac- . 1
I <,„<■, a. of.I, r .-a, s n..^ pplic.lv S tnm 2!s|iouM u . «
j« t! >"",";- v «r H dCT, “ *.">•«,......... «.r...«»,««.i«ordi,.»?«»».
{“more fatdlfess,it should havefus co-operation. , . . r
" , . . 1 . demands nt trade and business of a conntrv,
! The measure of Sstate bonds is one which mam ,.. . . .. . . „ • . .
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.
FOR GOVERNOR.
Charles j. McDonald.
The Pre-emption Law Bill lias passed the Senate
of the United States, by a vote ot 31 to 19. alter con
siderable discussion. 'rite excellent remarks of our
Senator, the Hon. AA :t..suin' L: MPKl.v, wih he found
in to days paper. The speech - I die Hon. John
C. CALHOUN on the* same subject—fi»r w hicli we are i
indebted to the attention of the lion. Mark A. Coo-
rwt—shall appear in our next.
contractions and expansions, which have produced
more distress and ruin, than all r causes cnv.-
iutelligent individuals believe to be the most pi
tieable, to enable the governme.t to render aid to tlie
p« o(de. Tin; system Ins alreily received ill- sanc
tion of Governor Giimt
iier o( l!te Harrison party
ing on a great State work, ;
to a further ext* ns'on ot
leviating the present pecuniary ■mhan assment of our
fellow-citizen*, unparralleled as t is, in tin* annals ol
Georgia. But as fftr as our ovn opinions are con
cerned, we do not hesitate to dictate nnr belief, that
the end could have been accomplish. d, and still could
be, if the conduct and complexion of ill** last legisla-
l n n | a few in>t:iin es tn winch a nltylock, or a creditor re
hold ol the compromiM—
ml the aholitioiiistsknowing tlieir strength, are pant
ing for a manifestation of tlieir power, in the repeal
of Atherton’s resolutions. With such a combination,
ail bent on the same object, there will be a called
session, if there isa;. thing in signs; and when it
conies, two tilings will h p;>en. I in* revenue will be
greatly mcrea-ed hv ;i re. Lion of the tariff, nud hea- ,
ions, will lie inode by the very party
upon the hobby of ret/em h-
ClitNSAN.— The Chinese island Chusau, which has
lately been seized by the British troops, is the mart
northern .-tation in which the t* a is made. The mhole
island is said to abound with t> a trees, even to j| (e
tops of the mountains ; and it may become import ant
not merely as a military position, but as an additional
means of tendering England im.ependent of the cap.
rice uf the Celestial Empire f r supplies of tea.
vy ap: room
which ca ‘ ’
‘ ‘ ‘ hined, since llie* general introduction of paper money . - ‘
•r, (wl.t ts a prominent uum- . ... i u.e.o ...t . .
V.) for lie «L„»e ..f ,»rn-; “ I A m all pr„l>..bi!itv I- „( .I.IM.e.1,
rk. „rol«« Lrl „.,„„ 5 .'-d ^'.wNv the prw.ro* “»» >»"?««••*»•; ; .b .liu..n peliliroi. received .rod .Mrotrol ... tl.- hear,.
Srole rr.lii, ... be n.e.i in . >’> ■ ... .he ,mt ... r„n.l,.t.on, «.Iron .. s Uo-.,„ , o( Smaller,. v.l.i*. Ho-.- ll.ey will
- .o.l.,.r,e„, Of •ot»»l<®?«l«r l» ».ret Ik* paWroro-r,.- , nieve . ei.tdof tlieir Noriliern L„e,l,re„ uno..
s'nies? and whv stu b an uproar ahnnt compe-
inks to pay out till their specie, as lout.
B
as Uicir
bills w ill answer all the purposes of money f
Where is the man in Georgia, who could not pay .
his debts with Central Bank money? There may lie i
upon
this subject, is to he seen—but we predict it will pro
duce a shaking am >:tg the dry- bouts.
We In
The Recorder ch ;, ' ; ' l ‘' i ,,s with liping “ in «^r<
' lure did n t preclude the idea of m extra Session
I direct issue from the Central B ink.
If the legislature was now in Session, and yve were
we should do so, t:n ler the solemn conviction that its.
of tiie people, now almost goaded to despair—and res- 1 P er a ”»"»b «° P a .> ,,is (Iel)l ° r " f Permitting his prop- ;
cue thousands of f.milies from destinuion and beg- j e«y to be sold at thirty to fifty per cent below its val-
■wratli with Gen.
guilty ; and th-* "• may never again be luistuMer-
slood or mis«-'P rescn,e< l upon the subject yve lake
this occasio* *° state, that we entertain neither wrath,
spite, nor malice against lff.it ; and believing as we
do, will Governor Tazewell, that lie is wholly dis-
qtialifbd for tlie office «>f President, on account of
mertal and physical imbecility, we should act against | ® "' *
tlte dictates of reason and humanity to hold him re- “ A b 11 to lie entitled anact, to repeal an act, passed
sponsible either for the promises or assertions of his \ on the g,)d day of* Decenther eighteen hundred and
partisans, or the measures of his administration—anti forty, entitled *‘:iu act to repeal an act to alter and
in speaking of him as President, and the course his amend an act toestubhsh a Bank at Miiledgcville, to
administration will take, we shall uniformly keep be called and known hv the name and style of the
those in our eye, yviio have made, and will make him Central Bank of Georgia, See. passed o i the 22ud
a mere instrument tn carry out their own deigns ; for day of December 1839, and to provide !’>r the pro-
we do conscientiously believe that he will have no tc-ction of the circulation of said Bank, and for other
more control over the administration (.>r the next four : purposes;”—and to authorize tlie P* evident and Di- I
years, than a m in ol straw, placed in the same po?i- rectors ol the Central Bank ol Georgia, to loan out a [
*t°n. I sum nut exceeding five millions nf Dollars, of the hills j
sioing out of the State, might r< fuse it, but yve doubt
. 1 whether t’.ie number would exceed one in a thousand;
_ • •• 1*1 1 i 1 II utt IlglM'iitiic *» oa iih»* in kH^MtHt* »iiiti «r y»tic. . _
J/nri ison, to whirli wp plpJHl not , , » i i * »• . . • , { nud to t-icm ii tmcrlil even prow jjreat v ;idvant‘4
. , 1 . r j r niPinber, we should, at the entiles! moment, intro- 1,1(1 mem, n ^ ^ f
“ duce a bill containing the following provision-; and j ? e ‘V'S «' a dt>htor was b it t<- . .e alter
native of losing eitrbt or ten }ier cent discout tipm
passage into a law, would revive th* drooping spirits j nlo,,e y which he caitul borrow at six p**r cent^intiiesi, ; tse ]|* a | >r , tty* <onsiderable of a library; and all, for
the moderate stun of three dollars per annum.
In our remarks, to which the Recorder refers, wc. of said Bank, under the rules and regtd rtions
charged the friends of Gen. Harrison with making
promises to the people, which they have not redeem
ed—and we now repeat it. They did tell tlie people,
that if Geu. Harrison was elected, times would be
better, and mom y more plenty. Well, Geu. Harri
son was elected two months ago, and WHERE is the
money, and better times ? They have not come, (or
money is scarcer and times harder.
What then is the conclusion? Why, that all tlieir
fied in tlii' act, and to pledge tlie faith and credit of
ih- State, f*r the redemption of said hills.
Sec. 1 Be i' enacted 1 >y the Senate ami House of
Representatives of tlie State of Georgia, in General
Assembly met, and it i> hereby enacted by
thoritv of the same, That tin act passed on the 23d
day of December, eighteen hundred am! forty, entitled
“an act to repeal an act tn alter and amend an act to
establish a Rink at Miiledgev i!Je, lobe called and
ue, would it not be greatly to his interest U> borrow
; the money, and sive his property ; and if there wen
live million* nf Dollars in Central B ink bills now cir- j
i cnl <ting in the State, there would nut be half as many !
law suits as then will he, lior half as much property j
: sacrificed at She iff ’s and Constables sales.
! If a loan of ff»v millions was made from the Bank j
there i* noquesion in our mind about its redemption,
is s ioii as the ’merest uf die country would require it. i
Let it remain imnng the people—they must have]
money, and the* will sustain its credit, ll you call it;
in suddenly, y «u produce a panic—and tlie people
must supply its place from some other source, or be!
mined. It slnuld aktt betaken into tlie at count, 1
that the interest upon five millions would produce an
BOSTON NOTION,
received the Dot ei.i: Notion nf January
33lb. the dimensions of which, exceed .my thing in
tlie form of a Newspaper, whr h has heretofore fallen
under our observation.
It is more than fom times ns large as the Standard
of Union, and >' filled with a va-t store of literature,
tniseelJan v, and ether itucn-stiig matter, and forms of J
of
j
y» e recommend it to the patronage ol all those who
possess a taste lor liter try and miscellaneous reading.—
Prospectus in our next.
REMARKS OF Mil. LUMPKIN.
I.\ Senate—January 27, 1841.
Pi Prospect ice Pre-Phipliuii Luiir.
Tlie bill to c.'t.biidi a permanent prospective pre
emption sx slim, i i favor of >ettlers oi, the public lands
who shall inhabit an cn'tivate the same, and raise a
log cabin thereon, was taken up, the question hein®-
on the motion of Mr. Critteud ti to recommit the hii|.
with instructions to rej on a hill h>r the distribution
of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands anion?
the Stall s.
Mr. Lumpkin said he rose to make but a very few
remarks. As usual, he felt indisposed to address the
S nate, whenever hi' views were presented by others*
present orcadon, he considered it hisdtt-
bnt upon tl.
annual revemn to the State, sufficient to meet her nr- j seekers,
i e.'sary expetnittires, ami relieve the people entirely Not
from the burdin-ome taxes imposed on them hv their; the ch
I Th
“ JVashington Corn;;pan.7cna: of (he Recorder.”
Wasliiimtiui i' liecoaiiti}; I*I:«*«! with visiters. IVom ail parts.>f
the litii hi. ami alr.-ady we nerceive iiiiincrous si?:is that lin-
•• c ii in-in-tir tii n t!av is rapid! v ;• pproaidling. < )!lice seekers
ana tin friends uf. (lieu sc l.< r.s arc ponri:i? in daily, and die
!>c!!' and knockers nfiim liinisfs of die exp. ctcil successors to
■he Cabinet, have hot little rest. The I*resident elec! is ex
pected to arrive lime about the dth oi Ttfi of February, and
di- legion ol aspirants to the lucre of pkie ■, w ill no doubt be
greatly iin rea-ed c nli-nip-.raneoiis'y with his advent.”
We clip the above from tlie S inti ern R-carder, as
a specimen of the sincerity of tin• llariison partv, and
their unconquerable repugnance to officeholders and
mg's
• p " i 15
w a-
fair promises have ended in smoke and disappoint- known by tlie n one and stvh of the Central Bank of!
the au-j Harrison and *eiurm legislature.
This meastre will create no National Debt, about! 'hose who believed h
which we have heard so much of late.—It will only * t o ted, that tmtitin
be using tlie peoples’ credit through their own institu
tion. They yvili, by such a course he enabled to
moulds ago, the same party was ringing
upon office h (|der> and office seekers,
partv
udder.* and
the burden
of titnr song,
,ir
ment.
Georgia, &e. passed on the 22ml dav of Decentb<
1839, and to provide fur tin* protection of the ciicn-
latioii of said Bank, ami tor other purposes,” be, and
tlie 'ame i- her* hy repi tiled.
Sec. 2. And lie it fiirther enacted hv the authority
aforesaid, That tlm President and Directors of the
Central Bank of'Georgia, be, and they are hereby
authorised to lo in out to the citizens ol this State, a
sum not exceeding five millions of dollars; and they
’ raise funds ii >on good security, snperadded to which, *° reverse^tne principle'
r will be, the products of their labor and property; and . s f* 0| F, by a practicr
RELIEF OR NO RELIEF.
The Recorder still evades the issue by endeavoring
to shew that State Bonds are below par, and that the
democratic party have adopted that “one Measure^'
as the only means of relief; but that is not the ques
tion! Relief, or no relief—that is tlie issue—and we
charge the Harrison party with refusing to make an
effort in behalf ot a stiff’ ring pen pF, and of mm king ate hereby required to proceed forthwith, to adveitist
4heir calamities, by telling them, they “woi u> not
IF THEY COUUi.”
The Governor asked them to adopt “some measure'"
of relief, they declared in his face and in the face of
the people, tint no such thing should lie done
We put these questions direct to tlie Recorder. Do
the people require assistance in the present crisis ? and
is it not the duty of their representatives to adopt till
constitutional measures to protect tlieir coiistiim-nis
against utter ruin, and tlie miseries wh’u Ii follow it?
Did the hist legislature take any steps to alleviate incuts require immediate relief, provided they give
they heart!, it w as ta-
ig could more oii' rtaa.Siy
stigmatize a llarn>oii man, that to hold an office, or
isli fbr one. All they seemed to want, was tlie power
s that “to the victors belong
demonstration of tlieir lia-
aud
for tlie consolation of those who oppose it, no one •be “(to re of place of sell denial,
w ill be compelled to borrow, against his own inclina- j ui-iSimniinity. But hour is it now when tin-power is in
j their hands? Do the victors take th** spoi
to whom the
tmn.
It yvas assumed I>\ the committee
Governors Mes'aee of the J5 b of Dt
fi red, that it wax “iinwis**, and impolitic to use the
credit, nod pledge the propet tv and labor of the whole
people, to raise money to supply the private wants of
a portion only of’ the people.”
Now let us see h«>w the conduct of the same legi>-
ils? Do Har
rison im-n seek office? R-ud the above extract from a
inber waste- Harrison pen, and blush for the deception of human
n.i tu re.
V% e copy tlie following paraer-tpit from the Macon
a distribution of said amount, to tin? respective Conn
ties, and that sail! distribution lie made with ilie ! . ", • i i
lature agrees with tlie principle above stated.
greatest practicable despatch, and under the nd sad
regulations heretofore governing distributions, where
the same, or any part thereof, are not altered i>v
tli’s act.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted hy the authority
aforesaid, That it x!i >11 he the duty of tlie President !
and Directors of said Bank, to give a preference in
their loans, to persons w hose pecuniary embarrass- !
Messenger of tlie -1th i ist. Numerous comidaitits of
like kind have leccntlv been math; to us. Our cotn-
Thcy ! plaining Snb-criix rs will perceive that ours is not the
only paper subject to miscarriage. There is fault
! Lunatic Hospital, evidently intended for die benefit of ; ‘’ere hut tmt with u,—nor do we believe with
— - • 1 tlie Post Makers in tins city. We are exercising in-
made a large appropriation for the the erection of
creased vigilance in the direction and forwardint
p’ljiers—and yviil thank our patrons to notify
the distress of the people?
MR. DAWSON.
It seems notv to be settled that Mr. Dawson will be
the Harrison candidate for the office of Governor, and
much will probably be said in uraLe of his patriotism
and devotion to the interests ol'iiie people of Georgia,
for declining some distinguished place under the ad
ministration of General Harrison, in their behalf.
That news papers and letter writers have talked
much about the appointment of Mr. Dawson to this,
that, and the other office in the cabinet, is true; but
our opinion is, that if he does not fill a seat in tin* cahi
net, it will be for tlie very same reason that Jack
would not eat his supper.
Be that asit may, he is :i candidate—the riders are
up, and to him w ho exhibits the best speed and bot
tom. will die prize be awarded.
“Tlie old Admiral’’ It as got bis hands full.—A hard
horse to run against—heavy weight to carry, and a
stumpy track to boot.
He will find it a much harder matter to conquer the j pjjp.
democracy of Georgia, than he did to capture the
empty flour barrels upon the Chattahoochee.
: goad, and indisputable indorsers; and in no case, to
! Joan to am individual, or individuals, whose object in
borrowing is believed to be shaving or speculation;
and it is hereby made the duty ol said Pr -sclent and
Directors, to adopt the most efff dual means for as
certaining these facts.
See. 4- And !v it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, Tlct tin t ith and credit <>l the Slate are
a very few. They made a donation of fifty dollars to
an individual on account of his necessitous condition,
!>v allowing him to trade as ap dler without a licence,
when every other citizen who embarks in that busi
ness, is compelled to pav a tax ol fifty dollar-, or be
subject to a cry heavy penalties.—Tin y appropriated
a large sum of money to educate the poor, from the
benefits of which, tlie wealthy an* excluded, ahhough
they pay the greatest amount ofTaxes into the Treas
ury—and then, turn around and tell tin* people, that
it is ver\ “unwise and impolitic t<» use the credit, and
pledge the property and I lior of the whole people to
| raise money to supply the private wants of a portion
only of the people.” Call you this eonsi-ten- \ ?
. In the three cases of partial legislation above sta-
V v _‘* Wdf f‘, ( ’’ hW . o" the ted, till* monev appropriated, is not loaned. They
are donations to all intents and purposes, never to lx* i
We maintain, that while p’per money forms, as it refunded,while i-i the case under consideration, the re- [Extract of a ! it r from a
our
I' of
mi
hereby solemn
hills is'Ued under, and In virt u* ol this act.’
f ilures to receive them, an I when prac ieabh*, to ;
in ti'Certaitimg the cause. It is an evil exceedingly
annoying and demands reformation.
“We have fuith r aveounts «fthe-iai'e..e of our pipers
within the last week. Tlie l' istma'ti-r at Moutrnsvige. Up
son Uonmv, waites ns mulct date of die 2* !i .lannarv, that
not niiiy nur paper, tint the Telegraph of iiiis city, and the
”di!!iaige*.':!!e papeis scliioia arrive at tlieir proper time, not
eneraliv tin'il more than one er two weeks afier they are
p. iated. \Yi are tina’.ile to ani\e at t e source of this <li;ii-
culiy ourselves, mu! Iiojie mu sulwcrihers will exercise their
p ili--e.ee i few weeks longer 'i’ll fault is not with us; and
tlie coo'Co ue ue -' are mn'i detrii; cut a I to our interests a* well
as others. »Ve 11 u~» t Ii ii tile pow er which controls die tenure
of office will app!\ the re ne ly. for it was never, within our
know ledge, so much needed.” *
has dono, and must d<> until t';c Banking system i' an- lief sought for t!ir* people, was o dy to afford tliem the j
[ uiltiiated, tin* pfincipal circulation of’oitr country, the
1 bills t f the Central Bank will continue t<* be a sound
1 circulating medium, for the great mil's of t!ie tieopie
j of Georgia, for tin* p lymetit of cielits, the purehase
of propetiv, ; :i ! the necessaries of life—and while
j iht* iii'tiu.tion is losien d bv the State, and <iis-
| tained hv the p *t»pU*, as it will he. it’permitte.i to sns-
I tain them, in 'his, t!i< ir iumr of trial, tln re is im real
\ danger to be sippreiu tided (lorn a distribution of its
BRITISH OUTRAGE
Captain Flowery of die American brig William
Francis, arrived at New York from Havanan, states
There seems to have been a very sudden and unac
countable change in tilt* minds of the Harrison party,
since the summer and autumn of 1840, in regard to
the Banking system. At that time, they were con
ducting against Mr. an Buret;, a most ferocious war,
for recommending tin* collection
that while he was on the coast of Africa, laden with j the public revenue, in gold and silver, and lor medi-
tobacco, rum, dry goods and specie, he w as boarded ! taring, as they asserted, the overtlnow ol the credit
by a British Government vpsscl called tlie Forrester, i stein. They were then tlie antipodes of a bard
the Captain of which behaved in a most insolent man- i money currency—pronounced it a humbug, and mi
ner, examined bis papers, and kept Capt. Flowery | vocated a pap- r circulation through the hanks, as
under a guard of four men with drawn swords, fori indispensable to the well Uting of the country; but as
nearly a day. The pretence for this injurious treat-J soon as they gained power, they became the ad\o-
ment, was, that the British Cruizer was in
iiKMii' of borrow ing upon good se< ui’iiy such amount
as might he sufficient to ri !;cve tlieir necessities, tit:,!
would v’x-Intc no mans riuhis.
We lav i' down as the fundamental ditty of a re
publican government, to pro ect the persons and
property of the people, again't every calamity which
threatens them, to the utmost ol’’nseoii'rittirionnl power,
w hether thev com* in the form of “war, p 'rih i ce, or
famine,” or hy any other terrible visitation; ami a>
their representative, we should fe< 1 ourselves as much
bound to prevent tlie sacrifice of their property in
limes of peculiar embarrassment and distress, as to
defend it against the hostile incursions ol a public
enemy.
Bin the people have been told by their present rep-
and di'bnrsement of re*entative.s that it is “unwise and inijfolitie" to grant ^
:l 1 r ~~ i: them relief.—They have gone farther, and told them.
they “enuhl not if they would"—tad farther, *till, to
tell them, “THEY WOI LDNOT IF THEY COULD.”
nt,’email commandin'' a
com any t f Ce.tr^iu f o'ntih'crs in the service oj the
l Hi: d Stales, date f Pith January.
I suppose e’er tlii-.. ime your I’xn I'enev lias heard
■ I the killing of two and ws- tiding a th r.i of the ene
my !>v (’aptain Jej ni _an, w hen on a scout with a lew
of men, two wteks since i;i the neiglilmrhood of
tiie “Okel’auokee” and f->r wliiclt he deserves much
credit. He pursued them six miles in a swamp caih-d
tii** impasrible Bay, probably otte of the most thick
and boggy in any part of our country, with hut six
men, the other six remaining as a guard to hi' hot
ly to speak briefly for himself. The subject had, m
its progress, ass .-mi ed a magnitude, and gathered
around it an importance, rarely equalled on the ffoor
of the Senate. The original proposition or hill
which gave rise to this discussion, provided, and was
simply intended to set tire to actual and humble settlers
'’j on the public lands, the right of pre-emption to one
hundred and sixty acres of the public land, at the
I Government price of Si 2-5 per acre. But the va-
; rioux topics of discussion introduced here, had em-
, br. ced almost the > nitre range of a party measure, ami
party politics, known to our country. For himself,
lie had neither taste or diSposttion to enter upon a *iar-
ti. an controversy on the fJ-mr of tlie Senate. Rjp e
years, aril an abiding sense d'thc dignity of the sta
tion \vi ir.i Ik* had tin- h >nor to occupy, fori nde liis
entering on a course wh’a it might change the appro
priate sp! ere of the Senator hit > tint of the mere par
ti an. t . e felt himself prep red to enter upon tlie
discussion o| till the snljects brought into tins debate
he 'liotdff i ertaiui v tii thi> time forlx-ar from doing so.
He felt nme of that spiiitoj p-n ty tr'mmph which we
Ii vo see.i exhibited more than once in this chamber,
sue lb- commencement of the present session. No,
sir, ('aid Mr. 1*.) taking the late elections for a test, I
am iti tin* minority in my own State, and in tl e Union.
Well, if the people will it, be it so. But if he was in
a majority, he would 'Oiuni no shouts of triumph here: !
he would wear his honors with becoming modesty.
Since die commencement of the present stssion, an
Snuitirnble Senator i-xp>res.'Pd the opinion lint he con
sidered fie S- naters from niu< teen States instructed to
\nte for he repeal of the Imlepcmh nt Treasury. I
suppO'e ir, (-aid Mr. L.) I am one of the Senators in
ch;-! u in this count, and therefore he would take that
occasion to state, that he had no special instructions
whatever. His instructions were embraced in thm?
j general alffignti >ns which devolve on every Senator.
His opinions remained unchanged upon tin; ?ul>ject i f
tlie Independent Treasury, anil every other important
measure which had agitated t-;:; country for several
tears pa t. And lie would add, that he believed a
majority of the people of Georgia this day concurred
with him upon ail these important measures. True,
a majority had not concurred with him in selectin
men for office. A majority of the late Legislature of
Georgia were the supporters of Gen. Harrison for the
Pi e-idency. \\ hy did they not instruct him (Mr. L.)
to vote for the repeal of tin; Independent Treasury,
and for the establishment of a N.iioual Ha ok? Sue!
resolutions were introduce I into the Legislature o
Georgia, but pru cnee w - ryu-id r> ! the better part
of’valor. Tiie Ibini-on Pa. tv. though t*i a majority
f a red to pass ih- in. Ther* fore, he hoped it would
hereafter be niid;. rsio d tli.st it** was ttaencumhered
with att\ sp: c; ;1 iiisiruc.ia s Irani his immediate con
stituent body, or from th - people of Georgia. Sir.
(~aid Mr. L.) 1 verily be i* ve, tills cat a larg** ma-
joriti of’the people of Georgia c licur wi ll me in r“-
gartl to the public im-a-tiri-s and p diev of the count rv—
while they l.ave difi'ert-d with me in t'ie selection
the in n i-> ca-rv out tiiese ineas-ire* and policy. Ti:-
slt n t ti ce l reunin here, my coarse upon all trrear
uK , asu=es will remain mi Jiang* d. and I shall return to
niv coustii’ients witli a full confidence that I have
rrpre'cnted tie* wi-hes of a very iarce lM'joritv 1
them.
As he ha i aTc.uiv iutima'ed, lie would not rletau
tin: Senate hv entering upon any one of the grta’
questions wiiicii
incidentally grown out of ti-
Hi-!
w i:
(iisctissioti of tiie pc-licy of the pre-emption bill.
■•e.-i'ed bv differ-'nt Senators
tiiese several subjects
not travel over the
ses, benu
tlie whole inimber be liad with liitn on the
Views had been j
whom he bad voted upon
consequently he Id
gr'-und.
He would on’:' sav, in conch'shm, tliat he had c
wavs thought, and still th tmlit, that theb'st [i.ts'i!' 1 '
di'positioii wliich could lie mad’* of the public d-aina
vva- for the government to ><• !l it at a for j rice, to ; -
Dial settlers in small quantitie: ill qaantities sttiletr
. sc--»ut as I have been informed he obtained two very
: fine rifles (almost new) a very splendid silver mounted the w ants and abilities of the settlers.
Bowie knife supposed to have belonged to some ofli- since been di-gusted witli the auction
cer who was killed by them—several pounds ofbaiis
witnessed the
He had lo
vs If tr>: he i
er.*tions ol licit svsleni. It seem 1
two lioms of the finest rifle powder containing a to tlie capitalists, money combinations, and specie
half pound each, and lastly not least, tlieir scalps, being tors tie* whole of the best land, to the exclusion
honest, humble industry. He was pleased with
respective character of that pre-emption bill. It «
iV far the best prize I think.
It is 'opposed that they were spies 'ent in from the
This language held nut to (lie sovereign people of t ., make discov* ries and fi d out w hat di'po
slavers. The English officer said that if
twenty barrels of bread on board, or fallen m witli
her previous to discharging tlie cargo, and found the
specie on board, lie would have carried the brig to
Sierra Leone as a prize, and condemned i er i nm-tli
•telv. On being told by Capt. F. that such an at t
would have been piracy, the Briton got into a rage
and cursed him for a damned saucy Yankee. Has
John Bull quit sack, and taken to strong potations,
that he thus challenges brother Johnathan again to
was in e .r. Ii for j cases of a specie currency—compelled nil the Banks ! p!e? (>nt t | |e , one , )f t | ie |. l#t legislature seems
at if he had found j to fin k it over or he unchartered, and at <*ne sweep, „j tiie contr;trv Dr incm!e. It assumes to dec
ll- r • i i 11* * It I i * P w I I
prostrated tlie credit system, to -all intents and pur
poses—and when an attempt was made to use the!
credit of the Slate, they were found array etl in solid
phalanx against it. By this proceeding, the small
amount of money now in circulation will soon be ta
ken up, or nearly so—the specie will be carried out
of tlie State, and three months from to day, we assert, >
without the tear of contradiction, that there wilt not
be in circulation in tiie whole State of Georgia, two
the State, lead* ns to ask, to whom does litis gov. rt»-
nv nt belong? We have been educated in that school
w hich recognizes tin* sovereignty to reside in the peo-
to im-
ide up
on tlie wants and wishes of the constituent body,
with as little ccremnuv, as ii it was inve»ted with su
preme authority, and wholly independent «>f the popu
lar will.
It is high time the people should recur to firs' prin
ciples—speak in their own name*, and ti'Sert tin ir
power. They must feel that the government is theirs;
and teach those who represent them, ill >t it w:.' «• re
tted fin* their benefit alone, and that w hat th
me
'ition had been made of thn troops around tlx* swamp,
an I ill n to sacrific some belph " an innocent f’lnily
previous to their return—imt ( a .tain J. fell in witli
them jii't in season to prevent them from rejoicing
again over tlie bloody scalp of some slaughtered
victim.
Th-v were all young men and
one of them weighing it is 'tipp-is.-
le i-t two hundred pound'.
large
Capt
m
liu
at
, . . . for their benefit alone,
the lists? The catalogue of wrongs for which Amor-; millions of dollars; when according to the opinions of’j s j n ]j | )e ( j
ica calls for redress, is already too long for the coniin- those whose kn vvledge <if the subject entitles them to
uance of good fellowship between the two nations, with great respect, it requires a circulation of fifteenmil-
out the addition of another single item. It’ E tgl hi 1 I lions, to keep tlie monetary affairs of the State in a
really desires an excuse to be rid of her North Atner- healthy and easy condition,
ican possessions, she is pursuing precisely the road
Chat conducts to such a result.
Another!—The American Shin Se\ Mew, of men, to be used only when great profits can he re-
Salem, commanded by Captain BriaNT, while lyingj alized upon it, whi.ii leaves in active and general < ir-
in the harbor of Atnbriz, on tlie coast of Africa, was j eolation, not more titan one million of Dollats; a s uit
boarded by armed men fmm two British ships of war. | not more than sufficient to pay the costs which will
who took possession of her, ransacked and tumbled j accrue upon law suits during tlie present year, wiih-
OUTRAGE.
McLeod, the Canadian, who has been confined
Oi litis two millions, not less titan one million will in prison b> the authorities of New York for murder-
be in tlie hands of brokers, shavers, and hard fisted
mg American citizens when the Caroline wa* rapitnr
ed, has at last been admitted to Bail. After being
di'diarged fr-mi Jail, lie was followed and seized bv
an armed body of between two and three hundred tained his presence oi mind, an ! had slaui two out <>|
A Bi:.\r Fight—The last B isto Mail contain'
a letter d .ted !» uuitutnn, (\ t.) the 1 i’ll instant, giv
ing the particulars ol an encottt; er v.it . heats. w!ii< h
occurred at that place. Two men, hy the name of
John C. Clark and James Ooeps, v.iii!e chopping
cord wood, w re atta. ked by four bears, and melan-
ciiolv t>> relate, Mr. Owens w .s killed in the enroutt- quences from tit
ter. As one of the bears approached him. he raised
iiis axe to strike, but tlie bear, by a sirh- blow with hi'
paw, knocked i' from his hands, and rushed in upon
him, giaxping him with Isis paws so tightly, as to
cause death. Mr. Clark, in the r.n
a call to the poor anti needy, but industrious atuiu
terpii'ing, from every part of the country, to go:
ward, cultivate, work, multiply and replenish
earth.
Sir, s.iiff (Air. L ) 1 would tr ! only open the <i
to male citizens of tit;* L nited States over tweniv
years of age, but t-. nude ;tnd female over and mi-
twenty-one years of age; tind wither would he r* - *]
tint they shonl.l lie natandized citizens. Aetna > j
fide rctth’inent auil improvement is all that he •'
require, in addition to tii • prompt pay merit oi lee -
eminent price for a s;n;i!l - tece of lan-1. 1 l"'p
would benefit the govet nm-nt as vvc.l as aciirtt* 1 -'
to the wan - of limn o.i v- 1' pravides for tic
and tiie nreav. who are willing to work and cn."'
the s-ii!, w I ether male or female, naturalized citii* ■
foreigner, lie h id n > appreheii'inns of evil :
iiaudman. Nf>, sir, (>aid Mr-
i.ffs ff-rii 5 **, this higiiiv t -vored hind, has no evil t-
pi-,-' end fr mi the till-.-r of the s*-il. Agriculmra-
-ni proper!v coodueted, never fail to make t.c
ofcit.zens. His only hope for the permanent !- ;
men, who forced him bacs to prison!
this high handed violation of the law-
We regret
It comes
tin* other three, when h
companion, and bv Lis cries, and the waving of his
about the cargo, on pretence of seeking for slavers ; j out touching principal or interest. How, we ask, are with a had grace especially, from those who profess to hat, fi ig ;ened tiro animal :i« ay. Tne two t .rat were
forcibly compelled the crew of the Sea Mew to go on ! people to pay their d lit'? Tliev cannot get tlie be seeking redress for an act of lawless violence per- killed, w ere despatched by :1 blow upon the head.
board the Persian, where they were detained ; after ; money, because it i* not in circulation. If tlieir prop- petrated by McLfoD. Bv
which the Sea Mew w as sent to the British colony i erty is s Id, wh it u ill i' bring ? Comparatively noth- those who at first were right,
and post of Sierra Leone. Oar Government we .hope
will look to these things.
measures cf this sort, Air. Owens has left a wile and s;x children, and via-
will be thrown in the in his character irreproachable. He was lor many
] mg, b cause Mere is n t money in tiie country to pay wrong. \Ve trust the proper authority will interfere years first Selectman, and at the time ol his death.
‘ for it; and yet the Harrison party has denied to the ami vindicate the sanctity of the laws. Town Clerk.
time had main- perry of this country* was based upon th * Girt a -
teHigerice, and industry of our agricultural P
went to the rescue of hi-* : lion. .
Mr. And* rson briefly replied to some oi t
marks of Air. Mangttni vesordav.
Air. AY right then took the floor, and spoke 1
nearly 4 o’clock, in opposition to tiie ot ?,ri ’
poliev; when, without concluding, Ite yielded to a
lion for atijournment.
And the Senate .noourned.