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COLUMBIAN CENTINEL.
?. / 7Y7/Y D,f r, ,V 0 FA' .1/5 ER 11.
I HE annexed communication we
received from a respectable correspon
dent in the Missisippi Territory. The
view it gives of the impolicy of the Mo
bile country being under the same go
vernment with Natchez, is certainly
correct.—ls a new Territory could be
there established it would be much for
the benefit of the inhabitants, as well as
to the interest of the southern and wes
tern states. Territorial governments
at best are little better than a complete
depotism; the inhabitants art nearly in
u state of vassalage ; duties are requir
ed ot them, and yet many of the inva
luable blessings we enjoy under our
free and happy constitution are with
held from them. Let any one \fho
doubts this read (he ordinance passed
by Congress in 1789, for the govern
ment of the north-western Territory.
Any rational man who has resided un
der a territorial Government will ever
alter be a faithiui Iriend to the indepen
dence of the state ■Sovereignties.
COM MUNIC ATION.
Ml
T hk people of the district east of
Tearl river, in the Missisippi Territo
ry, including the Tombigby settlement
and the adjacent srtttemenis on the Mo
bile, Alabama and Pascagola, lately pe
titioned Congress for the,establishment
of a new territorial district. The fol
lowing arc said to be among the rea
sons on which they ground the if appli
cation :■—
1. Because it is absurd and highly
inconvenient that the immense extent
of country, stretching from the Chatta
houche to the Missisippi and from the
aute of I’er.ilessee to East and West
Florida, should, forever be retained un
der the same local government, especi
ally, when the settlements on the wa
ters of the Missisippi are so entirely dis
jointed and detatched from those on the
more eastern rivers.
2. Because a perpetual connection
between the settlements on the Missi
sippi and the eastern rivers for the pur
poses of government cannot fail of be
ing a constant source cf jealousy and
contention. They are two distinct
communities, unknowing and unknown
to one another: communities whose
pursuits, whose habits, whose interests
are totally dissimilar ; having, indeed,
as to foreign nations, that common con
cern m defending American sovereign
ty which fits them to become distinct
members of the same federal union :
but as to domestic affairs, destitute of
that joint participation of interests,
which would bind them so intimately
together as to prepare them for the
same local government, and render
them proper subjects of the same mu
nicipal regulations.
S. Because tiie idea of having a seat
Os government at one extremity of a
country of sue!) immense extent and
having all the puMic concerns of a peo
ple residing on the Tombigby or in the
now Cherokee country, conducted at
the Natchez, is highly absurd and anti
republican : and during the continu
ance of the present territorial bounda
ries it would be folly to indulge the ex
pectation of its removal to uny place
■near the centre of the territory.
4. Because to continue tire connec
tion of the people of the Tombigby and
other eastern settlements with the peo
ple of the Missisippi, will be to conti
nue the former forever in the situation
of a province. Although on extraordi
nary occasions in the midst of the vi
brations of parties, the former may
sometimes turn the scale; yet, gener
ally speaking, it will be the people of
the Missisippi under a state govern
ment, who will appoint the chief execu
tive and judicial officers, as they now
appoint almost all the legislative ones.
5. Because a general assembly meet
ing in a foreign country, (as the Mis
sisippi country really, though not nom
inally is, to the people of the Tombig
by) cannot be expected to legislate with
a view to the situation of its distant po
pulation ; unless the particular repre
sentatives of that population, should be
men ol minds more comprehensive, of
knowledge more extensive, of industry
more persevering, and of talents more
commanding than the history of human
nature would ever authorize the expec
tation ot trom a settlement so circum
stanced as that on the Tombigby.
6. Because a governor cannot exer
cise- his constitutional powers will)
judgment and with efficacy in a coun
try to which he is a total stranger.
7. Because the Tombigby country
will always continue to be an asylum
for fugitives from the justice of other
states, when they cannot be arrested
but by the intervention of a governor
living three hundred miles beyond the
Tombigby, in almost a differen' part of
the world. To such nun a new terri
torial government must be as odious, as
to tiie friends of justice it is desirable.
8. Because the Tombigby country,
being surrounded bv Indians and Spa- i
niards, by both of wh m repeated vio
lations are made of the rights of its
citizens, has peculiar occasion for the
presence of a representative of the A
merican nation, in the person of a chief
executive magistrate.
9. Because whatever benefits, thro’
the establishment of a new state, the
people ol the Missisippi may gain by a
transfer from the general government
to themselves of those powers, which
are now exercised under the authority
of tiie United States; stich a transfer of
powers would lie of no advantage to the
people of the Tombigby. To the peo
ple of the Missisippi, the establishment
of a suite might be the xra of political
f: eedom: but to the people of the Tom
bigby it would be little more than the
sera of a change of masters; ?nd to
them it would indeed be a circumstance
peculiarly fortunate, if they did not find
that the guardianship of their rights had
been taken out of the hands of the fos
tering parent, only to he deposited in
those ol the jealous rival.
10. Because the people of the Tom
bigby cannot anticipate any efforts from
a government established on the Missi
sippi to improve, extend and emanci
pate the navigation of the Mobile and
its noble, tributary streams. Their
commerce may still be harrassed by
Spanish executions in going to and re
turning from tiie sea ; may be still ex
posed to Indian violence and rapine in
descending from the Tennessee : they
may still, although very favorably sit
uated for importing west country pro
duce, be obliged in consequence of
those obstructions, to pay three times
the price that is paid for it at Natchez,
without these circumstances affecting
the interests or awakening the energies
of a government on the Missisippi.
1 i. Because the public lands of the
United States or the waters of the Mo
bile must continue to he of little value,
whilst that country continues to be a
mere distant appendage of the Missi
sippi, destitute of any one social or po
litical feature to excite attention or to
command icspect.
12. Because the state of Georgia and
the otiiei southern states have a right
to expect that a territory containing
considerably more land than the live
New-F.ngl.md states, and which will
, probably at a future day contain an e
qual population, shall not be confined to
a representation by two members in the
Senate of the United States, whilst that
northern sect'on of the union is repre
sented by ten Senators.
Bell’s Weekly Messenger says
“ the French Diplomatists form
ed into a school under Choisuel,
grafted the school logic, and the
law loquacity, upon public cor
respondence. Every word had
its endless appendages, and eve
ry phrase was weighed and mea
sured.—Lord Malmesbury in
England was an eminent instance
ol this species of diplomacy, and
Lord Liverpool was formed in the
same school.”
The Duke of York seems to
have been as much governed by
Mrs. Clarke, as Choisuel was de
voted to the views of Madame de
Pompadour. And the ministry
seem to be as fond of marching
armies for the same sole purpose
that she did. The Duke de Choi
suel one said to Madame de Pom
padour “ Convenez, Madame !
que nous menous la prance bien
gayment.”—With such levity
ITance was ruled in those days*!
with like wisdom England is ru
led in these!
NEW-YORK, Oct. 25.
At a late hour last night, the
following lact came to our know
ledge.
Ihe new Spanish minister,
Don Onis, has not been receiv
ed by our government. He has,
however, been treated with the
utmost attention by the Presi
dent of the United States, who
assures him that it gives him in-1
finite pain not to be able to receive I
him as minister, which could]
not be done v.hilc Spain remain-1
ed in its present unsettled state ; |
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G. Smith Houston.
November 11. 3 t jg ‘
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Subscriptions received at this Office.
Edward M‘Farlin.
| ter snd Lead.
I November 11. (ts) 1$
Daniel Bulger, T
I Respectfully informs his friends
| and the public in general that be has L.
I ken the House next door to Dr. lid,..
| ns’s Nail Factory, where he inten &
I carrying on the
Tnyloring Business y
I in all its various Branches, where work
I will be done in the newest fashions and
I in the most elegant manner—undon th»
I mosr reasonable terms.
I November 11. 1$
FOR SALE.
A Valuable Farm,
WI THIN two miles of the City o?
Augusta, in Edgefield Dis.rict,
I S. Carolina, lying on Horse-Creek, con-
I taining one hundred seventy and an half
[acres, one hundred ol which is
I Prime Swamp River LAND ,
I the balance Oak and Hickory, all of
I which is well suited to the culture of
I Cotton, Corn, Wheat <c. on this farm
I is an elegant scitefor a Dwelling House
| which commands tlie whole veiwof th«
| swamp plantation, there is a quantity
|of good timber and fire wood on said !
| farm, which could be conveyed down
| the creek in large rafts to the river, and
[from thence in boats or waggons toAu
jgusta —Cash, or negroes at fair price*
I will he taken in payment. For part
iculars apply at this office.
I November 11. ig_«
I N otice. i
NINF, months afterdate application
will he made' o the honorable the
linferior court of Richmond County for
lletve to sell a tract of land inthe seventh
loistrict Baldwin county, known by No*
847, containing 202% acres, drawn by
■John Hussel/, fate of Richmond county,
Idee, to he sold for the benefit of tin)
llieirs and creditors of said dec.
I THO : K.NAPEN, Adm'r.
I November M. Co \y 13
I STRAYED or STOLEN,\
I A BOU * the 30th of fast month, a
17 , r° rr . d S e . ldin S a ged, lias a great
Idea, of white in his face, with several
[large saddle spots on his back ; one
[hind foot white, and a knot on his right
[hind leg. Any person who will deliver
[the said horse to the subscriber will be
[handsomely rewarded and all rcasona
[ble expences paid—if stolen a reward
[of Fit I Y DOLLARS on conviction
[of the offender, by
I W. G. SMITH*
XCamf.beUion, (S. C’.J
Eigtjidd District , Mv. 11. 3t 18
Just Published,
AT THIS OFFICE.
Part the First of the Life of
MAJOR- GENERAL
James Jackson*
BY
Thomas U. P. Charlton, Esq.
A Citizen of Savannah.
October 14.
Tran ted
AT THIS OFFICE,
A Good journeyman Printer,
Whose sobiiety and attention cs»
be depended on.
October 7, 1809.