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AND STATES RIGHT ADVOCATE.
‘"mILLBDGEVILLE, JANUARY 23. 1833.
To Correspondents.
Ectaw is vet ori file, and shall appear soon Lucien
sliall occupy the Poets corner in our next; together with
several other editorial and original articles which shall
claim our earliest attention.
.Editorial Courtesy.
The kindness and courtesy which most of onr brethren
of die Press, have shewn us, by announcing our new
paper, and in terms of friendship, demands our respect
ful acknowledgements, and shall not he unappreciated
when opportunities r< quire the same at our bands.
Vilginia.
The “ancient dominion” has not yet spoken through
In r Legislature, on .Mr. Broadnax’s report. At onr last
(lutes, it was under discussion, without any material
change in it.
Loiisress.
The Report of Mr. Verplank is debating in Congress,
and that body seems to have given its whole attention
to the subject, and w ith an intention to dispose of it as
early as practicable. So mote it be.
TIIE PARDO AT OE TIIE VIISSIONA EiIFS.
The reasons assigned by Governor Lumpkin for this
■extraordinary act, in a document published bv authority
are if possible, more extraordinary than the act itself.
These reasons are prefaced with a goodly number of
“nhercas’s” which surely for n the beginning of every
paragraph in all diplomatic & state papers. This potent
word “whereas” when dexterously placed in a public
document is of great utility—especially when the author
is hard run for reasons, as manifestly appears in the doc
ument before us.
Among the reasons w hich it has pleased bis Excel
lency to give for this singular exercise of the pardoning
power are the following: That the Cherokee country is
settled that the legislature lias divided the territory in
to counties of convenient form and size for the objects of
public justice ! That the Jaw is repealed under w hich
the Missionaries were tried—that they have thrown
,hcms: Ives on the magnanimity of the state! That Gen-
Jackson ardent friend o Slate has
keen elected by an overwhelmning majority. There
fore, he says, they shall “go free” no matter what may
have been their errors—no matter w hat embarrassments
and heart burnings they may have been instrumental in
creating—however mischievous they may have been in
working evil to the State, whatever spirit mav have ac
tuated them—yet “it is enough that they submit the
c:se to the magnanimity of the State,they shall therefore
go free!!”
Let us briefly review these reasons—
First then, w hat lias the settlement of the tcrritorv,or
its Icing divided into convenient counties for the objects
of public justice to do with the pardon of these con
victs? Docs tills fact lessen their guilt, or render their
condemnation unjust? As well might his Excellency
have assigned as a reason for pardoning them, that one
county was named Lumpkin and another Forsyth.
Again, another reason is that the law is repealed—
, woes the repeal of a law, umU r which an offender is con
victed, destroy his guilt?—lf so, how can his Excellent,
cy reconcile it to Ins ideas of clemency to suffer some 80
or Oh convicts to remain in durance vile after the legis
lature had abolished Penitentiary imprisonment—ls jus
tice Such a respect* r of persons, that its principle will
not apply to all similar cases, or does an if, alter the
case,as it did between the lawyers ox. A: the farmers bull
It wont do your Excellency, you must throw off the 1
c oak and state the true motive for your act, yon cannot 1
“mystify” the subject by such reasons as you have given 1
—an indignni* '-aaJe will not be satisfied with them,
but again. ' 'appealed to the magnanimity of
in, convicted felon within the
walls of the Pcnitentiu, there, who would not readily
appeal to the magnanimity o^ tllc s,a,0 > if I,c to ° ' vou,tl
kc let loose upon society—aw V ' vilh s,lc!l jesuitical con.
<luct. Docs his Excellency rcav’ 1 ) - believe that he can
S'dl the people in this wav—is gasconading mes
sages to the legislature upon this subject are not for
gotten—either then lie was insinccr ’> or l |C bus set them
free thro’ fear, lest he might be cal le «I upon to disclose
lie cloven foot.
For if we greatly err not, it will be found that the friends
fiftlic President in Pennsylvania and No W-Yoik, they
"ho lad frankly said to him “you cannot expect our
countenance and supprot in coercing Carolina for rcsis-
* !n g 'he tariff, while you let the Missionaries remain in
*hcGeorgia prison unmolested—you cannot wink “at
t'>c resistance of Georgia and coerce Carolina” —These
friends of Jackson have had a finger in this matter.
This is a prolific subject—but the length of this article
ttdnionisiicg us to forbear for the present—it w ill be re
turned at an early day,
TIIE MISSIONARIES.
The Editors of the Savannah Georgian, express their
fegret at the remarks which accompanied the announce.
- tiir.nt of tlic pardon of the Missionaries In our last, but
f *.in to be much pleased at tho cxi tenre of the aet it
self, and seem to think that we have erred in giving our
opinion, that the release of these mischievous men will
be disapproved by the people of Georgia. This may be
so : but whether approved or disapproved by the people
generally, it cannot be otherwise than highly derogatory
to the dignity ol the State, for its Chief .Magistrate after
the vaporing and gunpowder messages which lie had
sent to the Legislature on this subject—after the threat
that all the power with which he should he entrusted
should be exercised to resist—suddenly, like the vary
ing and inconsistent weathercock, to chop round and
point his course in an opposite direction, and this too,
lor no oilier intclliguble reason, than simply because
these convicted missionaries wrote him a letter that they
would prosecute tlie a| peal no longer; as if their guilt
consisted in entering the appeal, not in a w ilful violation
of our public laws. Rut the letter, aye the letter! that
prelude to the swelling act, is believed to have been the
r csult of a manoeuvre en irely unsuited to the character
of a chief magistrate of the State, obtained to soften
the indignation of an insulted people. The pardon of
these missionaries at the present eventful crisis, cannot
but be unfortunate to the interests of the south, since it
will induce the folks at Washington to believe that
Georgia has lowered her tone upon the subject of State
Sovereignty and right of jurisdiction. Happy indeed
"'ill be for us, it this act of the Governor does not
also give a spur to an early interference with our right
of occupancy to the Cherokee Territory.
No man is so much of an idiot as not to see that his
Excellency in this matter has lent himself and his official
prerogative, to those who are opposed to the exercise of
State action against encroachments upon State sovereign
ty, and to subserve the views of those who would rejoice
to see a sister State struggling to maintain southern
rights pressed to the wall. This is most obvious, and
if evidence of tins lamentable course of hia Excellency
were w anting, by referring to those presses which are in
support of the tariff, who oppose rcsistanee to federal
usurpation—and who applaud the President’a proclanta
t. on, abundant proof could be furnished.
It would be gratifying to have the approval of ourco
temporaries to cheer us on our way. Tnc regret expressed
by our friends of the Georgian at oili opinions we are
sorry to see—but we cannot change them because they
do not approve of them, they are honestly entertained
and fearlessly expressed—to truckle to others, comports
as little with the character of an editor as with the of
ficial dignity of a Chief Magistrate.
The following from a Boston paper, will show the
feelings of that section of the country, in relation to the
powers of Congresi;and the late Proclamation of the Pre
sident—Opinions are already’rife that Congress may
legislate over our slave property —& the only contin
gency to the exercise of this unwarrantable power is
whether the Southern Stales will sustain S. Carolina in
the opposition to the oppression of the Gen. Government.
Has it come to this? If South Corolina should not be
sustained, then the next slep is to control directly our
slave property—Let the people of Georgia look to it—
timely, look'to it—or before they arc aware of it their
slaves may be freed :
Touching tlic Wound!
T lie following is from the last Boston Oonjmcr
ci tl Gazette. Look to it!—There is TRUTH in it!
We shall come to that point anon!
“The Washington correspondent of the New-
York Commercial Advertiser, writes thus in his let
ter:—“To return to the Message.—Whilst it has
given oflence to the manufacturing States, its lan
guage, though equivocal, is understood as a declara
tion of war against S- Carolina; and as such it has
given no small degree of alarm to the slave-holding
interests, who think they see, in the overthrow of the
position which South Carolina Ims assumed, the es
tablishment of a principle which will give to the
Fcdral Government a legislative controui over the
question of slave property.”—We heard an intelli
gent gentleman say, the other eveing, that he should
not be at all surprise if the position assumed by
South Carolina, should finally lead to the emancipa
tion of her slave population: especially if the other
Southern States did not sustain her in her opposition
to the oppressions of the General Government!'’
Augusta Chronicle.
Gen. Blair ol Soutli-Carolina.
A remark attributed to this highly Chivalric member
of Congress frjtri Soutli-C.irolina, is going the rounds, as
ytt uncontradicted by him, viz: “ That he would go
home, and arm his slaves.” We w’ere at first disposed
to consider this a base calumny—believing as we did,
that no Southern man, much loss a member of Congess
from tlic South, could harbor such a sentiment: But bis
silence, under the imputation, and his recent conduct
at the Theatre at Washington, justifies us in the opinion
of the entire recklessness of his character, and induces
a belief, that lie is capable of “arming his slaves” a
gainst his neighbors.—Such a man, capable of uttering
the sentiment imputed tc Gen. Blair, deserves a M v
iiojiitan method of advancement, instead ot enjoy
ing a scat in the ronncLs of the nation, a hempen
chord, as it would be the most cogent, so it would be
the most effectual argument for such a recreant w'rctcb
as this man must be, if he uttered the sentiment imputed
to him.
Duff Green has another statement respecting Gen
eral Blair, which wc subjoin.—Whether it be cor
rect or not, remains to be seen. “General Blair, of
South Carolina,” says the Telegraph of Saturday,
“entered the theatre in this city, night before last,
armed with four pistols and two dirks. During the
progress of the play, he deliberately drew one of
the pistols and tired it—the ball striking the stage
very near where Mr. Palmer and Miss Jefferson
were standing. The ofliccrs of the house threaten
ing to remove him by force, lie promised t hat, if they
would permit him to remain, he would behave like
a gentleman; but in a few minutes attempted to draw
another pistol; being remonstrated with, he left the
stage box, and took one of the front scats, when he
deliberately drew another pistol, cocked and point
ed it at the stage. The actors and audience de
manding it, he was then digarmed, and dragged by
force from his seat; upon reaching the loll', he drew
I offhis coat and played the bully in true * * ‘style.
STATE RIGHTS
The doctrine that this is a “ National ,” not a “ Feder
al" government, cannot be sustained by a single feature
! in the constitution, or, a solitary fact connected with its
j history. The Declaration of Independence declares in
: language, too pointed and emphatic to be mistaken, that
uc “ are, and of right, ought to he,free end independent
\ States; and that as free and indr/wndent States, uc
have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract
alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts
and things, which independent States may of right do.”
This is the origin of our existence as Sovereign States,
and upon the idea of this sovereignty was our Lhtion
lormed. Me are to date our seperate, free and distinct
existence, as sovereigns, from the declaration of Inde
pemlence. If we were not so, why have made the de
claration ? If wc were not such before that declaration
was made by the Colonies,wc became so, eo instanti, up
on its adoption. If we were not free, seperate and inde
pendent States, why have proposed and effected an
Union of the States ? If we were always one people,
could a Union have altered our condition and character
as a Nation ? Ami is not the idea of an Union of an
united people perfectly absurd and repugnant to tlic
plainest reason and most common understanding) If
we were sovereign and independent, each State acting
for itself, as the declaration of independence asserts us
to have been, it follows to the most perfect demonsta
tion, that upon the voluntary association which wa
foTmed between the States, that they could surrender
such powers as they pleased ; and unless it can lie shewn
that the States surrendeied all powers, which, as sovci
eigns, they then enjoyed, it cannot he denied that the
powers granted by the States in trust to the Federal
government can he resumed at their will- and pleasure,
whenever, in their several opinions, the trust has been
violate 1 and abused. A State may transfer certain of
her powers or bind herself to suspend their exercise,
without impairing her right to be considered a “ free’
sovereign and independent State.” If a contrary doc
trine is to be established and enforced at this day, then
there is not a sovereign power, in the Universe—for
all Empires, Kingdoms and States, surrender by Trea
ties and Alliances certain powers, and bind themselves
not to exercise certain rights, upon certain conditions
expressed or implied, which by the law of nations does
not impair their s'oveieignty.
Thg late inconsistent political movements of the
State of Georgia appears to have rendered her a
übjeet of much severe ridicule in almost every
quarter of the LYiion. Shelias long been known as
one of t o first of’the Southern States, in throwing
herself upon her reserved rights and succesfully act
ingupon them, when her rights and liberties have
been infringed upon by the general government.—
It is perfectly ridiculos, and astonishing to see the
efforts made by some ofher politicians to thwart the
course of South Carolina when wo reflect that these
very men are great advocates for state sovereignty
when the rights of Georgia are invaded by unau
thorized power of the General Government.
It is more than lamentable that at this crisis we
should find men, who arc willing to sacrifice the in
terest of their country, for the mere gratification of
personal spleen. Such motives are utterly unwor
thy the man of a high sense of honor at any time; but
in these eventful times, they resolve themselves in
the greatest criminality.
Although we observe such gross inconsistencies
existing in Georgia, yet we do believe that it is
altogether confined to a party, and that the opposi
tion made in that Slate to the course of her sister
State, would in the hour of trial be forgotten—and
we should find her heart and hand united in common,
with her aggrieved sisterhood.—Al. Jeffersofian.
From the fi inner of the Constitution.
To the Friend*, of Slate Rights and Free
Trade Ihronghont tlic Union.
The Editor of‘.his paper has, within a short time, re
ceived more than one hundred letters, from different
quarters, expressing regret at the proposed discontinu
ance ot tlic Bannt r, at this momentous crisis, and, manv
ot them, urgently pressing him to continue for a longer
term, his humble labors for the restoration of the true
principles of the Constitution. In this city, similar de
sire has been expressed, but a more general scope to
political inquiry is wished for, than the limits ofa week
ly paper will allow, and the plan ofa daily and tri-week
ly paper has been suggested, to be pledged to the main
tenance of the principles which have heretofore her n
advocated by the Banner, with such admixture of foreign
and domestic news, commercial intelligence, literary
and miscellaneous selections calculated to improve the
minds of men and promote the interest of socictv, as is
usually found in a daily paper.
Influenced by these considerations, and more espe
cially by the alarming doctrines contained in the Presi
dent's Proclamation, some of which, in our estimation,
are wholly subversive of the principles upon which our
liberties and institutions arc founded, the Editor lias re
solved to offer for tlic consideration of the friends of
State Rights and Free Trade, wheresoever dispersed,
the tender of his services in such an undertaking, pro
vided, that a sapport can ho secured, which will enable
him to carry on the enterprise, without a possible risk of
its failure. Sueli a paper as is proposed, would be open
to the free discussion of all political questions which in
terest the American People, without being hound to
support or condemn an Administration, right or wrong,
and it would be especially devoted to the examination
of those great questions of Constitutional Law and Lib
erty, upon which the public sentiment is now so un-
happily divided, with the view of bringing popular
opinion into that state of harmony and concert which is
n< ccssai v to perpetuate the Union, upon tlic principles
of justice, and the equal rights of the States, and which,
indeed, must precede any amendment to tlie-Constitu
tion, proposed with the view of settling the disputed
powers of the Federal Government, it would he pub
lished as soon as it was ascertained, and not before,
that sufficient patronage would be afforded to secure its
permanent establishment, which might possibly be by
the fourth of March; and it would contain all the impor
tant State Papers and Documents relating to the impend
ing crisis, which may appear between this period and
that, in order that the subscribers to the Banner, who
may patronize the new undertaking, may possess a con
licctcd history of events.
In thus placing ourselves again before the public, as
a candidate for their patronage, wc wish it tn-be dis
tinctly undcrsiood, that we set [up no claims upon the
scoro of past services; that wc shall embark in the en
terprizc ns a matter of business, and that,as we intend
, to perform our part rltlio engagement, we shall expect
others to pcrforui Heirs. Payment of one years sub
scription, on receipt of tho fust number, will he nit in
dispensable condition, and those who arc not prepared to
do that, are not invited to subscribe. The experience
ot tile last few years has taught us a lesson which w e
must profit l>v, or be again disappointed. We have this
day outstanding, an amount nearly equal to one third ol
all the subscription to the Banner, for the whole three
years of its publication.
W bethel or not tins attempt will succeed, remains to be
seen. It will depend more upon others than ourselves.
We could select from our presi nt list of subscribers five
hundred gentlt men, any one hundred of whom, if they
should be of the opinion that such a paper as the owe of
which a Prospectus is annexed, »ught to be established
.North of the Potomac, could settle the matter in tw* nty
four hours : and to give all an opportunity, who may
wish to lend their aid to the enterprize, we hereby offer
to pay the postage on all Jetti rs transmitting the names
office or more responsible subscribers, to the tri-weekly
or daily paper, if put into the Post Office before the Ist
o! March next. Should the Tariff be materially reduc
ed at the present session ol Congress, it is easy to fore
see, that all casualties at the North, resulting, in the
m xt tew years, from bad speculations, ov* r-trading, ex
cessive issues of banks, the devastations of the cholera,
failure of crops, and Western floods, and every other
imaginable cause, will be ascribed to the overthrow of
the American System; and such appeals will be made to
the ignorance, prejudices and passions of the people, ag
will produce a reaction in publia sentiment, unless the
incans of enlightening the community upon their true
am! lasting interests, are kept alive. In any event, how
ever, this proposal will show at least a dispesition on our
mi.", and thatoftho few friends of State Rights and Free
Trade in tfic good cause; and whether it meet with ac
ceptance or not, it shall not diminish our attachment to
the great principles for which wc have so long contend
ed as essential to Liberty, The Constitution, and
The Union.
From the Columbia Telescope.
\\ e have once more the a grand issue of presiden
tial and ministerial promises: more hopes t l an equi
table adjustment—a sort of perpetual political to
morrow, always at hand, that never arrives: a kind
of political millenium, that every prophet announ
ces. as just coming: a species of horizon, that shifts
as fast as wc follow it.
N’o one can have forgotten the confidence—nay,
violence of assertion, with which Mr. M’Laric aiid
all his minions of the Treasury, from Col. Drayton
down to the lowest ribbald that takes the presiden
tial pay, insisted—swore, last summer, that the Ta
riff was reduced down to the Revenue Standard—
that 12 millions had been taken off See the Charles
ton Patriot, the Richmond Enquirer, the Globe, Col.
Drayton, Mr. Register Smith, and all the rest.
Now, what have we? Before the Tariff of 1832
has even been tried; and after the grand pension
system has gone into operation,* that must already
take several millions from the Treasury, we have,
in a proposal by the Secretary, to reduce the Tariff
C millions more, a clear avowal that all the former
statements that he bus given are utterly false!
But a reduction ol fully 11, not 0 millions would
he necessary to bring down tlic Revenue to the
wants of the government. They calculated 10 mil
lions, as its necessary expenditures, not 10. Asa
fair diminution of the duties received, too, increases
the importations, it will not do to tell us that a re
duction of the imports, by one fifth, will produce
one-fifth less Revenue. Half the present rates would
probably, in a few years, produce as large an in
come as the present taxes. Thers is no question
that 10 pret. advalorem duties would give quite
enough for the support of the government, between
S) and 10 millions; and there is the income from the
public lands, besides.
* Already are there according to advertisements from the
V, ar Departmeut 12 000 applicants,
Affairs al Washington.
M e are indebted to the correspondent of the Cou
rier & Enquirer, who calls himself “the spy at
\\ ashington,” for an uncommonly interesting view
of the posture of things in that city. The letter is
correct in its principles as interesting in its details.
“M ho is at liberty to doubt, whatsoever may be
the extent ol his devotion to Gen. Jackson, that per
sonal hatred of Messrs. Galhoun, McDuffie, Hayne,
and Hamilton, was the animating spirit o! the Proc
lamation? Who will contend that but for this ha
tred, the Proclamation would have been issued at
all? Isit less obvious, that the President thirsts for
an opportunity and an excuse for invoking the bay
onet ? I hat scenes of blood and carnage, are con
genial with his tastes, and that he pants for strife?
\\ hy otherwise, should he have so timed his proc
lamation, as to darken the dawning light which his
Message had produced? Why might he not have
waited to see, if that Message would not have calm
ed (I c waves, and suspended the Ordinance until a
remote day? Why not have delayed hut a few days
for Congress to act? His tolerance of Georgia Nul
lification—the eternal evidence of his conduct his
violent menances in conversation, all proclaim the
true answer, lie was afraid lest the nulli/iers, sat
isfied with the hopes held out by his Message, might
retreat from the position they had taken. He was
afraid that Congress in a great patriotic impulse,
might come so ward, and by reducing the Tariff to
Revenue, pacify the country, and that thus would
he snatched from him the opportunity of bringing
the known and nearly unanimous repugnance of the
nation to nullification, to bear upon Mr. Calhoun,
and forever crush that detested individual.”
PROPOSALS
FOR
Enlarging and Improving
THE
SOUTHERN BANNER,
A Paper now published Weekly in Athens, Geo.
rapid increase of population, wealth and intelli-
JsL go nee of Westeyn Georgia, have prompted the
Editors of the “Southern Banner,” in order to keep
pace with the improvement of the times—to lay before
their friends and patrons the following proposals .
I'hey intend about the first of February next, to pub
lish the “ Banner” on a large imperial sheet—not infe
rior in size or style of execution, to any now published
in the State—for the accomplishment of which purpose,
they have ordered from New York an entire new set of
materials.
The Editors derm it unnecessary at this late day, to
enter into a minute detail of their political erred—they
would deem it hut a work of supererogation. Suffice it
to say, their best efforts will always he directed (hy dis
seminating correct principles, religious, moral, and po
!itica!),to the advancement of the interest, honor ami
happiness of the people—particularly that portion of
them comprising tile Western and North Western sec*
tion of the State ; and to wnotn they mainly look for
patronage ami support.
I lie patronage of the Banner is now respectable, but
not sufficient in meet the increase of expenditure that
must necessarily occur, in ( ffecl.tlic improvements con
templated. They are sanguine, howeve r in the hope,
that a liberal public will yield to their efforts, that sup.
port and encouragement, upon which they alone must
| rely, for the successful accomplishment of an undertak
ing so responsible.
TERMS.
The price of subscription will he the sanie as hereto
fore—viz : $3,00 per annum in advance, or §4,00 if
payment is delayed until after the year expires.
As an inducement to our friends to exert themselves
for us, we offer to give a copy of the Banner for every
ten responsible names forwarded by any one individual.
Letters, post paid, addressed to the Editors, or to Ax.*
eon Chase, Publisher, will receive prompt attention.
ALCO.Y CHASE, .
ALFRED M. NISBET.
Athens, Die. 8, 1832
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serting the above.
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January 23 2—ts
GEORGIA :
By Wilson 1, mfkin. Governor and C tramander in Chief u
the Army and Navy of this State, and the Militia thereof
CHARLES C. MILLS, Esq.
Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary.
UT H ERE AS at a Superior Court, held in and for tho
county of Gwinnett, at the September Term, lSgl,
Samuel A. Worcester mid Elizur Butler, were convicted of
illegal residence within the Terril ry ofthis State, then in
habited almost exclusively by the Cherokee Indians, and
such oil,or persons as were unfriendly to the rights and inte
rest of the Stales, whereupon they were sentenced to four
years coilfinemei t in the Penitentiary of this Stale. »
And whereas sound policy has since the confinement of
said persons, induced the constituted authorities of the State
to provide by law, lor ihe legal settlement of tho unoccupied
part of said Territory, by a free white poimlation—and hav
ing provided fur the organization of said Territory into e Ho
lies of suitable form and size, for the convenient and
regular administration of public justice, and the due ex
ecution of thd laws of the State. And the Legislature beiirr
assured at their late session, that under exislimr arraijir,’
mei IS, which were daily going into execution, the country
would shortly contain a sufficient number of well qualified
inhabitants to carry fuily into effect, these severs l oluccts—
did therefore repeal the law, under which the said Samuel A
Worcester and Elixur Butler were convicted and sentenced'
as aforesaid.
And whereas the said Samuel A. Worcester f.nd Elizur
Butler, have made known to me, that thev itave instructed
their counsel, William Wirt and John Sergeant 'Enquires
to prosecute the case w hich they had thought fit, to inslituto
before the Supreme court of the United States, armitist tlm
Stale of Georgia, no furthku. But have concluded, ‘to
LEAVE THE QUESTION OF TitEIR CONTINUANCE, AND CONFINE
MENT TO THE MAGNANIMITY OF TIIE STATE.”
And moreover, taking into consideration, the earnest soli
citude for the release of these individuals, which has been
communicated te me, in the most friendly and respectful
manner, hy many of the most distinguished friends of the
State, residing ill various parts of the Union—amongst whom
are many of those, who have sustained the State and her au
thorities, throughout this unpleasant controversy. /.,,d
taking into view, the triumphant ground, which the State fi
nally occupies in relation to this subject, in tho eyes of the
nation, as has been sufficiently attested, throu<di various
channels, especially in the recent overwhelmino-'i-c-elcciien
of President Jackson, the known defender of the'ri'rhts of the
State throughout this controversy.
And now believing as 1 do, that not only the righto of the
State, have been fully and successfully vindicated and sus
tained in this matter, but being assured as 1 tun, that the
Slate is free from the menace of any pretended power what
ever, to infringe upon her tights, or control her will jn rela
tion to this subject. Ami above all other considerations, the
magnanimity of Georgia being now appealed to—l therefore,
as the organ of the State, feel bound to sustain the generous
and liberal character of her people.
Whatever may have been the errors of these individuals—
whatever embarrassments and heart burnings, they m ty nave
been instrumental in creating—however mischievous they
tnay have been, in working evil to the State, to themselves,
and the still more unfortunate Cherokces- and w hatever
tr.ay have been the spirit, which hss influenced them to tho
course they have pursued—and however obstinately they
tnay have adhered, to the counsel of their employers, aiders,
&. abettors. Yet the present state of things is such, that it is
enough—that they tubmit the case “to the magnanimity of
the Slate.” They shall therefore go free. Ami KNOW YE,
that for and in consideration of all the foregoing circum
stances, and many more which might be enumerated l
have thought proper to remit, and do by virtue of the power
vested in tneby tiic constitution, hereby remit, the further ex
ecution! of| thesentenee of the Gourt against the said Samuel
A. Worcester and Elizur Butler; and order, that! they he
forthwith discharged.
lit testimony whereyf I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Seal of the Executive Department,
to be affixed, this fourteenth day of January, in tho
year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-three, and of American Independence the fif
ty seventh. WILSON LUMPKIN.
By the Governor,
Riiodom A. Greene, Sec'ry.
Op' I'li.it the public maybe apprized of the grounds upon
which tlm Missionaries were discharged. Editors of News
papers in this State, arc requested to give tho foregoing an
insertion in their respective pa,.era.
T.YCI3ANGT IMPEHS.
Those printers w: o have heretofore exchanged with
the Macort Advertiser, will please continue to -end to
us directed “Times," Millo*Jg»vill«, Geo.
SCHEME.