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*Tk >TTl from the Constitutionalist. The Mdrriii WhU*. and tM Tariff. lutlet Ring onq"fthe whig<iartdUau.ifo> C«fe queil tier of language wh’iUt lHe v*8* «?rn Stale •' Ha •ait w the manul'Ji'tureta m, r ;. eli if :ch C.aj man. in di*CO*l»ng the tariff thJ lIoa.ft>r 11 *:ireaenlativtie, held the fl.lloW.tf • ildrewmi hinueirid the nlember. from irt»e;est ought they therelhre to consult. ?S2SaSbissJWBBtert? jm r *f ar *f? t *£ r U*:f nnrkei for the productions of the 8miH, which afford. *»wk«l be deserted ystfijrsiSssaSSha-. w. ** aee.air." , c , j, fried. hot not by the ertioTs!and thinkawthem f»r it t» t jf; /> #; « k . IP//. MACO N: TUESDAY MORNING. SEPT. 04, 1844. No to this to the l III uvat it'f. —- - * , • learn that he ha« atmndonrji battling against his O'd gr«nt no may yet h,tM The lion. ;^r.^e:r.h^luniV7e“ ? M;heen...andhehi.n,e.f bunginiMjmn*-' - r , v ,' r ihu country, a* iu ««M .P^j^j^^ vcs.^ he execration* of . J MM . 11... T..»tr Wnrren. rcce;** the reward he so * ijured ~ »* Jt iiSiJJK. L*.lt Warren, the ranks of j member of i — | no pave notice m his intention at the Congress «« lh " 1 !Jlf''rJffowini' amendment to the resolq- proper tune to oflei the following a ™^r ence lo lh e tariff.-: tion then under Ji.roMion. na _ S a , folloW4: The amemlmetit «» Mr.'Vatre of |Jw lariff of im . •< Keaoirea. rhatM J ,l,e principles and pro- ports to take pla. e alter J . shaa ;j j,o maintained, sisinns of the eowpretni. THAN WILL SLaMiSSfU^D roa n-» POSES OF HEYKNllE AhuM-^ UkrEre.nl. T. n. Kins.he isfouw^arrayed.^_n^ rf ^ •* " Shan,e ' nhnmpint.s of rrto irau. attu fl .-ij cnr y Olay in bis Constitution,and tnr^>e supporterii f , |i ue y | , rinr f p ]p S 0 f war against b ree l rad*“ a G™>* ’ J. ,J„ lo yoor Ltire E. A. the Constitution. W e wtU “*?*“ » tP ajioti of Congress. Nishe, This <*"!'“ C' *£5?”> *• ,ol,ow - in"g«^n? He del lared that it the compromise act. and the ^" '{Xctioii. Again, in his be leviedIf^**** ft,f. Unguape : *. South eeplv m Mr. lVkens. ho held <£S it F Un ,| heretofore would have to e«c op some of‘h • *\. e< fo ,he 20 per entertained, and m.ghl prj.ba .ly ^0*0 W*oneOOO » ^ cent, ad valorem «lu'y »t"<er the 1 Unties under it, OWWVOdrtli and if 20 per cent, were required, if it were aWMuqM. meet tlie want* a'id sustain the honor nl the country, and its S3£X en«fem«i.s.be^ wUhogto march up to that Hoint - but he seas nut sciltiug to go further. Oh. Eucenii-s.Eoge.uus, and where ore you now? Part and parcel of a party, diametrically opposed to the vjews you ever entertained ! However, sioco you clcUvercdtiieabove 1 suppose yon have become convinced that ln 0 h duties mallow ptices." and as an act of justice to vou have abandoned Free Trade, and now co lor Protec- lion.” God save the mark. ••Protection, such protec tlon. as far a. the South is concerned, as tire| J" 8J" A SOCTHllON. FOR PRESIDENT, 3R* 5P©mK» Of Tcmim'im’i'. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, ©3051®^ IS, Of Prmuy/raafa. Democratic Electoral Ticket. For the Stale at Inrsc, ALFRED IVERSON, of Muscogee. CHARLES J. McDonald, of Cobh. For the Districts, 1st (list- R- M. CHARLTON, of Chatham, 21 “ BARZ1LLAI GRAVES, of Stewart, 3.1 •• GEORGE W. TOWNS, of Talbot, 4ih " WM. F. SAMFORD, of Meriwether, 5th “ CHARLES MURPHY, of Cass, Gilt “ WM. B. WOFFORD, of Habersham, Tilt “ H. V. JOHNSON, of Baldwin, 8ih “ ELI II. BAXTER, of Hancock. [To be elected by general ticket.] CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS* (Election on theJint Monday in October next.) 1st District—CHARLES SPALDING, SEABORN JONES, A. H. CHAPPELL, II. A. HARRALSON. JOHN II. LUMPKIN, HOWELL COBB. ABSALOM JANES, E. J. BLACK. 2.1 3.1 4th 5th Gilt 7th Bill Erratum. In the list of names appended to the Communi cation in last week’s Telegraph, concerning Col. Poc*s speech at Forsyth, the name of YV. T. Wil son was erroneously published for W. J. or G. Wilson. the Lamb, covering for the purpose of .leionring.” Eugenia,, Eugenius. consistency, thou an s jewel New Jersey. The Democratic State Convention assembled St Trenton on Wednesday hot. Meshy HlIXUltD. **q- of Morris roumv presided, asiistrd by nineteeu vice president*.— The convention piocce^ed to ballot f*»r canOoUte for G ernor. when Jolts R. Titoaeso v. of Merer county, received ata voves. Jolts CassiDT of llergen, 32. THOhAS G 11 vtn at. 3; blank. 2. On motion of Gen. G. D. vv all, ot Htirlineton Jons R. Tnoiirsos. of Mercer county, was unanimously nominated as the Democratic candidate tor Governor of New Jersey, and the nom-nsiion was bv nine hearty cheers, and a committee ot live oppomtea to inform him of his nomination and request hts acceptance, vis: Israel Towns?mT' Ijjrnl Tryerson"’TapSeI Thomas O. llsight, Alosea Craig, John Rightner, Daniel llarknloo. Yermont. The returns, si far nrs receive !, show that the Abolition iats have very generally voted with the Wings, ami that consequently, Slauk, the Whig candidate for Governor, is elected. News of Georgia. Toe following article is copied from the Louisville Dei- lv Journal, and was published just befye the August elec- linns, to operate on Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Mis souri. Such is the miserable trickery with which the Whigs took to gull the people. It is all in vain. Hard ci der, coon skins, red pepper, log cabins, stories of old sol diers and taxes on chickens have hnd their day and deceiv ed the people once, and it is rutile to try the scheme a se cond time We publish the Georgia news from Kentucky, however, as a curiosity : -Gcdhuiv.—The Philadelphia United States Gazette aays. "We are told that Mr. Chapman, the Loeofoco can didate for Governor of Georgia, after having canvassed the L-tate for several months has actually declined running longer, and quit the canvass. They’ve now to hunt up an other candidate. Tho Whigs are in the highest spirits, and working like bees." Now, is there not something very mean, low *n<t con temptible. in electioneering after that degraded fashion 7 How can such a p.irtyhopero succeed lmb.ro an enlighten ed community 7 The more one knows of it, llio deeper his contempt—Geo. Jefiertouion. John (i. Birucy! In the •’Philanthropist.” of March 85th, 18.16. Mr. Bir- nev, the abolition candidate for the Presidency, thus wrote ofllenry Clay ! We commend this precious roorreau to the especial attention of "Upson” and the leaders of the Columbus Enquirer:—Columbus Timet. "It is with a keen sensation of pleasure—almost with de light—that we see this gentleman defending the right of hit countrymen to petition Congress, for the abolition of alovr- rv in the District of Columbia, and asserting tho constitu tions! power of that body to accede to their requests. "The God oflhc oppressed now presents for Mr. Clay's acceptance, honors that we hope to see take root in time, and bear their glorious fruit throughout eternity.” Gtu. Jackson's last Texas Letter. On our first page will be Ibund the last warning of the veteran hero of the Hermitage, on this all engrossing subject. Let every lover of his country read it with a reflecting mind. We consider it one of the very best papets that ever issued under the sanclion of his great name. Democratic Mass Convention at Griffin. Owing to Tuesday the first day of October next, being sale day throughout the State, and also the day of General Muster in Fayette county, the meeting of the Democratic Mass Convention for the Third and Fourth Congressional Districts, to be held at-Griffin, has been postponed to the day fol lowing, being Wednesday the 2d of October next. 07“ Tlie Democratic papers throughout the State will please publish the above. The Houston Barbecue. ~ In our columns to-day will be found a chaste and spirited letter, descriptive of this glorious Dem ocratic festival. It is sutficient for us to say that Jones and Towns, Lamar and Strong, were there, and their powerful appeals to the judgments of their audience were so effectual, that “all the right, title and interest” of Whiggery to Houston, it is thought, will be sold at the Court House on the first Tues- aay nrvetooer next, as “pcmhnblc ptopertv.” Bibb Democratic Association, anti Young Hickory Club. 1 There will be a meeting this evening, at the Halt of the Association, to make arrangements for the Mass meeting at Griffin. Addresses may be expected by Col. Chappell, and others. D. C. CAMPBELL, Pres’t. WAI. G. SMITH, Pres’t. Sept. 24th, 1644. Young Hickory Club. The members of this Association arc requested lo attend a meeting of the Democratic party of Bibb count}’, which will take place in Rutland's District, on the Saturday immediately before the election, at 10 o'clock, in the morning. WM. G. SMITH, Pres’t. Col. Chappell’s Prospects. Every day the prospects of this stern and un flinching Republican brighten. He needs only to be heard to convince every intelligent mind, that lie stands upon the same gtound he has always oc cupied, however, much his parly relations may have changed. All who have heard his recent ef forts, agree that his rich eloquence has ripened nn. dci the exercise of the present campaign, and there is not a meeting held that does not result in the ac cession of some of his former friends to the Democ racy, feeling assured that he is still the consistent politician, the sagacious statesman, and the honest man. We look upon his election as placed beyond the possibility of defeat. Slurrah ! Hurrah! lOO cheers for 1IAIAE. It is with infinite gratification, we announce to the Democracy of Georgia, our noble triumph in Maine. Our gain is astounding to the Whigs all over the country, and a most happy indication of the tone of feeling ami sentiment at the Noith. All will he right from “Maine to Georgia.” We \\ill soon show toottr Northern brethren, that Geor gia will not stay behind in the glorious cause of Constitutional Freedom. Maine Election. tstr. tita Counties. ll'Atg. Dent. Scat. U’iif. Dem. Nearly full returns, 37,-tOG 47.122 6,115 44.G15 44,047 37.406 44,047 Democratic majority, 9,716 5C3 .Whig 9,716 mnj. Demoetatic gain in four years, 10,294 ] Thirty one towns and a few plantations are yet o hear from. These, in 1840, gave the Whigs 959 votes aid tne Democrats 1,400. If the returns this year equal tiose of 1840, the Democrats will have a majority of 10,817 o**r the Whiga, and 4.102 over all. The aggregate gubernatorial vote in 1840 was 91,179 So far this year, 90,643 Less this year as far as known, 536 Votes in 1840 in towns to hear from, ’ 2.419 It is pretty certain from this that the vote this yearwillbe larger than dial of 1840on the gubernatorial ticket, tud will nearly, if not quite, equal that on the Presidential teket in the same year, which was 92,813. ~ Tariff of ’42. Our opponents seem to have but ore aigunentto prove that the Tariffof’42 has proved beneficial to the country at large, and as much so to the V’ri- culturr.l interest as any other. They cite'us tithe prices of goods now and what they were undetlihe Compromise Act, and would fain prove by'the comparison that every thing is cheaper. It istyie, that some are honest enough to say that tho itfco “of hiah duties making low prices” is a mrrecU- mera, but even they would have us believe that he Tariff has caused a diminution in the price of eve ry imported article. If this were really so, wl^ does the Northern manufacturer sustain the preset! TaritT, and desire its increase rather than its repetl or modification ? But let us see if the facts of tbs case will bear them out in their assertions. It s known to every one that goods of all kinds wer; lower from the summer of ’42 to the fall of *43 ( than they have ever been known, and since that lime they have been gradually increasing up to tic present period. None know this better than ot:r merchants who buy their goods in New York. It is suilicienrfiir our purpose that we should enumer ate a few articles—cotton shirtings and sheetin coarse woollens and flannels will suffice. Th are articles in general use. and the poorest as well as the richest man in the State is compelled <o bav them, they forma part of his family supplies. Now what is the fact concerning these articles? Ev ery merchant in Macon will admit that they hav advanced in price since last full, from 25 to 50 pel cent., and yet in the face of these facts we wil hem the Adam Smiths of Whiggery discourse most learnedly on tlie olesscd effects of the Protective svstem. the fiendish laugh of :hc phhp when the victim is successfully ensnared,- and character, reputation, and every tiling Valuable is lost. Let ev ® r y * a ' in read it, and none perhaps, Will he more edi e y it than the Whig Elector fur this District, who was not only an ardent Nullifierin 32, but lias rci,e..i ly on more titan one occasion, denounced Senator Berrien for his ultra Protective principles. ^ There is one thing, however, that must not be forgotten. The concluding sentence give?, the he to the slander that Mr. Polk is in favor of a I ro- tectivc Tariff. True, the evidence is from the pen of Mr. Ciay. But that is sufficient to recommend it at least to Southern Whigs. From the Clay Tribune. Blue Licks, August 22, 1314. My Dear Sir: Your supposition is rignt as to the op pressive extent of my correspondence. It is utterly impos sible to answer all the letters which I receive. I am afraid that I cannot reply to many that deserve it. Mr. Madison once remarked to me, that Mr Jefferson’s correspondents were killing him; hut they were furnished by a population of about ten millions. Mine are supplied by n population of near twenty millions. I can feel and conceive the possi bility of a homicide, commuted in tbe mode which Mr. Madison suggested. _ . I requestyou to attribute to the above cause my omission lo express to you before the satisfaction I derived from the perusal of your admirable speech on the Compromise law. No man knew better the motives and considerations which prompted its passage than you did, and you have ably and truly exposed them. VVe were upon terms of the most conlidemial intimacy and friendship. You daily, in the Senate, sat near me. You knew of my consultations with the practical manulaclurers, and their coincidence in opin ion with us. 1 believe it was upon your invitation that the lamented Dupont came from Delaware and conferred with us. Upon more occasions than one. whilst gazing upon the core-worn countenances and haggard looks of some of the delegation in Congress from South Carolina, you Said to me, "Clay, these are fine fellows. Itwon’tdoto let old Jackson hang them: sremust save them.” _ You lived in a uicss of some seven or eight Senators, and it was your mess that insisted upon the Home valuation, as a sine qua non. Sir. Calhoun opposed it. Your mess persevered. The fate of the bill was threatened; but he, at tne last moment, withdrew bis opposition, and the bill finally passed. I have again and igain asserted, on the floor or the Sen ate, that two principal objects were aimed at to be accom plished. One was to avert the civil war. The other was to preserve the policy of protection. It was threatened, by Mr. Verplank’s bill, with total subversion; and I believed theu, and believe now, that, if the Compromise bad not pa-sed, at the next session of Congress, all traces of that policy would have been effaced from tlie statute book. You and I both maintained that tho measure of protec- tton preserved by the Compromise would be sufficient until about 1842. But we were taunted by our opponents, to know what would be its condition when that period arrived. We replied, there were the home valuation, cash duties, a long list of free articles, he. But I said, also, let us take care of ourselves cow; the people of 184! may be trusted to take care of themselves. Public opinion, in the mean time, may become more enlightened, and the wisdom of the protective policy may be demonstrated. I have not been disappointed. My predictions have been fulfilled.— The people of 1842, the Whigs at least, everywhere, and many ofthe Democrats, are now fully persuaded that the industry of this great country, ought not to be prostrated at the feet of foreign powers. Every where the cry is for a Tariff for Revenue, with discriminations for protection.— Every where the preservation of the Tariff of 1732, which has worked so well, and is delivering us from embarrass- iriRnts, is loudly demanded. -TbooireCinstaneas which led to. or attended the enact- ment of the Compromise, may be curious and interesting as matters of history ; but, in respect to the policy of pro tection, the great practical, absorbing question is. shall the Tariff of 1842 to be preserved or repealed 7 That question is to be solved in Nofcmber next. I have re- pcatedly expressed my opinion UNKiJ-UIX OCALL\ IN FAVOR OF IT. .... I thought we achieved a great triumph in placing the Protective policy, by the Compromise act, without the - .1in receive il.cm, an.i at G o’clock. A. ’^r^fDemocr^^im^ nd for foil particulars con at Trenton \va IU Ala \ ice Presidents of ihe d Was requested to act as Secre-s ilius organized, the President"i J"!m E. Dennar.l 1 drtow, a:;-J Or. ShU.?S? J-ylot Rnd Edward A ii* ’ Ac# rce unccnt introduced o." un g*i -v. who addressed ,£***■ £ if nrpcpnt nenre other people, urn w very heart strings offfieir liberty itself; it is inconceivable two hours in length, in which he di.piav ed his'JJfg « to our friends here how any portion of the people of that m uifogup the great \l Ing parly, al feut SJ “ a -laii. <ttite can act with the Whigs. It cannot be disguised—if is as lie himsell is sntd to hat e been used up by hif^' : “* n J nTdrnied by any one here, that the D—c: party at tor C~— tile” North, ii" regarded as altogether, more friendly l ° llie South, than the Whig party are. and n is very nalur “’ they should be, entertaining as they do, the most liberal opiums on all political subjects they look upon slaver} as it exists at ihe South, in a very different light from the ultra portion of the Whig party. No better evidence need be £iven of this fact than the position occup ed bv the two par- rieshero, m relation to‘Texas. The Whigs are almost to a man. opposed to the adn ission of Texas into the Union without the prohibition of slavery, no matter upon what terms offered. This is the sfne qua non with them, and that done, they arc ready and willing that she •botj'd be admitted to morrow. A certain school ofpolitical pharisees in Geor-ia and other Southern States, may whine as much as thev please about the faith of treaties, tlie character or nation's, the dangers and horrors of war: no such considera tions influences their Whig brethren heroin their °PP°S'- tion to thetreaty. The faetthat Texas is a sl.tvr State and like ly from its character and pTodnciions, if admitted htn tne Union, to continue as such is the head and front ot its ollena- ing to tlie Whigs here. The Democratic parly upon tire oth er hand, always the advocates of liberal political pnncif les. and progressive improvement, warmly attached to our in stitutions and form of government, opposed to the decayed monarchies and institutions of Europe and the overreaching and freehooting policy ofEnglahd are in tavnr of the admis sion of Texas into the Union upon the broad and compre hensive grounds of extending the circle of our free govern ment and laws. They care not whcthe.1 the territory is slave-holding or non-slave-holding. one in whicli an impul sion is given to these : their views are liberalized and en larged. and as capable of embracing a world as a continent. That I have not done injustice to the Whig party in this re spect, I appeal to any candid Soutliern Whig (and there are many snebj who has heard any of the speeches of either, Seward, Choate. Fillmore, or any n1 that school, during the past six weeks. If I am not right as to the grounds up on which they oppose the annexation of Texas—It will not do either to say, that these inen are not the oracles and con ceded leadears of the Whig party in the Nothern States for they are the great high priests. Webster himself, not better authority, indeed not so good, for while he travelling about the country and discussing philosophically the principles of a protective tariff, he is farfrom_ being re garded as an oracle. In view then, of the position ol the greatparties now dividing the country, and the stake that Georgia has in the issue, shall the allusion made by the im mortal bard of Avon to Rome in the days of her declining power and glory, be applied lo Georgians now 7 “ Romans now Have thews and limbs like to their ancestors, But want the will: our father’s minds are dead, And we are governed with our mother’s spirits, Our yokes and sufferance show us womanish.” Is Georgia to lose the high pre eminence of the bright good name she has hicberto sustained among her sisters, and degrade lierselfby an unnatural alliance with a. party who are alien in feeling as well as hostile in principle* to tbe best interests of her people 7 Will slie tarnish her character as a state, and lower the standing of her people, as citizens, by co-operating with a parly who have not only attempted to force into life every species of discontent a- gainst our form of government, but which now. seeks to compass its end, by using every species of fanaticism, re ligious or political, and threatens to overthrow the fiunda mental law of the land itself by plucling the veto power from the Constitution, no matter what the consequences may be lo the South, provided the government is placed in the hands of the fete, with that monopoly of its benefits and protection which they have alwnyscla med as their exclusive patrimony. The coarse for Georgia to take now. is clear and the only one she can take consistent with her own honor co »pcti. Jit i (jj r*'“ u Puyhi s The meeting was then adjourned for dim* tleinen repaired In a botu.iilul repast served - , li;c Sro. • bor prepared for the occasion, ami the ladies”, /“"*>• nor of the Academy, where a table was ricMv V”' ia!t - nil the dehcaciea which the country could afr 0 H *i!b ately after dinner, the crowd Was again issenih'i*r the apeaker’s stand, and addressed by Col. Q vpi r0|1 !!d who with that grace and case which so much di- ; . M . him as a public speaker, not only amused hi s ^ t . ! . r = 0 ’ , he» liia wit and humor, but carried conviction !0 by standings by his forcible and eloquent arcum* n ,. i<; ' ! , succeeded by H. V. Jotihson, Esq. All tW »' I!e> «i of him is, that he spoke. Those that have 1,! know his efforts in the cause of Democratic tiuth hra**"' scripti.m. "Every attempt to place upon panertb^ t “ ede - did effects of his impassioned eloquence is like dew drops, which appear pearls and diamonds ^ ,btrir: S grass, but run to water in the hand—the stthstince£ , V lie but the sparkle, the glitter, tbe form are gm, c r* lfc< ' rf ’ Col. John Lamar who is distinguished alike for hii'^mi" ed manners and elegant diction, concluded in a s 1 - ' ihrilling and soul-stirring address. hat Such is the faint description I give you of that • ing and exciting occasion. I tell you,‘sir, the*simJTSJ?' Hiocracy is aroused. Tremble Whiggery. 0 ® c ' Respectfully Yours, TOVAKt rnscnivc poncy. ojr me compromise act, ........ -•—I — -—-—; ; ■■■ , \ ~z : reach and beyond the term of Gen. Jackson’s admin:*ir2-1 and safety, is the great highway upon which tlie Democrn tion. And we availed ourselves of the fact that the South .“c party now stands ; any other would lead her into dis “A Gooil ’Dn.” “At a meeting held a few daya since in Pike county, one of the speakers read the letters of Volk arid Clay on the ta riff. After the reading of one of the letters, a leading dem oerat in the crowd, cried out, ‘la there a democrat here ■hat will subscribe to such doctrines.' The letter read was l'.dk'* letter to the Pennsylvania Editor, advocating a Protective Tariff.”—Macon Jletn nyer. "A good ’uc.” indeed ! W« should like to see such a letter ass curiosity, and die time and place pointed out wi.cn this strange or- urrerec took place in Pike county.— We are at the first of these matters. This comes of living off the road; one never bears the news. Georgia Jeffersonian. The Ossified man of Dublin. A writer in the Christian Advocate, under the head of “ Transatlantic Uecollertions,” speaking of the Museum at Dublin, remarks .—"What calla and rivets the attention nf every visitor, whether scientific or otherwise, is the cele brated skeleton o( an ossified man ; it it said to he the only instance of entire ossification ever known. It ia the skele ton of a young man turned Clark, who was of large frame and atroag rurstitution. Falling asleep in the open air, during a stale of perspiration, he caught a severe cold, at which time, it it supposed, ossification commenced, and continued to progress for many years by slow degrees, till finally lie wn bone, except the skin, eyes and entrails.- For a length of lime bslore death his joints grew together, so dial he could not move; and thus did death, in this horri ble and tem'S: form, creep over him by alow degress, un til at length bis sight departed, hi,-. ioi\:ne became stiffand useless, his teeth crew together, in one sold mass of hone, so that to prolong his miserable existence an aperture had hern broken, through wl.:. Ii to pour nutriment." Dcmotralic Central Executive Committee. This ConnktM, oompoucJ «iMio i\»uowing mem bers, arc requested to assemble at ihe Democratic Halls noxt Snluttlay, at 2 o’clock, P. M. It is hoped that every memberorihc Committee will be present. s Geo. M. Logan, S. J. Ray, S. M. Strong, J. A. White, Richard Bassett, John Bailey, Henry New som, Samuel B. Hunter, A. P. Powers, J. M. Green. M. N, Burch, C, A. Ells, Stephen Wood ward, John G. Coleman, Cicero Tharp. The different precinct and ward Committees, are respectfully requested to attend. 07“ The Democracy expects that every man will do his duly. Democrats or Bibb Read the call for the meeting in Rutland’s, and answer it with a prompt and punctual attendance. Let us not lag behind, the spirit of Democracy is every whetc aroused, and wo hope to see every Democrat of Bibb at his post on Saturday, 5th Oc- tobei. Several Addresses may be expected, and a rich treat is in store for all who go to Rutland's on that day. Our Prospects. The most cheering intelligence reaches us daily of the march of Republicanism. An overwhelming defeat awaits Mr. Clay. Several gentlemen who have just returned from the North, speak io the most confident manner of our success, and wl.atis of more importance, are willing to “back their j«tlg- ments.” New York, Pennsylvania, New Jen :y, and even Marylaod, will give large majorities for Polk and Dallas. As to Virginia, no one in proper senses ever doubted that she was always Republican. AVJilg Decency, We understand tho Delegation from Crawford, to the late Whig meeting at Thomaslon, paraded the streets of Culloden. exhibiting a banner t.n which wasdclineated the traitor, Benedict Arnold, shaking hands with Absalom II. Chappell. Who that has coursing in his Veins a drop of American blood, or has the slightest regard to decency, or political con sistency, can tolerate for a moment, such an indig nity offeted to one of tlie purest, and noblest sons of Georgia? One too, whom their own lender, Toombs, in Ins address in this placet spoke of ns an honest man. Houston Awake! The Whigs i:i Houston ate trying to gel up an indignation meeting,” for the 4th of October. It won’t do—Houston is safe for Democracy by 150 at least. Our friends wc understand, hold another Barbecue at Busbyville on the same day as the Whig meeting in Perry. We intend to be there, and hope to meet every man of our party in the county, besides many from this and the adjoining counties. We must give Col. Jones a majority of at least 1000, by way of showing our indignation at the treatment he received at Evansville. Whig intolerance must be suppressed ! Arthur’s Ladies’ Magazine. An apology is due to tiie courteous publishers and editor of this attractive work, lor our neglect to notice it before. We seldom have risen from the perusal of a periodical with similar emotions of pleasure and approval to those wc experienced, af ter reading t lie October number of Arthur’s Ladies’ Magazine. Its poetic contributions ate farsuperior to the trash published under that respectable title, and many of them ate of the highest order, while the prose is cdual to any that appears in the more favored and better known periodicals of the day. Wc will take pleasure in showing it to our ftiends, particularly the ladies, and would he happy tofor- waid subscriptions for it. Not the least of its attractions is, that it contains 48 pagesof reading matter in each number, and is furnished at the unusually low price of §2 per nu- num. Clav's Letter to Clayton. Carolina delegation were mnch more anxious that the diffi culty should be settled by us than Gen. Jackson. Vou tell me that lam accused of having abandoned the Protective policy. That would distress me exceedingly, if! were not accused of all sorts of crimes and misdeineau ors. I believe I have been charged with every crime enu merated in the Decalogue. I laugh at tbe straights to which my opponents are driven. They are to be pitied.— Shrinking from all the issues arising out nf the great qties tions of national policy, which have hitherto divided the country, they have no other refuge left, but in personal abuse, detraction and defamation. I have lived down these attacks heretofore, and with lhe blessing of Provi dence. I hope to survive those which they are now direct ing against me. Most ceitainly my surprise at the attempt to'make me out a friend of Free Trade with Foregn coun tries, and an oppoueutof the Protective policy, ought not to be greater than thatof inv roinpelitor at the effort to es tablish his friendship to the Protective policy. I remnin, alwova tflllr A faithfully VUur friend, J. M. Clayton, Esq. H. CLAY. From the Macon Messenger, 19/A res/. It will be remembered that the Telegraph, in m late nnm. her, made the assertion that at the Democratic Convention in this city. John Parker walked in procession carrying a polk stalk or banner. Now we might simply deny this statement, making it a question of veracity, anil call upon the Telegraph to give the name of the “good \Vhie” who related it. But as we have no ides that the "good Whig” will be forthcoming, we will merely state what we do know personally, and upon the best authority. Mr. John Parker teas not here at the Democratic Convention, and whoever saya to the contra ry, be he Whig or Democrat, asserts a false:.ood. MACON, 19.li Sept., 1614 This is lo certify, that at the request of the edi tor of the Telegraph, I have reluctantly allowed the use of my name as a witness in tlie matter of John Parker. On the evening previous to the Democratic Mass Convention, while looking at the Monroe Delega tion in passing through the streets. I observed a roan whom I loot, to Lo Air. John Parker, of Mon- toe county, among them, and remarked to a friend, that there was a man (alluding to Parke.-,) who had always been a Whig; and on the same even ing his son, Christopher Parker, informed me that iiis father and also brother were in the procession, and they had changed their politics. As it may be thought from my giving this certifi cate, that I have changed my political views, I now state that I still am as I always have been, attach ed to the Whig patty, and I further slate that I did not take it upon myself to inform the editor of the Telegraph of the fact above stated, nor did T know that I was the person alluded to, until called on by the editor for the above statement. JOHN K. HARMAN. TOR THE TELEGRArit Ifew York safe by 80,000—domination of Silas Wright for Governor—and Adison Gardiner for Lient- Governor. NEW YORK, SepL 6, 1844. . H. Prince, Esq. " Order reigns in Wdrsiw’’—New York is safe now for die Democrat i by at least 10,000. Wright, the American Cato, lias been forced by the people to bear iheir t standard as the head of the pnrty in this great Stale. Guided by such a head and nerved with such an arm, who can doubt triumph I The whigs themselves, in this State, have all acknowledged, that, if this favorite son of the " Empire Slate” was chosen as the Democratic candidate for Govern- the greatest triumph ever recorded in the annals of the State. Honor to the Demo cratic party of this State for such a nomination, and joy and good tidings to the party throughout the country. This no mination has secured New York for us, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, are certain for the Democrats, and Mr.Polk’s election is registered on the books of fate. ” That fixed decree which not all earth can move, Thou fate fulfil it, and yc powers approve.” Let me assure vou again, that every thing is safe here, and that the best feelings animate our friends. On Wed- honor. TATNALL. fur the telegraph. To ILc Voters of the 5<1 Congressional District, and especially the Old Baptists. Wc ask you as freemen, calmly amt dispassion ately, to read section the 10th, article tlie 4th, ol the Constitution under which we live—that clause which secures to us all, rich or poor, learned or un learned, the “inestimable privilege of worshipping God in a manner agreeable to his own conscience. L That part of the Constitution to which we refer, reads as follows: “No person within this State shall, upon any pretence, be deprived of tbe inestimable privilege of worshipping God in a manner agreeable to his own conscience, nor be com pelled to attend any place of worship, contrary to his own faith and judgment, nor shall lie ever be obliged to pay tidies, taxes, or any other rate, for the building or repairing any place of worship, or fur the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes to be right, or hath voluntarily engaged to do. No one religious society shall ever be established in diis Stale in preference to another, nor shzll any person be denied tlie enjoyment of any civil right merely on account of his religious principle.” Were not the sages and patriots .who drew up that charter, right in thus scenting to us this great Constitutional privilege ? Is there one of you who feels willing to surrender it ? No! There can be no freeman who feels prepared to yield the privileges of freedom of conscience, and of worshipping God after his own faith. Who then would deprive us of this blessing? Read the subjoined statement hv two of your own fellow citizens, men ofunblemished reputations, and of unexceptionable Christian character, and reflect well upon its. contents. They reside here in our midst, their love of truth lias triumphed over even their reluctance to appear before the public, and they now give their testimony that they may be in some measure, the instruments of securing to you those rights without whicli there can he no civil Government. We mean freedom of opinion, and freedom of conscience. S. M. STRONG. This is to certify, If cny Southern man, and especially a State nssday evening the Southern Democrats) now in the cuy held a meeting at Tammany Hall, to make arrangements to j Rights mao of ’32, can read tllC following letter attend the great Democratic ina»s meeliug. held at Trenton ... , i . , r . ... ... i, , yhaterdny. The meeting was numerously attended, end Argument lias failed with tlie Whig;, hut if they Until the atcli friend of \\ inegery, without .dush- evinced the right spirit, it waa organized by calling lion. for the debasement lo which human, nature may {John Bragg of Ala. to the Chair and the appointment ofF. . , , M. Levisnn, Esq. of Georgia, as Secretary. The object ol WC nnl\7 In enu flint i«<a nro n rh • . * , . P . .. . J MACON. September 2tst, 1844. til’y. that Janies Richardson, and myself. Trustees of the Old Baptist Church, applied to the City Council of Macon, whilst Washington Poe was Mayor of th: City, fora small lot of land, say not more perhaps, than a half acre, if that much, to build a Meeting House on for the Primitive Baptists, and Mr. Poe, as Mayor, refused to let us have it, saying that tlie City Authority had given the Baptist denomination onb Lot, and that we had no business f dividing and splitting up, or words to that purpose ; we staled that we did’nt want them to give it, but that we were . illing to pay for the ground, but tne word Ora*, that they had let the Baptists have one Lot, and if we roitld’nt agree together wo could’nt have another, which. I think, was Mr. Poe’s remarks. The said Lot is by no means vuluable, and so far sc my knowledge extends, lias not been disposed of, at any rale, it is unoccupied, ami no improvement on the said Lot. JAMES HOLLINGSWORTH. JAMES RICHARDSON. FOR TIIF. TELEGRAPH. Hdiislon Barbcenc. PERRY. September 12lh, 1844. Messrs. Editors,—You have no doubt, heard fruinthe dinner given to Col. Jones, by our friends in this county on Saturday last; hut not being here, you can fntm but a faint idea of the enthusiasm which pervaded the Democracy on that occasion. It was a great and glorious day for the De- 1 mocracy of Houston. Men, women anti children—from FOR THE TELEGRAPH. Td HAMPDEN*. While, in your former numbers, you only • -conduct and motives of Col. Chappell, I r,-m,ined S V,^ When, in your 6th number, you have taken 1-i-her rr, 7 and ascended to die discussion of an important n ( ,]v 'i subject, involving tho honor and interest of die whole,!*" try; I must express my dissent from the opinions vou ' tertuin. and to the conclusions to which you hare a • f *’ Your claiming as a Whig measure the distribution ofth,' proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the 8t„ Zfccallingit a party measure, does not affect the relative n'*’ its of the question. If it is right and just thst thaidinrth tfon of the proceeds of the sale of the public iamli ani the States, should take p’ace. it would be ri-ht if Whig party had never existed, or if they had advocated* contrary -opinion. The advocacy of a measure bv anvn' ty, does not prove that it is right or wrong. I have t jJ, ; examined such questions for myself, and formed rovea" opinions. * J You say ”1 shall undertake to show that the States entitled to the proceeds of the public lands, ns a matter‘f right, and that they ought to he distributed ss a muter of policy.” I deny botli of your positions. The lnnd were ceded by the States, (who owned the lands) to the ral Government, fur the use of that Government, in hr* federative character, only, ahd Dot in trust for the ute of the States individually. The States never intended anv ucli construction of the articles of cession ns the one fo’ r which you contend. The States ceded the lands, to cream s common fund, for tlie Foiled States, to pay all her in debtedness that had accrued or should accrue, as well hr the debts of the revolution, as her ordinary expenses — Prior to the adoption of tire constitution of the U. 8tat r , whenever money was to be raised for the United States’ each State was required to raise her "respectire nropor! tion” of the public funds. The Virginia art nf , XM ;„ n ! which you quote, proved directly the reverse of the posi! tion you attempted to establish. It reads if you quoted it correctly, "that the lands shall be considered'as ■ era- mon fund, for the use and benefit of sueh of die United States, as have became or snail become members of ihe confederation of Federal Alliance of the said States. Vir- ginia inclusive, according to their usual and respectire proportions in the general charge ahd expenditure, ami shall be ft ilhftlly and bona fide, disposed «r for thst p or . pose, and for no other use or purpose whatever.” \Vh, t is the fair inference and construction of the above ressh.ni Beariug in mind, thnt at tlie time Virginia made the re, sion. thnt each State furnished her "respective pmpnninn ’ of the money for the use of Hie United States Government. Tlie l-mds were to (reconsidered a cmmonfnml. for tire use of such of the United States, as joined the confedera cy, in payment nf the genera! charge and expenditure.— Not for the individual expenditure of the Stales. And if the funds from the sale of tlie ceded lands, shnuhl rsn p»v all the expenses of the United Mates, then earn Sta'eslmul,! be credited, with her respective proportion of the rr.B- mon fund, Vrginia’s proportion inrlucrd. Can mv words fc« plainer or more conclusive, that the money * ril ing from the ceded lands, should he n commits fundi,,r •lie use of the United Stalls government alone, mid wt in remainder to the States individually 7 In regard int!?c Georgia cession. I have the art of the Legislature, and tic articles of cession before no-, and how yvn could arrive st the conclusions yon pretend to avow. I nm truly surprised. I cn'reat you to look ncain. «t the act nf tlie Georgia le gislature, and to the articles of cession. (See rrinre's Di gest. old edition, pages 525-6-7 and 528 ) Where “full and unlimited powers are given to trent, consult, rcnclrd* and agree for the sale of all or any part of the territory” he to the Commissioneis; who made tlie sale, which was confirmed by the State of Georgia, 16th June. 1803. (jtse' same author nnd same pages.) Tlie Slate of Georgia reded to the United Stales, all the right, title and claim whirl/ the said State has to the juiisdic.ion nnd soil situated” Ac. Now sir, do you ns a lawyer, say the above is a deed of trust to the United States, to pay a particular debt. »i«5 then in remainder to the States individually 7 Wbv did you not quote all the words of cession and not a parti— You have given a garbled extract from the articles of ces sion, which shows rather a proclivity in morals. At pure 527 same authority, it reads. "That all the lands cede,, by this agreement to the United States, shall, after satisfy ing the above mentioned payment ot $1250.001) lo the Slur of Georgia, nnd tlie grunts recognized by the preredinf condition, be considered ns a common fund lor the use and benefit nf the United Stales. Georgia included, and shall be faithfully disposed of for ihnt purpose, and for no mlief USP or purpose whatever.” In your qiinutinn, why did you omit the words United States, in the first pin of the sentence? Did you do it to deceive the peonle?— Didynti desire tn conceal the truth 7 Have your numbers been penned for the instruction of your fellow citizens, or do you wish to mislead them, and give them wrong views d oplhions on important political ques-ionsJ Do not the words of the Georgia session ex »i termini, convey to the United States, for a common fund, all the right, title and claim of Georgia to the lands? When you can show that ihe words United States, mean the States, separate and individual nnd not collective sad fed eral ; nnd the words comomfund Incan a separate fund for each State, then your pojfiiion will be believed. If you were to make such a deed to individuals, do you think they would pay ybh back the money 7 Would you aik it of them 7 No, VnQ wmlld not dare to make such a de mand. Georgia intended and so expressed it. thatibe U. States should have the lauds, for lire use of her govern ment; as d common fund, and nnt for the use of the States individually. Do you think that if she now held those lands, she would give Maine and Michigan or Vermonter any of the Stales a part of tire money, for which she sold them 7 Would you contend for her to make such a gift ? The expression ‘Georgia included.’ means only tbit Georgia should stand in the some relation to the cutnuiod fund, as the other States. Do you not know that such men as James Madison. Al bert Gallatin and Levi Lincoln the cnmniisciouers on tlie nart of the United States, nnd James Jnrkson, Abral i® Baldwin and John Milledge. commissioners on the P :rt J 1 ’ Georgia, who wrote the articles of cession, were men sbm. and competent to write and express in precise words, J * they so intended it. that the individual States should hue the funds from the sales of the public lands? The rot* miasionrrs made the sale, a« directed by the Legislature, to the United States, for a common fund for the gorern incut of the United States, an.l for no other use whatever Your case in the United States Court, doe* nut* 1 ';-;- * your position. Your first position is therefore untrue, your second one of policy must fail. I will shew you, that- it is both impolitic and unwise, for the United States goy eminent to distribute the proceeds ol the side of the lands among the States, even it' she hnd the riebt. »1:A is denied. Tlie annual sales of the lards will net defray the ordiuary expenses of lire government, the balance the money must he raised by taxation, by a tax or Uria on imported goods. " ' Will it be wise or just for the United Slates to give a"..' part of her revenue, for the support of tire Govermre -j the boy eight years old, to the gray haired veteran of se- and then lew a tax on the pecple, tJ raise the sums venty, were nil alike roused with that warm a*,', heart-felt away to the' States? It will bo a new idea in the W** 1 enthusiasm, -jvhtch our great cause alone ran inspire.— affairs of governments. The people who pay the t»n« " Agreeable to the \\ lug rule of calculating there were four tax. Will be no richer than iftlie monev had noi been thousand persons present, but we Vi’l say two thousand.; tributed. Thev will be poorer, in fact.'by the amount^ I he procession was formed at oalfpasi ten c.'cloc' ’ ‘ - ~ . --- ------ -alf past ten o’clock in front be paid to the’collecting officers. Will it make you- of the Methodist church, *,re music (a band from your city,) richer, than you are. for the United States to gi**5_ tn front, followed by a company ol twenty seven boys in S100J. and then tax vou $1000, and make you pay ,tl v • uniform, alt caf.ying banners, twenty-six of which reprfc- 1 r •• -- -* - r - * i ,i.t«k noL—* scoring th<* States of ” ’ attain success by such a movement, we greatly ; intaake the character of the voters of the ,’*d Con- "redsional Disirict. A Singular Fact. The Na-hville U-.io::. alluding to the (lander of Colonel! . k .-ayi - ... Errors Excepted) *1: t-igaiScam * f the tte winch tho j^isfcvnir . r « f . h.j! o: F M.iifM upon ihifs fth.im*lcs« invention, that v . . <-»rccn Hill, bsq., of Monroe county, who w ii.- ranr .r t-w i:,i , < .1 I*olk luey iiat*e ti *t cUretl ! alluded lo some time since, by the Whig print ofsource lo Meiiwether and other Southern men, nnd or repubhaluhtrJibei. I , , . , ' . t .... I*.-ion •ev*:—-’‘They dare net :k»w do it. orc.cn this place, as a “staunch Whig, isasgood a Dam- j reconcile them if they can. Mr. Clay says in the bring iiself, we have only to say that we are pre pared to hear and see our opponents stoop to any thing. We ask them locompaie it wiih I heir own sentiments and say if it represents them. Let them put it fsidc hv side with (he letters from the same They dare nc t true. moral system is ctr Idcr - j nn 1 elfinhr cut nf bin:, than oerat as we have in our ranks. He will vole for Polk, Dallas and Chappell; and from what wc I hate recently learned, no one knows i!;is better than i rh&t print. the meeting w*s explained in an able and eloquent address, from the chairman, which was received with gieat enthu- iasm. The following gentlemen were then appointed from their respective 8tates, as a suitable committee to make arrange- menu for attending the meeting. J. D. Mercer, of Virginia ; 6 S. Mitchell, cf North Caro- lina; C. M. Arnold, of South Caiolina ; P. H. Robinson, of Georgia ; John G. Shorter, of Alabama ; John Claiborne, of Louisiana; Peter Nickles, of Mississippi; John K. Bole- nan , of Texas. . . , . .ii . , I enclose you with ihis a specimen of the Badges worn by Ins opponents are driven. And he might add, **1 I the Southern delegation, which numbered upwards of 400. laugh at the dissimulation and treachery f ha vc [ m:)r: ,r ~ °^ , he 5th, the Southern delegation accom panied by a tine band of music, repaired to Jersey city, "'here t car htd been prepared, suitably decorated with ! cer for collecting the money from you 7 I think odtjT. j ie : .hen will it benefit the individual Slates, for tne ?• States to eive them the money, arising from the sa *' beating 1 public lands, nnd (hen make them pay it l»*‘’k . 1 confi- ortaritfon imported goods. To the Scuth sue t*r with will be most disastrous, because she wi/I have top^j astro more than her proportion by the operation protection of northern manufactures. , 1 am not in favor of Mr. CIsy’. or Mr Calhoun J P-a" disposing of the products of the public lands, favor of the United Stares keeping the money as a iff for of i com” 1071 conclusion, that he laughs at the thoughts to which If -efvtntle us t>f Union, and the other bearing the inscription ot Texas. These little fellows whose band re 'presented Union and Annexation, with their hearts b> high, and their countenances beaming with joy and dence, filled the bosoms of every democratic beholde patriotic emotions. Next followed a company of voung la dies, in uniform, bearings beautiful white satin'banner, the work of their own fair hands, having on one side, a Hickory Tree, and on tho other, t^e American Eagle with suitable and appropriate mottoes. Immediately after them in the procession came about four hundred ladies, the 1 fund, to pay her debts wives and daughters of tho gallant Democrats of H tustoii • • - « 1 hen followed in tripple file about eight hundred voters. among whom were small delegations from the counties of i ninsr, which is at lea?t Hibb. Twiggs. Pulaski, Dooly, Macon and Crawford.— , amounts to a lax on bagging _ _ . . ihe procession was marched around the public square, The manufacturing States have a majority • ani up to the arbor which had been prepared for thfe occa- and will always tax articles of Southern cousu p sion. in f™nt cf the Academy; when after the ladies being highest. That is what they mean by di; seated, ana as many of th«s gtntlemen as could obtain seals, ! tides of Southern consumption high, an , rc tten an appropriate address wan made to tke throne of grace by Northern use, free o r taxor duty, f or cxaim ^ . the Ilev. Bryant Bateman, one of the Vice Presidents of j ba ’ dn" i? oor cent, win e J the day. On motion of Mtijor Kelly, Donald B- Jrmeo wa< ^ ° appointed Preside:.!. & the Rev. Bryant Bateman. nd 'thereby lessen the bag- hicii tariff of the people, by reducing the dunes on 1 . ! goods. Particularly the 4 cents the square „• w fi Pin*, which is at lean 5* cents the running • fitv to eighty per use, _ is taxed bO to 60 pci cent, are admitted free of tax or dutv- from die isle c r