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■ci'• ii NV.t ! < a muslin scrap, ilirU look
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iter when comi tg to in
iwod oil »v r, us if In: had lia l it raked by a
t {«d I fist by the til; his beard was unshorn,
b dng “ too del«;ate an affair," as t!ic fellow
f t about his wifi’s character; and iiis g.-nu-
lly swelled appearance would induce this be-
tf that he liail Id tno forlorn hope in the stor-
1115 of a bee-hive.
The Colonel's manner did not exactly pro-
Irtim •* ihe conquering hero,” but Ins affability
rO.TIIll MI'ITIOX.
To (he l otrrs of the Senatorial District com-
posed if the counties if Cruwjord und
Upson :
Fellow Citizens—At the solicitation
of many political friends I have been in*
ilueed to announce myself a candidate to
represent you in the next Legislature. I
have yielded to the solicitation with a dis
tinct understanding that 1 shall be excus-
1 ed from an active and thorough canvass
of the district, in the common way in
which the hustings are usually conducted.
This determination, I conceive, is no less
ms undiininDtied, mid lie addressed them with , a ( J U [y ] owe to myself and family, than
—“II ippy 10 set you, gents; how are you all! | to a manly and dignified position towards
those whose suffinges 1 solicit.
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nd (hen iittcmp ed to retreat in*o the tavern;
>nt Buck Dauy irrested him with—• Why Co-
on -1, l see you nave lad a skrimmage. How
iltl you make it f You did'ut como out at the
tcctlc tend of ihu born, did you ?”
“No, not exactly, I had a tight fight of it,
though. You know Bid Patterson ?—he weighs
u hundred und aavenly-fiv**, lias not an ounce of
superfluous fi sh, is as straight a? an Indian, as
tough as a hghtwood knot, as active as a wild
cat, as q lick as powder, end very m »ch of a
m m, 1 aisure vou. Well, my word was out to
lick him; so I Imrdly put up my horse before l
found him at the court house don-, and. to give
him a white man's chance. 1 proposed alterna
tives to him. He said his duddly, long ago,
told him never to give a lie bill, and be was not
good at running, so ho thougui lie ban best fight.
By the time the word was fubly out, I hauled
offand took him in the burr of the ear '.hat rai
sed a singing in his head that made hm think
it was full of m isqii'toes. At it wo went, like
kid ng snakes, so good a man so good a boy;
\ve laid it around and around, about and about
—as dead a yoke as ever pulled "t a log chain.
Judge iVitcnell was on the bench, and as soon
p.« the erv of “fight!'’ was raised, the bar and
jury ran off and left him. He shouted, •* l com
mand the peace!” inside the court house, and
then run out U «oe the fight, and cried—•• 1
can’t prevent you—fair fijht—stand back!—
hurra for JonesJ” and he caught parson Bun-
nsfii-11 by tho collar of the coat, who, he
thought, was about to interfere, and slung him
on his back at loast fifteen feet. “ 1 call upon
you to witness, HIV friends, that I agi not per
mitted to part them—hurra for Putterson !”—
said the p irson. regaining his legs. It was the
ov> n s' and longest fight ever fought; we had
it around and around, about and about; every
body was tired ol it, and I must edm.t in truth
that I Wd
(IL r he made an effort to enter the tavern;)
but several voices called 0.11—
M \Vnieh wuppod? How did you come o it?”
'•Why, much as I tell you; we had it mound
and arum d, about and about, over and under.
1 could throw him at a rasth*, Imi ho would ma
nage sonic !mw to turn me. Old Sparrowha wk
was there, who had seen all the best fighting
at Natchez-und-r-lhe-hdl, in ihe days of Dad
G rty an.I Jim Snodgrass, and he said my gou
ging was beautiful; one of Bill’s eyes is like
the mcvjtli of tin old ink boitio, only, as the fid-
low said, t'esciibing t.ie jackass by the mule, it’s
more so. But in fact there was no great choice
between us. as you sec. I look like havingrun
into a bush fence of a dark night. So we made
it around and around, ami about and about—”
(Here he again attempted to retreat into the
tavern;) but many voices demanded—
“ Wno hollored 1” “Which give up?”—
“ How did you hurt your hand ?”
“Oh ! I forgot to tell you that: ns I aimed
n sockdolager at him lie ducked his head, m d
lie c*m dodge like a d edapper, and hilling him
awkwardly, 1 sprained my wrist; so, being like
the fellow who, when it rained mush, had no
spoon, 1 changed the suit, made a trump, and
went in for eating. In the scuffle wo fell cross
ami pile, and while he was chawing my finger,
I went in for chawing too; his woollen jeans
breeches did not taste well, hut I laid hold of a
slug und gnawed it out; finding his appetite
still good for my finger, 1 adopted Dr. Banes’,
the loothsmith's patent m t tod of removing
teeth without the aid of instruments, and ex-
traded two of his incisors, and then I could
put mv finger in or out at pleasure. However,
I shall, for some time, have an excuse fir wear
ing cloves wi'hout being thought proud.”
(He now tried to escape undercover of a
laugh ;) but vox populi ug .in :
“So you tmuel him, did yoj?” “How
did the fight finish?” “You were not parted?”
“ You fought it out, did you ?”
The Colonel resumed—“ Why, there is no
telling how the fight might have gtiue; an old
Virgiuiui, who had s*'cn Peter Francesco, and
City, and Lewis and nil the best men of the
day, smM he had never seen any one stand up
to the fodder better than we did. We had
fought around and around, about and about,
over and under, nil over the court-house yard;
and, at lust, just to end the fight—everybody
was getting tired of it, at 1-a-s-t 1 hollered.—
(jExit Colonel Jums.)
Perhaps X shall be told by some that the :
almost certainty of deledi has controlled |
me in arriving at this determination.-— j
Not so. *He that would refuse to do bat
tle Ibr his country because victory uid not
seem certain, would make hut a poor sol
dier or patriot. I have explained why I
adopt this course; and though detent
! inn the hist few years, the money has been
! safely kept collected and disbursed, and
1 exchanges have been equalized without
! the Bank, which proves practically we
j can do without it; and in doubtful cases
it is safer to refrain from the exercise ot
the power.
It may be objected that as in almost
every instance I am opposed to the ex
ercise, by Congress, of certain powers
claimed as proper and legitimate by one
of the great parties of the country, I am
therefore in favor of nothing. I would ;
remind such asprefess to be the followers j
of Jefferson, that ho stood almost entirely 1
in the opposition in’US and ’99; and that
j the general regulations of powers in the
ltesoluiions of Kentucky and Virginia, are I
even yet among Stale Rights men sacred- I
lv cherished as a sound and enlightened
basis of political ethics.
Towards Mr. Clay, I have ever cherish
ed the prolounVIesl respect for his genius
and patriotism. I admire the man for
his noble soul, his intrepid bearing, his
Tlic Approaching Campaign.
Republicans nf Geuri.ii ! 1" a few short
months the eyes of your country will be upon
vou. In a f'\v weeks more this portion of
:he great democratic army of the Union will
he in the imdst of
, , T , 1, c , warm, impassioned eloquence. It was
should overtake me, I shall feel proud to | lheS(J com ; nnnding attributes which en-
remember that assisted by stout arms and j (|eare(] hjm lo me ? And if Mr. Clay had
brave hearts, we reared a standard upon g||lod b lh „ Compromise and plead the
wh.ch victory deserved at least to perch. cai|ge f| y Texas a / he once did, ably and
A standard of acceptable and well tried intica „ T wnu! d have supported him,
principle, which in the late memorable j own T vva $ willing to support the man, for
canvass raised Irom obscurity and l retire- U ^ not argu „ with him politically. I
meat to the chief office in the gift of a viewp| , the B ' nU a (Icai , question and the
free people, that grandson oj alary and change 0 f,he Constitution in regard to the
namcUss teight, away down in .lennetsee. I mo “ Uer | y impracticable at that time as 1
that under such ridiculous , 1 . r..„„ ,u. a,.,.
Proof positive
circumstances, the strength and justice ol
the cause has alone furnished a decent so
lotion of that very queer, and I may add, | \ r]balio k lia8 only been within the last
inconvenient enigma oj who is James K. I o/Jc?\. htnr lpn roonth J j havp f orm ed my
( do now and therefore that these issues
11 j were merely introduced to gather strength
from certain quarters. In regard to Dis-
I must necessarily make two or three
visits lo the people of Crawford, with
my
forsook the
ght
opinion. When Mr. Clay
, T - . 1 Compromise and turned his baek upon
whom I am an almost enure stranger? thal naliona | question the An-
and in justice to that portion of the d.s- nexation J ; ) f TexaSt ] frit that every tie was
Dancin'? Girls. —The Paris correspondent
of the B >s’on Ail is, noticing the arrival in P *-
ris of n troop of thirty-six dancing girls, be
tween six and ten years of age, from tho banks
of the D mube, remarks—
Yet it is a sa l d ing to ri fleet, (and peeole
do sometimes reflect here) that these girls have
been collected from their homes, to he trained
for the stage, like Carter’s lions. Few persons
have any idea of ti e painful, Sisyphus-like toil
of a dniisiieso whose repose, flesh and liberty
are sacrificed, like those of a race-horse, thut
she m iy triumph. “ I have seen .M'ilo Taglio-
ni,” says on- of her friends, “ fall insensible on
the floor, after receiving a long lesson from her
father; slit* would he undressed and carried
o bed by her domestics. Tins was the price
f the agility and rn trvelous bounds of the
•ening.” Every evening thu’ Fi'z J mies ;i)>-
i 1 is in licr hr si character, she lies for half an
tr, fact; downward, upon two chairs, pi iced
trict some opportunity should be afforded
for a passing acquaintance, at least, to
those from whom I seek an important
trust; that of assisting in the passage ot
laws which may affect their lives, reputa
tion and properly. This I shall seek to
do on public occasions.
Men are tired of this senseless noise
and parade about politics; and the truth
is, the people every where desire and
need repose. I now promise in advance
to keep a truce with the acerbity and bil-
lingsgate which have unfortunately char
acterised contests of late years, and stu
diously avoid in any way the awakening
of those strong and violent feelings which
can in no event benefit us morally, sociul-
! ly, or politically.
Having determined to place the con
test on what I conceive lo be high and
honorable ground, and the few opportu
nities I shall have of meeting my constit
uents of the district, I have thought it
proper to give a short statement of my
political faith, which I shall now proceed
to do.
I atn in favor of the resolutions passed
at the Baltimore Conventions, which nom
inated Mr. Poik, in which are set forth
the Democratic principles.
In relation to Texas, I hold that she
can he constitutionally admitted either by
Joint Resolution or Treaty ; that I should
not scruple about the mode, taking the
one most available.
lam opposed to Internal Improvements
by the General Government, such as the
expenditure of vast sums of money for
the improvement of rivers, digging canals,
and constructing roads, &c., in every case
where strictly national purposes do not
warrant and demand it. Mr. Tyler de
serves the gratitude of the people for the
vetoof the omnibus bill, in which several
hundred appropriations conld only secure
a majority of Congress, by an abomina
ble and disgraceful system of log-rolling
which has unfortunately entered our halls
ol legislation.
I am a free trade man; or for fear mv
meaning should be perverted I will say
lam in favor of supporting the Govern
ment by duties laid on foreign goods with
the help of the land money. I am not in
favor of n Protective Tariff) such as I
take the bill of ’42 to be, but a revenue
tariff fairly and impaitif.lly laid. I hold
the tariff a tax, and in the language sub
stantially of a distinguished statesman,
that what a man labors for, is his against
the world, sore the government, and against
it, except to the extent of its legitimate
powers, and that all beyqpid is robbery.
Iam opposed to any modification of! for the flaitrrngmart
the veto power in the constitution. lo J comiuued to U!C Jou ,
1 sav the least of the matter, I view the
| proposed change of the whigs as destruc-
I tive of the just balance of power, dange- j
1 rous to tho smaller states, and entirely :
j impracticable.
I From Prince’s Digest, it will be seen
lhe land ceded by Georgia lo the United
j Stales, u^is given to the United States, as
! a common' fund to be used and appropri-
! a ted in tin other way. The intention of
i the cession, is fully expressed and not left
! to conjecture to supply it. The Virginia i
1 deed of cession is nearly in the same lun-
hroken and I then determined if Mr. Van
Buren who was confidently expected to
be the Democratic candidate should be in
favor of annexation, I would support him.
I now feel that I done wrong in ever de
termining to support Mr. Clay at all under
any circumstances, for I was truly'sur
prised that such men as Slade, Seward,
Webster, Cassius M. Clay, Adams, Gp<I-
dings, and a host ol others entertaining
views so deadly hostile, not only lo thp
South but to the Republican Government,
should have possessed so much of the
confidence and favor of that great man.
All the regret I have, that I felt con
strained to separate from 111 y old compan
ions, is the dismemberment of other ties
which I fondly trusted would have remain
ed unshaken. However traitorous my con
duct may seem, 1 glory in that treason
which drew me away from principles at
enmity with what I honestly believe, the
general and permanent happiness and in
terest of the country, and placed me in the
great Republican army doing l attle for the
Constitution as it- is, equal laws, and the in-
corporaiion of the “Lone Star” in our own
glorious galaxy. JOHN J. CARY.
THE TZLEGRAPH A.\D REPCIILIC”
Tuesday, April 2D, 1SI ».
ird apart, wlii'si Ii r fan me dc chnmbrc sics guage, only,that the Congress a tumbled is |
her lurk, tint it may become supple. It
u) that a stereotyped smile plays upon their
hut i: is only to conceal the workings of a
heart.
G001I. -
MoViilf! Register, in speaking of tho
•val of Gen. Almonte, the Mexican rnin-
aur government, si vs: ,,
• is one embarVassment in tire wav of
e in withdr 1 wing to Mexico, which we
ot seen alluded to. He is one of the most
St” mid trusted followers of Santa Anna;
dioujih not offl dally recalled, he may have
rnn for apprehension, that if he reaches Mex-
< lie may find quarters at Perole with Irs fat -
n chief. We tlrnk he would he more nt home
nd comfortable at Boston, where Mexico is in
e majority.
Ladv Editor.—M'ssJane Van Vleot edits j
the •* Star of Fiva lom,*' a Libeity paper in
N.le*, Michigan. A cotempoiaiy quietly tiilii j
“who doc« her knittin? and aewins?” 1
he gr anteft instead of the United Stales
Now I will) 1 , ask if States are not a very
different creniurc from the Unit'd States
as if the distribution of the proceeds to , to mike the Telegr
the Stntcs, would not the moment the act
passed divide and separate what the deed
has declared shall be common. What con
ceivable policy can justify the Govern
ment to give away such vast resources, at 1
a time too, when she hexself is in debt,
unless it is to furnish a pretext for the
horseleech tarilliies who liav£.>to<\long sat
like vampires sucking away^Gur t^cry yi- .
taliiy, to cry for more protection !
Mr. Webster says the Bank is ari “ob
solete idea.” I once thought a Bank was
necessary for the safe keeping, collecting
arid disbursement of the funds of the Go
vernment, and to equalize exchanges. This
last, I have come lo the conclusion, the;
Congress have nothing to do with. Dur-
To our Subscribers.
On and after Tuesday next, the “Republic" will be
merged in, and its subscription list united with that of the
“ Georgia Telegraph.
It wuuld be a source of deep regret to the undersigned
to announce this chsnge. were it nofcihal after mature con
sultation with kind and judicious friends, he is fully con
vinced that the ends it which' both sim will be more sure-
ly sttained, and the great ptinciplrs of our party more ably
enforced and defended by a union of the two and a con
centration of the pairnusge and energies ol the Democra
tic p«rty ofihiaand the adjoining counties upon one instead
of two papers. Under a new name the Republic will in
culcate nu new doctrine. It will abandon no principle or
measure it has hitherto enforced llut standing Isst in
politics upon the great republican platform, opposed to a
tariff for protection,hotdinc the general government tn the
extent of its delegated, and each separate S ate to the <*x.
lent nf its reserved rights, in be sovereign in all eases, op
posed to a Bank and distribution, and the Whig modifica
tion of the veto power, and in favor of the immediate an
nexation nf Texas, placing fidelity to these priuriplan and
the tenets ol the Republican party, to the Constitution as
it is. to ord r. to the rights of the South, and liberty, above
and paramount to every other teni|>nral obligation' the un
Hersigne-I hopes and confidently btlieves thal the subscri
bers 10 the Republic will have no occasion to regret the
change.
I csnnnt take leave of the patrons of this Journal with
out returnine them my warmest and most heartfelt thanks
marks of <-oi.iidern e and support exteild
it. a d trusts that it will be
continued to the Journal with which tins isjabou* to be
connected. H. C. CROSBY.
Fmm tlic above nolice it ui I Be seen that
the Republic has been merged in and its sub-
scriptio i list transferred to this paper. To
the patrons of both — to tlic demociatic parly
generally, tho undersigned would avail him
self of the present occasion to suy that while
the principles to which each h is been devoted
will be steadily and earrcstly maintained,
the opportunity which this connexion will af
ford of addressing a much larger number of
readers than Ir relofore, will enhance bis zeal
and energies in support of die principles of
the great political party to which it is his pride
to belong. By ibis connexion lit; hopes to re
tain old, an l conciliate new friends; and also
ph more useful, and g'ne
it additional claims upon the support and con
fidence of ihe Democratic party. To do this,
and that the association 1 f thu two papers may
be employed in a manner better calculated to
rend’r eff ctive service to our principles, us
soon as the necessary materials can lie procur
ed front tlit! North, the paper will be issued
from a new press und type, enlarged, and in
every respect made equal to any Journal in
tho S ; aie. In ihe confidence that the change
mad ! will involve no change of principles, and
the d'•termination 10 make this paper more use
ful for the future, die undeisigm-d ventures to
make a direct appeal to the continued support
cl t!.e friends of both auJ the p-inv generally.
O. H. PRINCE.
political canvass of the
deepest interest and importance in its results,
not only as regards the local interests con
nected with it, but also as regards the great
national qoetlinns at issue between the two
public d parties of the country. We say to
each individual Democrat—to every true heart
ed Georgian—Is your armor bright? Are you
prepared tn str ke
For your allnrs and your fires,
God and your native land ?
Wo will not slop now to discuss the issues
involved, or to show that the principles of the
Democratic party of Georgia are the same for
which your Republican fathers batt'ed so long
and arduously in tho slorious triumphs of the
past. It is .not necessary to do to. The only
regret that we have is that there should be oc
casion to do so at any lime, or that there^Should
be two parties in Georgia on the great national
questions of tho present day. Tliat there is,
is not only a reproach to the spirit of her peo
ple, hut dishonorable to a becoming Stale priJc,
as it is detrimental to the general welfare of
her citizens; and proves most conclusively,
that in the mi l.-t of the same scenes that in
spired tier B Idwins and her B libs, -her Jack-
sons and her Troups, her Crawfords and Iter
Forsyths, with tho same bright sky above her.
and the same free winds sweeping over her
mountains nr*d h«*r vallies. her forests and her
farms, that Georgia has deteriorated more in
tho spirit of her people than in any thing else.
This is no unmeaning language. For in
our hearts we believe that the deepest and
most lasting interests ol the people of Georgia
are at stake in the coming cont' st. The great
questions of Texas and tho Tariff arn still un
settled and open before the people of the coun
try. Questions vitally affeciing the rights and
interests, n iv, tlic very salvation of the South
itself; and although we succeeded in achiev
ing a triumph for our principles by the election
of a republican President in November last,
the danger is not yet over. There are still
men in this country—and in the very bosom of
our own State, too, as well as beyond the sea—
who have lost all sympathy for free institu
tions and the noble attachments felt by the
patriot for “bis own, bis native land.” The
present year will decide, and the coming elec
tions in Georgia will have no mean influence
00 it, whether the ii trigues of ambitions poli
ticians, tho fanaticism of ubolilionis's and the
cupidity of English diplomacy shall triumph
over American fro men, and lose us Texas—
whether the Lone Siar shall ho an humble and
oppressed Brush and Abolition colony, or a
fargnt constellation in the gal .xy of the free
States of the American Union — whether the
South shall be ramparted by Texas, or become
a field strewn with dragon’s teeth by English
and American abolitionists, from which armed
men will spring up to break down her sove
reignty und destroy the substance of our
p ople.
It is with such results as these, that the com
ing contest is fraught — results which are to
affect for weal or (or woe, not only our own
future destroy, but that of our children and our
children’s children, and the great questions *.*f
Republican freedom throughout all coming
time. Solemnly convinced of the importance
of the great issues involved, we venture to
address ourselves m all ca idor to our Republi
can brethren throughout the State, and urge
them by every consideration which patriots-
or Georgians can feel, to be at their posts.
Know ye not that your enemies are waging
the bitterest und most unrelenting warfare not
only against your country but against the pe
culiar institutions of the South ? Let it be re
membered, too, that we can only achieve a tri
umph for our principles by being united our
selves, and that it is the duty of Republicans
to discard all minor d fferences and personal
preferences about men, for their principles,
now that the period approaches for the nomi
nation of a candidate for Governor. Will
our friends throughout the State do so? Will
they, overlooking the claims of particular*
men, and the wishes of pol-tical aspirants, seek
Only the triumph of correct principles? We
have our preferences for men ourselves, forced
upon upon us by considerations of distinguish
ed pub-'ic service, high abilities, unexceptiona
ble private and moral worth; and, as we think,
too, ol" availability. Yet we will not stiff r
them to embarrass the parly, or*interfere wilh
an unbiassed expression of llm public will.—
We therefore call upon our frit nds in every
county in the Stale, to abstain from every thing
like bickerings among themselves; and to as
suage and heal any that may have already
sprung up. if there is any m in, or the Irie ds
of tiny mm, in the Slate, who will persis tin
pressing Iris claims nt thejeoparefy of our prin
ciples, he is unworthy of t.Le public confidence,
unfit fur any office in the gift of a free people,
and the sooner he is known the bolter.
Georgia lias u far higher stake in the com
ing election than the advancement of any m m.
Let the Republican p 1 rty tfien, prepare to do
their duty to her anJ to their country, Both
demands all their exertion and entnu-siasm.—
By such conduct wo can have a Democratic
Governor and a majority in boll) branches of
Legislature, and be able to wipe out the
the di-grace inflicted upon the Sta'e by the
course of Judge Berrien; by placing a fair ex
ponent of the wishes of the people of Georgia,
in the United States Senate. Our friends will
see by glancing at the vote < f the diflVn nt
counties in November last, that in several of
the t Senatorial districts our majorities were
trifliiii:; and if we secure all that we cau rea-
so -aMy exp ct, we cann u get more than two
majority in the House cu' not exceed eight or
ten. The necessity, therefore,' i union among
ourselves must be apparent to * very Demoer -t
in the Stale. We cannot afford to lo-e a sin
gle Senator or a single Representative to the
I next Legislature.
Let not the RapuhHeans be deceived upon
this subject. Let tin m remember that the
■ Texas and oilier great questions are not yet
settled. The resolutions passed by the hist
1 Congress for the annexation of that Republic,
and which are now before the people of that
country for accepta ce or rejection, leaves tlic
final and last action upon the subject to the
next Congress; and as parties are so nearly
balanced in that body, the vote of on single
Senator may defeat annexation and lose us
1 eras forever. If this great measure is to be
defeated, in God’s name let it not be by the
vote of a Senator from Georgia ! These mid a
thousand other consideraiioi s should animate
the Democracy with tho noblest enthusiasm and
unite them as a ba' d of patriots havi g a com
mon destiny rend gfory. In conclusion we
would say to our. friends throughout the State,
prepare for the contest put on the whole Dem
ocratic armor a :d let no unworthy dissensions i
disturb you rhaririony. Let uselect ou> Govern
or, let us have a majority of good and true men in
the next legi-lature; let us s Or tain our present
Republican President; let us remember that the
cause in which we tire engaged is the cause of
the constitution—the cause ol our country—the
cause of the South—the cause of Texas. ‘Re
publicans co the rescue, and God defend the
.light.’
Eiiitoriitl Change.
Marcus Johnston. Esq., Ia*e ed tor of the
Democrat published in thi> ci'y, has purchased
the interest of William L. Jeter, Esq., in the
Columbus Times, a d become associated in
the management of that paper with John For
syth, Esq. Since the conn xhm «*f Mr. For
syth, with that Journal, it has been conducted
with an ability not surp >ss d by any in the
State; and we feel assured tliat uud“r the new
arrangement it will continue to rank high with
the people und press of Georgia. During the
connexion of Mr. Johnston with the D tnnerat,
it wus conducted with zeal and abil ty. and
disfo guished by a firm, dignified and in ep- n-
dent course; which, while it secured him the
confidence and support of his friends, 'com
manded tho respect and esteem of his oppo-
own and sole property, exempt from any con
dition.
1 am, vrrv r» spec'fd'y, yonrs, &c..
JESSE DUNCAN ELLIOTT.
I o Ihe President and Directors of the Na
tional institute, at Washington.
| Hermitage, March 27. 1845.
i Dear Sir—Your letter of the 18th instant
j together with t-.e copy of the proceedings of
I ,l,e Nfi'ioi al Institute, furnished n e by°their
, Corresponding Secretary, on the presentation
by you, of the sarcophagus for their acceptance
; n!1 condition it shall Ire preserved, and in • on-
j or ol ’ nn mor y> Have been received, and are
j now hef'ree me.
I Although laboring under great debility and
afll etion, from a severe attack from which I
may not recover, I raise my pci and endeavor
to reply. I lie steadiness of my nerves mav
perhaps lead you 10 cm clttde my prostration
ol strength is mj sogreat as h> re expressed.
Strange as it may appear, my nerves are as
-steady as they were forty years gone by;
.whilst, from debility and affliction, I am gasp!
mg for bieaih. r
1 have read the whole proceedings of the
p resentation, by you. of the sarcophagus, „nd
the resolutions pass’d bv the Board of Direc
tors, so honorable to my fame, with sensations
a. d feelt gs more easiiy to be conjectured lhan
by me expressed. The whole proceedings call
for my most grateful thanks, winch are hereby
tendered io _\ou, and through you to the Presi
dent and Directors of the National Institute—
Bat wit" t e warmest sensations that can in
spire a grateful heart, J must decline accent-
mg the honor intended to he bestowed. I can
not consent that my mortal body shall be laid
i n repository prepared for an’emperor or a
1 } republican feelings and principles
king
foibid it; the s raplicity of oiw system of gov
ernment forbid a it. Every monument erected
to perpetuate the memory of our heroes and
statesmen .'I'ght to hear evidence ol the econo,
my and simplicity of our republic-n institutions,
and the plainness of our republican citizens,
who are the sovereigns of cur glorious Union,
anti wk<»se viiinp is to perp tuale it. True
virtue cannot exist where pomp and parade
are toe goveroi-.g passions ; it can only dwell
»ith the people—the great laboring and pro.
duel-!5 classes, mat f l)rm ,], e b one anJ a j newo f
onr Confederacy.
For these reasons. I cannot accept the honor
you ned the President and Directors of the Na
tional Institute intended to bestow. 1 carn ot
permit tny remains i 0 be the first in these Uni.
ted States to be deposited in a sarcophagus
made for an emperor or kmg. I again repeat,
pi *.ise accept for yourself, uftd convey to tfie
I resident and Directors of the National Insti
tute, ny most profound r e <p cts for ihe honor
you amt they mtn-ded to bestow. I have pre
pared a humble depository for mv mortal body
beside that where.n lies my h- loved w-fe. where.
d d more or better service in the cause of Polk,
Daffas, and Texas, during the campaign of
fast sunim’T, than the Democrat. In his new
connexion w • tender him our best wishes and
most respectful salutations, and bid him we I
come back to the corps editorial.
limits. Few pipers in iliis s* ciioii ««f the State without pofhp or parade, | have requested, when
**• * ... -- - mv G«d eaifs me 10 si. ep with my fathers, to
he bnd; tor b ith ol us there to remain until the
last trumpet smiii -s to c II the dead lo judg-
mem, when we, I Impr-, shall rise together,
cloth'd with that heavenly body promised toall
w believe in our glorious Redeemer, who d'ed
for us that we might live, and by whose atone-
moni I hope /• »r ;i blessed inmioriaJitv.
I am, with great respect,
\ our friend and fellow citizen,
ANDREW’ JACKSON.
I o Com. J. D. Eli.iott,
United S ales Navy.
Worthy of Gen. Jackson.
The following manly reply of Andrew Jack-
son is worthy of himself. T-is great man
even at the threshold of ihe grave ? worn t<» the
very bones by the infirmities of age and dis
ease, and the cares incident to an arduous
and active public life upon a bed'of illness,
from which,he may bo call d to meet that des-
tinj which awaits us all, discovers a m nd c-<Im
and self poised as in tho zenith of his manly
prime* H«»w strongly does his powciful mind
seize upon the true view of the proposition
made, and how vividly its American feeling
und xouthful fire glow upon every line. No
sarcophagus is necessary to the glory of such
a man. That trill survive the fading stone.
All the monuments of Egyptian or Roman art
tliat could be collected would add nothing to
his (ante. Sleeping in tho modest tomb he
has,erected for his wife and himself, his ashes
will be more respected and his fame outlive the
Egyptian Cheops himself.
From the Globe.
National Institute.
We give the following correspondence re
specting tke sarcophagus brought from Syria
by Com. Elliott, U S Navy, and deposited in
the institute on the condition of its appropria
tingupon the death of Gen. Jackson, to the re
caption of Ins remains. We published, in our
paper of March 12, the address made by Com*
Elliott, nt the state 1 meeting of me institute of
the 10th March, m-iki tg the above proposition,
and the appropriate remarks of Capt. George
W. Hughes, of the U. Biuies Topographical
Eng nears Corps, on tho occasion. Tne pre
sent correspondence shows the grounds upon
whicn the General has declined the ofi’-r.
This magnificent relic of ancient times has
now become the preperty ot’ihe institute; and
the attention of the public is called to it, as one
of the most remarkable and intcres ing objects
in Washington. It is placed in the basement
story of the Patent Office.
Navy Yard. Philadelphia, 1
April S, 1S-15. j
Gentlemen—The interest which the National
Inst'tu 0 has been pleased to take in the even
tual bestow ment of the remains of tho honored
TO ADVERTISERS. *~
The large circulation «-f the Telegraph, con-
srquent upon its union with the Republic, will
it is scarcely necessary, to ad 1, enhance the
claims it has heretofore presented to advertisers
TlirtSew Orlcan Municipal Election.
The election of municipal officers for the '
three municipalities took place on Monday, the
14 h iri't. The following is the result: The
general council is composed of 6 Democrats,
aid 6 whigs; council of first municipality, 6
democrats and 6 whigs ; council ol second ir.u-
n’cipalfty, 1 di mocrat and ] 1 whigs; council
of third municipality, G democrats and 1 whig.
\\ e call the attention of oar readers to tho
advertisement of Mr. Swain, Professor of Mu.
sie fiom London. Mr. S. is a graduate'ofone
of the first Literary Institutions in England, an
exquisite peiformec on several instruments,
and possessing vocal powers scarcely inferior
to any one we ever heard.
We have no doubt but that he would render
the inmost satisfaction to any one who would
like toengage bis services.
Foreign News.
M e are unable to-dav to g-ve even a synop
sis of the fore gn ne«s, received by the last
steamer. The Ei gltsh papers are filled chiefly
with comments upon the Inaugural of President
Polk, 0 d the action of our Govgrnni’ nt upon
the I ex -sand Oregon questions, we mav here
after condense l he po iiical news, and show our
readers the swaggering spirit of John Bull, and
the arrogant and insulting tone indu'ged in by
the English press' on these questions and
the government an I the peoj.fo nf this country.
Democracy of li.bh County.
Bei-ig requ red to do so, at a meeting of the
Andrew Jackson in the saicophagus which I j Democrats of said County, at the Court House,
on the 19th inst.; tire following named persons
brought fiom abroad and deposited in your in
stitute, makes it my business now to communi
cate to you a copy of his letter of the 27th
ult., lately received on that subject.
W ilt sentiments so congenial to his strict re
publicanism—and in accordance, indeed, with
the republican feelings common to ourselves—
he takes the ground of repugnance to connect
ing Iiis name and fame in any 7 way vvitn impe
rial associations.
We ca mot but honor the sentiments which
have rul d Iiis judgment in the ease ; for, they
are such as must add to the lust re > f his enur-
acter. V\ e subset ihe to tin nt ourselves; and,
j while we yield to tin ir force, we may stdl he
; pennitli d to continue our regard o tho enuiir-
| ing marble, as to an ancient and classic—u cu-
riositv in itself, and particularly m this country,
as the first of its kind seen in our Western
hemisphere.
From it we would deduce the moral, tha',
wlt'le "e would disclaim ihe pride, pomp, and
ci cum-t .nee of imperial jiagi uinrv, as unlit-
ting our institutions and pmfessioi s, we would
sedulously cherish the simpler republican prin
ciple. of reposing our fame and honors in tire
I11 arts and affections ot our countrymen.
I have now. in conclusion, to siy, 1 hat. as
the sarcophagus was original y presented wilh
or three majority in the Senate. Predicating suggestion of using it as abo'ya- pieij-tioned.
our calculations upon the same returns, cur I now commit it wholly to theiuAJreteqit their
arc appointed delegates to meet and confer
with the Democrats of Tw gg S Coun'y, in the
selection of a suitable candidate forme appoint
ment of Senator in the next General Assembly,
of this Slate, viz :
564t/i District.—Wm. Gunn, George $■
Logan, and Job i B. Ross.
716th District.—Edmund S, Rogers, Jab®
E. Jrlfi rs, and Alexand r Richards.
Distrut Last of Ocmnlgcc.— David Fi an "
ders, Samuel F. Gove, and Joseph Willett.
llazzard Dish ict—William C. La«'s^ e '
Benjani n M tv, Tazewell Barker.
Howard's District.—John B. Hauler, D ,u :
ry M. Cox, Larkin Gr ffin.
Warrior District.—Henry Newsom. J 2n,C5
Hay, Cic i*ro A. Tharp.
Rutland's District Zachariah Co"' af1 '
Steuben Woodward and Clark Brown.
Godfrey's District.—Richard Bassett, .
m is B igby, and John Bailey.
Tne above delegates are requested to acta
fill vacancies.
JAMES SMITH, Chairm^*
E. A. Wilcox, Secretary.
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