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THE OEOROIA TELEGRAPH AND
| ,'jVBK II. PIUNCE.
L|.^V SERIES—VOL. I. NO. 50.
—PUBLISHED MEEJUlLY-
Editor & Proprietor.
31 AO ON, TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 9, 1845.
WHOLE NUMBER 987.
jlBCRAPH & REPUBLIC,
,|JJJ0 EVERY TUESDAY MORNING
|;i ftn,L1 ' 15Y o. H. PRINCE,
fORKB DOLLARS PER ANNUM.
10YA R1 1 BLY I N ADVA JV C E
.,-HTISEMENTS nre inserted at $t OO per
AO' fjrtlie fir* 1 >tneriion, and 50 cent* pec square for
I ►!?!.,ruon iherenfier.
J ,,c ’^ft»n33'jl e deduction will be made to those who adver-
I ’ Sales of LANDS, by Administrators. Execu-
I ^ (i**rdi»o». ®re required by law, to be held on the
I |i»jf ' ]jy Jn the month, between the hours of ten in the
S,.n3«l-rco in the afternoon, at the Court-house, in
[ iu which the l“ n I > s siiiiateil- Notice of these
I ^^Lt be siren in a public gazette SIXTY DAYS pre-
0 die day of sale.
f keGROES must be made at a public auction
f first Tuesday of the month, between the usual Inurs
I '<• , place of public sales in the county where the
testamentary, of Administration nr Guardianship,
I <:le i. ir e been granted, first giving SIXTY DAYS notice
I t'rsof i« one of the public gazettes of this State, and at the
I f'lhe Court-house, where such sales are to be held.
^lice for the sale of Persona! Property must bo given in
iv.minner, FORTY days previous to the day of sale.
' Vstire to the Oeluori and Creditors of an estate must be
" visthat application will be made to the Court of Or-
| lartfor leave to sell LAND, must be published for
' 7 S«de*for?eave*to sell NEGROES must be published
JfOVIL MONTHS, before any order absolute shall be
1tliareon by the Court. ....
I AnriMtfcr letter* of Administration, most be publish-
I jiliXr dart for dismission from adininisi ration, month-
,it* wsafltl—for dismission from Guardianship,/or/y
far the foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
I MitUff» r f 0Hr ounUht^-for establishing lost papers./or
jr1,if,puce of three months—for compelling titles from
I Esseutnrs or Administrators, where n Ilond has been given
POETRY.
SONGS OF FARM ATI A.
The Hard is fulfilling his liiuh office, when he fans the
fading cinbvrs of patriotism.. i»r breathes a word of cheer to
the wronged and down trodden among the nation*: and his
words, like the fabled dragon teeth, may in due season
spring forth into armed men.
BATTLE SONG OF THE POLISH LANCER.
BY It. H05MEII, JR.. or AVON.
[The Lancers of Poland were celebrated for their brave
ry and discipline in the sornce of Napoleon, as well as 1
From the Lexington Observer, 20th nit.
THE AFFAIR AT LEXINGTON.
Our rcaJcrs will see by the published pro
ceedings, that nil event lias taken place, which
many foresaw from the beginning would lake
place, and which, within the last few days, was
rendered inevitably certain. Mr. C. M. Clay’s
press and materials have, by a solemn resolve
own i ights, I shah voluntarily, before any action is tnken on
your part, make such explanations I deem just and
proper. J
During my ;sickne.-s, mv paper has been conducted by
some friends. The leading article in the last number, winch
rent cause of the public d : squietude, I
. . - 0 lime it wafi put jto press. I
could not have undergone the faligue ot reading such :i pa-
per through. Although it was read overto me at the time,
yet I am fully persuade.! now, that, had I been in health, it
would not upvebeen admitted into my columns. But I felt
of an immense concourso of citizens, been safely | arow^polft^er^f^^f^ ^^^” becn ,nv '
I am t.«ld is the
have never read^iceau.-e nt the
lhe deceased, the full space of three months.
"'fjblieations will always he continued according to these,
ulegal requirements, unless otherwise ordered.
REMITTANCES BY MAIL.— ‘A postmaster may en-
I af4 p, 0 ney in a letter to the publisher of a newspaper, to
I \.ihe»ubscriptionofa third person and frnnfe the letter if
.rittrahy himself."—Amos Kendall, P. M. G.
ee?
FLOYD HOUSE,
SY B. S. NEWCOMB.
M vrox, Georgia, Oct. 19,1811—31—tf
Fa.kinanfcle l)rr*. .11 nil ini; EMnblialiineul
Plumb Street, next to the Seminary.
Oak's far DRESSES. RIDING HABITS. *. Ac. exe-
ntsl in the latest and most fashionable style, and at the
shortest notice.
’ NISBET & WINGFIELD,
A TTO RNE YS AT LAW.
OSes on Mulberry Street, over Kimberly’s Hat Store
U,can. Georgia, Oct. 19,1844—31—tf
Pope A Clopton,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
T4JSKEGEE. ALABAMA.
1TTILL hereafter attend the Courts of Macon, Pike.
II Harbour. Hassell.Chambers, Tallapoosa. Montgem
try and Lowndes counties. They will also attend the Su
prune Court of the r tate.
Communication* addressed to them at Tuskrgce,wil! re
etite prompt attention.
Ja*. 14-10—tf.
James X. Kiuy:,
Attorney at Law,
Macon, Go.
WINFREY L. SHOCKLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Will practice in the following Counties :
UPSON, HOUSTON.
PIKE. BIBB.
.MONROE, BALDWIN,
BUTTS. JONES.
CRAWFORD, TWIGGS.
All business ertrusted to his enre wiB meet with prompt
mention. Office in Dr. Thomson’* building,opposite Floyd
if,use, Macon, Georgia.
May 3,1815. 34 »
WtiUins * Mix,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
LOOTS AND SHOES
Neat the Washington Hall, Second Street.
Macoa, Georgia, Oct. 19, 1844—31—if *
J. L. JONES & CO.
CLOT H I N C} STORE
Hrif tide Mulberry Street, next door below the Big Ilat
IIIACOIV.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
TVR.T. A. PARSONS has returned to the city,and lias
1/ resumed the duties of his profession. Office at his
dwelling, brick boose, two doors above the Meltiodis
Church Jan. St. I843L
ELMOVAL.
T\R. IIOT.T has removed to the residence recently
U occopied by 11. H. Moultrie, where lie may be
fwnd «t night; and in the day, at his office over Mess's
Wbisbip k Pope's store.
Miron, April 16. 33 «f
CtCOrgC II. IjOg'fttl,
DEALER IN
Fancy and Staple JJry Goods,
Hard. Ware, Crock try, Glass 1 Vare, <j*c. Sfc,
Corner of Second and Cherry Streets.
Macon, Georgia, Ucf.19, 1644—31—tf
J. M. BOARDMAN,
DEALER IN
Law, Medical, Miscellaneous,
and School Rooks;
Blank Books and Stationery of all kinds ; Printing Pa
per, Ac. Ac.
Sign of the Large Bible, two doors above Shot welt’s
corner, west tide of Mulberry Street.
Macon, Georgia, Oct. 19, 1844—31—if
SODA. WATER.
T HIS grateful drink is now served up at GEORGE
t PAYNE'S Drug Store with Good Syrups, and
•here can bs had at all times Congress Water.
Jane 18,1343. 38 3m
<'ity Hall : : : Grillin, (.corcia.
BY ROBT. S. LANIER.
CONDUCTED BT
SAMPSON LANIEU, late o! the Washington Hall,
Macon, Ga.
Griffin, Jnnoary 1,1845. 29 if
subsequently.]
To saddle,to saddle, with lances in rest!
By heel of the tyrant our greensward is pressed-—
Yon Lord of the Balkan* while hurrying on
Lung columns of footmen and hordes from the Don,
Dreams not that his liurels will wither to-dny —
That a whirlrrind of horsemen will crush his array!
Old Toland for ever!
Though muskets rain Iced and black cannon belch fire.
Beaten back by the shock, will the "Lancers" retire?
No! — an oath we have sealed, with the cross in our hands,
To charge! though our foemen ou.number the sands —
Aye, winged with the speed of a hurricane,ride
Through the ranks of the Czar, as a ship cleaves the ti de
Old Poland for ever!
The war-note of Poland’s “White Eagle" we htiar!
He will scream soon a knell in the Muscovite's car—
Our chargers, impatient, are pawing the ground —
They long, like their riders, for trumpet to sound!
Oh, when will the signal our bugleman blow,
To bear like a thunderbolt down on the foe ?
Old Poland for ever!
While growl for red banquet these Bears of the North,
From Warsaw’s bright turrets the Lovely look forth:
Fair hands wrought the ting by our legion unrolled —
Bright eyes in the battle our deeds will behold:
6b , who would not forth for his country to fight.
With the graves of her dead and her altars in sight 1
Old Poland for ever!
"General Diebitsch, sornamed Babalkanskoi, for his
campaign across the Balkan Mountains, against the Turks.
A BEAUTIFUL SONG.
The following eloquent effusion was written by Judge
Meek, uf Alabama, uud dedicated to a beautiful young
lady.
COME TO THE SOUTH.
BY A. B. JtKKK, KSq.
Oh! come to the South, sweet beautiful one,
*Tis the clime of die lieatt, ’tis the shrine of the sun.
Where the sky ever shines wich a passionate glow.
And the Bowers spread their treasures of crimson and
anow;
Where the breeze o'er bright waters, wafts incense along,
And gay birds are glancing in beauty and song;
Where summer smiles ever, oVr mountain aud plain,
And the best gifts of Eden unshadowed remain!
O.co-ne to the South,
The shrine of the sbn,
And dwell in iu bowers,
Sweet, beautiful oue.
Oh! come to the South, and I'll build thee a home.
Where winter shall never intrusively come.
The qneen-likc catalpa, the myrtle and pine,
The gold-fruited orange, the ruby-gemmed vine.
Shall bloom round thy dwelling, and shade thee at noon,
While birds of all music keep amorous tuner
By the gush of glad fountains, we will rest us a: eve,
No trouble to vex us, no sorrow to grieve!
Oh, eoine to the Ssutb.
The shrine of the sun.
And dwell in iu bowers.
Sweet beautiful one!
Ob! come to die South, ’tin the home of the heart;
No sky like its own, can deep passion impart ;
The giow of its summer is felt in the soul.
And Love keepeth ever his fervent control!
0!i. here would thy beauty most brilliantly beam.
And thy life pass away, like some delicate dream!
Each wish of thy heart should realized be,
And this beautiful land seem an Eden tu thee!
Then come to the South,
The shrine of the sun,
~ And dwell in its bowers,
Sweet beautiful one!
- - - - —w. ucreioiore to admit Tree discussion unnn the
boxed up and sent beyond the confines Of the *“ b J ect r ° r sIxtc^. by slar*.|ioldevs themselves arid the on-
Stale. The meetintr was called and held with- nrooenv l *”*•'largely. linterejted] in thatkimt of
out distinction of panics; and we who live here, >*K«* which l commomi^^Vrlm the^Stme.'is £fd”v
know full well how much moral worth anil res- I ll' l tlere 'l t ’." 1 In ? n . v essential points, to this author’s views.—
pcctability it was composed, whilst those at a per!w M
distance can form some estimate of die cllarac- a'ld which has also been the cause of so much dUsalisfac'
I ter of the assemblage, by reading the published i 1 °"’ V® JUSUC " or ' vlllch > to some extent, I am willing m ac
nroceedinrrs J ,1™" ^ I assure you. upon the honor of a man^l was
P 0 ° 1 - . , . I ntcndetl to mean, or to bear the construction, which
Scenes of tilts kind have taken place before, I y °*nues haragiTen it. I_was pursuing the refle ctxon* o
and in other States. In Alton, a press was de- I con’d ° f ra!seonstruc,,on ,liat
stroyed, property damaged, bloodshed, and I . Ha *} in tbo vigor oriiealth, i should have avoided
lives lost. Ill Cincinnati, a press was destroy- expressions; for, by sharply guarding
ed, the types scattered, and we believe proper- t£i «£&?
ty injured. It has been reserved, we think, for ° ran,n «ndiarycharacter. Icannotsaythatlhepnper.r.um
Lexinglon to exhibit ,ho rare apocUcl. of o„ i. JSP fe
innumernb.e body of citizens, meeting, as a *? e “'“Mtioo. Satisfied, however, from past experience.
niatler of course, with highly excited feelings, m'.nr ohh!*?? dUeii r^“r^*!** «»avery is liable to
. c I . . , ° many objecnons which I did not anticipate' and wMeli I lnH
yet so far subduing and moderating their spirit allowed in an excess ofliberaljty.orisiSg.ri doubt, from the
as to accomplish their purpose Without the fi'Ct that I had been denied the coinn ns of the other presses
sliglrtest damage to property, or the effusion of ° 0 rSSSSffiSofffl^S.^.h.ultdm'h £5®'
a arop ol blood. Uod lorbld that ever The occa- P a P er no “ r ucle upon this subject; for which Ism not willin’^
sion should arise, that would in the esiimation of ^ be bel>l ‘•««p°o*»bIe. This.yoj perceive, will very muert
t . , i ,, ,. .. r uarrow the ground; for my plan of emancipation, which I nut
sober milldeo Citizens, require the application of forth a few days ago. is nftlte most gradual character. My
this extraordinary remedy, SO full of peril ns a overviews pat forth there are such as I learn are not at ufl
precedent in the State, and so full of pain to all
the sensibilities of our nature. But when the I nat-Kuey of those principles Olid measures which 1 deem of
time shall come—if come it shall—we fervently withoutTubi'ernL'. 0 !, our S i ,aIe ’ 1 wi ' ,,nut m°>e?iaiion and
. .. - ... . J without subjecting the people to the apprehensions and ex-
trust to see the assemblage Ot Citizens amnia- cilemeat which are now unhappily upon us. You may
ted by the same exalted sense of dignity, whilst I P ro P®'ly a - , lL* P er bap’, why was not this thing done before?
they execute their task of responsibility, but I 3
yet of conscicmious duty. 'Hie duty has been public press on both sides, I conceived, and am still or the
discharged, aud that in a manner which leaves 1 , a ro V;, O' 0 ’"' h ® • l ? mal i e bot I h parties
, , political capital. Ana you will see, also, when the excite-
110 StlUII Upon our City, and winch need cause ment is worn off, that there have been many selfish purposes
none to blush who have had an agency in the sought to be accomplished, at the expense ofyour peace and
consumnutiou of the object. | bm^a./i^'^ireV. 8 P ‘° fe=3inS be actualed by notbins
Having said thus much upon the conduct of my paper, I
must say also that my cou-iitutional rights I shall never
abandon. I feel as deeply interested in this community as
any other man in it. No man is, or has a connexion, more
deeply interested iu the prosperity of this State than myself.
You ought not—you cannot, if you nre as just to me as you
are to yourselves—ask me to do that which you would not
SCOTT, CARIf ART Jk Co.,
MERCHANTS AND FACTORS,
CONTINUE to keep on Land their uaa-
al stock of Groceries, &c., which they will
j sell ni the lowest market prices.
A i fanrv.t in;it!e on Colton or Merchan
dise consigned to them.
On the firsit of October next, they will remove to the Fire
Tioof Brick Stores, on Third Street, between Graves,
W«od A Co., and Ken Ac CottOQS*.
Macon, August 19» 47 3m
BENNETT BELL,
FARE-HOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
EAST MACON,
Opposite the Central Bail Rond Repot*
* „ HAVING leased the Stiirc and Ware-
f a Tf House, formerly occupied by Henry K-
Carter, would respectfully lender hio see*
vices io Planters and others and will
promptly attend to the receiving of Cotton
Merchandize entrusted to his cart.
Also will give hit personal attention to selling Cotton or
^er produce, fitting orders for goods, anti shipping Cotton
Savannah, Charleston, or New York.
Hoping his best exertions will give satisfaction to all who
f* v or him with their business.
-Macon. August 12. 18*15. *H> tf
WAKE-IIOUSJH.
THE undersigned will continue the
WAKE HOUSE AND COMMISSION
BUSINESS, nt the stand occupied by
them for the last two years an<l formerly
occupied by E. A T. N. Bell- They have
liter Ware-House in a retired pert of the city,
they occupy, and v/h icli from itd location
Mlij.’-xr"*"” ak *“ ,e from tire as sny in the city. They
Pled- l J’ c .P* lr,,l, *? e °f their friends and the public, ana
o* their constant personal attention tp the business,
w , , OUSLEY & JE’VETT.
July 13,1813. 42 6m
•ho rented ai
•JJ near the
*"!' prob»bly,be as
From Chambers' Edinburg Journal.
WE ARE GROWING OLD.
BY FRANCES BROWSE.
Wc are growing old — how the thought will rise,
When a glance we backward cast
On some long remembered spot that lies
In the silence of the past;
It may be the shrine of early vows,
Or the tsmb of early years;
But it seems like a far oil' isle to us.
In the stormy sea of years.
Oh, wide anil wild are the waves that pait
Our steps from its greenness now,
And wc miss the joy of many a heart,
And the light of many a brow;
For deep o’er many a stately bark
Have the whelming billows rolled,
That steered with us from that early mark —
Ob, friends we are growing old.
Old in the dimness and the dust
Of our dsily toils and cares.
Old in the wrecks of love and trnst
Which our burdened memory bears.
Each form may wear to the passing gaze
The bloom of life’s fresbness yet.
And beams may brighten our latter days.
Which the morning never met.
Bat oh, the changes wc have seen,
In the far and winding way;
The graves in our path that have grown green.
And the locks that have grown gray!
The winters still in our own may spare
The sable or the gold;
But we saw their snows upon brighter hair—
And, friends, we are growing old.
We have gained the world's cold wisdom now,
We have learned to pause and fear;
But where are the living founts whose flow
Was a joy to hear ?
Wc have won the wealth of many a cliine,
And the lore of many a page;
But where is the hope that saw in lime
But its boundless heritage ?
Will it c*me again when the violet wakes,
Anil the woods their youth renew?
We have stood in the light of sunny brakes,
Where the bloom is deep and blue;
And our souls might joy in the spring time then.
But the joy was faint nnd cold.
For it ne’er could give us the youth again
Of the hearts that are growing old.
BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS.
There is something touchingly beautiful in words when
rightly put together. They leave an impression that can
never be effaced. We have read again and again, till it
is familiar to us as the face of a friend, the following splen
did thought, and yet every time we see it 'tis fresh and
beautiful as ever. The author we know not, but ho de-
serves to be immortalized for this morceau alone:
“How beautifully falls
From human lips that blessed word FORGIVE;
Forgiveness — ’tis lie attribute of God —
The sound which openeth Heaven—renews again
On Earth lost Eden’s faded bloom, and flings
Hope's halcyon halo o'er the waste of life.
Thrice happy he whose heart has been so schooled
In the meek lessons of humanity,
Thet he can give it utterance • it imparts
Celestial grandeur to the human soul,
Aud makeih man an angel.'’
At a meeting of sundry citizens of Lexing
ton, at tite court-house, on Thursday, 14th Au
gust, Beverly A. Hicks was called to the chair;
and, the meeting being organized, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted; after I do. I know not, in reality, what may-bo the state of pubic
which the meeting adjourned to meet at 3 o’- HOn i l '* ' er J much " ,<3ame<1 . I therefore
directed my publisher, after the publication of to-morrow s
paper, to exclude aW matter upon the subject of slavery, un
til, if my health is restored, I shall be able myself to take
the helm.
My office and dwelling nre undefended, except by the
laws of our country—to the sacred inviolability of which I
confide myself and property; and of these laws you are the
scle guardians. You have the power to do as you please.—
You will so act, however, I trust, that this day shall not he
one accursed to our country and State.
Your obedient servant,
C. M. CLAY.
Thomas F. Marshall, Esq., then subm tt ’d
the foliowing address and resolutions ; which
were unnuimously adopted :
The pt ople of the city of Lexington and
county of Fayette, together with many hun
dreds from the adjoining counties, assembled
in the c ty of Lexington on the IStli Augi st,
in pursuunce of a general notice made by ihe
authority of a body of the citizens of Lexing
ton, calling a general assembly of the peop'o.
adjourned
clock p. m., to-morrow, 15ih.
(Signed) BEVERLY A. HICKS,
Chairman.
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to
wait upon Cassius M.Clay, editor of the “True America!],’*
and request hint to discontinue the publication of the pa-
percalled the “True American,"as its further continuance
in our judgment, is dangerous to the peace of our commu
nity. and to the safety ol our homes aud families.
2d. That the committee reporttu the a tsembly to-morrow
evening at 2 o’clock the result of their application, and Mr.
Clay's answer.
B. W. Dudley, Thomas H. Waters, John W. Hunt,
committee.
The meeting assembled pnrsuant to adjournment; and
Thomas H. Wa ers,. one of the committee of correspon
dence, reported the following letter and answer ol C. M.
Clay:
Lexisctos, August 14,1845.
Cassius If. Clay, F.sr.-.
SIR: We, the undersigned, have been appointed as a
committee upon the part :.f a number of the respectable cit
izens of the c ty of Lexm^t in. to correspond with you, un-
“Keutlvcd, Tnat a committee or three be appointed to | to concert measures for the suppression of the
wait uj>on Cassius M. Clay, editor of the‘True Anier.-an/j ,-,,,1*1; * - * ** *
ami r-*.,u—1 lain. Bn diacnliulia l*u« pohll—«t— — V ■*— r-~
called the ‘True American,' as its further continuance, in
our judgment, is dangerous to the pence of our community,
ar.d to the safety of our names and fcinilies.’’
I i pursuance of the above, we hereby request’yon to dis
continue your paper, and would seek to imprest upon you
the importance of your acquiescence. Your paper is agita
ting and exciting our community to an extent of which you
can scarcely be aware. We do not approach you tu the
form of a threat. But we owe it to you to state, that, in oar
judgment, your own safety,as well as the repose and peace
of Hie communiiy.is involve! in youranswei. We await
your reply, in the hope that your own good sense, and re
gard for the reasdnable wishes of a community in which you
have connexions and friends, will induce you promptly to
comply with our request. We are instructed to rejmrt
your answer to a meeting, to-morrow evening at 3 o' -leek,
and will expect it by 2 o'clock, p. m., of to-morrow.
RespectfalW. Ac.
11.'W. DUDLEY.
THO II. WATERS,
JOHN W. HUNT.
To which Mr. Clay made the follow ing reply:
Silts: I received, throii-li the binds of Mr. Thomas H.
Waters, one of your committee, since candle-light, your ex
traordinary letter. Inasmuch as two of your committee aud
myself are not upon speaking terms, ami when I add to this
the fact that yon have taken occasion to address me a note
of this chat jeter when I am on a bed of sickness of more
than a month’s staiiditig, from which I have only ventured
at intervals to ride out, and to write a few paragraphs,
which caused a relapse. 1 think that the American people
will agrbe with me that your office is a base ar.d dishonora
ble one—more particularly when they reflect that you ha>'e
had more than two months, wVtlit I was in health, to ac
complish the same purpose. I say in reply to your asser
tion that you are a committee appointed by a respectable
portion of the community, that it cannot be true. Traitors
to the laws and constitution cannot he deemed respectable
by any but assassins, pirates, and highway robbers. Your
meeting is one unknown to the laws nnd constitution or my
country; it was secret in its proceedings; its purposes, its spi
rit and its action, like its mode of existence, are wholly un
known to, and in direct violation of. every known principle
of honor.religion. or government, held sacred by the civiliz
ed world. I treat them with the burning contempt of a
brave heart and a loyal citizen. I deny their power, nnd
defy their action. It may be true that those men are exci
ted, as you say, whose interest it is to prey upon the excite
ment ami distresses of the country. What tyrant ever
failed to be excited, when bis unjust power was about to be
taken from his hands? But I deny, utterly deny, and call
for proof, that there is any just ground for its agitation. Iu
every case of violence by tiie blacks since the publication of
my paper, it li»s been proven, and will be again proven by
my representatives, if my life should fail to be spared; that
there lnvc been special causes for their action, independent
of, and having no relation whatever to. "The True Ameri
can” or its doctrines. Your advice wiilfrrgard to my per
sonal safety is worthy of the source whence it emanated,
and inerts with the same contempt from inc which the pur
poses of your mission cxci'e. Go tell your secret conclave
o r cowardIy nssassins, that C. M. Clay knows his rights, and
how to defend them. C. M. CLAY.
After the reading sf the correspondence, Mr.
Waters offered an address and resolu'ions.
among which was the following, and which were
unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That a notice be published for a general meet
ing of the people of this rity and county, to be held on
Monday, 11 a. in., at the court-house, to take into consider
ation the insst effectual steps to secure our interests from
the efforts of abolition fanatics and incendiaries.
The meeting then adjourned.
BEVERLY A. HICKS, Chairman.
At a meeting of the citizens of Lexington,
Fayette, and the adjacent counties, he'd nt the
c< u 4-house yard on the 18th August, 1845—
Walter Bullock, esq., was appointed chair
man, nnd Bunjamin Gratz secretary.
The following communication from C. M.
Clay, esq., was read to tho meeting:
Lexington. August 18,1845.
The Chairman of the public meeting assembled to-day
Kill please lay before it the folioicing communica
tion :
FXLtOW-Crrmirs of Lexington, and County of
Fayette.—Being unable from tee state of my health, to he
f iresent at your meeting, and even unable to hold a pen
laving been sick thirty-five days with the typhoid fever—I
dictate to an amanuensis a few lines for your just considera
tion. Having been the unwilling cause in part, of the pre-
sentyxeitement in my county, and feeling, ns I do, respect
for liie safely and happiness of others as well ns my own, I
voluntarily coine forward and do all I '•onscienliously can
do Jbr your quiet atul satisfaction. I treated the communi
cation from the private caucus wiili burning contempt, aris
ing not only from their nssuming over me a power which
would make me a alive, bu. from a sense of the deep per
sonal indignity -with which their unheard of assumptions
were attempted to be carried into execution. But to you—-
afar differently organized body, and a constitutional assem
blage of citizens—I feel that it is just and proper that I
should answer at your bar; and as I am not in a state of
ealtli to carry on an argument, or vindicate properly my
called tho “True American,’’ having heard ihe
proceedings, correspondence, and address of tl e
mteiing which called litis assembly, approve
the same; and now make and publish to the
world this declaration, to vindicate their reso
lutions and their action.
To have prevented the establishment of this
press by legul means, would have been impos
sible. There is no regular judicial process by
which it could have been achieved. To have
resorted to means like the present would have
been premature, and perhaps indefensible.—
Tlie liberty of the press and the freedom cf
political discussion are essential elements of
our social system. An effort to establish a
press in Kentucky, devoted to the discussion of
the question of domestic slavery, and the pro
priety and practicability of emancipation by
law. as an individual enterprise, might, in this
simple view of the proposition, have been toler
ated by the people, as it is in all probability
not prohibited by our laws. The precise pur
pose and principles of the editor of tbo “Truo
American,” and the position ho meant to as
sume here in relation to the subject, together
with the effect be, his principles, nnd his pa
per were to produce upon our peace and our
property, were of course, at the outset, matters
of speculation. After an experiment of some
months, however, there can be no doubt re
maining in this communiiy in relation to any
of ibese particulars.
The institution ofslavcry existed in a portion
of the States of this Union before ihe adoption
of the federal constitution, by force of the mu
nicipal constitutions of the particular States.—
The institution itself is clearly recognised and
guarantied by the articles of the Union, and
left where it was found; under the exclusive
control of Slate governments and laws. In
the enumeration of the people, three-fifths of
the slaves are included as the basis of federal
representalion, and direct taxation upon the
several Stutis is subjected to the same appor
tionment. Fugitivo slaves must be rendered
up, upon claim of the master, notwi hstandiog
the law of the State into which they escape
may not recognise the relation.
The United States shall guaranty every
State against domestic violence, upon applica
tion of the legislature or tho executive; and
shall provide for calling forth the militia to
suppress insurrections.
These are nmong the securities taken by
the slave Stutesin the national constitution—not
only that they were not to be disturbed, out
that they were to be protected in this property,
by the national arm and authority.
A form' duble party has a risen: within a few
years in tl e United Slates, who seek actively
and practically to disturb these guarantees, to
change the constitution in relation to some of
them, and who deny its palpable import, or
wrest to fearful purposes its powers in relation
to others.
They aim at tie abolition of slavery in Amer
ica, and halt not at the means. They are or
ganized, active, united in pursuit of this object,
and desperately fanatical. They have found
their way into the ijationnl legislature, and al
ready exercise a threatening influence there;—
Tliey command a powerful press in the United
States. They have among them a burning zeal,
commanding talent, and a large amount of po
litical influence and moneyed capital. They
scout the idea of gradual emancipation or co
lonization. Tliey treat the institution as equal-
ly opposed to religion, morals, and law. They
maintain that the negio slave here is an Amer
ican horn, entitled to the full benefits and hies..
singsof republican freedom, unler the Decla
ration of Independence, which freed all of
American birth- They maintain for him the
f ight of insurrection, and, with art infernal sub-
I llety, claim tluit :h<; power conferi ed upon Con-
I gress to “suppress insurrections,” gives to that
j body, in wire!) the (ice States have how so
overwhelming a preponderance, ilio right to
remove tiie c iuse by'abolishing slavery.' That
u servile wnr becomes, by force of this clause, a
! national irflhir. and can he settled upon any
terms under the national discretion. With
this parly; xtv bc.lieve, from the fullest evidence
nf which the nature of Ihe ease is susceptible,
the editor of the “True Amer.can” to he con
nected by sympathy of opinion, burning and
fanatic ze.d, and concert of effort. Willi his
speculative opinions; wc. prestitn t not to liter-
fere ; with Ins practical exertions, in our mulst, j
to disturb tho settled Order of our domestic j
life, to inflame to discontent aud to rebe lion j
our household slaves; we have tho most direct
and incontestable connexion. In proceed ng !
by force, and without judicial process, to arrest !
tile action of a free citizen ; to interfere in any !
degree with his private property; nnd if the !
necessity of the case and I he desperation of tho i
man require it, to proceed to extremities !
against his person, we owe it to our own fame,
and the good name of our community, to set
fotth the facts, upon which arises in our justi
fication the highest of all laws—the law of self-
defence and preservation from great and man
ifest danger and injury'.
Before the editor of the “True American”
had established h : s press in Lexington, or
ma le his celebrated visit to the North, he had
corresponded with the New York Tribune, a
leading abolition paper. In certain letters
over his signature; some of the leading and
most dangerous principles of the sect were
avowed aud defended. The abolition of slave
ry in the District of Columbia—tho exclusion
of the three-fifths of the slave population in the
apportionment of representation by a change
in the constitution, thereby weakening still far
ther the slave States upon the floor of Con
gress—the exclusion of Texas from the Union,
in pursuit of which object he avowed himself
ready to take up arms—the enlisting the whole
force of the non slaveholders in Kentucky
atrainst slave property, and thus forcing a
change in the constitution of the Stale—were
among the means and instruments relied upon
by him fur effecting the entire abolition of sla
very in Kentucky, and some other of the west
ern Slates, by the means above noticed, and
the exclusion of Texas, that the slave popula
tion will he crowded upo i the planting States
to such an extent, that abolition, if not volunta
rily achieved by law, will he forced by a war of
co'ors exterminating one or other of the races—
in cither event, (and the editor seemed to con
template either with equal serenity.) terminating
in that universal liberty so fiercely sought.—
Holding these o,.inions, and after visiting the
northern cities, and being received there in full
communion by the abolition party, caressed and
fla’tercd and feasted, hailed in the stages of
his triumphal progress by discharges of cannon,
and heralded in the pape-s devoted to the cause
as the boldest, the must inlre-nid, the most de
voted of its champions, he returned to his native
State, the organ and the agent of an incendiary
sect, to force upon her ptinciples fatal to her
domestic repose, at the risk of his own life and
the pence of the community, in the prepara
tion and establishment of his office in Lexing
ton, Mr. Cassius M. Clay acted as though he
were in tin enemy’s country. He has employ
ed scientific engineers in forlifying against at
tack. and prepared the means of destroying
tho lives of his fellow-citizens, it is said, in
mines of gunpowder; stands of muskets, and
pieces of cannon. The whole course of the
man bears evidence incontestable that lie was
wc quote f.rl! ert'ic following pregnant scqUii.
cos r “It is in vai.) forthq master tolrv'.to'fence
his dear slaves in from all intercourse with i!t0 :
great wotld, to create his little petty and syran-
rannical kingdom on his own plantation, artd
keep n tor tirs exclusive reign. He cannot
shutout the light of inforrnation,jmy more
titan the light of heuven. It will penetrate alt
disguises, and shine upon tliedark nig)tt ojf,..sla
very. He must recollect that he is surrounded, .
The N the East, the West, and the South ’
bot tler on him—the free West Indian, the free
Mexican, the free Yankee, the more than free
obulitionists of his own country. Everything
tre.nr.hfs upon his infected district, and the
wolf Ieohs calmly in upon his fold.'' We
were mad not to listen to warnings like these.—
J W o have quoted these passages to ■ prove the
thorough identity between the doctrines and
objects of this paper, and the worst principles
of the ulira-fiboluionists of the North. Ilete
:s the assertion of the equality of the African
race under the constitution, and the repudiation
of the practical working of the instrument:—j
‘ Deliver me from an instrument thus partial,
thus th jus;—that can he thus perverted.”— ;
Here, too, is the threat to the muster, of the
consequences of the light and information “that
the more than free abolitionists” cf his own
country are pouring upon the negro mind.
When we contemplate the mild form of ne
gro slavery in this dislrict—the Fuippy, and
peaceful, and contented relations of the master ,
uud the s ; ave, where such a thing as cruelty
was scarcely known, where tite master was
without fear or distrust, and the well-fed; well-
clothed, intelligent slave bent to his lot ofiahor—
the lot, by the way, of all mankind—without
repining, regarding his master rather in the
light of parent, and himself us a necessary and
no mean portion of the family—we could pour
curses on the fiends who would break up the
intimate, and not the least endearing, relation
of domestic life, and when all was peace and
mildness, plant discord, and fury, and fiery
hate, anti render cruelty a necessary policy ou
the one side, by inculcating disobedience as u ,
principle on the oilier. l>ut ive must-hasten
with our proof. In the same day’s paper an
editorial appeared, backing the reasoning of-
the article to which we have referred, and,
by a bric-f recapitulation of violated law, a
trampled constitution, the Itiumph of bfute
force over moral right, the falsification of the
great principles of the revolution, all illustra
ted by “slavery the most unmitigated, the low-,
est, the basest that the world has seen ;” and
winding up with the following extraordinary,
threat: “When the great-hearted of our land
weep, and the man of reflection maddens in
the contemplation of our naliomil dposuscy ;
there are men pursuing gain and pleasure; who
snrle with contempt and indifference at their
appeals. But remember, you who dwell in
marble palaces, that there arc strong arms
and fiery hearts, and iron pikes in the streets
and panes of glass only between them and the
silver plate on the board, and the smooth-skin
ned woman on the ottoman. When you have
mocked at virtue, denied the agency of Gcd
in t e affairs of men, and made rapine your
honeyed faith ; tremble, for the day of retribu
tion is nt hand—and the masses w ill bs aveng
ed.” Here is more light nnd .knowledge
thrown upon the negro’s triad, and horrible
fires kindled in his already “fiery bean.” by the
hand of the daring incendiary, the audacious
emissary of the ‘‘more than free abolitionist.”
Roused and alarmed by these atrocities, and
determined no longer to endure the presence of
an armed abolitionist, hurling his firebrands of
murder and of lust into the bosom of a peace
ful and polished city; a number of the citizens
of Lexington undertook the task of remon
strance. To a mild, a wonderfully mild request
to discontinue the paper, the haughty and in-
cnlering upon a career fatal to the peace of the ■ Situated fanatic respo ded in terms of outrage
community of which he was a member. The | unparalleled, to the committee of gentlemen
citizen 1ms a right to arm in his own defence,
and to protect his house and his person from
unlawful assault ; hut why should a peaceful
cit zen engaged in a lawful calling, make prep
arations suited to repel ah invading army ] It
is needless to our purpose to notice the editor’s
ruthless attacks upon individual*; and his threats
to tcrr.fy resistance ol his course. We pro
ceed at oncj to tho last number of ti e “True
American,” and the publications since put
forth by its editor, as conclusive evidence of his
temper towards the community, and of the
character, purpose, and inevitable tendency of
the paper. In this paper of the 12th of August,
there is a leading article, for which, although
not from the pen of the editor, the print is re
sponsible to the public; ami which at all events,
is evidence of the purpose of the print, and the
character and objects ol those who support it.
Wo make from this article a few extracts ol
the most ominous character; Tho fundamental
proposition with this writer is as follows : “Our
legislatures, State and general, should raise the
platform upon which our free colored people
stand. They should give to them foil poll ical
rights to hold office, to vote, to sit on juries, to
give their testimony, and to make no distinc
tion between them ami ourselves.” Alter tra
cing tl e. delightful effeets of this equality, the
article proceeds: “Our national character, our
best consciences, our duty; all weigh nothing in
the scale of slavery, against the pride and sel
fishness of the master. The instrument catted
the ton slit it’i -n, after pronouncing all men
equal mal having equal rights, suffers star, r/
to exist, a free colored person to be denied all-
political rights, and after declaring that all
free persons shall enjoy a free intercourse with
the States, suffers the free negro to be driven
out of all and excluded from sitrh rights. De
liver me from an infrumeni thus partial, thus
unjust, that can he thus perverted, and made to
sanction prejudices and party feelings, and
note the accidental distinction of color.” We
think nothing from the North can boat this.—
The Western itpostle transcends, if possible,
his mission. But, again, ns to the necessity of
our being civil and submissive to our liiendsthe
abolitionists, and the danger of restiveness on
our part:
“The slaveholders must calm themselves in
to just thinkers, and cease to provoke the A or th
em free States by putting them tit defiance in
Congress and out of it. *
‘‘They must look upon abolitionists as endiu-
I s ; BSts if they will, but also as in earnest, nnd in
des ; "n at least, as real patriots. 1 he aboli•
tionlst is becoming as reel less as the slave
holder, when thus provoked, and may add vio
lence and injustice to his course, that wan in
tended to be mild and conciliatoryVery
rational and prudent advice. Submit quietly,
or the piatter will he forced upon you. Bui
who waited on him, denying the right of the
citizens to consult together on such a subject;
and denouncing the meeting, which hat] open
ed a correspondence with him, as a cowardly
conclave of pirates, robbers, and assassins;
and assigning, as the ground of their excite
ment, the apprehension that their power was
about io be taken away fromjltem. The cd^
itor himself has published this correspondence;
appended to a handbill, which appeared be
fore the call of this meeting of the people, and
belore his answer was laid before the first
meeting vefetred to... The whole together
proves either that C. M. Clay is a madman,
or that he meditated and has prepared himself
for a civil war, in which lie expected the non-
slavoholding laborers, along with the slaves,
to flock to his standard, and ihe war of aboli
tion to b'’gin in Kentucky; That we may not
bo suspected of that extravagance which we
charge on him, we quote from his letter the
closing sentence : “Go tell your secret conclave
of cowardly assassins, that C. M. Clay knows
his rights, and how to defend them.” To this
he appends an appeal addressed to tho Kentuck
ians. That we may not be suspected of gar
bling, \ve insert this extraordinary summons :
‘•Kentuckians : You st*e this attempt of the*e tyrants,
worse than the thirty despots wholordetl it over the once
free Athens, now to enslave you. Men who regard laws—
a single pecuniary interest, to Sny the least, of doubtful
value—lovers of Justice—enemies of blood—laborers of
all classes—you for whom 1 hair sacrificed so inveh—
irhc i'e trill you be found irhtit this batue bef tree;<► liberty
and slavery is to be fought ? . I cannot. 1 will not, I dare
not question on which side you will be found. If you
itand by me like men, our country shall yet he free ; but
if you falter now. I perish with less regret when I rCtuem
be.- that the people of my native 6mte of whom 1 have
been so proud, and whom 1 have loved so much, are al
ready slaved. . .
“C. M CLAY:*'
T.iat this infatuated rran l.elieved that tl e
non-slaveliokl r.of Kentucky woulcb fee*, aid
act as. a„pany against ;lit: tenure ot-slavery
and that through them lie expected to change
the constitution of Kentucky, aud finally over
throw the institution, is evident from ono of
his letters to (lie Tribune; That lie should
have calculated on kindling the flames of civil
nnd servde war, and rallying free laborers and
negro slaves under his standwd, ^fould seem
incredible ; yet his acts and..his-jv<«'dti can bear
no oilier construction. “Laborers of all classes
—you for nliom I have sacrificed so much—
where will you hs found when ibis battle be
tween liberty and slavery is to be fought 1 If
you s and by me like men, ot r country shall
yet be free : hut if you falter, I perish,” &c.
Sucli a man; utid such a course, are no longer
tolerable or consistent with the . character or
safety of the community. With the pO^/er of
a press, with education,.fortune, taldb*, sustain,
ed by a powerful parly, at least abroad,
have made this bold experiment in I\on!uqky
through him, the negroes might well, ns *e
have strong reason to believe ybey dp Jpg|^
