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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|^