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YOL. I. TUti CABINET Is published every Saturday , by P. L. ROBINSON , Warrenton , Geo. at three dollars per annum , U’Aic/i ma.v be discharged by two dollars and fifty cents if paid within sixty days of the time of subscribing. AI'HEiSS AN I’l-TAKIi f WEE i INor. Athens, August 6 th, 1828. Avery large number of citizens of Clark county, and persons from all parts of this state casually in the vil lage, met at the College Chapel, pur suant to notice at 9 o’clock A. M. Judge Clayton called the meeting to order, and stated briefly the object of it, and on his motion the Honorable WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD was appointed Chairman. On motion. Judge CLAYTON and Mr. JAMES CAM.AK. were appoint ed Secretaries. Judge Wayne addressed the meet ing briefly, and moved that a commit tee he appointed to draw up a report and resolutions on the subject of the late tariff to be submitted to an ad journed Meeting on tomorrow. Which motion having been adopted the following pers ns were appointed to compose that committee viz: Judge Wayne, 1 ot’Cliat- Il )i,. Senator Berrien, J ham. Hoo. Senator Cobb, of Greene, lion. Geo. R Gilmer of Oglethorpe. J idgft Clayton, of Clarke, I)c. C. Williamson, of Baldwin; H-n. C. E Haynes, of H mem k. Judge McDonald, of Bibb. 11-,n WiKon Lumpkin, of Morgan. G vernor Troup, of Laurens. On motion the meeting was then ad j turned till tom Trow 3 o*< lo< k. P. M, August 7th . Pursuant to adjournment, about one thousand persons met at the College Chap 1. Judge Wayne, from the committee app doted yesterday, submitted to the ni etlag the following report and res olutions whi. h were unanimously a d pted, with the exeepti >n of the sth resolution, and which on division was ad pi< il by a large majority, not more than 15 or 20 persons voting against it. No act of Congress si> ce the adop tion of tin* Federal Constitution has caused more excitement in the South ern States than the act ‘in alteration of the several arts, imposing duties on imports.’ Nor lihs any other act ever irritated the feelings of so large a portion of the American people into discontent with our Union, or created so much and übt of its prospective bene fit. A measure which can weaken a ny part of our nation an attachment cemented by so many remembrances of glory and of suffering, and hither to strengthened by anticipations of national happiness and greatness, must be doub ful hi its policy as well as in its constitutional authority. The prin ciple assumed by the advocates of the tariff that Congress can, in the exer cise of its powers to lay duties upon imports and to regulate commerce, use those powers to build up anyone national interest at the expense of a not her, was not contemplated by the framers of. the constitution. It was n conceived by them that a right to lay imposts, t raise revenue, to give stability to commerce, to pay the debts of the confedera y, and to prepare for those exigencies which might menace our honour or existence as a nation, could ever be used by Congress indi rectly to produce by its operation up on commerce, a direct taxation, de void of th at uniformity which the con stitution commands. Spell, however, is the construction of the constitution by a small maj.ri ty in Congress; and if the interest Rural Cabinet. which ii lusurs shall au v once in the ratio of its past increase, and he che rished by the same spirit of protec tion, it will necessarily produce a to tal change in the commercial policy of the nation. Instead of enjoy ing a free trade with the world, reaping the advantages which the suitableness of our products to the wants of Europe will afford, extending that spirit of adventure which lias carried the en terprise of our people over every sea into every land, we shall be compelled to an intercourse with our own states with inadequate capital to buy the pro ducts of agriculture. To the restric tions of Europe upon our trade, we shall have superadded multiplied re strictions of our own legislation. Will t,he blow to southern prosperity be lighter because it is struck by our brethren? Or will the oppression of our interests be less lasting or galling because its fetters have been forged at home? And is there any differenci in principle between the coercion of our trade by England when these states were colonies, and the recent legislation of congress, giving to t few states of the union the markets of the south without a rival, and in that way the uncontrolled command of the prices of its produce. . In a political point of view, each state is equally essential to the exis teiice of our confederacy, but in a commercial aspect we cannot forget that the southern states, since the or ginizationof the government, have produced more than the half of the ex ports of the whole nation, and have given life, activity, energy and profit to its commerce. From the oppressiveness of the ta riff', however, we can be relieved by constitutional opposition; ami it ia our intention at this meeting to give to the nations of the world living under different political systems from our own and looking with an envious eye, upon the duration of our great repub lic, another proof of the peaceable tri umph of popular suffrage over legis lative usurpation. Threats and me naces against the policy of our mis guided bretnren* or against the confe deration of the slates, we dis<laiin; they would be beneath the dignity of the occasion which has assembled us, and the deliberate purpose which shall mark our resolves. We do not for get tnat in most of the states by whose legislative votes the tariff has been passed, that there are respectable mi norities who suffer from it, and it is our desire that there shall be a bond between us to remove the common source of our distress. We invoke their union in the spirit of that patri otism which the father of his country inculcates in his farewell address: aud we warn our political adversaries, that if the sepulchre of our union shall he prepared before another generation shall have lived, it will be caused by those whose sectional partialities ex ceed their love of country, whose con stitutional scruples readily yield to expediency, and who believe that there cannot be too much of federal legislation upon the internal concerns of the states. Ist. Resolved, That the act of Con gress, commonly called the tariff, is unconstitutional in spirit and intent; being a perversion of th** power grant ed in the Constitution to lay duties upon imports, for the purpose of rais ing revenue; is unworthy of the ho nest and sincere principles which pro. duc.ed the Federal Union, and cannot be pronounced to be unconstitutional, only because it veils its objects in its tide and enactments. 2d. Resolved, That the power as sumed by tue General Government, to Warrenton, August 23, 1828. impose duties on imports, beyond Uie requisition's of revenue, and for the purpose of promoting the interests of one portion of the American people, by the imposition of burdens on the residue, is founded on a principle,— the power of the General Govern ment, to do whatever the Legislature of the Union may deem conducive to the general welfare, —the admission of which, by the people of the States, will place all their rights at the entire, discretion, and subject to the absolute control of that government. 3d. Resolved, Tii.it as the Union is dear to the people of the south, it should not be jeoparded by any inea sures of an angry or violent charac ter, and as ours is a government of laws, founded upon public opinion, a uy effort to enlighten it should be of peaceable, and constitutional nature. Those efforts should he remonstrance igainst the law of which we now coin plain, and an earnest request fr its repeal; an appeal to our fcllow-citi zeue throughout the Uni m to aid in this measure, an appeal to our fellow citizens in this State to express their • pinion upon this subject, that Congress may not doubt that the la riff is destructive to the interests of ‘lie people of Georgia, and, that so far as a respect for the opinions of a whole State may have weight or iullu ence, the occasion lor the t*xer< ise of that respect by Congress, may uot be wanting. 4. Resolved, That the people of this state be earnestly urged, not on ly by tbe expression of their opinions, but by acts to evince their disappro bation of the tariff law, by making and producing every arti> le of con sumption within their power, that they in iy live indcpMidi utl) of the supplies hitherto turuisued by other States. stli. Resolved, That if it should he necessary to counteract the tariff, by acts of State Legislation, an excise by tbe southern slates upon articles in troduced into tncin, whom they be come the subjects, of sale, will be con stitutional and even if su h measures shall produce additional burdens and privations to ourselves, we exbort the patriotism of our people cheerfully to bear them, rather than t submit to a policy which will multiply restrictions upon trade until they are more op pressive than those by which these States were trammelled in their colo nial condition. Tuese privations and burdens will be temporary, if the course recommended shall be faith fully and spiritedly persevered in, and perseverance will give to us those habits of economy and of domestic manufacture, w* ich will supply every want from our own resources. Judge Wayne moved that a commit tee be appointed to carry ioto effect the 3d resolution, s f*r as it contem plates an appeal to the people ot the state of Georgia. Which motion having been adopted, the following gentlemen were appoint ed to compos * that committee: Judge Wayne. Hon. Senator Berrien. Judge Clayton. Gen. W. W. Holt. Hon. Wilson Lumpkin. The meeting was then adjourned. W. 11. CRAW FORD, Chairman. A. S. Clayton, J Secretaries . James Cainak, J FRANKLIN COLLEGE. Commencement week, at Athens, was a very interesting occasion:—and the impression made by the exercises of the Students on the minds of the persons present was believed to be de cidedly more advantageous to the in- sUtutiou, lium on similar occasions heretofore. The Trustees met on monday the 4*h inst. Fifteen out of seventeen were present. Among their first proceedings was tha adoption of the following r‘solutions. The death of I). G. Campbell , Esq. a member of this hoard having been this and w announced, on motion R •solved unanimously, That, as a tribute of their respect for his charac ter*, and for his zeal in the discharge of his duties ns a Trustee of the Uni versity of Georgia; the members of this board will wear crape on the left arm during the present session. R‘solved. That the members of the Faculty and if the class to bead uitted to th<- degree of B. A. at the present coin men’enent be requested to pay to the memory of the deceased a similar •f mubte of respect. Resolved, that the Secretary trans mit to the widow of the deceased, a Copy of the above resolutions. Dr Janies Whitehead of Burke county, a Graduate of the Colli ge, was elected to fill the vacancy in ihe Hmi and occasi med by the death of Col. 1). G Campbell. O. IL Prince , Esq. of Bibb county, was elected to fill the vacancy occa sioned by the resignation of Dr. Wil liam Terrell of Hancock. A resolutionwa adopted, approving itig f the determination of the s talents to appear in tln ir public *x r ises dressed in domestic cloth, and request ing tip m to persevere in the me isuee. We will remark here, tint to the true friends of the country, it afftrdrd real satisfaction to find that the Fac ulty of the College, and a large it urn of the students had carried th* ir Anti- Tariff resolutions into * ff’e< t. To the young gentlemen especially much is due on this occasion. ‘They were a mong the first in ihe state, to raise the standard of resistance to this oppres sion—they were am >ng the first to give a formal and public expression of their feelings of abhorance towards the‘Arneri-an Sv stem,* and they have been among the first to put their re solutions into practical operation, thus doing what is to often not done by old er men—adding practice to doctrine— example to precept. It was also a source of much grati fication to those who entertain true feelings ami correct opinions on the subject of the Tariff, to find that any allusion however remote, iu the rhe tori> al exercises of the students, to the odious character of the Tariff, the injustice and oppression of our gov erinent in enacting it, the spirit of our people iu resisting it—and the sacred duty of continuing to resist it by all the constitutional means in our power, was received by the audience, not on ly with decided approbation, but also with a loud applause. Tbe present number in the College is as follows. Senior Class 2 7 members Junior “ 32 Sophomore e * 17 Freshman ** 25 101 Total. It is a source of gratification to the friends of the institution tl;t it sus tains so high a character in other states, as is shewn by the numbers that resort to it from them for the means of completing their education. During the last session there were from states as follows: From North Carolina 8 South Carolina 7 Alabama 5 Tennessee 1 Connecticut 1—22 in all. The Senior Class, which had just No. 13.