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VOL. 11. THE CABINET Is published every Saturday by P. L ROBINSON, Warrenton. Geo. at three dollars per annum , which may be discharged by two dollars and fifty cents i f paid within sixty days of the time of subscribing From tha Constitutionalist To the Editor— In your paper of the 28th nit. 1 see a communication con cerning the election of Governor sign ed ‘Jones,’ which contains statements that should be. corrected; for that they are erroneous. It is to he lamented that the friends of Mr. Gil * er will pursue a course in the canvass so un necessary and objectionable :*s the one und-r cansideration. Where is the necessity of drawing such invidious comparisons as are to be found in the communication of Jones. No man who is acquainted with the character and attainments of Major Crawford or Mr. Gilmer, and wh< is capable of judging, will say that the former is hi any way inferior to Mr. Gilmer, save the declamatory talent, which cannot be required in the Executive office, and should not be exercised anv V where except at a county court or at the Hustings Asa gentleman of ex tensive reading, political, philosophi cal and miscellaneous, possessing a strong mind, exercised upon by prac tical observation, and fitted for the various duties of life Major C. is the superior of the two. This remark I should not have made but from the open denunciation of Maj. Crawford as a man destitute of talents, by the writer of Jones. If that writer is as well acquainted with Major Crawford as he pretends to be, he knows that he has not done justice to his character, nor do I expect he ever will, (if I know him, and I believe I can trace him) for I apprehend he is actuated more from personal dislike to Maj. C. than from a pure devotion to elevate the best patriot. If lie km w him so long as a Lawyer and a Senator, he knew another thing: that either at the Bar or in the Senate, Maj. C. main tained a stand inferior to none of his associates. I said the invidious com parison was unnecessary, because the friends of the two gentlemen recipro cally admit that either has talent suf ficient to cause the laws of the State to be executed* unless when they should be pronounced unconstitutional by one of them. The writer of Jones states many of the most intelligent and influential mem bers of the Troup party assembled at Jit hens; and that by them Mr. Gilmer tvus nominated to run for Governor It is true that there were of t lie Troup party at Athens among the most intel ligent and influential, blit it is not true that they were the persons who induced Mr. Gilmer to come out. It is easy to make declarations, bus .tmeß very difficult to sustain them proof, I have taken the ne gative rnd will prove it. Who were at Athens of the influential and intel ligent of the Troup party? There were Troup, Forsyth, Wm. H. Crawford Judge Cobb, Gen. Harden, Judge W. W. Holt, Judge Wayne, and several K)f our members of Congress: Judg* Berrien, Wilde, Reid, Camming. Floyd, Blackshear, Bulloch, Judge Strong, Judge T. G. Holt, Gamble, were none of them present. VN itlion■ reproach to others, it may be said the’, among those named are to he loom! the most intelligent and influential ol the Troup party, and not o< e < f thus* gentlemen had any agency in putting JMr. Gilmer in opposition to Mr Crawfi-rd. Now who were the many of the most influential and intelligent oj the Troup party , who nominated Mr Warrenton, September 12, |K2fl Gilmer Thomas Stocks ami William C Dawson, it is believed were among the most influential on that occasion. There were many others at Athens n doubt, who from some cause, privat feeling, interest, or consciencious o pinion, preferred Mr G. hut they do not pretend to rank themselves as the most intelligent and influential. The writer of J-mes pretends to search lor the chiefs of the Troup party, he may find them among those nam and, with a few others who were not at Athens. How then can it be said that the great body of the leading men of that party caused the opposition. What ever may he the result of the oppnsi tion, I know not, out I oelieve 1 know the cause of it. If Mr. Gilmer had not been at. enmity with the Governor and it had not been b Sieved by some that the Governor was friendly with Major Crawford, it is believed that there would have been no opposition bv Me. G. There were others aetua, ted from other motives H. s not M . Gilmer voluntarily re linquished a > offi e which he himself says he prefers to any other in the gift, of the p.N,pl-, and presented him self bcfr<‘ the publii f r an offi’ e less desirable to him, if so, what can be the cause? is it not true, that those who are to rally as the friends of Mr. Gilmer are to concert an opposition in every instance where success is like to follow the attempt, to those now in office who will not join in the crusaue against the Governor; or who support Major Crawford? But we are told by the author of Jones, that this is not to produce < a new organization of things.” The o pinion entertained Ly many is, that the attempt is to be made; whether successfully or not is to be told htfreaf I ter. Whether the attempt succeeds or not, the effect will be in a great! measure the same. Feuds, discon, tents, schism, and ill feeling will be engendered, the consequences result ing frorp such issue will be the anni illation perhaps, of the strength of a party already acknowledged, but it is feared not much longer to be regarded or respected. It is well known to a great many in the state that Major Crawford has been spoken of for the Executive some years since. Previous to its he ing known that Mr. Forsyth would offer as the successor of Gov. Troup, •nany looked to Major Crawford as his successor ; since the election of G -v. Forsyth, it has been a matter of j public notoriety that Major Crawford j would be urged by his friends to he-; come a candidate for that offi e, never once dreaming that opposition would j he found in the quarter where it is now found. There is thought to he a secret in this affair, which if known to Mr. Gilmer he would discountenance, as well as many who conscienciously support him. There has never been a State party yet, but there could be sometimes found in its ranks a few who would barter; these are usually the most active to promote discord, especially if it is beli veil that the re sult would be advantageous to them individually. Let ttie friends of the Candidates look through their ranks; let them throw their recollections back a f ’evv years, then let them judge whether they b'-lieve this opposition was got up exclusively for the public good. The writer of Jones declares ~at. Mr. Gilmer is greatly the superior f Major Crawford, upon the score of public services rendered to the country. Such a parallel should not he run. The public services of Maj. Craw lord as rendered iu congress, arc notices ine itorious than those of Mr. Gilmer. \1 e iiorjoiis services do not consist in violent and heated speeches in con •cress, against a majority adversary, nd made only in opposition to im-u suits which cannot be defeated by ■hem. In what else consists Mr. Gil ner’s public services? True, he is not bargee hie with many su< h; and has no immortal fame tor any other ser vice of a public nature. Has the interest of Georgia in any essential particulars been promoted by the single talents and exertion of Mr. G.? it it has, it is not known to th*’ writer; and if it should he answered l y any in the affirmative, let him, or them name the case. It is admitted that Mr. Gilmer is willing when in congress to do what he may suppose to be rigid; but it is not admitted that he at uttjr time adopts the most wise or prudent course to do what is believed most beneficial It is known that he possesses a very irritable and almost irreconcilable temper, and chooses es pecially to display it in his speeches, either in the court forum, or in con greus. It is not that a man can de claim without rhyme or reason that he is great. G* n. Washington, Mr. Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, were never known to the public as speech makers; Their worth consist ed in something more solid. But it is not yielded that Major Craw hud can no* extemporise with as much logic, and quite as much good sense as Mr G. and as a writer, those who know them, know to whom to award the! palm. There is another class of pub lie. service in which M *j. Crawford has some claims, where Mr. G. is ex eluded What is the service, what is the deed, what is the summit of human action which gives to the actor the most lasting, the most deserved, and the most important claims upon his country ? It is that when his country is harrassed by en mies within, and surrounded and assaulted by enemies from without, he abandons his vo< a tion, quit 9 the peaceful shades of home, gives up the pleasure of domes tic comforts, throws aside the pursuits of professional gain and leaves all to assume the hostile attitude and l id his country, by his physical exertion, fro nan exterminating foe. It is the Patriot; the man who breasts the storm b atiug upon his injured and bleeding country. ’During the Indian hostilities in the late war, we found Major Crawford in a highly responsible military station*; the efficient and confidential aid f the; commanding General; selected at that 1 day for his purity, private and public worth, and uis devotion to the roun- ! try. While in that stution he is found in the inidsts of battle, the din of war j and the clang of arms, still the same composed, brave and ‘’ignified inan. N t a mere Secretary aid , but one calculated for the field as well as the Law. I i two several ac tions were his horses shot under him; still he has a cording to the writer of Junes, per formed no public service You who fought for your country, who toiled, suffered and hied, speak on this occa sion, and say whether Maj. Crawford has performed any public service. But it is said that the people of Georgia owe Mr. G. a debt f grati tude for past services and they are bound to pay him. Mr. Gilmer’s ma i tri< illation yet wants age before he can : claim a debt of gratitude due him from ! (he State. If the State were to ac ! i knowledge a debt of gratitude to every j individual in the State as much de serving asMr. G. she would be Bank rupt in that commodity long betorej the debts could be paid. Tin it yet remains to ho noticed a paragraph in the communication of Jones, as objectionable arid destitute of truth as any contained in It. It is that part in which the writer states that. Mr. Gilmer is supported by Gov* Troup, in opposition to Maj. ( raw ford, and that the “ assertion is not made at random but rests upon au thority.” Now* sir, this is flatly de uied, and the writer o Jones is called upon for the proof; now f> a* his ungues tionable authority for sin h a statement. He may have been so informed, wnd perhaps may believe it ; but he has no authority from Gov. Troup to say so. It is known that Gov. Troup r> kes no active p.rt in any election; It is known that he has declared that the ! opposition to Maj Crawford is to be regretted and to he lamented. Strange then that it should be said of him, that he was fermenting and exciting an op position which he regrets and laments. No person is authorised to say so. No sintere Iriend of his would use his name in that way without direct au thority ; and the produ* tion of any such is ( ballet.grd. Gov. Troup ne ver was consulted upon the subject* ami never consented to the opposili m of Maj. Crawford. If then the writer j of Jones cannot ami does not make known the ‘unquestionable authority* referred to, it must be considered that the assertion is made at random. I have re enily heard that some of the malcontents and seceders are re- P'*r ing the same of Gov. Troup in the middle and up country That a let tet lias been written from A tin ns by Doctor Branham or some other! in which it is stated that Troup approv ed of the nomination of Mr. (J. and warmly supported the nomination. This is all intended to injure the e lection of Maj. Crawford by endeavor ing to convince men that Troup wag < pp‘>B‘ and to him. To those who are disposal to require and to speak tru ly, it is known not to he true. N>> nun can furnish the authority which will prove the assertion. 1 caunoi Imlieve that Mr. G. with a knowledge of alt j these rir< umstanres will approve the course pursued by the writer of Jones; f*r he has used <‘he name of Governor j Troup in that way, for which he can thank no man; and his remar ks np**n Major C. are such as Mr. G. would not have made. Thus it is seen that Mr. Gilmer lias been brought forward nut by the ma jority of tin* leading men of the Tr >up party nor in fact by any one o f them, but by other and diff rent men. Al ready do we hear of the new arrange ment What is if? Yu are informed that you shall know hereafter. Be ware of the new arrangement. A ter * hum quid is the Imped fr isue # ci nz in. UNEXAMPLED ABSTINENCE. Mr. Reuben Kelsey,a tenpei tableycun* man <f Fairfield, in this county, aged about 25 is said to have submitted on nothing but cold water, for more than forty days'. His mind seems to have been partially abstracted, and he has chit-fly kept his room, apparently averse to any intercourse with the world , for nearly three years past/ the quantity of food itakeDby him for last twelve months it supposed to be less than that required for the ordinary nrurishment of an infant but during the period hist named, neither persuasion, threats, or force, have been effectual to make him swallow the least sustenance of any kind. Some particles of food, crowded between his teeth two w eks ago, were discharged from his nos jtrils directly after, and no further compul -1 sion has been used. He is described as wasted to a goaetly skeleton; still he is . thought in a gieat measure to retain his No. 14.