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CABINET. ‘■
For (iovcnioi.
JOEL CRAWFORD.
For Congress.
HENRI G. LAMAR.
Candidates Jor the Legislature.
Senate.
ARTHUR MITNr-BiKP-
Representatives.
JAMKB GRAY.
ADAM JONE*S.
DFNM S L. RYAN.
EUAS WILSON.
THE Ei E( TION.
Monday next is the Gener
al election day throughout the
Mate. There will he exhibit
ed, on that day, a strange ar
ray indeed—Troupers against
T roupers —* larkites against
CTarkites, and all this the result
of a set of ambitious political
ju tars and office hunters, most
of whom we hesitate not to
say, care more For their own
aggrandizement than tor the
public good Although no
great principle, in relation to
to state or National concerns.
Titav tc involved in this contest
as far as regards the particular
individuals who are the lead
ers in the Gubernatorial con
test, vet it is our honest and |
Firm conviction, under existing
circumstances, the election of
Joel* rawford is essentia to
the l>est interest ot Georgia, he
peace, prosperity, and welfare
thereof, ami we hope and be
lieve the great body ofthe vo
ters in good o ! d Warren will
be found responding *o the cor-1
rectness of this sentiment^
We have 8 ‘id nil that it was neces
sary and proper t<> say. irpmi rhe sub
ject of the election of G*vernrr. At
the present moment we only repeat
one nr two considerations, which are
suhmitted to th** friends of good order
and of Troup and Foray th.
It is avS certain as fate or death that
a schism has been attempted in our
party—whether the attempt will final
ly snocecd, remains to he seen. It is
probable, should Mr. Gilmer succeed
those who off** t that objo< t connot
o lidate anew party ‘under him;
tin materials will not be readily dove
t iled into each other—and the rrazv
p lilii al patch work may not last long
Should it turn out so—should tliosi
W"o have been long, our friends per-
their danger when they have
ill .ip near!} approached it, and pro
fes* a willingness to retrace their steps j
w*'sincerely hope—they may be re j
r \‘ <\ with cheerfulness and e*ery!
ii jMi ius art he permitted to slum
b< r m a deep oblivion.
If, however, of wlii. h doubtless
there is great danger, the coming elec j
tion shall introdm t and establish new
parties , let us still remain firm in our
political taith—resting upon the prin
ciples and examples of W m. H. Craw
ford, George M. Troop and John
Forsyth. The lime w ill come when
constancy and prcservance must meet;
their reward.
It is boldly asserted that Mr. Gil
mer will be fleeted by a tremendous
majority. We do not believe it. *J\'o
one knows who is to be Governor until]’
l Jter the election.’ He have of late
received cheering accounts of Mr.
Crawford’s prospects—and trust he
will be successful.
I Our opponents assert that the Clark
party will en masse support Mr. Gil
mer. We know this t* be a mistake
there are several leaders of that par
ty who have declared for Mr. Craw
tord—.nay more we think the manner
in which the recent coalition has been
effected will bring many Clark men
permanently into the Troup ranks.
One word as to the unfounded as
sertion that Mr. Crawford was
brought forward by Mr. Forsyth* who
nominated him as his s/tceessor. Our
readers may rely upon it -there is not
the smallest circumstance from which
such an understanding between the
Governor and Mr. C ’awford can be
fairly inferred. Ihe fact is directly
otherwise. Mr. Crrwford was gen
erally spoken of as a candidate* as
soon as it was known that Mr. For
syth desired to go into the Senate,
and at the last session of the Legisla
tureit was well uncerstood at Mil
ledgeville, that Mr. Crawford woulo
endeavour to succeed Mr Forsyth
\Ve have seen it stated that Govornoj
Forsy th left Milledgeville—arrived
-Sparta, travelled with Major Cra*
ford to Augusta—and returning to ?
capita! declined a re-election, Nov.
had such things occurred they altoi
no reason fr suspecting any arrang
merit between these two grntlen**n
out we believe the Goiecno pas--
through Sparta without seeing M \<
Crawford and came >o this ity with
out his company. It is certain th r
was no secret understanding betwet,
them, as it is obvious that both of the
are i* capable of adopting any emirs
incompatible with correct prmcip.cs
and the rights ofthe people.
We trust that a firm and strong es
fort will be made to place Joel Crew
ford in the Fxecutive Chair—if i
shall prove successful—and we hope
it will—we are well assured his mug
nagnimity intelligence and patriotism
will make bis administration ables
sing to the State of Georgia.
Constitutionalist.
FUOM TH3 HF.COKDER
The day i- near ..t hand, when -an im
p. taut i*sue vii be announced to the
j people of Geor.-ia. under ciicumstances
•ouch to b eg cited'by the consistent ad
vo ate*. ,f those political doctrines which
iat the piesent time have a triumphant
asc< ndency in our State. Just as an em
bittered rivaldry had ceaseu; when the
jaundiced vigi's of a defeated party had
wholly despaired of power, the avowed
friends of an illustrious cause, by some
deplorable fatuity, have arrayed them
selves agamst each other. Union, once
th-passport to victory, at a period when
the fortunes ofthe contest hung on fearfoi
is no longer the motto of the successful
but with a feeling inflamed to hostile , x
periment, those who boasted of its bles
ings nmv disregard its admonitions At a
moment when our mdii and efficient Ex
ecutive had tranquilizeu every discordant
clamour; when opposition f/om the stern
adve sary was deemed f uitless, our Stab
is made the theatre of a lamented watfare.
What citizen of Georgia who has felt a
a holy satisfaction at the happy condition
and elevated rank in which the‘brilliant
administration of Troup, so ably seconded
by our present Thief Magistrate had pla
ced us, that does not grieve at the unpro
voked competition between the two dis
tinguished aspirants for the Executive?
i Long had the public mie and anticipated the
I exultation of M -j. t rawford. as one e.miu
ently fitted to guide the affairs of State,
..and to shield with his purity and ability
! the vindicated weights of Georgia. Cra
dled in the political history of ourgovern
ment; in ealy life, the active and unshaken
servant of the people, generously devoted
to their welfare in the forum and in the
fold: pursuing a course which secured
him the con.-umate reliance of lus friends
and the respect of all, we find him at this
day singularly qualified to discharge the
duties ol the sta ion. Those who appre
ciated incorruptible honesty of character
and the cultivated resources ofa reflecting
and experienced politician, lookid upon
Major Crawford as combining the es
sential qualities* of a Chief Magistrate.
I he annunciation of his name as a .candi.
date was hailed with joy; but iksuuimnd
, that our quiet was short lived- —No sooner
1 had the intelligence spread, than the
champions of a di?appminted favourite,
brooding over his imaginary wrongs,
started opposition, and under the coni’
manding semblance of a regular nomina
tion headed by some half dozen individuals
whose importance I propose not to discuss,
Mr. Gdmer was waited upon by a regular
committee, who desired to k-tnw, it the
people should elect him G tve ii >•, wheth
er or not he would serve — Unassuming
and embarrassed, he made thi>> memor
able reply, wot thy to be engraved on mar
ble—‘‘/ seek no office, and I shun nine
lam willing to serve vi any capacity my
countrymen shall destre.'’’ Here let me
refresh Mr. Gilmer’s memory, by adver
ting to his valedictory Circular, where
he says he would net accept of a re- lec
tion to Congress under any circumstances.
Where then was his disinterested resigna
tion to the people’s will when he could
have been returned to the National Leg
islature almost by acclamatio. ? Was he
then willing to serve m any his
countrymen desired? Oi.i he then exhib
it a disposition to make su It stupendous
sacrificesf *r (he popular good? N: too
•vas his loudest argument —that /nasrhuch
os he had deprived ofhisjse.it throned
\ constitutional nicety whi- It he had vain
!y combatted, he m u'<i make a poo: figurr
in expounding (hat venerated instrument
> the Councils of the republic. Th ! . r
was a matter of the noblest delicacy with
>im—he ccuhl not think for a moment of
isserting doctrwi* - bich he -In o;
sustain in the elaborate, but fiery reason
g of the closet, and which left him a
> Ttibed vi vi.n of overweening grtat
:es. ‘fins mishap was merely aocident
d omission, had he exercised nobleness
‘oough to have acknowledged it. he would
wive been reelected without opposition.
Hut be must dispute the p min c. - • f
i-be Governor, who acted under u- plain a
law as any in the statute-book; and though
by a vociferous parade of h*g*c, eag ri
swallowed by the people of Geurja ~>n
account of the r implicit reliance i * hi
views, he wouhl b* upheld \n his vmd’C.
tion to the charg;in and and sgr t e of tii
Governor. Rut in this belief he wa-er .th
er unfortuna e; the people whom tie i
now so ready to serve, condemned linn
after a fill 1 h- aririg. How stands the case
vit’ Mr. Gilmer and tire office which he
nmv seek*?—What is he going to do with
that law which requires member- elect t>
congress to signify thei - aceepta ice with
in a given time? If he should sit-in the-
Executive chair, does he intend<tvi enforce
the prov sion in question? or does he pur
pose to new model a rule of ’Executiv*
duty and practice? To act witn tint
manly consistency for which he is *o uni
versally extolled, he would b obliged t
admit a constructive acceptance on th
part of the members elect, and upon the
faith of that supposition prepare and de
liver their credential for certainly h*
will not exact of them a formal compli
ance whb a law which he had declared
inoperative, and for the fulfil nent of
which, the Governor was ..ssailtd with -i
violence and spirit little complimentary
to the high toned quartimily *f a tower
ing statesman. M Gdmer finding him
s W routeu in his law-leg- position, with an
air of evident disgust, anriouric.d hi
abandonment of public use and a* ever
one thought intended at least to do a tern
porai v penance for his cala nitons ernx
In the next an n e t vve see him an uu
daunted seeker of the very trust, the.
taithlul execution at which, had hurieii him
from high office to melancholy retfr’ merit;
we find hiru wantoning with the interest \
a party wiios- principles he had hitherto
defended, anti who had successively con
ferret! upon him honor after honor.
hor Mr. Gilmer, on every occasion
when I had it in my power to testify mv
atlrmratioD, I have invariably done so—
His character was buiit on a foundation
from which it peered with a lofty splen
dor. An unabated stream of public favor
was gratifying proof that firmness of pur
pose and intrepidity of action were duly
estimated; that an unretiring zeal iu the
highest service of the nation was correctly
rewarded. U u t it makes no difference
what may have been his po-t fortunes,
whether signalized by an unexampled de
votmu or conspicu* us for superior talent,
when we see him braving, j„ defiance of
an acknowledged law of the land, and
summoning to his attack the angry and
mfuritated emmotions of indivual fraiiity,
there is no gratitude so imperious or par
tiality bo indulgent as to excuse him in an
instant. Let him smart for a season at
east under the judgeme t pronounced i
n,pon his folly, andjirafit % ihe Jessun i
that one man in -spite of his ‘Wisdom and
address is not triumphantly to resist the
express requirments of the law. I'hjs
Mr. Gilmer has attempted; and in-tead of
a merited privacy, he is translated to. a
greater sphere, as if his b’und rs were
but the stepping st me to prefer.mobt:
But if is s o te hoped, th and virtue mid con-,
sistency ‘er e not y t rb-parted ii om t* e
peoide of Georgia, arid that thev will thiin
dor fiom fh-ir ranks, that tiicre ij, Jl()
reputition so iuvulneiable, or ombrtinrbso
succes.-fnl as to protect infatuation and er
ror from their u itor a) fate. And winter
er may b- the u bmaie (1.-sti v of Mr.
Gilmer, whedi w whi - fed .-.lofi in the - ('-ir
of State,” or sentenced to-sombre reiir<-
ment, some Galon and ‘Unimpassoined in
terval will convince him of his past
rashnoss and present impropriety- (le
lia character; let him exhibit a cautious
tenacity for its preservation—He has
talent-; let them be hono ally -called in
to -ervice. At this tine there is no
necessity for their obbusion* at least
especially when vve have a man of high
qualifications and tiriexc ptionable hones
ty bef>re Ihe people. aj. Crawford is
in eminent illustration f virtue, talent
and zealous inflexilnlity; qua ; ities to ben
efit, adorn anil dignify <>u Ftafe. On the
first Mondnv in Ootob’ i next the impor
tant die wdlxast. L emains with the
patriotic freemen of Goctgia to say vvheth
er-fong tried merit and uncringing pu'ity
l -ha)i cower before the * !fi-h strides of ar
a:r.biti us politician. arainPt whom, tha
tin* -ims b en W op -- wo Jd have beeii
calumny the most foul to have uttered a
word But tilings h vt-changed; George
B. Gilmer is not u:bai Ge tge It. Gilmer
was. And-to say the h ast of his conduct*
lie has evinced vi v Ii tie self deni 1 in
lyw ng hi. name to b< hM up for the
office I a*t apnropriat for f;i? incun;bency;
Sooulil he prevail in tne impending con
t 1 shall
consider Ins adimni- tr t on xvirhout prrju
li.-t* —yet I shaii da ei:t the i-ec-.->ary
.--t'ife which deni il u so able and upright
am in or Go er or, as Crawfords
1* it I on far t -om des ailing; wherever
‘ ,e • p r-ooaby known, no comment is
ae > and and -v: <heis i. dial bv ch.r
ictev, he <s I iv- (Ia and respected. Under
-u r finnn -T- s. his h , pds fca s!j
support his claim?., mil w ■ t the result. *
CHATHAM, o
TS M Till’ AttGTJS.
Ihe Lditurs -I G MiMedgeville
Statesman de< la t!o i* deterdtiinafion
to support Mr. (i:bn r for Governor
from policy. If i > t,e in'crest, s ythey,-
ofthe < task party,t- suppopr Mr G-
N>\v the opioiuo of toe Statesman
differs .vid- 1> in this tR-.i? *p from our
own. Wlmr in er s't can the Clark
party eva-r derive tim success i*f
Mr. Gilmer? Suj>p-se, for a moment*
that Mr. Gilmer, tliraugb the assist
ance of this petty, should be elcrU’
Governor. Would be shpe his ass.
minisfratioß in the. least Siy the c, r ;
sels of his old enemies? No, he worjj
sis. H-c claims to be the crft&idat t
•f the T’r up party, ami piedjges him
self t< his friends to pursue tiie path
narked out by his two immediate
predecessors. Hut supposit!# a few
ndividuais iff’ the Ci*.rk party, by
combi di g with Mr. Gilmer, -should
get into offi t.'4 wood this benefit the
party? We Honk not lltaoe, by
.joining Me. Gilmer, these it,dividual*
would he compelled \o ai ? with him
in the support of his administration,
and coosequeriijy desert ihrir own
pa.-ty. Would this strengthen thast
jiarty? Ihe Sf-ifesinen puys ImT ai
*i übtful coinplimeut so their v./rtb*
in asserting to t it vyduld.
But perhaps the editors > f t!ie
Statesman may calculate or, advanc
ing the interests of their own cstuhlhih
mtMit, by electing M-r, Gilmer. If.
they do so, they will (j. and tfunrise es
mistaken. They will not obtain the
State printing, nor the Executive pat
ronage, lhrough the irfiuence *f Mr.
Gilmer nr his friends. ‘The moment
Mr. Gilmer is elected, the Journal
and Recorder, and the other Troup
papers now on the fence, will prompt*
ly fall into his ranks, and zealously
♦worship the rising sun.’
Whatever understanding may no'V
exist on this subject, between H e
editors of the Statesman and Mr. (iii
mot-s friends, or Mr. G. bims< H, \ U r
be forgottuti from the day of bis j;uu-