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excite t|ie &larujs of its former friends, who
f t .l mnch regard fop the country* weal.—
To blend such an institution with politics, would
,! mbtlcss ha tha changing our form ot govern
int-nt; and although many members of the party
with which l hare acted, have been the friends and
•vlvacates of a United States Bank; and while
hu h numbers could not reckon one to twenty of
thf 'real body of the party, their sentiments were<
n ver made the ground of proscription. One of
tiio ablest representatives from Georgia, Mr.
Vv'iide openly advocated in Congress the United
Sites ilank,'while but few of ljj* pqrty agreed with
him- vet he was a favorite; falling only when
ever Ve fell in common with his friend*. With
the fondest wish that our free institutions may be
p nnanent, and our country happy—
-1 ?,> " WCTKirr?: ,|..j|-|TT.
'#2! C/'ii {J'-Ck SUER® D’iri
TIOIUSNCH, GA,
Saturday, (ieptemVr 33,
tit ate liights Ticket.
The follow ing gentlemen have been nominated
bv the State Rights Party of this county, as can
tiul '• ’> for the next Lf.Ldatme:
SENATE.
Lovcrd ISryan.
HOUSE OF RE It E S ENT ATI VE S.
John West.
SFfrtc Flights Ticket
FO-i CONGRESS.
J. C. ALFORD, of Troup,
E. J. BLACK, of Striven.
W. T. COLQUITT, of Muscogee.
M. A. COOPER, of II ill.
W. C. DAWSON, of Greene.
K. W. IIABKRSHAM, of Habersham.
T. B. KING, of Glynn.
E. NTS BET. mf'Bihb.
L. WARREN, of Sumter.
Our attendance on the Camp Meeting must be
our apology for the meagre quantity of our edi
tion il matter, amt the l?tc appearance of the Mir
ror to Jay.
OUR CAMP MEETING.
Cheering indications have been given for some
mouths past of an approaching season of divine
grace, in the frequent protracted meetings held
bv the diii'nvnt denominations in various parts of
the county, as well as in the increased energy and
v.'rl manifested !>v the Ministers of the Gospel in
the services of the Sanctuary. That tinselry so
often th-.vvti around sermons to tickle the ear, 1
a i l .sto r of the preacher, was abandoned, and iu
its stead were heard the pleadings of a heart deep- ,
Iv imVi 1 wit it the spirit of Cod. Tliis kind of j
cinque.i< e rover fails of awaking up in the mini’s
.of the people a serious inquiry into that futurity
which awaits them, and causes them to stop and
throw a look along that illimitable eternity wheth- ;
or they arc hastening.
These combined -circumstances rendered the
camp meeting appointed to be held on 'he 7th
inst. in this county of deep interest; many looked
t.i it ns a time when to.' Almighty would'signally
display his power, and there expectations have
been more than realized.
The anxiety of tha people was seen in their ear
ly encampment on the ground, arid the liberal ar
rangements made for the accommodation of those
who hud .wo teats ami had come from a distance.
The first sermon was preached on Friday night,
and from that time until the close of the meeting
there was a great and powerful excitement. We
have attended many camp meetings, and been pre
sent at frequent revivals of Religion, but one of
equal interest we have never seen. At one time
when the mourners were called into the altar,
there was such a general move, and it was so filled,
that we were induce 1 to reconnoitre the ground
to see how many were left out, and there were
scarcely enough to keep each other in counte
nance. Here might be seen aged ministers locked
in each others arms, whilst the tears of joy cours
ed down their furrowed checks; there parents
weeping or rejoicing with their children, and in
every direction were heard either the wailings of
woe, or the rejoicing of hope. Many professed
religion—from the stripling of 12 to the grey
baits of 50 years. We are informed that 00
whites and 12 colored were added to the church.
We are a.vare that much of this work will be at
tributed to human sympathy, and possibly there
may have been more or less of human sympathy
1,1 ' f , but one filing we kno.w that there appeared
to be less of human effort—less of man and more
'd Cmd, than we ever remember ,to have seen in
ail . v revival. Time will show.
It will be seen bv the subjoined correspondence
that our townsman, Col. F. G. Gibson, tp whom
' as entrusted the management of our claims for
I n linn depredations, did all that could be done,
an 1 though he found it impossible to get any ac
-1 on ot Congress on the subject at the last session,
sic glad that the report was made, even unfa
vorable as it is. The report we doubt not will rc
cei' e the early attention of Congress at the next
session, and we will not yet despair of meeting a
hnid response to our claims. Our people have
-Suffered greatly and many of them are disabled by
"’Hinds received in the war, from making the ne
cessary exertions to support their families; will
ottr country see her citizens thrown pennyless and
disabled upon the world, to beg a scanty support
h°m cold handed charity ? We think not—we
ho Pe not.
h members of Congress would divest them-
C|V ° S °f their prejudices against the South and
"°uIJ lay aside their cant about Indian wrongs and
look as they ought to the sufferings of their own
people, there need not be tl;e least fear on our
minds for the result.
We are glad to see also, by this conespoudence
that our worthy Representative, Col. Dawson,
has been constant and untiring in getting their
claims before Congress, and a grateful people will
give him in October next, the best kind of evi
dence that they have not forgotten hi* services.
7b the Editors of the Georgia Mirror:
Dear Sirs—As the Delegate iu behalf of our
citizens having sustained losses during the late
Incian difficulties it may not he amis* that I should
lay before those interested a short note addressed
to the Hon. Win. C. Dawson, and his answer
thereto. On my arrival in Washington l found
the report of the Commissioners referred to the
Committee on Claims, which reference the Dele
gates considered an improper one, as the Com
missioners appointed to ascertain the amount of
claims, acted under authority from Congress.—
Our members with the greater portion of the oth
er Southern members, advise a general petition
forwarded the next session, that our distressed con
dition may be better known. From the report of
the Commissioners they no doubt believe, or wish
to beh.ee. that we have recovered frpm the effects
of those losses.
I, as a sufferer, must take this occasion to say
that our worthy member, the Hon. Win. C. Daw
son, took his usual bold stand in forwarding the in
terest of the claimants. Our members generally,
with one or two exceptions, did fheirduty.
The Hon. Dixon U. Lewis, of Ala, was hand in
hand with Col. D. and deserves much from Un
people.
On the subject of our mail route, the accompa
nying note from me to Col. D. and his in reply,
will inform those interested in regard to that mat
ter. Respectfully,
FELIX G. GIBSON.
Gad shy's Hold Junc2?td 1838.
I Ton. Win. O. Dawson-
Dear Sir—After mv consultation with you this
morning I called on Mr. Whittle dy chairman of
the committee to whom was rest red the claims of
sufferers bv ( ’reek Indian depredations in 183 6.
From Air. W. I received very little to encourage
me in ihe belief that their claims would be favor
ably ropoTtod, some of ihe committee seemed dis
posed to grant us remuneration as they considered
it acontract entered into by the Government, as af
ter <ho passage of the law at the last session com
missioners were deputed by the Government to a >
certain the damage# by evidence taken before them.
As this is the first session pf the 25th Congress
I ask you whether it will effect the interest of the
claimants should an unfavorable report be made
by the commissioners ? Should that not be the
case I feel assured that the report had better be
made that nn early action may be had next ses
sion. Should we be ab'e to induce the committee
to make no report, which 1 believe not practica
ble, the same committee w ill at the next session
which closes the present Congressional term
make n similar report and having in ihe last resort
to apply to com ress wo migi.t then possibly not
have nnv action during the next session. The
committee state to me that yourself and the Hon.
1). H Lewis of Ala. have been urging on them
nn earlv action on tiie.il report during the present
tP«do.l’. Tlio awftVrrr.s ««-e. mtWVIUIIS 1!) tile SeC
fion of country 1 represent, and need much the
aid of the Government. They will feel much
gratified to Ic.arn that your exertions to effect an
adjustment of the claims has been constant and
untiring.. Very Respetfiiilv.
Your friend N Serv’t.
FELIX G. GIBSON.
House of Representatives June 23f/ 1838.
Mv dear sir—
I agree with you, as to the propriety of making
tlm report. Lot it be made whether favorable or
.unfavorable. Then we can have some expecta
tion of action on it, at this session, if turf, certainly
at the next. The same Committee on claims,
as you state, w ill act the next session. Nothing
is to be gained by delay. Your plan is correct.
Go ahead. Let us have the report, and should
we fail, we will have the consolation of knowing
that we have done all that could he done. Your
conslituemts I have no doubt will duly appreciate
vonr services, and indefatigable efforts in their be
half. lam pleased to know, that you, are inform
ed of the fact, that 1 have not been wanting iumy
efforts. Mv friend Lewie of Ala. deserves great
credit in tliis matter. He is the leader,
Your friend.
WM. C. DAWSON.
Gadshy's Hotel, July fOf . 1838.
Hon. Wm. G. Daw son.
Dear Sir —l have learnt tmm our members
yesterday, that a Petition or Memorial, from the
citizens of Stewart, Randolph, and Earlv, witha
number in Columbus,- and Alabama, asking for
the establishment of a mail route, in post coaches
from Columbus by McLeod’s ferry, Florence, Ir
wi,nton, Fort Gaines, and Blakely, to Bainbridge,
has not been received, or if received by the De
partment, misplaced. I must beg of you, as the
establishment of this line is important to our whole
Chattahoochee country, ngd as much so the citi
zens ot middle and west I* lorida, that you will aid
me in having this route appended to the bill now
before t-fie Senate of the United States.
W'fh greatest respect,
.vour friend and servant,
FELIX G GIBSON.
House of Representatives, 6th July, 1838.
Mq Dear Friend— Your note urging of me to
cause an amendment to lie made to the Post Of
fice Bill, establishing a royte from Columbus Ga.
by McCloud’s, Ferry, Florence, &c. has been
received, 1 am very much gratified that you have
been so watchful of this route—and but for you
it would have been forgetton—l knew nothing of
it—that is of the necessity of establishing it by
Law. The papers, petition Arc. which were mis
laid by the department—on search have been
! found, and I carried them myself to the Senate.'
The Bill has been amended and the route estab
lished now by Law—and permit me tp say. that,
bnt for your attention I would have known nothing
of the inat or—when papers are directed to the
Georgia Delegation, they are not sent by the Post
Master of the House to tne, but usually to the
oldest members—l frequently never see or hear
of them. It will always afford tne pleasure to
serve you, or any of my constituents, but to you,
your friends are most indebted for their mail roti'e.
I shall leave for home immediately after the ad
journment on Monday.
Accept the assurance of mv regard and esteem.
Your friend,
WM. C. DAWSON.
THE GEORGIA MIRROR.
FOR THE GEORGIA MIRROR.
.Messrs Editors —it appears tnat the charges
which I have brought against the Union candi
dates, particularly Dr. Catchings, have aroused
the angry passions ot tic would be Senator to an
extraordinary height, and he vociferates and rants
about at q most terrible rasp., pronouncing every
word which I have written to he ad n lie, ami
threatens to cut any man’* ‘jugular’ who wil| dare
acknpw ledge the authorship of Pan Handle. Be
fore taking any notice of the tnreats which this
bullying candidate has thrown out, let us say
something about the falsity of the accusation's
which 1 have brought against him. and how, alter
he had thus pronounced them lies, he was forced
to acknowledge the truth of every word that 1
have asserted, after being brought face to face
with a gentleman of your town, who heard the
expressions which he made use of, and saw t e
unsoldier Jikp ccipdpct which I have charged
him with, and who this bully, I understand, said
would not dare to face him and repeat the charges.
Apd what were these charges about which he is
so boisterous when he is in some particular crowds,
and which he prontjjuices and -n lies in one
breath and acknowledges to their truth in the
nejft? It perhaps may not be aiqiss to repeat
them and show how tljis mighty man, when com
pelled to acknowledge their truth, endeavors to
evade them, and attempts to avert the just indig
nation of an jnsulted people which lie sees hov
ering over him. He is charged then with refus
ing to serve his country in what was termed the
'•ten day's services," and not only refusing himself,
but actually endeavoring to prevent others from
entering into such service. And this he has at
tempted to deny—this has come under the sweep
ing and profane denunciation, "it is all a park of
damn lies!" Bpt how is it when thp charge is
brought directly home to him, and when he is
confronted w ith the gentleman who last year was
an eye witness to his conduct, and who compel! .1
him to admit that the services of those who vol
unteered for ten days bad been of great service in
building fort Jones and in stopping the ravages of
the Indians after the burning of Quarles’ planta
tion 1 Why, he admits that he was opposed to
the proceeding, but only on the ground of cross
ing the Chattahoochee. Now, it this was his rea
son he must have kept it to himself until now. for
no one heard him at that time urge any objection
other than that these volunteers could do no good.
Bnt had he urged (hat objection then, it would
not palliate his guilt the least, as it was net in con
templation of crossing the river unless they could
raise one thousand men, and not then unless it was
found absolutely necessary. But no, the gen
tlemen preferred, as he then said, “staying at
home ty make cornd’ This charge he also de
nied in the same language quoted above, but jias
wh a the ma iq came to the pinch been com
pelled to acknowledge it. And now that he can
not get around it in anyway, lie and his friends
ask “what if he did want to make corn?” His
wanting to make corn, no one blames lrim for. but
his stinging at-home under the circumstances—
when tiie Indians were murdering, burning and
pillaging, and w hile others were exposing them
selves to dangers and death, sacrificing the endear
ments and pleasures of home, forsaking their
farms and patriotically volunteering for their coun
try’s defence—l say, his staying at home under
these circumstances savors very strongly of a dis
position not to serve his country, especially lien '
it is remembered that he is a man of considerable
ul, »...i ien ms nahds to make
the corn, and .shouldered his gun iu defence of the
helpless; but had he stopped here and done no
more, his conduct might perhaps he overlooked,
but nt t content \vUhthis he used all his exertions,
as I have said before to prevent others from vol
unteering, and endeavored to urge those w ho were
drafted to resist the draft by arguing its illegality.
And what could have been his motive for thus
acting ? I answer self.- For he well knew that so
long as the soldiers were in and about Lumpkin
he and his particular interest would be protected;
and so that was done it was immaterial to him
what became of those who were more immediate
ly exposed to the depredations of the Indians.—
And this is the man who asks the suffrages of the
very people he would have left exposed to death
and destruction —whose wives might have been
murdered and whose children massacred, before
he would stop making corn to go forth for their
protection.
But wind i* the language lie afterwards uses
when he becomes a candidate, for the purpose of
inducing those to vote for him who were too pat- :
riotic to do so because of his unsoldicrly conduct
during tjae war ? Hear him : "If you put down
Hr. Hatchings yon put down the Union party, as 1
fold the Troup party in Putnam county when Nul
lification first, came about, gentlemen you. go down
and I SEE TO IT!" This is his own language,
word for word, and a gen’letnan in your
town stands ready at any time to certify posi
tively to them- But about this also, lie bps
sweated and fumed around—denied ever using a
ny such language, and asserted that no man would
dare make use of the expression in his presence,
but how was it when he was stood up to flat foot
ed in Florence last Saturday, and told that he. did
make use of the above language? Why he then
recollected that there was something said about
party, but that he was misunderstood, or did not
qualify his words. But it is now too late in the
day to attempt to twist this expression into any
meaning than that which it bears upon its'face,
and wtyicliany ten year old boy could understand
and explain. .
I will not say anv more.at present in relation to
the charges which'l have thbught proper to make
known to the public, and think everyone will be
satisfied of the correctness of my statements.—
I would further sav, that there are men, of the
first respectability in Stewart county, ready to tes
tify to the above charges, over their own proper
signatures, provided the bull yin a candidate will
give to them a denial through the same channel
that they are made. — I dare a denial.
But lam not yet. however, entirely done; there
are a few more matters of muejt importance that
I wish the public to know, and which I intend they
shall-know, puless they shut theii eyes against the
light.
Men sometimes, draw very largely upon the
community because of their deeds of humanity
and benevolence towards their fellow-men, who
may stand in need of their assistance, especially if
the individual has been placed in dangerous or dis
tressing circumstances while in his country’s de
fence—and I have heard of men-raised to distinc
tion bv a grateful people, for preserving the lives
of their wounded friends. But how much claim
has Doctor Catchings on the citizens of Stewart
for humane services? I answer none. But
on the contrary deserves to suffer the ridicule and
contempt of'every lover of humanity, for refusing
to discharge his duty not only as a man but a phy
sician, under themost heart-rending and afflicting
circumstances. As someone may not be acquain-
ted with the facts to which I allude, I will give a
brief statement of them Many, no doubt, recol
lect the battle which was fought at the Itchaway
notciiaway, in which, if I mistake not, the whites
w ere compelled to retreat. Among the wounded
itt that battle was Mr. Robert Wimberly, who was
sltot through the body; Dr. Catchings was re
quested to dress the wound and re.tider lqis aid for
tile restoration of the wounded soldier. But he
did not dress the wound, or do any tiling e]se titan
give some directions to a frietyl how to prdceed ;
lie was earnestly solicited to remain with the
sufferer during the night—in fact I learn he was
oflered fifty dollars to remain—-but he would not.
No entreaties could cause him to do so, and he
left him suffering most intensely w ithout afford in
him ally assistance. But notwithstanding thisu -
feeling course on the part of the Dr. I am happy
to say Mr, Wimberly recovered without his assis
tance.
But what is to be thought of candidates who
would endeavor to subvert the liberty of speech
and of the press, and attempt to stop (he mouths
of those who dare to speak of their conduct in
any way only as they choose? Who paraue over
a Methodist ramp grfiimd with great cudgels in
their hands for the purpose of awing people into
submission to their will. And what further is tq
be thought of a man who is asking the suffrages
of a civilized people, who w ould, at such a place,
on the Sabbath day, within hearing of the stand,
while the minister of Gcd is delivering hi* mas
ters message, endeavor to raise a disturbance on
the encampment calculated to do immense mis
chief; and stjll not content would be guilty of the
same disgraceful scene the next day, with another
gentleman ! Yet such has been the conduct of
Dr. Catchings the candidate for the Senate. But
this is not all. While in some counties election
eering has bten put down even in the grog shops,
in Stewart county the candidates of the Union
party openly electioneer at Camp Meeting, as tho’
it was a muster ground, by giving a dinner near
the encampment, of which their friends were free
ly invited to partake, and where they drew around
them a happy crowd with the potent charm of
“. me thing to drink.'" Much worse could not
be expected of an uncivilized people. Will such
conduct be suffered toexistin a civilized commu
nity wiili impunity? Will the servants of God
suffer their rights and the religion of their Saviopr
trampled in the dust, and not make those who
would dare do it feel the weight of thsir power at
the ballot box ? No, I feel assured, from the
contempt with which they have spoken of the
matter, that they will not.
1 understand, Messrs Editors, the gentlemen
have paid you visit for the purpose of finding out
the name of the author of Pan Handle. I learn
also, the hullying Doctor threw out many heavy
threats against the author—such as “shooting !”
“laying him in the shade!!” “leaving our mark !!”
<Jce. Arc. When ihe Dr. shows his bravery by de
fending his country, or exhibits gpuyk enough to
make fight when he is collared by the coat and
backed up against a counter, then his threats and
gasconading may be feared by some, and perhaps
he may then be enabled to .-*•<>p the mouth of
PAN HANDLE.
FOR THE GEORGIA MIRROR.
Messrs Editors: —ln the last Macon Telegraph
a writer, over the signature of “Monroe,” has ex
amined the “elements of opposition to the present
Administration,” v-J '-r—'-' -A«uunhtlon it
is too ; the bright side of the question has been
rubbed up iu order ,to make that more palatable to
the Southern people—but it wont do—Martin Van
fiuren is not the man the South ought to support
for the high office of President of flic United
States. We will look over “Monroe’s” produc
tion first, and then do the best wo can for Matty ;
but we are fearful that all our ‘-white washing”
will not take off the black has been grow
ing so long. “W hat great crime has there been
perpetrated, or what revolting principle possessed
by Mr. Van Biy. en to call -lorjit tins unqualified
and relentless ?’•’ We do not know
if the grimes we gr# going to speak of are “re
vq'itiug” to Monroe; bpt sure they ought to be
to every Southron who values at all, domestic
peace. Is “Monroe” acquainted with the fact
that Matty supported the bill in the New York
Legislature for free negro suffrage? Is he ac
quainted with the fact that Matty supported the
bill to take awpv the free white men’s privilege of
voting, unless he had been so far favored by fot
tuue as to have and hold in hie own name a cer
tain sum of property ? This we think smells ra
ther “a leetle,jist a leetle” of Abolition and aris
tocracy; but that it is “revolting” to Southern
feelings and Southern principles, we dont say;
we rather think though that it don’t go against
“Monroe’s” grain or he should have said so.'
“What must we say of a party composed of
such discordant and conflicting materials whose
leaders hold no principles in common?” Well
naw, after cool deliberation, afteq looking at both
sides of the question, we have come to the con
clusron that “Monroe” pan think what he pleases
of us, provided be allows us the same chance at
him -provided, also, that “Monroe” in his- “pro
found thinking,” after Vt:n Buren has thrown a
few nioro somersets, don’t think us of his friends.
As regards the Whigs making such a spegch as
the Republican members of Congress’ lafe'ad
dress, we shall talk about a little. It must be re
collected that the chairmen of that meeting (ire
both rnen that are about to retire from public life,
and fill-ought we know the majority of tl,ie whole
meeting were in the same fix. Now, what were
the doings of the members from the Northern and
Eastern States, after they had notice that they
must make as much of the present as possible, for
their services were not needed anv longer. They
refused to obey the instructions of the people, rel
ative to the Sub-Treasury! We must look fora
flourishing speech from men in such a predicament,
denouncing the Whigs as traitors to their coun
try; Bank ruffians; robbers of the people’s mo
ney'; trulv it was u noble “farewell address.” We
would, with deflerencc, recommend to them the
publication ot, sav the last column of the late “ad
dress qf the Republican members of Congress.”
And we would, with equal defference, recommend
to the Union Van Buren papers the publication of
Mr. Bond’s late masterly exposition of the ro
guery carried on by the people. They object to
Mr. Clay because he is the supporter of the A
merican system. Now it would appear “to a man
up a tree,’, that by objecting to Mr. Clay on this
ground, they indirectly support Nullification! —
Vet they denounce Nullification in every sense
of the word, and by the process before mentioned,
they would seem to support Mr. Clay by such de
nunciation. Oh tempora ! Oh mores !
“And do his Inaugural and previous pledges to
sanction no bill conflicting with slavery in State
or District, avail nothing?” No, not one iota.—
Wc have had great men to promise great things
before Mr Van Buren, and men who we would
rather believe than him, bnt wo have been disap-
pointed, and we have no security foe the faithful
performance in the present case. Mr. Van Bu
ren knows that his whole dependence is ou‘ the
>’otitli, and consequently he throws himself on
his knees before us, asking us to support him, and
we are truly sorry to see some men, whq have no
more independence the.n to take up the crying
child, kiss him, and promise to protect him. In
Supporting Mr. Van Buren they are supporting
the supported of Rufus. King, that rank Abolition
ist; they are supporting the fellow that opposed
Mr. Madison and the war; they are supporting
the man that was with the Federalist, who were
willing to turn their arms on the pepple of the
South to compel them to give up ths war and
make as honorable a peace as they could. The
Emancipator has given the preference to Mr. Van
Buren, and we don’t want a President who gets
support from that class In conclusion, Mr. Van
Buren aint a “clever fellow noway you can fix
him,” and can’t shine in Georgia, where honest
men live. BLUNDERBUSS,
rOR THE GEORGIA MIRROR.
Lumpkin , Stewart county, Sept. 10.
Messrs Editors—Wishing to be useful to my
fellow beings, and perceiving from the Columbus
Enquirer that the caterpillar is doing much mis
chief in Florida and Camden county, in (jporgia,
and knowing, hy experience, that their progress
can be checked, I recoinmcqd the following course
to ait who are troubled with them ; (Strike thro*
every rqw ij deep furrow with a shovel or turiv
plough, and when endeavoring to get from row to
row, they will get in the furrow, and in attempting
to get out will fall back and their progress com
pletely-flopped. HENRY STARR.
Since iutrerogatories have become the fashion
of the day, we will exercise our privilege of pro
pounding a tew to the Union Congressional candi
dates, as their prints are wholly silent on the sub
ject, which, it must be admitted, affects the lasting
interest of our country, and particularly the in
terest of the people of the South:
Ist. Do you admit tlig constitutionality of tho
reception, by Congress, of abolition petitions?
2d. Do you believe that tjte late Democratic
Address, setting foith the declared principles of
the Van Buren party, affords a sufficient guaran
tee to the preservation of the right* of tl>e people
of the slave-holding States?
3d. Have you any confidence in such men as
Niles, of Connecticut, Allen, of Ohio, Wall, of
New-Jersev, and Williams, of Maine, co-operating
with you in the preservation of the domestic
rights of the South ?
4th. Do you still hold to the doctrines of the
Proclamation, or are you wiljipg tq publicly re
cant them ?
sth. Are you still the advocates es the Forcrf
Bill? -
Glh. Though lqss important—Do you Advo
cate tlm Sub-Treasury Scheme, as jt came troni
ffiff Administration, without Mr. Calhoun’s hard
money amendment, or do you advocate the ineas--
lire wit]t Mr. C’s amendment ?
From the boasted independence of tho Union l
nominees, it is expected they will give frank and
prompt answers to the above interrogatories.
Southern Recorder.
The importable non balance with which the ad
caeca matte cnnrges against the
Georgia IVlngs, as they are pleased to term the
opponents of Vunßuren, and which charges they
know to be false, would be amusing enough, were
it not for the moral turpitude ascribable. to those
who, for the mere advancement of a party, are re
gardless of all obligations of truth.
In the blindness of their devotion to \ an Bu
ren. charges and accusations are made without
discrimination, and without apparently the least
reflection, or regard to consequences.
For instance, the charge is seriously made, that
these Georgia Whigs “arc co workers with Slade
and John Quincy Adams, and other abolitionists,
against the rights, interest, and findings ot tho
South.”
Is this befitting language to be used by a South
ern press to Southern puueu ? Are a large and
respectable party composed of native and adopted
citizens of Georgia, to be accused of ro-opper
ating with Northern Abolitionists in their mad
schemes of opposition to “the rights, interest',
and feelings of the South?”
It would not be prudent for one citizen to make
noraouallv hkili •g-ilncl aimiliFr eiti^pn
for if they were founded in truth, a speedy retri
butive justice would be visited on the offenders;
and if falsely made, an equal retaliatory degree of
justice would be meted out to the malicious fabri
cator of the lie 1 .
To those who in their editorial capacity are
disposed to make charges against their opponents,
fraught with such mischievous consequeuces, we
would merely say that “discretion is the better
part of valor,” .
As to the other charges of minor consideration,
but no less false, viz:
That the Georgia Whigs are in favor of a Na
tional Bank, . , rT ,
That the Georgia Whigs are m favor of Henry
Clay. .
That the Georgia Whigs arc panagylists of
Daniel Webster—
We would express our denial in a very em
phatic monysylable, were not the use of it offen
sive “to cars polite.”— Macon Mess.
The Savannah Georgian, of the 30th ult. says—
“On Tuesday eveuing last, a storm of wind and
rain, accompainied by hail, passed over our city.—
The brig Falcon, at Telfar’s wharf, broke trorri
her moorings and drifted into the stream. Her
anchors were thrown out, these she dragged and
was brought up upon her beam ends on the oppo
site side of the river. She was righted yesterday,
with little or no injury. We fear some injury.*!’
the crop* in the vicinity, as thestorin, though tynet
in duration, was violent.”
DIED, 4
In this county, at the residence of his father, a- •
bout five miles from tliis place, on Monday morn
ing 10th inst. Mr. Alexander W. Griswold, ag
ed 28years, one month and three days.
Mr. Griswold was the Teacher iu the Academy
in Florence, and as such was universally beloved
by his schtdars. and highly approved of and re
spected by the Trustees as well as parents aud
guardians who patronised the school. Our com
munity deeply mourns his departure, and human
ity earnestly weeps over him. lie had beets a
member of the Methodist Church for nine years,
and lived an honost and upright life, and died, af
ter an illness of six days, in full view of a glorious
immortality, shouting praises to his God, and ex
horting his weeping relatives and friends to meet
hint in glory, “Where the wicked cease tr«m
troubling and the weary are at rest.” AV\