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V *>T»t v r < - V , .'■» viv'.-.-iV—-' - THE MHtROJ? * 4" -•» 'PC Ti •J JIS VyJ ' $ W V;j , taft «ep<» ; 4 {HU®. g;: >;ige tiioul*. /’,»• Governor, CSI isiM> I* 1 <-J S..KTV FOR THE LE USLATCRE. SEN. 4 TE. LOVEED 1J (X AN. ji /•: r u gs /-:.v; .i 77 / e>\ \\ l LI. I \ R I) BOYNTON, JOHN WEST, JOSEF 11 WOOD. ?,I XCON CONVENTION. \Y,> «,TV “I iil tilt* • • «»I 1111 ■ i Fn q.ff.-cr, i notitv fr.rn Hi** 'I ivor of thtu city, ci hi z n meeting of tin* "in/., ms to co auii io r -l.iti in t i the nxp»*.*i“ij< y of send'ttg del egate, '> tit" pfopnswd Convention. X’/he t do our planters j-i Si >iv irt promts" to nvtvc io this miner? Will th« richest cnttm irtving county i> the State suffer herself to he unrepresented in tliat Coiiven till? It is soinmvhar hypoflt "tic.il, it is tr tint the lit is proa ilile, at least pus-dlde, tint :li» mist imnort iit benefits may act rue to the S 1 utlt. and to the growers of im'ton particularly, from th" de!ib«trillions of that very Convention. We would recommend ourciiizeus to send at least one or more del egates from this section of country, so that in the event some important measure should baalapted. hy which good is likely tore suit. as we ferventiv hope may be the case, they may not reproach themselves with hav ing It id no voice in thu tnuter. There tire a great many subjects of vital iriteicst to the southern cottony, which will iindunbiedlv oomeupfor discussion in that convention, in connection with the more immediate ob ject* of the circular. We hope the whole South may be represented. Since writing the above, we have been au thorised to state that a meeting, for the pur pose 1 f appointing Delegates to the Macon Convention, will be held in Lumpkin, on Monday, 30th inst. A full inciting is ear nestly desired. THE FEVER IN AUGUSTA. The fever that has been raging in Augus ta for s 1 no weeks pits' si fatally, is sai I bv til" p'w i"'ins, *n! to be the Yellow fev r, nar ii a"V wise con agiotts. They state it to be Cmgeslhr Bilious F-rer , rendered m ire malign tut because of some local caus es, which it is <ai I. have be n removed, [t was earnestly hoped and believed, that offer thise causes were remove,l the fever would have assum 'd a milder aspect, and \itgitsta in a short time, he again r store I to her usu al and wonted health; but in this, her friends h.ivo been disappointed as the latest ac counts st it • t’nt the fever continues to rage w ith unabated violence. THE APPROACHING ELECTION. Puoposko Ami.n tiMi;>' ts Arc. JUDGE DOUGHERTY XND JUDGE Me DOM A LD. In a very few weeks, the people of Geor gia will be called oil to decide several im portant questions. Whether the Comtitu tioo n r the State shall he altered to suit tlie si ii ter purposes of a few designing men. and rv t v thing like e<;u 1 1 repr seataiiou destroy . ii, or at least rendered more un equal than it mw 'inform mr.ely is. o- wlinth cr i' shall remain until time and < ireu-it stances, a id the wi. lnin of aim ire hon-st C iiiven'inu - ill a g, >t a more • .si clary ai era iou. We candidly believe th •* th» | seal o l comlein j rioti will be s.-t n tlv , ac - t. Ii > - , ‘li.'ll .tun : coil and together in 111 1 fut 1 by tie people, disappointed t heir'ugh es neetati ins, and liav.ng leim q 1 ste l tiie.ii-, dv s to the guida ice of a r.a • 11 dess political juggler, wims * attd.tc ty ' .id mly he e\ca I I by is ,ijivsi.tal di m sis, can il'U” I lltef ce, by proposing o 1 ie ree n-n of Geo> ia, as din e ivioclt ot v ener 'S' '6 lb* . Vils t hey were culicd on t 1 nft ig. ue. Vll 1 rin *rta it q iesti in now presents if. f >r coiisidcrati* i. A i Exect live of- ■ tiger sto iie chosen, a, l l 01 Iv two < nmli ; ti i *• ire 1 n 'tie! ff inti tin, otunt sla ' It >n, etch !. v ig cl'ims ,<nd pretimsiims I wd dv <liv *ll >r. r> dioii'iii.hite aid. cn. S‘ b ta" '. h >,n req ores ma; quaiii | 1 1 -c with then pr vi-m-. istotv ,s j ;d> tc • m■ i. the ran t ic, and r etr present poidi ] cal I :.i‘tS- Di in * sse -of each nty Imve 1 laboured in sup lor 1 of tbeir favorite r mill 1 does, iid !Olbl"g ..I been left unsaid im t co i'll tie s ii I in : ivour 01, anti against them, | s ■ ores 'IP tll.it 'lie people have be- t corn r wl . qmim ed nth their qual t ; . a,n i Stilt however we will venture a si uilel, in orde, that tiieir relative p,s ions may bn more ch-arlv uu de, - st md. To begin tlien wit* JUDGE McDJNALD the. Van Buten Cap dilate. H -is i )*;i»vorin toe Co-tsh!-t>p>" il-ty • Ia | HIGH FIX'J i'FG TI V E T\i. KF. Hu J vote as recoriie--I nine I ittraai in tlm llou-e | of ft-"resent Hives, ot‘ 1 : .i) -bow it. He h Ujeves, or did lately belj. vc ia th" 1 r i.istitotioiiality "Ii N X’l'ittN \ L but ill a le'ter to Joseph Stuigis, E-qr. re- . cently p ibii.shed, he rather hob des out of his Bank principles He beurves that ill" Renresentativcs nl Georgia in Congress AR K ftlfT ti e Rep. resentaUvcs of Georgia, It it of the United States. Tiiis is the doctrine of' the North ern Consol"r!a»ionists. He OPPOSED the doctrines of (JKOtWK M. THOITI*. carrying out the Treaty, and ihu«sid>*d with the enemies of the State, and these vho threatened btr jioople witli the bayonet. He believ"'! that the Suorpme Court of the Uait-d Sta’es has a RIGHT TO IIN - TEHFE dE with the criminal iurtsdictinn of Geotgia, and A RREST the operation of t h"r laws. Wi’ness h,s vote in the Tassels case. \t it time w i»a the bosom of every freeman in Georgia blazed witVi honest in rti; 11 im at this "ios' UN WARRANT\- }} |N'’ERFER.EFCE w'-th. the rights of i Aiate, Jai :e and "Donald iosisieil ti n til- S: ita, n it’ii QUIETLY TO SUi5- Mt L’ > l" » tinge il l ialignitv. ila gs j, /« letalfsi of the stamp j and has always heen open ard censisterd in his avowal ol those doctrine* Hcis m principle witti those who would annihilate Slate Sovereignty ; c< t.sob date all the power in the hands ol the General Government, and si t up a despotism on the ruins 'of our glorious Republic, 'ini’ is f. ii ‘ gtiagc.iiut it ik the doctrine ot the Federal isle. It i-- .lid that he believes in th" Consti ,ni i n.i yof a law by Cotipnss, ahplisbing s;n ty in t c Disiiid ol Columbia, lie may not concur in its expediency, but it is sodi.'inii lor the people of Georgia that lie auuiits its con'titntionality. Judge McL'o ,aid's coaisc rvrr since he lias been m public life, and Ins voles and i' ieh s tvarini.t ns m attributing to him " l>>.-trines and sentiments set forth in the o e going *vnoj sis. i. t us now turn to JUDGE DOUGH F.R 'I , the stein llepubliian and uidlinching n irrf t. 11 is a be'ievei in rhe Jp-fTersonian doc 'riiiits ol !)H, and is an eluqiienl advocate for the Kiglps of tite ,St ites, \ strict con sirnciii tt'.st, jea'ou Iv cu.ndiog against every e . r.,a< Inneid cd Fedcial p"Wc,. If" is of the old sehool of poJitics vvliicli denies the power of the General Gi vern iii ut to eorree a sovereign .Stale, imo olje di nee loan utu-oustil utioonl law. H" was ill the I.egis'ati.re v illi Judge M' Donald, when Mr. Town’s Resolution deni iriiig tli" Tnrilf i njiist A c. ami urging its mod dir a l uni. cam » op lor disc in sion. Mr. II a I of Twiggs h iving m ived to insert the word UNCON Si ITU TI OX XL, the qms tion was t i .en o" the ametidment anil car red; D /UGiIEHTY voting for, and Me i) ).\ XL I) a "inst it. Asa .1n,1i,-id ofTiimr, lie has in Ii is own per- in ne ed a cob'e an I independent pail ms i t lining ibe digni: v and sov-i ti•my ol ■he Si ue, against the iinanthoiizi i! assniiq, tin is (H the I'Vder and ( 'oiirt. Ileii a friend lo the Iniirnal Itti"rnve llicnfs now rapidlv progressing inoui | aate In short. Ins whole public life ivi res an ardent de-ire I r the welfare ofthe country, and a devotion to its interests alike honora ble to Inin as a patriot, an Ia public setvant. XX'lio that has ever seen him on ilia bench, or ;a sing in (be >ei ate Gl.an In hut was struck w th !i s dignified an 1 iuiel ec u I ap peareiicp, t!ie abiii'y of Ins decisions, anil tiic impari aliiv w itli wliiidi lie discharged th" <ltiti"s of his Office, People of Georgia! whom will ve choose ? The liigli so ciding Federalist, or the staunch Republican? it is folly to ask; Fe leralisui has ever b"'*n in bad order with the freemen of this State, and we are mor ally sure tltaf they will not elevate to thr highest office in (heir gift, an individual who is so deeply died in the heresy as Judge McDonald. In every part of the Slate the notes of preparation are sounding for the approach iti g election. Opposing tickets are announc ed in aht’Oot every county, and we doubt not but thntthe full strength of each party ivd, appear at the polls. Our opponents, at least true to the lessons they have learnt, wil’ turn out to a man, and heavy exertions will be used to elevate into tbe Executive Chair ol Georgia, an open and avowed Federali t; but their efforts must necessarily be nuavai l mg, it the friends of Stale Right, and Con- Mi utional liberty will hut do their duty.— Cousolodation and Federalism cannot be the doctrines of a majority of the people ol Georgia; the specious names of Union and Den ocrncy which have so long been used as talismans to charm the unreflecting portion ot tli people away from the true principles ol the Jeffersonian faith, are fast losing thr‘ir virtues, and many, acknowledg ing tbe delusion into which limy were un wittingly d,uwn, arc returning to their first love. We repeat it again, it is impossible that a majority of the people of this State can be willing to sanction and sustain tliede. testable doctriue, that, “lies is not a govern ment of the States but of tite people; that the General Government is unlimited in its powers, I’nlr .ttbe Slates composing tbe Union, having yielded up 1 1 eir sovereignty, have only the right to petition fur a redress i I m lev,i >ll.ll a doctrine implies a | DL>POTIS.M in its most tciriLle non. au'J yet, iiecn.en of Georgia, you are called on to give your sulli >ges to a man for tbe office ol Governor oi your independent State* w lio holds si iitiuients and opinions like t : ese. Vu’uy, such a man, were he elected, wouid permit the Federal Government to SLLL ,i\e. IJAR't t. U a.vay, l, a foreign power, oi m .y iiap, to t ie .Seminole Indians, the StHte ot .JoorHa ami all her ci i/.ens. (Suppose Con res* weie to do such a thing ami you know tout an IRRESPONSIBLE M ViOftlT \ tan n iss what law they plan e, what .mild you do with Charles .1. Xii Don aid at ill ■ iiea lof affair* ? XX'ould yon Ini ow iiis re, oinni n l ion, ami PE I ITION? \Vniil I you Ki.S >R t TO THE 1! XLI.O I BOX? XVuitM von APPEAL IO TUF. SC PftK M E Cv)‘.' R T ? XX’. uHyou C\L ( . A CON VEiN TION OF THE S T.-X I'ES ’ Or on aid you nCLLIFX ? and proclaim in a voice ot m van (obi thunder, to the tv rants « l:o dared inns to i suit anil degram you, tinit you JvNOW' YOUR RlGtii:- AND KNOWING DARE MAINTAIN THEM. The ; lestiorr is not diffieult of solii'ian The pr,-aptness kith which the nggrcssii.t.- I !•'.•"lend pow er have heretofore been iiti in Georgia, affords but little room for tin millions of despotism to hope ever to obtain a foothold here ; and yet it is to be fearei. that stratagem will, some time or other, ef fect that which could never be accomplish ed by an open assault. The “politicalscrew” has been at work more of late than ever, and unless i's opera ttons are stops, even the shadow of liberty will soon depart from us. Inch by in< h, the eucroachments are. made, and though the machine works silently, it is the more to be dreaded on that account. Another turn ol tite “screw” is now sought to be taken, by electing a Federalist, Governor of a South ern Will the people permit it?— NEVER. EXTRAVAGANCE A DESPOTISM- In very am; ol llie world, when a gov-m --njer.t has become extravagant and reckless in its t -penditutes, aud no measures are ia ken to create a reform, it has be«n consider ed a suie precursor ot a speedy dowutall. Despotism quickly succeeds, when I lie peo pie become careless aud unniiiidlul ol tli : conduct ol their raters; and in nothing can rtie citizens of a Republic be more culpable than in permitting acts of waste.u ness tu the expenditure of the public funds; sot nothing can be a surer evidence of misrule and corruption. Indeed, thatcoiititiy where litt eor no supervision is hod ol the uianuer in w hieli its pecuniary and financial affaits are c onducted, and no limit is placed upon the indulgence of those who are charged with theirtr u* it o i ah ady i despotism. li the people oi tne i n.ted Stales were disposed to learn, experience would teach them a useful lesson upon this subject ; but their eyes seem to be sealed tip, and theii ears shut, against all evidence however strong, of the misd.-eds and corruption of those w ho, for si vend years past have wield eil the destinies of the country. It they would but for one moment, open their eyes to the light, they would see that reform* thorough, i adica! reform, is absolutely ueces sary to enable this Government to continue i's functions longer than a few years more. Asa proof of tite necessity ol reform, and of the downward tendency of our affairs, we have only to glance at the list of i xpen ses of the Government, from i's formation to tli" present time In the commencement of our iiat'oii and career, and when Washing ion was President, the annual expenses o 1 the Government scarcely amotiu'ed to sl, 000,0(10. — It was then a cheap Government, sin h as our wise fathers wished it to be. Under the younger A lams, the expenses increased to upwards of 81 000.000. T en was raised the cry of “retrenchment am reform,” and poor Adams was forced togivc way to Gen Jackson, who came into office a full blooded Republic n, pledged to earn out tbe wishes of tbe people in this respect But. in a few y«ars, even the "old Roman’ himself, caught tlie infection which powei gives to those who handle it, and he raised the expenditure ty 823,000,000; —yet the pi op!e bore with it then, because it was the immortal Gen. Jackson who did it, and lie could do no wrong, in fact, that portion ot the people who clung to hint after his ter giversation from the Republican to the Fed eral ranks, actually rcgardeil him as being immaculate. This infatuation must have been powerful, indeed, for it has even exten ded down to his appointed successor, Mar tin Van Buren, wild, outs'ripping aU ins pre decessors in ex.ravagance, and ridding reck lessness anil even corruption to the list iff Executive sins, has raised the annual exprn dituresof this once ckcafi government, to the enormous and even incredible sum of 840,- 000,000 !! The inquiring m<nd‘would naturally scfk ■ o know, how it is. that a government foun ded in economy, can possibly require such an immense outlay. The information may be sought in the returns ofthe different Do partmeuts, the millions lost by broken pet Banks, aud carried off’ in the pockets of run away rind defaulting Sub-Treasurers. These things are alarming; but let ns look into them a little fit.ther. The ex; "uses of tiie Government for the year 1791, exclusive of the public debt, were 8i,0'J,918. The population of the country at that time was four millions, and as it is now about sixteen millions or four times as great, it follows tha. the expenses ought also to be four times as great, or near $4,300,000. But how stands tli" case? W by, iti'teail of being four times as great, they .re in reality, just FORTY times as great. And this, too, from an Administration promising r- form.! These are startling facts, but what do they te ich? Simply, that the people are asleep, and that in ail probability, they will not a waken, until the last vestige of tiieir liberties ■s gone, and the non yoke of despotism is fastened upon their necks, THE MEMORIAL. We are extremely sorry to see that this subject is permitted to create a con usion in the bringing out of candidates in various aunties in the .State. We hoped to have a ! ‘if lug for a majority in the next Legisla ture, but from the way in which things are now managed, we cannot make anv calcu lit ions cither way. Both part es iceiii to be splitting in some measure upon tia is ques tion, but we would caution nor friends that i stratagem is at work, by which their pritr cijiJes are likely to suffer, while they permit tuemselves to be -drawn off from the main issue, which is, and ought to be nothing else, than State Rights vs. Consolodation. \ et, no:withstanding the confusion which •us grown out of the subject in some Conn ies, wo notice some strong tickets io the ffel I that must inevitably succeed, if correct principles, talents of a high order, and ster in - worth will command tilt- suffrages ofthe ! icoplo. I- 1 Troop roun’v, tite State Rights party nave nominated Gen, 11. A. Haralson lor ie Senate. Maj. Jarirl Beasley, Maj. John XVehb, Robert Dougherty, Esq and Oliver t*. Fears, Fsq. tor Representatives. In Harris, the following gmitlemen have been nominated : Senator. Col. Jolin White ; Representatives, Toliver Jones, George tl Bryan, Esqrs.and Col. Wlll. C- Osborne. in Muscogee, an old, tried and consistent Ntiliifier, is touml running on tbe Van Bu ren ticket. But he announces it distinctly .hat he compromits none of his form er pUrr ciplcs; he runs as an enemy to all legislation upon the subject ofthe memorial. Well* no matter; we would like to see our old friend in the Legislature, he is well qualified, and deserves it at the hands of iiis own par ty; but we hate to see him running in such company, cspeci ily too, when w, (ear that iiis influence will be thrown in the scale of th" Van Buren ticket. The whole State Rights ticket also, have announced them selves in opposition to all Legislative inter i"rence with the subject ot tbe memorial' .1 is «*idttu to us tiierefote, that ti ete must nave been souie imsi.Qderstandiiig some where, else the name of Thomas Leving siou would never have appeared in opj ositiou to a regularly uonmiuted ticket of the State Rights party. CH A N t.E ‘ OF" NA M ES. 11l a late number in ihe Kim ketboeker, Washington Irving proposes a lelorming a» soeiaiioti tor the | urj ose of rescuing .he beautilui aboriginal names wi.uh were once applied tu places and livers, and which are la-t tailing into oblivion. r I he object is lau il.ible. and we hope to see it accomplished He pioposes to throw out of the catalogue of Towus aiAl Rivers, nit those niougiel, se cond liai.tl names which have the adjective Aetr prefixed to them, and which stamp us a second ham) people. For instance, let thr name ol -Xei* 1 oilc be discarded, and the more poetical and characteiistic name of Ontario, or Mtrkegau, be applied io the “Empire State;” ihe city of New York to resume its old Dutch appelh.t on of Man ual hi. 1 l.ese suggestions are all very well, and we should he pU-aseo to see them acted upon. But what Inflows we can in no wise approve; lint on the other hand, most une quivocally condemn. It is the adoption ofa National name; such as Allegliania, or Ap palachia. We despise tite word Sutionat in a.I its bearings when applied to the Union, and we never can conqu t our objections to it; ii sounds too moth like a unity, 100 ii tic Ii like there w ere no (states, but one vast nation all ti ller one government. XX e ob ject intut o many wind ii ring such a siguili cation. A pretty national name would no donbt.be very convent- lit lor the future Hu mers and Vugils that are to blazon and | er petoateihe tame ol our co totry in epic veise o ill posterity, but ratnet Ilia risk the po litical effect n such " measure, we would pretc rtnai the poeis (dear souls!) should be compelled to sing a separate Fean to each noble Stale composing the compact, ll is sid that American Have.ers in Europe find great difficulty in in king the | eople com prehend the u hereabouts of their residence ; the term United Stales b ing as applicable io the Republic »>f Ueirral Ameiica. as to our own Union. For our own part, we | er ceive no difficulty under which a traveler could labor, in rendering his national iden tity' k nown to any intelligent man in Europe, without cireitn locution, or ueing “involved in long geographical and comical deiiui t oils.” Weie we in Europe, and were questioned asilie place i I our lesuleiice, we should unhesitatingly answer, “the State of Georgi >,” anil ii our questioner were not satisfied with tin- reply, he might teler to his Geography and Atlas. It would be evident iv tin| roper mr an individual lo claim his re sidence in I lie whole of the United States, because lie tan ■ xercise citizenship in only <>ne of those Stats s. This Union is composed of separate Re publics. each as independent and sovereign -is the It erst nation in Europe, having parted with only such of their rights as were ne cessary to cotistit ute a General Government for the b-tier protection of the inti rests of each. It is true, that many intelligent men tri Fu iipe enteit.iin the sun" idea of our Uni,in and Government, that ihe Uonsoiod.t iiuinsts would w,sh to inculcate in the minds ol the people, viz: that each State beats the same relation to the Union, that our coun ties do to the State. We remember once, when traveling up the Hulls, non board ofa sttai iboiit, ih li«ive_yvithin sight of the city ol Albany. The suit was about to gi down, and threw its.yellow rays on the bright dome ol tbe State House, which shone conspicu ous above all the other buildings, rendering it an object of beauty and grandeur to tin beholder at a distance. An intelligent Fit glishman with w bom we had been in conver sation, inquired the purposes of the edifice, and on being told that it was designed to ac commodate the Legislature, expressed con siderable H-tonishi cut, adding that lie “was no' b> fore aware tint tiie Legislature ever changed its place of meeting from Washing ton City.” The remark exhibited Ids ignor ance of the nature of our institutions, and showed that he had fallen intot lat gross | o -IHteal delusion, that we are “one people, and living under one government.” XX'e re gret to say that a similar delusion exists in the minds of many of the more ignorant a mong our own people. .Such ignorance is more dangerous to our liberties, than an “army with banners.” XVffi-rever the hon est yeomanry of the country have become acquainted witli the history and structure of our g ivernment, they have adopted the doc tiine of State Rights as the on'y "tie that can pi eserve the Cousiirion and our liberties. We have unconsciously exten led tl.is ai ticle beyond its proper limits, and almost run entirely away from the subject, but our pol ogy is found in the association of ideas that led us on. MODERN DEMOCRACY. What is it 1 A stupendous fraud, which certain politicians, for certain purposes ate playing off upon the people. A snare with which they dupe the urnvary and unthink ing, and briiiu them blindfold into the sup port of the most pernicious measures before their eyes are open to tiie effects. A hum bug, which many honest people have been induced to beli ‘vs because it puts on a plausible air. and claims tone of a Repub lican growth Latterly, it is a school in w hich men learn political tricks, as Jugglers do their sleight ol hand ; the first precept being, to, “Rent! the pliant hinges of the knee Where thrift may tollow fawning.'’ ft has many significations, and its pro fessors claim for it great virrues. They say that it is a system by which the “spoils are shared among the victors that it is a ‘book,’ the secrets of which are known to none bur the leaders of t!i» “party,” who. like good fathers, will dispense the word accor ding to their necessities : according to some, it is a blind adherence to the com mands of their leaders, and those whom tl eir leaders have appointed, as sub agents over them ; but llie more independent among them scout at this idea, and say that it only means, party discipline, it is a kind of my'hnto;y. possessing a tremendous in fluence over the minds of its devotees, some of whom worship its divinities with religious superstition; its temples are to be fount! in every State, but its chief oracle is at Wash ington City, where the officiating High Driest resides in pomp. Some define it to I Jbe the great moving principle which sup- | ports the Government and keeps it from lading, or in other words that it is the ! bond between the Government and its sop- j porters. But the most laughable idea which wo have yet heard of this strange anomaly, I is from an old fashioned member of the j Democratic Republican fain ly, who de- i ' lares that it means nothing more than op- I position to Nullification and State Rights. PRICE IN PARIS. This notorious, runaway, defaulting, T o co Foco Sub Treasurer, isdazaliug the g.<y people of the gayert city in the world, with ( the s| lender ol l.is ill goticu wealth. He h-<*lately purchased, tor a summer retreat, a superb villa and grounds in the vicinity of Paris, his principal residence being a apieu ctul mansion in he centre of the most aris tocratic part of the city. His plumes, tho* borrowed. Shite not with less magnificence -hail those nf some ol the nobleM buds in the lard. T his is tbe rewaid ol villany. is it any longer stratige that his exalti| le S'-ould be so contagious among those wl.o bave been chosen will,out regard to honesty or qualifications, to receive aud handle the pub iic (units. Swart wont does’nt seem to cut such a dash, but hetoo, is rolling in splendor at the •'Xpence of th" people ofthe United Ftates. Could’nt Uncle Sam, if he leit disposed, j cdptrive to caiC'-t these runaway birds? ' TENNESSEE ELECTION. | From the immerse increase in tilt? vote Os I the State since the last election lor Govern ! or, (something over 20,000,) and l.otli the number of illegal voters tliat have already been ascertained to have been imported trum North Alabama to go the hog for Col. Po/ k. it is supposed that a game of ir.iud has been played off upon the people of Tennessee, worthy of tb" highest abilities ol the amiable Speaker. We hope that they tnsy be fer reted out, the illegal porkers themselves market/, and the gallant Col. be made to va cate iiis seat so surreptitiously obtained. AMOS KENDALL AND REFORM. We have frequently spoken of the Re form and Retrenchment promised by Gen. Jackson atiJ his millions, on assuming the reigns of Government, but we cannot for li* ar calling the attention of our readers to the following article in teference io Amos K ndall when first appointed to the office of 4ih Auditor by Gen. Jackson, contrasted with liis conduct at the present day. Then h" could rejoice that an opport- oity was af forded him of giving a practical illustration of the promised Reform aud Ret euchiiieut j .Sixteen newspapers, to be subscribed lor by an oftii er of the Government, and paid out of tne people’s money, was a great blip a boo at that time; but so soon as he louiid that Ins masters could bold the reigns of government securely, and ascertained tliat the people were ilupid and completely in their clutches, he f< rgets all about his for mer honesty and patriotism, loses sight en tirely of Reireticliint nt aud Reform, .mil as willingly subscribes and pay out o. the peo ple's funds, hundreds of dollars anm a y lor tie tvsprpi ts as lie clieiltffl ilisi on iuued '.(lose be first found on i t -tug tl e Auiii tor’s office. Conduct like this is not con fined to Kendall alone, hut is practiced by every officer of the Government, from the President down to the lowest suppliant that ministers in the Kite! en Cabinet. People of Georgia ! ive call upon you to potidei well these things, and answer to yonr consciences and your cmintry, if you Can support such knavery and eoiruptioii. AMOS KEN DA L AND ‘REFORM.’ When Gen. Jackson came into oower he appointed Amos Kendall, For rtb. Auditor. One of this worthy's first officii I acts was to make ;i publication, from which the following is an extract : “Upon euteri’.ig the office, on Monday last, one of the first objects which struck my eye, was a p ie of newspapers on my table. Aiming them I counted sixteen different papers, till of which I was told, ■ were subscribed for by tbe Fourth Auditor, arid paid fot* out ofthe Treasury.” “X'aiti I am, proud I am, that the rhesi dent has given me an opportunity to aid '] hiiiiinproviugth.it reform is uot an empty \ sound.” XX’h at does Amos do, at sight of these j sixteen engines of coi ritpiion ? He instantly sends eaett of them back whence it came, j accompanied by the following expression j of virtuous iudigti -lion: Treasury Departmkn . ? Forth Auditor’s Office, March 24 y I “Sir-—Not believing that 1 am authorized to charge the Government with subscrip tions io newspapers, and other publications which arc not useful to me in the discharge of my official duties; and not p iceiviig that l can detive any assistance from v ur Journal in settling the accounts of the ' United .Siates Navy, 1 have to request that you w ill discontinue sending it to this j office. AMOS KENDALL.” This patriotic achicvemeut was perform ed by Ames in March, 1639. We now find, I in the accounts of the expanses of the Post | Office for 1838, the following item : “For newspapers - - $387 CO,' Oil Amos! The other offices, too, appear to be pretty well supplied. lit the Treasury Department, “Newspapers - $997 63’’ In the War Department, “For Newspapers - - - SBB2 03” In the Navy Department, “Paid so Newspapers - $l5O 70” .. “Turf Register - 30 00” The Turf Register must be of great “assistance in the discharge of official du t*es. THE AMERICAN DEFENDER, We were shown a short time since, the model of a gun to he called by the above name, lately invented by our ingenious fel low citizen, Jesse Griswold Esqr. We know nothing of the technicalities used by Gun Smiths, and cannot therefore describe it properly; but it is constructed on some thing like the following plan, viz; Five well polished barrels, level and parallel with each other, are fitted into a stork or frame, each having a touch hole on the upper : side. An Iron trough with holes corres ponding, is let in, across the barrels by dove t-d, and is covered with a thin plate also of Iron, which is perforated with a | large nun her of smallholes. On the right side of the centre touch hole and t ear to if, • is an [run tube for percussion caps, com- 1 municating with the trough. Behind the tube is a Percussion Cock fitted on a piece i wood which is fastened to the tipper sitle of | of t lie Stock with screws. The Cock works with a trigger in the usual way. On each j side of the stock or frame is an atm or I pivot by which the gun may be suspended , when too heavy to be carried. The bursting of a iap on the tube com j munieates fire to the powder in the trough ! and thus through the touch holes to each of j the barrels and produces a simultaneous discharge. The number of barrels as well j ns their caliber may be eticreised or dirnin- ! ished, tlie principle being as applicable to six pounders as to small fowling pieces, i By means of a large number of these guns. I a small garrison could protect themselves against any number of assailants. r l hey | can he fashioned for the walls of a Fort or j for the deck of a Ship; they can he matte j to move on light carriages for field fighting, J or be carried on a horse; jn short they can b ■ made available wl erever any species of Ar tillery now ni use can be brought to bear. This is truly an age 0 f invention, and in no one thing has ingenuity displayed usdf more successfully than in the manufacture ol instruments for wholesale murder. We understand that the iiijeuious Inventor intends making applic u o u for a Patent. The Southern .>tlk Journal and Farmers Tegut**.— ’ i he fust No. of the ab» vr work published tu Lo uiuhiis. La. uuder rha I auspice.-, ol the Southern Silk anil Agiicul j tural Society of that city, and ediied by Messrs. \\ iiiirtus and Chapman, has bten received aud now lies before us. Its typographical execution is neat, and considerable taste is displayed in t( le raugenient of the matter and the appear ance it presents. The matter contained in it is ot considerable intirest to thoee en gaged in rearing the Morus Multiraulis, as to this subject this number apj ears to he principally directed. The portion of the work however devoted to the farming ir.ter -1 erest, is well worthy attention aud he who read* it may arise Irom its perusal much edified and interested. We have not cow eveu could we spare the time, to give the preseut uuinber a critical review. Let it suffice to say that the work from its present appearance must meet the most tanguine expectations of its trieT.^s —and as such a periodical is essentially necessary in the •ftoutli, and without it her agricultural inter est never can be successfully advanced, we cheerfully retain mend it to the patrenare. ol Ute pub ic, aud solicit for it that support the merits aud necessity of such a work de mand at the hands oi a (Southern coiiiinuiff. iy. COT I ON PICKING. The Cotton Picke son tlie | lactation of our triend. Cos! Elbert Lewis ol this coun ty, come the hucki lierry" over anythin" ol which we have ever herid in that linj? n.e fact is, they think there is no that.ee for them to lie beaten, and if any oi oui niigh. burs or any body else can * hold them a can dle,” ue would like to hear lioni them. 'J lie following are the names of the eoticn picker* and the weight of each a; picked ou Friday fit It inst. Nathan, 5G7 Sampson, sfi;j Enoch, Berry, .54 a Bill, 4 c .y 27.13 We published sometime since that a Watermelon was raised on the plantation of CnJ. Lewis that weighed 47 pounds, so that i for large melons and swift cotton pickers Col. L ompletely takes tli" shit e.” “Who can lay him in the shade ?" LIBERTY. We "It""! full y give place, to the follow ing well written cimimunicr.tion on the sub ject of Liberty, because it combines in its com -osition true positions aid sound teti x-ii.ug at.,i preset tstt ce liberty in a light in which but few view it. There terms to be an impression, that bi can so this is a Eros and Independent c niiitry, cviy man is piii ilcdged to do and act as ho pleases am? 1 great to do is mad' , if an cfi’oit t« used to restrict man in hi* endeavor* to act a* tha the feelings of his nature dictate, when it is well known, that lit" heart of man u | prone to evil as the s; arks are to liy up. wards. Let every in. n who thinks an I speaks so much about Liberty, but ret dth • communication of out conespomii iit an I | refl ct upon the icfitiiis-i.-ii.il ait ■« can but be convinced that they arc Hue t • the letter. Although we have not the pleasure of 1 acquaintance with our mi respondent, u s with pleasure, request him to let us he. from lii 111 often, as his cuin.nuine.itions vvi 1 always be happily received and cheerful!/ inserted into our columns. ron THK GKOFGIA JII ROfl. Messrs. Editors—Laving heard a gre; t deal, ol late, on the subject oi “hbeiiy an I private rights,” I ilestre a sinallxpace in ym r paper to maae known my thuuguU on tii.it subject. X\ hat then is liberty ? This question I pit', not with an intention to discuss atlaigc the nature of liberty, ami to affix precise limits to it, bul to asceitaiu how inr cure .• 1 is concerned wnh it, and whether it dots uot, try inevitable necessity, enter into li.o constitution ul political freedom. Xv'iiat then, 1 repeat, is liberty ? Dors fieedom consist in a power lu 00 as every one wit's, unawed by rest 1 hint ? Is liberty, w hat millions | am; it to their imagination-, a lovely, harmless innocent, that only sniiies upon them in the commission > f evil ? Am men lice only in the proportion that thrv violate jus. laws, or connive tit ti violation of them in others? Or does uot genuine free dom rath"r consist in a rational attachment to laws, (bunded in eternal justice, and st,imped with the authority of God ? Liberty must he something very different from a power inherent in every man to (h> what he wills. Although one man should wish to possess a power of tins (inci, yet he. must be aware, that every other man hits an iqnal right wnh hint, and that to make the principle general, would compel ii dividual* 10 st.iud siugly forward, each in Ids own de le, ce. This is to info a species of restraint tnuc h more illegal and opptesive, than what any civilized policy would adopt. Such a lib* 1 erty as this, is the liberty of a woif, who prowls tiie desert in quest of pie), but is liable to be crushed by some other animal f equally fieice, and possessed of superior strength. This is a freedom w hich we see, alike il lustrated in tiie life of a savage, and of a tyrant. Toe former enjoys liberty, with no other restrains than those which arise from the superior abii ty and strength of another savage, and with no other protection than what his swiftness, dexterity, or physical force may give him : the latter without fear or restraint, scatters destruction around him, until arrested by tiie dagger of some adven turous assassin. Ol this kind ol liberty man, m his rudest state, is possessed; and eveiy instance of the will ol an individual bursting intocriiiiinal action with impunity, is a specimen of barbarous freedom, which exists whenever man is uncivilized. The escape of a criminal from just punishment may be dignified with the name ol mildness; but it is m tiutli a relaxation ol those cier cive measures which are essential to the | re sevatiou of liberty. In the same propor tion that crinii .ality is suffered easily to escape, it is indulged : and in the same degree proteetion is withdrawn, and the public safety endangered. No rational de finition of political liberty has tieen given, that does nut evolve i . it coercive measures, as the best security ol the rights of man.— “Where there is no law-, (lore is no free dom.” “Polit eal or civil lit city, w hich is that of a men her of society, is no other than uitu nai liberty, so far mtsruiued by