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TEm'SliltßOß. •'•• • - ■: ' . 9 . Mil nrday, Sept*Sl, £ 839. For Prc*i.lrnl f GEOItGE M. TUOUP. No 12 at! lie ft tio n . * ¥ For Governor, cu\ i: lies dof v ni: n t i FOR THK LEGISLATURE. SF.XA TE. LOVER D r. ;vAN. if r: r n es e v 7 vj nv es. WILLI VRD BOYNTON, JOHN WEST. JOSEPH WOOD. Our reader- must excuse the hurried manner in which our paper of today is in i le up hy the crowding in of old adver tinnents, &c. The fact is, when one poor fellow has to act the parts of Editor, f'ore ii.an, Cos n > isitor, Pressman and Devil, his patrons should be content with whal they can get. At a meeting of the citizens of Florence, on Hie 17th inst, assembled agreeably to previous notice, for the purpose of appoin ting Delegatts to the Colton Convention to be held iu Macon on the 22d ilist, resolt lions were passed adopting the sentiments con tained in the Circular, approving of the Convention, to be held at Macon and np_ pointing Col. D. P. flillhouse, J. T. 15. Turner, J. D. Pitts A: M. J. Lnuren ce Esqrs. as Delegates to reprcsentjthis sec tion of the county in saitl Convention. We were requested to publish the proceedings of this meeting but regret exceedingly, to state, that it has been entirely out of our power. Several articles prepared for todays paper have been nessasarily laid over in consequence of the circumstances under which we labor at the present time. Mr. Galbea Mathews, an eld an I respecta ble citizen of Stewart, was shot at Lnnna liassee, on Saturday last and died immedi ately. The matter appears to be involved in considerable mystery, and nearly every one tells a different tale, so we will not att mpt to particularize until we hear the result of the judicial investigation that was going on in the case at Lumpkin some few days since. JUDGE MCDONALD AND THE TAS SELS CASE. We again refer to th.s subject, for the purpose of noticing the anxiety with which the Van Buren press are endeavoring to screen their FEDERAL, SUBMISSION candidate from the odium and just indigna tion cast upon him by ihe friends of liberty and the Rights anil Sovereignty of the State, in consequence of the detestable vote given by him in the above mentioned ease, when a member of the Legislature in 1830. The greatest exertions that have yet been made Jo exculpate him from the charges preferred against him ill this case, and to wash from his political character the fou' stain his own conduct, in this instance, lias iudelibly stamped upon it. arc to be found in an article emanating from the Standard of Union, edited : v Thomas 11 ivncs, K-q. who introduced the Resolutions in the case of Tassels,sustaining yj:e RIGHTS, S< >VK REIGNTY AND INDEPENDENCE of tli ‘ Stale, and against which JUDGE Me- D )NALD RECORDED A NEC.A I'iVE VOTE. In the article ju: t alluded to, it i argued that the reason why Judge M< Don aid dul not sus'.aiu the resolutions subiuiit. and. was, th.it he reposed entire confidence in the Executive and Judicial officers of the State, and consequently was com n; to leave the management ot the w ole affair In them, and tileri ore deemed the. action of the Le gisia. ire altogether unnecessary. Lei every man. who wishes to become correctly igformcd on th s in <tt**r. read th‘‘ extracts iu today’s pa,>• r, from the Journal ■of the H iuse ot R * 'rcsentatives of la3o. aud iC will perceive the principle at once, which influenced the tioiiorai ic gent email au lUi 'Se who acted wiih li.m. Be ieving in (be ail comm Img power of tin; Supreme Court, but fearing, in those days of Repub lican purity to acknow ledge, openly and m de;e*nJei.tly, his principles, he sustains a subsiit'ite to the original report, that con siders the matter “Unfavorable to OAL ! DieLlßc-RA I !QN.” a.ad that the “ACTION OF THE LEGISLATURE is deemed unnecessary.” At the same time, evidently for the purpose of sneaking out ol a difficulty, as honorably as possible, into which his principles were n bout to involve him, great confidence ix ex pre-serl in the Executive and Judicial au thorities, thereby, also, .throwing the entire responsibility upon me shoulders of these Officers. Now, i; ;s quite immaterial *vhrt gruiny Haynes may s..y of t'ue degree of confidence reposed io our Cnixl Magistrate by those »ho opposed th-* resolurions sustaining the eove-eignty of,the State, or the want of that Confidence on the p*art of those who sustain ed tha original report, bs that is aha mere po litical nvinauvrc, far the purpose of leading pcopla astray in relation to Judge Mc course aud principles-; .because, if there were any in the Legislature at that tune uho could lack confidence in the Exe cutive, they must lo ve been those whoop posed t .e report ol the committee, as iu them we recognize Federalism ol the deep est dye and if we are not very much mis taken, every one of lti<*.:» be ged to the old Clark :>a ! y—a party that had ever been • h'uiifieii with Federalism, and to which the Executive and Judiciary officers had ev er been opposed. But the Im t is, there was no one who hail ■my reason to doubt the course the Execu tive would pursue, as he expressly and dis iuctly i.dorinetl them, in communicating the subject to the L gislature, “that any attempt to enforce such orders, would be RESIST ED with whati ver force the laws had placed at his command.” Then, there was no cau>e for the want of confidence, and no one could reasonably entertain anv le irs as to the fidelity of that officer. But, as is customary in all ca-es m momentous im portance, it is ihe duty of the Legislature to give that encouragement to the Execu tive that the exigency es the times sugges led; and none tint those who w<*re ready to acknowledge tiie right ofilie Supreme Court iu this ease, an I vVILLf ffJ'o SUCCUMB to her maiidfs, would have REFUSED to SUSTAIN the report and resolutions. But why should the Van Bur"n pres* en tlc.ivorlo screen lodge McDonald from the odium cas. upon him in this case by the friends of Slu e Rights and m ite Sovereign ly] We cannot answer, as tire authority claimed by ill* .Supreme Court has been re cognized as one of the fundamental print i ples of the Van Buren party- Yes, we c iirgeit upon (Item, an I they DARE NOT DEN Y IT, that they believe the Supreme Court is the proper tribunal to decide all cases arising under the Constitution, be tween tlie States and individuals, or between a State and the General Government. It seems to us, therefore, that to be consistent, and that the principles of their party be sustained, they should, instead of endeavor ingto excuse the matter and palliate the of fence of ihe Judge, contend for the correct ness of the position assumed by the Su prnme Com t. and prove, if they ran, the truth of their doctrine, that that tribunal HAS THE RIGHT to COMPEL A STATE TO YIELD OBEDIENCE TO HER MANDATES, and ABIDE IIER DECISIONS. It may be asked, however, l>y some, i* tiles; are the principles of the Van Buren party, why did such a large inajoiity of the Legislature disapprove of the action of the supreme Court, i ml sustain the rights, sove reignty and independence of the Stale ; as there surely, were more of that party in the Legislature at that lime, than the twelve .. ho oppose I the leport and resolutions of the Committee ? We answer, and again repeat, that in those days Republicanism shone forth in its most bril'iain odors iu Georgia, and .diffused such a ray of light throughout the land, that the “wayfaring man, though a fool, might not err thereinand indeed, lid itinfusesuch a spirit of patriotism in the breasts of Geor gians. that had the Supreme Court or Con gress attempted to wrest from us our rights and liberties, manv a strong arm would have been made bare in their defence, and many a breast laid oppn to the assault, of the ene my, ere the invaders of our rights could h ive accomplish and their designs. But re collect this was iu the year 1830, audbiar in mind that the celebrated author of that report and resolutions, in those days, fought nuder the banner of State Rights and Lib erty ; remember, also, that all this took place two years before the immaculate General Jackson issued his celebrated Proclamation, which gave such a trerr minus impetus to FederVism, arid you can readily account why it was that Judge McDonald stood, al inost, “sold: rv ami a one,” in the c.isp above alluded to. Had ihe Proclamation of J ck son been published to the wor'd—had the spirit of Federalism, which that document infused into the hearts of many of our citi zens, ha.l an existence in that day we should have found II ivncs, and many others, side by side with McDonald, ready to yield up our libc tics to the mercy of the Supreme C ) ft, or willing to join in the cry tint (lie •natter was "unfavorable to calm delibera tion,” and either have desired the Si ne to bow OB ED! KNCK TOTH E M AND ATE or eml“avur to s!ii fiie off the respon-ibility J by expressing m eat confidence in the Execu tive and .1 mliciurv. We again call upon the Ropi h lie an peo ple ol Georgia, Io examine this mattei tho roughly— reflect well upon the principles of the two contending part cs in the State— llie one battling for the Rights, Sovereignty and Indejiendrnec of the State, with Judge Don liorty as its leader; —the other ac knowledging the authority of the Sui rente Co'Tt to in erf re with a sovereign Side in the execution of In r bus; ath fitting the right of the Federal Goveinm nt to invade the territory of a Stale with the armed min ions of power, to COERCE her into a SUB MISSION 'TO ITS WILL; and contend in : for all the other vi'e principles of Fed eralism and Couselo Union, with Judge Mc- Dmahl, a full blooded blue-light, as its di rector atid guide. We are well aware that there are many who snppor’ the Van Boren party, without reflecting, fora single moment, upon the a'd important matters involved in the course pursued by them. Many, who are as true Republicans as ever (rod American soil, aie supporting Federalism of the blackest hue, I without knowing or consideiing what they are doing; but having been gulled and de ceived, in the out set, by the fascinating charm of UNION, they think of nothing e!s<*, and seem to be perfectly indifferent what principles they support, provided the word Union is attached to them. Such we are endeavoring to convince, and are desi ions of doing so by fair, open and.logical reosjuing; and could we be heard calmly and dispassionately, we are sure .he most obtuse intellect would become convinced of the incorrectness of his course, and, with a giant’s strength, burst the shackles that had been unconsciously, thrown around him for the purpose ol biuding him to the footstool of Federalism. Take the history of the party that has assumed to itself the specious cognomoii of “Union, ’’ and examine the political character and conduct ol its leaders* and you cannot find, siuoe the days of the Proclamation, a single niolher’s sou of them, who lias ever sustained the rights and sove reignty of the States, and many ol them who never did. even anterior to that time; and of this latter class, we cannot forbear to men tion the bite and present Fedeal candidates for Governor, who, if they have ever beeu ronsistent in any thing, it is their opposition to Republicanism, and consequent maintain ance of Federalism, “in the most vulgar ac ceptation of that term.” Then, how can any man. who claims to be a Republican in principle, sustain and support a party, the rominept leaders of which are so deeply dyed in Federalism and Coiisoindation ? We answer, NONE. The man who be lieves in tlie Rights of the Stales and the liberties of flie people, as secured to us bv our patriotic forefathers, cannot act consis tently, and supiKirt those who maintain such dangerous and pernicious doctrines. Then, let every true patriot and republi can arouse from his lethargy, and examine the situation lie sustains to his country—let him look at the principles of those lie sup ports, and then ask himself: ■ Is this Re publicanism; and in sustaining these who thus believe, ami supposing the liberties ol my country; or am I lending mv suffrages to those who would crush the fair fabric of lreed< m, and trample our sacred Constitu tion under their unhallowed feet ?” Let questions like these be seriously and ealmlv asked, and impartially answered, and Geor gia will still stand triumphant in the ranks of Republicanism, with DOUGHERTY as her Chief Magistrate ; norwi'l Federalism, Consolodation and Van Burenism dare show the deformed and detestable heads. FEDERAL TOWER. We never have the misfortune to get a peep at that “pink of perfecti m,” the Stan dard of Union, and therefore many tilings appear in that paper of which we might take cognizance did we exchange with it; consequently, whenever any thing emanates from that press we never see it unless it is copied into some other paper with which we do exchange. In this mai ner we have seen that celebrated production which has been going the rounds of the Union press, boastingly headed, “D fend your candi date,” in which an effort is made to prove that Judge Dougherty is not a State Rights man! This, however, has been so satisfac torily answered in an article from the Ash etis Whig, signed “Old Facts,” and the ta bles so completely turned by our able co temporary, the Georgia Journal, that it would be useless in us to pursue that cart of the subject any farther, our only object is to rail the attention of our readers to the following extiact from the Standard, con tained in the article referred to : “The people of Georgia want no man for Governor, who has ever admitted, by word or deed, the right of the Federal Govern ment to invade the S'ule with a military force, to centr'd her in the exercise of her sovereign Rights.” So far, so good ; and for one time, at least, in the course of his political life, has old uncle Tommy told the truth, as far as we have quoted. But he might have gone a lit tle farther, and staled that tiie people of Georgia would not recognize the principles of a party as Republican, nor be ruled by surh a party, that admitted that risrht in the General Government; and yet a little fur ther and said that the people of Georgia would s ipport no man for the Presidency who claims this tyrannical and arbitralv power. But what astonishes us is, the brazen es frontery with which the above paragraph is penned, as t lie editor, and every bo ly else knows, that Judge McDonald, the whole Union party and Mr. Van Buren stand ob noxious to this charge. Did not Gen. Jackson claim 'his right in 1832, and not only claim, but threaten to en force it? Wlio lias forgotten that the arm ed minionsof the Federal Government were marched near the borders of South Candi na to INTIMIDATE, or. if necessary, CO KRCE hcrinto SUBMISSION? And who does not know tiiat Judge McDonffil and ti e whole Union party shouted ‘well done,' to this stretch of Executive power? Then, accoidifig to tli * opinion of the Standard ol Union, the people of Georgia will not have McDonald forth ir Governor. Who that is at all acquainted w ith the af fairs of the country, does not recollect the passage of the Force Bill, and that tiie pro visions contained in Unit hill give ti e Presi dent power to invade the territory of an in dependent State, with an armed force, *Mi control her in the exricise of lu r soveieig rights;” and that the deed was HAILED and SANCTIONED by JUDGE Me DON ALD nod ti e WHOLE VAN BURE N PARTY from Maine to Lnuisianun/ Then, we anr ounce, upon the authority o' the Standard of Union, that the people oi Georgia WILL NOT HAVE Charles .1 M. Donald to rule over them. Anti this doctrine is still held by the Vai. Bnrcti party, ami the present Foleral Ex ccittive, “to follow in the footsteps,” claims the right. We presume the people have not forgotten the ten thousand minute men raised ir: Philadelphia, to do the bidding m the President, and that their services were ACCEPTED by Mr Van Buren, with the pledge to hold themselves in readiness to o bey his commands at a moments warning, and it necessary, drench their swords in the blood of all who should dare oppose his will. The people are awgie, also, that this con duct met the approbation of Judge McDon ald, aud therefore, if the Standard of Union can be relied on in this case, the people ol Georgia DO NOT WANT, nor WILL NOT HAVE Judge McDonald for their Governor. No, they will not. Things like these are no* to be forgotten—our liberties are too sa cred tn thus trampled upon, without oeing lemcmbered, and when the day of trial comes, the opponents of liberty w ill find that the people know hoiv to appreciate their rights by selecting, those who support theta. “The Georgia Mirror, published iu that State, is i cieuitable little sheet—so Ur as talent goes, but on every political topic it* Editor wakes it an invariable rule to take tiie wrong side—it is impossible lor him to go right even by accident.”—N't. Jose >h Timet. We dost our beaver and make our be..t buw to the 'i unes, tor the -cieditaim:' notice it lias taken ol the Georgia Alirror. What a pity it could not embrace the Editors in its commendation. These things are so com fortable, you know, to a man who receive* more “kicks than coppers." Our friend of the Times would uo doubt have gratified us in this small matter, had he not lelt a little of toe Irish iu him. He had just complain ed ol gelling rush/, and that he would be compelled, of necessity, to have about wu somebody. We little thought, howevei vben he was drawing his coat and rohuu lif) bis sleeves. :hat he was going to try tin strengtuof hts muscles on our noddle; bin we happened to be iu the way, and he ado;* led the miller's rule, Jirst come, first served. The Times always receives a hearty wel come to our table; there is a vein ol good ho oi in its columns that makes it otien an agreeable companion. The style too, is pi thy; I ire Editor appears to be in earnest. kVelike to see a man, when he attempts to ik> any thing, do it with his might, but we are not obliged to believe everything he says fair commend every tiling he does. This observation, so true in thecoinmon concerns «f life, is peculiarly so iu regard to politics. When the Editor of the Times, therefore, says, “that on political topics, we make it an invariable rule to take the wrong side, and that it seems impossible for us to go right a ven by accident,” we may believe just as much ol tiiat as we please,you know. Our friend may think so, but that does not make it so. It is a bare assertion, too—perhaps the argument is left to us; well, how does this -oood: The Times is attached to the Ad ministration party, of which the President ol the United States is the head; and the Mirror is attached to the opposition party, or if you please, the State Rights pa-tv, and the old doctrine being true with tho Times, ihat the King can do r.o wrong—Ergo, the Times is right and the Mirror wrong. We might make the same sweeping deeln ration ol the Times that it has of us. but what would it all amount to? We would just say ‘ o our friend, don’t look cross-eyed (he uext time you take a look into the Mir ror. If you should not like the phiz r.-fle - ted, after yon do your best to see straight, let us hear some reasons why. Foil THE Htr.r.Oß. Messrs Editors —As the first Monday in October is fast approaching, it behooves eve ry one to lie upaud doing—if we do but litt'e let us do it with cheerfulness, and discharge the high duty we owe to our country for her future prosperity and happiness. Our Government, fellow citizens, has been instituted and laws enacted for our welfare, to advance our interest in times of peace, add protect us in times of trouble. Ami ! venture this assertion, without the fear of contradiction, if our Legislaiive, Executive and Judiciary officers had, from the time the Federal Constitution was adopted, kept in view the interest of the people, both in Gen eral and State Departments, we would nol be the people we are. But many have act ed for self distinction and emolument, to be called great—perhaps willi gto choose in famous notoriety, rather than obscurity.— You have it in your power to say, who sli ill enact laws ar.d who shall execute laws by which you are to be governed. Y’ou have it in your power to improve upon firm fotm dation, the fair temple of freedom, o» demol ish it forever. Which of tlie two do von choose? Let us choose the former. Let us endeavor to keep tiie foundation of oi r rights, our privileges, our ail, firm and im pregnable. Let us not mistake Rail Roads, and State Banks, and gold and silver, for the foundation stone for these, of themselves, compose but a very small portion of the su perstructure. And we r ay,by imprudence and folly, build rail road upontai! road, char ter bank upon bank, amass gold upon gold, forgetting, all the while, the basis upon which we build, until the superstructure be comes too ponderous fertile foundation, and it falls, to crush us beneath its ruins. I tell you fellow citizens, that double faced men, striving lor executive authority, cannot be honest; and take their example from the cradle down, if followed by a ma jority of the people of the United Sta es, would stain, forever, that bright ortjlamme of liberty, and leave it a ray less sheet, black as thei- own hearts, without one star to light us on to glory. Yet they are called patriots ay hundreds and thousands, and especially by many newspaper devils, who put on the garb of parly, and screen themselves behind the liberty of the press, to fill their empty pockets and sound their empty names. Aristocracy coi- mauds the awe and admi ration of too many in this country, for the epublic safety. Ido not mean that sweet •ieented,jewel-decked, monkey aristocracy, vhich now and then flits before us, with hearing mock, heroic and social converse, the lord of languages; but 1 mean that aris tocratic feeling, backed by intellectual pow er, which strives for political promotion, with gold as a talisman, to accomplish till. We are too apt to be b aseil by their power, and hy our suffrages work out our own ruin ; for it is foul corruption, and destructive to tiie equality recognized in the Constitution. In humble obscurity may dwell a being who could guard our liberties like a once ob scure Washington, and while the rich and consequently great, boast of patriotic a hievemeuts iii sell praise, many a poor wiJ >wed worn in could bring her sons, in the s rength of youth and “owi-r of virtue, who id never walked in the halls of the learned ior strolled in the saloons of splendor, and offer litem upon her country’s altar, and say, ike the good Cornelia, “these are mv jew ls.” Moral excellence and not riches, be •evolenf actions, and not pomp and fictitious iggraiidizement, have sustained ns thus far. and must alone sustain us until our political xisiei.ee terminates. Even now, whenever the true lover of li '(•ry. with the eye of imagination, tr-ils hack to kingdoms ~nd nations, once mighty fid prosperous, now only alive in the poet's ■ raiusa id moralist s tales,and sees the cau *es of their downfall, lie shudders io think that the same causesare uo.v in our Imsoms. to sting and corrode until politic. I life is > \- t net. Hi trembles to think that I lie same latent evils which caused ihe sun of other republics to sit in eternal darkness, -ire now drawing chose thirteen bright stars down to the ocean of everlasting ninth., and nought but the moral power of a Joshua can com mand them to stand still. Wake up! wake up!! for corruption’s fang has dar ed venom to our heart’s blood. The hour of revolution, 1 awfully fear, is last approaching, and when it comes it will come in thunder and in tire, amid .>roans aud curses; dissolution’s struggle will leavens a lifeless corse, with blood our winding sheet, our grave oblivion. I speak not wild conjecture. A great na tioti, in ages past, boasted of freedom aud glory, and battle fields, and heroes, and tri umphal cars, aud other circumstances oftri uinnh and splendor; but corruption entered —the rose on the cheek of the tfneeo of the world, withered aud died and she now lies a sad memento of for ner greatness—the mo ther of dead emnires, blasted and scathed by tempest and fire, aud earlliq lakes, and war and pestilence, the throne of desolation’s lord, the despot’s footstool, the home of fan cy not of freedom. With the history of the past before us, (), fellow-citizens, let us be wise to guard the foundation of our country’s greatness.— The call of your country is imperative ob*y the mandate with all your energy : be up and adoing; preserve, pure and uupolu e I, the fair temple of liberty, m youih, that i old age you may enter withm, aud enjoy he fruits of yogr labor iu peace anil happi ness. STEWART. From the Southern Recorder. TO THE STATE RIGHTS PARTY OF GEORGIA. The election of Chief Magistrate is rapidly approaching, and you will be shortly called on to say for whom your suffrages stiall be. cast. You have now the decided majority in the State. You can elect your candidate by a majority of four thousand votes, and return a majority of thirty mem hers to the next General Assembly, il you are but true to your interests and to ' our country. Will you, my friends, improve the occasion and gloriously triumph in the struggle, or will you lie down in fatal se curity and permit your opponents to tic you hand and foot, and thus fettered, fasten the galling yoke upon you again ? Georgia expects every man to do Ids duty. Your opponents are anxious to ensure you. iftliev can. Every cause for disaffection is care” lully hunted up by them, and thrown into •>ur ranks. And when none can he found, • heir overweening affection for yon induces them to fabricate those which mav serve to distract. Knowing that we were strong and that they were weak, they early corn men red they work of distraction. First, they said, • hat incurable divisions px sted amongst us. from tii- fact that Col. Lamar had not bein nominated as our candidate. Tim devoted patriotism of that gentleman and I is friends, smm sealed the late of that malieioue slan der. Next, it was said, that fie friends ol Mr. Dawson vould not support our candidate because he had not been n' initi ated. Eoon that base fabticaiiofl was nailed to the counter. Soon came the truth-login g facts of vcorrs ol letter writers from Cherokee that Judge D'unrt ertv would tor unite his political friends in that region of country ! When this wonderful fad was analyzed, it appeared that o e gentleman had expressed .I'hter uitiation nit to vote far him; but yet in his stead there were hundreds of his political opponents who so much admired the nnm, that they would he found his efficient and zealous supporters. Thus Las detraction been employed to divide aitd prostrate your party; but yet our phalanx is unbroken, and we will go on most glo riously to triumph iu the principles we have hitherto silt ported. Another low aud despicable effort has been made to mislead us : Seizing upon the strong excitement in reference to the license law, it has been curiently reported, that •fudge Dougherty had signpii th« notable petition! Upon enquiry it appeals that neither of the candidates had signed it; nor had it been nor would it be presented to either of them. Tilts was this wicked misrepresentation stript of all its mischief, and row, as a last resort* when everv other falsehood has failed, it is urged as a ground ol objection, that Judge Dougherty present ed a petition to the last Legislature, which edition sought a repeal of the license law! How desperate must that cause be wi ich has to resort to such alternatives to sustain it! Admit the charge to be true, what does it prove ? Judge Dougherty was President of the Senate, as sucli, a petition is placed n his hands directed to the body over which he presides, could lie, dare be withhold its presentation ? Did the discharge of his official duty determine his opinions either way ? I say it did not. Now at the ses sion of the Legislature Mr. Speaker Du presented. as 1 am informed, a petition* forwaided from Hartis county, on the same subject. Did that commit him to the sup port or opposition of tiie measure? No: and it would be gross injustice to him it urge such an argument against him. A' and y p t why is it that these Union men censure in Judge Doueher’y what they silently pass over in Mr. Day! This shows you. mv friends, that they’only seek t > divide vour ranks, and elevate their own candidate to office. Power and office, and hs profits are a.I they desire—give them these and they will trample on your necks, and laugh at your simplicity in being duped by tin in. Blit elect McDonald Governor, and give them a majority iu foe Legislature, and Judge Dougherty, as Presi lent of the Sen ate, might present petitions and defend them, through life, and their tongues, now so eloquent in defence of liberty, would lie as silent as the grave. Now, lor whose benefit tire you called on to forego till your I'oiuci ] reiiilectici.s <A party and political principles ? For ulmse benefit are you to sacrifice your own politi cal friends, surrender your own polit ctd power and influence in the State? Why for the benefit of such men as Mr. Thomas Ilayues, who has beeu fattening in office or the last six yeais; rolling in its luxuries, and reaping, through the public Treasury, the means by which to support a public newspaper, in which lie has traduced your character, as a party, vilified your princi* les, and denounced your patriotism. And who becomes the honored object ofyom surren der of principle? Charles J. McDonald. And who is he? A man clever and honest in private life, hut possessing not one politi cal principle in common with ourselves ; not* possessing an intellect tiny thing above mediocrity. Y'oc have seen him at tiie bat, and iu ihe Legislature; and did you ever hear Irom hit- at either place, at any time, a speech which showed the least sharpness nl intellect ? With a mind weak and in active hy natxre by commendable industry he has filled it with many valuable law principles, until he has become a respectable lawyer. <>n tiie oilier hand, look at your own candidate: endowed by nature with a genius i 1 the highest order, lie never fails to captivate by his eloquence, »ither at the Bar or in the Le_i,latm*e. His opponents all award to him the possession of a highly elevated genius. Asa lawyer and a states man, he stands without a rival. Raised .it the plough ham 1 s, self-made, and almost self-educated, bis genius has raised him to the highest distinction. As to his political sentiments, you know full well that they ac < ord entirely w ith your ow n. Not a princi ple which your party advocates, has ever laded io find in him a zealous supporter. Indeed, it could not be otherwise, when he has stood so long in the very front rank of ynur political associa’es.— Contrast with his the principles of his opponent. Who can tell his position, aud where to find him? At oue time the advocate of a National Bunk, and at another an advocate es the Sub-Treasury; aud again the supporter the Pet Brtiik system. As hi* intert* has inclined so lias his course been chulj gtit. He has been found consistent in butene thing, and that is Ins opposition to Southern ‘principles ami rights.” When the Northern fanatics were goading u S wffh the yoke too heavy to he home, in t| iu merciless exactions of the Tariff, J L j„ e McDonald stood -ide hy side with them defending its constitutionality. AViien that same heartless power sought to take fiom us the right of punishing crimes committed in our State, Judge McDonald united v.nli them in their crusade against us.—-When the Supreme Court attempted to prevent our State Cuniis from punishing a murder er who had been condemned to die, Jud< e McDonald took sides against the very peo ple, aud their laws, over whom he now seeks to preside as Governor, and in favor of the enemies of our rights. When culled upon by his vote iii the Legislature, to act as a representative ol the people of Georgia, he denied that our right to punish crimes against the peace and good order of this State was an original and necessary part of sove reignty, which the State of Georgia had never parted with.—-When asked i! the attempt to pi event the administration of the criminal laws of the State was not a violation of her rights? he said no. When asked, if ;J Governor am! .ill other officers should not disregard the mandate of the Supreme Court, for the puraosc of arresting the criminal laws of this-State ? he said no.—- \V lieu asked, il the Governor should tint resist and repel any invasion upon the ad ministration ot the criminal laws of the State? he said no. When asked, if the State of Georgia s’.iau! I co.n,mount her s ivereignty, ail independent State, as to become a party to a ease before the Su preme Court J uis answer w.u equivalent to an affirmative. Can such a man as this receive the r'to of a State Rights nun? No, never. And why is *it hoped that any of yhi could be persuaded to cast your v ites for him? Because it is said, that u.s l’resident of the Senate, Judge Dougherty piesented ape. titisn directed to the body* over which lie presided, asking a repeal of the licens** law ! Do our opponents think that we car U-be divided by such a contemptible insinuation as this/ Do they think that we will lav down tiie ptiriciplcs for which we have been struggling Cor yens! those principles upon which aie based out* go*eminent and ail our institutions ? surrender up into the hands ol Federalists and Consolidatioaists, the only true doctram sofßepnblicanisin ? No; tell them not to deceive themselves bv such idle calculations. Whatever mav be vour predilections, either l«r or against t e re tail law, remember that it contains no po litical piinciple whatever, and has no con nection, whatever, with political parlies. 'Tiie principles upon which vo ir govern ment is I);.:.ad, should be the first object of preservation; and never, my friends, lose sight of the ii, let uhn'ever siorm of furv nr interest come that m iy. Si«**re nler them, and you surrenderffineny an t its blessing* at once. The U sion party have sounded tlio rally, in the “S aiiilard of Union,” to their friends; arid exhorted them net to l e divided by the excitement. In fit l y the cunning to which they Live resor ted. Your country expects you not to allow divisions in your ranks It lias been but a few years wli nyou weie in a hopeless ami helpless niuordy. With scarce one-third of the members in the Legislature, (he thousand votes minority in tit * Sta *, you have risen safely a.t 1 trill n>h mtly in o power. The misrule of the Union par's lias driven the people to yur support; your loltv patriotism, while in tiie minority ; the noble dismteicsiedneKs which dis tieguished you then; the gallantry with which you rushed to the battle field, when a savage foe invaded your teni ory; the wisdom and economy of your legislation, have all conspired to wit. for you the co. fi dcticeofa virtuous people. Relying upon these, they have hope 1 to find in your goTernmeut and prudence the re lempttou of their country from the bankruptcy and misrule which has h ten brought upon it by the ignorance and cupidity of your oppo nents. Let your country rev lize its lio| es, hy your uiuicd *'tul tiinint haul action at the approaching clection. You are strong and cannot be defeated, if you but will it. One false step may now riv< t for years the strong chains of tyranny which you have so recently shaken idt. Remember the treatment ol your political opponents to you, when they had the power. The best talents of the State exiled from office; every member of your p arty disfranchised, from the smallest postmaster to the highest office; while inefficient and puerile men were elevated to power—and for no otln r reason but that they belonged to km the party." Remember these things and take care not 'o be instrumental, hy your own divisions, in again creating them. —• Let me entreat you, to dismiss all prejudice from your minds; railv, to a mau, to your candidate <nr Governor, whom your oppo nents both hate and fear; elect to tiie Legislature your best and most talented men; and then you will not only triumph now. but will insure a triumph herealter. From mv youth i have been unhid with the State Rights party. 1 have stood by you “shoulder tu shoulder,” iu the darkest hour which lias ever surrounded you, and 1 con jure you, by all the ties of out common kindred, never to permit your principles to be trampled beneath the feet of your adver saries, hy your owe. imprudent divis ions. ONE OF YOU. From the Georgia Journal. ‘DEFEND YOUR CANDIDATE.’ We unhesitatingly and cheerfully cent ply with the requisition of the Staudaid of Union ”to publish the whole >) the proceed ings,' in the celebrated 'TASSELS case. That JUDGE MCDONALD may have that reward dealt out to him hy fhevoteisot Georgia, which is due to him vho bi perform duty, when the rights of his State are nsniled hy tie Supreme Court, ni tiny other creature ot the Government, is. all that we wi*h; and il tin* resolution intro duced bv Mr. Turner ol Putnam can. in the least possible degree, mitigate his offence be fore the people, we will enable cur neighbor in giving it t at publicity which he so aDX iouslv desii es. and so modestly demands. “The following written eon mumcatioti was brouelit from the Governor by Mr. Pierce, his Secretary, to wit: iExrcuTJVK Dm'abtmfnt. j; Miliedu-evilie, 22d Dec. I*3o. i I submit to tlie Legislature, for its consid eration, tiie copy of a communication re ceived this day, pm porting to be signed bv the Chief Justice of the United States, and to be a citation to the State of Georgia, to appear before the Supreme Court, on the se cond Monday in January next, to answer to* that tribunal, for having caused a peisonw Im had committed a murder within ihe limits of the State fobs tried and convicted there for.