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sauces Gertrude to submit to a separation
that cos's thi in both si ch suffering. Had
ConrtlniH wntten r«e such a letter. I posi
tively believe, that with all my fonduestl for
society aud desire tor admiration. 1 would
have been silty enough to volunteer my at
feuifcntee during his expedition, But Ger
trnde, notwithstanding her romance, Ini'
the e icrgv to tat.e swell a step 1 somethin s
lear dial even the united skill of tny an..t
ami tuyself, will fad in its intention; for
th mall obedient in every t ring else to her
mother's slightest wish. < iertrmle cannot lie
persuaded nr forced into discarding Eugene
or encouraging another. She is to be piti
ed, toil I sometimes do pity :.tr, butt tie re
collection of uy u.i-iiece still attempt to cap
tivate C'lUrtland, collies h ieU as an incentive
to a perseverance which will give me a <ri
tnniih over hint. ■ iertrinle must decide
speedily. tor the missionary leaves to-inor
i >iv. Kveu 't site 'lioiil : • • t now r.-ir.iet
} : v ,ws I li i-'C nrucli daring iiis absence,
from c ntiimed entreaties and her own want
of firmness. To Ve defeated new, tor the
second lime, by Eugene, would be inor’i v
i j indeed, while to succeed, wi! gt.itily .lie
'■irking dislike that is excited by thoughts of
1 i it iv in passed me by to love one iik** Ger
t Me.”
Some i lea of Helen’s character, may be
g it'-,, red Imm tiiese soechnei so' her t o i
de it>.d eor: s;>on te '•(?, t oogh -lie was too
haoituallv iiisinceie to i ve and a I her fe dings
even ttisnch t itercntt.se. 11 i 9 ntie, rath
fr • .an beautiful, wnti I liliuiiit powers and
a imat I manners Heleu po es>ed exact*
1 ihe tra"' .viichare cdetilated to pio nee
at first, a I :v. ralde in press ~n it. mu ;e y:
woe ileein r know ieda-* ot In r i.ispositiuii
alino:’ always erased liie ii li- r and gentler
jud ri in ut. \V oere lit Inn wislied to please,
s e rirelv filled; aid this sort ut success
had civen lu r a rehatice on her atuaim s.
wlm h made iuddleience to ill in at client e
s.u* eo dd not parilnl. Toward those she
disliked —and their name was Legion u*
w is h right! and satirical; ft.’ "illi natural
lv rptick porceptio is. siie exerted the u”en
ytah o tal lit of tinning into ridicule all w ho
fell ntiller Hie Inin of her displeasure. Gay,
spirited and confitl nt Heidi's mind was
well fitted to control Imr cousin; for Ger
tru ie though superior in amiability, was
generally deficient in the energy and sell
possession which distinguished In r compan
ion. The origin of Helen's 'feelings for
Eugene. her letter has confessed, and amid
her liveliness and pretended indifference, we
may. perhaps, trace even yet some slight
hidden lingering of the tenth rm ss that once
marked her opinion of the mfsfinnary. But
if such were the fact, there was little noble or
refined in asenlitnent whose disappointment
urged her to sacrifice all the earthly happi
ness ol a being like Court!and
To be continued.
REASONS FOR TURNING LOAFER.
Among the. many which are el
fectual in urging a man to turn loafer, the
following may be named as a few of (lie
most powerful:
1. You are never bothered wiili tailor’s
or bootmakers’ bills.
2. Poor relations ’re a kind of folk that
don’t make frequent calls upon your
purse.
3- You have no work to do, and may
lounge the stree’s and store boxes to your
heart’s content.
4- You are never in danger of being
roused from a smmd sleep, with **Joe
get up, your breakfast is waiting, for
von.'’
5. You ran no Imz-irJ of being knocked
down fur y >ur money.
6. You are free fro n the constraints ol
fashionable etiquette.
7. You have no fear of getting corns on
your to”s from new hoots.
8. You are never obliged to take your
“<u/e opener" or ''phlegm colter'' at your own
expense.
9. You aie never likel» to be denounced
by the rabble as a purse proud aristoc
rat.
10. V ott enjoy the disf-nction, universal
ly accorded, of being a public man.
A SHORT SE R MON—IIO\V TO M AKE
MONEY.
Do vott complain that yon have nothing
to bargain with. “Tom” you say, “h is
a far n, Harry has a thousand dollars, but
i have nothing.” 1 say to you !ookat your
hands, and tell me what they me worth-
Would you take one thousand dollars lor
them, or for the use • f them throughout
your life ? If you ran make hall a dollar
a day with them, would it not he a bad bar
gain for that sum is the interest of more
than two thousand dollars; so that if you
are industrious and ll.arry is lazv, you are
more than twice rich as he island when you
can do man’s work, and make a dollar a
day. you are four times as rich, and are
fairly worth four thnusaml dollars Money
au t land, therefore are not the only capital
with which a man can begin the world. It
he has good health and is industrious cvr
tlie poorest boy in our country has some
thing to trade upon ; and if he be he-i<! •
well educated, ad have skill in any kind o.
work, and i Id to this, moral habits and re
ligious principl s, so that his employers
may trust and place confidence in hint, lie
miv then be said to set out with a hand
some cavitul, and certainly his as pood
chance of becoming in’e.iert lent and res
ptmaVe, an 1 per taps rich, as a”y man in
tilt coun rv. “Every in in s the maker o
his ovv i fortune.” All depends upon the
jri /bt nrin.eip «s, a: Ii iev are these:
‘l. 13: in l t.t' 'us: Ch ne an I skill are
your npit.il. 2 Be Sr- *»• Wliaiev -r it
be, liv* within your inemm*. 3. li“ Pr-i
dent Id tv not what you can do wihi it
4. Pe s o'u'e: Let your eeonotny be a
ways of to lav. no' ,i to morrow. 5. /.
Conten'i l '■,/ Tni'i’l'u': \ clieer’ol sp,r
to ik's IV) ir !i it ami sleep saeet, and a
ai tn.id ji y—all ni winch is niucli bet
tor i it in l.iiiiijj 7irfi
COLOSKL CKOCKKTT.
The foil »wn»4 nnjir dtable sinry is given
iti a letter from llmiy Springs to a gviitie
unii of Wiii’eli.tg. dated jjd u!t.
“it i> »tat and that Col. Dm i Crockett t
• yet aiivc. and ii .'.l xi.-o work hi*!' hi tin
•■"mi Tnern were two men, who a-ei
kr« »ti to b » in the battle nl Alamo, |».,s-od
• thru 'lemjiiiis a lew d.iVs ago. wi.o s,n
they cs-np“ I from ill mines in ies- •!.
and that Cr ictiett was cert only there —the i
in ’ti are known oy some of the et u t,-, !
■ »Meni;),iis, ta be m ti bi r's'.ee* «*>»-•>\ ; : tse.se
'men went from lliie-. cbu*ty, Ten bssre.
T:iee» is cre.it excitement In Memphis about
♦t. it will app>- in a tew days, aod it it is
the case, there will t>e at least ten thousand
troops from Tennessee, Volunteer in less
th an two weeks. I atri -determined to go.”
. of \hnil-— A yoime
Isitt in li —■ - at*, came homA-Yrnm p ri'V'
ton other eventne, ami left Iter hors**at the
u «ar af her father's house, walking herself
l > the s'a'de and taking i'ne horse's place in
100 tah. rt.ae did not dis'on-r her mistake
Itfe'.h*. ®*let to rutt her town, •"
ilji.mi Post ,
THE MIRROR
fcTt.'C--? NT) ■ \ .-'M. A
bfl; sSrJln
Katurtlay, Kept. 98, C Hliih
For President,
GEORGE M. TROUP.
JVo Ratification.
For Governor ,
t; harli> 55ou«:ia:?:tv
FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
SEX A TE.
LOVERD BRYAN.
i: e r n es e xta tj jes.
AVI LLI \R D BOYNTON,
JOHN WEST,
JOSEPH WOOD.
THE COMBAT THICKENS.
As the demon approaches, the political
excitement increases, ami while our oppo
nents are on the alert, up should t:ot sleep
upon our posts. We therefore, call upon
the friends of State Rights iu Stewart to be
ready for the contest. Our opponents have
heeu driven to the last resort, and w ill now
make a desperate struggle Chagrined and
mortified at their late defeats? they are at
tempting to play some ol the magician’s
pranks upon us. To effect their ti signs
they have nominated as a candidate for the
Legislature, one who once seemed to glory
ii acting with us in endeavoring to sustain
me rights oi ihe States and the liberties ol
the people ; one whom, twelve n onths ago,
had he been nominated by the State Right*
party, they would have abused and villified
to a greater extent than any other man who
could have been nominated, and one whom,
tw o months ago, they most -cordially despis
ed ; but now, they profess to have forgiven
and forgotten, and hug him to their bosoms
with all the feelings of parental affection.—
They have thus made a desperate effort to
save themselves from sinking forever, they
will find, however, their dependence as use
less to them as the straw that floats upon the
bosom of the deep is unavailing to the man
who grasps it in the tgi ny of despair.
State Rights men of Stewait, we warn
vou to beware of the snare that is set to eu
rap you. Your opponents, finding them
selves foiled in every attempt to divide your
iauks, and thereby be enabled to conquer
you the more easily, have succeeded in draw
ing from your ranks a man who once you
should have delighted to honor, and now
you are called upon to support hurt because
of services rendered the country. But we
would inquire how long since th u y became
so patriotic? Have they forgotten that im
mediately after the close of tire war, and al.
most before the sw<*rd was returned to the
scabbard, or the bayonet of the soldier dry
with the blood of the savage, and his servi
ces fresh in tire minds of all, that a compro
mise ticket was nominated for the pu’pose
of reconciling the feelings of the two con
tending parties iu the county, and that the
very titan upon whose services they harp so
much now, was nominated as the State
Rights candidate, and they actually refused
to agree to a compromise or support him,
because they had the ascendancy, and he was
not then of their principles? Then how
disgusting and sickening to hear them talk
now about his military services? Surelv,
they must h ive become quite parriotic of
late, or else, they consider St te Rights men
great fools to he gulled and led astray-by such
hypocritical slang.
It is true, Maj. Stel! once advocated the
doctrines we support; he once stoo l side
iv side with us in battling for the rights,
sovereignty and independence of the States;
but now he has allied himself with our op
ponents tin I doing battle in their ranks; he
has renounced his former faith and sworn
allegiance to the cause efthc enemy. Then
trust him not; support him tot; but let
Rmse whom he has heretofore villified and a
btise<!. li e til glory alone of advocating
Ins cause, and let each and every State Rights
inn appear at th i polls with “NO RATI
’ICATION; BRYAN; BOYNTON,
‘YEST an I WOOD,” emblazoned upon
air ti ki ts, and Stewart is safe.
A CASE.
The Columbus Enquirer has the follow
ing :
A CASE.
If, during the Revolution of ’7C an Ame
rican ( ittzeu.'on the eve of an important
tile, had been seen going over to the
ranks of tin. em my until all his arms and
cnuuitipn—h he had be* n u-ked the cause
it ms movement and its extern—if he had
reput'd, “Gentlemen, 1 am suit the friend of
>»ur enterprise—l agree wth you in prin
ciple—l do uot eompromit a single oue of
my long cherished opinio: s—and yet I go
t> the enemy—l cariy with nte niy friends
—toy arms— my all, aud will endaavor to
efeuL you if 1 can’ —what would have been
said ol him l Whose arm would first have
been raised to chastise him for desertion, if
not lor tnrniug traitor to the caftse he had
espoused 1
Such is the condition of a former friend
of the State Rights Party ; and is thjere a
•man-of that party wiu» will ui/t exe t him--
to secure his defeat ? Is there one who
wfll not ue'e all fair-god .honorable means to
toil hint in his ‘purposes,'and to' triumph
over the party with which he acts ?
We presume this is intended as a sly c „t
and thrust (and a pretty We, n one it is,) at
our old irieml Thutnaa
ami its inuendoes are correct, it discloses a
fact that we were not befoie aware of; viz:
that the above named gentlemen is giving
his influence and support to (lie Van Buieu
ticket it) Muscogee county, in opposition to
a regularly nominated ticket of the State
RiMi s party. Now we knew that he was
running as a candidate on the Van Bureti
icket, but we thought it was solely on ac
count of iiis high prejudices against the
objects of a certain memorial winch has
reee it 1 y Deen circulated through the
country, that lie desired to be a member of
the next Assembly ; and that lie consented
to run with flic understanding expressed
“that he couiproinitted none of his forme
principles.” So at least we understood hi
publication in the Sentinel & Herald. But
how comes it, t ilt lie is en le tvouring t<
and 'fea' the States Rights candidates, if lit
still considers himself a member of that
party ? We believe they have announced
themselves in opposition to the memorial,
or nt least have declared their belief in the.
inexpediency of ah legislation o.i the sub
ject. In what respect then does lie differ
irom them, and upon what grounds does he
oppose them; can it lie possible thithe is a
deserter to the enemy ? What, the mail
who has “fought through thick and thin.”
iti defence of his opinions, he who was re.i
tly to shoulder his musket and rush to the
rescue, when South Carolina was about to
be invaded by the minions of Federal power,
he who gloried in being called a nullifier.
when there were but few in Georgia who
acknowledged the doctrine, he who has al
ways been a strong and heretofore consistent
advocate ol State Rights and State Rmne
dies, has he deserted tlie camp? Proli
I’udor it cannot be ; some ignis 'atu ns ri
leading him on; ilia magici eta's wind has
been about him ; lie has heeu caught in the
meshes of that political net, from which
there is no escape without an abandonment
of principle But whether the act be vol
untary or no, we would fain hope that he
may meet with an overwhelming defeat ;
for surely no State Right man will vote for
liim under the circumstances, aud Van Bu
re n men must be put to a desperate shift, if
they tan swallow him ou an empty stom
ach.
FOh THE MIRKOIt.
TO THE PEOPLE OF STEWART
COUNTY.
Fkli.ow Citizens.—One who feels a
tleep interest lor I lie success of correct prin
ciples, and who has lor many years been ati
anxious spectator of ihe events that have
transpired in the political world, begs leave
to offer for your candid consideration, a few
thoughts, the res’ It of much reflection, in
relation to the sevetal questions, which you
will soon be called upon in your capacity of
voters to decide. I am wholly unaccits
tomed to writing for the public eye, and
would not now presume to add my feeble"
efforts, for the promotion of the good cause,
to those of the able advocates whose argu
ments constantly appear in the columns of
the Mirror, were it not that 1 feel, that an
issue has been made up between the friends
of liberty on the one side, and the friends
of despotism on the other, and that unr suf
fering country “ expects etery man to do his
duty" iu the approaching election. 1 can
not therefore remain silent; not that I am
anxious to obtrude tny opinions upon others
but that by calm discussion, the attention of
those, who have as yet taken but little time
or pains to investigate the several subjects
before them, may be directed to their impor
tance.
Our government. Fellow Citizens, is but
an experiment, and that experiment may
fail, and onr bright visions of liberty be ail
dispelled, unless we study well the natura
ol our duties, and remain true to the glo
rious principles upon which that government
was originally based. When we first com
menced oi.r career as a nation, under the
guidance of a constitution as perfect as hu
man wisdom could make it, we were com
paratively a pure people; party spirit, and
worse still, party servility, had not spread
its baleful influence over the land, our rulers
were considered our public servants, and
a close watch was kept upon all their a itions ;
out government was adr inistered upon an
economical and strictly republican plan, and
our whole people rejoiced in the possession
of more rational liberty, than.fell to the lot
of any other nation. Since then however,
many serious and important charges have
come over the aspect of affairs. The Ship
of Stale is no longer the same beautiful and
bonynnt vessel that she was, when her im
motttl builders fits! lantiched her upon the
ocean of time. Her halcyon day is past.
The worm of corruption lias driven his
deadly fangs into the very vitals of her hull.
Het tiuibeis ate weakened. 1 ler fastenings
are corroded and the glorious fra me- wo ik is
falling asunder. We have seen her combat
with the rude breath and terrific fire of
Heaven, and witnessed Iter triumph over the
wrathful wave. We have seen her buffeting
nobly, and brushing away danger, like the
strong man contending against childhood.
The tempest of passion lias oft, indeed,
menaced destruction, hut wisdom lias come
to her aid and,* v and (,< r Th e aid is again
necessary to calm the troubled breasts ol the
anxious mariners, to sub lue the violence
of their greatest foe, the -p it ol par
tv, and guide the gallant ship securely to her
destined harbour.
To abandon this figurative mode of speak
ing, onr country lnvnk s the patriotic
to advance to her <1 fence and rescue Iter
from the perils that hang around her; she
summons the good to appear in the panoply
of their virtue, ate 1 present for her protec
tion that celestial bulwaik which is ever im
pugnable. Perhapssite never before bad so
much occasion for our services. We live
in extraordinary times, and peculiar l )-
extrauidinary circumstances at the present
moment demand our a'tention. As 1 before
remarked, cor government has undergone,
within a few years, many very material
changes indeed, if we credit thm doc
trines of the day, it has been completely
revolutionized, and Its organization ha* as
sumed a novel, and hitherto unthougf, ~r
basis. Not only is this perceptible 'in
relations which tire now suppose,j . V 1 ®
between the aevcr.il States of our conVder
acy. relations which as n .
by the partiznns of the admits, ration irci
S of,be wihi.
f.us to • V e .. ,no9t opponents of Jef
’ W every department of thr eov‘
ornmont iivdf,in„ n vati,.ns have beet, »!!*&
out. mulch must tv> speedily rectified, nr
we will ere lung find ourselves under t , e
vn.r ol a despotism, from which tlicrs will
be no tiv?itos of escape, but tUrtjugL anarchy
*nd revolution. The evidence of these
'ruths, may be found in the establishment
of the pernicious doctrines contained in thi
Proclamation ol ’32, as the h ading princi
ples of the government; it may be found in
the debasement of the act, by which the re
cords of the L mted Slates’ Senate were
mut.laled and disgraced.; it may be found in
the meddlesome intctfeience of office hol
ders with the tree elections of the people;
it mav tie found in the unhallowed UNION
OF THE PURSE AND THE SWORD ;
it may be found in the rich rewards winch
Eftecntive patronage metes out :o those win
are most active in the service of the Presi
dent, and his frie tls; it is found in the fact
that corruption and villi my are net only per
nitted to .-talk unpunished through the land,
nit are actually encouraged aud rewarded ;
t is found in the faithlessness of our public
igents at \Vathin<Hon, from the President
down to the kitchen scullion ; it is found iu
he w js'eful and extravagant expenditures of
he people's money, and the immense de
falcations constantly occtiiring among the
agents of the Government ; it is found in
die fact iHat the chief Magistrate of the
United States acknowledges himself,
ill his acts and speeches, to he the President
of a party; it is found in the degeneracy of
public morals, which 1 hold have been great
ly coriupted by the examples of dishonesty,
set before the people, by great men in power;
in short, it is found in the thousand and one
encroachments of Executive power and the
consequent diminution of the rights and
liberty of the people.
Upon a candid examination, vou will find,
Fellow Citizens, that our la’ely boasted
government is hastening to decay, faster
than did the Republic ol Rome, or anv of
ttiose short-lived nations upon whose his
tory, Ilium fait is written iu characters of
fine. It was once fondly hoped that the suc
cess of our glorious experiment would put
to shame the my rmidons of despotism in the
old world, hut our recent experience leads
us to doubt wliethei it will not end in ottr
own confusion without something can sliovtlv
lie done to stop the torrent of corruption,
which is fast overwhelming the laid with its
turbid waves. Already the jeers and taunts
ofourenenues /n Europe ar > beginning to be
heard, and well do they found their suspi
cions of a coming catastrophe among us,
for every mimeriiig of the thufider cloud is
becoming louder and loudc*, and the lurid
lightnings are beginiug to flash more dis
tinctly along our horizon. It behoves us
then, to look well to th ' positions we oc
cupy. Patriotism, and a thousand other
considerations call upon us to examine well,
whether we are not lending our aid to that
misrule, which has ; heady cast •• premature
blight upon our prosperity aud threatens to
convert our free institutions into so manv
engines of despotism to oppress us. The
detes'able doctrines of Federalism and Con
solodation are to lie made instruments of
our country’s ruin; these are the doctrines
o the President and his party, who are
striving to possess themselves of all the
pow er in order that .heir principles mav he
successfully put into practice. How then,
can an honest and reflecting man. w ho claims
to be a republican and a disciple of the .lef
feraonian School, lend his support in any
manner to measures that are calculated ’o do
so much mischief? How ran he “lav the
fiattt ring unction to his soul,” that lie is ac
ting the part of a lailufnl and patriotic citi
zen, while he is bending his energies to ad
vance the interests of a natty whose leaders
entertain such ahomirnib c principles ? How
can lip be honest in his profession of repub
lican sentiments and yet support a Federal
ist for a high and important office? Fel
low Citizens, who among you will stand out,
and declare yourselves in favour of Federal
ism and Corisolodaiion, and all their con
comitant evils? Few of you 1 presume
would acknowledge the heresy ; how comes
it then, that so many ol you are found in the
ranks ol a patty whose leaders and principal
men are labouring to establish those doc
trines? How let me ask you, in good faith,
can you vote for an avowed Federalist for
Governor of your State? It is in vain you
may tell u-. that you are patriotic, that you
are republicans, that you love your country,
that you are friends to the rights of the
States, so long as you are found in the ranks
1 ol Federalism, and giving your support to
its candidates.
If 1 have not already wearied you, I now
propose, as I promised in the beginning, to
touch upon some of the topics upon which
you are called to exercise your right of suf
t'rage on the first Monday in October, now,
near at hand. The general questions have
been so fully discussed in the various pacers
of the day, that 1 deem it unnecessary to
trouble you with a recapitulation of the ar
guments, or with the vain attempt to offer
new ones. In reference to the proposed
amendments to the Constitution, l believe it
is unanimous!)' couCdrttt!, that the measure
will meet with prompt condemnation. That
s just a. it ought to be. It is a piece of
political juggling on the part of an ajotity o
the Convention, and ought not to be rati
fied. in relation to the election for Govern
or, 1 have no additional argument to < fi'er,
and would only urge one remark. If every
man in Georgia who professes lobe a repub
lican, would in accordance with hi* princi
ples vote for the Republican, in preference
to the Federal candidate, Judge Dougherty
would beat Judge .McDonald forty thousand
votes.
1 now come down to the election for Sen
ator and Repicsentatives from Stewart coun
ty to the next Legislature, and I ask a mo
ments attention, to what I say. It is not iny
wish to canvass the claims or merits of the
several candidates who present themselves
before you for these offices, nor do I de
sign to do so; living amongst you and hemg
personally known to most ol you, I presume
their qualification anil merits have already
been made the subject of vour attention.
Os the two rival candidates for the Senate,
one is an individual against w hom, grave and
serious charges have been preferred, and
who, after two years prepi ration, h..s signal
ly failed to explain or defend them. He is
a man of the nio-t consummate vanity, and
y et possesse not the very first qualification for
the office to which he presuiiiingly a-pires.
He is moreover a supporter of Federalists
and Federal measures, and is therefore a
Federalist himself, if he has aey principles
at all. which I think excecdmgiy doubtful.
Iris moral cowardice fe such, that lie would
make but a poor ehamnion for his country
rights were assailed, fits name
~j CATCHING. His oPPo
ue t*’. is a man ol different mould. Posses
sing an origin ii and thinking mind, he has
added a deep insight into human naiure, to
au accurate knowledge of men and things;
and though he was not bred to the profession
ol speech-making, he knows how to express
himself iu clear and forcible language, anil
with due effect upon his audience. His
firmness apd moral honesty have never been
doubted, and his consistent advocacy of ti e
cause of Constitution abet State Rights, be
siie.ik him '>u unwavering friend to his coun
try mil tier institutions. His name is LOV
bH l> BRY AN. He isthe mau most wor
thy of your tmppoii.
Os tue candidates ffir the Representative
Branch on the Union or Van Buren ticket, i
uneofthem GARDL AND STATHAM, is
unknown to me; 1 have been informed
however by his neighbours, that he is a
r ay clever sort of a person, and about as
much fit for a Legislator, as my horse is for i
a shoeblack. With the others, JAMES!
S. LUNSFORD, and THOMAS J.
S i'ELL ,1 happen to be somewhat better j
acquainte I. The first wears a preacher's
coat, the second is a turncoat. How tar the |
sacred garb of the former, is honored by its ,
wearer, Ido not pretend to say; I wish he
were not a preacher, in order that 1 mialil
speak more plainly than l do. Suffice it to
say, his principles are dangerous to our con
federacy. The other is a man, with whose
memory , l would de.il lightly . He was one
that stood high in the regard of his friends
and acquaintance-, tor lie was a soldier, and
possessed many manly virtues. But alas!
the tempter came, and our (riend, now no
more our friend, fell 'i victim to his wiles.
His untimely exit, it was feared, would leave
a chasm iu the rauks of the Stats Rights
party, that could not soon be filled ; but no,
his tergeversation seemed to be so sudden
and complete, aud its object so well and so
generally understood, that it is thought no
State Rights man will give him a vote, and
but lew Union men, who have any regard
for consistency. Men who change their
principles in anticipation of receiving an
office, are sometimes disappointed in their
calculations.
The State Rights candidates, \VIL
LIARD BOYNTON, JOHN WEST and
JOSEPH WOOD, are just such men as
tlie County can depend on, for a faithful
representation in the Legislature. If merit,
and talent, and correct principles, and high
minded Independence, will entitle a ticket to
confidence and support, these gentlemen
will certainly be chosen, to represent the
county of Stewart in the next General As
sembly.
In conclusion, Fellow Citizens, allow me
to say, that the best and most valuable citi
zens of a Republic, are those who are most
judicious in the exercise of their suffrages.
Our government is diseased, and skilful
physicians are needed to resuscitate its al
most exhausted powers. How shall we an
swer to our consciences and to posterity, if
the patient should perish through our neg
ligencr, or want of faith in the performance
of our high duties. MADISON.
For the Georgia Mirror.
Messrs Editors : J have not ttoubled you
in some time, and would not, even now,
were it uot for ti e purpose of requesting
you to publish the defence, if defence it eau
In* called, of the notorious Dr. SEYMOUR
CATCHING, in reply to the charges
brought against him by myself las; year.
I wish you to give it publicity, b--cause the
community have not had au opportunity of
seeing it,as it was printed in handbills, which
have either been most shamefully concealed
by the gentleman himself, or his friends, or
there must have been but very few printed ;
ami, for fear you may uot have teen one
yourselves, i send you a copy which came
into my possession quit accidentally, and l
have carefully preserved it ever since, for the
purpose of giving it as much notoriety as
possible.
Another tea on why I wish you to insert
it in your paper is, that I want no bettorevi
deuce than this precious nonsensical pro
duction, to prove the most important char
ges alledged against him last year by me, to
be true. First, that ite refused to serve in
the ten day’s campaign, and preferred going
home to make corn. As to the $1 50 per
bushel for which lie intended to sell the
corn, 1 ca:e nothing, as every body knows
that a man who did not have soul enough to
defend his country in the hour of danger ami
peril, would sell corn, or airy thing else that
iio had to those who did protect and defend
it, for just as much as he could
get, it it were four, aye, ten times the actu
al worth ol the commodity. Yes, such a
man could hear the soldier's widow cry, and
see his orphan children perish with linngei
without administering to tin ir necessities.
Though, wore it necessary, I could obtain
the certificates of two respectable gent lemon
to prove that he did say he would sell his
corn at the above named price.
But he says “it was my misfortune, and I
may say, good fortune too, to happen in a
conversation with Alexander Burnell,” &e.
Now, 1 should like to know what is meant
by ” misfortune and “ pood fortune," as us
ed by the gentleman. Did li'is “misfortune ’
consist in saying things to Mr. Burnett of
which he was afterwards ashamed and anx
mus to deny, but dare not ? 1 should rather
suppose it was, as he raved, rented and vo
ctlerate hke a mad man iast year, and pro
nounced every thing written by me in rcla
ttou to himself, “a pack o (damned lies," and
therefore, because he could not sustain this
declaration befoie Mr. Burnett’s face it was
his *• misfortune ’ to happen in a conversation
w.tli him ; and 1 presume it was his “ good
fret unt" becat se Mr. B. did not hear "him
®‘'y * le would Sell his corn when made at
•?s 00 per bushel, it he can derive any
consolation from this “ good fortune ,” he is
welcome to it for me.
But alter being cumpel'ed to acknowledge
that he was opposed to the ten day’s s rvi
ces, it is really amusing to hear what he
calls Ills “stated reasons.” but if stated at
the time, it must have been all to himself, as
no one can be found who did hear them—
unfortunately lor the Doctor’s veracity, it> n
Mr. Burnett, to whom the conversation was
directed, “did not recollect them.” But
what were his stated reasons? Read them,
admit that lie did state them and that »• ve i y
man in the county heard them, and w .-.at
do they amouut to ? Simply this, that he
cared nothing at all what became of the
section ot country bordering upon the river
so Lumpkin was guarded and his immediate
interest protected, that he might stay at
home to nr, ke corn. Supi ose every one
had been of his way of thinking, or his ar
guments prevailed, and every man wait in
Lumpkin for the savages to attack that
place, aud pray, what would have become of
the people and tHeir property, between
Lumpkin and the river, and all those living
bayoud the rtach of such protection? It
was bad enough, at best, blit had every man
acted in the way he wished aud advised, and
followed the example tie set the savages
would have prowled through the country,
complete master sos the soil, scattering
death and devast; tion through the land,
to au extent a thousand times more terrible,
if possible, than what did actually take place.
And>ct this man, Dt. Catching, expects
tiie support of those whom he world thus
have left exposed to danger and death.
It is somewhat diverting to see how this
fellow “flies off the handle,” when he gets
tired of the subject. What lias the nomina
tion, (I should like to know,) of the Union
party of 1837, to do with the charges pre-
I'erted against him by me ? Nothing, liter
ally nothing. But lor the purpose of ex
cit.ng the sympathies of his party in his be
ha f, lie must tell haw he has been treated
by his political opp< neats—how they wished
to put him down by a compromise ticket,
.■ml how, when foil' and in that attempt, every
remark that escaped bus lips during the In
dian disturbances should be
and proven upon him, and that too, when h e
had emphatically pronounced them *•itamntd
hesf but when promulgated weie •*partially
polished with truth !/ / ’ Avery cat din ad
mission tru y, for a man to make in Ins saber
! senses, wheu endeavoring to cleat a wav char,
ecs he had prononnee ' false at and unfounded.
Why certainly the Dr. don’t belong to the
. Temperance Society ?
! He iheo notices the charges brought a
j gainst him, one for refusing to give medical
aid to a wounded soldier. Mr. Yv'iniberlv
th : other for acting in a cowardly, ungenile
manly and aristocratic manner in a difficulty
with a gentleman whom he insulted on the
camp ground and who after wards demanded
ol him satisfaction, which lie refused to give
in an honorable, gentlemanly way, o» in any
other manner. On these points 1 do not
care to dwell, as they are not material to the
lyCTin subject of difference between the D r
aud myself. I will remark, however, that
the facts stated bv me in relation to the un
feeling and unprofessional cruise pursued
by Dr. Catching towards Mr. Wimberly,?
obtained from the gentleman who attended
him, and from Mr. W. himself, who stated
what he had heard his friends say ; and, did
I deem it necessary, 1 could obtain the cer
tificates of each, corresponding with what I
then stated, with perhaps the exception of
the offer of SSO, in which I was mistaken.
I might, also, if I thought proper, writes cer
tificate myself, and slate i; to he theirs’ with
out placing their names to it, and presume it
would be equally as satisfactory as the one
that appears in Lis defence with an “&c.”
at the end of it. By the bye, I should like
to know wiiat is contained in that “&c.” it
is not, certainly, any thine of which the T) r .
is ashamed ? Cant be surely.
As to his difficulty with Mr. Avera.so nia
ny of the citizens ot Lumpkin witnessed it
an I know the misrepresentation he has pla
ced u |ion the whole affair that it would be
noiisencical for me to notice it any further.
But there is another charge w liich the Dr.
has forgotten to notice about which he
swelled, pi fled and fumed mightily last year.
He certainly did not forget it on" purpose?
lie could not have done that, I know. I al
lude to the dictatorial and bombastic manner
in which he addressed a certain Union inau,
for the purpose of frightening him into bis
support. It may not be amiss to repeat his
words, and call for an explanation—they are
these; "If you put down Dr. Catth n<r
you put down the Union party , as 1 tola the
Troop party m Putnam, ichen Xultif cation
.jhst came about, gentlemen you go down, and
J see toil." This is the kind of language
used by the gentleman to secure tin support
of his party ; it now remains to be seen if
they will pocket the insult, and support Lira
for fear that his threat may lie put in execu
tion ; or treat him with that contempt every
man should receive who pushes himself up
on a party,
PAN HANDLE,
CITIZENS OF STEWART.
1 deem it no less a duty to myself, than
an act of expect' and courtesy low arils the
citizens of this county, to make some ex*
planatory response to the sundij cb.iics
preferred against myself, during the last
year, through the Georgia Minor.
First : It is alleged that 1 stood as ot e
of the opponents to doing service tlurit g
our Indian disturbances in ibis county.
Let us examine this. It appeals that Dr.
Jones raised a company for the purpose of
entering upon acam| aign of ton day* leueth,
with the intention, it I.COO tin ii could be
raised from this and contiguous comities, of
marching against the Indians in Alabama.
As to service by myself, or the people of
Stewart, or any county in Georgia, I could
not, nor expressed any oopositiou. But only
onposd the plan of conducting that cam
paign, and to the port on of country which
it was directed. My oppositoti to the plan
was founded as I thought, upon veiy |.!ai»-
sihle reasons, which w ere as follows -. la
pressed it as my opinion to Dr. Jones and
others, that it might be fraught with ii! con
sequences, and quite dangerous to the sntcy
of the remnant of our citizens, to bo de
prived ol so many, for foreign service ; and
should there be the number raised Irotti
this county desired, it could be bnt impoli
tic and nnclintiiaLlc to leave onr frontiers
unguarded, a.id our citizens without any
defence, s .vo only a detachment of about
30 men, to guard Lumpkin. It was my
misfortune, aud 1 may say, my good for
tune too, to happen in conversation with
Alexander Burnett, anil gave him the reasons
above stated, for my opposition to the plan
ol the ten days campaign, and he says tiiat l
remarked that I would not serve it. that
campaign, but would go 1 ouic and make
corn. The Union l’arty of this county, in
1837, nominated myscll as their candidate
tor the Senate. After a great deal of in
genious political management by some of
the St .te Rigli's Party, they, during Capt.
Galbea Mathis’ absence, concluded to get
nti a compromise ticket, and proposed to
Capt. Ball, that the Uni >n Party should
Itav a meeting and keep me down, and ihat
they would pot down Capt. Mathis, and run
Bryant for Senate and Capt. Ball lor the
House. This was opposed by Capt. Bali.
The reason was that they only wished to
bring tlie lu o pai ties together.
Their first plan, fellow-citizens, you see
did uot succeed. The next was to rt mem
ber every rentalk that escaped my lips du
ring our Indian disturbances, and brought
forward Mr. Burnett to prove that I should
say, that 1 would not serve with Dr. Jones
in the ten days campaign, but would go
home and make corn to sell the people,
at 150 cts. per bushel. This Mr. Burnett,
to his credit, denied, and 'old that ail he
heard me say, was that I would uot serve
in that campaign, but would go home and
make corn. But unluckily, Mr. Burnett
| did not remember my stated reasons. In
1838, 1 was again nominated by niy party,
and my opponents being unable to defeat
my el ction the year previous, wiib lies
partially polished with truth, cunie forwaid
in 1838, with the old charge and two new
ones. The first was, that l woiild not give
medical aid to Robert Wimberly when he
was wounded, though 1 was offered SSO.
This misrepresentation I thought beyond
• lie conception of men, and will only give
the certificate of Tomlinson Fort, to check
its progress, as follows:
“Ido certify that I carried Wimbeily to
Stapleton’s, and on my way, 1 met Doct.
Catching, with otlict company, and reques
ted him to return to Stapleton’s and give
Wimberly ir.edical aid; he did so, acd
gave him ail the attention as I thought was
usual iii such cases, and heard no person
offer him any money to stay with him.—
Doct. Catching then passed on to the bat
tle ground,” Ac. &c. Jf deemed necessary,
J could get sundry certificates corrobora
ting with the above, and further shewing,
that 1 returned on the evening, and gavo
him other medical aid.
My next misfortune was to be engaged m
a street quarrel with William Av< ra, which
arose from a 11 tty charge of his father
against myse'f, anti l in a passion observed,
that his ta her told a lie. • William Aver*
claimod satisfaction lor mo obsetvations, sod