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thor of these Resolutions to hope, or to ask
at'he hands of abolitionists justice by the
enactment of a law to the penalties of which
Philbrook and Kell«r:in would be submitted,
wbeu these individuals were but engaged in
the very object to which the
makers themselves have been so long and so
entirely devoted ? Could we hope that they
would aid us in requiring a federal judge to
cause these pr ictical emancipationists to be
delivered up when they them .elves are
bound to the same cause as a part ol their
religion ? To my mind, thes*- questions
contain their own answers, and the b ire
probability of defeat on such a question,
should, in'ray judgement, restrain us from
voluntarily submitting our rights to tire de
cision of those, who declare slavery to be
a heinous gin in the sight ol’Gnd and man.
i»ut suppose we could carry a majority of
Congress to the passageof such a law, what
would we have accomplished? Nothing,
mure or less, than the enactment of another
To ice Bill, wherewith, we in our shoit
sightedness, might please ourselves in the
i ital hope of coercing the Soverign Stale of
Maine through the instrumentality of the
Federal Government, to recognize our rights
of domestic slavery. This done—the sub
mission and depredation of M tine accoin
plished. the sains potent leveller is in re
serve for ourselves, “'when it shall please
ourcoumry to need our death,” and the
sane dagger we sharpen for the State of
M due, is still clutched in the federal gr.isp
ready tube used for our humiliation. Ii is
-.1 well kuowu fact, Sagun pursued these
tnviiives, and r .-captured Ins property with
i i the juris l lotion of Maine—if we pass this
I iw, the Abolitionists of that State, as they
have threatened, would indict Sagurs in tiie
Court for kidnapping a tr ie Biil be found,
a dent m I m id • o;. the “Circuit .1 udge, hav
ing jurisdiction in ti e St re.” and Geor
gia, the Soverign and Independent State of
Georgia --one of the old Thirteen, whose
blood ll >weJ like w iter in the Revolution,
wo il Ine cu re.; / i.it.i a vile ao I humiliat
ing submission t • the Federal Authorities,
and that too, by virtue of. i law which she
herself had proposed to her confederates,
and against wlii’di, therefore, she could raise
neither her ar u nor her voice. The Presi
dent might believe that he was ‘'bound by
higher obligations than the Constitution.”
to “lake care tiiat the 1 nv be ex •ruled, and
ihe sa ue see a-s w licit vere enacted be-
I ire. Charleston in 1 a ’. 1. would be. re-enact
ed with variations in Hie port of Savannah.
Caught in her own nap the State of Georgia
would be powerless for offence or defence
il •rci.i'oro, our strength and power lias re
fciilted from the evident truth >n I c.iiisuten*
cv of our principles and pox it so n ; sweep
lliese a iay from us anil you strip us of all
loose moral li mill, ations which alone give
tile and energy la physical mailer. We
snail cea-e to lie light, and although, fora
v. nle we m gut make a show ol resistance
ii would tie mil the vain ami infuriated ef
forts ol bmie force unaided, unchastened anil
liircoufolled by the voice of reason, nr the
virtue of principle. All that would be left to
os to do, win'll I lie to gather up the shatter
ed parrs of nir Can titnfnm. which, scatter
ed around us by otir mvri act. would like the
fragments id .a broken mirror, present tons
m ii'uliiplied red-ciions, lie* revoivi ig spec
tacle of self hutnil* itioa produced by our
t>wii tmpriaeiple 1 lolly
1> it rSir, so re are other cousiilerations
‘than those >i p diev. which altogether pre
clude in.’ Ira n moving 'lo se iriloriiinate
R •solutions. I allude to the obligations I
owe lo tile Constitution of the Coiled Suites
which Isw ire i,i sil l’s irr w'u-n I took inv
seat in the 11 iin-'of Represent Hives. I wi I
not refer your Excellency to the lrtih Art
of the am M 1 units of tli it Instrument
v herein it is declared tint "tin* p i W.rs not
delega ml to the Fade.l S'at-s by ih‘ (-mi*
■srituiiu i” nor prohibited by i’ to the States,
are re served ii> tli • St lies '•respectively. «r
lo the peop'e,” becanse the .p<«'e of the
Shale oi'Geiirgia to at in this matter so far
from being “| lolllbiieu.” is expressly re
'setv f t o.atid enj >in don iter by the 2 I
Se ; of (lie 4th Art. of lite F institution.—
T i'li it secturi is in t!i *.<■* words :—“A person
ihirgel in aiv Sine with treason, felony,
or other crime, who <!i ill tlee fnrn j istire.
and i • fiu i I in another St.it -. shon
tl ■ nan I of:he Exccutivc authorhy of the
Slate frnili which lie fled, lie '’elivered up,
I . be rem it’ll to the State, having juris
t'ictrou o- the crime.
Here then, is positive written proof, tiiat
tin: right to demand a fugitive from justice,
lias not Ijegn granted to the General Gov
ernment, but his been reserved to “the
State fro u which ho Had which State is
■cle ir|y recognized ia the same section as
“having juris liction of the, crime.” If
t!t -i, the C institution which spoke into ex
istence, the federal Government, clearly
yields Up and reserves to the Stati this im
portant right not only to “demand,” but to
try the “fugitive from justice," l n*k by
'v'rat process ol reasoning do you arive at
the conclusion, that Congress his the
Constitutional power “to prescribe the forms
which would give authenticity to the de
mand.” The form is contended-lor when
the substance is (den eI ! Sr, the language
of the preamble to these Resolutions,
“the past legidatian on this iias been pre
(Jieted aipan” a “ presumption ,” whieb al
though it might find “its warrant in the
mutual fidelity which promptly responded
do all executive demands,” finds no warrant
in the Constitution, either by express grant
or implication. Any act of the General
Gov eminent on t his subject, must be un
constitutional, because there is “no grant ol
power” in the Instrument to our-tcderal
agent, to interfere cither substantially, or in
the prescription ofl'orms. lfany tiling is
yet wanting to convince your Excellency ot
the rectitude of iny position, turn with me
to the Statute of 1793; tlie.re you will find
that Congress, while acting upon the ••pre
sumption” of prescribing forms in a matter
wholly foreign to its jurisdiction, attached
no sanction, and affixed no penalty upon
those who should refuse to abide by the
forms prescribed. Aware that this lcgislai
tion was founded on a “pres uinption” that
body set no punishment on those who should
disregard it, but left it to find “its guaran
?;e” iii the “pledged faitli’ of those whom
it might concern. Resides the penalty, if
declared, would necessarily lia v e been in
flicted on a “State,” to effect which other
and more violent, but necess irily conse
quent “presumptions" must have been rc
. sorted to, in order to sustain the Gene al
Government in her Quixotic attempt to cas
tigate a Sovereign State. To the State of
Georgia then, and not to the Foiled States,
we must look fur the protection of her citi
zens in their persons and property. I. is
lter“ reserved.” nay. her inalienable right,
and solemn duty, to protect her own people,
and wli-m the compact if the Constitution is
violated and broken, it is then high time
she should take care that her citizens re- I
ceive no detriment. The mode and man
ner of redress lies within the depths of her
legislative wisdom. Lei Georgia now do
what her Legislature in 1837, resolved she
ought to do if Muiueshould “neglect to re-^
dress the grievance complained of”—let a
convention of the people be called by Exe
cutive Proclamation ‘'to take into consider
ation, the state of the commonwealth of
Georgia, to devise the course of her future
policy, and to provide all necessary safe
guards tor the protection of the rights ol
her people.” To such a Convention lam
willing to submit all the deep inteie*t,
which I, in common with my fellow-citizens,
leel in this most important and vital ques
tion.
With considerations of high esteem,
I have the honor tribe, your Excellency’s
Obedient Servant,
thl: mirror
Saturday, April 11 SS4O.
For President,
GEORG K M. TROUP.
TO OUR PATRON*.
Having become interested in the publican
tiou ot the Columbus Enquirer, and hav
ing m nle arrangements by which we expect
shortly to take part in the management of
that press, the undersigned tender to the
community at huge, their warmest thanks
for the patiouage so liberally bestowed upon
them during the last two years. The Mir
ror has now reached the end of its second
volume, and under the arrangement just al
luded to, will hereafter be merged in the
Columbus Enquirer. Our subscribers may
expect, therefore, to receive the Enquirer
in lieu of the Mirrof, and our advertising
friends are informed that all advertisements
now appearing in ihe Minor, (their term of
publication being not yet expired,)|\vill also
appear in tiiat print. This arrangement, it
is hoped, will not only be satisfactory to all
parties, but will operate to the benefit of all,
inasmuch as the circulation of the E uquirer
is necessarily much more extensive than that
of the Mirror was ever expected to be, and
its location in a city es idle importance of
Columbus confers upon it facilities and ad
vantages for collecting and publishing news
lar superior to those we have enjoyed in
Florence.
To the good people of Stewart, ajd es
pecially to tlie State Rights portion of iliem,
we will ailil that the columns of the Enqui
rer will always be open for their delV.uce,
and that we s all continue to feel as deep ail
interest in their puli ieal and individual wel
fare as though we were personally among
them. 15. GARDNER.
J. L. HULL.
We owe a i apology lo the Southern
Whig for having noticed 't among the State
Rights papers of Georgia that had hoisted
the Harrison Banner. We weie misled in
making thp announcement, the Whig oc
cupies the same ground in reference to the
Presidential question, that we do ourselves :
it advocates the nomination of Gov. Troup
by the party itiConvention, but i< willing to
abide by the decision of that Convention,
w hether Gov. Troup or Gen. Harrison b e
tiomiivute and.
The Southeon Advocate having un
dertaken to prove that we are about to per
mit ourselves to he “dragooned by Mr.
Calhoun, into the support of Martin Van
Buren,” wc are'reminded of the Atheist’s
attempt to demonstrate from Holy Writ,
the non- existence of a God, by quoting a
few detached words from the first vCrse of
the 14th Psalm. It is clear that the Editor
of the Advocate had opened our paper for
the first time, and read but the single para
graph which constitutes the subject of his
comment, when he made the very extraor
dinary charge against us of being "blind to
the faults of Mr. Calhoun,” and ready to be
lead by him into the foul embraces of Van
Bureuism. The false const?iction placed
upon even that isolated paragraph, eviden
ces the fact that the Editor has been inat
tentive to all that we have heretofore said
upon the subject. Had lie at all con
versant with our sentiments and views irs set
forth in almost every number of the Mirror,
concerning the Presidency, and the claims
of the two distinguished individuals who as
pire lo the administration of the Govern
ment, he certainly would not have opeiied
his battery against us, on the ground of our
being apologists for the present corrupt dy
nasty, and its distinguished Sub-Treasury
ally. He even acknowledges the tlisingeq
uousness of his attack upon us, by admit
ting that his premises are established, not by
what we 1 ave said “inso many words,” but
by the “inference” which he thinks may be
drawn from the tenor of our remarks. The
Editor has not, therefore, extended towards
us his usual courtesy, else, regarding Mr.
Calhoun with such a holy horror, he would
not have failed to give us credit for having
uniformly condemned in the strongest lan
guage wc could command, the inconsisten
cy of ’.he Carolina Senator, and his depar
ture from aud shameful desertion of the
glorious cause of State Sovereignty, in uni
ting himself with the sworn, and acknowl
edged enemies of the Constitution.
If ihe editor of the Advocate will take
the trouble to glance at the head of our co
lumns, he will find the flag under which we
have rallied, adorned with the colors of Geor
gia’s own Patriot TROUP-—That name
we venerate and esteem —it deserves all the
honor that his native State can confer upon
it—and we have aJvocated the propriety of
giving the vote of the State Rights party to
its distinguished possessor ; not that we ev
er believed there was the smallest probabil
ity of bringing him into the field as a suc
cessful competitor for r the Presidency, but
simply because we believed it would be the
salest medium of preserving the “unity and
integrity” of the party, and because we con
scientiously believed that we could not, as
a party sustain our justly pro 11 and “eleva
ted position,” as the only true expounders of
the Constitution, were we to unite ourselves
and om destinies with either of the two
great political parties, one of which is a
vowedly Federal, and the other, by its acts
h is declared that it is in favor of a grand
consolodated Government, the whole power
of which shall be lodged in the hands of
the Executive, his advisers and iniuion9.—
We would support Governor Troup, there
fore, because we can lo so consistently with
our most cherished principles, and because
in so doing we should avoid the danger of
contamination, a consequence generally re
sulting from a cortact, or rather concert
with any powerful party, whose doctrines
arc -as lo.ithesomc as those of the Federal
and Consolodation parties now at war with
each other for the mastery in this govern
ment.
In reference to the opposing candidates,
*vc do not leel disposed, at present, to enter
into an investigation of the claims of each,
nor to draw a parallel between iliem, if, per
lorce a parallel might be dtawn; but we must
refer the Advocate to almost any other num
ber of the Mirror than that in which he
found the unfortunate remark, that “Har
rison is no better than Van Buren.” The
attentive reader of our paper could not fail
to understand the allusion here attempted
to be conveyed. In weighing the merits
and demirits ol each, wc have never conceal
ed our opinion that the weight of Mr.
Van Boren’s political sins could not be ex
ceeded by those of any other public man
in the union. Between the general and
leading politic*! principles of General Har
rison and Martin Van Buren, there are ve
ry few shades’of diffetence; the currency
an I a lew other questions of minor import
constitute the main points of dissimilarity.
They are bath equally opposed to the rule
ol strict construction—a rule, on the faith
ful observance of which depends the future
salvation of tiiis country. Hence our re
mark that ‘Harrison is no better than Va»
Buren ” the one being no nearer to our
principles tlvm the other, aud both being
equally anti-Republican, although profess
ing to be the followers ol Jefferson. Be
tween the two men as mdividnals, however,
we have al. ays admitted a very consider
able dritcreuce indeed, there are
scarcely two points ol resemblance between
them ; lor we liave teasons to believe that
one is an holiest man that the other ia
the reverse. It is needless to make the ap
plication. Gen. Harrison as a Military
man, has done his country incalculable
service, ami 11 os in the course of a long
public life, filled with honor to himself, ma
ny important civil station to which be was
called by the confidence of his fellow citi
zens. He has so lar as w« know to the
contrary, maintained through life a stainless
reputation, and having gone into retirement,
has carried with him the friendship aud
good will of thousands wim were connected
with him in his public career.
O. ins opponent less can be said by way
<«l c.iiiuiiiKlalion. liis publie acts have
always beenol a character to give the lie to
his professions, and but little reliance can
he pi iced upon his promises or pledges.
His virtues are too scattering ever to secure
:o him a personal popularity, and his pin
chant for aristocratic display makes him un
lit to be the President ol a pluiu democratic
people.
A great deal may be said notwithstanding
about the demerits of each, and the argu
ment is .sufficiently strong to show the im
propriety of the State Rights party uniting
either with the Federal Whigs or the Fed
eral collar men, in thejseieetion of a chief
magistrate who in either event will be an
enemy to their principles. No State
Rights man will deny that it is an object of
paramount importance to retain the laud
marks ol our party, as well as to preserve
the principles which lie at irs foundation.
Can these be accomplished, or rather would
it not be placing both in jeopardy were we
to give up our distinctive character, and join
with the host of Federal politicians who
have no regard for our feelings or interests,
in elevating to the Presidency one who will
not fail to make war upon our principles ? Be
this as it in ly, we do not claim to be infall*
hie, uor are we so tenacious of our own
views as to refuse to act with the party pro
vided a convention shall determine to run a
Harrison Electoral ticket. We could not
be better suited in a Vice President thau
we should be in the election of John Tyler
of Virginia, yet we regard Gen. H-, r . is 08
poll.ics as being quite a s fexce mnable as
Martin Van Buren 5, and do not therefore
think it would oe proper for the State
ug.its people ol Georgia to make him the ii
candidate,
lu our last we published the letter of a
portion of our Representatives in Congress
to the Governor, giving the reasons which
influenced them in* refusing to present the
resolutions of the Legislature to the Con
gress of the United States, bearing upon
the relations existing between Georgia and
Maine—today wc give place to the letters o*
Messrs Black and Cooper, on the sain e sub
ject, and as we have no doubt but that the
letter of a portion of the delegation receiv
ed a careful and attentive perusal, we solicit
for those of Messrs Black and Cooper the
same attention, assuring our readers that they
will be amply compensated for their time
and trouble, if, indeed it may be consider ed
iu that light.
In reading the views and opinions of our
Delegation on this important subject, who
can fail to draw the contrast between their
course and that pursued by our Senators ?
While her Representatives refuse to lay the
sovereignty and iedependence of Georgia at*
th* footstool of Federal power—her Sena
tors, whoshoukl.be the principle guardian*
of her rights and sovereignty, hesitate not
! o attempt the deed, and in the eff »rt thus to
humiliate ami degrade live S;ate, we are not
informed that even a hkish of shame fora
single moment crimsoned their cheek.—
While Georgia’s sons iu the House, refuse
to yield up the sacred and inalienable rights
secured and guarantied to the States hy the
Constitution, and resist the effort made to
make them the instruments to tear that sac
red compact from the lofiv pinacle upon
which our forefathers placed it, and scatter
its broken fragments to the four winds ol
Heaven—her grave Senators fearlessly amt
with unhallowed hands, lay hold ;ml mak<
the desperate effort. There is one thing, in
reL tion lo this matter, very certain—soim
one must be wrong, and it behoves tlie pen
pie to exainne the subject and fines out
where it exists. In order to do this let
them read the letter! of their Representa
tives and answer what is there contained in
them that is wrong—where a single ex
pression which is nut true to tiie letter and
spirit of the Constitution ? None—not one.
The doctrines laid down by them are true—
they arc the only safe-guards of our iude
pendence and liberty, and when they shall
be disregarded and iroilden under loot, then
will our country be ruled with the iron rod
of a Despot, and out people fit subjects for
his kingdom
We had thought that our Senators had
mere discretion thau thus attempt to de
grade the Stale, even though it should have
been at the request of the Legislature.—
They should have sno n u t lie people of Geor
gia better than to have supposed, for a sin
gle moment that they were complying with
the wishes of a majority of them, for, al
thoughthe FeJera l Legislature should have
requested such an act of degradation, there
is not one third of the people who would
sanction the wishes of that b„dy—the peo
ple in tiiat, as we'l as many ether things,
were entirely misrepresented, and Messrs
Lumpkin and Cuthbert should have been
fully apprised of the fact from the knowl
edge’ they ought to liave of the people of
Georgia.
But read the letters of ycut Represents
tives—their reasoning and arguments are
sufficient to convince any man who lias any
honesty about him aud reqtliros uo assis
tance from us.
To the question of the Chailottee Jour
nal tve answer, that we are as heartily tired
of the corruption and uial-aihninistration of
the party in power, as the best pitriot in
tlie Country can possibly be; but we do not
know how much w e shall be bettered by the
eleva’ion of the opposite party, in whose
ranks may be found some of the very worst
Federalists of the day. Forour own part,
we think that if the country refuses to dis
place Van Buren’s swarm of Vam pyres in
order to olev.Hw the office booting AVlligs
m the election of Gen. Harrison, it will be
because it conceives itself in the condition
of the Fox which refused to permit the old
swarm of flies to be driven aw ay for fear
that anew swarm would attack him with
renewed vigor, and being hungry would
soon suck out the last drop of blood rein, in
iug iu its veins.
We publish for the information of our
friends the following letter from our able
and attentive Representative Col. ilawsoti.
The bill spoken of by him we intended to
have published alsit, but it has been mis
laid and ran not be found, those interested
however will perceive by the letter of Col.
D. that it contained but little that would be.
of much benefit to litem—they have howev
er renewed assurances that every thing
will be done for them tint our present tal
ented Delegation will be able to effect
House of Uepuesk.vtafives ?
19th March, 1840. £
To the Editorsof tlie .Mirror:
Gentlemen.— I enclose you rite present
shape of the Bill “To provide for the pay
ment of damages sustained hy individuals
bv the wars with Indian Tribes since 1840.”
Tou Will perceive the cases embraced, will
extend but little aid to the citizens who
suli'ered so severedy in Georgia and Ala
bama, but the sufferers may be assured
that Senators and Representatives from
both States will do their duty notwithstan
ding they imy fail to succeed iu what they
may deem just to the suffering claimants.
Very Respectfully,
Your Irent),
WM. C. DAWSON.
As tile Mirror is about to be wedded to
the Colutnbu9 Enquirer, it will, as a legal
consequence lose its name, but IT3 princi
ples. It »(!! tlur u j, n under a different cog
hom.Cu still continue to advance the sound
Republican doctrines which Elevated Jeffer
son to the Presidency, and has more thau
once been the means of preserving the
Union of these mighty States. 15y the
Union of the Mirror and Enquirer, the
good old Union doctrine of Slate Rights and
State Remedies will receive a more energet
ic and united support.
Correspondence of the Baltimore American.
Washington, Vhuch 11.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
The Vice President laid before the Sen
ate communications from the Legislature of
Florida which were referred.
Maine and Georgia. —Mr. Lumpkin of
Geo. presented the resolutions recently a
tiopted by the Legislature of Georgia,
touching the State of Maine. The resolu
tions reter to Philbrook and Kelleran,
alledged to have secreted a Georgia slave
and to carried him to Maine.—After
the reading of the resolution, Mr. Lumpkin
said he must ask the indulgence of the Sen
ate while he made some remarks in refer
ence to the Resolutions. He wished to
state the (acts as Ahcy existed. In May,
1837,*a slave was secreted on board the ves
sel Boston which left Savannah for the
State of Maiue. Messrs • Philbrook and
Kell.ran are charged with the act. Tbe
Governor ofGeorgia considered them as fu
gitives from justice, and made application
X> the Governor ofMains to have them do
livered. Gov. Dunlap tfctefinetf, and the
Legislature of Georgia adopted resolutions
renewing the demand for rite frrgitive*.
TJov Kent did not coni|riy with tire demand
nor Governor Kairtiel I who succeeded, and
the legislature of Maine also declined to act
upon the applicatiou of Ihe Legislature of
Georgia.
Mr L. after stateiug the facts and reading
extracts applicable to the case from the
laws of Georgia a id the Constitution of the
U. S., proceeded. The facts which he
had read to the Senate he considered most
important, ami of a character wkich demand
the calm, candid arid patriotic considera
tion of every Senator.—One branch of the
Legislature of Georgia were for settlir.g the
difficulties, summarily, and by State inter
position only. A 111 ijority, however, were
lor presenting the subject to Congress and
lie resolutions which l ad been read were
■he result of the Legislature's deliberations.
Mr. Lumpkin said that the State of Geor
gia had acted with great forbearance iu oil
that had beeu done on this subject- He
oeiieved that this I'orb nu ance was in couse
queuce of a pioper respect for the authori
ty of the Union. Sonic had considered tiie
tardiness unjust to herself; but Georgia
would be the last Stale iu the Union to
submit *.o any wrong. Mr. Lumpkin con
eluded with an argument upon the Consti
tutional question, in which he acknowl
edged himself much indebted to Judge
Baldwin.
After Mr. Lumpkin had concluded, Mr.
Williams, of Me. entered upon a statement
of facts. The slave, he said was uot secre
ted on board the vessel with the knowledge
or consent of the State of Maine, or any of
her citizens. Nothing was known of tne
fact that a slave was on board until she had
been one or two and lyx from Savauuah.
Tbe captain could not return, aud when the
vessel had arrived iu Maine, the owuer of the
slave wast.iere and returned to Georgi i with
liis slave. Mr. Williams made a brief de
fence of the course pursued by Maiue, but
said that she would do justice to Georgia il
site had not done it
Mr. Ruggle.s, of Me. said that lie had not
heard the resolutions which had been pre
sented, Lut be should address the Senate
when they came up. He was uot opposed
to the reference or the printing.
Mr. Cuthbert,of Geo. spoke with much
warmth atuf-in a m inner and of subjects cal
culated to call forth an exciteiog debate.
He had been long in public life and no man
had a more ardent attatcliment to the Union
than he had. It was known to all who knew
him that he was as much attached <0 the
peculiar institutions of the South, esnecial
ly the institution ofslavety. lie consid‘*red
the Slate ot Maine in error, anil lie was sor
ry to hear the Senator from Maine say that lie
hoped the course of his State would be ap
proved of when tiie facts were known to the
Senate.
Mr. C. stated that he had consulted some
of the most eminent jurists ot the country,
and they were of opinion (bat the govern
ment of Maine was in error.—Mr. C. com
mented upon the constitutional relation '
ship of the States, and contended that under
the constitution, he who had committed a
crime in one State and fled to another
should be deliveietl up. He believed that
Philbrook and Kelleran were criminals, and
ns such should be delivered up for examin
ation to the authorities of Georgia. Geor*
gia, Mr. C. said, was jealous of her rights.
She felt wronged. She did not consider
the fugitives from justice innocent men.—
She therefore sought for an acknowledge
ment of iter rights, and in the proper way.
Mad Maine listened to her she would have
been just aud generous, and given satisfac
tion to all parties. She would have received
her authorities with acclamation.
Georgia, said Mr. Cuthbert, was not
without resort. She hid I iws which govern
ed individuals and communities. She had
the power of self-protection, and she could
and would do herself justice, come what
might. Let it be remembered, said Mr. C
what is the character of the property which
has been carried off. It is not inanimate
substance, but a being having life and soul,
and a peculiar kind of property ouwhch the
fabric ofour institutions rest. Georgia can
not yield—the laws of nature forbid that
she should yield. She will not. She must
uot. She ought not.
11 she canntrt hold inlcrr.orrrse with other
States without endangering her institutions,
.hat intercourse must cease. Ifthegorvern
ment of other States did us injustice, the
consequence was that injustice was done to
the whole Union.
Mr. Cuthbert said in ans wer to Mr. Will
iams. that it would have been inconvenient
for Philbrook nttd Kdler.tn to have deliver
ed np the slave by returning to Georgia—
Was inconvenience to come in contact with
with justice ?---with the harmony of the
Stales, &c.? lie thought not.
Mr. Lumpkin, of Ga.,asked for the printing
of his resolutions, and their refe ranee to the
Committee on the Judiciary. Both motions
tverc sustained without opposition.
Wc perceive that there ii some difference
of opinion in Georgia as to which of the
Washington papers, the Globe or the Na
tional Intelligencer, should be regarde-J a!J |
most id’iioxioos to the uhru-S»qj e
men (or Nullifiers) of tbq t g. -te> q' a ' , r( ,*
lieve that que-.Tmn ' lfo m some portion of its
thoi’ y per () ', cx jty, we j a g e | eave i 0 make a
..net Statement of tlie course of the twoipa
pers. Both of them were opposed to Nulli
fication at the lime when it most prevailed
in the South. The difference between the
two papers, in regard to the Nullifiers, was
this: the National Intelligencer was all for
reasoning with and conciliating them—the
Globe was all for hanging them.— Nat. lnt.
*
HON. THOMAS BUTLER KING.
The correspondent of the Baltimore
Patriot sneaking of the speech of the Hon.
Thomas B atler King,on *he Tieas"ry Note
Bill, says: Mr. King, ofGeorgia, address
ed the committee foe about two hours to
day, in a speech which Ii is placed him in
a high rank for intelligence and debating
power. Hedisplayedgre.it acuteness aud
vigor of inmd in arguing the constitution
al question, and was no less felicitous in
exposing lha iu.'X icdiency of the Admin
istration's irto le of supplying the'■deficit
which had been produced by their own
prodigality and wasteful extravagance.
By a very cleir aril cogent cliaiu of rea
soning on the nature, operation, ami inevi
t ible effects of tiie p ilicy. lie demonstrated
that the remit would be. in reality, the es
tablishment of a Government Bank; and he
charged the' Aln nistrati ui with h iring,
that iu view a» th rir true object.
In coqcjusi'J 1, Vlr. Kid' od'treJ.t substi
tute which proposes, in Hl'-ct, to supply
tiie necesi iry .va.us of til! G jver.nn :nt by
a direct loan.
Mr. King >’vas lists ic I to tVon ;h in t th°
whole of hissoeech wb'i e.irhjst attention
by tha House as* 1 1 large alliance, and
was honored also wall th? alte 1 J.inee us
several oft lie irt nt during lisheJ nii nbers
of the Senate.
Washington March 12.
The flil'owiug .Resolutions were oficred
by our Represent!?ives, Messrs. Dawson
aud Habersham in the course of last wetk :
(hi motion of Mr. Dawson,
Resolved. That the Secretary of War be
requested, as soon 38 he can conveniently,
to lay before the House the claims of the
State of Georgia asainst the United States,
for payments made for military seivu.ee
rendered by the niihtiaand volunteer* of tne
State, during the Semiuole, Cherokee, and
Creek campaigns, timing the years 1835,
anti which said claims were presented for
payment to the Secretary of War, by Iver
son L. Harris, E-q. during liivyeur 1838;
anil that the Secretary accompany such
claims with such views as be may deem
due to the Stale, with the reason why raid
claims could not be paid, under existing
laws.
Mr, llabe sham submitted tl.e following
which lies over :
Resolved, Thai the Committee on th®
Judicnry do inquire into the necessity or
expediency of so amending the Constitu
tion of the United States, as that the same
shall define and prescribe the evidence up
on which persons claiming to he members
ol the House of Representatives of the Un
ited States, shall take their seats in the
House, and be entitled to exercise the priv
ileges of members until alter the organiza
tion of the I louse, and an investigation and
r. port oy 'he Standing Coo mince of Elec
tions, 011 liis right of claim to such seat,
and a final decision of the house on such
report.
Mr. Waddy Thompson submitted the
following which was objected to, and lu-«
ov.-t :
Resolv al, That the Secretary of War bo
requested to inform this House to what ins
stance in which Congress ii .is refused the
necessary appropriations for the prosecu
tion of the war in Florida, lie alludes, in
the lollowiug passage olhis let'er to Gov
ernor Call, bearing date tiie 25th June
1838—
“It [the Department] is still further res
tricted by the means to provide for but a
limited force, as it is with the greatest dif
ficulty that appropriations can he obtained
of Congress for even the smallest possibl®
force necessary for the execution ol its du
ty of protecting the iu habitants of Florida
or elsewhere.”
This is copied from the Cincinnati! Gaz
ette. The assurance of Professor Locke,
that there is nothing deleterous iu the com
pound, may be. takeu as sa'isfactory warrant
that it is not a Crowco or humbug.-
[N. y. Com. advertiser.
Improvemeut in denlishy.— lt seems we
have arrived at that degree of perfection iu
li.n arts that we command almost every hu
tiKut defect except dishonesty ! Eyes, uoses
jaw* and teeth can be effectually repaired
or made anew. A few weeks ago a young
dentist ofour city, Mr. G. Evans, brought
me a very small .specimen of a substance
used fur plugging teeth, which, vvlteu first
put into the tooth, is soft and plastic, with
out heat, and crowded into tire cavity like t>
piece of imoisl clay. In a day or two it Le
contes almost as hard as the tooth itself. The
composition of the substance was held as h
secret. At the request of Mr. E„ 1 subject
ed it to analysis, and discovered tlic compo
nents, which in his hands proved successful
Mr. Evens lias since added anew ingredient
which both from theory aud fiom the actu
al e(l*ct produced, I should think au im
provement. By way df experiment, I have
prepared the composition aud filled a tooth
at tint laboratory. It has uuw become a*
hard as a bone. There is nothing in the
compound detrimental either to theteelii, or
the constitution of persons employing it.
JilON LOCKE.
T ! e Grave of Rachel.— When Jacob re
turned from that holy place, whom, in his
youth, GoLJtad once revealed himself to
him and lie nad beheld The he'veus opened,
his heart was filled with joy ; for Jehovah
had now confirmed his cuvenant with him,
anew; But a bitter alllictiogt awaited him.
Rachel, the love of his youth, died, giving
birth lo herrecond son. When she felt
her soul departing from her, and saw that
she must die, sheeolleced her waning pow
ers. kissed the child, called its name “Ben
min, the sun of pain,” and db-d. Whtja
she appeared before the Eternal, she wept
and thus spake ; “Grant me Oh Father, my
first petiion here at thy throne. Sutler
me sometiinos to behold my loved ones
from whom thou hast separated me, that 1
may comfort them iu their sorrows and wipe
away their tears." “Thrice shall thy wists
be granted unto thee.” answered the Al
mighty : “Thrice upon the earth shall thou
behold thy children, yet their tears thou
canst uot wipe away.” Shedecended the-*
first limn and found the aged Jacob, mourn*
ing in anguish for her two sons, “My grey
hairs,” cried he, “will go down .0 the grave;
with sorro v will I turn me to thedsad, for
Benioni also will ye now deprive m<* *A
Sighing, she ascended aff»*n to h- dVen Cu
there remained u't‘,l at period’ iter
husUann and he? so ns, when they had depar
ted fro ia rile earth, came and gladly related
to her bow sweetly their sorrows had all
been turned to joy. She dried her tears,
anil long jafrer this decended a (second time
upon her grave. There she beheld hercliil
dren driven in misery, as min drives the
seniclss herds. Every thing she found des
olate, and even her grave was not spared.
A long time she remained upon the desert
grave, and there, wailing from invisible bps
were long heard. A third time shedecend
ed, when in Belhlehann was flowing the
blood of innocent children. Their mothers
were weeping and up >u her grave Rachel
wept aloud, “They are no more —they
are uo more!” and long upon that grave
was heed the weeping lam-t nation, “They
are 110 m >re.” When she returned to heav
en, “Rest now, my daughtor,” said the All-
Merciful, “aud torture thy heart no tarry
with the sorrows of thy children The way
of mortals leads soon into a villey where
lamentatiousalone resound; but soon, when
tha» valley en Is, the lain‘ntations wi’l be
come songs of p ats*. Trust thy children
to m■, for they are mine also, thy heart is
not intde to bea.‘ but to soften the destiny of
the earthly-born ” Tranq itiized. the spirit
of the beautiful Rachel rein lined henceforth
in Paradise. Site inquired, indeed, of eac.i
successive comer, concerning her accom
plished race upon the earth ; but she
again returned to her grave, upon wnieij
the wailings of her m t'ernal heart have long
since cw. tsed. Tha* tr.trial place is silent,
jUltfß tcitvl rejoices with her children in eter
nal rest. [Translated from ’he Garnain iqf
Herder, for theN?w York Onristlan
enger.
A military soldier, in the state of
Island oetng blamed by his can.am for tiiv.
ing no lock to his gtin, tied a pag-Jwtfk r»»
it.
,{ K ».*»U IF* >Ha cj r-ct.”—D-