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Uiti.? ijy>&e96tualive.3', s’ ‘ ‘d boperiocUy fiuud-j • iar mil tto financial '. n “ion and recources| t of the Mate. No bra.i oi political economy requites greater skill, wisdom and prudent i forecast, in a government like our’s, then that of devising the ways and means to meet the I . xponditures, which popular opinion seems to demand. At this time, the general voice of s i very political community, is raised in favour t of £tntt'til education, as well as a liberal cithi— ; Nation of the arts and sciences. Nor is die j demand less urgent for the most splendid works . lbr internal improvement. —All this, l deem t-j bo proper enough —no one desires the adrn'jce iiieut us the country in these important objects, more than l do—but tiue dignity consists in living within our circumstance-'.., and let us therefore scrutinize our nice us. The people of Georgia have long eti’ oye the overflowing bounties of their rich and extensive territorial inheritance, but Pjese advantages, as a source oi public revenue, no longer exist. The pres ent financial resources f the State, consist of’ 1} capital of about two and a half millions ot j dollars—upwards ot one million of which, is 1 composed ot the stock owned by the State, in four of our incorporated banks; about one mil lion of the notes of citizens discounted by the Central Bank, and the balance of various items, including specie, bouds notes canal stock and ether evidences ot debts due the State. In ad dition to the foiegoing, the State still has a scattered remnant of fractional lands, which, by prompt and appropriate legislation, might be made available for public purposes. The ag gregate annual profits accruing to the State at this time, upon her various investments,amount to the sum of about one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. —This brief view of the pres ent condition of the resources of the State will at one glance, urge upon the consi leration of the Legislature the necessity of adopting such systematic, financial opp-. rations, as will direct the present course, and must determine the future prospects of the States. After much reflection, I would respectfully recommend to the General Assembly such leg; \itiou as may tend finally, to bring all the jm jo assets of the State under the immediate contr and and management of its own agent, the Central Bank; and further to invest that insti tution with the necessary powers to enable it to act erti-iently in the collection of the debts due th- St .t -. The present vested capital of the St t • should be considered a permanent found; th annual profits of which should be scrup r loa.-'v upolied to great public objects of ac kr.o * lodged utility—and, while the whole peo ple .ire enjoying the benefits, which art con stantly flowing from this, their permanently vested capital, I would recommend that no more taxes be exa> ted of them, than what may b e sufficient to defray the ordinary expenses of an economical civil government; which will scarcely be felt by the people, and, at the same tim°. serve to remind each individual, annually, that fin is i citizen and component part of the gove omenbi Uod- -ovisions of the act of the Legis latere pass on the 24th day ot December las’, a Receiver ot'the assets of the Bank of Macon tvaff appointed by the Executive, but the j repo t if that \gent will show that he has been Nvhnll - unable to effect the objects contempla ted by the Legisleture. The Report, tog-ther with copies of the correspondence on the sub ject, is herewith submit! ‘d, and may aid the Gen“ral Assembly in determining upon the cxpcdienc of further legislation on this subject at least it will become necessary to provide for the paym mt for services already ren ■ red under the direction of the State, with a view to effor t a fair nnd lrgal settlement of the affairs of said Bank., The dishonest and fraudulent management of Banks, so frequently devoloped, admone-hes the Legislature, most urgently, to interpose its entire constitutional authority to shield the neople from the desolating rfleets of legalized swindling.—During tne last year, tne public confidence was greatly shaken in the sound ness of the paper currency of our State, by the failure of tho Bank of Macon; and before the people had recovered from the shock and thn losses suffered by it, their fears and forebod ings were grea'ly increased and confirmed, by the failure ofthe Merchant’s and Planter’s B ulk of Augusta. —The deveiopernents already made, in regard to the Bank of Macon, cvmce the important fact that, if Banks are not managed with fidelity and skill, the ruinous effects, which mast ensue, will fall, chiefly upon the honest and unsuspecting, labouring class of society v-ho are unable to contend against a combina tion of legal subtilties, which will always be M it ■<! to divide the spoils of a disasterous Bank coiioonrtioti. Corruption,on the part of a Bank offi cor should be deemed a highly penal crime, and punished actordmgly. My genttrsl views iu relation t > these insti tutions, and their connection with the putdi interest, remain unchanged ; and having j ■ u Ireely communicated to the lo t Genera! As semble, I deem it unnecessary to roiforrte t ie sentiment-i therein contained. Copies of all the Bank reports made during the pr sent year, under the provisions of our existing laws, are herewith submitted to the Legislature, which v, ill enable the {<rpres"ntatives ofthe people to judge of the present-state and condition of those institutions, and will show to what extent they (have complied with the requirement of •the law. Xiie history of our own times, urge s upon -ton,consideration of every inform i m i rcfloct t ig-eitizer, the indispensable necessity of in- lo 6wUCtit><(be rising goncici eon. Wo ms dSo ne system, which will pro doce a general c3o<-.1. and •perate bem-ficiaily upon the whole community. nr republican institutions c-ui never be cons'i red tfe and stable, wbd a small num” < r of mb vidua's, however t.ildiie 1, can lead and msguide whole eormwmties.t; t-.e very bn,dr of ruin!! ,Vh the number bf educated men in a pobti ’ i community,-** fi;w - as to bc cllil - n . v ccn ~ 1 to one o- t vo professions— who in y therefore the mors'.readily unite their efforts to -ejojl and diraft#*uty, -with a view to their own selfish aggrundixeinont—the liberties ot ■ the people must lie endangered. The conser vative influence of education is greatly needed in our State. Th u general system, which may best calculated to import to our whole peop le, the blessings of a competent, business odu ation, cannot fib’ to promote individual happi ness, as well us greatly to strengthen the bonds of our republican institutions. It is not neces sary that our soys should all bes ollegebred gentlemen—l care not for names- -if our chil dren can receive adequate instruction in the solid and useful branches of science, it is imma terial with me, whether they acquire it in Uni versifies, Colleges, Academies, Lyceums, Work Shop, or Manual La her Schools of any dasenption whatever. The great object to be effected is, to give the plain woiking man an education, which shall make him intelligent, j virtuous and useful —and which shall place him upon the ground of hopeful competition, with the professional classes, who are assuming the I lead in entile government of the country. 1 rejoice at the gradual growth and increasing | prosperity of Franklin College. This State ! institution merits the continued patronage of our whole people—at this time, I consider it enti tled to the confidence of the people, and that it S should receive the liberal support of their j Representatives. The literary and moral worth of the President and Faculty, together with the increased .facilities of boobs and appav atus, affords th ■ most flattering assurances of its future and permanent usefulness ; and I trust that our State may yet be remunerated ‘or I she has expended, or may expend, in supp it that institution. But in relation to our ot expenditures, for purposes of public cdu :nt , 1 do not feel authorised to speak thus flatterio - ly ; for, the annual expenditure of upwards forty thousa and dollars for the support • T Aca demies and Poor Schools, though well-intended, is, in reality, effecting but little good. It is obvious to me, that we have experimented long enough upon our present system of Academic and Poor School education ; and that we should no longer be content with acknowledging exis ting i hut that should, at once at tempt an entire renovation of the system. In m iking this change, this important fact should be constantly kept in view—that to make edu cation truly valuable, while the mind is culti vated and disciplined, the pupil should be care fully trained to habits ofindustry and morality. To make the rising generation better, wiser and happier—and at the same time, eradicate or diminish poverty, oppression and crime— should be the leading objects ill “stahlishimr a general and well ba-ed system of pu di educa tion. —With a view iu promotetli'-sc great ob jects, I respectfully submit to tjie Legislature, my deliberately formed opinion, that, in order to ensure success, it is indispensably necessary to connect with the education of our children, regular and systematic manual labour. I be lieve that children in a well regulated institution, designed for usual education, should be taught various arts of lucrative labour ; so that in due time they may be able to earn a comfortable living by the labour of their own hands. From 1 in,’ own observation on the subject ofeifucalion, and from all the information I have been able to procu e from others, I considei that system of education best, which keeps youth most constantly employed; and which exercis es the most unceasing vigilance and controul, day and night—which excludes all vitiating associations and practices, and which superin -1 nds even, the amusements and social inter ourse of the pupil. Another idea, not less important, urges upon our consideration the expediency of connecting manual labour with a system of public education. The most vigor- >u> constitution, without exercise, is soon wasted by disease and decay ; and a full developement ofthe powers ot the mind, in such cases, is rarely attained by the most diligt nt application. It “ ‘OrJily exercise” be thus profitable in the developement of th physical and mental pow ers of youth, I considei” employment in the mechanical arts, and especially agriculture, as being far pteft-rable to those plays and pastimes, which, at present, occupy so much of their time, and in which they engage without any sensible or rational object of utility whatever. A self supporting system of education is also tire more desirable, from the important consideration, that is calculated to level those distinctions in socie ty, which arise from the inability ofthe poor tn “i ucate theircliildren in our existing institutions In recommending a change of system of poor school education, I would, by no tnesans, he understood as recoin ending a reduction of the finds appropttated to that object; bu! as pro ving such an improvement of the system, as il more profitably employ that fund, for the • ne:it ofthe poor, and as will have a tendon-v i ring them nearer- to the level ot the w eal - thy. Livery year’s experience affords additional evidence of the correctness of the views here tofore communicated to the Legislature by myself, and predecessors, in regard to the de fective condition of our militia s stem. The i xecutive lias nut the power to correct these imperfections which -have been so often pointed out, without the co-operation ofthe Legislature. The Reports of the Keepers of the public i Arsenals, at this place an i Savannah, aie here- j with transmitted. From an experiment made! upon a few hundreds of Muskets,- which had. been returned to the Arsenal in this place, out ’ of repair and greatly injured by rust, I find, that the guns belonging to the State in like ■ondition, may be put in good order, at an expense of one dollar ea„h.—Would it notthere- I'ore be economy for the Legislature to provide for the collecting and cleaning tue scattered arms belonging to the State ? Undor the authority of a joint resolution of :h General Assembly, approved ou the 22d of ■ember last, William Scbley, John A. th! ert and Joseph Henry Lumpkin Esqrs., •re appointed by the Executive, “ To prepare i a plan for the Penitentiary buildings—digest a! svstem of laws for its government and organ /.ation—and to revise and amend the penal rs ‘if this State, so far as relates to the pun ishments, which that cede prescribes, and report tiie whole to the next Gen 1 Assembly. ’ I Bill! apprised, that the report ot these gentlemen, is in a state of preparation,. Not having been directed to be submitted to flu Executive, but passing directly to th* 1 Legislature, 1 deem it inexpedi’ nt to venture a remark on the sever al important Subjects, embraced in the Report. | The character of these . entlemcn, us jurists justifies the cxpei lalioo, that the views to be submitted by them, will bo useful to the Legis lature, and “to the country ; and as the prepar ation ot their report has required much time and labour, it is therefore to bo expected that they j will be suitably compensated The annual report of the Inspectors of the ! Penitentiary, required to bo made to the Lx ccutivc in conformity with the provisions of th< act of theiast General Assembly, is herewith | submitted. Since the report has been receiv !ed at this Department, there has not been suf ’ ficient time, from other indispensible duties, to investigate its details with that scrutiny, which has heretofore been customary, and which is always desirable. It is beliaved, however, that I the operations of the past year have, under all ) the circumstances, been successfully conducted tor the interest of ‘he institution and of the State. In our efforts to sustain the institution, we should profit by past experience, and intro duce, improvements as last as circumstances and a due regard to economy will admit. W ith one additional remark, I will dismiss the sub ject of the Penitentiary, and that is—that our loading policy should he to make the institution unintain itself. The honest part of society feel a repugnance to the idea of labouring to support the IN nitetiarv. —Therefore their comforts should !i procured from their own labour, which under skilful management and good discipline is the best means atourdisposal for effecti’ g the great objects of penal punishment, by preven ting crime and producing reformation. The reports of the supciintendants of the j public hands, will present to the Legislature the I operations, progress and success ofthat branch j of the public service during the past political i t ear—and which, under all circumstaaces, au thorize the belief, that the ageuts entrusted with the improvement of our public road, are entitled to the public confidence and approbation. My general views, heretofore submitted to the Le gislature on this subject, have undergone no change.—But it devolves on the Representa tives of the people and on the Executive, to determine whether the present systi m shall be abandoned, or be sustained by such legislation as has heretofore been suggested. No one can feel more gratified than myself, at the manifestation of the rising spirit of enter pnse, Which has c haracterised the proceedings of our fellow-citizens, in various parts of the Mate, in regard to work of internal improve ment. This spirit should not be checked, but encouraged bv the Legislature. Every citizen and section of the State should have the lawful privilege of investing their capital according to their own views of profit—guarding, at the same time, the intrest of the residue of the community Horn mjury being sustained, by any exclusive privileges which may be granted. ! Our past experience, however, should admonish 1 us to be cautious how we entangle the State, by becoming partners with individuals, Os corpor-1 ate bodies of men. Such associations between Government and its citizens, are considered I dangerous to i quality and liberty. The la -1 voured capitalist, who becomes a partner with the government, rarely f it to assume some un usual consequence on account ot the associa tion ; and generally, tha result is, that the gov ernment is left to bear the burthens of the con cern, while the individual partners reap the whole profits—or abandon the project be lore any thing is advanced except by the gov ernment. If the State should, at this time, determine to enter upon any great work ofinternal improve ment,’ it should be a central Rail Road through the entire State ; begining at the best emporium on our coast, and proceeding from thence, in a direction best calculated to benefit the largest portion of eur population, to the base of the mountains. A well constructed Rail Road, through tho centre of the State, being once completed, it would be speedily intersected by various roads from all par so! the State at the points most neodcu. The great highway of coi miercial intercourse being thus permanently established, nothing could then hinder the pro gress ofinternal improvement in Georgia, to the lull extent which tility might dictate. To effect any thing permanently useful, it is neces sary to concentrate the public mind to one great central object, which shall he considered and patronized as a State v, oik, designed for the benefit ofthe whole people. The credit and recourc< sot our State, should not lie expended upon local or partial works of internal improve ment. Our commencement must necessarily be a curate surveys, upon which true estimates I may b'’ predicated,and tins can only be obtain ed by the services of a skiliul and well qualified Engineer. In count; tiun with this subject, the views of a highly respectable and numerous portion of our ‘fellow.citizen of Savannah and Macon, herewith submitted, are entitled to the most deliberate and respectful consideration : as also the report cf the commissioners, John G. Polhill, Hugh Lawson, and Moses Fort Esquires, who,tinder a resolution (if the Last Legislatnre, w ere appointed and instructed to examine the port of Brunswick and the Rail Road avenue to the Alatamaha ; which report with various other documents, is herewith laid before'tbe General Assembly. Savannah, the first settled point and long es tablished emporium of wur State, has for years past, contended against a rivalry, which has not only paralized her advancement, but must event ualiy annihilati her prosperity as an important coiomerci and city, unless site is sustained by liberal legislation. Many consni'eations con nected with ovr history as a State, forbid tho abandonment of our first and most important seaport town unless the interest of the great body of the State, shall require such a eonrse. The great question which shout! now be settled is whether th” interest of the p'-opl ; of Georgia will be most effectually promoted by a dele/ mmatioa to sustaia and bund no Savannah? Or whether we should look to Brunswick. Darien or some other port, as possessing equal or supe rior advantages? The reason why this question should now be settled is obvious. II we com mence a great central channel of commerce —we should commence at the ocean and proceed to the mountains. The State should have but one work of this description on hand at a time; and that should be directed w ith the single view of benefiting the greatest number of our citizens. Yariou- considerations ad monish every true Georgian to lay aside his local and sectional prejudices, and to exercise a magnanimous spirit of patriotic state pride, which will secure to himsclfand fellow-citizens those commercial advantages, which the God of Nature designed for the people, who should inhabit this favored portion of the confederacy. It would be mortilying indeed, to see the im mense products of our ow n State drawn from their natural channels of destination (our own extensive Atlantic coast) to Charleston and the Gulf of Mexico —merely for the want ofin dustry and enterprise on the part of our own citizens! Not only the products of our own i State, should be shipped from our own ports, but, l>v timely and ludicious measures of in ternal improvement, a very considerable portion of the Western trade might be drawn to the ports of Georgia—which is believed to be the best and most natural channel for much of that trade. The immense and superabounding products ot tne great and fertile West, are more than sufficient to glut its only natural outlet, New-Orleans. Therefore, the surplus products of that fertile region, must necessarily seek a market elsewhere. Hence, we have witnessed the efforts of New-York Pennsyl vania, Maryland, and lately, Virginia and South- Carolma, to obtain a portion of the Western trade bv their canals, rail and turnpike roads. Should not Georgia strive for a part of this | immensely valuable trade? The eastern coun | ties ol Tennessee are nearer so the coast of I Georgia than anv other Atlantic market; and it ! is confidently believed that if we ha' ’ a suitable ! channel ofcommerce, or in other words a good rail road from a seaport in Georgia to the moun tains it would be extended without delay to the heart of the great West. The great mountain barrier which separates the Western, from the Atlantic waters, can, it is believed, be more 1 easily overcome, and at far less expense in I Georgia, than in any one of the Atlantic I States, Under the authority of a joint resolution of the General Assemblv passed at the last'session, William Nichols, jr. Esquire, a gentleman of high qualifications, was duly appointed by the Executive and has made the necessary surveys to ascertain the practicability of a commercial communication between West Point in Troup county and the town if Columbus, which report is in a State of preparation and will be laid before the Legislature at an early day of the present session. The collected by this examination ap'd survey, will enable the Legislature to determine what can, and ought to be done, to inprove commercial facilities of that interesting section of the State. In persuance of the passage of a resolution approved fhe24th December last, the improve ; merits on the Fractional Surveys of land in the Cherokee Territory, have been rented for the | present year, and the notes received for rent have been deposited in this Department, subject to the direction of the Legislature. The reports of the commissioners who performed this duty are herewith submitted, and will afford full and detailed information on the subject. Various resolutions passedby tho Legislatures of a number of the States ofthe Union, on sub jects of general concerns, have been transmitted to this Department, with a request, that they should be laid before the General Assembly of this State—And are, therefore, respectfully sub mitted for your consideration. Many of these documents are so voluminous, that it has been t u. .and impracticable to furnish copies for the con venii nee of the respective branches ofthe Le gislature; and originals of such are, therefore, transmitted to the House of Representatives.— N’o recommendation or comment on the part of j the Executive is deemed necessary in regard to j the resolutions submitted,'exceptthose passed by the Legislature of Alabama on the subject of the boundary line between that State and our own; and those from the State of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the “entire abolition of lotteries.” The importance of an amicable, speedly and delii i.e adjustment ofthe boundary line between Georgia and Alabama, is too obvious to require argument; and the plan proposed by (lie Legis lature of Alabama, is entitled to the respectful consideration ofthe Representatives ofthe peo ple of Georgia. The resolutions, together with the correspondence, which has passed between tire Executives of the two States, will urge the expediency of an early attention to this subject —and I w ould recommend to the Legislature, a course which may afford full evidence, that Georgia is pieparod lor the most ample inves tigation of her claims, and that she seeks nothing but that justice from others, which alone wiil be satisfactory to herself. I concur with the public authorities of the patriotic State ol Pennsylvania, in respectfully re ommending your cordial co-operation with t ( Legislature of that State, in effecting (lie tire abolition of lotteries. The survey and settlement cf the c-ntire territory ofthe State having been accomplished, I would respectfully recommend to B thc Legis. lature, that immediate provision be made for executing a splendid Map ofGeorgia, In order to construct an accurate Map ofthe State, it will be necessary to cause a resurvey of tho county-lines >fthnt partui the State, situate ctween the Savannah and Oconee rivers. 1 he numerous Acts and Resolutions of tho i st Legislatin', requiring the action of the • dative, have received prompt and due atten. lion, by carrying into •fleet ike objects content, plated by the Legislature, or by placing such objects in a course of execution, which in due tiiiMi (as far as may oe practicable) will 4 ertsure their completion. A statement Executive Warrant drawn on th; i’hcasurer dia-ing the political year 1933, <m f a list of Executive appointments made during the raccss of the Legislatuie, are herewith transmitted. Fellow .citizens, under a deep sense of tho magnitude of our responsibilities, suffer me to remind you; that, as American citizens,a benefi. cient Providence has placed us upon a lofty eminence. The eyes ot all the world are <Jj_ reeled to the people of these States. To us, aj a people has been entrusted, upon a laige scale, the experiment, whether a people can govern themselves without Kings, nobility, or standing armies. To us, belongs the distinction of demonstrating, that millions upon millions of free aud equal citizens may dwell together iu peace and prosperity: exercising all the p re . negatives of wise self-government, without tumult anarchy or domestic wars. And to ensure and perpetuate these inestimable priv ileges to our posterity, we should alwuys bear in mind, that our people must be virtuous and intelligent. Ignorance and vice are opposed to liberty, Religion, without religious esta blishments, affords the best guarantee of the perpetuation of our republican system. The principles inculcated by the Saviour of man, in his Sermon on the Mount, will make a people ! obedient to laws, emanating from themselves, 1 and administered by a citizen magistrate of their own choosing; without the aid ol mercenary : legions, and the pomp and power, which are the attend nil's of despotic and arbitrary governments That tho Creating Power of the Universe may clothe us w ith a spirit of republican simplicity, equality and liberty—and guide the onward march in that course of policy which shall ensure to posterity the unfading inheritance of equal lights and free government—is the |fu vent prayer of your fellow-citizen. WILSON LUMPKIN. T WES !IC\ HER ALU?. AC It ARIA, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER IC, 1833. Indian Difficulty. —lVe understand that the Clicrokif s have killed the workman, and burned the mills, which Col. Goochnon was building near Ellijay in tillmur coun ty, we will not vouch for the truth of the report, bat will either confirm, or contradict it in our next. —.'2£ae Alabama. —We understand that General [Jackson ha, sent on an A gent to survey and lay out the Indian reser vations in complyance with that part of the late Crerk Treaty, making it obligatory upon the part of the United States so do so. If nullification can do no other good, it certainly will sometimes cause the officers of the govern mciit to do their duty. ” —’ 2£2Z!:— The fulling of the Stars. —On Wednesday morning tire 13th inst. just before the Eastern horizon, ivas gilded by the dawn of day, the whole canopy of heaven sepmcdti lie illuminated with what is generally called the falling of •lie stars, Meteors of various sizes appeared to be bound ing and rebounding from one part of the horizon to an other, and while some of us w ere enjoying the spkiiilid scenery which nature had painted ana placed before u*. We have since learned that others of our neighbor, were so shocked at its appearance as to believe that the world was actually coming loan end, aiid that time was about to be no more. We understand that many of tire most profane were frightened so their knees, that Bibles were taken down which had been almost covered In dust for want of removal from the shelves. That cards, and dice, were actually consigned to the flames, and that chuckluck certainly sloped in Nuckollsville for the spars ot one day and night, we have heard men say that they offered up their fir3t prayer on the occaision, and wc real ly hope from ail appearances that much good has been the result, of wlmt we considered nothing mare than an exhibition of the shattered fragments of Electric fluid, which may have been produced from v&ricus causes. The common exhibition of electrical effect* is in attrac tions and repulsions in which masses of matter are con cerned. But there arc other effects in which thecliechan gcstlrat take ph.ee operate in a manner, in small ipaces offline imperceptibly; and m which the effects are pro duced upon the chemical arrangement of bodie . II a piece of Zinc and a piece of Copper come in contact with each other, they will form a weak electrical combination, of which the zinc will be pasitive, and the copper nega tive, this may be learned by the use of a delicate con densing electrometer,- or by [muring zinc filings through boles in a plate of copper, upon # common electrometer; but the power of the combination maiy be most distinctly exhibited, in the common and more modem expcritncn calted Galvinism, there arc various other !,causes which produce electricity, auroraborealis. &c &c. It is said that the latter produces a very seusible fluctuation in the mag netic needle, and that the flashings have been attended with rumblings and hissing sounds, “ Now black, and deep, the night begins to fad, Drear is the state of the benighted wretch, Who then, bewildere’d, wanders through the dark Perhaps, impatient as he stumbles on;; Struck from the root of slimy rushes, blue, The wildfire scatters round, or gather’d trails A length of flame deceitful o’er the moss: Whither, decoy’d by the fantastic blaze, Now lost and now renew’d, he sinks absoxpt; Rider and horse, amio the miry gulf-: At other times, gleming on the horse’s mane, The meteor sits; and shows the narrow path, That winding, leads through |ts of death, or else, lustrine ts him 1.6 w to take lYlc dangerous ford.”. I Tuomson 2^2g-- The Gitmer ‘Representatives. —We are sorry that W trighe, and corruption, has become, so common ia °® country, that the officers both of the Genera! and■ State Governments nil! dare ia the face of day, to practice P s fitical frauds upon the people for their ovrs aggraiidize rnent, we have always believed that there was no l‘ <inl)r in the bare name of sn office, aud that it could only J made honorable by a faithful discharge ol tire “ signed those, vvlioai the people may have eonfi enough in to put in office, for tho purpose of doing Vi they themselves would do were they personally l’ l^ 50 ' 1 ’ wth power to act for thomsclves. But umbrtuniuc y the sterling integrily, the harmonious feeling] * jn magnanimity of the .good people of Gilmer count)) seems to us that they have been grossly and shan' 0 . imposed upon by their members in tb'; present {DV 1 -