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Fr”m Ihe Georgia
IffdirfAt Washington. — In tho ; latv o any
speculations-of onr own, wc submit the Follow
ing letters ti*om our attentive and able oorr-'spon-
Oonty dated
AY'.^Hi NOTON", ?4th 1 s(l'. 1633.
t>EAR Sir :
Parties are .rapidly lalliug I>a< k r:i I ;;r old •
ciaments. The speooh concluded ye tnrdnv in |
the House bv Mr. McDuffie-, Fa* ! ! -•
striking eth-ct ;o the House, nod art-mints from j
the North say toil it is producing derided ef
fects in that quarter. Several members vhe:
haJ voted with the majority, have been heard to
any they wiHchange their votes; yet I do not
believe that a majority ran He brought to vote !
for a return of the deposits to the Bank of the
U. States, although it is manifest that the con
trol over the majority or the House is gradually
giving wav. Asa |root of this, the project of
•substituting Blair for Gales nml Seaton as prin
ters to the House, is abandoned, although
Blair gave n dinner to tho doubtful and discon
tented members.
The Telegraph of this morning contains nn
extract of a letter written by a Mr. Yanderpool,
of Kindcrhook, complaining that the Southern
members will not draw in the traces. It pro
duced a decided sensation in both Houses, and
one of the Southern members who has heretofore
been considered a collar man, said that they
would find that the South would not only think
end act independently, but that they would s peak
60.
As to the Presidential contest, it is now ob
vious thai there is a contest going on betwe en
C-lay, Jo nson of Kv. McLean tmd Cass, as to
which shall become the competitor with Van
Buren for the Northern interest, and l shall not
bo surprised if in this contest tjiere should spring
up a competition in favor of the South. We
have staked all upon the issue made on the force
bill —we cute not who is President, so long as
that odious badge of slavery hangs over us, and
our suppoit cannot be given to any one who
give* it bis countenance or support. Be not
surprised to hear that, finding this a point on
which the South will become united, Mr. Van
Buren’s forces join in the repeal.—There arc
indications. Either Vanßuren or Clay can carry
the repeal, and if one goes font, the other can
not oppose it without a sacrifice of all the chan
ces for the Presidency. But apart from the in
lluen c which these considerations would have,
the state of public opinion at the Noith is be
coming more and more favorable to a repeal of
ell measures which tend to embitter the South
egainst tho North—to serve as a rallying point
for Southern feeling. They understand well
(bat if the South id unilrd, her men and her
tncasmes mist prevail, and therefore the pol
icy of her politicians is to divide the South, an i
hence the entire patronage of the Government
to given to those unworthy sons of the South i
wfeo arc false to the South, and to them only,
Stevenson will go to England, if it is found j
that they can elect a Speaker. Wayne, Polk,
Sutherland and Speight are candidates!!
Johnson of Kentucky is anxious to be a can- 1
didate for the Presidency, but he is using all Ins
influence to get ou Van Buren's ticket for Vice
Pr> sideßt. McKean, of Pensylvania, is decid
ly opo-is’ i to Van Buren and decidedly it favor ‘
of McLean or of Cass. If McLan or (’ass
is nominated with McKean or Gov. Marry of N. |
Y. as a candidate for Vice President, th yv would
form a strong ticket in the Northern States.
T>o yoaask what weare t > do in a'l this hurly
burly of politics, and in all this scuffle for office?
I would say, urge on our principles. If our
principles can be carried at all, it will be by
pressing them n >w. We have no chance of
electing a candidate unless we gain strength on
our principles; and the surest way to carry our
principles, is to keep them free from Presiden
tial candidates for some time yet to come. So
long as we arc in a position to bestow our
tote, wo shall be courted for our votes. Yours, j
The Abolitionists.— An Anti Slavery Con
vention was recently held in Philadelphia. The
states of Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania,
were represented. The number of Delegates
amounted to 61. The proceedings wero held
in secret, and guards were stationed at the
doors to keep out the citizens of Philadelphia
at least such of them as were opposed to their
infamous and seditious designs.
The Conventionissued an influmatory “Dec.
laration,” which teems with the rankest spirit of
intolerance, bigotry and persecution.thut ever
disgraced the darkest ages of Gothic ignorance
und barbarity. Our limits only enables us to
preseut the following, as some of the positions
assumed by the “Declaration,” of these mis
guised dangerous and infatuated men:
“We shall organize Anti-Slavery Societies, if
passible,-in every city, town, and village in our
land.
We shall send forth agents to lift upon the
voice of remonstrance, of warning, of entreaty j
and rebuke.
We shall circulate unsparingly and oxtensive
ly, anti-slavery tracts and periodicals.
We shall enlist the pulpit and tbepress in the
cause of the suffering and the dumb.
We shall aim at a purificiation of the church
es from all participation in the guilt of slave- j
TV.”
’ 3J r . Xoab of tbs Evening filar, thus notices,
the Convention:
“If fanatics in religion were alone at work in
tjiis bold interference with constitutional rights, j
we should say noth'iurr, because the evil would i
curs itself; but fanatics in politics are at wotk, ‘
And tli* evil is deper seated than the .South im
agine*, It will blond itsell with the Presidential i
election without doubt. We sty keep a bright
look out.”
Yes —the evds deeper tented than the. South
imagines. —and re ■“- <r members in Con-:
gress will be on th -ir guar 1 ready to arrest the i
tirst movements, or even the appearance of a
movement, against oo< of our most lital and
important riSte.—St* lleputfiicar*.
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TH YVKSTFKN II \U>.
ATRARM, :RO*3lA, JANUARY - 25, 134.
V>\> would remind our friend?, tho members ot the
StP.te Rights Association formed here, that their next
takes place at I'M John C- r a, on the ‘2Bth inst.
■UI an ho contemplate joining tin* Association, arc re
spectfully solicited to attend.
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State Rlgh’s'Sentinel. —lt is with pleasure wc have
received, and perused the first two numbers ofthrtPp ipec,
which promises, from the Known character for intellect,
honor and patriotism of its worthy lull tor, much good
to the cause which it is intended to aid. ‘Vo are jjlati
to find so much weight of character and mind, brought
to hear upo . the present momentous, and critical aspect
of the political affairs of the country. We sincerely hope
and have every reason to expect, that tho State Rights
Party will every vvhfcre appreciate the motives which
have induced our gifted and worthy co-worker,
Longstreet, to enter the political arena—and to the Judge
vve would sav, that we hope the testimonials of the
party's gratitude, may be long, ami sensibly felt by him
self.
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State Rights Party. —We hope-after the adoption of the
above name, that we shall hear no more of the Troup
Union men; those ot us who have been dubbed with the
name of *\\dlification wit n! : t apnrohrium, that the
j enemies of the doctrine of State Rights and friends to
| consolidation could varnish over, and throw around it.
| have all the time been engaged constantly in endeav
oring to establish the creed of our political faith, regard
less of names and epithets given to our principles by oth
ers; and while thus engaged we found the wolveg who
had gotten into our fold for their own protection, and
political aggrandizement, seeking an opportunity tp drop
the emblem of innocence, and coining out in tneir original
garments, made of Federal warp and Consolidation filling,
creatingdissentions and innovations among us, by giving
tis names and charging to us principles, just to suit their
own purposes; and surprising to tell, those very men have
had then anticipations realiz and, for we sec them promo
ted to office in exclusion to the old standard of the ori
ginal Clark, now “Union, Democratic, Republican, yes
and as they now call themselves, the State Rights Party.”
1 ’an the Government exist when these renegades of cor
ruption, hold t*u‘ offices under which wc must look for a
just and impartial administration of the laws of the coun
try. vVe give them up cheerfully and did hope, that our
“Union, Democratic, Republican, State Rights friends,”
would have kept th in th • rank? a while, at.least until
they found their conviction and conversion certain, and
i have been able to judge their faith from their works, and
!to have known th • fruit from tirr* tree But go ahead,
I and if we arc not badly mistaken, those who have put
them in command, will find to the destruction of their
j party, that their works will he directed to their own cle
j vation, and that the fruit will be sour, and the tree un
, sound, and that the least gale of purity will prostrate it
ito the ground, and when it falls, great will be the crush
I tthe hopes of the aspiring Union Troup men.
The State Rights tongvessiontll Voainieflioil, —At an
early period, we took occasion to express our satisfaction
! with the nomination; we done it without much time H r
reflection, and without knowing any thi \g of the feelings
of the people in this sectiou of Ihe country, towards ‘he
i claims ofthose whose names compose the regular noim
] nation ticket. e lind from mingling in, and familia
rizing onrselv s with those of our Citizens in the \ .irtli
western parts of the state, tliat there is a:i objection upon
j their part, which is entitled to so ne respeot, not so much
! to any of those whose names arc presented, as to a kind
| of sectional prido or local claim, which (hey consider
I should have been attended to more strictly by those who
I represented the section of country above alluded to, in
I the caucus. But wc find upon enquiry, that the.blame
does not or should not, rest upon their ‘shoulders, for we
learn from several of them, that they dia their duty by
presenting the name, and urging the claims of such as
Would have hern acceptable to us all, though we sup
pose the middle counties are entitled to the offices; we
are only entitled tojjf- honor of electing their.-, however
our devotion to the principles of tf.o party, will ho th ■
means of reconciliation, so far as wa are concerned indi
vidually, and hope that the party to which we are attach
ed, a“ w 11 as the feeling ot this” m ire directly concern
ed, will submit to the nomination for the present, ami not
like a Troop union man. and a Seaton Grantlaud, he cast
ing Hrc-brands, calculated to catch, and blaze, and Inn
ro tmder, the last vintage of the relict of Slate flights’
which is so nearly extinguished in Georgia; “ Jor toe
had rather hear the Hl* tee have, than fee to those that eve
blow not of.”
ron THE WESTERN IIERALU.
In pursuance ufa previous notice, a number
of the Citizens of the county assembled on the
I4th. inst. at the Presbyterian Church in Gaines
ville, and on being organized by the appoint
ment of William Cobb, Esq. Chairman, and B.
11. Overby, Secretary, when Reuben Thornton.
Esq. explained the object of the meeting; when
D.C. Neal,Esq. one of the committee previosly
appointed, reported the following preamble and
Constitution, which being adopted, the Associ
ation proceeded to appoint its Officers, viz.
Moren Moore, Esq. President; Joseph Rivers,
Ist. Vice President; Nathaniel W. Townsend,
2nd. Vice President; Gaston W. Underwood,
Secretary;"James Law, Treasurer; William H. 1
Underwood, Richard Bank", Andrew Barr,
Reuben Thornton, and D. C. Neal, Corres
ponding Committee.
On motion ordered that the proceedings be
signed by the Chairman and Seoretarv, and re
quested to bo published by the State Bights pa
pers generally.
WILLIAM COBB Chairman.
E. 11. Overby, Secretary.
Whereas there is a manifest tendency on the
part ot the Federal Government, to usurp the
Rights of the States of this Confederacy—a
prostration of which would inevitably convert
American liberty, into the most awful despotism
—and for as much aa we believe Congress has
airciuiy absolutely swept away tiw’- rights of the i
States in the enactment of a Bill, commonly
called the Force Bill; we feel it a paramount
dutv incumbent on every patriot ami friend of
liberty in this country, to lend his whole aid ere
tiio tit, ’ for enforcing that despotic Rill, shall
nrri/e—to arouse the people to a full sense ot
their I'chts—lo admonish'hem in (he name ot
liberty, to resist oppression, come whence it
may, and to beseech them 10 remember that a
continuance of our T’nioo and th blessings ot
liberty, can alone be preserved by miintnining
inviolate, the rights, and the Sovereignty of the
States.
‘To that end therefore, we the freemen of Hall
county, whose names are hereunder written, do
agree to form an Association to he styled, the
Hall county State Rights Association, and
do further agree to adopt the following Consti
tution for ihe regulation of tile same.
Art. Ist. The officers of this Association
shall he omposed of a President, a first and se
cond third and fourth Vice President, a Secre
tary. a Treasurer, and a Committee of five per
sons to be styled the Committee of correspon
dence.
Art. 2nd. The members of this Association
shall assemble at Gainesville in said county,
quarterly, commencing on the second Tuesday
instant, and at each meeting shall have an Ad
dress delivered on the subject of State fights,
hy some member of the State Rights Party, se
lected at a previous meeting.
Art. 3rd. The object of the Association be
ing to disseminate correct political knowledge
among the people, and a small fund being ne
cessary to defray the expense of publishing and
procuring approved an! well written Articles,
each member shall according to his own sense
of propriety,contribute such amount as he shall
think fit for the purposes aforesaid.
Art. 4th. The Piesident and other Officers
ol this Association *hall he elected annually on
thesecon t Tuesday in January, and the same
individual shall not serve two terms in succes
sion in the same capacity.
See. Ist. The Officers aforesaid, shall be
elected by tne members efthe Association; that
is, by a majority of three fourths of the whole
number, until it exceeds one hundred members,
af'er which, a majority of three fourths ot one
hundrbd, shall he sufficient to elect; but should
there be a larger assemblage, then a majority
of those present shall elect. Said elections,
being bv ballot.
Art. sth. The duties of the President shall
consist in presiding at each meeting of the As-
preserving order at the same, and
in case of a tie in elections, his shall be the cast,
ing vote.
Sec. Ist. In the absence of the President, the
first Vice President or any of them shall act,
according to priority.
Sec. 2nd-. The duties of the Secretary shall
consist in each meeting ofthe,4sso
ciation; in transcribing in a book, to be pur
chased by him lor the Association this Con
stitution; togethci with the proceeding of each
meeting held in pursuance of the same; and he
shall moreover give one months notice of every
regular meeting of thi Association, making
known at the same time by whom an address
will ho delivered at each meeting.
See. 3rd. Tho duties of tho Treasurer, shall
consist in entering in a hook, to be purchased
by him for the Association, the names of all
persons, who may contribute to the same, as well
the members as other persons, stating the amount
of the donation opposite the name of the donor.
On the second Tuesday in July, and January
of each year, he shall make to the Association,
a full exhibit of receipts and expenditures, hav
ing vouchers for the same.
Sec. 4th. The duties of the Corresponding
Committee, shall consist in corresponding with
the Central Association established at Miiledge
ville, to which this is auxiliary; of communica
ting quarteily to said Association immediately
aftei each meeting of this Association, the pro
gress ot this Association, the number of its
members, See.
Sec. sth. At every regular meeting of this
Association,the Corresponding Committee,shall
through their Chairman, exhibit to this Associa
tion all communications received bv them per
taining to the business of this Association.
Sec. 6th. The duties of the C >rresponding
Committee, shall further consist in selecting all
such articles t >r publication and dissemination,
as shall for their perspicuity and truth, most
clearly convey that information among the peo
ple, which is deemed essential to the preserva
tion of their liberties.
Art. 6th. On the death, removal, or resigna.
tion of any of the aforesaid Officers, the Presi
dent of this Association,or one of the Vice Pre
sidents in his absence, shall through the Secre
tary, noti.y the Association twenty days previ
ous to a regular meeting, of such vacancy and
the pending election; and should the services of
the previous incumbent be needed previous to
said election, the President or in his absence
the Vice President, shall appoint until a succes
sor shall be duly elected.
Sec. Ist. The Association shall at no time j
after the first meeting and organization proceed
to the regular business thereof unless twenty
members be present.
Sec. 2nd. In the absence of the Secretary, •
the President shall appoint a Secretary pro. tern,
who shall turn over to the qualified Secretary
the proceedings by him recorded.
Art. 7th. Any person wishing to become a
member ot this Association shall make the same
known at any time to the Secretary, or any other
person appointed by the Association, and by
entering his name in the register shall become
a member of the same.
Art 6th. The Corresponding Committee to- 1
gether with the Presi tent >f this Association,
shall at each regular meeting nominate some
one or more fit person or persons to the Asso
ciation, to de iver an address at the succeeding 1
meeting, and from those nominated, the Asso- j
ciation shall by ballot make a selection.
Art. 9th. Should the exigencies of the Asso
ciation require meetings other than those stated,
the same shall lie had by a notice of ten days
fr< in the President.
Art. 19th. Amendments to this Constitution
shall bo submitted by any member at a regular
meeting to be acted on at the succeeding meet
ing; and no amendments shall bo added but by
the concurrence of two thirds of the members
present.
Art. 11th. The Association at its regulor
meetings, shall pass all • laws and regulations
needful for carrying into effect the objects of
tho samo.
Alabama. —The following joint resolutions
are before the Legislature of Alabama. We
hope they will pass unanimaslv:
Joint resolutions of General Assembly of the
State of Alabama, in relation to the act passed
at the last session of Congress, commonly de
nominated “T/ic Force Bill.”
Hesohcd by Ihe Senate and House of Repre
sentatives oj the Slate of Alabama in General
Assembly convened. That the act of congress
passed at its last session entitled “An act, fur
ther to provide for the collection of tux reven
ue” commonly denominated the force bill, was
inexpedient and uncalled for at the time, wholly
unnecessary under any circumstances, and is
inconsistent with the spirit of” our free institu
tions, palpably unconstitutional and subversive
of the rights of the people and the sovereignty
of the State.
Resolved, That we highly approve of the un
animous and patriotic vote against the passage
of said force bill, by the Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress from the State -of Ala
bama.
Resolved. That our Senators in Congress
bo instructed, and our Representatives be re
quested to demand its immediate repeal, and
that our Senators be further instructed in the
name of the State ot Alabama, to record ou the
Journals of that body, a solemn protest against
such a force bill as unconstitutional and dan
gerous to the rights of the States and as distruc.
live of the harmony of the Federal Union.
Resolved, That the Governor of tnis State he ’
requested to forward;to each of our Senators
and Membeis in the Congress of the United
States, a copy of the foregoing Resolutions.—
Savannah Republican.
’'Stick a pin Here." —The Charleston Ere.
tnng Post, clearly and forcibly illustrates, iti
the following paragraph the patriotic creed- of
the Democratic Republican Union Consolidating
Party. Don’t wince gentlemen, it is a matter
of historical record:—
“The Union Clark Party of Georgia, affirm
that they-w ; II forever maintain the doctrines of
Mr. Madison, as expounded by himself.” Very
well gentlemen. Mr. Madison, in his Speech
on the Federal Convention, thus expounds his
doctrine, s;
“Nome contend that the States are Soveiergn,
when i fa t they arc only politicial societies. —
There is a gradation of power in all societies
from the lowest corporation to the highest so
vereign. The Slates never possessed the es
sential rights of sovereignty. These were al
trays rested in Congress. Their voting as States
m Congress is no evidence of sovereignty.
The Slates ought to be placed under the control
of the General Government, at least as much
so as they formerly were under the King and
British Parliament ! !”
“Is not this exactly to the taste of the Pro
clamationists,or Revolutionists (which ever they
are) of this State ? Is it any wonder that these
gei tlemen should object to an Oath of Allegi
ance to the “politicial society” ol the State of
South Carolina ?”
Our distinguished representatives, Mr. Wilde,
wc sue is made to ieel the weight of power, and
I the smart of punishment for his want of faith
in the absolute infallibility at head quarters.
Our readers may not all be aware, that by the
late changes in congress, Mr. Wilde is the old.
est member on the committee of Ways and
Means. Such is the fact, and yet, strange as it
might seem in any other times than these, lie
is overslaughed as they say in the army. Mr.
Polk of Tennessee, a younger member is made
chairman of that important committee in his
stead, and Mr. Wilde thrust down into the sc.
cond place. A plain man would naturally ask,
why is this? Was it far want of talents? The
nation knows better. It-is no disparagement
of Mr. Polk to say, as the tael is, that Mr. W ildc
is much the ablest man. Was it because ot
any particular unaptness of Mr Wilde in mat
ters of finance? - It happens to have been on
such questions more perhaps than others, that
Mr. Wilde has distinguished himself. Other
causes of this insulting proscription in the face
of the nation,may perhaps be found in Mr. Wilde
having called on the household troops last ses.
sion not to turn their back on Verplank’s Bill ;
or in his being looked to as a fit occupant of the
Speaker’s chair, which may still be vacant be.
tore the end of the session. Mr. Wilde, more
over, was guilty of opposing the Force’ Bill.
Furthermore he stands opposed to the divine
right principles of the proclamation, and goes
the length of even susposing that the States, as
such, may pro ect themselves from the swel
ling tide of consolidation; and to heap still more
shame upon his head, was out with Troup and
Georgia in their old and now treaty campaigns;
nor was wanting at his post, in the more recent’
Cassells and Missionary wa:s; and has not te.
canted these heresies, nor in any other form
has shewn himself eager to kiss the footstool of
power. Surely, therefore, it was high time to
cast him down from the station to which the
continued confidence of the people of Georgia j
had advanced him. It was time lo make him
feel, and to cause the people of Georgia, through
him, to know that much rank offences cannot
be pardoned. vVe would have Mr. M ildc ab.
dicatc no function that his fellow citizens have
confided to him; but was he elected to be used
thus?—Without undertaking to settle that ques.
tion, it seems clear to us, that if be attends, the
meetings and assists in the labors of a commit,
tee, so constituted, he must make a sacrifice of
personal feeling, to the public service, that
will argue well for his philosophy aid patriot,
ism.— Georgia Journal
A Mournful Day. —Tuesday last will long
be remembered in tho annals of Philadelphia
On that day was holt) ft public meeting of hi r
citizens in Independence Square! agreeably to
notice, “ lor the purpose of taking into consid
eration the existing pressure pervading all clas
ses of the community.” It was one ol the lar
gest assemblages of people ever convened in
•his city, and far greater than the town meeting
congregated in December last, to denounce the
proceedings of South Carolina.
On beholding this vast concourse of citizens
we could not help reflecting with feelings of the
deepest humiliation, that this was the first time
that thousands had b en assembled together on
the very spot, where, in 1776,the American Co
lonies were declared to be “free, sovereign and
independent States”—not for the purpose ot
expressing their opinions upon the measures of
their Government, in the spirit and lannuaim
of freemen—not for the purpose of demandin' -*
their rights—hut for the purpose of
themselves isefore thethrone ofadespot.and
supplicating his mercy, to liberate them from a
distress which his usurpation of power had
brought upon them. Yes, Philadelphians, such
was your situation on that mournful and luimi
bating day, and well may you say to each other
as we heard one utter in bitterness of heart—
“ Then 1 and you, and all of us fell down.
Whilst Moody treason flourished over us.”
Melancholy indeed must have been the re.
flections of every one who has not lost the indc.
pendence and spirit of a freeman, at the sight
we refer to. No man dared to utter a syllable
against the Author of the calamity under which
the people were writhing. Every tongue was
bridled, and tlv s was exhibited the degradirg
spectacle, of a people believing themselves to
be free, presenting themselves in the attitude
of slaves. And why was this? For the simple
reason, that an understanding existed amongst
the leading promoters of the meeting, that not
a word was to be said against the patriot Jack.
son, for fear, no doubt, that if his anger should
be kindled against the good citizens of Pbilndel.
phia, lie would turn a deaf ear to their supplies,
tions.
From Monk’s Evening Star.
Mr. McDuffie, a republican of the old school,
who made a masterly speech in vindication of
the Constitution and laws in a debate on the
deposite question, is characterized by the New
Yoik Standard,as thinking all the while of liar
ing a knot undtr thelejl ear. It is thus, that
every man and every journalist who feels the
collar aiound his own neck is desirous of bring
ing others into the same degraded and servile
condition; and failing to do so,opens upon them
the floodgates of detraction and abuse. Let
members of Congress who are resolved to be
fiee, and speak their minds freely, and thus savo
their country, remember that the members of
the old Continental Congress were stigmatized
in a similar manner by the Tories, who in those
times, acted precisely as the Tories are now
dning, vis violating tho laws; violating private
j tights; bringing distress on the country, and
| then denouncing and proscribing these who dare’
!to comp'ain and petition for redress. Let them
like the patriots and sages of our .evolution,
stand firm, and they will bring the conspirators
at their feet.
From the same.
The Trades’ Union will, soon have need of
all their exertions and all their funds to support
their brethern out of employment. In Philadel
phia 1.500 are without work, and the evil will
soon reach this district.
A Voice from Virginia, The following no
tice of a late Public Meeting at Richmond
Whig of Friday last:
fcj- POSTSCRIPT.—Wc stop the press to
announce the assemblage on yesterday evenin'!,
ofthe-inost numerous meeting of the People
of Richmond ever known, called to express po
pular feeling on the removal of the de posites,
Chapman Johnson, Esq. was called to the
Chair, when Mr. Benjamin Watkins Leigh,
submitted a string of resolutions condemning,
Unqualified, the Executive conduct in relation
to the deposites, as illegal and unconstitutional,
deprecating the dreadful consequences of that
measure to the industry and prosperity of the
whole country, and recommending their imme
diate restoration as equally a measure of safety
j and justice. *
Ilis resolutions having been read Mr. Leigh
addressed the meeting at huge, reviewing the
conduct of Government, exhibiting its un-onsti
tutionality and lawlessness, and depicting it?
injustice and tyranny, in a strain ot lofty ami
indignant eloquence, of which the meetinj
showed its sens:-, by frequent and long contin
ued applause.
Ilis resolutions were then unanimoushj ad
opted—a circumstance, the importance ot the
occasion and the numbers in prcsance, consid
ered, without precedent.
Such is the temper of this City—such will, in
a short time, be that of the entire Comqjoa
wealth. The wise and the moderate ChaPM.in’
Johnson, in his address on taking the Chair,
view ed the crisis as presenting the issue of Li
berty or Despotism.
The present land sales at Mardisvillc, ami
Montgomery, comprehend all or fiery nearly all
the lands lately owned by the creeks in Al
bania. The boundary of these lands, leaves tlm
Chattahooche, a few miles above Fort Gaino
and runs about North west to the junction y 1
the Coosa und Talapoosa Rivers; thence
the Coosa, to a point near Fort Stiotlier, an
thence East, striking the Georgia line
high as Pualding county. The shape of tM
territory is very irregular; the extreme lengtti
ICO miles, anil greatest width 76; containa?
about 8,000 square miles or 5,120,000 acre.-i
including land of almost every discretion an
quality. ,
We have just seen a map neatly engrn'J’
and putup for pocket use, by Mr. La 1 outre to
from which we give these distances. E
compiled from the official surveys; exhibits,
each county, each section and fractional section
of the whole Creek lands in Alabama; and nw--
be of great use to all who wish to obtain oc ”
information of them. Wc understand they ®
be obtained from Mr. John Fantain of Co.i-
