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But we pass over the thirty or forty interven
ing centuries, and bring our <!i.-q uisitions t<;
bear upon the fashions and. follies of our more
immediate progenitors. What a field is here
displayed tor calling to:th the smiles ci the hu
morous and the sneers of the cynical. Deme
trius and Heraclitus might have laughed and
went over it till the one had dissolver) himself
, in tears airl the other exploded from thi inten
sity of his own cachiiations. But let us con
fine oursdves to the- single point under discus
sion: An oxernphry yutiiig gentleman fancies
liimse.lf in love, or in want ul'a help-mate, or
indulges in some kindred chimera, which allows
him no rest until it is icalized or dissipated.—
AV hat is now his modus operand!? W hy, he
seizes the first fair opportunity; and having ar
rayed his outward man in its most comely ha-
Liiiinent’?, proceeds forthwith on his desperate
undertaking. But no incipi nt tremors as yet
betray’d his consciousness of the magnitude m
the ?nterprize. or the difficulties which thickly
beset the path to success. Th-re is an air of
determination —oi subdued recklessness, ever;
—in his flashing eye, as he adjusts, for the for
ty-ninth time, his well perfumed locks, face to
face with the triumph mt looking p<-rsonag< in
the mirror, and, dreaming of nought but • on
quest an 1 prospective felicity, sets gaily for
ward. But gradually as Jic proceeds «n his
nilgrimag' ofhope do the penis, the trials, and
♦ aevexations of his high enterprize unfold them
selves to view; and he marvels rather that ho
ever could have assumed, the cool deliberation 1
•—the steady immobility of purpose, with which
be sot out, than that lie feels them m-w oozing
sensibly away with the perspiration of his fever
ed brow. Deeply doos he realize the force of
♦he quaint saying of an early poet —
“ Tis only being in love and debt,
That breaks us of our
And he that is quite out of both
Os all the world is blest.”
But ho approaches the goal of his pilgrimage.—
Ho summons the last flickering remains of res
olution, and while his heart kn ><ks stoutly a
gainst his ribs, his hand knock- tremulously
mid faintly :t the portal FI nlers man ag
ony of confusion, which, wu.. it s rves effect
ually to proclaim his errand, renders him the
r.ame than countervailing di service of making
him appear ridiculous when he should be par
ticularly captivating—embarrassed, when he
has need of all his self-possession- and egre
giously awkard when he most covets to appear
polite and insinuating. We disdain to expati
ate on the blunders, the mishaps, and the vexa
tions which attend the lover’s debut in the char
acter of a professed wooer. His mortification
is heightened rath< r than diminished hy the fact
♦bat it is voryilittlc sympathetic—that hehasitall
♦o himself. There is a quiet smile on the face
of the good matron which savors much more of
triumph than trepidation—even Miss (’eic.stinal
herself seems to regard the advent as a pleasur
able one, but quite a matter of course—while
undisguised mischief peeps forth from the in
quisitive optics of the junior members of the
family circle, whi h is hardly r strained by the
♦errors of parental discipline from breaking out
into uproarious merriment. But we will not
pursue the unlucky votary through the whole
proc.e s ofhis lingering martyrdom. I’ me may
mi'in ate his miseries, but cannot utterh re ove
(hem, until the fintfl consummation ofhis long
course of periodical penance, when we may in
dulge the charitable nope that a few ears of
intermitted torture will be amply repaid by a
v.h.>te after-life of uninterrupted and unb >uml
cd felicity.
We would not be deemed unconscious that
♦here are li ihter shades intermingled m the col
oring ol the pi< lure—that there are moonlight
walks and midnight serenades to be taken into
♦he ae-o;:nt—that there are rhapsodizing and
—a „o. .. i ikjjjjjjJ t ,
as, t<> be duly considered—hut these will pot in,
♦ bis age of stubborn uns*-ntimentahsm, exert
any preponderating influence. Besides, we
have disdain <1 to avail us of the strong corrob
oration ot our argument which is afforded by
(ho thousand cases of parentally vetoed, of dis
appointed, and of inreciprocati <1 affection.—
VVe will not insist, with the great delineator of
hmmr.i natme, that
“ i'h • course of true love n wer md run
smooth;'’ but we find its smuothe-t piths quite
rough and them ,enough, in all < ons i nee.
Turn wo, then with glad ess and exultation
to th" unparalclled advancement - the uuuppre
viable improvement which the genius ot this
enlightened and labor-saving age has eflectei;
in the pursuit ol that highly crith al te eiuuu nt- '
ty essential icicnce: the art ofw.ioing. Ihe
uhol" process is reduce I to a matter of ch k
troik regularity, and ofcvery-dav i’.i< *'iiv. Let
tis suppose that Mr. Ichabod Snooks ha- iinfiib-
< either incidentally or through ah ng pr. ee.-s
rs ratio matian, the novel idea that hi« fortune,
his habits, or his hose would lie innteitally a
rnen bd by the addition of a helpmate to the cat
tdogue of the goods and chattels whereof he is
seized and possessed. hat then? Shall he
resolve to undergo the trials and (nbnlati
the crosses and vexatious, < f which we have
been discoursing? Sunil he twn determine to
com nonce a campaign ofmi i < !!anc >us dang
ling with the whole <’,< !< et hisjcniale ccquain
fnnee—to the manifest eun-.imptum of his pre
vious tier? and the -- . :o.:s utt'im.'i't of I r
packet —in order t » s v out same blomnitig
damsel whom he mi.. it ;• • it) lived, in precess
of t.me. to enduie to', wi'.de, so-so sort of a
companion, hmise-kt r*y< or uaggngm—Cer—
I linly n.»t. ii< as >n. d-rc ■r, art* ‘tr.e rush
<tmm ■' al■. <>• I t it. L> se I draws up
his wilting appmatu- u»” . • ..>e fi i <e fiu-site.
ib.ngs o;.? of ms >i 'p • • i '* i .a ro<<t
other, and, before h i .- nn| : ;.n meh ilcur.
1 ■ ' i. - sc quiil, •? .
♦ >ct« d the tuJ.ow;. l g c, mprehens.vc cvts.ica-
•• \ lot x . ♦IENTT.r.'t v« g> J family, ox-}
, nq.lary t.i-cin v,e. , r.imucrs, < xctdl? r•'
prospects m hie, an t p-.- -<r;'» every t. r dui
which can adorn an I cl the humsn mir ;
a- ter, is desirous of u ; I’c**, trnorurd .. .. I
;• •' - ? m-\ ‘.'g ay. 'O-'-zs-i-'g the re-'
quisile qualifications. Sue must be not above
eigi teen years of age, beautiful, well educated
oi’unblemished fame and high connexions, and
possess not less than SSOOO in available prop
erty. [N. B. Safety Fund Bank stock will not
answer.] The candidates will please address
: theii letters (post-paid) to 11. O A. X. No 4
Musquito Alley, where an interview may be bad
after the preliminaries arc settled.
II re we have he business half settled before
it is tairly begun. The next morning scatters
the intcliigen e ofhis destitute situation as on
the wings of the wind, and straightway the < yes
f the five thousand fair readers of the “earth
quake” ..r - unanimously fixed on the intensely
interesting paragraph; and the inquiry flies from
mouth to mouth with inconceivable velocity
—“Have you seen the advertisement in this
mornitig’s paper'” Mr. Snooks is a made num.
Iln has only to turn over his pyramid of letters
w 'll the end ofhis eane, and select a dozen or
i ■<> of those which, from the felicity of their
apt iscriptioes, an the all-but correctness of
H> ir o thography, seem to savor most decided
ly of gentility. The interviews, the selection,
and the con-uniation, follow in rapid succes
sion; and the “ fortunate adventurer” awakes
so ;u’ sunny morning, he happy busband of a
blushing and blooming bri ie, possessed ol eve
ry imaginable perfi ciion to say nothing of the
small matter ol the SSOOO aforesaid. Who will
not admit the pre-eminent advantages of “ Mat
rimonial Advertising?”
G.
——
Alecli g of the Citizens of Murray County.
At an adjourned meeting of the freemen of
Murray county, most of whom were supporters
of Wilson Lumpkin at (he late election for Go
vernor, c nvened at the house of Nelson Dick
erson Esq. in said county, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the late conduct of the
said Wils-m Lumpkin, in relation to his com
missioning certain persons as county officers,
who w’< re illegally elected, and the co irse pur
sued by them and their friend-, in relation to
the extraordinary proceedings contained in the
preamble and resolutions, pretended to have
been adopted at a public meeting of the people
of th" county, of wnich one Francis Buik, late ;
ot Oglethorpe county, was ( hairman, and Isaac
Baker Secretary At which, among other things,
a high judicial officer was thr« atened to be as
sailed, his authority set at nought by force of
arms, and the judicial authority of (he State
thicat; ned to be oppose,! at the point of the
bayonet —And also the conduct of his Excel
lency’s commission'd officers in selecting the
names of persor s to compose the grand and
petit jury lists of said county, when John B.
Mustin Esq. was called to the Chair, and A. M.
U ilson appointed Secretary. The meeting
being organized, th ■ committee heretofore ap
pointed forth- pm pose, reported the following
preamble and resolutions, which were unani
mously ad iptcd.
Wln ias, at the election for county officers of
the county oi Murray, held on the first Monday
in February last, t ien wasen the part of our
oppoii. uts at certain precincts much bribery,
< anvassing and other corrupt practices in voting
at said el i non precincts, and the persons who
sup< n.ilended me elections at Spring Pkic , and
J. J Ilunipuries’i t.illy disregarding botn the
principles of law and justice, p> rmitt<-d some
forty live persons to vote, who either resided
out of Ims State and county, or were under age
—or had not reside,; in this county six months;
fifteen or twenty id said voters resided in the
State of Tenn, some travellers, movers an
citizens ot other counties ; . or were any of the
.Managers at said pi< emi ts freeholders or <>ffi
cers of any sort whatever, who forwarded tne
return upon whicli ins excellency granted*! om
missions : And whereas, the return of the elec
tion I rwarded to the Governor by cur adver
saries was glaringly defective within knotvl
of ms excelle ey by the omission of the
numbered votes polled at New Echota. an
election precinct established by law, and at
w.iich place there were thirty two votes polled
in str; t compliance with the law, and which
vol s were all given against thos< who received
toe c uumis.'ious from his < xcellencv, save sev-
And wher as, there was deposited in the
Executive tdlice, and known to his Excellency,
acertiiica’e signed by one Benj. Clark, the only
magistrate who signee the return from Spring
Pluc<, upon which Ins Excellency acted, stat
ing in substance among other things, “that he
went to the -Spring Five precinct shortly alter
sunrise on tin first Monday in February, and
found mat nearly all the votes bad been given
i:i, that the managers were n i her magistrates,
or freeholders ; and that about two o’clock m
the ail rnoou, he was i<questca to swear them
in, and toat in bis opinion the election was ille
gal and corrupt.” nd whinas, with a full
know! eg, of all these fact-, toe Governor with
a precipitance unusual ev« n with his Excellen
cy, “ and co.ih ary to his Evccllciictj's custom”
proceeded to ac» upon the illeg I r< turns for
warded bj express Ircm Spring Place, without
waiting an instant tor the arrival of our returns
which arrived m about un hour, but i.is Excel-
Uwv "said that he had already acted on ike
i ther relunis" and did grant c mmissions to his
aid and others, ns count) otllcers, whose names
were contained m the sat illegal and imperfect
retain, by which the will of a ajority of the
lawful vott rs of Murray county was entirely
di.-regarut<!. Ills Excellency substituting his
own will tor the will of that majority.
And wherras, certain persons, some late of
a.i.itbi r State, convened at the call of Wm. N.
Bishop late of liaii county, and aid to his Ex—
,< Henry, consisting ot not more than ten ptr
sous in nmnoer, yet audaciously calling then'.-
sdets a rna-orify oj the people of this county.
\\ ho at th instance ut said Bishop, passed
sundry resolutions and a p-eamble. prepared
bv bun, and signed by one Francis Burk, one
of his Exec Ik ncy’s coin missioned Justices of the
L ’erior ( oust us Chairman, and one Isaac
baker “Sccrilarv,** which preamble and resolu
tions -wii isly all’ ct the character of the people
f Murrav county, and presents them tn the
j tituue I t ifTians, and if permitted to go ferth,
. nc<v ; -,f-g wc’l calculated tj Irrng
thein into great disgrace, and to induce a belief,
that the county of Murray is peopled by a laxv~
less mob, a distinction of which we are by no
means ambitious, which said proceedings ar;*
annexed hereto, and to be published herewith.
And whereas, during the late term of the Su
perior Court of this c -unty, at the house of the
said aid oj his Excellency, near the place of
holding said Court, a quantity of public arms,
were collected, having been but a few days be
fore, as it is understood, from good authority, for
warded to that place, by direction of his Excel
lency which muskets were on Monday night,af
ter the meeting of said court pr unpously clean
ed up, put in order, and deposited secretly, in
or near said Court House, with the avowed in
tention, of carrying into ( fleet, the threat? con
tained in their said resolutions, ai d designed to
intimidate, overawe and obstruct the administra
ti nos justice in said county. It is known that
in al. these movements \Vm. N. Bishop the
aid de camp of his Excellency "as the chie/
insligater, and manager, and vauntingly pro
cl. im d himself, as having been instructed by
his Excellency to disregard all jud: ial man
dates. And when it is considered that these
arms, are public arms, that they are placed at
til disposal «»1 Bishop, but a lew days before
th Court,—that Bishop is the aid ofthe Gov
ernor, that his Excellency has on more than < ne
occasion expressed himself strongly in reference
to certain judicial proceedings m this circuit.
That Bishop declared he was instructed by the
Governor, to disregard the judb ial authority—
that the presses in his Excellency’s confidence,
and devoted to his v iews. Lave encouraged op
position to the judiciary, and’that the Governor
would support them—when all these circum
stances are remembered, in connecti< n with the
free use ofhis name by his md and his friends,
the belief, however painful, is not to be resisted,
that Vv ilscn Lumpkin Governor of Georgia if
not the activc’insUumenl in bringing about this I
extraordinary state of things,--has at least en
cotiraged, aided, and abetted other in the neja
rious design, and nothing can weaken this be
lief but a public disavowal, and the removal of
his aid de-camp.
And. whereas, in preparing and putting in
the jury boxes the names of persons t<. serve «is
grand and p tit jur rs, the commissioned Hi
rers of his excellency, selected thirty-t. rec
persons as grand jurors, without reference to
their residence, quali cations or character, and
as would seem for the cause of their devotion
and adherance to the views of those by whom
they were selected - these grand jurors being
in some instances entirely destitute < t all pre
tensions either to integrity or respectability, and
without exception, devoted to the views of
Bishop and his friends while their opponents
have bc< n indisci iminately placed upon the petit
jury list.
This fact standing as it is, and so humiliat* n S
to any party, is adverted to, with the view of
exhibiting the extraordinary recklessness to
which partv vengeance will sometimes carry
men who hav ceased to acknowledge the obli
gations of duty, and who have no characti r t
lose It indeed presents a melancholy po "
of human depravity at which all hone *.
must revolt. The trial by jury has
been esteemed among the greatest bh ssii .
freemen, but if uii Institution, designed fi r u.
security of our rights, is thus suffered to be
shamefully perverted,—instead of its being a
blessing, it be< om< s a curse— for what can be
the hop- s oftbose Who shall he 4 p:irties in court,
and opposed to such men, for justice—what
expectations of an impartial trial by jury, when
the devoted partisans of one party or the other,
are selected to determine the rights <d their op
ponents, all these evils, and others that arc t<>
follow, are to be attributed to the strange and
unaccountable conduct ot the Governor in the
organization of this county. Condemning these
proceedings, and being desirous that the char
acter of this county should be rescued from
the consequences of the folly, corruption an I
madness of the Govern i and a lew of tts citi
zens who aie his d> voted adherents:
Ist. De it therefore l{<solved, I’hat we view
th • conduct ofthe Governor, m commissioning
he persons in Murrav County, whom ho knew
to be ill gaily elected, as a gross dep rtme
from his duty as Governor, and as subversive
ofthe elective franchise.
2d. Ilcsolvcd, That his Excclltncy's con
duct in lending his aid and it fluence to encour
age a disregard of the mandates of the judicial
tribunals ofthe State, an conniving and in
strueiing his aid decamp and bis friends in their
outrages upon civil order—he has forfeited our
confidence and support, and he and his friends
are no longer entitled to either.
3d. Resolved, I hat we view the late attempt
to overawe and obstuct the judiciary in the ad
ministration <>f the laws as a gross outrage, and
worthy only of a lawk ss mob.
4th. Resolved, That we entertain a high re
sped for the judicial ch iracter of Judge Hoop
cr, and h ive an unabated confidence in bis in
tegnty, firmness and ability—and we will at all
hazards sustain bun in the discharge ofhis ju
dicial duties in this county, and it nccc. be, v.e
will oppose force to force.
sth. Resolved, That the conduct of the com
missioned oik’ ers of his Excellency in this
county* in s< lecting the nam 1 s of persons to
compose the grand and petit jury list, is dis
graceful to tiie county, and calculated to subvert
the trial by jury.
Cth. Resolved, That the preamble and .©solu
tions signed by F. Burk, an 1 Isaac Baker be
attached to these proceedings and published
therewith, with toe view of exhibiting the great
outrages meditate-, by his Excellency’s particu
lar inends.
7th. /icso/rfrZ, T’nat we cast bark as a foul
slander the reproach of his Excellency and his
particular friends in this county “that there was
a set of men in this county opposed to the ad
ministration of the law sos this State.” So far
are we from being opposed to the administration
of the laws in this county, that it u our constant
and most fervent wis.;, that they should be im
partially administered. But we have but little
hopes that they will be, until his Excellency
, sb- ’’ i’ his v iidom see proper to anneT? a
more discreet set of county officers to reign ov
er us.
Sth. Resolved, That these proceedings be
published in the Georgia Times and Southern
Recorder of Milledgeville, after being signed
by the Chairman and Secretary.
9th. Resolved, That the Southern Recorder
is requested t • publish 500 copies of these pro
ceedings to be forwarded to the chairman of
this meeting.
JOHN B. MUSTIN, Chairman.
A. M. Wilson, Secretary.
JEFFERSON TO OFFICE-HOLDERS.
The following Circular, addressed by Jeffer
son, while President ot the United States, to
those who held office under his administration,
must at this time, be read with deep interest by
every patriot vvh > loves his country. It furnish
ed a broad and striking contrast betwei n his
principles, and the conduct of the present ad
ministration ;
“ i'h' President of the United States has
seen with .iissatisfacti n, officers ofthe Gei.t r
al Government taking on various < ccasions,
active parts in the elections of the public func
tionaries, whether ofthe General or State Go
vernments. Freedom of elections being essen
tial to the mutual independence of Government,
so vitally cherished by most of our constitutions,
it is deemed IMPROPE !. tor officers, depen
ding on th< i xecutive ofthe Union, to attei pt
to control or mflii.m e the ire< exercise of the
cle< live rigid, ar furth rit is expected that he,
(individual < ffici r) will not attempt to inflm nee
the votes of others, NO 11 TAKE ANY PART
in the bu- iness of electioneering that being
deemed inconsistent with tiie spirit ofthe con
stitution and his duties to it.”
I
TIIE PRINTER’S COMMANDMENTS.
1. Thou shalt subscribe for the news paper 1
prim. <1 in thine own vicinity.
2. '1 hou shalt not take a newspaper without
paying the subscri >tion money punctually,—for
Printers are a race of men deserving to be fed
w ith the fat of the land, and have then purses
filled with the riches ofthe earth—(though they
seldom ge t either.)
3. i hou shalt not steal another’s articles,
and publish them as thine own.
4. Thou shalt not prepetrate maniac prose,
or insane rhyme, and exp ct thy vile effusions
to be pu.dished as the outpourings of youthful
genius.
5. Remember the advertisements, and keep
the primer bless d with the fullness thereof.
6. Thou shalt not borrow thy . neighbor’s
new spaper, nor any thing else that is his, but go
to him that hato to sell, and buy for thyself.
7. I'hen shalt not fly into a passion when
thy milk-and-water < ommuni< atiohs, and thy
co pilations, of stolen thoughts, are rejected
by the Editor.
8. Honor thy contemporaries of the type
; am quill, and always show a good example
bctoie thy brother’s e,\cs.
9 Renn mber the ladies;—and when thou
rethn n taking unto themselves
•a . oui among the fair daughters of the
■’ i go and do likewise, for y this
i at the printer’s subscription list
• n u-a.-ts.
10 B'-ware of medlers and gossips, double
faced politicians, and sea-serpents, and com
mon scolds.
I
THE LOCUSTS.
In addition t < oth r causes of trouble, it ap
pears that die sevente< n year Locusts (Cicadcr
septemdecim) are to pay the ir periodical visit
thi ' ear. it has been ascertained that the in
sect periodically once in seventeen
: years, and, in the spring of the year. They
were observed m i is < uiitry at the stated in
tervals from 1749 to 1817. Apprehensions are
expressed that they will commit great ravage s,
and it is asserted that more iban onee when
, they vi-ited some parts of New England, they
I not only ate up all the gras« in tfie fields, but
: attacked clothing ami i'e .• >- t > appeas their
insatiable hunger. But tin E cyclopedia J
.imericana informs us that they an in no wav,
injurious to veg fa ion, except from the damage
j done Io the fetmd" in depositing her eggs—
while the insec t is itself the favonte food of
various ammal , ami in this way may be turned <
to good ac count. Hogs devour them eager! ,
and some ofthe larger birds are fond of them.
The Indians co siderthema delicate food when
fried. In New Jersey they have been cnv> rt
ed into soap.
In various parts of the world, from time im
memorial, these ins"' ts nave been used as food
lor human b< iiigs. For this purpose, in some
count™ s, they are caught in nets, and when a
sufficient number is procured, t' c-v ar< roasted
over a -low tin , in an earthen vessel, till the
wings and legs crop from them; when thus pre
pared they an- sai.. to taste like craw-fish. The
fi oust constituted a common food among the
Jews, and Moses (Levit xi. 22) has specified
the ddlerei.t kinds which they were permitted
to eat.
It has been disputed, however, whether the
food of John the B btist, in the wilderness, was
the inset t locust, or a fruit of the same name.— i
Bi It. Gazette.
“I lake the Responsibility.”— A gentleman
having a valua'-l: ship on the stocks, directed
her to be got rea l y to I ranch by a certain time.
The time came, tue ti .'e was full, and the own
er ini.ikiug t e preparitions not quite complete,
and unwilling to nazaru the attempt of putting
the ship into toe uat> r, ordered the* launch to Ir
def rred. A Fellow standing by, who had not
a’dollar in die world, said, “ Let her run, Mr.
“ You'll take the responsibility, will you,” said!
the owner, “and who the d—-I will pay for tne !
ship?” A hint for the man who manages 1
our ship ot state.
Gamin is possible* that a wise and good ‘
man ay be prey ailed upon to game....bui it is !
impossible that a professed gamester sir.’ Id be I
I a wise and cood m?n.
-—— - „ >
, THE WESTERN HERALD.
DAHLOHNEGA, GEORGIA, MAY 9, 1834.
■ -
Jl meeting oj the State Rights Association
of Lumpkin county, will he held at Dahlohnega,
on Wednesday the 4th day of June. JI general
attendance is requested, as the meeting will be
public; the Association having nothing oj its
principles or resolutions to conceal.
By order of (he Executive Committee,
JCIIJV 11. THOMAS, President.
May 9th, 1834,
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This is the last number of the Western llerald
that w’ill be issued' at this place. In accordance with oi
no ice published in the Southern Banner, of the 3d inst.
our establishment will be immediately removed to A
t'lens, and uni s« our concerted arrangements should bo
frustrated, a number will be issued at that place on Satur
day, the IGlh inst. After its removal, life name of the
pap r vvi'l b chart :, ed, and it will be under the Editorial
charge of its present Junior Editor, William E. Jones.
Measures will also be immediately taken to enlarge its
size to that of the largest papers in the State. Since the
Lieraid has come into the hands of the present proprie
tors, its subscription patronage has increased beyond the
expectations entertain' <1 by them at the commencement
of their labors. Phe subset ibtion to the Herald is now
probably the largest of any paper in the up country of
Georgia, and new names are adding toils list every
week.
The reasons which have induced the present removal,
are, among others, the prospect of more extended use
fulness to the cause in which the Herald is enlisted—
greater post office facilities, and a flattering prospect of *
still greater patronage. The second reason urged, has /
indeed become a powerful one, and in proof of it, we will
merely stat ■ that we have not received a paper from Mil
ledgeville for three weeks past except a single number,
which, however, did not come directed to our
The Senior Editor, at his present residence, will act as
the Aecnt of the i icrald for the Cherokee Circuit—
through whom business can be transacted connected with
it, with aimost equal facility, and with as little expense
as at present.
Editors of Newspapers who exchange with us, wvlt
please direct their papers to Athens.
Just as our paper is going to the press, we have re-?
ceived the Federal i nion of the 2 ; d April—the first that *
ha reached us from that quarter since the 16th of the
same month. e <> .serve in the Editorial of that paper,
a notice of some our icmarks upon the Cherokee Cases
and the Union Dcmce rtic Republican conduct of a por- v
lion of the citizens of 'imiay county, A'e have onjy r •
time now to acknowledge he notice, and to promise that jk.
the IMitor of the Herald will bo heard in reply from
then?, in at least as short a time as it has taken the Fed
eral Union to find its way from Milledgeville to this
place
We publish an extract from the first, and the second
Message 6 the President entire, to the Senate upon the
subject of the passage of ' ir. Clay’s Resolutions, on
the Removal of the Dcposites. '’ e apprehend
if any, will agree with Mr. Forsttji, l< mat the sub
sequent Menage is to be understood in no other light
than the original one—that it was not a correction of er-* '
ror, but designed to prevent erroneous impressions.” , •
Let those who have seen and would credit the sinceri
ty of our honorable Senator in making these deckira
tions read the first; art of our extract from the original -
, s-age—and then the subsequent Message : and an
swer, if in the first thcic'is not a power over the public
treasure us < xpressdy «Jaimed by the President, which, in
the latter, i( as expressly conceded “to be a constitutional •
power of the Legislature,” • a
EXTRACI FROM THE MESSAGE,
April 15,
To the Senate of the United States. »
“The cu.-tody of the public property, tinker
such regulations as may be prescribed by legis
lative aulhoiity, has always het n considered an
appropriat function oi the Executive Depart
ment, in this a r d all other Governments. In
ircordan e with tiii.s principle, every species of
property b- longing to the United States, (excep
tieg ’hat which is in the use of the several co
or mate Departments of the Government, as
means to aid them in performing their appro
priate functions,) is m charge of officers appoin
ted by the President, whether it be lands, or
buildings, or mere’, mdi.se, or provisions, or
clothing, or arms and munitions of war. Tho
superintends ts and keepers of the whole, are
appointed by the President, responsible to him,
and removable* at his will.
Public money is but a species ofpublic prop
erty. It cannot be raised by taxation or customs,
nor brought into the treasury in any other way’,
exc< pt by law; but whenever or however ob
taint d, its custody always has been, and always
must be, unless the constitution be changed,
entrusted to the Executive Department. No
officer can be < rested by Congress, for the
purpose of taking charge of it, whose appoint
ment would not, by the Constitution, at encc
rievole on the Prcsidt nt, . nd who wold net be
responsible to him for the faithful performance
of his duties. The L gislative power may un
doubtedly bind him and the President, by any
laws they may think proper to enact; they may
prescribe in what place particular portions of
the public money sb II be kept, and for what
reason it shall be n moved, as they may direct
that supplies for the army or navy shall be kept
in particular stores ; and it will be the duty of
the Prr rfdci.t to sec that the law is faithfully
executes—yet will the custody remain in the
Executive D partinent of the .Government. —
Were the Cmgiess to assume, with or without
a legr I ;tivc act, the power of appointing offi
cers, md‘ pendenily of the President, to take the
charge and custody of the public property cod-
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