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J HE KEI l ELK .
••Government derive* it* just powers, net from theau
tlmrity of Rulers, hut from the consent of the Governed.”
MACOy, DEV EM mill 18, 1844.
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
The next quarter of a century will give
birth to great event?. The principles ol
our government are reacting with (earful
import upon the monarchies and despo
tisms of Europe. Even France, that broke
loose from the rule of the Bourbons in the
latter part of the eighteenth century, ami
roamed like a beautiful maniac over feu
dal Europe, awakening the nations to ac
tion, under Louis Phillipe has grown jeal
ous of young America. Sympathising
with the cold and ambitious policy of
Peele, will she too, write to forbid the bans
already published under the solemn form
of a treaty, which proclaims to the leagued
inonarchs of Europe that the North Amer
ican Ret üblic, redolent with youthful vi
gor, is about to espouse the Lone Star
whose brow is radiant with beauty, and
whose portion is the immeasurable domain
won by the valor and glory of San Ja
cinto! The Lilly of France, blended
with the red cross of St. George, descends
-upon the Western World, and would plant
■crowns and diadems, orders and jewelled
crosses, upon the field of our Republican
firmament.
Such is the polity of Europe’s kings!
N T ot such the feelings or the interests of
her people/ They have scented freedom
in the balmy breezes, wafted from a re
publican soil across the waste of waters.
The millions are worn down, toiling for
the hundreds. They are becoming impa
tient to enjoy an equality of rights and
privileges. The ocean is whitened with
the fleets ol emigrants! Month after
month they pour their hosts of hardv la
borers and adventurous tradesmen upon
our shores. Steam establishes speedy
■communication. Their messengers of
Jove and friendship convey tidings of safe
arrival, of friendly welcome, of happy
homes, of cheap and inexhaustible lands,
of free constitutions, of universal suffrage,
and a government formed and adminis
tered by a free people, and advancement
to its highest offices the measure of merit
and ability. The niu-s fills the hearts of
their distant kinsmen with indescribable
joy and hope. They long to bound across
the Atlantic and partake with their com
patriots the blessings of young liberty.
But inexorable poverty withholds the
priceless boon. They look around them
and behold twenty millions ol people who
glory in the name of Englishmen, and on
ly thirty-six thousand landed proprietors.
A hereditary monarchy, a titled nobility,
entailed estates, and overwhelming mo
nopolies, crush the spirit of the people,
and curse the inhabitants with a hopeless
poverty. Taxes upon earth, air and wa
ter, upon the living and dear!, for the pay
of fleets and armies that a Brunswick
may wield the sceptre of the United King
doms and transmit her crown, perhaps, to
an idem son.*
They feel and suffer, but have no con
stitutional remedy by w hich to rid tltem
j&clves from die remorseless system of ex
action. Do they murmur—a Wellington
threatens. Do they rebel—fifty thousand'
fegulitr mercenaries ate let loose upon
them. They have nothing lefi but to
Starve ami to die!
The picture is not overwrought. Will
the advocates of a legitimate monarchy
say that the enslaved millions haven rem
edy lor their sufferings in the sure and
silent operations of public opinion? If
they do, they assert things in the litce of
history! Public opinion in Europe can
not act. Monarchical power, like the
dykes and levees of Holland, erected to
stay the encroachment of old ocean’s wa
ters, in the same way surround ramparts
and repress the free and umlissembled
expression of public sentiment. Europe
presents the sublime spectacle lothe world
of the pent up fires of Democracy raging
and roati..g to escape through and above
the cncrustmetits of despotism. They can
neither be extinguished nor much longer
delayed. A lurid glaie already reddens
up the eastern hemisphere! And once
aroused, irrisisliirle as tire lava from Ve
suvius’ summit will he the rush of the
people’s strength and the people’s will!
The ditge of despots,, hoary with ini
quity, unrighteousness and oppression, is
already heard amid the muttered thun
ders of a redeeming and regenerating De
mocracy! The reign of kings is about
to end, and the sovereignty of an eman
cipated people to begin.
Another half century and the old world
will have east aside its tawdry robes of
royalty and donned the snow white gar
ment of constitutional freedom. Then
will millions that have for the last hundred
years been jxmring forth from the Eastern
t/pettt (he Western shotes, develop their
uiiextinguishable hatred to tyranny and
imperishable love for the “Asylum of the
Oppressed.” Then will the seed sown
by tyrants in the sunshine of power, be
reaped amid thewbrhvind of revolutions.
Then will the sea open to the march of
republican armies, and whelm beneath
their destroying billows the taskmasters
of a thousand years! Then advancing
towards each other midway, shall the
Democracy of the Old World and the
New meet —and amid the tumult of old
ocean’s waves, and the stormy noise ol
contending elements, high above each
will the welcome fraternal shout be board
that announces the triumph of the people
and the reunion of worlds!
What a grand destiny awaits the hu
man race ! The millenium ol govern
ments:** when the lamentations of the op
pressed shall be bushed, and the voice of
• Seo Sydney Smith’s works.
ihc tmtie heard Ift every land. When
tticn shall yield homage to no diadem
save that of Ireauty, recognize no liege
hut genius, and worship at no shrine but
that of Religion and Y’irtue! When the
world shall be one great Commonwealth,
where right shall be inflexibly maintained,
law rigidly enforced, and an equality of
privileges forever secured.
1 bis is no Utopia! Behold a young
Republic with twenty millions of strong
armed freemen, waving the torch of lib"
ertv, breaking down toe strongholds of
power, her temples, hr r cities, her vallies
and her hills, vocal with the glad voices
of her freeborn sons, as the rich cadence
of their patriot songs is caught up from
her plains, and re-echoed from her moun
tain heights. See how she flaunts the
stars and stripes before the sanguinary
tyrant as he sits lording it on the throne
of the Montezumas. Now the subjects of
the Brunswick fleeing from the rage of
the populace of Nankin, is comp iled to
receive protection beneath the wings of
the youi.g eagle. Alike the tawny sons
of Alric’s shores, the unfettered tribes
that roam o’er Tartary’s wastes, the slave
of the Ottoman, tlie serfs of the Czar, the
children of the grande monarqve, honor
the flag of" our glorious Republic. It is
the emblem of liberty ! The spirit of De
mocracy! Its votaries are a free people
—its trophies a free constitution and eqoal
laws; its object, the security and welfare
of unborn generations; its end, the dis
semination of free principles and the tri
umph of civil liberty in every “land and
kindred and people.”
When the civil millenium cometh, then
and not till then, may we expect that of
the religious and spiritual.
For it is written on every page in the
book of life, that God will not visit tbe
nations until the oppressors of the poor,
the enslaved and the down-trodden are
scourged from the earth!
THE HON. K. H. KIIETT.
Some gentleman in a conversation with
the late Judge Dooly, of this State, allud
ing to some strange eccentricity exhibited
by Joint Randolph of Roanoke, remarked
that he must be mad. ‘Faith, (replied the
Judge,) l should like to be bit by the same
d "S !
Many of the wbite-livered politicians
of the present day are wont to charge the
Hon. R. B. Rlietl with hot headed ness, im
prudence, JoH.y, madness, &e, &c. They
are incapable of appreciating the lofty'
patriotism,sagacious penetration,and fear
less courage of ihe ardent statesman. It
is out of fashion to be honest and inde
pendent. Rome has seen her best days;
and when the Spartan fires of South Ca
rolina go out, tfie States will become de
pendent provinces subject to a Central
Government, and controlled by governors
and officers as corrupt as ever Verres was.
Nine in every ten of our leading politi
, inns n w* seek preferment without one
solicitous prayer tor the wrlfaie of then
country. And when in office, instead ok
devoting the ir care in preserving tbe pu
rity ol its institutions, their whole thoughts
are bent on the main chance— -their contin
uance in power.
Thank In a veil, there are VM some* hon
orable except ions; and among the noblest
ol the noiile ot these, R. B. Rlielt, ot
South Carolina occupies a lofty niche. —
His madness is the amor pa trice which lifts
him above the sordid and grovelling pas
sions of the age in which he lives. It is
the dirmus aflatus, the inspiration of the
patriot, dial sees and foretells the storm
that I,roods over the State, and would save
it from impending desolation. Let him
go on and fulfil the high destiny for which
lie is intended.
And let him he cheered in his careei
with the leflection that even in these de
generate times there tire minds that ap
ptecinle his position, and men that will
stand Ity him to the death in the defence of
our constitutional and blood-bought rights.
Hear him on the subject of abolition :
“To quail or to seem to quail, is to be
lost. We must without a hue of fear, face
our assailants, and look the madness ol
fanaticism with unflinching courage stea
dily in the eye. Our spirit of resistance!
must tower with the rage of our enemies, j
and above the loudest winds of the tem
pest,'our stern voices of command and de
fiance must lie heard. The temper ofj
slavelioliling Greece before the battle of.
Salamis. and of slaveholding Rome after
the battle of Cannjjc, must lie ours—tint
onlv spurning submission, but gathering!
up mightier energies as dangers thicken,
and working mil a deliverance more glo
rious, in proportion as it is more desper
ate, in its splendid aehievrnents. Fortu
nately for us, our liberties tire a part of
our existence. We must be free—tree in
the use of our property —free in having it
protected, or we must be destroyed. We
cannot submit to the dominion of other
States, foreign or internal, and preserve
our forms of civilization anu tree Gov
ernment. We must rule ourselves abso
lutely or leave our country a howling wil
derness. And will not this great truth,
which all nature around us proclaims, with
that proud intolerance <>f tyranny which j
has ever characterised the people ol South
Carolina, make us invincible against a ■
world of arrtis!”
TEXAS, MEXICO AXD EXGI.AXD.
From the subjoined extract of a letter
addressed to the Hon. R. J. Walker, it
seems that England is determined to come
in fitr her share of the spoils or involve
herself in a war with this country. If
such propositions as this letter contains
have been actually submitted through an
authorized agent of Great Britain to T x
as, it is of itself a sufficient cause of war.
Under such a state of circumstances, Mr.
Tyler, in the language of General Jack
son, ought to “ plant himself upon the
treaty of 1803, and erect our flag upon
the plains of Texas.”
If the old hero occupied the Executive
chair, he would without a moment’s hes
itation pursue this course, and the people
of the United States would applaud the
action by acclamation. Si range that Mr.
Tyler with the ability and moral courage
winch are his characteristics, should not
at once follow the advice of Gen. Jackson,
and thus immortalise his name forever in
the annals of American history. Our re
lations with Mexico would justify the
measure; why then should we hesitate
for fear of a war with England. If we
engage in the contest we shall have right
on our side, besides the sympathies of
Europe, and we should come through tri
umphantly. We have submitted long
enough to the interference of that haughty
power and it is time that her dictatorial
spirit should be humbled. A war of ’44
would be a very different affair with the
war of’l2. And brother Jonathan would
make John Bull roar a note or two higher
than he ever diil liefbre in nil his martial
experience. Without further comment
we refer the reader to the followin'! ex
tract :
Philadelphia, Nov. 27, ISI4.
Hon. R. J. Walker:
Dear J*ir—Capt. Elliott left a few days
since lor Texas, to resume his official du
ties as minister from H. B. M. Govern
ment to that country. Since he left I have
learned a piece of intelligence, which
(coming from a source that can lie relied
upon,)when publicly known, will kindle
a burning flame in the mind of the peo
plr, from one end of the Union to the oth
er, which cannot be easily quenched un
til the final annexation of Texas to the
United States.
In substance it is this:—Capt. E. is in
structed by hisgovernmenl to proceed im
mediately to Texas, and is “instructed to
propose and guaranty the Independence
of Texas from Mexico within ninety' clays
and is authorized to say that Her Majes
ty’s government will appropriate e£loif,-
000 or SOOO,OOO per annum, lor ten suc
cessive years, to def ray the current expen
ses of Government, &c, making $5,000,-
000, provided Texas will abandon annex
ation with the United Stales, and enter
into a Commercial treaty with die British
government, admitting British goods free
of duty, and agreeing to charge 20 per
cent ad valorem on goods Horn all other
countries.”
In talking over “day’s lang syne” with a
circle of fireside friends an evening ortwo
ago, after paying the usual tribute to “die
old well,” “the orchard.” “the school
house,” “church,” &c. &c\, a lady in the
company broke out iri the following poet
ical and plaintive lamentation—“and that
o!d later house, I ever shall remember.”
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL FESTI
VAL IN CPftON.
O.i Wednesday evening, ihe 4th in»t., a portion
ot tlie Democracy ol Upson county, assernnted in
i'lioniusion lor the purpose ol celt dialing an event
■.viocii lias wrested Irani lire violating hands ot old
Ftdei atisill , l lie consul u lion of our gu-ui coutedeiu
cy; ami piese: ved U iu ils pristine purily, uiilianii
c.l ami unsullied. On mat nietnnrah.e day llie
li.celor.il Colleges ol tllleen ol mese liee, sovereign,
and in.iejiemlenl Siaies. casi I lit* i r votes lor J AMLS
K. CUL.Iv and GEORGE i\l. DALLAS; ami, un
der me ingn and iui|HMiiiig sane non ol Hit* supreme
,a\v ol llie laud, solemnly declared llieiii lo be, lor
ion. ~ears, President ami Vice President ol this
great and glorious Republic.
i'iie weal tier which hail been unuruatly gloomy
and inclement tor Some llitre pievions lo Ihe even
-Img selected Ibr t he teshval, suddenly changed, and
a origin and brilliant day burst upon us with nil
tlie softened lustre and soothing bland ness ol
spring's “eihenat mildness.” li nas an Indian
summer-day ot smpassing beauty. The lancilul
and pretty conceit til May lingering m ihe tap ol
Y\ mler, stetned lo tie realized, and, as Ihe lasi roses
ol a gorgeous Autumn, sen! lorlli llieir fragrance,
and me sylvan warblers made ill air Vocal with
harmony, M required no aid frcin imagination lo
feel Ilial nature and nature’s Coil sumeed auspi
ciously upon us, jusi as
“Tue morn in russet mantle clad,
Peep’d o’er the brow ol me lai -eastern hills,”
a national salute, including one gun lot the lone
and lovely Star, proclaimed the arrival of a day
which tvili fie marked as a memorable epoch m llie
calendar of Liberty.
The previous inclemency ot ihe weather and the
harvesting engagement* of our agricultural friends,
necessarily diminished the number ill l would olii
erwise have been present in do honor lo ihe occa
sion. The sturdy democracy of ihe country, how
ever, conluiued to pour pn until llie evening, at
which lime the village was pretty well crowded.—
Throughout ihe day, the clieertu! graiulattous iliai
were interchanged, and me buoyant air and ani
mated lirres of ihe Democrats vividly pnunrayed
their patriotic feelings, and plainly indicated that
lliey had met together to enjoy “a least ot reason
ami a How of soul,” —not luenthruie t lie high aspi
rations of a moral triumph by tire senseless c.amors
ol a bacchanalian orgie, or the mere gialiticaliou ol
a sensual appetite—no, no, no—but that they laid
met together to proclaim the noble triumph .it De
mocracy, and to do honor lo the nten whom and lias
been truly and emphatically said, that they did not
seek office, but il tons the office that sought them.
As madam Cynthia was m Iter last quarter, and
the atmosphere mild mid serene, llie tiigld was ad
mirably calculated to show off the festival to the
best advantage—indeed, every tiling in heaven,
earth and air, seemed iu unison with the occasion,
and all conspired lo brighten the scene with a bril
liant beauty and heighten Ihe joyous sensations that
bounded from soul to soul, bo soon as the ••sable
goddess front her ebon throne, stretch’d tiirih Iter
leaden sceptre,” llie exhibition commenced. The
houses of the Democrats in the vtll .ge were bril
liantly illuminated and decorated with attractive
transparencies, bearing apppropriat” ami patriiflic
inscriptions, with this, from the
numerous windows of the court-tutuse, (which is
situated on a gentle eminence in the centre of the
village,) a flood of light poured forth in dazzling
brightness, and uniting wiiti the spiral columns of
sparkling flame which ascended Irom bonfires at
each angle of the Public Square, and oilier pyro
technic exhibitions, presented a scene of grandeur
so magnificently splendid that it elicited the most
heartfelt and rapturous shouts of applause and ad
miration. The glowing feelings thus excited hud
not subsided beloie we were unexpectedly called
upon to witness another exhibition equally, if not
more grand ami imposing. Casting our eyes lot lie
north-west we saw the summit of Polk's Mountain,
situated about five miles from Thomaston, wrapt iu
flames which illumined the horizon almost as laras
the eye could reach, with the lustrous splendor ol
the Aurora Borealis. The birds of the forest sprang
from their sylvan perches to sport their plumage in
the flood of light, and an Eagle 100, was seen to
dart from his eyrv, and after wheeling maje-tically
through the bright expanse of ether, the noble bird
of Jove slowly disappeared in the distance. What
an omen would this have been to the old Romans!
They would have hailed it as a presage of glory
more certain and durable than that which Ihe Eagle
of the Corsican predicted, when they combatted
the enemies of the Republic amid the clouds ol the
None Alps.
When the illuminations and bonfires began to
fade away, a Torch Light procession was lormed,
which marched several times round the Public
Square and through the street* of the village. The
procession was preceded bv music and suitable
transparencies, and afier various demonstration*ol
jnvful exultation, it moved into the court house,
where t meeting of the Dent •cracj was organized
j bv calling Dr. D. Kendall to llie chair.
Dr. K. addressed the meeting in a moderate arid
| dignified manner. He congratulated the demo
cracy on the logit and momentous occasion linn
brought tlisiti together, briefly and ably reviewed
some of the leading subjects of the recent canvass,
and concluded by exhorting the party to a zealous
and untiring support of llieir principles.
Mr. L. W. Paine was called for. HeexpnseJ in
a strong argumentative speech, some of the most
popular fallacies of our opponents, and reverted
with much good humor and irony to the “ways
and means” they employed to snnport llie thrice
beaten ant! broken down nag of A h inti, whom the
people had finally discliatged and sent out tograss.
Mr. P. having closed,
1 J. J. Carev, Esq., addressed the meeting. Af
ter congratulating his fellow-democrats on the great
, victory achieved bv the democracy oft he Union,
j Mr. C. went into a lucid and searching investiga
i t ion of the claims upon which the friends of .Mr.
|Clav based his pretensions to the Presidency. He
exhibited the great discrepancies and striking con
trasts which were to he found in the conflicting
doctrines which even his advocate* maintained
made up his political character, and also in the ve
ry equivocal positions in which Mr. Clay had plac
liimseir ill reference lo several leading questions ~f
public policy. His Irrquetil modified and c.onlra
| dictorv opinions relative to the compromise, and
| his final abandonment of that pacific and judicious
i measure, together with Ins see-sawing and amhi
i lions letters on the subject of annexation, were in-
I stanced as conclusive evidence ot an oscillating anti
| time-serving policy that fully proved Mr. Clay to
be tm statesman, or, if indeed lie was one, that the
reins of government could not Is* safely trusted in
: his hands. The ridiculous charge that the Demo
crats had no principles was indignantly repelled hy
Mr. Carev. The principles of democracy, exclaim
i ed Mr. C. are embodied in our glorious constitution, |
1 and it is for llieir preservation that we arc anti have j
: been contending in opposition to the heterodox i
doctrines of old Federalism. Does not our opposi-
II ion to a Bink of the United States, to n high pro
tective tariff to a tna! appropriation o ( ' llie public
j domain, to a virtual abolition of t fie veto power,
lone of the greatest of the checks and balances
which preserves the equipoise of our government,
involve no principles? They do, said Mr. C., and
the principles they involve are ol high order ami vi
tal interest—they are the fundamental principles ol
our constitution—that great political luhle which j
was conceived amidst the fire and smoke of out
glorious struggle for liberty, am! handed down lo I
us hy the fathers and apostles of the Revolution.— |
To preserve these principles unsullied and unim- ■
pared, in opposition to the innovations and usurpa
tions of Clayism, has been and will continue lo be
'fte great work and the sacred duly ot the cham
pions of democracy. These are our principles!
After Mr. Carev sat down, lie was billowed liv
Wms. F. Jackson, and T. A. D. Weaver, F.-.qrs.
The first named gentleman rose (or the purpose o
repelling a scandalous charge which his former as
sociates had broogh' against him in consequence of
his refusing to how his tu ck to the yoke of Unity
Clay; and most triumphantly did Judge Jackson
vindicate himself bv fixing upon his accusers the
charge of inconsistency and subserviency which
they impoientlv attempted to listen upon him.—
Judge Weaver spoke of the grand result as a great
moral and political triumph which would strength
en ami invigorate our institutions. He concisely
ami very felicitously alluded to the monstrosities
of a United Slates Bank and a protective tariff, and
concluded bv an animated appeal to the Democra
cy to maintain the great victory they had won bv
a vigorous ami faithful adherence to their princi
ples.
It will be seen that we have but barely alluded to
the several excellent and eloquent speeches that
were delivered, anil that 100 in a manner hy no
means commensurate with their merits—the speak
ers weie frequently interrupted bv tlie prolonged
and animated plaudits of the meeting, which was
characterised hy great good humor and a Courteous
bearing towards our discomfitted adversaries.
The meeting closed with the following song, writ
ten by an Upson detnocin! for the occasion:
TllE DEMOCRATIC PILLAR OF GLORY.
Tithe- -Hail to the Chief.
Now do we see the bright Pillar of Glory,
Thai proudly arises front Liberty’s base,
Emhliirdfr’d with names immortal in story,
The pride and the boast of democracy’s race.
Long shall the Pillar list ,
Lighting our earth and skies.
With splendor as bright as the blaze of the sun,
“ ’Till earth’s remotest” men,
“Stud back the shout again,”
Democracy triumphs, ami liberty’s won.
Our patriots now sainted, will look down front
heav’n,
And smiling approve the great work they begun;
’TVs Jhiish'd! they’ll shout’till the blue vaults are
riven,
With tbe loud hymn of praise, led by a great
W ashmgton.
Long may that shout arise,
From the earth, seas and skies,
’Till corruption aghast shall shrink back to his
hell;
There may he wail in vain,
Never more to break Ids chain—
Democracy has sounded his funeral knell.
Our Polk and our Dallas Ihe monster has strangled,
Like Hercules they rose Ihe world to surprise;
Corruption fled from them polluted and mangled,
And hid from the Truth that Jitr flush’d from
llieir eves.
Then Georgians raise the strain,
Democrats Ibrever reign,
Our Polk and our Dallas shall heighten their
way,
\\ ith pure and heavenly light,
Blasting the Traitor’s* sight,
Who deceiv’d with a kiss, his Slate to betray.
The lost Pleiad now, we soon shall recover,
That lotieiy and lovely, that bright beaming
Star,
’Twill blaze with a beauty more splendid than
ever,
And shine ’mid our lustres more brilliant and
fair.
Then shout iu ecstacy,
Texas and liberty !
Embrac’d by our Union, O, soon may she be;
Texas and liberty,
Shout again in ecslacv;
“The land ol the brave and the home of the free.”
Now do we see tbe bright Pillar of Glory,
That proudly arises from Liberty's base,
Emblazon’d with names immortal in story,
The pride and the boast of Democracy’s race.
Long shall that Pillar rise.
Lighting our earth and skies,
With splendor as bright as tbe blaze of the sun,
“ Till earth’s remotest” men,
Send back ihe shout again,”
Democracy triumphs, and liberty’s won.
The meeting adjourned at ar. early hour, and
thus terminated our little (estival without a solitary
incident occurring to mar the social harmony and
fraternal feelings which prevailed throughout the
evening. The elevation of Polk and Dallas to the
first offices in the gift ofthe greatest and purest He
public ujvin earth, leave a moral impression upon
llie minds of the people iluit will do more to |M r- i
peiuaieoor republican institutions and preserve the
equal rights ot man, than all the military achieve
ments which have emblazoned the pages of history
sinre the fiat of Omnipotence spoke man into ex
istence.
On the evening succeeding Ihe Democratic (esti
val, ilie ladies of Thomaston, favorably inclined to
IFhig doctrines, compassionating ilie discomfiture
of llieir cavaliers, prepated a neat and mcc little
fete Ibr * lie purpose of moistening their Clay and
consoling them hv an exhibition of Ihe joy of grief.
Ttiis evidenced a fine and charming spirit on the
part of the ladies, whose peculiar taste and tact
can make even defeat itself wear the triumphant
|>ort of victory. If ihe elegant manner in which
they displayed tneir delicate and well-timed sym
pathy had heen re*ponded to in a congenial spirit,
ihere could have been nothing to censure, but much
to approve. As it turned out to be however, the
* Ren-ten.
h iori.-li and braggadocio-like conduct of Some ol
the *] >eaherß, who alluded in Ruarse anil abusive
terms to several of our most eminent and distin
guished statesmen, was but a poor and unmanly re- j
turn lb* ltic kind and delicate courtesy which |
sought to assuage the pangs of defeat, and mode- ;
rate llie onextingoisbed passions that still rage in j
tbe hearts of the vanquished party. As it may be |
regarded* political maxim, that lie tvbo is insolent j
in defeat would tyrannise iA the hour of victory, j
we have an additional incentive jo cheer us on in j
our opposition to a faction which Ibses its cqnnui
itniiy in its overthrow, and would suppress in ils j
success every emotion of moderation and forbear
ance. 'The little lievy of comely matrons and beau
tiful maids, whose condescension was thus shabbi
ly requited, must have hung their beads abashed
and blusbeu “celestial red” to lie Compelled to list
en to tlie slang- whanging jargon that assailed their
ears—tor whatever may lx* their opinions, they can
never transcend the bounds of the most scrupulous
and refined delicacy, and,
“If to their share some female errors fall,
Look in their eyes, and you’ll forget them all.”
By thf. Committee of Akkanuement.
CONGRESS.
Iu tlie Senate to-day, Messrs. Brrese,
Archer, and Moreheud, appeared in llieir
seats. The Hon. Henry A. Foster, and
the Hon. Daniel A. Dickinson, appointed
hy the governor of New York to lili the va
cancies in t lie Senate ol the United Si tiles
occaWnned hy the resignation of the Hon.
Silas Wright ami tlieHon. Nathaniel P.
Talmadge, appeared, were qualified, nml
took llieir seats. Several Hill of a private j
character were introduced and committed.
Mr. McDuffie gave notice of his intention,
to introduce a joint resolution for the an-1
nexat ion of Texas tothe United Stales,
and Mr. Merrick to introduced bill to re
duce the rates of postage, and to abolish
the franking piivilege. At the instance
of Mr. Woodbury, the Committee on Com- j
meree was instructed to inquire into, the
propriety ol extending the present ware
house system. The several standing com
mittees were also announced hy the Pre
sident protein. No other business ol im
portance was transacted.
The House, alter lHe announcement ol
the standing committees, resolved itsell
into Committee oftlie whole, anil took up
and discussed Mr. Duncan’s hill lor hol
ding the election of President and Vice
President on the same dnv throughout lltej
Union; which being passed over inlbrmal-
Iv, the message ol the President was re-!
lerred lo the appropt iate committees, and
the House adjourned.
Dorr's Case. —Gen. Fessenden, from
Maine, is in town, endeavoring to do some
thing for the liberation of Mr. Dorr, upon
a Writ of Error, and Habeas Corpus.—
We learn that he yesterday made an ap
plication, to have an interview with the
imprisoned man, through the Mayor of the
city. What will be the result of the ap
plication, remains to be seen. We have
no idea that it will be successful. Mr.
Dorr can only he liberated hy a change of
rulers.
Since writing the above, we learn that
the application has been denied.—Provi
dence Gazette.
A Steamer propelled by a Fan. —We learn
from the English papers that a boat con
structed on the piuiciple of a “lan” pro
peller has been launched at Greenwich,
and a very successlul experimental trip
performed in her. The boat is named
the Mystery—is about til'iy tons burden
and twenty horse power. The engines
| are fixed lengthways in the vessel. The
propeller is similarly constructed to the
fan of a windmill, and, like the screw, is
fixed to the stern. It possesses a twofold
action—one perpendicular, which regu
lates her speed, and the other horizontal,
which describes half a circle, and regu-
I lates her steerage.
This latter action of the “fan” is ofsucli
power that while il supersedes the use of
a rudder, it can wheel the boat round as
if site moved upon a pivot, and continue
to spin Iter round like atop, wilhott mak
ing bead or stern way, except what little
the tide or wind may effect. This pecu
liar action of the “fan” can be attached It)
any sailing vessel, from a line-of-battle ship
down to a collier, and can be worked by
hands, totally unconnected with steam. — j
! Its power, though not so great as when
worked by steam, is such that it would
enable a ship of the line tobiing both her
broadsides to beftr against an enemy in
about two minutes.— S. Y. Com. Ado.
Oregon and the British • —lt is stated that
Mr. Dunn, agent for the British Hudson
Bay company, has furnishad the Montreal
Courier with a statement of the complete
'occupation of Oregon, animo remanendi, by
the directions of that company, as the re
presentatives of tlie British nation.
The Pork Season. —The Cincinnati
Chronicle, says the great winter business
of cutting pork has commenced. Bome
six or eight thousand have been slaugh
tered. The quantity of pork packed will
of course lie large, much larger than at;
any other point iu the United States.
Judge F. 11. Cone, of the Supersorj
Courts of die Ocmulgee Circuit, has re
signed his office. TheGovcrior will have
to appoint a successor to serve until an
election by the legislatute in November,
1848.
The legislature of Ohio have rlert e( l
Thomas Corwin, Senator ill Congress, t°
serve for six years from and after the 4dt
ot March next, when the term of Judge
Tappan will then expire.
“ Hurrah for the girls of’44! ’ cried ti j
j politician at a caucus the either night.— j
j “ No, no, hurrah for the girls of 16!” re- i
spondee! another; and the sentiment was
enthusiastically cheered.
MARRIED.
In this City, on the 12th in*l. by the Rev Mr.
Pavne, Mr A. Leadi.v, to Miss Akathvsa Kir
bot.
In thisCilv, on llie 12ih inst. by the Rev. Mr.
Kendrick, Mr. A. G. Killisosworth, lo Miss
Elisabeth McCoo*.
In Vineville. on the 11th inst. by the Rev. J.
! R. Kendrick, Dr. J. Brut.!., to Miss fVrxxriMK
11. S*vnrßs.
•firs. iJt it stub’s Hotel*
CRirFIN, GEORGIA
a rs * a,
TAKES this method of informing Iter
frit ml* i»m<l the public generally, t Lai she w lit
! still coulint.e to keep a Hotel in this place, a lew
i doors below llie Monroe R il Ronil ami Bankirjf
House, just across the street from where the for**
inerlv kept. Her charges will eorre*|*ind with the
j hardness of the times. The bouse will be filled
;upin a superior style. She will lake tbe bouse ou
tlie 201 h flay of Dcreuber, when every tiling lull
! be in complete order.
AMP.UA HUSON.
1 Griffin, the. 9, 18-14. 10 2m
Floyd House*
Mtiie connexion subsisting between tbe
undersigned heretofore, under the firm of
B. S. NEWCOMB St CO., was dissolved
on lite lath ins!. The debts previously contracted
hy the concern w ill be paid bv B. S. Newcomb, and
the sole proprietorship of the Fl.otfl Horse front
: the dissolution above staled, is vested in B, S. New
comb only. B. S. NEWCOMB,
WM. CK A FT,
C. C. USHER.
Macon Nov. tD, 184-1.
N. B.—.Mr. Craft, I have the jtleasure of saying;
lias eimsenteil to remain with n;e, anil assist in llie
management ol the House.
B. S. NEWCOMB.
Nov. 27. 3t 8
JIRS. F. MI.BLK, OF I* Alt IS
MILLINER AND FASHIONABLE
Ores* ,1/aker.
Store next door to Messrs. fValts St Moulton's,
Commkkce Row.
RESPECTFULLY informs the Ladies of
A/acon and Vicinity, that she has just arrived
from New Fork, Willi a netv and well selected
stack of new
SVJTNLJ3 OJP B
VEL VE TS, SILK. .S’ TRAIV, it LEG HORNS,
which wili he sold very low. Old bonnets repair
ed at the shortest 'notice. A call is respectfully so
licited.
December 11,1811. 9 if
SELLING OFF AT COST FOR
CASH.
HAVING a very la roe Stock of Goods on band,
-and being desirous of reducing it very low
by the spring, I am iml need to offer rnv present
STOCK AT LUST FOR CASH.
The G.iods are new and butight in JYete York
for Cash. The stock consists of
UffiJT Ck QO JD $ ,
READY MADE CLOIHING,.
HATS, SIIO S AND ROOTS,
SXDDI.LRV II \ If DWARF, CROCKERY,
uoi.ting clotiim, .mill saw
PAINTS, oil. W INI)OW GLASS,
PITTY M'. 4C.
embracing every article usually kept in this Mar
ket.
Country Merchants, Peddlers, and oilier person*
wishing to buv, would do well to look at mv Goods
More Purchasing, as great bargain* rnav be bad.
WM. A. ROSS.
Macon, December 11, 1844. 9-ts
JAMES 11. HENNETT,
IS announced as a candidate for Justice of t lie
Peace, for tlie TtCib District, G. M., at the eu
siting election in Junuaiy 1845.
December 4. 8 t.le
HEADY MADE CLOTHING, just received
.Wen’s, and buys’ clothing of every descrip
tion, which will be sold at gieatlv reditcftlDrices.
S. J. RAY it CO.
Nov. 8, 1844.
FOUR MON THS after date application will
be made to the honorable tlie Interior Court
of Bibb county, when sitting fir ordinary purpo
ses, tor leave io sell the entire estate real, and |>er
aonal, of Henry Flanders late of said county de
ceased.
DAVID FLANDERS, Adm’r.
December 18, 1841. 10
120 HOLLA UN REWARD.
RUNAWAY from the subscriber, his
negro man JUBITER, on the night of
WU the 30ili ol November last. Jubiter is
about 2t> years old, ;i empemer try trade,
Sf/Tj supposed to fie about 5 leet 9 incites high.
■fcarjsfcfc. Hia complexion is not pci fectly black, as
lie is remotely mixed with the Indian. He is toler
ably broad across the shoulders, a little knock
kneed, considerably more so in the right knee than
(lieleft. He Inis* small sear on the under lip, I be
lieve on the right side oftfic lip. He ’.s intelligent,
strong and active. Winn heard from last (the
night mi winch lie left my residence,) Jubiter was
in company with a white man, bv the name ol_
Brown. Brown is probably about 25 years old, of
rather more than a medium height, not very stout,
has a ilaik complexion, lias, or had when last heard
front, a modarate pair of whiskers, mustaches, and
1 presume from his complexion, lias dark hair and
dark eyes, and had on an over coat or surtout, ex
tending to about llie middle of his legs, and a black
hat, with an oval or round crown. He is a young
man of some intelligence, with n tvalk which con
veys the idea of considerable self esteem, and lot*
railier a genteel appearance, if well dressed. Yfe'
mav |>erhnps pass hiinsell olfas Dr. Brown, as lath
of opinion, tie once attended a course ol medical
leciures. He is said to Ik 1 fond of spirits. Ido not
know whether lie is married or single, or il married,
whether his wife is in ibis State < r Georgia. On
the same night on which mv negro man Jubiterlelt,
two horses were stolen. One ol tlie horses, a bay
of ordinary size, a limit 12 years old, tviili a while
spot on his forehead, and one or more white spots
on his hack, occasioned by tlie saddle, fie pact's ve
ry well. The other horse is a sorrel with a blaze
face, lie is of moderate size, also paces, hut not so
weil as the other horse, and is what the jockeys
sometimes call a Hide cat liamed, and about 9yearn
old, with plain marks ol the collar on his
7'wo saddles and bridles are also missing. One of
the saddles is very much worn, and has a saddle
blanket cut llie size of the saddle pad. sewed sc
curely to it, ilie#aildle was originally a good quilted
saddle—the other saddle is not much wonted, and
worth, if perfectly new about twenty-five dollars.
Eighty dollars reward will be paid for Jubiter. if
delivered to meat my residence in Barnwell Dis
trict, South Carolina, or if lodged in any safe jail
in South Carolina nr Georgia. And forty dollars
for the detection arid conviction of any white man
that may have Ihvii instrumental in carrying him
off. .Ur. IF. B. TFarren has offered a teward of
g»5 for his two horses above referred to.
WM. R ERWIN.
The Savannah Georgian, the Augusta Con
stitutionalist, ihe Colutnbin South Carolinian, Ma
con Republic. Athens Banner, will copy the above
once,and send the bill to Dr. Erwin, at Erwinton.,
Barnwell District
December 9, 1844. H
CITY ELECTION NOTICE.
City CoexctL, Nov. 22, 1844.
K EVOLVED, That at the approaching Elec
rion for .Uiyor and Aldermen, on tlie first
Saturday in January next, no person be allowed to
vole whose names is not on tlie Register Rook °f
the city.
Resolved. That at said Election sa person shall
be allowed to vote who has not paid all arrearage^
; of Tux to the city.
Resolved. Tha t the Treasurer publish the foie
gning Resolutions in the public Gazettes of the
3,V, so that all iiersons msv have due notice there-,
of. A- R- FREE.UAN, Treas.
Nov. 27, 1844. 7 ltJ i
NOTICE.
r*NHE ROOK lor Registering names of Voters
i for .Upvoc and Aldermen of tbe city of .Yacon
is l.ept at mv office in the .Market-House upstairs
j - <tM ( will be open Mm 9to 12 o’clock everyday,
i fSiindavs excepted,) until the day preceding the
f Eh-otion, as required by the charter ofthe city.
| Per*xns whose names are on the city 'lax Book
! of this veararc not acquired to register.
December 11 9 ' A Tt. FKF.E.V\N Trca