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TO THE CITIZENS OF TWIGGS COUNT I*. A perusal of the facts lam about to submit to you, will, I trust, render all apology unnecessary Being at a Muster, at the house of Samuel M. Granberrv in rant ouecessar>. Twiggs County, on the 3d inst. I heard HARTWELL H T\RVPR i 8 ,str,ct tariff of tSisi iTiiito#! TAIiU I of tho Ctitv and Sta es, in presence of several individuals. On the 6th instant I was in .Marion, a,.. saw him ■„ n0.,ver5a,.,,,, wi.l, James Ware, Es,,. and understood him ,o deny that he hadeuu advocau dtae I ari.F len quired of others who were present the Durnortofhii rnnvpr -8at!on; ail! • ~rr' I hi | t 1 ha<l 1 ". ll, ! erstoo:l hi,n c °rrectly. i then observed fo the bye-standers minslieaun , tuat lie: nad advocated it in Capt. Streetman’s District. Fie then stenned no to mo ml observed, ilia, ,1 1 said lie had advocated the Tariff, I had told a falsehood. I pronounced him Considerable Having been charged with falsehood by a man who wishes the public to concede to him an el natc; rank in society, and is ambitious to occupy a prominent station, as a Legislator, it become!, me, who has asked less of public opinion or suffrage, to avail myself of such means to support my assertions, as are m illiiii my reach. [ have it in my power to oppose to his assertions, the affida . ol mini' u.ds, \\luc 1, if he has the audacity and hardihood to attempt to controvert, I cannot Hi '1 i‘r , hn< 1 1 0 . ,loncst P art of community, whatever may be their political tenets, very stubborn to I), ..eve him. J have no point or question to argue with Mr. Tarver. The affidavits arc sulhcicnt to answer my purpose, and I have no doubt they must satisfy every individual who NMl.gnc them a candid perusal, (however little he may like to believe it) that Mr. Tarver has been giultv of a shameful abandonment ol the truth, and of supporting doctrines altogether obnoxious to almost every individual in this community. J will only say further, to the Voters of Twiggs county, that such is the man who offers him- Of whmTvou all knowl'a, ,J Vam bef ° re c ?" victed h Y six of individuals most ' K rnsSs: n, rr; *• man v, tv * ■ ,K,r i,cl w-w .*.”. i,oU“d™ in .Inch lie resides, a„d ,vl,„ Vnidin. ,lZj t ' l " ,Cled fr 1 “ Repw,it,n,Te a free people, and oppressive and unjust to the community a fit Representative of yo„r !e din "sV ah:liKm ‘ ,# ’ ?" and less than aweek dni es having ever supported them, Truth? Honest men wll not 1 esft u>h , , vour T r '? l ' t Bto of sentunen.s, and one who can so readily abandon the e w.u not hesitate how to give the reply. I refer you to the testimony which follows. MARTIN L. HARDIN. SEPTEMBER 10, 1831. PERSoS?n^ GIA “" T i Wlea ® COUNTY. public comv.tV,n,ki I?','"° rrs.jJ! mp ’ nnd bein ? du l v sworn > snitb ?bat on the fourth day of July last, in a existin'* Tariff u ( . !i " < e ? / A \ LL 1 ’ rAiiVEIl > and this deponent, the said Hartwell H. Tarver did advocate the wis produced hv wmt .If ' thc PJ? 86 ,"* ®™ ! >arrassed condition of the Southern States was owing to the Tariff, but said it Southern State*' rl.-k i a cconf,,n J r - He furtber said * the course of said conversation, that the Tariff was the best thing for that subject. * dU,art <;ver “ done, and challenged deponent, or any other person to meet him in the discussion of SU ° RN TANARUS() i and subscribed before me, ibis 7th day of September, 1831. 1 FSO& • NIMROD W. LONG, J. I. C. ] persS^u^ cia 7” twiggs COUNTY. ~ v ersation specified lull " d,a " l . T • before me, and being duly sworn, saith thnt he was present, and hear,-l the con oid deposition tl.rtth! ' s * Koh P rtßo ‘' 3 deposition, and that said TA RVI3U did advocate thc Tariff, and deny as Mated in the said M. Robert ~, ! P rL ' seilt t,,nbarr assed condition of the Southern States was owing to the Tariff; and that he did ch.Mlenge u ,CI ison to meet him upon that subject. Ml OR\ TO and subscribed before me, this 7th day of September , NIMROD W. LONG, J. I. C. f p ERsa\ML3^ a2iK 7" T / WlC^^ 3 COUNTY, of Jufy last, between l //l RTWf't the Tariff, ai-d *-. ,l t |,., ( ,i ' LLlj If ' rAU 1 Elt aad Matthew Robertson, in which conversation the said Tarver advoca of economy i a tl ;i > pcopL- ' * l6 prtscnt embar rassed condition ol the Southern States was not owing to the Tariff, but to wane TO w H „ rr 7I „ *, GItIFFI V. NIMROD W. LONG, J. I. C. f PERS<S*^rWIO-GS county] HVUTvveij/jj rißepn'* f J'irrismi before me, and being duly sworn, saith that on the fourth day of Julv last, he heard tll: Cotton Good* w. ™ i ;ulv,,ca ‘'‘ tba existing Tariff, and say that he had been a merchant sixteen or seventeen years, and weie cheaper now than he had ever known them before. J ‘ S U ° RX TO and subscribed before me, this 7th day of September, IS3IM NIMROD W. LONG, J. I. C. f PERS(S*u^ GIA ”-^WICGs'^UN r TY. hmself aru j H ,\r t\ V'lt-rTb/nn””* ' Eerrtd i and being duly sworn saith, that in a private conversation between he said Hartwell l r u* • 1 AKVLR, at a Camp Meeting in this county, near the store of Messrs. Robertson & Murphy, ti. larver d.d advocate the existing Tariff of the United States. 7 W September, 1831. 1 THOMAS W. TERRELL. THAD s. GOODE HOLT, Judge S. C. } SSs(^?MV: T^ ICas COUNTY. between RAHTwpii Rogers, who being duly sworn, saith that he was present and heard a con u'uud Granberri? ii" 1 ' Martin L. Hardin, on Saturday, the third of this inst. at the house of . > n said county, and the said Tarver did say that he was in favor of the existing Tariff. SWo * TO h f OTI m , m Srplealer< m SAMUKI. ROGERS. JAS. M. GRANRERRY, J. P <