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AMD AGRICULTURAL ASB MERC A NTILR IJSTELLIREACER.
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VOL. I.
Wanted,
9000 I{USHELS CORX ’
■i ■•'?•,' I,S ” bSC STON£ ,^S“ Sl ‘
;j Ii 'Jjiii'/ iDii'iiiWi'f 'iij
■nESUBSCRIUERS ARE RECEIVING
6)000 PIECES.HEMP dSD TOW
Ul bagging,
'ich they ofTi r for sale at very low prices on an
I , Bl ,e^iuWl.p..ve J pa ra
jane, i/- AO
JUST RECEIVED,
£0 bbls. SUMMER STOCK ALE,
,T 3 cases Lupec W ino,
05 do Claret, in pints.
80 kits MACKEREL,
5 c-tsks PORTE R,
85 jr. boxes Raisins,
70 j boxes do
30 whole do _
It) doz. Congress Water
Tamarinds and Soda Crackers.
Also, a large and lresh supply of ;.il kinds of
'mfectionaries, lbr sale low—by
L. ECKLEY.
Sfacon, July 00, 183 L 29— tt.
JUST RECEIVED ,
CTrr Bunts Carroll and Vice President. J
i'UISKEV, N. Rum, Hyson Tea, Coffee,
\ .sn-rar, Molasses, Muskatel Raisins,
Inverness Cotton Bagging,
liest quality Dundee do
Powder, Kiiot, &:c.
M. FELTON fc Cos.
Macon, July 23, 1831 29
Bivff. \i\inn
IAS just received and for sale at his
SL£vD'Ji2i
1 Cherry Street, a general assortment of
Drugs, e Medicines*
PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS, Ac.
Which will be sold on accommodating terms.
rescriptions will be prepared by ])r. Wood
■i, who will superintend the sale of all Med
hits.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
him lliera I’icra
ntimany linglass
imatto Spanish Jury Black
da Coin apavs 11
loes Laudanum
Icolinl Liquorice Ext. and re
rroiv Root Bermuda fined
safoctida Mace
itiinonitil Wine .Magnesia Calcined
ther do Lump
ora:; rofumd Medicinal Herbs
do Crude Manna
himstonc Roll Mustard Eng.
alsam Copaiva Ntix Vomica
arlry Oil P ppermint
ark Peruvian “ Bergamot
loves “ Lemon
ream Tartar “ Wormseed
lastile Soap Opium
aster Oil, Ist and 2d Paregoric
, _ Pearl Ash
egress W atcr Quicksilver
orro'ive Sublimate Quinine
abmel Rhubarb
“pkor Red Precipitate
annmile flowers Rochelle .Salts
araivay seed Salt Peter
antharides Sarsapari lja
mnamon Sugar F.ead
ocnineal Sup. Carh Soda
| Uor ,s Senna Alex
;ssences of all kinds do Eng.
psom Salts Sponge. Fine
>-. c.s ditTerent Linds do Common
lll,r l , Spirits Turpentine
Rfi, , N ""’
f v , “ Hartsh.rne 1
U<er Suits Sweet Oil
ainhoije Stoughton’s Bitters
;oney S lamanmls
[ lnn „ i artar Emetic
rpCI Tartaric Acid.
ees p u ATEXT MEDICINES.
uderson’a do Drops
oi.r* r*. Godlrey s Cordial
milord's l ° rk Honey
ilts Lemon Uminnson s Lyc water
(dap,,,.. 1 Durable Ink
£ t Magnesia
Podeldoc p u ;‘" rl Panacea
p„,._ rotters Cathoheon
riHff mait !>** oil
Wm do r; s ?,*
ur!ir<rt .i) 1 i>;ilby s Carminative
d-nb Btue :m James’ Powders.
mie\Ju} IXTS AND OILS.
, ulitv and lst U “ d 2d “
j , ,1 Bnialts all colours
. •*; n Camels Hair Pencils
’e h °'" Per re do Sienna
I, laa V Umimr Turkey
Vermillion
i*;. I‘ilk 1 ‘ilk Gold Leaf
Patent Yellow
Resin
liitin!r lack j l ..agwood Stick
on- lu 1 <V P llre ground
UtL Paint brushes of all
,n Mone 1 : t
iTlliirtis Kiml>
mflee'e, Spirits Te.Tcntme
STV, f. &&1,
,7" " Lamp Oil Ist and 2d
nrral tw quality
'pal Varan? p’ lmluw C 1:133 “H izt M
ipun u 1 1 utly.
.Hum 1)YI] STUFFS.
'ochinr-,1 Spansih Indigo
Apcrus Madder
!ut(; a ]] s Turmeric
v - r 'foud Sii,a. oil Vitri, d
do .j “ . Aqtm Portia
'l.njttr, ‘ o r °>inil Muriatic Acid.
' 1831, 25 .
House for Salt’.
,4 NEW House, which has been weatker
j boardeo, but not shingled, and which can be
easily removed from its location, will he sold, lor
cash, it application be early made, at the
AD V ERTISER OFFICE.
August 30. 38—tf
Com mis s ion II us in ess
IN DARIEN.
rpilE subscribers beg leave to inform their
X friends and the public in general that they
continue to attend to Business in the above line,
and will be thankful tor a continuance of their
favors. PH : R. YONGE k SONS.
Darien August 15, 1831. 27—tf
n. inrii.v.
THE subscribers have connected them
selves under the firm of
I’ATTON k COHEN,
for the transaction of a general Commission Busi
ness in Darien and respectfully solicit a share of
I'ublie patronage, assuring those who favor them
with their Business, that every exertion on their
part shall be used for the advancement of their
interest.
They have taken the Wharf and Store House
recently occupied by Messrs. Ph. R. Yonge &
Sons, and owned by B. E. Hand, Esq.
ROBERT S. PATTON,
J. COIIEN, Jr.
Darien, Aug. 22, 1831. 37-3 m
Darien and .Yew- York
TO SAIL THE IST, 10TH AND 20T1I OF
EVERY MONTH.
Schooner Mary Ann, Captain Fithian.
Schooner Hero, Captain Collier.
Schooner Martha Beast on , Captain Petit.
Schooner Agenora, Captain Pierce.
npHE above are all vessels on which Insurance
M. can he effected at the lowest rates, and ship
pers may rely that the greatest punctuality will
i.e observed in their sailing, commencing the Ist
September.
For Freight or Passage, apply to the masters on
board, or to
E. H. COLLINS,
88 South Street, New York, or
P. R. YONGE A- SONS,
Darien.
July 1,1831 .31-If
T:<ITTON RAGGING, ~
ON I. thousand pieot s HEMP BAGGING,
30 ldids. N. Orleans Suga;,
ti ’i'ierccs Jamaica Sugar,suitable for fam
ily use,
100 bags Prime Green Coffee,
50 bags Old Java Coffee,
10 boxes brown Fluvanna Sugar,
12 doz. Madeira V ine,
12 doz Port Wine,
For sale by VVM. P. HUNTER.
Macon August 2*2d, 1831. 36-t4
Day nad IRiIU,
OFFER FOR SALE OX REASOXAUI.E TEJtJIS
I t\t >''h ils Prime SUGAR,
' lUU 20 bids Loaf and Lump Sugar,
35 ldids Molasses,
300 bags Prime Green Coffee,
200 bhls. high Proof \V hiskey,
100 do do do Gin,
100 do do do Rum,
50 casks Nails and Brads, 100 lbs. each.
50009 lbs. Swedes Iron
7000 bushels Salt,
2000 peices Cotton Bagging.
Macon August 12, 1831. 33—tf
uTbb sales.
IYUI he sold, at the Court-house in the. town
of Macon, on the first. Tuesday in September,
SOME household and kitchen furniture, one
black horse, 4 negroes, Philis, Mary, Tom,
and Mason, and the land and improvements, (num
ber of acres not known) all levied on as the pro
perty of James Tabor, ta satisfy sundry executions.
4 negroes, Tom, Lucy, Simeon and Jourdan,
levied on as the property of Win. J. Danelly, to
satisfy sundry executions.
1 carriage and harness, levied on ns the proper
ty of Elizabeth Coleman, to satisfy 2 fi fas in fa- J
vor of Seymour & McKinley.
Sundry articles of furniture, levied .on as the j
property Littleton Atkison, and John T. Rowland,
to satisfy a distress warrant for Kent, in favor of j
Parish < larter.
The lot and improvements, occupied by Robert ■
Birdsong, to satisfy a li fa from the comptroller ,
General’s office, vs. Thomas Gardner, and Win.;
Scott and Robert Birdsong, securities.
One negro hoy named Ambrose, levied on as
the property of Alfred S. Bennett, to satisfy a fi
fa in favor of Nicholas Wagoner, vs John P. Bal
lard, and Win. A. Green and Allred S. Bennett,
securities.
3 negroes, Sinas, Missouri, and Loretta, as the
property of Win. P. Harris, to satisfy a mortgage
li la in faaor of Kimberly A Chisholm.
W. B. CONE, Sheriff.
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MACON: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1831.
, toiiiki;,
A C*OOD Cook for hire by the month. Apply
r 1 at tllc ADVERTISER OFFICE.
August 30. ;jg t y
SHERIFFS SALES.
For October
I*ikt‘ sale*.
Will hr f old at the Court-house in the fuu-n of Ze
bu lon, on the fir.d 'Tuesday in .iuirtist next,
| fe N E negro man by the name of Sam. about 45
I years old, levied upon as the property of Ca
j tharine Ragan, to satisfy a mortgage fi fa in favor
; oi Sowcl W oollolk vs. said Catharine Raoun.
! J. R. CULPEPPER, Ip. S.
For September.
J < INESSA I, ES.
Will be sold ft the Court-house in the town of Clinton
on the first Tuesday yi September next,
RD acres of land; whereon Levin 1). Sockwell
U\ ” lives, taken as his property to satisfy fi fas
in favor of George W. Dillingham.
250 acres ot land, whereon John Gunn lives, ta
kr.n as his property to satisfy a ti fa in favor of
Shorter & Gordon.
Negro girl Ann, 14 years old, as the property of
Peter (iill, to satisfy fi fas in ilivor of VV. & G Pope
and John Toles.
101 1-4 acres of land, whereon John Dosset
lives, and the interest of John Wyuins in the crop
growing thereon, levied on as Wynins property,
in lavor ot James Covven and E ben Tompkins.
B. TRAPP, Sh’ff,
TWIGGS SALES.
Jl ill be sold at the Court-House in the town of Ma
rion, Twiggs county,
•)Fi volumes Law Books, levied on as tlie pro
perty ot Robert A Evans, to satisfy an exe
cution in favor of Ira Peck.
> 2-7tlis of square of land. No 24. 23d district of
formerly W ilkinsonnow Twiggs, levied on as the
property of John Arnold, to satisfy a fi fa iu favor
of Turner Coley.
101 1-1 acres land, No. 25, in the 27th district
of originally Wilkinson now Twiggs, levied on
as the property ot John Ham, to satisfy afi fain
: favor of Win and John Ham.
202 1-2 acres of land, No. 70 in the 23d district,
| levied 011 as the property of James 11. Kidd to sa
; tisly a fi la 111 lavor of Samuel McJienkin, vs Win
Nixon, and said Judd, security.
Samuel M. Cranberry's interest in the square
of land whereon lie now lives, and in the crop
j growing thereon, levied on as his property to sa
| tisfy a li fain favor of Judith Wilkes,
j JAMES HARRISON, Sh’ff.
MON ROE SALES.
j U dl be sold at the Court-house in the 'Town of For
syth, on the first Tuesday in September,
j .4 square of land, whereon Wm Huekaby lives,
j -*' levied on as bis property to satisfy fi fas in
I favor of Bell be Rainey and others.
JOHN REDDING, Sh’ff.
11 ’ill be sold us above,
¥>IDD\ , am! her child, levied on as the proper
ty of NY in A. Moore, to satisfy sundry fi fas
in favor of W in Maxy and others.
Lot No. 40, in tlie l ltli district, levied on as the
property of John Towns, to satisfy sundry fi fas
in favor of Thomas Grant.
. POSTPONED SALE.
GO acres of land, part of No. 70, in the 11th dis
trict. levied on as the property of Wiley J. Har
ris, to satisfy ti fas in favor of VY. Biscow.
A. COCHRAN, D. Sh’ff.
BETTS SALES.
ft dl be sold utthc Court-house in the town of Jack
son, on the first Tuesday in September next,
N O 103, in the first district, formerly Ilenry,
now Butts—levied on as the property of.lno.
H. Malphas, to satisfy a li fa in favor of John Al
drige.
Lot No. IG. in the first district of formerly Hen
ry, now Butts, and south halfof No. 17. same dis
trict, and negro man Jack, GO or 70 years old, le
vied on as the property of Hugh I! mil to satisfy
executions in favor of Tlios. W. Goode. E. R.
Goodrich and Keeland Tyner.
R. W. HARKNESS, I). Shff.
On the first Tuesday in October next, will be fold ar
the Court-House in Jackson, liutts county,
IOT, No 75, in the 18th district of originally
J Henry now Butts, levied on as the property
of John M. Davenport, to satisfy a mortgage fi fa
iu favor of Ambrose Edwards.
JOSEPH SUMMERLIN, Sl,ff. i
FAYETTE SALES.
Will be sold, at. the Court-house, in Fayetteville, on
the first Tuesday in September next ,
IOT No. 104, 4th district, originally Henry
A now Fayette, levied on as the property of
Wtn. 11. Walden, to satisfy 2 fi fas in lavor of
Win. Askew.
W V ATT 11E FLIN, sheriff.
ALSO,
IOT No. 83, in Fayetteville, levied on as the
A property of I). & il. Moses, to satily an exe
cution in lavor of Isaac Warren fc M. N. Burch,
ANDREW McBRIDE, D. Sheriff.
< R VAY FORI) S ALES.
JJ'il! be s;>d. nt the Court-house in the town nf Knox- 1
rille, on the first Tuesday in S, ptember next, ;
rjptilK property of VV. P. Glover, to sntify an
8 execution in favor of James I). Edwards, one
acre of ground whereon the Knoxville academy is,
to satisfy 2 small executions in favo of Jesse
Stone vs the Trustces.
JOHN WHITTINGTON, TANARUS). Sheriff.
IIOUSI ON SALES.
Will be sold, of the Court-house, in the town of Per
ry, on the first Tuesday in September next .
N r O 209, in the 12th district of Houston, levied
on as the property of James Wall, to satisfy
li fa in favor of Win. E. Carswell.
No. G 5, in the Bthdistrict, levied on as the pro
perty of David G. Hardy, to satisfy a fi fa iu favor
of Stovall k, Lamar.
No. 55, in the 15th district, levied on as the
property of John Miller,to satisfy 2 executions in
favor of Griffin Goodwin.
HENRY ■ RALEY Sheriff.
HENRY SALES.
Will be soldut the Court-House in McDonough, on
the first Tuesday in September ne.i >,
X~O. 1C in the 12th district, levied on by a mort
gage fi fa in favor of VVm C. Thomas, and
No. 179 in the Otli district of said county, all le
vied on as tlie property of VVm 11. Kimbrough.
TIIOM YS J. JOHNSON, D.'Sh’ff.
AND
Uonin i smioh 11 11 *i 11 o**.
IE undersign <1 will continue to transact the
4 above business in all its various branches—
j with strict attention to business and the facilities
j which they will be able to vender their customers
1 and the comparative remoteness of their Waiie
! House from the dangers of fire; they hope tome
i rit. a continuance ot that liberal patronage which
they received the past season.
In addition to our former Ware-House, we have
(for the convenience of our customers up town,)
rented the Ware-House o\\ the corner of Mulberry
and Second Streets, formerly occupied by Mr.
Isaac 11. SI o id a ad.
Ail COTTON stored there will be delivered !
at the boat landing, free ol’drayage.
(ff Liberal advances will be made at all times
on Cotton in store or shipped by us.
(ff Cotton stored with us, will be insured at
low rides if requested'
J. GODDARD & REED.
Macon, August If), 1831. 34 tf
Wr A v - v'.Y-A Yg wxi'S
AND
Commission ISnsiness,
THE subscribers respectfully inform their
friends and the public, that they continue the
| above business, and renew the offer of their ser-
I vices iu that line.
They have leased the WARE-IIOUSE, lately
occupied by Mr. John T. Rowland, eligibly sit
uated on the bank of the river, just below the
Bridge, end remote from danger by fire. For the
convenience of their customers, in tlie upper part
of town, they have a
SCALE HOUSE
i in Cotton Avenue.
The usual advances will be made on Cotton,
! stored with or shipped by them ; and their cus
i tomers can have the choice of tlie Savannah,
< ’liarlcston, New-Y 01k, or Liverpool markets.
DAY A BUTTS.
| Macon, Aug. 12, 1831, 33—tf
.r AMES A.Tn7TA TON MEltEJll AH SMITH,
Under the firm of
BIiAATOA A
! Respectfully tender to their friends and the jiublic,
their services in the
1 z~noisi:
AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS,
fjNHJIY have taken the large new Ware House
*- and \\ barf, between second and third streets,
both of which arc constructed on tlie most ap
proved plan and are lu fine condition. A conven
ient close store, for tlie reception of Merchandize
will be erected forthwith. The proximity of the
VV are House to the business part of town, and at
the same time its comparative remoteness from
other buildings, together with the advantages of
the exeellent wharf attached to it, render it pe
culiarly convenient, as well 'as, measurably ex
empt from danger by fire. Liberal advances will
be made on cotton in store, & shipped by them—
j and every other reasonable accommodation grant
! ed. The personal attention of each of the firm
j will be given to the business, and their utmost ex
j ertions used to promote ilia interests of their cus
j tomers.
I July 18, 2fi
AND
COMMISSION' n USIJVESS,
(Cherry Hired.)
MACON, GEORGIA.
HE undersigned lias taken tlie New WARE
HOUSE now building on Cherry street, be
low the corner occupied by Messrs. KIMBE lil.Y
ti CHISHOLM, whore he will take Cotton on
Storage, and make liberal advances on the same.
AH Cotton stored at this Ware-House will be
! delivered, if required, at any of the Boat landings
! in this place, free of drayage.
! As bis whole time and attention will be devot
; ed to tlie above business, he hopes to merit a share
of public patronage.
GEO. WOOD.
August 1, 1831, 31-tf
18 fa re-Ho use
AM)
Commission BEnsinrss
FHNIIE undersigned having leased from I
B LAMAR iV CIO. tlieir Ware-Houses j
for si term of years, tenders his services to j
his friends and the public, iu the above busD !
ness.
He will be prepared to extend the usual fa- ■
cilities to his customers, bv making advances j
on Produce stored with him, or on Shipments
to his friends in Savannah and Charleston.
Connected with the Ware-Houses arc safe !
atid extensive close Storages, for the recep
tion of any Goods that may he consigned to J
him for sale or otherwise. The-situation of!
these Ware-Houses, as to convenience and !
safety, are not surpassed by any in tlie place : j
should additional security be required, Insu
rance can be effected at a very low rate.—
The subscriber’s attention will be devote!’, 1
exclusively to the above business. Ho there-!
fore hopes to receive a proportion of public
patronage.
.TAS. C. MOIIG VN. j
Macon July 28, ] 8:u.
M ore-House and Commission Merchants,
1 • ESPEOTFUI.T,Y tender their services to
It their friends and the public in the.
WAREHOUSE AM) COMMISSION |
ISitsiness.
They have taken the large and commodious I
Warehouse built and formerly occupied by VV. & I
G. Dope, on the East side of the River, which is j
constructed on tlie most approved plan, and in
fine condition for the reception of Cotton.
Merchants ami Planters who favour them with |
their custom, will have their instructions pronipte j
ly attended to. They will be prepared to make j
liberal advances on Cotton delivered in thei-1
Ware-House.
They will also keep constantly on hand a gen- j
oral assortment of
DRY GOODS, & G ROCEIUE S.
Which they will sell low.
lIENRY CARTER.
JOHN J. BENNETT.
Augutl 12,1831. 33 tf
UAV ING relinquished the Ware House Busi
ness, improve this opportunity of returning
’ their sincere thunks to tiieir ftiends, forthelib
jeral support extended to them. They have leased
[ their VV are Houses ft a term of years, to Mr.
‘ James C. Morgan, for whom, they world solicit
| a continuance of patronage, believing from ids
; knowledge of tlie business, lie will give general
j satisfaction.
July 28, 1831.
! 77 TO REAL
PgMIK Store House, situated on the upper part
j I- of Mulberry street; at present occupied by
Janies A. Blanton. Apply to
J. GDDDARI) & REED,
j September 2d, 1831. 39—3 w
t<>
Tiro Store Houses
ONE formerly occupied by A. C. Parmclee&,
Go.—tlie other, by P. P. Rockwell. For
particulars,apply to M. 11. WALLIS.
Sept. 2, 1831. 39—tf
ATTENTION.
liacoiia Volunteer*.
VTTEN D a meeting of the. Company to lie held
. at the Court House on Tuesday the 6th inst.
at 3 o’clock, P. M. on business of importance.
Punctual attendance is requested.
SIIELMAN, O. S.
Sept. 2, 1831. 39
HAY ! HA V !
TWENTY THOUSAND LBS. 7/11,
\\T. ANTED, l’er w hioh Cash will be paid oil
Tv delivery by RALSTON & JONES.
September 2, 1831. 39—tf
'* Bo.tnoi.vtt. {p!
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j jj m NKS. E. DANEI.I/V | |! il|
1 ![: fe 9 I
I [8 5Y* ta ken the dwe’- Hi 11
Bwjl|i §l. ling over the Stun
Pf 1 of Messrs. A. R. Free- Kg
P | p man & Cos. and recentli 0 j |
* j fi occupiod by Dr. Baber, M 1 J
| ! ( which being well suite<' g j |
! jj'i ■<> the purpose, she wil’ 'Bli if
|S wive BOARDERS.- j| |
i
1 LET'J’ER
FROM THE HIGIIT KEV. DOGTOR ENGLAND,
To the Roman Catholic Citizens of Charleston.
\ Beloved friends and Brethren.
After much ’anxious reflection, I have
! thought il my <!ufy, to address to you my ad
! vice and exhortation, upon what I consider,
| and trust you will feel to be a very inomcii-
I tous subject; one in which the highest and
! the holiest duties of private and public moral
i ity are deeply involved, and consequently,
lone in which religion has a peculiar concern.
I had more than once determined to address
■ you in Church, upon the topics of this letter;
; but I was dissuaded, by the recollection of
| the way in which on more than one occasion,
I was represented as having used my minis
try for political purposes, when I was per
fectly conscious that, whatever might have
been tlie impression upon the minds of
others, such was by no means the fact. I there
fore feared that should I, under the present
circumstances, preach upon this subject ; a
variety of inconvenicncies might follow which
which will, I trust, be obviated by my addres
sing to yon a printed admonition, which may
be thoroughly and repeatedly examined by
any person who pleases.
My object is to address you upon your du
ties as civic or political electors; and if any
expression shall escape me,which may appear
to interfere with your unquestionable right oi
due investigation, free choice, uncontrolled
action, .as well in fairly influencing tiiose
who m y ditler from you as in honestly pro
moting the just views of the patty, you may
upon principle espouse; 1 entreat of you to be
lieve me, that it has escaped without tny ob
servation; and ! beg of you to consider it .as re
tracted. I neither possess, nor do 1 claim,
nor ought yon to concede to me, either as your
fellow-citizen, any power in this respect,
than what 1 derive from the constitutions and
laws of this state and of the United States, j
for I could not derive such power from any
other source ; and from that I derive no more
than is possessed by my humblest fellow-citi
zen. lam aware that in the great and too
general ignorance which prevails regarding
our tenets, anil our practices,very strange and
unfounded not ions on this head, exist, in the
minds of large masses of our fellow cit izens.
You, however know, your own right’s in this
regard. I trust that I always have respected
them, and that 1 shall continue that respect.
But though I have neither right nor incli
nation to interfere in the direction of your
mere civic or political concerns, beyond what
1 have here stated, vet the obligation lies
heavily upon ine of taking a decided part,and
exercising tlie authority with which, how
ever unworthy, I am invested, in those
things which concern your religious or your
moral duties ; anil it is under a deep sense of
that obligation that I now come forward. —
But though I had no such obligation; were
there no question of whot God demanded of
you ; upon such an occasion, 1 would be in
duced by the interest, deep and affectionate
and tender which I must naturally feel in all
that involves your peace, your credit, your
respectability, your honour, either as a body
or as individuals. 1 trust, therefore, that this
address w ill not by you be considered as un
called for, oflicious, or intermeddling. Others
may, for their own purposes, sooth you with
! more sweet and honied words, they may flat
! ter your spirit of independence, they may
: -teal upon your affections, by expressing
deep sympathy for your wroilgs and devotion
to your interest; they may inspire your ener
gies, by touching chords to which your em
thusiasin would instinctively vibra .c a res
ponse. But 1 ask you w ith confidence ; Do
they love you better ? Have they for you
made so many, I will not call them, sacrifices?
Are they equally prepared and devoted, as is
he who adtln ssus you, to labour lor your ad
vantage, to promote your welfare, to study
how your interests tuny be furthered, to stand
by you in the day of trial, to console you on
the bed of sickness, to adhere to you with a
| “desperate fidt I ty,” “through good and thro’
j evil report,” and to bo equally exposed in your
■ front whether you arc held forth to derision
j or marked out for assault.
Allow me then to address you, in the spirit
jof affection, upon a subject, in w hich your
credit and mine, your honour and mine, for
whatever affects you, must affect me, upon a
siibject in which the credit of our church, tho
interests of your souls, the honour and glory
of the eternal God are concerned.
A period of election approaches ; the ex
citement is absorbing ; whatevcV may be tln>
isolated value of the candidates, the deepest
interest is felt in the result. I need not in
form you that p reparations have long
made by each of tlie two large parties, intt
which wc are unfortunately divided, tomsc
those, and all such occasions, as means i<
strengthen itself and to weaken its opponent.
It is not. a mere s niggle for place ; but it is
a contest in which the nibs splendid minds,
the most eloquent tongues, the most practised
statesmen, and I belit ve conscientiously, tho
purest patriots tire, 1 war,irroconcilcably op
posed. If I view it correctly, it is upon a.
i question of fi art ul magnitude,int olving migh
ty .and extensive consequences; and one
w hich has during upwards of forty years, em
ployed the attention and elicited the discus
sions of the finest and most erudite minds
that our States have produced; but which has
now taken such an app T rance, as calls for a
determination. Thi.- is a question you will
acknowledge the infallibly'correctiLuisionof
whice, it would be rash, 1 ess for the greater
number of our citizens invidualiy to assume.
Each of us, however, is not only entitled but
indeed obliged, to give to it his deep reflec
tion, and to seek for the best means of form
ing a correct opinion, by which he should Lo
guided in giving his vote ; anil though each
citizen might not be fully able to grasp tho
j whole subject, and though several might
i form very erroneous notions, and vote accord
iuglv, I would say that if the individuals ac
■ ted honestly according to their impression,
I those votes were fairly and properly given,
j and they also who gave them acted motally
1 and religiously. In like manner would 1 say
tiiat each person who had formed an opinion
for himself, was fully justified in using all the
powers of argument to convert others to hm
views, and even those of pure solicitation, to
influence persons who wavered or hesitated.
Were the efforts of party confined within
these limits, I should not have addressed you.
1 What lias been at all times the state or afn o
j society convulsed by party spirit, is exactly,
jat present ours. I need not describe what
1 you beheld ! They who have enlisted under
! the banners of one division, lose all charity
for those who ranged under tlie standatd of
the other ; when argument has been exhaus
ted, ridicule and reproach are res rted to; tho
worst, motives are imputed ; suspicions are
incautiously admitted, the mind brooding ov
er these, fancies they receive support from
indifferent circumstances \\ hich at othertimes
would excite the smile cf reason, or the indig
nation of friendship; what was first only a
surmise, is now considered to be a certainty,
the gravest charges are made upon the slight
est grounds ; the denial given by conscious
integrity, is construed into an offence, and
whilst the demons of pride, cf envy, of re *
venge, and hundreds of such imps, excite the
mind ofcitizen against citizen, of brother n
gainst brother, we vaunting of our prowess,
and hurling accusations, threats, and defiance
at each offer, all our kindliest intercourse
destroyed, tlie very bonds of our society snap
ped asunder, our industry impeded, our ener
gies wasted or perverted, are impoverished at
home, wc are ridiculed abroad, and whilst
good men weep, and pitying angels- would
mediate our reconciliation,hell triumphs in its
own success, and adds to its eflbrts to increaso
our dissentions.
It is at such moment as this, when ever ’
moral restraint is cast away, when every bond
of religion is disregarded ; when party spir.'
assumes the semblance of patriotism, when
ambition, defoated and mortified but not sin -
ducii, goes forth in the cuisc ot disinterested
independence, accompanied by bland in
trigue and ready to attain his object at any
price: it is as such a moment as this, that it
becomes the duty of the minister of religion,
of the guardian of morality, by how many im
perfections soever he may himself he covens :
to come forward and to interfere. And it is
therefore that I address you.
I caution you not to apt ly to cither part ’
exclusively,' nor to any individuals ot either
what I have written ; Lt is designed by in -
tis a general description of the unlorturtate
! consequences of o'n state of excitement, uvi
NO., 40.