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B f an y brotherly < r christian-hke
l 1 ISV ! unfortunate Aborigines.
■ 1 "1 . l'mpnt tJiat such a politically un
m 1 1> ‘; ..j’ckrically irreligious opposition,
■ t l ‘j m3( ],. against us, by a few wan
■ ■ R al ,j irresponsible individuals.
■ r - w uni only as an advocate for the laws
I 1 "■ J.ut as an advocate for the laws o
■ bavo both been impious, y and
B^' 1, ■" ' ..filed Hut the correspondence
I e andMr.H. will redeem our
■ . l ‘ ; the gtirrma which has been attempted
B ! " ‘ in m tier. After reading it, it must m-
Br„ Ui l sensibility, or a most obtuse un
■ ?,,lauding, that cannot feel, or will not
B ' .iTori'-biators of the most mischievous
outlaws, which the State has ever
-Ttpcuutrr.
■ .India"'this article, we must however
■ .y comluci which is attributed to some
■ Tie it honest indignation was no
■ f?l ' ul on the occasion; but still they had
I l! \ °■v to maltreat the prisoners committed
■ ) GovofnorGlLMEU has insti-
B' U ' S enquiry into this part of the
* rr’'d he u ecu in his letter below, con
■T!'instructions to the Commandant of the
■ ; „• aKV farther evidence were wanting of
M : uev's disposition to scrupulously avoid
■ •rof injustice and cruelty in the adminis
■‘.,7,: /jaws, ho has here furnished it-. ’lf
B, ,‘jhave ceuuuitU'd the offences charged
■ m , witlioat sufficient provocation, they
■"n st assuredly be punished in an exemplary
■m r' but their conduct, whatever it may be,
■mt 'initiate in the least degree, the heinous
■ ■; .V f the Missionaries, or scarcely elicit
Bvaipmhy in their behalf.
Executive Department, Ga.
■ *" 'Mii/ritgeril/e, September 'id-, 1331.
few days ago I read in the Cherekee
" statements from \\ orcester and Trott,
9 !„' t ’ r Nelson and some of the Guard,
I HuVe of irmis in confining them and other
Hfi ml unitecvsnarily severe treatment. The
■ t . r i;„iiml comil Ot of those two men in
■ l ‘ lu ’ c !0 ‘ di-cr* Jit them. 1 have since, how
■ ’ recfi.'ctl through a friend the New York
H',‘.(. lUU I Journal, containing a letter from
B ■' Mchm-.i, corroborating the account given
■ toesfer and Trott. The character of the
fl M t. and the good of that portion of the
■ tif"'service emnmitted t< your particular
B. c> „ ; :j r e that the facts should be enquired
B ,nour.fi to be true, efficient means used
■- ( vrnti;.i ir reemrence. That you may know
tn direct your enquiries, l have enclosed to
■ the papers to which 1 have referred.
B ' i, qr.esU dto enquire particularly into
whether irons were used to confine the
fla rs by the Guard—the necessity |
B.j, existed for the use of such means—the
whir'll* Ato the arrest of McLeod,and the |
treatment of hiinsell end others. 1 ami
■ jre that these tilings occurred, if tliey occurred j
■ ill, during your piusence in MiUedgeviile, in
I •liseharge of your duties.
■ „ hi-'idy efficient and honorable manner in
I cli you have executed ti.e service which lias
H Pi us.-.igned you, and your own character, are j
security that you have not sanctioned
Hi unauthorized oppression < f prisoners.
Hi ..uk rcqrn sted to report both tlie conduct of
H lirard and of the prisoners arrested.
H : mil o< prop* r fir y>.i to instruct the Guard,
■ j,-, fiie re rest of these who may have v iolated
B 1 b", their duty is confined to the certain de
■ i of tlu'ir prisoners to the civil officers, and
H i,o oilier means are authorized by the law, but
mny he necessary to effect that object.
■ Wry respectfully, yours, &c.
I GEORGE GILMER.
John Yv’. A. Sanford.
H ( nitHi; _____
For the 3lacou Advertiser#
GOVERNOR’S ELECTION".
HA ti. wof the comparative merits of
Bp two candidates for office, taken front
HM;r documents, anil arranged lor the
Bj i tl inforimition of tlio.se who are not
Bili icntly in the habit of reading to he
BpaUc thereby of avoiding the necessity
B hiking the bare statements of others.
HTlie principal objections to the inemn-
Hnt are—lst. That lie is not the impar-
Hd officer requisite for tlie Governor of
H l ' fwplf- for that in bis various Execu-
Be appointments, there arc a greater
I limber of his friends promoted than of
I iscnomies. Secondly and chief ij, that
I fi'etninniendcd in his message, the re
location of the gold mines, for the use
II the State. To the first objection I
I 111 sw ' •> good ground for the charge,
I d*wen bis most inveterate enemy does
lot nor can be pretend to say, that tlie
I '“"a have not licen peaceably, quietly,
B ml efficiently adminivt ‘red—that being
■>' first duty of a Governor, it is with
■misetl to select such persons as be is
H posetl to confide in, to assist, him
■herefore admit tlie fact, as charged, for
■e sake of argument, (which 1 by no
■eanscan) and w hat does it prove —that
■f trust reposed has been abused ?
B 7 10 geeat body of the people arc
■' Gang injustice by bis administration?
Bj rtail *-.y n °t* But simply that the few
■lire seekers who expected a reward for
Birservices i;. l electing him over Mr.
■'luylbrd two years since, have been dis-
H'pdinted. The Loaves and Fishes have
Ipt ooni distributed so profusely as their
Bs’iiue imaginations indtmed them to
S*M‘ v( t- In short, disappointe>d ambition
■ ne venom w hich rankless in the bo-
B ini tllo se who are loudest in their tie-
■' against Mr. Gilmer.
I *" m ' s, ’coml, 1 liaveto reply that the
r n| niiiicii(l tl |i, )ll f () |. ;l reserve of the gold
| ll s s, '“hih to have been in his opinion a
If.f (ol ‘se—it' he thought so, it was!
if ). v suggest it to the Legislature,
il l U,L f "und by his oath to act, he did so.
L ( Legislature thought otherwise,
Passefl uI vw i Ol . the distribution of the
l“"’ ’ Mr. Gilmej* gave his assent
[T it, thereby pro’, ing conclusively to eve-
Imi ' l l : ll ' , ' o '' l,,lia '’l mind, that his maxim is
|j f / ( "!? should be adopted hy every officer
lim' r s Hven nent, (to wit.) that a
I 11 ll( ‘‘i’ Should fearlessly give his
I j 1 ■in upon all matters touching the
■ ' lor woe of the country, and finally
I f p oV( ‘tned hy the will of a majority
il oie so—the law for the distri
bution of the Lands is passed, it bears
bis signature—then how can bis re-elec
tion effect it in any way ? But for the
sake of being better able to take into this
view, the public character of both the
candidates, 1 w ill assent to the argument
as urged by Mr. Gilmer’s enemies, that
it is dangerous to elect a man to govern
us who is in favor of reserves, and to
what conclusion can the people come ?
that of electing Mr. Lumpkin in his
stead ? Most assuredly not : for 1
think I shall be able to shew by the
extract from the journals of this state,
and by the letter of Mr. Lumpkin,
that lie is decidedly the most unvary-:
ing advocate of large and ample reserves,
of whom the people f Georgia have any
knowledge. I expect also conclusively
to shew that bad his course been pur
sued, we must inevitably have sought
refuge in some other state to have
escaped the weight of taxation im
posed by our laws. As a proof of this
position, I will shew that at the
session of 1803, for the disposition of the
lands obtained by treaty, at the city of
Washington, concluded 14th of Novem
ber, 1805, with the Creek Indians.
Ist. That Wilson Lumpkin, a mem
ber from Oglcthorp. voted for Mr. Craw
ford’s motion, to reserve, in addition to
the fractional surveys, every £tOth lot of
Land. It was lost.
2nd. That be voted for Mr. Flour
noy’s motion, to reserve every 30th lot.
Also lost.
3d. That lie then voted for Mr. Bibb's i
motion, to reserve every 40th lot. Which
was lost.
4th. That be then voted for Mr. Bibb’s
motion, to admit those who bad drawn
Lands in a former Lottery to draw, a
gain, iT they had not taken out Grants—
thus giving the same person an opportu. j
nity of draw ing in two or more Lotteries I
and taking choice of tlie Lands drawn to
the prejudice of those who bad not drawn.:
thus artfully, throwing out a bait to
the people to refrain from taking out!
grants until they had drawn a second or ,
third time at which time, the party mak-:
ing the selection, would be necessarily!
compelled to relinquish the land, draw n
by him, other than the lot selected, and
thereby w ould Mr. Lumpkin have suc
ceeded in a great measure in accomplish
ing his favorite project of reserving Land
to the State and that without letting the
people see his object ; but here again he
was defeated, for the motion was re
jected.
sth. lie then voted against Mr. M il
clier’s motion to exclude persons having
a fee simple title to 500 acres from aj
draw, so as to give it to those who were
poor and needed it.
6tli. He voted against a motion to give
the receiver of draws in the Lottery
12 1-2 cents per each draw, hut voted
forgiving 6 1-4 cents as compensation. !
rth. He voted against reducing thoi
fees on grants from Sl2 15 each on the
square to $lO 12 1-2 cents.
Bth. He voted for Mr. Hall's motion
to lay a tux on all the land’at the follow
ing rates: tor first quality of sw amp land
12 cents per acre, making $24 30 cents
per square: for second quality swamp
land. 5 cents per acre, making $lO 12 1-2 j
cents per square: for 3d quality swamp
: land, two cents per acre, making $4 05
! cents per square: for first quality oak and ;
hickory land, 10 cents per acre, making j
S2O 25 cents per square: for 2d quality
oak and hickory land. 3 cents per acre,
making $G 07 1-2 cents per square: 3d
quality oak ami hickory, one and one halt
cents per acre, making S3 03 3-4 cents
per square: and on Ist quality pine land,
2 cent s per acre, making $4 05 per square.
By whic h rate it will appear from actual
! calculation, that a man who happened to
I own the very poorest lot of oak and hick
ory land, would have to pay within a
small fraction as much as the owner of
j 10 slaves does at the present rate : the
i owner of a tract of 2d quality as much
!as the tax on 19 negroes : the owner of a
Ist quality tract a fraction over the tax ot
6G negroes ; the owner of a first quality
tract of swamp land, a fraction over the!
tax for 70 slaves; A. the holder of 2d quali
ty swamp land the taxon 34 slaves ; and
the owner of a pine wood tract, first
quality or swamp tract, third quality as
much each as the taxon 12 negroes.
These are facts, of which every man
can he convinced, by simply making the
! calculation from the facts contained in
j the subjoined extracts from the journals
! of that year, 1806. and which the warm
est friend of Mr. Lumpkin, will not
deny if he has any regard for his own
reputation. I now give the Lxtracts.
At a session of the Legislature in the year
JBof>, Mr. Wilson Lumpkin took his scat, as a
member of the House of Representatives from
Oclethorpc. on the Kith ot June.
On the 17th, die House went into a committee
of the whole on the bill to dispose of '‘.ld.stri
bute the late cession ot lands obtained fro,.the
Creek Indians by Henry Oearhorn, Seen Vary at
War bcinsr specially authorised therefor, by
tI. e US Of lh, VuitcH ,?>•■ ■■“ ?
concluded at the City ot W ashington on the 1 L.i
Mr. Whitaker reported the bill to the Hom e
from the committee of the whole, with amend.
inenis, which report was taken up by paragraphs-
Mr. Cranford tnoved to amend the ri port by in
serting after the word “boundary,” in the-Hu sec
tion, “together with owe twentieth tract m each
"'nv'lll, section sets apart the fractional
of surveys fgr the redemption of the public debt.
The motion was therefore to reserve one twen
tieth tract in each district, in addition to the irac-
I tious! , ~ .
j The motion was rejected, yeas l , nays .j
I Mr. Lumpkin voted for it.
i Mr. l’'iour>wy then moved to amend by in <rt
-1 injr “ together with one thirtieth tract in cachdis
-1 * rl ßjected. yens 18. navs 35. Mr. Lumpkin vo
te 1 l r it
Mr. Bibb then moved to amend by inserting
“every fortieth trnetin such district.
Rejected, yeas 17, nays 3d.— Mr. Lumpki i vo
ted for it.
.Mr. Ilibb moved to amend so much of the* re
port as excludes the fortunate draws in tlie State
Land Lottery from a participation of the lands ob
tained by inserting “except those who iiave not
and strait not take out a grant or grauts for the
same.”
Rejected, yens 10, nays 43. Mr. Lumpkin
voted for it.
Mr. Wfhher then moved the following prov iso;
“ And provided no person seized or possess ed,
in his or her own right, ot 500 acres of land or
upwards in fee simple, shall ho entitled to a
draw.”
Rejected, yeas 6, nays 48.— Mr. Lumpkin vo
ted against it.
It was then moved strikeout “ six dollars per
100 acres,” as the sum to he paid by the fortu
nate drawers On his grant and insert the sum ol
“five dollars per 100 acre —Rejected, yeas 20—
nays 3:2— Mr Lumpkin voted against strikingout.
Mr. Hull then moved the following enacting
clause “That for the purpose of discharging the
debts due by this State, and the completion of our
public buildings there shall annually be levied col
lected & paid into the treasury of this State, on all
lands beyond the temporary boundary line, and
the Creel; nation of Indians, as expressed and de
lineated by ilie treaty entered into at -or near Fort
\\ ilkinson, and comprehended by the treaty
made on the 14th day of Nov. 1805, except the
fractional parts of surveys of land reserved for
sale, tlie following sums of money, that is to say.
On all low grounds of the first quality, 12 cents
per acre, and of the 2d quality 5 cents per acre,
and of the 3d quality 2 cents per acre. On all
oak and hickory lands of the Ist quality, 10 cents
per acre, of the 2d quality 3 cents per acre, and
on the 3d quality 1 j cents per acre. On all pine
land of the Ist quality 2 cents per acre, until the
amount thereof, together with the amount of the
sales of fractions in the counties of Wayne, Wil
kinson and Baldwin, together with those which
may be in the late acquired Territory shall be
sufficient to discharge and to answer the purposes
above expressed.”
The question being put on this paragraph it
was negatived—Yeas 14, Nays 39.
Mr. Lumpkin voted for it.
The bill was finally passed on the 18th of June,
yoas IG. nays 8.
Mr. Lumpkin voted for its passage.
From this it appears to me, that I
have fully redeemed my promise to shew
that x\ ith his (Mr. Lumpkin,) rate of
taxation our government would have
been intolerable : also, that he is in favor
of more extensive reserves than any oth
er public mar. now among us. It only re
mains for me to shew that his opinions
from the year 1806. up to the year 1825,
a term of 19 years, engaged in public life,
w ere unchanged. For this purpose, I w ill
quote a part of his letter of 31st March,
1821, addressed to Governor Clark,
from w hich it appears that lie was again
elected to the Legislature, and a deposi
tion w as again to be made of public Land.
In tendering his resignation of a seat in
the Legislature, he says :
“I feel myself under great and peculiar obli
gations to inv fellow citizens generally, and
especially to those of the immediate vicini
fies or neighborhoods w here I have resided,
for the uniform kindness, confidence and sup
port, which they have manifested, reposed,
and exercised toward me from time to time.
In making a disposition of the late acquired
territory, as a member of the legrlature, I
should feel myself under obligations para
mount to every other consideration, to set
apart and apply a sufficient portion of the
lands, or raise funds therefrom, by laying a
higher price upon the grunts of sue fortunate
drawers of good lands; adequate to tho es
tablishment of a permanent fund for the mu
tual benefit of the whole people of Georgia, ;
with a view to carry into effect the great and j
important objects of Internal Improvement
and Free Schools —embracing in one object;
the improvement of river navigation, the con- i
structingof canals, and making good and per
manent great market roads.”
He then concludes—
“ Permit rne in tendering my resignation, to as
sure you that 1 am not influenced to ibis step, from
a want of public feeling, or solicitude for the wel
fare of the state : for 1 really decline a service,
which would in every respect be. peculiarly agree
able and pleasing —it I conceived that I could dis
charge it to the satisfaction of the people, and at
the same time to the approbation of my own con
science.”
'l'liis letter written thirteen years after
the session of reservation and taxation. I
(as it may emphatically be called,) goes
fully to shew tliat as one of the reasons
influencing him to resign, he cordd not
conscientiously dispose of the Lands, as he
knew and says, tha great mass of the
people wished. No he could not be
guilty of an act so prodigal, as to give
the people all the Land, and raise no
large fund for the execution of his very
plausible schemes, either by setting a
part a sufficient portion of the Land, or
raising the price on the grants to good
Lands ; and what says Mr. Lumpkin in
a publication made by himself, 10th
September, 1825, in giving his opinion
with regard to the distribution of our
public Land he says for a fair dcvelope
ment of my opinions, with regard
to the distribution of our public Lands.
I will present to your consideration the!
following letter written by myselfto Gov- 1
ernor Clark, and published in the Geor-|
gia Journal of the 10th of April, 1821.
And in the same publication, he says, al
though in favor of the Lottery system, I)
was disposed to raise from the fees on j
grants of fortunate drawer, of good
Lands or from reservations or both an
ample fund to carry into effect, the ob
jects pointed out in my letter, there you
have the evidence before you, which in
my conception is altogether sufficient to
convince any unprejudiced man in this
community, that Mr. Lumpkin, from
the Year 1806, up to the year 1825, ton
i tinned to urge upon the authorities of
! Georgia, the necessity of establishing a
i large monied interest in the state, had
I Mr. Lumpkin succeeded in his views.—
! Let me ask these plain, simple question,
j Who are the persons benefited bij large
■monied institution ? Is it the fair-deal
: in?, industrious farmers ? Is it the in
! digently poor, or is it the keen, wily
speculator, who has sufficient wealth and
popularity, to control the capital ? And
from whom was tliis capital stock to be
raised? out of tlie farmer or fortunate
drawer ? or nut of tlie stave-holder and
merchant ? 1 should answer, that it is
from tlie farmers of our country, that the
fund was to be raised ; for although the
tax upon land was enormous the reserva
tion amounting to one-twentieth part of
the whole territory. There was no at
tempt to raise the tax on slaves, or upon
merchandize of any description. The
conclusion, fellow-citizens, is then ir
rcsistable, that the present declaration of
Mr. Lumpkin's o; possition to reserving
the gold mines, has been handed out to
von by his friends, (he says nothing
about it himself) for the purpose of e
lh iting your support in the approach!ng
ing election, and that too at a time when
the gold mines are already disposed of.
a id arc to go the people by Lottery, un
der Mr. Gilmer’s administration.
Then go to the polls on the first Mon
day in October next, uninfluenced by any
other consideration but that of freely,
fairly and honestly exercising your right
of suffrage— v right, the judicious, im
partial and unbiased exercise of which,
alone can save us sooner or later from
from falling into the bands of some am
bitious leader, whose administration may
be such as to sap the foundation of our
liberties, and place us in that state of
anarchy which has loudly proclaimed
from the earliest periods of political his
tory, the downfai of each anil every re
public which has gone before ours.
Read and examine for yourselves, and
cooly deliberate upon the course you are
to pursue. If you arc urged by party
considerations, ask yourselves wliat you
are ts gain by the election of a Troup
man or a Clark man? Will it advance
my interest one cent! Have I any grudge
to avenge ogainst Clark or Troup?—
Ought I to seek my revenge at the ex
pense of my free-born rights and dearest
privileges? Let these questions be an
swered by your consciences—by unbias
ed judgments.
1 have written this piece solely for the
consideration of that class of citizens of
Georgia, who are not engaged in political
transactions about the seat of govern
ment. (because those engaged there know
it already ; if they do not. they ought to)
and keep it, concealed in order the better
to deceive you and elicit your support.
You will perceive that I bring no
proofs but public documents, and Mr.
Lumpkin’s own letter.
UNCONTROLLED SUFFRAGE.
THE MISSIONARIES.
For flic Macon ActvertiHcr#
Alr. Slade, —-As an act of justice, to his
Excellency Governor Gilmer, I beg that you
will publish his letter herewith sent, it being
an answer to one, which I had the honour to
address him, on the 28th ultimo.
With the political strife of the country, I
have nothing to do, nor did I for one mo-.
ment contemplate the elevation ot depression, !
of any candidate for office, when I solicited i
the publication of my communication in your |
paper of tho 2d instant.
My entire object was to secure the charac
ter of my church from the censure which was
likely to fall upon her, from a misapprehen
sion of her policy, with regard to the appoint
ment of her ministers—and to show my fed
low countrymen, that I had inherited from
my Father, a sense of my rights and privile
ges, as a freeborn citizen of the United States.
I strongly conceived, that the notice which
Col. Sanford, had taken of the Rev. Air. Trott,
in pronouncing that “Ae had been discounte
nanced by his own Conference" —ami yet
found at the time of his arrest, an accredited
minister, under the supervision of the very
authority by whom it is said he was degraded,
was to me such an anomaly, in the history of
Methodism, that in my humble view, it cal
led for a speedy explanation.
I wished it distinctly understood, that if
the Tennessee Conference had sent Air.
Trott to his circuit, as an accredited Alis-sion
ary knowing he was guilty of “officious and
over zealous interference in Indian politics ”
and in the habit of preaching political ser
mons, that they had acted altogether witiiout
usage ami in direct opposition to the accus
tomed practice, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
The public has doubtless perceived by my!
letter already before them, that I never inten- i
ded to advocate opposition in any form to the 1
properly constituted authorities of the land,
but entirely to the. reverse —with the Chart of
Methodism, before me, 1 am constrained to
witness, that obedience to the powers that be,
is an essential too prominently laid down, to
he overlooked by any of her patriot sous, and
especially by men so sacredly related to soei
ety,as those, who minister at her Altars.
Col. Sanford 1 am sure will excuse me, for
the use of his name, when his own sense of
propriety, shall have scanned the motive
which urged it upon me—to him I have in
tended no disrespect, and if I have been so
unfortunate, as .vo to impress him; I am con
scious my present declaration will rectify the
error.
For the officers commanding the Georgia
Guard, at the time of the Ret. Mr. McLeod’s
arrest, 1 still entertain the feelings of unaba
ted reprehension, provided they have been
truly represented, and if they have been
slandered,! hope they will spare neither time
nor pains in holding up their persecutors to
merited indignation.
With Governor Gilmer’s explanation con
tained in the letter herewith presented to the
public, lam fully satisfied, and for myself I
have no hesitation in believing that he is stjll
| entitled to the highest confidence of his l'el
i low citizens.
With high respect
1 nin Dear Sir
Your obedient friend
JOHN HOWARD.
Executive Department, i
MiUedgeviile, Ist. Sept. 1831.
Rev. Sir, —I have just received vour let
ter of the 29th ult. in which you call my at
tention to the publication in “the Advocate
and Journal” of the 12th, upon the subject ol
the conduct of the Georgia Guard. I thank
yon for the direct course which you have
pursued in this matter, and tlie freedom w ith
which you have expressed your feelings and
opinions. 1 have no desire to avoid any
scrutiny whatever into my official conduct.—
Mr. McLeod’s statement concerning the or
ders which 1 have given the guard is wholly
destitute of truth. Immediately after the
passage of the law which made it criminal
for white men to reside among the Chero
kees without license after the first of March,
1 caused one hundred copies to he published
and distributed among those upon whom it
was to operate. By this means, every white
man who resided among the Indians was in
formed of the provisions of the law in time
to make up a deliberate resolve, whether he
would obey it or not. Between two and three
hundred persons have continued their resi
dence, by taking the oath to support the laws,
and obtoining licenses. A few have left the
state. The Missionaries alone have publicly
denied the pow er of the state to extend its
jurisdiction over them and expressed their
design to disregard the law and abide its pen
alties. One of them was arrested and dis
charged by the Superior court upon the
ground that Missionaries were agents of tlie
United States government, and therforc not
liable to arrest. This person w’as a Air.
Thompson, who knew r at the time that ho
was not an agent of the Government, as he
has since acknowledged in a letter to mo.—
The decision however furnished an excuse
for the Alissiotiaries to continue their illegal
residence. I procured from the United
States government proof that the missionaries
as such were not agents of the government.
Instead of ordering Col. Sanford to arrest
them immediately, as would have been law
ful, and as I think justified by their conduct,
I wrote to every Missionary notifying them
that they would be arrested if they did not re
move from the State. Orders were given to Col.
Sanford that if they shewed no disposition to
oppose the policy of the government, to treat
them with kindness and libc rnlity and permit
them to remove as might be most convenient
and agreeable to themselves. I received an
answer from Worcester A Butler denying the
authority of the laws of the State and refusing
to obey them. Copies of their answers were
sent to Col. Sanford with directions to spare
no exertions to arrest them that they might
feel the full weight of the law since such
was their choice. There has been no ex
pression or intimation whatever in any order
or letter or otherwise from me to treat those
who might he arrested m any other manner
than as the law directed. You cannot regret
so much as 1 do that any members of the
guard should have been so much excited by
the improper conduct of these men as to put
them in chains. That they were in the con
stant habit of speaking in the most opprobi
ous terms of our Government, law sand public
authorities, I have positive proof. And
the account o r Air. AlcLeod himself shews
how far he was disposed thus to act. Al
‘.hough 1 cannot excuse the severity with
w hich he was tr ated, it is certain that the
guard acted under excited feelings created
by the .abuse of those under whose orders they
wt re acting.
liut you my dear Sir, and many others arc cn
tircly mistaken, both as to my power over
the guard and the kind of authority which
has been conferred upon the guard and the
manner of its organization. It is composed of
citizens of the state (forty in number) who
have been employed upon wages to perform
a particular duty. They are but assistants to
the civil officers, and are substituted for sher
iffs and constables, only because they can
act more efficiently. They arc neither sol
diers nor subject to military law. If they vi
olate the rights of any person whether Mis
sionary s or Indians, they are liable to be sued
or indicted like other citizens. 1 have no
authority to punish them, whatever may he
their conduct: my pow< r extend* only to the
appointment of the agent or commissioner (as
tlie commander is calle din law) and to organ
ize the guard. That agent himself cannot
punish a member of the guard (or disorderly
conduct or o'her offence, not even by dis
missing him without pay. However improp
erly the guard may have acted Col. Sanford
is not answerable for it. Worcester and
Trott and others were arrested whilst he was
in Milledgeville in the discharge of his duty
making his quarterly report. He did not re
turn until after the persons arrested had been
confined forte vend days at his station wai
ting for the evidence which he had in his
possession to prove that the Missionaries were
not agents of the government.
1 must refer you to the publications in the
Georgia Journal of this day for further evi
dence of what has been my official conduct.
In conclusion I would observe that the Mis
| sionarics have not been compelled to desert
their religious labors by any conduct of the
authorities of the government; hut by their
improper connection with political parties
! and refusal to obey the law s. Had they sub
mitted to the jurisdiction which rightfully
belongs to the state they would have receiv
ed its protection, and my best wishes for
their success in enlightening the Indians.
The law- does net punish Missionaries for
residing among the Cherokees, but every
white man who so resides contrary to its pro
visions, and if Missionaries will act illegally
I they must suffer the consequences.
Very respectfully, Y’rs&c.
GEORGE R. GILMER.
Dicil,
In Woodville, Alabama, on the 26th July, in
the 24th year of her age, Mrs. Tikksa Marga
ret Booth, consort of Mr. John P. Booth, of
Apalachicola, She has left a husband and three
small children to lament her untimely loss.
She’s gone to the land and the home cf the blest,
In the glow of her youthful emotion,
I The clods of the valley are cold on the breast,
Once warm with the glow of devotion.
I She's gone to her God. and wc may not forget,
I That a child of the skies was born,
j We mourn for the star, which so early has set
To rise in eternity’s morn.
The United States Branch Bank of Utica,
| (N.York)has established an agency at Bing
hamton, to loan money and act as a rival to
the Broome County Bank lately established
at that place. The agent has a brokerage on
the business he dors ;sa compensation for
bis services. This makes th c fourth branch
of the bank hydra in <hestate of New A r ork.
If the charter of the U. S. Bank should be
renewed, probably every State bank in every
State would find ahead of the monster beside
to suck no, vain pyre like, its existence.
“A poet’s kand and prophet’s fire,
Struck the wjkl-wa things of his lyre.”
THE ROARING LION.
j ruble.
A donkey once, of worthless breed,
Put on a lion’s cast-off skin,
And makes his fellow’s think indeed,
lie had a lion’s soul w ithin.
They, being an extensive rare,
And obstinate in their belief
That no mistake was in the4r.se —
Elected him to He their chief!
Scarce was lie in the pomp of ’tite,
’Ere be began to play Ids tucks;
Ilis gate was'net, a lion’s gate,
Nor were his kicks a lion’s kick’s,
Swift-gliding rumours soon were heard,
That he w r as net what he appeared ;
And some mysteriously averr’d
That lion’s never were long eared.
At length a circumstance fell out,
W hioh clearly to tlie public shew,
Beyond the shadow of a doubt
That rumor’s voice, for once was true.
Th: creature, in an evil hour,
Resolved to make his friends dismayed ;
And in the vanity of power,
lie tried to roar—and only brayed !
Then did they, when lhatcaine to pass,
Sec how they had been taken in
By one who plainly was an ass,
Though covered with a lion’s skin!
WHAT A SERMON SHOULD BE.
It should be brief; if lengthy, it will steep
Our hearts in apathy, our eyes in sleep;
The dull w ill yawn, tlie chapel longer dose,
Attention flag, and memory’s portals close.
It should be warm; a living altar coal,
To melt the icy heart and charm the soul;
A sapless, dull harangue, however read,
Will never rouse the soul, or raise the dead.
It should be simple, practical, and clear;
No fine spun theory to please the ear;
No curious lay to tickle letter’d pride,
And leave the poor and plain unedified.
It should he tender and affectionate
As his warm theme who wept, lost Salem’s
fate;
The fiery law with word of love allay’d
Will sweetly waru, and awfully persuade.
It should be manly, just, and rational;
W isuly conceived, and well express’d withal;
Not stuff’d w ith silly notions, apt to stain
A sacred desk, and show a muddy brain.
It should possess a well adapted grace,
To situation, audience, time, and place;
A sermon form’d for scholars, statesmen, lords,
With peasants and mechanics ill accords.
It should with evangelic beauties bloom,
Like Paul’s at Corinth, Athens, or at Rome;
YY bile some Epictetus or .Sterne esteem,
A bleeding Jesus is the gospel theme!
It should be mix’d w ith many an ardent prayer.
To reach tho heart, arid fix and fasten there;
When God and man are mutually address’d,
God grants a blessing; man is truly blest.
It should be closely, well applied at last,
To make the moral nr.il securely fust;
Thr u art tlie man, and thou alone will make
A Felix tremble, and a David quake! \Mursdtn,
C Cents Metrord
Ij*Oß the return of one Benj. Terry, to Macon,.
. so tiiat 1 can bring him to justice, for break
ing into the jail of Bibb county, on the night of
the 4th inst. He prof.-uses to be a boot and shoe
maker, and formerly worked for A. C. Parmclee,
in Macon.
B. FEW, Jailor.
Sept 9 41
ADMIMSIRA TillX SALE.
Will be eold at the Court-house !u the town of Macon,
on the first Tuesday in November newt,
V NEGRO man named Tom, about 25 years
old, a valuable boat hand. Terms made
known on the day of sale.
Catharine F. Hammond, Adm'x.
Of E. Hammond, dec.
Sept 9 41-tds
Wanted to Dire. *
VGOOD COOK, for which liberal wages
will be given. Apply at
KNOX, CASTE NS & Co’s. Coachsbop,
Corner of Walnut and Fourth str'ts .
Macon Sept. 7, 1831. 41-3vv
AI) MINISTRATOR’S SALE:
VITILL he sold on the first Tuesday in Decem
v v her next at Forsyth, one Lot of Land No
118 in the seventh district of Monroe County —
sold as the property of Catharine Dansey, late of
Jefferson county, deceased. Sold for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.
GEORGE W. COLLINS, Adm’r.
Sept. 5, 1331. 41—60ds
Four months after date,
A PPLICATION will be made to the Inferior
XjL Court of Bibb county, when sitting for Ordi
nary purposes, for leave to stjU the real estate of
the heirs of Hugh McLeod and Joseph Clark, dec.
for the benefit of said heirs.
ISABELLA CLARK, Guardian.
May 9 7-lm
SHERIFF'S SALES.
For October
Pike *>alcs.
Will be sold at the Court-house in the town of Ze
bu lint, on the first Tuesday in'August next,
ONE negro man by the name of Sam, about 4
years old, levied upon as the property of Ca
tharine Ragan, to satisfy a mortgage fi fain fim r
of Sowcl Woolfolk vs. said Catharine Ragan.
J. R. CULPEPPER, I).S.
8188 SALES.
VmriLL be sold, at the Court-house in Moron,
V * Bibb county, on the first Tuesday in Octo
her next
House and ground on which it stands, occupi
ed by Rufus R. Smith, as the property of Peter
P. Rockwell, to satisfy afi fa from Bibb Sup
rior Court, in favour cf Anson Kimberly, admini* •
trator of Nathaniel Cornu ell Uec’d vs. said Rock
well.
Also, one mahogany side board, one pair gi l ’
mahogany card tables, one mahogany dining it
hie, and ends, one fine sofa, one do-ien fine gi't
chairs, and one mahogany stand—levied on at.
the property of Win. J. Dauelly, to satisfy exe
cutions in favor of M. D. Huson, and others, is
sued from Bibb Superi r Court.
WM. R. CONE, Shrrif.