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■fi tl Xcwion e .ot < he Uii.lcdSMes there!
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filircd bv this treaty the sum of |
hundred and fifty thousand
1 wl lost the soil and jurisdiction of
dollars, gQ f Mississippi and Alabama.
ihCprC la ly period after this cession, com-
At a " 1 were appointed by the United
"I’^°+m receive a statement of the Yazoo
S . tatC \ + and to collect the evidence of cor
clainlß’ 1 which Georgia had resisted them,
option h r ‘ edtlie p roo f 0 f fraud complete,
void on the most obvious
Orioles of reason and justice. .
pi The purchasers notwithstanding besieged
r nlrei year after year with memorials and
Com. re-- ) con duct of Georgia was ar-
ned with "rcat bitterness by some mem-
f ßlg f that body; but if fiercely attacked,
viably defended, for she reckoned
' l,e * hor champions the celebrated and
repeatedly declined making any
; rO TS.S™ we, t T ’ dia no .‘ ‘ imit ‘ h h eir
to petitions and memorials. They
£.tas might naturally be expected from
I heroes of 0.. r government, the decision of
federal judiciary upon the validity of
iheir title, and the Supreme court decided in
cause of course was presented in its
no st favorable aspect and the rights of an
nnoceat purchaser under a law, which jiow ;
ver iniquituously obtained, no constitutional
provision, were pressed with all the force.
The judges perhaps could not have decided
otherwise, and the decision only proves that
there are many abuses which no system
of jurisprudence can correct.—But this adju-
Heat ion, while it affirmed the naked right of
,i,e claimants, did not much advance their
Buncdy. They had yet to prosecute the set
ters individually and obtain possession by a
tdious and expensive course of litigation,
sales of the land had already been
Jado under the authority of the federal gov
niment. It became expedient therefore to
miet the fears of the inhabitants by putting
in end to this controversy. —After various
ibortive efforts, an act of Congress passed,
iSerintr terms of compromise to all the Yazoo
claimants who would relinquish their title to j
he United States The sum of $4,700,000
n stock was appropriated, and a hoard of
ommissioners appointed to receive the prop
r conveyances. Under this bill of peace,
or which the country is in a great degree
ndebted to the unwearied exertions of the
lon. John Taylor, a Senator from South
Carolina, all or’nearly all the claims have
ieen surrendered, and the \ azoo tontroversy
it length terminated.
Having thus briefly recapitulated the load
ng events of this huge iniquity, we may be
lardoncd for indulging in a few reflections.
The alienation of a fertite country, equal
n extent to many European kingdoms, could j
ink be justified bv the most irresistible ne- (
jcssity. If war liad shorn it away, after a j
lansruimtaTy struggle, the sword might win j
igain what the sword had lost; and an ex ■
torted treaty, while it ratified the conquest, j
Would have left behind it no other reproach j
ban that of weakness. To have yielded j
inch a territory, had it been necessary, forl
the preservation of her own independence,
might have been politic in Georgia. To have
sacrificed it to the harmony of the confeder
acy, would have been magnanimous, if not
wise. The citizen who loves his country as
he ought, will perhaps find few other motives
Wrong enough to excuse the relinquishment
of so noble a patrimony.
Whether its cession under any other circum-
Ounces, however, ought to be stigmatized as
sact of imbecility or not, its sale by a cor
'V Legislature, to companies of land jobbers
*as certainly one of unmitigated baseness.
But it is past. Georgia like the improvident
Esau, has parted with her inheritance ; and
tlmse who defrauded her of her birth right,
tomplained of ffef bad faith when she endea
voredtnreelaim it. By its loss she has shrunk
lnt * a secondary power, driven to accept as
favors what she should command as rights,
arid losing with tiro fear and envy of others,
something of their respect.
She has furnished in her cavil history a
mallei for the military treachery of Arnold,
Bud taught foreigners that more than one
American could sell his country and his honor,
she las ceased to confide in the virtue of her
public men, and now almost tempts them to
be faithless by her. ten zing jealousy. The
twrv nf her fields has been won by arms not
mrown; —vet it did not shock her pride,
men the scorn of those who insulted her
inflection laifod to rouse her anger.—She has
anderi those who degraded her courted those j
* 0 contemned; and allowed herself to be
|Prvc< l without gratitude, and spurned without
resentment. She beholds a lax political nior
1 'L adapted by her people, and hears again
j 1 1 “Bfonishment, but without abhorrence,
am success consecrates any means however
,a SC. Under the pernicious influence of
''jeh mr.xims, she witnesses the daily decline
1 mat chivalrous spirit which, if it could
10 t nave kept her without fear and with-
■Laws of Georgia—Marbury and Crawford"'
page 584.
Tt Laws U. S.—New edition, v<d. page 4RS.
Lw/i rate ' ul *' OTt ' | i8 Jevotion toiler Interests, the
lofli ,Ure ' L>eor}iia gave.tlve name of Ran-
Rr- 1 t r a connt y upon the motion of Joseph
ln • ln ’ " S( h " tth whom Jie had long been inti*
.f Shortly after Mr. Bryan's death, the name
r _’ e *?"y was changed to Jasper, and the
ion/, 00 ® lven f or depriving Mr. Randolph of this
polit' 38 S secession from ropuhii-
P rea "'ble of tlie aet which alters the name,
, nm ' s a '•‘lsdidod, It states it was given to
Mrtif Tt.* 16 BBTV * ces 10 the republican
*'nt fact is ns above staled. We have
‘Wy "'at with t),e following indignant
affrrnt ■* a ? a "onymus writer upon this pitiful
mj,,! | °r re(l,o a nmn w hose genius, whatever
e "’ a faults, reflected honor on ids country,
the corpse of Bryan cold within
as;?. t Ve, i " you*Btrnde over it with impious
is li’vi° I*”' 1 ’he dead patriot In the person of
( " ,rie "d ; tho world has not witnessed a
’ t Vr* 1 '" ous inhumanitv since the char
, I ha over-rau the ’paly of her father.”
■ rh!** Albert CuUatm and Levi
w <d)’R Report^.
out. reproach, would at least have hidden I
her faults by her virtues, as the baldness of!
Ca?sar was covered by his laurels.
1 o this depth has she been sunk by the
grovelling avarice of the Yazoo Legislature,
and from hence she can be raised onlv by the
most heroic efforts oi some master spirits
among her sons.
And there are many such; but not here
must be their eulogy * * * *
ft is a miserable consolation under these
calamities to know, that most of those who
practised the fraud derived no benefit from
their wickedness; and if should abate a little
of the Pharasaiacal presumption of some
fair purchasers to learn, that they acquired
what was never paid for. Such however is
the truth. Many thousand acres were sold
by the Georgians to Eastern adventurers, who
gave their notes in payment, failed before
they were due, assigned their interst in the
land to more favorable creditors.
Our surpi ise might be exeited, if there w> re
fewer instances ofhuman frailty upon record,
by discovering how many men of fair charac
ters, who had done the state service in the
field or in the Senate, were instrumental in
procuring the agents of their country to be
tray its interests.
That they did so, no candid man who reads
the testimony can doubt. Evert the advocates
for the purchasers in their pamphlets do not
attempt to disprove the fact: they content
themselves withcalling the evidence ex parte.
The testimony however, was not stronger up-!
on which Lord Senderland, Mr. Secretary
Craggs, and Mr. Aislabie were implicated in
Law’s project.
Upon the authority of this evidence, col
lected by the legislature of Georgia, and af
terwards published by'order of Congress, we j
may assert, that all the members who voted j
in the affirmative but o , >, had evidently been j
corrupted. Of the whole transaction, there j
can now be but one opinion. All treach
ery is hateful, no matter on whom practised,
and he who stoaps to offer, and he who is base
enough to accept a bribe, are equally deserv
ing of contempt. Such, at least for a long
time, seems to have been the common senti
ment ofGeorgiiq for all who were interested
in the fraud and nearly all who were concern
ed in the purchase, forfeited the confidence of
their fellow' citizens. Some who were consi
dered too young, too poor, or too ignorant, to
have had any active agency in the project;
were afterwards elected to insignificant offices,
but few reached to any great distinction.
It furnishes however,another melancholy in
stance of the infirmity ofhuman virtue,or the
instability of fortune, that one of the purcha
sers was afterwards Governor of Georgia—
while a Senator who had resisted all tempta
tions to vote in favor of the bill, was subse
quently dismissed from another office upon
charges of corruption.”
MR. HIVES.
We publish with pleasure the following
testimony to tire merits of the Tate negocialiou
at Paris. It is fron*the pen of a writer, whose j
Essays have won him a great deal of eelebri-1
ty, and show Km Jo be. a man capable of
judging correctly and profoundly. lie is on
the spot, and lies the best .opportunities of ob
serving the events at Paris. The criticism |
passed by the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer j
seems to he correct. The letter was written {
in French, and the error is of the translation
in London. There is another rror in point j
of fact, viz: that the claims of the French c it- j
izens were on account of seizures made hy i
our government. The great claim is of;
Beaumarchais, which had nothing at all to do I
wtth seizures of any description. The let
ter itself, however, is a flattering tribute to
our minister at Paris:— Rich. Enq.
From a letter of (J. P. Q. to the Editor of the
Morning Chronicle, dated
Paris, July 16, 1831.
“Mr. Rives, the talented, amiable, and res
pectable, Minister of the U.S. of America iri
this country, has just concluded, on the be
half of his Government, a treatv with France,
on the subject of the claims of the former on
the latter State, in respect of American mer
chant vessels seized and confiscated in execu
tion of the Decrees of Berlin and Milan. This
claim has been made by the American Gov
ernment ever since 1810, but always without
effect. Napoleon evaded it—Louis XVIII.
shuffled it off—Charles X. always talked of a
more convenient season; but the Government
of Louis Philip has done justice to the claims
of the Federal Government. These claims
have been ably assorted and vigorously defen
ded by Mr. Rives, who, although he labors
under the disadvantage of speaking the French
language most imperfectly, has yet written
the most able and convincing letters, and j
which wlron published, will do him grent jus-1
tice, as they have done the State service. The
claim,, you ktiow, is not made on behalf of
the State, but on behalf of American mej
cliants, and has been .finally settled at 1 mil
lion sterling; from this £6O, 000 will be de
ducted to repay certain French citizehs for
the losses they also sustained inconsequence
of seizures made by the American Govern
ment. In return for these concessions on file
part of France, the American Government has
consented by its Minister, to a reduction for
ten years on the importation duty on French
wines and to a further proportional reduction
should the American Government reduce the
duties on other foreign wines, France, on the
other hond, is to admit long and short silks in
to her ports, on paying the same duty, which
will be advantageous to American commerce.
The basis qf this treaty is mutual concession.
It is just, honorable and wise. The Ameri
can Government wjjl ratify it with pica. are, 1
and the French chambers should receive it
with satisfaction. It is the first act of M.
Sebastiani that I can unhesitatingly approve,
since lie has been named Minister'of Foreign
Affairs, aid it is a treaty which reflects great
credit on the zeal, patriotism and talent, of
the American Minister at Paris, Mr. Rives.
This treaty will have the efl'dbt of yet further
endearing France to America, and will tend
to cement that union which ought to exist
between two free and enlightened nations.
I hope that France and G. Britain will soon
be bound together by a treaty of Commerce on
a broad and liberal principle, which shall de
stroy jealousies, remove prejudices, and bad
Ito nu alliance in favor of liberty and civili-
I z;Lu:i, n
[ln justice to Mr. Rives, we have given
place to the above. To him it must be high
iy gratifying to find his management and
conduct in the negotiation with France, so
generally eulogised. There is a singular ex
pression in the above extract—“ France, oil
the other hand, is to admit long and short
silks”—we allude to it as acouvineirtg proof
that these letters, so generally read, and con
cerning the authorship of which so mpn.v sur
mises have been put forth, are originally writ
ten in French. No Englishman, with any
knowledge of the subject, would write such
nonsense. Longue et eeurte sole, was no
doubt the words first used, or long and short
stogie, which the translator in London has,
like a bungler, rendered “long and short
silk.”—[A. I'. Com. & Enquirer.
MACON.
“ Our Book relates to all life acts and eiiiploy
ments of inan.”-*-JuvENAL
Wednesday, Bcpt. 31, 1831.
fiatoiitoii Convention.
John Lamar, James Hamilton, Geo. W. Hard- |
wicke, and Nath. Bailey, Esq’rs. of. Columbia f
County, have been appointed delegates to the Ea
tonton Convention. The meeting which made
the above appointments, also resol veil “
approve the avowed objects of the Free Trade t
Convention, to be held in Philadelphia during ;
this month. . • ;
“The Days of Chivalry are gone
The Rev. Mr. Ely, Editor of the Philadelphia,
a paper published in the city of “brotherly love,’’ i
speaks of Mrs. Eaton, as “ a woman that cannot
blush.” If Mrs. E. “cannot blush,”'it arises
more prohably from a stern consciousness of inno
cence, than from any truth in the insidious, un
manly and vulgar allusion of the Reverend gentle- ‘
man. • Who dees not blush for him ?
In reference to the gallant remark of Air.. Ely,
the Lynchburg Virginian says, “It is proposed to
call the true blue Jacksoniansthe Petticoat party”
and then remarks that “ the name is certainly ap- 1
pfopriate.” It is certainly-very appropriate, if it.
means that “ the true blue Jacksonians” are the
admirers and protectors of lovely woman- In
our turn, let us tender a proposition—it is, that
the opponents to the “ true blues,” be hereafter
known and distinguished throughout the Union,
as
03THE FEMALE SLANDERING PARTY.
The Banditti.
The domestic disturbances in Virginia have
subsided. The most active vigilance, however,
is exercised, to prevent the possibility of their re
currence. In the Norfolk Beacon of the 31st ult.
it is reported, “ that Ned, the fanatical desperado .
who led the band, is arrested.”
Similar insurrectionary movements, we regret
to say, have been detected in Sampson and Du-
Ipi in ccunlies. North Carolina. But their mail,
j wicked ami fruitless project was timely develop
| ed. and the individuals implicated, it is said, have
been arrested and committed For trial.
In relation to the Southampton affair, the editor
-of the Richmond Whig speaks in the following
i language :
“We have "been astonished since our return
I from Southampton, (whither We went in Copt.
| Harrison’s troop of horse, )iri looking over the
| mass of exchange papers accumulated in our
j absence, to seethe number of false, absurd
i and idle rumors, circulated by the Press,
I touching file insurrection in that country.—
Editors seem to have applied themselves to
the task of alarming the public mind as much
as possible, and of persuading the slaves to en
tertain a high opinion*, of their strength and
consequence. While truth is always the best
policy, and the best remedy, the exaggera
tions to which we have alluded, are calcula
ted to give the slaves false conceptions of
their numbers and capacity, by exhibiting
the terror and confusion of the whites, ar*d to
induce them to think that practicable; which
they see is so much feared by thoiVsupon
ors.”
That these poor, deluded beings, have been
impelled to their own destruction, by the unhal
lowed influence and treasonable conduct of a few'
disuffected white-men, appears too apparent from
the following paragraph :
INCENDIARY PUBLICATIONS.
The excitement produced a few months
since, in the Southern country, by the dis
covery of several copies of the notorious
“Walker Pamphlet,” is doubtless still Iresli
in the recollection of most of our readers,
Notwithstanding the pointed rebukes which
the publislrers of that inflammatory production
received from many of the well disposed and
reflecting part of our northern brethren, it ap
pears that some misguided and delmledfana
tics are still bent on exciting our colored pop
ulation to scenes at which the heart sickens
on tiro bare recital, and wiiich instead of im
proving their moral or physical condition, j
cannot fail to overwhelm the actors in ruin,
and curtail the priviledges of all the others. ’
Let thcmAiew lie first fruits of their diaboli
cal projects in the Southampton mtissucr ,aud
pause—an awful retribution 'awaits them.’
A letter from a gentleman in Washington Ci
ty, dated 29th ult. to the Postmaster at tins
place, says:
“An incendiaary paper, “The Liberator,”
is circulated openly among the free blacks
of this city; and if you will search, it is very
probable you will find it among the slaves of
your county. It is published in Boston or
Philadelphia hy a white man, with the avow
ed purpose of inciting rebellion in the South;,
and 1 am informed, is to he carried throqgh
your county hy secret agents, who are to come
amongst you undor the pretext of peeling,
| &c. Keep a sharp look out for these vil
lains, anil if you catch them, by all that is'
sacred you ought to barbecue them. Diffuse
this information amongst whom it may con
cern —Tarbcrtmgh Free Press.
[Wc should rejoice to catch one or rqorc
of these pedlars, in this quarter. We are not
sure we should “ barbecue ” them, for their
| carcases might be too far tainted even for the
j buzzards to feast oh—But we promise them u
J new suit of shining black , nnd to exhibit thorn
l on an ch eated position, tq the admiration of
all spectators.] Petersburg r it\l.
A copy of the “Liberator,” alluded to above,
has been received in this place. We have not
seen it, but understand that the doctrines which
it inculcates, are of the most seditious character.
It is printed in Boston. Will the “ descendants
of the Pilgrims of the Rock” tolerate such publi
cations ? We hope not. Indeed, w’e know they
will not. There is too much virtue—too much
patriotism—among the offspring of the men who
first raised the arm of opposition against the arbi
trary sway of Great Britain, to suppose for a mo
ment that they w'ould even tacitly countenance
such chimerical schemes—such horrid enormi
ties. Let not then the independent and magnan
imous sons of the South, iu the illiberal and un
friendly spirit of WILSON LUMPKIN, traduce
and vilify the characters of the Pioneers of our glo
rious Revolution. For, when we reflect upon the
ease and impunity w ith which publications like
the one alluded to, may be clandestinely circula
ted, and the fear of the traitors to bring down up
on their heads, the indignation of a virtuous com
munity, it i3 not unreasonable to suppose, that
the existence of the “ Liberator” is now much
more generally known in the South than it. is in
the North or East. We feel well convinced that
they w ill punish in an exemplary manner a'l
such Hefarious and unnatural attempts to disturb
and agitate the social and political relations v\ hieli
exist between us as members of one common fa
mily.
Gilmer—-Lumpkin—-Jlission
aries.
A communicant in the last Telegraph, affecting
to be a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and who has assumed the deceptive sig
nature “C,” for tlie purpose of making a false im
pression upon the public mind, has addressed the
Rev. Mr. Howard upon the part which he has ta- j
ken in the subject of the late Cherokee Mission- i
aries. To ma*k £us duplicity, “G” begins with |
hypocritical professions of regard and respect for j
Mr. ll.and iiis Church,by intimating his friend- j
ship and devotion to both. But in his furious j
hostility to Governor Gilmer, this politically reli
gfotw’masquarader unintentionally drops his dom
ino, in essaying to traduce the Methodists and at
-1 tempting to shield the offending Missionaries
from that punishment to which their public, wan
\ ton, flagitious, and repeated violations of a law of
the land, have justly consigned them. He accu
ses Mr. H. and his Church of meddling in politi
cal matters and becoming “ almost subservient to
a party ” for the purpose of promoting tire election
!of Mr. Gilmer in opposition to Mr. Lumpkin. It j
is here worthy of remark that in making this di
rect charge, ‘C’ unwittingly fastens upon himself,
that improper interference in affairs of State,
w hich he reprobates in others of the same denom
ination of Christians, to which he would wish us
Ito believe he belongs. The conspicuous standing
of Mr.Howard—bis exclusive attention to the high
and important objects of his Ministry—and the
general character of the Methodists, are sufficient
in themselves to correct the slander which “O” i
has uttered. We want no surer guarantee for
their attachment to their sacred calling—no stron
ger pledge of their repugnance to mingle in the
boisterous political strife which is threatening the
prosperity and disturbing tranquility of our
State, than the general tenor of their unobtrusive,
‘ peaceable, and christian-like deportment.
But to satisfy incredulity itself,and toputdown
at once the numerous misrepresentations which
are going abroad to the injury of Governor Gilmer
' and the Rev. Mr. Howard, we shall here give a
concise statement of facts, and if, after reading
them, there can be found a man so regardless of
what is due to the laws of the State, and to the ir
reproachable reputation of the two distinguished
individuals, as to refuse to do them justice, we
will only say, we neither envy his feelings as a
Christian—nor his conduct as a politician.
In the session of IS3O, the State of Georgia,
t for the purpose of protecting her law sand the
; rights of her citizens from the most iniquitous in
fractions, extended her legal and sovereign juris
diction, over the Cherokee country, within her
] chartered limits. In a spirit of forbearance,
highly creditable to her humanity, but destructive
of her interest, she had, for a series of years suf
fered with impunity the offenders of her laws to
pass unpunished. This forbearance, which was
only extended as an act of mercy to the untutor-
t'd Indian, was viewed by some, as either acqui
escent to liis pretended claims, or as the result of
a slavish and dastardly policy, which would
eventually yield to the bullying conduct of the
political Gascons who had arrayed themselves
against the ordinances of our .State. Embolden
ed by such delusive considerations, our laws were
treated with contempt and defiance. Two reverend
gentlemen, (Messrs. Worcester and Butler,)
were in such habitual violation of them, that
Governor Gilmer could no longer exercise the
misplaced clemency which he had so long ex-.
tended towards those refractory individuals. He
therefore writes to {hose patriotic Christians, cour
teously apprising them of the law of the . State,
| and of the critical situation in whieb they stood
in relation to it. What was their answer 1 Did
i they, like good citizens, yield a ready and cheer
ful obedience to the laws of the land ? No. But,
on the contrary, like, traitors to their sacred trust,
and renegadoes from the laws of their country,they
hid defiance to the constituted authorities of the
j State, by telling Governor Oil mer, that they would
, not respect Mem, and were willing to abide all the
! penalty they might incur. It was then, and not
till then, that the Executive specially ordered a
rigid enforcement of the law of the-State. The
culprits were apprehended; and according to
their representations very much abused and mal
treated. Their letters (which we have already
(published,) when taken iu connexion with their
previous conduct, give no doubt au highly exag
gerated picture of the treatment said to bo in
flicted upon them ; for it is but reasonable to sup
, pose-that he who wantonly violates a known law,
would not hesitate to misrepresent the process of
its execution.
“ The thiif ne'er felt the. halter draw,
J Without abhorrence of the late}'
But, he this a$ it may ; the' circumstances of
the case attending the arrest of the Missionaries,
were not fully known at the time of the publics
-1 tion of their 1-ttrfsj Those letters were well eal
culated to make a false impression upon the pub
lic mind, excite its natural sensibilities and arouse
its indignation. Undor the influence of such feel
ings, and with a due regard to the honor and dig
nity of his Church, the Rev. Mr. Howard, addres
sed Gov. Gilmer, soliciting an explanation,which
was readily granted. The correspondence be
tween these gentlemen, was recently published in !
our paper. It proved satisfactory to Mr. How- j
ard —and convinced him, as it has already convin- j
ced every honorable man in the community, that j
Governor Gilmer instead of transcending his du
ties, was not in fact, sufficiently rigid in their dis
oliarge. If this was a failing it was “ a failing
that leant to virtue’s side”—a failing which the
malignity of his enemies cannot censure without
exposing their own infamy, and sealing their own
condemnation.
What we have related was all the “part or lot”
the Rev. Mr Howard had in this unpleasant af
fair. He thought that the character of bis Church
demanded an explanation of circumstances. He
sought it, and he got it. And for this, the Tele
graph writer denounces that Church, as having
“almost become SUBSERVIENT to the party”
which supports Governor Gilmer. We entertain
too high an opinion of the Methodists to suppose
for a moment, that they would be SUBSERVI-;
ENT to any authority inferior to that which is
imposed by the laws of their country, and the laws
of their God. They know', and every reflecting
man must know, that had the Missionaries been
allowed to trample upon our law s with farther
impunity, a far more sanguinary and destructive
scene would have been exiiibited upon our frc:>
tiers, than even that which has been recently dis
played in bloody characters, in the SOUTH
AMPTON TRAGEDY.
To shew that the Rev. Mr. Howard is not sin
gular in his way ofthinking, or in the support
which he is willing to give the laws, we copy
from the “Christina Repertory'" as far back as
April last, the following article. The “Reperto
ry” is published in this place, and edited by the
Rev. Mr. Capers, a gentleman distinguished alike
for his piety, erudition, and patriotism:
From the Christian Repertory , April 14.
“THE MISSIONARIES ARRESTED^”
Under this head some remarks have been
offered to the public, apparently as much to
question the humanity of our laws, as to in-1
creas* the unfriendly feeling of our Indian!
neighbors. Much is said, and much more will;
doubtless be said on a subject which seems j
to have elicited many painful feelings; but)
the “unrighteous feelings of the Act," for the
violation of which the “arrest” was made are,
yet to be exhibited. The constituted author- j
itiesof the State have certainly the right,and i
are bound by moral obligations, to enact j
and enforce such laws within the chartered!
limits of their jurisdiction, as should effectu
ally secure our citizens from the “mock tri
als” and inhuman brutal treatment which
some of them have received at the hands of
tlie Cherokees—and if Christianity will justi
fy a preference for the “Savaere Code” and
its boasted declaration of Independence, it
cannot sustain the propriety of a voluntary
subjection of its rotaries to the penalties of a
law, which regards as its chief object, the i
suppression of crimes at which Immunity j
must blush. The “conscious scruples”
which the “Oath” is said to have imposed up
on its subjects, may be ascertained by a ref
erence to its letter viz.:
“I. A. B. do solemnly swear (or affirm, as
the case may be,) that I will support and de- 1
fend the Constitution and the Laws of the
State of Georgia, and uprightly demean my
self as a citizen thereof.”
‘Render unto Cesar the things which are
Cesar's, and unto God the things which are
God's,' is a precept which all men are re
quired to obey.
Should however, Mr. Lumpkin’s friends still
remain incorrigible in their opposition to Gov
ernor Gilmer, because he is determined honestly
and independently to put the laws of the state in
force, let us hear what kind of approval it meets
with from Mr- Lumpkin himself—that Idol whom
the w illing victims of Taxation, (if any such
there be ) would bow down to and worship. In
a speech which he delivered at the last session of
Congress, oil the Bill providing for the removal
of the Indians, he,speaking of certain Missiona
ries said :.
“Tlie religious opposition to this measure
is not confined to arty particular sect, unless
wegiyo a ttcw name to a religious party in po
litics, a party which has some recruits from
many, if not all, the different sects of the coun
try. It is this new sect of Concert Brethren,
against whom I direct my Censures. These
canting fanatics have placed themselves, up
on this Indian question, behind the bulwarks
of religion, and console themselves with the
belief that the Georgians, whom they have
denounced as Atheists, Deists, Infidels, and
Sabbath-breakers, laboring under the cause
of slavery, will never be able to dislodge them
from their, strong position. Sir, I therefore
feel that I stand pledged in duty to my
constituents, to shew to this House, and to
the world, that these jnter-medlers and dis
turbers of the peace and harmony of society
have no just claims to the protection of that
impenetrable fortress in which they have hith
erto found refuge and protection. I rely with
entire confidence upon those who carry the
keys of this fortress; they will deliver up the
guilty, to be dealt with according to law and
justice. “By their fruit ye shall know
them.”
“Sir, I hlume not the Indians; I comm iter
ate their case. 1 have considerable acquaint
ance with the Cherokees, and amongst them
I have seen much to admire. To nro, they
are in many respects an interesting people.
If the wioked influence of designing men,
veiled in the garb of philanthropy and Chhs
tiun benevolence, should excite the Chero
kee* to a course that will end in their speedy
destruction,! nowcalhipon this Congress, and
the whole American people, not to charge tin
Georgianswith this sin; but let it remem
bered, that is the the fruit of cant and fanati
cism, emanating from the land of steady habits;
from the boasted progeny yf the pilgrims and
puritans.” . ■ .i
rhis is a true, a wise, and humane considera
tion of the subject; with the >impU exception of
the sweeping denunciation, which Mr. Lutnnkin
. yryr pm[-Vz-jy -> - ■ j—
has unjustly muted upo* me ut-ut. oi our East
ern brethren. There rady be in the East, it is
true, marty who oppose the policy of Georgia iu
rclatioa to her Indian affairs. But this opposi
tion is the result of mistaken views of the ques
tion. To visit then their- errors upon a whole
community, a respectable talented, and influen
tial part of which goes with us heart and hand,
is in our estimation, a vile calumny upon the de
scendants of the “ Pilgrims of ihe Rock.'" 'Such a
mode of reasoning is equally absurd and culpable
as it would be,' were we to question the purity of
Eden, because an erring mortal was found w ithin
its hallowed precincts.
The facts here adduced, and the documents we
have heretofore published, bring us now to the
conclusion, viz:
I*/. That the Lumpkin Party hare unjustly and
wickedly censured Gov. Gilmer, because he has ho
nestly und independently supported the laws of the
State ;
2 d. That tne Lumpkin Party have shamefully
traduced the great body ,f the Methodist Episcopal
Church, by charging it with being subservient la
political doings :
'.id. Taut the Lumpkin Party in 1831, deny the
right of Georgia,as contended for by Afr. Lumpkin,
himself, in 1830, on the floor of Congress—thus
leaving him no other c Vemotive than that of becom
ing a dupe to his party, or an apostate from his
principles •
4 th. -hid, finally—That Mr. Lumpkin has cal
umniated a large body of enterprising, intelligent,
and patriotic men from the East ,• (end, by substi
tuting abuse fur argument, tried to show oft his pa
triotism—thus insulting us by the presumption, that
the traduction of others would be a recommendation
of him to the people of Georgia.
Georgians ’. —before you make up your verdicts,
on the first Monday in October next, ponder these
things well.
Hr. HtDonahl.
We have not forgotten this gentleman. Cir
cumstances of more immediate interest claim our
attention to-day. In our next we shall continue
our respects.
. Su vemm . Sept. 1 0.
From Jamaica —By the arrival oClhc Brit
fob brig Ann, Capt. Alcocx, at port
from Montego Bay, Jamaica, we liaw£ by the
politeness of the Captain, obtained* regular
files of the papers of that Island to the 27th
of August.
The most interesting items of local new*
are those connected with the state of public
sentiment, occasioned by the proceedings in
England in relation to the duties on Colonial
produce, and on the subject of eufancipation.
Meetings were held in most of the Parishes
and resolutions of a strong charaeti r passed,
amounting almost to a state of open" resistance
—“Remonstrances (say they) are found un
availing. The Colonists of North America,
tried this mode, but they were treated with
neglect. The condition of Jamaica K ars a
close analogy to the Americans in their re
monstrances on the Stamp and Tea Acts.”
Another resolution states, “That it lias be
come imperative for self preservation, to de
clare their determination to defend their
property to the utmost extremity.”
Another recommends the establishment of
a permanent militia.
Iri the paper of the 27th, is the following:
—“That (however reluctantly) we feel our
selves compelled candidly to declare, that
should such protection bo denied, acting, as
we shall then unavoidly bo, under the im
pulse of the first and most ungovernable prin
ciple of nature—self-preservation, we cannot
be considered contumacious if, in this our
destitute situation, we pursue the most con
stitutional mode of requiring to be absolved
from our allegiance to a Government, that
considers us no longer worthy of its solici
tude and regard; for it is inconsistent to ex
pect that the subjirots of any Government
can lose their property, nnd submit to their
lives being endangered, and at the same time
he hound by the duties of allegiance when
the protection of their sovereign is withheld
from them.” Georgian.
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS A Mr.
Boccher, of New York, informs the public,
that for the sum of #6t) he will afft.nl a ma
chine, which will, by the aid of a single horso
power, and suitable cure and attendance,
thrash from straw, 100 bushels of grain;. shell
300 bushels of corn; grind thirty'bushels of
provender; and cut 000 bushels of straw, in
the short space qf 12 hours. The operation
of the machinery may be seen at No. 32 Bur
ling Slip, New Y'ork. This must certainly he
a matter worthy the attention of those who
are agriculturists upon an extensive scale.
PENSACOLA.— This place is assuming
no inconsiderable degree of interest. It has
become the rendezvous not only of ock West
India Squadron, but of the French forces in
that quarter. The climate of this place, for
equanimity, softness and vitality is unsurpass
ed in any section of the globe. The inhabi
tants are at present a motley group of every
variety of character, taste and disposition.
The Spanish [tart of the population arc gener
ally poor and indolent, and are gradually dis
appearing before tho more active and enter
prising Americans, When the latter shall
have obtained an ascendancy, sufficient to
give a tone to the morals, luid a shaptj to the
social habits of this place, it will become a de
sirably place of residence, and will hold out
strong inducements not only to those whoso
constitution may require a more southern cli
mate, hut to those who limy wish to engegu
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®®oMai9~<ss
HAVE just received from the Athens Factory
. Cotton Yafn of different, numbers also 3-1
Cotton Shirting, (a superior article.)
Macon Sept, 90, 1831. 44
~JYOTI€W.
VN election will he htsld at the Court-house ia
the town of Macon uu Saturday the >nh and ayr
of October next, fof Captain, iirst „.ad second
' Lieutenants, ami. Ensign to c#tmn.md the Mac. n
Volunteer*, by order of
. B. S. GRIFFIN. fM-mel.
ISAAC fl. ROW 1. VNIK iiJ-dcj’qrsp.
Macort, Sept. L>, ls3i.