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Wki3jiߣ^S>?s3|jßg3p^ sv T s'i> r T&®&% .aiiiu litlßllffi •' tZ
Ir in v,hicli Georgia and its authori
vc'bpcn most unsparingly reviled
i '•liiused. The M thein-
L Mve had a public meeting and ro
‘ i i'.at tIK'V vioved a removal of the
fertile Mississippi -as an c
■l\, ms t caw fitly deprecated”—
’ tihelnto ■*?
ttaUiglw* pitch bv public and
"♦ Prmc uc * a cams ithe laws of the
f iri resident and
‘■p’rAnt ofilie United States. Othe rs
■ very* "rude and character belonging to
! governments have been insulted and ca
|,Scd in their meetings, m tnr.r U.un
‘d bv their press; and when an attempt
been made by Georgia to remove this in
n~c from among them, it has been met by
rost decided and prompt opposition, fhe
iefltas been defied, and a territory over j
Pi, she has the exclusive jurisdiction, has i
openly declared by tiiese white men to
‘/to the Italians, and that they hate the
... TANARUS„ se tnn a government, not only inde
cent of Georgia, but of the United States,
through this mutinous influence, a Con
;‘ n arid Government lias been formed,
i'/mvc might not be sufficiently notified
/ Zistcace by the usual method of tnani
o they have dragged our citizens before
/tribunals, and inflicted disgraceful and
cl punishments, unknown to our own
s! Such have been the refractory and
i' handed measures of tlie nation, that
.jvrja li.-s been at last compelled, as a moa
i;of aeifdefence, to take the rule of acoun
m winch, by the annals aswcli as public
'rnnents ef the government, she has the
lSt undoubted right, but which might have .
gained with the aborigines, if they could |
c contented themselves with tiieir an- j
nt usages and customs, and not have been
need from their allegiance, by the agen
[ have before described. It is for the con
ipt and disobedience of one of her neces
,• laws to put down this influence, that the
ividuala at the bar have been tried :md
victor!. At the last term, some of these
ividimlswero brought before me upon ha
s corpus, and their discharge was sought i
m the ground tint the-law of Georgia was
onstitutioaal. After the most deliberate
[stigation, preceded by long and able ar
nent, that law Mas pronounced to be cn
nflonal and in full force; consequently,
[has could not bring themselves within its j
t-jijnr provisions, were bound over to take j
ir trial at this court. There werehowev- j
two who were considered agents of tile j
mral Government, and on that account j
iby virtue 6f an exception found in the law i
favor of such, were discharged. 'The do-!
■lam-cf their conduct, for really I can give j
,fl.i-r name,'and the determination man*
stctl still toexert thetr influence under the
pervading force of religion, to stimulate
Indians to a continued -course of opposi
a against the wishes of the Gcticral >Gov
inicut, as well as contempt for the aythori
s of Georgia, induced the ’Governor to re
cst the President to have them removed
in their agency,so as tooblige them to coin
ivitli iiie Georgia law or deavethe nation,
ion every principle-of reason and proprie
,there isnotliing unjust and oppressive in
'a act. If officers of government set tlicin
■ives lip in opposition to the public acts;
they seek either by open or insidious means j
counteract the'pdliey of the government to
wart its measures,vise their office and in-
bring the higher authorities into
’ . A^Hmih by every thing that is sacred, they
to be removed, and hat as quick as
This was done, and tlie Governor,
Killing to afford an opportunity t<> obey
l b".v or leave the nation, notified the par
>•!' s hi- y should still have time to make their
‘it V. hat was their answer, -“My own
i' at duly (says one) is that 1 ought to rc
<s f^^ : Vv:ul qi'i-'dy pursue toy labours for the
■ ai^W r 'b:u! weif; r? of lh< Glicrok'-c people, tin
' sin forcibly rcmoveil. If lam correct
xhi®;? M-P-'Aeusion, that the State of Geor
iltH^Ba ‘ u ‘ i|| o rightful jurisdiction over tire ter
!.p* 'ewirr- I reside, then it follows that i
idci^B’ m ' !; ™ : '>ral obligation to remove in
.... with lu r enactments.” Another
,j,. rc pUcs, “I could not t ike the oath
itsf^B? lir '' ot "‘l'i ti: lllcn -- who live in her char*
S because 1 sliould then aeknowl
bie jurisdiction of Georgia ovt r this.
,f ;; !^B U i,rv , Winch would he adverse to niy opiti
‘j* an d would essentially afl’cct my tiscful
?’ a Missionary labourer among the
tl*,To„ce3. My principles of action are I
the word of God, and if in ad
“ia the law and the testimony,’’and |
* u ' on:, h 10 follow the examples of holy:
liii®'^Bf*’ ) rri . v conduct is construed into an unjtts
ing B e _ l: it-rt- renco with political affairs, 1
ri.tlk^R* 1 ' 1 lll ’‘P ’ Though this is a grave sub
of
i:it 80,nc of the counsel for the
’ '.' vK ’ d’this be not the doctrine of
( if 81-'B 1 -'' 6 ' 1 -Mn it be possible that we
fuwHu* *', lol ‘ lh b that ovrry man has a riglit
nr " ‘ n . ?f '* ’fl’ oll his original sovereign
•" '‘- just such laws as he pleases ! I
r *. 8 ; i!: ,y concede tliat ho has, but he must
' X \W °'* 1,10 conrtof l ,u,3CC;3 “If the law”
tatlld^Byuinst hiui—aml he lets not physical
to resist it to its overthrow, he may
• upon' it lie has taken a fatal arid in
i Hut I would suppose, giv-
bumble victvd of the “Law and the
lestt'^BP 11 ''ihatihc <ivcrn<Jr had placed a
oxpc c^ ,;r construction i:[mu Jm.'li, wiicn in ad
mit R fl “S these individuals., be '‘out them in
subject to pi'iiKipalitics UT powers,
a laniB y T? st ” ,CB ’ to ' ,c Ta{u] y to t,ver ’> |
—fit. iii. 1. For he had reason lo
I ‘ i:s chanty required him to art up. 1
1 that people -arc ‘-sonic
> '|' , ’bs:i,diso!>c(!i.-nl, deceived, sen ing
P' casi| rcs, living in malice
(he > hat n pity it is tlii.s view coubl not I
Ifl’P" ■ t n ' ,uat "' Ale minds of all cot.e.erned.-
in’ Ht a P ; ty, the peuceiiil course of the
ji M. I ■_ , n peace could not have bccnrccollcc
'Volra 113 reply to his disciple on the
iCil !' : '^to x l' * ' known oppression of the
\v('i ’ t a-snr Augustus. Mat. xvii. 27.
di Bm ,
mis !■ /■.liv,rV, ll . I, V| omako ( ’ uo n dowance for
|,n' , °* bmmn opinion, in matters of
’ a3 "‘<ll as in re ligion—but l ask
V ” 'ti, v.-’int would be tUp qense
quencc if every individual were allowed to
judge for liunsell, whether lie would obey the
laws or not, especially after they had been
pronounced by the only competent tribunal
to be constitutional? ‘ If these individuals
have the right to do it, all the rest in the
community have; and what I repeat, would
be thq.Consequences ? Anarchy and confu
sion, and then what becomes of the examples
ol “Holy Writ?” Wherein we are required to
••submit ourselves lo every ordinance of man
lor the Lord’s sake, w hether it be to tlie King;
s supreme, or unto Governors, as unto them I
that are sent by him for the punishment of;
evil doers, and for the prais-of them that do
well.” And why? “ For, that with well do
ing, yc may put to silence tlie ignorance of
foolish men—as free and not using our liber
ty, for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the
servants of God.” Tet. ii, lft, 14, 16.
I hope that rio just govern merit, acting with
it* G* e pale of its authority, will ever require
any of its citizens toproce -d upon any “prim j
cipie of action not founded upon the word of i
God,” for it may safely trust that “word,” |
especially when it enjoins upon the citizen, ;
“to keep the King’s [States’] commandment, |
and that in regard to the oath of God, be not
hasty to go out of his sight, stand not in an
ceil lor lie doclh whatsoever pleaseth
him. Where the word of a King i3, there is
power; and who may say unto him w hat do
cst thou ?” Eccl. viii. y, 3, 4.
One of these individuals replied to the
Go vernor, that “if I suffer in consequence of
continuing to preach the Gospel, and diffuse
the word of God amongst this people, 1 trust
1 shall be sustained by a conscience void of
offence.'’ Now in this speech there is all
manner of unkiiulness, and the meekness
that directs “1o render unto Casar the
things that are Ctesar’s, and unto God tlie
things that are God’s,” v.uUl have required
a more ingenuous answer. It was not for
preaching the' gospel, that the Governor wish
ed him either to remove or “suffer.” As the
Executive power of the State, solemnly sworn
to execute the laws, he only informed the
individual that there was a law which requir
ed ail white men, without distinction—-for
laws to be just must be equal—residing in
the Nation, to take an oath to support the
constitution of the Stale, or to leave the terri
tory; and lie was doubtless very hopeful that
this person’s scriptural reading, as well as
his love of the gosped, would have reminded
him that “every soul must be subject unto the
higher powers. For there is no power but
of God; whosoever therefore resisteth the
power, resisteth the ordinance of God, and
they tiiat resiste th shall receive to themselves
damnation. For rulers are not a terror to
good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then
not -be afraid of the power?” Horn. xiii.
1-, 2,3. The Governor seems to have sus
pected that there were some of the good citi
zens of Georgia who fell themselves “ under
no more obligation” to respect the “ enact
ments” ol'the .State, by reason of their appre
hending that she had “rio rightful jurisdic
tion over the Indian territory”—he therefore
warned them that as the executioner of the
law, “ho bearnth not the sword in vain," and
would consequently be compelled as “ a re
venger to execute wrath upon him that docth
evil. Wherefore (headvised them) ye must
needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also
for conscience sake.” There is in every part
of tlie moral and pious community of the U
nited States, but especially at the North, an
unusual anxiety to colonize another descrip
tion of people in this country, whose condi
tion is better than that of the Indians; and
yet, strange to tell, tlie same object attempt
ed for ibis declining race, by some of the
best and wises? patriots of the age, backed
by the patronage of the whole government,
under much more favorable auspices, meets
with the-preserving opposition of this same
community. ’This is either strange inconsis
tency, or tlie colonizing of Africans speaks
one tiling, it means another.
To my mind, and I would feign believe to
every dispassionate man, there is no good
reason lor rushing upon the severe penalty of
tliis law, and foolishly defying its consequen
ces. It cannot be excused upon any principle
of sound religion or a rational aiid discreet
desire to serve the cause of piety , for surely
that religion which requires us to “ rende r
tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to
whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to
whom honor,” never could demand such re
sistance to the laws of the land, as would in
cur in the delinquent a forfeiture cf aii tlie
enjoyments of liberty, and impose in thoir
stead alt the hardships of on ignominious
slavery. I do exceedingly regret that the
warning voice of this court,at its last session,
of the Governor, of the law, and l would add
with great reverence, of God himself, had
not induced these individuals to pause before
they plunged themselves into such areckless
calamity. Both governments have been deep
ly engaged in the work of removing die In
dians; for causes they need never be asham
ed avowing; and before God and man, if they
are sincere, in the motives which impel them
to this undertaking, they are rendering the
only atonement in their power for the long
suffering of a much injured people, and such,
in my opinion, as high as Ilcavcn itseh will
own and bless. To prevent then the accom
plishment of a work so desireablc, is not only
presumption, of the highest charade r, against
the savres who planned if, blit is cniclty*to
the Indians, ingiatitude to tiic country, and
what is worse than all, seems when persisted
in, to involve a consequence with which no
prudent man should dare to trills'.
Tlio eleven persons against whom sentence
W. s pronounced, were broug t to this place
l,y tlis Sheriff of Gwinnett county, on Thors
day last. Nino of them w re pardoned, after
giving assurances that they would not again
violate the law s. Hut two of the Missionary s,
Messrs. Worcester and Under, declining to
jjivc anv such assurance, and appearing not
disposed to profit by the Executive clemency,
which would have been extended to them, in
common with the others, if they bad given
ur!i assurances, were committed to the Peni
tentiary. Fubjoiiiod is the Governor’s letter
[ to the Inspectors of the Penitentiary anil their
| answer.
F-xkcutive Oitice, /
22d SepUnnbi r, $
GrxTT.uurN' —l understand that a numoer
jot persons have been lately convicted in
l Gwinnett county, for illegal residence in the
territory occupied by the Cherokees within
the State, and will very soon be placed within
the Penitentiary, unless they should be con
sidered proper subjects lor the exercise of
Executive clemency. As it is possible that
some of these persons may have committed
the offence of which they have been convict
ed, under mistaken opinions of their own du
ty, or of the powers of the Government, I arn
desirous of pardoumg such of t em as may
have thus acted, and will now give assuran
ces, that they will not again violate the laws
of the State ; if they should be found worthy
of such clemency.
voti are requested to see each of the priso
ners, and converse with them alone, awl as
certaining from them whether they are dis
[>osed to promise not again to offend the laws
if they should be pardoned. You are also re
quested to ascertain as accurately as you can,
what has been the general character
of each of fhe convicts, and the motives
which have influenced them in their opposi
tion to ihe authority of the State.
The result of jour enquiries and conversa
tion, you w ill oblige me by communicating
| as curiy as convenient.
% cry Respectfully, Yours, Arc.
GEORGE R. GILMER.
Messrs. Jas Camel.-, Henj. White , Tom
linson Fort, Inspectors of the Penitentiary.
Pf.xxtenti.vhy, 22d Sept. 1831.
Sir —ln compliance with your request of
this date, we met at the Penitentiary, and in
vestigated the cases of each of the individu
j als brought from Gwinnett, separately. Eii
j closed, we send statements of James J. Trott,
| —Samuel Mays (No. 1.) Edward Delosier
j (No. 2.) Surry Eaton ( No. 3.) Thomas Gann
(No. 4,) A. Copeland (No. 5.) —You will find
also, a written petition in favor of S. Mays,
enclosed in No. 1.
Vv r e have personally examined Benjamin F.
Thompson, Janies A. Thompson, and John
i F. Wheeler.—The above persons, all request
j your clemency, on condition that they will
I not again violate the law. They are stated
by Air. Trott and Butler, to be respectable,
honest citizens.
With regard to Mr. Butler, he authorizes
jus to state, that he could not take fhe oath
| of allegiance to the State, without perjuring
j himself, as be views the case—he cannot
j consent to change of residence withhis present
j feelings.
j Mr. Worcester states, that be lias taken
J the course he lias pursued, from a firm con-
I victiou of duty—if he had been disposed to
! submit, he would not have proceeded so far
| —ho has applied to the Supreme Court, and
j expects to bear from his application.
I Mr. Wheeler states tiiat lis family is WTth
' in the chartered limits, and that he intends to
[ return there, but will not subject himself to
another arrest.
Respectfully your,
Obedient s- rvanf.
P.F.N.T. A. WHITE, )
JAMES CAMAK’ b Inspectors.
TOMLINSON FORT. >
| OrTT At the opening of the Court in Gwin
[ nett Judge Clayton charged tV. Grand Jury
; to enquire into tlie late alleged oppressions
;of the guard upon the Missionaries. lie
(stated that they were civil officers, as much
! as any other, appointed forth-; special p irpose
' of carrying a particular law into effect, and if
| they transcended their authority, or us-xl any
; unnecessary rigour to prisoners, like all other
ministerial officers, they were amenable to
: the law. If they had trente and the Missionaries
! as had been stated, without just grounds for
so doing, they ought to answer for it, and it
! was alike due to themselves and the cliarac
| ter of the State, as well ns to the rights of the
j Missionaries, to have the matter investigated,
j such conduct was not allowed by the laws of
‘Georgia, and its public functionaries should
| promptly vindicate those laws by a speedy
j approbation of the remedy applicable to such
i violation.
THE Cl STOM-HOUSE BOND*
We perceive by the Charleston Meicury
received last evening, that tin Defendants,
in the case of the Bond sued for Custom*
, House duties, were not permitted by the
j Court, to go into evidence of tlie miconstifu
! tiormlity of the Bond, or any thing beyond the
| mere facts of the signing and execution there*
I of—that Mi. Me Duffie, therefore, declined
' addressing tlie Jury, which consented to find,:
that the Bond was Mr. Holmes’s act and deed,
with tlie exception of one juryman, who de
sired it to be recorded, as part of the verdict,
| that the Bond was given under an unconstitu
tional law—that this was not allowed by the
Court—and that the Jury again retired, end
afterward brought in a verdict to this effect—
that r.o other question being submitted to them,
but whether the Bond is the lhcd of the De
fendants, they Jiiid that is the Deed of the De
fendants. Augusta Chronicle.
TWO DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
By the ship Georgia, at Boston, we have
received our files of London and Liverpool
papers, the former lo Aug. 5, and tue latter to
the 6th.
In the election of a President of the French
Chamber of Deputies on the Ist of August, U.
Girod del’ Ain, the Minister candidate, was
chosen on the second ballot by a majority of
five votes over M. Latitte. M. Casitnir Perier,
finding himself so feebly supported, and that
he was deserted by numbers who bad given
him assurances of their support, iinrnedh’ t ely
ottered his resignation, and his example was
followed by the rest of the Ministers. Count j
! Mole had been appointed President of the 1
| Council, with authority to form anew Minis-
I try.
Part*, A ngti3t 4—4 o’clock,
i I have this moment received from one of the
| highest quarters the following list of the new
; Ministry.
i M.Soult, President of the Council and Min
[ ister of War.
Monbourg, Minister for Foreign Af-
I
I)* Argent, Minister of the Interior and
l Commerce.
Ilumann, Minister of Finance.
; Vatcsmcsuil, Min’sfcr of Justice.
The election of the remaining two A icc-
Prcsidents of the Chamber of Deputies came
on this day. The Ex-Ministerial candidate,
was next on the list, but not having ihc “abso
lute majority necessary, anew ballot is at this
moment taking place, which will-end most
likely in the return of M. Salverte.
Hi/ the ship Georgia, nt Boston.
Liverpool, August 5.
The market lias been without any spirit
throughout the week, and the trifling advance
Which we noticed as having been obtained
in the course of the last week, has been lost
during the present. The demand for all
kinds of Cotton has been limited. The sales
of the week amount to 14.860 bags, viz : 2810
Upland fid to 6Li ; 2730 Mobile and Ala
bama to 6Jd : 2680 New- Orleans fid to 8d;
Arc. Ate. Import this week 9fiß2 bags.
M AEON/
“Our Book relates to all theacts and employ
ments of man.”—Jcvenai.
Wednesday, *e*l. 2S, 1831.
FOR GOVERNOR,
George A*. Gilmer
111*. Ambrose Halter,
We arc authorised to say, is a candidate to repre
sent this County in the Senatorial branch of the
next Legislature ; and we are also authorised to
announce
Tarpley EIoH, S’*.q.
For the Representative blanch, at the ensuing
election.
\Y o are also requested to inform the public, that
Groce, Esq.
is a candidate for the Representative branch in oil
next Legislature.
TO CORKESFONPKXTS.
We cannot insert tlie favor of “A Wren,” un
less he gives us a personal interview.
Eniotsioii Convention.
This important assemblage convened on Mon
day last. Judging by the returns we have recei
ved the State will he pretty generally represen
ted. The little village of Entonton must present
a very pleasing, animated, and patriotic appear
| ance. We will probably be enabled in our next
! paper to lay before our readers the result of tnc
: deliberations of the Convention.
Tlw’AiM'Bi Paiitiiiia lim*genls.
| The conspiracy of these deluded people was
tortunuteiy detected and crushed in its cai
. bryo. The reported outrages committed by the m,
are altogether unfounded. The vioilanee of the
civil authoiities anticipated their movements,
which resulted in the apprehension of some of
tht.it leaders and followers, two of whom were
found guilty and executed on the spot. It is said
that there was a contorted organization of the
Band, which extended into other States, and that
theiusurrivtitm was to hare token place on the tth
October. “Yerbiiiu sat snpienti.”
Trim? of IV* Ylisslftnaries, Ac.
We invite the attention of on r readers to the
“Sentence of the Court,” pronounced by Judge
Olavton, in the case of “ the State against the
Missionaries.” We think that no man of sane
understanding, who is a good citizen and a res
pecter of the laws, can rise from its perusal with
out carrying with him a fall conviction of the
justness of the sentence, and of the humane for
bearance which has been exercised toward the in
fatuated Missionaries.
As regards the conduct of Governor Gilmer, In
tendering to these unfortunate men all the benefits
of the pardoning power, we cannot speak in
terms sufficiently commendatory. It is an act
ofKxecuUvecleragncy which shows the good
ness of his heart; —and the man who could con
demn him for it, must, be lost to all the finer feel
ings of humanity. The refusal of the Misston
aiit s to accept the hand of mercy which was
held out to them, aggravates the criminality of
thnireonduct in a tenfold degree. Well will it be
for them, if in another world they meet with such
forgiveness.
Do what he will it appears to he the fate cf Go
vernor Giluier to meet with the abuse and reproa
ches of Mr. Lumpkin’s fi iends. If lie enforces
the laws, they call him, tyrant! —lf lie, for a vio
lation of the same laws, extends the clemency of
the. State to a few- ignorant, deluded, and fanati
cal men, they call him, unjust —What can be
the motives to such an opposition 1 Need we
answer, they are any thing hut manly—any thing
but just—any tiling but honorable? No we need
not—for the people are not to-tie gulled by such
monstrous absurdities.
ClorirespoiHlciirc.
We inform our correspondent “iNguuiEn,” that
we have been arrested in our pursuit of Mr. Mc-
Donald’s '■'•sentiments" by the quantity of matter
recently accumulated upon our hands, and now
inundating our Editorial table. In disposing of
tiic materials be fore us, we have selected socli
of them, as we thought woul 1 best subserve the
interests of Georgia. We will notwithstanding,
renew our respects to Mr. McDonald in good
time.
For the satisfaction of “Inquirer” however, we
will anticipate conclusions, which we have al
ready partially sustained, and which we intend
fully to sustain hereafter by inferential and ducu
meaial fuels. Tiie.y are these ;
Ist. That Mr. McDonald, is a strenuous advo
cate of the present Tariff.
2d. That he. opposed Mr. Lamar's Free Trade
Resolutions, for the purpose of misrepresenting
the feelings and interests of Goorgia, and circum
venting. as far as in him lay, a reduction of the
present Tariff, as is contemplated by the Phila
delphia Convention.
3d. That to sanction his .Inti-Southern doc
trines, he has misapplied and perverted the opin
ions of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
and Andrew Jackson—thereby flattering himself
that, he could, by thn electing sanction of those [
great names impose upon the honest credulity of
that portion of the people not intimately acquain- j
ted with the poiitica 1 history of our country.
4th and finally- That to effect all these ob
jects, is the present policy of the political friends
of Mr. Lumpkin as they have already manifested !
in the recent, public meetings held throughout the
State—in all of which they have invariably op- •
posed the Free Trade Convention.
These positions, some of which we have in our
previous remarks established, and all of which
we intend to establish, will convince the people
of Georgia, if they are not already convinced,
that the LUMPKINITES are the Judas Iscari
ots, who have been dipping with thitn in the same
dish, and who row stand ready to “ betray them
with a kiss.”
IjShli’s Book for September.
This is a fascinating number —the poetry and j
prose are delightful—and, fur the fashions, let j
the Ladies speak for themselves.
We have heretofore noticed this work in terms j
of commendation—and we beg leave to recom
mend it once more to the attention of our fair rea
ders. It is a work peculiarly adapt, to the re
finement and ex la! ation of tlie female character. >
The original and selected which enrich its |
pages, embrace all that may tend to heighten !
their innocent recreations, or excite lo a perform- '
ance of their more important duties. We would i
e mpare its contents to the essence of a thousand j
rose leaves compressed into single drops.
The Lady’s Book is in our estimation decidedly
superior to any European periodical of the kind 1
that has yet met our eye. To refine and exalt ;
the sentiments of Woman is its main object—not
to make her the plaything and doll-baby of head
less and heartless Exquisites. It is also devoid
of the gossip, the tittle-tattle, anil double entendre,
which too often disfigure not only the foreign ;
Magazines, but even the higher order of fashiona
ble societies. Traits like those, constitute tlie
peculiar excellence of the Lady’s Book.
Trick of the Opposition.
The name of Chief Justice Marshall was put
first in order, on the list of the “Anti-Jackson
Central Committee,” without his knowledge nr
consent. Since its appearance in print, he has
declined the honor intended him, and expresses
his regret that his name should be used for such j
a purpose!
TIIS LATE CABINET AFFAIR.
The l ist Washington City Globe is almost ex
clusively occupied with “Major Eaton’s Reply
to Messrs. Ingham, Branch, and Berrien.” It
embodies a statement of facts and circumstances,
which places flic gentlemen named, irAno very
amiable position. When we have more room and
leisure, we, will lither give the “ Reply” in cx
teuso, or stu b a compendium of it, as will -place
the material facts before the public.
In the mean time we must content ourself with
observing, that it exhibits the cause wiiich led to
tho late dissolution of the Cabinet, in a more lu
cid, able, and dispassionate manner, than any
statement which has yet. been made. It proves
what we at first asserted, that the cause originat
ed in a Conspiracy, engendered by the ambitious
aspirations of John C. Calhoun, to prostrate the
administrate >n of Andrew Jackson by assailing
the reputation of a distinguished female. Tho mask
which has so long concealed the political turpi
tude cf General Greene of the U.States Telegraph
is also laid bare, and he is fully exposed as one
of the most ungrateful recrcantsand unprincipled
partisans that ever disgraced any age, country, or
government.
A high tone of patriotic and dignified feeling
pervades tiie “Reply,” which is couched in a
style of forbearance, pathos, and beauty, rarely
to be me with in controversial subjects. No
American can read it without feeling his check
burn with shame and indignation, to find that
there hurt been in thiseountry, men high in office,
who, to promote their own abi'jous views, stood
read to degrade our national gallantry and patriot
ism, by a reckless disregard of both.
The following is one of Maj. Eaton’s conclu
ding paragraphs:—
“ Detraction has struck at every tiling around
me. Anil, although it lias been uniformly pre
tended that the persecution against me originated
in great regard and delicacy for public feeling
and morals, yet what are tlie proofs to authorize
fhe. rumors, about w hich Mr. Ingham and Mr.
Berrien would not trouble themselves to enquire, but
which, notwithstanding, they could slily and se
cretly whisper into circulation ? They hive pro
duced none! If this bo legitimate warfare, there
are fiiw who may not be subjected to the ordeal
from which the most innocent cannot always es
cape with ft name unblighted. It is a well known
fact, that in this city there ere hired writers for
papers at a distance; and if some incident does
not, from week to week, occur to fill their page, 1
fancy must suggest some gossip tale to be told, |
and printed, and circulated. The motive with j
the writer, is tiis pay—with the publisher, the :
gratification of the appetite for slander, reckless j
of the wound it may inflict. Under such a state :
of things, which party excitement now tolerates, j
of what concern is probity or character, —or what j
the value of a good name ? It is upon this sort of j
anonymous rumor, propagated by the vicious and j
malicious, that political contrivers seized, 1 1 ac
complish their purposes. Malignant as these j
gentlemen have shown themselves, all I ask of
them is, to waive all concealments, alledge spe
cific charges, and adduce their proof. A con
science, “void ofoffence,” can meet them and de
fy their malice, let them but strike their blows I
openly and in the face of day.”
t—iTinrnfTi r~n i ir ~rr if i■■ ■ 11 if n ■ll ■ n ■■!>■ n— ww ■
i '(tut m unicatioM.
b'ur tlie Khcoii Ad verifier*
Mb. Slami.
Tito controversy which you have lately \va-;
ocil with Judge McDonald upon the subject;
of Mr. Lamar’s Free Trade Resolutions, may |
possibly have yielded satisfactory data for a 1
correct estimate of the policy of the leaders of j
the Clark, alias Lumpkin party, upoa the sub-'
ject of the Turin’; if so, you will do your fcl- j
low citizens tin act little short of tiiulmtinish.!
ing obligation on their part, to lay before them |
the extent and nature of your conclusions. — |
The Republican part of the Citizens of Geof- 1
gia is now most violently rated by the ir Fed- i
era! Clark opponents who condemn every \
tiling right or wrong in which Wilson Lump-j
kin had no hand, add extol to tho skies every |
| act committed by him. Matty of us regard
j the principles of his party as possessed by a
lew ambitious aspirants for olfice, to he so
utterly selfish that whatever they deem suffi
ciently strong to thwart for a small time the
views or exertions of the Troup-men, they do
| not stickle to lend their influence and talents
i to accomplish—however injurious it may ope
rate in the end upon the great body of our
community.
In the mean time let me also ask, if you
have not seen an account of the proceedings
which took place in Milhdgeviilc upon the
Anti-Tariff Resolutions of M. J. Kenan, Esq.
The fate of these R- llut ions speaks volumes
upon the policy which actuated their refusal,
it lays a heavy charge'at the door of Mr.
Lumpkin’s friends ? They were opposed by
.Mr. Polhill ‘adjunct’ editor of the “ Federal
Union”—the same who tbok the side of Judge
McDonald against tlie Free Trade Resolir
tions of Mr. Lamar, and who professes to en
deavor to maintain and inculcate principles
wholesome and sound for the interest of Iris
fellow citizens—they were silently rebuked
by Dr. l'ort, who preferring an adjournment
to a tnanly and decided expression of bis
views choose to evade responsibility both to
his conscience and his political partizans 1 —•
Col. Rockwell too,it appears,devotional as eve r
to thwarting the measures of bis opponent s
mostly for the benefit of others, now and the 11
from the hope of his own aggrandizement, op
posed them by offering a substitute, which
doubtless was adverse tr> the honest sincerity
;ot his heart, and could only have yielded tho
precedence of contempt! blcncsa to theamend
; ment of his brother Polhill.
But, Mr. Editor,l have occupied already too
much of your time, tny original purpose was
simply to ask you if the present odious Tariff
of the United States is sanctioned by the
< ’lark party or by those loaders who so warm
ly support Mr. Lumpkin? S .gnsto which tho
1 foregoing remarks allude indicate something
: like it; and for more of the subject I refer
the curious to the Southern Recorder and
federal Union of the lfith and 22d instant.
ENQUIRKR.
MARRIED—On the 19th inst, by WilliamD
Etrifle, Esq. Mr. Edward W. Chapman, t>
, Miss Penelope E. Morton, all of Jones county.
nmnimmi i ■mrmmnmsamm***
TO THE FREE AND INDEPENDENT
I ELECTORS OF 8188 COUNTY.
CITIZENS having r-pnised a com
munication, in the Macon Telegraph of the
21th ult. purporting to be an address from Col.
Griffin to the citizens of Bihli county, wherein ho
charges me with making use of him as a cloak,
: tec. viz: That he tho said Griffin was to conti
; nuc a Candidate until it should be too late for any
| person to offer against me and that on the eve of
| the election he was to decline in my favor.
I now pronounce said charge a gross calumny
void of all truth and foundation and challenge
: him or any other person to prove the contrary,
j Mr. Griffin and myself having (always been
(friendly.) ioa conversation I held with him, a
1 few days after I had pronounced myself a candi
date at the repeated solicitations of my friends,
he then stated to me when I requested him to in
; form me whether lie was a candidate or not, lie
! answered that he was talked of as such, but had
! not came up. His friends likewise observed seve
ral times that he would not come up, this induced
I me to believe lie wan not a candidate aiid conse
quently on the repeated enquiries of mj' friends,
J I gave it us my opinion that he would not oppose
[ in-*, on tho .ground, though not with a view of
i injuring him or withdrawing a single vote from
1 him, being under a free representative govern
| ment I had no idea ofdebarringhimorany other
'person from opposing me, much less OH. Griffin,
j Had he resided more at home, he would have pro
j bably come at the truth of the case and saved
J himself and me the necessity pf a written con
troversy. This being the true state of the case, I
now take my leave of Col. Griffin, hoping any as
sertion of mine (which his friends are in the ha
bit of promulgating) will not be construed by
him nr, an intention of mine to injure him.
li is a tribute due tny friends and fallow citizen?
to make some apology for this publication and on
ly state that having my character as an honorable
man assailed in the public Prints, it became
my duty to repel the attack as soon as practical*
1 hie—this, only would have induced me to appear
before you in print, being utterly a\erse to all
crimination and recrimination between candi
dates. I only ask justice .ft' my opponents and
will leave my cause to he tested by the free and
impartial voters on the first Monday in October
j next. Ycur friend and fellow citizen,
Sr. GROCE.
Bibb co. Sept. 25, 1331. 4G-2t
Wanted a boy
IjsROM li! to 18 years of age, of warranted chn
r icter, to attend in a Store. Liberal wages tvil
be paid either quarterly or monthly—inquire at
, this Office. Sept. 2d, 1831. 2t
l ... r
Female School.
4 SCHOOL of the above character is now
i /V open in tho basement story of the Baptist
'• Church in Macon, taught by .Mrs. Campbell.—
A knowledge of the various branches of an Eng
; lish Education, together with Needlework,Draw
ing and Painting, can be obtained here.
Sept. 2d, 183 L 46-it
; .
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE:
VI7JLL he sold on the first Tuesday in Deccra
212 in the seventh district of Monroe County—
sold as the property of Catharine D.ittsey', late of
Jefferson county, deceased. Sold for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.
GEORGE VV. COLLINS, Adm’r.
Sept. 6, 1331. 41—COds
ADMINISTRA TRIX S ALE.
J I'll! be sold at the Court-house in the loom of Macon,
on the first Tuesday in November next,
V NEGRO man named Tom, about 25 years
old, a valuable boat hand. Terms made
known on the day of sale.
CalJturinc I\ Hammond, Adair,
Of E. Hammond, dec.
Sept 9 41-ids
2 s (hritfs Steward
FOR the return of oneßenj. Terry, to Macon,
so that 1 can bring him to justice, for break
ing into tiic jail of Bibb county, on the night cf
tint 4th inst. He professes to be a boot and shoe
maker, and formerly worked for A. C, Parrnelee,
in Macou.
IT REW, 3 ;J ir or .
Sept 9 4i
HAVE just received front the Athens Factory
Cotton Yarn of different numbers—also 3-1
Cotton Shirting, (a superior article.)
Macon Sept, 20, 1831, 44