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VOL. I.
Wanted,
I c)a(){) ITSHELS CORX ’
|£,r!iUiL_ 3 V UV |
■ „. iy ifojLT/
lIEsIiBSCIUBHIIS A RBiRECK[VINO
■ -.i u\< V PIECES HEMP EIM) TOW \
P UUU MOGINd.
■. ~, ... o fn-r for sale at very low prices on an |
■" -v Wit for approved paper.
M ll ItVV H BUTTS.
■ll!H% *'• '
JUST BKCKIVEDf 0
Hq| bids. SUMMER STOCK ALE,
■ •>-, eases Lupec Wine,
■ Claret, in pints.
■ m lets MACKEREL,
■ ';, casks l'OK'l I.R,
fir. boxes Raisins, *
■ - lt ,r boxes do
■ vvhele d°
I io d"'.. Congress W ater.
■ ‘ Vilmarimls and Soda Crackers.
Bj'so. a large and iVesh supply of all kinds of
Kcedon.fries, for sale low-by
■ ~ July 23, a:> ~ tf -
JUST RECEIVED ,
’’ - Pouts Curroll and l i rt Presided.)
BrHI'KEV, N. Rum, Hyson Tea, Coffee,
■} Sl ',Molasses, Muskalel Raisins,
H Inverness Cotton Bagging,
|| |!csi quality Dundee do
■ **** SU ***. FELTON & Cos. 1
L t n. July 20. 1831
[f ~n*M. IF \dKlf
Hi \ S H| S t received and tor sale at Ids
HI £SQ}©l3Si
Ht'iicrrv Street, a general assortment of
aJUcflickneSs
■ paints, Oils, DYE STUFFS, etc.
Hviiifit wit! be s<dd on accommodating terms.
Hvsi i'ip/iutts will he prepared by Dr. Wood
■i, it ho u-iil superintend, the sale of all Med-
B/Uo*
I DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
H ;;m lliera I’icra
Htimony - lass
Hiiaito Spanish lory Blaek
Hu, Com spays 11
H, ;IS Laudanum
r 'VicA l.iqttorieo Ext. and re-
H' w Root Bermuda lined
■p,a'.i-tida Mace
Hiiuiiiid.d Wine Magnesia Calcined
r do Lump
H.m r lined Medicinal Herbs
H. u ('rule Manna
H::i>t. ne Roil Mustard Eng.
(lepaiva Nux Vomica
Hr!--. Oil Peppermint
Hr. Peruvian " Ur rgarnet
U. Lemon
Hr. ivm Tartar “ Wormsecd
Hastiie Snap Opium
Heior Oil, Ist and 2ii Paregoric
H'V'fo'y Pearl Ash
AVateT Quicksilver
■- Sublimate Quinine
■ l Rhubarb
■> ,’ior Red Precipitate
Huiii.milc (lowers Rochelle Salts
Hirawayscod Salt Peter
iHintliandets Sarsaparilla
iHum.imi n Sugar Lead
Snip. Carb Soda
H I|V>( ' ,IS Senna Alex
of all kinds do Eng.
■!-<r.a Sr its Sponge Pine
H^-t I '* different kinds do Common
H *R' Spirits Turpentine
■•• nm! Seed .i Mitre ]) u ]
IM iur Sulpiiur “ Lavender Comp
■r- 1 ' 1 ’ “ llarteUrne
■knber Salts Sweet Oil
■"* Stoughton’s Bitters
■•uuboge Tamarinds
H-’ 1 " - v Tartar Emetic
■W Tartaric Acid.
, ,PA tent medicines.
H V * Bateman s Drops
H ml S do Godfrey’s Cordial
H *l° Balsam Honey
H '.' l s * Tlifijnpson’s Eyewater
H"i i ■ Table Ink
■ °"'‘"f* Henry’s Magnesia
H'.'i'n Swaim’s Panacea
Hf ' • ' *' Potters Catholieon
H) ‘'Tifrmint Croton Oil
■|;‘" *'|* Ess- Mustard
t'"! ‘" n Dolby’s (Jarminntive
W iIa ® (ww balsam James’ Powders.
■'••,. taints and oils.
H'i | l i Smalts nil colours
Hn ii o Camels Hair Pencils
1-1 IT" jr? x* *
Kw lvSu rt - )r
B ;}| ; ; r lu ‘ c (h)ia ia-t*
B, ( ,i.‘f , |Patent Yellow’
it'nn 1 r Resin
H ,’ r ‘ c 1 Logwood Stick
H iTI u-ir „f° P ure BroaiK'8 roaiK '
HttVn s IO L 1 11 . u . a . I,rusht s of all
H‘ r, * | r rif; w , hl !' (ls ,„
■l v, Spirits I urpentino
l: n m e Oil
Hr, ; vT; Train Oil
■ ; ilk wi,?!! mv Neats foot do
I' Lamp Oil Ist and 2d
Himnl i . nuality
■l'.'i'vari'i 'u ’ Window Glass all sizes
■ion u Tutty.
STUFFS.
H’!ii Span sib Indigo
Hu,, , Madder
Him; o iS Turmeric
Stj.oj. ( . )a Vitriol.
■ • .Agua lords
■ “ •o i °und Muriatic Acid.
■ V ' M < Wy in.
FZohsp for Sale.
A NKL I louse, winch has been voatlier
boardon, but hot sliingled, and which can bo
easily removed from its location, will be sold, for
cash, if application be early made, -at the
ADVERTISER OFFICE.
August 30. 38—tf
€ 'ontmmtif&ti Mummess
IN DARIEN.
subscribers beg leave to inform their
8 friends and the public in general that they
continue to attend to Business in the above line,
and will be thankful for a continuance of Uieir
favors. PC : R. YONGE & SONI.
Darien August 15, 1831. 3*-^ff
;PS ' HifTFC? CS
v-y
M^SiSIIEY.
Vm\ lE subscribers have connected them
_H_ selves umh r the iinn of
I'ATTON k COIIEN,
for the transaction of a general Commission Busi
ness in Darien and respectfully solicit a share of
public patronage, assuring those who favor them
with their Business, that every exertion on their
part shall be used for the advancement of their
interest.
They have taken the Wharf and Store House
recently oocupied by Messrs. Ph. R. Yonge &
Sons, and owned by B. E. Hand, F,sq.
ROBERT S. PATTON,
J. COIIEN, Jr.
Darien, Aug. 22, 1831. 37-3 m
MParien ami .X‘eiv- 'hbrk
TO SAIL THE IST, lOTII AND 20TII OF
EVERY MONTH.
Schooner Mary Ann., Captain Fithian.
Schooner Hero, Captain Collier.
Schooner Martha Beaston, Captain Petit.
Schooner Apenora, Captain Pierce.
fBUIE above arc all vessels on which Insurance
-1 can be effected at the lowest rates, and ship
pers may rely that the greatest punctuality will
i>c observe 1 in their sailing, commencing the Ist
September.
For Freight or Passage, apply to the masters on
board, or to
E. H. COLLINS,
88 South Street. New York, or
P. R. YONGE k SONS,
Darien,
S July 1,1831 31-tf
| COTTON BAGGING,
: &stk>
ONE thousand pieces HEMP BAGGING,
30 hhds. N. Orleans Sugar,
('■ ’Pierces Jamaica Sugar,suitable for fam
ily use,
100 bags Prime Green Coffee,
50 bags Old Java Coffee,
10 boxes brown II ivauna Sugar,
12 doz Madeira W ine,
12 dez Port W ine,
For sale by V\M. P. HUNTER,
j Macon August 22d, 1831. 50-ll
Hay ami Huiis,
I OFFKR l'OT? SAI.K OX 7tE VSOXAULE TXIRMS
4J>/\hh’!s Prime SUGAR,
H IT? 20 b!ds*Loaf and Lump Sugar,
35 hltds Molasses,
300 bags Prime Green Coffee,
200 bbls. high Proof Whiskey,
• 100 do do do Gin,
100 do do do Rum,
50 casks Nails and Brads, 100 lbs. each.
50000 lbs. Swede.. Iron
j 7000 bushels Salt,
2000 poiees Cotton Bagging,
j Macon August 12, 1831. 33—tf
1 9<OKK&.
Young Duke by the author of \ ivian
) A Gray,
Haverhill or Memoirs of an officer in the army
j of Wolfe.
! Persian Adventurer.
Destiny by the author of Marriage, Cc.
The 'Pal ba, a romance,
Phe Separation—The Heiress of Bruges,
The Incognito or Sins and Peccadilloes,
'Phe--Dutchman’s Fire, Side, ‘g
Dr. Larmier’s Cabinet Cyclopaedia, \ 01.
England, lrelo .!, ami Scotland.
Mary, Queen of Sends, of the family library,
by Henry Glass lord Bell, Es<p
Journal of a Naturalist.
War in Germany and France.
Just received and for sale by
ELLIS, SHOT WELL V CO.
September ti, 1831. 10 —
IVILM U! €W Si'a'Bl S,
Confectioner Is,vkek and Distiller
(From I ’h iladelph in .)
H \S the honor to inform the Citizens of Ma
con and its vicinity, tint be baa taken a
bouse in Judge McDonalds Building, two doors
below the Post Office,) w here lm inlcuds to car.
ry on the Confectionary Business in all its diffe
rent brunches—all kind's of Cake*, Candies, Con.
ftc/ionaries, Cordials, Toys, Jellies, Pre. trees, Sy
rups, Fruits. Scgars, Soda Poicdurs, ]\me-, Spi
rits,He. and every thing in I.is line of Business.
(.with the exception nj the, retail of Spirits which
U'l/i. V. declineskeipinp) will always be found in
his Store—manufactured by himself and ot the
best quality.—Wm. C. Intends earn ing on bis
business on the New ork and Philadelphia
plan : and hopes that twenty years experience in
his profession, will enable hint to deserve a libe
ral share of public patronage.
Orders foe-cakes, ornaments, Ac. for parties
will be thankfully received and executed in the
best style.
Country Merchants and others who wish to
purchase by wholesale will find it to tiieir inte-
I rest to call on me, where they will be supplied
with all kinds of Confectionaries, Cordials, He.
+ntide to order, of the best materials and on the
most reasonable terms. Aug. 13. 35-3 1
A DMINISTR 1 TOR'S SALE.
RVrJLL lie sold at the plantation of Janies E
F$ Mucin '.iii Upson County,'!n Saturday tlx
27tli day of August next, at the usual hoii’rs ••
sale, sundry articles of perishable property, bo
longing t.) the Estate of .Icteinian Daniel, dco’d,
sold for O.w rum lit of the heir - nnd creditor.:, Ac
Terms Hindu known eti the d.-y ot sale.
TIB).MAM P.YNiE! L, .idm-inidrotor.
July TJ, \m.
MACON : FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1831
AND
in mi*siolSu * i 13 < s.
UTGI E undersigned will eodfciue to transact the
JL above business in all branches—
with strict attention to businestrand the facilities
which they will be able to render their customers
and the comparative their Wahe
llouse from the dangers of t;r;fl~iev hope m me
rit a continuance of that liberal. patromfge which
they received the past season.
In addition to our former I nitrc-Jlouse, we have'
(for the convenience of our customers up town,)
rented the Ware-House on the corner of Mulberry
and Second Streets, formerly occupied by Mr.
#stf t? r ti. Ml o fum th
All COTTON stored there will bo deliver A#
at the boat landing, free ofdrayage.
(£)* Liberal advances will bo made at all times
on Cotton in store or shipped by us.
(FT Cotton stored ivith' us, will be insured at
low rates if requested-
J. GODDARD & REED.
Macon, August 19, 1831. 31tf
" W211710TM. :
AMI
Cotmnfasten /fastness,
UpilE subscribers respectfully inform their
1 friends and the public, that they continue the
above business, and renew the offer of their ser
vices in that line.
They have leased the WARE-HOUSE, lately
occupied by Mr. John T. Rowland, eligibly sit
uated on the bank of the river* just below the
Bridge, and remote from danger by lire. For the
convenience of tiieir customers, in the upper part
of town, they have a
SCALE HOUSE
in Cotton Avenue.
The usual advances will be made on Cotton,
stored with or shipped by them ; and their cus
tomers can have the choice of the Savannah,
Charleston, New-York, or Liverpool market?.
DAY & BUTTS.
Macon, Aug. 12, 1831. 33—tf
1 JA3IKS A.BI. v;, >• •:>.*.tiff.Kli I!At T CxTiTfi,
' Under the Jinn of
vv KMITfi,
Respectfully Under to t/dir friends and the public,
their sen tecs in the
13 UIgMI-ESV USE
a \i)
COMMISSION BUSINESS,
rpn O have taken the large new Ware House
! I and Wharf, between second and third streets,
1 both of which arc constructed cm the most ap
proved plan and are in fine condition. A con . en
i io:it close store, for the reception cf Merchandize
! w ii'l he erected forthwith. The proximity of the
i W are House to the business part oftowu, and at
1 the same time, its comparative remoteness from
ether buildings, together with the advantages of
the excellent wharf attached to it, render it j -
culiarly convenient, as well as, measurably ex
empt from danger by fo e. Liberal advances will
be made on cotton in storp, & shipped by them—
and every other reasonable accommodation grant
ed. The personal attention of each of the firm
will he given to the business, and their utmostox
erlions used to promote the interests of their cus
tomers.
July 18, 2il
! ' AND
COMMISSION * II US LYESS,
(Cherry Street,)
MACON, GEORGIA.
nPITE undersigned has taken the New WARE,
*- HOUSE now building on Cherry street, be
low the corner occupied by Messrs. KIM EE HEY
H CHISHOLM, where he will take Cotton on
1 Storage, and make liberal advances on the same.
All Cotton stored at this Ware-House will jie
delivered, if reo. irw , t any of the Boat landings
in this place, free ofdrayage.
As his whole time, and attention will he devot
ed to the above business, he hopes to merit a share
of public patronage.
GEO. W(K ’).
August 1, 1831, 31-tf
If r cII oa s e
AND
Com hi insi on iSas i ness
undersigned having leased front
LAMAR & CO. their Ware-Houses
for a term of years, tenders his services to
his friends and the public, in the above busi
ness.
He will be prepared to extend the usual fa
cilities to bis customers, by making advances
on Produce stored with him, or on Shipments
i lo his friends in Savannah and Charleston.
Connected with the Warehouses are safe
and extensive close Storages, for the recep
tion’of any Goods that may he consigned to
him for sale or otherwise. The situation of
j these W are-llouses, as to convenience and
I safety, arc not, surpassed by any in the place :
should additional security be required, Insu
rance can Ire effected at a very low rate.—
The subscriber's attention will be devoted
exclusively to the above business. He there
fore hopes to receive a proportion of public
patronage.
JAS. C. MORGAN.
Macon July 28, 1831.
Ware-House and Commission Merchants,
W* ESPEGTFULLY tender their services to
it tli, ir friends and the public in the
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION
I 'in slants.
have taken the large and commodious
i Waiehouso built and formerly occupied by W. &
ti. Dope, on'he East side of the River, which is
I constructed on tiro most approved plan, and in
j fmc condition for the reception of Gotten.
| Merchants and Planters who favour them with
iheir cu .torn, will have their instructions prompts
•iy attended to. They will he prepared to nuke
j liberal advances on Cotton delivered in tliei
| W-irc-Houvo.
| They will also keep constantly on hand a gen
i oral assortment of
DHHJOO I) S, xN G R OCERIE S.
Which i\, q trill self loir.
HENRY CARTER
JOHN J. BENNETT.
12, 1831. -TI tj
I\> Iho voters of County.
Is J LLOW-CITIZENS— Some months since
* inyn imcv. as announced in the public Jour
nals ot this place, as a candidate to,represent von
in the representative branch of the next Legisla
ture cl this state. Since that, time there have
boon many important changes in the mercantile
world, affecting almost all engaged in trade ;
that I seouhl have escaped the troubles of others,
engaged in the like pursuit, was not to have been
expected. Those changes, which arc familiar to
you all, have caused much time to he spent by
those \vii@ are able to s> stain themselves in mak
ing the accessary arrangements for the approach
ing business season. My own bittiness has ta
ken much more of my time than I anticipated in
the early part of the season ; it lias also been one
which called me from the county, and even from
the state ; that this circumstance has prevented
me from- commingling with my friends and ac
quaintances, and keeping up ns well as increas
ing that social and frii tally feeling- which is the
result of frequent intercourse, is a fact that I am
aware of; that I have also been denied the privi
lege ot rebutting unjust and ungenerous accusa
tions, is a fact known to yourselves; to have cal
culated on having justice done by enemies and
designing men, would have required a mind more
credulous than my own ; that much has been said
tending to impress the mind with the belief that
nature herself had been sparing in her bounties to
me, you have only to turn to the publie journals
|ot the day—to prove this, however, is a matter
j of but little importance, for notwithstanding I
| possess as large a stock of vanity as ought to fall
j to-the share of any man, I have never been so lost
jto common sense,"as to believe that I was able to
throw in the shade men who have distinguished
themselves as jurists and statesmen; but there is
one accusation which i am anxious should be re
pelled—one in which my reputation as an honora
ble man is assailed ; I mean the statement made
!> y Mr. Groce, “ that I was used as a mere candi
date to keep off candidates for his, Groce’s bene
fit, and i would decline being a candidate just be
fore the election.” I here state, and challenge
the world to produce evidence to the-contrary,
j Brat f never did, either directly or indirectly, ei
j ther By myself or through any friend, give Mr'
I Groce to understand that I would, or had any in
j ten lion ol declining, and had l have had such an
j idea, it would never loots been based upon such
: principles. I have only to ask of my friends such
j support as my general c' -.racier for capacity and
| integrity, iTiay, in their estimation, entitle me to.
Y our lellow-citizen,
I B. S. GRIFFIN.
I Macon, 22d Sept. 45
1—• " ■
Fellow Citizens of Upson Comity.
Sl r nn apology shou.tl be deemed necessary
for this appeal to you, it will bo found
| not only in the fact, that divers false and i!.-
! liberal charges have been privately ami in*
| dustritsn.dy circulated in this county, having
! in view the dm at of my election, and cal-.
| ciliated, if uneonlnulieted to detract from that
I standing and character, which ! wish ever
jto maintain in the estimation of my Fellow
j Citizens. Rut 1 have been in a more public
land definite manner, called upon by acorn
j mtmieatio'i in the Democrat of tin; 10th inst.
j over the signature qf“A Citizen,” to respond
‘tocertain charges, in the shape of interroga
tories, there propounded tome.
| The responsibility of public agents, is a
1 part of my political creed. 1 therefore recog.
; niso the right of my constituents, to demand
of me, the reasons and motives that mav
' have influenced uiv, in any or all of my ofii
; cial acts.
In the first place, then ; I am charged by
; “A Citizen,” with voting in favor of a law,
I allowing Indians to testify in our Courts of
Judicature.
j This charge, lias reference to proceedings,
which took place in the Legislature, year be
| fore Inst : during that ses-ion, a law was pass
led, adding that part of the Cherokee Terri
j tory within our chartered limits, to the ad
j joining counties ; and extending the laws of
j Georgia over the same; and among other
j enactments, providing for the punis.t.uent of
I the Indians for certain offences therein men
tioned : At the conclusion ofthat law, was
| this section, upon whicii, 1 gave the cxcop
| tiouafdc vote. “And he it. further enacted
jby the authority aforesaid : That no Indian
1 or discendant of an Indian, shall lie acompe
tarit witness in any court of this state; until
the Judge or justice presiding, shall be ful
ly satisfied that the said witness has a due
and proper sense of the obligation of our
oath. Air. Ilcpburn moved to strike out
said section, upon which motion the yeas and
' nays being required to he recorded, are yeas
; 33, nays 8(5. ’Those who voted'in the affirma
tive are Messrs*
Bin ley Howell
Black Iverson
Ilrndy Johnson
Bryan Lowe
Cowart Mann
I)av is of Tw i ggs Mays
Davis of Ware Me Livy
Devereux Niel of Newton
Easley Pearson
Echols Safl’old
Gilbert Smith of Dooly
Graybill Taylor
Griffin Towns
Gross Warner
Hatton Weaver
llephurn NVhilchcl
Howard of Baker Wiggins
Those who voted in the negative arc Messrs.
Adair of Carroll Leonard
Adair of Madison Lewis
Adams Long
Akins laivCtt
Allen J/oyitll
Archer McClendon
Ash Myers
■ Bacon Non', of Wilkinson
Burkesdalo Northern
Barnett Oliver
Bates Overstreet'
Beall Patrick
Boring iWnwi
Bowin Perry
Brewster Philips
Brooke Price
Brown Ramey
Burns Rawls
By no Rea
Carter Render •
Charlton Russell
Cleveland Ryan
Cone Sanford
< ’raft-ford Simmons
Curry ot Washington Smith of Monroe
Davis of Richmond Stapleton
Dixon Stephens
Dougherty Stirling
Paris Surmons
Freeman Townes
Gray Townsend
Greene Turner
Hamilton Wade
ffardcinpn Wuldhour
Hatcher Warren
Hicks Wayne
Holmes Wellborn
Howard of Lee William^
Hudson Willis
Hull of Clark Wilson
Hutchins Wolford
Irwin Worsham
Kellum Young.
“A Citizen,” charges rne with giving as a
reason for this vote, that the leading men of
my party voted in favor of it; which, I utter
ly deny.
As will be soon, the vote on this motion,
was not a party vote ; the loading members of
both parties sustaining, this section. What is
the relative proportion of the Clark and
Troup parties 0:1 this vote, I am not able, at
this time, to say. This much, however, 1
know, which had a considerable influence in
determining my vote ; that of the thirteen
members, representing the seven counties,
bordering on the Cherokee Territory, and to
whose jurisdiction, that country was attach
ed ; eleven of the thirteen, including the
oldest and most influential members, were
warm and zealous advocates of this section ;
among whom, were Bates, Cleveland, & Wof
ford ; unquestionably at that time the lead
ers ot the Clark party. And of the sixteen
Representatives, from the counties of Coweta,
Elbert, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Madison,
Wilkes, and Troup :—Counties in the vicini
ty of the Cherokee Nation; fifteen out oftho
sixteen members, voted the same way; a
: large nmjc.-rrfy of whom were Clark men ;
however this may he; whether they were
Tioup or Clark men ij not material. But,
for myself, confiding in the honesty and in
tegrity of these members ; whose proximity
to the Cherokee Nation, entitled tiieir judg
ment and opinion on this*subject to much
weight and consideration ; and believing, they
would not advocate a measure, which in its
nature and under tliti-circumstanees, was cal
culated to take effect principally among them
selves and their constituents; unless they
had been fully persuaded of its justice and
[propriety;—And believing they wore can
did in their statement, flint such a law, would
be beneficial to the white people in that sec
tion of the country;—That there were a imin
her of Indians there, half-breeds, as also the
common Indian, who were well educated,
moral and religious wen ; —Whose persons
and property, were altogether at the mercy
,of the lawless white men, who hover on the
frontier ; and who were in the habit ofgoing
! into the nation and driving off with impuni
j tv the Indian’s Cattle, horses and hogs ;
'That they from a knowledge of the probable
and operation of that law, had nothing
to fear in behalf of themselves or their con
stituents:—“l that, under this law, our
courts would seldom allow an improper wit
ness to testify and if they should, occasion
ally do so, the jury would still have power to
weigh the testimony and to disregard it al
together if unworthy bferedit; —That no one
could doubt the disposition of the white jury,
to take care of the interest of the white man ;
and no one, could reasonably presume, that
they would find against a white man, on the
testimony o an Indian, unless that testimony,
was clearly entitled to credit, or sufficiently
corroborated by other testimony.” Moreover,
a great part of the law extending the eriiiinal
and ei\ it jurisdiction of this state, over the
1 Cherokee Territory, without this section,
i would he inoperative and altogether useless.
! 1 mention these facts and arguments, ashav
j ing been advanced and urged upon the
1 House, principally .y the members represent
ing the conn ies; bordering upon and in the
vicinity of the Cherokee Nation ; which I be
lieve to he strictly in accordance with the
facts, as there were for reasons before men
tioned, chiefly interested in this measure. Un
der the influence oft bp sc and the like views;
f gave my vote, arid whatever, may he, the
abstract merits ofthat vote; I have the con
solation of having, voted honestly and with
due reverence to the oath, I had taken ; to
vote on all questions, coming before me for
the best interest of the country.
But, fellow citizens, this you will, observe,
is a vote, 1 gave year before last.; since which
period, I have had the honor of being a second
time elected, your Representative, without
opposition; and if there was that crying and
unpardonable siri in that vote, that my op,
pone at > would wish to induce you to believe ;
why, have l not been called to an account,
for it, before this f Were my opponents then
sl mibering oyer the rights and interests of
their country ’ and, have they hut just now
awoke? No, feliowf citizens. It is all a hobby :
it is all an elec,tionering trick.
This very section, for voting in favor of
1 which; I nut irwv to be put down, hag been
in substance the law of Georgia, ever since
the settlement of the State, down to 1*26 a.
period of about a century i and, where is the
instance, that a judge or jury of this State*
has hern so regardless, of the rights and in.
terests ot their fellow citizens as to giva
credit to an Indian, to the wanton violation
of those rights : If the citixoris of those four
teen or fittecn Counties, bordering upon and
ia the vicinity of the Cherokee Nation, had
known of the existence of such a case or ap
prehended its occurrence; do you believo
they would be in favor of this section ? by no
means. Another reason, I will mention, that
had some influence on my mind. It was nr
aed, on the suggestion of General Jackson,
that it Georgia, would in this particular, pur
sue a more lenient and libera! policy towards:
• tie Indians, Congress would be better dis
posed to co-operate with her in extinguishing'
die ludj.au titles and rt moving them from our
lands. I*or without the aid and approbation
or Congress, we shall never be able to effect
tuis desirable result, without collision witi
the General Government, which may result
■in civil war and disunion.
The next charge “ A Citizen” calls upojv
me to auswer, is one if true, would place m
before the publie in a very unenviable light,
1 morally and politically. But it is a source
jot infinite satisfaction to me, to be able t<*
; present a triumphant vindication from this
j charge, ot moral and political dcrileetion iin
, the law itself; which 1 have been charged
with introducing, for the express purpose of
! breaking up Robert’s Ford Road, by tlicsuio
of the Island, through which Fgrasses* for tho
j benefit of Col. Thomas’ i\ y. The lu\vt
reads thus,
An act to provide for surveying and dis
posing of the unappropriated Islands in tin*
I lint & Chattahoochie Rivers, and for grant
ing the same.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of Georgia iir
General Asseably met, and it is, hereby erfo
acted by the authority o‘ the 3ame, that it
shall be the duty of the County Surveyors off
the Counties lying on the Last Bank of the
Flint River, immediately after t.’:o passage ot
: Bus act, to proceed to survey and plat, all
J unappropriated Islands in said River, of ten
acres and upwards adjacent to their Cfonuiius
repectivclyy<Se furnish a platt of the same de
signating the lumber of acres, to the Slmrifi*
! of his Coopty, and one to the Purveyor Cm;-
* rial, for wirf -Ji the s:\%i surveyors shall be al.
lowed their ordinary fees, except the Island
- opposite Rob' ft’s Ford on sub! river, and ovef
w hich the said public road is now established
leading from Tlioiuaston fo Cojumbus.
Now, it is manifest, from the law and facta
in this case, that there are three distinct and
independent reasons, each itself a sufficient
answer to this charge. In the first place, Bit*
Island at Robert’s Ford, does not contain ten
acres; and none under ten acres, were to bt
sold by the law; in the second place, if that.
IsL-.J had contained tt u aftres, if could info
have been sold, for it is expressly exclud'd
from sale in the law, whatever may he its siz<>
or value; and in the third place, that roar|
was recognised, as a public road by the Infe
rior Courts, of Loth lipson and Talbot ; and
consequently the purchase? of that Island
veu it it had been sold, would have bad n<*
right to have obstructed tint or any other
road, passing through it—the Island pr- via
ous to the passage of this law lying in the ju*
lisdiction of Upson.
I am in the next place, called upon by “A
Citizen,” to explain my views and the c our so
I took, relative to establishing a precinct on
the river. I was not, before, apprised that
my views or conduct in that affair had hem
called in question : However, for the satis
faction of this querest, as well. as al! others
concerned, 1 will briefly state my views and
conduct, in relation to the establishment of
that precinct. In the first place then, my
views were simply to rpn scut the wishes of
my constituents: And in the second place,
1 djjl.advocate and aid in procuring the pas
sage of a law, establishing an election pro
cinct at Blount & Davis’Storc ; having asccr.
tained such to be the wish of the citizens of
that section at the county, and that such <%
measure would meet the approbation of tho
county generally.
In the last p'acc, “ A Citizen” intimate?,
that I am highly saturated with the mania of*
Nullification. In reply to this, I would sim
ply observe, that f have not been ably, cm
yet, to attach a dofi lite idea to that mystic®!
word “Nullification.” However, if as “ A
Citizen” seems to suppose,- it ia connected
with civil war, revolution, blood and carnage,
I am no Nullificr.
Notwithstanding, I have labored to bo. ns brief
as possible, in an: v.u ring the charges brought:
against me, hv this atiuonymou* writer ; vet,
tills addn ss has swelled to such an eutent, a.*
to render it inexpedient to notice a* was nty
purpose, some other charges that have be<‘H
privately eircuiatcu in this county, intending*
my injury: However, confiding in the reflec
tion, that the people of Upson eoufitv, will
not condemn mo, without a (air hearing, or
some plausible evidence of guilt.—j ha?foil
, to subscribe myself thus,
Fellow Citizen,
.TAR W. GREENE.
i Thomaston, Sept. 20, 1831. 45—tf
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