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To Potlcol Cc*Mpoul.it-
We liavc a very prvity lore-eiek effusion from
“ Isabbiab,” and a patriotic Lament upon tho
fall of Warsaw, from an untitled correspondent.
They shall occupy a distinguished niche in our
Poet’s Corner, as soon as we can clear our col
umns and oct head from the mass of political and
proceedings which now enwittbcr
than.
To the People of Georgia,
m sciii.itr, i so.
Thc-Federal party, which lately nominated this
for CongTcs3, at the ensu
ing election, have, nothuiihstanding his well
known political character, and in defiance of tho
roost not e-re jb facts, claimed for him the reputa
tion of an undeviatiug republican.
Wo. Schley <L7uund*viaiingrepyUtcan ’—Mon
strous absurdity .!**-Hotv—where —and et what
time, did he earn this distinguished and distin
guishing titic 1
Was it during the last war—when he was re
cognised as an inveterate diseiplc of the Old
School Federalists—and when his private opin
ions were well known fortheir hostility to the po
licy which urged oer government to the ultimum,
cl unic-jin remedium —tho last and only remedy 1
Was it during the sitting of the notoriously in
fhraousllartford Convention,the despicable policy
of which, if he did notndvoc te, it was gener
ally believed, at least silently approved 1
Was it, when ho opposed the vital interests of
Georgia, when she was menaced by the military
power of.the General Government, by branding
ua TRAITOR, that great Conservator of our
eights, Georcb M. Tsocp, who had successfullv
and patriotically resisted tlio threateucd usurpa
tion 1 Was it, wc repeat when lie stigmatised
•that man with Treason, end publicly declared, br
ought to die the death of the Traitor , because he
had saved the people of Georgia from becoming
bondsmtn to a consolidating government ?
And, in conclusion—Was it at'the late Athens
Republican meeting which nominated Delegates
from this State to tho Free Trade Convention
when, being then and there (at Athens) present,
he, (in common with his party, and tho head of
it, the now Governor elect,) declined an accep
tance of the invitation of tho Free Trado Party,
h: by so doing tacitly avowed his •dlicruoa to the
present Tariff, ano consequently, his opposition
to tho gencial interests of the South'!
These are forts well known to these acquainted
v;9i tho political history of our State. They arc
of too recent occurrence to be erased from the
minds of the people, whose observation is suffi
ciently discriminating to distinguish between a
Jeffureoniwi Uepubliean, and a confirmed Fede
ralist of the old School. The friends cf Mr.
Schley need not flatter themselves that Georgians
nre so dull of comprehension as to pass thes
fltings uunotk-od —neither need they hug them
selves in the belief, that wc ore so insensiblo to
cur lights as to suffer them to bo trenched upon
with impunity. The ballot box, on the 12th day
ci" December next, will we hope, convince Mr.
tvhley, that Georgia is not yet ready to hail him
r-i undeviatiog republican f
MOltE BLAXDEUS.
\ U tter writer in the last Columbus Democrat
■signing himself “J. T. Camp," and hailing from
*• Milledgcvillc, Nor. 14, 1U31," has indulged
himself ia a tissue of misrepresentation and iotv
invective against the conduct nnJ character of two
of out must eminent fellow citizens, Judges Craw
ford and Strong. As the letter tins just caught
our rve, we have only tiina to say, that the state
ments which arc made in relation to those two
distinguished individuals, are utterly groundless.
They stand as high above their accuser, as do the
Heavens pbove the eartli. ‘ Cease viper, you
-4juaw against a file."
mn. X£SBIT*S UKSOI.VTIOXS,
tlnlikfJ those cf Mt. Wood’s, occupy the whole
ground of Southcrn policy. Mr. Wood t-vok up
Andrew Jackson, becauso be well knew, that
■,hat dls’inguished man was in the full possession
ef the republican suffrage of Georgia ; and that
to oppoie'him, how over congenial it might be to
the Lumpkin party, would inevitably prove fatal
to its existence. The-clovea foot” was plainly
displayed by Mr. Wood, in studiously avoiding
a dcnunoluion of John C. Calhoun, the most
4< hitter, inveterate, and ta'onted” eulmy of “the
man wheat the country delights to honor.” In
doing So, was Mr. Wood affrrid of jiving offonce
his Excellency, who by his latent defloration ,
iskaovrn to betlio devoted friend of Mr. Calhoun!
Trom the csvrsa which has been pursued, wo
cannot refrain from answering hi the affirmative
_f or -wo believe tho apothehm holds equally
goodiu politics as it does in religion, that we con
sist at the tame tone serve hath Hod and Mammon.
On Saluda? last, in the Senate, Mr. Wet
li> offoredrthe follow in g resolutions:
The legislature of the State of Georgia,
confide in the firmnoss, ability and integrity
of the distinguisheilbcad of the Federal ad
ministration. They Lelieve that hia adntmis
tration is based upon the great and funda
tauntal jiriociplcs ef state sovereignty, unfet
tered industry, economy iu the disbursement
r | the paihlic money, equal federal legbla.
jpotv,and a rigid exaction of respect, end c
jju’i pH'-V-gci* -“ vith t?c moe*. fsvofed r*G
tions,” from foreign states, 'i'lic re-election
of that distinguished statesman, anti venera
ble patriot, they hold to bo necessary, to pre
sent the rc-chartcring of the Bank of the U
ited States, to preserve the Constitution of
the Union from infraction, the States from
consolidation, and the South from pecuniary
bankruptcy and political proscription. In
his Indian policy he lias recognized the just
rights of Georgia, ifas co-operated with us in
our endeavors to remove the Indians within
our limits, west of the Mississippi, and has
contributed the aid of his name and talents to
relieve the Stale from the embarrassments
which here grown out of the agitated Chero
kee land question.
Tkercft re resolved, by both branches of
the Legislature, that Andrew Jackson be,
and he is hereby, nominated a candidate for
the Presidency of the United States at the next
election, and that he be, and is hereby, res
pectfully recommended to the states of the
confederacy, as the citizen best qualified for
the duties and solemn responsibilities of that
high trust.
Many of the publican - sses throughout the
United States opposed to the administration of
President Jackson, have labored to induce a
belief, that a portion of the people of Georgia
are willing to make common cause with the
Vice Prosident,and thereby contribute to the
defeat of General Jackson. Recent events
in this State have been bailed in some of our
sistei States, as proof of ihe triumph of the
lion. John C. Calhoun, and has principles, o
ver the President, his friends and his princi
ples. The great body of the people of this
State, have no feeling in common with
the pretensions, orwith many of the principles
of Mr. Calhoun. They were unequivocally
opposed to the claims which his friends have
set up for him to the Presidency, arrayed as
they are against tiie rightful claims of Gener
al Jackson. No man can be‘ the friend of
Jackson, who directly, or indirectly, gives
aid or countenance to the most industrioas,
the most bitter and most talented of his oppo
ses.
Therefore he it resolved by both branches
of the legislature, That they w ill* in no c
vent favor the pretensions of Mr. Calhoun,
either to the Presidency or the Vice Presi
dency vf the United States, and that his Ex
cellency the Governor he, and he is hereby,
respectfully requested, to furnish our Repre
sentatives in Congress with copies of these
resolutions.
POL XXU SOT YET COXQfEREn.
The packet ship Arte York, has •■arrived at New
Vork, bringing Liverpool papers to tho 15th Oc
tober, several days lator than our previous advices.
The gl von.y forebodings which clouded the mind
of every patriot when the fall of Warsaw was
first announced, is, in a great degree, dissipated
by tho cheering intelligence before us. Warsaw
may yet bo free, for tho haughty Autocrat of the
North has yet to learn
“The might which slumbers in a yeoman’s arm."
The Polish army, it is said, did not surrender at
the fall of Warsaw, but is again in tho field, an
nimated \\ itli the love of liberty, and hurling de
fiance at their lnvadeT3. The latest Liverpool
papers say,
“The array which retired to Modlin, on the
capitulation at WaTsaw, were not prisoners of
war, as affirmed in the Prussian State Gazette, but
fell back upon that strong and almost impregna
blo fortress, carrying with them their artillery,
ammunition and materials of defence, upon find
ing their position in tho capital to be no longer
tenable. They were also accompanied by the
members df the Government, tho Chambers, and
all poblie functionaries.
The Russians on the other hand, are reported to
have lost 12,000 mpn in the storming of Warsaw,
and were thus rendered incapable of following tho
Polish army. Tho Poles -have another strong
army under V leu. Romarino, in the environs of
Zumosc, which is itself a well fortified town ; and
they arc also in possession of several other strong
fortresses. The patriot troops still amount, with
all their losses, to about 50,000, and as tho winter
is rapidly approaching for their protection, their
situation is considered by competent judges as far
firom being desperate. Hopes were entertained
that they would be enable to coop up the Russian
troops in Warsaw, :>.<l to intorposoa considerable
force between that city and tho old Russian pro
vinces.”
Ilcro then, another and a glorious opportunity
presents itself, for Wim.iaM and Puilip to wipe
from their escutcheons the “ damn’d spot” which
dims the lustro of their hoasted systems of Re
form. It is not too late for them to secure the in
dependence of Poland, and to retrieve for them
selves tho gratitude ef posterity, and the admira
tion of the world.
The Cotton Market. —Liverpool dates to Ist Oc
tober, quote an advance of Id per lb. on tho better
sorts of American*;, and very steady prices for oth
er descriptions. Uplands G totSJd.
EI-EC TIOX OV STATE IIOVSE OFFICERS.
On Friday last, both branches of the Leg
islature wont into the election of State House
Officers; which resulted in the clioico ol
Evehakd Hamilton, for the Socrctary of
State; John Wiluaxs, Treasurer; Tiiack
ku B. Howard, Comptroller General; and
John Bethi nk, Surveyor-General,—lLJJo
tings statod below.
BALLOTING*.
Secretary or St.\6j:.
Everard Hamilton (T) 11 &
James Bo*oin*n (C) DC—2t3
TREASURER.
Ist, 2d. 3(k 4th. .Mb.
John Williams (TANARUS) 40 42
Alfred B. Holt (T) 3? 30 43 M M
Thad.B.Reos(T) 23 24 37 43 .’4
\V. r.Reddiug(T) 14 14 13 15*
p. VL bC Gs*
* After the “and balloting, Mr. Alston was
withdrawn, and after the 4th, IVlr. Rees.
COM PTROLLER GENERAL.
Thacker 11. Howard, (T) 113 — elected.
Abraham B. Fannin (C) 03
SURVEYOR GENERAL.
John Bethune (T) 113— elected.
McLendon (T) 4Vi
C. B. Wellborn (C) 53 -
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DINNER TO GOVERNOR GILMER.
On the 10th inst. about !20i) persons sat
down, at 4 o clock P. M. to a dinner, served
up at Lafayette Hall in excellent style.
The Hon Win. 11. Crawford, the Hon. J.
M. Berrien, and the ll* n. Judge Cuvier, were
invited guests.
The Hon. Thomas Stocks presided, assist
ed by Mr. Speaker Hull, and Messrs. Grant
land, Boykin, Camak and Holt, as vice Presi
dents.
M hen the following toast was announced,
Gov. Gilmer rose and thus addressed the
company.
“Our guest, George R. Gilmer : One of
Georgia’s most gifted and devoted sons ; the
purity of his political and moral character,
combined with his distinguish'd public ser
vices, have shed a lustre upon his native
State.”
Gentlemex.— lt is with, gee at embarrass
ment that I rise to return you my thanks, for
the honor you have done me, in the senti
ments just expresed in relation to my char
acter and public services. lam wholly una
ble to convey in words, the nature and extent
ot my feelings on the present occasion. My
situation is novel indeed. Instead of meeting
with a cold reception, from having been the
instrument of the loss of party power, I find
myself tne subject of the most flattering dis
tinction from this respectable assemblage of
my political friends, llad the offering, which
is now made of their good will and confidence
followed tnyinduction into office, it would
not have been received. I have no regard
whatever for fhe honors attendant upon ele
vated stations. And yet my ambition is per
haps as ardent as others. I seek but to de
serve snd acquire, from my countrymen, the
name of an honest man and f.iii'.ful public
servant. Your approbation of iny conduct
has been therefore too gratifying to enable
me io find expressions for ray gratitude
And yet I would, if it were possible, render
to this company a brief vindication of the
course of policy which I have attempted to
pursue in administering the Executive De
partinent, and state some of the -causes which
have lead to the result of the late election of
Governor.
In my inaugural address, I stated to my
fellotv-citizens, that 1 considered myself the
Chief Magistrate of tho Slate and riot of a
party. For this expression I have received
unmeasured abouse. It is known familiarly
to all of you, that the hearted party strife
which had arrived at its acme in 1625, had
for some years, gradually subsided, as the
measures of Governor Troup, iu defence of
the fights of the State, proved successful.—
The leader of the opposition party had remov
ed from the State- I hud received a large
majority of the votes of that party. I then
hoped that the time had arrived, when divis
ions among the people, arrising from the
quarrels and conflicting ambition of individu
als, which had so long disgraced the State,
might be healed ami parties formed upon
principles alone. As one means of oflooting
this object, I have endeavored to til! all the
offices in the fift of the Executive, with such
persons as were supposed to he best qualified
to discharge their duties, without regard to
party distinctions. It was in the observance
of this ruic, that I had hoped to satisfy every
one, of the sincerity of the determination,
which I had expressed, of L- ing the Governor
of the State and not of a partj. 1 have, how
ever, been disappointed, as is now known to
every one. Too many unworthy persons
had continually proliHed by the violence
ot the contest for party supremacy, to be
disposed to respect a rule which exclu
ded them from the rewards to which they
had been accustomed, for their successful
support of candidates for offices. Numerous
applications were made to me for rewards for
such service upon my entering into office—
all have been disappointed, f have sought
for public officers among those only, who were
known to be worthy of confidence. I have
considered the claims of all applicants lessen
ed by the act of asking. Many of those who
hear me, and who have been familiar with the
course which I have p<rrsued, are aware of
tho bitter opposition which I have received
from disappointed applicants of both parties.
I have acted without looking to personal con
sequences, and cannot but feel gratified that
I can say with perfect sincerity, on this oc
casion, that 1 hive not used the power which
was placed in my hands by the people, in one
instance, to aid in the accomplishment of any
selfish purpose.
All who hear the am fully aware of the ex
traordinary responsibility which had devolved
upon me iu consequence of our relations with
the Cherokecs. The extension of the juris
diction of the State over 'he Indians, the dis
covery of gold mines of great value in the land
occupied by them; the right of the people to
have those lands distributed without the ex
tinguishment of the Indian title ; the posses
sion taken of the mines by thousands of per
sons, and chiefly from other States, in viola
tion of thoughts of the State, and regardless
of the will of the Indiands, all became sub
jects of the most absorbing interest with the
people, shortly after I entered the Executive
Office. The policy which 1 then recommend,
ed to the Legislature to pursue, iu regard to
these important matters, have been the con
stant tiacnie of opposition ever since, ami the
most operative cause of the loss of my elec
tion, And yet, extraordinary as it may ap.
pear, the opinions which have thus deprived
me of the confidence of my fi-llow-citizens,
were at the time they were communicated to
the Legislature, fully approved by the present
Governor,
I knew that in opposing the immediate dis
tribution of the lands of the Chcrokees, with
out regard to their rights; in recommend.n-,
thcappfooritio 8 tfijy.iUe fauM*,
to relieving the people from taxation ; making
internal improvement, and extending the
benefits of education to all classes of society ;
and in advising the repeal of the law which
subjected our Indian population to a depriva- j
tion of many of their property by improper*
means; I was opposing tho strongest preju-j
dices, and most selfish feelings of the thought-!
less and avaricious. I have not however been!
accustomed to throw out feelers, to learn the
indication of public sentiments, previous to
expressing my thoughts on any subject, much
less when official duty required their open
avowal. Tho opinions which were commu
nicated to the Legislature upon these sub
jects, have, however, been grossly ntisrepre
i uented. Thousands of our citizens have by
the operations of one or two corrupt presses,
i been made to believe that I was opposed to
I ’.he acquisition of our Indian lands, and had
i insulted the poor by stating that they were
I unfit to partake of the benefits to lie derived
from the gold mines, in common with other
classes of the community. The authors of
these charges knew them to he false, and the
whole course of my public and private life, I
I trust, is testimony against them. But in
popular governments like ours, there will
ways be found persons, who are ready to a.-
vail themselves of such base means of acquir
ing offices.
I take this opportunity of avowing, (what I
nave often stated privately,) that I had no in
dividual interest or desire to continue in of
fice; that I have been only anxious to do
what duty to the State required of me, and
that I now feel that I have no cause to regret
my defeat, except as it may affect injuriously
the measures of the Government; and as it
wrests the administration from the hands of
those with whom I have ever acted, and upon
tho success of whose principles, depends the
honor, safety, and character of the State.
Notwithstanding the difficulty which I find
of expressing myself under my present embar
rassment, I am yet anxious to add something
further in explanation of the measures of my
administration. In opposing the immediate
survey and distribution ofthcChcro’kee lands,
1 have been influenced not only by what was
considered justice to our Indian population,
but by wjjat was due to the present Adminis
tration of the General Government. The
firmness with which Gen. Jackson has sus
tained his policy, of removing the Indian
tribes from the States, and placing them in the
only situation in which their existancc can
be continued, or in which they can acquire
the arts of civilized life ; his prompt .acknowl
edgement the rights of thisSta'o to extend
its laws over all its territory, and the excr-
I tions which he has made, and is. now making,
! to remove the Cherokee?, from beyond our lim
its, impose upon us the strongest obligation
to avoid the adoption of any policy which
would be calculated to bring us in collision
with the United Slates. Upon no subject
have stronger efforts been made to excite the
prejudices of the people against Gen. Jack
son, and to prevent his re-election, than his
disposition to do justice to Georgia. And
' hall wegive effect to these unprincipled ef
forts, by adopting such measures as must
either sacrifice our best friend, or force him,
, under the measure of public opinion, to re
sist their execution T Gratitude and policy
both forbid.
Among the singular circumstances which
have been attendant upon the late election, it
is rot the lcust’reniarkable, that the presses
in this State, which have supported rny suc
cessor, because he was in favor of the iairne
d ate survey and distribution of the Indian
lands, and the Northern presses opposed to
’General Jackson, under the pn fence that he
was disposed to aid this State in depriving
the Cherokecs of their rights, have made my
defeat a common cause of triumph.
For the purpose of dofeating the rc-clcc
fion ofGen. Jachson, it has been stated, that
lie has refused to enforce the non-intcrcoursc
law, and •thereby enabled the authorities of
this State to oppress the Cherokecs, and take
possession of their lands. Although this
charge has been made in ail the papers .op
posed to General Jackson, it is utterly false.
At no time whatever has the Cherokee terri
tory been so perfectly secured from intrusion
from the whites, as under the operation.of the
present laws.
It may be also proper that I should notice
a charge which has been made directly a
gainst myself, by the same papers, together l
with those in this State which have advoca
ted the election of rny successor, in relation
to my conduct towards the Missionaries, who
were residents among the Cherokecs. %
the law now in force, no white person, how
ever respcclabL, Ims tiic right to intrude up
on the Cherokee territory. Those white per
sons ef good character, who were residing a
mong the Indians, when that law was parsed,
had the special privilege granted them to con
tinue their residence. In order, however,to i
prevent the abuse of this privilege by ena
bling such persons to thw art the policy of the
General Government, and to oppose the exe
cution of the laws of this State, a condition
was imposed upon them, that they should take
an oath to - opportits Constitution and laws.
Whatever punishment the Missionaries have
suffered, has been sought for themselves, by
the open ami direct violation of a law which
was intended for their benefit. Not an act
has been done for the purpose of oppressing
them. They have not been asked to take an 1
oath contrary to their conscientious opinions;
nor havctiiose who are now in tiic Fonitcntia
ry been offered a pardon upon condition that
they would take any oath wliat. ver, but sim
ply on the promise of theii removal from thv
territory.
There has been one act of my administer
; tion which I regret to perceive Ims been mis
understood by some of my friends. It ba?
been supposed that in directing tiic Agent of
the State to continue to arrest Indians for
trespassing upon the gold mines, after the de
cision of a Judge of the Superior Court, that
they could not be punished for so doing, it
was my intention to oppose the judigiaf au
thority.—The law imposed upon me a n ;ir .
licular duty. That duty trrrninaftdwhsn the
judicial authority commenced. It was not in
tended by rny 'Orders to the Agent, and not so
understood by him, that he should arrest an\
Indian who had been discharged by the Court,
unless for a repeated offi-nco. The Judicial
and Legislative ncparlmcnts are in collision, 1
and not the Executive ami Judicial.
1 regret thai I have not been able to com
inarm my own feelings sufficiently, on tiiis oc
casion, to offer Chat 1 was desirous of doing,
in vindication of my administration of the
Executive Department, from the- numerous
misrepresentations of our political adversa
ries.
Permit me, gentlemen, to offer for your ac
ceptance, this sentiment:
Honor and success to those servants of the
people, who have the firmness to execute
what judgement directs and conscience ap
proves.
John McPherson Berrien : We hail with
pleasure his return to Georgia : His services
in Congress, in the Cabinet of the United
I States, and in the Free Trade Convention, are
] viewed with grateful feelings, by his fellow
citizens of this State.
| This toast was received and drunk with
j great applause. Mr. Ilerrien in reply t.i it,
addressed the company with the following re-
marks, which met with warm approbation.
Mr. President —On an occasion like tne
present, which is particularly designed to do
honor to the distinguished individual, who
has just addressed you, 1 am unwilling to
trespass upon time. I cannot however be
insensible to the good opinion of so numcr
ous and respectable a portion of my fellow
citizens, and yielding to the impulse of the
feeling, which is prompted by tiiis manifes
tation of their kindness, I offer to yon my
gratefu. acknowledgments, for this friendly
welcome to our common home.
The occasions are few sir, in which it is
not either cheering, or consolatorv, to revisit
those scenes in which we have neon accus
tomed to dwell; after years of absence, to
return to a cherished home. In jov, orm sor
row, hope, or fear, our hearts are still votive
at its hollowed altar, and calamity, which
dims the lustre of its charm?, serves only to
render more precious the consolations which
it imparts. So large a portion of the happi
ness which is allotted to us in life, is derived
from the indulgence of its pure and holy af
fections ; even under the pressure of those
nfilictions, which all if us are doornail to cn
| counter, it so often affords the solace which is
‘ elsewhere sought in vain, that I cannot realise
| the situation in which 1 find myself at this
i moment, without emotioms which are too
strong lor utterance around the festive hoard.
I accept then this friendly greeting, in the
spirit in which it is tendered.’ I feel that 1
am indeed at home in this assemblage of the
citizens of Georgia, that I breathe once more
the liglit air of the land of my infancy ; that
lam permitted to revisit those scenes, around
which memory has still fondly lingered
that 1 am in the midst of that "people, with
whom in weal or wo*, through evil A through
good report, have even been proud to make
common cause, and with whom, whatever
fatetnay betide them, I shall always he readv
to share a common lot.
You have been pleased to speak, sir, of the
services which the kindness and confidence
of the pee;Ac of Georgia, have enabled me
to oficr to them, in terms which are dictated
by your awn, and the generous emotions of
those aroumfyou. I have nought to clainr for
those humble services, except the privilege
which I now exercise cf assuring you that
they have been rendered witha willing heart,
faithfully, zealously, with an unaffected so
licitude for the welfare of that people. Why
should I repress the declaration which i a
prompted by the occasion ? The hope of
the approbation which you have been pleas
ed to express, has lightened the toil, and
cheered the labor of many an anxious hour.
I accept it. as the best, the richest, the only
reward which I desire for whatever of ser
vice, it may have been my good fortune to
render. Returning to the peaceful pursuits
of private life, it will cheer and animate me,
in the discharge of my duties as acitizen
The principles which have heretofore regu
latedmy conduct—which have thus received
the impress of your approbation* shall contin
ue to guide me on my way. I eaiae to vou
with no unhallowed purposes, of ambition
with • o feeling of resentment. My own
sense of duty has withdrawn me from the pub
lie service—but my heart is with mv country
—and that public policy which I have hereto
fore struggled to maintain, shall still receive
my warm and cordial support. A just sense
of self-respect—of what is due to the cause of
public morals—to your most sacred rights
to the sanctity ofdomestic life—and to those
household affections, which constitute at
once, the charm ami the safe-guard of society
will forbid me to retrace a step which I hav e
taken—to altei a statement which 1 have a
vowed. But I look to these events, rather in
i sorrow, as one of this people—than in aimer
os an individual. 1 have no private griefs to*
urge—personally I prefer no complaint. In
; the full enjoyment of my rights, as a private
citizen, and especially thus cheered by your
approbation, 1 have an ample compensation
for the honors which office confers.
„ hi reference to the Chief Magistrate of the
Union, I have tio disposition to refract the
sentiments, which in full view of the events
liicli speedily followed, were sometime
since expressed to my fi Ilow-citizons of Sa
vannah. On a question of public policy,
deeply interesting to us as a people, he has
been, and is the friend of Georgia. His r.on
duet on that occasion entitled him to the f-r; .
ittide of our people* It commanded and
commands mints Ido not know m’V- s '' •
would not be retire anxious to tWer iiV* ‘
than when connected with lb-, t,j ‘, h „
relation which here loforo united us it j‘‘ CI *
forts to maintain the just rightof ~ f
to repress the undue
(lower -the policy i n hc ,! J. ™
cigo nations, which asks ■ J ,0 1,1 f'* r '
justice red whir ’ not Wore than
Cl- ' v ' isi consent to receive
*hf*ncr,.al pdloy M
dS of if n ryvie ‘ lanoCov<r thc expou.
of hil L h ° , Qo J crn ‘ nont - t 'Csc measures
s‘ir m . r " S ra,lon ’ h “ ve hcKtoforc rcceiv
alvl " lU continue to receive, , nv cordial
concurrence They will find more
able support tnan lean give—but I will yield
to none in the sincerity, witli which I will cn .
atavor to sustain them.
But I will trespass no longer upon vnur
, , '’Y C a,rea<f >- 'ransoendetl the limits
vil n I had proposed to myself. Tins
exposition of my views ~ '®
has been given under t:, j, r " 'W®
was desirable to you, will notWcS n'W
be nccincd inappropriate, at the , I,r -®
returning to take my place among i*!™! I
citizens of Georgia. Allow u, 1 ,
down, to ask your acceptance f .hi 1 B
incut : ims stgj®
Georgia —May she exhtbi* t n u ■
\TlO\ ld< r Uy f, a " eX: ‘ mi k ' of
A EON as v.efl as of the
w Inch a free people can assert their r ; Vl ‘B
maintain them. f in<H
Grigsby 11 Thomas, Eso. of r , I
being called on for a sentiment,
lowing remarks: ’ ‘-'it i®
Mia President, and gentlemen of , iIU , I
tne Board, the occasion is one,- whirV
to justify tiie indulgence of party S* Ci, B
the vindication of party measures 'if a "B
non 1 am about to assume for a
being the adviser and mouth-piece of
l.ghtened and respectable assemblage I®
not belong to one of my years, surrol.dj®
lam by honor and gray hairs. I vid, , B
effort to the repeated solicitations of oS*
St** ‘* r *** *** <• oSti
The emotion which agitated wv t.„ I
when the honored gentleman wh o ■
Jed fur the Iwo last political
government of Georgia, finished hu addr I
cannot be uttered. 1 will sar that J B
which his own modesty forbade him , 0 ®
tor Imnseb, that the hoar of his defeat B
ncctcdas ithosbcen , with this oeeasil, ®
far from being the darkest, is the
moment of Ins hie. lie has not /a e fn,B
risen in moral and political worth; an d "B
highest compliment to him, is, that by s f K i!|
ingto \nspolitical integrity, i, c lost the i'nfl
tmguished office he had so faithfully filled B
Mr. President, it will tot, l'hope.'fß
thought inappropriate on the present
sion, for us to measure ourselves, not lnorß
selves, but by others, opposed to us on 'poliM
cal principles, as a party in the state. U\M
neither spare my own on the one hand r'B
“ set down.ought against them in malice B
h'gh rnmded and honorable competition B
the life of pure political prosperity. Tl-B
there are two parties in the State, aswdß
as in the union, cannot be denied, any lonimrß
by any one who will examine into the subjecß
bi vong to one of them; our political 0 -B
panente to the other. V,’e are to be know®
by our fruits—the people are the judges V-B
are willing now, and shall at all times be rcsß
dy to join issue. m
My knowledge of public men and mcasnrcß
was acquired in early life, during my serviß
among you as one of the public men of i ,M
houy, l have shared n common fate iiiiiil
you, and still feel espoused to your doctrine* -■
for i verily believe them to be’identified, smtß
intimately connected with the true interest®
of the state, the prosperity and perpetuity efl
our happy country. W
The first great political measure uiron I
which our adversaries and ourselves spl.:,H
while I was a co-worker among you, wasi B
project to divi !c the State into Congrcsnond ■
districts. This federal scheme had made -I
inroads upon the republican ranks in even*
state where it had been palmed upon the pro-1
pie ; our party met it fearlessly and openly; ■
:t was nevertheless carried by the force 018
numbers; the people tried and saw and frit I
its operations, and found out, that what \rt I
stated in argument, was true in practice.—l
They saw at once it deprived them of the I
privilege of voting for six members out of I
seven to Congress, and that prevented them I
from bringing into their public councils, the I
first talents ol the state, no matter wher? ill
might be located as to residence. At the ■
very next session, ting restrictive law was re I
pealed, and w e stood justified before the pco-1
pie.
.The next great leading measure upon I
which wc divided, was that of the oWandaer I
treaty. Me held on to our vested rights,and I
to our state sovereignty, and neither the array I
of arms quartered on our frontiers, nor the I
fuhninations ot*trie then President, seconded I
by the political countenance of our adversa- ■
ries at home, could awe us into submission, or I
an ignominious recantation of principle.— I
\cs, with our Jforaj, our I'roup at our head, I
we were ready to be offered up,—if the vie- I
tim of glorious truth must be sacrifice*l,—to I
appease party vengeance and proscription. — I
Me knew in whom we had put our trust, and I
the firm basis upon which wc stood. We I
maintained our rights, and got the posses- I
sion of our lands, murdered to both i raised I
no civil war with whiteman or Indians. The I
opprobrious epithets of traitor and treason, I
were saunded in our cars ; we cared not,
long as we went for principle. The doctrines
of that day are becoming the doctrinus of tiic
South —of (lie Inion — That the States areas
sere reign in the exercise of the powers net
delegated in the respective constitutional
spheres as the Genera! Go vernment is, or van
be. Wc were aequited in the end, and have
been found in agrowing majority upon the re
sult of that contest.
Tim next political measure upon which wq
seemed to take distinct ground from our i**
litical opponents, was the Tariff. Vi'
held, and still hold, that it is h'”’ ”
tutional and * "•‘ l linco,lS ‘‘‘
tions. We have 1 partial in its opera
against it ; rc- “ Ct ' n ’3nn and united
and ho"' ' el J , ve cither made a doubtfo
g , , A’css resistance, or given a sorted
■ • Cicir.'t countenance; have attempted to
brand us with the name of “ Nullifiew,” he
solllc indiscreet politicians in £oulh
Laron na have appropriated 1o themselves this
appellation, by going further upon this sub
ject than we go as n party. Wc have been
firm and united in the opposition to this (•
vorjto “ American System,” got up ami Al
tered for sectional interests and political am
bition ; and will resist, until the South is rid
of (hts oppression. The people njH, in the
end, be with us, without hardly a single ex
ception ; the great majority ate so already t
lor they are beginning to foci, and will fc!
very sensibly, in corning time, (he impover
ishing and withering corse of this nefariovs
policy! Oer motto is, Free 'Trade, general
suffrage, and equality of condition.
The next contest you had soon after 1.1 k
our councils, was in vour opposition to the
federal Judicial mandate, attempting to k;.
its hands upon the criminal jupßdtcton “f