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vgAtoas? A’iyy’iaißfgasisai Aa> ashp aisss.©MwaM .. ft .... 'i y? . MACON. Sr Wrdnettdav, Jfav. 33. IH3I. -tirfrru-u—m -t*. < '■—rr-r--r—nr-rr-a- vj-=C= 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 - ■■■■lL! | 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