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THE PALLADimH.
NF.WNAN, |
Saturday, September 26,1 * , *Vi !
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It i under t,.c n ‘^ t ser j oug convictions pi
j eVi,a ! ‘ m *T** , <'lce af the crisis nw c|usn at
J< ’ aid we depart for a season from the re- j
K ini nded tp be maintained in our editorial j
avritiugs, during periods remote tram elections.
jSdeiice, however, at a moment like this, would
be a dereliction of our duty ns free men—un
worthy ol die pretensions of a just cause—and
disrespectful to our republican ft ion is. Great
interests continue to agitate the Union—the
moral and political elements of the country are
like unto a Vessel on the troubled ocean, calling
-for tbo most skilful nanus to guide her through
the storm Here it is that principles may b
Compared, in point of utility, to the mariner’s
compass, or the attractions of the loadstcne
No republic ever yet existed without having its
citizens divided into parties; and it is on!
when the workings of those factions menace the
destruction of the whole fabric, that they are to
be deprecated ; Cor otherwise, no sound politi
cian would giieve at the force of circumstances,
producing much that is good, alloyed it is true
by much that is evil, for such is the condition
•f our mundane natures. 11 is following a simi
lar course of reasoning, that one can perceive
beneficial results from the violent outpourings
of reproaches that precede any important elec
tion in this country ; it is thus that thp very
warmth with which the accusations of partisans
are urged against their adversaries, serves to
kindle a spirit of enquiry among the listeners ,
and loskerson,while such is the character of the
mass—conclusions pretty near the mark are
made time enough for the day of election, and
beholding the result we are tempted to exclaim
pox populi, vox Dei.
On locking at the contending parlies for
power in Georgia, and throughout the Union,
we think no ene need mistake the popular side,
90 one can be embarassed if called upon to say
where are the republicans—the democrats
whose example here is now agitating the old
World to its centre. Nor is it possible, on fur
ther enquiry, to err as to the true character ot
that party whose aim is a change of administra
tion in the state and general governments. It
*uv one wishes to know who arc the enemies
®f the people, if he wishes to ascertain whethi r
th Nulhfiers are not among them, let him ei*
quire into all the acts and various opinions of
Whiggery and Nullification —let him take a is
of the head men of the opposition, from\Yehsle r
1o Wilde, from Calhoun to Otis, from Cooper t.
Crocket.
No reading or intelligent man can be misin
formed as to the claims on public confidence
possessed by the leading men of the D* mo
oratic party —their titles are too deeply imprin
ted in the brond features of unrivalled prosperity
to be easily mistaken. The Union party of
Georgia, and their friends the Old-schoor De
mocrats who now govern at Washington, have
administered the affairs of this Sta'e and of the
United States with results equally happy. On i
avery hand we see the spirit of enterprise, ad
the most infallible tokens of prosperity, mauL
festii.g themselves. The inarch of improvemi nt
and the fortunes of those who have known how
to profit by it, is remarkable from Vermont to
Missouri, from Maine to Louisiana. What
motive, then, can the people have for wishing to
oust an administration both local and ge eral,
af which the experience is so unobjection bl .
Men of Georgia ! you have hitherto adhered
to the tiue principles of democracy—hitlic-rt
proved your attachmont to that compact w tch
Washington declared it would be criminal to
annul. Are you now willing to 1 nrol yourselves !
with a party whose leaders ate dead to the finer
f lings of patii tism, and despise the parting
a vice ol the Father of his Country } Are you
willing to join shoulder to shoulder with the
aristoi rats of Boston and Philadelphia, and the
demagogues of Charleston ?-*-if so, you will
vote with the Nulhfiers, who ae eager to make
J. C. Calhoun's friends masters of Georgia.
But this cannot be. Democratic Republicans
will not give their votes to the self-styled
State-Rights’ candidates, whose file-leaders
h.tye done, and still are doing every thing in
-their power to sever the Union. No, the Union
p uty will not split, in order that the emoluments
and influence of office may pass into the hands
/ I one of the most despeiate factions that ever
4cnaced the prospetily of any country.
Union Rapublicups of Georgia! on your
4<oiuluct at the polls, and that of your brothers
in Pennsylvania, aty now depending manv ex-
Njrtattons, Friend or foefo our party, all oye
v . ’nxiously looking forward to vmir decision.
,y a J ue of reti lK> eibikly you are
gbvtJf o am ■ your minds uptil the,
aleettofl-shaft Whtfeii sbe Country detects
yourj hands the selection of none but |fricnds
to the preseut administration. Do not let it
expect in vain.
O.i the decision of the people depends the
stability of the Union. We conscientiously
bukevo there are scheme; 0 n foot to separate ,
| lrom the potts of the Country, the States
s “ • “ ot ,be V ..comae and Ohio rivers. The
i ab, :.„ion excitement, the Nullitiers are ondeav
-1 ormg to turn into a weapon of severance : with
this and the sectional jeajousy awakened in the
electio-i of presidc.it, the South-Car lina coterie
hope, to succeed in tacit attempts to dissolve
i the Union. This cannot be effected, should
i r
j Georgia pronounce against the Null filers in
October. With the consciousness that they
have the safety of the con try in their hands,
\y ■l l the freemen of Georgia take the responsi
bility of electing fii nds of disaffected persons!
1\ ,il they consent to mar that fair specimen of
republicanism, which the handy work of the
ablest sages of the Revolution so gloriously
contrived ? IVc trust not. No American worthy
of the name, should consent to see his couutry
cited as a failure in self .government.
Union Democratic fellow-citizens of Geor
gia ! you are about to give fresh proofs of your
devotion to republican principles, and we pray
you to do it itt such numbers, and with a majo
rity so overwhelming, that the Nulhfiers shai*
at once and for ever abandon all hope of enlist
ing this Slgte under their banners.
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The Nulhfiers are very clamoious and out
rageous against Judge Schley ; they have lately
made the very great discovery that Judge S.
was a federalist during the last war. Is it not a
little surprising, that men of their genius and
talents had not ‘ covoied, ere this, th.it their
great leaders J. M’Pberson Berrien and Judge
Clavto.i were not ulso federalists during the last
war, and remain so to the present day ; that
judge Berrien and judge Clayton were so wel 1
known to be inimical to the war, that judge
Berrien was so fearful that he would be mobbed
in Savannah (his place of residence) and re
ceive a new coat , that he thought it incumbent
upon himself to leave that city by taking French
leave, cr as we would say in the original lan
guage, sans faire ses adieux. Judge Clayton
was so obnoxious to the people in consequence
of his violence a'd invective abuse of President!
Madison and the war, that he was burnt i 1 effi- [
gy at Athens—and further to shg|L how much
further Judge Clayton was inintmalto th-Tffi-
sures of the general government, in those days
of p ril and danger, when it behooved every
good citizen to stand up for his “ country, right
or wrong,” he then suoporled the greatest tory
paper aver published in this country ; a paper
tnat was always lavish of its abuse of the admi
nistration of out country, and on the other hand
as lavish in favor of the British—that paper was
< ailed the Federal Republican, published at
Baltimore; and which paper so goaded the citi
zens to wrath, by the reiterated abuse of our
country and praising that of the enemy, that
they arose in the majesty of their strsngth, and
not only destroy ed the press, hut the house in
which it was kept.
The following, among other signs, point out
the inclinations of that party which is opposed
to our national and state administrations. The
: Boston Statesman of the slh instant, savs :
| •* The Whigs have elected as one of their cou -
iy committee, Mr. George Jackson, one of th.
signets of the circular letter lately issued by the
Abolitionists.”
The following article from the Alaba a
Journal, betokens a spirit of irnproveim nt in
that State, which we would be willing to see
spread into Georgia, and particularly this part
ol it. Should the people of Alabama achieve the
construct.on of a rail road loWost Pot t, some
portio ol the trade of ibis section of Georgia
must go that way. l'he rail road from West
Point to Montgomery, with the steam boats
: from the I tter town to Mobile & N w Orleans,
’ will afford facilities for bri ging to our doors,
all the articles ol trade and consumption to be
found in the great commercial emporium of
New Orleans. When that day arrives, West
Point will rival Macon and Columbus : n popu
lation and mercantile business,
We should not be sorry to find the rail road
undertaking extended to New nan ; and we are
well convinced the upper counties of Georgia,
bordering on the Chattahoochie, will be gainers
whenever the raff road to West Point is com
pleted ; still we would rather pee our trade
retain its old channels via Culuinbus and Ma
con. That it may conti .tie tv do so much
longer, the capitalists of those towns should
take immediate steps for beginning the con
struction of rail roads to the uttermost verge of
the cotton growing country.
Montgomery, September 12.
We are inclined to think that the subject of
the rail road from Montgomery to West Point
on tbeChnuahoohie river, is beginning to exoite
more interest than heretofore. It is highly
probable from present appearances* that the
stock will bn taken up in a short time. Capital.
; sta in this town are growings rperv serious in
their designs of constructing thifi ft>a<J~<and we
copy in to-day’s paper from the Register, the
proceedings of the corporate authorities of
Mobile on the subject. The corporation have
reonjyed to subscribe for 2uO shares immediate,
lylL tne opening the books ; and if on the
filth day c' lier p le books are opened, there shall
, .>e *as much as 600 shares unappropriated, in
tnat-case the corporation resolve to take that
i unjber pfsh res. No doubt tiie people atWcst
Pout and the neighborhood will lend a helping
hand. The rond will be the mi.king of that
town, ami will greatly increase the value and
price of lands in Troup county and l i ters in
Georgia, as well as several in Alabama, thro’
which, or near which it w ill pose. A large scope
of country would be highly b neliiled by this
road, and wo would therefore draw the alt n
tion of our old friends in Troup, Cow. ta, Heard
and ofher neighboring counties, to this subject.
New-Orleans is, perhaps, the only town in
the United States, to which tne appell st-.on of
■ City of Foreigners , would be in any wise ap
plicable; ;; and Louis.a a, we believe, is the
only State m the Uninu wherein an alien can
I
possess real estate. One fourth of the popula
tion of New-Orleans is composed of free
persons of colour. Natives of France, and
their chil iron, make another. There are in the
city, two thousand Irishmen, and about one
thousand Spaniards, and as many Germans.
To this may be added, Scotch, English, and
Italians, a hundred or so ; with here and there,
a Greek, a Poland a Russian. ‘
Notwithstanding all tilts strange medley,
I New Orleans has been as little under the sway
orihobs as any other city in the United States.
A number of mechanics held a meeting there
lately, to combine against the employment of
slaves in their respective trades. Their talk
was deemed improper. An armed force—
partly composed ot the volunteer uniform com
panies. and partly of the paid city guards— ;
marched immediately, took up, and throw sev
eral of the most conspicuous mechanieks in
prison. ,
Here was a rigour beyond any thing con
templated in the constitution autl bill of rights of
the American citizen; yet we believe this
piece of vigour may have had a saiutary influ-1
ence in more respects than one.
BEGINNING OF RIOTS IN NEW
ORLEANS.
A meeting of about 150 mechanics took
1 place yesterday morning, whose object was to
| adopt resolutions, lending to prevent slaves
! lrom learning any kind of mechanical arts.—
■ ‘Blie speeches made use of at the meeting bav
td the city authorities, capable of
eXctli g the public mind, the speakers were ar
rested, put io prison, and the meeting dispersed;
but some of ttiem having meMn other places,
with hostile appearance, tfflWHfrers were-ulso
apprehended In the guard and several compa
nies of the legion, who displayed during the day
the greatest patience and forbearance
Nf/w-Orleans Bee, Jlug. 31.
The Nulhfiers of this county are striving, by
unfair means, in every shape, to put us down.
We are a thorn in their side, politically, .md
we bid them defiance, politically. “ Lay on
Macduff.” No sooner is one slander refuted
• han another slander and slanderer arises, to be
likewise disposed of No sooner is our back
turned fora few days on business, than some
new tangled tale aiises, no one knows where,
without an author, without asp >nsor, without
even a man to avow it. We might as well
endeavor to raise the ghost of Samuel as to
raise a responsible author to lies untuunded.
Dr. LeuGc and liis coadjutors.
We have obtained from Mr. Powell the fol
| lowing additional ceitificate to the one vve pub
lished hist week :
“ I, John Powell, of Coweta county, sta.
that i k ew Philip Lemle, now called Dr, Lem
le, during the last war ; th .1 he then was a boy
not appearing to me to be more than 10 or 12
years of age. I knew his father and I’amil
: well. 1 can have no idea how a boy, alt r the
lapse ol upwards of 20 years, can recollect so
minute tr.msa tions that never happened.
JOHN POWELL.
New.,an, September 26, 1835.
Mr. Sherburne,
W ill you permit me to lake up a short space in
your paper, for the purpose of suggesting to th.
Freemen of Coweta county, the propriety of
giving a medal (one o f leather w ould suit best)
to a certain candidate for the legislature. In Ins
pamphlet (“ of that mine *n imy ‘would write a
book”) he declares that “ candidates are scarce
“ ly ever men of unblemished character ;” and
he moreover tells every body, he has had no
education of any accou t, and has read but lit
tle ; still, so persuaded is he of the poor ignor
ant, benighted condition of the people of Cowe
. ta, that despairing of th ir finding a better, he
offers ms services as a law maker.
Mr. Editor, I trim* you will think with me,
that modesty and parts so exemplary as thos
exhibited by this candidate, should have their
reward. Eou will then join me ii getting up a
committee to prepare a suitable medal, in order
that the pride of Coweta may wear it on his next
visit to MillcdgcviVe* Qi’ia.
FOR THE TALtADIffal. 11
To Garry Ones. <
I '"regret, sir, the necessity which cbmpels
me to pqtice an address, “ To the Freemen of
Coweta county,” which tnude its appearance,
last week, in pamphlet lorm, over your signa
ture* But, as the “ love of country” seems to
have induced you to pen that address, I hope
that influenced by ihe same m dives (and a
high regard for truth, and the respect I have |
entertained lor the character of a distiaguished
statesman, now before the American
the highest olfiee ta their gift, whose political
opinions you have assailed in that address) will
be received by vou as my apology for this.
To scan the motives and opinions of a poli
tical opponent with impartiality, at die present
period, requit s a degree ot self control which !
falls not to tile lot of ordinary mm, The sea
will continue to swell &the surge to roll when
: the storm is over. Prejudice lingers long in
the human bosom, and he who writes of tran
sactions which he has frequently canvassed in
the h. at of party debate, is likely to be influen
ced in his statements by preconceived opinions
which ho has adopted from an imperfect know
ledge of facts. To this circumstance must, as
1 think, sir, be ascribed that spirit of hostility
which, in your lately published address “ to the ,
freemen of Coweta county,” you h > ve m utif s
ted towards Mr. Van Bureti. If the reputation
and opinions of public officers are thus to be
traduced, everyiuducement to serve their coun
try with zeal and faithfulness, will be do .e
away, and the once lofty and chivalrous charac
ter of the American statesman will be sunk into
a listless and contemptible indifference.
In y ur address, spe.tki gos Mr.V tn Buren’s
opinions on the s tbj -c* of the emancipation of
the slaves of the South, you remark : “ I shall
not lake it upon myself to say that Mr. Van Bur
en is actually in favor of emancipation: yet it
has been said, and I have not seen it conlradic~
t ed by himself or hisJriends in the public prints.
But one thing is certain, he lives in a section of
the United States where this doctrine does pre
vail.”
The cant and cunning of this insinuating
sentence, will be manifest to every intelligent
reader. That you knew the charge made
against Mr. Van Bureti, was unfounded when
you penneu it, is obvious from the very guarded
manner in which yau worded it. r Let us, how
ever, examine bow far it is hor ;e out by facts;
and for the e facts, I will appeal to the opinions
and declarations of Mr. Van Buren, long since
published. His opinions on the United Stat ;s
Bank, the Tariff’, Internal Improvements, and
o.i Slavery, all sustain the interests o( the
South, and give the lie direct to the charge
against him—your assertions to the contrary
uotwithst.inding. I feel co fide .t, sir, if you
will put yourself to the trouble of reading those
opinions cooly and dispassionately, that you
will acknowlege that the opinions you have
entertained in regard to Mr. Von Buren’s, re
erroneous. At least his w ill be divested of that
false colouring, and.assume a very different
aspect from the dark features in which you
havh pourtrnyed them.
You are now, sir, yourself before the freemen
of Cow 11 coun'y, candidating (as you term it)
for ‘he responsible station of a seat in th re
presentative branch of the next legisl, ture ; and
in giving to the peopl , in your pamphlet, the
rule of conduct ttiat shall govern you. should
you be honored with their confidence, 1 discov
er that you have cautiously- omitted giving your
opinions and views in regard to certain doc
times that have agittei the South for the lust
three years, and endangered the safety of the
Union. O no, not a word o that subject. Yet
it is believed that vou have associated your-elt
-with a party that has beer, accused of being in
favor of a dissolution of the Union. 11 I shall
not take upon myself to say” that you are
actually in favor of a dissolution of our Union,
yet tue party, or the leading men of vourpartv,
have been accused of it, and / have not seen it
contradicted by yourself, or your friends, in the
public prints. But one thing is certain, you ive
in a section oj the United Stales where this doc
trine does prevail.
You inform us, in your pamphlet, that you
are ** in favor of a reducio i ofthe members of
the Btate legislature upon some just and equita
ble pl„n.” Also, “ biennial sessions of the
legislature.” But you sedulously avoid to sub
mit “ any just or equitable pla to the freemen
ot Ge irgia for their consideration, whereby, if
approved, those dcsir ible amendments in our
State constitution might be accomplished. But
with regard to the “ reduction of the members
of our State legislature,” you certainly are in
jest—it must be a mere ruse of your’-—a kind
of political hobby to tide into public favor on— I
for it ca not be forgotten that not more than’
two or three yea- , t -ince, a flaming piece made’
its appearance in Ihe columns of the Southern
Recorder, ever the signature of Garry Grice, \
in opposition to the alteration of the constitution 1
for the “ reduction of the members ofthe State
legislature,” which was then before the people
for their adoption. You possibly may not have
been the author of that piece, but one thing is
ctriain, J haU fioi U& it conhvdicUd iy your
self or your friends in the public print* Afl
admission now of the authorship of that piece,
on your part, would exhibit such a derelictioo
of principle, such a degree of inconsistency in
your former political opinions, as would cef
tain y render you an unfit associate to take a
seat among “ the Reverends and Honorablea
of the country.
You also inform the people that you ale “
“ favor of an alteration of the tax laws of this
“Sate, so far as to graduate taxation to the
“ principle of equalization,” and in explanation
! of your views of equalization, you suppose a
case, for instance : “ Two individuals, A and
“B. owning lands in Coweta county. A.’s lot
“ lies in th ; immediate vicinity of j^ew.’-an,
: “ second quality, well improved, one hundred
“ acres of open land, good orchard, good hou
“ ses, well watered, a goad saw and grist mill,
“ and cottun gin, all new, in complete repair
“ and in successful operation, an 1 worth from
“ three to four thousand dollars cash. B. owns
“ a lot unimproved in the extreme part of the
“ county, of the same quality, worth 2 or 300
• dollars, and dull sale at Uiat. These two lots
“ being tha same quality, of course pay the
“ same tax.” And you gtavely ask, if this is
justice ? Now, sir, both lots being of the same
quality, and both unimproved, of course the first
cost of both is the same A. lor his comfort,
letarmines to improve his lot ; he therefore
erects every necessity building for a farm ; he
labors, and spends his money and time in the
improvement of his lot, and enhances its value
by those improvements to 4000 dollars. B. in
the me intime, suffers his lot to remain unim
proved. I -.v ill now ask, is it reasonable oris
it ;ust, that A. who has laboured, spent his time
and money i:i the improveme t of his lot, should
be compelled to pay thiiteen times the amount
of taxes lor his lot, that B. does, who for so mo
cause suffers his lot to remain unimproved. I
ask is this not directly taxing the industry ofthe
people of Georgia ? A tariff more onerous on
the poor who would improve their lands for
their domestic comforts, than aoy thet ever has
b en stablishod si ice the creation of our gov
ernment to the present day. If this, Garry
Grice, is your principle of equalization, God
torbid that the people of Coweta county should
ever be the recipients of ii—it is an equalization
with a vengeance to it.
The very grave charges which you state
“ lias (men less learned th in Mr. Grice would
h tV ‘ wrilte . have) been in ustriousiy circulated
>,aiust you” by your adversaries, that you were
a freemason and a membsf ot the temperance
society, never came to my knowtege until l
saw them in your pamp det. I have since made
diligent enquiry, and 1 do assure you that I
have not met with a single person that ever
tmard ot those reports hut through tha medium
of your pamphlets. Your conduct, sir, in this
particular, in circulating reports against your
self, reminds me of the conduct of a man 1 once
knew, who represented one of the counties of
this State in the legislature. As soon as his
name was announced as a candidate, Ire would
go to some extreme part of the county, and
commence the circulation of some reports
against himself; bearing always in min i to start
such only as his friends and himself could al
ways prove false. He would then ride over
the county and contradict them, and cry out
persecution! pet sedition ! and would say to the
people, “ you see itow they lie on me !’’ By
tins means, he would arouse his friends to in
crease their vigilance, and ccoated a sympathy
in his favor in the bosom of manv individuals
who at first did not intend supporting him, hut
done s > under a belief that he was actually per
secuted. Mi and tne, sir, do not understand me
to say, that those reports were not put in circu
lation against you by your adversaries. But
there is ono tin gcertain, until ihey were trum
peted forth to the world through the medium of
your pamphlets, they never had reached the
ears of one ofthe voters of COWETJI.
CHOLERA..
This fatal disease we regret to sav, has re
appeared in M.iury county. On Saturday night
the 15th inst., several cases of a very malignant
nature appeared in Wilhams-poi t, proving fatal
. wit hi a few hours. We lear„ from the Colum
bia Observer, that 19 deaths, subsequent tothift
time, ad tip to Thursday afiervtards, had oc
curred in that village. One or two cases have
occurred in Tigbyvilla, and several others
through different parts of the country. It is
. said that largo quantities of fresh cider were
consumed in Williamsport the day the Cholera
hr ’ke out there. This act shou'd warn our
citizens from tic excessive use of that article,
and fruits i general.— Western Freeman.
W e iiiuicrstu and that two p rsons supposed to
he of Murrel’s strikers were arrested and com
mitted to prison in Charlotte, Ten. tt few days
j since. The circumstance that excited suspi
cion, wqs the very low price at whic h they offer*
•edto v nd a drove of h rses. They were ta-
Ron up an I on being questioned, said Ihey were
I a part of Murrel’s clan, that the horses they
then hud in possession hud been stolen in Ken
tucky, by J. A. Murrel’s brother, and that they
received them from suid Mtirrcl, for the pur
pose of vending them in a remote market. Wo
think these facts shoalil increase the diligence
of the people genofnlly, to detect those villains,
and bring thqm condign punishment.— fb.