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PORTRAIT OP THIs. WIDOW.
How young she looks ! What life is in her eyes!
What* ease in her gait! while u she wfeki,
Her waist itill tapenng, takes its plianUy f
How lollingly she bears her head withal.
On this aide now—now that. When enters she
A draw ing room, what worlds of gracious things
Her courtesy says ’.—she sinks with such a sway,
Greeting on’ either hand the company,
Then slowly rises to her state again !
She is the empress of the card table!
Her hand and arm ! Gods,din you see her deal.
With curved and pliant wrist dispense tne pack,
Which at the touch of her fair fingers, fly!
How soft she speaks'.—how very soft ! her voice
Comes melting from her round and swelling throat,
Reminding you of sweetest, mellowest things
Plums, peaches, apricots and nectarines — f
Whose bloom is poor to paint her checks and bps . :
By Jove I’ll marry.
OH! I COME NOT TO UPBRAID THEE.
BV T. H. BAYLY.
Oh, T come not to upbraid thee,
Nor to woo thee atn 1 here ;
Though in peril I would aid thee,
Though Mi sorrow I would ci.eer :
Though ’tis thou I’d snatch from danger,
On its bank were thousands thrown ;
V at the vow of some mere stranger
I would trust before thine own !
It will be a source of wonder,
When we cart, I know it well;
Why our hearts were torn asunder,
Let thine own false accents tell;
Thou may’st say I did deceive thee—
Unprovoked I did renounce;
There are many will believe thee,
K’en as I believed thee once
I would peril life to save thee,
For no other do I live ;
No—the love I freely gave thee,
To no other can I give ;
And.,with me all love was over.
When my r.- ut prosw l Jr cam ;
I have ceased to be thy lover,
Love could not survive esteem.
SPEECH OF MR. GLASCOCK, OF GA.
Delivered in the House of Representatives,
January 24, 1833, on the bill making a par
tial appropriation for lite suppression of In
dian hostilities for the year 1838.
Mr. Chairman ; The great latitude
which this debate has taken, the wide range
of discussion in which gentlemen have in
dulged, prompt me not only in justice to my
self, but to that section of country which i in
part represent, to address the committee, and
ask to be heard in reply. No one can regret
more than myself that so many questions
wholly unconnected with the one at issue,
should have been presented to us; betas
they are so presented, for one, I am not dis
posed to evade them, and shall proceed to
meet and to discuss them with that calmness
and deliberation which their importance re
quires.
This debate opened, as usual, with strong
objections to the appropriations sought to be
obtained by the bill, by the gentleman from
Virginia, (Mr. Wise,) who, in unqualified and
unmeasured terms, lias made charges most
serious in their character against the Govern
ment, as to its policy towards the Indians ge
nerally. The object of these charges is to
fix upon the Government the odium of all the
disasters and fatal consequences growing out j
of the Florida war, even to the extent of
charging upon it cruelty, inhumanity, perfidy,
and oppression, with a violation of our trea
ties themselves.
Sir. need I tell the gentleman that these
are charges which can never he established ;
hut, on the contrary, a reference to the trea
ties, and to the course and policy pursued by
the Government under them, furnish abund
ant evidence wholly to disprove such charges.
If the gentleman hail examined the treaties
with the Florida Indians, and given the sub
ject that attention which be generally gives
to others, I am satisfied he would himself
have come to the conclusion that many of his
remarks were uncalled for, and unwarranted
by the facts connected with, and growing
out of, these treaties.
It is far Irom my wish, on the present oc
casion, to dvveil at large upon these treaties;
hut, sir, a brief reference to them is made im
portant, and rendered necessary, in justice to
the Government and to the gentlemen who
made them, if not to the whole country, from
the general allegation that they were obtain
ed through fraud and injustice.
The first treaty to which I beg leave to
call the attention of the committee, is the
Irealy made at Camp Moultrie in the year
1823. By this treaty it will he seen that
these Indians had the right to purchase and
obtain 5,000,000 acres of land in the peninsu
la of Florida, and under it their boundaries
were fixed and established. Let it also be
borne in mind that this treaty was entered
into with them even afier they had been de
feated, conquered and subdued by General
Jackson, in bis Seminole campaign in 1 SI8 —
a campaign remarkable for the events which
occurred, and which forms an important era
in the history of this Government.
Some years after this, these Indians, from
their indolence and other causes, were re
duced to almost starvation. Appropriations
were promptly made for their support anil
maintenance. Yes, sir, and from what I have
heard and seen, I truly fear, with more wil
lingness and unanimity than appropriations
will be made to reimburse our own citizens .
lor losses sustained by the conflagration of
their dwellings, and the destruction of their
property by these very Indians, for whom so
much sympathy has been enlisted, and who
are raid to be so cruelly oppressed and per
secuted bv our people. Under this treaty,
and after these appropriations, they remained
lor a while tranquil and composed ; but as
the white population of the territory rapidly
increased, many of their chiefs and warriors
became discontented, and of their own free
will evinced and made known their disposi
tion to treat for a country west of the Missis
sippi, which ultimately led to the treaty at
Payne’s Landing in May, 1832. Under one
of the provisions of that treaty, a condition
precedent is inserted, by which some of their
confidential chiefs, accompanied by their own
agent, Major Fagan, and their interpreter,
Abraham, were to he permitted to visit the
country allotted to them, at the expense of ;
ihe United States; and if they should be 1
pleased with it, and could make “satisfactory
airangements with the Creeks, the treaty was 1
then to be ratified and carried into effect.—!
H re the committee will at once see, and it :
must carry conviction home to the minds of;
all, that it was not consummated and com
pleted for the action of the Senate until this
condition precedent should have been per
formed. So soon, however, as these confi- i
dential chiefs visited (he country, which they ;
did early in 1533, and reported most favora- 1
bl.v, the treaty of Fort Gibson was entered
into on the 2Sth March, 1533, fully confirm
atory of the treaty at Payne’s Landing, and
which was snlemly ratified bv the Senate on
the 12th day o! April, 1834 ; and, if I am in
formed correctly, with lit tie or no opposition. !
The cause of the delay, therefore, between
the date of the treaties and their ratification, ;
ran but prove satisfactory, and thus takes
from the gentlemen the ground assumed bv j
them, that the delay in the ratification viti
ated and rendered them void. Independent, j
however, of these treaties, thus ratified and
becoming the paramount law of the land, as i
‘tete as April, 1835, by an agreement entered
into by the commanding general (Clinch)!
with sixteen of their chiefs and sub-chiefs, the
treaties were fully recognised and acknow-i
ledged in all their provisions and stipulations,
and the time lor the removal of the Indians
extended.
This, sir, is hut a short though faithful
sketch of the principal provisions of the
treaties, and is presented to the eommif
tye with the view of enabling them to
form a proper estimate how far they have
been obtained through fraud and treachery,
and how far they have been, as is alleged,
shamefully violated by any act of the Go-
I vernment. Sir, if the members of this come
mittee would hut take the trouble to examin
| tor themselves the several treaties with these
Indians, and the whole history of the pro
ceedings connected with them, I hazard no
thing in saying, that I believe the most vio
lent partisan would come to the irresistible
| conclusion, that no tribe or nation of Indians
has ever been treated with more liberality,
i lenity, or humanity, than those located with
in the Territory of Florida, notwithstanding
they have caused so much eflusion of blood,
and the exhaustion of so much of our trea
jsure. Still, with all these facts before us;
with a perfect knowledge that the Indians
themselves commenced the war upon us, by
; the attack and massacre of the gallant Dade
| and his whole command ; with the simulta
neous attack, and the base and cowardly
(murder of Gen. Thompson, a brave, high-
I minded and honorable citizen of mv own
. Slate, and for years a highly respected mem-;
; her of this body, esteemed and beloved by j
all who knew him; still I repeat, with all
these facts before us, and with the know
ledge that the commencement of hostilities hy
| the Indians violated their treaties with us un
der the laws of nations, and lost them all
claims to our protection, we find them ably
represented and defended on this floor; we
| hear extolled as a hero, the assassin Oceola,
• bv whose ruthless and treacherous hand tell
the lamented Thompson, a victim to ihe fatal,
instrument of death, which, from his confi
dence in him, he had previously presented to
hirn. This, too, after ihe murderer had signed
the treaty, and brought in manv of Ins people
for removal. Yes, sir, this Oceola is here
lielil up to public admiration, as a warrior
worthy of imitation and applause; whilst
many of our own gallant officers are handed
over to public indignation and scorn, as vio
lating the sacred flag of truce, and proving
perfidious and treacherous in having made
! Oceola prisoner and sent him to Fort Moul
| trie.
But, sir, I tei! the gentlemen this will not
answer their purpose. I tell them that when
his treacherous murders and massacres are
made known to the American people, ihe
stain which they attach to his character can
never be removed either by bis eulogists here
or his biographers hereafter. Let it not be
1 understood that I doubt the bravery of that
I treacherous chief. It is probable that he is
I desperately brave, and so are many murder
ers and assassins, many of whom have made
a sacrifice of their lives bv acts of daring and
desperation in resisting the civil authorities,
rather than yield and submit to the penalties
which Ihe violated laws of the land affix to
their crimes. So, sir, with your Oceola ; for
who that hears me can doubt that bv the laws
of God and man, his life was justly forfeited,
and that he himself expected its forfeiture if
ever captured by our army I have never
doubted. To the clemency of General Jesup
is he chiefly indebted that such a fate was
not awarded him—a fate which would inevi
tably have befallen him, had he been turned
over to the proper authorities of Florida. I
i can but here remark, what I honestly believe,
i that the great clemency and humanity which
j have been extended to these Indians by our
Government and our officers, on several oc
casions, proved injurious to a portion of our
own citizens.
The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wise)
has boldly declared that he would prefer their
hammocks being restored to them, rather
than make the appropriation now asked.—
Such a sentiment, thus uttered, I freely admit,
greatly amazed me, as well as the proposition
of the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Ever
ett) to buy our peace.
To give up the contest at this time, to
withdraw our troops, and restore to the ene
my their possessions, without the accomplish
ment of a single object on our pari, after the
loss of so many valuable lives, and the expen
diture of millions of dollars, would be an ac
knowledgment of our inability to subdue them
—would encourage further depredations and
massacres on our frontiers —would inevitably
bring disgrace upon our arms —greatly affect
our national character, and seriously impair
our national honor.
I entirely mistake die characters and feel
ings of the people, if such a proceeding would
not call forth their just censure and condem
nation ; but I look for no such result. I look
with confidence to a vigorous prosecution of
the war, and if the necessary support he
given to the Government, to its speedy and
successful termination.
The talented delegate from Florida, (Mr.
Downing,) in his able defence of his constitu
ents from charges supposed to he made
against them, as well as in his fearless and
liberal vindication of the Administration from
the assaults of the opposition, found it neces
sary to allude and refer to certain letters
which he had received, accusing the Chero
kee delegation, which had been employed to
visit, the Seminoles, and endeavor to reconcile
them and bring them to terms, with having
proved treacherous, anil actually persuaded
them if they would hold out this winter, Con
gress would refuse to make further appropri
ations, by which means the war would close,
’ and they be permitted to remain. How far
! ihese charges will be established, lam unpre
pared to say. They are not new to me ; I
have heard them before ; and it is now un
derstood that General Jesup himself believes
them true. For myself, I wish it inay he oth
erwise. I should be gratified to see these
men honorably exculpated: for I rejoice in
the misfortunes or disgrace of no one. But I
must observe, and leave others to make the
application, that there is a remarkable coinci
dence in the alleged conduct of the Chero
kees, and the course of some gentlemen on
this floor, and at this time. The delegate
from Florida has been warned and admo
nished by the gentleman from Virginia not to
make such charges against these Indians on
such proof, and feelingly told what cruel in
justice would he done, if they proved unfbund
’ ed, as he presumed them to he. Shall I not
he pardoned by (Fie gentleman, then, and jus
tified by this committee, in prompting and
admonishing him to he guarded in his attacks
upon the departments of ihe Government,
and many valuable officers of our army, with
out the necessary proof to justify his allega
tions. Let him and others profit by this ;
and I feel assured many unpleasant alterca
tions would be avoided, personal difficulties
rarely occur, and the character anil dignity of
this body be greatly restored.
I shall now proceed, sir, to reply to some of
the remarks of the gentleman from Pennsyl
vania, (Mr. Biddle,) who, as is customary
with him, has been lavish in his abuse of the
Administration, and to enable him the better
to effect his purpose, lias been driven to the
necessity of resorting to subjects foreign to
the true issue, and wholly unconnected with
the one before us. He has thought proper,
and 1 have no doubt to the astonishment of
many, to allude to the celebrated letter from
Gen! Jesup to the Editor ofthe Globe, mark
ed private, shown to Gen. Jackson, as re
quested, and ordered to he published. This,
sir, has furnished him a fruitful theme, of
which lie has availed himself, to pour forth
his bitter feelings against the Administration,
and in unqualified terms to denounce General
; .Jesup, and become the eulogist ol General
! Scott.
Sir, 1 should despise myself, were I to at
tempt to detract from the well-earned fame
and reputation of that gallant officer, and
would greatly prefer to add, rather than pluck
one laurel front his brow. I was pleased and
j delighted at the eloquent allusions to liis va
lorous deeds on the plains of Chippewa, and at
the battle of Niagara ; but I was mortified
that he should have passed over in silence
the distinguished services ot Gen. Jesup on
the same battle fields, and which, in justice to’
that gallant officer, 1 cannot permit to pass ;
unnoticed.
May I not be pardoned, then, for again re
ferring to the battle of Chippewa, in order to
presen; him at the head of his regiment, and ;
in the language of his historian, “ when press
ed in front and tlank, giving orders to his
men tosupjjort arms, and advance under the
most galling fire, by which means he ‘gained
a more secure position, and returning the tire,
put the eiietnv to flight ” Ibis cool and de
liberate movement would have done honor to
the oldest veterans, and for coolness and in
trepidity, if equalled, was never surpassed in
battle- . j
But behold him again, sir, at toe battle of
Niagara ; see him, as there described, again
at the head of his regiment, turning the flunk !
of the enemy, after encountering the greatest ;
difficulties, and at the same moment, taking j
advantage of the darkness of the night, throw- ;
ing himself in the rear of iheir reserve, anil .
i surprising one detachment alter another, made
I prisoners of so many of their officers and men
!as greatlv impeded his progress. I can but
here remark, in the beautilul language ol the
historian, that though ihe laws ot war would
have justified hirn in putting them to death,
“ the laurel, in his opinion, was most glorious .
when entwined by the hand of mercy.
But 1 stop not'here. After disposing of his j
prisoners, we find him in the darkness ol the
night feeling his way to the place where the j
hottest of the fire was kept up on the brigade
to which fie belonged, and, with the same ;
coolness and intrepidity which previously:
marked his conduct, drawing up his regiment
on the line of a fence on the Queenstown
road, in the rear of a party of British infantry
when suddenly and unexpectedly he poured
in upon them a galling fire, which compelled
them to break and fly ; and, in the language
of his commanding officer, General Brown,
“ showed himself to his own armv in a blaze
of fire.”
I here pause, believing that his fame and j
reputation is safe in the custody of history and
his country, and will never suffer in compar
ison with any of ihe officers who distinguish
ed themselves in these memorable battles.
Who sir can listen to a recital of such noble
deeds, and not feel justly excited at the char
ges which have been uttered against him?
He stands accused here not only of perfidy,
but with writing the letter 1o the Globe, with I
a view to his own interest, by'displacing Gen. |
Scoit from his command, that he himself j
might receive it; and further the gentleman
says of him, that he was the instrument by
winch a blow was aimed, from behind, at
Gen. Scott, that struck from hisarm hissword!
I have ever regrettted the publication of
that letter and Ihe difficulties produced be
tween Generals Scott and Jesup, and greatly
fear it will terminate in no good to themselves i
or their country. But as to the letler itself, 1 |
am inclined to think it contained nothing that !
would not have been made known to Gen.
Scott himself, if he had consulted Gen. Jesup
as to his plan of operations.
But how vulnerable is the gentleman from
Pennsylvania —how open to retort, in speak
ing of the blow aimed at Gen. Scott from
behind! Has he not himself this day aimed
a blow from behind at the character, honor,
and reputation of Gen. Jesup? Is not the
blow aimed too at a time v\h?n he is periling
his life in the service of his c untrv, and un
der the greatest disadvantages, struggling to
restore peace and tranquility to the people of
a suffering Territory; and this too at a time
when he cannot be heard in his defence, and
in vindication of all that he holds most dear?
Whenever that opportunity shall he afforded
him, I have no fears of the result. I antici
pate a full explanation and a triumphant vin
dication of his whole conduct.
I will here remark that my acquaintance
with Gen. Jesup is but slight, having been in
company with him but once ; and I have done
for him no more than I would do for others of I
the army who mlgh be assailed as he has been
without proof, without being present, and
without an opportunity of being heard in their
own behalf. If on the present occasion, how
ever, my humble efforts in his defence shall a
vert the blow which lias been aimed at him
from behind , I feel a consciousness that I ne
ver shall have cause to regret it.
A few passing remarks may be deemed ne
cessary at this time, in reply to the charges
of fraud against some of the agents of the
Government, in the numerous contracts en
tered into by them. Letters have been intro
duced and read here for effect, which have
been eagerly seized upon by some for the
purpose of censuring the Government, and
holding it responsible for all the alleged acts
of its agents. There are cases, I admit, civil
in their character, in which principals are of
course held liable for the acts of their agents;
but no principle is better settled, none more
universally recognised, than that principals
are not responsible for the criminal acts of
their agents.
But why, it has been justly asked, have not
the names of these agents, together with the
ex parte proof furnished the gentlemen, been
handed over to the proper Departments, that
an investigation, with the necessary inquiries,
might he made into the whole matter ? This,
it must be admitted, is the true course to be
adopted; and if it he done, and the charges
are established, I hesitate not to sa v they will j
he immediately and promptly discharged. I j
have no knowledge who these agents are, nor :
is it important I should have; but it seems to
me to be due both to ihe Government and’
themselves, that their names should he made ;
known, their conduct inquired into, and they j
heard in their defence. The agents have a I
l ight to demand this. It is a righl secured, ;
and which, I trust, will never he denied, to
the most humble citizen. If their names are j
ever made public, and they are honorable j
men, I feel assured lhat such demand will be I
made. But even if their guilt should lie es- !
tahlished, on an investigation, no censure can, j
with propriety, attach to the Administration |
for their unauthorized acts; for if it did, in
such a case, and under such circumstances,
no Administration could ever lie sustained.
I pass from this subject, which 1 view as
of but little importance compared to the ones
now approach—one sir that pained me to
hear introduced, and I could but express to
mv friends around me the great mortification j
I felt when it was done. I mean the question j
of Abolition. At no former period have mv j
feelings been more excited than at the attack
upon us by the gentlemen from Pennsylvania,
(Mr. Biddle,) who has gravely asserted tJint
if the question was ever brought to a head,
the fault rested on our own shoulders, and we
were responsible for all the consequences
growing out of it. Such a charge I repel in
the same spirit and with the same feeling with j
which it was made. I pronounce it illiberal
and unjust; and tell the gentleman if that!
question he ever brought in a head, it will be ;
traced to some of his own friends on this floor
who are presenting, whenever an opportunity j
offers, the most aggravating petitions, and .
writing circulars throughout the North calling
upon the people to hold meetings, with a view :
of keeping up Ihe excitement, and for party
purposes. I emphatically tell him, too, that
all these meetings, all ihese incendiary procee- j
dings, have their origin with a large portion
of that parly to which he himself is attached, j
and on the success of which I now proclaim j
to this assembly, and to those who liear me, ;
measurably depend all the hopes of the Abo
litionists. The veil, sir, is torn from them; it
can be no longer disguised from the country
that they have gone over, in a body, to the
Federalists and Northern United States Bank
men, and in the formation of such a trio, they
look for a triumph, and the ultimate consum- ;
mat ion of their iniquitous, and unholy purpo
ses. 1
The record of the votes in tins body, on j
every question touching this subject ot agita
tion and disunion, I am proud to sav, show
I where the danger to the Union and the integ
rity of the Constitution lies, and to what source
and to what parly, we are to look tor an in
| dependent and patriotic purpose in support
ing those guarantees of the Constitution on
which the permanence and the peace ot the
Union depend.
These remarks it is true, are strong, and
they are uttered with feelings the most ar
dent. But, sir. I find a full justification for
them in what has been said by the gentleman
in 1 his debate, as well as from like suggestions
and imputations on the South, which are con
jtained in the icading publications ol the Abo
litionists that have been so frequently and so
| insultingly sent to me.
But thank God ! the people are awaking
j from their slumbers, and becoming aroused
|to their interest and their dangers. Already
| do we behold the Republicans in every quar
ter of the Union once more uniting, and un
furling the r banners with the great princi
ples of’9S and ’99 inscribed upon them, with
a fixed determination to maintain and defend
them, and thereby preserve the Constitution
in its original purity, and perpetuate the Union
of this great Confederacy. The greatest
(pride and pleasure of my political life will be
to he found in such ranks and under such ban.
ners, struggling and contending to secure the
| permanency of such principles.
I shall proceed now, Mr. Chairman, briefly
to consider the question before us, which is
the appropriation of one million of dollars to
defray the expenses incurred to prosecute the
war in Florida ; and will be seen, sir, bv an
examination of the documents, which have
been laid on our tables, that it is asked by the
Government to defray, principally expenses
I which have already occurred, anJ pay off
; drafts now under protest.
It seems to me that a moment’s reflec
| tion should induce gentlemen to withdraw the
j objections which have been urged. Do they
| consider, or have they reflected, on the con
sequences which must ensue, if this appropri
ation is withheld ? Are they unapprized that
a large portion of it is absolutely necessary to
pay off many ofthe officers and soldiers, who
with so much patriotism volunteered their ser
vices for the protection of the Territory, and
have undergone so many toils and hard
ships; and lhat the little pittance to which
| they are entitled, is all essential to enable them
Ito return to their families and their homes,
land prevent their being placed in the misera
ble condition of asking the charity of their
friends?—a condition well calculated to hum
ble the pride of soldiers, and justly urge them
to complain of the injustice of their Govern
ment.
May I not further remind the committee
that a part of this appropriation will also be
j applied to the payment ofthe representatives,
land the widows and orphans, of those who
1 bravely fell in battle, andare n ow entombed in
the wilds of Florida ? Shall we then with all
these facts before us, reject this bill? I can
not believe it; our own character and honour
are too deeply involved in the issue to autho
rize such a belief. If lam mistaken, howev
er; if my anticipations are not realized, and
the money is withheld and our troops with
drawn, the sooner it is known the better, in
order that the citizens of the Territory may
take timely precaution, toward off', as far as
possible some ofthe fatal consequences which
would follow such a policy.
We .are told by the gentleman from Pennsyl
vania, that he cannot vote for this appropria
tion, without showing to what use it is to he
applied ; “ that the main artery of the Treas
ury has been bleeding for a long time, and it
only required a few gallons more to complete
its exhaustion.”
it is true the Treasury has been freely
hied;"its arteries have been opened, and its
exhaustion almost complete. This is as it
should be. Its blood has been poured out for
the preservation ofthe honor of the Govern
ment; and I am willing, and shall rejoice to
see the last drop exhausted, if it be nesessary
to close the arteries and stop the further eflu
sion of the blood of our own citizens, and
restore peace to an agitated and suffering peo
ple.
These are considerations of the highest and
first importance; and in the estimation of
their value I am not prepared to make the
calculation in dollars and cents, but am ready
’ to afford all the facilities required by the
Government, and arm it with the necessary
power to enforce your violated treaties, and
reduce to submission a merciless and lawless
foe. To effect these important objects, ar.d
restore peace, the Government is particularly
anxious. Furnish the means, and, my life on
it. all will be accomplished! Such, a course
will be approved by a brave and generous
people, and duly appreciated by those who
are so deeply and immediately interested in
the result.
In conclusion I will only say, so far as our
national honor is concerned, and about which
much lias been said, that I have no fears of
its suffering whilst it remains in the custody
of those to whom it is now confided ; and as
to th° distinguished individual who at (his time
presides over the Department of War, the
history of his whole public life furnishes suffi
cient evidence to show that it ever has been,
nd still is, identified with the interest, the
! glory, and honor ol his country.
JVomen in love. —What capital diplomatists
i men are in love ma tiers and how eager is sim
-1 pie, vain woman, to believe them all that is
; disinterested and high minded, because they
i can scatter a iittle gold dust upon the surface
| of that hollow mine of selfishness within their
bosoms ! For women, acute and well-judg
; ing in other subjects, are blind as beetles when
i a man addresses the language of love to them;
i a moral mist rises before their understandings;
! tliev become credulous as bigots ; and the poor
! man, even if his suit he hopeless, is instantly
j invested with some sort ot merit, by virtue of
I the tender passion. U is remarkable, too, that
| in the inverse ratio to other things, experience
iii these affairs seems not only to avail a tvo
i man nothing, hut to throw her off tier guard.
|“ To refuse twenty good offers, and marry
: an apprentice at thirty” is next to a proverb.
| Well seasoned hearts, perforated by many an
j arrow from Love’s quiver, have always some
i weak part in them and yield often in a minute.
1 For mv own part, from intimate observation
jof my own sex, the result of many friendly
cotjfidings, I would sooner trust the discern
ment of sixteen on these matters, than six and
thirty, and whilst it is usual to talk of dangers
of eighteen, and the folly of young girls, the
moralist, who wishes well to woman kind,
should point out the shoals of eight-and-thir
iy and the extreme rashness of limy, the next
to madness of forty-five. —Lady Jhiabetta.
Munden, the well known English comedi
i an, was distinguished for his iiliberality and
j meanness among theatrical comrades, who
i have ever been noted tor the opposite quali
i lies. As a mark of respect for iheir cele
\ bra led companion, Kean, the Drury Lane
I company proposed to compliment the trage
dian, with a handsome piece of plate, to be
contributed among themselves. “ Munden,”
| said one of the parly, kt we want your mite.”
“If I were a widow, my boy, you should
have it.”
“Welwantyour name on our list, Munden.”
“ If it’s my autograph you wish, you shall
have it and welcome.”
“ No 1 we want your contribution to the
cup we are about to give to Kean.”
“ Sir!” said the penurious jester, “ you
may, if you like, cup Mr. Kean, hut I’ll be
if you bleed me.”
Reason without excercise will degenerate
i to inanity. j
SENTINEL & HERALD.
“columSSTebr uary 22, 1838.
The following persons have kindly con
sented to act as Agents for the Sentinel and
Herald:
Col. C. Parker, Collodensville, Motiroe Cos.,
Peter Cone. Esq. Eden, Effingham Cos.
Rev. Reuben E. Brown, Perry P. O. Hous
ton Cos.
Thos. H. Key, Esq. Dravton, Doolv Cos.
Col. Thos. J- Holmes, Byron, Baker Cos.
Stephen D. Crane, Esq. Dahlonega, Lump
kin Cos.
Col. John Dill, Fort Gaines, Go.
John C. Mangham, Greenville, Ga.
E. J. Wood &. Cos. St. Joseph, Flor.
Nourse, Brooks Sc Cos. Apalachicola.
J. S. Yarbrough, Lumpkin, Stewart Cos.
Jas. Buchanan, Cuthbert. Randolph Cos.
GEN. GLASCOCK’S SPEECH.
We published, last week, the remarks of
Mr. Biddle, in the House of Representatives,
on the subject of the Seminole war, in order j
to introduce, this week, the able speech of
Gen. Glascock upon the same subject. The j
reader can form a better opinion of the whole ‘
ground, after reading the remarks of both. It
is only necessary to add, that the speech of
our able representative demolished Mr. Bid-1
die’s so completely, that that gentleman him
self voted for the appropriation. We ask
every one of our readers to give the General’s
’ speech a careful perusal.
“ 110 ! WATCHMAN. HOW GOES THE
NIGHT.”
Well, citizens of Columbus, what tidings i
from you r Rail Road ! \Y hat have you done i
the past week towards sustaining the praise
worthy efforts of your enterprising City 1
Council? What are your advances? and I
what have you yet accomplished ? Shall
another week be allowed to pass away for- J
ever, and echo answer, what? Citizens,
while you stand writing, and talking, and
vaporing about what should he done, your
enemies are at work; your indifference and
apathy is their encouragement; your meet
ings, your talks, your reports, your vaporings,
and your hot beginnings, have become a bye
word for their amusement, and gives only a
stimulant to their enterprize. While you
suffer day upon day, and month upon month,
to glide away forever, unredeemed and un
heeded, your enemies are actively employed,
rapidiy consummating (a rapidity indeed
startling) the scheme of your destruction.
When they hear of your big meetings,
your big speeches, your high resolves, and
your hot beginnings—Ah, say they, just let
the people ol Columbus alone for big meet
ings, big speeches, high resolves, and hot
beginnings—Ah, say they, if the people of
Columbus could have built their road by such
doings, it would have been finished “long
time ago and they only work the faster; —
while you citizens, after the steam of vour
beginning has blown ofij and your surprise
and astonishment awakened that your high
resolves have not instanter been achieved,
proceed to bell up the wondering city to at
tend a bran ne,\v meeting, when and where
a big speech is thundered forth by someone
who intends being a candidate —a long string
of resolutions passed nem. con.; thanks to the
able chairman voted, and the aforesaid con
quering and to conquerjrcsolutions ordered to
he published, 1o teach the crazy people of
Macon and Montgomery that you are about
to cry “ havoc and let slip the dogs of war-”
Immediately every body begins to feel rich
pains strike through their bones, not doubting
the rise of property one hundred per cent, at
least. Oftentimes has the sad history of the
ill-lated city of Babylon been brought to
mind while reflecting upon the carelessness
with which the citizens of Columbus treat
the danger that awaits them. The fool
ish people of that mighty city, when they
were actually surrounded by the army of
the great Cyrus, instead of a well concert
ed system of action—instead of a united and
manly preparation to ward off the impending
storm —instead of a frugal and vigilant hus
banding of their resources for the purposes of
defence—instead of a bold and restless ardor
to overcome every labor for the accomplish
ment of self-preservation —instead of all this,
they stood idly by, gazing at the enemy, and
wasting in apathy the season for contention-
While the cries of distress were echoed along
the streets of that ill-fated city, and while yet.
the warning voice of self-preservation called
to them aloud, why did they not wake liom
their slumbers, and strive to roll the waves of
invasion back upon their enemy ? Why did
not thousands of indignant swords leap from j
their scabbards, and Hash their terrors along
the ranks of war ? Aias! a mistaken calcu
lation in the impregnable walls which sur-j
rounded them, produced an indifference to the ;
stratagems of their enemy; luxury and pride j
relaxed the nerve of independence, and while j
this miserable people were rioting in the
pleasures of a least, the army of Cyrus, ha
ving changed the channel of the Euphrates,
which run through the city, marched unnio*
iested to the work of death, and before the
unhappy citizens had time to prepare, their j
mighty city was a ruin, and its pleasure- j
taking inhabitants all put to the sword.
Thus, citizens, while the city of Macon on
the one hand, and Montgomery on the other,
are fearfully executing their schemes to snatch
from you forever those productions which
alone can animate, sustain, and enrich
you are seen vainly resolving, foolishly sup
posing, anxiously hoping, proudly boasting,
idly procrastinating; will',out concert, without {
unity, without cnlerprize, and without ambi-:
lion. What can you, what ought you to!
expect? The late of the unwise and unfbr- j
lunate Babylonians will inevitably overtake:
you. Macon and Montgomery, like the mer
ciless army of Cyrus, will soon divert from
your lips the very bread you eat; your streets j
will rankle with untrodden grass; your hou- j
ses become the abode of booting owls; —the j
voice of the school-boy will no longer be J
heard, and the song of the drayman will!
cease. Citizens, be warned; for forewarned
is to be forearmed ; be up and doing. “He
who dailies is a dastard, and lie who doubts is
damned.”
Fee-no-GoUy ! Fat you call-urn, eh ?
CO” Walter S. Nott, Esq. late of our
city, we see by the St. Joseph Times, is
Phrenologising the good people of that place,
i Wake snakes! Oh, Walter! Walter!!
Tha other day two country wags, m warm del ate
contended, j
Which one it was, the Columbus or Insurance Bank
suspended j
i “ I tell you Dick, ’twas the Insurance, for so old
intended,
I say ’twas the Insurance, o there the thing is ended. ’
j “ Hold,” cried Dick, with honest warmth, the knotty
point contending,
1“ VVliv Joe, you gumph, its anew Bank starts by the
Columbus Bank suspending.”
Bv the way we have neglected to inform
our patrons of the organization ol the new
‘‘ deliverer” —the Planters’ and Mechanics’
Bank of our city. So far as we are concern
ed, however, and very probably so fa? as
many of the readers of the Sentinel and Her
ald are concerned, it makes but very little dif
ference. The less we know about banks and
the less we have to do with litem, the better
for us, in all human probability. \Y e lake j
this occasion, however, to sav that the affairs
jof the Planters’ and Mechanics’ Batik will he
i administered by the following named citi
zens: Gen. Daniel Mc.Dougald, as Presi- .
dent, Col. Michael W. Perry, Hampton S.
Smith, Col. John Banks, Hiram Reid, Dr.
Wiley B. Ector, and Thos. Berry. Mr. A- |
B. Ragan, Cashier; Mr. Mathew Robinson, i
Book Keeper.
| From the well known and long established ;
financial talent of a majority of the directory, j
together with their coextensive liberality, the
! needy ones of our city, and adjacent country,
i may well look forward with unfeigned confi
!dence to the obtainment of a small lift in!
t’.iese “ trying times.” Y\ e have heard it !
said that this bank will show no favoritism — j
indulge in no shaving—allow no extortion —
but go right along doing all (lie good it can, i
| and avoiding all the evil it can. Il so how
many honest men, who cannot ride in nice
(carriages, and who have to make their bread
jby the sweat of their brow, will have good
| cause to remember this institution, with hean
’ felt gratitude, all along through the journey
|of life. Haw many widows and orphans,)
while remembering its humane and tender i
mercies, will put up their prayers for its pros- j
peritv and long life ; and how many blessings ;
will not all the people invoke upon its benev
olent and charitable operations. Verily its j
laurels shall flourish amid the snows of ad ver- j
sity, and all of us will cherish its admired j
memory, while fame will delight to be the!
herald of its praise.
IXS” The emerprizing owners of the steam
boat Floridian, we are sorry to sav, have met
with a serious accident. It is probably known
to many of our readers, that the Chattahoo
chee, of all the streams in the world, rises the
quickest, and falls as soon. For several day*
past, the river had been unusually high, so
much so as to overflow entirely the level of
the first wharf. Over this level, on the night
of the 19th inst, the ill-fated Floridian swam
at ease. But although there was plenty of
water on the wharf, for the safety of the boat,
on the evening of the 19th, vet like the de
ceitful water in the cup of Tantalus, it was
not there on the morning of the 20th. Site j
was heavily laden with cotton, and her enter
prising Captain waited only for the appointed
period, when “ nature smiles to usher in the
blushing Queen of morn,” to weigh anchor,
and glide safely and quickly away to her place
of destination, when Jo! in making an effort
to start, she was discovered to be fast agrom and.
Every effort was nude to get hero!!, by
throwing overboard the cotton, prising, See.
but every effort was in vain—the inconstant
water receded faster than ever, and site imw
lies high and dry.
AWFUL!
A gentleman just from Apalachicola, in
forms us that as he passed Tennessee Bin IT,
alias the city oflola, which the St. Josephdes
have lately laid off at the head of Rail Road
No. 2, that the aforesaid lola was unmerci
fully submerged in a wilderness of water.
The gentleman gives it as his everlasting
opinion, that if any body ever g>es to lola to
live, they will have to rear their houses upon
stilts, and whenever they have to go out, must
in self-defence, clap a life-preserver round
their necks. Gracious —what a pity!
THE SEASON.
For the last two weeks vve have had the
most unpleasant weather imaginable. As
Hood, of comic memory hath it, “ first it blew 1
then it snew, then it thew, and then it friz;’’ j
and despite the laudable exertions of our City j
Council, in ditching, filling up, levelling, etc. j
the lower parts of the fair city of Columbus
were for some days in excellent boating order.
We did not sound the depth, but doubtless,
in many places, it was “ by the mark three”—
feet. Some of tiie “ water privilege ” lots
about town will sprout, next summer, an
abundance of-—frogs and mosquitoes.
But now we may hope that Spring, sweet,
i smiling Spring, has come at last, with its song
of birds, hum of bees, and fragrance offlow
| ers, to atone for the rugged north-weslers we
I have lately experienced. Already the grass
is casting off the dun hue of winter, donning
its fairest garb, and “greening beneath our
feet;” the robin and lark are carroiling forth
their lavs to the morning sun, as it rises in
unclouded brilliance, and all nature seems
! bursting into renewed life. There is sorne
j thing cheering and invigorating in tire breath
lof Spring. The hot blood of youth bounds, I
j in freer current, through the veins, and even j
! palsied age is favored with unwonted elasti
jcity beneath its genial warmth. Ami why
should not man, as well as nature, wear a
joyous smiie? One half of the ills that hang :
upon us, incubus like, are merely ideal—
creations of imaginations prone to look on the
j dark side of every thing; and frequently arise
: from artificial and superfluous wants. Much I
of man’s happiness or misery depends upon
| himself. Do all for the best—he contented—
! be happy—place implicit confidence in the
Giver of every good and perfect gift, and all
will yet be well.
For the Sentinel and Herald.
POLITICAL CHESS BOARD.
MOVEMENTS FOR THE PRESIDENCY'.
Already have the signs of the opposition in
; various quarters, disclosed their plan of ope
rations in regard to the next presidency. The
federalists of the Kentucky legislature have
nominated Mr. Clay, the federal party of New
Orleans have followed suit, aml this movement
will be found speedily seconded in other direc
tions, having, no doubt, been previously con
certed. These nominations, however, have
the mockery of being subject to the decision
of a great Federal Convention of the Whigs.
bus it is very plainly to be seen that the flat
is passed. Mr. Webster will be hauled down,
and his friends will willingly join in the sup
port of Mr. Clay, having nothing to lose r
doing so. In all this great organization oi
the opposition, the United States Ban que
lion will be the hobby on which to prance
i about among the discontented of the South
and West.
Thus it is plainly to be seen that the great
race will be run between Mr. Van Boren,
who will again be the candidate of the Jef
fersonian Republicans, and Mr. Clay, the
| candidate of the Federal and Bank Aristo
cracy, and Aboi.itionists.
Fellow citizens of the Union Party of
Georgia, what think you of the coming con
test? Are you not proud ot the elevated
; stand which you have taken in the great po-
I litica! questions of the day, amidst the storms
land tenqiests with which the infuriated oppo
jsition have attempted to convulse the whole
country, and the clamor of panic and ruin
i which they have been perpetually ringing irf
|your cars? You find yourselves still on a
solid and generous soil, the ground of demcm
! cracy on which you have planted your colors,-
| gallantly unfolding to the lowering, threSWn
ing tornado, the glorious motto by which yoif
are determined to stand or fall, the Union
forever, the principles of Jefferson and cf
Andrew Jackson ! Hold on, vve exhort you,-
to the good old track ; so far you have found 1
jit safe; it will carry you through coming
j troubles with triumph and honor.
But let us examine the state of the np
| proaching canvass, the principle involved, &c #
j Although the whig federalists appear deter
mined to hold a grand convention, it seems
very clearly established, as before stated, that
Mr. Clay has already been decided upon as
their candidate. Besides the movements al
ready referred to in the former part of this
communication, we find Mr. Clay himself at
work upon the wires. H:s late conduct in the’
! Senate of the United States, on the abolition
{ question , allows very plainly his design of
I making fair weather with this deluded class
: of northern population, now rendered more
! formidable only by the uses which are made
of them by disappointed ambitious dema
gogues, sue!i as Mr. \Y ise, and others we
could name. In addition to this, Mr. Bell’s
special envoyship near and about the city of
Boston, was a movement necessary in recoiv-*
ciling the different brigades of the opposition,
and arranging their forces for solid combat.*
Thus we find the whole phalanx of the oppo
sition mustered in order, hoisting the flags of
the United States Bank, High Tariff and
Internal Improvements, Federalism and Abo
litionism. What position the Georgia Bri
gade will occupy in this arrangement if tire-
federal whig forces, we cannot yet positively
sav. So far, at least, as all their presses are
concerned, they have fairly and fully consent
ed to pitch their tents near tire United States
Bank flag. Whether they will consent to
move with the whole force, in company with
the other flags of Federalism and Abolitionism,
remains yet to be seen. Perhaps tliey may
adopt the policy of remaining neutral, mere
spectators, as on a former occasion, vvlten
Joint Quincy Adams was riumphant)y pro
claimed President.
But the course of the Union Republicans s
unwavering. It leads in a righteous cause,
and is onward. Washington, Jefferson, and
Jackson, were its chief engineers. They have
made it plain and straight, and none need err
therein. Let us then keep steadily forward,
on the good old republican tack, cheered and
encouraged by the way, with the gforious
reward of constitutional liberty and national
prosperity. a democratic republican.
UNION MEETING.
At a meeting of the Union Democratic
party of Stewart county, held in the town of
Lumpkin, on Ihe 9th day of February, 1838,
for the purpose of nominating two suitable
delegates, to attend the Convention to he
held in Milledgeville on the first Monday in
May next, to nominate candidates to repre
sent the State of Georgia in ihe next U. S.
Congress, on motion, Robert Hatcher, Esq.
was called to the chair, and Ichabod Holmes,
appointed Secretary.
The object of the meeting being stated by
j the Chairman, they proceeded to elect two
■ candidates, and on counting out the votes
j Neil Robertson, Esq. and Col. Win. Cooper
; were duly elected.
ROBERT HATCHER, Chairman.
Ichabod Holmes, Secretary.
Extract of a letter, dated
Washington City, Feb. Bth. 1839.
The Mississippi election has at hist been de
j cided in the House of Representatives. The
question has been referred back to the peo
ple. The resolution declaring Messrs. Ghol
! son and Claiborne “not entitled to their seats,”
i was carried by a majority of six votes, every
j whig member present voting in its favor, and
several conservatives, who are claimed as.
j friends of the administration, amongst whom
were Messrs. Mason, of Virginia, McKay, of
j North Carolina, Richardson, of South Caroli
na, and Grantland of Georgia. If these gen
tlemen hail voted in the negative, along with
! the great body of the democratic members,
| Claiborne and Gholson would have retained
| their seats, and ihe House would have vimfi
j cated its own character for consistency and
dignity. Now it is subject to the ridicule of
I undoing to-day what it eolemrdy did yester
day.
The resolution declaring that Prentiss ami
Word were “ not entitled to seats,” was cap
j ried bv tire casting vote of the speaker, in the.-
fullest house that has voted for many years..
The whigs made tremendous efforts. They
j openly boasted, that having eject'd Claiborne
and Gholson, if they could retain Prentiss anti
Word, they would throw the administration
into a minority in the House. They rallied-!
every member of their party, and kejK up the
j debate until they could send fir Messrs. Sar
gent and Phillips, who were absent, and allow
; Coi. Towns to return, who was gone to Vir
ginia. on a visit to his family, and” who, it was
, understood, would vote with them on the
| question. Sargea'nt and Phillips came—
Towns did not. So that every whig member
in the house was present when the vote was
laken. The tew conservatives above men
tioned, on this last, resolution, stood by the
1 administration, and made the vote 117 to 117.
The speaker gave the casting vote, in favor
of the resolution; and thus after one of the
hardest (ought party battles which ever took
■ place in Congress,after four weeks hard strug
gling, the-question has been sent back to the
i people, and another race has to be run in
Mississippi. When the last vote was an
nounced, Prentiss flounced like a shark just
taken. He said it was worse lhan South Car
olina nullification, that he would not be a can
didate again, but come hack next session and
claim his seat. He is in a perfect rage, and
swears, I am told that he w:! 1 move to Texas,