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COLUMBUS SENTINEL AND HERALD.
VOL. XJ
PCBLIS.L23 ETi* lA.U>>r UOA.'IiSO 27 :
JOSEPH STURGIS. ‘
OX BROAD STREET, OVER AXXE.t J.VJ3 FOC^O’g.
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tt ju ‘lavaUe in advance, or for A dollar*, (w all 1
c&sr <3xictc4 i ‘.Tiieie payment i• not ma-F beforeuu 3
ixpirAUon of the year. fN'i Subscript i<ttroc*iVe<i for 3
less than twelve month*, witinMlljiaymeOT in advance,
."rid no paper discontinued, except at tho Option o! ’
the Editor*, ustrl all arrearages are paid. j
• OVER rtSEMENTS conspicuously inserted at j
nsr dol la it per one hundred words, or less, for
the lira! insertion, and fifty cents for every subse
quent continuance. Those sent without a specifica
tion of tho number of insertions, will be published
until ord tredout, charged accortinglv.
ed. Veakly advertisements.— For over 24, jnd
rot exceeding 36 linos, fifty dollars per annum ; for
ovr 12, and not exceeding 21 lines, thirty-five dollar n
j. it annum-, for less titan 12 hues, twenty dollars
per annum.
All rule and figure work dottble the above pices.
oloal Advertisements published at the usual
rates, and with strict attention to the re-quisi ions oi
the law.
All Sales regulated by law, must be made before
the Court House door, between the hours of 10 in the
morning and 4 in the evening—diose of Land in
the county where it is situate; those of Persona!
Property, vhare the letters testamentary, oi adinin
•ictration or ®f guardianship were obtained—and are
required to be previously advertised in some pul>li<-
< ts Aerte, as follows :
-JiiEßiFts’ Sales under regular executions for thir
ty d\y. un ler mortgage ii fas =ixty da vs before
day ofrnte.
-ales of Land and Negroes, by Executors. A l
ininistr.itors or Guardians, for sixty days before
the day of sale.
Sale* of Personal Property (except Ncgraes) fof.ty
PASH.
’iTATtoNs by dirks of the Courts of Ordinary, apon
AtTLtcATlox for letters of administration, must
be published for thirty DAYS.
*f T A TinN * upon AFPI.U'.ATtON FOR DISMISSION, bv
Executors. A Iministralors or Guardians. rnontlilv
for SIX MONTHS.
)hders of Oouit* of Ordinary, ( acrompinied with a
copy ol the bond or agreement) to make titi •*
to l and, .nust be published three months.
■JoTicrsby Executors. Administrator-’ or Guardians
of application to the Cou't of <Ordinary for ttuvr i
to si'i.i the Land or Negroes of an Estate, four j
MONTH*.
s'ot tci sbv Executors or Administrators, to the Debt
ors and Ore It.ors il ar Estate, for six wvrks.
SiiPHtFFs Clerks of Court. Sic., will be allowed
the usual deduction.
~J X> Fetters on business, must be cost paid,
t<• < n'i't. them to attention.
r\un .ur-:u oit soi>a watbk.
If, subscriber* are now prepared to I'urni h their
JK. customers and the public wuh {Caibonatcd oi
Soda Water.
t'h-ii appari'u* is constiacted in such a manner,
an I of Mich in iteiials as to prevent the possibility of
.any m t tic or deletion* impregnations.
TAYLOR & WALK Eli,
Si>'ii of the Golden Mortar, Broad st. Columbus.
April<l. 10 f
LOOK AT THIS*
wpn ‘sf \ iv A t so n th>- *ub*uibers, about ti e first
JK.IL March la- i leg. nan by name Presley,
alio i fi i yea:a of g", soneuhat grey hair, very
Ali n o ,ier!ia,i* no uuir on ihe lop of the. head, quite
i.'a’-* ne* sea .u-il deeply stink in the h ad, wide
h.-lw- j ‘he i.-eth, broad *iuulilt'r’ and stoops, he is
rath rin igettf *•>- Ii uini -|iO *vs*tng ill appear
uce ra <• g a t.of ,*io iof leiigioa. and prays in
pulTi v oi.ioi on’ v He \as in ■ lie n. ighho:hood
•of i ■ .Ii- i v nei edurrv. -out’ Ilf eon days
if r - . ‘tug tb ;tl :ee; wheieuekf on the 2911 l tilt,
t lain i if t a hint who tu longs to e reeman
M -i o -.- . * t:”ur If envili* • she is by the,
nan)’ of I iit.i • f it . y -ar iif .g- <:0 union size a
hrigV ->,.- r■o o . oil v. , iki-lv !• is believed
that Ii v wer- k nod’ an ‘•bite man. aid probably
. v t rig’, is - .Ii nfj ua toa reach and
Mi 1 * ‘l.r-ri.’Otl
\ 1 i!> ;iv • for ‘In 1 anprehi-ri
-mi of .. in i>• - •’ ;i if •. Q .jii rii J (hem aw av,
ittel ■. f>’ -ii i■ -or. . o it of Ii oil* rihirn
KRi-.F.HAN \4O LONDON,
IN • MANUHAut.
\i> rm i•• m • snf
ITICM
To all in n v lv> icant to but) bargains in land.
5’ .i\’ \V INl'Mlil) .Ii il’r lit ci n
j -t .mi ,t i. tnunoit of • i i ; , i i • ■((■ iii ‘i's, with a
t>• ; i >ii-t on it til all othrt jj'.• •.i(i.i-. l audible fir
jill|l an a t 111. |,!Uul.4 i I :r. . 11l I litt ‘ r >oqd r
,curs an.l he raluruon r 1 ’ no” i* none.
Till’ till i'I'IH rail hr ii.i:• !.‘c !.. PI tl ol a
lura a a -nn!. ! • I’ tii,i< ..-i.iv obtained
j iiiiin-.i n. | ii ■- nr’ pi : ■ <*f Ran*
ai,i i m.in'y t. . >•( a.lai . from < ! *ln tihu- to
i''nri I • iniv s. ..ini'ti'i. n ■ UI4SO in'lrs from Port
<ii au.l isl mi <>s fi-niii 1 1 -ntim. I'rrmi of sab
willbi’ .- i iiit—n >■ hos!• 1 li-.’ p'l'il ut Chri-'nias. ainl
tin- utli r ii.i;• .1 lir ,n ! 1. ‘ “hrislinas come 1 far. with
sina‘l n it’ s .uni urcimiy 01 a mortcage on die land.
If an- 111 111 .-.liunal waul to Imv con a’ and see for u
’ liaryam wil. b- - Oil. If 111 nil •is effected before the
ii st I'ncainv in Jtniif- it will ho sold tor hat it wil
luuiv iirfun- hi 1 ‘our l House door in Outhbert. Pos
►e-si-m on’ iuvi-ii until Christmas'.
A prill! It- 40. Sts
LAW 3VOTICK-
mi If signed will attend tothe PR ACTICE
OK LAW. in the name of JONES & BEN-
N 1 N<, in mi is lof the counties of this Circuit and a
Viv of tiie adjoining counties of Altiba a. Their
Otf.ee will lie found near the Oglethorpe House.
SEABORN JONES.
HENRY 1.. BENMNG
Sen- 1r.1P!9. S3 ts
NOTH K.
Fg’l IE tiuh 1 are lico.-liv can to led against trading
9 for two No e- of hand Aren bv me ’o I.eonard
P. • dove, and Jesse Wad oe .rit- for he sum
of one ho isatnl 101 l trs ea-h. one die 2.5 h of 1)e
cm’ r,H4O iiit h- o'her ‘he 25 !i of D cemher.
Ift 11. .1-1 ill 1 coti'id'-ratioii for said no es has eivirely
f.ll ed I hi v tie ir date on the 6 h of Feb. IS4O.
Aiiu! 15. Is Id dm3 n JOS -.PH E. TO(*]vE.
LAW NOTICE.
r n i l rsii‘ti'‘d has t ,htai an olfice iti die busd
ji 1.14 f he On.ll ■ alio.r-’iee Ran Rood and BanX
,i.; i.iiiiany, and wilt r> ..ndiriy at end the Sup. nor
<J u: sis hiyaniii tes of St.-o jn t. lian t > ph. Early .
Kav< . 1.. > 1 it’ Marion aut .iln-nof e f ‘he
Ciii'tahooehe eim 1 ami the coai< ■ f M cm oi ! ■
Fun eir u . and vnl aiso 4'tend ‘ie circue • 0.. ot
1 co lines f Russell aniMmoi u> A. dmnl.
. GKoIi *e. \V. i’O i\ N s
Cos ambus, ’ ieo April 10 13-10. 9 4;
H.V:\Uv>L.i*ll lit.VDs IMU 5,1 L...
le. suo'i 1 iher .-dirsfir >a e.l me ..i • fj
JL lands in said e.runH . .'.tuu'ed'dve tm.es N rit |
of Cuihbert. on the mad . -ui . o i- 1 P” 1 y n i
l.nnipkin. containing eighi hundred end seventy the i
.acre-; of ahi h annul two 11 indu'd and seven y-live
acics are midei fem e, iivti iiios ol hPi .s n a;i ■ j
stateof *ll liv it loti Said ,ati spi odin:d Uie >ast vea
from luoo to 1200 pound o’ seed couot: per acre |
Tlie p ay ation is tnndy ‘•ulefeil liavng several one I
■springs if pure water s) as 10 water en-i y apai ’.lie u !
of the: p.antation, it a.so :i;e a uiie uuiiet t r s.oeli -
wi.h several iine springs cittvenietit m the house—a o
a 000 l we.l of water in the \ aril. 1 ; has on it .1 >.ood
dwelling house and a i oilier mi butldtngs ‘ ssary ;
also a gin lion e and negro h mses and a lir.-t ra *•,
jjackitii: screw. I. aiso has a tine pea*-ii orchard—in
poiu. of beauty, health and convenience', it ts scarce y
surpassed in the country.
Any person wishing to purchase tli above arm can
iie furnish and wch provisions ni stock o; at. kin son
•the places and possession given on the lirst day of Jan*
uarv next.
I can b” found on ‘he premises during he Spring
and Sunmer tun would re<- uinneml early application,
tint I mav have good tjiße tor removal.
Terms one half paid when possession given; the
other halt twelve months af er.
DAVID RDM PH.
May 6,1840 3m
POSTPONED
AD>I I NIST K A I’OiPS SALE.
AGRiO-lABLY to an order of the Honorable the
lnferi r Court of Ran loi.ih oonnfv. will be sold
ou the firs’ Tuesday 111 JUNE next, tufore the Court
houso dmr in the town of uthbert, Randolph county
vine N -gro v mi in and her two children, belonging to
the i s,ate of artha Joyce, late of said count v. itec’d
Bold for Pie benefit of the heirs and rrxiiiors of said
deceas .1. Perms made know on he day of sa4e>* ?
W ASHI NGTO NJOYt ’E, Adfffrg.”
May 4 • S4O. 12 ts. ~ -.s'„ 4
VAbVVBLE PLANTATION POK SALE,
C A ) V i AI Nl NG Pwo Hundred Pwo and a Ha 1 1
/ Acres of Land mixed with oak and pine. There
are eighty acres cleared. Also t comfortable dwel
ling. > ■1 al necessary our offices, a good gin house
a:i+ ’inuking s -rew. a peach an i apple orchard The
entire under goo \ fence. It is situated within 4 miles
* of OoltitAfeus.. jeSmng the plantation so mcrlv o - ned
bv Too-nas-C- Evans. Esq. Perso.ns wishing to pur
ttinot find a more desirable location than the
e*)B , '<4tf c fc<j for sale bv the subscribes.
‘ JOHN CODE,
lits JOHN QUIN.
t *'•):
NATCHEZ DESTROYED BY A TORNADO
-1 he Steamer Vicksburg, Captain G&ice,
arrived at New Oceans on the 9ih, fumisher>
(ite following particulats of* Tornado which
t ttk place in Natchez an Thursday, 7th irist,
Wiioh we copy from the Bullitin ,
I Ttse devoted city of-Natchez was visited
I Yesterday with one of the most aw'ul and
i ii dressing calamities it has ever beto our fate’
{to wittius', Yesteid-iy, about 2 o’clock, P
j M. a dark cloud made its appearance in the!
j -outhwest, preceded by a continued marine
• f the winds-. As it came on swiftly, and
with the speed of the winds, it was met bv
another which was wafted irom directly the
opposite point of the compass. A descrip
ti- nos the sublime spectacle which followed
s beyond the power of language to convey
At ihe moment of the concussion large mas
*• s o seennng whit spray were precipitated
to the earth, followed by such a roaring of the,
wind as if old Enins hmselfwas there studd
ing ami directing the storm. JL ruses vvt tv
dismantled of their root*, and then almost in
mediately levelled with tlie earth. The ai>
was fiied with biicks and large pieces oflim
her—and even heavy ox carts were uplifted
and thrown hundreds of vards from their or
ijinal position About6o(l üboats lying in port
w< re dlilted from shore and sunk. Tlie feriy
boat plying between Natch z and the oppo
*ite shore, capsized and sunk, and every one
on board supposed to have perished* Tlie
steamtioat Umds was capsized an 1 sunk. —
The steamboat Piairie had her cabin entiie y
ak’ n otr, and crew nearly all lost. Tlie two
Hotels in the city, one partly and the othci
en irelv blown to the ground, and almost evei y
Ii use mote or less injured, ft is imptssibh
t< tell how many were killed, as the street
were fil ed with large pieces of timber, ren
d< ring them impassable, and the work of ex
uacting the homes fiom the fa l* n houses was
not completed. When the Vicksburg left.
i-one 15 o 20 b tdies had been found. It was
i very difficult to effect a landing, as every
house under the Hill, except five or six. was
blown down, and ihe river fille t With floating
fragments of houses and flaiboats
The Tornado, on leaving Na’chez, followed
the course of ihe river about 8 miles down.
Ihe Court House in Vtdalia was levelled to
the ground, and the Parish Judge killed.—
The trees on the opposite side of the river, as
well as those on Na.cluz Island, were all torn
Up bv the roots, or stripped of their branches.
The damage do te to the c ops in the neigh- I
: borbuod was very considerable, some plarita
lions being deprived of all their fences, and
oihers had every cabin taken away by tlie
storm.
From the Globe.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Finding it hopes ible, in consequence ol
enfeebled health, to perform the duties'of
Postmaster (xeneial, in a satisfactory man
ner, 1 nave resigned that office, to take effect
as soon as my successor can be appointed.
Not having been fortunate enough to ac
cumulate wealth in a public office, I am tin
tier the necessity of nsorting o such private
employment as is suited to my stiengih ind
eondiiion, for tlie purpose of meeting the ctu
ient expenses cfa considerable famly.
A few hours each day devoted to ihe pen,
leaving an alienidauce of time for relaxation
mid exeicise, I nave Ibund by experience,
•mm the excitement of composition, to he
ra her conducive * i oiu ti.au iijurions;
snd this is the occupation, above all others,
ii os; agreeable to my taste and my pie-ent
itie.ima tioii.
M e.ssrs. Blair &. Rives have kindly offeted j
me the profits ot such subscription to the
Extra Globe fin the present season, as may
be raised on mv account, and I have con
settled to contribute to it until November
next, >f such a number of subscribers shall
he obtained as will vvariant that step.
1 am the more inclined to this devotion of
my time front a desire to prevent any mis
construction of the motives which have led
to my resignation. I wish to satisfy the
1 whole world :hat no dissatisfaction wilh the
| President or his administration, no mdisposi
hot) to render it the utmost support in my
power, no distrust of its measures or its de
signs, has had any effect in determining me
to prefer a private to a public station. On
die contrary, ray confidence in tint President,
in Ins integrity, his principles, and his linn
ie-s,lnve increased from’the day l tvas first
officially associated wifi him; my relations
with evety nietnber oflttsCahiuet,have been
unitiirmly, of a tints: friendly charactei ; and
my devotion to the oteat tnecistires tv ieh
nave tieett, a. and still are, snstatned by lie
Administration, kn tvs no abatement. The |
leading principles a vowed by the President,
I ,00k upon as essential to the preservation
of liberty and a government of the ptoj le;
and il I supposed that try resignation could
endanger their success, 1 should have clung
to 1 ffice as 1 would to life.
As soon as tle mcessary arrangements
are made, proposals, with a move extended
addri ss. will be presen ed to the friends of the
Administ ration. AMOS KENDALL.
May 11. IS4O.
THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
Tiie Convention friendly to the present ad-
I m ni-tration, which met at Baltimore on the
I 5d.0: M.v. to recommend candidates at the
! a xt election fin President and Vice Preside!)’,
j iff. tig adjourned after dedin ng to nominate
j ler tee Vice Presidency, I consider niyselt
u li tnzed to int rlere in that question so far
j s I iiave been made personally interested
in il.
The Union party in Georgia, which did me
he honor, very unexpectedly, to make an
unconditional iiom naiton of me for ttia? office,
i.l si year, had the kindness, in conformity to
mv wishes, to change that nomination into an
expression of preference, and to refer the
subject to the decision of those who were
expected, fairly representing tiieir political
friends, to d< cide.
N<* > ecision having been made, union and
eonceit of action are not now to he anticipa
ted. According to the present stale of things
no friend of the adnunistratiiHi can hope for
an “lection by the people The more fortu
nate can he thrown only high enough on the
electoral poll to secure the chance of being
ch sen by the Senate. \\ hoever succeeds,
then, will occupy bis place with the perfect
knowledge that be owes his lection to the
partiality of a fragment of his own party,
and holds it again'! the decision of a majori
ty of his fellow citizens.
Withhold the sustaining power of public
ip .robalioti, and the horror and emoluments
of public office in all free count iea, and par.
ticularlv in this, are but poor recompenses for
the labor performed, ihe responsibilities in
curred. and thp gross misrepresentations
iuevitablv encountered in fulfilling its duties.
During a large and not unsuccessful public
‘career. I have never yet been placed in a situ
ition to doubt that Hie position I occupied
was agreeable to the wishes of the great
majority of ihoe to whom belonged the right
to control if. I desire public station on no
other terms. Without denying to the Union
puny in Georgia, or anv other portion ofmv
fellow-citizens, the right to use my t ante, if.
in their opinion, it will be beneficial to the
* WE HOLD THESE TROTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE BURN ETiUAL.’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 23, is4o
ptibhc, it wiil not be further mixed np in lhi 4
contest if my wishes are respected. While ]
ilie coolest dbiitinur-j, it would be a sourct J
of vexation tome, and what would be cor.-,,
sidered a suc-cessful result, ts attainable, would j
afford ir,e no personal (^ratification.
JOHN TOILSYTF T ANARUS, j
From the Gharltftui Mercuty cf the ft.b inst.
DEMOCRATIC STATE RIGHTS PART'f
OF CHARLESTON.
Such a gathering of the people as took
place on Thursday night, is not often wit
nessed in our coy. The City Hall was
crammed to oveiflowlng, and every window
and the wide steps were filled with eagei
listeners. ‘The feeling that pervaded lids
ureat assembly was worthy ol the occasion.
Tlie defence of the principles on which our
pnrv is based, by tJie successive sptakers
who addiessed the throng, was received with
an enthusiasm that leaves no hope among us
tor the operations of that new zealot of Har
nsonism (one of the Sena'ors of South Caro-
lina) who, on Monday las', in the Wing young
Men’s Convention at Bdtimore, referting to
the Federal candidate, pledged himself ‘/o
dt vole to him Jtis labour, his thoughts his j er-
S9it and his purse. ’ His labor, his thought.*
and bis person will have as littie effict here
as his pu se, and lie had as well nurse them
ail for his pr.vate comfort.
The Hoc. Henry L. Pinckney, Mayor,
was called b> the Chair, and while the C( nt
mittee were preparing the Address and Re
so.ution.s, was called upon to address the
meeting, which he did, and for an hour de
lighted them with an eloquent aid viv.d
sketch oftfie principle*, aims and chaiacterol
tilt* two great parties of the Union. We do
nt ath nipt any report of the speeches. Mr.
Pinckney was followed by Mr. Mtmminger
on the part of the committee, who read the
Addiess and Resolutions, which the leader
will find in our paper. Alter which, he ;d
----dressed the meeting. There was in Mr.
M< mminget’sspeech, a clearness o! thought, j
cogency of reasoning, vigor of language a id
high toned feeling that thoroughly roused ti e
whole thtong. The meet ng was addressed
by Messrs. Khett, Elmore and others, and
went on increasing in enthusiasm to the last.
Phe Address and Resolution- were adopted
without a dissenting voice, and are now pul
forth to the world as the sentiment* of an
overwhelming majoiity of the people of
Charleston. Tlie Kesolution expressing our
confidence in Mr. Calhoun, and grateful ap
p < relation of Ins eminent services to the State,
was received with repeated bursts of ap
plause, and when the Chairman, in suhmii-
ting the different resolunons to the approval
ol the meeting, came to that, he said, ‘gen
tlemen, I will hot put the question on this re
solution,’ —iie was answered by a simultane
ous burst from every par: of the crowd that
fairly slu ok the Hall, and told him in a voice
not • o be mistaken, that fie was right in sup
po ing there ci u and be no doubt or question
on that head.
We are now, therefore, in the right posi
lion, united on principle and one in feeling.
Our fir-t movement lias been to declare the
principles we hold, and uh ch we nem to
defend to ihe utmost. We have not advan
ced a moment too soon to the great contest
which is undeniably pending and on the re-
suit oi which more deomxla n -y
struggle s ucc the days ot Jciietson. Ue
have not only a tohle cause, the noblest that
can awake the energies of freemen, but a
cause in peril, and which it may dej end upon
our votes and our moral influence to tescue
mm defeat and dinaster. Il can neither be
denied nor forgone .1, that in opposing Har
rison, we are opposing not only the foes of
S;ate liights, hut tlia toes of our social msti
tut.ous. l’tie prK)l of this last was fully can
va-sed and established on Thursday i ight;
and we shall bring it before the public in a
condensed lot 111 on Monday. To-dav our
columns are too crowded lo give iv room.
We have made the charge, and feel fully
able to sustain it, that the sentiment of North
ern Abohtion is one of the main pillars of the
Harrison party at the north.
6TATE RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC MEET
ING.
At a large and respectable meeting of the
Demociatic party of Charleston, bed at the
City Hall yesterday evening the 7th inst.,
His Honor the Mayor, was called to the
Chair. The meeting being otganized,
I. was moved by Col. Memmmger that a
Committee oi - twenty-rive be appointed to
prepare an Addttss, —
Thereupon, these gentlemen were appoint
ed bv the Chair :
C. G. M EMM UNGER. Esq.
Hon. HENRY DEAS,
H m. F. H. ELMORE,
Hon. JACOB AXON,
KER BOYCE. Esq.
Hon. J. S. RHETT.
HENRY GOl RDIN. E q.
Horn D E. HUGER,
•jvi.ij. WM. LAVAL,
JAMES LEGARE E q.
Gen E H EDWARDS,
JOHN MAGRA HI. Esq.
THO'v D. CONDY E q.
Col. JAMES LYNAH,
H >n. J S. ASHE.
ROBERT WO I HERSPOON,
I HO MAS LEHRE, E q.
JOHN LUC \>. Esq
Dr. JOHN DUNNOVANT,
JOHN STROHECKER E q.
Col. JOHN SCHNIERLE,
G O GIBBON, E-q.
EDWARD CAREW, Esq.
The Committee having retired to prepare’
the Address, His Honor the Mayor was’
loudly called lor by the meeting, and lie re-I
sponded to tiie call in an eloquent manner.
Mr. Memmmger, in behalf of the Com
mittee presented the following
ADDRESS.
Fellow Citizens :—We afe again sum
moned forth, 10 defend the great principles
~f constitutional right, upon which depend
the liberties and existence of the South.—;
Hitherto, the struggle between the parties,
which for several years past have divided the |
Union, has been one for place and p over, in
which South Carolina did not condescend to j
mingle. Her position as the champion of j
State Rights, had become one of dignified!
neutrality; and she chose not to soil he r j
ermine, in a contest which involved no prin-’
ciple, to which site was pledged. The pro- j
mi.ten! cand dates lor tiie Presidency, pos-i
‘essed not her confidence; and although one ■
of them had avowed a prefere ce for the,
principles of the South, and thereby had se;
cured the favor of a portion of our people I
vet the State at large, preferred to stand aloofi
from ihe contest, until time should lest the i
sincerity of profession. That test has now
been applied, and the principles of action,
which govern parties, now stand open to the
observation of the world. In the heat of a
long continued canvass, they have each been
brought to stale their true position, and to
range themselves tinder leaders, whose prin
ciples cannot be mistaken. A combination
lias been Gjrir.ed, embracing all those mate
rials, which have so dten threatened the
i peace and security of ‘he Union, and now
advancin ;in full w to invade \ik rtgi.ls
j of the South.
J An open war has been declared against ihe
j present administration, because it has dared
J o stand up In defence if the Democratic
principles of the Constitution. The parh
I of Abolitionism, of the Tar-ff, of Bunk-,
and consolidation in all its varied forms, have
made common cause. Denouncing ine Pie
sideut as ‘ the Nortliern man with Southern
princ pies, 5 they thereby avow the ground
! work of their 1 ostihtv, and so earnestly and
zealously do they se ze ujton and pervert to
their own purjxises, every element ofstiife,
that it has nmv h come the duty of every
friend of fits country, to resist their farther
advances. Now that the battle is waxing
warmest, and real danger threatens; it is not
in the generous nature of South Carolina to
decline the combat. Wherever her friends
and principles encounter danger, there wi.l
ever be found her standard, advancing to the
rescue.
It cannot be disguised (hat the great prin
ciples which now divide parties in the Union,
are precisely those, which have been ever
the subject of controversy since the founda
tion of free Governments. There has al
ways been fiytnd a party sbivinato ride over
the Democracy, and under one pretext or
another it is found in our country attempting
to secure to its votaries the whole power and
ui vantages of the Federal Government. F nd
i:ig themselves lemmed in by the wisdom of
the Constitution, they have resorted to tlie de
vice ofconstruotive power?,and seek thereby
to substitute the will of a majority, for the Ma
gua Charta of our Liberties. Tlie people of
our Slate, in common wilh their Brethren of
the South, have ever held, that submission to
such a doctrine, is virtually a surrender of
the very Ciiadel of our Liberties. It is in
fact a repeal of the Constitution itself. In
this opin on were fully agreed both the great
parties which lately agitated our Sta'e.—
Ti eir only diffeience was concern ng the
remedy against an infringement oft heir rights.
That difference l as been adjusted by events;
we now again stand where all originally
stood, mak ng common cause for the great
principles of Republican State Rights. Just
ly may we hail the moment as an eta, when
once again all the peopled our Slate can
meet at one common altar in Ihe great cause
of our country. All save tiiat nameless co
hort which gave uncertain support to the Ad
ministration while it was si longest; hut wh ch
true to its own preference tor Tariffs, Bank*
and consolidation) now abandons it* allies
when assailed, and has made known its se j -
cesston liom the great State Rights and Un
ion paily of the South by hoisting in our
city tlie sell same banner, under which the
Abolitionist is ma clung to invade u-\
Under these ciicninstances and believing
as we firmly do, that for the South the period
has arrived, when every free patriot is bound
to take Ins post, we but owe it to outsellts
and tne countiy, to declare the grounds upon
which we range ourselves with the friends ol
tlie AdmiiiUration.
1. It cannot be concealed, that the fixed
determination, with which tlie Piesi-ient lias
carried out his inaugural declaration against
Ine schemes of the Abolitionists, has concen
trated against him the malice of ttiai
(11 u !T p, c■ .. . v Yin. oc it igvtnuianeb C<l fl
collect the least lince, it is found invariably
mars halled aginst the administration ; and
it is now become obvious that the defeat of
ttie administration is regarded by them as a
tniuuph of t!.eir principles. So close is tlie
intimacy between tlie opposition and tlie Ab
olitionists, that even in the Halls of Congress,
when tlie cleaiest and untve.sally acUnowi
edged l igius of the South are under di-cus
stun, the public servants of the country aie
found silently deserting iheir posts to avoid a
declaration oi undoubted right*, winch migiit
offend llieir Abolition confederates. Nay !
so powerful seems the influence of tins a Ii
ance, and so closely does it appear inter wo
ven with hostility to Southern Insntuiioii--,
that upon a question of vital importance to
tlie South, one of our own Senators is missing
fiuinhis place, and one hall the C"ii*iiiuiiou
al voice of the State is lost to her support.
Contrast such results with the brave and ge
nerous support of the Administration! Dis
darning personal consideration, anil nga d
less ol the clamour of the Abolitionist, they
gather around the distinguished cha pion ol
I our rights, and by their unflinching counte-
I nance and support enable him to estab, nr. a
I proposition essential to tlie defence and sec ti-
r.iy oi our Institutions.
In the other Hall oi Congress, the same line
of policy coaracierized each ot the eonufi l
ing parlies. Il needs but a tneie perusal ot
the Journals to establish beyond a doutu,
that every measure which lias cieckeil die
advat.ee of Abolition owes ns cniel suppo.l
and its success, to the fiends ofi the AdttiiH.s
tralion, while those propositions which i vmce
host 111 ty to 011 r Institutions, always on-m.iie
and are sustained among the oppos.te party.
The veiy tact (wincii me opposition ate corn
j pelted to admit) that their candidate tor me
Presidency lias declared his op.uion mat me
Revenues of the Federal Government can be
constitutionally, and ought to be apjdi it to
the emancipation ot S.aves, is ajjogeitiei con-
clusive. It proves tli 1 1 it be he ilecteu Pre
sident the Constitution is no longer me guar
antee ofi our property —but ue hold 11 under
Uiat most degrading and uncertain ofi all ten
urts —the wi l ofi a inajoiity, and tliat niajoi i
t/ with mteresis variant from, and even iios
lile to, our own.
2. l’he next great leading measure upon
whicit w,e feel bound lo make common cause
| with the Administration, is its opposition to a
Bank ot the United States. AA e take it as
established beyond a doubt, that the people o!
South Carolina have mace up theu final
judgment against such an institution. They
regard it as both dangerous and uncons itu
tional; as abandoning all ttie grounds which
lias been gained against itrrpaed poiyets;
and as yielding np our rights, political and
‘ Commercial, to the unlimited control of the
section in which surh a Bank would be leca
; ted. The dangers to a Republic with which
1 suclt an institution is fraught, anJ its dtsas
trous influence over the commerce and ;gr:-
eulture ot the country, have now b cutne
matter ofi history, and. it can be only these
wlto prefer tiie quietude of despotism, who
would now unite their efforts with ti e Oppo
sition party, and propose to the Soutti to sur
render itself at di'Cretion to the tender mer
! cies ofi a fifty or seventy million Back.
3. The establishment ofi a steady and con
stitiona currency, is justly considered one ol
the mo.'t important measures which the Ail
! ministration has sought to promote. In so
| laudable and patriotic a purpose, we feel
: hound to yield them our entire confidence and
i support, and when we consider the peculiar-
ly untoward condition of the times, and the
array ol’ influence, interest and prejudice
agai st which they have had to contend, in
advancing this gmat measure, we cannot too
strongly express our approbation and en
couragement. Every effort has b-mn
by a vast majority of the partisans a id debt
ors of nine hundred Banks scrtiered through
out the Union, with the United States Bank
at their head, to attribute to the Admimstra-
t on tVi.s WiuCii ate Solely Chargeable to ihe |
speculating m oia, which had overrwh rite j
country, and to the crazy ssues and errors
oh the Banks themselves. But :he sober se
cond th ught ol the people is rap dly apply
ing the co.rtctive; ai d tt.e second suspen
sion of the Pennsylvania and S inherit Bank-,
con rasti it as it is With the coud.tion of those
in New Voik and elsewhere, wu.ch have not
su*p- uded, has furnished proof of the sound
Yews nt tne admiuistrahon, and evinces to
eveiy reflecting mind where the true mischief
it’s, i here can scarcely occur any evil of
greatei magnitude, than to fasten upon a
country an irredeemable piper curreucv. Ii
big its the very bud of enterprise, and bv
subjecting to uncertainty, the measure of vah
ue. operates wild as much harshness and in !
jaMicr, as though other standards of value,!
such as the pound weights and bu>hel meas I
ures of the country were suddenly and ca- j
prictouslv to he changed, il it were projxts
ed to i ur people, that tfie Bank Directors ot
any other set of men, should be allowed to
change tlie weights and measures of the
community, vvl enever it suited thetr pleasure,
and that contracts made under tlie old stan 1-
aul should be executed according to the new,
the piopositton would deservedly meet with
universal scorn. It would be perceived at
once, that tlie Bank Di ectors or other regu
lators, could combine ant- ng themselves,and
agree upon a day when the standard should
be changed, and that after that day two
pounds for instance should be melt'd togeth
er and represent but one. Os course each
titan in the secret would go for h and sect.re
contracts tor thousands of pounds of cotton
or any other article of value to b.* delivered
at sotn ■ period beyond the day ti.us fixed
uputt for (tie change.
Can any ti i g be more obvious, than tl at
when ihe seller is called upon lor his contracl
and is thus compelled to deliver double the
quantify he had anticipated, right is invaded
and the most flagtam injustice has been per
pet ated? And yet precisely similar is the
result which follows the power to expand and
contract the currency of the country ; a pow
er which ihe B u ks now enjoy throughout
the Union, and that too without responsibility
to any hut then own stockholders. Is it not
appaient, that an irresponsible power thus
tooveiturn the stan lards ol value; lints to
expand or contract the currency'; and there
by to enhance or put down the prices of labor
and ol all commodities, is in fact an arbitrary
power o’er every individual; is a power to
m rease the rate and expenses ot life of every
citizen, and to reduce at pleasure the accus
iomed income of the mechanic, tlie laborer,
and the agriculturist? It is against this ir
responsible power that (lie Administration
lias been contending, it is to ensure steadi
ness a tul certainty to the of wages labor, and
to the produce and commerce of the country,
that the President lias so earnestly urged
upon the people the necessity of some cneck
upon the Binks. Can any man doubt, that
it ttie Adrninistral.on instead of opposing the
reckless speculations of the Western Banks
■ tad It nt them its countenance or even de
clined to.oppose them that we should have
now been whelmed itro a vortex of calamity,
fir exceeding the worst reaiitv we have vet
encountered ?, o A.itf, jyi l S. and Yhe pre
sent dtpreciahon of the bills ot our nearest
.neighbors; will any man propose that the
Government should make them Depositories
of the public money, and present them wtlli
a Bonus of fioirrJO to 15 per cent, for de
basing the currency of the country? We
take it as the settled pol cy of South Carolina
to resist any such fallacy, and as her deter
mined pui pose to join with the Administration
in restoring healthrut action to the hotly I
poittic.
5. We regard the opposite nos the Ad
aim.stial.oii to the system ol Internal Im
pro ement by the G lert! Government as
forms nig another claim to our confidence
and support ; and we feel ourselves authorized
to cail upon the State Rights party of the
whole South to aid t .eoi hi : xdngutsiiing a
system so sectional and coriuptiug. The
people oft: is State have declared their op.n
ton sp often upon tins subjict, and are so
fully satisfied ol its soundness that it would
bea work ot supererogation further to dis
cuss ttie subject.
6. And, lastly, we hold ourselves hound to
make common cause with the Aumimst aiion
tu opposing that prollgaie parent o! Internal
Impiovement, and of vv.i telul and reckies
expenditures, I'anff for the protection ol
Domestic Manufactures. Oa this subject
S mth Carol na has so recently taken her
ground in the l ice of the world that it wou-l ;
he vain aaum to repeat her solemn declara
tion. All her sons, with the exception of that
fragment winch, finding no congeniality with
die rest, has no oriuuately stiaved into ihe
camp which shelters enemies; all on te in ihe
meal cause of Free Trade; all insist that
where the Constitution guai unties freedom to
i a I. none shall he respected, arid that the
M iniil’icurt-r, like every other citizen, should
!>“ left free to compe ition, and should not
: fatten on the spoils of i- neighbor.
Tlieudi)!e he it Resolved:
1. Tint the present Administration of t ie
General Government is e lined loom warm
♦•<t confidence and stipp.. for die fi mnes>
a;ul resolo inn with wh ch ty 1 ave.MisUiiiitd
tlie great Democialic pniicpes of the C m
stitution, and t erghts w ich a e guarantied
to die South.
2. Resolved That the sound and enlight
en’ and policy which has been pursued by t e I
Administration to avert the gieat evils aris 1
mg front irredeemable Bank paper, and to
restore to the country a Constitutional cu.-j
•eiicv, is founded niton wise consideration of
the pub io good and is entitled to our zealous
encouragement and support.
3. Resolved That the uncnmuromising and
determined stand wh rh has been made bv
the Administration agai si the schemes of die
: Abolitionists evinces its sincere and earnest
! regard P>r Southern R'glits. anrl entitles the
President to our confidence and support.
4. Resolved, Thai in identifying himself
wilt* principles of public policy, m> esse id a I
to the trup interests of the South, the Hon.
Ma rtin Van Boren has entitled himself to i's j
confidence and support, and as citizens of
South Carolina we pledge ourselves to sus
lain his reelection as president of the United
Stales.
5. Resolved. That the Hon. John C. Cal
houn, our Senator in Congress, is entitled to
the hearty-confidence and spjn*rt of his frl
low citizens for the ability and Zeal Wit
which he has vindicated ihe principles of the
South, and promoted the best interests of this
State, and more esp-dally f>r the ability and
eloquence with whic , in his place in the
■senate of the United States, unaided and
alone, he iias repres nted feelings and princi-
j pies of the Legislature and people of South
1 Carolina.
| Alter the reading of the Address. Me.
M •mmingpr, in a verv eloquent speech, ad |
▼ocaled thp claims of the nresent Adminis
tration 1o the support of this Siate.
Col. F H. Elmore th.*n rose an 1 respond
ed to the loud and frequent calls made for
’ him He was followed by the Hon J.S.RLett
| A Her some (bsou-anon, tli * Address ami j
j Resolutions were sept lately put to the meet
!:g, and were unanimously adopted.
Upon .motion oi Robert Wotherspoon, E q
it was—
Resolved, Tfi.it aji Executive Committee
*l Itiiity be appointed; and the following!
| gentlemen were then named—
■ Executive Committee of Thirty.
Aiex. McDonald W. IL \\ ,!son.
R. Wciherspoon, \Y. 0. G'Hewood,
Ii Q- Pinckney. it J. H u by,
L. Dotson, Dr. A. G. Howard,
Alex. II Brown, Geo. Kinioch,
M. I. K ith, Dr. J. M. Righton,
John A. Smart, Jis. K. Knight,
C Kanapaux, D. Jforlbcck,
j Laval, Dr. Keckely,
J J* f-*- Nowel, Roht. K. Payne,
I George Mattson Thomas Ryan,
j I homas D. Condy, Henry S. Tew,
J. A. St. Amand, I homa* Clyde,
f 1 ranci* Lance, W illiam Jones.
W■ A. King.
O.t motion of R. VV. Seymour, E-q. it
was—
Rssoloed, That an Executive Cnmmiliee ‘> :
consist of 30 be appou.ted by ihe Chairman
of this meeting, to recommend such measures
as may trom time to time be ueces*aiy for the |
successful main.cnance ot the principles we j
have pledged ourselves to support.
Resolved, That the Chairn an be also re
qutsted at his Itasure to nominate a Commit- i
tee ol Correspondtnee for the purpose of en- !
i’ fi eiag upon the public mind the importance ’
of ihe principles which now unite us.
On motion of H. J. Hat by. Esq. it was—
Resolved , That the Executive Committee \
are hereby requested to nominate in each j
Ward of the City and for the Neck the fol
lowing Committees of Vigilance?
In \\ ard No. I—Committee of 100
In \Vard No. 2-Committee of 100
In \\ ard No. 3 -Commit.ee of 100
In W ard No. -I—Committee of 100
On the Neck—Committee of 100
I he proceedings were ordered to be pub
lished, and tlie meeting adjourned
May 9, 1849.
H. L. PINCKNEY, Chairman. |
S. M. Walker, ) 0
Wm.D. Porter. \ Sceuetanes.
EXTRACTS FROM THE HON. WALTER j
T. COLQUITT’S CIRCULAR.
* * * ■# * #
“ But, fellow citizens, if Mr. Web ter is a
I’ ederaltst (and this is not denied even bv him
self,) we have other proof of Ins Federalism,
and of later date. In his Cheviot s|x;eclt ol \
which so much has beiti said, to imther tlie
claims ol General Harnso; , delivered on the
4iti of July, 1833, tie remarks: ‘I have thus,
leik'w citizens, endeavored to explain to you
the principles upon which the government of
our'Union i formed. I recommend to you,
however, the Proclamation of the President j
of the United States , issued on the lOtti ol j
Dtc tuber last, and the speeches of Mr. IVtb I
ste i, delivered Hi the fcenaie ol tlie United!
Slates at tlieir iast session of Congress, m I
answer to the arguments of Mr. Calhoun,
as containing the most eh q ient and saiiMac
toiy exposition of those p inciples IphYA’
pVvtlamntion , l think General Jackson has ren
dered a service to hi country of greater mag
mtude than liis splendid victory at J\'tw Or
leans.’ What mink you of ins tpimons of
the construction of the Constitution? If Mr.
Webster is latitudmous and Federal, so is !
General Harrison; lor lie lauds and com-’
mends the lormet as an eloquent and satisfac- 1
tory constitutional expositor. Bui what will
tiie members of ihe Stale Rights party say
ol his high commendations ot the proclama
tion ? a paper that the friends of the Presi
dent have tried to muddy and explain. Re
cently, Mr. V\ ebster, in otder to aid Geneial
Hamsun in liis election, and to correct a false
nood which lie says had been Circulated,
among other tilings makes the following re
uiai Is:
‘He (General Harrison) lias now been se
1. e.ed oy Hie general voice ol those whose
political principles agree with Ins own, to go
to tne tiead ol toe column, and to bear up
and advance the flag under which g is h ped
those pi maples may be maintained and defeat
ed.’
1 have now shown you that General Har
rison was a Federalist m 1793, in 182 ti, hi
1833, and, il Mr. Webster is authority, in
1840. But the comnuiiee who have charge
ol General Flu i ison and ins opinions confirm
the same iinng, in the loilovving language .
4 i tie General’s views, in regard to ail the
important and exciting questions of ihe day,
have Heretofore been given to the public, tut
iy and explicitly; and that those views,
whether cotmecitd with constitutional or oili
er questions of very great interest, have un
dergone no change.’
1 nave noticed, among the resolutions sub
mitted by the committee at the meeting in
Macon, that it is suited mat ‘on the formation
o. the Imliauu i'erritory tie was appointed by
Mr. Jefferson and Mr, Madison, Governor ol
maijarge and interesting di pendancy of the
Union.’ Toe committee will perceive mey
n.tve made a mistake, as I have already
shown. Instead ot having been appointed
iiv Mr. Jefferson, lie v\as appointed by die
elder Adams. Mr. Jellerson loun i him in
otfice wnen he came into the iYes.denna! j
chair, and did n>t remove him ; so did M . I
Madismi. M . Jetllison Ibund neaily all t ie
offices till and by Fedeialists, very many of
j wij.-m he continued, i liisciipumstaoct! can
I no! weigh a leather tavoiable to ms being i
Republican. 1. any testimony could be
| brought to soovv that he ever claimed to tie
! a Republican, il would Gut n fiord evidence of
ins being a tergiversator, and unfit to fie
n ustvd. Bm the truih of his being a Fed< r
aiisi is so well csiabhstied that no unprejudic
ed mind c m doubt.
\\ no, men, are the present supporters m j
General Hamsun? No one can doubt ii,a
the master spirits ol tne party are Webster,
Ciay, and Adams; and although (here me
now among tns supporters some who have
professed and ac.ied wnh die Republican par
ly, yet, ttv tar me majority of Ins supponeis
are Itie Federalists; and if lie is eitcieii. ihe
Government will inevitably he under ihe
control of ftiat party.
1 wi i heg leave t • presen another subject
to your consideration, worthy of your serious
regard—a subject ol vital importance to the ;
whole South—E mean the subject of Abolition, j
It is t fie blindness of stupidity, or the madi ess j
of party, tor anv man to doubt that the nom
inalioti of General Harrison was made with
tfie view ami for the purpose of obtaining
strength bv pmcudug the votes of the abo.i
tionist. The friends of General Harrison sa i
that he was nominated because it was thougld
he could obtain the most votes. Os this 1
have no doubt; hut the reason for believing
he could procure a better vote than H nrv
Clay, was, tint lie might gel the strength and
niflu’ nee of this support, which Clay could
t ot. ‘ldle e are some facts which I know,
aid a few others to which I will refer, upon
t i subjf ct. J know that no petition, having i
(hr its object ihe abolition of slavery in the i
District of Columbia, in the States or Terri- !
lories, has been presented this session, but by i
a I know that no speech ha* been
m.ti e m lavor ot Abofrtiomsts this Col’gress.
but has been made by a Whig. I know that
upon thermal vote, to exclude, bv a rule of
toe House, tbs reception of these petitions
but one W tog iVom a non siavehol mg State
■ Vl,u ‘ J with us, while lour Southern Whigs
voted against us—-among whom was
Beil, of Tennessee, the Wing candidate for
Speaker. I know that at least two ol tin
Democratic party refused to be made h e in
struments ot’ presenting such petitions, and
one of mem a Senator from Ohio, a non
slaveholding State, where the Abolitionist*
are numerous. Mr. Tappan said :
* Onio will do unio others as she claim?
that they should do unto her. As she will
; not permit any inletferenc-e with her own in
stitutions, so she wHi not permit any of her
servants to interfere with the institutions of
other States. I know her will upn thin
matter; it -is clear and unequivocal. Reso
lutions ol her assembly have repeatedly de
ilared her sentiments upon she subject matter
<>t these petitions, and Iter,decided opinion
that the attempt making by these petitioner*
•is hosti.e to the spirit of the C. n- i.ulion, ami
I destructive of the hatmoiiy of the Union
nid a recent more numerous assemblage of
j. Democratic delegates in a Slate Convention
i than has ever before met in that State, will*
but three dissenting voices, adopted the fob
| lowing resolutions:
j ‘ Resolved, Jhal, in fbe opinion of lhi4
convention, Congress ought not, without the.
i consent of the people of the District, and of
i ‘h o 7 ,ateß of v ‘r'"|a and Maryland, to abol
ish Slavery in the District ol Columbia ; and
i jh‘d the efforts now making lot that purpose,
j l, y “/ganized societies in the free States, ar.*
■ the spirit ol the Constitution, and
destructive to the harmony of the Union.
Reso'ved , I hat slavery being a domestic
institution recognized by the Constitution of
the United States, we, as citizens of a freo
State, have ho right to interfere with it: and
that the organizing of societies and associa
tions in free States, m opposition to the insti
tutions of -aster States, while productive of
no good may be the cause of much mischief;
i and while such associations !i>r political pur •
: poses ought to be discountenanced by every
j !l)ver Peace and concord, no sound Demo
crat will have pa l l or lot with then:.
Resolved, I hat political Abolitionism is but
anctent federalism, under anew guise, and
tl e pout.cat action of anti-slavery societies
IS only a device for the overt! r. w of Democ
racy.
1 know, sir, that I hose resolutions express
’ d‘C deliberate judgment of the Democracy of
Ditto as to the sentiments of the opponents of
the Democratic party, the Harnsunians, f
know less. Their conduct is open to obser
vatio.. By that, it is well known that they
hold m their fraternal embrace (lie entire abo
•bion part ol tire popu ation of Ohio.’
‘l'hese facts have occutred during the pre
sent session of Congress, and yet very many
southern members shut their eyes to the**
startling truths, and are glad at heart (hat thu
J\ or them Democrats will lose sticngth in their
respective districts, tin giving us their aid.
Much pains have been taken.p*jy datiupl-
Wg'tiVprove leal Gen. Harrison himself is
not an Abolitionist. But official lattrs ami
speeches prove this : that I e is opposed to sla
very ar.u desiits it abolished. As 1 am wri
ting lor \our candid cousidviation an uuvar
nylud talc, 1 will call your a ten lion io hi *
ciiculir, which lie publish, and lor the puiposo
1 o! st iaying tlie displeasure of the Abolition*
1 a- 9 :
4 Fellow Citizens: Being called suddenly
home to attend my sick lamily, 1 have but a
moment to answer a tew ol tlie ‘calumnies’
which are iu cucplation me. I
am accused of being fritndly to slavery. —
From my earliest youtu to the pitseni mo
ment, I nave been u.eaident trend ol human
libei iy. At the age of eighutn, 1 became a
member of an abolition society, established at
Richmond, Virgin.a, the u bje ct ol winch was
to amehoiate me cm tuion ol Javea, and pro--
j cure tiieir freedom by every legal means.
J My vetu ruble friend, Judge Gitch, ol'Cler-
I m int county, was Iso a m mbei of this so
c.ely, and tias atelv given me a certificate
iha i1 .v its one 7 lit obligations l t/un came
under I have faithfully pci formed.’
This circuia. prvis th.it . e unfriendly
to slaveiy, and that lie cons.dered it a calum
ny to be considered triendw, necessary lor
him t” repel; and it proves that he was so
anxious to t eta;n the friendship ol the Aboli
tionist, that he actually thought it necessary
to obtain a certificate that he was a member of
an Abolition seen ty. It - other proof te ne
cessary io show mat he isoppusetJ tosavery,
and w sues it abolished, lead again ihui part
ol his speech (a pin ot which has so fre
qot-n Iy been published in ins defence) iu
whicn he says: Should I he aske<t if there is
no wav by winch the Geneial Government
can aid the cause of em-ncipaiion, I answer
that it has long been an object near my heart
to see the whole of its surplus revenue appro
priated to that object .’ Fjiiterhumug , ( tse
Views so btiong.y (iisapptobatitig >!avery
living, as fie does, in a non shiveho.dmg Suite
—made the available candidate tor iin I'Ve*
sideticy through their infioei cc, and warmly
suppoited bv Blad-, Adaius. Gianger, Gates
and oti er advocates of Abolition m ihe mT *
| ofCungiess; wtio wi I dare believe, if a bill
| should pass tor immediate emancipation, t| at
I he would affix hi veto Whether le is the
advocate of the present action of the Aboii
t onists, is very immaterial His speech at
Vincennes shows tin t he d.rl not spj rove of
toe designs of the Abolitionists; and his vote
for the admission of Missouri without restric
tion a e arguments m his liivor. Rut wh .t
is he now? What evidence have we ihat he
is not now an Aboli'onist ? Letters have
beet, addressed to him on this subject, which
he lads to answer. A comnuiiee has new
taken charge if his person and opinions, so for
as to stand between him and the people oft he
United Mates whose confidence he scrAs and
r l’i es to give any satisfacti. n. VV |i the
pe ‘pie of Georgia, with ihu.se met* aotoenti
eiii'd and staring them in the ace. he satis-
I fi and with the remarks fie made many years
ago upon this subject, especially when lhev
know how the list of Abolitionists have swell
ed in CV.io since Ins Speech at Vincennes?
V\ ill they trust a man who now refuses ur
answer any question upon this topic for their
; satisfactionr lakmg fiis abhorrence cfsla*
i ve y, ‘ !S location, the manner he has been
j placed before the people, the triumphant feel
j ings exhibited by those who have made
j speeches in lavurof the Abolitionists, their
j y at his nomination and prospect ol success;
take these circumstances in connexion wit It
hs declining to arstyer questions upon ti.a
.he subject, and I ask any dispaasiopate man
it his Vincennes sp*ecli alone entitles him to
the suHrage of the Soutii ? Ought not Geor
gia to have assurances, ihat the man she sup*
port* for President would veto any bid inter
ft-ing with sia verv in D slrici of Columbia
or the Slates ? For me, ihe well ant entira
ted fact that sip is a Federa’w. that he is their
! candidate and supported by them and that if
j elec.ied, it would be a Federal Administration ,
} would be sufficient to prevent me from vield-
I ing Jjuri any support. And liis position, by
J NO. Is.