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sral ftovcrnmcnt. He gne< for a fog-’ dta
etimiliating protective tarill, and fie would
not recede from that odious system until its
blighting e flick had coveicd the streets of
Charleston and Norfolk with grass. He ap ■
ulietl to the first Senate, which sat after the :
termination of the last war tor a resolution
approbatory ol his military comk:ct~-for tliat |
purpose bis*name was inserted with Governor
SJieifivV, in a resolution of thanks moved be- j
tore tiiat body, (he Senate as in committc of
fiie whole, struck it tut l>v a vfotc ol 13 yeas
to 11 nays—and although the Senate refused
to concur by a majority of one , many being i
absent who had previously voted to strike out,
(tie resolution won recommitted, mid never
again reported to the Senate daring that Cor.- \
gresi. lie was nominated by tire Harrisburg j
Convention, c-mposcd of a majority of men •
hostile to our interests and opinions, and is:
approved of by Biniel Webster, the great
giant of Federalism, as the standard hearer
v/lio is to advance the ffog under which be
hopes finnl'y to impress his principles upon
the institutions of this country.- He h the
favorite candidate and nominee of the north- <
rrn whigi, every one ol wlihm, with a so,iia- j
rv exception, voted lor the reception of abo- j
lition petitions bv tbe Congress ol the United j
States and a great portion of which party is ,
composed of’ Abo itionists, Anti-Masons, ;
Hartford Convention Federalists and Essex .
Junto Men—a party at this day led on by
Arthur Tappnn, John Q. Adams, Francis :
Granger, and William Slade. He is at this ;
moment surrounded by a committee of two \
Federalists and one Abolitionist, who have i
declared that General Harrison will not he !
permitted to answer any question which may !
lie put to him by the people relative to his |
views, his principles, or his opinions!!! They
answer for him and take the responsibility
upon themselves, thus exhibiting the navel
and startling example of a candidate for office
refusing to shew his hand to the people, or to
answer their interrogatoics which they may
think proper to address him. _
Resolved, therefore, That tor these, to us,
all sufficient and unanswerable reasons, we
disapprove the nomination of William 11.
Harrison for the Presidency, and we call upon
every Georgian who values the Union—the
purity of our principles, and the preservation
of our domestic institutions, to cry out with a
Joud voice which shall reach frorr. the sea
bord to the mountains, and from the Savannah
to the Chattahoochee, against the nomination j
smd support of such a man as we have shewn j
Gen. Harrison to be,
2nd. Resolved, That we spurn from us with j
indignation the effort to play off upon us the |
poor! miserable and contemptible catch words, j
and jockv phrase of dog cabin and hard cider,’ j
as ail evidence of the low estimation in which j
the whig party hold the intelligence of the j
people of Georgia ; and that while we think ;
neither nyore nor less of a man on account of
his abode, his diet, or his drink, we car. re
cognize neither a a proof of ability and patriot
ism, or of his weakness or degeneracy.
3rd. Resolved, That all the papers in the
state are requested to publish this preamble
and resolutions*.in order that nur voice may
he heard in warning and communion with the
balance of our fellow citizens.
4th. Resolved, That our Representatives in
Congress jre requested to have the same pub
fished ill the Globe and National Intelligencer
at Washington City.
On motion of J. Perry, Esq. the thanks of:
the meeting was tendered to the Chairman
and Secretary.
On motion of M. N. McCabe the meeting
adjourned. ISAAC BRYAN, Chairman.
E. B. Gross, Secretary.
Extract from the Address of the Democratic
Central committee of the State of Ken
tucky.
The following note from Capt. Win. Cham
bers end C. Van Buskirlc, K q. confirms the
statement we have made—shows that Gen.
Harrison will not come out on Abolition, to
oblige friends or foes :
Louisville, Kv., April 12, 1810.
Gf.mti.kmen: —Early on the 10th of Apiil
lust., we called at the residence of Gen. Wrn.
11. Harrison, at North Bend, Ohio. When
n-e were informed the General was indisposed;
but in something less than an hour he made
his appearance. After the usual salutations
were exchanged, one of the undrsigned (Wm.
Chambers) handed Gen. Harrison a letter
addressed to him by the Democratic Centia)
Committee of Kentucky, on the subject of
Abolition. He received it, perused it--turned
back and re-examined parts of it; expressed
astonishment that his opinions, so repeatedly
expressed, were not known to those gentle
men, and said that nothing could induce him
to answer such interrogatories) coming either
from friends or foes.
In a subsequent conversation, be referred
to opinions beretolote expressed by him, but
nude no further response to the letter of the
•Central Committee.
Very rcspccifullv, vours, Sue,
WM*. CHAMBERS,
C. VAN BUSKIRK.
To the Democratic Central Committee of Ky.
A duplicate of the letter sent to Gen. Harri
s.iii, was, os is stated in the body ol if, also
transmitted to the President, who, instead of
taking shelter behind a committee, or ‘standing
mute,’ replied as follows:
Washington, Apiil Cl, 1840.
Gentlemen: I have received your letter of
the 2d iust., and cheerfully comply with your
request. You have inadvertently fallen into
an error in supposing that the questions pro
pounded to me by the Hon. Sherrod \\ il
iiams, in 1836, embraced the subject of Abo
lition. My views and opinions in regard to
it were, however, communicated to the people
of the United States, in reply to a letter re
ceived in the same year, from Junius Amis,
Esq., and other citizens of North Carolina, |
and also through other channels. Perceiving |
that I cannot do justice to your inquiries in the ;
form w.ich you have given to them, by a 1
general reference to the answers 1 have here- j
info re given, l will repeal the substance of;
them. j
Fiists Thai the relation of Master and;
.S a vc, is a matter which belongs exclusively to j
each state within its boundary—that Congress j
lias no authority to interfere, in any respect j
whatever, with the emancipation ol the slaves, ’
or in the treatment of them in any of the
States; and that any attempt to do so by the i
government or people of any other State, or
by the General Government, would not only ,
he unauthorized, but violate the spirit of p.he j
compromise, which lies at the basis of the I- ed
cral compact; and which is binding in honor
and gumi faith on all \vh > live under the pro
tection of die Federal Constitution, ami par
ticipate in its benefits. This doctrine is in.
strict conformity to the principle “embodied ini
a Resolution passed by the House’ of Repre, j
sentalives of the United States, in 1790, upon !
the rvport of a Committee, consisting almost j
entirely of northern men’ 1
Second I v : That conceding to Congress the !
abstract power of in'erfereing with, or abolish-,
jug slavery in t c District of Columbia, under
tha broad grant of exclusive legislation in all j
eases whatsoever over that D, strict, there are, ;
fjcverthe'ess, objections to the exercise ol this,
power ‘against the wishes of the slave-holding
Slates, ns imperative in their nature and oh'i- 1
jr.itiun, in regulating the conduct ol public j
men, as the most palpable want ol conslitu-;
lional power would he.
Thirdly: That I desired the people of the
United States then to understand, that, if. ]
elected, I wou'd go into the Presidential chair ;
the inflsxihie u ndiuiicomproniising opponent of j
anv attemp’ on the pari of Congress to abolish :
slavery in the District of Columbia against !
die whites of the slave-holding States ; art i
akn with a d.termination equally inlVxiole to ,
insist the si,obtest inteile-rence with the* subf'e*
ui ihc State v Lome h exist*.
j Tite twenty fourth Congress, whose con
jstitutional term expired at the moment when
inline, as President, commenced, had avowed
iits belief that it was ‘extremely important
and desirable that the’agitation ol the subject
of slavery should be finally arrested for the
purpose of restoring tranquility to the public
I mind, 3 and made it the basis of extensive and
deliberate action in both Houses. In the
House of Representatives, a Committee (a
1 majority of whom were trom non-slaveholding
States) reported, pursuant to instructions, two
resolutions; the first was —‘that Congress
possesses no constitutional power to interfere
jin any way with the institution ol slavery in
| any of the States of .the confederacy;’ the
isecond, ‘that Congress ought not to intcr
:fere in any way with slavery in the District
!of Columbia and a third, which was in sub
stance, that all papers and motions liearing
upon Ihe subject of slavery, should he laid
upon the table without any further action
! thereon. They were accompanied by an
1 elaborate and very able report, setting forth
‘at large the reasons in favor of the opinions
1 reported, and the course recommended by the
j committee. The whole subject was finally
discussed, considered and decided upon. —
The first resolution passed by a vote of 182
to 9—l he second, of 132 to 45--and the third
of 117 to 68. In the Senate, the matter was
considered upon a memorial from the Quar
terly Meeting of the Religious Society of
Friends, praying for the Abolition of domes
tic slavery and the slave trade in the District
of Columbia. The subject was by that me
morial presented in terms which offere 1 no
violence to the feelings of any clas? of citizens,
and were best calculated to secure Jo the
questions involved, a fair hearing and impar
tial decision. After several days’ discttjsion,
die prayer of the memorialists was rejected,
! by 3 vote of thirty four to six.
An expression of similar opinions on the
part of the Federal Executive, with an avow
al of a determination to carry them out in his
official acts, taken in connection with the
known condition of the Congressional repre
sentation of the several States in regard to
the slave question, would, it was ihougt. du
ring the continuance of his constitutional term,
1 prevent all agitation of the subject before
Congress. The consequent certaianty that
I nothing could for- years be accomplished in
[ that way, would, it was hoped, present suf
ficient inducement to all who were governed
S by conscientious motives, to desist from
senting their memorials, and leave all others
without even a plausible pretence for contin-
; uing to agitate the subject in that form. No
ione could, it was supposed, believe, that our
j southern brethren could he driven into a
I peaceabfo emancipation by the mere force of
j agitation—by appeals to the fears of the slave
| —these might indeed, if persisted in, draw
| after them a servile, and probably a civil war,
; with a final dissolution, of the Union. At
tempts to expose our country to such fearful
hazards for no other assignable motive than j
to harrass the slaveholding States, or to sub
serve political purpo;es, would not, it was!
confidently believed, be endured, much less !
countenanced, by the American people. Par- \
taking large in the general apprehension in
regard to the fatal effects of this baleful ag
itation—having been enough to satisfy me
that no circumstance so directly and inevitably
tended to impair the stftulity and interrupt
tite harmonious action of our complicated
! political system, as the existence of a doubt
in the puh'ic mind concerning the action of
the Federal Government upon this disturbing
subject—sincerely anxious to promote the
cmnmenndable design of Congress to restore
traquillity to a large and uniformly patriotic
portion oft he Union—and deeming the subject
to he of sufficient importance to justify a de
parture from the ordinary usage of the Ex- :
ecutive, I embraced the first public occasion
to rtfer to the opinions 1 had expressed before
my election, and to declare, formally, that no
bill conflicting with those views could ever
receive my constitutional sanction. Those
opinions, and that determination, have been
greatly strengthened bv subsequent expert- j
ence and iflection.
No one can doubt that the tendency of this .
species of agitation is, as your House of Rep i
rcsentatives have very, justly observed, to j
‘disturb the amicable relations subsisting he-!
tween the slaveholding and non slavehoiding j
States of this Union,’ and it is not the least.
remarkable feature in its history, that the j
means employed are precisly those best cal
culated to defeat the avowed objects of it au
lliors. It is, to my mind, a most dangerous
delusion to believe that the people of the
slaveholding Slates are likely to he induced to
change a. condition of things over which, un
der the Constitution, they alone have the !
control, which they had no agency in pro !
ducing, and lor the consequence of which, j
whatever they may be, they cannot he justly :
bdd responsible—which is interwoven with j
their domestic relations and political institu- j
lions —by charging its existence upon them
as a criime against God and man, against !
humanity and religion: or that to awaken the i
apprehensions of the master by appeals to the i
passions ofthe slaves, is the way to improve j
the condition of the latter. All candid and j
temperate observers must, on the contrary, j
admit that such are not the means hy which
salutary ends are produced—that furious de- j
nunciations and unmitigated reproaches as
little accord with Christian charity as will; j
I brotherly fove, and are much more likely to j
| produce stern resistance than quiet acquits- j
jcence. These truths are demonstrated in j
the results of the labors of the Abolitionists j
in the United Slates, which h;we hitherto;
been productive of nothing but evil, new re- j
strains upon li e colored race, vexation to
the owner, and distraction to the councils of
the nation. In reference, then, to such prac
tices as those to which you have called my
’ attention, I can, as a pubic man, find the path
jof duty only in one direction —that of umiis
i guised opposition.
1 am. gentlemen,
Very respectfully,
Your ob’t servant,
M. VAN BUREN.
j To Levi Tyler, Jacob Geiger, D. Meriweth
! er, and Tims. J. Read, committee. &o.
TO BItUK MASONS AND CARPEN
TERS.
Proposals will be received hy
: the Clerk of the Inferior Couit of Ran
Jdolph county, until the first Mandav iu July
i next, for the building ofa Court House ofthe
; Doric order, in the town ol'Cuthbert. The
i House is to be fifty feet square, and two sto
ries high ; six rooms on the first floor ; two
twenty feet square, and four ten by eighteen
feet. Two bassages fifty feet long crossing
each other at right angles in the centre; at
; each extremity of said passages, there will be
! 3 large door, on each side of which liiere \\ ;i!
| he two large windows, two flight of stairs to
i the second story. ‘I hc second story will
! contain five rooms, one thirty by hity feet,
! two ten by twenty feet, and two ten by eigh
teen feet. Judges bench, jury boxes, and
jlobby seats. A large Venetian window cor
: responding with each door in the lower sto
: ry, and two plain windows on each side of it:
: making nil sides alike. The builder is to fur
! nisli all the materials, and have (he house
; completed by tne first Monday in July 1841.
Rond and security will be required. It js
desired hy the Court that proposals may he
i furnished both for a Brick and Wood House.
\ neat and complete plan ofthe Court-house
| is with the Cletk, for tfie .inspection oi those
; desirous to bid for the contract.
By authority of the Inferior Court.
J A MES IIUC HAN AN, c. i. c.
Cuthfiert, June3J, IS 10.
NOT! CE7 “ ;
| A LI. accounts due the -cicitid & Herald OiTlcc
j LSfi arc lurried over!*’ Mr. A. 1.. Heins, who is atone
Ia i'hivi/cd to roc. ji.t t‘.v \s v> to th* St- 1 “f
’ g-Vehifo I-’ is>\ B V I\ URS->N.
|SENTINEL & HERALD.
COLUMBUS, JUNE 6, 1840.
This Institution, is one of the most deadly hostility
existing against the principlts and form of out Vomit-,
tulion. The nation is, at this time, so strong and united
in its sentiments, that it cannot be shaken at this mo
ment. But supy/ose a series of untoioard events shoxitd
occur, sufficient to bring hito doubt the competency of o
Republican G. oernment to mat a crisis of great dan
ger. or to unhinge the to’ fide net of the people in the
public functionaries ; an institution like this penetrating
by its branches every part of the union, acting by com
mand and in phalanx, may in a critical moment, upset
the government. I deem no government safe, which is
under the vassalage of any sef constituted authorities,
or any other authority than that of the nation, or its ree
ntry functionaries. IVhat an obstruction could v t this
Bank of the United Slates, with oil its branch banks,
be in time of war ? It n.ight dictate to us the peace we
should, accept, or withdraw its aid. Ought we then to
give further growth to an institution so powerful, so
hostile ? —Thojias Jefferson.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT.
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN FORSYTH.
REASONS
WHY GEN. IV. H. HARRISON SHOULD
NOT BE ELECTED PRESIDENT.
Gen. Harrison's Op ni,,ns an the subject of Abolition.
“TO THE PUBLIC.
CO* “ Fellow Citizens. — Being called sud
denly home to attend my sick family, I have
but a moment to answer a few calumnies
which are in circulation concerning me.
“ 1 am accused of beirg friendly to slavery.
From my earliest youth to the present mo
ment I have been the ardent friend of human
liberty. At the sue of eighteen I BECAME
A MEMBER UF AN ABOLITION SO
CIETY, established at R chmond ; the object
of which was to ameliorate the condition of
slaves,/-and procure their freedom by every
legal means. My venerable friend Judge
Galch, of Claremont county, was also -a mem
ber of this Abolition Society, and has lately
given me a cettifioale that I was one. The
obligation which I then came under I have
faithfully performed. 4 * *
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.”
Again, he says in a recent speech:
“ Should I he asked if there is no way by
which the General Government can aid the
cause of emancipation, I answer, that it has
long been an object near my heart to see the
whole of the surplus revenue appropriated to
that object
Gen. Harrison the Nominee nf the Abolitionists.
From Oarii) on’s Liberator.
“Nomination of Gen. Harrison.—The
National Whig Convention, assembled at
Harrisburg on the sth December, nominated
William 11. Harrison for the office of Presi
dent of the United States. On the first and
second ballots the vote stood, for Henry Clay
103, for Harrison 91, for Winfield Scott 57.
On the third ballot the vote was, for Harrison
3 48, for Clay 90, for Scott IG. All the slave
States voted for Clay ■ We regard this as
another important sign of the Times —as a
signal defeat of the slavehoiding powca in this
country. —Had it not been for Abolitionism,
Henry Clay would undoubtedly have been
nominated. We have faith to believe that no
slaveholder will ever again be pesmitted to Jill
the Presidential office of this republic .”
From the Emancipator, the organ of the Abolitionists
in New York.
The Harp.isbußg Convention. —We!!, tlie
agony is over, and Henry Clay is—laid upon
the shelf. And no man of ordinary intelli
gence can doubt or deny that it is the anti
slavery feeling of the North which lias done
it, in connection with his own ostentatious and
insolent pro-slavery demonstrations in Con
gress. Praise to God for a great anti-slavery
victory ! A man of high talents, of great
distinction, of long political services, of bound
less personal popularity, has been openly
rejected for the Presidercy of this great Re
public, on account of his devotion to slavery.
Set up a moument of progress there. Let
the wind tell the tale—let the slaveholdeia
hear the news —let foreign nations hear it—
let O'Connell hear it— let tire slaves hear it :
A slaveholder is incapacitated for the Presi
dency of the United States. The reign of
slavocracy is hastening to a close. The
rejection of Henry Clay and the nomination
of IVilliam Henry Harrison by the Whig
Convention, taken in consideration with all
the circumstances, is one of the heaviest blows
that the monster slavery h..s received in this
country.
Proof that General Harrison is ihc Nominee of the
Federalists.
“ He (General Harrison) has now been selected by
the gencial voice of those whose political principles agree
with his own, to go the head of the column, and to bear
up and advance the flag under which it is hoped tltose
principles may be maintained and defended
Daniel Webster.
Proof llird he is a Federalist.
“ Gen. Ha rrison declared that in issuing
the Proclamation General Jackson had
accomplished more good for the country than he achiev and
by his splendid victory at the battle of Niw Oilcans.
Georgia Journal. -
# * * *
‘ Gen. Harrison is a FEDERALIST, and
his election to the Presidential Chair would
give to the Federal Party such an ascendancy
in the administration of the Government, as it
lias not possessed since the formation of our
Government.” Ibid.
* * * *
“Gen. Harrison is an avowed opponent of
our doctrines, and would, no doubt, should he
think it expedient, put into to practical ope
ration the principles of the proclamation and
force bill.’ 3 Ibid.
# * *
“Gen. Harrison promises nothing that will
advance the principles that vve contend for.
On the contrary, he is a foe to their advance
ment, and to be consistent, should occasion
present itself, he must aid to put tl em down.”
i Ibid
John Randolph, in (lie Senate, in the yea'r
1826, eaid:
“He was an open, zealous, and frank sup
; porter ofthe sedition-law and black-cockade
! administration ; and I was as zealous, Hank,
; ar.d open opponent ofthe black cockade and
’ sedition-law administration. We differ fun-
I damentally and totally; we never can agree
l about measures or about men. I do not ’
; mean to dictate to the gentleman; let us agree
| to differ as gentlemen ought to do, especially
natives of the same State, who are antipodes
I io each other in politic--.”
Gen. Harrison in reply, by way of admis- j
| sion of the truth of the charge, says ;
The gentleman had no means of knowing
my political principles, unless he obtained them
from private conversations. As I was on i
terms of intimacy with the gentleman, itisj
very probable that he might have heard me j
express sentiments favorable to the tlien ad >
ministration. I certainly felt them — so far,:
at least, as to the course pursued hy it in re- ’
lation to the Government of France. For Mr.
Adams, I entertained at tiiat time, and have,
ever since entertained, the greatest respect,
I believe him to he an honest man and a pure |
patriot; and his conduct during that session :
proved him (-> be such. This opinion, 1 know
was entertained hy those two able and up
right statesmen John .Marshall ifßd James A.
Bayard.'’
G -r>. Harrison in favor of the Tariff
‘ In an address delivered befocp the Agri-j
nditij-il Society of Ifonifmn in 1831.
1 1 rcuinstances-, 1 tVoula ue Wiihng-'uxabandon
rhe tariff; I answer without Iresiiation, in the
uffiiriiative; whenever the streets of JYorfolk
and Chailtston shall be covered with grass,
and our southern friends find no market fur
their produce, and* this state of things guii be
directly traced to the tariff, I would then in
stantly give my vote for its modification or
entire repeal.” ,
.
Ctn. Harrison in favor <f setting free whitepepsipsfvT
FlNES'and COSTS.
F. i tract from the j&urT.cd of the state qf (Ilia.
Tues ay Jan, SO 4840.
Senate mel pursuant to adjournment.
The Senate then, according to the order of 1
the day, resolved itself into a committee of
the whole upon! ‘the bill from the House enti- ’
tjed-an act for the punishment of certain of
fences therein named, 3 and after sometime
therein spent, the Speaker (Alien Trimble) re
sumed the chair.
Mr. Fithian then moved to strike out the
19lh section ol said bill as follows:
‘Be it further enacted, That when any per- j
son si all be imprisoned, either upon execu- j
tion or otherwise, for the non-payment of a .
fine or cost, nshall be lawful for the sheriff ol’
the county to sell out sveh person as a sesvant
to any person within this state who will pay
the whole amount due, for the shortest period
of service; of which sale public notice shall
be given at least ten days; and upon such
sale being effected the sheriff shall give to the
purchaser a certificate thereof, and deliver
over the prisoner to him, from which time the |
relation between such purchaser and the pri- i
soner, shall be that of ma>ter and servant, until i
the time of service expires ; and for injuries!
done fir either, remedy shall he had in the
same manner, as is or may be provided by
law in case of master and apprentices. But
nothing herein contained shall be construed to
prevent persons being discharged from imprb
sonment according to the provisions of the 37th
section of the act to which this is supplementa
ry, il ;t shall he considered expedient to grant
such discharge. Provided that the court in
pronouncing-upon any person convicted under j
this act, or The act to which this is supple-!
mentary, may direct such person or persons to i
be. detained in prison until the fine he paid or
the pers >n or persons otherwise disposed) of j
agreeably to the provisions of this act.’ i
Upon this motion of Mr. Fithian to strike ;
out the above section, the vote recorded as
follows:
‘Yeas—Messrs Beasly, Brown, Fithian,
Gass, Keaton, Jennings, Lucas, Matthews,
McLaughlin, McMilton, Newcomb, Robb
Russell, Scofield, Shelby, Spencer, Stone,
Thompson, and Womeleof —20.
Nays—Messrs Baldwin, Cc-ie, Fons, Fos
ter, WILLIAM H. HARRISON, McLean,
Oswall, Pollock, R ggles, Roberts, Wheeler,
and Speaker.— 12.
Thus you see that this section has not been
permitted to disgrace the statue hooks of Ohio.
And for the information of sceptical of the
piehaid party, we will append the (blowing
certificate, from the Secretary of State Which
is endorsed upon its back—to wit:
Secretary of State's Office, )
Coliimbus, O, Sept. 10. 1836. )
I certify that the foregoing is a true and ac
curate copy from the journals of the Senate of
the State of Ohio, being the first session of
the nineteenth General Assembly, held at Co
lumbus, Dec. 1820.
See page 303, 304, 805,
CARTER B. HARLAN,
Secretary ol State.
COL. HENRY G. LAMAR.
The letter of this distinguished
Georgian to the Editors of lhe Geor
gia Journal, op the subject of the
Presidential election, will he found
in our columns today. It cettainlv
|does honor to itis head and heart.
Principle, and that alone, forces him
to dissolve the political connection
heretofore existing between him and
a large portion of his fellow-citizens.
We ask for il an attentive perusal.
WELL DONE SCRIVEN!
We publish the proceedings of n
large meeting ofthe citizens of Stri
ven county, it) which tfcey lay
down principles that will he respon
ded to hy every true Republican, In
this county we are assured Federal
ism will receive no countenance
whatever. .
THE GREAT FRESHET.
We are precluded, from a press
of matter, from furnishing our read
ers with a general detail of the late
freshet in the rivers cast of us, in
t!iis State, and its effects. From
all the accounts ive have seen, the
waters have never been so high
within the recollection of the oldest
citizens. The Planters on the riv
ers of Ocmulgee, Oconee and Sa-!
vannah have sustained heavy losses,
indeed.; and the water, says the Au
gusta Constitutionalist,, was so high
that boats run from one end of
Broad Street to the other. The
loss of property in the city must
have been immense, as all of their
cellars must, have been filled.
HON. EDWARD J. BLACK-
We are pleased to acknowledge the receipt
of a circular from this gentleman, addressed
to his constituents and particularly the Stale
Rights party, in which he very ably, indeed,
shews the course of his parly, and that his
evry action has been in strict accordance
with their (heretofore) principles. Mr. Black,
is conclusive as to the propriety of supporting
Mr. Van Buren in preference to Gen. Harri
son. We are in hopes vve will be able to
publish it in our paper next week,
THE JUNE CONVENTION.
Well, the agony is over. The convention,;
which was to have been ‘State Rights ,’ have ;
—have nominated an electoral ticket to
■support for President—a State Rights man?
no. But one who has said :
•| have thus, fellow citizens, endeavored to’
explain to you the principles upon which the j
Government of our Union is formed. I re- j
I commend to you, however, tl-.e Proclamation i
I of the Preskfentof the United .States, issued!
1 on the 10:h of December last, and the speech- j
| es of Mr. Webster, delivered in the Senate of;
the United States, at their last session ofCon- !
! gross, in answer to the arguments of Mr. Cal-,
| fioiin, as containing the most eloquent and
satisfactory exposition of those principles that
lias recently been published. By issuing that
proclamation, I think General Jackson has
rendered a service to his country of greater
magnim e than his splendid victory at New
O. leans. 5
One who lias said that Congress has the
power to construct Roads and Canals for the
purposes of commerce.
One who has said that fie would go for a
repeal of Tariffs, only, when, the streets of
Norfolk and Charleston should be covered;
with gras? tmd ;( should be traced to that |
came. .
0;:e \vJ*o Las cu Ic&vii g ti.c Slate of
j Virginia, God, tie had got rid of Vir
ginia politics and Virginia negroes,’--that is lie
had got rid of Air. Jefferson atul Madisons*
principles as laid down on their resolutions of
1798 and 17#$).
One who has said ‘That he hoped to live to
sec the da,v tthen the. North American Sun’
i should npl look down on a slave.’
One who has said, when charged t<y the
Abolitionists of Ohio with being friendly, to
slavery;—-that it was n crr7i/77irri/—lhat he be
ccwn a member of m Abolition society at the
age of Eighteen, the object of which was to
ameliorate the condition of the slaves, nnd
procure Itieij freedom by every legal means—
that from his earliest youth up to ihe present
moment lie had been the ardent friend of hu
man liberty, that he had a certificate to prove
the fact of his membership.
One who has sain : I be a-ked if
there is no way by which the General Gov
ernment can nid the cause of emancipation,
I answer that it has long been an object near
my heart to see the whole surplus revenue ap
propriated to that object.’
One wiio has voted to sell poor free white
persons as slaves, who should be imprisoned
on execution, or otherwise, fir fines or costs.in
the legislature of Ohio, and who appoveJ a
similar bill whilst Governor of the Indiana
Territory; the rich man being always able to
pay the same.
One who in IS2G, in the Senate of the Uni- j
led Stales, voted to abrogate the old Treaty
by adopting the new.
One who refuses to answer any inquiry of
his fellow citizens on any of the several sub
jects of interest now before the American
people, and who has placed himself in the
keeping of a confidential committee to, whom
they are referred.
One who John Randolph “charged with be
ings biaok cockade Federalist, and who did
not deny the same.
; Which Electoral Ticket is composed of the
following names : Gov. Gilmer of Og’ethorpe,
Gen. Clinch of Camden, Gen. Ezzard of
Deßalb, C. 13, Strong, Whitehead of Burke,
Dougherty of Clarke, Wimberly of Twiggs,
j Miller of Cass*Seaton Granted of Baldwin,
j Holmes of Early, and John W, Campbell of
Muscogee.
The Convention have re-nominated of the
| present delegation (or Congress, Messrs.
J Alford, Dawson, Habersham, King, Nesbit,
land Warren, and also Roger L. Gamble,
j James A. Meriwether, and Col. Thomas F.
j Foster, in lieu of Messrs. Black, Colquitt, and
Cooper.
These three last gentlemen have been, by
the Convention, proscribed, neither of them
receiving out of 3-30 more than 8 votes. The
public will inquire for what cause; what
principle have they etpoused that they did
not when they were elected, entertain; or
wiiat one have they abandoned ? Are they
no longer the friends oCStatcßights? Have
they abandoned any of the Slate Rights doc
trines adopted by the Stafe Rights party of
! Georgia on the 15ib November, 1833? The
people will desire to kn w. Will the Geor
| gia Journal, the Southern Recorder and Co
jlumhus Enquires satisfy them? Will they £
‘as public Journalists, answer these inquiries?
Has the ‘high reputation’ which each of
| these gentlemen earned for themselves been
j destroyed ? What vote or speech have either
jof them made or given since these journals
| were bo loudly singing their praises? What !
have Cooper and Colquitt said since their
speerl.es on the Abolition question ? What
has Black done ? The Columbus Enquirer
then suggested Judge Colquitt fc Governor.
The Southern Recorder said, ‘ Hurrah for
us, such men can never he defeated by Thos.
Glascoqk & Co.’ What has become of the
‘golden opinions’ these gentlemen had won?
All these inquities the people will make, and
will desire to be answered.
GENERAL HARRISON A FEDERALIST.
A writer in the Columbus Enquirer over’
the signature of ‘ One ol the People,’ in a!
series of numbers, attempts to refute lhe|
charge of Judge Colquitt, in his Circular, that j
General Harrison is a Federalist; and in hisj
third number thinks he is conclusive, by;
shewing the action of the Legislature of Geor-1
gia in 1812, in the changing the name of;
Randolph county to Jasper, inconsequence
of Mr. Randolph’s course during the war,j
and says that it was in 1316 when Mr. Ran- j
j dolph and Gen. Harrison first met, the time j
referred to by Mr. Randolph in his speech, I
j —which is referred to by Judge Colquitt—in
j which he said that ‘ they differed fundamen
tally and totally, and did when they first took
their seats in Congress,’ if he, ‘ One of the
People,’ mistakes not. Now, ‘ One of the
People 5 was not and could not be dealing in
the spirit of candor. When he so stated, he j
knew that he was mistaken, and lie also knew;
that he was then making a wilful misstate-j
meat. He knew that their first meeting in j
j Congress was at the session of 1799 & 1300; j
I and he knew also that at that period no man;
‘gave Federalism more States than John
! Randolph. The reason we say he knew it
is because Judge Colquitt, in his Circular, so
expressly states to which the article of ‘One
of the people’ is intended to reply. We un
derstand that ‘ One of the People’ intends his
(numbers of shreds and patches of garbled
(extracts for publication ip pamphlet form.
; Will he condescend so far a3 to let tins go to
! the world as Lis offspring, without correction r
i When an individual assumes the responsibiii
j ty of entering the fists as the champion of
; another, for tiie purpose of shielding their
i person or their character, he should be fully
prepared for that duty. ‘ One of the People’
1 lias become a kind volunteer in this matter,
and yet has never read, if he is a candid and
| ingenious writer, the Circular of Judge Cul
quitt, which he proposes to answer. If so )
he wiii be forced to admit that Genera; liar-:
rjson no where denied Mr. Randolph s gen-’
eral charge, that he was a supporter of the;
administration of the eider Adams, but ad-j
mils jt to be true, for he says: ‘ The gentle
man had tv*, means of knowing my political
principles,unless he obtained them from private
conversation ; as l was upon terms of intimacy
with the •rvntleman it is very probable that
lie might Lave heard me express sentiments
favorable to the then Administration.
Judge Colquitt charges Gen. Harrison with :
being the advocate of Interna! Improvement
by the'Gcnnral Government. This, ‘ Oae of
the People’ attempts to relieve him from.--
Was ‘One of the prnpV advised es Genera*’
Harrison's vote in lie Home of ilcpriscrila- ■
lives of the United States, on the TBih March, J
ISIS, on the following resolution: 4 "1 h ‘ j
Congress has powetf, under the Constitution, |
to construct Roads and Cun:-'is necessary for j
commerce between the Stales, provided that j
private property he r.ol taken for ptbiic pur
poses, without post compensation,’—7l ayes,
95 noes— Harrison amongst the ayes. We
woufi! ask if ‘ One of the People’ wants higher
evidence of his Chief being a Federalist, a I
iatiludinarian of the most ultra kind, than
this ? Alexander Hamilton, ‘Timothy Pick
ering, nor Daniel Webster, ever wen! further.
Con ‘ One of (he People,’ or any one else,
shew any where that Mr. Van Boren ever,!
in any sense, shape or form, admitted or ad- ;
vocated such Federal doctrines 1 that Con- ,
gress has power, under the Constitution, to
c mtruct Roads and Canals necessary for
Commerce between the States’ See. We ask
ail those who once professed to he Stale
Rights men—we ask ‘One of the Ptople,’
who once claimed to be a Slate Rights man
—we ask the Columbus Enquirer, which was
once a State Rights journal—to say if they
are ready to engraft that principle on the
Government ? Arc they ail willing to sub
scribe to this as one of their fundamental j
rules for the action of this Government.
If Congress under the Constitution hasj
power lo construct roads and canals necessa-1
ry for commerce, as Gen. Harrison says, 1
j why, 1 lien, Congress has power to charter
ships, hire wagons and employ and pay
clerks, necessary for commerce. What does
‘ One of the People,’ what do those who once
claimed to be State Rights men, the Colum
bus Enquirer,-ail say to this? Can it be
possible that any man entertaining such views j
could have enjoyed the confidence of Mr.!
Jefferson ? Impossible, gentlemen of the’
Enquirer, you must give that up.
HARRISON, TYLER & REFORM,
Is the watch word and rallying j
cry of the Federalists. Having J
lieaid these worth so often, and ne
ver having heard their meaning, we
are led to inquire of those who use
them, what they intend—what they
mennf If they intend an alteration
in the mode and the man; or of ad
ministering tlie affairs of the Gov
ernment, be pleased to say and to
submit to the people what that al
teration is. If they intend in their
great work of Reform to effect a
change in the administration of the
Government on the subject of its
finance, he pleased to give us their
plan. If they are opposed to the;
manner proposed by the present
Administration for the collection,
safe keeping, and disbursing of the
public revenue, that is, the Inde
pendent Treasury, will they be
pleased to say what they arc in fa
vor of. Arc they in favor of a Na
tional Hank, or not ? and if in favor,
are they for the bank’s being the
depository, or are they in favor of
the pet bank ? or what system are
‘they in favor of. If reform is truly
j intended, they cannot withhold from
I the public. \Yo ask them, there
fore, to give ns the policy of their
j candidates, Harrison and Tyler, if
they should comejnto power. Will
the Columbus Enquirer, with the
many aids who propose to ‘ contri
bute their mite towards the ad
vancement of political reformation,’
tell us and the people what General
Harrison’s policy will he on Fi
nance, on the Tariff, on Internal
Improvement, on a National Bank,
or Abolition, on the assumption of
the debts of the States, and relative
to disposing of the public lands i
These arc all important subjects.
And if the policy of the Government
is to he changed, the people ought
to know beforehand what that
chango is. If it is for the better,!
let the people know it, and they will
go for it ; if it is for the worse, as j
faithful sentinels, they should let;
the people know it, that it might be!
avoided. Come, gentlemen, let us ;
hear something about ‘ Harrison, j
Tyler, and Reform’ that can he un
derstood.
A NATIONAL BANK,
This subject, it seems to us, how-|
ever much it has been investigated,:
and notwithstanding the lights that j
have been thrown upon it by politi-j
cal economists, is not Fully under
stood by many who arc its advo-J
cates, for there is one objection to
if, on the score of expediency alone, j
that should cause it to have but few |
friends in a cotton-growing country;
for a National Bank and a high Ta-|
riffi arc as inseparable and more
closely identified than any two ap
parently distinct propositions could |
be. A National Bank would be j
entitled to have the custody of all
of the public revenue, as a matter
of course, and the same would be
disbursed through the hunk, and it
would be entitled to use the depo
sits, although (hey were govern
ment funds, as much as they would
the funds of other depositors. If
deposites were worth anything to a
hank, and some of the banks pay an
interest on them, it would be the
policy of the bank to pursue such aj
course as would increase tlie depo
| site fund, and add to its permanency
■ and duration in their vaults. Now,
a large portion of this vast confede-j
racy is engaged in manufacturing,!
and the manufacturing interest
would induce them to go fcr high j
import duties upon all similar fab
rics to their own, and their influence,,
with what interest the bank could
bring to bear, would always art t;
concert. Say, then, that in Gon-j
igress the manufacturing interest in
the House, comprised of 240 mcm-j
bers, were 100, which would not bej
tow low an estimate, and thc> were]
|to seek,to impose a Tariff tiiffoicni.
[to collect,‘orcr and aliovt t! t neces
sary wants of the government,
$10,000,000 per annum, the use
of which, when collected in the
bank, would tie worth C per cent.,
at least SGOO,OCO per annum ; now
would it not he to the interest of the
bank to pay out $500,000 of that
interest in loans, largesses and
j bribes, at (be rate of $20,000 a vote,
to buy up 25 of the 140 votes, there
by increasing the vote in-favor of
the Tariff from 100 to 125, and di-
Iminishing the vote against from 140
ito 115. Now all this is as natural
as the sparks are to fly upward, and
‘this tax wiU be paid by a few soutli
lern States. And yet we’find south
lorn men who arc willing to do so
ffor the poor ami pitiful considera
tion that if ever they should want
; to travel, they may be relieved from
the payment of some small amount
l as a premium for paper funds cur
rent throughout their route. They
(they are willing to pay a hank one
| tenth of all they make for this poor
corresponding benefit. This is one
of the evils to flow from a National
Bank. YY e shall speak of this sub
ject again.
.SELLING FREE WHITE MEN AS
SLAVES FOR FiNES AND COSTS.
General Harrison’s vote in the
Senate of Ohio, in the year 1821 in
; favor of selling white men as slaves
I who arc unable to pay fines and
; costs, as also his approval of an act
jof the Legislative Council of Indi
| ana, whilst acting as Governor of
ithat Territory, gives his fiends a
!great deal of trouble and concern
! in their defence of him, as it did also
the * old Hero’ in 1822, at the time
he wrote his celebrated letter, in
which he failed to meet, the issue or
to explain his vote. The Georgia,
Journal says:
1 Luckily for us, we liave Gen. Harrison's
reply to this charge, which we publish in an
other column, and to which we beg leave lo
call the attention of our readers. His com
plete vindication from the odious charge, is
satisfactorily made. Wherever it appears,
the originators of this foul slander must ‘ hide
their diminished loads.’ It cannot fail to
cover them will confusion and disgrace.’
Well,, we have seen and read the
i letter before, and will the Journal,
for the benefit of their readers, and
more especially for the cause of their
Federal Chief, make the application
|of it to the vote. ‘The proposition
| to sell white men for fines and costs
Iliad nothing to do with Pcniuntiary
confinement; it hud nothing to do
| with the punishment for the and ime,
| but it was a provision to collect a
i judgment for fines and costs imposed,
| anti not as General Harrison would
I wish bis readers to infer, a substi
jtnte for whipping or Penitentiary
1 confinement ; nor was (he object to
relieve the iSute from the debts in
curred by the Penitentiary system.
Now we say, and refer to the propo
sition on which tho vole was given,
that it was to sell free white persons
for debts due the State, ami which
debts wore in the character of fines
imposed and cost3 recovered by the
State on ctiininal prosecutions, for
which debts the Stale had entered
vjj) judgment , and the debtors were
unable to pay. Now if a rich man
hud been fined and costs laid been
recovered under General Harrison’s
measure, for which he voted, would
lie have hern sold as a stave? Wo
answer, as the Georgia Journal will
admit, no! But if a poor wan had
been fined and costs recovered, and
he not able to pay the fine and costs,
would he not, if General Harrison’s
vote had become a law, been sold
as a stave, and been subject to all
the mortifications and indignities
that a slave is subjected to ? and for
exposing this vote who ought to
‘ hide their diminished heads V Those
who make the charge wuich every
man that will read the vote is forced
lo admit to be true, or General
Harrison and those who attempt to
| defend him ? Will the Georgia
Journal say that they are prepared
! to justify the voles ol their Hero.
Wo published this week a com
! munication from two gentlemen ol
‘the Stale of Kentucky, who were
‘delegates to wait on Mr. Van Bu-
I ren and General Harrison, and to
[ascertain their present views and
iopinions on the subject ol Abolition.
| It is made to the Democratic Cen
tral Committee of that State. Gen
eral Harrison, on personal applica
tion by llie.se gentlemen, refused to
give any answer at all, and declared
he would not answer such intnrroga
| tories, let them come from friend or
foe. And yet we find southei n men,
slave-holder*, and men who profess
Republicanism, advocating the elec
tion of such tin individual to the
highest office in the gift of the Anici
jican people. Never befcic* oid **iv
aspirant for public office assume
such a course. Never before did
any man, in this glorious Republic,
! ask the people to give him their
! suffrages, and at the same time re
fuse to respond to the inquiries of
the people, as to the manner in
which that office would he conduct
ed. Can it be possible that the peo
ple will trust such a man-? We
publish also the answer of Mr. V an
Buren to the same committee, and
ask our readers to give it an atten
tive perusal, ami then to ask them
i selves which of these men ought to
; he trusted.