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COLUMBCJS SENTINEL AND HERALD. VOL. X.] PUBLISHED EVERY lITVRDA V BI JOSEPH STURGIS. ON DROAD STREET, OVER ALLEN AND YOUffO's, ROW. Vi-.KiVlS— Subscription, three dollars per an num r >avabte tn adwHico, or foua dollars, (mail ca-e, evicted) where (MiynKUt is not made before the expiration of the year. No subcrptioa received for css than twelve months, without payment in advance, and no paper discontinued, except at tne option ot the Editors, until all arrearages are paid. \ DVERTISEMENTS conspicuously inserted at one dollar per one hundred words, or less, for the first insertion, and fifty cents for every subse quent continuance. Those sent without a specifica tion of tbo number of insertions, will be published until ordered out, and charged accordingly. -d. Yearly advertisements.—For over 24, and not exceeding 36 lines, fifty dollars per annum ; for ovr 12, and not exceeding 24 lines, thirty-five. dollars jut annum-, for less than 12 lines, twenty dollars jut annum. ■'■■■l. All rule and figure work double the above p: ices. Lklal Advertisement* published at the usual i At -s. and with strict attention to the requisitions ol the law. Ai;. Sai.es regulated by law, must be made before the. Court House door, between the hours oflO in the morning and 4 in the evening—those of Land in llie county where it is situate; those of Porsona! Property, where the ietters testamentary, of adrnin i ‘i .not! or of guardianship were obtained—and are roquired to b ■ previously advertised in some public 1 1 a/elte, as follows: ;ikki y t s’ Sales under regular exCWifions for Tttin ■rv day.-, under mortgage fi fas sixty days, before thc.dav of sale. r'w.us Land and Negroes, by Executors. Ad inims'ri’ rs or Guardians, for i v and before the dav of sale. ft \ i.es of Personal Property (except Negroes) forty !)/. \ S. (j, . , ions bv Cl -r’it of the Courts of Ordinary, upon ait me vs inv. for letters of adfhiuistration, must iihlishedfor thirty days. . C, rat ions noon avvlication for dismission, by t ‘.\” -;;t >rs. Administrators or Guardians, monthly for six MONTHS. Order* of Courts of Ordinary, (accompanied with a cony of the bond or agreement) to make titles to i. and, must he published three months. Noth r> bv Executors, Administrators or Guardians, of apple n'ion to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sei i. the Land o Negroes of an Estate, roi'it months. Not icr.s by Executors or Administrator?, to the Debt res and Ore li.ors .*( ap Estate, for six wr. j Clerks of Court, No., will be allowed ; the usual deduction. p Letters on business, must he tost paid, to entitle them to attention. BANK REPORTS. AY LSTERN BANK OF GEORGIA. Rome, 2d May, 1840. llis Ida o cy Ch: rlc” J. M< Donald. : I I -v the heir r huewi.h to send your Ex cel. ncy the report of the cor.dita nos ibis in. -million, ii..-id*; up to Monday, the Gih tilt. The U-tt r f the flashier, which I hope your Ex c.elb nov has 1 e etofire received, will account satisfac ton v fir the del iy iri forwarding the repor . Very respectfully, Your obedient s-rvan , YVM. SMI I 11, President. Si dement “f th- condition of the / l r c:;t'rn Dank of licjTgia on .1 Ininluy .1 pnl 0, 1810. DU. Capital stock paid in 139.335 Di-c.nnt account and reserved fond 9.4C4 01 Balance !ne to individuals and companies *30,745 42 I >i’e to oil., r banks 3,853 71 I livid uid> unpaid 286 Girona't m 47,780 3.-31,496 14 TV ayjr-'i'e amount of indebtedness to tXo Wes tern ibi ‘ . *f Georgia by tbo Stockholders hereof, is, ..n iiic t.ay hi making Hus report. ?1S! Ik'S 62—no one individual owing us much as §I(),(.C0 T!i • und T.-ig.ied, president ai;d ra Dior of the Wes tern It ink of Georgia hnvi.tg l-een appointed to exam i.i ■ ;!).■ uu.s an bd.-i ot • r t up m ‘heir solvency, as required by the . ct of util 1 inh-T, 1832. do cv.lily. that according lo I'ieir j id ; ii. n . I'irr is §iGl -176 21 god, §l-1 297 88 dwuUii.i, <4,719 50 ot lu.d paper. WM. SMITH. President. U. \. GREENii,Cashier, *. >f this §30,747 -2, about $20,000 are at !h.‘credit of in.liu-I.mis indebted to the hank, and (her. fore cm ---n-il be <i h ihm'.i’ used by (hem than in the settlement of their notes. OR. Notes ni; n ng to maturity 20,683 90 .in Ivitig o er and not in u t 35 682 75 do in stu 93,4?0 61 l!i!ls of i xhhongc due at Mobile B.SCO do do lying over-?i not in suit. ‘2,896 33 do do lyingover & in >mt 13600 Due hv other banks and agents 25 609 19 }ranking house and lot 3 000 Expel!e and interest accounts 6,712 SC Hubion 133 25 Specie in vau't 1 755 Specie certitieii e ] 2,1100 Gut rent bank notes and ca-h Hems 2 892 71 $231 496 14 Grtreh, Flt'jo count'/. — William Pmith, pr'-si lent, an i K.A. G*vu f, cut hu'r, bung duty sworn, pay, jh.it Jin’ forig"ing statement < t the condition of the Wes’ern B.itik of Georgia ip true, to the best of their ! kn >vle gj and belief. WAI. StMTII, U. A.GIibIENK. S.vorn to before tne, this first ;;v of May. ißto. ROBERT WARE, j. i. c. jVjetr : f S‘o kholdtr* in the IFe stern Bank nf Geor gia, on Jla'uioj morning ,6th day of April, 1 810. No. Shas. Ain’t pi. Ambr ster \V G 5 1 i~> Anderson G VV o 175 Anderson Nktliaa 10 Out) Bailey * Hodge 20 700 Barry A L 10 850 Brinlec Asa - 70 B ason It D 5 175 Brvin ihoaias *lO 1400 Bryson J 11 10 850 Dryers W lv 5 175 Burnett John G 1 85 Burnett John S 10 SSO ]3mke Francis,deceased 6 210 Oamden M J 20 70U Oavewder J II 5 175 Clay o:i John 2 701 Cleghorn Wm II 15 5-5: 11 ohb J 17 5 1 75 1 Coldwell John 74 25V0! Copeland (.leo W 10 36U \ Davis N 10 850 1 Diaksan, A. 18 630, Dickson Hoag & Kelly 5 178, Dik's George J 5 175 1 KinteyS , y 10 350] Fort Tomlinson 130 4550 Foster J K 11 385 Gordon T F 5 175 lladin Wni C 33 10355 Hardin A T 75 2825 Hargrove AN 180 6300 Hargrove Z B 460 16100 Harrison Wm G 10 850 HanisSt MePadden 20 700 Hamilton AM A 175 Hendri k Thomas 5 175 Henry Wm 10 850 Holland John G 10 300 Hopkins T T 1 4 490 Howeth Thomas 2 60 Hoyle A 10 350 Hoyle, Levy & Cos 10 350 Hoyle, Jones & Cos 10 SSO Hubbard & Edison 20 G 75 Hunt F S 1 35 Jacobs John 10 325 Kerrs & Hope 40 I4uo King J H 22 770 Lathrop B G 99 3465 Lay Wm 20 700 Lane & Perry 20 700; Liddell James 30 10501 Lloyd Thomas 10 350! Lumpkin John H 20 700 j Marsh Spencer 20 7 0 1 McConnell Eli 10 350, McConnell John 5 175 Miller Andrew ZJ 700 Meier J C 2 70 Mitchell DR 10 350 Montgomery M 30 1050 Morrw David 5 175 Newman S C 3o 1260 Newman & Cunningham t* flO Niaholson L M 1 10 Patten, Chum. &. Cos 10 350 Philips J jo 350 Puc 3 5 175 Pulhi-n Thofna* Ju 350 Pyle John o,y 700 Roden S W g CO Roden J Ii 2 70 Rogers James II ’ 151) 5250 Rogers Job jfj 350 Rut! Ml. j,, 350 Scales Wm 5 175 Scott J-& A 10 350 Smith Wm 3 :1 11235 Smith John no 3850 Smith E HA 65 2275 Spy Hock James M 1,57 5495 Story C l 2 70 Story J T 21 735 TerhitheC D 20 700 Wall bail Turman 63 2205 Waters Joseph 30 1050 Ware Robert 221 7735 I Ware Robert, trustee 205 7i75 White John A 2 J 700 Whom* Isaac 30 JOSO Wheeler N B 10 350 Williams <i W 20U 7000 Williams S 159 5259 Williams G & S 35 1225 Wilson Hugh 10 350 Witherow Wm 10 350 Wood John 5 175 Wyly Wm C 5 175 Forfeited stock unsold 59 1545 4000 §139,335 An exhibit of the in doited nest of the Directors of the !Vestern Bank of Georgia, respectively. as shown by the books cf sand bank, on Monday, the bth day of April, 1841). William Smith 2 25 Spencer Marsh 604 47 John T. Story 1 .500 James Liddell 1 552 88 * James M. Spuiloek 4 122 18 & 7.681 73 W! en the above named Directors were elected in 1 January last, this aggregate amonnt was greater, and | has been reduced s nee their election. *Mr. Spuiloek is absent from the State. Georgia, Floyd county —The above named Direc tors of the Western Bank of G orgia, towit: William j Smith,tSpencer .Vlarsh. John T. Story, James Liddell, ) and James M. Spuiloek, being duly sworn, say, dial die above statement, showing their respective indebt edness to said bank, is true, to the best of their know ledge. WM. SMITH, S. MARSH, JNO. T. STORY, JAMES LIDDELL. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 2d day of May, 134*. A. PATTERSON, Notary Public. BANK OK DARIEN. April 23, 1840. Sir:—ln compliance with the requisitions of the Legislature, I have the honor to furnish your Excel lency with the semi-annual report of this institution. inad up to and including the first Monday of this month. Very respectfully, your ob’t. serv’t. N. J McDONALD, President. To His Excellency, Charles J. McDonald, Gover nor, MiHedgevilie, Ga. Consolidated Report of the. Hat” and condition of the Bank of Darien, and of its Branches, on Monday, the bill day of April, 1840. Dll. To Bai k Notes issued, 772,190 On hand, 526,572 In circulation, ** 245,618 Capital Stock paid in, 651,050 Less redeemed, 2i5,865 135,185 Dividends unclaimed, 1,349 11 Deposits?, Due to other Banks, 18 667 37 Time checks, 32,662 04 Balance reserved fund aferdedueting all losses, depreciations of Ileal Estate, and expenses to date, 20,438 5-1 §784 737 96 Cll. By Cash balance, competed of specie : In Gold, 5.801 97 In Silver, 13,795 86 §l9 697 3 Bills of other Banks, 4,546 Due by other Banks, 8 108 67 • S.iiitnues due by Branches and agents 67 263 47 Exchange discounted, deducting ali bad, 23 243 74 Notes, do do do 569,913 21 Stocks of other Banks, 9.000 Real Estate, deducting depreciation, 82 058 G 4 Protest account, 906 50 §784.737 96 Bank of Darien, April 23 1840. N. J. McDONALD,President. EBEN. S. REES, Cashier. Statement of Bills of Kxchange. and of JVt.t s dis counted at the Bank of Darien and its Branches, showing the amount considered bad, doubtful, and good; also amount in suit, under protest and running 1 1 maturity, on Monday , the 6 th day of April, 1840. Amount of Exchange discounted, $23,243 74 the above considered good : Amount in suit, 9,700 Under protest, 7,652 35 Running to maturity, 5,891 39 Amount Notes discounted, §632,778 24 Amount considered bad, 62,865 03 do doubtful 35 157 20 do god, 534.766 01 Amount in suit, 351,526 13 Under protest, 78,091 03 Running to maturity, 203 161 08 ” §632 778 24 Bank of Darien, April 23, 1840. N. J. McDONALD. President, EBEN. S. REES, Cashier. I As! oj Stockholders of the Bank of Darien, on Mon day, the Bth April, 184 U. Names. No. of Sh’s. Amt. pd in. A kmsoii George estate of 4 260 Atwood Henry 15 975 Andrews Assistant Cashier 111 7.215 ‘ 21 Bowen, Heratia, 22 l.^T Sarah Ann 100 6,500 Cissna, II Green 15 975 Cooke, A U 25 1,625 Champion, J H 15 975 Collier, John 6 390 Dean, Benjamin 8 ;520 DelanottS Jacob jr 18 1,170 Ely, Charles 15 975 Flournoy, JJ 45 2,925 Field, J 1J 15 975 Fort, William 5 325 Green, AH 25 1,695 Gibs®n, Patrick estate 68 4,420 Harris, Caroline II 715 Hand, B E estate 4 260 Jennings, Thomas J 10 650 Jackson. R B 50 3.250 King, R St W & Cos SO 3,000 Kenan, M J 10 650 King, William 8 520 King, Ralph ?. 130 King. Roswell jr. 2 130 King 11 &W 5 325 King, Thomas cashier 15 975 Hutchison, Robert 110 7,150 Liddle, James 15 975 Me Rea, Robert 20 I,SOO McConnell, Ely 15 975 Mitchell, Alexander 17 1.105 Mitchell, Henry 10 650 McDonald, J (J 15 975 Mui-, EL 2 130 Muir M Vi 2 130 Muir, J W 3 195 Mclntosh Connie Academy 14 910 Nichols, Alex. Y 20 1.300 Pa 1 mer. Samuel 25 1.625 Parkman, SB 31 2.015 Poe, William 63 4.095 Patrick, A 1 19 1,040 Penfield. Josiah estate 45 4,225 Roll, Luther 15 975 Rogers, George T 15 975 Stubbs, Thos B 10 Snee l, AII 5 325 Street, Samuel M l 1 9,2b0 Troup James 6® 4.420 Tavior, Hugh estate 4S 3.120 Taylor, Thotnas “5 4,87* Wofford, W B 15 975 Woalaey, W W 20 1 ,*OO Williams. Ru;herford Ex’rs 15 975 Walton, Robert ItD 6 jOO Wood, Jacob 15 975 Williams K F 4 360 ‘ WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE BURN EQUAL, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1840. Yoiige, Ph R 14 910 Individual Stockholders 1694 111 160 Centra! Ba'.k State Georgia 5000 325.000 Owned by the Bank, 3306 214,890 No. of sh’s. and Am’t. p’d. ia 10,000 651,050 ♦Owned by the Bank. Geoegia , Mclntosh coun'y: —Norman J. McDonald, President, and Ebe.nezer S>. Rees, Cashier of the Bank of Darien, being duly sworn, sav that the re turns herewith made and annexed, contain to tfie best of their knowledge and belief, a true and correct ex hibit of the state and condition of the said Bank on Monday, the 6th day of April 1840, as required by the Legislature ; and that of the amount of notes discount ed, the sum of nineteen thousand eight-hundred and ten dollars is secured by pledges of stock at this Bank. N. J. McDONALD. President. EBEN. S. REES, Cashier. Sworn to before rne, this day, April 23, 1640. HY. T. HALL, Notary Public. C I R CULAR: EDWARD J. BLACK TO HIS CONSTITU ENTS, AND PARTICULARLY TO THE STATE RIGHTS PARTY OF GEORGIA: (0 ncluded.) Permit me, fellow citizens, 10 offer you another reason why I, as a State Rights man, cannot support General Harrison. It is ad mitted that he is now, and has, for some time past, been in the keeping, and under the control of a confidential committee of three known and asccertained Federalists. He has suftered this committee to throw itsed’ be tween him and the people; lie is a candidate lor office, and when those whom he would make his constituents respectfully approach him with a request that he will make known to them his views and principles on certain questions of vital importance, instead of an swering them as respectfully as he was inter rogated, either by a renewed deiliration, tr by a leterence to liis expressed opinions, ihey, the people, are told by the committee 1 that the policy is that the General make no fur ther declaration ol iiis principles for the pub lic eye while occupying his present position.’ You are ready to exclaim, ‘ Can this be true ?’ 1 cite you to the proof On the 31st January, 1840, Miles Hotchkiss, the corresponding secretary of the Oswego Association, ad dressed a letter, in accordance with a resolu tion of that body, directly to General Harri son, couched iri respectful terms, and therein propounded the following important ques tions : 1. ‘Are you in favor of receiving and referring petitions fir the immediate abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia ? 52 ‘Are you in favor of a United States Rank, or some institution similar to that, for the safekeeping and disbursing of the public moneys, and lor giving a currency throughout the Uninited Stales? 3. ‘ Would you favor the passage of a genera! bankrupt law by Congress, so that its operations might be equal in aii the States of the Union ?’ This letter was closed with the usual civili ties of respect and obedience, and on the the 29th February following, David Gwynne, J. C. Wright, and O. M. Spencer, styling themselves General Harrison’s confidential committee, answer it under their own proper signatures. ‘ Cincinnati, February 29, 1810. ‘ Oswego Union dissociation : ‘Gentlemen: Your 1 iter of the 31st u!t., addressed to General Harrison, Ims been placed in our possession with a view to early attention. This is unavnidat le in consequence of of the very numerous letters daily received by the General, and to which his reply in person is rendered absolutely impracticable. As from his confidential committee, you will look upon this response, and if the policy ob served by the committee should not meet with your approbation, you will attribute the error’ rather to ourselves and his immediate advi sers than General Harrison. Tlffit policy is, that the General make no further declaration of his principles for the public eye while occu pying his present position. Such course has been adopted, not for purposes of concealment nor to avoid all proper responsibility; but under the impression that the General’s views in regard to all the important and exciting questions of the day have heretofore been given to the public fully and explicitly; and that those views, whether connected with constitutional or other questions of very great interest, have undergone no change. The committee are strengthened in regard to the propriety of this policy; that no new issue be made to the public, from the consideration that the National convention deemed it im politic at the then crisis to publish any gene ral declaration of the views of the great Op position party, and certainly the policy at the present remains unaltered. In the meantime, we cannot help expressing the hope that our friends every where will receive Ihe nomina tion of General Harrison with something akin to generous confidence. When vve|'eflect upon the distinguished intelligence of the nominating convention—how ably all inter ests were represented in that body, we cer tainly have a high guarantee that, should General Hariisou he the successful candTdaie lor the Presidency, that office will be happily and constitutionally administered, and under the guidance of the same principles which directed our Washington, Jefferson, and Aladison. Believing you will concur with us In the propriety of the policy adopted, we [have pleasure in subscribing ourselves, Your friends, DAVID GWYNNE, J. C. WRIGHT, O. M. SPENCER. 11. E. SrENCER, Cor. Sec’v.’ This extraordinary committee say that as the Harrisburg Convention, in which body all interests were ably ref resented, deemed ii ‘impolitic’ to publish any general declar ation of the views of the great Opposition party, they are strengthened in regard to the propriety of the course they had adopted. Who, let me ask, represented tl e interests cr the principles of the State Rights party, or of any portion of the State of Georgia, in that convention of bank men, speculators. Feder j alists and Abolitionists ? When did the State Rights party appoint a delegate to represent them in that convention? Was it done at our meeting in MiHedgevilie on the 17th De cember, 1539, when Gen. John N. William son, of Newton, being in the chair, and M. Spencer, of Liberty, secretary, the following resolution was unanimously adopted r ‘ Resolved, Unanimously (as the deliber ate opinion of this meeting,) That neither William Henry Harrison nor Martin Jan Bttren, is entitled to the vote of the State Rights party of Georgia.’ I put these questions not with a vindictive purpose, but to rescue my character from the foul calumny of misrepresenting*my constitn ents. But aside from this, let us look again at Genera! Harrison in the keeping of his committee. He is a candidate for the high est office in the gift oi the people; his views, principles, and opinions, are of immense im portance to those who may hereafter become his constituents—the people demand to be informed of them— lie refuses to answer, and a eommittee of three men, two of whom sup ported the younger Adams, and the other the elder Adams, take the responsibility of declin ing to give the information required ; General Harrison, they say, will make no more new issues ; ii is * impolitic’ to do so, and that his views have already been given to the public! Grant that they have, and that his principles are engra vedjon ‘monumental alabaster,’ shail he be permitted to insult and treat with con tempt ihe constituency of tins country by a studied neglect of, and refusal to answer their interrogatories on subjects in relation to wbieh they have a right to call on him to speak in his oivn proper pert jn ? Will such a course as this be tolerated in Georgia, and by State Rights men too, who go ail tor principle and nothing for men? There are many subjects on which General Harrison has not, so far as I am informed, pubiicly expressed his opinions; but even il tie had, there can be no excuse, no palliation for this immense outrage on the rights and feelings of the people. Suppose, fellow-citi zens, I had pursued a couse like this in 1533. when I had the honor to be interrogated by the voters of Franklin and Taliaferro in rela tion to my principles! Would you have tol erated it? Suppose George M. Troup be nominated by the June Convention for the Presidency, and should refuse to answer, as General Harrison has, would you tolerate it ? The reply is in every man’s mouth, No, no! If then, you would not trust your own Troup upon his preconcerted silence, will you trust a stranger on his, and that slranger William H. Harrison? To these questions there can he but one response from the mountains to the seaboard, and that respon°e will speak in thunder in October next to ihe aiders and abetters of this silent candidate. General Harrison professes to heheve that Congress has no constitutional power to incorporate a bank, and yet is in favor ol such an institution on the ground of expediency. This is a starting position. W bile it places expediency above principle, it lends to open the door to the general welfare system, under which a majority can at all times mould the Constitution to their own wishes. Con vcnience will soon be converted into necessity. and every thing like strict construction will give way to ihe powerful influence of the great bank interest. If General Harrison is elected, the Constitution, at least in this par ticular, will be set aside, and a hank will be chartered because it is expedient to have one. It will hardly he claimed that the Stale Rights party have ever been a bank party : a tew bank men have been tolerated in it for the sake of preserving harmony, but the great mass have ever been, as they are yet, opposed upon principle and expediency to the estab lishment of such an institution by Congrqfi*. However, therefore, the few among us vvtim have favored a bank either secretly or openly, may deem it their duty to select General Harrison because their ‘ principles agree with his own, to go to the head of the column, and bear up end advance the flag under which it is hoped those principles may be maintained and defended,’ I, as a State Rights man, who have been consistently opposed to a United States Bank, cannot be justly censured for refusing to support a man who not only ad vocates a bank in the most exceptionable manner, but who is the selected candidate of open and avowed hank men. General Harrison recognizes the power of Congress to appropriate money fiom the Fed eral Treasury for the purpose of interned improvement by the General Government, and in many parts of the West, particularly in that region through which the Cumberland road runs, he is supported expressly on that ground. He is, too, in favor of a protective tariff, or at least he would abandon his ad vocacy of that most ‘ unconstitutional, unjust, and oppressive’ system, only when fie shall have seen the streets of Charleston and Nor folk covered with grass from its ruinous effe cts and consequences. He has so expressed himself. 1 have never yet heard it denied, and if it ever is, the proof is at hand. Shall l be condemned then for condemning these principles of the HanwkrfWg nominee? or shall I be censured (or ho#advocating the man, while I am permitted, for consistency’s s i epudiate liis principles'? •ho-people of Georgia, and particularly the Slate Rights party, may (eel some inter est to know what position General Harrison occupied in the Senate of the Uniled Slates in 1826, when the old treaty of the Indian springs was supplanted in that body by the new treaty of Washington. The contest whicii ensued between George M. Troup, who, in behalf of Georgia, contended for the recognition of the old treaty, and John Q. Adams, the President, who attempted to sus tain the new treaty, by which Georgia would have los) a great portion of her lands, is vet fresh in your recoiled ions. Out of that con test Troup brought us with honor and glory : our rights were gallantly and wisely main tained; and after a severe struggle, the sur reptiliouj treaty of Washington was nullified. Where stood Harrison when the question between the hvo treaties came up in the Sen ate? I have the journals before rne, and I make lrou> them tile following extract: * Frida t, April 21, 1826. ; Mr. B- nton submit ted the fallowing reso lution: 4 Resolved, (Tivo-tliirds of the Senators present concurring therein), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty between the United Sl*tes of America and the Creek nation ol Indians, concluded at ihe City of Washington , the 2 4th day of Jan uary, 1820, together with the supplementary article thereto, dated 31st day of March, 1826.’ This res-lution you perceive ratifies the new treaty, of course to the exclusion of the old treaty, and for this resolution William H. Harrison voted. The Journal proceeds : ‘lt (the resolution above quoted) was de termined in the affirmative, yeas 30, nays 7. 4 Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Barton, Bell,Benton, Boligny, Branch,Cham bers, Chandler, Chase, Clayton, Dickerson, Eaton, Edwards, Findlay, Harper, HARRI SON, Hendricks, Johnson, of Kentucky, Kane, Loyd. Marks, Mills, Noble, Reed, Rowan, Seymour, Smith, Tazewell, Thomas, Wiley. 4 Those who voted in the negative, are, Berrien, Cobb, Hay tie, King, Macon, White, Williams.’ There is one other curious and important i fact, relative to this matter which I will not now state. It does not, however, relate to, or alter, the vote or position of General Har rison. I shall have the Journals with me in Georgia, and the fact to which I allude can be then made to appear to the satisfaction, or dissatisfaction, of any one who may desire to be informed of it. Whether General Harrison is an Abolition ist, or not, depends very much upon the sig nification and meaning you attach to the word Abolition. If you say that lie who de nies the right of Congress to aboiish slavery in the States, is not an Abolitionist, then he is free of that sin, and so is Mr. Adams and Mr. Slade, for they, too, however ardent in the cause, would refer it to the conscientious con victions of the master. But if he who volun tarily procures a certificate of his member ship of an Abolition society’; who expresses his abhorrence of slavery ; who would appro priate the surplus revenue of the United States to effect the abolition of it; who_ thanked his I God, when he left the Stale of Virginia, that he had that day got rid of Virginia slaves and \ irginia politicians, and who hopes to live to see the day when the North American .Sun vviil not look down on a slave ; who has vol untarily expatriated himself !rom his native siavehoiding State, for the more congenial clime ol a non slaveholding community ; it lie who has said and done these things be in your opinion an Abolitionist, then General Harrison is most assuredly obnoxious to die charge. These extraordinary views and opinions on this vital subject, are attributed to him, and recorded against him. Neither he nor Ids committee can or will deny them, tor they are capable of proof, 1 would insert that proof in this address, if its unexpected length did not admonish me to draw it to a close, f however cannot refrain from submit.ing to you a short letter from General Harrison himself, which if it does not prove liitn to he an Abolition si, at least proves him to be a member of an Abolition society. “TO THE PUBLIC, SO"” 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, “ i am accused ol’ being friendly to slavery. From my earliest youth to the present mo ment I have been the ardent friend of human libertv. At the nie of eighteen I BECAME A MEMBER OF AN ABOLITION SO CIETY, established at Richmond ; the object of which was to ameliorate the condition of slaves, and procure their freedom by every legal means. My venerable friend Judge Gatch, of Claremont county, wnsaiso a mem ber of this Abolition Society, and has lately given me a certificate that 1 was one. The obligation which I then came under I have faithfully performed. * * * WILLIAM HENRY IIARRISON.” Now let tire slaveholders ol (lie State of Georgia, of either party, after having read ibis letter from under the hand of General Harrison, even if there were no other proofs against him, decide for themselves whether lie is an Abolitionist or not. Talk not u> me oflns acknowledgment of our naked consti tutional rights, when he tells you it is a calum ny to accuse him if being friendly to slavery. Tell me not of his vote to admit Missouri in to the Union, without restriction, when lie is so solicitous to prove fie was a member of an abolition society, that he actually obtains and exhibits a certificate that lie was one. Believe not the hollow pretence of his devotion to the South and her domestic institutions, when he asseverates to you that all the obii fcg-aJinns he came under when he abolition society, he has faithfully pefforUftd. Whether he be an Abolitionist or not, is lor you to decide; but do not condemn me, as a slaveholder and a.southern man, for refuisng to vote for General Harrison, when lie him self has conclusively proven that he is a faith ful member of an abolition society. If General Harrison’s acts and opinions relative to abolishing negro slavery he so oh- j jectionable, what will the people of Georgia i say ofhis vote, while a member of the Ohio I Legislature, to sell a white man in order to ; rai*e money to pav a fine and costs of suit ? Let it be remembered f vve take General Harrison we must take, his principles with him , and that there may be no mistake about this matter, f will quote to you again from the record. Extract from the journal of the stair of Ohio. Tues ay J, hi, SO 1821. Senate met pursuant to adjournment. The Senate then, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole upon the bill from the House enti tled an act for the punishment ol certain of fences therein named,’ and alter sometime therein spent, the Speaker (Allen Trimble) re sumed the chair. Mr. Fithian then moved to strike out the 19th section of said bill as lollows: ‘■Be it further enacted, That when any per son shall be imprisoned, either upon execu tion or otherwise, for the non-payment of a fine or cost, it shall be lawful for the sheriff of the county to sell out such person as a servant 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 tlie prisoner to him, from which time the relation between such purchaser and the pri soner, shall be that of made) and servant, until the time of service expires ; and for injuries done .for either, remedy shall be bad in the same manner, as is or may be provided by law in case ol master and apprentices. But nothing herein contained shall he construed to prevent persons being discharged from impri sonment according to the provisions of the 37 th section of the act to which this is supplementa ry, if it Ifiall be considered expedient to grant such discharge. Provided that the court in pronouncing upon person convicted under this act, or the act to which this is supple mentary, may direct such person or persons to he detained in prison until the fine be paid or the pers n or persons otherwise disposed of agreeably to Hie provisions of this act. Upon this motion of Mr. Fithian to strike out the above section, the vote recorded as follows : ‘Yeas—Messrs Boa sly, Brown, Fithian. Gass, Keaton, Jennings, Lucas, Matthews, McLaughlin, McMilton, Newcomb, Robb, Ilussell, Scofield, Shelby, Spencer, Stone, Thompson, and Womelcof—2o. Navs —Messrs Baldwin, Ccie, Foos, Fos ter, WILLIAM H. HARRISON, McLean, Oswall, Pollock, Reggies, Roberts, Wheeler, and Speaker.—l 2. 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 p:ebaid 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, } Columbus, O. Sept. 10. 1836. 5 I certify that the foregoing is a true and ac curate copy from the journals of the Senate of the Siate ol Ohio, being the first session of the nineteenth General Assembly, held at Co lumbus, Dec. 1320. See page 303. 30-1, 803, CARTER B. HARLAN, Secretary ol'State. This, then, is the way in which General Harrison would dispose of a white man, whose misfortunes may have rendered him unable to pay a fine and costs of suit imposed on him for assault and battery, or for any other violation of the penal code. When he was Governor of Indiana, he gave his official sanction to a law of the same character, pass ed by the leg slature of that territory. If he is elected President, and Congress should pass an act in accordance with the above, to sella defendant for the fine and costs of suit imposed bv a judge of a district or circuit court of the United States, tie would be bound, by 1 is recorded vote, to sanction and give it the force of law. Valuing my privileges as a white man, and prepared to defend them to the last extremity, I cannot, by the remotest indirec tion, tolerate a principle so abhorrent to rny feelings and destructive of my rights. This is the man, fellow-citizens of all par ties, w’hom the Harrisburg convention recom- * j mends to you to receive ‘icith something akin |to generous confidence /’ I know you io be liigtiminded and generous; but I have yet to learn that your generosity is to he tested by your willingness to supports man, who do | libererately voted to sei.i. a white man into j servitude to raise money to discharge a line ! and costs of suit. For William H. Harrison, then, 1 cannot vote under any .circumstances; of Mr. Van Buren I have little to say. I have heretofore been opposed to him, with the hope and ex pectation of getting a better man. 1 would gladly have voted lor George M. Troup; I was among the first in Georgia to propose him as a candidate lor the Presidency. 1 will yet vote for him in preference to any other man, it he is nominated with the bona fide in tention ol electing him. But if he is to be made the mere instrument of withholding the vote ol the State from Mr. Van Boren in order to advance the interests of General Har rison, I cannot support him. If the June con vention nominate Harrison, I, with thousands ol other State rights men, vviil be driven to the support of the present Administration by the alternative offered, and from which there ; can he no escape. When 1 came here in ! December last, l was honestly and consci | entiously neutral between the two great con tending parties of Whigs and Democrats; arid ! held myself in roseiv'e, with tire deter mination to support such measures only as squared up to my principles, and to allocate that parly which came nearest to the position I occupied. To the astonishment of every i one, General Harrison was shortly afterward i nominated ior the Presidency against Mr. ; Van Buren. This evicted anew state of i things; and I watched the two parties narrow | ly for the purpose of ascertaining who were our friends. The first question which arose, and on which I was called to act, was the celebrated New Jersey question. In deter mining iliat question, I asked not who were Whigs or who Democrats; ! voted upon principle to sustain the rights of those who held the commission of the Governor in order to organize the House, leaving the ultimate right to their scats to future investigation. Since that period, ! have generally voted | with the Administration, because their meas i ures were such as commanded my support.. ; Let me call your attention to a few of those ; measures ar.d votes. You well recollect (can you ever forget?) the resolution intro duced in the House by Cost Johnson, of Maryland, by which the standing rules were ti) be so amended as to exclude the reception of Abolition petitions. Had you any interest at stake in that question ? I, myself, consid ered it one of vital importance to the whole South. Our interests, our institutions—nay, our very existence as a people—depended on the vote which was about to be taken. I had stood by and witnessed for a fortnight a violent and outrageous attack on onr rights, I had heard you slandered, vil lied, and abus ed, by the non-slaveholding Whigs, who alone participated in the crusade against you. You were ably and faithfully defended by Judge Colquitt, Major Cooper, and Colonel Alford ; and I, with your other Representa tives. was anxiously endeavoring to obtain the floor to add our voices to the indignant replications which had been uttered iti’your behalf. But the prominent men of the Dcm osratic party said 1 No—reserve your spcecli lor another occasion; our friends here are prepared to sustain by their votes vour rights and the interests ol your constituents.’ I scarcely believed them ; 1 feared it was a i hollow profession. But the critical moment rame; the forces of the two parties were drawn np in battle anav, and the conflict was ! about to begin. I stood by, almost breathless with anticipation and excitement; for I knew that upon the result of that vote all that vve held dear and near to us would be immediate ly a fleeted. Ibe vote was cast; we came out of ihe fight victorious—safe, butscotched. Who achieved the victory for us? Who saved us? Who bore us out triumphantly upon that ever-memorable occasion? I an swer, upon my knowledge of the fact, the Democratic party. Who were our uncom promising opponents to the last? I answer, upon my knowledge of the fact, every north era Whig in the House save one, and four southern Whigs, among whom was John Bell of Tennessee, the Whig candidate for Speaker, ‘i weniy-seven non-sla veliolding Democrats voted with us, and sustained even,though it might be at the imminent risk and hazard of their own political annihilation. 1 frankly confess to you that the action of Mr. Van Boren's Iriends, on that occasion, made an indellihie impression on me. i care not for their previous course, although from tiie beginning it bas been more favorable to us than that pursued by the Whigs, as can be proven by the Journals of the House, I had witnessed that day an act of pure devo tion io principle, on their part, which drew me closer to them, and convinced me that they were our natural allies. Look, I pray you, to the course pursued by a Democratic Senator from Ohio, during this session. He was charged by some of his constituents to present certain abolition petitions to the Sen ate. D,d he, as the Whigs have regularly done, present them ? No, he refused” to do it; and, in an able and patriotic speech, no tijied the Senate publicly ofhis refusal. Look again to the vote of the Senators, on Mr. Calhoun’s resolutions relative to the brig En terprise, introduced during the present session, in the following words: ‘ Resolved , That a ship or a vessel on (be high seas, in time of peace, engaged in a law ful voyage, is, according to the laws of nations, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the state to I which her flag belongs; as much so as if con stituting a part of its own domain. ‘ Resolved, That ifsuch ship or ve-se! should be forced by stress of weather or other una voidable cause, into the port, and under the jurisdiction of a friendly power, she and her cargo,and persons on board, with their pro perty, and all the rights belonging to their personal relations, as established by the laws | of the Siate to which they belong, would be placed under the protection which the laws of nations extend to the unfortunate under such circumstances. I Resolved , That the brig Enterprise, which was forced unavoidably by stress of weather intol’ort Hamilton, Bermuda Island,while on a lawful voyage on the high seas from one port of j the Union to another, comes within the priii- I cipies embraced in the foregoing resolutions; ; and that the seizure and detention ot the ne groes on board by the local authority of ibe island, was an act in violation of the laws of nations, and highly unjust to our own citizens to whom they belcr.g. These resolutions distinctly recognise our right of property in our negroes; they were adopted by a unanimous vote it is true: but every non slaveholding Whig, with a solitary exception, absented himself when that vole was taken. Were all these actual demonstra tions to make no impression on me? They were proof to me, as strong as holy writ, that Martin Van Buren was a northern man with southern feelings. I had here ofore doubted his professions: for he and his friends had given no such actual demonstrations of their sincerity; to the extent to which I desired them to go. These are recorded tacts, and against them bis enemies may array, if they pie- r, his bygone doubts as io the power ol Cot - grtes over slavery in the Distici of Columbia. Actions speak louder than words; and I am bound to support him as long as he support-: us upon the question of abolition; espciallv wi.e i his opponent, more objection'll,e on th:l, score than he himself, is supported by th>* Northern Whig party, whose course >n <!. • absorbing topic is dead against us.- Mr Va Buren L opposed to a bank; he i-, in favour of an independent Treasury; lie is opposed t< internal improvements by ll e General Gov eminent; he is opposed to the assumption, hv hie Federal Government, of the debts of tb.- Slabs. lam assured that he is opposed to n h;gb protective tariff; and I reier yoifilo o'-’ i hF messages since the extra session of ISSr j lor a poweiiul and able exposition of manv <>• jour own Stale Rights doctrines. I will “in detain you with tlie abundant proofs of : those assertions at this time. I have the:., with me, and shad, with vour permission, < • htbii them to you during the next summer.!. your own satisfaction. j Previous to our last Congressional election it was agreed that we might differ in opinion on any point not affecting our State Rights principles; and, with that understanding ike present delegation was elected. But, assoou as I attempted to am out that permitted d;f lei cnee of opinion, f was denounced by a !< • • individucis who would usurp the authority < the whole party. The election for printer t the House came on ; I voted for Blair & Rive.-, in preference to Gales & Seaton ; and, up n tins vote, ail the charges have been ru; through the* Siate ol Georgia, as an evidenc that. I had abandoned my State Rights prn cip ! es. But, before 2 am condemned for that vote, let us look at the relative position of these, the only competent candidates offend to my choice. I will not go farther back tin < the days ol Troup and the treaty, when J >k-, Qoincy Adams, now one of the Whig lead. • s in Congress, but then at the head of the Fed era! Government, threatened toiovadc the sod of Georgia, 3nd to reduce her to obedien-.v. and an inglorious abandonment of her right , by the force and efficacy of Federal bayonet-. In that memorable contest, when you and t, led on by George M. Troup, fought, should. • to shoulder, for the maintenance of our ten - toriai rights, where stood the National Intelli gencer, edited by Gales & Seaton? Th -t paper was the organ of Mr. Adams and sin. ported and defended him in his vain and. abortive crusade against the sovereign rights of your state, When the Supreme Court arrogantly cited the State of Georgia to appear at her bar n, show cause why the Indian murderer Tassel-, should not be liberated and released, the Globe vindicated and defended us, and the Inteiligen cer was agauist us. In the celebrated mis sionary case, Blair teas for us, Gales S? Seaton against us. F. P. Blair advocates the Inde pendent i'rcasurv—Gales &. Seaton oppose it. Blair is opposed to a high protective ta riff, to internal improvement, and to a United States Bank. The editors of the Intelligence r are the accredited organs of the tariff, internal improvement, and bank party ; and the bai k now holds a mortgage, not only on the estab lishment itseif, but on all the ‘debts due to it, and io become due.’ So if I had voted for that paper I should actually have been voting to make the bank a recipient of Gevernmen patronage. Let us run out the parallel a little farther: The editors of the Intelligencer, du ring this session, have actually published a* I spread out on their daily page the famous a! edition speech of William Slade, delivered i.-r Febuary last; and have consequently knov - ingly and wilfully promulgated and circulate. . in the State of Georgia, and throughout b wiio'e Somh, oi e oft he ablest and most eflei - live abolition speeches which has ever beer, delivered in Congress. No! content with that, they published the same speech in pamphlet form. How did F. P. Bia r act in relation t-> that matter. He was applied to, and request ed to publish the same speech in the Globe newspaper, and he refused. It is trite that the editor ofthe Globe was opposed to South Car olina nu'lification, and ss was the Intelligence• But when Georgia nidified, in the ’Lasses and missionary cases, the Globe was with j r. and the Intelligencer teas against us. ’j o show that the National Intelligencer still mais tarns and avows its ancient position of lio-- ti’i'v to Georgia, I extract from that paper, of Febuary 6th, 1840, a portion of its edito rial: ‘ We are, however, far from regretting that the Government editor has recalled our at lei tion to what We tlien said of the contemp shown by the President ol the United States and his followers and flatterers, toward <1 - authority of the Supreme Court. It was w< !f said ; and, if we mn v be excused the q’uotin.- it back from the Globe, we will say it ov<. again; for, at the moment it was uttered, ii was solemn truth, spoken with sincerity .f heart. Here it is; * It is time, fellow citizens, that we come t<> a pause, and solemnly reflect upon our situ;, tion. The tariff has l eeu declared to 1 v unconstitutional by more than one State ; in ternal improvement has been denounced in the same manner; the Untted States bank lias been assailed in the same manr.er; and, Worst of all, the authority of th* Judiciary is set at naught—all under the banner of ‘Lib erty and Reform.’ It is not necessary for us to add, that,sustain these doctrines, and our Government is at an end. The sword and the bayonet will have usurped the oflice ot appea's and writs of error, and the Supreme Court will be substituted by some tribunal of more summary proceeding.’ Here is a distinct avowal that, if the tariff’ interna! improvement, and the lank oj the Hin ted States, be declared to be unconstitutional, ana the authority of the Supreme Court, in arraigninga S ale at her bar, be set at nought, our government *at an end! Comment upon ibis reiteration of these ultra federal doctrines is unnecessary. This paragraph, which Gales &. Seaton ‘quote back, 5 and appear to glory in, was one of the numerous elf.irts it made to prejudice the public mind agaii.st us in our controversies with the General Gov ernment, to which I have just alluded. I sub mit these facts to you, not for the purpose of criminating otheis who thought it their duty to vote for the Intel igenrer, hut to show von that, as a Stale Rights man anti a citizen of Georgia, I cannot he justly denounced for preferring the editor of the Globe to Gales & Seaton, our ancient, consistent, and undevia ting opponents. With entire confidence in the rectitude of my intentions, and the zea! with tvhih 1 have Discharged the duties vou assigned me, con scious of having acted on nil occasions, since l have been in Washington, with an eyceingln to your interests, I have the honour lo remain, ns I have been, ymir obedient and faithful servant, ftDWARD J. BLACK. CHECKS ON NE W YORK For sale bv NORTON & LANGDON. T une 13. ]? 3 t __ TAX&S. THE Books of the city ‘fax returns wit! be hand? e.l over the Treasurer for collection by the Ist. July next Those who do not make their r- turns by that time, wl!i be subject to ry 3V a double Tax. June 13, 17tf C. STRATTON, Clerk. \XO. 18.