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, si;r.ot be'removed — It is the bins', d I
;.tir, of .nuedur, and cannot be wash
ed out.
Bat the Virginia gentleman of the
old school, the* beau ideal of Mr. 1
Gruntluud's idolatry. lie is fair
gaw**; and of all the people in the
world, the poorest apology for a hard
cider candidate. No single phrase
can signify a wider opposition tlian
hard c lei, and \ irginia gentleman
of the (dd school. Os all the incofi- !
sisteacies of H tmsouism this caps !
the climax. The term Ratal cider, j
lias a degree of respectability in it; 1
for it signifies a respect tor the la- j
boring man, Whose athletic tranic
and pow erful stomach are supported
ard confuted by this worst of li-|
rpjors. I?fit what is the Virginia ;
gentleman of the old school? An
obsolete class of Aristocrats—A tit
led heredita.ty few, whose envy of
the march of talents uml enterprise
lias almost exterminated the race.
A few yet linger by the way side.—
If Georgia has any thing of the kind
Mr. Grantluud shall stand for it.—
But we believe lie will not do, for
w ant of revolutionary honors, hered
itary wealth, ora patent of nobility,
Signed by the hands of Shorn or Ja
phet. Albeit, our thrifty candidate
lias been a mechanic, and can there
fore, at best, but ape the character
he idolises.
The Virginia gentlemen of the
old school is nit extinct. lie may j
vet ho seen of an evening riding upj
to a cumbrous set of bars which seem 1
to close the entrance to his illy cul
tivated tobacco plantation. His sons
do not attend his steps. They are
emigrants seeking their fortunes in
other States. His servant who nev
er fails to attend him on horseback,
passes rapidly by to let down the
bars, that his master may not have
to alight anti degrade himself by a
menial office, At another time (and
this is a tale of fact,) you may see
him gravely entertaining his invited
guests in his parlor, his liveried black
man standing in one corner of the
room, with the weight of his body
on the left foot, while ihe right is
kept exactly far enough in advance
to enable him to move quick and
gracefully at the bid of any one pre
sent. Jack is as proud of his office
as any man present, and desires the
relief of any errand however trifling.
At length he is relieved by the order
of his master: —Jack—scratch my
head! Suiting the action to the
word, Jack advances by a quick step,
scratches his master’s head, faces to
the right about, and returns to his
l )0; \ U
Such was the Virginia gentleman
of the old school—A race W hich has
given way to the valuable ahd enter
prising race which now constitute the
best blood of the Old Dominion.—
General Harrison, it seems, has de
termined to act the Cato, of this pa
trician tribe, by carrying its weak
ness and imbecility into the new and
flourishing State of Ohio; while his
supporters are determined to hide
his defects by hurraing over barrels
of hard cider. Well might the elder
Adams say to his friend Cunningham,
that Democracy would always find a
formidable power in the high born
race who would practice popular arts
with a skill and energy to make up
for their want of numbers. But he
reckoned badly on the intelligence of
our people. His clan and his race
have always been defeated at the
polls, and so will he William Plenty
Harrison; the Virginia gentleman of
the old school. Federal Union.
1 XPLOIiINO EXPEDITION.
The Antarctic Continent. Ail official letter i
c.'L.eut. Com. Wiikes,dated March 10, 1840. j
..oil', on boar*.! the U. S. Ship Vincennes ap S
..ears in ilit* Globe of’ Saturday. It states i
the squadron, consisting of the Viticen
o, Fouoock, Porpoise, and Flying Fish,
•atled troth Sydney, N. S. W. on the 34th of
Dccembti last, with instructions to proceed
•ts ;ar South as practicable, and cruise within I
t.e An.aid c ocean. The vessels continued
in company until the first of Januaty, when
iitey parted in a log, it having been deter
mined to leave each vessel to act independent',
iy under the belief that it would give il possible
a greater degree of emualation to all, and
lroru tlte fact that owing to the ice and the
h..e!i weather, it would he impossible to con
tinue long together.
On the Id:;* of January the Vincennes ran
oto a bay or filed of ice in long. 164 53
J'.. e ul lat. G 4 11 IS. presenting a perfect bar
iier to any further progress South. After an
e notice essi'ul attempt to penetrate through the
toe, tle ship proceeded westward. On the
morning of the lJih of January land was seen
: > the south and east; many indications of the
pmxnnity of land being a iso apparent —such
. penguin, seal, and the discoloration of the
water. The impenetrable barrier of ice pre
vented a near approach to the land. Alter
passing through large clusters and bodieis of
ice and innumerable ice islands, the ship en
tered a large bay formed by ice, but no point
could be discovered where a passage through
to the South was practicable. !n exploring
ti:;s bay, Lieut. Wilkes readied the lat. of 67
4, in long. 147 30 E. which was the farthest
> tit South to which the Expedition penetra
ted.
A; o ‘Stance:; of distant land were seen in
t.\e eastward and westward. About one
.:.! ed nules to tiie west of this, the nccJk
i;t*ve no variation; afterwards it increased
i a piety tit west w;ud variation os thethtp pro
ceeded. From which circumstance Lieut.
Wilkes is of the opinion that when in the ice
bay he eouid not have been very far font tin
: mag..*_'tto pole, i his b..y was called
1> sn: Atiietti Lay, as it seemed to put an
■:! i.opes of ‘farther progress South.
O ! Use 28Uiat noon, after thirteen repulses
~ip was m long. J4O 30 E and lat. 6d
33 S. when land was again discovered hear
h,g s mill. A storm coming up it was rstces
eirv to run back, hut upon tiie abatement of
gale the same course was retraced.
Lieut. Wilkes say.:
‘We rati towards the land about fifty miles,
when we reached a small bay pointed by high
chits ao 1 mack Vi dec. me rocks, with about 60
miles of c iast in sight, extending to a gteat
fj.oi.nc: .ioivaids the (southward in big : tnqun
lainous land.
j i'lte orcYzj freshened to a blit.r.g gale,
; which prevailed our landing, and cmnpelleai!
us tn run out alter soundings in thirty fathoms i
water; and within two hours afterwards the
ship was again reduced to her storm sail",
| with a heavy gale from the southward, with’
j sna;v, s;te:, and a heavy sea, continuing 3G
| hour?, and if possib e more dangerous than •
i that of the j*Sih and 29ih, owing to-the large i
! number of ice islands arou-.d m; after which
I received reports from the medical officers,
j representing the exhausted slate of Ihe crew
land condition ol the ship.
Notwithstanding the unfavorable aocounts
of the Medical Officers, Lieut. Wilkes deemed
j it his duly to persevere, and accordingly he
steered again for the land. The coast was
readied on the 2d of February, about 60
■ miles to the westward of she point first visi
i led, but tbe perpendicular ice cliffs lining the
‘coast prevented, tbe possibility of landing,
i The course of (be ship was continued west
i ward along tlie berries of ice which appeared
|to make from the land. On tbe 8 h and 10th,
! the appearances of distant mountains was seen
and again on the 18th. The fee barrier at
‘length began to tend more to the Southward
which induced the hope that a nearer ap
proach might be made to the land- On the
13ih, at noon, in long. 107 45 iat. v>s 11 land
appeared plainly in sight with a tolerably
clear sea. But the course of tbe ship was
slopped by the ice barrier within about fifteen
miles of the shore. From the ice bergs a
round the ships which were coloured and
stained with earth, Lieut. Wilkes obtained
numerous specimens of sand stone, quariz,&.c.
some weigmg a hundred pounds.
-fter coasting westward!;/ for some days
and witnessing some splendid appearances of
the Aurora Australis, Lieut. Wilkes on she
21st of February changed bis course, and
pr iceeded North, it being evidently impracti
cable Io effect a landing ou any oari of the
coast.
The conclusions to which ti.e navigator
comes, are: that there can scarcely be a doubt
ot the existence of the Antarctic Continent,
extending throughout the distance of seventy
degrees from East to West: that different
points of the land are at times tree from the
ice barrier, that they ate frequented by seal,
and that whales abound on the coast, offering
to our enterprising countrymen engaged in
whaling aud sealing a field of extent fur
their future operations.
Lieut. \\ iffies commends to the notice of
the Department the gallant conduct of the of
lie rs, seamen and marines during this Ant
arctic cruize—the in inner and spirit, togeth
er with the coolness and alacrity, with which
they met danger and, performed their duties.
‘Ail that I can say in their favor,’ in the words
of die commander ‘would fall (ar short of what
they deserve. I shall ever bear testimony
that they have proved themselves worthy of
the high character ■borne by our countrymen
and the navy to which they belong.’
TO THE CITIZENS OF UPSON
COUNTY.
In times of high political excite
ment, men often permit their pre
judices to usurp the place of reason,
and their judgment, controlled by
passion, becomes so perverted as to
lead them into the deepest errors.
Notwithstanding, however, the ex
traordinary excitement manifested
at present in reference to the Presi
dential election, the hope is not
entirely precluded of finding such
among you as may be disposed to
form an opinion by an unbiassed
and dispassionate consideration of
the subject. Os such I respectfully
solicit a careful arid ctindid attention
to the following observations sug
gested by an extraordinary com
munication of the respectable gen
tlemen who composed the delega
tion of this county to the late Harri
son convention at Milledgeville.
lor each of these gentlemen, per
sonally, I entertain feelings of the
most friendly regard, and nothing
which { may say must be misunder
stood as intended to detract any
thing from their moral worth, whilst
1 deplore with the most lively sensi
bility, that unaccountable infatua
tion which hits drawn them into a
course, and into associations so in
consistent with, and so diametrical
ly opposed to their former profes
sions as State Rights men. Never
theless, if their communication had
j not been evidently intended to ope
rate beyond the sphere of those to
whom it was addressed, and design
ed to strengthen and diffuse that
polical delusion under which its au
thors unfortunately labor, it might
have been permitted silently to
make its way to the ‘tomb of the
capulets;’ but I deem it proper that
jits claims to public credence should
be as fully and fairly examined as
the brevity consistent with this ad
dress may allow.
’1 he address of the delegates
certainly has the merit of possessing
one distinction at least, and that is,
of embracing within so small a com-i
pass a greater number of unsup
ported assertions than perhaps can
he found in any other publication
of equal, length. Indeed, so confi
dent is the reliance of the ‘delegates’
upon the easy credulity of those to
whom they address themselves,
that no argument, no proof, no au
thority was deemed necessary to
sustain their bold denunciations of
31 r. Van Buren, or their misdirect
ed eulogies of General Harrison.
The address of the honorable
‘delegates’ is replete with that low
ribaldry and slang which bus for
months characterized the opponents
of 3lr. Van Buren, and which is
intended to supply the place of rea
son and argument. They com
mence bv reiterating that universal
! cry oi demagogues and office hunters.
Throughout all time and all conn-;
tries, ‘change, change’ has been the
cry ot that class ot persons. It was
the rallying cry of the rebellious’
son ot DaviJ; it was the theme of
Catiline; ‘change, change,’ was the j
dolorous cry of the Hartford Con-’
ventionists, and all the Federalists
throughout the land, while heaping
the most abusive epithets upon Mr. |
Madison; and while opposing every
obstacle to a righteous war, and
oven plotting the dismemberment of
this U nion; and ‘change’ is the
watchword of Federal-whig orren
hunters of the present day ! ! ! Yes, ’
remember, fellow citizens, that the
same kind of abuse, the same op- j
probriuus epithets, and the same
reckless persecution which is show
ered now so liberally upon our pie
sent Chief Magistrate, was poured
with equal liberality by the same
party, upon t he heads of those great
and good men, Thomas Jefferson
and James Madison. The disaffect
ed shout of ‘down with Jefferson,’ ;
‘down with Madison,’ was echoed
from mountain to mountain and
from valley to valley; but. tlie people
stood by the people’s friends—and
so will they again. Be not deceiv
ed. Every change is not reform.
That abuses requiring reformation,
|exist, is admitted, but we have no’
assurance that they will be removed j
merely by a change of officers. It
| is idle to expect it until all men be- !
come honest. As well meaning,
upright and honest citizens, to whom
is confided the exercise of the high
est privilege of freemen, you should
seek to he informed by what means,
or in what manner the abuses of
our government are to be n formed
merely by a change of rulers. Where
is the plan of the proposed reform?
Where is the declaration of princi
ples upon which the opposition in
tend to administer the government
it they corne into power? Are you
sure they will cheapen the govern
ment? Are you certain the vvhigs
and ; not love money as well as other
people? Might not a more hungry
swarm come in as was feared by the
fox in the brambles? In short,
I where is the chart by which they
■may be judged? Alas, shadows,
| clouds and darkness rest upon the
i prospect! No ‘disclosures are made
jto friends or foes!’ Ask how Gen.
j Harrison intends to reform abuses,
| and echo answers—how? Are you
! ready, then, to commit the guidance
| of your destinies—the destinies of
your posterity—the destinies of your
Wood bought country to the hands
of those who refuse to show you by
what means, or upon what princi
ples the promised benefits are to be
realized? The ‘delegates’ have
condescended to repeat the oft re
futed calumny of Senator Davis,
that it is the wish of the adminis
tration to reduce the price of labor;
and they even hazard the assertion
in form of an interrogatory that it
is proclaimed a leading measure. I
will leave this matter for the ‘dele
gates’ to settle with their own con
sciences.
Knowing as I do the sentiments
ot some ot the delegates in relation
to a National Bank, I feel authoris
ed to infer that the war of Jackson
and Van Buren, upon the United
States Bank, is regarded by them
as a ‘war upon the currency.’ To
uphold their favorite ‘credit system’
would they again be willing to see
the Constitution trodden under foot,
and the country cursed with anoth
er monopoly of incorporated wealth,
in the form of a mammoth Bank?
31 r. Van Buren wars not with a le
gitimate system of credit. It is
against its abuse which produces an
unreal and fictitious value of tilings;
against the shinplaster system; that
scandal of the present age, that ho
wars. lie and his friends are en
deavoring to reform and make
sound the currency. Fanners and
mechanics are benefited, not so
much by the abundance of paper
money as by its soundness. Spec
ulators, brokers, and all that class
that live upon the labor of the work
ing class, desire a redundancy of
rag motley. But will the ‘dele
gates’ have the goodness to inform
us how it has happened, that not
withstanding the war of Mr. Van
Buren and his ‘illustrious predeces
sor’ upon the currency, in the years
1818-19-20 and 21, the currency
and the exchanges were in a worse
and more disordered condition than
they ever were before or since ?
There was then a National Bank;
and neither Jackson nor Van Buren
was President! ! Why was it that
in 1818-19, thousands and tens of
thousands of poor mechanics were
thrown out of employment, and
bankruptcy, misery and wretched
ness, met the eye at every turn?
Was it for Want of a great ‘regula
tor:’ A National Bank was in the
full tide of experiment. And how,
let me ask, was it, that from 1826
to 1833 the price of cotton was
( from sto 8 cents? And again, how
came it to pass that from 1819 to
1821; and from 1825 to 182S our
dockets groaned beneath a weight
of judgments never equalled before
nor since—Yea, not even by the
present time of ruin and destruction?
Neither Jackson nor Van Buren
had then warred ‘upon the curren
cy.’
It is marvellous that in enumera
ting the evidences of 3lr. Van Bu.
ren’s corruption, extravagance
and profligacy, the story of the gold
spoons and. $1,509 bedstead was
omitted. Was it merely because it
had been proved to be false? Then
some other items should have been
omitted. But why did the ‘delegates’
not give a bill of particu/ars? They
should have informed the people
how Mr. Van Buren is wasting thej
public treasure. How the $40,000,-
000 of surplus was wasted by dis
tributing it to the Stales in pursu
ance of a policy introduced by and
approved by tiie Whig?; how he!
wasted the people’s money in the’
trosecution of Indian wars; in tie’
purchase of Indian lands, ahd the
removal of Indian tribes. And also
Low much has been wasted in the
payment of pensions, as the taw re
quire?;, to old and invalid soldiers,
and indemnities to oar citizens for
losses sustained in the service of.
their country. These arc all charg
ed to Mr. Van Buren’s extrava
gance ! ! And has it come to this
that the. President of these United
States can not pay out the poor
pittance allowed the decrepid sol j
dier; or for defending your fiersides,
your wives and your children from
the merciless tomahawk and scab)- !
ing knife without being stigmatized,
and by Georgians too, as a profli
gate ! ! I defy the ‘delegates’ or
any one else to show that the Pres
ident has used a single dollar of
public money except in accordance
with an appropriation of Congress.
I also defy them to show any ex
travagant appropriation of public
money by Congress, however wild
and profligate, that was not suppor
ted and voted for by their Federal
Whig friends. Ob, shame where
is thy blush ! The standing army,
•‘that raw 7 head and bloody bones 5 of
the Whigs has been paraded before
you in all its terrors to prove 31r.
Van JBuren a ‘consolidationist and
tyrant.’ Now, ‘mark how a plain
tale shall put them down.’ At the
opening of the present session of
Congress, the President, as usual,
accompanied his annual message
with the report of the Secretary of
War, of the state and condition of
the general defences of the county,
which he recommended to the con
sideration of Congress'. Subsc
quently Mr. Poinsett, in compliance
with a resolution of the previous
session, submitted to Congress the
details of a plan for the reorgani
zation of the militia which he says
Mr. Van Buren never saw. How
unjust then to hold 31 r. Van Buren
responsible for it ! But, fellow cit
izens, suppose Mr. Van Buren saw
and approved 31 r. Poinsett’s plan,
how did so glaring an outrage, as
we are told this is, remain on the
tables of Congress, near three
months undiscovered arid uncensur
ed? How did a danger so startling
escape the al*gus eyes of those great
champions of liberty , Webster, Clay,
Adams and Wise? Yes, this appal
ling danger, this ‘standing army’
proposition, not only escaped the
sleepless vigilance of the whole
Whig opposition, but it actually re
ceived the unqualified commenda
tion and applause of tnriny of the
leading whig journals as the niost
wise and able document that had
emanated from any member of the
cabinet for a great while! Is this
not sufficient to rivet a. cohvktion
that the wire-workers dd not re
gard the danger so great as they
would induce you to believe it to be?
Let us bring this matter a little
nearer home. Who would compose
this Standing, army? Would not a
large portion of those whom I now
address belong to it? How insult
ing then is it .to your intelligence
arid your patriotism to bo told that
you could not be trusted with arms
in your hands and pay from your
government for ten or twenty days
without danger of becoming the
mercenary tools of those who would
rniu your country? The idea is
preposterous, and merits your un
qualified contempt.
But the ‘delegates’ seem not to be
aware that their censure of Mr.
A an Buren, on account of 31r. Poin
sett’s plan for reorganizing the
militia; scandalizes Washington,
Jefferson, Madison, J. Q. Adams
and their Rlagtius Apollo, General
Harrison. Each of these have fa
vored very similar plans for organ
izing the militia or, as the ‘delegates’
w ill have it, for raising a ‘standing
army.’ My space will not allow
me now to present you with even a
synopsis of tiie various plans since
the first establishment of our gov
ernment for training and disciplin
ing the militia upon which the de
fence of the country mainly depends.
I will only show you the plan of
Gen. Harrison, who more than any
other, appears to he attached to a
standing army; because he voted in
Congress against reducing the stan
ding army of old John Adams which
was supported expressly for the
purpose of keeping the Republican
party in awe. General Harrison,
as chairman of the military commit
tee, reported a plan for organizing
the militia, in which the whole is
divided into three classes. Ist.
Elinor class, to consist of young
men between 18 and 21 years of
|age. 2d. Junior class, of men be-
J tivcen 21 and 31 years of age. 3d.
Senior class, of men between 31
and 45 years of age. The whole
of the OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS TO
EE TRAINED ONE MONTH IN EACH
tear, by which not less than 200,-
000 men would he subjected to strict
camp duty for one mouth each year
at an expense of £1,600,000; while
Mr. Poinsett recommends only 100,-
000 men to he trained ten days at
an expense of $50 0,000, Further
more, Gen. Harrison recommended
a measure more high handed, more
repugnant to the rights of the States,
and more conducive to consolida
tion, than has ever been proposed
by Even the most high-toned Feder
alist since the days of John Adams.”
He recommends that the President ,
should address Vuf orders diiectTyj
to officers of the militia instead of
diresting them to tlie governors of
the States, thereby attempting!
to break down one of the strongest
harriers to the encroachment of
Federal power. Yet, Gen. Harri
son is hold up to state rights man as;
worthy of their support!
In a future number I design to
discuss more ‘felly the claims of Gen.
Harrison to your support. I will
now conclude this by exhorting you
to pause—pause, fellow citizens, foi
you are likely to he made the dupes
ot one oi the most extraordinary
political manoeuvres that has ever
been attempted in tins country.
A CITIZEN.
SENTINEL & HERALD V
COLUMBUS, AUGUST 1, 1840.
“ This Institution is one of the most deadly hostility
existing against the principles and form of our Consti
tution. The nation ‘s, at this time, so strong and united
in its sentiments, that it cannot be shaken at this mo
ment. JBut suppose, a scries of untoward events should
occur, sufficient to bring into doubt the competency of a
Republican Government to meet a crisis of great dan
ger, or to unhinge the confidence of the people in the
public fufu.'lionaries; an institution like this penetrating
by ;ts brahenes every part of the union, acting by com
mand and in phalanx, may in a critical moment, upset
the government. I deem uo government safe, which is
under the vassalage of any self-constituted authorities,
or any other authority than that of the naiion, o> its reg
ular functionaries. IVhat an obstruction cpuo.net this
Bunk of the Chitted States, with all its branch banks,
be in time of war ? It might dictate to us the peace we
should accept, or withdraw its aid. Ought vie then to
give further growth to ail institution so powerful, so
hostile ?— Thomas Jefferson.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN TICKET.
for president,
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN FORSYTH.
FOR ELECTORS CF PRESIDENT AX'D
VICE-PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM B. BULLOCH, of CAatliaia.
JOHN BATES, of Murray.
MILNER ECHOLS, of Walton.
SAMUEL BEALL, of Wilkinson.
WILLIAM B. WOFFORD,-ofHabershaa*.
JOHN ROBINSON, of Jasper.
SAMUEL GROVES, of Madison.
THOMAS WOOTTEN, of Wilkes.
SEABORN JONES, of Muscogee.
EDWARD HARDEN, of Clark,
JAMES ANDERSON, of Burke-.
FOR CONGRESt.
ROBERT W. POOLER,
D. C. CAMPBELL,
A. IVERSON,
JUNIUS HILLYER,
JOSIAH S. PATTERSON,
JOHN H. LUMPKIN,
E. J. BLACK,
WALTER T. COLQUITT,
M. A. COOPER.
We are authorised to announce Colonel!
ALEXANDER, M’DOUGALD a candidate
at the next October election to represent
Muscogee county in the senatorial branch of
the State Legislature.
THE CALL. N
We are gratified that the public abroad
will be fully advised through the columns of
tlie last Columbus Enquirer of all the damage,
injury and loss Mahin Van Buren will sus
tain from the great political convulsions in
the county of Muscogee. The changes, as
they are called, after all, won’t be any great
things; and from the accession of the State
Rights Van Buren men, we think that in
Muscogee, even after deducting the greet
loss to tlie Administration, we will he enabled
to hold our own, and have some to spare.
At the head of this 1 Call’ the name of Col.
Seymour R. Bonner is placed, not by Col.
8., (although Ire signed the call, hut in ano
ther place,) hut by the great agents in this
mighty a Hair, for two purposes, we have no
doubt; Ist. as Col. Bonner deservedly stands
high in the estimation of the public, the whole
list would be taken to be likewise; and 2Jly.
as Col. B. has been, and is, a worthy mem
ber of the Union party, and heretofore friend
ly to the re election of Mr. Van Buren, the
conclusion was, they presumed that the bal
ance of the list is of life same character; and
also, that the public might believe that this
was got up by him, when, in truth, he had no
agency in the matter. Brit let us now exa
mine who those gentlemen were, and are.
Col. S, R. Bonner, Daniel McArthur, A. M.
Terry, Win, Green, Win. 11. Atwood, A.
McNeal, James Sullivan, D. Hudson, Wm.
Stallings, N. L. Smith and Morgan Jones, 11
in number, aie Union men, and have been
good and true, and if they voted for President
last election, voted for Mr. Van Buren; and
who from honest, but mistaken motives, have
been induced to abandon him. It is wilh
regret we part from them in the Presidential
contest, however assured that on every other
question we may expect their co-operation in
the democratic cause.
As to the rest, it is proper for us to say,
ihat when analyzed, there are only 13 others
who properly belonged to the Union party,
ana who Itiliy acted with them at the last
Octube. election, but none of the 13 ever
voted for Mr. Vaaßuren, but on the contra
ry they were always Bank men, latitudina
rians of the Webster and John Adams order
The rest of the signers of the Cail never
so far as we know and are advised, members
of the Union party, ai least within the last
three years. We know that Messrs. Wells,
Allen, and Chipleyotlce acted with the Union
party, but several years have elapsed since
then. We believe the Doctor quit Mr. Van
Buren in the fail of ISBS, and we have beeri
i informed by those who are his intimates that
he lias never lolly acted with them since.
| We could designate names and point out 10
that are not entitled to vole from nonage,
want of residence, and being foreigners by
birth and not naturalized. Some amongst
them are Federalists of the black-cockade
j order. We would like to know how our
|lriend Dr. deGraffonricd and Mr. Deblois
| could object to amalgamating with Northern |
; Federalists, when the God-like Daniel V\ eb-;
ster is their text book. What will our friends, J
Allen, Young, Wells’s, Jones, \\ right and
some dozen others say to their Federal asso
ciates at the North, when they shall cal! on
them for spurning an association with them.
And what principles of the Constitution do
these gentlemen desire to defend, when they
are willing to obliterate every sentence bull
the ‘ General Welfare’ clause. Upon the |
whole, we are satisfied that there are some 50
of these would Lave been Union inert, who
are de;irons of aping our Stale Rights Van
Buren friends, that would find it *ilTtap't to J
procure itrtfiiMes that tltey were ever Union
men. Why, they can’t get Col. Bonner’s
certificate, and we presume ho ought to know
their membership. ‘ Now, after all this parade,
and show, alter one Ephraim Smooth had
paced over every part of the county ; after
having ransacked every hole and corner, after
■using entreaty, perseverance of every kind,
the hero of this mighty Call, with all the aid
lie could master, alter procuring the name of
Col. Bonner, he could in all get butS2 names.
One of these he took from Stewart, a half
dozen that does not reside amongst us, as
I many more who are not entitled to vote—24
! in all that belonged to the Union party, and
i whose course eniiiled them to be recognized
t as such, and the leader himself had not acted
with the party since 1835.
Democracy has nothing to fear in Musco
gee. We will triumph, gloriously triumph
in October and in November.
’
In a card, published in the city papers of
Wednesday last, Mr. Thomas C. Connolly,
stales that, at the lime of the establishment,
of lhe Alabama State Register , ill health pre
vented his assuming its editorial management,
and that he has not subsequently had any
conncciion with it.
Dining his jesidence in this city, Mr Con
nolly, by the uniform propriety of his deport
ment, bv his unremitted attention to me duties
ol his profession, and by the singular ability
and gentlemanly hearing he exhibited in con
ducting for a time the Columbus Enquirer, has
made a very favorable impression, anil secured
many friends. We are fearful that Mr. Con
nolly’s merits were not properly appreciated
by his party in Aiabama; and we have good
reason to believe that, in separating himself
tmm the ‘State Register ,’ he has made a for.
tunate escape from the net in which he would
soon have been entangled. Does not justice
to Mr. Connolly, and the position he has here
tofbte occupied in the editorial corps, require
that the particulars of his agency in establish
ing, and his connection with the press in Gi
rard, be fully communicated to the Public?—
Whether there was a difference about the
terms of sale? Whether the selling of white
men is not in practical operation? 3 Whether,
instead of being an independent and uniram
ciled press, devoted to the advocacy of certain
great principles, it was subject to conditions
to which an honorable mimi could not yield?
Or, if the inducements were not such as Mr.
Connolly, from his experience, and his well
known qualifications for the management of
a political journal, had a just right to expect
and receive? Can anv one enlighten tison this
subject?
By die subjoined letter, which Breathes the
enlightened and zealous spirit of patriotism, it
will he perceived that our woftliv and talent
ed fellow citizen, Thomas W. Watson expects
to return in a short time to Columbus. We
are gratified to learn through another channel
that he is in,a state of rapid convalescence
with every prospect of restoration to sound
health. The feelings expressed in the letter
are creditable alike to his head and heart.
Warm Springs, 21th Julu , 1840.
Colonels it/ Dougald cp Ends.
Dear Birs—lll health prevents me f;om participat
ing with you and my other democratic fm lids of Mus
cogee in rendering to a part of eur Delegation in Con
gress that which is iluu to those who have keen faith
ful to principle.
It would cause me much pleasure to meet at the
festive board those whom 1 have srtn tried, and whom
1 have found not wanting. This I must now forego.
But, I trust, ere long to be with you, when my voice,
though weak, shall be heard insuppoit of the princi
ples and measures as set forth by the Democratic Re
publican Conventions of Baltimore and Milledgeville,
and in opposition to those principles and i ensures (if
they may be so called) which, at this day, are all
concentrated in this owe sentence “ opposition to the
admin istmtion. ”
If you cam propriety, consistent with the ar
rangements of.the day, please present fbr ine the an
nexed sentiment. “ ,
Truly, jour’s, THOMAS W. WATSON.
The principles of the Democratic Republican Par
tv. Let our government be adminisu red according to
them, and it will go on prospering and to prosper, and I
become greater and greater to the coming day.—De
stroy them, and substitute those of the ‘ opposition to
the present administration,” and some historian of
oivrtirne may write of the glorious Republic “i! tecs.”
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN MEETING.
According to previous notice, a large con
course of citizens assent tied in Columbus on
the 2Sth uit. to manifest their approbation of
the judicious, honest, manly and independent
course pursued by Walter T. Colquitt and bis
equally honorable colleagues,Black and Coop
er, in the United States Congress. Circum
stances of importance required the presence
of the two latter elsewhere, and Dixon H.
Lewis, of AJabama. But Col. Belser of'Mont
omerv and James Johnson of Russell county,
Alabama, ably filled the chasm occasioned by
their absence.
At meridian the citizens, to the number of
from fifteen hundred to two thousand, formed
in procession at (he market house, and, prece
ded by martial music, marched to Mr. D. J.
Barber’s building, which had been lilted up for
the occasion. They sat down to a dinner un
objectionable in every respect, and although
enthusiasm was high, yet concord and friend
ship were so paramount that not a scowl nor
an angry word was discoverable on the occa
sion.
Col. John 11. Ho ward, presided as presi
dent, and Dr. Anderson Hunt, Dr. Samuel
Spy kin, Col. P. T. Schley, Gen. S. A. Bailey,
j lines 11. Campbell, James li. Jones, Dr. R.
W. Carnes, John Quinn, James C. AJook,
Littleton Atkinson, Robert Christmas, (a rev
olutionary soldier) and Jacob I. Moses as
Vice Presidents. A. Levison acted as mar
shall} and Joseph L. Morton and George W.
Way assistant marshals.
At solicitation. James Johnson of Russell
county, addressed the assemblage in a short,
animated and talented speech, which electri
fied the audience, and bore evidence ofintel
leet stamped with cultivation and solidity be
yond bis age.
I On Dixon H. Lewis of Alabama (wltovvas
J absent) being toasted, Col. Reiser of Mont
i goriiery was (Nulled on for an address. He
complied, and lor two hours so engrossed at
i tendon, that, if, between the pauses a pin h id
j fallen the sound would have reached the ear.
He occupied every point, and begged uo ques
tion, but carried the war vigorously and sue-,
cessfully into the camp of the enemy.
W a ! ter T. Colquitt, the falling enemy’ of
;i he Enquirer, succeeded. Not a muscle
[shook. Firm and erect, he stood on the
I broad basis of the Constitution, and repelled,
with might,every slander and falsehood that,
i had, during Lts absence, been circulated
against him. Not content with acting defen
sivvly, be Hounded over the federal parapet, j
overwhelming all opposition, and marking his ‘
course with havoc and desolation. He craved 1
Ino mercy and gave no quarters. Even the,
1 coutemptibility ol the Enquirer could not save
I ihat unprincipled print from his tread. He
. slated and challenged contradiction —he asser
; ‘cd that press to have been purchased by the
1 Harrisor parly, and declared again and again [
ihat he holds documentary evidence of the
fact—which the editors of that scandalousprint;
have noticed, but as yet dared not deny, “Fall
ing enemy!” The limning is false, lie
looks more like lihurie! routing with confusion
and dismay a legion of Milton's devils.
Seaborn Jones followed. His theme was
the sub-treasury, on which he was perspicu
ous, argumentative ar.d powerful. At every,
i stroke of his scalpel, some objection was an- j
Inihdated, the sanies exhibited, and ihe fetor
became more evident until be had laid bare
every sophism ar.d falsehood in which the fed
eral whigs had shrouded the suhj ct. In
short, his whole discourse was fraught with
wisdom of that sort which carries with * con- 1
viction to the unprejudiced, and silences eve n
those determined to persist in error.
I tie festivity closed, as it began, i.i peace,
decorum and kind leeli: T .
On tiie cl ■ ben .tuiov.ii the . ....
toasts were crank:
REGULAR TOASTS.
1. The United States: Formed by the
Union of the States, and not by the mass of
the people.
2. The principles of the Democratic Re
publican party of the Union: A strict con
struction ol the Constitution, which will not
admit of a Bank of the United States, a pro
tective Tariff, Internal Improvement, the
assuption of the State Debts, or the Abolition
of Slavery by the General Government.
9 cheers.
3. The Constitution : Those who yield
their support of this Palladium of our lights
to the will of a majority are unfit guaidians
ot the temple of Liberty. O’ cheers.
4. Principles, not men : It is the former we
venerate ; let not the name but the principles
of a party claim our homage. 9 cheers.
5. Cooper, Colquitt, and Black, States
men ot the first class, both honest and able:
they have adhered strictly to the doctrines of
the State Rights party. Those who con
demn and proscribe them have either aban
doned those principles or never possessed
them. io cheers.
G. ‘I he Gieat Democratic principle of
equality of rights and equality of burthens:
Let the South look well to this sound political
axiom, before they ate led away by the Log
Cabin and Hard Cider carousals of 1 Tip,
Tyler and the Tariff.’ 9 cheers.
7. Our Domestic Institutions: No aboli
tion to be dreaded, hut that which General
Harrison proposes, by ‘ the appropriation of
theu'hoie surplus revenue .’ ‘ The consent of
the States holding the slaves’ cannot make
that constitutional which Congress has no
power to touch.
8. Martin Van Buren, the President of the
United States: He has without ptejudice to
the North, sustained the principles of the
South. Let him be supported by the voters
of the South.
9. The Independent Treasury. The an
tagonist of the Bank of the United States and
a protective Tariff. The regulator and not
the competitor and contioller ol the Stale
Banks.
10. ‘ The veto power :’ Placed in ih hands
of General Harrison,’ will only he exercised
to restrain the will of (he minority.
11. The Honorable Dixon H. Lewis: His
cause is the cause of the People, against the
aristocracy of the Union. He has at alt times
discharged his duties with great efficiency and
Republican consistency.
12. General Harrison: Recruiting at the
North under the Flags of Abolition sm, and
‘ Tip, Tyler and the Tariff.’ At the South
under the banner of ‘Tip, Tyler and Reform.’
13. General Washington: his opinions on
a paper currency: ‘Let the Bank nun touch
this letter, or the author of it, if they dare ;
and the great mass of the People, in whose
bosoms he and his principles are cherished as
an idol, will rise up in their indignation to
wither and destroy the hand that shall he
lilted to strike the sacrilegious blow.’
The State of Georgia: Nurtured in the
lap of Republicanism, she never has, and
never will, give her vote for a Federalist fur
President.
VOLUNTEER TOASTS.
By Col. John H. Howard, President of the
day. Alabama : shoulder io shoulder whir.
Georgia. They will carry terror and dismay
into the ranks of Federalism and Abolition
ism.
By A. Hunt, Vice President. May the
Magician’s wand scatter to the four-winds
Tip, Tappan, Tvler and the Tariff. We
democrats love hard money better than haul
cider.
By J R. Jones, V. P. A rigid adherence
to the letter of the Constitution ; the only
manner of preserving the Union and < ur lib
erties. >
I By L. Atkison. The American People •
j Generous and have, they desire good and
faithful rulers, who will perpetuate the ptin
ctples of their forefatheis, unsophisticated S y
parly prejudices.
By R. \V. Carnes, S. R., V. P. The
Harrison Faction : Ji lad lor pttcer and place ,
and favorite schemes ; replete with cant and
slang, change, rcfoim, corruption, and the
country’s ills, their eternal cry, still no remedy
j proposed. ‘ Demagogues who carry daggeis
j in their hearts and seductive smiles in their
i faces.’ Emphatically .an opposition party,
without any fixed political principles; arc
moving heaven and earth to elect their newly
renovated hero, and I verily believe they
would eviscerate hell itself, let loose upon the
world its countless myrmidons, but to suc
ceed.
By Col. S. R. Bonner. Mv old friends m
Muscogee county. 1 have tried them often,
and am satisfied with them , arid when the day
of trial comes, I will be found amongst them.
By Mrs. Dr. Barrett. Our Husbands.
jThe moment that they swerve in the cause
! they have espoused, and refuse to proclaim
j to all around that they are democrats in heart
and soul; from that instant we claim neither
’part nor lot with them. We ask but one
| favor —he as true to ti.e cause as wc are to
! you, and Van Buren’s re election is certain.
] Sent by Miss C. May we always be as
; happy as we are under tiie present adminis
i (ration—be enabled to give a true cause for
jour difficulties, obedience to God, love to our
: country, and to our long tried friends.
By a Lady. Our party: The force of
1 powerful union conquers all.
By A. Levison, Marshal of the day. The
declaration of war against all natural zed
|citizens by the ‘Native American Associa
tion To defeat such Anti-Republican doc
trine is to unite our efforts it! supporting those
principles as set forth bv the great Demo
cratic Republican Convention at Baltimore
in May last.
By Win. F. Luckie, Assistant Marshal.
The Independent Treasury; the only con
stitutional mode for the collection ar.d dis
bursement of the public revenue. Let us
wait and see what will be the practical results
I of it, before we determine that it is absolutely
necessary to create a great National Bank to
be our guardian.
By Seaborn Jones. The people of Geor
gia : Though led away by pictures, pamph-
I lets, Almanacs, Hard Cider and Log Cabins,
vet their sober second thoughts will bring
them to the ballot box. in October and
November in favor of Republican Demo
cracy.
[ By J. H. Campbell, V. P. A literal con
struction of the federal Constitution, the
[only security ly liberty. .
By R. G. Mitchell. Democracy: Stayed
iby the suffrage of unprejudiced treemen, its
1 doctrines too pure ever to be deluded by a
designing party.
By Gerard Burch. Col. A. McDougald,
an honest and faithful Representative of
Muscogee county. He will always maintain
equal laws and equal rights, and .scorns to
advocate petty corporation for the benefit of
the few r and the destruction of the many.
By Dr. C. 8. Barrett. Walter T. Col
quitt : He has shown himself the consistent,
upright gentleman. Promises of power can
not buy him. Slander and persecution cannot
come nigh unto him ; but like the jeweller’s
gold, the more it is polished the brighter it
shines—so do his virtues outshine die
calumnies of his enemies.
By Seth Tatum, S. R. Colquitt, Cooper,
and Black, the three Republican delegates
trom Georgia. They are too honest to be
seduced info the ranks of the Federalists and
Abolitionists, bv compliments; too brave and
fearless .to be driven there by taunts or insults.
They have sustained their principles and