The Democrat. (Columbus, Ga.) 1830-18??, September 15, 1832, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text’ IS JSi AabL 3# ia ds**.' Jfo ♦- r o.a t!ic t'r <!tra' l ’nn • n judge schlep . —v» c staffed»» our Vi.-' i.i.r we were it.iiy m posst-ssion of Ir—, _r.• Sehiey’s opinio.:s of tins decisiou ■Kite S.i|.r Court in the case ol W or against the Mulit of (loorgiit* l'r .in ,1 v, ig rumors, and an intimation i. « ir- of the puiiho gazettes, «r linvc anii- Cip*'-e<i an attack ti|>oa lion on tins suii j;-ci. As early therefore as tiie month «*t jtf iv, we took occasion to pi ace ourselves I'll;V in possession of .fadge. Sc It tty’s cx pl c.t views on the subject. i lie expcct has Uc<*n made through tile col uin sos the .Southern Recorder. M ;j,<r Stocks, the President of our Senate Had niso received the impression from some tourc ■, that Judge Schley supported the decision. A correspondence passed be tween them in which Air. Stocks became perfectly satisfied that the charge was false—and lie lias frankly said In the Ju Ig ', that lie would take occasion to contradict it, win never it should be brought up in conversation befor him. e now have it in our power to do Judge {Schley the most ample justice in tins mat ter Though his letter lias been lying ev er since tlie latter part of Mas, as we did not choose to come forward m defence <d ■So honorable, open, a. (I upright a man till lie should have been attached. — At e now give the writer ol liie Recorder, and the people of Georgia, the undisguised and clear views ol Judge Schley iuinsell, written to one ol the Editors ol tins paper on the 28th may 1~32. AN hat will Ins enemies sav next ? Vv dl they •ol call him a Xuliifieri Should it become ne cessurv, we \v ill publish the Report drawn up by Schley m the Legislature of 1830, to which lie alludes in his letter But we think ins letter sufficient to clap an extin guisher opotL this false rumor against him The following is his letter— Avgusta 28th May, 1832. Dear sir —l was in the net ol sealing a letter written by me to Maj. Stocks upon the subject of the report in circulation its regard to my opinion of the decision in the case of Worcester vs. the State of G-orgin, when your letter ol the '2lst inst- on the same subject, cante to hand. I had received a letter from a Iriend in AA'ashingtou City informing me that Maj. Stocks, whilst there on Ins way to the Baptist Convention in New-York, stated that I sided with or approved of the decis ion of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Case of Worcester vs. the State of Georgia.—From what source Maj. Stocks derived his information I know not; and as lie was circulating a report founded, to sav the least ot it, on a misconstruction or misrepresentation of toy opinions, I deemed it a duty I owed to him and tnyselt, to undeceive him in that regard, and I have accordingly done 80. So far from having expressed or enter tained an opinion in favor ot the decision of ’’it- Supreme Court, I have uniformly held and avowed the reverse. And tins too, long before the cast ol Worcester oc curred. My opinion upon the subject of the State’s right af jurisdiction over the Cherokee country was formed on mature investigation a. and deliberation whilst a member of the Legislature in 1830, and acting as Chairman of a subcommittee oh the state of the republic, to whom that subject was referred. And by a reference to tbe report of the Committee on ' hat subject which was drawn up by me, you will find that 1 declared the right of Geor gia to jurisdiction over all the territory ■within her chartered limits, and over nil persons within those limits, whether “white tneu or red men or Illaclc men." —The reason for this opinion you will find at large in the report.—When the decision of the Supreme Court come to hand, 1 read it over and over again with the view of ascertaining whether the opinion 1 had formed in 183!) and expressed in the a hove stated report was right or wrong; or in other words, whether there was any reasoning in the decision of the Court which could change rny opinion, and convince me that l was wrong. And I now declare to you, as I have repeatedly said to others, that so far from changing may opinions that decision has confirmed them; and convinced me that Georgia is right in her course.—Yes, so confirmed am l of the justice of our cause, that I have said, that however presumptuous it might seem in me to make the assertion, yet 1 did assert that 1, even I, could in one hour convince any men whose minds are not preoccupied or prejudiced either way, that the decision is wrong, illegal , unconstitutional and oppressive, totally destructive of the rights, the honor, and the sovreiguty of Georgia. And yet notwitstanding the fact these are my opinions and have always been, since 1 first investigated the subject; and which opinions have been publicly ex pressed both by writing and speaking, 1 can bear from 'ill quarters of the state, "that / hare declared mi/self in far or of the decision of the Supreme Court." Ifnw is tins to be accounted for? Charity compels me to believe that the originators of the report must have misconceived my views and opinions, fori am unwilling to believe that any man with whom I have ! ever conversed on the subject would knowingly and willfully assert what he j did not lielievf. WM. SCIILEY. GENERAL MSAVN AN.— The great miriet if t, ft t.ff the fronds of this gentle, man, ari l the man if statements afloat in | relation !•> teis ••pinions, hart ranted him\ to submit his views to the people, 7he u j drt now bfjvrt i, m Constituents, irho can ;<• gi Jar tin uncle. s — t\ L . To the Fiiitars of the Feotrai L ilian: Gentlemen —As many ot' my constitu ents have manifested much solicitude to ascertain my views in regard to the pre sent erila al state of atfiurs in our beloved country, I seek this occasion, to coiiinui nicaie them through the medium of your paper. In the first place, I believe, that any iiieinlu r of the I iiion, upon her own re sponsibility and as a free, sovreign and iinicpendniit Btate, lias the right to pur sue such a course as she may deem the nest calculated to arrest the mischievous and destrtictiv elfects of the odious, une qual, and unconstitutional tariff act of IStt. 2 i, I believe the proposition for assem bling delegates in convention from all the counties in tins Slate, at Milledgeville, in November next, to take into considern tton our grievances, and the proper rem edy for their removal, is a wise and pru dent measure ; and I am willing to abide bv the decision of the convention, if rat ified by a majority of the people. 3d. I am opposed to a separation of the States, unless we are driven to this expedient, by continued roliei v and relent less oppression ; anil rather than support any measure which I thought calculated to weaken the Union, I would acquiesce in tin- present tan If, bad as it is, fora few years longer, provided 1 could now be convinced, that ;t would gradually, and in a short time, he reduced to a proper revenue stun ar! 4th. 1 am opposed to a Southern con vention, for I am apprehensive that in it we would havo to encounter the wiles of a “magician,” and the projects of high ta riff, constitutional tariff, and protestando men ; and like the I 'lihidelphia conven tion it would proveto be an abortion, and somewhat similar to the miserable hoax that was got up at Baltimore in the month of may last. fitli I believe the tariff hill of the last session of Congress, as much opposed to the true spirit of the constitution, and as burdensome upon the protected articles used in the South ns the act of 1828; and viewing it m this light, I felt mysel con scientiously hound to record my vote a gainst its passage, and I rejoice from sub sequent rt th-ction and examination, in having done so. At the same time I have the charity to believe that many Southern men who voted for the tall were governed by good motives. DANIEL NEWNAN. August 29th, 1832. rr.OSI TIIF FEDERAL L’NION TIIE BALDWIN MEETING. Saturday last was a great and glorious dav for Baldw in. Her citizens have put down Nullification by an overwhelming majority !! W e publish to day the pro ceedings of this meeting. The manner in which they are reported renders it diffi cult for the reader to midersiand the ex act shape in winch the resolutions passed. AVc will remark, that J dge Lamar’s pre amble and resolutions passed with such amendments as he willingly accepted. In point of principle they remain the same. Tilts county, has never before been the theatre of such a public meeting. Al most the whole of the citizens, who could add talent or respectability were present. The noise and clamor, kept up by the Nullifiers, produced much fear for the re sult, in the bosoms of many worthy citi citizeiis. They justly thought the occa sion demanded their presence at the meet ing. Matty attended who are generally in the habit of abstaining front visiting j such places. In spite of the protracted discussion, they remained till the adjourn ment. They had set their hearts on put ting their seal on Nullification ; and they made good their determination, by a ma jority of three or four to one. AVe shall no longer, we trust, be viewed as the hot lied of this dangerous doctrine. Our neigh bors of South Carolina will direct their toasts, and their plaudits to other quar ters. From the Georgia Journal. Some feeble attempts are still made in several quarters, to keep up before the people of Georgia, the name of I*. P. Barbour, for the Vice Presidency. We should be gratified in knowing what is the real object, of such movements. Not the election of that gentleman. No one entertains that idea. We have too much respect for the understanding of that por tion of our fellow citizens, individually and collectively to inqiute to them the madness and folly of supposing for an instant that Air. Barbour can he forced | upon the States of Main, New-Hamp slnre, New York, North Carolina, Ten nessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, Indiarina and Illinois North Carolina, his great est hope, and A’irgiina, his native and res ident State, declare their utmost fondness for the man and his principles, hut deem it due to the great republican interests of the Union to postpone Ins claims ; and yet a few people in Georgia persist in urg ing Ins name, with a pertinacity for which it is difficult to account. Dismissing therefore all fruitless spec ulation as to motive, let us look a moment to the effect The whole number of elec toral votes under the new appointment is, according to our recollection, 283—requi ring for a choice,l42. The whole repub lican force may lie taken at 171. Now it Mr. Barbour could obtain all that lias ever, vv itliiu our know ledge, been cl limed lor him ; and some of which it is now pos itive I v ascertained lie cannot get; and it’ j lie could i.hian Georgia, which it is e qui llv certain he cannot g« i, Ins utmost aniout, (all of winch uu.st be amputated j from l.is friends,) would be GD. 'i lie vote would then stand, For Seargent 109 “ Aan Linen lii.i “ Barbour 09 And no one having a majority ot the Vt hole, the Election goes into the Senate, and that body we know will elect Air. Seargent. And so those good people of Georgia who are endeavoring to get up vV keep up a Barbour schism in Georgia, would have the pleasure of reflecting that they had assisted Mr. ( lay and the Uni ted States Bank as far as within them lay, hi electing their V ice President, it they can succeed in getting this election into the Senate, they will have the further pleasure of reflecting that they have con tributed their mite to the election of a se cond officer of the Goverunien, who will be always ready with Ins talents, his inlhi cnee and his easting vote w henever neces sary to impede & embarrass the action of \ tiie government; •Sc, at times, to prostrate | ihe best objects of the administration, anti I cripple its energy in defence ofti.ose .State rights in which we, at live South and par ! ticularly in Georgia, have so deep stake j and at present so lively an interest; and I they will have assisted to sow s eds of dis | trust and jealousy, which w ill foster and | flame into disunion of the great republic jan family. That these are the legitimate ! co a seep ten ces of keeping up the. name of Air. Barbour, may he denied by the lead ! ers of that measure; hut they can hardly (repel from the minds of the calm reflect - jingpart of the community, conclusions | so plain and manifest. AVe hnvt ever entertained a high regard for the talents, the virtues and the doc trines of Mr Barbour. AVe now of no act of his life that we disapprove, except the present one ot pi muting las name and his influence as » solvent to break down the unity of the republican party Lr. day and his friends arc of opinion that it is the only solvent of sufficient pow er to do this, if vve may judge from the fears which they have publicly betrayed, of Ins taking down. But Mr. Van Buren is a Tariff man ! lie is for protection ! And so is President Jackson. Is it fair to presume that Mr. Van Buren who voted for the Tariff act under instructions, more a tariff man than Jackson who voted for it without ?—The truth is that tli- re-election of Jackson af fords the best prospect of bringing down the tariff to the revenue standard; and does any man really suppose that Vn ll Buren differs from him on tins point ? Suoh is not Jackson’s opinion, or he would not believe as he dot s, that they would so perfectly harmonize in their ef forts to preserve the rights of the States and the Union of the States. For our own part we should have preferred Mr. Barbour. But shall we stickle for even thing ?—Shall we yield nothing in the lib eral spirit of compromise to onr brethren who are fighting our battles with ns, and for us? Shall we childishly alienate and cast off those Great States whose wishes and feelings are engaged for Van Buren, |as much as for the President ? And ti | nallv, is nothing due to the President I himself? He is acquainted, perhaps bet ter than is any person else, with Mr. Van Burea’s view's in the present posture of affairs ; and he is certainly satisfied of his aide and efficient co-operation in the great constitutional objects of his admin istration ; and asks his aid to accomplish those objects. The people must indeed judge for themselves; but they will admit j the President to be a competent witness, and will receive Ins opinions at what they feel them to be worth. Shall we not defend the administration, and the republican phalanx at the point where it has been attacked ? or shall we suffer our selves to do the business of the opposi tion—and play the very cards that Clay and his friends would put in our hands, by keeping up a schism among ourselves? Monroe Walton Cos “Gpi 10,1832 Falsehood corrected. —A report ha ving been circulated that I was an “advo cate for the Protective System,” or at least friendly to it;” which if uncoutra dicted might w ith persons not personally acquainted with my feelings, do me an injury, 1 take tins method to declare that wheresoever or however it originated, or by whom propagated, it is wholly and in conditionally false —nor can I conceive how it ever was thought of, unless from my open and uniform opposition to Nulli fication, a doctrine which I believe to he neither constitutional nor peaceable. I always have been, and still am op|Mised to the protective, system, or any Tariff recog nising the principle of protection, and w ill go as far as any man in resisting or reliev ing ourselves of its burden, (short of Re volutionary measures) to w liich [ ant most decidedly opposed, and shall he, until I loose all hope of a returning sense ofjus tice in our National Councils. TIIOS AV. HARRIS. of papers throughout the State friendly to the cause of truth, will please give the above one insertion FRENCH MARKET COTTON. H I*, subscriber will with to purchase from ■ new crop in Ihe Fall about 2,000 l.alea choice ( niton for the tench market —lt most be clean, well ginned, in ißpmre hales not less Ilian 400 lbs. and not over 450 lbs in strong ba.r ft * n g niuv 19. G. W. DILLINGHAM. G J Met’Ll SKI Yis imsmmiilv emupelli« to lie absent the duties of IpH school, therefore will be suspended for -i s!,e,i _v, , M .. t ; | A. Hfticlnuriit W 1 t spend Ins leisure hours in ihe "T execution of 1.i1.V i. H.y M TXT. It. VTltlTl\<- Os si v ile* ,- i olloii —• r ui.- iimih latr\t>. ply s tlir ( OLt.'MBU* HOOK STOHth August 1-f v i jj£ S's bP fi<a sjfrtz ii-a AT. SATURDAY. SEPT. 15. IK2. n».\y; ui:ssiomif /•:/./•: < 7v <>. m UNION CANDIDATES. James M. AVavne, ol'Clmtlmm, (Jen. J as. C. AV atson, of Muscogee Maj. G. AV . Owens, of Savannah Judge AV. Scmi.lv, of Richmond I>. M. Stewart, of Glynn Gen. John Coffee, of Cherokee Cot., .las C'l cruel, of Franklin JrnoF.Tito.AV. Harris ofAValton Charles E. Haynes, of Hancock, Sentiments on this subject not yet authen tically known to us. Henry Branham, of Putnam, Thomas F. Foster, of Greene, Roger L. Gamhle, of Jefferson, George R. Gilmer, of Ogh thrope, Richard 11. Wilde, of Richmond. Nullification or Disunion f andidates . Augustin S. Clayton, of Chirk, Gen. Daniel Newnan, of Henry Sf.arorn Jones, of Muscogee, M. B. LAMAR Esq. of Muscogee. are authorised and requested to announce, Duct. HUNT, as a candidate to represent Muscogee county in the Convention to be held at Milledge ville, on the 2d Monday in Nov. next.— Doct. Hunt has consented to serve the people if elected, upon the earnest appli cation of many of Ids fellow-citizens, who are opposed both to the Taritf, and to the doctrine of Nullification. { arc authorised to say that G. E. TI.IOM AS, Esq. upon the application of many of Ids fellow citizens, has con sented to serve the people of Muscogee county; if they desire it, in the proposed Anti tariff Convention, to lie held at Milledgeville, on the 2d Monday in No vember next. Sept. 8, 1832. [for the democrat.] Mr. Editor: —Reports are frequently circulated of late in the up country, unfa vorable to the health of tlie town of Co lumbus, and calculated to greatly injure it, and if false should be contradicted.— A few days since a person direct from Co lumbus, stated that there was eighteen new cases of fever on the day lie left town —since which, 1 have seen a gentleman of known veracity, who states the report to be wholly unfounded, and that there had been hut one death in town, for up wards of a month. A little attention to this subject weekly by the board of Health or editors of newspapers, would entire Jv counteract the bad effects of these »n --founded report^and be of great service to vour town. Merriwether. A writer in the Inst Enquirer pretends to consider the invitation to the meeting; of the 30th ult. as of a general charac ter. Notv that’s hI! fudge. Why the writer knows and tbe people know, and every body knows, that the Nullifi ers are not the friends of tbe I’nio'a; and as the invitation was only extern tied to such, the Nullifiers could not have been invited■ Besides, the leading; Nullitiers knew very well, and the wri ter knew very well, by whom that invi tation was sent out; and his object in sending it out; that it was expressly to consult on measures proper to be adop ted to counteract the influence which a late meeting of the Nullifiers might have on public opinion abroad. Ami if we deemed it of sutfieient importance, we could establish by legal proof, tlv; fact, that tbe Nullies drummed up their re cruits for the avowed purpose of pre venting this object being effected . To say that the meeting was intended to be n general one, is all nonsense; just as if the two parties bad not taken ground —had not assumed names, and become known by their names! Why there was not a nully of any information ;it the meeting, but what knew that he was not invited, and that he went there on purpose to raise a row. Now as to the abstract right of every individual in the community, to attend a public meeting of this sort, we shall at this time say nothing. Suffice it to say. that since the division of the com munity into parties, it has been deemed convenient to permit each party to hold their meetings separately, without in terruption from the other. And. after this practice has been obtained an tl been acted on, it is certainly indecorous and unconrteous for either party to violate an implied understanding. Suppose for one moment that a contrary prac tice should prevnil: suppose that when one party called a meeting, the other party shouid concert a plan to rush in upon them, obtain a mastery by mini-1 hers, mid interrupt their proceedings; j wliut would be the consequence? Why, uproar and confusion, if not violence j nail bloodshed at once? Actuated by feelings of delicacy, ns well is by a love ol order, the Union party have I acted on this implied understanding, j and have stood aloof from the meetings of the NuMlfiers, allowing them to get together and nullify among thenuelves I IIS much as they pleased. When the niillics held their meeting at the close ! of the court, though n feeble band, did the Union men rush upon th< m * They did not ,• they attended to their own bu siness. And certainly they bad r.-la to count, and tint count, u-Kin a corres ponding courtesy, on the pint of their opponents. How their e vpeetafions were realised, vve have sera. But vve would not charge mV those who attended that meeting, and who took part with the nullies, with having gone there for the purpose of creating confusion ; vve know such is not the fact. JAinnv re paired to the courthouse on the solicita tion of some of the active nullies, nithout reflecting on the subject, or coiisideniu' at all. the object of Inc limiting. Bome were told that the Yankees weie about to rise, and must be put down; others that Tariff resolutions were to iie brought for ward, and they must go aid vote them out; others, that it was an old party strii«- gle, and they must show tlien> which side was the strongest. Thus, crow ds arrivin'* tit the court house, in the midst of ihe confusion, clamored for tin ir leaders with out know mg the cause of contention. Tims it happened that several union res olutions were voted down in Coliin.hue where a vast majority of the |K o ph for the union up to the huh! Thus it happened thatilie nullies were backed bv men who are ever ready to go too h and toe-nail against nullification ! As to the assertion of this writer, that the number of the Union party at tliis meeting did not exceed thirty, ‘and ti ~t then were more than a hundnd null f. rrg present, vve reply without hesitatio. , that it is altogethern fiction. That tl.inv I - should have withstood n,0,.„ than one hundred nullies, who assembled expressly fora row, should have . leetcff their officers, maintained their me; t ng„ passed their resolutions, and fimdlv edout the nullies—why it is at least sav ing a great deal for them. And vve hope the union men every where, will always be found of thf same materials—thirty more than a match for a hundred! that’s; all. PUBLIC MEETING. on Thursday last The Nullies have had their great meet ing, and nullified. But it is not ia their nature to do a tiling openly and above hoard. They had all along' talked about a dinner; invi'ations were sent through the three states, Alabama, Georgia, and So. Carolina, to those of their own pro fessions to meet and dine with them. Con sequently, the assemblage was s lect; such met with the nallies, as the nullies had in vited by name. And as the nullies invited nullies, w liy it happened as a matter of course, tnat it was only a nullification al together. But when it appeared that a large col lect on had been assembled in Columbus, ; it was very-adroitly proposed to c<> i«.rt ! the assembly of nullies, into a public m et. j mg, for the purpose of openly disemso » j public affairs! The nullies c died over their company to the Methodist Church, | threw open their doors and mviteti the I people to come and ta e part in tin u i s j cussiotis. The Methodist Church was at (one tune nearly full, perhaps there were 500 people, nullies and all, present. But a- the nullies had been principally invited n happened ns a matter of conr.-e, ,} mt they formed the greatest propoition of the meeting. Several distinguished U iiion men were also noticed irTriit n->, lily. Judge Shorter offered a set of w *o i lotions asserting the doctrine ot Nuliifi* j cation m its broadest sense. U he j, ast y I "? tlce which time permits us now to take ol tins meeting, it will be impossible . veu to give an abstract of the interesting and i able debate which ensued on these resolu ■ tions. Judge Wayne offered an able and triumphant argument in vindication ot Ins vote in favor of the tariff of 1832, i„ i swer ton statement of one of the Reso lutions: and if his charge on the doctrine ot South Carolina nullification, was not equally triumphant, it was equally able : and conclusive. About four o’clock tho I meeting ad journed for dinner, to meet a» i gain next day. The next day the meeting again as sembled at the hour of ten o’clock, but with greatly diminished numbers. Those who had been invited to dinner, had got their dinner and gone home— such of them as did not feel any particular interest in the fate of the resolutions. The resolu tions were supported by Judge Shelter I Col - Jones, and Mr. Lamar. They were | , " ,s ‘wered by Col. Iverson, Col Thomas, and Judge AVavne. The debate continued till |oiv* after candle-light o>, Friday evening; and at the time the question was called, tv, saw scarcely a single countrv genthmanor far mer present. They had gone berm be fore dark. The meeting at ibis time was elaefly composed of the Nullifiers invited imm abroad, many individuals from Ala bama and, vve believe, some from S. Car olina—and the idle and curious id.out town. The whole number present may have been 150— not exceeding 200. 1,, such a collection it could not have been doubted that the nullifying Resolutions would have passed nearly unnniiuou.lv. I hey cannot however be represented as the voice of Muscogee county. 'Fbe peo ple of Muscogee had nothing so ,(«> with their passage, and will speak a different language on the first Monday of Oc'oher hut they should only go for what they are worth—-the language of the nullies of Alabama of South Carolina, and other places Who chose to gather together and nullify on tin waters of the ClintH.lionche, Judge ( 'l.'iy ton, sr. vs the Federal Union, • n lus letter to the Augusta committee, tells the iq.le, ,f « wish to have tin Tariff nu i Ift a nd, I! <y utlist -said nullfiers to Con# grctn.