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paring themselves for Wayne aiidlvenmi
liau got considerably the advantage ~f
the argument, so they proposed uu ad
journment until ten o’clock the u.-xidav
ami their Alabamians ami u-.lhereuls from
a distance, amounting m eighty „ r „„ e
hundred, carried U»e motion tor adjourn
hient so die unities and their adlitr.nis
Irnia a distance, retired to cat tl le dinner
they had given in honor of their JJugnns
.ipvllo and lender in this .Suite, Ju,|»e
Clayton, v* tin did not so much ire honor
them with his presence, wlu.t is the cause
is only known to themselves—hut 1 sus
pect lie found so much opposition to the
doctrine lie iinhiLtd from Calhoun and
Ins advocate* in p issing through South
Carolina, and endeavoring to spread in
tins -Mute, that he thought it was last to
al.:y ut home, for tear it might h ose him
some votes, or he thought i suppose, as Ins
doctrine and adherents hud been treated
pretty roughly in tins place, that it was
safest for him to remain at home, (as he
du! in the lust war) anil tt.lv ins bovs to
go on, though Georgia might become a
howling wilderness—“for he that dallies
is a dastard, and lie that doul.ts (S dam
nciU"—Like a valiant captain once told
Ins men, go on my brave hoys, a captain's
pest is in lUe rear. About an hour after
the adjournment of the meeting, to my
astonishment I saw the nullics returning
from the dinner. i suppose they sw al
lowed beef and so forth, and immediately
retired to prepare for the discussion the
next cmy: for one of them came into the
meeting next morning with a considera
ble tinei of his arg incut, I suppose. At
the appointed hour, the discussion was re
maned by Judge Shorter, Colonel Jones,
Judge Cohpietr, and Mr. Lamar, tor the
original resolution winch adopted nullifi
catavi as the remedy for the South against
ihe turiif, and Judge Wayne, Col. Iver
son aval Col. Thomas, for the amend
ment oil'ercd by Col. (verson, tiisupproba
tmg the doctrine ot nniiilicaiiou as advo
cated by J. C. Calhoun and his adher
ents in South Carolina. The discussion
lasted until after dark that night. \\ hen
ti:' vote, was taken vi ry near nil the peo
ple froi’n the country had left; at farthest
1 tin.uk there were not exceeding one hun
dred persons lioui the town and country ;
the balance were ali strangers, amounting
to about eighty or 100 more, some from
Alabama, ami the rest from other comi
ties iii this State. I have out little doubt
but that there were as ninny or more u
uioii men, among those who belonged to
the county, than nullifiers—but tin ir Ai.a
bmuiai.s and adherents from other coun
ties in this State, out-voted the unionmien
and consequently rejected the amend
nic nt; they have therefore at last thrown
oft their mask, and shown themselves as
tlu-v are, advocates of Calhoun’s doctrine |
ot nullification. Tliei' have heretofore
Said itiey were not South Carolina nulii
fiers, bat Georgia nullifiers. As they
have thrown off their mask in that respect,
i suspect they will next tiling throw off
Jackson and take up Cailiouii, as their
brother advocate for the doctrine in S*. C j
and a few in Georgia have done.
It is time we, who are friends of the
Union and General Jackson would arouse
from our lethargy, and exert ourselves to
put down a doctrine so dangerous to tire
Union, the happiness and prosperity of
our Country, and to Gen. Jackson, as the
doctrine of nullification is. it behooves
ns to take a firm and decided stand against
tlie doctrine and its adherents —to mark
the aspirant lor office vvh > Ins declared or
any declare himself to lie' its advocate ;
and whatever may he our personal regard
and attachment for the mail, or whatever j
may have been the political relation m
winch we have heretofore stood to cadi
other—-yet tiie love of our country, the
union, happiness and prosperity of these
United State , bids us give them up for its
prescn. i on. Some may think it idle
and foolish to think of a separation of
this Union—but those who heard the ad-
vocates for i unification speak on Thurs
day last, will remember how lightly they
spoke of its dissolution. Judge Miorter,
even went on so fur as to say, if a separ
ation should take place, who they would
elect for I'resident of the Southern con
federacy. I never have heard such de
clamatory appials to the feelings of the
people in my life. Judge Coiquett seems
to have laid aside the wonted dignity of a
Judge; and the mild aid saint-like appear
ance of a Methodist Preacher, and ass lin
ed the countenance and action, oi an in
furiated madman. Had a stranger, ig
norant of the cause that brought such a
collection of persons together in the ]
Methodist Church, happened 'o have
stepped in at the time the Judge was {ret
ting and foaming at the mouth, and turn
ing up his eves, like a duck ilia thunder
•storm, he would have supposed that some
mighty personage by the name ol IKulti
fication, had departed tins life, and that
his friends and ncMiei;ents had assembled
to pay the last tribute ol respect to his re
mains—and that Judge Cohpiclt was
preaching Ins funeral sermon —and that
he was urging the people to lake up arms
to defend and carry through the doctrine j
of this mighty personage, as their only
salvation of a free 1 people. And to have
heard Judge Shorter, Col. Jones, and
]\lr Lamar, depicting in n vehement and
impassioned manner, the miseries of this ;
country, anil the wrongs under w hich the
people were groaning, for the suppnit ol
u few pampered imimifnctorii s, and ol
the wanted chivalry ol the South—he
Would hat e supposed" that the heroic valor
uii d eiiivnhv of Don Quixotic, were re
tivid ,nd happily 1 leaded in these men,:
os the oolv elutHlric Hit nos i| e South ;
and tint it divojtid on them to nveiigi
the wrong* of the South, am! that tin v
Would ilium diultdv full afoul til tl.o eot
i 1°" n, , ilis rhe South, as the valorous
Don t.id of the wind mills.
1 have thus thought it best to give a true
history of the proceedings of the Nulli-
I hers mu ting, m order'to prevent the
j "tends ot the Union m other parts of this
t.m , tr« ui iliinkiug that the sentiments
j at.opted at that meeting, are the senti
ineulsof Muscogee county; and in order
to enter my solemn protist against the
proceedings of these nullifiers, as a
ill IZL.N OF Ml'SlTliEE COl’M V.
j•* ! he Ihuwalio A. H. CLAY'iOS!
Sm: The cause of popular liberty,
does not now need an advocate, in \’-
im iitau bosoms, the love of liberty is a
| ‘ li,tiVe gt Lf tn,eiil. Scarce hr. utf*. s'tht-re
J a man, born under the government of ihe
L mon, or naturalized by it, in whom, the
j sentiment requires vfin.uh.t.oii, or wl o is
i u ' & v |:s 'ble to its practical enjoy m< nt.
Jly asstitn,ns are broad. If you ire
j not yt t totally corrupt, you will ful and
j act. now h dge their trutii.
An ardent is always a jealous nttneh
‘•■v*t. You may have discern ment to
! kn,l ) v "''G a,,( i lienee, would net upon the
wcaiv concomitant of a noble feeling,
I l '/ :u ' ou $« your country man, who Jove
j die ir government, to suspect its essential
virtue. Eat you have underrated their
, u*t< lhgei.ee, Uf .d they will vindicate their
‘ institutions.
Would you ask, why 1 have thought
j proper to address myself to you singled
out from among a host of agitators? I
i a,!b 'ver, because you have protruded your
si li upon the country, foremost ami most
; clamorous, of the class of chirr oroits ng
! ; tf itors You have most unnecessarily ta
i\en cccusiou to appeal from the “tribu
nal” of a part, to th ,t of tlm whole peo
ple of the .State, with a parade of the long
senes of your public services. In this
appeal, you became the menu solicitor of
office, while you strangely contrasted with
the solicitation, an avowed indifference to
office, it is indeed the picture of your
character, Vou have disgust. .1 me with
your egotism, and amused me with your
! vanity. Atone moment, 1 have been a
l shamed of your levity, and m the next,
indignant at tour effrontery. When tim
orous natures assume the bearing of ihc
bra vi, is it wonderful, they should become
ridiculous?
lou have assumed a prominence, by
no means enviable. Your laboring mind
rims! be pregnant with all the machinery
of war, so bold is your deuiiuc.iatjo . of
“dastards,” so comprehensive is votir def
fintlioii ot them. You niay esteem it l’or
ttiuate, should you escape the vindictive
judgment of yoar countrymen.
t is not from a dread of your powers,
tint I have distinguished you bv an ar
raignment at tin bar of the public. im
potence* is sometime.-, transitorily poten
tial. Hut I have detlicated you as.a sac
rifice to patriotism. \our conspicuous
political vices have selected you for an
example—an example of vengeance. Do
you indeed believe dir, that your patriot
disinterestedness, would < inhoiden your
“conscience” to respond, should your
country demand with a voice of thunder,
“Why dost thou essay to lacerate my
peace?”
With equal astonishment aid disgust,
have i perused your reply to the Augus
ta Committee. Fortunately, your imbe
cility cannot totally disguise it Seif. Wlmt!
does the war-breathing Clayton himself,
“daily” with so “plain a case” of “grind
ing” tyranny, as lie declares that of the j
•South to he? Has his heroism, all flashy
and gorgeous, postponed its display ton
distant period? Sir, if your wild simN- i
tioM had not rendered voit insensible to
everything hut self, you could hardly
have failed to judge what estimate, your
fellow-citizens would place upon a vocif
erous hero.
1 f ytki ever possessed any essential el
evation of character, some strung, latal
ity has attended you to destroy it. You
| have stink the dignity of the Statesman,
in the vulgarity of the purlizan. Ykeious
!v catering f r a fame you are incapable
ot appreciating, you have signally ont
; wilted yourself, and reaped a harvest of
infamy. If you do cot perceive the fact,
vour observation is as dull as your jnd n
! ment is weak.
Flippant and superficial, you have de
claimed \v it limit reason, and reasoned
j without argument. You have aindogysed
■without discrimination, aud blundered
into paradoxes. Degrading the exalta
tion of the Bench, and disgracing even
your profession, you are attaining to a
climax of distinction, at which genius
should shudder,and honesty he appalled.
Arouse yourself lo reflection. It may
not be ten late to “disabuse” your coun
try, nor too late to repair the injury iullic
fed on yourself. If you have virtue you
will make the effort. It rnay be better to
acknowledge your fault, than to fall dis
honored.
You claim to “have done the State
sotjic s<*rviee.” If it be a patriot service
to have revile.l the government of your
country, and to have essayed to avert
from it the affections of your fellow citi
zens, the service is admitted. That gov
ernment distinguished in general by its
visible ben.'licence, .V realizing the hopes
c.f its founders, and tl.e lovers ol liberty
•hroughont the world, you have stigma
tized as hemg “known only by its oppres
j sines. ” If e xaggerution which fists into
falsehood, and a professed 7.6a1 for liber
ty, which sinks into jacobin licentiousness,
!•« merits in yntr essays and sp.xielies,
v«ii have accumulated merits, which holt
..ruble ntul good men detest. You (uive
done services, which lamest patriotism
1.1. premier. You have desecrated eve
i)u* character of fr<*t <!t.m. Iluve you s.r.
I the s. If-iidvatigr.lilii. sos agitators, ami
rival of Carolina’s heretic, the, boldness
tot.cclarc that ctUistitiifioioil lihtrti ism
danger? Whether wicked or dilutied,
you can baldly venture to blacken vour
‘conscience,” by appealing to its integri
ty, to sustain your assertion. A.biv it be,
that you are so ignorant of the political
-eeunties nt our civil hlieitv, that you
deem a teuij orary error of ... i;cv, a case
|of danger to liberty—a causa of unolu
tmid You are then, .urnorrt.y of the
power, office may contVr upon you; and
j v <»u, wttli your eoinpt/rs in ignorance or
iniquity, si ion Id shrub from the frowns
of your abused country.
iS;r, would you In ak up the system of
social or.n-r, anil demolish the sviiuuetri
<-al tatrie ot liwnan hherty, reared by
l patriot suftering because the liuperfec
| t.ons of man, inly not he able in all cases, i
aiiiiiLt the convicting opinions of li .e
--iluiiking Indians, lo reduce iht* wisent
truths t< the nost perfect practice? Would
you resolve g>u l ument into its c.linpo
ilt-iit parts, oi the occasion of every uc .
cinci.tal deni!gement of its operations?
Mich sir, is tie wild extent of the theory
of A ullijicaion —such the wilder extern
ot your indefinite insubordination, pro
pared as you “confess” yourself to be,
“for any and nil other modes,” of ties
froving ihe peace and c*insistence of the
Union, Mr, the exnc ! est niuninnt. ma
chinery will fail.into eiisi rdef. And can
tbe complicated machinery of our com—
jdex government, on wh.eli ilie opinions
and the pas,ions; ii i( . hope s, the fears
and the interests ot men are contiuuulU
acting, be , xpn.lt ,| to mm, mr ages w ilh-
; 0,! - obh.juity, v. betbe-r result,i.g fVoili ac
cident, or from error? Ur lY,.in the con
flicts ot debatable pole-u-s? Do you and
yonr couifietrs exji. ct, n't. r you sbi.il
imvo (nix had ihc existing stnieinre, to
iccoiitrive a governme ui wit It sueb p« rfco.t
wisdom, that the aiitagum.-t interests ul
ils parts, anti the moral elements of dis
cord tlu-v may contain, can m yerotigtn
ate dissonant |>o|ic:es, nor 'stir the* con
tentions of intestine parties?
>.r, shall i hft the veil and disclose il.e*
burdens a SOLTIiEiL\ KEi FBUG
un-t . adun*, 'ii.i. . itonal to 1 hose* the same
region now ei,.lures, [u uvrdins they may
bed. cnieti] slua.l.i you succeed in ruptur
ing Hie ligatures of the present Union?
Yy im.igi nationrectnis from the survey!
Shall I show from the experit nee of all
mankind—nay, nncf confirm it by the*
tiossAlc I'Xpe/Jeiici: nt Aui'lli America,
bow probable it may m , that, before hah
i century si: II have been lolletl, as the
years of the eS nuthern Union, discord
flaming from tin* bosoms of political in
cendiaries, shall resolve t ven that Union
into Us simple </mu nisl
It lias been wisely said, that “time is
I fatal to the unammty of ail coalitions!”
Time indeed w n> fatal to the imbecility ot
1 the first confederation of the States.
Shall the tmih of the maxim ho predi
jca - J on the government of the Union?-
(leaven! avert tlm calamity ! No. When
! our Fathers, congregating from the fields
<>l strife, had formed a (lavernnuni, and
jirifimd into it stlf-presenutive principles,
t!uy anticipated not, a limitation to its
existence. Tlicy proiitksl net for its
I euthanasia. They had redeemed from
! Tyranny, tbe grand principles of Llber
’ ly. They had concentrated slu m iii a
| form of political gnvcrvna-ut. 'l’hev bail
I symmetrized its parts, modeled its proper
j lions, anti halftnced ils powtrs. Under
\ their vigils, those principles begun their
regidated action. They directed their
! energies, and witnessed the dew lopt ment
jof resulting practical principles. One
j by one, our fat hi r, have.!: appeared from
: the secia , beholding and njoiciinr in tl;e
fruition of the happy consequences of
their labours. Milhous hare been horn
to liberty and happiness under the insti
tutions of their hands—horn under and
into their protection—bo. <. into allegiance
to them- born into heirship to their prin
ciples. .Viy —among them sir, you, and
; many of your coadjutors. Do you too,
contemn as “sickly cant,” tin* “brotherly
love” of our common countrymen—and
the sacred phrase, “the sue redness of our
Union?” WASHINGTON! “saint of
Liberty!” are these the sentiments of thv
Legacy to posterity?
lint sir, have you or your coadjutors,
penetrating into the se er.ee of man ami I
politics, beyond the ken of out Fathers,
discovered raw principles of Liberty— j
new forms of embodying them—new ;
i modes of securing their beneficent action !
' —new guards for civil rights; new secu
rities against political restivenes: or mor
:.! disturbances ? Have you discovered
these; nay more; have you discovered &
; learned to reduce into piactice, principles
j of perfection, that you are ambitions to
j contrast the work of the sons with that
of the Fathers? By generous exertions,
; familiarize ti e nunds of your countrymen
with such new principles, and reason mav
make them your followers. But until
this be done, forbear the attempt to mar
the common patrimony of millions.
The patriots of the revolution fondly j
supposed they hud wrought out the j
great work of human libei-fV: that fhey
had aroused mankind from the torpor of
slavery. To llioir posterity they they
devolved the duty of preserving mid
transmitting to the most di-taut time,
their own fund of freedom, the principles
on which it was scoured, the fabric in
which it was th posit, and. Leaving, ns
was inevitable, the practice and details
of government under (be con-litutionul
1 .-barter, to the wisdom of niter genera
tions. they glowed with the patriot hope
that they liti.l embodied such principles
and so contrived them into n form of
government, ns 16 fortify the ever re
newing millions olj ovl.'i ily against III.*
necessity of revolution, ry struggles ferj
their rifilits nml lihf rtlew. Grand aud
beat volrfit hope” They provided:
modes by which even Ihe constitution
oiigft he changed, thereby preventing
resMi't to the great utid primary prioei
[/.<* < . redress, the right «/’ nrolvtian.
Was theirs a just hope, derived from
, ihe structure of their gov ci i.iim i.l. lh.,t
a necessity for violent uu.l st.rguiuary j
revolution could not occur under l. :
Yes. emphatically, ye . Bevoiulioo I.y
! iliartiiil force, is in.luce.I, when tyrai . v !
and oppression result from the exe.c.se -.V
|.« jI . tic: 1 1 powers by governors irr. sp.uiM- j
ide to, mi.l in.coi.trol«.l.lc by tin gr. at i
mats of the people. But a gown to. ut
organised on t> foregone tin my, ami ut t
ing mi fixed principles, w hose action .« j
pOrpetiiHted by classes of iuagistraev, J-c
--ruxlic.’diy cliiiiigcahit* bv the people* can l
never induce u case «f ncees.-ity, jv.sl;i>— !
mg violent revolutiim. hive ry such per.-j
otlic.'d change of iiiagistrm-y, ns vv.ii us |
•dtv rations of the goven them charter ii:
the prescribed mode, are in themselves,
species ol truu.pul, const.liili. iu.l reve.li -
tiou. la vvhni respects <l.fl. rent from the
first, have most revnlutimis everbetn?—
Consider the examples in English llislo
| rv, and ptmtier tin examples of revohi-
I nonary France Fnjm.ce by her first rev-I
olufion .hanged; rather extirpated her
King. M but then? They cstahhsjicil a
ConstiUttiou ; a rule of action to li e go
v. r.riiient which d.d previ.-.isb, exist, in I
her last revolution, she deposed one mon- ;
aich; elevated another, and enlarged her
constitutional ci, *• <r. Such constitu- !
: tional charter, will in nil European i\a \
•.ions, he tlu ultimate nljret of r< volution ;
aed i; volutin., will residt in obtaining it..
Uousiirittional liberty, i:e. liberty secured
I by concessions of rights before denied . I
; as for example, tin: constitutional liberty !
j ot England ;• or. as with ns, liberty recur- i
J <;<i by a inotlp ol (<overnment, oiga.vised !
.on fundi.mental at..l j-ern.im. i t pnlitt. nl ■
j [>rii;cip!( s, t luhodied inn chart or ha ms,
j and giiaraidting to individuals, nil pevso- j
' nal and relative rights : such constitution- !
j •'I liberty is the grand object of revelutiou
| by a people, suft'eriiig under, vet incapable |
| otherwise of checking th* ''ppression of
| government Such revolutioi s too, are
; cases oi contests, h« tvv. eii the govnutoys
1 on one side, and tjw*gfiferned tin the oth
j or, the former claiming purer as tl <ir
j rigi.t, the latter del aiding litterty as ;!>eir
right. .Can Midi a cause for revolution ex
, *st under our Ivepresentai.v. Bepublies?
jOr on coustifui’kiiud linertv be an object
| for tiu Southern States to realize ! v r. v
j olmioe? Can a revolution by us, [sl i.u. - :
Heaven ever curse us with any,] « ver r.
suit in any thing more than a change of
popular i.gents, to transact tlu bus u. s> el
government? even though we may madly
effect this by civil broils?
But yet sir, I pause! There may be
lomclhmg revolutionary in effect and
sp.rit, in the dissolution of the present
I mon The dissolution itself will be
revolution. I, you si., nay! every eili
z. n may ask, vvlmt is to be aeliieved ln--
yoi and the (v.nt it s< It? To the patriot’s
j heart, it is a question of fearful import.
: For can a revolution, the object of which
j is a mere formation of the {Stales ot the
Union into distinct and independent,
smaller unions, result in additional acqui
sitions to | ol.lcal mui civil liberty ? Mav
| not such a revolution result in dr. a.iiui
! losses to '.umao huppim*s in geneiat—
j and .a the destruction of tin* peace and
happiness of A.;rib America? May it not
implant in the I osoms ol ihesc sister Ut
! publics hatred lasting as time, vindictive
!as Hell? Ifapp. i. when it may, ilw.il
bring discord inu rminable lutvve.n suel.
distinct m.ions; standing annus, cslab
lishe.l navies, alliance aud diplomatic n
gencies among the rival unions and for
eigu iiutiOiis; —once the uduorers of the.r
united glory : mid ail the* expensive ex- :
| tcrt-al ami iiiUinal apparatus of govern- j
; ment. Will these things establish new :
principles ol htm ai liberty? or make A- i
inericaiis happier than they now are ?
Uun Revolution, or Nullification, or We - j
eesion or disohition gum any fruits' .\- i
cept those 1 have recounted ? arc suck th
objects for v, Inch oors, the freest and Imp- \
piest of natioi s, shall rasidy plunge into j
revolution ? ariyrs of liberty forbid it! i
I “'Combs o«f the revolution” lorhid it!!
! Moiiiiinents of revolutionary aciiievemeiits I
j forbid it !
It may he sir, that your mind, in com
mon with those of your co-adjutors, is
incapable of appreciating, by abstract
contemplation, the value of a ralioual
and sensible system of hherty. It nr.y
he that the very cOfrinionness of hherty,
like the air you inhale, is en joyed by you,
without any vivid consciousness. If so,
would to Heaven the liberating Foie
could claim as his, your liberty w ith all
its constitutional guards, while you trans
; orteil into Ins condition, might live to
realize the true* character of the blessing
you have failed to estimate aright.
Sir, 1 again ask, can we, by revolution,
re-organize a go\ ernrnent’oii safer princi
ples? Too impatient to await the slow,
but sure revolution of public opinion—
the grand pacific reforming moral revo
lution, fondly substituted by our -fathers
for a revolution of blood, you would per
suadc tin* State to a breach of national
faith, and resistance to a government of
which you yourselves are at present a !
component part. Fortunately, the bonds i
of government are not as loose ns yonr |
morality, nor as flimscy as your patriot- 1
ism.
Vour imagination seems not to he fa- I
inilar wiji the complex relation in which j
you stand to your complex government,
vou assert, “my first nllegeauce is due to i
thi* State of G« orgia.” Now sir, w hich
i tlm paramount Constitution of tin* hind,
the Constitution of the United Stall * ! i
or the U. ns'itution of Georgia? \Vhr.t'
laws are the ‘•supreme" law s os thelau.lt
Those ..*i*,i<'fcd t y Congress, or those en
acted by die Legislature of G. orgia J
j Aliist the Constitu> on of tin I r-. eon
l form to that of Georgia— »>r tlmt ... <, j_
! gia, to that of ihe Ueit.d \uU > i On
j tins point yon cannot lieMui er.ii t.
Lut you udvi.u4 ehlni, sj inii.' Os to
the Mobility ol lire union, vvh.i. >< u
fliiiin for .. ini.., ..R mi i xocise o:' < . <!i.
nary I'igbi. to declare .. it.vv .I < i <r.«
j uueoiisliti,:, I.Hi, in, |j x,,, 4i ~
fopeiut.Ve v» ii bin ,<s liiaits A. .no
[H°* you peiietl-i u lo lire viti ity
te.ieeal t«eV «*, l.lirent, end nu*k« t tI,o
imbecile creature of. j. aleu- ce; i„ n .
l.lti-i- igiiojonce of ti.e line ll.cOl v <>; .| m
j gov* i-i.mu.l. ci.n .done pMlltule si ,i.
i-'sy. while sV:, It urn.nance <‘is.;u..i>i:eu
j you lo hold a st i t in Us cconcils.
Long sir, have you labor.-.. io .-xcito
dis. oiileut an:, ng veer ceiii.ti \ men.
1 11 eniiuv.-i ..ti iy y.mi . r scs .foul, l.ia
, lion, you evidently iiunapli m lb. ib./t
llnit they have .eu.tci to ‘bring 11»«• >< ,!e
--rui govei ninciit into . ont. inpihc-tt
is your conduct in one »-.t 1.-.si ..ft, . L -„_
ses retollei te.ii ‘j |„. belter pun ( I yonr
lellovv citizens ti.eu .:en..ui.ccd \< u If
you now exult ui uhi.t lire j ai. ot t.b
hors, you are already sue lit subject of
| his hair. «i.
You iin.lersioo.l “that ihe Or y oi.jec
. ticn to uulliti. itiion is, *ii Ims a let,..* n.-y
jto revolution cud bloodshed.’ Guiy
j .d.jeetion;! \\ hat ore nor “i.vole ,t,n
j and b oodshed.” though HL.,yy i, aß
; conic* from the.i-dreadtui al< u.h.c, s. i.c
--i lific.l to im an.l to (lie vvctiii. liie last
, uu.l ter. bit* r.-f o. l f.oin .*; ;r< ss.oii'i Is
i die genius ..I opptess...,i lt\. ii hi ti
niche in the Is.bi.e *>| *.ur goveitii. • nt?
Is it so pet uu. i, ently embooie.l our
i laws, that rev.i.u ion tin.l Moo.
can alone expt*i a l . , h.- in :v.n. ma
nd, ««?»•** bhnd a youi Or t.o*y. ur m. z
! *ug ehiv .* Iry *■ e. >gL. it “t.,* t t.. e, p< .up
i ami ei.. m vvt.i re tb* j,■ ce
| ot you. <■< unity, the hr.j pmo-s oi iml
! lions, things to lie tril.ee wnh, r, nnij
j bagntclle?
Again, J ask sir whi t object wcu’.i
j free America gain in demolishing the
j government of I.ih.m? <#.! .*,■ gov
j.Him. ills icvolniu him* to ol.taih hirer
| ly. fJUvll w«* revoitiiuiinse lo destroy
her fairest n...J grui.dtat ten pu? ’|* o
illustrate to Ihe world how bi.«i i r rite
existence of a lepubllv.? 'io proveto
mankind that reason and viriu ■ tu-.*
powe.les- to in; uitiun popular govem
mtills, wla i. ire t . .'.iili. uM:, .. Rhia
from iis l.ii.zr l. ti .. i.l ; 'i , e< t, , . ; .u.te
that extended govtn.m. t.i l y . j et pin,
on the great pi lump., oi t.j tc-cm. . (Jl ’,
is but a sp!ciu.,ii uea s.on. L.,|ti,. tc.
happiness be ours, wlmi want v eu , t f
In astra.n ofturgid c.iji. ... ~u
announce that you Imve a fan .vksii. a
f etory “periled'’ in th. g.un. s.n.ggio
you meditate between Georg a. f:er
sivters. IloWever much ol va|o. your
c.n ntrvnien inny concede to yoa, for
periling your dotmsilc and pecuniary
goods, they will I e more apt io contin
ue io enjoy their families and fortunes,
it, pence, seeured neilhcrhv nukiiind on,
nor “i. vciuii. n. ' than to nisi w ildly
into “bloodshed ’ in Kdtniiutioo of jouV
funtostic c:>ui age.
H iving coinim.ntet.fed lo you as nno
of Ihe people addressed, nui.v oi iho
thoughts excited by u pemsal ci your
letter, I have ctujtfcd to cemmem on
the inconsistencies of.your political con
.htet during your j til lie career Aor
have 1 a,tempt, and Iq dispiuy the contra
dictions bet t\.. li ihe sci.lin:* nts oi ihe
letter, and those of a late judi.-iui decis
ion. I have formed however, tins gen
eral estimate of you as a politician, that
you are u medley of nil prim ip!e>. m»
one pre.l. n> mitinp long « nocgl. to give
you perm ment individuality of.lmrae
ter. Veiba.ly bold in partizanship, vou
nre capable of oeeasiona! decl iimcnS
fiom it, which inspire dai.nmg eu-f;.> of
your moral heroism. Gen.-rally it, of
fice, yon must lovp it, your proie-smnS
to tbe contrary not wit list aiding. * her
for its infiuenee or its eniolui e - . That
: though you peer I'r.iia the pe Ik mi
; ament as a “flaming palno. .i.e. is
plays of your s|irit exhibit i. doumiul
j rescmblunee between the ler«.-» ions <ie
mngegue, end tbe dully ing due aid r l hat
j ibetigh in one chnracier you v * eld
! “wage an inlermin: biewnr’ . ; ..ins •s
--! tortion, so hideous n- yon ol m- < .* > so
| it, in ti e otber you would r mse
with danger. Thusyous.ve.su end-
J .*.! between She hero mil the . iu, a
I problem of doubt and a carri. jr of
i firmness and eors'ssency.
Snell-- so great, so litlle. so lof v. so
; degrn.le.l, I present you to ti c rn*o !e
of Georgia. The portrait is link) e (hat
you fancied you had .frown of y< urseif.
! Study yourself maturely, and «*» n you
l may find the linuniehts of u likeness.
n word more r.n.l I have done
with you. Whenever hereafter you
may attempt t<» sustain your opinions,
or defend your conduct,, be independ
ent enough to stand by thi* energy of
your own intellect. Unit the err. rs of
Troup or Lumpkin phlliht. yours? If
they have failed ofthe prudence becom
ing the statesman, will their example
excuse you? Valorous ns you seem,
you have attempted to protect yourself
by a double shield, before you attempt
ed to fulminate your wi nlhy eloquence
against your country. Know air. that
your imitation cannot rectify the errors
of your exemplars, while by your weak
ness or wickedness, you are added to
the precedents cf indiscretion.
Ifil he possible for you to close your
“polilicnl life free from the reproaches
of conseiehce,” you will have a cuntolu •
tion f did not accord to you. Repent
ance I bud thought, might be the last
occupation of yonr life. And should
you hereafter approve yourself. » hat
you have hitheito b« en, > our <*. untry
inen may see you the apologist of your
conduct ami the repudi .tor of your due
tt inis.
VINDICATOR.
07*" '<■ have been rompellrd ta lay ri
ver several ltd rei tisr mi ills and murk in
ten sling matter to mate rmit for Ynuti ■
ratnr's add sees In Jodge i Invtrv, H’.t
hope hint ever our rerd»*% wtfl lift Hart
rausr to tnmpliiin of this tnriivi’rm
