The Georgia constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 1832-184?, August 21, 1832, Image 2
THE CO^STITITJOHIALI^T. 1
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PUBLIC MEETING IN MACON.
Notice having been previously gi v»n, a. very
;...rge assemblage of the citizens of Bibb county
’itiij s? rang* ■ rs convrned at !1i • Uourl-f louse, at
]() o’clock, on the morning of the lUth inst, to
take into consideration the 1 ariff, an 1 tin- mode
and measure of redress. — Ihc H'>b. (. He
Sjrocg was called to the chair, and Col. Robert
A. Beall appointed secretary.
Hon. Henry G. Lamar, presented the follow-1
ing preamble and resolutions ; w hich after tho
rough discussion, in which Col. Lamar, Hon. A.
S, Clayton, Col. S. Jones, John G. Polhill, Esqs.
and I ion. John M. Berrien, participated, were
adopted with a single dissentin'? voice—
Whereas a number of the free citizens of tlns j
State assembled al Athens on Wednesday thej
Ist inst. to take into consideration the.grievances
under which we labor from the oppressive and
unconstitutional taxation of the F< deral Govem
ident, and to devise the most efficient and proper
means of redress, adopt the following preamble
and resolutions:—
PREAMBLE AM) RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, the people of Georgia, ns well in
primary assemblies of citizens in th'-ir re.spcc'ive
counties, as by their Representatives in the Leg
islature thereof, have repeatedly and solemnly
declared the several acts laying duties on im
ports, (in so far as such acts transcended the pur
poses of revenue, and. were designed for the pro
tection of manufactures,) to bo unjust, oppressive
and unconstitutional; and have solemnly announ
ced their determination not to submit to su h un
lawful exactions; and their consequent resolu
tion to resist them, if after a reasonable time they
should not bo repealed.
And whereas, the good people of this state and
others, having common interest with them in this
matter, have looked to the period of the payment
of the national deb?, as that, at which the income
raised by taxation should be reduced to the sum
required by the wantsof the Government, by du
tics fairly imposed upon all the imports of the U.
plates—and have expected from the justice of
that Congress which has just closed its session, a
repeal of these obnoxious laws.
And whereas, this reasonable expectation has
been disappointed, and the protection of manu
factures is now avowed as a permanent princi
pie of Federal legislation.
Be it therefore resolved, That we, as free citi
zens of Georgia, w-ill not longer submit to this
oystoni oflegislation which is arbitrary, unequ
al, unconstitutional, and therefore unjust—that
it he recommended to our fellow-cilizens in the
several counties to elect delegates to a State
Convention to assemble at Milledgeville on the
second Monday in November next, and to invest
them with full power in behalf of the g<>od peo. 1
pie of Georgia to maintain, preserve, and de
fend the rights and privileges of the free citizens
of this state.
Resolved, That John McPherson Berrien,
Augustin y. Clayton, Thomas Glascock, Joel
Crawford, Samuel Rockwell, William 11. Tor-,
ranee, and William C. Dawson, be a committee
of correspondence to confer with our fellow-citi
zens of other States, on all matters connected
with our common interests.
And whereas, we the free citizens as Bibb in
general meeting assembled, having seen and
considered the aforegoing resolutions, <lo concur
in the same—
Be it therefore resolved, that the citizens of
the said county of Bibb, do cordially concur with
our fellow-citizens assembled at Athens as afore
said, and do adopt the said resolutions as express
ive of our feelings and determination on this in
teresting subject.
Resolved, That We will on the first Monday
in October next, elect two delegates to represent
•is in a Convention to be held at Milledgeville,
on the second Monday in November next, ns
contemplated by the above resolutions.
Resolved, That these proceedings be signed
isy the Chairman, and countersigned by the
Seen tury, and published in all the Gazettes of
the jState.
C. B. STRONG, Chairman.
Robert A. Beall, Secretary.
JACKSON & VAN BUREN— VETO.
The foregoing assembly having been dissolv
ed, another meeting was organized, Judge
Strong was requested to resume the Chair, Col.
Beall again appointed Secretary.
Tiie following resolution was offered by Mr.
J. J. Gritfin, and adopted by a largo ma
jority.
Resolved, That the elevation of Andrew
Jackson and Martin Van Buren, to the Presi
dency and Vice Presidency of the United States,
is an event much to be desired; and iliat we will
spare no constitutional means to effectuate that
object.* —— -a •
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be signed by the Chairman, and counter
signed by the Secretary, and published.
C. B. STRONG, Chairman.
Robert A. Beall, Secretary.
• There was also a resolution introduced bv Judge
Clayton, and which was adopted, approving of the Pre
sident’s V«go. This Resolution has been emitted, acci
dently, we presume, in the official proceedings.— [Ed.
Advertiser.
MEETING IN MONTICELLO.
At a very large and respectable meeting of
tiie Citizens of Jasper county, in the town of
Moniicello, onkthe 11th inst. Cuthbert Reese,
Esq. was called to the chair, and B. F. Ward
appointed Secretary. The following preamble
and resolutions were adopted, without a dissent
ing voice. Whereas the people of Georgia have
borne the burthens of the general Government,
both in war and peace, with an earnest and ar
dent zeal for the public good, and have looked
with pleasure to the period whan the national
debt shall be paid, and the duties on imports re
duced to the current expenses and necessary
wants of the government.
And whereas the majority in Congress con
trary to the constitution, to cquali’y and justice,
have avowed that the protection of
is he fixed and permanent policy of the govern
t.
Be it therefore resolved hy the Citizens of
Jasper county, that the tariff acts, are unconsti
tutional, and are unjust, unequal and oppressive
. to the people of this State, and ought to be re
duced to the necessary expenses of the gov
ernment.
Resolved, That the people of this county are
sincerely and ardently attached to the Consritu
, non and Union of these baited States. And id
' that thev will elect, ob the first Monday inijr
October next, three delegates to a Stale Con-(is
vention, to assemble at die on the ■!
• second Monday in November next, there, (with pi
delegates from other counties of this State,) to id
1 deliberate and determine on the best mode and d
measures of relieving this Slate from the oppres- j
sions of the tarifl.
Resolved, That we have unshaken confidence^)
4in the administration of Andrew Jackson, that i
he deserves and will receive the vote of Gcor- i
I gia at the next Presidential Election.
CUTHBERT REESE, Chairman, r
j B. F. Warp, Secretary.
I? It is respectfully requested that the dif
ferent Newspapers in Georgia publish these |
proceedings.
MONROE, Walton Cot ntv.
August 7th, 1532.
In pursuance of a previous notice, a large and .
respectable number of the citizens of this place 1 :
d.-judos the county, assembled at the Court
House, on-this dav, to take into consideration I
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(some early and efficient measure of relief fiorrU
the evils of the present Tariff. The meeting be- j
dug called to order. Col. John I*. Lucas was j
call d to the chair, and Major T. J. Hill appoint
ed Secretary.
On motion, a committee consisting of Messrs.
■A. ii. Hob, I*. O. Lumpkin, Robert M. Echols, j;
i Win. J. Vason. Egbert B. Beall, Waters Bris-H
||coi, and James Ferguson, were appointed by thejj
! chair, to draft and report suitable resolutions
, for the occasion, who retired fur a short time,
'returned and reported the following preamble
and resolutions, to wit:
NULLIFICATION.
Whereas it is tiie deep and deliberate convic
tion of this meeting, that the Laws enacted hyj
the Congress of the United States, commonly i
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leaded the Tariff Laws, are a palpable and dan-j
gerous violation of the Constitution of theUU
States, and do impose an unjust, unequal, and;!
|oppressive tax upon the labour and industry of|{
[the Southern States, for the unwise and illiberal I
• purpose of protecting the Manufacturers of thejj
j Northern States.—
j And, whereas at a late meeting of a portion of’
our fellow-citizens at Athens, it was i
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Resolved, That we wifi not longer submit to 1
. the system of legislation, which is arbii rary, une- i
J qual, unconstitutional, and therefore unjust —j
'and that it be recommended to the citizens of the |
■different counties to elect delegates to attend a|
State Convention to be held at Milledgeville, on;
the 2d Monday in November next. '
Be it therefore lie-solved. That this meeting I
| deem it an imperative and paramount duly of:
freemen, at all hazards, to resist oppression, and !
vindicate their rights and liberties from any un-j
constitutional violation. \
Rrsolved. That wo arc devotedly attached to i
j the Union of these States, and at all times will (j
{forbear and suffer cfvils, so long as they are suf-i
ferable, and compatible with the duty we owe!
ourselves and posterity, if such forbearance will!
tend to perpetuate the Union, and preserve thef
j Constitution in its original purity—but if oppres-
sion compclls us to choose between the Union on!
: the one hand, and the Constitution and Liberty]
on the other, we must forget that we are the
; descendants of the fathers of our glorious revo
: lution before we can be persuaded to cling to
the former, and give up the latter.
Resolved, That we consider it an unprofita
ble waste of words, }'ca, unbecoming the char
i neter of freemen, to parley longer with the ad
vocates of these odious and oppressive laws—
, That the j>o\ver of truth, and force of reason
1 ] have lost their wonted influence upon them, and
* that “the argument is exhausted,” and all
peaceable means recognized by the Constitu
tion have been resorted to by us to be released
I from the operation of said law s. We are there
j fore prepared, and do most solemnly declare
i j that, so soon as a majority of the freemen of this
I;[State shall concur .with us, and concert mea
•ljsurcS fi?r united action, we will no longer sub
jjmit to bo plundered of our property by this sva-j
f item of Federal legislation, which has reduced us
Ito worse than colonial bondage, and violated
|4he most sacred principles of the Constitution,
j Be it further Resolved, That we concur in
| the sentiments expressed by the meeting at:
Athens, and recommend to the citizens of Wal
ton County, to hold an election for Delegates
to meet said Convention at Milledgeville on the
, 2d Mo'nday in November next. ** |
i; And the same being read, and some consid-
I crable discussion having taken place ; Major P.
I, O. Lumpkin, offered the following, which was
; | finally adopted as a substitute-to the report of
the committee, by a majority of the meeting, to
wit ;
| RESOLUTIONS No. 2.
j Whereas the people of Georgia have, in pri
jmary assemblies, at different times, and l>\ I
j their Representatives in the Legislature from i
■| year to year, resolved, that a Tariff System,!
i |so far as tiie same was intended lor the prctcc
tion ol domestic manulac'urcs, was oppressive to
[Southern interest, unconstitutional and unjust!
i —and the same having been submitted to, thus
long, solely for the purpose of enabling the Fed
[oral Government to pay off and discharge the
public debt, w hich may now he considered as
[-accomplished ; and whereas, the State of Goor-
I gia has remonstrated, memorialized, and pro
| tested against the continuance of such a svstwm}
—all which has been passed by, unheeded by!
j the Federal Legislature—and the late Con'-;
| gross having adjourned without relieving us;
■ from the burden ;
We, the citizens of the county of Walton, i]
is deem it our privilege and duty, as freemen ;*ud : i
as citizens of a Sovereign State, to enter our
" solemn protest against such abuse of power. |
We cannot, injustice to ourselves, submit to a|
'|| system which will entail poverty on us and ouri
j ! | offspring, for the sole benefit of manufacturing]
capitalists.
i
Ist. Therefore he it resolved, That we w ill
rcs : st the said protective system, bv all consti.(
' i rational means, to the utmost of our power and
'[lability.
2d. And he it further resolved. That in the
11 1 opinion of this meeting, the hopes of the South'
for a deliverance from the evils under which j
they labor, and for the perpetuation of our once;
happy and beloved Union, mainly depend on the,
, re-election of that distinguished Patriot and!
Statesman, Andrew Jackson ; and that anyji
! measure calculated to embarrass his administra- ;
tion, or defeat his re-election, ought to be dc- j
precatod by every Patriot of the South,
j 3d. Therefore he it further resolved. That ,
we are opposed to Nullification as the mode of i
redress for our grievances, for as much as wojj
consider it neither constitutional nor peaceable - lj
as it must in the very nature of tilings brino- usi!
directly in collision with the Gen. Government 1
and end in a state of open war.
And he it further resolved. That we recoin- 1
mend to our fellow-citizens in each county l i
throughout the State, to have meetings, and 1
appoint delegates to meet at MiUiedgeville on ■
the second Monday in November next, to devise 1 !
the most proper and efficient measures toreme-’ 1
dy the aforesaid evils.
Major A. B r Hoit then rooyed that the 3d reso- :l
* tj
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lution of the mibstitpte be stricken out, which
motion being further discussed, was lost by a !
small majority.
On motion, it was ordered, that the proceed
ings of this meeting be signed by the chairman
and secretary and published in the federal ,
Union and Georgia Journal. ij
The meeting then adjourned.
JOHN P. LUCAS, Chairman.
T. J. Him. Secretary.
(UICAT UNION MEETING. Jj
At a numerous meeting of the citizens oi Han ,
' Count v, held at the Court-House, on the 10th I
August 1932, Captain Nt-hemiah Garrison, was !
ichosen Chairman, and James Law, Esq. Score- ;
| tarv. The object of the meeting having been ;
■explained hv Henry Lightfixrt Sims, to be the:
! consideration of the “ mode of redress against _!
the tariff laws” as recommended by tue Nullifi
ers of South-Carolina and Georgia, a series of!
resolutions were then offered by Major Robert
.Mitcliellj who enforced their policy and pro-'i
pri' ty, and exposed t!ie dangerous heresies ei |
I nullification, in a lengthy address to the meeting.
The r. solutions were further advocated tue.
i Hon. William 11. I nderwood —niter waieli tne
I doctrine of nullification was avowed b\ Mi-
Games W. Jones, who enleavored to ju.tity it
'bv many arguments (bunded upon a minute do
■tail oft ho duties imposed upon various ardob s
!of import. Other resolutions, as a substitute to
j Major Mitchell's, were then subedited and sup-|
j ported bv David C. Neal, Esq. —the question
l was first taken on Mr. Neal s resolutions and lost, j
|The question then being taken upon the resolu- j
tions presented by Major Mitchell was, with no- j
Iclamutjon, carried by an overwhelming majori-j
ty. _ t |
Major MiTcntfLi/s resolutions :—Whereas j
in all free governments it is the privilege of the!
people to express their opinions on all subjects j
at all connected with the welfare of the country j
—and whereas there have been many indica-j
tions of late too plain to be mistaken of an intea
-1 tion to force the dangerous doctrine ol nullifica
jtion on the good people of Georgia, under the
I plausible pretext of an opposition to the laws of!
j Congress, usually denominated the Tariff laws — : i
land whereas we believe this doctrine, if carried j
into practical operation, must produce a dissolu
tion of the government, bring on all the horrors |
of a civil war —introduce the confusion of an-:
arch 5% and must finally end in despotism.
1. Resolved , therefore —That we arewhollvi
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and unconditionally opposed to the Tariff or:
j Protective System, and that we will as freemen, j
jand as patriots employ all our means and cner-j
gies, consistent with the integrity, and duration!
ofonr happy, free and beloved country, to ac
complish its abolition.
2. Resolved, That wo are unconditionally
opposed to a redress of the grievances under
w hich we labor, by the hazardous and dangerous
remedy of Nullification —and that we consider!
it neither a peaceful, rightful or constitutional!
remedy.
3. Resoiced , That we consider the dissemina-1
. tion and establishing the doctrine of Nuliiflca- }
i lion by the enemies -of General Jackson, as!
covertly designed to defeat his re-election, raid j
that we pledge ourselves to bo the more zealous
and active in his support.
4. Resolved, That our confidence in the Ad
ministration of Gen’l. Jackson is unimpaired—
and that we yet look to him and his friends for
an ad justment of this perplexing question, so as
to harmonize with all sections and classes of the
country.
5. Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings
of this Meeting, together with the Preamble and
Resolutions be signed by the Chairman and Sec
retary, and published in the Courier and Con
stitutionalist, Augusta—the Union and Journal,
Millcdgevillc—the News, Washington—the Tel-1
egraph, Macon—the Democrat, Columbus—the!
1 Gazette and Southern Banner, Athens.
NEHEMfAH GARRISON, Chairman.
James Law, See’ry.
NEWTON COUNTY ANTI-TARIFF MEETING.
A large number of citizens, from different
sections of Newton county, convened at Coving
ton on the 7th instant, to make arrangements
for a more general meeting, for the purpose of
having a full and free expression ofieclings, in
relation to the Tariff policy, as established and
maintained by the majority in our Federal Leg
islature; also, to adopt such measures as may
be thought most expedient in the resistance of a
1 policy so unequal and unjust in its operation.
Charles Kenaoii, Esq. was called to the Chair,
and Seth P. Storrs, appointed Secretary. Rich
ard L. Simms, Esq. after staling the object of
the meeting, offered the following resolutions,!
which were unanimously adopted
Resolved, That we do respectfully recom
mend to our fdlow-citizens of Newton coujity,
that abandoning every feeling of party dissch-
Ition, they assemble at Covington on the
31st oi this month, m order to adopt some mea
sures fora speedy and firm resistance to the un
equal, Unjust and oppressive Tariff. .
Resolved, i hat John L. Graves, Thomas L. ;
Thomason, Jesse L. Baker, Wilson Conner and j
Felix Snnonton, be, and they are appointed to;
distribute notices in every part of the county— |
that the people may be apprised of the day of
our niectmg; and, also, to invite the attendance
of such of our distinguished fellow-citizens, as
they may think proper.
I Resolved, r i hat Richard L. Simms, Win. D.
i h onyers, Charles Harris, John J. Floyd, Chas.i
In. Sanders, McCormick Neal, and Kinchin W.
I I largrovo, be appoin ed a committee, to draff j
j and report a pream.No and resolutions, to be
j submitted for adoption at our contemplated
meeting.
Resolved, Ihatt'ie proceedings of this meet-!
in - be signed by the Chairman and Secretary,!
and ; dd • aed in at! the public Gazeftes printed
at Mfflcdgeviile, and such other papers as are
friendly to the cause.
The meeting was then adjourned by the*
Chairman, until the last Friday in August, eigh-l
teen hundred and thirty-tw o.
„ CHARLES KENNON, Chairman, i
bunt P. Stopks, Secretary.
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Newx.vx, Coweta county, Aug. ], 1930. t
A large and respectable per,ion of the citi-l
izensot tfKrcoimty of Coweta, met in the town
lof Nownan, according to the request of the
| Committee, to take into consideration the mo.\‘
| pnetv of appointing delegates to represent them /
un tne contemplated convention to be held ini!
!’! ic town °** Millcdgevillc in February next, for
F he P ur P°se of amending tiie Constitution so far ,
i as relates to the reduction of members to the;i
| Legislature, —on motion of James Thompson, I
Esq. Col. Juh a W. Pen:icost was called to the-
C-lunr, and Dr. Vv m. P. Echols appointed Se
cretary.
The Chairman then appointed Wm. B. Prv-,|
or, Esq, to explain the object of the meeting, jj
alter which the question was most ably discuss-ii
ed by several gentlemen. The question then
being put. Convention or no Convention, there
appeared a decided majority against sending de
legates to the contemplated convention,^and
therefore the meeting adjourned.
JOHN W. PENTICOST, Chairman .
Mm. P. Echols, Secretary^
MEETING IN MONROE. 1
A number of the citizens of Monroe county, 1
convened in the Court-House on Wednesday the 1
15th inst. for the purpose of making arrange- 1
meats for a general meeting of the citizens ot the, ■
county, to take into consideration the 1 arm, and i
mode and measure of redress. /
1 Williams F. Jackson, Esq. was called to the, 1
(chair, and IN bridge G. Cabaness requested to ,1
(act as secretary, Gen. E. Beall explained they
’object of the meeting, and -offered the following /
(preamble ana resolutions, which were adopted;! 1
j without a dissenting voice. (1:
I Whereas tli Tariff act passed at tne late ses-;
Nion of Congress, taken in connexion with they:
inear approach of the entire extinction of the na-j;
Itioual debt, presents a crisis In the affairs of ourii
country, which imperiously calls outhe people!;
of tiie Southern Flutes to adopt some final dc-i
termination, as to the course they "in pursue in
I relation to a Tariff for tha protection of niauu-
I fact ures, and the oppression of the great planting d
! I and commercial interests oi tne bouffi. __.il
I Be if there j ore Resolved, 1 hat our leiiow-cin-d
lizens, without distinction, be invited and request-;,
lied to meet in the Court-house in Forsyth, on;;
Friday the 24th inst. for the purpose of taking!!
hin to consideration the Tariff system imposed onjj
jit he country bv the late session of Congress, amid
1 !of ad<utling some coui*se to be pursued, in order
bo relieve the country from the oppressions of
'said system. __ |
ij Resolved, That a committee of five be ap-j
j |p.,filled, whose business it shall be to prepare 1
jpuid report to ihe meeting ol the cidzcns, to be;
i;hold on the 24th inst. suitable resolutions in re-1
jlgard to the course to be adopted, in relation toj
jlthc Tariff, and the mode and measure ot re- i
1 dress ; —and that said committee be directed toj
i invite our members ot Congress, the gentlemen j
I w ho are candidates for Congress, and such other j
!! gentlemen of distinction as the committee may
ijdeeni proper to attend said meeting.
I Messrs. John Pinckavd, Gen. Elias Beall,!
Geo. W. Gordon, Esq. Thomas T. Napier and
Henry 11. Lumpkin, wove appointed that com-
J mittce.
j Un motion it was Resolved, That the pro
| ccedings of this Hfeoting be signed by lhc*chuir
j man and secretary and published in the papers
! of Milledgevilie and Macon.
WILL!AMS F. JACKSON, Chairman.
Elbriouk G. Cabaxess, Scc’ry.
Forsyth, August 15 ffi, 1832.
I
I OGLETHORPE MEETING.
| Sparta, July, 1832. j
i Gentlemen : —I have received your letter ot j
; 21st inst. containing an invitation for the 3d j
August next, to moot at Lexington, the citizens j
of Oglethorpe county, who will assemble on ;
that day to “ take into consideration what mode |
and measure of redress they will determine on, ■
in order to relieve themselves and their children
j from the unjust and burdensome operation of the
! Tariff’/’ and have very much to regret that it
i will not be in my power to attend. It cannot
! be doubted but that it is the duty of every citi
j zeii of. the Soutliern States to seek for the means
i of accomplishing an objfect of the highest im-j
1 portance, not only to them, but to every mem-;
ber of the Union, so far as they are connected!
with its perpetuity. Your meeting, therefore,!
demands the most respectful consideration. 1 j
am free to acknowledge, that if the principle of
a Tariff’ for tire protection of one description of
labor, over any other, or all other labor, or for
the particular benefit of one section ol’ tjie States,
however small, is to be the settled policy of the
Federal Government, that the dissolution of the
Union of the States, must and ought to take
place. If the constitutionality of the measure
was admitted, it seems to me very clear that the
exercise of the power must sooner or later, from
i its very nature, lead to the consequences now so
much to be apprehended* The aptitude to sec
tional feeling, which is constantly developing it
self with North, South, East and West, leaves
not a doubt, that if the Congres of the U. S. is
f o
to exercise the power referred to, the struggle
' for peculiar advantages by Federal Legislation,
in some shape or other, will be interminable, un
til all the barriers intended by tiie Constitution,
to guard the liberties of this people will bo de
molished. The constant regard which every
where displays itself in that instrument for equal
rights, equal benefits, and equal protection, to
the parties who formed it, is properly called its
spirit, and surely cannot permit us to believe that
its authors ever intended that any one, two, or
five States, by any system of taxation, either
direct or indirect, should be benofitted exclusive
ly, either five, or forty per cent, upon the pro
| ductions of the labor of the others ; but an ar
j gument to the constitutionality.or expediency of
the measure, which is the creation of your
meeting, is uncalled fur. The means of relief,
which on your councils may be adopted, is in
comparably more important, and of this I can
only say, that it involves the interest of millions
of our fellow-citizens. It is therefore not the
! work of one man nor of one State —is in no
i way filled for the achievement of either the one
; or the other, but in an eminent degree demand.
! ing the united powers of all concerned ; if the|
work can be accomplished even by a unanimous!
; effort, without the destruction of tire Union, 11
should think it a proper occasion for a national!
jubilee.
I beg, gentlemen, you will accept my best'
wishes for the success of labours, and Le-|
j hevc me to be, your most obedient servant,
WM. TERRELL. I
i I will take the liberty of offering the follow’. |
ing sentiment : The Constitution of the United i
-States. —Formed by sovereigns, with perfect I
| powers, and equal rights ; to be perpetual, it
1 must secure equal benefits.
■
Sparta, July 30, 1832.
Gentlemen :—Your esteemed favor of the 21st
inst. was revived on my return home from
\\ dikes. To meet and deliberate with you on!
| the important subject of the present occasion, is
jja duty, in ■ very citizen, who (eels the evils of the!
ijexisfing system of oppression—and to mo it!
wtuifi he extremely gratifying, as well as in- 1
. s; motive —but a personal attendance being atjj
jjti.is time inconvenient, I will beg leave merely to!
■ | observe, that in my humble opinion, meetings of
fit his <- .iaracter, if general, are well calculated, not
•jouly to excite reflection, and an anxious inquiry
■into the origin and nature of the grievance, but/
:|when exempt from passion and prejudice, to in- !
j vent and systematize a plan for relief.
I Sr<f discordant are the views of intelligent poli
ticians : pon the remedy, that the suggestion of;
I one, or adoption of another mode, is certain of
dopposition, and frequently of ridicule. While’
one a.an oi equal patriotism is disposed still toH
hr tr an . forbear, ~at.ier than fly to ills of which j
die know s no. the extent, another is warm for any j
| measures, no ma’t.r in how direct collision thev:
!may place the State, w ith the General Govern-!
• mem. V» ith the utmost deference to the opinJ
10ns of enlightened gentlemen, in this and our j
adjoining St a-, i cannot convince mvselfof the
ngu churned by the people of our Stale, while
,n /” p/n r, f the Union, to oppose the acts
Ip/ 1 V : - uv! ’ exercised osiensibfy within
| the s P‘; erCi -• r constitutional limit. But, when
a people are convinced that the objects of their -
association are not fulfilled—-that the barriers
interposed for their security are broken down —
their equal rights to protection disregarded by
the power to whom the government is confided ;
a preference by legislation yielded to one over
another sectioh or interest—-their petitions for
redress disregarded, and their remonstrance con- .
teamed, it is their right, and must be their duty /
to themselves, openly to declare—“non in luce
f-dera veni”—we will no longer submit to these;
usurpations, and if we cannot continue under I
the family compact, on (riendly and equal terms,
ii is better that like Abram and Lot we separate, j,
'But,before this dernier resort is adopted, should.,
not some solemn and emphatic demonstration be
made, having for its object to convince those j;
■ who exercise the power, that we are in earnest,:;
‘and that it is with them alone, to say whether we.|
shall be driven to this dreaded alternative? Couw .
(when it may; (and I trust, in God the day
'shall dawn upon the event) a separation ol tuis
j Union is not lightly to be thought ot —‘'till a sevc- ;
I ranee, with all its concomitant evils, will be pro-j;
I ferahie to the existing state of ill blood and dis- :
'nutation.
| On the subject of the Tariff, and Internal im-j,
jprovement, during the last few years, ot what ■
j avail has been the voice of the Fouth in Con-ll
I gross ? The power is w ith our political ad versa- j
i ries, who have shown themselves relentless in ij
the use of it. Os w hat use, then, is the present jj
representation ol the Southern States, m the led
eral legislation ? It is but a niockt'ry. Let the jj
South, then, in one united voice of the people, do-1;
dare “ that wc will no longer meet you in joint jj
deliberation—we will not participate inyourcoim- j
sels, until this abomination shall he driven from : j
our land —until the constitution, the bond of our!
Union, is restored in its purity: you may pro-;
eced without us, for with us, you have no com- !
men feelings.”
I humbly conceive that a course similar toji
tiffs, while it evinces a passive yet j»osifivc dc-j!
termination, will arouse the honest and patriotic!!
of our northern brethren, to a sense ot our
rights, and of the injustice under w hich wc any
suffering.
In the firm belief that your deliberations will
bo distinguished by views, truly beneficial to our,
country,
I remain, gentlemen, your friend, and humble,
servant.
NATHAN C. SAYRE, jj
From the Philadelphia Gazette.
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE^
1. Henry Clay refused a seat in Mr. Monroe’s ;
cabinet because he would notsit w ith John Quin- j;
cy Adams, ‘an apostate federalist.’ The samejj
j Mr. Adams was afterwards elected President of |
I the United States by the votes of Mr. Clay’s po- :
I litical friends in the House of Representatives, I
and the sumo Mr. Clay became Mr. Adams’ |
Secretary of State. The taint which once form-j|
cd an inseparable barrier to any political union !|
with Mr. Adams, was quite worn out when Mr. j
Clay cipuld place Mr. Adams where Mr. Adams!
could place Mr. Clay, in-line of safe precedent.” j!
The anecdote of Sir Godfrey Knowler is in point, ij
He said to Mr. Cocke the Auctioneer, “By- ,!|
| 1 love you Mr. Cocke, and will serve you. But!'
! yommust serve.me too. —One hand cun wash the'\
i face, hit the two hands must wash one another .” jj
I 2. There w r as no electoral ticket in 182 4 ini
1 Kentucky friendly to Mr. Adams. The con-j
test was between Clay and Jackson. As Mr. j
Clay received only thirty-four cdectpral votes'
and t[id not come before the House, the Repre
sentatives of Kentucky were bound by every |
principle of public and private virtue to vole for !
Andrew Jackson, the second choice of the stale, j
Seven of the twelve voted for John Quincy j
Adams, who had not twelve political friends in
the whole state of Kentucky, four of them vot
ed for Andrew' Jackson, and the last man Mr.
Speaker Clay himself did not think it necessary 1
to vote at all. He knew that seven was as i
much a majority of twelve as eight. The Na
tional Republicans chuckle much that one of
the nine representative's of Tennessee is oppos
ed to the re-election of President Jackson. Let
them contrast, this with Mr. Clay’s standing in
Kentucky. At the next election, after lie be-- 1
came Secretary of State, the delegation was re- i
versed, they being eight Jacksonmen to four
daymen. At the next election ten Jackson
men and only two daymen were* returned and
now the delegation is seven to five against him.
3. “ The Fisheries ! the Fisheries 1 Mr. Ben
ton alluded lately, to Mr. Clay’s “ postponed ve
racity.” When Messrs. Clay and Adams re
turned from Ghent, they were bitter political en
emies. When they wore spoken of for the Pre
sidency, the latter was charged with attempting
to barter the navigation of the Mississippi for
the fisheries, or as Mr. Clay called it “ for cod
fish,” Mr. Adams indignantly denied ’it, and
Mr. Clay said that after the Presidential elec
tion lie would prove it. After the election these |
political harlequins were seen mounted in the 1
Presidential and safe precedent chairs. Mr. i
Clay lias never made good lus charge to this
day.
4. When Mr. Clay some years since was!|
“ buying golden opinions” as zealously as Sic isji
now trying to do, he declared that no matter how]
indirectly the will of the people was expressed/!
he felt bound to obey it. When tiie election 1
devolved upon the House of Representatives ha j
1 wrote to his friends in Kentucky to use their/
! influence with the Kentucky Legislature topre- !
| vent any instructions being given. Their ex-:
| ertions were unavailing, and the Legislature j'
nearly unanimously directed the Representatives;!
of Kentucky to vote for Andrew Jackson. The!
instruction was treated with contempt by seven,!
of the twelve as above stated. At the nexte-i
lectiqn nearly all these seven were turned out.!
One of them named Trimble honestly tuM his!'
constituents in a speech delivered from a pulpily
in one of the churches in his district after divine 1 ,
service, that the rpason he- and the six others!!
had voted fur Mr. Adams was to promote Mr.!
Clay’s advancement. His constituents turned:!
him out by a large majority. All these facts
were well known to the voters oi’ the United it
States from live <Sc six years ago.—At the next c-l;
lection many young men will vote who were but*l
thirteen years of age when the election of Mr/
Adams, was committed. Many of them have!'
been kep L in the dark by their political drv-uur-|
ses, and having but little taste for the study of
public affairs, have never investigated the sub-!
IjeCi. themselves.—As Mr. McDuffie, pertinently
|obsei\ed, Lucre has been many a man justly
hung upon less evidence than could be furnish
ed in a court of justice concerning “ the bar- i
gain.” t\ i
(Communication, No. 1.)
| RELICS OF TffE ABORIGINES.
I b rom me number 01 mounds or burial places 1
on the banks of the Ogechee, that river would ij
appear to have been a favorite one with natives.
About fifteen miles Irom its embouchure, a part
ot tne land projects several miles out, called the ■
“Seven Mile Point,'" from the number of miles in j;
1 its circumference—across this point, the extent | :
is not more than the sixth of a mile; and each .
Sl^e °fit is swept by the bold and rapid river. !;
Inc Tumuli abound more especially here—and j<
there are found in them, beside a great number j •
of human bones, the urns in which the ashes and • i
bones of the dead arc contained. Some of ’ f
urns are carved with a degree of skill and beau,
tv, and contain, also, the ornaments ijj use with
the natives, among which, I have found Pearls
perforated to be strung —and on one occasion,
an ornament which horn its size and texture
must have been made from the tooth of an El .
phant or Hippopotamus, a proof, (as neither
these animals or their relics are found with us.)
that the earliest inhabitants of this Continent
had commercial relations; and a conourrui
! proof with the remains of regular fnrlificatior/
; ti nd other works of art are found every where ir.
jour country, that there was a people who had’
attained a higher degree of excellence in thn
.‘arts of civilized life, than those who were its ir,.
! habitants when Columbus discovered it.
The hones found in tpio Tumuli mentioned, arc
in a petrified state —to which may bo attributed
! their preservation; and it may also be remark.
; cd, that their processes arc spines for the insor.
tion of muscles are holder and more prominer* >
i than those we find at present —their muscular ;
■forcemust have been proportionate!v greater.
! A very old burial place of the earliest white set.
|i tiers adjoins the Indian one, and also a more rr .
; Vent fine of the’N’cgroes, a striking amalgams.
! tion in the death of those races, who in life a;
; so wi.ioly separated by customs, and physical,
rand moral peculiarities.
|j [SarannaJi Republican.
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I i i Jr \y 7a rarsYai 7T ssa.'
FOR PiiESIDEXT.
AEW ,FACIKSOX.
j VICE-PRESIDENT,
3IAS?TfA ! VI \ EII'KKX.
! XT’ “ < '.imillus” sh :i» appear in our next.
' O’Wiili pleasure wo. publisli'the foliotvixia lo*.
” **
•but we will remark taut it is not to ns it should I.
been.addiessed. We copied the procecdhigs oft!:, o.
iglethorpe Meeting from the Augusta Chronicle, and
• believe that the paper.- in the State ami elsew here, whip,
republished them, oop.ic ’them also from the Chronic 1 ,.-
We have examined attain our ropy with the chain;. 1 h
the Chronicle, and find that wc copied the toast in qnes
•ton literally as publish :d in that paper.
“WASHINGTON. August lath, 1 32.
“ it/exs-.v. fru:eu Ti':nrc :—ln lookinrt over trie c.
ijlimav? c: your paper, I find a sentiment ascribed t. !m . . H
jwhich you have not given in the language- ia wifi•hi’ |
I was originally clothed 4 , and ns Ido not like to ho
| understood, either intentionally, or through inadver»,
jl hope you will do me the justice to insert fins, ami tit ■
j sentiment as it was given. It \i;« in these words:
I “Secession, with liberty r-rd e r;-d rights, is better
j than union and tributary V - nd.., Union as long as w
[can; but liberty and equality fc-tver:
I “By making the desired con- v..n. you nil] oblige
iyt)ur obedient servant. S. FOUCIIE.'.’
j M B! ;(N', i:j/n>-s.
j As our readers fee! interrsted the political
.the day. wo believed that our columns could n : be
.[filled than with the pro’cediugs of the several m<*. •■n,;-
:| which have already taken place in several count■« <-•
• the stats. Wo shall continue to publish them
|i occur and come to hand. We publish also tie,, ■
.1 tors, which we have selected from those <;ddr<- rc-i t
lithe Committee of invitation of the Ogle thorp* VI. »t;:;
r They are selected, on account of the moderation aiid
1 good senge with which they arc written.
t ■ i' cn v*t*tHy.ics.
Pite Federal Eu.onof last Tbursdtiv, gives us t] - f
j lowing information :—“We arc informed from souk.
j which, we think, may be relied on. that this misrurick-i
[people have rejected the very liberal and kind terms of
(feredto them by the President: and that, with blind, itt.
jfatuation, they think of resisting the authorities of< Nor
j gia.”
CHOI.Ea A.
In New-York, frotn 9th to 19tb August, 97 oases and
1 96 deaths; 10th to 11th, 76 new cases and 33deaths;
from 19th to 13ih, 105 new esses & 93 deaths.
In Philadelphia, August 10, 142 cases and 39 deaths;
111th, 126 cases and 33 deaths; 12th, 110 ruses niid 31
deaths; 13th, 130 cases and 49 deaths.
The Philadelphia Sentinel of the 13th inst. savs:—
j “We are gratified at being able to stute, that the Cliolf- i
ira Report for the last three days exhibits a gradual de
crease in the number of cases, and especi ally in the num
ber o) deaths. The disease is either assuming ain filler
i form, or our physicians have fallen upon an improved mo
thod of treating it. The impression is boo nnitsg univer
sal among cur citizens, tiiat, with prudence, there Evert
little danger, except in certain unfavourable situuti ;
and that those who remain quietly at home run less risk
than those who go to the country for health.—A large
portion of the cases reported yesterday, wo arc assum'd, i
were, at the dale of the report, in a convalescent state.”
TitK CRISIS.
We were firmly persuaded, when we began th path- 1
entioh of several articles under the above title, that at
i tempts would be made to controw rt the armtmcsßs v,t
! . °
j should advance in them, deny the facts we should pro
idtice, and shake the grounds we should assume, in op
(position to the doctrine of nullification, and in defence of I
: the rights of the States. As wc were determined to ;’■»!
i low but the (hrfrtes of truth, and to be guided bv what
I wc conceived to be a correct interpretation of the federal
j constitution, wc expeemd that those who are endcavorittz
[to mislead the public mind, by an erroneous construction %
[of that instrument, and by advocating principles a« per
j nicious as they arc subversive of the free institution* of
i the country, would be irritated, and adopt means to pre
sent the entire demolition of the feeble structure upon
! which they have erected their idol, Nullification. We
: have not been disappointed m our expectation. Auion.r
i those papa rs which have made an attempt to nic» { out . \
| arguments, is the Carolinian, printed in Edgefield, Son* |
. C-nrultna. And do the editors of that paper meet us fair.
ly, and try to show tho futility anr; unsoundness of our ~
arguments and positions ? No. They could not enter
into the controversy, with arguments strong ennui'll I" p j
demolish ours. They, consequently, resort to rak-rc
[presentation, to insinuations, and to assertions, as boll |
? as they arc unwarranted by any information in the pof- |
| session of toe editors. They have received our rrp t j
I regularly, in exchange for theirs, sine* we began ,v
; editorial labours in this place. And certainly wc nr •’
have deceived our renders, if, instead of being edit -
: of tais pap.- r, and ol exercising alone that controul v.h:
: hmongs to us, we are under tho surveillance of so"’/
j one. But the fact :s, that the editors of the Oarolinn'
. could not meet our arguments. Hence the attempt
throw a doubt as to the writer of the editorial artiok 1
of tms paper, and to the motives which so far have cl |
cited them. These remarks refer to the following CJ- |
[tract from an editorial article in the Carolinian of E* |
1 18th instant;—
“ Having observed that in a la 4 o number of the r
stitotionalist the publication of the 4 regularly nomin e- |
|ed ticket’ of the Troup party of candidates for Congr ■■ I
i was ‘suspended,’ wc were prepared for seme such do
j vebmemeat, us we find in that paper of the 7th, mA
(the above head :—Two months ago, wc should have es- ,p|
j rx-cted an article of more dignity and temper, from th'
i repuidd writer (for, although purporting to* be editor.* I
|we can hardly be mistaken in attributing “ ilic cti?'* j
1 a gentleman, under whose surveillance that press u I
believed to be, and whose remarks are entitled to rnor
consideration than the mere speculations of |;l||
Gaieu & Bunce.) Hut after the pierusal of the eecon" |
Oglefhorpte, we could only have been disappointed -
any thing from the sarao pen, that was liberal, and t*- 1 * t
from long engendered animosities.”
It is due to the gentleman alluded to ia this dcnur.:~ 19
tion, and to us, to say, once and for all, tiiat no surveil■ I
ance is exercised over our columns, by that. I
or any body else; that whatever is selected for thepsp*'* ]
is the free and uncontrolled choico of the editors; a r.d ,v; ]