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Anr>r which, Dr. James M. Williams offered f*e folio win? resolutions, which-wore adopted. Resolved. That we deem it expedient & pro per. to invite our fellow-citizens, of the county gcnomlhr. to attend a public meeting, to be held, at the Court-house, in Knoxville, on the 7th day of September next, to take into consideration the question of the Tariff policy, and determine f.jion sending delccratrs to the contemplated con tention in Milleddcville. in November next. Resolved, That the Chairman nppoin’ two persons in each district to give no 4 ice of the proposed meeting, on the7rh of Sep’, next. On Motion, If was ord< red, that fh° proceed ings be signed hy th“ Chairman and counter signed bv the Secretary, and sent to the office of thf Georgia Journal, and Macon Messenger for publication. The meeting then adjourned until the tth September next. BENJAMIN COLLIER, Chairman. Joins A. Mili.fr, Secretary. t, is***. FOR PRESIDENT, A\nr:i:iv jicksox. VICE-PRESIDENT, SIARTf\ VA\ BURRA. 37” On the first patre of our paper will bo found an in- I Irresting letter of Langdon Chevcs, that firm and un. | bonding patriot and republican, on nullification. Also | the letter of Mi. Van Bur cn accepting bis nomination to I the Vice Pr. idency. J7 Wc apologize to the readers oi the miscellaneous department of our paper, -for placing in its stead a few I political articles. The tact is, that we have on hand j homy articles, of a political nature, which should appear 1 before the elections, if we wish to render justice to all [ parties. As soon as we have disposed of that matter, I which will be in a few weeks, we shall resume a depart, j rttent which, as we have been apprised, has met theap- I probation of rainy of our subscribers. IT the New-York Courier and Enquirer has chang -1 r i its colours, by the w ithdrawal from its concerns of Mr. i Noah. Now that paper advocates the claims of Mr. I Clay. This change was expected for more than two | mouths ago. Wc would not be surprised to hear, that | Mr. Webb and Mr. Duff Green have shaken hands, and I that the cowskin, with which Mr. Webb threatened Mr, t Green, and the pistol with which Mr. Green threatened I to shoot Mr. Webb, have been “in the deep bosom ofj I the ocean buried ” —fir the present. Mi fIAViKI, MACON. The North-L’uruhna papers mrormus, inm mis vr.rcr- I able, honest, consistent, and undeviating democrat, has | act his face against nullification. S I'ATE KIiKC'TIO.VS, So far, satisfactory information has been received, of I the success of the Jackson ticket, in Missouri, for mem- , I tar of Congress, Governor of the state, and members of | I the Legislature; and in Illinois, for members of Con- i I jrr-s In Kentucky, the Jackson candidate forGovern [ or. Mr. Breathitt, has been elected, but the Clay candi- I ibite for Lieutenant Governor, Mr, Morehead, has been I elected. PI BI.IC MEETING IN KILDWIV. 7Ve have only time and space to give a short abstract | of a letter received by us from a friend, dated Millcdgc- I ville, Septembers, 1832. The meeting of the citizens of Baldwin on Saturday I last, was organized by calling Gen. D. B. Mitchell to * the Chair, and appointing Iverson L. Harris, Esq. JSc- I rrctary. The citizens met in the Court-House, hut in [ consequence of the large number in attendance, they : jdjourned to the Methodist Church. Judge Lamar proposed a preamble and resolutions, [ which had for their object the calling of a convention with ; i limited powers, their actings and doings to be ratified orj [ tejected by the people, &c. Col. Rockwell, proposed I i Iso a preamble and resolutions. A very animated debate' ensued, Major Howard, W. H. Torrance, Esq. mid . thers, opposing Judge Lamar* and advocating Col. Rockwell’s resolutions; John A. Cuthberf, Esq. and j others advocating Judge Lamar's resolutions, which ; [ finally were adopted by a large majority. KICK MOX !> MEKTIXG. Wc arc surprised that the editors of so respectable a I paper as the Southern Recorder, should have let them-1 | .-elves bo imposed upon in such a manner, as to give pnb-j I iie’iiy to the inisropresontations which are contained in | two letters dated Augusta, August 18, 1832. The raeet f mg was called by some of the most distinguished, oldest, ■ :td respectable inhabitants of the county, and of whom i five only are native born northern men. At the meeting, j where were pretent more than 500 persons, a tewnorth . i r.i men of the city, comparatively, were present. Ma- I ny farmers of the county countenanced the meeting by I their presence and approved the proceedings by their [ Votes. The tariff was condemned, as impolitic, partial, | Unconstitutional, and unjust. The call of a state con- I volition, with unlimited powers, disapproved. The doc t tnae of South-Carolina nullification, reprobated and de [ nounced» We have been at some pains to ascertain the 1 public feeling of the county; and we can assure the ed- I itors of the Recorder, that the proceedings of the meeting have met the entire and almost unanimous approbation ot the citizens, and that a very lew ol them advocate the f doctrine of nullification. We request the editors of the Recorder to hear in j mind, that these letter-writers ar£ “ null ■Jins,'' and that, with them, opposition to the doctrine ot nullification, and I to Mr. Calhoun and his adherents every where, is insi uously and falsolv construed into submission to an op ; ressive and unconstitutional tariff The editors will ! hoar in mind also, that, should they agree with iho con clusions drawn by those letter-writers, that opposition to nullification and Mr. Calhoun and k:s adherents, is submission to the tariff-—to oppressive aud unjust laws— a sentence of condemnation is pronounced, not only a gamstthe citizens of Richmond county, but against some ot the purest and most patriotic men ol the state, who have declared themselves against nullification, and a gainst Mr. Calhoun and his adherents. If William H. Crawford, Alfred Cuthbert, George R. Gilmer, Nathaniel Macon, Langdon Cheves, and a host •- others, arc to bo denounced as submission men, be ■ ause they arc opposed to nullification and the progeni tors of it, we cannot complain that men so humble as our selves, should be included in the dcnunciatioh: w : e con | rider it an honour to be associated with such men, and ts be the subjects of the abuse of the “ nullifiers ” and of ff ir supporters in Georgia. — * -■ TARIFF of 1810. The leaders If nullification in South-Carolina, and especially the Edgefield Carolinian of last Thursday, u their attempt | justify Mr. Calhoun, for his vote up on the tariff bill cf ISIS, and for his support ot the pro tective and internll improvement system, unjustly con nect 'Mr. Lowndel with Mr. Calhoun, as the advocate of the same raeasie, This is not so. Dming the bate upon the hill of 1816, Mr. Lowndes mmonrny op posed the protective feature of that tariff v.-i..e t Calhoun supported it on that account. The committee of ways and means, which re i o^ r - <- the bill that became the first protecting tariff establish ed by the Congress of the United States, was compos ed of Messrs. Lowndes, of South-Carolina, Burwcil, ot Virginia, Taylor, of New-York, Moseley, ol Connecti cut, Robertson, of Louisiana. Ingham, of Pennsylvania, and Gaston, of North-Carolina, a majority ol whom ?ere southern men. Mr. Lowndes did not concur in the protective feature introduced in the bill by the com mittee, for during the progress of the bill, he voted um to reduce the dudes proposed*, front protecting [ i to revenue duties. The question of protection was set tled on the 2-1 ol April, 1815. We will quote from the . Journal of the H >use : • “ The 10th amendment, with the provision in the o riginal bill to which it applied, was read as follows, to wit : “ And on cotton manufactures of all descriptions, or of which cotton is the material of chief value, as fol lows, vtz ; for two years n<-xt ensuing the 39rh day of June next, a duty of 30 p,_-r centum a! valorem ; for two years, to commence ut the termination of the two years last aforesaid, a duty of 25 per centum ad valo. rem ; and after the expiration of the twj years last a foresaid, a duty of 20 per centum ad valorem.” “ Mr. Forsyth then moved to amend the said amnl mont to make it read as follows, to wit : “ And on cotton manufactures of all descriptions, or j of which cotton is the material of chief value, a duty of I 20 per centum ad valorem.” The protecting principle was here directly put in question. This motion to amend was lost, yeas G.o, nays 60. Mr. Lowndes voted in the affirmative, and Mr. Calhoun in the negative. Similar amendments were proposed to other parts of the bill, in the articles lof wool, iron, &r. On all these questions, Mr. Lavcnde t voted uniformly against the protecting prior p'e If r. Calhoun invariably for if. It is true, that on the find passage of the bill, Mr. Lowndes voted Lr it as wel 1 as Mr. Calhoun. But he made the declaration, that lie voted for it. because the bill reduced the duties which !had been laid in 181:7, to meet the exnenses of the War t and he voted for it after repeated attempt* to ineorpnra’e in it the principle of duties for. revenue*, and not, a* Mr. Calhoun expressed himself, with the prineiple of J duties for the prote~t : on of manufactures to snrh an ex. , \\tent as to put them beyond the reach of confingevry. Connected with the above facts, are the following j circumstance®, which ■ plainly show that Mr. Calhoun, ■ {and his friends were, rot only in 1816. but in «:id | 1624, the warm advocates of the protective and inter-! i mil improvement system. These circumstances we J ■!: curtail from on article lately published in the Charleston j I Irishman, under the signature of “A Back Country I I Farmer.” We could add to them, if we had some files! 1 of South-Carolina papers of 1523 and 1824, the un- j ceasing and unmeasured abuse which then filled most of | the South-Carolina papers, against Georgia, Mr. Craw, i ford. Gov. Troup, and the radicals. I At the session ofthe Legislature of South Carolina, in 1820, Mr. May, a member from Chesterfield, introduced i icertain resolutions denouncing the tariff for the protec-j 1 tion as domestic manufactures, both on the ground of its | | unconstitutionality, and on the other ground of its injuri- ■ ous tendency on the south. The resolutions were sub-1 niitted to a select committee, of which Mr. May was not. ; j appointed the chairman. This committee reported un favorably to the resolutions, and the report was concurr ed in, Gov. Hamilton supporting and recommending its ( adoption. This report was as follows: — ! 'rite committee to whom was referred the preamble and resolutions submitted by the Honorable Member | from Chesterfield, Mr. May, on me subject ot un; xaiu ! proposed at the last session of Congress, n c-pectfully Re port, That although your committee do, in common, i they believe w ith the great majority of their fcllow-citi i zens, and particularly, those in the Southern and East ern States, entirely concur with the Honorable Me ra ther, so far as the general principles o f .political ecuno jwiy involved in the Resolutions are concaitied; although {they must earnestly deprecate the restrictive system : attempted to he forced on the nation as premature, and I pernicious; ms a wretched expedient to repair the loss es incurred in some commercial Districts by improvi dent and misdirected speculations, or as a still more ! unwarrantable project, to make the most important in terests of the country subservient to the most inconstJ-, eruble, and to compel those parts of the Union which arc still prosperous and flourishing to contribute even hy their utter ruin, to lilt the coffers of a few monopolists iin the others. Yet, when they reflect that the necessi ty universally felt of regulating tlm Commerce of the country, by more enlarged and uniform principles was the first motive that induced the calling a Convention in i’B7 ; when they consider that amongst the powers Ev I PRESSLY given up by the Staten and vested in Con- I gross by the Constitution, is the very one of regulating | all laws relating to Commerce ; A HOVE ALL when they j advert to the consequences likely to result from the 1 practice unfortunately become too common of arraying II upon questions of notional yo'iry. the States, AS DIS jITINCT AND INDEPENDENT ROVEREINTIES ; IN OPPOSITION TO, OR WHAT IS MUCH THE ji j.SAMK THING, with a view to exercise, a control over] i the general government, your Comm ittee feel it to be\ | their indispensable duty to PROTEST against a men- ; I sure of whirli they believe the tendency to be so mis.] ! chierons, anil recommend to the House, that on this, as\ i on every other occasion on ichich 7’HE GENERAL! ! WEI.FARE of the Republic is in question, they adhere I 1 to those wise, liberal ami magnanimous principals by ! i which this State has been hithert* so proudly distin. \ | guished. In consideration of the above reason, your! j! Committee are of opinion that the preamble and resoln j| tions referred to them be rejected.” In 1824. Gov. Wilson, in his message, called the at tention of the Legislature to the encroachments of the 1 General Government in the prosecution ofthe American System, &c. That part of the message was referred to I a special committee, ol winch Mr. now Judge Pnoloau, a leadt rof the nullification party, was chairman. He reported a preamble as ultra federal as ever flowed trom the pen or lipsqf the elder or younger Adams, and con-! : eluded with eight resolutions* Among these resolutions; ! wore the three following : “3d, Resolved, That the people have conferred noj Sovereign powe r upon this Legislature to impugn the! acts of the Federal Government, or the decisions ol the j I Supreme Court ofthe United States. “ 4th, Resolved, That, any exercise of such a power • by this State, would be an act of usurpation. { “sth, Resolved. That the Representatives of the. people in Congress, are only responsible under God to , (the People" i The report and resolutions were referred to a special | committee, of which Judge Smith was chairman. Judge : Smith reported a preamble and the following resolutions, has a substitute for Judge Prioleau’s: — “ Ist. Resolved, That Congress docs not possess the power, under the Constitution, to adopt a general system of Infernal Improvement, as a national measure. “ 2d. Resolved, That a right to impose and collect taxes, docs not authorize Congress to lay a tax lor any other purposes than such as are necessarily embraced in the specific grants ol power and those nccessardv implied therein “ 3d, Resolved, That Congress ought not to exercise a; power granted lor particular objects, to effee*. otnerob-i iccts, the right to effect which has never been conceded.} “ 4th, Resolved, That it is an unconstitutional exercise of power on The part of Congress, to tax the citizens of j one State, to make roads and canals for the citizens of another State. . “ sth, Resolved , That it is an unconstitutional exercise ot, power, on the part of Congress, to lay duties to protect! I domestic manufactures.” Judge Smith’s resolutions were inveterately opposed, * ' and Mr. Pricleau’s supported by the whole Calhoun party, now the Nullification Party. lyp Our remarks, as regards a direct reference to 1 the topics in Col. Jones’ letter which concern us, shall be brief, because in several of our editorial articles, we crave at large our opinion of them. It would therc fore°be a waste of time, and an unnecessary use of our columns, when we have no space to spare, to republish | ! u -hat must vet be fresh in the recollection of our rca-: -! ders. If the first letter which Col. Jones made us the hon-, ■! our to address to us, had been suppressed, and the one j 1 published in this day’s paper, lelt alone to speax ihe . -j Colonel’s political creed, he certainly would not have; -j induced many citizens to harbour tne idea, that he was • a follower of the Carolina doctrine of nullification, and had combined with the leaders of that party in our sis -1 ter state, to defeat the re-election of General Jackson - to the Presidency, and the election ot Mr. Van Baren - to the Vice Presidency. Me must confess-, however, t r j, at t n e positions assumed by Cel. Jones, with regard ■ to the nullification exercised by Georgia, in the cases . enumerated bv him, are not tenable, and are a mere re i petition of the arguments lately advanced by South t Carolina writers, to prove that Georgia had actually - nullified laws of Congress, and to show mat the doc - trine of nullification recommended by South-Carolina, r lis nothingjaore nor less than the dorrrme of millifica- practised by Georgia. We have ourselves som« time ago shown the dissimilarity existing between the opposition of Georgia to the “ New Treaty ;’’ the ex ' tension of her laws over the territory within her char tered limits; and the jurisdiction she now exercises o vera portion of that territory, by a distribution of the land among the citizens by lottery, and the resistance re commended by South Carolina to the oppressive laws of Congress It is useless to travel over again the | grounds we then took. : our arguments remained unanswered. W e will however observe, that we , ore surprised at Colonel Jones’ endeavouring to show, as the leaders ot the Calhoun party in Soulh-Ca rolina have attempted to do, that Georgia had prac tically exercised nullification ! We are unable to per ceive any analogy between the cases of the two states. In the case of Georgia, a majority of the states, land of the people, have tacitly sanctioned the stand taken by her in the vindication of state rights; and the executive department of the general government has expressed its approbation of the course pursued by Georgia. In the case of South-Carolina, twenty-three • stales and a va=f majority of the people, with the exe i cutive deparniciit of the general government, are de cidedly averse to the doctrine of nullification. This, iidiffcrcnce in the two cases is an undeniable dcinonsira tion’that Georgia understood state rights, and knew | howto maintain them, while South-Carolina goes be yond those rights, and overleaps the guards which the, ; Ifederal constitution has wisely provided in case coili i sions should arise between the general and state go j vernments. I We have given our opinion respecting a state con ■j vention. Col. Jones takes a correct view of the Som’i-Cnrol'u j ||na doctrine of nullification, as far as he goes into if, and : shows that it is unsound, useless, and cannot operate as | :|a measure of redress ; We would have desired from! Mhiin a more explicit opinion, with regard to other points | !jof the doctrine : yet, if we understand him, he is notj ian advocate of the doctrine of nullification, ij As Col. Jones has given his creed, and quotes Mr. II Jefferson and Mr. Madison, in support of his arguments, i we embrace this opportunity to submit a few remarks | j upon the subject of revising and amending the constitu tion, as it relates to the powers assumed by the federal government, not expressly granted, but considered as incidental to those granted, and in the exercise of which] particular sections of the country are aggrieved, while j i others are benefited, and as it relates to the manner I I that instrument has been and should be construed. We ! I ] have never concealed cur opinions; and certainly it' | would be highly reprehensible to conceal them at this 1 I critical time, when it is the imperious duty of every | ; citizen to give a clear, explicit, public expression of iris: sentiments. -! Wc are not of those who consider the federal consti-! j tution so sacred that it cannot be touched without com-! limiting an act of sacrilege. We consider that instrument' [j }j as a contract made by the parties to if, for their mutual ■ benefits, and in which, to obtain those mutual ben. I cuts, certain obligations are provided which are to be ■ fulfilled strictly and without prevarication. Il one of . the parties becomes dissatisfied with the contract, on finding that it does not derive that benefit for which the ;i contract, was made ; that the other parties do not fulfil the obligations of that contract; or that it is construed by them so as to enjoy exclusively those benefits which were to be mutual and equally divided ; the contract be comes null and void, and all the parlies are Severally re- '• lievedfrom its obligations. Soil is with the federal con stitution. The states, in their sovereign and independent ] capacity, were the p trties in its formation. In that in strument the states confer upon the federal government, cert fin and defined powers, which are to be exercised : for theftmutual benefit. In that instrument, no distinc tion is mitdc between the states, as parties to it. They are to derive a proportionate share of the benefits which the federal c 'tistitution would impart. It is consequent ly a violation the constitution, if, by the exercise of the powers delighted to the federal government, some of the states, or px rtics in the formation of that consti- 1 tution, arc bonefitted, while others derive no benefit at all, or are injured. This being a violation of the spirit and letter of the federal contract, the states or parties aggrieved, afe relieved frOiri all its obligations. It would, be despotism, if the states aggtv-Vfid were compelled to continue to fulfil the obligations required by that instru. meat, while the other parties, being in the majority, have : violated the same obligations, and engross all the bene, fits which should have been equally distributed between “ them all. But it may happen that the violation of the ’ 1 constitution, or contract, may be owing to an erroneous construction, and not to a wilful misconstruction of it. If such be the case, the best plan, for a peaceful arrange ment ot the differences which such a construction of the constitution may have created, would be a meeting of the parties interested, either by themselves, or represen tatives, and, by an interchange of sentiments, agree up. npon the interpretation to be given to the powers in dispute. If any of the parties do not wish to j give to the federal government the povVcrs which had been assumed improperly, ami believe that their exercise would be productive of serious injury to them, they un doubtedly have the right to withdraw from the partner, ship or union, and act for themselves alone, should the j other states, or parties, insist on clothing the federal go. ; vernment with the powers in question. But there are | circumstances which should have great weight with all the parties to such a constitution. The consideration of union among them, which creates a concentration of strength, is of primary importance, especially as regards : foreign powers. When united, they can defy and resist i any attack from a foreign enemy. Acting singly, a stated may not hava the means and power to repel the invasion , of a very small force. Besides the strength which the : . union imparts to the body politic, we must not forget the _ j reputation which the united parties or states acquire a-|, broad, and which, very frequently, pre vents insults, ag-j; gressions, and hostilities. The importance of union may, j therefore, lead the parties to mutual doncessiona, when;; disagreement springs up in the construction of the con-’, stitution. But any mutual concessions should be iu|| writing, and constructed in such a manner as to avoid;! hereafter misinterpretation. And whenever the consti.> | tution is misconstrued by one of the parties, or coustru-' I ed to suit particular purposes, it should be the duty of the! 1 panics, to meet again by themselves, or by representa-■ lives, and establish a construction for the power in dis-j pute. We should never wait till angry feelings are ore-] ated, to remedy an evil, should there be one in the con-; stitution. What we have said above can be applied to the present i crisis of our political affairs. We have not a single doubt j ! that the federal constitution has been violated by the ■ adoption of the “ American System.” The prohibitory j tariff especially is so much opposed to the free institu- I tionsofthe country, ami so much opposed to the spirit pervading the federal constitution, that it cannot remain! . in our statute book without the unanimous consent ofi ] the people of every state in the union. The great question | • is* how can this excision be effected ? By nullification, as j explained and intended to be enforced, by South Carolina? ! No. Bv remonstrating and appealing to the patriotism ; and disinterestedness of No. This has been done, and proved fruitless. How, then ? First, by a con ! vention of all the states which suffer by the exercise of ' the power in question by the federal government. See-’ ! ondly, by a convention of all the states. In the first in-i stance, the states aggrieved would determine on the ■ best mode of applying for redress from Congress. In; case this application should fail, then apply in the second] instance, to all the states for a convention. If a major!-] tv of this convention of all the states, determine to give, to Congress the power to establish a protective tariff, to: charter a bank of the United States, and to adopt a system I of internal improvement in the states ; the states in the i minority can dissent from the decision of the majority, i and give the option to the majority, either to desist from their determination, or that they will withdraw from the I union, peaceably, if they can, forcibly if they must. Suoii a course on the part of the minority, would be more re ' frular and proper, and would draw upon them, the good' icj wishes of all men, whether of our own or foreign coun-j of rrics; while, if we resort to nullification, first, wc can-1 :• i not expect to meet the commendations of the friends ofj ■- ueace and union, and of free principles throughout the '• > world. I e. In conclusion we will observe, that in the above re-j . marks we have used a plain language, in order to be 5 s well understood, and that in the opinions we have ex -3 pressed, we have taken for our guide Mr. Jefferson. We 1 shall, as soon as we con possibly find room for them, ; ’ publish a few of his letters, relating particularly td the , ‘ subject of this article. .hO.VUOE meet.s; . At a meeting in Forsyth,(Monroe county,) on the 24th ot August, alter the regular resolutions had been carried, ) the following additional resolutions were also adopted, ’ on motion ot Gen. Ehas Beall. _ j. * 1 “ Resolved, That we view with regret and abhorrence : the proscriptive resolution of the late meeting at Augusta, i which has clothed a Committee of three, with the authori ty of catechising our candidates for Congress and the state legislature, on the subject of their political faith. To the people, alone, in their collective capacity, belong •I the right of instruction—and they will recognize no at tempt to wrest that right from them, by the dictation of ?!] a triumvirate Committee. || “ Resolved, That we cohsidcr the contemplated Con-' vention at Milledgeville as not intended to denounce this or that candidate —but that wc look upon it as a con j vocation of the representatives of a sovereign state,. ,| who are to be called together to exercise a legitimate ! i privilege in defence of our dearest rights. As such, I j every candidate, nominated by the people to that Con i rrtion should stand untinfidatad by the threats ot pohii. ’; ! cal proscription. In a republican government political; 1 pledges, demanded in the spirit of the Augusta rosolu-; i lions, arc but bribes hold out to the unprincipled—and as I ;i such,' they question the imparity and honour of every ' patriot statesman who may appear before the people forjj I! their suffrage, andshoul 1 consequent! v be spumed with h j: merited indignation or cold contempt.” j| The remarks which we shall make on the subject.! I rnnst be considered exclusively applicable to the majori-; itv, bv which these resolutions were adopted. For the] | county of Monroe we entertain sentiments of unfeigned ■ 'respect, which mi the present occasion are mingled with i 1 regret, that the conduct of a portion of its citizens, com- I i pels us to hold them in very different estimation. The I'rtyht of every republican community to express its cpm- . i 1 ion, on topics of political moment, is not only obvious in ji principle, but has long been confirmed by universal j > Usane. In the exercise of this privilege, the majority ofj|, H a meeting of the citizens of Richmond County declared II their belief, that the doctrine of nullification was false in jl theory, and in practice, would prove most disastrous to j; our country. Had they not a right to form, and to ex press this opinion ? Having expressed it, could any ( i!thing be more natural, more candid, or just, than to dc- , j dare that they would not give official power and influ. ; cnce to those, who might be disposed to bring upon |them the disasters which they deprecated? Even with | j out an express declaration, could any person doubt that , i I the mass of those who had denounced the policy as ruin- j f ous, would oppose the election of its advocates, on the ■ 'plainest ground of self defence ? Men openly combine 'to rcuel a foreign enemy—to arm,. - —I rorni* a cordon against pestilence ri and may they not j, also unite against a political danger, which tae> behove ' equally formidable ? Such is the established, the notori- g j ous rule of public action. —A candidate who complams, 1 i that his cruel fellow citizens have resolved not to vote ] for him, merely because they consider his principles un- . favorable to their happiness and peace, is certainly a very amusing specimen of political modesty ; and those, tender souls who weep over him as “proscribedarc rather more to be admired for their sensibility, than ior , their English, or their logic. i ti When the majority had determined that tlma word. , not give their suffrages to any advocate of nullification, it ( was incumbent on them to provide some means o : taining, who were, and who were not nuh-n •«. A. such a provision they would vote in the I■■"1■■" L -md ratg '' do injustice both to themselves and L ' Was there any better mode of attaining f . ‘ r iby an immediate appeal to he candidate- . Q It is true that they maybe insincere in reprt . own opinions—they may afford some example lating acquiescence, or pert equivocation; but ?re '■ ~ misrepresentations of others far more to be app- ;i At the present crisis, will not every honest pol> sire that his sentiments should be known? And wo . i. every prudent one, rather assume the task of cxpla\ his own creed, than leave it to the chances of xnahg: .j •; . or mistake ? Besides, where is the convenient club of ova. j cular quidnuncs to whom reference can be mace, when questions are to ho answered concerning the politi cal faith of individuals ? In Richmond (here was genera! doubt, or more properly ignorance on the subject.—ls e the majority at Forsyth were such adepts, as to need no information; they should neverthelsss have reflected, that there might be others not equally fortunate. I e. 'plan of a direct address to the candidates was adopted.; f on the supposition that they wore men of honour, who . would not be deterred from a manly avowal or their own sentiments, because ours had been previously de clared. If we had regarded them as a corps of time-sorv-- ing dissemblers, we should have considered the reason, bug of the Forsyth majority more applicable.—The doc- trhic of these gentlemen, appears to be, that the integrity *■ of public men is altogether too flimsy to bear handling , j that we shouKl ncvei Vaijtcoo otu r -" 1; fear of warpingthe butter thoughts of the candidates; v and above all, that the people should not be too inquiSu - tive, about the high purposes of their would-be rulers. ‘ These are the superlative republicans who undertake to f reprove the citizens of Richmond, the greatest geni- } ; uses will sometimes mistake their vocation. : i It i 3 complained that the meeting at Augusta, “ Cloth- _ ■eda committee of three, with the authority of catschis ing our candidates for Congress, and the State Legisla- , I j tare, on the subject of their political faith.” The com- I'mittee was appointed to make one enquiry of the candi- . I ! dates for Congress, and for the Legislature from this J il County. It has adhered most rigidly to the letter of its ( . authority, asking hut a single question, and that in the ( ; | very words of the resolution. The persons addressed 1 I] are requested to oblige, with an answer, their “ fellow- f citizens of Richmond,” not those of Monroe or any other ] ' County. They can respond or not as they please. The , : meeting had as little the inclination, as the power, to cx- f ' tort a reply from them —we only assert the right ot with- < i holding our votes, until we know out men those who (I choose to remain ambiguous, afe welcome to their m j! cognito. Under these circumstances it is manifest, that ( j I nothing but a spirit of intermeddling presumption could have tempted inhabitants of another County, to squan , der the classic graces of their eloquence, in aphihppick i] against Richmond. Had they felt merely a conscientious ! ohlittation, to express their dissent from us, they would I have employed a style in some degree ruconcileable. < ■ with the common proprieties of life. s lj The Forsyth majority has the whole world of politics ( jibe ore them. Whatever course they may pursue, we ( ' shall be content. Let them select their candidates by < j any criterion, or by no criterion—it is alike to us. That ' ' portion of the sovereign power which wc happen to pos- ( i sess, will be delegated according to oar own discretion ; and the same right of judgment which we claim for our-: i selves, we allow to all others, whether communities, or 1 j individuals. Even if the mover of these resolutions and j a score of partizans besides, should think proper to vote j| for a wild Cherokee, Richmond County would never , complain, or presume for a moment to question, that i they were competent judges of the sort ot Representa- t tive which best suited themselves. , ' Our criticism is not quite humble enough ta dwell, on "the medley of misapplied terms contained in the reso : lutions —we do not invade the birchen jurisdiction of the ■] sch oolmaster. Still less shall we condescend to expati ate on the offensive language in which they abound. So tross a violation of decorum, may be safely left to re- ( jce ive its appropriate sentence, at the tribunal of gentle- i | manly feeling. RICHMOND■ J PRI^TI\G, OF ALL KINDS NEATLY EXECUTED ft j com>ieecial7 — | SAVANNAH, September 1. The exports of Cotton from tins port, from October .1. IS3I, to Sept. 1, 1833, amounted to bales 282.22: ; Lust season, ----- 213 JUB 5 NEW.YORK, August 27. Cotton ■—The sales of the week were bales Uplands 81 a Hi ; 300 Tennessee 9 \ a 10; 300 Flori dns 0 a llj ; and 200 New-Orleans 101a 12. Freights continue scarce and at low rates, the market being bit? very scantily supplied with almost all kinds of produce. |' jTT > aiAm»E news. I September Ist. —Arrived, steam boat Tugulo, Wrav, j from Savannah, to Agent Steam Boat Company, Barber : & Blair, J. Leverich, J. W. Houghton, Welcome Allen. | Sibley A Morrison, E. D. Cook, T. I. Wray. J. P. Sctze. | J. Thompson, Wright, Van Antwerp Coj S. 11. Wood-; ruff, John Moore, H. H. Field & Co. F. &- 11. Clarke, j L. Cress & Co Luke Reed fir Co. B. W. Force. VV. H. Montagu, Richards & Gauahl, Nelson Carter, Turpin A 1 U’Antignac, W. & H. Brjson, J. B. Bishop A Co. Rath-; bone & Holland, Kferrs, Graham &; Hope. T. Barrett & i Co. Stovall & Simmons, J. Milligan i Co. J. C. Hoi-; combe, A. Slaughter «St C. Labuzan, Sims, Williams A ] Woolsey, Musgrove Bustin, Heard A- Wilson, J., Johnson A- Co. Adams, Parmele A Co. » ' The steam beat Tugalo, Wray, for Savannah, started] : yesterday. The steam boat John Stoney, Fennoyer, fnr Savannah j i and Augusta, was up at Charleston on the Ist instant. SAVANNAH, Sept. I.—Arr. brig William, Hatch, : Bf*ston; sohrs. Exact, New-York; DeKalb, Baltimore; ■ steam bout Savannah, Atigusta. ! The steam boat Caledonia, Lewis, from Augusta, for j Charleston, passed down the river yesterday. lj?The members of the Augusta 'Temperance Society , are requrst cj tQ nleet at t ] ie Methodist Meeting House on THURSDAY EVENING nrxt, at 7 o’clock, to consider, amongst other matters, the expediency ol i becoming Auxiliary to the Georgia Temperance Society. From some recent circumstances an opinion is enter tained by many, that should the Society here become Auxiliary to the State Society, the cause of temperance would be more effectually promoted. To the Society it will belong to judge of this. A general attendance of the members, and of others interested in the cause, is hoped for. September 4 It WE are authorized to announce UKNHY IvjEAEENG, Esq. a. &£qa candidate for re-election, to a seat in the Sen.-.torial Branch in the State Legislature, on the first Monday in October next. July 24 11 - « . - WE are autiiorizea to announce Gen. VALENTINE WALKER, as a candidate lor the Senate ol Georgia, for Ricnmonu county, at tire election in October next. July 20 10 1 are au^lor ' to’announce. . —dtite to Represent the County ol Ru.ni mond i;. ~ie Representat. ve Branch of the State Le gtslature at the ensuing election in October next. July 20 10 J ,^lle Undersigned refers all ( persons having business with him, to h ' 6 Assignees and Agents, the Hon. j. p. King and George W. Craw, foro and -ambs M‘Laws, Esqs. Several of his cases have been placed in the hands of Gentlemen who will give the proper notice to the par ies concerned ; his professional business generally he eaves to the care of Andrew J. Miller and William 1 L'. Mtcou, Esqs. s ROB’T RAYMOND REID. i 1 Augusta., Aug. 24, 1832 2m 20 1 flvs. *Mttdrew*B Sr hoof. - ®'R>. ANDREW respectfully informs her friends ■ -•v th it h r SCHOOL will again be opened on the a’■st Monday in October next, in the house in the rear t jf the Methodist Episcopal Church, and she solicits a :• mtinuatioo of their patronage. Angus 31 tO 22 i' 1 -i vcir*H i tif of vlEarylftml. H E LECT URES of the Medical Faculty will coni mence on the last MONDAY of October and de. ne n the first of March. Mamcl Potter, M. D. Theory and Practice of Medi- Samucl Baker, M. D. Materia Medico, Richard W. Hall, M. D. Obstetrics and diseases of fe males tmd children. Maxwell McDowell, M. D. Institutes of Medicine. Nathan 11. Smith, M. D. principles and practice of 1 Surgery. ' Julius T. Ducated, M. D. Medical and Pharmaccuti- \ cal Chemistry. E. Geddings, M. D. Anatomy. Ciinical f.ectnres on the Practice of Medicine snd Surgery, will be given by the Professors of tlio.se de partments at the Infirmary, attached to the University. E. GEDDINGS, M. D. Dean. Baltimore, July 24, 1832. tN Sept. 4 23 To 'temperance Societies. .■ next anniversary of the State Society will be ja. held in Milledgeville, on the second Tuesday in i November. It is desirable that all the Societies in the State should hold meetings and elect a Delegate or ■ Delegates, to attend th*> , :r —‘ be directed to the Secretary ot State Society, Milledgc- ' ville. Judge Colquetl, Col. Lumpkin, Rev. Mr. Law, [ ' Maj. Davis, and Drs. Anthony and Harris, arc appoint- j ‘ ed to deliver written addresses. Let (he number of; ’ members, the names of President and Secretary and j Post-Office of Secretary, accompany the report, that I ho may early receive the printed proceedings. i ADIEL SHERWOOD. August 81, 1P33 22 NEW WOODS 2 ! * i rgHIE Subscriber has just received fidm New-York, ] c per ship Statira, the following scarce articles, viz : I 00 Corded Skirts, 48 cords, f 20 pieces English Long Clolh Shirting, (5-4 Super Black Italian Crape, Green worsted Barege, Green Marsaliln and Light Blue Gros De Naple, Bottle-green Gros De Naple and Sarsinetts, Thread Laces and Edgings in gfcat variety of patterns, Quilling Laces, all widths. Book Muslin, Scollopped and Inserting Trimmings, | , 30 dozen Ladies White Cotton Hose, all prices. Superfine do Slate colored do j | Gilt, Black, and Colored Beads of all colors, ( 1 Bale 4-4 Osnaburgs or Burlaps, 1 Case bleached Cotton Shirting, And expecting daily to receive further supplies of • fresh Goods now on the River. | J. P. SETZE. | September 4, 1832. 23 jjj ' NOTICE. ; HAVING sold my interest in the firm of Bostwick j &, Baird, which firm was dissolved on the firs'- j ■ of June last —I take this opportunity of returning iny | t thanks to my old friends and customers, for the liberal < support heretofore given me, and to ask a continuance { t of the same to my new firm. Having taken Mr. John j 1 C. Green into copartnership, the DRY GOODS and I GROCER Y BUSINESS, is continued under the firm 1 f of Baird & Green, who intend keeping on hand a gene- ■ t ra! assortment, at the store lately occupied by Messrs, i t Coliins & Manton, No. 310, south side Broad-streef. ; { BENJAMIN BAIRD. I , Augusta, Sept. 4, 1832 8t 23 i r NOTICE. I LL Persons nmning Drays without a License, are < ■i hereby notified that they will be summoned to ap-| ( pear before the Council on the first Saturday in October • next, unless they call on the Collector before that time I and comply with the ordinance. i (Ur All persons interested will take due notice of 1 this. 1 GEO. Mr WALKER, c. c. i September 4, 1832. 23 I ~ NOTICE. (I LL persons are cautioned against trading for two ■ -c notes of hand, given by the subscriber to Eli Mc- Croan; one of said notes for twenty dollars, the other for fifteen dollars, dated sometime in the early part of Janu ary, 1832, payable on the first of January, 1833; as I have received no consideration for them, I am determined riot to pay them. This Ist Sept. 1832. DAVID O. DYE. i September A Jt 23 < ■f At i T»Q\ SALES. | NEGROES. Bl’J. j Will be sold, to the highest bidder, THIS DAY at II o'clock, at the Market House, in this City, I ONE NEGRO BOV & TWO WOMEN, 1 j Belonging to the estate of Mrs. Dillon, and sold by an [ order of Court. Terms Cash. ALSO, ONE NEGRO WOMAN, about 25 years of ! l rurc, a good house servant and one Negro man, about j 40 years of age- Tcnns at sale, i September 4 It £3 33\' J. .ISiiKSii.lksAj. THIS DA Y at 11 o’clock, will bo sold at the Lower Market-House; . ... The LOTS, in the city nf Augusta, belonging the Es -1 tate of John Clarke, deceased ; heretofore advertised to | he sold, on the first Tuesday in this month, by permis ! sion of the Honorable the Interior Court ot Richmond I County, and by order of the Executor. September 4 It 22 • __ SPLENDID CAPITAL. 30,000 DOLLARS^ Tickets only Five Dollars. COXSOIJDATED LOTTERY, CIMSSS No. 30, for 1632. Drawing expected To-Morrow Night. 66 NUMBER LOTTERY—IO DRAWN BALLOTS. SCIIE3I E 1 Prize of $34L000 1 Prize of $3,580 1 do of 15.000 5 do of 1.000 1 do of $7,500 5 do of 400 &e. &,c. &c. &lc. Tickets 85, Halves 82 50, Quarters 81 25. BeeiV Oliieial Prize DRA WN NUMBERS OF THE Union Lnaial Lottery, Class, No. 17. 22, 59, 35, 50, 52, 61, 51, 43, 44, 13. Lowest Prize $4. ITir Prizes sold and casiicd at BEERS’ Fortunate LOTTERY OFFICE, No. 241 Broad-street; 03= Address WM. P. BEERS. 'h vremhftr 4 It _ _ ■ t'Oll • l > BARRELS of Fresh Thomastown LIME, ik Apply to J. B. Guieu or to the subscriber. GREENE B. MARSHALL; September 4 tO 23 ”, TO ~ JjbmjjL Two comfortable DWELLINGS, i basement stories of brick, situate on il l g s !a*H£ Rcynold-strect and near Mrs. Gardner’s, for s^*!< ' rill9 apply to Wm. Moody, Esq. possession may be hud at any time. GREENE B. MARSHALL. September 4 tO 23 7..T0 Ria.NlV " WaiSmm Street, near the Market* suited for DWEL IJJJIPpUNGS and STORES. The DWELLING HOUSE on TelfaiEStrccf, occupied by Mr. Cosby.—Apply to SAMUEL HALE. September 4 4t 23 , TO HEAT, *“ From the Ist of October next, four ‘ Tenements in Mrs. Graves’ range of wood Buildings Nos. 50,52,54. and 56, on the jEaegnsit south side of Droad-strect, and nearly oppo site the Bridge-Bank. The Tenements consist, each, of a Store on Broad-street, a small Dwelling above, and back buildings. Apply to A. SLAUGHTER & C. LABUZAN, Agents for Mrs. Mary Gravest September 4 lOt 23 ' TO RENT OK LLASII, For a term of years, and possession given on the first of October next. j&r A well fitted up Dwelling HOUSE* admirably adapted for the comfort of a small M|»|tscß? faniily ; situated on Green-street, directly ul jM^gkrCwe, rear of the subscriber’s residence. ALSO. FOR SALE, Six or eight well broken young MULES. HENRY MEALING. September 4 3fw 23 AdniimstniiorS Sale. 4GREEABLY to an order of the Inferior Court of _ Richmond county, while sitting for Ordinary puft poses, will be sold on the ssh day of October next, a,: (he late residence of John G. Bowers, deceased, in said county, all the perishable property of said Estate, con sisting of Horses,*llpgs, and Cows, one Gig, one Jersey Wagon, Household and Kitchen Furniture. Terms made known on the day of sale. P. H. MANTZ, Adm’r. September 4, 1632. 23 - ; ; ? Administrator's Sale. Agreeably to an order of the Honourable the Court of Jefferson county, when sitting for ordinary p irposes, wall be sold on the first Tuesday in Novem ber next, at the Market House in the town of Louie ville, between the usual hours of sale— The STORE, HOUSE and LOT, belonging to (he estate of Isaac W. Raiford. dcccatscd, situated on Broad-street, immediately frout-ngibo Xlurf kel House, and adjoining L:npt. J. W. Uothweli’s Lot, It being a part of the real estate of Said deceased, and sold for the benefit of his heirs and creditors, Termsofsal* made known on the day. CAMPBELL RAIFORD, Administrator, September 3, 1832. 23 Arisiinnstralor’ft Sale. Will be sold at the Market House, in the city of Augusta; on the first Tuesday in November next:— No. 6, one LOT in Bridge Row, the. Theatre I.OT ori the river bank, and the Square opposite the city Hospital on Grcen-street, belonging to the estate of the late James M. Bolton, and sold by order of the llonorable the In. ferior Court ofßichmond county. SAMUEL HALE, Administrator. September 4 23 s . - . ——— —* .Igßtsoh IS/HEREAS Thomas J. M’Bride, applies for Let. t V ters of Administration on (he estate of Jamqp J. M‘Fridc, late of said county deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish nil and sin gular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be •iiQ appear at my office within the time prescribed by law to file their objections (if any they have) to shew cause why said Letters should not be granted. . Given under my hand at office in Louisville, this29tn day of August, 1832. 23 EBEN BOTIIWELL. Pep. Cl’k. t UVot'laieiation. By WILSON LUMPKIN, Governor of the State of Georgia. jwTIEING deeply impressed with the belief, that it ig J the duty of Nations, States and communities, well as individuals, to render homage and adoration to the Supreme Governor of the Universe—the author of every good—to acknowledge His power : to make con fession of sins : to ask their forgivness: to supplicate His mercy, and deprecate his wrath : And a righteous God having seen fit to visit many parts of our country, with a most destructive pestilence, the distressing ravages of which, we have every reason to apprehend, will ere long visit this State :—And be lieving as I do, that the impending Judgments of Him. who despiseth not the contrite heart, call for devout hu miliation and prayer on the part of us Lis offending creatures, I have therefore thought proper, at this alarm ing crisis, respectfully to recommend to the inhabitants of this State, unitedly to set apart Thursday, the 20th day of September next, as a day for religious exercises, ►•specially, fasting, humiliation and prayer, to entreat the disposer of events that this awful pestilence may be averted from us, or that in case He, in his infinite! wisdom and righteousness, snotild see fit to afflict o? with it, that it. may, by His power and goodness, be s« abundantly sanctified and biessed to us, as to teach ub by its afflicting illustrations, the uncertainty of human life, and “ so to number our days, that we may apply out hearts unto wisdom.” In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, at the State House in Miilcdgevjilc, this 30th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and of the Indepen dence of America, the fiftv-seventh. WILSON LUMPKIN. Editors of Newspapers throughout the State, are res pecfuily requested to insert the above in theix resp§c* tivc papers*