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The French Chambers were opened on fl.« Slat of
Tulv, bv the Kmff in person. From the royal speech (
'which the rentier will find below, the situation ot the j
kin"dem is tranquil and prosperous. There is a squint- ;
intr"towards a direct inlerlorcnce by arms, m the a,fairs
of the Peninsula, should st.ch a course become neeessa
rv to the stability of the existing government there ; and
his Majesty reminds the Chambers of the enactments
necessary for earrvmg into execution sundry trrai.es—
that with the United States among t.icm no d . uht. 1 he
following details of .he opawn? of the Chambers, and
the incipient proceedings, are from Galignnm s Meesen.
cer of August Ist.
Opening of t!ie Cumbers
PAni-'. July 31, two o’clock.
The commencement of the Legislative Sessions hc
inc appointed for to-day* the necessary arrangements
were made this morning for his Majesty’s proceeding
to the Palais Bourbon to open the Chambers in person.
The hour fixed was one o’clock, some time previous to
which, detachments of National Guards and troops of the
Line took their posts in the usual manner at each side of
the bridge and the quays by which the cortege was to
’’“(Treat crowds, notwithstanding the fatigues attendant
upon thn prolonged amusements of the public .files,
which have scarcely passed, assembled Iron, all quar
ters to view the procession, among whom were num.
hers of well dressed person, will., of course, tlm usual
• complement of ladies. The Terrace in the Gardens of
the Tuileries, and most of the windows, commanding a
sight of the cavalcade were also filled with company.
The weather, winch had been threatening during the
morning cleared up towards one o'clock, and turned out
remarkably fine. Precisely at the hour arranged, the
Kinv mounted his horse, and accompanied by a numer
ous Staff, left the Palace. The Duke of Orleans, Mar-
K hal Gerard, Marshal I.oban, and other distinguished
Officers, were close behind his Majesty. Tne arem.
{nations with which he was received during his progress
to the Chamber were loud and general, inured more so
than we have usually remarked them on timtlar occa
sions.—His Majesty’s arrival at the Chamber was an.
nounced in the usual manner by the discharge ol aitilie
ry.
The general arrangements of the Chamber were the
same as upon former occasions, the throne being sur
rounded bv a splendid canopy of crimson velvet, with
gold fringe tassels and cords, and crowned with tii co
lored flags. Similar standards, surmounted by the Gal
lic cock, were placed on the sides. A stool, covered
with crimson velvet, for the Duke o( Orleans, was pla
ced on the right of the throne, and one for the Prince do
Joinville on the left. The seats of the Ministers were
on the upper step leading to the throne; those on the
other steps were appropriated to the Marshals and Ad
mirals of France, and those on the right and left of the
latter to the Members of the Council of State. The j
benches on the right were reserved for the Peers, and
those on the left lor the I eputies. At 11 o’clock the
doors were opened to the persons favored with tickets,
nnd the galleries gradually filled. The ladies were in
general well dressed, but their attire was little distin
guished by elegance, differing in no respect from what
is every day met with in the public promenades. The
Tribune of the Royal Family in the. first row on the right
was distinguished from the others by crimson velvet or
naments. From about half past eleven, the Deputies
began to arrive, and took their places. At a quarter
past 12 the Council of State entered the Hall. The
Peers began to take their scats about halt past twelve.
The Ministers entered at 1 o’clock.
In the Tribune of the Diplomatic Body, which arriv
ed at five minutes before one, we observed the Riitish,
Russian, Austrian, Prussian and Spanish Ambassadors,
nnd the ministers of nearly all the other Foreign Pnw.
ers. The Queen with the Royal Family arrived at five
minutes post one.
His Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Orleans,
the Prince de Joinville, and a nnfner ins staff, and pre.
ceded by the Grand Deputations of the two Chambers,
headed by their respective Presidents, entered the Hall
at precisely twenty minutes past one.
His Majesty, who worn the uniform of the National
Guards, was greeted with shouts of If re > Roil And
having taken his seat on the throne, with the two grin
ces on his sides, and the staff officers ranged behind
him, covered himself, and pronounced, in a firm and au
dible voice, the following
SPEECH.
It is ever with a lively satisfaction that I find myself
amongst yon. lam particularly happy at finding you nr.
sembled around me at moment when the suffrages of the
nation have just been manifested in so striking a manner.
These suffrages have approved the liberal and mode
rate policy, which llie Chambers in its previous sessions
have so fully sustained. It is the policy of the charter.
France desires tepose under the eyes of those tutelary
institutions which her wisdom and courage have preserv
ed from all attacks. My government as hastened to meet
the expectations of the country; and success ha? not fail,
ed to wait on our perseverance. Wherever criminal en
terprises have given rise to a disastrous contest, the
cause of the nation has triumphed. The National Guard
nnd flic army, whose devotion you will appreciate with
me, have repressed disorders with no less fidelity than
energy; and the peaceable execution of the laws passed
in the last session, has shown tiie weakness of the ex
citers of disturbances, and restored confidence to the
public mind.
We now gather the fruits. Our industry and our com
mercehave experienced a double increase. I have con
templated with pleasure these results in the great ex
position of domestic industry, which has demonstrated
the extent of our conquests in that department of labor,
nnd of the hopes we are justified in entertaining from it.
These will take place under the favouring protection
of peace, under the direction of an active and forseeing
administration, under the influence of wise laws, which
in secondng the progress of agriculture and in lastly,
will op.-n new channels to commerce, and I have reason
to hope that the still growing prosperity of the. country
will enable us to meet the public expenses with the ordi
nary resources ol the State.
The financial laws will he submitted to your consid
eration at the period allotted by the rules ol that depart
ment.
The laws necessary for the execution of treaties, and
those which aie still necessary for the complete execu
tion of the charter will be anew presented in the course
of this session.
I have to felicitate myself on the stnte <>i our relations
with foreign powers.
The internal dissentions which disturb i ortngal have
been brought to a close. I have concluded with the Xing
of Great Britain, the Queen of Spain, and the Queen of
Portugal, a treaty which has already had the most salu
tary influence on the re establishment of peace in the
Peninsula, always intimately connected with Engl am..
I am directing mv attention, in concert with my aides,
to the situation of Spain, where a new complication ol
circumstance? ha? arisen, which demands flic serious
consideration of those powers who signed the treaty tit
the 22d of April.
The state of affairs in the East is satisfactory, and
every tiling announces that nothing will disturb the peace
which Europe enjoys.
I rely, gentlemen, and shall on every occasion, rely, on
your loyal assistance. I know no other interest than
that of France. I have no other wishes than for her wel
fare. To consolidate out institutions, rally around the
throne nnd the charter, every good Frenchman, whilst
isolated attacks or the combined attempts of opposite lac
tions, a-erepressed with equal firmness, such is the sole
object of my efforts, and my sweetest recompense will
be that affection of my country, the testimonials of which
ever excite in me a sympathy so profound.
The Speech being concluded, shouts of Vice h Roi
hurst from all parts ofthe Chamber, which hi? Majes
ty acknowledged by rising and renea'edlv bowing.
M. Thiers, Minister of the Interior, then rose and read
the formula of the Oath to be taken by the Deputies,
when each rose, and. holding forth the right hand. de.
dared, Je Je jure. The number of Deputies present was
about 270, and that ofthe Peers about 70. M. Cormen
in, who within a lew days published a letter against the
political oath, was present, but did not answer when his
name was called.
M. Persii,, Minister of Justice, then rose and announ
ced that the Session of 1*35 was opened, and that the
veers and Deputies would assemble in their respective
Chambers to-morrow at noon. His Majesty retired at a
quarter to two o’clock, amidst loud acclamations.
From miolher French Paper.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES— Kovai. Session.
gt, the arr: ? n S ernerifs of the Hall are similar to those ot
the^rsi ?<^ri ''- ?CSS ' OnS! - The diplomatic tribune is filled,
with M * S occl:, ined by Ambassadors, commencing
• ozzotli Borgo (Russia) end ending with M. Uc
j lion (Belgium). The Hungarian costume of M. ti’Ap
! ponv excited much attention. The Ambassador of
| Spain was placed between lord Granville (England) and
M. de Wcrther (Prussia). There is no Portuguese or
I Dutch Minister.
At five minutes before one o’clock, the Ministers were
jat t heir posts, except Marshal Gerard (President of the
| Council;) who accompanied the King.
The Queen and royal family took their place in seats
' specialty reserved (or them.
The King arrived, preceded by his aid-de-enmps and
Jus officers on duty. A number of general officers have
joined the procession. He took his seat, having on his
right Iho Duke of Orleans, in the uniform of a general
officer, and the Duke de Joinville in that of a midship
man.
[} mvi the National Intelligencer.]
The Goljl Region.
Among the articles contained in the first volume of
| the Transactions of the Geological Society »f Pennsyl
i vania, just published, is one on the gold region of the
United States, from which the Philadelphia Gazette
makes the following extracts. r I lie writer, after express
ing the opinion that the mines ot this country are rich
er than those ol Gorgo Soco, in the Brazils, or the U
rulinn chain of Mountains, save: •
In Russia, splendid and interesting as are the gold
specimens found in the deposits mines of the county
Dcnitdoff, t-ct in Georgia, Nnrtii Carolina, and princi
pally Virginia, iti the United States, the writer has met
with numerous instances where the weight ol specimens
of solid gold, and the character, has been much superi
or. '] he mines ol the Brazils, the Gorgo itself, cannot
be compared with a vein known to the writer as existing
in ti;e United States. Specimens front Jonoroand Cal
ifornia he lias seen in Mexico, ns also from El Oro and
Angangc'o; and from the north in Zacatecas and Chi
huahua. They were, indeed, interesting and beautiful,
but arc not to he compand with those of the gold regions
of the United nlates. Even the far famed mass of gold
in the cabinet of St. Petersburg dees not weigh as much,
by several ounces, ns that which was found in North Ca.
rolina. in that portion ol the gold region of the United
States situated within the chartered limits of Georgia,
the richest mineral belt, if it may he so termed, is met
wit h in talcose slate and granite formations, alternating
wnih horn blend, slate,-gnetss and chloride slate, taking
a direction nearly N.N, E. and S.S. VV. between the
Chcstatee and Chntahoocbe rivers, in Habersham coun
ty, near the Cherokee nation. Crossing subsequently
the Cheslate», and entering the Cherokee country, it
passes the Etowah rivn r, and pursues an unvarying
course till we meet again on the banks of the Coosa riv
er, in the Creek nation, in the Slate Alabama.
There are other mineral “belts” of gold veins and
mint s running a parallel course, at stated intervals and
distances front each other—generally from eight to ten
miles —nnd are to bo met with low down towards Augus
ta, on the Savannah river. These latter cross the Cha.
tnhooettee below Columbus. They are terminated, in
tl’.ctr nearer approach to the seaboard of the Atlantic, by
the disappearance of the primitive formation, which oc
curs a short distance above Augusta. This same posi
tion ofthe rocks occurs alittle above Fredericksburg, in
Virginia, where the primitive formation also terminates
towards the coast. The same geological features are
presented as in the neighborhood of Augusta, Georgia.
Following the course of the tipper mineral belt of
Georgia, which is at a distance of from twentv-five to
thirty’miles from the Bine Ridge chain of mountains, we
nu t it in comparatively the same aspect, in S. Carolina
and North Carolina: where, however, the gold region
enters Virginia, a sensible difference occurs irl relation
to its position with the Blue Ridge. The upper minf-ral
| belts cross the Bine Ridge, and pass on through tiis val
ley between that chain and tho Alleghanies, It is only
the lower mineral belts that are met with in Virginia, on
this side of the Blue Ridge.
The largest amount of gold has been obtained from a
class of mines generally known by the name of “branch
mines,” or stream mines, situated in the beds of rivers
nnd rivulets and ravines. The capital require to work
such mines being small, nnd the profits almost immedi
ate and daily, a few machines called “rockers” for wash
ing the gravel strata in which the gold is found, and
some negroes, with the necessary digging tools, are the
preparation for opening and profitably working a mine of
ibis nature. Many hundred negroes are yearly employ
ed in the different States for tins purpose, and in gener
a! very profitably. It is considered that a mine of ordin
ary importance will yield from one to five dwts. to the
hand per day. It is not uncommon to obtain lOdwls. to
tfip hand, and instances have occurreu when as high ns
1 120 dwts. to the hand per day have been obtained. Se
veral individuals in North Carolina and Georgia have
> been eminently successful in this particular kind of gold
mining, and have realized large fortunes,
i Ithasbecn calculated that not less than six millions of
1 dollars in gold, have been extracted from the branch gold
j mines of the United States, since the commencement of
i I mining operations; the larger portion of the gold finding
1 | its way, not to the mint, but abroad, and being worked
j up forjewellcry in the different parts of the country.
1 Three deposits mines in Georgia, have alone famuli
ed half a million of dollars; and if we look at the great
number of labourers employed, the vast extent ofthe
gold region, hundreds of miles in length, and the increas
ing attention given to the subject, we need not be sur
prised ifthe gold deposites ofthe United Slates yield tar
larger returns than those ol Brazil, Colombia, or the
Urals, united.
One singular fact, as also connected with the history
of the gold region and the aborigines, my be cursorily
noticed bore. It is, that arrow beads and other imple.
ments, peculiar to the Indians of the American continent,
are met with tn the superincumbent strata of these gold
mine branches. They have been lound at various depths
above the gravel, but never below it. The greatest
depth at which they have been met with i? twelve feet
below the surface, in second strata of gravel. The mine
situated in Georgia, had three distinct strata of gravel;
one at six feet, then five feet ol blue clay, with vegetable
remains contained in it; tiien a stratum of gravel two feet
I thick, in which‘were found the Indian arrow and spear,
head of siliceous mineral; then about six feet of the blue
clay, as above; and finally, the gravel in which was
found the gold; ns much as 1000 dwts. of gold having
been obtained at this depth, from a trench forty feet in
length by ten in breadth.
In the Creek nation, as also on tbs borders of the Che
rokee nation, remains are to be met with which clearly
indicace that gold mines were known to exist in those
regions, nnd that they had been partially worked long
prior to the present epoch. The traditions of the Indi
ans, or at least their oldest men, are unable to give an ae
count of it. It may probably have been the attempt of
the exploring party ol Spaniards which penetrated from
Pensacola into the interior, and which expedition termin
ated fatally, according to documents met with in the pub
| lie archives of Pensacola.
SUMMARY OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
'Fite students of Gottingen, according to the usual cos.
tom of these young gentlemen, have had a brush with
the peasants of a neighboring village.
Gen. Gourgaud, who was with Napoleon at St. Hele.
na, nnd Gen. Bernard, another devoted friend of the ex
emperor, who was late in our army, are both, we per
ceive, conspicuous personages in the staff of Louis Phi.
lippe.
The London Times apprehends nothing serious from
the resignation or dismissal of Marshal Soult. Proba.
-! bly It* is correct. The Marshal is too rich, too fond of
his titles, and is covered with too many glorious scars, to
care for any- thing but the perpetuity ol his own family-.
Besides, the army do not love him. He is too severe a
disciplinarian. It such a man as Count Bohan, howev
er, or Gen- Bertrand, were at the head of tho F rench for
ces, it would he hazardous lor Louis Phillippe to trifle
j with them.
The Duchess of Angouleme, once so important a per
sonage, anil now-, a third time, apoor w-andering exile,
i? v-siting the roved family of Saxony at Dresden,
j Charles X., the Duke of Angouleme, and the young Duke
of Bordeaux are at Prague.
A committee in Parliament have reported in favor of
granting £20,000 for the purpose of ascertaining the
practicability of a steam route to India by the Euphrates
and Persian Gulf father than the Red Sen.
The Fox Club propose giving a dinner to Earl Grey,
the late Premier, and several gentlemen have subscribed
for a statue of bis lordship to be presented to Lady Grey.
A Mr. Rickards, a distiller at London, while taking a
lesson with his fencing master, M. Pons, unfortunately
b-oke Ins foil and run bis master through the body.
The Secretary-of War, Mr. Ellice, has gone on a shoo,
tin r partv to Invereshte; his gnris and baggage prece
ded b'in This is truly sparing ala militaire, and quite
apropos for the martial minister. .
We observe the effects of Prince L.even, since Ins re
_n, fr> p,,tc-sbur"h. are being consigned to the hammer.
to- H- b « n ,T:
prudent, or is this merely the disposal of his household
fn .I t,'.-; on quitting London ? Probably the latter as
’ , these -ntrv are birds of passage, and lead too artificial
a fife to he wedded mother earthly poods than crosses
; and ribbons. No old venerated pieces of family relics
are prized or cherished by them, it is too vo. = nr.
, A verdict ol “ manslaughter” was given against the
driver of a cab, who had run over and killed a person in
the stveer.
Sir Win, Lawson, Barf, brother in law of Sir James
, Graham, was so affected by Mr. Pollard s lectures on
temperance, that he caused all his wine and brandy ce -
T lars to he emptied, and their contents burnt.
In the south ot Germany, all the foreign papers are
submitted to a censorship before they are allowed to he
read. The London Courier well observes that “ the
poor Germans have got such a w eak intellect, that their
mental food must be masticated bv their governments
before they can digest it.” No wonder they emigrate
to onr country for a more wholesome atmosphere, and
morp nutritive diet, both for their corporeal and intellect
nal appetites.
Mr. Simpson, who has been 37 v.ears master of cere
monies at Vauxhall, London, is sad to he the only living
representation of the famous Beat. Nash. Tie is verging
.a*t towards 70, but still possesses all the viaor and ele
-1 pence of person of a modern fashionable dandy swell of
~ . He is highly prized and extensively patronized in
■ h's exhibitions at the celebrated garden where he pre-
Pities. f
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DAT MOR.VIXG, SEPT, 19, 1834,
' il ‘ S ° Ur P ainful dl:r >’ record the death of Judge
\\ dlmm H. Crawford. We have been informed that he died,
ast week, at the house of Mr. Meriwether, a few miles of
Elbr rton, to which pLice he was proceeding to preside at the
September term of the Superior Court of Elbert County.
e have to record also the death of an old citizen. James
Bozeman, Esq. former Treasurer of Georgia, died at Scotts
boro , near Milledgeville, on the 3J instant.
Cholera.
e are sorry to see and hear so many false statements go
ing the rounds in relation to the existence of the Cholera. In
In C harl 'ston ( ourier ol th° ICth inst. we see it statrd, that
“considerable alarm was excited in Augusta, in consequence
of th-> appearance of th° disease; some of the inhabitants, we
are informed, were sending away their negroes, arid others
are making arrangements to remove themselves.” This in
formation to 'he editor of the Courier is incorrect, unless one
person means some, for as far as our information extends,
we know of but one individual who has sent away some of
his negroes. Fire citizens of Augusta do not manifest much
alarm; in fact they have no reason to do so, for the general
health of the city never was bettor, and in so cleanly a state is
it, that even if we have the Cholera among us it will not be
able to retain its foot bold. In order to give our distant friends
a correct id ’a of the ext *nt of the disease in this city, we w ill
state, that the first case reported as cholera, was that of a ne
gro ol intemperate habits, who was known to have eaten a
quantity of melon the day previous ; the second case was a
negro on hoard the steamer Free Trade, of intrmparate hab
its, attacked on the passage from Savannah ; the third was a
black fireman on board the steamer Augusta, who had been
complaining of a chill and fever for several days previous,;
the fourth case was an intemperate old negro, who had eaten
a quantity of melon the previous evening ; th° fifth case was
a colored person, who had suffered chronic ill health for the
most of the present year ; the sixth case was a negro man
aged about GO years ; and the seventh case was that of a ne
gro man, brought from a strain boat.
The above comprise all the deaths by Cholera reported by
our Board of Health, and we have been thus particular, in or
der that those abroad can judge for themselves whether there
- is at present any great cause of alarm.
Since writing the above we received our Charleston papers
of yesterday, in which we see it stated on the authority of
letters received from this city, that on the 15th seven cases
were reported, all in boats ,*oin Savannah. We notice these
statements in order to show how little dependence ought to
be placed in letters, during excitements, the writers of which
giving street report, instead of correct information. What we
have stated above is from reports made by the Board of
Healih, they have been vigilant in their duty, and have repor
ted every case that has occurred.
BOARD OF HEALTH, }
Augusta, September 16, 1334.
Dr. Robertson reports one case of a negro woman at
Mr. John Martin’s attacked yesterday afternoon, between
one and two o'clock, noto convalescent.
The ease reported yesterday, as not hanEP terminat
ed, which was Mr. Tuttle’s negro woman, is convale
scent.
Wednesday, Sept. 17, —3 P. 3f.
The Board reports one case of Cholera occurring in n
negro man, about 60 years of age, belonging to Mr. G.
W. L tmtar —teiinitiation fatal.
Thursday , Sept. 18—3 p. m.
The following resolution passed the Board of Health
. yesterday, and w r as ordered to he published.
Resolved, That as in the opinion of this Board, found.
■ ed upon the almost unanimous expression of the medi
cal Faculty wherever the disease has appeared, that,
the Asiatic, Spasmodic or Asphyxia Cholera, a few ca
ses of which have occurred among the black population
of our ci.y, is not propagated by contagion or infection,
any more than Intermittent or Bilious Fevers ; that we
recommend to the City Count!) to remove at once all
restrictions on commerce and free intercourse.
The Board reports one case of Cholera occurring
within the last 24 hours, now convalescent, and consider
ed nut of danger.
And also another, of a negro man, brought to the city
from a steam boat 8 miles down tlio river—died last
night.
M. ANTONY, Chairman of Board.
Paul F. Eve, Secretary.
A letter received in Charleston, from Ncw-York, dated the
9th inst says—“ The Wm. Gibbons did not go south on Sat
urday, as ah? could got no passengers who wore willing to
risk eleven days quarantine at Charleston. She offered to
clear from Amboy, in Jersey, but we did not like to venture.”
The New-York Board of Health report the'deaths of 22
persons in that city on the 9lh inst. by Cholera. On the 10th
thoy report 30 deaths.
Wonderful political changes have been and continue to be
exhibits! to the people of the Fnited States, by many of their
distinguished citiz-ns. Federalists have become whigs;
whigs arc now lories ; bank men have become th? enemies
of the marble palace ; and anti-hank men h ive suddenly be
come the ardent advocates of the Bank of the United States.
Latitudinarians have turned literal constructionists ; the zeal
ous advocates ofa splendid government have become nullifiers,
and the seeming opponents of eo energetic and strong cen
tral government. The politicians of South Carolina who, a
few years ago, denounced Georgia and her mad Governor for
opposing the attempts df the federal government to invade her
reserved rights, now are seen going beyond the constitutional
limits within which Georgia always kept herself. These are
wonderful changes in men’s opinions ; but there is a change
which is still more strange. Governor Hamilton, of South
Carolina, was one of those who opposed the measures of
Georgia, and who considered the numbers of “One of the Peo
ple,” w ritten by 3lr. McDuffie, as containing a true exposition
of the principles of the federal constitution. But Gov. Ham
ilton saw the errors into which ho had fallen, and had the
magnanimity to acknowledge them : He made a public re.
cantation of the opinions he entertained in 1823. It seems
that it is the lot of this gentleman to have to recant more fre
quently than other politicians of the day. In 1828, while
a member of Congress, he was chairman of a committee on
retrenchments. In the report which the committee submit
ted to the House of Representatives, it is staled, in relation to
the case of 31 r. Pleasants, that “ amidst the numerous ap
pointments of messengers made by the present administra
tion, they will select -the account of J. H. Pleasants, editor
of the Richmond Y hig, because that case, in their estima
tion, presents the most flagrant example of abuse." The re
port was draw nby Gov. Hamilton. Well; what is the tune
now ?
From the National Intelligencer of Sept. 10.
“Our readers all well remember the fanuus Retrench,
went Report of I£2B, by a committee of the House of
Representatives. The report constituted the grand le
ver which the Jackson party in Congress mainly relied on
for completing the overthrow of the administration of M r.
Adams, and the result proved the correctness of their cai
dilations: for of all the measures adopted by the party,
there was perhaps notone which was more effective in
producing that state of public delusion which crowned its
efforts with success. The committee that made the
report consisted of seven members, and of the whole
number there are probably not more than two of them
who would not now disavow the correctness of that stu
pendous fabnc of imposture. We say this certainly
without any design of impugning the sincerity of any of
the members who sanctioned the report. But, so it is,
i most of them have seen cause to change their opinion no
the subject, and have become convinced of the error
which they then committed. An instance of this self
i conviction of the wrong done in that report having just
met our view, has led to these remarks. 3lajor (sine?
Governor) Hamilton, of South Carolina, it will be recol
i lected, w’as the chairman of the committee, and, it is
understood, drew up the report. He it was that both
loaded and fired the great gun. We find by the last
i Richmond Whig what his present opinion is of that, his
. and his associates’ celebrated production. The editor of
the Whig states that he has, within a few months, re
ceived a letter from Governor Hamilton, confessing
v,
that the transaction (the appointment of Mr. Pleasants to
carry despatches to Buenos Ayres) which in the repirt
was alleged to be one of the “most flagrant e.xamplcjiof
abuse” under the administration of .Mr. Adams,
gelic purity, to what lias been (since) done by those \lio
; promised to reform and retrench all abuses.”
As we have always entertained a high opinion of the tal
ents of Guv. Hamilton, and believe that with his abilities,
properly and judiciously exerted, he could beot great service
to his country, we hope the day is not far distant when he
will see the errors under which he now iabnni*s, and acknou -
- ledga that the doctrine of nullification was a most fatal de
lusion. •
&T A very singular work has lately appeared in France,
under the title of “ Paroles d’unCroyant, W ords from a Be
liever, by the Abbe de la 31eiuiais, one oi the most distin
guish "h! writers and orators of the French cl Tgy. It is writ
ten with great strength of mind and boldness. The work
has already m< t with sever 0 criticisms ; it has been attacked
with veh ‘m°ncc by the ultra royalist editors. It would seem
that the Abbe is a warm republican, and entertains princi
• pies which cannot be relished by f ltose who advocate abso
lutism and legitimacy. To enable our readers to judge of
the work, we give the following translation of a fiw passa
ges which we found in a Louisiana paper. The work has al
ready been translated in the English, Gentian, Italian, and oth
er European languages.
“ You have but one father, who is God, and but one mas
ter, who is Christ.
“ When therefore it will be. told to you of those who pos
sess upon earth a great power, Here are your masters, do not
believe it. If they are just, they are your servants, if they
are not so, they- are your tyrants.
“ All mat are born equal; no one brings at his birth the
right to command.
“ In th° scale of eternal right, your will weighs heavier
than the will of kings : for it is the people which create
kings ; and the kings are made for the people, and not the
people for th? kings. /
“ Our celestial father has not mad? the members of his
children to be mangled with chains, nor th hr souls to be
bruised with servitude. 11 1 has united tlwm in families, and
all families are sisters ; he has united them in nations, and
all nations are sisters ; and whoever separates families f om
families, nations from nations, divides what God has unites!,
he performs the work of Satan. And what unites families
to families, nations to nations, is, first, the law of God, the
law of justice and charity, and afterwards the law of lib rty,
which is also the law of God. For without liberty, what
union could exist among men ? They would be united as
the horse is united to the one who rides him, or as the whip
of lh n master is united to the skin of th° slave.
“Jf therefore some one tells yea, Yon hi long to me : an
swer, No, we belong to God, who is our father, and to Christ,
who is onr only master.
“ Do you believe that the steer, that is fed in th? pen, to be
afterwards pnt to the yoke, or that is fattened for the slaugh
ter hous°, is more to be envied than th* bull that seeks its
food in the forest ?
“ Do yon believe that the horse which is saddled and bri
dled, and has abundance of hay in its rack, enjoys a better
fate than the stallion which, without restraint, neighs and
bounds in the plain ?
“ Do you believe that the capon in th° yard, to which corn
is thrown, is more happy than the bird which in the morning
do>'s not know where to find its daily food ? /,
“ Do yon believe that the man who leisurely walks in one
of those parks which are called kingdoms, leads a happier
life than the adventurer who, from forest to forest, rock lot
rock, with a heart full of hope, seeks to create a coan-j
try for himself?
“ Do yon believe that the coward, who drags along every 1
where the chains of slavery', is less burthened than the man,
of courage who carries the chains of a prisoner ?
“ Do yon believe that the timorous who expires in his bed,l
smothered by tho infected a : r which surrounds tyranny, dies!
of a death more desirable than the man of firmness who, 1
upon the scaffold, renders to God his soul as free as when he I
received it from him ? I
Miscellaneous Items.
T!tC tolls received on the Philadelphia and Columbia
Hail Rond, for the week - ending on the Bth inst. amount
ed to §3,£22,84.
It is with fniutcls as with apparitions, what many talk
of, but few have seCtl*
The sltip St. Andrew, arrived at New York, had on
board 40,000 sovereigns. The whole amount of Specie
cleared at Liverpool for the U. Sla*e« during the last
week of July, was about 400,0001, or near $2,000,000.
It is stated in the Boston papers, that an English schoon
er, the Gem, while on her way from Sourabaya, to New
South Wales, was captured in the Straits of Bally, hy
sixteen prow boats, and all hands murdered.
The ship Dover, arrived at Boston, has an Elephant
on board, shipped at Calcutta. A Rhinoceros, also,
shipped at the same place, broke his neck in a gale of
wind.
The Hon. Isaac C. Bates, member of Congress from
Massachusetts, has declined being considered a candid
ate for re-election.
The printing office of the Patriot <%■ Shield, at New
Lisbon, Ohio, was set on fire between twelve and one o’,
clock in the morning of the 31st tilt, and entirely con
stinted, with all its contents—loss not less than one thou,
sand dollars.
[FOR THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.]
31r. Guif.u — Dear Sir : I mast ask your indulgence,
while 1 comply with th? request of Dr. Olin, in his late stric
tures upon my reply to him. That the public are already
disgusted with a in re personal controversy, I do not doubt—
and that many will f >el sufficient interest, in what either Dr.
Olin or myself may write, to indue? them to read onr publi
cations, Ido not hope. And so far as original charges against
me are concerned, lam willing to leave them with my first
reply to his attack. I know 1 have there “ met” every impor
tant “ position'’ which he has taken ; and as to “ the shotting
of those positions,” I am willing to abide by the decision of
the public—feeling fully assured that any assertion of Dr.
Olin, “ that th y have no ’ been shalcn ,” will not in the smallest
degree altar that decision. I cannot imagine what could
have been Dr. Olin’s motive in publishing his late strictures,
unless it were the desire for the last word—the faint hope of
thus diverting th? public mind from th» main subject, by ir
relevant matter, and hy broad assertions, which Ir hoped would
remain unanswered. However unwilling I may be to ob
trude myself upon the notice of the public, I am still more
unwilling that unfounded charges should remain imcontra
i dieted. And I trust it will be recollected, that so far as lam
concerned, I have had no agency, directly or indirectly, in
producing this disgraceful controversy —that I have never
published or advised tho publication ofa disrespectful word
against Dr. Olin, till since his direct attack upon myself.
From the most unfounded suspicion he supposed, or pretend
ed to suppose, that I was in concert with certain individuals,
who, he says, were endeavoring to injure his character; al
though I was probably 150 miles from these writers, when
they* wrote their obnoxious pieces, and do not to this day
know who were the writers of one of the other publications
in which any thing disrespectful is said of him.
Whatever obligation I may feel for his great kindness, in
r, minding me “ of the responsibilities which belong to me,”
I must still decline the honour “of breaking a lance” with
“ his gentlemen” strikers of “ high character and vir
tue." “ There is a prejudice, possibly unjust, against” assas
ins and incendiaries, who, conceal°d by the darkness 0 f mid
night, aim th ' dagger at their neighbour’s heart, and apply
the torch to his dwelling. “In this prejudice, to some ex
tent, 1 acknowledge I participate—and I confess I have not
seen a man who could read Dr. Olio’s attempt to justify
these worse than Vandal efforts to destroy a public institu
tion of learning, without stopping to express his indignation
at this sin against civilization—and lam disposed to believe
that this prejudice belongs to human nature, whenever it has
attained to any considerable purity.” As Dr. Olin has such
a high admiration for the lofty bearing “ of these individuals,
1 will leave him to extoll their noble virtues and honorable
deeds in the cause of science and religion.” They are, how
ever, sure of a fam° as undying as that of Rav aillac or of
Caliph Omar. One is already canonized, and the rest will i
undoubtedly receive cardinal bats at the next grand council,
as th° rewards of their great and disinterested exertions in
the cause of science, and in the destruction of heresy.
In my reply to him, I said, “ let it be distinctly understood
that the first number of The Friends of Equal Rights was
snbraitt?d to him before it was committed to the press, that
he approved of its sentiments, declared it contained nothing
but the troth, and recommended its publication.” He say-s
“ this assertion is groundless.” I will simply state the facts.
It was, when I wrote my reply, understood, by general and un
contradicted report, that Dr. Olin had been consulted as to
the facts and the publication of that piece. It was never de
nied that th? writers of Th° Friends of Equal Rights, and
Dr. Olin, had conversed upon the subject before the publica
tion, in such a manner as to leave no doubt upon the public
rairid wba were the tenters. Dr. 01»:. him i Mi' in;. ,u?]\
defended the piece—declared thr i, contained notlu i- but
the truth—he authorized a ger.t mmim who was coming from
Augusta to this place, to siy. that this w his opmk and
in his attack upon me he go<>s into a i.duir-M d-:fi nee of this
very piece, as one for s nt:m >■ be was aceo -itah; .
If under such circumstance s 1 had no - a rfo <av, - • t. be
[ understood, &c. &c. 1 submit to the cand . Bui I w-mid
ask where is the difference u'. r all, betw .: the course ptr
sned by him and that which was attributed to him hv com
mon report,and which cv; n hehints elf-loe»nu. h v’ II ■] : '
his influence, his who 1 e injhtern for th» destruction of the
1 niversily—and he lent it tor to r:cn who had not tb ■ torn!
courage to appear b fire the je ", I! Dr. Olin. i• -
ward.and publicly defended s co
allies were ashamed to acknowledge!! H< ca : - ipi nm- t
makegood my assertion, that the Board . •-! h r '
1 to hear him concerning the ease of clis, p! u>, l e i! d that
• Ac was not permitted to carry this case before tb > Board, sn.,!
1 that he complained t this decis on of the Bom 1> Ohn
savs “ it would not b • possible to make a statement conflict
ing more directly with all the facts ot the eta*.’ as lon h - food
tli n m to occur.” F denies ever having complained of th°
Foard—assures the public that though h: did make a writ!- ?:
request to be heard, that he afterwards withdrew is in
quence of disclaimers made by gentlemen of ; ; i' : ’
withdrew my application at th- suggestion .if •■■■A
Trustees who said, after the unqualified disclao .:r which
had been made, no ".indication was necessary. >. >J tii • dls
cusston might lead to discord, which I was anxious iopre
• vent.” “ 1 was told, w hen I withdrew my application, in de
ference to the opinion of my friends, that if j sted upon
it they believed the perm ssion would be '.ranted.” “I never
heard before Dr. C’s. publication, that tin Board did refuse
to prrmic me to make a statement v, hich :!, • h • ’ th-'t •.-•►•lves
invited.” “ I hope Dr. C. will speak clearly and specifically
on these points. What part of this statement is inaccurate ?
hat decision did the Trustees make, exto j» as to jurisdic
tion ? If they made no other, of w hat de--iM<m l of the Board
as such’ did I complain ? Dr. C. it wh ■ mu- inhered
charges me with faWbood in my statements upon Me- > ;f
jset. I call upon him u mal:e pood his churn■ Minut*
ami circumstantial as Dr. O s ( ms to he in his account of
this matter, it is wholly at variance with I! h ■ orv of the
case. And as he has warned the public against puffing con
fidence in my assertions, wh* a th- y are not “ acco n mi d
by proof,” 1 will aceummodat ■ him with w hat i trust will be
to the public, if not to him, satisfactory proof. And I .will
Dave that public to decide who has been guilty of w hat he so
often charges me. la th -first place he says he never com
plained of the procsellings of th Board—“ h: n ver had any
reason to complain” ! Hr. L hnvm says “Mr. Olin told me
in Augusta, thqt h ■ had not h m trialed w I! bv the Board.”
Is tile testimony of this “amiable roan” “satisfactory pro-if”?
1 stated that h r was not pe mailt. d to bring the subject of the
case of discipline h- fore the Board—that the Boa : rest «ed to
hear him. He denies lias—says he “withdrew liii applica
tion, and that at th ,; n the
Board, who assurml him at the time he withdrew e that if he
insisted upon ir, they believed the Board w ould grant the re
quest.” The following is the record of the Board of Trus
tees on this subject. “Mr laid before the Board a
letter from Professor Olin asking permission to explain his
conduct in relation to the dismission of a student—in regard
to which, Mr. offered 'he following re -Mm, m whi.h
was adopted ;to wit; A communication from Pro; -is »r CM.
requesting that he may he permitted to make a step mom b -
fore the Board of Trustees in relation to the case of a student
s who has been dismissed by die Fa; dry ; and th> re being no
• charge before tlr Board against the Prof'ssor in relation i
t* re to, be it Resolved, That it is not expedient that any in
t vestigaiion should be tn .de by th" Board in relation to the
f subject aforesaid ; or tha- my slaUwnt should /■< :naJ, & the
Board upon the subject." Dr. Olin will here 1 arn what d- -
|cision the Board mads besides as to jurisdiction—and the pah- j
flic will probably be able to decide wh ther according to my
assertion the Board did refuse to hi ar him !! i hope here is j
“ satisfactory proof,” dhd that I have spoken “ dearly and i
specifically.” It is utterly astonishing to me that Dr. Olin
can make such statements as th-se !! 1 can account for it
upon no other print!ole, than that h *> supposed my pati >noe ns :
well as that of the public was exhausted, and that his state- -
ments would therefor" remain unci ntraiiicted ’!
In my letter to Mr. Guieu of 2 ! of Fe . nary. I observe!,
“between Dr. Oiin and myself, I had always believed the
most cordial friendship subsisted, and icve to rny recollec
tion, on? instance, and that a men ini rpretation of I
the laws, was th are a difference of s >ntim nLs on any subject |
connected with t'< institution. ’’ ' .uy r- po to u;u Jmie
I observed, that “ I decidedly disapproved ■ his conduct res
preting the young man.” Jn tli form rof tb • statements,
says Dr. Olin, “ in t sw compreh wive and unambiguous as
any that could b chosen from an English ;li on;- y. ;e 1.
ly contradicts h nsvh’, and goes much forthar to dear me
font ah nnfavoi imputations, than th- signers .of th m u
daciotW certifies. Anri again, “it wo ;id seem that Dr. ’
Church has her pr-;v fully commiiml him . If wi'U regard
to my depot intent a> m officer .*f Culleg* ! Is a min more
worthy to be b-i or In ■ I Redly Dr.
Church ought not to cv m* ■ hims-If in such forlorn enterpri
ses.” It must be obsert - ■ ' whole subject grewot
of the dismission of a young man—that the dismission was
founded upon a laws;
and that a part of tii- Faculty befit ved this law did not author
ize the dismission for thaoffence. ’ was >ne who thus be
lieved. and this was th'* pout irmm • oh Dr Oiiu and my
self differed. hi my letter of February, I said there was bat
one subject concerning which had differed in sentiment—
in June I said, concerning : that I
Dr. Olin’s Conduct. The public will not expect me to under
stand th? English language tr-cns Imm not writ a 1 n- r with
out using “vtilga-. and insolent, and abusive” ep theta; but still
1 must confess if there b- any flat contra diction, between the
two assertions, “ it requires the practised eye of Dr. Olin to *
detect it.” And this 1 confess is th" first time I ever hea-d
that, because a man does not quarrel with his neighbour, ii
nVcrssarily approves of his who!.'conduct. If my assertion
that we were on terms of friendship, irnpli -s on my part a de
claration that he had u by and faithfully tiischarg, d ail his du
ties as an oflh rr of ( <»il< g , i w ill confess that I do not un
derstand tbs nature of Dr. Olin’s moral thermometer, end T
apprehend n- one but n genuine gradual • of St r
would be ahl to understand it. And since iam on th. sn’i
ject of language, I will simply observe, that, so fir as reaped*
the classical quotation “to quoqne Brute”, with which h i
says I heightened my picture, h- has given me credit for a ■
refinement and occur:.ey of taste, to which Jam not entitled i
Had I attempt d “ i.i Hying on my colours” to heighten the j
picture, I she iB m all probability hav . >.l tbs “vulgar’
expression “ ».t tn Brut".” I will ai ■.< owledge that n ,
my published copy rtl that very vulgar i which T wn :
him, I used Jtvar Sir. instead of Rererrnii fir, and would say ■
it was wholly a mistake, were I not con • ; . s t it the altera- j
tion is so important, I should not pro a ,-iy he believed.
Again, Dr. Olin assures the public “ ti at the correctness of i
his statementvhave not oeen questioned. F- r'-a. sitisti at j
very important one “ that in; was twice opjvc d by Presl. - - j
terians.” And as he clearly intim ites th . J have been ■ on- 1
yictedof falsehood in thi;. matter, 1 will refer toil again
His statement, as in the cas»of' .is appli: at* n to be heard by )
the Board is quite minute. He says co 1 ruing these ehc-!
tions,) “as pet ha pi aha yi icct -
repeatedly told the number of votes given lor each cand* te,
who voted for them and who for in -1 did no' and d -not ;
doubt the truth of what was told me on the subject.” To any ;
one acquaint- ’ “ th th - moil? of conducting the election.- of j
the Board, this statement will car-y s own refutation. It |
will not need to he “ questioned.” Tl.e Board el 1 1 by bal-1
lot, and where the choice is not unanimous, it i.- impossible for !
any one to know for whom the m others vot". Then- is
such a thing as tricing too much, pr-ms. Mr. Hopkins, howev
er, did not oppose ?.'•. Olin, and it was publicly stated by Mr. |
Hopkins's req -esf, in the Board, that he did not wish to op-i
pose Mr. Odn. And as to Judge Craw -d if he did da;. to
vote for any othf r man than Mr OJi.i be will doubtless re
ceive his reward for so traitorous an act! ’
Dr. Olin says, “as an instance of my proneness to exagge-;
rate, I stated that during the last an r mtfafl his •’
j of service, a; did not enter the C ;1- g.- though he received ,
full pay. The truth is, toys Dr. Olin, ! performed ftillser-j
vice to the 20th of July, and resign dm v otfic* and of --ourse
my pay, early in November ; making foil more than three
and a half months. This vsjtenwps not more time than Dr.
Church employed during my f rst term service, in a tour of
pleasure through the northern Stat. t, receiving and I belieoe
in advance uis full pay.” 1 would r ftr to ah ive extract,
as an instance, not only of Dr Olin’s pronen. -to uapge.
rate,’ 1 but also to jEsnsTicATE, and to missta‘<. If .... , it .
tends ary thing by asserting that he resigned his pay, it is
evidently that he did not rcceiv it—that hi receivi d nis sa
lary for onh three and a half m vhs— Br. t tntrh is he
received e sat ry for sue months and ten days ; a longer iime
: I had stated —and w hich star- c> -ni of mine. *- “ ui evidence
of my proneners to exaggerate ” Perhaps Iu -nay ■ot allow
this state tn- tit of his to be an exaggeration, a- it is an attempt
to diminish a sum v.’aii i. '■ poss-biy aep ns ! i I’.ut v. heiiier
it be so consider.xl “txaggi radon or a.i unution, it will, lapprei
r bend, b msidered no bad specimen ot icilijA
t “but th.s, says h a , ivas fERHirs cot mote lime than w*»
i spent by Dr. Church in a tour of pleas.ire through ! : north*-
1 era states, receiving and 1 believe in « ivaiica bis full pay.**!
' 1 v :S h Dr. Olin had been kind enough ♦* inform it. publid
■ ni.it)> recitations he li -art* u-r in-, in ’ lu>w much extm :
e :-'r'.ic.'b> performed on my-account! 1 was absent from
I College duties bin litiD more tnan six wnfos, anil that by *-!-■
■* J P permission at ;ir lloa:u of Tic -s, to \ bit h sick and
- j aged parent 1 h a«l my several cla- - * that ye- r in all their
! " a ’ ’’’ v ” ’ - ' by an officer h-twing u reej.
e taik>n for m.or an extra r» citation on my account. 1 made
d[ uh tli:- other officers to permit me, by hear
cci itions b- ■ f i-ft, to advance mv
y t I ‘ av ' s -“ r, - i ' r ‘ha ■ v'■'•uu! in the studies of rny department;
i. j im nmy return] . ;.. more than my usual service to
d , p r,.,! m. \\ hether 1 m ivM a rdary in advance, may ba
a ! . "arned by the foQowii g note from the 'lVcasurcr—
d “ 1 hat ■no - -collection t , ;lt Dr. Church < ver received at:r
a ! try b. fore it became dm. uni. s- for the fall term, after'
c-: .-•of (. allege w ere closed.:*-! h.n furnished no infor
* I hi subject vviiatavir, no kave 1 ever heard of h
° ? - ASBERA I!UU 1
n . l,f - UUn sa ’ v “ h? b<lif>vp s I received 1 my salary in ndl
1 vailCf - He hid not th > slightest grounds for anvsmh be
j _and that cause in■ -t sun ly m•• ’ the to which n’-. ds
, ;rf ci.y . ratu.tcus assertions, and those too upon subjects so- I
•i ' ,t,tuL (>n th * -object of money transactions I apprehend
. j Dr. Olin lias no laurels to win on the field of controversy.
. ; And I could use his own kngnuge and say, “the mast
- 1 «•'- c«n be roused to resistmee, wh, n forbearance >a found
, to increase th- arrogance and activity of the iiyturr.”
r j !it ' 1 bave no progress in cl oring up the ibllo-.v- -
.
. Ist. ‘ T’l the first number of the Friends of Truth, Dr
Church by such insinuations as were easily and generally
, understood, imputed the authorship of the Fri. nds of Equal
Bights tune.” He subsequently attempted to persuade tho
j public that I was the informant and instigator of tho plot,
j yet he d dared in his letter to me of the 4th of February'
that li° lid not believe these accusations true ! ! “ jl !Uj |) r
, Min forgotten the contents of this “ vulgar” la’i rof the 4th
■ | February .ordos li - think the people of Georgia quite
j b.-rMt of memory and common sense”? •• Truly his feelings
ry him into painful extremes”! ! Did I say in my letter of
tie- 4th ol February, that I did not believe these accusations I
0 did I there say “ lam niuctantli constrained to change
my opinion, as 1 have lb * most positive evidence that yon
ve taken no little pains to convince nil w ithin the sphere
of your influence, that th° charges made against me and
ome of ray friends a*e true”? Would not a “ Secretary"
even useful to Dr. Olin ? If he ran thus di •Ty contra
dict public records not a y -ar old and !■ iters not three months
tnce published ! ! Does Dr. Olin • i ■- the public hove
forgotten that in his first attack ape me . bring- forward a
number of this sam * uinyraous pnhhcation as justifying an
act which he had done before its publication? Is there in
ray reply to him no cl wing up of this suhj -t ? No involv
ing him ii> the absurdity of making that which did not exist,
tic cause of that which did ? And did I not there shev that
Dr. Olin’s assertion of the aufhoiship of the Friends of Truth,
v.-i wholly gratuitous ? tlutt he had once ns positively charg
' ed the authorship of Justice loan individual who was net
f even in the Slate w hen it was written ? And did I not in my
r ply to him clearly show that this first number of Friend*
of 7 ruth, dors not contain the slightest allu don to him as
' the author of Equal Eights ?
*’ 2d. Dr. Church in his published letter of F< hi nn-y 22d
, imput'-s the most unworthy designs to me—he has given nr.d
j ny reasons fur publishing his letter, hut no’ie for imputing
' corrupt motives to me.” If I have made no >• orress in clear
; iog up this subject. 1 imagine it is because it is so plain that it
cannot be made plainer. If 1 have git n no r ason for im
pi.Ting corrupt motives to him in that letter, it is because I
n. ver imputid them. There is not in th- left the slightest
imputation of unworthy motives t«£|)r. Olin. it was intend
! cd for no otlmr pnrpos° than to remove a very improper im
j precision which had been made by a publication of Dr. Olin's
' friends. That impression could not be removed without
| showing that 1 was not and never had been unfriend! vto him
| The only remaining subject to w hich 1 shall now allude is.
my assertion that f. made in the (bnfereur.e itnitimdly al
| h*.ns to Franklin ( -ll°ge, and nis denial of having roads
such alinsions. It was reponed in ties town that such alltt
sioi - wer** made by Dr. Olin. This information came from
a Methodist Minister, who was in lim Conference and heard
the remarks of Dr. Olin Pie mentioned th’se allusions of
j Dr. Oiin to different individuals in this place, and did it w ith
out re-erve. And ».e stated that it was not the impression of
1 his mind alone that allusions had been made to Franklin Col
leg-, but that others understood the remark-* in the sam° tnan
r. which he had. i then saw* no reason, and 1 sec none now,
why this disinterested individual should have voluntarily
made such assertions, if they were not true. He co ' 1 not
iav been mis:ek' it as to his men impressions —and I should
suppose it very improbable that !; ■ could have mistaken tho
;- impressions of his brother minister, who in answer to Dr.
O; n inquired v\ here some of th° j'oang ministers of the Con
f-rence had b*en ' ducat d, and whs th -ir s •. finmms had not
••or-n perverted 1 did not hear this minister make th s re
narks, but h ard from others that he had made li.em. and up
on application to a g ntleman who conversed vv■;h him, ,
have received th-* following note, which 1 am at liberty to
publish, and the name of the writer is with Mr. Guif a. and
wiii be made known to any of Dr. Olin’s friends, who may
des e it. His friends, however, in this place, all know that
.” 1- rgyman niluued to, did not hesitut-. wh n ii-*re to state
his views.
AUGUST 15, 1834
“ Dear Sir , —hi compliance with your request, I state tfie
Bowing r ! itive to the information had of Mr. Olin’s as
s. i*tions in the Conference in Washington. It had been, n» is
well kn.'.vn, declared openly and in all companies (when Mr.
! Olin was tb- topic of conversation) by a gentleman of high
i standing in onr community, that he had been informed Lv a
Methodist ’ ’buster, that Mr. Olin was opposed to this Insti
tution, and had so expressed hints- If in the Conference. li
so happened th;.: a f-w weeks before your reply to Mr. Olin
was published, I foil in company with the Methodist Minis
* r above alh ieil t«> —1 had known him from childhood, and
was alw.- .s intimate with him.—ilc is a gentleman who
sian ti. the society where he reside*, respected by all
who kiiovv ha;. 1; -staii-d tome tin t Mr. Olin, when advo-
I eating the interests of Randolph M ■ -on Coll ge, and assert
| ing its claims to the patronage and fit ring care of the de
‘ nomination, said that tin- Methodists ne ded some institution
| of the kind, where the principles of their young men couM
j hi preserved pure, that neither tii Baptists nor Methodist*
; could send their sons to existing «- mmaries without thoso
principl°s b-. ing per. rt d.—l inquired of him it Air. Oiin
; named-this Institution. Ilia answer was that he did not, but
i that ev ry one present knew which Institution he meant—
I and that in the answers made to his speech, the qu-stions
( put to the Conference marked this thoroughly— that u was
I particularly demanded in answer, v iere had George Pierre.
Archibatn Mttch-1, B. Pope and o'hers, (decidedly th-.- u* «
j promising young ministers in the Church l been educated J'
That they had rec-ived all their instruction at Franklin Col
lege, and whence cem<- it that th-ir principles had not be. n
( perverted ? That to these qiiestion- no answers had beO
man and no disclaim r giv-n ■ if - observations Imv
ing b -en applied or intended to h applied to this Instil nion—
that there was in short not the srn ii t doubt in his miiu
: and in that of other m.-mbera of the Conference with whoi
1 he conversed, that Franklin College was the one u min.
; which they Wi-re designetl to act. Tins conversation %v
--not a font .m -i ii one, an-, was m tim jirerencc of friendt.”
!
I suppose the abovewill besußie: it i, show that wh t
ever ma> m .he - :<■ ■ -"one* ruing this tn c! t, I urn not j* r i
of slanderin; Dr. Oli-i—that I 5 «] a right to mention what
had been publicly d* ; .red by a Mfoi.p - who was in the
Conference. Dr Olin's friends know perfectly well who
this Minister is and w hat he her said. But Dr. din mv*
“he baa been assured that I knew Bishop Andrew had > r
t similar dec! I in Athens t
a, -.- uieC< -iter nee,) Ut the one p'u ju.o -d by I>r. Olin, sn
P (x>; Mia; ie made co allusion in the Conference to Frank
lin College In a ; rival - conversation with one, and but ms,
i?‘dividual, I was told that Bh ■.■ so w bad said Fmtik
lin Coileg.- was nit named bv Dr Oiin in the C. fertile *.
I was for a short time imposed up >. by the d -Haraii h
wh-n*l tmderstood that tho jh the n m was not usrd. tiv-rr*
were slip - uch allusions as r<- !»e tje-trly luiderstood, ‘ run- j
eluded that it might b< a part of die *m** system, which haa
frau ed the very ingenious certifical- wluchso triumpham.lr I
vindicated Dr. Olin's conduct in i.u- case of discipline 11 J
How Dr. Olin was so soon matte acquainted with a private ig
conversation 1 know not. I hops he and his friends use no ll
such abominable instruments as “ spies” 11 “There is a pre- ■
judree against them.” Dr. Oiin says, th;- is not the first ■
time 1 Itave attempted “to excitejeaion«y and prtjndic-e against H
discussions alleged to have been ent- rtained by the «.«-cr(n« ■
Conference." ■
1 have n.-ver d'-sired nor attempted to injure th Methodist
“Church. J have yipxpt called ir, the ri^r*
Church, u a grasping and esclwivc sect ” r hav^