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>M>>rrr —my JJ» r~r* ~z^rrr~. : THE CONSTITUTOMALIST. ELHTUD i'Y p. c. onni T 4i n. m. Goodman. ~Hr TER\li>~- TRI-WEEKLY I’ VPEU, sj p r annum, ia swhaiK-'-.niMj if not punctual ly pai l in advance *6— WEEKLY , tconuuning twenty-iuion*.. per annum, and Hum in< rites’, vl»: Tn-V, ' k!r advertisements. first in »<-ruon, per square, 75 cents; each insertion after wards *43J cent**. Weekly advertisements, 75 cents for eai h square 5 . Monthly advertisements SI per s(iuare. All advertisement* not marked will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. 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(Election on the fret Monde;/ in October.} Ist District —CHARLES SPALDING, 2J “ SEABORN JONES, 3d “ A. 11. CHAPPELL, 4 t h “ H. A. HARALSON, sth “ JOHN 11. LUMPKIN. Cth “ HOWELL COBB, 7th ** ABSALOM JANES, Bth “ E. J. BLACK. FOR ELECTORS. (Election on the first Monday in A ovemner, hy gen eral ticket. J FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES K. POLK, of Tennessee. VICE PRESIDENT. GEORGE M. DALLAS, of Pennsylvania. CHARLES J. McDOXALD, of Cobh, ALFRED IVERSON, of .Muscogee., ROBERT M. CH ARLTON, of Chatham. , BARZILLAI GRAVES, of Randolph, GEORGE W. TOWNS, of Talbot, \V. F. SAM FORD, of Meriwether, CHARLES MURPHY, of Casa, W. B. WOFFORD, of Habersham, IF. V. JOHNSON, of Baldwin. ELI 11. BAXTER, of Hancock. JjTA meeting of the friends of President Tyler was held at Philadelphia on the 26ih August, at which meeting, among others, the following resolutions were adopted; Resolved, That we will support POLK and DALLAS as we know them to be well- I tiie 1 democrats as live incur land. The one . was eminently distinguished as the Speaker of the House ol Representatives ol the Uni- I ted States, and the other was the eloquent | Representative of Pennsylvania in the Senate i of the Union. Resolved, That as President Tyler has de clined being a candidate for the Presidency, that we can look no where lor a better sup porter of Mr. Tyler's views and wishes than the Hon. James K. Polk, and therefore pledge ourselves to enter among his friends and tight under his flag, so confident that Voung 11k k orv in ’44, will be as successful as Oi.d Hick ory in '2B and ‘32. Resolved. That the democratic friends of President Tyler assembled this evening, ap prove of the sound and patriotic course adopt ed by the democratic papers of the country, led on by Mr. Ritchie and others, to bring about a hearty union in the great Republican family of the Tinted States. Resolved, That we highly approve of the sentiments contained in the late letter of Pre sident Tyler, particularly those expressing his ' determination to exert all his power to secure the rights of Texas inviolate—and to bring : about its re-annexation to the Union—and we pledge ourselves to sustain the Executive in the exercise of all constitutional measures for preservation of our sister Republic against the assaults of Mexico urged on by any foreign power. Resolved, That we protest against the ex cicise of Foreign inducnc: by me monarchs of the old world, in our treating for the re-an- . negation of a territory that formerly belonged ■ to us, and is now peopled and governed in a great measure by natives of the United States. Resolved, That v.c are the fearless advo cates of the re-annexation of Texas,and that we believe that the great manufacturing in terests of the North as well as the domestic institutions of the South loudly call upon us to re-annex Texas to the Union. CT\Ve received yesterday morning the fol lowing extra from the office of the Madison Miscellany: Mndison, Sundtfu. Srpt. 1.1844. COURT HOUSE BURNED! About three o’clock this morning we were aroused from our slumbers by the unusual and appalling cry of Fire! which, upon reach ing the street, we discovered to proceed from that beautiful edilice—the pride and orna ment of our t iwn—the Court House. Such was the progress of the lire by the time the alarm was given, that u’l hope of saving the building had been abandoned. The build ing was entirely consumed; but, we are hap py to add, the books and papers of each of the several officers of the county all saved, (al though in a very disordered condition,) with the exception, as we learn, of a few private papers, the property of the Clerk of the Supe rior Court. The active exertions of our citi zens prevented a more extensive spread of the conflagration—no other building was in jured, notwithstanding;!!! those on the north east side ot the Square were in imminent peril. Loss, about Sor SIO,OOO. It is supposed that the lire originated in a heap of saw-dust which had been raked up in a corner of the Court room, up stairs, while cleaning out the room for the of the Supe rior Court, (which was to have assembled to morrow morning.) from a lighted cigarthrown thoughtlessly amongst it by some person who attended the meeting of the Clay Club on the evening previous. We are gratified to learn that it is the wish 1 of some of our fellow-citizens that the Court House should be re-built by voluntary indi vidual contribution. We hope this may be done, and in order to farther the object, we respectfifliy invite all who feel disposed to aid in this laudable enterprise, to make known their willingness. Judge Cone, who arrived in town soon after the alarm was given, thinks he will be una ble, in consequence of the confused state of the papers, to convene the Court before the 1 second Monday in October next. Os this, ! however, n< tio* will be hereafter given. fFr t the Ri' mnnd Enquirer.] IS MR. ( LAV WORTHY OF THE CONFI DENT E OF THE .SOUTH* Are E. • - :ks (i. the South stone blind ? What shall we say of a party, one of whose • leading organs, the “Tropic,” ol New Orleans, | describes D. Webster's speech at Springfield, 1 as “■able, eloquent and convincing!'. Yet it was this speech, which was made expressly for the purpose of coni incing the “third party,” j as he calls them, (viz. the Abolitionists.) to thni«t Birney aside, and concentrate their votes upon H. Clay—a coalition between the Clay party of the North and the Abolitionists, which, one would think, was calculated to open the eyes of the Southern Wings. Os all candidates who Could be started, Mr. Clay has the least claim to the voles of the .South ern people. See! 1. He rejoiced in IS 10, that they (the Whigs.) would no longer be “embarrassed by tie: yttculiar opinions’ I '' of Virginia: that is, the principles which would confine the Federal ! Government to its limited and specified con stitutional powers. The consequence is, that ; he is for stretching the powers of the Govern- j ment. so as to create a series of factitious in terests, which operate in favor of the North ern section againslthe biouth. Thus— 2. He would establish a Xa'ional Hunk in the North which, like the lever of Archimedes, | would move and regulate at its pleasure the whole market of the South. 3. He is in favor of a high Protective Ta riff, which burthens the South for the bene- : fit of the North—which oppresses the great farming interest of the country, now stinted ! in the price of the productions, and receiving , only 3 or 1 per cent, on its invested capital— | and enables the comparatively small number of , manufacturing monopolists to sell their pro ductions at a high rate, and thus divide 20 to 30 per cent, upon their capital—a Tariff, too, , which, taking advantage of the minimum ! principle and special duties, taxes the poorer 1 classes of the community much higher in | proportion than the rich. 4. Mr. Clay has abolished the remedy and denied the relief, which lie himself solemnly pledged to extend to the South, by his compro mise Act of’33. Ho pledged himself at the ; time of its passage to carry it out; and by an ticipation denounced as unworthy of the con- : fidence of any American statesman, any man | i who should attempt to violate it. In 10, ho j again pledged himself to the execution ot the Compromise Act. And even as late as Jan uary last, he publicly proclaimed to the peo ple ofCharlestou, timt “influenced by a desire to avert the coming danger, and anxious to perpetuate the I nion, and give peace to a distracted country, I brought forward the ; Compromise Act, and aided in its passage.— In my subsequent life, I adhered to its pro visions, AND SHALL DO SO IN FUTURE.” And now, faithless to his promises, he stands pledged by his letter of the 26th June last,to ! Frederick J. Cope of Pittsburg, to support the j Tariff of ’42, which he says “operated most beneficially, and that 1 am utterly opposed to its repeal.” —This Tariff, which Mr. Rives ; declared in August, 18 12, prostrates the Com : promise Act, and is worse than the Tariff, j of 1828—and which Andrew Stewart, of i Pennsylvania, commends, because it runs up i the rates of duties to forty, fifty, sixty, and, indeed,a higherrate upon a variety of article-; j and which Wills Greene, member ol'Congress, the accredited emissary at Washington, of the Clay Party, substantially declared the other day, in the neighborhood of Washing ton, to be contrary to the whole spirit ot the Compromise Act, and rebuked Mr. Polk with tiie design of restoring loan oppressed and suffering South the benefits ot the Compro mise principle, so solemnly and so repeatedly plighted by Henry Clay. 6. Henry Clay is urging upon the country the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands—the handmaid and the ally of a Protec tive Tariff-—because, as you deprive the Uni ted Slates of its land money, it must be suppli ed by duties on imported goods. ! (J. He is in favor of a virtual abolition of the Veto Power—which has never been ex | erted, except to save the Constitution itseli— and which might hereafter be interposed as the shield of JSouthern rights against the Ab olitionists. 8. H. Clay has resisted the re-annexation of Texas, contrary to his own declarations in 1820, and in the face of the exertions which he made in ’25 and '2B to recover Texas. He now places the recovery of this beautiful 1 country upon such conditions, as according to ! 4slade and Webster, will forever shut the door to its admission into the Union-upon the con ! sent of .Mexico, which we are not bound to ask—upon the obligation of the faith of Trea ties, which has no existence—upon the fear oi incurring a war with Mexico, and perhaps with Great Britain, which is visionary in it self. and which apprehension, in his better | and palmier days in 1810, he rebuked with all the spirit of an American patriot—and finally, upo.n tiie preliminary consent of a considera ble and respectable portion of the coafedera- I cy. which .Mr. Clay knew, at thetime of com posing his letter, could never be obtained. 8. 'To complete the climax of Clay’s direct and indirect transgressions against the injured ! South, his party in the north and northwest, are now wooing the support of the abolition ists, and seeking a coalition with that pesti lent clique. He cannot be elected without their votes —and the South will owe his ele vation to the support of the only real Disun- . ionists in the Union. His letter has done the i mischief. His declarations against Texas : are quoted by Webster and Slade, and Seward, and Reed, as the strongest arguments for claiming the abolition votes. In this predic ament stand IJ. Clay and his party in the south —that if successful, he will owe his “bad em inence” to a shameless co-operation between his northern followers and the pests of the south. The votes will be purchased by sacri ficing Texas to their fanaticism —and the south will pay dearly enough for his election, by having some new and partial restrictions thrown around her civil institutions. W hat next will they demand as the price of their votes. Oregon will be laid opputothe tree Northern States, under the influence of his Missouri Compromise. The vast region which extends from the Mississippi to the Pa cific, because it lies north of his celebrated 38th degree of latitude, will be appropriated totheir exclusive benefit —whilst unfortunate, yet beautiful Texas, because it South ot the 36th degree, must be denied to the South- i ° ern Mates. 1? it not wonderful, that with these broad and flagrant facts staring them in the face, anv liberal and enlightened Whig, who lives South of Mason and Dixon’s line, should de vote himself, like a Disciple of Mahomet, to the fortunes of such a leader? Place him by such means, with such principles, in the Ex ecutive Chair—a man, whose imperious tem per, and arbitrary will, so well constitutes ! him the Dictator of the Republic—invest him with the immense power and patronage of 1 the Executive Department—with such a : t •‘Senate at his heels”—with so desperate and reckless a party to support him. greedy ot office, and voracious of the “spoils,” as they : proved themselves to be in 18 11, during the 1 one month's fitful Administration of Gen. ; , Harrison—and what is this free people to ex pect? W hat excesses are they not to antici pate-? What restrictions in the Constitution will be respected? What may not the suffer ing South further apprehend? There will be ; a general sweep of office. It will not be con- | fined to the Federal Government. It will ex- j tend to the State Offices of Virginia, and pos sibly to the municipal officers in our cities. If, notwithstanding, they went into power in ! IS4I, with the profession of' “Proscription ; proscribed" upon their lips—and, vet, in a * tew weeks. Postmaster General Granger turned out 1,600 Postmasters, and openly de ; dared, in the House of Representatives,’that he would have decapitated 2,000 more— what are we to expect from a party which professes to disregard all such scruples at j this time! We know, as was staled in the | Shockoe Association on Wed nesday night | that the fiery sword has already been threat j ened to be drawn, in case of* Henry Clay’s election—and that A and B, by name, incur State Government, and certain Officers in our own City, were marked out upon the tablet of Proscription, as intended victims to the re sentment or lust of office of the Whigs. AUGUSTA” GEO, 1 ! : i TUESDAY MORNING. 6CBT. 3, 1544. O’As the Lincoln County Barbacue comes on the 19th of September, the democracy of Scriven county have changed the time at | which theirs will be given. Instead of the 20lh of this month, as advertised, the Scriven 1 I County Barbacue will be given on the 4th : Saturday of this month, being the 28th. O’lf the prospect before us, for a com- | plete triumph of the democratic party, was j not so flattering as it really is, we would not ; be so secure of a favorable termination of the I crisis under which the country is labouring j at the present time. If we had the least j doubt of the success of our party, we would | feel the greatest alarm for the pence of the j i country, the maintenance of public liberty, I - _ j | and the inviolability of our public institutions, i , If we had not that confidence in the success j ! of our party, are there not circumstances to | : create alarm and dismay, which are now dc- | ; veloping themselves ? If we look around us, i | what do we behold ? Men sacrificing their 1 long cherished principles, and the vital inter- | ests of the country, for the exclusive pnr- ! pose of placing one man in the presidential ' : chair. Men associating themselves with the foes of our southern institutions, for the ac i complishmenl of that object, without calcu lating the consequences. Men supporting I doctrines which they once repudiated, and ■ which, if firmly established, must destroy the ! remains of our wealth and means of pros perity. These reasons are sufficient to cre ate alarm and dread for the future, had we not the confidence that the majority of the people of Georgia will render harmless the 1 exertions and eOorts of the federal whigs to acquire the political power of the State, and to aid their northern confederates. We will call the attention of the people of Georgia to the doctrines advocated by the whies of Georgia, and request them to com- O o 71 pare the condition of the State some years ago with the condition in which it is at the present time. The very men who now snp | port a protective tariff’ in ail their speeches, were some years ago so hostile to any thing like protection, that their cry was, “Free Trade or Secession.” When they were so much opposed to a protective tariff, what was j ; the condition of the country ? Georgia was I ; then prosperous; negro and landed property ' I was high; our great staple was worth from j i twelve to fifteen cents, and fora short time it j advanced to eighteen cents. And yet the i cry was, we are ruined by the tariff; it must i { be abolished, or we will resist it by force of arms. Now the same men who were for re- I sistirm- the tariff even to disunion, are for the I c protection of the manufacturers, when our j state is in a deplorable condition; when negro | and lauded property is almost valueless; and when our great staple brings but five to six ; cents! In 1832 we could better support the extortions of a protective tariff than we can I now stand the oppressive exactions of the i ; same system of plunder. We were then able I to stand it; but now, ruined as we arc. it will ; I ultimately grind us to the dust. Those very men. whose cry was “resistance J * to disunion,” are now charging a certain por tion of the democratic party with designs i inimical to that union which they once at- ; tempted to rend asunder on account of the | i tariff. Those men are associated with a party | who, during the last war with England, de precated the victories obtained by our arms; j endeavored to paralyze the arm of the general government in its efforts to bring that war to I a glorious issue; and resisted the laws and withheld the means for supplying our soldiers j and sailors with food, arms,- and ammunition, i The southern whigs are now associated with the federalists of IS 14; and they have the I boldness to charge with hostility to the union j those who shed their blood and gave up their fortunes for the maintenance of our rights, and for repelling the enemy from our shores. When treason was working the destruction ■ of our armies and navy, in one portion of the country, in another the people by their legis latures, were placing means for carrying on the war at the disposal of the general govern- j ment. The southern whigs are charging the democrats of South Carolina with designs i hostile to the union, while those southern whigs are associated with Hartford Conven tionists. When the Hartford Convention was plotting treason, the legislature of South Ca- ; rolina were appropriating two hundred and ; i sixty thousand dollars in aid to the general ; government. Who were then the patriots? | | And who suffered more by the war? The i south or the north? Did the south repine? — HlfciVf l sawa—e———— If to-morrow the country was assailed, inva ded, who would with more alacrioy shoulder ids musket and meet the foe? And yet the a<s »daM.« of the northern federalists dare to charge with treason the very men who have given so many proofs of patriotism and devo ted courage, in the field and in their Supplies of means to carry on the war with our in veterate enemies. We have confidence in the good sense and intelligence of the people of Georgia. If we had not that confidence, we would despair ot the republic. This confidence gives us hope for the future: it assures us of the integrity of the constitution, the preservation of the union, and the maintenance of our public in stitutions. It assures us of a continuance of peace between the various sections of the country, and of brotherly love among the peo ple of the states composing this vast republic. The success of the democratic party at the next elections will be a new era in American history, which will place our union on such foundation that no attack of its enemies can hereafter shake or dissolve it. We had written these remarks when we received the proceedings of a large whig | meeting at Albany, New York, on the 27th August. Mr. Webster was there, and deliv ered a long speech; Mr. Berrien was there, and delivered a long speech; and Mr. Gran ger, the abolitionist, was there, and delivered a speech immediately after Mr. Berrien. Mr. Webster confined himself in his address al most exclusively to the tariff and protection. But what can we say of the speech of Mr. Berrien, the substance of which we found in . the Baltimore American? People of Georgia, j we call on you to compare the doctrines now j advanced by Mr. Berrien and his party, with i those he advanced some years ago. Who would j have propliecied that that gentleman, in 1844, , would be the most zealous advocate of the j anti-southern doctrine of protection ! What | does he now contend for? Air. Berrien said, ; in his speech at Albany, “The first argument which I will notice, in favor of the Tariff’, is i that it will supply a revenue sufficient for the want of the Government. In raising the rev i 3 ; enue I go for Protection, not incidental or ac j cidental, but on purpose to encourage some in j terests.” In speaking of free trade, Mr. Ber i rien says, “Free Trade is the crudestconcep j lion that ever disturbed the minds ofthe Ame i rican people.” Was that gentleman a mem ; berofthe celebrated Free Trade Convention ; that sit in Philadelphia? In the same speech : Mr. Berrien inveighs against the annexation I of Texas, and proclaims his adherence to Clay and Frelinghuysen. Is it the same Air. Berrien who voted in the Senate of the United States against the nomination by Pre sident Adams of Air. Clay as Secretary of State? It is the same man. When the vote was taken in the Senate on confirming the nomination by the President of Air. Clay, the yeas were 27, the nays 14; the nays were, Berrien of Georgia, Branch of North Caroli na, Cobb of Georgia, Eaton of Tennessee, Findlay of Pennsylvania, llayne of South Carolina, Holmes of Alississippi, Jackson of Tennessee, Mcllvain of New Jersey, Alacon of North Carolina, Marks of Pennsylvania, Tazewell of Virginia, Thomas of Illinois, and Williams of Mississippi. O’lf ike whigs had their mass meeting at Albany, New York, an overwhelming mass convention was held at Bound Brook, New Jersey, on Wednesday last, at which the New ! York papers say there were in the field, thirty ! thousand voters and three thousand ladies. [LTThe official returns of the elections in j Kentucky have been received, and they show i what follows: Owsley, whig, for Governor, 59,3 46 Butler, democrat, 54,752 Whig majority, 4.594 Whig majority in 1840, 25,873 Democratic gain, 21.279 o=The death of Commodore Dallas, on board the U. IS. Frigate Savannah, while ly ing at Callao, on the Pacific, is universally lamented. He was the elder brother of the present democratic candidate for the Vice Presidency. During the last war he was on board the frigate President, Com. Rogers, when in chase ofthe British frigate Belvidere, j Capt. Byron. The following anecdote, of a i remarkable character, and well authenticated j is related : “It will be borne in mind that the first | powder burned in the late war with England, i was burnt on board- the President frigate, Com. Rogers. At the commencement of the action on board the President frigate, a ball (an 18 lb. shot) from the Belv idere, came over the waist | cloths of tiie President, and such was the force of the ball that it actually cut off, with out throwing them down, the muzzles of sev j oral of the muskets (left there by the marines) i from 6 to 8 inches in length—killed one ma rine—tookotfthe wrist of one midshipman, i Air. Alontgomery—killed another, Mr. Buck, j together with the quarter gunner, and finally lodged on the deck, and was taken below by : the narrator of this and shown to tiie 3d lieu tenant, Air. Dallas, who took it in his hand and wrote on it with chalk—Cousin, I have received your present and will return it again —clapt it in the gun himself, and fired the piece: and it is a remarkable fact, that it ac tually killed several ofthe officers and men on board the Belvidere, and finally lodged in the cabin of that vessel; and was afterwards hung up in the Belvidere "s cabin as a globe during the war. A fact worth recording, as i it shows the coolness of American tars in bat tle, is, that at the time the shot cut off the j m uskets. a sailor at the wheel of the President exclaimed, “they are firing bright barrelled pistols at us’’—in reference to the pieces of muskets flying in every 7 direction over the deck.” WPMBroawng>iiAiM’ i n*w u 1 nw apmcjroa—eapra Mr. Philip D. V.'ooliiopter. will act as : my attorney and have the charge of my business ! durinsr mv absence from the state. aug 3U ISAAC MOUSE. JKr W. MILO OLIN, Attorney at Law, Consti tutionalist Rage, Augusta, Georgia, Practices in Richmond, Burke antT Warren counties, (deco [communicated ] | ' Mr. Editor,—One of your correspondents < has saved “Monitor” some trouble in giving < our opponents a full dose at once, by punhsh- • ing the Lexington Toasts. “Alonitoh, with many others of your readers, thunks him, tor such developments lead every one to enquire, what stability have such political leaders — I what confidence can be placed in such wcath- ■ ercocks? They are worse than the wind in their sniffings, fur that proverbially uncertain phenomenon rarely or ever chops suddenly ■ round to the very opposite point of tiie com- i pass. There are some of those toasts, how ever, that require a little more prominence. They do, it is true, in some measure stand out, like a dark mountain brow, frowning on the briglit sunshine, and chilling, by its cold shadow, the genial warmth ofthe vale below. But they require to be particularly indicated, as their owners are seeking high and respon sible offices from the people. Air. Jenkins, the ichig candidate for elector in this quarter ofthe State, gave the lollow -1 ing; “The Union: Formed to be valuable, why should its value not be calculated?” Simply, because its value is incalculable. Who can estimate it? The following was given by Air. Toombs, ! now the whig candidate for Congress in the j Blh District; i “The Tariff System; Whether it he consti- i : tutional or not, it violates the adhesive rights i i of southern freemen. If constitutional, let j j our oppressors rememuer, that when retain- j lion commences, constitutions end; and that j i the exactions of a British Parliament were met by the unsheathed swords of American \ Patriots.” “ Adhesive, rights of southern freemen!” j I Ahem! That must be the sticking-together i tendency. Ah! This is another slam at union i —the tariff destroys the disposition of south- : ern freemen to adhere to the union of these j States. Very well. Mr. Toombs. Oppression, j such as the tariff’ of 1832 imposed, (and that ; of 1842 is infinitely worse) the south will tell i the “oppressors” she will end by the un -1 sheathed sword, as did our fathers the unjust ; “exactions of a British Parliament "' —we will retoluiionlz this country and kick your con stitution to the devil! Weil now, that is talk ing to some purpose—we understand that.— But what are Air. Toombs' views now? Is not a protective tar if wow the suimnum bonunr, the chief good—the panacea of all political ; evils, —the very “gift of God,” as Col. Lump kin said of a certain Mr. Theodor el How I the country will flourish—is flourishing under it!—But have not manufactures of ail kinds risen to an average of 30 per cent, within the j year, and agricultural products fallen lower than they were ever known to be before?— Brown shirting advanced 25 to 37 per cent., and bleached do. 39, on last year’s prices, and i the farmer’s cotton, out of which they are made, expected to bring him 3 to 4 cts. per lb.! The very bagging in which he is to send it to market, 33 percent, abovelast year, and some of which Air. Clay, I learn, lias impudently offered in this city and Charleston, a>king for ) his jive cents per yard protection! Heaven give me patience to speak moderately on this subject! Cos. Dawson, and that old party drudge, | Judge Dougherty, both whig candidates for | electors, also figure in these toasts,and neith i ' er of them were drunk, for they drank cold ; water. This I regard as fortunate, for some* thing cooling was necessary to keep their swords in their scabbards, and their “resis j tance” within limits. “By Col. Win. C. Dawson: The friends of i the Tariff.—ln truth and in candor we tell | them now, our forbearance is ended —the ar ■ guments of conciliation and modification have ; been exhausted. Do you suppose Georgia will : submit! Rather think the spirit of ’76 never existed.” I “By Judge Dougherty; Resistance to op pression from any and every quarter, at any | and every hazard.” And these arc the men, who now not only i have the hardihood to advocate this “oppres sion” in the face of southern freemen, but, with “any and every hazard” in their mouths, dare to charge us with disunion! This union’s value, they say, may be calculated! That | which Washington pronounced beyond all I estimation—the basis of our liberties—the shield of our freedom—the citadel of our safe -13' —the very life-blood of our national exist ence. That may be calculated! ! Oh ! If the history of unprincipled parties shall have one page blacker than another, it will be that which shall be devoted to the hypocrisy and treason of the old “ State Rights ” partv of ! Georgia. This union is going to stand, is it?—with a protective tariff’ to destroy its “adhesive” qualities—a U. S. Bank to distribute its bloo ; dy exactions to rich capitalists and rnanufac- i luring nabobs, who alone can borrow from • such an institution—the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands to bribe the States and increase tariff oppression : —the assumption of state debts, its great aux- j iliary in corruption and fit adjunct of the same , great tariff scheme for public oppression and j plunder—tiie suppression of the 21st Rule, admitting anti-slavery petitions to discussion in Congress—the union of southern whigs C C with northern abolitionists to elect Henry Clay to the presidency, who has already con- 1 ceded the constitutional right of Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia— their united opposition to the annexation of | Texas, and the avowal by leading northern whigs of the cause of that opposition, its ten- I dene v to strengthen the south and perpetuate i its institution of domestic slavery—their co- ! operation with England in her designs on Texas and her determ inat;on to destroy slave ry “throughout the world” —this union xcill i last, will it? How long? You, who truly | love this union, as the legacy of your fathers, I as the palladium of your liberties, pause and : ; think!—Think for yourselves. Allow the dictation of »o leaders—least of all. those who blow hot and cold in alternate breaths. De cide these creat questions under the dictates of your own enlightened judgments—as, in short, 1 know you are disputed to do, but fur lingering party attachments. Save your country, as Ante'rican freemen, from its pres ent imminent danger, and then you may be long to what party you please. MONITOR. [COMMUNICATED.] INCONSISTENCY IN THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The charge of inconsistency is made on those Methodists who as conscientiously be long to the whig party as they do to the church 1 of their choice. And we have no other mo live in making the charge, than to induce them to examine their position more minute- Iv; for we believe most of them are honest jk enough to abandon it so soon as they find it to be wrong. The following are some of the * grounds of the supposed inconsistency : It is well known that nearly all who votetf against Bishop Andrew, in the late General Conference, were what was termed moderate anti-slavery men, or, as they were pleased to style themselves, “ conservatives .” As soon as these “conservatives” had degraded the worthy minister, for no other crime than that of marrying an equally worthy lady, who hap pened to be the owner of a few slaves, hun dreds of meetings were held throughout the south, which denounced the unjust and cruel i conduct of those who voted against Bishop i Andrew. Now, if all those Methodists who I thus strongly denounced the act of the Gener al Conference in the case alluded to, would : oppose with equal warmth all political aspi i rants who hold the same self-named “conser ! vaticeprinciple*," it would all be right enough. But for southern Methodists to denounce in ; such violent terms their own brethren of the ; north, for being anti-slavery men, and then ■ support such men at the south as contend for I the constitutional right in Congress to abolish ! slavery in the District of Columbia, and that | t: slavery is a great moral evil,' and as Mr.. j Clay calls it, a “foul stain on our naliorial 1 character ,” is. I think, inconsistent. It. is quite common for southern whig stump i orators, in vindicating the characters of Mr. | Clay and Mr. John Q. Adams, to contrast the I principles of the violent abolitionists of the j north with those of the pro-slavery men of the I south, representing both to he ultra; and ! that the Clay party are taking the middle | ground. Arc not these the principles con j tended for by those who voted against Bishop | Andrew? And if the southern Methodists : believe that those whig orators, who are ac commodating themselves to the principles of Mr. Clay, for the purpose of securing his elec tion, arc right, they certainly ought not to blame their northern brethren for carrying out the same principles. CONSANUS. flgr The Jh-mocratir. Association of Richmond county, will meet at the City Hall, on THIS EVENING, at half-past 7 o’clock, to receive the report of our delegation to the Macon .Mass Meet ing. We will be glad to meet with more of our ■ country friends than usual. By order of the I’ro sideni. G. A. INGRAHAM, Secretary. | sept 3 32 ] At the request of mam friends Mrs. Sabal has determined to resume, on the first of October, the duties of a Female Academy, in ugusta, oppo site the Cnitecl Slates Hotel. .Vo. 251, in the place of Mrs. Mof.se, who leaves this city for Charleston. The French and English Languages, Music, and Drawing, taught by competent teachers. Mrs. Sabal is also prepared to accommodate a few female boarders, who will find it to their ad vantage, as the French Language is exclusively spoken in the family. 31 august 17 1 SCR I YEN COUNTY FREE BARBACUE. A Free Barbacue will be given in Jacksonboro’, I on the 28th day of September next, to which all | persons arc invited. Every possible exertion will he made to procure j the following Democratic speakers, to wit: Hon. j E. J. Black. Eli H. Baxter, Esq., Hon. Walter T. Colquitt, Hon. A. H. Chappell, and Col. A. J. Lawson. Also, the following Whig speakers will be in vited: Rout. Toombs, Esq., C. J. Jenkins, Esq., i A. J. Miller, Esq.,F. S. Bartow, Esq., and Hon. ; J. M. Berrien. Should the whig speakers attend we promise thf m ! FREE and fair DISCUSSION. R. 11. SAXON, ■) n BARNETT NEWTON, | W. J. LAWTON, 3 JAMES VV. HOWIE. ~ JOHN B. 310 ULTRA, j S Jacksonboro’, August 27, 1844 [aug 31 i LINCOLN WHIG AND DEMOCRATIC BARBACUE. The Whigs and Democrats of Lincoln county have united in a free barbacue, to be given to their fellow-citizens at Lincolnton, on Thursday, 1 the 19th day of September next, at which time and place free, full and fair discussion of the political principles of the two parties will be had. We cordially invite our fellow-citizens, of both parties, of the adjoining counties, and also the neighboring Districts of South Carolina, to join ua on that occasion. Come one—<ome all—we shall give you good plain fare and enough, and gcod whig and demo cratic speeches. The ladies are especially invited to attend. BEN. B. MOORE, 3 - H. J. LANG, c E. LAMAR, | MICAJAII HENLEY, JL A. RAMSAY, £ ALEX’EIL FRAZIER.J ? Lincolnton, Ga., Aug. 15, 1844 pj a2Q To>il¥rc 7 ialT~ latest dates from Li VERPOOL,::::;:::;:::; AUG. 3 latest dates from HAVRE,:::;:::;::::::;;;::: aug. 1 AUGUSTA, SEPT. 3, 1844. Stuck of Cotton In Augusta and Hamburg, on the 1 ttinsi. 1844. 1843, In Augusta, 12,300 6,016 InUatuburr 5,1:8 1,385 Total Stock 17.493 7,401 Shipments ofiottoii From Align st amid Hamburg, to Savannah and Charles tuu, from Ist Sept. 1843, to Ist inst. 1844. 1843. From Ist to 31st Aug. To Savannah 2,314 3,227 To Charleston, by Rail Road 3,950 1,407 0,204 4,034 Shipped ,'rnm Ist Sept., to Ist Aug.. 176,780 1 88,318 Total shipmr nts, *, 1-3 '-44 J 92.982