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DEMOCRACY OF GEORGIA.
Tickets for Members of Congress and Electors
of President and Vice President completed.
CANDIDATES EOft CONGRESS.
(Election on the fieri Monday in Oitoljer.)
Ist District—CHAßLES SPALDING,
2d “ SEABORN JONES,
3d “ A. H. CHAPPELL,
4th “ 11. A. HARALSON.
sth “ JOHN H. LUMPKIN,
6th “ HOWELL COBB,
7th “ ABSALOM JANES,
6th ** E- J. BLACK.
FOR ELECTORS.
(Election on the first Monday in November, by gen
eral ticket.)
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES K. POLK, of Tennessee.
VICE PRESIDENT,
GEORGE M. DALLAS, of Pennsylvania.
CHARLES J. MCDONALD, of Cobb,
ALFRED IVERSON, of Muscogee,
ROBERT M. CHARLTON, of Chatham,
BARZILLAI GRAVES, of Randolph,
GEORGE W. TOWNS, of Talbot,
W. F. SAMFORD, of Meriwether,
CHARLES MURPHY, of Cass,
W. B. WOFFORD, of Habersham,
11. V. JOHNSON, of Baldwin,
ELI H. BAXTER, of Hancock.
O’ We thought the following items of fo
reign intelligence snfficiently interesting to
transfer them to our columns.
[From the Paris Journal ties Debates.]
“We have abstained until the present mo
ment, from referring to the negotiations re
sumed between France and Belgium on the
subject of commercial arrangements. The
succest at first appeared sufficiently proble
matical; but now that the two countries have
agreed upon the concession to be made on
either side, it may not be inopportune to say
a few words on the subject. On the side of
France there will be, if we are well informed,
a reduction in the import duty of from 50 to
BO per cent, on Belgian raw hides, marble,
and Hags, on hops, and on coal imported
through tne Belgian frontier. In return the
Belgian Government has agreed to modify
her tariff with regard to France. She had
determined to raise the duty on cotton manu
factured goods 40 or 50 per cent.; but it has
agreed to except from this regulation French
cottonades, and thus guarantee them an im
mense advantage over those of England.—
The Belgian Government has likewise agreed
to make a similar distinction between our
linen and woollen thread and cloth articles,
on which it may he recollected the Belgian
Government raised the duties nearly 25 per
cent., by a decree of the 13lh of July, 1843.
As it may be seen, the concessions which we
have agreed to make, such as the reduction of
duty on coal, are calculated to assist our prin
cipal manufactures This is a rational basis
fora commmercial treaty, and which we trust
will prepare the way for a more extensive con
vention. By reclaimingforour woollen cloths
a favorable tariff the Government has more
over made proof of a profound knowledge of
our first interests.”
We find the following very important ac
count in the Malta Times, and have reason to
believe it correct: —
“ Beyroot, July 10.—The Geyser brought
us news that Sir H. 1 lardinge had in three
days completed a treaty with Mehemet Ali,
that the English government guarantied to
himself as well as to his descendants, the
government of Egypt, and that no other pow
er should interfere with him. In return, Me
hemet Ali has treated that the English gov
ernment should do as they liked in the
country, and to protect all English subjects;
he consents, moreover, to allow troops to go
through Egypt whenever necessary. The
railroads from Cairo to Suez are to be com
menced without loss of time; and, in fact, the
Pacha has become a complete Englishman.”
[ From the London Times nf August 15.]
TEXAS ANNEXATION IN ENGLAND.
In spite of the non-ratification by the Sen
ate of the United States of the treaty which
was intended to annex Texas to the Union,
the circumstances attending that important i
though abortive negotiation have left a last- ■
ing impression on all the parties interested in i
the question. As far as the United Stales are i
concerned, the project of annexation took its j
origin, as we have frequently observed, in the j
electioneering intrigues of Mr. Tyler’s party, |
rather than in any serious apprehensions of I
foreign influence, or any profound system of I
national policy. In this respect the failure i
was complete; and in spite of the tricks of
Mr. Tyler, and the dying denunciations of i
General Jackson, there is little doubt that the j
candidate of the party most hostile to annex- !
ation will succeed to the Presidency at the
ensuing election. But the effects to which
we allude are those produced by the treaty,
even in its incomplete state, on the relations
of iexas itselt to Mexico, and to other coun
tries. The negotiation of that treaty proved I
to Mexico and to the world, that in asserting
her independence, Texas did not really aspire !
to the condition of a free state, but merely to
a dishonest transfer of her allegiance. 'All
the rights of Mexico, and all the'reasons she
might advance in opposition to the indepen
dence of Texas, were strengthened a hundred
fold as against such a foreign interference
with her late sovete gnty over the prov ince;
and whatever the fate of the treaty might be
the bare avowal of such a design by the Gov
ernment of the United States and of Texas
) was quite sufficient to the Mexican Govern- i
menl to trust to nothing but the force ct arms,
, either against the revolted province or against
its more powerful neighbor.
Several causes concur to render the posi- j
lion of Texas very critical on the renewal of
such a contest. The rejection of the treaty
of annexation i? a severe blow to the designs
of the American party in the republic; the
presence of a slave jiopulation within its boun
daries, whose future fate depends altogether
on the political condition of the Slate, is an |
element of danger in the heart of every village j
and every dwelling, fur the sine qua nun ot |
Mexico is the abolition of slavery,and the main
object of the American party is its continu- |
ancc. Texas is ill-furnished with the means !
ofcarryingon the war; and President Houston,
I who appears never to have been a partizan of
annexation, although he lent himself to the ,
late treaty, must perceive that the future in
dependence of iiis country and the reestablish
ment of peace depend on the vigor with
which he may carry out the principles first 1
proclaimed by its founders. The alternative j
which is pointed to with a sort of horror by
the agents of the United States, as the proba- j
ble consequence of the rejection of the project !
for annexation, is the conclusion of a free i
trade treaty with Great Britain. That is the
monstrum infundum ingens, against which all 1
those attacks are directed; that is deemed a |
sufficient reason for a country instantly to I
forfeit all claims to independence and self- j
government; and Texas is only worthy of a !
place amongst the States of the North Ameri- 1
can continent as long as she upholds the in- i
stitutions which bless that part of the globe—
slavery and prohibitive duties. We certainly j
dissent from this opinion so entirely, that we j
were disposed to hail with some satisfaction i
the creation of a new southern community, in |
' which commerce might be carried on without j
1 restrictions, and slavery might at no distant |
! period cease. But these views and hopes :
j were in no way peculiar to Great Britain; j
j they areshared in the fullest extent by France, '
Holland, Belgium, and all the European coun-
I tries by which Texas has been recognized. If
Texas wisely and resolutely proclaims the
policy of free trade, she opens her ports
i equally to all nations; she secures to her pro
' ductions a natural preference in all markets;
| she buys from all markets on equal terms;
1 and, above all,she gives to all foreion coun
.~°.. . => . .
| tries an equal interest in maintaining her in
depedence. These are principles which are
easily applied, and which must infallibly suc
ceed; they can give umbrage to none but her
enemies or would be rulers; and they remove
every pretext for those designs of an exclu
sive influence, whether commercial or politi
cal, which have been falsely and absurdly
imputed to this country. We have recogni
zed Texas as an independent state; we wish
her to remain so; but if she be unworthy of
the destiny to which she once aspired, we
had far rather she were united to the free pop
ulation of the Mexican Republic, than classed
among the slave holding States of the Union,
who already regard her with more terror and
jealousy than they will acknowledge, since
they impute to Great Britain those fears,
which are really excited by the future re
sources and freer institutions of Texas itself.
[F. am the Baltimore Republican .]
A MANLY LETTER—A SCORCHING
REBUKE.
Were we to write a column as an introduc
tion to the following high-minded reply, eve
ry way worthy of a freeman, we would not
be able to add a word to its cutting force, and
we, therefore, lay it before the reader with
the simple remark, that it is very strange
that the Meddlers did not think proper to in
terfere in 1840, when a hundred dollars were
appropriated to alter the position of the flag
staff*on the Phoenix Shot Tower, during the
great whig procession. Did any Democrat
act so meanly as to interfere then? No, they
would scorn to interfere with the gratification
of their fellow men in such a trifling mutter.
They entertain no malignant feeling towards
those who differ with them in opinion,—they
combat against their principles not against
them as men. Their breasts are occupied
by nobly beating hearts, not with pent up ma
lignity, envy, and malice. So far from hold
ing such little feelings, it has been but a few
days since they magnanimously lent their aid
to their opponents at a “pole-raising” of the
latter.
Messrs. Editors:—On the 14th instant I re
ceived a communication from a gentleman of
your city, on behalf of the Democratic party of
Baltimore, requesting my permission to hoist
en appropriate device on the Flag Staffofthe
Phceniz and Gay street Shot Tow’ers, which
permission was not only most cheerfully ac
i corded by me, but I even went further, and
wished them every success in their efforts to
secure the election of their candidates.
On my return to this city yesterday, I
found on rny table waiting attention, the fol
lowing letter, signed by 28 of the most re
spectable Mercantile Houses in Baltimore.
Baltimore, August 21st, 1344.
Sir : —The undersigned. Grocers and purchasers
of s>hot manufactured by your Agents here, have
heard that the Loco Focos have obtained your per
mission, and design raising a party Pole fromthe
summits of both your Shot Towers. Not being
willing to concede to them more zeal in their es
forts to destroy the manufacturer of that article, by
their free trade principles, than we are to cherish
and preserve it by the advocacy of a protective
tariff.
We take it for granted, that you do no: mean to
■ devote your places of business to mere party pur
j poses, and therefore hope you will countermand the
! order, which we tlifnk you may have been induced
to give without due reflection.
Respectfully yours, &c.
To James McCullough, Esq.
In reply to these Gentlemen, I will state
: that, among the sensations produced by the
j perusal of This epistle, tiiere was one of regret
| that so trivial a circumstance, as the hoisting
j of a device on the Flag Staff of the Shot Tow
j ers, should have been deemed a matter of such
j overwhelming importance, as to occasion so
I great an excitemet among “the Trade” in
i your city. It is not often that I make a noise
i in the world, and if in this accidental “hit,”
I have been so unfortunate as to loose sight of
I my true and abiding interest, I have thesatis-
I faction of knowing, that at least a portion of
! the trade of Baltimore, will endeavor to neu
i tralize my opposition to myself, by their zeal
“to cherish and preserve it.”
But how are my interests to be injuriously
affected by the triumph of “Free Trade prin- j
: ciples?” as these gentlemen call a revenue ;
1 tariff*, it is the natural antagonist of a “I’ro
! tective Tariff” But the tendency of a “Pro
tective Tariff*,’’ according to the whig oracles
in tliis quarter is to cheapen prices, Jgc. Now, I
if the principles of the whig party are as
, “universal” as the party itselt, I cannot see |
how the zeal of the Baltimore Loco Focos in
i their efforts to destroy the manufacturer of !
Shot by tlieir Free Trade principles,” are :
likely to be soon attended with any very dis- ,
asirmts results to myself.
My want of sagacity may, in this instance, .
be my misfortune. I feel not the less sensibly.
however, the great debt of obligation I owe
the respectable houses, who have honored me
with their notice, for their kind and disinieres- ,
led advice, and if it shall appear in the se
quel, that their forebodings are justified by
i the destructive effect which the triumph oi
, “Free Trade principles” may exert upon my j
, success, I shall be consoled in my calamity,
by the reflection that 1 have advanced not on
ly the interests of my “particular” friends, but |
of that great mass of my fellow citizens- who
; as consumers, I shall bo pleased to serve, “as j
long as there is a shot in the locker.”
Having “booked” in the Democratic party
i for this compaign, and having subscribed to
i that portion of its creed, which enjoins* the
: fulfilment of all promises , I hope my friends
will find in the “peculiar position” in which 1
am placed, a sufficient apology for my indis
| position, “to countermand the order,” giving
permission to the democratic party of Balti
' more to use the Flag Staffs of my Shot Vow- \
'■ ers, —a privilege which lam free to conless I j
1 did not grant without “due reflection. ’ In !
j conclusion, 1 would simply add that in my ;
I judgment, it would be dishonest in me to de
sire that the Government, which ought to be
| one of eyiial benefits to every citizen, should !
j exert its powers for my especial good at tne i
expense of my fellow-citizens. If I cannot
conduct my business successfully without the
help of Government in such away, I ought to
be willing to abandon it, and engage in some
i other branch of industry.
ja.mes McCullough,
Phoenix Siiot Tower, Baltimore, or
Wall-street, New York.
[From /he Nashville Union. ]
j PRESENTATION OF A BANNER,
A number of the Ladies of Nashville and !
1 its vicinity, having determined to present to !
Thomas F. Marshall, of Ky., some memorial
of their sense ot his zeal and exertions'll! the
cause of the annexation of Texas to the
Union, Monday evening, 19th inst., at Major
Richardson’s country seat, two miles from I
town, were selected as the time and place.
Mrs. Richardson displayed her taste and hos
pitality on the occasion. The grountU«bout
the house were beautifully illuminated, and a
numerous and elegant company of Ladies
and Gentlemen from Nashville, graced the
scene and honored the stranger by their pre
sence. The gift from the Ladies was a Ban
-1 ner of about four feet by three, of the rich
est white satin. It was ornamented by a
gorgeous border of thread of gold, wisi* hea
vy tassels of pearl and gold lace at the lower
angles. The center of the Banner, in which
was placed the name of the donee, encircled
with a delicate wreath of exquisitely paint
ed roses, was guarded and flanked with curves
richly wrought in gold leaf. It bore for its
inscription and motto the following ; “Pre
sented by the Democratic Ladies of Tennes
see and Louisiana to the Hon. Thomas F.
Marshall, the eloquent and talented Kentuck
ian. The fearless and honest man, the no
blest work of God.” On the reverse was a
single star with five points, done in gold leaf,
large and in the centre of the Banner. The
words Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky,Tex
as, were inscribed one on each angle. The \
staff which supported the flag was mounted |
with a gilt star with five points. Miss Fer- !
guson, of Nashville, was selected by the La- |
dies to present their gift, which she did in the !
most graceful manner, and in the following i
terms:
“Air. Marshall: —Permit me, sir, in behalf of
the Ladies here assembled, to present to you this
Banner, worked and ornamented by their own fair
hands. Be pleased to receive, and preserve it as an
evidence of tiie estimation in which we hold the
noble cause to which you are devoting your ener
gies, and of which the “lone star,” ibar-TeAave
worked upon its fair folds, is the sign and the type.
Be pleased, also, to receive and preserve it as a
memento of the surpassing ability and genuine elo
quence with which we think you, sir, have main
tained and upheld this great national question.—
Bear this Banner with you to Kentucky—throw its
folds to the winds —and tell the fair daughters of j
your native State, that the Ladies of Tennessee and i
Louisiana are not unmindful of the sympathies |
which bind them to the Texans —and that they thus !
reward with their smiles, and honor with their gifts j
the Orator who so forcibly represents their wrongs j
and fearlessly defends their rights.”
Mr. Marshall received the Banner, and j
slowly pronounced the following reply :
“Lauv—Say for me to that fair constituency
whom you so well represent that I accept their
guerdon. I could not do othewise. —Your chosen
champion, I shall surely need no other spur to
waken zeal or preserve enthusiam unchilled in that
great cause to which you have devoted me. In
that generous age which proceeded the establish
ment of standing armies and the employment of a
mercenary soldiery gifts like these formed the cheap
defence of nations,’ the sole reward of valor. The
troubadour’s song, and the smiles of beauty consti
tuted the public treasury of the chivalric era and
stood in place of revenue and taxes. The wreath
that was woven by female bands, the pennon
wrought and embroidered by ladies’ fingers, w ere
hope and motive enough to fire the hearts of knight
hood arming for the tourney or the battle)-and to
the sense of loyalty and honor, amply repaid the
toils and dangers of war. Bayard himself, ’ the
knight without fear and without reproach,” need
not have blushed to have borne your banner. Its
field of unsullied white should he alike the em
blem of the statesman’s principles and the soldiers
honor and its motto, “fearless and honest,” should
he equally engraven upon the hearts of both.—
Though I should not be called to draw a sword or
couch a lance in that high service to which you
point me the way, with thought and speech, with
brain and tongue—still. Lady, we may hope
that statesmen and orators, with whom your kind
ness classes me, may dravv-their inspiration from the
same source, that fired and sustained the warrior
chivalry of the olden time.
“I bear your banner with me to my home. The ,
solitary star which adorns its centre, shall be your
champion’s cognizance! at least till that of v. Inch it
is the emblem, shall shine in confluent lustre with
that great and growing constellation of whose path
southward it is the leader and the index.
“Lady, say for me again to those whom you-re
present, that I am deeply gratified for their kind
ness and their compliment. The terms of commen
dation in which they have been pleased to herald j
my poor services and exertions, springing merely
from their generosity, and transcending all my small ;
merit, still swell my heart with grateful pleasure, j
and make me, I fear, far, far too proud.”
A line band of music arrived shortly after
the close of the ceremony—and beauty and j
chivalry mingled in the dance. An elegant j
supper,'with all the refreshments appropriate |
to the season followed. The guests sepera
ted about twelve o’clock, delighted with their
host and hostess, themselves and every thing.
The fete was as tasteful, appropriate and de
lightful as could be well conceived.
Ls. FRED. E. DEGAS, will make liberal
advances on (’otton consigned to his friends in
CHARLESTON,
NEW YORK.
LIVERPOOL, or
jan 9 IIAV RE.
W. McKINLEY, Attorney at Lave,
ton, Oglethorpe county. Claims of any size in
Oslethorge or the adjoining counties, will be accu
rately attended to if intrusted to his care.
Sept 30 41
~ LAW ADVERTISE WENT-—Thesubscri- j
her will practice Law in the several counties of the
Cherokee Circuit, and in the Federal < ourts, for the
DKtrict of Geonria. Office at Cassville. Cass.coun
ty,' Ga. ACHILLES D. SHACKELFORD.
March 8, 1844 tuly [m 12
QCT W. MILO OLIN, Attorney at Law, Consti
tutionalist Rage. Augusta, Georgia. Practices in
Richmond, Burke and Warren counties. -dec 5 i
" AUGUSTA, GEO,
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 7, 1844.
iL? We would call the attention of our read
ers to the communication cf our correspond
ent “Free Trader,” to be found on the first
page of this day’s paper.
IT We have before us the September num
ber of the Southern Literary Messenger,
freighted as usual with a rich cargo of excel
lent and interesting articles, various in their
character, to suit the taste of every reader.
rr The federal whigs, with the Southern
Recorder at their head, have the boldness to
assume the position that the farmers and plan
ters are as much protected by the tariff of
1842 as the manufacturers. Such a position,
i assumed in the South, is adding insult to in
’ jury, if the southern whigs are really serious
in such an assumption. If the editors of the
Recorder are serious in doing so, they are
! deceiving the people of Georgia; if they are
not serious, they ought to be censured fortri
fling with a subject which is of vital interest
to the whole southern community. Whether
serious or not, we shall proceed to show that
the planting and farming interest of the Uni
ted States is not protected by the tariff of
| 1812, and that the duty assessed on certain
I products of the country, is deceptive and a
| contrivance of the protectionists to blind the
i people and to lead them astray from a just
j and true understanding of the whole matter.
The Recorder states that beef is protected
with a duty of 64 per cent, ad valorem, pork
34, bacon 52, lard 50, cheese 180, butter 51,
potatoes 36, flour 30, wheat 25, and oats 33.
If this duty was laid, it was apparently to
protect the American products from foreign
I competition. Now we will ask the Recorder
from what foreign competition ? Is there
any country in the world which can enter in
to competition with the United States in such
articles as enumerated above ? There is
none. And if there were, could it success
fully compete with us in our own markets,
and even abroad ? Let facts speak, to which
we will call the attention of the editors of
the Recorder.
There were imported into the United States
during the tree first quarters of the year 1843,
in value, the following articles, which we
have extracted from reports laid before Con
gress by the Treasury Department of the Uni
ted States:
Beef and pork, $5,984
Bacon and hams, 2,731
Lard, none.
Cheese, 3,850
I Butter, 668
Potatoes, 11,417
j Flour, 140
Wheat, 8,401
j Oats, * 361
| Now, people of Georgia, do you believe
what the Recorder says, that those articles
are protected by the duty laid on them on im
portation? On the eleven articles enumerated
the duty amounted to about $20,000. Let us
see what were the exports of the same arti
cles to foreign countries. In value there were
exported from the United States during the
year 1843, the following articles:
Beef, tallow, &c., $1,212,000
; Butter and cheese, 388,000
j Pork, bacon, lard, &c., 2,630,000
| Wheat, 916,000
| Flour, 7,375,000
I Potatoes, 85,000
Os flour there were imported in value $l4O,
and there were exported $7,375,000, and yet
the editors of the Recorder say to their read
ers, that flour is protected with a duty of 30
per cent! !
Os beef, tallow, &c., there were imported
in value about $4,000, and there were export
ed $1,212,000, and yet the same editors say
that those articles are protected by a duty
avcraging6o per cent! !
But those editors say that this protective
duty is to meet the competition of foreign
countries. Indeed ! What country can enter
into competition with the United States for
the supply of wheat, oats, potatoes, -beef,
pork, hams, flour, cheese, &c,? In 1843, the
quantity of wheat produced in the U. States
amounted to 100,310,856 bushels; of oats
145.920,066 bushels; of potatoes 105,756,133
bushels; and the quantity of other articles
were in amount in similar proportions. Now
we will ask the Recorder, whore is the coun
try in the world that can compete with the
United States in the supply of those produc
tions? If no country in the world can
compete with the United States in the supply
of those productions, why then was a duty
laid on each of them ? To gull the people,
and deceive them, as attempts have repeated
ly been made to do so of late. Cotton is also
protected with a duty of 3 cents per pound.
Indeed ! Protected, when there were impor
ted from abroad, in 1843, cotton to the value
of $386,000, subject to drawback, and there
were exported from the United States during
the same period in value about $60,000,000;
and the duty of 3 cents is to protect the pro
ducers in value of sixty millions of dollars
worth of cotton, against the importation of
three hundred and eighty-six thousand dol
lars !! I In the single article of cheese a
lone, there were last year exported to Great
Britain more than five millions of pounds,
and yet the Recorder says that the production
of cheese is protected with a duty of 180 per
cent. From what country could cheese be
brought here to compete with us, even if there
were no duty at all ? If there were no duty
on flour, who would think to import the arti
cle here and compete with the Baltimore
market at to $4 per barrel ?
We had almost forgotten to mention that,
the committee of Ways and Means, at the
last session of Congress, were so well im
pressed of the absurdity and incongruity of
the-duties laid by the tariff of 1842, on raw
cotton, pork, beef,&c., that in the bill report- i ,
ed by Mr. McKay, their chairman, the im- |
portation of unmanufactured cotton was made
free, and the duty on pork and beef, which is i
now 2 cents per pound, equal to 120 per cent,
ad valorem, (and not 64 on beef and 34 on
pork as stated by the Recorder) was reduced |
95 per cent, making the duty only 26 per
cent, ad valorem.
We shall resume our remarks at another
time should it be necessary to explain more
fully the statements we have made, and the I
position we have assumed.
(TTExtract of a letter to the editors from j
Paulding county, dated August 22, 1844:
“In looking over the papers, both whig and
democratic, I see frequent mention made of
gentlemen who have “been whigs”—who
have “always supported the whigs,” &c., &c.
Now, against this I beg leave to enter my
solemn protest. Before ’4O no man could
support modern whig principles . for before ’4O
the modern whigs had no principles. They
were neither ‘black spirits nor grey, green
spirits nor white.’ They were neither fish,
flesh, nor good red herring. They had but one
object: to beat Van Burcn. Before November,
’4O, there were no whigs in Georgia. The
Harrison men in Georgia denied all commu
nity of feeling, interest or principle, with the
northern whigs. In November, 1840, the old
State Rights party, based for thirty years, on
a strict construction of the United States Con
stitution, separated. The great mass repu
diated their old strict construction State Rights
doctrines, renounced the opinions of Jefferson,
and look the name of whigs. The remnant
were astounded to find themselves like white
crows “rara avis in terrisd' They stood
alone and aloof. Gradually they have tallen
one by one, without concert, like drops into
the ocean, into the democratic ranks. Gradu
ally, as the whig principles are more and
more developed, and unmasked by the great
Whig Party—Henry Clay. The staunch
old State Rights men, who were led astray
by their antipathy to many leading democrats,
by their feeling of warm affection for many
formerly State Rights men, are opening their
eyes to the prospect before them, to the ruin
with which the principles of the great Whig
Party is fraught, and are leaving the whigs
one at a time, two at a time, three at a time,
and the prospect is fair that before very long
they will leave in droves, until not a man who
understands State Rights, and who is a State
Rights man in principle, and not a mere party
drudge, will be found in the whig ranks south
of the Potomac. This time may not come
before October, before November; men are
too hot to think, but they will get cool, and
they will think, and the time will come, so
sure as there is a God in Heaven, the time
will come. The old federal modern whig
doctrines are ruin to the south, and the south
will discard them.”
BY LAST EVENING’S MAIL.
We have a few days later dates from Eu
rope by the arrival at Boston of the Steam
ship Hibernia from Liverpool. The political
news is unimportant, except the bombard
ment of Tangiers by the French fleet, and
the possession of that port by the French.
It is however given as a mere rumour. It
was said that the Prince of Joinville had
landed and occupied Tangiers, where the tri
colored flag was waiving. The British Con
sul had protested against the measure. The
Prince of Joinville could bring the Emperor
of Morocco to no terms. It was also report
ed that the French fleet had left Tangiers
and proceeded to bombard Tetuan and Ea
rache.
The following commercial advices were
also received by the Hibernia.
LIVERPOOL, August 19.—The cotton market
continues languid and heavy at the decline men
tioned on the 17th, and the quantity offering much
exceeds the demand The sales on Saturday 17th
instant were 4000 bales and about the same quanti
ty to-day. Exporters have taken about 1200 bales
in the two days, but nothing done on speculation.
The corn markets remain in the same state, and
the weather still rather unsettled.
LIV ERPOOL, Aug. 16.—The sales of the past
week amount to 26,210 hales, of which 4500 Ameri
can and 500 Surat have been taken for export. No
speculation. In the common and middling qualities
of American and Surat a decline of Id per lb. from
the prices of Friday last has partially been submit
ted to; in other descriptions there is not the same
definite change, hut all are offered freely and are
very heavy of sale. 530 Sea Islands are announced
for auction on Friday, the 30th instant. The com
mittee’s quotations for fair cotton remain as last
week.
AUG. 19, 7 P. 31.—Since the departure of the
Great Western, the market has had a dull quiet
feeling, with a moderate demand from the trade and
exporters, and an entire absence of all speculative
inquiry. Prices, on the whole, are more in favor of
buyers, and may be quoted, in most instances, 1-16
to Id. per lb. lower for ordinary to middling Ame
rican, than they were at the date of our last publi
cation. The sales to-day amounted to 4930 bales,
and a similar number were disposed of on Saturday.
HAVRE, August 15.— Cotton. —The favorable
interpretation given to the accounts of the 20lh ult.,
from the United States, which were received via
England, per Great Western steamer, immediately
after the publication of our previous report, gave j
an impulse to business in our market, a brisk de
mand was manifested, and the buying became very
animated. Up to the close of last week, the trans- I
actions were to a large amount, and on some occa
sions very considerable, with an improvement in
the prices of American ordinary, and middling Cot- |
tons, to which the attention of dealers was more
particularly directed, and which experienced an
advance of f. 1. But holders having since brought
forward large quantitities, and exhibited a de
sire to realize promptly, there was less activity dis
played, although the sales have been daily to a good
extent. The eagerness to meet the enquiry has |
consequently weaked prices, and sales have, in
some instances, been made at a slight conces- 1
sion, which brings them back to the same point
as they stood at the date of our la-st circular, and *
we therefore make no change in our quotations. '
Upon the whole, the operations of the week may i
be looked upon as satisfactory as to the amount '
of sales effected, which average 2000 bales dailv. i
and as the quamity of the raw material in our
market is gradually diminishing, and the ac
counts from the manufacturing districts continue
encouraging.there seems to be a prospect of a speedy
revival in business. We are now hourly looking I
for New \ ork dates to Ist instant, bv the
steamer.
f COMMUNICATED. J
GEORGIA WHIGS AND THE TARIFF.
Thomas Butler King, one of the whig can
didates for Congress, and a thorough stitch
Clay man, in discussing the tariff question in
Congress on the 23d June, 1841, whilst a
| member of the House of Representative
i held the following language whilst addressing
! himself to the members from the western
States:
“He said whose interest ought they there
fore to consult, the manufacturers of the east
or the planters of the south? Let them de
cide when the question of a tariff comes up.
The Hon. gentleman, (Mr. Adams,) has said
that the question of a protective tariff is a
question between tree labor and slave labor.
This being, when interpreted, a question of
taxation on the South for the benefit of the'
North. Now, sir, when this great question'
shall be presented, 1 shalljoin the gentleman*
from South Carolina, (Mr. Pickens,) and de
! viand to know irhcre the great State of hev
-1 tacky stands in regard to the compromise act. —
j Is it possible that the south, which affords a
market for the productions of the west and
i the manufactures of the east, is to be deserted
I by the former and plundered by the latter !—
; We shall sec, sir.”
Well, wc have seen the south deserted, hut
not by the west, for nearly all the democrats
from the west, at the last session ofCongress,
stood by us and used their best exertions, and
thanks to them for it, to have the infamous ta
riff of IS 12 repealed; but whilst the west lis
tened and responded to the call made upon
them in behalf of the oppressed and plundered
south, where were the whig representatives
from Georgia? Did they stand by their breth
ren of the west, and aid them by their votes to
throw off this grievous and oppressive burden?
No; they voted to keep it on. And where is
Thomas Butler King? Do we hear one word
from him in opposition to this system of plun
der? No, sir. Instead of hearing his elo
quence iu opposition to this measure, we learn
that he has abandoned the south to the tender
mercies of the plunderers of the east, and he
himself is to be found in the camp of the en
emy, battling against his long cherished prin
ciples, and using his best efforts to bring into
power a party pledged to fasten this system
upon the country, as its settled policy. God
grant lie may yet receive the reward he so
richly deserves, the execrations of a betrayed
and injured people. The Hon. Lott Warren,
another distinguished whig, and co-laborer in
the ranks of the tarifiites; on the 22d July,
1841, also a memberof Congress at thattime,
gave notice of his intention at the proper time
to ofler the following amendment to the reso
lution then under discussion, having refer
ence to the tariff. The amendment of Mr.
Warren reads as follows:
“Resolved, That on the adjustment of the
tariff of imports to take place after June, 18-12,
the principles and provisions of the compro
mise act of! 833 should be maintained, AND
NO MORE DUTIES LAID THAN
WILL RAISE A SUM SUFFICIENT
FOR THE W ANTS OF THE GOV
ERNMENT UNDER AN ECONOM
ICAL ADMINISTRATION, AND
TOR PURPOSES OF REVENUE
ALONET
And where, reader, do you suppose this
Mr. Lott Warren is to be found? Is he but
tling for the principles of the compromise?—
No; to his shame be it spoken, he is not, but
like his friend, T. B. King, he is found array
ed under the tariff banner of the east, assist
ing to rivet the chains of this system, upon his
fellow citizens of the South. “Shame, where
is thy blush?”
So much for Messrs, King and Warren,
once the able champions of Free Trade and
a strict adherence to the Constitution, and
now the supporters of Henry Clay in his war
against Free Trade, against all the true prin
ciples of the Constitution. We will next
bring to your notice E. A. Nisbet. This
gentleman, at the same session of Congress,
j in reply to Mr. Wise, is said to have spoken
; in the following strain : He declared that it
| was his purpose to sustain the Compromise
Act, and the principle that duties should be
levied for revenue, and not for protection. A
gain, in his reply to Mr. Pickens, he held this
language ; The South would have to give
up some of tire views it had heretofore enter
tained, and might probably have to concede
the 20 per cent, ad valorem duty under the
compromise act; he was prepared to take up
that act, and revise the duties under it, with
a view to an equivalent revenue, and nothing
else; and if 20 per cent, wore required, if it
were necessary to meet the wants and sustain
the honour of the country, and its fidelity to
| its engagements, he was willing to march up
! to that point; but he was not willing to go fur
ther. Oh! Eugenius, Eugenius, and where
are you now ? Part and parcel of a party,
diametrically opposed to the views you ever
entertained ! However, since you delivered
the above, I suppose you have become con
vinced that “high duties make low prices,”
and as an act of justice to your friends, you
have abandoned Free Trade, and now go for
“ Protection." God save the mark. “Pro
i tection,” “such protection, as far as the South
j is concerned, as the Vulture gives the Lamb,
| covering for the purpose of devouring.” Oh!
Eugenius, Eugenius, consistency, thou art
a jewel! A SOUTHRON.
SCRIVEN COUNTY FREE BARBACUE.
A Free Barbacue will be given in Jaeksonboro’,
| on the 28th day of September next, to which all
; persons are invited.
Every possible exertion will be made to procure
, the following Democratic speakers, to wit: Hon.
j E. J. Black, Eli If. Baxter, Esq., Hon. Walter
• T. ComoiTT, lion. A. H. Chappell, and Col. A.
! J. Lawson.
j Also, the following Whig speakers will be in
■ vited : Rout. Toombs, Esq., C. J. Jenkins, Esq.,
'■ A. J. Miller, Esq., F. S. Bartow, Esq., and Hon.
j J. >l. Berrien.
j should the whig speakers attend we promise them
! FREE AND FAIR DISCUSSION.
R- H. SAXON, ) O
; BARNETT NEWTON, 3
W. J. LAWTON. >3
JAMES W. BOWIE, p
JOHN B MO I LTRY, J I
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