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From the Southern Fanner.
Athens, 3th Aug. 1 ref.
At a meeting of Delegates in Convention,
from various Temperance Societies through
the State of Georgia, Ana si is 15. Lo.no
,street was called to the Chair, and John G.
Polhill appointed Secretary.
The meeting was opened by prayer.
The following Delegates produced their
credentials, and a large number of them took
their seats, to wit : I rom the
Gfcene Cos Society —Lovick Pierce, John
F. Hillver, E. 11. Wingfield, Absalom Janes,
John Mercer, and Thomas G. Janes.
Wilkes Co. —Cass"!?. Chandler.
Co.— Robert Jones, G. M. Umlcr'vnod.
Richmond Cos. —A. 15. Longstreet, S. S. Da
vis, J. YV. Davies.
‘lalinfcrro Cos. —Jonathan Davis, A. G.
Janes, A. 11. Stevens, Samuel Freeman, L. 15.
Mercer.
M'Donovsth, (Henry Co.)—F. J. Starr, F.
E. Manson, E. Low, 15. C. Baird, A. Stanley.
Gwinnett Co. —Jolni S. \\ ilson.
Feld .'ton, (Hancock Cos.) —ilalcoin John
son, Win. Map, A. E. Reeves.
M'lntosh Co. —B. E. I land.
Merriwether Co. —W. F. llodnett.
Clark Co.—Hoyt, Hillyer, Dearing, Hull,
Now ton, Shannon.
Bibb Cos. —C. 15. Strong.
Cloud Creek, {Oglethorpe Co. —ll. Harts
field, 15. Stamps.
lichoboth, (Monroe Cos.) —Charles Bussey.
Butts Co. — Chamberlain.
W Baldwin Cos. —W. Howard, J. G. Polhill.
•- •* J„sp ■ ■Co.---R."Cl'Tsbd;Lei, A’--.\iiu.-r
Donald.
Forsyth, (Monroe Co'.)—A. 11. Chappell.
Oglethorpe Cos. —McKinley, Jordan, Don
ley.
Mt. Zion, (Hancock Cos.) —J. R. Thomas.
Putnam Co.—U. T. Shaw.
Mt. (Hive, (Columbia Cos.) —R. Gunby, /.
Williams.
Madison C'o. —Adair.
On motion, the Report of the Agent for the
State Society, made to the Executive Commit
tee, was read, and represented a very encour
aging aspect to the friends of reform.
° Resolved, That a Committee be appointed
to submit business for the consideration of this
body. The Committee appointed are Messrs.
Longstreet, Strong, J. Davis, S. S. Davis, Mc-
Kinley, Howard, and Hand.
Concluded by prayer, and adjourned till 8
o’clock to-morrow morning.
8 o’clock, fi rii aug. 1834.
The Convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment, and was opened by prayer.
The committee on business submitted their
report, which, with a few alterations and a
niendmeiits, was adopted, as follows;
I. R< solved, That the manufacture of alco
hol for trade is immoral', and its retail a.t *iie
grog-shop, a crime;
ty Resolved, That the Temperance efforts
of the University of Georgia, reflect high cre
dit on our College, and are cheering to the
friends of Temperance and Education.
3. Resolved, Thai the several Societies in
Georgia be requested to send up to the State
Society, at its next meeting in Milledgcville,
full accounts of their condition, especially of
their age, location and numbers.
4. Resolved, That each County Society be
requested to report to the State Society, at its
next meeting, the number of licensed retail
ers, and the quantity of alcohol yearly sold in
their respective counties.
5. Resolved, That the County Societies be
requested to report to the State Society at its
next meeting, how many insolvent drunkards,
how many insolvent temperate men, and how
many children of insolvent drunkards, are m
their respective counties.
fi. Resolved, That all Societies bo recom
mended to meet at least quarterly, on the most
public occasions possible.
7. Resolved, That all the Societies inGeor
gia, whether members of the State Society or
not, be requested to report annually to the
Convention, the progress of the cause within
their bounds for the preceding year.
8. Resolved, That a Committee of three, he
Appointed by the President, to issue a circular
on the subject of Tempera nce.
9. Resolved, That tb • President appoint a
fcornmitt.ee to arrange business for the next
Convention, and to nominate three or more.
speakers to address that Convention and the
public, on the subject of Temperance, giving
said speakers six months notice.
10. Resolved, That the State Society bn.
recommended to continue the employment ot
an Agent in Georgia, and that the several So
cieties be requested to aid in his* support.
11. Resolved, That the several Societies of
Georgia be urged to send Delegates to an An
nual Convention, at Athens, to meet on Mon
day before the/rest Wednesday of August, at 3
o'clock. P. M. at the Baptist Church.
The Convention then took a recess until <
o’clock, P. M. to meet at the Presbyterian
Church with the citizens at large.
At the appointed hour a very large con
course of persons, including many la h l,s . as
sembled. The Throne of Grace was address
ed, after which Col. J. H. Lumpkin submitted
the following resolution:
Resolved, That the past success, present
prospects, and ultimate aim of the Temper
ance Reform, should enlist in its support the
B ‘ ‘ : L\:g Vy : J? (\
m~, M. , 5 ■ i -■.vs -• “ P
Tile l„i„„ Slate, fa the only ti ne ** *■ hMfal and
cordial and zealous co-operation of every lover |
of his species. i
This resolution xvqs supported bv able and
eloquent addresses from Messrs. Lumpkin, j
Nisbet and Chappell.
Encr.utflgcd by the evident signs of pleasure
and deep interest and approbation exhibited by
the crowded and intelligent assemblage, Mr.
\hannon moved that all present, friendly to
the Tempi ranee Reform, should rise, ’file
question was put, and almost every individual
rose, by a simultaneous impulse from their
seals, male and female.
Resolved , That the proceedings of this Con
vention bo signed by tlcPresident end Seere
mrv. and be ; mulshed by ml The Gazettes in
Georgia, favorable to the cause. *
The Convention was then adjourned by
A. 13. LONGSTREET, President.
J. G. PouiiLL, Sec'ry.
(gfp- The Editors of papers throughout the
State are respectfully solicited to publish the
above, in conformity with the wishes el the
Convention. J- G- ”•
Lafayette—The Oak of tlac Vil-
Inge
The correspondent of the Donjon Spectator,
writing from Paris, May 31, thus beaiilitully
and feelingly announces the death ot 1 .at lyette.
Com. Advertiser.
Sir: —Have you ever witnessed the destruc
tion, the downfall, the death of the oak of the
village! —Generations passed away, hut the
oak was in its place, The village had anew
church, new officers, now governors, new
proprietors, now mansions, new owners, new
institutions, and even new customs and hab
its; but the oak was ever in its place, fit the
centre of the village green it spread its luxu
riant and refreshing branches; while the young
carolled and the gay danced beneath its lo
ved shade. “The oak” was the scene of ma
ny a festive hour, many a joyous jubilee, many
a happy anniversary! Other oaks had been
planted,” and had been cut down; other trees
had luxuriated and smiled on the villager. —
There was but one oak to the village—others
were oaks, A *itliors were trees, hut this was the
oak ! If a cricket-bat'had to be played, it
was under the oak; if a wrestling match bad
to be fought, it was under the oak; if two lo
vers gave a rendezvous, it was at the oak; it
the officers of the parish wished to address the
inhabitants, they met under the oak. When
the church was pulled down, and Divine wor
ship was chanted in the apen air, the oak at
once siieitercd the assembly irom the rays of
the sun, anu from the si owers of Ireavtui.
Thecamfiuates for senatorial honors spoke
to the electors, of the spot, and the neighbor
hood, under the oak. The little children
were left to play under the oak ; and their mo
thers or their sisters confided them with a de
gree of confidence to his protection—tor he
was as a father to the village, and the house
hold god of the villagers, in summer time the
master of the charity school conducted his lit
tle flock on a Saturday to the shade of the
oak; and before they separated till the Mon
day, from their books and studios, they sung
the evening hymn beneath -his branches. In
troublesome and warliketirnes, when invasion
was spoken of, and foreign foes were feared,
the “lovd volunteers” unsed to exercise and
drill under “the oak.” And wiien even win
ter was most drear and the storm most pitiless,
stili the oak raved his venerable head; and the
thought that spring would return, and the
tree and the green bo once more gay and enli
vening', softened the severity ot the hour, and
mitigated even the roughness of the blast.
The oak was a constant benefactor and a ne
ver failing friend. Ollier friends might be
faithless—other trees might perish or die—
other shades might be destroyed by the inte
rested or the powerful; hut “the oak - ’ belong
ed to the village —and the hearts of all the vil
lage for all times belonged to him. But even
the oik was mortal —even the oak was destined
to perish; and m ihe midst of a humble tem
pest-, \v men desolated this once happy and
once prosperous, but now sad desponding vil
lage, tiie lightning of the skies descended up
on"the oak—tore from it its branches —stuck
it even to its roofs, and the oak fell and was
no more! So there was no more singing and
no more dancing—no more carolling and no
more meeting; and the green became deserted;
ami u simple monument marked the place
where the venerable friend of the village had
once stood; and it became deserted, lonely
and sad.—And the first days of grief were as
the days of weeping of an orphan who rnourn
eth over the tomb of her mother,-and as the
grief of a widow who is suddenly bereft of her
husband, and as the tears of a mother who
woepeth over the loss of tier only, her virtu
ous, Iter beloved soil. And nocye \vasdry,and
no cheek was rosy or Ideal toy; for all fdt the
loss of the oak to be the greatest of all losses;
and the village was in mourning. Arid to the
creditof that village be it said, the mourning
was a long mourning, and the tears were ofi
slied tears, and the grief was not ot short du
ration; and “the oak” is engraved on the
hearts, and hangs up in the form of pictures
and of paintings, in the cottage of every \ il
laa-er, and pieces of brandies, and of the
trunk, and of the root, are handed down as
precious relics from father to son, and front
generation to generation: for it is stili “the
oak.”
Anil what that oak once was to the village,
Lafayette hath been to the people; and not
merely to the people of France, but of the
whole world.
Pretty Good. —Tip was a tippler when we
knew him. He was in tho hat.it of lounging
about one of the bar-rooms, taking every oppor
tunity to get liquor free of expense. It was
his peculiar wav, when a glass was mixed, and
the back of the “purchaser turned, to dram the
glass anl slip slily off. The ostler had called
for a glass of brandy, when lip caroe in.
He immediately thought ot a trick, and left his
brandy upon the bar, while he stepped to the
door. On returning, he saw the gloss empty,
and exclaimed, “Brandy and opium! enough
to kill forty men! Who drank that poison I
Jut'! prepared! Tip tras frightened i*
stammered he. “ \ou are a dead man, says
Brush. “ What shall I do!” said Tip. “Down
with a pint of lamp oil, answered Brush—
and down went the pint of lamp oil ; and 1 ip
not only got over the poison, but the tippung
toe. —[Dunstable Telegraph
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rOLITICAIi.
From the Augusta Chronicle.
The individuals who compose the State
Rights party, do not coincide in nil respects
in Their views of the respective pow ers and
rights of the Federal and Slate Govern
ments. They do not advocate exactly the
same doctrines on this subject, foil the
contrary, upon many points involving this
question, their opinions differ very w tdely. j
Neither do they all coincide in their views, I
•y’ ■ “ |
iii cases of usurpation by the Federal Go
vernment, ol powers not dch'g tod, and
ofabuscs of powers delegated. Iho modes
of redress approved ol and advocated in
tins State, and among the State Rights
party are well known to be various —ah the
members ol that party do not advocate Nul
lification tis the proper mode. Our o| pe
ncil s arc pcr loci Iy aw are,that only a small
portion advocate it, perhaps not more than
one fourth ol the party. How then can they,
with the least semblance of propriety, call i.
the Nullification party 7—How can they al-
Indue, that it is toiling to establish the doc
trine of'Nullification, when three-fourths
of its members do not gt ve it their sanction :
Wo will endeavor to state in what views,
relative to the respective powers anti rights
of the Federal and Stale Governments, the
members of the State Rights party do co
incide. We also will endeavor to state,
w hat doctrines they sanction relative to
“the mode and measure ol redress,’’ inca
ses of usurpation by the Federal Govern
ment, of powers “not delegated to the U.
States bv the Constitution.”
In the first place, the members of the
State Rights parly, and all genuine State
Rights men, from the memorable period
of*9B, down to the present period, “view
the Federal Government ns resulting from j
tho compact to which the States are par- -t
ties; as limited by the plain sense and in- t
tention of the instrument constituting that 1
compact, as no further valid than ‘hey t
are authorized by the grants enumerated
in that compact.” i hey also coincide in
the following views: “That tho several
S ates composing the l nit’ and Stales ot A
inerica, are not limited on the principle ol
■'“.limited submission totlrir General Gm
verrimerit; but Mint by compact, under me
style and title of a (it nstituliou for the U.
States, and amendments thereto, they con
stituted a General Government for special
purposes: delegated to that Government
certain definite powers, reserving each
State to itself, the residuary mass of rights
to their own self-government; and that
whenever the General Government as
sumes undelegated powers its acts ;ue uri
authoritntivc, void and of no force: that to
this compact, each Stale acceded ns a
State, and is an integral party: that this
Government, created by this compact,
was hot made the exclusive or final judge
of the extent of the powers delegated to it
self, since that would have made its dis
cretion, and not the Constitution, the mea
sure of its powers#”
So much lor the opinions of the mem
bers of the State Rights in ride : >n
to respective powers of the Federal and
Sta'e Governments. They also believe
that in collisions upon this subject, be
tween the two contending parties, the S ates
on the one side, and the Federal Govern
ment on the other —“that as in all cases ol
compact, among parties having no com
mon judge, each party has an equal right
to judge Yor itself, as well of infractions,
ns of the mode and measure ol redress.”
They moreover believe, “that in case of a
deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exer
cise of other powers, not granted by the
said compact, the States who are parties
thereto, have the right, and arc in duty
bound, to interpose for arresting the pro
gress of the evil, and for maintaining with
in their respective limits, tho authorities,
rights, and liberties appertaining to them.”.
So far, then, the State Rights men have
only asserted the rights of a Suite “to in
terpose for arresting the progress of the
evil,” and “to judge ns well of infractions,
n sos the mode and measure of redress.”
Naw, we consider that no man is entitled
t„ Recalled a State Rights man, who will
not go this far with us in-*assorting the
rights of the States. If he will do this,
whatever else he may advocate or de
nounce, he is a Slate Rights man, for he
asserts the right most important, and all
important, to a St&te —the right of pro
tecting her rights.
Rut ns physicians sometimes recommend
different modes of treatment for the same
disease, any one of which would be
effectual, so do .State Rights men advo
cate different modes of redress, for inju
ries to our rights. There may l><-, there
are, more remedies than one, and each is
guided by his own peculiar views as to
which is “the rightful remedy.” M Idle
all agree cordially with the following sen
timent expressed in’99, by tho Common
wealth of Kentucky, “that it considers the
Federal Union, upon the terms, and for
the purposes specified in the late compact,
(the Constitution) as conducive to the lib
erty anti'happiness of the several States.
That it does now unequivocally declare its
attachment to the Union, and to. that com
;i-fr - —ih| v i•. its obvious arid real in
tention, and will he among the last to seek
its dissolution I —T bat, il those who ad
minister the General Government, be per-
mittcJ to transgress the limits fixed by
tliutjeompnct, by a total disregard to the
speeal delegations therein contained, an
min’dilation of the State Governments, and
fhecreation upon their ruin of a General
consolidat ‘d Government, will be the ine
vifiiblo consequence. ’1 hat the principle
auJ construction contended for by sundry
oft he State Legislatures, that tlm General
l .vernment is tlm exclusive judge ol the
extent ol the powers delegated to it, stop
nothing short ot despotism —since‘the dis
’-i* jhe gm'-
ernfif V nmr noVthe Constitution, would
be the ntasure oflhetr powers. Thattlib
Several Matos who formed that instru
ment, he’iig Sovereign and Independent,
have the mqucstionuhlc right to Judge ol
the infraction:” there arc, however, views
in soil!? and greet conflicting, even among
States ill; lits men, on the question ol the
uniinpitii and sovereignly of the States.
Hut all will not agree, with equal cor
diality. will) the same Commonwealth,
“that a I'liillification by those sovereign
ties, of eh. unauthorized acts, done under
color of t\at instrument is the righful re
unify.'’ This was the language of the
House o(Representatives ol the Legisla
ture ol lv jitiicky, iu a resolution which
1 passed unanimously on the 14th of Nov.
1799. ‘i'lmso men who voted lor it, were
licsh from the scenes of the revolution.
TiH-.fr - .. love of their liberties,
v hio.li induced I hem Intake up arms in
their defence still inspired them. Liber
ties so dearly bought, were not lobe yield
ed without a struggle. The conditions
and terms upon which their State had so
recently’ entered into the Union, they were
intimately acquainted with —it was dis
t net I y understood, that unconstitutional
acts of the Federal Gover-iinieiit w ere a
priori null and void. They considered,
tit the very first step of that Ciovemrnen!
toward:; usurpation “that a Nullification ol
all unauthorized acts, was the rightful re
medy.”
It may seem surprizing, that these in
dividuals, so soon alter tlm organization
of the Government, ero she had more
than fairly entered upon the path of usur
pation,. should have deemed so decisive, a
ret) J'.'xs Np'l.ifcytipi.i. uecesyia.
in if Tm ring*-.., - t-i. Vet* so says-history-
But because tlm members of the Kentucky
Legislature in’99 were Nullifies, is no
reason whj* the State Rights men of Geor
gia, io ’34j;irc. It is perhaps, no reason
why they liiould be. But tlm reasons are
very urgait why (hey should advocate
some efficitnt mode of Slate Interposition.
Tlm mode is. not so important as tlm effect
to be produced. The experience of our
past histoid and particularly ol a few years
past, imitates that many, very many
such contests still await the advocates of
State Rights, as was waged in’9B and ’99;
and that ail tlm patriotism, the vigilance,
and the Ctmrgy w hich distinguished the
memorable period, will be again and n
gain required. “Tho price ol liberty is
unceasing vigilance,” No people could be
better worked oftliis (act, than have been
the. ;tie Southern States. Tie
gigantic excrescence of a manufacturing
system, and the magnificent works of na
tional Improvement, established with llieir
money, for the benefit of others —the auto
cratic Proclamation of the President, de
claring the States wholly divested of Sore
reignty, and subjected like dependent pro
vinces, to one grand government, and
their people amalgamated into one indi
yis'ible mass rtf subjects—the Force Bill—
die bill of blood—the legitimate fruits of
the Proclamation—the spectacle of a mili
tary hero, with the purse of the Govern
ment clenched in one hand, arid waving bis
omnipotent sword over subjugated states
one little Stale alone, breathing defiance
and “resolved to resist aggression come
from what quarter it may”—the recent
seizure of the public treasure and the in
sulting protest tfi the Senate l.y the same
ihirim; i. -r—all these are w; ruin;/ .
Nor do we despair of their ultimately pro
ducing their proper effect. The spirit of
Jefferson animates the State Rights parly.
It will not cease its,exertions, until it lias
secured to the S'ate, the rights it acquired j
by the Declaration of Independence; and
which it never yielded by ratifying the
Federal compact. A WHIG.
‘The. Youth of the Country. —The Char- j
lottcsvillc Advocate states the following
gratifying fact.
“We understand that of the 201 students
at the University, during the late, session
not. more than 8 or 9 were the apologists
ofllie present administration. The youth
of the country is sound to the core.”
The college sentiment we understand is
equally derisive nnd unanimous at William
and Mary,) iampderi Sidney, and Randolph
Macon, and we do not doubt, at Washing
ton Cob-: v.rr. The youth of to-day,
fig--;-.i vi l lie the mm o!
to-morrow; so that if Despotism and Des
potic Principh-s, from the degeneracy of the
’ men of this generation in surrendering their
- tiirth right to a military idol, obtain a tem
porary ascendant, we may indulge the ns
- sura nee, that the principles lor which
> Hampden hied in the field, and Russell and
■ Sidney on the scaffold arc vet de-tined to
■I a Morions resurrection. While the youth
‘! of the country are loyal and true, the chains
■ j may bo forged but they can not be fastened.
• 1 ’ ! Richmond Whip
If* ATOII HI MU.
We publish to-day a most interesting
letter from Judge limn to the Committee
of Klklou Convention in Kentucky. He
call tho particular attention of our readers
to the contents of Ihe letter. When stteh
sentiments are expressed by such a man
as Judge limn, n man ngainst whom the
most envenomed parly spirit has never \. t
lirt-iitlicd tho brentli of slander, it must be
time for the patriot to arouse and watch
over tho lute of bis country. — Telegraph.
Washington, June I*. 1834.
Gentlemen : Your very kind invita
tion was received, and it would have met
inv lieartv concurrence to have mingled
with my old friends and constituents at Fill;-
ton. But you perceive by the papers that
the Congress will not adjourn in time to
allow nte the promised pleasure.
Ido earnestly desire to see my fellow
citizens and constituents and converse w iilt
tlmm fiice to face- I believe that by so do
itig 1 could give it more impressive state
ment of public affairs than I could do by
writing.
()ur liberties are endangered. It is time
for every Iriend of constitutional liberty,
and n government ol laws, to awake and
he vigilant. The liberties of a nation are
held at the price of eternal watchfulness.
The constitution is but on paper —men must
give it motion, h!e, and activity. Il tin
people are supine, those in power w ill mould
the Government to their wishes. I lie ques
tion will soon he with rulers not what the
constitution is, w hat the good of the great
body of the people requires, hut how far
the people will bear. Every government
in its progress lias had, and ever will have,
a tendency lo create an interest separate
and distinct between the government ns one
party, and the people ns the other party;
hi-lw - en office holders and private citizens,
between tax payers and tax receivers.
The groat body who pay taxes, must watch
and keep the few, who receive the taxes Iron t
the'Treasury, in salaries, jobs, and con
tracts, from extravagance, waste, and ptl
airc. Frequent recurrence to fundamental
principles is assent ial to the preservation oI
liberty This maxim is engrafted into
nu- .-J, ■ ‘j-Tlits, and is to he found also in
Jtu ‘ ‘iff'i[ : e ■'■avrien.) *.onsti’nti< ns. It is
a solemn tfulh impressed-by history and
experience.
A got ernmenl may Left republic in form,
butu despotism in tact. Augustus tusui
did not change the forms of the Roman Re
public, hut exercised a most despotic pow
er over the laws, the liberty, and the prop
erty of citizens. ‘J he Senate met as usual,
all the officers were elected as formerly,
and apparently performed their respective
functions. Rut the l-.nipcrorin tact point* and
dill every person t” bo returned by the
pretended election, lie made lit*’ Senate de
pendent on him, and every officer moved
and acted by his will and his dictation. —
11. was in practice the government ol lit* 1
will of one man, and he and his successors
exercised the most unlimited and arbi
trary tyranny. I lie whole body ot the
people were nt first oppressed, and after
wards corrupted and brought to the most
abject slavery.
When wo look at tho manifesto of the
President read to his Cabinet, the dismiss
al ofllie Secretary ofllie Treasury for re
fusing to obey the mandate of the Presi
dent, the appointment ot a successor too
bev that will, the consequent violation ofllie
public faith, and the law; the doctrines ol
the I’re ident’s protest, and the principles
avowed in the report of the Secretary of
the Treasury, the many evasions of the
constitutional checks ol the Senate upon I -x -
eeutivc appointments, by appointment of
persons, rejected l.y the Senate, to other re
sponsible offices, and even to the same of
fice, nnd l.y withholding tho nominations
ofthe high and important officers of de
partment. , notwithstandingthc Senate have
been in session more than six months, we
have good cause to apprehend that the con
■titutional Government adopted by the
States, ami the laws made by tho Congress
ns a rule of conduct to the officers created
by them, are not duly respected. The
doctrines of the protest make the whole of
ficial corps tho effective administration ol
tho Government subject to the control of
ihe President, not the laws, and subject to
his dictation. Even the custody ot the
public money is claimed, nnd in fact and
hi prueti'-c enforced l.y the President, as a
part of In constitutional function. The
power of tho Executive is toengulph every
power of the Government.
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I declare in sincerity,thntifthe doctrines
of tho protest, mid the acts of the clue!
Executive .Magistrate intended to he justi
fied by the protest, lie submitted to nnd ac
quiesced in, we have not a government of
laws, hut a despotic monarchy, tho gov
ernment of one man, cloaked under the
powers of a Commonwealth. Need I re
mind you ofthe many instances in which
candidates for the House of Representatives
have been proclaimed and supported by all
til*; power and influence ofthe Presidents
name, and the patronage of tho adminis
tration? Have we not seen the samo pow
er and influence brought to hear in State
elections, fi.rthe purpose of so forming State
f, rr|- bit u re- as to support the Chief Magis
trate, and elect fo-nators <>f dm U. States
to sustain bis measures? Do wo not sec
the office holders moving in phalanks? Do
we not see conventions held by self-created
representatives, and committees organized
under tho control of office holders, to man
age a national cenvcntion ?
Fellow citizens, arise in the majesty ot
your power, ho watchful, your liberties are
insidiously assailed. The Government
established by our ancestors is about to bo
converted into an odious tyranny. The
power and influence of the Government , is
about to he made greater than the rights
and influence of the people. The passport
to office is tin- indiscriminate support of
every act of the President; brawling parti
sans are rewarded from the public Tensu
ry ; freedom ofopinion is threatened with
dismissal from office ; and office holders,
Senators, nnd Representatives are taught
to expect promotion, according .o their zeal
oils support of the most questionable or the
more odious acta of tlm administration.—r
The Executive inlliionce is brought into
contest with the freedom of elections, and
with the freedom of inquiry in tho Flails of
Congress. The expenditures of the Gov
ernment arc increasing to enlarge the pat
ronage of the Government; and the pat
ronatic of the Government so increased
as to he exerted to sustain the President and
the receivers ofsalaries, jobs, nnd contracts.
The people are to lie governed by their
own servants nnd money, by fraud and de
ceit. I see in. remedy hut by die people
in their primary assemblies, ami at the
polls. ‘They must cause their interests and
their sentiments to be respected; they must
make known that the people aro to be rop
n sented ; that representatives are the trus
tees nnd agents of the Popple, ami not the
servants of the President.
I supported General Jackson’s election
from the earliest canvass until his first ac
tual election. 1 supported him, supposing
and believing him to be the representative
of certain great principles, which boat the
foundation of civil liberty. I have been
deceived. I stand upon my principles.
Alas! in::n have changed hut principles
do not.
Believe mo, that, hud it been practicable,
consistently with my public duties here, I
should have availed myselfof the invitation
so kindly and so feelingly addressed to mo.
Accept my thanks; and be assured tliut
my In-art uilj.be jvifo you e-i the wsat iff
appointed for your deliberations.
; ‘ GEORGE M-RIBB.
To the Committee of Imitation
to the. Maling at Elkton, fife.
F. P. BLAIR’S “SPOILS.”
From n hasty glance at tho ‘■'Blue Poole”
we glean the following items which are set
flow n to tho credit of Blair, Editor of tho
(ihibe :—-
Printing Blank Cornmisssions, Treaties and
Circulars, $1,993 17
„ Lawsollst Session of the 22d
Congress, 4,503 00
„ Diplomatic Correspondence,
including binding and paper, 8,512 03
„ Daws of Congress, 2,903 00
„ Publishing Laws of Congress
in newspaper, 500 03
„ For Treasury Department, 5,594 53
„ For Pension Commissioners, 3,808 00
„ War Department, 900
„ Adjutant Ceneml’s Office, 1,281 12
7 "j 48
„ „ 201 03
” „ 153 00
685 49
„ „ 10 (H)
;; .. 17 oo
„ Ordnance Department, •> 00
, Subsistence Department, 183 75
:: :: ::
For Navy Department, 142 08
” „ . „ 25
~ Navy Register, 809 50
„ Blanks for the Post-Office, 01 25
Advertising Post-Offieo Proposals, 8,443 50
Printing Blanks and Circulars, ■ 3,928 07
$50,091 90
Look ot this, fellow citizens I FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS thrown from
the Department at Washington, into the
pockets of a political Editor; as Ins reward
for sustaining the Protests, Experiments
and Corruptions of the Administration !
It is indeed a frightful -sum to be lavished
upon one mercenary 1 But what is still
worse, large as this sum is, it does not com
prise all that was paid to him. J!y the
Post Office Report, it is proven that Blair
received more than EIGIII II lOUSAND
DOLLARS which does not appear in the
Blue Book. How much more ho received
from other Departments which is not re
cortled, we are without the means of ascer
taining.— | Albuny Evening Journal.
A tried Receipt for Burns. —Keep on
hand a saturated solution of alum (four
ounces in a quart ot hot water) dip a cotton
cloth in this solution and lay it immediately
ori the burn. As soon as it shall have be
come hot or dry, replace it by another, and
thus continue the compress as often as it
dries, which it will, at first, do very rapidly.
The pain immediately ceases, and in twen
ty.four hours under this treatment the
wound will be healed, especially if the so-
I ut ion he applied before the blisters are form
e(|—The astringent and drying quality of
the alum completely prevents them. The
dr-pest burns, those caused by boiling wa
ter, drops of melted metal, phosphorus, gun
powder, fulminating powder, &c. have all.
! been cured by this specific.— I •four, d*
i Cormatx UsueTtes.
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