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COVINGTON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22. 1835. THE people’s candidate for president : Hugh Laicson White, OF TENNESSEE. STATE RIGHTS NOMINATIONS : FOR GOVERNOR: Charles Dougherty , OP CLARK COE NTT. FOR CONGRESS : IRicfitrrt} H. Wilde , Esq. Col. Roger L. Gamble , Col . Thomas F. Foster. STATE LEGISLATURE. NEWTON COUNTY. SENATOR: John J. Floyd. REPRESENTATIVE® : ■ >. John Harris , John Loyall , r ‘ ■William D Luckie. We return our sincere thanks for the many very flat'ering notices which our Paper has received from various presses in the State, and respectfully request all Edi tors to whom the present number is sent, to exchange with ns. Persons holding Subscription Lists willjronfer a favor on us by handing them in without delay ; and those of our Subscribers veto do not receive their Papers, will please <enJ for them at the office. ALABAMA. ’ Mr. Clay has been elected Governor ofthis State; and Messrs Dixon 11. Lewis and Joad Lawler, both decidedly in favor of Judge -White for President, have also teen elected?; The returns from all the coun ties have not yet been received, but little doubt remains that the vote of this State will be given for White. Judge Smith, formerly of South Carolina, now of Alabama, was beaten for the Legisla ture on the first Monday in this month, in Madisonßounty, by a large majorhy He had better have remained in York District. TRICKS OF THE OPPOSITION. It is somewhat amus ng to s o wtth what assiduity some of the Union presses in this Slate labor to prove, that the doctrines held by the self styled “Union Democratic Repuh hcan Party,” coincide with those held by late Governor Jackson ; and the Athens Banner, which has heretofore uttered so ma ny bitter things against the State Rights Party and the doctrine of Nullifies ion, in its last number quotes certain passages in the memorial sent to Congress from the State of Georgia in the year 180 C, in justification of its opinions, and asserts that Governor Jack son was no Nullifier, simply because he be lieved, as it says, in ‘‘divided soverc gnly— in the delegated sovoictgnty of the United States, and in the reserved sovereignty of the several States.” Is this all that prevented him from being a Nullifier ? Where is the Nullifier now in existence who denies that the General Government has certain powers conferred upon it by the Constitution, which as long 08 it keeps within the limits present, ed by that instrument, its acts are binding upon all the parties thereto ? If the States have parted with a part of the r sovereignty, ad these modern ‘Democrats’ would have us believe, why did they at the time of entering into the Confederacy expressly declare, that “Each Stale retains its Sovereignty, Free dom and Independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled 1” Docs the-Banner believe that it is impossible for a State to delegate certain powers to the General Government, and yet retain her sovereignty 1 Sovereignty in its legitimate meaning designates a power hiving no supe rior, and therefore cannot be with propriety applied to the General Government, because the duties of that Government are defined, and consequently it cannot be the exclusive judge of the extent of its own powers; and if it has not this power, how can it be said to be sovereign, seeing that it has a superior power to control its pioceedtngs 1 It has been a peculiar trait of the Banner to abuse the doctrine of Nullification, and it will admit that it is important, in order to .enable us to draw correct conclusions that the premises i-hould also be correct. That paper if we understand it, claims for that doc trine the right at any time of arresting the operation of any law passed by Congress. Now it must know that the Nullifiers never advanced any such doctrine} on the contra ry, they only claim for a State the right of arresting an unconstitutiimal act of the Gen eral Government, in this manner, after all other peaceable measures have been resorted to, slid proved ineffectual. But we are told that a State has not the right of judging whether an act passed by Congress is made in accordance with the sp rit of the Constitu tion or not, and as long as a majority of that body choose to oppress us they can do so, and our only resort is a petition, rcmonstranco or protest against their usurpations. If the States have not the right of judging, sepa rately, of infractions of the Constitution, and in case of a “palpable, and dangerous excr cise of powers not granted in that instru ment, of interposing their authority for nr resting the progress of the evil, w will that paper be kind enough to inform ns where that right does ex st ? It infers th t be cause Governor J ackson did not recommend the cad of a Convention of the people and advise them to throw the State upon her sovereignty, and nullify the laws passed by Congress at that time, depriving the State of Georgia of the jurisdiction over a portion of her territory, that he was no Nullifier; and goes on to assert the efficiency of the doc trines o petition and protest. Did not the Memorial of 1800, declare the decision ofCongress to deprive a Slate of any portion of her jurisdiction, “os unconstitutional and invalid, and if made, of no force and effect ?’’ Ifso, does not this declaration savour much of Nullificaton 1 But it must be borne in mind that he had not a “Military Chieftain” ond servile Congress io contend against at ihat period, but men who loved their country bet ter than themselves ; and on presen!ing the memorial, after due deliberation, the mea sures attempted by Congress were abandon ed. But this does not come to the point, for it will he recollected that Nullification is only intended as a dernier resmrt, and ought not to he exercised until all other remedies have failed. Does the Banner suppose that if Congress had have complied with the re quistl ons of the numerous petiiions, protests and remonstrances which thronged its tables from session to ecseion for upwards of ten years, and have repealed or modified the grievous acts, which all the Southern States pronounced unconstitutional, and this State among the first who did so, that there ever nould have been any necessity for the pa trintic State of South Carolina to have Nul lified them? Did she not send petitions, re monstrances and protests to Congress, for eight or nine years ; and how were they treated ; in that respectful manner which the high source from whence they emanated so justly entitled them, or were they voted down and thrown undcf the table from time to time ? Did not the majority in Congress laugh them to scorn, nnd instead of reducing the Tariff duties increase them ? thereby adding insult to inj iry, and rendering necessary prompt measures on the part of the oppressed States, in order that “the progress of the evil might be arrested.” Inasmuch as Congress and and v n6t persist in its unconstitutional course in the first men tioned c se, as it did in relation to the Pro tfidive Tariff, we can see no great similarity between them, save the fact, that both acts were unconstitutional, and therefore Govern or Jackson’s not having advocated ihe doc Tine of Nullification at that time, when it was not necessary to apply it. cannot be a ken as conclusive evidence of his being op pOBPiI to it. Why are the Union men so anxious to identify the principles of Governor JacSson, with those held by that Party, unless it be t give to one of their c nd dates the influence which his name carries with it, in order that they may be thereby enabled to elect him? Why are they so fond of clinging to names and deserting principles? Why did they at the great Union Meeting held at Mdledge ville, on the 16'h of December, 1833, pasa a Resoluflon requiring the “Committee to cause to be published and circulated the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions ?”—identically those for main'aining tho doctrines set forth in which, they now denounce the Si ate Right- Party as “ rebels,” and “ traitors to their country.” Were these Resolutions ever printed and circulated in accordance with the requirements of that Resolution, or was it not in order that they might deceive the people and keep them ct a stand until they had organized their party machineiy, and swindled themselves into their favor ; or d'd they ever believe in the orthodoxy of the principles of those Resolutions? Will the Banner answer these questions, and deny thai Mr. Jefferson was the author of th’ Kentucky Resolutions which explicitly asser’ the doctrine of Nullification ns -‘the rightful remedy” to relieve us from the operation of an unconstitutional act ofCongress?—a fact, which Mr. Ritchie himself, from a careful examination of the manuscripts of that dis tinguished sta'Csman, was compelled to ac knowledge through the Richmond Enquirer. But we have noticed a pitiful attempt on the part ofthat paper, (and we would here remark thut it is supported in this assertion by all the Union presses id the State, with a single exception, we believe, viz. the Au gusta Constitutionalist,) to prejudice the minds ofthe people against the Stale Rights Party, by charging the Nullifiers With an in ten ion of destroying the Union, desiring to establish Northern and Southern Confedera cies, and as entertaining views and feelings in unison with the miserable fanatics and Abolitionists of the North, in ordertonccom plish that end. Tins assertion is most so lemnly denied, and we challenge the proof to sustain it. We sincerely hope that the State Rights Party of Newton County, as well as every other County in the State, will convene forth with, not for the purpose of making this a Party question, for we deprecate such a course in the highest degree, but to contradict as a Party and individuals, these base nnd unprin cipled slanders, winch our opponents have wantonly and corruptly circulated against us, and challenged us to deny Tell us not that these things are unworthy of our notice, the experience of the past proves unto Us the nc cessi y of meeting them promptly Qt every point. COL. JOSEPH VV. JAfKSON. We invite the attention of o r readers to the patriotic vindication by this entbman of Governor Jackson’s principle, f‘om the grasp.of ihe “Union Parly Georgia,” which vve publish below. Whelherwe view him in the Councils of the Statij a,qthe bo som friend and aid of Governoi* Tiotip as standing alone amidst the porT|p and array of an assembled crowd and endurng their scorn and hisses whilst lie defend* <J*he doc trines of the State Rights Party, against the cornuine y heaped upon them ; -or in the peaceful and retired walks of private life, we see the same disinterested patriot, and ‘ worthy son of a noble sin.” The keeping of the principles which h; so zealously and honestly supports, as well is the cherishing and emulating the many virtues of fiis la mented and deceased Father, are committed to the people of Georgia ;thut they will pre serve them untarnished, we have no doubt, nnd we anxiously look forward to the time when they will delight to honor this true dis ciple of the Jeffersonian School, and fnitlful representative ot the democracy of 1799. The undersigned lias read in the‘Southern Banner,’and in the ‘Georgian,’ an artcle bearing Ihe signa’ure of “The fanqily of the late Governor Jackson.” He is aware thißt the public sense of propriety will not admit his entering, extensively, upon the fluid of con ention with Ins. kinsmen, three of whom are bis elder brothers, and the other, the ever watchful and affectionate guardian, and in structor of his you'h. It is manifest, that “the family of the late Gov. Jackson,” in their defence of his brother from unmerited occu sation.andin their attempt to rescue the memory of.his Father from what they arc pleased to denominate ‘‘the calumny of Nul iific tion,” have held in but lit'le considera tion the feelings of one, who had a right, to receive more respectful treatment. Never theless, a decent regard for public opinion, which be is unwilling to outrage, and his own delicacy, demand that he confine him self within narrow limits. Amid the,political,difficulties with which the undersigned h is been encompassed, .for three years past, from which he has not yet shrunk, and from which he assures his politi cal friends in Georgia, he never will s .rink, whatever moral or physical power may be used to crush h m, it has been his proud con solation, and never-failing stippor', to believe, that be h s be n sustained by the example and prei epts of his Father, and he will not surrender that bcli -f unJ.il much stropger evi dence of error shall be presented than is of fered in the Memorial by the Legislature of Georgia to Congress, in the year 1800, and in the representation made by his kinsmen. That bis Father was never guilty .of oppugn am y to the Constitution of his Country, he cheerfully admits. Tha he never opposed the laws of his,country, is as read ly admit ted But that he held the States bound by unconstitutional Acts of Congress, nnd be lieved that the States had, se erally, no right to interpose their authority for the purpose of protecting their People from Tyranny, and that, if they should interpose, their citizens, nevertheless, would.be liable, to be gibbeted by the common hangman as traitors ml t’c. lons, tiie iind-'ro.gfnmi must respectfully deny . If there was one passion stronger than all others in his father's brenet, that passion was an unconquerable detestation, of Tyranny, come from what quarter it might, and wha ! ever shnpe it might assume. If there was one object of affection, more dear to him than all others, it was the State of Georgia, for whose honor and sovereignty, he was ev er prepared to shed Ins blood, and for which I verily believe he would have sacrificed his wife and his children. That my Father, had he lived in the year 1832, after sixteen years of petition, protesting, remonstrating and beg ging, after every Southern State had pro nounced the Protective Policy unconstitu tional, a violation of her rights, and the plun dering ofthe South for the benefit of tiie North, would have been willing to fold his arms, and thenceforth submit to the Act of 1(532, which a large majority ofthe Georgia Delegation voted against, and which the poli ticians of the North claimed as perpetuating that Policy, I am not sufficiently credulous to bel i eve. That my father would have sanc tioned the principles of the Proclamation and Force Bill, a Bill, which authorized the Pres ident of the United States to use the Army and Navy for the purpose of compelling sub mission, by one.ofthe States of this Union, to an Act which the entire South admitted was a violation of the Constitution, ho may credit who will—l respectfully dissent. I pretend nt to be an. “exponent” of his princ pleß. Perhaps Lam dorrectly excluded by “the family of the late Governor. Jackson,” when they claim to be the “only true expo nents” of them. Although I believe, from all that I have read ofhis opinions, that I just ly rely upon them for my support in the course I pursue, yet I claim not for the State Rights Party of Georgia the charge of his Principles. I unqualifiedly withhold my as sent to the proposition, that the reputation and character of my Father are in the custo dy of “the Union Party of Georgia.” I fond ly rust, and shall always hope, that the whole People of Georgia will claim the care of the fair fame of a departed Citizen, who served th.■ State with a fideli'y which no obstacles could subdue There, and there alone, am I content that “the Casket” shall abide. Sincerely believing that those who may judge of his principles by the Memorial of 1800, and by the representation n • made by the “Family ofthe. late Govern Jack son.” will notarise from the perusal of either, or both, wiih a just apprecation of those prin ciples, the undersig ed solicits from ihe peo ple of Geoigia a calm and dispass onale ex amination, for themselves, of the documenta ry evidence presented to them during the last year’s canvass, and recently, in the “Sa vannah Republican,” with such additional testimony as may be afforded bv the friends ofthe State Righis Party of Georgia. Let the same dispassionate examination be made of all writings of my Father’s which the Union Party may present. I can have no desire stronger—none halt so 6trong—th.v.l that the fame of my . arent be unsullied, and his char acter be correctly comprehended. The undersigned his read with astonish ment and regret, that, in the opinion of “the family of the lute Governor Jackson,” the Slate Rights peop'c of Georgia are enemies of the Union, and henceforth to he consider ed as tke.ir onemies. Such appeers, iuferen tisl'y, to be their meaning. I respectfully ask, is justice done by them, by this denun ciation, to that venerable man of seventy years, whom I take tbo liberty to designate as my father’s nearest and dearest friend, (out of the circle of his own family,) whose itifercouree with him, personal nnd epistola ry, was, during a period of twenty years, Never, for one moment interrupted, and which, continued till the last hour of my parent'a life. Yes—'he venprnble Mitchell —also ap pointed an executor of my father’s Will— was indeed bis nearest and dearest friond,— nnd merits not contumely at the hands of the children of James Jackson ! D justice done to the honorable anil patriotic Troup, the, mditary aid and ardent friend, of that Father,’ whose letters to him of love and veneration, written before tho illustrious patriot bid at tamed the years of manhood, and since, now lie before ine, and who was the eloquent and efficient vindicator of his sumo against the aspersions of his enemies, after his death, upon the floors ofCongress ? Is justice done to the intelligent and accomplished Wilde, to whose kindness the descendants of James Jackson arc indebted for the last tribute of respect paid lately to his tice done the many thousand hSWublo citi- zens of ihe old Troup Party, who profess the State Rights’ faith, and whom the family of the late Governor Jackson did certainly once, and for many years, regard ns the true Re presentativesoflhcir Father’s political tenets? Is justice done to their Nephew and Brother? That “the Family of the late Governor Jaclyson” were corrqct in stepping forward to defend my brother, will not, 1 presum", be de nied by any man. That they have the right to vindicate if they can, the memory of James Jackson from the “contamination” of State Rights principles—which they beliove to lie so deadly ar.d flagitious—will be admitted by all But did these legitimate objects justify their owq crimination of the whole State Rights Party of Georgia as enemies of their country? Was that party culpable for be lieving that the principles of the late Govern or Jackson were consonant with their own— and, if they so believed, did they not possess a right to produce their evidence ? Wlio'her he humble individual, who now pens these lines, is destined to pa.-s the re mainder of his life, under th-- frowns of bis fellow citizens of Georgia, or not, will be on folded in the course of time. Whether lie be an enemy of h s country or not, tin: same course may develope. This assurance I re quest the fr> eon nos Georgia to permit me to present—ls my country, during the period a kind Providence may permit me yet to ; iv,e, shall be involved in a war with any Fore go Power, whatever I may th nk ofthe measure* of the administration for the time being, be my country right or wrong, I shall lie- found under the Star Spangled Banner of thit Country, as early, and as devotedly, engaged in the common defence, as will be any other c t zen of Georgia. The foe that shall dare to pollute the so 1 of America, will find me a ready opponent. But I also give this assu rance, th t if it shall’happen, which may God in his mercy avert, that the Stale of Georgia, the,land f my nativity, and my nffctions, shall be driven, by the acts of the General Government, which I recognise as her ser vant, not her master, to th it unhappy condi tion in which, for her protection, she shall all upon her sons, to rally around her s a t dard, her call sha I he obeyed by ini’ with a prompt and a faithful heart. My feeble strength nho 11 be exhausted in her cause, and my life, if necessary, be offered a sacrifice upon her altars. JOSEPH VV. JACKSON. Savannah, August. 1835. POSTSCRIPT. VVe learn from the Recorder brought by last night’s mail, that at the latest dates from Baltimore, that ill fated city was, and had been for several days, the scene of the most destructive tiioh ever known in our coun try. Numbers of fine buildings had been de molished—among them that of the Mayor, who had resigned lus office. The Governor had arrived to surpress the fearful violoncei Private letters state that the Press is awed by fear of the destruction of their establish ments, and dare not betray the full extont of ‘he outrages. o bVtUAHV. Departed this lifeon Sunday Morning,9th inst. Mrs. Mary Johnson, of this County, widow of the la'e Thomas Johnson, aged 46 years and 9 months. Mrs. Johnson was a native of Greene County, in this State, hut had resided in Newton for seven years pre vious to her death. In the days of her youth she embraced the Christian’s hope, and made choice ofthe Bible as her constant compan ion and directory through life ; and while she consulted its sacred page and rendered obe dience to its holy precepts —while she pored over its precious promises, and listened in imagination to the very words of a kind and comforting Saviour, life’s multiplied ills to her seemed to he converted into b'essing-, and its toils into perfect rc 03C —hope threw a ray cf brightness upon the prospect of the future and Heaven beamed forth in all lis splendour ; and as faith’s far reaching eye scunned the lovely scene, she has been known to break the silence ofthe domestic circle in expressions of rapture, and in the language ofun affectionate .mother exhort her children “to love Jesus and seek h s.salvatiop.” Kind and hospitable in her bearing towards her neighbors, ardent in her attarhment to her friends, and en'Kusiaatic in her devotion to her childre.n, she had the.respect, find even the love of all who knew her. But alas! death came without a mpnaent’s warning and with one sudden and fatal stroke laid her low in the grave, and left her friends und children to lament the and'occurrCnce. . Notice. FOUR Months after date application will be made to the Honorable Inferior Court of Newton County, when sitting as a Court of Ordinary, fur leave to sell the whole of the real estate of Thomas VV. Girnnr, deceased. JESSE os: IN, Ex’or. <rttg I I—4<n Cov noton, August fiOtii, 19b?!'. To Dr. G****. Dear Sir: —You informed me, in a recent conversation, that you bad been frequently asked, why the Branch of the Mint, to be es tablished at D&hlonega in tins State, was noi in a course ofereciion, and especially as tire North Carolina Branch, was understood to ho considerably advanced towards its comple tion? In replying to the question, my an swer, so far as ! am personally concerned, may be very brief. As the Commissioner ap pointed by the Government to es'ablish tho Branch a’ D ihlonege, I was instructed to apply to the Director of the Mint in Phila delphia for a plan of the building designed for tho Mint; and when I received it, to sub mit it to the Secretary of the Treasury, au.l await his directions, for the time and mode of letting out the contract for its erection. I made the application us directed, on the 6th day of April last, but fid.not receive the Plait, nor instructions to advertise for proposals, until the night of the 4th of August, (instant) nor did I, during tho interval, either do any thing which caused, or omit to do any thing which might have prevented, the delay wh ch has arisen, in commencing tho work. I could have no interest id delaying it, but have rtiau ifesly been injured by a tardiness, wh chjn:/ repeated remonsirmces could not prevent, for, as you know, my only compensation, is an allowance of two per cent on the amount actually expended, and I have been kept idle and on expense for four months, without re ceiving'One cent in remuneration for it. I have been charged, as I learn, with having neglected my duties, and can believe that some men would admit the charge, without much thought, or malice, but simply because I was the proximate agent appointed to carry the w >rk into efibet, whilst others, l am sure, knew better, and if they did not invent, pro pagated what, they wore convinced, was u groundless accusation; and they must have done it under tho nfluence of baso motives, which can find no plausib ! e pretext in proba ble suspicions, nor tho least extenuation, ia the previous personal hostility of -those who have slandered me. , As it regards the Branch Mint in North Carolina, I presume there has been some misrepresentation about that, also, for I receiveAa letter from the- late Director ofthe Mint, in Philadelphia; dated tho 18th of July, in which he says, “The Plan of an Edifice fur the Branch Mint of N. Carolina, h is, wuh the requisite estimates, been deliv ered to Mr. Me Comb, the Commissioner, a few days since;” and if the Plan was only delivered “a few days” before the 18th of July. I suppose the Ed.fice cannot be very far advanced even now (the 20th August,) nor even began, when it was publicly, and confi dently slated in Duhlonega, viz:—on tlie.’lUtil of July. Tiie motives of those who haie volunteered m the dirty work of slandering me, will he developed in due time, and doubt less they will “have their reward.” Respectfully and sincerely, Yours, IGNATIUS A. FEW. Notice. All persons are hereby cautioned against crediting iny wife, RENY WIGGINS, as she.has quit rny bed and board without any provocation, and I atn determined not to pay any debts of her contracting. ■ - WILLIS WIGGINS ang 23 ~ 4 —\ A Jersey Waggon for Sale. ALIGHT and handsome Jersey Waggon, nearly new, will be sold low for cash.-—. For terms ripply at this office. f { .b'ifty Dolla/s Reward. 4 FREE MULATTO MAN, calling him self THOMAS ROOTf, came to my house in April last, said he had ho home, and I employed him. On the 28th Juno he left rny employment, taking with him my Horse, Saddle nml IJridle, Hjorlii §125, and also rob. bing me of $4 in cash. Said fellow will pro. bnbly make for Greenville, Merritoeiher County. Any person delivering’said Fellow and my horse to me in Putnam County, near Entonion, shull receive tho above reward, ox for the Horse alone, §25. . LEMON VV. TART All the Papers in the State will givo the above 2 or 3 insertions, and forward their accounts to me at Eatcoton, fur payment. L. VV. T. aogS • t 2—p - - Administrator's Sale. BY authority of an Order granted by the Honorable Inferior Court of -Newtori County, when sitting as a Court of Ordinary, will be sold on the first Tuesday in October’ next, at tho Court House, in the Town of Covington, the following Tracts of-Lautl, to wit: The North part of Lot No. 620,’■'in tho oth District of originiul'y Henry now Newton County, containing 116 acres more or less, with some improvements,—ties place afforda one ofthe best springs in the County and is sitouled one and a half miles West of Cov iugton. Also, one House, and Lot containing four acres, in the Town of Covington, and also, 80 acres improved Land, lying in tho North West comer of the Lot on which the Town ofCovington is situated. Belonging to the Estate of Joseph Bishop, deceased. Terms made known on the day of sale. WILLIAM BROWN, Adm'r., nug 1 1. Notice. AI,I, Persons indebted to the estate of Samuel Lu2enby, late of Newton Coun ty, deceased, are requested to make immedi ate payment, and those hnying demands a gapis: sad deceased, are requested to present them according to law. r CLAYTON HUFF, ( p .„ re SIMEON WHATLEY, or '- nug 1 I—fr. Noli o. ALL persons indebted to the estate of Enoch McLendon, !ut<* of Newton couq ty. deceased, urr requeued to make ate payment, and those having demands e-.- gainst sutd estate, are requested to render them ill according to law. JESSE L. BAKER, ) ... • VVILIE M. McLENDON, \ 8 nug 1 1 —~ti “3T> rrpßlKTiXr., njs*ti,v svjteuTKn at this orvttXp