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with no other guaranty but that n (testily , foe lay concealed nt every step. It "ft* « j situation like this, thn’t prepared the tninds ■ of oin lorofalhers for the reception (it new , nnd grand innovations in tin: then existing modes of government. ihe sons caught j the fearless spirit of their fathers heroes j without a name, and conquerors without. renown, and the executors of during deeds, I xtnieh Grecian enthusiasm and Roman pride would have recorded in Ilaiucrinn strains of immortality, or the i.ochanling notes of the Virgilian lyre. A mythic age may yet arise m Ameiiao, whcntliu poet, ussuining the prerogative of the historian, shall recall from oblivion achievements, which memory has failed to preserve am l tradition to transmit- Could ‘.he tla.s of the buried past tell of their own ’reminis cences, what tilt's of death, of destruction, TOO, of physical courage and physical strength ! The warrior of the present time might well imagine that the prostrate giant had leaned from beneath Ktna’s burning Weight, "and stood the monarch of the un felled forest. The stoic would call it the reign of fiction, and all would be disposed to assign it a place with the fabulous. Ihe mind of philosophy would deny, and lim ey even doubt, and so with things forgotten would ever remain the privations ami the arduous scenes attending the first settle' inent of this country. Rut though we inay cease to remember the causes, yet their effects, a spirit of self-reliance, of mu tual assistance nnd of fearless indepen dence, have told most loudly upon the char acter of our government. Thus we learn the causes that operated upon the American mind ; nnd trained its Republican spirit for an issue w ith the mo ther country. Wo see the process bv which on American Congress, still environed wittt difficulties, and opposed by the reverses of war, became thoroughly prepared to take, with solemnity, the bold measure of declar ing that “ America was, anil of right nuglil to Le, free and independent.'” And though she was brought to contend against (ho most powerful nation of earth, the mistress of the sens, yet she found within herself re sources sufficient to counterbalance the im mense odds of wealth and numbers that were arrayed against her. !I*t sons had inured themselves to hardships, and tho watch-word was “liberty or death.” What though proud and haughty Rritain, whoso arms had known no defeat, and whose throne acknowledged no supeiior, was her first foe; yet iulant Amcticu broke asun der tho bonds thut checked her rising growth and rose triumphant over foreign despotism. At tho commencement of the revolution ary struggle, each colony hod n seperate and distinct government, and there was none to protect nnd direct the interests of tho whole. Thera was no concentrating point where l" collect the strength, which each individual possessed : tnere was no power that combined nnd united the lorces of nil, nnd preserved their unanimity. The eolonists knew that, divided, they must fall, but united, they would pievail ; they saw that union was the virtue of success . and in this wo witness the origin of the h ederal Government, which, though formed in the midst of war, surrounded by its dread ca lamities and pressing emergencies, never theless exhibited the unequalled capacities of Republics to resist aggression and de fo«d right ; to repel an enemy or welcome a friend. This is a period, in the contemplation of which we love to dwell—a period, replete with recollections the most gratifying to our national pride, and adorned with gems “ol purest ray.” Rut I pass over the military events of th>se days, full of feelings of mournful exultation, mournful, in the mem ory of the dead, and exulting in the glories of tho surviving. Our triumph consisted not in battles fought, and victories won ; it had a higher, a nobler foundation : resting more upon the ends secured, than the means by which wo reached them. Our glory is in the undaunted spiiit displayed by our people; in the fortitude wilh which they sustained reverses ; in the unwavering firmness tested bvjtl.o "times that tried men’s souls and in the fraternal affection and brotherly love tl at characters’, -d the mutual forbearance of the States, one with another, under cir cumstances which try most sorely the social compact. Our pride is in the civic spirit that animated the soldier, nt one time sup plying the place of arms of ammunition and of discipline, and at another, leading him half-clothed and half-fed over the sleets and snows of a northern winter, or tho noxious miasma of southern swamps. It was no common sight to see him, after the war w as ended and victory was ours, wearied and weather-beaten, lay down his arms, without murmur or complaint, whilst his country was unable to meat her orders nnd compeu sate his suffering family for tho toils and privations that ho had undergone. Well may wo ndnfro the heroes and statesmen of that fay —among whom, a head and shoulders taller, stands tho grand imperso nation of the American Revolution, —the Commander-in Chief, tho immortal Wash ington. Around his brow is entwined a wreath of military glory, interwoven with laurels of civic renown. Panoplied in the armor of freedom, and protected by the shield that Providence threw about him, ho led his armies on to victory, nnd his arm made the F.ion ot Lnglund crouch hes re the Eagle of America. It was lor Bona parte to ride triumphant over billon thrones and look upon subdued empires. I-iko the comot. he passed from sphere to sphere, and the blaze of lih name shone from nation to nation. From the bumble lale of Corsica, he* ascended to the sceptre ol France, and rose up up, until the Generals of antiquity, a Caesar or a Hannibal might bask in the rays of his glory. But it was lb!’, to Washing ton to «Btnblis§b *• Tl at e*d lofty nanne Tb tho luirltiiarK on theClifl*of Fame, uh ch cam s liko th • s'nr of human hope, to dispel the night of national bondage and to teach men the practice of those virlues in w oso h ilo repose peace nnd prosperity. ••Rut ho has gono—gone nrrl left not bis like rwr mantle behind lum i” yet tho mcn uon of his name aw<Jcc(te ui ftee Au«WiCin j heart the must grateful memories. But the r.ohlffil boost that we enjoy, is in j the institutions nnd the Government that j have been transmitted to us the dearest! legacy which man ever inherited ; tho lor- j mi r the most lice, ’he most enlightened and j the most < qtializing. known in the ntmals oft tho woild ; and the latter the most Repub- j lican in it.--term, the most effective in its! 1 eonArm-tn> .l and the nearest balanced in its | nowers. Oilier Republics have existed j ! hill either the subtle form of aristocracy tns i wound Us way among their principles, (ce ding and fattening upon the cqualilv of the ' citizens ; or arbitrary oppression .MS «iis tinguished same yffi-ial department. In this al ~,r, is the p v..r wholly vested in 'tho ncojdc— its roirur stone is natural I (quality; its foundation natural iixlit, and its superstructure, justice, wisdom and' I moderation. Yet the framers of this (Jo* j vernnient Inrosa.v that the two gteatrsl evils which threatened its destruction were. on the one hand, tipim and unhallowed dis union; and the other, intriguing nnd ruinous consolidation. By adopting a constitution that would occupy medium ground, they endeavored to avoid both dangers, equally to be dreaded. By secret tmd mysterious ties uniting the interests of the North tun! tho South, yea, of every section of the country and by thebondof a common cause, they supposed to preserve the Union, safe and inviolable, one nnd inseparable. And by the institution of an Executive, a Legis lative and a Judiciary department, separate and independent of each other, and by ob serving plainly nnd distinctly the geograph ical and political lines of the several States, they sought to keep afar that secret and fatnl foe to freo governments, consolidation. But could they be permitted to look from their high stations in another world, and become again interested in the trivial affairs of earth, what dark despair would be de picted upon every countenance. That Union which their blood had cemented, and which was erected upon the bones of their compatriots, is now standing upon the very verge of dissolution, nnd its common altar upon the eve of being polluted by (ho ' calamities of civil strife, w hilst around its hast- will flow blood drawn by a brother’s j sword, worthier of being unsheathed in a holier enuse. How long has it been since a petition was openly read in the Represen tative Hall praying for a division of this Union ? Behold that gray headed sire, upon whom ’lie people had once bestowed their magistracy, rising to declare the contents of n paper full of evil,—a tremor seizes every limb—hellish malignancy plays upon I his lip with scornful cut!—his eye flashes with the revengeful feeling of disappointed ambition, unabated by age—his hand is al most palsied—his voice falters—dee), and unbroken siienre pervades tho national council—eagerly they bend forward tocatch the broken words—every ear is fixed— every eye is centered—the heart beats slowly nnd silently—a dissolution of the Union is petitioned ! !—the spark flies from bosom to bosom nnd cutse upon rurse falls upon the devoted head of the “ Traitor!” Ah! methinks, I can even now see how pale turned the brow of the patriot, and what tremor settled upon his lips, os he ejaculated a prayer to heaven to avert the impending tuin. What o mighty wave of commotion swept over this laud! Ihe friend of freedom wept in pious regret, nnd agonizing fear, and the despotic monarch smiled upon the approaching destruction. Damning fanaticism has rend in the hearing of the slave tho incendiary pamphlet, exci ting within his breast passions that had hitherto been dormant, and then placed in one hand a torch with which to destroy his master’s dwelling and in the other a dagger by which to quench tho consuming flame with the blood of unoffending victims, the helpless female and the unconscious infant. This is the hand that will sow discord among our ranks, nnd though dark and re volting may be the picture, yet the hour may come, when our lair Republic shall be but “the baseless fabric ofa vision”—when Niagara shall sound her funeral dirge, and its whitening foam form her winding sheet: when tho passing stranger shall walk among her majestic ruins and read upon each i prostrate pillar the sad lale Shot America has fallen —when her glories shall become hut the record of the. past, and her sons, like the unfortunate Poles, be exiled in every land, the scorned and contemned of earth. Palsied bo the hand flint is first raised to strike a blow at the heart of the Union, and stilled forever be the tongue that first announces its overthrow. A nation’s character is the sum of its noble deeds ; nnd by these I refer you not only to tho valorous achievements of the hero in buttle, but lo the wise machinations of the statesman, both in politics and di plomacy. This abac will securo us re spect abroad and esq cm at home ; this will give a name and an honor to our nag, that will ever hurl hack the sneers and taunts of the proud Englishman, the rhi \alric Frenchman, or the haughty Russian '■ und invest its broad folds with a terror that will throw sore protection around our commerce ; and form nlong our const a bulwark impenetrable to foreign power. AVith it, we stand as a Republic and a Government, the first among the nations of earth : Exalting and noble thought! But without it, our liberties will fie lost whilst upon their ruins will arise anarchy nnd mil itary despotism ; and national degradation and national contempt must follow in their wake. Where is the American who does not contemplate wilh ennobling feelings, the bold nets of our revolutionary patriots, and of Jackson, of Brown and of Hull, which drove the presumptuous invader from our country’s sacred soil, and which consti tutes a neucleus that will irrndinta light to cheer and animate the desponding heart in the hour of peril and the time of trial? And who does not boast of tho high and brillsuit traits which tho unrivalled genius of Frank lin, of Jefferson and Madison have stamped upon our institutions ? The past, Fellow- Citizens, is the recording monument of their fame and greatness: nnd each revolving year witnesses nrooml ifs Bummit anotheT embrace nf the tfiteth of gVafituue weftort by a watchful people to adorn and strength en it, like tho entwining ivy' that beautifies and supports the steady arid unshaken oak, nnd surpassing in grandeur it will outlive in time that column which is rising upon Bun ker Hill, n memoir oT the. tiilfeu heroes of that fatal night, when dread silence brooded over the mount, and every eye looked with solemn expectation Upon approaching death. If such be the importance and necessity nf preserving puro and unstained the es cutcheon of our national character, permit us to consider in few words the modes by j u.U;-;, || jnay bo most securely maintained,! and I might ad' l , increased, Tffc people j hedd the sovereign power ; tho officers of i the Government arc nt their own disposal; ( the destinies of the country ore to bo pfo-. nounced by their own decisions ; and the j safety of tho Republic depends Jiport their! own conduct. llow useful then is inlclli- 1 [T U nce, general and diffusive intelligence to i tho perpetuity of free institutions ! An ig noront people will ever become a corrupt people. This is the instrument which the w ily demagogue plies so skilfully to the ac complishment of his accursed purposes : this is the spring touched by the intriguing partisan to set the whole polluted nature of man into play—by pampering to their self ishness, he undermines their virtue and auideg for his own ends their misguided zonl. Knowledge is virtue; and most espe cially does our national character depend upon cur morality and integrity, both as a nation, as stales, nnd as individuals. One of the dearest articles in the Con stitution is that which guaranties the free dom of tho press. It was thus intended lo leavo unobstructed liie medium through which the talent of the country was brought to act most effectively upon the minds of the people—to keep open the channel through which the thoughts nnd sentiments of some were designed to operate upon tho general community, giving tone to the mo rality and polities of others. Rut how perverted and abused has been the gpWer 1 ihat was thus consigned to the press'; how debased in its character, nnd how perni cious is its sweeping influence ! Instead of improving the mental and moral condi tion of onr people and en’ighteniqg tho public mind concerning the true principles of our Government, Uo behold it wholly devoted to the purposes of party nnd blind ed by its infatuated Zeal. The highest and the best of our land, the brightest ond the noblest characters are not protected by the shield of virtue and patriotism from ven omed arrows sent on their errand of malice by some secreted how. Y\ hat surer, what better evidence could be presented that a general moral depravity pervades any com munity, than a corrupt press ? It is nour ished by the vitiated appetites of society, which devours every thing consonant with t its feelings and passions. I allude to tho press of no particular party, for both are equally guilty, and in the language of scrip ture “let him that is innocent cnSt the first stone.” But not only from tho condition of the press, may wo gather evidences of the present moral character of this nation. Read it in the constant, repeated and every day violations nf the supremacy t>f the la.«; in the reign of mobocracv that tram nips under its sacrilegious foot the dearest rights of property, nnd treads upon the prostrklod powers of the Government. Is it not visible in tho obvious want of official ncrVe to ex ecute official duties ? Neither life, liberty, or property nre secured to any citizens. Is it not n painful nnd humiliating story, reit erated by the broken faith of a sovereign State, sanctioned by the solemn act of her supreme Legislature? If we desire to ele vate our character abroad, to procure credit, to preserve honor unimpaired, and to com mand the respect of others, how important that both the Stato Legislatures and tho General Congiess should maintain inviolate nnd inviolable their foreign relations. Rut instead of this, one of tho members of this Union has repudiated her own debts, and stamped upon herself the character of bank ruptcy. Wo aru bound together in the bonds of sisterhood ; and the secret cords that unite tho honor and virtue of a family in the domestic relations of private life, hind to each other the interests and characters of the different states of this great political family. The dishonor, then, thus incurred by one, rests upon this whole confederacy. A sister has yielded her virtue, has violated her pledged word, and each other must feel tho common stain and bear tho common disgrace. In view of such consequences as these, lot us over pause and reflect, bo- foro w-e net. War may tread over this greon land with gigantic crush, destroying its thousands ; pestilence may rage, burying j hero n village nnd there a city, and making | each domestic hearth n family sepulchre ; j famine mnv brood o’er the face of the conn-1 try, until each farm shall bpcome a barren j desert. The flower will bloom again on the field of battle ; tho village nnd the city will arise and the numerous avenues of trade bo reopened ; and tho day of plenty return, when a bushel of wheat shall be sold for n shekel in the very gates of the city. Rut let the simoon of moral tlosola tion sweep over our nation ; let our Repub- lican principles ho abandoned ; let our leg islators bocome obsequious to human dicta tion ; let our honor ho compromitted ; and there is no resuscitation; the God of nature, standing aloof, will withdraw his aid and protection ; the fabtic of our triumph will totter into ruins, and, covered beneath its wasted fragments, wc will be mocked by j tho powers of eatth, and the glory of Co s lumbia’s excellency will have gone down fotover. An important crisis!, fellow-citizens, has j arrived. In the successive roll of years, wc are at length summoned to nppear upon! the stage of life, and to perform our part in | the great drama nf existence. Ours is truly i an enviable situation but the most responsi ble. It remains with us to determine w he ther every trace of constitutional freedom shall be obliterated from our own country, and perhaps from the whole world ; whether the brightening prospects of man shall be darkened forever; whether we will consume our patrimonv and deprive our descendants op Iheic Vfvh- a.-wuipi’. w , abroad in its influence. W e tYiay witness , it in the restless elements of European polities. And well may we rejoice, whilst | standing upon secure and elevated ground, we behold the tin ones of despotism reeling as tho ever moving tide of change sweeps by. A Welcomed sound is heard from tlio mountains of Switzerland, and Liberty yet walks, though with light and faltering stop, o’er her hills and through her vales. The patriot of Colomuin, inspired by the suc cess of our revolution, girded on his amor for battle, und shook ftom his country the chains off Spanish bondage. Upon tlio field of Warsaw, behold tlio spirit o! our great Chieftain animating tho hero of that day ! ! Unfortunate Nation ! Ihe com bined powers of Russia, Prussia and Au stria, have crushed thy courage and defeat ed thy strength, whilst damning slavery has accursed that fair land, and thy warriors have found a home in icebound Siberia ! A voice comes from the grave that declares Poland, though fallen, yet free. Sec that dim nnd glimmering light shooting up in the distant horizon: it rises higher and yet higher, until we behold it in tho ascen dant. I see its Cheering toys, eVer and anon, ’beaming forth between the broken fragments of the scattering clouds. Ha ! it is “ the lone Star of Texas!” Here,, where the hand of Mexican dospotism had planter! only the rod of oppression, it ani mates the henit of tire patriot. Liberty, exalted upon the unfolded banners of her own devotees, has crossed the deep and broad Mississippi and erected her standard in this Eden of tho Western Continent.— A political reformation is going on through out every land ; and a day may yet dawn, the departing rays of whose reining lumi nary the American citzen may liobold illu mining n redeemed and liberated world. Thus wc have witnessed tho rapid spread of our own glorious principles; let onr funds und heads and fortunes he given to the cause that we have espoused. And now, on this day, consecrated to patriotism, to virtue and to independence, let us, Fel low-Citizens, pledge anew our faith, and, around this ullar, swear eternal fidelity to the country —all our own—tho boasted ot earth. TISE JEFFERSOXIAN. GRIFFIN: SATURDAY’, JULY 9, 1812. DE MOCHA TIC TICKET. EDWARD J. BLACK, of Scrum. MARK A. COOPER, of Muscogee. HU A. HARALSON, of Troup. JOHN MlLLEN\ of C hatlmm. HOWELL COBB, of Clark. JOHN IS. LAMAR, ot Bibb. JOHN 11. LUMPKIN, of Flo, and. WM. 11. STILES, of Cass. A communication from the Rev. Wm. Mosely, nnd one or two others, unavoida bly postponed to make room for the anni versary proceedings, NATIONAL ANN!VKRSARY. This day was celebrated in the City of Griffin vritli the enthusiasm and spirit due to th* day and the glorious reminiscences which it inspires. It was the first anniver sary celebration of our infant city, and it ! will long remain a “green spot” on the ! memory of all who had the pleasure of par* | tieipating in the happy occasion. A splendid flag, bearing the stars and stripes of the nation, wos tun up at day break, and floated proudly over tho scene of festivities. A hand of music, composed ofgontlcrnen amateurs of cur city, who have associated themscives together for improve ment in that science, enlivened tho day with a number of choice airs nnd marches, nnd j the explosion of gunpowder added interest ! to the morning. At ten o’clock a procession was formed | in front of the City Hull, under the direction of A. Bellamy, Esq. Marshal of the day; the band of music in front; then the Orator and Reader of the Declaration of Indepen dence; then the Griffin Polemic Society; then a long line of ladies; and then visitors and citizens generally. Tho procession proceeded to tho Methodist Cluireh. The exercises of the day were opened by a fer vent and devout address to tho Throne ol Grace by the Rev. N. G. Slaughter. Tho ; Declaration of Independence, prefaced by : a few pertinent remarks, was then read by i A. A. Gaulding, Esq. in his usual energetic nnd impressive manner. An address ex ; cellently well suited to the occasion, was I then delivered by David Cloptort) Esq.— Wo will not do Mr. Clopton the injustice tn attempt to set forth in a short newspaper notice the merits of his production on this occasion, or tho universal satisfaction it gave to his enlightened auditory. At the. request of the Polemic Society, lie his handed it over to us (or publication, and it will be found in our preceding columns.— Mr. Clopton’s style of oratory is, for a young man, most chaste and beautiful ; if he will permit us, and it is not a solecism in lan guage, or a neutralizing of terms, we Would say, somewhat tame from its very chastity ; the continued lino of beauty is so severe, so without spot, or wrinkle, or blemish, to rest the tasked ear upon, thaf it becomes painful from excess. When his youth, and ho will permit as to say his extreme diffi dence, wears apace; when age imparts more strength ot feeling and energy of ac tion ; we look to Mr. Clopton to take his stand in the first rank among the oratots of Ti'S day. Arttor the ol&VioiY, the profession was t again formed, and marched lo the City Hall, ond after nn interval of on hour, the compa ny sat down about one o'clock to art excel lent dinner prepared for the occasion.— Hartford Green, Esq. was called to the head of the first table, and acted ns Piesi dent of the dnv, supported by Maj. VY illinm Cline as his Vice President; the President of the Polemic Society, J. Q. A. Alford, was called tc the head of the second table, supported by Dr. James S. Long as his Vico President. Tho company present a mounted in all to upwards of a hundred, a mong whom wo were happy to see a num ber from a distance, mule nnd female, who complimented us with their presence, and to whom, in the name of the committee of arrangements, we here return thanks. Ihe dinner, as Well as the whole subsequent pro ceedings, were conducted on the total ab stinence plan, nothing hut pure water or fresh cider being used on the occasion. After the cloth was removed, the follow in'’ regular toasts and sentiments of the company were drank, amidst the kindest, the happiest and most joyous feelings we ever saw at an anniversary celebration— During the whole day we did not see a jar of discord to mar the harmony of the com pa ay. REGULAR TOASTS. 1. Tho Day wo Celebrate: Hallowed by the event which gave it celebrity. Long may Americans cherish those feelings of patriotism which impel them toils celebra tion. 2. The Constitution ol the United States: Its inviolability the only salrgunrd of our Liberties. 3. The memory of George V\ ashiegton : The friend of his race, the preserver of his country, nnd the founder of Liberty. 4. Tlio memory of the Marquis de Ln- Fayette, an 1 his gallant Countrymen; Their important services in our hour ol need, entitle them to our lasting gratitude. 5. The Heroes of 1776 : May the ster ling virtues which cabled them success fully to resist British oppression, he cbnola ted by their descendants in every age. 6. The Army nnd Navy nf the United States: Ever ready at their country’s call ; may they always sustain the high character they now enj*>y for courage and mug' a nimity. 7. The Republic of Texas: May she rival tho United States in Liberty, nnd Prosperi ty; and her lobe star bo horrie proudly on ward, until it is planted Upon the battlements of Mexico. S. Education : t'.s general diffusion tho only means of Qualifying a people for the enjoyment of true Liberty. 9. Industry, Economy, and Enterprise : The sure road to Individual and National Prosperity. 10. Commerce and Manufactures : Their prosperity depends upon a proper medium of circulation. 11. Agriculture: The foundation of Na tional Wealth and Greatness. 12. The United States: The beacon light of Liberty, find, tho asylum of the op pressedof fill nations. 13. Woman : Dear Woman : God’s last, best gift to man. VOLUNTEER TOASTS. By IlattlorA Green, President of t!i« Day,—-Flo rida: May she shortly get rid of tho Indians, and be admitted into tho Union. By J.u. A. Alford, first. Vice President.—Man: Created for action, for duty and usefulness—let him live in accordance with this great design ot his being, and he is then worthy of the blessings of freedom, and capable of attaining the highest dig- nity and truest happiness. By Wm. Cline, second Vice President. Our fo reign Relations' —In the wolds of the immortal Washington, “ The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our com mercial relations, to have with them as hide politi- I cat connection as possible. So far as we haveal j ready formed engagements, let them he fulfilled i with perfect good faith. Heie let us stop." j By Dr. James S. Long, third Vico f resident.— We hail this as the great era of om temperance re | formation —May the cause continue to prevail until we shall he released from tho great tyranny ol tin: evil of intemperance, which Itaa so lung enslaved our country. By David Clopton, Orator ol the Day. Ireland, the Emerald Isle, flie home of Krrunet—May the disgrace of English usurpation tic wiped away, and the blooming shamrock entiirele the brow- ot the patriot. Bv A. A. Gaulding, Reader of the Declaration of Independence. Party Spirit—The drug which poi sons the cup of social rnjoymout. Let it ever he banished from the board wl'iiph freemen surround in celebrating I he birth-day ot Liberty. By Rev. N. G. Slaughter, Chaplain of the Day. My religion, my country, my friends—l hope to a dorn the first, serve the second, and never disgrace the last. Bv Samuel G. .Tones. Virginia—May tho hal lowed associations which now cluster aroiind the name never Ire disturbed by tlio ill conduct of her sons, hut her fame, liko the path of tire righteous, grow brighter and brighter unto the perfect, uay. By ft. L. Hunter Ucpmliution Prbts — A foul blot upon the esrtttcheon of the United States, tinjuptiy perpetrated by one of its members. By Win. K. Little. Georgia—One of < he good old Thirteen, based upon the firm pillars of “ wis dom, justice and moderation.” She is well founded. Upon these pillars le* us plant the banner of tem perance. Then may vy’c safely excluim, “ all is well.” Esto perpetua. By W. W. Woodruff. Tho newspaper press of the United States—Untrainelled by n censor, it is like a sentinel upon the outer wail, ever ready 10 give notice when danger approaches, and to defend our rights when they are assailed. By M. G. Slaughter. Religion, Education and Government gives character to a nation —no won- i der then that, we are so highly exalted. By A. i\*. Null. Our country—Less importation and more British go*u. By Iv. J. T. I/tdc. May all the farmers of Geor gia make good crops this year—may all that are in debt speedily out, ond he returned to that situa tion in pecuniary matters thut will make them peacenik nnd happv. B\ A. Bellamy. The Georgia JefT raonian— an honorable exception to the Orator’s allusion lo the corruption of the pi ess. [we cannot refrain, in publishing this compli mentary toast, to state the fact, so highly honorable to the liberal feelings of the gentleman who gave it, that ho takes his station in the opposite rank ot pc>- 1 1 tics from ourselves.-—Eds Jeff.] By Lewis Beck The Aionroe Rail Road Com j,any—May she he successful in all her underta kings, and" at an curly day run her engines to the city <jf Griffin. By Lee Strickland. If the people of the United States Yvhtild prosper and be exceedingly indepen* d<mf; Ut thent plow move anil Bp end lossi Mtfttisi U'r l di' L»yd<d NatmVsbvSl gift t > man, Yvithowt.whom the yvoiid -y ou I .bh 1 one y ist oml extensive scene of conf'usiofe and discord —may the sons of freedom ever main, fain patriotism enough to protect .and defend her, and place her in that station wLch her h*ri!s de mand. By Godfred Kcncr —[bv birth a German.] TIM United States of America- -The home of freedom, and tne land of my adoption—the asylum for the. I oppressed of all countries. May her free institutions stand sacred and inviolate, til! the lest trumpet shall sound, and this world be no more. By M.‘G. Dobbins. Tho citizens of Georgia- Brave, liberal and magnanimous to a fault. By H. B, Holiday. May Sum Houston not wnnC lor men or means to conquer Mexico. By James A. Berks. Georgia—By the industry and economy of her people, we shall see her prosper again. Bv ft. f5. Lunicr. The mWnber of the Griffin Band—May their lives ever bo au sweetly innocent and os harmoniously peaceful, as their gladdening music has added interest to the joyous day we ccio brnttt. By Robert Griffin. May the rising generation never fofg'ei their old sire?*, who fought for the liber ties they enjov, nnd may they nourish tlio patriotic principle in their breast. By John C. Holman. Why is the prosperous city of Gridin, where two years since a barren forest was? decaUfe knowledge is power, and bccanso Fulton lived. By John H. Gass. The Engineer Coips of tho Monroe Kail Hoad—May they always sustain tho high character they now possess for intelligence and gentlemanly behaviour. By Joseph B Askew. The Gridin Polemic So ck ty—an honor to our city; may its exertions he re warded by fitting its members for higher stations in life. By a giieft. The Orator of the Day. By another. Tho Reader of the Declaration. By another. Onr Host. The viands lie has this* day set before us, t*hows that, he is ns good a caterer for the palalc as our Orator has proven himself for the mind. By another. Major Clino—May the J< ffersonian ever enjoy ns glorious and honorable a station a mong the presses of his country, as he now docs in the galaxy oftiridin’s virtue and beauty. [The foregoing very kind and complimentary toast was handed in anonymously, ami requires some explanation. Although well understood by the company present, tlio reader at a distance, not enlightened, might take it for granted that wc worn the very “ drake’s eye” of the ladies of Gridin, — tho “ gay Lothario,” the “ young Adonis,” upon whom half the pretty girls were wasting unrequited smiles and hopeless sighs To set the matter rigid thed, before our readers, be it known, that as one tho Vice Presidents of the day, to which station t’nS. partiality of the company had appointed us, wo yy ere most fortunately arranged to the foot of tho first table, where were also seated the Indies who had honored the company With their presence. U is to this happy location the sentiment has reference} not I-rrt that yvp suspect, however, with all its court*- ly diction, that there was a spic e of envy, just a vorv little, lurking within it. And not much blame tt» the yv: iter either. * 4 Tnm had got planted unco* right” for once in his life, and wc suppose we look ed proud ol our company. Wc tried to bear our honors with becoming humility, but poor liumnh nature is exceedingly vam. For once we wefO happy, and looked so, no doubt. u Willi freedom’s soil beneath our feet, And sh criom’s banner waving o’er 11s,” and freedom’s daughters all around us, our heart Would have hern more Insensible than adamant had it not fell proud of its fortune. Wc had got the weathergungo of fate, Who had played us so many scurvy tricks. We were content, nnd had no aspi rations beyond the. hour. With such a bevy nf brail tiftit houries around us, it was glory fchcbgh, and hr&vcn enough too for one day. “ Kings mn v he blest, hut Tam was giorious* And no wonder that a shadoof envy from abroad should momentarily darken the sunlight playing around onr happy head.] By Wm. Cline. The citizens of Henry county— Many of both sexes have honored 11s with thvir presence; we!entile, thrice welcome, to our hoard. f This t onsf was responded to by Mnj. Moore, of McPonoilgh, in a short but very complimentary address, directed chiefly lo the ladies. Many otheV of ihc sehtimen's yy ere responded to ns they were! read, but wc have not rttoin to particularize.] By John Culmcr. All libera! Denizens of this Republic— May the ioVe they bore their native lands he fully evinced by their attachment to tho land of their adoption. By A. A. Gaulding. The Youth of our C ounfry: emphatically the lupe of our country —May they ever he guarded frern the influence of vicious cx nmi»h s, and early learn to appreciate the blessings of liberty, virtue and intelligence. Bv Pleiades <Beall. Woman—Strong in her weakness and powerful in her virtues—the oiily conservative dl the firn r feelings of our nature. Without her charms arid sweet alartns, Ambitions flame to fan, Oh ! who would rare to live a day, Or lengthen out a spr.n. • By a Lady. Griffin Band of Music—lnteUigcuf, patriotic gentlemen. By Mrs. Lewis Beck. The Young Gchtlcmon: May they remember that the lacquey wears the tinselled livery, and depends upon the sheen of his garment for Ids evanescent importance; whilst the gentleman wears a plain suit, relying upon the good qualities of his head nnd heart to gain tho honor of the men and the admiration of the Indies. By Mrs. ('. P. Jones. “Righteousness exalteth a nation, hut sin is a reproach to any people,” there fore We infer that the surest bulwark of Liberty is virtue, its greatest enemy \ice. By Miss Jane Allen. Truth and flattery—A thousand kisses fur the one, a thousand frowns for the othcl*. At tin early hour of the evening, the com pany adjourned, amidst the happy congrat ulations of each other that they had spent another anniversary of American Indepen dence in peace, plenty and happiness. Re have never seen a clearer demon stration of the grand and genial iafliienco of woman, than was exhibited at the Griffin celebration. Their presence threw a mYig ic ring of enchantment around the \Vhole company, and shed a hallowed and benign spirit upon the scene which nothing else could possibly have imparted to it. “All was flowery, wild and*swect.” YYe cannot in justice (o our own feelings, or those of a large majority of onr fellow citizens, ( is we are well assured) close this article, without returning our thanks to tho young gentlemen composing the mitrtary band of the city of Griflin. They Were un tiring on the occasion, nnd added, moat hon orably to themselves, and most delightfully to the company, to heighten the enjoyments of (he day. Their targe improvement in the science in the short time they have faeeo practising together does them much honor ; their gentlemanly exertions during the day, have won for them, the esteem and grati tude of their fellow citizens. The ladies will make them their own acknowledge* i'ment?; they can *do if better thtinw'e^cqrt'.