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BY O. St W. ROBERTSON,
rVRM’I'OHt or THIS I A«1 nr TIIF UNION,
UAII.V PAl'KIi, ! : :
COUNTRY PAPKH. :
K1UHT UOI.I.AIIS.
; KtVK IIOl.I.AKS.
particular sperlos of property held by her
in common with the southern states, sic
idle anil visionary—Say all this, and still
thorp is somethin; duo to hur as an indnpnn*
dost state. All that has boon dono is not
, , , . . _. v _ wit before the ptibliu. The origin of tint
lie tolUnnt »sm>t’Uhe surveys! and Gen. dispute is no mystery; bnt we know not what
mEngland from thence, with foul bills of n ■- -u 5 ... . ' _.m.. . i w.: -ji—. ..
Andros, in ordar, if possible, to reach My.
telone.
At Marseilles, and other Mediterranean
ports, a rigid quarantine was in furce on
questioned/ The government paper says
“ the v/atiforbuldcn is few strong.” Did
that paper mean that tee had drawn an im
proper conclusion from what wo hud sooni
or, that i/'tlio orders wore thus “ strong,"
vessels from Egypt. Several had arrived they Were im/iro/wr f fho President snys,
1 *• /lit null >1 /if ikiPoiiDI tin, oiiNiimii. • noil
THURSDAY MORNING, SECT. I.
*-nT-mr-a i i ■ i it r — —
Out absent friends will be gratified to see
by the report oftlio Board of Health, which
we publish this day, that our city continues
lo enjoy an unusual degree of hqattli. Du
ring the past month, but eleven deaths ltuvo
occurred, and only three of that number of
fever. We state confidoittly. that Savan
nah is, at the present time, ns healthy, per
haps moro so, than any Atlantic city in the
Union.
Shipwrfck.—Wo regret to learn the loss
of the packet ship William Wallace, Cap
tain Joy, which sailed from this port for N.
York, on the 15th nit. We understand by
a letter from one of the passengers with
which we have been favored, tb it she went
abuuic duuut vtuvcii it biuoh, -I- a*., ..r^ni
of the 20th ult. at Great Egg Harbor. Her
masts and spars were,i named iateiy cut away
1-auil she remained together, but bilged
and filled on the morning of the 21st. The
situation of the passengers for some time, is
tepresented to have been very distressing,
•xpccling to he washed overboard every
“moment. The passengera and crew, how-
over, with their baggage, were saved, and
the tormer had arrived in Philndnlphi The
cargo, consisting of Cotton and Rice, which
with the ex n ption of some of the Cotton,
will, it is supposed, be lost with the vessel.
The Crops.—A letter from Beaufort in
the Charleston papers, states that The Cot
ton plants in many places ore literally de
prived of their fruit, added to which, the
Caterpillar had commenced its destructive
ravages.
We regret to add that a letter from St.
Mary’s mw before us, dated on the 27th
Wit. notices the ravages of tile same destruc
tive insect. We extract from it the follow
ing—“ We have had continued and heavy
tains for some time past ; in 'consequence
of which, the Caterpillar is destroying the
crops of cotton in succession—many of the
crops in Florida are totally destroyed —
They are now sweeping Mr. 's planta
tion. Another field in the neighborhood is
full of them ; and twenty acres belonging
to another individual have been destroyed.
They are rapidly progressing."
By the Florida, at New-York, from Rio
Janeiro, we learn that much consternation
was produced at that place when it was
known that Lord Cochrano hud departed
from Brazil in the Piranga frigate—it being
understood that he went off without lenvo
of the Emperor, carrying with him all the
money he had levied on the people at Per
nambuco, Matanham, &c and other prop
erly to a lorge amount. Admiral Jewett,
who was suspected of being an accessary to
this project, had since been arrrested.
The last London papers state that the
Piranga was repairing at Spithcad, for the
piirpos*sff returning to Rio, but it was not
expected Ld. Cochrsue would return in
her. The seamen had been paid off, with
liberty to continue in the service-or not.
Later from Europe —By the arrival at
New-York, of the ship Pacific, Liverpool
gapers to the 17th of July, are received.
Tlte Liverpool Cotton Market, had begun
to revive, but in consequence of immense
importations, the, last few days, but few
sales could be made at the prices asked.—
The arrivals in one day from the United
States, were 21,000 bules, and from the
Brazils 0000—in all 30.000 bales. Upland
10d. a Md; Sea-Island 2s 2d a 2s 6d.
The Liverpool papers of the 16th, state
that, " the news of the woek has furnished
various and contrary accounts respecting
the war in Greece. Tlte fall of Nuvarino,
is now certain ; hut new success, if the re
ports may be trusted, has attended the
Greek Naval Force : upon the whole, wc
are led to anticipate a favorable termina
tion for the Greek cause to the campaign.
It lias been said, but subsequently contra
dicted, that in consequence of the surrender
of Navarino, the Government of Napoli had
been induced to pardon Cnlocotroni, and
even to entrust him aHew witli an important
command. This we say, has been again
contradicted.
It is affirmed from Odessa, June 13, that
tecounts just received from Constantinople,
pf the date of the 7th of the month, state
that the Captain Pacha hail been attacked
on the 27th of May, near Mytelcnc, by Ad
miral Pacluury; but had, notwithstanding,
continued bis voyage with inconsiderable
loss to the neighborhood of Zea. On the
20th of May, Sachtury again attacked him
between Zea and Capo d’Oro, destroyed his
frigates and one brig, besides twenty small
er veaaels, which were partly taken and
partly sunk. After this disastrous affairs
the-Captain Pacha fled back again towards
health.
There had been an increase of the reve
nue arising from the ordinary sourcos,
Bl.713.60l, over tlio Inst year.
The last advices from Egypt, stated that
the locusts were making frightful ravages
in that country.
} It is said that Lord Cochrane intends to
proceed to the assistance of the Greeks.
| A north east storm was experienced in
New-York, accompanied with rnin, on the
17th ult. which lasted till the 22d. The
musallv cold.
O. is dirncted “to employ tlio military ta efforts have been mnds to adjust it, either
pivvent them.” VVo leave tlio servile Scrih-j by reconciling the Indians, or persuading
blur of tlio “ correction of errors’* to settle Gov. T. to abandon his project, of t ho sur-
tliis matter with his employers. A paper! veys. The issue to which things liavo ar
se blindly zealous in the causeuftlmse upon rived must involvcadrond responsibly some-
whoso favor it lives, that forgets truth nod where. It may, or it may not fail upon
drnpoMV. m»y u-.ist. for a time, that it. i» the Gov. T. Neithor his manner nor his tnm-
ulminielralinn paper, bnt it will not hing per, (of which wo have already oxnrossnd
COURT MARTIAL.
i wretched print was eatablished at the
j ofthe Government of the state. bv (j„„
. , 50 : ! Cla * lt ' (»*, P'»ved under his own S
The Court was occupied during the whole | conducted by an adventuror. who for ti
of this morning in the examination of Lieut, time, (I presume according to contract)
Saturday, Aug.
pied d
lat Commodore Portkh has
beenco during
from service.
G. W. Lafayette, dated
at Montpelier, states that they expected to
be in Washington on the 25th ofthe month,
and to sail on the 1st of September, (this
davl for Frane«.
Mr. Vaughn, Minister from England,
was presented to the President on the 10th
ult. und delivered his credentials.
The Augusta Mail did not arrive at
Charleston on Sunday, in consequence of
the overflowing of the water courses The
tipper country is said to be deluged witli
water.
We publish to-day some further documents
from Georgia, which st'e interes ing as they
show distinctly the course which the Evecti-
tive ofthe United States intends to pursUe in
regard to the Creek treaty, until Congress
shall have had an opportunity of expressing
ifs opinion on the mutter in dispute betwt en
the authorities of Georgia and those of the
Union. The only real question in which the
state of Georgia was concerned, in all tin
heatod discussions wh : ch have grown out of
the Creek treaty, was one of very limited
scope. As to the means bv which the treaty
was brought about, whether fiiv nr otherwise,
Georgia had nothing to do with them. The
treaty was formed by 'Commissioners of the
United States, appointed by the President
und Senate. When it was brought on for
ratification Colonel Crowell, its oppnser, was
here, also to allege all lie knew against its
legality; yet the resident laid the treaty be.
fore the Senate, and the Senate deliberately
sanctioned it. The treaty vested in the state
of Georgia the Indian lands within her limits,
reserving to the Indians the right of occu
pancy until September. 1826—that if, it slip-
ula ed that they should not be called upon to
remove before that period. Georgia, wism-
ingtotake possession ofthe land for the be
nefit of her citizens. as soon as the Indians
shall have removed, as a preparatory measure,
desires to survey it and run the lines of 'he
subdivisions which her mode of disposing of
her pub ic land renders necessary. This the
A !uUul»u (♦'irmirip ,t WillJJOflCIIC pUl’t
of the Creek nation) oppose, on the ground
that the treaty was not the act of the nation
but of a minority of it. The simple question
then for Georgia to consider was—not the
validity ofthe treaty but—whether the right
of occupancy reserved to the Indians pruhi-
l> ted an entry upon the land for the purpose
of surveying it, without their consent. We
are of opinioh that this was a question for the
parties who made the treat) to settle—not a
third party, which however much interested
in the decision could not rightfully put an
arbitrary constinotion on a stipulation which
other- had made, and were hound to fulfil —
different view of i
our strong disapprobation.) enn affect tho
rights of tho statu, nor deprive her of the
courtesy due to hor If her agents have
qoen guilty of fraud* lot them he forrottod
out, and expoaei\.~ Richmond Enquirer,
command tho respect of intelligent and lion-
ornble men. The other criticisms of that 1
print upon our account ofthe origin of this
controversey. might bo as easily exposed as
the one we have noticed. But tho publics
can take no interest in a war of words he- 1
tween two newspapers. Parts and evuntB! Troup and the Treaty against Clark* Crow
hnvo n stronger i*lnim upon their notice I c // c .
It is perhaps not less due to oursolves ibati We congratulate our patrons and the
to tlio Me writor at ITond Quartan, that. 0 d V( , CIItes n f 00rrect . )rim .jthrough-
T/k ,7 ■t 1 * 1 *, m th ? ; out tho State, that infhrmntinn of,, favour-
of the 16th under tho signature of Jnstitia. i ... ’ ... ,
Helton tlio masked Writer tinder the orlito-clmrncter, is regards the apprnneh-
tl.o p«ri- riftl l,un<! of t,ist P s por.qunstioiirf tlir- l.i>n«wtyj«"8 «•««“«»Governor, _ta iihnost daily
* nrwl I'nrfiir.lnPM nf mir lii.:fnrirn
and concoctnesp of our historical sketch of i received Fi’oiu some part ofthe state. The
tlio crock Controversy. Why that article people are wide awake, havin'/ been n-
should hnvo been nd'lresprd '* to tho editors, roused from their slumbers hv the exertions
ofthe National Thtolliironrer," we are at.a j 0 f Crowell, Andrews and Gaines, in con-
loss to conjecture. There are ouly^Mo, nC x«on with some leading Clark men mid
the great Yazoo Speculator Gen. Hamil
ton, to break the Treaty and favour Clm k’s
election.
the editors of that paper, from the relation ^
they bear to tho federal legislature, ought
noMn^HH •«» iiiiv ttiiiig at vari
ance with the views ofthe Executive, or of
its friends. 2. That the misfortune which
happened to them of thinking as we did on
a late important election, and of committing
another slight, aberration lins not been en
tirely forgotten. Perhaps both these rea
sons have had their influence. That the
hist has had its share in awakening a dor*
mant feeling is apparent from the following
remark near the beginning of .Tustida’s
piece; “l shall studiously guard against
any very formal enquiry into tho origin nf
the impulsn which produced it w —meaning
the commendation and republication of our
article.
Until Jnstitia can convince ns thnt apart
is equal to the whole, we shall continue to
think that Georgia has not received what
she contracted Tor in 1802. Altho’ he has
received large bodies of land in consequence
of the cessions procured under the u*iree
mnnt with the U. S. yet the annoyance of
the iiidiausexisted and the finol execution
ofthe contract had not taken place The
successful efforts ofthe U S. are a protec
tion as far as thev go. against the charge of
being faithless. Sfrill tho historical fact, ex
is<0 that Georgia has been dissatisfied wi»h
those efforts, and the success that, attended
them. As one ofthe parties to th? contract
if she thought its execution had been too
long postponed, she had a right to complain
without being called seditious. She sold to
the U. jyth#whole ofthe States of Alnba
mn onlWlississipni, in consideration of one
and a quarter millions of dollars, tho pnv-
ment aMe Ynzoo claims and the extinguish
ment™ the Indian titles within her presen:
territorial limits. Whv talk about the sums
of money the IJ. S. have paid on account of
this contract ? If’these payments ore to be
held up to public view, in a controversy with
which they have nothing to do, why not
scorch the public records and t«ll the public
how many millions the IT. S. have recei
vodfiM itic land.-1i»F*y g”f from Georgia and
have sold in Alabama and Mississippi ? Jus*
fit.in would designedly keep statement
out of view, and yet chargo us with want of
candour !
We ran assure that writer that, no man
in this Union, is less disposed than we are.
“ to inflame the alromlv excited feelings nf
our fellow citizens of Georgia . w If his soli
citude on this subject bn sincere w« rer.orn-
nieml that, his next efforts be, to arrest the
torrent of shameful abuse, which the press,
in every state ofthe Union, is so hoedles-dy
pouring out upon that state. Wo recoin*
mend him to admonish the Agents the Presi-
m is
Georgia, hovevor took a mucn iu vmv m •,,.. . _ .,
the question, and considered the opposition • ( ■ 1 Y 6 * 1 0 TROr P , # ?* IU .‘ P ,
nf tlie Indians, uml the h.teffm-nce of ilic I "" ,, '' ,omlent Ntate. and that whalnver the
General Government, as equally interposiii;
between her and her just rights. In main
taining this opinion the Executive of the
Sta e has been betrayed by bis feelings into
a warmth of language which none can l eg et
more than we have done, who know and res
pect the private worth ofthe individua' who
has used it. Ji should he remembered, how
ever, that the tone assumed by this officer
was used in defending what lie deemed the
just rights of his state against attempted vio
lation; and that his intemperance, if such we
may call it, sprung fr in that quick sense of
wrong which gave independence to these
States which is the surest guarantee of the
pu lie liberty, and which we hope never to
see extinguished, even though it may some
times break out into excess. Those, more
over, who censure the Governor without qua
lification, should know that in nothing that
i.c has said has lie gone beyond the feeling
of a great portion, if not a majority, of the
people of the state. This fact we gather
from the tone of the papers of the state, and
from private information derived from disin
terested observers who have passed through
it. The national authority having now ex
pressed its opinion in the matter, which, be
ing charged with the execution ofthe treaty
it was competent and right for it to interpose,
and having decided that the survey* proposed
by the authorities of Georgia, cannot legally
he, and must not be, made in opposition to
the wishes ofthe Indians, the state, it is to be
hoped, wil acquiesce in the decision and ab
stain from the attempt. • JYat, hit.
GF.onr.fA ano the United States.—TIu*
Into Milleilgeville papers arc filled with do
cuments respecting the controversy about
tlio Creek lands. The n
most interesting u-
immg them uro letters from the Secretary
at War, and the letter of Gov. Troup decli
fling any further ollicial intercourse with
Gen. Gaines. In tho letter of the Secreta
ry to the Governor, ho suys ; “ I am, there
fore, directed by the President, to state
distinctly to your Excellency that, for the
present, hr. will not permit such eiPry or
survey to bo made w In his orders to Gen.
Gaines, the Secretary defines his duties in
this respooct, in these words ; “ Should he
(Gov. T.) persevere in sending persons to
Hitrvey the lands embraced wit hin the Trea
ty, you are hereby authorised to employ the
military to prevent their entrance on the In
dian territory, or if they should succeed in
entering tlio country, to cause them to be
artetted," die. In our historical sketch, so
much complained of by the Government
Journal, we snid “the General Government
have either forbidden the surveys on tho
grounds that tho treaty is itself fradulent,
or that it confers no rights and creates no
obligations whatever until Sept. 1826.”—
This sentence is not only garbled and mis
quoted by the Journal, but its correctness it
i may may think of her constituted author
itii.’S they are entitled to exemption From in-
ult, if not to courtesy and respect.—EiP*rts
like those on the port of such a writer will
go farther to restore tranquility among the
people of Georgia, than any notice he nnv
please to take of the course of the editors
of I his sheet.
W<* love the Union, hut wo nra not less
attached to the rights of tho states. Break
down the latter; sink them into obedient
corporations • teach them to obey the “ will”
of a President, through fear of his willing
bayonets, und wo may bid adieu to the hap
py results we have heretofore enjoyed from
the beautiful theory of our system. The
Union will become a curse instead of a bles
sing.—With tlio sword nnd the purse, and
tho power to do whatever may he thought
to conduce to the general welfare* the go
vernment will soon become an oligarchy ;
and the transition to monarchy will be easy.
If wo know our own hearts, it is fears like
these, arising from the increasing tone of
superiority on the part of the government
iind its ngents, and the continued nssuinp
tion of power by Congress, rather than hos
tility to men* that have for some time dicta
ted our course as to the measures of the
Federal Government. Neither our tran
quility nor Union is to he preserved by tho
bayonet. Moderation nnd justice ; kindness
and concilintian ; mutual respect for the pe
culiar situation, interests, feelings and pre
judices of each other are the only cords
by which the happy confederacy of these
states is to he made permanent. With sen
timents and feelings like these, wo deeply
deplore the existing state of things between
our common government and our sister
state of Georgia.
We know not what have been tho means
adopted to soothe the dissatisfaction and to
conciliate tho irritated feelings of that
member of ilie Union. Say thnt 6he is in
the wrong ; that she has had no just cause
to complain of the U. S. respecting tho
lands and the removal of the Indians ; that
the U. S. ngents have not. intrigued in her
local affairs, hor election, &u. that through
hostility to her constituted authorities they
have not intrigued with the Indians not to
Mr. Adams* Agents, nnd their associ
ates in misiAviof-making, cry nut thnt the
Treaty was effected Uy treachery, intrigue
and bribery. And by whom were these
base arts practised? A ss, u*m!!y not by
Messrs. Campbell and Meriwether, for
their characters are far above such suspi
cion—the one a brother-in-law of General
Clark, and in all times of difficulty, his
most able and efficient friend—the other
a member of Congress, a pious man, and
as honorable a one we venture to say as
any in existence. By whom then was
the intrigue and bribery practised? Not
by or on the President and Senate of the
IJ. States who approved of and ratified
the Treaty. Fortunately for us there
were no Commissioners or Agents on the
part of Georgia, as in nor liny money
taken out of the State-Treasury, as was
then done, to “grease** the Indians, or the
white men of the Creek Nation who con-
troled them.
I f presents or bribes were given by the
United States* Commissioner* to any of
the Chiefs, from whence name the nionev?
Certainly not out of their Private funds,
and if such use had been made nf the pub
lic money entrusted to their care, it could
not he unauthnriznd, as the fact, would ap
pear on t|»« settlement of their account at
Washington. Resides, what had Messrs.
Campbell and Meriwether (the first not
onlv a political and personal friend but also
a brother-in-law of Gen. Clark) to gain by
making this Treaty, other than a common
interest with their fellow-citizens in pro
moting tho growth and prosperity ofthe
State? And mm it fora moment he be
lieved, that these men of high and honora
ble character, without an object to tempt
them other than the public weal, should
thus tarnish their fame ! It is contrary to
common sense and we will not believe it
—The people will not believe it, though it
he proclaimed from the house-tops by lea
ding Olurk-men. For the bold assertion
of some preposterous stones, the Indian
Agent Crowell and Ids fellow-labourer a-
ffaiiMt the Treaty, Andrews, were caressed
bv the Clark people of this place, (inclu
ding Gen. Clark himself) when they were
liere two or three weeks ago. The peo
ple cannot fail to see these things inn pro-
>er light. Having the. intelligence to un-
lerstand and the independence to assert
their rights, thev will supnort Tro up Sf the
Twenty against Clark, Crowell and the
whole Ci'ii pony, including Andrews,
Gaines, Hampton and the rest of them.
[Millnlgevillc Recorder, inst.
Signs nf the Times.—*Ve are officially
informed that Major Andrews, the Special ;
Agent of the United States to investigate j
the Creek disturbances which led to the
murder of M’lntso'i, returned to Wash
ington on Saturday. He has been absent
oil this business since the 20th of May. |
The Milledgevillc Journal, >ays that the *
United Suites Commissioners, Messrs.
Campbell and Merriwcther, will, in a
short time, lay before the public a state
ment of facts connected with their negotia
tions with the C reek Indians.
Ha met Carnmelli Bagdad Cosmar E-
mir Bartlett, an Eastern emissary in
Georgia, and editor of the Patriot, de-
lores that the Indian lands belong to
Georgia, but Georgia only wishes to ob
tain her rights hv fair and honorable
means. This man wont suit his employ
ers at Washington, if he uses this lan
guage.
As to Mnj. Andrews, his mission was
not only unnecessary, hut it was, in fact,
nn intrusion on the affairs of an independ.
c.nt state, and the style of his communica
tions was insulting and haughty. When
separated from the excitement, incidental
to the conduct of the Indians, it will be
found to have been altogether a point in
diespute between the Creeks and the Unit
ed States; hut it has been managed nt
Washington, to make it a quarrel between
the Creeks and Georgia, and the general
government Ims most humanely thrown
the burden from her shoulders, and taken
sides vith the Indians. Truth, theysuy,
lies at the bottom of a well—they will
bring it up in Congress on this Georgia
Henry. He produced the Logbook of the been engaged in a course of scurrility
schooner Peruviano* which vessel he com- personal invective ofthe most diae/aclfi
manded as a Dispatch Boat, from September ' ‘ m ~ ‘ “
1822, to March. I82J; having liberty of re
ference to the log book, he gave a detailed
statement ofthe manner in which that ves
aei was employed during tho whole of the a-
bove period. He was examined particularly
respecting tho deposite ofspocieon board the
ships of the squadron—and on tho charac
ter and state of tho ports on the Spauisb
coast, called tho Intermedins.
Ho was cross examined by Com. Stewart,
and his testimony being closed, the Court
adjourned to Monday morning.
, Monday* Aug. 22.
The Court mot at the usual hour, and
proceeded in taking tho testimony in tho
caso of Com.’Stewart.
Peter Burch* tlio Steward ofthe Franklin,
and who was chiefly concerned in tho con
ceahuciiL ofthe Spanish officer Madrid on
board that, ship, was examined, and amused
the Court not a litt.lo vVitli tho oddity of his
replies—his testimony went to exculpate
tho Commodore from all knowledge that
ihis individual was concealed on board.
Lieut. Thomas S. Hun marshy* who acted
...tv live ui inr mOHl Qltiirtiu'nf.I
character. Wo now find Gen. ClarE a ( fl n
didate for Governor, in close contact «ini
the agents ofthe U.8. who have insulted !
state authorites, and used every exe ii
to deatrov the prospects of the state h?
dose “ Troupis Governor." It j 8 , „j ’
proof of the violent personul hatred of m;,
party to the present administration of thf
state government, that they should le U£ rn!
with those whose every measure has been
directed to degrade the stale and to prev. nl
the attainment of her just claims,
its head should he foremost in pii.n ul 1
signal proof of/i'iIWolwm—anil that'cl-i,..?
&l Gninus should be invited to a public din*
ner for no reason thut can at present hi
perceived, except his services a/uiinJ
1 roup. We behold too in another oft Up
speculators one ofthe most violent ofour. n
omicR, General Wa.le Hampton, wl,o«i
name is sufficiently known fo r ( j j
during the lafe war on tin frontier and
whose efforts under the guise of huoiaiiitw
ami justice have been directed ta the invli.
dat ion of a treaty solemnly ratified. u\j
the opposition of such 'enemies thnt l luve
given the impression abroad, enrourH«rcd
the misrepresentations uf the Agents nf
as :id Lieutenant ofthe Franklin during her r‘
whole cruise, except a short interval whilei,? .... _ •
he commanded a hired armed brig, was then ‘ S e /.h® 11 1 ,‘f 1 the course pursued by
examined ; his examination by the Court, ; 0 nr . f 'I.lI'l? 1 .* *! 11 ™ Georgia
by
and tho accused, continued till three o’clock.
It was, like t hat of the oilier witnesses close
and particular Ho was usked, particular
ly, on the subject, of convoy ; on the move
ments of the ship Canton, as well as the
Pearl, the Harali, und tl»M Telftgrajdi
(which vessels accompanied tho Franklin
•luring much of her cruises)—the trausac
tions at the Intermedins—tho interference
with the Peruvian revenue; the bringing
on board ofspecie; tho employment of Cap*.
Smith; the carrying intelligence to the R iy
alists ; the transportation of horses ; the ab
sence of Lieutenant Weaver, &c. &c.
We noticed one part of tho testimony,
from which it appears that the expediting
• if the Patriots against the ports ofthe In
termedins was not. defeated in eon--*qin:hee
of Intelligence carried by our vessels of war;
as the people at the Intermedins already
knew of the plan against those ports when
• Mir Tr.uunb orrii'u/l
Th Court adjourned to 10 o’clock to-mor
row mornihg.
Tuesday* Aug. 23.
. Lint. ITomerslev’s examination was con*
•hided. Samuel B Bannister Sailmakor to
f ho Franklin, nnd Linuts. Ridgeway and
Ogden were examined.
AW AJPSiACs
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE LIMITED
S TA TRS.
BV \ OKOHOIAN.
Conclusion.
With the perverse disposition towards us,
existing among our more favored brethren
if tho North and East, it was to have been
"xpected that our institutions should have
been reviled and our language misropre
sonted. This feeling towards the state of
Georgia, among our northern brethren, is
founded principally on the existence of sla
very—a id from the unyielding democracy
which has ever distinguished the state of
Georgia. In others, and among our own
citizens, it has its origin in political feelings
of another character. It is well known that
in I7!)4, a set of unprincipled speculators
by the basest and most corrupt means ob
tained a cession for a trifling pecuniary con
sideration from the Legislature of this state,
•if thirty five millions of acres of laud, in
that part of our territory which nmv com
prises f lie states of Mississipni and Alaba
ma. These lands thus procured by hriberu
and 'orrupthn. were principally by the ef
forts of one man, Gmteml James Jackson,
forfeited to ‘)i v - state. G mornt Jackson re
good bis s *nl in t.hefhjmtn of tlto'TJni’ed
States, returned to his native s‘at« and with
the most untiring vigilance,and -ntire devo
tion to the public good, procure I the annul
ment of the contrnct. bv which the partici
pators of t he fraud wore cimpelled to sur
render their ill-gotten gains.
This'torritory Was afterwards ceded to
tlio U States by the unfulfilled contract.
is not supported by the majority uf the
pie ofthe state. But we venture t« 8u y
that three-fourths ofthe people are dispon'd
to support them in whatever uicnsuresili y
may take for flu* interest of the state ai.J
tho assertion of her just rights. ’IV p..„.
pie know that the prosperity of(«mir/ia is
ratsbane to her enemies out of the stuiu—
andtha*. accession to her wealth or gr.-it-
ness uml**r her present eiilighlenctfcii. f
Magistrate is destruction to the hopes n.d
designs of her enemies within the stale—
And they know too that when the rnii**rf
complaint exist, which we have enumera
ted, when justice has so long been deiu;.d,
when our property and lives are at a sinke
through the madness and fanaticism if
others, and when all our int. rcotirse with
the General Government and its most in-
signifi. auf agents is but one of contain\j
and cold injustice on their part, it is tima
to speak and to speak plainly. In the • ..i-
s iu inn stam»....'
will In* lotind. which induced our fathers;*
contend for t liir just rights through evil and
til rough good report—a feeling which how
ever long it may submit to injury, will hi rst
forth like a consuming fire.
it is not, therefore, astonishing that with
such enemies, every word or act on winch
they might, fasten lias been greedily ctiught
at. as the drowning wretch convulsively
grasps at tho straw which floats before Ins
closing eye. When nn imminent danger
thr* atoned ns and our property, by tliofuliy
and fanaticism of others, and who.; it wuS
justly suspected that tho strong arm of pow*
or was against, us, our worthy Chief Magis
trate stepped forward and suid to the r*r
present at ives of tho pooplo, (I quote liter
ally) “ I entreat you, therefore. most ear
nestly, now that it is not too lute, to step
Ibrth, and having exhausted the argument,
stand by your arms.”
And this, fellow citizens, has been tortur
ed into treasm, madness, fatuity'. The
Executive of the state tells the Represen*
ratives of the people that their rights are as
sailed, in a point in which, to assail is to
destroy, and lie recommends them to step
forward before it is too lute to urge the ar
gument, und when that is exhausted, to
stand to their inns- Had the Governor have
said, “ the argument, is exhausted, stand to
your arms ” the proper construction would
Have been different, and the people ofthe
state would hnvo been reccomincndcd to
stand by thus** arms, which under our mi
litia system, should always he ready I’-r
service—And for this lie is branded vnh
every epithot which malignity can Jevi*»,
iu* factien discover in her vocabulary. Thu
is not offered as an apology—the la«gu t r ?
if tli** Governor requires none, and cc\
tninly I f.***l no disonsiti m to volunteer> n,
if it were required. But it shows The extent
to which blind prejudice will carry the »•:*
nornnt nnd political antipathy, the iWtirn-
ing. Our representatives have re-icWd
tho sentiments of the address, and have
quoted the language of that great ir-s'm*
mnnt. in which are detailed our wrongs as
British subjects ; but with a ’praisewor
thy forbearance, it was suffered to rre,
undisturbed upon the table. \To have be n
used too of irentmg with incivility the
Tins subject Ini
. e. l _ , affair, however deep it may lie, and we
make the late treaty; nor after it was made j , .
that they have not exerted all their persua- I s1 '" 1 60 m,, " h m,8tak,!n .^ ll '° or t; nlllNed
sion nnd influence to make the Indians dis- 'northern policy is not visible throughout.—
satisfied with it, to murder M’Intosli, and fi- iThe King faintly said that the north has
nally disavow it as a fraud prartued by ' now the ascendancy and must keep it.
Georgia: Say that the U. S. Agonts sent to .Joint Adams once said that “ Virginia
inquire into these tilings nnd knowing the ought to be humbled in dust and ashes.”
slate of feeling and parties, have made ev- R u) - Us King Ims been rewarded for attemn-
ery allowance, conducted ! tillg t o draw the line between tho nor b
the utmost circumspection, and treated the ? i .. .
authorities of the state with marked re- “ nd '' 8 s " ut '• u " d " Uem l" s now
sped : Say more if you please, say thnt all t0 l’ ut down Georgia, in order to re-
bor fears of extraneous interference with a^*ch other states in the south,—Nouhs lidi\
of 1332. To qii’mt the cninplnints of the
speculators who had been thus deprived of
their prey by the state government, previ*
o'is to that contract. CJou/ress in 1314 miss- j Ci.>m*r(il Government,
ed an act appropriating4.700.000^ dollars in j | ) M;n beffiro adverted to. and we cun oniy
stock ay an extinguishment of nil their j u ,jj t that, when our rights are invaded >md
claims. This sum was appropriated not-1 0 „ r property and lives eml'mgorcd. if we did
witbst'itiding the repeated protests of the „ 0 t. stand up openly, frankly, fearlessly in
Legislature of Georgia, by whom these I f)„,j r defence, we should deserve tho con-
claims were viewed ns n continuance of > tnmt'lv showered upon us by every “ |* *ny
the fraud—vt it is nnothcr proof of the! whipster,” who wears tho livery of the Uni
mode in which Georgia has been fronted ,, ra | Government. But wi areofmitrietn-
in every transaction between her and thftjblc nmtorials—and do religiously helicvo
General Government in relation to the that “there would lie nrnro glory in forminff
treaty of 1802. that the state is now eharg- 0 rampart with our bodies on the confines of
our territory, than to lit* the victims of a
successful rebellion, or the slaves of ;i great
consolidated government.” That threat®
of Georgia i* disaffected to the Uiuen.
her population (that part at least, a'/iick go
hand and heart with her constituted a’ 1 *
thorilies) traitors to their country* w
•ind uiujualiliedly/rt7.vc. No state in the uiifc-
on has sacrificed more for the common d'**
fence & general welfarc.and none bus rescu
ed loss of benefit from their exercise by i hoi*«
to whom the means are entrusted, I» l ‘| c
time ofthe revolution, she was at her 1"’^
When those who are now her most im|'®*
cable enemies were engoged in trcnscnal'l-
practices under various disguises: when thef
were destroying the energies ofthe Gcnwu
Government, when they supplied the ei|'-
tny then upon onr coasts and warned lm“
ed with this account as n part of the
mount of monies expended for the cessions
then made, mid the General Government
lauded for their generosity to Georgia in tho
fulfilment of her contract.
Among those who after the consumma
tion of this stupendous fraud purchased
largely of the lands were many of our own
citizens, and ofthe neighboring states. It
is very evident Jhat those who were instru
mental in disposing of tho lands, under a title
soon after invalidated would never forgive
those who compelled thorn to disgorge their
plunder. This transaction wns the founda
tion of two most inveterate parties in this
stHte, wnich even now, modified by circum
stances, exist. Among those interested in
this speculation, since termed the Yazo 1 *
fraud, was General John Clark,(as the pur
chaser of 28,000 acres)—among the party ; of danger by their lights, when they " pre
who have ever been the most steady and plotting the destruction of our co ul }*
kl.O Ul.PUIH.HHII s
try—the state of Georgia devoted her a-
to the honor of tho coromouwealth—W
purse and her sword were freely einploj™
in advancing the reputation of hor country
—hor gallant youth rose en-mane when tw
invader approached*—net a murmur broM
from her in hor hour »f suffering—she h' 1 "
persnvering nnemies of those who were par
ticipaturs in tho fraud is our present Go
vernor, George M. Troup, whose name is
distinguished in the history of his country
as a patriot, without fear and without re-
pronch. These are the two candidates for
the first office in'the state, now before tli t - — ~ = _
people. With the first of these partiee has | ed for the common good and the cum
been incorporated in some degree the old glory—she defended herself, and add™ ,
federalists—the other party generally, has | the character which the nation has attat
been truly and consistently democratic.— despite the untiring efforts of faction.
They have over been, ofcourse, opposed to Hi.nffiwtinn and treason. Her reunn
eacli other—but the latter, with the excep
tion of a few yours, has been the predomi
nant party among the people. Four years
ago, George M. Troup was elected, since
which, the party of General Clark has be
come more violent than at any .preceding
disaffection and treason. — .
have been mid in the hutory of her gen
cm. which it hat been my duty to ru, 'f‘
late.
* 11,000 ofthe militia ofGcnrgis
one time under arms during the l“ te ;
period. Soon after the election ofTrgup a j nearly her whole armed population-
