Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-12-22
GEO2GI \.

'r,a Savannah Rprub.Ican gives the following
EXPLANATION ut the difference between South "a
r,,ina aud Georgia Nui,fi alton. Our readers.
after examining 1T. will no doubt think OF fioee-
d dim aud 'ree.iis zee:
There !, an article in the New York Daily
Advertiser Which confounGs the Modification Of
S,nth Carnlina with tina, OF Georgia. We did
snupo>r the ,il.tnct,on had been we'll understood
The Nulhii, atom OF Smith Carolina declares
aS,s at Congress ns'Itutinnat which operate
ut,n the whole Union; the constituted auihori'
tie, If Georgia declare a Judgment OF the Su'
pr.,na T. urt an usnrpdfi0R. because u uehses
thu right at the State Of Georgia I" irg's'a'e TOT
tn tCh ie territory within her Jurisois """a' !"
mis- M State has IN its sovereign capacity.
thp riuh, err the power. upon he principles OF
the Federal compact, 10 nuiilfy supreme I'd"
of The land. obligatory upon the whole c"nieue-
~ Rr. i, that supreme Law OF The Land,
w.,.h. IN the torn nf a decision Of the Supreme
r m,,. int.r,lic,s Sovereign State tram cover
In, .;,h its legislation, it's entire domain? The
a I'D aud main sense Of the distinction must be,
therefore. obvious 10 every candid and Just man,
no matter to what party he may belong. he.
,o,u,iyn and Secession are not IN the dreams OF
Georgia philosophy. Her Legislature aud Pe"-
ple arr oppased to Modification, in ITS South Ia
rollna ACKNOWLEDGEMENT in resistance TO me de-
cree of the Supreme Court, Georgia nutlhes no
thins-she ..plants" herself upon her Juiisdic.
,onai limits, without resistance To Congressional
legislation. If she sets at defiance an errone-
Gus opinion of the Supreme Court, the rest OF
The States have nothing to do with u, Tor II does
not affect them 1t does not stop the wheels OF
Gnyernment. as Carolina Nufiif, ation will Go.
In conclusion, we intreat those OF our North
eru brethren, who have abused Georgia on ac-
count of the Missionaries. now.to desist. as the
Presidential election is over-they can do no
good, but may do much harm we lmpiore
them by that attachment which they. as well as
us, entertain for the Union. not to touchthis ito
us) exciting question. We beg them TO lei US
alone; and. 10 use u school boys eXpresslon-
bu urs app.icabls-io ''shinny their oan SIDE. "
God knows ,here is excitement enough around IN
account Of the rarlf'-our ncishb"r, Carolina.
has adopted a measure, which nil shake this
Union to ITS centre-may dissolve IT unless amt
cably adjusted -aud though Georgia do not ap'
prove of her course. still with her she feels the
oppression Of that odnus system. mIscalied
. Amcrcan." aud vii! not rest satisfied until 1t
Is expuDued from our statute books.
The Augusta (Geo'g,a) Courier gives the fol-
lowing account of The fraud recently attempted
in ,hc great robbery called the Lotferies.
BEGAN the Commissioner of the Lottery
CHARGED with fraud in the Drawing. has been at
rested and arraIsned before the Ssnste. The
III use Of Representative have appointed cor-
mittee 10 prepare charges of impeachment, and
conduct the trial before that bod Y The COM
m,ttre of examination have some important cir
cums,antial testimony; from this it appears that
Il Gan has acknowledged himself Interested in
some OF the drawings said to be fraudulent; that
il was sand before the Lottery commenced draw
ing, that those persuns would draw rich prizes
that they did draw rich prizes. all IN one day,
lust before the wheel was To be given up to the
new Cummissioner>-that all the names thrown
in,o the wheel from Gwinnett county except
few afterwards received. were written gu, by
Me. Welibvrn, the Gov errors Secretary. and
those drawn aud alleged 10 be fraudulenuy
drawn, are not in his hand writing. but are in
the hand writing OF Began. all except one which
is doubtful and that all the other tickets drawn
IN that county are IN the hand writing Ut Mr..
Wel,b,rn The case excites considerably more
interest," than we expected The Senate ordered
him to give bail. hiIuself in $1,000, and two SUI
rites of $500 each.
..The Committee have reported set of Rcso-
iut,ons to the House Of Representatives, aud una
u
one of the Commits sioners, with prrpeiIa K one
of the most >tuprn,lous frauds prsc,ise Il up.
ON any community IL was proven before the
Comnlit,se by the Clerks. Who made the tickets
Tor Gu innett county, that the tickets that have
drawn so many valuable prizes are not Of their
wrt,ny-and it was aiso proved that the, in the
handwri'ing of Began. What is most singular of all
Is, that Began owns, ar il interested ia the foru
NJ. numbers. he has drawn the town of New
Ecpota Ridges finr house and plantation. for
which SIS. 900 are of re,l-two If the most va
luahe ferries in the nation, some of the best
stands for business, some valuable gold mines
and no ,loubt can possibly exist but that all the
mn,t valuable gold lots would have been drawn
70 sume Of his chances.