Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-12-06

Tue several V6TtIeS W. kuG C"uC0 SJtdtVos ~ uU
afraid those dissentions may TEL inmate in q
nal dissolution Of the Union ;--bm should such
an event be destined in future to take place, de-
precnfed as 1t has been BIZ tie last wishes Of the
departed founders IF the Revolution, Hosting
ton at their head, II ought at least in charity,
not to t1 ke place before The period (not now re-
motel tchen every one Of those .chO haze fought
and bled in the cause shall haze Joined their con-
temPorGriss.
|" Most truly and affeclionately your friend,
LAFAYETTE"
THE GEORGIA CONVENTION.
The Augusta COnstifutionalist Of the goth
inst. and the Courier of the 10th, contain the
finale Of the Convention which assembled at
Milledgevile on the 18th inst. It was liter
ally broken up by the secession Is So dele
gates.
On the 18th inst. Mr.. Forsyth offered reso-
lutions, /" that a committee Olive be appoint
ed by the president. to examine and report tn
this body, at its next meeting, the authority
of the persons assembled as delegates from
the different counties in the state, to repre-
sent the people Of their respective counties
the resolutions (if AMY under which the .elec-
ton Of each county was held-the notice Civ
en- of the time Of electiOn--the manner oil
holding il, the number Of votes given at the
election, and the number of votes in the
county'--and "ihat the individuals who
have acted a. q committee, Of what is known
as the Athens meeting, be and they are here
by requested to present to this body the cor.
respondence they have held connected with
the object Of their appointment" These re-
solutions gave rise to warm and animated
discussion, of nearly three days, inwhich Mr..
Forsyth, Mr.. Berricn, Col. Cumming, Mr..
Clayton and others took part, and they were
finally virtually rejected on Friday the 18th,
by the adoption Of "A substitute offered by Mr..
Berrien, by vote Of IS tn So: whereupon So
delegates immediately left the house.
Mr.. Forsyth, upon the rejection Of his res
olutiOns, and previous to bis departure rose
and requested permission 10 lay on the table
the following protest;
The undersigned, who have been appointed
Delegates To State Convention TO be held
at Miliedgeville, hereby declare their seces-
sion from the body, which il now sitting, UNI
der that title, for the following reasons.
First-More than twenty counties are un-
represented in the Convention. The absence
Of SO large a part of perfect representation
would 10 any case make it probable, and in
the present instance renders il almost certain,
that every important vote Of the majority Of
the Convention will be, la effect, vote of the
minority Of the people.
Second---Not only have more than twenty
counties plainly indicated that they disap-
prove the Convention by declining to elect
delegates, but many Of those which are rep
made appointments. not because
they approved Of the Convention, but that
their delegates might endeavor 10 avert the
evils which they anticipated from the meet
ing, and In the expectation that those dele
gates would withdraw, whenever a course
should be adopted Inconsistent with the rights
Of their constituents.
Third-We conceive that d course has
been adopted, Inconsistent not only with the
rights Of our constituents, but with justice Ia
the whole People. A very great proportion.
of those sitting az delegates have produced no
sufficient evidence. that they are duly author
lied to appear IN behalf Of those counties
which they nominally represent. and the ma
jority Ofthe Convention has refused to insti-
tute and enforce such a scrutiny as 10 indis-
pensable to the investigation Of this essential
fact.
Under these circumstances We deem Il an
Imperative duty TO secede--at the same time
entering . Solemn protest against the author.
ity or inflHence, which may be- claimed for
acts Of the body which we have let, IA acls
Of Convention representing the People Of
Georgia.
Here follow the signatures ofthe s. men,
bers who secedsd.1
When the Delegates len the Hail. says the
Augusta Courier. we understand there was
some. Kissing in the gallery. but much more
applause. The difference between the two
parties may DO understood By Mr.. Fnrsyth's
reply 10 Chytons taOnting question. II be was
afraid of the people Eyes" said Mr.. r.
" am afraid ofthe people. am afraid To-
ssasp their authority, and particularly when
they have sent me here to consider The best
means Of opposing ths usurpatiaus ofnihers."
We think il important TO state what we
personally know 10 be the fact. that many OF
the Delegates who remained are with us on
tnA main question. They remained because
tnsy thought the people 81 their respective
S :. expected them to do something, and.
.ney We're unwilling. therefore. by seeding.
~ gssappoint this expectation. They aEr IS
leeiaeaiy opposed To Modification a. those.
who len the body ,aad ara 10 favor I'll Soush.
err Convention. 49, = 5 = -,, s.
After the Withdrawal oftAs seesde,s. ! me-