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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1835
Page
2
The Savannah Republican issue features praise for the State Rights Banner with calls to raise and display the flag. It extols Georgia unity, liberty, and resistance to tyranny, urging readers to uphold the banner as a symbol of freedom and national strength.
General Sandford argues that Creek frauds were built into the treaty system to enable land speculation. He cites barbaric conditions, property misvaluations, legal impediments, and corrupt intermediaries as factors allowing exploitation and masking true rights and losses for the United States.
The piece argues the federal government or state powers and a state remedy debate between Republican Jeffersonian and Federalist federalist schools. It claims the right to judge power rests with states, outlines party lines across Georgia Maine Missouri, and names Jefferson Hamilton as emblematic leaders. A balloon ascension by Mr Clayton is briefly reported with travel path and audience turnout.
Late from New York and Europe report stock sales in U U B Bank shares and Calcutta opium cargo aboard the Sylph. A Marseilles dispatch describes a civict court fine against the American Consul over a drunken servant woman, amid broader European turmoil. A deadly Block Island Channel collision sinks the schooner Creswell. thirteen perish. Indemnity bill advances in Paris while Lyons insurgents’ trial continues. Savannah celebrates July with patriotic toasts and political name‑calling surrounding Governor candidates and state rights issues.
The article notes that thus far, Spain has been rendered by England under the Quadruple Treaty and that the general subject of intervention was not discussed at that meeting.
The letters show George R. Gilmer declining a State Rights nomination to Congress due to impractical winter travel and health concerns. Roger L. Gamble reports Gilmer’s refusal after a June 1835 convention nominating him to fill Judge Wayne’s vacancy. Gilmer cites private obligations and inability to attend next winter’s session.
The excerpt presents polarized opinions on state governance, Federalist versus Republican leanings, and upcoming elections. It names W. Flournoy, Hon. Charles Dougherty, E. J. Hardin, T. C. McKery, J. 8. Calhoun, and Mansfield Torrance, with regional references to Muscogee county and a critique of constitutional liberty. The piece invokes the Star Spangled Banner as a symbol of patriotism pending election outcomes.
A compilation of 19th century political endorsements and statements praising state sovereignty and government restraint. Notable figures referenced include Thomas Jefferson, South Carolina leaders, Hon. Charles Dougherty, Whitfield Williams, and John Forsyth. Boasts of constitutional principles and cautions on consolidation appear alongside rumored federal judicial appointments.
A fragment notes a July 25 1835 date from Augusta urging virtue with the exhortation be just and fear not. The short item preserves a civic minded moral line associated with the period and place.
The Augusta Chronicle announces sale of the paper with possession after October first. It emphasizes a large subscription base and substantial printing materials, promising a profitable investment. The notice includes editorial jabs about the Telegraph and political alignments with the Dodo metaphor and GOP examples.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports a furious attack and seeks the issue number of a contested article. It denies writing at Col Perrit's request and states the piece was authored from a sense of justice amid an ongoing controversy with Col Perrit.
The Macon Telegraph denounces the Chronicle and the Nullifiers for seeking dissension in the Union Party. It praises Georgia’s Clark men for supporting Van Buren while opposing White, calls out pandering press behavior, and defends principled unity against sectional manipulation. The piece questions the Telegraph’s sudden stance and stresses integrity and state rights concerns.
The article defends Governor McDuffie amid Nebraska Washington Globe attacks. It clarifies his Hamburg dinner remarks, correcting misread inferences that he cursed Washington with divine vengeance. It quotes his line about fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah and pledging not to return to Washington. It notes the Globe’s venom and presses a cautious editorial correction.
Henry Mealing announces he cannot run for a seat in the state Senate this year. He thanks supporters for their liberal backing and urges state rights friends to nominate someone who upholds the Constitution and Jeffersonian principles, pledging his cordial support. July 21, 1835.
The Georgia Pioneer notes John Ridge and associates will hold a council in Floyd county about six miles north of Rome on the 20th of this month. The event is expected to draw a large crowd, with Ridge and his party pressing forward on their cause.
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