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him the wrath of the writer of the Hfe of Roger Sherman. 

 Every word Jackson then said, appHes at this day. In reply 

 to Mr. Scott, he said that he " differed from the gentleman 

 last up, and supposed the master had a qualified property in 

 his slaves; that the contrary doctrine would go to the destruc- 

 tion of every species of personal service. The gentleman 

 said that he did not stand in need of religion to induce him 

 to reprobate slavery ; but, if he is guided by that evidence 

 which the Christian system was founded on, he will find that 

 religion is not against it; he will see from Genesis to Revela- 

 tion the current setting strong that way. There never was a 

 government on the face of the earth but what permitted 

 slavery. The purest sons of freedom in the Grecian Repub- 

 lics, the citizens of Athens and Lacedemon, all held slaves. 

 On this principle the nations of Europe are associated ; it is 

 the basis of the federal system. But suppose all this to have 

 been wrong, let me ask the gentleman if it is policy to bring 

 forward a business at this moment likely to light up the flame 

 of civil discord ; for the people of the Southern States will 

 resist one tyranny as soon as another ; the other part of the 

 continent may hear them down by force of arms, hut they will 

 never suffer themselves to he divested of their property without 

 a struggle. The gentleman says if he was a federal judge he 

 does not know to what length he would go in emancipating 

 these people ; hut I helieve his judgment would he of short 

 duration in Georgia : pei^haps even the existence of such a 

 judge might he in danger." We have given these extracts 

 from Gen. Jackson's speeches, to show that he never lost sight 

 of his duty to the South ; that he was always prepared to 

 defend her rights. We come now to what we consider one 

 of the most valuable services which Gen. Jackson ever ren- 

 dered to the people of Georgia ; we mean the bold stand he 

 took against the nefarious " Yazoo Act." We are candid 

 when we affirm that the mere thought of the circumstances 

 and history of this disgraceful procedure, causes us to feel a 

 sickening emotion ; and we would not introduce this subject 

 were we not desirous of doing justice to Gen. Jackson, and 

 convincing the people of Georgia, that if he had done for them 

 no other service than thwarting the purposes of the friends of 



