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first set foot upon the bank upon which you stand. Now, 

 four hundred thousand people open their arms to receive you. 

 Thanks to a kind Providence, it called you to the standard of 

 independence in the helplessness of our Revolution. It has 

 preserved you, that in your latter days the glory of a great 

 empire might be reflected back upon you, amid the acclama- 

 tions of millions. The scenes which are to come, will be for 

 you comparatively tranquil and placid. There will be no 

 m.ore of dungeons, no more fears of tyrants. Oh, sir, what a 

 consolation for a man, who has passed through seas of trouble, 

 that the millions of bayonets which guard the blessings we 

 enjoy, stand between you and them ! But enough ! Wel- 

 come, General ! Thrice welcome to the State of Georgia ! " 

 Education, a Court of Errors, internal improvement, and, 

 indeed, all enlightened measures, have had in Governor Troup 

 a warm advocate. The militia claims of Georgia for 

 services in 1792, '93, and '94, were firmly pressed by him, 

 and provided for at Washington. One measure alone which 

 he supported will admit of doubt with posterity. He was 

 the advocate of the land lottery system. He had supported it 

 at the beginning, in 1802, and advised it in 1825; but with 

 recommendations to guard against frauds and speculation, and, 

 from sale of fractions, to make suitable provision for beneficial 

 public objects. He considered the land as the property of the 

 people, and a lottery the speediest method for settling the 

 country and elevating his State. So had long thought all 

 parties in Georgia, so had they always acted. Executive 

 opposition would have been fruitless. On the subject of slave- 

 ry at the south, the Governor saw, in advance, the dangers 

 thickening around us. He informed the Legislature, in 1825, 

 that the feelings of the southern people had been recently out- 

 raged by officious intermeddling with their domestic concerns. 

 He predicted that very soon the Federal Government would 

 lend itself to fanatics, for the destruction of every thing valua- 

 ble to the southern country. One movement of the Congress 

 unresisted by you," said he, " and all is lost. Temporize no 

 longer. Make knoion your resolution ; that this subject shall 

 not be touched by them but at their peril. But for its sacred 

 guaranty by the Constitution, we never would have become 



