LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 418 868 8- F 290 .R69 Copy 1 c>^^^/ J a/// 1 1^ y^^ "^k^^M^^^u ^'/^ THE SOUTHERN REMEDY. Governors of Georgia. Organization of the Democratic Party. Mistaken Policy of the Democrats in Buying Doubtful Politicians. Connection betw^een the Politics of Georgia and of the United States. P.Y JAMES H. RODGERS. Rntt'VC'l ai'corilin'z' to an Act of Congress in the Clerks' ()ffice of th;; Southern District of (reoraia. ^v. THE SOUTHERN REMEDY. Governors of Georgia. Organization of the Democratic Party. Mistaken Policy of the Democrats in Buying Doubtful Politicians. Connection between the Politics of Georgia and of the United States. BY JAMES H. EODGEKS. JVI ^ C O N : PBINTED FOR THE AUTHOR— TELEGRAPH OFFICE. 1859. ^>'^^ :^A PREFA.CE In offering to the public the " Southern Remedy," I have maturely considered what I believe to be the best interest of the Southern States, the Farming Interest particularly, not only pecuniarily but politically^ and I believe it the best policy of the people of the South to adopt the measure here proposed. For the purpose of showing the relation in which the Democratic party stand to the Whigs of the Revolution, I have given a list of the Governors of Georgia (and their politics), from the settling of the State to the present time ; the organization of the Democratic party ; the time and the people who organized it ; bad policy of buying doubtful politicians, illustrated by several examides ; and each President of the United States and the complexion of their administration, which will make a short and convenient reference for the politician. JAS. H. RODGERS. Tal>lo of Oonteixts. Chapter I. — Southern Remedy 8 Chapter II. — Govei'nors of Georgia 6 Chapter III. — Organization of Democratic Party 10 Chapter IV. — Mistaken Policy of the Democrats in buying doubt- ful Politicians IC Chapter V. — Connection between the politics of Georgia and of the United States 20 Oliapter I. SOUTHERN REMEDY. The Democratic Party has now the responsibility of saving the Uni- ted States from the combined power of Northern fanatics, viz., Black Re- publicans, Know-Nothings, Whigs, Federalists, and all the disaffected of every party in the Union, and it therefore becomes them to com- mence the work in earnest, and not again commit themselves to the weak and foolish course heretofore pursued by them, of passing resolutions in their Conventions to dissolve the ties that bind them to the Union, for certain causes, and (when these causes have taken place), of aban. doning the grounds first taken, and again to pass similar resolutions, but to be again abandoned. These resolutions have given strength and encom-agement to fanaticism, and have become a by -word and reproach to the State, and to all political parties of the South. Since the power is now in the hands of the Democrats, it is a duty they owe themselves and their country to preserve the Constitution, which can be effected in but one way, viz., by estabhshing a Direct Trade with Europe. This individual enterprise cannot succeed under our present commercial re- lations. Then let each State, on its own account, through its Legisla- ture, begin the work and it will be finished, provided they have the will, for the means are at hand to accomplish it. The State should have a sufficient amount of scrip struck, founded on its staple productions, and to be used for no other purpose than the purchase of these produc- tions, or those of the adjoining States having the same staple ; and then nothing should be received for the produce, but its own scrip or the specie. This will give us a currency that will at all times be at par or above par — put us out of the reach of Northern capital, and turn ex- change in our favor. To illustrate : say that the Cotton crop of Geor- gia, for one year, should be worth only ten millions of dollars ; it would save to the farming interest, in interest, seven hundred thousand dol- lars, and in exchange, three hundred thousand (besides expenses), and from 25 to 50 per cent, on our consumptions. By these means, we would be enabled to establish a Direct Trade with Europe ; would have no more panics in money matters ; and in a few years would be placed in a situation to perfect our system of Internal ImproveTnent, and make the South what God and nature designed her to be, viz., the garden spot of the world. All this can be done when the people will it. Is it not strange, that instead of doing and acting for ourselves, we suffer Northern merchants to control our finances entirely, we, all the time, paying tribute to them ; and the North continually quarrelling with us about our domestic affair's, over which it could have no influence, did we not give up the control of our staple productions ? Let us, then, unite as one man ; set ourselves right in our commercial relations ; and leave to our posterity the heritage which our Revolutionary sires be- queathed to us, viz., the Constitution of the United States unimpaired, and the blessing of a Constitutional Democracy. To attain this, the way is plain. By an Act of the Legislature authorizing the Governor to have a sufficient amount of scrip struck to purchase the entire crop of the State, and then elect by Legislature, a President for the State, and one Director from each Congressional district, whose duty it shall be to appoint a Cotton Inspector in each of the following cities, viz., Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Brunswick, Darien, Macon, Oglethorpe, Albany, Columbus, or any other place that may be required for the convenience of the farming interest ; which inspector shall examine all the Cotton that may be offered in the market where he is located, and certify to a fair valuation of said Cotton, according to quality. Thu.s, if the owner wishes to receive Cotton scrip on said valuation, an Agcnt^ appointed by the Directors, shall pay a fair price for the Cotton ; the scrip to be in bills of from $5 to $100 ; the Cotton thus purchased to be sold for specie or scrip. Ff the farmer wishes, of course he has a right to sell his Cotton to whoever he chooses, without having it inspec- ted ; but, as the intention is to establish a Direct Trade with Europe, and at the same time to give the farmer a fair price for his Cotton, it will be necessary to have an Inspector, as the State cannot enter into competition with the Cotton speculator, but will give a fair price to whoever may offer Cotton for sale, whether farmer, street-buj'er or spec- ulator; and when it is purchased by the State, it should be held until a fair remunerating price can be got for it (covering all expenses), pay- ment in every instance to be taken in scrip or specie ; and the Cotton, thus purchased, to be put in the European market, unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the Board of Commissioners. By securing a sound currency in this manner, in a very few years the people will be put out of debt, and will be enabled to carry out the system of Internal Improvement to the best advantage ; and to establish a system of edu- cation, the benefits of which will extend to every child in the State ; and then fanatics will hide their heads in confusion and despair — I 5 might have added shame, but who ever heard of a fanatic blushing ? A thing that has no soul suffer his cheek mantled with a blush ? — nev- er ! no, never ! For twenty or thirty years, the North has expected to see the South take her own business in hand, and adopt a system of trade which would deprive the North of the profits of the labor of the South ; and, in order to turn the attention of Southerners away from their real in- terest, has raised the cry of "Abolition of Slavery," while the people of the South have never taken a single step to free themselves from Northern rule ; and the financial policy of the Government will be con- trolled by Northern capitalists until we throw off the yoke by estab- lishing a Direct Trade with Europe. (As to Slavery, it might be said, par parenthesis, that labor must be performed by human hands. The South chooses the black man for a servant, while the North chooses the white man for a slave. Let any disinterested person contrast the con- ditions of the two and say which is preferable. The Southerner, for his o^vn interest, will guard his negroes from disease, nurse them through sickness, and have all needful attention bestowed upon them. They have to work for their masters through the day, but at night they seek their cabins with no care for the morrow, and when age comes on and their labor is of no consequence, the law compels their owners to pro- vide for their wants. How different the condition of Northern ser- vants ! They are paid their scanty wages, and if, on their way to their miserable abodes, they should fall a prey to disease, their aristocratic employers feel it in no way incumbent upon them to bestow the least notice upon their inferiors ; and j^ct they will gather their families around the fireside and read of the cruelties practiced upon the South- ern slaves, until they shed tears of sympathy for the "poor benighted African," while their own servants, discharged for sickness, probably may be starving at their verj^ doors. While the people of the North evidently wish Slavery abolished in the South, that they may find em- ployment which is now given to negroes, what negro would exchange places with a Northern servant ? Not one in ten thousand.) And now, fellow citizens of the South, press forward for the salvation of your country. Instead of " old issues '' and party divisions, let the watchword be " Direct Trade with Europe, and the manner in which it is to be effected ;" and at the next election, elect no man who is not in favor of this trade ; and when it is established, we shall occupy the place our Revolutionary fathers intended — be freemen in fact and not alone in name, and may sit under our own " vine and fig tree " and worship God in our own way, "while none dare molest or make us afraid." 6 Chapter II. GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA. OGLETHORPE. The o>)jcct of this work is to set forth tlic political history of Georgia ; hut as a list of the successive Governors of our "Empire State" will he interesting to almost every one, as well as a convenient reference, one will here l^e given. The Colony of Georgia was taken possession of by British subjects, about the twentieth of Jan- uary of the year IVoo, under a Charter from the King of England, granted to Gen. James Edward Ogletliorpe, and others. Oglethorpe, in person, together v,-ith one hundred and sixteen settlers, in the King's name, took possession of the State (the grant extending from Savannah to Mississippi), and settled at i'amacraw, where he " marked out a town and called it Savannah." He was thus appointed hrst Governor of Georgia. On his arrival, he entered into a treaty with the Indians, and used all the means in his power to render the settlers comfortable. He remained with them until 1748, when he returned to England. STEPHENS. The Governorship now devolved upon William Steph- ens, who dischargetl, with fidelity, the duties of his office, until forced, on account of feeble health, to resign it. He was succeeded by PARKER — who held the office of Governor until the surrender of the Charter of the Province of Georgia, which took place in 175-i; after which the King appointed JOHN REYNOLDS— with the title " Captain General and Governor- in-Chief of his Majesty's Province of Georgia." He was succeeded bj- HENRY ELLIS — "Governor-in-Chief," &c., and under his adminis- tration was settled the long dispute between the Bosworths (Creek In- dians), and the Colony of Georgia. He was highly esteemed I)y the people over whom he presided. lie solicited a recall, which was grant- ed, and Sir JAMES WRIGHT— was appointed in his place in 17G0. Even at that early day, the people of Georgia began to claim the rights of free- men, and very soon after the appointment of Governor Wright, the spirit of liberty seemed to be infused into the bosoms of a great many of the inhabitants of the Colony, and he passed an act, by authority in him vested, attainting of "high treason" against tlie King, all persons that he believed would attach themselves to what was then called the "Liberty Party," by which party he was forced to leave the Colony, and JAMES HABERSHAM— succeeded him, by authority of the royal commission which commissioned Governor Wright. He was a Royalist and strenuously advocated the right of the King to govern the Colony of Georgia. He died in 1775, and was succeeded b\'" WILLIxVM ER\'EN — who was the first Governor that ever espoused the cause of Liberty in Georgia. By his patriotic conduct, he baffled the schemes of the Tories, who then had a majority in the Colony, and so managed the State affairs, as to keep the government in his own hands until he could transfer it to the hands of the Sons of Liberty. ARCHIBALD BULLOCH — succeeded Erven, and their principles were similar. He was the first man that ever read the Declaration of Independence in the State, and publicly advocated American Indepen- dence. But this brave patriot was not long permitted to lift his voice in behalf of the dearest of human rights. He lived only a few months after his appointment, and upon his death, BUTTON GWINNETT— was appointed Governor. He was a friend of American Lil^erty, and a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was, unfortunatelv, killed in a duel with Gen. Mcintosh, in 1777. JOHN ADAMS TREULl'EN— was elected Governor on the 8th of May, 1777, by a large majority over Button Gwinnett. He was a true Son of Liberty — foremost among those who advocated the cause of American Freedom. In 1780, an act was passed, disqualifying certain persons from holding an office in the State of Georgia, and Mr. Treulten thereby received the honorable title of '" Rebel Governor." JOHN HOUSTON — was elected Governor on the 8th of January, 1778. He was a warm advocate of the Revolution, and a great terror to the Tories. In 1784, he was again elected, and acquitted himself with honor in all the. various stations to which he was called. JOHN WEREAT— was President of the Executive Council, and Acting Governor in 1783. He was a firm friend and faithful supporter of the Revolution. GEORGE WALTON— was elected Governor in 1779. A true patri- ot, he fought the battles of his country, and freely shed his blood in defence of her liberties. RICHARD HOWLEY— was elected January 4th, 1780. A brave upholder of his country's rights ; but, during his administration, the British and Tories overrun the country, and he was compelled to leave the State. He, therefore, retreated to North Carolina, to escape the imprisonment of himself and his Council. STEPHEN HEARD — distinguished himself in many hard fought battles, in the cause of American Independence, against the Indians and Tories. NATHAN BROWNSON— elected in 1781, contributed by his pro- found talents and inestimable services, to the attainment of the liberty we now enjoy. JOHN MARTIN — elected in 1782, was one of the first to advocate a separation from the British Government. LYMAN HALL— elected in 1783, was one of the Signers of the Declaration. SAMUEL ELBERT — elected in 1785, was a soldier in the Revolution, and, as Colonel in the Army, had done his grateful country good and able service. EDWARD TELFAIR— elected in 1786-7, and again in 1790-3 ; was an advocate of Liberty and Independence. GEORGE MATTHEWS— elected in 1790, was a commanding officer in the Revolution, under Gen. Yv^ashington, and fought with courage and bravery the battles of his country. GEORGE II ANDLY— elected in 1788, was a Revolutionary soldier, a Colonel in the Continental troops. Ho was engaged during the whole struggle for Independence, and quitted not the battle-field until our " Stars and Stripes " waved proudly over thv free soil of America. JAREI) IRWIN — elected iu 1VU(3, was also a Revolutionary Patriot, and as commander, has rendered great service to hisi country. In 1797, v/hcn the Democratic party was organized, Governor Irwin took an ac- tive part in that organization, and may be said to have been at the head of that party. The Tories, and those who took British protection, became then, and have ever since been, the opposers of Democracy. JAMES JACKSON— elected in 1799, refused to take the oath of office. DAVID EMANUEL— acted as Governor from 1799 to 1802, while he was President of the Senate, the office of Governor being at that time vacant. JOSIAH TATNALL — a true patriot and an espouscr of the Revolu- tionary cause. JOHN MILLEDGE — was a Revolutionary soldier, and one of the band that made a prisoner of Governor "Wright at the commencement of the struggle. DAVID B. MITCHELL— elected in 1809, was a Scotchman by birth, and the first Governor elected iu Georgia that had not taken a part in the Revolution. PETER EARLY— elected in 1813, was a native of Virginia, but un- known in the Revolution. W^ILLIAM RABUN— acted as Governor while President of the Sen- ate iu 1817, but was elected Governor the same year. He died in 1819. ^ MATTHEW TALBOT— acted as Governor while President of the Senate. He was a Virginian, and came to Georgia about the close of the Revolution, and when the Democrats organized, he was one of them, and died in 1827, tlie candidate of that party for Governor. The elec- tion would have taken place in October. He had no superior in point of devotion to the interests of the people, and to the support of the principles of Democracy. JOHN CLARK — was elected Governor in 1819, and again in 1821. A hero in the Revolution, he filled several important Militarj' offices, having entered into the service of his country at the early age of 1-1 years. By his courage and activity he rose from the rank of Lieutenant in a Volunteer Conipan}-, to that of Major, being then only 10. His devo- tion to the cause of Liberty, and his determined efforts to defeat the schemes of the Tories and the allies of Great Britain, in whatever shape the}^ appeared, have won for him the hatred of those against whom lie acted, and that hatred was, to the day of his death, unmitigated. All that the}^ and their descendants coidd array against him, either by false accusations, or iu any other way calculated to injure him, politi- cally or personally, has been faithfully tried. He headed the Demo- cratic party of Georgia, from the time of its organization till he left the State in 1827. He was the pride of the Whigs of tiie Revolution, and the Democrats of 1797 to 1827 " delighted to honor him." He died in Florida, October loth, 1832. His death was deeply lamented by the Democratic party of this State, and was a source of rejoicing to the Tories, their descendants and their allies. May his ashes rest in peace — his spirit shine in the army of his God in Heaven. GEORGE M. TROUP — was elected by the Legislature in 1823— a session long to be remembered on account of the traitorous act of two of its members, who sold out to what was then called the " Crawford party." His birth-place was out of the jurisdiction of the State, said to be in what is now Alabama. Although Mr. Troup was not of the " Rev- olutionary Stock," he was a man of talent, and long the opposer of Democracy, but died one of its warmest supporters. JOHN FORSYTH— elected in 1827 by the Troup party, was oppos- ed by Matthew Talbot, the Democratic candidate, who died a few days before the election, so that Mr. Forsyth was elected without opposition. He was very talented, and although he opposed Democracy in Georgia, after Mr. Crawford's defeat for President, he became a friend to Jack- son's election, an advocate of Jackson's administration, and finally a member of Jackson's Cabinet. He was a native of Virginia. GEORGE R. GILMER— was elected in 1828. He was an Indepen- dent candidate against Joel Crawford, the candidate of the Troup party. Gilmer was supported by the Democratic party, and elected by a large majority ; but he scarcely recognized that party as a free people, and at the next election they defeated him by running a true Democrat, Wilson Lumpkin. Gilmer was again elected in 1837. His family was unknown in Georgia, during the Revolution. WILSON LUMPKIN— was elected in 1830, and again in 1832. He was elected by the Democratic part}^, of which he was a member, and had been ever since he had arrived to years of maturity. He was a Virginian by birth. WILLIAM SCHLEY — elected in 1835, was an uncompromising Dem- ocrat — a true friend to Georgia. He was defeated in 1837 by Gilmer. He lost his election by his irTclination for Internal Improvement, but has never surrendered his principles. It can be said of Governor Schley, " There is a Democrat of the Old School ; a Strict-constructionist ; one of those that make up the salvation of the ITnion, of the State." CHARLES J. McDonald— was elected in 1839, and again in 1841. A Democrat of the Old School, a Strict-constructionist of the Constitu- tion, a States Rights politician of the first order, a son of a Revolution- ary soldier, and a jurist of the highest rank ; a friend to his country and his country's cause ; a man of the people and the people's man ; one whom the Democrats have ever "delighted to honor." Of such a man it may be truly said, " He is the noblest work of God." GEORGE W. CRAWFORD— was elected in 1843, and again in 1845. He was ever an opposer of the principles of Democracy. GEORGE W. TOWNS— was elected in 1847 and again in 1849. He was a native Georgian, and the son of a Revolutionary soldier. HOWELL COBB — wa9»elected in 1851, under the name and style ot a "Constitutional Union man," combined with the Whig party to defeat the Democrats. althoue^Ii he claimed to belong to the last mentioned 1* 10 party himself. The Whigs thought to get control of the State by using Cobb as a tool, and vice versa. It was manifestly the design of both to break down the Democratic party ; and perhaps, to organize under a new name and rule, the Government of the State; but they were deceiv- ed, sorely disappoinlcd. Cobb "dropped back" to the Democrats; the AVhigs mostly went into a new organization calling themselves "Know Nothings," and some of the Democrats had taken such a stand against Democracy that they coidd not "foil 1)ack." A few of our Ex-Judges and Ex-Solicitors, and a great many of the "rank and file" took Know Nothing protection, and followed in tiie wake of Millard Fillmore, of "Erie Letter'' and " Cuba rroclamation " memory, led by %voidd-be Gov. Ben. Hill— (25cts. Den). HERSCllEL V. JOHNSON— elected in 1853, and again in 1855. lie was a true "State's Rights Constitutional Democrat;'' in talent unsurpassed by any man of his age in the Cnited States, and if he lives, will be known in the councils of the Nation. JOSEPH E. BROWN— was elected in 1857. A Democrat of talents of the highest order, has just entered upon the duties of his olHco, and gives promise to the Democratic party that the confidence reposed in him Avill not be abused. His star is in the ascendancy, and he bids fair to become the most popular Governor that has ever presided over the interests of our cherished State. Thus we've had in Georgia, since the settlement of the State bj- Brit- ish subjects in 1T3.">, forty -five (45) Governors — 7 Royalists, 21 Revolu- tionists, 10 Democrats, and 7 "Anti-Democrats," " Consolidationists," "Modern Whigs," "Know Nothings," " Eederalists," or unylhing but Democrats. Oliapter III. ORGANIZATION OF TIIE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. A sketch of the political history of Georgia, up to the time of the Revolution, has been given in the preceding chapter. AV^ith Thomas Jefferson for a leader, the Democratic party was organized in 171*0-7, just twenty-one years from the commencement of the Revolution, which l)eriod seems to have been noted for change in the State of (Georgia. The Royalists were called "Tories," and thus there were two distinct parties in Georgia in 1775, and they have remained so till the present day (1858). There was, also, a third party, which must not be over- looked, viz. those who took British protection, daring the Revolution, and who, in their own opinion, were superior to either Whigs or Tories. Loyalty to the Crown forbade their fighting for liberty, and cowardice forbade their fighting for the King, notwithstanding they proudly called 11 themselves his "loyal subjects." They were, and their descendants have ever been, most violent opposers to Democracy. They seem to regai'd its very name with a kind of holy horror, and almost scringe when they hear its principles advocated. Their feeling is probably akin to that experienced by their ancestors, when they expected to feel the very agreeable sensations of the hangman's cord about their necks, on account of their opposition to liberty, and although the Whigs of the Revolution not onlj- spared their lives, but made them equals in all the rights of freemen, yet they, together with the descendants of the Tories, have ever kept up a separate organization, under some name which clearly defines their opposition to Democracy. At the close of the Revolution, and after the Confederation, the Revolutionary party gained the ascendency, and retained the government of Georgia, by keeping a Revolutionary soldier at the helm as Governor, until 1809, when D. B. Mitchell, a Scotchman by birth, and one who came to Am- erica after the Revokition, was elected Governor. About this time, the Democratic took the name of the " Clark party," and the opposition partj^ that of the "Crawford party." The assuming of the names, "Clark" and "Crawford," grew out of a personal diflB- culty between WiUiam H. Crawford, whose family took British protec- tion in the Revolution, (see "Sherwood's History of Georgia,") and John Clark, the son of Gen. Elijah Clark, a Revolutionary patriot, who proved his devotion to freedom's cause hj many battles, bravely fought. John Clark was not only the son of a hero, but a hero himself. He enlisted at the age of fourteen, and by his bravery and address, was honored with the appointment of Major before he was sixteen, and the Tories of the Revolution dreaded and feared Jack Clark, (as he was then called), and their descendants hate the name of Clark, up to the present daj^, (1858). Tlic quarrel grew out of charges preferred against Clark by Judge Tait, and Crawford. Tait w\as then presiding Judge of the Superior Court, and at a Court held m Green Co., had induced a man by the name of McLeary, (or something of the sort,) to make a confession, implicating the character of Gen. John Clark. Clark re- ceived notice of their friendly proceedings while in Wilkes Co., and immediately set out for Greensbo^-ough, but met Judge Tait at Bowling Green, on his way to Lexing-^on, whither Crawford had preceded him. When met by Clark, Tait was ordered to alight from his carriage, which he accordingly did, snd Mr. Clark, then and there, Jiorseichipped him, until he (Clark) was satisfied that he could bear it no longer. He then " let him go," and proceeded to Lexington, with the inten- tion of settling with Mr. Crawford, probably in the same manner, but was met by a friend of Crawford's with a challenge to fight a duel. Clark accepted it, upon condition that they should fight until one of them was killed. This, Mr. Crawford agreed to, and a place of meeting was appointed. (West bank of Apalachee river, then the boundary line between the Whites and Indians.) On t'ne eve of the meeting, for some cause unknown to us, Mr. Clark's second, John Forsyth, informed him that he " could not attend him." This intelligence, however, was not productive of the expected result, for Mr. Clark instantly replied, that 12 he "expected to do his own fighting, and could easily dispense with his services." The duelists met at the place appointed, and at the lirst fire Clark's ball took etlect and shattered Crawford's arm, upon which he (Crawford) refused to fijiht any longer. This ended the personal quarrel, but the citizens of Georgia took the names of "Clark" and "Crawford," the Democrats being "Clark men," and the opposers of Democracy "t'rawford men." Under the organization of 1707 the Clark party took the name of "Democratic party," and the opposition party called themselves "Federalists," until the election of ^Ir. Jefferson, whose popularit}^ caused those in Ck'orgia to change their name to "flelfersonian licpublicans." This was the situation of the parties when Mr. JSIadison was elected President of the United States and ^var measures began to agitate the country'. The people then assumed dif- ferent attitudes — the Democrats were in favor of a war with Great Britain, and the "Anti-Democrats" became the peace party, were op- X)osed to war, and did all they could to justily the Dritish (Government in the course pursued in relation to pressing our seamen into their service. -\.fter war was declared, there was organized in Ceorgia a strong company for the purpose of providing the British with provi- sions, cotton, (tc. Iliis illicit trade was carried on hj' a part of the citizens of Georgia, while another part were lighting the battles of our Country, to secin-e the liberty for which their forefathers freely shed their blood and spent their treasures. But as it is tlecreed that "all things must have their end," so had this business of smuggling, in the year 1813. The army, marching through the lower part ol the State, came upon the allies of Great Britain who were engaged in the trade, captured a part of their goods and made the discovery that they had smuggled many more, and had them deposited in different parts of the State. Information and proof of the same were given to the Legisla- ture during the session of 1