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CHAPTEE X
JOHN CLARK BECOMES GOVERNOR—HE DEFEATS MR. TROUP AFTER A
HEATED CAMPAIGN IN 1819^—CHARACTERISTICS OF THE Two CANDI
DATES CONTRASTED—MR. TROUP A LEADER OF THE CRAWFORD PARTY,
TO WHICH GENERAL CLARK HAD LONG BEEN A BITTER OPPONENT—
GENERAL CLARK Is SUPPORTED BY THE UPCOUNTRY SETTLERS AND BY
THE SMALL FARMERS IN THE LOWLANDS—MR. TROUP Is SUPPORTED BY
THE ARISTOCRATS OF THE COAST AND BY THE PROFESSIONAL ELEMENT
—GEORGIA IMPATIENT FOR A EEMOVAL OF THE INDIANS—BOTH THE
CREEKS AND THE CHEROKEBS STILL liOLD LARGE BODIES OF LAND—
, GOVERNOR CLARK, AN OLD INDIAN FIGHTER, Is IN SYMPATHY WITH
THIS FEELING—CONGRESS Is MEMORIALIZED BY THE STATE LEGISLA-
TURE—ON JANUARY 8, 1821, A TREATY Is NEGOTIATED WITH THE
CREEKS AT. INDIAN SPRINGS—SOMETHING ABOUT THIS HISTORIC Lo-
CALITY, A FAMOUS RENDEZVOUS OF THE BED-SKINS, AFTERWARDS A
POPULAR . HEALTH RESORT—LANDS ACQUIRED BETWEEN THE
OCMULGEE AND THE FLINT—PARCELS EXCBPTED—OPENED TO SETTLE-.
MENT. UNDER THE LOTTERY ACT OF 1821—FIVE NEW COUNTIES
FORMED—DOOLY, FAYETTE, HENRY, HOUSTON AND MONROE—GOVER-
NOR CLARK Is RE-ELECTED IN 1821 AFTER A SECOND HEATED CON-
TEST—MAJ. FREEMAN WALKER RESIGNS FROM THE UNITED STATES
SENATE ON ACCOUNT OF ILL-HEALTH, AND Is SUCCEEDED BY NICHOLAS
WARE—BOTH ELEVATED TO THE SENATE FROM THE MAYOR'S CHAIR
OF AUGUSTA—AN EXTRAORDINARY LEAP—GEORGIA IN THE SIXTEENTH
CONGRESS—THE SOUTHERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Is CREATED—THOS. W.
HARRIS ITS FIRST JUDGE—SLAVERY BECOMES A DISTURBING FACTOR IN
AMERICAN POLITICS—THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820—GEORGIA
GAINS A NEW CONGRESSMAN—THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1820
—FOUR NEW COUNTIES F'ORMED IN 1822—DEKALB, PIKE, CRAWFORD
. AND BIBB—THE FLINT CIRCUIT Is CREATED, WITH ELI S. SHORTER ON
THE BENCH—UNITED STATES SENATOR WARE DIES IN NEW YORK—
THOMAS W. COBB Is AWARDED THE TOGA—RICHARD HENRY WILDE
SUCCEEDS MR. COBB.
NOTES : THE MC!NTOSH RESERVE—THE MC!NTOSH TRAIL.
But to resume our narrative. The death of Governor Rabun, on
October 24, 1819, as we have already seen, brought Matthew Talbot to
the helm of affairs. Mr. Talbot, as president of the Senate, became gov
ernor by virtue of his office and entered at once upon his duties as chief
magistrate; but he did not enter the race as a candidate to succeed Gov
ernor Rabun. The latter's death having occurred within a few weeks of
the time set for his retirement, there were already two strong candidates
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