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Address to the, Uepublieans of the Uni
ted States.
Fellow Citizens :—Pursuant to no
tice, ami conformable to usage, tlie
Republican Members of both Houses
of Congress, whose names are stated
* ) you, have proceeded to recommend
suitable persons to fill the offices nl
/'resident and Vice President o! the
United States, for the term ensuing
the expiration of the present. Exist
ing circumstances will justify, if tliev
do'not require, a brief exposition of
the grounds of this proceeding. In
its adoption, arid submission to your
consideration, we have acted as mem
bers of the republican party, pursuing
the footsteps of those wno have gone I
before us, from the important revolu
tion in the politics of the country, re
sulting in the choice ot Mr. Jefferson,
to the period ol the first election ot i
the present Chief Magistrate. That]
in is course has not been sanctioned
by nil our republican colleagues, is a
subject for regret. Others, with whom
e wished to associate and unite in
measures ot conciliation and concord,
have, though respectfully invited, de
clined to co-operate with us. V* e
have been ready, and anxious, in a ge
neral meeting ol all toe Republican
Members, to submit our preferences
to the will of the majority'. Those
who differ with us in opinion have re
fused their concurrence. It is your
right, and becomes your duty, to de
cide between us. \Y e intend no im
peachmeut of the conduct or motives
of others. We speak for ourselves
only, without affecting to conceal our ;
expectation of obtaining your approval
of the course of proceeding we have
adopted. It is now twenty-four years
since the great political revolution,
to which we have alluded was effect
ed, and the power wliuh was thru ac
quired bv republicans in the govern
ment of tiie Union is still -etauied. —
Their enjoyment of this ascendency
has not, however, been undisturbed ;
on the contra y, they have had an un
wearied struggle to maintain with t'ue
same adversary over whom their tri
umph was achieved. It is not to be
doubted that'll was by union and con
cert of action that the strength of the
republican party was consolidated,and
its success hi tiie decisive controversy
effected. It is as little to be doubted,
that it is by adherence to the same
principle and policy of action that its
unbroken force and continental ascen
dancy can be preserved, /’lie rea
sons for adhering to tiiis policy of effi
ciency and safety derive in our judg
ment, peculiar force from the circum
stances which characterize the exist
ing period. The correctness of this
opinion is demonstrated by a revision
of the grounds which have been as
signed tor a deviation from that poli
cy. Those grounds we understand to
be, the supposed obliteration ot party
distinctions, ihe change of opinion on
ihe subject, which is apprehended to
have taken place in the Republican
body, and the improbability tnat a
general attendance, of tiie Republican
members could be obtained. In rela
tion to tho correctness ot the first ot
these grounds, the supposed oblitera
tion ol p arty distinctions, your ability
in decide can derive little aid from
uiiy observations of ours. That, in
some parts of the Union, where the
Federal party have always been weak
er and less violent, the t act is, m some
degree, as stated, and that, since the
late war,their exertions have no where
been as efficient as formerly, we ad
mit. But that danger is not to be ap
prehended from tnis source in connex
ion with the pending division in ll,<-
Republican party, and the angrv dt,-
seniions they are likely to endanger
we deny. That our adversaries have
not lost their disposition to avail them
selves of those divisions, to regain
their ascendancy, is confirmed bv a
reference to tne past, and ought not
to be doubted. There is not an in
stance to be found in the history of
the politics id’ t.lie different states, for
the last twenty years, in which seri
ous and continued divisions among
Republicans have gut led to a tempo
rary success id tlveir opponents. I' lie
same cause will produce a more ex
tended effect on a larger scale of ope
rations, and, we are persuaded that ail
calculations, of a different result, will
in the end, deceive and disappoint
those v.lvo shall be so indiscreet as to
indulge tnem.
As it respects the supposed change
of sentiment among the Republicans:
of the Union, on the question of the
fitness of conventions of this character j
the proceedings ol the last twelve
luontiis have strongly impressed our j
minds with a different conclusion.— :
Heretofore conventions of the Repub
lican Members of Congress, for the,
u nninatioii of candidates for Presi
dent and Vice President, have been
held upon the presumed approbation I
of their constituents only. The ques-1
tioii now, however, stands upon a very
different footing. Resolutions ex
pressive of their dissent to meetings
, vit tiiis character, have during their
a.-t session, been passed by the Le
gislature ot the state ot iennessee,
and transmitted to the Executives ol
the other states, for the purpose of be
ing laid hr fore their Legislatures toi
concurrence. No mode could have 1
been adopted better devised to ascer
tain the stare of public sentiment. It
is known that those •resolutions have
been acted upon bv the Legislatures
of Maine, New-York, Virginia, Geor
gia, North Carolina, Rhode Island, i
. Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana,'which ]
states are entitled to one hundred and
forty-sixout of the tivo hundred and .
si.riii-one votes to be given in the I ni- j
ted Ntates. By the republican mem
i hers of the Legislatures ol the lour j
’ states first named, and entitled to se- s
venty-eight vot"S, resolutions have ,
been passed, with sycat unanimity,
approving, in the warmest terms, such ‘
* a meeting as has been held. In the |
! remaining states mentioned, the reso- j
In'ions of Tennessc have been post
poned, in some instances, indefinitely,
ami in others disposed ot in a manner
evincive of a determination not to act
’ upon them. In no state, except Ma
ryland, entitled to eleven votes, has
there been an expression ot concur
rence bv the Legislature, in tne viev. s
of the Legislature ot Teunesse. In
South Carolina, entitled to the same
number of votes, one branch ot the Le
gislature, in opposition to the opinion
of the other, has expressed such con
currence. Nor have the members ol
the Legislature of any state, in their
individual capacity, expressed similar
views. From reference to these facts
we feel authorised in the belief that a
large majority ol tne Republicans ol
the Union have desired and expected
the adoption ot the course which, un
der tiie induence of those impressions,
we have felt it our duty to pursue. On
the remaining subject ol teview, vve
have a word only to offer, l’he cir
cumstance of the absence of so many
Republicans from our meeting has al
ready been stated as a subject (or re
gret. It is neither our privilege nor
disposition to exercise any right of
judgmenton their conduct. We have
been uniform in the expression of out
readiness to abide by tne sentiment of
a general convention ot our Republi
can brethren, and to renounce our pre
dilections in obedience to it* award.—
Various causes have combined to le
duce the number of those who have at
tended. Several who were friendly
to the candidates nominated, had ob
jections, which they conceived to be
founded in principle ; other circum
stances have co-operated. \\ itbour
detaining yomby an enumeration, we
content fiurbclves with a re r eronce to
the sti iki'ftg fact, that although the
states of New-Yoik Virginia, and
Maine have, with unusual unanivitv,
recommended to their M miners, m
express terms, to attend this meeting,
only thirty-four persons have repre
sented the .sixty-nine votes to \v,iic.
they will be entitled in the election.
\Vc will not a* :empt to conceal the
anxiety with which we are impressed
bv tiie present conjecture, lo o.u
minds, tne course of recent events
points to the entire dismemberment
of the party to which it is our pride
to be attached. The admission unre
servedly made, that, on the question of
the exoediency of a convention the en
tire amalgamation ot parties has been
assumed is, ot itself, sufficient ground
of solicitude. Other considerations
justify apprehensions of the same char
acter. The injurious consequences
likeiv to be produced by a departure,
at this time, from the ancient usages
of the party, will not be confined to
tne election of President. Exertions
are every where making to break the
entire system of conventions for the
nomination of candidates, in reference
to state as well a* fedeial elections.—
It is submitted, then, whether an aban
donment of the practice here will not
involve the ultimate prostration of the
system wherever it prevails, and with
it the securities of the republtcan as
cendancy. It is from an apprehension
of such results, in the event of tiie
abandonment of established principles
and of the usage of the party, that we
have adopted the proceedings now
submitted to your consideration. The
‘question is, in our best judgement one.
I toueking die dismemberment or pre
\ nervation of the parly. This question
it s your province to decide. The
office vve have sought to discharge
has been to place the subject before
you for this decision. The limits al
lotted to this address wilt not permit
us to dwell on the many and pressing
I considerations of a more general na
i lure, urging to union among the repub
licans, with a view to the decision of
j the approaching election of the first
officers of the government by the peo
i ple.a-ml the avoidance of the unallevi-
I nted mischief of an election by the
i House of Representatives Among
! the most striking of these cousidera
-1 tions is to he ranked the inevitable in
fficiency, as it respect? the measures,
both of domestic and foreign charac
ter of an Executive adiaintstiaLon h iv
ing to rely for its support on t.>e co
operation of a Legislature distracted
bv angry and implacable divisions.
Os the persons recommended to you
as candidates it ha 9 noi been usual to
speak. No motive exists to depart
from the established usuage in tLis j
respect. Known to you by a tong j
conr-e of public life, by their uniform j
devotion to the best interests ol the na- j
tioii in stations of the highest respon
sibility, in which their zeal, integrity,
and capacity have been amply proved,
we aie satisfied that we have only
anticipated your wishes by giving
them our recommendation. W itliout
intending to derogate Irnm the mer
its of others for whom your confidence
may besolicited.it is just to remind you
that the candidate we recommend tor
the first office in our goverment, has es
tablished a peculiar claim to the esteem
of the repubti can party, by his manly
and disinterested conduct upon a tor
mer occasion under the strongest
temptation to become the instrument
of compromising its integrity.
i.i', ■ i \.U’ < UUGtJI.Ks, Chairman.
E. Collins, Secretary.
c.oT.psMirn's n\\ vLCnno.Mi'i.r..
This highly interesting book
(says the Georgetown Metropoli
tan) has just issued from the press,
and is replete with every thing re
lating to the early history of our
gallant navv from the capture of
the Margaretta in 1775 to the last
action in the late war. It we are
to preserve our respectability in
the scale of nations, and be secure
from foreign invasion, we too must
have our “ wooden walls.” This
species of force, must he cherished
and should he more than gradually
increased, lor after all, it is on ships
we must mainly rely for the pres
e nation of that independent form
of government, which, while it se
cures everv rational blessing to us,
is looked on with a malign e\e by
the alieel tyrants.
W e trust the day will not be very
distant, when we shall have a na
val School on the same plan with
our Military School, where all the
youth of our country destined for
the naval service, will have an am
ple opportunity of becoming not on
ly skillful seamen, but accomplish
ed gentlemen, a thing we wish to
see perpetuated in our naval char
acter.
In this look will he found ac
counts of many brilliant achieve
ments that have passed almost from
remembrance. Among those of
our own dnv, we find the capture
of the Le Insurgcnte bv the Con
stellation. The brave man who
commanded in that memorable
fight, has gene to the tomb of his
fa the is, and his subordinates are
some ot our foremost officers, in
science, skill, and chivalry —we
cannot refrain from copying the
following mention of Lieutenant
Rogers, now the most scientific and
able seamen our country boasts,
and of the brave and accomplished
Porter. Such conduct at that early
period of our naval history gave
ample earnest of the usefulness
which they have.since manifested.
“John Rogers first lieutenant,
was sent with midshipman Porter
and eleven men, to take possession
of the prize, and superintend the
removal of the crew to the Con
stellation.— The wind blew high,
and occasioned so much de’ay in
removing the crew, that before it
could be effected, night set in, and
it came on to blow so hard as to
separate the ships, leaving one
hundred and seventy three prison
ers on board the Insurgent®, to be
guarded by lieutenant Rodgers
with his small party.
The ordinary means of securing
prisoners, and the gratings haviner
been thrown overboard by the crew
of the Insurgento soon alter she
struck, left lieutenant Rogers in a
most embarrassing and perilous
situation. The Insurgente resem
bled a slaughter house ; l;er decks
I not having been cleared of the dead
or dying; her spars, sails and rig
ging cut to pieces, and lying on
deck. Ihe navigating her in this
situation, in a gale of wind, by two
officers and eleven men, who were
at the same time charged with the
duty of guarding one hundred and
seventy-three prisoners, without
handcuffs or shackles, and hatches
all uncovered, was a service not to
be envied by the boldest man liv
ing.
Under these circumstances, lieu
tenant Rogers immediately secured
all the small arms; ordered the
prisoners into the lower hold of the ‘
and pUd ‘•, e - cl ’ j
way a sentinel, armed wit., a blun
derbuss, cutlas, and brace of pis
tols, with orders to fire, if any ot
the prisoners should attempt to
come upon deck, without having
previously obtained his permission.
In this situation, he was placed tor
three nights and'two days, during
which time neither he nor midship
man Porter could take the slightest
repose, being compelled to he con
tinually on the watch, to prevent
the prisoners from rising upon them
and retaking the ship, which their
numbers would have enabled them
to do, with ease, but for the precau
tions taken, and the vigilance prac
tised by lieutenant Rogers and his
party. One moment’s intermission
thereof would have lost the ship,
as the prisoners had manifested a
disposition tore-tike her, and were
incessantly upon the watch for a
favorable moment to accomplish
their purpose. She was, under
these circumstances safely conduc
ted into St. Kitts, at which place
the Constellation had previously ar
lived.
i During the action with the In
surgente, midshipman Porter, then
eighteen years of age, was stationed
in the foretop of the Constellation
—an eighteen pound ball from the
Insurgente struck the foretop mast,
just above the cap,and the mast was
tottering and about going. Disco
vering this, midshipman Porter
hailed the commodore, and gave
him the information, but no person
being immediately sent to his as
sistance, he, himself with great
presence of mind, judgment and
gallantry, went up amidst a shower
of ball, cut awav the slings, let down
thevards, and thus saved the mast.
In these days, the veteran Re
publicans. who weathered the storm
when Jefferson was at the helm,
ard now rally under the good old
standard, have to encounter from
their opponents, almost as much
proscription and contumely, as in
the days of’9B nay, more—for ne
ver was anv thing publisned at that
day, by Peter Porcupine and his
coadjutors, more false or libellous,
than what now daily issues from
some of our prostituted presses.—
It is fortunate that these prints
furnish, in their disgusting and ob
vious malignity of purpose, the an
tidote to their own venomous effu
sions. They’ may be safely left
to the just estimate of an intelli
gent, temperate, and reflecting peo
ple.—Nat. Int.
.IForrfgtt gutcUiffrucr.
Lute from France. —Bordeaux pa
pers to the 12th Jan. and Paris to the
7th have been received at Charleston :
They contain no news of particular
importance—the principal items are
tli at —
The French army of occupation in
Spain, is to return on the Ist of June
next.
The stocks experienced an extraor
dinary rise on the 6th January. Spa
nish certificates had declined.
F'ourteen French refugees, among
whom were several prisoners, captur
ed at Barcelona, were brought to Per
thus in the custody of gen d’armes.
Several deputies from the Greek
congress, arrived at Corfu on the 3(Mh
ol November, and sailed again for
London.
The Emperor of Russia is about to
establish cotton manufactories in Po
land.
A political conspiracy has been dis
covered in the two Sicilies; it was
framed in imitation of the Carbonari,
and the name of Manuel was the ral
lying word of the confederacy.
A letter from Xante of the 3d inst.
states that the Algerine squadron
which w as on a cruize off’ Missoloughi
had just been destroyed by a naval di
vision from Hydra, that had conveyed
Alexander Mavrocordato to Etolia.
The Paris Constitutionel says, the
citizens are actively employed with
the approaching election, the result of
which, it was expected, would be emi
nently constitutional.
Papers relative to the appeal of
25 French refugees, condemned to
death by the court martini at Per
pignan, reached the court of Cas
sation on the 10th.
Spain continued still in a very
unquiet state. The environs of
Madrid and different parts of the
country are completely infested
with banditti.
The trial and execution of the
conspirators was still going on at
Naples at the last accounts.
Letters from Hamburg of the22d
December present a deplorable pic
ure of the commerce of that city,
nth quantities of foreign goods
were in lu.irVjt -■* t -
tirelv nominal. VYsecU tl m v ‘
worth in good tiwei 4*> or jo/n
marcs are not how worth more lS
5 or 600, as there is no
ment tor them. cw P*or.
The Pope was very sick *,4 j
little hopes were entertained uf)’
recovery.
A letter lio-m Hydra of the 7.
November gives ihe particular’ }
the action betvvi **n the Greeks
l urks in the gulfc-f Talauta. 7 1
Turks were surprised and
beaten after a fight of five hotm
I he Greeks captured five brigs a J
a corvette of 26 guns, burnt
vessel and drove four others,.,
shore. The conquerors found n,
board the corvette forty Greek f
mi lies, whom the Turks were ca
rving off as slaves, and six harerr
belonging to Mus-elroen of disfi-,
tion. The Turks had also h-.,
defeated in an attack on Suat’ iO ,
and the fleet of the Pacha of Egy)
had been repulsed with loss
attack on the small island of Casos
The admiral of the Turkishfstetl tet
had arrived at
left his shattered squadrons in the
Dardanelles under the commanffof
a vice admiral.
A letter from Constantinople 0 f
the 25th November, states that the
Divan had been in full session on
the 16th. They agitated the qoes
tionof granting an amnesty to ail
the insurgents, and also the grant,
ing of the same mode of govern,
ment to the countries in rebellion
as is in force in Wallachia and
Moldavia. Corinth is in the hands
of the Greeks ; the siege of Missi
longhi is raised, and the subjuga
tion cf the Morea becomes more
and more improbable. The treas
ury of the empire is empty.
Cheering news from Greece.
The London Morning He raid of
January 6th states, that the doubts
that had been thrown upon the ac
counts of the naval advantages ob
tained by the Lite arrivals. The
Turkish fleet is said to have been
obliged to lay up at Constantinople
for repairs. A letter from the
Greek Admiral, dated on board his
ship the Miaulv, on the Ist of Oc
tober, confirms the defeat of tbs
Turkish fleet in the last week of Sep
tembe r,which the Greeks hadfour.d
an opportunity to attack in seperate
divisions with their fireships. The
Naval Power of the Captain Pacha
is thus accounted for—ll Turkish
ships were destroyed, one frigate
of 24 guns was captured, 15 were
at that period blockaded in thegulph
of Volo, and the remainder had fled
in great contusion for the Dardar
nelles, where they are known to
have arrived. Letters dared on
the 9th Dec. were received in Lon
don from Odessa, by’ which infor
mation from Constantinople to the
Ist, was communicated. The Cap
tain Pacha had arrived in the Dsr
dannelles with a part of his fleet,
the remainder of which is account 1
ed for above, and he had been or
dered to appear at Constantinople,
and to give an account to the go
vernment of the great advantages
which the sublime Empire bad
reaped from the exercise ol h*s na
val talents during his summers
cruise. If [says the morning Ilet 1
aid] the Czar of Muscovy be re
strained by England and France
from interfering with thcEmpireoi
his good brother, the grand Seign*
or, the Ottoman Power will scon
disappear in Europe, and the stan
dard of the Ci oss will, before a dis*
tant period float in that Christian
country, which is at present poin
ted by the presence ol the Cres
cent.
The Morning Herald states,that
the Turks had been obliged to rai se
the siege of Missolunghi—an evert
which, if true, would be likely,)
inducing Areanania and Albania
to decide in favour of the Cred*
to have a strong influence on t) 11,
issue of the war. The financial di.
tress of the Turks is said to beet
treme—and they have been obfigj
to adulterate the currency. - 11
extraordinary Divan had htea
held, and the result is stated
have been a determination to
pose an amnesty to the Greeks,
to offer to place them under g
vernorß of their own, like
via and Wallachia, # ...
It is again stated that Corinth
in the power of the Greeks.
FROM IUO JANEIRO.
The Senate have by a eC ]
dated the 20th December,
to the project of the Constit'’
arranged by the Council of b-‘