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V VLUME XI
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F O R E I G N.
Twenty days later Jroui hn
gtand,
CIURLBSToV, Feb. 1 L
By Hie fast sailing ship Lutta
Rookh, Captain Stewart, froui Liv-
we have received our (lies
of papers from London tu lilt* 2 I of
January, and Liverpool so (he sth,
inclusive, being 20 days later than
our last dales.
We have given ihe euhs(an< e of
three weekly summaries at Liver
pool, and separate articles from (he
.London Gazettes, from whi li the
Bituaiion of afftirs on the continent
may he gathered, without the long
comments and various speculations
of the different editors.
The President’s Message hat! been
received from this country, and pub
lished without time for animadver
sions.
A Comet had made its appear
ance, and was erroneously supposed
to have occasioned (lie unusual
warmth of the weather.
The state f the Liverpool Mar
ket will he found in our nominee ial
department ; and we ran add to it
limiting more iu substance than is
contained in a letter from which the
following is an extiaet :
“Liverpool, Jan. 5.
Since (he Slock of Cotton, very
little business has been done, and we
apprehend prices will not be support
ed, unless keep in the
market, which we fear will not be
the ease ”
Paris, Dec. 29.
The politicians of ini* capital can
not believe Hie insincerity of the
British Minis'ry wnen mey would
give the people to understand tiiat
they entertain a y serious apprehen*
siotF of tiie Comioeiral Ivi g* for
eing them into war. Russia b'ists
of her hurtles, hut slit* has not a shil
ling, except what Sto k jobbers ex
tract from til pockets of the Ci
glisl* people, a’d the same oberva-
applies to all other powers, not
excepting Frau e; lor though she
possesses a nourishing revenue, the
smallest loin in mHcipafion could
not be managed in Pa* is withiui Lie
nid of British -apitai. Your on
tr&otors are liie supporters of the
real enemies of British prosperity.
The aristocracy of tCrigla and hate
liberty more cordially thao even the
Continental Noblesse.
The number of Spanish emigrants
increases ever? day ; all who have
the means of supporting themselves
in a foreign country, are flung from
Spain. It is melancholy to witness
the despair of these unfortunates ;
they dare not trust to an act of atn-
if published to-morrow in
Itjadrid. Ferdinand’* liberty means
the pow er of doing mischief.
Pity Mexico is not settled s i as
to admit of the Spanish Constitu
tionalists taking refuge there; they
would go in multitudes,* it is the
only part of America, they think of
with any degree of resignation.
Sir W. A'C Mirt writ! and * well to
keep the French bayottts to pro
tect him in Madrid—if they were
withdrawn he would not live forty
right hours—such is the rage of all
Cons!iluti iui Spaniards against
them. They say he has done them
mare harm tliao all their open ene
mies. Next to him, IFGariina ex
cite* their sre, which 1 am surprised
at* from his insignificance and want
of wbiiiiy. i hey reply tbit it re
,quires btit little talent to do tr,li-
The Washington News.
WASHINGTON , o.eukgia) SA.TU.tDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1824.
chief amongst a people so ignorant
as the Spaniards, when the iustru
. mem is guided by so crafty a hand
t a* A’Court. I am inclined to be
iirve a Spaniard who mid me that
O’Gorman must quit Mexico, such
’ is the hatred of iiirn by (he many
exiles going to that country.
The Spanish Embassy here is sup
ported by he French Government,
The Duke of San Carlos is ptvoy
less ; 200,000 francs are due to him
of arrears of pay during the several
years he was in London and else
where, as bpanisti Minister.
Spain and Portugal are now be
come French provinces to all intents
and purposes, and must remain so ;
the money raised iu London u .der
the name of Spanish ami Portuguese
Loans, is in reality for France—
thus will iier armies in the Peninsu
la be paid with J >bn Bull’s money ;
it is truly mortifyi ig to an Fogiish
man to see the foreign influence of
his country at an end,
Madrid, Dec. 18.
The Govermncn;. bcu.g oUiigt and t>
give, its whole c&Uention to the af
lairs of the Peninsula, seems to re
lax in i*s preparations against the
Independents of the Colonies, borne
persons pretend that some answers
from Foreign Cabinets are expected
before ‘ur operation* beyond the
ocean are concerted. There is a re
port that the Loans of the Cories
will he recognised, with some mod
ifications. This uegoniahon is deem
ed indispensable to maintain our
credit
Despatches have recently been
seut General Vves, the Command
ant of Cuba, which confirm in iheir
ra k all the o(liners under his or
ders, and promise him nobility.
Letters from Bilboagivea melan
choly picture of the state o* that
place. As soon as tiie Luc eha *ge
of Ministers was koowa there* toe
fanatics went iiowii <g about tae
streets, proclaiming their abhor
rence of the measure, a..d declaring
they could irus no one, except cler
gymen, near the throne. Meea ig
two persons in the streets, k .owit to
be liberals* they immediauiy put
them to death, to satisfy their own
thirst for vengeance. No person of
learning or liberal ideas ventured in
tnred into the streets after it was
dark,
Dec. 20 —Yesterday there wa9 a
Council ol Siatc at which his Majes
ty presided. To-day it assembles
under the Presidency ol* his Royal
‘lighne s the Infant Don Carlos.
Tn-niarrow it will meet under the
Presidency of his Royal Highness
the Lfant Dan Francis Pablo. The
object of these repeated meetings is
tiie amnesty, wuiali is on the point
of being settled, [t will appear, it
is said, oa the 33‘h N •thins lias
been neglected to obtain precedents
woi ih may eniighi *n tiie Council in
this important iffTir. The archives
have been consulted to ascertain ex
aotly wii it o >k place in the reign of
the Fmp‘rar Charles V. with re
gard <•> the Cotnmuneros, and under
that of Philip V. \vFU regard to the
Spaniards win were implicated in
the party of the Archduke of Aus
tria, some valuable documents, rela
ting to both those periods, have been
obsained from he archives of Seran
eas. What embarrasses the Coun
cil in de *idiag upon the cases of cer
tain persons compromised in the
oourse of the Revolution, are the ca
p'tulatioiis grunted by the Chief of
the Ere neb army to the soldiers of
the C irtes. However, all d’ffuul
tie3 are surmounted, and we shall
shortly know what has been defini
lively determined upon.
l> oyonne, Dec- 18.
Another ©ban ge is already spoken
of among the Spanish Ministry. It
is affirmed (bat at one of the last
CouiieiU which have been held, the
King manifested dissatisfaction with
one of them,
.InCiins, Dec. 42, 1823
(Extract of a private letter.)—Let
ter* from Corfu, from Cepbaioma,
from IVcsic. and CaUmati, confirm
the -•* ws of the defeat of the Turk
ish Sleet. Os 52 vessels,only 22 ef
fected their escape in safety into the
Oares, with the Captain t*a
cUi; 12 were taken, burnt, or dri
ve.! on share, and the remaiuder
got with grekt diffi nlty into the
Gulf of Lila. where they are close
ly blockaded by the Greeks. Mav
roeordam is gone to succour M i iso
longo, with 12 vessels. It is said
that the besieged have made three
sorties, and have driven back the
besiegers in a triumphal manner,
and have taken prisoner the traitor
Varri. qnioie. M reover the inhab
itants of Seopolo, of Schiatho, and
of Schiro, jiave put to the sword the
Turkish army whi h the enemy's
fleet had landed to reduce them to
submkMon. I'hus has this expedi
tion also failed. G dgrant has my
country inay set herself entirely
free from these robbers, who have
igtiotninionsSy e*>elmined and devas
tated it for so nitoy years.
The right ofepinion, we have had
occasion to rertark, and the right
to that opinion for the
general good, arr among I lie princi
ples which lie a* Hie foundation of
representative government j which
belong equally to the. People at
large and to their Representatives,
* e might have added, they are also
duties of high obligation. These
rights and duties the People exer
cise a! every election, when they, in
the General or in the State Govern
ments, vote for a candidate whom
they prefer above others of those who
offer for their suffrages, and not. for
him whom, of a5! others, they would
h ive preferred for a particular of
fi *e. It \i thus only that they can
giv* elective votes. These are also
precisely the rights which Members
of Congress exercise, when, in their
capacity of citizens, possessed ofthe
confidence of the People, collected
together from different sectioas of
the country, they consult together
for the purpose of nominating, for
the principal offices in the govern
merit, the persons who are preferred
by the greater number of them. It
is this sort of consultation* common
to every state, to every district, to
every county, and even to every pa
rish in the Union, which . has been
heretofore practised by Members of
Congress, and will he again, unless
a combination of several minorities,
uniting together, shall think they
best consult the particular interests
of their respective favorites by uni
ting against the general call for a
(’oosrressional domination, and shall
succeed in the a!tempt to defeat that
expression of tiie will of the major
ity. Which has 'Heretofore been at
tended with stub valuable results.
That the voi**e of*he majority of
(be People invites a tiomiuaiion of
c andidates for the Presidency and
Vie Presidency of Ihe United States,
in the usual mode, we see no reason
to doubt. ’Tennessee, S .uth Caro
lina, and Maryland, have ranged
themselves in opposition to it; but
the Legislators of two of those
States have themselves made Caucus
recommendations, nml other Stales,
among which we find the respecta
ble States of North Carolina, Vir
ginia, New-York, Ohio, Indiana,
&e. have declined any interference
in the matter, or have expressly in
vited ad encouraged tite nomina
tion. Os several other of the States,
the Legislatures have given the
strongest possible sanction to this
mode of nomination, by resorting to
it themselves ; amongst which are,
the States of Maine, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, South Carolina,Geor
gia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio,
Alabama, Missouri. &e.
We hope, therefore, that the
Meeting, which is about to be held,
of the Members oi Congress, thus
sanctioned will be a general oue :
that those, who have so long acted
together, who have side by sid.
fought the good fight, will not suffer
themselves to be bow separated by
a mere difference about met*; that
they will interchange opinions with
a view to giving effect, if possible,
to the popular will, instead of de
feating it by being each man for
bimseit instead oi his country j that,
above all, they will not avoid a Cau
cus, with a viewtto bring the final
election icto thj House of Repre
sentatives, and dins to take it from
the People, to wijwn it properly be
long*.
t
i If, however, the whole of the Re
publican party, as represented iu
Congress, will not go into General
Meeting, a sufficient number will
yet attend to give effect to any nom
ination which may be made. The
Republican candidate will receive a
greater number of voles than was
given in favor of the nomination of
our present venerable Chief Magis
trate, when he was nominated, ad
we shall find that that nomination
will be supported by a decided ma
jority of the People* who are an
xiously expecting it. That there
will he no opposition to it, here and
elsewhere, we do not pretend to say.
We never expect to sec another uu
contetted Presidential Flection, He
do not know that we ought to desire
lo see one.
We hope there will he a very gen
eral attendance at the expected
Meeting; and that the Members
will vote for those whom they res
pectively prefer, giving the noinina
• tioh li’. him who shall be honored by
the suffrages of the majority in his
favor. . This is. the rule of election
in all Hie states south of Connecti
cut, and it is the rule of. reason ev
er) where. But as we have already
said, if a majority of the -Republi
cans assembled •together,’ pursuant
to public notice* shall determine
ihat it is not expedient to make any
nomination, we shall bow to the de
cision, however we may.disapptove
it ; and, we repeat, the sootier the
question is tried, the better for llie
country and for its custmtial inter*
esis, JWifc. Intelligencer .
From the National Intelligencer.
In consequence of the statements
which have gone abroad, in relation
to a Congressional nomination of
Ca ■didates for President arid Vice
President of the United States, the
undersigned have been requested, by
many of their Republican colleagues
and associates, to ascertain the num
ber of the Members of Congress
who deem ii inexpedient, at this
time, V’ make such a nomination;
’ and to publish the same, for the in
formal ion of the People of the Uni
ted Stales.
In compliance with this request,
they have obtained from gentlemen,
representing the several States, sat
isfactory information, that, of two
hundred and sixty-one, the A whole
number of Members composing the
present Congress, there are one
hundred and eighty-oue who deem
it inexpedient, under existing eir
oumstauces, to meet in Caucus, for
she purpose of nominating Candi
dates for President aud Vice Presi
dent of the United States; and they
have good reasons to believe, that
a portion of the remainder will be
found unwilling lo aitead such a
meeting.
RICHARD M JOHNSON, of Kentucky. |
.I\o. r\. EATON, Tennessee.
DAVID BARTON, Missouri.
\VM KELLY, Alabama 1
ROBERT Y. HAYNE, S. Carolina.
CHARLES RICH, Vermont. ,
T FULLER, Mass’llts.
J SLOANE, Ohio
GEO HOLCOMBE, New Jersey.
S. 1) INGHAM, Pennsylvania.
It H VRRIS, Pennsylvania.
JOSEPH KENT, Maryland.
D. H MILLER. Pennsylvania
THOMAS METCALFE, Kentucky.
ROBERT S GARNETT, Virginia.
J ames Hamilton,jun. s Carolina.
J C ISACKS, Tennessee.
GEO KREMER, Pennsylvania
B XV. CROWNINSHIELD, Mass'chta.
\VM BURLEIGH, Maine.
L WHITMAN, Connecticut.
JONATHAN JENNINGS, Indiana.
SAM HOUSTON, . Tennessee.
J it. POINSETT. S. Carolina.
The DEMOCRATIC MFMB
FRS OF CONGRESS are invited
to meet in the Representatives
Chamber, at the Capitol, on the
Evening of the litb of February, at
7 o’clock, toreromme and Candidates
to ihc People of the Cnited States
for the Offices of President and V.
President of the United States.
Joiix Chaxditr,
Notes Barber,
Elisha LitchfieiD,
M. Dickerson,
Walter Lowkix,
Ehwahd Llotd,
Bern well Bassett,
II G. Burtox,
John Forsith,
J. B Thomas,
Benjamin Ru&
Washington, February 6, 1824.
FROM TUE RICHMOND EXqi'lltKK.
Caucus at IFaslitngmrr
The last National Inteliigenner
contains two noCiliratioH* arrayed
as it were against each other in par
allel columns.—-We have given each
of them a place in this day’s paper.
One is signed by twenty-four mem
bers of Congress —who profess to
have ascertained* at the request cf
their republican colleagues, the
number of members who would not
attend a Caucus; and at the request
iif the said persons, now come for
ward to state that out ot 261 mem
bers of Congress, there are (at least)
“ISI who deem it inexpedient under
existing circumstances to meet in
Caucus.** —The other is signed by
11 Democratic members, among
these are Mr Chandler of Maine f
Barber of Connecticut , Litchfield of
New Torki Low ie f Pennsylvania*
Id yd of Maryland , Thomas of It
linnis, Ruggles of Ohio, inviting
the Democratic members to meet
on Saturday next, for the purpose
of recommending eaodidates to tha
people for the ndices of President
aod Vice President of the United
States.
The last notification differs in no
remarkable degree from those which,
were addressed to the members at
the caucus of 1808, ’l6, &c. ex
cept that it is signed by si namea
instead of one.
The former is a perfect unique in
every respect. There is nothing
like it in all the annals of caucusing
or anti-caucusing. Why was it is
sued ? Was it really to inform the
good people of the U. States as to
the number of those who are oppo
sed at this time to a caucus? If so,
did it at once strike those gentle
meo, that th 9fact could best speak
for itself; that when the Caucus,
came, the people would be compe
tent to judge for themselves? that
they would see who was present—
and form some tolerable conjecture
from the number of absentees, of
the number of those who deemed it
inexpedient to attend? Did it not
strike these gentlemen, tha* their
estimate might be incorrect—md
that some whom they might set
down as opposed to a Caucus would
ultimately attend it? Did not ano
ther circumstance also occur ta
those gentlemen—to three of them
particularly who were at the cau
cus of 1816—that as they had gone
so far to inform the people, they
might as well have assigned the rea
sons which had induced them to de
cline attending a caucus?—Was it
the number of candidates which had
led them to this conclusion? Was
it the hazard which we run of send
ing the final election into the House
of Representatives if no concert was
obtained, and no nomination effec
ted? Was it the cabal anil intrigue,
which will thus he created for the
next twelve months? Are sm h the
reasons which induced them to with
draw? Or was it because there is
not a majority of the republicans in
Congress who are willing to go in
to caucus? that these twenty-four
gentlemen are averse to a partial
meeting, which they might be plea
sed to denominate a Cabal? If this
were the inducement, why could not
those gentlemen have recollected
that by associating themselves with
the 80 who are in favor of a caucus;
by prevailing also upon the other 17
Representatives from Pennsylvania*
who have withdrawn from it upon
n similar scruple, they might have
• formed a caucus of 121, more than
a majority of all the in
Ci-tigress? And that no man has a
right to complain of a partial caucus
which he bimselt had created?
Was this notification tbeu addres
sed to the people—or was it to ope
rate nearer at home? to rouse the
apprehensions of their colleagues?
and to prevent a caucus from beiog
held at all ?
This effort has been defeated. A
caucus will he held—and not all the
combined exertions of the support
ers of tbe four candidates can now
prevent it. Gentlemen have sub
caucused against a caucus. Many
of them have flown in the very teeth
of their own votes given eight years
ago—under circumstances it finite
ly less strong thin lho&t of ike pre*
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