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VOLUME X]
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BY PHILIP C. GUIEU.
F~7* NKW A flit WGEVIENT.
Ass nee has discovered to us the little
attention pa!d to printing deb s. and the
and faculty and expense in collecting such debts,
& ** a N-w only can be called l.bcral in paying
punctually wiia* they nw c justly, to the printer,
v/e tiave, after due consideration, come to ‘his
conclusion, ilsa’ we ought sot to oivk chemt
A e are compe led, hereto e, to adopt anew
plan In consequnce of h , deterinina; .on,
osr terms shall in future be,for the paper three
dollars per annum, and paid in advance—four
d -liars, dpa and within six m-in'ht—and five
donam and paid only a* the end of the year
For advert is- meats, they are to be paid in ad
vance sheriff sales excepted which are to be
paid quarterly The above rules shall be
■ triciy observed and no one need apply who
is not ready lo comply’ with them
lermsot Advertising, 75 cents per square
torthefirst insertion, and 62 4-2 cents for
Ca.'U continuation.
ovFP£rs\ JO! US, PHOCUS— .
Ft — f yv—hUMr*
FIDDLESTICK
Mr. in. Woodly,
Friseur, Coiffeur, &c, from
M'lledgeville.
T| EKDERS the homage of his re
fiptc?! and most profound con
sider? ton, to the ladies and gentle
men of the town of Washington, and
its vicinage propinquity, and informs
that he propo es w ojouming in
the metropolis of Wilkes for a few
week for the purpose of exetci ir g his
P’ fesswnal talents. From long ex
perience in Convolving, : piralating,
Br tura:ing, Ca-hura ing, t c *v c
hair of every description, he has, ta
ken as the e pie ton of the fact the
warm elogie< of those his p asfic
comb has so often beautified, aeq ai
red a proficiency amounting to the
“A> plus Ultra” of his art. In short,
he has it in hi power to bestow upon
his cu tomers whatever degree of
p act or bruntii, thetr mode tyorde
ficiencies in those particu ars may
require - Mr. “ ood j prose ses the
real To Kalon!
fley* Ladie * who wish to be furn
ished w"h ringlets, patent rwisrer .
C irc issi n and c nvolu
tion , can be supp ! ied Tho.e who
wish * uch articles manufactured out
of their own material-, by furnishing
the raw materials shall be gratified at
a 1 light expense. A liberal price giv
en to fresh and beautiful hair.
February 2s, 1824
Adnanstrator’s Sales.
A GUFF ABLY to an order of
ihe Honorable C urt of Ordi
i’i> . I F.ihrn county, will lie sold
a Fiberi Court Hou.se, the first
Tuesday in April next, within the
lawful sale hours, the following pro
perly to wit:
I'vvo negro men,
Peter, and Ned* sold for the benefit
of the heirs and creditors of Job
Hammond, sen. deceased, a credit
until the 23ih December next,
l.ucy Hammond, adm’x.
JdihUHiv 16.1824. 3
gj fbt the first Tuesday in April
next, wi 1 be sold at the Court
house of Oglethorpe county.
Two Negroes
Jemima nnd belonging to the
estate of Matthew Phillips, decea ed,
of 6aid county, for the benefit of the
heirs and creditors. r l erms made
known on the day of sale.
John Harper, adm’r.
Feb. IT, 182 k. B—Or
FUOM THE ‘ATIO7?AL INTEUIOEXCEU.
ADDRESS,
Cf the Republican Members of Con -
V- grcss
> Fellow Citizens: Pursuant lo
roii< e. and conformable to usa:r H
the Republican Members of both
Houses of Congress, whose names
are stated foyny, have proceeded to
recommend suitable persons to (ill
tle offices of President and Vi< e
President of the Coiled Stales, tor
the term ensuing the expiration of
the present. Exiting circumstan
ces will justify, if they do not re
quire, a brief expasi ion of the
grounds of this proceeding. In it,
adaption, and submission to your
consideration, we have acted a*
members ot the republican party,
pursuing the footsteps of those who
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WASHINGTON, (georgu) SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1324.
have gone before us, from the im
portant revolution in the polities of
the country, resulting in the choice
of Mr, Jefferson, to the period of
the first election to the present Chief
Magistrate. That this course has
not been sanctioned by all our repub
lican colleagues, is a subject for re
gret. Others, with whom we wish
ed to associate and unite in measures
of conciliation and concord, have,
though respectfully invited, declined
to co operate with us. Wo have
been ready, and anxious, in a gen
eral meeting of all the Republican
Members, to submit ~tir preferences
to the vi iU of ihe majority. Those
who diffr with us in opinion have
refused their concurrence. It is
your righi, and becomes your du y,
to decide between us. We intend
D • impeachment of the conduct or
mn’iveg of others We speak for
ourselves only, without aft’ -ting to
conceal our expectation of obtaining
your approval of the course of pro
ceeding we have adopted, ft is i;uw
twenty lour years sin <e the great
p*ditt al revolution to which we have
alluded was effected, and the power
which was then a qpbed by repub
i .ms in the government of the <
Union is still retained. Their en- i
joymeut of this ascendancy has not,
however, been undisturbed; on the
contrary, they have had an mnvea
tied struggle to maintain with the
same adversary over whom their
triumph was achieved. I? is not to
be doubted that it whs hr union and i
concert of action that tie strength
oi the republican party was consoli
d .t and, anti its sueees? i t the decisive *
controversy effected* It is as little !
to be doubted that it is by adherence i
t the same principle ami policy of
action that its unbroken free and
continued ascendancy can he preser
ved. The reasons for adhering to
tins policy of efficiency and safety
derive, in out* judgment’, peculiar
force from he circumstances which
ebarat tertze (ho existing period,
the correotness of this pinion is
demonstrated by a revision of the
grounds which have been assigned
far a deviation fr m tha> p. !b*y.
Those grounds we understand < he,
the supposed obliteration tsf party
distinctions, the change of opinion
on the subject, whi*b is apprehended
to have taken pla* e m the Republi
can In dy, and the improbability that
a general attendance of the Repute
licait members could be obtained.
In relation to the correctness of the
first oi these grounds, the supposed
obliteration of party divi minus
your ability to decide can derive lit
tle aid from any übserva ious of
ours Thai, in some parts of the
Union,where Hit* Federal party have
always been weaker and less violent,
the fact is, in some degree, as sta
led, and that, since the late war,
their exertions have no where beea
as etH ient as formerly, we admit.
But that danger is not to be appre
hended troui this source, iu connex
ion n T, th the pending divisions in the
Republican party, and the angry
dissensions they are likely toengen
der, we deny. That our adversa
ries have uot lost their disposition to
avail themselves of those divisions,
to regain their ascendancy, is con
firmed by a reference to*the past,
and ought not to be doubted. There
is uot an instance to be found in the
history of the politics of the different
state, for the last twenty years, in
which serious and continued divi
sions among Republicans have not
led to a temporary success of their
opponents, Pue same cause will
produce a more extended effect oa a
larger scale of operations, and, we
are persuaded, that ail calculations
of a different result, will, in (he end,
deceive ami disappoint those who
shall he so indiscreet as to indulge
them. As it respects the supposed
change of sentiment amng the'Re
publicans of the Union, on theqaes
(ivu of the lit ness of conventions of
this character, the proceedings of
the last twelve months have strong
iy impressed our minds with a dif
ferent conclusion. Hereto fire on
vetitmas of the Uepubli an Members
ot Congress, for ibe nomiuatian of
candidates for President and Viee
P cside ii, have been held upon the
pi'C.'iu ntd approbation of tueir e>-
stuuejis chip. X'ae question now,
however, stands upon a very differ
ent footirig. .Resolutions expressive
of their dissent to meetings of this
character, have, dnri*g their last
session, been passed by the Legisla
ture of ihc state of Tennessee, and
transmitted to *ho Fxesutives of the
other states, for the purpose of being
laid before their Legislatures for,
conrirpence. No mode could have
been adopted better devised to ascer
tain the slat** of public sentiment*
It is know, that those resolutions
have been acted upon by the Legis
latures of Maine, New-York, Yir
gi ia, Gemgia, North Carolina,
Rode Island. Onto, Pennsylvania
nud Indiana ; w i< b spates are enti
tled to me lin Ad and forty-six out
of (he Iw o hundred ov.d sixty one
Totes to he givefin tire United fetn'es.
By the repubft an members of the
Legislatures of the four states fi*st
named aid entitled to seventy-right
votes, resolutiins have been passed,
with great unanimity, approving in
I lie warmest mins, su"h a meeting
as has been held. In the remaining
slates mentioned* the resolu ions of
Tennessee have been postponed, in
some instances, indefinitely, and in
olhers disposed of in a manner evin
cive of a determination not to act
upon them. In no sidle, except Ma
ryland, entitled to eleven votes, has
there been an expressio?; of concur
rence, by the Legislature, io the
views of the Legisia ure of “Tennes
see. In South Carolina, entitled to
the same number of votes, one
branch of the Legislature, in opposi
tion to the opinion oi the other, has
expressed such concurrence. Nor
have tlie members of the Legisla
ture of any state, in their individual
capacity, expressed similar views.
From reference to these tacts, we
feel authorized iu the belief that a
large majority of the Republicans of
the Union have desired and expected
the adoption of the course which,
under the influence of those impres
sions, we have felt it our duty to
pursue. O i thi rcftrdriuing subject
of review, we lave a word only to
offer. The circumstance of the ab
sence of so raaiy Republicans from
our meeting hw already been stated
as a subject for regret, it is neith
er our privilege nor disposition to
exercise any right of judgment on
their conduct. We have been uni
form in the expression of our readi
ness io abide bj the sentiment of a
general convention of cur Republi
can brethren, &od to renounce our
predilections in obedience to its a
ward. Vamui causes have combi
ned to reduce the number of those
who have attended. Several who
were frie dly to the candidates no
minated, had objections, which they
opueeived to be to-a ruled in princi
ple ; other circa mstances have co
operated.— Wit it on* detaining you
by an enumeration, we content our
selves wi'ii a reference to the stri
king fact, that although the states of
New-York, Virginia, and Maine
have, with their unusual unanimity,
recommended to their Members, in
express terms, to attend this meet
ing, only thirty-four persons have
represented the sixty tune votes to
which they will be entitled ia the
election
We will not attempt to conceal
the anxiety with which we are im-
pressed by the present conjuncture.
To our minds, the course of recent
events p ints to the entire dismem
berment oi the party to which it is
our pride to be attached. The ad
mission, unreservedly made, that, on
the q lestion of the expediency of a
convention, the entire amalgama
tion of parties has been assumed is,
of itself, sufficient ground of solici
tude. Other considerations justify
apprehensions of the same charac
ter. The injurious consequences
likely lobe produ ed by a depar
ture at this time, from the ancient
usages of ih - party, will uot be con
fined to the election of President and
Vice President. Exertions are ev
ery where making, to break up the
entire system of eunventious for the
nomination of candidates, in refer
ence to state as well as federal elec
tions. It is submiUed, then, whe
ther ao abandonment of the prac
tice here will not involve tbe ulti
ma e prostration of the system
wherever it prevails, aud with it the
securities of the republican ascen
dancy. It is from au apprehension
of such results, in the event of the
ahando ment of established princi
ples, and of the usage of the party,
that we have adopted the proceed
ings now submitted to your consul
eration. The question is , in our best
judgment, one touching the dismem
berment or preservation of the party.
This question it is your province to
decide. The office we have sought
to discharge has been to place the
subject beiore you for this decision.
The limits allotted to this address
will cot permit U 9 to dwell oo the
many and pressing consideiations of
a more general nature, urging to
union among republic ans, with a
view to the decision of the approach
ing election of the lust officers ot
the government by the people, and
the avoidante of the uualleviated
mis* bid's of an election by the i
House of Representatives, Among I
the most striking of these oouider
ations is to be ranked the inevitable
ine'beieney, as it respects the mea
sures, both of domestic and foreign
character, of an Executive adminis
tration having to rely for its support
on the co-operation of a Legislature 1
distracted by angry and implacable
divisions. Os the persons recom
mended to you as candidates it has
not been usual to speak. No motive
exists to depart from the established
usage in this respect. Known to
you by a long course of public life,
by their uniform devotion to the best
interests of the nation, in stations of
the highest responsibility, in which
their zeal, integrity, and capacity
have been amply proved, we arc sat
isfied that we have only anticipated
your wishes by giving them our re
commendation. Without intending
to derogate from the merits ol oth
ers, for whom your confidence may
he solicited, it is just to remind you
that the candidate we recommend
for the first office in your govern
ment, has established a peculiar
claim to the esteem of the republi
can parcy, by his manly aud disin
terested conduct upon a former oo
casion, under the strongest tempta
tion to become the instrument of
compromising its integrity.
Bknjvmin Rvqoles, Chairman.
F, Collins, Secretary.
The number of persons who at
tended the Meeting at the Capitol,
and voted for Mr. Ckawford, as a
Candidate for the Presidency, is not,
we are well informed, a~i*orreet test
of his actual popularity among the
Members. There are many, friend
ly to his election, who, because con
sidering themselvesxhistruoted not
to attend, or for divert other rea
sons, did not attend the Meeting.
The following statement of fasts
is handed to us for publication, from
a responsible source. Muoh pains,
we understand/ has been taken to
make it correct:
“It has been satisfactorily ascer
tained that the whole number of
federalists it) both Houses of Con
gress, is forty. There being one
vacancy in the Senate, from Louisi
ana, the whole No. of members is
260, leaving 220 republicans. Os
these, 93 are in favor of Mr, Craw
ford, 38 for Mr. Ad 4 ms, 32 for
Mr. Clay, 25 for Mr Camioux,
and 23 for General Jackson. If
the federal gentlemen ha ve a prefer
ence, it is not known for whom.
Most of the members in favour of
Mr. Adams are from the New Eng
land states, and their second prefer
ence would, with few exceptions, be
Mr. Crawford. Mr. Clay’s friends
are chiefly from Kentucky, Ohio,
and Missouri, with a few scattering
members in other states. Among
the members, Mr. Calhoun is pre-
ferred for the Presidency by a great
er Dumber than Geo. Jaeksoo. This
is accounted for from the circum
stance that he has about teo of the
democratio members from Pennsyl
vania in his favour, while Dot more
than two or three are for General
Jackson. If this state should not
support Mr. Calhoun, he stands
lowest of the candidates. It will be
seen, then, that nearly as many of
Mr. Crawford’s frieods were absent
from the meeting as of any other of
the caudidatei,” /fat* Intel •
-‘M
Mr. GALLATIN.
The following communication was#
handed to us yesterday lor publica
tion :
•♦Albert Gallatin, Esq. is no
minated, by the late Caucus held its
the Capitol as a Candidate for thd
Ofiioe of Vice President of the Uni
ted States. Mr. Gallatin is a /hr- <
eigner by birth ♦ and the Constitution
of the United States declares that
"no person, except a natural born
citizen, or a citizen of the United
States at the time of the adoption of
this Constitution shall be eligible to
the office of President” The C *u
stituiion also declares, “that no per*
son. consti utionally inehg ble to the
office of P esident, shall be cligiblei
to that of Viet President Wa* Mtv
Gallatin a citizen of the United
States, upon the 17th September*
1787, when the Constitution was rat
ified ? If he was, by what act did hoi
become so ? He could uot have b en
made a citizen by any aet of naittr—
alization, as the first law upon that
subject, passed 20th March, 1790*
I would he much pleated if some of*
the friends or members of (he Cau
cus which nominated him, wouUl
answer these inquiries If he b<*
not eligible, why hold him up foe*
public choice V*
We are happy in having it io our’
power, without delay, to satisfy the
doubts of our correspondent, aod of
such of our readers as may enter
tain any, on this subject, by testU
mony the most indubitable.
The qualifications required by th
Ist section, article 2d, of (he Con**
siitution, for President of <he Uni
ted States, are, that “No person*
“except a natural born citizen, or a
“citizen of the United Slates at the>
“time of the adoption of this Con
stitution, shall be eligible to the
“office of President; neither shall
“any person be eligible to that office
“who shall not have attained to the
“age of thirty five years, aud beea
“fourteen years a resident within
“the Uuited States.” Audthel2tU
“article of the amendments to tho
provides, diet “No
“person constitutionally ineligible
“to the office of President shall b©
“eligible to that of Vice Presideot
“of the United 818161.“ Let th*
facts in the case of Mr. Gallatin b
subjected to the test of these provU
sions, taken in connection.
Mr. Gallatin was elected a Sen*
ator of (he United States in the
Third Congress (4793-4) from thfr
Stale of Pennsylvania. His a*at
was contested, and in the end vaca
ted, on the ground that he had 00l
been “nine years a citizen of the
Unitei Stales whioh is one of the
qualifications required for the office
of Seoator. In the course of the
discussion of this question in the Se
oate, a statement of faots was made
up, by Mr. Gallatin and those who
disputed his right to his seat:
We have turned to the Journal of
the Senate of that date, and copied
that statement below, as a full and
conclusive solution of the doubts
which our friend, or any other per
son, may entertain, of the eligibility
of AJbert Gallatin to the Vice Pre
sidency of the United States. He
migrated to this country during the
War of the Revolution, served in
the Militia during that war, took,
the oath of allegiance io the year
1785, was a citizen consequently
four years before “the time of (bo
adaption of the Constitution,” and
from its adoption inclusive, till with
in a few weeks last past, has been
every hour of his life in public sta
tions, eleven years of which time
he was at the head of one of the Ex*-
ecutive Departments, and the last
twelve years of which time he baa
been io different diplomatic sta
tions.
From the J nirnal of the Senate, of
Feb. 28, 1791.
Subjoined is the statement of facts
exhibited by Mr. Gallatin, and a~
greed to between him and the coun
sel for the petitioners, as mentioned,
the 20th instant:
“Albert Gallatin was bora at
Geneva, on the 29th day of January*
1761. He left that piaoe for the
United States io April or May. 1780,
arrived in Boston, (Massachusetts,)
on tbe 11th 15th July, of the sumo
year, and has ever since resided
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