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pointed for *ueli T services, io like
manner with the militia of the other
state*. Ihe constitutional diffiulfy
did not originate with them, and
lias now been removed. It com
ports with our system (o lo‘k to the
serving rendered, and to the infeu
tioi with which it wa* rendered, and
to award the compensation at” ord
inal). eiperially* as it may now be
done without the sacrifice of priu
cipie. The motive, this instance.
Is the stronger, because well satisfi
ed t am, that by -o doing, we shall
give the most effectual support to
our republican institutions. No la
tent cause of discontent will be left
behind. The great body of the peo
ple will bo gratified ; arid c*en those
Who now survive, who were then in
error, cannot fail to see, with in
terest and satisfaction, this distress
ing occurrence thus happily tormi
na led. !, therefore, consider it mv
duty to recommend it to Congress
to tuak* provision for the settlement
of the claim of Massachusetts, f> r
services rendered in the. late war by
the militia of the state, in conform
ity with the rules which have gov
erned in the settlement of the claims
Jut services rendered by the militia
of Die other states.
J \Mftß MONROE.
Washington ♦ Feb. 23 1824.
From the Vent gin Messenger.
There is a certain set oi persons
possessing a spirit of restlessness and
dis onteot, that are always ex icing
dt*hibanco of one sort or aether
iu C > g ess, and factions a*jj aosf
tiui'al divisions
A i cpublicajiatH^iat tne present day
of sopasd'ot* their conduef and senti
-•t.rents duri g the late War with
England may not he uoioteres'i.ig
to*,or readers.—Not hi ignuild equal
their abuse of the administration,
and their efforts to dissolve the u
nio oof the states. Our ears were
constantly assailed with such senti
ments as.
* O.* or before tlie fourth of Juy,
if lies Madison is ot out of of
jfi .1 new for m of government will
be i** operation in the eastern sec
tion .if the union. \lr. Madison
can**’ t complete his term of service,
tflhr war continues. It is itnpos
sildc; and if he knew human uature,
b’ would see it.”
*.fs there a federalist, a patriot
America, who conceives i> his
duty to shed his blood for Bonaparte,
lor Madison, for Jefferson, sod
that host of ruffi ns in Congress.”
••If io iiipr diug oegoHatim
wMi Great Bcitaio is defeated by
insidmus artufiee. \ it is n© essa
jn apprise you* that such coo
do will be no longer b-rt’oe with
Tl'iie • >jiired safes will be rompeil
<id, *> every motive f duty, tutor
cs nii inor; by me manly ©xer
ti- of their strength to dash lot *
at mb the hoods of tyranny. It
wi M ie bs* too late to retract.
r J't,e die will be east—freedom pre*
served.”
>*A 9-pperatioo of the states will
In* an inevitable result. Motives
numerous ;?d urgent will demand
measure. As they originate in
©ppresri* o, tbe oppressors must be
responsible for the momentous and
eontitigcnt events, arising from tb©
dissolution ot the present confede
racy, and tbe erection of separate
governments. It will be .heir work*
While posterity will admire tbe in
dependent spirit of the Rasters sec
tion of* our country, and with senti
ments of gratitude enjoy the fruits
of their firmness and wisdom, tbe
descendants of the South and West
will have reason to curse tbe infat
nation and folly of your Mouncils.”
••You have t arried your oppressi
©ns to the utmost stret b. Wt will
tio longer submit. Restore tba Con
svituuon to it* purity* Give us se
curity for tbe future, indemnity for
the past. Abolish every tyrannical
law Make aa immediate and h
norabie peace,— Revive our *om
m€ie. increase our navy. Pro
lent our seamen. I. ales# you *ont
ply with these just demands, with
out fidaij . we will withdraw from
the Union, scatter to tbe winds tbe
frails of tyranny, aud transmit to
posterity that liberty purchased by
tbe revolution.”
“Old Massachusetts is as terrible
to the American, now, as she was
to the British cabinet io 1775; for
America, too, has her Bute* and
her Norths, Let then the com-
states breast themselves to
Al.e shock, and know that to them
jsi'ivc* they must look fr safely.
Vhen, and not till theu shall they
Ju.mi.'le the pride and ambition of
* suiter tpjsuraa >hufso.n. J
t Virginia, whose strength lies iu
• their weakness, acd HiastLe the in
r solstice of th se matl-men of Ken-
I lucky and Tennessee, who aspire
. to the government of these states,
> and threaten to involve the country
. in all the horrors of war.”
I Y u have reposed confidence in
. a coward [Jefferson] and leaned on
; a brkeo staff too long. Give ear
no io. ger to the syren voice of de
mocracy and Jeffersonian liberty.
If is a cursed delusion, adopted by
Iy eopbanU Jefferson, a man who
> with the dagger of popular confi
dence. first gave a stab to yuur li
berties.”
*li is amazingly mal-a-prospns,
i and moreover very vexatious, (hut
i while our sentinels of public liberty
are legislating away in the full tide
of successful experiment at Wash
ington, their well laid plans are
failing every where; the two main
\ sinews of their dulling, war, ap
pear to h must miserably relaxed,
Neither men are to be hud—nor mo
ney to pay lhem.'*
We ccb.d give th# authors *>f
most of those seditious writings if
it were necessary. Suffice it how
ever, to say,that they were exult
ingty published, and we copy them
from a well known and authentic
work
The efforts of those persons to
spread delusion were not confined **,<
• his side the Atlantic. Ik undreds
of letters were written sent to
England and Ir-.
laiuLr ?i which the following cxtsact
‘\*u fair specimen:
•*Y.u will perceive by the copy
’ of a bill which I enclose, that w* 1
Americans are •at our dirty wo k
again 9 —But 1 advise you not to be
; alarmed at the violence of our pro
ceedings We shall continue to
, bluster. This is out characteristic.
And we wouiti do more if vr© could.
But it is not in our power Wc
have not a dollar in the treasury—
no army deserving the name of ©tie
—and actually withou a navy. Ad
ded to (hi*, not a moiety of the loan
oi* eleven millions will ever b# pro
cured.”
Often as w© have read this ex
tra*!, we cannot hut pause with ms
tonislnmni at the consummate folly
a.d wickedness that originated it.
As t (ho government loan above al
luded o, a combing.ion was form
ed, and every means, dishonorable
and treasonable, wan used to pc©-;
vent its success To deter individ
ual s from lending their money to
government, the publh papers say—
•• Let no man who wishes to ©un
fit] lie the war by active -means, by
vme or by lending money, dart to
pc strate himself at the altm on the
fast day; for they are actually as
much partakers in the war, a the
soldier who thrusts his bayonet, and
the judgment of God will await
them.”
**\\ ill federalists subscribe to the
loar*? willjUiev lehd money to our
national rauw it is impossible ”
*• Bv ftyy^magnanimous course
pointed out by Governor Strong.f
that is, by withholding all volunta
ry aid io proseouli g the war, and
manfully expressing our opinion as
to its injustice a?d ruinou* tenden
cy. #e have arrested its progres;
and driven back its authors to aban
don heir nefarious schemes, and to
look anxiously for peace. But some
say—.will you le< the country be
come bankrupt! no, tbe country
will never became bankrupt. But
pray do not p event the abusers of
their trust becoming bmkupt ” —
“ Anv federalist who tends money to
government must go and shake
bands with James Madison, aud
alaini fellowship with Felix Grundy.
Let him no more all himself a fed
eralist, and a friend to his > uq i v !
He will be called by others , inf am
ous ! ! /’*
**|r is very grateful to find that
the universal sentiment is, iha* any
man who lend* money, to the govern
meni at the present nine will forfeit
alt claim to COMMON HONKS
TY and common courtesy , among
the friends to the country i J”
And even from the pulpit—from
that sacred desk! from which “no
sound ought to be heard but the
voice of bealiug and charily,” we
hear such sentiments, as these—
•• The Union has been long since
virtually dissolved, and it is full
time that this part of tbe Disunited
States should take ‘'are of itself !”
••As Mr. Madison has declared
war, let Mr. Madison carry it ou.”
“Such is the temper of American
•j- The same Caleb Strong who refused *>o or
der ••ut ihe militia in defence of ike state of
Massachusetts.
republican?, so called, Anew ?-ci
gnage must be invented before we
attempt to express *k© bafcenotsS of
tbeir conduct, describe the rot
tenness of tb©h* bearish
v a pv other similar sentiment*
eame from the same source; but wo
deem the above sufficient.
The cry was raised and rang
through an extensive section of the
I nited States that (lie war was ru
i ining th© commerce of the country,
and coinrquently the commercial
Statcs-Jbe GREAT COMMER
CIAL STATES, Vera falling a
sacrifice to the lawless, unholy,
wicked ambition of \ few Southern
planter!, ,
The war, it shouM be reeolleot
ed, wat declared am prosecuted on (
account of the injury and injustice ,
done t** our comment, and to com- ,
pH our enemy io future to do it :
common justice. llbt those states (
that mad* most oois about the tern ,
suppression o! trade, were j
Massaohusr H. C oAneeticut, Rhode s
Island, New Hampshire and Ver- (
‘ room; which, (arreeably to their •
own ai * ou/it.) ©Xfited ouly by their {
enmmerof; and tbit the people
the Southern Star* were / entirely
agricultural Bis B£. ocably to the
treasury returns Ht the exports of
foreign and domestio productions
and -'aianufactnets from 1803 to
► iBiS, behold,thr ive great coromer
i eial eastern state* exported
r S 109,^92,000
And during the same
period the stales of
Maryland. Virginia,
N. Carolina. South
Carolina, ad Geor
gia, exported j 6 182,829.000
Leaving a balance in—
favor of the Southern
states of S 12,837.000
By tbi* statement we see with
what justice they complained ot
bearing ail the burthen of the war.
But their mouths and pens having
been stopped on that subject, they
n >w mme forward crying “Tariff!
Tat iff!—wo cannot *eli the produc
♦i< r*s *f our manufactories to the
southern states as cheap as they can
import, such articles, unless you lay
such a duly os. imported goods **
will greatly enhance their price; A
ou r maun fa* •tori®* ought to be eu
oenraged.”
N#*w if Congress should lay adu
ty of five cent# per pound on cotton
carried from he Southern to the
Northern Stales, wherein is the
injustice of such a law greater tba
that of laying a duty on foreig
imports for the purpose of enrem
aging manufacture*?
Should the Tariff bill now before
Congress pass in its present shape,
what are the consequences wbieb
may ensue? For our part we dare
not venture a prediction. We can
however say (and we think there
are few who will differ with us i>
opinion) that the machine of govern
■lent will be clogged,—our revenue
gone at one fell stroke. And wka
will be received in lieu of it? surely
not an equivalent from the tax on
manufactures: no, it must send
forth a horde of tax-gatherers up
on ug—and what then? why, dis
content, empty pockets and sour fa
res J—as our cotton market will
have gone. For Fngland will cer
tainly refuse to purchase our cotton,
should she uot choose to lay a duty
on it* yes she will encourage the
Brazil and F.gyptian Cottons and
exclude ours from her market; con
sequently, urs must tall; and with
Sampsonic power, carry down with
it, the wealth, pr'de, and even com
fort of our now flourishing South
eru States,
THE CAUCUS.
The e ultation which the seer of
old witnessed, in apocalyptic vision,
over the fall of Babylon the great,
the mother of harlot* wa* not
more interne and vehement, than ‘hat
which is manifested in certain papers,
since the congressional cacu- of the
14th inst That ixty four members
of Congres are al that could be
persuaded to attend and vote for Mr
Crawford, i no doubt, exceedingly
pleasant to those, v’hr avour the pre
tensions of other candidate* : but, to
our dull , and imperfect apprehension,
it seem* to savour of *ittle inconsist
ency, when the friends of, at least,
one of those candidate who are hold
ing caucuses in every *tate legisla
ture in every city in every vi age,
and in every steam boat, where there
is a majority of passengers in hi* fa
vour condemn, in the most pointed
terms, the holding of a congressional
caucus, ansi heap *he most violent
gjsase all the who ad
vacate tkia custosaary mode of
tinp up a nomination of candidates.
Do the* pretend that they vrould
not flourish all their rhetoric ih sup
port of a caucus, if w tire “ ure
that their favourite was tjip favorite
of a raaj/rit? of the in
No such p/etence has
been sesjup ; and if it wen everv man
of coaiinon penetration would per
ceive tha't it wa* mere pretence. If
an? objection founded on princip e,
have been made pub’ic, we have not
been fortunate enough to meet with
them ~ The argument is, r. Craw
ford’s friends are a minority and a
minority have no right to ho and cau
cur.se- and nominate a candidate. —
Bur why do not the majority hold a
caucus in Congress as hey do in
state legislatures cities v llage , and
steam boat**, a
it so happens, that there are four oth
er candidate*, and when the majority
range themselves under their respect
ive leaders, it also -o happens that no
one of the candidates can muster so
many advocates as Mr Crawford
This, we iirnocr is the tmie secret
tne opposition of certain papers
to the caucus The Voice of Maine*
the Voice of Massachusetts . the
. Voice of Khode Island, and -though
last not least,'* the Voice fthe iiepub
licans of Boston, have been -ounded
through variou brazen trumpet*, till
the clangor ha almost awoke the
dead; and re echoed from the pine
foreits of Maine to the prairie of
Ohio and the swamps of Alabama.
All these sweet v ices have nomina
ted a candidate for the presidency,
and endeavoured to drown the voice
of a congressional caucus because, it
wa* well known that that voice would
be for another candidate
A* e are indeed orry to ee Mr
1 A* a*sh whose paper i* on many ac
counts, entitled to be convidered a
leaning pape’ in the I nited fates,
falling in a a volunteer iri thi pha
lan of can -warn politicians We
make no objections to his motto
‘principles —b tit is much
to te wished that in his for m n,
he would give u- an exposition of
the principles on which the proceed
ing of one caucps are denounced and
those of another justified.
The Nationa lournal say*, “ The
tn nonn, have now taken f heir stand,
and will upport their candidate ; the
ma}o i*y wi 5 l also take heir stand
and support their candidate’ Who
i the candidate of the majority ? It
i acknowledged b all that the ma
joritv against the caucus, o far from
being united in a single candidate,
have no ie*> than candidates, and
the friends of each one no le*s devo
ted to hin success* than those of Mr
Crawford The Journal adds, *• it
will be a struggle between faction and
principle The question i . whether
i illiam H Crawford the candidate
of the oppoftinon. hall succeed a
gainst John Q. incy dam*, the can
didate of the people *’ Bur sup
pose—what i very probab e, if not
an established fast,- that Gen Jack
Ur Calhoun, and Mr. Clay,
hould have respectively so many
friends among the opponents of the
caucus that Mr. Adams’* supporters
-hould amount to no more than the
number which have nominated Mr.
Crawford would Mr Adam- then
be “the candidate of the people,” or
would the struggle then be * between
faction and principle ? Undoubted y,
in the view o* the editor o the Jour
nal it would; for all that is on hi* side
is principle, every thing else is /ac
tion. IMr dams be in reality the
candidate o* the majority as the
Journal ays, why does not the ma
jority hold a meeting and nominate
him ? O they doubtless regain from
principle. Huston Galaxy
However highly we estimate the
military services of General Jack
son, we will hazard our existeoee
upon tbe result that he cannot ob
tain a single vote for tbe presidency
in New-England. We have here
but two candidates, Mr* Crawford
and Mr. Adams—the one the Na
tional Candidate, the other the
Candidate of a section. The Fede
ralists of New England would sup
port Calhoun if he had a chance of
success, hut they know he has uone,
and they will not throw away their
strength
In fine, without extending this
article oo far, we repeat again to
the Republicaa parly ot* Massachu
setts, that Mr. Crawford will be our
next President. The good sense of
Republicans will never suffer the
l party to be dismembered, and oew
: ones formed founded altogether oo
- sectional divisions. Statesmuik
Opinion of Mr. Crawford in
„ France.
Trans \atnl for the .Vw York Baity .idvtrtisej*
Jrom the Journal tin Cout.. .crce, f>j JJe,
caiiber Idlh.
VVc were vfvojig in V
election oi’ Cjcneral Jacbsfj* Vo ill©
Presidency us die UoUctl States
Mi© President will not bo chosen
until the 2d of December, Is2*—<•
to ener upon his functions vw tno
*tli Mann, 182a, and ol ihe term,
of the 2d presidency of Mr. Mon-t
roc. /
b e take this occasion to correct
another very important error. Se?
veral Journals iu Lhiris
ou the faith of a letter from PhiL*> i
tleiphia, that the secretary of
John Quiury Adams, son of the ht/-
nurahie Jvb* Adauis. will he elest- /
ed to the presidency m ih c Repab-/
lie, a post which bis father ooccpi-l
ed in 1799. We smpeot the oorroy--
poudeiu was det eived iu this ease,
it is weli known that Mr. Adams is
and has always lieen, k.bdkled
iu a tuember of fede
ral, that is to say Fnglish ;2lrty.
Mr Adams the lather has written
and published, along time ago, ao
exaggerated culogium on the Eng
lish institutions : and Mr. Adams
the sou has manifested on uiauy oc
casions, his adherent e to the doc
trines of his lather. Among oth
er facts of which the correspondent
appeals lube ignorant, are these,
:ha- there are five candidates for
he presidency, that Mr. Adams
will not have ahiid part of lit©
vote* required by the eonsfiMption;
thus hij adversary Mr* Crawford,
s;ow minister of tinauces of the U. 9,
v*’di have a gicat majority;& fiualiy,
ibai ii is beyond all doubt amng
ihe beat informed Ameru au Mr.
Crawtord will o elected president,
Mr. Crawiotd, win was mi istep
plenipotentiary of (he Coiled .St ate*
at Tans previously to 1815, is
known a* a man of very superior
talents, political principles of th©
most perfect republicanism, and of
irreproachable morality.
Io the s ate of dissi**ippi, a law
Was passed at the lasi Scss miofits
Legislature, which does credit to
the gallantry of the State, and, in
our estimate, is ©vest more honora
ble to its intelligence and liberality.
By this law, the limi sos each and
every county are declared to be the
prison bounds thereof; thus modifi
ed, personal restraint for debt only
goes to prevent fraudulent evasion of
debt by elopement. By the same
law, it is declared that no free whto
woman shall n any case be arrested
or imprisoned for debt. Thi- law
was objected to by the Governor*
but when returned with his objec
tions, was passed in both Houses by
the constitutional majority.—JV.lnb
At the present moment, when such
a volley of words and newspaper"'*’
vquibs have been directed towards
the Democratic Members in Con
gress, for the purpose of battering
down a Caucus, it is presumed the
public will not be displeased with
the following extraet from the 61st
number of the Edinburg Review—a
journal which all the world k j'wa
has never been the most frientil’ to
the people of this country, or tveir
Republican institutions The ex
tract shows, however, what that pe
riodical pamphlet thinks of a Cau
cus, and of the few evils which at
tend it. Milton Gazette.
“A great deal is said by the au
thor before us (Mr. H. B. Fearon)
about a Caucus, tbe cant word of
?be Americans for the ©ominitteea
and party meetings in which the
business of tbe elections is prepat ed
—the influence of which he seems
to consider as prejudicial. To us,
however, it appears to be nothing
more than tbe natural, fair, a.d un
avoidable influence, which talent,
popularity, and activity, must al
ways have in free countries. Wind
other influence can the leading cha
racters of the Democratic party in
Congress possibly possess ? Bribery
is out of tbe questioo—equally so is
the ii fluence of family and fortune*.
What then can they do with their
Caucus or without it, but recom
mend ? And what charge is it a
gainst the American government to
say, that the Vlembcrs of Congress,
persons in whom the people have
placed the highest confidence, meet
together to consult whom they shalf
recommeod for President, and that
their recommendation is suoccsslul
in the different states ? Could any
friend to good order wish other
means to he employed, or other ra
, 9*lt to Mow ? No Statesman