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Volume XJ rcBLISHF.O WEEKLY, HV PHILIP C. GUIF.IT. S BC7* NEW ARRANGEMENT. As experience has (ltsr ivered to us the little ftVention p.ol 1 o p-in r deb's, and the g-eat <! ii eil v expanse n collecting such debts; fc :ih a few only can be called liberal in paying punctually what they ow” justly, to the printer, we have, after due consideration, come to this conclusion, that we ouoar sot to give credit We are comne led. •herefo'-e, to adopt anew plan n cons-q mce of his determination, our terms shall in future be,fur die paper three dollars per annum, if paid in advance—tour and illars, it paid vitlun six m >nths—and five dollars if pa and only at the end of the year For advents ments, tliey are to be paid io ad- I vance sheriff .ales excepted which are to be paid q iar erlv Tne above rules shall be 1 etriclv observed, and no one need apply who is not ready to comply with them Term-, of Vivertising, y 5 cents per square for •he ft st insertion, and 62 4-2 cents for each continuation TT W<- are authorized o announce Ciutiles E H wives, E.q of Span a , as a candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives of the United S ates at the neat congressional elec -4 ton. NINE months after date, ap plication will be madetothe honorable the Inferior Court of 1 Wilkes county, while sitnng for ordinary purposes, for leave t® sell all the real estate belonging to Mount M Mercer, deceased* for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. (I R *Ov T MERCER, adm’r. Mirch 1, 1824 Presidential Election. j Agreeably to publio notice, the Din i.'t atin R ‘publicans, compos ing the Congressional District of Fayette A G ‘cane oou itms, friend ly in die animation of vV liia n 11. Crawford, for Preside t, aid ll- Gallatin for Vi*e President of th■* United States, a-tso-a'iled at M *Clella •d f, )W*i, Germ 11 r.iwn •hip, Fvtte county, >0 3<Uu*diy, tike 26sn Jane, 182i— Wvt Ewing, K i] wii nailed to the unair, and * Wils in appointed SoTeta y. i‘h following res ‘lotions were unanitn >usly adopted : 1. Resolved, Hi it wa hive the greater gram ude for G t icral Ja k §** military services; bui t.iai, after the opinions and p*i miples whi*li he has avosvod, ii w *uid be endangering mr eivil anl ooltiml liberties to pU e in n at the head of our rep bli* l. Resttved, That we see, with regret that ill- >iepiibiioa:i interest ill uld be divided by men whose p<r lit hull principles are nearly the sum 1 , and as we are well persuaded that evil *an o ily be avoided by sup putting the nom nation made at W uni igtoo, by the D*m ‘ratio Mr übrrs of Congress, w■* will u.e all hon irable meal* to rffY*t the e le n > > of WILLI\VI H. CRIW F idl) f *rgia. for P hsi lent, and iLBKRP GiLLvHM, of Froosilvaoia, for Vice President. 3. fit’s.tlved, Poat w > rerommend the 1 1 m. Isaac G iifPiv to the lie m ratio rir*rns of this coni no 1- xvalth a§ a suitable person 10 be placed on the Electoral Picket, to represent this Congressional dis trict 4 esotred. Pbat this meeting appoint David Patoo of Fayette •ou tty, aid Ch-’is a Happen. of G reene 0011 *ty, a* I)'*lcgt’ei to re present tiii Caagressi mat district, in the <*onve iti n lobe held at Har risbo g -n ‘be 9 b of august next 6 Resolved, Him f din \) ~iaui, Di tie! Hi tn -s. U ‘tepb ensoo, Phouias Wd-iotiH. E*q lires, Jt ne, ;t P> i*.o, E(j Viliia u Ew ing, f%(] and Alevn*hr \ Wil son, of a'ette <*<* Ko.ipeei, Be jun -F. Ila k. rC-q J Pin Morrison, K-nj and fir 1. I> (vettings, of tv *ee 4 ie eoa ity, bo 00 istituted a Com nittee of Corres pondence for this Congressional dis*- tri t. 6 Resolved, Poat ‘Ur Chairman ft.id Se*reary of this m e;t ig be a cominitiee to drnf< an a1 l ess, ex pressive of the sense of this meet leg. 7 ftrs.ifred. I'hat the pro eed diog;* of ti s neeting lie signed liy ihe Cuairmau aad secretary, and The Washington News. WASHINGTON, (georgia) SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1824. published in the newspaper* of this Congressional district. WVf- KWIVG, Chairman. Alex. A. Wilson, Sec’y , ADOItfSS. Fellow Citizens: Doeply impms ed with the importance of the Pre sidential election, we sinoerelv re g-et lobe oofapelled to differ from our friends a id brother republicans who met in oonveatioo ai Harris burg. Phe violenne of party spirit may, ( fora time, be allayed. Men, 11 ig 1 opposed to the republicans, miy j find it convenient to drop their name. Rat the difference of political opin ion whidi (listing lisUes the two great parties jf the United States, Ufniided in <l4 u<’e, and continues to exist. We deem it essentia! to preserve the asaeodanuy oT the Re publican party, not from personal fttiaehmint to any individual, but in order to miintaio those princi ples of oouftitutio ral liberty, of re spect for state rights, of wise euoa omy, and if impartiality towards all foreign nation*, on which ?hat party was and which it has unifor nly supported, rpe choice of a President, of *im ilar opinion*, is of primary i npri anee to attain that ooj **i Such a mao will ad uimster govefiiin'ii in eonfirm'iy wnh the p*iooip!es we profess and, for that pu pose, will select men entertaining the same views for his coofidemial advisers, and tn fill the /principal lfi es. A President, or, indeed. 1 head of department, hold og J.iT"ent opin ions, mU't administer govern contrary either to the principle* of the republican party, or to his >w i It appears imposs ble to u-i mat theele uion of a republican Prod dent can be secured, or tun the republican pirty can be in tiniii ied, 1 without union witli rep iili 41 io J other states, as his ai .viys hereto fore been due, aid w-tn success Toe state deuuriic 10 iveauo n j are u fil, aid nan bo b IJI ig only for sM<e puipi.e,, but, if us* I fir the Preside >t<al el *iioo. i i->ppsi tio Ito the republi a of the other states, they must necessarily defeat, every hope of general concert, a id 1 annihilate ;h republican party of the United States. The immediate result, if there is bo general concert, will bo ,0 throw the election into (be M use nl Re presentative*, where Pennsylvania, and he i'her large states, >r, to speak mre properly, where (lie people w M I ose all their w *ig , where am lie field will be opened for bargaius and corruptio i, & M-mbers of Congress, wo ‘-n you bline for having only pnposed, will have the p wer to appoint the President. vVe have no doubt of the purity of the repubMca mem bers who absented themselves from the meetings wne e tiomioa ins were made for President ad V • e President, but we mly be permit ted t i assert, that, if those who at tended, hid been actuated by oor nipt m>t ves. they woul I have used every nd *avor to prod i e a result which off * cd an opp rt unity to bar ter their votes for offi es. Was it o it more patriotic in them to pur suc a I ff-rent course? Cao any o ther m le he devised, has any oth er been suggested, to preserve the republican party entire, and to pre vent s he danger of an election by the M *use of Representatives, than what has beon called a a! ran ms? Gas not this been uni formly resorted to, and pia ed at the head of the nation not only em inent aut able patriots, but men who empha’i”ally the ehoice of the people? How can it be then asserted (bat ii has a tendency to deprive them of their righ*s? And is there not somo reason to suspeot tita< this new >*lana >r against Con gress! nil nominations, originating, in (ho ft st instance, in exclusive & ton pdruaacinusatfaehme.it to m m. had been eagerly and tno successful ly encourages by the political oppo , nentsofthe republicai party. Nominations, either by Republi can members of Congress, Dole gitesio Sate Couveo ions, or mee i tijgs ofciiizeas auy where, arc on- ly nominations suboHted to the people, and not binding on th*m All have a right tiku/ to nominate aid unite to dictate,. Congression al nomination* haveibeen heretofore su*. ‘esstul, by submitting to the peo ple flu mm who enj yed, not in any particular O strict, but throughout the United States, the greatest share of puolio confidence; and by inducing the other candidates of the Republican party to wiihdrtw their pretention*. That this was the ru ling principle of the Uie nomination at Washington, we have no reason to and übt; hut, since we have two distinct nominations, it is the duty and the right of the people to exam ine the qualifications of the mtizens proposed, and to decide accordingly. Hie selection at Harrisburg of a person for Vice President, who a few days before was warmly sup posed for the odd 3 of President against G?n, Ja dison, is as extra ordi arv as it was unexpected. The obje *t of that sudden change of po sition was not certainly to prom te G‘oeral Jickson’s election, hut ul timately to elevate another min to th>* P’csidential eh air. And in the meat while, from the manner in whi *h ne proceedings were enuduo fed. and lie electoral ticket was formed, ‘he ceil friends of the Ge neral will be c impelled to give tb<*ir vote fr tbe 0!55r >f V.-ee P *esideot, to a person who pribahly w uld not have been ‘be object f theic *hoi *e. V• lrave valued ihe mditary services f General Fa-kso.i more highly; aod none have felt rn >re gratitude towards him f>r his gloci ous victory at V*w l -leans, tha t we have. Hjs amt las fieeu al ways treitel bv us with a sin cere respect we felt for him: this feeling in his favor, although m our opinion carried t • a da ig* oils excess, was natural aid h mrab e to the pe iple: and it is a mrM’ f tail'll reg-et to ns tiiit he ha* bee > placed in 1 siiuatipii. which 11 w forces u * t > 04 jvas* opi i nos a id a•- tio is fh ; s, wh ; h we would ot.he? wise hive w ! i igiy eivered with the veil ,f >b *vil, The opinio is *>f Gen. Jackson, on the for rution of a übmer with out regard to party, w uld not o ily tend ?o the extinmion of the Repub liean p*cy, or, in other word*, to the annihilation of those principles on which tt is founded; but it ap pairs t us, in fact, a declaration tha‘ political principles are of no importance in the administration of govcrnm*ii—a doctrine contra dieted by tbe genera! se i-*e of man kind, as well as by the universal feeing* and ora ti *e of the citizens of ‘he Uaited States; and which, if j admitted, would substitute m*t dangerous sectional divisions, most corrupt and personal factions, and imst scandalous coalitions, to par ty distinction*, founded on honest d'ff • fences of p ditical opinion. But it was unne*ess.iry to dwell on this topic. The Ma"rLbu g D degates were, it is said, all Republi nans; the Federalists were, in most dis tricts, avowedly excluded from any share i i the election. The conven tion was presumed to be, and call ed itself, a Ocmoeratic convention, recognizing in its formation, and by its name, the existea-e of the party and the neeessity of maintaining it. It is impossible, for a moment, to suppose that they should, notwith standing his g*eat personal merits, have nominated Gen Jackson for Presideof, had they known it to b3 his opinion that the first magistrate ought tn apnoiat his cabinet, or io other words to administer govern ment, without regard to party. We have seen in Gnu. Jukson’s for mer conduct, suffi”ient evidence that hi* great energy of oharacter, so highly serviceable in the field, had, in many instanees, led him to acts whi*h we could not approve. In his repeated collisions with he Judiciary authority—in hi* assum ing, by the occupation of Ponsaeo la, and by his contingent orders to occupy St. Augustine, the power of making war. whieh was not, and could not be delegated to him, sin>?e, by the constitution, it belongs ex clusively 10 Congress— i dangerous disposition was idado apparent, to trancend the powers vested in him, and to pay little regard to the law 9, or to the constitution, whenever they stood in the way of what the uuhlio good, in his opinion, required. But hi* avowal that he would, as Gen eral, have punished, by a court martial,# men presumed to he guil ty of treasonable pra dices, whom it was not deemed proper or practi cable to prosecute bef-re the ordi nary tribunals, and who, not act ing in a military capacity, were, however culpable, entitled at all o vents to a trial by jury, is subver sive of the fundamental principles of our constitution, of civil liberty, and indeed of any government of laws . The tried patriotism of General Jackson, his sincerity, Ihe purity of hi* motives, perhaps his military habits, may be an apology for many of his acts, and for the opinions he professes, but would not render those less dangerous in a civil offi cer. They appear indeed not to have been formed hastily, but to be generally the result of deliberate reflection and of perfect conviction. Mis contingent orders to seize St. Augustine were issued after he had left the field; and his determination to have tried, if in command, the lenders of the Hartford Convention bv a court martial# was expressed two years after the facts to which it refer* had taken place. We consi der, therefore, these opinions and avowed principles of Gen. kson, as incompatible with the qualifica tions requ redin the first magistrate of a free ppople, in an officer, whose primary duty it is to support the constitution and those funda mental principles of civil and poli tical liberty, which arc its basis, and to provide for the strict and faithful executions of the laws. We have been compelled with re luctance to say so much of this dis tinguished citizen, because he was nominated by the Democratic con vention of this State. We have not the same motive for comparing to gether the merits of the other can didates, and neither of them requires, in order to he extolled, that his competitors should he depret iated. We can only repeat the expression of our regret that the Republican interest should be divided bv a com petition between men whose politi cal opinions do not materially differ. We see no better mode of avoiding that evil than bj supporting (he no mination made at Washington : and we do it eheerfullv, because in that nomination we ee nothing to ob ject and much to approve. To long experience, undoubted talents, inflexible integrity, great firmness and vigor of character, Mr. Crawford unites an unshaken attachment to the Republican cause and principles, and in an eminent degree that most valuable of all qualifications in a President, a most sound and correct judgment. He gave a decisive proof of his disinte rested patriotism, when yielding to the older and longer services of Mr. Monroe, and withdrawing from ali competition for the office of Presi dent rather than to divide tbe Re publican party. He has managed with as much skill as integrity the j financial concerns of the nation, j having, amidst many diffi ulties, a gainst many obstacles, notwithstan ding the great pressure of the times, and without any inorease of taxa tion, lessened the publio debt near thirty millions of dollars. His op position to unnecessary expenses, and abuses of any kind, has enlisted against him the whole host of in triguers and offi e hunters. For that same opposition which had uni formly characterized the Republi can party, he and his friends have been designated by the supposed contemptuous name of Radicals; an appellation which we are willing to 1 accept, if our political opponents think that it will promote their views, to give it to us, and to as sume our colors and our name. Be cause be was the best hope of the Republican party, he has lateh4 been assailed by ( barges not frivolous than unfounded; charges which have been repelled aod dis proved io the most triumphant , mauaer, aod for whi&h there was no color, hut his having m sen. at the same time, to roller t he pub lic duc9, and to save the Western people from utter ruin, by ass rding them, as fur as was consistent with law and duty, the facilities indis pensable to enable them to pay for their purchases of public la ;d*. A discipline and a friend of Jeffirsoti and of Madison, he will, if elf*<*ied, administer government in conform ity with (hose same principles by which they were actuated. Ou ! * fellow citizen, Albert Gal latin. is so well known to the peo ple of Pennsylvania, that we do not tniok it necessary for us to remind you of his long services and politi cal principles. You know that the Electors nominated by the Harris burg Convention are bound to voto for another candidate. Fellow Citizens, tbe decision rests with you Remember that (he peo ple of the Uoiled States are the ex ample and the hope of mankind} that to them, a kind Providence has entrusted the sacred duty of preser* ving, inviolate, that liberty which, alone in the world they are per mitted to enjoy in its fullest exleot* Let it not be said, that they, abovo all that the Dem >rratin citizens of Pennsylvania have, like so many now enslaved nations, sacrifi eel their principles and their rights at the shrine of military glory, ami abandoned their political faith fop the w rship of man. Do not per sist in a determination which yoti must now know to be founded in er ror. Do not desert the good old Republican cause; hut rally one® more around its well known ban ners, and once more it will triumph* Aetiog with concert, you will avert the danger of a military administra tion, prevent the election devolving on Congress, and defeat the expec tations of the perpetual enemies of the rights of man, aod of tbe gov ernment of the people, of thos® whose only h *pes rest on your divi sions, and on a <emporary delusion* WM. EWING, Chairman . Alex. A- Wilson, See 9 y. * The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury. No person shall be held to answer for a capita’ or other wise infamous crime, unless on a presentment,, or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in ca ses arising’ in ihe land or naval forces or in tho miiitia, when in actual service, in time of war or public danger * In aii criminal prosecutions, the shall enjoy the right to a speedy and publio trial by an impartial jury.— Constitution 0/ tha United States. From the Richmond Enquirer. John Q- Adams. The followig is a communication from a gentleman in the District of Columbia, of the most unquestiona ble standing and character. Wc be lieve him incapable of making tho least misrepresentation or giving a* ny false coloring whatever. WhaC he states is entitled to the seriuuti attention of the people. It will opes their eyes to s ime of the machinery whieh is employed to delude them* We confess that it excites our “as* tnnishment.” Has not Mr, Adam® identified himself with the self-con victed Edwards 9 Gan the conduct which is here depicted—Cao a pub lic association with a mao like Ed wards comport with the dignity of the Secretary of State, or with th® pretensions of a Candidate for th® first office in the gift of a free peo ple ? To the Editors of the Enquirer . Gentlemen: —ln reading yon® Tuesday’s paper, juat received, f am struck with the opinion you ex press of disapprobation of the oom* mittee’s excluding Mr, Edwards from the anniversary dinner at Washington. I think it is probable you would oot have formed this o , pinion, had you been well a* quain i ted with the state of irritated feel ing tn tbe eity, and with the cast of its loeal politics. Yon have remarked it as an ex traordinary circumstance that “men are to be fonnd willing to justify his [ conduct;** hut you sannot he en‘ire ly prepared, remote as you are from the seat of government, to believe the extent to which the dignit&rie* there are wjiling to go in this re? i Yoa may he assaret) [No 30.
