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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)
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