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LOUISVILLE,
SArVRDAT.’'pT.rd 7, rSor.
ON Tucfday the 3d of March
inftant, a large number of the
Citizens of J offer lon County,
met at Mr. Pofnef’s, for the
purpofc c?, ‘tdlifying their ap
probation of the adminiftration
of his E xcellcncy J a m cs J a c k
son, upon his . retiring from
' office j Lieut. Col. Solomon
Wood was called to the Chair,
when an add refs in the words
following was unanimoufly a
gredd to:
Ills Excellency JAS. JACKSON, ,
Sir,
LIVING under a government
emanating from the people, the
only juft fourcc of power, we
fed it a folemn duty impoled
upon the governed, to examine
the a<fh of their public fervant?,
to cenfurc what has been pre
judicial, and affix the fignct of
approbation to thofa»which have
been beneficial to the commu
nity.
Being fully imprefted with
this truth, we, the citizens of
Jefferfon County, have with vi
gilance, ferutinized your official
condud, from your firft inftal
ment in office down to the pre
lent moment: And now Sir,
when you are in the aelnf relin
quifhing the dignified office
which you have longadminiftcr
ed with fo much honor to your
ielf and advantage to the (late,
we ftiould do violence to our
feelings, were we net to declare
our entire approbation of the
mcafurcs of your adminiftration.
T he emotions which wc feel
on this occafion, naturally lead
us to take a rctrofpedlive view
of your conduct from the com
mencement of the revolution
until the prefentday.
In the field and cabinet, in the
-national and ftate kgiflatures,
o J
you have given the meft con
ipicuOus examples of republican
viituc, by affirm and difimer
efted fupport of meafures which
fere calculated to promote the
happmefs of the people.
Whilft your conduft confoles
the patriot and phiianthropift,
it covers with confulion the ene
mies of the rights of man, whole
- favourite maxim is, “ that man
kind incapable of governing
themfeives arc born for a mal
ter.”
Upon this occafion, we are
led with pleafure to rertebt on
the motives which induced you
to rclinquifh your feat in the
Senate of the United States in
the year 1795, an< -I return as a
citizen into the boloni of yout
country —motives in themfeives
pure and difmrerefted, reflecting
honor upon the politician, and
adding new dignity to the hu
man charafter. Under the in
fluence of thefe motives, the in
defeaftblc rights of the people
have hecn fecured, and the ini
quitous view's,of venal fpecuia
tor* entirely overthrown.
From that period to the pre
fent day, both in your Jegiflative
and executive capacity, yQu
have, been afTiduOufty and luc
celsfully engaged’in the prefer
vation ot tHule rights which had
been with difficulty wrenched
from the grafting hands ot fpe-
H , culatipg moriopohfts.
Vour conftant foiicitude in
. oppofntg, and uninterrupted
fuccefs in defeating the views
( of a certain fet of men, who
j have under various guiles, at
j tempted to enrich themfeives,
by preying upon trie ‘ virah of
the ftate, has drawn upon you a
torrent of vile, fade, and mali
cious abide; but when we* re
flea upon the views of the Edi
tors of the Gazettes which con
tained thofe falle and malicious
publications, and die conduct of
the men who are your political
enemies, we arc free to declare j
that abufe from fuch corriipt
fourccs, gives the (lamp of rcc
tituae to all your official afts.
Accept this addrefs, Sir, as
the candid declaration of men I
who are fully imprefted with the j
weight which public opinion j
ought to have upon t the con- I
dud: of their rulers.
May you Sir, be exempted
from the malignant perfecutions
of vile detractors, execu- 1
tion of the important office to
which you are called by. the con
fiding voice of _ ;
The cHflbiution- of political
deUiffion, introduced under the 1
reign of terror, and the confer
quent change of public
will make your jfttiiatipn agreea-:
ble, and enable you, by the co
opc rati an o f y ou r col 1 e agiie s,
to aid fiich arrangements, as will
remove the doubts and fea - s of
the good people of the United
States, and fecure the tranqui
lity of the nation by the adop
tion of wholefome and falntary
laws, founded upon the princi
ple of equal rights.
Accept, Sir, our beft wifhes
for your-welfare and happin.cfs.
By order of the meeting,
Solomon Wood, chairman .
1 Mr. Gobcrt, Mr. Mounger,
Mr. Shclman, Mr. Crawford,
and Mr. Lamar, were appointed
a committee to wait upon the
Governor with the foregoing
addrefs, to whom he returned
the following anfvver ;
; To the Citizens cf Jefferfon County.
, Fellow Citizens,
YOUR unexpe&ed and af
: fe (ft ion ace addrefs on my retiring
from the chief magiftracy oftlie
; ftate, and your approbation of
my official conduft in the excr
cife of its duties, have imprefted
me with the moll grateful fen
fations.
1 If, as you have been pleated
to declare—l have filled that
dignified ftation to the advan
tage of the ftate, and for the te
curity ofher rights—l have then
attained thcobjeft I had in view',
when at the folicitation of my
fellow citizens in the year 1795,
I relinquifhed my feat in the Se
nate of the United States—in
which Angle confoling thought*
I am more than compenfated
j for all the obloquy and abufe,
which the envy and malice of a'
| venalanddifappoimedfetofmen,
I have fo prodigally beftowed on
J me. — That the confidence of j
| my country and my fellow citi- i
zens at large, however, has not j
’ been impaired by thole vile and (
aft affiliating attacks yourprcfenc 1
attention to me, is a fnoft con
vincing proof—for my admini-•
dration has been carried on in
the inidftof you, and I can with
firmnefs demand of you—-where
is the citizeftof JtfFeffon Coun
ty whom I have intentionally ;n
-jured, or whole public bufincfs
has been negleded by me ?
Convinced that the wedern
bubble is broken™that theßri
tifh and Blount fcheipe lias fail
ed—rand that the intended nobles
are divided among themfclvcs i
and knowing from experience
the unalterable v irtue and per
fcverance of the citizens of Geor
gia, in defence of their republi
can rights, as well as thole of
poderity—l feel a fads faction in
obeying the Voice of my country
fo very honorably exprefied by
the vote -of the Legiflature on
I my appointment, by again ferv
i !ng them on the Congredlonal
I Floor.
A co-operation with my col
| leagues—whofe characters for
republican virtue, talents and
, fortitude, cannot be quedioned,
; fhall be invariably rnyobjed—
i and I feel allured that unanimi
ty will prevail among us, and
that every endeavor willbepro
j moted. to render juftice to the
j date by the confirmation of her
iu(l rights—,and to remove any
doubts or fears the good people
of the United S tates may enter
tain of their fafety, by fupport
ing Inch falutajy and whole fame
laws founded upon a republican
bafis as will fecure the tranqui
lity of the American nation—
unaided by [edition ads, or a
(landing army.
Requefting you to receive my
bed acknowledgments for the
prefent occafion, and my lincerc
and afredionate willies-for your
public and private happineisdn
future—and, furthermore, af
furing you that the citizens of
JcfFerfon County, whofe patri
ot! fin and fidelity to govern
ment I have fo long tried, will
ever hold a large proportion of
my grateful regard.
I am,
Yo u r IVi 1 3 w Citizen,
JAMES JACKSON.
LatrfvillCi March 3, 1801.
Asa further tcilimony of the
edeem the adminiftrative ads
of the late Governor were held
in Jcfrerfon, an elegant enter
tainment was provided, and at
three o’clock. Major General
Jackfon, the Prefident, Major
General Clarke, Brigadier Gen.
Morrifon, the State and County
Officers, and about eighty Fel
low Citizens, aflembled at Mr.
Pofner’s, and fat down to din
ner ; after which, the following
toads were drank:
1. May the fitting of this day’s
fun, Ihroud ineverlafting night,
the unconditutional ads of the
prefent National Adininidrati
on. — 1 Gun.
2. May to-morrow be the j
commencement of the Repub
lican Millenium.— 1 Gun.
3. The memory of George
Wafhington, the fame of whole '
I virtues will tranlccnd the limits
jof fpace.— 3 Gun?.
I 4. The memory of Benjamin
1 Franklin,’ the fage and patriot.
1 '—3 -Guns.
5-. Thomas JclTcribn,
fun of the political world.— -.
Guns. J
6. The Declaration of J n d e .
pendence, the Magna-Charta of
Man.— i Gun.
7. The Federal Confutation,
the facred Palladium of A me*
aican Liberty.— 1 Gun.
8. 7he natural rights of man,
the political holy of holies.-*
1 Gun.
9. A fpeedy and final cxrin*
guifhinent of the national debt,
—1 Cun.
10. Agriculture, Manufac
tures & Commerce.— 1 Gun.
ir. The Arts and Sciences.
—1 Gun.
12. Republicans throughout
the world.—l Gun.
13. The State of Georgia.—,
3 Guns.
14. The French Republic.—
May its wifdom equal its mag
nanimity.— 1 Gun.
15. May war, the creature of
tyrants, and fcourge of nations,
no longer defile the pages of
hiftory.—: Gun.
16. May univeTal peace fi.,
lence the groans of fuffering hu
manity.— 1 Gun.
After Major General Jackfn
retired.
Maj or Ge ne ral J ackfon, who,
in hrs late adminiftration has
been watchful of the rights and
privileges of the people. —3,
Guns.
■*
His Excellency James Jack-*-
ion, at one. o’clock this day,
haying declared his acceptance
ot the appointment of Senator
from this Rate in Congrefs 0 1
the United States, and his refig
nation of the office of Governor,
his honor David Emanuel, the
Prcfident of Senate, in com
pliance with the 4th feci ion of
the cd article of the conflitution
alfumed the executive powers of
government —which was noti
fied by his honor’s proclamation,
read by Horatio Marbury, Efq.
Secretary of the State, in pre
fence of a larrze concourfe ot ci
tizens, and under a difeharge of
Sixteen Rounds from the Louif
ville Artillery in front of the
State Houle.
GEORGIA.
| By bis lie nor David Em a n uel,
Prejtdent of the Senate , and
commander in chief cf the army
and navy cf this fate, and of
the militia thereof.
A PROCLAMATION.
T 71 7 HERE AS his Excellency
V V James Jackson, late
Governor and Commander in
| Chief, hath this day accepted
! the appointment of Senator
' from this State, in the Congrefs
■ ot the United States, agreeably
I to his eledion thereto on the
!Nth day of November, in the
year eighteen hundred by the
j legislature, and hath figniHed to
! nic his refignationof the trove rn
ca o
j meht.
And whereas, the fourth
feclion of the fecond article 01
the confutation declare. 4 — tf m
; cafe of the death or refignation
' or difability of the Governor,
the Prefident'of the Senate fbali
exercife the executive powers
of government, until fuch tlif
ability be removed, or until* the
next meeting cf the General