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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