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TO THE Pi'.Oil 1. OF YIKUINI.Y.
MO. IV.
Fc'lotc CUizms:
I have refern and to f.tcts ami oil. Toil -ci
gestions to e.-tablish two important [imp
ositions. l'irst, that Mr. Ua'.imim, if dio
flen'as the nominee of the National Con
vention, would command a larger vote
than can he secured lor any otner per
son. And secon I, that .Mr. \an Bareli,
from the force of circumstances, would
receive a smaller vote than anr oilier
person whom the nomiinlion con a 1 be
conferred.
However much I tmy prefer another.
I trust 1 should be restraint dbv Hi" It ve ol
justice, from offering anytLit»i>- in and 'ro
tation of the claims ol Mr. \ an Bumii,
winch was not triu* in lact ol r ason.
My remarks in connexion with his pros
pects, are extorted by an earn ■ t and "-ire
to establish the true and geimin * prin
ciple of our 1-Vderai ive System, to-mfluT
with a sincere and'strong con victam. that
his nomination would embarrass, ii not
defeat the accoarplidim ait of that hi ; 1 '
object, They are submitted to th" judg
ment of the candid, and are neitaer ex
pected nor desired to exert any other in
flnonce. than such as results from the
force of truth.
The greatest impediments to the pro
gress of our principles, encountered
through a long series ol years, original and
in personal objections to him in th"
difficulty of supporting him, personally
against the bitter and vindictive assaults
of his foes. In the canvass for the second
term cf President Jackson, all our em
barrassments had direct reference to the
Vice Presidency, and the propriety ol
conferring the office oil him. \\ fi-n hr
Was elected to the Presidency in 183 >,
another Republican candidate woii'd
have united all the votes record and for
him; together with the e cast for Judge
White. ‘And til- joint poll ot both would
have received an accession of :-tr ngih
from the support of many who did not
vote at all ; being unwilling to support
the Judge under the circumstances whi 'i
attended his nomination, and restrain I
from the support of Mr. Van Burcn by i
dissatisfaction with him as the Republi
can candidate. This remark is justified
by the smallest majority ever received by
a successful Republican candid ate.
From IB>2J to 1.810 the energies ol ill ■
Republican party were strain and and con
stantly devoted to the personal promotion
of Martin Van Buren. No party ever
toiled more assiduously or sutlered more
severely in the personal service of an in- j
dividual ! Yet it terminated in catas
trophe ?—The cause is obvious. It was
occasioned by his own personal charater
and qualities. The virtuous people of
America, happy under the influence <•!
our mild institutions, obsorbed in their
daily, active pursuits, or reposing in the :
indolence of ease and security, neglect* and
their high political interests, and entrust
ed the choice of the Republican candidate j
to selfish partisans, more intent on ina-
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till ing their own personal plans than es
tablishing the preponderance'of the Re
publican party, or perfecting and perpet
uating our mode of policy. The choice
was made .with reference to their own
views. Availing themselves of a casual
; sympathy, a temporary fervour of the
public mind, excited by the action of the
Senate, they selected a candidate who
never will engage the fervid affections
of the heart. In him. we surrendered
the inestimable advantage of popular en
thusiasm ; and no party can enjoy an
1 enduring prosperity, who will relinquish
!so important an element of success. Our
principles, to command their just support
| must be reflected by these whom we
love. No such feeling came to the sup
port of .Mr. Van Buren. The people but
coldly acquiesced in bis elevation. 11 is
enemies were encouraged by the supine
ness of his friends. They saw from the
I thin vote of 1830, that he might have
been defeated by vigorous exertions—
they too courage—they gathered strength
tiiov were stimulated by a species of
phrenzied hate they made the assault,
and—we have but two painful a recol
lection of the sequel.
it is a source ofuuafleeted regret, that
the Editor of the Enquirer, should have
fallen into certain notions oj Slate jjo
/!< ’/, wlii' li bring him into close alliance
with a clique, incapable of appreciating
his views. He is laboring with then to
excite the sensibilities of the public, in
1 eiiaif of their favorite ; and to make the
public sense ol justice subservient to their
schemes in the choice of the Republican
candidate. The obligations of justice
are at all times imperative. Rut justice
never did demand, and never can justify,
the saeriliee of public good, to the mere
personal gratification, and individual ng
graiidi/.em ntol'a mere man. CJoveru
meiit is instituted for the beneiic of the
l > inji!c - audit is a dereliction from duty
and a p.Tver-ion of principle, to bestow
the powers of society on an individual
from motives of special and particular
i advantage to the Magistrate.
It ’ v i to unrestrained by consideration
by considerations of personal respect for
ill" Editor I might sav be is engaged
m the redicnlons effort -and 1 will say
ii, the unaraiUn’c etiort. to convince us
that Mr. Van Buren is actually /to/m
--lar I! ! -and that from motives of polio/,
we should take him ns our candidate ! ! !
Air. Ritchie innv have the address, when
supported hv the energy of his com pa
triots, to nrik.r Mr. Van Huron the Re
publican candidate lor tin* I’residency,
and ii.* will be entitled to share with
th mil the glory of lii" diflicnlt achieve
ment —but be never can conviee the pub
lic that Martin Idu Huron is actually
jnipular. Because, on that subject, ev
ery man has the evidence of conscious
ness--every mail feels the relation which
subsists between his own heart and that
disliugnishod.--tatesni.au, and lie is ena
bled to and ‘tormina the degree of power
which that gentleman can exert over the
h arts of odurs We alt feel that he
neyerctin be jiersonal.ly jiopular — though
b" may command c.-t ein and attain to
political jmver. As to selecting him
IVo m mot i yes of jiolicy, t> add strength
to tii" strength of tile strong ; if the En
quirer could succeed in bringing over
the ])u-t an impenetrable veil of oblivion
n' if wer.} po-sible to blot out from
matinry the humiliating associations of
lsßi the impolicy of the selection
would be made manifest by the simple
reflection that Vlr. Ya:i Buren lias been,
for twelve years, the candidate for the
Presidency or \ ice Presidency. If he
had popularity, it Ii .s been exerted al
ready. We have secured all tiie advan
tage which liis influence can bestow.—
Every man who can be brought to our
aid. by any such influence as lie may
happen to posses*, b is been long since
joined unto, and in mid *d into the De
mocratic party. They are already jiart,
and parcel ofthe Democracy, and must,
in a maun-r, lose th ir identity before
they can be disintegrated and severed
from it. ('an the Enquirer—Gail any
j'.artizati of Mr. Van B.ircii point to any
body of nii'U—('an all'of them together
point to One Man who i s at this time
unconnected wn\i the Democratic party
and who v ill beconu joined unto it, I
by the fact of its selecting Martin Yan
i>iireu a- its candidate ?
Ii i-; con lid: -ntly lielieved there is not
one such man n the ivhof Lit ion.
I; lias been shown that flu re are man/
who would be repelled from one con
nexion by his nomination.
Yet his nomination is urged on mo
tives personal to himself, by .a public
journal whose motto is “ Priuripia non
Homines,’’ and whose columns teem
with the oft-repeated exclamation, “ Ev
ery thing for the cause, nothing for men -- !
Never —never were precept and ezatnple i
more strikingly and forcibly contrasted.
How different is the prospect which
opens upon us, when we turn to the eon- :
ti mplation of the Roman virtues, and \
engaging and endearing personal quali- j
ties of John < ’aldvvell Calhoun \ It is as j
certain as any event can be, yet depen-1
and int on human opinion, that lie would j
give us incaeased strength. That there |
are many men of first respectability, in- \
teiligence and influence, whe are note j
at di(h lit Ml publican party.
MACON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER t, 181-3.
who will support his election if he he
nominated as the Republican candi
date.
But it is intimated by the Enquirer or
its correspondents, that these gentlemen
are not likely to ‘make the best soldiers,’
or • are not the best troops to be trusted.’
And therefore, the Domination should be
made without reference to their wishes.
Let not the Editor of the Enquirer give
countenance to the conjecture, that his
friends are not anxious to recruit Gen
erals —but want soldiers —that they do
not want ‘Leaders and rivals —but fol
lowers—blind implicitfollowers —docile
—tractable —perfectly trained in the tac
tics and discipline of party —who can le
wheeled into line at the word of com
mand. Let him rather adopt the senti
ment of universal philanthropy, and ex
tend to these men the hope of salvation
—the chance of restoration to the Repub
lican fold. Let him not give Mrength to
the misclievious intimation, that a cer
tain class of politicians fed that the
/!< mucratic party is now strong cncnich
to dispense with the service of State
Rights men—and that it is dangerous
i to make further recruits among a sect,
who are not apt “to make the best sol
diers,- ’ but are rather accustomed to as
pire to command.
And if it be resolved that the Repub
lican party, in making the choice of its
candidate, is under no obligation to con
sult the wishes of State Rights men, it
should still be remembered that a state
of things map exist when it may bo
very desirable to make a lew recruits
• van among them. It is well remember
ed that, .at tlie close of the columns of
certain journals were darkened with
gloomy statistics, to prove that a few re
cruits, opportunely made, and skilfully
posted and appointed, might have tinned
the fortune of War. Let ns provide
against the recurrence of a similar con
tingency—Let us make the recruits in
due season.
In declaring my preference for Mr.
Calhoun—my decided, undoiibting pre
ference- I disdain to deny that my feel
ings enter largely into the question. I
Know the man, and knowing him- /
tore him. And knowing him and loving
him. 1 ardently desire his elevation. I
desire it lor his sake—hut far far more
for the sake of his country. It would
be but the just reward of distinguished
virtue and transcendent ability. But
waiving all claim to reward for his great
qualities and brilliant services, it is urged
that his elevation would, more than any
other event, contribute to the perfection
of our system —the durability of our in- .
stitutions—the happiness of the people,
and l lie prosperity of the con :try —these, 1
these are (he high and the holy incentives
which fill us with desire, and stimulate !
our efforts, to secure to the country, the:
good and the glory of his administration.
It is not proposed, in the present paner, !
to discuss the advantages which might he ;
expected from the exercise of his high
executive talent. Belonging to the in- ;
ture and resting in the prospective, they
necessarily depend on the virtuous ;tp
plicaticn cf the powers of mind to the
sanctions of Government, .and the most
reasonable expectations might be disap
pointed, and the most rational inductions
might be falsified. Bill it is confidently
believed that there are important advan
tages which would result from the simple
fact ofiiis nomination, indep nd. nt ofjtis
future agency. Among these, perhaps,
not the least important lias been discus
sed—being the increased jrrobabiiity of
success to the Republicans, in the ap
proaching contest of 1811. But the
topic to which, it is the present purpose to
direct attention, is, the salutary influence
which his nomination mint exert on the
future organization of Political parties,
audits tendency tore-unite and re-estab
lish in its former power, the old Republi
can parly in the South.
After the overthrow of the Ol I Sedi
tion I .aw Federalists, the Republicans,
l -r many \ cars maintained an undisputed
sujircmacy throughout the .South. Mr.
Jederson, Mr. Madison, Mr. Monroe, Mr.
<'rawford, and Andrew Jackson, respec
tively, commanib'd triumphant majorities
in Yirginia. They “ received the undi
vided support" of her Republican party,
to whom dissension and schism were
comparatively unknown. The Repub
licans, jierhaps, were never more united
a:;d powerful, than, on the accession of
Indrew Jackson to the Presidency.
i laving encountered an oxjiected reverse
in tiie temporary restoration ofthe Adams
Dynasty, they recovered, at once from
the casual surprise, and resolved, by the
vigorous exercise of concentrated energy,
to u ip ■ out the disgrace, and re-establi-h
their ] lower. The resolve living formed,
tin* end was accomplished, and Andrew
Jackson, at the head of the Republican
party, was formidable as Najioleou at the
head of the enthusiastic legions of France.
Like that great man, in the sublimity of
his elevation, In* conceived designs bold
and daring, f not unkind, —and projec
ted measures which exasperated his ene
mies, whilst they were deemed indefen
sible by many of those, who gave to him
personally, their warmest sympathies.—
Bonaparte, in the exercise of the principle
of Despotism, contributed much to the
cause of rational liberty—and Jackson,
in the habitual assertion of Executive
supremacy, did more, perhaps, than any
living man, to arrest Legislative usurpa
tion on tile Federative principle.
Though posterity cannot fail to vindicate
his character, against much of the tra
duction of til a present age ; and to ap
preciate and assert, the value of his ser
vices to the Republican cause—re! tin
candid critic will ever maintain, that,
several of the leading measures of his
administration, were irreconcilable with
the genius of our institutions. And a
sustainable defence of those Republicans
who found themselves constrained toofier
a reluctant opposition to those measures,
will live through the page of undying
History.
It may be a question with the political
casuist, whether in “the mode and meas
ure- ’ of opposition, they did not transcend
the rules of prudence. And whether
they did not grossly err, in permitting
; themselves, in their ardor for the Consti
tution. to become inadvertently and itn
perci ptibly min. led <r i ! id v ith oth*
j eYs, who offered opposition to the Jaclr
son .administration, under the influence
! of motives, actually hostile totlu* Repub
: licau principle. But no well-informed
j statesman entertains a doubt, but that
the great ! ody "i Stale Rights men who
! withdrew from the support of Pre-idem
! Jackson ; were animated by motives of
the pur st patriotism, and sincere devo
tion to the Constitution. '1 h y felt that
they acted under the ohiig itions of priu
j eiple. They lelt that th. tr .Slate Rights
i principles were violated and invaded.
They felt hound to resi t the inva ion
without examining with whom.tlu-y act
ed in concert. They fit tint their own
i parly was weak, and the point of honor
st mug. in proporti >n to the weak! *s of
their friends. In the prosecution of hos
tilities, they imbibed a natural, though
perhaps unjust, prejudice against .Mr.
Van Buren, whom they regard,-d as ac
cessory to the supposed excesses of the
President. That prejudice lias ripened
into incurable aversion. They lievt-r
can love—they never can admire—they
never can bestow the sympathies of the
heart oil Martin Van Buren, howevci
ready they may be to encounter pain,
privation, and personal peril in tiie cause
of the sacred Republican principle. To
nominate Mr. Van Buren is to paralyse
their energies—even il they lie not driv
en in a state of desperation to crowd the
formidable ranks of i nr adversaries.
These men as a c!a;s are the zeaiots
of a rigid construction of the Constitu
tion. They were original admirers and
supporters of John C. Calhoun, audio
norniffite him as the lb publican caw el
ate for the Presidency, is to restore them
as a class to the Republican fold, and
rend r our principles altogether invinci
ble. We sliould restore the Republican
party to its perfect proportions, as it cx
i-lnd in i 8:29, and reduce our adversaries
to the state of wretched imbecility ol
that fragment of a political party, which
yielded but an unreal, and a shadowy
sun|Kirt, to the tottering administration
of Adams and Clay.
Being a Virginian, and an observer of
jinblic events m Virginia, these remarks
are intended as applicable to the condi
tion of things within her border'. But
we have strong evidences that similar
results would be exhibited fbr< <i:■ i ll *■ i(
the South. And ii". for th * present, J
stain from a critical examination into
these evidences, it is because I am pained
by giving pain lo some of our compatri
ots and political friends, who disapprove
the tenor of my remarks. But i really
deem it capable of demonstration in U -1.
it seems to me, that it would be maniEst
to every candid mind, who would pa
tieutly recur to the history cf events as
they have occurred continuously from
I''’is to the present time, that with Mr.
Calhoun as our candidate, wc sln'uld go
into tin* canvass with well-grounded
hopes of establishing ultimately and per
manently, the Republican principle
throughout the South. \\ e should carry
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. In
such a state of tilings, it would be impos
sible that Tennessee could long hold out
in stemming the irresistible stream ot
events. And when, by the rapid opera
tion of natural causes, Kentucky .-lia l lx*
delivi e l from tin* force ofthe spoil and
restored to her natural connexion—the
entire .South will bcemfiodii <i in su < fin
ing the great truths of the R-'publican
creed.
With Mr. Culhoun ns our candidate :
Missouri would be .added to tiie emiiii r 1
a ted list and wo* shall have a ivusona
*
of the. slave-holding States, resulting in
such a structure of political parties, as
must, by the operation of natural causes,
in a very short term of years, restore to
the bosom of the Republican fold tin
Home ol Jackson and the Grave ol Nich
olas.
But with Mr. Van Buren as our can
didate, what are the conclusions to which
candor conducts us ? What .ire bis jiros
jrccts iii these twelve States/ In the U
lectoral colleges of IS4I they will cast
o;;e hundred and eleven votes. Os which
he may calculate with certainty on re
ceiving,
From Missouri (the residence of Mr
Benton) seven,’ 1
Alabama (the residence of .‘sir. Kino
nine, ' o j
South Carolina (the re.-idenceofj.ir.
Calhoun) niii". * ti j
To which, add the small State of >
Arkansas, three, b
-!
Making an aggregate of twenty-eo lit
To comiiei balance these, he v. ;;i ce;- ;
tainly lose from
Kentucky (twelve) 12
Tennessee (thirteen) 13
North Carolina (eleven 11
Making an aggregate of thirty-six 36
C hieh his partisans admit, will be cast
against hint —being eight more than
are certain for him. and leaving to be
disputed, from
Maryland (eigh; 8
t irginia (seventeen) 17
: Georgia (ten) Jp
I Louisiana (six' 6
Mississippi (six) 6
W aggi f fort) • ii 'l7
Disputed votes to bo cast by five Slates
| only one of which voted for him in 18-10,
j and that one by a small m polity. The
; other four giving heavy majorities against
! him. Viie popular vote of the live
; States lx-mg computed, exhibits ag dust
j him a clear majority of 17/J3S, near
i eighteen ih •!iand votes !
D e ‘ hit n exam
ining the pro! .dec d.'Stina'ion of these
foi'ty-sew ii and. [iiiteil votes/ lie nnist be
a brave man and a bold, who indulges
sangu ii > taii n a found don the
probabilities in the .State of Georgia.—
L 'Oil the ! Dill lenilic Repubh- :i!l press
oftliat Bta! 1 has acknowledged and be
wailed the stubborn fact, that there ex
ists, on th... minds of many Eepmblicnns
of that Suite, an incurable, though la
mentable, pei'-otial aversion to .Martin
Nun Buren. An aversion which ever
has. and ever will oppose a formidable
barrier to his success m the State. Ev
ery rational Republican would be loth to
state the election on the result of her
choice, and every cautions statesman will
he satisfied with a calculation which
ranges Georgia against Mr. Van Buren.
If her ten vote- he east for his adversary, 1
th irc will be record".! ag.a u t hi.it forty
six votes. And if of the thirty seven dis- J
puled vote-, from Maryland, Vii. min ■
Louisiana and Mississippi, bis adversary I
can secure but ten —it will result that a ;
major ih/ ot tin ro’r<t from the slave- j
holding Sfah s trill be recorded against I
tin R publican candidate, and in favor
of the cha mjiioit o/ the i'ederal Rank ,
the Protect in Tariff, and the Distri
bution of the Proceeds of the Sales of'
tin Pnidi' lat ads !
\\ ithout r " urring ' > the incidents of
Political 11.storv,win* h justifyand arouse
our apprehon ions. I suggest that even
the loss of .Maryland would make the
vote fifty-ft ur l > fift\ -s. veil: mid I sub- j
mil if to tin* g-.od muc ■ of those whom I
address, whether they will voluntarily
incur such p< :il.
However t. istfe .t would he in /,>
tice, let us in nrgiimiuf admit the fiat,
that by unwearied etiort wc might h
cure majr ritii s i.i ah f.mr *. f the .Buitra
of Maryland, \i-.jnia, Loufimna and
.Mississippi. ‘’The disputed Ttirilory"
which easts all the thirty-seven contro
verted votes. Let us assume that our
adversaries are doomid to tin* singula
lil fortune to lose (Very thing while we
are to enjoy the singular good-1 tick to
gain id ry //, • g. lawyers might deem
these “violent presumptions but still,
in argument , tlx y may be made. And
what Mate ot tilings vrculd then exist /
The South v.'uubi I exhibited as a di
vided People -torn by dissent ions—ter
lured by o ivulsions and writhing
with the agony of inletline fcuJ-i. <)ur
moral power utterly extinguished. Our
distinctive interest noglcctid and de
sjii- il w ithout tulliKnee on die action
of out I • motive
! their
regards, or command their co-operation
ut the proteetion of our rights. A dubi
ous and a w aning majority feebly sus
taining the Republican cause. The j
f tai.dards of Federalism boldly erected
and triumphantly sustain! and in Kentucky.
Tennessee, North (ktioiinaand Georgia I
The Rt piib i .in ascendancy fiercely con
tested by numerous aud powerlul, lear
.. ten u tnd t< ri ilic mi
norities in Maryland, Virginia, Louisi
ana and Mississippi I Our loyal respect
ability wholly sunk—pc * ss’.tig nothing
with w hich to comi' -cd respect or pur- ,
ciiase favor of coni'.derates. In trie Id- j
ture combination and modification of po- I
liticai p irtm .r. > !,*. v. .and be tak' imf
our jatiable iiisiguiigaiiee. In tuturc
struggles ii v. id be inciiif rent to l.eliig- j
erauts whether they receive the aid or j
alliance of one or the oilier of our euiee-,
bled arid exhausted factions.
Such is the melancholy and deplora- i
ble condition to which domestic dis.'en- !
sion will reduce the South, with Mr. Van ;
Buren as our candidate, even if success
should crown our . exertions. To his
partisans l resign .he task of sketching;
the picture, if he should Le overtaken by :
defeat.
ii is nccescary to carry the Presidential.
election It is necessary to establish the j
Union of the South. We can carry the !
election without Mr. Yaa Buren. Vve
fNO 2 4
j ■ n never miile the South on Mr. Van
i !!;ir..:i. YY" <v.« carry the South on Mr.
' - alh -tin. Under favor of fortune we
election with Mr.
: V ti ! Jnreu :fut it will be at the sacrifice
if too harmony of the South. She will
1 c doomed to discord end distraction
od tuned to the mi my of the self-torn
iTLtiiiaC.
But I ]''."cu not merely tire cause of
•ut! . Hr People are at once both
virtuous and brave, cud will meet with
foi iude their luted doom. I stand forth
is ti •■ r ave -ate of the Republican prin
i eiple.
Whoever has observed with calmness
and minuteness, the action of our greut
I political parties, mu t feel a conviction
’ Je. p ; ud solemn, that the Republican
"reed mast owe its future prevalence to
! the South. Democracy may prevail—
-1 •pure, uumixed Demociacy, as exempli
i in t • trine and science ot num
b»rs. It may obtain without our aid.
f{ut the Republican principle of Rcpre
senta’ivc I) 'iiiocracy, ns limited and reg
. .dated by th ■ prov Lions of the Constitu
t >;> , must i:\vo its preservation to the
And lor the fulfil
i: nt of this high di stiny, I pray Heaven
_ill and beau*
u f harmony, the Powers ot the South,
| m ir,d pin .-deal, and conventional.
, ,blleans exist no
whe ? out ol' the South. Far from it.
p. u'dic.i: arc numerous in other situ*
c . ;n ) then* .are many who have at
, ii dtohi ;h j o cptions of the beauty
Men who have stud
ied the s iei :e of Government, and ex
• tin the structure and
proportions of our own admirable frame
of policy. But they arc not apt to con
stitute majorities; and we do not find a
iust .appreciation of the Republican prin
ts, le so generally diffused through soci
. is of the pub
th we do find
this. There i a general comprehension
<»f the nature of the Constitution and an
habitual reverence, lbr the sanctity of its
|>roi Lions, and these feelings are gener
ally diffused. They enter into the coun
cils of State, ;md control the daliberatians
and decisions of public bodies. And if
wo vie delivered from the curse of fac
tion and intestine fends, we should
j i inciplos of the
(’oustimtion, mid stmid together on the
broad fi nidation of the Republican creed
(>:ir milled energies would be devoted to
that sacred cause—and our numerical
Mrength and moral-power would enable
u to extend ti) distant friends, that steady
and i lficiei’t support which would in
it co mnunities lo court the al
ii nice of th South and to form a Parly
on the S.ndh. That Party would be the
Republic .ti Party the Party of the Con
ti tui:- 'ii. The measures of Government
would b> cotifoimcd to the provisionsof
that m.' red instrument. The principles
of the Boufh would be universally re
s)i. ,‘ied. The Republican Party would
universally triumphant !
k . ■ nomination and election of John
’.dwell < Ytihouii, more than any human
i",ant, would accelerate ibis glorious
' otisitii.mation. Whilst his great expe
rt' tier iii public.affairs; Ins perfect knowl
edge of our form of Government; his
intimate acquaintance \uih the foreign
. nd d< mi .tic relat cus of the country ;
!. p-ur* u:d uied and incorruptible vir
; I.: v, t and illimitable powers of
i: i A, qualify him above all other Amer
vanc< the perfection
■ . and carry
foiwaid the country to the fulness and
brightness of car destiny.
RIP RAPS.
r. •. . r l ’; at r.--iii an, Oct. 21.
KLPEAL MEETINt J.
fir i it flight of years began,”
Faneuil Hail was never so jammed,
crammed and crowded asou Fiidaylast,
in consequence ofthe public announce
ment th- 1 Col. Johnson would deliver an
addr< ss on the Irish repeal question.—
I'iie gallant old patriot arrived at trie hall
at ‘U minutes before & o'clock, but how
n (.pening was ever made for him to
r. .th the rostrum is a matter of profound
I le was received
v. .ih i cell enthusiasm, «i***i his remarks,
• c« lii gly desultory
c , a racier, wc r< listened to with great in
ter t. Upon the point that is the duty
of th Arne can people, from feelings
'liiifif: hum .niiy, to favor the repeal
c. iso. i.is opinion was decided and dis
s fathei side ; i" claimed to
bo o' Welsh descent, and Irish on Ins
' ■ other’s.
Ii <poke repeatedly and very pieasanf
"fi i any interesting inbidents in his
it.:l; ; ary, political, and peisonai history,
and made many felicitous allusions to
the b"ls of Indians in the galleries. He
al'o recounted many anecdotes of Irish
giill mtry and patriotism, which had fal
len under his observation during the last
war He was greatly cheered through
out his remarks.
Several edit r repealers addressed the
n e;ting. but the audience began to thin ,
otf assoon ao Uoi. Johnson resumed hi?
seat.
.1*
The Rev Dr. Brownlee djtd at
br.rgh. N. J.. on Friday’last.