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FROM THE PEOPLE’S MOM l OR.
Os the motives f. r tppmim the nominati
on of Mr Monroe, for the office of President
f the United States. “
Circumstances have arisen which make it
proper to expl ii to the nation, ami to the
republican party in p. rfHilnr, somenf the
lea-ling motives w* i ‘* induced the represen
♦atpv*s of the people, it the I te caucus at
<o onposc the nomination of
Mr Monroe fr the offi e us President of
‘the U. Spites, ‘t \ e proposition will he brief;
it is hoped it will be tie *.r; rod to every im
jparti l m nt! it must he satisfactory.
The objection to Col Monroe as a candi*
date for the presidaney.was twofold: First,
•sit regarded the policy which presented
jhirn for od qv.ion to tied high station :
•ndly. .it respected r L particular qualifi
•ations for the el ief crugaistraey.
On the 6: st point, th“ following consid
founded upon facts universally
Known, seem irresistibly to prescribe his
esrjudom I "> e piesent ronstitutioo h:s
beeu in operation about 27 years, during
the whole of whi b term (excepting four
Years) the president lies been from the
atafe of Virginia. This monopoly of the
§rst oust in the government, so Lr from
being considered by the Virginians as an
encroachment on thf ir claims of the oth*
er sections of the Union, h. by dexterous
•ophiUry. hero converted info an argument
to' prove! that those who question tfae pro
priety of continuing power for *.n long a
time in the same hands, are only guided by
SKdiition, or impelled by factious motives;
*if the tenacity with which a few men, i
that state, cling to the. presidential sucees
aicn, were not in itself au admonitory indi
eetion in then, of tbe most ardent and uu
queuch ble thirst For pow er. But this fa
ture of local policy, odio l rs i: is, Would
Tiot have awak ned a spirit of indignant ff-
Distance, had it not teen eppart ut, that in
rttder to insure it* suet-fas the whole
rwi ,ht of the repuhl .cAf party fi r fifteen
yo&.s past, h> * w*n artfully vMiledro cut
Sift*from ponolar respect ui.de 1 * imation. the
most dis’li gK’shed cbafn-tfi s it: other p rts
of the United MtMes: To support t* is
•ertion it is only necessary Jo re., ur to
fi;w fact* w t *in the recollection u and ol er
v -fion of tveiy politician who has been on
the public stage.
First.—With a view of itturinsr die pres
idency to a V ; r ?;nien, a vire-pres dent for
4h3r. ieftVrson’s eecmid term of oifi e, was
•elected froui New-York, of an age too ad
tranced to render it probable that he vroo’d
he ehosen to the chief magistracy; but by
rendering him thr most p’ ominent character,
it formed an insuperable barrier to the pre
tensions of other distinguished men in that
Utate. The claims of the ehtcr Clinton
were accordingly sup-rcrdi dby ilinst- of Mr.
Madison. Care was token that this eirtum
utance should not be overlooked at ti;e t rit*
seal moment, and Mr. Jefferson, übout to re
tire from office, in answer (0 tn address
from the legislature of Marylerd, alluded
to it in terms too glaring 10 be mistaken.
-.me policy was eg?.in adopted in the
selection of Mr. Gerry from Massachusetts.
’The vice-president of the United States
ft&ould he possessed of every qualification
to discharge the important duties which
Would devolve 00 him in the event of the
death of tie p-esident; ond when it is taken
Jrso eons dt ration, that merely to secure the
Virgfnian succession, the best interests of
Ksv t Okuutry are jeop trdieed, by calling men
to that office who ore supe anuated, and
passed the discharge of important fhnrtions,
it eanuot tut be viewed by the people with
4isguei, if not w i h indignation.
tsecondiy— At out the s-me period the
itate of New-York brought Geo. Arnsstron
into public notice. He hod been a senate?
£b congress from that commonwealth* Hh
LOUISVILLE, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1816.
genii! =i v/rs feared. He wns taken €hy a
foreign embassy. Hm dipl ‘matic cs reer in
.‘'ranee wis m >rked by spirit ami nbiliiw- 1
and at his return he became popular in thr.
U Slates H<- accepted a sert in theeH!i
inet at atini 3 of ‘;res>t difficulty nod ren;x>??
sibihty. Respectiae his dn:ini'!r<fti ‘n ofj
< e dop rtment of w.rr, there Hhv, been va
rious opinions He all’
rieticed p>'ipetii tl in the j on
'ern# of his department, by th cousual in
terference of w a gre t ivii ;>ffi re s'ate.”
viz. Cos! Monroe. The o ptu>noi*the itie
ropolis w.s ad*oitlv se zed i pon as a pte
ifxtfor denoun ing >'im. Ute
im! person ;1 friends of Cos!,. Monroe, oi<-
?!ig with the sand *ra!.s *,in-nlf and him in the
itreefs nf Washington, atid >'r ?*1 di>iO,~i
liscarding him frm offi ■, vc the f (,>|
blow to bis reputation. Whatever n;igl:f
b ive b *en the o;id ct of Gap. Armstiyp-g,
it is evident that t> president when he took
the field as com nacder in ch es, i sat lsl f
q'mliy reso<n*ibte for ♦be safety bf the •’op- {
itol. Col. Memo?, also too’x the fi-!d and |
formed a part oftbe troops at EiadeoMtoirirh I
After having thus so’uuteercd Ms s r- /- 1
•es, in & milifnry nupVtity, it r"p ins so
him to account to v,he oat ion, why .ie v.>.*l
not anjong the tro jvs.rallying and enuotir
aging them, inst?r.d of pie initating ♦ im
slf to the rear, tftid heina; among tue fore
most in that disas'erous, disgraceful r- treat.
YV T hy dd be not take me sares of the secu
rity of the publi * 5 u { dings wbi b could
have been defended y fbur hudnd men!
propet ly posted in
strong was made the sci.p 6^ 015 - 1 truos
aetion.
Thirdly—The severity of Virginia p<*Si
y has no tenderness even for < itizms of her
own state, sho’d they best lTtciciid disinter
ested and independent to oppose th monop
olizit.g spirit. Mr. Gih sid s a repub i an
of the first grade of talen**, and no one has
rendered more services to the natii n in the
legislative body. He was known to be op
posed to ihe elevation of Col Monroe, to
the pretiideney, from a diminutive opinion
of hs abilities. He wos .-rsdiially disclai
med, and fiaalJy compelled ro eiro.
Fourthly—l he man m Mssscehissettj
who appeared most likely to < sturb t v e
. Virginia succession, was Jon. Q Ad ms.
He Was removed by an Embassy o Russia.
Mr. Madison proffer*d him Judgeship,
which he had the sagacity to r fuse. By
being eanstantly abrot.i?., he will be k?pi
from the yiew of the peopl**, and his claims,
whr h are every way superior to Mr. Mo:*,
roe’s will in this way be prevented from in
terfering with the regular sucecrsiofl.
Fifthly—A promirttnf trait in he policy
of Virginia, in regard { the presidency, &
one which hes male deep imp ssioD, is
the j.. countenance shewn to the parti’ o
lar pers- . l frier.ils of Aaron Burr, on nf
eocnt of their ! . ng continued and peisever
ing hostili'y to Mr. Clinton. The patron
age showered upon the persons tnost in the
corfideuee of that man, im indeed i xtreordi
nary ; because not one of tber.i Vsd been con
spicuous for services rendered *o i ens tion.
or saerifi cs to promote tl*e We If re of the
republicnn party >~Sntine tdei* may be film
ed of the governmental profusion in this pnr
ti ular. from the following appointm* Uts
w: ieh have all t‘km pla f *e within ihecom
pxsaofMr. Mcdison’s administration, viz :
William P Vtn Nerg. the -e ond to Burr
in his due! with Geuer.l Hamilton, district
iud eoJ‘ New-To k.
His brother, John P. V*n Ness, superin
tendant of the public buildings at the ity of
W ashington, with a salary oi g 1600 and
contract*.
And Corneliu* P. Van Ness, in the first
instance, U. States district attorney at Ver
mont ; then collector of the customs for the
same district; and lastly, appointed a com
missioner for runninsr the boundary line,
with a salary of 5 000 and liars per annum
Jonathan Fisk, U. State* attorney for the
district of New York.
Besides several other*, who it is not ne
eess&ry to designate. These all belong to
that class of poliii ians, called Burritv*
known to be the most welcomed guests a<
the President’s house, and iu all the public
offiee* of the government. The object of thi
patronage is perfectly underafoqd —They
a small but active band of politii iam
in New-York, and have always had a
at their comm slid, whose attack* mv*
been directed aginst De Witt Clinton, a
the roan most likely, from his talents and
high standing w ith the republican party, to
interfere with the “regular succession. 5
This band is in constant correspondence
through i associates at Washington with
theedministraiioß—and all i'a proceedings
at New-York have been subservient to the
Virginia policy. It was in this -way Mr,
Clinton was for a long time cut oft’ from the
confidence of the republican party. He
however, h* now regained bis standing,
with the republicans of New-York.
It is true, that Air. Clinton, in compli
nne with the solicit itians of the New Yo-k
legialature, eoTifhilfce.d an error in pr:uittio ir
: >is name to :e up agiinat .Mr. M tdison,
at an unfortunate period—the sum 0 -, howev
• r, is equ*lly trtt.* a* it regards Col Alon
roe; with this difference, that the latter
was diseouetenaueed by tfte Virginia legia
lature, and still persevered i; his oppositi
on to Mr. Madmoh. The one w*B imdun
od as.d Ufcen into favor, audt.be or he- has
hb;ired under the weight of cour t p osenp
tioo an ! denuaeiatioft. And ytit is ae
know lodged by the m-.’st iniells * , n’ ot t o!.
Miinrce’s f.iends, that as to * 11 endowments
whi ‘h should belong to the r i*f magistrate
of this country, strength of mind, knowledge
of ehira* er,de dsinn. lit''r:tryj aud enlarg
ed views of national poliry, ttiere is no
vomparison between lirin and Mr. C>intori.
I Tliii perse vran'e &-d bitterness of pro
s*rsp f inn was p.trdcn .bit, a* r **‘ C ia
?on w.the Ki(i‘:i. x This in r yolut ioi iz. *t
Ni*'v-V *rk to -‘vuh i o p iocipl *• 1
fmin the year M when ihi r> v loiiot.
< Ui id the.ele'erhin >T Mr. Jelie.’ o ) w ,
ii*s< ’i.fiVeted.ue i lii 2 ihe *r. i lis ie
err ix iio.:, was to<* pride, the at .y arid sup
por, the ‘li"e’ and -onl of Hie repLlili* f.n par
ty.in that impart n* state. That gentleman
is, in all bis principb sos govermneo*, strict
ly and sternly a republican ;as the*id r
Clinton vias went to shy cf him, he was
1 horn a repuMiean. His great error w sin
with the regular succession, at in
lunfurumtte period—even the Burrites t an
juot accuse biro of oppo-ing the war. Bu*
• iit, never will he a reason why Virginia pei
e;‘U!itro should slacken flint the object of it
is, in all respects, . suitable character for
chiif magistrate of the country—on tbt
‘•oiitriry, the furm.ee will glow with i
!he :t more intense—the * now wiil
jped in a more fatal venom.
] Sixthly—Kvery distinguished republic r*r.
]in other states, who might justly aspire to
Übe presidential offi< e having, in this man
!ner been thrown in the bat k ground, noth
in ; r-maieed but to popularize Col. Mon
ro —indthatvi s effected as if it were by
: embnutmeat. His former hostility to Mr
{ M adison was forgotten—a concif ttory din—
•ts>; a pro ided in- the m ighborhood oi
Mr. Jeff rsen’s residence, ct which wci*
presca; Mr. jSerson, Mr. Madison, on*!
I Col. Monroe, and there the plan wa* loid
I Col M. ss a preliminary stop was elee’er
g ivernor of Virginia, was hurried then*:*
into'he office of Secretary of State-—4r.o
from thal very moment every measure ir
pea* c end in war. on the pert of the ex*-
eculive, h s pointed towards his elt-vetmi
ro the e.hi* fmagiMraey The press, whi.
h si is venal, was put at his dip**?i ! ‘ y
the patronage b’ s'owi and in priming the l
Btfttesf i- f*. The newspapers under lis
or.trot have been cons antly teeming v*iiA
the grossest panegyrists—huA the ptopl*
who know not ft ♦* n an. t< ke tht ir irnpr.*s~
-ions only from the p Ii -prints. Even the
Nitiona. Infcliigor c*i which iswel! known
obe Hufs rvient or>: nos he exc. otivt*,
lias been filled with sdulatinn, at which a
mind of the leas’ deR aiy m ist si ken with
disgust. The hired vppluUilcre at the the
atre, efiord not an instance ol more disgust
ing venality.
It is thus, that, io the ÜBtne of repubHeoa
ism, a few leading men in Virgin it., have
outrageously violated rtpulicao prin iplcs.
They have, with extraordinary *rt made
use of the Zeal, the honest prc ji.diri s, and
devotion of the republican party to further
the purposes of a selfhh ambition, and ac
complish the degradation of every orber
state in the onion. Having thus by various
artifice*, cut oft from the good will of ihe
people, the eminent characters of other
states, th y tauntingly exclaim who is so
popular as our cardidate ! This is worse
than scorn: it is cruel mockery 1
Seventhly—lt is not necessary to dwell
upon the ‘he circumstance of Mr Jefferson’*-
having, in flood tide of r< pubhe niam, en
fi*red an alteration an the eon*(Ration. 1
wys unfor'un te that the republicans were
nrer‘ipitated into measure They now
find the csvd of it. Instead of the question
icing left at larsje between two of*ur besi
citizens, by the mode < f designation now >n
prti* ie, anitidivir u.ilia enabled to lUiriguu
directly for (he office.
Eight ly— l’o these various causes of le
giinnate opposition to the Virginia policy,
acre is a point to be nrgui and that, in some
ort, touches th* honor of tbe republic n
party. In the gloomy times of the lateton
'est, when the elty of Washington had been
burnt and she war wore a menacing
ou the different points of the frontlet | wbett
Mr. DaJh.B had officio Hy proclaimed tbe
nation a bankrupt,and Virginia ftoufid
self uoahift to suiiaiA tk incambttu Wi|hi.
of domestic odium, and ft r i:m p * n'ihties?
Ho*. Monroe * o*nrai*sinned two of hi* i -it’g
to declin et* tfie fepobli i* ‘
that ■ (nlkßted ?w pret' , Ti a ons to ti e pre
sidency, &. w'roild lend JJg influence in tt
snpport of a eomfidafe f-om < nv But
no soooer did tbe hnrr ; tf*>n to clrtr
up, aii’< victory at New> Orients gve
oarnes* of fb** speedy leturn of p“o.e. t!>asj
He re-ail'd? is cbdi'atioo; and th* 1 s mo
f'ienls, honor bly indi?nan', a<* i* is undor*
s*n *d,-it this proe cdir.g, wero instru t. and o
explain and state that t'.’ol Mod roc’s infen*
tihns *!i*l riot corr spend wi?h * is ivords.—*
Fo t etruih of his stat“m n nt the curioue
i':q-iirer m y pp • 1(s gen J. G. J&ckson 9
or i ‘en. D;->A
Nioeihly—fu( it is not tbe north and en 51
aloof, over wfeih tbe poli y of Virginia
has predominated ‘1 he minoroffi- ers have
ir.decd o*ei bivti wed in that quart r, while
Penns) IvatiiH h <b* en studiously net lcct iS
‘nd only esuped she abesement infendtd
h r, by the energy of the Lfe Join fetnilie.
1 he th rd census pla ed New-York in p int
of popui-tiun, * i *he bead oftbe union, ft
j was with grief Virgini s wh* r<Hf n mov*
e: ‘y ntur-il causes frm th t li hemi
<*•**. acd she nsclvid ,t lei st to fill *1 ese*
eo r .d niche Accor*'ingly the late Jo nJ) ?
son, a r I live *t ( olonel Moi.roe, ond in®
fim&telv in t e eonfiden e of the c dour. is®
before (he be. ii< g of the census w .g,
fa ; Hy understuod, proposed in eor.grrrft
?7 000 ->s the ratio for,ea* 1 represeni tive
This would h ve it own Pei.-n*v , Vf i ia, ly
on*- member of eung. i., be-imj V.rginie
SmiSie penetrated th- dcsier. an* ut i id the
Pennsylvania delegation in t\or of a rat*®
(fS-SOoO, which preveihd T 1 a rie*i
tbai shtc loan equal rtk wjtl Virginia,
Ihe tiles of Tie Intelligencer will <sr>p’y
verify these parti* ulais It is renu rk H
too; th&t the policy of Virginia hrsltd herte
shower the fhtiomge aid tfficcs <f go em
inent on refractory states. Her most i ith®
lu : friends si e most neg’erts. i v e< are in ts ©
obedience of tie south they experience hut
i:t;h of tjh< blushing honors aid rich
<onagcoi office The great and imporli.nt
‘late nf* North Carolina is an en mpie f
most marked and perscverir.g neglec t. Net
,n important * ffi- er of > dhiinSstreiioi), a tvr®
cign minister.* or any other *.ffi**er rs in per®
t n e, hi b been a- lec tec!, from that *h®
‘ i in ,> e ihe adoptior of the i cfot am u w. w
Ihe re*-son i* olviooe. She cct. be *th fw
wise governed ; am! Why w sre 1000 a rd
.-'ihnlvmefits an astte m ffie enTy q- jr*
i-nt in the views of the succession, wh ©
discontented e.rd restless s e *s ceil, with u
turbulent v<>! e. “f or office and palrorwgeM
So m.my efferts, ah tidir!? o tl* sme
result, cennoi have been tl. *fte-t of te j
-lent. T hey- inronti st*biv estcl.-fish, un he
par! of a few leading: nen in'Virginia, q.
*1*1; mas ic design of p* :piti* hy t overning
he oimfry, io( upon th* son? and m! g*ner
a| ptimiples aritm,but by teking
:hc advantage of Me generous * insane un
*sp e it *t passions * f the ropublieHU p ny s
by li i 1 nifcm.t.etofnf the venality of the
pre'-s, nd governmental p trin ge.
On the sc ond point ol the objection, n m#
?y, tlirt piriicuUr quaiific* tions of Col,
j Monroe f. r thf pre-i. ncy t the eonsidcrati®
j ons acainst him were nut less cogent ar?d
1 wrf h!y Hi-best friends aTow iimto bu
but of moderate Capacity, nr.d slew of * om=
pre'ieusion ‘{ his, it is notorious, eives io
those aiourd him n undue influence over
his jntellcx tul dcteiminatioi.s, end le, and bins
ia it thong of busiues, ommi’ to the import®
rt ff i:w of state to ii.couipe ent h nds.
Urbanity is notdtßied him p but that, by
rend ring him more a* eessiblc, iays him still
more open to th artifices of imposture
A man of this cast will always h ep ulenS
at a distance, and surround !iiinell by com*
pliant mediocrity, and 1 ypoeri teal dtilho-ssi.
The slowness of eomprubansion, and was t
of penetration and and .-ci- on in Col, ]VIon”o* > 9
have been conspicuous t hroo-ihout his w ho ©
pol ticai life. In Fr ne, ho mistook lie
ins'ructions,and committed greet Murder*
or wilful errors; Hnd was recalled by Gen.
Washington. In England u!ro, fee m stooM
his instructiot s, or rather pervetKely a <cd
i ontrury to them, and signed a tre: ty v? nh
su h mortifying rond* ions annexed, that
Mr. Ji ff rsoit ind gnor tiy sent it b k, with*
out onsuliing ih<- Henat*. H< was ie all*
ed in disgrace Thus disrlaimed in his di
plomiiti** career by I’ d r Ind rejiibliee.n
administrations, candor smt allow that h©
h .s i'o title to rnrk with the fi at characters
in America. Bu< *.t!i ordin rily gifted,
Col. Monroe has furnished unequivocal er*
id* r.ce that hiR !u* for power m inestima? lev
Returning son England at a time when
lie knew he was not the thoice ot the
oublican party for the presidency, h t o 1 a*
* Gen. l*avie i* out
ftiAuaDj tor A *kortUto
j_VoL. I.