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AMERICAN ADVOCATE. NO. XIX ] PUBLISHED WEEKLY, ON THURS DAY MORNING, BY GEORDE W. WHEELER Sr 3 \MKS ULARKF. A ? THEIR FRIN UNO OFFICE, NEXT DOOR TO DR J H $ fRRKTT-AT THREE DOLLARS PER ANNUM ONE IN A DVAMIE— V hkbe Print JNG O? ALL KINDS MAY BK FXECUTED WVTH NEATNESS. ACCUVAOY <s* DISPATCH. w rJ7DH)A i Eb & t trii i (KYtxJiLSS. John Forsyth, Esq. cf Augusta. Alfred Xutrbebt, Esq. of Savannsfa. F.chaiid H \> ilde, Esq of Aug?>sta. Tho’s Telfair E l q. of Savannah CoL Homer V. Milton, of Louisville,, Cot: Ths. W Tobb Esq. of Ogletfad. 4 1 JoeL Crawford: of Baldwin. Doot. Abbot, of Wilke*. ZaDock Look Esq of Clarke. Wilson Lumpkin Psq of OrMhorpe. James Wood Ebq. of Columbia. gfcßSiamuni—iiM'r—mwi wiwim.inwNgP* 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.