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publicani*m, o.- Democracy, in the lan-|
o Ua ge of Mr. Jefferson, is “ the support oj
\ - pff State Governments in all their rights, ;
s%:the most complete adminostra’ion for j
Burfomestic concerns., and the safest Inf.
marks against Anti-rep'i 1 1-can leniencies,
| a ,id the preservation of the General Go
vermnenf in all its constitutional vigor ;
as the sheet-anchor nf our peace at home
and prosperity abroad." I hose who
would interfere with theso reserved and
vital rights ofthe States, cannot he Dome,
crats ; C find on tho other hand, those who ;
would weaken the bon is of union, or"!
wish to dcstrov its consiitutionai vigor, j
v h ttever they may cal! themselves, can
not he, in truth, Jeffersonian Republicans.
The disposition to meddie witn the just
rights ofthe Slates, at d especially those
of a Democratic character, as well as the
opposite dispose ion to arrest ‘he cous.i
(utional and rigntful action Oi me Feder
al Government, arc ahito inconsistent
with tiie true spirit of Republicanism and
the doctrines of the Republican party.
Those who harbor either disposition,
whatever may be their modves or pro-
Cessions, are anti.republican in principle,
whether called Federal or National Re
publican, Whig or Tory, Abolitionist or
Nulliner. Tru ; Republicanism not only
guarantees to each State the full enjoy
ment of its reserved rights, but it guar,
antees to each State protection from the
molestation of other States. Vv hen w»*
look, fellow citizens, upon the People o r
the large and the small Sta'ea of this vast
empire, alldwclling under the Republican
system of our fathers in tranquillity and
,ecuritv; ail under different local and
Fta’e laws and domestic regulations; rII
pursuing happiness and prosperity in
their own way; having no wall upon
their borders, nor armies to defend them
from one another; but each and all rest
ingsecure'v under the Republican ban
ner of oar Union, it would indued seem as
if the dav« !ud come, foretold of old,
when the lion and *hs lau.b should be
down in ounce together.
Those, then, who would urge the
Government of our Union to trespass
upon the rights of the States, or those
who would force the States to dissolve
the Union, are neither Republican nor
tho true friends ofthe States or the U
nion. Thevare not so, because they
strike r‘ the foundation and existence of
our free institutions and Republican too.
vernment itself. They strike on differ,
ent sides, to be sure, and with very dif
ferent motives, but the effects are the
same. It matters but little whether the
harmony of these happy and prosperous
States he destroyed by the wrongs com
milted against their reserved rights, or
whether it be by creating unjust disaffec
tion to that Union to which they are all
indebted, without exception, for their
peace and prosper:iy at home mid their
respect abroad, fellow citizens, there
have always been two great political
parties in our country. Names have
changed, hut the principle or grounds of
difference between the two remain the
jame. The Republican parly have al
wavs contended for a s’net construction
ofuhe Constitution, the preservation o(
the rights of the States, and the integ
ritv and supremacy of the Government
ofthe Union, when acting strictly within the
letter and spirit of the constitutional com.
pact. The Federal party or consolidation
lists, on the other hand, claimed a libera! or
latitudinarian const ruction, and under the
pretext of “genera! welfare” .and “expe
diency,” have not scrupled to exercise
powers, not only o( doubtful constitional
character, but in violation ot many o 1 the
reserved rights of the States. I heir prin.
ciples have often led them not only to
push the authority ofthe General Govern
ment to the most unwarrantable lengths,
disregarding State rights and public senti
ment, (as in the case of Alien and Sedi
tion Laws,) but to fiy to the opposite ex
treme, and stoutly deny the aulmci v ot
the General Government, when acting
strictlv within the line ofits constitutional
duty, as in the case of the Embargo pro
ceedings during the late war, and tlic* re.
cent Bank question. The very same
class of politicians, who had advocated
the authority of the Federal Government
to enact Alien and Sedition Laws, estah-
I ish moneyed monopolies, create exhorhi
lant Tariffs, and tax the people of one
section of ihe country to make roads and
canals in another, denied the right of the
same Government to pro’ect the com
merce of its citizens by an Embargo,
defend the rights and liberties or its gal- |
iant seamen by a war, or remove even
the public treasure from a soulless cor.
poration, using its power for political and
party purposes. All such extremes are
alike inconsistent whh the principles and
doctrines of the Republican party. ’I he
consohdationists have twice had the Go
vernment in their hands, and both times
their principles have been pushed to dan
gerous extremes. Names have changed,
but the same party, with the same prin
ciples, leading to the same practices, are i
now striving for power. It is true, and 1
gratifying to believe, that a portion oP
this partv are aiming at power, and in the |
, onviction that their principles (although 1
twice tried and failed) would be more 1
conducive to the pcosnori'y and happi.
ness of this country, limn the principles
of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe, and Jackson. They, however, know
that they are iVi the minority, and cun
never hope to gain the ascendancy except
bv dividing the Republican party. To
tins point nil their energies are and will
be directed. It cannot be concealed from
you that many of our opponents, both in
the North and the South, u >der different
i»arnes and denominations, are playing
into each others hands, by creating geo.
graphical parties, kindling sectional ani
n * l *'ties, a'irring up local jealousies, and
L all the angry passions. it is in
1 that they hope tj divide the Repablvcii
p/ir!y. Fact*, however, will vanfy that ail such o
proceedings nre instituted by anti-republicans. I
and th ite who are opposed to us. This is mot* f
especially irue as it regards the Eastern and r
Nonhern portions of our coumrv. The Repub- r
lican» have no lot <>r pa-! in them, an J a 1 ! those I
who assume the name, and are now lound en 1
2a;red in them. li t. ey eve- belonged '•> tin* De- 1
mocraiic party, have 9 nee been alienated b\ ;
tiiibriions.ir party views, or in ihe nests ot par :
'v stritß have mistaken enemies for friends.— <
True R publicans can never ’end the r aid and 1
influence m creati ’g geographical parties in (he i
2a-t, West, North, or South! They can never 1
engage in such schemes, without vi. dating their
prittcip'es ; principles which tell them tbit they
| are ah brothers, each left a rich inheril&ftce by
; their fathers, never to he cancelled,; white th. y j
j forbear to meddle with the local feeling ,*n3 do.
; mesne relations of each other. Who then enn
! doubt the virtue, the intelligence, and the patri.
! oiism of our brethren ofthe northern and middle
Suite* upon th s subject I Have not lheaholi-i
lion'sts and fanatics, in broaching their rtbnoxi
011 s tdaus in public in those quartersot oitr union
he< n in dancer o r mobs and violence? Wiihin
the la-t two years, while political incendiaries,
with the view of creating sectional parties, have
hern procla ; ming to the South, that tire North
were preparing to interfere with her domest c
relations, imve we not seen the preachers of sach
doctrines driven from public assemblies in the
j North and Northwest, with mockery a id scorn?
I It was hut the other diy tif* the abolitionists
were refused permission, Ujvan overwlielfiing
vote of tie Democratic Legislature of Sew
Hampshire, to hold meetmos in either Legisla
tive Hill, on the ground that the objects ofthe
Society were inco npatih e with th-'ge Southern
i terra's, secured by the Constitution, with
wh ch the Northern people had noth n z to do.
and which cotrid never be ag tated without d m
ger and alarm. It is ihe power and influence of
uni ed republicanism and patriotism, which tiss
t’ie hinds of the abolitionists and fanatics in the i|
North, and scorns their doctrines. It is ill e
. power of un 'e i R p ihlicanism which spell binds
tap r deluded followers, ani wh ch they fes! and
dread. Indeed, so sure and safe a guarantee i*
Republicanism, for the peaceful possession of all
ihe pnvileg- a resulting from this confederacy of
Sta es. that anhile there is a Republican in the
North, the Sutrh will have a friend there. Let
then the Republican parry every where, -stand
firm and united; an I trusting to her principle*,
tear not, all will be safe. And whv shall not
the Democracy of all quarters of our Union, and
the several States, implicitly confi ie in each
other? They entered into this Confederacy ns
Independent Slates, with the express stipulation
that ea-'h Stale reserved to itself ihe right of
managing its domestic concerns and social r> la
liens in its own way. The Pe. pl-e «rs" mo Stale.
!h'-re r ore. can violate that compromise, on Which
this Union is has ml, and call themselves Repnb
lican®. Ii would be subversive ot flie fundamen
tal principles on -which the superstructure of
Republicanism itse'f is based. Tney could not,
as men of honor and truth, violate h, without
being guilty of deception, treachery and false
iiood! They could nor, is .men of sense and
true Christians, violate it, because they know
that, hv so doing, the light of a great nation, now
brightly sliming on a benighted world, would ba
extinguished forever, and in blood! They know
that the world affords ample fields for the ext r
j eise of the most boundless exertions of humani
ty, charity, and piety. They know that what
ever may he the evils existing in any portion of
the United States, and however they may be
deplored bv many in the north and northwest,
that there are greater evils in oilier countries,
where humanity, religion, and letters, may exert
her empire over the human heart. Whenever
religion leaves jt* proper home, the heart, to
Join in the noise and strife of the affairs of State,
it is out of *ts province, and ever sullies its purity!
Whatever movements tn.i" h« made, them tn the
North or the South, the East or ihe West, in
consistent with the domestic and social rights
secured by tlv Constitution to the respective ,
Slates of the C'onlederacv. will emanate from,
and be confined to anti-R#pithlicnn*, and like nil
other evils, will he most effectually counteracted 1
by the union, integrity, and resistance of the
Republican pa'ty.
Under such circumstances, how wicked ns
welt as unfounded, arc these attempts to excite
and inflame the 8091)1, and create sectional par.
ties on such a basis. Who can look to such a
state »f tilings without dismay and horror? Was
it not. fellow citizens, against the danger of in.
dulging such feelings, ami on the importance of
discouraging them, and preserving harmony and
uuio i that our revolutionary lathers endeavored
so fieepiy to tmpess their country? Wi'l you
. pardon us while we ask you to read and listen to
iln-ir eloquent and pathetic exhortation 7
this detestable effort to nlletinte one portion of
our country front the rest, and enfeeble the sa
nt ed lies which now link together its various
purls, cun never succeed. People of America
h tv too much good sense, to enter into the peri.
Inns and gloomy scenes, into which these ndco
cutes of disunion, would lend them. They will
not harken to the unnatural voices which tells
them, that kml together as they nre. , by so mum/
cords of affection, they cun no longer live tngeth
er. ns members of the same great family; can no
longer be mutual guardians of their mutual
h ipuiness; cun no longer he fellow citizens of
one great and flourish'ng empire. They will
shut the r run aguinst this unhallowed inn
gunge. They will shot their hearts aguinst the
poison it contains. The. kindred blood which
flows in their reins; the. mingle I blond which
they hare shed in the de fence of their sacred
rights , consecrate their union and excite horror
at the idea of their becoming aliens.-rive! s. ene
mies." This was the admonition of a man of the
soundest and most exoeneneed head, and ihe
purest tod most pa'nofo heart. Need we sav.
it was that of James Madison, one of the m >st
distinguish'd founders of our Constitution
Hence too the solemn warning of Washington,
the great Virginian and saviour of his country,
against the dangers of geographical discrimina
tions, and these insidious an I daring attempts at
disunion atul disaffect ot. In his valedictory
and affectionate admonition, at the moment he
was retiring forever from nnMic life, he, too,
warm d his conn n nu n—• Union, which consti
tvtesyrt one People, is also now dear to you—it
the main r.Ular in the edifice of real indeperi
ts nee ; the support of your ireiuijui lily at Itiuie ;
of your peace abroad; o f your safety; o f your
prosperity: and of that very liberty which you so
dearly prize. That it is the point of oar po'iti
cal toi ti ess against which the butteries of in
ter nul a\'d external enemies tail he must con
staat.lv a.'d actively [though of ten covertly and
iiisidwiislo) directed. Frown , therefore, indig
nantly fratio,’' he continues, ' upon the first
dowuiud of an attempt to alienate one portion of
country from the rest; or to en feeble the sa '
cred ties which :101c link together its various
parts.” Who can turn a deaf ear to such conn 1
&ei. and at a time s • appropriate as this ? Who 1
does no! fee! and a knowledge the importance 1
of lids hallowed spirit, speaking, as it were from 1
the tomb, the propbefc ami inspired laogua 'e <
of’rurh and pitriotisni. Whv then these at- j '
temps to alarm the Southern portion of our j *
country and to assail the proceedings of dre j j
•onvention o' tbs score of geographical and | 1
sectional feeling? Why all this tilth, ml tv? Why '
this continued eff.rt to excite unfriendly l-el- <
jugs between people who have always cm err am J
ed such sincere respect for each o her. hy ■
snail we not regard (in national matters) al the <
Stares .as one country; and the People which in- .1
hab 1 them a* our brethren ? v\ hv shad any «
narrow and sordid and seifish spirit lean tiie
people of one section, to view with envy, orjeal. I
onsv, tiie prosperity and happiness' 'd another.
Why shall not the South rejoice in the prosperity 1
of their Eastern brethren, ’it the grew ness ot *
Pennsylvania, and New York, and m the t.ncreas- 1
ing power and population of those youitC and 1
flourishing States, upon me waters of the mighty
West; and whv snail not these, in reiurn. recip :
roeate the same kind feelings towards the pal- '
none South? How long and nobly have they ‘
not stood bv ihe South, and her distingu’shed '
men? Was it nit in support of Southern men '
that tiie Democracy wi the North, so often evinc- !
ed a high oegree of liberality? Was General !
Washington, or Mr. Jejferson. or Mr. Madison. 1
i or Mr. Munroe, ever objected to hv them, be- '
cauaethev were from the South? At the end of t
Genera l Jackson’s present term, the South wall 1
have enjoyed the honors of the Presidency for I
forty years out of forty eight, smeo the adoption 1
of the Constitution. As to the remaining eight s
years of our political exwten e under the Cun. ;
srit a'.i 'r.; that afli-’e hss been is :he hands •
of our political opponents, so that the Northern
Democracy have never yet seen a man elevated |
from their own ranks, to that high station. Un- ,
der these circumstances have they ever mur
mer-d, or complained? Never. Ant why?
Because, in the spirit .if ’rne patriot!they
have believed thaj die interest* of thetr Country
w .ah! he halter prom Ued. and their cher sbe I
pr.ncip'es best mamtnine i, hv their support off
Southern naan. And nnw after so mnt years
o; disinterested cmvjtept. would t not ba illiberal
and unjust, when they present one of ihe
for that high station, whose character and prin.
ciples are every way ianexcepti mahlo, that th*'V
should be branded as enemies „f the South, nn i
hostile to the peculiar institutions nf the South
ern People. We are sure that such imputations
so groundless, and so wicked, can mike na im
presawn on the Southern Republicans.—They
will nut he induc ’d by such m -ana to refuse sup
port to a Republi can from the North—a man |
nrit selected as the Democratic Candidate, be- ;
causa he was a Northern man, hut because lie
was an honest, enlightened, aid trust worthy
American citiz'-ig a Republican in principle and
practice; an I because these were the qualities
which elected Jefferson, Madison, _M inroc, and
Jackson. They happened, it iatruu, to ha South
ern men. but tt was not bsca tsa they were so,
that the destinies of this country were confided
to thc-ir Ii anus. V rgioia. that has been honored
vrhh the Presidency for mors than thirty years,
wdl not be so unreasonable as to deny to the
Northern Democracy, who secured to her the
po*aesstnn of that high honor, a boon of equal
v-i' ic. Such a spirit ,of selfishness and ingraft,
tnde, does not enter into her proud bosom, nor
emit be found any where among the chivalry of
the So i-h. Tt dwell* only in ihe Sieiiris of ihe
narrow minded and factions, who have in view
t ie gratification of their own amhi ion, or harbor
designs of more serious portent, to our beloved
c-o-n'rv. Under a just administra'mn of the
0 moral Government, in ail us departments,
there is no conflict of interest between the dis.
'ferent sections of our country, which can, nr
ought, to render their present union incompati
ble with their local freedom and prosperity-
On the contrary, the interes's embraced finder
the tni.nt.e of our Constitution, arc common a 1 d
pervading. All parts of the Union are interns
ted in an equal and beneficial operation of the
Federal Government. It is the interest of nil
to have peace, internal and external. It is the
interest of all to preserve 'he freedom of inter
course and commerce with foreign nations, and
among the several Sitates. AH have an interest
in the management of the public revmuejina
common currency; in the involabilily of con
tracts; and in the establishments o( mail?. No
po.ver is delegated to the General Government,
in the just exercise of which, the variotts Suites
of tiie confederacy have not a common, it net,
an equal interest; nor is there one which can he
materially abused without injury to all. Even oh
structions 1 o?’ra/ie, and the erection of m mopo
lies are as injurious to the People of the North,
as of the South, and may ever bo overthrown by
the diffusion of correct information among the
People. Instead of building up secti >nal par.
ti 63. esiranging the Peopla of one section from
the People of another, and constantly talking o 1
resort to revolution, and violence, to remedy real
or imaginary evd-s; instead of tins war ignin*t our
homes and onr hearts, ihe good man and the
patriot will rather str.ve to diffuse through all
sections, just views of our institutions, and na
tional policy, and relief will certainly follow
Irom the operations of the public mind, ns cer.
tainly, as nn effect is produced by an adequate
cause. Hence it was that Mr Jefferson, .■•. it bis
letter, to sh-e Ohio Legislature.) justly mid for
cibly remarks: Nothing can so effectually con
tribute to produce the. greatest, guard. I" the
country, as harmony and mutual confi deuce br
tweenhe General and State aat hot iti's. and a
conviction that local and g> ncral interest, well
conducted, cun never be in opposition ” Mr.
Madison, too, in a communication to ihe Connec
ticut Legislature, remarks; “ The prosperity
even of those Stales [ihe Rastern) is founded on
so clear a reciprocity of in tresis, and the. most
important co~ns<itution-d relations between the
General and Stale authorities, that it may al
ways be expected that reoolutiofiary errors on
these subjects will tj sickly yield to reflection, and
voluntary ones being confined tn a few, will not
long resist ihe. general impulse.” That collis
ions and difficulties under so t-omphciiteJ a
system of gave lament, would sometime* arise,
was f iresem and expected; lost in V can always
!>■’ conquered by forbearance, tootisrauon, anu
«: *dom.
There is perfection. Fellow-Citi/.etts, is noth
ing which sin rounds or protects us. Tiie ia«s
01 nature are not ai equate to our protect.on
from multiplied inconveniences and aggn-ed
calamities. But should we therefore sce-t to
escape from their authority ? Would it lie j ii
dent, if we had the power, to seek, in the to.nl
disorganization of the present natural system,
relief from the pains, inconveniences, and dan
gers which we suffer in it* operation? There is
equal lolly in seeking the destruction oi social
institutions, which practically secure to us a de
gree ot liberty, peace, happiness, and prosperity,
unequalled m any other country, because they
are sometimes abused. If our people nre wise,
they will shut their ears to such mischievous
counsels, which are given hy men who, in their
made schemes of ambition and power, would
reduce their countrymen to the condition o!
serfs, who labor only for llicir lords, and foi the
support of armies, placemen, and pensioners.
And for what purpose is this war against social
happiness, and are tho*e attempts at disaffection
and disunion? Why th-se unceasing efforts to
excite jealousies, dislikes, and animosities he
tween the people of the Southern and Ei*'lern
States? Whv are 1! e-e question*, which
have slumbered for half a century, now revived,
and Hiese fire brands thrown upon the public
mind? Why i*tt now done? Whv done at all?
Let the answers bo given, by the liberal and en
lightened of a'l parties; by every m m whose
r *ason is not disoldered, and whose Heart is not
corrupted, and the mischief will be more than
half remedied. Out we must forbear. We feel
:h t this subject is one of deep and wide spread
interest—that it sR uld be approached with soli,
c Hide and < action, and touched vi th a tender
h md—thatthis'is m ttlie tiuieorocca-ion 10 pre a
ii further, nor to arraign the actors in ihe e
scenes, nor their motive*. W- do nut intend it;
.nor shall we attempt to discriminate between
ihe mischievous and the misguided—between
h gh priests in thisefusade of destruction, whose
heads are seen like the mountain top above the
s'onn. or their more obscure and deluded fol.
lowers. N>ris it our purpose to fasten ignomi.
nv or reprach upon any individual, public or pri
vate. Whatever their motives may be, we
leave them to their own consciences, and Him
who alone can judge them But it should be
recollected dial mischievous consequences oiten
result from unintentional errors of conduct and
opinion, and “that the moat contemptible and
unimportant causes often produce tie most cala.
mitous consequences ” Tiie time probably may !
come, when tiie actors in these scenes will be
called upon to answer to nn injured and offended
country. Then the proper discriminations wll
he made, and the innocent separated from the
guilty. We have, however, one word to off r
hy way of admonition and cuu'mn to ail who ire
concerned in this attempt to divide our nation
against itself, and sow ihe seeds of jealousy and
distrust, anti it is, to pause in their work ofdeso. (
lat on and ru n. We call umii all; u ion the j
amoi'i >us as well as the deluded, in their zeal o! (
fanaticism and party, to look, if t.iev dare, to the
calumnies which in got rush in and ib-luge this
fair land, if their efforts could succeed, and to
pause before it be 'mi ia'e—to remember tb it
the progress of disaffection is often insensible
and invisible; and that the uiishtv spirit which
they are attempting to 1 xcitc, if once roused,
can neither ire allayed by the cannon or the
sword, by law or by blood. Ii is, fellow citi
zens. against this dangerous spirit of discontent
and division, against these unhallowed attempts
to weakenthe bands of our glorious Confedera
cv tha it becomes the duty of everv wi*eman,
and of every American, to watch with sleepless
•iuilance. That watch can only he set in deep
a:~d abiding affection to our holy Un on, up m the
observation of which depends, not only our own
liberty and happiness, but that of the world. So
much we have deemed it our duty to sny, in tie
fence of the Convention generally, and in answer
to some of the prominent objections which have
been made against it and ns proceedings. We
shad now proceed to discuss that part of the
subject more immediately connected with the
general principle* and measures of the present
AiimmstrsttOo and -aur national policy.
We hare said, fellow citizens, in a previous e
pan of this Address, that the election of a sue- h
cessor to General Jackson ought to be regar e
as one of the most important ihat h i eve. oc
curved in our country; that it involved not on s r
ihe fate of th/reooblican party .and ns pnncip.es, t
Hui she contiaoaiion of that wis t course of na- £
tional policy a irsueJ by Gen. Ja-kson. and upon i
which his a 1 ministration has bten based. T.
urove fhi*. wjil required a brief nonce of som.
oi and leading measures; and ;
,;iQn,C M which relate to our foreign «
H r;: r j,vernal improvement, an t
in mind, that Gun. Jackson I
came into
deep polittcarnteiteinent, and under very pecu- i
lar circumstances. The previous Almiostra
lion had come into power against the de.-icum
wishes ofsi majority of the American people,
and its measures had been strongly renro.
I ba-ed and condemned by the great body ot the
Republican party. UiHer its policy, tied u .
trinea of our political father# had been forgotten
or abmdonsd. Most of the landmarks to th*.
exorcise of -ftnliifiiteJ power by the <»efieral y
Gov-rnment had been disregarded or broken
down. The doctrine of expediency ami the
general welfare, had been openly proclaimed and
revived, and nndsr its broad win£, power nv is
asserted by its friends to passlnws as uncohsti
tatioa.nl in their principles, as they were danger
nut in their consequence?. It was under snch
a asato of things that the triends to limned Go
v jrmnent became alarmed, and Geft. Jackson
was called by the people 10 slay the spirit o(
innovation, and restore the purft'v and vigor of
onr tree institutions. He accordingly enmo lor
ward to dev Ue himself to the service of his
country, p:nmole her happiness, and defend her
r ghts. How faithfuly did he fulfil the expe~.
lations and wishes of his Iren is, and accomplish
tte great objects of his elect on. What "ere the
prominent'rails that cliara t-fixed his Admints
tration, both as to i s f xternal and internal policy?
Wh it its effect? ntul benefits? Will vou favor
us with a hriel review? Towards forego
nations, has it not been distinguished alike with
ability, firmness, and moderation ? Whilst its
primary canon was to do justice to all, and suffer
wiong from none, has it not, in the pursuit of a
peaceful and liberal policy, studied the interest
and regarded the sentiments of every portion of
our extended country ? Ha. it not given ns
peace with everv foreign power, secured to ns
an unrestrained and flourishing and enriching
commerce with the cVdized nitions of ihe
world? Has it not placed on.r country abroad
upon the most elevated and ex died ground, and
caused its name to he respected in every quarter
of the globe? So. too, in relation to onr inter
nal concerns* Has it not pursued a oiirse
equally distinguished bv wis lorn ami moderation,
and with like'results ? His it. uot secured to ail
parts of out cout'ry internal prosperity, peace,
an ! security? Has not die public debt been ex
tinguished? Hive not die great interests of die
soil beeP exempted from unjust systems of taxa
tion. in tiio shape ol Tariff-, and the in lutsrv of
the Whole nation protected an I cbenshe i? In.
du g ng no favor or lear, manitesdng no prefer
cnce towards anv particular section of our conn
tv over another, cherishing no interest separate
from the welfare of the whol-e* has not toe G >v.
eminent been administered with a smgle eye to
the benefit and prosperity of all ? Has nor one
of die greatest nbjec sos Ids civil Magistracy
been the protection of ihe rights of {he Staten.
and the integrity of the Union. II is he not
made the Constitution his guide, and brought
hack the Government to its true fundamental
principles? Has lie exercised any p over not
grained ? Claimed anv doubtful character ?
Has he not carried out the great principles
which he laid down in Ids first Messages, and
Fit’ll lied ids promises to the letter ? Hus
Has he not in fact been true to hi« ' igb frost,
and faidl'nl to his country ? But, F-llow C d j
zens, notwithstanding these wise measures n*
the Administration. General Jackson like his 1
great prototype. Mr. Jefferson, was doomed to
encounter all die evils and embarrassment ~f a
powerful an 1 talented coalition. J-mho the
moment lie came info power, die.re sprung iso
one of the most determined, persevering, and
com enti nted oppositions that auv counirv had
ever witnessed, and which, in ils fin d progress, i
became as formidable as it was alarming- for j
the three first years of die Administration, this j
opposition faded in Us elfirts. an 1 sunk into aj
hopeless condition. Tuey have trie,] all the
means which opportunity and l!i>-!r mvn ingeon
ity cnul I furnish, to regain iheir lost power and
places; bm in v in. Their as-anlis had fallen
harmless upon the shield of 'he venerable Patri
ot. The idee measures of Ilia administration,
and the virtue and ability with which he bad dis
charged his dulv. the benefits secured to Ids
counirv. and the increasing prosperity and hap.
II pines? of the People, defeated their scheme? and
blasted nil their hopes. He was too deeply
seated in die affections of the People to be sh i
ken. So far. however, the opposition had fought
this battle on po idea! and party grounds, and by
political men. hut without success. But when
parties in pursuit of their own ambitions views
cannot obtain a favorite object by direct means,
thev will seek it through all the indirect expen
meats which the spirit of the times and change
may throw in their wav. When fair and getter
ons means will not avail siu-h a party, they will
employ every antfi e which is calculated to
reward ambition ami secure success.
It was accordingly towards the-termination of
General ,1a kson’s first term, when ih-y (tad
sunk into a desperate condition, that a new rav of
hope hurst upon them. Then it was that the
B ink of the Un ted States was looked tons the
means bv which to accomplish their ends and
secure their triumph. It was their last hope,
an I they instantly embraced it Although the
charter of the Bmk was not to e.xnire (or four
years. th°ir policy was to get an application mmle
for its re tewal before the period for the re.e'e’-
tion of General.! ickson should arrive, Bv this
means, the re-election of the President was to
be defeated and their triumph secured. Thev
regarded him as in a delicate and dangerous di
lemma. H a numerous friends were divided up.
on the subject of the Bank-both on grnmds of
.■onstiruimn tiny and expediency. Pennsylvania
an 1 the Wes', had declared in favor of the B ink.
and the entire South against it. If the hill for
its ro-char'er should pass both Houses o Con.
g-e«s. (and the majority tor it was believed to he
certain.) the President would necessarily be obli.
ged either to approve or to veto it. If he ap
prove !, the Bank would succeed in its object of
a re (hirer, and his friends in the South, (with
out whose sir-port if was hebeved, he could not
he re elected.) would, upon principle, desert him.
Ff he disapproved and vetoed, all eves Would he
turned to Pennsylvania and (lie West; and his
friends deserting him there, also, his re.-led ion
would be hazarded, if not defeated. This was
the master stroke of policy, and it was conse
quently adopted. They did not ealcul ife, how
ever, it; on the application of the veto power.
Although they knew the previous convictions of
General Jackson as to the inexpediency and un
constitutionality of the B ink, and its dangerous
tendencies; although he had expressed his opin.
ions to Congress in the years ’29, ’39, and ’3l, ;
and ftis determinn'ion never to sanction it, yet |
thev did not believe he would refuse to sign any t
bill that might fina'lv pass for its re charter ; and”,
bv d dug so. hazard his re-election According- ' '
ly, the Bmk came lorw r ; m IH3I, with an np. i !
plic ton lor r - brer. A bib f r this purpose 1
passed hoh Hoes •«, an I received the cons ttu- '
ttona! veto of the President. Tn-it these were !
the ejects which infl tenced the opposition nl 1
that day, none, we think, acquainted with 'fie his
torv ttf those times, can doubt. Indeed, they :
were charged at the lime, and univer-nilv he- *
iieved. But flow i'tledtd thev know-of the in
dividual with whim they were contending ! He
met the crisis in a manner worthy of his prin.-i. 1
tiles, and vetoed the hill, b >lb as mc.-nstiiution. 1
al ami inexpedient; thus cutting ofT all hope as 1
to itsevor meeting his approbttlon.
It was then t ml the B ink took the fi •! I open,
ly, and tinder the banners of a concentrated ami
powerful opposition, made everv effort to defeat 1
the re election of General J icksort, hut without '
success. 'The manly an I fearless manner in !
which this duty had been perhirmed, the Roman
firmness and honesty of the President, so fat t
from prejudicing h m with the great body ol the .
Democracy of Pennsylvania and the West, ser :
ved only to endear him to them. It was regard i
ed by them and the great majority of his friends
as- one of the most important and glorious acts <
of his administration, and he "’as re elected by
an overwhelming in-'jority. Os the means resor- i
ted :o by the Bank to sustain itself, and to influ.
ence the Presidential election wa shall forbear t
here to speak. They have long since been ex- I
posed to the nation, and must bo familiar to all-
But the contest did not stop here. There re
mained still an<> her and severe struggle, which
the President and his administration were doom
ed to encounter, in consequence of the course
which he falt’it his duty to pursue in relation to
this institution. Having considered the fate of
the Bank as settled bv the decision oi the Pco
pie in bis re-eloc ion. and that its charter would
expire within four years, and seeing in its conduct
good reason, ns he believed, to justify the mea
sure, the President deemed it his duty; as the
head of the Executive Department of the Govern
ment, to sanction the removal of the public de
poshes from the Bank of the United States, and
their being placed elsewhere for safe keeping
by the Secretary of the Treasury, whose dutv it
vva= to make such emoval whenever in bis opin
ion the public interests required it to be done.
Then was revived that hitter and vindictive war
upon the President ami his friends, an I then
commenced those scenes of panic and distress
without any parallel in the history of our coun
try, and which threatened, at one time, its peace |
security. But to whom were they just
tmnitable ? To whom, but to the opposition and
their great ally, the Bank ? Was n-t the object
of the-e efforts and exertions, on the part of the
Bank, to disturb and paralyze the ordinary avo
cations of onr citizens, and to taKe irom them
the means of carrying them on? Did thev not
endeavor to arrest the whole course of business
in almost everv department of society, and to
produce that’individual ruin and distress which
thev h id predicted would be the consequences of
the measures of the President and Ins admin ?
ration? Who is there th it now doubts it ? Did
not these eff>rts not onlv etnbarriss bnt expose
the government and country to the most iinmi.
nent perils ? Was no' the final issue even con
s dere I doubtful, and did not the friends -if lib
e- tv and free government tremble lor me result ?
From a state of things so pregnant With great e
vils, and ore') dings still greater, was it not the
firmness and virue of the President, and thos-*
associated with hint, that saved us. And how.
fellow ci'izens, was th s war aga rtst the Chief
Magistrate of vonr country and his adm ttistra
tion conducted ? In What way did thev not as
sail him ? Wh t charges was Put made against
hm? What off nee was not impute 1 to hiVn ?
He wis charged with a violation ot the Constmi
tion of ftis country, and a breach of almost at!
its laws. With It ivittg. in violation of these, as
sumed the purse as well as the sword- With
the destruction of public and private credit.
With brio ting upon rite nation a vitiated cur
renev, and a load of public deb’. With the Ins?
of the agricultural products an i individual in Ins
try of the People. With the decline of our
com nerce and niinufaciures, and tlv* destruction
of o irfrade; with having, in fact, disabled, di--
h-.mured, and oppressed bis country. Indeed,
iiototly were the measures of the administra
tion d -flared to be odious an I coinin’, bnt it was
sail, that a species o' tvramv ha I sprung it'
which was desolating the land, and threatened
even the liberties of the People. The President
was denounced in erms as -another Tiberias or
Caligula, ready to sacrifice Ins country at the
shrine of his unholy aoi'nt'on. Was not tlti ■=
the glo my picture which our opponents gave of
'he venerable Ch es Magistrate and his adminis
tration ? Was h« not, moreover, charged with
hav ng done rlvs to gratify a vindictive and ruth
less spirit against a moneyed institution, and in
pursuit of a wild and fr.ntic ambition, that knew
no limits? Let the candid and liberal of all par
ties answer ? And for what was this load of re
proach heaped upon him and fns Trends? For
what, bnt the- firmness, independence, and vigor,
with which they ban resisted everv attempt to
re flnner an institution again t which the Re
pnh'icans had warred from the moment of its ex
i-Hence, anti which .Mr. Jefferson, in the evening
I of los file, declared to be, “ One of the most
ilen'llv hostility existing against the principles
[ am! farm of nnr I'onsl. tni on ; airl which, pen,
etrating by its hnt dies, every part of onr Un
ion. art I acting by command and tn phalanx
m ghl, in it critical moment, upset the Govern
ment.'
Who doubts but that it was because of his tin
compromising hostility to this corporation, at ;i
m liiient when it was waving it? dreadful sceptre
over the land, and his unshaken constancy in
support of title People’s cause, that tin’s venera
ble and noble Patriot, and those associated with
him were arraigned and denounced, before their
0 ntnrry and the world, in a manner, utpnrale
led in the h s’ory of any fn e G wernment. Yes.
Fellow Citizens, it was for those things that an
admin stratum, which had secured to its country
liberty, and union, and prosperity at home, and
respect and peace abroad, was denounced as
the most abandoned and profligate upon the
earth. Posterity vvili look back a bit astonish,
ment (and if possible with incredulity) upon the
scenes which lor the last three years distracted
onr coUtvrv, and wonder how any one man could
sitecessliilly have resisted the gigantic power of
such an Institution, wielded under such circum
stances. But what has become of tins mass of
mischief and run which was to proceed front
the conduct ot the President towards the Bank.
Where is that universal bankruptcy which was
to overwhelm the People? Where the sttspen.
sion of the channels of their foreign connec
tions? Where the loss of their trade; the an
inhibition of her manufactures ? Where the
deluge of debt; the ruin and divisions of our
people? Where the fields without harvest; the
merchants without customers ? Where now
are all these false prophets, with all their dreams
of ruin and distress? Have they been fulfilled?
Is it true, ifiat we have no free Government to
rally around; no enmity to love? Is our coun
try humbled ; n the eyes of the world ; dishonor
ed ind disgraced at home? Is ad this true?
No. There is not a liberal or candid man who
does not and ought not to feel proud and exalte 1,
a the spectacle which his country now presents,
bnh at home and abroad When was it ever
more, if indeed so prosperous ? When Was
public or private credit in >re s able ? Prices s )
high ? The People so liappv ? Wnen did it ev
er progress so rapid in weal'h, in art?, and use
ful knowledge, and public spirit, or national cha
racter? When so erect among the nations of
the earth ? Never. Have we not then a right
to say, that these are the blessings of a P esi
dent and Republican adtninistrnii. n ? These
the generous triumphs of D-moeracy? And
what else but die union of the Republican Pary
and confidence in th - virtue and patriotism of An
drew Jackson, the Chief Magistrate of the Peo
pie’s choice, conUl ha- e done t ris ? Aid when
the political and amfvtious imm a his day, who
h ive assailed and c dummaied him, shall he min
gled m the dust, with rite rh uisamls whose ex
amples they have imitated; when no record
sh ill fie found ol their nt on Ties, or any recollec
tions of their services, this Patriot will lie the .ad
miration of- very American, and the highest ex
ample of political virtue. But, Fellow Citizen-*,
is this the time, happy and prosperous as we are.
lor rhe Democracy of the country to d sarin ?
“ The danger is not yet over ” These las’ words
of one of onr political Pilrinrchs, -inn after the
adoption of th-- Constitution, may justly lie re
carded ns pecn i -,rly applicable at the present
m mien l : although “ P--ace waves her hmd over
ns. an I Heaven is heaping upon ns its blessings
wolt a pre -i-uis hmd.” do we nor see amh tion
an I party busy in every quarter of our land? I'’
the wi-.e and patriotic measures of the A (minis
tration have heretofore afforded our political en
emies an apportunity for cross impositions, why
shall we not expect them to be revived ? What
snail we have g t ne l, and what wi.l all onr t-irug
gies avail, if we suffer ourselves to be divided,
and sleep in seeming security,’ til! the exertions
of onr opponents rouses us front our slumbers
and convinces us of onr m stake.
The Vint n strati.at has taken ground which
the Republicans cannot desert, without a sur
ren ler of their p-iacples, ami the destruction oi
them-elves. The whole Democracy of the U
n on has sustained Gen. .1 ickson and his admin
■siration, and now demand that th >se who are to
succee I him should c irry out the principles and
p ilicy ol his Administration. How is this to i»-
d >uc, hm bv united and harmonious councils and
sleepless vigilance ?
Tne Democracy of the country must not rest
too secure ? Thu prosperity and safety of our
country are essentially involved in trie issue of 1
the approachingelect.ott. We sincerely believe. '
dial upon the preservation of the old Democratic I
Republican party the prosperity and happiness ol
our country greatly depends. To yon, then, as
Republicans, as friends of the Constitution, as
supporters of Andrew Jackson and his Adminis '•
ration, andibe advoca.es of union, we make this i
v -"“
appeal. We make it not for ourselves alone,
but for the Democracy of our country, ami wo
hope not in vain. Fellow citizens, are not our
oponents already in the field, prepared to battle
With desperation ? Have not thrco candidates
already been presented to the nation, whose in.
terests are as different as the interests of travel
lers in a great caravan ? May not others soon be
added to the list T Are yofl ignorant of the at
tempts that are making to get the friends ot some
of the opposing candidates to unite and cooper
ate for the purpose of preventing the election of
the Democratic party, or carrying the election
to the House of Representatives ? Ate they not
active and indefatigable in their exertions ? Will
a single vole he withheld, do yon imagine, upon
their side? Is there not something too, beyond
the mere desire to defeat the Republican candi
date, wished and expected. Does not the Bank
still exist, and consider the question of its re.
charier as one open and undecided ? Who doubts
that the contest is again in f-orne shape to he re.
vived ? Is it not looked to as one of the strong
holds of onr political opponents, which they will
never c nsent to abandon ? Does not the Bank
kitseff as undecided, although not openly in “hat
tie array, with banners up?” Are not the sap
pars at work throughout the land 7 Why else,
to propose extending its loans ? Can we forget
that its m tnagers jn-lifted their curtailmen a two
veara ago. on the ground that her charter had
but a short time to run, and prudence required
them to draaV in hv degrees, their outstanding
deb’s? Hence, in her application to Congress,
in I>3l. thev aav, “unless the question is ilecid
ed bv the present Congress, no deft utive action
upon it can be expected, until within two years
of the expiration of the Charter, a period before
which, in the opinion of year memoria ists, it is
highly exped ent v not merely in reference to the
institution itself, but to the more important in
terests ofthe nation, that 'he determination ol
Congfess should be known.” Again-, they sav
“lf live wisdom of Congress shall d( termin ■
that the Bank must cease to exist, it is still more
important that the country should begin early to
prepare for the expected change, and that the
institution should have as much time as poss hie
to ■ xeente the dutv. always a very delicate
difficult one, ot ai ing the community to seek
new channels of business, and by gradual am!
gentle movements, to press with the least in
convenience on the great interests connected wth
it.” Ffin 1831 thev justified their cunuilmen’s
on the ground that the charter had but four years
to run. how is it that with less than half ih<* time,
they are extending their accommodations ? Why
do those who then justified the curtai'ments,
now justify the loans ? Whv lut tha huh were
intended for re-charter ? Farther a tempts will
t>e made to prolong its existence, if the People
fail in the election of a Republican President.
Will not the subject of the tarifTin a few years,
and that of internal improvement he 112 iin reviv.
ed. It oitr opponents should succeed ? Do you
not ag iin expect to have your views nl'srepre
sented ; to hear the same wild denunciations; to
witness the same disLagenions mean-; the same
artifices; the samiS stale coneei s and rnisrepra
sedations resorted to seduce vou from the snu
port ot the Democratic candidates, an i by divi
sion prevent an e'ection by the People. Is not
the project meditated to divide the friends ofthe
Reno iliean cand dates .and Conquer under false
colors? Are they not making every a tempt to
produce a sclit-m in our rartks ? And is such fit?
time when the Democracy ot the country should
disarm ? Is it not-, on the contrary, the time and
occasion for every one who would sustain tha
great principles that are in j-op irdy to buckle on
his armour and double his diligence an! watch
fulness? It is by political vigilance alone, that
liberty and good government can ever he setsur
ed. Is not the alternative now presented, either
to abandon the principles and doctrines of :h«
Republican party and the benefits of o:tr nrc’.-nt
administration, or bv vigilance and manly firm
ness maintain them? Was there ever a time i i
tiie history of our country sin e its independent e.
when vigilance and union outlie putt of Republi.
cans were more >tnpo: taut than the present?—
Who does not see the mischiefs that may arise
from division and discord among ourselves?—
Shall we exhibit these scenes of division and
weakness tor the benefit o; onr political enemies?
It you do not wish to see ill sa things reacted,
lay hold of the opportunity of preventing it bv
union an I concert. Perfection is in nun sought
after in the works of man Every inconvenience
c iimot he avoided. A lesser evil should some
times be um i led to,in order to avoid one great,
er and more durable. If personal animosities or
personal preferences exist ought they not at such
a moment to be sacrificed lor the public good ?
Will not be who refuses to make such a sacnfice
be justly regarded as a suspicious friend, if not a
secret f..e ? As members «>f the same great
party, ought not our efforts to be directed to tho
promotion of harm my and good feeling among
ourselves? Let reason and not denunciation,
enlightened zeal and not intolerance, be our
weapons, at least with each other; ami let our
energies he employed to procure the election
of individuals who will carry out the principles
and maintain the policy of the present Adminis
tration. I: is incumbent, then, upon every I)?,
mocrat, to be upon the look out—every man to
his post; and let no man slumber, while the storm
threatens, and the vessel is in danger. “Slave
ry is ever preceded by sleep.” The Republicans
of America would be unworthy the high station
of freemen, if, at the call of patriotism, they did
not fly to the post of danger, and offer up, not on
ly their faculties, bat their feuds, upon the altar
of their common country. Will they remain
quiet and inactive amidst a!! these in wenients,
and at such a time ? Wi'l they, who have so
often broken the ranksu ; their political enemies,
suffer them now to erect her pr old standard in
the field of victory? Never! Fellow citiirns.
onr enemies have set ns a good example—thev
have taught ns that n “Union tlier- is strength.”
Why should we not profit by it ? Why shall we,
standing upon the broad and firm basis of tiie
affections of ilie People, let our opponen's weak
-111 and divide us ? If we dislike to increase and
perpetuate tiie benefits and blessings we enjoy
under a republican adinmisir .lion, ifour republi
can institutions and liberties are dear to us, this
is the time to act —h s is the time and occasion
t , meet with vigor and union our opponents, and
place the management ot our affairs in the hands
of those who will se ntre to us these blessings,
uninfluenced by ambit ion* or selfish motives Let
ns. ’belt, discountenance contentions and jealous
ies between State an I Slate, and consider our
selves upon this subject, as well as all others of
a national character, ascitizes of one great and
haupv 11a io 1. Let us promote a spirit of union
among ourselves, without wh'di democracy can
never triumph. Above all. let our Councils be
unmingled with personal preferences and local
partialities. In this way. and tfrs only, can we
expect f > conquer. These were the views with
which the Democratic partv called the (' mven
tion; and it was to accomplish these desirable
objec’s that Con ention presented to the country
the names ofM \R ITN VAN BUREN.of N-w
York, and RICH ARD M JOHN-0.N.0f K;n
luckv. iw ) of her distinguished and p itriotn- u I.
low citizens, (or the offices of President and \ ice
President of the Unite,l States. We shall offer
vou no adnbit'on of ihpir ch i‘icie r s, talent, or
srvc s. T,lev have both been long known to
the country, and distinguished upon the theatre
of public life; and they have, m ireover, declared,
in advance, their political princip'es. and the
course which w II govern them, should they be i
called hv their country to presiue over its desti
nies, It rc-ts with that country to decide. I o
the good s use of the People we confidently sub.
init the decision; satisfied, tli tt whenever they
shall he called to choose me sentinels who are
to guard hern ; hf an I hb-rtics. thev will choose
with propriety. We only as a t.iem to ba united
and vigilant. .
And now many we not. in conclusion, without
giviri"- offence, ad Iress ourselves to those Repub
beans in heart and sen'iment, who have hereto
(ore belonged to the D cnocranc party, and sup
ported the measures ofG< n Jack-o i’s ad nints
tiation. but who feel a personal preference for
other individuals than tl.ose presented by the
Democracy of the country, without any prefer,
ence for the principles and measures of political
opponents. May we not to these ad Iress our
selves, and in the spirit of friendship for political
friends and associates, earnestly and solemnly
propound to them the questions—What is the
course vou mean to pursue? What your situa
tion ? What your great auty on this occassion ?
Will you calmly and patriotically unite with the
great body of your Democratic friends, or will
you let yo«r disappointed enthusiasm and person
al friendships, or the artifices of designing and
anbitico* men, drive »?!• into opposition on to
nn Administration which you approve, and t* a
party with which you have so long acted 7 Ara
you prepared, on this trying emergency, to secede 4
from the Republican ranks, and throw yourselves 1
1 into the arms of your political enemies? These M
are serious questions, wnich it is now important M
you should consider well and appreciate. You
must now take a bold and resolute stand in do. ■
. fence of yourold principles and friends, or con. I
1 sent to abandon them forever. You have it now I
in your power to do great good or great mischief. I
f You must now decide, (if your determination is ■
1 not formeJ,) and this decision may bo
as important to yourselves as your country.
I Fellow Citizens, we do not' use this language I
1 to excite your Lar; far from it. The situation
I ot our country, and the purpose* and views of
our opponents, might strike you with the dm.
1 per hoped for hy the latter, from discord and v
. division among the Republican party. Os that
s y ,,u kttve heretofore composed an important
part. Nothing, however, is more distant front
1 our intention, than to ofT-nd, or so attempt to
1 last'-n blame upon any. We know that virtuous
v and enlightened men are often fed away under
the influence of the best feelings. Indeed, hovv
1 often arc many of those who spread delusion, ■
b them,elves deluded. Our object is to barman,
t izc and conciliate, not mfl nne. We feel it to bo
0 nor duty to make this appeal, and we do it in
;i tin-kindest spirit. To warn your of the possible
il dangers to which you are about to expose your
g country ; to exhort you to forget tho pist in this
cn ' 3 im, i moment of danger, and unite in the
1 cause you profess to have so much at heart;
n above all to remind you of what yon ought now
■» to he sensible, that your alliance is looked to
u mid courted with tho utmost solicitude by vouß
a enemies, and With hope of making our political
a divisions the foundation of their success - not
1- however, hy electing your friends , but their
it own. What, (hen, ar« you to gain by such an
V union? Avoid i’, if yon would not look back
w; th bitter anguish to the overthrow and ruin
b of a party, which exists upon th*i principles
n which first bound them together, '(m*Jpilc of
of opinion, in matte 3 concl||iing
• good men may differ.) ought to b# ffka.
jp Center]. Ought sUch dangers to exist, and sucfiNy
l a result he pm within the reach of chance T Can \
! there, or ought there to he but one answer?
We know ih a among the portion of our Retuib
i lican friends who have thus estranged them
s selves from us, .-in 1 are becoming aliens to our
s Cause, some Pave done so through choice , and
. mnay through mistake. To those who have
f sinned against conviction, we haV# nothing to
1, say. They must answer that to their country,
p But to those who have no wish to desert the
1 Republican standard, but who fee* the influence
s ol o'tier C'-nsidetnions, (which ihdilce them to
con-ult ind vidual wishes, rather tlrih the con
. cet and harmony of the Fa ty,) we won d freely
extend the handof fraternity. With them we hope
1 die present is rather a misiindera’anding than a
schism t that tiftle and reflection will soon heal
> it, and l-ffcct a perfect reconcillnlitih, and that
- all collision and heart burnings will pfcrisli in
'he blaze of belter and more generous feelings.
If they have been deluded by tha artifices of
enemies or misguided failing, nUv is the time
t to look for the Republican banner, to sea where
• it is planted, and who -iirroiiud it. Lot them
• return, then, to the Republican fold of their
i fathers. We iiivite them to do so, n» hreihcni;
1 ns men united in a common cause lor a common
! good. We invite them to let a common inter.
I est bind us together, and to let the only com
-1 petition be, who shall bender nioSt service to
1 to the good old Democratic cause; who bs
• most active in promoting the glory and happi.
Hess ot our doubly blessed country:
A. STEVENSON, of Virginia.
SIL LS WRIGHT, of New York.
UPTON S (IE \TH. of Maryland.
GAR FIT W. WILLIAMS, „( N Ifamshira.
RO»T. STRANt.fi. of North Carolina.
SA ME. A. CARTWRIGHT, of .Mis*.
Juj.y 31, {835.
A-UOtfSTA* GA.
Tuaailay MorSt i iisr* U,183.i,
O’ Tiie Editor ot iH. s paper is mill confined
to his bed, 1 *uf we afe glrtd jo inform his Humo
rous friends, that lie is considered bettor than he
has been at any time, since his indisposition.
O >Ve are indebted to our ci if respondent
. in (.charleston, the Editors ot the Courier, fi-r
1 Gore’s Liverpool Advertiser of tile 9i!i July, and
a file of northern papers by the steam packet
David Brown.
1
O’ Tiie person or persons who are at present
traversing this state, picking up our paper direct
ed to subscribers, u riling under their names
discontinue, and sending them back to us. with
out the sanction or knowledge of said subscri.
burs, have our thanks for their pains. They
are entitled to tho best birth in the Penitentiary,
and our recommendation is at their service.—
O” We give this morning ,commencing on tha
first page) to the exclusion of much interesting
intelligence, the address of tho Committee to
the Democratic Republicans ofthe United States.
It is a lengthy, but well written address, and will
amply repay an aite.nl: 0 perusal, which we so
licit for it.
Pi»*f Office instructions.
The following answer from the Post Master
General to letters addressed to him by the Post
Masters in this city and Charleston, needs no
comment from us—“ I cannot sanction, nor will
I condemn," is all lie could say ; and in siyitm
this much, no one cut doubt the soundness or
propriety of his views.
Post Office Department, }
Southern Division, d/A August, 1635.
Bm;—The enclosed copy of a letter addres
sed to the P >st Master at Charleston, S. C. by
the Post M istcr General, on the 4:li instant, will ■
iid cate the views of the D;p irlment on the
subject of your letter, under date of the Ist ir.st. *
I am, very respectfully. Your ob’dt serv’t,
C. K. GARDNER.
Wiu.tAit C. Mtcou, Esci.
Augusta, Ga.
Post Office Department, )
[copt ] 4-Ii Angus-, 1d35. y
Aura ed Huger, Esq. Pott Master,
Charleston, S. C.
?l:t:—In your letter of the 21 h u't. just re.
ceived, you inform me that by the Steam Boat
Mat! from New York, your office had been filled
with Pamphlets and Tracts upon Slavery; that
,he 1 1u1,1,c n,infl highly excited upon the sub.
ject ; that you doubted the safely of the Mail it
self out of your possession ; that vou had deter,
mined, as the wisest course, to detain these p a .
pers, and you now ask instructions irum the De
partment.
Upon a careful examination of the law, I arn
sad sited that the Post Master General has no le
g.l atithori y to exclude newspapers from the
mail, or prohibit their carriage or delivery, on
account of their character or tendency, real or
supposed. Pro -ably it was not thought safe to
confer on the II m l of an Executive Department
a power over the Press, which might be perver .’
ted am) abused.
But lam not prep.red to direct you to for
whieh ;
r "' ° T D *P «. crealed
serve (It, p.ople of ,aeh ami all „f lhe v „ u , d
Stales, and not to be used is ,k. •
. CU 13 the 'nstrument of
their destruction. .None of „
one ot ‘he papers detained
have been forwarded .0 me; and I c.nno. judge
for myself of their character and tendency but
you inform me. that they are, i„ character »,he
most inflammatory and incendiary—and insur
rectionary in tne highest degree.”
By no act, or direction of mine, official or pri
vate, could Ibe induced to E :-» »