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until he heard the coach drive into the court yard, again got under the bed, and remained there until lady Muz el having been in bed about an hour, ne presented himself before her, and deman ded her money ; she began to call out, and attempt ed to ring her bell, upon which he stabbed her ; and she resisted with all her strength, he repeated his sLabs until she was dead. He then took the key of the wardrobe from the bed-head, opened it, and found the key of the strong box, from which he took all the gold he could find, He next locked the wardrobe, when ne but not the jewels, and replaced the key behind the pillow, took his hat from under the bed and left the napkin in il.- — Having taken the key of the chamber out of tbc chair, he went down and finding the street door on the single lock, he opened it, and escaped, and left it ajar. Thus was the veil removed from this deed of darkness, and all the circumstances which condemn ed Le Brun, were accounted for consistently with his innocence. i From the National Journal. The character of no individual, who has served the nation so faithfully, was ever more shamefully traduced, or more wilfully distorted by misrepre sentation, than that of Mr. Ahams. The feverish ex citement of factious prejudice, and the rerkl jngs of personal antipathy, conspire to inflame the delirious ire of the disappointed, with the grossest misconceptions of the man. Having a mind capa cious, inquisitive, and eager in the speculations ol every abstract difficulty, seizing with avidity upon the great lessons of history, and gifted with the | choicest taste for the luxuries of learning, a devo tion to its pursuits is the real pleasure of his life ; and no individual, whose name has been so cmispie uous, and who lias so long travelled the high road ., of distinction and fame, could have less participai ed in the confusion, bustle, and clamor, winch anse in the contests of ambition. The reflections of the closet, and an unwearied application to the toils of j public duty, have comparatively thrown the curiam of concealment over the fascinating traits ot Ins jm vate virtues, and the nation lias seldom recognise him but in the more formal garb ol the statesman and the scholar. It is tlie care ot tlrr.iight which has planted upon h!S brow an expression somewhat stern; and it is this grave aspect which Tins induced his enemies to portray Turn as a mere cuke ol ice , that can be dissolved by no sympathy, and melted j; by no sorrow. Lord Chesterfield, a perfect efficient in address, encouraged Ins son to acquire a light - andcheertul mien, as thecerlam passport to popular, favor and esteem. Lnlorlunutoly tor hi- private welfare. Mr. Adams has wholly ouu'ted any »«ten tion to tins seeming tntle, and. what is yet worse,, bis voice and the manner ot Ins talk are such as to give an air of indifference to all that he says, and i.e apparently takes so little interest in the observation of others, that these dehciencies but add to the dis couraging awe of ins visage. Entirely destitute ot the inquisitive temper which marks the citizens ol lns own State. Mr. Adams relies alone upon bis sei vices as the basis of the peopledadmiration and leel as support. Having ' an honest mind and plain." hr of is equally wantingin ? talent for chitchat, which, is ^ so engaging to the heart, and which, by its familiar ^,, converse,diminishes the powers of a great mind to yb the ordinary views of the main. With every quid- _, ity to entertain, abounding in anecdote, brilliant m lts wit. and fertile in all that can instruct, Mr. Adam- ,|j treasures up with a too niggardly care the ac.com , plLUments oi hi.- genius , and it is only at times.. when his sober habits yield to th" tla-hcs el nr rvi -1 )bl ment, that he exhibits his power to enliven, ••'•light. ; Aad inform. Swift, in his delineation of the Earl ui , •sents his greatest failing to be a close j. 1 rOxford, re pi and impenetrable reserve that repelled the ap proaches of intimacy, and defeated tho. advances of friendship, and Mr. Adams, in the study of this pic ture of Mr. Harley, does not seem to have profited Ç®' by the exposure of the fault. Politicians are much " deluded by their imagined superior penetration, ami, like the father of Tristan» Shandy, generally believe that they understand the motive of a man better than the man does himself. Now tins begets suspicion, and suspicion is ns a poison to tin* finer sv 'iipathies, which lend a hallowed iutluence to the more social concern« of life. Accustomed to have everv action scanned, every motive impeached, it is very natural that the same distrust should arise in til -ir own bosoms, and that suspicion should ascribe I ,i to tne most unmeaning event, a purpose armed with I, . 1 the mischtet of design. Lut notvv Ul.stand.ng the outer show of a frigid nature, he real man is sin cere, friendly, warm beuev.»le„t, affectionate--., snowing, by the excellence ol h.s works a spirit ol he most ethereal mould. If he b- frugal o vvor Is ne is bountdul in acts, and m every substantial prom Hat can be given of a candid, generous, un aff.vaed phibmlhrophy. Exemplary ... Ins fport ment, no one can more fintMul.y discharge the re, ponsi oil .tics that are loterwover. with the relations of social existence : and it »s tins correct attention to the severe and seli-dcnv mg duties which lias sli m ilato.d his more irregular and di>* ipii<»d oppon-, onls to deride the sobriety ot hisrli-ir * ter, as par* takini^ of the affected cant and visionary virtue ot the puritan. His habits present a model for iinita-1 talion. Labour and industry have had greater at tractions to his mmd than the more noxious charms which the gaudy pleasures of revelry and jov expose to the fancy. Calm, placid, and gentle, in his tern-1 per, the more violent irritations of hitterne-s, and the torturing cruelty of revenge, have never over-l powered the cooler suggotions oi reason, or tile command of conscience. stronger command of conscience. i The spilling of human blood lias never fixed up-1 on his hopes "the primal eldest curse of heaven. | The degrading broils of a tavern affray have never j given him the infamous celebrity of a disturber of i the public peace. Being truly a republican, he con j tides not in phrases to express his attachment to ip cause, but by the practical illusirations of his lif. evinces a pr- fereace for its plain andsiinple usages: and as obedience to the law forms the most con ■spicuous proof of patriotic virtue, a violation of it, orders have never blotted his fame with the arro gnn 4 propensity to disregard its obligation, or scorn its row r. The ceremony, show, and splendor of military forms, have never intoxicated his judgment wiih .lierre ofm«i«lpo».p. Th, and de ta™ potism of army discipline and government have nov er familiarized his mind to the oppressive exerc.se I of a chieftain's power. The camp and the .mpen- disc oussway of a General's command, have never learn- churlish ed him how to enforce obed.ence by the terrors of regard the sword • and the extreme respect which is exac ■ 1 from he subaltern soldiery towards the person roe. of fiel has 'n™erby Äe freeing dignity of military distinction, enured him to the custom of m.ikin^rades or ranks among a mass of people, policy N „ Jj,,?, no e | iU er, is visible in the movements of! only ' Studiously avoiding all public parade, I be J * * opinion omit vacate iug _the great distinction of the man. With a heart honour that disdaiiw the crooked ways of intrigue and the. enemy, dirtv work of corruption, he quietly looks to the » f a virtue of his country nun as the shield of Ins honor, «he _ i, in their c nise that ho has had levelled at wears his reputation the blow- of the malicious, the slan- !;'{«' dor«-of the base.—When such a man is upbraided | he bv the calumnious temper of the factious—as heart- "««'• |,T SS _colloti— „rond— corrupt—sullied by the tilth can I I a I of intrigue—disponed to torture the independence of the free with the weighty shackles of despotism —busy in the hopeless work of aggregating to him self a'power which may subvert the fabric of this government—spreading an atmosphere of decay in a Mr. Adams. hu. I uniformly declining every tender of du/./.ling ut ile presents himself to the people as the i plainest of their citizens, distinguished by no cere mony, and illustrions alone for the merit of his mind. To scree lias been more Ins study than to court, and in the dispensation of public and private benefits, consists the flattering consciousness of his rectitude ams tention. | j tre ;7s on , stratagems, and spoil vojr( , () j- t |, un der, the decree goes forth, " Let no gllch m . m be trus t«-d," what are we to think of the ad ., fnan ^ ne integrity of Washington , U'ho could seek nut ^iten a youth, to adorn him with the honors \ thr „„ tim to plant Itim. in /—of the wise and untainted Jefferson, j vho wore | lim t0 his heart as one of the brightest , triote 0 f tho day ?—of the purity and dir ret ion of Mjulij4()I ^ who \ ox [ him on, step by step, to the glo r j ( K.i« and envied honour which he non enjovs?—of , h „ ss virtllP an d love of country of Monroe, w ho awarded to his management the foreign relu tion , of lh( . government,'who placed him even , UIlil | st t |„. mos , holy of its holies ?—nay. of (hat , mint AlM |,.' t . w Jackson, who is "without j; p p}|1 , without reproach," who could commend bim by wuv o( -i - Strong and emphatic language, Notgjl)|v ., n a cnM . s wl.cn, if be wppp (bl , l() b , |d,.. r , y , t | le fl mue „fins blirilin;; wrath could consume and desolate its fairy tp( , „ vvas itl , bl , .. hmr ,,r dlfftnAty," in the to „ jllio „ of j a eksori, that Mr. Adams'would be i.e j J,,,. w .., r ,| ,, ff lb( , all , n( . my . Were 1 , , bl . st • Had lie y no regard'for their ,. oim(rv ? (;„„|d il.ey not. and did they not, dis ot j ,, r|1 ,hetiveen ... and the friend of lib. ol rl .,^ j Was their idtucbuient to tins government les sei- (b , ai t |uit ofllmse who.lenounce Mr. Adams' and -pbev were uot afraid lo trust him with the concerns hr of , be . mM | that confidence in the man resnl is ^ ^ ; n b j s demonstration of the purest love ofcoun ^,, v . tb „ exalted private worth. But who are to yb , v , vbo al - e gifted with this searching penetration.' _, bat a p the sluices of the heart, expos, m lts borrri| i , im d, with tin* power of omniscience, ,|j scf ,ver the disguised intent ami concealed Irailities , vbi , b t „ their sickly appvliensions, are full of dm,. times.. disaster' tVUo are they who can sjptp rvi -1 )bl , f,.,dts of his wisdom, the raam m of |w| ; M „ ,, M . , mpr(. s» t aP,^ W^anrl, by the opera ui ,- |C!|S r ,f thoir **f mis close j. b j e) ; (o deeds égl they, " ho cap dan» tinc.tion of being treacherous to the government, who has devoted his life to its service—went abroad to foreign lands to guard her rights, sustain lier dig nity, and administer the comfort of his sympathy, the. support of official aid, to sm-h of her citiz-uis as were depressed by the blights of misfortune ? Are 1 hey in the confidence of the people ? Can they compare with Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mon roe ! \nd who is there that will credulously adopt the tales of calumny which arise among these "great unknowns ," rather than the opinion and praise of these illustrious men ! land nutritious of liberty—a worshipper ot —the enemy of republic)—literally " fit for and when, in a at area land nan, Wit. a S. I station ij critical res hie help-mate in tne s " an - t ap of pic much man begets finer the have it in ishable worth ? Who are man to the infamous dis If Mr. Adams, lias been asserted the tmus agony , p -, ,■ , „ -, • ,, , r ., . dagger Iur hi- inends, it is the dagger of Brutus, J ,, in8 , the calc J| atinjt vaci ,| atill i interest becomes diseased with ,, HrbiUunic , S) w !,enever Ids gormandizing a|nb i tion is doometl to languish in obscurity, bv the T|t!nU of th( . public will. We do not t „grant that Mr. Adams is incapa , jlp ((f itp . )re( . iat i llir ( |„, servie s of his friends. 11a ^ lt ,, sill advance of the People's 1 .„ b;iti „„ < t | lall either of his predecessors, polili t , deration presented to his mW .-«, glilso sacred , N c!)araf . tel .. ,| m , |„. coul.l not consent to exer (M . , be Ilali()I p 8 patronage in a war of persecution that portion of his countrvmeh who had ex ( 0l f 0( | their indepenilcnce in support of his compe i fjtors Tor the honour. Had Mr. Adams been defeat p ,| bv a direct choice of the people, or by the forms : tb . lt r( „,stituti'm to which they had appealed for j (bp se ,tU* m ent of their disagreement, in the election, bow severe would it have been to his generous tia turP< to have witnessed the numbers that thought | bm , su „erior to the opposing candidates, cut off f n , m the hope of political preferment, by the fero pious enmitv of his more fortunate rival, merely be i ra use thev'had been his friends ; and that which would have been thus unjust and illiberal in an ad | vevsarv. could not have lost its disgusting violence j wlien he himself was to he the minister of veil of i >rp a nce. The election, too, it was to be expected, j would, when concluded, throw into oblivion all that | m d transpired in the contest ; and, as every pre ceding party bad conducted a war, originating, not in personal antipathy to the ministers of the nation, or the fatal spell of individual attachment, but it, growing out of a conviction of the impolicy of the measures of the Administration, it was to be pre suined that the President would have been granted of a fair trial, and that, however many were disap I pointed, yet as citizens and patriots, they would so dy If Mr. Adams, as lias been asserted by the cap of a mortified demagogue, " wears a ta™ preferred te .«ter,.» «f ft. »»«J » interests ol a man. contradicted bv the 1 I ns anticipation has been Ju J a disc Insure - vvl d s actuated by a churlish » '»J« « «H regard for the gaudy exploits ol aconuero. c > deii.n.lig principles winch m the days ul Mr. Mon roe. were loudly extolled,and reprobating, as unjust, improper, and Illegal, the cardinal measures of that patriot's care. Alter tins rooted hostility to policy of the administration, we believe it to be not only just, but a duty, that the pub he favours should be dispensed to such as make no difference: in their opinion of principles, when maintained by Mr. Ad , which they warmly approved during the gov eminent of Mr. Monroe; and should Mr. Adams omit from this time to distinguish between the ad vacate and the adversary of a tariff, internal im improvements, navy appropriations, and other lead iug principles, and should he award the offices and honour of the nation to the rank malignity of an enemy, m prelerretice to the enthusiastic friendship » f a political partisan, then indeed may we say. in «he caustic words „ anexposcdhypocnetha t wears a dagger lor Ills friends. Generosity conti !;'{«' d "l>P ,uadl to av, " tbl J*' | he war has been declarer against the admm.» a "««'• are yielded, and its downfall alone can satisfy the fury of the loe. , ' « fi »Southern IjiIizcti* ams can act is in DOMESTIC. O/Jici of the Baltimore Patriot, i Hatciihav Evknino, May 6th, 11/27. $ GREAT ADMINISTRATION MEETING IN BALTIMORE. The meeting called for this afternoon assembled at Ö P. M. when a most numerous and highly re spectable assemblage of citizens thronged the large area and galleries of the Exchange. Thomas Ki.i.i., Esq. Attorney General of Mary land called the meeting to order, when Lckf. Tire nan, Esq. was unanimously elected President, Geokok \\ iiim ii, Esq. Vice President, and Col Wit. mam Stkcakt and N atiianiei. F. Williams, Esq. were appointed Secretaries. After some pre liminary remarks by tin- Attorney General, the fol lowing Preamble and Resolutions were referred to a committee, composed ol the following gentlemen, John Ilillen , Jus. /,. Ilankins. William, ,\h< ter, Clins. S. finish, George llehb, Jacob iJceins, James II. Stansbury, and Peter Halt, I'.sqrs. who, after h aynijt retired for some time, reported them to the | I mg, and they were unanimously ndojjted. The whole character of the meeting w as kigjMy.*atMfac lory, and »(folded the strongest cvijjpnibe that •• the tame and sinew" of Baltimore is in favor of the àiiaj will give a triumphant of John * -ol Allow - vole 1er tlie^lip-election of John Q,uincy Adams. FRXA.1VIBI.Ü. Circumstances have rendered it expedient to call together tbbse who are the advocates of the re-el ection of JOHN Q11NCY ADAMS to the cliiel Magistracy of the United States, lor the purpose ol auopung, in the conduct ot the approaching elec lioneeihiig campaign, some system conducive tothat désirable result. To many, tins meeting may ap pear premature in point of time ; but, if they re gard the recent measures ot our political antago nists, they will be convinced, that we are no longer left to our own option, but are forced either to meet them mi the contest, or evince a censurable apathy in tlie cause which we have, hitherto, so warmly es The conflict ol opinion to which the pre tensions of rival candidates for the Presidency oi the Union inevitably gives rise, is usually attended with an excitement of public feeling more to be de precated tiian desired. pointed. precated tiian desired. Aware of this truth, we were willing to postpone it to the hour of actual necessity, in order lo give as huge a range to public opinion, as practicable, relative to the wisdom of trie Administration; and to abide by the imimpassiom d decision ot't lit* coun try, both on men and measures. Such a course is in perfect accordance with the claims of the illus trious Statesman whose continuance in office we ad vocate ; for, the silent operation oi time on the judg ments of men will more certainly ensure that appro bation ol his conduct, talents and services, which lie so eminently deserves,and lias received from a large portion of the intelligent, the unprejudiced and the patriotic of the community. It would he unjust to ourselves to remain inert, when made to but the It would he unjust to ourselves to remain inert, when every appeal is made to public passion, and prejudice, likely t" perpetuate error and engender unjustifiable antipathy ; idr, no expedient which in genuity eau devise, or a reckless spirit attempt, lias been left untried, jo divert from its course, the stea dy current of opinion which now sets s favor of tin en once. The history of Ids life is one lota' act of pub' lie service. He i/the architect of a reputation ex nlted in the political world for all that qualifies a man to preside over the interests of a republic. Wash ingtmi himself was his political Sponsor Jefferson Madison, Monroe, an«l even his distinguished rival' (who has declared that lie was the man for the nn non in the hour of difficulty, when purity of princi pie, energy of action, and jutsness oi' judgmen were required,) concur in attesting that the prophecy of the I'athei- nfl.i rnnntrv w ,T n ..i;.„.i • v J character anil official conductof this great SteTe-man With such rei'ommi nil-itinna tn - « "-- man * the public three vears -wo he <-tnnl ronlll '' ace of the public three ye,us ago, be stood a cand.date for strongly in present Administration.—To enlist your earnest support of John Qiiiucy Adams, we do not deem it necessary to expand to your view, those in dividual characteristics of Gen. Jackson, which would render him in our estimation an unsafe de These have already convulsed the public mind, and have been loudly exposed even in the hulls of national Legislation. But we would present you the illustrious statesman, John Quincy Adams. ' We seek not to light up your passions by tin- recollections of martial glory, but to engage your patriotism by a view of tiie civic vir tues of integrity, knowledge, usefulness arid pository of political power. J®" ""j fhefe'ipl,TtaSSjfc 1 then arose, contemplated by the constitution of the United Stales, and the appointment of a President £ House of Representatives. In the rieur exercise of constitutional power he was Z > chief magistracy, vatert to me cniu n g si y Disappointment and mortified pr.de in a portion of the friends of the defeated, candidates soon pro Induced m a high degree, their usual results, stone was left unturned to ellect a revolution m pule hr. opinion, but lortunately for the country, the eh fort has compluty failed. Corruption was fiercely charged against those who fulfilled the meaning of the great charter of our liberties, by choosing the person best qualified lor the office of President, pre seated to their selection. An opposition, mdiscnm. j Iia t e h, the objects of its hostility, was instantly commenced against men and measures, and the na tloI1 was loudly called on to visit on the head of a patriot, the alleged impolicy of the constitutional provision under which he was elected. No sophis lry could disguise from the thmkmg and intelligent, l|i;(t „ n |, ivi ous remedy for the evil, (did any exist,) mlH the repeal ol such provision and not the change •>' lhe officer The people, however, through the collected wisdom ol their rcpsentnt.ves, chose to prollouncc a ditlerent judgment on the subject, and actually to continue in force the very offensive sec »%.,»» tin» constitution ol tilt* Lmon llon uie consuiuuuu ui me No The axiom is familiar to us all, that the peopl can declare through what instrumentality they will act ; and, that the act of the constituted agent is it valid us that of the principle. He, therefore, will is appointed by the tribunal constitutionally veste) with the power of election, is manifestly the peol pie's choice. The refusal to continue Mr. Adam) in office, cannot, consequently, as pretended, settle any principle. Tho people spoke through their legitimate organs, and to refuse their suffrages on a second election, would prove only a change of sen timent in relation to the individual anti not a change of the principle of action. Had it been intended, that a plurality of electoral votes should make a President, reference of the choice to the enlighten-®f ed mind ui Congress, woulu have been but an idle mockery, it would have been to call upon them, in the supposed uncertainty of public opinion, to de cide that which hud been already determined. On Mr. Adams' undertaking the duties of the Pre sidency, the same inveterate spirit of demmciatiuD watched every movement of the Executive with a jaundiced eye, challenged every motive and discolor ed every act with the hues of intolerance, it was del-men corruption in him lo invoke lo bis aid the great champion of liberty in two hemispheres, tvliom his predecessor nail, w dlmut nmroaüj, de sired to engage a* a memhgrml jjji-sx deemed corruption in him to n ry, one on whom the House dT t I * lUlilMM epresentatives iiadl repeatedly called to preside over its legislation. Ill was deemed corruption in him, to enlist talent trod every quarter without regarding the invidious dis-l Unctions of party, for the purpose of arraying tbfl government oi the United States with that inteilecl tuai force anil respectability, calculated to inspirl esteem abroad and insure a wise administration ol onr national concerns at home. Charges like ihesa find their reputation in the sober sense of a patriotic community : and, the impurity of that zeal becomes unequivocal which resorted to every device oiTeg islative chicanery to stifle the voice of sympathy tor our sister Republics in the Southern portion of this continent, and to impede the execution of that noble scheme d policy embodied in the objects of Tin- views by which it win dictated were obvious to the country at large.— 1 liev were to improve and perpetuate ourron mer cud relations with those rising governments—to lös tet' the spirit of enligtened liberty which aniniatoi «heir infant institution—to assume before the world, the attitude ot a great confederacy, illustrating in Us history, condition and conduct, the wisdom of the principles on which it was founded : and to demon strate its desire to see other nations of the earth in the full enjoyment of similar felicity. These just| and elevated vit the Panama Mission. is in s triumphed and their triumpljB was cheered from every quarter of the Union. | No less signal was the victory of tiie administra^ A tion with the people, in the Georgia contruversy.H I here were not wanting, on that occasion, th»äeH wim would have rejoiced at a conflict between theHj" General and a State Government, in order to take® the chances of some assailable error of our rulers.H on which opposition might rise with some show "fl principle, and some plausible pretext for weakening™ the confidence of the nation in their public agents.H I he boast,ngs ot the petulent and imbecile governor■ of that State are no longer heard, or regarded as I deserving rather a smile than serious apprehension.H On the ii her hand, the promptness, energy and wix-H dom ol the Piesident in the official execution of tlie^ laws of the Union, have been rewarded Jwith the general approbation of the country. A great majority of the people are satisfied with the Executive. Agriculture, Commerce, Manufuc tures and the arts, receive a fostering attention trom the government. Each succeeding session ol Congress bears testimony to the wise recommenda tions of the President. Internal Improvement, since his election, more than at any former period, asserts its claims to the enterprize of our fellow ci tizens, and the judicious counsels of his annual Messages have given them a strong and beneficial impulse. Influenced by these considerations, we invoke the support of our fellow citizens to his re-election W e ask them to look around and decide, whether llle P eacefu! P os, 'ireof public affairs, ai d the steady ° f 1 proS P er . it ^. in . which « ur Common wealth : . idva, } ccs s L-' any indications of impending rum, the '" vasum of t . ,ielr "ghts, the insecurity of per»'"' ! llt ; S ,P pr , e | S . S10n °f 0 R«" , " n * the dmmnai.cy ! " ^-publican principles in the government, or the wl"- of r th '" e ^ whom it is administered' V 1 \ ° f * the c m w ,at . ,s ; llieir S l « evan . ce , wh lnd' '"f"" &UrC y tl,e be . st fcSt °/ tl,e ,n ur 1 ft l ' f atlV « uver , nment 'V° be '? g 'W? 88 aad genera prosperity of t goveineil. I o this test we confidently appeal, llîctt* l°t t,lu .« !:ood se 9 se of li ' e P eo P le . ut ' tll,s . l)l *', * tr ict to determine whether they are willing to aba" Hon the substantial benefits which they derive fr"® the administration of the present, incumbent of th«