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_ _ . I>BMOCHACY-THE CONSTITUTION-STATE RIGHTS.
--BY PLEASANTS &. SMITH. lUCItMOND, VIRGINIA. SATURDAY. BKCKAIBKr'i, 1827. !"-=-' ■-' .
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Negroes and Land.
ON the 20th ot December next, if fair, if not, the
first fair day, the subscriber will sell, at public
auction, on a credit of twelve months, before the Franklin
Hotel, in I.ynchbuig, 70 likely Negroes, consisting of men,
Women and children. They me negroes of fine character;
among them are several cooks and house servants. • If they
be not sold in one day, the sale will be continued until
they are at! sold.
The subscriber will likewise sell privately his tract of
land in Bedford county, situated on the north and south
lorks of Goose Creek, and on the main road leading from
Lynchburg to Fincastle, 12 miles west of Liberty and ad
joining Capt. Buford. It contains about 1 !00 acres, of
which I-GO are uuclearcd. The part which is Uncleared,
except a very small portion, is excellent tobacco land. Of
file cleared laud, 150 acres aie low grounds of the. first
quality, and the remainder remarkably fine high land. This
is one of the best tracts of land in the upper country, being
well adapted to the cultivation of tobacco and all kinds of
grain; it lies remarkably well and is very free from stone;
it divided it would make two very handsome tracts, which
£hall be done, if those who wish to purchase wish it. Per
sons wishing to purchase may apply to the subscriber resi
ding in the neighbourhood of New London, or to Capt.
Buford, residing near live tracts.
WILLIAM IRVINF..
Nov 2/t gt
Fall Goods and Fall Fashions.
THOMAS NOWLAND,
J1Icn's JiJercer tTy Tailor, 3 doors above the Eagle Hotel,
Respectfully informs his friends ami the public in
general, that ho has just rereived an elegant assort
niefitnf GOODS, in his line—consisting of blue, black and
the most fashionable rolored Cloths and Cassimercs; also,
u hands-me assortment of Vesting, which he will make up
at the-shortest notice. He feels confident that he can ex
ecute any orders in his line, in the most fashionable style,
and on the lowest terms, and solicits a share of the public
patronage.
Nov. 21 wl2;v
A CARD. _
WILLIAM NEALE A- CO. bog leave to take this
opportunity of informing their friends and the public,
that they have received and are opening, from day to day,
the largest, the handsomest, and the cheapest assortment
erf GOODS tiiat they have ever before had the pleasure to
oil'ttr. Oct 10—ts
LATIN SCHOOL.
JN the neighbornnod of Chilesburg, Caroline, the stib
- scriber will teai.b a Granimai School, which will com
mence the ensuing loth of January, 1!>28. Therein will
be taught the usual course of Latin and Greek r«n<iii>&
the English tongue, with its usual appendages of Gram
mar, numerical Arithmetic, Geography, Scr. Also if re
quired, Geometry aud Algebra, &c.—The school will ad
joflrn the 13th December following, with a month vacation.
Terms, for hoard and tuition, boarders furnishing beds
n-nfl bedding, $100, one half payable in advance: for day
scholars $‘20. JOHN V. KEAN.
Goochland, Nov. Tih, 1fl2?. 41
l^l^HOiVl AS NELSON lias removed to that pleasantly
JL situated Tenement adjoining the Washington Ta
v«:rn, about 50 yards above the Capitol Square, where
Mrs. Nelson is prepared to accommodate Ladies and
Gentlemen with Board, Auv. by ttie day, week, month
err year. She will be glad to accommodate a por
tirfn of the Members of the Legislature.
Oct. 31. ts
SUPERIOR GOODS!
I HAVE received a beautiful assoitment of itch worked
Swiss collars, capes and pelerines, of tire latest style
Bobbiiiei lare drosses, veils, hdkfs. collars, caps, pilcrerrcs
and capos
A large assortment of thread and blond lares A' edgings
E<tra supeifino worsted bevege, assorted colors
< 1’laid and plain Gm- de Naples silks
Mark Italian lustrings and company satins
Merino and bere.gc shawls and hdkls.
Scarlet, blue, lemon and other Merino cloths
lingers’ patent Merino flannel, warranted not to shrink
I’eal mmols’ hair (water pi oof) camlet, nf superior
quality, for cloaks, with many other desirable
goods, lor sale m low prices.
Ort 10—ts_ HALT. NElf,SON.
Public Sale of Negroes and Stock.
ON the 14th day of next mouth, December, if fair, oth
erwise tiic next fair day, we shall sell to the highest
bidder, at Kairnes, the late residence of William Doug
lass. dec'rl, in the county of New Kent, near Providence
forge, all the residue of the estate of said decedent, con
sisting of about fifteen Negroes, among them a good Black
Smith, the stork of Mules, Cattle, Sheep and Hugs.—
Most of the Negroes will be sold for cash. The other
property on six months credit. At the same time and place,
fifteen or twenty othei Negroes will be sold for cash. A
ii-.orrg them some likely boys ar.d girls.
Nov. 14—tit_ THE EXECUTORY.
29 Dollars Reward.
RAN away, trr July last, from llro estate of tire lafe
Jos. VV. Harper and Thor. I'cild, lying in the
County of Brunswick, a negro man named GEORGE,
purchased by the said Harper of Jno. Young1, Jr. of
the comity of Dinwiddle. Me is about 5 feetB or f»
inches tall; very black, of a downcast countenance,
and Iras the appearance of having bad lire small pox.
A more particular description of him not recollected.
1 will give the above reward provided he is delivered
tome, in the comity cf Southampton, or to mv bro
ther Joseph VV. Harper, or to Capt. Thomas Fetid, of
the county of Dinwiddle. Should, however, the above
named runaway be confined in any jail in the State, so
that I get him again, I will only give <sl5.
THOMAS ,r HARPER,
A'lmr. »f Joseph Hr. Harper, lire.
Nov. 11 r i
l’U B LIC S ALET
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed by Richard K.
Jones of Chesterfield, to the subset ibers, On the FJtli
Bay of June, IfEfT, and recorded in the clerk’s office of
Amelia, for purposes therein mentioned, wo shall proceed
t > sell, «t public auction, on flic premises, to the highest
Udder, fur cash, on fviturdnv the eighth day of December
next, at 12 o'clock, M- the Plantation in Amelia whereon
fhe 9aid Richard K. Jones formerly tesided, containig n
Imut 6f>0 ac.rc«, together with all the appurtenances there
unto belonging, or so much thereof as will be necessary to
raise the amount How due Upon the trust deed aforesaid,
with the costs and expeiices of executing thetrnsf. Such
Gile as is vested in tfie subscribers will be conveyed, which
5* believed to be indh'..table. GEORGE IVES.
SIMON L MORGAN.
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. HATS & CAPS.
J have received toy late arrivals from New York, gen
tlemen’s black beaver Hats of superior quality and of
various patterns, also one case of gentlemen's and
youth's sea otter and fur seal Caps, very handsome.
On hantl^ a very large and general assortment of
lor, anil .*000 wool hats; to the latter I invite the at
tention of those having factory, Coalpit or Plantation
Negroes to furnish.
Nov.28th. JOHN THOMPSON.
Wanted to hire for the coming year, a Black Woman, as
cook &z wash woman, and n Black Girl to do chamber work.
To such as can come well recommended as to qualifications
forthe above stations and good characters, liberal wages
will he given. _JOHN THOMPSON.
IN virtue of a deed of trust executed the dth^lay of May
1826, by Wade Mushy the cider, and Susannah his
wife, to the subscriber and others, which deed is of record
•in the clerks’ offices of the county courts of the comities of ;
Henrico and Powhatan, I shall sell in front of the Eagle
Hotel in the city of Richmond, on Monday, tire 10th of
December next, at 12 o’clock, the following property named
m said deed, viz. one-ninth of the interest owned by Wade
Mosby, Jr. in a certain parcel of land lying near the Old
Markei-h.ousc, on Main street, in the city of Richmond, j
and for which a suit is now pending in the superior court |
of law for Henrico county.—Also, all the interest the said
Wade Mosby the elder, lias in a claim to a tract of land i
of between 5 and 60B0 acres, lying on the Ohio river, be
tween the months of Big Sandy and Little Sandy fivers, ‘
in the county of Greenup and State of Kentucky. Tin
whole of this land is first rate bottom land, mid Miavc IU) i
doubt a great bargain may he bought in it.
Terms—C, 12 and 18 mot,tits’credit, bonds with ap
proved security, and a deed of trust on the property to ;
secure rho payments. I will convey only such title as is !
vested in me as trustee.
Oct lOHi, 1827.—I8t WM. W. MOSBY, Trustee.
To Tobacco and Cotton Planters.
RSf T. GW A THMEY will sell on connnissinn, 1
• Tobacco and Cotton, for those Planters who
may think fit to consign their crops to them.
Richmond, (V/. .8 i. 1827.
. EXECUTORS* SALE,
; Of valuable James River Land, Lynchburg Property,
Negroes. 6;r. ami a Manufacturing Mill.
j fN pursuance of the last will and testament of Win. Halt,
; A dec. we, as Executors, will expose to public sale, on the
premises, on Monday the 28th day of November next, that
highly valuable tract of land, lying in the counties of Am
herst and Campbell, which the late Win. Galt died posses
sed of. The land lies adjoining nu each side of the James
River, and is cultivated as one Plantation The quantity
of land on the Amherst side of the Hivrr is 2Lf?.‘» acres; of
which 18D acres are valuable River and Creek low-grounds.
A Manufacturing Mill, Saw Mill, Dwelling House for the
Miller, arc built on Stovall's Creek, which runs through the
upper part of this land, and are as valuable as any Mill
propei ty in the upper country—the building and inachiiieiy
having cost upwards of $20,000 The land on the Camp
bell side of the River contains 603 acres, of which 78 ai ies
nre low-grounds. On this land there is an inexhaustible
bed of limestone, which lias been used in building the Mill,
| as is of excellent quality for building, or as a nianiue for
land. It is contemplated to sell the land in the following
parcels: — On the Amhefst side, 1st—All the land below
Stovall’s Cieek, containing about 1781 acres in one lot.
2nd—The Amherst Mills, Saw Mill, and Dwelling House,
with 16-J acres of land attached in another lot. G.l—The
land ahoveStovplI’s Creak, containing 274 acres in another
lot. And lastly—The land in Campbell will ho sold in a
lot to itself.—-We deem it unnecessary to give a minute
| description of the land, as wc hope persons disposed to pur
I chase Will satisfy themselves by n personal observation.
| The land has been for a series of years under a high state
i of cultivation, is very fertile and produces Large crops of
• wheat, corn and tobacco, and we. believe more generally
taken with clover than any land on the River. A crop of
\\ heat will be sown at the usual time, and a charge made
for it to the purchaser, such as may be deemed reasonable.
ALSO, '
V* ill be sold at the same time and place, all tho negroes
attached to said Plantation, being about 60 in number,
among them are 4 valuable coopers; the balance excellent
flteld hands, including men, women and childicn.
ALSO,
Will be sold the stocks of horses, cattle, sheep and lings,
with all the plantation utensils, aud the crons of cm n Lod
ger, &:c.
AND,
On Monday tba 3th day of Dec. ensuing, will he exposed
| io public sale, in the town of Lynchburg, the following real
Estate, belonging to Wm. Galt's Estate, viz: A wooden
j tenement fronting on Main Street, and imining hack un
Water street, protect—also two new brick Tenements,
fronting on Water street 4AJ feet and running bark 82^
feet—also 2 building lots, flouting each on Water street 26
leet; the rear of one of the lots running up to Third street,
in rear of the Masons’ Hall, and fronting on that 3<>J feet.
All this property is sold for Hie benefit of the residuary
legatees of the late Win. Galt, aud the sale will be positive.
As few opportunities of tins kind nre offered to purchasers,
we hope those disposed to invest ihcii funds in valuable real
Estate, will view this property, which will be shown to
them by Mr. John lluftnek in Lynchburg, or by Mr. John
Vest, who resides on the Plantation. Tim property has
been ail recent!}’ surveyed, and rlie Plats for the same nre
with the subscribers, anti will be shown to any one who
willc.aH and see them, and any information known to ns ;
rrsprrting the property will be readily given. The sale
a ill he Continued at the Plantation from day to tiny, until
all the property is sold, and in tin* even! of rain preventing
the sale on tin: day advertised, it will take place on the
first fair day thereafter.
teh.irv nr
For the land in Amhnrst and Campbell and thn Mills, one
fifth of the purchase money in hand, or a negotiable note,
therefor, payable at 60 days with interest, the l>alau:r
payable in equal annual instalments of l, 2, 3 ami 4 years.
The negroes will be sold for cash. The storks of Horsns,
kc. with the crops of corn, Arc. will be sold on a credit of 12
months, the purchaser giving bond with approved security
for all sums of $50 and upwards; under that sum, cash will
bo required. The property in Lynchburg will he sold for
one fourth the purchase money in hand,or a negotiable note
therefor, at 60 day®, with interest; the balance of the pur
chase money payable in eqanl instalments, of 6, 12 and 18
months—the purchasers of the teal estate, in each rase,
giving a deed c.f trust on the property to secure the payment
of the purchase money.
JOHN ALLAN k ) Ex'ors of \Vm.
WAI. GALT, < Galt, dec.
Sept. £6. 2(t
IS. H.— In consequence of a mistake in (bo Franklin
Almanac, to wbicb wc bad reference, when we insert
ed tbe above advertisement, we now inform the public
that tbe sale of the Amherst plantation will commence
on Monday tbe 26th November, and be continued from
day to day until closed; and tbe sale of tbe property in
Lynchburg will take place on Monday the 3d Decem
ber. JO lf.Y A T. EAJY, l Er'rs of IFni.
Not. 3, 1327. IF. OAT.T. \ On It, tier'd.
WA3 committed to the Jail ol Jhis county as a runa
way, on the 12th day of June last, a negio wan who
calls himself JOHN FERNY, and says hr was liberated
by David Ferny, of Perqoiman's county. North Carolina.
Hr is a stout well made fellow, five feet right inches high,
dark complexion, large whiskers, reads tolerably well, and
has a blemish in his left rye. II? had on when committed,
a half worn fur'd hat, blue broad cloth coat and panta
loon®, with many other valuable articles of clothing with
I him. I have every reason to believe the said negro is a
rnOtlway. .and the owner is requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges, and take him away; otherwise,
lie will be dcult w ith as the law directs.
WM. I?. ROVTTON. Jailor
. . _ Cir:’:r.c Ccunfv, Va.
I ffli* sKftttv
j ANTUikCKSORJ BIEET2BJC5S
J>/TTS YL f'.lJY/. i C() U.YTi\
At a meeting of the freeholders of the comity of
Pittsylvania, opposed do the election of Gen. Andrew
Jackson to the Presidency, at the Court house of th0
{said county, ou Monday tiie lUih day of November"
i 1327: C apt. James Hopkins was called to the chair!
i and Capt. Thomas W. Wooding and Samuel D. Raw*
• lins were appointed Secretaries.
1 lie object of the meeting having been explained, a
j committee ol seven persons wns appointed to prepare i
| and report a preamble and resolutions in furtherance ■
I of the objects of the meeting—consisting ot the follow- !
ing gentlemen, viz: Capt. Wm. 1‘ritchcll, Capt. Thos. '
Shelton, Capt. Juntos f.niHcr, N;itbauwt KnT, James '
I Williams, Dr. William A. Anthony and Cant. John
, Prilcbeli.
After retiring a short time, the committee returned
(and repotted iho following Preamble and Resolutions: j
The citizens of I lie county of Pittsylvania here as
sembled, in common with a large portion of their fob ,
low-citizens in other counties, viewing with undissetn 1
bled alarm and apprehension, iho violent efforts which ;
are now making m many parts ol the country, and ;
particularly in this ancient Commonwealth, heretofore \
distinguished lor the polity of all its pimciplcs, and
especially for her anient and stoadv attachment to that
principle of her Dili ol Rights, which declines “that
ol alt cases, the mil ilaeij shall be tinder strict subordi
nation to, and governed by the civil power,” to elevate
to (ho highest civil office—the office of the greatest
| dignity mid power in the Government, Gen. Andrew
Jackson—a mere soldier—indebted for his chief dis- ,
1 tmeliun in the country, almost entiiely to ihe fortu
nale issue of n single "battle—with scaicely reapecta
ble civil attainments—without experience in the af
fairs of Government, and with a- temper the reckless
impetuosity and violence of which render Imn in their
estimation totally onli^for civil employment-they have
felt themselves called upon by every sense of I|mv_
every motive of patriotism, to make an exposition ofi
their views and opinions upon this important subject,
and to invite their fellow citizens in m,;... .t.ii.
the use of all fair and honourable means, to prevent the
consummation of an event, which thev believe so 1
fraught ivub danger to the public liberty, and to avert
that which they would cstet in as a national calamity.
Viewing through the impartial medium of truth and
reason, the portentous aspect which Ibis controversy
has assumed — a controversy, .which lias already agita
ted (ho country from one end of it to the other, °and
which in many places, has brought into operation all
the worst passions of the human heart, rhry think they
ece commenced that reckless tear which, the military *
spirit has waged against civil supremacy in every state,
and which ha6 sapped and finally swallowed up m mili
tary despotism, it woe,edit the faithful pages of impar
tial history, the liberties of every people. As the best,
nay the almost ordy means now left, (o resist this fas-'
cination of miliiary glory, ami the encroachments of
this appaling principle, now for the first lime, 30 se
i totirdy and alarmingly asserted in 0111 country, they
have unhesitatingly determined to support for re elec '
tion to the chief magistracy of the nation, (he present
incumbent.——.tcihn (-J Adams—not on account, (llic\
wish it dot.nelly understood) of any peusonal prefer
cicc; becam e in the. discharge of a public duty, they
would he influenced by higher considerations—not be
cause (bey all esteem him tbe most gifted and the bc*t
qualified of all their fellow citizen* for that arduous. 1
and highly responsible and important station; but btr
catise tbe situation ol the coiiutrr and tbe circum
stances of the times,^arc made him 1 be rallying point ■
of those who contend for the principle of civil suprem
acy against this restless riiiUlnry passion, which dis
da ins to rea*on, and which knows tin bounds, short of
ti.e complete indulgence of its widest wish.
They frankly declare (lor they wish not todi«guise
tiie fact) that they dufer as it regards the measures and
j merits of the present administration; but believing that
these d-fie!dices, whatever they may be, dwindle into
insignificance, when compared with the great para
mount object which they have in view (and especially
since (bereaie precisely tbe same objections to the op
posing candidate) they have determined to oiler (hem up
on the altar of patriotism, and to march with an undivi
ded front to the accomplishment of (heir purpose_
They are well aware that to the less experienced and
the less considerate portion of the corrmnin;l\_those
who are ever the enthusiastic admirers of the lin o and
are charmed and enamoured with the primp and "titter
of military glory, the calm and sober expostulations of
reason and reflection, would be utturiy vain and hope
less—with their Caesar they have passed Hie Rubicon,
and arc ready to march to Rome, and ;.l the bidding of
their rbief would fire the citadel, were it merely to
witness (he splendor of the conflagration:—hut in this
holy cause—the cause of civil liberty—the cause of those
noble principles which were achieved by our eventful
Revolution, and which have been doubly sanctified by
the shed blood of iu maty red heroes, and (be approval
ofnnr laler most esteemed and illustrious patriot;, they
appeal with confidence, and do most earnestly l-til ,-J
spec (fully invoke the sober and reflecting part of (heir
Ie 1 low citizens—the grey-headed fathers of the land who
love their children and woulit perpetuate to them and
their posterity, the glnnotis inheritance of nnil liberty,
which they themselves have received (nun their ances
tors, laying aside all passion and prejudice, to unite
with them in the achievement of this great national
They would ash their fellow-citizens, to pause with
them for a moment and contrast the qualifications ami
pretensions of these rival candidates for their favour.
Mr. .Adams has been raised a civilian —connected with
the civil administration of out aflairs for upwards of
thirty yeais, m the various, important and responsible*
situations to which he has been preferred by his illus
trious predecessors, and hi-; country—discharging the-c
several functions, with a fidelity and talents’ rnrrlv
equalled, he has acquiesced that experience and inti
mate acquaintance with our relations both foreign and
domestic, so indispensably necessary to an auspicious
and successful administration of tlie government_rc
gulai alike m his moral deportment and public conduct,
he has in a measure disarmed political rancour of its
weapons, none having amidst all the collision of paity,
ventured to chaige him with a ft'" re! Id ion of fit
violation of lain—or Ihr. oppt'i ssion of the rihzcn_
possessing successively the confidence of Washington,
Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, 'which but few pub
lie. men can boas:,) all of whom were intimately acquain
terl with his principles, and who have been almost uni
versally acknowledged as statesmen and patriots, be
furnishes the amplest guarantee of (be integrity of his
j character, and (hat there is nothing in his principles
unfriendly to the permanency of our political institu
tions, and nothing in the example of his re-election dan
gerous to rivit liberty. Compare with this the history
of Gen. Jackson—it is (rue that in civil life, he suc
cessively held the appointments of a judge and a sc.na
, tor of Congress, both of which offices he resigned. m
j say9 his biographer) to mako way for other citizens,
j better qualified than himself to discharge their duties_
l men of whom no human being would hare ever dream
■ e(J as being comneicn', for the elevated and important
; station, to which he is now bimxclf aspiring-—pus'-irg
i over the undeniable irregularities of his early life, they
Swill commence his history from that point of tunc in
his career, at which as commander of the sonihern army.
!:c ,rs; c?c*,tci gj'.h his greafee* ar.J «! tv hr"!
*o acquired »*.» greatest lame. On the plains of New
I leans he met the invaders of hi^onotrv, and aided
I oM‘cr Periotic citizens, he obtained a complete and
wflo7; for v*,l'«cli they would desire that unfading
; Is should wreathe Ins brow hut unhappily connect
I _ V* 1 a°t o! patriotic heroism, aio scenes
; | retains and subsequent, which have in a great inea
' j* *’ • ar,-,-i,rd 'bose laurels, and (ho recital of
. . c * *s enough to make the blood run cold—in the
I irtnyof fcvery filend to civil Jibeily c' lover ofllie
I constitution and laws of his country.
Life has with an armed soldiery at the point of the
invonet, expelled a patriotic Lcgislatu.c from the hall
ot its session.
'• He has despotically Huspcndcii (!ic writ of “Ha
beas Coipus,” that great safeguaid of the citizen
against arbitrary and lawless imp. isnnmriit, and which
tiie conslituliuu ii4*niarr« .mlv t.*, rcutlotl
law. * 7
3, He lms arbitrarily and wanhvjy imprisoned a patri
otic citizen and a member of a Slate Legislature ror
no other offence, than exercising the freedom of the
I ress—a freedom which has bocu eon-ideied in this I
country as the safeguard of public liberty, and the ex- j
no. ^ 'I ‘,C ' ,as '“‘cn guarantee.! hy the constitution:
| ' !l'm; PCI and danger- as some ot Ins j
but hfi «'/ * cmjartdn.lv prelendcJ. !
but fifty three day * after the battle of the Oil. ofJanu |
tlmW I" " C, I'ttnvielf, in his di .patches to
tlm War nepa.tment. that Lcmanin was free from her j
enemies, m.d twenty one days after he had received m
tclugeoee that the p.elumnarics of pence had been
-1 He has subsequent to (Lit time, committed an net
of SHU greater enormity, in imp, iso,dug ,|le ,,V,7
,r"rr [m the person ol .1 u.lge Hail) (.„■ attempt.,,g" to
discharge lus duty as by Ins oath and the constilut.un he
was bound lo do so.
He has manifested tl.e most contemptuous disrc - ‘
g jro o! all law end the lights ot llie citizen, inarbitia- !
riiy impri on.tig the lawoflirerof the H. Stales (m the
peison of Air. Dick) for attempting according to the
■ eif.s o , topiuctiie the enlargement oftheimpii
soiled Judge 1
b. lie has ordered to uuldary rrrndion six unforlu
nato mt/:fiaiiirn, one ot them n minister of the gospel
who reininod lio.ne to their families, after having as
' 'c- ®n:l Konie 1,1 ollicers supposed (and as indeed
wn> 1 . J:,rl) s,,|VO‘l oui their tours of duty in the ser
vief ,u then countiv, at a time when (if they had been !
■;ml , «'f . ..se.tior.) .here was no necessity for such a
waste of blond and such a harharous example, the conn
tiy being free from invasion.
., I le has contrary In (he orders of the War Depart '
mcnl. and the constitution of the IL Stales, (which
g:v'e> to congress alone the power to make war) mva. '
ded I lie provinces of a f.icndly power,—violated her
sovereignty and captured her towns.
•>, lie ins in violation of every principle of law and
■...ii.miiy, ind.-red to execution two unhappy men, ;
•g.*in-:t the deliberate and declared sentence ol a court '
mai tcil.
v. jiv. a* itwYtTuoroi n\n i loniiass exercising mill
t'tnj author it//.again insulted the majesty of ihe
hy dragging before him and threatening'imprisonment
to the tin/ m'V‘;<itratc.
IH, (le lias grossly insulted the governor of a sever
iign state (in the person of iMr. R thorn of Georgia)
and threatened punishment if he .should dare to ivui,
an order (even m his own State) while he was in the
field.
II. I!eaf the city of Washington, whither ho had
repaired with his military staff, while his con luct w as
undergoing-an in v.siiga'ioo tieforo Congress, attempt
cd (.1 intimidate (he public futiclipnjrics in ihe dis
chnigeot their public duties.
These, fellow citizen?, are not fiction?, but sober tr.
rdities, af.este.I by Ihe dishonoured records of yunc coun
f ry these are some of the acts to which you arc call
< d to give your sanction, by your voles, and tins is" the
man you arc thus importunately urged to elevate to the
most d.ignilted ollicc in your government.
Moulin., beheaded I.is own son because he violat'd
the laws of his country in the disobedience of orders,
nltho’ in thru very act of disobedience, he like Jackson,
gaie.'. signal defeat to the cuetniesuf his country.—
They do not ask you to imitate the stern virtue
and rigid patriotism of this noble Roman,_thev
do not ask you to shed the blood of your’ victo
rious General; hut they do entreat von as (he
friends of social order—as the lovers of ('he hum and
constitution of your country, and as !!,e defenders
of civil liberty against lawless violence and thesword,
they do inf real you to unite with them in stamping the
seal of your reprobation on li.ese outrageous enormi
• its, an 1 to maintain that sac rod principle which mns
through all our constitutions, * tlial the vii/ilan/ shall
in n/it a.Hs, be subservient to the ctr/7 ,'’«nd
without the preservaton of which your hborty will soon
become but an empty bonsf.
I. Resolved, therefore, That u-e should consider the
election of Gen. Jackson to the Presidency, as a vio
lation of nil those principles, w hich have heretofore go
verned ua in the choice of a Chief Magistrate, au.j’m
its immediate and remote consequences, eminent l\
dangerous to public liberty.
- ‘■••'I wiiiir some of us «i*jut will) (hr
' present Chief Magistrate, in regard to some measoi ea
of his administration, wc a!! < lieerfully concede to him
Intents, uprightness of intention, and a laudable atten
tion to the public business; and seeing m the example
of his re election, no violation of public piiucijde we
will cordially and zealously unite to < m et that object.
.V Resolved, That while wc aro disposed to approve
a calm and dignified opposition, upon public grounds
and upon principle, a., having possibly :i nnlulaiy m
titmice upon the ndininr(ration ol the Government
we view the odious system of vituperation ami abuse,
oi calumny and misrepresentation, with which the pub
he journals teem as being discreditable to the public
moral.-, and dishonorable to (tie national character.
4 Resolved that we approve the principle and object
oi the Convention proposed to he hell in the city ol
Richmond on the Slli dav of January next, and that we
will proceed to clecl three delegates to represent this
! meeting therein.
I o. Resolved that a committee of rmCvitv and vm
I ljinre and of correspondence he appointed,'to consist of
| forty members, whose duty if shall hr to correspond
with other committers in the state, and to t dee such
lops a*- they may think expedient arid proper to ad
vaoecfhc objects of this meet in'*.
V bicb said preamble and resolutions bein'* read and
the <)"<" (inn taken thereon were severally adopted with
out a dissenting voice.
Tire meeting then proceeded »o elect Delegates and
to appoint (he Committee m conformity with ll.o fourth
ami fifth Resolution— when the following gentlemen
were duly elected Delegates lu the said Convention.
! viz. capt. James Darner, Samuel D. Rawlins and \a
| thamcl fveer.
i the following gentlemen were appntnltd a coin
i inittee of vigilance and activity, fir., viz.
Col. Jcduthreri Carter. Capt. James ib'ance,
' Capt. U illiam Piite.hell, Jacob Coirs,
\ Capt Tim’s Shelton. Abner C. Shelton,
j Lr. •Rime*. T>. Patton, Capt. Moses 1 liitclmigs
Jabey. Simlli, Rtcll’d Jones
! Walter Fi'zgcrald, James Williams,
Capt. William Smith, Capt. John Pritchell,
Joseph Perkins, W illiam Payne,
F'dward Franklin, Capt. Thus. Burned,
Co! Vincent Dickerson, Robert Ross,
James Trotter, Cant. Tho’s W. WoodiP"
Wififco DfeL, V: /cvialr j
«•
__ w A v •-I'**!. OO.
I l anier, Can*. James Dlairv
,,u“'i John Dickinson*,
I Ur t 'William Linn,
1 £ !,*..*• s,,cll°a* Dr. Win. A. Aulhonv,
, ' M,lner, Benjamin Wnlkilis;
I M i.oam hewn, Abram Korcr. ir. .
C apt. John .ninth, jr. Bor. J;,s. K. Thomnu, *
llulip rhoinas, Samuil Blair.
Respired, That the proceedings of thin meeting ho
signed 1*3- (he chairman and secretaries, and the cdt
'tors of the Constitutional Whig, the Richmond Kn.
i 'jnircr, the National Journal, Fyecbhuig Virginian
j en I Danville Telegraph ho requested (o publish (h.cr
| same in their respective papers.
iJAM Fa MOPdClNS, CUainh'tfu.
Ftt'^tAS \V. WooillN.;. }
S.tiwi. D. IU.wi.ias, > feccrctanett.
SMiir.nsT r'v/r.vy-r. '
At a numerous nr»d respectubln mee.-in-*- of H e c.i(U
1 »»" comity of Aniherst held at tin' courtboiVc.
un Monday the Milh of November. 18T7, with the view
ol promoting the re-election of the picsent Chi« f AI—
gistrate of the United States, iu opposition to the rue-*
tensions of ( Jen. Andrew Jackson:
Co!. William Armistead was called to the chair, and
oterhng < laiborric, Fsq. appointed rocretary.
A committee consisting of ihc following gentlemen
R-.mc Kucher, »homas N. Fnbnnlr, Benjamin Blown,
.venhen No. veil, John Thornp* >u ir. William Bourne,
John Brou n, Samuel M (Jarknd. W,Ilium B. ( no,
lord. James I*. Kariand, Ajax Walker, Un.il C. Cab. IL
I<diniind I cm, Ldwaid A. Cabell. Join Warwick ni«l
..mhrose Rucker, iv;u uppninlcd by the chair to pre.
paie and report resolute-ms, with'such preamble
might comport with (he sent; imuts of the, meeting.
1 he committee made thu billowing n poit.
We. pint ion of the eitv.oos ot Amherst-, opnosett
to tin* election of Amhow JacUsnn to the ITer-itleocv
u.f t,,e have. Iliia day, in accordance with
H.e principles of nur goveiuin n:, and id the spirit of
Irecdnni, cmivenrd for iho purpose of making known
the cause of Unit opposite.n. and tim reasons that ,u
tluenec us in uniting to :ml mi the re-,lection of the
sent ( hint Magistrate; and ( >i the p ,ipose of adopting
such men,arcs ns will In•« i nttain mir respective objects.
— U e would wish on tin, oern taj; to divert oitrsi Iv'CS
of nil prejudice and passion, nnd app.-on, U ikic impor
taut subject with pri nor freedom :u.d becoming mode
ration—we c inriot hui lament the agitation into which
the public timid has been ilnmvn, no ! t!,y unusual arid
alarming height to whirl, the angt y r-1: I > indietive feet
nigs have unsen in the present control ,-jy. \yc deep
iy deplore the existence of that spirit of onsparin" dc
n one in tinn "huh sees no merit in nu tqu incut, and
which see^s to eouMgn to dt-giadation and infamy cil
whu innintniii dolor, m opinions. \Ve are ell members
of one family—all citizens «.i t!ic tamo country — ioi-..*
, iic i is <•! 11 ui same liuexy a ml oijuxlly bound to dtifcn I
j rin.l protect the ineslim-.ble right;. our fathers liar.,
transmitted to us; and being (hu» united and thus jojnl
ly interested, forbearance and liberality should tnnrlfc
j our collisions, calmness and liberality our d'seuvion*
mil t.:e chords ol brotherly Jove thould not he too
rudely played upon— in thc rpiiit of liberality w c thou
; approach this subject.—We mil nut chiim lor our fol ..
. Imr-citizens who think and act with >n in the present
| controversy an exemption hum the frailties and infmui*
j ties oi our natuie, nor will w c denounce those who
j fer from us, ns destitute of i!.c mtun that adorn th.v
t human ehmact. r, and tIni dimities tii.il sweeten tku
i cii.de.—Tin; cause wc advocate does not requite
’ us thus to denounce. W e wmild inther indulge the.
hope, that all aie inllnrncctf by the same honorable feel -
mgs—nil animated by the same patriotic motives, ami
ail ctpial/.ea!oi;do advance tiic interest and prunu,u»
lot; happinens of our common counti y.
I’.iit whilst this is a hope wc am fond to cherish, w~
hate not Mint oe.rcyc-i to pv-.mg scenes, and cannot
if stsl the impressions (<..«<, Hr»tu s have forced upon our
minds.— \\ c hat t; witnr. s .1 the violcid atletupls thaf
j l.nve I., en maitc ai.d which ninlmue to ho made, t<»
destroy the public characters of John i}. Adams and.
, Henry ('lay, and exalt upon tho ruins of both
i -’ai ksom —'t hese attempts have been made with
; a V. :;d r>i»l ardour which we would have expor ted only
i Irtrin inturiated paili/ans. \\ e l..\ e witnessed tbo ?s
! nipt ions of impute and uinrnxhy motive.. It. most of
the acts of the present a.bnimsti;itio..:\hen it is i ur
■ linn belie I, whatever diveisity ,.f (|„.rf! 1nnv
exist as to tiro policy <d these acts, tthey sprung'
fiom the best of motives and oliogethe, patiinlic.
, —U e have, with concern, witnc d the effort to draw*
j Henry CJay fiom the lofty pinnacle to which his ex
ted genius, his glowing palriolhm and great public s. i
j vices have exalted him—-\VC have seen him pursuiM
with a muteness spnil.—Wc have seen him charged
wilii otlences of tlu: most dcg/iading Character._\V r
have seen him m the face of the nation, with the bold*
j M',ss l’f fon-cious innocence .1 cl.iboseehargrfotse
j and call for th.tr proof. —Wc have braid the w iln< asps
depose, and all then tr-.ii.nuny goes to acquit .(be ;,c'~
ru.c l of even tin; M'lnblao. o of guilt.—Y«t iirdcfianco
j Henry Chn’s indignant denial of tin; charge, in dc
:i slice of testimony, in .bfiance of U.e piinciple* of*
justice and the common charities of lit.., the nhar"e in
.Ig.mi awn again leneiatecJ.— V, r cannot consent ibaf
j be shall thus he hunted ilo», n.- We will inlriuose he
j • worn turn and Ins pursuer . and our aid. I.umhle as it
i may he. shall he freely afilndvd !•> rescue him from {be
i jaws uf his uni eleniing eucinii . - We do believe that
I a sy Icmatie nlia« k unoii the :idminisir..tion has been
! that the spinls in the plot left (lie city
°l ashington with a full determination fodlrnin evei v
nerve to compass its ium, ••though it should ho as pine
as the angels that stand at the nght hand of CJod u_
We are compelled to doubt (he justice mid patriotism
jot such a course, and the motives which originate u
are equally exposed to suspicion. Yet, we are free
j t'» contes* (and it Rives us pleasure to do so) that otir
| belief is equally firm, in the patriotism, virtue s>..d d:s
I intr restedne r. of many of those who have arrayed them
j reives against the administration in the pending con
• troversy.
i VV e have always believed th.-f there arc rei ,* n • j, r
attainments nccc .saiy as, <n; :li!ir\-itjo'is ;< rail
j licet, rod that those qualm .ifious should be | ?I:
I lionale to ll»o rnagnitiidv Mi l importance of thr>? * .
j —We have a!way s look. .J upon e < flit- ,.f J':< -i
j 5,4 the most important nod exalted known to e> > - ■ ■
j crnmcnl, and the lirnsr ami plory wli'ch ei.cur •
' *he higbest and li.e brightest :i notion tan conic in..
J deed, it is the highest point to winch a p. .
j li«n can look, end no indiviJiiai bowivc n; > . ■ . ; .
j inav be in pr»v;>'o life, and, hourrv r hr . , .
j lent* and great bis services, ought to hi- «
l unless be posse's tho*o virtues and a'la.i ;-.i--.,<v ..
j peculiarly qualify him for tbe d‘charge of the
[ (an*, duties belonging i*.
j In examining the qualifications of John <7 Atlw?
,and Andrew Jackson in reference to this I mb otbee
j we find abundant cause to be Ra'isfo d j.. <• .’
| we have made—fn John O. Adam- u
I *ho ha- gT'oivn old m serving Ins cnnnt.i
j Iy <ivil .dTices. From his ,"n,|c-.i maruun, r
*r"’ pened of In, life, his tune and f.is tale, - , ..
beer, devoted .oporsn wholly civil, and i,orn<
j V connected n il, the <r, of our - u-rmn. . \
| his several stations as se.- > r, minuter and
jhp. exhibited talents of an -g „r,hr, a ,;rfip . . ...
; into tbe. policy of Other a:>J a F.oroiie v
: ledge of that of h ; own: - ,f lt ,,
helms dncbargeJ hts public .V with wf.-. t
he has t)3id the debt oicilm: ri ol patriot.!'’'
7 u:i life declare, trad tbs cc.yii^p’"'? ut ’A^«a