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uaruty raise Uie dioopuig spirit* in his despoudio" mercenaries. They ate now no longer shouting Teens of victory. They have resolved themselves in to a Committee of the Whole, to conjure up some further excuses for these unfavorable appearances; to dense some other means to keep up the delusion_ But alt will not avail. The pestilence, which follows them in the city, will overtake them in the country. I ho redeeming spirit is abroad. It has said to Jack sonisin, thou hast gone too far already ; no farther ehalt thou go. The tide, which in the flood, threaten cJ desolation, is rapidly obbing, and all is safe. PENNSYLVANIA. Extract from a letter from a gentleman residing in Le high county, to hisfiiend in this city.** ua will, no doubt, expect some news inspecting the President’* re elect-ion. 1 am sony I cannot givtr such as I would wish: we have not appointed our com mittee of two in each township, as intended, which would enable us to ascertain our strength; hut I believe we shall have a majority in this Borough, (Allentown,) a-td when wo consider the number tve had at hsi Piesidential el<ction, namely, only eix in our county in favour of \lr. Adainj, it must be allowed bv evorv man, ev«n the Jacksniuncn themselves, that tliero has bcea a very great change. The changes have been bo numerous that there is no tailing Low the election will terminate in ibis State. Jlluri dander. MARYLAND. Extruct of a letter from n gentleman of high standing and the best means of imlormation in Wash ington county, .‘Maryland, to his friend in Baltimore, dated, "Hagcrstoiv.v; June in, IC2.?. "Dear Sir:—You may assure our friends in Balti more, that the cause of the administration is daily nn proving in this county. We have nominated Messrs. Neat. Bowles, Gabby and Tidball, for (ho Iioujc of del egates. As you know these gentlemen, personally, 1 rued not tell you any thing about their ptivale worth. ! I:» a political point of view, thov are among the stron'r 881 mod most popular men iu this county, anJ i have nut the least doubt of their election. You may con s-Jer tho election of Balt/.ell and Price, tko Adsins cicclors for this district, ascertain ” TENNESSEE. Letters from this State r.ssuro ns that i!m Prcsiden- ! lul Election will be very warmly contested there ’ and that there is a probability of Mr. Adams getting, unc or two votes in the .Stale, notwithstanding the gient popularity cl Genera! Jackson in certain portions of it. ’ He cannot form any estimate of the co*reclarss «.| these opinions. Wo only know that they are from le ►pectable inen, who do uol mean to deceive ns. The billowing ere extracts of Into letters from an old Cor respondent (a private citizen) in Knox County, East 1 ennessee.—.Mil. Jnt. .. «» i xc u n. , » our paper 01 the “7th tilt. has j»iat arrived. The auilress it contains is very appropriate, and. could it be generally toad ir> Tennessee, would change thousands of votes Never was a enuso in a more piospcrous sit uation than the People’s cause i, here. Nothing but lack of information will prevent its final result u> furor present administration. There is no doubt ol 'he Electoral vote in this district, ar.d I think the one adjoining is very probable.” ‘•TSth Juke. “I.avt wcrli the canvass commenced m this t.'ountv lor the Vresidential Elector for this Pistrict, and you may rest assured there is as muclr excitement, or more, than there was last year, when Governor, and Repre ecotative in Congress, and Members of the Stale Le. ft islaturc, were r.ll to Jm elected. 1 have seen men of both parties, who were presenf'at two public meetings where the Administration Elector tin--, and he sa\n both sides confessed that they believed ‘.he majarty at iojtb places were ior him; and he thought there 'was f:/jm fin to 100 present at each place. ‘•All that is wanted to ensure success, is pioptir ex ertion. Never did I sec more excitement, and if it is given a proper direction to, all is safe. I held still the opinion, that the whole State might be got, if the Peo ple bad information; this is all that is wanted. Howe ver. I can count on two votes.” S. 1 have not seen a Tennesseean, who 1ms tra velled through Kentucky, bnt thinks there is no doubt of Adams gelling tho vote of that Slate.” GEORGIA. A Sion.—Tho Savannah MercOrv, in noticing the call for a Convention of the friends iff the Administra tion, while they claim a majority for Jackson, say, “they have no hesitation in giving it as their opinion, that the friends of Mr. Adams arc veiy numerous; more so perhaps thau is generally supposed.’ That the friends of the Administration are respectable for thvir num b>Trs, (heir intelligence, their wealth and gerier.d stan. ding: hut they are not that kind of meu who a:e i-tii cituii partisans in electioneering ccnte-is” Wn believe the above remarks express irj few word-, the difference in the character of toe two parties throughout the country. The “bene and sinew” of the land, the virtuous and intelligent and conscientious, jh;* men who rely with confidence on the good score and virtue »•! the people, are for the Administration. Tin v T-re oppos-ni by those who arc actuated either by per sonai enmity, disappointed ambition, nr passim, for of i;cc, to he active and • efTuient parti/ans'1 in election— cering contests. V- e trust (lie event will pint »' that • God guards the right.” •V/% C: tv.— Mr. Clay left Washington, on binndny the n’t. We understand llmt he took thermite. of iho White Sulphur Spiing*, and the Kennwhn. 7 lie statement of i)rs. Physic ami Chapman, wr imagine, would satisfy t!ie world in any other case but that of Mr. Clay, tli?t the subject of their prescription was seriously diseased, ami required t!ie relaxation which they recommend. Dut even their words will not sa tisfy Mr. Clay’s enemies. 11 is presence in Kentuckv. is no' necessary to ensure the success of his friends_ That l< certain without if. We worn amused with the following sample of n:o dcsl} fioin the Inquirer of yesterday. Speaking o, Mr. Clay, (hat paper says: “The rvftdrmrnt, h-:s done Mr. ("ay more harm than lie is aware of. And tin less he contradicts its effects by a mppiemnitarif do Tdope merit, the it. jury he has indicted on himself wii; bn ilrrp and lasting. Wo do not speak lightly upon this subject. Mr. Clay 1ms fs’.IIen jnto bad hands— never w.»s a man so completely sacrificed by those be oalfd hi* friends. There are tnco, who were hi* 1Yiendt, and trho did tell hitn the truth, and who would have pointed out the rock or which they saw he wa« splitting—but an overweening ambition overcame In* discretion, and he turned a deaf ear to their friendly oiijrgestions.” The F.nquircr leave us fo conjecture who these sa gacious fiii’nd9were, but we supposo it is plain that Messrs Ritchie k Gooch mean—themselves. Heaven help the world! how it is given to vanit\! Mr. Clav who has mote friends than any other man in (he whole world—we hclie.ve may say the whole world—lost ali bv following tln»ir conn'd, and neglecting that of Messrs. Hi ft hie k. Gooch! Poor gentlemen! Put. “Mr. Clays’* supplem*'#*, h*R done him more ttann lhan lie t* aware of!M IIow: W^iercr With ♦bain? F(ufr,slufr! lie needed not it is (roe, with tnpn oc reuse and reflection, this last exhibition of evidence they were satisfied before—but horr could it do him harm? Ft range, that, men who hare respect for tftem *flves, should hazard such absurd assertion•«! There seems to he an air of tender, melancholy ,-c* C'c!, in fhc quotation we bare given, that Henry Clar d not think proper to follow the advir'' of Messrs. Ti'chie h fJonch. I.et us hope from Ibis indication, • 'it ij rr*r ’T"'r> ^ *■r **•'£ l*r»« | of Aloiiri. Kitdnc .v. Goucb iowaru# i.mt. Rei us Lupt; they have repented of the vilo and hell concocted Blander*, which the Enquirer for more than threo years, so inteut ly circulated against him. Yea—(bo 'iino will come, when they will repent, if they havo not alrea.Jy repcji.cl. When the nation shall have given their verdict of "Not Guilty” for Henry CJay-when thon aands of just and honorahla men, the phrenzy of the moment l.aviug passed away, shall turn lh*r iudigua I tion ag-iin*t the calumniators who hat e persecuted him : and misfed them. Messrs. Ritchie & Gooch will be th9 ' !'rs‘ fo oringo to \ih coo firmed influence, and to cou | gratulaie him on his ic»tnrcd popularity. lie will he ! with them again, a sun of the Old Dotnmisn, the O r.»*or o; the **cst, the chivalrous and magnanimous i Clr.y. R:.\ his tiininph must first ba ascertained. hen i; is, he may safely calculate npou their cd hesiun. to ms I'Kopi.t: or Virginia. : i«s w-<: U i .• mis: Have you »nn the proceedings of the! people of Cullftoii District, -.Carolina? IUve you read I Mr. iMcDtiiiie’s sperrli a! ColoomiH: Are you aware of the 1 innnieittons impart of wliat is iransnnii ~ in that Stall'? Abuse ntt, are you nwaie of Irro secret motives of the luadera an ! instigators of the nnli.dy prereedh.^, of tin* people of S. Carolina? Know you that the Tuiili* is tin, pretrj.t only, and not the true and real cause of the threats of tcri-dawe an.I dirunior? Koo'.v y hi that the true ami i real, though rnavowetl, ca use i-- to voire tint election of! t-icn. Jarltjni ? '1 hat threats me open!” h.-Li out' there, I RmJ elsewhere, tint if Gc n. J&tiksan i i mu elected, the I V".io" " i!l bp dissolved? Know you that this design was ! deliberate!v loitu.ed at V/ashi*mton. t»y spirits Jth.it had lather tide in I it-It than serve in Heaven, mi.l th,u the plan ' is to force .tarksoii down by the influence «>* terror, an ! the I regard of the people f ir the tuion, ami if they f.di it. that, . t .cu to dissolve thu L niou? Know vou that this det p laid ! mid desperate schcaie, is the work of a few rlisrupointed ! tnen, who tli ink if tin; Southern Slates are dismembered1 ! nui the L nii.H, the* they can attain in the new Govern- I m.ent, the supreme elevation which they despair of reachiti- ! li tho l Ition n inai.) (Mitir#*? ** x . M *' * * * * * KU^rsiions r.J r»nrv «»r J an excitr1 im.Tgiiiii;ion. 'J v me pmvrrt (■> tip true l»v :lo * i »•**"«»*• ..» h-.d «■«»•«:.. p-rmiis renrlierf ! ;S. Carolina, than the train «vas li ert. 1. th, ir arrival, ! • the prtji’e of that State were in a stale of comp* rn toe ; quiet. The Mmiliutdo o.f rite pmrcifrtmgs }» .HrlVrnat pans ; ; ,:l l!,e tiM‘ uiitf.»rni temper that . Inr irteri.fs tiieir i language prove that one f-j.ii it dirijivrt tlir whole. Will you submit to ho thus hullo-.!? U ill v„u s„fi.r yourselves ! to he lolrt, vorc for (leu. Jackson, or ire rlte-alve (he , I'liionr V; il: the free no 1 out a hurt spirit nl the O’d *)». ‘ mii ino, trurkl- tn this d-ctat-ur.? Will sh,- rnrttirc to hr ; drirni, even whither her ineliiinti.-o leads? f tlrss f.nr : ancient J-pitit has thrayeil with her wealth, she will u.-ver ; submit to the tlnumiret mg course of S. Carolina, bite w ill ! forget J»er own sulTming-, in tin- eeneroi.s .uni virtoons our- ! pose ,.f asset ti.ig t iiii dignity, a ml Suntdi«3 the safety of,iic j j nion. CATO. TO GOVERNOR GILES- I Sir—-“The work gees hrave'y . tr.” Yourphmr.fj | retaliation against Kentucky. the Middle Stales and j ! ^tuiv i,.uf'ijiul1 by a State i nri.T, has horn rrci.’ti'zrt! I |aa safe anil constitutional in S. Carolina. You have j : fouud n most able coadjutor in tlvat S'r.t.?, iti the person inf the Englishman Cooper, the fust who has done the \ American people th- favor of “calculating”fur them, j‘-ihc value of the Union!” In Georgia too. it is ro i commended to prohibit the entrance into that State. * • of the hogs, horses, mule?, whiskey. fi.ntr, beef, cheese' ! i and manufactures, fiom lverr. Ohio, IVni.-svlvatria, ' •Now York, and New England. I congratulate you j ! 0,1 ltir spread, of yotir p«inci| !es, and the choice splits j who have linked themselves to D.-eir support. You : could not find one man in Virgin:.! among (lie. most \ L | lent, who approved your hopeful sehtme, but this i.-' i compensated by the accession of one sq celebrated as ! Lr ("ooper. Sow, that your wishes a.e in a fair v.-.iv : to bo realised, the Public will he gratified if t.*iu w:il shew their constitutionality'. There k r.n article in th ; Constitution, which soys, “Coi'g.-ess shall have power 1 ' to regulate commerce among t!ir rccernt Stales, with' Foreign Nations, and tvtth toe Indian Trrhes ” Mow \ '■ >) on get under, or over, or around lh:«? If kilti'jidfig ] duties upon imports, is not a regulation of Commerce, wiiat is a regulation. Can a s:?tc impose duties upon European imports; E not, how can she impose thrio I Upon the imroris from n s:«tes state? Wiiat is the dts tiuc'ion between the two5 I tow can one, hr- an inUr- ! terettce with the right of Congress to regu'p.le cotn tncrce and not the othe:? Or if a state cairdo the one, why can the not the other.5 The public ,j,, you the j credit, to consider yon the real parent of in s bun Jin-■ ! and they expect from you a defence of its legitimacy. ! 1 take it for granted, *!,vtt in conl'cnnity to the well known rigor -.viiii which you consliuc the con- ; stitu • n, yon abhor fiTcI^ufliu'.s notion, that brea j kit.g the packages, so changes iho character of j Die property, ti nt the moment it is done, (he state t can tax thrui. though she could not hefore. You who' are for a r.tr:ct, tamest su: I liberal construction, must ! he greatly scandalized at ;o loose an interpretation as; lld<.—.-n miserable ao.l ridiculous an evasion of tire | tine intent and mta/fing of the consiilut*on, as far as • -or IJ can make it plain—your favoring that notion! 'T i\Ir. !\ie! Mrtii»•’.«•, would tie sogro^s a«lcpartore from * Mmr ‘'IttHral ct.nnmon cense” mode of construction, ! I !l,al I cannot suspect you of it: and it would subject i ! vou to t!i» rear :ach of construing the con-,tilution one ' j ,vaF agaioct ana power, and another way in favor of j another. Yet unless you edopt his idea, I cannot con j ccive how you tvril lii .ke u.it v our case, treat as is vuitr I ; ingen it i!y, * * ntj u-j iii.ij m.i na. c ccn wnai i s recommenced in Georgia, I annex ii as a part of this a hire-?. You will perceive (hat t It ire, they go a step farther Uian Mr. ' MoPoflir, ?•’<) advise. a total prohibition of commerce iviMi the Tari;r.*iiat»-s. Is Ibis in your opinion,also a Icgi (irunte State powerr ii it is, Air. McDuffie’s i lea of the efiect of luevkmjj iJ'.t packages, is snperogatory— far if a state has tlie rower of prohibition, a fortiori, she must have (be lesser power of laying imposts.— I’ray sir, enlighten the public on these knotty points of constitutional law. Khoh ipit you to br t'loir original propoundor, they very reasonably, expect from you a dissipation of t;.e:r doubts and difficulties ( Vi\*tiit;ctiov (Jore rm ; i-.. 'feet the !e!n.tittc of Virginia, North Garo’ina. South Carolina, Georgm and Alabama, prohibit the in troduction of hor-r«, mules, hug*. beef, eatlie, hnenn and bagging, and advantages will Ohio, Kentuc ky, Tennessee and Indianna,. derive from the Tariff Util, commensurate with the |o»h of our markets for their Purples of such article*.’ feet in prohibit the in troducticn of whiskey, fl mr, beef, cheese. Sic. and how will New York and Pennsylvania be compensated br ibe tari.T, for the ?n:r. of our custom A: these last states would be more deeply affected, should the southern >latrs lay a municipal (ax. amounting to prohibition, on a" stock in tr.ulo consbtinp nf goods. vraie« or ir.er ebandi/.e, the produce of those states. feet us not bo totd that such prohibitions cannot be laid. Most rf the pfafe" have. ?t pome time, proliibitt , the introduction of slaves, under severe penalties; and many of the "nine- Mat" have even stopped the traupit of such pro perty. ji very plight alteration in our law regulating pedlar", would effectually control the horse, hog, mule, cattle, bagging, and bacon trade of the west. Should some such rncn*nrc«, ns kc have proposed, be adopted by (be states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro lina, Georgia, and Alabama, am! other plates favorable to free trade and state lights, wo have no doubt but New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennes see, anil Indiana, would find if to their interest to pro cure the repr-al of nm-b municipal prohibitum*, by the repeal of nil protecting duties laid by f’ongress—and vc koorr t'tcy will tin rrhal their interest dictate*. That those measures may bo effectual, it is important that *l.e states concerned, should ar t m concert, nod mutu ally support each other; and this ran bo accomplished | by (lie assembling of «n anti-larifT congress: and our i interest imperiously demands (lint the plan t-houlJ be ; immediately carried into efTert. Such an assembly I will, no doubt, ba; composed of men whose character, 1 v bjhPTt ?.«■* t*r/> til**’ “Tr*’ ’CptgV* *i,*jr recouuueddatioo* aua on auergy la suy measures uat may be adapted, will ensate tb« public traoquilOy, and sminfy die people that their interest cannot be jeopard cd while their representative* remain true to them.” ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE. CO.NCI. UDEn. Moment eras ns am tUte ooosMlemtioos. and worthy of tho solemn attention of the patriotic citizens of Vir -mm the.e ate other reflections wbicb press *v,th painful force upon our minds. Assumine as wo do that the bowl pf coutederaov which unites the State-! • .1 « I r , • ^ tiunro UIC elloio?, is the boadofotir political welfare, we regard 8 fair . ,«r,!>utinn of the highest honor, and bust* of the ,> ... , , •? . 4no hums oi me Republic, S3 absolute justice «o the right, and reeling, 0 ,t, great .neo.be,a. Thin will effectually counteract I be tendency to dissolution, which iu the st.org ly marked pccuhanfes of different sections of iho t , "np”rUnt the most delicate of the Mjcf.onal divisions of the country, is the all ab j sorbing one of the JV.ftl, and South, LoUing, „ it \ ^t^r? consequence, .|mo,t every other i 1: peculiarity, a« .ncideut ,G \hi% _ } bince the adoption »i the Constitution, the people of «c«'».»«* called to n«ak^ clio.co of j fillen n ? ;rarJoe'S,lt ,»M the choice of f r f ' 7° °* the South. With the exception ! of he first o. patuots, and meo, who p„,so„ed an equal J ascendent yin all Itcarta, these elections were aereral J IT 'Jar‘> Sr,,,in'ls- ultimately referrilile, in I a considerable degree. b> geographical lines. In the IVi W0'Republican ascendancy | 1 " 3 '" “s *l ,!ic North a, (be South, and j Kcpubucans of the former section, who bad nobly ! Mood hy thr.r brethren of the South through all their j ’L n ?’ Tf6 a‘ ,enE,h able *° co,T»e fornerd »••!. « i C andida e of tlunr cwn, a man who had approved him- j J , ,n ,l*e liugttagc of Gen. Jackson, “as an j , 8 bolp-inato m tbc hour of difficulty M Unques-! i. on ably, this.«ns an eveai, at xrtiich it heenme Vir- ! -. i i.!, not less than all the States of the iinnllierri I b.«.!.on, heartily to rejoice. Ins'ead of resisting the i eltM-oiioti nf __... ° . wuuiu uaft* occo uie .ioen>l, ihe wise, the patriotic policy to acknowledge hi* c.airrts wilIitJ.rerfulr.es!.; ilue to reward out lie- I pub.icau fellow citizens of the North, and <o shew them i t »at the South did not claim a nvioopoly in the Adinin ' istrAtioo of Hie country. Sod, wore the views and j cu mg-., wc aic well persuaded, of a large multitude of ,M' L’,,n.Mdcratecitizens of the Southern states. It was not how ever to be expected, in the first instance Hint i poi.dcel .itlarbmem to individuals •bould immediately j g v e way to these considerations of public good. Uiit ,n ll,c ,;yu,se of c‘ cn«s, the candidates first in the c.ioice of Virginia, of the Carolina®, and ofCeogia, 1 "J1 \ 'cnioved from the field, it was to have been hop- : od’ "4*: 'hese cnl ghtcncd steles, w ho had no longer an immediate local predilection to gratify, would have neurit e. the expediency, after so lorg a monopoly at ■ e • ontli, of gmng to the Northern section. It was to h.ive been hoped, that it would not still be thought 1 neoe-s >ry, k» select a m.-n reconmicnded as bemg ol j ^ out tern footings arid devoted to Southern interests.— ' .1 therefore, unhappy d.scrim nations are to exist, it', u!; ,i have been hoped, that the liberal minded South ! wi;i'..d have felt satisfied with her shares of the honours 1 >o t< o Country, and would have been willing to support j ho ear..!,. ate presented to her by her Republican j rreihreu of the North: particularly when Bhe saw mi itot caiiilidtlc, a man brought into public life by! *s ongt^n an.. Madison, and honorably versed in j every part of the public service. We submit to our ! , . 7 c;,,-,\ns of Viigiuia whether the dijrerent course ; %v i us been pursued* be wise, magnanimous, or j patriotic; whether something is not due <o the Re publicans of the North who ask our support of their j .none candidate; and whether-in opposing him we m e not departing from the sound And generous princi- 1 i*!c. which linvc ever been the boast of Virginia. -»ut w,j cannot conceal from you. fellow citizens, I hint ire look upon the question now at issue as far mere important, than any of a merely sectional nature. It ! ‘ l,'r' %r' n’ ^’'estion w^iich bns sooner or later arisen ::i every Ircc government, that has gone before us, and : has never been solved but by the destruction of liberty, j • t (hat incincnlous question which our fathers fore saw, between (he Uii/ihtt4;; and t!,e ef,.,*/ principle. Tt.e cocMitution is not yet 50 years old, and we behold a proposition |„ tabu ti.e Ch ef Magistracy—an arduous ( ‘.ice requiring talent, experience, in a word (pfcSifica j n,:d ,l;rn lf into a mere retvard of one splendid rn.Iitary aohievomriif. F. tv years have not elapsed, ‘ and loose appalling prophecies of Henry, which dmctij the fi'mrW si beans in Vncinia in ihc pinspect of adopt, j mg i..e federal constitution, me not oulv to he carried | ,n,° mh:!incut; but Virginia is even looked to, in order to 'tu. m their completion. ‘>Ix your American chief,*’; exclaimed lltnn-, ••be a man of ambition and abilities. ■ U'.w easy is u for him to render himself absolute! The ;s in ins hands, and if be ba a man of addiess, it will be attache.! to him, and it will he subject of lung : meditation tvith him, to seize the first auspicious mo j merit, to accomplish h,s design.” t'ouhl this aident ! patriot have foreseen that in forty years from the .ime i l.c tittered those word®, the? doetriue would have been 1 proclaimed, it,at tniliiary action was the h.ghest point ' of human merit; and coil'd he have foreseen on the’ strength of low doctrine an iri.hv.diu! characterised by ' no one trait of civic accomplishment, and merely for | having gamed out* brilliant victoiy, pressed onward bv * a popular clamour to the chair of state, what new ter j rors would not lus warning voice have muck to the licaits of bis fellow-citizens. Follme r... _ . . the matter. This is it question whether the people of America wid change not the J'ortn bn? ill v tnbaUtnrr of * llie (rovernment. It is a question whether we sliall bai • n civil ndminis?cation or a dictator and i master oflbc hoi sc. If has been nrffi;|!y raid that no people has ever been enslaved by mililniy usurpations, tilUiist cori iif'It'd by political intrigues Tl>c converse t.f the I proposition. is the awful warning lesson tangld ns hj i history. ,\o political ntune-*, however oppressive, i l,;" *'1 % rr ''tided in Hie [ rosiration of libei tv till the arm of miliicrv violence was railed in. In this country,! there can bn no long standing political abuse. The : people will not go on from year to year, re electing i flu-ir oppressors. We have little to fear but from ihr ! military principle—'‘the power of the sword!” If. thc:e n a lesson taught os by our political fathers. it is , tiic jealoosy of this power. If Virginia owes horn* age to any political principle it is (he civil principle. ; it > irginia was ever called to tlie dtscliarge of innmen- j 'mis duly it is at a season hko this, when site has it in her power to rescue tlie wholecountry from tlie illimi table evils involved in a formal recognition cf the null tary precedents. Ton tub Co.NSTnuTioNAi, Whig. A PEHTULICAN— No. XIII. ofih-r. Virginia Jackson Address:. 1 hare promised to give sorno curious and alarming effeet?, produced up0'1 (,l° people of Virginia. Uy the unnatural union of the most discordant politicians for Mm purpose of making Gen. Jackson President of the - n,lcd States, declaring fust, that I have nlwavs be lieved, aucl do still bolicvp that the opposition had its foundation with Ihc same men, and with the same mo fives that distinguished ti p party called minority in tvi>7. How to account lor the extraordinary fads vrliich are connected with (lm opjxjsitioa, I am wholly unable, unless (he pecuniary condition of the countri'. and the pressure almost every where prevailing have prepared (ho people for any change, which may be the fruit of opposition to the present administration. In Virginia, we all know that the new party which has been formed, anil which, unfof tunately oow constitutes a majority, began with Mr. Randolph, as did the mi nority of old. The attacks made by this gentleman upon (lie best mon in our country soon had the effect of advanciog his popularity; and this eoiuerjvcnc* ol hi* conduct, being seen, others soon followed on, who at the time were in a dospamte political condition, under the hope that they too would become popular by jojo mg in the abuse which Mr Randolph had begun. Ac cordingly the present Chief Magistrate, thin in ptrjtcl ; obscurity, commenced an attack upon Mr. Monroe, which for crnelty aoJ falsehood’* has no equal, under ♦Two false Statements were obliged to be acknowledged ’-•» ’h? CJ.is^r.or.e Sri*c: •n vi filings Aillthyw. ! iiii crcmub.a.iccs o: Uio case. Next came forth the /irjf eerie* o< (be ‘'Cloldeu Ctsket,” m witch Hrl t* ou. ’ t!l® lavish mid morse abuse of (tie mus' disiing.jol.ed men m this laud. and the writer find.nj; U.at be was f««« gaming popularity, by (bis unenviable courae, so<m followed lb* first, by. a second verxin oi > S°,aan caskets, and, taking bis whole writings toretli j «r, since his a.iack on Mr Monroe in 1U21. Vv coo lam more g*ul and v.ntmeond, against the human cha racter. tliuD can be found, perhaps, in the wiiting* of any oM.cr individual, since the d.a\s ol our Uepubhc bucb writings and such writers. seem to |,ave ,,rojuc((j a sort of phreosey in (tie minds nf the people ol Vir ginia. and ,t furnishes proof abundant, that it is much easier to enlist partisans to full dmen the well earned reputations of public im.ii, limit it is to elevate them riie aged, experienced and spotless republicans have lost their influence, ami those who, hitherto, bare fell pioud to follow in the steps of JcfFnison, Madison nnd .rlonroc, now f; urn thctr examples and their names, and deny to both their merited authority. Nor is (his singular foci confined to the old UcpubJicaoE; for on (ho federal side of the iju cation tiro same thing presents i*self. '."he time has been, when the i>atn«6 o! John Marshall ;*nd I*ur>trl li. r«t\Ior, were rcgr* rdrd by federalists as perfectly orthodox, but under the milu enceof the nun- party, li.eto msn ate also cast aside, and tl<e> and tlieir opinions pass for nothing, with setae of liie <ti) m-n who former!} looked upon them an tin* onH pure tneri in (he cou.itr} ; yet there is one fact well worthy of notice, it; this strange phenumina, and that is, lint f!:c eld, rxprrieticcd, end unsuspected tnrn fio;u y<7/t t.ic (Jd ft it ice, arc nuw untied r and opposed to ; die diction ol Gen. Jackson, and though they bo per 1 iiaps, overpowered in 7 irginift, by a majority of poli ticians, w/.o'e vpinious ttre nj till ,'ors. still, i( is to be hoped mat, they are sappoi ling the principles which : are advocate 1 hv a large tnajoiity of the ftcojib: ef the j L.ii‘(fi i>late>; principles, wim.ii I verily belicro in Volvo tb« interests c;f the country, and upon which,} "**"S the future destiny of this great republic. Uut (be s,,!gn.ar lari'; which ruaik th. - contest do not slop here; > the friends of Mr. Ciowford have been made to aban I hm and Wrr him. for causes wholly unknown and in nMi.fr. not t my ir. viipmia. but in Georgia, w here, t♦»«years ago. In; was die most popular man in the Slate. J’endcr, whoever you may be. I,fore .y e, profrnt; lurk at these cxfiaurdinuiy Hungs, ask \«»‘«ir 1.1- f i- he true, and if you doubt, took at die facts obit.ti surround you, even day, and overv rvbere, and conviction, must follow reflection. Mot only bare the opposition so u-rd itjpit influence as to make Mr. Cran-foul’s former friends hair him, but they have suc needed in iinlcnj ibein f.nc the. enemies of Mr. Giaw ford. and if it bn necessary to give facts in proof, 1 pom! to Jim. C. CaMu.mi. ado has always been U.e most fmmid.ibie enemy that i\j,. Ciatvfold ever bad, and who, at this i-'ine, is the lined popular man m the United Stairs, with most of Mr. Gran-lbid** former ni ••imes I ark, do not these tilings look like ,licams? And is not every consistent and lionest politician, to whatever party ho may have belonged, almost ready *n doubt the reality, which ail Ins senses ate ready to prove? r>n{ to proceed. Giorgio is said to be. what is com monly C'dlec’ a state right people, a republican people, and a people constant and lino to their principles Mow let nr. Ir.ru at her. The most distinguished and popular politician which she has ever had i.-, Wm. II. Crawford, yet witluni* cause, artd merely /•>, force of party, she has cast Mr. C. aside, and,'it is said that, tins highly te -metallic state will give her v:ce-pro*i denti.ii vote to Mr. Calhoun, the deadly enemy of fvfij. Crawford. Should elm do eo. most certainly, she t» not constant in l er principles Is she really or factious!* •i tat bed to • tale uglit*' if the is so, in mailty , sirc can never vote tor Gei.. jnclttoii, because lie has not only pie.stiated the executive power el a state by n:<!itar> power I,tit that state happens l.j f e C■-.>}■;;in htrs,:ij\ Vt’t Georgia h claimed for tin* General, as certain,’y* as rennossee. ^Vlitisf. therefore, the State of Gentgin. ns vni ions l,r: ti-d, I.aj been loud in declaring her repub lic.m p.tioc.-ples, ice slia violates all hot profes'icus, by snppm ting the election of Gen. Jackson should she n| tiuiMcly do so, which, it scomi almost impossible to bippen. A riong-t otlur si range things, after » pposi tioTj, rancour, ami bitterness to each ether, Mr. Gsl Ikhim and i.n>. J*cl»9on have become wonderfully fond of each other, an-i (as Jp.o. Randolph styled O.lhotin) li-e :'vo army -mnduhilcs seem to have ptis-Cflu.in of the i counti v, and hetenfter may perhaps divide it, into two districts, in each of which, - hall ho established, a imh 1 tai v ite-pofirin, for the j.urposc t-rsecuring the rcjmhlt can prnuipies of (he Units. ~ * I cannot go further in recounting the. strange and miic cmiulnhlc facts rin I effects, prwhired by the influence of the opposition; my heart sickens at the view, and mv pen trend.’o* as l make them. And yet we am mid by ihe ■tael.son address, that Mr. Adams .Hands condenmed ** hi, them, her.at>«e hit election was dVertcd by a i-nnliti.ro 0r 1.1- ( in-lant interests, whilst ar the same lime the framers of tins address are nriirely engaged in drauinglu li.vir aid a!! the discordant materials, ** hoo ver, and however they may ho c.*l|i-ctif .r the purpose ,.( making Gen. .tarksoi, !.:o President. (Jan the Jackson Cninmiitee rvplnm rhc3e cimtradictoiy ai d .nconsistcnt things? A.mi if they cannot, v hnt must ni'inkiiid mink of them? put one con. lesion can hr jn-ilv drawn hum premises so nh-tird; A that conclusion is that die opposition presents one mighty and combined ; mass, who aro sriifiling in every way they can, to get into j power, and then to reward each other by diviilii.e i Hires j an ! patronage in remembrance of past services rendered, I no/ /.. the country, hut tit the snorvsstii! party. t.- «'• . t J r '" w v | rp, i vv«ll ,,!1‘ American people, if they expect i<> g-iiii nay shi.’g !»y 'hr destruction their most j-iomiiicni citixent? On the contrary. may not every thing, aye, the country itseli, 1ms Ins’ hy the entire new pursuit-;; by the nppruitinn' Character, ImiR und w. II established character, in r'.itcr. vun. gve 'vo.tb, ai.f! credit, arui rcsp*ttf, to the country possessing them, not only at home. bat abroad. Political ! fame i not 10 he arq-.iiird in a day or a rear, hot it mu«t j he. the hard, earning of a Snug hlr, and u h. n -irm acquired,1 Ircco.no identified ivith tire country. Slahility in a govern- ' depends iiturh upon stability of character in those I who administer the povernincin. If the one is fleeting the 1 other is no less so. What inducement can tlm.e ho for a,.y j man to spend bis whole life in serving his country, when he I becomes convinced that the highest, tnr pterin and the ho., i diameters, may he sacrificed, under those angry passions | which belong to the nature of man? Ami what is t„ vert hiin from being so convinced, if the present contest far the Presidency shall end in the election of (.Jen. JacUstmf ' I say there is nothing to deter him from the commission „j ' crime, car the contrary the strongest intbu emerts will he ' bcbl out to him, to ..mil any vice which M.dp nature may j prompt, provided lie is amhiti ms i f power and rd honor, lie will see in tlm case of (Jen. .Incksnn, that, a darin* military spirit is the sine toad to the bead of the Republic, and ho will not fail to display thats,.iiit with all itsspbv. dit! conquering and angrv concomitant.. These air the principles which will be brought to bear upon the riti/cn, under \jte might of which fire government will siub forever, nfid tyranny and despotism will fasten and nourish upon its ruins. A REPUBLICAN. i’This was predicted, seme two or fbire vears a(,o,1 y a writei in the Whig over the signature of ‘ I.nv. u b and •ho prediction is actually ratified. COM’.It’ Mi'ATCl). .^7»4r tiimn.-—Tfeforn a just optoion can b*» farmed ait the subject of auctions, it is tlecess.uy that fort her en quiry should be made, and tnoie infotmatron ott not'd, than c;.ti be acquired b> flic rr. p.irfe slalctitcnts if a clars ol merchants who are confessedly the sofTi-rets by the system they wish to overthrow. That auctions have been the cause of manifold ovils, cannot !»o denied: hut whether their benefits are not paramount, and also, whether their evils are not daily diminishing, is a qur9 lion (hat we conceive, will admit of some argument. It i* very true that they have been the means of ena bling fraudulent persons to make sales of articles the intrinsic worthlessness of which, would have made them unsaleable by any other moans. Hut has not this art* t sen in a great measure, from the carelessness of pur chase! s? I? not sufficient tune allotted by all respec table auctioneers for a minute examination of the arti cle advertised, and if the buver does not examine be fore he purchases, is tho aetmoeer justly chargeable with the consequences? We certainly think not. If a lot of cloths are advertised ihree days before the sale, and the merchant neglects to give them a proper ex atr.ioatvjr, tut ie iuflhieR'fv ejuSJsst cf lia t>u -oor>— AI n merlin:* n( n nntnhnr <>*' .«:<:_ convent,ou at ChailoMevrilh*. on the Mthdayof Jujr dovi«e and rrcommctid some suitable plan lor She internal improvement of the Stale : SarrJI i.'ockerel! was called to the chair and t»av*iil <->ib«?on appointed secretary; and thereupon, tVm. Nay \\r> Jultn A. Thompson.'Charles T. M.rg-ii!, iSatli l iyuj kendall, and John Slo.ui. were appointed a com mittee to diaft resolutions, and submit them to this meet:o(». They accordingly submitted the following: 1 i,at this meeting do consider that tha contemplated measure r f the Convention proposed to meet at Charlottesville, is ene loudly called for at the pieseet time by the exigencies of this State; and we approve of if, as being calculated to unlock her resour <••.•4 and call mto action bei latent energies. wLicb Lave been too long permitted to lie dormant. Itesuh'ctl. Thai it is expedient to appoint delegates to represent (Ids county in said convention. 1 !••• resolutions were unanimously adopted, and the fed lowing mimed persons were severally nominated and ap pointed by the meet’ g, delegates to attend die said con vention nn tSit- part of the comity of Hampshire, vi/.: Win. •"■"Je’t, Kphrn*«n Dunn, J In, H White, \V,». Donahlsnu < hrtstopher Heiskell, Zehidnti Silent/., Robert Slier,at<\ Win. Armstrong, Thomas Carsrndclen, Cnarles T. Mnvtn’ Samuel Kerrheval, jr. Angus W McDonald, nnil^m,* motion, the chairman, Samuel CorkcriP, was also 3-1. poiuted. /•-( n meeting of n number of flip eilircmiof Pcikc. ipv count), at toe Court house in Martinsbu'--* on Monday (he «J(h day of June, 1888. fur (he purpose of , considering the expediency of sending delegates t() j},fJ t (invention, proposed to he he!J at Charlottesville. on the loth of July next, on the subject of Internal Im - provement, ftr neral l'.lisha Boyd tvns called to the chair, and Col. John Strother appointed Secretarr. I he object ol the meeting having been stated, acd I explained by Charles Jas Faulkner, Esq • On motion, it was resolved, that a Committee of ! five be appointed by (lie Chair, to pirpare a preamble ami resolutions expressive of the sense of this ineelin" I ttpoi* the subject now tinder consideration: whereupon. (C J. Faulkner, Joel Ward, Devi llensbaiv. Robert [Snodgrass and Dr. Thomas Davis were appointed i ‘•aul Committee. ! wived, therefor*, That Jacob Weaver I m [lcushatv, Philip C. Pendleton, Charles James Fa.,l j Ktier, and David ffelines Conrad, be and they aro j hereby appointed Delegates on behalf of ihi* county to attend a meeting or such other Delegate* as uo.y • be appointed to act with them, a( Charlottesville, no j *be 15th ol July next, any one or more r.f whom shall ' hare full potvpi (o .*cf. l llzscheJ, That (he Chairman of this meeting trnng ' mit »o each of the tnerpbcis of the Hoard ot°Pul> '** [Works, arid (o the Principal Engineer of the State « I copy of these proceedings, and that they be respectful j ly invited to attend said Convention. D Asnr.vCTotc, June £7.— Asa Dodgers. e.f Virginia, hes fcren appointed Rcciclary to the C'htsrj eabe und Ohio Canal Company, Hy the resolmton- of rho Cmpcratfon of Wuehint*. !on. and of the Hoard ol I >»'r'ctore ef the ( hesapeabr* and Ohio Canal Company, w.'iich v.e publish today, it a:it he seen that the con.ouncf.rneol of this pest wo'b is <ix?d to take place on (h* 4 th <i >y of July next. The arrangements for if are to be made bv the t Prpo tation authorities of the three cities of die QUir-c!, iviih the eoncoironce of the Piesident and Director# of the Cam.I Company. FI.OL R, iirsperif I in this City, during the cuaitcr er; i - iog 30th June, 1328. ' P.,4f>9 RhJs. mpei fine 8,H’C The total number if barrels i.trd tki-,v«-»r, loth&l-J, which exceeds Slip mr.-» . r <,< last yrr.t [•. CO ZZ ‘. rDMCW t> WALLS, I:i>peel»r. Tdr.n, at the residence of T>t. M. r.aia-iii-1, To ndmnr ,iWh Lancaster county, on the 6th of June, I'.i.cnr.'* Cantor, in tin- 7.‘>'lt year of his i.»e. tie vis for lunev years a respectable riiiv.en of Richmm.d, ,iv| rf whom it may be truly sai.l li.al he was a lover of (>:s rciintn-, ;i " ‘‘tester of rfetrarticn, a friend to mankind, nor) that his liberality and ^liarity to die poor w .*».» v. idioui bounds. t'S'llIL Directors of the Brooke Turnpike Company, havo -S. this day declared a dividend o! f» per , ent f.,r the last six months, which will be paid to the Stockholders at the compting house ef the sobscriber i i. nr ait-r H e 5th ini Idlings rofidennird .tidy- 1st, KI23. J il. U.'STACE, See'y 1? T. Co i we my jj altars Howard. 5 ^ A* away on the 1*1 iust n nt, n nr pro man nnnic-i BAjSAAO, h prod hhirl.finith. F?r i.s a bon I CO years oil, 5 feet 2 or 3 inches high, n-pll built, find rat hr r dnrlt. \ lumber of s.-nrs from burns are on liir. bends, arm?end Ir^.e, and a remarkable hole like n small shot hole, nt-er outi car. i will pive the above reward lor apprehendin'; r?id negro and delivering him to me at Edge Mill copI pii% llenricu county, tu securing him in any jail so that | g,.t him attain. JOHN A. SIJIPPARD. July 2 ,, jj l» Oil'.)., for the balance t.f tho rear, a (il|i|. atjn’i * * thirteen j'Pirsof ape, who his been accustomed b* ironse business. Ktujnire at this office. June 23_ ;-f,o Scrap Iron, Salt Kettles, &c. WILf. he sold, by or<lr(*of rhe Erterut ivr, at pnbiir afr- . lion, on 'Thursday the !?ih d.-y nfjuly' next, at tli * Armory in this city, sevetai tons of serapnnd loir iron and stfiel—brass ant! cast iron salt kettles.— cast iron roller^, musket and pistol barrel.— larks—brass mountin'’ for mas. hots.—1(!a<ksinilh'g tools nod belhiwses—f'O pun rarrinr« v. herds, well ironed and in good order, - Artillery harness, cartridge hog awl sword bolts, with many miter -.ntirlo®, all nf which ran be scon, at any time before the day of talc, on application to the superintendent. Terms at sulr. to ranmenre at I I nVjnclc, Adjutant CJcncr al’j eft.ce. f BKRNAKD FF VTO?’, Richmond, Pth June, 1820. $ .‘ldjufant Genera’. _j] _ | |t—if Dismal Swamp Canal I^oltcrv. ttnCTVKKTII Ct.APS, 'in RF. llliAWN IN THIS f:JTV. '* » Number l ottery—(i Drawn Ballots. J he H I'id Ainu? /’viz 1 of J tf V,$n i) 1 of 1 ,FfV2 2 of UfDtJ W ith many oilier? < v >n the Scheme are, v'*' 5 of $400 | to nf snn 30 nf 50 I 39 of «10 f smaller denominations. ILj" owr.v 14,199 tickets. 'J’ntcfs $ 4, Halve* *2. Qf/arlirs $1 -far scic el GOZZEMZ' LOTTERY WND EX< HJXGE OTFICL% Comre* orttiHrrn rur, Faoi.e Hotel in To the 1 ,;th clast f.f th® anewe ! .orrery, a caj it.-:I prr/» nl $6lt<t0 was .sold at f'OMKNS’ OFFICE- to n gentleman of this city, where war also sold if. the lOib cias?f the grrat capital of $!6-0*Hr. to a $, «nf Irma ti residing’ in Comhei la tid county, Va.j and where more capital pprej have been obtained than at any eit ?i in Aorri it Orders tmm the root,try promptly attended to. Addrcs* * I CCrifE.v, jr. & BROI HER?. ‘J T.ad,.'Aa .