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ntcrnal concerns of other nations, and subject the
majority to the j>owerof the minority! We| trust
the time is far distant when this Republic shall be
inclined to practice upou this usurpation of right.
Happy ku the enjoyment of religion and liberty,
the people ot'thu I'hitcd States arc too prudent, as
well as too just, to commence u crusade fur tlio
purpose of overturning the system of other coun
tries. and forcing their privileges upon the rest of
mankind. It is by our example, by our public
happiness, and by our unequalled increase and
prosperity, not hy treaties nor by arms, that ntir
political aud religious principles arc to beccome
popular io other nations.
There are other things in these instructions
which have only the demerit oi being ridiculous.
Of this nature i.» Air. Adams' proposition for a joint
declaration of the nations repic seated in tiro pro
posed Congress, “each however noting for aud
binding only itself, that, within the limits of their
respective territories, no new European rolonv
alkali hereafter be allowed to be established."* ft
would be just assagacjuui to require from each of
the nations a declaration 'binding only itself,' lliat
it will forever hereafter maintain its sovereignly
and independence! Were Croat lliitain to attempt
planting a new colony at Jamestown or Plymouth,
would it require a juint dcclaiation of a Panama
ilongrcss, though several in its obligation and ef
iect, to iudiicc our government to resist it? But
the supposition that the European powers will at
tempt to plant colonies within the limits of any of
tlic Independent Amcricau nations,is ridiculous; &
Mr. Adams’ project to prevent it, is unnecessary
and absurd if it svcrc not. ■
# The position taken in tills paper relative to
the Island of Cubs, requires more time and space
iu its discussion, than we have now to bestow upon(
TJio principles of reciprocity in trade, enjoined
by theso instructions, have long constituted the ba
sis of our diplomatic intercourse.
On the whole, these instructions, in their lan
guage, and in a portion of their principles, are dis
graceful to the late administration. It is obvious
that they can but add to that weight of odium with
which Messrs. Attains and Clay have been driven
from power. What then could have been the mo
tive which influenced them to desire their publi
cation? Could it have been any other than to em
barrass the new President, in his intercourse with
Ihc nations whom Mr. Adams has thus insulted,
nntl thus surrounding him with difficulties at the
very commencement of his administration? If
there was any other motive, we are unable to per
ceive it.
It is the business of President Jackson to quench
the fire-brand which Mr. Adams has hurled be
hind him, as he fled from power. Foreign nations
must already know, that it would be unjust to hold
the Amciican people responsible for tho instruc
tions given, and principles promulgated by the
late administration. The President of the people
will be able to give to the powers insulted sutfi
< ient assurances, that these papers, on many j>oints,
contain neither the opiuions ot the existing execu
tive nor thorn of the nation, lie will be able to
restore to our foreign intercourse, that open, frank,
injinly ami honest character, which distinguished
the fust years of our Republic and should al ways
constitute its pride and boast. ({/. S. Telegraph.'
Attempts are making by the coalition agents
and spies In this city, to create at a distance a
sympathy for the Comptroller and two Auditors of i
the Treasury lately removed from office by the
President. Were the cases of these three men a* ■
well understood throughout the nation as they are
understood here, not h word, need be said: '• Mr.
Cutis, the brother-in-law of Mr. Madison, a wor
thy man, has made great sacrifices in office.” If I
this were true, surely ’lis time he were rcliev- ■
ed from the burden! But the coalition gentlemen
«'o not deign to tell how many innocent and ron
luling men have been ruine’d and sacrificed by
Mr. Cults: how he had bidden defiance to~all other
contracts than that he had made for receiving
his salary:—tliey do not stoop so low, they are;
much too “magnanimous” to say that in this Pis. \
t/rct the opinion iras nearly unanimous, that
jor other than mere political opinions not nnhi
Mr. Richard Cults, hut likewise Mr. IVilliaui
Tec ami Mr. Tobias J Pat/tins ou^ht to be ie
mned from office. ill the coalition prints, by a
repetition of dolorous complaints and contemptible !
slang, provoke a full exposition of the conduct of !
jtigu whom it is necessary to remove from cilice;'
THE COALITION".
The people pf the United States, with a near
npptoach to unanimity, have written upon the
forehead of the Coalition “thou art weighed in
the balance and found wanting.” Mr. Clay in
vindication of his vote for Mr. Adams in violation
of the public will, said to General Floyd of Vir
ginia, “give us paUcnage and we. will make our
MJlvcs popular.” Having failed in his attempt to
control public sentiment by a corrupt use oi J'.s-1
ecutive patronage, ills not surprising that he and
his party should believe that there is as much to be
lost as gained by its proper exercise. Ilcnce,
having his own party well organized, he declared .
Iiiawelf a candidate lor the Presidency under the
hopo that, all whom he foresaw it would heroine
the duty of the President to remove, as well ns
all unsuccessful applicants for office, would unite.
With liU routed forces, and perchance place, him in
that elevated position, so long the object of his in
trigues and his hopes.
In furtheran~e of his plan it has baeu the policy,
of liis well-trained partisans to foment jealousies :
and discord among the friends of the President.!
Mr. Baldwin of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Mcl.ean, j
the late. Postmaster General, have been the ob- I
jetls of his special solicitude, and no falsehood has j
has been too gross for circulation in his favoiite j
presses. I
The Democratic Press, aflrr asserting that tlie
appointment of Mr. Baldwin to bo Secretary cf
the Treasury, ha,! been prevented by a fraud, <
which was made known to the President Itjore
the appointment of Mr. Ingham, haa tho singular
effrontery to complain that Mr McLean was rc- ]
moved from the Post-office Department to the !
Bench of the Supreme Court, as an art of nn- I
kindness to Judge McLean, in an article in which ■
he declares, that had not Mr. McLean been trans- j
furred to the Bench, *John Binns, would have •
preferred charges lor his removal!!!
The objecMot such publications is too palpable!
to be misunderstood. Mr. Clay Leins,in (he field, 1
Iropea that all the disappointed and all the disaaiis- J
lied, will be flattered by his complaints at the in- ^
dignity offered to them,and fail in his wake as par
tisans. Here again the weakness of .Mr. ('lay’s
judgment, r.s well ns the defect of his political
morals,is made manifest—all his movements are 1
based upon tho supposed ignorance of the people,!
and an idea* that patriotism in this country is but
a name. "Hie statements published in the Demo- 1
cratic Press, relative to the appointment of Mr I
Ingham, are untrue. TL.it the President did en* *
teitain a wish ta appoint Mr. Baldwin to office, (
and that Mr. Baldwin has no cause to complain of,
him, appears from Mr. B’s own letter published,
in reply to the falsehoods of the Democratic
Trass.
That. Mr. Baldwin, r.ftpr r.hat he has said of
John BInns, could give countenance lo, or be al
lecfed l-y the addition.-fabrications ot the saim*
press, would ho ruffii-imt to forfeit the rpspect and
confidence which we apprehend he is desirous to
cherish.
A* to the slatnments of the Tress about the late
Postmaster General—we. have only to say, that
we have said nothing about him which i« not true
and his character is sufficient to satisfy the public
that the statement in tljo Tress relative to our
reives is false.
The charge that wc entertain f-e.lings of hos
tility to Mr. McLean is without the shadow of
tounTlalion. We orchis personal fit if.vim. f/fr.
f Prom the same paper J
TREASUR V DEPARTMENT.
Fourth At;tutor’s Office, > |
March 29, IMP. $
urns—
Sir. I bog leave, tliroitcl* your paper, to make
**to tboso having bn.inoea wilfi
tMo oHice and other* vonrerned.
In five days I l.ave returned to the Pox! Office
twenty leUerx anJ three pamphlet.., ercl .'d
to jl.e ^. Auditor, and d.rec-r 1 t0 0>l,er pnrxm.a.
Some of llie.o Jptter* were to o’lmr officer* o
I evernmont, n-Jiohave no! the Irar.kinjr privilege
1 am fold, they were on public buxine**, and by a
general arrangement l.eretc'ore adopted, were
rru'loa.e] to Urn •J’.h A .' >.* !r ere' . a •
tv’inl, •
Oliieii wota to luy oyvu Clerks ou busiucss of
(be office.
Others, to Clerks am! others, liatl do concern
whatever, so tar as 1 know, with the business of the
public.
*1 he Post Office law is imperative, that a person
having 1 he franking privilege shall return to the
Post Office to be charged with postage, alt letters
enclosed to him and iotended for others. That
law i shall inflexibly obey. 1 cannot know that
letters enclosed to inc arc on public business, and
it 1 did, it would not alter my duty. If the sys
tom which the law prescribes is in convenient, it is
the business©!' the Legislature, and not ot the Etc*
ecutive power, to change it.
I therefore request those who have business
'with other public offices, and have been in the
habit of enclosing their letters to the 4th Auditor,
to discontinue that practice.
1 also request all those who have bu*iness with
this otfice,to address their letters to inyself. In
dependently ot the Post Office regulations, it is
obviously proper that Iho whole correspondence
ot the otfice, should pass under the inspection ol
the responsible head.
f > poo elite ting this office on Monday last, one of
the first objects which struck my eye, was a pile
of newspapers on my tahlo. Among them Ijcoutil
cd sixteen different papers, all of which, 1 was
told, were subscribed lor by the 4th Auditor, and
paid for out of the Treasury. The next morning
I addressed a circular to the editor of each ol these
papers, requesting a discontinuance for reasons
therein set forth. I have since received four other
papers which I have also ordered to be discontin
ued. I have thus, in five days, discontinued
twenty newspapers taken in this other, alone, a>
the expense of the people.
To my circular, the Editor cf the Baltimore
Patriot returned an answer, lio'.h papers arc an
nexed.
oir. niunroo s personal remarks require no re
ply. When 1 study “ manners,” 1 shall not go to
his school. I know not what** crafty insinuation’*
ho finds in my letter. 1 intended to he distinctly
I understood, that the money of the American peo
ple, so far as it comes under my control, shall not
be applied to the benefit of newspaper editors, or
the private gratification of the Auditor or his
Clerks. The interest of the country demands that
this office shall be filled with men of business, and
not with babbling politicians.
Partisan feeling-; shall not enb*r here, if I can
shut them out. Toothers, belonging the whole
business ot electioneering, to me and my clerks,
other duties are assigned. Then 1 shall endea
vor to discharge in the spirit of reform, which has
made General Jackson President. “ Vain” I
may ba—proud I am, that (lie President lias given
j nib an opportunity to aid him in proving that re
\form is not an empty sound, and is not to apply
| merely to change of men. Henceforth,
ously devoted to tny official duties, I shall leave
my enemies and hi* to their freedom of speech,
and the press, resting my claims to public confi
dence ou my acts.
Very respectfully,
Your friend, &<*.
AMOS KENDALL.
THE CIRCULAR.
TJt K ASU R V DEPA RTMENT.
Pocrth Auditor’* Office, ?
March 24, 1429. $
Sir: Not believing that I am authorized to
charge the government with subscription to news
papers ami other publications, which arc not use
ful to me in the discharge ol my official duties,
and not perceiving that 1 can derive any assistance
from your journal in settling the accounts of the
United Slates Navy, I have to request that you
will discontinue sending it to this office.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
THE REPLY.
Hai.ti.mork, March 25, 1829.
Sir: Had youc letter requiring the discontinu
ance of tire Baltimore Patriot to tho Fourth Audi
tor, (the gentleman you have supplanted.) been
couched in the u>ual mode, such as an editor of a
paper, you yourself, no doubt, have been accus
tomed to receive, a reply would not have been
deemed necessary, but coming in the inflated
style it does, it creates nothing hut cominissera
lion tor youc vanity, excited, no doubt, bv the
temporary elevation you have obtained from for
tuitous circu instances. 11 you think to wound my
sensibility by the crafty insinuation il contains,
you are mistaken' and J have only to add, that il
your present situation should do nothing to “im
prove your principles, it i.s to be hoped it may da
something for your manners.
IN ith due consideration,
I a:n yourob’t serv’t,
_ . ISAAC MEN ROE.
l <i Amos K kxpali,, Esq.
CONVENTION.
{From the lwirginia .Advocate ]
A fiend and un form advocate c.t the Conven
tion wrote to Mr. Rives, after his nomination l>v a
meeting of the people, at onr U-t Court, for the
purpose of ascertaining his opinions on the lead
ing o.ijec.s ot Reform. ’1 he stibioined letter has
been received in reply. Though'not written lor
t.ie press, it is published under the persuasion,
that the public feef a deep interest in knoiving the
sen'iinrnls of those who are contemplated as Their
representatives in Convention. 'I his interest is
peculiarly* lolt with regard to Wm. C. Rives,
whose talents and distinguished qualifications as a
statesman are so justly appreciate.! by his district
and his State.
«. A«TI.E II11.1., Afgrdli 1 ith, 1329.
Dear -»
1 did not arrive at home ’tiil the evening of the
day before yesterday, when 1 lnd the pleasure of
receiving your letters of 9th and 12th instant. I
feet myself much honored, 1 assure you,by the
unantinoiu rofninslionol toe for tlio Convention,
which, you inform me, was ma le by a nurncrou*
and respectable meeting of my fellow-citizen* of
Albemarle, on their last. Court day. If the other
counties ol tiie Di-trict should concur in tjji-i flat
teriug estitne'e of my capacity to serve them in so
delicate and important a trust, 1 certainly shall
not feel myself at liberty to decline it, while it
wouitl be, every way, unbecoming in me to &ref;
;t. There never was an occasion to which the
. ----- wvii-iwu *u p irivii im»
;uit and oiten quoted ier,!Intent c! Mr. LcTvnda*
ii more emphatically ufip'.icatilc—“ that the ap
pointment it. one neither to •••* rmr derlin
ed. in ari.srveiiug your enquiries, therefor" in
regard to my opinions on the subject of coosti'n
tional reform, i hope you will net consider i»"
setting up any pretensions, or iniluleinv ev. n »
wish on (hie subject, for myself. I am surprised
to learn that any one could have so misunderstood
my sentiments as to suppose me hostile lorefonn.
ln,not advocating tluj call of a Convention, (for
1 could not ,ie said to be o/ipntrd to it,) 1 certainly
never entertained the belief that there were no
defects in the Constitution be reformed; but]
acted on that principle of political prudence which
is consecrated in the Declaration of American
Independence: “Hint governments long cslttb
lisheif, and to which the people are accustomed
ought not be changed,” witho it n necessity grow
i"»; out of actual abuses. '1 hough 1 could not but
see many delects in the fra woof tbo Constitution
I believed that as yet they had produced no seri
ous practical evil that the proper lime, therefore
had not yet arrived for its revision and amendment
—that whi n actual grievances should he felt they
would he«t suggest the nature and extent of the
remedies-—and ihat, in tl^ mean time, we should
have the bench! of the progressive expedience,
not only of our own, hut ol 23 associated Common
wealths m relation to many interesting questions of
organic regulation then in a course of trial in them
ail. to enable us, when we did undertake the ta-V
o.i n'*’1’ , * our institutions, to settle them
loni* Till0 n,<'t 8rHl ^,0<, **h«f»ctory founda
of the nuiJ* i ‘®, Vcw*’ *" a" citizen
'•'o'i'l uot say that 1 winhtd Die r.,U
***»% ar. w’:; ::z t rra4i,i ,n
I my irtends in ‘ ."lie hegj'u
(lire, that the sense o{ the i, jn„iu f ■
on the subject; and if rs r,T - -',',K'rn
favour of if, I was then Cpw* , '!!
i i . a i >»lionet J\ Ara''*
zealously to co-operate with Ul„ fr>,M,‘Jf .
measure in reforming ml the deject* ot the cL. '
tulion.of which, as 1 hare already j
f •* liiero wet e many which wotild'ditif.arid ro
tmn, Whenever the ta-k of revision should 1 a ,;r'
destaken. In (ho l egislative depaitmeo' t r , .
amt>l thft <• non. ........ .
led *a conspicuous au<1 prunuucnt as would evi
dently call lor corrcclion. The reduction of the
numbers of the House of Delegates, a more just
proportion, in this respect, between the two
branches, and abridging the term of service of the
Senators, were also questions demanding the grav
est consideration. In the Executive hraurh, the
whole department appeared to require itow-tnodrl
I ling, involving the modeof its clectiou, the form
ot ifs organization, its power, and it< du'ies.—
1 he Judiciary department, also seemed to me to
call for the hand of reformation, with a view to
render it more cilinent hy some change of ils or
ganization, and with the further view, peihaps, of
rendering it more re.-pnu-ible by some modifica
tion of its official tenure. In regard to the right
ol suffrage, 1 have thought that the principle wa«
contained iu the declaration of the Hill of Eights,
“ that all mon lin ing sullicient evidence of pt*r
; inanent common interest with, and attachment to,
j the community, are entitled to the right ot suf
frage.” That the piivilcge may be materially
extended beyond ibe limits now allowed, without
departing from this principle, and that it ought to
be extended so as to subject the government to the
effectua! coutroul of a real “ majority of the com
niunity,” 1 have no doubt. As to the paitirular
manner and precise limits, however, of this exten
sion, it belug a question involved in much of de
tailhud requiring careful consideration, 1 am uot
now prepared to express n deliberate opinion; nor
do I think that a person who may be called to take
part in the deliberations of the Convention ought
cither to fo'in or express a final opinion on any
question of this soit. On the contrary, I think
the inenibcis of the Convention, should be, a*
! tnucli as possible, uncommitted as to particular
j projects and plans, that they may be in a condi
j ti«Mi to benefit by all the lights which will be af
j .orded in the Convention, and to form their con
elusion ultimately, on an unbiassed consideration
and comparison of all the propositions, suggestions
and arguments which may be submitted. No
thing, in my opinion, could be more mischievous
in its clfects, than a system of enti cliislng and
committing members before hand as to particular
schemes of reform, and thus wilfully shutting out
the light which would How from continued re
flection and mutual deliberation; and there is less
occasion for it, as whatever may bo done by the
Convention will be afterwards submitted to the frae
acceptance or rejection of the people.
In conclusion,! will add, that, now that the
will ol the people has been declared in favour ol
a Convention, I shall not only co-nperato with its
friends in all salutary and desirable reforms, but,
that of late l have witnessed evidences of its ne
cessity, which cause ine to entertain the most fa
vorable auguries of its results, in regaid to the
tranquillity and dignity, the prosperity and happi
ness of the Commoov • q
■ Yiu ■>, very stjvcrr ly,
| W. C. HIVES.
At a numerous ami respectable meeting of the
non-freeholders of tha county of Loudoun, at the
Courthouse in Leesburg, March 2t», 1S29, to take
into consideration thrir political disfranchisement,
a large and resectable number of the freeholders
of the county also attended by invitation—took pat t
in the discussion at the meeting, anJJcordially co
operated with the non-freeholders—Albert G.'Wa
terman was called to the chair, and Geo Richards
appointed secretary.
On motion, the Chair appointed the following
gentlemen a committee to prepare a preamble and
resolutions, expressive of the sense of this meet
ing: Samuel B. T. Caldwell, Win. H. Gray, He
rod Osburn, David Ogden, James H. McVeigh—
J The committee then retired; and alter a short
nine, reported the following preamble and resolu
i tionr, through Mr. Caldwell, which were unani
, mously adopted:—
Whereas, it i« an axiom in all republican gov
ernments, that all mankind are by nature equally
Iroe and independent—that they possess certain in
herent, unalienable privileges, of which they can
nol rightfully be deprived w ithout their own con
! senL either personally, or through their repiesen
1 tatives:—.And, whereas, a large majority of the tree
j citizens of this commonwealth are unjustly de
; priced o! the exercise of those political rights
{ which they inherit from the God ol nature, by the
, provisions of the present constitution, which they
j had no hand in forming, and to which they never
freely assented:—And, whereas, that instrument
w hich ought to be the charter of our libertios, has
become so unjust and oppressive in its partial bcar
• lf’-s ’M’0” the privileged tew whom it recognizes as
j citizens, that even they have raised the majesty of
i their voices against, and proclaim it totally unfit
; !i?. Rovern a free and eulightened community.
I itey have, it is true, through courtesy, appealed
to the legislature; the deformed creature of the con
stitution, hut not the legitimate child of the peo
ple—to afford them facilities cf calling a conven
tion to alter and amend that constitution, which
they, the freeholders, pronounce too unjust and
oppressive to he longer tolerated:—And whereas,
! the legislature, under a protended compliance with
! *Ws appeal, at their last session, passed an act or
i ganiaing a convention to alter or amend the old,
! or form a new’ constitution, which is to ho bind
'i ’’ig »ipon the whole community, in which they
J have thrown a harrier around the elective fran
i cliise, as unjust as the basis upon which the con
j vention i = to be reared is unequal, viz: the popu
• lationof JSlrt:—And whereas, lieing excluded by
| this act from participating in the formation of a
| constitution, whoso provisions will bo binding up
j on u», upon our property, and our posterity, the
i °t'ly privilege left u« is peaceably to assemble as
| freemen, and consult together ujion the nature of
I onr invaded rights—freely to express our opinion
j of those measures which we deem arbitrary and
despotic—boldly to assert our claims to a voice in
the cause of reform—and solemnly to enter our
protest against that usurpation of power by w hich
l we arc disfranchised. These are privileges that
"’ll not, cannot, dare not.b© denied us.
1 Therefore Resolved, That we deem tlic pre
set.t limited im/Irngo as unjust, oppressive, and
j tyrannical, because it deprivesmere thauonc halt
01 ‘he free white male inhabitants of tins com
moil wealth, who arc of lawful age and liable to
pay taxes and bear arms, ot those political rights
which, in a republican government, arc inherent,
unalienable and indefeasible.
Jtrwrca, liiaiwc now ttnsc Rcir-cvidenf
<-T«h« asserted in our Mi!! of Rights, and recognized
in our iJeclavdion of In lependence, a* round,
orthodox rod republican—lb.it wo believe that
no ronsumtion can rightly be made, and threforo,
none ought to be made, that in not ba-cd upon
•lio«e everlasting and immutable principles.
•! Ilrxo/red, I hat *ve ir.oit conscientiously
believe that the Rune principles which justified
our (orcljtiiers in ’id, to make 'he memorable de
claration,‘‘ivk auk akd oi sight ouoitT to
k>. / i:r.k, would justify us at (his lime, heforc
(iod ami man. In making the same declaration,
with the same determined spirit.
'*• Iic*t‘lotd, 'J hat tlie non-freeholder* through
cut the. State, lie invited to co-operalc with us in
such a course as inay he deemed most politic and
expedient, m ct!cciitig our political emancipation
—that we endeavor to rally our slumbering ener
gies horn the torpor of hall a century, and stand
forth as men, who, at least, wi b to bo free—that
we look upon the present a« an important eii«i.a in
our political existence; a crisis which demands a
prompt snd energetic, a firm U unwavering decla
ration oT our tights.
, ■> Ilrsolretl, That j\ cornmiffee of corrcspon
d*>nee he appointed consisting of thirteen mem
bers, and that they ascertain. as far as practicable,
• be tilterior view* of nur brethren in llic respective
ronn.ies and fbot they be autli'cuised to romniu
meatc uiy information relative to conceit of ac
tion which they may receive, an^konsider ofirn
por lance, to Hie public, through the medium of
the pu lie papers; or, should the exigencies of the
r.i-te, m tlnHi opinion reipiire it, that they ho au
thorized to call a public meeting at such time
am. place as thev may deem most expedient.
*». /{(tolvrJ, 'l hat a committee of five bo ap
pointed to prepare an address to our disfranchised
ml low-citizens throughout the State, and to re
commend Rufli a course of action as they may con
Ruler most effective.
7. JUxoli fd, 'I hat our unfeigned thanks he
fto *!! 111o-t* mcrufirr* ol ho?h hraorhr** of
tnr; LtzMnXm*. who liav* raided I hear hands and
' uices in our defence—.Wc hail them as noble,
rerc rous and disinterested 't.itee.rie n, above the
C 'jveluig, eelfish sentiment, that freeholders «.
• fo »re entitled to exclusive privileges; and that
■*' f jl e knew ledgm-iits • - » also ;! re f„ *
our respectable freehold Inendi, who Lave cheer
fully given us couutenance on this occasion.
8 Ursolred, That the foregoing preamble and
resolutions be signed by llie chairman and secre
tary, and published in the papers of this plare,
avail* a request that all the editors in Virginia
friendly to the cause, will give them circulation.
On motion,^ Jtesulretl, That the committees
named in the 5th and 6th resolutions, be apiioiiit.
ed by the Chair.
" hereupon tho following gentlemen were ap
pointed:—
Committee of Corrr»pond>'nce.
Samuel 41. f. Caldwell, Herod Oilurn,
v shcr Skinner, Burr Weeks, William H. Gray,
John l’eaice, K. fl. (lover, Janie- II. McVeigh,
Samuel A Jack-on. Dr. T. F. Oflutt, Benjamin
r. I aylor, Presly Sounders and George Richards.
Coinuiittee to prepare an addreo* to the non
freeholders.
Samuel B. T. Caldwell, Benjamin F. Taylor,
\\ m. H. Gray. David Ogden 6t George Richards.
On motion, frcsjlrtd, that the Chairman be add
ed to both committees.
The meeting then adjourned.
ALBERT G. WATERMAN, Chairman.
Geo. Richards, Sec’y.
At a meeting of Delegate* from the Counties of
Stafford, King George, Westmoreland, North
umberland and Lancaster, held at Westmoreland
Court-House, on the 23d day of March, 1629—
Col. Joliu G. Stuart was called to the Chair, to
preside over the Meeting, and
Laurence W. Horry was appointed Secretary.
On motion of Doct. Grayson_
Resolved, 1 hat a committee, consisting of one
deputy from nach of the counties represented in
tins Assembly, be appointed by the Chair, with
instructions to report such names as to them may
seem meet, with a viewto present the subject uni
ter for deliberation
Thereupon. Doct. Grayson ef Stafford, Col. Mid
dleton of W estmoi eland, Col Henderson of Norlh
.umberland, Capt Downinan of Lancaster, and
Mr. 1'itzlnigli of King George, were appointed
the Committee by the Chair, in pursuance o( the
foregoing resolution—and on motion, the Meet
ing was adjourned till to-morrow morning, at 10
o’clock.
On the 24th of March, tho Delegates met pur
suant to adjournment.
Doct. Grayson, from the Commtttee appointed
on yesterday, made the following Report:
“ 1 he Select Committee of yesterday, to whom
“ was referred the discretion of submitting such
“ names, as to them mi^it seem meet, in pursuance
“ of the objects of this Assembly, report—that, in
“exercise of their discretion, they have adopted
O’: a just .i: ;i proper lulu, the selection of one
Decomposing das Setiaio
“ rial Di-tiict, winch results as follows, viz: From
“ Prince William, William A. G. Dade; from Staf
ford, M illiam H. hitzhugh; from King George,
“ -John Taliaferro; from Westmoreland, Robert
“ Murphy; from Richmond, Robert W. Carter;
“ horn Northumberland, Samuel Blackwell; from
“ Lancaster, Ellyson Currie.”
On motion of Doct. Leland—
Retained, 1st. 1 hat this meeting for the nomi
nation of Delegates to the Convention, will vote
by ballot.
2d. That tho Delegations from the different
counties sit together, and that each county her*
represented, be entitled to oue vote.
3d._ 1 bat the vote of each county represented
in this Meeting, shall he determined by the ma
jority of the Delegation from such county.
On motion of Doct. Oldham—
Resolved, That the Meeting proceed to the no
mination of four persons, to be recommended to
this District, to be voted for as Delegates to the
Convention.
Thereupon, Doct. Grayson nominated the per
sons turned in the report of the Committee this
; daypresented, as persons before this Meeting to
be voted for—Doct. Leland nominated Kllyson
Currie; L. W. llerry nominated John T. Lonui;
Doct. Emanuel nominated Fleimniug Hates; Mr.
Conway nominated Poter V. Daniel; and the
ballot being taken, the Chair appointed Doct. ^.e
land, Doct. Grayson, Col. Henderson, Col.
Hungerlurd and Doct. Oldham, a Committee
to count the ballots; and the Committee
having performed that duty, reported (hat William
A. G. Dade received four votes; John Taliaferro
three votes; Robert Murphy live votes, and Elly
son Currie five votes—thereupon, William A. G.
Dade, John Taliaferro, Robert Murphy and Kl
lyson Currie, were declared duly nominated by
tliis Meeting.
On motion of Mr. Eitzhugh—
Resolved, That a Committee be nppointed to
prepare an Address to the Freeholders of this Dis
trict, recommending the peisons nominated by
this Meeting, as Delegates to the Convention.
Thereupon, Doot. Leland, Doct. Grayson, Doct.
Oldlurn and Mr. William F. Taliaferro, were ap
pointed the Committee for that purpose, who after
having retired a short time, reported an. Address,
i which was adopted by tho Mooting.
On motion of Mr. Eitzhugh—
Resolved, That the proceedings of (his Meet
ing, and the Address just adoptcd.be presented to
the Editors of tho Richmond Enquirer, the Con
stitutional t\ big, the Political Arena and Virginia
Herald, with a request that they publish the same.
(Jii motion of Doct. Leland—
Resolved, That tho thanks of this Meeting be
tendered to the President and Secretary.
And then the Meeting adjourned..
JOHN G. STUART, Cliairreao.
Laurewce W. Berry, Secretary.
To the Freeholders of the Convention Dint riel
composed of the Counties of Prince William.
Stafford, King George, Westmoreland, Hick
tnond, Northumberland and Lancaster.
Follow-Citizens:—It is known to most of you,
that in pursuance of a suggestion thrown out in
the public print?, portions of the citizens of most
of the Counties in our District, held meetings and
appointed Committees to nominate and recommend
to you, suitable persons to represent us in Con
vention. Most of the individuals appointed for
the purpose abovo specified, assembled at West,
moreland Court-house, on Monday, the 2JM of
March, and after having organized their meeting,
by the selection of a Chairman and Secretary, and
having adopted the necessary rules for their go
vernment, (which rules arc particularly set forth
in the journal of their proceedings.) proceeded to
execute the dp'icsof their trust. As the result of
their deliberations they beg leave respectfully to
recoimnond to you the following gentlemen, as in
dividuals, in their estimation, in whom you may
w ith safety and advantage confide, as your dele
gation to the Convention, viz:—Judge Hrm.
(' ■ Dade, John Taliaferro, Esq., I)r. Hubert
Murphy, and Elly ton Currie, Esq.
Wc hope, indeed we believe, that no one will
he so unjust as to call onr mepting a caucus, or
self-constituted body. Should any one ho dispos
ed to do so, wo vvntiJd only request, that it may bo
taken into consideration, that none of us sought to
be appointed to attend this meeting; we were nil
of us delegated to attend if, by spon'aiivous assem
blages of our fellow-riii7.cn*; and that all the in
fluence which our nomination may ho supposed
to carry along with it. (lows directly from these
assemblages of our fellow-citizens who appointed
us, and from the still larger portion of you who ta
citly acquiesced in the propriety of such appoint
ment. 'V e are not dictating to you—we are only
nominating such persons as we ourselves have
confidence in. I (you do not like them, yon are
not hound to vote for thorn. We merely recoin
mend them. And, indeed, the new Constitution
itself will only he recommended to you, the peo
ple having reserved to themselves the light either
of adopting or rejecting it.
To our fellow-citizens, who know u* severally
and respectively, we will remark, that they must
be conscious, that we would not iccomrnend any
one as a Delegate to the Convention in whom wc
ourselves had not the most entire ronfidenee. They
must know, that we vatuc our liberties too highly,
and know too well what they cost, to he wll’ing to
confide the delicate and responsible trust of reform
ing the lea legum, (of re-mo.Idling the fund*,
men’al la vs, >to any but those w h > we believe t» he
w ise, and virtuous, and patriotic -they must be
aware that we take as deep interest in the happi
ness of ihe present and future generatfens as the
rest of the community.
Purh n meeting as we InVc been holding we
conceive to he iioculiatlv f•roper in our district. I
i ho district is 1<>0 u iies in length—contains so
\vu fountse*—wr biveve n grcatrrr.uir.hr* than j
my other mi the SUte—whilst there is scarcely
any communication between the upper and lower
parts of it. Without some sort of concert »ml uni
ty of action, between the different sections of the
district, there might, and no doubt would, (from
the very nature of things.) be a great deal of dis
traction and division amongst us. Without the
concert likely to be established by such a meeting
a* this, wo might expect to see each county voting
tor delegates to the Convention exclusively out ol
it* own citizen*, and without reference to the views
ot the other sections ol the district; and in the gen
eral confusion, a selection might be made far
f:om being the choice of a majority. Indeed,
without that concert and unity of action, which
we conceive this meeting will be likoly to estab
lish, any one ol the larger counties in thv district
might, and very probably would, send all four of
the delegates; and thus, those of our citizens liv
ing i emote from such couuty, would bo repre
sented by individuals with whoso feelings and
principles they might be entirely unacquainted.
^ummnnxcaica joy me nrgrm* Hera'a.
Richmond, March 3\)fh, 1829.
Sir,—I Inre received your letter of the 2Sd inst.
conveying (lie in formal ion, “ (list Ihr delegates of
the counties of Spottaylvania, I.ouisa, Orange and
Madison, assembled for tbe purposo of consulting
together, end recommending four suitable charac
ters to represent the district composed of those
counties in the Convention to be held in the city
of Richmond in October next, to propose amend
ments to the Constitution of the State, had select
ed me as one of the persons to be so recommended;
and requesting that I would inform the Chairman
of the delegates whether or no they have my as
sent to make known to the people of the district,
my willingness, if elected, to servo at one of their
representatives in the Convention.”
Having long entertained and often expressed the
opinion, that, on such an occasion, every citizen,
I unless restrained by the most cogent reasons,
I should contribute the services that may be re
i quired of him, I have no othor scruple, in giving
. unhesitatingly an affirmative answer to your en
quiry, than that which is caused hy tbe convic
tion, that by any I can render, I shall not be able
; to justify the favorable estimate, which induced
the recommendation of me by the delegation. I
should uot, however, conform to my sense of duty,
were I to permit this scruple (though most un
feignedly felt,) to prevent me from avowing my
readiness to serve, if elected to the Convention,
and authorising the delegates to make it known to
tho people of the district.
Such would be my answer, had tbe nomination
been made in any other district of the State. But
wheu it spontaneously proceeds from a district,
i with a part ol which 1 was so long and so intim
conno- ted,to winch i am bound by the strong
and endearing ties of early friendships and asso
ciations, by grateful recollections ol generous and
long continued confidence and kindness, I am im
pelled to add, (and I bo >e I inay do so without
hazarding a misconstruction of my motives,) that,
should the nomination be ratified by the suffrages
of the people, I will undertake the trust with plea
sure and alacrity, and faithfully and zealously de
vote myself to Us duties.
1 entirely concur in tho sentiment indicated in
your lettor, which doprecates the exacting of
pledges from those oil whom the duty of pioposing
amendments to the Constitution shall be devolved,
to any specific plana of amendment. The Con
vention is designed to be purely deliberative Its
function is limited to the preparation of a plan ol
amendment, which is to have no force unless sub
sequent ly sanctioned by the people. In devising
such a plan, much diversity of opinion must be
expected. Local interest* ol the different portions
of our widely extended Commonwealth, will tend
to increase this diversity, and the collisions it
would produce would be utterly irreconcileablc,
if each of the members were to come to the Con
vention definitively pledged to any precise scheme
of reform. 8urh an assemblage would represent
a congress ol ambassadors representing rival and
perhaps hostile parties, rather than a convention
constituted by a representation of diirereut portions
of the same community consulting for the good of
all, and aiming to blend in harmonious concert
tlm interest of each part with the prosperity of the
whole. In such an assemblage, tho performance
°f most important functions, those of de
liberation, and candid and amicable compari
son ot opinions, would bo impracticable or
useless; the benefits of mature and well con
sidered counsel, must be renounced; and the
important cud, that of preparing for the accep
tance of tbe people a scheme of organic law, im
proved hy the experience of more than fifty years,
and diges'ed by tho wisdom of those on whom they
shall devolve the trust, would be unattainable.
Let me add, that the same cause would, in all
probability, frustrate hopes that every citizen
should fondly cherish—hopes, that the scheme of
amendment, which shall be devised by the Con
vention, may prove acceptable to the people, that
it may he a healing measure, assuaging, if it
does not eradicate, the causes of discontent, and
that it may not impair, if it does not widen, the
foundations on which may he eafely rested the fu
ture prosperity and i uncivil of the Common
wealth.
1 beg you to assure the Delegates, that I have
roceived the token of their confidence and re
spect, which their selection furnishes, with the
liveliest sensibility; & to tender to them my grate
ful acknowledgments for the flattering distinction,
of which it makes me the object.
Cordially reciprocating tho sentiments of esteem
and regard tendered by them,
I am, with very great respect,
V our most obedient servant,
„ „ ROBERT STANARD.
To Gkw. William M a nuns, Chair
man ot the Delegation Iroin the
Counties of Spotsylvania, Louisa.
Orange tind Madison.
DOMESTIC.
PROTECTION AGAINST PJR \CY
A number of Underwriters ami Merchant* of
thi* town addrossed a letter to the Secretary ot
the Navy making a representation of the late pi
racies in tho West,lndi»s,and requesting that some
protection might be afforded to our romineire in
these sea*. To this application they received the
following reply, which shows that the government
had already diroctcd their attention to the subject.
[Boston Unity Jtdv.
Navy Department, March 23, 1829.
I have, received your communication, dated the
17th inst. in relation to tho Atrocious murders and
piracies recently committed near the island of Cu
ba.
The Executive was informed of those depreda
tions several days since; and measures were im
mediately taken, which will, it i< hoped, prevent
a recurrence of similar atrocities, and afford ample
protection to our commercial interests, as well as
to the live* of our citizens, engaged in honest trade
with the West Indies, and (lie Gulf of Mexico.
I am, very respectfully, ttc.
_ „ JOHN BRANCH.
' • • Carywrioht, Esq.
and other Underwriters and Morchanls, Boston
Wasiicvotow, April 4—The late Postmaster
General, and Ins family, left this city on yesterday
tor C incinnati, where it is understood he will take
un his residence. Mr. McLean in the discharge
of the laborious duties of his Department, has ob
tained an enviable reputation, and his amiable de
portment in private life, baaondeared^m to a no
nr emus circle of acquaintances. May health and
happiness attend him wherever ho goes.
IU. S Tel.
The new Postmaster General, wo learn, is on
nrny to the no.it of f«overi)inent, and inay he
expected to arriive here to-dc.y, fApril \ ] t0.
moirow, or the next day at farthest. [jYat. Int.
T!U£0*tn*«*1cr (imereti.—We learn (says the
U. 8. 1 olegrapli of Thursday) by a letter from
Lexington, Kentucky* that the flon. Wm, T. Bai
ry, Postmaster General, left that city on the 22d
of March, for Washington, \ ia Cincinnati. ]|ir
arrival h-rc is daily expected. We understand
that it will nm he proti acted beyond the fifth of the
present month,
Cincinnati, March 27.—Wm. T. Harry,
I Ostmaslei Gem-nl, lehherc yesterday onboard
the nteamhn.it Native fur Washington. lo take
charge of his department. [ A of. Hep.
The Wa*hiaglon Correspondent of (be foiled
. blates Gazette, says, it is rumored in that oity that
Mr. Katou is to resign the War Department to
mak« way for Mr. Woodbury of New Hampshire
—that Mr. Tazewell is to go England, in (he
place of Mr. Barbour, to be removed, to make
way for the author or Senex—that Mr. Livingston
it to surceed Mr. Middleton at the Court of Rua>
sia—Mr. Baldwin to take place of Mr. Hughes
at the court of the Netherlands, and that Mr. T.
L. McKenna is to make way for Mr. Robertson
of Virginia, to take the Indian Department. We
give the rumouiH as we receive them.
Extract of a letter to the Editor of the Haiti*
more Jiejmblican, dated
“Washington, April lat, 1829.
" There have been uo removal# since you left
here, except old Mr. Jones, Chief Clerk in the Se*
crrlary of the Treasury's office; and Mr. Dickens,
another Cicrk in the same office has been appoint*
i ed. This w a* entirely on account of tho extrema
I age of Mr. Jones, who had become auperannuat*
I ed."
Extract of a tetter from the Correspondent of
the Baltimore Chronicle, dated'
“ Washikotow, April 2, 1829.
"Mr. Edward Duval, late Indian Agent in Ar
k»n«at, lias been superseded, and Mr. Pemberton
or Philadelphia, has been appointed Naval officer
in place of Mr. Markley. 1)0 not be surprised to
hear in a lew days, that the present U. 8. Trea
surer gives place to a late Governor of Pennsyl
vania, and that the Attorney of this District, will
be excused from the duty of representing the U.
Statos in its Circuit Courts. Take all these things
as I receive them—some so—some may be so.”
We perceive from the Philadelphia Sentinel,
that Airs. Lydia B. Hailey, a reipecUb!« widow,
who formerly held the place which furnished the
stationary aud printing to the Custom House In
Philadelphia, and from which place, as we are
told, she was unfeelingly removed, for the purpose
of bestowing indirectly the patronage of the uTs.
Government on the notorious John Binns, has
been restored to her former situation, and this
man removed. Fiat jut tit ia ! [A* Y.. E. Post.
The National fntelligencor states that “Charles
Hay, Esq. ha? been superseded in office, at Chief
Clerk in the Navy Department.”
The National Intelligencer states that Asbury
Dickins, Esq. has been appointed Chief Clerk in
Urn office of the Secretary oftlio Treasury, vice
Edward Jones, Esq.
Amongst the losses which the society of this ci
ty sustain by the rocent political changes, it wiJl
suffer none greater than that which will be expe
rienced by the removal from the Seat of Govern
ment of Mr. Wirt, the late Attorney (General of the
United States, and liis estimable family, which has
so long adorned the circles of Washington. Mr
IV irt, has established himself, we understand in
the City of Baltimore, where he will continue'the
practice of Ins profession in the Supreme Court of
the United Siatea, and in the Courts of Maryland
m ibe citic* of Baltimore and Annapolis. [./Vaf Int.
Cumberland Hoad.—Mr. James Hampson of
ZanesviHe, has been appointed Superintendent of
i, V, ’ ,n " * are not acquainted with
01 r. Hampson ourselves, but have heard several
gentlemen who are, express themsolves as much
pleased with the appointment.
St. Clairsville Gazette.
Henry Baldwin, Esq. in his reply, dated 25th
says10 *he °ir°r °f * pub,ic diuner Harrisburg.
“ Having succeeded in effecting the great ob
ject to which our common efforts have beeo di
rected, 1 indulge the confident hope that the re
sult ol the late election will be 1 au.pidouV?„
our country, as it has been cheering and consol
ing to all our feelings as men and citizens of a
great republic; and that (ho nation iu placiasr at
his head the patriot whose talents and services
have been so often and so successfully put in re
quisition for its defence, will not only find in its
future destinies as abundant causes for national
gratitude and confidence as in the eventful times
in which he has been heretofore so distinguished an
actor, but that the history of his civil achievements
will unfold a chapter as brilliant as that which his
victories has won for us all.”
More Humours.—We have news from the East,
relative to the contemplated reforms. A corres
pondent of tho Boston Courier sends from Wash
ington the following changes as probable:—“Col
Preston of Virginia, lobe US. Treasurer in
place of Mr. Clark; Nathan Luffoorough of Mary
land, Register of’•he Treasury, in place of Joseph
i*** Pos,,1’«‘cr Washington,
place of Mr. Mu.iroe; C. P. Van Ness of Vermont,
Auditor, virc Richard Harrison; Joseph Watson
of VV .tslnngton. Auditor, in place of Poter Hagncr -
Asberry Dickins, chief clerk in the Treasury^-’
jiaitment; Christopher Vandeventer, chief clerk
in he War Department. It is also said that Mr.
Eaton will go to France, leaving the War De
partment to Mr. Woodbury of N. H.; that Mr.
I azewcll will go to England, Mr Floyd of Virei
m.i, to Spain; Mr. Baldwin of Pennsylvania, to tho
Netherlands. It is probalde there will he « gener
al turning out, from the highest to lowest.”
_ [A*- V. Enquirer.
Harrisburg, the seat of government or PennsvI
s ama, and where the Legislature are now in ses
sion, is afflicted with a dangerous sickness. Mr.
Lehman, one of the Senators, was not expected to
live, and another Senator, Mr. Kelly was dead
an illnetn of four dayf.
Mr. EmanuelJ. Leigh, and.Ha Dupmj, Et'or
^ of John Pur nail, dcc'd, J
0o,,‘*< <hat upon the Sd dir a
June neil, I all'll, at the Tararn of Wm P.nirk
•?*»»'°f Prince Edward Country,r."ij,.T»i™
the hour, of 10 in tb. for.noon and 6 in the «f!5 "min of ,b«
day.proca.dto tab, tb. dapo.H.on. or .(Bdarit, 7ok. h
Woodson and o!be>*. (o be read as mil. • • *,
caua« dcpaod'og mth. county r0iul if P* ne^ KdilSd^?q
»h.eh vN or on. of yon are pl.-ntiltr,, and myallf wd
*** pifrodaot** and •ball continue from dav to dtt in nr,
1" ,ueh ,d.•p?,l,,io1n, or •®dayita until alt are fini»hed.P
A|id upon tha 9lh day of Juua nail, follcwin*, I (ball at
tba Clark a oltca of Princa Edward county, procaad to !«<
tie tba acrounta fccfora tha Unmtaiaaioner appoint.d by (ha
cour for that purpoae, a. ordarad h, ,,id £jsit j. Mid In.
junction. Your* truly, M,a
An ,17 WM- A* ALLEN.
I P -----109- utw*
Marshal s Sale of one eighth part of the CoturrT.
binn Jlfllln—Sit uni rtl »n 4h* A'#.. ..r n*.i
. . 17 r*ri OJ xne ifoium.
TO URSui thetCHty of Richmond.
l^ UUbUAMrto a decree of the Superior Court
of fhancery for (he Richmond District, pro
nounced on the lltla day of March, 1828, |D ,be
VB- * »h>H on the 11th day
e( May, 1829, at the hour of 12 o’clock, if fair
if not the next fair day thereafter, offer for sale, on
tho premises at public auction, to the highest bid
der “oneuniUvided eighth part of tho Columbian
Mills, with the appurtenances conveyed hv John
Cranberry and wire to William and Philip Ilaull
1»0»T® * ‘5a'°* ‘,ie 22,1 iUy of Augu.!,*
Terms-A credit of 6, 12 and 18 months, bonds
n.tl. approved security ret|uired, and the tills re"
tnined until tho purchase money be paid.
CUhHKANT, m. «. cr. c. n. o.
April17. 109—tds Or one of his Deputie.
A jvottce: '
Moahy, I at - of llanortr coouty, ar* b-r.hr
r-sduc. tbrm, ID ordar, that arraoa.u, ant.WE?#?,
<h« payment of all ruch at may ha «r».rn'» I if il (?f
ua.tadto make naearly payment Wu'r
'**■ «» «•»« c*t.t* c.D.da.t of but bnI.PBd,.lie's *,
JNO. M. PRICE
WM. O. MOSBV,
AM 7. t«orsofSan,’IM«hy dec’d.
i hkasukv Departmknt, )
March 31st, 1829 t
8'^^n to »h. p,op,i.,or,“of tbi unrs
»»■ per cent .lock, craaled in rurio.ar. of at
•tt of Conat.aa, uflha 241b of March, 1»I4, am'ujtiu, to
■rillmsaI se*en hundrad and al»hly-nina (bswaand it.an bun
died arid twruty tWJ duller. Slid mn.ly-twr, , „Vd!r ,h.
attaral dan.mioahom of tha “/.aon of S/nu 2d tan
tn oon,0f)0 dvllart, on mMck tap/.ftminfal Sleek km iar/T
««’ nj ,,oPf,n'/nLnl ,,s f,r o'** i/<k> of 1814, /•■„
May 2ti, IRI4, of 10 000,000 dotlariand of tba uai» ti't
cent alack o/1814," lhat thrir crrpSratea upo* Iba aurr?n
d.r tba i oof. will no (ha fifat day of July B.al ha pud la Ih.m
iftp.cliv.ly, or l ■ Ih^ir Iryal rrpr.a.niali.at or adorniti do
lyrcntli'utc , at tha Trra.ury. oi at lhaXoati Offirt, wb-rt
tb. itock lhua to bs raimhuraed. may rtand credifad.
And it it furthar mid. tuiwc for tba information of tha
IlfiPI r iPl'Pt esrl ilia! nn trauafsi nf tha «aall(..i. t
nun ir it rurmar ntida known lor Iba information of Ik*
I'artiaa roecarsad, tbat no tranaf.r of tha earliS-ataa iatord
oodar Ilia art of th. 24<h March, 1814, fr-m lha h oka of tha
'fraaaury or of lb. (!omm'*aioB.ra of Ln*nt, wt|I ha itlow-d
aflat tha tit day of Jon* past, and that tha irtfarntan tha
Itcck tiacahy nntitiad aa payahla, w.II...... «nd datermiu* no
Fbr day natf itiecad.sg tba Jay Ltraby Ca-d for <l,a reimberai
n,ant tha,a./, «1>. 1KOIIAM,
Ap il 7. It)7—wt (July 8-c /y of the T.e»»m».