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maintaining the right* of the States, beyond the regular
ones, within the forms of the Constitution.”
[.SVe Mr. Mculiaon'a letter in Hun. of Con. Oel. 20f/i
isao.]
Hut the friends of Nullification are determined tint
Mr. Madison shall nut know what lie meant him»eif, win n
ho tirow the resolutions. Tliev shall not mean what lie
intended them to mean, hilt they mu-t and shall mean
what th* South Carolina politician* "i-h them to mean,
for w ithout surlt a meaning, the p- ■ »ji 1 • would uisrover
the cheat, and would Idow up Nulisi. alien, and the Nid
liliers with rt. Therelore, the Hand must he kept up.
independentnl what Mr. M nli«ott has pn-itiwly asserted,
take the conclutling Rc-olii-mm thctnsel't which were
disettssed in the \i.ginia Legislature with great ability,
and with great deliberation. And C ol. John 'iuylorol
Caroline, a eenth inan ol distinguished abilities, and ol
the original Republican school, and who ne'er ►hilteil hi*
giound to ai m c at pow*-r, moved to amend the Resolu
tion*, and put them in the following woids:
“ rii.it the gnn.l people i f thi* Common" e 1M1, having
ever fell and continue In loci the iun*t sincere afli etion h r
their hretliren ol the other St.it*--; the tru*-*l anxiety for
establishing ami |ici ptiinahog the union of all; and the
moat scrupulous fide lily to that Constitution, w l.icli is the
pledge ot imiiii.il fiiend hip, and ill* iustminenl ol iniilu.il
happiness: th»* Oeuer.il A « cmhly doth solemnly appeal to
the like dispositions in the n'hcr Slit*-*, in confident e th.it
they will roiictn with thi* Common" ealth in declaring as
it doe* hereby deel.ue, that the sets alore uiid are uncon
stitutional; and, that the necessary and ptoper measure*
will he taken by each, lor co-operating "i'll thi* State, in
maintaining unimpaired, the aiitlmritica, tight*, and liber
ties reserved itl the States respectively , or to the people.”
“That the Cove mol- he d. -ired, 'o ti.nisii.it a copy ol
the tore going i-t-snlution* to the. executive uuthoiity ut
each ot the oth*i- Stat.-s, with a request that tin* >ante may
be eontmtiith*.ite«f In the Legislature thereof, and that a
copy he lurni-hcd la each ot the Senators and Ropresen
tstives, ieprr»vtiling thi - Stale in the Congiess ol the t'nt
ted Stales.”
tne I ugnitu ti-solutions.]
And tin- boosted K 'iiturky Resolutions, brawn by Mr.
J< tlerson, eai i y wills them their own explanation*, lli.it
they were for icumustranee, and not for arresting the
whole process of the general government, a* the politi
< i his of our u\tii lime would have it. These Resolutions
tviil al*o speak for (hemsidvi*.—They say:
"Resolved, 'l liat the preceding resolutions be transmit
ted to the Senatois and Representatives in Congress lioin
this Coiiniionwealth, who are hereby enjoined to present
tins same to their respective Mouses, and to use their host
< ude.ivoi s to procure at the next Session ol Congress, a
repeal of the aforesaid unronstitulion and obnoxious ai ts.”
"Resolved, Lastly, that the Governor of this Common
wealth he, and is hereby aulliotirod ami requested to com
municate the preceding resolutions to the Legislatures id
the several Slates, to assure them that this Commonwealth
considers Union for specified National purposes, and par
ticularly for those specified in their late Federal Compact,
tube friendly to the peace, happiness, and prosperity ol all
the Slates. And lliat the co-states recurring to Ilnur natu
ral right in cases not made federal, will coiuuii in declaring
these acts void ami of no force, and will each unite with
this Commonwealth in icqncsling their repeal at the next
Session of UoirgrcM”
[Srr the Kenlitchy Resolution by .Mr. Jefferson.]
There is no nullification in this. No power recognized
In one Stale to overturn the General Goveruu < nt by its
reserved sovereignty.
ll the Kngli-h language is not to be perverted to the
mo>t degraded parly purpose*, all those who read these
Resolutions will at once admit that they mean nothing but
to engage the other States to co-operate in obtaining a re
peal of the Alien and Sedition Raws by Congress, in a
constitutional inode; but were never intended to « mploy
any State Sovereignly to break up the General Govern
ment. Although error is now the older ol the day, in
expounding and quoting opinions and writings ol distin
guished men upon this question, yet I proles* I am totally
unable to account (or some palpable errors of this sort which
I have detected in Mr. C d boon's late celebrated 1 xro
iition on the doctrines of Nullification; and the same er
rors in Governor Hamilton's message, No. I, now before
ns. They are both in error as regards the principles w hich
tlm late Chiol Justice, McKean, laid down in the case of
Cobbott. They only give a part of (be Chief Justice, hut
unfortunately omit the part of the opinion which refutes
the doctrines they intend totmiintaiii. An error ol greater
magnitude cxi*ts in Ihc omission, hy each of those gentle
men, of a principal part of the leitcrof Mr. Jefferson to
Major John Cartwright, n loreignur, who w ns demons to
understand the principles of the Constitution.
They liotli rely on that letter as conclusive evidence of
the doctrine ol Nullification.—They both quote that let
ter as proof of that doctrine. They hath quote it to the
same point, .m l stop at the same word. And, in my hum
ble opinion, they hoili .stop too short to dojusticc to the let
terorto the doctrine.—They have each given the billow
ing quotation verbatim :
••If the two dep irtments should claim, each the same
objects of power, where i< the umpire to decide between
them ? In case of little urgency or importance, the pru
dence of both parties will keep them aloof from the ques
tionable ground; hut if it neither can lie avoided or coiii
promi-ed, a convention of the States muM be called, to
ascribe Hie doubtful power to tli.it department which they
may think best.”
[.SVc .Mr. Calhoun's treatise on -Yiillijicalion, and
Gov. J[amiltun's message .\'o. 1.]
Mr. Jefferson has gono on to tell you explir!'.^' who this
third power is. lie says:
•• You will perceive hy these details, (hat wc have not
ye.t so far perfected our constitutions as to venture to make
them unchangeable. Out still, in tin ir present stale, we
consider them not otherwise changeable than by the au
thority of the people, on a special election of representa
lives for tli it purpose expressly; they arc until then the
lex le.gum."
[See Mr. Jefferson'9 Utter to .\fajnr John Cartwright,
4 Cut. Jefferson's works, page 31K>.]
i bis part ol the letter, which the Vico President and
tlie Governor have both passed by unnoticed, i* the only
material part, lie, Mr. Jefferson, fixes the tribunal that
is to decide. He tells you it ii a convention of two-thirds
of the States. Jle tells you ib.it convention is to be ap
pointed by the authority ol the people, on a special elec
tion ol Representatives tor that purpose expressly. They
aru until then the leg Ugum. Which last words mean
the law ol laws or the constitution, which cannot lie al
tered but by two-third* of the people of irlt the States.
Not when the people of one State tell you the Constitu
tion nu I government must be changed, because they d<»
not like it. Rut w hen lint people of hew thirds of all the
States tell you *o. \\ by these distinguished gentlemen,
when bringing to their aid an important letter of Mr. Jef
ferson, aliou Id select lliat part of if. which it taken alone I
would seem to l.ivor Nullification, and slViubl silently omit
that part which would at once defeat nullification, if they
had only brought it into view, is lor them to account.
And until they do account lor it a mystery will hang over
tlie omission.
i .1111 none, ;?ir, \\ till in ti.imc.i ion; but tlierc is another
part of the It umrahle Chairman’* <|i>rl.ira(ion, which re
quires some notice, lie remarked, that lie believed that
another motive of I’i c.-idriil Jackson in writing that letter
to the dinner party in Charleston, was to put down a
(hitiiif'Uifhrtl >,iii tin S. (' irolina. That most distinguish
ed gontl uian we nn l-istand to lie Mr. Calli.. Why 1
«hoi|l I Mr. L .ilniHiii ho brought info this coutroversv? ft,
why should a supposition i \i*t that President Jackson
should wi-li to put down Mr. Calhoun? There is not the
remotest allu-ion in that letter to Mr, Calhoun. Nor was
there a motive for *iicb an allusion; as Mr. Calhoun cor- J
taiuly does not stand in the way of the President. One 1
thing, however, is certain, that tin- friends of Mr. Cal- i
limin, consider the President as standing very nimh in!
his way. And what U more, that they would get the)
President out of Ins way, it they knew how to ell'-ct it. i
An I were it left to the nullifying p iljtici ms of South Ca
rolina, w ho ho ist so mucli <d having lieeu tlie early liii'iids
of the Presided*, if he would mi get out of the way,
they would hurl him out. And this unfolds the great sc-'
clast, why IVridenl dark on has lie< ii pursued from pillar
to p >,t by so many Smith Carolina politicians, ever since
jt was utel 'Rstoo I he would serve another lour years it
elected.
We have heard much of the high claims of Mr. Cal
houn, and "that (teller,d Jackson was good for iiodiing,”
'I IitJsc* iro the literal expressions which are circulated ol
him in their public prints. As comparisons are made
against the President to sustain Mr. Calhoun, why not in
quire i mv the fas,, stands on the other side ? Why not in
quire what they have both done, and who lias dona the !
mod lor the public good?
When Mr. Calhoun was snug in Ids quarters at (he!
Cltvnf Washington, enj lying all the luxuries ol a prinee,
nuking friends among*! the politicians and gay nicies ol
the city, and nothing to disturb hi* com torts, President
Jackson in the me hi time, was ti.iver*ing the forest*, in the •
depth ol winter rains and snows, rl.ul m hi* huiiting-shiit i
and Indian more a sons, sustaining a broken arm in a sling, !
bis food parched corn and acorns, sleeping upon his sword,
nnd cheering Ins war-worn soldiers, whilst combating the
savag-s a* every p .inf, to s iv. tl„j defenceless women and
children on your border* from the scalping knife and to- ’
inahawk. These were his first es«ay« Mis next were
at New (>i leans, amidst the I n v i sc i ii i.r.a of f.ord iVcl- j
lington, where Ids military achievements wne »n luillinnt;
as over graced the plains of M ara i ho.v, or the pas* ol
TiiKriMorvi./r. i
In tlie short time he h is been President he has given
you a treaty with Kngfand, restoimg the West India trade. '
lie has effected a treaty with France, that other Mi.illus
tration*. with ministers ol the most distinguished aldiilc*,
had not been aide to areompli h for the I ist twenty year* :
a treaty of signal ndvan'.igci to our citizen*, fie lias rf
ficleif ,i treaty with \ ustria, tli if is giving a new and pro
fhab'e channel to y our commerce, heretofore unknown.
From Sweden I D r,mark rep.ions have been made
Dr inj l ie* sustained by -a,me id our iltizmis fr un those
nations.—Indeed our difficulties nnd dill rences with all
tli* other nation* of Fu.ope, promise shortly to be adjusted
on the most friendly Iciin*, under hn administration.
Whilst President Jackson ha» keen engaged in accom-1
plishing these highly interesting events lor his country, |
Mr. C.tlhoun has accomplished the mighty work ol writing
4 treatise on Nullification: and has set the whole population
<>l South Carolina by the cars. And Unit treatise, it is said, ■
lias raised “an eternal monument to bis lame.” Hut a
monument ol which it is most probable, no patriot will on- 1
vy bis good lortuties.
When the impartial people of South Carolina, who love
their country, and w ho lot e justice, look upon this piuture,
tin v will know it i« correct. And in spite ol the trading j
politiei.ui> to the contrary, they will do their duty when
i lie lime shall arrive t.n them to act. They are light fully
inv< s*rd with the powei, and there is no question but that
they will exercise it as they ought to do.
J To 6e continued.]
SOU I II CAROLINA POLITICS.
ClIAHI.f.STON, Aug. 28.
Mon. l.AMinun Chkves—Southern Convention.
The people (uni not their would-be masters) have com
manded—"Let then hr light.'"—and the true-hearted pa
triots, the real p itriarclis ol our political Temple, respond:
''There fhnll he light!" The dcvolopeinents of the last
lew weeks have been prodigious indeed. Tito aspect of
our all.iirs is at this moment undergoing a most wonderful
change—The •• ign> ol the times” that so recently boded
s'oi in and sorrows ami a miserabtb shipwieik of our nu
ll!* -t hopes, now indicate the most cliceiingand happy au«
liitiies fort lie luture. Witness the manly and vigorous
dibits ot Hlaii—the honest disclaimer ol Nuckolls—the!
sound and consistent and independent \ indication of our j
Drayton—;hc trank and high-minded acknowledgment
ol llarnwell, that lie ami those who signed the “manifesto”
weie in enor—and now the "ftill, $mull voicenj'reason"
that is put forth by the wise and discriminating Clieves !
W hat do they all promise but the salvation and honor of the
State?
These are the men in whose counsels there is safety.
Let them he listened to, and the Republic is sale. Con
temn (heir admonitions, and we are lost—irrecoverably
lot!
“ I lie question (says this distinguished patiiot) “is en
tirely lor the people. They may redeem the time past,
•md make the measure (Southern Convention,) effective
to the great and patriotic etui proposed. It presents a fine
subject lor temperate and well-seasoned appeals lo tlnir
judgments. Tit tin ears have iif.kn so drummed
'VI I It THE loud clamors ok excitement, that
they MAY 1)E prepared to SEEK rf.eief from
I IIE.'I, IN LI.1TBN INO TO THE ‘BTIEL, SMALL VOICE
OF REASON.’”—City COX.
LETTER FROM LANGPON CURVES, LSg.
Pendleton, August II, 1S32.
Sir:—I received by the last mail, your letter ol the 9:h
inst. enclosing a resolution adopted by a large and respects
blo meeting of the eiti/.ens ol Sumter Distiict, on the 7th
iiisiant, by which I am appointed a delegate ol the Union
and Slates Rights Party for Claremont County, to the Con
vention (n he assembled at Columbia, on the first Monday
in September next.
I understand the object of that Convention to be, to dis
cuss the ptoposition of a Southern Convention. That
measure, I mean a Sou . hem Convention, has my most hear
ty approbation. I have no doubt it is decidedly the best
measure the Southern Stjtcs can adopt at this time, in
reference Iu the oppressive acts of (lie General Government.
It will give them the strength ot union, and what is at
least equally valuable, the harmony of union among them
selves. Every other remedy is less powerful, less cm tain,
ami probably le>? peaceful; any other icim dy w hich has
■my power, lias ominous forebodings of ev il stamped upon it.
I believe il to he the only n medy that deserves the name.
I believe no objection would be made to it, were it not lor
! party pre possession in favour of another. It is substantially
(hr course proposed by Jefferson iu Ids Kentucky reso
lutions. The objection that it is unconstitutional is idle,
and without any foundation. It is a monstrous doctrine in
the mouths ol the asserters of Slates Rights. The proposed
Convention is one lor deliberation. 'Flics Constitution (ad
mitting Hint it applies at all to the case, which ought not lo
be printed) inhibits action. It would he a novelty ol
which history exhibits no parallel, were we to behold
Sovereign States w ithout the power of eonierring and de
liberating with each other. With tlu-su views, I am sorry
I cannot personally unite with you in the laudable effort*
you are making, to direct the public mind to this course of
effective power and desirable safety, and that I cannot ac
cept the appointment with which I have been honored by
this respectable meeting of my fellow eiti/.ens.
A series ol domestic afflictions which I havo suffered
"i bin the last year, have badly prepared my mind lor
such occasions, and have made me extremely anxious
to keep aloof from the hustle and vexation* of life, espe
cially of its public controversies, nud to devote my whole
lime to the interests of my family, which I have, I fear,
in past attention to public affairs, too much and too long
neglected. Under these impressions, I have most posi
tively determined not to engage personally in the disturb
ed and agitating polities of the present moment, however
deep an interest i may feel in them, ami content myself
with exercising that wholesome tight which I enjoy in
common with every free citizen, the right of expressing
my opinion* of the public measures of the time, and thus
commingling mine with those of my fellow-citizens, con
tribute my small influence to the formation of the public
sentiment. This 1 believe to ho a* well the duty as the
right of the citizen, and that no mail should deem himself
too humble or two unimportant to make this coulrib'Hion.
I be result ol (public sentiment) is an engine of incon
ceivable power; whether for weal or for woe,it may hr.
termed the mental consciousness of a nation, and when it
ii not formed under undue or a vicious excitement, is al
ways virtuous and generally wise. This right, this duty
of the citizen, you will, I hope, pardon me lor exercising
in some small degree on this occasion.
On returning unexpectedly, after a long absence, lo re
side again in my native State, I found great indignation
prevailing generally among tin- people, against the injus
tice and oppression which they suffered under the Tariff
•System. On this subject I felt entirely and zealously
with them. 1 was ol opinion that the oppression sbouId
be resisted as speedily as the sufferers could he united in
that resistance. Parties had not then been formed in the
Stile, when their distinctions began lo be developed, I ap
proved ot the Zealand general spirit of the States Right
Party. 1 he dangerous and seductive measure of a Slate
Convention w as indeed urged by some of them, but I be
lieved that the eonstiiution.il harrier was and would con
tinue to be a sufficient defence against this danger, and I
believed that the public mind would iu due lime turn of
ilsell, almost necessarily, to what I consider the only safe
or hopeful measure ol redress—A union of the aggriev
ed Stales and People, in their efforts of resistance. I
discovered also iu the ranks of (hi* party, a body ol j
intellect and virtue, and patriotism, which I hoped !
would be an ample guarantee against all measures
or extreme excitement or rashness. In this hope I
am obliged to say I have been disappointed; I think (hi* '
|> »'.v ha- been hurried away by the lorce ol circumstances
into both. Tin- measures ol excitement to which they !
...... ini, i .mi uuugcu 10 imn;<, are dangerous at
once in their operation and example, and Niillificaliou, the J
gre.it ultimate measure to which they arc hurrying along,
and to which all their acts lend, I fear will he an awful ex- !
periiiM-nt w itii the power and upon the welfare ol the good !
people <d the Slate. 1 must not, however, be understood !
t > impute to the party any impure or di(honorable motives. !
Outlie contrary, I believe the great mass of both the par-!
lies ot the State, is governed by the most patriotic feelings. !
•he Union party, it seems to me, were unfortunate in j
the excited apprehensions ol disunion and the consequent :
sensibility on that point, w hich appeared to be Ilnur go- J
venting motive ol action. The union was in no danger \
unless it should continue its unjust and oppressive exac- [
lion-, and valuable as it iifidoubledly is to the peace and
happiness o| the people or all parts of the United States,
when it is justly ml wisely executed, I cannot think when
it acts (hr part ol a bold and strong oppressor, that it ought
b* lie the object ol peculiar care on the part ol those whom ,
It oppresses. I think such ought to have been deemed!
the natural sentiment ol the people. In our case, the Union
was the aggressor. There was a just cause of resistance1
on the part of the Southern States. This was the feeling
ol the people. *
It was therefore a had, it not an unnatural occasion for
tlio«e who wished the people to go with them, on which
to appeal to their affections lor the Union, it was striking
a string ol discord and not of power. The Union Party, :
if they feared the forwardness of their brethren of the |
Stales bights Party, should have proposed some active 1
measure ol redress, and by their moderation and wisdom,
have cheeked the too great zeal of that party, instead of
denouncing its motive-. They should have done what
they are now doing. They should have supported a mea
sure of concerted action among the parties and people ag
gtieved. If they had done so, I think we should now
line been in no danger of Nullification or separate tic- I
0" «*ic part of South (Volin Hut I rejoice that they
an-now, though I fair at rather too late a day, offering
to their fellow-citizens of the States flights Party a mea- !
sure Of conciliation, union and co-operation, and I hope 1
tint party will not act so unwisely as finally to reject it. I
I have said, that I fear your proposition comes too late |
to wot k the good lli.it it might have done at an earlier pc- I
riod, hut it is not therefore to lie deemed hopeless. The 1
question is entirely for the people. They may redeem the
time past and make the measure cfTccliva to the great and
patiiutir: end proposed. It presents ,i fine subject fortem- \
pi rate and well-seasoned appeals to their judgments. Their !
c<m have been so drummed with the loud rlainois <»| ex
citement tinit they may he prepared to seek relief from
them in listening to "the still, small voice of reason.”
I think too, that the Convention at Columbia on tbc first
Monday in .September next, will he too soon to art upon
the -object. I be people have hardly begun to think up
on it. j
<> m portion of them has hern exclusively engaged in
pushing fin ward the plan of nullification, and the other in
the contemplation ol its dangers. It is hill two nr three
III .nil,S sine.- this proposition was first submitted to them.
I bey cannot get prepared to .send from all parts of the
State, delegates impressed with their distinct sentiments I
and opinions on the subject; and therefore in very many .
installers in which they may he well disposed to the mea i
litre, they may not stud delegate* at all. Hut Uio Con
tention may nevertheless l>e turned to good account. Its
»ets without being decisive or final may be effective. It
may as far as the State shall be represented by it, make a so
lemn tenderof sincere and amicable co-operation, to tlieir Id
low citizens of all parties, in s measure ol union and strength,
of peace and harmony, and probable success in the great
cominou cause. Tins unit/ unite all, at least it may unite
enough to avert the rashness ot nullification ami separate
action. Lnotlgli to sustain the constitutional hai rier which !
so t.u has preserved the State from these dangris. It may j
so ii111 ii<m e, at least a portion ol the people, as to send them ,
to the polls at I lie ensuing elections w till minds less excited,
and with an alternative* before them, which they will see
more and more cleat ly, as they shall the more examine it,
to be .1 lit and safe substitute tor thedoubtlul and probably
dangerous measure of nullification. It it do no more, it may
be an inslriiuu nt ol great benefit and decisive safety. Hut
it may do much more. The meeting ami the act of the
Convention will be before the Heprcscntatm s of the peo
ple in the Legislature, who cannot lail to notice passing
events ol such magnitude, and that body may, should nnl
'ilic.ttiou bo averted, take up tin* subject w here this Con
vention shall leave it. In all possible views its acts will be
hainilcss, and may be greatly beneficent. 1 am, sir, ve
ry respectfully, your obedient servant,
lam;don ciir.VF.s.
I5. S.—1 forgot to notice a monstrous perversion of the
nature and object of a Southern Convention which iden
tifies these with secession Irom the Union. Its object and
tendency arc diametrically the inverse. IlsofcjVri is sim
ply ami singly to enable the State*, through their dele
gates, to deliberate together upon the best means of re
mov in.* the oppression they •tiller. Its tendency is by the
moral force which their united counsels ami resolves shall
carry with (hem, to effect tlm rcdiess which is desired,
ami tin reby to prevent violence, secession and disunion.
1 bis is tbc truth, the whole truth and nothing but the
truth. Let the people rolled upon it.
To Jost.vit Chosby, lisi[. Ncc’y, Smntcrvillc, S. C.
GEORGIA POLITICS.
Augusta, August 27.— At a Magistrate’s Court held
oti Sutimlav last in the 119th District, at the House ol Mr.
John Hackle, the business ol the Court being terminated
and a number ol' the citizens being present, Mr. Garrett
Lawrence was called to the Chair, and James Primrose,
Lsq. appointed Secretary. The Chairman stated to the
Meeting that he thought it would he proper, that the citi
zen* ol that District should adopt Resolutions, expressive
ol their views in relation to the Taiill, fir.; when Mr.
W illiam Skinnor ottered the following, which were unani
mously adopted:
\\ hereas attempts have been made and arc now making,
to impress upon the public mind, that the Citizens of this
County residing in the Country, are tiiendly to the doc
tiino ol vYulliJication, and would have opposed the Reso
lutions adopted by our Fellow-Citizens at their late Meet
ing hi Augusta had they been present—We, therefore,
under such circumstances, and at the present rrisi*, deem
it a duly which we owe to ourselves and our country, a*
citizens of tills District, to adopt the following Resolu
tions :
Resolved, That although the TarilTlaw, recently enact
ed, is a decided amelioration of tho system—wo still be
lieve, that it will be unequal in its operation, and there
fore unjust and inconsistent with the spirit of the constitu
tion, which demands that all public burdens should he
equally apportioned amongst those by whom they are borne.
Resolved, That wo are unconditionally opposed to a
redre .s of the grievances under which w e labor, by the
hazardous and dangerous remedy of Nullification—and
• hat we consider it neither a peaceful, rightful nor consti
tutional remedy.
Resolved, That we consider the dissemination and es
tablishing the doctrines ot Nulliliration by the enemies of
General Jackson, as covertly designed to defeat his rc
elcction, and that w e pledge ourselves to be the more zeal
ous and active in his support.
Resolved, I hat our confidence in the administration ol
Gen. Jackson is unimpaired—and that we yet look to him
and his friends for an adjustment ol this perplexing question,
so as to harmonizo with all sections aud classes of the
country. £
Resolved, That wc will employ all proper means to free
ourselves from the anticipated evils ol the protective sys
tem; to c licet which, we think that it would be but pru
dent aud proper to be represented by Delegates in the
contemplated Slate Convention,specially reserving to our
selves the light ot rejecting or approving whatever uiay
be done in said Convention.
Resolved, That we have seen with extreme regret the
hasty and unfounded objections w hich have been urged
against our Senator and Representative Messrs. Forsyth
and fV ayne, and that those Gentlemen retain our entire
conlidcnre in their patriotism, zeal and ability.
Resolved, '1 bat these Proceedings l>e signed by the
Chairman and Secretary, and published in the several pa
pers in Augusta.
GARRETT LAWRENCE, Chairman.
James Primrose, Secret art/.
At a meeting of a large portion of the citizens orColmn
bia county, at Capt. John Harris’, on Saturday the 25lh
instant, Col. Zaehariah Williams was called to the chair,
and Benjamin Drane, Esq. appointed secretary. The fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were then offered by
Pierson Pettit, Esq. and seconded by Capt. Wm. Drane.
Ill support of the preamble and resolutions Mr. Pettit ad
dressed (be meeting, and was replied lo by Simmo^c .
ksq. aii.i upon Jhfir being put "to vote they were
adopted with only one dissenting voice.
A portion of the citizens of Colombia county have con
vened "with a profound sense of the importance ol a crisis
w Inch may decide the destinies, not of one age and countr\
alone, but of the remotest generations aud the most distant
regions.
The American people are prohablj soon to determine
whether a system of rational liberty e’an be preserved by
justice and moderation, orliko so many other human con
trivances, must be sacrificed to tho blindness and madness
of passion. The deliberations ol this day, inconsiderable in
themselves, borrow a solemn interest from their connection
however slight, with the general result. In the discussion
(.1 questions which may affect the very existence of the
Republic, we shall endeavour, at least, to make some ap
proach towards (hat purity of feeling which distinguished
its illustrious founders. .
We invoke the spirit of lint patriot hero, that saint or
liberty, whose name excites in every virtuous bosom a ve
neration almost religious—of (hat Washington who led
our armies to victory, and guided our councils to harmony
and union—w ho has l.-ft us in his parting advice, a sacred
legacy of paternal wisdom, second only to the teachings
of inspiration itself.
That our resolutions will obtain the approbation of all,
we cannot expect,, but from all we may justly claim that1
they be received in the same spirit in which they arc of
fered—“in :* temper iiniufhienred by resentment, either
..VI i-.uur.-. II wn KIIOW ourselves, all
minor considerations nro on this occasion, entirely lost in
the deepest solicitude for the institutions, the peace and the
happiness of our country.”
Resolved, i li.it the tariff of 1932, has greatly ameliorat
ed and reduced that ot 1829, lessening the amount ol im
posts several millions of dollars.*
Resolved, That inasmuch as the toritr of 1932, will not
go into operation vntil the month of March next, it is im
possible, at this time, to say how far it will, or will not
prove onerous to us; hut that hereafter, it it shall prove
hiirtlirnsoine and unjust to the. South, and advantageous
to the other sections of our common country, at our ex
pence, we will then recommend the adoption of such le
K<il, constitutional and patriotic measures as may lie
deemed best calculated to correct the evil.
Resolved, That we will, to the utmost of our power,
cleave to,preserve, maintain and defend the Union of the
States, as the palladium ol our national and individual safe
ly and independence.
Resolved, “That considering the doctrine of Nullifica
tion false in theory, and believing that in practice” it leads
to discord and rapine—to the disunion of the States, and
to all the terrific and multiplied horrors of civil war_
therefore we highly disapprohate in any candidate, either ,
for ( ongress or the Stale Legislature, that dangerous and
anti-republican doctrine.
Resolved, “1 hat we disapprove the meeting at Athens
to appoint delegates to a State Convention, which shall be
invested with “full powers to maintain, preserve, and de
fend the rights and privileges of the free citizens of this
State —that the delegation ol a power so broad and unre
strained would at any time be indiscreet, and at a moment
of excitement like Ibe present, exceedingly dangerous,”——
wo will never grant to a convention an unlimited power
nr authority over our rights, liberties, or privileges: Init in
the event of there being a convention, we w ill send dele
gates with limited and circumscribed authority.
Resolved, That the course pursued by Messrs. Forsyth
and V.'ayne, in supporting the modified tariff- of 1832, in
preforance to (hat unjust tariff ol 1929, meets our decided
approbation. i
Resolved, Tint we will give our votes for the electoral
ticket in support ol the re-election of Andrew Jackson to
the Presidency of the United Slates.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be sign
ed by the Chairman and Secretary, and published in the!
Constitutionalist, with a request that the same be publish
ed in Ihe other paper* of this state.
. ZACfl. WILLIAMS, Chairman.
Hr.xJAMix I>nA:vt, Sec’ry.
T he following is the Circular addressed to Ihe Candidates
for ( ongress, by the ( ommittee ol Correspondenrc ap- 1
pointed at the Richmond County meeting, on the 18th inst.
I or each of them, a ropy has been directed to his proper
<>*t. *hlire. Ihit as some of those gentlemen are now tra
velling, the Committee lias Ihought it advisable, to make
the present publication, with a request, that they v ill ac
cept it as a substitute, fur the formal letters which their
absence from home may have prevented them from re
eeiving.—Constitutionalist.
A rous e a , 20th August, 1832. I
■ in: !\ e address you in the performance ofa duty im
posed on us by Ihe following L’esohitinn, adopted at a I
meeting Of the citizens of l{ielimond county, on the 13th i
instant:
"Resolved, That a com mi (See of fhsce, namely; Col. I
Win. Gumming, Judge J. 1*. King, »u4 Aug. Slaughter,
Esq. be appointed to ascertain, t»y direct correspondence
with the candidates for Congress, and lor the Legislature,
from this county, what are their sentiments in regard to
iiullifu'Htion, and to publish such answers as may be re
ceived.”
As Membersof that Committee, we respectfully request
that you will oblige your fellow-citizens ol Richmond, l>y j
communicating tluough us, your “sentiments in re gird to j
nullification.” Their motives will be more property ex- I
plained by their own acts, than by any commentary of
ours; we have therefore taken the liberty of annexing a
complete copy of the Preamble and Revolutions which
were adopted by the meeting. •
We have the honour to be, »ir, very respectfully votir
obedlout servants. WM. CUMMING. ’
J. 1». KING.
AUG. SLAUGHTER. •
[Here follow in the original, (lie Preamble and Resolu
tions refer* vd to w liteli it is (bought siipcilluous to copy.]
.fiiitmi received by the Richmond Committee oj Cor
respondence on the subject oj jYulhfication.
Spahta, 21th August, 1832.
(Senttemrn:—I have just received Irom you, as a Com
mittee ol tbtt citizens ol Richmond county, your circular of
the 20th instant, requesting me to communicate through
you to your constituents, my “sentiments in regard to nul
lification.” The answer shall be as brie! and explicit a« the
enquiry. I do not believe nullification to be either a
peaceable or ellicient remedy against the oppressions ol the
taritr, and I am entirely opposed to it.
With sentiments ol the highest respect, yonrobd’t scrv’l.
CHARLES EATON 1IAYNE.
.Messrs. Camming, Iking and Slaughter.
Augusta,2Ith Aug. 1832.
(lentlemen:—I have Ibis moment received your note,
addressed to me in obedience to the last resolution of the
Richmond Meeting of the 18th. In answer to it, 1 can
only say, lor the present, that I believe nullification to he
the proper mode of resistance to the laiilf; at the same
time 1 am ready to relinquish it lor any’ other mode which
may unito the people of Georgia. Kora I tiller exposition
ol my views upon this subject, I refer you to the Chroni
cle ofto-inorrow and Wednesday next.
Very respectfully, vour obd’t serv’t.
AUGUSTUS JL LONGSTRK ET.
Messrs. Cumming, h'ing and Slaughter.
Our venerable Nathaniel Macon sets his face against
Nullification. I lis remedy is, "strive continually fur re
licj in the councils of the country, and until it is afforded,
live entirely within ourselves.*'—This is the advice, ami
opinion of an honest and consistent politician, who opposed
the Tariff of 1816.—Raleigh Register.
[From tho Frankfort Arinj.—Extra. 1
K ENTIJCK V ELECTION.
OFFICIAL K ET IJ K N S.—18:«.
Governor. Lt. Governor
to w H 2
» « ► o
M O H w
COUNTIES. h £ S g
5 « * t*
H * ►
H p
Adair, Ml 368 511 330
Allen, 478 184 431 95
Andciaon, 437 140 430 134
Bracken, 305 445 271 450
Bourbon, 531 1101 481 1113
Boone, 557 629 529 091
Butler, 275 94 202 145
Bullit, 442 270 391 283
Barren, 903 979 863 1004
Bath, 735 518 714 529
Hrcckenridge, 297 651 256 667
Clay, 149 353 66 401
Campbell, 859 475 793 473
Clarke, 521 849 495 864
Christian, 488 681 143 701
Cumberland, M3 583 498 187
Caldwell, 569 273 482 336
Calloway, 714 63 639 88
Casey, 299 296 275 252
Daviess, 359 322 330 335
Estill, 312 221 283 212
Edmondson, 212 122 203 130
Fayette, 681 1426 696 1113
Franklin, 479 654 473 514
Fleming, 764 1089 710 1097
Floyd, 405 118 416 101
I Garrard, 2t*9 973 235 994
! Greenup, 460 446 438 420
Green, 915 602 931 512
Grant, 232 197 223 188
Gallatin, 644 415 533 371
Grayson, 249 301 227 302
Grave*, 31* 40 300 75
Harrison, 902 505 883 507
Henderson, 327 374 306 373
Hardin, 799 826 631 923
Harlan, 116 204 160 210
Hickman, 605 137 524 157
Hopkins, 608 251 451 304
Henry, 755 532 715 635
| Hart, 390 226 387 225
Hancock, 110 82 89 88
Jefferson, 1783 1758 1727 , 1756
Jessamine, -C-. owe 509 685
Knox, 146 432 123 423
Lewis, 439 322 424 310
Livingston, 385 212 331 256
Lincoln, 323 775 285 783
Logan, M7 705 237 896
Lawrence, 324 199 319 202
Laurel, 190 174 170 178
Mason, 745 1188 726 1185
Mercer, 1182 819 1137 834
Madison, 737 1103 608 1155
Moitfgomcry, 535 743 520 749
Muhlenburg, 333 369 281 387
Monroe, 418 163 308 174
M’Cracken, 219 46 152 95
Morgan, 315 128 318 123
Meade, 158 364 157 355
Nelson, 377 886 337 881
Nicholas, 583 501 576 498
Ohio, 425 364 391 390
Owen, 628 216 516 201
Oldham, 744 403 728 425
Bike, 251 85 252 36
Pendleton, 291 160 293 159
Pulaski, 610 654 605 615
Perry, 197 157 207 141
Russell, 268 296 187 236
Rockcastle, 141 299 105 274
Scott, 1017 736 1008 739
Shelby, 733 1163 689 1137
Simpson, 425 319 401 311
Spencer, 459 314 430 309
Trigg, 439 276 400 314
Todd, % 288 590 224 601
Union, ' 366 190 300 207
Wood lord, 393 658 402 650
Wayne, 446 628 399 485
Whitley, 186 228 175 219
Warren, 581 667 451 775
Washington, 1199 820 1068 878
10681 89121 87452 40046
Breathitt's majority over Buckner, 1260
We present our readers with the full and complete re
turns ot the recent election for Governor and Lieut. Go
vernor of Kentucky, made hy all the Sheriffs, upon the fi
mil comparison of the polls, according to law.
Here is theofficial, recorded, and constitutional evidence
of the election of Johv Breathitt, the Republican
Jackson candidate for Governor of Kentucky—the fact can
therefore ho no longer denied: And here is full proof of
the complete triumph of the administration of Gen. Jack
son, and oflhe downfall ofthe Federal Bank and Clay par
ties in the West.
No candid and well-informed man denies this conclu
sion; hut in order that none may he able to stickle upon
even a quibble, wo just refer to the triumphant annuncia
tion of '‘the complete success of the Clay and Bank par
tics, in jhc supposed election of Judge Buckner, their can
didate, found upon the tiles of every coalition paper in the
Slate. It f/7i* then declared, and is there recorded, that
“tho election for Governor of Kentucky, determined the
strength of the parties in the State at tho approaching
Presidential election:” and if there was then any truth in
them, tho Coalition Editors now stand condemned out of
their own mouths, and upon the records of their own
Journals.
FOKEIO^
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
Office of the Courier & Enquirer, )
New York, Sunday, Aug. 26. )
Our news schooner Eclipse hoarded last night, 12 miles
from the Hook, the bark Orbit, Capt. Page, from Liverpool,
whence she sailed on the 22d July. We have received
hy her London Journals of the evening of the 20th, and
Liverpool of the 21st.
Although the Central Board of Health of London report
no cases of Cholera in that metropolis, it is evidently again I
prevailing there to a considerable extent, principally, how
ever, in the city and parishes along the river below Lon
don Bridge. Tho report for England and Scotland of the
20th, announces 869 npw cases and 186 deaths. The other
places in that country where the mortality is greatest, are
Waterford, Cork, Kinsalc, Belfast, Ballymacarctt and Droc- !
heda. " |
GREAT BRITAIN.
A debate took place on the subject of Greece in the
House ol Lords, on the evening of the 18ih of July
IRELAND.
There are four circumstances connected with the. cele
bration of the 12th of July worthy of note. First_The
Magistrates and Gentry look » part in the proceedings of
the day, and cheered and encouraged their humbler Drc
Ihren in the celebration of the anniversary. Secondly_
Not the slightest violation, or a dispoMlion of tho violation
>f tho peace occurred, either on the part ot the Or ange- 1
men or Human Catholic. Thirdly—The Government
Press has studiously abstained from either vilification or
ridicule of the proceedings. Fourthly—The Popish Jour
nals attribute the tranquillity to the forbearance of the
Papists, and the advice of Mr. O'Connell; but advances
nothing of a turbulent or ferocious description against tho
Orangemen.
Don Pedro's Expedition.—We have nothing fur
ther of an authentic nature to communicate to our readers
upon this interesting subject, but continue to look forward
to fresh intelligence with great curiosity and interest. We
have no misgiving as to its favourable import, it lias been
already seen that one division of Don Pedro’s army j
was at (jiigo, a strong military position—the advanced i
guard at Vouga, about 40 miles distant fioiu Oporto—and i
that the object is lo advance to Coimbra, from whence the
communication with Figueras will give the invading ar
my a command of the whole sea coast Irom Oporto to Figue
ras. He has kept on therefore steadily advancing, and his
progress is said to he already marked hy such important
countenance as shows it not to have been unadvisedly un
dertaken, nor rashly persevered in.—Jlfomiug Herald.
Hbusski.h, July IS.—The following letter, written by
(he Dutch Colonel Koopman,commanding at the toil call
ed Tete de Flandre,opposite to the citadel, to the Swedish
Consul at Antvveip, has produced a great sensation in that I
city. It is written in Dutch. The billowing is a literal
translation, with the marks of the original:—
“No. 2,bob. “Tkte pk Fi.andhe, July 15.
“Sir,—In conlbrniity with tho orders of his Excellency,
tho Infantry-General Barron Chasse, Commandant-in
Chief ot the citadel of Antwerp, fcie., I have the honor lo
inform you, with a request that you will impart the con
tents to the consuls of the other nations resident in Ant
werp, that it seems possible to his Excellency that the
Belgian Government entertains the project of acting against
us in a hostile sense within a short time. The ground ol
his Excellency’s having tunned this opinion is the work of
attack raised as well within the rayou ol the citadel, as
against the naval forces stationed near it, as well as the
hcquent allusions ol the journals, and even lltc discourses
on this subject, in ihc Chamber of Koprcseutatives.
“In such case, and on the first cannon shot tired either
against the naval forces or at the citadel, lie has formed
the unalterable resolution ol repelling force by a greater
force, and of even punishing, in case ot necessity, every
attempt at violence, by the destruction of a great part of
the city, which shall be thus inconsiderately sacrificed,
such results being attributed solely to the rashness of the
aggressors.
"When such an unexpected calamity shall have occur
red, it must he wished that property belonging to neutral
nations should not sutler in any measure the late ol destruc
tion: it is on this account that thu Coiiiiiinndant-in-Chief
has thought proper to transmit to you, to the end that
they, if they consider such an attack possible, may adopt
arrangements to remove in time from a city so often spar
ed, the property of the nations represented hy them, and,
above all, to cause the ships of those nations to leave the
basin, or to take such othur measures, as may to them,
seem best suited for the preservation ol the one and the
other.
“Keccive, IY1. tie consul, me assurance 01 my particular
consideration.
(Signed) The Colonel-Captain of the Navy, Command
ant ot the Naval Forces of Ins Majesty oppo
site Antwerp, Chief of the General Stall ol
the Navy, “KOOPMAN .”
“To M. J. 1). A. Lulling, Consul of liis Swedish Majes
ty at Antwerp.”
(From tlio Loudon Standard ofJidyJO.)
Things seem to bo coming towards a crisis in Belgium.
To-morrow is the “last final day,” and boi.li parlies are
preparing with all their powers for actual conflict. In the
silting of the 12tli, at Brussels, the Minister lor Foreign
Aflirs declared that it was impossible lor him to name in'?
day when recourse would he had to arms, even though that
day might be already fixed.
'flic Dutch aimy is in excellent condition and in high
spirits, and heartily responds to the warlike addresses ol the
House of Orange.
Paris, July 17.—The Ministry remains in statu quo.
The temperature has, I lament to say, again risen, while
the wind from the north blows cold.—The thermometer
(Fahrenheit) stands at this moment (two o’clock) at 83.
The sail effects of these circumstances are palpable in the
dreadlul increase of the cholera. 1 regret exceedingly to
state, on the authority ol a respectable physician, that the
deaths on Sunday were between 300 .mil -100! while the
otficial return represents them as having been 128.
The Malays and the Potomac.—We under
stand that letters have been received from the roast ol
Sumatra, in India, dated as late as April 18th, 1832, and
which speak in the strongest terms of the favorable effects
of tins chastisement inflicted by Com. Downs on the pirati
cal Malays.— IV. Globe.
From Sumatra.—Capt. Marshall, of the brig Olive,
arrived at Boston on the 23d inst. from Sumatra, whence
he sailed on the 18th April, states that the natives on the
coast have been very civil since the visit of the Potomac
Irigale, and are alarmed at the appearance of every vessel
hearing the American Hag. The Olive was taken tor a
sloop of war in disguise, at a port not far from Qualla Battoo,
and the natives lied into the interior, taking with them all
their valuable effects.
• .. ,-i"-■»«-•• «*nn .hi auuuu.mcc i
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EXCHANGE if LOTTERY OFFICE,
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Drawing of the Virginia Dismal Swamp Canal Lot
tery, JYo. 12.
21 3<> 15 1 23 Hi 35 4 03 57.
1 -1 63, Prize of $1,000, sent to a correspondent in the
country.
Half Ticket 1 15 63, Prize of $1,000, sold in the city,
and paid at sight, as usual by BIGGER.
Drawing .Yew York Consol. Lottery, JYo. 30:
23 03 28 35 20 4 2!) 30 42 (i.
EU Only one ol the Capitals, I 42 63, with numerous
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sent by Bigger to a gentleman in the Country—also! 1
10 24 53, t\ hole I ickct Prize o! $500—sold and paid at !
i 1° » young Gentleman of the City, ns usual, by
BIGGER.
Drawing Union Canal Lottery, No. 17.
23 59 35 50 |2 61 51 *43 44 13.
Comb. 13 44 61, Whole Ticket Prize of !*!l,fi00—sold '
and paid at sight, as usual, by BIGGER.
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New York toii*oli<l;ite<l Lottery,
Number 33. ‘ I
06 No. Lottery—10 Drawn Ballots.
Containing (lie following Capital Prizes:
I prize of - $ 10,000 is $ to,000
1 - - - - 10,000 ..." 10,000
1 • - - • 6,000 ... 6,000
1 * - - - 4,101 - . . 4,101
1 * - - - 8,000 - - - 3,000
1 * - - - 2,000 - . . 2,000
10 - . . . 1,000 - - . 10,000
Whole Tickets only $10 —Halves $5—Quarters 2 50.
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Number 37.
66 Number Lottery—10 Drawn Ballots.
Containing the following Splendid Prize*.
SCHEME.
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1 25,000 . . . * 25,000
1 . 10,000 - . . 10,000
1 . 8,000 . - - 8,000
1 5,000 - . . 5,000
1 3,000 - . . 3,000
20 . 1,000 . . . 20,000
Whole Ticket* only $10—Halves $5—Quarters 2 50.
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Lottery Ollice of Till). B. BIGGER,
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ft /"Order* (rom abroad will meet with the most prompt at- !
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Drawn number* of the Dismal Swamp Lottery, (’la*s
JVo. 12.
21 30 15 1 23 16 35 4 03 57.
(17’ 1 86 63 and 4 15 63, Capital prizes ol $1,000
each, sold by Bidwell at his Fortunate Ollice, 4th door be
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In a short lime, Twenty-one Capital* in the Virginia Stale
Lottery.
W heeling Lottery, Clam I%o. 7.
Tl> Uth inst., at Richmond.
CA PI rA I.H—$20,000 4,000 2,000 1,376 I of 1,000 fee.,
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Tickets $8, share* in proportion, for *alc.
(T i Orders from (he rountry, enclosing cash, promptly
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THE PROSPECT BEFORE i s.
1 low* lies the land ? In what latitude do wo find
ourselves? if wo may parody tho nautical languagu
of the National Intelligencer: Watchman! how
goes the night?
If wc may believe that “noble pair of Brethren”
the “Washington Telegraph” nud the N. Y. Courier
and Enquirer,” Gen. Jackson is shipwrecked. Hn
has very little prospect of a re-election. Thus our
right worthy cousin, General Duff Green, gives us a
labored Expose of nearly two columns in bis Thurs
day’s Telegraph, in which he attempts to figure tho
Old General out of the Presidency. In his first
table, he makes it out thus: For Jackson, the votes
of \ irginia 23, N. Carolina 15, Georgia 11, Alaba
ma 7, Mississippi 4, Tennessee 15, Illinois 5, Mis
souri 4—Total 84!—For the Opposition, “John,
Will and llarrv,” the following votes: Vermont 7,
Massachusetts 14, Itbodc Island 4, Connecticut 8,
N. Jersey 8, Delaware 3, Maryland 7, S. Carolina
II, Louisiana 5—Total <>7.— Doubtful, Maine 10!
New Hampshire?! New York 42! Pennsylvania
30! Maryland 3! Kentucky 15! Ohio 21! and India
na !)!—Total 137. Gen. Duff G. thru goes on with a
hocus pocus sort of calculation, the most reckless as
sertions and silly scraps of letters, to dispose of those
doubtful votes, and finally makes up a table to suit
bis own taste. And llhotc stands this aspect of tho
case?” lie gives to Gen. Jackson, (out of his abun
dant courtesy!) tho votes of N. Hampshire alone,
lie leaves the 3 votes of Maryland, and the vote of
Indiana,!), still among the doubtfuls—and with tho
utmost non chalance turns overall the rest, N. York
1 and Pennsylvania and all, to the “Opposition”—thus
I making the Total to stand thus—For the Opposi
j tiou, (even this wiseacre does not guess who their
Iiciu 13 IU IH j ICO-1UI %Mitnauii iJ±—tsvuuyui mill)
1‘J! Here’s Aritliiuctic and frank dealing for you.
Now let us hear what Col. Webb, this “new politi
cal light,” has to say for himself—Lie, too, liko his
distinguished compeer of the metropolis, denis witli
a niggard hand towards (Jen. Jackson—He gives
him the votes of Virginia, N. Carolina, Tennessco,
Georgia, N. Hampshire, Alahumn, Illinois, and 3 in
Maryland—80 in all!—To Anti-Jackson (whoever it
he, is now quite a matter of indifference to tho
Apostate Editor,) he assigns all the other votes, witli
the exception of Pennsylvania, Maine and Missouri.
These three doubtful States, however, would not
avail Gen. Jackson; for, “if he gets their votes, ho
would only have L30.”1' And then says Mr. W.,
“If to these were added the votes of South Caro
lina and Mississippi, which ns we before said, will ho
given to Mr. Wirt, he will only have 145, and can
not succeed in being elected by the College. Tho
election v^HI, therefore, necessarily devolve upon tho
House of Representatives. Hut the fair presump
tion is, that Gcu. J. will go into the House with only
8(> votes. In tliAt body the election will bo by tho
present Congress, 'ind it is well known that thirteen
States are against (Jc.n. Jackson and only eleven in
favor of his re-election. The contest consequently
will l)e between Mr. Clav ,*»wl Mr. Wirt, and unless
the friends of (Jen. J. think proper to determine be
tween them, tho friends of one of these gentlemen*
will be compelled to yield to the other.”—Here too
is Arithmetic for you—and the beauty of it is, that
Mr. W. puts it forth os “n yhtr estimCte, and upon
which (he is) willing to stuke (his) political—aeu
men!n
Now, “we too are Painters”—and we come, for
ward to make our own estimate of tho Election. It
shall he certainly ns fair ns their’s; and though wo
profess to he no prophets, we offer it ns the best and'
the honest result of all the information wc have re
ceived:
Jarkton. Opposition. Doubtful.
Maine, 10
New Ilampsliiro
t -o-...firm- )»e Ini - • •- .. •
• ciniont, 7
Massachusetts, j.|
Rhode Claud, 4
Connecticut, 8
New York, 42
New Jersey, g
Pennsylvania, 30
Delaware, 3
Maryland, 3 7
Virginia, 23
North Carolina, 15
South Carolina, H
(Georgia, II
Alabama, 7
Mississippi, 4
Tennessee, 15
Kentucky, 15
Ohio, 19 2
Indiana, 9
Illinois, 5
Missouri, 4
Louisiana, 5
219 43 26
This Estimate may astonish our friends in tho
Opposition, ns much ns wo hnve been astonished hy
the arithmetic of two of their Organs. But we give
the above, ns the nearest approximation we enn
make to the result.
We agree with Judgo McLean, that Mr. Clay will
not get a vote in the West—unless perhaps it he the
vote of Louisiana, and two votes in Ohio—viz: two
of the Electors which are run on both the Anti-Maso
nic mid ( lay tickets. We consider the die ns east
in Kentucky. Jackson there is stronger than any
of his friends. “Eclipse (they say) is better than any
ol his colls”—and if in *28, he heat his opponent
7004 votes, after Barry was beaten two months be
fore 700 votes by Metcalf, we think there enn he ve
ry little doubt he will bent Mr. Clay, after Breathitt
has beat Buckner 12(50 votes, and Morehend 5!55.—
All our information goes to prove this—nnd ns a let
ter from an intelligent Kentuckian says, “we were
with Virginia in ’OH-’OO— and the daughter will bo
with the mother again in 18(52.”
About Pennsylvania and New York, we nre not
permitted to entertain any doubts. We have sought
the best information within our reach, and tire fol
lowing is the answer to a letter wo addressed to one
of the best informed men in New York. Wo toko
the liberty of making the extract, because we know
it contains the honest convictions of his mind :
“As Napoleon said of the Bourbons, our opponent*
‘learn and unlearn nothing.’ They will he disappointed
now as they have been in nearly all their past combina
tions. Since 1807, they have experimented in this way,
with as litite success as honor. The apparent and unde
niable profligacy of the present coalition, will drive from
them quite as many of the sincere adherents of each fac
tion as it w ill draw in by the conjunction of the leaders and
their followers. The aggregate opposition strength will
scarcely he increased. On our part, whilst here and
there, a profligate or weak pretender, Mich as the Courier
and Enquirer, has left ns, sound nnd durable acquisition*
have been made. The policy and measures of the Ad
ministration— the W. I. Trade—the Tariff adjustment—
the Veto, the latter particularly—and above all, the worth
and popularity of our candidate*, have placed u* on
ground that w ill he found Impregnable. It will be as
sailed by the triple batteries of Federalism, Clayism and
Anti-Masonry; but it will he firmly, triumphantly, main
tamed. Vou may rety upon this. Mark the dilfetenre
with which the democracy ami antagonist force*come into
the field. 1 tie old parly, steady toll* purpose, united, or
ganized, powerful, full of hope, animated to high ener
gies,with strong candidates,and a right and popular cause,
I he hydra Opposition, with little hope, hut stimulated hy
artificial excitements, torn hy local dissensions, growing out
of tho ramifications of her compact, nnd the selfish desire
of each faction to select the candidates from its own ranks,
with an electoral ticket, not daring to avow their Presi
dential partialities, hut claimed arid disavowed alternately
by each; pressed down and harrassed hy (he profligacy
and odium of the bargain, and with candidates (Clay and
Wirt) alien, in all respects, from the principles and feel
ings of our people. Who can doubt the issue under such
circumstance* ?
“The aggregate inajoiity of the Jackson electors In 182ft,
was 8,360. (Jov. Throop’s majority in 1830, was 8,481, and
llie aggregate Republican senatorial majority 1,918. The
'ggregate Bepuhlican majority for Senators last year (’31)
n all the districts except the 8th, was 30,016 votes : As
ive ran no ticket in that district, the precise majority is not
(noted, but it could not have exceeded 8 or 10,000, feav
ng our majority in the State at least 2o,0fto. The Opp«