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( v. .3 :ro 2x: 1 1 V . THE STAtV ; i .NVfVCorofLu Si4 Career. CBM .OaSeerrJaaca, Aewe aVTtefwsewe Mf woJ fee- M whhseSat hrest . KeiW i k M(i rB Li vt t U optina live dinar, waWcc lt fl, , -f MwL .1 rrm Siii-aimO, -tat -7Jr S" :' itwwe twwesler e lTi4 t-mt--- ar Mck iilm IjlB Jnlari the editors max U ft K ' - ' '"' CONTC VTION tit EtscTonAi' Dinnicr. iite flrh imunl. at the resident of Mr. U Bair r.irke ceu-tty. k -tns; tha jre avaaiata by law to twpw tho pU CanrMiMMt ebtctiaa for that fnairict, t pe-abvra trota the cowrj'wi after Ma oi, om Im tVtwceatiow, for tte pwrpoae uf -ma'taj; an Gretonl Candidate in fa-wit -drew Jackta as re-df, and .Wrt "tTionn a YTea PmUMt. " The counties inoains; ibe -jaaid Woctaral Dutnct be eaUeil are-. It appeared that rripdar tinf had Uken pleea In Barke and llay J, ami their IArresnttivee m this Con- lina ddy eppttaiee. Tlia aounty '.ef tic Hunt Md called, Mr. Canon, Trow betford, sseted that no etrewtirgs expiw M the. subject of (! treaWcnfud -elee had been Called in tKat County bnt the ml Jqrv, at their last Superior Court, bar been d.erosrj-ed from in? farther attend. 8 apon the Court, Ibi-med themselves in a committee, and reaolred mitnnlmatn.'f i titer would oca ail lawful, fair and lion-J hie -rseans to promote In eiecimn nt a. lown ua rretiUeirt, and Jutii C Calhoin "tee rrewdent,- They then appointed aia rewmtatrra fr n tbat county, to meet In Convention, Hi eollejfuea andhimaalf. ierinjr it to be a fa leat of the rotera timenta n their etnintjr. they hare alter d kml offer this recommendation aa theif cre kiitlsj hich .beinif approved of nr-m'a indict!, theilembcra proceeded to r l; tha Conventions. ' . ' - John- M'Dovell, Rutlrerforil, ointei President, and Colonel Alner Uiir. .Secretary,- Mr. Carson, of Rutherford, ed that Uiere harmtr-. been no, delinitf pber of wemben fixed upon as the ratio liny cofinty, the were unequally repre He mwe tlierefore, that in rotinjr the candidate to be proposed, :hey should 't bv tonnties, awl not by tbo polk This position, being agreed to, the represents. r9 of eanli county witocuwt and, alter iwe bideration, reported each In faror of Col. Iibt Jva, ot llaywoodi upon which, the bwing resolutions were adopted unant ttofreil, .That this uonreniion rccora id ROBERT LOVE, of Haywood county, person eer way qualified aa Electoral didate for this District! and that, in Hh e- t of his reoeWinif a majority X the sufl'ra nf N. fUmlina. he will Ote foe ANDREW -KSON as Isldent, and JOHN C vA UN as VW President. ' , t V 'Jcntvuf, That this Convention reijara we ht of sufTraire it the election of Presklent he most important privilege they en- l ana not to eaerctse n i u injnwi w leommunit as not to possess the riclit at und therefore earnestly recommend that raters of this' District attend on the day I by law for that election, and discharge fully thie solemn duty to their country. tinhud, That the followinr persons be liftted as committees of Vigilance in their lective icounties4 fr the county of Uay UFeli Asleyi Gen-Thomas; Lore,, Col a Smith. UoUJohn Teatom, msi. wm. ct arid JohnB. Lorei in Simeumbt coun- '.w. Wm. Smith. .John Miller, -Thont James Cadger, John yoiinft'Esq.' ahd Roben Lores in Burke county, Marke lain, fctq. Coh Darii Ifewland, CoU Da- RUer,Col. v-wm. JJicKson, -nev, men Bird and Fraheis Glav"Esq; In duther Iconniy, toia O. lrine MoSes Lofan, ' Iilaekwelt, Richard Burobet, Theoder- J; Bnrehet and Cow Benjv.iiraoiey. , . enhed. That these proceedinp be pib I in the, Western Carolinian and Kaleigh ay 1 1828. : ;' 1 7: " M - Trom the Kashville BejinbKSan. , ... .. JOHN WOOD. H e3br itf the TKirtiiaTit; of -the litioD liar been .characterized bj a iter, want f, principle, than the re- attempt t yrnisli the well earnerl l of Andrew Jatkson, by creating iflrlv falft imnuaciATt Aft fllO nllK hind, ill relation to the execution of 1 wv (III II . or i rm " w m VV ootl. To those onai,t;iiainted the diiBcaltiett , which daily pre- m themsrirca to General Jackson ;e early part of the Creek War, and aently threatened to -close hi .cam wnmanded, fnd tnin to ..the un pro 's; frontier fhich it wa bi most 4 and , important dtttj tb profecti "kae nd cry bow raided; y the ,4ion prints oyer everypari wfvlhe m States, becaaseof the trial jnd lution of a hardened 'ofTfuder-, will -1 r. airoply i an ieljectiintferin tntnarkeii or anr itiMiBifutithco .e of turpitodeBtii to,nf(iutjn ainted with the mttterht of t!jj ar commanded by Grneraf JacUfiri in preek Var, U disorsadized con iht : tnutinoaa nd disorderly which on tlte slightent cecaitiooH, t (brth and menaced - ttissoUiiiorj ie armyMlttpir,! Poctor , Armstrong appear I i fttberv1ijtjt than ai WwHyt. , poltrootl. iwhwi maC is mm. to cast cenwrc knows, Wits the jjrat.fade of 'oQfttrymenFot Hhf pttrpnse, ;l I'utj our distant rMefa to fnf an jrate opinion relattte t the joslice necsaitf of the execution of John ."U weahaSI say' a' Aw: w"fds cn tin h ke Wag membeiv' ami of tbft Jhoaii and' rebelliou drit which, " as ax v u.miui'u ' 1s" ti.n "? nrirtr jf existed in n; :most trom its nrs arancein Oi acid. .' t Tennessee mili;ia and voiun- f which the C.-ce'. army was mubreii,i r slwaidereJ araa. Usl tax r Mw isufhm iwrn,tl n the prit A-'tooo of waf tad Uvea aaac- catror&ed to kardthips gf ta deWip- ? r""V- I tionod coteruiasJ eiaUrd avoriotu of their awa rirhls tad iteorUac-- .s J " n- a ".a n m witor oiiociiuet uui oeoct OenersJ Jackson cUirm hit Urrck ca partkf, noo wti KMir tertwisty frtt or prsalMtiT tf Nure lojururae result. .1.-.. .L. . 1 ' 1. ? uiau snai wiuih iiiw. tnrai a acarcily f prvvMa.4. .Tke Uttc st iff aJwiyi be oil evil of l! fitt saajnlla le in the Tiew of aey tMly ot ineii.tB fVi bred in. ins rim vaucy i the MiSMkkipi. It m brhiy prbtwWfl (bat tha aeeatMsa often agiuteil antorg Ute toea aoder GeneratvJarkson,a cwmmarut dtieinj the Creek AVar, reUi'sve to rhr Jrgai expiratioa of thnir term of service, had Us origio. iu great decree, to" the evil of whick we are speaking. Ve ara tlie more tn5rmcd n t!ii op'nmo Jy he fact, that Ihn fjrat uiuiiny whkb took ptnco in General JacksouV army, was produwl by 'a, acarclry f prorisiiMia, It transpired shortly atter the battle of Talladegs, abme lime, we bcliere,. iu December, - 1813, amoo the "UiTlina, who detcraVmed . on roarchinz koine, bat Wero pref cated bj the ruiuoteers, whom General Jackson tinted to be drawn up in front of them, with povtire, order to prerent their pro gress, and Cumpet them jo retort) to tlteir " .Winer' BusUion iu the camo." Some idea mat befmnedof the state of the arm from tho en r,untanc, that tike best day, these very vuluntecr at reraptcd, lltemtictve, tq mKh huroe, but were prevented by tlia 'militia, whose progress they kad impeded but lh day belm-e. Surely, surely he muni b a bisthly iriftud and favored man, who could keep together, lor a single day, by uck meaas, mi army composed e nch materials , ( The next mutiny wis far mure seri ous, and required a realtfr degree of energy r its suppression. Vicn. Jack sou bad been compelled bf the discon tent of Ui army, to abandon his posi tion at Fort iJfrother, and to march to ward Fort Deposit io quest of supplies wtMcn were liuuriy expeete il; but he caused it "to be disthictly umlersrond, (hat a soon as provisions were obtain ed, he would return and finish (he cam paign. The anny bud pot proceeded twelve mile before they met a supply; but 'ho men having suiisuca llietr op petitcs, resolved opm prosecutiii their lourner towards home, and almost whole .brigade put iUf.lf in an attitude for marching forcibly off. It was' on this, occasion, (list General Jacluon seized a musket, laid it on the neck of his horse Ybeitis without the une of one arm,) and threatened to shout the first man who should advance. . A lew brave officeis placed themsel vet beside him. two companies, were collected in rear of the.ucneral to second his euorts, and tlie mutinous brigade stood ready to march: .after some minutes, however, they agreed to return to their duty, and acconlutj-ly. abandoned their purpose. The 6rmnesIofxGert. Jackson on this, occasion, prevented the campaign from belnj broken up. ;; ;, . ' A third mutiny broke out in Gen. flail" Brigade on the 9th Decenber 1813, Gen., Hall hastened to the tent of the commandiug, General and inform ed diim thAt bi wo!e. I5rintle were makin prrparatioris for moving foni- blv off. General Jackson instantly is sued v general order to all oHIcprs and soldier t aid in. putitinj; down a mnti- ny--posted a company of artillery and a body of militia under Colonel Wynne iii advance rode : along tne mutinous line, jjthlres?ed , them, in aMr'ain of " impassioned eloquence,' ami assured them they should not succeed but. by passing; 'over ki bodybe demanded an explicit answer from 4hmn as' to their determinat'iort of marching off; they hes itated, k8 ordered (he artillerist to re-, pare tho mAtch tbey, yielded, and fc tgroed to lheir duty, i So.: gloomy wa tke prospect at .this period of. the cam paign, that . Governor; Bltwnt advised it abandonment, nntit. the general jcar'wl find one hundred ;,uhd ninety onelmen,' attacked'. h General Hnbei ti' Jirigsde, aftermarchirg jo. within three es of ihe. camp, dejeralely turning rnoif and proceeding, homeward wi'th IiutKHir2 seen the camp. ' -W tnc m l.l ! ivi-ciiiuvi. ( nis "wmi; ' In Jsntiary .tSl another muliny of an agftj-ayated cnaracu-r broke out, which we shall pve in the words of ihe Bi"rapher of General Jatkson: Ou,llie1toniins;oftlie 4:h of January, Ihe ofilter of the iiry, WiyotBiadlrr, repoitcd, that M cJtinir-hw iruard.halt after tn o'clock, be (pnml nefju tlJ offloer, L'leawnaiit Krsrler, nrr anr of tl tt-titiiieU at tlu-ir jM.tv l?lon tliii inrormntion, Gcnvl Jm-aion onierefl tne arrcn f Kdu-ler. ho i-efctrtl to wrrrmler his kword, llegin; U slioll protect him to Trnneiitre; ttut he was a'tn-enwn, and not salyect to the otilrt of General Jmrtnon, or any beify eWcThis be in( ai-de known to- tha t.rten., lie imicl, bn-lotslfau-lr, hi order to tha adj.itt genend: Yon will Ibrihwiih enow the jii-rcl to pnraile, with CKitaia (ionlon's aompuRy m nines, una ar rest LhAiteaant Kearlert ami, ta rwe Jt slixll be opposed, in lb esveutioa of tint orffrr, yon ar- enmtonndcil to oimot-i tort to iorre, sad ar rest b'mij trt till. hiiMid. .'Spare the -fruin of blood a iowl)lei unt mutiny mnp. ana limn m put do Colonel ' Siller,, villi the Kaards stnil Gordon' compsmy, huiuediatly pmreeiled i aMrch. sod founil hire at the beml ol hia eon- .itany; oft tlie ,1m,' which were aH fonnrd, im4 but refuwd. TJm wljutant reneral. findinc it Tj-rrjrr, dr-eeted tb a-jardtttr sloy bicti sod altWHUftCrrljC a baahr of shcq sa government should pryda more enectu al means, for conductict it to a favora- ble is sue." v--.. , H, - MSfMkHV.rwiUb"rb. TWwirSiwr- a-nsiii I.I ""W."T " ataistrrjr Jr i !. MSmti wMte M-.VAiik- rti a ewnr4a, (in f MS M Snn, barf 4 m"mm tt Ska Mm 4 ft KwW bit h-h b t4l abwh. aktty thnH S aVImwv ImmnmA at lk -K ngn, awl rlr r) - t m i urn la fwsba mukt a srffrwa bis bel-xr, ami r atrawir WwUat; sslbeavvaW tasMir-, SM Oloa kKlwy I I q ii i. krt- tWm, mr,yiknmm,mimnmr. At tUa at . Or- T-jWr. ta fcm tf almraal rrOvraL vba rcfiiW to t.rri. a. lf . wi UV. murard la K-Hey, W a. W- "7 T "-W ' 'ri' e4 a,aa wta t4--d a-Mrr s-rt Ouro lii-i0 ' SOI . . t ,.V 4 . , vrrs, ummfuntn renwaca vi'JI tkrarar-a m- Mn(lortiHtMiMiilU-iiV aas aawselr simiA It may be proper to add that ktearW became penitent, ami earoeslly aulicf ted pardou, IHs prayer wa beard, ke was liberated frca arrest, received kit sward, and frona that time forward wa devoted to hi benefactor. And yet Gen; lack son is railed a monster of inhumanity, a blood thirsty murderer! ' V have cited these alarmln instan ce of mutiny in General Jackson tr my, for the porpoae of shewing tthe reat(r Its actual condition, 'paring the whole of this tryioj prriinT Out one oitendcr kad been punWted with death. a .1 . v i t ' ,..M' L I it was me common arm astaomncu o pinion in the army that do militia-mart could be mad to aitfier the penalty, of death for any disobedience of or il er , . f "L.,,:-- vwl "k:Il or act f mUt or.- VVotkJ himsellt titooirht. ana saj.,that- uencrai arit-i aim Tinrrrt rmi hv him er-rutil ThU? opinion derived additional ennfirroati 'niWMM-dtMi0.0W,,fViiUm Wiibonrn. Irom the ease of a miima-tnaa by the namc of Moor, lie hari been tried lor. aggravated offences, and sentenced by t'J- ZTZ Court aiartial to niter fleatn lV Slint- ting. UeneralJackson I'latn to carry lh tr-ntenr. into execution vet annre- tne c!"ence .nT etecBiii.n,.yet appre hensive of the injurious efti-cw wIhcIi no knew would result Iroin 111 tlOietl tie-. mencv. adonted a middle coarse. The f -, . . - .. . .. incr ftntr uutt wiien Mfiiiuun uroa u arrnstau offender vms lead nut for cxecption, knelt nw we-dioa; a lu from J0ih riroWn, he or.n down to suffer the sentence of death, & fetrd tiutt John and Abe Vod, jnn. en( iuu. n that positionreceived a pardon from .i ii . , r rri . - ''f me v-ommanuip!; ucnersi. inus , w j will be perceived that Uencrai Jackson previous to the execution uf John Wood .I u. ... i .u- . r r.i . had ejhaustedthe cftp of forbearance to tne arcg nr ine sane ui example ne- - -w. jumiiua ult. . had caused Moore to be led out lor exe- Vmv;nlfrde. rrfir.tKS. cution, and had tended a pardon tmJ&SS ffi htm at the very moment he was to havo tint of my awn knowiHre I kn ndt.iinj;, til beed launched into eternity but on." that occasion he solemnly vd publicly declared that the next otttjoiler should, leelthe lull weight oi the law. Ihe Hieopvnwa-tiwrberboodttiiitJohii wood nrrl nlfnrtdor u lani Wonn H n WB rnl with Iu brother Will sod Aba in Tiexi oitenrjcr was- jona y.o- " rarbiu acti X raiuinv. 1 wa along when Dill was guilty of an aggravated act of mo Wood, krodier of At tnkenforWi.rit.g (;iny tne well being and perhaps, the bnrtei. He was nramttu! to- the jii of Lin very existenca of the army, demandetl -nty.buthefore the trial came vo, 1, .with ,. J .:, . '.V, ' the rst of hi aKomultccl who woi-e eorifiuil, his execution. He auffe-red the penalty t,a .nd ieft he eonntiT. ' Wue to hi transgressions, and the alu-' tary efTects of this example were spee-1 dily visible. While writing- thiartW cle. we have been assured, bysa .brave anojwcil Known onicer, that: previous s-cmuiar. v. .waw, e vuicers oi tne. army were unoer serious appres ..Cu...U, ...a. v,.c .n-uunj-Bpn ana massacre tnero mat never in nis th h (hc aomned ra,a,. life did he aptness so a utary AchanRe of tho DpcT0r own witness-lli ia inn), nuitit iviivnru lowed the bunishmeitt pun wj,0; ffom his own account lhat General Jaekson'a. .. .rl..-,i: wjit of Wood--and nnersmnled nrmiteu and nero-i' roii ri , tv tt : ' : 7 7 v -c-r'" alone have kept the arpiy (ogeUier. , ' V w . . a . . t.s.. " ..w.v ... .... ,.n. ..r . nerai wcksod in fw ernte, exisrs wun . General Jackson uttered no , such, those mewho acted dishonorably nt.Unffuaie. because U was of a kind al- me vreek uampais;ns.' "jMotiny,,.tleer tion, and cowardice' are callina isub; jjecta with mcrnjr ofs hi most vindictive enemies in i ennessee therefore it is that the ' Tennesseean't raise his voice in Bedford and Is enabled to, obtain a struts of false and cOnflictiO" ccrtifi- caten therefore; it is, that the Rentuc ky Reporter is decked out ih' letters aad certificates from ur tieiehboi ins county of ttotherford and therefore it is, that scattered over this htate, indi vidual may be fuaryl who feel marvel lous sympathy lor, poor militia men. We have reason to believe that these ttrlifcale-gentry, or some ' of them, from Bedford and Rutherford, in the ca se of John Wood and Andrew Hunt, had themselves left the army in 'po cre ditable manner. Is the fact so? If it is, their motives for reviling General Jackson, can be accounted for, and the truth of their certificates properly ap predated by the public. If i ia not so, they can easily make it appear, . We should l ave been perfectly wil ling to submit the rase of John Wood to the consideration of the public,' after ha ving simply Mated ihe condition of the army to which he belonged, and. cited the repeated instance of apvravated mutiny which broke oat but a short time before his death; but (he extraordinary efforts used by the partizans of the coa lition to inflame the public mind by ex- aggeratetl accounts oi if, pave imposed upon ns the disagreeable necessity o publishing to the wprlj, the tne charac ter of WohI. ; For the purpose of f xri tin ympahyfor his death, and ind.ij. nation against General Jackson, he'.har been dubbed by ' the - Administration print the noble '.minded l Wood;'? Mbe brave tind indepertdent Woul,. ,l the anfortnhat AVockI, and been cloi died wi(h every rpilbct that could vrn ifer honor & credii on his name?.:; Ilelia been called air-arlyr to. iii own itflesi ble spirit of :iiideretrdeiicr,' -,nd ia' Pmr.Mtfnt, necessity there aVisted for laa nndergolng a sort bf potitwal canoiiizs-jlng the Jtaw in be lespecteiJ we leave tion. We ahall proteed (r strip fromUhe nuestion with tiu m. inlfce fullest th memory of Juhn Wood, the false vl Wonr an J itrts wVichV Cat-, iu ritOTs,, ir tit vileal parpw, bare tbrawa arwaad it.aad will i uit a it tra rlwar, the cAaraerr tj. tb.it aaa vba ba Wea .deified, wiik i.laiaoa dci;f riotiing adiaia pst tha Here T Aew th-leana. Johs Waad, t prtvtPf kerw of tka I vuaiiBuiratiow t riois.wnwsa vmursiiorts oi uif uaantma rna! ia ansa' and MUSWioir) kara been tha fraiLfal thai itf coalitio orai. wis a ntaa whuse chasxr U-fort.ka co-aiaittrd tha "feces lot wkiek k aalTemi tleatb. l...t K. : I I- . j faa follaaiuz certincate will show " -htt nunaer af maa' lha friecda af. the aJministratioa have beta akoddiog their aympttlivdc tenn (or: ttf f Vim.-t, CWMn JlfmH If, IM. . Itavmf Ijsi tiMatcd U Ut the It-rartrr ef Joha oH, vltu eTM-iIrd la IWCrrt nithT (or ftxttmr aaj davcrUoa, I cwrnfy the. I rs the (nnwaUe ho lock old AVn-xl, lha fa-. Ikar ef M, fur aoMcsttn; Mote rofxtt, a4 ap a Jm trM WforetS-i m--,- WNIlara Omi ttati-tt, Itut -Mm ami Abe Wood tit tW lota af Joienli Brootk stul MnwiiIt tnok froit a W, rkxiit naaia the tbtatwa oftui f -fo- i.- - The reader will boar in mind that the 8titemenf of Cross allwl'd to by Holt f wa riven aitder oath; ike following cer- nucsie i ra tne ramo eitectn- v I ba-eread and eaamitird the e.fOfx-Vx of Jotdoa C Uotu En. una fiad k MihttiiHv wrrct. f t1 at th trial men(tfMt4 in lira eA ttrt WiitaHaOos. -. ""'' W-wdttttiltikebadautotdicI u,,., above stated that haints - v-- - ankaium "iMHXr.RY. iSMrre a7Vna4Wsr. Be4fr4 1. .Ifirilir.mi. fie9iciijti.! jwi .tcti frma iaid vii- V "". ai tmi aerora m, wiih r a.be Vod, Jon. ho mla o-th, (u well wr now rrrouuetwiiuutevin, rAb ant..ii o w9nloff while befora nlgbt and retaracd sto,n ftf v)ij tU W?M4, WM well aj.prrxej-jirt rUiJ. rt.ted that J-A-t wt- hmt uolen a quantitr oflmiaer, t tht ,ne "? M sJov.a ? KI T" " aorio;u in wm wniiicaic 01 oioaei ninoc- rr md .lonlon C. Holt, . mwemdtvlt Vm iVl the unfirhmnt nmd had teen pemiitrd n tnve : rararWiwrj tht army, Ar Auw d-a miea tutn the tthert fn nt leant ftoo casstfir :cxUng,,aUx - ,,:atcd,tJc. ., ' inioriaa:toBiawai(uti.iei.-raflerrtirera to SXiv E intf 'ho r.v ,.nt end report hhtorrecti imii ttuitti w - "j - his ' vuwam siivvaw- j;,, r0llecte4 hattwo or fltree Dr. Armstrong, witnesses til tlwtv ,uris heTnltercation fcetWten WockI and the officer whoso orders 'be disobeyed, General Jr.cloion roshed out of hig tent and eX claimed V Shoot tep On ibcrt ,, . . v. . -. ?. ....... . asys t noes not recollect oi suiK exnreon from Gent f hcaririw any .iiyvit. yapiLnow uvm vtniui vutaavil at"kl loiviriiAM n,i.waiitr recollection on the part ;ot j.rgursoo,.is the sfroiiest evidence culateu to make a rinrable impresiiton on the miod bf (he hearer".- Independ ent, however, bf thi strong testimony from one of the Doctor' awn witness . . i. ... es, the following certificate, give .thei lie direct to this- most important part'pf the evidence that the Doctor has been able to itlcant ; 'V,-1- -r State oTenneitret, Bedford ca.'Apn) 17; 1S. We hare been called upon to state wl.itt we know, ' of the conduct and character of John Woedr we were both in the ume eorapsny snd rarne-matei of Wood we vera preaeot t the time the officer ordered Wood on duty, .who re fused, and stated that he im on gimfdj tli offi cer then ordered a filo of ruoa to take. Wood, who instantly took np his pm (and as soma ssy ) corked her, and rwore dial he would shoot the fint man that would touch htm. . . , C ?- ' Bn ootil aow, we anver heard of General Jackson'a orderint; him Ui be ihotj -me art eev tarn that he did nol Uir K H bad been no, we slioald ntoM certainly hare beard somoddng "boat it. AS to Wood's character, we know nothing personally, but hare heitrd it reported since oni retum, nod at the time hi brotliera. Bill aad Aba, vrre apprehended, thrt he also was sus pected of bem concerned with tliem but 111 it was only tha report of the neighborhood, -r - -, . J . JOIIX RBTJiOLtlS. -. .i . , ' . his, r '- - - ' , . ISAAC m MILUKIX. ' Test, A. tellr ' , nisi - , 1 Shelbyvitte, Tmnettt, Jprtl if, 121 , . The undersigned hating been Informed that eertiSculec he been given by Joha Holt, Jordan C. Holt, Etq. and Col Abram Wbionery, reupcctins; the cliaructer of the unlortuniitc Joba Wood, do certily that we hare been Intv-ae-e-ialnted with the above rentlemen. and also with their character and standing in aoeietr. We hesitate. ae to c(dure that they, 'stand "as fcir h unimpeachahla a tnj citizen m the StMe of'TenAeuee. - We further beljere their, certifi-e-tei aret. enthlcd to all the wed it and.foree which the solemnity of an oath would, or could rive them.- ,,'' : ' : f;,r- ' uircn tinner, onr limit inn I7tu April, 1S3S. r tl'm. GUchritt, - - Jamf APKissidc, ,';J)anf. APAmickl Jams It. Hliite. rho.L.Grttf Having aobmitted to the public inme af the .Bany acts of mutiny ami outrage which weriT comnAttetLin General Jack sonj army but a short time previous to the'executioa of John'Vooil, and the confidence, -that In the whole course of rood act -wrsaJ by Graerit Jukso la rtiatiwo ta variA sad aurminj ta stance of watjsr ahkb it was K for sad aUrmirfj la mm t neet witk ia the Creek wars. tay will f ad aiack ta admire sad oa thina ta awadetMU. Tke C,-meffr y Jk fi'fd woald kterer bara beea eowa Iota, bat lu ika ettra ordinary ef I w. m m., hibk-i ilm a anrt nl Aarai mtrftr tlia tn-ra saentioa ol vita ama waa ta kindle' tM deepest tnltgal..aa piatt uoer- at jacaaaii, lur fwrtaituot; u penalty of tlia law to ke inflicted apoa btnw ilturu. XawrroVt Xesnc,. ' J l. . Ot-rrtiMtw,--. Yasi would gratify onolrieod of GeWJecktoo by publishing hi' letter to Dr. Coleman, to disprove that Le ks dotlged th question, at charged by tke Regiatrr. -. i." , - . - TTtUnfUn Cfij, Jfr SCO, 165. - Ptui 1 hava kad iba I'onor, tiiir tlsv, to receive r letter of the 41 it insjant, and niik vaudur ahall reply to it. My game kaa been broa-ht before the Pation by (he prople tketaselvec' without any agency of so'ari foe I wish it aot to. ba forgoiien, that I Dover hrt Solicited tf ficr; iior when called poo, by the con stilated authorities, have ever declined where t conceived my arrvkes could be beneficial to my couotryi Bat a my nsme has been brdusht before the nation for the first ofJka ia th gift ef tne peopi-, h is incumbent on uk t asked, frankly to declare my- opinion upon any political national question, pending before, ami about which the country feel an interest. "..'' f ' " Yoa ask m my opinion on the Ta rifl.-' 1 answer, that 4 am in favor of a judicious examination and revision of it; and so far as the tariff bill before us em braces tha dcMtn of foster'tor, protect ing and preserving within ourselves, tin mean of national delence ami indepen cle nee, particularly in- s state of war, I will advocate and j support it. ;The experience of tbo last war oujht to leach us a profitable teisson, and one never to be forgotten-: If our liberty'ahd repoU licaa foria uf government, procured for us by our revolutionary lathfti, 'Aa wortji the blood and treasure, it which they were obtained, it suielv i our tlutw to protect and defend them. Can there be an American patriot, who saw tke pi'i rations, danger and difficultiet experi enced for tho want.tof the proper mean af defence during tlie last war, who would be willinir scain to hazard -the safety of oofeountry,-if embroiled f of to rest it for defence on the prcchriou nieabs" of national resource to be derived from commerce la a state of war with a otarilime power, who might' destroy 1 1 . . . . . ... I . ' mat commerce to prsveni us eotaioin the means of defence, and thereby sub doe us? J hope there is not; and if there is,' I am Sore fie doc not deserve to enjoy the blessing of freedom. Heaven smil ed upon, and gave u liberty and inde pendence. T naf aama providence ha blessed as with the.means of national in dependence, and national defence.- If we smit or refuse to use the gifts which be: has extended. to u,- we ileserve pot the continuation of his blessings. lie has filled our mbflntain and ouir plain witV mineralswith lead; iron j and copper? and giv'in lis clirpafe and' foil for the gniwiug in, iiKitip nut1 wqoi.j;, i uese up innr the rrand materials tif imr national lUlence', they ought to have extended to them adequate and fair protection, thai -J.- .-....-r-... f : 1.1 . uur vwu- insnwagiui les ami laoourers roav be placed on a fair competilioh With Jhote of Europe, and, that we may have. witnin our country, a supply thmi leading and important articles, so essen tial in war. "IJeyond tliis,' I look t the Tariff with an eye w the proper distri bution of labor, and to revennes and wkk a view to discharge our national debt I ant one of , those -who do -not believe that a national debt it a national blest ing, but rather a curte to a renubticj in asmuch as ili calculated to raise around the administration amoiiicd aristocracy, tlnHgerous to the liberties of tha country, This I'ari3'--T,,roean a judicious one Ioisesses more fanciful thau real dartirtjr. will ask what U the real situation of ih.c sgricnltiinst? - Vhcre hat the-Amerlcaa Parmer a market for his turpi u product? Except for -cotton ho ba neillier a fo reign or home market; Doc ' not - thl clearly prove," Vhen there J no market either at borne oi abroad, that there t too much labor employed ia aricnltiirb; a no mat me cnannci lor. labor tuould oe multiplied?. .Common tense point oui at once tne remeuy ? juraw irom ag riculture this tupcrubnndant labor: em ploy it in mycvVisin and manufactures thereby creating a home market for your bread stuffs, and distributing labor to the most profitable account; and ben efits, to tlie couotry will, results Take friKB 02iictt1ture in the United State six hundred thousand men, women and children, and you will at bnceive home market for more bread stuffs than all jEuropct, now; furnishe to . us, In shoft, ir, we have been too loppj subject to (he policy of the Ilritish merchant. It is titoe that we should become a little more amerUmiteth and. instead of feed ing ihe pauper and labourer tf Eng- , lanti, jeeti onr own; or else, in a short time, by continuing rlor prerent policy, we haUftli be reiidered pauper eur c1v(s. It isltierefore, my opinion, thitt ft carefulvaod judiciWra Tariff , is roucn wanted, to pay our national debt, and afford us the means of, that defence ' within ourselves, on which (he safety of i ' ' ".: " ' .' r eosntry eJ 1 -'i t'r r ' s "J Ut, tSstW not Jeui. v a r---r tiuutica tea.r ubr, w' S ta-; beorCcial ta i s k-- ,. 3- 4tc. and t s' S rf i. cr.x", . . -. "Thi u S ' t r tf r? t aloo, trftert"'", i t..a . : t i - ' I veqeiry, smi I .-',.f.m tt, - ,wvUfTU vm ,I (r .,m i (-rt , bin-dnMa tit m fnttnlrr lr aicauta ta i u .sr t .e r r roe I wwoU not barter diem for s -y i be) ae aitattiun, ef a f pon chars tef, that could be f ua t..r,' , I bar rjrvsrme.J rna tor enigrf Cretly, b-r us I a a without c U tnarjtja i .'lotiM iu tceJ der: ? tnvs f, if I cos Id bciiev uijwll capsule of 1-N tiring the eonSJence of ay, by tstt tgnowe.- . i. . , f 1 ao,ir, very respectful, . Vwir arwt ribU erTnt. . r. -fSWd) ANDUKW JACU.Sr," " Da. Lw Il.Cot.KMAn, . Warrenton, Ji. C.n k. VOtCK OK THE PEOPLE. , -So mack haabeenaaid ii the Adniin- ttratin Print aboot llie ir-actiont ' in Nw York, that wo dclermined ta scertaia tha flat of public tantiment in that duunfMji.hed member CI the U -nion. Tha followinr it th result of our enquiries. It is. written by one tf Cd best iufnrrr.ed girUleraen at Alhan y. ! To kaa tho moat extensive epportu ': -, tf" obtaining; correct Information, c J . e one of tliosa men who would cora (n deceive the public: - ',.-- , . Tno Alinlstrauonaccminti of a re-action in the State of New York, arts' without tha aeniblanee of foundation, This i a caolinuation bf. the game whick " wa first plaved uff in relation to Ten h ' sylvanla one vcucaj, fit next with Vir,r J!! 1L . 7 I.. pnia. . men it was aimosi oemonstri-.:- tcd by Administration pm-T, that l enrr- sylvania was ready to tb . .lon her favor ... it i... ! b...! i .... - i .i lie canuiuate ur rretitieni anu iiitr. Virginia would go for Aclamsl And., wo pad as much reason to believe last Sarailer and Winter, that Pennylva oina.ld Virciuia would be in favor of it . ... r-:i:. l.... ' ... miaiim, wn jju in; iii"una ituvc ' nv lor believing New York will te n fttvonrt viii the keartlet aucri on of the pirasitei of thb Administration. ITicra it no reasonable fround foe believing, that Mr. Adamt rail obtsin . . more than 10 rote in this Stafs. T1.4 1 . ennvkss for member, tf Atsen.bly ia Norrf Isst, thow a decided rrcrity in ' ,. faror bf Jackson, in tno distil ' l.ich-' chooe Efi.electbrt; tb this nu- ' ly be added the S electors, coac , Lln ' wiib, u senator in Uotwess, v - o arej, chosen kr the electoral cttllfje, ar. i-if. make S3 electors for Jul sun, and for Adams. I 'ead of lusin-, tbeca: 'j of Jacksott ' ' i-en un-.tai! itj( g'dinirj ttrenjrth, elat tlcction. J "The v,. K .jder -ajninst Jntk-orv with. which the ttate bat been Unruled the patf winlcri have ierred o:.!y to Stimulate' the people to greater ciiT tionain hi favor. And the mode ia which thi official rlectionerrir - 1 : been tarried on, has kindled a i..ii..c, which will in;e the whisker tf t!trsa members of Congress, who have prosii tated their franking rtivi! ;e, by rffail ingthe vilo falsehood.!, which have been conjured up by corrupt adiwnistra tion to destroy the fair fume of the di -fender of his country, : :v i v At Wast tkrf fourth of the rnerd j bero of tho -lopslsture, whirl! ha fe eeTitly , tdjotirncd, were the . decided y friend of Gen. JacVsoti. rrev'ton to the adjournment, a cantus as h-!.) to recommend a state convention .for tha . nomination of Governor, &c. in Eep-t tember nexC At thii mretins the' ut jnostJiamonr andood feeling prevail j. edi lio attended th cancit,' and tlie proccedinjja aro Voncarred :1n by 15 other who were absent, making a total . of l5. ,TUo legislature consists of lCi . membera, i!. -J ' ' Tbo jrcat "miss of the pco; le ara' for tli Uero of Orleans, end yon n.sy -,-be assured that all the device and lt -tnomtra'.'.on) of the administratien i"b: Ibis State, will evcntuit 1 1". -e tht tn ' ; cf the Ecdisib against KJ:'.r.:.;rj ia t!.p -defeat of tueir Uoopo and tho dovnjf-dl . oftbolr cUief.. ar ' ' ; H. "A eoo of 4H'i sigrti- tf tni.,' lastaC- Otl, ; some of the Aminfctmuati body guard" of about 200 wknsa -3me arV attached to fcvCkl! of the Con vr cation t J Albany, are declining tbo honor whiclx vu inteiided for thcra. Two of them have backed out. - - k. - i received (tcimPenruytvtaiiatad tt Virginia what honorable and ingenuoeb " politician can,' entertain tha slightest, doubt; ,Thc rery persoos, wbo cant i bout the ntintiber of Delegates, elecf et . to the Legislature, who ara friendly ii . rholft dministratioO, f tho atne ' time aware that jme ef these Dslegatca are front counties decidedly in fsvor of , Jackspn." Thi county, for instance; w known to be in .hi fator yet one of , tho Delegate bf tleprico1 is mere favor-. . able to Adam than to Jackson -but ha-; wa elected because it was not a decitU ed test,' and beessie ho is a gentleman, highly esteemed, for hi private virttnt' . and public qualifications- bnt, U is idle. Wtalk aboot Virginia. The' wry men ,-. jvho Sffect to have any doubts of her uf- frage Ore sincerely convinced abooi;, their Tutilifyi ana only ld ;vp fal8. liirhta to deceive Persons at a distance. 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