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'AH tm-Ur phui lMr'wh or on? Irt on tlwi ot tbo et -or towU of lUlrigfc ..AriLe.TMnwMee. 6nl tbo roit Ibro' i Mubarv to WilkMbonmHu ke. sot T mimed 1A K' hit eretT milei 'rtt tiuo mf oOmst. Sto fcre for 300 miU iiU of bcj8 tUovod, it tlie risk of Un ov- I I V -S V : f-t: ; GEtX V. MASSEV." ; 1 B. TKr iuhteriW m nronrietor of nuM'w t h Wilketboroajh fur tho BterUiaiMHt Innire4 herSCMMF.R GOODS, Wich In her uortnKmt yxj eompJet. Amon j n die reerirod, ro Fuhionnble wfU, Uiora, Plin nd open -ork , ChDdraa'i ditto, elegnt Baujuscn ji i vwitf of other rtiule( all of whicK b .'ANTOA MAKING m most WiioO-" i nanner. wd tho ihortett notice.: -Jus 14 ? ' Not lnte, I JJrr,l Iflter to Mr, Gtl4, Gmor w VtrrtHuu inJ t trprfwnUtimiBConesi ttht period Hen ihi drirrtt m prope4 for coa- men iifUfictoritr tiiow, that tbo fninori vole irulted root r enonoj otjtc ton catrrtaincl, but l one from the cn- trotinr imllutnrf' of priDcipI. Aatwt ffjnitotancpi ku',nn man (a ttie roair try ntertam, r,hi tnanile'fa, a utrefljf r rrffiir fr t'x characttr and ervtces f tlia father of otr ccontrjr, Chan ui li"oera Jcion..' lyxjUing t hit imiirt4y f. and faitUrl ii l)ir hiatone it umli kanJTj berpce tel t bf otherwise; a)4 Jt tki ote, to rerj immaterial, rben all thecircaa ttaoce, it didoeJ by Mr. "Gilea and Mr. Ltringston, are looked , to, and which wat given thirty -one Tear ajo, ia eized upon,' and circulated widely for political effect that nder cover of that aaotuty which tneritedlj attache haclf to thn name ot awMngton, prrjadtcea may be prwloced. ' These letter, highly interfiling, are, frwafdd to'yoo for publication, that t' preferred objectiop may be correctly, nnderatoou. ..mub great reapect, x J. It. EATON. Wasbotok, 29th May, 1828. y aitteaey; tn direct ?iIimi of the beotit1. 1 diclalea f my own ptHiticaf co-iiM- V et; ia tlirrct KIiiia of the bt tj'c-,) ..; dictatraof 0y two jadranrat anJ co- f r cience. 'Mr. Ames oaicht wilhnat Of difflculli, hao obuiorJ or anaoini merit, in tkeblenio itenoforml onm tvW UfJnatifl. iawre 1 It the a; ihoM''a mott retire 1 cl anj aa et- ! tf tmHitrit dohiatro firotpectt t-T a j.!en-4 at.MtJ hi;. tsfcij It'i t dJ GrT5JTfcSiiit- - hita atrvidr. a 1. Tl. irtitt fiarit'.n 'ifi Jk.ii'i: ',mlrain:t. At l t rt J . aabotitatod1 tha moi (rightful -" fi e oVporiuM, for the btt aM , ' trfrwiblicanajaieilieTerderioeJ ' b'Qe&i of 0M8; and which, for ii t .i'.f 1 uilirr. trfavxi ita r.f i - - and hearty wtt in favac of hit Miner, il li sole object bad aeea the p'aeJitt of Geo. Wahtotoot howerer hiJ'lj wrought or eitravagaat; but ,thi wnoltr out cooleol him, tr hta parly..- Ia humilituoa or their pnliiical auurioil aeemed to bo tho moot 'occeptablo por tion of "hia oohal lowed iocece. Met Aotea made tho moat artful aod cutting' t'rant at them, which tho occa.riop, In vited. The, moat artfol and electlo of all, 'will probably be found io .tho qootaDon, from which, th claoao mo- ra (o bo Mnckeo out., (armed port. The ward tbo moat peculiarly Insula tine ajhd ofleosivo, in .tho clanao propo oorT.to be' atrtcken ont, are; thrte: "hit ntr earnest with, that rour ezamv p, may bo tbo- guidt of roue rfrtvra r. i oar xampie in : wnau: er ta'mlr in hia foetidtntitU cfaroefcrr aa evioced ui Am practical aJminintttttion of, tht , gmtrnmint. , not tho example of bit miiitarT conduct dunnjj tho Ki- l i - . t J t . . . r i voiononary war, ikm inc caampio ot ma liie,sen!raliy. uu, no; Mf. Ame would not bo content, with holding out thete exampfea fur iramitationt but an axom- ptt he fAof by which hia sttcceasora ia We ; to.day pixsent oof readers U a Terje tntcrcattn correRpoit ir'o' bceeti Major Eaton, Go. nor.GUcB, hnd Mr. Ltvinrston in lalion tA the Vote of the two last Tied trentleracn, w ho, with General kiiiii. hhd several other diatim shed v kemiblicajra,' dissented "i to MU principles eotiuined in an atl- ,388 XO en, ,' KBliingiHjj, in n- Use to liia las! annual mcasago to ngrs9, ; Tbe subject Jrclfttes td an "cresting perioil of our history ; land l-eminiscencea of entlemeti ao jtingu'whet! ag Gorertior Giles and k Li vinston, cannot fall afford Itritction and jlcasnre-especially .hey tend to acquit Gen Jackson another of thecliargea adduced a. .nst him I f men who lutve attained wt by the subversion of the funda ktk principles of our Government, filwhnapeh tii'itvftid miblic censure 34 corfectiony vilify ing. In every. ode which, desjierattcn cn suggest, le character of this pu rev patriot Si eminent DUblic Benefactor V ' J A luflicieut refutation of every allc ition bf the Adams patty, is present j the names of the. Republican ga. xv In which Geii. s Jackson's name as disnlaved ori the occasion adver- il toi i ,Let tHe characters' of those fen ba scrotinlzed liyVthje severest sts- nrdsent thcif -names Tor nia Blourtt-V North' CaroUn. c t illiam B. Giles, of YirEHua.; r i hritorerGrenop,"' bf Kentucky." -roe Uolandft.of North Carolipa.' idrew JacVsjoa; of ' Tenhesseer't' .1 .tward Livingston-, Hew, York. , Cv fatthewLockeV'of North Carolina.' 14. f iUiam Lvmao, of MawacnaseXt.-' ; imuel McClay, of PensylvaniaA ! vvl lathaoiel Maconof North CaroTma. .braham, Venablei if Virginia. A ' It is a remarkable factj and nighly -editable t' thn,f rharatcr of Gen. rksonthatialt tlto suiJvors of tho Ilo band,, who .acfed iitb him - aj e commencement;, of his political caj ??rlwhe have beetj'witli him ifl the ublic, wrvic over s aiocnd.r W tho cheriahed and venerated pa Harchrof ;Mir. ,Iibertie9iylo 1 are ompetcnt to indce of J ackons qua!- Scations'for the rresidency whosc TPortonities forTorininir ajndnneht, l ire been superior to any others and Ho are above corruption or intricuf , m found coiitendine fii the; ranks of lie peopled gainst tho alarming in? oads tnads unoit our Jibertiea by the aen.ln power, and, with M&iefcp "n,' doubtless consider Gftrtral Jack on " the onlr Jion of onr country r riVith riicU men. in micK 11 cause, -we. .relieve that our institutions will ne irined from thedancrrors nrece ile.ntsw bf Mr Clav ai.d Mr.' Ad- ams. and that offices of trust will a Sun bo filled hv men who scorn, the tha Amrrieav' t1". It. wit! affM me mock nleaurr. Sir. if the fures-tin eiptotatKMi timid oab! vo'ld'- lead Ucotral Jacktoo ajiut iheoennc charrra Uk U ina aod ton art a( li berty to mak any dm of them you pleats, for that ptrp-e; but I reall j iar, that Iht 'ttoable 1 have iraSooed tpoo jo, of readinjr aa Inn a letter, wdt cauee too )o remt the call ru have man opa e nr tie explanation. Be pfeaaed. Sir, to accept aanaranre of my repeitfttl and frttoilly coaaidrr atiotu, tin;. '' -". . -' Tht Hob. J. U. tUror, .-y. : . r . 1 ' " ','. w . , ' ; irourtait cii Mj, to. Deam Si a -To answer your inuuiriea whit were the. caora of rar vk. a gainst tht addreas'io the Preidot in iryo, ana parttcglarly whether, 1 that vote proceeded from any feeling of dis approbation or personal dislike to Gen, NVaahiDjrtiori,''. it ill be nepeawry to advert to circuitstances at, and eventi priocto tht, time that yott waa given. An r one at til convemant with the political history of our country, know I . . -.a a aiiif to la t't rrt tatkWTl c;n.e t i'i id.irr . . , e :e ct f tliefoarth CD(rata. tltarrtn()VFir llttir cl itf tni;--tr ., t..s es.'.i-'lf ofOro. NVaaltinjIoo'aPitiJrnrr. Oa cnttti'uutrd to t' rei, we pM.u? 'e the o euiag rf the aecoud aeioo of tht .wraeUea, that , . ;i(int whom w tame Coreia, he lluoe4 it aTrctmt rpreeat. part.. , wub af n thf leraae to ttit arKwacuiKE reiiremci t ativwoa a . . . . j. )ikb lie hail oalorw an-j on. nanred, 1 can snlrmnl aay, far riv- Mtlw from cff.ca. kttavio vf H e firtieot occa- ... , . cannot h uiitniru'.fa!, Tliat. " i" Jjtinr.T.ltv, inini I rur no Icm' .U.nrt, t!.il' aelt, that, ow Ihia orci-imi, au lar lnin jour , mixiera'M'n aay ill fceltn; tgw-i't iht .Pret'wleut, twice diapla.Ted I noot tmn thote hUo arroateU to eialtcd afattuna, themaelrra the title of bit eictat1v-art and intru meatU, coal.l feel mart- aiocercly, tr iisUt to a rr; . . ; werr more tli.pod tt etpreaa every - M AUht;H e are ntiMa t'.t t' ; ,t er.tiinent of ratitdile for Kit aervicet, tven,el itaeif, completca the ! f 4 . admiration fr iw i luracter, or wishes a chaiacttT a'ready cnspic" . fW Ma happiness. I'-aa I waa. Thet rivalled by tW coincidence n wereideaa t'ut had grown op with nit talent, auccet, and public e.. . rrtira my chiUUnMhl: 1 had cevrr heard'yet wt conceive we we it to y . ': r, " tht'ntnit of AVahiugtn rcuoonced anil afnt more einnlicall to nui. but Vitb veteral'uio br those near, rel.; and to our nation, (of t!e lar : atrvoa who tert ugil with him in-whoo brans we pnome ti tbmk our tht n pfrilout ttroj-le, . Jmlepeotl-'seNei at this toomtM the faithful inler-enrt,libertTan4AnctmyjweTlaoci-:preler,) tot!tpre the aectimect w'.ih " aicn wun tt in my mtnu, and tht awiut ; wmcn it it conTempiaieu. C'?;yRUhmdni,'May S, 1828. -, T)enr Siirv Your highly esteemed fa vorof the 1st instant reached me', last evening, and I have given .the most re spectful attention to its contents." After many Me, scandalous, malignant, Hlle aillr; blackroard, ridiculous and prepos terous charges heretofore brought against Geo. Jackson by the parasites of the Ad ministrtlon, (fcxcOTe tl long list of epi thets, bat the occasion would justify as manvmorp.) lam not at all tnrprited that the new one, of: nearly l(AiVftf-oa i-.. - - - - i - years atanaing, oientmueu in jnar iciier, should be added to the disgusting cata logue. Maor of the most terrific of those charge, seem to me to be too pre rosteroas even tor the use afl old woman in a nurserv: and 1 am sure would be frowned t down by Universal consent, were it not for the blind Infatuation an ting from the ettremeiy excited state oi iteiing eatsuni; in tn puwic muiu wi thia .moment.? Whilst ! pretend to no knowledge of the motives or Ueneral Jnrkon or ar others.' inducing the two votes be is now called on to defend, I havef the most perfect recollection of my own.motrvea .w. tni same voiea The tame,; and similar charge have of ten heretofore been brought against my self, for votes upon the same, and bimi lar subjects, given about the same time. It would require more time than l bate now at command, to give a full and com-, prehensive vtew ot theaubjectt ot your inquiry! and in addition, to that eonsld atioo, I am now in the very last stage of a uaintul' arid feeble existeneeY'. To form a correct JUUgincin uiuii. nine buujcvib, U wourd be "necessary for yon, Snv to give a eiiCical attention to the whole-of the answer' to the; President's, apeech; frotn wbich vou have presented me on! v an extracftand yon cannot "avoid Seeing from its whole con rour; -aounaant jasuu- cation to every Republican member -of Cmrress for voting against iti whilst, tin der; iinoressidns tike mine; it would be extremely difficult for ingenuity itself to furnish any one sutticient grouna ot jus tification for any one Republican mem ber in voting otherwise, i Upon elamin- atjnn, you .caouuiuu umsci i, uu thia answer it a most artful, iogenioua a- y production fonts object. . ts author was believed to be the celebrated Fisher Vmes ;& hia great & brilliant geiiut was tfever more conspicuously dwplajfed in attyliterary efforts of bis" whole, life, man i? ummg v'' He had two obj etts in view 1 tie .one, Jie W'ghest wfonght : eulngiums upon f?n.' Washmittott. drawn trom tne ricn et,t stores of hi fertile mjru1Ji, The oth rt eas ruK his'reoubfkan poliUcaioOP' rionents.-bv the trreaislible iofluence of Gen. Washington's well-earbed populari ilriU TThft one object was highly . lauda- ble; the 6th m unworthy' of. him, and of the-occasion.:; Ine mcense to uuocrai V."lihin2ton,pon his retirement Irom niiblic Service; ought to have been pur? and uharlulteratrdr It should have con. sisted. solely ot the purest love onenngs f" the heart.1 It should not have been contaminated , by. the indulgence of hos- lil. Vindictive nassions towams omers. Not so thought Mr." Ames,' snd his, par ty, , The occasion'' was,, too tempting, the advantage too great, ana tneir own peril to imminent w be given up to a the Presidential fre might be 1 t,,e ryoonifter tht federarconsattt oi - course, tne wome -oi nis no minis-1 tuirt .tahi;tk.,t ' i.. nearly equal in numbers, and regarding ach other with great jealously. I he hterfogrs of" bargain, intrigue, and innpzsjt to Giyrv wjsbwgtox MettrM. Gtemand Jarvii: The ol tie peAted tale, that Gen. Jackton voted id wiftJ honoraDie. ami' nuera xourae v proceeding. 31 ri Ames had the whole weignt ot wen. asningwn npuioi j in Waiiwls. ind he determined to make the most of ijti'npon this delicste srjd interesting occasion, lit ueiermineo to use il not only Jo Washingtou't honor, but to the"dishonor of all hit po litical ooDonents. and reckless ot mercy T . . . . ,- towards them ne rtainvea tnrougn us potent iimuehce, to compel these dar ing political opponents to bear, testi mony themselves to their of ft dishonor and; political ,' ioxohisttney.Ii x for one,iidignantly repelled this insulting effort under the perif of the vengeance tration. . Now,- the . republicans, ray self with the rest had not. only op posed, but zealously- and ktrenuouely opposed, the moat prominent measures of , Washington's ad ministration. -. TAe establishment of the Ba.nk of tho Uni ted States. The British treaty, the funding system, &c. &c. could any thing have been more insulting to every hon orable republican opponent of the most prominent measures ot, Washinton's ad ministration,, than , to toe peremptorily called upon to declare t the world, that itwai his earntst wish, that Wtsli inglonV example in his practical ad ministration of the governrntnl, , should be the guide for tAe observance of his successors? : w hen almost every cay's opposition, to hia tneasurea, ' by Mr. Ames, incontesiibly proved, ke wished no such wine; or if be -did, that hit op' position .to those ame measures, were disbonorabli and deceptive?-' It .was . . . t i . a .- a f . i V nor posaiDie tor my mi mi to ee ormgm to such a state of humiltation andjdu honor and without fear or apprehen sion of consequences, supported by an approving conscience, a lnoignanuy re1 pelled the attempted coercion. ' f V ' It is very far from my desire, or in ttntion, to implicate,' in any respect whatever, the motives of those repub lican members, who voted in favor of this artful,., ingenious answer. 'They doubtlessly took a different view of its meaning, trom that l put upon it; and neriians it rnavbe said in their luntifica- tion, that the words selected' by Mr. Antes,', are general in their character and: lieing ingeniously -chosen," might admit of some other interpretation. It may be SO: but tho words certainly do bear,, and ; were u intended to bear, the interpretation . I then- put .upon them: and the mere possibility that they could be even tortured to bear that interprets. uont wouiq, ceriaiDiy .DB sumciBot ior my justihcation, in repelling (hem with indignation. The possibility, of their being tortured to. bear some different meaning, anurus no mental saivo to me The charge then .is- reduced to this that an insulting attempt,' under an in genieus disguise, wa8- made to coerce me to near , testimony against my own honor, aod my own political consisten cy, at the hazard of encountering the dread influence M Washington's popu larity: and that 1 had hrmness and in dependence enough, to resist that in fluence, and save my own honor. This is the head and front of the offence, snd r presume of General Jackson's.; If tin be fcuiltI rejoice In Ha commission and this too, after thirty-one years of eool, renectioo. under the taction ot an approving conscience: and L now wish it to be distinctly understood that whilst I never did at any time set up the least pretensions to services, like W ash ington's, and was at alt times disposed to render him as pure homage for those services, as any citizen ot the United Rutes. I did not then, nor did I ever yield to Washington, nor any other human neing, in claims to nonoraoie motives, and purity of intentions. Be sids. bit conduct at that day was uni ycrsally known in the district I then had (he honor to represent, and univer sally appro en. My responsibility lor all these evil deeds, has been since test ed in my elections by the people; by the Executive Uouncu; and by the legisla ture. During which time,' I never so licited an otiice, nor a vote lor an office; nor did I, until latelyi ever lose ao elf e tion. Since that time a new set of po liticians have grown p, under tho ma gical influence of a splendid Govern ment. without any of the feelings inspir ed by the great republican principles of the revolution, oroi tht repuDiicaoJee ingt of tht time of Washington's admin istratiorV ,whO areow calling the pli republicans to a ew account, upon very nuiereoi test oi responsioiiiiy from that which in those tunes was deemed the true test V political merit; aod who. federal party had tht government in their handi, and they had the inappre ciable advantage ol seeing raiscu lo the head ot .it, by the unanimous voice of I ho nation, km an honored by their political epponenis.ts the lather of bis country. winch bad been preserved bv hit virtu. bravery,", ami. prudence; whose oalnr alone, they thought, would sanctiry.atw whose reputation would give success to all their .measures, V The . republican memoers -oi mt uouse oi jtepresenta tives, (I use the names, which then His tingulahcih the " parties, l thought that one, in particular, ol. those measures, were injsrioui to the best interests of thecountry, and without, in any instance that 1 remember, forgetting, the senu ments of "TMpect, gratitude, and high admiration, which were due to General ashiogton, they Opposed that measure of his admmistraion.;;lTbey. believed that it woulq have been, a crehction,ot duty, to give op -the independent ex pression ot their opinion, because u was cohtrary,'',to measures sanctioned, by a name they revered-ahd conscious of the, weiglit of that name, I may perhaps be oertuiited to say. that there was some degree of merit in stemming tlu tide, of popularity wn cn was attacnea to it, uded, it is necessary for the present purpose, only to single Out one'?The mission ot" Mr.' Jay; to Great Britain, and its consequences, the treaty of 17193, and the refusal to comply with the re quest of the House of Representatives for the tnspec&m of the pa pert which led to the formation of that treaty. ? That the Chief Justice of the United States should be taken from his duties and put. on, a foreign mission, without resigning his Judicial appointment, was deemed unwise, u not contrary to tne spirit; of the cons ti tu tion 1 ,ane jtreaiy ubcjj, mviia supuiauona and omissions, was considered as ilerog atory to our honor, and injurious to our interests. Xjr?K ?&iifc 'Aftrr it was ratiutd, when the appro priations and law were to be made for carrying it mio eneci, tne nouse tnaue arespecltul request to the President tliat, if existing negotiations lid not render it improper, he would communi refused, and the denial waa grounded uii a tieniai wt iib vvuMiiuuuniM power ot the . House to exereiso Uiew dmere. tioh in carrying the Treaty idtoell'ect ib (hie refusal, the I House passed. a re sclution, which . asserted tot right that the President had denied, :,- ij 'These subjects created great excite, ment, both in debate and in the public mind, and the just veneration in which Washington was held, created an effect somewhat similar to the maxim M th English Constitutional law., ,AI). these measures were attributed .to -the Pre sident's advisers..- t was known that f i e heads of Departments, which, by Ui Constitution, were to be consulted each on the affairs of his separate De partment, were formed into a Cabinet council, and gave their opinions on t the important concerns of the govern ment. : It wassupposed, (I do not vouch for the truth of the supposition,) hut it was generally supposed, that the Presi dent was guided by the opinions of a majority, of. this Council, Hence the nQiciat acts of the President came to be considered as those oftii Cabioet, and were jjeoerally termed tht' act of ihe Administration and they wert' opposed wfien it was ; thought necessary,- and canvassed, and freely spoken of in de bate, withQuttny hoetitity being Intend ed or supposed to the President. ' In deed, several of (hose most prominent in opposition to acts of the Administra tion, were men fur whom Washington had the highest esteem, and who were admiration with which I was struck. I wheT (yet a bny 1 was Qrst admitted to his presence, yielded only lo tho more tt the rational weniimmtsof gratitudt and national pride, when t a matorer age, I could appreciate hit services,' and estimate the. honor his Virtues and character had conferred uooh his coun try. '' I had teen him ia the hour of peril.. T . a.a,a ."at!.' wnrn mo contest , was aououui.anu nis ife and repuuiioo, as well as ihe liber ties of the ballon, depended on the issue.- I had seen Mm id the moment of triumph, , tvhen the surrender of an hostile army had secured our independ ence.. ' niy admiration otiowei um in his first "retreat nd wa not lessened by hit. quitting it to give tht aid of his name ami innuence to tne union ot ine States onder an efficient Govei nment- in addition to this, he bad received pie with kindness in my youth, and w ithoul having ' itia my power, to. boat of any particularintimacy', circumstaoces had thrown me very fredoefttly in the way of eeeivipg from - him such attentions as indicated some urgree or regard With these motives for joining in the most, energetic, expressions of admirai tion and graotuilewiih a heart filled with- sentiments of veneration, and de - - a. . sirous of recording them, my concern can scarcely be imagined, when I found that I must be dobam-d irom joining mf voice to those ofmv tellow citizens in expressing these feelings, unless in the tamo- nrt-a th t should pronou net a disavowal- of principles, which I then . a . -..-.. a " 01 thought, and still think: wore wen fonndedl and declared that t aonroved ihal Wtiich t had but jut solemnly, not only pronounced, but recorded to be, in my opiniont improper ann injurious ,io the iuterest of my constituents.,; It was in f&iri that I and others entreated that the- objectionable 'passages .Wight'- be struck outiu vain we offered to Insert bthf re mort J expressive of personal re-j spect ,. for -tJretident-tbey were a majority, they wit Obdurate,' jTlif id dress fwaabfy and ' skilfully drawn, ana wiinou inn spirit i lUTCBiipnuou, which wrfr; generally excitea. Hie ob jectionable passages might have escaped attention bat when discovered, they coold, In' my opinion, bear po other construction than ' that which I have indicated To 1ud of this. Sir. vou must have the ; address before you, .. 1 transcribe,' therefore so much as relates to the subject of your, inquiry, The ue; giping,whch related chiefly to- our foreign relations, coutnined some past satres which did not mctt the entire ap- t "ii pobation of the House, but were amend. ed in Committee the-, residue wat in the following wordsf v''WnenVe advert. toC the-'intertal situation of the United States; we deem it enu&ll v ndtarsl and hpromins- to com. pare tli tranquil prosperity of the ci.ti- Tho spectacle of a whole rstion, . Ihe freest and most enlighened in tht -world, offering byiu rrpresentalivet tht tribute of pni'ilgned appntation to4, its first citizens, however novfl ami in- tereiing it may be, derivea all its lui-A tre, (a lustra which accident or eniliu- - sissin could not bestow, and which td- - ulation would tarish) from the tram eendant merit of which it is the vuluft . tary testimony; , , vMay you long enjoy iliat .liberty which .is so dear to you, and to which four name will ever be so dean mat", your own virtues., and a ' nation's ; prayers, tibtaiothe happiest sunshine fflt the decline , of .your - days, and the ; choief st ol Julure blessings. -for your country 'a sake, for the take' of rrnubli can liberty, it is our earnest wish that s your example may be the guide of you f successors, and thus, alter being tht or hament and safeguard of the present age, become the patrimony of one de- scendants.?."' .. v.- t .- in the Very Imperfect sketches of the debate! of fhas time, I End that all iny remarks id its diuerent atn;;cs show, as . well my desire to coincide with the greatest admirers of VVasliington, as my,. . sincere desire to produce such amend meats would allow me to vote f r tha' -address. (p. 68 Carpenter's Debate ) Mr, "Livingston was sorry the a nswn-v i j not drawn so as to avoid this debMe ' said it was his sincere desire an I i , that," gentlemen wh advocated th .' dresa in; tht present formj an i t who Wished to amend it, wold f j , bine at to make it agreeable tor'' said he intended to vote naintr ? raendment (la strike out the la ,1 t paragraphs,,) and with a view X r cile parties, when this motion v. , . posed of, he wou;d move lo sti-.;. i -soma wqrds and insert othersiiifii- 'jj.V , Mr, livings too' moved' to strike- out; ' the words " tranquil nrosntriN. tvith tkf . ' fieriod," and insert V present period tvitli ' ' Uuu?"-M. could not aay: that this wat " H v a, lima ot tranquil prosperity; were he tor; s J"; say so, be should mock the distresses of vK v i bis constituents; which were evident "vf , I - inedi embarrasments, wliich confra.i; the assertion,; existed; but lie r- ' I think ourtnUery equal to that i dons of Europe, who were I war; he thought; therefor, i t i :' gutge of the address mi, t U :, as-drawig consolation Vcooi t' 1 i pirison, although ours i r 4 a perfect, tranquility and pro?; ; I. thought too there was an ; , . .' language in comparing 'ir'Sjff, f t,f. - . . Uy to arrtodranqcih'lwicou. cqmpared with pcrha tVJ"f;f hoped, that, notwilhstaml th- ty of adherence to wordOhtfP -y.i i agree in the aiiareeesa Aff-fli.t.' cats to the' House the papers in relation zenS with th period immediately ante. u iqe saia. treaty. i tut request was iceuem to me operation pi tn govern ment. and td contrast it with the calam ities in wniclv the state of war still In yolves several of the Rurcpean nations, as tho-, reflectioDa,;deduced ' from' both tend to justify, as well as to excite, t warmer admiration'of our free constitu tion, and o exalt our minds to a more fervent and grateful sense of piny wards ".Imighty God," for. the bejitfi. cence of his-, providence,, by which its auminisiraiion nas ,ueen iiuncriw su re tremvy hwlt, could he tfottw u. . tre fi'vf differed n tmlimmts i'Slrfr' nli' L'ffj. admiration for thai gretif.vv; t rr V" I he ifas desirous 10 trim t i!du ' ' not do it at ths expense cj irsfei iirtnciples, jn' foni- i trifors itfii'Jt loiter i ,or ' markably distinguished. i " 4 f l And, while we eniertain a grateful conviction that voter wisetfrm and pat' conducive to; the succest of the present factej, had but the preceding session, trt t fobear nounce'd one of its leading. v 'hts amend cr. i v i : I invite you; pat t:rn -r .i.wmi Nr. tJ the phrase which I next propose. ti altef; you will set that it applies to'fpu administration, the epithets, wisei n ' and .patrioHe,YM - w bear ia m n 1 ' what was then generally understood b the term adinini?tratioui you will! tt- ' memhofthst :l,'acu those with whoiiJJ from of Government, we cannot I measured it - tp express sehe deep sensations of regret, ideserving the very reverse fp tliese chjr with which we contempttte ybur inteod-.'acteristics, and you wilt th"n determnu ed retirement from office. , .'Iwhether we could. With any jonstency, . . At no other suitable cession may 'vote for tht address, while. it"cotitaiik'L'- occur, we cannot sutler t!ie present to this aenteQcei To'show, hovvever.'that pass without sttempung to aisciose wni' wo couiu nov may mm ;vne - mca- , ., some of the emotions which it cannot .sures of the Cabinet were wise, firm and ' fail to awaken. -,' - " patriotic, we were perfectly willing td Th-. gratitude' and admiradon ; of .aRcribe these tjualities to the President. , yonr countrymen, tre etill drawn to the l moved to ttnke out the words wise- ' ' - N recollection of those resplendent vir-. firm and patriotic administration," and met and talents, which were so emk; insert 'your wisdom, firmness,- and-- ' nently instrumenttf to the achievement patriotisrai'l In ..moving thif , (the Ue ot the revolution, and of which that glo- gister, aays) " Mr. Livingston could not ' " rioiis event, will ever be the memorial. ' say that all the acts of the administra ' Tour obedience to the voice "ef duljr- tion had been ; wise and firm, but he and youjr country, when yon quitted refwould aayathai he believed the wisdom,' s loctaotly, a second . time, the retreat firmness and patriotism of tht President. ' ' you hod chosen,' tnd first accepted tlie had been, signally conduciveto the tuc--V,.'ilo Presidency, afforded t new proof of tho cest of the present form of government." , , . devotcdness of your zeal In its aervice i'lliia amendment wtt not agreed to, ; 1 . ;.....? -iM a. U - i 4,-' 4.. M '
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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