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(piked , jrV.Ut io Rtfch, 0.ftv Aariciev' and mat 0 cmum nf tr.pcrtti to lh Troa- Terj .tnr Bt.v I net had tin, the enein.r, tan-Ting inteUince MJ. mBt, mhirfc I hU prvterTf with trit Aencaa veaaelt Mild tnm w) ewo crt forth tMtcapUtioa f nj po porti. JrficMetl vA proiin, w tup- ttrilt. - - j ply o-t MrtU lie enemy '1; wr-tVip. -. 1 am; w;t,-, W)lB thoU. (or whiJrt ct-i m Mr own eoa.t. At TMr kindn tod polittBt. rov o- New OrlMCi. whf h a powerfel Bet, btijeJ friend, and mWa terf aatt aod a e!lorSaitfd army, were cUoe . . ; '-JOHN ADAMS. n to that city. aattera were jaif. a, bad; men are enly men our good form of TO THE PEOPLE-r '' goreroment bat not made them all rpa- FiIlow Citiu:x; " -4 ,-' 7. tnitaz The general, to whom waa con . AlikMt ' VanAinMa u'i J Cde the defence of .New pHan vhaa n . ts wrniary nbjeet of oar aolici now tmpated to him tt crime, the v udt: thera are few of nm Amerif aa ry act that were etaentui to the preaer-J peopla, .wa preaanr, wha ar not ant vation l the lire ol toe men, and the inn., that mankind at laiW- thomXA honor of the womee;M tohe property, fit by our example, and beeoma at it alsd was tared, but .it njwt worth freeai aaraelret- W mar. indeed, mentioning wherathetwo ofhert were der the iafluence of telf esteem, which " .,vi: , I i Inherent in nation at well at wdmd " The miwepretented facU. aod ear: ,,1, fi, t highef eatimate npon oar con leatnred biography of Andrew Jackton. d5,ion tn, ram jastifiet; but we mar that hare beeft given to the pablic, e excedjf we retard oar republic, call to memory a lively recollection rt ,,, MVerV apecto, a model Tor other the cruelty and injustice done to Thorn- ,when we find it to detisnated aJefferton:and all thia agiintt , Grn. mta creatand enlightened pront Jacktoa; because ,the Pkopi.k have vurot. wh hare tiwken or written ,r ADDUKSS r -i irtkiRrbublican CcmmiUM J Ctrretpindenct 'MttMipty to the r(ni or ran uwitsb 1 mectinv of th 'enajimktM of aotrMnonr iea, for tlie eitr of PhiUdelpl., appoint by I republican eonToatiim which aaaeipWeJ at Vribr on tk th of January Uat, the fo)lowj peolotion'wa aitoptert: ' ' , D.JrJ That a letter kr addiaMd to Jalne .aldaon, EV requliws kin W fiionr thia touttoo with aopiea an letter; attdreited W I by tha ! Preaiflenta, Thomaa Jefferon and l lihni km wkieh thetroninion of len.'n W Jacluon wra epre(l it beina; aader- kt that no part of tftaie lencra oi a pnvaic James Jlohaldsdn. Esq. Hillsburgk I)eSik: You and I remember, that feelinM'knd. Tama' or Mr. Jefferson re at jrutlilet'T assaiUd, at those of neral Jackion uow irb$ and yet, when . Jefferson natifcn n ow amongst os, traducert imned in the public hom- to tor irtue-l 'trust - arid believe tth fame f Gent J nekton will - h ued, io like maOrter, from" the gnpe I1 You and t xemember, that the peo were toldi that they electwl Mr. ferson he would iWrmlace a French ny, demolish, the chijechea.1 &c.just: we hear ittirtw aarn, mat u mey i- General Jackton. he mil raise an ar-; I, and ettilish a military despotism; t we taw Mrr Jetlerson eiectea,,ann ) people, aftera'ilection, ita a more etiljoyment ot wppmest, inciuuinj liurcnes wan iney naa thought proper to rote for him to be Pre ident. It it the itrjatticeof abusing gen eral Jackson, because the people will vote for him to be rretidrnt or the Uni If th e-r .: V t.f fiawvaa librty ta'.l (jaote aeth t -. at lKr, at proof f imperfection i.. sor inttitaiioot.ar ijfto- ranct ia the pcnpie, the rrply at nk tout at it i miAtie: t'.ie eo tern pora- ne of Franklin and JrCoMtm excUim. a litart'c piowifii? Shall t'.c p."it.S a f oncioine8 if t' 'r c ri . Sle, kw avlrJ liiu to Im iht ir ci.iJi- prattj cbU' tBry to jaint tn to ate.arJ Mvtt tint a aaik Cr every lour tHaxitteritlie o:'r cf i' t,v t tSatt kand tot'nkt at.alua.brr wkta and tav, vheihrr 1 !... , tf 1! r . he itaaaai'rtl? At wa wiUm to lU Ika repuUlic, i.t ' rjrt t ' I ,t.n!.!,i! t world, t'utt like the Athenians In their ant tlenutiu a .rrle Jrnirrvt.-sti.n tf ! Tntf, indenL it it. that irnrs?-r e it I Ineratitude to th vlciftr of Maralhon, j imr anri of (he Uuf t u 1'k one. ar. J ' the'nera at calumny; and true it it, 1 wa bavtf kt alt tnte at national ablv.the Infamy l ne t iitcr. taat thirty tcart ao, tha people were jgtfien and pertonal feelitigr , : - ? ( ti , . -'."'; not air e"taiiv well ratomrfl; bat oe 1 , uo not aoppote inai m uouot your t hold th fate of Franklio and of JeBVr-1 virtue, or acder-rala your jateltitencei' . . ' iou, and tee in if the bmd evidence of j t t not bethought, tliat we apprehend 'J . ; 1 , the virtue. t well at of the iraelli't-ac JtlitcowStures ool yoa have eiprentedjr, . yMir teat at the 01171 nt i lasJ. in, y f - , too not load Mt derp; yoq have mlpt , ' C'".. tha party of Mr..Adaat,of all tha pnw- :., " , , ,. ar. which time ami the cnnatitutiiMi en- of tha Americas people? Where, now are their ravilen? What hittorv or bi jrtpnT transmit' th record f tbetr iioeitf yarirom being drgraden in the eye" of tfheir countrrmen, ar of the ;Vi. . ... Jfrnry Tu' John ir,,- , . U in ,. p if abjed voato lake away; yod have pie . " Corresponding fcmrti::u worlJ. th fimaoftba repabli itaalf la I nteJ to the world aw admiaittraiioa pretervoHt 10 nurttv tav the aonora cwa 1 a. iaiiw wn T.nKifn ma iuc . . - r 1 . ferrrd -anon Franklin and JefTersoti la 1 council vf.th rvimtilic; ytu have chnt-v lim entjra) Eaglt,'- life. nd whirh await them from la ad J ii.ed at tha, poll 4ha .blow aimed at. !U.CT..r8 APPCXDIXPart f V miriag p.?terity? ' . . . lyoor, libertiet ia the 'capituli' and -you. .11,' folluwirt iatemrbti.f Mr.Pamt Suxhis the picture' W the'natt: it t1 l,uce alamlerer f Jackton,?., .i:Jitorof tl.o Ueporter. publishrd If . for the freeitren of th present dv to 1 t,k l5, "m hlc ttodacer. ujg place, bkvintultrr t tt Mf U intr - 1111 yp ingir vwo rxnTrail. . II HUOl a 1 ' " ' . 4 . I print ru an oiiiii u 111 rini ruuoi , reply i worthy of an enMitened neo: . . H not rnoaunai nnmiu.Mj 1lie inior at ter nle; if it Is honorable to the Amencao ' . parity oi.pur nstitutwina, thUood borough . . I -a- -I"." a . I . f . ehtrscer, that tland'r bus not vet Wa. ed the Atrreatii nf civic virtue or anilita rv rmwt; in thi .republic -if the dif comStdre or ck'umnv it a prociiostic of pnmtcai ieaiii ann nuramiity; tnc day approach. when the virtue and inlel- anon the condition of the new world Raising ourtelve. then, -above the i Hgenre tf , the people are again to be influence of unworthy, paasion W'.H j tested v the aame atroeious proscription. ted State, and the great nd general Lhject of crutinyrnd example, "as if! is now etnplcjreil oTo5 Jackson of his respect hi person, his character; and Iwe weye nt merely under the eye ofj country's, gia.ntude and honour: the m conuuci were neiu in. uoui i wasim,n of lhft nretent dav. but W th in the ouservauon oi postrnivr ,-:-, . . . " ?! proposed to make him President, that innuence mvconauci onme present oc casion: I think this fifstem of abuse. renders it necessary to bring forth-proof ot what was said, and thought, ot An drew Jackson, at a period when hi acta Were well Known, and his motives un- saroe maledictions, which were impious ly invoked k ' punishment, if th peoi 1. t . m ' . ' derttood, by men like Thomas Jefferson theM an4j Rome, in the days of their de anu joim n.uams, anu wiieu 1110 virtue. cjne behold, a man. whom the If such is our position, anj if Such! pie elected Jefferson. are now sshame should be our dutf, what a spectacle is full v pronounced as preferable to the t at present presented, in our republic!! lection' of Jackson: but it: waa a signal instead oi cnensiung me punty, oerem iog infant institutions, we teem desir ous to descend to the degradation of A ana actions nmnerexcueu euvjr, ur - whoe pe0pie would go torth to see anU iJeltersan opened to the republic tt hap lanned ambition." 4 ; honour,-as a public benefactor; ifLhe piest day. Do we teek nuch a triumph rt You ha1l have flie letters you ask were ot a candidate for their auffrage, now? N, if we do, it is at our disposal -i fr, and yvu have my reason for giv- pr08cribed and .traduced in every way.j 1 Who, at the present Jar, Ibelieves the ing (hem lo the publi , " that the basest pawion can deviae-.-rtlanderii, upon Jefferson? .Yet; those ' It is not, on the present, occasion.! !... nortion of his countrvmen have slanders Wereasboldtv uttarad.aml as requisite to mention rue circumsiances, resolved to confer upon Uim the highert 'lauoriouslf vouch which gave rise to the correspondence, mark Df their gratitude and confidence! further than to state, that Mr. William t ye9t,. if Andrew Jacktlott v had , pot Hush had made lor me a oust oi general hiep. called by ., bis countrymen, upon Jackson, and that meeting with an Ital ian, who was an expert worker in Plais ter of Paris, he whs employed to:;tnake some casts from the bust,, and, I took the liberty of sending them to different gentlemen, and public institutions; a- mongst the former were Mr. Jefferson & Mr. Adams: in every lease, a due regard was paid to the feelings of those they were sent to, and the act was performed un der, .the impression, that the present would receive a welcome. , - " That you, arid all, who are employ the political stage, every one would ap ply to him th et.logium.of th poet up on Cincinnatns- --tM-t; .. Of old, the firmer left hi Held, v ' , i. Called by the voice of Home; To be hit country's Eiiardian shield - u. He left hi rural home: "- v increLta tif chore bo before MxiM "4 .believe.' that I shall see General Jackson also elec l.nd that he will retire: from office, Mis Jeffersoti "djp",; with the blessings his 4S0U ntry meti. "' -C '? Nevertheless, although siich has been r experience, and .such are our expec- iohs, we should do an tnat wo can uo, protect him; who "protected his coun- . unaerini9nnuresiuni. x mcuuuucu our commitlcetrfcorrliisponderice, t vou had two untts to, add to the tes- ony. tit favour tenefai Jacttsqn, any oeiore? we puoucNi jetier irum . JelferSon.- Ind another from M rl ams, father of the present President Lh United States, Complimentary to n. Jackson: the committee aav au irited mt tolask VoA for topies for ilicationt t scarcely. 'teed say, Ithat re il hot a member ef tha committee, io would makl ach a request, if Hhe Iters were pfk private piturer but that lot the caie jyt.it' mjt coosider'. them, theconuuittee does, inthe true Sense the terms, tMb!ic propertyi especiaU at k tfisis lik th present.. j " Yours trolyanrk repectfullyxto reverence for (heir founders, tenderness for our descendant, and our owq hon or and pride, ail demand, that the exam ple should, bo.sigiial. el.e, what mutt be our shame! and our fate! If y.e barely ingnten me vaiupjre irve vne victim, it will teek; and gtui iueif with the blood of jOtbers; jme rferociou factkn will tsttccecd another, tatrilicing, as tn U,oie, the most public-spirited citii-ens, ami leaving tuthu pci'ple the itieredregs of liberty f , "j '.' -'V, : Wirhava tidit'voa, fello'w citi.eoa. that Andrew Jackwn had received the confidence . of Washington, , Madison and Monroe, v anil the applaus and encomiums of . Jefferson 'and the cider Mr Adams: M must also, be known to yod, that, the present President himself, ...i,- c .... .r.... '........-n. .1.1.. tvuci. .ivniwiT vi stair, vras 111c nuic and ucceeful "f defender . f Andrew Jacksoiv against all the -accusations, in relatiort to the Seminole, war and the occcpatiop of Florida, which are now .revived bjJVlr.; Adfinis' pari'tan nay, even alter Mr. j, o. Adams was chosen president.and of course foresaw anolher iedfasanv that are now -traggle. .w,th geaera Jackson, he ex ist, JackSow who, in Mled liim-not. leUow titizens. ns after the 4ate war, said, m.?r ?oIdier- ut, .,na, ' & ,l0e mi is. te vvsiv r 1 w 1 v v a,i jb trawni'd back f li of . Washington. ;tn ' which it eiiianated, and li ini printed ic. published by its ".author." in lii own pa- : per, on Monday lat, it 1.: l. en deemed , Iirrprtthat thtt witnesses m he rites,' e heard 'Not knowing how this could be better tlnean tnuiu-h Hie meiit . proof of the devotion and courage f the people, .to trust id tha merer of Provi dence, and the exercise of their Own vir tue; and it was a high mark of providen tial approbation, hat the felacunrv ,of circulated against a . a. . r . r. toio, inur years auer we larerwar, gam --.r-7 - - c-- . - r- t or surmised that laekaon waa ttwworthf Pent'.WtrvutK no pne en of honour or fcratitode:,;' Wherever he went, Ua wav tlwn hUd: witb-shoati of iov. and bv all nirtiet e.areasetl aa a patriot, who pad padded largely ;to hU country's reputation: but, as soon as his countrymen evinced i desirV to'gire him a distinctive mark of gratitude as soon as his JauxeU cast a shade upon the pretensions' of men, who had in trigued and trafficked and who had al Her foe subdued, ker wrongs red rest, , : No lust of power his amil potsest, i - v' . Ho hose a glorious ttoomj. A, " ; Aeain he grasped tike plough," and fame -ff , ' Bull ihedt araJinHce o' hi oam.M ' ' But, when, not ohly without the aid ready in fancy fie Prftkidenr y So their or privity, out .agamst ine wisnes oi(, grasp itie vials ot wrath were emptieil those, who may be called trading noli- unon him; wii.1i aaunsnartW hand: and ed In rescuing character from calumny, Iticians, the voice of the yeomanry ofjhe, vho if not e cnntli date, would have mny nave ine s.aiisiaciion 01 aecmg your j rne country cans upon mm to leave nis passed jh rough lite with undisputed labors crowned with success, is the car-J plough, and to receive civic. honours at fame' is' Issaftitdt wjfh every weapon nesi tiesire 01 1 tneirnaDas.ADurewacKson is aenoun- that envy and malice can wield, because V Your friend. ' Iced, as if he had intrigued indtraffick-he is emphatically the candidate of the y uioi3 ivvi- hjluv. . cu iui t iiuiiiiubiiuu, uaj, a n nc hbu neoDie, na not me creature 01 a lac At A meeting of the committee of cor-J pie upon its liberties! respondence. July fng resolution was i Resolved, That betrayed his country, or sought to tram- jtion, or coalition of factional ,J .-i' uvl " j9U OUT . r a. ' . . . tertained a lusher or moreren' t,'ul sense, than? ,lr, Adams himsaliws ft man " whdsa nume was closely assort ated with the glory 'of his country.'" uirii, ciiuuuniniui, iuuccu, ii vuuuncvti by a rivalaod strongly cputrasled with the calumnious aspersions now fJutig at general Jackson byMr Adams port izans! encomium,.'wriich" Ave could gladly attribute to k generous and noble J spirit,- iu we, not knoiv that tlie pre sent proscription is guided by tlio to timate asiyciatcs of Mr. Adam him- , We will not,now,liovvcvcr; contrast thenlelilK'rate.decturatiotit of Mr..Ji Q. Adaihs, with the intemperatii languag of Wit partizan9,Jn relatiorf.to the cliui r acter and conduct of General Jackson; arJannther nnntpntwii' lihat! irnlii . i . 1 "flint rtufV Kiif iva tinw)ii v Kntiirai vi.ii flu. man of truth - . elr:" fiixpanaiuiinic viuiua i iu iaie-p(C urn tf th fidlov.lrg; CMrecj-ojulcTtf f,"f . Is subjoined w.tixiut rennti' rt . ' . Statement ot imam sr.'.pie, transT-vv mittcd ,"n a, letter to llsClav. , -On TuesihiY, the C-jkI t)Ay of March, I . 1823, when Gen. AnlieW Jarkson was' , ' . en. his way from Walntigon city t la i tt - :f v reiiiietice wf J ennewev,., ne, ,viUi if , , number, bt the" citixehs of .Wishinsfeiii;..".? Penna. and of the rouii(y, ei" in-ihir .v pbljo houc.. f Mr. Ciiambers,, inn? l'V! keeper, West -'Alexandria'.' P .. Mf!, ; . Edward-'v If?'filauglili'," 'a !"cifizen Donegall township, W a!hinton Vgui ''?' , , ty,,P.' tfallrd" M tt jmblic Mu'f. fV . Mrl,. Chamber,", in the town of est '-, Alexandeiar for "thij i spcc'mlt purpose of' c V seeing- Gca.ii Jai kson.t Mr.; li ,M,.i; Glaughlin was intnwlurn! t the t'ne- , ;l ral.andafter ilie coiVoHiti salututiiin of; v Y '..'" shaking hands, Mr. M 'Glaughlin saidfy', well Ueiicra'. welid all we rouUHolf ; you here, but die rascal nt Waling-, -w 1 . ton cheated ytm out of it.'f , To this ex . tiresiort, Gen. Jackson made the "fot.1, owing "reply: - Indeed, my old Xarjd,-. , ftiere anrori maedmqjigf ,Ji(hd t -Mbt'rij toisy'JTh't editor ef thiN atfi . al Intelligfencer were bribed, tojirppmaX";: the publication of hohest Gef ree KreeSi-t ffi letter." Mr, M'Glaughifn's intro-i duction, was at lijaown solicitation, in f a'publio house,' irtH the presence .nf.'?.' room full of geutlemchjknd the cony tr-'f'. satiori also in, the satne publililiouse; Ja'" i- a tlie- presence of a large and promtscur,- ous comjaOyi Samtiel AYiirt'ttiinfThojV' , ma Morgan, Joseph HenrlSn, Josialr TruesdeliWm. Sample, 'and other'' were "presents tyi: 4 i p. : - .25, 1 82 the tollow. is thif.a spectacle, worthy of a tree dent the fairness of this representation? ' j ! n adopted: people, in an enlightened age? Is it V XLa ti k Uident Vlhomas .Jefferson: rfiict. ,3;ilm the thanks of the com-hot'a signal, at the right of which TMn uUZZJnfu Adamsew. wSea hen ;tu ;Con.lupt Wmr.' Ronaldson; should arouse, as if their liberties " were r "! ''Kl uLllul 1nP"K ?cnqtai rjacksan were ... J. 4iersonr' vvno'wmv uitir, ueueve mat . ,, hj .Bn m-nta Af.'TtAmi I w s.- a aaev ii"iiu mittee be tendered for his prompt comj oiiest in relation to iresinents enersonana aaams: tnaitne seinsn anu auiumous men, to profcr'im.n'Avho never wore a sword ex etter addressed to Mr. Ronkldson;- and and prostrate those: who have rendered : .. ..ul . t.. L '. ..tl. I . Jl i J .1. A - .1 1 1 I . . : 1.15.. Ill I. nis repiy, uepunusnpn: ana tnnt tne lei-1 me nignesi service:), ters oi me late rresicenisoe puuusneo, i tem me torrent with an appropriate address to the peo-lat all ' time 7V tPl jJhuani. E$afSre. & - "IGipk; near vna t,iivf.t, . ' Pea 8in:-ylaving ori hand . uq- ftakVngs of considerable importance, "n required my k personni, siwmuii PbiladphiaM heoon jreceived r letter d irected tft mf? at Hillsburgh ill.v Yoiir object i to procure , cp l of letters I received fromrThomas "efiotf khd John Adima,. about eight ViW vfcfcttfU J did,t then men, toydu.-i Wientioned the ur 'nstance it wcelv1n.ft'"'.'rV I express a oubt of having at that e shbwn to yoa thosf .lettcrsit'kkl. fu a practice svitK nwrrarely to ihow othei;; lettert that have been address j tome.by mertwhoseharacters; to nsnd acquiren,eot,",ihave gained particular pre-eminence;it was e 'Sh Sore nlain itizeh, like me., td f received ihose marks Of their, po-' oess and respect: and so; strongly ? y feelingk atUched to.plst habits. n w.ii bi wita relucunce. tnat.in 1 present Occasion, I shkll depart t. in tha caseotVthe fetters to you allodt ' ' , have aot forgotten the misrepre 'ted facts, therot .falsehoods and "nnies, that were published against auww of the Declaration of Inde nle. , jCsai . I DUbhc libertvr ..'ft To " Mr. Jamet Ponaldont " Philaacl v":T jpMi'". -'i '.'i't'l'v, v Monticello. FeW 5V !20. ' ''" I thank VOU.' dear sir forthe pres-itea of life and Aristidea of hit countrv: ent tbfihe btfst ot general Jackson: be it is the same spirit, which, Actuating holds a" high place in my esteem as' an the patrician pfl Rome, paved the way undeviatiog patriot,' and a military for its partition between a Ctesar, an character, who has deserved well of Atithony and a Lepidus;it it the same his country. " I shall ; give , his bust a spirit, which, thirty year ago,, sought nlacft in mv most honsrabla Suite, with to blast thefame' of Franklin, .anil ia those of vsshington, Franklin. Fayettejj wrest rom ieftirson the gyttneV of J 4-c, . Its value is moreover faeigh'tenetu his' country! y , ; . , Vw.; 5 : V- t'A a vciji wile, tl wu J,n B, f.iui,Ufiii woo wm uee.t to he)d it loneer Hn was necessary for wcwriipuon, vc iru. .r wmi1 draw itto enilave gatheripg o. overwhelm ... - ,'m,n?y WhoilL then, bet JefTorsoo' respecting' general Jackson," public liberty; Let ' it not 'be supposed, that ; this prijscribing'fipirK cOmes aloner'thaf lieye, that the people 'of the' present age W re so debased ks to'makff mititary.u- as from tlie hand : of an artist, of whom our country has a high & just estimation. i'To the political part of your letter, I-cannf .answers my health is o entire ly gone,, with little prospect of its re turn, that I am obliged to withdraw my attention from every thing beyond the walls of my chamber, and, particularly f,rbm politics: , leavf these to the gene ration no won the stag!,, who will, I am sure'igovern as wisely, aa. heir prede cessors:! feel safe under' their-wing, and able now' to contribute nothfng but my prayers for toy, coUn(y; wlijch corn- nog but ere cond-de wtji mylriendly nd respect ful sattftatiorjsp .rf!ffi?v;.-V j to? 'Jair$ $wUUorb ' Esq. PhUadcl bSsJ?' Moirraziito. Feb. 23d. 1820. -, ;.,. .Sir I have received, your faybrof j the 16th, am lose not a moment to ac knowledge; iny ohligationa -or1t. 1 1 have been hi (ten Ve to thections and character of General Jackson, and have read the volume.'-of his, biography, and have no hesitation in 'giving my ' opin ion, that he is one of the greatest military characters that North America has pro duced. No present of the k'mij coald prebends; vern. you, and everjr tr else -dear to' tnes Unablelo write with ' nain and difficult v?I must h i. ! ..ikt-a " ivuil ' it is peculiar to the preseo.Mays it is belve (ht ;'whoWbunt.red death tue same mooter uiai oepriveu oocra- lin .!,.- Mtflr tha. ral less' "widow .and orphan, ' matron and maid, sought to saenhee human being wantonly?.,' Whof .will, ihen, believe, that Jackson," y'hom aft ifa Prmdentt of the republic,- Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison,. Monroe and John Q. Adams, had honored with confidence or applause? as. a pat riot, and a great man,' 'was a mere ' niiljtary chieftain?" whOfWiir,' Vien,y. believe, .thkt Jackton had 'no talents 'or, civil .aualificatuins when it is'ikri.own that n held and was offered high civil trusts,, under Wash ington, Madison, and MonrbO, V'th the full concurrence,, in; the last instance, of John'Q. Adams himself? :'Who yyilr, then, believe that Andrew Jackson was a mangoverneu oy passion, anu anxious for commotion, when it: is known, tliat when his election was defeated by' a cabal, February 9, 182, a tnomebt at which' the 'best .iner) -would 'naturally feel, if hot utterindignatioti,A7 Jack; son besought his friends to abstain from any idanifestatioft of -feeling for him, or discontent at what was done? '. Who, ip 1828, will look back upon the incorrupt! drew Jackson, during the events, of the winter of. 1824 a, without ' avowing, Fravklih; klike the glory of this na tion and of humanity, was persecuted, ' no oniy aunug me revolution, out long after th enjoyment of those , liberties, which ha had so powerfully laboured to establish; even, when death had. closed his splendid career, calumny dared to assailing fame with the Weapon of rid icule; and Mr, Benjamin Russell, of Boston, who was, then, and is now a gain, printer by authority, iand who of course is a standerer of Jackson, ex cused such atrocities in this.language If dead yiljains,', said, hei were1 - - ,...- ' tt :' i ' : sparea oy oistorians ana oiograpners, were would be the lessdna of instroction, which we get from tlie records of former 'iiFfEao!, too, waif denounced bi every epithet, and accoaed of almost e very crime, that can .degrade a human being as a traitor to his country, and a pensioner of ;F ranee al . Violator of tha most sacred private opiigauons, anu an open contemner pf all the decencies of private' life: Ukyi to Htuch an extent did the spirit 'jot proscription prevail that there, is rto calamity thai can befal a people, which ya9 not blasphemously imprecated opoh the, republic," if it should place htni Jo : tlie presidential chau? , - . . , r, Sea Boston 8ent'iel, rpt 90, 179t, "A that be then gathered a wreath t glory which wjjl bloom and, flourish, even af ter the laurels won upon the plain of Or leans shall cease to dazzle or adorn? : ij, then, fellow cifiiens; such Will be" the sentiments ot our successors, thirty vear hence, a to Andrew Jackson, is i(hera no solicitude amongst us, at to their sentence UDon.otfBtelve? . shall we emulate the virtue of Our predecett ora. a to Jefferson, or basely Consent that Jackson shall be tha first victim of present.-' :u'V' ' 'i'fcWt 1, V fI94k a lgVVils,UUIHJf KHIIK, ? . f)EJta SivH'l'-;vf x'. p-'T'f I have rec'd"'your 'atAh 12U.'f-'v':':r inst in relation to the statement of Mrv Wmi Sample pf this place;'; represent tog to; M iv Clay that Gen Jacksbtvjiod made;- use: of certain " expressiisf )n 5 v ; , . reference to-tho.. lakt- Prfsidefiialj4eV--.'.x'-tioh. Some . time since, I JicariVfhktT ; Mrl Sample had,"wade a representation. fv .; "hf that charactef, to.MrClay.in which - 4 hejntroduccd my name, and -that. Mr.i vf-I:.f they hSye been lohg known to hi cbun-j Clffjiad published the comrhuriicatiohV; '- trymeni.' Mr Jefferson considered Iiim I wisonable toscu-the dotumeiit iintil " toe most nr person to pe put in nontina- a iew oayt n;o wiao..tipon pel using .1-1 ? tibn by thi republican party; after tbe it, I found Air; Sample had 'pla(f d'mo v' restotatioti tof tbe dynasty" pT " lS.hej3 In 'JttttinobiivliUh 'rTa'iri.rfie pub ;k..n' t, declared " General Jackson is alearJiclylto staie'tlie jtruthj or by tn,iri'al'.i' headed, Strong minded1 .mafl, and has 1eie,fitdi become af paissive instramynH " " more. oCthe ltoman hi Iiiwi than any In bUstaining; what I believed to bejhstvC . ' : t t . .1 i .. . ... i ii . . i ji l . v s man now living:" in ian letter wmcn truer t. couiu not, anu ui not, a uof jc. we noWr Jay: before you, fcfalia'jDenet jenent, doubt-ami.' when vhtirr letter-; ? V ral - Jacjcson an,indcylatiijg jjatriot7 reached m; I wob awaitipg, a reply, to f a wen as & ni2n;rouiwrr: cnarac 1 v vo. J au itinm;iofeiy,wuuen on mo . .-.. 1 : L I 1' i t noiaing a nigu ipccin tus esteem, wiui,au'ject, to ceiitiemun .townqm 3ir. . v . YatliingtouMnklin, Fayottev; &ci gamble lad aiHO'mnde cf'"raneet i .Up V " .T6f'the "Mtefr ofJM r f Johp,1Ad8watfwtVwe.recej not--" having however, as the'acntimentaof t!i4 geni1'' received an? answers I: went ,18-Ctara h " geii' received an? aqawur i:ent to Llays- tleman are now for the first time watfrj Ville the..' residiinee of. Hhe vitnesS4 known to the"peoplef?weji8lt particular JosiahTrceiKrisll, Ksqr,'nU 'statcdto regaro: r uia;ns says nut ,tniy pat nun mo unject ot my vihia. , - j.i't--,-' , . he had read the biorgraphy Of general He observe - hat he was opposed 16 Jackson, but tliat Jio hqcl beei V attend Gen i Jack80p,f ind dellned giving a, J , tWe to' his actions afld chaVacterj',that;ywriHcn t hc."V ' he considered him ?' one f the greatest Vwould appear In lhe ranks against Mr, military characters that North America Adams, the candidate whomM: suppor- . . had produced;' that "ho presenter the' ted; and added, that; hcu'riuk! tell nie,'-1 y kind could be,uor;'acfptable.'thaiIV.beh.a4 twhl'the'-.ran4's he. would " -the .bust of-this cheat Ukii, 16 whom continue ; to telf all who Miould muku " ' tttari fdl to deeply Jndebtedg ahdhat Jhe. inquiry that GeriiJackton -did ' ' - bV; would -"preerve the precious mon JWqT tnaka tho reply, to MrMtGhugh-' utnent with eare, for 'the contemplation iin, on tlie occasion referreditl'ifcicpftr?--1 ' 4 of his posterity, n 4vir 'ff'jcnted hy""Mrif. Sample-- i.d that 'tho - A c, Such, fellow-cflireTis, is the emphatid remark vf Mr.4 McGIaughlirt and of f language of the father of the present vGert.'AJacKSon, were' in thevfolloip' v rrcsKient: couia, any euiogium m more. wor, or cenainiy. to me same amount honourable? Could .Mr. Adams hava viz: Mr, ' McGaughlin) .?;. Welf ' hf.8rmotive.l to pronounce iuch 'an GeneraU the-'peoplo- here did iiltbey. encomium, "jut-hi;own;;; regard focpujd for. you but' they cheated you merit? Would Mr. Adams Jiave" pro-, out ot it At tlie' Federal City (Gen. t pounced jt Unless' heC considered the . Jackson) ' My old friend, as to these ' ' applause ' fully deserved? Was he" hot thingsV you, thtpeoph have the power ' a many who rarely eulogized, and whv,inV yoir own bands, and 'Can apply ? closely scanned the c J inolives"3rlhe remedy, by Altering the 'cOMtiti. public Characters? f Vton.'l My Town impression s is, that'. ' Such are the portraita of Gep. Jack Mr. Truetdell's statement, at aburc, i ' on, which, in 1820, were drawn froiBtrue-in spirit "and In tmbatanctV -.tS the life; with the pencil ef ' truth, by the i,AMr iVuesdell was one bf th only; two distinguished individuals, whof, al-j two peraons in hia districlTwho Voted though 'long separated on earth, soon for Mr. Adams at the last clectHm--liS V V after departed in company to Iweaven! still remains his firm supplier but ho ' - rbntemplate those portraita closely, i' toe- high mindod and hunorablt , U I compare them with the YUe caricturir make uae of unfcir wean I promt) w 1- P. If.: r su
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