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Palladium.
CREKXBBOROVGII JV. C. BMUD41. t'V'IOBEH ,11 i8.
THE PATRIOT.
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NO. 4.
AN ADDRESS
To the Freemen of Handolph County.
"The perid U rapidly aprroacbinjr, which tcry true ciiii f thii
cooitry, and every friend to Republican liberty roust View with deeo or" the retreat of great
interest A pint of hiih excitement, and of division irhrol in tht- of tha retmblic. that thia im
the tranquility of the Country. 'Thii excitement Mpire a to the highest
unirenal question who shall bt r next l're- sot narkaxl. Handily
K I is to thia tubjecti Fellow citizens that we invite your attentFoa : for1 mfn,,-But the killiar of fbarlea Dicjkanaon ib 10. b- viodictivd
. .p o lli.eo.tinuel unt.l n arresr ,If(Jt hich threaten the
.repsiXunle- st the pptio. of lb. fc originated io tbat unj
W.tor, ..fsnure t.notlf,.d.ontIn ; , the t,me
uanee will le
tent. j
JV TT.RTlSF.MtJ.T8,
Though tbe several theatre on wbirh b acted, or rather on which bf
I appeared were well adapted for the exhibitioa of tboae talenta if ii rfael
he had poiifsacd the m : Tbenre ap to aboat the year lilt we find bin
rtsiding en hie farm near f(hville, having retired net ao muck iron
paanc aervicea as iron puWic atatinna. nor can we find that tbln inter
val wea distinguished by tlsV ezrreiae of thoae private virtuej wbirh n-
v We canJd indeed wiib lor (he character
al vu a blank la the Biorrapby f n '
re abe ban to beatow ! V e could wieh II -
rkeii by tboae ignoble cvntee'n between ca
t of libertine pursuits er irrational smaee-
we view the evert cf the next presidential election as far more impor
taut, and far more comprehensive in ita ccusfquencea than anv clcc
.&6t 1reJhi(r n,iM! bMmeltwre'Jo4 hich ha tsktn vf lace amce .the formation e tr. oVcr nmevt.
lime e ene aonr, sna sjcptu ror eve. is uh vmy m cor.icsi uciwcen two icaiviauais w nose (Qepts we tree
ry nrttdr puMiestinnt thotc ol gres ly canvasi, and whose quilificntiocs we critically inquire, into.; but
trleirtb iii the same proportion Let it is a contest which we believe (no are we alone iff? thii belief) in
etrs t the Editor mu.t be post paid. volves in its ustJe thia important quebticn . ' Shall thii Tlvll.t Mhw
.l.;rJ.:zz-,.r:-tw.Ste of the ttfmNics old f. M.shaU it continue a gtorfMi ifrwiiMra
W Isi the oppoeeots or the l si in, turn of the proposition, tlial man is capable of ttU goxtmmtniV Shall it
frief y to fien. J.io. in the , c,)!ltiDue io ht tt (hr vw(u a irigft ti.vdel of civil rtjmUteaoxeTvmtnt?
Si; zr;i,v zzn r hf u irUy thi rr ? iron i
hyitetn, the noutl.-piere f the Jark-f . 1 !"."' W fW 10 5 nruay"vi-lved m the entVir8 pres..
rrtv in the State sf Ne-York,! dential election, and upon these thinga e ask cu to nfltct ealmly &
filie Albsnv Jrrrus.1 cornea suf with ipassioniy. . i
emnmutilration aiKneil " W ooTtrni,'
rc'sriai that thia policy, which it
apeaks nt as matt wise ai psinotic,
sotioe neither to Air. Adams, nor "to
ike KiaUnd Trie dsin rsoeres,
linr Mr. r-TOaas, nor Mr. W ood
eect nrr "to the friend f thAt.
, n (filtration in Centres' from lie
', Jtstc New York ; hilt "U the Jac .
"fi'f.irr. oe republican dlegstiofs froiT'
' "e York. rVrnralvai ia, and oth r
, aiddle Ftstti reneiali!"
Cherltslun Cotritr
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Jrr. In casea of extenuve 'njo-
i fi an - ikia cause, oue of the meat
aarress'ttl applications, hrtherta re
akaayBaaaataaaaeaswa)
TT (UrLtn-
ire. in me sc,," ""
1115, briwceo the L. !?. . Injjutr
uerriere and sn Aiptiu ..Irifiate .
esily 80 ir.en belonnirs to the fr
er were sefrely burnt ky the ex-
i virn of oaf. i tlie isrje juns.
n e nf theae men e in i ot
it:fcle conditii'P, at ffered the
jmit exnuisit tornent. They were
"fsken dewn to the cockpit. spiI tpi'its
i tiiipenline' freely pt red over their
wund. They all did well.
KIM 1TKY. -When the
Sheriff 6f the teveral cotirlieiitt Ken
fU(ty. net at Frankfort lo eompare
rl.e pclU oT ths receut !ettiOD, ae
(Ley ert p to the Cten' table to
aipn the certificate, tliy expressed
their preference for M. Allans or
Gen. Jackson, to one of their number,
who noted it down. There were 44
-for Mr. Adams, 45 for Get. Jackico,
nr.d 8 neutral.
Since the fcfiratlcn cf cur coveixmfnt. no rresideetkl .trrt!r.n
has excited a rpirit eo dangeiuus to its pehce ard stability, as the pre
Sent. It is a apririt which tverj c!ispassi rate aprT reflecting rr.an
must dcpiccate because ol itsrWgcroua terdcrcy Party spirit where
principles are concerned ia held to be bemficicl io a govrremtnt like
ours : beceliar it kct a op a wh lesomc cXcitrirent, at the same time
tbatat ia regulated and res'rsined by limits fxed hrd cufiicd. But
that party spirit (if party spiit it may te called) which we few no v
prevails, where titn not ptiiciples are corccrced has rojienit. Th
passions when nce aroused ard the oire i reason aftroced, are in
a(t t sw ell into an impetuous totrent which ' ears di;wrin ts lut
the fair fahn'c o' ration. 1 litrrty crecer; b 'ihe haPda olwisdcm an
patriotism I atriotiam itselt is corrifVr' rerveried tylhatphrtnl 'w,
xied nl distempered excitment in which trat reverence and.Jc hit . T ,'1 m'
i claiKitd for the persor-s oi 4 nf wf ich It lire s only-je rle-greet trti
n irotablc prircipiea of ttovrmmepf... . .y.'lii..y :
.Zcxuztti, that jcu rrrjft have aeen with pain.
the factious nr.d disc rgi izu sentiments that have teen ijprissecl
tbroupb tre in temperate 2eal oi violer.t pattisars, andfowtvrr fear
tul it rosy be to-participate in a controversy which ia fondpeted, op
ore side at least with ao much violence ard aciiirpny. Yet these
thiros cornet ixcite rerublican chixtrs cxtrcitirc the functions rf
elf pcvetrn ert from a free and tearless irvritir,stion of thefr.erita cj
quaUficatioriS cf thrse who are to be elared in' pewer, tilhts dtrecth
or indirectly l y the people. Yts, Felltw rltizrns, aa virtue the up
holding pilar cf all popular go'errnr tnf, it becc n e$ the trperious
duty r.feifcb citirtr l arsver tatif factcrily to himstlf the Allowing
qnesticn with Tefertrce to every Individual who aipirtk td placte ol
trust in the Republics Is he 'irtuoua? bis he a proper sense of those
great moral r.d aocial obligaticrr, without which man ia i train r to
hiniself, a tyrant to' three in his pow Tn ar-d a vlrtr iri'th'ebotom ef the
David W. Stoke, Esq. of this
ity, has beea appointed LVhirr of
the' Kdenton Branch of the State
fiaok, vice Saml. II. Pollen, drreasil.
h'al. Beg.
JkctienliK amall son of F.dtti
'Smith, of this County, wa killed last
week, py being thrown frow tbe ti j
of a loaded cart, where he had been
placed by his father for a ride. The
wheel passed over his body add crush
iid hire to death ! ib.
Tritident dnm Duiinj; the ne-
Jjciations at Ghent. 'Vtrumlid b
ilficuUiei that eemeii insurmaunti-
hie, and when mne of our delraiinn
thoonht it prodelit io yield m niething
in dr ie have peace, Adaais altm
tood like a lower 'unmoved and irai
movable. When the news of the
burning f Wahington, by the ne
my, reached Ghent, the documents
were placed by one of the Cumitm
aioners into Mr. Adam'a hands. Af
ter he laid ihein upou the table slap
ping' hii hands epo'i llirm, declared
them the very documents he waated
v-h-lur. aaya he, the Vandals have done
that for us which we have been una
lie te do for ourselvesit wilt unite
ever American heart io prosecatipa-
thi war, and we soon shall have peace.f
The truth ot liu leuiaiK was fully
Realized. JV. da. $
spirit with wl.trb be pcretrktea bitn to the arreve. bie unwarrantable
inlerferance with the printer w be waa nbnt to py a alight tribal af
respect th nemnrj -f ejecettwdhtfl nrk,Jnj
ton, with dirks pit;f etc pre orrurrenret wbirn in n country wberw
free inquiry ia pet milted, rarmot ao aoo beconaigned to oblivion. Uew
ever unpleasant the review war be, It in nevertbeleaa ear duty to ecruti.
nize thia period of Oen. Jadvron'a life, a period which hia drivting nne
unrandid Biographers pas tastily over, that they may lavish their tn
traaperate praisea on him ai hero while be was at the head ef the Seotb
ernArmy. ft putt be rcollectfd that it waa dating thia period thai
he waa engaged in a aprcir ol triwffr, whkb in point of moral turpituda
we rannnt dielingnish frenj that v. huh most h uroren gf vercmei ta M
well aa Ihr Ufi'ed States lave frowned upon, and stigmatixed aa piracyJ
this charge of Stare Timlin no' pretended: lo be drnied en behalf of
firr. Jatkson, the fithest ihry have gone ia to offer an odd kind af pal-:
listire, by aiying the Geaerel wna only aecuri'y for n ateck of glO,00
le ennaMe Coleman and Creen to prosecute the trade ith moie effect.
Nor ran it be forgotten that it was alao during thia period of retirement
that AARON Bl'KS, of treacherous memory, was the familiar aaaoct
aie of Gen. Jarkxni. Judje Nathaniel Williams has told the world that
- Aaron Uurr was the a'saociate of a kaon, the inmate of hia heuee in
thr fall of HJf.rt id wir.trr of l07."' T he character of Dorr'a move,
merit at that (erfid are too well recollected to require further nr.tfcw
here. Jm're Willie ir fun her says " that be heard Jatkson declare in
the r ieenre of aetetal gentlemen, that you will find that a division of
'he 1 niied States has takn r'eeproot, you will fird tbat a member r-f the
Srniife, and a mm her of theHobee of tteprisenratives are deeply Invol-
That at another tlr. e Jarkinn teld bin (Williams)
that h could procure a Csptain romroiaaion . for him in Buri'a army
1 if he Wfldd ,. ..ncrr p! M4ju, Rational Journal ancTKT.Ife Erqwirer.)
Now If Judge Wiiiiarrs iato be believed, (ana we nave no wnere seen
hia veracity impeac hed) to say the lenat there ia a dark shade of so s.
pk ion reeling n the conduct of Ja kaon ; acd if we call to mind the ad.
ditional fact, which it is now too late to conceal, that several conspicuous
members t4 the opposition whn have gone the most on warren table length!
m denouncing an Administration whose policy they do net attempt to
arraign, declaring tbat "ilia MEN ' MEASURES tbey care ter x"
that if the Administration were pure aa the angefs tbat atand at tbo
right hand of the 1 brcte i f GO D they woold pot it down ;" and ibovej
all have publicly avowed the abhorcd, the execrable sentiment, that
if jatkaon is not elected President, the UNION of the States will bo
diaolved;" when these thinga present thenraelvee to us, thelnquirj iiivol.
unfarily arises, did ol tlwt rtstltu child of faction, Jaun Burr, find a
Unit id spirit ct tU UnvtUogt in the fall af 1806, and vtafere 1807.
. wLet ustiow pan? to that eriod ef the General's life in which hia ambi.
lion aeens to hate ter one full iedged for its flight lo the Presidential
Chair, and here we aha II be biief aa wedo not delight to dwell on scenes)
of blood aid rarniga' lis enters on hiw Southern com a. and, prosecute
the Creek Mar to a close, receivea ample powers to negeciate a treaty
to with the confused Indiana, in whit h he atipulatea that three miles square
" .,r ,imltt .tiatt L reded in himitlf. ater and above what waa Ami.
community that nourishes him : Is he.patilctic ? has ht cr all ccca
flioca evinced hia love cf count' y, hy a proper respect for. and tbedi-
enre to her constitution and laws. Does he possess the requisite tal
ent and acquirements to serv in etch puMic static n with honcr
himself, without hazzard, ;.rd wi h adv enter ce to the Republic ?
these in'errogatives cannot te arrwered in the aBrmative, be assured ntt M an indemnity to the U. Slates, this extraordinary atipulatlon
leiiow cuizere, ire peraon c urnt 'cr an tuice in iree governmenc. e gf Blte or tLe United Elate could Dot well digest, as it was quit an.
V hatevtr sdventitioua cirrumFtar.cea may have cimbincdUo enaLlt ptctitd in the biatoty affpfowafie intercourse, tbey itetefore with,
him to exhibit acme one ahring que'ily to the admiration of an undia j)rcrTr reepect fi r the dignity f the natiue refused to ratify tbat part of
criminating multitude, yet he ia potto be trusted in sn cilice where, lf fjtnee,,', Treaty. hen he repaired le New-Orleans for ita defence,
the wantot those essertial qual ficatioi s n ay fret'uee li e meat disas-j nnithgnding ,t deiJartd in hia address to the Isyor tbat be waa
trous censrqurnces to the country. 1 deeply impressed with the unanimity and patriotic tl displayed by tbe
W ith these principles in iew, let us thrn irquire wlo is Am'rtw 1 ciiiztljB yet on tie ltb December he wade tbe very extraordinary
Jackson, and on what are h; preteosicna io th e President t l the Uni-! requeet of the Legislature then in session, to Juipeod the rit ef habeas'
ted States founded? In Ir tecutlng this iiquiry we thlicotoe w'torpn; a c a mittee wia appointed to epiisifc'ertb mesiure, as It wi.a one
selves to well authe'ticae( re titri ta, -rd to i ncn-.tradicttd stale- -fiirb had not been restated t even In tLe worst tiers of the revolution,
ments made through the p if c'icaU i the day. The rst we know cf! the rco.mitlee repotted unrsvorabiy' 1'te Legislalare however passed
his v'iiical life, we fed him Hire as a pen. let the ccnenticn.n ci aosiendiriK ill ciiil suits and processes and abutins no the courts;
which net in 1796 to form a t ati to and t?fe Gcvetrmcrt fcrjtbe Cccrisl not asl'isfed wftb this sad wi'.heut waiting to see what would
Ter.nessee, under the act cf Orcre p tmittirg Tennessee to come
into the Irion as a State (a" Prnd'a nd Eatcn'a life cf Jatkscn
"l at Eln ) Here he supported principlea wbitb gave the:Ccnthrtirn
( f Tennessee as strong an aristocratic feature as any Stare in the Uni
n we speak the rule which allows 'he rich man to vpte1n ettry
cftrty where. he has land, snd'eonfitrs the po r man to,.cc yofe in
the county where he lives end exclddcs all men from the Legislature
except auch aa have two hundud acres cf land in their own right i for
the active part he te-ck in promoting these anti-repuUk provisions,
(see Journul of'Terneasee Convention frcni Jafcuery 12.1788 to Feb.
3rd.) Io the aaroe Ccnvtpiion he vojed; ti expunge the au'uJc, .Jro
Mding that no person who publicly der iea the being of GOD and a fu
ture atatc of rew ards and punishments, shall hold any olfse in the civil
department of the State.w About the same time he : walekcted to
Congress, and took his iest in time to vote with Giles against a res
pectfal address to President Washington, who was about to rttire
trom office, (see Journal pf Cc rgress from Dec. 5, 17fi (oMarth Std
1797.) V'e state these facts, fellow citizens, and cite jcu to etidttce,
from which y ou will say whether Jackson waa not at that time Ariato
cratic in his pel tics. Atheistical in his religion, snd meanly envioua in'
his feelings toaida thatgrcht ard good man wheae irreproachable life,
and eminent pu ic aervicea had . inspired a ealton with gratitude.
PuhftequiM t fhi nod he baa been n dhtrirt judge in Tercessre, a
8riii r of thr Vi itn htai: but, we ha'c soDcht in vain fi r the !
Iardon etheiaoUenlhyieirirtTcr.idcnce of tb) ravine dnitirguikhed himrelfis a Jorrel or Statesmen
Inetly be dot e whb rrgatd to the wiit of Habeas Corpus, on the 16th
d land llartial Lawi td thus totk all txwer Into his own bend, making
himself despotic master f tbe whole populsllr. Tds was feHeeed by
a aerlea ofhigb baidtd mtiisurea utiprect dented in trie military history
of ike Republic. A sate conduct wss allowed to the ft male nf llarataria, .
who With their ectoiioue tlisf Liiette, waa v. enrolled with the soldierr
attl vulunieeianf thecnuiilty, his imptiaonmantof Mr. LovrelIer,a mem. ,.-..
btr i.r the Leghlature, 'of Judge Uall of Mr. Okk ihe Attorney Gen
etal. trgetber with Jad.'e Lewis weie wantn ind'gnitica to the civil
salhoritirs ti the couctry btfote unheard tf. rYfhee General Jscksorr -was
abut to Uke tie field against lbs Seminole Indians, the regulars end
militia drellied for that letthre amaitcdlo 1800 men, V he was directed
by the Drpsniceot if Var, tbat If be should deem tbsl force inadequate,
to call en the Guvcrtioia of the adjoinicg Statee for si ch portions of the
militia si he might thii k rtquiaits for that service ; tLe General tbanght.
prefer, however, to disregard tLe oiderewf the department, And immedi.
alely. lahed a volunteer forte m iOCO nopnlcd gen men and t con panire
el w hat he called "life geaids,' this force Le erganiicd by" appelating their
Cfficers 4c Wiib tbi force Le ( enetretcd into Florida, waa joined by
Mc Iniosb ltd bin Brlgsde, took end occupied the Spanish Toat it St,
Mat ka, aid coamittcd kbcL nnautbotiaed outrage ee the natives end
foieigners so t eg them, as called fur an iavtatigation of hie coeduct by
the aerate i.f the Ui itid Etaifa. 1 he Committer of the Senate le ( u
the eulject waa n d rcC n ids iheir rejortun the Setht.f February ilSI
fit n w Litk we tl all ffsr a bih f atatt at fe "At the litre Ucr. Jukicj,
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