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ANDREW J AGKSQN,
,;' roF TENNESSEE.) -
Hnorand grntitude to the roan who1 ha
Clled the measure 01 Y""1 J .
"General Jackson is a' clear-headed, strong
minded man, and has more -of th Roman in
him, than any man .now living.", ' . .. :
" H is fortunate for the country that Oenerar
Jackson is likely Jo be.fitfor public life for four
y tars after; for in him 'seems to be the only hope
left of avoiding the dangers manifestly abdul ta
arise out of" the broad construction nowRgain.
given to the Constitution , ol the, United States,
which effaces all limitations of powers, and leaves
the GeneraLGoveruaieiit, by' theory, altogether
unrestrained.iL '
- . '. THOMAS JEFFERSON.
The recollection of the public relations in
which! stood to General Jackson, while rresi
dent, and the proofs given jo him, of the high
estimation in which he was held by me." Sic.
; ; JAMES MADItON.
" My friendship for General Jackson, and
the strong proofs ot confidence aud regard vI
have, given xhirau - while .President forbids 'my
taking any .part in the ensuing presidential
election." JAMES. MONROE.
" General Jackson justly enjoys in an emi
nent degree the public favor; and of his worth,
talents and service, "no one .entertains a higher,
or mre respectful opinion than myself."' j
An officer . whose services 'entitle - bim to
the highest rewards, anU whose whole career
has been signal used .by the - purest . intentions
and the most elevated. purposes."
. ' JOHN Q. ADAMS.
- . 1 1ST,' . ",. a - ' - .
" Towards . that distinguished Captain (An
drew Jackson) who hasYhed so MUCH GLORY
OX OCR COUNTRY, WHOSE RINOWN CH 3TITDTES
SO GREAT A. PORTION OP ITS MOaiL PROPRTJ,
I never hadj never can have-, any other feel
ing than th se of the most profound RESPECT
aud of the utmost kindness! ' -
HENRY CLAY,:
FOR VICB-FBESI DENT, .
JOHN C'CXUHOUN,;
(-OjF SOOTH CAROLINA . ,
The distioguisbed Statesman, and patriotic Advocate of
the People's Right .
Nort CaroVuvv ectors.
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1st Dist. Robert Lovi of Hay wood county.
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Monifort Stokes,. of Wilkes, .
Peter Forney, kf Lincoln, , . '
John Giles, of Rowan. "
Abraham Philips, " of Rockingham. ;,
John .V. Morehead, of Ouilford.
Waller Fi Leake. o(,Richmond. : '
milie P. Mangum; of Orange. .
Rev Jonah Crud up, of Wake,.
John HalU of Warren. 1 -
Joseph J. Williams, of Martin.
'. Kedar Ballard, of Gates.
Louis D, Wilson, of Edgecomb. '
Richard Dabbs Spaight, of Craven.,
i Ed war d B Dudley, of N e w- H a no ver.
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Cfeeue, expose at . ; .
PUBLIC VEXDUEr
to th highest bidder, all that valuable Tract of
xMna u,re CbIv, i th District O't North
Carolina, on the ea?t side of Great Cnntentnea
Creek, beretofor conveyed by Robert . Why tr
and weio Willie J. Slantbn, and by said. Willie
Staoon monraged to eecure" the purchase,
money (to tbe s iid Robert .Why te.) containing,
tin ee thousand acres, more 'or less,, being the
same land conveyed bv the said Willie J. Stan on,
F-rceis, to John Pope, William . Williams,
"ry Edwards, John'Harper, Jesse .Speight,
nomas Speight, - Elisba Woodwrd, Arthur
opwght and Theophilos Cdwards'.V -
4ieUnd will be' sold in parcels to suit purcha
. (particularly tbose who heretofore purcha
sed from VV.llie J. Stanton,) on icredit-of one
aw two years. Bonds 'with unquestionable se--urj
wrfl be required on the day of sale. r, : ; X
- : B. A; BARH AM, Commissioner. ' .
alngh, August 26, 1S28 44 54, . ; -.;
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The shafts are of lance wood.
WllAM B. XOLER.
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From IheNew York' Evening Post:
3IR. ADAMS POLITICAL. CIUrIc
r U : y.; TER. , . - 0 -
,AVe cTJrnence ;.to:day the publication of
a series cl numbers lately received, on the
olitical tharacter of John Quincy Adams,
xaminel particularly, in relation to his
latms uion the support of Jhe federal par--
ty4., ye ;ive jhem to tne -public with, the
more pie sure not only because they, erm
bie us to fiJfil. better than we cuu'd do our
selves, a ort of. promise, under which e
lie to tak up this subject but because they
appear; ronr intrinsic evidence to be, the
work of h common or obscure hand, and
no immapre or inexperienced judgment
We are Ratified at this new. proof, such
it seemsp us, that we still retain the confi
dence of those men of - eminent tatejits and
j lofty inl ehUghtened integrjty, wlibse par-
iicipauon. gives amtyio potmcai cmitro
verjyj an whose-Vninions add weight' U
the cause to which tnNvinclirie. ,y ,
, ; The public life ' of jilr Adams fro.m thf
time when he abandoned the federal part v
up to his election as president jof the United
States', has been passed ra such a : iiinnnei
bs to avoid in.aood.degrV a strtct public
scrutiny. . ' Had . he, insteadW receiving a
series of estecutive- appointments, been a
candidate for offices in the gift olthecitizt'ns
there are many ; passages i his , political
history with which ihe public would br
Imuch- more familiar than they now are.
The industry of political rivals would have
brought to lght and pressed upon, the at
tention of the community many things now
obscurely remembered. . 7iie.essays . of
which we now commence the. publication,
supply this .deficiency We recommend
them to the particular notice of our federal
t eaders,' toc whose, bosoms - we think - they
cannot fail of carrying the strongest con
viction, that Mr. dams is a man wholly
unworthy of their: political confidence, or
support. Our correspondent who has de
sired us to enter into the examination . ot
his claims upon the federal party, will find
the subject discussed. wiUi an ability seldom
brought to tasks of this kind.
. For. the Evening Post." .
The conduct of - John Quincy Adams con
. t $idered ih . his relations, political s and
' moral, towards Jhe I Fedkral PARTir.--
No. 1.:; 1 tf'f-lC ''.'t,-;;'
The roostl zealous -rparty , man, ;Jn, these
times, wiil not: contend that the measures,
opinions, ana conduct m-raiiy, pauy 'are
right in all things. The most moderate
party man will admit, that the principle oi
party fideljty ought to be respected, that it
is strongly allied to honor, and has a povv-
erful influence over honoiable minds, thai
it cherishes many virtues and occasions but
few faults, the mass of men do not (ex-.
cpt on "some grea occasions,) indulge irr
any strong party feelings, yet, in a repub
lic every one has his prelerence of parties
Those who have taken no triistsor honoi
from them, vho have cherished no stf6ng
feelings of paty attachment or party 1 anti
pathy, although they havp generally (acci
dentally perhaps) been associated with'one
parly, are stilt free to choose another 5 -and
t they shoulq aDandon tne one ana join
the othei,in such the offence, it ny, would
be. venial. Not. so with those, who have
received high official trusts Trom a pauy,
and have shared- their confidence and their
patronage. .The violation of fidelity in
them, is as .disgraceful as it wbuid . be in a
genera! to betray the army which he'xom-
jnandecl. Avgeneral has an tiuquestiona
bje right io retire from his coniaiaud when
the service becomes? disagreeable. -so -a
statesman having received . a:. higb ffitt
from a party, has an unquestionable right
to resign, when.. he is convinced that; the
measures which his party favor are injutt
uusjtu the great interests of his country;
out an -honorable mani would never remain
in office to injure the -party who placed hint
there. " The violation ot these, honorable
obligationshas occasioned in some great
minds, such an, agony of remorse as to in-
.?uce them 10 sees renei tioiu a uiiseiauir
existence in a voluntary death : such was
the fateW lord; chancellor Yorke.r " He
was a man of spirit, (we-are told,) he had
d quick sense of shame, and death redeem
ed Jhis character.". The jealousy which
the people always entertain of those states
men, who abandon the weaker, to. join the
Wronger party, is wise, salutary, and gene
rous. - . " ' - ; ,
. Patiej, k is true, may be very opposite
in their; principles; yet, the individuals ol
each, may cherish aiuequal; degree ot at
tachment to their common country ; and I if
the difference between thein be analysed,
it may, perhaps be discovered, that it con
sists more in a difference of opinion as to
the best mode of promoting jhe public
good, than in any radical hostility to the
national instftullons much T mischief, may
result from doing proper acts in an impro
per manner, but the motives of each part)
aay be equallv pure, -iris 'the duty of al(
honest men to' trust nonebut the. most hon
t of thpir nartv-associates. their best and
most faithful friends &- U Js equally their
duty when some member 01 a nvai p-iiv
shall have rendered great and illustrious
services to thar country,' which is. tbe com
mon parent of - bothy; to award hnn the
Full measurHof glry and of gratitude. , A
generous mind would not withhold ume tit
tle 6f applause jfibm the palnoi who has
brought and- suffered for his country, and
who has Muilraicd Jhe national character
bv elonouS achievenJeiiis. alihooih h. mav
find .just proundto kiffer frora the" part
with which the hero br the patriot is asso
ciated I - v ' "
.-: The political arithmeticians, who like
Barrere in the Frencn convention, :'are con
stantly balancing proiabifities, & counting
chances, and who, (when their calculation
are completed,) proced in their heartless
course unswerved bv, feeling: or principle,
fearing-' the slightestldeviaiion myr risque
iheir ultimate succes are, of all those who
engage in. public afiWrs,he most danger
ous., They , look upttfi men ' as their count
ers, and never hesitkte in i ihe; pursuit of
personal objects to-cWibrough all. the. ties
witich ou'jhPto biud;Wrt to many leavitiL'.
behind; them;, the 'traces, of ingratitude,
I alsehoodjWjYnnrioTf atfd -treachery, j uch
men, how ever, are. seldom trusted long.
Like Zfarrerejslbey J may esca pe pmiish -,
nent, but .; they. cannot . lor gi, escape he
scorn and contemptm honest men -01 ali
parties.
.ihete is alsjf another class of worthies
anl dangerouspoliiicians. Fisher lAmes,
iouitwht j e, sys:. Some very vain men,
and some ver great 4iypocrites preiendito
he of no puil y ; while they arrogate to
themselves I discernment superior to both
parties, t hey affect, 10 be neutral tnd unde
cided betwejeu them. They claim the title
ol ttuest pnriots, and to love their - couu
l y with ttip aidor of passion,7 yetrthey in
consistent! condemn the violence of bth
parties, aild; expect to have, bq'h believe
that the file of their zeal subsists pure and
onexpendtd in' the frosts of moderation.
aucii men fare often flanered as federalists,
more otten tised as democrats,' butal ways
uelu in cyniempt, that is nevr more hearty
Xhan whfrn itis discreetly suppressed."
4tter Air. Adams. hadr'served and used,
and betrayed the fedei.al partv : after he
odd served and used and betrayed the le-
publican patty, he places himself -at the
head ol tto yarttj and calls to, his' standard
ihe apostates ol nii parties to , torm a new
yorty aj-a persona) party, without any ba
sis oh-principle or policy except individual
interest. ' He told the peopk of America,
lhat there still remained oue effm 01
ntagnauimity, one sacrifice of prejudice
and passion, to. be made by. individuals
tnroughout the nation,' who aye heretofore
tollovedthe standards 'of' pomcul party
that of discarding every lernnant of rancor
-tarust each olber; ol embracing a& country -
men and friends, and of yielding' to talents
and virtue, alone, that confidence which, in
times of contention for principle, was he
slowed only upon ' thosfc who bore the
iiddge of , party comuiunihn. - 'I hese are
very amiable, but v very heart It ss words
uch as ambition has always used, wheihei
oy uic uiuuius 01 . vyc9tr, or vroin well, 01
Kichard 111: and i ahall soon show hpu
much the conduct of this climber ol " am
bition's t. ladder," has comporied', with the
spiriko'f his declarations. My present ob
ject, is to exhibit the manner and the tem
per with which Mr. Adams embraced thr
republican party ; the extent of his obtig'a
tious tu the party which he abandoned, and
hts conduct and treatment to them alter is
ras in his power to confer, and when he
was not under the necessity' ot asking fa
vors : ani ho w far his change" furnishes
1 1 vide:ce, that he is in the, practice 01 ail
the moral virtues, f
I'he transition of John Quincy Adams
from the lederalisu to the republicans, has
marked his political lite wiilt its most
striking trait?. Party ; history in America,
nad presented no such incident in avny cha
racter ol emineiice; It was so unexpected,
so strange and so alarming, that men begar
to doubt' wheiber such a quality as political
houesty; was cherished amongst statesmen.
Alahy became apprehensive of the effecrot
the example , upon the political morality ot
ine uaiion, wueii a -uistioguisiieu teauer 01
ihe federalists, the son of John Adams,' the
defender of their measures, and the sharer
of their patronage when in power, arid af
ter wards a chieltain ot , the opposition
without, any apparent cause, abandoned
an i denounced them.
. ff some venerable federalist, whose hairs
had whitened while' his pat ty waned : who
had supported the ! elder Adams, in the
energetic measures of -98, and by his 'side
had encountered the rstormi which cjrove
him from office in 1801 ; who having shar
ed his prosperous-lortune did not desert
him in his downlall : whose tongue has not
yet learned the soft and courtly language
01 his younger Dretnren ; in wnose vocaDu,
laty, aposlacy has noCyet usurped the
name of magnanimity ; who cannot yet be
induced to believe that unprfncipled ambi
tion , is stern r integrity . who cannot- yei
confound the 5 distinctions between! selfish
ness and patriotisuj, falsehood aud( t uth-
if such a man should now address bim, we
might presume the -style of '.his rebuke
would be somewhat tike this: v V""
" You have now . attained the highest
station that is accessible to an, American
citizeni The place Irom which your talher
was expelled, has .been regained oy you :
this event mikhf be supposed to offer some
elleviation to the woimded pride of.: those
who- had 'shared his disgrace, ana some
consolation ior the po(itjcaI misfortuoes and
disasters which they endured for him.; .V ;
General Porter in .his Jate address said ol
t.i.c 'tt Luarninff: sitrieoce. a sound tninu
and chastened temper, added to the practice of ail
the moral virtues, define .ana tne. saie uepusuwfj
ot power m &WT tj"t. .
;-you was'tiurured in the busom of the)
federal party.v; They who; ha4 ;doneso
much for your; father ; elevated' him & a
wisdom of -the' first" president! . lee'ing the
strong; impulse of hereditary, affection,
turned. their, eyes on you as soon as your
years rendered you constitutionally compe-
tent to receive tne trusts ana tne Donors 01
the republic.
" In your early youth, we cherished the
fond hope, that you' would on some div
ucceea , to your -fathers honors, and '
though you had given, us no proof of. a
eminent . qualification for high office.1 '
iuuik: yu uii trust ii was our Jnuurnc
which removed you from your humble law
yerV office, ( into which . no .client's feet
were ever ktiowrrto stray") and sent voo
on an honorable and important mission to
r " 1"' " -i - r - . '
Europe 5 we gave you ihe nmce by which
Ihevtoundaiioh of- vour amble fortune wai
laid; a situation'. which afforded yoa thr
necessary leisure- for literary pursuits, anfi
enabled you ho1 mingle with the literal,
statesmen and.; nobility of the old ; world,
ana relieved you from the burthen of en
countering the, toil and odium, which fell
upon us in our iruiuess endeavor to sus
aih your father's administration; and re
lieved you too from the f painful duty " fas
you would now. have this nation believe) ot
opposing your tattler's administration 77
,Yes, we'did attempt to sustain him without
your aid, and your pen sopowerful in '1n-
timidatihg Jcobins," confined its p iwers
to courtly notes and complimentary .com
munications. "' . - - . - f 1
u ,We daily -saw that our cause "was be
coming more desperate, yet, we continued
our support." We 'saw, our most faithful
and trusted , leaders sacrificed and dis
graced, not for I the interest of thev party,
but tor your father's personal interest. ;Ve
saw the honest and Hhe. able Pickering, ; and
amiable McHenry.N dismissed --from . their
places without an allegation or a pretenc
of misconduct,' and still ,we wee true 'jl
him.- We witnessed his 44 foiced-retreat
jrom power and we never faltered in otr
attachment."' His successor addressed us
i n the la n g uage o( 'peace and cpnei liatiop ,
but ; we . preferred " the '.friendship of f Jojin
Adams, a private citizen destitute of. powei,
to the patronage .of ,Thmas Jefferson, ptf
sident .01 the United States. nYeiV:we-were
charged with ; luke-warniness' neglect ' and
: insensibility. v We endured the teproactes
ot the fallen statesman in compassion Ito
ins age and his politicarijiisfoi tunes. Ue
would have infhsedliis fierv passions irlt
our bosoms. ' He would have rekindled. ine
dame of party animosity which was smol
dering in its ashes he would have fanneH
thexpiring einbers until they blazed inib
a configuration - wide eriouahf tf consume
his rival and all who supported him.. I
You. returned froai Euiope. ;;Our jjo
iilical hopes rev ivi'd. The ae-of your fa
ther rendered him. unequal to the exertion
and tHe labor which' was required in the
chief of a party. We hailed ytnir return
With heartfelt gratulations. Oury sinking
hopes were animated by your . presence,
and we saw a new citteftan ol the still ido
lized house ol Btaitittee. , A seat, was in
stantly givenyuu in the senate of r Massa,
chusets. . We spared no exeition to drive
out of Congress the popular Eustis," a vete
ran republican, and a revolutionist, and' to
give his seat to y u. .We tailed, but the
closeness of the contest; discovered the ex
tent of our efforts -This "defeat only
slrengthene'd. our,;attachment, and you were
chosen soon after by the legislature of Mas
sachusetts, to the high and honorable office
of Senator;of -the v United I States. Under
what circumstances wereyou elected ?- You
leceived ho" support from the Republi
cans. j.They, at that time, would as soon
have thought of, ford 'North -m connexion
with; that office, as ' any member of your
fathers family, but they were 'a minority
Who were our candidate,? They were no
ordinary , competitors. no v common place
statesmen, no party Jumber Amongst
them was Timothy Pickering, a revolu
tionary officer of high distinction, hon
ored and ".trusted by General Washing-
ton, who had successively netu tne omces
of Postrauster General, Secretary of' War,
and Secretary of btate. ; Henry Ivnox was
another, a celebrated revolutionary general,
the first Secretary, of. War, distinguished
for every accomplishment, civil and mili
tary; who not only shared the councils .but
the affections' of Washington, who not
only shared .his. affections, but vwas em
phatically the , man ol all., otners ,wnom
VVashmg ton Joved a political philosopher
as well asi a military hero, with mariners
so affable, so dignified, and so frank,' 4hat
they would have graced the most polished
cijurt, a practised ' debater and n ehqoent
orator." "Samuel Dexter was also a candi
date, one of the most extraordinary; meii in
the United States, whoiwill Jong be re mem
bered as the prideand - ornament- of: the
American bart distinguished -tor ' fits elo
quence in congress, veteran .staiesman
who had tilled two omces in ine(caD,met.
We rejected them all the faithful and able
Pickering, the; gallant and accomplished
fCnok, ihe matchless Dexter did -we -rejt ci
because rtiere was an -Adams- to : be grati
fied ! .. --ti '. .' -.
Iri this, way the federal, party opened
the road to all vour. greatness., i 1 hey pre
sented you 10 the naUWIl tu Jt dutiuuistied
1
station second only to that ot VYasbingtonJsachusetts, and until the democratic ascen
and afterwards gave: hirn thatfillusirated Jlency was established ihmughout thM Oriioti
and alhiost cmsecrated bv the virtues andfca universaliv.'and io alKannaranrp
sialesman. ' 'You- adhered
in 0ur,eause-'.
and bur party with unwavering fidelitv urt-
iil we lost our power jh the. state of Mas
Srmty, that. we were left without hope. " ! Itr
Vas in that sad and fatal hour of dim r
Iclipse and disastrous twilipht' Uhpn thC
Jury f. our. house had depVijedand o- ;
(liing' was left ;o our political poveffv, but ;
ne proud consolation of having, according;
ti our lights and our opinions, served our,, -onuiijry
w1th jruth and , fidelity,;, that ,we "
were destined to experience thef. deepest .
and tnosppiiinful wound that Jvas' ever; in- v'
dieted on our feelings; The shaft bv -which -
it ;as 'nuictd was launched from a hand'
wnict we hod grasped in IrieMKhip and
itiWas poisoned J r CAtiUtWIS.
he following is the tenth .number of a rlet '
f letters, - addressed, by f JacksoirC'orres- . T
tfonaing committee. of Philadelnhia, jio the au-
Jiot cf an adoiinutration address' published at
the sanje' place, on the 7th July Uki.Ii is a I iis-
pasjnorate and able article, and we, recoiumend
it to tni perusal ol ; those of our administration
frieudSjwho re constantly and unjust'j -xclaitn.
ing th General Jackson's Qualifications are
purely yilUary. . " 1 '
GkitliAikn The question, lhat e are
considering, is, whether Gen. Jackson, has,
or ha not, Qualifications, besides thoe of
a jnili.ary kind you sayihe iias! not, and . c
we ar that he has. To prove' his unfit
ness lr the presidency, you insist that long;;
and uieful serVice of'a similar kind is indis-
pensable, and lhat 'Qen. Jackson has had
no sun service on the contrary, you say,
he h not held civil offices long, or with
nisimjiion this is the substance ol ydr
assertions, i We" have already .shown- the :
pernicious tendency of your, succession ar ..
gumeu ; we shall how expose itis fallacy,. .
ajnd show the .stations Gen. Jackson has
Aped, arid what has been the character that
he has established. ' i .. . v
-At what period, since the fra of inde s .,'
pendence, were high qualifications most ie- ". .
cessary ? .Was it not when the heaving of
toe pwmiciii waves sun told, that the storm '
f the revolution was scarcely ver ? Was .
it hotj-Mfhen; the light of. the constituiiori
scarcely began to dispel ihe gloom of the V '
confederacy PWas. it not jy hen the national :
bark for the first time floated jupn the sea ' '
orjexpertment? ;f.juch was JhcVisis, "
rnost pregnant wiih events, and j most pro
ductiveof axieiy, whom did the people take
as their pilot? Where weie then those cabi- '
net-bred mihistets,. who, alone you I say'j
have the requisite, qualifications?; Where
were the men who had been umbVssailorg ' '
to kings, and who had. found their way
ihrouth,. the' labyrinths of.. d'jplmacy ?.'.
Franklin existed he was one it the glo-
ries of the age in.; which he lived he wag .
as profodndly versed , in. public jaffairs, as' 1 . '
he was distinguished in the Walks of. sci - ;
ence and Jiterature he was rf markuble .
for an intimate ..knowledge human iia '
ture, and a capacity to apply bis yaridus ac
quirements to the affaits of slates, as well ' '
as those of individuals he had rendered
the most signal set vices, in the highest civil"
departments yt, in preference to'i his p-.
iriot, statesman, philosopher, and sage, ihe- ;
American people selected a hiere soldier''
as their president I You telll the people,
thai they should, imitate the example .of '
the heroes and sagr-s of the revolution, and
you say that the) were compeient -to d-j,
cide upon the qualifications oj ajcandid&te !
i hat, then, was their decision? Toey' '"'
Were almost- all living in 189 all wereN v 1
active ill that trying period, and of all men '
they1 preferred Washington whose ;proini-
nent merit was his success its a military r ,
commander-he had not hadj the adva.'ia ; ! '
ges of a classical education le had never
filled any civil-3 station whiii 'vef he had
barely acquired a know ledge (' surveying, '.
! if farming, and of; the trade of a soltJierV
he 1 had never ,-troddfh .upon 'a foreign v .
oil yet to him the eyes and the hearts of .
the people' turned as 'heir fa write. ;' Will : '
you; gentlemen, pretend, that jif Washing- 1
ton had hot been a military chieltain," ,
hch would have been the result ?! Can yoo: .
ver, that Washington had any of the civil r .
qualifications which you no say are es'sen-
tial, and not to be. acquired 1 without -lone; V i
service of a similar kind ? - 1 . ' ; '.
Fortunately, Washington hhnself decfari-'
edj the truth: on the 30th April,' 1789, on ,
taking the oath 'of office as president, alter : Y
'Xjpiessing his reluctance: at being called
r4m.his larro,lhe asvlum of nis'decliniofir !
years, besauif : on the other jiand, the; ' .
inagnitude and difficulty of j this truM, to,; -
Avhich the. voice of my country called me : "- ,
being suuicient to awaken, in the wisest
and . most expenehced of her citizens," a ?
distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications, -.. .
couldnot--but;overlielrn-;rihs,lespond
jence, one, who, inherhiug mferifr endtiw-U . ; j ' ,
ments from riature, aiid unpractised in the x - , ' , v V.
t dutie dj civil cuiiraoiJ ought1 to be : . " y. '
uecuharly conscious ol Jiis own Clelicie
.' yes. it thiseontlici ol emotions, all 1 dare
"ayer.isj ihat'ii has been myf Jaithln! ttuiiy
to collect'iny duiy uotn a just appreciation)"
oi every ,e;fcuiiituice by which it niight ;
v bf ;ff.-cii-ti." V. ; .t . -" ' t ' v ' 'ry "
JSucn was the avowal of. the individual, -ciosen
the first president of this republic v i
aperson oupiatuseu into tne uuues ji ciu
flniiuistratioii a tact well known at the ' .
me to the people,1 as the j epl) ot their re
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