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li fj5xtr&ct from : Jllr. Pope' speech inl v the. senate of Kentucky, on twe night r- 'of the 4th of January 1827 on the nomination of George M."1Bibb to the office of, Chief Justice of Ken tucky. - . ' . - " ; Who can read the following en thusiast address without being filled With gratitude and honor to the Sa vior of America, the noble Hero of the West? Ed, " 'From the manner in which Gen. Jackson had been introduced into this debate, Mr." Pope said he was led 'to conclude that Mr. Bibb's be- 1 ing a friend to the" election of Geh. Jackson might be the ground of op position, and At seemed the more probable, from the .vehemence with '""-which - the supposed association of the Jackson and new Uourt men had been denounced by, the gentleman. lie had ushered upon the Senate, in hideous form, the ghosts of Ambris - ter and Arbuthnot, and either in tended tf appeal to our sympathies for the fate- of those lamented wor thies, or to awaken our fears if Gen. Jackson should be elected to the Presidency. , Tbese British renega ddes and outlaws were stirring up the, Indians to savage warfare on our Southern frontiers, and were exe- cuted by Gen. Jackson, to save our women and children from the toma hawk and scalping knife ; and Mr. Adams, when Secretary; of. State; had defended the conduct of the Ge neral with unparallelled ability." Whydoes the'gentleman, in. this at tack on me, bring into view the Pre eidential question? He had Hot ta ken any part in the matter, A few years ago, he had united - with his friends to induce-Mr. Penn, of Lou isville, to republish Mr. Adams' book concerning the negotiation atGhent, to repell the. charge industriously circulated here, that he had offered to sacrifice the interest of the West ern Country. No man had concern ed less in the canvass: than himself, and whatever may have been his o pinions or feeling about Mr. Adams' alliance with Mr Clay, or ; their measures, the high respect he en tertained for Mr. Adams, and the relation in which he stood to him and his family rendered him averse " to any participation in the contro versy. - He had been disposed to leave the question to be settled be- ' iween the . administration and J the people, without 'interference on his partf It is, however, strange,pass ing strange,; that v the gentleman , should display such zeal for the ad ministration and against Gen. Jack son, when it is1 recollected that this gentleman, .with 5-Bths of the Gene- ral Assembly, by resolution, called upon our members, of Congress, on ly two years ago, to vote for Gen. Jackson, " assuring them thut such was the will of the State. Unplea- . e'ant as it may be, it seems that I am forced into this contest To the great, body of the people it belongs to pass on the pretensions of tpose who aspire to the Presiden tial Chair. It is, at least, due to Gen. Jackson, to say, that his uni form and inflexible patriotism and distinguished public services, entitle him to the respect and gratitude of his country, and especially the west- i ejn people. ' On every trying occa sion, when his country required his services, he has been found at the . ppst of danger ; and although some inclined to detract from his merit, have charged him with rashness and violence, yet tho unlTormsuccess the lie to the imputation. Rash and violent men generally fall victims to their own imprudence, h At this dis tance from the "scenes of his milita ry operations, now that the dangers are past it is impossible to realize the difficulties and embarrasments witS which he had to contend. What appears to many; rashness & violence, is, only that promptitude of decision and energy ot action, which marked his course, and were adapt ed to the dangers and circumstan ces by which he was surrounded . Passing by .his numerous campaigns ; in the defence of his country against a savage foe,' let us attend to some1 . prominent x&cis wuku luriusa proois as strmig as Holy; Writ; of pure pa triotism and great; -talents; and I ; might-' triumpnantly ask . when, on what occasion in his life, has his love of country and duty to his govern ment been put to the test and found wanting? When Aaron Burr; was traversing; the : Western . Country, - engaged in machinations against our 'peace and unione appealed, in vain, with all his sedulous arts, to thd" military ardor and genius -of -r . -f a" IT.-. 1 uen. jacKSon, xo emisi..mm in. nis v enterprize, His sense of : duty , to his. country predominated over his . thirst for military glory. He retus . ed to participate in any enterprize without the direct authority of his jVovernment. His conduct at this period drew from 1ifov Jefferson, the declaration, that he was as pure and ' inflexible' a patriot as ever lived. In .'our . last war, after a small British force,'not exceeding 4000 men,with VV out light horse or : artillery, had marched 40 or 50 miles through the - heart of our country and laid the Ca pital,cf ths nation in ashes, and seemed to hare fixed an indellable stahuipon our national character yheri the public credit had almost sunk j and and universal gloom per vaded our land, intelligence , was re ceived that a large British force had embarked from England, destined for the capture of New Orleans. In this perilous houi Gen. Jackson was called on by his government to, raise a militia force and endeavor to save his country and its honour. With his usual promptitude, he rallied un der him a militia force in Tennessee, and repaired to the scene of .danger. About the same time, a detachment of Kentucky militia had been order ed to reinforce him at New Orleans. Before the arrival of the Kentucky troops, and before he had time to mature any preparations for the de fence of the city, Gen. Jackson was informed that 4 or 5000 JBritish troops had landed a few miles below New. Orleans. Without hesitation or consultation with the qnickness of. lightning; he ordered his men to be formed and meet the enemy at the water's edge. On the night of the 23d of December 1814, with about 1 600 men, Chiefly' militia,4 he made a brave and most furious at tack on the British lines, and by a demonstration of etrengih and force which he did not possess, made such an impression on the enemy, that the "commander of the British army deemed it prudent to pause until the arrival of the residue of his forces. This movement of : the Brave American General, this stroke of military skill, has, it is believed, no parallel in the history of war, anci ent or modern. It was not autho rizee by any written code or rules On the military art, but had its orixrinm the intuitive sagacity of this master spirit oi tne age. The least hesita tion on the part 'of Gen. Jackson, would have filled the inhabitants of New Orleans with despondency, and encouraged an immediate attack on the city.- Before the arrival of the additional force of the enemy, the AvcuLuc&y mmiia reacnea view Ur leans, and the American Command er made the best arrangements in his power to defend the city. On the morning of the 8th of January, 1615, Gen. Jackson, with a very in ferior force, chiefly militia ragged and .badly armed, defeated with great slaughter, and expelled from out 6hores,tmyfinest army that ever crossed the Atlantic, and filled the nation with a blaze of glory. , Mr. Speaker, this splendid victory healed every wound and obliterated 'every stain which previous disasters had inflicted on the pride and character of the nation. It silenced the exul tations of British pride, and inflicted a deeper mortification on the people of England, than all their disasters on the continent of Europe. Every American should feel respect -and gratitude for this Hero of the West, this second Washington of Ameri ca. Is there a Lady in Louisiana and indeed, in this extensive repub lic, who has heard the watch-word of the British armv. whose h does not beat with joy and gratitude at me name oi jacksonr Mr. P. said, he felt a regTet, min ted with displeasure, at the con tact of some fault-finding cavillers. who are continually anno vino- na . bout accidental expressiens and mi nor indiscretions of our hero, to tar nish the lustre of his character and cloud the splendor of his illustrious aeedSi it is criminal and iincrrntp- ful in the eye of God ani 'civilized man, to expose the little flaws of great ana good men. , Perfection belongrs-rtotvfo-man : sot2 dlcMf .;M? nrln-led with alfcreJ things. The Sun itself, placed in the hea vens to give light, and life, and mo tion, and iov. to this nart of crea tion, has spots discernable to the aa- tronomic eye. 1 ,The Deity could not, consistently with his own dignity & perfections, have made any thing - I a. Iff r-w ii i aa peneui as uunseu. iiaa ne done so, he would have ceased to be the object of universal adoration, thro' out this vast empire. Gen. Jackson nas Deen empnatically styled a Mi litary Chieftain, and therefore a dan. gerous. man to be entrusted with the supreme executive authority ot the Union. ; Why and how can this He ro be considered dangerous?': He has indeed proved dangerous to the ene- cues oi nis country? and as a candi date for political station, he may be dangerous to tne ascendency ot the T 1 . it sawyer ciass oj politicians; or wnicn I am one. Our talents for public speaking, our habitual exhibitions before the people and intercourse with them, give us an advantage in the race for official honors over eve ry other class of competitors.' A he ro and a patriot who has staked uo his life in the defence of his country acquired sucn anold on the affec tions and STatitude of . the neonle " O " M f ' that he is indeed a dangerous rival on the political course. The eren- tleman : from Fayette with ; solemn face and doleful tone, has drawn, bv anticipation, a, picture frightful to himself, of the assemblages of the people at cross roads and.other pla- ces, wnere pors ana wnisKeyare to be had,with their hickory poles, cry ing for Old Hickory. Suchscenes should they occur, will not fill me with terror and dismay. If the plain humble people of th e country , with i. - -" t - r . . . . out pecuniary means or taste to make 6Dlendid and stylish entertainments snould nieet together, at the cross roads, in the hills and Tallies, under the shades of the oak or beach, and pour out their hearts in gratitude and praise to the deliverer of their country, he could perceive nothing in it to authorize reproach or deri sion.. J knowi that, whether absent or present, I shall share the gener ous joy, and consider these volunta ry and artles exhibitions as high evidence that the surest road to the hearts and confidence of the people are elevated patriotism and eminent public services.' '; T . ; SIGNS OF THE TIMES. . Thistis "the caption to several articles published in the National Intelligencer,! since the Editors of that paper ,have been literally e jected by the Senate of the United States, from; its service, as ? au thorised printers. We avail our selves of the- phrase thus used by the high-tkinded editors of that independent journal, to' introduce, Under the same .caption, various " signs of the primes" which, we shrewdly suspect,, are hateful to the mental vision of the Coali tion Cabinet , and its numerous hired retainers and mercenary ad vocates ': .. . t ' .The first sign of the times which we shall offer to our readers, is, that every old Hartford Conven tion paper in; the United States, including t almost every federal press in the Union, has re-published, with suitable commendation, the very republican essays whiclj have been lately published . by Messrs Gales and Seaton. under the 'imposing t title of V Signs of tne Times." 1 . MM Another strong sign of the times is, that in almost every section of our .country, meetings are daily getting up, to promote the elec tion of Andrew Jackson to the Presidential chair, in preference to John Quincy Adams, 'it; the expiration of his present term. Another equally strong : signt is the fact that! no where. 'as far as we have seen, have the friends of Mr. Adams, in a body, assembled for a similar purpose. The rea son is obvious: The friends of Mr. A. are too heterogenious . in their character to move in a body; they, therefore, prefer to leave the entire management of the e. lection to the coalition . cabinet itself, aided and assisted bv its pensioned presses, whose editors take their cue from the master spirits at Washington. Another sign is-to be found in the fact, that MrAdams has been compelled to (dismiss his: English editor, A gg, from the superinten dence of the National Journal, and to substitute, it isbejieved, Mr. K napp, (a. professed ed itor, formerly of Boston, and who lias been in the market for some time, offering himself to the friends of Jackson.- But as we wanted no hirelings he has been provided with other quarters and is now luxuriating on Treasury pap. Another sign, and an aPDallin? ftnejt is to Messrs. Adams, Clay ana esicr, 10 De iouna in the fact, that tho i!Hnft9 lepisla- ture, in which; body the au.iiu.ltd' presses asserted Mr.v Adams was all omnipotent, has passed a reso lution; by a vote of 19 to 1 1 , re commending Andrew Jackson as the successor ot John Quincy Ad ams: -And as Illinois now has a general ticket law, the whole state at ine next election, will ra tify and - cofirm the resolution of the legislature, r : i : . .Another sign s that Isaac Hill, the veteran editor of the New Hampshire Patriot who was late- lyaisoiisseu j oy air. . vay, nas been elected to the Senate of that State by a triumphant and over whelming , majority aitnough op posed by an administration can didate. --H v'--'; - r.v I' ' Another sigh is, that the vene rable Gen.; Pearce, a decided friend of Andrew Jackson; has been elected,;-without opposition; Governor of the State of New- Hampshire. 1 ;l , We mieht continue to multiolv these signs if it were deemed ne cessary: but the above will be suf- ficient forthe present- We shall give omers oereaiier. - : ' ; t fet. Hep. . 1 1 w , . ' Hand-Billls, Cards, .-c. of ever ' description, printed at this Of- I. - - fice Zi''1 r.cainess czddes- - From the Frankfort Ky.) Argvt. the REsincwT awi r.snnr.ti I In this paper will be found a nessacn of thn Prfi?idpnt nf Ka TT: J 0 : it . I a - w mo o-ia. To oderstand Creek Indians and ueorma. enable the reader to understand this subject, it is necessary cur to some facts in the history of- the . relations between that State and the General Govern- menL ' . : ' ' At the time of the Declaration of Independence, Georgia extend ed to the Mississppi river, inclu ding the present State; of Missis sippi and : Alabama. (She was then a sovereign and independent state, in the fullest sense of those worlds. 'No foreign Government nor people had a right- to control her in her conduct towards the Indians within her limits, either in relation, to their personal rights or title to the soil. In the Constitution of the Uni ted States, the thirteeh-'original States did not. delegate to the ge neral Government any ' power whatever to controul tfiem in their relations with the Indians living within their limits, except only in relation to trade. , . " . ; Georgia ceded to ; the ; United States . all her "territories now forming the States of Mississippi and Alabama, upon the express condition, that the latter should extinguish the Indian title to all the lands lying within her reserv ed limits. - ; .' '. In 1824 a treaty .was formed witn the Oreek Indians, bv which they relinquished all title to lands Mjing within the limits of Georgia. Georgia made . immediate pro vision for surveying and disposing oi au tnose lands. But a portion of the Creek In dians contended that the treaty naa. been fraudulently obtained, put to death some of their Chiefs who had made it, and appealed to the government ; of the United States for redress. u During the session of Consress last year another treaty was made with some of the Creek Chiefs then at Washington, which secur ed to the Indians a part of the lands lying within the limits of ueorgia. A . .. The srovcrnment of Georgia. believing that the title to those lands was vested in that State by tne nrst , treaty, and could , not thereafter be divested by any sub- sequent treaty, and that they had a-right to enter upon and survey any lands within their terrrrial limits .without interference from the general government: proCeed- ded with the survey of all the lands ceded to her by the, first treaty." ' ' :;- The Indians stopped the sur- veyors, took away their compass es, and applied to the? President for protection. i J . ' .-l The President orders suit . a- gainst tho surveyors, and informs the Governor of Georgia, that if he persisU iQ makine surveys, he shall m ake use of the force of the nation to prevent it 1 deorgia defends herself upon two grounds: V V ; 1. That in relation to the Indi- r?ns within her limits."Ae is save re cond ment, or any other ; power earth. ; inat tne iuic-icli ninaian lands was vested first treaty and could divested by a treaty, or anv o- ther act of the United States. without her consent Both grounds are properly the subiects of judicial in vestisration and decision, and , it would seem, that the Executive miffht have withheld his threat to bring the army of .the United States upon the people of Georgia, and waited the due course ' of . law. If it should be "decided, that the Uni ted States had . no right tq'inter fere with Georgia', or that the ti- ne lu ine lauus vas yestea in tnat state by the first treaty, and could not be - divested bv the second. will the Executive still persist in executing that as law. even at the expence of civil war. which the . 4 " - - judiciary have declared is no lazol It may be presumed that he izould do it if he dare do it; for in the concluding part of his mes sage, he claims credit for his " for bearance to employ it at this time. He does not bold an ap peal to the judiciary at all neces sary, but claims the right to act as judge arid jury upon the con- tested rights of Gterh, and.do military execution-npoa the citi 3 zens of that State ! U f ' V . V hat does hemQa!iby ! c rr- ' . radJti' nhJivntiLk Jt?t?i ' hi"h cv :, nvr d.lprt i . .. r Xi . i utn human autH$riy ' r. iiich " compel the Jrtfutive c f ike'. ; -. ; United. Abates, ta tjTarce tlif .rr-t. andfulfiUhe . dutie&tf the , nation, hU al1 the force con&i ied for that purpose to -his, chatti'" Do r.ot : . all his duties and joj ligations cs President spring tld human t i authority?" - Or.hfj Ibur Execu- y( tive, like those jjEurope, . at ' fright divine" to Stick and kill , the citizens of thesfl Slates in the' ' discharge of that tt(M they con scientiously believoj jx bo their , duty, without the $)ficnt ofrthe legislative or juiJipa powers of V this government! Jll y claims a right to "Haltke war'-oa" : on the contest, , Sfj fie, it 13 ; submitted : to ne. wom of Coa. V gress to determine, whether any further act of leffisHtn tnav hn necessary or expect to meet the emergency whijlhese tran - sactions may produi' M That is. wm it not De expient to pro ! . ' vide for calling forh the militia ; I - to aid me in my wfipdn'Geor , gia IP How likee VBritUhf King 111 ; He firsh rpsol ves on war, and thencaljs his 'faithful; commons for supplsj Will they authorize him toljscnd to tho Soutb a (ewof yilr; Hartford:. Convention militia, ohelp the al lies of Britain, ' woin Jackson Conquered, to cut. fhe throats of '.-; the Georgiansl ,qethink not V Men who refusedh o 6ght the: enemies f their '.cftjutry - in the late war, would be h only fit in-' ' struments to use arbst their pa triotic fellow citizejasiiof Georgia But Congress dare&dt authoriz tnem to go; and it itd. they dare hot go. ; '1Whathas infected SMr. Adams with' the -fishtiwr .ftJtnial U it MCKSON'S farnrvti Does his throne tremble injthe swelling ! r torrent of J acksonlj popularity, ! aua aiusi ne 100 tllu miutarjr chieftain to savehijmself from perdition? Mistake ian!-7-acJb ' son, turned his. batnets only a gainst his country' nemies; not " against the bosomh d ' his fellow citizens. 'V. V '1 : ' ? 1 Had Jackson ber President V and sent such ms ige to iCon gress, what an uproq (bere would have been about kary chiefs tainr Let thdse rvjb predict what Jackson Piigfa jo, "consider what Adams has ahit and what we have to apprehjy from the V change I Vy ? ' Great national ropt f the west- The National IntUllffencer ob 7w i cPf 1 e thro ' "f; , hee$tel "ffUch .sa.con J,; IS serves -.This erreatiit'ennR thrrS i tinuation of the Cqnferland road. is , constructing on H&e M'Adam t plan.: We are gla;jlflto find, by the following report fte WaDe-' partment from the Superintendent I of the Koad, that tm system of under mv snrjerinfinTlpnrv " rirA-T mf f w. .r --. w I. kb v gresses as rapidly (s hould have 5-ton niHtnaian L, " rl. f in L.r byxtbPSlfe ne5 Id not beaSaia wr uV 5 t "hich the travc3 Keen dur mr the Winter, has stoi its . mosf sanfrnlnn better thaa ids could- have expected wh4J A fact tfiat the travel was oenifili rLnt th beginning of the Wii M i i t 1 - - . the cover had acquiredftl e rcqu ife" compactness, is takriirlinto vi; Indeed it has stood Oirably, aci f the effect has beet r p dissipate! the Preiudices alrLhsl univpr:n! ! against the systenp.y U . , V 3 S fc to learn from the"N.Qork papers the ship ChancelloH iCaot Uar keb. which sailed frtftn'sjhat port on the 10th ult. with Hr44goof pro- visions iuiu me jrr;js; pui DaciC on Monday indistrei&.iK)n the 3d or 4th day oat, she jlerienced a tremendous gale durrag which her decks were swept x4a nost every moveable article, Ric, udingJ;cr Doais, ana two oi ntr?crew were MB m wounded. It is lasctirftined none of the airgo is "daaied. It will require, threfore, h.kfew days to refit; The amoufj-pf donation' v. ft is 16,670 V i " fl is - h r- -El 1T
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