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p ." " ! . " .'1 ' . : J , , '-.. V r.c f,"i "A IkCyfYK? TTS ' V - Tm.TTTiv srxs a HW,Tfa: . i. I i I BY EDM. B. FREEMAN. a nvnciTi will bei priotfed every -uirsdiy morninff at f 2 50 per a'nnum, injfederal goyemmeot. and which but for Vance, or f3 if payment is not made within Kour undiminished confidence in the ihte!- Usance 3 months So piper to be discontinued until all ar- he Editor; and a laiiure to nucyy a . continuance wUl . be considered anew .Lta makintr one l?auare or Sfive cents forevery subsequent 4Qu j - R . ntoDortion. All Vr wUfTbe - continaeM !uni ess Xwisc T ordered, and each codtinuancp charged ADDRESS Of the Charlotlsville JACKSON & BAllBUUli UonvzniiQm TO THE FiUi'Iil-i v a: GINIA. " HYc, the delegates'of a poriion of the ,;ti7t;nV of this CoroVnonwealth I ha ving asse aTliied 10 Uonveniion hi puar ousiie for t he purpose ot promoting Uid re-eiec- und uic election oi Pmu- P. Carbour as Vice'rresideut ol me uuueqi ciaies, j,m ii due to ourselves, I our ccmstitu i ents. and to our countrymen at lprge,. to declare With, becouiiog candor ani siiicer ity,the motives aud reasons by which yie are actuated: NYlnle . we w6ulil qot rherish that witd and reckless spirit ot hich has already shed its male- fictions on our country,-- wejj cannot basely betray our trust us sentinels, by drying that "nil, is weir when wfe behold the wdospread and alarming discontents which pervade ur Union. VV6 would peak, as wo feel, the sentiments of Vir ginians and freemen, who love their ouutfy, and ioviog it would pel-pet uate its pcHcc, Us ha-jipuiess, and its glory. Time and experience have long since 'derooustraied ttuit written j Constitutions iy which the powers of Governajent may- ie dehued aud restrained witnm just ianits, and the rights of th people protected are indispensable to the pres ervation of human liberty. j Whrd, these do not exist, or where they have ceased to answer the great ends for wnich they yere designed; there is no guarantee of the rights and liberties of V people, but the arbitrary and capricious 'discretion lot those who may usurp the powers of gov ernment. . ". : I I When powers which belong to the people are thus usurped, tvhethtjr by one despot, or by miilioos, there is ho stan dard ot right, no Oulwarii c Cue clemency ; oY usurpers. freed'oua, but As AmcHcaii' Patriots -as Virginia re- pabticans, we have looked j to this sacred flriocipte ol' Constitutional, rest ri:t ion, as tbe last; best earthly hope of an oppress ed world, which would ultimately dispel fhe cloud, andburtt the fetters. U tyran- ay every where, and t tu?ui alt ne oni liant dtstiniestof our happy country: It remains to be,&een whetlier th it great horal experiaietit of wuicii bur country bas been the theatre since the period, of Ks glorious teYolution, bhairiiimlly tri Bmpb, or t Whether it can bo b;itHed.by tfae restless and corrupt ambition of mau, t?hich has soon or late, subvertec tho' lib erties of all, the nations" who have gone fcfore us. - , . . , I J We aro among thpse yho beli( yc that fte liberties of our country , cam lot long luryivo its constitution. -flehco bur bo licitucfe to preserve invio1atd('thi; j sacred chatter of all the blessings which we have bherited from our'aucesors, an 1 which we hope to transmit to our postei jty. In popular governmentl, llya sovereign will u declared through, the medium of elec tioDs. Io mau can claim ( the i ufTrage of the people by right, no ono can de serve their contidence, who wou d be ah ubsafe .depository .of. that power which is granted in trust for their 1 secu: ity and protection!" r - As our form of government is created by written constitution.. so its spirit and purity can ouly be preserved by .be Vigi lance of thefc people, and a judicious exer cise cf the elective franchise. The fidel ity of those public agents ji who may Oe" selected to administer the gov irnmeut, depeuds essentially, on the caul ou with vhich the people guard their owii exclu sive and inahet .i! -privileges. We can not guard, our own elections with too touch caution aeainst the inlluence of that factious excitement.! which is the ' - i degenerate offspring of an elevateil party zeal. ".. v;t: f ' : " ' When oublic honors cease td j be con ferred as the retvard of public merit, our election ran no lancer fulfil their ereal design, as exponents of the popular will. bQt must be degraded 'into mere . polUi cal lotteries, whira the most daring and ' ambitious kd venturers may win. without deserving, the power to wield the desti nies of a government. la the present agitated and mebneho- yf coedttioa of our country, we u.cq but hi. " T. 3 "." '. coDscqocnces ol that disregard of wr.tten cogitations.! wicb h;i9 marked the oro?rcs nf nnp f iieence ol onr countrvmpn twnnr.i to indicate Ithe decline aodlialt of our glorious rcpuolic. We cannot listen ivithout paiii and sorrow to the confident predictions hich are already made, of those awful calamities' which may speedi ly ensue a severance ofour hnppv Union or an udsomhc St a constitution We gence,the virtue, the p uruisin oi" our countrymen to avert, ere it is too lato, these impending evils.' Wc yet believe that the suffrages of an enlightened and free people,1 may bo more efficacious than the sad alternative of civil commo tion, in retoriDg tranquility and public confidence. :- ; v " rWe would therefore earnestly invite t he cjo operation of our lellow-citizens. in extirpatfng s; far as vc can I the cause of the evils wijich they deplore in common wilnjburselves. ' We would ask them to judge, and to approve or condemn pub lic men, by the same standard us they judge public measures. We would ask? theiri to carry out the principles we pro less m common, if (as we believe) they are not prepared, to abandon them. j Ihj selecting Philip P. Barbour as a candidate for the Vice Presidency at this Interesting cjrisis of our public affairs, we have chosen one, who has been known to you through all the vicisitudes of an e ventjul and distioguisbed political career, and whose eminent virtues as u man, and abilities as a statesman have been' con spicuously exemplified in a lite chiefly devoted to your service. i . f j He is contrasted on the present occa sion with ahindividualj whose claims to yourconfidence, rest, either on air jndis criminate hostility to, or an equivocal support of, every priociple and interest which has been justly held dear by Virginians.-' ; ''I " , You are required at this critical junc ture pf our; country's afiairs, to do hom age io the man, whde you denounce his measures, ;to elect to the second office of our government, a political euciiny, who still bejirs the arms of his hostility in his hands, add wears tho laurels, fresh oil his bl"ow, which were vvoii by his inveter ate and reient'ess opposition to your rights, yourlinleresls and your principles. ; ! W!e wou?(j ask you to pause.eru you commit yourselves aud your country in .to such hands, and to scrutinize the po litical character for whjseagrandizement alou(, you jarc required to sacrifice so much. :':r.l : , ' j '' ." ; " Air. Van jBuren has advanced to that agis, ind h;i$ filled those 'stations in 'pub lic hie, which generally stamp the politi cal characters of men unalterably, : cither lor good or for evil. He may therefore be burly judged by his political acls-auc rairiy condemned. At an early period of his public career,, we find hiur-pursuing a course of system atic nd indiscriminate hostility to the favorite measures and men of VirgiuiaJ During tho last war, when all the ener gies of our government were scarcely cqtia to the shock of external force, and the intrigues of domestic faction; when every patriot was - ppsiea m the tentea field.l or anxiously deliberating for his couiifry's safety Mr. Vau isureu was tound u the ranks or an I mstduous oppo sition: to. iMr. Madison s U'lrmnistration, of which that war was tho 'leading, mea sure.! ; This opposition was carried to ex tremes by some of tho prominent politi cians!, ol Now York and New Enland. The memory of the Blue Lightk-ahd the ii. f :' ...1 ..i i It i ixariioru uoiiveuuou, wuuiu enuure lor everris an abiding stigma on ournatiou- al character we're it not effaced' by the glorious victories which our armies and navtcs acnieveu oespue tne msiuuous treachery .-of! so me of our politicians. In November, 1812, a ticket of Presiden tial electors .was formed by the legisla ture iof New York (of which Air. Van Bureb was tten a member) with the a vowed purpose of defeating' Mr. Madi spn'sj re-election and tho war. This statesman, Who U now held up as the mirror of - republican orthodoxy, voted thxougbout for .'that ticket. '" ! In Id20, the celebrated Missouri ques tion was deliberately conceived and con cocted by some of the loailmg politicans of New York, -and the iegisiaturo ot that State instructed ilufus King as their Sen ator o iusist! on tho terms of admission, which f he subsequently proposed. Mr Van Buren was then a i ineaiber of the Senate of lhat State, coucurrjed in this course, and voted for Mr, King under these1 instruct iorr. ln;lU2l-S, we find Mr. Van Buren in the Senate of the United Stales. His debut in that body was Signalized by hi supporl of a hilt, which proposed ta erect f toll gates on the Cumberland road. to tes. We would st:M coundo in that h .Smn w.v V V?1' VUli?'m:i;iiIftU OI Illfi i.,ri:t.-l!l. r.,,l 1..JI1 . . . . S. ....... I. . 1. 1- " I which is onr boml c,f ! r;nn .. ' J V?L IITTA - cu MUUT i . 7 . r " uiimiisiraiion since tho would acram him)::-1 tn f i. ;nfuit;., . HflAiLgFAIE, tf (D. JJUIST IS, collect ions. &c. wkhio the jurisdiction of the State,. andto,m,oiaC h. 'n' oi $9.0C0 to tho repair of this work of uanonai improvement. This bill did not become a law, because it was arres ted by the veto of Mr. Monroe, on the ground that it was unconstitutional Ac tuated by the same principles, we have seen Mr. Vcn Buren more recently, as a member of Ccn. Jackson cabinet, declar ing, to men bers of Congress, that "it was impossible lor tho President to veto the qi tue government and bccut.se "it might oso the votes of several States to the administration." It has been said, (on good authority) that Mr. Van Burea finally approved this act of the President, and professed his con currence in the principle of the Veto Message. Jfthis be so, we submit to a candid public, to judge when and u he changed his opinion, as facts shall war rant.. -:-v j , '! . .: ..'!. In 1827, tthen the protective or "A merican yatem". (as it has been falsely termed) had been already carried to the extreme of prohibition as to many arti cles of prime necessity, and j when that course of systematic extortion and plun der had become thoroughly ' orgjimzed it. J IT ' tl .. . Kit 1 1 . - I v tlta I liiiiin nr ll Ihr. . .1 I is were to be enriched bv as an.r,tutne tor ii c X lce Fresidcy h Mr. Van Buren advocated and voted for the larilTbill which passed the House of iiepreseutatives, and opposed all at tempts to mitigate the enormous dutie.s proposed ou salt and other articles of ab solute necessity. i Mr. Tazewell, Mr. Macoji and other Senators froui the Sbulh, whose constit uents had felt the grievous and heavy curse of this "Americau System," and vho then complamed ot its intolerable burdens, made - frequent and unavailing efforts to lay the bill of 18i7 on the table to re-couimit it to the Committee on Manufactures, with instruction's to in quire whether its duties were ;uot prohib itory, &C Van -iuien voted throughout against all these attempt's, with the urire icutiug and inexorable friends !ol" the pro tective sjsiem. At length, another. mo tion'was made 16 lay the bill oil tho table, and Mr. Vau Buren be.iug abieul froui his seat, ttore was and equal division ol the Senate, and the oiotion was carried' in the aiiirmatiy e by the casting vole oi iho Vice President. ' Fearing that the accidental respite which was thus gained by the Southern Stales, lor one short' year, from ; the op pression of that bdi, tiiigijt be imputed to a returning sense of justice in his bosom, Mr. Vau Buren took occasion in a pub lic speech during I he ensumg summer, at Albany, to disclaim ah in;eution to hesi tate or' ffiuSter in his devotion to the: pro tective system. In this speech, made at a meeting, to send delegates to a "Manu-. tacturers' Convention," Mr. Van Buren declared that he was accidentally absent when the tariff bill of 1827 was lost that he couid . scarcely be suspected of wanting zeal in behalf of the system of protection (especially the protection of wool) as he owned more than $20,000 worth of sheep As the fleeces of these sheep were to have been enhanced by that bill, Mr. ' Van Buren seems to have regarded them as so many hostages which he had . given to j the i American System. Alter thus aiding in sending del egates to conventions of manufacturers, aud being instrumental in forwarding the ce'iebrated Harrisburar Convention. Mr an Bureu's political friends moved to! instruct him during, the ensbing session j on the subject oi the ; tariff They in structed ban to vote lor such' a tariff as would "afford a sufficient protection to the groovers of wool, hemp, and flax1, and the manufacturers of iron and woollcds and every other article, so far . as the same may be connected with te interests of uiuiiulactures, . agriculture I aiid com merce." These are the vague and iude fiuite instructions, (thus gotten up by Mr- Vau Buren's partizans,) which are novv relied ou. to extenuate or justify his vote lor ' the tariff of 1U28 which has driven the Union, we fear, to the verge of dissolution. Thijs shallow excuse concedes that Mr.Van Buren does not regard a protective tariff as unconslitu tioual a doctrtrsce which lies in our estimation at the foundation of the whole system.. . We have never heard, howev er, that Mr. Van Burep was ! instructed to vole lor the tariflfof lU27, i and those preccediug it, or ro make his speech du ring that year, in which he showed him sell in favor of the systeai. ' ' While these acts and opinions are unexpiaineu ana unatoned lor, we cannot regard Mr. Van Buren as pos sessing those., peculiar claims to the confidence ol the republicans ot s Vir- gt "',w' uvc UCCI1 tceeuujr uei- led in Ins Dehall. W e will not ac- j kuow ledge the liuroiliatmg necessity I OSS. of making yet another sacrifice, to ap- rojc fc fuiiucss spini oi a iasK-mas-ter nor can we cast the principles ol our State into the political scales to be weighed down by "Mr Spoils of But you are told that Mr. Van Bu ren is recommended to your confi dence by the nomination of the Bal timore Convention. Before you take such counsel, it were well to consider whence it proceeds. It is the first time that Virginia ever, doubted her competency to think, to decide ond act for herself, according to her own convictions of duty. It is the first time that the character and principles of our State were ever committed to the keeping of a uorthern convention? to be bartered away in a political ac tion, by the vote of New York aud New Kngland. We have already adverted briefly to 6ome of the political traits of the candidate thus nominated. -let us now" look for a moment at the source whence that nomination comes. As the reasons which induced the Baltimore Convention to i recommend I'UI Mr. Van Buren, to you, as a candid- . .1... ir: . . ii i beeii assigned by those who were most competent to the task we are left to infer, that they regarded his claims to your confidence, either as utterly inde- Jeusible, or as seff-evident. That Convention was composed of a het. ogeneous mass of materials, made tip of fragments of all political parties which ever existed in our country; and if that studied silence which reigned over their conclave, had once Loen broken, there must have been a confu sion of tongues and principle's, which would probably have savejl is tbe. trouble of addressing youTt' is tuani fes t that abody composed of such ma terials could have agreed on nothing but the nomination ot Mr. Van Bu- .in uur reii and that only-w heir no reasons ;vere; to. be assigned for it. When did Virginia ever take coun cil of the Federalists of New England the ultra friends.of the ''American system '.. irom iew lork or ol GeorereKremerof Pensvlvania? Whv are the if now the exclusive guardians j and conservators of our principles! Are the disciples ol Jefferson and Madison to be suddenly identified ! with such a Republican jtartft bv the' ; . r . J - . - i magic ol such a convention." We look in vain for the republican princi , . . .1 ples which animate this : -party, in the public character of him! - whom they. have noruinated-or in the history of those who! constituted a majority of that Convention. By what right did this Baltimore Convention assume to regulate that party which brought Andrew. Jackson into power, and which alone can en sure his re-election? It was , compo sed of delegates from all the New England States, in one of which; save New Hampshire, has the election or the administration of General Jackson ever received any support. The entire votes of six States wliich are knovn to be favorable to Mr. Clay's election, were unceremonious ly transferred to the account of 3.ir. Van Buren while Pcniisx lvauia was ceded on the authority of Mr. Kra mer, nQtwiths'auding the unexampled unanimity of that btale against Mr. Van Buren's election. A portion of the delegates from : Virginia, to that Convention, represented counties and citizens known to be uiifavorahle to General Jackson's re-election. ? Thus,1 have many, states and counties, I which will certainly vote for Air. Clay, con tributed to this nomination' of Mr. Van Buren. v Such is the Candidate and such the nomination by which he is recom mended to you. It remains to be seen, whether you! are prepared to ratify this first act of a systematic de- sign 10 suujtct you to the control 01 a northern regenc3'. Gur interests are identified with yours- and we can have but one common safety, or one common danger with yourselves. We would therefore' invoke your aid in endeavoring to avert the evils which will too surely ensue, if we con tinue to slumber in mistaken security. The nominee of the Baltimore Con vention has not merited our suffrages by his regard for our interests,, our ISO. 175. opinioiKS or our principles nor is he worthy of them because his name lias hero associated on this occasion witli that of Andrew Jackson. Had anv other name been substituted by thfs Baltimore Convention, yotir isuflra ges might fmve'bccn claimed for pre cisely the same reasons, and the. h di vidual thus nominated might have beerj declared a republican too, though op position to all the tenets ofyour polit cal faith ,had constituted his only rignt to the appellation. We have recommended, the adop tion of the same trrfcp r . r 'tvturs ver as to instruct the electors, whether vour till L' . ; - . -J - ou votes snaij oe given to Juni Barbour or to Mr. Van Buren. We only de sire to produce a fair contest between them foj- the Vice Presidency. In do ing thiij, we have endeavored by all the means iu c ar power, to insure the undivided vote of our State for the ic election of Andrew Jackson. The friends of Mr.' Van fcuren will have the same means of declaring their pre ference for him, which we have rctfj ommended to the friends of Judge Barbour; . I t is for you to decide whether y on can give your support to Mr. Van Buren, at this potnutous crisis of our country's fate or whether vou will repudiate him, as yon ,ave long repudiated his doctrines and measures We would warn you with that sinceri ty which is prompted hv a reffrird foi our common welfare, that if you take him, yon must take his measures, as surely as the effect follows its cause. ; fltorney at Law. pjDRACTlCES in the County and JJ7 . Superior Courts of idartin, North- ampton and .1 if v ! : ainpton atxj Jiahfrix Courts of fraphinpirm. ?rhen not absent on pri;tt4onal duty,-he will bo m otfco n the Tfvr- of falif'xtui JVIon'invs &Tucs daya ot any other tirm at his lesidcnec irk Ha lifak Ji nunr v2P. 1 i . - 7 12m ; I VioTw. tinssjAst received jfrom JYew York . Aew ani fi.ND&oairk ws.m-itment op H'YrfY t-'W 'j which; will bo found fin c:;trnsive varicf v nf rich aht fnv hiAt uWf . .;-. - , -.t. i ... . HruJ rr -fUd "A Vl - vv. -. , .1 111-. . ALSO ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES OF HARDWARE, CUTLERY, 1 4 JJity u, Mjb,usLH ES9 ..The fobfic are respectfully .in vifpd to call and examine tlipir yGOODS, which, thy confi(lently assert, will be offered on tho? most reasitnable terms. May 10 1833. . . ' 11 tf FOR SJLE OR HIRE (:r: Sjkilky and Hzruo Oi1 Nq-.v Wr.gi.on smd Harness, ' '. Two. jropd II tjii-s; r4i;d Two-firit rare llor-ps. 1 JOSHUA CORPREVVV TUiL;j:ii Se HUGHES ns.Lpicii, NC. ' $QTLTUE to keep on hand, at vfr.y reUuced pucea, an extensive block or BOOSTS 5t SiiTSOrO"- consisiinor of LA,V, MEDICAU THRfjt L'OGICAI!., CLASSICAL andMISO: la n eg u s rrt Rl:a. m ALjSO4n "xtonsive raricty of the hto?t add most anprovod Eduh.Vof KiXtSLISIf. L TIN. GUEEK& FRENCH .SCHOOL COOKS. Merchants &.C. In e w JV o v e)s , Ri a o k .. !?.- U s fo r Clerks Cf Court, Jcgi.vters A great yariMty of PAN CV ARTICLES,, such as arfi UMuaily kept ia Book Stores. All the i lie w publication regularly receiv ed qs wjons ,publiiheii.' ; O" Orders lor Books will te' f liawkful!y rcceived,8nd pror;pily uttendfd t. , 1 O-T. 4- s,i cAsnre the public that tliny will spiI Rbfiks iuvr e thy are told et any Book Slur. l--r , 1 'i, ,, ,', , "Far tsi8ib'' Office ' ': wuicii was trained by the legUati caucusj Tliat ticket is unpledged . v sun rut. y. msiorv i
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