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4lirti3tng iJU Preii&ktp SUUi. tVclif beccwSer 11. ! CONtVjlt:KD.3 terVe thU m uuj.v Sslicriblr. wrmth jn. Uie Houie. litrai inicihit ihc Vddrtwongina tcd ionlt.ihf iUpubhsiA.merti bcrt, bth tore ta4 iWihingm If, in Sis opiH calr.UUtrd t6 Mroond the feelings of Fc.ttr..!i-s; He did not wish to fJpHl Hea feenilemcA ofih-ir op1iiottihv-y ei swell entitled to 'httrs, 1h he VaJ to his; ltstrme-i titngk.howtrt:rttiiat the very fi- Dillon r thW' subject; 8hir J Vc twd irriuvion a-jniitli- Kcntlerheh.; Arethejr ash .ncd Of the tt'rjrt Tederalist p . they sh t change it fbV ano t,v ? They canndt take he tirm l publican in rxchaofec far it;lbei c--e Hepvlblican and aTedeiaust trC so oppo5d to each oilier in ;o-IiMC-1 opinio thit tlic cannot be atii! together! A UcpiibJican fedcrilHt tannoi, eiit. A man xnnst be eillw a Fcdf ra'ht-nr a Uc publcan; He fanno1 be both: IK fd n'3nr.t!yhoeter,tjwAids Fe deralists. He beli-red -bey mighi be as Soni H'.i i gtxxl citizens, as U -publicins, md he -wished them Vi enj .y ihtir ani;iihc;iU ; and he ho ped htV culd.y.iaTt him the like It p;eii't d Q Vie ifcfe opinion bt the f!cJw;v from Hdenton, hat if has t.V i.uentia of the fr outers of the Aadres which he hadoftVred to cat 1 tima on the Frdtral ;Faf i ". lir if. clired ne E-tT of no illch design: An t r nlieaiari tfil' but rxaminr ta.- lipcr :h y Will fi id that it tnr uca- sUch- an interpretation-- j W; o? triaii'sayi becade another . rtd'eraiistt ,he hat h design to v,i the goVetrtmcnt ? The pa$ t; rould net, be so aiplirrl, except I Ji Irmetl are detctmintd to take n t t:l-thSclvcSi. . 1 h a! part of iHe Add reis which T.-fcrrs to Mr- Jcff.-ronV set vices baJ;'nd meti ni the memorable I vi nil of. 1 80 1, is objected io. , The 3-rvices perfrjifnud it Mr. Jefferson art known and acknowledged ; anri trhitWisouriiilJ.ijit prioi to ISO 1 1 Lven ihe slitting bf a little hot water byome tiHificniiye viuzrns, had like taijivebcen magniftcd into a civil war by the misconduc t govern iaeiv ilut, ince that period in stc of vrar, we hate had peace ami tr-rq nfuy . A vast extehSion of tc -trtov bw been added to bar cun tr) by liir prlrchasb; which; if fN ttral nua ure had prevailed, would tu '.ost ut a, rar id obtain Wc it. therefore greatly indeb ed to Air. IcHVtsoni 8c ought, on this occasion, exprtsi bur dbhga'.ions to him.' With fespeci ifr that pirt of the A Mress ithicH Invites the President to coutiul't in u(fice. he could see no Ovjectirn to it; Vashington wks L'.viuc! triune sirhc wayi TKe.scr tires of Washington wtfre great ; so vtre tbc iervitc c'f JerTeson; and ie hire the sime; right to call upon Vim that the citizens heretofore had to call upon VTiUhingtori to continue &s services. ;'' ' Gentlemen bppdsed to thlsAd iss have taken everf step. in their Pwer w destroy it. They haYc pro Pie to amend it, to lay it'over nl tL'ef.'tri reorrimUii; but he did W believVttiev vrould be able to ef fect their (fizf poise., - He objected to .eamertdrritnt as pejng too languid t4 expression, and toe general ; addressed more to the go vernment thaq th Presldent-Mr. twnoa might a$ well fccelve the f wresi as the President ; and when expresses a whh Urat his life rn'ay pired that his country: may have pt'btnefit of bis,illuunoW;u!ent, S?Sl?ea? 00 m" Jou" Heho lh ittendrhehr would -be disa- " Pttd in iki' U : g offered be topted.'.-".' ; ) t-ir:MUBMsaioVa remark had - "Kni apprj.io,ms niiiDg.xoe ot Sccfctary;of .States or that of Mtehter abroad, oV, taj; io hini, if rrom the eendtmaafrom War ren which had no foundation in the amendment" whtch,fie had offered. He alluded id what thegentlcman had said aboutQurgoVe'rnmentbeing in fault i.i our dilute with C Bri tain: How such an idea could have occurred tolhe gcntlemaiY he-could not veil . .. . , ... : . It had 6ecn said that similar Ad rjresses to the present had Wren sent to General Washington. He never heard of such an A idress being sent froth any L gisture; Tha.t mn, who ttas revered above any other, would h&7e,. frowned iipon,.such an Address, t That he Was addressed very frequently he knew.' but never to rrqiet hini to become a candi date, never at' .east ty any of the State Legislature. But if he. had, this would not change his opinion f to the impropriety of the measure. Mr. H. concluded by saying, that he cordially approved the Administra tion bi Mr. Jefferson ; ihough he vould not say he approved h frt.ii alpks to cmerc -I J h queo'ioa on 3lr, turns s Vendmeni was then talcn by Y- a m and Kys d fallow : YEA-Aber-athy, Arnold, Atkmion, J C. Uran,J. Ury4n,BUcmn,Brow, 3num, D4rrnger, Caldwell, Cochran, Ca .ncrow. Cuokc. Davidson, Draucs. Fariiell Orist. GlUii.pte, Glis n, Givoa, Hoskin? Hocsrori, Hannah, J, Hirr i, llch, Hen derson, E Harris VV W Jones, E J nc$, C Lau:er, Mooe; Mor ng, May, M'Lcj nxri, ' Ndhrood, Porter, Jesse Ptars.i,, PerrV. Shav.-. Shinncr, Smrtn, tiiomp4t.t Vauhook. Jas WiUi&iDs. VValrers. Jona Vi.l-ams, Wootcii.H White.E ViUjm... KB Whit-. Wade, H Yancc). MAYS Jos H. Bryan, BcU. Burto-. Boon, Bunn, Boaiman, BaKer, Baluru, Collins. Carter, Cotton, Crtdle, Cator. J Cherr, Danjei, Easou, Foryth, Frascr Gr-ffir, GiKxfwiii, lUaUen, Huins, Hn rison, Hjle, Hamilton, Horn, Hardiit V. Hulme, Hf-well, Lindsay,. T. Low, T. Laoier. Lanier, LcathtJrtan, Mc bins, M'GiropNc,, M'latire, M-iif,M o, ftoitmra, Pcrkjns, lckcns, Ucoeru, Riuiel, Kichanhon. ttudio, K dd.ck, Row laud, Steppard, II. 6coit; Salmonft, J: Smith, I). .Scott, IVte, rheams Toole, Townse.-d, . Terrelf,- It. Wdliams, Wra. WJJiaCTi, Wynne, . Yaocey. Mr. C. J 01: us moved the House adjourn. The motion vras negatived. Mr. Cisto'tf said, it voutu be re collected that the friends of ihe Ad ircss hare all a!onj declared, thut where it sp aksof ' a party who have sought to subvert,' fcc. it had no allu sion to he 1'edtral Party. Itjiau oecn declared?1 that there would be no objection to Ime the expression difieiemly mcdtRed, if desir-d Hi moved therefore to strike out the word pert' and imt-rt l disappoints ed roan and his ad!:erents.tJ The rutstlon was naw on agreeing to the original resolurion Mr. C. JoNs. I am one of those who think tuat n this oct a sionlt is right end proper to address the President of the United States, It is a custom sanctioned by the practice of former legislatures and I eeno reason, I have heard node offered, to" convince mc that we ought to abstain from that practice, and withhold an Address on the S present occasion on the contrary; I am decidedly of opinroh,' that such an Address as will assure tiie Natio nal Goverh'tnenf ol bur determina tion to support its measures in regard to the era1 i disputes with foreign nations as will express the neces sary degree, of confidence in the Chief Magistrate, is absolutely re quired of ns by. thesituation of the country and- the circumstances of the times'. We are supposed to be on the eve of a war with Great Bri uin our old and long existing dis putes with Spun remain unsettled from France we have recently recei ved insult and aggression -ur coun try has fecn-threatened with all the horrors of civil; war. -In such a si tuation it is certimly proper and ne ces&ary that the nation should hbw ifs strcngth-that it should be able to ascertain the extent of -its union that : there '"should; bis a Mutual conCdence beiween the General and citato Gbrertfmentsiithat v id times oft f)eri1 cndTdahger the adrninistra- uuri miiu ut assurco wnere it coma look for promp and .enerrjetfc : sup 'poiU'rl hafe -already :jbinect;iVi an Address to the President in the a- peit, and I would novr- willingly . r uarcsa aim in anouier ; aT)4 1 could ih t?mV rr KY p;a .mC U; wish the bnlr fluesdon now wa I ther :'tra 'shot?H 'nrWe Kr nLZX" v . rrquired by .the cViiavisUncejipftlif. times, or whether we should present pone at all. In such a case I 6hould feel 'myself relieved froni jnecei -sit o addrpssiog - tnls' !k y I should tenatn)ftnV, confid nat its patriotism w"oTald make theoper decision ; and undr ttheho '-that we shoulu oe piaceq xn ao auernauvc where it would be sr easy1 and so agreeable t i decide ,X voted against the-otion tor the Address iVjth its amend rti'ents to lie on the.Uble; be lieving that the patriotism, the under standing, and the ttste of this House would dictate an Anciress in wnici 'every member of it could heartily t. . 4 . 1 . .v. . concur. . xtm wnen 1 see tne lem perate Addiess, proposed by the gentleman from Craven, rejected when I see negatived a motion to commit the wholito the revision of a committee -when I see retained and forced tipon ur unwilling deci sion an Address, humiliating in its. 'manner arid destructive in its prinr :ipfes, I can neither yiId my assent o its adoption, nor can I suffer it to pass and remain silent, ' I mus hrcfore ask the indulgence of the il )Usc while I Jtate, in a few words, the objections I hare to it ; and I i nust be permitted lalso to freiriisc, that after the dispuy'of eloquence and-argument which has been made by. gentlemen whose talents are so greatly superior to ttvf own, 1 "do : ot indulge tha vain . expeeation of being able to ado much, if any thing, , i influence the vo;es of this hoise ; bu shall rest satisfitd vVita merely jeing able to justify my own. The language of this Address i--markable for its servila and deb s ingstyle. and for its entravjgant Sc iiiquahSe4 terms of flattrry. iuch instances ofu-n recurred, rhen of literature might deplore the depra u j of taste, but politicians would icgard i-. as the tlo'age of Liberty. h symptoms of at constitutional Mccay which wafnkin into slavt -y; .That the Address Is such a wouid be improper and unbecoming iff us to offer, I have no doubt ; that it wil br- unacceptable to tlie, presi dent, I am almov equally certain. 1 is a dose that I am sure is much oo strong for the stomach of so mo dest a man as Mr. Jefferson is re puted to be. His gorge must rise t it. Even the moderate compli mentary style which is usual in ad dresses, and which is frequently off-red to the President, is never even noticed in hie answers and this is -ri very- nluch overcharged, .that w rc it to be presented by a' body of tess notoriety than the Legislature ol North Carolina, its authenticity might very reasonably be questioned. It has, Sir been considered in-consisu-nt with the character of an inflexible itrfublican; to assail auy man while clothed in power with sy cophantic addresses. 'It'! his been said, that it was calculated to under j mine the integrity of his principles. ij iruue into ms mina tne ptMson 01 ambition, .or to lead him to overstep ir. 11 I .. r the Bounds of his duty', . in search ( popular applause. Mr Jcffersonvit is well known, has aJuays discou raged such addresses as that on your table. .'His modest .virtue shrinks from the fulsome compliments' f prostituted adulation. fHe, I trust, is seeking to establisli a sol'd edifice ef fame, and is not endeavouring to catch the fleeting compliments of the hour. . Every man who has power has flatterers, and T am sure the rjood sense of Mr JefTerson will not be gratified by language tha has been prostituted in f he praise of ever tyrant and usurper, ' from Ce sar KCataUne down to Robespierre and Bonaparte.' Those, therefore, who. wish to address the President fiorn rSotives cf hspeci, chooSi to "do it in more chaste and less ex ceptionable language. But Mrl Speater,1 therV are obv jecttons to this Addrew rwhichi ir m'y mind have much more .weigh thin those which relate merely ti ityle.vwThV 'part', of it which i-go to sphcit Mr, -JerTerson to'' becom ? -otice itforc a Candidate for the Pre ' tifohefj. is tbtalljr reptiguant to thV pi iuKipies vwmcsT.' were, .arowea qv him and his friend's before & about aifch" an Address as was proper1, -and there should c k Trequcnt-rota)ioa in oracc, .ana wi W! lHIV:7 the. many rruftTged gainst the re-election of f MrVf 'AdanasTi - 1 was; said, that no mitt ei how popular, al President might be, no 'matter how1 great his vjUlemsVot howler emi nent his services, , he should stllL be watched wiih a:jealou? e)re3and not be.empoweredj by a long continuance in officer to employ his populanur ip a manner, hostile to the constitutiorial rights of.the people and. that on this occasion the electprdl privilege of the citizens ought1 to be exercised to supply a defect in he constitution. If those doctrines. - were tiNue eiht : ' w :: :!':: jT-r years ago,;iney are true ai inis oay , and t hopelgendemeniare t iVillinj to do more justicelo Mr. JefTiron.lhri to.admit that they are made; use of only as shall suit electioneering, pur poses. . If it shall be saidi that; the rule, ihough good, may be suspen d d on great emergenciest lor iq fa 'otir of a great characteri the, prin ciple itself is gone ; for pretexts to violate it will never be warning That these were the sentiments wh prevailed about the jime of! the ''first election of Mr. Jefferson, is potf rious ; and to vindicate him from the charge of having employed them to anawei a temporary purpose I ran jirodlice ,undtniable proof that they are his fixed principles. Ma ' ircumstances might be adduced to jrove this, but I will rrienhrm only one, as it is in itself abundantly sufii oient. . When; Mr, Eppes,4he son in law of the Presiicnti -and who is known tb be in his confidence and la spea his sentiments, was a can. lidate ifi.r the seat which he rlbw holds in Congress, he declared, that one of the motives which jied him o offer , was, to endeavour -So effect ii amp pd me. tit to the constitution; .hereby a man who had once served a ccs ituticnal term as f President, should ever after be ineligible to thaf .-iffice. . It is tnit Mr. Eppes has either forgotten his promise, or lie has been prevented! Trom attending to it by his mindbcit.g occupied by nore important concerns or ht de lays it to some nibre convenient ime; but his principles Have been avowed, and it is well known thePre sident participates in them, Shall e, then, courteously ask Hini to rxnounce tHem ; to renounce what has contributed its share to gain him the esteem and ; confidence of the nation? Or shall we asfe hini to pr ve, by his conduct, that he was not sincere jri his declaraiions ? Sir I cannot conceive of any measure more disrespectfutto himselfr or more unjust to hlij principles. It would be derogatpryih him to de p:t from them.i wpqld be inde Itckte in the extfeme in us to ask him to do so i ' u ' v ; i -But, admitting. that tio anti-republican precedent . isstablishetl in in vesting Mr. Jefierbti once more with the PresTdeniy-.s-nV.' toiie iUured to at by this Humble suppl'ica tion of ours? Do. We doubt his pa? ttlorjsm ?':Dj we srjspect his want f attachment o the interests qf the natiorr? The, language of this Ad dress ceriainly inipiies a doubt that wholly deslrovs, the effects of lis -nmpjimsnis. isriitlcs? is not eve-, i ry citizen of the United States sub-vf ject to the public will ri Shall1 we j not command or refuse their services t - .ve think proper I It s too huml-i ft 4iaung too. uegrading, .to myst United i States :pbssesl ;:ittzert pesieslylrffei ;rthypfeVeift a telIOWll'i2rn'l)tA-'' -ftVr "Ar '' t ttnAti 1 "tK;,1p --t :tS :2 Ml ' i authority, a.od theii come crihgmg suuntiy'Ba.our J to hrs ifootsfool to asks;a gracious; Jlj ooon, that he will continue to exer- h will-descend tbp f cue hisVuthority overus hatHthatith , li ! -yoitld Catp have sajd in jthebest jiliVfias iUrodqceini MmesjofRomefbad1aTawnjpgSehat ft approached him withsucTj1ahgu H 't ! Would he not have; blushed to th degeneracy and have "ietflnM ,1! :f -.iisgraceji-by. their (rbposii leMrvkfir (ntibnSir.. i g -ii Jefteron is animad ithiofl i of Roman vdlgnityland V trust he isVil h many) heriU indigff-Tniiuistrirmn ! 0anr.8purn jiuchU fitioSr id:titf ?himpfr . Irhasbeesajd deman rpm: Pasquotank ilhatahc 'doira!dtrtr?T i s !-,i ?r i?? y.: 1 1 1 .ri .liwnfAnAtVKfcAVii, confident injbne .in(i-anmuciittn. rih . reasonable istrUstfeie i. f W l iters mai wur uiiiiuaici ucatroif ctc- . r u s j npefjatthililslb m vormi8&mm ( 'i'j !' :deNngjei : ? W .go baeto' Grecp-me 4astTagesbxar 1 !' ! atiAi&t i , lpavmfee j cahslbt'Jrleahailin j; j :we .have.-seeti:iPOfiaraM$ses: I .potmng. irv.uopn.bjrttf pmllafjsj oi,fne nanoa yo ,.pc,cugiiiiM' UliU IdSV Ul Oil) i U W. A3 I J V S.U T I L Aree.preared.tb sanieSi downward course: f Shall we vavTWithUV ftnaKespearesussius teat -v sv ii i "'Our country doth cbntam4)u.bne !' i MMho dbtlif bestride Ithiaa J ! world'.-' - viM J Like aColossiis; and we" jpetty, merif This is indeed the verrr spirit ' of ;',V- the proposed Address to- make sQihdnourahidant ful picctire that wbii)drfercef)crar -'aw . lit our. vote ;iiopepo;t.L4nope Jihal) beaSated j gard fpr our hattjif;eaf!te.Ha iruui ; anu 'ch , u apci ctveor us h justice, ,i wouiu piuixream so nucia,:y : . of the-pnds'f cdunt.rai,lt0 seo?fb eonless- it.-1 r annttyJifr&ji Maitots pore; on anyTnaiyiuuar navfu cep 31 tain! y want the vpoVtiifeiveti bejievevHti: 'AviipifciSS virtue nor talents.-- A reaman St . I ; - " ' ' . .T ! .. V.'. . fort uitpusirtrmstanc and not bny Wcdmmort a uisneu, irom ine,,resc pi t,ne hiimanL TP' '',' W'J-''' :-?-:--K i. ract. .-ii iir. jetierson is .unwiutnc or minus it improper ima ne snouia be- again JnVesd with tner C c'y, -!Ltrust. iwtta;jitinr;pp good :irjfafi tp - supply hjsipa;c;"ahi'' t' siy:'th1Hfita ' hif :.char.acteraMt -indeed, '&&iie&0 nas tne win,- .iusuppoune;ioii3n"S Tf fabric , of jhe state , But - Has our5 iv lofant Kepublic; the hest hope f i.he" k rWa-nabfiy j prematrelyjrwed;. i UecrephuVerib:r!i.not ior tne most pari,,one wno" iiaa oeari- . m;cu iiiuo'iiuiicc uy cuue u rreiice . o r : tie me, n Ipgmjpbrpmeji . say-that t;aprpvet;ac: ;his id ministr4S6n t arjprbbationVjJn nyj too stronelv thebnarchickldomn lhar "the 4,tfti'naVftti.Ti fc iwrfc':Sdt v the rheasqrefiMrtm tbat:e;arMsiiingi.w 1 1 ;j l:Wont;uteaffa m fr Hi cpnstitutionafitlSqf eVppieiip I M I i 11 Ml - ill J ft I 5 k
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