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... -. , : ; . !.- . ,-. '..-- - - v - v , - 1 -? S 4 -Z ' ' , Vol. 1 - - ' - -- - ' - " i . ' - ' I Vh : 1 .iM'it' TO TH2. . . V : PEOPIX Or THE U. STATES. Jr&zt Cinzen, ; m . IN the course of the ercnti ivhkj v,TC marked the conduct and cha ractcr of ihoie, to whom you have, at diScrcnt periods,, . intrusted by vcur iu5rgesi the power. of mak j0g jaws for your government, few incisures have, occurred, aince the tdoution of liie . present, conttltu- tio3f more etraortMnary, man me xuceting. lately hcM for, the punxjie of nominatini; a president end Vice President. of the U States. ; Our alarm is equally excited whe- -i" 1 1 ther we aaveri lo.ine moae in wmcn the mettinj aumnioped, .or-jlo the crocccdinrt after-it.xraa: cohvened. 1 heScnaibrMhp assumed the power cf cillin together , the member of ConRrcs did it Under tlict pretexk f that power, bein vested ip,hirQ, by a farmer convention thit pretext whether it be true ornot implies an csserti -n of a right in"tbe,Congrei cf ISQ4, to direct their, auccesinrii in the mode of choosing the f chief nagislrate ; an assenlon .uhich. no. xainhas ever before. had the hardi hood to edvancei . cTbe notices were private ; not general to all the mem btrs cf the two Houses ; nor con ned to the republican party ; a dele gate from one of the territories, was Invited and attended, a mm .who in elections has nxr suffrage, and lis le gislation no vote The persons, who met in pursuance, of ..this un precedented summons, proceeded uhhout dlicusiion or debate; to dc terraine by ballot the candidates for the highest" cilices in the ; union. The characters of oin"c rent men, 5c their pretensions to the public favor, were net suffered ,(o be canvassed; tad all responsibility tras " avoided by' the mode of selection.':? The de termination of this conclave lias been published . as the. act of the republican party ; . and with? as xnuch exultation as the result of a solemn election by the nation. . At tempts are making to impress upon the public mind, that these proceed ins ought to be binding on all the republicans, and those who refused to attend, or disapproved cf the m-eting, are denounced as enemies cf liberty, and as apostates from the cause of the people. In this state cf things, we think it. our duty - to ad ire&s ybtf, and we deem ourselves, called upon to. enter our raost so-f lemn protest ."against, these pro ceedins. ;. . ; .. " - u. It is true that at former periods, when the election of a. President and Vice-President approached, if was oivomary to hold meetings of the jnembcra of Congress for the' pur Xoie of recommending candidates to the public. But these .meetings, if not justified were palliated by the necessity of union. The federalists presented a formidable phalanx'; and either to succeed at all, or to pe "rent them" from. placing the candi date far the Vice-Presidency in the Presidential chair; it ws necessary to exert the combined efforts of .the shale republican party. But it Ts equally true that in those nnttances the nominations, far the Presidency were mere matters of course. In the first and stcond elections under the constitution, the eyes of all were turned on. Qeneral Washington, fc J'nceihe etuiratioh of the two per iods, during which he- filled the tu preme executive cHice, there lias not until . now been any .difference cf opinion among the republicans, to the candidate for trie first ma. frstracy. The real object ot iLfor rntr meetings, was to produce such co operation as . would - secure thr election of a republicaa Vice-Pre-; m J " - , The circumstances, vhicli rnrght be urged, in "extenuation of such a measure beretoore, . d knot . now" exist. .The federalists are compara tively few In number, and form but a feeble party ; they 'cann ot ive to ny one candidate,. more than , six teen or. seTshtecn .totei.otit ct "one hndrcd and seventy -ix ; r no'. Teder list can therefore hi elected by.th'v Sectors ; and" thould -no -person fcare a majority of all the tectorial We-i th-joicc of the 'President will tVolve on the mcmhen of the nWl J which the.' federalists Fave the votes 101 omy two-autieaf'uonnecucui anu uciawarc . , ioc auerauon 01 inc constitution prevents the danger of any intrigue, Dy wnicn tne mtenuea v ice-rresiaeni migni dc eteciea r re sident. No good reason can there fore now be assigned, why an union of the republicans in favor " bf any particular; person, fhoulbe at tempted by a measure in itself so exceptionable, as a nomination. by the Senators and Representatives in Congress. AVe do not say. a consultation a- mong the members of Congress, respecting the persons to be .'recom mended as candidates for the two highest offices of ' the nation, may not in. some extraordinary crisis, be tropef. But the propriety must arise from absolute necessity. Even ihen we '.doubt whether, it can be completely justified The pieple ought, to exercise their right of e lection without any undue bias; and is it not the evidentjntention of uch consultations, to produce a bias ? Be ides in the event of there being no election by the electors the choice of, the' president devolves on the house of representatives and that of the"vice-pjcsident on the senate : Should the house of representatives not succeed in electing the President, the vice president will become the ;hicf magistrate J hence the impro priety cf nominations by the mem bers of congress Is more glaring. asit may becomethepplilict I interest of the representatives, to prevent an election by the electors, Be of Sena tors to frustrate any choice by eithtr. Nor Is this-, all ; a danger of moic than ordinary magnitude arises from the in6ufT.ce which may be used by the piesent. over meetings Vof any individuals at the seat of :he general government - The hope or the pro mise of office -may be employed to induce a nomination either of him self. or of a favorite successor, and it requires but little sagacity to foresee the consequences of such corruption, v. Si conscious were the members who attended- the late meeting, ot the weight of objections which might be! urged against. their proceedings, that they have thought it proper to. publish an excu)p.itQrry resolution proposed by Mr. Giles,-of Virginia, and , unanimously adopted; They have declared that in '-making their nominations, they have, acted only in their individual characters as clti iehs ;.. this .is very true, because they could act in no eft her, without a -breach cf their oaths, and as direct violation of the letter of the consti tution. . Bui was it not intended that ;hoie nominations should be en forced by the sanction of congics tional names ? , They proceed to 4Ssert-Mhat they have been induced to adopt this m asure from the ne cessity of the case, from a deep con viction of the importance 'of union o the' republicans throughout ' all parts of tlfc U.S(ates,in the present crisis of both" our external and in terhal affairs; Ye" trust vc have shewn that no such necessity exists, and that an union among the repub licans,,in favor of any indiv,dual, ,is not important -vWe acknowledge that the aspect of our foreign -affairs is unpromising. . We are perhaps on the . eve of a war with one of the great powers of Europe ; we are therefore strongly impressed with the difficulties, of our situation In such a crisis' if unanimity in th choice of pfes:dent is necessary, that choice should be directed to a man, eminently -calculated - by his ' tried energy and talents, to' conduct the nation with firmness; and wisdom. through the perils which surround it ; . to a man who had "t not In the hour o.f ; terror and persecution dc- serteu. hts pbst, and sought in ob scurfty -and retirement, a shelter frorn the political tempest i to a man not suspected of untf ue partiality, or enmity to; eithet of the "present bel ligerent powers ;to a. man who had not , forfeited his claim to paGlic 'con Gdence, Oy recommendiog iafshanie ful bargain. :tWilnf" .'unprincipled speculators of the yazoo companies, a dishonorable compact ''with fraud and corruptibh Is Jarrves Madison uch a man ?; v Wc ask for energy and we are told of his moderation; were f his services in the cause of public liberty, and we arc directed to the paces of the Federalist, writ ten in cbriiunctiou with Alexander Hamilton-and John JayiJn which . - . ."-. the niosr : extravagant ot . their, doc trines are "maintained ancTpropoga ted.'..-We ask for consistency aa a republican, standing 1 forth to 1 stem' the ; torrent Of oppression, which once threatened to overwncim tne liberties of the country f we ask for that high and,, honorable sense; of duty, whu;hwould at all times turn with loathing and abhorrence from any compromise with fraud and speculation : wc ask in vain.. But farther, On o!bf the Reasons assigned by -Mr ' Jefferson i for de clining to' stand again as a. Cansidate for the chair of the chief magisti ate is the propriety of a fotatioh. n that oihi.e. The great advantage Of this principle of rotation is, that by ap pointing as a successor to the present officer, a man not immediately con nected with him, the acts of the ad ministration may be impartially re viewed ;, those measures which, may tend to "promote the public good will be adopted, and those of a con trary tendency, which from the fal libility of human nature may" have been pursued, will be abandoned, and if necessary, exposed. , All other rotation is a mockery. , i. :;WE do therefore in the most so lemn manner protest against the proceedings of the meeting held in the Smate Chamber on the 23d day of January last, because we consider them . " . ... As being in direct hostility to the princi ples ot the constitution : As a gross assnrtprton of power not dele gated by' the people, and ' nor justified or extenuated by any actual necessity : As an attempt to produce an undue bias in the ensuing election otTre& dnt jjxid Vice-President, and virtually to trinsr the appointment of those'vcers'from the people, to a majority :xf the.two houses of Congress And we do in the same manner protest against the nomination of James Madison, as rre believe him tube unfit to fill the office of Presi dent in the present juncture ofour affairs. . 1 - Joseph Qlayi jfnp. Rusel G. Clinton jr. J. Thompson, Edwin, Cray, SamL Smithy Abram Trig Jcsiah Masters, .6 G. Si Mumfordi Peter Swart IV. Hogey . Di Monigprriiry Samuel AIacldy Sohn Harris , D. R. Williams J. M. Garnet John Randolph. City cf fVaibir.StQfl3 Feb. VTtb, 180& .mmZ turn 3Bg 9ul)ontp, . z : , AN ACT ; Making additional compensation to the Marshals of the districts of North-Carolina and New-Jersey.' .,': Bfi it tnaftcd by the Senate and Hovfi cf Rsprtssntativrs of the Uni ted States of America wLongrets as sembled, That from and after the last day of March next, there shall be paid annually to the Marshal for the? district of North-Carolina the sum of four hundred dollars ; to the Mar shall of the the district of NVw-Jer-sey the sum of two hundred dollars, in addition to the fees-and emolu ments heretofore allowed: themr by law. J. B. VARNUM, Speahr f the House of Representative. . GEO : CLINTON, Vice-Prttidsnt of the United State, and " :: n Prttident of tbe Senate. Approved, Feb.. 2. lbOaJ- - TH; JEFFERSON, " ,AN ACT To provide for the payment of certajnex; 'Densea IhCurr-'i iathe enouirv: into the conduct of John 'Smiih, a Senator from the state of OhtdA V y H ' lie it enacted t by the be jiaie and Hoiifc ofaepufenuiives of the Uni ted States of AnurUa, in Corizrtu ajembudy That th't accounting offi cers ot ihe.treasury be; .and Jhey "are hereby directed to audit and set tle Uie accounts of all persons whty ,iaj ma'C- cianys Hsuiii inc. VJUUCM States,'. lor eripences incurred jhlthe enquiry . Into", the; condtct bf John Smithy-' .W Senator of f tfe v Uritei tates," far the state of Ohio, vai an alledged 'associateof jAaron Burr?, which expenses mayVhaye been au thorized by the committee of enqui Vy, ot by order of the Senate i lBro- hayti; been first certifieo, by the ehair man of the committeeiir by the Se 'cretarv ofstheSenalei I - rtSec. 2. And bat further enacted That to - eyery vwitnesVbeforevthe said'eommtttee of Enquiry or before the ; Senate juport the saJ4 . enqui there shall be 'allowed . aftd paid for .every day's attend ance 4hereon, the sum ot three ciollars., And lo detray the, said cxpences, there is hereby appropriated the sum of five hundred dollars, to be paid from any; monies in the treasury nototherwisc appro? filiated, . J.'JJ. VARNUM, - Speaier of tbt House of Repreitnt'tttvet GEOi CLINTON; V Vtet-Prendent 'ofthe Untted-Statesxtnd i' '''' v J President ot toe innate. -Appreved, Teb: 19, 1808, -r 0 r AN AC? r "iTor the relief f SaniueJ WhiHtng - .; ' BE it enatlefc by the Senafejand louse of Representatives of tfie (flit ted States of Ameriear in Congrefs as? frmbled, That th secretary .of the treasury;De,vanas nereny, autnonsea and directed to pay to Samuel AVhit- inerifoilr hundred and forty dollars, in; satisfaction., of the said Samuel Whiting's claim for, services t ender ed and espences incurred, pursuant to tjie directions of the post-master general,'' in a the: Japprehendingand prosecuing onellnry Deming, late a deputy post-master :at litnsdaie. in Massachusetts, who was indicted in the circuit vcoUrt.bMhe ;United States at Boston, for embezzling cer tain letters which came-to his pos session, con taining bank notes be- longing to ioc saiu oarnuei niung. i r J. b; .VARNUM, ' Speaier of the House ofRepftitntafives. - GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of tie tlmted States, and , t President of toe Senate. Approved Feb 25, 1808, v; - AN ACT Supplementary" to the act. entitled " An act to prohibit thes importation of cer tain goods, 'ware and merchandise" BE it anaftcd by the Senate and House of Reparfentaiives of the Uni ted. States of America, in Congrep dffctnbledi That nothing in? the act to which this is a supplement, shall be so construed- as; to . prohibit the; importation of the following articles, tnai isvio say : ,: ...... . , y- Fir st Wrappers Sc outside; pack ages in which goods, the, importa- lon of which is' nbt-prohibited, usu ally are and shall be wrapped or packed at the time of their importa ion ; . ;; -, . : ' V ; Setondi Bags or cacks in which' salt-shall be imported ; ' -; .' V Third J GUss bottles or phials in which drugs, 'iriedicinesj or any o- therarticle, the importation of which is not prohibited, shall be imported ; r cur in. rrinica dooks, maps, ana charts- i;!'V' ':'; . . Fift h. Watches, - tradesmes and artificer's- tools r mathematical, as- tronomicai ana surgical instruments; gin puiiuns, locKs. ana an oilier, ar ticles manufactured partly of'brass and partly of any other metal' Sixth phalloons c woollen stuffs, muskets, .bayonets, swords, cutlas ses rand pi stol s . t, - -:. . SeCv2J And pelt further enacted That the Articles of the following description : sball be held and consi dered as being embraced by the de se ri ptibn of articlesj . th e tm ppr tajioin ot which is prohibited j by thV act to which thiact is a supplement, that is to say s' ' f'fj All articles tnanonaclufed entirely of silk and wool, or bf: silkand ' flax, or of vfl 'and 'Vool ;is floor clothsj ; . woojert casimeres, carpets, carpeting and mats, whose invoice prices shall exceed five shillings sterlingi per ; square yard.:-K ''r- iH bee. J. Ana DC ttjuriner encciea, That no auicles Imported on board any Vessel of; the UnitexStatei, cleared biit before the fourteentij day of December! last, irom any port withth the United ; States orVthe. ter ritories thebff shalbe subject to the i prbhibttio a enacted I by the act td'whichhis actis-a supplement ,: rroviaeax r:, l uav suca'Tcsscis woicn may hare cleared for any' portbe- reHurn -Vo& some port in jht Rnited Statesor its tfirritorieshivithin twelve months V Jind providedilfrhi-siitb I any, other ort shall teturn a auore said fourtecrithCdaf f December Speaier of the Housl of Representatives I s GEO :JCLINTON, -J , s ViQc.Pfesidentvf tbbpnSted States, anf , ' v ' i V President qf the Senate, Approved, FeV27l608'r V ri "Tl TH idK V KK Kb O JN 1 . The noted running Horte L ' - -si - ' .PLbUGtiYBorlyt .1 krttir . r..il' rt-LD.tu. j' .'.1. I uvv 111 luu, rcricciiuji aya post sesses the highest degree f Attivityi Health' Sttenthand yizo ind a Coril Btjtutioii undoubtedly soyndtviJi stand th ensuring Sea'sdn:atas well Gburt-houseT and eoyeffMirett sJt Dollars the ting& Lean. tofceVrjairf'whh liht Ti rti? ten Doliari ihcSeasonJ tb.he paid the first -. day of Aujrast jaext,atvhichjffle the Sea ion , wi.UndtF5fteert sure a Afire to be'Hrith joaljlto bepal'd ica '.f oaaas'u can be artajiTedl shes-with Lcfap and-failme to s1:aninivvhavethdM"j benefit of the Season tot Six Ilollaslhibre with blaekiMane, Tail and stti&fr fiin6 41 years, old last spnng;e ;tands f Tett 2 InaheS hish cia as handipme ! nation cati conceive; ;V He is'alldjt&et!tli4' -lW best Judges o pJsgesVas great "i "SJiare; .'of uone ana . Action: as ;any;,ti6rse ttitbd Continent. ' Wi iCood ' JPasturage IndiServiftsoar." jj : gratis ; C6m,wjll be iuraishedtihc5 '?V. Neighborhood Pjipe,. for.whkhthe Mb4' T;;. ney must &ijar;-:The ownei-s of jMarey sen t;td Plough Boy jpay fry on;haw grear-Anerition paidjf as! haveiteom ' aletely inraMoWer and pesjgn io attend "l to them myself i but Vjill .hot be liable t . " J ; Acciacnts cr escapes ox auy Kina, r i -. by Col JohtV AAlexaterVui as got ijifej j Col. J oh; HpiraesV noted inpbi.;Bed"f' l fsrdluVm Mfsi Queiuland, vwago 001, by C cnV Morgan V npwoV unhir H orstf Paul jojaea,; hisgrrid'idim Selind .wJisgoXv by the nbted imported -J plly; Hogqp; hii? ti S " great eraud dant was: the imntyfteri Maf-, , ; - chim Marej whose Pedigreeight befar la ther traced,- but itlseeYnedtOTnecesyi; tte.sirejGaUat rbus othergodd Ruhne'ri. staWsveiTi high in the estimation b the People f Vir-M , giV ra, and is noW standing , CaroUnal :Mv at a higher PnC thali Any 'Horse m the - AiMr r State. Gallatin, the Brother f Plonhl Boy, has been the winfter of Vicre . than 'Mn it is thought j he rim tne :fuUet heats m less time than . any Uorse in Ame rica He was purehaSed ; i&irgt nia iy Mr Alston5 of a'-Canatlt sSidO Plough Boy hallalsd diStitjgulslitd hlmseut tt J. as a Racer, but' as I hive Jr.ot hadiii: Pp-Vl: f:;! Perforoiahces, 1 am lioablevio'state theroi f '' fully. - - B AltZI tt,Al GRAVES, i 5 Casxtell Cpurt- fatsT;?Je6::l6, ?1S0; D UBSKELPErRi 4 Beautiful Bay, with fyacilKa'?alf$M . : Ig, Jive' Tears' otd this Staring: - f greit M ucular Powerii and a Con. stitution tinddubtetily Sound and Vigorous? will.1- be lkepjaf!iny jalwu "Sta,blelia coye f Mares this Season at sipollaVs thesingl Leap, and 13 Dollars to eiisure a Mate to; be with Foal the-Leap Money to be paid when the Mare is put; the ojheX gii orbe- f' fore Christmas' ?H- : ' '--iS- 'f'- --Mates sent t to I3tJB!k than twelve milesfi f left; wilt;bepaiured never been put ih isufficieJordW f a satisfactory trial of ihlS JJttoi- H s SK L P R;at$0tJby Jhehji ported -o nt; FfeTalttro'riitt ; ftigh1; bred. Mare litoseRd s fdll brother to the Celebrated timingiut -iymi Ii6ng l.egs The Srisbu w11tommehcteifl 10th init, and jtiffajr P Dotfcrs Rewards cTOLENut: o thejlgablertns V ;5ubsCTibeTiins:" jn ChVlWteiftV' fluaryxasi.-a nuKWi Lotsoaricddrret co- lour,labqnt sue yearsdflei aboiit five feetx)pe i6Jh;gilethyniaul"J round bodylj gartered, $otitr.$&& bia'imturV joints in his hmdiimbs JTo brand thai is knbwrt'' '; otVnbr.Wniterkexcenti perrl snli v?0' i; saddle .niar ks i on his j back' rhi6 pret tyjT ' j largeJiead and raecJiwitcit"ajii-- aliilred.'4 His ' carriap ii' trither i?wVi'11.t has a usome waiA in coinr xrom a: tier-: a ceTtaiif iTbH Smithwlm soji-trots and cariters Thetere:leorW?l V korseS better; mae !orjSeryicc f s . ' y:ltiil opposed said horsed Was, toleny f ihg in the neighbopthdpd,' , and'il sakl taW 'v'":-- 4 Tweaty iioliars Wftt be: giveitbnthoifl l,vfVog;:tSha?HatseVa lcoavictioa6? theThiefbyn fimWV in ! I 1 V VI I 1 'i 3 4 i v A" 1 1 ' ft Cm)' fi it at tX3us;
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