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, ''"A "is" " - , : , ' -' r . 1 :'-!. . : ! ' AND L i;-, r , ; ' : .... !. " i - - - ' ' ' ' . 0t . - - . .-" yv-;: ' Oqritrebepluiiof Tatr, 4t!htrn)Pcace, . .;'.;. ' 1 VOL. XX, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1819; r rrArL iu. LJ-:S DI I I - l.vll -Klf MS M tiiy a :- a sa, a a i aaaaraMri - a a - j. j ar r . a aar "s- ni RMA WTS flC t4 " vv ' t Jfr. Dickersori's Speech concluded. , It is not -probable that the Constitution xthcr. M.hmitted to' the states fpr ratifica tM was - such as exactly - pleased; ahv nf the conventionwho formed it, or we who concnrred.in its ratification. It vas perhaps the best that could have been aVreed upon, amidst ine connicxing inic ,L and contrariety .of sentiments, that rrvailed amoncr the members of the con vention. The wonder is, not that it has faults, but that it has so few faults; cftnsiT - Aennz the circumstances under which it U J T rrr-rn . was formed. I ne instrument carries on its face an admission, that it is imperfect, hv nrnvidiner the means of its amendment. without hich . provision it '.-would never have been ratified, by the requirep num ber nf states ' Indeed many, who' concur red in the ratficattrn, did it under express declarations, that important amendments were necessaryvsome of which were sta ted at the time, and have since' become a part of the constitution.' But human wis dorn could not foresee all the amendments that experience might pfore to beneces ar". ! And in the secoud contested presi dential election, that of 180J, our govern ment was unon the point.of dissolution in consequence, of the provision requiring the electors to vote for two persons as presi dent, against which no voice had been raised. 1 The most difficult 'task"' that devolved npon the convention who formed our Con stitution was to establish the principles hich should regulate the election and control the power of the chief executive. This subject no doubt received their most diligent attention, their most laborious in- -vestigation : And yet I hope I shall not be accused of any want , of respect for the statesman and patriots who formed that constitution,. if I express an opinion, that the provisions on this subject do not exhi bit that degree of wisdom, which, judging (rem other parts of the same instrument, we had a riht to,expect from them. The regulations forchoosing the execu tive of the United States, are more vague, more uncertain, more -undefined more variable. niore,subject to "abuse, than are the regulations .for choosing the meanest pSicer in the community. . And as to "any effectual control upon the power of the executive, that must depend, as it here tofore has done, rather upon-the. virtues cf the individual exercising the office, than upon" any positive regulations con tained in the constitution. - The broad road to monarchy isleft open :-r-incumber ed indeed with obstructions, but such as will easily yield to the pressure ambition. . The most obvious barrier to the career of ambition on th part of a president, would have been a reasonable limit to the time in which any one could exercise this important office. This, however, was o xnitted, no doubt after a full discussion of the Mibject: and for reasons which I can? Dot divine, V As yet, it is tjrue, experience has'not exhibited any necessity for such a barrier, for the ambition of our presidents thus far, has htn, not to extend or per petuate their power, but to increase the wppiness and prosperity of . the ccuwtry over which they have p esidjed." This, however, let us remembei , is not. the u Sual current of ambition. We have constantly the most deDlora- total inadequacy of our systeia. to reeulate with ..anv decree of safety, the election'of a president. In the year 1801, It was in the power of a ingle individual in the Senate of Pennsyj rania,to give to that state fifteen electors or to deprive her entirely of a vote, at his pleasure. In the election of a president I that vear. all the electors: nf South Caro- l na were in favor of the candidate who timately succeedctjjbut the state, in the U5.e of. Representatives, voted against t:m at tVif n m limp all th Ffrtrrv rf J. Jersey voted against that'eandidate, & estate in the house of representatives red in his favor, in six and thirty ballots. ;u2,.a very large majority ot the state J yiew Jersey and all their represen lves inxt ngress were in favor o the candidate litn elected, but the votes of all her elec tors wtre against him ; and this by an a of power, that may probably bfip rac- states. . v r " . . r ' .e cannot 0(Su :n0 tK historv of our 1 frcsultrtial elections,. wkhout meeting at 1 fHTy ; tl;,.the mpst deplorable proofs of v , ttuuy 01 system; n v . K M arncd by the dangers we escaped in ; v c H e so far altered the constitu 1, tha,1 we shall not again be exir sed in hi SHme Muse we wre before. ! a. , .' e :lle other dangers much more ''sclent than that wa hpfiparhiul pv. 5. J ,ei:t i:i,f presented k to our view : i never obviated, r.'.e minority have the power of U& a president.; f,;.;!!.1 as t5le danger is. that 'snme am- Li ,1 .Ulviduitl ny gain the President J&ee Presents reinir 1 r 1 ' 01 riew ; not less Hstem ,f 1 ??e.an operation of our penS. nsi?.,e amb"wus president oSsVyUN IJOWer and tortransmit S It istrue.'the iihfstrK ; - - no nave tilled that exalted AMENDMENT. OF THE CONSXIl UTION. ? station have none of them discovered a nun lu U'llllMUbjlll Ullllibi lui a niiivi riod than eight years but such instances of ,voluntarys retirement from power, are rare occurrences in' the annals of the world j land will some,ages: hence be eiti ed as almost incredible instances of the virtues of the ancient republic. Such ex amples 'however, will hv future times, be rather the objects of praise than of imitar, tion. . . j , - ; v 1 - - Let usn suppose, that at some future pe riod, we "shall have a pfesident of forty years of age, of . great taTent unbounded ambition and an insatiable thirst for pow er ; the period of eight years would elapse at about that period of life, when ambi tion takes the firmest hold of the human mind. He would easily persuade himself that the public interest would suffer by his retiring from office, j The great facK lity of securing a re-election under our present system, would be a temptation not to be resisted. 'And the hosUof, choice spirits, by whom he would be surrounded, would certainly succeed in persuading him to bear the weight of government, for anotner perioci, ana aqotner, 4nu anouier, to the end of his life. -, I Suppose this president to have a son of talents and ambition like! his own, and of a suitable aee to become his successor.- : The transmission of the j power from the father to the son wopld excite no unusual apprehension.rHis election would be a mere matter of forph, and our government would quietly) sink into an hereditary mo narchy; after which a Tiberius, a Cali gula, "or a Claudius, rmight reign uncon troled in America. These are npt mere illusions ;merd phantoms of the brain Had the candidate in 180, for whom such desperate but unsuccessful efforts were made, succeeded in obtaining in the house cf representatives, a place for. which he was not, intended by a single elector who voted, he would eacerlv have seized unon the reins of etivejrniV)ent. And what would nave been the consequence , we nave reason ro believe he .wouiu nave oeen hurled from his chair, by an insulted and an indignant people, jTerrible indeefl would have been this resort, which would have produced the utmost anarchy and confusion ajd all the horrprsof a civil war. ; But suppose j he hadippssessed those greut military, talents which his friends have gratuitously1 ascribed' to him, and had been enabled, with .Jhe treasury and the: small military force that would have been at his disposal, to .crush all opposi tion to his power, would he. not under our present system, with his talents for in trigue, which have never been overrated; by his friends or his enemies, and which have been rarely equalled in anv country ; t Would he not; have bee(i able to secure a re-election, and another and another, to the' end of his life ? f I v . But suppose an incredible .case, that at the expiration of eight years, his ambition. had ceased to operate ; and that he no longer wished to ' continue in power ; would he, have dared to j retire to private life? would behave dared" to. relinquish a power, which for: eight years he had held bv force and fraud in despicht of the will of;a great. majesty of the people 'fsrli he had despised danger as it respected him self,vwould he have abandoned his friends whrt had faithful! adhered to his fortunes and supported this authority at all- ha zards? Sir, the moment he should have retired from power, a reaction would have taken pia.ee, which would have over whelmed him and hi friends in min. Un fortunate indeed would be the situation of such a president not so the situation of one elected by i majority of the people. He would rest securely upon the strong arm which hadplaced in power, and which could protect him there. He would fear no popular commotions, no insurrec tions against the exercise of his' lawful authority and when he should .have per formed his official functions for a reason-" able period, he might relieve himself froni the weight and cares of government, and retire to. private life, amidst the blessings of his fellow citizens, where exercising the virtues, wl-iich ha"e adorned the illustri pps Characters who have presided over the United Spates, he j would find jn his declining years, that literary, philosophic and sweet repose, so ardently desired by the great and the good' in . ajl ages of .the world. ' 'v. ;" j Let us not, while contemplate cr sjich examples of exalted virtue, which are the j pride ana the boast 01 our nation, be lull ed into fatal security. jLet us not forget that the constant tendency of pur govern ment, js towards despotism,: . Let cVjnot forget t,hat ambition is the strongest pas sion of the soulljy that" sin fell the an gels Let Os not forget that it is a duty we owe to.ouj-selyes, and to posterity, to adopt every measure, which rnayhaye a iendencyltd"prcscvcvthc-rcpu6lica9 prin ciples of our government... : 3 . ; Hiwe jl overrated Jhe dangers to oe ap nrehended-from ambition I believe not. Those dangers' are not immediately ;at our doorsbut Uteirvexistence jis .nop j,he less certain bn that appouiit. v, ' J Sir, tlic time 'wilf come; ! ,'fear, when ourcountry will befilled withlan army of pehsicnersi always the friends of arbitral ry pbwer.; Tbe- tirtd Vill ('comeV -whei we shall have a nunYerpus hostbf tfficers civil. and: military ,"1n every.' department of the government, .spread over ourifri- mense territory, lopping up to tbe presiV dent, as the source of their power and enolumehts. Thh time w jll comet when luxury and extravagance will banish from our. country ever spfeciesof republican virtue ; and the time will come, I - fear, when this Senate shall be not more than the shadow of what it was intended to be, by thpsp who formed outr constitution ; when it shall be no, check whatever upon the exemive ; when it shall be a insig nificant as was the boasted ; Senate of Rpme, in the time of Tiberius, The whole patronage of government will centre in the' President ; and that patraffage, under our present system of choosing electors; will' become a machine of irresistible power. The rnanagement of this'power will become a matter of science. ! He will. be deemed the greatest politician, & the J most aoie minister, wno can, witn a given portion of patronage, produce (tne great est elTect. :f The force of this power will be applied to effect the purposes of am bition, with as much economy and skill asi the force of water is applied- to the wheel, or that of steam to the engine -It would be difficult to devise a ptn bet ter calculated to accelerate the appfoacii. of those deplorable eyents, or to promote the. views of; an anibittbiis President -than the present system of choosing electors. When, by a comljination of a fey States, by the obvious means which I, have sug gested, an ambitious President could cbn- trol a majority of I the people, hp inilit throw off every shew of ambition j niight exercise frqm period to period the su Drerae flower, with seemiittr reluctance m . t r yielding to what would he cailecirije voice of the pountiy, ajid paving the way to mo narchy, whije the world would be amused with his hypocritical pretensions of a de sire to retire I ram the 'vejghppf .public afilurs. When Augustqs Cssar had Secured to himself the support of the senate and the army of Rome, he played thef:hypocriti cal farce of, attempting to abdicate his u surpedpower;i but was pursuaded by those. who he knew would persuade him, to be considered as the. head of prince of the senate, and, in conjunction with them to administer the affairs of the govern ment tor ten years, by which time peice and prosperity might be, restored to the commonwealth. At the expiration of that period the. same ridiculous furce was repeated, and again and again, during his long life ; and after he was as firmly seat ed op the imperial throne of Rome, as Alexander is upon that of all tle Kussi as. - :; ' - When Augustus seiaed upon the liber ties of Rome, Brutus was dead ; but hjs spirit was iiot extinct. Augustus found the Roman people, though greatly cor rupted by the civil wars of his time, and those which immediately preceded ir, still possessed of some spirit of independence, some Iqye of liberty ; but he left tlem all slaves. " -.'" , ' 'llye history of this extraordinary nian afforas the most impressive, the most admonitory lessons' to the citizens of the United States. While his insidious march to empire will afford a model for the imi tation, of some future president, it shquld warn every citizen, who has the least love for his country, to watch with jhe utmost vigilance and to provide every possible check, against the ambition of such pre? sidents, as may aiiempt to establish their, power; by the subversion of our liberties. i Some gentlemen may think that I have overrated the .dangers to be apprehended from our present mode of choosing elec-' tors; it may be so ;I may have given more importance to the circumstances connected with thjs subject, than they me-, rt ; butif gentlemen thinkin'g so, deem my observations worthy of an answer, let them not' satisfy themselves,' by show ing that I ha ve thus overrated those dan gers; let tnem snow that no such dan gers exist ; let them shew thai the con stitution already provides sufficient checks against the career of ambition, and I will yote with them. - Vi The friends of this measure do pot flat ter themselves, that the proposed amend ment wil( ufford a remedy for all the e- 1 vils complainetdjOf ; but it will afford a rc1- rnedy or part.f't thenir. It will not era? dicate the principles of ambition, but it will regard their progress. It will not, render perpetual our republican form of goyernment, but) it will pi-ob tbly add ages tots Juration ; and tins is "gaLnipfcan ob-; ject of immense magnitude;. Xt isainlng all that we are permitted ;to,ops.fcr. Tlie. seeds of death are interwoven ia oUf constitution. Jts fate is inevitable. No human wisdom can save it fi'oih vdissc lution ; but by wise measures, its existei.ee maybe continued for many ages.' Ardent must be the wish of every patriot to put off the moment of its dissolution and to the latest possiple period ' We all know, tat the term of our life is limited ; that death awaits us j; None but madmensee to evade this law of our na ture iyet it is iihe dictate of wisdojn to devise the means of prolonging life, 'and fpr piittjng'off tbe jncmeht" of uissoiution, to the' latest period which the la ws of our nature w-iU 'permit? ,4 r. ! M lt is my fervent i prayer that ;th6:pro posed amendments mayi be adopted, yiot witli the -vain hope of rendering our go- vernmeut immortal, but, for the. purpose of securing the prdapcrjtyt andintegrity( I of the union for many, ages yet to come, and. tor the purpose of extending the bles- m u its i w u ic n w e e n 10 v. 10 . mi 111 ons an u m u i lions of human bej ngs, who' may in h abi t our jm mense terrjtorres, in a long succes sion ci ages, v'v, :, t r 'J. eft ESS BY AUTHORITY. Resolution directing a survey of cert-inj parts . t , v or tne coast ot ortq-uaronna; Resolved bv the Senate .and House of Refire8entatzxic$gf the United Stath of .I m prim 'in fn7to-ra.o naarrYihlpf1 ''T'bat .rr r t b f k k , k w m i. U ' kkrj J V irr k v , rr.M r the? President of. the United States be; arid !Jie hereby is requested to, cause, sur veys to be made 01 the points ot vaPe Hatteras, Cape Lookout, and Cape Fear, and of the.shoals of those papesv resc tively ; and to caiise such an exam'na tion to be made, of those Capes c Shoals respectively, as will ascertain tjje -prac ticability of erecting light houses, .pea cons, or buoys on or near the' extreme points of them, or either of them ; -and als to cause, the latitude and longitude of tne sam capes, extreme points, and shoals respectively, to be ascertained with as much exactness as may be practicable ; and that the results of such surveys and examinations be reported t& Congress . Approyed-r-January. 19, 189, f An act for the relief of Maj Gen. Join Starlf. ' Be it enacted by jhe Senate and Jiouse of Representatives of the - Unite States pf America in Congr-es assembled'YiidX the Secretary for the War' Department ! be, and he is hereby directed to placQ up on the list of invalid pensioners 9f the U nited States, 'Major- General John Stark at the' rate of sixty dollars' a. month, to commence; on the loth day pt August, one thousand eighVhundred and seven teen. '.!,-: ' h. L- , '-' " . . Sec. 2. jind het further enacted. That the pension aforesaid shall be paid at the Treasury of the United States ; or in the same manner as invalid pensioner are paid who have heretofore been placed on the list of pensioners, at the option of said pensioner-., VS,' C-:: ' Approved Dec. 281818. An act for therel-ef of Wpi . B aMo& . Be ft enacted by the Senate and Route of Representatives of the United States of America, in Vongress. assembled 'Fhat the Register and receiver of the Land Office! at VincenneSi be, and they are hereby authorise to permit Wip Barton to withdraw his entry of tle n'cfrth-ea'st quarter- of section three, in towijship six south,! pf range twelve, west, intsaid dis trict, and to plape the money $ tjy him paid on said entry, to his credit, on anv purchase of public . lands he may hayp provided it shall j appear to the . atistac tion bf the said Register and Receiver, jthat the nnmbers on the comer designat ing the nortb-east quarter of thirty-one, in townships six south, of l-ange twelve west, in said district,;, were so defaced or imperfectly made, as to have caused a mistake in his aforesaid entry. : - " Approved. Dec. 28, 1818." , , ': '' ' ' ':i ' '; - "' '' An act for the relief of Dr.fMattrQrh Bali, , Be U enact cfl by the Senate and HoUse of ' Representatives f the. United States of America, in Congress assemblcdrTha.t the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be paid unto Mattrom Ball, of Northum berland Cou.ity; Virginia, vthe sum of one thousand four hundred dollars, out ot any money Jn the Treasury no. otherwise ap propriated, the same being in full'for the destruction of his buildings on Old Court House Point. " . Approved January 19, 1819. . ;." ..; Ab act for the relief of Frederick Bro wn. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Hefiresektativee of the. United States SJ America, in Congress, asstmbledyTh&t the f accounting omcers ot tne treasury Department be, and they are here by au thorized, to settle, the'accpunts of Frede rick Brown, late a Captain in the army of the. United States upon just and:equi -abfe principles; Provide,. that it' shall appca r th at the itaid .Frederick Bro vn has hot been guilty pf any mlscpnd.u.ct or default in failing to render his accounts for seUiemenir-f.tj ' ; 1 r;:,t ",. Approved January 19j 1819. : NjEW BOOKS. J. GALES fbai just; received the fbl- : lowing from the - North. fj" Criminal .-.Trials illustrative ; of Tales of my -Iiandtord. ' j v ". B.eekets edition of Holt's Law of I-ibel,; Cases, ihkhc time of Talbot. . 4 V. N -v B.'ake's. CUaicery.t " .'v'-"i"'"- PmiiipVs recolieciiorj of Curraa. 'y ' 1 .Sevbert's Statis ical Annals 01 the USta.tCf. Macures ueoiogy ottne u.atej ..' Cur wen's Agricultural Hint.. . - i : Vy Thie Backwoodsman. '. ;'::';;'L-'.; Masslllon's; Sermons. ;v; ; v:. . ' -U InteUectnal Flambe. V j- United, States and England, GoldsmithV Wqrks.; v -Animated Natuj. The.NurseGuidetf ; ' V:':-.-White's Farriery U v - HCa mpbell on Miraeles.: Englisli and G erman Dictionary, &e. - 1 "ji 1 &ml TJMOLEON-. WILL i S TAjYD " '. ' ; .A ,, the .ensuifie Season Tit ; tho Simscriber's Stable, 3 milea from Warfenton. N, Carolina. Terms. Blood andPerfrtrmanee wll be made known in due time. V : '; ', ' ' if ft ' -V U14' "WUMjNSUN. Deceimber 17, 1818 v '. ;'4 tf THE CELEBRATED The Celebrate 'Imported Horse, , V , f ..EAGLE, . Horse that was ererin Eh- ba elind-wiil Stand the en- suing Season at 'the llEDkHOUSE. Caswell county, -U:qaroIina, where h e , gavenfcral , satisfaction the lapt Season, WitJbuonlysa f ey .JrkWWJri.lWr0. , -. ' ,' , , ;. jj . V .' ' ,, ' Eagle's performances, and terms, - will 'lie : made known in due time. Eairle tr in m fin . health as anv Horse on the continent: ? - ? I January 26 I8i9 - ; ' li'llw :r SIXTY noLtiATis nRtVAim" - y 1 A'ur tr iiju TTjESERTRrj ' ionhe ;3Ph of ovcrobi!ff 4v JLFAisf CUTOJfCRIFFIN, enlisted brii g.nauy on ine4th ot January, 1814, but who. . reTenlistedon the 3d of Octpber, 18f8, thrrtr.'. ; years of age, 5 feet 6 inchea hhrh. of darte l' complexioji, dart: lair, blue eyes and by pro-, fession Soldier T. .;. 1 :v;5;;;:. .1 t :.r : 4lso,THdviAS DNJE, Shears of age; r 5 feet 11 irichea hirh. of dark comnlrainn i dark . hair, haile eyes, and by. profession V Faqner, tJ ; r - ,. ovr :'; V' I '-' ' . Griffirt If p'rpbahly lurking about fAuguartai or Savannah and Downie about Riitherford in r- ' . mis state. A lieward of Thirty JJollars each. leriwith all reasonable exoences. will be given for4 theirnrjehensien ipind deliver; ; to tne, or to anv ofRc efTnthe Armv." V c , ,3. DOXOHQ, Captf Artillery; , Hecruitinir Rende2Vouz.near:li : . v . Ai Caswell C. H, . tJzh'yl,' 0 4wi i ine Editors ot tneiieprgia Journal . will insert the above four weeks and forward v their bill! to Caswell a H. lorth. Carolina. " - - - 1 1 11 1 1 Elizabeth Smith,") p , t ' W ' f ' ' V, rUlTUl,Vr.rlUr WliiamjSmith.. -f ; - 'l: k 'j - IT; appearing to the Court that the Defend ant, William Smith, is not an "inhabitan pf -his State ; it ls .therefore ordered t.b a gublication be made fpr three months in hc tar, and Jialeigh Register newspapers pub lished in the city'of RaleigK, that unless the defendant William Smith appear at tbe neat: term to be. held for. sa d County, on' the ;tl" Monday after the 4th Monday in March next, and plead, answer,- or demur to plaintiff's petition, J judgment pro confess will be en- fered un against him. - ' -r. ' " j '.'' 4 3m 7 GEO. GRAHAM, C. S. C.L. V; - OLD j LEVI WIGGINS. The Scoundrel ! 1 - v i I A jf AWAY from : Caparrus Cbiinty not.-' long since, and has left several rlebts npaid This is to forwarn all honest, mm; from having ahy dealings with himasl amV' 1 fully -cbiivmced that h isme,6f the ?moit" consummate scoundrels I ever saw'. He is of small stature, has grey or blue eyes, small Ro man nose, and grey hair, which has been PC- i easloned by age and rascality; united. He ip. 1 probably 60 years of age. , Wjggins, cnnimdn- f y (in the summer) wear?' a hunting shirt of 1 a peculiar lhake. "---Hef frequently talks of hU 1 exploits in thie Indian warfare, inTennessefi ; I c, ana nects to anow a great deal t and if he would acknowledge his acquaintance with villainy, I would at once aeree with him in opinion.' It is probable he has gone to Chat? ham county, in .this State." . y ' f' I , JOHN.TRAVIS. Concbrd, January 23 ,aV'; v,.?V-?y N. B. "he Editors bflfewsbaDers inNbrtli Carolina w1 11 render the public a service : by inserting the above in their papers, v v r y r-.t-. j '.' ":'''v By the President of the United States, THEREA5, by an act bf Congress passed fT-.dayofarch, 1815,Ventir tied ar act tp provide for the aa'certaininp jahd surveyinjrpf the;bouridary lines Sized by the treaty with the Creek ;indian, thd for 0 ther purposes," thelFresLtlent of thej United States ia authorized to cuse the lands, ac quired by the said treat'itp.beoflered for State of NoRTH-CARotiU v ' v '1 '" : Mecklenburg County r'i.Av.- - CkkVrrk.k. rC.kkW I . 'f I ,Theretore, I, James ?onre,- President of . the Unit'ed Stitei;.da hereby declare and make f known, that public sales (or the disjiosaV (aj.' ' i' greeably io law) of certain lands in the Ala " ! barfiac territory, shall be ield nt Cahaba, jn je ; i jsaid territory; on the first 'Monday fn January , -v ; jhest, and shall continne for three weeka, du- I rV'ir which time will be offered for sale - K " ':. 1 except such- lands as have p.een referred by ; . ' law for tlie Mipport of school, and for'pther !? -! purpwei' Teahd shalljbe offered fbf ;&iderv ? in regular numerical brdeicommtncingwitli jthejlowest numderjof etion, towpfhipand p .liiven under my hand tt the City of Wash ;vi, aand eight htindred and eigjte. 'Q rymi AMEJ1 lur ttui5. By the President V &..y ' '0' ;m:(y4 J.MEIGS. - 11 ; Cofflnupr of .'ate Gcneril ld pc 1 f. n ' t"- : v