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COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE FREE PRESS. CANDIDATES FOR THE PRESIDENCY. "Amicus Plato sed magis arnica Ve ritas." (continued from cur las-) Gen. JACltsftN may have some uncultivated notions oi military tactics, but -.that he Ws any thing of the theory of war, that he. can tram and fio-ht a arn-e army m an open of his miliary friends. Hepos- frintism. couraee, and hie fortitude. The na- J 11 V 1 w ruRS him a large aeDt oi i i i j r I J I Mil - tifnde. which it is willing to mr and has been paying by con ferring every honor consistent with its welfare: but he is not qualified ' for the Presidency and the 'people would be com mitting political suicide, to place j ny man in that office who has not capacity to discharge its vast 'duties. Gen. Jackson acquired a smattering knowledge of law under the tuition of two gentle men of North-Carolina, who possessed so small a share them selves, that they could commu nicate but sparingly to their pu pil. After obtaining his license, he fixed his residence at Nash ville, where he never ranked high as a lawyer. Tic has al ways been considered as a man possessing pleasing and popular manners; and, in consequence of his affable deportment, was elected, in the year 1796, a Member of the House of Re presentatives of the U. S. and shortly after, a Senator; which latter office he in a short time re signed; because his abilities did notenablehim to render hiscoun try any service in those stormy times. lie was subsequently appointed a Judge of the Su preme Court of his native state; which office also he soon re signed, because his legal attain ments were insufficient for the performance of his duties, to his own satisfaction, and to the wel fare of his state. He is now a Senator for the second time, and I will refer to every member of Congress, no matter what may be his politics, if he is not far inferior as a legislator, as a man having a knowledge of civil bu siness, to two thirds of that bo dy: It is a fact, and must be known to all who have paid an v attention to the transactions of the last session of Congress. Gen. Jackson has violated the most sacred principles in our Constitution. That the military should always be kept under strict subordination to the civil power, that the writ of rifrht. the habeas corpus, which the Jaw compels every Judge at his peril to srant, when renuestrd by any citizen who shall be de tained, that the Judge may have me prisoner beiorehim, and in quire into the cause of his dcten tion, and remand, discharge, or "fu mm, as the case mav be. people can be free where a piuvision lor this writ i nnt Simons 5st the first princioles of theii r Lonstitni; rr A - i l- - . - "U"H. illlUUlUl principle, as important as either ofthetwolhavn: - , inenuonea, is tha coi A 1 1 ' p tL , yjury. How has Gen. Jackson SLa t ...mi say sported, with these princi-j pies! He impnsonp.fl t,jJ i , ',"JUcu a judge 'nable to tne uiuuikus mat ue- necause he d,d that which he cide according to the common Sjtffr he and statute law,and where twen g anted the writ of habeas cor. (tvfour :urors mUst pronounce uerm..a CU- W t ' "uld psson them ascntenceof the rm u p ,ne man whom the President -id Sont u n ia Mmate, yes the Constitution the only Ffito judge and such case be trustee j s decide on the leg hty oi the de t t "on This writ he disobey ed The mighty admirals who command the British navy, t r.A Wellington and the Duke of York, Generalissimos of En- rland's army, dare not refuse nhftdience to this writ: if they did, dismissal from' office and punishment for contempt would be the immediate consequence. Jackson, without any evidence of corruption on behalf of the organ of the law, but because ne suspected he would do his duty and discharge the citizen who had been imprisoned barely up on his surmises, committed this wanton act of despotism. We live in a country where the laws are sovereign, and he who will wantonlv trample them under his feet and imprison those ap pointed to administer them, by r .... r i r military iorce, is a viuidiui in our most sacred rights, and should not be trusted with the Presidency. His threat to the Governor of Georgia, shows him to be igno rant or despotic. The law au thorises the general government to call on the states for militia aid, in three cases: 1st. to repel invasion by a foreign enemy. 2d. To suppress insurrection. 3d. To aid in the execution of the laws. The detachments for this purpose are placed under the control of the President, as commander in chief. He pla ces them under the orders of his high military officers: the large mass of the militia that 0 . 1.11 are not so ueiacnea, remain as they did before, under the com mand of the Governors, as Cap tains-General of the militia ot the states. It is as much the du- tv of the Governors of the dif ferent states to defend their ter ritory from threatened invasion, as it is the President's. oful would be the coHscauenccs if thev were restrained from act ing in such emergencies during Governor Raibun, acting .1 ill on tnese principles, caiieu out some of the militia to repel the Indians who threatened to 4 A invade the frontiers of Georgia. A miserable wretch, by the name of Wright, through igno rance or corruption, killed some friendlv Indians: then it was Jackson addressed the Governor of a sovereign state in this lan guage, "How dare you to give military order, when 1 am in the field." If Raibun could not have given the order it is very evident that the great mass of militia in Georgia must have re mained non-combatants; because Jackson or no other man under the sun had a right to call them into action. Gen. Jackson, in his corres pondence with Mr. Monroe, in forms the President that it he had commanded in the northern department, he would have pun ished the leaders ot the Martiora Convention; not by a jury trial and the rules of law, but by a court martial and file of grena diers; in other words, he would have placed the military above the civil authority. He would have tried men by the law-martial, who did not belong to the army, and were not spies about thp. camn. and therefore not within the provisions of the I laws of war. If they had Com- i milted crimes, they were ame- them guilty before the judge nation. This process was a- . c u; VlnW, ' to dilatory for his violent cUW,tm. xJ.a wfpr I k wn, IVVUIU J"Vv Court-martial, and if their de cree did not suit him, he could do as he has done in another case, blot out the decree, and write belovv these energetic words, "let them be hang'd." . Gen. Jackson voted for the law which increases the duties on importations, generally call ed the Tariff. This law will be the cause of the increased price of all articles which we have to purchase, and the diminution of the price of all such things as we have to sell. The object is to make us purchase exclusively of American manufacturers. They will ask what they please for their fabrics, and give what they please for our raw materi als. Foreign nations cannot take our cotton, tobacco, naval stores, and other articles, if we do not barter and take in pay ment, what they have to pay with, their manufactures and their productions. England and France will turn their attention to India, Egypt, and Brazil, for cotton, and to Russia and Swe den for naval stores, lumber,&c. Gen. Jackson's treatment of the Senate of the State of Ten nessee, on the passage of the Bank bill, is some evidence of the manner in which he will treat Congress, if the members should dare oppose his views, in case he should be President. The plan was a miserable one, but they did not merit the epi thet which he applied to them for voting for it. Gen. Jackson, in his corres pondence with Mr. Monroe re lative to the formation of his cabinet, where he recommends to him the appointment of fede ralists and republicans, says if he was the President, he would put down that "monster party spirit." His knowledge of his tory, and his observations on government, must be extremely limited, if he did not know that party spirit rages more or less in every government possessing any semblance of libery. Par ty spirit, like a brisk breeze, pu- rifics the political sea, and the' annihilation of it would leave! nothing but the calm of des potism. . I have warned my fellow-ci- tizens in lime, not to place at; the head of this nation, a man who has no other claim to their suffrages but his military a - chievemcnts. The President! is, by the Constitution, the com- mander in chief of the army and navv. Instructions to our ambassadors emanate from him; treaties with foreign powers arc to receive his sanction; no act of Congress can pass without his consent, unless coerced by two thirds of both houses; no man can be appointed to office in the civil departments of the federal government without his nomi nation; he has to lay before Congress, from time to time, his views of the state of the nation. These are some of the many du ties imposed upon the Presi dent. Reflect, my countrymen, before you give your vote in this important election, and do not give it to a man who is re commended by his military eclat. notning save 1 Athens lost her liberty in the life time of her great law giver, by the intrigues of Pisistratus. The constitution of Rome recei ved its mortal wounds when Caius Marius was elected to the consulate. He was a military man, and his victory over the Cimbri and Teutones, was as far before the battle at New Orleans, as the splendor of the meridian sun before a twinkling star. Marius' ambition and re venge prompted him to punish those Romans who were oppo sed to his elevation. All who have read, have some recollec-jof on the country by his ajid Syl- ijuu wi me mioti ito o r la's taction. The military nay ing destroyed the civil authori t.v. Romp siiffprpd an illiad of woes. Julius Caesar completed what Marius had begun; by in trigue and corruption, he procu red himself to be elected to the first office Within the gift of his countrvmeh. rdaeed himself at the head oT many legions, pass ed the Rubicon, and Rome bid farewell to libertv forever. Philip, like Saturn, hoverin on the confines of Greece, then the Eden of liberty, by bribes and corruptions, so weakened her institutions, that his son Alexander 'entirely enslaved those nations. In modern times, France de throned her king and establish ed a republican government. After several changes, she form ed a constitution upon the cor rect principle of checks and ba lances. Her executive was composed of five persons elect ed for a' short period, callec "the Directory ;" her senate was known as the Council of An cicnts; her representative body, elected bv the people, was known by the name of the Coun cil of Five Hundred. Napole on became popular as a military man. I his tree government i dared occasionally to oppose his acts of despotism. He resolved to get rid of it, marched 20,000 troops to Paris, sends a detach ment with fixed bayonets into the legislative chambers, dis solves the government, and an miniates the freedom of hi country. On its ruins he rear ed a military despotism of Co lossal magnitude. France slit tercd and groaned for twenty five years. She could bear it no longer, and fell back into the miserable arms of the Bourbons Who can prevent a popular mi htery character, placed in th office of the Presidency, from realizing the visions of Aaron Burr? Who can prevent him from marching his regiments to Washington, tumbling Congress into the Potomac, and proclaim ing, like Napoleon, a new go vernincnt more congenial to his views." it does not require much political sagacity to fore see, that the Presidential elec j tion is the rock on which ulti mately the vessel of state is to be wrecked. We are a free people, and can continue to be so for a long time yet to come, if we will act with prudence, 1 T ' 1 unu reiram irom oestowing our suffrages on a man who can by any possibility endanger our h berty. n 1 A t -r- r-k t- . iwr. UKAW f UKJL) is a man who possesses integrity and abi lity; he is capable of the most la borious investigation; possesses a nice discriminating mind, and the most profound judgment. His elocution and argumei tivc powers are such as to have successfully contended with Bayard, Lloyd, Hunter and Ad ams. He is a man whose mind is capable of grasping and eluci dating the most difficult and in tncate subjects with intuitive facility. He knows men prac tically; he has acted with them in various stations,from the low est to the highest offices. As lawyer he ranked among the first characters in his profession he was several years a member of the legislature of Georgia, where his talent lor business and sterling integrity placed him a mong the foremost of her legis lators. In this capacity he was chiefly instrumental in detect ing and suppressing the Yazoo fraud. In 1S07 he was elected a Senator in Congress, where he soon shone forth the champion the Republican party; f w j uu iiiutpCfj dently Supported his principles saries, and his manners and de" portment were always iW '? polite gentleman. He appointed by the President mi. nister resident at the Court of France, which mission he dis- cnargea to tne satisfaction of his government. On his mti, . liic uiuiuu oiaies. np pointed Secretary at War,viiefe ap ne eorrecieu many abuses and introduced considerable im. provement in its administration" r rom mis omce he was trm ferred to the head of the Trea sury Department, where he has remained until the present tiinp j..? ... . c uiauudiguig us uu ties with abili ty and integrity. It has been asked by some of Mr. rw,. ford's opponents, "what has ha done to entitle him to the Pre sidency?" 1 answer, that he who has faithfully performed the duties incident to the highest ci vil offices and nlaces nf twe 1 UUJI known to his government, hie higher claims to the Presiden cy than a man whose preten sions rest solely on his military achievements. England choo ses her prime ministers not from her military or naval heroes, but from that class of her sub' jects that display the most learn ing, integrity, and ability in her civil affairs. Nelson and Wel lington with naval and military honors heaped upon them, have always been compelled to give way to such men as Pitt, Fox, Castlcrcagh, and Canning. The complicated and intricate admi nistration of a .nation's affairs requires different attainments from those possessed by milita ry characters. A miserable plot to destroy the reputation of Mr. Crawford, got up by the Chief jugglers be hind the curtain, and put forth by Edwards the Punch of the puppet-show, has exploded, and, like apiece of artillery too hea vily charged, has fatally recoil ed upon its movers. The veil With which it has been attempt ed to screen the projectors of the A. B. conspiracy from the public eye has proved too flim sy for its object. The hands of three of them appeared on the fourth day of July, as plain as the hand that appeared on the wall. Crawford, like the pro phet Daniel, has been delivered from the den of lions; and, like him, for his virtue and integrity deserves the highest office in the gift of the nation. It is believed that Mr. Craw- ford, if elected President, will govern upon the principles of honor, justice, and economy. No person will be appointed to office unless he is honest, quali fied, and a friend to the Consti tution. He will not consent w any laws which may burthen the people in time of peace with direct taxes and excise sys- tms. He has no visionary schemes to carry into execution which may sap the tonstiu- tion. His plan would be hon orable peace with all foreign ra tions, while he would preserve strict economy and rigid ac countability at home. He is opposed to that system of go vernment which will loster one interest at the expense of ano ther. The navy and the arm will receive due protection with out any eilort to swell eitner jeyond the interest or ability 01 the. nation. Finally, should he be elected the Constitution will be preserved inviolate, and we shall continue to be what we are now a free and happy people. Maxim. zNcrit should be the only passport to office.