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HALIFAX, 'X. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST G, 1824
VOL. L
THE "FREE PRESS,"
By George Howard,
s published every Friday, at
liiKfcE, DOLLARS per year,
consisting of 52 numbers, and in the
jime proportion for a shorter pe
riod. buDscnbers at liberty to dis
continue at any time, on paying ar
rearagcs.
Advertisements inserted at fifty
cents per square, or less, lor the
first insertion, and twenty-five cents
cacn continuance.
Letters addressed to the Editor
must hi-fiost laid.
Advertisements.
Forty Dollars Reward,
FOR GEORGE and ISAAC.
George ran away the first Sep
tember last; about 5 feet 10 inches
high; tolerable black; spare made;
thin visage; some teeth out before;
about 20 years of age. He has a
wife at Speercofield's quarter, on
Fishing creek, and is well known
as a rascal to the citizens in the
neighborhood he visits. He was
caught at Speercofield's quarter
when brought home last, and no
doubt is lurking and harbored in
the neighborhood. I will give
Twenty Dollars for his delivery to
mc, or I will give FORTY DOL
LARS for his head, and no ques
tions asked.
ISAAC went off the 12th instant;
is about 5 feet 4 inches high; of a
pumpkin black color; well made;
active and lively; expert in wrest
ling, running and jumping; about 23
years of age; has a wife at Mrs.
Applewhite's, and I am confident
is in that neighborhood. The said
negroes I purchased at Sheriff's
Sale of the estate of Wm. Lowrv,
deceased. I will give Twenty Dol
lars for Isaac, delivered to me, or
fifteen if confined in jail sc that I
get him.
Milliard Fort.
July 23, 1824. 19-tf
GEN. JACKSON IN LOUISIANA.
Mrs. SWEDE tf,
HAS the pleasure cf informing
the inhabitants of Halifax and
the adjoining counties, that she has
opened a fashionable assortment of
MILLINERY, in the house oppo
site Messrs. J. Halliday & Co.'s
store consisting of Leghorn and
Straw Bonnets, of the newest pat
ternsartificial flowers, wreaths,
and bunches gimps, black, white,
and colored curls, caps, turbans,
xc. &c.
Mantua-making done in the most
iasluonable stile.
Halifax, June 9, 1S21. 12-tf
NOTICE THIS.
ON the 3d Monday in August
next, at the Court-House in
Halifax town, will be exposed to
public sale, nineteen likely NE
v'ROF.S, to which unquestionable
titles can be made. Terms of sale
made known on the day.
Jas. C. Faucet ,
Adm'r of Sally Barnes.
ISth July, 182 1. 18-4t
NOTICE.
rAVING qualified, at Halifax
i February session, 1824. as F.v
ecutor to the last will and testa
ment of the late JOHN WILKES,
deceased, this is hereby to notify all
persons who have any claims or de
mands against the estate of the said
John Wilkes, that they present
them duly authenticated for pay
ment, within the time prescribed
by law, otherwise this notice will
he plead in barr of their recovery-.
Those who are indebted will make
payment without delay, as the es
tate will not admit of indulgence.
Henry Wilkes,
Ex'r of John Wilkes, dee'd.
Halifax, 30th April, 1824. 7tf
Jllank Warrants for sale
AT THIS OFFICE.
Printing neatly executed
AT THIS OFFICE.
From the New-Orleans Advertiser. Jim r
At a meeting of the friends of Gen. ANDREW JACKSON
convened by public notice, at Davis' ball rnnm Tar ni '
j i.iLi-um:au,
on the evening :of the 5th June, N. Girod, Esq. was called
to the chair as President, a nd A r vnvn TTvw v t? c
aou. oeuieiary.
The meeUng was opened with eloquent and appropriate ad-
, J Hei, z.sq. a. uavezac, jesq. and Gen. Kip-
ley; after which the following ADDRESS, reported by . T.
1 elcrson, Esq. chairman of the committr.fi annnlhU r u4.
. 11 41 t.v-i tut ma i.
r 7 ,ao "ainmousiy adopted and ordered to be printed
Citizens Of Louixinnn' Tho t?
called upon to think seriously on the choice of a Chief Mads
trate. 1 he choice of a Chief Magistrate! transcendant privilege.
turns: ine time lias passed away when kings, as stupid as
Uieip original clay, were born to rule you, or prone by nature to
;vc7 v"-e ana instinctively averse to every virtue. Alfred, of
y vva: a Sieui .ana gou King; but look through the lon
JlSt 01 illS Successors for ten npntnriW or.,1 ,u:Lr
wards, the Richards, the Henrys, or the Georges, was a great
ana gooa Kins.'' .Louisiana
of Bourbons Liberty abhors that name: it has dyed France,
?pain and Italy with the blond
tries with the bones of patriots. It was a necessary result; be
cause your kingrs were born in thf rnnrt, nf fi
.m uavagance. iney saw nothing but the thoughtless, use-
.. mU jivus ana sunsmnro nt JhPir cnh nK 'I'l,.,
were taught tyranny alone, because to learn the prerogative of
rp P uic ole eaucauon 01 tne lieir apparent,
lo choose vour chief maorjstratp fli
lege. How did we conquer that privilege? It is half a century
oiuHumu ut uueny was raised in Amenca.Kings and
nobles, and wealth and power, would have hewed it down, and
destroyed all who sought its nrntepti nn Tt woo nnf tlio ourv
- O I . nut lllVi OUUI
mer soldier nor the sunshine patriot,, who rallied in the cause of
freedom nn-sinst cnK m;kf., ti. l'.i i i
- o- unguis uuus. il was a nine oana, with
vasiiington at their head, with
i. i i ' wnom the vlctorious army of despotism
naoivyu uy uieir Dicoa through the snows of Ncw-Jersev. It
M1v, uiavc pcasaiury oi me uaroimas, who, rather than wear
the yoke of despotism, ab
- w- ..tv uiiu liuiuii;ii t,u
ucavun, anu uieir nomes to the enemy, and fled to the moun
tains or slept in the swamps. But "the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong " Tim Ond nf T .! hrrttr 4linf nnimn
tea the patriot hearts nfnur fntVirc nf QntA t.., o :
united the heroes of the north and south at Yorktown, and there
tciuiiuciteu uie struggle ot lreemen in the triumph of freedom,
amidst the blate of victory and glory. A grateful country has
bestowed all its honors on the heroes and statesmen of those
"times that tried the souls of men." Is there one left on whom
we can pour out the swelling tide of our gratitude, and wash
from the page of history the slander that republics are ungrate
ful? There is one; but, melancholy reflection, Gen. JACKSON
is the last. The blood of his very childhood was mingled with
that of the heroes who becran the political emancinntion nf thn
world. Sacred drops! each one spilt in the holy warfare ex-
"1C pieiensiuns oi an tne other candidates lor the rresi
dencv.
Since the Revolution, Gen. Jackson has devoted to the service
oi nis country a Hie ot ardent, energetic and incorruptible integ
rity. He was among the hardy pioneers of the west, who with
the rifle in one hand defended themselves against the savage,
and with the axe in the other felled the forest. He assisted in
forming the Constitution of the state he had assisted in creating
administered her justice from her highest tribunal, and repre
sented her in the Senate of the United States. There he was
no time-server of the powers that be, but sacrificed himself to
truth, to virtuo, to republicanism.
In 1806, when treason gathered in the west, and Louisiana
was its destined victim, Jackson was among the first to warn the
Executive of the danjrer, and animnte us tn rvsnrtmn Tl
nounced the traitors, prepared his brave volunteers to march at
a momeni s warning, ana placed at their head a corps of revolu
tionary invincibles.
In the commencement of the late war, his unobtrusive merits
were unknown to the government; but his towering genius and
restless patriotism did not remain inactive. As a volunteer, he
threw himself between the war-whoop of the savage and our de
fenceless frontier. He conquered their peace and security by
sleepless nights, by toilsome marches, by the dreadful battles of
Tallushatches, Talladega, Emuckfau and the Horse Shoe. In
these campaigns, his agonizing difficulties would have broken an
ordinary heart, and the sufferings of his brave volunteers could
not have been supported in any other than the cause of mothers
and infants exposed to the tomakawk. Danger and death are
fronted on such plains as Chippewa and Niagara, because victo
ry is crowned with laurel; but self-sacrificing patriotism alone
can animate the hero to rush on greater danger in savage war
fare. In 1814, the enemy invaded the heart of our country, and
marched against the capital. The whole union looked with con
fidence to the patriotism ' and valor of its defenders. None
doubted that our triumph would be signal, and that even if the
numbers of the enemy should prevail, the brave men charged
with the deposites of the nation, the sacred tomb of Washington
would at least unsheathe their swords, throw away their scab
bards, and die gloriously at their posts. It was not so: all was
ignominiously lost. The capital was nothing; but patriotism A
honor Were blotted.from the page of American virtues N0
thing but a triumph so transcendantly glorious, if possible, than
our disgrace was infamous, could save us from the last of evils
self-destruction That triumph was reserved for Gen. Jackson'
Intoxicated with their success, the conquerors of Europe, their
numbers and preparations doubled, directed their mightiest ef
forts against this weak and extreme part of the union. Even
hope for our safety was extinguished. Our destruction was re
corded in the public journals No calculating man could believe
it possible for three thousand new and undisciplined militia to .
resist fourteen thousand of the best troops the world ever saw:
and the soldier, while laboring at our feeble breast-work if he
paused to think, must have reflected that he was dic-in2.h;sown
grave. J3ut the ardent soul of Jackson dissipated such reflec
tions.; He encouraged the fearful, inflamed the brave to mad
ness, inspired all with confidence, and when the roar of artille
ry and the columns of moving arms announced the combat no
cheek blanched with fear, but the eager hearts of all panted for
the contest. And there was achieved a victory unparalleled in
history The pass of Thermopylae was the grave of patriots,
but on the plains of Bienvenue equal virtue achieved virtue's re
ward, and proved more signally than it was ever demonstrated
before, that freemen defending their i soil, their firesides, and
their families, against despotism, arc invincible. The deepest
detractors of Jackson admit that no other man in America could
have effected this great result, and the pious believe that a super
intending God raised him up for our special preservation
Compared with Jackson's services, what are those, great as
they are, of the other candidates for the Presidency? In warm
quarters, blessed with every comfort, with powerful minds sto.
red with ancient and modern knowledge, and warmed by pa
triotism, they have deeply studied and developed the interests
of their countrv. Delightful OCCUnation! it rnrricc nritU .
than its own reward. But look at one moment of Jackson's life
the ODDOsino-. the nnnnnnl armloc ta.r.n, : ii . . y
r o' 7 ;n .. lu iiiuuuu; me prize lor
which they contended in view; it was our beauty and our booty
At one point they met, and, relinquishing the idle warfare of
powder and ball, crossed their bayonets in direful contest All
depended on the single soul of Jackson; if he could have thought
of himself for a moment, it would have been that this moment
was his last. He thought only of his country and victory. You
saw him in that scene. You saw him who, the slanderers say
cannot control his passions, in those circumstances, where events
occurred not to excite passion only, but despairing rage; you saw
him as cool, as unmoved, as calculating, as if he had been direct
ing the pieces on a chessboard. That single moment of his life
exhibited more self-devoted patriotism, and conquered greater
advantages to ourselves and posterity, than all the other candi
dates. If Louisiana had bten conquered, heaven only knows
what part of our happy Union would have been severed with it
If the war had terminated with the disgrace of this capital, our
people would have disowned their own country; but the victory
of New-Orleans is a letter of credit to Americans, which brave
ry and virtue will honor in every quarter of the globe
They say he is not only passionate, but ambitious. " You saw
him in the midst of a greater triumph than ever fell to the lot
of any other man. But in the midst of all his glory, when am
bition would have spurred him to the capital, and vain dory de
manded a crown, you saw the mighty conqueror, the humble
Jackson, fall before the altar of our church, and in praye- and
thanksgiving acknowledge that Almighty God, in whose hands
he was but the humble instrument to save his country That
was not ambition They say he is a tyrant, and tramples on the
Constitution and laws of our countrv. Vnn ; u:L
. f , . j- in xxiiu uie vie-
tim of those laws, on that day when he could have looked the
very temple of justice into atoms. But he restrained the ponu
larrage with his eyes, and reverenced even the abuse of justice
Would tn hpnvon UA . u x juaucc.
Wli " o jwu iiiuiu oucii uy ranis ;
They accuse him of inhumanity, and affect to sympathize with
Arbuthnot and Ambrister, the miscreants who lived by instigat
ing savages and negroes to scaln
children, blacker with guilt and cruelty than if they had beeS
dragged from the bottomless pit. Curse on the affectionate, for
political purposes, of sympathy with such incarnate Sends.
And irom the representations of some as to the private charac
ter ot our candidate, one would expect to meet a ferocious ti-er
terrible to all around him. Rntnn .,;r,j
j . . uv.iuiiiiiig owjuotuicu Willi
Jackson we are first struck with the humility, the simplicity
and chlld-litp innnprnn r 11 u: i.r HT r ',
. wv.o ui an ucuons. luauy men m eleva
ted stations affect this; he is incanahlnf affectation. .md r,Q,i.,ii
f 1 7 HHUUli
est eye discovers the thoughtless sincerity of every look, every
word, every action of his lif TTpnre no man rmr,rv,oj
i 1 rr . V -""iaiiU3 SO
strongly the affections of all around him. He is the best hus
band, the kindest relation and neighbor, the father nf iU u "
and the friend of the helpless.
ine inendsot General Jackson have studied every act of his
life. In the great and trvinff situations in ivV;t, u u. u
o j iic iias ueeii
placed, they know of no act which they do not deliberately ap-
Pv,c " ueueve aiurc uy ms conscience and his
God.
He mav ha-e erred; but even hi Pnom.'o 1,0 w,a
j - - vuvtitij dgl cc ma. ci -
rors were the excess oflove for his country and zeal in her cause
TM ! U U mafrroA In 1 1 - -r i i , .
xxiey snoum uc 11.5 m uis spienaia merits. 11 ne nad been
our enemy, they would have been forgives and forgotten; but he
is our best friend, and has shed more lustre on the American
name and rendered greater services to the republic than any
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