buffer the people to do as they
please such a straight forward
and independent deportment in
his perscn and in his opinions,
that this also has exalted him
very considerably in my esti
mation. Believe me, he is an
honest politician. He is the
friend of the people, and a wise
and able statesman. lie is just
such a man " as you ought to
choose for your next President.
Cicero.
37" The foregoing and following
pieces are inserted by request.
From the N.Y.American,
To the Hon. Wm. H. Crawford.
Sir: There is a crisis in the
history of men, as well as of
governments, beyond which it
is vain to resist , the tide of ad
versity. In such fruitless strug
gles nations exhaust their
strength, and individuals their
reputation.
To this point you have been
brought by the progress of e
vents, and it will be worthy
your shrewdness to discover
how you may evade the ruin
with which you are threatened.
Your misguided ambition, and
the ill-judged encouragement of
your friends, have led you to
assume an elevation, which you
"have not sufficient character to
sustain: they have urged pre
tensions in your favor, wdiich
inquiry has demolished; they
have claimed for you virtues,
with the possession of which the
history of your life is incompat
ible: they have held you up to
view in order to gain the re
spect and veneration of vour
fellow-citizens, and you have
become the distrust of federal
ism, the scorn of democracy,
the sport of consistency, and
the reproach of virtue. Your
reputation is fallen, your influ
ence extinguished, your friends
alienated, and the termination
of your career enveloped by
ciouas oi uarK and ioreboding
aspect.
In noble contests for princi
ple, it is glorious to struggle to
the last to fall amid the ruins
of the cause which we have es
poused, and to bury ourselves,
like the man of Gath, beneath
the bodies of our enemies. But
your efforts are expended in the
pursuit of your own private ob
jects of ambition; you arc strug
gling for distinction, to which
you have no claim; and you are
grasping at honors, which are
not only beyond your reach, but
"beyond your merits. .'In this
emergency there is but one mi
serable resource; even this can
not restore the reputation you
have lost; but you "will 'have
reason to be consoled, if you
may prevent its further degra
dation. It is in your power to
calm the tempest which you
have raised, around you. Flee
from the publicity which you
have imprudently sought, and
shrink voluntarily into thevob-
scurity which time will other
wise draw upon you.
It may cost vou a nang to be
hold the attractions of public,
life receding from vour view!
and to see yourself divested of
nanus and pursuits confirmed by
the lamp rf, t.
4 j Udrs- it may seem
, 7 ,u' aucr beinS a mem
hc, a" rtics, to find your
self at last the foiower of f10n(?
It may seem cruel, afW ua:n.
successively the votarv n.r a?
dcralism, of democracy, anti 0f
radicalism, to find norofn,
dcr the banners of cither-t
aunougn your connexions
money as tne History of
A t 1 no asylum 1S provi
wLTbyyofthos
j.n is the perversity
of human fortune, that no one J
courts it, even from mercy, in
the days of its decline! If you
had remained mnexioiy me au
hcrent of'one party, one party
at least would have protected
vou in your downfall. But it
is your misfortune that you
have always been floating, un
anchored on the surface of poli
tics, wavering with every breath
of interest and every current of
power.
If you retire in season from
the observation of the world,
time may yet consign to oblivi
on the pliancy of your princi
ples and the reverses of your
lortune; time may even invest
with an air of sanctity the nega
tive excellencies of your charac
ter. It is only the present gen
eration that is unmerciful when
sitting in judgment upon the
virtues and vices of men. But
beware that you do not delay
your retreat until your defects
become so conspicuous that the
hand of time itself cannot erase
them from the book of know
ledge, and inscribe your doubt
ful virtues in their place. The
whole policy of your life, sir,
has been mistaken; you have
courted memory, when oblivion
would have been your best
fame. Unknown and unnoticed
you would have escaped cen
sure; known and noticed, you
have escaped applause.
To your own exertions much
of your adversity is ascribed;
for to every one of your politi
cal movements, your reputation
lor "talents or consistency has
fallen a sacrifice. To fortune,
perhaps, you owe as much; for,
in a career so long and diversi
fied by so many aberrations as
yours, it must be owing to the
intervention of a cruel and re
lentless destiny that you have
never once wandered out of the
regions of error.
The prospects which sur
round you, arc of a novel and
singular cast, and they might
well embarrass casuists more
consciehtious.and logicians more
subtle than yourself. By reced
ing you may secure the oblivi
on of your character and actions.
But who can rush voluntarily
into forgctfulness? From you
at least the world would expect
the inglorious-prefercncc of IIc
rostratus. To advance is cer
tain defeat and certain infamy.
To remain upon the surface of
public affairs without effort and
without pretension would do vi
olence to your habits, and the
propensities of your nature.
he cnoice is a miserable one;
but it lies with you, and it will
probably be decided in favor of
he worst alternative. The most
friendly wish that could be pro
nounced, is that you may be
Your worst enemy
could do nothing more revenge
ful than faithfully to record your
eeds. 1 he hisrhest indulgence
o -j
lat you can expect from histo
y, is, that those portions of
your career, in which you have
been utterly inactive may be
recorded as the most honorable
yourself, and fortunate for
your country. Tullus.
FOREIGN.
GREECE.
A letter received at Boston
from Smyrna, dated 21st June,
states the naval force under the
Captain Pacha at 100 ships, a-
me-ng which are 40 heavy trig
ates, with 40,000 land troops on
board. It continued to be be
lieved that he intended in the
urst instance to attack Ipsara;
tears are expressed that he
would overwhelm them as the
tpsanots had only about 6000
men to oppose him. Whatever
should be the result, the patriots
were known to be brave, and
if the Albanians were faithful.
a severe struggle was expected.
SOUTH AMERICA.
A letter from a gentleman on
board the Franklin, to his friend
in Boston, states that the roy
alists had possession of Lima,
when the Franklin sailed, but
he considers their affairs as ap
proaching a crisis. The affairs
of Spain,' he says, have caused
a division among them, which
Bolivar knows how-to turn to
his purposes. The Spaniards
have a force of about 10,000
men; the patriots have at least
7000 Colombians, and 5000 Pe
ruvians in the field, and were
strengthening their ranks daily
by reinforcements from Colom
bia. Bolivar places no confi
dence in the Peruvians, and
will acton the defensive, till he
can bring forward a sufficient
force to
a blow.
crush the royalists at
FRIDAY, SEPT. 24, 1S24.
Divine Service. Dr. Har
dy will preach at Haywood's
meeting-house, on Sunday, the
26th Just.
To Correspondents. "A,"
in our next.
ELECTION RETURNS.
Onshfc.i:. Ward, Senate.
Frederick Foy and Lewis T.
Ilolloway, Commons.
Jones llisdcn McDanicl, S.
Amos B. V. Simmons and E
manuel Jarman, C.
Carteret Whit. Davis, S.
W. D. Styron and Otway
Burns, C.
La Fayette. Our northern
papers are principally filled
with details of the progress of
the Nation's Guest, and the
attentions bestowed on him. We
may shortly expect the gallant
old veteran in our regions, and
with unfeigned pleasure we no
tice the preparations making for
his reception, by the citizens of
Fayetteville and Raleigh,
meeting was held at Ralei
A
on the lGth inst. at which
resolutions were adopted, re
questing his Excellency Gov.
Holmes, in behalf of the citi
zens, to invite Gen. La Fayette
to visit that citv. nm
j j fJ.Vl.t.
5 a Committee of Arrange-
ments to make suitable prepara
tion for his reception. We in
vile the attention of our readers
to the suggestions, made by a
correspondent of the Raleigh
Re glSter. oil tlirs snlnnnt.
we have copied into our col
umns. Connecticut. We learn,
from the Connecticut papers,
that an Electoral Ticket is about
to be formed in that State, to
bear upon it highly respectable
names, in opposition to the
Ticket already in nomination
which is pledged to the support
of Mr. Adams.
Sporting Intelligence. Hhz
races over the Union Course,
at Jamaica, L. I. will take place
on the 4th of October and con
tinue for 3 days in succession
Purses -Iirst day, 4 mile
heats, 500; second day, 3 mile
heats, $300; third day, 2 mile
heats, 6200. The Managers
have agreed, that if two or more
stables of Southern Horses come
on to contend for the purses,
they will be increased as fol
lows: The first day's purse to
S1000; the second day's, $500;
and the third, $300. '
Eclipse again! The cele
brated Kentucky horse Whip,
has recently been purchased by
a sporting gentlemen of that
place, who, ns we are informed,
is to take him to New York,
with an offer to run him against
the Eclipse, for a stake of
$40,000. The money is raised;
and Whip is now practising on
the Franklinton course.
Ohio paper.
From the Raleigh Register.
To the Citizens of Halifax,
Warren, Granville, Frank
lin, Orange and Wake.
Felow-Citizens:
At the present interesting and
cheering crisis, during a nation's
festivals and rejoicings, one
from among you, .possessing in
common with yourselves, the
same laudable feelings, the same
love of country, the same admi
ration for distinguished worth
and noble disinterestedness,
claims the privilege of appea
ling, through this medium, to
these feelings, and to that love
of country, in favor of a cause
in which, individually, we are
all deeply concerned; and col
lectively, as citizens of a large
and respectable State, we should
feel a peculiar pride .and inter
est; and I the more cheerfully
make the appeal, conscious as I
am, that it will he approvingly
responded to by all to whom it
is addressed.
For some time nast it has
been announced to vou that the
friend of man, the philanthro
pist, the compatriot of Wash
ington, the gallant, the gener
ous Lafayette, has again reached
our shores. Alrcadv hnvowo
seen full and snl isf-mtn
counts of his flattering and
cheering reception, not onlv in
the populous and wealthy cities
of New York and Boston, but
in everv liftln vU err iVwn
which he has passed, bv thp.
discharge of artillery, the ring
ing of bells, illuminations, bon
fires, splendid military parades,
uniners, leasts and balls; nor in
the rejoicing confined to the
male population. Our fair coun
try women, with an enthusiasm
worthy of them, and highly
commendatory to them, ioin in
the general exultation, in feast
ing on the rich scene which is
presented, and by their pre
sence, by the establishment of
triumphal arches, tastefully de
corated and ornamented by ap
propriate m ottos, prepared by
their own hands by proces
sions and other civic honors,
contribute much, very much, to
the moral excellence of the
spectacle. We find even the
children of both sexes, of the
extensiye seminaries of learn-
in
g, participating in the
nrnnf
jubilee; and above all, we rcjpice
io nnd, on all occasions, at all
times, and in all those places
through which he has passed,
that great and spontaneous hurst
of an holy and enthusiastic feel
ing, which none, save this dis
tinguished, great and good man,
could excite and none but a
nation pf freemen, possessing a
pure love of liberty, and a last?
ing attachment to its republican
institutions, could feel.
Throughout those "sta-.
north of us, which this ASh
-soon contemplates passim ' '
mueui preparation k
lapidly sounding from t.
centre to their circumferpn
In Philadelphia, he is
to meet a magnificent recent;
with a laudable zeal n
He spirit, highly meritorious I'
the citizens. They are formir
into uniformed volunteer ,s
ciations, in the most dht
counties, and repairing in Y
great metropolis, to join th
. uuoi5 LU uepaiu. Citizens
diers, as remote zs PittsbuV
are repairing thither. It js
timated that ten tho.K n
airy alono will from a nL
the procession. In Wijfflip;
ton, Del. every exertion is ma
king. In the patriotic toun of
Baltimore, every honor, bof
civicand military, will be paid"1
hat city and that state, apJ
to be operated on by a snjri.
worthy of imitation. In Wash'
ington, Georgetown and W
andria, they arc following the
incentive of their own patriotic
sentiments, and pursuing wit
equal zeal the good examples
before them. 1 Fredericks,
burg, Richmond, Petersburg
iNorfolk, everywhere, in even'
little village, and in all th
country around, they are ma
king preparations for a suitable
reception of their distinguished
visitor, such an one as will
prove flattering even to hishi'4
claims, and honorable to them,
selves. -Every person appears
to be operated on iby a simulta
neous wish -and a feeling of
duty, to contribute in his own
individual capacity. Nor have
we yet readied the achme of
feeling, of joy, of exultation, of
glory. .As Virgnia, during the
storms which lowerd in our poli
tical horizon, and bursled on us
during the dark days of the Re
volution, experienced more than
an equal portion of peril, of
privation and the other comitant
evils of civil war; so since the
halcyon days of peace have re
turned, and more particularly
on this occasion, has she the
greater cause to rejoice' in the
attendant blessings which follow
in her train. At Little York,
it will be remembered Cornwal
lis surrendered in 17S1, which
terminated the war, and at Lit
tle lork, on the 19th of Octo
ber 1824, as an anniversary of
that important epoch, one i:i
which General Lafayette acted a
distinguished part, have the sons
of Virginia, from the highlands
and the lowlands, from the north
and from the south, with or.o
voice and with one acclamation
of joyful welcome, invited this
soldier of the Revolution. What
a spectacle! how noble, how
grand to the contemplative
mind! how flattering to our
nature! I almost envy Vir
ginia her share in the toils and
suffering of the siege, when it is
to be counterbalanced by such a
scene and such a collection as
will be present on that day.
Next to Virginia, North Ca
rolina will be honored with the
presence of this distinguished
Veteran, on his passage to th
south, and shall we, fellowciti
zens, when this overwhelming
tide of feeling, of lasting grati
tude, is bursting upon us, sit
in sullen silence, with our arms
folded? Shall this opportunity
to make a feeble return of our
acknowledgments be permitted
to pass by unheeded? Arc we
unlike the rest of our country'
men, that the same great causs
will not produce the same effect
on us? Do we possess less vir
tue, less patriotism, les grati
tude, a less ardent love of 1 i berr
ty or admiration of its support?