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fLiT cf) T CUT cnJ r1 SyWV 1 o") f C"l JVi. 32. HALIFAX, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1S24. FOX Z i on I 1 "V X. x. THE "FREE PRESS," ?? George Howard, fs published every Friday, at IHKMi DOLLARS per year, fviibisti;ij of 52 numbers, and in the : .ime proportion for a shorter pe riod. Subscribers at libertv to dis continue at any time, on paving ar rearages. Advertisements inserted at fifty 'cuts per square, or less, for the -irst insertion, and twenty-five cents f irh continuance. Letters addressed to the Editor :i.u.t be post paid. COM, UUXICJl TIOXS. i'OR THE FREE TRESS. To the members of the METHODIST CHURCH. Whereas many of the mem bers, preachers and friends of the -Methodist Church have been for some time past con ?:ious of the inequitable state of he government of said church r. several respects, but 'particu larly in the total deprivation of the lay members and local prea chers of representation in the General Conference the legis lative department of the Church. This Conference is composed en tirely of travelling preachers, who claim for themselves the power to make all the rules for the government of the lay mem bers, travelling and local prea chers, both on moral subjects and pecuniary affairs, and to cn :'drcc them, requiring uncondi tional submission on pain of ex pulsion for forfeiture of charac ter of all the members and preachers. Deeming united effort supe rior to individual exertion, all the people and preachers arc therefore invited to unite them selves under the title of "THE IJXION for the promotion of equal rights among the mem hers and all classes of preach ers in the Methodist Church:11 That by precept and example others may be induced to fol low them in different parts of die country in forming similar associations, which shall corres pond with each other, who also hall pledge themselves to pro pagate the principles of equal rights to the utmost of their ability, in a deliberate, firm and peaceable manner, anionic the members, preachers and friends of the aforesaid church. To facilitate the above de signs, the following: jrcntlenien will please to use their efforts and lnllucnce to the utmost. In limns wick, Va. Rev. Ed. Drum gold, jr. Rev. Win, Jones, Maj. Wm. Gholson, Matthew Harri son, Esq. In Greensville, Va. Col. Wm. Wright. In Mur iVeesboro', N. C Rev. Daniel Southall. In Northampton, Rev. II. Peebles, Rev. J. T. Weaver, Rev. T. Moore, Rev. Wm. Bar rett, Rev. C. Jones, Rev. Mr. liritton, James Barrett, Esq. Sterling Boykin, Esq. James Grant, Esq. MajV Crump. In Warren, Rev. II. Fitze, Rev. C. Drake, Rev. G. Dye, Rev. Mr. Cottrell, R. Boyd, Esq. II. G. Williams, Esq. In Franklin, Rev. C. A. Hill. InNash,Rcv. Wm. Bellamy, Jas. Milliard, Esq. In Halifax, Rev. Henry Bradford, Rev. Jas. Hunter, Rev. E. B. Whitaker, Rev. M. -Wish, Rev. C. Hincs, Rev. M. Smith, Rev. Mr. Price, Rev. 13. N'evill, Rev. Thos. Harten, Rev Dr. II. Hardy, J. R. Gary, Esq. R.Jones, Esq. Col. C.Edmonds, B. Edmonds, Esq. J. Turner, Esq. N. Pierce, Esq. M. T. Ponton, Esq. H. Dogett, E5q. II. Whitaker, Esq. Wilson Whit aker, Esq. J. Whitaker, Esq. A. Whitaker, Esq. As soon as the above named persons can possibly make it convenient, they with any others who may favor such designs will please to meet in some convenient and central place, giving three weeks previous notice thereof 'in the Halifax Free. Press, and all possible notice otherwise, for the purpose of drafting Rules to govern "The Uxiox," after which the' Rules so adontcd shall be submitted to the people lor their approval or alteration. Liberty. lJV REQUEST. GEN. JACKSON. We have seen many labored articles in defence of General Jackson's conduct at New Or- ! leans, during the late war; but the igllowing, from his own pen, addressed to the Orleans troops, on that eventful occa sion, so triumphantly vindicates his conduct before and after his splendid and unparalleled victo ry over the British on 'the glo rious Sth of Jan. ISIS, that it should satisfy even scepticism itself of the necessity, nav, the propriety, of the course he pur sued. 1 o use the language of one of Mr. Adams' friends, "It is a piece of splendid eloquence and conclusive argument." Petersburg Rep. Fellow-soldiers: Although born and bred in a land of free dom, popular favor has always been with me a secondary ob ject. My first wish, in politi cal life, has been to be useful to my country. Yet, I am not in sensible to the good. opinion of my fellow citizens; I would do much to obtain it: but I cannot, for this purpose, sacrifice my own conscience, or what I con- cicvc to be the interests of my country. These principles have pre pared me to receive with just satisfaction, the address you have presented. The first wish of my heart, the safety of my country, has been accomplish ed; and it affords me the great est happiness to know, that the means taken to secure this ob ject, have met the approbation of those who have had the best opportunities of judging of their propriety, and who, from their various relations, might be sup posed the most ready to cen sure any which had been impro perly resorted to. The distinc tion you draw, gentlemen, be tween those Who only declaim about civil rights, and those who fight to maintain them, shows how just and practical a knowl edge you have of the true prin ciples of liberty without such knowledge, all theory is useless or mischievous. Whenever the invaluable rights which we enjoy under our happy constitution, are threatened by invasion; privi leges the most dear, and which, in ordinary times, ought to be regarded as the most sacred, may be required to be infringed for their security. At such a crisis, we have only to deter-, mine whether we will suspend; ' for a time, the exercise of the latter, that we may secure the permanent enjoyment of the former. Is it w'ise, in such a moment, to sacrifice the spirit of the laws to the letter, and, by adhering' too strictly to the letter, lose the substance fore ver, in order that we may, for an instant, preserve ihe shadow? It is not to be imagined, that the express provisions ot any writ ten Jaw can fully embrace cm ,-. ; i i "uiicius, wmcn suppose ant occasion the suspension ofal law, but the highest and the last, that of self-preservation. No right is more precious to a ireeman than that of suffrage but had your election taken place on the Sth of January, would your dcclaimers have ad vised you to abandon the de fence of your country, in order to exercise this inestimable pri vilege at the polls? Is it to be supposed that your general, if he regarded the important trust committed to his charge, would have permitted you to preserve the constitution by an act which would have involved constitu tion, country and honor, in one distinguished ruin? What is more justly impoi tant than personal liberty.'' yet, how can the civil enjoyment of this priviledgc be made to con sist with the order, subordina tion and discipline of a camp? .Let the sentinel be removed by subpoena from his post; let writs of habeas corpus carry a way the officers from the lines, and the enemy may conquer your country, by only employ ing lawyers to defend your con stitution. Private property is held sa cred in all good governments, and parti cularly in our own; yet, shall the tear ot invading it pre vent a general from march ins his army over a corn-field, or burning a iiouse which protects an enemy? These and a thousand other instances might be cited, to show that laws must sometimes be si lent, when necessity speaks. Ihe only question with the friend of his country will be, have these been made to be si lent, wantonly &. unnecessarily? It necessity dictated the meas ure; if a resort to it was important for the preservation of those rights which we esteem so dear, and m defence of which we had so willingly taken up arms, surely it would not have been becoming in the commandcr-in chief to have shrunk from the responsibility which it involv ed. He did not shrink from it In declaring martial law, his ob ject, and his only oject, was to embody the whole resources of the country for its defence. That law, while it existed, ne cessarily suspended all rights and priviledges inconsistent with its provisions. It is a mat ter of surprise, that they who boast themselves the champions of those rights and privileges, should not, when they were first put in danger by the proc lamation of martial law, have manifested that lively sensibility of which they have since made so ostentatious a display. So far, however, was this from be ing the case, that this measure not only met, then, the open support of those who when their country was invaded, thought resistance a virtue, and the si lent approbation of all, but e ven the particular recommenda tion and encouragement of ma ny who now inveigh the most bitterly against it.. It was not until a victory, secured by that very measure, had lessened the danger which occasioneda re- sort to it, that the present feel ing guardians of our rights discovered that the commanding general ought to have suffered his post to be abandoned through the interfence of a foreign agent :1ns ranks to be thinned by desertion, and his whole army to be broken to pieces by muti ny; while )'ct a powerful force of the enemy remained on your coast, and within a few hours sail off your city. I thought and acted different ly. It was not until I discov ered that the civil power stood no longer in need of the milita ry for its support, that I restor ed to it its usual functions; and the restoration was not delayed a moment after that period had arrived. Under these circumstances, fellow-soldiers, your resolution to let others declaim about pri vileges and constitutional rights, will never draw upon you the charge of being' indifferent to those inestimable blessings; your attachment to them has been proved by a stronger title that ot having nobly fought to preserve them. You, ' who have thus supported them a- gainst the open pretensions of a powerful enemy, will never, 1 trust, surrender them to the un derhand machinations of men who stand aloof in the hour of peril, and who, when the dan- er is gone, claim to be the "de fenders of your constitution." An honorable peace has dis solved our military connection; and, in a few davs. I shall ouit a country endeared to me by the most pleasing recollections. A- monir the most prominent of these, gentlemen, are those I shall even entertain of the dis tinguishcd braverv, the exact discipline, the ardent zeal, and the important services of your corps. Ihe ottered friendship ot each individual composing it, I receive with pleasure, and with sincerity reciprocate. I shall always pride myself on a frater nity with such men, created in such a cause. Andrew Jacksox. For the Free Press. Mr. Editor: It has frequently been assert ed by the Radical prints, altho' they have not, and we may rea sonably suppose they cannot. produce any evidence to sub stantiate it, that Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madison are friendly to the election of Mr. Crawfori as President. It is an undenia ble fact that Mr. .Teffn rsnn ex pressed in public the following sentiment in favorofuen. Jack son: "honor to him who hath filled the measure of his coun try s honor:" this expression, associated with the following let ter, and the known hostility of Mr. Crawford to the prominent measures of the administrations of those patriarchs of the repub lican family, undoubtedly settles the question of their preference A -mm- T a 1 i for JMr. . it is well known that Mr. Madison's sentiments, on tnis sumect, are m unison with those of the illustrious Sa-c of Monticello: "Mont-cello, JprilZO. "Sir I must beg to be excused from answering the question propo sed to me in your favor of the lltli inst. on the subject of candidates named' for the next Presidency, I laiv it down as a larj to take no part in that elect io?i. Advice cn such an occasion, even were I qual ified to give it, would incur a fear ful responsibily. I shall be per fectly contented with anv choice my fellow-citizehs shall make; ho ping always it will be of a charac ter friendly to peace, to economy, to the republican principles of our constitution, and to its salutary dis tribution of power between the two co-ordinate branches of govern ment, foreign and domestic. Ac cept the assurance of my great re spect." TH JEFFERSON. It may not, perhaps, be im proper to remark, that this let ter was written in answer to an application, by a gentleman in New-York, who expected to fa vor the views of Mr. Crawford in that state by an open avowal ot Mr. J.'s predilection for Mr. C. As I irginians had fre quently asserted this as a fact, and it had been echoed in eve ry direction by the supporters of Mr. C.,T presume the New York writer did hot imagine that the truth of it could be questioned; the probability of attaining the object, however, was worth the experiment, as it might be confidently relied on that Mr. Jefferson would not: openly oppose the Virginia, candidate. B. FOR THE FREE PRESS. Mr. Howard: The Presidential question hav- ling excited very uncommon in terest, and the period of elect ing Electors to vote for Presi dent and Vice-President of the United States fast approaching, it becomes the dutv of PVPnr freeman deliberately to exam- iiiu nit; &uujeci ior nimsell, and form his opinion on the real merits of the pretensions of each candidate, that as a freeman he may think for himself, and have an opinion of his own, to avoid the disgrace of himself and the insult of his government by be- ing a mere wnming sycophant at the footstool of an abhorrent tribe oi insidious office-hunters, who daringly sport with the li berties of freemen, and hazard the independence of the coun try to see themselves in power, preying upon the vitals of the people's earnings, disbursing the coffers of the treasury, to sustain idleness and luxury. The sovereign people and their Constitution never designed by creating the treasury to support the badges of royalty or nobili ty, but to establish the utility of a plain democratic republican government. That the people m i ht not be hnrHonn,! r;u taxes, "-iuu tV 1 111 the government vn organized that the nrincm.-d n-Trf of the revenue should arisp frnm duties on imported articles gen erally consumed in the nation, which are ultimately principal ly paid by the agricultural part of the community. The iato. change of the Tariff must be re garded by this part of the com munity as an approximation to monarchy, inasmuch as thevaro compelled to pay a higher duty on some articles and are depriv ed of others, for the nurnosn nf creating manufacturing monono
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