Indiana Palladium, Volume 2, Number 36, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 16 September 1826 — Page 1

EQUALITY OF RIGHTS KS NATURE'S PLAN AND FOLLOWING NATURE IS THE MARCH OF MAN. Barlow. Volume II J LAVVKENCEBUKUIl, INDIANA; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1G, 1826. Number 36.

PRLYTED J1JVD PUBLISHED SPKVrFR. D. V CULLr.Y,& co. On every Saturday Marwng.

JACKSO.Y V PENJVS YL VAXIA. Philadelphia, Julv 1. yThe following: Circular Address, to the

people of Pennsylvania, and of the United States, in relation to the election of president, emanate from the

T Jack-ov committee of Philadelphia:

Fellow Citizens: The cause of our

country seems, at this juncture, so closely blended with the political elevation of general Andrew Jackson, that watchful and vigorous efforts to promote the latter, must receive the aid and approbation of all sincerely attached to the former. Our government is based upon the people's will. If tills foundation be removed, or if, as in Europe it be disregarded, the stricture of our civil liberties must fail, or be ultimately overthrown. Unless we are willing to change our system: to sink into the condition whence we are but just emancipated: and to entail upon our descendants all the degradation and wretchedness from which our ancestors, at the hazird of life and

fortune, rescued themselves and us: Mre should vigilantly and fearlessly enforce

our rights against the encroachments of

power and the subtle arts of ambition. Until the period made memorable bv

the election of the present president of

the United States, the principle of the revolution of 76, esnociallv in reference

to the duty of public agents aid the sovereignty of the people's will, had been sacredly pursued and most happilv

exemplified. O i that occasion, however they were openlv violated: and their

violation accompanied by indications of

corruption truly loprooriate to the event, and well calculated to alarm our patriotism. Although the election was. by the provisions of the constitution, rightfully within tb power of the house of representatives, who could expect thai the people would be spurned by their delegates? who could expect that the public servant won't uablushingiv deny his master? vho anticipated that the representative, known, existing , no other

. . , , - , , - champion for the cause of his countrv. hi ''onstif'ioN? and vho, in the land of L , . , . , .

Wasmixgtov and TeffcrsoN; while the first was vet fresh in immortality, and the second still mortal; could expect to find political promotion to follow upon political infidelity, and the people'? officers showered up on him who betrayed and mocked th people? It will be remembered that in the house of represpntati v1?, the presidential election is e lucted by states; that general J vcrsov, though far ahead of his conipfif )ra r the return of the electoral billoN,thn,'e "ceive I hut eight votes: that the reore '.itives nf -ventiuky pave their state vot Mr. dam, in favor of whom not i -stogie ma" of their -vnctlf nnnh t-r l.v c 1 1 'TV."! Tf . dr!nr"d

i. ir . .i . r in: oral dissemination.

Ilimsojr: Mia' ''I'1 re piemen la ivr ui till-

nois unmindful of a public pledge, act-!

continue to act as such, until after th choice of another chief magistrate. It iwithin the range of possible contingencies, that they may elect a president tor the ensuiner four years. Is it not, then.

our duty, to exert more than common circumspection? Does not the recen' experience to which we have adverted, strongly urge us to confide this trust to those only by whom our will cannot be

disobeyed or misrepresented ? Although it be true, that the existing aspect of public opinion promises an easy and decisive triumph to the people's candidate, can we oppose too much precaution to the

management and patronage of intriguing

politicians? Ought we not, at om e, to make sure of the distant future, by resolutely restricting our suffrages, for congressional stations, to those who are avowedly and firmly attached to the principles for which we contend ? The town meeting of the republicans in the city and county of Philadelphia,

whence this committee of superintendence and vigilance emanated, deemed the subject to which your attention is now drawn, worthy of distinct and strong remark. It was a leading object in their early movement: and they hoped by energetic measures to give a successful circulation to their sense of its importance. Our fellow citizens, considering the presidential election to be remote, do not reflect that its fate may depend upon what they are at this moment doing. Tneir dexterous adversaries, with hone on their lips, but poison at their hearts, would lull them into apathy; preuhiog the beauty of tranquility, and the folly of premature contest: while, in seeret, t iev labor every nerve to make the ert

congress of materials hostile to Jackson,

and subservient to Adams. We do not think it necessary to impel vou to efficiency and zeal, by dwelling upon the peculiar claims which the hero of New Orleans has to the untiring devotion of his fellow citizens. His eminent virtues, his intelligence, his valor, and his pure republicanism have been known, witnessed and felt by all of us. In war and in peace in the scenes of retiremerit, or when surrounded by faction and temptation at the plough, or in the senate he has, every where, uniformh

proved that he deserves to be chose';

I am aware that your names are affixed) from the President, while their petitions

Tn this respect, he is alone in America. Providence furnishes, for the safety and pride of any nation, but one such man at a time. Let us avail ourselves of the gift, and reinstate the principles of Washington under the auspices of Jackson. As it has been made our duty, so undoubtedly vvill it be our pleasure, industriously to advance the cause for which the people of the United States, and their favorite citizens, have embarked to

gether. We will receive thankfully.

and employ appropriately, with all the

means in our power, and to the best of

our ability, whatever information rela ting to your district you may be good e nough to convey to us, as worthy of gen

Let us however,

to the circular as a matter of form, arid that ou are only in a limited degree responsible inr its contents-. Its style and t- ; or tempts me to a hasty review of some fits leading features, though I may speak with freedom, it will be under feelings of personal regard foi you severally.

The circular states that "the cause of

our country is so blended with the polit

ical elevation ol General Jackson, that the latter must receive the aid and approhation of all sincerely attached to t!i j former." Not nece?sa' ilv so. I yield to no man in attachment o the cause of our

country, yet I sincerely believe, that cause would be much injured by General

Jackson's political elevation. I soberiy inquire of you, has he been prepared for the discharge of the executive duties this government, by previous h;:i:its experience and study? Has he displayed that control of temper and respect for the feelings of his fellow citizens, which the exalted station to which he aspires callfor? Hitherto, our Presidents have had some previous experience in internal ional concerns, .and have been fitted efficiently to direct that branch of the Presidential duties. Little conversant with the duties and responsibilities of civ! magistrates, he has but recently retired from the command of an army. The habits of military command are strong upon him. He is accustomed to implicit obedience. If is our purpose to collect information favorable to, or which may ' e made ueful in procuring, the election of General Jackson in 1C28. I have no means of satisfactorily estimating the public feeling in regard to him, neither near, nor more remote, but my impressions are his prospects are not encouraging for the ensuing election. There are no peculiar evidences of hostility to the present administration in a large portion of the delegation of this state in the late session

uvrr- denaung in congress. l nee gentlemen, are a few of the many stubborn fact- that ought to admonish you to hold f rth op the purity of his republicanism ra'her distrustfully.

Hut fnl-erre as your panegyric on gen

1 nelson i oursweepingdenunciationsot

Mesr. A'lnms and Clay is more excep

tionable and equally unsustamed, by

fart. Whv assume the prerogative of

the good people of Kentuckv, and de

nounce their Kepresentativ es, wniie uiev receive Mr. Clav most courteously, and

other who voted for Mr. Adams, for

aught that appears, stand as well as ever

,;! iUr rmctitiipnts? V on charge trie

-.1.1. representative of Illinois with acting reg;irdle "of a .public pledge," and the one frooi Missouri as following in his wake, after "protracted struggles of a cnnj:ri!i! sene of duty," and "that LouHiai'a, a c.v i.ad been redeemed by

the transceiver r roisaoof J 'ckson, was

of the house: Such a course gentltmen-j must work injur) to your cause. What was the course they took at the former election, and how was it that Gen' eral Jackson become the candidate of the people of this state? A paper iU Harrisburghj underthe control of the last

! state administration, first put forth hie

name, and from polic it was borne alonjj on both tides during the election then pending It became an object with tne friends of all ihe candidates except those of Mr. Crawford) to forego tb6 long established made of nomination by caucus. This however, but partially succeeded. In the mean time, a Jackson convention was proposed at Huntingdon, and delegates partially appointed Another was proposed at Harrisburgh, by the members of the Legislature. Calhoun vas snddenly given up by his friends in a bod), and they joined Gener

al Jackson's standard. The result was,

an abandonment ot the Huntingdon pro-

who turned upon her preserver, aim -erred him wit)) the fangs of ingratitude. Nor can we forget, you add, that the master piri', by the power of whose influenre, mysteriously exerted, these facts so opposite to republicanism were producer!, wa rewarded with an of1 ce long an object of hi nn bitior-." Really gentleree, this i- dealing freely with the characters of men, who have some title to reject, who mav think it necessary to call vou to the proof of what you assert of them. Poit how stands the account between your hero nt-d the two ungrateful Penresentatives from Louisiana." Mr. Monroe's extraordinary exertions, with Mr. Madison's co-operations, prepared t)if defensive force for that point, and urged Gen. Jackson to repaii there. In your ardor to exalt the hero these thine are overlooked. The enemv were checked on their first landing, i- which action the Orleans Riflemen conspicuously and bravelv served. Gen. Horn-

if Congress; nor are there any strongl,,.,., (hp ;.,vanvr of Ireland, is acknowl-

evidences that they were not in perfect jeripe(j t navr npon serviceable, in the ofharmony with a large poriion of theirnriaj (tefspatrh. Speaking justly, the constituents. You wish to indue. -ce;,, ;u (J t!)e citizens of Orleans, public oninion in favor of your candidate,'cru jarkpoP am) those under his com-

out a discerning public will want son.e,.,,., rarh performed their dutv, and

J t 1 A

ibtised by two other Representatives, net. and an almost enure concurrence m

Jackson's support at ii;?rri tn gi Thus

other and better proof of his merit than

your assertions, that he is eminently vir

the result was a signal repulse of the in

vading foe. When the question was

tuous, intelligent, and valiant, and nL,,1(lthfT Messrs. Adamsor Jacksonshould

pure repuhhean. Where is the evi-1 he p,.esi(jpllU was ;( anv cause of blame deuce of his virtues, public or private,! fi)p representatives from LouUana (or the tirst half century of his life ?:shnilld pr,,fl r thr former ? Could gratiney were not heard ol in Pennsylvania;!,,,, opv hp FOWn hy conferring the and in what way have they been exbi-j p1(a;i(Uiprv? 0r vvas the repulse of the bited since the commencement of his' mv a, ()riHans, to be the exclusive military career in 1813? That he has j vvarrant for tn?s honor? If so, why was been a brave and successful commander,! thp prrflon jg and 1820 passed over, has never been denied; but you &earchanff fhp namP 0f Andrew Jackson never in vain, among his achievements, fori ,is,npd as a candidate.

Yon remark, that "the principles of

!'7 were violated in the late election, ac-

those acts of humanity and magnanimity

which essentially constitute the hero.

Valor is a common virtue amon'J" men.'

the absence of it would he rare if not re- riunpanicd indications of corruption,

garded as a vice among Americans. So!r',J'-lflI fo ;t:irm 'ur patriotic, and far as valor is concerned, General Jak- Tlv appropriate to the event. With son has many equals, whom fortune has a charge what are the tacts? Jacknnf f:ivnrn. with nrr:uiiw in. itiint.-.v i :On Came into the llOUSe With a COIIStitU-

' ...... .... ' ....

'nnt fnropt. thnt while stnadil v bent unon! Rut martial valor, unless vou nan't for! tional minority of votes onlv, the majori-

'Securing the election of our candidate at war, and want for your President a mili-;(v wer with his competitors. By your

fl-iut inn renre

v w ,,v' I'1 1,1 'V . r : the close of the Dresent r sidential tarv chieftain, is an attribute of charac-''" admission, me voice oi me peop.tf

sentative trom Mio'in mhowph in mis! . .. . . J . ' , , . . . ti . iwP nrtt with tiim Out of the three Iv oroduce division : term, we must m the mean time, nvo d I ter not nai In ularl v desirab e. in n lJresi- were not wnnnim. win in iot nut . iv piuutiLtJ uinsion

wake, even at!r repeated and pro. ' as vve (lisclaim the f.tie of fac-jdentia! candidate. Let your President'-ost, the ho-ne were to choose a Pres-Take the paper, the

iracreo srrugg e ni a eonciou sf-itr ui . r . . . Al . , i r'Mur-f mt nir hv ,t'ire It had fallen toiaoa trom such a hp . . . .-r . . . -i lion: not suflermg our lust indignaimnionce assume the actual command of nl ofMg n Mares, u nun -uitii n nui tiom sm u a i

tlutv: and 'iar Liouisiana, wnose son . : t-c i i !th Int rf ATr PIiv in his renresentativelof virulence and ace

had been red-emH, an! whose matrons - nr'.A ;,t. a ..J ?'a ..'.u.La a Ir.anacitv. to scan the conduct of General ii.ec! in the seuual?

jii mim iiimii iii mi- iirinnr. in niin mi n'iitri v i 1 1 i i i ill i u i ru i uiiii i i in inn oiin in i v ' i i -

ha I been sn.' b-t hy toe transcendant , 4.J...i j -ru. -r5 T;Vrknn. which nrodnced in his mind

lieroism of J apksov from the harharous . ,. . , ... ' ,. . . . ... . mnvirtiAns that were blame-worthv. . . . ...... . nnH hr meanrp5. or a vindic tive bitter- vour candidate is certain v not nre-emi-r copyicuons m.u weie uwnic nwimn

punit ot "beauty and booty, aausedK r nt lia lirin,dd 't ,! i.';nMi,- .u;i Those conventions resting strong with

bv two of her representatives, turned !

unnn her preervrr, and against the will

;raph(

what is beneficial, with the same resolute; for him for having retired from inferior

ivav-vviB,.. A 1 I I 1 11

of her citizens, oierced him with tnei , . , i, . rT 7 . . r r il i j : 4;., t Nrw to our beloved country: adopting thei be more use:ul. tie has resigned every fang of unparaMeled ingratitude. INor . . h J r 4K cnirif lv tfnK declaration of an energetic states- civil public station lie ever he d. can we forge', that the master spirit, h . i 1 . . , n .v.--: man, UW e Will lUdge Ol the measures! t ntlv i fr Ms nnrp rniihlinniem the Dower 01 whose in'lunce, msteri- - , . . . , . . . , . easily, .is 10 nis pure repunucamsm

oiHv xrted, thee Tects, so opposite;1'. - " ' :wrucn you say we nave all known, wit-

,1;)Wssneediv and emphatically-vire oftheir ?7in' to lhf t.reaJh.e 7 and! he urged on the late President to make

to repaMica oT), were produced, was

himself instantlv rewarded with the office of secretary of state, long an object of his ambition. Such cxamnl's warn u" to be wary in

time

condemned, hov will ripen into prece-de-st, and a'Frd conspicuous apologies for funre -pUp viduct. If merits remark that Mr. -n ms elated nrhaps to indiscretion bv his triumph oyer the people, in his first message to congress, insinuates that our representatives should not be "palsied by the will of their c.onstituenfs:,T in other words, that they should disregard that will, however clearlv ascertained, when inconsistent with their own personal views or opinions. Such is the inevitable tendency, as it constituted the ground work of the principles upon which his election was accomplished. In the fall of this year, we shall be called upon to select members of congress and they whom we select, will

sic merits: nut we wm not judge ot the nested, an 1 felt. 'VTas it his mildness and

administration by their measures only, respert for the laws, that subjected him when they come to settle the account of, lo a h(;avy fine at N(nv Orleans, the thea-

their stewardship, and ask for a renewal of their trust," we will, then advert to the

tre of h'13 glory, while his laurels were

I yet fresh on his brow? Was the policy

him was it for him to smother the dictates of conscienee, and aid to eleyate

was effected, by a course of events, sud

den, and little to have been anticipa'ed, a caucus nomination at the t-eal ei Ihe State Government, while the sann per son? hooted and derided one at that of the National Government. That nomination was in the public u.ind generally iocntitu-d uith the organization ot the parlv in Pennsylvania, and the decline ol the ticket w.-.s a matter ot course. Of the electors chosen, Mime, individually did x-ot approve of Jackson They voted as mere agents, That the sound feelings of a majority of ihe people oi this stale were ever interested in his- favor, I must have better proof before I can believe. The papers most noisy for him declined, and disappeared on his failure, an--- there, has been since, to my knowedge no indications of impatience or dissatisfaction irx Pennsylvania until the call of the meet ing under which you act, which has not been reciprocated from any part of the state. General Jackson has been nominated by the Legislature of his own state, and in a prolix communication, resigning his seat in the United States Senate, he recurs to it and accepts of it with satisfaction. He also urges the amendment of the constitution in a long argument, not withstanding which, and the arguments of those who felt with him in Congress the proposition has descended to the tomb of the Capulets I can neither feel approbation nor respect for a tate nomination putting forth their own fellow citizens. It is every way more objectionable than a Congressional caucus. What peculiar fitness has the Legislature of a single state to nominate a President For twenty-five years Ihe nomination by Congressional caucuses preserved the harmony and integrity of the party. It was then abandoned : and tell us, is the party integral and harmonious now? or can it ever be, without a recurrence fo the old mode of nomiuanation, or by a convention of delegates at some central point of the Union? A

persistance in the error of 1825, can on-

and controversy

Circular b fore me

gieiM' g. w;a extent

rbity are we to ex

our object is frank

ly avowed to be to make fbe Congres

sional election, coming on, turn, upon the contest between Adams and Jackson, instead of lituesss and integrity to be use

ful in legislation. Are not the pub'ic

him to the Presidency? Was it for the'already disgusted with the factious

Kentucky delegation to raise a man to; squabbles exhibited at the two last sesthe highest civil honors who had stigma-lsions? Is it to be continued and aggra tized the citizen soldiers of that sate, onjvated, and are the people to be excited the memorabl. 3th of January, with aito fill their legislative councils with men failure in dutv: who had charged themjenlisted to promote the elevation of a with having "monowsjy fad" before the particular man? You may mean to enemv, and no correction of the mistake make Jackson's election sure, but to ef having followed under better informa-j feet this object, must disquiet and viotion? The election resting between Mr.! lence pervade this happv Union in the

corruption which characterized their po

litical birth. Wc are, fellow-citizens, respectfully, your friends, C HANDLER PRICE, Chairman. Jacob Holoate, j Sccrctarics Henry Horn,

Letter from Jonathan Roberts, of Pa. who voted for Adams, to the Jackson Committee, in reply to the foregoing Address. Gentlemen: I have had the honor of receiving your printed circular, without date, bearing the Philadelphia post mark of the first of July. I recognise in this evidence of your recollection, a friendly regard, I can very truly reciprocate, though our opinions in relation to who should be supported as a Presidential candidate, differ as widely as formerly.

his selections for office without regard to political opinions, and his declaration that he would have brought the leaders of the Hartford Convention before a court martial on a capital charge, of a republican character? Had Mr. Monroe followed his advice, would you have thought his appointments republican? Waj his appearance at Washington, while his Florida Campaign was the subject of discussion, and legislative inquiry an evidence of his respect for the public authorises? It was in his division that Neale Cameron was put to death without the form of trial, and his bod lef unburied, a prey to vultures. A Governor of Florida, men were banishe , and subsequently imprisoned, under hi good pleasure, qnd released by exures;

Adams and General Jackson, was it a necessary consequence of Mr. Adams's election, that it must have been the product of corruption? Better consideration, I am sure will allow you to admit the contrary. Mr. Adams being elected, was it not obvious Mr. Clay's standing,

interval! It is respectfully, it is anxiously hoped not. The agitation is as yet confined to the city and county of Philadelphia, and there, if we may credit res pectable authority, it is confined to a narrow circle.

It i3 singular indeed, that General

talents, and local situation, all concurred; jackson shouj be presscd u,)0ri the

nnm Him rilt t(r thl OITire lie HOW I I- ,fiL i .. , I

goou peopie 01 mis siaie, netween wn.c-ra and him there is not the remotest congeniality f feeling. You speak of him at

o point him out for the office he now

holds. Under the influence of recent mortification and disappointment, it was to be expected, though not less to be regretted, that harsh things should have been utterd, and groundless charges advanced. The public will judge with what weight hev can now be repeated. After an in-

estigation was anxiously sought and

I avoided by excepting to the jurisdiction) their understandings.

the plough, or in the Senate. Say, when did lie plough, surrounded by faction and temptation? If his occupation has been at the plough, it is like his valor, a common merit; but to talk to the farmers of this state of his ploughing, if he ha$

ploughed none, betrays little respect tor