Indiana Palladium, Volume 4, Number 2, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 19 January 1828 — Page 1

EQUALITY OF RIGHTS IS NATURE'S PLAN AND FOLLOWING NATURE IS THE MARCH OF MAN. Barlow, Volume IV. LAWRENCEBURGII, INDIANA; SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1828. Number 2;

GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE FRIEjVDS OF ANDREU JACKSON: Indianapolii, Jan. 10, 1828. Resolved, That the following persons "be recommended as Electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, to be supported at the ensuing Election. Benjamin V. Beckes, of Knox county. Jesse B. Durham, of Jackson ditto, Ross Smilej, of Union ditto, RatliiF Boon, of Warrick ditto, William Lowe, of Monroe ditto, And that the following Address to our

fellow-citizens, be adopted in behalf of the Convention. ISRAEL T. CAN BY, PresU Convention, B. V. BECKES, Vice- Prest do, William Marshall, ) Paris C. During, sancS. f ELLott Citizens--In behalf of the Democratic Re publicans of this state, it is the duty of the General Convention to address you, and to submit to your considerat;on the facts and opinions which at this time merit your attention. The friends of our republican system contemplate with serious alarm, the present extraordinary political crisis and while they have endeavored attentively to observe the cause, they have most anxiously sought to ascertain and to apply the means by which the evils now threatening the constitution and the country, may be averted. "The dawn of that political regeneration, when those who fell with the first Adams," rose with the second, was witnessed with terror by the largest portion of the republicans of the United States. Taking under consideration all the circumstances attending the last Presidential election, we are convinced that in the result of the election, the spirit of the constitution was violated, and the rights of the people trampled upon. General Jackson received the electoral votes of eleven states, Mr. Adams received the support of seven states; and Gen. Jackson is believed to have had 47,600 of the people's votes more than Mr. Ad ams. It was not to have been expected that under these circumstances, the House of Representatives acting in behalf of the states, would have assumed the high responsibility of selecting for the first station in our country, the indi vidual who had not the plurality of the people's votes, as given by the electors. Gen. Jackson was also, we conceive, the undoubted second choice of Missouri, Georgia, and Kentucky, in addition to to the states refered to. The fundamental principles of oar republican institutions, public feeling and public policy united in favor of the elec tion of that candidate, who had received a plurality of the votes of the electors. The first choice of eleven states, and the second choice of three states more the

canuiuate oi me people was rejectea;,',vl " o ui?gi.-M.mg

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by the house of representatives, and Mr. ma country, oy onering to surrender the; John (Jarr, ot (Jlark county William Adams was elected. It is true that the navigation of the Mississippi to the En- Hoggatt, of Orange routt Win. Marpower to eleci, was vested in the house ,ish and .was w"hg noted letter to shall, of Jackson county A. S. Burnett, of representatives. But that power ca--! Mr Harris, General Jackson m-t the'of Floyd county John Milroyy of Lawriot be arbitrary: The representatives:uinvi,,cib,t,s,, of Wellington in front of rence county Nelson Lodge, of JclJerhave a discretion, whi'h they should ex-1 Orleans, repelled the invaders of ourjson county -Elihu Stout, of Konx county

ercise reasonably,

ilv, in accordance with'so,,i and redeemed the Honor of

the will of their constituents. In the'.coUP,r- The military services of Gn-

nine western states. Gen. Jackson

ceived 68,000 of the people's votes, andinin P,ice in tne public estimation: but!

Mr. Adams onlv 21,000,

To what motive then, can the result; brilliant as they were, as testimony in efthe congressional election of president; favor of General Ja kson's election to Ve attributed. , Was there corruption,1 the Presidency we d., however, conbargain and sale and intrigue? Or,slder lhat n the course of m military were the claims of Mr. Adams so Supe-jcommand be evinced talent, of the highrior to those of Gen. Jackson, that the!ett order a strong aud vigorous intelrepresentatives of the nation were com-j,ecN promptness in action, cnolneo and pelled, in the discharge of their duty to! Jeclslon 'Jtder every vicissitude, and the their country to their constituents, and; read' adoption of the means most proto themselves, to disregard the acknowl- PPr tor le attainment ot the desired

edged preference of the people? Mr. Adams in early youth imbibed the doctrines of his father's celebrated "de-i fence of the American constitution," and was taught by paternal example to consider the English form of government king, lords, and commons, "the consummation of human wisdom." In manhood the democratic republicans of America, were favored by Mr. Adams with "rublicola," and they have not forgotten that in those letters he advocated the aristo cratic opinions of Burke in preference

to the republicanism of Paine and of Jefferson. Afterwards he be- ame a supporter of the republi an Administration of the Union but we respectfully suggest that his first act as a republican exhibited the strongest evidence of the want of that "moderation of temper, ability, virtue and patriotism," whi' h is claimed as his particular prerogative Wnen a message was received by the Senate from ttie President, re- ommerdirg certain measures, but without the parti' ular information to justify their adoption, Mr. Adams opposed the call for further information, ai'd said 4I would not consider I would not d 1 berate- I wculd act doubtless the President has such further information as w ill n measure.' M. Adams ui'hl u elevation to the presidency ever opposed the he-v interests of the Western country. He opposed the laws necessary tr ihe 01gantZtion of Louisiana, H" oted againit an appropriation to ascertain the practicability of removing the obstruc tions to the navigation at the Falls of the 0'iio. He opposed the location and survey of the Cumberland R md. Mr. Adams negotiated the cession of Texas to Spain, and especially when acting as a commissioner at Ghent, he tendered the grant of the navigation of the Missis sippi to the English, to t-ecure the fisher ies to New England, That Mr. Adams is a gentleman who ha long been in the enjoyment of public office, and that hehas had much political experience is no to be denied. But that he did not possess such high and undoubted claims upon the presidency, and that his qualifications and pretensions were not so superior to those of Gen. Jackson, as to render it the duty of the House of Representatives, and especially of the Representatives of the Western States to vote for him, we boldly assert. To what, then, is the result of that election to be attributed? General Jackson in the course of a long and aclice life has continually afforded the clearest demonstration of his ibility, integrity and z al, in the public service. Al the bar, upon the bench, in the Legislature of his own state and in the councils of our common country, he has ever been characterized as an honest man a faithful advocate -an impartial

judge, and an unassuming but enlight ened and patriotic statesman. Ac ts tell better than words. Deeds are a more certain evidence of a man's opinions and inclinations than tropes and figures of speech. Bv all the recorded votes of Andrew Jackson we are taught to believe him the honest but prudent, the uncere and z.'alous but consistent friend of Internal Improvements and Domestic Manufactures. - VN 1 T t dui u-jnerai jacKson was a soldier and was a victorious general, some fourteen years since George Washington was a soldier and a fortunate command er, and Mr. Monroe was also a soldier of the Revolution: General Jackson was a soldier, and in a moment of honest enthusiasm his country haded him as the "hero of New-Orleans." In a period of universal gloom when the Northern1 and Western frontiers had been deluged with the blood of our fellow citizens when the National Capitol had beendisgracefully abandoned to our enemies nnH mhiih 111- V 1 imj ' our re-'era' Jackson have ensured for him a! weuonot reteryou toinoe acmevements, ends. We consider that at this tmie, Andrew Jackson is the candidate of the Democratic Republicans of the United States; and we are strongly impressed with the belief that upon his success in the approaching election, much of the future happiness and prosperity of our country depends. We are opposed to the line o( safe precedents, and think that it is high ly neceseary for the permanency of our institutions, and for the preservation our liberties, to break in upon the cue

tom of electing the Secretary of State to the Presidency. We believe that Mr. Adams has forfeited the pledge given by him voluntarily in his inaugural address, to follow in the steps of his predecessor, the venerable and patriotic Monroe We do not think Mr. Monroe would have instituted a' foreign mission without the consent of the Senate we do not believe that Mr. Monroe would have

neglected the commercial interests of the nation, and forfeited the British West-India trade, so highly important to the western states And especially, we do not believe that Mr. Monroe would have used every -ffut to extend as fir as possible the powers of the general government. The friends of the Administration claim to themselves the credit of being ihe supporters of the American System, tod use every tlfort to fasten upon their opponents and upon General Jackson, the imputation ofbeii g opposed to Internal Improvements and Domestic Manufacture. In behalf of our constituents, in the nam of the Democratic Republi cans of this State, we assert our unhesitating deteimination to support the friends of the country and the constitu tioi, in the encouragement and protection of the National Industry, Agricultural, Manufailmi; g and Commercial, in the development of the resources of the country, and in all tht ir elforts for its general improvement; and such, we believed to be the opinions of A-dreu Jacks n. It has been objected to our political friends, that they opposed the "Woollens Bill" of the last Session of Congress. That measure, we consider to have been partial and unjnsi, and only calculated to have promoted the interest of tin capitalists of one section of the Union, at the expense of the laboring class of our fellow citizens. That bill, was calculated Sto make the rich, richer, and the poor, poorer." Its principle was, the finer the cloth the lower the duty The poor man, was to pay upon his coat six times as high a duty as the rich man. A d when Mr. WicklifTe proposed to increase the duty upon foreign distilled spirits, in tavor of the Agriculture on the West, and to provide a market for our grand stable, corn, and its produei whi-kev the whole of the representation from New Gi gland, voted in a body against him. Andrew Jackson and his political friends in the West, are in favor .f a general and impartial protection of the national industry hut they are opposed to all mere sectional measures,' and especially to all measures calcula ted to oppress the poor for the benefit of the rich. We have freely and eondidly rtated to you, some of the important facts upon which our opinions ot me present crisis

familv-n friends of the neonle and .r the people's rights, we call upon you to - 7 rally around vour country's best and dearest interests. jLei us be turn, resolved and unanimous, and the attainment of theobjeet we d- sire, h certain. The following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, That R. C. New land, Eli W. M dntt, Jo i;n ivi . than and Mcnrv h.i . t -. r. nanny, 01 v riMiingion county ue.n. II 1. . f T t Wm. C. Keen, of Switzerland counh Thomas Posey, of Harrison county Jacob B. Lowe, of Monroe county Da vid V. Culley, of Dearborn county, are appointed a committee of general super intendence, any five of whom shall have authority to act, whose duty it shall be to fill any vacancy which may occur in the Electoral Ticket to announce the person who may be selected by the friends of Andrew Jackson, in the different states as the candidate for the Vice presidency to adopt sucn meaourcs as to them may appear necessary and pro per, to secure the united co-operation of all the friends of the election of Andrew Jackson, throughout the state, in the support of the principles for which we contend to, ensure the circulation of correct intelligence among our friends in every county, and to provide the funds necessary to defray such expenses as may be incurred ; and to adopt or recom mend such measures as to them may ap pear expedient. And that the members of the committee be requested to hold ofltbeir first meeting on the twenty-second (day of February next, at Salem.

are predicated ; a,d now, fellow ciiiz ns,moIruea inru nrsl Sreai pnncipie oi rempmhrr of thp amo Rnnhlim,, publican government, that the will of the

Resolved, That the committee are

hereby authorised to fill vacancies and add to their number if necessary for the purposes of promoting the main object in view. Resolved, That the friends of the election of Andrew Jackson be requested to organize committees of correspondence in their counties, and a6 far as possible committees of vigilance, in their several township and to transmit the names ot the gentlemen composing such committee to the committee of general superin tendence, at S alem and that the mem bers of the committee of general super intendence, be requested individually to ne tneir txeruons to give tueci 10 mis resolution, ADDRESS PRONOUNCED BY THE TRl SIDENT OT THE Convention. Gentlemen Having performed the duly assigned you by your constituents, and being about to separate and return to your families and friends, and again mingle in the domestic cir le, permit me to remind you of the manner in which the trust conhded to you has been per formed, and the new dues which devolve upon you, as members of the great republic an tamily. In your convention al capacity, important duties were confided to you by your constituents. These I am happy to say, have been performed to our mutual satisfaction, and we trust the public good. In a body composed of forty eight delegates representing twenty-six counties oi diversified feelings and interests, it is no easy matter to agree upon a general system which all c an sup port. This however you have accom plished, and oy mutual -concession and forbearance, an Electoral Ticket has been formed, which we trust will meet the approbation of our constituents. Our opponents accuse us of being en gaged in a personal contest, and say the question is merely whether Jackson or Adams shall receive the salary , and be invested with the patronage of the office of President of the United States. It is for you gentlemen to refute this calum ny. The cause of Jackson is the cause of our ( ountry, its liberties and constitu tion, The spirit of the constitution was violated by the election of Mr. Adams, and the liberties of the country are endangered by the baneful example; And as it was in the person of Andrew Jackson, that the rights of the people were assailed, so it is peculiarly proper, that in his person, should the violated rights of the people be vindicated. Jackson was the firt choice of eleven states, the undoubted secoad choice of three, and probably of five others; yet Jackson received in the House of Representatives seven votes onlv. The representatives ofixand most, probably of eight states constituent is the paramount law of the i a' l.i 1 A - - f 1 rr - presenuiuvr. r or uus vioianonoi au V In:i,1. 01 u,OMJ representatives navt received the merited reward; their indig nant ejection from office by their consti tuents; it remains lor you to c omplete the good work so auspiciously begun, by giving Ja kson the vote of Indiana. Some of the new duties which devtiitt: iiimmi tuu mui ua vj ca imn it) .. . w m iuiijiiiuv-hu wi-i.j jt viwv.un vention, to make them acquainted with the character and qualifications of the gentlemen who compose the electoral ticket, to communicate such information as your association has enabled you to obtain, to refute any misrepresentation which may be made of our principles, to maintain harmony amongst the republi can family, and by a wise selection of i means, ana concert and energy in exe cution to merit and ensure success. Before I eon lude, permit me to return my sincere thanks for the unexpected honor conferred, by calling me to preside over your deliberations; for the good order which you have preserved; and for the support aflorded me in the discharge of the duties of the chair. v ishing you a Epeedy restoration to your family and friends, I bid you farewell; and may the Omniscient Being who presides over the destinies of nations, and overrules the actions of men to his own glory, preserve you and bless you. Virginia A bill to call a convention to re vise the constitution, bas passed the house of delegntta 114 to 80 an unlooked-for majority and holding: out the hope of better days. The bill has yet to pass the senate. Hitherto it has see sawfd between the two bouses, as if to amuse a majority of the voters of Virginia Mr Giles has been re-elected governor without regular opposition for him 142 scattering 57

Congressional Proceedings. LY SEMITE. December 20, 1828. Mr. Hendricks submitted the follow-

ins resolution: Resolved That the Committee on thePublic lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of ceding and relin quishing, in full property, the public lands within the limits of the new States to the several States in which thev lie. Mr. Hendricks said, that; in effering this reb'dution for the consideration f the Senate, it was, perhaps,' proper for hirh to make a few remaiks. It would be recollected, that at the last session in the form of an amendment to the bill proposing to graduate the price of the Public Lands, he had offered the sime proposition, though in another form. The proposition of last session was fie to n hit h the attention of the senate had ;ot been very much directed. It was considered a noel proposition,' a bold one, and there is little doubt, that, by many accustomed to look to the Public Lands as a source of revenue more important than they have t.ver yet bet r, or promise hereatter to be, it was deem d an unreasonable proposition, The bill and the amendment were laid upon the table, having received a very partial examination, and for want of time, w rc permitted there to rest, without diatua sion, till the close of the session. Viih a view of preventing this state of things, and that a full discussion of the principles contained in the proposition might be had at the present session9 he had, at this early period, presented it to the Senate. , The bill to graduate the price of the Public Land would again be introduced, and,1 in all probability, he acain referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. To this committee, he wished to have this sul ject also referred. The Senate would then have the aid of their examinations and reporlf and be ihe better prepared for a vote upon the question Believing, as he did, that the tover e,gn,vi freedom, and independence of the new States were much impaired, and that their equality with the old states was entirely taken away by the present condition of the public lands) as the representative of a new Mate he could not but feel a deep interest in the proposition, and he did believe that, when the subject should be fully canvassed b) the senate, the constitutional argument, and the question of e xpediency, would alike preponderate in favor of the new states, and stronglv admonish of the propriety of an absolute tran&Trr nf lb public lands to the several states in which they lie. He believed that the Federal Government had no constitutional power to hold the soil of the state, except for the rpet ial purposes designated by the Constitution, such as the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards, and other needful buildings, and even for this purpose, the consent of the LegKlaiures of the states was necessary, by the express language of the Constitution. He wa3 well aware that the cessio is from the states, and the pledge that the proceeds should be applied to the payment of the national debt, were usually reported to as tha authority of the jren y e eral Government to hold the lands in the states; but these authorities, connected with the history of the times, which show the intentions and views' of the actors of that da, instead of showing the right of this Government, might, in his opinion, be safely relied on to sustain a contrary position. It surely was the intention ofcongrene,and of the statei ceding waste and unappropriated lands to the union, that the new States to he' formed sbonld be received into the Union as sovereign and independent states, and on an equal footing wuh iKe original states, in all respects whatever; and nothing could be more clear than that this was the intention of the framere of the constitution. To maintain the equality of the states, it had even extended favors to the small states. It had in some degree balanced numbers in the large states, with political power in the small states. The equality of the representation in the senate was an itv stance of this. To senators who hold to the letter of the Constitution, and who deny to the Federal Government all powers not clearly expressed, he might safely appeal. To those who deny the power of Congress to interfere with the sacred soil of a etate, so far only as might be necessary for the location of a road or canal, he might speak with the greatest confidence. If, according to their doc trine, Congress caouot thee temporarv

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