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, .The following , excellent remarks arc extracted from ftlr. Denton's Report, in lha United States' Senate. on the subject cf the amendment of the Constitution, in relation to the election of Freident and "VCe President: tkThe idea of violence, in a popular cIcrticn for Presidrnt, is considered by the ccrnrnittee as an apprehension without

fzandati "n ir reason, unsupported by tx-

; of the great maxim, "that liberty is ruined I by providing any kind of substitute for ! popular elections."

"Iut, what is tins objection, this cry ot

violence which is laised against the people? Is it any thin; more than heated discussion, boldness in speaking and writing,

'and some casual ailrays between individu

als, such as every other election produces? Is not this the idea of popular violence amonus? And shall this wholesome ani-

jjination he checked, under the notion of

! preventing civil wars& popular seditions? Is excitement of this kind dangerous to Re- ! publics? On the contrary, is it not neccsl sarv to their existence? Are not talents

developed, new ideas struck out, useful designs conceived, great enterprises achieved, and liberty itself preserved, by the agitation, the collision, the active rivalry, and animated competitions of the whole

body ol the citizens? lhe sleep of the spirit is as dangerous to Republics! as it is

jjauspicious to Monarchies, and it is only in the latter that it should he the policy of ! the Government to reduce the people to ! the quietude of machines. Instead, then,

of ieldtnc to the force of this objection.

j this supposed excitement of the people, it!;

should be hailed ns one of the cmei ndvan-

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r.ph- from abroad, and contradicted My ; ,. , . , ,, . . . . iTk., i a i . vw. :rt lhe direct vole. It should be looked to as I Ir.atcan be toued at Nome, r or tilty n ...... , ......

'tne identical circumstance which i to

years tiu people of the United States have "lc ""'""-

! Ullf Jill. 1 I J V I il UWjf A LutUUlu K

to attend the polls, and to dUcharc, with

iSrvPrvSiai,. fnr IPrrntatives in Con- !the voters,and encourage the real people

fjress. in many ur t.cir o.vn Uuvernorj, nnd in all for a Ijis or greater number cf civil and r.ilitary ofiicers. The danger ;f bloodshed i; much greater in these eleclor.a wiiere the candidates are known,

Constantine, the new Autocrat of all the j Russias, will rather show himself in the I character of a soldier than that of a .lP.su if

lie is fond of military pomp and parade, rouijh in his manners, and called overbearing and brutal; and tfte probability is, that he is so thoroughly a Russian, as to be disposed at once to take "Me road to By-

"'-" cwiu iuiui iiju icni ucMrc oi ills grand-mother, the celebrated Catharine. He is not of a temper likely to wait patiently for events it would appear more compatible with his ideas of glory to force them, and possess himself of Constantinople by the power of his arms, than to acquire it peaceably. And, indeed, we hope that he may for. if some movement is not

made for the relief of the Greeks, we mcst expect to hear either of their extermii ation, or reduction to a state of slavery and depredation worse than death itself. It appears impossible to us that they can resist the forces now arrayed against them, disciplined and led on by Christians, chiefly Trenciimen and Austrians; and the death of Alexander may preserve the life of a nation. If so, we shall, indeed, rejoice at it. An armed interference on the part of

Constantine, (and he is prepared to use it, i; if he shall interfere at all in the aflairs of j. Turkey,) will very probably cause the ij breaking out cf a general qaarrtl in Eu

rope. No one of the great powers will be

content that Russia should occupy the present country of the Musselmans for its

becoming pride, that exalted privilege of ': m..9 wollI(i ,.nM h ; PrtP trt fjlL.

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I.nve a personal intercourse r. ith the vo f)rs. and ate frequently present with their Mends and relations, than in ;.n election or President, where the several car.di-

J ruin 4 lies' iriii)' Jtfg;s:er,

KUROPi:. ri'he Kmneror of all the

'Russias the soul of the 'JIolv Alliance,"

and dictator of the continent, has paid the great debt of nature. He died t Ta-

a front rank in commerce and naval af-

i fairs, and materially check the commerce ai i means of E agland, France and Aus j tria. But what can either of them do to ! prevent the cru-h of Turkey, if Constantine wills it ? And the matter scemcs to ; resolve in this, that Turkey must be cruh- ' etj or Circccc extinguished. We wish the i fcmer; and, if war shall grow out of it, j have the cousolatian to hope that, in the j crntest, the people of Europe may regain j"mo portion of their long lost liberty, or at least be enabled to arrcil a cou.se of

! proceedings having a direct tendency to ! "nslave and brutalize them more and more. jThev have been counted like herds of cattie and disposed of like hogs, by the head.

! ler of hi successor, i- taken into cak ul.- to dillon-nt masters. To hesitate in yield

tion. If it was the genius or disposition id ing submission to such arrangements, was

Jates, by their ie;n.tetic?s from the scene, j g nirock, earl; in December last, after a

tew das illness. j N hen the immense power that Ah xan-

ler immediately possessed, and the migl

I ; I v intlucnce which hee.vrh 1 over the af-

Ar.il general wai.t of personal acquainlance, amount to licJe uvnc than object of abstract contemplation. Vet in these domestic and State elections, no scenes of

bloodshed have been witnessed, no re- j' lairs oi 'Europe, are considered, it may earf)!ir5e tanrrrr, h;i? ever rni:ed the met '.ilw h rvnrtfl ti:t rh m.-st ints pi.mi

Animated contents. So far fiotn dreading ! consequences will follow his death; cmu-

iiolencc at our Presidential elections, the jjeiallv when the more rud(r and imperious,' yevcrse of that danger, in t!:c opinion of though, perhaps, not less honest, charnc-j

,he comrntltee, is the one to be apprehenel: apathy! indillereticc a neglect of

the ele tive franchise, cf more pcrtenticu 'nipori to the cause of liberty, than the ' jro ate-t exce.-ses iif violrr.ee! Already jve have cause to feel alarm at the nroz-

es-ot toi-new and ur.expccied

wliich is making its silent and fatal

nsoacheson one side, whib

t

danger,

j; Xapelcon to.y.r chains for mankind: Al

!; exantler was not L-- an adept to the more i1 humble work of rivrttin them. The forjmer, in numerous cases, l.f rc d himself to ibe a hot-headed tv rar.t but the latter ev-

and tiitai ap-.jrrwasa cold-calculating despot; perpetwe are discus- ! u dly atamiring rower under the sem-

ing th- possibility cf its approaching upon j blancc of m deration, and gathering to another; and, upou cery principle of hu- ; himself influence while pretending that he Cn.m action, Uds present danger should be ; had no desire to extend it: and, upon the Veptdled bcfc.ie an absent one i? hunted up. jj whole, perhaps, he was the most dangerTo trace tbii new evil to its source, to dis- jlous man of modern times. It was he who )1 y its present maguiiiide, r.nd to calcu- i advanced the doctrine that the people ..ate it, iae Stable eir xt, would be matter jj have no rights that even the enjoyment )l ueiu! and cuiious spe. ulation, worth I o( life itself was an. act of grace on the

oi tue tiubiic attention, hut not conun? ! nnrt nf lffiiimnt Kv.r.ifncf ;i n-.J.r

tie lange ot a repmt, drawn up i who w;

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wuuinine lanze oi a repmt, drawn tit

5i;o:i the iristant, and wanted for an immediate of e;-iors. But. without going further back than to the last election, ti c

:r.ot ample prorf of tllc main proposition j! nnd most dangerous conspiracy that eve -an be readil lound; for it was one emi- j was formed against the rights of humai

gently calculated to excite the fc lings and

ro bring fort'a th

nc passions ot the people.

,The candidates were numerous, popular, crsoriviliy known to n. any, through fame jnown to all, stationed in the three great sections of the country, each suppoited by .zealous friends, arid determined partisans, ppj)ied by others equally zealous and per-cveri: g, and the canvas prolonged through the unexampled period of four year.-. Vet, what was the result? an elcclion ofiolcnce and bloodshed? On the tonka ry, an .ilannii g neclcct of the elccVive franchise! The people with difiiculty

.ven-goi to the pulls! In

jvl.cre the conk a was warmest, about one

jalf gave in their votes; in manv, not a .uitli; insorae, not an eighth! Such was i the conclusion cf an election, in which so J iiHich violence had been appre hended, and :in which so many causes coiu-pired to produce it- H called upon to point out the , -use of this amazing apathy, it would be fduuvn t. aii-e from l!ie interposition of cleclois between the people and their choice. This intermediate institution, in.tended to break the force, and to soften the action of the democratic lament, has been successful, in the fust frty years of its existence, in destroy ing the life of the election itself; thus adding another to the many proofs already existing, of the truth

as always readv to sustain this doc

t trine with a million of bayonets, in the j hands of his ignorant and serni-bardarian

! slaves. I le was at the head of the foulest

iver

human

nature he was continually adding power to power; and the mighty means he possessed, wliile it checked the ambition of his brother kings, reduced their people ii -to mere machines, without will to do except as he himself permitted them. Fom the frozen regions of the north to the

j shores of the Mediterranean, and from the ! Atlantic to the Pacific, he stretched forth j his gigantic arms; kings yielded to his ad

monitions, and the ir dependent armies marched when he gave the word that they should. He pointed to Italy and Spain, and despotism urevailed he desired

a few States, Greece, and would have possessed himself

of all I urkey in Europe, hut the time had " not yet arrived when lie could he expect-

, ed to retain them by management, and I c j was fearful of disturbing that repose of slavery which so well suited his own over

whelming and ambitious views. He aspired to gain by cunning, what Napoleon ought l:y the sword the actual dominion of Europe. We cannot regret his death. All was doing by him, and his fellow labourers of Austria, &c. that could be done, to return society into a state of barbarism; arid the quiet that had been forced upon the peopb of the old world, was more detrimental l them than a season of war. It is believed that the "holy alliance" now stands as dissolved; and supposed thnt

accounted treasonable, and to imagine that

they had rights, was deadly sin against the 'hohy alliance. v These things may be partially done away, or, at least, the barbarian-operation be retarded, by a state of war, will not be greater than it now is hv law and the want of law by wliich these countries are filled with royal executioners and religious hangmen, of the one party, and by hands of robbers and as-

jsassins of the other opposed in every

thing, except to do all the mischief that they can. The death of Alexander is an exceedingly important event. A feverish expectation of reat changes in the relations of the continent, is every where evinced. We shall wait with impatience for further advices. It is not probable that the new Emperor will be long in deciding on the course that he will pursue, as to the Greeks and the Turks. But if his policy shall be opposed to that of the "Aofy" ones, he will run the risk of assassination. He is, however, the idol of the army ; and, recollecting the fate of bis father, will be on his guard. One account says that the Emperor died of the bilious fever, on the 1st December. It appears to have been kept secret for gome days. A courier was despatched from Warsaw with the news on the 9th. It was not known at Vienna on the llth. He was aware of his situation his wife was with him. Taganrock is situate on the Black sea, 500 leagues from St. Petersburg. The emperor, Constantine, left Warsaw on the 8th December, was proclaimed at St. Petersburg on the loth, and waited on by the civil and military officers on the 16th. When he was born, his Krand-mother caused a medal to be struck

with the inscription, "Constantine, king of

the Greeks. He was with Suwarrow in the campaign of 1799 against France, and at the battle of Austerlitz, as well as in the campaigns of I C 1 2, M 3 and ' 1 4, and at Paris. All accounts agree in representing him to have an impetuous disposition. He has appointed his brother Nicholas to the command of the royal guard, which shows that they ore on good terms with one another.

Kentucsv. f.lr. Hmtro, at Cumberland Gap, estimates t!:o value of liTe stock sent froi this stats, through bis turnpike Cte, during tho Izzt seoa zi 005,892, viz: .-'" 4,019 Horses, st CCOcacb, 201,710 1,109 Mules, ct'CO cccb, 61, KO 63,036 Hogs, rjO 7 each, 441,252 1,393 Cattle,' ct 30 each, 41,790 ' 905,892 The number of Hogs driven to rr-arliet by the Kenhawa route, is estitr.-tcd at 35,000? The whole cf this species of stock, including the shipments of pork to Nevr-Orlear.s, iu barrels, it is supposed, does not fall short ofono million of dollars. Nat. Journal

Population op Nev? York. From the returns received at the oOice of the Secretary of State, of New-York, it appears that the gain in the populaticn of that state, since the census of 1820, is 242,648. The total population of the state now amounts to 1,616,453; and ths total, excluding alicns, paupers, and persons of colour, not taxed, is 1,531,643. JS'at. Journal.

Much speakinc;. One hundred and six speeches were delivered in one day'ssihii g of the parliament f Upper Canada, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 6 P. M. Two of the memers, one ol whom was the attorney general, were fourteen times on their feet, another twelve times, &c. We cannot match thisin congress but for long speeches, which few hear and fewer read, we may beat the Canadians. Nevertheless, it is pleasant to observe that set speeches are rather going out of kishion. Ai7es

The wolves have increased in a dreadful manner in Croatia, (a province in the south of Hungary,) and pursue the human species as well as cattle. The magistrate sent out 400 men again&tthem, arrr.cd with muskets, hayforks, &c. Fifty florins arc oflered for female wolves, and only one for males. They were long unsuccessful, till they placed some children on an eminence iu the wood, and when the uolves approached, some of them were shot by marksmen placed in ambusb. the refou;.ier7 Tllll design of this werk is to expose the clerical schemes and pempous undertakings of the present daj, under pretence of promoting ruligion, and tohow that thej are irrucorjcileable with the spirit and principles of the Gospel. The great MHouurj operations which commenced some jeara tince, ami the uumerous Theological Seminaries which have bcn erecting in every rart of our country, hate been only an injury to true religion, and have tended to exalt nn order of men to a heijrhnot warranted by the New Testaceut. Their numbers and influence are rapidly extending ttroughout all parts of the community, and threaten the destruction of our civil and religious liberties. By means, cither direct or indirect, they arc steadily advancing their eaae, and their a?cendeccy over the minds of the people: nnd no distant period, should their influence continue to increase, scarcely an individual will be found willing to incur the hazard of opposiug any of their schemes. The per nicious effects of clerical domination in this country, may be inferred freio the history of other countries, and ought early to be guarded against. There are already few who have sufficient rirmnea to present these men before the public in their true colours and hence the prospect of their success, and our dans-er is jreatly increased. From these considerations, and to expose the corrupt, pompous, and fashionable religion inculcated and supported by this pensioned order of men, the Reformer was commenced. The extended circulation of the work among the reflecting and butter part of the community, has convinced tho Kili tor that his views on these subjects are not peculiar; and, that the publication ciay be more generally known, and consequently bo more useful, he has been induced to present some notice of it in a more public way than was first done. Deing neither under the jurisdiction nor influence of any particular sect the Rxtormcr will not be made an instrument for advancing the views or interests of auj, but will rebuke evil3 wherever met with, and pursue the line of truth marked out by the precepts of Divine Revelation, regardless of the frowns or the censures of those, who, from interest, prejudice, or caprice, may become its opposerr. . TERMS, &r. THE REFORMER is published in periodical numbers of sixteen octavo pages, thn first of each month sit One dollar a year, payable in advance. The sixth year is now completed, and the seventh commenced January 1520. Some copies may yet be had from the beginning of the work, but persons are at liberty to commence at any period, and withdraw their subscription whenever notice is given and arrenrs;es are paid. Orders from any part of the Union, post paid, enclosing the amount of subscription, and directed to T. R. GA TES, No. 290 North Third Street, Thiladelphia, will be attended to without delay. Those who procure ten fafcscribers and become responsible for the amount ef their subscriptions, shall be entitled to a cof f gratis. TilCOPHILUS R. GATES. Philadelphia, Janusryt IC5-07-EJitorsof paperi, who will give this advertisement a few insertions, and forward a paper containing it to the Reformer Philadelphia, shall receive the thanks of the Editor, and the nccstsrs far one year.