Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 2, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 February 1828 — Page 5
An Address of the Republican Central Committee of the State of Indiana.
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FelIoh Citizens An address of the administration central committee to their fel low citizen's of Indiana" recently Jssued (but without date J contains a variety ol statements designed, if not calculated to deceive those who are not conversant with the political history of the country The writer of this address sets out with professions us fair, as his objects arc foui : his ostensible, object is 11 to aid in diffusing correct information among the body of the people," and speaking lor the whole committee he remarks: " We shall advance no assertions but what are founded on fact indisputably established " Of the alledgedfact8y said by this writer to be indisputably established," i will herealter beicorne our business to speak. Our first duty is to remind you, fellow cit izens, of a paramount vital principle, inolv ed in the present struggle between the ,epublican party, and the supporters of the ad ministration of Messrs Adams and Clay. In the election of Mr. Adams, the will of a majority of the America.! people was disregarded and defied ; after he had received a lean minority of the votes from the people, the elcction devolved on congress, by which body Mr. Adams was afii nnted president. This appointment was effected by an unexpected and unnatural coalition between Messrs Ad nms and Clay and their friends Unexpected, because Mr Clay and his friends were particularly hostile to Mr. Adams, and toca binit succession; unnatural, because as you nil kiow, the supporters of Mr. lay were
exceedingly clamorous previous to the last
mcnt, the character of that governmcn will be radically, changed the few will rule the many and the transition from such a state to monarchy will be easy, natural and rapid. It is therefore to bt decided by the approaching election, whether the people of the United States are new willing to perpetuate the au thority of minority president, and to surrend er their power and sovereignty into the hands of a minority. This is the real question at issue this is the vital principle involved in the present momentous u uggle. . To draw your attention from these important truths,
and from this great first principle of republi
him crimes he never ccin.miitcci, appaicnt.y under an impression thai the people have o far lost their recollection, and their intelligence, not to be able to detect his hypi critical sinuosities, and 'o lathom his sinister c unholy designs. Mr. Arams loo, to whom the i usincssol defending gen Juckson'scon duct, eluiing and alter the late was, imparted peculiat satisfaction' repeatedly tieclaied, that gen. Jackson's whole career had been signalized by the purest intentions, and the most elevated purposes.' Who gave a plen did entertainment at his onn house, in honor of gen. Jackson's pan iotic and briihani conduct. on the 8ih o! Jan Ih25,is now amonn
It is ihLs
can government, is now the leading object of
the opponents of the republican candidate An-1 thosb who hate and revile him
drew Jackson. To divert your attention from j4 mad ambition overleaps itsell.' the real character of this momentous contest, I But fellow citizens, ate you to bediivcnto falsehoods and for get ies, almost innumerable, ' and fro, like ch. iT b lore tne wind, by men have been laid before you IHve not the j w ho are so palpably ulnui d, inconsistent and friends of Adams and Clay underrated your-, rcck'es ? We arc duelling loo lorg. Iv wever intelligence, and presumed loo much upon! upon the insincerity :.nd dupuci y ol our op your supposed ignorance and love of scandal ? ; onets. Lei us examine : me ot the chaiges They ai c evidently acting open the presump- ! winch their undated address contains. fion, tint you are ignorant of histoiical facts, ; Your p.ospcuty as a people, has been re
wind stamp all the charges that have been, lered t as evidence tl at your pubhc afians
made against general Jackson, as base and in-j'atc conduced by men ol e:ncrunce, abhi i half, cr quarter scciien ot land t. which t famous. A? the close of the late war, the A -ties and virtue.' The career of tins young, 1 raise a poor, but worthy fc-mry ? Wha. worn merican congress voted general Jackson a bill herculean, republic, in prosperi'y and'l.e its tflYcts upon the west? Certainly t
m. grate, retrained fixtd in nurc mstarccs, as it probably would, by extending the- n otives to ir.?nn!fai:u:iig labour, it is belieted lire nation at large wou.d gain two ways: first. by the moit rapid accumu!a;ien ot capitaland next, by the gradual icduction of tho exct ss of its agricultuiai population ocrtbat engaged in other vecations. And, as V is, i he taws that have largely in effect, throughout a long course of timci superinduced disinclinations to mai ufacturing raboui, in tho mode of seliing off the public domain, tho claim for further legal protection to the former kind ol labor at this day, setms to wear an aspect ol justice, no less than expediency." We hetcsee that Mr. Rush, vccictaty of the treasury, and candidate for vice president on the Adams ticket, ret emmended in December last, that the public lands in the west should b hi Id back to prevent emigration to ti c west; to raise the p'iceof 'ands, and reduce the price of labcur. as ? meuns of increasing the capital of the capitalists of tho
! north, and encourage mamitar tm es. In what
Mtimi would this policy place 'he poor man
who has not hiiheito been i.b"e to purchase a
to
d
h um. vim u; iu irmain inouibrv ro ire casu
gold medal and the thanks ol the nation, for j greatness, has been 'oo rapid to be vitpdi
his patriotic and judicious conduct, and un- suddeni) checked b the tO'ns of a ft w unprecedented victories; the legislatures of , girded or con opt men. in , few yea: s. 'I he Pennsylvania, Mew-York, kentucky, and o-! seeds ol;ur pirspenty were s",wiiby otl.fr thcr stat-js, added their solemn andunanmr- jmeruurj in other rimes Th v hac not vei oris testimonials to that of congress. In l'9,!becn entirely uprooted. Yv r hr, v.r hav e to
general Jackson's conduct again passed the j ml; the American pccnic.who have ,lct-, xhanccd? Sc hc vidur of labiU rcductd?
presidential election for a wstrrn fircdcn. ordeal of congress. ; ln ge .: jo-ity of the cd to eorgr ess h decide! :r .( ity q r .n ip ; 1 lt pt o. r.uid be rendered still pcoter . j;.d The motives which actuated the- par'its to J 'cnrcscntativ es of the A merican pt oplc Ih.en j posed to the present administratis n ihejihe i ith, 'icl.ci . Is it probubre that such an
Cii-i uiTs-cnbf ci in our limits. Jc axed for tho hi! ' fit ol the northern n.ai ufwc;urer, we s-in.(i indeed bee? n c net cmy siationary, h be ccnveried into nerc hewers of word
d draw crs of water. The price of lands
this singular coalition could no be misunder
stood. M;' Adams popuranty was supposed to be overwhelming in the north tlu-.t ri Mr Clay, was considered sufficient to sway :ho rvest. These suppositions seemed to authorize the opinion, that, by the union of their strength in the opositc sections of the cmfed C'-acv. followed by an interchange of officers, "Messrs Ad-ims and Clav, would, after ,7acin themselves, in power, be able to perpetuate that power, by prostituting the patronage of the government 'o selfish and ambi tious purposes Upon these considerations, ISli Clay, by his influence and exertions, con fcred upon Air. -dams the office of president, and Mr Ad.ims in turn, confered ope n Mr Clay the office of secretary of state. We thus sec that the election was corrupt, that the parties were actuated by selfish and ambitious motives. Mr Clay himself has acknowledged in his letter to Mr Btair, of K. that the western members of congress, were induced to vote for Mr. Ndains. bv their
' kind wisnfcs towards him" (Mr. Clay ) -In the summer of 1325, three of the. members of congress from Kentucky who voted with Mr. Clay for Mr. Adams, attempted to justify their conduct by acknowledging h :it an understanding did take place between Mr. Adams and Mr Clay, ihat the former would tnakc the latter secretary of state, in the event of his election ! It has indeed been asserted that Mr. Adttms received a major ity of votes over general Jackson but you vil! not find assertions a inongthe facts kt ixntspurAiiLr established' in the coalition address to which we have cal led your attention The writer of that address knew that the evidence to disprove such a declaration could He adducd, he knew
that genera' Jackson received in the states of
declared, that Lis career liar been who, patr i
He was then defended bv
otic a-d glorious.
tru'hot lhii 'errrarK we shall pi'ictc: to dc ,a ':r
inis'raMon cruld have been willing to rc-
nn i; end the anronriaiion of '?rt?e racts of
monatrate. ou are told in ti e m:-::aii
M' Adams, who solemnly asserted, that hi:on address, mat your 'land debt w h;ei ncc ; land i cimurtjre interral inpocmenls in ' whole career had been ignaiized by the pu- ! threatened to involve your Ium i!if i:. ir'.r.o j !.hc ,s-:rn srit(.-,, which nus' u. cn.es.- the
rest intentions and elevated purposes
In I verishmcnt and ruirt, has bv the- mild
1822 M
rations m tavu ot the purity
general Jackson ; and as late as the winter t 823-4 a splendid party was given by Mr Ad ams, at his residence in Washing'on, in honour of the glorious victor v ol the 8th of Jar.u ary and the general who had achieved it. E ven ibis identical gentleman who wrote the address of the. administration standing com
miuce of Indiana, John II FAuniiam, Esq
nrcia
cay i'r.i of this section of the U u-n
low
r Jflinv Adams renewed his dccla-! turn (t a beneficent gov ei nrnent, Iccn v'.iu- iiddi.iwmd quantitic.- tf fresh UntU u u niarin favi of the purity and talents of J guished and by the. leLomrm ndation ol ur 'U:t and :nrreac the stream of enMLtation to
chief magistrate, every cent f tneney v.hich jtf-.c "est ? It h improbable, huch a Course the st tier -r purchaser of public lands muy j w f. Mid be directly r.l war with the 'somite have forfei'cd, has been rc-siotcd to him. ;':d j -.( lie v ot Yr Adams's adn inistration. It is he is now enabled to receive foi hi io' feitcd I the:- t Jackson's Itic r,d in eongrt s tha you money its full value in lan'd t the congress I are ?r dcb'.et', h r tl c extensive utun'ol laud minimum price.' This is a gvs and daring I'm tc Michigan -od, and the Wabash caattbntpi to deceive you o!vi!u v. to v-u 'nal; rod amaii-iii; bl the men btrs wrro
for Mr. Adams, by falsely r cp: sen'-'rg him
made tire following declarations in the spring I as the ch.impionol your favourite inteiests
of '825. in a public and solemn addicss to You all know that the syst m of x'endo g
gen. Jackson : 4i General The citizens of JcflY.rsonviMc, hail you with a cordial welcome to their vil lage, and it is vvith peculiar satisfaction that I act as the organ of the i' lce"n,t!c err this cca sion. They are proud of embi acing every .pj;or'u::ity to cshi!)it t! eir adn'i :r i- n and gratitude for ttoe favorite soi.nrr.ii k VAirti ct o! America If the ?;'7" w ishjs ot iru'iia na have not been realized, her ci;:z ns have at least distinctly indicated tl-cir preference, and whether crowned with the iiv-.bu.ia of d
Iriend'v to Jjcksn. i! t y could not liuvc been passed vii In u lt jr c r.sent The sir gu'ar fact, that Mr Rush, who has
relict to the purchasers Oi puohc hu.os. c! joOicial.) t ee.ir.trn(ied c;ngebs to slop tho its origin in the administration ef Mr Mou- :-r..e of public, lands in order to check miroe, aid that it has been pr-- . touted and ex jgration u the v-st To raise the price of ter ded by congress, and no ) the prcsnlen: S lands in the old s'au s, at d !esen 'he value of It Iks been a J-ckscn congress that has gr an- j !aVour -We. sa . 'he iingie fact, that this tnted lands at the minimum prize, in lieu of J emy to the grow th Ci prosperity of the west, is
your fo-fc ited ands. :u.d r.or the ap state m. d
I era'.iv vv!-o now holds the station ol president.
m oj posh ion to the public v ill. The continuation of ihe Cumbei -ar.d read th.rough our state, and 14 the etensivo gr .nt
!oflar''s for the Miehignn road and abash
ficc. or enjoying the sacred relbenicnt e" do canal," are also mentioned in the address as
mestic. life ihe herot ! New Oilcans will cv j ihc acts id' president Avl?.nrs ! and the credit er claim and possess their wirmest alTections , ol ihern is appr opt iated exclusively to the
yes, genera', the recollection of vour cnii
ncnt services ario sacrifices in the cause o! our country, shall ever live green in our me mories. and our chi'drer.s children be taught to lisp the name of jacxsox 'VC? Such were the declarations of John II Farnham, esq. in the. spring of 1825. What cr ime has g? n Jackson committed since ihat peri
od ? What misdeed has his envenomed per
Ohio Kentuckv, A'abama, Indiana, Tonnes-1 secntor s v entured to al'cdge against him, as
see. Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri 6S 0f)7 ; having been committed since 1825 None,
-votes, d3ms 21,553, Clay 33.076, Crawford 2.330 that in those eight western states gen. Jickson's majority over Mr Adams was 46,5 i; he knew that in Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Virginia, Now-Jcricv, Pennsylvania, North-Carolina and Maryland, general Jackson r eceived 84. 6fU - Adam 83.767 Clay 2.301 Crawford 44.975 that of the free white votes polled in the Unit'.d S ates, general Jackson received 152,95 Mr Adams 105.392-Mr Clay 46,C6S -tod Mr. Crawford 47,624, and that gen. j.r.ksoa's majority of the popular votes, so far as taker, throughout the United Slates oer Mr. Adam", was 47,624, and over both A
Icllo v citizens no, not one ! Mr. Fatnham's unbiassed testimony in favor of tire puriiy Sc
patriotism of Andrew Jackson, must at least be conclusive against the foul charges which this same Mr Farnham has recently publish ed in the shape of an addicss of the administration standing committee of Indiana, a gainst u the favour ite soldier and patriot of America." In 1P25, it gave Mr. Farnham 4 peculiar satisfaction' to act as the organ of
thsc who were, and still are, u proud of cv
present administration! The fai'h of tbeiro
v eminent h"s been pledged for many ea;s It the continuation of the Cumet land mad; and it has been continued b) successive acts of congr ess not by the president. Appropriations lor this put pose could only be con stitulionally made by congress It is there
fore drawing too largely upon rhe supposed ignorance of the people of i his state, when re attempt is made to peisuade them that Mr Adams caused the Cumberland road to be. continued through Indiana The man who urges such an idea, must act upon the hypo thesis that the people are fools, prepared to give credence to any tale however improbable and preposterous. For rhe grant of lands for the Michigan road and Wab2sh canal, you are certainly far from being indebted to MiAdams, or to any member of his cabinet. Nothing like a suggestion of the propriety of appropriating any portion of the public do
main to such objects can be found in any one
of America " It then
a peculiar satisfaction" to
dams Sc Clay 9fii" Of the votes of the elec- , above Madison, Monroe and Jefferson, as the
gave Mr Farnham ment of the general government, o exalt gen Jackson; Rush's late report, on which the su
to's appointc 1 by the st;Uc legislatures. Mr. Advms obtained 7 in Vermont,. 26 in New Vo-k. l in Delaware and 2 in Louisiana sav H6 votes ; general Jackson obtained in NewYork 1. iri Louisiana 3, and in South Carolina l I, sav 5 Of the 09 votes received bv trenca' Jackson 84 were elected by the peo
ple. Of the ?4 votes received by Mr Adams only 48 were elected by the people Yet with these facts before them 87 out ol 2' 3 members of congress appointed Mr Adams president over general Jackson, and the people are now called onto sanction the u sut ution, to declare by their votes that they arc prepared to sunendcr the vital principle of all our free institutions, the natural and undeniable right of the majority to decide who shall be the. president, as well as to influence a-.d covtrol the acts of the national legisla turc. Can an intelligent people be prepared
to surrender a principle thus vitally import ant ? An: wp already so far degenerated from our original free principles as 10 be prepared r submit to the rule of a corrupt and ambi ti ris mil. only ? So I on ,? as the public will shall continue to control your elections, the sovereign power "fciil or,inuc to abide with the majority bur Tvfcener a minority whether bv artifice, by dmt of paron?vre or by fo- c- shall be able to
ery opportunity to exhibit their admiration & of the messages-of Mr. Adams, or in any re
gratitude for the favourite soldier and patriot port made by either of the heads of depart-
In Mr.
pportcrs
of Mr Adams rely for evidence of l is devo
tion to the American system, the policy of
holding up the price of the western public lands, to discourage persons from purchasing and emigrating from the northern state, is strongly urged, as a measure that onld serve to render the population of the eastern states more dense, lessen the value of labour, and thereby tend to cnceuiage manufactures Mr. Rush makes the following remarks in his report of December last : There is an in duccment to increase legislative protection to manufactures, in the actual internal crnc!ition
' favourite patriot of America,' who was ever to claim our warmest affections, and the recollection of whose eminent service; and sa crificcs. were ever to live green in Mr Farm ham's memory and our childrens children were to be taught with 4 peculiar satisfacti
m,' by this same Mr Farmham, to lisp the name of Jackson.' Not content with securing to gen. Jackson the gratitude, affection, and admiration of the voters of Indiana, Mr. Farnham was in 1825,
anxious to teach even the innocent, lisping offspring of his fellow citizens to join him in fervently proclaiming the worth, the talents, and purity of the 4 favourite patr iot of America.' Then gen. Jackson was unequalled, even by Madison, Monroe or Jefferson ! Now
Mr. Farnham assures the people, that gen.
supported hy ihe Adaro pam for tie cfiiro ol vice pi rsrdctit. irust convince all refltc tirg men. that the state ol Iudi'iivt is exclusively inde!'cd to the jacksoo majorities in br?th houses of cong.f ss for the gtantsof lard for the Michigan road and Wabash canal Wiih this evidence before you demoristra ting the failary of the dedatations in the ?.d mir i st i a'ion address, in relation to the ccntinuation of the Cumbei land road, and the ganta of land for the Michigan road and the Wabash canal You well know, fellow citizens, how to appreciate other assertions and char ire rradr in that address, on other subjects. That , ddicss cites ih recent conduct ol Mr. McDnfiic at the Colleton meeting in SouthCarolina as an ev-rdet rr of general Ja- kson's hostility to the fanfl :-.nd to the pet pctnu'ion of the Union W mc.l t with equal piopiiety. refer you to ih declarations lately TOudo bv the son of ?lr Henry Clay, in one of tho principal hru-es in Philadelphia, to prove to
you, that he did, fin that occasion give utterance to rhe deliberate wishes of his father Yourg Mr. Clay swore 41 most bitter y ai d soleirrU that h. fore Jackson should be p:esident of th United States, he would hlow tho d?mn'd old rascal's brains out himst If " Wo quote this language, not to prove that Mr. Clay is anxious to cause general Jar kscn to be assassinated, though he has said he wu'.d prefer 44 war. pestilence and famine," u his election but to show how absurd it is. tn refer to the declarations of an individual Mr. McDufTie, to prove that general Jackson is hostile to the tariff and to the perpctuatiou of
the Union. Of general Jackson's views in relation to the taiinthc writer of the administraiion address could rot have been ignorant. In his late reply to goven or Ray, general J-ckon expressly stated that he v3s decidedly in favor of protecting Americm manufactures and he who sty'cd him " the favotjtite so'dicr and patriot of America." in IP.25, csnnc entertain doub's of h;s patriotism and demotion to the Union now. It wou d be aateof
time, and an insult to vour ur-derMapdit-e-s.
of the U States, w hich is viewed with that J were we to notice all the foul aspesion c nanxiousncss belonging to its peculiar charac j tained in the late address of the administration
ter and intrinsic weight. It is that which a
rises from the great extent of their rssoLn r.Axns The manner in which the remote lands of the U States are sclline; and sctllim:
Jackson is an ignoramus, a tyrant, a murder J whilst it may possibly tend to increase more
r a Ruriite, and an enemy to the people of
Indiana ! Again we call on this champion of the co
alition to point to a single nisdecd Corn-nit
quickly ihe aggregate population of the conn
try, and the mere means of subsistence, docs not increase the capital in the same proponi on If the mode of sclliner the nublic lands
ted by 4 the favourite soldier and paf-iot of' has served, and still serves to draw in an an
America, since be was so pronounced by nual stream, the inhabitants of a majority of
himself He cannot do it, fellow citizens he dare not make the attempt though he has lately had the hardihood to assert, that gen. Jackson's character 1 has been probed.' and, falsifying himself, proclaims genera! Jackson
all the states, including amongst them at this
day, a portion not small, of the western states into the settlement of fresh lands, lying still further off If the population of those states,
not vet redundant in fact, though appealing
standing committee against trV republican candidate for the pre sidency. Yen km 'is worth, and win vindicate his rharartr.r and vour own on the first Monday in Ni.rn.ber '1 he deeds of Jackson speak hi worth and the deliberate declarations of his present opponent, made only a few years since, tomp their own late assertions with falschcods arid infamy. In Pennsylvania, the Adams party haro been 44 romrd, beaten, defeated and overwhelmed " Ohio gives fair prorrisc to ro with her other suier states of the west In Kentucky, we are assured that the Inkjca ticket will prevail. Is Indiana, tbm, loba nurrbeod with the federal st?tf:. r,t d 1