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HERKIMB A CONVENTION The Republican Convention which assembles at Herkimer on the 8th inst. in pursuance of the recommendation of the llcpublican members of the Legislature, (123 members being present,) unanimously adopted the following resolutions: Resolved, That the election of Mr. Jefferson in 1800, and of Gen. Jackson in 18L arc proud eras in the annals of the repuW lican party, and afford the most gratifying evidences, that there is among the democratic yeomanry of the country, sufficient intelligence to detect all deviations from sound principle, and sufficient energy to apply the constitutional corrective, and " bring the government back to the republican track." Resolved, That the prominent acts of Gen. Jackson's administration, have added new lustre to his briliiant character as the defender of his country during the late war; and that his whole administration has realized the most sanguine expectations of the friends cf democracy, and evinces his adherence to those exalted principles which governed "the mind that founded, and the mind that reformed our system." Resolved, That the message of the President, assigning his reasons for rejecting the bill appropriating the public money to the Maysville road, contains doctrines of vital importance to the integrity of the Union and the just rights of the States, and should form a part of the creed cf every sound re-; publican. i Resolved, That the determination of the President to introduce a rigid accountability in public officers, and a general system of retrenchment and reform in the public expenditures; and all his efforts to hurband the resources of the nation in such a manner as to pay off the national debt, and "present to the world the sublime spectacle of a republic of more than twelve millions of happy people, in the 54th year of her existence, free from debt with all her imrnenst resources unfettered" arc entitled to the approbation of ail who have the interest or the honor of the nation at heart, and will command the admiration of the world. Resolved, That this convention considers it a duty to call the attention of the electors of the several congressional districts, to the great importance of selecting men for congress, who will sustain the President in the noble stand which he has taken on the side cf correct principles and which are so intimately connected not only with the interests of this state, but with the harmony of the Union, and the perpetuity of our free institutions. Resolved, That the appointment of Martin Vax Durejc, the favorite son cf NewYork, as Secretary of States, is a gratifying evidence that under the present administration our state has its just weight in the councils of the nation. Resolved, That this convention heartily responds to the sentiment which has been so generally expressed by the republican party in the various states of the Union, that Gen. Jackson should again be a candidate for the high station which he now fills with so much honor to himself and usefulness to his constituents. From the Address, reported bv Mr. Wright, and adopted without a dissenting voice, we copy the following extracts, and commend them to the serious consideration of every unprejudiced reader: Since the dissolution of the Herkimer convention, time has rendered certain, ma ny political events which then, from their uncertainty, engrossed the feelings and animated the exertions of every republican in the state and nation. The convention was assembled upon the eve of a most important presidential contest which had occupied the attention of the whole for years, and which had brought into active array, upon their respective sides, nearly every citizen throughout our extended Union, Lverv po litical movement was, at that time, locked upen with double interest. The importance ot preserving our state government in re publican hands, and of selecting honest, ca pable and taithtul men for all the places of trust to be tilled in that trovcrnment at the pending election, was by no means lost sight of, while the influence which the choice cf these candidates might have upon the national struggle, added an equal if not more sensible interest to the doings of all our nominating conventions. Still the deliberation and th inness of republicans, and their unshaken confidence in the correctness cf t..eir principles and usages, were equal to the importance oi t'.ie crisis: and the result vi that contest gave to them the most gratifying cv idcr.ee that their confidence was Weil reposed, aud thai the democracy cf

the country, when awakened to a s"en se of gin'u, recommending the proposed mcaits importance, was neither powerless nor j sui es on the part of Pennsylvania, v. a? rend.

slow to meet its adversaries, but that in as in 1800, it could apply the corrccthe to the federal head cf the government, in the same firm manner it had been often called to doit to individuals cf the federal MiuutL j. m. it. .Av.iiiaiii in me pi minrl ' n c ivfnif -wl tU, c . 1 he excitement in the imhlir suit was intense, but the polls of election throughout the country witnessed the scattered assemblages of a whole people, each acting in the decision of a national question of the greatest moment, each excited bv party feeling and influenced by the seat of party strife, with scarcely an instance in any of those numerous assemblages, of the predominance of passion and feeling over the judgment and discretion of the electors. The result was such as evidences would have indicated. The republican candidate for President succeeded by an overwhelming vote; the incumbent of that high office was superseded, and an entire change of the administration of the government followed, in the time and manner pointed out by the constitution laws, with the quietness of any ordinary event. What greater proof could have been furnished of the intelligence, discretion and virtue of our population, and of their entire capacity and qualifications for self-government? What more gratifying evidences of the stability and perpetuity of our free institutions? With the termination of that election, the excitement and feeling which attended it passed away. The president elect entered upon the duties of his office, and his first message developed the character and firmness of the man, as they had before appeared to the nation and the world, and gave the fullest assurances to republicans that his administration would be distinctly charactensed by a speedy return and a strict adherence, to the principles of the illustrious Jefferson. In no respect have these assurances, as yet been violated, and we hazard nothing in saying, that hitherto the most sanguine expectations of the friends of the President, have been more than realized, and that his frank and fearless discharge of all the responsible duties of his high station, has commanded the admiration of all, and the approbation of many of his former opponents. But it was not to have been expected that opposition to him would cease. Men high in office and in the confidence of the preceding administration, were to be displaced. The result of the election had strongly declared the public disapprobation of their official conduct, and their personal and political opposition to the President, united with this public expression to render it impossible that he should retain them as members of his family and his confidential advisers. ......v .. ana ui- icciiui ior tue re Still their official emoluments were not the less lost to them, nor were these expressions of disapprobation rendened less mortifying bv the loss of office. Resentment must be manifested some where and in some way. and opposition to the President, would na turally present the most ready field for its exhibition, as he by the constitution, must be the prominent agent of their dismission from those places of trust, which the elec tors of the country had declared they ought not longer to bold. Hence it is, that we see the pron. inert members of the late cabinet leadiug on an uncompromising opposition to the present administration. Hence it is that distinguished individuals, once professing to espouse the cause of democracy, and to advocate and support the principles of the Jeffersonian school, no longer find a value in those principles when brought again into active exercise, by the energetic administration of Jackson. The possession of power, and the emoluments of office, both held by a tenure which required a departure from republican principles and practices, have led them astray, and into associations at war with those principles; and the verdict of public opinion, which only carried home to them, the consciousness of defeat, and produced, instead of contrition, the galling sensations of mortification and resentment. Such, it appears to us, is the opposition to the present national administration, and such plainly appear to be the feelings by which its leaders are governed. In confirmation of this opinion, and selected from a body of evidence which must be apparent to every observer, we state the simple fact, that the most prominent and often repeated objection to the administration is, that in the selection of individuals of offices of trust, in the selection of individuals to perform those duties for the correct and faith ful performance of which the public will hold it responsible, its friends have been preferred to its enemies; its supporters have been preferred to its opponents; those whose exertions have been and are bestowed to sustain its principles and carry into execution its measures, have been preferred to those whose exertions have not been spared to thwart its efforts and to bring it into disgrace. This is the political heresy of which it is mainly accused, and for which, though one of the most simple principles which govern the actions of all discreet indiv iduals and associations of men in their ordinary transactions, this administration is to be condemned by an intelligent community. But its opponents will be disappointed. They count upon the ignorance and credulity, and not upon the intelligence and sagacity of our citizens, and therefore their calculations will fail them at the trial. TO BE CONTINUED. FULTON MEETING. At anumerous and highlv respectable meeting et the citizens, held agreeably to public notice, in the District Court mom. Philadelphia, on Thursd.iv, Auvj.SO. IS JO. MATHFAV C AUi:V, Eq'. was called to the Chair, and P. S. Dupoxcf.au and John V.uohan, Ksquiics, appointed Secretaries. The Chairman stated the object cf the ' meeting to be to take into consideration the property of following the example cf Vir ginia, m placing boxes m the e.un-hoats to' ; receive the conti iba'.io! t l.'onl citi tens ' for the heirs if'the'late R; n::uT Ful rev. ! i A letter from Joseph C. Cdjtl, cf Vir-.

The fallowing preample and resolutions

! were offered by the Chairman and unani ! moslv adopted: Whereas, the power cf nrr.ncllintr vessels bv steam against wind and tide, accomplishi ,"i i niJi (vr,(imi;tiii tii v dinary talents, the indefatigable exertions aim perseverance ci icuc-it ruiion, nas conferred inestimable advantages on this country, and on the world at large; it:d I II hereas, the premature death of that great benefactor of mankind, prevented him from deriving those advantages from the discovery to which he was fairlv en titledand from making adequate provi sions for his hejrs: And, Whereas, such benefits as Robert Fulton conferred on this country have a high claim on national gratitude: And, Whereas, the hope that was fondly entertained, that Congress would adopt some measure in favor of his heirs, befitting the honor of a great nation, has been disappointed by the rejection cf a proposition to that effect, made during the late session of that body: Therefore, Resolved, That the plan now in operation in Virginia, of fixing a box in each steam boat, plying in the waters of that state to receive the contributions of liberal passengers, although inadequate to the merits of that great inventor, or the rightful claims of his heirs, appears to be the most feasible that can, under existing circumstances, be adopted for in some degree, discharging the debt of gratitude due to him and them. Resolved, That a committee of superintendence be appointed, to raise by subscaiption a sum necessary to procure boxes for all the steam boats plying on the Deleware, and the other waters in this neighborhood; and to prepare an address to steam boat travellers in this state, recommending this measure to their patronage. Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to the citizens of Pittsburgh, to convene a meeting for the purpose of adopting measures of co-operation in this benevolent plan on the Ohio and other western waters cf the state. The following named gentlemen were appointed on the committee of superintendence Mathevv Carey, P- S. Duponccau,! John Vaughan, Horace Binney, Thos, P. Cope, John Sergeant, T homas Middle, Joseph H. Ingersoll, Daniel Groves, Josiah Randall, Charles Penrose, Jas. N. Barker, and Washington Jackson. On motion of Josiah Randall, Esq. the following resolutions were unanimously a dopted. Resolved, That Nicholas Biddle, Fq. President of the Bank of the United States, be appointed treasurer to receive the donations to be made in aid of the above object, and to invest and disburse the same under thc direction of the Committee of Superintendence appointed by the meeting, joined with such other committees of -uperrr.ten-dencc as may be appointed throughout the United States. Resoli'ed, That thc committee of superintendence be invested with authority to adopt such measures r.s may be deemed expedient to carry into effect the purpose for which this meeting has been convened Resoli'ed, That it be recommended to the citizens of this commonwealth to express their opinion on the propriety of a donation in land or otherwise, being made by the Legislature of Pennsylvania for the benefit of the heirs of the deceased Robert Fulton. Resolved, That the editors throughout the U. States, be icquested to give these proceedings a publication in their respective newspapers. MAT HEW CAREY, Chairman, p. s. duponceau, John Vaughan, 3 Secretaries. Philadelphia, Sept. 7. The following circular address to thc Captains of the Steam Boats plying in the Deleware, has been agreed upon by the committee of Superintendence, appointed bv the Members on Tuesday last: Sir, A numerous and respectable meeting of the citizens of Philadelphia, convening on the 30th ultimo, in the usual mode regretting that no public remuneration has ever been made to that benefactor of mankind, Robert Fulton, or to his heirs, for the inestimaole advantages conferred on our country, by the completion, through his splendid talents and indefatigable perseverance and exertions, of the art of propelling vessels bv steam against wind and tide, whereby navigation has attained as much certainly as travelling by land and believing that no remuneration is ever likely to be afforded by the constituted authorities, have judged it proper that private individuals should undertake, as far as circumstances will permit, to supply the defect. On full consideration, they conceived that the plan in operation in Virginia, of placing boxes in steam boats to receive the contributions of liberal individuals for the heirs of Fulton, is not only the most practicable but the most likely to answer the laudable end in view and hav e commissioned us to carry this plan into effect on the Deleware a duty w hich we have most cheerfully undertaken. Accordingly we take the liberty of sending 'you herewith a box for the purpose and request that you will do all in your power to secure the success of an effort which makes so powerful an appeal to the best feelings cf human nature, that no man possessed of a sound head, cr a pure heart, can be indifferent to the result. Yours, respectfully, Mathew Carey, P. S. Duponceau, John Vaughan, Horace Binney, ' Thomas P. Cope, John Sergeant, Thomas Biddle, Joseph R. Ingersoll Daniel Groves, Josiah Randall, Charles Penrose, James N. Barker, Washington Jackscn, Philadelphia, Septerber 5. T.:T CU"t!iZ'l sc :ne Trlu rr.f.h- j inst.; cr.r I n t ; e J-'a s ' rn .''s-'J, v f 1 r t : i we rind the ref-r:.- ct thi late election m j

Maine, from all parti of the state excent a

tew towns. It is the fin d blow to the cp- j pension to take effect from theday abovcpositicr.. 1 he democratic patty carrv thej mentioned, and to continue thenceforward, whole state Governor, both Ileuses," and ; so long as the reciprocal exemption cf the

Coneress. The fcHcwir e AC-liowii.g extracts ftom ' animate the republicans cf' the Argus, will New- York to wake up in favorc.f I i. '.,, .;,.,. tue Herj ,,s.Thc result of the dectionsin this state are grand. It speaks the strong voice cf an insulted people. Thev felt called upen bv their resentments, as well as by their duties, to come out in pulg-1 ment, upon the federal party open thej strange, unprecedented, inexcusable trans- j actions cf the Legislature of this state, du-! ring the last winter. i One unbroken peal pervr.tics our state i proclaiming, rkpudlicamsm triumphant! From the Piscatequa, to thc St. Croix, and from the sea shore to the remotest habitation on ourintciior borders, the judg ment of the sovereign people is the same, ! and the sentence upon those who have cutraged onr institutions, and slandered the supporters of them, is the We wish now to make a fair and hor.est record of this important conflict between the two great parties, which have so long divided, and which still, and in all probability will forever divide, the people ef this state, and of the nation. It cannot b longer doubted that the Rupublican party and the federal party, have each got back upon their former ground cf relationshhip and hostility to each other. So true is this, that thc latter had fortitude to bring out no inconsiderable number of candidates, in different parts of the state, of the genuine, t:nde?iied and undeniable, Hartford Co don StawiJ Candidates, whose names their party have not had the audacity to mention to the people, in connexion with politics, unless to arou:-e general indignation! However, the cov er the past and the present political characters of these candidates, they were brought cut under the new devised and less obnoxious title of A'a:i-j?;al Republicans! Implying very clearly, that thc people were so ignorant, as to be deceived by this shift of desperate cunning. But how grossly ignorant of the character and intelligence of the people have federalists proved themselves, by their recourse to this stale artifice! Every exertion was made to sustain their sinking cause. Every possible objection, either real or imaginary, honest or dishonest, against the national administration, was freely used, and widely promulgated. Facts were misrepresented characters were abused p: ivate letters surreptitiously obtained and published the cry of proscription was resounded removals from office were set fourth in mourning lamentations the President's veto on thc Maysville road bill was reproached as an act of the most arbitrary power, reducing the whole government down to the will of one man! the miseries and oppressions of 70,000 Indians were declared in terms cf imposing hypocritical sorrow, and every thing, even threats against the dependant laborer were insultingly put forth to intimidate them into tiic support of the fede ral candidates! All, however, was to no effect. Our Senate consists of twenty members. Twelve of the republican candidates for the Senate have been elected, beyond dispute; and a considerable majority of the House will be decidedly republican, and open, avowed and unwavering friends of the national administration By thc President of the I'niicd States if America. A PROCLAMATION. WnF.iiF.AS, by an act of congress cf the United States, of the 24th of' May, one thousand, eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled " An act, in addition to an act, entitled " An act concerning discriminating duties of tonnage and impost," and to equalize the duties on Prussian vessels and their cargoes," it is provided that, upon satisfactory evidence being given to the President of the United States, by the government of any foreign nation, that no discriminating duties of tonnage or impost are imposed or lev ied, in the ports of the said nation, upon vessels wholly belonging to the citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, manufactures, or merchandise imported in the same from the United States, or from any foreign country, the President is thereby authorized to issue his proclamation, declaring that the foreign, discriminating duties of tonnage and impost within the United States are, and shall be suspended and discontinued, so far as respects the vessels of the said foreign nations, and the produce, manufacture, cr merchandise, imported into the United States in the same, from the said nation cr from any other foreign country ; the said suspension to take efTect frcm the time of such notification being given to the President of the United States, and to continue so long as the reciprocal exemption of vessels belonging to the citizens of the United States and their cargoes, as aforesaid, shall be continued, and no longer : And whereas satisfactory evidence has lately been received bv me, 'from his Roval Highness the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh, through an official communication of F. A. Mensch, his Consul in the United States, under date of the 15th September, that no discriminating duties of tonnaeeor imposts are imposed or levied, in the ports! of the Grand Dukedom of Oldenbureh. unon vessels wholly belonging to the citizens of the United States, or upon the produce, manufactures, or merchandise, imported in the same, from the United States, or from any other country : : 'Now, therefore, I, ANDREW JACKSON, President cf the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim, that so much of the several acts imposing discriminating duties of tonnage and impost within the United States, are, and shall be, suspended and discontinued, su far as re? spects the vessels of the Grand Dukedom of Oldenburgh. and the produce, manafactures, and merchandise, imported into the United States in the same, from the tr m1 Dukedom cf OiJenbar,-, and from any oth-

er fcreicn ccur.trv whatever- thf v-nd

vessels cf the United States, and the pro duce, manufactures, and merchandise, im ported into the urar.d Dukedom cf OIc.tv i-urg, in the same, as aforesaid, shall be ccnll'c Pait cf thc SvcVnnunt fhis. i - n"Css uranu uuKccom ct UI- ! tiCr"'u,S' i Given "nder my hand at the City of aiiiir.cion, u:e eignicenui ujy ti September, in the vear of cur Lord cr.e tnousand eight hundred and thirty, and the fifty-fifth of the Independence cf the United States. ANDREW JACKSON. By the President : M. Van Burex, Secretary cf S.'j.V. From the Frankfort Argus Sefit. 8. POST OFFICE REFORM. Thc following letter from Washingten, exhibits facts which prove conclusively, that the Post Office department is improving rapidly under Mr. Barry's management. The increased receipts mark the increase of its business, and of course its increased utility to the public. It is now seen of what consequence are the threats of tne aristocracy, that they zvovld net fiatrcnize the establishment. What has become of the private mail which the malcontents determined to set a going, because they could have no confidence in the public conveyances, or the Postmasrer's Deputies? Is it possible that the gentlemen of the opposition cantrust their correspondence to the systematic espoinage which the British Journalist at Washington, Mr. Agg, (or Hag, as pronounced in the dialect ol his class of English,) tells thera is actually established under the auspices of the Postmaster General? It is perfectly evident, that these people do not believe the falsehoods issued from their own head quarters. They countenance them tc deceive others they arc not deceived themselves. Mr. McLean, the former Postmaster General done all that was possible for a man in his circumstances, to advance the interests and utility of the department, but he could not reform a system which Mr. Adzms had a right to control. The deputies throughout the Union, who abused their trusts to benefit Mr Adams and Mr. Clay, were safe for the very cause which have formed a ground for their removal. TO THE EDITOR. Washington, Aug 27, 1830. Dear Sir; i he happy effects of re form are moie obvious in the Post Office department than in any other branch of our government It lias already been seen, that the in- -crease of thc Post Office in this city was more than doubled by the change, not of Postmasters altogether, but of thc habits of Executive officers in the use and abuse of their franking priviI here is no doubt, that the nett increase of ihe revenues of that department for the present year, will be rear 100,000 dollars, perhaps more. It is supposed that the increase at the New Orleans Post Office alone, will exceed 10,000 dollars, attributable chiefly, if not entirely, to the facilities givtn to the increase between that point and the Atlantic cities, by a new mail route established by thc present Postmaster General from Georgia through Mobile To the friends cf the administration in Kentucky, the improvement of the revenues derived from some of the reformed Post Offices in your state, must be peculiarlygratifying. Thc office in Frankfort, yielded during the first six months in 1829, the sum of 2881 24. During the corresponding six months of 1830, it has yielded gl 102 05. Here is an increase of g220 81, equal lo twenty five per cent. The increase at Louisville is stili greater. During the first six months of 1829, that office yielded gl6U 26. During the corresponding six months of 1830, it has yielded g2503 24. Here is an increase of g888 93, equal to fifty, five per cent. It was known that duringthc latter part of Mr. McLean's management, the expenditures of the Post Office exceeded its income. It was supposed that he had carried the establishment to thc ne filus ultra, that his successor would be obliged rather to curtail than extend its facilities. So far arc these anticipations from being realized, that mail routes have been extended in all directions, and tho ! speed of the mails on old routes very much increased The growing revenue of the department promises a continua tion of these extensions and improvement beyond present conception To what is all this to be attributed? To thc HAND OF REFORM bUSe of the franking privilege has been much curtailed; a knowleJge that no ncg ect will be excused by the head of thc Dcpartmcnt, makes Post Masters every where faithful and prompt; contractors are compelled to meet their engagements; a fidelity and an energy every where prevail; which can be infused by nothing so effectually as by that sleepless vigilance and uncompromising devotion to thc public interest, which now pre-