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Ifartttf now established, I may venture to say beyond Ae possibility of reasonable con troversy, that wo Idea of an Inherent right in the Vice Preaklent, independent of, and beyond, the will of the-senate, to control the freedom of debate, U neither sanctioned by the constitution, nor justified by the rela tion between the body and iu presiding offi cer, and that it is subversive of the right of tree discussion, and consequently dangerous toliberty, 1 might here fairly restthe question. To you, at least, who treat with scorn the mfca and usage of the sennte as the source wf the power of thu< Vice President, all fur ? her inquiry is fairly dosed. But, as mnny, who may agree with you in the conclusion, may treat with oentempt yonr high strained 1 convention of the origin of the power under investigation, it will not be Improper to ?s . certain Whether it has been conferred on the Vice President by any act of the senate, ex-*, press or implied, the only sourvc whence the power can be faMy derived. In this > view of the subject, the simple inquiry 1% has tho senate conferred the power.' }t-ha? been fully established,.that they alone pos t.css it, and, consequently, from the senate only can It be derived. We then affirm, '' that the scnalfc ha* not conferred the power. The assertion of the negative in such cases, i? scgEfoient to tluww 'the burthen of proof on those who hold the affirmative. I call on yen, then, or any of your associates, to point out tlte rale, or usag* of thn-scnatr, Uv wblcli the power has been conferred.? None such has or Qanbe designated, if a similar question occurred as to the power of the speaker of tho house of rej>iv??iitativr?, how easy would be the reply. The Wth rue, wntcn expressly gives the |?owcr to l?trr?, would be infmedmtely quoted t and if 1 hat were supposed to be dotdrtful, the jour nal* of ihe nouse AvouUl be held upoacon taiiiiuK Innumerable instances ? of the actual exercise or the power. No such answercan 1m? given, when we tarn to the power of the Vice PrckM-'nt. Tha rules are mute, nud tjio JiHirnals of tl?c seiuU* ailcut. Wliat means this striking difference, Intt thfct, an ;1h* point, there i* a diflfetencc in Uct be iveen the t>o#or of^he speaker, and of the 1 cc Pts!Aidcnt.>-?A difference which hi* cn always understood and actffv". on, awl !?en to this wc add, that the v^Jes of the ise# In regard to the |?ower are stTik flTeront; thnt, wh'de those of the re ativea expressly dt legate tV- powar' ap?*ker, .?f lite senate, bv w"> iinpiiotvtiu >, withhold ?t ttoni the \ tic Vi CKJirinVl.t' ?: .mom can l?c left for '"..iit' Compflj, i:i this vi?w, the n?h ? ^uf the Uauvc, an;! t'ie 7l?v.of the senate. "!~he farmer MK)K, "If any m?*mber, by dpe-tlting, nr otherw is", t'ac rules of the ho'ive, tbc speaker nhr.H, or any liietu'ier may, call to order; in which eaiie tfi?* member so called to order, I'll til inme tt v \it dawn. Hides* pe.ripittcii to explain; :a. l rhe house shall, if appealed to, tfecidt" <>:i the case Vlthoii'. d--,>atr; if there !>?; no V;>pi'al, the decision <4' the t'tair rlrdl t>e 1 ;-u'uiy.*ied to. If the decision !?o ih fa .or of v!ic mcjnber called u? order, he shall Ijc at itherey to proceed; if other* i-.c, he wil; iMfrhp permitted trt proceed without leave <>f ilie hifwr; and if the cas? roqunu it, lie WlWlhe Uab!^ tithecunsure of tho h nisc." T-iTMejtilc of the sc.Tity, on t'.ie contrary pr> v'ultii: "If thv member khall be called 10 t.i ? jrfer f-r wo.jg tp'Sken, the cxcpj.".io:.vj'.c v r 1% shall itntn .d;*tely be UH:-.. dawn in \k t'.i<t, (!) it me President may be f-cttcr en *'>1 *J t?> ?"?f the mi *lter. These are i'ie.-.orresp mdin;rnlewifth?twoMid ? u 1 rjvimpartial mind contend, that similnv po^ intended toho conferred hv thrin ? ?n <6E?Puker a?d Vice President.-* ? )r wdi *1 he*Wwn*ted on that 'he ? difference la the phraseology Is amdcntal, whni it i* known ?hat the-, have ?ifteu In-en revised on rhe re ports t>{ cpuimlttor*, who wontd not /ill to -?ompire tlibliuenAf the twohr.ute* oa cor r?spondW^f%ifi|ett>? I'mler nnch r.'.rcuia btuwee*, It is impostibh: that it c uld be in tended to eour<T the wmo |?t?trfr by M>:h difTtrcm t of phrasol^y; or that the wlrh h"#?lifc< of tlie power U qnc?iion frOTtt Ih'* V:cc PrcsKlcnt nns mintcntionnl. Tb'.s rn tioaal f>,Miitvuetion"is greatly btreng?liened, wV-n we advert t?? tfir dinerrnt relations wnirli the twofllceri b?*t?r to their respective The Hpcaker i? chwen by the hou?o of reprratntatives, und is (.onaeqtieijt lvdirrcvly rokpantiliic to the ly-tly, and his dwntcn, by the r?d<*?H may !??? appealed fr>n ivvyhe h"nwr. The Vic* l*? es!nent, on the cWtVdry, is plin.ed in the. r.hair by the" coustitrtnon, is not renp'jnstble to the senate, HBn.l his decision ?* without appeal. Need ?-%#.i'">k fm-thefr for the row.on ?if >oe<s?v< tla1 n variation in ffte rules CMiitfening txiwer r u their : especllve presiding oflScevs.' It i? a rrm^Mtriblc fuct, ln(i% the same differ-enee rxisti in relation lietween the presiding offi e.ets*f the two hotiscr. of the llritUU parlia ment, ani'the h -dies ov^ which they i*s pfe.tlvely preside. In the commons, the speaker is cluisen 1? in our house of repre periat'.vos and ?*? ctm?eqa?ntly, in like Kifnner.rc ^iosWblej on the contrary, in the h -use of lords tlie ehancellor presides ex officio, in like mnni'tra* the Vk;<; Pre*i4vnt i#?b'* xe^ate, ^nd is, li\ like manner, Irres jvnwiu|/i to the body. Now R rs no lest re mrtrknble, that the suenlcer poncmea the. powe> in que?*ion, whde it is pciTectly cer tain. that the lord chancellor docs ir?t I,:k? cauae, like effeeti dissimilar cause, *difcsirrtilar efTec.t. Y011, air, have, it latnie, ?ruid^a pmiv effort to draw a distinction bc twecoUiemode in which the Vice President Ci the lord Chancellor arc appointed j and ve alao. faddy denied that tlie latter has ?nrtf the trnW%r of calling to order. Both of theae effort# show the deaperatkm of your cause. What does it signify by whom an ex officio is appointed, if not bv the Imdy * There con be but one materisf point, and that without reference to the mode tjf ?p pointment; is he, or Is he not, responsible to the house? If the former, there it frood cause for the delegation of rhe power; for poorer exercised or responsible agents is cerclsed by the pnnci)>alt substantially ex? while by irresponsible agents it is the power of him by,whom it ia exercised. Nor ie your effort to show that the chancellor has WW known,'Tim the rtthul jtucakmet and % yt?t most abWir^ly cHe tendon of thelord* to the option aft ,h?w. u an btttanco of tnreiill? the power of calling to order, as presiding officer, for de parture fi-otn the question I Though you have signally foiled to prove your position, von have not less completely established the fact, that your Integrity is not above a resort to trick, where argument fail*. Nor Is this the only kln?tanceof subterfuge. You made a similar etfort to do away the authority of the'vencrabie Jefferson. lie has lea on re cord that lie considered his power as pfesi ding officer of the senate, us the /tower of umpirage, or what it the sumo tiling, an appellate power. In order to break the fcm:c of this authority, >j ou have denied the plain and invariable meaning of the woro? i and attempted to affix one to ilt vhlch it ne ver bears. You sav, that Its'ovial mcaolne la synonymous with "ofllee," "authority^ or "the act of determining," and Ihat it is only in its technical s4;se, that it conveys the idea of an appellate power! Can it be unknown to you, that no word in the lan guage mofc Invariably has attached to it the idea of decision by uppeal, ami that there is not an instance of its being used by anv res pectable authority in the sense whkm you state to belts usual meaning? It only remains to consider the cases that you have cited from the Manual, to prorc that the sneaker of the hnuve of common* possesses tliv pow er In question; by which you would Infer that It lieionga.^ilso to the Vice President.? .V very strange deduction S?- one who be lieves that the ]>mvcr originates in the con stitution, and tiiut it neither can be given or t tken away by the anthoritv of the senate itself. After asserting tlmt It has "deeper and holier foundation* tlian the rules ami usages of the senate," there is something marc than ridiculous, that you at last scok for the power in the ndes and usages cf the house of commons! Rut let *u<fe inconsisten cy pass. Yoti ha>-c indeed established the tnrt, that the speaker has the power, jyut you have overlooked the material circum stance, us I hive shown from your own ea*e*, that lie possesses it by fmtiUve ru/ra of the /tome. You aright .as well have shown, dint the speaker of the bouse of represents* tivqs possess-!* it, and then Inferred that the Vice Vtcsldcnt'doe* also: for lie. too, holds the power by positive rules cii the body, which makes the analogy as :.iityig in the t one case as the other. Hut you would have it understood, that the ! prnlea of parliament have been adorned by the v>:?nte. No such tiling. I clrdlenge yon t?? cite a single ride or act *?f the senate th:rt gives e juntcnanee to it. Finally, yon "tell u?i, t'.iat Mr. Jefferson has cited these ride t as being paptcf the* rales and usage* of the senate. Admitting for a moment that Mr. JelTerson liad cited them as such, still, a very important question wouldairisf, how earn 2 the) to bo the rules of the senate.* The coi'ktitution provides. that tne senate shall determine the rules <<Kjts proceedings; now, if th ?t hfcly has ?.-.t by any nde adopted the ral :s of the Uiitv.li parliament, by what prorewof rx.wm could they be construed to t>o the rule* of the smttr* Phut tUo has not adopted the ndes of parliament is ccrtiiii} nntl 1 confess Ilm not a l|ttlu curl <mm to tee the process of rcwminKhy mihfi t* they arc niiutethe rules of the senate, uu/A o'ut udufitfan. Is theie not a striking a:ia1o ?jy DfTwccu till* DiKl the question, whether j the >r."imrtn l.t\v I* a pjtrt of the laws bf the! t Jniou? \Vc know that they have Uron deci ded by the highest judicial authority not to be; and, it *ceros to mo, the arguments, svhich wouldbc apirilcablcto tbc one, would \tt equally to to tlie oth'fcr Question. That the rules and im&cs of parliament m:ty be r&lerredT to, to illustrate the ruly* of cither Ikmv: of cm^rcM) is nulte a distinct propq s<ti->n, and m-.iy be roatlily admitted. Ar?;u inciitHmay Indrawn t'mm any-source calcu lated to ilrxstratc, but that it wholly d fler-* etitfmn (iv!hf to the ntltiof another body n binding force on the senate, without ever hiving been recognised a* H? rules. Thia h> u su'Jevt of deep and grate importance; but, fi< it 1* not nwcfwrj' to my purpose, I dcellnc entering on ?t. It is sufficient, at pre sent, todeny th :tMr. Jefferson has citcu the tuletof th* parliament referrctl.to.by you as tlui>,e of the ftcimftc. <>n the rontn?ry, they are expressly cited as the rules of the British house of common*, without stating them to be obligatory <*i the aenntc. He mm notorK f:*?*ly eiird many of tha rtilcs -ol that body, wlrtch arc wh?nv dW*lmUarfrom the usages of the senate, nut you cite Mr. Jefferson's opinion, in which he *ky*, *TJie senate have in covdingly fmiwtil some t nleflW its govern ment," (tney have been much enlarged incc) "but these eoiugoo'y to?ft*f:i^, they have referred to the decision of the President without debate or appeal alt ques tions of order arising under their own rules, or where there Is none. This pta?cs under tlie dixt retionof the President a very exten sive field of detlaion." If ynor gbjcVt In quoting the above passage was to show that, where the smote has adopted no rule of lie own, tlte rides of parliament are those of the senate, it completely foils. Not the slif^it est emmtenam* la given to mck an Idea.? Mr. Jefferson, on tlie contrary says, that hi e*se* of riiul*eion, the souua discretion of the President la the rule;* and sueh has been the practice} and from which It huo fol lowed, lust usages of the senate are very different from the parliament, which could not be, if the fatter were adopted, where there were no positive rules by the senate. If this view of the subject be correct, which Is certainly M**. Jefferson's, the yiee President had the right to make the rule of exercising a sound discretion and the only question that c4uhl arise in thle view la, whether he has acted on correct principle* in referring the power to the house, instead of exercising H by the chair. Do long as dmlbtful and irresponsible power ought not to be assumed; so long as the togdnfti of delate is essential to liberty; and so long na it I* an axiom in politic^ that no power can he safe but what It In the Anal control and custody of the body over which H le exercised, so long the nde(tovfrw It hi that" " * the Vice Pi ' that light) adopted by will be eoosidered in conformity to sound, general, political prln siplea. But, suppose It to be eonoelved that the rulea of pnnUment are thoee of the ?enate, when not overrulledby HseWFposI hp Acta, Mill two questions would remain: Im, whether thelTth rule of the etnate, by i sound construction, .Iocs not restrain the Vloc President ftuin exercising ^he power, TJ'SS'S 0"h* ought, ifrtMp pertfceUr, to prtf of those points have already been I ly considered, tod a single remark will *?# suffice. Whether we regard the nature of the poorer, or the principle* of oar syetem of governmeet, there canr be no doubt that the decision aught to be against the practice of the houss of commons* nnd in favor of that of the touse of lords. It way not be improper to notice an opinion, which, if I mistake not, has, in no small degree, coni tributed to the error which exist* as to tho decision of the Vice President. There are many who are far from agreeing, with your nhsurd utul dangerous position*. as to the h\? Itetvnt (Knyen of the Vice President over i the freedom <of debate, but who have, I think,,* Vague concoption Unit he has the] righ( (^dispute, as presiding officer, but a<| right selptnunate to, and dependent on, the j senate. They concedo to the senate the i right'of tetertnining their roles, and that; tills right comprehends that of determining ; what isor wliat \? not disprderiy conduct,; aim! ho* the uine shall be noticed, or in- j hifiitedf-bnt they have an idea that the ex i officio cjatv of the Vive President ro regul itc ? the prqjeeMigs of tlvc senate according to j theirovu votes, extends to eases of the free* | dora d deiiutc, The amount of the argu- ? mt it* ks for n* I etui understand it, is that, wliehitfa&rc is a rule of the?euate, that the J Vice President liar, ex Officio, tho power of roguUtitig the proceedings of the senate by it, wftliout any exprcs j authority in .the rule p that effect. All this may be fairly com died, but If dee'drs nothing. It hrflif;* bank the question to tlie ir.*j*iit*>>? In there, or is tl'orc uot, such a rule.' which has been fully onsidcrcd, and, I trust, sAtisf.itftorily determined in She negative. I will not I again repeat the arguments on this point. 1 do not deem it necr.ssary. It Is sufficient to iTinark, if there be a rule, let It lie shown, and the question ioat end. There is none. /\s connected with thispart of the sltbjcct, I do not.tiling it necessary t "> meet the ridi culous charge of inconstetcncy which you inake against the Vire President in the ex crcisu ot hl> power, und winch you endea vor to support by rcfcr.'nce t ? the* stale and false accounts ot Ins conduct in tlie ease of Mr. Dickernnn. It issuffirjwit ilist Mr. has repelled the cliirt^?ot injustice, and you rxnlbit but >i sorry told factions appenr Tiney in tbifcmKnt? a senator fruin opjnvsmon, who is no^ conut.his of an\ injtn.tice bavin* been indicted, ll.ui;i,; .(euioiistrat** I that the power.'! which you claim for the Vice , President do not hdi-UK to him a* pre*lding officer of the vn jtc, aud, tlru they, are n??t conferred^ hint by rhe rules or utage of I the senate, or those of petfiament, 1 may wifely affirm that it docs not e:??t, und that, so far from censure, Mr. Celhoun deserves praise for decliuing to Cxeicis* it. lie tins nct<M in th? spirit that ought trt actuate every virtuous public Amctqpry: not to assume doubtful powers~-a%pirit, u:uler otar systems j of dulegatedftuthprity, esjcntlaFtothepreccr* J vat ion* of liberty, and for beijtg glided by which, he sviH ryw?v? **?? thnm?r. ut iKaciwif try. when t!)c exciteinunt of thc.day lias I passed nwrvy'. ? I Jh?vO llow whm ?n?k be eOn r.idercd the Investigation of tin- subject; but Ihcronrr wtHl ?nv'Av.l'K/ . ? i... .1. r llllMlhl IIIRl require notic^. Ynu have no: teily: attacked the derision of Mr. Calhoun, hut you have j impitmd |?i* mfitlvc* with iiccati<vi? scveri- i ty. The corrvpt are the most disposed to attribute corruption, and your unprovoked ! nndtrijmtiffohle attack ou Mr. C's nidtivc* apeak uilir^tc in fuvm- of yem-heart as^W arguments da of your he.id.. Fortunately for the Vice President, his geperal character for virtue,and patriotism shield hint from the imputation of' Mich -grots ubu?c of power, from Mich impure motives, 4* you attribute | tv? hit# lie cSuld not deride differently frmu what lieiM, without being at war with the principles whitU -have ever gnvemud hhn. it is well known to nil acquainted will? I him, publ'idy or privately, that the mtvlm wlHeh He liohl* m the highest veneration, and which lie rrganto as the foundation of our whole system of goverumtmt, li>, that power uhould be controlled by the body over ! whi^h'it is Cxerciscd, and that, without stu b ? -responsibility, all power would ' speedily become enrrm Whether he la { ?wrong in ghflngtoo klfjh an cUimate to this | favorite ma\im, la ministerial. It it. ami; long has been, hi*; ami could not fail in j having great influence hi the decision, which yon have to seriously assaulted. Hud his principles-been like yours, as illustrated In) your c\vsr, H is p-?e?blc he nveht have ta ken a different view of the subjec# but, as hejian decided hi conformity to principles Inn* fixed ill his mind, there la something msllnna'tt in the extreme, to attribute his decision to motives of personal enmity. You not only attack Mr. C\ motives for this de cision. but also His motive for the constitu- . tion of theosttmittee of foreign relations.? You think it aecimo ill him, that the venera- I hie and paMotlc Macon should be placed at I the hr.-ut of the committee. ' I wiA neither defend him nor the nsher m ?nher* of the { committee, they need no defence; but 11 cannot I >ut reran Hi, tliaf the election of Mr. i Macon President pro tctn, qf the senate, is : a dngular eomnpewt on your nutfignsint at tack on the Vke<Pre*Ment. It would have been impossible that you shonld steer clear of the cant of v one party, and we according ly have a profusion of Vague charges about Mr. Calhoun^ ambition. The lowest and ? ambition. Tlie lowest and most mercenary hireling can easily cotn such charges; and while they deal in the general, without a single specification, it is intireiy impossible to meet or refute them; but, for tunately, they gn fhr nothing with the wise and virtuous, saving only that, on the part of those who make them, they t vino# anti viral*, morbid mind, which, having ao real ground of attack, indulges in vague unmean ing abuse. It Is highly nonorabie to Mr. C. that* in the Midst of so muefc political enmi ty, his perennal and piddle character stands free from all but one "peciflc charge; which Is, Utat he has inclinsri, In his pre-ient sta tion, /MLmurA agatnoi kk otvn fiowr, and f&jmtfA th favor of tha taeoHmable right of In* freedom of debate. That he has been Indefatigable fa the dlsckamm of his duty) that he nas been oourteo#i M&e members, and prompt and intelligent, all acknowledge. Not ? moment was he n'nent from his iK?st during a long and1 ItttotfUna aeesion, and of* \m umalntd In the cjpf without leaving ari wr it: from a to 19 noun. IU hu, however, committed one unpardonable tin, which UtaoittdL' He dMlnotatapMr.lUndolph. T?S to the head end front of hto offending. And who to Mr. Randolph > Is he, or hie manner*, a stranger In our national councils? Apr more than a quarter of a century ho ha* boon a member of .congress, and, during the time, hie character hue remained unchanged- Highly talented, eloquent, se vere, ami eccentric; always wandering from 'the question* but often uttering wisdom wor thy of a Uacon, and wit.that would not die credit a Sheridan, every ntoakerj^d freely indulge1.- him in b|? peculiar manner, and that without responsibility or censure; and none more freely than the present Secretary of States while he*})resided in the hduse of representative*. He is elected, with the knowledge of all this* by the ancient nnd reimwni'tl commonwealth of Virginia, and takes hi* neat in the senate. An immediate outcry i* made against the Vice President far permitting him, who Jnd befcn so long |>crniitted, by so many speakers, in hi* usual freedom of discussion; though in no ve*)>ects were Ills attackson the Administra tion freer than what they kaU been on those l of Mr. Jeflftsoii) Mr. Madison, nnd Mr. Monroe. Who can doubt, if Mr. Calhoun I had yielded to this clamor, thai the whole [current would have turned, and that he 1 would then have been more severely de i nounccd for what would have been called his ' tyranny and usurpation, than he ha* been ' for refining to interfere with the freedom of i debate? ilu authority would have been dr ! nl.'d, and properly duiieds the fact, that ! Mr. II. had been permitted by allother prr i aiding uiiicrrs, for so long a time, to sp*\k i without restraint, wonld have been dwelt Jon; and the injustice done to tho senatoi, nnd the instdt i>ifrred to the State that sent ? him, would luivo been painted in the most ? lively colors. Th jsr considerations.* we arc N.itisfied, h:ul no weight with the Vlrc Pre sident. Those who know him, know that no man is mere regardltfts of consequence* in the discharge of ids duty; but that the at tack on htm u |>ers<Nihl, in order to shake his politic;.! -landing, ami prostrate Im char acter. is clearly evinced l>y every ch'cum i.lance: and, with this object, that he would have been awiuited, act 41H lie might, is m >st certain. Jt isfoi the American peaplr to determine, whether thiseoiispimc) against n public servant, whose only fault i*, that lie h iij ciiwjon the tido of lil>ert>', rather lliatl of power, and* whose highest crime coua^ti in a reverential regard f??r the frue dout oi debate, shall micci ed. ONSLOW.. ? T' it oi'inloti ,,f Mr. J<%. fuuttth.-d 011 1 In* Ul|i*p |>Ait <if ilio>?ih ruin, allien ?ir.?n?ly tiippucU it. H10 ru!<* ?? >t% " Wtirn * uicmhrr liu i.nlltit |n orJ<i,lu: ?linll ?it ilfivn until (???> I'n-Mih i<l sljtll itave ?l? tsrmirMil whether lie is hi i?rJ-?r ur lint, nod iv <|iir?ti??n of order dull hu d-i hl? <i t?y il.t. I'r. luteal, witliOMl <lt'>*!?; hot M thcic In- a il>?d?t in hi* inind. be ui?y call lot the seu?c ol' the kenSls.'* .."J ! * fiKNK.KAL JA?KHUN, ('.IIICULAH. Feltovt Citizen?Tlic cause of our coun try seems *ut this junaurc, no closely bUn h?!u with the political elevation of ljencr.il .Indre'w Jar/. jon, that* watchful and \ 'pa rous effort* to promote the IiUter, tnubt re ceive the hmI iuu! approbation of all sincOrt- Jy attached to the former. * . Our government Is b ?<?ed?4l|>on the pco* pic's If thin foundation be removed# w if us in l*airop<\ it be disregarded, the structure of our civil liberties inust f.di, or be ultimately wcithlV'Wn/ Unless wo nre willi.ig to change ourstatc-.n; to sink into the condition whence wf'are 'wit jiut cninn-. i putctl; nnd to entail noon our descendants all the degruditjon nncl wretchedness from i which cur ancestors, at the hncard of hffc ' and fortune, veicued thvmtilvn n>td ut: we jilvou-.il vigilantly and tcavicshly cufnrcc our i if(lit? against tire eaci'oacliuients of power and the subtle, arts of anthill*"'* Until the period mad* meino?vJ?le Uv the Hectlon of the present President of the United Hutes, the principles of the revolu tion of '7ff, specially hi rcfereocu to the duty of public Agents and the sovereignty of the people'* will, had been sacredly pnvtai ed and moot happily exemplified. On that occHiion, however, they were openly violat ed tnud their violation accompanied by in dications of corrnrrtlon truly appropriate to the event, and well calculated to alarm our patriot ism. Although the election was by the provisions of the constitution* rightfully within tl?? power of the house of represetv tathre*. who could expect that the people would be spurned by their delcgatMf who could expect that ?he public aervunt would uabtushingly deny his nmnttr? who aut'.ci pated that the rr/irfteiUative?known, ex isting in no other character??hoahl defy, rrpttl, and insult his con?tHurnU? and who in the land of Washington andJefferson? while the first wasyet fresh In Immortality, and 'find in rw*- - ?-irt-i- IpOU him who betrayed add mocked the people? It will be remembered that in the house] of representatives, the presidential election f is conducted by state*?that General Ja^k-1 son, though far ahead of his competitors on the returns of the electoral ballots, there J received hut eight votes: that the i-cprescn tatives of Keutucl./gavu tluii1 state vdteto Mr. Attorns, in fav/#r of wh?m net a single man of their constituents had, by suffrage,' detjared himself: that the it,*., r sentitfve of Illinois, unmindful of n puhlfo pledge, scu d In the some manner: that the reprenrntativc front Mlsopuri followed In this wake, even after the repeated and protracted struggle* t4 a ismsrlous sen^e of duty: ?nd that l>ui shusa, whose sort had been redeemed, and whose matrons had Ik en shielded by the trsnscundant heroism of JAtkson fWiirs tin I* pursuit of 'drmuty ant! ivoty,' mm fcy two of her representatives, ?urn l>t*omcr, and against the will of Mr cliisons, pierced him with the f?ng of unparalleled ingratitude. Nor can we ??!*?? *bat the master spirit, Iry the power of Whoso influence, mysteriously exerted, tffcto so opposite to retHihliCinltnt, weru produced, was himself iW .ily re i of terttar/ of State, i atnbitioo. _ I www us lube wary In time; SwmRssakrsre: over the people* to hie very first wwwge to roogrtu, in sin us tee that our representatives should not he "ftmhkd 6y the toi/l of I heir coiutituentei" to other, words, that they should disregard that will, however clearly asccrtained, when inconsistent whh their own personal views or opinions. Such to the (table tendency, as H constituted the groundwork of the principles upon which his election was accomplished. lit the fkll of this year, we shall be called upon to select mtmhere of congrtoet and they whom we select, will continue to act a? such, until after the choice of- another Chief Magistrate. It to withtn the rftngfe of possi ble contingencies, that thev may elec t the President for the edMUng four years. Is to not, then, our duty, to exert more than common circemspeetivn? Does not the cent expevtatcc to'which we have adv< strongly urge us tocmtfldc thto trust to only by whom our will cannot be disobey or misrepresented? AlthoogR K be true, U the existing aspect of public opinion promise* uneasy anudeviiivc triumph to thu ficv/ilc'e candidate, ran we oppose Vx? much pr tion to the management and patronage tripling politician*? Ought wc net, at to (riake ?urc of the distant future, by lutcly rcstric^ng our suffrages, for congres sional stations,, to those who are avowedly and iipniy attached to the principles for whlclft.wc contend? . ,.y The town-mccting of republicans in Jh<: city and county of Philadelphia, whence tiui committee of superintendence and vlgi laoce emanated, deemed thc'jfubject to which yfcur attention to now drawn, worthy of dis tinct and strung remark, *it was a leading object in their early movemcnti and they hoped, by encrfcctlo measures to give a suc cessful circulation to their senso of its im porUncc. OuyCL-llow-cUirens, considering the Pi'V.dqftttol election* to lie remote, do not reflect that its fate may depend upoft w hat they are at this piomcnt doing. Their tluxtcfMM adversaries, with honey on thchf lii.--, hut poison at their'hearts, would lull .them into apathy?-preaching the beauty of tranquility, and the folly of premature con* ?test: whiie, in secret, they labor every uervc to nfth'.- the next coriRi-cssof material-; hostile to Jackson, and uibicrvitut to Adam'. We-Uo not think. tt necetitfy to iinpei you to clnclgijoy U?4 ??*'. by dwelling; upon the fucunar cj.iiius which the Hero ot New Ocr ieauMhas to tfuMiutlring devotion of his fcl low-? it://-ns. Hi* eminent virtues, im in M'iiigincc, Iks vi.ior, mid his purr, republi cunn.rn, h kvr been known, witne;jnd atul fell It/ ..II of us. In war mid in peactf?in the senses of retirement, or when surround ed by laqf^nn .did tenipt:uion?at the pluu^li. or it) th<*w:natc?he lias, everywhere, urn form I y proved that lie deserves to ne the Ch:>?cn cliunjpioii for thr cause of ins coun "y. Ih tliincspeet, lie iZ alone in 'Ameri ca. Providence furnishes for the safety an:l pi '. ?' M any nation, Inst one sot h mm .? a nine, j.ci travail onrfCivt % of the 15.fl, and i^iiuUtc the prutoplcs W V?V*nn?gtoa under tlw aiiKpiics of liU-kson. An x !?:??. Ut'tn made our duty, *u undoubt edly wi.l it In* our pleasure, tudn.'t: <.usly to .idvnuctftitc cuuife top which the "people of mc.t'oVted iKufcs and rh'.ir fti.'.tr.ie ? liiM* em!)trt>ed t?igctl\cn Wo .. <11 receive thankfully, andemploy ?ipprop>* , .t*U, th ?til Uu* means in cur p-.woi-, and \ j t'>. uctt of whatever information ua.ag "toyouv dikimt y.n? may be g >od er.ouyli.to canvey to us, an worthy* of general d^scmi nation. Let u% however, not forget, tH|t wl?ile steadily bent upon securing the elec tion of our candidate ut the dose of the pw - scut presidential term, we mutt, in tl?c mean time, avoid the acts, as we disclaim the tiilr, of faction?r.? t suffering our just indignation again'?t thr<?e who have l?y arti fice n%urj?cd thy right* of the pccpUr, to nr.alcud uu into an undiv.-riminuting oppoAi - tion to public measure*, or a vindictive t)K* . tcrnnu agdntt person*. Let us uphoHl what is Ijcnfficnif, .vith the name renolutn 'spirit that wn condemn what is injurious, t?y our beloved^ountry: adopting the frank dfgV duration of an energetic sUteMnui, '* \Vh ^ will judge of the measures of the .ulminfa- , tratiwt tjy their own intrinsic merits: I>ufc will not judge of the nditllniftiration by their njra'atres On/i>, Then thry romrfo ttitie the uctount <>f their ?tervarthhi/i, ami auk fbr a reneivu/ nf their tru?twe will, then, ad vert to the vlcettf their origin* "to the |rea?-W> cry and corruption which characterised their political birth. , ? \Ye arc, fellow-cilixen, respcctfuliy your friend*, (Signed in behalf the C.oinmlr.ec,) C.HAN1>LKK PJIICB? Chairman. Jacob Hoi.gatk, > ? . . llr.NAv Horn, J *"etarte.. Colotxtliu ?15) . A- rtt till* port It alt * Iron days front I.* JUS'?yn?, nrUieo it> tun |:Hr* n'.t liam l>*en rrr^rd A 1?-tt*?r to tf??? editor of tiio O'Wtle, dnftil on tfi? Itttli, ?ay< ?" Sinc e | la>t unite yon |>nr Albnittin, noit.mg H# ? 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