THE vi~:'1't_). . ~"
Eztraci frjonz Mr. Clay’: Spceclt-I
Tliere-are some parts of _this.rnessage.
that ought to excite deep. alarm ; and that
especially ‘in which the President annotin-
ces that each. public,offtce'r may interpret
the coustittttiou as he pleases. His _ls‘tn~
garage‘ is"—.--‘‘_ Each public otiicer, who takes
an oath tozsupport t_l_i_e_ (_:0nstituti0n,:swears
' that he will- support it ,as he understands
' l’, and not as it is understood by others.”
n ‘l ' "" The opinion of the judges has
uo more authority over Congress than the
opinion of Congress has over tl1€.l_‘'.‘l_5°f _3
nd, on that point, the President rs‘rnaé-
pcrulcnt of both." NOW. llll'- Pl'.°5l‘l°llls
I conceive, with great deference,‘ that the
President has mistaken the purport of the
oath to support the Constitution of the U.
States. No one swears to‘ support It. as
its understands it, but to support it sim-
ply as it is in truth. Ail men are bound
.to obey the laws, of wlnch the Constitu-
‘lion is the supreme : but must they obey
them as they -are, or as _llre_i/ understand
them? If the obligation of obedienceis
limited and controlled by5the_ measure of
information; in other wordsif the party
is bound to obey the constitution oiily- as
he lunderstaltds it, what would be the con-
sequence P Tlie“ judge of an inferior
court would disobey the mandate of a su-
perior tribunal, because it was not in con-
formity to the Constitution, as he‘ unrler-. -
stands it ,-_ '3‘-‘custom house oflicer would
disobey a.’ circular from the Treasury do.
partment,_becauso contrary to the'Cunsti-
_ , . "lotion, as Ice understands it ; ‘an Anteri-
can"Minister would disregard an instruc-
tion from the President, communicated
through the Department of State, because
not agreeable to the Constitution as he
mtilérslaiids it ; ' and ii, subordinate ofii-
en; in the Army or Navy would violate
the orders of his superior, because they"
were not in accordance with the Constitu-
tion as lie understands it‘. We should
have nothing settled, nothing stable, noth_-
ing fixed. Theie_wuit_ld be general d_is-
order and confusion throughout every
branch of administration, from the high-
cast to the lowest ofliceis-universal nulli-
fication. For what is the doctrine of the
President but that of South Carolina ap-
plied throughout the Union. The Pies-
ident in_dep.eit'd,cnt both of Congress and
the Sitpieme Court! Only bound to ex-
ecute tho laws'of the one and the decis-
. ions of the other as far as they conform to
the Constitution oftlie United States, as
its widcrstancls it! Then it. .Sl|0UlCl be
the duly ofevery President, on his instal-
lation into office, to carefully examine all
the aclls in the statute book, approved by
his predecessors, and mark out those wh.
he was resolved not to execute, and to_wh.
he meant to npplytliis new species ofveto,
bet-;a_n;e 'th'éy‘were“'reptignant to the Con.
‘stitution, asilre understands it. And af-
ter’ the expiration of every term of the
Supreme Court, .'he_ should__ send for the
.record'ef its t_lec'isio.n_s and discriniiiiate be-,
~ tween. tho”;e- Wlllcll. he would, and those
which he would not execute,’ because they
' were not agreeable to the Constitution, as
he undersi'o'od_t't. . . ” -
There is another constitutional-doctrine
' contained in_tliefmessog_e,‘,which is entire‘-
ly new to me. It asserts that»"the Gov-
ernmertt of the - United.‘ States liavo no
constitutional power to .purchase lands
within the States," except “ for the erec-
tion of forts,. magazines, arsenals, dock-
yards, and other needful buildings ;” and
even for these objects, only ."by the con-
sent of the Legislature of the State in whl.
the same shall be." Now, sir, I had sup-
posed that the right of Congress to pur-
chase lands in any state was incoutesta-
blo : and, in point of fact,’ it probably, at
this moment,‘-owns lands in every State of
the Union, purchased fQ|'.l3X¢‘:'°l‘ "3 9
judgcmontor mortgage creditor. And
there are‘ various acts of Congress which
regulate the purchase and transfer of such
lands. Tqlieadvisers of the President have
confounded the faculty of purchasing lands
with the exercise of exclusi_ve.jurisdiction,
which is restricted by the Constitution to
forts and other buildings described.
Tire message, presents some striking in-
' stances of discrepancy. 1st. It contains
the right to establish one bank, and ob-
jocts to the bill that it limits and rostrains
the power of Congress to establish several.
2d. It urges that the bill does not recog-
lllZU_lll0 power of state taxation geuerall y ;
and complains that facilities are afforded
to the exercise ofthat power, ‘in respect to
the stock held by individuals. 3d. ‘It oli-
jects ihat any bonus is~ taken,,and insists
that not enough is demanded. And 4th,
It complains that foreigners have too
much influence; and that stock transfer-
red loses the privilege of representation in
the elections of the Bank, which if it were
retained, would give them more.
hit. President, we are about to close
one of the longest and most arduous ses-
sions of Congress under the present Con -
sritution ; and when we return among our
constituents, what account of the opera-
tions of their Government shall we be
bound to communicate? i .We shall be
compelled to say, that the Supreme Court
is paralized, and the missionaries retained
in prison in contempt of its authority, and
‘ lin defiance. of numerous treaties and laws
of the United States ; that the Executive,
through the Secretary of the '-l‘reasury,aent
to Congress a Tariff Bill which would
have destroyed numerous branches of our
domestic industry, and led to the final ales-'
truction of all‘; thattho veto has been ap-
plied to‘ the Bank of the United Stares,our
only reliance for i sound and uniform cur-
’ rency; that the Senate has been violent-
ly rittackod for the exercise of a clear con-
stitutional power ; that the House of Rep-
resentatives has been unnecessarily assail-
ed ; and that the President has promulga-
lteda rule of action for those who have ta-
kenithe oath to"suppo‘_rt, tlie'Co_nstiiuti0|t
, oftho United States that niust,,if there bi!
practical cotifurinit y to it, introduce ‘gum
eral uullification, and end in the .,abs_olute
subversion ofthe Government. '
roost THE miorznsrowiv Toncu r.icri_'r.
' THE KING UPON THE‘ 'i'iir_toNi-1;
The People in the Dust .'.! ‘.’
Bill--—lre hrisset at utter defiance the-will
of the people, as strongly expressed by
their Senators and Rcpres'enta,tivas-—lie
the business of the conutry——he has exer-
cised a power that no Monarch in Europe
dare attempt-‘-lie‘ has committed an out-‘
rage on the will of the people infinitely
greater than that from ehiclr the King of
England lately shrunk in despair-olte has
refused his sanction to a law passed by
decisive majorities of both brancltes oftho
Legislature, whilst the King of England
feltliimself bound to respect the voice of
the people, and recall his reform Ministry,
although the r"r‘-fortn bill had only been
passed by one _House, ‘the people‘: House,
and rejected by the other,_' the House of
Lords-—lto has, by his frequent exercise of
a power which should never be ventured
upon, but in the most extreme cases, ‘prov-
ed himself to be the most absolute despot
now at the head of any representative gov-
ernment" on earth. But, furtuuutely for
us. tlterelis yet 'l_i'.;.'pe. We have the ruin"-
edyl in our hands: if the people will but
throw off their idolatry, rise in the ninjas-
i_v of their strength, and hurl this incubus
from power, the almost ruined fortunes of
our country may be retrieved.
FRO]! THE M.-\ll\'Ii‘. Ai)v7oc.trr:.
We-learn from gentleman who have
travelled in different par ts ofttiis State that
"zrlra Globes are every where to be met
with in great numbers. They are sent in
bundles by the Adniiiiistratinu and its offi-
cars, into every town where a Jackson
man can be fontidto distribute them.-
Letters are written "and fr-an/cod by tho
different ofiicers at VVashingtoti, and sent
out in all directions, soliciting “names and
money ;” and it is avowed to be their iii-
tention to introduce them into every house
in the State, if possible! When did any
preceding adniinistratioir find itselfobliged
to resort to such means to sustain itself?
At what former period have we seen this
government oflicers, and oven the Presi-
dent hiinself, nr-glectiiig their public du-
ties, and spending the time and money
which belong to the people, in writing
electioneoring letters, and circulating pa-
pers filled with political trash and the vilest
falsehoods ? ' W if not the people o‘fMaine
regard with contempt and indignation ths
high-handed attempt go currtip_t them, and
iuifluenc-.-_t_lioir_ votes._ ‘ ' ‘-
From the llluyseillc (Ky.) Eagul_e.
_ , < RENUNCI-ATIO N.
To the Jackson Committee of
for Mason county. '
. Gentlemen--You have appointed me a
meinbr-r, of the Committee of Vigilance
for \Vasliington Precinct, and as I am no
longer a Jackson man, you may appoint
some other in‘ my stead. 7I am deceived
Vigilance
-in'Cen’. Jackson’s admiiiistrirtionof the
govermnent,"paiticularly in his refusal'to
permit the Bank bill to become a law,tlius
opposing his own will to the deliberate o-
pinion of the other two'- branches of the
governinent. JOHN ~ GREEN.
Washington, July 25. ‘-7 .
MEETING OF ‘THE vCAROLlNA STATE
.RlGI'ITS PARTY. ,
Last week we gave the address oftlié“illi‘em-
hers of Congress from S. Carolina to the peo-
ple ofthat state on"tlie‘suhj‘ect of the new Tariff.
Below we give from the Charleston Mercury
an account ofa meeting of the State Rights
party in Charleston, held for llie' purpose 0!
responding to the address, and agreeing tip-
ou the nieasurt-s-to be taken in the present sit-
uation of afliiiirs.-—.N‘cw York Obscrtvcr‘, _ ,
Conformnbly to public notice,-the State
Riglitsrmd Free Trade party of St. Phil--
ip and St. Michael,.convencd last evening
at-the Circus. -It was beyond all ques-
tion one of the most numerous and inter-
esting meelings, we ‘have ever witnessed.
The spacious building was not only crow-
ded w_ith_in, but there were many without
wholwere unable to obtain admittance.-—
The nirctjng was animated throughout by
the most devoted patriotism and enthusi-
astic spirit; and we can affirm with truth,
that -it more imposing spectacle as regards
the strength ofthe assemblage, or II more
solemn and - impressive public meeting as
regards theprinciplesproclaimed and the
feeling displayed on the occasion, never
was exlribited in this city. ,
The Chair was taken nt8 o'clock. The
Hon. IIENRY~ DEAS was‘ appointed
Chairmatt, and Tiioiuits P. LowNor«:s,Esq.
Secretary. - The Chairman opened the
business of the evening with a few fervent
and patriotic remarks, which were warni-
ly responded to by the plaudits of the
meeting. The Hon. Judge Colcoclt then
rose, and addressed the meeting for near-
ly an hour in_a very able and impressive
manner, enforcing the doctrine of nullifi-
cation, and showing, from the proceedings
of the Ills! session of Congress and the
character and operation of the new Tariff
of protection, that the time has arrived for
its practical application, and that South
Carolina must now act, or submit to the
degrading siicrilicclof her sovereignty as a
State, and the perpetual oppressions of her
citizens. Judge Colcoclt was attended to
with marked, interest and spprobatioii by
the meotingwhoso feeliiigs were unequiv-
ocally iitanrfested by the repeated cheers
Willi which they interrupted _his_ ,address,_
Andrew-Jackson" has vetoed the Bank-
hosderanged the currency and crippled.
He concluded by moving the‘ appointment
of a Committee, to acoiisidér and report "on
the address to tho" people-recently publish?
ed by both of our Senators and six of out
delegates‘ _iu,\_C_o.ngress, and also the new
protective act just pa8$_0d- lJ)_"' ll1é'T3Flll
majority in Congress. .._T.lt0 lIl9ll°l!'.!V3|‘
nnaniinously agreed to, and B‘ Comllllllfifi
ofl5appo‘inted. ‘ " ‘ "-' - -. .»
‘ During the tibsence of the Committee,
William P. Finley, Esq. submitted the
following resolution," which lieprefaced
with a few pertinent_and appropriate ,re-
niarks,viz:-' it ' 2" * .'
Whereas it is expedient that .4. commit-
tee be appointed which shall’ be charged
with the general concerns of the‘ State
Rights and Free Trade party oftlie Par-
ishes of St. Philip and St. Mifliael.
Be it therefore resulvedgg -'I‘liat,tlie com-
mittee appointed on tlio.-12’il'l,‘July, 1831,
entitled the “ General f(}ofii‘iiii§ttgp;of the
State Rights and F rec Trade;-iPtirtyl’ bi!
revived ; and to enable the saiilicoinmittee
to fulfil the objects of their’"appbir_.t‘inent.
that they bo'_and are lierebylffegigtered
with all oftheir original powarfipnd the
Chairman of=tlie meeting be authorised to,
fill all vacancies in said Collllilltee, by
ubsctice, resignation, or 0_il|9t'llf,lSR‘-u-_-:~;_.‘lf«‘~.l,'--l:,'.¢—‘ ,
The Resolution was unanimously
ted. . . - - ' ~‘ "’ i
The Committee appointed to consider;
the “ Address to the People” thbnh re-
turned, when the Hon. Judged Colceck,-as
their Chairman, submitted. tlie' follo_,wing
Preamble and Resolutions, for tlie1L=adop-
tion of the niooting. ;
..l"ellow Citizcns—Tlte clisis has nr|’.l-
ved.. The twenty-second Congress .of~*the
United States has adjourned, and tlto’.nin-
jority have, by their last act, (as far as de-
pends on tltetn) sealed your destiny. , '
Tire furore pages of history will paint
iliern in their true colors. _**Callodj-:syir-to
conduct the affairs of a ,great'nati0tt'-‘—’-to
administer the true principles of oqrialjus-
rice to all its inhabitants by the well ar-
ranged rules prescribed by it writteti._Con-
stitutiou—to ‘preserve that inestimable
blessing ofrational liberty tr.tnsrnitted to
them by at noble ancestry, “ho ‘had vul-
iautly fought and bled for the prize.-.—-tlioy A
have turned aside from the porfo‘t'titniice of
these sacred duties, and entered into the
views, and promoted the interesestcd ob-‘
it-cts, of those of the nianiifaicturers, who
hold their own peculiar interests of greater
and paramount consideration, than the
peace and tranquility of the country, the
value of the Union, or the immutable prin-
ciple ofjtistico. . ‘ _
In vain have, we cndeavored._-to arrest
their lawless course. Petitinn——Retnon-
slrance—-Argunit~.nt—nay more, Supplies-
tion, not for ourselves alone, liutfor the
honor and welfare ofour coiiiinon_.,;crrun-
try—-for their. own cliaractors-fol" the
cause of constitutional lilzcrty-.e-.--lo,i' ‘the
freedom 'ofm‘sn from unjust? rustr‘:riiits-
for the honor of human‘ natL*'."n”v‘-~¥~’l'?tl‘i}lllB,
lovc ofpca_ce——all—all have been" bgaiu
and again urged in the most ardent, patri-
otic and eloquent strains that ever fell from
the lips of man. ‘But all have been urged
in vain. Yet, fellow citizens, your hope,
your long deft-rred=hope, that a‘ ‘returning
seuso ufjustice would ielievo you from the
unjust taxation of this reclsloss ‘nlfljflllly,
‘isat an end.‘ A gloom overspreads your
political horizon ; but it is not the gloom
of despair. That is the last gloom which
obscures the patriot’s vision. ‘ , -
- 'l‘lio'trtitli isimriiutablc, that in every
organized G-overninirnt there is a remedy
for every wrong, whether inflicted by an
indivirltial, or by jthe. constituted, ‘authori-
‘tifes of t.ho—"i“-:jounlry. 9. r A ; . »
- Tlianks totlie wisdom and ‘ forecast of
ourfathers, we have the remedy forthis
wrong. 'I‘ho~_ question is now distinctly
put--will you submit to theunjust oppres-
sion and_.uncoustitut'.ional taxation ‘of a"
reckless majority in ‘Congress, or apply
the rt-mcrly providadby :the wisdom of
your once.-storsi‘ Who; can hesitate 2’-—
None but the goppressors, or those who
partake of the spoil. To us the choice is
slamrry or freedom. Disguise it as you
may,‘ if we acqttiescc, we shall be reduced
to it state of utter ruin and degradation.-
Tho profitslof our labor will be torn from
us in violation of the most sacred princi-
ples of the Constitution,as well as of com-
mon right and common justice, to enrich
other more favored interests. If we sub-
mit' to such injustice, we shall become the
scoff and bye-word, not only ofour oppres-
sots, but oftlrewurld. - .
. Every principle ofjnsti_co and ‘of right
--ull the sacred guards wliich tlre_ Consti-
tutioit has thrown. around us, are-violated
"in this act. It is established as the settled.
and authorized policy of the Government,
as avowed by its supporters. The princi:
ple of protection, is not only piesorved,but
extended. The burtlrens of tho agricul-
tural States have been increased, while
;those of the manufacturing States have
been lighlened——rtnd, as ifto mock at your
complaints, you are told that reliel has
been afforded, to you by a reduction oftho
taxes; a reduction which consists in ta-
lking off the duties from the unprotected ar.
ticles, consumed chiefly at the north, and
throwing the whole burtlion of ‘the support
-oftho Government on the protected arti-
cles, chiefly received in exchange for
southern productions. This is surely ad-
ding insulr on injury. W'hat then remains
to be done F Turn from those niisgiuidsd
rulers, and rely on yourselves antlon your
God ! . Resort to that principle of sélf.
-protection which He implanted in the
breast‘ of man, and which has boon incor- ~
porated into all the laws and compacts. by
-vrliicli we have consented to be g’.,e....,.t,
'Thereloro- ' r i ' .~ .‘
Resolved, ‘That the not passed at the
last session of Congress entitled ”‘_‘an act
to alter and amend the several acts impo-
sing duties on imports,” inasmuch as it re-
‘class, is _t| deliberate, palpable and danger-
‘lust year.
ties that linveaccrued this year, so far, have "
cognizesllie principle of protection, uudll
imposes unequal’ and oppressive taxes, not
called for by .any public _oxigcncy,but for
the ‘sole and exclusive benefitot‘ a favored
ous’ex‘e:cise of power not granted by the
,con3tituti'¢n,,and therefore we have a right,
andlare in duty’ botind,_te interpose for a_r-
resting the operation of.th_e_,said act,witl_iin
the limits of South Carolina, andfer stagn-
taining .within- the some the ’atItlt0t‘ll|95s
From the _U. S. Gazette.
Jlfeeting of the Set-eders from Jacksonism in
1?HiLaD_i~;LPriIA.
, In pursuance of the call signed by two
thousand Irish naturalized citizens, seoeders
from Jacltsonism,.a numerous meeting of that
portion of our population took place yesterday
in Independence Bquare. , Many thousands
attended. , '
- The meeting was organized by placing
JAMES‘ GOWEN in the chair. and by ap-
pointing Samuel Blaclc, Dennis Sweeney,
rights and liberties appertaining .to our
state, and that we will henceforth use all
- the means in our power ( as speedily as the
5'orins»of our Government will permit) to
nullify or -arrest the -operation of the same
within our _limits, as it violation of our dear-
est rights. ‘ . .
Resolved, That our thanks are due,and
are hereby tendered, to the talented and
patriotic exertion: of our faithful Repre-
sentatives Robert Y. Hayne, S. D. Miller, '
George M'Dutfie, Warren R. Davis, John
M. Folder, John K. Griffin, W. T. Nuck-
oils, and Robert \V. Barnwell, assuring
them of our entire approbation of their
conduct, and our hearty corrcurience in the
able and nnanswerablo aiguments which
they ltave made in support" of our rights,
of the Constitution ‘of the United
’3.t‘=It__I'.8; and above all for their judicious
iindliim conduct in voting against thislast
and most fraudulent act.
"".: Resolved, That being firmly persuaded
that the only means by which the peace
and tranquility oftho country-the liber-
ty of the peoplo—-and the Union of these
once happy Starr-s can be preserved, is by
at strict adherence to the Constitution and
all its positive provisions—-we do hereby
most earnestly invoke the co-operation of
all our fellow citizens in this last struggle
for its preservation, and recommentl as the
most efficient means of actzomplishing this
object, a call ofa convention of the poo-
plo ofthis state, hereby pledging ourselves
to support for" the ensuing Legislature,
such persons only as shall be in favor ofu
Convention, adopting as our principle that
he who is afraid to submit this great ques-
tion to the people oftlie state, is an enemy
to the people’s rights.
Resolved, That while we doprecato a
resort toviolencc, on the part of the Gen-
eral Government, as opposed to the Con-
stitution of the United States and all the
recognized principles of our government,
and treat it as a phantom,’ conjured up by
avarice and ambition, to alarm the timid,
and render them subservient to their pur-
poses, we shall be ready to meet any cori-
sequonccs, in pit.-ferenci: to a base submis-
sion to the exercise ofuuconstitutional and
arbitrary power.
P Resolved, That we hall with sincere
pleasure and gratification the magiianimoiis
course ofour fv low-citizens of St. John's,
Colleton, and those of many other parts
of the State, who, actuated by a pure love
ofcouritry, were always opposed to the un-
consti'tu.tiunal action ofCongress_,but doubt-
ed as to tho t'emed_v, and have now deter-
mined to co-operate with us in the last
struggle for the preservation of the'Con-
stitution of the United States; and that
we recommend them aslexamples worthy
ofimitation. , ‘
The foregoing report and Resolutions
were not only adopted tvitliniit n dissim-
ting voice, but amidst the repeated and
enthusiastic cliecrsof tiio asseniblage, who
frequently interrupted-orlie Chairman by
tho plaudits, during the reading of that
document. ’ -'
Maj. Axson their rose -and moved that :1
Committee be appointed to pwairoii the
Hon. Robert Y. Hayno, and request his
attond_an_co.at the meeting. The motion
was received with deafening and reiterated
cheers, and the following gentlemen were
appointed for the purpose,viz.‘I.E.Holnios,
Esq,, James Ferguson, Esq., and Col;
Johii‘ Bryan. ' '
The Committee appointed to w‘.'.‘it on
‘Gen. Ilayne, now returned, accompanied
by that faithful and ldistingriisherl public
servant. Ila was granted on his entrance,
as may be readily supposed, by the most
heartfelt, long continued, and affecting de-
monstrations of popular mjspr-ct, and.con-
fidenco and attachment, which can be man-
ifested by a free people to an honest and
devoted assertor of their rights and liber-
ties. \Vhen the applause had subsided,
Gen. Hayrir.-, who had been conducted to
a place near the Chairman, addressed the
meeting for about two hours. We have
no time to say more ofhis speech than that
it was worthy of himself, and well adap-
ted to the occasion—-able and argiimontti-
‘live, feryent and impassioned—pr'oving to
-demonstration that the new: Thrill‘-is actu-
ally more oppressive than the last--that
tho protective system, with all its rniuous
tendencies, is now fixed upon the South’.
and Carolina has no hope left but in the
patriotism and energies of her own sons.-
During parts of his address, he was listened
to with the most profound attention, and
again he was interrupted by the most en-
thusiastic cheers; and such was the pow-
erof his reasoning, and eloquence--such
his appeal to the good sense and under-
standing, and the pride and patriotism of
his auditors, that wearo perfectly satisfied
that no man heard him that was not.con-
clusively convinced that the new Ttiritfis
a base system of deception and tyranny,
ruinous and degrading to the Southern
States, and who was not equally resolved,
that it must be nullified, as soon as it Can-
vention of the People can be constitution.
ally convened for that purpose.
. I .
.Re_t:entrc qf Boston.-—Wo understand that
the duties accrued on merchandise, for the
last month, was $500,000, being $50,000
‘more than was secured in the month of July
And it is also stated that the du-.,
fully equalled the duties of last. year.
Bos(on Post.
Thomas Laird,‘ Jo_ltn_JlIaguire- and William
;7,,:_ris,Vice Presidents. Dr. J nines M’Henry,
and vv','_n. ii’. Holy, were appointed Secreta-
rios. . I , V l
The business ofthe meeting was opened by
the chairman stating its objects and common-
its call. He was followed by Mr. Haly, who
concluded his address by moving the follow-
ing preambles’ and resolutions, which - were
carried by ricclamation. '
Whereas having,experi'enced.in our no-,
tive land the many evils ofrriisgevoriiment,
ing thus been led to. examine the sources
from which these evils flowed, we found
them in the combination of these entrusted
with public stations, to keep the power
and emoluments of office in their own
hands; employing for that purpose the
patronage and the money ’ entrusted to
them for the public service, to purchase
adherents and to punish opponents ; using
military displays to citjole tlreidle and the
thoughtless, and to intitnidate the reflect-
ing and the patriotic; and, at the some
time, neglecting the duties of their offices,
and disregarding the public business and"
the public welfare :— A '
And whereas this meeting, instructed
by experience, have witnessed with regret
and indignation the daring‘ and repeated
atiernpts of the present administration of
the General Government and its officers,
by similar arts-and combinations, to per-
vert tho institutions of this happy country,
so as to control the free expression of o-
pinion, and, under color of Republican
forms, by the ieduction ofrewards given
to political friends, and the terror of pun-
ishments inflicted on political opponents-4
or, as a Member from New York uriblusli-
iiigly avowed on the floor of the Senate
oftho United States, by “distributing the
=poils,”—to establish a system of corrup-
tion, of fraud and force, such as has every
where characterized a despotism :-
And whereas, among the public eviden-
ces oftliis corrupt system, and of the in-
finance it has already exerted among us,
we would bring to recollection» the letter
of the relation and Private Secretary of
the President of the United States, ad-
dressed to a member oftlre Pennsylvania
General Assembly, praying his influence
to have Andrew Jackson ro-nominated, by
the members oftho Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture, as a candidate for re-election as Pres-
ident of the United States; which elec-
tioneering letter was actually freaked‘ by
Andrew Jackson hiinself:—-—we would also
advert to the letter oftho Fourth Auditor
of the Treasttry,‘ oftlrc 23d ofApril, 1832,
believed to ban circular, ‘anouncing the
plan oftho Executive, by means of its
power and patronage," to organize the
newspaper press so as to influence “all 0-
lections” “in every neighbourhood in the
Union;”-,—wc would also bring to te'collec-
tion, as being in the same spirit, and ermi-
nating from the ollicers oftho sumo Treas-
ury, the recont direct and unprecedented
interference of the Custom House Ollicers
in Pliiladelplria, in calling a meeting to ap-
prove oftheir patron's acts, and endeavour
to secure his re-election, and their own
continuance in office i;-nor would we 0-
mit to notice‘, the e’J?fi'aordinary and revol-
ting means employed, by martial music,
tumultuoiisly scouring our' streets in car-
riages, decorated by military banners, to
stir up and attract the young, the idle and
unthinking, and to disgust, confound, and
overawe the citizens who are capable of
appreciating the right “peaceably to as-
sembl_o;l.’-_,-nor would we forget the doc-
laration lately put forth by _a sycophant
very near to the Presidcnt,—w_lrose Press.
i.’ the mpecisl object‘ of Executive support,
and the ogpecigl S!.‘lJ_l0ct of ihe Fourth Au-
ditor's letter, before mr:i‘..llt'n0d-lllil the
President was .“ born to’c0mma:1’.1,~" 3 ‘ll-'0"
laration tooclosely resembling the ast.‘.'l_D-
tion of “Divine riglrt” by birth to Kings,
and of being “Heaven-born” to Prime
Ministers, which we have often heard
trumpetted forth by the satclites of power
in our rifllicted native land :— r ‘
And whereas, seeing these things, where
we had hoped never to have seen them ;
and seeing that those who are bought with
it price are, every where, the prominent
and noisy supporters oftheAdministration,
aided by some who are anxiously expect.
ing to roceivetlieir price, and that both
are ready to sacrifice the vital interests of
Pennsylvania, and their own repeatedly
declared and recorded convictions of these
interests, to promote their cliieftsin’s views,
and to attest their own devoted allegiance,
we cannot but perceive that the contest is
now between the people on one side, and
"tits oflicc holders on the other; and that
the dearest interests of Pennsylvania, and
the liberties and welfare of the United
States, this happy home of our choice, are
‘deeply concerned in the issue. Where-
fore for these and many other reasons-—
Rcsolvcd, That we have no ‘confidence
in the present Administration of the Gen...
eralGovornnisnt, and that we will embrace
all proper "occasions to do justice to our
principles, opinions and feelings, by dg.
claring that we cannot, consistently, and
son as the next President of the United '
states.
and bitterly felt its oppressions, and 'lsav- -
that ‘we will not, vote for any one, as an an Institution of such incalculable
elector of_Prcsident' of the United States, tones to the Agricultural, Man
whom we have cause to suspect of a wish and Commercial Interests of t =
to promote" the election of Andrew Jaclt- States, wherefore A - '
pledge ourselves to use all fair. and lie
Resolved, That in the -last paragrapli oblo means in our power to proventthe ,
but one of the late Veto‘ Message of the election of ‘Andrew Jackson as P; sidq
President, we discern an intimation of a of the United Statcso " §""”
«lit-sign on the partial tha"i§}&§§.'.i;ve, tg
give all its aid ti) destroy the system of
protection to national industry, and to an.
nlhilate the value of free white labour -
an intimation the more censurable ‘in lire
cotisp of tire mysterious and hypocritnl am-
biguity with which it is sought to be ex’-‘
pressed; so that wliilo on the’ one h_and,~.
ll "ill! _°°fl'93' l0 ntlllifiers, and enemies of
our own industry, in order to win their
votes, I Illlllciently. intelligible assurance -
that the President, if re-elected, will co-‘
operate with them in all their schemes of
destruction t_o Armrican Manufactures andi
l ltternal improvenic_nt-.—-wltich- we bolievo?
ting on.-the circumstances which occasioned globe his real design‘—-the’ Message may,
'°" .lll"¢‘t furnish to .lIlI— other hand
“‘lll_°"*_"l3. some plausible pretoxts, for
n_iaruta_tning with the friends ‘of our na--
tional industry that he is friendly,-'—tli_‘us'.
employing an unworthy artifice to deceive:
Ilte_people upon pointsthat are vital rm’
-their rnierests and happiness, with -a view‘
to acquire a power that may euablehin
the more effectually to betray, them hue-
after. ' . _ ,
,RmIverI. Tliatthe total disregard of
l'“ 3°l¢§IIn-pledge to serve but one term,
its President of the United States,’ and ofi
all repeqted promises not to appoint Mem-,
ers of Congress, nor to be lavish in the
oxponditure of the public monies, have so
entirely slralteii all confidence in the truth
of his‘ declarations, that we feel fully way-
ranted not only in refusing credence to his
iiiost clear and unequivocal declarations,
Ul aft} Called upon to look with a wary
and a jo_alous_ eye, upon his ambidextrous
declarations in relation to subjects such as
the [anti and ttie Bank, which vitally
nth.-ct the indoperrdenco and in,terests of
the United Slates, ‘ V
Rcsolvcda That the President’: inter-
l’(°l3_li_un ‘of his oath to Support. the con-
irritation, is altogether new in this Repub-
Ic, andis without precedent any where,
except in the construction given by King
George the I‘hird to his coronation oath,
to countenance him in a determination
madly to persist, against all right and ma.
son, to keep six millions of Irishman in at
state of disfrancliisement and subjection,
becanseotiiey. ‘dill. not agree wiili him in
therr religious opinions; and we cannot
but regard the attempt by the President
to set his own will above the judgement of
all other Constitutional Trihjintils, above
the actsof the pcople’s Representatives,
and above the clearly and repeatedly ex-
pressed opinions of the People themselves
as a most daring and dangerous attack tip.
on our "t-Lonstitutioriiil.rights and freedom.
Whereas during the last war, and for
some time after the peace,‘iho U. Stafes
laboured under the heavy oppression of a
circulating medium wholly of" paper,——
from one thousand dollar notes tosix cent
notes, all our currency was paper ; gold’
and silver were notsecn, or seen only by
the healthy and the niisorly, by whom
they were lioardt=d—iill the-rr'is'.-tins-- which
the poor obtuinedlfor their labor, to pur-
chase the. necessaries and conveniences of
life were paper; individuals used. notes,
banks issueii notes, and the notes of both
banks and individuals became worthless in
the hands of the holders ;— -
And whereas, to give to the poo '
uniform and sound currency,” '
established the Bank of the Unit
which accomplished for the pc
the government, all that was exp
its most sanguine friends:-—It p‘
and silver for all its notes, groat =
and enabled all the other banks to
same. A batik note currency was In
tablished, changeable in all parts of
-Union into specie, and every whore
equal value. Commerce revived, Man-
-ufactures and. every handicraft business
flourished, and the wilderness was‘ made
to blossom as a garden.- -
And whereas, the Legislature of Penn-
sylvania, at its session in -June last, unan-
imously recornmended"“the re-chartering
of the Banl. of the United States as ofvltnl
gross passed a bill for ro-chartering it, by
large majorities in both liottses, and so
wholly unexpected was the Veto of the
President, that just before it was sent to
Congress, a numerous meeting of the par-
tisari.‘ of .-Andrew Jackson, citizens of
Pchngylyafilfl, assembled at‘ Willianisport,
from gjghtccra counties, mid after declaring
their undiminislied confidencein the at-
tacliment ol G0-"°l3l J3cl"°‘l l° lll9 lelld"
ing interests of l“s".lli‘~5_3’lVlllllll:" they "R9-
the intention of the Prcsi'e’."ll3,l‘l Pl" llltl
veto upon the bill for re-clrarterffif .lll° U‘
nited States ‘Bnnlt,tlrey deemed slana'a‘."0l‘-9'
intended to subscrvc clcclionccring pup-
poses; and—t/tat the course of the Press‘.
dent would conform to the almost unarsim.
ous wishes of Pennsylvania, and to the
interests of the Union, when that bill
should be presented to liiin for his sane,‘
tiou." ' i ‘
And whereas, notwithstanding all these-
facts and representatioiis—,_Andrcw Jackson I"
did “in the hour oftrial” desert the vital,-
interests of Ponnsy.lv_ania,. and did ''put_
hisveto upon the bill for re-chartering tho.
_'United States Banlt,"and did prevent it...-" .
from becoming a law:- ,
And whereas, this meeting ctmnpt flirt,‘
of Pennsylvania: 9°’ I0 far sacrifice titer"
principlfll. at the altlttgqf man worghip, -
to give their votosinfavour of sny.i
vidual who has thus declared war a
Resolvecl--'I‘ltat we, and each ._°
.u.I>- -e_-__-__ .‘
Chief Magistrate of a free Republic, be- i
solved, Tliattlte rums’.'5' ll‘ °l"°“l3ll.°“ °{ '.
the hour of trial" so fardeserr tliointeres_ts.,- ;
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importance to the public wnlfart-;" Con- 1
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