Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-08
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GRAND ! FEDERAL MEGfTyG.

Z Ata VERY numer0ns anti rrsy-csa0F meet
inn Of the Federal Rep,raHtsn Hretot.
, 81 ,ha ely ard eeunsscf NV York ,fon
xened at Mechanic Etali un Monday. ili'
4 18Th Of January. 1910, et':snel JHilao!l..
Fish was calied,o the chair, and Bdspar4
-Ilunseom6 was appointed secretary, bod
of them Old Revolutionary officers.
!. The meeting being o,mn-a, Mr. David
FL. y rdrn ros. and address, Il III, M III
began hy stating that the Fslrrsi Rspubli.
cans Of lh= city OF Albany, crd.th.i,
the weiiirr aai aapa,Gess of ihs gnod PEG.
Ils Ut this state, are d,"riy concerned 10 a
wise, discreetansl liberai administrator at
their executive government, and knowing
from recent experience, thae IL, administra-
ton, founded on the basis, n:,tl acting and:
er che influence Of party spirit, IN little ca.
pabIe Of real public service, and naturally
prodor,ivr of grsa, m;schi,fs, hid assrtn.
bled on the filth of his month, Tor the rur.
pose os nominating suitable candidate to
be supported for The olK;e Of governor Of
this state, by the Fc3rra! Hlta5i;cans, at
,he ensuing election. At tina, meeting, at.
ter due dellbcration. j. WAC rcs"'ved, that
Jonas Pat, esq. If ,he county Of -Oneida,
be supported as the f:deral republican can.
di!a.e for g"vsrnor: In the full assurance
that the admin stra;i0n at general Plat, 1t
elected. would be prudent and liberal, palri-
Otto and truly republican, and would tend
20 restore harmony, tbanisa the psrnisious
influence Of faction, promote justice, raise
the character OF ths state, ard remedy the
evils un,lcr which its citizen, have so
: long suGered-,his resolution 1 S been com.
muncated ny cur frir,.ds in albany 10 the
general committee Of the fedora! republic
cans in this, Guy, With al earn 5, deshe that
it,woeld NICE. with ,he appreciation OF tae
federal republicans here. In eonss qurnce
of this communication, our 3. neral con,-
Ti,tee had called the pr-s.n; meeting Lin
order tha. our fellow citizens might have
AZ early opportunity Of taking this roInina,
sion ito consideration. and il they should
tlrins proper concur in il. r
At the rrquest Of the general committee.
Mr.. Ogden said he had risen. to u,,ru this
meeting. the purpose for which they have
been assembled, anIto suf,n;, to their Con.
slider alton, some resotsAians Upon. the sub.
jrct. 49,. .-...... ......s ....! !
He did not. intend, upoa this occasion to
dwell upon the great impo,t-nce which 1t
was 20 the dignity, the hnIer and the hap
piness Of the state, that the oTice OF E ,verh-i
OF should be. '6iled by. an. Intelligent, up.
right, independent and hoacst man, our
experience for suia- wears past, had mathe
any observations upon s.ar paint nnnsces-
sary. We had seen party spiri. triampham
among Hs---in its progress We hs.l Ibehe!d I
private rights violated and noJden untlrr |
foot, we had sern the war. worn vctera an,
vet carrying the scarssece;ved il our rrvo-
luton, driven from the Office which wa. /
the only reward his couatry had given him,
to make way for young. ambitious, and uu-
prlnci! led demagogues. We hal seen men
promoted to the first as:ces Of the state,
not because .hey had no mare taIen, than
was Necessary to teach h,m what their
leaders wanted, no rnne rl,cs gritty than E.
netsh to stick 10 THEM party riyato wrong.
and independence a>t enough to make
them the bind tools OF the chief luagirrs.
There was scarce any man in the commit
nifty, who had not seen an! dr1lorcd these
evils. Our only remedy Ior thrsv was,
an active, jealous anil huncsJ exercise Of
the right of sufragr--itras thr .,coplc who
raised the present men to pSw-,, aud il is
the people who must put them on. OF pow.
or. The people had been led to hriieve
their present rulers TO b. the friends OF
freedom, and real republicans, and there.
fore they were PVT in Office. Tn. people
had now found them disresardng the first
principles Of freedom, aud pursuing line {
OF oopdae1 tue tendency Of which was to
destroy our republic, aa'l i, was therefore
thar they must now be left out Of off e. ,
To reform in the conduct of the Site ga
vernmtn'. change in the chici magistrate 1 /
was, he said. essential; add Of the nsces. {
sity Of such reform no m IN could doub;. 8
It therefore become the dutv of tr,. r. NH