Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-05-31
NATIONAL POLITICS.
From the Richmond Enquirer, April Is.
BOTFTOuRT IL .fGTI0N.

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TN, ,,,il,,,,i,,,- ,,,-,,,,et :. fvep BY the Fin.
castle e Herald of the Valleg," of the speech.
&c addressed IN tbe neonle ON the dav of cleo
tion.
mFocb IF +be candidates addressed the peo.
nile aud declared the course the, meant to
nnrs,e the motive which actuated those for
the General Assembly. appeared to be the
oneninu of the lanes river through the moun-
INNS
"Dr plovd who was not opposed. avowed
b;s irten,;on yerv frankly. he said he consi
1er,.1 +be olice ofa commemorative of the peo.
,le one ofthe preatesf in tins Rennblic that
he Voc satisfied in his own conscience. that he
hod returned IN them ,tnirnairfd the nower
n,b;cL tI1n,. nod uIaced IN his lands he said
thn choice Of members in the next CONGRESS-.
L,,t1 be ,nole VIII, all boos;bLe co,,t,on as u
,,,an;i,I f.o,, "Reminiscences olready he.
fors p ns the election Of presiden, MIGHT de.
,,,l,-a ~, che rIo,,ea IF 2enrasentat;ves a mis-
fnrt,,pe to he drnIorrd nv all rood men, as Il
would taIe Il o,It nf the hands of the necnIe.
and ,,iace !, IN the hands ofsa few men Ibig
I've Demonstrated NV stating the small states of
nsIovare ubode Island and others thai sent
hut one commemorative. would have as much
influence as he state of VIRGINIA that send.
tuent,-tyc-- tTe said that # This misfortune
d;d heal oar country. he wenI1 not vote for
Iobn @ Adams. and these we're his reasons f,
Adams he said had pursued a nolicv INJURIOUS
to the southern and sLAyE-HGLDING States,
inasmuch as he bad concluded treaty Of
commerce with France which allowed
tonnage duty OF ihree poilafs ana some cents
per to', ~ w "pu y" h;oh moo rn;nou,
tn the states Of the south because French
ship might. by loading with silks bring here
a very valuable cargo, the duty on which
would be put small, as -Four thousand po''afs
"oi'i u SH n wo' ~ 4Ie d;sa5,'antaoa Of tbs
Whsle ~ Union &C tbe eynorts from this country
were more bulky and not so dear, the States
from the North, for instance, would only cx,
port SUCH things as Potash "aicn was Gear
anu Wv 'l'ole va ~ "s3 i,aS uA
which would rrn,,;re tAree dollars and some
cents, for every eighty dollars worth exported
to France. But MS grand obJe to Adams
was, his having ceded to Span tae province
o. , e1SS' "a elqUr 3 w 'c ~"t sse ,au
the takinr in lien thereof the rloriJas, bv
which treaty the !goutbe,n interest had not on.
" lost four Senators, but our government had
lost at least hive millions OF dollars winch our
'ae rehsh'S cIanneG Of span lor ner nes y,
n ppp"' ,, '''''"'''''N ''i '''se' ~ S"
The foreooino ar,ic ,e &c nr;nted ms, as
:, ,n,e,red IN Tie Richmond Fnon,rer..,.
with the canitajs and italics. in the use
of which the Ricbmond editor was. doub,.
less. wholly ;nnocen, of the DESIGN ofuan.
healing TO aectfona feelings !" DR.. Floyd
is more candid than discreet or lopicai
Mr.. Adams has offended him inexn;a.
blv. and MANY others besides. bv con.
sentine to relnoujsh a contested clam
over a proyince ont of which would
have been made two Syope.bohbnp
States to strengthen tn. cause of Negro
boodago and sustain 1e SOuthera Int.
resi-. Il is not worth the while To dis.
c,ss with the Doctor, the merits Of Ell.
,ber the French or the S,anisb ,re.,v.
NEGOTIATED bv Mr.. Adams Ro,b 49,
~ sJe under The ans,ices of pras;dsn,
Monroe. and ratified bv him and The
Senate. ;nclud;ng Son,bern ,nernher..
and had. we nrest,mn the exnress ammo,
baton of all the colleagues Of Mr.
Adams in the cabinet, Hence The pre.
sident and Senate, and the other Secrs.
,aries, are eoual,v obnox;ous 10 ,hs
complaints of DR.. FJoyd--,here is not
one of the latter for whom he can con.