Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-05-18
Nine were for limited Convention.

W 'O StdtSu III OurlaSt, tIl1t alter several
persons had subscribed their names to the Con.
vention list, the idea was started of testing the
strength OF the Presidential Candidates. From
the following statement, it appears that Mr..
Adams not only beat any one Of the candidates,
but all OF them together; and that Mr.. Crawford,
las is generally the case, except in Legislative
bodies, where his powers of intrigue have full
exercIse,l came out at the little end ofthe horn.
Fer John Quincy Adams 9s
For Andrew jackson az
For William III. Crawford 80
For John C. Calhoun
For Nathaniel Macon
For Henry Ctay s. the Tariff, MOVIE!
ADAMS. MEETING.
at meeting of the citizens ofFranklin couu.
ty, held ut the court bouse on the Goth of April.
agreeably to previous notice, for the purpose of
recommending suitable persons for President
aud Vice President of the Unitsd States, Col
.jod6 Early was requested TO take the chair
and Thomas b. Greer appointed secretary.
Robert T, Woods, Esq. explained the object
of the meeting in short and handsome man
ner; after which the following preamble andk
resolutions were read aud adopted:
The choice Of chief magistrate is one of the
most important privileges enjoyed by the Amer
lean people, and should be exercised calmly and
dspassionateiy, without regard to: sectional
feeling or party considerations: A President of
the United States should possess mind ofthe
most enlarged, vigorous cast-enlghtened by
long experience in the management of PUBLIC
affairs-enriched by profound knowledge Of
the history of mankind, and the principles Of po.
htlcal science. He should be man capable
of thinking calmly, ofjudging soundly, of feel
ing strongly and acting deliberately. He should
be intimately acquainted with both our domes.
tic interests and foreign relations-fafhiliarly
conversan with all the branches of political Geo.
| Monty, and capable of directing the operations
of every department ofsthe executive adminis-
tration. AS he is almost entirely responsible
for so many important duties, he should be uni
formly circumspect; ever on the watch to pre-
| serve proper equilibrium between the general
and state governments, and devotediy attached to
the constitution; Believing, as I'VE most sim
ccrly do, that JOHN QUINCY ADAMS more
exactly fills up the measure of the above des-
crption than any of the gentlemen W b fore
the people for the next presidency.
| ResOtced, That we will support him for that
high Office and that we will use all constitution
al means to promote his election.
| In order that ingratitude, that Just reproaca
of former republics, may not be identified & ith
| the American people;
Resoiued, That we will support Gen. AN
DREW JACKSON as Vice Presidents.
Resolred, Toat James Catlq,cay, of this coun-
ty, be recommended to the people of this and
the other electoral districts of the State to be
designated on the General Ticket as the elector
| of this district.
| Resoioed, That Richard NJ. .Taliaferro Calei,
Tate and Henry T. Galloway be appointed
committee to correspond with other committees.
| elsewhere appointed, to assist in forming an E.,
iectora Ticket of citizens favorable to the cleo.
ton of JOHN q. ADAMS and Gen. JACK
SON.
Resolued, That the different editors of the
state be requested to give the above proceed
| ngs place IN their respective papers, and that
the Secretary forward copy to Philip Harrison
of Fredericksburg.
JoABEARLY, Chairman.
THOS. Il. GREER, Sec'y.
SuAwNEEToN, QLL.) April 24--The Hon.
NINIAN EDWARDS, lately appointed Minister to
| Mexico, arrived at this place on Tuesday last.
on his return home to take leave of his family,
previous to his depaatue abroad. We UNDER
stand be will sail from New Orleans, on his mis-
sion, about the LIST of June next.
| M. De Pradt has lately published work,
entitled Europe and America, in 1922 and 1923.
| The following is an extract from this work
s'In South America the struggles for power
and the plots to upset those who possessed it,
have long since succeeded. Nothing like this
took place i'll the United States, neither at the
epoch of their formation, since their final
esta blishment. Nocitizens however elevated,
cithe by fame or popular opinion-there is not
an eS ample of one who avaied himself of any
selfish views Of ambition thought it his glory
TO exalt his country BY every means in his pow
err Whence comes this difference? 1t pro-
ceeds from the presence of sociability amongst
the one, and its absence amongst the ether. 1t
is thus that in the East and in Africa-coun-
| tries to whom civilization is unknown ambition,
with all its rage, exhibits itself, by trampling on
| the laws of nature well as morality. 1T is
| said that the men ofthe South are made of dTss-
rent clay from those of the North, and that there
is something in their blood which impels to con-
spiracy, secret plots, and to all those scenes
which for SO long period assanguned aud de-
| filed Italy during the middle ages.n