Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-09-25


John 3. Barnes, Mouongalia.
TO TIE FEOfLA OF VIRGINIA.
FELLOW CIrIluNs,
We nave nuw tne ratification Of az
nounclng TO you the success Of our ct.
forts III the formation OF an Electoral
Ticker, composed o. cItizene decidedly
in favor OF john Quincy ADAMS, as
the next President Of he u. SAFES;
many Of whom now fiji, and Others
have hereto ore flied honorable sfa-
tons In the .ervice Of the Stae. and
the public character and private worth
OF all, entltle them TO your fullest con-
idence
In performance of the duty confded
to os, we claim no other merit than
that Of an honest zeal In the CAUSE
The difficulties and responsibilities OF
our task have oeen relieved by sponta.
neous meetings Of cltizsns in most Of
the electoral Districts, at wnict Elec.
tors have been nominated and commit.
tees organized, who have cordially co.
operated with Us. lnverv few Districts
has sel.cuon devolved upon rs. and
in those gases our greatest difficulty
has srisen from the number OF highly
respectable names that have been pre-
ssntsd. Thus has Ticket been form.
ed fer the support of our candidate,
that might with strict truth be ca led
the PsoPLE's TICKET, having emana,ed
directly from the people themsslees,
in the only unezceplionabIy republican
mode practicable under the General
Ticket system pot dictated by q self
constituted poaper, and deriving no tac-
nous importance from legislative as.
sumption.
The meeting from whom We derive
our authority as committee, nomina.
ted by small majority, Gen. ANDREW
JACKSON for the Vice Presidency and
thai nominstioD was concurred in by
several other meetings; but it by no
means met the general appreciation Of
Mr.. Adams friends throughout the
state. Some declined making any no.
mination Of a Vice President. One ex-
pressly refused to concur in the nomi-
nation OF General Jackson, and one no.
inflated another individual for that Of
fee. Under these circumstance. it has
been deemed expedient and proper, to
submit to you a Ticket pledged to the
support of ADAMs--and leave 10 the
discretion Of the electors, the choice Of
Vice President. This course, there
can be no doubt, will be more agreea
BILE TO the friends OF Mr. a dams, than
encumbering his ticket with the name
Of en- individual. however distinguish
ed VIII m many are unwilling TO sup.
port: and it is believed that no name
could be selcc ed for that office that
would unite the appreciation OF all.
We tsve heretofore, acknowledging,
addressed to you an exposition of our
reasons for opposing he caucus system,
and our preference for Mr.. A dams over
the other candidates. We will not now
obtrsde upon you repetition of them.
If there be any of our fellow citizens
whose minds are not already made up
upon the Presidential question; or any
who honestly doubt Of the superiority
of Mr.. Adams's claims to that high OF.
Zee. we would refer them to the histo
~ Of our country during the period Of
our constitutional exjstence-to the
manv important stations which Mr.. A.
dams has filled under each succeeding
Presidency all which he has ado ned
and digpifed by the splendor of his to.
Tents and the integrity of his conduct.
Examine also the pretensioDs of his op.
ponents as well as his own--not in the
misrepresentation of the party news.
papers of the day, where the most dis.
ingenious perversions Of plain facts is
reduced to q system, where unblushing
falsehoods and black calumniss sre dali
ly uttered with the pretence of enIight
enlng the public mind, and the most
heartlsss attacks made upon the pri.
vate character and private feelings of
the great and good, onder the hypocri.
steal guise Of friendly regard for their
reputation and zeal for the public veal:
~ on will seek in vain for correct in.
formation from such prostituted vehi.
cIes:-But. seek it, where alone it is to
be found, in the archives Of our coun.
try-in the journals of our public coun
ellis, and in the state papers Of the Exc
cutive. 1t is by their acts alone, that
we can duly estima the merits Of pub
lie men. BY their fruits we may know
them BY this fair and hoaoGa.