Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-11-21
EROv EENe r.
TIE TENNESSEE RESOLUTIONS.

ore oil the thunder ana Igbinng partizah'
Of General Jackson. offered 10 the Senate o.
Tennessee, for the adoption Of that body
the following warm elect .oncer,ng resolutions,
which are here coprd. for The sake Of making
a correct record Of The political data ard facts
Of the time. as ,onne c,ed with ih5 Pres.dcnt.a!
elect oneer.ng canvass:
| Resoiped, By the General assembly Of the
Stair If Ttniessee, hat tie Cohsihut. ON oi
The Untcd States should he So amended, as Ia
give the clec'inn OF p. es dent ana V.,e Prs.-
dem directly and conelLsncly 10 the people,
preserving The present rniLinc weight oi TIE
several States 10 The election.
| Resoirfd, That The measures OF the present
| tdn.lnisirat on of the general government are
| injurious 10 the interests, and dangerous To the
! Liberties Of the country.
| Resoirta That tie sures' remedy for these
evils now IN the power Of the people is the
ele ron Of Andrew J,ckson TO the Chief Mag
srracy of Tins Union"
Accompanying the resolutions. was long
and inilanatory series of acrimonious declama-
ton, which we should also cory, If Or lmi 8
! would ALLOW, but as we are nee, ssarily c.reum-
( scr bed, we IN st content ourselves wth making
| an extract or two, which wI!i aiiord the reader
an idea OF the Whole.
The oh, ious intention Of the deoamatory
cif4son Of gall, which accompanied the reso-
lutions. was to give an impression abroad, that
the people OF Tenhessee, had not only adopted
tho heated resolutions, but expressed them
sci, os yet more strongly in deliberate adj
dress; which impression, it was we'll known
wotld have very material oieet on the minds
and feelings OF the citizens Of other States.
Tne address or by wha,eser other name it
may be called, aiicr hoapng the most rAneor-
Gus abuse on the Administration generally, pro-
ce.ds thus to attack in,media Ely, MI. Adams
the President:
To SUN his theory to his practice, the Presi-
dent CLAIMS almost bU"ndicss auinorny Tor the
executive e.e IS TIC Senate from all parties
pat,vti IN The Iisi.iut.Oa Of cinbas SEES und iLe
coiiiiiiss. .Oning EnHOys -tonpaies ihe inii.cnce
Vi the constituent On the representative 10 Tho
effect oi parays,s on The human body IN the
true spId Of arbitrary ,ondtslehson, he d's-
plays 10 The II Ion fIntastIcal protests oi beiie-
lIc,.on and mnproseuncni, beh.''hs t.c gracious
k.ng of star-gah,ng SUBJECTS, ra,.er tndh lhe
espons. BILE agent Ui Il lace people. Nor IS ,he
-
cd, and The indge.nemi OF the government
abroad, greater than ais proiigacy al hohe.-
Tn. cuet me.iibct of the cabinet, whose duties
reqn.re his greutcs sagacity, ana most 'nc ciisc
APPLICATION, annually deserts his department,
and displays hiiIseit as an iiInerani 'hef0r at
elest.0,eci.ns feas.s, exec. din. some ol his
colleagues ~ tbs official degradation, o"ly as
lar as nc ex:ceJs them III ab lity. liz the days
of - ashiagtOn and JGsrsOn ii Das not m
an -. fLuf he IL NJ Al
iuere eD.pioysd NeLner Html on nor Madi-
son was seen iravcrsug various S a'es at sea-
sons Of election, TO rise before carous.ng
l,utitudes. and 10 pour forth praises Oh the
Pes dent IN Office, whilst the hood-gaIes of
defamation were opched against ms expected
competitor. Those gieit men never dealt IN
DO sierous harrang,ies, Lnbes oinng tie aravity
Of statesmen IN banquet biavidoes, consist
cnt neither with decency nor couiagc; nor N
bold assertions. bearing no comparison wt!i
facts. One WAS de.oedlj engaged IN The de-
intiun OF our rights al home. ald IN The cXpan-
son and security Of our mtcrcs abroad. 10"
violl,cd and ne elected. Tue DINER was scdu-
lously employed IN ihs CREATION of S stem 0i
economy and credh, nov impaired and abin-
donrd: whilst both had excricd their m!e"iy
m,ellccts IN the formation of that bond al M
tIonal uu.un, which II is the earnest and ardent
desire of tins General Assembly 10 MAINTAIN
and perpetuate. They have made this brief,
but, IN their opin Oh, impartial reference TO the
conduct Of the present Administration, IN aup-
port Of their second resolution
AGcr having deluged Mr.. Adams with bI-
lmgsga,c. cu!ogy is rcsor'ed to, and General
Jackson s hold up TO the world, as the most
pure and distinguished SAINT, hero, and states
III III, the world ever afforded:
"h REG .rd To the third resolution, 1t viii
he .u.iia,cnt to say, that the Acknowledged
popularitv, the established f,mc, and we'll
;r.cd plirlo'isn of AN NDKEN JA k>ON,
designate him as the candGiic most capd-
blo of. and most deserving successful COM
petition with Mr. Adams. Here he has been
known from the dawn of minhood, through
the yicjss,tudcs of Lie and fortune. in peace,
aud in war, aud speak the sentiments
of or constituents, az well "a Oar own, when
We de clare, that the fire oi youth never mn
pcllcG hin, beyond the bounds of honor, ana
that the GOODNESS OF age has not made hIh
Jeafto l.Ic voice of pitr otisni. AS Il man,
hc has always ell owed oar peculiar esteem,
and as a public nocnt, oar highest confidence
The force and f.llncss OF hts intellect, We nave
never found inferior 20 the grandeur o' h's
character, or the lnstre Of his itint; consp'cn'
ons for the charities of private LIE. ana alone
doubtful of his d ,hlIc ab ties; be has seldom
left its sacred retreats, without earning r"nO"n
for himsclf. and glory ior his 20 nry. bt the
retroirs of private LIE are no longer sacred
Thu, bulovcd citizen, this genuine rnphbiicah,
venerable for his age, IlInsirons for hs scr
vices and still more Illustrous for his in'ley bic
p,,r o.ism, has seen, not only his cond yet q s.
ioried by Il ,uder, and his glory tain'Shed by
c,lulnny, bu:rhe trtncr OF bosom irad"rcd
and exposed for the sport of The idle. ana thn
malice Of the nfimo ~. Thit couth "nct
has been so of on f,rs ,kcn, th, oiuor' mgh
II. ,,b TINT bFp Isl that mas