Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-30
From the Richmond Wig.
|, NTI.JACKSON NEE rlNGS.
CITY OF RIcHMoND.-. a


in the said city, on Wednesday, the gath of DC
tober, 1897, to express their disapprobation OF
the election Of Gen. A udrew Jackson to the Pre-
sidency Of the United STATES, and to devise
means TO prevent such an event. VIM RI. Ca
bell. ESQ. was called 10 the chair, and VIM. u.
Pendleton appointed Secretary.
The objects Of the meeting were briefly ad-
yerted TO by The Rev. John Kerr: and on the
motion of Peyton Randolph, Esq committee
of nine persons was appointed by the Chair, TO
prepare and report aPfeamble and Resolutions
in fur,herance of the objects OF the meeting
consisting fthe following gentlemen, VIZ: 1 he
Rev. John Kerr, Peyton Randolph, Robert Sta
-nard, Gen. Jacqurlin d Harvie, John IT, Eus-
lace, Samuel Myers, Daniel Call, John ii. Plea
SAINTS, and Robert Pollard.
After retiring a short time, the committee
returned and reported tbs following Preamble
and Resolutions:
The citizens Of Richmond assembled to eN-
press their disapprobaton Of the election Of
Gen. Andrew jackson to the Presidency OF the
United States, and TO devise means to prevent
such an event, feel that il is due TO themselves
10 offer to their fellow citizens Of the City and
the State at large, brief exposition OF some Of
the reasons on which their disapprobation is
founded, and which render the PRONUNCIATION OF
il, in this mode, fit and proper. Without al
fecting sensibili'y they do not feel; disdaihing
all influence but that which may be due TO =
temperate appeal to the reason OF The people;
d not seeking to produce groundless alarm; and
prepared TO meet all public dangers win the
frmness becoming freemen-,hey yet conceive
that crisis, new, peculiar and sinister, has ar
rived, in which are discerned prognosucs OF
danger, if not to the pre,en,Sranquility OF the
country, al least to the future safety oil its insu
tnlions. A contest is hercely waged for lheChief
Mapislracy Of the Union, in which the former
criteria Of party are in great measure absorb
ed or reduced 10 subordinate Importance, and
over which personal and local anupathies, or
partalities, have predomna.ing inHuence-
e The State Of Virginia is made a party TO Ibis
ignoble strife, and her voice is confidently claim
ed for Gen. Jackson. The members OF ihis
meeting dissent, in common with large por-
ton of the citizens OF the state, from this ciaim
They cannot bu, deprccae the election OF Gen
Jackson as ominous Of the decay Of Iha, spi-
ri, by which alone our institutions can BE- up
held and perpelua,ed. Under these impress
sions they feel that they ought not TO be silent,
and tina, ;heir opinions should be promulgated
firmly and distinctly, after the example OF oth-
ers Of their fellow citizens ana 10 aid their IN
fluence. While they earnestly dissent from the
supporters Of Jackson, they question noithe
purify Of their motives; while they presage the
most peruicious effects from his election, they
Indulge no fear that he will wage war on the
libsriiys of his Countrywide they allow his
c'a,o,s ON the gratitude OF his country FOR his
military services, (tarnished as they have been
by ae - Of violence land readily accord 10 him
f. all tue rewards that patriotism could Justly
claim, and generous country safely grant. they
deny that its first magistracy is a reward APP
propria,e 10 The services, or TO the character and
oualiHcs cations Of him for whom it's asked.
OF Gen. Jackson, the citizens oil Richmond
here assembled; think as they have always
thought, and with respect which his nnrea-
.onab!e desire 10 fill an Office for which he has
neither the necessary experience, nor the appro
pirate talents, has not forfeited. Greater indeed
should they have esteemed him-more dearly
would he have been cherished In their recoilec.
tons, had he been found 10 unite the modera-
ton Of Cincinnaius with mis- devotion 10 the
laws and protection OF his country-and hon
CURED among his countrymen as the first in war,
been contented 10 1--we on The inexhaustible fund
Of gratitude and affection treasured up for him
in the hearts Of the people. But though their
principles imperiousy call upon them TO oppose
his success TO the uttermost-though the intro
duction Of his name in the canvass has flooded
the country with the waters OF bitterness-tho
they have perceived him with pnutterable re-
greet, descend from his high dignity TO mingle
in person IN that contest, waged for his eleya
tion--,hey continue 10 feel undiminshed gra-
titude for his military services, and to repose
undiminished confidence in his love of country.
With equal frankness and sincerity they dis
claim all partizan attachments TO John Quincy
Adams. They are free TO declare that he is
not unexceptionable in their eyes, and if they
are jealous for his reelection, and prepared to
promote i, BY all honorable and constitutional
means in their power, that zeal originates in
higher source, than individual Partially, or
personal attachment. They have seen the
whole course Of his administration studlously |
his mostcareless language per. I
vsrted, his character and feelings and those Of
his Cabinet most wanlony aud Unexpectedly
assaIIed These thing have not failed 10 arouse
tina, sympathy, " hich the observation Of injus-
tice always awakens in generous minds; bur on