Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-11-08
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citizens OF h~ichinOno, COnNeitl A. thS NAplNDi
in said city. on Wednesday. thc 24th Of OCT.
1927, 10 express their disApprobatson OF the e.
lection Of General ASpREw JAcSsoN 10 the
Presidency OF the Untsd States. and to devise
means to prevent such an event; VIM III. Ca
BELL, ESQ. vas called TO the char. and VEG.
PeSpLEroS appointed Secretary.
The subiects of the meeting were briefly I'D
verted 70 by the Rev Iohn Kerr; and on the
motion of Peyton Randolph, Esq. a
of nine persons was sppolnted, by tue Char. 10
nrep.re and report a Preamble aud Resolutions
IN Gur.herance Of the subjects OF the meeting
consisting OF the following gentlemen, VII: The
Rev. Jo4a Kerr, Peyton Randolph. Robert
Stanard, General Jsqueih ". HarVIs, Joho H..
Eus,ace, Samuel Myers. Daniel Gail, John H..
Peasants, add Robert Pollard.
After retiring a short time, the committee
returned and reported the following Preamble
and Resolutions.
The citizens Of Richmond assembled TO ex
nress their disapprobation Of the election Of
General Andrew Jackson 20 the Presidency OF
che United states. and 20 devise means To pre-.
ven, such an event. feel that 1t IS due to them.
selves to offer TO their ielipw.citlzens OF the CT
ty and of the State at large, sbFIei exposition
of some of the reasons on which their disappto.
baton 10 founded, and which render the pro.
INDICATION of II, in this mode, fit and proper
Without affecting a senslbthy they do not feel,
dsdaimng I'll influence bu, that which may be
due To a temperate appeal to t1e reason Of the
People; not seeking to produce a gfouudless
st.rm; and prepared TO meet all public dah
rers with the firmness becoming freemen-
they vet conceive that q crIsI,, now peculiar
and sinister, has arrived, IN which are discern.
ed p,ognostlcs of danger. If not in the present
tra1ou,l,ty of the country, at least to the tu.
tire safety OF us institutions, n contestIs fierce
ly wayed tor the Chef Masistracy OF the Union.
in which tue former criterIa OF party are in n
great measure absorbed or reduced TO subordi
nate Importance, anc over which personal and
local anupathies ar partialttIes, have a predo.
NINA ing influence. The state of Virginia is
made 4 party to this ignoble strife. and her
voice - conf iently Claimed for Gen. Jackson.
The members OF this meeting dissent, in com
mon with a large portion OF The citizens Of the
State, from :hls clam. They cannot but de-
precate the election of General Jackson IS o.
minous of the decay OF that splris to which a
lone our institutions can be Upheld and perpet.
usted Under these impressions they feel
that they oughtnot to be silent, and that their
opinions should be promulgated firmly and DIS
tinctly, after the example of others OF their fei
low citizens and to aid their mfiueace. While
they earnestly dissent from the supporters OF
jackson, they question not the purity of Their
motives; while they pressge the most perm
cious effects fro n his election, they indulge no
fear that he win wage war on the llbertles Of
his couutry-~hile they allow his claims on
the gratitude fins country tor his military ser
vices, (tarDished a. they have been oy acts of
yiolence,) and readily accord to him all the
rewards that patriotism could justly claim,
and a generous country safely gvant they
deny that It's frs, magistracy IS y reward APP
propriste to the services. or TO the character
and qualifications of him tor whom It is asked.
OF General Jackson. the Citizens of Blch.
mond here assembled, think as they Nave al.
ways thought, and with respect which his I'm
reasonable desire to fill an office for which he
has neither the necessary experience nor the
Appropriate talents, has not forfeited. Great
eF, indeed, should they have esteemed him,
more dearly would he have been cherished in
their recollections, bad he been found 10 pnite
the moderation Of Cinclnnstus, with his devo-
ton TO the avs md protection Of his country;
and honored among his coun,rymen, ~ the
first in war, been conteuted 10 live on the in
exhaustible fund of gratitude and affection.
treasured up for hun IN the hearts of the PEG
pie. But though their principles imper ously
call upon them TO oppose his successfO the ut
tcrmost, though the introduction OF bis name
in the canvass has flooded Tie country with the
waters OF bitterness; although they have per
ceived him. with unuttersbie regret, descend
from bis b gh dignity, 10 mIngle in person IN
that contest. Waged for his elevstinD-'hey
continue to feel undiminished gratitude tnr his
military services, and to repose uudlmnisbed
confidence in his love Of country. Win qua
frankness and sinceri they disclaim all par,izan
attachments to Johr Quincy Adams. They are
free 20 declare that he IS not unexcepfiun sble
In their eyes; and If they are Jealous for his re
election, and prepared to promote il by all
honorable and constitution n means in their pow
er, that zeal originates in a higher source tina,
individual partially, or personal attachment.
They have seen the whole cpuCse OF his Ad
ministration studiousiy misrepresented, his
mos; careless language pc ver,ed, his charge
Ger and feelings, and those OF his Cabinet,
most w~antonly and Unexpectedly asSsiled.
These things have not tsIl-d to arouse that sym
pAthy, which the Observation Of injustice al
ways awakens in generous minds, but; on the
other hand, that symp4thy has not blinded them
TO errors IN his administration, nor can il ex-
tort from them the acknowledgment that he is
free from objection But, thus much they pro.
fess TO heheve-ihat he is pure and upright in
neutrality-suspicious., however occasionally mis-.
taken-psient. faithful, and iaborious IN the
discharge of his public duties-blameless and
irreproaoha5ie in private LIE Arrived at an
advanced stage OF life, and having received
from his country the most repeated and the
highest testimonials OF her confidence. il ia
impossible to believe that be cherishes in bis
heart dlsafieetlon to her institutions or tina, he
can have any other wish than TO perpe,uate
that form Of Government under which he has
been trusted and advanced 10 the highest do
mites. With these favorable conceptions of hs
public and priva'e character, they are deter.
..r.t e. nm him tutih zaoI-. ,.J