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hticsi affairs, utterly ignorant Of our interna.
tioual concerns. the regulation Of which is the
most prominent duty OF the president, dssti.
tute of knowledge in the rights Of individuals
or of the states, as guaranteed by the consii,u
lton-and continually liable to the influence oil
the most turbulent passions, which when rous.
ed, and they are easily reused, betray him into
the most unwarranlahle excuses. Is this pic.
ture too highly colored' Let us lcok at a few
Of the incidents Of his life. / seek not to man.
Sie-i am only executing justice: the smalies,
enumeration therefore, that can answer the
purposes OF justice, shall suffice.
His assault upon Col. Benton, with design 10
assassination, a. detailed in Benton's appeal To
The public in 1915. which is yet uncon,radic,.
ed, must satisfy every man that a more outra.
geous act was never committed in civilized so.
ciety. Suppose, fellow citizens, the same pun.
iShmeut had been awarded to jackson that
would have been awarded to more humble ci.
zens, where now would be this candidate tor
the presidency IT he escaped the penalties Of
the iaw from lds power or influence, will yuu
not only excuse bin, hut deem him worthy ct
an office designed in rs creation, for the best
and wisest OF mankindl But some Of YOU may
say. we have nothing to do with his pirate
character, lei Il be as irregular or as violent as
Il may: it IS his pHbhc character which claims
he need Of praise. To thar, then, let us re
ter. What man. having "a respect for the rights
and dgnity OF a state, can read without indig.
nation, his lnsalent letter to Gov. Rabun-h,s
treatment Of the legislature of Louisiana, whose
call was surrounded by the troops 10 she ex.
| clusion ofths MEMBERSHIP arrest of the go.
%yernor with a file OF soidiery. who ignomin
iously dragged him along the streets Of his own
capital as a prisoner, while the tyrant threaten
ed before the assembled multitude to hang him
20 lyon tree," II he again incurred his displea.
suref THIS is the man now held up as the
champion Of STATE rightsi But let US proceed
The sedition law, though ratified by the whole
authority OF The government deservedly call.
ed down the vengeance OF an indignant people
on its authors: yet the proclamation OF Jackson,
Infinitely more severe against The liberty o fthe
press, is appealed 10 by his friends as a matter
of commeudatior-aothtng shah be published but
1ehat he abbroresi He bsnishes BY a similar
order a whole class Of citizens; the press pre-
,umes TO question its iegshty-the offender, a
member otthe leg stature. who had previously
fought by bis side in all his ba; ties, is arrested
add Imprisoned, at a time, too, long after he
himselfhsd announced that The enemy had fed
the country broken and destroyed A Judge of
the federal court as spilled TO Tor a habegs cor.
tHS under osth-he issues 1t, as was his boun-
den duty; but the successful chieftain, far
from yielding obedience TO thissRapdate of the
c vii auth n y, arrests and imprishrA the Judge.
The attorney of the United States, for endea.
vor'ng to vindicate the majesty of The law shares
The same tate. He does not hang them, il is
true; but he banlsiies the judge, and places the
other otfe nders under military surveillance Aud
when finally. on the restoration OF peace, he is
called 20 account for some OF these violations
~ the law and the constitution, his friends pro-
eiattn MN "a rarn,rnp &c eyFal!Auce h,raatGa ba
did not let his p~arlisans commit violence on the
court taking cognizance of hts outage!
The enumeration OF Jackson's improper pub.
lie acts, is as painful as it is tedious. shall
content myself with adverting to a few oil the
most PROMINENT. In time of profound peace,
be expressly directs his subalterns 10 disregard
any order even from the president himself, with.
"ut his sanction. lie violated his positive Or
ders in invading a neutral country, thereby
substantially exercised the high power OF making
war, waich must inevitably have ensied but for
the weakness and pusillanimlty of the lnsaltcd
power. He acted lie dictator of putting TO
death Arbothnot and Ambrlster, and eviaced an
innate thi st for blood in hanging an .Sdisn
who had fallen into his hands by strstsgem-
iustityiBg tins bloody procedure by syo~ing
that The only mode OF c~iuitizing these unfortu-
nate people was to ePter&naGIe them. lie
caused TWO hundred OF the rsliitia men OF his
own state to be igaominiously punished, SIX OF
them with death. against the positive law of The
land, and under circumstances shocking to hu.
manlty. tie decreed eight Of the regular army
to be shot IN 5 manner little less calculated
than the fate of the militia men to excite cur
pity for the victims and horror towards their
execurioner He finally threatened to enter
into the chamber OF the national senate, and
cut off the ears of the members, for presuming
to inquire into those things; and was prevent
ed from carrying his threat into execution only
by the stern patriotism and courage Of Decatur.
These are the facts which even the Nashville
committee have not denied: nor can they deny
them. Read, then, and decide whether / have
Set down anght in malice, in attempting 10 delin
cate the unhtaess of jackson for the presidency.
Say also whether our Jefferson did him injus.
uce, when he declared he had disregarded ev-
cry order, and substituted his own ungoverna-
BILE viii for the law and the constitution. On The
contrary was he not well justified in the express.
sion OF his fears, almost in his dying hour, that
the support of such a mao for the presidency
indicated an incapacIly in man for self govern
mentt When you have maturely reflected on
these views. you will be able to answer the
question, which Of the citizens in nomination
best deserves your support!
A FARMER.
From the Wtnrhastar Rannbhran Gent. 2