Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-17

NJ. d ,bn"y Carr from the Committee to
frame an address stated the readiness OF that
Co nmit,ee to report within one hour, and on
mouon of Mr. F. Colston, the chair was vac a
tea for that space ofume; at the expiration OF
which the President resumed The chair.
Mr. Johnson from the committee to frame
an address. then reported the following address
and Resolutions:
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
Having been delegated, by those who OPP
pos the election of Andrew Jackson, as Presi-
dent Of me y. STATES, and having assembled IL
the CITY of Richmond, pu: suant TO our apPolHt-
men,. and formed an electoral ticket, We iee
/, due 10 ourselves, TO those who dtputed US,
anr To- our country, TO submit a brief exposition
of our views on the very interesting subject
which has brought Us together.
II is no ordinary occasion, which at this in
clement season Of the year, has brought so ma
ny Of US from our business and our homes. We
believed that the dearest interests oil our coun-
try were al stake, that her character, her peace
and happiness, and even the permanenee OF
h,r free institutions, were IN peril. We feared
the most perniCiOus consequences from the cleo
ton Of Gen Jack ,on, and We have come 10 con-
suit about the means OF 'erii"g his Calamity
means Of effeo ting this great object, is the re-
cleo ion Of the present chIef magistrate: have
formed an electoral ticket FIR rnat purpose
which we earnestly commend 10 The support
OF IN; people OF Virginia.
We know that many of you strongly disap-
prove some OF the ieading INT asures oil the pre-.
a S
the United States. But we do not perceive in
these circumstances, any sufficient reason for
Withholding your support from The ticket We
have recommended We ourselves are not a
greed upon these subjects While some disap-
prove these measures, want confidence n the
administration, and are unwilling 10 sanction
the principles OF conslru S,ion adopted by tne
Prssiden',-most OF us approve The general
course OF the administration, nave co,fde ce
ia lis virtue, its PATRIOTISM. It's wisdom aud see
nothing o condemn in the Presidents, iuterpre
taron of he federal constitution Ye we do
not discuss among ourselves, and we will not
discuss before you, the grounds Of this difF-r-
ence. We waive such discussion, a. wholly
inappropriate; postpone il 10 the time,
when there may be some choice offe ed US,
that might b. influenced By it. Now there is |
none such. We are left 10 the alternative Of
choosing between JIck son snd Adams and |
however We may differ IN opinion as 10 the me- |
rits OF the latter, we heartily concur In givirg
him decided prefer, nee over his councillor
The measures which some disapprove in the |
present administrator, none would hope |
TO see amended, under that Of General Jack.
son:-ihe dlstrust in the present chief magis-
trate, entertained by some, is lest in the COM
parison with that which all feel in his compel
itor;-and the constitution, which we would
preserve from the too liberal in,erpre tation of
MIR. Adams, we would yet more zea!ouslv de.
fend as inst the destroying hand Of his rival
While however, we decline discussion Of
those subjects, on which we differ in opinion,
and pretermit any general vindicatiou Of the
chief magistrate, his cabinsf or his measures,
we cannot pass unnoticed some topics connect
ed with the last election, and some acts Of The
administration in relation to which, We think
the public mind has been greatly abused.
The friends OF Gen. Jackson have confidently
held him up, as the favoriie Of the people,
have insisted, that in the last election, his plu
rality OF votes proved him TO BE- the choice Of
the nation, -and have bitterly complained, that
that choice, was improperly disappointed, by
the representatives in congress.
Never there a more direc, appeal 20
those ?reludices and passions, which, on all
occasions, the good should disdain, and the
wise should repress,-never was a complain
more utterly uDfounded,- land never one more
characteristic Of thai disregard for the cons,l-
tuition, which has been manifested, on more
occasions than one, when its provisions stood
in the way Of Gen. J,ckson's march.
Whether Gen. Jackson is the peoples favor
lite, is to BE- tested by the event, not assumed
as the basis, Of the pending election. That
his plurality ofvo proved him 10 be the
choice of the nation at the last election, we
confidently deny It may perhaps be found
upon EXAMINATION, that while Gen Jackson
had plurality ofelec,oral votes, Mr. Adams
had plcraiity Of votes at the polls; and We al,
confident, that if Mr.. Crawford and Mr. Cl,y |,
had been Withdrawn from the vass, and the
contest had been single handed, between Gen.
Jackson aud Mr.. Adams, the election would