Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-01-23

w!I DC found on our first Pare. We will also
refer our readers 20 the same page, for the
io:c'sn intelligence received BY The ship Co
l%unbia, arrived a. Now York.
TIE v!GGINi. ADMINISTRATION CONVENTION,
WGhagc real shc address, aad TIE resolutions
Of the Virginia Convention, adopted by ,ha,
body. u. lis session holden in the city OF Rich.
monl Oh the leth instant. The allress, is from
the pen Of tac Honorable Cl,rMAS JOHNSON,
lad is very in fly cousijcrei mi promo incej, a
mastery production. /; Is calm, iispas.ionaie,
! yet inca,,i,red, ard eloquent, nul cannot rail
% have % Influential effect, throughout the
c~cun;ry.
ltspoaIs Of NJ. hiam', il terms t.! c'mn,cn-
lat.on, yet Offer. him n, paucsy,ic, aud happily
c. n:ras,s his qualifications with those o. General
J"ck.on. The language ofthe address, when
s~pcakins Of Mir. hiara,, is neither fa!somc or
lauiatory;--i. 'just as { siou,I be, free. candid,
aul reasonable, as WI be al n;,;cl lay all who
rcad the following extract:
"TLus far we have cndoayoured to correct
error and disarm prejudice, that reason might
be LEFT free, to estimate fairly, the present adj
ministration and its principal measures. We
have oflerci no pancgyric en- the present Chief
Mag:siratc;-wo chcerfully leave you TO es,i-
mate the value Of his long and varied public
services, his great experience, his talents, his
learning, and his private virtues and TO set of
agains, them whatever your fancy or your
judgement, may find TO blanc in his private or
public life. When you have done this, reflect
on the character Of tho Office you are about to
Gl-enquirc what feelings, what temper, what
talent, what requirements, what habits, IRE
best suited 10 the discharge Of its high duties
and then carefully compare John Quincy Ad-
ans with Andrew Jackson, in reference to the
great question which of them is best qualified
tor tho first Office in the nation which most
likely to preserve 10 us, the distinguished
blessings we enjoy-ffom which 10 most danger
to DO apprshendcd, TO our peace and ha ppinees,
our lives and our ltbcrties;"
OiGcnoral Jackson, The address speak, with
perfect !rccdoin, truth, and c~andour, AMI whilst
1t I'd ni,s his merits al Il soldier, it exposes his
a~nitnc:s FOR Ike CA;,i MuSisIacy Of the ma.
tior.
cit is mol in wantonEc2s, that NC speak
but in Tho sadness Of our hearts. that we are
compslled TO de%clare-that while we yield our
confidence to the present Chief Magistrate in
very different degrees we are unanimous, and
untcsitating in the opinion, that Andrew Jack
son is altogether unfit for the Presidency, and
tina. hi, election would DO cminen,ly dangerous
that while we checrfully accord 10 him his
full share o; the glory, which lenders the Tn
riccrsary Of the 9Th OF January a day of Joy
and triumph to our land--we must in tho most
solemn manner, protest against a claim 10 civ
il rule. formed exclusively upon military renown
and avew that nothing has occurred in the
history OF our country, SO much calculated TO
shake our confidence in tho capacity OF the
people for self government, as the efforts, which
hafo been made, and are yet making, to ele-
vate TO the first Office in the nation, the man,
who, disobeying the orders Of his supericrs.
tpampling on the laws and constitution Of his
country, sacrificing the liberties and lives Of
men, has made his own arbitrary will, the rule
OF his conduct.
"in stating an opinion so unfa 10 4
distinguished man, who mas rendered valuable
services 10 his country, a proper respect for
ourselves and for you, requires that VIC should
declare tho reasons which compel us TO with
draw our confidence from him.
"Capaci,y FOR civil affairs in q country Ike
ours. where tho road to prefermcnt is open to
merit, in every class Of society, 10 never long
concealed, and seldom LEFT in retirement Gen.
Jackson has lived beyond the age Of 60 years.
uad was bred TO the profession best calculated
to improve and display the faculties which civil
onDloymcn.s, require but the history Of his
public life, in these employment: is told in a
few brief lines on a singlc page Of his biogra-
ply. lie filed successfully for very short
periods the Office o. member oftbc Tennessee
Convention, which formed thoir state constiiu-
tion-represcntativc, and senator, in the Con-
gress Judge o! tho supreme court of Tennessee
and again senator, in Congress OF the United
States. Hero was ample opportunity for dis
%,inction, if he had possessed tho talent, taste
and application suited for civil cminence. But
he resigned those, and passed through all these
stations, acknowledged his ~unfitnoss in two in
stances; manifcstly feeling it in all-and lsav-
ing no single act, 10 trace behind, which
sta o his qualifications above mcdiocrity.
A moro correct delinea,ion OF the character
Of General jackson, and a more feliciious de-
s~erip,ion Of the objections that can with truth
and ~j.s,icc he urged in opposition 10 his e'evs.
ton 10 the Presidency, could not have been
well conceived, aud those who read ~it,cannot bu.
he convinced Of tho impulicy, to say nothing oi
the danger. of cleva,ing 10 The Chief Nlrsis'racy
cfihc nation Tho military aspirnni.