Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-01-25
Trginio Anti-Jackson Convention.
SATURDAY. December

SATURDAY. OecemOeF IL,
The President took the Chair at one
o'clock.
MIR. Dabney Carr from the Commit.
Zee to frame an address, stated the rea-
diuess Of that committee to report with
in one hour, and on motion of MIR. E.
Colston, the chair was vacated for that
space Of time: 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 Or VIRGINIA.
Having been delegated, by those who
oppose tue election of Andrew Jack
son, as President Of the U. states, and
having assembled in the city of Rich
mond, pursuant to our appointments and
formed an electoral ticket, we feel it
due to ourselves, to those who deputed
us, and to our country, to submit a
brief exposition of our views, on the ve-
~ interesting subject which has brought
US together
IL is 10 ordinary occasion. which al
this Indictment season of the year, has
brought so many of US from our bust
ness aud our homes. We believed that
the dearest interests of our country
were at stake, that her character. her
peace and happiness, and even the per-
manence of her free institutions, were
in peril. We fear the most pernicious
consequences from the election OF tie.
neral Jackson and we have come to
consult about the means of sverting this
Calamity from our country. We believe
chat the only means of effectlng this
great object, is the re election of the
present chief magistrate, and have for.
med an electoral ticket for that pur
pose, which we earnestly recommend TO
the support of the people of Virginia
We know that many of you strongly
disapprove some Of the leading meas
ures Of the present administration
have not confidence in it. and would be
exceedingly unwilling to sanction the
principles of construction applied by
the present chief magistrate to the con.
stitution of the United States. But
we do not perceive in these circumstan-
css, any sufficient reason for withhold
ing your support from the ticket we
have recommended. We ourselves are
not agreed upon these subjects while
some disapprove these measures, want
confidence in the administration, and
are unwilling 10 sanction the principles
of constr uction adopted by the Presi-
dent,-most of us approve the general
course of the administration, have con-
6dence in its virtue, it's patriotism, its
wisdom, and see nothing to condemn
in the Presidents Interpretation of the
federal constitution. Yet we do not dis
cuss among ourselves, and we will not
discuss before you, the grounds of this
difference. We waive such discussion,
rs wholly inappropriate; and postpone
it to the time, when there may be some
choice offered us, that might be infia-
enced by it Now there is none such.
We are left 10 the alternative of choo-
sing between Jackson and Adams;-
aud however. we may differ in opinion
as to the merits of the latter, we hear
lilly concur in giving him decided pre-
ference over his competitor. The mea-
sures which some disapprove in the
present administration, none would
hope to see amended, under that of Ge'
neral jackson: the distrust in the pre-
sent chief magistrate, entertained by
some, is lost in the comparison with
that which all feel, in his competitor;-
and the constitution, which we would
preserve srom the too liberal interpre-
tation of Mr.. Adams. we would yet
more zealously defend against the des-
troying hand of his rival.
While however. we decline discus
sion of those subjects. on which We diff
fer n opinion. and pretermit any gene
raj vindieation of the chief magistrate,
his cabinet or his measures, we cannot
pass unnoticed some topics connected
with>the last election, and some acts OF
the administration, in relation TO which.
we think the public mind has been great
ly abused.
The friends of General jackson have
confidently held him up, as the favor
ite of the people, have insisted. that
i'm the last election, his plurality of
vote proved him to be the choice of the
nation.-and have bitterly complained,
that thGt choice. was improperly disap.
Dointed. bv the representatives in con.