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them with view that the power wasi IN SUBJ
stance 10 be. retained and exercised, though In
differen, form. 1t is an usurped power, as
sumed by The Leg alature, in contempt Of the
almost unanimous decree OF The people solemn
ly pronounced al the polls in the autumn oil
1925.
The character and motives Of the opposition
are not 10 be mistaken. 1t rmanates from I"
combination Of individuals, having Tor Us oo-
iect the qualification Of cupidity or ambition
and not The general good. That such is the
fact, is proved by the declal atoms IN 1927 o.
many Of the present most prominent support
ers OF Gen. Jackson. Then they a'owrd IN 'hT |,
strongest terms their conviction oil his to'ai
unfitness for the station 10 which he asplres
Has Gen. Jackson changed since that perioa!
1t is no, pretended that he has; and we reiuc>
lantly add our belief, that this combination 0.
riginated with the citizens Of the South, ana
is chiefly sustained by the sectional PreJudiees
there entertained, which induce from tha'
quarter an opposition TO Northern President
however pure may be the measures which ne
recommends.
Against such combination, whatever I'M"
posing name it may assume, we profess.
We believe that very great majority OF Tue
people OF this state have not yielded their as
whose measures all admi, to be wise and prop
er; nor have they consented to aid in the eieVa'
lion Of d man TO ,hepresidencv who has prov,
ed him self unfit TO be trusted with the CIVIL
rights of his fellow ci,zrns.- -,
With view therefore producing union OF
action among citizens entertaining the same
opinions this great and interesting question,
WE RECOMMEND TO the inhabitants Of the
several counties in this state, opposed 10 the
election of General Jackson, 10 choose, in such
manner as they shall deem proper, delegates
eguol IN number to their representatives in
assembly, to meet in convention al The Capitol,
in Albany, on Tuesday, the tenth day Of June
next; to deliberate upon and declare their views
in relation to the subject of the next presden-
,ial election March, 1928.
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embellishments. The line engravingc, and es-
pecially the frontispiece on steel, are OF very
h, oh order, while we never net with sweeter
,i,hopraph than that Of Newsead Abbey
London Weekly Rerie,c.
Hone LesEe.-Americans long depended sole
", not TO say helplessly, upon Importat'ons lof
lteraturej from The mother country; but they
have begun to pay back The debt, and in am
other thirty or forty years, we shall change
places, and be, in turn, The debtors Enshsh
literature seviden,ly pasying-a lit'!e infusion
of Younger blood will. perhaps, lnvlgorate US
again. sss it is this way we shall become best
acquainted with each other, and best serve each
other; exchanging our :asie for their strength
Observation-Disclosures will be thus removed, and
iealousies vanish with them. The writer In
the tale before us, is no novice in the practice
of sc ribbIng; his story is defective in distinct
ness and somewhat encountered with lnef'c>
tive agents; but We are sure il is he work oil
man full Of sterling good sense; thinking and
speaking not by the rules oil art, but by the
laws Of nature: close observer and an able
PAINTER, and lifted far above common prejudice
IS, and casting from him the letters of bigo,ry,
religious and POLITICAL Monthly Magazine"
"Red Roser.-The American novelist is Sir
Walter Scouts perfect equal in very many re-
opeCts. IoT AHc 'iosl pau IVY" w '"N ="
act very wisely and wariIv; they work on their
own grounds, aud keep within the limi's Of
their own experience Sir Waller knows his
country and his coun:ry's history, and there he
is quite unrivaIled. Mr. Cooper in like mars
ner knows America, and its shor. but e,enlfu
and unique history; he has been toe sailor; and
confirming himself, with the wisdom of sound
understanding, to American character and ma
val scenes and subjects, he is, in his depart
men,s, without rival. Sir Walter has ven~
tured, and in toe opinion of numbers, talked
learred'y ofs,orms and battles; but it must be
erudging, or tumid, despicabe spirit that
refuses 10 admit Coopcr's superiority. The
details Of s,orrn, chase and a wreck in the
Red Rover are bevond all comparison, the most
powerful in their effect, that ever thrilled thro'
U.S. and as little likely, as substantial facts,
to fade from our memories. The winds and
the waves are at his command, and the storm
which his magic pen SO readily raises, howl
and roar, with truth and witchery perhaps
too near reality--making the brain waver, and
and turn from the page for relief-and be sure
its security. London Magazme.
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Venetian Window Blinds

VJyHE subscriber begs leave to inform ,ne II ,ia
i that he has commenced the man''fc'O''
dow blinds of every description such as a. ork
Spring roller shutter blinds, tor the ou'''''
windows, .,.,;Js. an!
Spring parlour blinds. -,o-.s,, motto,
rrThc above will be made at the shoTeS UT Ii,
and lower than the wholesale New York Pne.s M, .
above blind, which he offers to the public, y" KIN, b
be surpassed for nestness. elegance, and du''O"''
any thing ofthe kind heretofore offered; .;,,sp,s
Also, Portable desks, gentlemen,s dre esa tho,tss
and all kinds of Cabinet work made al lne w,.brs
notice, by application to the subscriber Oh ose b.
ton street, doors north Of King street. OPP ,ef
MarshaPs Office. Orders for Washington
N. p. Poor, Commission Store on the h'e"">
g. n1-,h @ 20 W.J.FERGUsoNjg@>
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ed in Paragua, and seems to he f..
2 i'll other Quarters.


6 la other quarters. F'a
AS pendant or companion plees ,,..
greeable spectacle, we have lately had h.. @aA
you will have seen from the pubis ;hs
complies civil war between The two o. .'"s
powers of church and slate, which ,rs N
pleteiy separate in this country as ,wo e.N
well can be. The Church bronsS, p''N
fed force of 10000 10 40 900 men u.p W
and equipped, and go, possession for ~ y, M
all Catalonia, except the forlresse, LsIt ivy
French and one or TOO Others. Meas. t
been taken fer rising ,hrouphou, tho : <
DOM and such were the resources, res,
ity and numbers Of the conspira,or, ,b>, '%
only worder is how they failed Of suecos. e
government, il is true, displayed, by a ,n,, - };
miracle at the eleventh nour, somrhir, -, u
energy required by the crisis. The Kin, =: %'
self became hero, and took The 6rld in n,, D'
These vigorous demonstrations, whicb h
been Calculated on, with the aid of 20 n, "a w
men, which were luckily on foo, anG di> ,,',
bic, turned the scale agains, the church n ,,S
are now performing, at Tarragora, tho .,..
afterpisce of those advertisements. by ,n,,".
off few score heads. The frs. Gecre, r.S'
lished, after it was well ascertaincd Tia, h, :,
bel priests were pu down, w2s new tdc,
bout paci6ca,ion, ln,lle against The Door n.
rals. "Thesr things are enough" as the F.
say, "to make man shrug up his shoul,,,S
If some Of our worthy Editors and porir,,
could be, for while, sufferers, or even sD,,,,
tors Of passing eve dts bere, they would no.,
their return, clamor quite so loudly againl,
horrible and disastrous mal.admlnisrrs,lo, !
Adams and Clay. depend on it, to be aim
estimate correctly the b'essi gs Of our on
government, we should vi ness, personals, i.
course of things under others.
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W ashington Alexandria and Bal.
tlmOrc
STEAM PACKET zsTc.

TT having been stated in an advertisement rs''.?
4 published, that good, will be transported D. w
line at the rates charged for thr carriage ID VIZ
ing packets; and the owners of the latter having
considerably reduced the rates they had ht'l s,..-
ceived, the President and Directors 81 tue o,.-
Packet Company, in order to prevent mI'eoneeP. ~.
announc that they had reference to 'ueh !aS IS n
then pnyabie and not 10 such as the proprietor o. ',
sailing packets, in their efforts to regain the no!o,
they hid for so many years enjoyed, might be Ga.
ed to fix. greater facility Of intercourse ,n mex
tofore between Baltimore and the District snd y,
venence of the citizens Of the latter, i9ra'u '.
chief motives for establishing the steam pacKeI 20"
and the dispatch and regularity with which msI, ~.
and Others are thereby enabled to transact 'heEaD
ness, will, it is confidently expected Obtain 'g ~,
port Those persons in the upper country p@tI
fer purchasing their goods in Baltimore ana lJs
phia will find it to their advantage to send men mr
line, directed to either of the cities IN ''s D,l
where they would be certain OF having ,,eln INV
ness for their wagons every Monday afternoon
march 2Q-eo6t
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AMERICAN AUTHORS AND ENGLISH
CRITICS.

"Who reads an American 6ookS" We all re~
member when the critics across the water were
ready enough to put this ques'ion-when a re-
view or magazine never noticed an American
hook, but 10 abuse ii and the country. But we
have quietly pursued our way, knowing that if
our authors wrote well, people would read, and
critics must at last, do justice. From the Lon.
don Journals of a single month, February, we
extract the following notices Of works, no, only
American in their authorship, but in their sub
jects, character and tone.
1.-THE Atlantic Souue,ar.-We are pleased 10
observe, that even in the lightest department OF
literature, our American brethren are becoming
our rivals; the very interesting and elegant lit
tie volume now before US, is The first Annual
that appeared in America, and in the predatory
address, the publishers state with great truth;
that "the embellishments have been attended TO
with care" SC The lines on Boaden's beauti-
ful picture OF The boy & spaniel which is as beau
tliuly engraved, have not been excelled either
In elegance oil diclion or moral beauty. OF
the prose portion Of this elegant little volume,
We think our readers will form equally ia
vourable opinion, from "The recollec,ions Of
lschla and Procids," which is accompanied by
one OF the most delicious landscapes we have
ever seen, and the engraving Of which by Kear-
ney, mas peri APPS NOT been exceeded BY the bu-
rim oil any English artist of the present days."
Ere we close our favourable notice Of This little
Annual, which we doubt will not be perennial,
We must again adver, to the grea, meri, Of the
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-01
From the Nashville Wing and Banner.


| We have received the first number Of the
; Cherokee PhGnl1, a new paper published at
New Echota; il the Cherokee nation. Ii is a
curiosity, being printed partly in the new cha
racters recently invented for expressing the
Cherokee language. The number ofthrse cha
racters is said 10 be IS. Some Of them are
similar TO English letters, Others resemble the
Greek, and others still are sui generis. Ike
alphabet, with single exception, is entirely
syllable, each character representing syllable.
IN consequence If this circumstance and the
humber Of syllablcs in The language, the task
OF lie arning 10 read Cherokee is represented as
vastly easier than that Of learning to read En-
glish. a writer in the paper referred 10 says
"When the English scholar recolIecls the
tedious months occupied in his spelling book,
he re s. ards il IS matter of establishment, and
nearly incredible, that an active Cherokee boy
may learn to read his own language in day,
& that not more than TWO or three days is orc
dinariy requisite. Yet such is believed to be
the fact. Nor is it so great mystery to one
who has learned 10 read both languages, and
who reflects "a little on the subject. When an
Engi child has learned the names Of his let.
tiers, he has just begun learning to read The
main thing Is 10 learn the combinations Of
sounds; unless, indeed, it be a sill more diff
cult task, TO dIvest himself Of the idea that he
must pronounce the name Of each successive
letter in order. to read. If, for illustration, 5a,
were TO be pronounced be he would soon
learn. But after once learning to pronounce
the letter be, then to deiach from the conso,
nant sound that Of the vowcre, and attach 10 it
that OF a in one instance, IN another. and, so
on, and in the same manner TO learn thousand
other, and some of them extremely compicb,.
ed combinations, is task indeed. But the
Cherokee boy has not single combination to
learn except that of with a succeeding conso-
nant, and the name Of each character IS the syl-
liable which it represents. To read is only to
repeat successfully the names Of the several
letters. When, therefore, he has learned two
characters, he can read word composed Of
those two; when he has learned three, he can
read any word written with those three, and
when he has learned his alphabet, he can read
his language. say he can read, no, perfectly,
but he can spell out the meaning, and by prac-
tice, may become perfect"
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From the Ne,u- York Gazette.


Extract Of letter from a highly respectable Ameri
can gentleman at Madrid to his friend in this City
Our last advices from America furnishes a
gloomy picture Of the Stale Of affairs in the
new governments Of The south. There was a
period here wien il was thought Spain would
have recognised their independence, but It the
present, even the hopes of such an event has
vanished in fact, the apparently incurable, and
to foreigner, wholly inconceivable system Of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that prevails hare Is the Oh
ly security Of Spanish American independence.
This, however, will probably be an effectua
one, although, should matters he as we'll mana
ged for the some time to come a, Cuba, and as
badly in Colombia as they have been for some
time past, am not quite sure that his Catho-
lie Majesty may not ultimately recover part
of his ancient colonial empire.
confess hardly know what opinion 10
form of these new states. Abandoned by the
mother country, and apparently incapable OF
governing themselves, they appear to be con.
demned TO undergo a constant succession Of
civil wars and revolutions, until the several
military chiefs who come forward in the course
Of these troubles shall establish number OF
petty principalities, like those oil
the barbarous feudaI tyrants Of the middle ages
in Europe, upon the ruin Of the colonial EN-
pire Of Spain, or the rights and liberIie: OF the
people. This last result has already been rea'
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-01
VOICE OF NEW YORK!

We copy with high qualification the address
to the people Of this State, which will he found
below, recommending a convention TO be held
at Albany on the tenth Of June next, to declare
the views Of those who do not admit the inlal-
E5ilily of King Caucus, on the subject OF the
Presidential election The address needs no
commentary at prescn'; and the names OF those
who have signed it precludes even the vera
cious Argus from designating i as federal
measure, or the measure OF any deiunct parry,
whose ghos, can be invoked IN the occasion.
1t is as ernPharically measure OF The people,
as was the triumph Of 1924. And what they
did before, they will do asain-N. z. CONNER
eiai.
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there is no higher 5 Tory to which my amaitioh
could aspire; there is no honor which, as man
and LAWYER, would more greeGily cover, than
TO be the humble instrpnent OF directing your
Iabors to this all importan, object. For office,
or patronage, or emolument, care not; am
content witt. what the labor OF my hands sup
plies me. To me power has no charms; shall
upon all occasions fearlessly, and, trust, faith
fully, support my low-coun'rymen when
claiming their just rights, and there is nothing
know Of their lawful grievances, which shall
not lay before this House and he world. The
power to advocate The rights Of my fellow coun-
iirymcn within these walls, as well as out OF
these walIs--lhat is the power which | desire
TO possess and exercise. Cheers. II is a
power which is given to no changes of the Go
vernment, aud which cannot be taken away by
any ministry. Loud cheers. Sir, | move
tina, an humble address be presented 10 his Ma
es'y, respectfully requesting that 1t may be his
Majesty's pleasure 10 cause commssiont to Isl
sue, to inquire into ,he abuses which have bee
introduced in the course Of time, into the ad-
ministra,ion in the laws Of these re aims, and Of
the Courts Of Common Law, and to report up
on what remedies it may seem fit and expedl'
ent to adopt for their removal" Mr.. Trough
am sat down amidst chec.s from all sides.
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From the New.york Statesman.

The following senteniious and severe stric-
ture upon :he late William Pitt, Premier of
England, fell into the hands Of the admnistra-
tor Of the estate of a foreigner who Ia,eiy died
in this country. 1t is very sarcastic performs
ance, and parakes, as we think, Of The poignant
style Of Junius. We do not rrcollect ever 10
have seen it, although il might have been pub
lished in Europe.
Inscription for the proposed Monument to Mr.
Pitt respectfully dedicated TO the subscribers
to his statue.
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This Muusoleum
entombs
WILLIAM PITT

WILLIAM PITT
who died January Esd, So6, aged only AZ yeats.
With unprecedented influence
for 2S years he was Prime Minister
Of The British Empire.
He possessed great talents, transcendent elo~
qucnce:
but his worth may be best estimated
"By experience, and the evidence OF Facts"
He was the advocate for reform, which did
not succeed; The opposer of ;he slave trade,
which encreased-the Patron Of the Irish Ca.
,holics who were not emanci patcd.-Io Eng
land, professed protector-the avowed enemy
Of France.
During his Government
The Bulwarks OF British Freedom were SUBJ
vcrled-,he ancient Nobility degraded-,he
poor additionally depressed, and the middling
classes of society, aanihilaled Popular asses
Citations prohibted-the sources Of corruption
dcepen,d and enlarged-Paper was substituted
for Gold, and real opulence, transmitted into
imaginary wealth. He doubled the prices of
provisions, uiped it- 7-"'a.n! Of poors rates *
taxes. added three hundred Millions to the Ma
sand Bri,ons
'1n Just, necessary wars"
He assisted in the subv ersion Of the Balance
of Power-Witnessed the destruction of every
Ally he ob,ained-and survived the overthrow
Of Flanders, Holland, Portugal, Switzerland,
Spain, Austria, Italy, and the Germanic En-
pire.
Let nations glory in such Friendship
France,
during his administration has risen from "the
verge and very gulph of Bankruptcy" 10 wealth
has snnihilated her National Debt-doublsd
her population, quadrupled her revenue, and
obtained the
Empire of the Woil6.
Let Nations deprecate such enmity
Rrltons,
would you appreciate his character, reflect up-
on the past-observe the present-anticipat
the future.
The Committee of Lloyds Coffee House-the
Co,leo lors oftaXcs-the Purchasers Of Loans
and contractors for the army--the modern
Nobility, Lord Melville, and Napoleon Bona
parte, Emperor of France, enriched, enobled,
protected, and asgrandiztd by this
Friend OF the People
This Saviour of Briton,
This protector Of Europe,
This Heavcn-born Minister,
This Pilot who weathered the storm,
erect this Memorial, indie alive Of his unrqual-
led Merit, and Of their eternal Gratitude and
inconsoabe Regret.
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Notice

yuyHE stockholders in the Leesburg TuTnpn,, e,h b,
Company arc hereby notified, that on the e. Cos cocr
of April rext an election will be held AZ W S,ee,cs
house in Leesburg, for one president four .hs snea
and one ire asurer, for said Company, LOT '"s
year BY order ofthe Board: ,,c r,e,.Gre
sAuL. ". EDWARDS AZ
mar IL
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The Grand Menagerie

v9NIIAT has been exhibiting the past WirterbRt
Il timore (near the Marsh Market vii 4nt'
this town to-day, and will be exhibited on Ia,y
and Wednesday. The collection consists Of ihetl
lowing Animals
lst. The great African LION and LIONESS, Il,
largest ever in America, and one of their whepS rN
eight years old; also, Asia,ic LION, Bra,liH Il
GER and TIGRESS, African LEOPARD, sOuth Ars
rican CONGAR, Arabian CAMEL, LANA. from p.
ri, pair Of WILD CATS. and number Of sGIs
animals.
Captain Dick, the celebrated semequesran vi
go through with variety Of amusing performance
on small Shetland Poney.
UOpen from 9, A. N. to S. NJ.
- hdmttance Is cents; children under ten yen
half Drice march i
SUGAR REFINERY.
EOSEPH l.. SANFORD & Co. having commene,d&
81 Sugar Refining Bushes"
in hlexandris, ID. T.. in that house on WSlHg@
street. formerly occupied by Jacob Hoffman, tsq NJ
leave to solicit share of Public patronage my
have now on hand, general assortmen, OF rthHsaS
gars, which they DESTROYS to sell tor Cash. q
punctual customers on accommodating terms.
Urrhe National Intelligencer will insert The iD0'
three times a week for one month; and the "ies
ter Republican once a week for two months artr
their accounts TO this Office march l2-jt,vln
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Alexandria Museum, a.,
open daily from 10 to u A. NJ and ''''
~ =. NJ
Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-07-04

members in the British Parliament consulting
of FIVE hundred members predetermined upon
q eouzss Of ssislstive proceedings agaist Us!
Mr. M'Duiiie said, il was more than obvious
that snch q representation could have endu-
cad to no other end, than that OF exasperating
the spirit Of hostility and oppression already
existing by the irritatons which opposition Of
this Ineffi cient minority might, from time to
time, be irresistsbly provoked to set up. The
tr;sth of this. said Mr.. M'Duf6e, was manifes-
ted oy the very fact that il our representatives,
in Congress dared to confront and refute the
folly and Woke of our enemies. it made
them as eager again to subdue and annihIlate
US. II was for the southern people and not
their representatives in Congress, to determine
how long they would bear this, and IN what
manner they would resist il; but he was sure
that il would have been better for the south
sf they had had no representatives this last
winter in Washington. 1t would have been
better for their representatives to have quit
the pitol and to have como home; for re-
naming their was only boarding and Provok-
ing the lion.
He was sure that if an angel from Heaven
had come down upon earth, that no truth, no
argument, even from his lips, would have pre-
vaAed with set Of men desperately bent on
their own aggrandizement-upon the ruin OF
the south. They had the power, and power
never heard argument. To reason with ty-
rant was put to provoke his wrath and draw
down his vengeance. What could sixty mem
bers from the south do' They would have
been silent, and thereby suppiicate the fell
foe, by their meekness; but it became impos-
sibie any longer to listen TO the insults heaped
upon us, as they thus portioned of our wealth
among the majority and at last, when homan
nature could 40 longer suffer in silence, or
complaints were styled insolence and threats
1t was to this dreadful extremity that our ma
tional councils had come.
We are sorry that we cannot at this time
rive a more full and accurate account OF this
very able and feeling speech. Mr.. M'Dufiie
spoke nearly two hours and It is Impossible ior
us to describe the deep feeling with which his
speech was received. Shouts of applause ire
quentiy interrupted the speaker. He ended by
hoping that the citizens Of South Carolina
would appear on the 4th of July, clothed IN
homespun, the manufactu re of the South, to
express in this public manner their unanimous
determination not to submit to the unjust bdr-
thens imposed by the late tariff laws, and to
exhibit the state Of poverty TO which they have
been reduced by their own government.
Mr.. M'Dufie concluded his observations
by offering the following memorable sentiment
of an illustrious Caroliaian, which was drunk
~ ith laundering applause -,
"Millions for defence, not cent Tor tribute