Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1832-05-16

SeJuence!-AH the jealousy OF foreign natioS
been encountered, any entangling alliances
entered into! Has "war," or ''pestilence," or
"famine," with any of their countless evils in
their train, been visited upon us? We profess
not to have been indifferent spectators of the
course pursued by our Government for the last
three years, but we confess our ignorance OF the
existence of any Of these awful calamities, re-
sulting from its policy, in our happy and heaven
favored country.
FELLOW C1rIzENs--We will not dwell on the
negative qualifications of our present worthy
Chief Magistrate Permit us to offer to your
consideration brief sketch of his positive viz
tues, and solicit your attention to short detail
of the benefits that have been derived to our
common country, as coming more properly with
in the sphere of our labors. Entering upon the
duties Of his office with declared determination
"to submit to nothing that was wrong, and ask
for nothing but what wright" he has terml-
mated career of successful negotiations with
foreign powers, unparalleled in the history OF any
former administration. 1t will not be considered
impairment in this place, and at this time to re-
fer you to few Of them.
He has affected an arrangement with Great
Britain for participation in the trade with her
West India Colonies, upon an equal footing with
the most favored pations.--"Upon terms more
advantageous than those which the ilustrious Fa-
Their of his country was willing to accept" and
the earliest periods of our history
He has obtained satisfaction for our claims on
the Governments of Denmark, Brazil, France,
Colombia, Portugal, Mexico, Spain, Sicily, and
Austria.
He has concluded treaty with the Ottoman
Empire, by which he has secured for our mer-
chants a valuable commerce in the Ports of the
Black Sea-a privilege hitherto never extended
to us. 8" y " Ss'.
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Tibes, by which vast eXtents Of fertile and val
. liable soil have been added to Illinois and other
States fthe confederacy.
In addition to these he has put check to a
system ct prof1igate and dangerous expenditures
of the public money on local works of improve
ment, in violation of the spirit and meaning of
the Constitution, by refusing his assent to an APP
preparation for the Maysville Road; at the same
time, hehas sanctioned appropriations for works
Of road through the Western States; removing
the snags, &C., in the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
building light house at Chicago and other
points on the northern lakes, &c, &c.
lie has sanctioned reduction of the public
burthens by reduction of the duties on coffee,
tea, alum salt, Sc, and advocates modification
of the Tariff generally. e.5 e aae-
He has discovered and exposed numerous de-
falcati,ns and depredations on the public Treas
II
I He has secured the payment of the national
debt-nore than $4,000 900 of it having been
paid daring the first three years of his admins
ltration
He has established system of strict account.
ability with the officers of the general govern
ment--thereby preventing the loss of the Peoples
money by defalcations, peculation and fraud.
In short, he has administered the government
in conformity with the pure principles of Democ-
racy, which date their performance from the civ
il revolution OF '9S; which elevated and sustain
ed the immortal Jefferson; and which recognizes
in the sovereign people the legitimate source of all
power and the final arbiter of all questions. ftl
is to these principles we look for the perpetuity
Of our political insttutions and under the gui-
dance of Andrew jackson we have the most un.
limited confidence in their preservation for he has
said that "the Federal Union must and shall be
preserved;" and every act of his public lie aft
ords an evidence Of his sincerity. is-s.4. a
Fellow CfTIzENs.-We have here given you
l but few of the many reasons which could be E.
Enumerated, as constituting claims in favor of the
collection of Andrew jackson for another Pres
dental term but we will not presume that syou
are wholly unacquainted with them. So well sat-
isfed are even his opponents of their reality that
They have almost ceased The reteration of their
stale and thread-bare ISLANDERS, and are resolv-
| ed to enforce conviction upon the people that
his health has materially declined, and that he is
upon the verge of the grave Against all such
reports we would particularly caution you. We
have the most indubitable testimony that his
health is better than it has been for many years
and that the vigor of his intellect and his frame
give assurances Of many years Of active andu
full life. Although there is not an openly organI.
zed opposition to his election, in this State, yet
no secret means will be left untried to deprive
him Of your vote. But trusting in your intell.
gence, your integrity, yonr energy, and your de-
votion to the best interests of your country, we
feel an assurance that your sufrages in etrci11ef
next, will be given for the Electors selected by
the Conventions at Vandalia, Kaskaskia, and
springfield.
| We beg permission to offer few remarks in
relation to the election Of Vice President. A
number Of candidates having been spoken of fos
that office, and there being no probability of the
election of any one by the people, without the a.
ldoption of some measure to unite their SURFACES,
lit was proposed by the Legislature of New
Hampshire, to hold convention in Baltimore in
may next, for the purpose of selecting candid
ate upon whom the Democratic party could be-
stow their suffrages with prospect of success.
This suggestion has met with universal approba.
ton, and, with perhaps one exception, and only