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Rhode Island American And Providence Gazette
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
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A public meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, on the 25th ult. supported the Administration, with Hon. Theodore Gaillard presiding and resolutions praising the President and opposing election modifications. A committee included former Gov. Bennett, candidate for the Senate seat vacated by Mr. Gaillard's death. The meeting implied greater support than a prior Jackson opposition gathering.
Merged-components note: Continuation of the report on the administration meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, comparing it to the Jackson meeting.
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A committee of 13 was appointed to draft resolutions expressing the object of the meeting. Mr. Bennett late Governor of S. C. and now candidate for the Senatorial appointment vacated by the death of Mr. Gaillard-was a member of the committee, several gentlemen also who sustained responsible & important offices in the city and State were also members.
The resolutions were highly respectful to the present President, who was, they said, constitutionally elected, and whose services had been approved by Washington. The 3d resolution was "That however questionable the provision of the Constitution may be, in the mode of electing the president in the last resort, we have seen no practical evil result from it, and prefer it as it is, to what it would be, if the modifications proposed in Congress were adopted."
The Chairman was requested to transmit a copy of the preamble and resolutions to the President of the U. States.
The committee, in comparing, this with the Jackson meeting held a few days before in Charleston. conveys by implication, the information that the administration meeting had greater strength numerically and otherwise, than the opposition meeting.
The Editor of the Gazette, who was one of
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Charleston, South Carolina
Event Date
25th Ult.
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resolutions passed supporting the president and opposing constitutional modifications; copy transmitted to the president; implied greater support than jackson opposition meeting.
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Public meeting of Administration supporters at the Court House, presided by Hon. Theodore Gaillard; secretary Nathaniel Greene Cleary; committee of 13 including Mr. Bennett (former Governor and Senate candidate for seat vacated by Mr. Gaillard's death) drafted respectful resolutions on President's election and services, preferring current Constitution over proposed changes.