Providence Patriot, Columbian Phenix

We invite the attention of our readers to the proceedings of the "Administration State Convention," holden at Newport, the 23d of June. They will amply repay the reader for his time in their perusal. They give a true picture of the course pursued by the man, as Thomas Jefferson once said, "had filled the measure of his country's glory"—a man whose name will be dear to his countrymen, when the laurel shall bloom around his tomb.

ADMINISTRATION STATE CONVENTION.

Pursuant to public notice, the friends of the present National Administration assembled at Newport on Thursday, the 23d inst. The meeting was called to order by Christopher G. Champlin, Esq. when the Hon. James D'Wolf was unanimously chosen Chairman, and E. J. Mallett and Jonas Titus were appointed Secretaries.

Certificates of the Delegates from the several Towns were then presented. No Delegate appearing from Smithfield, Isaac Wilkinson, Esq. was unanimously admitted to a seat in the Convention from that town. Ephraim Bowen, Esq. was also admitted for the town of Warwick, William G. Bowen, Esq. for East Greenwich, and Edward Wilcox, Esq. for Charlestown.

The following resolution was then introduced, and passed unanimously:

"Resolved by this convention, That we approve of the measures of the present Administration; and that we will use all honorable means to promote the re-election of ANDREW JACKSON."

It was then voted, that William Hunter, Dexter Randall, Wilkins Updike, David Thomas, Ephraim Bowen, James D'Wolf, and Thomas F. Carpenter, be a committee to report resolutions to be read at the adjourned meeting of this convention, to be holden to-morrow evening.

The following gentlemen were Delegates from the several towns:

Newport—Christopher G. Champlin, Wm. Hunter, Robinson Potter, Charles Cotton, George Hall, Henry Bull.

Providence—David Thomas. Nathaniel Searle, Thomas F. Carpenter, Dexter Randall.

Warwick—Ephraim Bowen.

New Shoreham—Archibald Milliken, Benjamin Sprague.

N. Kingston—Geo. Hammond, Christopher Allen.

S. Kingston—Elisha R. Potter, J. N. Potter.

E. Greenwich—William G. Bowen.

Jamestown—George Weeden, H. K. Carpenter.

Smithfield—Isaac Wilkinson.

Scituate—Job Randall.

Charlestown—Gale Kenyon, Daniel King.

Exeter—R. H. Dawley, Stephen Tillinghast.

Bristol—Jas. D'Wolf, Ichabod Davis.

Richmond—Thomas James, Jonathan James.

Barrington—Benjamin Medberry, S. R. Martin.

Foster—Gideon Burgess, Whipple Phillips.

Burrillville—Smith Paine.

Admitted Members—Edward Wilcox, Josiah Westcott, Stephen T. Northam. Stephen Branch.

The convention then adjourned to meet to-morrow.

JAMES D'WOLF, Chairman.

E. J. MALLETT,
Secretaries.

JONAS TITUS,

At an adjourned meeting of the Administration State Convention, held at the State House, Friday Evening, June 24, 1831—Present the same Delegates as last Evening. Charles Searle was appointed Secretary in place of E. J. Mallett, who was absent.

The committee appointed at the last meeting to draft resolutions, presented the following for the consideration of this convention.

Resolved, That the election of GEN. ANDREW JACKSON, as President of the United States, was the just reward of a grateful people, for splendid services, undoubted political integrity, and undeviating patriotism.

Resolved, That we continue (unaffected by the misrepresentations and calumnies of those, whose rash ambition has been disappointed, and undeserving aggrandizement prevented,) to repose full and entire confidence in the strength of mind, and purity of intention of General Jackson, and we perceive in the firmness, energy, decision and magnanimity of his character, new securities for the stability of the national union, and hopes, justifiable and confirmed, for the permanency of our present, unexampled, prosperity.

Resolved, That the Administration of the present Executive of these United States, has been marked by full and frequent recognitions of the Rights of the States, by a studious forbearance of interference with their peculiar domestic concerns, and by the unequivocal disapprobation of those vague constructions of the Constitution, which tend to render power unlimited, and redress for grievances uncertain or difficult. And at the same time we rejoice to assert, that, in perfect consistency to these true, not narrow principles of construction, no Administration since the formation of the Federal Government has more decisively announced its resolute determination to adhere to the Union, and to uphold it, in all its just rights, and ACKNOWLEDGED SUPREMACY.

Resolved, That in regard to the momentous and engrossing question of the Tariff, we have no distrust of the correct views of the President, merely because he has limited his approbation (in adverting to this mode of promoting domestic industry) to a "judicious Tariff." National good faith, important national interests require, that the protection bestowed upon the manufactures should be adhered to, certainly not improvidently modified, while, at the same time, it should not be deemed a scheme of legislation, subject to heedless enlargement, or stand fixed as unalterable, if its tendencies and effects prove detrimental to the equal claims of Navigation and Commerce, and the paramount interests of Agriculture.

Resolved, That the policy of the National Administration (as earnestly enjoined by President Jackson) in extinguishing the National Debt, before large appropriations of public money are authorized, to accomplish objects of State or local enterprize; and the application of our future expected overflow of national treasure, to objects strictly and confessedly National and Constitutional—objects, tending to the defense and security, facilitating the intercourse, and promoting by equality of benefit the prosperity of the whole country, is, in our opinion, a policy derived from, and a duty plainly indicated by the Constitution of the United States.

This is the true "American System." We deprecate its perversion, and earnestly hope that the cautious application of the sound constitutional principle of Internal Improvement may preserve us from extravagance of expenditures, and prevent those local, neighborhood, and state combinations which may be too much tainted by self interest, and peradventure subject statesmen and legislators themselves, to the imputations of corrupt association and compromise.

Resolved, That we acknowledge with pride and gratitude the altered and high standing of our country, in its foreign relations. By our convention with Great Britain, a heretofore accustomed and valuable trade and intercourse with the British Colonies has been restored. By our treaty with Turkey a new and highly advantageous avenue has been thrown open to our adventurous commerce.—Satisfactory indemnifications for injuries sustained from foreign nations in some instances effected, and, in all firmly urged and confidently expected.

Resolved, That we congratulate the citizens of this State that our peculiar and transcendent fitness for national naval accommodation bestowed by nature, and from the earliest times appreciated by scientific and impartial men, has at length been distinctly recognized by the General Government.

Therefore Resolved, That actuated by these opinions and sentiments, we warmly concur in the nomination of GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON for a re-election to the Presidency of the United States, for three four years next, after his present term expires, and WE pledge ourselves to use all fair and honorable means to promote and secure his election.

Whereupon the foregoing resolutions passed unanimously, and were ordered to be signed by the Chairman and Secretaries, and published in all the newspapers printed in this State, friendly to the present Administration.

JAMES D'WOLF, Chairman.

JONAS TITUS,
Secretaries.

CHAS. F. SEARLE,

Conversation, without any specific motion, was had in the convention, in regard to a nomination of Jackson candidates for Representatives. No resolution on this subject was passed, and no names are tendered to the public.