Lynchburg Virginian

PUBLIC SENTIMENT.

Kentucky—A large and respectable meeting of citizens was held at the Courthouse of Madison county, Kentucky, on the 4th instant. Maj. Archibald Woods in the Chair, and D. Irvine Secretary. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, and the following strong declaration of the public grievances, together with the appended resolutions, were introduced and unanimously adopted:

The present Executive of the United States came into office by a large majority of the electoral Colleges and a considerable majority of the votes of the people. Although many of us entertained a preference for his distinguished Competitor, yet more solicitous for the welfare of our beloved country than for the promotion of individual politicians, we determined to give the administration a fair and impartial trial, approving where we could and only condemning where we must. Gen. Jackson has now been in office more than eighteen months, and enough has transpired to convince us that his administration is no longer entitled to the confidence and support of the American People. Let a faithful recital of the leading acts of his administration attest the truth of this remark:

He has recalled nearly all of our Foreign Ministers for the sole purpose of rewarding his partisans with their stations, at an increased expenditure of $180,000 to the public Treasury.

He has removed numerous subordinate officers for no other offence than opposing his election, and supplied their places with political friends, many of whom are wholly destitute of every requisite qualification.

He has assailed the present efficient financial system of the government, and attempted to erect upon its ruins a grand national bank, which would destroy our wholesome circulating medium corrupt the elective franchise,

and ultimately overturn the liberties of this people.

He has pensioned the Press to an alarming and dangerous extent. He has vetoed Internal Improvement, encouraged an attack upon the Tariff—silently countenanced nullification and disunion—squandered large sums of public money upon favorites—and sent the Post Office Department a suppliant bankrupt to the National Treasury—and all this in the abused names of "Retrenchment and Reform."

Unless the People are willing to lie still until corruption shall have erected an invincible power over their rights and liberties, the time for resistance has come.—The President and his Cabinet need "Reform"—the principles of our Government require it—the great interests of the People demand it. Therefore,

Resolved, That we cordially approve the Convention proposed to be held by the friends of the American System, and the opponents to Nullification and proscription, at Frankfort, on the 9th of December next, for the purpose of nominating a suitable candidate for the next Presidency of the United States.

Resolved, That the Chairman appoint ten delegates to said Convention on the part of this meeting.