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ELECTED FOR THE GEORGIA COCRIER.
DON Al&ONAE,
OR THE
SORCERESS OF MONTILLO.
A ROMANTIC TALE.
Sullen »n>l sad to fancy Vfrjshted eye,
Did shapes ofdtin and m rky dew advance.
In t rain tumultuous, and ef geAure strange,
And passing horrible! CHAR AC 1 ACLP.
[concluded.]
Having made a signal to one of the se
cretaries who rung a bell, a distant door
tv ened, and two mutes led in a female,
enveloped in black from head to foot.—
When she drew back her veil, the Mar
quis d’Antares immediately recollected
the tremendous features of Furialza,.glar
ing upon him exactly as they did when
he saw her performing her diabolical in
cantations in the horrid chamber of Mon-
tillo castle, and afterwards in the'bowels
of the earth. “Now, Furialza,” said the
Suprernn, “ having by your confession
been guiltv of sorcery and witchcraft—the
means of tormenting the Marquis d’An-
tarcs by diabolical inchantinents—let the
court witness your first step to repentance
by an ample confession.” “ By your
leave, holy fathers,” said Marano, “ let
rite first ask. Furialza it she ever was a
nurse to a young lady, and what became
of her charge?” “I was nurse to the
daughter of Count Alvarez,” she replied :
•“ I afterwards sold her to a slavo mer
chant when I left Tunis.” “Enongh!”
•cried Marano,—“that child is my wife,
and now, by the death of Amaranta, is
the only living daughter of Lady Cleona;
her claim therefore to the rich estates of
the murdered Count, now in the posses
sion of Algonah, is indisputable.” Don
Algonah stqoi[ motionless at this speech,
surveying Marano and Furialza, and gnash
ing his teeth at the former. “ Now,
w.ctch!” cried he—“it is my turn to
sting thee as thou hast stung me !—Be
hold the man thou hast pursued to des
truction!—He is at once thy victim—and
thine own father !” Great ruler of hea
ven !” cried Marano in agonv, “can this
be possibie? Oh! let me perish, and ne
ver again behold the day!” “What
proof do you bring of this ?” said the Su-
prema:—“deep as you are in iniquity,
we can scarcely credit so unnatural a
crime in you.” Don Algo yah then pro
duced an ivory box, whence, on opening
a secret spring, betook out a small billet:
it was handed to the chief Inquisitor, who
read the following words:—“The dread
ful discovery you have made to me, Ro-
dcrigo, overwhelms me with horror.—
Was it you that I received iinsusnirious-
iy?—O monster of depravity, I give thee
warning to shim me—for if I live to rise
from the bed I now languish upon, I will
pursue thee, and thy guilty offspring shall
heap curses on thy head !” Marano at
the close of the letter, exclaiming that he
was a wretch unworthy of existence,
caught up the dagger, and made an effort
to stab himseif, but was prevented by the
Marquis d’Antares.—labile a smile of
pleasure at this scene irradiated the brow
of Algonah, Furialza came forward, and
claimed attention. “ Holy fathers,” said
she, “ this Algonah is not the father of
Marano.—Let him behold this ring, given
as a token when I personated his sister,
and supplied her place. It was I who,
finding his mind equally depraved with
my own, accompanied him as his page to
America, and shared his excesses.—It b
true .lbs sister was deceived, and thought
the infant Marano was the offspring of
his incest, her husband having been som *
time dead.” Don Algonah surveyed the
ring, and suddenly seizing the fatal dag
ger, he made a plunge at the bosom of
Furialza, who darted from the blow.:—
Algonah then became wild with a con
flict of passions ; he saw his horrid deeds
substantiated ; and, as he cast his glaring
eyas round the Court, where execrations
ami curses sat on every -countenance, he
raised his arm, and buried the bloody
weapon in his own heart—falling on the
corpse of his daughter.
The first emotions of the death of Al
gonah having subsided, Furialza was or
dered to proceed in her confession, and
satisfy Marano of his real parentage.—
“The father of Marano,” continued Fu
rialza, “ is the Marquis Rondotas, who is
the father of Olivaro, and uncle to Eme
lina.—I was the companion of Martino’s
mother, and early fell in love with her
brother Rotjerigo Algonah. The Lady
Leonora was courted by the Marquis
Rondolos, but her father compelled her
to marry against her choice- Ji^v hus
band dying a few months after his mar
riage, the Marquis renewed his visits, and
they were privately married before the
time of mourning had expired. I was the
confidant in the intrigue, and secretly let
the Marquis in by a private door.—Algo
nah, enamored of his sister, disclosed his
wishes to me, with the offer of a consi
derable bribe.—I confess that I deceived
the deceiver, and bound him down in his
nocturnal visits to secresy. The letter
just now read, which discovered to his
sister her guilt he wrote in a fit of passion ;
and it was her answer that occasioned his
flight.—The Maiquis Rondolos would
have owned his marriage with Lady Juli
ana had she lived—but she, wounded by
the fata! discovery, dying directly after
the death of Marano, the Marquis Ron-
dnlos retained his own Secret, and Mora-
no, received an asylum in his house, aDd
subsequently an appointment in the au
nt v.” “ Now,” said the Suprema, “ pro
ceed to the mysteries of the horrid cham
ber, auu -r relares to ^ * diabo
lical sorceries!”
“It was I,” said Furialza, “whom the
Marquis d’Antares boheld in the Black
Chamber. He saw me half naked, and
covered with blood. I was dividing the
body of Perez, which Pedro had dug up
from its grave ; and broiling it preparato
ry to an incantation. It was I who haunt
ed the Marquis in his garden, when I an
nounced his death. I placed the fiery Tvri-
tingon the wall of his chamber, &. when I
led him from Pedro*whom he had nearly
slain, into the bowels of the earth, I meant
by my power to have transported him and
myself to the flames of Mount Etna. But
both in this and a second enchantment, I
found mv skill vanish before tho name ot
the Almighty. I then began to think on
the eternal vengeance of that infernal
(iend Satan, to whose service I had devo
ted my soul, oil the condition I should not
die by the hands of justice. My return
ing inclination to repentance was checked
by the reflection that there was no hope,
no mercy, for such an abandoned wretch
as myself. In despair l then threw my
self into the water, and was saved from
death by Marano’s kindness, who took
me to the' Marquis d’Antares. Here I
had ventured again to raise my mind to
heaven, and implore a ray of forgiveness,
when the busy fiend came to pay me a
final visit, and claim me as his own.
Touching me with his hand I became in
visible, and he transported me to the
banks of the stream where I had so re
cently been saved from my own despair.
“ Here,” cried ite, “shall thy existence
terminate for deserting me—then shall thy
soul he mv own, and dwell in eternal
torments !” “Prince of darkness,” cried
I, as if illuminated from above, “in the
n;yne.of the Almighty I shield myself
from thee!—in his omnipotent name,
which makes the powers of hell to trem
ble, I conjure thee to leave me ! 1 In a
moment it thundered and lightened, a
chasm opened, and with a horrible noise
he descended, leaving my soul melted
with gratitude to -heaven.” “But one
thing more,” said fhe Suprema: “Why
docs the ghost of Count Alvarez continue
to haunt Marano?” “ The unhappy
phantom,” said Furialza, “will never
cease to pursue Marano till Ite be satis
fied. If you will absolve me, holy fa
thers, I will command his restless shade
to become visible.” “You arc absolved!”
said the Supreme. Furialza then took a
crucifix that laid on the table, and making
a circle with it on the floor, and pronoun
cing some caballistic words, a dark sha
dowy foim was seen to move, till it rested
on the corpse of Amaranta. A skin only
covered its bones, its eyes were sunken,
and its cheeks Were fleshiess ; horror ran
through the frame of all the living, as
they beheld the spectre of the dead Al
varez. Furialza then addressed it:—■
“ Say, spirit, why you trouble the peace
of the living?” No motion was visible
on his lips—but a hollow voice from the
thd three friends and relatives terminated
their eventful progress to the altar of
Hymen by an equal participation of con
nubial and retrospective happiness!
MR. CLAY’S LETTER.
Remarking upon ihis letter the Nation
al Journal says :—“We believe that the
letter of Mr. Clay will disappoint Gen.
Jackson and his friends—disappoint them;
we mean, in the calmness of its tone, and
in the dignified forbearance with which
the writer confines himself to a simple
denial of the charges, which it was the
purpose of Gen. Jackson’s letter to res
cue from the contempt into which they
were falling, by the sanction of his name.
Mr. Clay and the General “ are now
fairly at issueand it behoves Gen. Jack-
son, if he desire not to rest under the odi
ous suspicion, of knowingly propagating
an infamous and unfounded calumny, to
give “ the name of the gentleman,” upon
whose authority he so lightly assumed the
ground of his charge. Mr. Clay having
now “ come out over his own name,”
there can he no excuse for still keeping
the curtain drawn over the “ Member ot
Congress of high respectability” who told
General Jackson “ there was a great in
trigue going on.” Let his name he dis
closed when it may, we venture to pre
dict that he will be found to be, not one
of “ the friends of Mr. Clay,” but the
friend of General Jackson himself. Should
this he the fact, what excuse will it be in
the power of General Jackson to oiler tor
daring to mako the charge ot corruption
against Mr. Clay, on the interested infor
mation of one of his own partisans?”
Balt. Pat.
which from beginning to ond, ^ ” much
aficrioo th rs h c^K^
sor, or tne acu..-‘7,, Clay, during the
“ The attack on Dir. ° ,
, 1 ne a , rnneress.by Gen. Saunders
r W «- *.
nroved an entire abor
bate as pu ’ which surnriset
tion
me
grelybelieve, untenable of Trom tnfl chair of Bill
•rfet
breast slowly articulated, “ Let mv bones,
which lie in' the dungeen of Montillo
Castle, be buried, and a mass be offered
up for my tired soul.—-The heir of my
destroyer has obeyed my commands.—
Let him do this, and he shall enjoy peace
and mv only daughter as his recompence.”
Furialza now waved the crucifix in the
air, and the spirit dissolved away, leaving
the astonishment of the inquisitors visible
in their features. The sentence of the
Court was then pronounced, “ Tha* the
Marquis d’Antares and Marano be suffer
ed to depart: that Olivaro Rondolos be
mulcted in a sum to be named by the
IIolv Office, aud that Emelina perform a
penance agreeably to tho pleasure of the
Abbess of the Dominican Nun's.” The
Court of Inquisition afterwards decreed
that Furialza he confined in one of the
solitary cells of the tribunal, there to re
main a j'car and a day to repent of her
crimes, before she was sacrificed at the
public auto da ft.—The bodv of Atna-
ranfa, before the Court broke up, was
given to Ma rano for interment, and he was
charged to see *be funeral obsequies per
formed on the bones ef Count Alvarez.
On the following day, Marano and D’
Antares went to the,latter’s country-house,
whither they found Rirnanez had conduct
ed the ladies Juliana and Cleona, who
were extremely planned at the long ab
sence of their noble friends. Tt had been
determined that nothing should he said of
the business of the Inquisition till the ar
rival of Olivaro, which took place in a
few days. With grief he informed them
that for his fault the lovelv Emelina was
condemned to take the veil, and his de
termination to prevent it. Marano, after
Olivaro’s arrival, departed with the ladies
Juliana, Cleona, and Seraphina, and Ri-
inaiicz, for the casde of Montillo.— i He
immediately performed the funeral rites
to the decayed remains of Count Alvarez,
and deposited the corpse of Amaranta by
his side in the chapel vaults of the castle.
The widows of-Don Algonah were rein
stated in different apartments of the cas
tle at their choice, and the office of exor
cism was performed thronghout the cham
bers • of the eastern wing, to satisfy the
superstition of the servants. The con
valescence of Clententia rendered the
Marquis d’Antares a happy man, and his
friend Marauo had no wish left ungrati
fied, except that for his new-found brother
Olivaro. They exerted all their influ
ence to change the sentence of the abbess,
who was easily reconciled to her loss with
a pecuniary fine instead of a personal
punishment. No very weighty arguments,
when Emelina had joined Olivaro, were
wanting to induce the latter, after a decent
respect had been shewn to the memory
of Amaranta, to substitute her in his
affections.—Emelina had long respected
him, and, seeing no hope of having Mara
no, she consented to the nuptials with
Olivaro. During this period Clementia
had perfectly recovered, and Rondo,
finding himself, as he expressed it, in a
very fit state for imitating his master with
little Maria, the waiting-maid of Lady
Clementia, the weddings of all the parties
were performed on the same day, Thus
Wo republish the following letter from
Professor Drake ofthu Transylvania Uni
versity, by which the public will be re
minded, that at a very early period and
before Mr. Clay left iris home for Wash
ington, he declared that no state of things
e-uLlarise to induce hinto support Gene
ral Jackson in preference to Mr. Adams.
[dalt. pat.
Lexington, Ken. March 21, 1825.
Gentlemen :
At different "times before Mr. Clay
left, this place for Washington,* last fall,
I had conversations on the subject of tho
choice of a President by the House cf
Representatives. In all of them, be ex
pressed himself as having, long before,
decided in favor of Mr. Adams, in case
the contest should lio between tin? gentle
man and General Jackson. My l ist in
terview with him was, I think, the day
before his departure, when he was still
more explicit, as it was then certain that
tho election would be transferred to that
tribunal, and highly probable that he
would not be among the number returned.
In the course of this conversation, I took
occasion to express my sentiments with
respect to the delicate and difficult circum
stances under which he would be placed
—on which he remarked, that I could not
more fully apprehend them than he did
himself, hut nothing should deter him
from the duty of giving his vote, and that
no state of things could arise, that would
justify him inprefering General Jackson
to Mr. Adams, or induce him to support
the former. So decisive, indeed, were
his declarations on this subject, that had
lie voted otherwise, than he did, I should
have been compelled to regard him ns
deserving that species of censure which
has been cast upon him for consistently
adhering to an early and deliberatr resolu
tion.
When the suggestion of a sinister vote
on his part first reached us, I fplt disposed
to offer, without delay, the testimony
which no citizen is at liberty to withhold,
when ho believes another to be unjustly
accused of a criminal offence ; but, pre
suming that the.result of the inquiry in
stituted ki the House of Representatives
would prevent a reiteration of the imputa
tions cast upon him, I thought it unneces
sary to obtrude mv humble testimony up
on the public. Finding this, however,
not to be the case, and regarding the cha
racter of the nation, as well as that of two
distinguished individuals, to be involved in
ihe unceasing repetition of charges which
have been kept alive and disseminated
merely by repetition, I consider it my du
ty to oppose to their furtheir diffusion the
statement which I have made, and, with
out hesitation, shall leave it with- the im
partial and intelligent people of the Uni
ted States to appreciate .my motives, and
the value of the evidence which I have
spontaneously offered to their considera
tion. Very respectfully, your ob’t ser
vant, DAN. DRAKE, M. D.
and hardTy know which surprised
* an< 7 . r_n v 0 f the attack, or the
me most, General. You have
^consistency of the ^ p JohMon sta _
tedlnh^s'reply to General Saunders, that
at the time of the Presidential election,
in the House of Representatives that lie,
General S. was decidedly in favor of Mr.
Adams, in preference to Gen. Jackson.—
In confirmation of what Mr, Johnson has
stated, I well remember, that, not ten
minutes before the election, Gen. Saun
ders came to me, with an anxious coun
tenance, discovering deep concern indeed
and used these emphatic words : ‘ I hope |
to God you mav be able to terminate the
election on the" first ballot, for fear we
from North Carolina may be forced to
vote for General Jackson.’ North Caroli
na you know, voted in the House of Rep
resentatives for Mr.Crawford, whose pros
pect of success was hopeless, although the
electors of that State gave their votes iu
favor of General Jackson.
“ Knowing the deep interest you have
always taken in Mr. Clay’s welfare, 1
have been induced to give you, for your
personal satisfaction, those particulars.
fallehood, which is repeated in two or
three places against General. Jackson.—
No one, we think, who fairly estimates
the character of the General, can believe
in the truth of such a charge. It is not
pleasant to us io circulate such an accu
sation ; for whatever v. e may thing of his
competitor, we have an almost unqualified
respect for the General’s character and a
leaning towards his pretensions, which, wo
fear, olten disturbs our mental erectness.
It is true, in a late paper, we expressed a
preference of Mr. Adams over General
j Jackson; but that preference docs not
! Mind us to the General’s claims, or go
! go far as to say, lie is unqualified for the
| (duties of the high office to which his friends
wish to elevate him. On the contrary,
we do believe and have often expressed
that belief, that his integrity and energy
of character would constitute him an ex
cellent President of the United States.—
It does not therefore accord with our
opinion on this subject, that, iu order to
support Mr. Adams, it is necessary to
make out General Jackson a despot, fool,
dr murderer. A good cause is injured,
r.nd deserves to be, by such a defence.—
1 Mr. Clay I have known intimately j 'jq ie f,-j e nds of Mr. Adams can certainly
sixteen years ; his public career is com- fin(J beUef rea30ns f or t h e ir preference ;
pletelv identified with every important c- | tb „, robuko those, who.nito
vent of the country, from that period to a “ u
the present time, whether in peace or in ; with us in the belief that Mr. Adams is the
war. During the late war, I have seen j i es t qualified for the President of the U.
the House of Representatives,after having) g tateS( we would baroly remark, on the
gone out of Committee of the Whole, re
turn to it again, for the sole purpose of af
fording Mr. Clay an opportunity (then
Speaker) of putting down the desperate
and infuriated advocates of British tyrran-
ny, insult and injury.
“ But his enemies say Mr. Adams bar- j “
gained with him : This is assertion with
out proof, and ns destitute of truth as it is
of manly frankness. His superior quali
fication placed him in the (Department of
State, and history furnishes no instance,
when a sunerior man ever had to bargain
j for a high station, for which his peculiar
! fitness was evident to every one.
“ la Maryland, the Administration is
j daily gaining ground, and, bv the time the
! election occurs, I hope we sha^ be able to
1 present an undivided front in‘ their sup
port.”
write ■
them- I
tn^so • a
our editorial brethren, and-all who
under too much excitement, find
selves fuming and fretting 'under these
circumstances, before they dip pen
ink, we most earnestly recommend a glass
of cold water, as an excellent praecda-
neum. The succedaneum, we know, will
not be so hot and fiery.
TOP. TOE GEORGIA COURIER.
1
POLITICS OF THE DAY,
The following interestingletterfrom Gov
ernor Kent, of Maryland, to a gentle
man in Frankfort,’ Kentucky, is copied
from the Commmentator of the 7th inst.—
Taking into consideration the high source
from which it emanates, and the strong
bearing it must necessarily have upon the
renewed Kremer conspiracy, it will doubt
less give rise to a general, and perhaps, a
warm discussion.—\Alcx. Gaz.
Extract of a letter from his Excellency Joseph
Kent. Governor of Maryland, to a gentleman of
Frankfort, dated
ROSEMOUNT, lOTH MAY, 1857.
; “I have seen so little of late from your
I State upon the subject of politics, that I
« do nof know whether the violence of the
1 opposition to the present Administration,
has extendedritself among you or not.
“ Our friend Mr. Clay, appears to be
the chief object of persecution with the
Opposition. They are, with great indus
try conducting a systematica! attack upon
him, which commenced with tha Kre
mer story, which was an entire fabrica-
tfon. At the time the plot opened, I was
a member of the House of Representa
tives, and heard Kremer declare he nev
er designed ‘to charge Mr. Clay with any
thing dishonorable in his life.’ The old
man, naturally honest, was imposed on,
at the time, by a powerful influence, and
constrained to act his part in an affair,
MONDAY, JULY 30, 1827.
03* The GEORGIA COURIER
will be regularly issued oil Mondays and
Thursdays, precisely at 2 o’clock, P. M.
and it is hoped all Advertisements will be
handed in, at least, by 12 o’clock on those
days.
Col. Campbell has declined being a
candidate for tho office of Go -ernor of
Georgia. Business necessarily requiring
his absence from the State during the next
winter, and the “ present & prospective
health and interest of his family” are as
signed as the reasons forhis retirement.
The Washington News announces
Matthew Talbot, Esq. a Candidate for
the high office for which Col. Campbell
declines canvassing
Our representative in 'Congress, the
Hon. Edward F. Tatnalj, \has arrived in
the brig Ceres at Boston, from Europe.
Nothing is said of the state of his health,
which wc hope' is so far restored as to
continue his integrity and worth in the
service of his country.
The pirates who were lately tried at
Richmond for piracy and murder on
board the brig Crawford, are condemned
to be executed or. the 17th August.
m TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Aratus No. 2, is receivea but too late for this
paper. As Col. Campbell, to whose claims this
number is devoted, has declined being a candi
date, we think it unnecessary to publish it.
“Aratus,” No. 3, comparing the qualifications
of the two present candidates for Governor, has
just come to hand.
We have one general request to make
of our friends who transmit through our
columns, their sentiments to the public,
and we hope it will be in future particu
larly remembered. We wish all violent
personalities and ascriptions of unworthy
motives omitted, aud the whole to bear
that impression of candor and diguified
coolness, which will give the best guaranty
of the author's sincerity, and at the same
time most effectually subserve the inter
ests of truth. The observance of this rule
is the more necessary as our columns are
sought to be the vehicle of strictures upon
the pretensions of,two of our most distin
guished citizens for the highest office in
the State. If the communications vary
from the general character of fairness and
impartiality which this paper has endea
vored to maintain, and descends to per
sonalities and abuse, it will be a matter
optional with ourselves, whether we give
them publication, however respectable or
friendly the source may be from which
they come. In illustration of our meaning
we must remark to our respected friend,
“ Civis,” that much of his forcible rea
soning is lost by the unnecessary, and we do
other hand, and that in the mest friendly
spirit, that the friends of Gen, Jackson
are doing him more harm than his cncmic,s.
We regret to see the newspapers still
teeming with pieces and toasts about
billiard tables," Arbuthnot and Am-
brister,” and the “six militia men,” as if
the first ridiculous story had not received
repeatedly the most clear and indisputa
ble refutation, and the last not re
ceived tho fate they merited. Arbuth
not and Ambrister, in out opinion, de
served tb have been hung at both ends ;
and we dp not see why there should be
any distinction between regulars and mi
litia men when iu active service. Does
not the soldier who deserts his standard,
every where deserve death? If, under
ordinary circumstances, this is the univer
sal punishment, how much more did those
militia men deserve to be made examples
of, when their conduct exposed the whole
army to the most imminent danger of
perfect extermination ? (See Gen. Jack-
son's letter tc a Baltimore friend.) “ Har
ris’s letter” is still blazoned in the papers,
after it is clearly proved not to be authen
tic, both by the letter of Mr. Isaacs, pub
lished in the Richmond Enquirer, and bv
the internal evidence furnished by itself.
We disl'ke to see such unfair means used
to prejudice the public mind against any
public character, and particularly in the
present case against Gen’l Jackson, with
whose conduct in tho management of the
Seminole war and at New-Orl°ans, we
have always been perfectly satisfied.—
His great competitor has done him emple
justice on this subject, and we believe he
does not regret a solitary line of the eu-
logium which genius and eloquence has
pronounced on his character.
In expressing our preference of Mr.
Adams, although we believe' many will
agree with us even in Georgia, where
every excitement has been busy in pro
ducing his unpopularity, we know we do
not utter the sentiments of the great body
of our fellow-citizens. We know that
Gen. Jackson throughout the State will
distance all competition. But in express
ing our opinion, we have given the strong
est evidence of our sincerity, and may be
considered by many less devoted to our
interest than we should be. We have
acted on the principle, that it is a matter
of no consequence, what those, who scrib
ble under editorial heads, believe them
selves, provided they act impartially in
presenting all public matters to their read
ers in their true colors. Too many read
ers seem to care about no part of. the pa
per, but that in which its conductor is ge
nerally expected to show off his wit and
learning, display his ingenuity in dressing
up a bad cause, or vent his malignant feel
ings against all that is good and groat in
the country, if there is a preponderance
of those qualities on the side opposed to
him. We pretend not to the former, nor
have we any bad cause to make look fair;
<5fc we have net, nor shall we give utterance
to any feelings, which* from being too
strongly excited ourselves, will not find
a corresponding sympathy in the bosom
of the public. Many of our brethren in
this respect far out run their readers, who
are generally cool; and before they can
enter into all the fiery indignation, which
flows from editorial pens, must have run
over a hundred newspapers, and see and
feel how their political favorites are
abused, facts distorted, plain meanings
perverted, every thing going wrong, talent
and worth out of employment, and tri
umphant Intrigue rolling in the coach of
State. This is enough to make dumbness
speak, and decrepid palsy leap indignant
GEN. JACKSON % MR. CLAY.
What next? must be the natural exclama
tion of every candid mind, on reading
Mr. Clay’s “ direct, unqualified and justly
indignant” denial of the odious inference's
against him, attempted to be drawn from
certain statements of General Jackson,
which hav3 recently been made public
What will be the next desperate shift of
this desperate opposition ? After such a
signal and overwhelming discomfiture
what degree of effrontery can enable them
again to encounter the indignant aspect of
their country ?
Seldom before has it been the fate cf
an opposition thus to fall by a single blow,
sweeping away its entire foundation. For
an opposition founded on principles, how
ever fallacious those principles 'mav be,
there is some hope for a tolerably long,
though frequently uneasy and feverish ex
istence. A party thus constituted, may,
by the aid of an ingenious sophistry, rise
from every successive defeat, with ever,
renewed vigour ; for, “ even though van
quished, they may argue still.” Such,
however, is not the character of this oppo
sition. Indeed the very suggestion carries
with it the stamp of absurdity. What
j would be the principles—what the politi
cal code of such a chaotic assemblage—
such a “ ringed, streaked and speckled”
body ?—a combination which would knead
into one lump such incongruous materials
as the Virginia and liberal politics, and
encircle within the arms of one brother
hood, such antagonist statesmen as Mr
Calhoun and Mr. Crawford? In short,it
is most emphatically an opposition, Lot-
tomed on men exclusively, and not or.
principles or measures ; and Mr. Clay, as
one of the most prominent members of
the administration, has been singled out as
tho principal object of attack. Tho first
charge againsMhis distinguished individual
was, ihat ho and his friends had given
their support to a candidate for the Presi
dency, who had not received a plurality
of the electoral votes for that office. The
plain good sense of the people, however,
soon taught them that the framers of the
constitution, whose sagacity, as well a.
patriotism, they look upon with habitual
deference, when they gave to the Ilonsi
of Representatives the power of choosing
the President in a given emergency, did
not intend to place “ a barren sceptre” in
their hands, but that that body should be
\eft free to chooosc ; and that had they
intended that a simple plurality should
elect, they would have said so in plain
terms, and relieved the House from the
i idle and childish ceremony of an election,
the result of which must con
form to that of the Electoral Colleges,—-
Driven from this ground, tho next obvious
step xvas to impeach the wisdom of the
choice. The institution of a comparis >n,
however, between the civil qualifications
of Mr. Adams and Gen. Jackson, pre
sented an undertaking somewhat too ar
duous and romantic for even the most ad
venturous partisan : and what has been
urged on that topic, may be considered for
the most part, as merely pro fornw, as the
least that could be said, in order to pre
serve a decent share of consistency. But
to an opposition which was to be stagger
ed at nothing, these were but weak and
half going measures. They reflected that
there exists in the bosoms of the citizens H
of this country a feeling, which is charita
bly disposed to overlook even acknow
ledged errors on the .part of the govern
ment, so long as they can regard them
honest in their intentions. It was there
fore the great bulwark which the adminis
tration enjoyed in this sentiment of the
people, which was to be assailed, and for
this commendable purpmse the whole
power and machinery of opposition were
put forth. They reflected that even
though tho country might possibly, by dint
of unblushing and persevering misrepre
sentation, be brought to disapprove of the
measures to. which we have alluded, yet
that Mr. Clay might still remain safe A
the affections of a confiding people. Tc
make thorough work, the people must be
brought to view him not only as unwise,
but as wicked and corrupt. Simple dh-
approbation would not do—their hatred
must be enlisted : and “ this wasjhe coc-
demnaton”—not simply that he acted in j
violation of the constitution in withholding
the Presidency from General Jackson—
not simply that ho made an unwise choice fl
as between that candidate_and Mr. Adams, ^
but that he did it under t6e deep aggrara-
tion of a selfish and corrupt motive—that
ho sold his vote and his influence,
that the office conferred upon him was
the^irice which he was to receive. Cou!c||
LUC ^/r nr illLII Hu it no *u i uuuivu*
the country, they thought, be dragged > ni: j
this belief, all would be safe. Accorc IM
ngly the magic watch words “coalition;
bargain, intrigue, and corruption,” werf
issued forth by the party foreman, to U
yelled by the pack in full cry, from os'
end of the union to the other, to be reitc j
rated in daily harrangues, in the capita 1 ;I
to the utter degradation of society, uduT
spewed forth in vulgar toasts at the druntv,
en revels of barbacues, or wrought iut'j
grog shop ballads, to be droned forth i; |
every jug tavern and corner groceyl
which infest the land. The reflects 1
part of the community, however, were n' j
satisfied by such arguments, add culk-|
for proof of the charge. The opposition I
gave what they called their circumstantif j
evidence, set forth with all the ingenui” g
of the most approved County Court soph-|
try, and seasoned with condiments suite-1
to the excited, palates of the guests. Tn r |
country deliberately weighed those cH
ciimstanees, and pronounced them alt-'