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BBP GEORGIA COURIER. I, a. M’WnORTER writfllV XOSALING, PUBLISHERS. r*rfn» —This P«pcr Is public.) every Monday and Thursday afternoon, at $5 00 per annum. pnyaW in »<1- wuee, or 00 at the expiration of the year. TT Advertisements nof exceeding a square inserted the first time or 02 l-‘-> cents, and 43 3-1 cents for each con tinuance. 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-'