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FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
No. t.
At the close of the Inst Presidential
election three adverse and hostile political
parties combined to put down the new
Administration—or ratlrfer afew political
ef era! years waged
against each other,
leaders, who had for se|
an exterminating war a|
became suddenly reconciled, and united
tlieir forces for the avowed object of
breaking down the administration. The
discipline of party gave to these leaders
an extraordinary control of their adher
ents, and an organised press lent them the
means of extensive influence. The ob-
accase hint of holding conversation with
him, with a,view to influence his opinion’
0|rlhe contrary, to avoid the imputation
of controlling the election, or of exerci
sing any influence, did he not withhold
! his opinion until he was denounced for
■ holding 5 it up, and'until he was forced to
to avoid the insinuations that began io as
sail him? His opinions were only com
municated'to a few persons of high char
acter and confidence, to guard his tame.
Ii^ due time it will be shown that his mind
never changed or doubted, in regard to
the choice that devolved on him to make.
But what principle of human action
, could have operated.on the mind of Mr.
| Clay, to stoop from his high estate to the
i commission of a revolting crime ? Pie
j was at the head of the popular branch of
i the Government, of commanding talents ;
} the favorite of the West; with the fairest
! prospects, aod a lucrative practice at the
bar—is it to he presumed that the office of
Secretary of State could have tempted him
to sell himself and to hazzard his fame ?
He saw the delicacy of his situation, but
he could not escape the meditated sacri
fice : he could neither shrink from his du
ty nor avoid the responsibility. In anv
and evpry event the storm was to burst on
him. Can any man of feeling or ambition
believe that the hopes of office could be
sentatiye
happily,
meat, ait
ject of this union, and the motives of the
several parties, will, in time, be fully de- at all compared to the awful condition in
veloped. Founded in no spirit of patriotism which by events he was placed 1 He saw
and based on no political principle, it
sunk into a mere struggle for power.—
The conduct of these leaders has been
inai ked bv every characteristic which can
define an organized opposition. A deter
mination to elevate a particular man ; to
oppose every public measure ; to thwart
and embarrass the operations of Govern
ment; and to destroy by all means, how
ever violent and desperate, the public
character as well as usefulness of their
competitors.
Mr. Adams was a manofacknowledged
ability, rare accomplishments, great ex
perience, and of long and faithful service.
Mr. Clay was a man of distinguished ta
lents, of practised skill in the administra
tion of the public affairs , and the ablest
advocate of his country’s best interests.—
The principles of both were approved by
a great majority of the nation. Upon
these points they were invulnerable ; the
assault was not, therefore, to be made up
on tlieir principles or] their qualifi
cations, but upon tlieir virtue. A
charge was therefore fabricated of a cor
rupt understanding, between Mr. Adams
and Mr. Clay, and the struggle for power
now stands upon the truth or falsehood of
this accusation. It is of most serious char-,
acter—it should be candidly viewed, and
deliberately examined.
Whether Mr. Clay’s choice was right
or wrong, or whether he voted in conform
ity with the will of his constituents, are
points upon which men may differ. But
that does not touch the purity of his char
acter. Tiiere is certainly no guilt impu
ted by the preference of Mr. Adams: a
man of great. learning and high character.
He was also preferred by General Jack-
son and Mr. Crawford. It will be demr
onstroted that lie came before the House
on equal terms with his competor, and it
is also known that the Crawford States
.would have voted for Mr, Adams.
That his vote was in conformity wqh
the will of his constituents, is known from
"private letters lie received,}-,.written
struptions from apportion of liis frieu „ ,
resolutions o/publie meetings phis recep
tion ou his rtftuiTt; '■ ,thg. election of Mr.
•Clark in the same^isirict/to fill the place
of Mr. Clay; his lat&reception among his
old constituents; and the more recent re-
election of Mr. Clark to Congress by a
majority of80d, and with a majority in
everv county in the District. If we look
to the w/ioie State, there is a decided ma
jority in both branches of the Legislature
in favor of the Administration ; and if we
look to public opinion, it is extremely di
vided, and very much influenced by local
politics. The charge of corruption impli
cates Mr. Adams and Mr. Clay equally.
Mr. Adams is as stern and uncompromis
ing a man as General Jackson, and as in
capable of intrigue or corruption. Whom
has he addressed, or flatrereil, or approach
ed ? What friend has lie made, or what
enemv has he conciliated ? What evidence
has he ever given of relaxed principles, or
loose morals, or of reaching ambition 1—
But a combination with Mr. Clay was un
necessary. The election of Mr. Adams
was inevitable, if Mr. Clav had not been
there. Indeed, a combination of Mr. Clay
and General Jackson could not have elect
ed the latter, unless the mostextraordinarv
influence is attributed to him. Mr. Ad
ams had the five New England States and
New York ; it was known he would re
ceive the ultimate vote of Delaware, Vir
ginia, and Georgia. Clav exercised
no influence over the vote of Maryland.—
The vote of Ohio was never dou^lid, an.d
the vote of both has been fully ratified by
the People since. The Representatives
of Illinois had been lopg known lo the
public as the friqnds of Mr. Adams. Mr.
Gurley was elected in Louisiana, as the
avowed fiiend of Mr. Adams, and Mr.
Brent was known to be openly opposed
to the election of General Jackson ; and
both have since been re-elected. Mr. Ad
ams could not have been ignorant of this
state of things. It is useless to speculate
on the probable votes of Kentucky, North
Caroliua, Indiana, Missouri, &c. In North
Carolina, the vote of General Jacksofe
was theunited vote of his friepds and Mr.
Adams’s. But the Representatives in
v Congress were loudly opposed to the Gen
eral. Mr. Scott, of Missouri, as well as
Col, Benton and Mr. Barton, were uni
formly opposed to the General ; and Mr.
Scctt could no moire have been counted
" cn for the General than Col. Benton, and
his vote for him would have excited as
much astonishment as the subsequent ad
hesion of Col. Benton. But who did Mr.
Clay influence 1 Four of his friends from
Kentucky voted for Gen. Jacksiyi—did
he try to influence them ? Did lie solicit
any man who afterwards voted for Gen
eral JacksoD? Has anv man been able to
a numerous party, with a powerful press
and great talent, arraying theii forces to
break him down ; he wa$ not ignorant of
the flood of abuse and calumny that would
he poured upon him. Who would incur
the denunciations of a powerful party, for
the little promotion he . obtained 1 What
motive could induce any man to encoun
ter such a conflict ? If there were induce
ments of office and allurements of ambi
tion, there were reproaches, criminations
and menaces, not merely suspended over
his head ; but influences were emoloyed to
deter him from the faithful discharge of
his duty, such as few men could have re
sisted, or have dared to encounter. What
to a man in his elevated station was the
Department of State, to the rage of party
violence and the fury of disappointed am- j
bition, which he was to encounter ?
But, again : What evidence does his
appointment afford of a .corrupt bargain ?
He was a most eminent citizen, to whom
every eye was turned ; among the oldest in
the public councils, and from the West.—
The public had anticipated the selection.
But the charge lias been made, and it
becomes necessary to meet it, and abide
the issue before the country.
This new Combination, in the language
of a new and elegant historian, “discover
ed the command which they had acquired
over the public mind, and united as they
were, they augmented and secured that
impression,by never permitingthe [charge]
they wished to propagate to die away on
the public ear. For this purpose, they
took care their [charge] should be echoed,
like thunder among hills, from a hundred
different points, presented in a hundred
new lights, illustrated by a hundred new
methods, until the public could no longer
help receiving that as undeniable, which
they heard from so manv different quarter.”
This charge will now be met. The first
in the order of time end dignity
charg& e of the General himself.
HAMPDE
CE
-—Q®’©—
AT ION OF THE FOURTH OF J !
AT PARIS.
The Americans in Paris celebrated the
anniversary of Independence, in-the usual
style, this year. The number of those
who joined in the celebration, was'unu
sually great. Eighty persons sat down
to dinner, which was served tip at the
Cadran Bleu, Boulevarde du Temple m
a manner most creditable to the taste and
attention of the proprietor of the estab
lishment. His Excellency, James Brown,
Minister of the U. States, at the Court of
France, General Lafayette, his Sdn, and
Secretary, in compliance with the invita-
tation of the Committee, on behalf ofjhe
Americans at Paris, honored by
presence, the festivities of the dav
Cox Barnet, Esq. the American
at Paris, presided, and Mr. Cooper,
sul at Lyons, officiated as Vice Presj
The Rev. Dr. Jarvis, of Boston, wa
sent, and offered up a fervent and appro
priate prayer before the company‘took
their seats at the table.
After the regular toasts had been drank,
the President, upon behalf of the Com
mittee, proposed the foHowing,.which was
received with the most lively applause :
Lafayette—the friend, pupil, and/goad- j
jutor of Washington—we know no litgher i
eulogy.
General Lafayette then rose, while the
roost perfect silence prevailed
a course,” said be, “of more »han half a
century, and a series of successive Ameri
can generations, every opportunity has
afforeded me new favors from them to ac
knowledge, new patriotic sympathies to
exchange. Now, gentlemen, whils» I of-
for my respectful thanksfor your so very
gratifying toast, in behalf of one of your
veterans, our matchless Washington’s a-
dopted son, we have in common to
member how last year on the fiftieth
niversarj^ of American Independen
when we were all in our convivial meet
ing commemorating the three surviving
signers of that immortal Declaration, two
of them, the one its illustrious author, the
other its strenuous supporter, bad gone on
that same day, as it were hand in hand,
to join our departed Revolutionary com
panions; and may I he indulged to ob
serve, it has been to me a peculiar bless
ing to have been allowed, after forty
years absence, once more to embrace those
two friends, with whom, in public labors,
on both sides of the Atlantic, and by tli^
tiesof personal affection, I bad been so
long, and so intimately connected; to
have had time to delight in mutual con
gratulations, on that immense, unexam
pled national prosperity, private welfare,
domestic felicity, the evident result of a.
veteran’s struggle for Independence and
freedom, nnS those popular, truly repre-
tions, for which has been
the name ef self-govern-
.... .itch may be considered as the
charterof'good sense and legitimacy of
mankind., I therefore, beg leave to pro
pose the following toast:
,, Self-Government—May the. American
J Neologism become a universal language.
The President then read the fallowing:
s Our distinguished guest, Jpmtts Brown
-For bis talents, admiration—for bis pub
lic seryices, honor—for his hospitality to
his couutrymen the tribute of our heart
felt acknowledgements.
Mr. Brown observed that the unex
pected-manner in which he had been no
ticed,* 'produced a degree of embarrass
ment which would have prevented him
from rising, had he not feared that his
silence might have been considered as a
proof of ingratitude, or insensibility. “ I
know,” said Mr. B. “ it has been remark
ed that * out of the fullness of .the heart
the tongue speaketh :•’ And yet, strange
as it may appear, I have no hope of find
ing, at this time, adequate language to
express to this company all the gratitude
I feel for the very kind, affectionate, and
flattering terms in which my name has
been mentioned. If the kindliest feel
ings and best dispositions in relation, to
such of my fellow-citizens as visit Europe,
can constitute a claim to theii good will,
then, indeed, I feel that I am iu some
degree entitled to it: for whatever may
have been your object in visiting France,
whether-to gratify a liberal curiosity, or
to increase your stock of literary, scienti
fic, and professional knowledge, it has
been ray constant desire to aid you in its
attainment. The approbation of my con
duct, which you have been so kind as to
express, derives much value front the
character of the assemblage from which it
is received. In the midst of intelligent
and well informed young gentlemen, col
lected from every State in the Union, we
have the satisfaction to see one of the dis
tinguished actors iii our Revolution,
whose name associated with that ofour be
loved Washington, will descend with im
perishable renown to the latest posterity.
Our festive board is also graced by the
| presence of one of our citizens, who hav
ing little more than attained the age of
maturity, has already, by the facility of
his invention, and the felicitous manner
in which he has interwoven fact with fic
tion—amused, instructed, and delighted
both hemispheres. That my humble la
bors should have received the approba
tion of an assemblage so distinguished, and
on an occasion so memorable, will al
ways be recollected by me, as amongst
the happiest incidents of my life.
“ As you have been so kind as to allude"
to my official services, permit me to re
mark, that much of what might have been
embarrassing to me, in my present situa
tion, has been rendered easy by the con
duct of my fellow-citizens. It is some
times the painful duty of a Minister to
interfere with the Government at which
he is accredited, for the protection of bis
countrymen, either from the oppressive
acts of authority, or from the consequences
of their own inexperience and indiscre
tion. So correct has been the conduct of
the American citizens residing in France;
such their habitual respect for the laws
and the constituted authorities, that, in
more than three years, during which time
have had the honor to represent my
uutry at this court, I have in no instance
hind my interposition necessary for their
rotection. Recollecting that your own
country is the proper field for your politi
cal activity, you have abstained from in
termeddling in the affairs of this Govern
ment, and you have remained satisfied
with the proiection extended to you and
lire permission to drink freely, and I
might add almost gratuitously, at the abun
dant fountains of knowledge which are to
be found in this interesting metropolis.—
You will return to your country with an
undimipished affection for it and tor its
wise institutions, and you will be followed
wherever you go with my best wishes.”
Mr. Brown then gave—
The memory of John Adams and Tho
mas Jejpjgrson.
Mr. Barnett communicated to the com
pany a letter lie had just received from
Viscount de Leaumom, formerly an offi
cer in the regiment of the Cape, and
wounded at.the siege qf Savannah, and
now a member of the Sdciety of Cincin
nati.
Mr..Barnett then proposed in the name
of the company,
Americau Literature—We are proud to
number amongst us one of the geniuses
wbo, at the present day, ate its principal
ornaments. The historian of our old
friend, “ Hawk Eye,” whose eccentrici-
iue me jj^ ve so much amused, and whose re-
m ?4-eent death has lately grieved us all.
Mr. Cooper replied in a short but very
handsome address, wherein he expressed
his thanks for the very complimentary
manner in which his talents had been al
luded to; and offered as a Toast,
“ The happy return of all present to
their homes at some future day.”
By Mr. Barnett: The motto of roy
honorable friend, James Monroe, ex-Pre-
sident of theUnitedStates—“Principles
nor men."
the
From the Maryland Advocate.
GENERAL JACKSON’S LET
TER to Mr. Wra. Owens, of Kentucky
will be found in another pan of this day’s
paper, under the P olitical head—it should
have been published without one word of
comment by us, had R not contained in
its Postscript, a charge against the char
acter and well earned reputation of that
distinguished Patriot and Herd Gen.Green
whose memory is dear to the heart of ev
ery American. We make the subjoined
extract, not for .the purpose of injuring
General Jhckson or giving offence to any
of his supporters, but with the view of
rescuing from disgrace the name of one
of our most distinguished and ^meritorious
Revolutionary Patriots, whose life was
The subjoined extract is copied from
Gen, Green’s orderly Book, which has
been preserved by Col. William Lamar,
of Alleghany county ; who was attached
to the Southern army, frqni the time Gen.
Greene, took command of it, until the
•19th of Oct. 1781, when he, with some
other officers, were ordered to join some
other corps ; and was during the whole
of that time under the immediate com
mand of Gen. Greene. The annexed
copy of the Proceedings of the Court
Martial held on the 30th day of April,
1781, at “ Rudgley's Mill,” proves roost
conclusively, that those meu were not
“ liung on one pole for desertion, without
court martial" as the General states, but
for “ DESERTION, JOINING THE
ENEMY, AND BEARING ARMS
AGAINST THE U. STATES.”—
Col. Lamar, (then Captain,) states, that
“ they were actually found in the enemy's
ranks, with arms in their hands, and
clothed in the British uniform, and that
they were taken prisoners, with about 200
British soldiers* after the battle of I fob-
kirk's Hill, by Col. William Washing-
ion, and that they were all hung with their
Red Coats on."
The charges made against Gen. Wash
ington, “ have been proved to be entirely
false, he never having issued any such or
der. Col. Wm. D. Beall, of Prince
George’s county, in this state, who was
an eye witness to the whole transaction,
knows and has pronounefed it to be
false.”
Copy of the proceeding's of the Court Mart ml,
held at Rudgly’s Mill, on lhe30th day of April,
1781:
“ Camp nt 'Rudgley's Mill., ?
Monday, 30th April, 1781. $
“At a General Court Martial, whereof
Lieut. Col. Howes, is President, Thomas
Wood, of the 5th Carolina Regiment,
William Hennesty, of the 1st Virginia
Regiment, William Sugars of the-3d Ma
ryland Regiment, Samuel Sherrin John
son, of the 7th Maryland Regiment, and
Bartholomew Kelly, of the Deleware Re
giment, were severally charged with De
sertion, joining the Enemy and bearing
arms against the United. States. The
Coart after duly considering the charger
evidence and defence, for and against the
prisoners, respectively, are f opinion that
each and every one of them are guilty, and
do sentence, that the said Thomas Wood,
William Hennesty, William Sugars, Sam
uel Sherrin Johnson, and Bartholomew
Kelly, be each hanged by the neck, (more
than two thirds of ihe Court agreed there
to.) The General [General Green] ap
proves the proceedings of the Court. He
would be extremely happy if the offences
of those unfortunate men deserved a pun
ishment less severe. But desertion is
crime, so dangerous to an army, that poli
cy has dictated the mode of correction
“ The indispensible necessity of giving
some serious examples, and the recent
misfortunes the Troops have suffered by
perfidy of some of their unworthy com
panions, forbid the oxercise of lenity, and
aud compells the General to admit the
force of maratial law.
“ The criminals are to be executed ac
cording to the sentences annexed against
them, at fouf o’clock to-morrow after
noon.”
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KENTUCKY ELECTIONS.
ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 31.
The Frankfort, Lexington, & George
town papers, received by yesterday’s mail,
still leave it doubtful whether Mr. Trim
ble or his Jackson opponent Mr. Daniel,
has triumphed in the first Congressional
District; but from the general .tone of
those papers, we incline to the belief that
Mr. Daniel.has succeeded by a small ma
jority. Returns from all the Districts are
pretty well ktfown, and—-assuming that
Mr. Trimble has been defeated—afford
the following result of the Congressional
Elections.
1st District—Henry Daniel.
2d District—Thomas Metcalf.
3d District—James Clark.
4th District—Robert P. Letcher.
5th District—Robert M’Hatton.
6th District—Joseph Lecompte.
7th District—Thomas P. Moore.
8th District—Richard A. Buckner.
9th District—Charts A. Wickliffe.
10th District—Joel Yancey.
11th District—W. S. Young.
12th District—Chittenden Lyon.
The five names in Italics are supporters
of the Administration, the other seven are
friendly to General Jackson. In the 12tb
Mr. Lyon has succeeded in consequence
of Mr. Henry and Mr. New, both warm
friends of the Administration, standing a
poll, the aggregate votes given to the two
being not far short of double the number
given to the successful candidatei The
administration majority in this district
alone, was greater by several hundred
than the combined Jackson majorities in
the 1st, the 5th and the 10th, which were
lately represented by Trimble, M’Hatton
and Johnson. Thus it appears that four
o"f the seven Jackson men elected, were
returned from four Districts in which the
Administration have a decided majority
oIArm friends. In the other three Jack-
Districts, Mr. Moore, Mr. Wickliffe
nd Mr. Lecompte are the representa
tives. The first had no opposition ; the
second received a majority over his Ad
ministration opponent of 1800, • while the
representatives to the State Legislature
in the same district, are equally divided ;
and the third was elected by a majority of
363. Although Mr. Moore had no op
position, it is conceded by the Jacksoii-
ites, that there are three friends of the
Administratipn in that District for every
friend of Jackson, either in the District
represented by Mr. Letcher, or in that re
presented by Mr. Young; neither of which
attempted to support a Jackson Candidate,
in the same District seven out of nine State
Representatives, are Administration men.
From this view, of the actual result of
the struggle, it is Undeniable that the Ad
ministration partyfjMgf’
of the State and byGi
give in 1828, a unanimous
oresent Chief Magistrate
“ General Ticket,” *
owerful majority
ral Ticket will
vote for the
We say by
because the present
of voting for Presidential Electors
is by Three Districts, but the Adminis
tration having a large majority in both
branches of the Legislature, its friends will
not suffer the vote of Kentucky f o be divi
ded while Virginia, North and South Ca
rolina, Georgia, Alabama and indeed all
the decided Jackson States, vote by
General Ticket. It is well known that
had the Hero’s partizans succeeded in e-
lecting a Legislature to suit their purpose
it was°their determination to change the
| mode of Election, provided they could be
| certain that such a change would operate
! to their advantage, iliey have failed in their
I attempt to elect a Jackson Legislature, and
bV that failure have demonstrated that they
are in the minority." They dare not com
plain, therefore, if the/fiends of the Ad
ministration adopt a measure which their
energies werepto ropose. Without a change
of the Electorial Law, the Administration
will unquestionably obtain two Districtsof
the State, giving together ten votes ; and
the probability is great that the other Dis
trict, giving four votes will be on the same
side; but a General Ticket would put the
matter out of doubt; and we repeat, that
the Hero’s party cannot conscientiously
oppose a measure of their own proposing.
The relative strength of the parties in
the State Legislature, as near as can be
ascertained, is as follows:
IN THE SENATE.
For the Administration 22
For Jackson
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
For the Administration 58
For Jackson 42
And making this estimate, it should be
remarked that those set down for the ad
ministration are avowedly so, while many
placed among the friends of Jackson call
ed themselves neutrals daring the canvass
and, being popular men, obtained the
votes of both parties. Of i his description
there are about twelve. Adding half of
that number to the known friends of the
Administration, and deducting the same
half from the friends of General Jackson,
it will be seen that the Legislature is com
posed of eighty-six administration men
aud fifty-two advocates of Military Des
potism.—In another column we have co
pied an article from the Kentucky Com
mentator of the 18th inst. which contains
tha latest information then received at-
Frankfort.
The treaty concerning the mediation
in favor of the Greeks, is authentic, as
ir is published both in the French and En
glish papers—aud as the Censure is now
in full force, as to the foimer, it would
have inhibited the publication of such a
document, if not genuine. The London
Courier of 12th July treats of it, more
over, as an unquestionable instrument.—
Viewing it as such, we cannot but think
Christian and civilized Europe is wanting
to herself, wanting to the high duties
which, speaking as she does, in the names
of .humanity, religious knowledge, and
liberty, that station impose upon her, in
proposing for the Greeks such, abject
terms of pacification with the Porte—tri
bute,.nominal sovereignty, and real depen
dence, a vote by the Turks uoon the
choice by the Greeks of their own rulers,
all this is positive insult, and wrong—
done, too, to Greeks—struggling for free
dom and faith—in favour of brutal and
and degraded infidels—N. Y. American.
pmai the Dip t>ch Courier.
Extract of aletter to a gentleman in this city,da.
ted, Puerto Cabello, July 24, 1827.
“ Gen. Paez has given orders to mount
all the cannon dismounted within a month:
this seems a little extraordinary, but it is
a very difficult matter for the people
rightly to comprehend all the doings of
military men. I informed you some time
ago of the marked attention of the officers
iu the service of England to the Liberator.
A British frigate has recently brought this
distinguished Chieftain to this place, and
the people seemed greatly pleased with
the civility. The United States have
formerly stood high in the estimation of
the thinking part of the community, and I
attributed the circumstance to the zeal
with which our Mr. Clay advocated then?
cause in the United States House of Re
presentatives, when they so much requir
ed the countenance of a friend. The
feather edge, however, of this service to
our own country, has been taken off by the
vituperations of those men in Congress
who may be ranked among the mere party
politicians-—and who cannot claim anv
rank in the government as statesmen.-!.
The situation of affairs here, generally
speaking, continues much as might have
been expected iu a country where liberty
marches in advance of science, andwhere
too, thebestinformed men have advocated
the doctrine, ihat ignorance is the mother
of devotion. Gloomy indeed must be the
situation of a people where the influence
of such doctrines prevail, and where it is
to be feared some of the clergy are open
infidels, boasting to aach other—“Quan-
tas divitas nobis pefent hae.c Christi fa-
bulaf Time, however, will, I hope,give
a new aspect to things here. The diffi
culty in rooting out old prejudices, and to
old absurdities, is much easier talked
The following letter, purporting to
have been written by General Jackson,
and proved by a sworn affidavit, to have
betin sent by him to Col. Owens, a few days
before the commencement of the election,
has been printed,trod extensively circulat
ed as part of a hand bill, and has been
copied into several of the Opposition pa
pers.
Upon the general abuse and coarseness
of its terms ; upou the-excessive impro
priety of charging a gentleman of Mr.
Buckner’s standing with a “ falsehood,”
probably without knowing'from an authen
tic source, what his “ allegations” had
been, we forbear for the present to re
mark. Such things were, perhaps, to be
expected from the correspondent of Pry
or, Swartwout, Beverly and Owens.
But the gross outrage upon the people
Kentucky, and especially those of the
eighth congressional district, by this di
rect, personal interference of a citizen of
another State—of a man of Jackson’s
standing and supposed influence ; this di
rect, this abusive and insulting interfer
ence, by a candidate for the Presidency,
in an election for a member of Congress,
upon whose vote his own election to the
Presidency .mightier possibility, depend,
will be duly appreciated by the good peo
ple of this State. If there had been no
thing else to prevent the election of Col
Owens, this shameless interference by
Jackson in bis behalf ought to have done
it.
[The letter has beenpublished in a for
mer number of the Courier.]
about than accomplished. I received the
files of New-York papers, and am not a
little surprised to find the old field mar
shal of editors out in favor of Jackson for
the Presidency. This must arise either
from his ancient hatred of the father of
the present incumbent, or liis overween
ing love for Hamilton. I cannot suppose
it posssible that any man can.soberly at
tempt to write down a statesman qualified
in all respects for the station he holds, and
at the same time endeavor to write up a
man who is.supported bvthe fragments of
all parties. I am told that §;)0,000was
made up at Washington, as a purstMo pay
me editors who should come <?uf in favor
of the chieftain. The field marshal can
not be in need—when-I left the States he
was in his coach drawn by one horse. I
should be sorry to hear that he had become
poor—and that like the Mantua apothe
cary, he had been under the necessity ol
saying—“ my poverty, not my will con
sents.”
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The reader will be surprised, and we
ere sure the patriot and moralist will hi.
grieved, to learn that I lie pen which U ni
ted the Allowing article, (and hundreds o!
others more or less bitter against General
Jackson,) is now daily employed in sup
porting his claims to the Presidency. The
article is from the pen of Mr. Noah, win
accuses Mr. Clay of coriuption, for hav
ing voted for Mr* Adams with whom Ue
had had a difference in a mere matter O'.
opinion.—Norfolk Iltrald.
From the Nat. Advocate of April 7, 1824-
“ It is proper that we continue to oiler
evidence of his [Gen. Jackson’s] total in
capacity for the high station contemplated,
and. the danger which must necessarily at
tend his elevation to the Chief Magistra
cy Divided as the people may*be re
specting the several candidates—objec
tionable as some-are, desirable as others
may be-—there is still prudence and discre
tion sufficient to promote a unity of senti
ment, a concert, in action, a surrender ot
private attachments, and personal consid
erations, to prevent the election of a man
whose head is •
“ I^kethe snow-crown’d ./Etna,
“ Cramm’d with fires.”
Whose will is law, whose march is desola
tion, and whose practice is to command
and overbear such as are within the scope
of his power and sovereignty. Almost
every republic known to history, almosf
every country distinguished for peace and
happiness have been subverted or destroy
ed by military usurpation. In the United
States the history of past times is well
known. We never can plead ignorance.
It is expected that we, of all nations on
earth, should profit by the fate of other
republics. We know, the influence of tic
sword, the effect of military glory, the
dazzling, destructive power of armies: ve
have the records before us in Alexander.
Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, and Bona
parte ; and if we swallow the gilded pW-l
with our eyes open,|we shall have less hope
than nations better prepared to do right.
in Mr. Wickliffe’s
ct, as eviucedLy the votes given for
State Representatives, is a' mere nothing,
while the Administration majority in Judge
Clark’s District, is of the most decisive
character—4be exception of one—being
Administration men, 363. As a set off to
devoted to the service of his country.— tins, ,Gen. Metcalf's majority is 528; and
The Nashville paper states that Gene
ral Jackson, to aid the cause of his parti-
zan, marched up to the polls with an open
ticket for Felix Grundy!! This is the
man who v
Would not flatter Neptune for his trident,
Or Jove for his power to thunder.
Seven years ago, the General pronouncec i
this same-Grundy a perjured villain.—
Venly, to put in a vote for such a man
to go to Congress, “ the right hand” must
have kept “ the left hand,’’ and toe con
science too, out of the secret, to be honest
Nat. Adv.
Rev. Mr. Weems.—This personage ha-
passed through his second trial, v/hich ffa -
concluded on Thursday. The Boston
Courier says, “he was sentenced for stea -
ing Mr. Felt’s great coat to ten days i
state prison. For larceny in the shop ofMt
Warren be was also sentenced to ten dafi
solitary confinement, and three years hart
labour, from and after, the expiration ct
the former sentence, .Erotn-these senie 1 }'
ces the prisone/. appealed, and insist?;
upon his right to remain in custody un' ‘
he could procure the required kail, (S 41 *
in the first case and i
cond,) o:
the supreme courta^oulci meet. Mr. D uQ '
lap thought the bait in the first ‘ case ^
too high, and w
the record that
The court
it in form a part
insoner offered $20
that Mr. We**?
might have time to procure bail, that
sentence shouMt not be carried into efl#
until the risin^of the court.”
All Woollen Goods are on the advaocf
in England. Letters from Scotland _
the 10th July, state a considerable rise ^
wool and carpetings, and that the or •
of the manufacturers were more extendi
than they could execute. Some ho^-
have ordered their carpetings to be
at «1, for Hoe. ond $1 2S.hr mpfT
— f City Gazetti'
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