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Stalfe*
this—in particular, the language and char
acter assigned to Napoleon, his meeting and
dialogue with Lord Castlereagh—are ex
tremely natural and probable, so as to throw
a strong air of illusion over the scene. The
,few following observations, |n which Bona
parte reflects on the policy of England, ate
at once masterly and just; nor can we re
frain from closing our remarks with a single
specimen. Alluding to his hard captivity,
he is made to observe to Lord Castlereagh—
Napoleon, walking in Hyde Park, or in
the streets of London, would not have been
an object of little interest for the honor of
England. Not a man with the smallest
portion of judgment, could have refrained
from a feeling of enthusiasm when he saw
the subject of Great Britain on the conti
nent ; every man would have felt a profound
feeling of respect for you. What an over-
.powering influence you would have obtained
, . ^ over public opinion! Then you could have
V ! ]fh$tly said, that you were masters both by
‘ Sen and land.. Sovereigns, seized with fear
^ wrjjuld have eagerly yielded to all your wish
es ; — — — you would have dicta
ted laws to all the cabinets of Europe; every
port would have been open to you; yOur
[ commerce would have become unbounded ;
;ou would have considered my person as a
scious talisman of which you were the
>ossessor; and whileyou were gratify
ing ^fcur vanity, you would have considera
bly advanced your own interests. Thus by
hnittbltof an enemy (whose power 'was ha
ted?) yw vyoiild have skilfully reduced him
to b'ecdne thp instrument of your own ag
grandisement. — j— This
would hftvevtaen revenge ! If Pitt had lived,
this pro$pet\t Vould not have escaped hi
.-’Ai „, list liot’n o/^AntAi
a very "
inhabitants are miserable^ • and tootf-lnot
how to appreciate or improve the munifi
cence of nature. We dctdally saw females
harnessed like Cattle .fo'-the plough, and
dragging it through the light soil, while a
man was lounging ih the furrow, guiding
the share! Woman, poor woman, is here
emphatically degraded into the -drudge of
life, and it makes the heart bleed to witness
the burdens she is often compelled to bear.
There is no affection nor sentimentality in
this. It is plain, down-right matter of fact,
which stares the traveller in the face, at
every step of his progress through Italy.—
Carter's Letters..
whole width of the Th;
‘ittle exceeds 900 feaft
he would have adopted
'erp’nt- system. Instead of that,
what fan
my nui
ridicule
and the jinf
AlliatM^tl
As for/w
-^disdain at
fortunately
laiicholy^wL
it is now net
such is not,
frightful
the earth..
ing anjiel* y
trace :
^ gained ? The indignation of
isans; the contemptuous
sovereigns who duped you,
e Head Jailor to the Holy
concerns me individually, I
ak of it; my actual destiny
laces me far above/ such nie-
I have suffered, it is true;
pgmorc than a dream; but
when I thijjJj; of the
your hastSeft upon
- t Like thj descry-
have spared notjting* not
ias
even yourown v ' ount, 7’ Zv'J
k.veredup to t*® rapacity of A us
sacrifie.ed , 5,r, P r
aristocrat^ Piedmont
Hob
^tousqnd fac-
^Jesuits ^Prussia
a constitution it will never ob-
*oland sdbjecfto her persecutor for
- ages—inexorable arid unprincipled Russia !
Spain torn by anarchy and misery; and
Russia ready to swallow every thing up;
while England is a powerless spectator of
whatever it pleases the tyrants of Europe to
attempt against the happiness of nations.
— — — The negligence you dis
played in watching over the"1nterests of your
The Chess Flayer discovered.—This in
genious contrivance of M. Kempelen
which has occasioned so much curious conjee
ture, and excited so much interest in -the
principal citieB of Europe, and in various
parts of the United after a period of
nearly sixty vccjg^jM to the mode
of its operatio«HHEWiph been discov
ered byaecid^BpTOeinorely the case in
which a human agent has always been con
cealed when exhibited to an audience. This
discovery, as we leam. was mado by a per
son who had not rarmsd any plan or
design for that purpose; an accidental cir
cumstance exposed to his view the conceal
ed agent as he emerged from the case, just
after the conclusion of an exhibition of the
’Automaton.—Balt. Gaz.
The piece of Mechanism above noticed
lias, as many of our readers know, been the
puzzle of Europe for nearly three quarters
of a century. Whether the secret has real
ly been discovered, or whether the proprie
tor has played off a rase to mislead the pub
lic, we know not; but it seems by the fol
lowing communication that the Chess play
ing contrivance, ingenious as it is, has been
matched in this country. The American
says, the communication is from a source
entitled to weight; that the writer is a good
chess player, and has encountered both
Turks with success. It is really strange, as
the writer remarks, that the mechani
which has puzzled all Europe ft#
quarters of a century, should
guessed at and successfully .
Yankee in less tharv a yeor’tf acquaintance.
From t^Nen^f^FTiinetipm.
I wgpt jasf'tiveniog to see the American
AjutopiatoQt which some of our Western rae-
1 ^hanists bias ttiade in imitation of Kempe
len’s, and had tjie pleasure of seeingit play a
whole game. It is, in every respect, equal
to that which made such a noise in our city
last year. If is of about the same size, and
the only perceptible difference is that it is
wound up with a key in the breast, as well
as one in the side of the machine. The
whole is laid open to the view, more tho
roughly, I think, than Maelzel exposed his,
and, therefore, it is more ingenious, from
the almost manifest impossibility of any
body being concealed within; and yet,
strange to say, the exhibitor seems to take
no interest in the game, and I even think he,
little understands it. By what magic
the machine is directed, I know not.
-
'We
hi iii.- t point,
whotn& branded two years since by Iris own political
friends with the guilt of having made a corrupt Trea
ty with the Indians, and as a politician who has ever
been vacillating between the two parties—ho has
not the confidence of either.”
Athens, June 22, 1827.
! The final Examination of the Senior Class of
Franklin Collrge, took place on the 18th and J 9th
mst. The exercises, we understand, were highly
creditable and satisfactory. Among the Trustees in
attendance was our distinguished fellow-citizen Wra.
H. Crawford.
own country, at the time of the general f j only S ay if a cunning devil has been
peace, has justly procured you the hatred of j brought to preside over the European
your countrymen. England had a right to ; instrument, our Western ingenuity has
a large indemnity for the enormous expen
ses she had supported: by this means, she
might have removed from her the immense
burthen by which she is weighed down, and
of which-she perhaps feels at this moment
the fatal consequences.
Newspapers in Germany.—In Berlin, in
addition to the multitude of other journals
and periodicals, there appear at this time,
a morning, a mid-day, an evening, and a
midnight Gazette. The latter, so far from
being sleepy, is said to be the most lively of
them all, being edited by the celebrated poet
Mullner. There is also announced as near
ly ready for publication in Berlin, Die Nar-
renzeiturg, (the Fool’s Gazette) to appear
tiirce times a week.
Interesting from the Arctic Land Expedi-'
Hon.—The editor of the Detroit Gazette
has received a letter from Saut de St. Marie,
dated April 29th, informing that despatches
had been received there from the expedition
under the direction of Captain Franklin.
** When the bearer left Fort Franklin, in
October, the members of the party were in
fine health, and greatly exhilarated by the
success with which their enterprise had been
crowned during the preceding summer.—
They have established the fact -of the con
tinuity of water communication from the
mouth of the Coppermine to M’Kenzie river,
and from'thence have pushed their exami
nations as far as one hundred and forty-nine
degrees and thirty-eight minutes west longi
tude. At this point, they were compelled
by the density of the fog, to relinquish the
design of proceeding to the Pacific Ocean
by Jay Cape. The botanist during the ab
sence of the exploring party from the Fort,
has been engaged in investigating the vege-
v fable productions of the Taskatochawin
country. ■ ' ■
| A** We may calculate that the reading
’$^(l&wiU be gratified with n view of the de
tails of this expedition, early in the coming
Maputo Capt. F. and his associates are
looked for here in July. From intelligence
: ^M»he relied on, we feel authorised to
say, that they will be spared those lessons
of human endurance with detracted so much
from the pleasure their former narrative af
forded, aud which, in fhslfjfirst enterprise,!
were no less .attributable to their own im*
providence, than to-the cupidity of the then
rival Fur Companies.” " ^
Females in holy.—The country was all
in (bloom, and the flowery plains exhibited a
'gaiety of landscape, which can hardly be
; conceived in less sunny climes. But the
invoked a still more cunning devil to direct
this. There is one point, and one only, in
which Mr. Maelzel has the advantage—he
plays a better game; but practice, and the
patronage which this ought to and must re
ceive, will improve it. To conclude—the
only reason which can render this Automa
ton less attractive than the other, is, that it
lias not been transported from a -foreign
shore ; and the reason which should induce
ten times more, every onq to patronise it, is,
that it is the production of Yankee ingenuity,
nursed on the borders of one of our New
York lakes. Strange, that the European
Automaton, which in all Europe has been
the wonder, almost the Miracle, of seventy
years, has not been a year in our new coun
try, before a successful—I had almost said,
an improved—copy arises to eclipse it.
JMysterious Marriage.—A lady dressed
in the most elegant style, walking past the
Hbrse Guards early in the morning of Thurs
day, addressed a private soldier belonging to
the Foot Guards, in the following manner:
—Lady : Soldier, are you a single man ?—
The Soldier (confused and astonished at
the question put to him) replied that he
was.—Lady: Then, soldier will you have
me for your wife ?—Soldier (still more con
fused :) I have no objection, madam.—
Lady : Then come with me. I have a li
cense and a ring (taking them out of her re
ticule,) and we will be married immediate
ly.—^The lady then called a hackney coach
from the stand, and proceeded to St. -’s
Church, where they were married. Imme
diately on their return the lady stepped into
the coach (first handing the bridegroom 20
sovereigns,) telling him that she would send
for him in the evening, and afterwards pur
chase his discharge. She then ordered the
coachman to drive forward, and from that
time to the present the soldier has never
seen nor heard from his bride! It is scarce
ly possible to conjecture what could have
been the lady’s motives, unless she wished,
for some particulat purp ose. to shew the certi
ficate of her marriage. The soldier says he
only regrets it in one sense, which is, that
he has * wife and no wife.’—London Paper.
An Infant Janus.—A child was lately
born in Baris, which lived for a quarter of an
hour, having two faces : and all the organs
belonging to-them namely, those of taste,
sight, and fmell, double.
No doubts remain of the success of Bru
nei’s great enterprise of forming aroad under
the Thames. The work is finished for the
distance of 5Q0 feet. We presume the
Our Village.—It would be a complex undertaking
to develope the progress of knowledge and refine
ment, in its prevailing state, in almost any place;
but an investigation always presents the existence
of populous towns, where constant social intercourse
freely and rapidly impart their elements from one to
another, as first among their most active promoters:
and in proportion to the intercourse the surrounding
inhabitants have with such places, will they be im
bued with these qualities. We should therefore es
teem it of consequence with those who desire their
prevalence, to have in view the culture of such ex
citing causes.—The advantages of this town to bear
a distinguished character for exercising such an in
fluence, is excelled by none in the state, if those ad
vantages were judiciously improved. Situated in a
singularly beautiful and romantic spot, amidst a fer
tile country of uncommon healthiness and mildness
of temperature, it wants but a gentle touch from the
hand of order anjl taste to make it one of great at
traction and delight in recreative visits from those
whose interests or circumstances constrain them to
abide in Jess gifted places, as also to those who seek
a retreat from tha intensity and ills of summer in the
tower countries.—The most obvious deficiency, is
the want of one or more neatly regulated streets,
shaded paths might often invite the
ai*d afiord- frequent opportunities
ive the friendly token of recognition,
miliar with the countenance of the
cularly enabling ladies to encounter
the meeting tii'view of strangers with, more compo
sure;ease, and grace, than is conspicuously other
wise, where no facilities to practise'it, are found;
while it would amazingly increase the value of the
property in the consideration of the tasteful and
fashionable, when in pursuit of an agreeable situa
tion on which to erect a-dwelling. On two or thtee
of our streets it would cost little beside arousing the
disposition to effect it; and we hardly need detail
the influence that neatness and order in' things
around us has on both our personal habits and ideas,
as well as temper, to aid the argument for the ex
pediency of its immediate commencement.
.
An article in .the Macon Messenger of the 12th
im-t. which will be found ensuing, although not given
as positively authentic, forbodes should it prove true,
an intention on the part of the Creek Indians to multi
ply obstructions to a peaceable possession and en
joyment of th6 soil now claimed by virtue of the Old
Treaty as the property of the State. The present
difficulties are said to be attributable to the influence
of designing Cherokees whose object it is to divert
attention from the claims which Georgia has upon
the Territory now in their possession, and to which
the public mind cannot hut revert so soon as the dif
ficulties growing out of the Creek controversy shall
ha* e been finally adjusted. The early agitation of
this question is a duty which the State owes to her
self—a duty which she owes the Indians, as the ti
which now binds them to the land of their fathers
must sooner or later be severed—their existence as a
nation—the preservation of their character from that
moral degradation, consequent on. existing associa
tions requires the sacrifice. Their occupancy of the
soil, to which the State has an undisputed right, has
long been permitted,,though courtesy to an affected
humanity, more*.destructive to their true interest
than any policy, nowever rigid, no matter what its
object, which would result in the preservation and
perpetuity of their original manners and habits.—
Time, and the experience of every age, has, we be
lieve, clearly demonstrated the impracticability of
incorporating into their natures those principles and
feelings constituting the distinction between civi
lized and uncivilized beings.
The Republican papers of the State, devoted to the
support of Col. Campbell, (for such they have styled
themselves,) in contradistinction to the ‘ Federal pa
pers,’ advocating the cause ofMr.Forsyth, have of late
affected much surprise at the political presumption
of Mr. F»s friends in continuing to consider him as a
candidatefor the Gubernatorial chair. Among other
subterfuges to which the partisans of this gentleman
have resorted for the purpose of diverting public at
tention, is that of his not having, been officially an
nounced—ergo. he is po candidate—ergo, he will not
be ergo, he tbmildftnt be named as one. What
ever doubts may exist among those who would not
have him regarded as such, among those (not a few in
number) who would, there is but one impression
.prevailing, that he is, and will continue to remain,
the most prominent of the two. The cause of Mr.
Forsyth, could the assertions of his political adver
saries be relied on, would appear to be as desperate
as Gen. Jackson’s is represented by the presses of
the coalition; and that barely eleven, if that number
remains who have not bowed the knee to this idol of
republican devotion. The following extract of a let
ter from one of the western counties to a gentleman
in this place, handed us for publication, bearing a dif
ferent character, is given as an evidence of the state
of public feeling in the section where'it was written,
“ Touching the approaching fall elections, it is not
my qpinion that they yrill produce much excitement
in this section of the State. With regard to the Go
vernor’s election, Mr. Forsyth has been so long and
so advantageously known to native Georgians, as
well as to those whb have, within a few years back,
emigrated from ether States, -as an. able statesman,
and accomplished diplomatist, that, generally speak
ing, party prejudice will be'sacri“
public good, and he who a few
contended for, and consummat
rest at the Court of Madrid, ai
stood by his oira Statfc. _
foreboding, threw around hi
his genius, a halo of light and
ignorance and prejudice fled
treihbled on its throne, will "be
supported. V
CoL Campbell ia barely known
on the altar of
rs back so ably
>ur general intc-
tely, so manfully
hour of darkest
by the magic of
before-which
and tyranny
unanimously
; as the individual
Intended for the good of all, may it be so ad
ministered as to attain its object.
2. The Southern ^States*—Firm in their
patriotism, liberal’ in their policy, uncom
promising in their pqlitical honesty, they re
quire no sectional legislation to promote
their prosperity.
3. The Hon. James Hamilton, Jun.—The
fidelity with which he has guarded our in
terests—the zeal, firmness and ability with
which he has resisted encroachments on our
rights, secure him our unqualified approba-
ti 00 * - ....
Mr. Hamilton said, that however pro
foundly sensible he was of the kindness at
his friends, who were now assembled, and
however flattering Ihe expression of their
good will, as indicated by the sentiment \\ith
which he had just been favoured, he never
theless hoped to employ these tokens of
their regard, rather as incentive to future
exertions to be useful, than as memorials far
the gratification of self-love. This was tne
only suitable return it was in his power to
make,for tffiLconfidcnce and indulgent good
ness of the generous and high-minded free
men he had the honor to represent.
He assured them that this spontaneous
manifestation of Jtheir approbation of his
public conduct, brought with it a peculiar
and emphatic gratification.
At the organization of the present Admin
istration, he, on principle, U-ul taken his
ground against it, without stopping to in
quire whether such a course would he popu
lar, where he had the utmost interest to
please. He had not, however, long to wait
to be satisfied, that the sentiments of a vast
majority of those whom he represented, on
this great public question, were in accordance
with his own. That.iyitn himself, they had
regarded the election of Mr. Adams, con
summated as it was by his league with Mr.
Clay, as a most perilous cause, in the
shape of a most pernicious example tc the
Rail Roads.—A great deal of interest and atten
tion appears to be arising throughout the States to
wards this mode of passage and transportation; and.
from an instance or two of their profitable applica
tion, the opinion seems gradually gaining ground,
that they will be far more advantageous, and ulti
mately supersede canals, on account of their greater
security, permanency of repair, serviceableness un
interrupted by weather, and as being less costly.—
It may likewise be questioned whether the inert bo
dies of water .(arming a canal, do not interfere with
tin; health of the country through which they pass,
especially where they continue on a level for a long
distance in a flat and warm situation.—The experi
ments hitherto made, leave the gain in velocity be
yond all comparison in favour of Rail-roads, so that
on the course of one, distance would lose the power
it possesses in other cases: this fact, and the pos
sible extension of them from one extremity of the
union to another, originates a highly agreeable idea in
the effect it r/oulu have of evaporating those anxie
ties & uncertainties existing between separated con
nexions by quick transportation of mails, and cheap
and rapid passage.—But the mole prominent fea
ture of contrivances to transport merchandize or
produce at a.low charge, is the power they will have
in regulating the value of property. Whatever dif
ference of price an article may hear at the place of
its production and a distant market, must, generally,
be owing to the difficulties in getting it there; and if
those difficulties be at once subverted, the property
which produces it, is immediately raised in value to
the amount of any similar property contiguous to the
market; and so in proportion as they may be sur
mounted.—The surface of Georgia, we beiieve, is of
as favourable a nature to their construction as any
part of the United States, if not mere so ; and it is
perhaps in accordance with her best interests that
some of the papers within her boundaries have given
the subject a favourable notice. A little reflection
must convince every one, that while such powerful
exertions are making in other places to give effect to
their physical powers, those who depend on the re
sult of unaided labour to maintain a profitable in
tercourse with them, act as unwisely as would
person who should depend on his natural powers of
defence, when he had in prospect a contest with
another who had arrayed himself with weapons and
armour.
The following patriotic letter of resignation from
Richard W. Habersham, Esq., U. States Attorney,
for the District of Georgia, fully explains the motive
which led to the adoption of such a measure. It re
flects the highest credit on this gentleman, and
should be regarded as one of the /hr instances of a
personal sacrifice of interest to patriotic principles,
combining al the same time, obedience to the au
thority under which he acted, and to the claims of
fidelity imposed by his native State.
District Attorset’r Office, )
Savannah, 25th February, 1827. >
To the Hon. Henry Clay,
Secretary of State of the U. States.
Sir—On the 22d inst. 1 received from the Honour
able the Secretary at War, a communication under
date of the 30th January, ultimo, instructing me to
procure and place in the hands of the Marshal of
this District, a w arrant for the arrest of certain per
sons charged with being engaged in surveying the
lands of the Creek Indians, contrary to the Laws of
the United States and the Treaty of Washington.—
In compliance with the requirement of the President,
I addressed a letter under date of the 23d inst. to
Colonel John Crowell, Agent of the Creek Indians,
requesting him, as soon as might he practicable, to
send to this place, such witnesses as are necessary,
and could he procured, for the purpose of establish
ing before the District Judge the facts, on %vhich to
found a w arrant of arrest, and delivered the same to
Lieutenant Vinton, who left this yesterday for. the
Creek Agency. Oo the same day I communicated
to the Honourable the Secretary it War, a copy of
that letter, and stated, that as soon as the warrant
could be obtained, I would deliver to the Marshal,
such instructions as would be necessary for his
guidance. Thus much I have felt it my duty to do,
in compliance with the order above referred to, be
cause I did not think myself at liberty, by a resigna
tion of my commission, to create delay in the pro
ceedings, or to leave the interests of the United
States, unrepresented in this Districtr—Sometime
must elapse before the arrival of the witnesses from
the agency, and I therefore avail myscif of the inter
val thus afforded, to communicate through you, most
respectfully to the President, that neither my feel
ings, nor convictions, will permit me to prosecute the
case in behalf of the United States.—In a contest in
which the interests and character of Teorgia are so future character anti fortunes Of our govern-
deeply involved, I should feel myself unworthy of the
office I hold, and of the confidence which the Presi
dent has hitherto reposed in me, if, contrary to my
own views of right, and the higher duties I owe to
my native State, I could array myself against her,
If, therefore, it becomes necessary that further pro
ceedings should be had in this matter, I have no al
ternative but to tender back to the President, the
trust w’hich has been confided to me—a trust which
for eight years, I have faithfully and zealously dis
charged, and which I only relinquish, because I can
no longer retain it with honour to myself.
I have the honour to be, Sir, with great respect,
your obedient servant,
RICH. W. HABERSHAM.
The “ Western Carolinean,” retails, under the
title of ‘ (unis natures,’ an account a calf produced
in Pennsylvania, which, among other particulars,
‘had a head very much resembling a bill-dcg's ”
Perhaps it may have been a bull-calf, which will at
once account for it, as the dog is so named from the
resemblance in that respect, and not for any similar
ity of character.
Dinner to Mr. Hamilton of S. Carolina.—
The inhabitants of St. Paul’s Parish, being
anxious to testify their deep sense of the
meritorious services of their useful and able
Representative, James Hamilton, Jun.
Esq. resolved to invite him to partake of a
public dinner at the Parish House on the
Willtown Road. They, at the same time,
resolved tc. invite as guests those distin
guished citizens and faithful public servants
Colonels Hayne and Drayton. All of
these gentlemen having accepted the invi
tation, Wednesday, the l(»th ultimo, was set
apart as the day of celebration. On this
day the meeting was numerous and highly-
respectable, and the company sat down to
dinner at 3 o’clock—Dr. John Ramsey was
called to preside, assisted by’Messrs. Tho
mas Smith, Jun. and Wm. Washington ;
during the whole time the greatest hilarity
and harmony prevailed. After dinner, the
following Toasts were drank.
1 -The Constitution of the United States.
merit, and he believed he was warranted in
asserting, that there was as little disagree
ment in opinion between them, that the only
mode of removing the contagion of this ex
ample, was by the constitutional expulsion
of the present incumbent from power, as a
fit atonement to the violated purity of our
institutions.
It was unnecessary for him to tell them
that those who were engaged in the strug
gle to effect this object, and whose public
duties brought them in .immediate contact
with the Government, had been made the
objects of the most unrelenting abuse and
detraction. Their motives had been dis
paraged, and their public conduct grossly
misrepresented. There seemed to be those
in the country who pushed the virtue of loy
alty to those in authority, so far, that they
appeared to think it was a sort of treason to
the constitution to question the purity of the
alliance of Messrs. Adams and Clay, or the
wisdom and usefulness of their acts.
This fact recalled to his mind, an ac
count which he had just seen of an admi
nistration meeting in Boston, which it ap
pears was convened for the purpose of ena
bling the members of Congress from that
city to administer to the federalists and de
mocrats of that place an amalgam in the
shape of a love-powder, which, as a sudo
rific in sweating down all former party fe
vers, was to make the subjects of this Pana-
cia roar lustily, “ for the powers that be.”
If this gentleman had confined himself to
the most unlimited adulation 'of the admin
istration, he should have certainly felt very
little disposition to notice a pursuit which is
likely to prove so thrifty; but it has pleas
ed him, in the exuberance ef an eloquence
which has been called “ godlike,” in sub
stance to stigmatize the opposition of Mr.
Adams, as “ angry and undiscriminating,”
and “ in determined hostility to every mea
sure, right or wrong and also to assert,
“ that the reason for the opposition to the
Administration, as far as he knew, was sim
ply that Mr. Adams “ had been chosen
The converse of the proposition is undoubt
edly true, that if he had not been elected, wo
should not have been in opposition. This
gentleman, however, knew perfectly well
that this was not the ground openly and
fearlessly avowed by those opposed to Mr.
Adams ; but as it suited hi3 purpose to vio
late a common rule of fairness in controver
sy to state the opinions of your adversary,
but rather to content yourself with exposing
their fallacy, his candour is not to be won
dered at.
He Icnotvs that the grounds of opposition
rest on the fact, even admitted by their op
ponents, that Mr. Adams was not the choice
of a majority of the people of the United
States ; and further, that they have affirmed
the belief, that his election in the House of
Representatives, was a corrupt and wanton j
neglect of the popular will—the result ex-*
clusively of a bargain among a few individ
uals for their own private interests. And
further, that they have distinctly avowed
their conviction if the people of the United
Stales sanction his first election in the
House of Representatives by re-electing
him for a second term, that in future our
Chief Magistrate will be elected by, if pos
sible, worse means in a worse than Polish
diet; and it will come to pass that the ex
treme medicine of the Constitution will he
its daily food.
He said that he knew this gen'Ieman ■
would meet him at the very threshold of
these allegations, with a challenge for his
proof of the bargain between Mr. Adams
and Mr. Clay; and, as the gentleman was a
lawyer, he would probably insist-on apply
ing to the case the doctrines of the statutes
of frauds, that nothing should be considered
as a contract which was not reduced to wri
ting. Such; indeed, was the scepticism of
the friends of the Administration, that they
reversed the maxim. “that circumstances
r