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for PRESIDENT,
JOIIN QUINCY ADAMS.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
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EliECTOilS. W District Isaac T. Avery, cf Burke,
c,,.,7 Aevf.r Franklin, of Iredell,
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Third,
Robert 11. Uuuton, oi Lncoin,
Fourth,
Fifth,
Sixth,
Seventh,
Eighth,
Mith,
Tenth,
Eleventh,
Edmund Deperry, of Montgomery
Jas. T. Morehead, of Rockingham,
Ai.ptander Gray, of Randolph,
Benjn. Robinson, of Cumberland,
James S. Smith, of Orange,
William IIinton, of Wake,
Edward Hall, of Franklin,
Samuel Hyman, of Martin,
Isaac N. Limb, of Prsquotank,
Twelfth,
77, ',r)prnth. WlLLIAM ClARK, of Pitt,
Fourteenth, WXu S. Blackledoe, of Craven,
Fifteenth, Ramel L. Kenan, of Duplin.
P0RTR1ITCRES OF .THE
TWO CANDIDATES.
By Washington.'
" I give it as my decided opinion ; tint Mr.
Adams is the most "valuable public character
we have abroad, and there remain no doubt on
mv mind, tint he will prove himself to be the
ablest of all our diplomatic corps. i ne puu
lie, more and more, as lie is known, are appro
hU t;ibnts Rnd worth : fnd his country
voulduffer a loss if these were to be neglected
Letter to John Adams, 20th Feb. 1796.
By Jr.FPERsax.
Tim znal which has boon displayed in favor of
waking Jackson President, has made mo doubt
of the duration of the "Republic. He does not
possess the temper, the acquirements, the assidui
ty, or the physical qualifications for the office;
lie has beon iu various civil offices, and made a
figure in none and he lias completely failed anc
shown himself incompetent to an executive trust
in Florida in a word, tli ;io arc one hundred
men in Albemarle county better qualified for the
Presidency." Sec. Gov. Coles' letter, Nov
1
" This will be handed you by young Mr. A-
'amj. He being the son of your particular friend,
renders' unnecessary from mo thos;$ commenda
tions which-1 could with truth enter into. 1 con- J
gratuhttc your country on her prospects in this !
voting man." Letter to Mr. Deny, from Penn.
12th May, 17S3.
My faith in the self-government of the People,
has never been so completely shaken, tis it has
bren by the efforts, made at the last flection, to
place over their heads,-one, who, in every sta
tion he has ever filled, cither Military or Civil,
made it a point to violate every order &, instruc
tion given him, and take his own arbitrary will
as the guide cf his conduct.
By Mr. MoxnoE.
u I shall take a person for the Department of
State tVom the eastward; and Mr. Adams, by
1 ng service in our diplomatic concerns appear
ing to emiile him to the preference, supported by
bis acknowledged abilities and integrity, his no
mination will go to the Senate." Letter to
Ocn. Jackson iu 1817.
By Thomas Hart Bentox.
" The first conspicuous act of his (Jackson's)
in Tennessee may be found at the race ground
und the cock fi-rht. At such nlares for manv
r
years, even up to the period of his joining the ar
ray, he was a leading and conspicuous actor; and
it is a notorious fact that he was scarce known to
leave a race ground without having participated
in an a fray, or at least a quarrel. His whole
life has been a scene of contusion ; and no man
can point to a single day in which he has been
at peace with the world, or during which be was
not at open and violent enmity with some indi
vidual ; nay, most of the time with numbers in
public and private life ; not political differences
nor ordinary misunderstandings, but quarrels of
the most violent, rancorous and deadly nature."
"If (Gen. Jackson.) shall be elected Presi
dent, he would surround himself with a pack of
puiutcai ouu aogs, to bay at all who dared op
pose his measures. For myself, as I cannot think
of legislating with a brace of pistols in my
belt, I shall, in the event of the election of Gen.
Jackson, resign my seat in the Senate, as every in
dependent, man will have to do, or risk his LIFE
and HONOR ! ! !"
So said Col. Benton, but mow this same Col.
Benton, forgetting the former deadly hostility
existing between himself and Gen. Jackson,
is in favor of electing his ancient and impla
cable enemy to the Presidency ! ! ! This needs
no comment. It is the spirit of Jacksonism.
JEFFERSON.
By Thomas Ritchie, o fRichmond Enquirer.
" What kind of a President would this great -
vuian iirencral Jackson) make t ' '
" A gentleman who cannot interpret the plain
xpressions of one law and 6t he would be
ailed upon to administer all the laws of the land!
Qne whose ideas are so purely military that he
would transmute a traitor into a spy, or punish
treason, not by the civil. courts, but'a court mar
tial, i. One, who, in a great crisis would convert
the whole country into one great camp and
would reduce,' almost every thing under martial
law If this individual be a republican, then,
indeed, as ho says himself, names are bubbles.'
What respect would such a great civilian enter
tain for the laws and constitution of hisxountry 1
Is suck a one qualified for our Chief Magistrate?
General Jackson is a distinguished soldier ;
but is he a Statesman 1 .Where is the evidence
of it? Where are his political speeches! his des
patches i his essays! his measures! Where are
the evidences of that skill & attainment in poli
tics to which a life of study and of experience,
is so essentially necessary ! COMPARE HIM
WITH ADAMS, and with Crawford, & HOW
INFERIOR MUST HE BE when we take
into the account thp series of his pursuits, and
the want of evidence which he has exhibited !"
We cannot consent to lend a hand towards
the election of such a man as General Jackson
He is too little of a Statesmantoo rash too
violent in his temper his measures too much in
clined to arbitrary government, to obtain the hum
ble support of the Editors of this -paper. We
WOULD DEPRECATE HIS ELKUT1UN
AS A CURSE UPON OUR COUNTRY."
By Levi Woodbury a Senator, i
" We are aware that the attack on Mr. Adams
may have been sharpened , by causes which do
not meet the car. He has splendid qualifications
to fill the highest office in the Union. If some
Catiline or his incendiaries, in the strife for su
premacy, are already scattering fire brands and
poison, it. behoves every weil wisher to the Ue
public to awake. It is one oj Mr. Adams s pe
culiar excellences, that while he is second to
none in talents and experience, he makes neither
personal influence nor exertion lor what should
alwavs be the tree em ot a tree people. It
the character of Mr. Adams is destined to be
manzb d and even crucified to gratify British
sycophants, or the sinister views of demagogues,
whose path to ejfice is obstructed by hii virtues,
" Lot the tempest rage '
And lioiiest man Is (till an unmoved rock,
Was!icd whiter but not shaken by tho shock."
Who will bo the Republican candidate, is not
so apparent.- It will undoubtedly be, as in all
former cases, some man who " noble ends by no
ble means pursues" some person who is the
Antipodes of Clinton. If we are to look for
such a character, we feel a perfect confidence in
savin?, that JT0 MAN UNITES MORE THE
QUALITIES OF THE HONEST, UP
RIGHT, and ABLE STATESMAN, THAN
JOHN Q. ADAMS." Del. Gaz.
I do not conclude, that because the President
refused to punish General Jackson, that, there
fore, he approved of his conduct, IN DIRECT
VIOLATION OF HIS ORDERS. General
Philip Reed's Speech, on the Seminole War, 1819
General Jackson, from the moment he was en
trusted with command, has avowed, and system
atically made his own will and pleasure the rule
and guide of his actions, he has suspended the
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial functions cf
the States, with arbitrary sway, he has insulted
tim Executive of the United States, at whose
pleasure he holds his commission, spurned his au
thority, disregarded and transcended its orders
he has usurped the high prerogative of Peace &
War, entrusted by all nations to the sovereign
authority of the State, and by our Constitution,
to Congress alone lie has abrogated the known
Laws of Nations, and promulgated a new code of
his own. conceived in madness and follu, arid
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written in hhod; i:e has; in fine, violated
ALL LAWS, HUMAN AND DIVINE, and
violated them with impunity !
New York Evening Post.
Mr. Chairman I am astonished that any one
should have appeared here to-night,' to mar our
proceedings, when it is well known the object of
the meeting was to recommend John C laihoun,
for tho Presidency. But. when we are insulted
with the nomination of the most, perfect TY
RANT upon earth, the man who sets all laws at
defiance, who is stained with the VICES of the
DEEPEST DYE ; one whose will clone is his
rule of conduct, whose life has been distinguish
rd chiefly hv BRUTAL VIOLATIONS of
private right, my astonishment can scarcely be
expressed, I should rattier see any citizen, how
ever high, or however low, made president, than
this MILITARY DESPOT.
Speech of Henry L. Pinckney.
Editor of the Charleston (Jackson) Mercury.
Concluding paragraph of the Speech of Mr. Clay, on the
celebrated Seminole ar in
I hope gentlemen will deliberately survey the
awful isthmus on. which we stand, i hey may
bear down all opposition ; they may even vote
the General (Jackson) tho public thanks ; they
mav carry him triumphantly tnrougn in is nouse
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But if thev do. in mv humble judgment, it will be
a lrinmnh nf the nrincinle of insubordination, tho
triumph of tho military, over the civil authority
a triumph over the constitution of the land.
A nd I pray most devoutly to ncaven, mat n
may not prove, in its ultimate effect and consc-
quences, a triumph over the liberties oi me poo
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pie. Henry lay.
From our present institutions there can be no
change but to MILITARY DESPOTISM, and
there is none more easy. John uandolpii
Tennessee has been completely disgraced by
bringing out General Jackson for President, as
he is known to be totally unfit for the station.
T. P. Moore, (now a Jackson leader.)
I remember to have heard Mr. Jefferson, on one
occasion,use an expression w hich struck me,not so
much by the sentiment it contained, iwmcn in
deed was then a very common one in Virginia)a
the contemptuousl style in which it was made
Speaking of the general candidates for the Pre
iftencv. liefore thft last election, he remarked
that "one might as .well make a SAILOR of
a . COCK, or a SOLDIER of a. GOOSE
as a PRESIDENT of Andrew Jackson."
Thomas V- Cilmobe, (a Jackson Editor.)
The -Election of General Jackson to the Pre
sidency, is not to be dreaded. AS IT CAN IN
NO EVENT POSSIBLY OUCUK. The
People of the United States have not yet become
so corrupted as to choose a man ol Military tal
ents to govern the National Councils, in oppo
sition to the splendid talents of Mr. Crawford,or
indeed' of any other good man in the country.
John Randolph's Letter to the People of Char
lotte, 1822. -.
We know the influence of the sword, the effect
of Military glory, the dazzling destructive pow
er of armies we have the record before us in
Alexander, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, and
Bonaparte; and if we swallow tho GILDED
PILL with our eyes open, we shall have less
claim to pity than nations better prepared to do
right. .
General Jackson is the man who is attempted
to be forced upon the People as their Chief Ma
gistrate, when had justice been done him, HE
WOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED IN
STANTANEOUSLY." Noah, 1824.
Now, for the first time since the institution of
Jmo government, we have presented to the Peo-
pic tne Army Vyanaiaaie lor me r residency, in
the person of him, (John C. Calhoun) who, judg
ing from the present appearances, will receive the
support of the Bank of the United States. This
is an. union of the sword and the purse with a
vengeance. And that deprecated union is cer
tainly now increased by A. Jackson.'. LET
THE PEOPLE LOOK TO IT, OR THEY
ARE LOST FOREVER."
JoiI."TiANDOLPH, 1824.
Chief Justice Marsh all's opinion addressed
to the Marylander.
In a letter from this gentleman, he expressed
himself as friendly to the present administration
of the general government, and that ' he intends
voting (an act he has not done since the estab
lishment of the general ticket system," in Virgi
nia, and never intended to do, during its conti
nuance,) at the next election ; and the resolution
he formed not to vote, he feels bound to disre
gard, in consequence of the " injustice of the
charge of corruption against the President and
Secretary of State," by Gen. Jackson. .
Judge Washington's opinion Extract addres
sed to the Fairfax Anti-Jackson Committee,
dated
" Mount Vernon, July 1828.
" Believing that the utmost purity of conduct
attended the election of Mr. John Q. Adams to
le office which he now holds, and has so ably
dministered, I have never hesitated when a fit
occasion offered, to express my sentiments in fa-
oa of his re-election to the Presidential Chair.
BUSHROD WASHINGTON."
POLITICAL HERESY EXPOSED.
Extract from a Communication in the Albany
Morning Chronicle
"Inter arm a, leges silent." Cicero.
Some days ago, the address of the Committee
f Jackson Young Men in the City of New York,
fell into my hands. . It contains principles and
opinions, most hostile to the rights of freemen
nd alarming to the great cause ot civil liberty.
Among other things, which wisdom and patriot
ism would have blotted out, these " followers ol
Jackson," as they slavishly sty le the men of their
party, speaking of the Constitution of the United
States, boldly assert that, " there is infinitely
more to fear from latitude of construction, than
from military force." This sentiment struck me
with horror. I is the very pulse and spirit oi
tyranny. After Caesar had passed the uubicon,
and seated himself upon the ruins of the Old Re
public, whilst the Forum was filled with armed
men w hen the gleam ol swords was Hashing in
the eyes, and spears bristling in the very teeth of
the Senators of Rome well might Cicero, in the
agony of spirit exclaim, " Inter arnia, leges si-
ent ! ! 1 know that in 1 urkey and rcrsia, the
aws were silent when the cannon spoke. But I
never dreamed that this child of despotism, this
destroyer of life, of liberty, and of law, would be
naturalized here, and receive the brotherhood ol
freemen.
What ! our blessed Constitution " more to fear
from latitude of construction than from military
force! " What ! tell us to our beards that we arc
subject to the will of the military, and not the
military to our will c that we are not to no trust
ed ! that the Constitution is safer in the hands of
a Drum-Head Court Martial, than in our Courts
of Law X my safer in a camp than in the halls
of Congress ! Have the warders on the walls of
the Republic plotted our ruin ! or our Represen
tatives proved faithless! What ought we to think
and sav of the men. who even intimate the belief
that we have every thing to lear, when we com
mit the Constitution of the land to those whom
we have chosen to preside in the sanctuaries of
Legislation and of Law and that wo have
nothing to fear, by committing it and all our
privileges to be expounded by the bloody and
merciless "rules and articles of war!" But these
kind counsellors tell us, that soldiers are citizen?,
and because they are citizens, nothing is to be
feared from military force. Well, if this con
clusion be true, then it follows, that, if we had a
standing armv of a hundred, or five hundred thou
sand, composed of citizens nay more if al
wpw inverted into soldiers, and the whole
country into a camp, we should be safer and bet
ter off than we now arc. If, therefore, they do
not mean to impose upon the nation a large stand
ing army, then they knowingly attempt to de
ceive us. But it they do not mean to aecciv
us. whv not deal with us honestly ! W l.y not te
us the truth that . although a soldier is a citizen
yet a citizen is not a soldier that, in this tree
country, none but a soldier or an alien can bo
tried by martial law that an American citizen
as such, can in no case be legally subjected to
martial law that the will of the superior is the
soldier's law and' that the commander moves
and controls a well disciplined army as absolutely
as the mainspring does the machinery ot a we
constructed watch. .
. My countrymen, why, O 2 why is it that evef j
breeze whispers in our ears the exaltation andj
canonization of military power ! Do ye tliinb 'tis I
the spirit of the winds ! -and know ye not, 'tis
the breathings of unholy ambition! Whereforo
is it, that, on the one hand, wo stand by and wit
ness the character and conduct of our civil ser
vants cut and mangled with as much coolness and
deliberation as a bullock is flayed in the shambles,
while onHhe other hand, we look upon tho warrior
with awe and, if his deeds be questioned, tevinco
great sensitiveness, and shrink with instinctive
shuddering, as if a death warrant was borne upon
every gleam of his sword ! ,
And is It the dread of "military force" that
renders inscrutable the official conduct of milita
ry men and sanctifies military usurpation ? The
spirit of genuine republicanism and the spirit of
liberty are congenial spirits and he who obsti
nately closes his ears and his conscience against
the voice of reason and of truth, and justificsany
violation of the Constitution or the law, is neither
Republican, Patriot, nor Christian. To such a
one, any appeal would be in vain. Let him alone !
He is the fit subject for a tyrant's will for a ty
rant's law. Were the American Capital, like
the Roman Forum, surrounded and filled with a
" military force," to prevent the Represen
tatives of the People from giving to the Con
stitution, what martial law and the sword might
be pleased to deem too much " latitude of con
struction," ho would laud tho boldness of, the
Chief justify the horrible deed and denounce
him who should presume to call in question the
daring usurpation. .
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From the New-England Weekly Review. .
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE STATE
OF CONNECTICUT.
You are called upon for the exercise of the
right of suffrage. Two Candidates aro before
you ; John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jack
son. What are their respective qualifications !
John Quincy Adams, the long tried Republican,
the advocate of Liberty and free principle, what
have been hii services ! In the lato war with
Great Britain, when our commerce was destroy
ed, the Atlantic Coast blockaded, its villages pil
laged and burnt, our back country infested with
savages, and public credit reduced to a low ebb,
John Quincy Adams was deputized by our Go
vernment, as minister at the Court of St. Peters
burgh, with instructions to negotiate for peace
with Great Britain, through the Emperor Alex
ander. His plain, unassuming deportment, the
suavity of his manners, hh knowledge of Juris
prudence, International Law, the rights of Na
tions, and the true policy of governments, gained
im the favor of Alexander, and he became the
favorite at Court. Alexander not only consented
to arbitrate between tho two powers, but kindly
offered to write to the Court of St. James.
Alexander then held the destinies of Europe.
ngland feared his power, nor dared provoke
lis will. England would not consent that Alex-
ndcr should arbitrate, she knew the influence
f John Q. Adams, but she agreed to treat for
eace directly, first at Gottenberg, and then at
Ghent. These offers were accepted by John tJ,
Adams, on condition, that any differences be
tween commissioners, should be decided by
Alexander. Look at the Treaty of Ghent,
which may be attributed to John Quincy Adams,
Ienry Clay, and Albert Gallatin. Can any one
say that this was a dishonorable Treaty ! The
Treaty ol commerce was setuca on reciprocal
terms, and yet seven-eighths of the navigation is
carried on by Americans, while the British ship
owners have become bankrupts. Look at the
stipulation that differences should be settled by
arbitration. We received nearly a million if
dollars the last season, for loss of property and
devastation of war. V ho deserves the credit of
this but John Quincy Adams! Look at our
Treaty with France. Have not the Americans
three-fourths of the carrying Trade ! Look at
the Treaty with Spain, and the purchaso ot
Florida. Whom do we pay, but our own citi-
f mi i i ;i.:
zens, lor inegai seizures, anu spoliations in
Spain! When intriguing agents procured a
surreptitious Treaty for a cession of Creek Ter
ritory, and Governor Troup instigating the State
of Georgia to a rebellion against the general go
vernment, called out "stand to your arms, men,"
what was the conduct of John Quincy Adams
Cool. firm, and decided. Justice ,was tho rule
of his action, and future History shall record the
glory of the American character, and say that
he was a friend to the hiendless Indian. JJr.
Monroe has said, if any thing was due for the
lappy administration of Ins Government, a
share was due to John Quincy Adams. The
public debt is fast diminishing the Country is
peaceful, and the people happy; why should we
change (
Andrew Jackson he has done essential ser
ice for his country he has fought tho battle of
New Orleans but what are his qualifications.
Is he honest ! He has propagated a base slan
der against Henry Clay, proved upon him by
tho whole Western delegation , in Congress, ,1s
he capable! What talents has he discovered,
cither as a representative or Senator in Con
gress, a Judge of the Court, or Governor ol a
province. Can you quote a speech, or an essay
on law, Jurisprudence, political economy, or
any other subject! Does not his own Biogra
pher say that he has resigned all his civil offices,
for lack of qualification t And yet ho aspires to
the Presidency! What presumption! He has
confessed to the New York delegation, that he
has violated the laws of his country, and broke
the Constitution. Can you, under the solemn
nlili.r.itinn of an oath, vote for this man! His
conduct has been publicly arraigned, he has sub
stituted his own will for the rule of his actions,
he boasts that he is no hypocrite, and if elected
by your suffrages what has he to tell you !
" You knew that I neither regarded the Consti
tution, nor the laws of my Country. My will is
law. vour persons, your property are at my dis
posal. This Country is my military camp, and
he w ho dares breathe the name of .Liberty,
awaits tho military Tribunal."
Fellow Citizens ! The word republican, with
him, who Votes for Gen. Jackson, js a burlesque
upon common sense. Tho constitution, of our
Country is the rock on which we stand we have
taken our oaths to support it, and wjben we, fail,
adieu to tho Liberties of our Country. ' X
'- From the Providence Journal. ' ' ,
ADAMS AND JACKSON.
Wo a short tiriie since admitted, but with a
protestation against the admission, that General
Jackson had never been guilty of the crimes and
misdemeanors, of the sins of omission and com
mission, of -which ho stood accused in tho face
of the nation and of the world. Suppose the
General's character at this time to bo free from
every imputation, we still say he has no well
grounded pretensions for the important office
which he seeks. He is not qualified by nature ? '
or education for the station. What though his
single arm gained the battle of New Orleans,
what though he were simple in his tastes, and ,
upright and patriotic in his principles, what
though he wero in favor of liberty and the Con
stitution; pledged to nonparty and of Sterling
integrity ; if he has not education and ability
adequate to the undertaking, his virtue and integ
rity would never direct him in the management 1
of the complicated concern of the nation.
Every brave, virtuous, patriotic and good man is
not fit to be President. Something more is re
quired, and that something, which is ability,
General Jackson does not possess. . His warm
est friends do not pretend it. In the various
civil sta'.ions that chance and fortuitous circum
stances have placed him in, he has never disco- -
vered that coolness, deliberation, knowledge arid
maturity of thought which should bolong to an
aspirant for the Presidency. He has been rash '
and precipitate, headstrong and impetuous, gov
erned by his feelings and passions rather than by
the dictates of a sound judgment and understand
ing. ''
If our assertions aro true, and they are abun
dantly proved by the private and public life of
General Jackson, we again ask why he should
be made President of these States. r '
We will place, the case in a little stronger
point of view ; we will retract the admissions
made jn favor of Gen. Jackson's private and
public character; we will view him with, not all,
but some few of his ' sins and imperfections on
his head ;' as suspected, accused and guilty of
some few of the charges that have been urged
against him, and then taking in connexion, his
mental inability, ask the peoplo of this country
and state, if such a man be fit to govern.
If a quarter part of tho charges preferred
against the General are true, the considerato
part of the community will say, he is neither fit
to govern, nor to live. Some of tho accusations
have never been even denied, and the majority
of them only palliated, justified by circumstances.
It is not denied that he lay in wait for Col. Ben
ton, with an intention to kill him ; that with the
stiletto he sought that satisfaction for a supposed
injury, that he disdained taking at the hand of
the law." It is not denied, that, under the most '
aggravated circumstances, he murdered, in single
combat, Mr. Dickinson. In defiance of all the
laws of God and man, with malice prepense,
with a fixed determination of killing, he delibe
rately raised the pistol against the breast of his
injured antagonist, who then was disarmed, and
with an unerring aim rendered certain by prac
tice, inflicted a mortal wound on a rational be
ing, entitled to the protection of the laws. We
know not what political partizrins call this, the
i law says it is murder. '
He did execute the wretched Harris and five
militia men. The official documents relative to
that cruel and tyrannical execution are before
the public. They were sentenced to death for '
desertion. Harris and his associates, believing
that their term of service had expired, that they
had a right to return to their families and their
homes, left a division of Gen. Jackson's Army.
They were arrested and tried by a Court Mar
tial. They offered in excuse their firm belief"
that they had a right to return home, their term
of service having expired; nay, they went far
ther, and offered to return to their duty, if they
had misconceived their rights. They were sen
tenced to suffer death. The sentence with the
proceedings of the Court was transmitted to the
General for his approbation. The power of
pardoning rested with him ; in his hand was life
and death. Did he with the mercy of a soldier in
peace pardon and forgive the innocently offend
ing victim in his power! A word from him
(would have saved them. Had he but said "I
pardon, they might have been alive this day to
bless him. There was no necessity at the time
for military severity ; example was unnecessary
for military subordination. Yet, in the spirit of
cruelty he said, "let the sfffenders die. By his
order, Harris, a preacher of the gospel, the
faithtul husband and father of nine children,
with his five associates, for an error, rather than
a crime, suffered an ignominious death. We
have given no colouring to this transaction, but
have simply told the story as it is recorded. We
ask, with astonishment, is this Chieftain, the
man in whom tho peoplo would vest tho highest
authority!
There arc other transactions in the private
and public life of General Jackson, which, in
our opinion, should effectually exclude him from
the Presidency, and of which we shall say more
at another time.
Notwithstanding tho loud boasting of our op
ponents, we entertain the firmest belief that Mr.
Adams will be re-elected to the office he has so
ably filled. If at any time we feel in a despond
ing mood, we place our reliance in the intelli
gence, integrity, and virtue of the American peo
ple, and all forebodings and apprehensions vanish.
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, NEATLY EXECUTED,
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