Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-10-19

aware that charge Of that kind is as
false as it is arrogant and presump-
tuous, and it is more especially so, be-
cause it comes from Mr.. Crawford him
self, or his friend. Now, it is well known
that he has never, contributed in polti-
cal point oil view, any thing to our civil,
political, or military institutions; but, on
the other hand, we are almost entirely
indebted to those retired sages, not only
for the achievement of orr indepen-
dence--but also Tor the present perfect
condition of our government a charge
OF that kind is particularly aggravating
when we consider or contrast the servi-
ces Of Mr. Crawford on the one side,
with those OF the revolutionary patriots
on the other, and we have no hesitation
in declaring that il should be thrown
back in the teeth of the retrenching Sc
cretary with redoubled violence.
AS narrow as the bottoms of the pre-
ceding administrations may have been,
we are disposed to believe they have al
ways sustained an honorable super-struc-
ture, or al least one which will always
defy the malevolent assaults OF MIR. Craw-
ford, or his Office expeclants.' But we
have something more, equally serious,
to say or the subject of his pledges re-
laive to his" broad bottom" What, is
| ii possible that candidate for SO high an
appointment as President of the Uni,ed
Siales, can descend to pledges to obtain
| the election Ii is course which would
appear ridiculous andvery unbecoming
candidate for an appointment of inf
naIeiy less Importance, and more par
'lcularly SO, when j, is apparent to eve
/ ~ man oil ordinary understanding that
they are pledges which he cannot in
| any way redeem; for the government
| has always been administered according
| 10 the constitution and laws, without re-
gard to corruption, lavorilism, or pecu-
lalion. This. however, may be called an
electioaeering trick, kind of trick that
The Secretary was not entirely ignoran,
OF, as zoe very zveH know in Georgia
we would therefore advise our friends,
the Penns, lvaniaps, to esteem his assn
RANGES Tor snch the writer of the para,
| graph alluded to calls ihem) as mere
fables, having no bottom at all. But
why talk about Mr.. Crawford and the
Presidential election? when it is quite
as likely that the sun vii refuse US light
| as that be will be our next President;
indeed, the one would be just as congo
NAL to the spirit of American liberty as
he other. We hope for better things
we have a Calhoun, Lowndes, or an
Adams, 10 enoiazon the path which lead
our cohatiy to wealth and sane--neither
oi those gentleman would sacrifice the
increased energy Of our little army or
navy 10 ia,sa views OF economy, no, not
| even to enhance their own views Of po-
| tlucal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, as has Mr.. Claw
1 ford Showed disposition to do on more
occasions than one. We hold this gen
| ticman as we have heretofore done, as
incapable of doing us any harm and less
good while actlng under constitutional
restrictions; every body knows that this
remark is perfectly correct, for he has
never signalize1 himself in single in
stance. lie has been mere child of
fortune, and not of merit. His pledge
reminds us of his old strata gems while a
member of the Legs laturc OF this state,
Tor he always went under restrictions
and fair promises to his constituents; as
lis well known to those who served at the
same time. But, to conclude, it mus
be evident 10 every person that this way
of promising whs, one is not able to per-
form, is repugnant to those high ana
honorable feelings which should charac
pterise the man who is to be the chiel
magistrate of the Union. IF he has be-
gun those tricks 6ef,re elected, where
viii they end if he is elected.
| Ii may be denied that the Secretary
ever has asserted that, that kind of ad
minlstration is necessary to eradicate
oorru ptioD, lsvorit ism, and peculation,
and that the remark has emanated from
riends-but We answer, it is truly i'm
piled in his assurances to the people,
that he would, il elected, make broad
bottom to his administration. A more
aggra. aied insinuation could not have
been made
NEW ORLEANS, SEPTEMBER S.
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