Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-07
ALEXANDRIA,.
THURSDAY MORNING. OCT :

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which the friends Of Mr.. Crawford and NJ,
Gallatin are sometimes reduced. A fou
weeks since, these political goxrmond,
not satisfied with having appropriated ia
themselves some forty or fifty votes mo,s
than any rational man supposed they cou|d
command, had actually closed their do
vouring jaws on old Massachusetts
The angry illusions of Mr.. Pickering and
the secret workings OF poor Jonathan Rus,
sci, were considered az evidences Of
spirit slumbering, but powerful spirit
that to become irresistible, need only to b.
reused. The tocsin was accordingly sound.
ed meeting alter meeting was convened
and every preparation made 10 enable III.
people Of that respectable state to give M.
questionable evidence of their conversion
to Radicalism and The Caucus An 'iud..
pendent ticket, as, by strange msnomer
il was called, was proclaimed, containing
i! is true, only three or tour candidate,
but headed by names 10 less imposing
than those of Governor Euslis and Cover,
nor Brooks.
Often as we had been deceived by The
saDguine speculations of these political
spectators, we confess our fears were
once more excited, when, in addition 10
this respectable exhibit on of names, Ne
were assured by the indefatigable oppc,
Den,s of the administration 10 Washington
that the Essex Register from which thew
had copied the proceeding. O. the caucus
party, in Essex south district,-'a paper
devoted 10 Mr.. Adams, which, Of course,
did no, approve Of these proceedings, bad,
by the tenor of its remarks, admitted their
formidableness. But our tears were soon
relieved. The following paragraph, from
the lntelligencer Of the 98b uIt. leaves
but little room to doubt that Messr.. Craw.
ford and Gallatin have made their final ex.
it from the Massachusetts stage. Govr.
no, Eu.ti. and The ez-Gouernor Brooks
have publicly declined being considered as
candidates for The office Of electors
The other eastern states, however, il
would seem, are not yet given up. We
are, ever and anon, favored with 40 el,
tract of a letter. or paragraph from tho
New Hampshire Pstriot,' filed with hs
rising hopes OF the caucus candidates; and
we are assured, with as much solenDiy a.
fit was actually believed, that they are u
receive the votes of Mnine-a large UajN
rity OF whose legislature nominated ML
Adans-of Vermont, Metz Hamp,hir. and
Connecticut, 10 whose legislative meetings
their names were scarcely besrd-aDd Of
Rhode Island, in which q convention d
delegates, from every part Of the state, d.
clared, by an almost unanimous vote, their
decided preference for Mr.. Adams.
Mem York, too, was so aulhoritsliv.J
claimed. that We confess we bad almost
given her up as lost; and yet il sesmn
US strange, that the friends Of Mr.. Claya
that state, bound 10 him, of course, by lbs
principles which he had so jealousy and
so ably maintained, should be prepared 10
the present stage of the contest, nolony
to abandon him, but TO attach themselves
10 that one among the other candidates.
who was most opposed to the very prncl'
Piles which formed the basis Of Mr. Chys
popularity. General McClure's letter %
this subjec, has removed every doubt
The contemplated coalition can never
realized; and without it, the most saDgO"f
friends of Mr.. Crawford will not pre'eaD
10 claim for him single vote within w
limits of New York. 81
Nsw Jersey, we believe, is The only"
lantic state that has been so fortunate sy
escape even suspicion. No caucus 'eS'i
has been formed; and we imagine u1
whole Craufordi,m Of the state is cones'I
tered in the meagre person of MIR. Ssna'0I
Dickerson. In Pennsylvania cO'u''I
current waa at one time most poDpOO'y
proclaimed; and ticket was annOuh''I
with Mr.. Rush, by authority at It's Ds''' |
But the counter current it seems ~
assumed a new direction. A sinking %F
was never deserted by its four ioo'e0
bab,aDts with half the eagernes' w.
which the company of Messrs. bInn'
Go. are abandoning the ticket Oh W.T.