Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-09-28

weighs heavily with us-the lnssparaoie
connec,ion of Mr.. Gsllatin with Mr..
Cras lord nor do we know why he Tor
mer gentleman was selected, unless as
a bait to Pennsylvania, where events
have shewn he had no influence. Is II
possible that he could have been thought
The second choice OF the American peo-
pie, with ,he strong probability oil be-
coming the first? The nation may be
DISPOSED 10 forgei that his name was
(iostly or unlustly) connected with the
only instruction which ever occurred
in our country, or that he disapprosed
of Hamiltoa's system OF finance when
out OF power, and adopted 1t whilst 10
but can The Republican party forget, that
at The declaration Of war, the federsl's1s
,housht him against it, aud the Repu6-
lie ms though, him for it Did he not at
the beginning of the contest, too, when
our arnies we're to be provided tor, and
the treasury was nearly empty-when
the national honor depended on the ways
and means of carrying on the war, and
when the Federal party exoltingiy pro-
claimed, what was generally believed,
that those who were in power when the
war was made, would not be there when
il ended-Iid not Mr.. Gallatin at that
moment abandon the Treasury, leaving
it in the charge only OF 0ie'Hs' 81
=. :, pe,ershnrg with an Quilt and sa-
larry, and remain there perhaps year
after the mediation OF Russia had bsen
rejected by England, when the Emperor
was in Germany-when eur Treasury
GROIN lying open for him) was On the
brink of bankruptcy--when our armies
were perishing on the frontiers for cloaths
and provisions, and when a full Treasury
at Washington would have been the mos
peace II This be so, and If according to
tn: caicu atoms of insurances on lives,
the next President win not live out his
term, is it not the duty OF every patriotic
citizen 10 reflect, whether when We have
so many deserving naEives) he would be
wiling Ia see a foreigner President OF
the United States Whether our ration
al PRIDE would be etaed al home, or our
na;iogsl respectabiIiy increased abroad,
by 80 election which would confirm the
old European notion, that men degenc-
rate n ms country? If that be the case,
give US Lafayette, the foreigner To whom
we owe most gratitude, and the man
whose devotion 70 liberal principles, and
whose beautiful reputation, have pre-
served, during fifty years, an unbroken
consistency.
We entertain the most grateful sense
of Gan. Jackson's services, and high
admiration of the independence Of bis
character; but we doubt whether age
has sufficiently tempered lis vchemence
to Justify our con6ding the helm OF state
to hlu; and we Cannot think any man
well qualified for the Presidency whose
mind has not been, for considerable
time, familiar with the foreign and do
nestle relations of oar government. The
postponement OF his claims is not the
rejection ct them, and there would be
no sacrifice of feeling in him lo serve un-
der Mr.. Adams, who is an Older and
more experienced man. Indeed the
long experience Of this gentleman, his
large acquaintance with the policy of
our cabine, and that Of foreign nations,
his inAexible devotion to the true prin-
ciples oil our Constitution, his extensive
knowledge Of Jurisprudence, and his well
ascertaincd devotion to liberal and in
dependent, bu, at the same time safe and
Cautious system OF policy, induce us to
prefer him to any ether candidate. In
confirmation of our opinion of him il is
o1iY necessary 10 appeal to facts. His
int srl.y and talents, are, we hriieye,
universally admii,ed by his candid opro-
nenis. The friends OF Mr.. Crawtora,
at'er offering him the Vice Presidency,
could not decenhy question them, since
it would COW let them OF being wiling to
trsfiic offices to bad men. Is there no,
reason indeed to believe that the abuse
whjch has been lavished upon him az
Ricnmond, during the last six weeks
proceeded rather from lew politiciaHs,
who seem To be the friends OF Mr.. Craw-
ford. but are really in ambush on the
side ol Mr.. Clay, and VINO dream of the
possibility, in case Mr.. Craw lord should
be wi,asirawn,) Of inducing Vrginis to
take up Mr.. Clay, as . "choice OF evils?"
They seek TO prejudice you against Mr..
Adams, bur they do not really doubt his
Aliens Or his integrity; and therefore we
cali your attention to his public services.
Mr.. Adams began his diplomatic ca
reer % secretary to DR.. Franklin, Mr..
Adams, and Mr.. Lee, 10 their embassy
to France, TO procure the recognition of
our independence, in 1878. he acted
in the same capacity in Holland and in