Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-09-16
ALEXANDRIA,
rurIRsDAY, SEPT ENBER is.


ws have published, at the request OF
,f,cksop Central Committee, their late
s,sedipgs and Circular letter, which
r. readers will find on The fourth page
~. need scarcely say, that it affords US
a...ure. at all times, to be able to o5lige
r {. ,ospectable friends OF any of the candi-
l,a.. and The only boon we ask in return,
IN acknowledgment of our right to can.
&c any Of their principles or opinions
r., may be at variance with our own As
.,eb as we are opposed to The caucus and
!. rsdical can1itiaie. we are not less so to
i. elevation Of citizen TO the Presiden
:.l.bair. vino has no other Recommended
-. Than his gallant and dazzling exploits
;.,he field. The one principle is as dan
.a,ou, as the other. 1.-THE caucus succeed.
10 constitution is trsmpled under foot,
,oa the people may prepare for disor-
aa,;7;pg sristecracy; and &c the example
i once sci, Of giving TIE Chief Magistra-
+vsa reward for military services, we
,onsot the door TO military usurpation &C.
,.,,l Jackson has served his country rsith.
,agv and gloriously, and bas Gerited the
hureIs that have been hitherto awarded
rim by bis CRATE vi countrymen; but We
have other distinguished men, both in the
,,ov ard the nsyy-meD who are no less
,.narkable Tor their great literary and sci
.,n6c requirements, than for their heroic
doods. and it we make one President,
o,bers will be led to expec. it. We have
no rightio count on being always at peace.
N ,,me of war our army must necessarily
he large, and its chief may DE daring
and an ambitious soldier. If no hope OF
greater hoDors be excited in bis breast, be
would be content with those peculiar 10
his station; but il he have precedent TO
simulate his ambition, and we reject his
eaim-tbe Rubicoo will be passed, and
The standard, AUT CESAR AuT MILL, will
be raised against the purest government
that ever was founded by the wisdom OF
man.
We think tins one objection insupera'
bic. vet we will add another at present,
and more hereafter. We nave no serious
objections TO the political opinions OF Ge
neral Jackson, as far as we have been a
be 10 learn them: but we believe him
wholly incompetent, both by nature and
education, to discharge the all.important
duties of the high station he seeks TO Ill.
When has be bad an opportunity OF ac~
curing The necessary political knowledge!
Wio what civil capacity has he ever e
Iuced the slightest superiority! He has
been Judge OF an inferior court, and,
like thousands OF others, was not known
QUITO bis neighborhood; and although he
Was, once before. in the Senate-when
the circumstance was recently mentioned,
we venture 10 say, il was news 10 Inc
greater part Of the nation.
We ask his friends-or rather his cleo
iOO supporters, (for We hope ne has as
many friends as any other candidate)-to
tell US candidly. whether, before the late
war. they believe that he was ever heard
OIL, as a politician. by one man IN ht'y
throughout his couHtry; and whether any
thing be has done, as general, ought to
be taken as evidence of his ability to
manage the helm OF state. We disagree
Nth lhe Jackson Committee on another
point.
They calculate too largely, we think,
on the number OF votes that will be given
to their candidate by the electoral col
leges. They claim six from Maryland,
three from Dsiaware. four from Kentucky,
and many others; in all bu! one OF which
'nsy will doubtless be disappointed. We
see no possible chance OF his getting more
'hau seventy two or three votes, and some
Of these depend upon very doubtful con-
lngencles.
Non aobiis tant1s componsrs titss
The National lntelligencer and the Rich
mona Enquirer are, perhaps, the most &C
i've. as well as The most efficient. support
enof Mr.. Craw ford, in the country; aud
yet here are no two papers whose editors
are more completely at variance on the
great and frndan, entail principles OF our
gOpor,,,.. AT -, 49, /, contoSf hp.