Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-05-21
April 25, 1924.

VIM. b. GILES.
| April %, 1924. Uigman,, .4'ncta CITY ia.
FROM THE ESSEN REGISTER.
THE COALITION.
II is the object of this paper to expose TO the pub
lie coalition unprincipled as marks the annals
OF parties.
it will be rccollectcd by every individual who
reads the papers which espouse the cause of MIR
Crawford, that his election has been uniformly add
vocated on the ground of his being the GENUINE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, aud on the necessity Of
his election to PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY O. the
REPUBLICAN PARTY and to PREV ETT its being
ovcrtiirown by AHIALGAMATIoN with the FED
ERAI. PARTY Although Mr.. Crawford Il fed
eraiist in 1888, and drafted an address approving
the administration of President Adams, yet MIR.
Crawford's partizans have attempted to excite the
prejudces OF the people against John Quincy Adams,
because Ire the son Of President Adams. Al
though Mr.. Crawford in 1903, and about that time,
in the matters of THE Embargo, National Bank, &c.
acted against Mr.. jefferson, vet Mr. Crawford has
been represented as the candidate of the JEFFER-
SON SCHOOL, whilst MIR. Adams, who uniformly
supported Mr. Jclicrsons administration, has heen
represented ny Mr.. Crawords supporters as hostile
10 Mr.. jefferson. Although the perfect political
sstcnoy of Mr.. Adams has been demonstrated, and
not one act of Mr.. Craw(urds political inconsis,cn-
cy has been explained, yet MIR. Crawfords friends
have runa every change against Mr.. Adams an
apostatc tcdcralist and have wildly pourray cd the
danger the republican party would be in from an
! amagamation with the federal party, should Mr..
Adams be elected to office. The whole bur,hen of
the argument from first to last, in favor of Mr. Craw
ford, has been his exclusive rcpuDicanlSm and the
! danger of amalgamation of parties under any
other candidate, accompanied with dcnunciation
OF the federal party This, it will be rccolcctcd,
was the whuc !iit Of ;lc late !'!rcs5 of the mno-
tritv Caucus, recommending Mr.. Crawford to the
Presidency, in which the federal party are dcnoun-
Geo, and ,lrt necessity for the preservation Of the
ircpuh!ican party, OF ciecing Mr.. Crawford At this
moment, Mr.. Low.ic, Cnuci5 Senator from Penn
solvan!n, 4 advocate OF MIR. Crawford is sound
ing the same alarm OF the danger of coalition Of
the parties, if Gen. Jackson should be Gle cted, and
calling or the President for the production of let
ter from Gen. Jackson to establish this fact.
We hold it then be established, that the friends
| of Mr.. Crawford have placed the PRINCIPAL
GROUND OF SUPPORTING HIM on THE DANGER OF
\ COALITION OF THE federal AND REPUBLIC
AN PARTIES, should Mr.. Adams % some other OF
the candidates, hc elected. Such have been their
professions. What then have been their actions
We say, without tsar of contradiction, that THE Y
HAVE UNIFORMLY SOUGHT FOR THEMsEEL-
YES THIS EvRY IDENTICAL COALITION
WITH TIE FEDERA! PARTY, the dangers of
which tIcy have so wildly portrayed and sounded
so loudly. LET FACTS SPEAK. III Virginia, it is I'M
dcistool the federal party arraycd under the
banners of Mr., Crawford. M'Lanc the only repre-
sentative CT tho federal State iii the Union, has been
all along amongst the leaders Of Nix. C.awor,s par
~ in Congress. In the same party are the .cilcraI
representative from Bristol District, in this Sta to- and
several federal members of Congress from other
States. From the commencement of the Presi-
DENTAL Canvass, TO the present day. the active part
! izans of Mr. Crawford have sought the suppott of
| the federal party and an alliance with them To
illustrate ard Prove this fact, will the uni
form of the leader of that party i'll the East
crn States, VIC mean Gov. King, OF name. His au-
hnriiv 10 act 10. HIr. Crnwiords friends no one will
question doubt that his fortune hangs the die
We say ton without fear OF being comtradicted by
Gen. King that he has % many OF the leaders of the
federal party in this State uniformly stated, that il
Mr. Crawford should be elected, he would not re-
gard party lines in making his appoinments-tilat
ic would take high. liberal grounds, and promote
talents without regard party. 1t will be rccollcc-
ted that III the federal address of the past year.
uouncng Mr., Otis as candidate, attempt was
made to force him into Office by giving him hold of
| the skirts of Mi. Adams popularity and that that
address expressly implied the intention the fcjcr-
al party III this State, to support Mr. Adansr With
this declaration Gov. King found faut-hc said the
fcdcralists unwigc to declare for Mr. Adams,
that they had nothing to hopo from him. but if MIR.
| Crawford was elected nc would disdan TO exclude
persons from Office account Of their politics.
| These do not pretend his words, but they
Of this import. lie has likewise said that Mr.
| Webster was great national man, and must have
an important place under the administration.
And VIC have heard from other scourccs friendly to
| Mr.. Crawford, that if Mr.. Crawford is President,
| Mr.. Webster will be Secretary ofStatc. Now that
Mr. Webster is lost Il of honor, as to vio-
late tire pledge given by his friends his consiiu-
ents before s election, is capable of being moved
by such selfish motives will never without the
most decisive evidence. We only adduco these re-
marks to show the aims of the Crawford p rizans-
In this connection ask readers 10 rccolcct
the and repeated favorable notices taken in
the National intcigenccr, (thc principal Crawford
papcr) of Mr. Wcbstcr-Mr. OGs-and Of the fclc-
raj party in general Until very recently it is be-
liCvcd that attempts to bring tho eastern cdralists
in SUPPORT Mr.. Crawford unsuccessful, nd that
when Gov King recently left Washington, Mr.
Crawford Iricude there cOnsderes mith tn Dcopc
or il, the House Of Representatives desperate. But
rciuslcs; aud Gov. King, when in Boston. in Il Fed
efal insurance Odce openly declared, that Inc had
therefore, viewed the conduct OF the federal party IN
felaton.o the militia in party view, but that npor
reflection lie was convinced oft he correctness of tho
Icdcta party
Thus adopting fully tho most questionable party
act Of tic day, and owning himself member oil
that from which he had formerly aposaiizcd, from
diS1ppOintncnt-Tns declaration Gov. KIM ia.
lcnad. but ask readers 10 read his denial
sec II ii does not prove conclusivcly that nc made
the assertion imputed to him. A great many in1ui-
rcs nave been made why Mr.. Crawford has not an.
sycrcd the letter of the committee who notified him
of his nomination to the Presidency. We will civc
leaders. Trey say he rafused to answcrit because
nc disap - cf the dcnuucatons Of the federal
na.t; III e address OF McssIs. Van, Bcurcn ana