Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-04-20
MIR SPECTATOR,

MIR. SPECTATOR,
As my name mas been banded about,
81 late, IN Illinois, especially IN the pub
lie prints, and as you and many OF your
correspondents, have taken the liberty of
speaking very disrespecttuIly and even
Ireproachtully Of me; and as some of my
good 2nd rusty friends, the convention
editors, (instead of manIuily defending
my royal honor, al this time, " hen II Is
SO violently assailed) have basely aband.
doned me to my tate, and, as It ashamed
OF mt, openly declare thai the grand
object oil CT log convention is NOT to
alter your constitution SO as TO grant to
me the rights OF citizenship: as for all
these reasons | feel myself agrieved, it
is duty which ! owe myself aud my
faithfut friends, to demand OF you hear
ing before the public.
spouid not have troubled uou, sir, if
my quondam friends, the {" Republican,"
editors, had noi SO basely forsaken ne.
Il Is indeed true, that you and the anli-
1p'' Shsi'ii w ita'o ptNooNd tfiEuD mar !
and were rather too mighty Tor them in
argument, but Is that any reason why
they should abandon me to my fate, and
say that all those mighty movements Of
instrUcttoas, bargaiatngS, f9g-roiiiHgs,
caaca8iagS, anaigamatloaS, reconsider
rations, MODS, efgy-bxraing8. and turn
ing oui Mex and taking in fac6, at Van
dalia, were merely TO get rid Of a Coun-
Gil Of Rev, sion?
bni, sir, The true reason for this ah,aa-
rent abandonment, is not 50 much for
lack of argu ments 10 dcFcnd me, as ii is
for lack Of roterS 10 lntt1dUce me.-
Moreover, these editors, and other che.
manag RS, who are stlil my real friends,
but secretly, Tor fear Of he peop!e) lhink
they are PLAYING deep "a ne for my
advantage. Bal protest against their
proceedings, as calculated to defeat their
object, and terminate 10 my disadvantage
a I'D seeing they are SO stii-sntlicien
and ungratelul as to act no, only without,
my alvlce, bul contrary to 10y wishes. |
choose rather TO make this conmuniCa-
ion II you, an honora6ic euemy, ihap 10
those fair -7ccather frieaQs above describ
ed. And trust, Sir, you viii permlt
me to defend my own cause, in my owl.
way, under my own proper name, IN
your columns.
10 shew the consummate folly of the
course which those conventionists pur-
sue who say thai their object ~ wishing
Tor conven ION Is NOT TO procure tor mr
the rights of citizenship, II IS only neces-
ssry TO observe, that 40 non conventions
lst is deceived by such a declaration.
Indeed, unless my friends &C. more in
concert III the denial, hog Is ii possible
to deceive tbs least of tn cir opponenls {?
For while many say they would give any
thing 10 have me for q neighbor, and
others say they do no, W int ne, you VIII
na,uraily believe the former; espe cisl!y.
as The latter formerly protested great
attachment to me.
M preover, they may deceive some of
their ozva harty, and il they should, my
prospects would be bIighted. Fur no.
thing but the nope OF reaping advantage
from my settling among you, has sus-
tanned the great exer ions which have
been made by my friends, the convention
lists. Take this away, and their efforts
would be iangultl--there would be no
Guerrero 20 attack your Constitution :!
1t lney could. deceive your party, so
as 10 get them to vote Tor convention,
under a be lie that only SOM Sigh, al.era-
tions were contemplated, | admit that i,
would be good manedvre; tor | should
not be a, a loss to provide rays and
means to get majorit, to vote Tor my
admission. For you must know that
and my supporters are not over scrupu-
lous-we stick at nottiDg-we " go The
qvho e"-our maxln is: The end sane
TIFF the means :" Bat as there is no
prospect Of decelving you, so as TO snsug-
gle me into your state, my advice to my
friends, Especially 10 your " Rcpubll-
can" neig nbnr-lo-lawl is, that they come
oul (again) boldly in my behalf: and if
they lack arguments let them produce
motives, to induce many of your dough-
faced A li's to vote for my admission.
LIT Them observe my directions, let
them hold out sufh lent induce ments,
and defy you, Mr.. Specta,1r, win all
your reasons and arguments, TO prev ent