Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-11-09
THE ELECrIoNz.GEN; JAcKsoN

ruoiic interest IS wound up TO the highest pitch
.,. I"e sseat contest which has been pending for
n.ee ycars-dsorganizing ancient parties and ere
anns new hivls'ons-hlling our public councils
WIN neat and distraction, and dissoving the longest
Poiucai Notwithstanding fa Their and SON and
oio'ner and brother--pervading in short the remot-
es' sections of the union, and nsinuatiup itself into
10y PUBIC transaction, rapidly approaches its
."''"aton. In most of the States, the election
Electors is over, and in the renal Under ON the eve
Oh occurring. Every mail comes fraueht with IN
'es'''S i"teiiigence, and hope dependency al
"'h"'eiy e'evates or dcpresses the friends of In.
l'espce'iVecandldates. Would to Heaven that we
so''. congratulate our country on the probable
result of this great election, as we have
AREA y done on the near approach of the time
whcn the ierment shall subsde into peace full am,
""Ppy Iaih. heeping in view the great maxim
"P"" winch we have always eutleavorct to let we
VIZ" we could anticipate for readers, the cleo
"o, vi maj individual, whom could safely eli, ct
wthout departure from our pacific and repblican
principles, whoever he may be-whose election
viii ho' DE dangerous precedent Tor the future
WHO IL not entirely exempt from blemish was vet
''"ee,eiy attached to Republicanism, and who pos
,.sseo wisdom aud hrmness sufficient to DISCHARGE
his responsibility in the arduous station of Pr.s
oen'. we do not believe that we shalt have tina,
' .ioh-ior we can pever recognize the cleo
non OF Gen. Jacksoi, an auspcious event for the
o"'e" states. lie may be honest, capable, and
it'ehu To the Constituton.-Of the first two ouai-
ncauons we have conclusive ev,dcnce-that he
destitute OF the last, have the most decisive
and repeated testimony. But il he is all three-if
ms lame, as apublic man and private citizen, is
unoiemished-if his capacity is equal to the first
once IN the word-if his love to the Constitution is
on level with the sublinity of its truths and tho
necessity Tor preserving its integrity, still we should
say there was moral and political, nm insuperable
improperly III choosing him. We profess To he n
people governed by fixed and reversible principles
ana iaws-those principles are derived from nature
hone II
tne Creator-and our laws are conforined to the
"iVihe character OF the principles from which they
were Drawn. Are we showing our veneration for
sacred institutions by selecting preside over
theif safety, the individual whose most marked cha
racieiistics, are in opposition their nature? The
assertion OF Gen. Jackson's competency to under
siam" anu administer the government in purity and
Visor does not weaken the objection-cven-the no.
Si'Ve certainty that he will do So does not affect
tnr argument. 1t is that he is soldier, and not a
statcSnanhat his pursuits l,a We been military md
not paciiic-and that he has been preferred exclu-
siVeiy Tor MS exertions in and for his SER
wees III peace that we object to him. 1t is the cx-
ample, aud not the man, fear. This country is
not ripe for despotisn, and therefore we fear the
popularity or power of no in it. 1t is because
OF the incompatbty Of the man with the o6ice
'he oiScofdahcy between his character and our in
sutut'oi,s, the future influence of the precedent
Tue Illuminating commentary that it will read upon
the discretion and intelligence of the Anne icau
character, the just and bitter SCOTS and sneers of
our European haters, that object to him. The
op)ecNons To him are certain, specific, and ire
hoVeaoic, whilst the opinion of his competency is n
mere speculation. wnich the course of experiment
may prove to be unlounded and dclusive They
are OF character which siuk into insieni6cance
the SINS, moral and political, of all his adverse
Cahuor INDUCES US to admit, that the PROSPECTS of
uen jackson are greatly the best for success and
mar II lett directly to the people of the United
states, his election must have been inevitable -
! PENNSYLVANIA, New Jersey, great part of Mary.
land Delaware, North and South Carolina, Ten.
hesSce, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, ave al
most certainly for hin--Several other of the west
ern states will probably vote for him, whilst in al
most all his friends constitutes Formidable minority
lie will nearly be elected by the people, and mus
come to Congress ahead, and with nearly 100 votes
We still hope that there, Notwithstanding, his claim
will be more justly scrutinized, and finally post
poned.