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

the people are not obliged to submit.
No, Fellow CliZens, nor were the peo.
pie oi' France Obliged to submit to the
legislative tJrannies which nominated
their Robesplerres. But the force of
example and the dread of denunciation
ruled them as absolutely as the bsyonets
OF an army; and we all know that many,
very many of our citizens have submit
ted against their judgments to the eau.
Gus. II might be we'll therefore for all
oil US TO mark the gradual march Of Pre-
sidenlial caucuses from humble sueges-
ton to prescriptive dictatios. Al first
they were the modest meetings OF the
whole Republican party to counterfeit
the influence OF The Federalis IS. Now,
when all the candidates are Republicans,
they are the partial meetings of mino.
rlly to iorce majority into acquiesceucs
with their desires, and what is more
strange, already have former examples
N',.o"e ." S"''rely dissimilar) been APP
Pea'eo 10 as precedents to sanction mis-
II is always Thus III Cuvroee.r.-~r,-
the pure administration OF government.
The hrst step is seemingly equitable
and unalarmlng, and is afterwards APP
pealed To, to Justify a second. The
Stamp Act and Tea Tax were not very
important in themselves, but bad they
been acqulesced in, where would have
been the liberties of America to-day
For these reasons, Fellow Citizens, we
humbly conceive the purity of future
elections, and the continuance of the
union of these States, to depend on the
ultimate decision of this question; Cor
if the people now submit, they may DO
considered hereafter as having abdicated
the right Of free choice.
We have already suggested that APP
pearances justify the belief that the final
contest for the Presidency will be be-
tween Mr.. Adams and Gen. Jackson,
and tha it you persevere in supporting
Mr.. Crawford, you will carry the cleo
tion to the House of Representatives.
Ot the "a votes which must there decide
the election, between the three highest
candidates, the most sanguine friends of
Mr.. Crawford can only calcuiaie on Eve,
viz: Georgia, North-Carolina, Virginia,
Delaware, and New Y ork. Il should be
remembered thai majority of the Re-
representatives. oil bat three states attended
the caucus, and tina, il is therefore con-
cedlng moot point to allow him tina
vote OF Delaware and N, York, since
il is generally believed tina, the former
will in the electoral college vote for Mr..
Adams, and the latter likewise, in the
! gyant Of H.. sIarfi.f, I,at,,. ,tv,, ~.
| People of that State. What chance or
probability then is there OF Mr. Craw-
ford getting 8 states in the House oi Re-
representatives. And is it not admitted,
| by even the widest conjecturers, that be
has no chance of being elected by the
electoral colleges? One hundred and
thirty-one votes are there necessary to
elect, and the votes OF the only three
certain states for Mr.. Crawford only
amount to Al, so that gi.ng him the
| doubtful Sc votes OF New York he would
have but 83, which is 48 less than bare
majority In what section Of the Union,
we would ask, can his most enthusiastic
friends cherish the hope OF acquiring
this addition to his strength 81
A republican President can only be
elected by our cooperating it'll the Re-
ppblicans Of the Other states; and do we
not, by resolving never to yield to the
desires OF those who have SO frequently
yielded to ours, run the risk of exciIpg
irreconcilable sectional divisions Aud
who is William III. Crawford, thai we
should suffer personal attachment to
him Gan attachment which has gro"n up
ID great degree during the last year)
to render US SO reckless OF national con-
sequences in supporting him He was
most respectable Senator of the Unit
ed States, and Minister to France dur
ing one or two years--Secretary OF War
for short period since the peace, and
Secretary CT the Treasury under Mr..
Monroe. He is man of good talents,
and we rejoice that he has been able 10
yindicae his integrity, and to show that
his motives in those mysterious transac-
tons OF the Treasury, which threatened
10 throw a cloud over his reputation
were good We should also rejoice 10
hear OF the restoration OF his health, in
order that our country might enjoy the
Ibeaeiit of his services in whatever sta
It,on she may please to place him. But
we humbly conceive that station inferior
TO that OF President, would be an ample
reward for any services he has hitherto
rendered; and the circumstance oil his
being supported by the opponents OF our
present venerable chief magistrate, would
be a DowcrfuI objection To him with us,