Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1825-05-10


for lis highest Office We had both been
unsuccessful. The unfortunate have
usually some sympathy for each other.
For myself, clam. no merit fer the
Cheerful acquiescence which have gi-
ven in result BY which | was excluded
from the House. | have believed that
the decision by the constituted authori-
ties, in favor OF others, has been founded
upon conviction OF he superiority OF
their pretensions Ii has ben my ha-
BIZ, when an election Is nee decided, to
forget, as soon as possible, all The irri-
iatDg circumstances, which attended
the preceding canvass. II ole be sue
cessfu, he should be content with his
success. II he have lost il, ralling viii
do no good. | never gave General jack
son nor his friends any reason to be Ieva
thai would, in any contingency, support
him. He had as | thought, no public
claim, and ! viii now add, no PERSONAL
claims, il these ought to be ever consi-
dered, to my support. No one, there
fore, ought TO have been disappointed or
chagrined that | did not vote for him.
No more thaa / was neither surprised
DOR disappointed, hat he did not, on
more recent occasion, feel i, to be his
duty to vote for me. After comment
| ing upon particular phrase used in my
letter to Judge Brooke, a calm consider
alton Of which will, / think, satisfy any
person that it was not employed IN ar
offensive sense, if indeed il have an Of
l fapc thu fNepprat in HE lAftnN
| TO Mr.. Swar won't, proceeds to remark
IS No one bcheld me seeking through
| art or management to entice any repre-
sentative in Congress from a conscien-
| tious responsibility to his own, or tho
| wishes Of his constituents. No midDigh.
| taper burnt by me; no secret conclsves
were held, nor cabals entered into TO
persuade any one to violation of pledges
given, or of Instructions received. BY
me no plans were copcerted to impeir
the pure principles of our republican in.
stitutions, nor TO PROSTATE that funda-
mental maxim whilA maintains the su-
premacy Of the peoples will. On the
contrary, having never in any manner
before the people or Congress intertered
III NuS o'tS WIN tilO quCo4lOl1
my conscience stands void of offence,
and will go quietly with me, regardless
of the insinua, ions ui those who, through
management, may seek an influence not
sanctioned by integrity and merit" l
am not aware that this detencs of HIM
self was rendered necessary by any
charge brought forward against the &C.
neral. Certainly never made any such
charges against him. will not suppose
that in the passages cited, he intended 10
impute to M the misconduct which he
describes and yet, taking the whole
context OF his letter together, and coup
ling it with Mr. Kremer's address, i.
cannot be disguised that others may
suppose he Intended to refer to me. /
am quite sure that if he did, he could
not have formed those unfavorable OPT
; Mons oil me upon any personal observa-
ton of my conduct made by himselFs
for, a supposition that they were found
ed upon his own knowledge, would i'm.
| ply that my lodgings and my person had
been subjected TO system of espionage
wholly incompatible with the open,
d
| ant soldier. II he designed any insinua-
tons against me, must believe that he
made them upon the Information OF
! others, of whom can only say, that they
have deceived his creduity and are un-
worthy of all credit. entered into no
cabals; l held no secret conclavcs /;
enticed no man to violate the pledges gil
ven or instructions received. The mt en-
bers from Ohio and from the other Wes-
tern States, with whom voted, were all
of them as competent as l was to form
on opinion on the pending election. The
M'Arthurs and the Metcalfes, aud the
Other genllem sn from the West (some
oewhom have, If have not, bravely.
made an effort to repel an invading foe').
are as incapable of dishonor as any man
breathing; as disinterested, as unambi-
tious, as exclusively devoted to the best
interests OF their country. II was, quite
as likely that should be influenced by
them, a. that should control tbeirvotes.
/ Our object was not to impair, but to pre-
serve from all danger, the purity of our
republican institutions. And how l pros
trated the maxim which maintains the
supremacy of the peoples will, atn en-
tirely at a loss 10 comprehend. The IL
lusions Of the Generals Imagination de-
ceive him. The heohie of the United
States had never decided the election in
his favor. II the people had qvilled his
election, he would have been elected. Il