Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-04-01

erted by you That the portion of the public servants
who made up the General Assembly have no ripbt "a,
instruct that PARTON of them who constituted the Ken
lucky delegation IN the House of Representatives is
proposition too clear to be argued The members of
TIE Gener2s Assembly would have been the first to be-
hoiI rs presunptuous interposton. instruction.
IL uhe Kentucky delegation could have committed the
aoSu'ty 10 issue, from this place. instruction TO
them TO vote IN particular manner on any of the in
e'es"ns SUBJECTS which lately engaged their attention
:" traneiort. And although nothing is further from
my intention than TO inpute either absurdity or pre-
SUMPTION 10 the General Assembly i'm The adonon of
Tie resolution referred TO- must say that the a; trro
between an instruction enanating from ITEM to the de-
legation anu from tue delegation 10 them is not in nrn
'p'c: Out 10 be found only in the degree of sumo
rior Importance which belongs TO the GsneraI ASSEM-
bly,. A nsseih-
entertaining these views of the election on which II
vas ''oe my ou'y TO vote felt myself bound i'm the
exercise OF my Judgment, To prefer Mr. Adams: and
Accordingly voted for him. should have heen b;rbIv
gratiied 1t 1t had not been my duty to vote ~, + 49,
casioh out tatwas not my situation and did nnt choose
10 shrink IRON any responsibility which appertansd TO
your Representatives Shortly after the election il was.
rumoredibet Mr.. kremer preparing = pub,;cot;,,
and the preparations for it which were maxine, ex;,
much expectation Accordingly, on the Goth ar F,b
Tue address under is name, to the ELECTORS o.
the hn'h Congressional District of the State of Penn
sylyanIa," made its appearance in the Wasb;ncto, t,
Gazette. No member of the Uouse 7 am Ii
oeneVeo that Mr. kremer wrote one parapranb ortb,x
vi Oh the plea which was presented To the com
Ih''ee TO the jurisdiction Of the House. Those who,
counselied him, and composed both paners and tbo;r
purposes were just well known ne Inc ,uthor az 60
report from committee to the House. The first OIL
servation which is called for BY the address s tho l
ci It's Puolication That place in this CITY rcnore.
from the centre of PENNSYLVANIA De-- which NJ "
mer's district is situated and in paper bayiag but -
hnited II any, circulation it. The time is also re
markaoe. The fact that the President intended To-
nominate me to the Senate for the Office which now
hold, I'm the course of few DAYS was then well xno,vn
a. iraCc
less with an intention to communicate information 70
he electors o; the ninth Congressional District os
savanna than to affect the decision othe Senate on tho
Intended nomination! OF the character and con,o,ts
OF that address of Messrs GEORGE Kremor &, ~ 49,
up, as 1t u.s. of assertion without proof of infrencoc
without premises, and of careless ocose and auzzno
conversations OF some of my friends TO whichLw no
party, and of which had never heard il moi mo in;
tehioh TO say much IL carried IFS own reItation and
the parties concerned IFS abortiye nature tbe nnxt
y II, 'he indignant countenance every unprecedented
ana honorable member. In his card, Mr.. Kremer had
oeen made TO say that he held himself ready o ,,oye
10 the satisfaction of uHprejuced minds cnouph 70
osy them oil The accuracy of the statements which arr.
contained IN tat letter. 10 tie erte,,L at then conce, The
coarse q cond"ct Of Henry CIay." The object for ex
Guiding my friends from this pledge has been noticed
Out now The election was decided and there no LONGER
existed motive for discriminating between them and
me- ifence the only statements that are made in the
aouress having the sembance of proof relate rather
20 them than To and the design was BY ESTABLISHING
something like facts upon them, to make those facts re-
act ap0n me.
vi the few topics of the address upon which shall
eah' the nrst is, the accusation brought forw ard
against me, of violating Instructions If the accusation
were true who was the party offended and TO whom
was anenabe' If ] violated any instructions they
must nave been yours, since you only had the RIGHT to
give tnefn, and TO you alone was responsible With
our allowing hardly time for you to hear of my vote
without waiting to know what your Judgment was OK
my conduct George kremer & Co chose to arraon ms,
before the American public the yolaer of nstruc
IohS winch was bound to obey. IT, instead of being
as you are ard hope always will be- yipapt observers
OF The conduct of your public agents. Jealous of your
rights and competent to protect and defend them Won
had neen ignorant and cupably conGdng, the gratui-
o' posltlon as your advocate of the honorable
George hre'ner Of the ninth Congressional district in
PENNSYLVANIA, would have mcried your most grateful
acknowledgment S. Even upon that supposition his ar
Of me would have required for its support one
small circumstance, whchhappens TO exist and that
as the tdct of your having actually instructed mo tn t
accoi ding TO his pleasure
The relations in which stood TO Mr. Adams oonet;-
ue the next theme OF the address, which shall notice
ain uescrloed as haing assumed ''a position of pecu.
!aT anu decided hostility to the election of Mr.
Adams" and expressions towards him arc attribu
ted to me- which | never used. am made also re
sponsIbe Tor pamphlets and ESSAYS of great ability
published by my friends in Kentucky, in the course OF
tue canvass The injustice OF the principle of holding
me thus answerabe, may be tested by applying il to the
case of General Jackson in reference In mn 6Iicaona
issued, for example, from the Columbian Observer
That was not IN favour of the election of Mr. Adams
when the contest was before tine people, most certain
Neter was IN favour of that of Mr.. Crawford or Ce-
neral Jackson. That ever did any thing against Mr.
Adams OF either of the other gentlemen inconssent
with far and honorable competition utterly deny
0 relations to Mr.. Adams have been the subject Of
Inach misconceptions have been stated to be under
public pledge to expose nefrious conduct of that
gen tleman during the negotiation at Client; which
would prove him to be entirely unworthy of public con-
hdence and that, with knowledge Of his perGdy, ],
nevertheless voted for him. If these mpuations are.
well founded, should indeed be fit object for public
censure but if the contrary, it shall be found thae
Others inmicai both to him and me- have substituted
thelr own interested wishes for my public promises
trust that the indignation, which they would excite win
be turned from Ny letter. addressed to the Editors
OF the lntelgencer, under date of the 9TH November
1927 is made the occasion for ascribng to me the pro-
mise and the pledge to make those reasonable disco
sures on Mr. Adams. Let that letter speak for itself
and 1t will be seen how little justification there is for
suCh an assertion 1t adVerts 10 the controversy which
had arisen between Messrs. Adams and Russell and
then proceeds to state that Gin the course of the