Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-10-03

l'Ad moi YET been dra,ned-auu one of our eounir,,
9h'est ornaments has been unhquivocay pronounced
"a murderer.
Mr. Adams has not escaped the shafts of their false
'oou anu moevoence. 1t has been declared that he
neo 10 barter the navigation OF the Mississippi for
'c'oe 10 dFy oar fishing on he shores orNecfund
:lt"' Extracts have been published from the writ
'ngs oil ms father and attributed To him lie has been
"'n'uhcei rs gambler, rdiculed for his religion
ana some Editors, lost IN the labyrinth of their own
'Senood ana absurdties, last epithet of political
PhIen|y declare that he is 4 King!
;" henever The people OF TVS country permit them
serves I" bc led {" measures by men who ex hi
hit such inconsistency in politics. who ev;,cr en- Ill
regard for vcraciv and nose ouly arguments annns,
noSe w'tn whom they differ, vugarily and etrac
s"a,I IS evefy reason TO ear, that future gene
IS'io,s VIII mark that period as the commencement
liberty. ~ "''' " ''''
some days since we gave extract of letter from
HaatIn county, Illinois, ex plnnatory of the reasons
which operated prevent the re election of Mr. COOK
10 Congress. 1t will be recCIlecte ted that aIln was
represented in that letter, is known the fact 10
"e le strongest hol which General jackson possesscd
"a me State; yet in that county cir. Cook obtained
"'lo5''f o.! the votes This evidence that eau
some oiher character were operative against MIR.
ooit, ana these To be scunl,t for in the
io'al circumstances and feelings which were referred
70 anu explained in the letter published by us. The
'V""b9 extract from the SliawneG;own Gazette cor
9Fates the views and statements of The Gaatin cor.
respondent; and places beyond doubt, that although
She vote of MIR. Cook in the election of President NAV
have dIspleased and aenated some of his friends vet
was ny no means a principal or prominent cause of
MS ueiea'' Nat. Journal
we perceive that the ST. Louis Enonirer and the
louisville Public Advertiser, attribute the defeat of
ME- LOOK 10 his vote for Mr.. Adams at the late Presi
Genital Election. There doubt but tia vote was
"a objection with some who had heretofore supported
him. though the fact is, that OF the strongest Jack
son counties In the state gave him larger naorilies at
ms election, than al the last Witness Galatin and
rope But we of opinion, f il had not been for
Tue operation of other causes, totally distinct from the
PRESIDENTIAL question, Mr. Cook would still have sue
ceeded by handsome majority. Among these Causes
may be enumerated the following:
lst Governor Edwards, his law was can
d'date tor Governor at the time and il was pene
rally believed would be elected and many of Mr. Cooks
friends being equally the friends of the other were I'M
willing TO vote for BOTH and preferred drop Cook the
rather as he had already received great share of po
pular favour.
I'd. His long detention at Washington in the per-
iortnance OF his public duties (Which he never neg
lected) prevented him from visiting the different co,in
ties and clearing up malicious charges which
his enemies bad indusriously circulated against him.
3d. On the other hand, his competitors having been
constantly riding since the adjournment of the last e
g'slature and having declared himself nt unfriendly 10
the present administration, he obtained the spno. moi
only OF all the dissatisfied Jac,sonite but also many
oil The friends of tie administration.