Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-07-21

the Office he now holds?
Under the influence Of recent mortifca,;o-
and disappointment, it was to be expected
tho ugh not less to be regretted, that barsb
things should have been uttered and groundIess
charges advanced. The public will Judge with
what weight they can now be repeated, afte, A.
investigation was anxiously sought and avoided
by excepting to the jurisdiction of the house.
such a course, gentlemen, must work isis+v
TO your cause.
What was the course they took a, the form.,
election, and how was it that Gen. Jackson he,
came the candidate of the people of this STATE,
A paper at Harrisburg, under the control NJ
the late state administration, first put forth hi,
name, and from policy it was borne along on
both sides during the election then pentine-
1t became an object with the friends of all the
candidates, except those Of Mr.. Crawford, to
foreso the long established mode of nomina.
ton by caucus. This, however, bu, partially
| succeeded, In the mean time, Jackson cor.
venlion was proposed at Huntingdon, and dele.
gates partially appointed Another was pro.
posed at Harrisburg, by the members of the
Legislature. Calhoun was suddenly given W
by his friends in body, and they Joined Gen.
Jackson's standard The result was, an aban-
donment Of the Huntingdon project, and an al.
most entire concurrence in lackson's support
at Harrisburg. Thus was effected, bya course
Of events, sudden, and little 10 have been anti.
cipated, a caucus nomination at Tia seat Of the
State Government, while the same persons
hooted and derided one at that Of the Nationa!
Government.
That nomination was in the public mind ge-
morally identified wiki the organization Of The
party in Pennsylvania, and the election of tue
ticket was matter Of course. Of the electors
chosen, some, individually, did not approve Of
Jackson. They voted as mere agents. That
the sound feelings Of majority Of the people
o. this State were ever interested in his favor,
I must have better proof before can believe
The papers most noisy for him declined, and
disappeared on his failure, and there has been
since, TO my knowledge, no indications Of i'm.
patience OF dissatisfaction in Pennsylvania un-
I'll the call Of the meeting under which you act,
which has not been reciprocated from any part
of the State
General Jackson has been nominated by the
Legislature Of his own state, and in prollx
communication, resigning his scat in the Unit
edlStates Senate, he recurs TO il, and accepts Of
it with satisfaction. He also urges the amend
ment Of the Constitution in long argument,
notwithstanding which, and the arguments OF
those who felt with him in Congress, the pro-
position has descended 10 the tomb Of the Ca
pulets can neither feel appreciation nor re-
spect for state nomination putting forth their
own fellow-citizen. 1t is every way more OBJ.
iec,ionable than Congressional caucus. What
peculiar ftnese has the legislature of single
state to nominate ! President. For IS years,
the nomination by congressional caucuses, pre-
served the harmony and integrity of the party.
Il was then abandoned; and tell US, is the party
integral and harmonious now, or can it ever be,
without recurrence to the old mode Of nom.
nation, or by a convention Of delegates at some
central point of the union? A persistence in the
error OF 1925, can only produce division and
controversy. Take the paper, the Circular be-
fore me, and from such beginning, what cx
tent Of viruence and acerbity are we 10 expect
in the sequel? Your object is frankly avowed
to be 20 make the congressional election, COM
ing on, turn upon the contest between Adams
and Jackson, instead Of fitness and integrity to
be useful in legislation. Are not the public al
ready disguised with the factious squabbes
exhibited at the two last sessions? Is il TO be
continued and, aggravated, and are the people
to be excited to fill their legislative councils
with men enlisted to promote the elevation OF
a particular man? You may mean TO make
Jacksons election sure; but 10 effect this object,
must disquiet and violence pervadc this happy
union in the interval? 1t is respectfully, il is
anxiously, hoped not. The agitation-is as yet
confined to the city and county Of Philadelphia,
and there, if we may credit respectable autho-
rity, it is confined 10 narrow circle.
1t is singular indeed that General Jackson
should be pressed upon the good people Of this
State, between whom and him there is not the
remotest congenaity of feeling. You speak
OF him at the plough or in the Sepate-Say,
when did he plough, surrounded by faction and
If his occupation has been al the
plough, It is, like his valor, a common merit;
but to talk to the farmers Of this State Of his
if he has ploughed none, betrays lit
tie respect for their understandings.
You have brought no objection TO the man
ner in which the government has been admin
istered by Mr.. Adams. lit is the vice of ORR
gin, the treachery and corruption Of its politi.
cal birth that annoys you. You wish to avoid
the acts while you disclaim the title Of faction.
Between party and faction there is but this diff
ference;--the one involves something of prin-
ciple, while The other is blndly devoted to
elevate favorite or serve a sinister purpose.
If in his selections for office, Mr.. Adams has
looked among his competitors, or their friends,
rather than among those more attached to his
own person and character, he has thereby e.