Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-10-21

President, shall, in order to secure his election,
have majority Of the votes Of the Electoral Col
leges and if there be more candidates than two,
and neither have majority, then the election Of
President shall devolve upon the House of Repre-.
sentatives. In strict conformity with the letter Of
the Constitution, Mr.. ADAMS was elected to the
Office which he now holds, and yet General JACK
SON says. he went into power through corruption,
and contrary TO the voice of the nation.
The gentleman was a candidate for the same Of
fce-he was willing to go into power through that
corrupt channel, the House of Representatives.
but since he was defeated, he whimpers, and ex-
claims, was the rightful heir to the Presidency,
and the People have done me wrong in not giving
me the chair;-the House of Representatives voted
corruply, and TO secure my ultimate election, the
Constitution ought to be altered and amended. 1t
is believed that the good people of these United
States will pay but little attention to the complaints
of this political aspiIun. If he thinks that o
President, elected by the House ofRepresentatives,
goes into power through corruption, and contrary
to the peoples will-why, it is asked, did he suffer
himself to continue a candidate when the election
came before that body? Had he been successful,
we never should have heard any complaints from
him, and he would at all hazards, have advocated
the propriety and expedency of choosing the Chief
Magistrate, by the House of Representatives.
Cid ''Were unconnected with the present contest
&c.-Marvellously magnanimous, indeed:-he can
not afford to visit friend in Kentucky, because he
is unwilling TO take any measures that will lead to
an opinion that he is seeking for popularity! The
fact is, he is perfectly the Kentucky interest
cannot be won over to his support, and that peo-
pie who have been abused and traduced by him,
are too spirited not 20 resent the insults he has Offer
ed. The letter, taken as whole, is an extraordi-
nary one and CT mot fail to hold General JACKSON
up to the world as man, anxious to grasp at any
thing that may tend to his personal aggrandizement.
We think that the individual to whom it was ad-
dressed displayed but little judgment, and did his
friend no small injury, when he presented il to the
public JACKSON needs many counsellors, and un-
less he s'manGuvres" with more discretion than he
has of late the world will be fully acquainted
with the political and moral hypocrisy that he
practises.
CD This will be task which General JACKSON
cannot easily perform; for all men satisfied, that
he has, the last ten years been maneuverng for his
own aggrandizement Before the late Presiden-
tial Election, he was warmly attached, personally,
to Mr.. ADAMS, and wished him much success in the
race ofhonorable competitions but since that period
he has headed an opposition to the Administration,
and suffered himself to be made the tool of fac
tion. Mr.. ADAMS had scarcely found himself settled
in the Chair of State when Gen. JACKSON accused
him of entering into cabals TO cheat the people out
of the man of their choice; and having by "the mid
night taper" c0rruptly purchased friends to hand
him into Office. He has figured and maneuvred''
large scale, to gain the Chair of State and not
being able .o"mannuvre" sufficiently for his own
aggrandizemt, he has, of late, employed his chic
"scribe," ""Pharasee," and pimp, JOHN II. EATON
to figure and "maneuvre" for him, in the Franklin
Gazette and Philadelphia Aurora. But, his word
for it, the General does not maneuvre" for his own
"aggrandizement'' Psha Psha!