American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1826-06-13

saw introduced among Us the copy Of British min,
isterial corruption, and the most serious cause O
alarm to the liberties Of the country. II, again, an
individual was selected for Office, who had supported
Mr.. Adams Tor the Presidency, they gave another
variation of the same tune OF opposition; he had
9 got his reward'-and it is thus, they said, 'ha,
The President rewards with the public money, his
personal artisans In these several ways, every
appointment Of the Presiden. was sgmatized, and
his mo,ve in every case, traced TO secret federal
ISM or corrupt bargaining.
AS the three divisions which We have mentioned,
or rather the first. comprise the whole nation,
they thus left the President power of doing right;
and they were resolved from the rs that he should
not do right; that is to say, If they could, by any
ingenuity misrepresentation, make It appear
wrong. How far they have succeeded, we have no
means of Judging but truth is said to travel at
a hobbing though steady gate, we presume they
have met with the success that usually attends scam
dali
Is it then extraordinary that an opposition thus
diligently engaged in disappearing the measures
of the Administration finding fault with appoint
ments, whether they be republican or federal-be-
slowing the same merciless censure on all engaged
in the Government OF the country, and on every
act foreign and domestic, OF that Government
charging it with federalism, when an individual
Of moderate politics is appointed; with corruption
when republ can is apponted-s it extraordlna-
ry that this opposition, orgat ICED by the restless
spirit OF ambition and headed by persons who are
VIGOROUSLY reaching at the Presidency, should be
called factious What ought it TO be called What
gener term will better agree with truth Yet
we, by means, apply it TO The whole mass OF the
opposition. There is portion of il, whom we
are happy to exempt from the censurc. They
are a handful in number, while they the soul
Of the opposition. We mean The Virginia, Geor
gia. and North Carolina delegation not all of
Them, but those among them who are adverse to
the Presidents construction of the constitution
on the road making power. These and hese only
differ with the President on principle. As for the
Iacksonians, and the friends Of MIR. Calhoun, land
sorry are we that describe parties no other
wise, than by The names of their leaders-a sure
sign that they have no more important characters
~iics,) they agrpe with the Administration in its
views OF the internal policy Of the country. Are
they not road men, and tariff men, and a,itudina
ranss Why, therefore, should they oppose an
Administration which pursues their own favoriie
policy: Their leaders wish to be President of the
United States. The thing is as evident as the sun
ia the Heavens. Thus qualified, the rpilhet fac
tious" seems Justly applied to the opposition
Were to apply it to the excepted class, for their
opposition to the Panama mission, we should not
greatly miss the mark. That every of them
would have voted for the mission under different
,ircumstances-under the recommendation of a
Virginia President, for example--we have no
more doubt, than that they voted against il as it
was, under the recommendation of Northern
President. When men perceive that a particular
course of action is recommended by interest o" pop
nari,y, it is easy to persuade themselves that it is
abs,rsc'edy right, and to assign plausible reasons
Tor the opinion. Had the President rejected this
mission, the same ingenious gentlemen would have
taxed their understandings, and unqnes,,onably have
discovered excellent reasons why it ought tn be &C |
crpted and wherefore the President was to blame
Tor not accedng to it,