The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-12-05
From the National Journal.

1t has often occurred to us, that the in
defatigable efforts of the Opposition wri-
tiers to destroy Interpolation of the Admin
istration, by such means as they have Sc
lected, are, of themselves, an insult to the
people. They are founded on presui11p-
ton that there is deficiency in the coun-
try. In the first place, the people are told
that the constitution is defective; vet it
might be reasonably supposed that the peo-
pie understood the constitution pretty gem
orally, and that those who framed it were
men whose minds were at least as gigantic.
whose judgments were as accurate, and
whose motives were as free from impurity,
as those of the new-light politicians of our
day. The constitution is Reflective, be-
cause it gives the power to the House of
Representatives. to make the election in
the last resort; and this defect is consider
led sufficient reason for opposing the
President who is elected by such mode !:
yet at the same time, efforts are made to
secure the election Of Gen. Jackson by that
mode, in. case he should fail before the
! people. When such inconsistency is evil
dent, what Is it but an insult to public in
telligence to talk of the defect in the
constitution, and founding, upon that pre-
sumed defect, an opposition to Mr.. Adams
Will not the sound common sense of the
people ask--how can that be correct in re-
lation to General Jackson, which is incor-
rect in relation to Mr.. Adams?
Again--the people are told that the e.
lection of Mr.. Adams was the result of a
corrupt bargain between him and Mr.. Clay.
"a hox knl &c =
and week after week there Is none but
what is before the people. Mr.. Clay voted
for Mr.. Adams, and Mr.. Clay Is Secretary
Of State. This is ailthe proof upon which
this charge of corruption is sustained
The people know all this: and tn suppose
that they require to have il sounded in their
ears from morning till night This il
gross corruption ~" This is venal bar
gain! implies either that such is not the
common sense inference which the people
themselves would make: or else, that ma.
King such inference, the people would lack
the virtue which would lead them to a6ont
the proper course, and inflict the proper
punishment. -
The fact is, that the oppositionare aware
that If public intelligence and virtue cannot
be warped from her course, by misrepre-
sentation and calumny, they themselves
have no chance Of success in their schemes
Of personal ambition. They wish to be-
come operators on the optic nerve Of the
nation; they desire to jaundice thespublic
vision, and to poison the very fountains Of
public intelligence. 1T is thus that thew
insult the people whom they profess to re-,
spect. But the people will not be decei-
we'd: they will see and Judge of the adj
ministration by its acts; and they win de-
eide that while these acts tend TO the COM
mon prosperity, the reins of the govern-
ment need not be taken from the hands Of
Apollo, in order to see with what skill
they would be managed in those ofPhaton.
There are politicians. who would fain be
thought telling the truth, whenihey repre-
sent those who support republican admin
istration as the blind adherents and, scrvile
worshippers Of men, But what they know
to be false themselves, they SHOULD NOT ex-
pect others to believe. Ifthcre are sahy
bland adkerents of faction in, our. country.
they are most clearly Of that. class. who sn-
Discriminatory oppose all the measures Of
an administration, simply because fovor-
ne candidate was not elected president. IfI
there are any man-worshippers amongst us.
they are those who find nf,thi,Au 81 a,,,,,.,,,I