American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-05-15
From The National Htelligencer.
WAsHINoToN, April

WASHINGTON, APRIL ~.
Governor Clinton and Mr.. Fan Buren.-Wp
have had occasion already to notice, as one of the
& Signs of tie Times,n the extraordinary con-
junction of interest and purpose between certain
persons at Richmond, and certain persons at Al
bany, as indicated by the cooling and billing OF the
Enquirer representing the one party, and the Ar
gus representing the other.
A still more remarkable conjunction, however,
is that which has apparently been effected between
the heretofore rival stars of the hemisphere OF New
York Governor Clinton and Mr.. Fan Buren.-
The extent of that conjunction We cannot pretend
to describe nor can we say whether the approx
nation has been on the part OF the former or the
latter; whether IL is accidental or concerted !;
whether il be personal or merely political; or
whe ther il be for permanent or temporary purp0-
ses. We should have doubted the reality Of this
combination of rival powers. against the existing
Administration Of the General Government, 1t the
assertion, by the organ of the concentration
here" Of the concurrence of Governor Clinton in
Mr. Van Burei,'s projects, had not been silently
submitted 10 by the prints friendly to Governor
c. in the State of New York. We should have
doubted it, because, within the State OF New York,
we have considered them irrcconclleably hostile TO
each others pretepsons. individually and polltI-
cally. The effect. however, of common antipa-
thy, is very powerful. We have seen it illustra-
ted in the Senate of the United States where those
are ranged side by side against the Administration
land against every one suspected ot not being hos
tile to It, who agree upon scarcely any one point
of either constitutional interpretat or OF nation
al rolicy. What identity of feeling or principle.
for example, can there be between Col. Hayne, OF
South Carolina, and Mr.. Randolph of Virginia.
the one the advocate of Internal Improvement ;
of liberal bankrupt law; the patron OF the Navy
the friend of the Army-the other, hostile to eve
~ one of these objects Equally singular would
be the alliance between the rival leaders OF the
State of New York, in any political contest. But
{. for once" We think we hear the Master Spirit
say to his great adversary, "let US make common
cause
"Turn thou the mouth Of thy artillery
As we will ours against these saucy walls
And when that we have dashd them to the ground,
| why, then defy each other and pell neil.
Make work upon ourselves
j We confess our doubt Of the fact of the comb
nation of these two eminent citizens, tor the pur.
pose of raising one or the other to the Presidential
Chair, because we do not believe that Governor
Clinton would suffer his shoulders to be the vault
ng-place from which his rival may leap into IT
and we are pretty Gel tain Mr.. Van Buren, does
not intend that any Northern man shall get there
until he has had his turn: nor would ne suffer
any southron to precede him by his good Will bu
upon the conditions, which seem TO be pretty wen
understood in South Caroline and Tennessee, tha
he is to mount next
il Leaving the question Of presidency, however
to be settled between the houses Of York ana Aah