Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-06-05
DOMESTIC.
ADDRESS
" fhe I0ckSOn COnpentioa 10 TIE People of
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FELLow-CIrIzENs
Having been appointed Delegates from the Sc
Sersl Electoral Districts of this State to meet in
Convention, in this city, for the purpose of con-
s'uefihg the course, which duy 10 our country en-.
IONS upon Us, in relation to the next Election of
<fesident, we beG leave 10 lay before you the re-
suit OF our deliberations.
AMER taking into our most serious considera-
ton all the circumstances of the last Presidential
Aieeiion, we are, on reelection, impressed
wiih Solemn conviction, that altho' the form. OF
'he constitution were observed, the spirit of that
sacred instrument was violated
mat the Chief Magistrate was elected BY the
woes oil the Representative OF the States against
Inc wLl OF the people OF those STATES
ihai, II the votes OF those ) ates had been civ
en- according TO that will, when the real contest
lay between General Jackson and Mr.. Adams, al
me spirlto oil the Constitution dictates, the iormss
would have been elected President of the United
States, instead OF the latter
That, Therefore, the Will OF majority OF the
states, as Well as OF the people OF the Union has
been defeated
That, the President, having thus obtained the
Chiei MasstIacy, rewarded his principal assistant
IN defeating the voice OF the nation by the highest
once IN his git, and has siEce employed the pat,
'"nase oil government Tor the iurtherance OF his
personal views, aud 10 secure his reelection
Ihat before his election by the House OF Repre-.
senlauves, Mr.. Adams approved of an amendment
oil the Constitution, in order 10 take TIE power OF
choosing the President from that body and to 1--WE
IL directly 10 the people, tor the purpose OF pre-
venting In future, not only all coTssp tion, but all
suspicion OF corruption
But Ibat, since his success with the House OF
1tePIssen'ailvess 10 defeating the will OF major
ity OF The people and OF the ) aies, he has not
only DISAPPOINTED the friends of the purity of our
government by declining to recommend that A.
ihendHent 10 the adoption of Congress-, bui his
friends In that body, when it was brought for
ward without his recommendation, opposed and
IT, }eated it.
In support OF these opinions, we. will state the
iac's' wh!ca have wrought conviction on our
minds.
In the late Presidential Eleetion, glinety-ui,.e
electoral votes were given to General jackson,
e{ghfy;j0nr to Nr. Adams, toyty-one to Mr..
Crawford. and Thirty seoe2 10 Mr.. CLAY.
Had the ELECTION been sent back 10 The people
and the cho!ce restricted TO the two highest cand
daIes as 1t virtually was in the House, there is no
one, who was well acquainted with the state of
PUBLIC opinion IN the Southern and Western states
where nearly al! The voles Tor mr. Crawford, and
Mr' Gay were gwen, who would not be otlig,
ed to acknowledge, that The seventy-eisht yo;es
received by those gentlemen, at Ieas, thirty w.,
the number which, in addition to the ninety-nina
ALREADY received by i5en. jackson, was necessar,
10 his election, would have been given 20 him
According 10 this test, thersfore, majority of The
rso2le OF the United Staies. wese opposed TO the
eisc ion OF Mr.. Adams.
a majority Of the states, if their wishes had
oeen complied with, were also opposed TO his elec
non. he succeeded in The Houre by majority of
one stale only; and IT is notorious, that in contempt
CT the will OF their constituents. who had ne,
Hnequvocai proofs OF their preference of General
jackson over Mr.. Adams, the representatives in
Congress OF several of the western states gave
their votes for M. Adams a