American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1827-03-27

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18.
Mr.. Harker having found the unpalatable truth
contained in our violent articles" respecting his
former opinion of Gen. Jackson, so cutting and
severe, that he swore off from any further notice
of them, has procured correspondent to act as
champion in his defence. This correspondent,
who signs himself 6 Fair Play" accuses US of act
ing unfairly in publishing one single paragraph"
to "prove" Mr.. Harkcr's " inconsistency" and
says that an honest editor should have published
the whole artice.'' We would plead guilty to the
charge of unfairness, had we, in selecting quo
tation from Mr.. Harker's opinion Of Gen. Jackson
in 1922, attempted to misreprcsent his sentiments
or pervert his language. But this we have not
done. We have only given his own words, express
sed after mature delbcration. We would suppose
that the remark of Fair Play respecting the duty
of an honest editor,' would come home to Mr..
IIarker, as the latter has said that an honest man
cannot be shamed by sight of what he has said
on a former OCCASION" Now, according to Mr..
Harker's own rule, he is not " fan honest man''-
for he is ashamed to repubish what he said of Gen.
Jackson in 1892 Or, if he is an honest man, he
IS co,oardty one, for he is afraid to republsh what
he then said of the General, when, in comparing him
with Messrs. Clay, Clinton, Adams, Calhoun and
Crawford, he made use Of the following language.
"Of ALL the gentlemen named Gen jackson appears
to to be the MOST OBJECTIONABLE. That he is
man of energy, no one will doubt but we think that
in chief magistrate of the United States, foe much
ergy Is extremely dangerous; AND have seen IN THE
GENERAL snch DISREGARD FOR THE INSTITU-
TIONS of the country, such DISPOSITION place
himself ABOVE IT'S iazvs, AND such an INCLINATION 10
TRAMPLE ON THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, when
tbnvc tnod in wiz OWN INTEREST or
FEELINGS. should render the citizens of the United
States very cautious about placing him in the first Office
within their gift"
We have not given up our intention to republish
the whole article from which the above is quoted; !;
though we still think that Mr.. Iiarker is under
every obligation which could influence gentleman,
to be the first to present it to the public.
Had it been merely a question Of preference
with Mr.. Harker, in 1922, between Gen. Jackson
and any other candidate for the presidency, we
should not have charged him with inconsistency,
or deemed him worthy Of reproach, for now sup
porting man to whom he was then opposed
1t is " the reasons which Mr.. Harkcr gave for
that opposition, which lay him open to the charge
of and hypocrcy, and servlity to his
masters, and which are always brought to mind
when we see him pleading with the people to sup
port man for the high Office of President of the
United States, respecting whom he once said that
HInc ClllZHUS SUOulu Ue CgTy CuWtoUS duUut pid-
cling him in the first office within their gift"
Now the question arises, has Gen. Jackson
changed his disposition? If in 1929, before that
period. he disregarded the institutions of his coun
try If he then placed himself above its laws and
ifhe then trampled the rights of others, to pro-
mote his own interests, would he not under SINH
lar circumstances, act as he then did
But in what consisted all these odious traits of
character which Mr. Harker saw in the General,
,rd ,,,I,h Iol him IN cautinp he pp0plp auainQf
supporting him for the presidency Why, he dis
charged his duty with frmness which did HIM
honor, and which the emergencies of the times full
ly justified. He gave no quarters to traitors and
tores-and he declared that if he had been com.
mander in New England. he would have hung the
members of that infamous band of blue lights who
composed the Hartford Convention. For this de-
claration, Mr.. Harker and his correspondents
poured upon cold Hickory" such torrents of
abuse as would have disgraced the veriest black
guard in creation. After this, we ask any man if
Mr. Harker is not guilty of every charge we have
made against him Of inconsistency, &c. in now ad-
vocating the cause of Gen. Jackson ? Who will
deny that he IS led by the nose by few men who, |
in 1922, thought no better of Gen. Jackson than
Mr.. Harker himself did, and who are now found in
the ranks of his supporters only because they flat
ter themselves that their own views will be promo
ted thereby Their golden prospects vanished like
dream when Mr.. Adams was elected, and their
oppositon to him is the effects of disappointed
ambition. The result of the next presidential
election may prove that they again wrong in
their calculations.
For the information of "Fair Play'' and the
public we would state that Albert Wilson, so tar
from being one of the most active individuals in
wilmington, in causing Book to be opened at
the Lafayette Iiotcl,' during the last Presidential
election, had nothing to do with procuring the Books