Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-11-21
min strn,ion Of the federal government. are
nccoLtfn bic for tie sln ndor md perseCutIon OF

! man 10 commit n crime and that of reNardIn
! him afi or ha has committed il; and II IL nn'o
! ous, that the prosiiiu,ed III c.Gan's, who IN
vent aud circulate these ISLANDERS, are The con
| timed objects Of ministerial favor. piir"nag
and pav-hired with the money Of the yer.
people whose will ng gratitude and just adm
! ration are Inc real Cause OF tbs defamation
and, rancor. This fjul injustice not only ag
sravaics ilc deneri' Of iis procufcrs, bnt shoult
endear TO his 90 .n'ry the her" who sus'as ~
As citizens Of Tenncs ssee, we feel 1t our espcc
al duty Ia deoountc IL; and 10 proclaim ouI
proud, our ftr,cni, and our increased attach
men, tu tho canJ.dLte, and the cause of the
people"
We are not disposed to take from Genera
Jackson, one title Of The merit that belongs te
him, bat VIC cannot consent to adopt the Ian
gun ge Of the Address and admit that i" the fire
Of General Ja,kson's youth never impelled
him beyond the bounds of honor" for when
VIC remember his Infamous affair with Robarts,
Dickson, and the Bcnto IS. We must say, thai
he has been impelled beyond the bounds oi
honor"
the "force md fitness Of his intellect" ;"
VIC have never had any proof Of either, and
though VIC must confess that in battle, and IN
the midst of animal aud physical difficulty, he
has rvint cd frnness, and talents OF no ordi-
nary cast. we shall contend that in all the ro-
lations, in which ho has stood towards this
coaniry, as Il statesman n he has proved himself
inefficient, and incapable of discharging the
,c ~, office. Tor
winch he aspres. but which We hope .,,nercy,
he may never attain.
The assertion contained in the Address,
"that some OF the members Of the adminisra-
tion Of tho federal government, are accounta-
bic for tho slander (whnt slander y and perse-
tinn lwhat persecution j Of General Jackson
and his wife," is rcpclled; and we undertake
10 say, that no member of The Administration
has dictated TO a press, or hired any one, TO
say II word dsrogatory to General Jackson and
his family. Whatever has been said with ref
crencc to subject so painful. as the moral
"burro,;-". II the Hero Of Hermitage, has
been said by Editors. who are not at all con-
ny VI 'Hc
on Their own authority and responsibility; and
VIC hope that mos, of them are too honest, and
too independent. to submit TO dic,ation from
any quarter. The personalities which have
been INDUCED. in by our side, and the degrad-
ing ficts which have been exposed by us, have
been provoked by rho presses, in Tho pay Of the
General and his parsitos; and if they had not
deemed it necessary to their purposes 10 false
ly accuse Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Clay, Of crimes,
we should have been silent. But they pro-
vokcd us, and in Justice TO ourselves, VIC adopt
ed the PRINCIPLES Of tho law of retaliation
General Jackson has not been pcrsc cutsd-
he has no. been s!andcred.
The resolutions aud address wcro opposed,
frs, by Adam Hun,sman. who thu. spoke in
reIatioa 10 their merits:
"Mr. HUNTsMAN wished 10 have the reso-
ln,ons. &c. laid over TIL Monday, tina, an OPP
poiunity iur an interchange Of IDEAS upon the
$ ,h,rci. M ght be bad among the members oi
the Scn,ie; f,r, though io Sls as anxious 10
arrive at Lc end wisL, % be attained as any
member, ho thought it Inpr"pcr that the Sen
ne should so Car lose sgit OF lis dignity us l."
adopt under their solemn O'ihs as sehLiors,
and upon mere presumpiive evidence, the
newsp per slang OF the day. lie was moi OPP
posed to the object of the resolution; but on
The contrary, wished 10 have even stronger
ones introduced. He wished the argu nen's
attached 10 the resolutions might be mod fled I;
for he was not willing to subscribe, under oath
to statements he did not knoU to be true"
This is not tie fret time, that Mr. Hunts
man has had the independence to oppose the
wild and mad schemes Of the partizans ofGen-
eraI Jackson. In the year 1920. when the
celebrated Tennessee Bank bill wasbcfors tho
legislature, Of which VIC are now speaking
J ,ckson, went into the House, and sotting The
d gn,y Of that body at defiance, boldly avow-
cd. ,ha, any man who voted in favor OF the
bill, would be guilty Of perjury, Mr.. Hunts
man rose IN his place, and treated the General
with all tho severity and scorn no meritcd Tor
daring to commit so outrageous an act, ana
entered his protest on tho journals OF the
house, pro estng against the improper, ana
conduct ofihc rantins hero Of ;hc
Hermitage.
Mr.. Hunisman on This more rscent occasion,
b,- giyen additional evidence Of he lnIcpcn-
dcrce aud frnness and was followed IN a
short speech hy Nj GArrcit
Mr. GARRrrr said he referred to The ro-
solutions with rolucrnncc; for he h9d ho, Ell
that tho subject in the Legislature would have
lie came here 20 lcgislaie Tor Il 8
lot 10 clecuonccr AMI, ih'"gh
no ono could deny his friendship f'r Gen JACK
son, or MS wish 20 have him places n Tue
prc s:dentia char, TO would r'therst 7 h'' ms
O yn sc,t ~ the Senate, than that every ''".
The leg Stature met, there s.'"uld he til,'d
40 ~ lp journti~ that sc are 'r'e"d'y !" zen.
7 tctson, with the nrGumon's OF any nne"he'