Delaware journal., 1827-11-27

ly and rankness Of Il freeman. p
tender to you. ia advance. the homage Of my III
hirh considera tim. and acknowledge With uneigh- III
ed Measure the pride feel in the recollection thai g
my name, however humble, Is compatrlot with your Y
own
your lives full Of usefulness to Your country y
and honor TO Yourselves. faithfully committed 10 .
The pace of history, will be held up as examples o
m;tation to our posterity, who will exultinsy com
pare them with the best ancient models. With these Il
sentiments. which most sincerely feel for your eX-
Ialed characters. you will do me the justice to be-
ieye that in the ordinary progress fhuman affairs
would be- among the last Of mankind to intrude o.
your retirement or to disturb your repose. But y .
crisi. full of danger to country has arrived.
do not fear from you the impuatnn OF ndnlging III
! idle defamation, or nntDundeh alarm Though
standing yourselves aloof in your peaceful retire
mrn,s. from the tempest that bowls through tn"
Iand and of which jackson IS the fiery spn,t, you
canHoi be insensble of its existence, nor wlthou
apprehension of the desolation in threatens. lii~
lnpossihie that either your feelings or your judy
! mcnts can be neutral. in contest wa@e1 between
tine friends of civil liberty on the one hand anu
4 tle partisans Of military cheliain on the other
in contest between the Constitution and the Sword
4 When ypn reflect on the origin OF this contest.
the means employed to maintain if, the character VI
Y many of its supporters, and its possibly appalling
: end 1t would be libel on the whole tenor ot your
i lives TO doubt for moment the side You have em-
y hracrd In forming this decision. YOU not
' compelled to resort to the Nashville Committee.
nor to Jackson's humble bographer. for the facts
: on which it was founded. You both knew. per-
! sonally, enough to justify you in deciding wthou'
hesitation. on the unttness of General Jackson to
: the Presidency Without adycrting toh his utter dis
= qualification from temper and educafion his rro
found ignorance of the first rudlmens OF the duties
: of the office, "ou. Mr.. Madisou. must still rrmem
= ber the surprise and Indignation with which you
= were filled on being informed oihis excesses at New
!. Orleans. Still more vivid must be your recollection
y Of the horror with which YOU read the bio dy record
y Of the doom Of the militia men. To your exc,-
- nation when giving vent to YOUR feelings on that
~ OCCASION will be readily a,cribed his ferocious
= cepon to your fitness for the Presldency-that you
nv were too mild TO look blood and carnage witt
'rh composure. You Mr.. Monroe, cannot have forgot
ma ten the nsoent contempt be threw upon the clvi
NJ authority when by general order he directed hi,
" ,u,alterns to obey order from YOU unless sancti
'ee oned by himself The remembrance must be in
" deble of the dsnav and confusion of Yourself
your Cabinet, when first informed of his violating
~ in the face of express orders. the sovereignty OF
a. country at peace with the United States-thus as
'e' sumn. in himself the power granted alone to Con
gress. Equally fresh must be your recollection OF th
y mito anxiety you felt your country from the hu
'''e initiating disgrace with which it threatened
when Jackson was traversing the streets Of th
w Metropolis, with his military family. denouncin
IVY vengeance against the Representatives of the pc,
eu' pie Tor presuming to inquire into his conduct.
ns is known to Won also, and must be continued sourc
~ -. Of satisfaction. that by your prompt and zeaou
~ excrtiunS. aided by the firmness and prudenc
'cy of Decatur our history was exempted from So ol
'as a blot.
w ] do not advert to t'lrse things now to awaken
wv fresh the Indignation aud hnrrar yQu both felt at III
:, - time of their occurrence, but to justify in til
''s declaration have made. you want no othercvdenc
tlan fiat already in yonr own knowledge. to tecld
wv Jack-ons nIitness for the Presidency, and II
M danger direct and indirect, which would result lro
-, ~ his election.
r,,, With this conviction my mind. address TO VI
.r,, this solemn question-Will YOU fold your arms t
;t sether and continue silent and passive spectators
hor such scene your country presents ln I'll
n. best age of ancient manners, whenever the safety
,n the Republic threatened the aid of the polite
-. patriarch was invoked, and never in vain. Neh
:, - are, nor circumstance nor former hnnors, we
: pleaded IN excuse. Has our are degenerated,
s,. have the obligations Of padiotam been changed
!, nf IN modern tines your ustrous predecessors pr
ht sent you example worthy Of vonr imitation. Was
nin ,ngton came from retirement to bead again the a
ia mie, Of his country when nenaced with war. III
nf elder Adams lent the authority of his venerab
,r name a, Ecctor for his native State, when yo
;E election, Mr. Madison. was oppused bv some of Il
n,,- chnlce spirits now engaged. in attempting to D,
~ down his son. Jefferson filled an interesting emplo
,a mcnt to the day Of his death. And, may just
~, refer to your own cases. Both Of yon are addii
IN, to your well founded claims the gratitude of yo
country. by treading in bis footsteps. Why. the
lice. !" eA''.i,e ''G ,'Sts y, c''Aehs III 'he pi
yar and advice !? Standing as you do on the narrc
~ lShmus that separates advanced age from the gra,
- ar and exempted by vour situations from the temp
H., tons that lead to human nirnites, your opino
-, would be received the nracles of wisdom. The