American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-05-08
WASHINGTON, March 90.

Washington, Jiarch 90.
In the following letter, which reached us BY the
last mail from Harrisburg, Fl ON source entitled to
full credit our readers will find other signs OF the
tines not less striking than any we have yet
spread before them.
"HAnnisnuRe, March l6. 1897
.rhe /" Signs Of the Times are indeed, omnous OF an
combination OF aspiring men, who are deter
mined TO raise themselves into offce, and that ny any
means and at any prce-eyen the destruction Of the very
elements of excellent Government You are correct
in YOUR Interpretation If MIR. Wax BuRENs threat IN inc
Seume for part of the combination have been here,
with purse in one hand and club in the other One 81
them who by the way, had forgotten his prudence sa-
ted to me thar they had in their hands tor the p-
pose of establishing Press here, and the Editors Ut me
pennsyyania ln,egencer would turn into the pack, and
below sy in favor of Gem Jackson and the dsofganl-
zets who make his gallant services cloak TO hide Their
dishonest purposes, their patronage should be 10
double lis extent not that the $4,000 should be applied
10 establishing Press those purposes, and crush
them Such is the these men adopts but as their
ches become known feel assured that the good sense
of this safe will ultimately put down such nihoy compi-
nations Whae,er the opinion OF this State may be IN e-
alton TO the Presidential Election this IS certaa that
The great majority of The People here are dec.deay favor
able 10 the policy pursued by the present Administrator
rs policy i, the which has always been commended
for by the Republican Party of this ate and it the Com
bnaon pursue that indscrimlnate opposition, re-acton
will be produced. Principles cahnet be lost SIGHT OF IN
our spput Of men, II is rlmofed that part OF the plan
is 10 oppose the State Administration and overthrow 1t
TOO unless will into their VIEWS This, am con.
viced the Administration Of this S ate will never DO.
They will take such course may he decided upon BY
the Republican Parry Of the Stale, and n"nc other 6ov
ernor SurzE has Just been unanimously elected by the
Democratic Party, and, by his prudence has secured
greater degree Of public appreciation than any man who
has held the Office. With him goes the Democratic
Party
spacled 10 every State in the Union with the motives that
ought those here, and is right that the People should
know IT,"
This letter, we repeat, is from source IN which
we repose implicit faith. Il shews the extent and
ramiGcations of the intrgues which are on loot
We do not know who compose the Mission which
it describes but venture to say, that they have
exceeded their commission, if they have made the
support Of General jackson sine qua non with
the Harrisburg lnteigencer. If they had under
stood their instructions. they would probably have
recommended, in addition to an unqualified op-
position to the present Administration, that by all
means the Intelgencer should avoid .pIemature
comnittas' as to the successors to the Presidential
and Vice Presidential Chairs. Because 1t Is well
understood, that in the prospect OF the success Of
the newly organized party. whose " sentiment
has been = concentrated at Washington recently,
candidate is veto be determined on by the par
tv for one Of those chairs-and possibly Tor ROTH.
But howe the embassy to Harrisburg may
have been instructed, the fact above disclosed is
really appalling. What are we come to, when this
sort of impro, ement" Of the press, commencing
in the core of the Government, is made 70 ins'nu-
ate itself wherever there exists all influential press
which has not already been sublued?
Let us not be supposed to charge these things
on the body Of the friends Of General Jackson.
Most OF them are too honest aud direct in their
political purposes to resort to such means as these
to sustain the claims Of their candidate. 1t is on
~ veteran traders in politics. who could contri,e
such plan for substituting the press, where it is
venal and breaking it down where It cannot be
scduced. We mistake . the signs Of the times
if the original friends Of Gen. jackson DO not in
time find that they have suffered themselves to be
tie sport II the superior tact and dexteity Of the
more accomplished :. leaders" in whose service
they are at present blindly enlisted. Intel.