American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-08-10


vas to promote bis own political advancement:
then was he guilty of a treacherous abandonment
If principle and Of violating the rights OF the
People. And if there was any understanding
express or imped'' between himself and Mr.
Adams that lie was 10 receive the appointment o.
Secretary Of State, then was the coalition founded
upon corrupt political bargain.
Now it is almost .lposslnle tor any impartial
man-it seems to me-to entertain a doubt that
Mr.. Clay had at least indirectlv--assurances that
he would be made Secretary of State, and that he
nevcr would have voted for MIR. Adams without
such assurances.
Such are some Of the prominent circumstances
upon which rest the charge Of corrupt coalition
between Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Clay.
now invite your attention to some OF the OBJ
iections urged by Mr. Clay and his partisans a.
galnst General Jackton, as an excuse for the con.
duct Of Mr.. Clay in voting against him.
1t is said BY Mr.. Clay tina, General Jackson is
military chieftain." and that it would endan
ser the liberties Of the country to elevate him to
the chief civil office Of the Republic.
4 very bief recurrence to the history Of militia
rs usurpers will satisfy sou that such an objection
would be better suited to the declarations Of a
school boy, than 10 the grave discussions OF
statesman. The three principal usnrpers who have
figured in the history Of the world, arc Cesar.
Cromwell, and Ruonaparte; and invite your par
ticular attention to the condition OF Rome, Eng
land, and France at the period OF their respective
usul patons, and TO the causes which paved the
way for their ascendancv. In each of these
markable instances, the country oil the military u
surncrs was notorously sunk to the very lowest
depths Of wretcheduess, and involved in the des-
tructve anarchy Of civil war. by the anirersct
corruption aud oppressive despotism of the civil
Government. Who. if he had been a Roman.
would not have preferred the dominion OF Cesar,
to that Of the proiligae and eesrapt ae,ionists who
we're put down by him Whe if an Englishnan,
would not have preferred the dominion Of Cromwell,
who carried the glory Of England to the cxtFemi.
ties o. the earth, 10 the protlsate tyranny Of the
suarts, who became the degraded pensioners Of
France, in order 10 ensayc their own subjects =
Who. if he were Frenchmali. would not prefer
even the Military despotism OF Buonaparte. either
% tie civil tyranny and civil corruption OF the
Buurbons, or ID tie bloody de>potlsn Of such mon
sters as Rnbespiafrc. Marat. aud Dantun, who
sumed the name Ct liberty only 70 stain her altar.
with tie blood Of her most patriotic citizens
In fact. it may be broadly laid down gen
eral political truth---and defy any one to produce
single exception il the history Of civilized ma
tons--:hat 10 "lniiitary chicttain" ever has usur
ped, or III the nature Of things. ever usutp, the
civil government OF country. hat III a state Of
civil growing out Of cicit dvsroism or cri cor
ruption. And, in every instance. It will lie found
that the military usurper 50 far from destroying
the public Liberty has partially saved the countr,
from that ANARCHY, whose thlane had been previous
y erected upon the ruins OF that liberty What
then is the moral to be drawn from these examples !!
! II is that Liberty can be destroyed only by the
corruption Of our ciril ruiers ard that # !" mil
tary usurpelo ever should obtain the sceptre OF
dominion, the corruption Of the civil Government
7 is the only avenue through which lie can march to
empire. How ridiculous, then, does the objection
appear, that General Jackson is " military chief
TAFT" even it he such in the fullest sense ot
the exprcssions How much more have we to APP
prchcnd for the liberty Of the country, from these
corrupt political bargains. by which such men as
MIR. Adams and MIR. Clay defraud the People Ut
their rights than from the election, by the People,
Of such military chieitain' as General Jack son
And what is it, pray you, that exposes General
Jackson to the prosciiptiye dcnunciatiun Of being
6 a military chieitainf - ! Will tell you, fellow
citizens. In aperiod Of great national peril, when
a powerful and veteran army threatened an i'm
\ portant city OF the Cnon-the key Of the whole
! Western coantry-wth capture and desolation,
4 General Jackson, recently taken from the walks Of
private life, destitute OF irregular military educa-
tlun- having been but very short period in the
regular army -but lmpeiled by an aidor Of patrio-
y tism, IN which no man surpasses hin animated by
a courage which fears no consequences, and sus-
tanned by that exalted genius which cminently
qualities him for command rushed forward to the
point q danger, and overcoming difficulties which
to any other man would have been ihsurnountabe
4 Treason within, and superior army Without
achieved one Of the most signal and glorious VIC
tories that is to be found the records oil military
history. And Is General Jackson, by only few
years military ser, ice. because they thus sig
nalized, to be disqualified for civil office Are
we TO be told that the glory which lie achieved b
sustaining every pllvation, and Drawing every peril
renders him dangerous to public liberty. because il
has made him the object Of nations gratitude
In fact, General Jackson has served his counts 5
mach longer in a civil than in a military capacit,