American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-05-15

| remarks:
"But there's which have to urge in favor
OF the election of Mr. Crawford which has yet been
urged; and which think is of consequence The
adyocas General jackson HAVE ruuopy our some POWER
Full THhEATs abou 1uhd MAY and MUST BE- erectcd 10 Be
THE CONSEQUENCE OF REJECTING THEIR IA.
and the advocates Of Mr. Adams have attempted
10 put upon the Constitution construction which it will
not bcaror rather have attempted establish rule for
Which there is neither reason nor foundation. We are
now at peace. No danger threatens from abroad and
1t the provision in Constitution is valuable one its
susceptibility Of being reduced practice might as we'll
be tested at this as at any other time If Congress ought
to be left at liberty to choose from the three highest in
vote; AS SMALL FACTION is ATTEMPTING TO
WREST THE POWER OUT OF THEIR HANDS, AND
THREATENING LARGE MAJORITY OF The Ma
ZION WITH THE CONSEQUENCES or THEIR VEN
GEANCE, If THEIR REPRESENTA- rIVES DO NOT
ACT AS THAT FACTION CHOOSES TO PRESCRIBE,
now is the time to test their strength and assert right
which should not be called in question"
Mr.. Harker has said that an honest man cannot
be shdmedby sight Of uhat he has said on for
ner occasi0n'' We will not say that Mr.. Harker
is MT an honest man but we do believe that the
striking contrast which the preceding quotations
present when compared with the tone of the Gaz-
cite at the present day, will put him to shame
We beg our readers to preserve this paper for the
purpose Of comparing Mr.. Harker's former and
present remarks respecting General Jackson and
his supporters. They will then believe, as we do
that in nop supporting the General, he acts from no
he is governed by no correct principle honorable
motive, but is used as a machine IN the hands of a
few ambitious master spirits who have hitched
themselves to the of the General, with a hope Of
being dragged into stations which they despair of
reaching By any other means. However harsh this
language may sound, we believe it cannot be de-
MED. How else are we to account for the most
astonishing inconsistency displayed by Mr.. Har-
ker He noc says that General Jackson was the
man of the people, and that he should have been
chosen BY Congress. But what did he say on this
cunstance of the General being the highest in vote,
to chance. to concurrence of fortuitnus circum
Stances" to the madness of excited passions over
turning reason and Judgment, and to the :. basest
political contriyances."
| We request the reader to pay particular atten-
tinn to the foregoing quotations Mark well the
terms which Mr.. Harker in speaking Of
General Jackson and his advocates. He clearly
insinuates that the former is the mere favorte If
g a small faction" of unprincipled and dangerous
men, and does not possess "capacity and fitness
for the onice''-arl pronounces the latter weak
and wicked; accuses them OF tyrannisng over thu
minds of their fellow citizens and leading them
astray by the employment Of the most deceitfu
and base political articles; brands them as a ruff
fan gang of'. lovers Of blood and slaughter" hrea
tening the constituted authorities Of the country
with violent death if they dared to act contrary
to their wishes! fine picture, truly, Of no incon-
siderable portion of the people of this Republic
| And, remember, reader, Mr.. Harker has joined
himself unto the men whom he once painted in such
hideous colors!
| When Mr.. Ha,ker penned these extracts, he
was as confident that the choice of Congress would
fall upon Mr.. Crawford, as he was that Samuel
Harker had been Corporal in militia company.
He had made his Gale ulations. and brought every
thing out as clear that two and two make four
| He had his I" favoritc' elected without trouble
upon paper. Had he not been thus confident, he
would not have spoken as he did respecting the
provision which has been made for the election OF
| President by Congress; nor would he have been
quite so liberal as to grant the members OF Con-
sress the unrestricted use of their own Judgment
at the same time that he declared the will the
wish Of the people on the subject, all sheer non
sense.'' But how was his note changed when he
was disappointed BY the choice that was made.
All! then he Immediately discovered that the
8" will' and the wish of the people" were of very
great Importance, and that they had been treated
in manner that ought to arouse the Indignation
of disregardcd and insulted community.
| The extracts now given would afford subject
| for more extended comments, but we presume that
what has been already said will suffice for the pre-
sent, as our principal object is to show the grossly
inconsistent course which has been pursued BY the
Delaware Gazette in relation to the presidential
question, and to place before the public some of
tie grounds for our belief that the support OF Gen
Jackson, by that paper, at the present time Is IN
cncere. and that the managers Of it are making
use of the Generals name merely to promote their
selfish and ambitious views 1t is impossible that
they can have any attachment to the General. So
far from it, they must hate him in their hearts.
! They have never forgiven him for what they once
called the acts Of " Military Despot"-and if any
other candidate who would suit their purposes.
could be brought out with good prospect of sue.
cess, they would instantly desert Jackson, and op
pose him with as much rancorous abuse as they
formerly lavished upon him