Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-03-28
From the Richmond Wing, Of March 10.
GENERAL JACKSON.

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GENERAL JACKSON.
We have received from Knoxville pamph-
le, addressed to that Congressional District, by
Thomas l.. Arnold, a candidate to succeed Gen.
Cooke in The House Of Representatives. 1t Is
written with a freedoms and boldness Of COM
ment upon the character OF Gen. Jackson, which
we are not little surprised 10 see adventured
in Tennessee. We shall not be as much sur
prised TO learn, that the author has been pistol
ed or dirked, for questioning Gen. Jackson's
perfection, by some of his dependents or bull
hes.
Who MIR. Arnold is, we know not That his
statements are entitled TO credit, we presume
from his occupying that station which induces
him TO offer for Congress-from the manliness
ofcharacter that peryades the whole address
from the correspondence Of the statements with
Others that are familiar TO the public, and are
known to be true in part if rot in who!e--above
all, that thew are publicly made in Tennessee, III
the midst OF the friends of General Jackson;
where falsehood could easily be detected, and
where nothing but strict adherence to facts, in
such statements, would probably save the life
Of him who made them. These are strong in
dica,ions Of truth, aud feeling them TO be such,
we claim the attention Of the public to the fol-
lowing extracts from Mr.. Arnold's Pamphlet.
An have heard OF Lewis Richards, whose case
is alluded TO. A woif(says Esop) peeping into
hut, end observing some shepherds feasting on
Kid, "what an uproar (sad he) would these
GOOD people make, were TO be caught in the
same act" If Mr.. Adams or MIR. Clay were
10 take mans wife from him, pistol in hand,
we should have an immediate application of the
VOLTS moral.
"The free and uncontrolled exercise Of the
right OF suffrage is the palladium OF our free
g n ap, ,t,a
wretch who is afraid TO exercise it according -
his own viii, is fit only for slave. Shew me
the man that stands freezing in Gen. Jackson's
shadow; shew me the man whose blood is chill
T1rne, aud I'll shew you all
unworthy and contemplate wretch, who de-
serves 10 have master. l am no,O, and euer
have been opposed to hobby riding Whenever
see a man attempting 10 ride into Office upon
the back of another, believe he is conscious
that he has no merits OF his own. have seen
so much riding on General Jackson, that when
see candidate mounted on him, he looks 10
me Just like a monkey riding on an elephant,
ashamed himself of what he is doing. Those
opposed 10 me believe that General jackson has
great popularity, and that by bringing his name
to bear upon the election, they will compel me
10 set up an opposition 10 the administration,
and commence war against principles and mea-
sures, that have alsays professed and sup
ported; or they will cry against me as the friend
of the administration, and Will. General Jack
sons overwhelming popularity, they will grind
me into dust and ashes"
"Knowing that General Jackson voted while
in the Senate in favor Of internal Improvement
and domestic manufactures, / was 10th TO be-
lieve that he had veered round, and TO satisfy
myself, / addressed him the following note,
which I sent to Nashville, by Colonel White
side, who was going directly there, and have
no doubt that the letter arrived safely at its
place OF destination.
KNOXVILLE, Oct. "a, 1926.
Dear Sir: expect TO be candidate at the
ensuing election in this district for Congress-
i am decidedly the friend OF Internal Improve
meatsand domestic manufactures, otherwise de-
nominated the tariff. On these points of po-
iey, my sentiments are impugned by my enc
mics, and they assert that your opinions on
these fundamental points have undergone ra-
dica change since 1928. This have taken
upon myself to deny
LIST, Because have been taught TO believe
that you were not in the habit Of cLana;no
your opinions. without reg son, and | could see
none for such a change.
Cd. have been taught likewise TO believe
that you were not afraid of your sentiments
and II this alleged recantaiion had taken place
it would have been done publicly. Relying up.
on that character for ingenuousness which has
been awarded you by your friends, ask conf
deEtly'a reply to this note, in which wish you
to state explicitly whether you have recan,ed
on the points named or not, and if you answer
me in the affirmative, if it would no, impose
too much trouble, should be much gra,i6ed if
you would accompany your reply with the rea-
sons that have Wrought this change in your po-
isical sentiments. AS juvenile politician seek
ing information on these points, ask il as
favor. Looking upon you as candidate for
the highest office within the gift of the Anne
riean people, l, as one of those people and as a
voter at the polls, demand it as right.
Yours, with Difference,
THO. d. ARNOLD.
GEN. JACKSON, Hermitage.
This letter the General has treated with 81.
lent contemnt I am therefore warr.n,.d :,