Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-08-07

Now II is almost impossible for any impAItis
lit seems TO me-to entertain doubt that
MIR. Clay had - at least inditectl yassursnces that
he would be made Secretary of State. and that lac
never wouil have voted Mr.. Adams without such
s-surauces.
Such are some of the pron,itent circumstances
upon which rest the charge of a corrupt coalition
between Mr.. Adams and NJ. Clay.
Inow invite your attention To some of the oh
.econs urged by MIR. Clay aud his par'izans against
Cenesa Jackson, as an excuse Tor the CONDUCT OF
Mr.. Clay ia voting agsns, him.
II is said by Mr.. Clay that General Jack-on Is a
" Military Chi.ftsn" and that it ould endanger
The liberties of the country TO elevate him to the
chtsf civii otiire OF the Republic.
a very bIiet recurrence To the history OF militia
- usurpsrs, viii satisfy you that such objection
would be better suited to The devsunaions OF
sehool boy, than the grave discussions OF q
Statesman. The three principal military usurpers,
who have figured ia the history OF the world are
Gear, Cromwell, amt Buonapariei aud invi,e
your particular attention to the condition OF
Rome, England, and France. at the period oil
their respective usurpations. and to The causes
which paved The way for their sscendsncy. In
each of these remarkable instances, the counuy OF
me military usurpeTs was VIGOROUSLY sunk 10 the
>ery lowest depths of vretchedness, and Involved
in the destructive anarchy of civil war, by the 10
i,iUerSaI corruption and oppressive Lespotlsm OF
the civil Gov einmeni. who, ii he had been a Ro-
'uan, would not have preferred the dominion OF C5e
sar, to that of the prUsate anG corrupt fac;ionis;s
who put down by him? Who, Il an English
man, would not have preferred the dominion OF
Cromweil, who carried the glory OF England 20
he e6bemities of ilfe earth, 10 the proi gaze ty-
amy OF the Stusrts, who become the degraded
nensoners oil France, IN order TO enssve their own
eubecg? Who, il he weTe Frenchman, would
not prefer the military de-poti-m of Bdooa-
pac, either the civil tyranny and civil coTTup-
,ion of the Buu bons TO the bloody dsspolism OF
such monsters as RobespieIre, hlurat, and Danton,
who assumed the name OF Liberty, ouiy TO sta in
her atsrs with the blood 81 her mos, patriotic CT.
LIENS.
Ia fact it may be broadly laid down general
roll zeal truth and DEFY any one TO produce
single exception in the history OF civil zej nations
that no - military chei!ian ever has usurped, or
In the nature vi things, can usufP, the civil 60
uernment oil country, bu IN state OF cIvil war
growing OF cIrtt deSp0SHi or ctJ! corruption.
And in every instance it will he found that the mi
litary usuTper Tar from destroying the public
Liberty, has partially saved the country from The.
snsrchy, whose throre hsd been previously erected
upon the ruins of that liberty. What then is the
moral be drawn from these exsmples? II is that
liberty be destroyed only by the corruption
ofour civil rulers and that il " military usurpsr
Sever should obtain the sceP're OF dominion, tue
corruption OF the civil Government Is the only aves
through which he can march 10 empire. How
ridiculous, then, does the objection appear, that
Gen. J. is e" military chieaIn," even If he were
srch in the fullest OF the expression? How
much more haze tge to spprehends tor the liberty
of The country, from these corrupt political bar
game, by which tuch men MIR. Adams and NlT.
Clay sefraud the people OF their rights, than from
the election, by the people of such military chief
sil' as General jackson? And what is il, pray
you, that exposes General Jackson 20 the proscrip
INSTRUMENTATION OF being" "a miiitaTy chietlan:' l
will tell, fellow citizens. In period Of great ma
ionai peril, when a powerful and veteran army
threatened an important city of the Union-the
key of the whole Western country with capture
and desolation, General Jackson, recently taken
from the walks of private life, destitute OF resn.
Tar military e,!ucatoa-baviRg been but very
short period in the regular aImy--but impeied by
an ardor OF patriotism, in which man sITpasses
him: animated by courage which fears conses
quences, and sustained by that exalted genius which
emnenily qualities hirn for command rushed for
ward to the point Of danger, and overcoming
difficulties, which 10 any other man would have
been insurmounIable; treason within, and superior
army without; achieved of the most signal and
glorious victories that is TO be found the records
of military history. And ia General Jackson, by
only few years military service, because they
were thus sigualized, to be disqualified for civil!
o6ice? Are we to be told hat the glory which he
=chieved by sustaining every privation, and Drawing
every peril, renders him dangerous to public iber-
~, because it has made him the object of a ma.
IONS gra,iiude! In fact, General Jackson has
ed his country much longer 10 a civil than in mi
lItary capacity; has for than ten years ceas-
ed to hold military commission, aad yet we hear
he high dignitaTies OF Government denouncng !
him as a dangerous military chIel;sin. Where are |
1s soldiers. and Who they: OF the regular ar |!
nv, John Quincy Adams is Comman der-in Chief; !
he sodiers of Andrew Jackson are the People. ,
so much feIIow-ciiizsns, for the charge brought
by Mr.. Clay against Gen. Jackson, for saving his
country.
There are minor objections which should
very glad tn answer, bnt on such an occasion l
will not far tax your patience
Some oae in the crowd here significantly pro-
nounced the name of Ambriser in an audible tone
Il voice. which was evidently intended for the
of Mr. nj IJIife, and was thus promptly noticed by
im.1
1 hear voice excsirn Ambriser! as presume
I is from a constituent, it shall receive the most !
:cspectfui attention. thank you, sir, for that |
word: for 1t furnishes with occasion TO !
tinIicaie General Jaekson against Of the many
changes bI ought against bin, founded on the most
airotic aud neriiofious acts OF bis public life. Who
hen, was Ambrisier, and what the causes OF |
rs execution? lie was British renegade, an .
outlaw from civilization, who associated himself
with our savage enemies. whose known rule o.. !
warfare was an indiscriminate slauCh;e! OF men,
-~omen, and child en--sUpped them with The !
asiruuents Of death, and insgated them to carry |
ieSolsuo0 amongst the peaceful and defenceless |
nhabiisns OF our frontiers contrary all the rules
nf civilized warfare. General Jackson made pri- |
soneT Of this monster, stained with the blood OF |,
hundreds Of our helpless women AMI their infant I
children. BS the principles OF the laws Of nations,
Ire had subjected himself 10 The laws Of retaliation,
orecise.y in the same degree that the Indians them
Elves were subject TO it. The example Of bis /,
xecu,ion was essential to the protection Of the in
sbitants Of the frontiers, against murderous and
savsgs warfare. If General Jackson had yielded |
o the suggestion Of false humanity, and spared
lis life, the blood Of all The women and children