Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-01-30
Of,hose given by Maryland,
The whole given by N. Carolina, IS
OF those given by Louisiana,
In the whole.

OF those given by Louisiana, )
In the whole, ~
which would leave for Gen. Jackson, seven:y'
nine electoral votes; and these are all 10 which ne
wa fairly entitled, as shall presently be shown,
To the 81 given to Mr.. Adams, there shou'd
be added the two taken as above, from Genera
Jackson. in MARYLAND; which would make she
electoral vote for Adams, upon the Generafs
own principle Of ,pfuralities, 86
From which deduct the Generals fair
votes, ~
and there will be majority of 2
electoral votes for MIR sAdams over Gen. jack
son. The calculation is founded upon the FOL
lowing facts:
LIST, That plurality Of the voters Of Mary
land was in favor of Mr.. Adams, as has been
demonstrated by the accurate and impartial
Mr.. Niles, in his Register of the 10Th August,
1896" and as is known to every other intelIi-
gent citizen Of that state.
2ndlv. That large plurality OF the votes OF
North Carolina were in favor Of Mr.. Crawford
Sdly That large plurality Of the votes oil
Louisiana were in favor Of Mr. Clay.
4lhly. That, by intrigue and management"
at least two Of the electoral votes Of Maryland
were taken from Mr. Adams and given 20 Gen
| Jackson.
5lhly. That by what General Jackson and
his advocates would call"intrigue and manage
ment"-by combinations between his friends
and those of Mr.. Adams, all the electoral votes
of North Carolina were deiached-if the Gene.
raj will allow the use of military phraseology-
| from Mr.. Crawford, and attached TO General
! Jackson.
| 6lhly. That three, at least, orthe electoral
votes of Louisiana, were, by the same means,
detached from MIR. Clay, and attached 70 General
Jackson. And ii is equally susceptible OF de-
monstration, that these facts were just as well
known TO the House Of Representatives, when
Mr. Adams was elected President by tina. body,
as was the fact, that General Jackson had a
plurality. By these means, Of the electoral uoiss Of
the colleges Hence il is evident,
LIST That the votes, just mentioned, are, up
on the Generals own principle Of plurality,
fairly deducted from his number; and two of
them fairly added to the number Of Mr. Adams;
leaving the General in minority Of 79 to So.
2ndly. That General Jackson and his faciion
must, by all the rules Of consistency and fair
dealing, renounce his claim 10 the votes thus de-
Quoted, or withdraw the censure and reproach
which, they So freely and boisterously proclaim
| against intrigue and management" ulthey
are nos willing 10 do either; because there are
no such things as consistency and fair dealing
in their political creed;" and
| "Because the good old rule
| Suficeth them; the simple plan
| That they should take, who have the po,per;
And they should keep, who can"
without any regard to the means, either of tax.
ing, Of keeping.
An individual who is placed in nomination,
either by himself or others, for the Office Of
President of the United States, ought to know,
when candidate is elected to that Office, whe-
ther he is constitutonay elected. He ought
to know that candidate cannot be constitutions
ally elected to it, contrary to "the voice Of the
na,ion;" and W,th such knowledge, he ought to
feel that cit is not less due to himself, and 10
principle, than il is 10 the American peopl,, to
steer clear Of" such assertions, or insinuations,
as thote which have been made by General
Jackson and his adherents, in relation 10 the
recent presidential election. The want of such
knowledge, or the want Of correct principles,
in rretender to the first Office in The republic,
ought 10 be an insuperable barrier between him
and that eminent station
The General has informed US that "The Sc
"a'e vi NoHe hau d othprOnluS! rue, out
he has not informed US who was the American
Sempronius. alluded to in his letter 10 Mr. Mon
roe. A oe'tain historian relates that the no
man Republic had Caius Mar,us, a Sulpicius,
and Lneius Saturninus; that Marius was skill
fa and successful general, but ignorant Of civil
affairs and restless and turbulent IN time of peace;
that he complained bitterly of the "inlrigue
and management" of the pa,ricians, and "dis.
placed" Metellus, by faLss charges, mean solci.
tations, and large promises to the people; that
he was his own Biologist, and Unfortunately am
bilious; that he could "dweIl upon blood and
carnage, with composure," ard was farocious,
unrelenting despot, in war and peace. "The
tree is known by lis fruit -
This historian relates, further, that Sulp,cius
was bold and insolent tribune Of the people:
and that in him Marius found fit instrument
for the ruin Of the Commonwealth He does not,
however, say that Sulpicius was the biographer
OF Marius; vet such may have been the fact
He speaks Of Saturninus as furious Tribune
who acted bungfng part, under Marius, in tx.
ecu:ion Of all his measures, especially of those
by which he displaced MeteIlus; and as one Of
the most daring and turbulent fellows in Rome"
who solicited the people, in his speeches, to