Delaware patriot & American watchman., 1828-08-22

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hmble, Gone OF the Kentucky rcpresen,.,o. :. Mf.
voted Tor AdamsI and finally fully estabIsboa "ho
MIR. Kendall, is one which merits ccrt,;nlv ~ W
ture he'lberatlon OF every one. There ,vo"e o.e a
cahdaaates IRON the West, one from the Nail, WV. IVY
another from the South. The interests NJ W ana
the Western candidates initiated certain, a.a VI
the other and caused division Of votrs H. sa.'a m
section o' the country. Still the great Jesd,r,"a' u,a'
oil The people was that Western candidate sh",,
be ma'ie president, and if Mr. Clay could mn, h
elected by those states that yote, for him. tbp;r -
c.'u cholce un1uestionaby was General Jaoksou
hr' Clay had net succeeded in coming before ill.,
house, and the votes OF those states which sunno.
eu hun should then have been given TO Jarlrsa.
nut s'r' enera' Jackson's views upon tile appon.
meht OF his cabinet, could not possibly be ascer.
c'ned they had been asked for, but he refused "a
make them known. Mr.. Adams was more comn;
ant. "Wc distinctly asccrtained,' saws 'rrmIla 'rE'
!" that Mr.. Adams wonid make Mr.. CLAW secrs''
tary Of state, and that in all probablity, General
jackson would not )" "r in other words, that NJ
Adams would place Mr.. Clay in the " line of sara
precedents." by winch means he (Mr Clay) would
afterwards become President. In u,ler, therefore
that Mr.. Clay should be certain of being made Se
c,etary oil State, Mr.. Adams must be elected Pro-
sidcnt
Ih,nit was. that this arch ,cmoeosue commenr
ell the arrangement of his game. In the kentuekv
representation he succeeded in winning over III
but four: all but one in Louisiana, all Illinois and
Missouri. What were the means resortcJ 10 /,
still involved in that sccresy, which shrouds ali H.
legal contracts. Were to hazard an opiuion
should say, they consisted in promises. that if the
people should evidence their markc, uisplersurp
ample returns should be made by appointments /,
lnrratiye Offices. Daniel Z. Cook Of Illinois rece,
ed for hi, vote $500 dollars, under the pretex t,
he was sent to Cuba in tic secret service OF the
United states, when 1t was proved before the com.
nittce Of rctrenchment, who took this subject into
Investigations that he was unfit, from an attack Of
the pulmonary complaint, to transact business. and
that be could neither speak the Spanish nor the
French languages. A lit person, for secret AGENT.
: lat more oi this anon" Mr. Scott of Missouri,
was paid by an appointment in the Land agency.
liat whatever were the means used By Mr. Clay,
| II was immcterial his object was attained Nlr
ADAMS was made President, and Mr. Clay became
Secretary of State. Had Mr.. Clay associated him.
self with Mr.. Crawford, less blame perhaps, or at
least less disgrace would have been attached to him.
! The interests OF the South and West are more
similar than those of the East and West In no ore
instance, of which | have any recollection, had
Mcssers Clay and Crawford been political enc,
mics. Mr.. Crawford, was man Of high and noble
principles, and as n statesman, as well qualified
certainly as John Quincy Adams, for the oGice Of
President. Why not connect himself with jackson
anu obey the will Of his constituents but thesehe
could not think off, Mr.. Adams must be the man.
he whom Clay had opposed constantly, with whom
he had refused TO serve in MIR Munr0e's cabinet
whom, even pending the presidential excitement
Mr.. Clay had charged with inaccuracies in hiscu
respondence with Russell. against whom, Mr.. Clay
had assisted Kendall in writing. Mr.. Adams mus,
suddenly become his greatest friend and why? i
was because, there was an uncertainty whether
either Mr.. Crawford or General Jack son would ap
point him to Office il was because MIR. Adams had
pledged himself to appoint him it was because in
the election nf either Mr.. Crawford or General
Jackson the Z" line of same preccdents' would have
been interrupted, and once interrupted it was cone
forever. These the causes together with lis lrt
for office, which influenced Mr.. CLAY His is The
ambition OF the despera o. who casts every thing
upon the die, and sacrifices the rights of Others,
ms own character and honor, upon the chance
Provided his name be transmitted to postelity,e
cares not, whether, like that Of Eratostratus, who
burned the temple Of Diana. to gan immortality
he branGed with niamy. lie may se on the runs
Of our country and of oGr constitution, but ca
never regain, in the affections Of MS fellow ctllc
that standing which he once possessed.
But. sir, by this bargain and sale, tie will o t's
nation has been set at defiance land can OH
countrymen who boast that they are free tolerate
It: Can they hug with pleasure the chains who!
bind them in slavery? l. that noile spiiit whlcl
breaths in every word of our constitution. extinct:
IS that sentiment which declares US to be Tree los
lo'ever or will the people assert their rights
rights vested in them, and in them alone? Nl'h
them it rests, they will determine, aud the srsa'
question whether We shall live as irecincn. or drag
out an oious existence as slaves will, on the elcc
iun OF Jackson or Adams, nc finally decided.
KENT
ron THE rEL.wAhg PATRIOT
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