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

expect to hold their Offices by Keeping him Cut.--
They have charged him with being cotd bloode
murderer, because he caused Arbuthnot and Am
orister, two British ncendiares, who were found
among the indians, and proved guilty OF exciting
them to the massacre, by fire and tegsot, toma-
hawk and scalrins knife, the deiencelcss men,
women and children, OF the frontiers. They have
charged him with tyranny and asurpation. because
he saved New Orleans, and all the southern coun
Try, from fire and sword, by subjecting the ihha
bitaHts, for few weeks to martial law. They have
charged him with being a co-adiutor Of DAii-
with attemptn. to dcfraud The government by In
dian land culations--with having murdered SIS
militia men-with being guilty OF adultery, and
every other sin in the calender OF yice-wlth ut
Ter ignorance even Of the English nnguase-witii
being desperate, monster i'll human shape. -
They have poured upon his aniable wijs torrent
Of the most obscene. and foul, and heart-sckenins
calumny. They have even raked up the ashes Of
his Departed mother from the grave, and charged
that she came to this country all abandoned strain
pei. with British regiment, married ncso, 4
that Anlrew Jackson was the offspring Of that
connection. They are now charging hlm with tails
hood-wi.h being at the head OF IL club oi assas.
sins -anI with u thoIsand other crimes OF tae
blacklist die. If any should doubt that all these
charges have been rung from one end OF the cont.
nent tu the other, let them esamine the Adams pa
pers. There they are recorded. And who IS An
drew Jackson and what has he done! His whole
history is OH record, and much Of 1t blended with
the brightest annals of the country. He las born
OF humble. but honest parents, in South Carolina
In boyhood he became a soldier in the revolutions
ary army. aud she'd lis blood for his coantry-the
war over, I've became awyer-was appointed by
President Washington, Attorney General Tor the
District in which he liyed-s0On a.tci, he was G.
-ctcd by the people OF tennessee member OF the
state Convention to form their Consttation--at
the age Of twenty eight, he was elected member
Of the House Of Representatives III Congress, the
neSt year he was sent to the Senatc-lesiSnn3
his seat, after time. IN the Senate, he was ap
pointed Mai,t General of the Militia, anu a
Judge Of the Supreme Court Somc tae after
which, having acquired by'hls industry, compe-
tence, he retired to his farm near Nashville, and
renamed engaged in agriculture, until the was o
1872 broke out. How much he suffered how
much lie did for hls country in that war, and in th,
Indian campaigns which followed, is known 10 all
We remember when cities were illuminated
from Maine to Georgia. and the name ot Andrew
.laskson stood forth cnc0mpassed by that blaze o
.lory-thc spontaneous tribute OF grateful c0un
try to her .allatit sou. From this dime, n. Cover
nor Of Florida. as Commissioner TO treat with I'll,
Inslans-as the Minister selected for the Court O
Mexico, aud as a Senator ut the United States
,hr wa, constantly followed with the confidence o.
his ieilnw citizens and his government, up to The
election If 1924. The people Of his own stat,
wee unanimously (with few solitary except
ons) in tavuor Of his election to the Presidency
Tiny knew him best. He has enjoyed the conf
dence. and has received the highest eulogics o
Messrs. Jefferson. Madison, and Monroe of suct
men rs Clinton, Macon, Van Buren, Calhoun ant
Crawford of the political fathers in Pennsylva
MIA, Ncw-York, and Virginia, and the Southern
and Western states; Of the great mass Of the Re
publican party in the East; Of patriotic, unlnilu
enced and unprejudced men every where, he ha
the confidence and support. These are plain mat
tiers OF fact, which challange contradiction. Wha
then be the character of those who thus base
SANDER such man: Can one OF all their tales c
ven need refutations Is it possible that man 81
bad as bis enemies represent Am, nay, a mar
charseabe with one Of the crimes alledseG, cuult
enjoy the trancendant popularity that Andrew
jackson enjoys? Look at home. Would you Jer
seymen, unanimously recommend and support on,
ii sour ciiSenS to the Presidency, whose charac
ter YOU know to be thus stained with crimes ant
it he lived among you from boyhood, you UouLt
hRolC lis character. And can you believe Ten
nesscc would do it sooner than you-or that sh
knows less about he citizens than YOU would know
OF yours! 10 suppose 81, wuald be injustice o
which you are incapable 10 a sister state. The
attribute these caumnes against the Hero, III,
Stat esman. farmer. to their true souFce-to tn
desperation vi the men in power 80 the men wh
have obtained that power against the will of IL
people, who are lighting to ,ctain it. anil wh
w"nld undertake III mument, TO prove the atye
Garrcl. as vile being AS they make Jackson ou
to be, if he couId leave his THRONE aoove, and be
come a candidate for the presidency i. orpositio
to Mr. Adams.
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The Nashville Republican gives the fuluwin
extract Of letter, furn'shing thc data upon whic
:, the friends Of Gen. jackson may confidently re