Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-10-16

y was tWC WCm0GI IlNfH
Tue State. An impression prevn,ea at the tine,
very erroneous IN itself, that my vote. or that
OF Gen. Neicasfe, IL given to Gen. Jackson,
you'd ultimately carry over a majority Ut The
deiegauon. Was that the rexsoa why ~r.
aoore made demonstration upon bim, while an
episiplssy campaign was made by foseed mar
ches in', my district, TO procure Instructions
upon uti
had as good reason 10 suppose, from all he
tscls and circumstances that Gen a. Cad xrote
tae letter 10 qaes,isn, under tie influence OF
1enersl Jackson, as he or any other tsiend OF
he Genersi bad 20 suppose tbs, l ave my vote
under the i~nfius0ce OF Mr.. Clay. have as mach
~resson 10 inter, THAI General jackson attempted
o inhaence my sote seerstiy, through he sgen,
~ OF has former AID, mss then coGp,aDlon. boar
Jung ua e, and bosom friend, Tor tie purpose
OF adyancing him 10 the Presidency, =. ne or a.
ny OF ms psfuzaHs can have TO inter that | vo-
ted tor AR. Adams for he purpose Of advancing
Mr. 0isy TO the office he row fills MAJ, In
deei, IAN greatly mistaken II al ,ippsr,sl men
wa rot Consider IL a much stronger case. The
proofs OF Cor upton, sgsins, lie General ana
some OF has friends, are certainly much stronger,
sho much more direct, i.isn any yet adduced ~
gsinst the President and Mr.. Cay,
Ihefeis snother view OF this subject, deser-
wing your serious notice. The following cisusy
viii be found in the 18th amendment 10 The Con.
stitution: "And If he House of re prese pta,,ves
shall notchoose a President, Whenever the right
" choice shall deyolve upon Them. before The
4th DAY OF March nex,, following, then the VICE
President shall act as President, as in the case
OF tne death or other constitutional disability OF
the President" Let this clause be KEEP, in
memory.
tn instruction sent to me is in these words
BE e resolved BY This meeting, that cur imme
diate representative in Congress, tile Honorable
David Irmoie, be and he is hereby Instructed,
IN the present up approaching Presidential Election
- the House OF Representatives in Congres, 10
support and vote TOR General ,fndrew jackson
throughout the zssoie csnfess, and to use his tntiu
ence $50 tar as may be compatible with his sta
ton, accordingly" Marx the words IN ita,ioks
ito support and vote for General Andrew
Jackson throughout the whole contest" Was
ever . similar instruction issued from the hand
OF man. Certainly never. The person who Of
tered 1T to the meeting at Moun,sseri,ng, 10 a
worthy citizen, over jealous in his undertakings.
He surely did not comprehend the possible ct.
feet OF the words quoted. The effect Of them
was certainly not understood by the meeting.
1t ! had voted for general jackson, and taken
with him, as IVA hoped, q bare majority OF The
Delegation, the vote on the first ballot, taking
the ballot box asthe test oft, would have s,ood
nus Adams IL, Jackson 3; Crawford land
50 there would have been no election. Now,
i, in that event, is would have been my duty
ander the constitution. and upon principle, TO
continue voting for Genera Jackson throughout
lis whole CONTEXT, it would have been equaily the
duty OF each and every other member 90 cou;in.
uc voting as he FIRST voted, throngh,us the whole
contest; and consequently there woeid have
been no choice and no election, and then the
4 NtnA trAa,I,n Z A. IL. ....ix 49, -
President, under the clause VI tile Constitution
ljist quoted, though he did not receive a single
vote tor the ethce throughout the whole Union.
The effect OF the instruction was, therefore, to
create a contest which must have tasted from the
8h of February 10 the Sd Of March, at midnight,
and ended IN the exclusion Of every ca0oidste
from the Office who had been voted for BY the
people, and in the adyancement OF hir. CAL
HOUN to the Presidency. in a manner not We.
~ unlike the ore attempted by Aaron Burr in
1901, in which he attempted to defeat the cleo.
ton of Thomas Jefferson, and thereby advance
himself 10 the head of the nation, without a sin.
gle vote from the people for the efice.
This instruction was maiied to me on the 10Th
OF January. 1925; exactly "a days be tore the
~eIeotion would TAX. place in Congress. have
a letter nov before me, dated on the same day,
in which the writer says: 81 do hope that the
friends OF each candlda,e Will bsraaaeiousfy
stick to bis trend, in hopes thst a choice w,il
not be made al al. so that the duties OF presi
dent may devotvc upon Mr.. Calhoun" Mark
the words in Italics--they are undersigned IN the
letter. I have another letter written about the
same time, containing a similar inimaiiua In
the same month, January, 1926, he following
toast made IFS az arance ia the Newspapers at
Washington, quoted from papers eisewhere:
"John C. Calhoun, Vice President elect-may
divisions and SUB divisions produce constant col
llisions in Congress, until The fourth Of Msrch
next, that he may be hailed tile chief magistrate
Of the nation" This was not drafted by = BOBBY
or q bungler: every word of Il tells It has the
impress OF skill and schoiar-eraii, and deep re.
Election. 1 beg the reader 10 ponder upon 1t
word by word, n Il does not contsIn sreasoDa.
bic sentiments and wishes-Is the mind that
framed IT was not guilty CT moeal ~tresson-,hen
there is no such things as moral guilt in treason,
until the overt act itself is perpetrated. The
toasi. the letters, the insracnoa, together with
some other facts ot a similar tendency, made an
impression on my mind, which viii not be soon
faced. They produced, or sided in producing,
in noe. an irresistible desire TO have the elec-
ton finished at the first ballot. The friends of
Mr. Calhoun considered The toasta serious mat
ter at the time, aud came out in The city papers
with a suh denial OF the design and purpose OF
il. IT 1t made an impression 81 them. IL might
well make ono on Ne, especially when Connect
ed with the letters and the style of the inssruc.
ton. Let US put them together. The instruction
says-'supPor' snd vote for General Jackson
lthr oughout the whole contest" The letter
aays-.si do hope the friends of each csndidase