Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-09-06
CAUCUS MILITARY TICKET.
FOR PRESfDE.NT
ANDREW JACKSON of Tenn.
FOR FICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN {. CALHOUN OF s. c..

CAUCUS TICKET.
District. WILLIAM c. HoLT Of Norfolk
9 WILLIAM II. MFARLAND of Petersburg.
JOHN CARGILL Of Sussex.
MAJ. L. M. Nelson of Mecklenburg.
RICHARD LOGAN OF Halifax
DIR. JAMES JONES Of Nottoway.
Judge WILLIAM DANIEL of Lynchburg.
Col. J@sErH MARTIN OF Henry.
WILLIAM +. GoRpoN of Albemarlc
10 Judge WV. BRocKENBRoUGuo Of Richmond.
II George BUCKNEa Of Caroline.
IL WILLIAM JOKES OF Gloucester
ID Col. RoB'r MsCANDL1sH of Williamsburg
IA ELLISON CURE Of Lancaster
10 Judge JolH w. GREEN of Culpeper
l6 Col. JONI GIBSON of Prince William.
II Gen. GtonoE Rust of Loudoun.
10 JAREp WILGIAMs Of Frederick.
10 DR.. :. ID. WILLIAMSON of Rockingham
20 JOHN BOWER OF Rockbridgc.
II lhaj. JOHN b. GEORGE of TazewelI
% AyDNEw Russell of Washington.
% JOEL Shrewsbury OF Kanawha.
"a JoHN M'MILLAN of Brooke.
U5'Of Gen. JlcKsoN's unfitness for the Presidency
hts friends have furnished the strongest evidence
Of him, Mr.. Jefferson said, he would as soon think
Of making "a sailor of cock, or soldier of goose
as President of Andrew Jackson
u Witness what his consistent friend Mr.. Richie
thinks Of him. T $ 4
''As to Gen. JACKSON. we would speak with respect:
'wo feel for HIM the simcercst gratitude Yet even
>"graitude must have bounds, when the happiness Ola
wloe nation is ut stake. Bring his qualifications
'tic bar OF public opinion and how will they stand'
lie saved New Orleans; he is warrior; an apt and
IAN able Of energy. of public spirit. of in
"tegrity, of genius. But these all the Gua!ifca-
'tiOn5 which required in the President Of the IT,
States; lie Gen. JAcKsoN1 is distinguished SOL
der but is lie StutesDun? Where is the evidence of
''i2 Where his political speeches, his dispatches?
his cssuys' his measures Where are the evidence;
''of that skill and attainment in politics to which
life OF stuf, and OF experience, is essentially
''crssary? COMPARE HIM WITH ADAMS md
"rM CjYn;}ord, AND HOW INFERIOR MUST
"HE BEr--When take into account the series of
"hs pursuits and the want of evidence which he has
'cShibitod, '-RjctHond Enquirer, FEB. %, 1924.
1T has long been maintained as maxim, that the
IMAM Who cannot obey, ought not commando and the
''rule i'll the present at ltast, stand upon this
Sound reason that the who makes 's own will
land pleasure the sole rule and guide OF all his actions
opgt not ~ BE- trusted cah TIE urge po,ccrs Of Pre-
'.sideat If Hc u. Suites. We want for that office a
.rnan who viii cooly and carefully observe the law
land the Constitution: for these are to be his guides
''iI the administration of his powers Now is Gen.
Juckson possessed Of hrt cool md tempered spirit
'1cich toiU fit him Jo. EJec,dve .rgisfyute7 Has
.'he exhibited that spirit in past times? What SAYS
"lor instance the history of his measures in 1912"
Richmond Enquirer, March 10, 1891.
"Gcn. Jackson, it seems, always thought Mr.. Ma
"dson Of the best ofmen, md great civilian
but did not prefer him as President, because he
"oways believed that the mind Of philosopher could
net dwell on Jtood and carnage with any COmpOSuTe;