Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-12
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ELECnIONEERING

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with ,lisrespect and severiy. We have mt th,.
slightest atom OF i'll will personally towards him
and we have so little of the Iacobin i'm orr COM
position. that would prefer TO treat his high of
ice with respect, rather than otherwise But a,
thesame time we should be wanting in the regard, s.
which we owe to our country, If we RETAINED TO
speak OF his transactions with the frankness of an
American citizen.
We are opposed TO Mr.. Adan,s's reelection on
irTincipie-Ne regard his doctrines as contrary To
the genius Of the Constitution, and his adminisra
ton mischievous 60 the best interests of
our country We would ask other ground for
lar and open opposion-but, at the same time orr
Obj 'ctons strongly confirmed by the manner II,
which he acquired his present Office, and the means
f, ny which he would retain il. A man who bas
Que sense of the respect which he owe TO himself
would never stoop, Mr.. Clay has done 10 dag.
gle IN The mlre OF an election; to speak of his own
preteDsons or TO write such anxious letters as H..
did TO Amos Kendall He would have said &c The
office belongs 10 the People, cannot stoop to So
llcit ii at their hands-nor seek il with any thinr
Ike an Indecent importantly. | will not beg il.
much less will Ibarter Cor il now or hereafter
~ e same dignilied course il would well have he
} coIne MIR. Adams to pursue.-i3ut has he pursued
ms courses Has he in one single respect adher-
ed 10 the professions OF lberaty and disinterest
euness which he pronounced to the committee who
were appointed TO inform him OF his election W..
are constrained to say, that he has pursued n d;a
metricaily opposite course. lie is most sbre,vd,y
suspected OF having obtained Mr.. Claws co-onc
ration by promises OF the first Office in his elf,
aud pledges OF future support. He oave Mr.
Webster written pledge of Office to the r..
derai party, in order to secure certain votes
1T IS unnecessary TO dwell upon the election
eering manenvres of bis travelling cabinet. or
ms own famous attempts TO curry popularity in his
former visit at Bamoreor by his costume on h;a
recent vist-when (says the Baltimore Patr;,,Y IL
must have been so % gratifying 10 the Viewers nj
Baltimore well TO the friends of the Aner;c,
system generally that the President more u1nf1
Inn Dftufr al,
streets oil that city Oh the fih.--But what shall
we say OF the following specimen of elec,ooaer.
ing, which is published in the last Albany Ar
gus:
ANOTHER BARGrN.
" a correspondence between Oliver HEARTBEAT
oi Cananhagua, and John Quincy Adams nre si,,cn,
Of the United States, ON the subject Of conncctino
The presidential question with anti-masonry, is s,
cretIy circulated, by the partizans Of Mr. Adams
20 severai Of the western counties, with desig
o promote his election a copy OF This corresnon
lcnce has been placed in our hands
p" Heartweli, IN his letter 10 the President mr.
Se, nun 10 declare wh-thor not nc is a mason
ana concludes by saying: ''i feel very cordially
(" disposed 70 support your reelection s,o,II I 4
" near you never had been contaminated with fh,t
. useless trumpcry Masonry: and you NAV be az.
sured' That In case you have not been so ungo~
ti'nato as TO have joined that society (nasoprv)
DerH mhct Gun mi 'OiHbe dDnc IN this seciioa
" ~ the Stdte IN yoUr belid{E, upon that qroroJ
g Mr. Adams accepts the profier IN theTe term.
" state that am not, never was, and neper sloIi
i" be free masogf''
Mr.. Adams requests that publicity mav moi
BE- given 10 his letter through the new .p5pc,a
but his pafiizlns circulate it secretly wherever
hey can possibly hope to gain convert. nv H.
nm Jor ms purpose tee pyoGey was s,adf and
ms TepV rcfHrneH We are free to confess Our
asi0n-sincn; that the President # This Repuhlic
car candescend TO the use Of such mems 10 PRO.
mote his own election"
~ Dear inc con'acuts which such -----.
az u calculated to invite. The man, who viii
7csn9 20 sucb manomuvrcs, these, is unfit 10
be he President Of the u S,a,ss.-To MAKO tj,s
reader understand the full bearing Of ,a,s let
ter,at this time, he ought to be aware that Grand
AMI Masonic Convention was TO meet at Utica on
,ae 4th Inst-thai the strongest efforts were MAX
ing 70 convert the Morgan excitement into an
S"sne Tor the political purposes Of the Colliion--.
thal Weed, who was a. Washington las, winter.