Delaware patriot & American watchman., 1828-06-13
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lnust be admitted to be equally true. What then
Il our present conditions If the purity of our
ss,ect;ons is destroyed if the will and wishes OF
hhe people have been disregardcd; if their voice.
IN, expressed at the polls, has been treated with
Eeold indifference or marked contempt, in the late
(eIection Of Chief Magistrate, are they the "sov-
|ereigns Of the land ?"
Ii will be recollectcd that. 1t tine last prcsiden-
H., election, Gen. jackson had %; Mr.. Adams,
Ess. and Mr.. Crawford AZ electoral votes. The
|frst named Candidate, had then plurality Of the
votes; had the popular expression of sentiment
|clearlg in his favor, and if majority of the whole
had not been required. would have been elected
hind now filled the chair.
u Under these circumstances The three gentlemen
[hamed. came before the House Of Representatives,
competitors for the noblcst station on this eartl
hhe ruler Of an independant nation! hy provi
Lion Of our constitution (the wisdom OF which ar.
cle in It, may be Justly doubed> the election then
#deyolyed on the Representatives, and it rested
&vjth them to name the man, Of the three, who
Esiould rule over US. These candidates, however,
HIM not enter the House on equal terms, by any
means; for as already said, Jackson had plural-
n Of the votes and was. therefore, virtually ecc-
ted This circumstance alone, ought to have de-
%riled The contest in his favor But the doctrine
aa the voice Of the people was entitled to respect
br possessed any weight, was laughed to scorn and
met only with derision
In addition to this, the Representatives Of some
Ii he States, especially Kentucky, were directed
~ .t.lS Don1 ~ ROf fI,o
ecrec, as novel as it is alarming, had gone forth,
Ina. the Representative should not hereafter, " be
balsied BY the will of his constituents y
Can the present incumbent then, be considered
As having received his office, and as holding it, in
compliance with the wishes Of the people? Tn
huestionably not. The only consolation we have,
our regret for this gross violation Of the unda-
mental principle Of our Constitution, the sovereign
~ OF the people, is that
----thc lo.ser ranks 1shen zpaong'd
Kao7u their redress againn Injurious greatness
And that remedy, unpaIatable as it may be, IS
bow prepared, will ere long be administered and
fl promptly and ehectualy restore the state tc
IL original health and yisor.
The course of conduct pursued, during the cam,
EfAHIt ny abT. Aldy, anu tuC WIZ WniStt ~
ld his followers gave, admitting, for moment, thai
obargain was made between him and the president
his creation, was really strange, was passing
Rtrange- 'twas pitifal, twas wonderous ptiul. Du
ing the contest Mr.. Adams was particularly obvl
pns 10 Mr. Clay and his friends; who both feared
bnd Eated him MIR. Clay, long before, had dcnoun
fed him as an enemy Of the ,oest and yet made hin
President by ,cestern cotes had declared that
when the proper time came, he would tell tai
b Mr.. Adams Which acould meke the America
people blush for him 70 And yet he, in violation 0
hs pledge, voluntarily given to the public, ha
fade Mr.. Adams the chief magistrate OF the vcr
people who were to have been made ashamed Q
lm.--Alter having made such declarations q
|hese, with many more to the same purport, doe
Pot Mr. Clay's subsequent support Of MIR. Adams
Feem strange, wonderful and unaccounable
Ills conduct since that period is much more rea
P'ly to be understood Sin defending the Pres
teht and electioneering for him, he is only sayin
Rne word fer Adams and two for himself. .
ldams' election is Ills only dependence Tor cor
nulas in power, and his only hope OF furthe
elevation He rests then on a broken reed; b
; feles upon shadows and his forebodings, c:
MS may be the case, his fears that the sceptrc vii
te longs depart from the hands in which he place
nave fired him with new and increased zeal, an
i ave rendered him almost desperate. He inform
e nation that Jackson, is " terrible, hot hcade'
!. nsosernabe military chleftain," who will destro
s . ~ Liberties Of the country, trample on the COZ
. "'u'lon, perhaps have it burned by the publ
y; saansman, and finally assume the crown and sce
= and on recent occasion, he lets us kno
e ae" War, pestilence and famine, would be bic
1 ASs compared with the election'' of the patriot
' ackson!
70 me people, however, understand these thing