Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-10-31

TO ,he hodes oi,!e ,o,e >, o,ce, To .ue applied
10 Mr. Scott himself, but on this point they would
have the; the voluntary and unsolicited con,,adic
ton OF Mr.. Scott in his affidavit contained IL tn
appendix TO Mr.. Ciay's frs, pamphlet; an affidavit
in which he expressly absolves both Mr.. Craw
ford and Gen. Jackson from any attempt to tam
per with him for his vote Col. Il. said that he
would corroborate Mr.. SCOTS statement in this
particular, for he had often sroken, during the
canvass at Washingtcn, Of the lofty bearing OF
these two gentlemen, and especially the Sun
day before the election, when he expressed the
highest admiration OF them both and of Gen. J. in
particular, said that he was more distant as the
election approached: that lac was more reserved
towards him than be had been at the previous
session; and crowned his remarks by this emphatic
expression: "Ey God, he eren treats me oddly"
Great Cheerng)
Col. B. then said that Mr.. Adams having been
elected upon the votes OF Missouri. Illinois, and
other states given to him in violation OF the will o.!
the people OF these states. his election was tainted
with an original sin which no subsequent merit OF
his administration could efiace. But the fact was
that the power upduly acquired was intended to
be unduy continued-three great subjects were
to be converted into political hobbies, and pushed
for political efIect;--the tariff. the internal i'm
proveinen,, and the slave question. BY the ngi-
taon Of these questions, the states south of ,hePo-
tonac and Ohio with Kentucky and Missouri an
ncxed, were 10 be brought TO community of
feeling and of interest which would make them
succession was to be regulated by these hobbies
certain men to come into power upon them, and
certain. other men, Of whom General Jackson was
the first, was to be rode down upon them, and the
harmony of the Union destroyed in this attempt
to perpetnate power. The scheme had been Fri
ed and had failed; thanks and honor the states
Of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois, which have seen through the artifce and
disdaned H.
With respect 20 the issue Of the election; Col
d. considerable as certain as any human event could
5e that Gen. Jackson would be elected by an i'm.
mense majority. What the course of his admins.
tration would be, ii elected, he could not under
take TO sayii it was point which he had no pc
cuiar or private information; but judging from
what he had seen OF him in the Senate and in 9TH
er Offices, he believed that he would administer
the government with p!ainness simplicity and C d.
economy; that he would attend 10 his own duties,
and require others to attend theirs that he would
favor no part OF the Union at The expense of ano-
Their; that he would cultivate the general harmo-
ny OF the States, and do his best to have the pub
lie debt paid oil. The payment of the public
debt, Col Il. said, would enable congress to abol-
ish ;aKes in the shape OF duties upon comforts and
necessAries, TO the amount Of ten millions of dol
lars now absorbed annually by the sinking fund;
an abolition which could be made to the great re-.
Eef o! the citizens, and without prejudice to any
branch oil domestic industry now protected by the
Tariff"