Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-02-22

will be forever subject of deep regret 10 Mr. CLAY. that
that instance did not admonish him to be content to wal,
the peoples time, and to remain he was The irl in
degree flom the President being Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
With the respectable vote which he had Just received
Tor the highest office. and the popularity which he enoyed
as Speaker he ought not TO have accept ed office under any
man in the country much less the lands Of rival and
until this period an mpacabe foe. But ambition impa.
ent TO secure its object suggested the execabe idea Of
safe precedent" the reades, means, and in that un-
happy moment, all the blessings of The future were
tered, tor tine poor service Of successful rival There
perhaps never were so many inducements reject office,
So "anony uneeded and perhaps exertions for future
sell ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, never unhappily directed.
In The situation that Mr.. Clay stood at the time Of ma
king President by the House Of Representatives, If his
Judgment had no, been warped by tie ambition OF Which
we have spoken, he would have kept himself out of the
reach, ookcdunon the cuniendng elements below and mi.
led upon the hurricane from its effects guarded BY
virtue ard the affections of the people But in the absence
OF that sound discriminating Judgment which virtue gives.
we nd him. medng in the affairs Of his rivals. appealing
to the generous feelings of his colleagues aud friends
vote for of them, teaching them and su.
hey the will Of their constituents, because, eff Gen. Jack
son is elected he will be Frustrated but if Mr. Adams
should be- lie felt assured that il would not be 500 How
could Cen Jacksos election PROSTATE Ir Clay Let us
look at The reasoning thai brought hm this conclusion
Three candidaes returned 10 the house, the sue
cessfn rivals Of Mir. Cay, aud must be supposed that he
bad no very strong feeling Of regard far either But from
among them he had 10 choose, and that choice he etermi-
ned should fall upon the one, whose immediate triumph
over all should place him the nearest 10 ultimate
If Jackson elected he could get into the line Of
safe precedent and beside il strongly probable that
the people would rot agree to take Presidents in
cession fom the West But suppose difficulty this
head, he that BY permitting Jacksons election, he
could not during TIE term, gain whoc section of country
the Eas must be had Ey giving the las, Presiden,
this time, the claims of the West are made stronger and
secures the votes Of the East for the Western man mex,
time, provided he get into The line " of safe prcce-
dent and have the management Of the wires III the nte-
i'm. This reasoning though short brings satisfactorily
to the conclusion of Mr.. Clay, that Mr. Adams is elect.
cd he fel assured HAT he would not BE irostfaled."
We have proof that jury would take, that these
IDEAS ever passed through his mind any pres.
that know Of, whcn he got tie trtli.g assurance
from Mr.. Adams that he would not be proslratel But
invite readers to examine the facts, and with Them
deeply mpressed upon their minds again to approach Mr.
Clay Book, peruse carefully appendix aud all, and then
make report to their cwn unbiased Judgments.
We shall be mistaken if tie decision Of every candle!
mind does not TO This -
That Mr.. Clay must be conscious of wrong hmself, or
he would not have written book That the book though
ingenious and pecons is lame. That the witnesses being
equally pculpated with Mr. Clay in disobeyng Tie known
will Of their constituents Interested, and that their tes-
mony given much 10 help themselves TO help him
That Their testimony such as ii IS does not go TO dsproye
bargain with Mr.. Adams, but is given with hope of dis
proving offer to bargain with Gen jackson. That upon
the whole the book is evid, ice against its author.