The Litchfield County post., 1828-07-31

il il was never stated by commodore Decatur
who were the authors Ofthis slanderl That
Messrs Baldwin, HOpkinson, Smith. and ma
ny others gave currency TO the story long be-
fore Adams or Jackson were spoken of for
the presidency. is fact that they win be in
capable Of denying, as they would be Of fabri-
cutting false report against their neighbours.
In short, il the outrageous conduct charged a.
gainst Jackson be untrue, and these gentlemen
having been given as the authors Of the re-
port in question; and if they never did rec
Give the fact, as stated from commodore De-
catur, is it not duty they owe to themselves
to general Jackson and the public, to say so!
Can their silence or this occasion he justified
or excused. on any principle or honor unless
it be coupled with the concession that the
facts as stated are true-and in such case it
could hardly be expected from a thorough
going JacksOnite to turn states evidence, and
thus convict his favcrite candidate of false
hood and deception. / most conscientiOusly
believe the facts here stated land they are sub
mitted to the intelligent people of Pennsylva-
mia, by their friend and fellow citizen,
A. LACOCK.
Spring Dale, June Goth, 1928.
The Crisis.-We put the following article
upon record, under the deep and solemn i'm
preston that it is no idle vagary of visiona-
~ alarmist. The paper from which it is ia
ken, sustains a hig character in Virginia.
And the Editors of the National Intelligencer
add their testimony, that treacherous projects
and consultations, were believed to have been
held at Washington last winter. Let the
people pause and consider-N. Y. Spec.
The Union.-The Hon Andrew Steven
son. some two or three weeks ago, publickly
expressed the opinion in this city, that If Gen.
jackson ,OGs not elected the Union aoouid be dis
solued. In Kentucky MIR. Senator Rowan
has expressed the same opinion. Why is this
opinion entertained ? From what circum-
stance. or number of circumstances, is it de-
rived! Why is the defeat of Gen. Jackson
to dissolve the Union, when that effect was
not produced by the defeat of other Presi-
dental candidates, at former elections? We
do not answer for Mr.. Rowan, but we are
sure Mr. Stevenson meant no more than to
express an opinion, and an opinion we trust
and believe he felt grieved to entertain. We
are satisfied that he intended to convey no
menace. But how comes it that he should
hold an opinion SO Inconsistent with the his
torical experience of the country? How
comes it that he and Mr.. Rowan, Jackson
leaders, and we believe inmates of the same
house during the late session of Congress,
should at distant geographical points, avow
the same extraordinary opinion? We can
give the answer. The subject of disunion
was Familiarity canvassed by the Jackson lea
ders at Washington. Many Of them declared
themselves. as Judge of the General Court
of Virginia did at Norfolk-that if Mr.. Ad-
ans was not put out by the voice of the peo-
pie, they would be willing to put him out By
force. Put these circumstances and the move
ments in South Carolina together-and the
serious and observing reader will see too much
reason to believe with us---that the union Of
these states hang by a single hair. Were we
not solemniy persuaded Of this truth, we are
the last who would so much as mention dis
union. We know the disastrous effect of dis
cussing such tOphic THAT it has tendency
to hasten the deprecated mischief. But when
we see such proceedings as those in South
Carolna---when we hear of high dgnitaries
in the very capital of Virginia. recommend
ing disunion-- when we know there is a pur-
pose to attempt it, unless particular man is
elected to the Presidency. we should be trai.
tors to our patrons, traitors to the duty of our
station, and to our country if we did not sound
the alarm. AS sure as the Sun is in the Hea-
vens. there is an organised design to dismem-
Der the unon----a design connected with the
presidential election, to which the Tariff is
the stalking horse---a design embraced by
men Of high station and trust. We are no
alarmists. We have Individually nothing to
lose, and every chance of gaining by such an
event. If we We're capable of placing our
selves before our country, we would say, let
it come. Satisfied of the truth of what we
affirm in our minds, our purpose is to warn
the country of the storm, whose distant NUT
terings are already heard Rich. Whig.
EXTRACTS-ON WAR
Gen. Wilkinson, speaking ofthe Capture of
Burgoyne. says. 1.-THE ground which had
been occupied by the British grenadiers, pre-
scented a scene of complicated horror and ex-
ultation. In the square space of IL or Is
yards, lay eighteen grenadiers in the agonies
of death; and three officers propped up a.
gainst stumps of trees two of them mortal
Iy wounded, bleeding, and speeches.. What
a spectacle for one whose bosom glowed with
philanthropy! and how vehement the in
pulse which impels men of sensibility to seek
such scenes of barbarism ~
The above, be it recollected. is from the
pen of a professed soldier, and he considers
war barbarous, and the effect of dreadful
deIusion. Below is another extract from an