Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-05-16
GENERAL. JACKSON AND THE RIGHT
OF SUFFRAGE

ing for the purpose 0i detecting and exposing the
numerous fasehoods circulated against him y pub
ished an Address, which contained the subjoinCd
paragraph, noticing this charge The gentlemen
who signed the address, and whose names are at.
ached to the extract stand among the most re-
spectacle citizens in this country. One OF them
is brother to our present Minister to France, an
other (Mr. Campbell) lras late Minister to Rus
STA.
1T is alleged that General Jackson, when a
member of the Tennessee Convention voted for a
property qualification in voter. This the Com
mittes positively assert is UNTRUE. III Is
NOTORIOUS THAT HE ADVOCATED THE
PROvIS ON ADOPTED IN THE CONSTl-
TUITION IF OUR STATE, WHICH sc
CURES THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO Ev-
cry FREEMAN"
John Overton, Che. Robert Foster
q. w. Campbell VIM. l.. Brown
John Catson Robert White
Thomas Claiborne Joseph Philips
Daniel Graham WIN B Lewis
Jesse Wharton Edward Ward
Alfred baich Felix Robertson
John Shelby Josiah Nicholl
VIM. White John M'Nairy
1t is thus put beyond all doubt that General
Jackson when a member of the Convention which
formed the Constitution Of Tennessee, advocated
and voted for that provision of it which secures to
quiring any PROPERTY QU4LIFICAI TON.
But what has been the conduct Of MIR. Adams
on this subject He has, upon the bill to erect
Louisiana into two territories, voted-not ONLY
for PROPERTY QUaLIFIC.e1ION.,b but for
other provisions Of that bill, hostile to our repub-
Gcan institutions, and at war with every principle
of free government. This we shall show by ties.
tmony, which cannot be called in question-bul
the JOURNALS Of the United States Senate the
who wish to be satisfied or this subject, to the
Journal Of the y. 5. Senate, Vol. 8. page 554. IN
They will there find that while Mr.. Adams, was
member OF the Senate, an amendment contain
ing the following provision. was offered upon the
second reading OF the bill to erect louisiana into
two territories, and that JOiLh' QUINCY an
V4.hS voted in minority Of FIVE in favour Of
these provisions.
We insert here an extract from the Journal Of
the Senate.
Friday, February 10th, l8O4-on the second
reading of the bill to erect Louisiana into two
territories, an amendment was offered containing
the following provisions:
Isl. That no pe.son should be eligible to a seat
in the territorial legislature unless he owned one
hundred acres Of land OR house and lot in the CITY
OF New Orleans.
"a. That no person should be qualified to vote
'of representative unless he owned fifty acres
of land.
81. That the Governor Of the Territory should
nave power to prorogue the legislature
an mat he should have power to dissolre it.
5th, That he should have power to neyotire ali
the bulls passed by the legslature.b
mus while we have completely cleared Ggnpr
al jacobson from the charge which has been false
circulated against him-that he had voted in
jar0r Of PROPERTY QUaLIFICaTIO.v.
we n have cons 'cted JOHN QtLs'CY ADAMS,
by the records Of the country Of having voted for
properly qualification. and in favor too, of giv
ms to the Governor of the territory Of Louisiana
.ss oa s%ir and dangerous and hgy power to
''E"a TIVE any bill the legislature might pass
to prorogne the Legislature and even to IIS.
SOLpE It. whenever he pleased
e. we do not ask any man to take these
easements upon our credit but invite all to refer
10 .ne journals ct the Senate, aud see for them.
selves-Baa. Republican. - ''' '''"'
Mr. Monroe expended in secret service from the
0V6'nhlns % the end Of his administration that