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

70 J. Sergeant, Manuel Eyre, Laurence Le,cfs
{. L. Bidaie, ana Joseph p. Morris, ESqrs.
authors Of .f,fdresS adopted at the od-
"IHiStrdfaon f0rcn meeting IF the Tth Jttiy.
LETTER VII.
fENTLEME0-fou have incorporated with
Your address. the speech delivered at your meeting
~ Mr.. Hopkinson, aud made it, like your address,
a lair subject for comment. We propose TO notice
one part of it, in Xion with your own sent
ments on the same topic.
Sou attribute the opposition that is made to Mr..
Adams, to variety OF personal considerations
out MIR. Hopkinson asserts, that the question does
not turn on the merits qualifications of candi-
dates; 1T Is, says he, ga struggle between south
ern & northern policy-betwccn tnan oftlc north,
and one Of the SOUTH
Ii must be confessed, that Tie position thus tax
EN-, is very important one-it an assertion that
MIR. Adams is the representative OF what is called
northern policy; that his friends alone are the
friends OF that policy; that Cen. Jackson Is the re-
preventative OF southern policy, and the friends
of that policy his only supporters-this we
take it, is the substance OF the position there as
>umed.
''ODe OF ihe cxpedients of party" sa id General
Washington in his farewell address, ':to ACQUIRE
influence within particular districts, is insre-
present the opinions ami views of other districts
We do not attribute TO MIR Hopk;nson the de-
sign here referred to-he, doubt, entertains the
opinion that he expresses, erroneous as it is and il
j. because such men DO express such opinions that
II becomes nece ssary 10 show their Although
such is the case, i'll relation to Mr. Hopkinson, we
can make no such allowance Tor many oihers--we
have no doubt that the aims OF the people OF the
south are grossly nsrepi esented in Pennsylvania
for the purpose OF acquiring influence there-pro-
ducing those jeaiousies and heart burniugs which
Washington so pa,heucally deprecatcs. Patriots
and men of sense would have as Mr.. Hop.
knson did in the late cbuiIitions in the south moth
ing but momenlary feeling; out you, gentlemen,
under excitement, attribute them TO nothing less
shan treasopl
1t appears to TO be fallacy, TO say, that Mr..
Adams is the representative OF "a policy, which he
has never had the nominees 10 recommend; or that
Gen. Jackson is opposed to policy which he has
upheld by his vote and written declarationso that,
truth, ii the question before the people s Mr.
Hopkinson says, mere question of policy, the a.
inerican system, il is the north that ought 10 sup
port General jackson, for his sentiments ayow-
cd.
The constitution of the u. States "a article, 81
section declares, that the president OF the United
States ''shGH from time to- time, recommend TO
the consideration OF congress, such measures al lie
shall judge necessary and expedient-and i'll his
oath of office, Mr.. Adams swore, that lac would
faithfully execute what the constitution enjoinej.
Is the American system necessary or expcdcnt
If il is, why has Mr.. Adams refused TO recommend
IT'D He must have violated his duty, il he believed
1t necessary or expedent. and did not recommend
or, ii he refused TO recommeI,d il, because he
deemed il then he is not the friend Of
the northern policy.-We shall be glad, gentle
men, if you will enable to decide, on which
born Of this dilemma your candidate is TO lie fix
ed
No such dilemma exists in the case Of General
Jackeon.-N hen he came 70 act upon his oath, he
dil not shun the question as MIR. Adams did. The
father Of the tariff OF 1921, Mr. Henry Baldwin
i!ius spesks OH this subject.
1--WE support as our candidate, tile man, who, ia
every energy, risled his life Tor his country. and
who, disregarding all considerations OF local popu
lariiy, took his stand in tlic south, Jdrorw II tic
american system, and with the same 6rmness
with which lac had otter foiicd our enemies, bold
Iy announced his devotion 10 its principles In him
there was no ySIeJy, nO dipiOmGcy every one
can understand his IneaniDg-itese are the words
vi Gen Jackson.
'Heaven smiled upon. and gave US liberty and
iaHependeHce. The same Providence has blessed
US with the means Of national Independence and
siationGi de|eHce. IL we omit, refuse to use the
gifts which he has extended 10 tie, we deserve 00t
the continuation Of HIS blessing. lie has filled
our mountains and our plains with miner als--with
lad, iron md COPPER, and given ~ climate & soil
Tor the gr0UHg Of hemp & tcOOL These bring The
grand materials Tor oui national deieuce, Hcy OUGhf
10 hare extended to them 0dcg,tofc and ter pro.
tecfiOn, that oar own manufactures and IabOurcrs
NAY be placed on fair competition with those Of
Europe, and that We may have, toifhm our conn
frg, supply Of those leading s. important articles,
~ essential in war"
Who has written more than MIR. Adafns2 who
n fonder Of appearing ia print than he is' lac has
even taken the pains 10 proclaim, that he never
Ti be free mason and, yet, man has ever
seen an avowal from his pen Oh the subject Of
tlriH IL IL not illusOry, then TO pretend that lie is
Identified with IL, o. with any fixed principle on
the subject?
roI6t - roturn % r:Ip position Of Mr Uorkin-