Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-04-15
POITTTCAT.
'Ess OF THE ADMINISTRATION CON
VENTION,

FInSk
VENTION,
IN THE CAPITOL, AT RALEIGH, N. C.
Concluded from our last.]
i low-Citizens, there is one charge
hgainst the President. tits charge
ought to have been well weighed
" It was advanced which should be
royed. before it is believed which,
leaves a stain upon our national
tier, hardly to be effaced; and
if false, should draw down heavy
alton upon those who had the base
j fabricate it, or the rashness to pre-
81 without a certainty of its TRUTH
!. ll know that we allude to the charge
<brrupt bargain between Mr.. Adams
Il. Clay, by which the latter was Sc
I'd to support the former, and to pro-
{ br him sufficient number of subser-
& friends in Congress, by whose votes
the election in his favour. In
s;hcerity of our souls we declare, that
~ humbled in noticing this accusa-
X, What must foreigners think of the
Il of morals in our country, when char
'ke these are banded against the
st distinguished of our statesmen p
hst d malignant triumph is afforded to
onemies Of freedom, by such imputa-
ia boldly made, fearlessly circulated,
ainss men of the highest reputation for
fs6IIRl integrity and long illustrious, in
ssd Confederated States, for their pub
Itices, their talents, and their sta.
n And what must we ourselves
3. pf the appetite for SANDER, which
& skallow these accusations, without
l1f of the bigotry of party, which be.
Them against proof; of the indiffer-
IL with which those who disbelieve
ness and endure their circulation and
herare display of that generous sensi-
n which was to have been expected
b ihe honorable and highminded op.
is of traduced and slandered gentle
r If there were no other motive to
Vi BIS from hastily joining the opposi.
he fear to encourage calumny by
-; a solicitude to put down rash
4 Rthless attacks on personal reputa-
! determination not to Justify the
ation of our character abroad, flor
1haracter there is identified with that
30 President, our Secretary of State,
embers of Congress) would all come
ID of the best feelings of the human
Ito bid us keep aloof We shall not
WA pugh the evidence which disproves
aecusation : for, strange to say, con-
b p every rule of ordinary Justice, it
p EN- required to be disproved. We
Tou to the statement of Mr.. Bucha-
IS be witness by whom it was hoped or
'a6Ie ed to be established, and to the
3. Five refutation by Mr.. Clay him
p his manly appeal to the commune
hose who yet believe it must con-
M b believe it. Conclusions formed
y. evidence and against evidence
be shaken by argument. Those
We not been reasoned up can never
i oned down.
p be ability ofMr. Adams to discharge
III functions of his office-of his "a.
acquaintance with its duties-of his
' and devoted attention to its la
and Of the general prosperity Of
etpntry under his administration, there
p but little question. Why, then,
to discard him, and to confide to
'ieA hands the momentous interests oil
nshon, which we know to be safe I'M
hls guardianship ? Isexperience, the
~ ali teachers, Of ne avail in political
keq! Is the practical wisdom. &C.
'eq py four years administration Of the
1--WE Office, to be thrown away with
4 tause! Do we hazard nothing from
liability which must be impaired to
|o1 measures, by the total change Of
IN who administer them Can any
|ent and steady line of policy be
4, if, from change of councils,
Ire broken up, before they can be
~ ID; or their execution entrusted to
Who had no agency in forming them,
nnnot be presumed to understand
Y cope and tendency? The friends
3en eral Jackson are eloquent in praise
'n patriotism which he displayed in
fence of his country; Of the energy
trolling and directing the irregular
q. Of militia; of the severity with
"a he chastised the cruelty, and over
q the ferocity, of the Indians and Of
Military genius and heroism which
ed him to achieve the memorable
~ of Orleans, over a disciplined and
fful foe. Animated by the recollec-
Y these exploits, they call on you to
~ on him, as reward, the Office Of
dent Of the United States. If, fellow
ms, this Office were merely regard,
OF a trust, then, indeed, the inquiry