Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-01-18
From the T'ermone Northern Cenitne1.

we come now TO the question whether Mr.. Ad.
ANS administration is considered by the Democrat,
&c party, TO be republican, or, in other words whe
tier he is chiefly supported by the Federalists or
by the Republicans?
In the abstnce Of all other evidence, TIE various
elections, which have taken place 10 the several
states 10 the course OF the last twelve months, Of
ford almost demonstra,sc proof tina, he is not the
choice, and that he miU not receive any considcra-
bile portion Of the votes Of the Republican party Tor
re election. But there are other facts and signs
OF the times" which show that the Federal party
have re-organizcd its ranks and ranged itself under
ms banner, and is now yielding to him its undivided
confidence and support
! On which side the Otises, the Quincies. the
Wcosters. and the whole Of the Hartford Conven
ton class OF federasts in Ncw-Engand? Siaunch
friends and clamorous advocates Of Mr.. Adams.
Have these men changed their political principles
Did not Josiah Quincy once move in Congress 10
Impench President Jefferson, the iliustrious founder
OF The Republican partyr Have not Mr.. Adams par.
isans in Massachusetts, again succeeded in placing
the state government in the hands Of the Federal
sts in order TO him the whole OF Their cleo
oral vntes9 Mo- merely he Essp.r Junto but the
gca, body OF the old Federal party, have declared
for the " second Adams And, what is some what
curious and wholly mex pile able any other ground
than thai which we have assumed, is, that several
OF IT'S moM jealous members who. at the time of
Mr.. Adams election suspected he might be Re-
publican, and ,pere therefore against him, haze
since the commencement Of his administration, be
come, all at once, violently in lore uith him. Is
this to be attributed the fact that their suspicion
has been strengthened into CONNECTIONS that he is
genuine republican /?
Again, on which side are the newspapers enlist.
ed! Every Federal paper in .Nsic England, with.
&c believe, one single exception the Boston Ca
zette, is in favor of Mr. adams while there
are abou, tirenty Republican papers for General
Jackson!i
In the State Of New York, every federal paper,
but onr, is in faror OF Mr. Adams, and ercry Re
publican paper, but one, is against him
Who can misunderstood the language which
these facts speak? They indicate, in the clearcst
manner, the determination Of the Democratic psrty
throughout the country to support Gen Jackson
for the next President, and the liked resolution Of
the Federal party to cling to Mr.. Adams as their
last and only hope.
But. as kind Of rcbutter to all this we are told
that Timothy Pickering ia oppoted to MIR. Adams
What would fhi, prove, if the fact we're so !!
Does 40, every person, in the least acqusinted
with the history OF the Adams and Pickering FAM
lilies, know that there has subsis,ed between them
for the last twenty Ave thirty years, violent and
unahaed hostility Col. Pickering qnarrelled
with the elder Adams, and in 1894, was opposed to
the election OF his son. John Quincy adams. Since,
however. the question has been pu, upon party
grounds. he i. understood 10 have come into his
support. and to nnilc With his former political asso
ciates IN their endeayors TO regnin their influence
by the re election Of Mr. hdams.
The article in the Press' has named Governor
Chiltendcn, Gen. Barnun, and MIR Haight, as
" proof dcmenstrative' that Gen. Jackson is tho
fedsru! candidate
II is sufficient now 10 say that these gentlemen
come with the exception which VIC have already
4 ,xI.sr kaIcr
para,isely small, Of the federssss who never have
placed any confidence in Mr.. Adams political in
trgrity and prefer the election Of frank, genuine
Republican to that OF man whose course has. in
their opinion. been marked by schshness and du
plicny though supposed to belong to their own par
~. And this, we believe. was case OF frequent
occurrence, in the warmcs, political times.
| Those men 20 no, prefer Gen. Jackson because
they consider hin. to be the candidate Of the Fed
erat party.
But i, is enough 10 provoke the laughter and con
tempt Of any man, TO hear the garrulous brother
hood OF the "2ree Press" cry out with so much
feeling and alarm sganst the ain OF Teriring party
distinctions and pa. ~ spirit.
/ Their very elcmen. is strife and contention. The
paper through whose columns they discharge the
sxuberance OF their gall and bitterness. owes its
origin and ita continuance in life, TO the prcmpinRs
OF thai spirit which they now affect TO deprccatc
Who are the men that own the property Of the
Free Press, that furnished the money 10 establish it,
and that no,U More its rires, and supervise its po
lncal publications. Are they TO party" gentle
men. Their sole object was, and 10, 10 excite and
pefpetuac discard. confusion and anmosity. From
hs time tho hsrt number Of the Press issued, 10 this
day, they have done little else than ring the changes
upon set OF blackgusrdly snd abusi'c epithes.
and party names, in order 10 cxaspera,e AID calum
Mate those who happened to be the objects OF their
impotent malice and spleen.
Keeping on, of sight the true distinctions OF he
publcans and Fsdsralsts, they talk constantly and
boisero usy Of administration and .Alti-.4dminis-