Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-02-06
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PROVIDENCE. WEDNESDAY. FEB 0.
POLITICAL SIGNS.

h"c Pohticu' Signs oi tHo noy, are OF Tn
most encouraging nature, and give rencwc,
hopes and freshened ardour to the friends O
administration the friends of the country
The defeat cftLc political campaign in Louis
lana, assure5 us that the prospects of Genera
Jackson, arc blighted, and that the triumph q
the administration, is next TO certain. This ",
say, in the :ulncss Of a splri. of welcome ans
gladness, and wc beg leave to congratulate
our friends, on the prospect that is before us
Mr.. Adams must be reelected the ~constitu.
ton is safe aud tho people may no longer en-
terrain those fears which once annoyed them,
and filed their boso,ps with emotions OF Joub,
and regret.
We would repeat again and again, and in
La most emphatic language that We could
call 10 our ail-if it were necessary for rs TO
DO so-thsi tho administration has triunphsd
over all opposition, and secured sacred and in
violate, the chartered privileges Of the peo-
! pie. Although such arc our feelings, and such
are on. opinions, We would not have tho cd
rninis.ration party relax their efforts, because
they have pu! the ene!ny down, Oh the contra
~, VIC would beg them to be visilant and in
dustrious. and to leave no stone unturned,
which if ttiod could in the least, accelerate
'hcir views, and promote their laudablc OBJ
;,cis.
The administration. is gaining ground ovcry
day, in every section of the country--crcn in
those districts, which VIC had long considered
noT;l,, TO do our duty, and we shall re sure OF
attaining those ends, for which wo have 80
long struggled, aud which are Immediately.
and mos, distinctly identified, with the happi-
rcss Of tho country, and tho independence and
l:Lcr,y Of the American people.
There was a time, when orr prospects were
obscncd, and sc had every reason 10 fear,
tina, we should DC dofcited;--for tho admins,
trationis.s, satisfied with the then stale Of
things, and too confident Of ultimate success,
Gid nothing for their party, and were idle.
whilst the oppositionists, were s.cmming tho
current Of popular fear, and putting down all
opposition. Fhus things repained for a while,
when our party, bcholdiug defeat in pcrspec.-
ive'c1mc forward in the fitness Of their strength
and determined to engage the foe, and the in
vader of those rights, which had been guaran-
tccd to US by The collected wisdom Of the pco-
pic.
Since then, the American public, as if ami
mated by the importance Of the question, and
the migh,iness of the subject, have come for
ward, and making an effort in behalf Of tho
good cause, have vauquished their opposers.
The spirit has gone abroad, and now from the
rcmoter parts Of Maine, TO the mouth Of tho
N ssissippi, we behold the populaco assembling
from time to time, and declaring their riews
on ,hi, n,omcntous subject, and approving of
the wisdom displayed, and the purity eyinced,
By the present executive and his cabinet.-s
These meetings have been tc!din al! parts 81
the United States ;-wc have read much Of
their pr oceedings, but thus Gar, have not Pc
ruscd any that has better pleased lie, than those
which were presented by the citizons Of CIrE-
RAW, South Carolina. Fhc address and rcso-
Iutions adopted by that meeting, arc worthy
Of especial notice, and as we would not pass
them Ivy in silence, we sill make an OCCASION
al extract, from the preamble and resolutions.
"The present Chief Magistrate, it is by all
admitted, was elected in accordance with the
s~irictcst provisions Of the Constitution, and his
defeated competitor, with an affected magnan-
unity, was among the first TO congratulate him
on his success. We say affected, because his
subsequent conduct proved him then TO be act
lug only the part of dlsscmblcr. But tho al.
legged ground Of opposition was trumpctcd to
tho world as originating in the moral turpitude
Of Mr.. Adams and MIR. Clay in forming n cor
'rupt bargain 10 defeat the vii! Of the people.
1t was in vain they opposed 10 this black and
unfoundcd accusation, lives Of untarnished pu-
rity spent in the service of their country and
in defence Of her rights in vain they chal-
lenged the ~s.rictcst scrutiny and dared tho cal
umniators to the proof Of their allegations in
vain that the weak tool Of this foul conspiracy,
after protesting his willingness to confront Mr..
Clay before an approved tribunal, meanly
shrunk from the tnsk--in vain that the voice
Of reason and the dictates of an honorable con-
science stamped falschood on tho face Of the
gorgeous calumny-yct with an industry and
pcrtinacity~ nncqua!led, and with all tho arts Of
an unprinciplcd faction, the story was kept
alive, and in divers shapes and aggravated de-
| tails, was sought to be indelibly implanted in
the public mind. A moro foul conspiracy to
ruin the reputation of a public man and destroy
the political prospects Of one of the brigiies!
ornaments of our country. never disgraccd the
annals OF n civilized nation. And yet tho very
man, who has given consequence, form and
character 10 this atyocious alnmny, is held
forth to the world by his clamorous partisans
emincntly deserving tho highcs, honor in the
| power of tho people to confer. But let Mr..
CLAY BIO assured that the fountains Of Justice