Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-27

TACTICS OF TUE COMBINATION.

now, as ON All previous occasois, the
teope and an under estimate OF their Judgments THIS was
an or habit OF the elder Fcdeta which is naturally
pese"tday They have no belief IN the Intelligence v
Tue OF the feope add hence they imagine tina, they deceive
en oy unioldcd tales pcrverons Of the truth 10y the
assumption OF characters that do not belong Them
Tue foregoing extract. from tho Albany Arg,Is il
so Iathut description of the opposition the late
administration, that on first reading il, we almost
SUPPRESSED that 1t had, By strange oversight. been
transferred to the Argus from print OF former
date, favorable TO the recollection OF Mr.. Adams III
seems however, to have been cuded without any
precise notion on the part OF the writer of its
appncaolIity' and merely TO introduce the attack
on Mr. Clay, which constitutes the remainder of the
article. IL has been the iavorite employment of the
jackson party, both before aud since the change Of
dn.'istratiOn TO pursue Mr.. Clay with every sno-
clcs OF vuuperltlon and caumuv, of "unf1undcd
tales, anu ''perversions of the truth" The same
ranCorous spirit assails him in his retirement and
Wi'n venom which increases in proportion as the
Impotence of its efforts becomes manifest The AL
0any Argus, and It's affiliated prints, affect to consider
Mr. Clay as candidate for the next Presidency and
ehoeavor To concentrate against himIn that quality
tue EFFORTS oil tue combination. Now, it is certnin
that Mr. Clay has not been announced as candidate
for any public station. His friends. thour,h every dnv
auS TO their admiration of his talents and his virtues
ana TO their high estimate of his patriotic services
nave torOorne To perturh the pu,c mind by the per
mature agitation OF question which cannot be deei
ded Tor more than three years. 1t is ONLY in the
presses devoted TO the Administration that this dis
tnGuished statesman II candidate for the prcsi,cnc,
rms hostile nomination proceeds partly from desire
to improve the occasion which offers of revilinr the
object of their hatred und their terror, and partly
from the sinister policy which both taste and necessi-
/ W nave recommended to the party IN power
| the election of Gen. Jackson To tho Presidency
being only secondary object of the politicians who
combined 10 promote 1t, they now dilgcnt, enclI
tor himself, IN prosecuting the Interior objects for
which the alliance formed. Mr.. Calhoun and
Mr.. Van Buren,, the leaders OF tho two Grand divis-
ions OF the Jackson army, have both been nominal cd
by their friends for the Presidency. The nomination
10! Mr.. Van Buren,, in Alabama, is the more formal
and Official and, from the elaborate eulogv which in
PRODUCES IT. may bc regarded the result of dircs
ted scheme OF operations His claims are vnJicat,J
by disclosure of early services I'm the dark and
pernus days OF 90 " and o: his ''coniuncticn with
the MadlsOns and the MacOns;" circumstances winch
had escaped the notice OF the public, until the pre-
sent crisis drew them from obscurity. Tint thcv
should first form the subject of eulnrv i'm ABban,o
must be gratifying the friends OF Mr. Van Buren
as an indication OF his celebrity in dsnnt quarter of
the Unions and they cannot bat aDprove the polirv
which selected that region as t!o scene of nm corl,
demonstration III his favor.
While the experiment, with which this movement
IS connected III progress, MIR. Calhoun active in
accomplishing the aim for which nc has 4 ,sertcd his
former principles. and for which he is ready tn turn
new somerses. While the relative sirenpth of ihcsn
two competitors Is undetermined, and until one of
them shall receive caucus appointment as heir an
parent to the Presidency each perccivcs tho ncccss-
~ OF avoiding these open divisions which niult
acceIGrute inc dissolution OF the party which each
IesCs MS only nope OF advancement. To preserve
this party entire, Gen. Jackson is held forth os =
candidate for re-election and will be SO supporcd IL
neither Mr.. Calhoun nor MIR. Van Buren, can succeed
IN obtaining caucus nomination As 4 means Of
keeping the combination together during this interval.
tne cry Is raised of an opposition candidate. Mr.
Clay Is selected by his enemies for this Office as The
ndiN, dual most formidable to the party, aud his
friends are then charged with iniilmine the public
MIND by II premature agitation of the Presidential
questIon.-They arc not, however 10 be made the
dupes on shallow artfcc for bargaining away the
Presidency. They will abstain, us they have done
from tactious opposition to the Administration and
when they nominate Mr.. Clay TO the Presidency Il
VIII not be on the advice Of his enemies. Il the Pre-.
sdentiai question is 20 be stirred at this early day
and the waters OF bitterness be again poured over
Inc land The people VIII be at no loss in determining
VINO are censurabe for the act. The Jackson party
have already three candidates in the field
M. JOnHIi.