The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1829-06-18
From The Providence american of June 9.
LETTER TO PRESIDENT JACKSON

i'b XIV " hEoiDENl JhthooIN,
The following letter is not of the class !
OF political communications, that usually ap |
pear in the columns of Newspaper. II |
ls strictly, as the writer says fictitious only !
in signature, and expresses the honest con |
,Ictions of an individual Of sufficient stand. |
ing to entitlc his address To the deliberate
consideration of The President Of the u
States; and much more so we can assure
him than the personal representations TO
which he has repeatedly listened, from this !
as well as other sections of the country
touching the tewarding of friends and pun
lshing of enemies. We can vouch too fo
the disinterestcdness of this advice.
comes from one who wants office nc
for himself ar-Ais- -tz.anda--Tha u
views have always been at variance
our own, as to the relative merits Of M
Adams and General Jackson. .Ofthe form
er he has spoken in manner from which1
il ls needless for us To say, we wholly dis
sent, but this portion of his letter s neces
sary to illustrate the position in which he
stands. President Jackson whether he re
CARDS, or does not even read, this letter.
may be assured that it contnjns not only
The sentiments of all the intelligent and dis
interested Of his own party, but is in.
jicative Of the Judgment which history
will pass upon the present course OF his
ADMINISTRATION.
roTHE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Sir, trust that no apology is necessary
or addressing you through public news
oaper under fictitious signature. have
effected on the subject, and have come TO
he conclusion that every citizen has and
ught to have the right Of making known
this or in any other way he may think
roper, his opinions on subjects which in
crest the whole community,
Before enter on the subject, permit me
70 assure you that am no friend of your
predecessor: on the contrary ! think that
ic has made more sacrifices of principle
10 his own aggrandizement, than any other
man who has figured in public life since the
adoption Of our constitution, and that his
COMMUNICATIONS to Messrs Jefferson and
Gyles, have intlamed state OF feeling be
tween the South and the North which it
was the anxious wish Of every friend to
the union, should cease TO exist, and which
many good men now contemplate with
larm. | ought not to stop here and leave
YOU to infer that was al advocate OF your
late election. This was not the case. But
when you were elected by so large q ma
iority, as to be left entirely unembarasscd
as to The course you should pursue, having
the highest opinion of your patriotism and
! integrity, and rccolecting with pleasure
! the sentimen, expressed in your letter 10
! President Monroe, did hope and expect
that the magnanimi,y and independence OF
your character, would be so conspicuous
! in the conduct ofyour administrator, as 10
delight your real friends and silence the
csyls and calumnes Of your enemies.
| Had you have taken into your own hands
the reigus of government, and have pursu.
ed The course dictated by your own good
sense &fccling,therc is little reason to doubt
that your administration would have been
more popular than that of any one of your
predecessors. Your opponents would have
consisted of q few disappointed expectsnts
added to that description ofpersons who by
their SANDERS Of yourself and your friends
have rendered a change IN their course
impracticoble and who you could not have
desired should become your friends under
any circumstances. You have a slight in.
timation of what the public sentiment would
have been towards you, in that expressed
toward Judge Nc Lean. Of whose conduct
as Post Master General, you 80 highly ap.
proved, and whom you were induced to
+ place on the bench Of the Supreme Court,
Ifor.ressous which have been concealed ev-
en- from yourself. wish not To be under.
stood as iniimating an opinion that Judge
, Nc Lane has been undeseryedly elevated;