Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-09-18

IN
JACKSON ranks gsaeraily, and 10 tie Knoxville No.
Particularly, than is the election of Mr. StandfS Nh,
Is not We'll qualified to De either n r.aras;,n or ;,co
bin. u JSfs9ss
CTocl-ett's majority o,<r 81; lis co,,o.itors :;
warts q three thousand, - "
I You rccolicct with what violence and hrrto1;., m
twas assaulted towards the close Of The last ~
ConGi csS. lor going far counter 20 lack op rt;a,
and tie Jackson faith as to ossocute nh .o-
Adams r'ombeis He thus incurred the ;iuo,n..,bIc
III Will vi his assailnts and other kindred spir IN M
state; indeed there is not in the Who'll, state
more lsiked than he Is, By the jacob;,,s and ,.c
despots Of the party; yet e rode trirIa.,ia,ty over nil
! opposition. Nnwt',u Crockett cannot ne beaten |
presume that our delegation. hayuf failed in their
efforts 10 put h'niaio eading srii;hs, and having CO..
seqnentiy eNcoia:n'nicatcd aud rcyiIei hirn--,yi
Change about ana, seek to acknowledge hiro such
iegerCenain and gr,ys Regeneration would DO on,
tr"y consnnant to the present dominant political
! f;.i
You have observed that your esreriai friend J,In
Blair--the one whose patriotic sensiblitcs were So
silocSed at Your receiving the ordinary SUN for your
services to the State Departincnt-is rc-elncfcd Bc
was greatly alarmed, for the salvation IF the public
Treasury, az Mr.. Clay having given small pitfance
Tor portrait otIa Father Of his Country 10 be hunp
up N tie Department although he, pretty near about
that ti;Tle. for giving 20 600, out OF this same
beloved Treasury, for painting in honor OF Jaeks2n
ana his militia fight, to be stuck up in the 1ot,Ili of
tie Capitol and subsequently,, assisted in vo-
ting away TO the dctrincnt OF this beloved Urea
sury TIE stan Of 600 &c the erection of aDortioo
IN further establishment ofPreslen; Jacksons white
Palace! doiia condemn these votes of JOHN Blair
They may be ii gbt and deansibe. | only advert 10
then! Us beng rGrletc with satire upon the report
against the expenses Of the State Department
by tii!s pra:ing de:nngogue and Congressional
mushroom. He has very little standing ainonr the
gentlemen Oh this state, and is especially odious
III his own irnncI!iatc District His real per
sonat character WAS not generally understood. before
John " illials published him rs having tiend The gam
LliAg at. Twas really unused at the figure Which
John Blair cut when saw his gambling pleas about
'c1ed and tis and not ready roaey, transferred TO
The columns of your Wing. lie row stands bare be-
lore the world as religious and political hypocre.
There are Inang men in his District who can beat
him; but the most OF those ,-io would be disposed to
oppose him, Ind offered themselves rs candidates
for the State Legislature in the late canvass
or had made otker arrangements, before the ex-
positions OF itls true character cume forth-
1o!ln A. Rogers, vcry respectable man, becaue
a candidate just tie week before the election;
but the people not in the habit of voting for candi-
da.es who do not come out Ut least as early as the
y: III Courts; and III tie case OF the opposition to
Blair many thought most corcmptuouslY OF him. and
wished to express their opinion of him emphatic a.
y as possible, by voting for some ridiculous candi-
date Piiestiy WHO has capacity at al, and Who
n addition, IS understood 10 be rambling unatic,
received SIX HUNDRED vorfs in Sullivan county, in
opposition to Bair TfSis truly complimentary
specimen OF the estimation in which the people hold
the revile- of Henry Clay, and the Re!rdnci.ing Re
ji71arr Of that gen;ieman's late Department!
In the Knoxville District, tie ''tiIi. Of war.,
Ihc contest tremendous. FoY violence and fury
eiectiOneerrg. Almost every one took sides las the
saying Isl and was MISUNDERSTANDING and old,
boys and all The feelings engcndered by the extra
ordinary conduct ofPryor Lea were in the first place
principally the of this violence. His abusive
letters, dated ct Washington, and Published in the
Knoxville Register, onidllod anmositics AID lighted
up blaze throughout the seven counties, which
threatened Tor while, TO consume feather,
him, his dictatOrs and personal adhcrents. About
six weeks before the election they were as mach AZ
fughted as ever were any waytarers III the midst OF
desert far from any shelter protection, listening
10 the peals OF thunder and the roaring storm. Nei-
tcr The cherished influence OF the Heros name
nor tue reputed high standing of Senator w he, fur
nisbai any check the current Of Arnods popularl
IT, He Just laughed az the efforts made to bear INN
down by the Jackson questions; acknowledged that
he had sincerely hoped Tor the defeat of the General
that he had arGently advocated the reelection of
Adansthd 1t had been his right To for whom he
pleased and that stouN interfere with his u1l-
BIASED suffrage citizen. BY this course, he
know that he 10 lose many votes, which ne would
otherwise obtains but nc preferred rather to compro
misc his interest tan sacrifice, III the least possible
degree, that independence with which ne set out and
which was within hairs breadth of triunphantiy
sustaining hun amid heavy and accumulated difficult
ties. Never before has man had such popularity
der such circumstances. In addition TO those disad-
yflntages which suggest themselves to the mind OF
any one familiar with state and national politics,
Arnold had arroyed against him the power of the
press. Never before had man TO encounter such
storm of obloquy, started and kept up against
hina by the ircendary libelcrs aud political cut
throats who ccntroul aud scribblc for Inc Knoxville
Register. This paper would have unrivalled infamy
ill the nation, fit had the adequate circulation. It
was seen, however that all could not defeat Arnold;
and recourse WIS had TO |oW phIy in the election.
Smuggling vas carried to an almost incredible length;
perjury was resorted to at the polls; bribery was re-
sorted to; and almost every other species of Illegal
and criminal continuance employed, that the in
EeDu;ty of despersdoes could inyent-all combined
achieving victory Of only 217 votes majority out Of
between nine and ten thousand ] will not say that
the boot-box rubbed at different places because
it is not in the nature Of things for to be able to
prove if pssitively but can't resist that behef.-
Some ofthe circumstances are, as conceive, irrecon
cilabIc with opposite conviction. ] can't here go
into detail; and need not you will yet know all
about the manper in which this District has been
ijugglcd out of Arnolds election. Hc is preparing,
am informed, to contest the election.
II -.