Litchfield enquirer., 1829-03-26

sN sS Y"'N"SUtS VI VtoT 9OOuSellutOn. had terminated with a majority of the State in favour of Pcdraza, tue civil can. didate, An insurrection was raised in be. halt ot llis military rival the cry, not cx- actly ot a bargain, but of corruption, was sounded; the election was anuulied, and a reform effected by proclaiming Gen. Gu. crrero, having only minority of the states. duly elected President. The thunaers from the surrounding forts, and the acclamatiOns ol tue assembled multitude, on the fourth, told us what General was at the head of our affairs. 1t is true, md tn this resnect we are happier than acsaa Af4ks AsnUrtcan States, that his election has not been brought about by military violence. The forms fthe Constitution have yet remain. cd inviolable. N "
 In reasserting the. opinions which hold. nothing is further from my parpuse than tc treat with the slightest disrespecl those of my fellow citizens here or elsewhere who may entertain opposite sentiments, The fact of claiming and exercising the free and independent expression of the dictates of my own deliberate judgment, affords tho strongest guaranty of my full recognition oftheir corresponding privilege.
 A majority of my fellow citizens, 1t
 would seem, does not perceive the dangers
 which I apprehend from the example. Be.
 lievc that they are not real, or that we have some security against their effect which ancient and modern republics have not found, that majority, tn the exercise of ,hcir incontestible right of suffrage, have chosen for Chief Magistrate . cisisen who brings into that nigh trust no qualification other than military trlumphs.
 That citizen has done nc much inius.
 tice--wan unprovoked, and unatcned
 injustice. It was inflicted, as ! mus, over believe, forthe double purpose of gratifying
 private resentment and promoting personal
 ambition. When, dUfinp the late canvass,
 he came forward. in the public prints, un- der his proper name, with his charge against me. and summoned before the pub- lie tribunal his friend and his only witness
 to establish 1t, the anxious attention of the
 whole American people was directed tc
 the testimony which that witness might
 render. He promptly Sbeyed the call.
 and testified l0 what he knew. He conld
 say nothing, which cast ,he slighest shade
 upon my honor or integrity. What he did
 say was the reverse of any implication Ol me. Then all inst and impartial nsetis
 and all who had faith in the magnnnlmlty l of my accnser, believed that he would vol-
 untarily make public acknowledgements of his error. How fur this reasonable ex- pectation llas becM fulfilled, let his peFse-
 yerinR and stubborn silence attest.
 But ny relations to that citizen, by re- cent event, are now changed, Hc is the Chief Magistrate of my country. Invested with large and extensive pcwerss the ad- ...inisiration of which may conduce to lts prosperity, or occasion its diversity. Pat riotism enioins, as . duty, .hat whilst he isi In that exalted station, he should Do treated with decorum, and his official acts Do judg- cd of in spirit of candor. Suppressing
 as far us can sense of my personal
 wrong willing even to forgive him, if his own conscience and our common God can acquit him; and entertaining for the ma-- jority which has elected him, and for the
 office which he fills, all the defeIence
 which is due fFom private citizen, most
 anxiously hope that under his guidance the great interests of our country, foreign
 and domestic, may be upheld, our fee in-
 s,ilutions De unimpaired, and the happiness
 of the nation be continued and iDCkeased. Whilst am prompted by an ardent sde--s
 votion to the welfare of my country sin-
 cerely to express this hope, ! make nc
 pledges, no promises, no throats, nnds Al
 must add, Ihayo no confidence. My pub- lic life, | trust, furnishes the best glarap. sy for my faithful adherence 10 those G.eae principles of external aud insernal policy to which l, has beon hitherto xealonsly ded- ica,cd. Whether | shall ever hereater
 take any part in tho public councils or not,
 depends upon circumstances beyond my
 conlroul. Holding tho principle that
 citizen, ns long as . single pulsation re-
 mains, is under an obIigatiOnso overt bls utmost energies in tho service of us co''n- try, if necessary, whether in private OF public station, my friends bore and every
 whsre may rest assured. tllas, in either condition. I shall stand erect. wi'ha spirit unconquered, whilst lifs endurcs, ready tO second their exertions in the cause oi ilo- erty, the Union, d she national prosper'ly. Before E sit down avail myself. w''n pleasure, of this opportunity, to H'ake ny grateful acknowledgements for tue c"ufse- sies ai.d friendly attentions when have nn;farn,lv experienced from the itiha1D~ ants of this Cily. A free aud social ip'er- course with them, during period 0y.noso