Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-22
From the Psnnsy sylvania Wing.
OF JACKSONISN

paper ulldoI tilIS lillc, uttSllinp SOiHe vi
those minor events, and smaller ancc-
dotes, wh::h we found it announcement,
or in bad taste, to include in the epistola-
ry expositions allrdcd to.
+ An opinion generally ohtains TINT the
President Is rtry popular, and that his
party are warmly attached TO him
Nothing was ever more fallacious The
contrary is the fact lie is secretly ha-
ted by the very men, who, out of fear of
the populacc, yield him cold support;
and really despised even by those he ap-
points to Office. The whole scene con-
stltutes one Of the greatest popular larces
that ever was enacted in any country, by
any parties We marvel how they can
avoid laughing in each others face.
! The Jackson Meeting last Winter, in
this city, was one Of those singular oxh-
bitions Of success, owing to want Of de-
cision in some one adventurous individu-
al to defeat it; which has marked the
Jackson cause, az being more the result
Of blind chance, than of popularity in
the CHIEF, or judgment in his followers.
4 When the letter of Mr.. Toland, from
the palace at Washington, was received
by MIR. Guicr, great CONSERVATION pre-
vailed among the Inquirer party. Mr.
Harding was IN great perturbation. Mr.
| William Stewart distilled all the perspi-
ration of small politics through every pore
Gen. Patterson felt and expressed no
little trepidation, lest the call should sue
ceed, and Jackson again be placed in
nomination. A general feeling of dis
/ gust pervaded all of that party, that such
mercenary and unfair means should be
used to procure a nonination-in this
feeling, notwithstanding $1,000 pr annum
was in suspense, we were remarkably
warm, and freely expressed the indigna
tiGn that so bareiaccd q trick excited. -
Mr.. John Conrad and others, all shared
in one common sentiment. II was lm-
med!atcly agreed, that we should con-
trive some mea IS to battle the nomination;
for which object, a postponemem OF the
meeting, after it should be organized, oc-
Cured as the most feasible; and it was
arranged, that as we could not prevent
the meeting; we should attend, & move
the indefinite posiponemem. For this pur-
pose, it was settled, that Gen. Patterson
should be nominated as Chairman; be-
} cause he was native of Ireland; so that
in case any Of that nation in the meeting,
should attempt disturbance, on account
of the hanging Of Porter, which had ex-
cited the animosity Of the Sons oflliber-
MIA, as stigma put upon them by Gen.
Jackson-hc might the more readily quel
it.
Il AT the hour, or before tie hour, every
man was at his post General Patterson
was nomnated-but the friends of Gov.
ernor Wolf opposed his taking the chair
as being too early to proceed to business
In the meantime, the room began to fill
with the friends of DIR. Sutherland, who
1t was supposed came to carry the meet
ing for Mclean. 1t was now Wolf and
Anti-W olf-the Governors question had
superseded that of the Presidency; and
the friends of DR.. Sutherland Immediate
ly rallied against General Patterson
THERE WAS NOT SINCERE FRIEND OF
JACKSON IN THE ROOM, But FEW Gus.
, TOM House. officers, Mr.. Guier, Gener
: al Duncan, &c.-togethsr with few c.r.
pecianis, who under the wings of MIR
Horn, looked to the Palace for n rerard
: 1t was most extraordinary scene o.
. heartless Jacksonism; where a MULTI
. TUDE OPPOSED IN SECRET TO GENERAL
JACKSON, were all rallied into his supper
by bold and brawling office hunter, b,
accidental circumstances, and conlliotin,
d views on local politics!
Y General Patterson was baffled out o
, the chair by the happy assurance Of MIR
: Horn, who took possession, as if he hsc
+ inherited the right from his iather-ac
T, cording to the rule Of recession that pre-
i walls in monarchics.
But for the DANISH COMMISSION,
should certainly have dispersed the meet
ing-but my friends kept at my elbow
, and made constant appeals to suppress
feeling. As ii was, however, ! said e.
= nough to be transmitted to Washington,
where il had its INFLUENCE in destroying
> the CONFIRMATION by the Senate. We
had uttered ndiscrcctly to a friend, suf-
ficiently loud to be overheard, that but
for the Senate, we would blow the meet
ing "sky high"
Among other heartlcss supporters OF
the Hero present, was Mr.. VIM. j. Du-
ane; whose ideas had so exactly tailed
with my own, in respect to the imbecilty
and corruption Of the President! Ii is
amusing to look back, and see how those
who held bim most in contempt have
been rewarded. MIR. WIN. Nj. Gouge
was also present, whose opinions Of ,hc
President were not elevated above the
degree Of contempt. | observed with
! surprise, that Mr.. james Ronaldson