Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-10-13
SIM SONS LETTERS.
[From the Philadelphia United States Gazette. ]
TO TIE PUBLIC-LETTE 3.

III TIE IL 'BLlt-LETTER3 3.
In the eagerness of "A common pursuit
to attain darling object, the passions
are too apt to ovrcloud the judgment, *
shut ont all perceptions but those which
favor the qualification of the one prcdom-
mate desire. Sich is now the case with
Gen. Jackson, and those who urge him
to reelection; who excite him to rush
towards preclrice that is to plunge him
into gul ph, whence his fame and his
glory can never emerge. lie Imagines
every man his enemy, who opposes his
fatal career towards this devouring whirl-
pool; and common interest in his fol-.
lowers creates the same dclusion,o or leads
them to dcnounce all who would save his
honor as his foes-and paint themselves,
who would immediate him 10 their selfish
ness, as his friends! Can this be so?-
Fatal invasion of truth and lricndship!-
No-so far from being an enemy to Gen
Jackson, | am his best lriend-l would
snatch him from rui1--save his gray
hairs from indignity--his honor from
blemsh-his fame from blght-his name
and his glory from degradation. But to
do this must oppose his re election, and
his bands of pensioners and eXpcCtants
cry aloud in the agony of fear, lest they
should lose Office, or miss its attainment
Under the circumstances detailed in
my first letter, desponding, dispiritcd, and
with no defined or distinct object, save
an unavailng r.monstrance against the
proposed corruption Of his party, took
my departure for Washington; having
previously vented some cXpostulations
through the columns of the Mercury,
which then edited, against the rising "a
buses of the new administration. ! had
seen Gen. Jacksonat n Orleans,b but had
never come in personal contact with him.
From correspondence OF six years, how
ever, his cordiality-his kindness, warm
ly expressed-and his concern manifest
ed for the welfare Of my family cher
ished no dstrust of fcrvcnt welcome
personally, however ight be repulsed
as politician, bearing mission ofpuri-
ty to a man in power, flushed with recent
triumph, and confident against the world
in strength of his popularity. History
had admonshed me on all the points Oh
which might expect a Notifying re-
pulse, or supcrciious defeat, when pro-
posing compliance with his professions
to the "people!" English and French
politics, not to 90 back to Greece and
Rome, were full of examples, in which
the competitor for a crown, when victo-
rious, had turned his back on those who
had helped him to it, to court new friends,
and aspire to nobcr alliances. IL was
the common and bcsctting sin of all cor
rupt courts and kingly governments. 1t
had plunged Rome in bloody leuds-had
desolated England with civil broils-snd
disrupted England and France with con-
nicting factons:--thc want of faith to
frends-and the practice of corruption to
win over enemies. Besides new creed
was growing fashionable among our A
merican pollticlans-a creed that held 1t
was justiliablc in "thc higher order Cf
politicians" to deceive the people by pro-
fcssions which they never intended to full
fiji, and which they were not bound to re-
deem: that such deception was nccossa-
ry to governmcnt-and that the initiated
ought to connivc in the fraud, as a sacred
mystery common to all aspirants to pow
er!-Such facts and reflections were not
calculated to inspire hope of success,
in the romantic attempt to beSccch new
ly elected president to remain true to his
principles, and faithful to his friends
Yet the fact of his former character, in
times past, was not without its influence,
in producing an impression that he might
yet be reclaimed from the College of
Machiavillians that surrounded him. IL
was due TO his services TO his country, not
to dlstrust him on rumor, or to discard
him without an effort to bring him back to
his principles. could not harbour the
suspicion that Andrew Jackson, the Far
mcr of fTcnncssee-thc plain, blunt, hon
est republican, intended TO act on the
principles of the Italian jugglcr, adopt
the maXims Of the royal house of Stuart,
that he must "purchasc his cncmlcs"-
and neglect his friends, because assured
that nothing could shake their fidelity
Rctinemcnts so atrocious were not To be
expected from the unsophisticaicd yeo-
man, Andrew Jackson, whilst his honors
were yet green, his heart un'aintcd, and
his head unbewilderod by the sophistrics
ofthe court, jostling for place, intriguing
for power, and fighting for the success
sion.
Being well acquainted, by this time,
with the intrlgucs and Vaccinations OF
Major Eaton, ! determined to announce
mysclfto the President directly, without
the lormality of his introduction; and ac-
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