Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-05-11
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 r,sssPoadence has giren rise. ihe arucie, upon which It is our intentio to be SLOW lew reflections, has drawn curtnil uno, e"e' n "hoiiy new Tn this country, and atpethpr a,scredable to the movements of eleva,edi;ca , ne ilnefican people have long naercd themselves
 i" '.9e, at east Is the ruling trait of ther great men and that whatever of cunningsor nerdd ex;st. GU HI 'ie hatlonwas to be found in the humbl walks ol ie the lnvarable attendant of penury an, ,,,,n " nat dellslon must be removed by the uh;ect before us Upon the great surface of tl,, morol world, dupclty is the growth of every soil md ,ba i'ct Is last approaching fixed conlirnatio,p that ;,
 o,e 'a.ored and congenlal region is in inc biohest ranks of society. The evidences of rencb,r[ a'I all its corupting consequences lave sa g,,, "iIa crowded upon the political events of this co1nt,, ana nave been exhibited in such ranid succe,s;,,1 peiofe the American people, that it shoud awaken no surprise II one were to declare that the federal nj this day no,, IT IA decetlnl upon which tue sun ton strong one, but to lie mAh me whRp whRpW Wb be so upon some retired elevation, unawed by the stern ness or power, and unmoved by the seductons of fame, and aentively beholls the millions of secret currents Ihat are forever urging men in the pul- silt oi office, he will be constrained to say tiia it is not stronger than true. The remark is not applica- ble to the constituent elements of soclety They are comparatively pure and passive; but operated apon by the combined influence of avarice and nm bltlon passion and power they are often driven ito surges that threaten to whelm every thing that is ionnd drifting upon their summits. This is precise " the present aspect of the great deep' of roli cal affairs in the United States, produced v the cs say we are now about to examine. ConimniHg the iigure, the storm is up andi still rages: none dare predict who IS to be lost, or who is to be saved
 We propose to investigate this subject dispassor- atey,--not with any great hope of enlighcning any one,-but with view to warn the people not to f,l into ranks, with blind and reckless devoedness to men, without carefully examining the claims whica they have upon their eountenance and support. A, they nave been appealed to in the most studied and solemn forn so, m the most cool and deliberate mlu ner, should they make up their verdict
 They owe 1t to their seI:respect They owe t to their virtue and integrity as It is an event broug on, not by their agency, not to commit themselves on either sde, until they hTve duely weighed and con sdered all the evidence submitted 10 their nspec ton Let justice be done, and let the gully party iail into that nered contempt which always d. watts the unsuccessful issue of selfish motives.
 The pamphlet is addressed to the peoph of the United States, and the testimony laid befoR them doubtless, with view to their impartial detsion- As part of that community thus invoked. i've feel authorised to submit our judgment; and having mo- thnng to dsguisewe are free to say thnt Mir Calhoun has not sustained himself The reasons for this opinion shall now be frankly given.
 | In the first place we do most seriously object to the manner Of the address It an appeal to the sym pathles Of the people; attempt to harrow up their | ieehhgs, and under the compassion which a most suinS complaint never fails to produce it is hoped to seduce them into favor contrary to their better udg- nent. lhls Is species of political embracery that t:ie American public ought to despise because it nl- plles an ctemlnacy in thcir understanding, adverse to sober investigation, and easily touched by the winning arts of application. But cause thus sup ported, seldom fails to betray tsef and he who the rather chooses to risk his fortunes upon the feelings than upon the firm stad judgment of community, wi sooner or later find himself upheld by the most | deceptive as well as unsubstantia props.
 The address too, Is not only very artfll, but very uncandld. It is Intentionally long in it's details, and complicated m its facts, constantly breathing the l slshs of persecution, and breaking out into the | groans of in jured innocence. The latter deceive | the former are not understood consequently, the mind IS drawn off from the true question: and rising rom such mixture Of cold suggestion and cunning sensibty, most persons believe something must be wrong.
 1t IS said of those who practice that kind of ecep- ton called slight of hand, that they principally suc- ceed by their powers of distracting the attention of spectators at the critical moment of performing the trick. Amused and called off to a foreign object that individual point of time is eagerly seized to play off the delusion and the fraud becomes complete. 1 Not unlike this mannvre is the communication of MT Calhoun Stript of all the parade of facts. and the pageant of long rendered services hard earned fame, and all of that sort of selfdevoton, what does the case amount to? in the spring of 1Sl2 General Jackson, in continuation of his splendid achieve nents performed during the last war, was called on | by the government to chastse and suhdue the com 1 bned forces of the Lower Creeks and Seminole tribes of lndans who had carredon Il most inhuman predatory war upon the States of Alabama and Geor- ga almostrom the close ottle war with England and the Indians, down to the above mentioned period As usual success attended his vaIor, and the enemy fled from before him. in every direction; but encouraged | and supported by English emisares, and counte. nanced secretly by the Spanish authorities in tor da, they sheltered themselves in that Province. l From which il was their design to sally forth again upon the frontiers of the States to renew ther work of plumber, raplne, and murder. This was readil, perceived by General Jackson, and he foresaw tha his oppsratons would prove entirely intellectual uu less their refuge was destroyed Acuated by req sons so forcible, and fortiied as he believed witt the permission of his government he did not hesitate capture Florida This course gave great uquieud, 10 Mir Monroe, who tbereupon called cabinet coun cil, which, though it broke up without censurin. General Jackson, had, like most coucs, some oftht agtang materials that intrigue never fails to put r operation, tending to the accomplishment of ultr; designs. Under the boasted but often affected vir tue of secrecy, only so much of the proceedings this meeting, and above the honorable acquitta of General Jackson, came to light, as was designed artuly to leave upon his mind the belief that seri ous attack had been made upon his merited fame by William H. Crawford. And that but for tht warm defence urged in his behalf by MT Adam and Mir Calhoun a reputation which had cost hin so much danger and toll, would have received an in sidons stab. General Jackson remained the dup, of this delusion for something like twelve years; ant nothing but that singular fatality, with which, per haps, the retributive justice of heaven has boun, the workings of infamy, that somewhere in it course through time eternity, it will be arrested saved him from being undeceived only at that ba where a lnnr Wnonp nddress lnses it's charms t