Litchfield enquirer., 1832-11-01
Eri,oei of a letter ff0m John ARdrs'e SAalEe' E,sC icte Governor of Pennsylvania, Co q gsN' slsmna ia Philadelphia, dated
 MOwntoaFsvitie. LycOmiRg Co.

MoWRt0NFsCitfe. LycOMtRg Co. {
 Oct. 4e, 1889. '
 Notwithstanding my reluctance to S'vc vnv oninion an subjects Of so much moment -as thosc which you and my friends VI en3 | -. have submitted to ny consideration, s.,,,,a h,Ve renlieti tO your letter immediate s1,, ,S,, ;,s receipt, had mt personal cOnsidera- s,;ons determined me to withhold my answer, s,o,il inc Governors election should be over. xrha, event has taken place; and tt cannot nOw. by any one, he suspected that improper ,6r 'pcrsopal considerations or feelings mingle themselves with, or in any waysinhuence my opinions On a subject, which, particularly at this time, is Of such transeendent importance, as the election Of n suitable person. to be the Chief Magistrate Of the United States. The time which has elapsed since the receipt uE your letter, has not passed away witho0s my having taken frequent occasion to consider its contents, md tS examine and well revietV the events upon, which my Opini"ns have beenes- tahlished. sYou were rightly intorMed--I think told you nlyselE-thatt had twice vO- ted for ihe election Of Gen. Jackson tO the highest station which he now occupies. lf he had not hecn elected President, and thus had an opportunity of showing his qualifica- tions and disqUalitications for the station. which. previously to his election, had been SD
 
 perity of the people Ut home, and the estab. iishMrnt of d high character for the nation ahroad--f aha sure neOer could h0ve beea per studded that il ,eas in the posoer c anyr one man in his country, to do SO much euil. and 90 hftte good as has been effected by General Jackson, since he has been elerated to the Presidency cf the United Statss.
 "I saw, at the outset of his administration. with extreme regret. strong appearances ot 2 his being greatly influenced by men wholly Nnw0rthy ' Of his nRdcnce, and greatly fear. ed that this would cause him tO act upon such prnriples as had neyer hef',re been act. ct1upon bysa Prnsidpnt of the U., States. u was early. announced. as from, authority. that attachment to him was to be regarded as n
 yirtu. .Of the highest order, and thht opposi.
 ton to his will was t0 be treated as a sort Ol
 petty. treason. Indications, in the earliest
 days of his administration, of his detertnina. . tiCn to violate liis most solemn prOn,scs. in
 relation to' the appointment of members of Congress to office, excited the fears of his
 original friends, that he was violating one
 public promise. only tO enable him, the more successfully, tO violate another. These aD-
 prehrnsiDns were sOan made certainties, and
 it became apparent to the whole Union, that
 he was actively, ut the public expense, organ. izing n personal party to secure his re-elec.
 tiun, and enable him, if possible, tO transmit
 his station and his influence to some favOrite partisan, and thus prrpetnate a power which in alt probability would be exercised. us he has exercised it, to the great danger of the liberties Oc the People, and tO the evil exam. :, plu Ofeyrry exvcuti. officer in the U. States.
 "It is, however, by no means my intention to undertake task, fur which fear should { be but poorly qualified, a review of the ad. { ministrarion of President Jackson my pur- pose is io show fDrth why it is that I--as ! \ Pennsy ylvMatHh, and a person who, has been highly honorsd by his fsllow.eitizens, and therefore feels bound, ingraiitude, tO, watch over their welfare and their rights--haye made up my mind that 1 ought not. and therefore will not vote for any man as m elector who isbpIieyed 10 be friendly to the reelection ofj President Jackson. seF
 "sThe interests of this state arefwell under. stotsd Ky the citizens and the constituted au. thcrilirs, and they have been made known with dlstnctness and unanimity which could not be ,nsunderst0od. asi,.1,,f}. isa,,, ,e "All our members Of Congress, hut one, aRd all our members of the General Asse,n. blygin obcdirnce to the well known wishes OfI their constituents declared that the cDniinu. ance 0f thu Tariff and the rechartering of the Unittd Eiates Bank were. above ali things. must dtsircaby, Psnnsylvanis as yi,ally i'm .portant to hrr prosperity. What has been the result? President Jackson---whO owes so much io Psnnsylyania-.and his Csbinet--I lin which there isnO Pennsy ylyaniasi---haye la. bored incrssaniy tp have changes made in the Tariff greatly agoinst the interest of Penn. sylsania--and this object they have attninrd With respect to the recbartering of the U. s. Bunk, . large n,ajotity ofhoth Houses Icon. gtrss ARvred with Pcnnsy ylvania, md passed E .Islil sfaRthat purpose. This Bill was rejected ab5 fhe Pyesident--he declared 1t should not pass. and refused to give 1t his sig0aturo..-- These thipgs would seem tO cyince in the President an ohquity 0f mind, or n, settled aud determined hostility to our interesss, and a total disrespect, t not studied con.esr,pt for the wishes of OUT citizens and constituted authorities. es7~ laSsa2 A p
 7" His rejection ofthe Bank ChartaI ]. how. ever injurious, might have been tolerated, had he not chOsen t0 couch it in such offensive and arrogant language, and to mix up, wiih the rejection Opini0ps the must dangerous and uncOnsituiOna, on the most important sub. jeciss ! refer, iD . more especial nianner, tO what he has thought proper to say of the Ta. riR. aud the decision nf the Supreme Court. When ! read the hnsound doctrines held by the Presidens in relation to the opinions and sdecislDnA oflhe Supreme Coilrt, m ' mind in. z spIuntAElly rAveriedt tn his contempt for their lHsfee in the rase Of the State tif. Gsurgia. fEAf UNgAnR nni.autlp .ll.