Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-10-25

dent Jackson; my purpose rs to show
forth why 1t is, that las IA Pennsylvan-
ian, and person who has been highly
honored by his lelow-citizens, and there
fore feels bound, in gratitude, to watch
over their welfare and their rights-have
made up my mind that | ought not, and
that therefore l will not, vote for any
man as an elector who is believed to be
friendly to the reelection of President
Jackson
"The interests of this State arc well
understood by the citizens and the Con-
stituted Authorities, and they have
been made known with ii distinctness
and unaninity which could not be mis-
understood.
GALL our members of Congress, but
one, and ALL our members Of the Gene
raj Assembly, IN obedience to the well
known wishes of their constituents, de-
clared that the continuance of the Tariff
and the -charterng Of the United
States Bank were, above all things, most
desired by Pennsylvania as vitality i'm
portant to her prosperity. What has
been the RESULT President Jackson
who owes so much to Pcnnsylvania-&
his Cabinct-in which there is no Penn
sylvanian-have labored necessarily to
have changes made in the Tariff, greatly
against the interests of Pennsylvania,
and this object they have attained,
With respect TO the re-chartcring of the
Bank of the United States, large ma
jority of both Houses of Congress agreed
with the State Of Pennsylvania, and pas
scd Bill for that purpose. This Bill
was rejected by the Prcsidcnt-he de-
clared it should NOT pass, and refused to
give it his signature. These things
would seem to evince in the President an
obliquity of mind, or settled and de-
termined hostility to our interests, and a
total disrespect, ifnot "A studied contempt,
for the wishes of DOR citizens and consti-
tuted Authorities.
"Hts rejection of the Bank Charter,
however Injurious, might have been t6l-
Grated, had he not chosen to couch it in
such offensive and arrogant language,
and to mix up, with the rejection opinions
the most dangerous aud unconstitutional,
on the most important subjects l refer,
in more especial manner, to what he
has thought proper to say Of the Ia
RIFF, and the decision of the Supreme
Court When | read the unsound, and
untcnable, and altogether new and per-
nicious doctrines held forth by the Pres-
dent, in relation to- the opinions and de-
cisions Of the Supreme court, my mind
nyoluntarily reverted to his contempt for
their decree in the case Of the State of
Georgia, for having unlustly and cruel
ly imprisoned the Missionaries, who had
gone amongst the Indians to instruct in
Gospel truth, and who are even now un-
accused of crime. They, the ministers
of the meek and lowly Redeemcr, arc
left TO languish in dungeon, for no 9th
er offence, if offence it can be called,
that l have ever been able to ascertain,
than the having labored to do the will
of their Master, and because President
Jackson has not carried into effect the
decision of the Supreme court.
elbow entirely, and in how many in
stances, he has set at noughi the advice
and consent of the Senate, are matters Of
such notorety as prccludes the necessity
of my doing any thing more than recall
them to your memory, as we'll as the full
filment, 10 The letter, of the prediction Of
Senator Benton, that "if General Jack
son should ever be elected President Of
the United States, the Congress men
would have to lcgisate with pistols in
their belts" / well remember, when the
letter Of Benton was published s. rcpub-
lshcd, years ago, that l regarded it as
mere efiusion of gnorance and malice
Nothing but facts, stubborn, well authcn-
ticated, irresistible facts, could have con-
vinced me, Of the true character Of Gen.
Jackson, as it has been exhibited since
he has become Chief Magistrate of our
country, to the great loss of our charac-
ter and wealth, and to the shaking to the
very foundation Of our constitution, and
whole system Of policy.
"Excuse me, my good friend, for hav-
ing troubled you with so diffused a state
ment of the prominent causes which have
induced me to change my opinion Of
General Jackson, and to come, with
some reluctance, to the conclusion that
neither his education, his requirements,
nor his previous habits, have, in any wise,
fitted him for the station to which he now,
after experience and in violation Of his
pledge, desires to be reelected.
"You and our friends have been so
brief, and allow me to say so guarded, in
your letter, that should feel somewhat
at loss to determine, whether you have
or have not made up your minds to vote
against President jackson, if did not
know that you and all your family arc
firmly attached to democratic principles,
and TO the American system, and this