Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1835-02-10
THE PRESIDENCY.

Our friends of the Daily Advertiser diss.,,
from the opinion We expressed, that the (;ou
eminent by the election Of Judge White, wonld
fall into "entirely safe and competent hands
We should have more clearly expressed On,
views by saying that the Government, in such ;.
contingency, will have fallen into comparatively
safe and competent hands Our only aim il !,
avert what we regard as the greatest possib.
public calamity-the election Of Van Buren,
If permitted to designate a President. Judos
White would not be our first choice; but a.
against Van Buren,, We should hail his election
as a national blessing.
Those who know that We have for twer,v
years, steadily regarded Mr.. Van Buren, as the
man destined to complete the work of destrnc.
ton which Aaron Burr commenced will moi be
surprised to find us catching at any hone which
promises to rescue the republic from such utter
ruin. Mr. Van Buren's loathsome systems If
intrigue have debauched the people, corrunted
the government and degraded the country n
he rises, by such inglorious means, to the PreSi.
dency, the paths of honorable ambition will
hereafter be deserted, and all succeeding dema.
gogues must tread in the footsteps Of their pro.
figate but successful predecessor The Gov.
eminent cannot survive the election of man
who wins the Presidency by open, papable di.
rect fraud and corruption.
The people, deluded by ddzz ing attributes
or carried away by splendid achievements, NAV
err in judgment. Such errors, however, are no,
fatal ones. But when We become either be,ot.
ted or corrupt enough TO elevate a man TO the
Presidency whose whole life has been passed in
practising upon the credulity of the weak, and In
exciting the hopes Of the wicked then indeed
there will be nothing left worth contending for
but the "Spoils of Vanquished" Freemen.
With these convictions Of the misery which
Van Buren's success would entail upon the
on t,y,tr naiI,v advarftcor will no ~
appreciate our motives for even preferring
Judge White to the candidate of the Kitchen
Cabinet Albany Erening Journal.
REMARKS.
We have all along taken the same view OF
the subject expressed by our colleague Of the
Albany Evening Journal, whose experience,
consistency, and discretion, we believe are Id.
mitted even by political opponents. But there
is fact which We have not yet stated and
which is Of the first importance. If Mr. Van
Buren, is elected President, he owes il to the
will Of Gen. Jackson, who to all intcnts and pur.
poses, through his power and popularity, will
have named him as his successor. We have il
from undoubted authority, that if Alabama
Tennessee and other western and southern
states shall agree to support Judge White, Gen.
Jackson in that case does not wish il understood
by his friends that lie decides in favor of Mr.
Van Buren,, or that he takes part with Mr.. Van
Buren,, against his early, his honorable and well
tried friend. He is placed in this position by
the fact of Judge White being candidate for
the Presidency and this fact is known to Mr.
Van Buren,. WHO is actively engaged in getting
up forthwith his packed convention to nomi.
nate him at Baltimore, and thus attempt 10
commit the friends Of General Jackson by q
false representation Of what he will call reeu.
lar democratic nomination. As many thousands
ofthe AZ, 900 Office holders under General Jack.
son only support Mr.. Van Buren, because they
imagine it is the General absolves them from
an allegiance to the fortunes of the Vice Pres.
dent, it requires no great discernment to per-
ceive that the neutral course OF General Jack.
son on the question Of the succession, ifproper.
y used by the opposition, is fatal to the Prospects
OF Mr.. Van Buren,.
We regret to perceive that some Of the Wing,
journals indulge in sweeping denunciaions
against all the friends Of General Jackson
This is not just Telegraph.