The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-21

issued by the two senators and three members
from Alabama. This is another of the signs or
the times. If any one had told either of these
gentlemen, at the commencement of the last ses-
sion of Congress, that they would have united
in such circular he would not have believed it
possible What! Dixon H. Lewis and William
R. King uniting in an appeal to the people to
raise money to circulate Amos Kendalls extra
Globe!!
But the solution of all this is easy. The
state of parties in Congress before the meeting OF
the present session was such, that it was as
certained that the federal party could not elect
speaker without the aid of the Nullifers The
Globe and the Richmond Enquirer, whose CO.
lums had teemed with the bitterest denun
citation of Mr. Calhoun and notification, began
to COO as sweetly as any sucking dove to-
wards Mr. Pickens and Mr.. Lewis They
were both taught to believe, not only that the
Globe would be content with either, but, that
one or the other was the chosen candidate Tor
speaker. They were tempted and Intercepted
until they were committed so far that they could
not well recede. They acre cheatea-they' to
use the language of the Globe, gave ece'y thtng'
and took nothing,
There is some apology for them. They be-
lieved, in the honesty of their hearts, that they
were choosing between Mr. Clay and Mr.. Van
Buren,, and they chose the latter; and so firmly
have some of them got this idea in their heads,
that they yet believe that they are opposing Mr.
Clay. We can tell them, and they seem to be
waking up, that instead of opposing Mr.. Clay as
the leader of the party, they are opposing Mr.,
Clay as one of the people. Mr.. Clay, instead of
The leader, is in the ranks; and if they would be
by US, they too would place them
selves there. For what purpose, we would ask
Dixon Lewis, does he distribute the Globe?
Does he believe that he or his friends or his prin
ciples are to be advanced by the reelection Of
Martin Van Buren,? What great principle, but
the principle of Executive Dietation, is to be
achieved by the election of Mr. Van Buren,
the confirmation of power in the hands of the men
who have abused and reviled you, your measures
and your principles, and who, the moment they
are seated firmly in place, viii use that power,
regardless of you or the labors you have under
gone to secure it to theme
But in the peculiar position in which you are
placed, by the unexpected nomination of Gen.
Harrison, you have permitted yourselves to sup
pose that the election of Gen. Harrison, viii
bring into power men and give birth to measures,
hostile to you. There is one way toprey ent this
Gen. Harrison is not the candidate of tho politi-
Clans He will come into office free to discharge
MS duty to the country, as the head of the ma
ion. He has no hostility, no resentments to gra-
ify. Why then, cannot you make virtue Of
necessity? There certainly will be less loath-
ne and disgust to overcome; no less of Princi-
lie and of self respect to be sacrificed in voting
or Gen, Harrison, than in circulating the Extra
lobe. But should YOU persevere, should you
o circulate the Globe-bahl who would have |
believed it possible; then we must call upon the
people of Alabama, to organise; TO F'COLLECT |
FUNDS and send them on to US; and we, too, |
viii pledge ourselves to do all in our power to
;ounteract the influence of the f'filthy sheet"
which you propose to circulate among your
onstitutents. Indeed, we believe that it is i'm
or tant that our Pilot should accompany the
ilote, we therefore, recommend the people of
alabama, to immediate and prompt action. As
Ir. Richie says, ''organise, organise, organise,
nd 'FcoIlect funds" and send them to us, that
re may send you our Pilot ''organise, organ
e, ORGANISE" that you may see what the enemy
about We send you a copy of their secret
ircular You see that Amos did not resign
is salary of $4,000 year, without considera-
ion. We always believed Amos to be a sleep
ng partner in the Globe. This movement would
,rove our belief to be true.
But read the circular