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rrr.m the .Veto York K smutercinl Advertiser.
Political. Pom;unit-:*.—There is ranch to laugh
at, o» well as to weep n^t-r, in this droll world ol
ours—-ami if Heraclitus and Mourns were both pre
sent, engaged in reading the paper* now before us.
wo UnO'’? ik»1 Winch would have the greatest cause
to indulge ins humor If wo owed the Albany Regen
cy '-a thousand slaudwieie to bo used in the next cam
paign, and appointed to «>fi]ce directly thereafter, and
tlioy would not take Duff Groan to cancel the debt,
y/o would never pay them. And yet Puff isdiscour-s
ing u on the beamy of truth, and tho .-norniity of
political libels. If we wanted to engage an Editor
with long cars, and a solemn yiflage, to play the gra
Vest hypocVlo, and act as the Ingest winded and bn
tereet traducer in oxietencc* uud likewise o publish
the iViOdi atrocious forgeries wo would loso not a
mortem m applying to the Richmond Enquirer And
yet a l.-udutg article, ol appalling length, appears in
each of the last two papers, on the subject ot the
pro.ended i-ner of Mr. J iferson, speaking hghly ol
Jilr. C ay Rlesb ine! what a rag.* the Enquirer is
ia! A stranger would imagine that the Editor was as
puru us .ho driven snow — as spotless as Cursor's wile,
and ih.it the Ea~t Room letter had never writ en.—
Now as tot he letter m question, we behove it to bo
a forgery—as tve have already said, ludeed it in
our view bears intrinsic evidence of the fact. Mr.
Jefferson's signature was invariably ‘77i. Jefferson,”
and -not Tima. And besides, Mr. Jefferson would
not have used such a vile word as "talented '— even
if the cockney ism wj*s then in UKist* r.ce. But Ire
the loiter spurious or not. it noithcr elevate* nor
depress, s Mr. Clay in oar opinion. If tho splon
iior of ins talents, the purity of ms political prin
ciples, and til-? value of Ir.s public eerviocs, are not
suihcii.-ni pasnpurtH to the favor of Ins countrymen
—:i:e highest comm- udatious of Mr. Jefferson
wouid oe of no uvnil. Asd we candidly confess
thut the good opinion ol Mr. Jeffcrs.-n would not
tnako us think the bctt>-r of Mr. t lay. Nor did we
think any rhe worse of “Air. Jackson,” (as tiic Ar
gii3 uaetl to denominate the General before- bo was
directed to cad him a lopubliean and support him.)
because Mr. J. ffereou s.id “y >a might as well make
a soldier cj a cork, or u suitor of a gooie, as to make
turn President. ’ And we thought just ns well of the
General nlier Ihe present Editor to the Richmond
Enquirer do- l-ir-d tint "his election would be a curse
upon the country,’’ as wo did before The pre'end-J
cd letter, however, is none of our concern. Still, as
fche Enquirer ha* thought proper to drug us by name
into both of the long^ articles above referr d to. we
cmiid not well av.-id the preceding it.cideutal notice
of that most silly and most unimportant nftair. Pro
ceed we now to anoth r matter Notwithstanding
tho alacrity with which we pub-ished the contradic
tion, by the friends ot Mr. Randolph, ofthe statement
by a corro-moodent of this paper. That tins EcIra-'
ordinary Minister haJ r.-tinned his-fantastic tricks'’
immediately ou ffouig on board of Cnpt. Perrys ship;
and thu* promptly made all tho atonement within our
power—*»ll the atonement which .mogentleman could
ask or another gentleman give—for 'he injury done
—supposing t he story circulated in this paper to bo
Incorrect—yet we find the Richmond Enquirer (and
the governm.-nt paper at Washington too) still harp
rag- upou the subjec. But for this perseverance in
pressing the subject np.m the public aucn ion, we
should not iitve adverted to it again, at the present
timo, if ever; as. under tho circumstances, wo prefer
red letting Ihe ma'ter resi us it stood after the contra
dictiou. Now. however, self-respect, and the inso
lence of the Richmond Phlnor, aliko demand that
w -break the sileno* Wc d:» b<> bv publishing the
following iuilCsf Irum our venerable and respected cor- I
respondent:—
Jo trk KniTor.s o» <tite < OM-jr.nct.u. Advertiser.
Gentlemen: As to the day on wmcn Mr Randolph went on !
boaid the ship, it is very immaterial; tint having no doubt re j
specting the request nr direction to l.'nutuio I’etry, it was natu- |
rat to suppose it could not have been mace, or given, l>y u pas ;
sengor, except tinder vory extraordinary circumstances. The i
gentleman »ho accompanied the Ambassador to the Capos, is j
uot competent to prove a negadve; nor is it probable that he
was in such close contact wit Ills friend as to note all lhai pass
ed bet ween him and the Captain. I can have oo doubt respect
ing tbe trtilb of the statement made to you- it was given to me
by an honorable inae, and of Mr E’i political party, too, as
c.arrem in the vicinity Indeed, the Noriolk Editor admits that
tbo conduct of “old Hoanoke,” on various occasions, and espe
cially on board another ship, might have been the foundation of
the report. Whether the report is true or false, cannot bo as
certained until Captain Perry returns; but, in the mean while,
from the strange speech and conduct of Mr R. beginning with,
an application to the President for a dismissal of ceitain ofli !
cers of the army, who had galled his kibe at the Circus iu,
Philadelphia, and whom lie complimented with the appellation
of Baggaiiuiifitis, to his exit from the Yirginia Convention
there con he no difficulty in giving credit to any strange, or even
oinre, conduct imputed to him. Your correspondent, Mr Kdi- !
tor, iaes not “hate” Mr. Randolph: hut, as a friend 10 his |
country, feels for its reputation at home and abroad, and is in
dignant ut the appoint nent of a Minister to a foreign nation
Whose eccentricity, (to give it no harsher uame,) and ungra
cious mnmieis, are not calculated to add to oar reputation a
motig those to whom he is sent iNeither am I, sir, in the hab
it of hoaxing,—were that the ca-e, I should ceri&inly adopt
the fanciful description of Mr R’s politeness to the officer who !
was detached 10 gallant him to die ship, Bud the kindness of;
heart displayed m bidding an affiectiouato adieu to tba inmates
of a pubi c hoaid.ng house.
Monday, Aug. 9. APPOMATTOX.
Ilero this pert of the subject mast rest, probably
fir many mouths, and until the retarn of the snip,
ftleunitine we t> new oar assurance or the hi«»h and’
honorable character of our correspondent. Tlis cs j
outcheon might well bear tbe inscription—"Without
four & without reproach"—Nor did tbe Chevalier de
Pierre da Terrail more deserve it Out bo is, and
for nearly twenty years has been, living in retire
ment; and we will not break in apon bis repose, to
grntify tne curiosity, or the malignity, of any body.
Of course, the Enquirer will perceive tbat his pom
pous and aa; horttative demand of tbe writer's name,
will pass unheeded-—We assumed the responsibility
cxf the publication ourselves—nor have wo even asked
cur correspondent whether he Would ohjeui to the
surrender ot his name. Unquestionably lie heard the
story as lie related it. and that, too, from an honorble
source. And most unfortunately fur Mr. Randolph,
even thought it be untrue, it was so like hian—insach
perfect keeping wi h his conduct and character—that
every body believed it —
Having iuus disposed of that mutter, let us linger
a moment to inquire who -are these oeurcin rs afier
truth, and tvliat pretensions tncy nave to (he guard of
virtue, assumed so recently that it mats quite uwk
Wardly upon them. OiDuS’wc have nothing to say.
Ills t-tiphoiious name bears its own commentary, \
v.’batevor tire cossuck lermmauuu is seen. Hut who i
is Hie vduor of the Htiquuvr, now affecting to bo so ;
horror-strucken n> ibe contemptible tioux of Jeffer
son’s Lei ter, and meanly copying the base imputa
tion cast upon us by tne government official, of having
ourselves coined a calumny for the purpose ‘ of uuur
iog the character of Mr. Randolph,and impairing me
Bii'popularily! of the adminiairaiion ’ Is he not the
original publisher of the celebrated • Uasi Room Let
tor.'* 1 rii*’ aud Idling the shame of that atrocious
imposture yet ourning upon his cheeky, he iu odo ol
the papers before us attempts to creep out tbiu>:—
“When we were so unfortunate as oi.ee lo publish the
“East Room Letter,” we called upon the author pubhcklv, iu
too |.a jar., as well as in private loiter-, to make atonement to
the public—and it he had not done -o, we should have fell our
£5 - es ai. liberty to do with his name, ns seemed best to onr
s Itv* ”
“'ktonc'r.eni! —And prav what sort of atonement was it*—
fltc writer of the East Room Letter said somethin;; like th iol
jowin^: I have just returned from the i'remdent’s levee, whero
£ went to see how the twenty five tfcaa-and dollars of the peo
plo’- money winch wc had voted, had been disposed of by Mr.
Adams,’ lie &.c Speak 1113 of the East Koo.n, he said ‘"it was
a scene g»rgemt* to behold. *c ; but partook too much of mien
taf magnificence for my oltl republican feelings,” $c. 4-c —
Now it *0 happened that not one wool of the story was true, al
though the Kdi(Or of the Enquirer endorsed it as coming from a
highly honorable member of Confess. The money had not
b en drawn out of the #rc»«ury by Mr Adams, or any one
elie. It was yet tirerr: and the walls and floors of the East
Room were unfurnished and haie And—we repeat thequea
th>n—what sort of atonement was made? Why, somc.six or
e'ght months after the publication, the recreant author came
out with s lame afK.logv, admin mg that it was a mistake a- to
tbs room—it was a mistake asto his having been to ihc levee
at ail. a- tie did not go—and as Fat would say, it was a mistake
hr*h<i?r:jg w*itten tht* leper, pj ha wrra it fr- afie-sA, ,
ir.au—urLuui we piesuuie lie mistook tor himself!—And yet tho
Richmond Editor boasts of what ho would have done, if tho
writer had not made an "atonement!” If this ha not the height
of impudence, «e know not wheie to find it.
Rut fui liter, since this Ajax Telamon of the Ancient Dominica
ha* all at once become so sensitive upon the subject of an im
puted political forgery: Where, let ns ask, were ilio-e high
feelings of honor—that scrupulous re&aid to voracity—during
the late Presidential contest? When, in Pennsylvania, n Jock
; son Committee induced a poor ignorant old man falsely to de
pose that President Adams had rudely tlmi6l n poor bid soldiei
from his door—the candid Richmond Enquirer stood mute
When a Jackson Committee filled Western New Yotk with
handbills, containing a fabe deposition of n poor wretch, de
claring that Mr Adam« was a froc mason, who had sat with
him in the lodge at Pitt.-fielc.'—the virtuous indignation of the
Bn nuirer slumbered aver the disclosure. When a Southern
Jack-on Committee published a forged address, purporting to
be one which Gen. Jackson delivered to hi* soldiers, previous
to the battle of New Orleans—in which the hero whs made to
speak of the victors of Waterloo, rx tnonths before the battle ol
Waterloo was fought—the hount Enquirer had not a syllable
of ccueuie io I restow. And when the Philadelphia Committee
published ti forced commission, purporting to be one which
| had been given hv the great Father of his Country to Gen. Jack
| son—the truth loving Richmond Enquirer was still silent as the
: Ancl vet this mast consistent gentleman would fain
I have the public believe hint to he horning up with honest iudig
uatinn at the alleged mistake of our correspondent, and the mis
erable artifice ol the Jefferson letter. The effrontery is unpar
| olleled, unless by the pievioos conduct of the only parallel ho
i Las luai-clf. 1 hen, however, the unruly bull belonged to the
; other side, and all was right- Rut now that some woithlcss
scrub, who, by nature and of right, ought to belong to that »ide
of tho house, has veutured for once to test the strength of one of
1 ,h°h own weapons—for doing which, by tho by, he ought to be
; placed in tho stocks—the whole ‘combination’ tribe am hollow
ing like -o many wounded buffaloes.
Prom t-he Columbian Gazelle.
The public have not forgotten the indignity lately
ofteretl to the Slate of Virginia in the removal of one
of her gallant sons from the Navy Board, for daring to
“think” his friend and brother-in-law, the late Navy
Agent at Norfolk, an honest man, after the immaculate
Auditor, Secretary de facto, Etc. Etc. had pronounced
otherwise.
Can it be supposed that his successor, the chivul
rous Stewart, who has participated in fifteen battles,
will long “barmoniKe” with such “inexpressible and
unapproachable” ignoramuses as now wield the most
potent arm of our National defence?
After what has happened (and surely' enough has
occurred to “make th" land pale”) we must be pre
pared ft»r more sacrifices on the 6core of “harmony,”
with the “lofty powers that he;” for, if a moiety of the
-reports be true, with which our atmosphere has been
Wor several days surcharged, the veteran head of our
Navy must speedily adapt h'3 professional ideas to the
standard of the nomiual and d" facto Secretaries, or
he too must follow the footsteps of the gallant War
rington! !
Is the Nation prepared to abandon oar Navy? If
the system of “reform,” which are believe is in con
templation, be persisted in, We shall shortly not have
a vestige of a Navy remaining. Ships are expensive
structures, and naturally pushable. Ample provis
ion is annually made by Congress for their repair; and
oftentimes these repairs are so extensive as to amount
to re-buildmg them. The Frigate Constitution, for
instance, was built in 1797; since that period she has
been more than onco cut down, even to the water’s
edpe, and hudt up anew. Still she remains the “Con
stitution,” a name dear to the nation, and the pride of
our mariners. She returned in the summer of 182S,
from a four year’s cruise in the Mediterranean, and
now requres extensive repairs, to place her in a state
• “f preservation tor future usefulness; and will our citi
zens quietly submit to see this gallant ship, the pride
of our Navy—the “crack ship” of the fleet, known
: in every sea as “old Ironsides,’’ sold nnder the ham
mer of an auctioneer, under the provisions of an nb
solute law of Congress, hunted up for the occasion,
because the nominal Secretary and his de facto “think’’
her unworthy of repairs? Will the good citizens of Bos
ton permit her to leave their port, me property of any
individual orgovernment but ourown? Forbid it Bunk
er Hill!! If report be true, the Macedonian, the fruit
of the lamented Decatur’s victory, and the Cyane, a
“twint trophy” of old Ironsides, under Com. Stewart,
are to bo added to the number to swell the catalogue
of retrenchment and reform.
.1 Frifii'l if thf V ru
WIiaLI\M VV (jBAY’S
S’XXDKIitf S’ OllffMXNT.
W/11 ^ R,CI,*‘»«“. August 1st, 18130.
Mr. William W. Gray:
^lr—*"ln fb- tnoii'h of February lust an npprcntico
boy of mine was .ffli-ted with a painful swelling about
one of ins knees, from which the muscles of his ierr be
c‘,mc “uch contracted, and thereby bo was rendered
so lame us to be scarcely able to walk. It was the
op.oion of others, ns well as myself, that it would bo
rorne a Confirmed White Swelling, havin'? much the'
appeuranee and character gf swellings of that kind.
I tried othor remedies, without any good effect, when
I determined to use yonr Ointment, which I obtained
and made trial of with the most complete success.
The boy is now entirely well, and to the O.ntcneui
alonndo I attribute his recovery, as ao remedy was
used itfier that was applied.
four obedient servant,
JOHN DURHAM.
ro ip r* R,chjbo*d» Augast 1st, 1830.
Air. William W. Gray:
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I am, Sir, very respectfully,
SAMUEL LETHBRID GF*
ST rvr „ ^ R*ch*ord, August 1st, 1830.
Mr. William XV Gray:
j Nir—1 tn.mt re.-pccUhlly .request that yon will ac
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For mure than eighte-o months past I have been
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_ SIMON ABRAHAMS.
FOR SALE.
'rUlR subscriber o*ws for sal.* one, or ail, of six
br,ck Tenements, in one block, between I nnd
K, on Ifflh street, privately, till the 0th day of next
month, (September.) If not disposed of before tha*
day, ho will offer them then, at 4 o’clock. P. M- on
Ihe premises, at 2 and 4 months credit, at public anc
lion. These tenements are 18 feet front on 18th
strcei, running back about 100 feet. If disposed of
nt auction, the sale will bt» conducted by J. & S. Cos
by & Co. Auctioneers.
ang 37441 JO?»ntJA HniNG.
F1U DAY illOUKlKG, AUGUST 27, 1830. _
MR RUNDALIa—AND HIS DOINGS.
The ‘•Kentucky Serpent ” ts publishing anonymous
ly, in the Washington Telegraph,a ssries of papers
ussnihug Mr. King, and another which he colls tho
“black list.” These papers appear as editorial, but
are obviously tho L'ourih Auditor's, as they detail
circumstances which tho possession of tho books of
that, office could only supply. What their character
is, we uced t-carcoly state, when their author is Amos,
auu their objoct to sustain the sinking cause of his
employer, and to render the stipulated equivalent for
Ins own wages. Their dcmagogism is so apparent
aud disgusting, that every independent nan must feel
coutbiint for tho wretch who penned them: as their
studied misrepresentation and exnggeialien, are so
polpublt, that ilie Jackson Press with one or.t'-vo ex
ceptions (among which is oar candid and magnani
mous ‘ Contemporary ’) will neither “taste, tonch.
nor bandit;” the pollution.
This man Jins opened a cirecr, unprecedented We
presume in any government A subordinate officer,
lie assumes all the badges of independent authority.
He writes and publishes papers us Fourth Auditor,
without toy requisition as far as the public cau see
ami addrtsscs them not to hii superior in office, bat
tu the purple. Heretofore, reports from 6nbordmaie
officers, lave boon Confined to a statement of facts
called lor by the superior authority, at whose requisi
tion they ryero made. Air. Kendall’s vanity would
by iio means he satisfied witu this plain and old lash
loned precedent of discharging his official duty. Id
em eted u wider field whurt.-m to display his dialectics,
his polemic abiuties, his patriotism, and his devotion
to the “I’cople’s ruoney”—(a favorite pnrase of tnis
demagogue ) Instead of confining, himself to a sun
pic and concise statement of ihefacts culled for, leav
ing it to tue wirdom of Congress to gat tier their inj
pori, to obsevre tne abuse, and to apply ibo remedy,
the learned Theban launched out into panegyric,
hurls invective at laws, usages and individuals, and
*oars into the regions of oratory. The “thinking”
Secretary, instead of rebuking the insolence, and
trammeling me officiousucss of his understrapper, de
grades mmaeli, the Navy Department and the Gov
ernment, by playing second fiddle to his keeper of
accounts.
I he spirit end aun of the semi official publications
alluded to, is absolutely diabolical. It is nei
ther more nor less, than to implicate tho Jate admin
islruiion individually and as a body, in the gudt oi
those agents who during tbe Presidency of Mr. Ad
ams, abused tuoir trust und wronged the Treasury.
It is Qsi ie«o prosume, La expese the injustice of the
reasoning—ifcai would be latmr lost. ln PenDsyJve
Via, one of Jackson’s “liefortnl Post Masters is in
{qrujd, as oar friend Paul Clifford has it.) for piiieriog
I money iron letters m his office-in Maine, another
j ol his rewarded Post Masters is in the same nredica
I meut. Would it be just, or generous, or even rattoa
j ai’ to Jay an-v Part 01 Lheir guilt upou him who ap
pointed idem, and under wuosc administration the
! Sn,;t was perpetrated? Yet. would it not be quite as
jtiM and as generous, as Mr. Kendall's attempt? The
desiguof tho 4tb Auditor’s publication, is indeed mat
t-or of luieience—it is not ovowed of coarso— but it is
impossit^e to mistake it. Not tho Treasury is the true
ooject of all the solicitude displayed by Kendall and
Duffwbohave constituted theroseives us guardians—
nor to punish past, or to avoid future delinquency_but
to euhauce the popufar idea of the probity and vigi
lance of tbe exislmg administration, by introducing
belief of the corruption of its predecessors. Was tbe
true motive ol that mighty stream of official and semi
official slander whioh perennially flows through the
columns of the Telegraph, to expose offenders, and
fortify the defences of the Treasury, all men would
approve the eud mid the means Bnt, who so blind
as not to perceive tnnt this is not the motive?_that a
covert and insidous purpose iurlis nnder all this pre
tended zeal for the -peoples money,” and affected
horror at the default of Watkins and others? That
tbe whole proceeding is political merely? a shallow
and malignant device to keep up the present admin
istration by running down the last? a stalking horse
to conceal the tyranny of the President and his Cab
inet? a forlorn expedient to prop a falling and odious
ministry? Who so very an ass, as to give Amos cre
dit, for the fastidious purity he arrogates? for tho ex
cessive refinement which shrinks appalled at the e
norrohicsof a Treasury deficit, or an illegal commis
ao on publia "money expended*
i\ow, good people of th.; U. States. let ns ask you
one plain question—if it has been found so difficult in
ali Governments and in Banks, to guard against de
faults; so difficult, that men of tho highest standing
sunk under the temptation of using money trusted to
their care, as wc have unfortunately had so many
melancholy examples in Virginia, at Washington,
nod ail over the U. .States—if wo say, reputed honour
and v:rme have been fonnd bo weak upon trial—tohal
may we not expert, when that swarm of locusts who
acme into office by General Jackson, and who
have, many of them (thorc are also many honorable
exceptions) nothing in the torty of reputation to lose—
I what »n«y we not expect, when they como-to wind up
iLfieir accounts? When suoh mon as wo have seen in
^ irginia and at Waehmgton/o/^is it likely that tho
gentry of whom we nre talking, will stand’
We do not ask the questioo invidiouriy—wo mere
ly wish to expose tho ilhberality of the courso pursued
by Kendall, and «3 it must be supposed by the sanc
tion of his superiors, to inculpate the members of tho
late administration, by a species of inverted vicariuus
nefis, in tho guilt of subordinate agents. The friends
of Gen. Jackson onght to be the first to disown the.
j logic—for if a President’s character can be tnruiahed
hr rho mslvrr^vion of his officer^ hit is rot onlv in
imminent peril, but Inis already suffered. Every man
ought to disown it, for every principal’s reputation i» ;
by*tbis boll-born doctrine, placed at the mercy of bis
agent. •
Tho doughty Lieutenant of the Courier and the Eb- ■
quirer, lately charged us with defending defaulters— I
meaoing Wutkins. He is mistaken. We willgo ns far
as ho, in exposing defaulters——tint we will not with
out better evidence, consider every man a defaulter,
whom Amos Kendall is pioased for political effect, to
class in his black list. Those whom wo believed
guilty, wo have not defended—our pen and our Jour
nal have ever beon at the cervlce nf innocence sought j
to bo sacrificed to the Moloch of Party interests—and 1
so they shall ever be. If wo err, it is at least a beuev j
olont orror—for it is better that niueiy and nine guil- '
ty escape, than one innocent mau sufier under unde- I
served imputations. It is a disinteiesied arror—for 1
mankind is prono to suspicion and disposecteo take j
sides with the strongest. The Lieutenant will par
con ns for saying, that the ready esr he gives >o tho
official Slanderer Kendall, who does tho dirty work '
of the administration at Washington, his promptness \
to believe guilt, where guilt has not been proved. &, '
to circulate charges deeply affecting mon whoso worth J
a whole community acknowledges, without tho anti- |
dote—are inconsistent with the fl-.si,- > i n- /osity, j
candor and good feeling, which sometimes appear u>
his columns.
COL. DRAYTON.
The Washington Telegraph assails the nomination
of Col Druyton for tho Vice Presidency, by the
friends of the Union aiid of Mr. Clay, and assume
rather gratuitously, that there “is a settled purpose
of misrepresenting, as well the motives of her pnbli
wen, .sjthe measures for which S. Carolina is now
contending."
Are we to understand from this, that the Tele
graph, the oflicri! Gazeitc of the Government, is an
advocate of S. Carolina |. Inciples? Does it deny,
that nullification is disunion in fact? Does it mean
to attempt sustaining the paltry and unreal distinction
that nuihfic .t. n is not d;sunion, and to unite in the
effort to identify the prin- d •- of South Carolina
with the Virginia doctrines of ’98? As it is the
organ ol Government, its opinions on questions so
Vitaliy important ought to be weighed and expressed
with deliberation
“Arc we to understand (enquires the Telegraph)
that, by tljo commendation which tnev (the Clay
prims) bestow upon Col. Drayton, and by proposing
to sustain him as their candidate for the Vice Presi
dency,the opposition admit a iJ adopt his principles.'’’
! The Telegraph then, vesy unnecessarily, proceeds to
tell what these opinnns and principles nrc. Col
Drayton is opposed to the Tariff—opposed to Roads
and Canals—and if elected, will pursue his princi
ples, wherever they leg! imately lead him. Those
who have nominated and who will support him
know all that. But they are willing to take him as
hois—nay more, they arc willing, such is their con
fidence in his honesty and patriotism, to leave him
unshackled in every respeci, and to run the risque of
any inpuiry, which his casting vote or bis personal
influence might peradventure, inflict upon measures
which they consider, salutary and expedient. Their
motive- are too sacred to be combined with party
spirit, with sectional interests, or temporary policy.
Love of the Union—a solemn conviction of its unap
unappreciable advantages, and that if once severed,
can never reunite—superadded to the belief of itsi
present danger—these are the motives for supporting
Gol. Drayton. H w can the friends of the Union,
more ihnocenily or more persuasiv-ly, evince tneir
affection for it, than by burying party spirit, aud po
itical rancor in one common grave, and anitino- in
bestowing a flattering lestimonial of their approbation
and confidence, on the man who with disinterested
modesty, and uncalculating gallantry, has thrown
himself into the breach to stay the fatal march of
disunion? No—with the true friends of the Union—
Gol. Drlyton’s peculiar opions upon national policy,
weigh not a feather. They know li# love for the
Union—his readiness to sacrifice himself for it—and
thutiB the spirt which at thit time, it is their du-y as
we trust it will be their unanimous pleasure, to cher
ish and sustain by their applause and confidence.—
Whether the “Tariff of 18 23, is thought constitu
tional” 01 unconstitutional—or Rwsds and Canals in
. conformity with the intentions of the founders of the
I Government, or otherwise, is not note the qveciion,
and w<: trust the friends of the Union, whethor for
Clay or Jackson, will not suffer it to be made the
question -it is much higher and holier—whether the
Union shall be preserved—whether the spirit of
nullification shell be rebuked—and as when a foreign
enemy touches our shores, whether all parties nnd
divisions shall uuite to expel the invader.
But, Col Drayton’s sontuncnts being 6ii b as the
i elegraph describes them, and coinciding so fully
with its own, why is the Tolegraph opposed to his
[%action? Why is it the Jlrst to assail hiss nomina
! '‘ODi A JacksoniaD, on enemy of the Tariff and of
! Internal Improvements, coalescing in oil tbc views of
gencrnl policy supported by the Telegraph, why
shou;d Col. Drayton bo so obnoxious to that, print?
Mr. Calhoun cannot again be rdSbted—at least, wo
presumo it is not the purpose of his friends to nomi
nate him for a thifri oloction, why will n it the Tole
graph accept Col. Drayton as his successor? Will
any secret arrangements be affected by it? VvMl it
disturb any article of compact that tnty have been
entered into by the rival competitors for the succes
sion? If the fnonds of the Tariff and of internal
improvement are willing to take Col. Drayton, know
ing his immovable enmity to their principles, we can
not conceivo upon what grounds the enemies of those
measures can object—unless for reasons which will
not bear the light of day.
As usual. th» Telegraph traces the nomination of
Col. Draytoo, to the secret influence of Mr. Webster.
That gentleman is a raw-head and bloody-boncs,
over present to the imagination of ths Tolegraph
Whatever happens which it dislikes, and wherever,
the T elegraph sees the all-pervnding and mysterious
agency of Daniel Webster in the occurrence. That
paper (erroneously indeed) ascribes the first nomina
tion of Col Drayto to ur. We assure the editor,
that We have not hoard from Mr Webster on the
subject—that we are perfectly ignorant of his wish
,‘J*—-ilmt in r^onding the nominiion mndo in the
‘T
National Intelligencer of Col. Drayton, we acted
wnhoo- consulting «ny human being, we moat nen
"*'ly d“ „ We in *« »f “oggctiog^ihe
narn, of D/ayton, when the article in the Intel)iffen
cer met our eyes.
4s to the idea advanced by the' Telegraph, that Co)
Drayton will not accept the profiled honor— tfcai Hja
‘lofty olevatiou of sontimeut and chivalric devotion
to his country, will not consent to wear any honours
at the expense of either, or of S. Carolina”—those
are fine words enough, but the sentiment is sheer
flutmn ry It will bo difficult to prove, that to ao
cept a distinguished honour tendered by a grateful
country,, is either at the expense of “lofty elevation
of sentime t, chivalric devotion to that country, or of
S. Carolina.” To reject it from such fanciful consider
ations would be a weakness, which we do not believe
belongs to the character of Col Drayton. He we
presume, considers the United Slates aud not S Car
olina exclusively, f^U country Hie patriotism we
are led to believe, is not bounded by Georgia on the
couth, and North Carolina on the North.
Kentucky—the question settled—We subjoin from
the Lexington R porter, an interesting review of the
late election. It is dated the ICtTi, and its statements
liable to be corrected by the members elect, if their
opinions are misquoted, may be depended upon
There cannot be a reasonable doubt, that the Clay
party have decidedly triumphed—a triumph the more
gratifying, as at one time defeat was anticipated, and
the more valuable, as it was effected without general
organization. Kentucky goes for Clay as certain as
the day comes, and with her, most probably, the en
tire Valley of the AI.ssiss.ppi, Tennessee, Mississippi
and Alabama, excepted So short a time ecarcly
ever witnessed a greater change in public opinion
The Reporter says the majority in the Hou»e W1j| be
18 or 2U in - be Senate possibly a tie, probable *0 to
13. One or two districts to be heard from. The
Commentator of the 17th confirms its statements.
1* roxn the Aentucky Reporter
THE ELECTION.
In our last paper we stated, that the Republican
party, although defeated in two adjoining Aunties
had gamed three four others on the North side of the
Kentucky River; and that notwithstanding the divis
ions among our friends and the influence of local
!Z!nr Ilf' Diatrjcl> a"d consequent loss of
nfSr i, '? Ma,,,eoDIl and 'wo or three members io
p‘‘en counties, we had maintained our ground in
Green R.v. r. The aggregate result we did not then
anticipate would materially change the relative
strength of parties in the Legislature. We havn
since received returns from the most distam uarte
of trie btate. which fuily confirm our calculations
We still have a decisive majority. Under all
tb* circumstances our triumph is complete it is over
whelming to ithe Jackson party in this St at*. All
hopes of electing a Jackson Senator are blasted; and
the changes in some of the Congreeaienal Districts
now represented by Jackaon men, have g.ven a death
blow to tueir future orospects. In the language of
the famous Inaugural Address we may sav—--The re.
cent demonstration of public sentiment inscribes—in
RPPflfiM ”0 11SaU overlooked, the task of
RErORM_ And a reform both of the Senate and
House of R. prrsentaiives, so far as Kentucky is
concerned, will mosi assuredly take place.
But in oroer to correct the erroneous statements
wliich have been published, we must go somewhat in
lo^f' vtr VYr hav«‘already stated the causes of the
loss of Woodford. Jessamine, Madison, dtc. They
were we repeat, altogether local and personal. Thi
Senator (Mr fy-own) elected in Woodfo.d and Jes
samine, ts a decided friend.of Mr. Clay
k TlLe Tf,mber8Jfr^? Nicholas, Owen, Bath. Muleu
burgh Allen and Ohio are claimed by the Jackaon
P'ints, but without this slightest authority, as far as
we can learn, except that these counties were former
ly for Jackson, iWe know some of tb* gentlemen
personally. They are not and never wi re Jackson
man, but true friends of the causp and may be relied
upon w*th as much certainty as any others. A letter
from a triend in Bath county, says—'“The faiends of
Clay have gained a signal victory over the Jackeon
; party bothxn Nicholas and Bath. These counties
| bive been generally considered by both parties as
i steadfast in the cause of the Hero. But Clay’s friends
here have not been wanting in perseverance: they
maintained his principles with manly firmness and
fortitude, and they have wou the victory.” If ib
be urged that pledges have been made in Regard to
some particular question, by some of the members
elect,°f one party, it may be answered that the like
Dlet.grs have been made by the other party.
A friend in Wayne writes, that “tfce change tuu
been immence in his section of the State and ihat the
reaction in favour of JUr Clay, sweej.s the whole
mountain district. Three decided Clay men have
been elected in Russell. Pulaski, and Wavne. In i
; these counties the Jackson Electors received near
; ly three votes to one!”
i Compbcll and Nicholas gave a majority of 800 to
I the Jackson Electoral ticket; together they have
1 given an anti Jackson majority this year.
Ohio, Oldham and Owen also gave tbe same Jack
son majority (800) in 1820. They are for Clay
i now. J 3
Washington county alone gave 995 majority for
Jackson in 1828. That county has now returned
two -nil Jackson members, and the third was defcat
| ed by 5t) vtcs only.
! Caldwell county gave 405 majority for Jackson, in
i this year 150 majority against the Jackson
: candidate.
! Lincoln county 32 majority for Jackson in 1828—
this year 475 against him.
In Bullitt there has been a change of 3d4 votes
against Jackson since 1828.
In the Senatorial district composed of Butler,
I Muhlenberg and Grayson counties, William Cun
ningham has* been re-elected by a majority of 315
I Voles over Watkins the Jackson candidate These
i three counties gave a small majority for the Jackson
i Electoral Ticket.
In 'he Reporter preceding the election we stated,
j that we should probably gain the following Jackson
i comt.es, viz: Bullitt. Butler, Hardin, Simpson,
I ^"c- r, Logan, (one memper) Eatill, Lewi-, Bath
Ual/^tin, Greenup, Henderg-m, Livingtlon. Pulaski,
and E-ennng. The retumsshew, that we have gain
ed those in italic; and in the rest, as well as in Cnrnp
| bed and other counties not calculated upon, (be
votes were nearly equal. We have also gained Cald
! well, Owen, Ohio, Nicholas, Pulaski, &c in each of
! which wo thought the Jackson party was much stron
ger than it proved to be.
The following counties which were lost year for
i -Jacks >n, have this year returned AnfiJackton, Rep§
j rcsentatives.
Aii'-n,
Bath,
Bullitt,
Bnt]cr &. Edmamlaon,
Cal dwell,
CalJatin,
Henderson & Union,
Laurel& Whitcly,
Livingston,
Nicholas,
Ohio,
Owen
Pulaski.
I hat Hi? gentlemen elected in the above counties
! should be considered the representative? of l-Jackson
1 countiesbecause Jackson members were returned
by them last year, or some previous years, is so absurd
a position, that it is unworthy of serious notice. An
nual elections are uselessloss and farcical if the same
sot of men, the same party, and the same principles, are
to prevail forever, without regard to reason and
knowledge and a deliberate decision of a majority of
the people Were not fhc Jnrk»on candidate defeat
ed in these coon'icr’ They ^vere.