New Hampshire Statesman

From the Essex Register

THE PRESIDENCY.

MR. CRAWFORD.

The measures of Mr. Crawford's active partizans, to which we have alluded heretofore, were merely subsidiary measures.

Their principal measure that on which they place the greatest stress, and on which they found their chief expectations is on KEEPING DOWN PUBLIC SENTIMENT. AND PROCURING A NOMINATION IN CAUCUS, NO MATTER BY WHAT MEANS. Had not the tide of Mr. Adams' popularity swelled, they would have been as blank and silent as the grave—for all their operations would have been conducted with the most profound secrecy. But as Mr. Adams character has risen in public opinion, (as it will continue, the more it is studied) they have felt obliged to throw their arrows, but they have fallen harmless. We here see the reason why the New-Hampshire Patriot, the Argus, the Boston Statesman, and all the partizans of Mr. Crawford, assert that they are not opposed to Mr. Adams—that they are not in favor of Mr. Crawford. They wish to persuade others that they have formed no opinion, in order that they may keep back their opinion. There is nothing they dread so much as PUBLIC OPINION: it is the poison of their hopes and expectations.

When you hear a man say "that he has not made up his opinion—that we ought not to make up our opinions—that there is danger of dividing the Republican party—that we ought to wait the result of a caucus" (in just that we ought to know which is the strongest side before we join it)—mark that man, and ten to one, if he understands himself, he is a secret and determined partizan of Mr. Crawford. Every press engaged for Mr. Crawford here, is silent about the candidates—every press in the Union engaged in his support, is endeavouring to persuade the people that they ought to take the corrupt dictation of caucus—even the National Intelligencer, a paper that has contended as earnestly against caucuses as any paper in the Union. You cannot determine by what is directly said in many of the papers, whether they are opposed to Mr. Adams or not—but if they advocate a Congressional Caucus, be assured they are opposed to Mr. Adams. Our remarks on Caucus nominations of President are reserved for future numbers. The only legitimate nomination is the voice of the people, and the voice of the people can only be expressed through the medium of the public press.

Yet we have seen the Boston Patriot rudely assailed by the New-Hampshire Patriot, because it dared to speak the honest sentiments of New-England, and endangered the projects of Mr. Hill.— We have heard from him that Massachusetts was a federal State, and that it was presumption in her to make any indication of her opinion. We have heard from all Mr. Crawford's presses, that Massachusetts would not give a single Republican electoral vote. Of all the Republicans in the Union, those of Massachusetts deserve the most credit, for they have had more to contend with than those of any other State—and almost every individual republican has, by no misinterpretation and advancement. No Printer in New-Hampshire dares to bid them seal their lips in silence, and bid be the power, he would bind them to the Chariot wheels of a caucus. It is not true that there is any danger of dividing the Republican party. It can only be bound together by an honest and patriotic course. If corrupt and bargaining politicians are suffered to intimidate the honest by fears of their separating from them, then the Republican party is in real danger. There is no one thing that had a greater tendency to produce the regeneration of Massachusetts, than the honest, fearless and unanimous vote she gave to Mr. Adams the last winter. The reason why Mr. Crawford's partizans dread public opinion, is, that public opinion cannot be enlisted by open professions, however magnificent, against mighty works, exalted talents, and long tried public services. They can neither produce in favor of Mr. Crawford, evidence of talents, or services, or experience. They therefore altogether avoid any contest or comparison. Although fond of Caucus nominations, they are opposed to State Caucusses, because in no state but Georgia could they obtain a caucus nomination for Mr. Crawford. We too have an equal dread of State Caucusses, or the more dangerous General Caucusses. We know that they are commonly interested cabals. The management that procured Mr. Clay's nomination in Ohio, is enough to sicken any one of State Caucusses. The friends of Mr. Adams both in Massachusetts and Maine, we are confident are opposed to State Caucusses. And the only reason that induced them to hold them, was, that the intriguing politicians who undertook to manage these States, asserted in Washington that Mr. Adams had no friends in New-England, so confidently and repeatedly, as to deceive every one at the South—and to remove this deception, was the only reason which produced those clear and unanimous declarations of their opinion.

FENELLA.