The National Republican And Ohio Political Register

SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

Extract of a Letter from a Member of Congress to the Editors of the Trenton (N. J.) Emporium dated Washington, December 27, 1825.

"Mr. King's nomination, you perceive, has been confirmed by the Senate, without a division. But not without a strong, although silent expression of disapprobation, from a most respectable quarter of that body. In fact, I have but little doubt, had it not been for the apparent severity of the measure, and an apprehension that such a course would be regarded as an ungenerous act of opposition to the administration, this offensive nomination would have been rejected.—It should not have been made. Mr. King's age unfits him for the situation: and his indiscretions, to speak forbearingly, when formerly a Minister at the same Court, are still fresh in the recollection of the public.

"I have observed that many persons at a distance from Washington, believe that a strong party has been organized here, to assail the administration, whenever opportunities offer; or in other words to oppose it, after the manner of the English oppositions, right or wrong. Nothing is further from the truth. The friends of Gen'l. Jackson and Mr. Crawford, protest against such or any opposition, and will doubtless give the administration a fair and honest support throughout its constitutional period: but will, I take it for granted, make use of all just and honorable means to prevent its re-establishment. Such a course they consider themselves not only justifiable in pursuing, but they further believe it to be their imperative duty to affix, at the earliest moment the Constitution will allow, the seal of public reprobation, to the DANGEROUS PRECEDENT and the extraordinary combination, (to use the mildest language) which brought the present administration into power. They believe that the will of a large majority of the American people, was disregarded and defeated at the late Presidential election. And surely none but the ultras of the administration, can object to the only method offered of testing this opinion—I mean another contested election, an experiment, which Mr. Adams himself seemed to regret, could not be made at the very moment he was about accepting his appointment."

The Nashville Gazette of the 7th of December animadverts, with some severity, on the appointment of Mr. Williams, in the following terms:

"The President of the United States, in selecting Col. John Williams, formerly a Senator in Congress, and latterly an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the legislature of this state, for the office of Charge d'Affairs of Guatemala, has either yielded to the solicitations of the Colonel's friends, on application in his favor, or, if, as it may be inferred from the use of the word offered, in the Knoxville Register, he has tendered to him, unsolicited, the appointment. Mr. Adams is evidently reaching forward with a view to his own re-election. Col. John Williams is considered the head of the little opposition in this state to Gen. Jackson, and the unsolicited selection of him for a foreign mission, cannot but be understood as an attempt to win to the giver of the office that little opposition; for it is impossible that he can be deceived as to the capacity of this man."

The Nashville Gazette is perfectly right in commenting on the above nomination in severe terms. It seems Col. W. was by no means coy or scrupulous about accepting his appointment, for we learn that he very quickly made his appearance in Washington, and will probably soon be on the way to his post.—This is an excellent mode of providing for favorites; but Mr. Clay's President will have a great many to feed on administration pap, before he can secure another election, against the man who had the PEOPLE's voice.—Albany Patriot.