Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-11-20


exercise the same rights as those usnrped by
the government OF Tennessee; some ofwhich
under the same influence demand The acquit-
al and others the condemnation Of the gene
raj we will further suppose that the sena-
tors Of each state conceive themselves lmPi-
city bound TO follow such Instructions
where we ask is the trai--whcre the ac-
quittsl--where the condemnation The
whole proceedings are thus converted into
solemn farce-.a mockery OF lava phantas-
magoria Of justce-Ne, we think too highly
of General jackson to believe for moment
that he would deisn to accept of an acquittal,
where his judges were not in the strictest
and most rigid sense of the term, free and
independent. The wise founders of our
constitution saw evil in the embroyo----
they saw what dangers, what injustice might
be done if congress should be compelled to
act under the iull influence of a popular and
OF temporary excitement--they therefore
prolonged the term of senator's existence
for six years, in the hope and belief that du-
ring that term Of time, popular efervescence
would subside and reason resume her scep-
tre--they interposed the senate as sort OF
breakwater to the tempestuous suIges of po-
pular excitement.
We are sensible how prone such senti-
To pfaf,T rQ
prepared to brave the effects we are not e.
nemies to general Jackson on the contrary
if it were in our power to add single glimpse
o. verdure 10 his laurels, we should rejoice
in an opportunity to do such an act. He is
man, in hose fame the muse of American
history will hereafter delight to riot-he has
been the theme Of his counlry's eulogy, and
he deserves, he richly deserves the gratitude
Of his country. But il we endeayor 10 vindi-
cate the dignity, and the independence Of
the American senate, of the only remaining
republic on the face of the creation, are we
therefore to be considered the enemies of this
oficeI--no ;justice walks, and is guided by
the beams of her own lustre she beholds
the hero of ORLEANS, not by the splendor
elected by his own acts--she does not know
his name--she gazes on his features by the
light of her own taper, and with counte-
nance serene as the suns, she pronounces
him either guilty or innocent. Mercy who
fellows after, may drop tear. but the fall
ing dew is not visible by the lamp ofjustice.
We will urge another consideration, and
ir. our point of view. il is an all important one
1t is this, naval or military spleDdor. is al
ready too captivating splendor, for the
eyes OF our countrymen TO bear they have
not yet been sufficiently accustomed to such
spectacles it is a consuming novelty, that
delights while it burns their fingers but
here the question stops short--it is prlncl-
ole. the violation OF which is recorded in the
blood of all other republics, that the military
must be subssru,ent to the civil power De-
part from this principle once ; let the civil
power surrender their own rights /: let them
be oyerawed, or in other words. let them no
longer be free and independent let them
bow with base succumbenCy to the sight OF
laurel leaf, and the genius OF our republic, is
b ut treadng in the bloody loot prints OF the
Roman republic. IfgeReral Jackson has err
red, his country will forgive if a vote OF
censure is passed, it will not blast single leaf
of his laureIs; but if from false delcacy, or
if from legislative timidity, he is not re-
sponsibIe like every other servant of the re-
public, (and with all his concentrated radi-
ance he is nothing more, he is alike the de-
fender, and the subverter OF the Liberties OF
hi. country. -
At Halifax, N. S. six soldiers, convicted Of
burglary, have been sentenced to death.
Frosts have been experienced the present
season as far south as the Alabama territory.
few days since, woman OF bad fame
was drummed out of the city of Richmond.
From the Georgia Journal.
RAPIDS OF TALLULAH.
During a late excursion through the
no. thern frontier of GeorgiasI visited
number Of natural curiosities, such as
the falls of Ivy, in sequc. and The Ra-
pids of TaIluIsh. This latter object is
almost unknown to any person beyond
its neighborhoOd-lt however merits to