Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-05-05

character of the mission, nor the country te
which Mr.. p is TO be sent. is stated. From
the style Of the paragraph which furnishes
this information, it is evident that no compli
ment is intended; but the report may never
theless be true. The high standing Of Mr.
Pleasants, and the independent political
course he has pursued, warrant US in placing
some confidence init.
We take pleasure, at all times, in givmgthc
use of our columns to humane and charitable
societies and certainly none can more deserve
our services, or the attention of the citizens
of Alexandra, than the disinterested and in
defatigable Sunday School Union Society
Their proceedings and annual Report are pub
lshed to-day. They merit an attentive read
ing, and We hope win convince our fellow
citizens that such an institution ought not to
suffer from the want ofpecuniary aid.
Vfrcia;e CoarentioR.-We call the atten-
ton of our Virginia readers to an able COM
munication signed GA yirginian, which we
this day copy from the Winchester Repubi-
can. The subject is one of primary impor-
lance to Virginia generally, but especially
to that portion of it with whichwe are more
intimately connected; and upon whose welfare
and Just influence we mainly rely for our own.
The arguments used by the writer are irresista-
BILE +; and the force and elegance of the Ian
guage in which they are delivered, justify q
behefthat they spring from no ordinary source.
Mr.. RIrcHIE very correctly pronounces Mr..
ISsHAN's address to be the least inte resting
portion Of the series of the controversial pa
pears Of the day. This. we believe, is the
opinion Of ALL The following article, from
Noah.s Advocate, on the same subject, is
worth perisal.
THE TWO ADDRESSES.
We have just read the address from
MIR. Gazlay Of Ohio, and Mr.. Ingham
of Pennsylvania, to their several con-
stituenrs, on the subject Of the late
Presidential election; and although we
might Justly be called upon to repub-
iish both, having published MIR. Clay's
letter, yet the length Of their commu-
nications-the identity and sameness
of the subject, and the other addresses
in preparation, admonish US OF the
room they will occupy, and probably
the apathy which they may create
Mr.. Clay cannot but be pleased with
mode Of warfare by which he receives
all the darts of his antagonists on his
shield at oace--it is better for him to
stand a whole broadside, than to be in
the range Of point blank shot, and to
hear the sound Of these minute or
monthly guns from the south, the west,
and the middle states.
These addresses and those which
have preceded them, and probably those
that will succeed, all relate to one point,
and are comprised within the compass
of nut shell, uiz. "Mr. Clay support
ed Mr.. Adams contrary TO the wishes
Of the West, contrary to his own poll
teal and personal feelings, and accept
ed an important Office under him, there
by creating suspicion as to the purity
OF his character and the soundness OF
his principles" 1t may, however, be
asked, are not the opponents OF MIR.
Clay conceding to him vast Influence
by these hostile admissions He GER
tainly had the power to change the
minds of certain members, and bring
them over TO his views. This power
he exercised as any other man would
do, SIMILARLY situated; If the result of
this influence is pernicious, is he to
blame, or those members who allowed
themselves to be swayed from their
duty II any thing wrong has been
done, those members should be made
to answer for it, who misrepresented
their constituents. Mr.. Clay ought not
to be compelled to father their sins, be-
cause he possessed the power OF per-
suasion and the force of influence
We should think, that when a state
gives her electoral votes to certain
candidate, the members OF Congress
from that state are in duty bound to
conform to this expression Of public
opinion; but if the members think
differently and act differently, they
should DE prepared to account to the
people for an opinion at variance with
their own, or this is not government
Of the people. However, the subject
is rather tedious at present.
The acting Secretary of the Treasury
has given public notice, that the prin-
cipaf and interest Of the eleven million
loan Of 1912 viii be paid off on the LIST
of October next.
We learn bv Wylie's Price Current
Of the 10th April that little business
had been done in CoTToN, owing to
bad weather and the presence OF La
Fayette, the generous benefactor OF
mankind-his presence suspends bust.
pesc wherever he coAs Rail GHr0n