Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-04-29

worth money, SIR reading 'Giles said that
Mr.. Adams was at first reluctant to call on MIR. /
Jefferson, -coy-aye, little coy, sir, reluctant
to call on Mr.. Jefferson My life for it, sir, he
did not 60 in the open day-no, no sir-I mean
no irreverence when say it, sir-but, my life
for it, he went like Nicodemus, in the dark
| in the dark, sir--vilany always seeks the dark,
sir reading 'and when Giles said this, he
added, all this / Sav'-He saw, it, did he Yes
| the seer and the see-ee-if may be allowed
| to make word--were both alike, sir, a precious
pair of scoundrels, sir-But, hoU did he see D.
Was he behind screen?-Did he peep through
keyhole?--Was he hid in a closet!--( Tins,
some more porter;)-- reading again 'When |
spoke to you Of Mr.. Adams twenty years ago,
and expressed my belief that he was ali honest
man, and would faithfully support the admin
istration - Aye, sir, he was lad, then--the
writer Of this letter was boy, sir,--ust return
ed from an eastern college---tainted sir, as all
our southern young men must be, who are sent
to the east to be educated---Sir, would not let
son of mine SO to any college north of the
Potomac sir,---I had rather he should not know
how to read and write sir-Reading ana writ
ing, you know, sir, as Dogberry says, comes
by nature---but good sense--by education. No,
sir, would have no young man educated at an
eastern colege-.-it corrupts them, sir--( where's
that por,el?) VI reading you replied, go that's
me, sir,---I repJied---I had forgotten the words,
sir,---they had escaped my memory--no---they
were in my memory, sir, but not in my recollec-
ton reading 'You replied, you are mistaken
in him, sir'---Why, sir, this very word Sir sir,
is worth thousand dollars reading you are
mistaken in him, STRIDE is hypocrite, and will
betray his country, if he can have chance?
kno,o him, sir---never was deceived in my life
Do say never was deceived --Yes---why do
say never was deceived never act
upon suspicion, sr---I always look for the proofs,
| sir.-Why, l had negro, sir, whom suspect
ed for three years.--I never limited my suspicion,
sir,--I waited for proof sir-it came at last, sir,
II caught him in the fact---and said to him.
Cuffte, or Mingo, or whatever his name was
Did ever tell you that suspected you-no
sir-Did you ever see any thing in my conduct
| towards you to make you think that suspect
ed you? No, sir.-No, sir, never act upon
suspicon--I knew him, sir, watched this J. Q.
| Adams, sir-I knew he was hypocrite, sir
| he was, Men--is no,0--and will be, to the day of
his death, sir--Hear---O Israel---Listen We gen
,lemen of Bos,on---W What this---what shall call
him, Apostate2---Yes--this apostate John Quin-
CIV Adams says you. He says you conspired
| TO divide the Union-to join the eastern states
to Canada. Mr.. President, you remember the
famous plot -yes--you and were on the COM
mittee before whom the famous Count CriAon
appeared, and before whom the equally famous
Henry did not appear. Why, sir, there never
was so villainous plot since the world was
made---I do not speak Extensively of my friend
from Boston--I beg his pardon--tbe senator
from Boston---no, nor TO the federal party---a-
monp whom are some very honest men---but |
say to you, gentlemen, il you can support this
hvpocrite, this traitor this apostate, after what
he has said of you, why-you deserve it, that's
all. I'll put him down, sir--l'll put him down,
sir---or if don t--I'll leave The country, sir
III 20 to Europe, sir, and console myself a !
mone the slaves and cerfs Of the other continent.
Virginia is up in arms, sir. Up in arms, did
| 7 saw. sir2---Yes!--But what do mean by arms,
| sir2--Do | mean that she has rifles in her |
hands?.- mo, sir, we do not take up muskets and
rifles to kill feas sir--to shoot musquetoes, sir.
No--,ce brush item off, sir, we brush them off,
Poor Virginia, she had the honor OF giving the
last president---that Ming--yes, sir---lhe thing
James Monroe--I say sir, she had the honor bat
what was her profit, sir,--Why, like the Cob
Ier's wife. she was the worst shod woman in |
the parish
"'The Richmond Wing, sir-yes that young |
protege OF Henry CIay-Henry Clay!-Psha!!
The Press!-aye, sir, Democratic Press and
ably the way, is this said Col Bnns, the
same Col. Binns-not Colonel, though at -
Assizes - who was offered TO me body and
soul; by old M'Lane, twenty years ago, when |
quarreed with Jefferson, to publish any thing
and every thing might choose TO write?-l
thought so-why, sir, would not have him then
Il said then, he was too great rogue Tor me-
too great rogue then, sir-what is he now!
who is your Secretary Of the Trea'
sury?-who was his father, sir!-lll tell you,
sr-a fcderalist in disguise--a hypocritical
traitor, sir-an accomplice of hatscoundrel,-
who was that general that fought duel with
- during the Revolutionary War? Ma
con--'Conwav, aye General Conway-he was
an aocomplice Of that scoundre, sir, in the in
famous plot to put dozen Gen Washington, and
put up Charles Lee villainous plot, sir,-he
was rewarded for it with the treasaryship OF
the Mint.-(Tims,. more Porter. The collec-
tor of Norfolk-who is he, sir?-a vile tool,
strand the Representative from the Norfolk
Dlstrict9--a poor, miserable, contemplate
wretch, sir--poor Virginia.---The Secretary OF
the Navy?---that thorough stitch man on the
| military bll?- --BarroD?---sr, III pin him upon
his back---I'll glue them together, sr---they
Oh III .t;ct I;ke shoe makers Wax---aye sir they