Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-12

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The message closes with contrast between
the turbulent and unsettled governments in the
South, and the well regulated and happy one
under which il is our exalted Ito live.
4Here," ne says, "when chief magistrate is
"a be chosen, candidates present themselves on
every side, their friends are ardent and SAN
0uipe, the feelings Of the people are every where
sroused, and expectation and ambition are
de,nly excited. The polls are opened and
.losed: the votes are counted. Calculations,
son;ec,ures and predictions, infinite and ire
eoncileable, are afioat, and hopes and fears al
,,rna,eIy animate and depress the friends of the
candidates in every state Of the Union. AT
,sroth the choice of the chief magistrate Of our
country is officially made known, and all is "a
~.;n tranquil; all is submission under this con-
ss,,utional designation Of the future President
&c the United States. Those who advocated and
those who opposed, all sit down content assur-
al that the constitution will be respected and
The laws faithfully obeyed.'
These observations are true, as they regard
the intelligent and yirtuous part of the commu-
ni,y, and that is sufficiently great, we trust, to
opposite character, however desperate may be
The efforts ofthose who compose them, or how
ever brilliant The military fame of the Chief
,aips who head them. Against such men as
the wisdom and prudence of the patton have
nlaeed al the head Of our affairs, " hat can avail
me imposition of such rash and unprincipled
;o,riguers as Calhoun and McDuffie, or of such
miserable tools as Ingham and Kremer? TO
the last pair, we recommend careful perasal
Of their Governors Message, and particularly
,ha, part which we have just quoted.
The Richmond Wing of Friday last gives US
the following aaecdote, which we are the more
inclined to believe, since we are well assured
that General Jackson did, at tavern IN tats oacn
threaten to cat off the ears of gentleman who
represented neighboring Congressional Dis
,rct Of Virginia:
Gen. Jackson and Commodore Decatur--At the
time the discussion of the Semnolean war was
pending in the Senate of the U States, Gen.
Jackson, who had gone as far as New York,
suddenly returned to Washington. When he
came 10 the Senate Chamber, the late John W..
Eppes, a Senator from Virginia, was animad-
yertng upon his conduct in that war. Going up
10 Com. Decatur, who was in the lobby, Gen.
Jackson addressed him to the following pur-
mort: GU, Commodore; are military man, &
can estimate the feelings of military men,
What ought man 10 do, who feeling thus,
6pds his conduct censured as that Virginian has
censured miner Decatur replied, that "the
censure was doubtless hard toNbe borne, partic-
ularly when accompanied by the consciousness
Of desert; but that every good citizen must sub
atod
by those who were clothed by the constitu-
ton with the right to investigate it, Gen.
eral Jackson replied, that she would not
submit, and that he was determined to drag
the Virginian from the Senate Chamber,
and to sacrifice him on the spot, 10 his
resentment, and that he should like TO see
the man who dared oppose him. II, replied
Decatur, "dare oppose you: the moment you at
tempt 10 execute your threat, will lay you
corpse at my feet Jackson replied by taking
Decatur by the arm, and indirectly apologizing
for his conduct, by charging on the state OF
his feelings.
Saw. Jacksonians, dare you deny this? Say,
peonle of America, will not Gen. Jackson make
cool, rejecting. temperate and fractaots Presi-
dent!
is said. that, in debate which took place
ashort time since in the Tennessee Legislature,
one of its leading members, by way OF manifest
ing his contempt for the Panama Mission spoke
Of the ministers as "Jack Sergeant and DlcS An
derson." The Tennessee Orator, however, IS
but the shade Of the Virginia ihersites.-JacS
and Dick are quite respectful, when compared
with aBltI and Black George
The Presidents Message was issued on an
extra sheet, from the office OF The UancheSteF
Ergiaian, in eighteen hours after 1t was COM
muucaled4o Congress. The editor o. the ne
publican was silent on the subject OF dispatch,
which induces us to believe, that his opponent
stole amarch upon him. The virginlan deserves
credit if he did, for there is none more enter
prising and vigilant than she OF the Kepaoil-
can" Both papers speak of the Message IN
approbatiye terms. The Virginiaa is newly
established opposition Journal, but It's course
thus far is marked with candor, which IS
worthy the imitation of its kindred contem-
poraries. II acknowledges the Message 10 DC