Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-05
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THE "COALITION" OPPOSITION.

1t cannot but have been remarked, by every
impartial man, that The opposition to the adj
ministration is composed OF the most discord-
ant materials Men have been brought TO u
mite in pursuit Of common object, who bad
long been political antipodes; and anclent con-
nexions have been sundered with. the utmost
indifference. and unconcern, except, indeed.
whenth have been succeeded by the most un-
compromising hostility Can this opposition.
supposing it to be triumphant in the ensuing
Presidential contest-supposing 1t TO succeed
in its great object of superceding Mr.. Adams,
and pushing Mr.. Clay from the Cabinet-we
ask, can it continue to exist in all its present
force and yigor? Will it continue TO be unan-
imous in support Of any President who may be
elected, or of any Cabinet which may be formed?
II cannot be- Already are the signs of its spec
div and convulsive dissolution prominent In the
horizon The advocates and the opponents oil
"a Tarih-the liberal and the Htera! contruers oil
the constitution-the friends and the enemies
Of Bankrupt Law-to say nothing OF other
great questions which, it is already toreseen,
will arise 10 disturb the political tranquility OF
the country--can no more coalesce than water
and OIL They must differ-they must quarrel,
and there are some individuals among them
who under these questions, like Horspur, will
"cavil on the ninth part of a hair"-and their
newly formed friendship will, OF consequence,
be dissolved before it has had time TO ripen TO
maturity The opposition is too much like the
description given by Burke of Chatham and
his colleagues, (and which the enemies OF Mr.
Adams and MIR, Clay have SO frequently appli-
ed to those gentlemen, while they might have
sound for it a more suitable application nearer
honey 10 exist for any length of time. Wheel
we recollect that Calhoun and Randolph Ode
eided political enemies as they are) are the
leaders of this opposition, we cannot butrepeat
the words of Burke, that it is "a pieoesof Joine-
ry so Grossly indented s so whmsically drive
tailed, so varously inlaid; such piece of divor-
siiied Mosaic; such tesselated pavement, scith-
out cement here bit Of black stone and there
bit ofschite; patriots and courtiers; wings and
tories treacherous friends and open enemies;
that is indeed very curious saoU; but utterly
unsafe to Touch and insure 10 stand on Ayow-
eddy the advocate OF Gen. Jackson for the next
Presidency, Mr. Randolph will fearlessly pur-
sue his purpose--he viii boldly avow such O.
pinions as he may happen 10 entertain, Tor with
al bis faults, he possesses at least the negative
virtues of frankness & intrepidity IN the ayowal
of his sentiments On the other hand; Mr.
Calhoun, with a demure and solemn aspect,
will pursue the same object, but covertiy and
with ulterior designs. He will support Gen.
Jackson. not because Gen. Jackson is or ever
was his honest choice, but because he hopes
that the gratitude of Gen. Jackson's friends
will induce them to support John L. Calhoun
s for the same Office in 1882. These characters
tics, which all will admit to belong to these
sstrain-band captains" Of the opposition, will
continue to distinguish their conduct, should 1t
be the evil destiny of the American people to
sacrifice the Statesman to the "Military Chief
tain''-and il requires no prophet 10 foreteil the
result Mr. Calhoun would support every mea-
sure which might emanate from the Cabinet,
unless, indeed, il should be such glazing IN
fraction of the fundamental principles of our
government, as even he wouldbe afraid to coun-
tenance, and which, by the bye, we should
have no reason to anticipate, )-while the most
of them would meet with the, denunciations OF
Mr.. Randolph, indeed, he should not change
his principles 10 be in the fashion of the day.
Gen. Jackson is friend to what the more mod
est friends Of the Tariff call .4meriean Industry
he is favorable TO the encouragement OF Do
nestle Manufactures-th is, in plain language,
he is an advocate of an ubiquitous and partial
Tariff, calculated to build up what Mr. Score
tary Rush is pleased to call the smidde pillar
OF our political fabric---but in building which,
we are laying the axe at the root of our Agri-
culture and Commerce, the two pillars which
have sustained the nation in peace and in war,
giving to her prosperity * triumph Mr.. Ran
delphi would not support any administration
that would advocate such system; while Mr..
Calhoun, Notwithstanding he comes from a
purely Agricultural country, would give it
Sort Of heartless CONFERENCE.-The enough
10 be ranked neither with its. friends or enc
mics. Gen. Jackson is friend to internal i'm
proyements, on the most enlarged scale, by the
general government; he is thorough-going dis
ciple Of the 6 general scsyars'' school. While
Mr. Randolph and his Immediate friends would
present against the doctrines OF this school,
formidable aud jealous opposition, holding in
their hands the observatory clause OF the con-
stitution, and urging the whole spirit OF that IN
strument against the monstrous usurPation, Mr.
Calhoun would give them all the support oil his
personal influence and of his great talents, con-
tending that the general government has right
70 40 all things that are necessary Ior 'he
national ACKNOWLEDGMENT. If General Jackson
should recommend the enaction OF Bankrupt
Law, land, from the sentiments OF his immedi-
ate friends we are justified in interrlng that ne