Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-07-22
From the Spirit Of The Times, BataUio, Ohio July 8
THE ADMINISTRATION.

There is great deal of skirmishing and
sharp. shooting between the Editors, for and a.
eainst the Administration. The weight of the
fire, we Will not say effective fire, seems to be
on The side Of "the opposition" We have, for
some time, been endeavoring to discover the
grounds Of this controversy, and what 1t is that
thew are con.ending about, and we are free TO
confess, thai after considerable examination and
reflection, we are unable 10 come TO any very
satisfactory conclusion on the subject 1t seems,
however, 10 be rather squabbling about men
than n,eaSures--a contention rather about the
past than the present.
Every person knows that the last Presiden.
tal election was distinguished by degree OF
warmth and asperity, never before witnessed in
This country on similar occasion. Elcctioneer
Jag may frequently be compared to the manru-
vering in puppet show. The great folks,
sometimes emphatically styled Big Bugs and
who are more immediately interested in the re-
suit Of an election than the yeomanry OF the
country, as being gamers in wealth or honor,
feel around until they get hold Of the right
string, when they pull it, and set all the little
folks in motion. But fortunately for the people
themselves, they are not apt if they feel no par
tcular oppression, to remain long in state OF
excitement "A social intercourse must, from
the necessities Of their situation, be kept up;
this begets friendly feeling toward each other;
the aspertics Of the occasion are thus worn of,
anG every thing goes on smoothly again. But
this is not the case among the higher politicians
who move the wires. They are more detached
from each o,her-they do not live in oommuni-
ties, and are not SO frequent y brought together
by the common avocations Of life. But il is
not mainly to this cause that we are 10 look for
the continuation Of their hostility towards each
other. In elections, there must always be one
or more unsuccessful parties. The expectants
of office, or Gavors, when frustrated in their
long laboreG plans, feel the deepest chagrin.
Every one knows what sore thing severe dis
appointments are And when they reflect on
the agents who have been aocesary 10 the frus-
tration of their schemes, it bege,s the most ran
corous hatred-a bitterness Of feeling that, fire.
quently, neither time nor circumstance can
cure.
Now if we should attempt TO assign eau Sc
for the opposition to the present administration,
we should place it to the foregoing account
1t is the dregs of animosity, engendered during
the pedency, and by the result of the presidential
election We are led to this conclusion from
The fact, as we verify believe, that the dissatis-
faction is not to be found among the great body
of the people Though they were divided In o.
pinion as 10 the most suitable person for Chief
Magistrate, yet as they feel no unusual inconve-
nience under the administration Of the present
incumbent; and as they cannot discover any ma
teria variation in the course Of policy now pur-
sued, from that of Lis predecessors, they are,
for the reasons before mentioned, reconclled to