Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-05-04
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED,
DAILY,
BY SMowDEN & THORNTON,
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1926.


We have copied Tor the amusement oil our
readers some extracts from one OF the harangueS
of Mr.. RANDoLPH, in the Senate of the United
States If we could forget for a moment the
station Of the honorable gentleman, the proud
character of the State he represents, or the dig
nity Of the body he is addressing, we should pc
ruse those ebullitions Of his excessive vanity,
and evidences Of his morbid feelings, with lar
different emotions. As 1t is we are mortl-
fed at the spectacle he exhibits, and not little
astonished that so grave an assemblage should
day after day, for four hours at time, patient
ly listen TO such extraordinary addresses. he
term 'fantaronade,' clustering nonsense-mere
trash which he has had the impotence TO ap-
DIV to the Declaration Of independence, that IN
strument so revered by,every American except
himself, is peculiarly descriptive Of his own in
coherent TRADES. But our purpose is to make
few remarks on one Of the paragraphs quoted,
in which he has done US the honor TO mention
the "KENrUCKY REPoRTER.
If we rightly understand what he means, it is
this:-that we are one Of the printers OF the laws
in Kentucky--that We land certain gentlemen
10 the skies and libel others, particularly the
Vice President. II is not true. We do not
publish the laws, nor do we desire to do it
We La,d nobody to the skies, nor have we ever
libelled any body, though we sometimes call
spades, spades, which Mr.. Randolph says is
right, and we think so TOO. / he editor is not
dependent on government, nor on government
men. On the contrary he has just claim a.
gainst the government Tor services actually rem
dered, TO the amount OF some hundreds, which
The ilIi5eral construction oil law by former
Secretary of the Treasury has deprived him,
but which he can obtain whenever he shall con-
descend TO ask it Of Congress. II he were so
hungry he might resort 10 this claim We are
not aware that the Vice President has ever been
libelleG in this paper. The editor is no, respon-
sihIe for charges brought against that officer by
others, though he may beheve them we nave
made no charge ourselves, except that he had
placed himself at the head OF tactious o2po-
sition, which, Ii Is presumed, VIII not De denied
The corruption and favouritism alledged to
have been practised by him IN the war De-
partment, we know nothing, and have said no
thing Nor did we mention, until it was pub
lished in other prints, that he had offered TO sell
himself and his friends TO the Administration,
though we knew that one Of his confidential
friends in the West stated eight months ago,
that he would attempt 10 drive that bargain with
the President at the opening OF the session -
No-Mr. Calhoun and his friends have no cause
arraiening them, and hare endcavored to re-
strain others from doing it. What does Mr..
Randolph know about the Kentucky Reporter?
lie is NO, subscriber 10 it,. What does he
NOW about the publishers of the laws in Ken
,ucky9 If he knows any thing, he has done
Them Injustice. One of them is chiefly en-
Gagged in upholding The USurpers, and hoeling
the friends Of the Administration and OF
constitutional government IN this State-a-
mother. the eldest editor in the United States,
was never before accused of libelling, and he as
seldom lauds-(just at this time however he
seems disposed to laid certain thing called
COMPROMISE probably influenced by senu-
ment Of liberality, as nobody else except It's au'
thor will praise 1.-THE last agrees so well In
sentiment with the honorable Senator, that like
him he never mentions the Administration but
80 hold il M to view in an opprobious light,
tboagh he was once, what Mr.. probably ne
yrr was. devoted admirer Of President Adams
Such are the publishers OF the laws IN Ken
lucky.
But Mr.. Randolph in his fanfcyonode does
net merely dsnounce the press, ior It's iree
structures on public men of his party, but no.
mas Jefferson, James Madison, Lafayette, ooii-
var and almost every other man oil distinction
are yiliGed by him. The present Speaker oil
,he House. he has referred to IN debate as an
,,nprRcipIed nan, without being called to order.
his malice, like eternity, knowsn no bounds;
even the Clerk Of the House is assaulted IN his
grave. What impudence in him TO talk OF
66ek. when it is notorious that he himself Is
the greatest hbeller in the universe. lie does
not scruple TO libel the whole South American
Continent, and to descant by the hour on the
degradation Of lis inhabitants on account Of
their n,ired 6reeds, though he himself boasts OF
his own mixed Indian blood! Besides, he Is
completely irresponsible in his person, and IL
sued no Jury could agree as to his sanity II
canno, have been forgotten that ne once appeal
an 70 John Adams TO protect him against the
vengeance of an officer OF the army whom ne
had ;nsuI,ed: his refusal to account to mem
Der Of Congress from the South Tor his SANDERS
is of more recent occurrence, and when at ano-
Their time he was threatened with chasusemen'
for his insolepce to citizen OF Washington,
he complained Of breach of his privilege, and
threatened to bring the matter before the
House. And as to his veracity-"l should
like (says he) to see the man who would ques-
ton my testimony on matter OF TACT he