Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-08-09

ed 10 argue, as well aS I'D PiS"1". ~
in less forcible light than we hao orislna.iy
designed. We hope, however, that our efforts,
humble and imperfect as they have been, VIII
not be entirely unavailing. II they have pro-
duced the effect of removing one erroneous I'm.
pression-if they have infused into the mind OF
a single individual, "a loop on which to hang
a doubt" Of the accuracy OF the PrePosterous
charges that have been so unhesltatlngly, ana,
we would fam hope, unrehectinsly, made a.
eainst Mr. Clay, by his political opponents,
and his personal foes, we shall not regret the
little labor they may have cost us.
To those, ifany such there are, who have been
led to entertain doubt whether they may not
have been 100 hastily induced to join in the hue
and cry against Mr.. Clay, we would suggest
the proprieIy of terrifying this doubt by further
research into the history Of the las: twenty years.
A reference 10 the annals Of this country during
that interesting period, will convince them that
Henry Clay is not man OF such stamp as 10
barter principle for power-that, with all his
faults, he has never been accused OF lack OF
integrity either in private or public llfe-that,
from his youth upward, he has worn his heart
in his hand, and carried his opinions on his
sleeve, for davis TO peck at'-and that he has
ALWAYS been the intrepid defender OF the rights
ana llDerllSS VI man III every IuoitSi VI wv
elobe--It will prove more: it will prove that he
was one of those valiant and Incorporating
spirits that enthusiastically renewed the revolu-
tionary pledge Of Hancock, and Jefferson, in
our second war Of independence, while some OF
those who now apply TO him The most stigma
thing epithets were united with the Ouses, the
chickering's, the Cores, the Strongs, The Cabots,
and other Hartford Conventionists, in deriding
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its operations, rejoicing at the victories Of the
fast anchored Isle, the bulwark OF our holy Re
lIgion;'' and declaring it TO be " unbecoming a
moral and religious people" to exut a: the sue
cess Of Their bleeding and almost PROSTATE coun-
try! 1t is painful 10 recall events 10 memory
which are calculated to fill the breast of every
honest man with sorrow, and to inspire every
patriot with indignation; but when circumstan-
ces occur TO render such reference necessary:
when they who pushed their country to the
verge Of precipiCe, which, even at this dis
tant time, we shudder to gaze upon, assume the
garb Of ercl,Qsiue honesty and denounce as "puri-
fans" and "6lacklegS" those patriots by whom
the country was rescued from destruction, 1t
would be criminal to tie one party, as well as
an unmerited meec of charity 10 the other, we
failed to exhibi, them in their proper character.
Many individuals are now living who remem-
Der well the factious turbulence which 'disgra-
ced this country, and paralyzed her exertions TO
procure indemnity for the past and security
for the future" from 1905, till the close OF the
war They have long since been perfectly con-
WINGED that the charges Of French influence,
bribery, jacobinism, &c. sc. made with most
oracular solemnity at that period, against Mesrs.
Jefferson and Madison by their opponents, were
false. They know more. They know that those
who gave them birth, the leaders OF the federal
party, were aware of their falsity at the time
they were made, and that they were only thrown
out to dupe the multitude. Why? Because,
these leaders wanted the offices which Messrs.
Jefferson and Madison filled, and were deter
mined TO get them, if they could, at whatever
hazard. But, the treaty of Client, negotiated
by Messrs Adams and Clay, in con junction
with other able commissioners, put an end 10
their hopes, and, with them, 10 their SANDERS
Strange revolutions in the political world have
been since brought about, by combination OF
unexpected and unprecedented circumstances,
and they who were patriots in 1912, and in the
gloomy period which folowed-they who were
Conserved of all Observers" as men who had
stood in the breach in the hour OF their coun-
try's danger, fearessly vindicatins her cause,
ma themselves how tic UyS-Noiu aiIu ic
proach'' Of tue nation, because, forsootn, they
are abused and vitupera,ed by many Of the very
same individuals who pursued the like course
in relation to Messrs. Jefferson ard Madison,
and for like cause. The outs are almost al
WAYS inimicable to the ins-they wish 10 throw
the riders of the. public horse, that they may
vault into the saddle fit be urged, that, ma
nv who sided with MIR. Jefferson, and advocat-
ed the war, are as loud in their denuncations
of Mr.. Clay as even Mr. Randolph, or Mr..
Pickering, or Mr. Otis, and their immediate re-
tainers, we answer If is because, LIST the strange
and unexpected combination Of circumstances
produced by Mr.. Monroe's well-designed bu;
fatal scheme Of the amalgamation OF parties, has
thrown every thing into conluson-lke misery,
it " has made strange bed-fellows" Cd. Messrs
Adams and Clay have personal foes whose hos
tiity nothing can appease. Sd. Gen. Jackson,
in whose way to the Presidency, these gentle
men stand, has many warmly devoted personal
friends, whose disappointment at his former de-
feat has embittered their feelings against Mr..
Clay to most extravagant degree; and they are
consequently determined 10 effect Mr.. C.'s ruin,
by circulating tales Of corruption, in order that
Mr. Adams may be elected from office and their
favori,e brought in. A few years, however,
will dissipate these mists of calumny; and Mr.
Clay's fame will be brighter Tor the fire through
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