Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-28

Adams S bI.tereSt Zoe now, was, snort time
since, zealously suppoMed by Mr.. Adams's
warmest friends!
In 1925, few days after the Presidential e.
lection in Congress, and before Mr.. Adams's
Inauguration, the writer of these remarks, then
recently returned from Washington, in pri-
yate letter, addressed to John H. Peasants, Esq.
expressed some opinions, which, in the exer-
else of an excusable liberty by an old and va
lued friend, were published i'll the Constitution
al Whig of the st Of March, 1926 Here fol-
lows the extract alluded to-: "Mr Adams de-
pertinent il conciliatory enough. / believe It's
his sincere wish to administer our government
upon principles of policy which may meet the
appreciation OF all; yet am inclined to believe
he will have stormy administration IL IS ru-
mored that formidable opposition 10 his al
ministration is already in train of organlza-
ton. Should Clay be appointed to the Secre-
taryship of State, Of which there is great pro-
liability, he may at once be regarded as the man
whom Mr. ADAMS influence will be extended
to sustain in some future contest for the Presi-
dency. find tbs CERTAIN our intriguing and am
bilious Vice President acW take his measures acr
cordingly, and stake his hopes upon the efforts Of
future opposition purity TO the government Mr.
llcDu6ie aOiN be the leader in the loDer house, and
Calhoun himself, as presiding officer Of the Senate,
"a station whose duties he has already declared
his purpose to discharge in propria personal
notwithstanding the constitutional restrictions
imposed upon him in that capacity, aUW find
UayS and means for he is man fertile In expe
dent, and of the most consummate address,
as by arraying the Senate against Mr.. Adams'
treaties, nonainations &C. seriously 10 enaba,rass
| his administration
This extract IS now republished with no view
OF enhancing my pretensions as political Fro
phet; for the suggestions made, rested on facts
then well known, and whose aspect could not
be mistaken; tho do lay claim to some small
measure of credit for the sagacity displayed
in enumerating beforehand the precise means
Of annoyance to which Mr.. Calhoun has SO re-
Gently had resort i'll the prosecution OF his hos
tile designs against the present administration
think have now made it apparent 10 all I'M
partial men, that Mr. Calhoun is not aincere
and honest In his opposition to the administra-
ton: and that in declaring for Gen. Jackson he
is exclusively influenced by the conviction, that
the gallant General, because Of his great and
deserved popularity, is the man, above all others,
around whom an opposition party formed to
crush Mr. Clay, might be most successfully raj
led In imputing such sinister designs to Mr..
Calhoun, would not be understood as mean
ing to denounce indiscrimnaely all the mem
bers Of the present opposition party in the coun-
try.
| myself am not satisfied with the present
administration; and do believe that large
Majority of Gen Jackson's friends throughout
the union, IN supporting him for the Presidency,
are governed by the most honorable and patri-
otto motives. go further, and say, that the
present opposition to the government, SO far as
it is not personal or local in its character, but
founded in sincere and honest attachment to
State Rights, is legitimate and righteous OPP
position, and am prepared to give my hand
and heart to its support Yet, will never sur
render up my independence to any partv, and
follow blndly wheresoever It's chiefs may lead
the way.
Indeed, the oppostionists of the classes de-
scribed above, have already abjured all political
fellowship with Mr.. Calhoun. Aware of his
sinister views, they seem unwilling to bring
odium on their cause by any connection wAat-
soever with him. Mr.. Randolph has declared,
in the o. States Senate, that san impossible
gulf lies between himself and Mr.. Calhoun.
And the Jacksonlans in Pennsylvania and else
where have expressed their determination, that
in running Jackson for the highest office, they
will not support Calhoun, for the second
Would to God, that by merely willing it, they
could get rid of Calhoun!-But he is, l take it,
TOO dexterous and adroit TO be disposed Of thus
summariy. | am inclined 10 suspect that he
will go with them, in spite Of themselves, till
1t suits his purposes to quit them. "What
falling off is here." A few years since, ond Cal
houn stood among our most distinguished Pa
trlots, and now, undone by the suggestions Of
fatal ambition, he is a politician, whose inter
course is eschewed, and whose profered embra
ces are spurned and despised. Had he proudly
held himself above intrigue, and relied for pro-
motion on the force of his own splendid abili
ties, he would, in due season, have been waited
into the Presidency as naturally Gas the sparks
fly upwards" but impatient of delay, in the
spirit of political gambling, he determined to
stake his hopes on the desperate hazards Of a
game for office, and already political bank
ruptcy, whose appalling gulf is without shore
or bottom, yawns to receive its victim.
From the "Sketches of Soldiers Life in Ireland
FEMALE HEROISM
- She was the individual who distin-
guished herself so MOLLY at Matagorda, near Ca
diz, while the French were besegng the latter
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