Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-10-26
ALEX a 1SJ.D.a1As
..,osnAy MORNING. OCTOBER &c. 1926.

.,,er to see that kentucky still labors
8 :ssaisadyantages of a parsimonious eco
e 81. allowing incompetent salaries to their
''p. .', ofscers. No Judge possessing the ne
f'S Qualifications can remala on the bench
s'a'' sacrificing the interests Of his family;
'l''s ssseouently, as.these retire, young and IN
''s :.oced men, or unsuccessful lawyers and
20 nettifoggers take their places. A case
''''. :, has lately occurred. Judge John F.
~ Of the fifth Judicial District, among
o' INST intelligent, prompt and upright Cir
@.,.dges Of the State, has resigned his Office,
s~, s,.n succeeded by young man by the
~ &c Purtle, who lately studied law with
powan. This, we need scarcely say, is
- & Governor Desha's appointments, and
a'' r.u match for rapid promotion which
= occurred in Tennessee. We allude 10 the
. ~, of General saml. Houston to be
'pr General OF the State of Tennessee,
.s,,, ne had finished his perusa! of Blackstone.
Tho Trenton Federalist, which, by lis own
xhration, is the only active ia ckson paper in
r,w.Jersey. furnishes the subjoined statement
.f,he late election, giving the administration
i,te, majority Of 5,o44 votes. The Editor
.n,rts that the vote in the State for the mem
,s Of Congress is rot full one; but he adj
n;,s ,hat.the number Of. voices just given tor
,.,,son is near the same as that al the election
os,s,avhen the Jackson ticket had about 1000
u,odty and attributes the late result, mainly
% me more general coming out o. The rofers. 1t
,sms to us that the Editor is as correct as
pbcandid; and therefore we come irresishbiy
sthe conclusion, that Jackson never was the
,bOice Of New-Jersey In the election oil 1924
is friends, or rather supporters, numbered
,Mo more than those Of Mr.. Adams; and at
4, election of 1926, those of Adams were 1000
more than they were two years before-Gen.
JsSson's neither having increased nor dimi-
,hsd, Can any other inference be drawn from
this circumstance, than that the supporters OF
General Jackson were in full force at both cleo
lions, while those of Mr.. Adams were too
confident and careless at the first, and cor
rcled their error at the last. But the Edi-
for saws tina, the vote at the late election
twas not a full one'' VIII it be pretended
that had every vote In the state been poll
ed, Jackson would have received MAORI
ty! Or can i, be believed, after the ample pre-
parations on both sides, that the Jacksonltes
would have suffered so signal defeat, had the
means to avert it been in their power. II is in
usdible. The truth is that New Jersey has
lyays been in favor Of Adams, and but for
apathy arising from a consciousness OF
hretrength would have expressed herself,
n the same decisive language, in 1924, that
she has now done. The only reason urged
N favor OF General Jackson, now is, that
be received plurality Of votes, at the last
election, and that the voice Of the People ought
,Owsvail. Let us examine his pretentions on
this ground. and see where he would stand
Herecsived 90 votes. Mr.. Adams SIDE
duct The eight givenby New Jersey which the
Editor Of the Trenton Federalist has so clearly
shown ough, to have been given for Adams
and another in Maryland District where the
Two Adams electors received nearly double as
many votes as the Jackson elector-and Gen.
Jackson's number would be reduced to go while
Mr.. Adams's would be enlarged to, SO,
llshould be remembered too, that in the Bal
tmore District the friends of Mr.. Crawford, as
Aey did in New Jersey, dropped their candi-
aate,and supported the Jackson ticket, which
vas alone The cause Gifts success; and in North
Iaroina where Mr.. Crawford's friends were
@most numerous, the friends Of Mr.. Adams
united with those Of General Jackson and car
nsa heir ticket, under the arrangement, IT
vas sac, tha: each party was to receive It's
arproportion of he Electoral vote. The ar
s'sement, however, was violated, and General
'SSon received the entire vote Of North Caro-
qua which otherwise would have gone 10 Mr..
Sa'0rd. By giving, therefore, the votes Of
worm Carolina to Mr.. Crawford, the Chief
3iA roll would have been reduced TO rs, from
"0eA deduct two for the Baltimore District,
N'u aud them 10 Mr.. Adams, and the true ex-