Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-09-04
AiFpsEaSs A aJ1D@.LgAs
,oNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1926.


re believe will gain the confidence OF the un-
= nre;udiced. Nevertheless, we think that Capt
b ought to support his statement by all the re-
.nectable testimony that he can obtain. 1t is
q - affair. NO: merely between the Captain and
.be Senator, but one which is important TO
y ,hs nation. If Mr. Randolph has so entirely
q a.r,r,ed from the course Of gentleman, as he
q !, ,srresepted to have done, surely he can no
Y ,or oer be regarded as sane man, without ac-
& trowIedging him a blackguard.
NJ, John Holmes, the Senator from Maine,
has addressed letter to the people OF his State,
!, defence of his course ia relation to the Mis-
souri, Question, and has Published letter to
,;rself from Mr.. Jefferson, in which the great
virginian approves Of the principles assumed
- Mr. Holmes, on thatsoccasion. Mr.. Jetfer-
sons letter will be found in another part Of this
4 paper, ard viii undoubtedly be read with IN
,ere,,. but we think the Maine Senator ought
mo, 70 have published it, unless he could have
procured Mr. Us appreciation OF the late pro-
ceedings in the Senate. Mr. Holmes behaved
well on TIE Missouri Question, bu! what does
he think of his owl conduct since? Perhaps a
letter from Mr. Randolph might help him out.
The kentucky Reporter of the 2lst ul,imo
owes election returns from sixty-three Counties
out Of seventy one; in forty of which, the Old
Court Party received majorities, and the New
Court Party in y-three---leaving eight
\ vet TO be heard from. The number OF Repre-
sen,atives from the forty Counties are fifty hve;
aud that from the twenty-three counties thirty
seven---making majority OF Representatives,
in favor Of the Constitution and Old Court, OF
eighteen. The eight Counties from which re-
turns have not been received, each sends one
member, that should the whole eight be oppos-
ed TO the Old Court, there will still be MAORI
~ of ten in the House of Representatives, favor
able to the Constitution. In the Senate the
Constitutional party is completely triumphant
Kentucky is herself again---The Constitution
and the Laws are restored; and the General
Jackson epidemic is rapidly abating.
The Petersburg Republican, after copying, from
another paper, Mr.. Jeffersons Toast at Lynch
burg, altered and amended to suit the purposes
of the General Jackson faction; and after endeav-
curing 10 palm that toastupon the people as the
deliberate opinion of the Virginia Sage relative
10 the Presidential Election, now shifts its
ground ana contends that "Mr. Jefferson, adj
herring fc the coslrse pursued By him during the
elsctionser;ng canvass, DID NOT, TO THE DAY OF
HIS DEATH, utter sentiment calculated to convsy
an idea of the fitness or unfiness Of either Mr.
adams o. Genera! Jackson" 1t will be remem-
bered that the Petersburg lntsHigencer exposed
the miserable trick which the Jackson papers
attempted to play of, by altering the phraseol-
ogy of the toast; and asserted that Mr.. Jeffer-
son had expressed his decided disapprobation
ofGen. Jackson's being elevated 10 the Presi-
Dental chair. This assertion the Republican
family denies; but, at the same time admits,
that MIR. Jefferson "may haUs said, in so many
words, that General Jackson ,oas not the man OF
his choice" To cap the climax of inconsistency,
the Republican first offers Mr.. Jefferson's toast,
as reason why the people ofthe United States
ought to vote for Gen. Jackson as their Presi-
dent, and now, when il is ascertained that the
Sage's opinion was adverse to the pretentions
ofthe Chieftain, the Independent Editor of the
Republican makes the following confused re-
treat: "No man living holds MIR. US opinions IN
"higher estimation than we do, but as we have
"ncver pinned our faith 20 the sleeve OF any
"man, but have always pursued straight for
ward course, we cannot consent, at this time
"ofday, to withdraw our preference for General
Jackson, because this or that distinguished
individual may have thought differently"
Certainly, all who remember MIR. Ritchie's
course during the late Presidential election, and
his opinions of General Jackson's conduct and
qualifications, will smile when they learn that
the following toasts--recently drunk at Wythe
Courthouse in Virsinia---appeared in Fridays
Enquirer, without comment.
Virginia and Pennsylvania in the next Presi-
DENTAL contest: Conjunctio manis ts toemina est
dc Jve nature.
Gen. Andrew Jackson; May that usurpation