Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-06-15

found in our present columns, and the other
Will be inserted tomorrow. We regret that
the private affairs Of Lucius compel him to be
so sparing of his favors.
Nathaniel Silsbee Esq, Of Salem, has been
elected on the part of the Massachusetts Senate
TO fill the vacancy in the Senate of the United
States occasioned by the resignation Of Mr..
Lloyd The House of Representatives pro-
ceeded to ballot, but on reference to the rules
it was found that in all elections, by ballot, in
the House, time must be assigned, at least
one day previous thereto, which had not been
done. Eleven O'Clock the next day was there
fore agreed on. We shall know the result this
evening.
The Editor Of the Democratic Press thinks
it too soon TO undertake TO say, with any thing
like certainty, for whom The State Of Pennsy!-
vana will vote at the next Presidential Election;
he confidently affirms, however, that very
great change has been effected in public OPT
MON, since the last presidential election. Eve
nv thing depends on the Administration. The
people Of Pennsylvania viii 'Iudge OF the Tree
by its fruit" They will not PREJUDICE or con-
denim unbeard and un,ried.
We did not conclude TO publish the essay Of
which the following is the beginning OF series
without some reflection. The consideration
tina, a, last determined US TO do So. was that the
individual here chastised. had profanely assum-
ed 10 his mud paper. Gas il is Familiarity called
in Washington the application Of the organ
of the Republican Party" This impudcnce re-
ouired US to afford Castigator the facility he
asked, in stripping the lions hide from the ig-
noble animal, who had borrowed it, DIR. John
son asked what the drudge OF the party must be,
the heads Of which were Sawbridge, Crosby, *
Wilkes? We invert the question, and ask
wha, the heads Of the party must be, who con-
descend to employ SO wretched drivelier as
this Mr Green, and in so principal character
as the organ Of their principles and views?
3ksy the republican Party! Risum tcneatis am
ier Mr. Dull Green, neroy Of Nnian Edwards,
their organ. "Rome thou hast lost thy breed
Of noble bloods!' Richmond Uhig.
CASTIGATOR-No.I
GEN DUFF GREEN, Editor ofthe Telegraph.
You cannot escape You daily publish to
the world, vile abuse, vulgar scurrility, and
foul calumny Shall you hope to escape? You
too, although below resentment, must receive
the castgation due to your malignity, and let
YOUR a5eftor tremble for the rod Of chastise-
ment, reserved for him.
feel reluctant TO touch you, You are under
an Influence youcannot escape. You are borne
along bv a current you cannot resist. | will
follow you-trace out your connection-eXpose
your association----Fll disclose the secrets OF
the conspirators, and hold you and them up to
public scorn.
You acknowledge, you were t,cice rejected by
the Senate. That fact is enough ltpu;s the
seal on you. The veto is rarely exercised BY
that BODY, and only in extreme cases. You had
a fair trial before an impartial Court Yoa
were known as a man and politician TO Col.
Benton and Mr Barton on whose evidence YOU
were tried There was no false witness against
YOU. You do not impeach their motives, or
their conduct You do not complain Of irlus-
,tice. How Won escape the conclusion? DO
no, take wanton and malignant pleasure IN
,or,urinv YOU. You are the mere cover, Tor
other mems iniquity-a mere name.--The veil
is seen through-and the real man stands like
figure on a transparency. But as you are set
nm for censor Of morals, and the organ OF
tru,h----as YOU have the effrontery TO talk OF
principles, and TO assail private character, |
can feel no delicacy--l must touch the sore with
the caustlc.
The objection was either personal or Politi-
cal-you NAV take Your choice ofthe dilemma.
If personal, | would hold no further converse
with man thus convicted-your avooation and
yonr connections would be worthy Of YOU
A man without profession or trade, with no
honest means Of living, disqualified for any ho-
norable office, by a senatorial sentence, might
be driven to make his daily bread, by minister
ING to the ambition, and lending himself TO the
passions Of desperate aspirant-and even to
retailing the foul SANDERS and gross abuse, that
would make even Goblet blush. This connec.
ton was the last resort--the only resource you
had left The Assessment you ieel--the con-
tempt YOU inspire--is a just chastisement OF
your offence, though it may be no correction oil
your errors. You will go your destiny.
You will sink in that perturbed stream, whose
waters you have troubled.
"Like vagabond flag, upon the stream, go to, and
back, tackeyng the varying tide to sot itself with mo-
ton" shakespeare
Ii your private character was fair, ii should
have mitigated the sentence pronounced on your
political offences. But in what aggravated CO.
lours your faults must have been presented, il
good reputation, and an honest life, could not