Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-07-30

Inits that patronage 10 remain VIZ" '" :: -
rsyile him and desire to destroy his.repu.a"o"
he is either laughed at as timid or imoeche' =.
he is said 10 wish 10 win over his ad'ersarN'
by rewards But if he boldly resumes ina, pa
;ronaee from those who base!y maiigh hi".
and confdes i, to those who treat MIN M. =,
friendly and fairly, we see that ne Is accuse -
Partially, Of cruel injustice, and Oh ~a," ,ho
anunish independence" Seeing then 'na' tue
annointmeur of neither friend nor opponent
an es,ane condemnation, to what are we 70 at
,ribu,s sncb ceusures9 Or from whom can an
,nnoin.men, be made' We abure all such IN
disrr;mina,e. such captious objections-ali sue
undetermined, implacable hostllity-and we
,hanL ,ba, man in the name Of our country,
,vhopver he NAV be, that has the magnanimty
I'D frmness, in making his selections Tor Of
6ce 10 appoint those who are distinguished Tor
heir virtues, their capacity, and their hieii'y
70 the country, regardless OF political names or
marty distinctions. =.
Rn, how injuiicious is ii IN the Oppositioh
r.. % cor,nsi, themselves? How inconsistent
!, i, thus TO attempt to censure President al
ans for disregarding party distinctions IN ma
Li,e same Of his appointments from those VINO
onnosed him; when il sknown, that. next 10
,be victory at n. Orleans, the strongest motive
,xoved by many Of them for supporting Gen.
J,ckson. is his letter TO President Monroe,
where. among other things, he advises him 10
Dursue the very same course, OF making his APP
no;n,n,en,s indscriminately from all partleS
among men OF approved fidelity to the country
Thus !, is we see, how a heated zeal takes the
,ead from discretion, and betrays into inconsis-
,e,cv those who have united with an Opposi-
non that has proclaimed from the beginning,
even before the adoption OF single measure.
n,ba, the Administration should be put down,
fits measures were as pure as those OF An
gels" o.;,;o
That there may be among the Opposition
those. con6ding less in the merit OF their qiaii-
6ca,ions than in their violence and animated
sxerIions in behalf Of party 10 recommend them
70 office. who do not like either the liberal al
nc. or General Jackson or the liberal practice OF
NJ Adams, we pretend neither 10 assert nor TO
In. hnt If this conduct in Mr. Adams can be
;nonp,ed to him as fault, Presuming that Ge-
neral Jackson gave his advice IN good faith,
VIA, right have the Opposition to expect from
him different or better course:
another objection urged against President
ADAMS is. that he has neither recommended
nor usrd his influence with Congress to alter
tho Constitution so as o prevent the election oil
pr..;den, from coming bcfurc The House OF Re-
presentatiyes.
How "a, i, becomes President Of the Unit
oil States, at all times, 10 recommend alterations
~ the Constitution Of the Federal Government,
i grave and great question thas we have nei-
,ber time nor space here 10 look into. We
wonl1 balely remark, that in i confcderated go
,.,pneu,, the alteration olthe constitution is a
very serious matter at any time, and ore very
DANGEROUS TO be meddled with in times OF high
nolTical excitCmeni and the question here al
INDEED to- as it touches the balance OF power a.
monp the States, and is one Of the very few in
stances where the States act upon a perfect
equality, and relates 10 the election OF an incum
bent for that Office which the President now
holds, and TO which he is eonstitutionally re-
eligible, it appears 10 US that such proposition
had as we'll come from any other quarter as
from the President himself, and as This was a
question BY no means new or unknown, 1t ap-
ner,aiued as much 10 the duties OF member
Of Congress 10 introduce II, as to those of the
President TO recommend it. But the PROPOSE
ton was brought before Congress and failed
and as many Of the friends Of President Adams,
with others, did not agree 10 the provisions that
were to accompany this change, he is censurcd
for not attempting 10 control these members of
Congress in an inde pendent Legislative act; and
he is accused Of dereliction of duty and Of
being false to his pledge, in not intermsddling
with the proceedings of the House and entorc-
ING the measure whilst it was before them.
Here again we see another cn,rapping dilemma
s,udiously prepared for the President. 1t he
had presented this matter TO Congress in
message, which he never gave The slightest
promise or pledge to do, be would have been
exposed to the imputation by those Of his adj
yersarie, opposed to the measure, OF using Off
cial influence TO regulate the election of Presi,
dent 10 suit his own views. As he did not pre-
sent the matter to Congress, he is accused Of
deserving his duty, and of violating promise
set up for him by the widest construction Of
his opponents, which he never made.
Again, because he did not intermediate with
The matter when it was before the Representa-
lives, which he certainly had no right to do,
and influence his friends to support the meas
ure aud its provisions, whether he or they
thought them proper or not, he is condemned
TO bear all the blame Gifts miscarriage. On the
other hand, If the President had iI;ermedded
with proposition pending before the House,
he would descrvedly have rendered himself OBJ