Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-04-17

not suppose MS warm expressions al attach.
| ment to the administration, and his apparently
hearty and cordial approval of its measures,
| were based upon the frail and uncertain tenure
ofhis own success in the then pending election
| They supposed them the frank and honest con-
| victions VI an enlightened, mind-the result of
deliberation; the fixed principles of "a man with
heart"
But il the evidence furnished by Mr.. Van
Ness himself is to be credited, his friends have
now something to excite their fears least their
confidence may have oeen misplaced; and that
those WHO opposed his election may :,a,e been
in the right, SO far at least as their opposition
was the resu, of disbelief in the sincerity of
his professions Of attachment 10 the admlnistra-
ton. Tha, his mind should have been soured
towards some Of the friends Of The administra-
ton who vigorously and successfully opposed
his election, does not excite our" Especial won
der" but that he should endeavor visit their
iDiquities upon the head Of the President, after
the public assertion Of Mr.. Bailey, under his
own signature, that Mr.. Adams had no know.
ledge Of The celebrated letter to Mr., Buck, is
"s,range, passing strange" Had he, however,
even here, put upon bis disappointed hopes the
curb Of restraint, his appeal 10 the public would
have been comparatively unexceptionable. But
1t seems he is not 10 be satisfied with the down
fall OF Mr.. Adams, in-compensation for the loss
ct a seat in the Senate. He must become the
head and leader Of Jackson party in Vermont,
and be the first in the State to nominate mill
lary chieftain 10 preside over the destinies OF
the American Republic.
We can look upon the extraordinary course
Mr.. Van Ness has taken, in no other light than
| as most striking fulGlmen, of the predictions
Of those who opposed his election, and wan
ton desertion Of his friends He says, No
person who supported me, on the ground that
81 was a friend to the administration was de-
"ceived, had the resul; ofthe election been other
+" ,CiSe than il was" The unsuccessful termina-
ton Of the election, the loss Of the Office of Sena-
tor, is the ground Of his opposition to the adj
minislration. II is not urged that bis election
would have varied the measures OF the general
government, or rendered them more deserving
OF the confidence and support OF the people
than they now are. Had he been elected hr
would have yielded cordial and hearty sup
port. He was not elected The administers
tion is the same-ils measures the same as they
would have been had he succeeded--yet they
are no,0 untcoriAy ofsupporH Here then, n We
can under stand plain English, is the very CO.
gent reason why he has " deserted one party and
Joined another" while he does "not fully pos
sess The confidence ofei,her" Whether he will
,'be continually subjected, on the one side. TO
inputations Of insiucerity in his apos,acy, and
on the other, to complaints ofoverc harged hos
tility against those from whom he has abruptly
separated himself" time win tell. Whether his
personal objections to Mr.. Adams will admit
fany thing like disqualification; that he is con-
s,itutionally irritable and overbeartng," can bet
ter be decided by others than ourselves"