Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-20

colleague,
What news abroad about the election!
Does things portend favor'bly TO our cause!
MARK-It is upon the pinions oi report,
That il Adams should The nations choice be,
Then Clay will be his premier; but II no.,
Then Adams will retain bis office sllii:
Therefore, they'll uni'e against the hero
And we should swith their OWE weapons bght
BY rendering Ike pledge. then'
BUCK Then quick I'll 10 the generals
room dispatch,
And see if HEN not make as lib'ral bids
10 gain the flushing honols OF the state,
AS bis great rival,
SCENE V
JackSon'S room; enter Eaton.
EATON.-I'y well accomplished this great
embassy,
And soon think the sun of our glory
Will exhale the ,ransitory me,eors
That fit between US and our dAz!lng prize,
And cast his rays 5enignly on our hopes.
For hal Guild the world to find man,
And close examn'd eacrone separate,
I'd not have found better for our purpose.
Than that same krcmcr. He swa!ow'd my
tale
With such wide noslrils, and distorted jaws,
AS though he li,'d and brcath'd on caIp'nny,
JACKSON.-1hink you there is not some-
thing to be fear'd
In trusting bosom secrets TO such men?
For he that's base enough TO be pimp,
Has bu, little choice for whom he serves,
So that he gets his compensation,
EArON.-As 10 that,we've nough', 10 apple
bend,
For he suck'd in the news eagerly,
That his whole soul VAS bent on that alone:
And his bulk was swel!'d 10 such dimensions
With the infested air, that he scarcely
Knew whence ii came, or whilhtrit had gone,
And so left him
JACKSON-C Could YOU bu, uccccd in tram
Ing that Clay,
Our cloudrd views would brighten into dav,
And that you will, have but Iit,lc doubt?
Therefore, ponder we'll while am out.
Erit Jackson.
EATON alone.
Now are our schemr, quite cOusunmaed,
And we're Icf nought to do but pinion them
Pom the wide expanded wings of rumor,
And send'm to the four corners of the earth,
fill they iufpst he air with pois ring brtath,;
Then must he fctsrsd Clay IN right conclude
Tina, theHeav'ns gltter'd with malignan, s,ars,
And fatal orgies, held supremacy,
On earth, when he was into bting brought.
Enter Buchanan
BUCnANAN.-M Most worthy friend,
would TO Heaven could
With more f1arrng ,alulation, greet YOU
Upon some brightning prospect Of success,
In tai> election For It's said that Clay,
Swiss soldier like, fights best for those that
pay,
And Adams offers him the pr'mier's place,
II ne should beat in tins polite race,
And lar be tnust make an equal
Or sink ike Lucisr to rise no more
The refore, my bushes, is with him, TO see
II h. II not off + s,ilI greater fee,
For man Is but the cres ure OF an hour,
Still sway'd and ,oss'd by superior power.
But I'll call when lie j. in-adieu.
Enter JacksOn.
JACkSON.-Ifa,e YOU but canvasS'l well
,he-many points
That may betray us in this, our intrigue,
And rightly prepaid yourself TO NEE, them?
A to .uc, ~ dreadful approximations
That al our schemiugs will be brought 10 light
BY that keen ey'd viper, Cla, Of kenluck.
| Who like the serpent when he throws his
charms
Marks the every movement Of his object
do not like that eagle eye of his,
hat p obes the very secrets Of the soul,
And makes the visage rfl-cting mirror,
And could he but expose our deep designs,
Held PROSTATE all The laurels to the earth,
That We So Slprioualy Won upon the field;
And he himself would breas, another wave,
And stem higher tide upon the sea
Of glory.
EAfON.-We'v no such fears to dread, and
il we had,
A rene' y Is now within our reach,
Which may be welded to cur sdr an,aec
For one OF Pcnnsyl, anias noble sous
Just left this, who Came 10 advise with YOU,
Upon the subject of The el-rau
In your discourse with him. you may dis
play
magnanimity OF SOU known 10 lew,
| Till he shall think there's not vicious ,ho't
Ere rankles in your breast Should Kreemer
then,
Berray the confidence, rcpo,ed IN him,
| And turn our enemy, we may contrast
Buchanan's evidence, with lhai of his,
And thus we'll equlpoise the balance
JACK.-ln your plan, mos, nearby cone ur
For, ii adds nuught 10 our fanced views,
1t must protsclus from suspicion