Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-09

Providence counterac,ing EVIL with Coo.
ia.or oil human and moral people. TS.,.Yh
ly instance resembling thar a, Balimor. D.
record, Is the discontinue and rcpuIs. ,,' On
night, Of the 4ssy'ian army ber re rn. NJ" M
under Sennacherib: Yet had the New. I'm,
President alluded to thai instance in tho seq
history certain newspapers in the Soyh
one or two in the North, would h,ve S. @~
dsnominated it puritGnical cant: SO ,a,5.
the Scofers to drride even the BIBLE. vbe., NC
its ToPAz light and huih favors the man ,,t
the ma jority IT the whiie people deli h, ,oL' ~
nor Mr. Adams ra'hes chose to cIo,bo /,
pure American sentiment in the li,b
beautiful drapery OF all, CORY, as mos, mo-.
for he festive occasion; and because !, ,rorrI,
be clearly understood by every belle, Icr,..
scoIar in France, England and Amrri-, !.
the Malignant notice of the SenGmen, !, ,,.
papers in this city, it is no, klouledce riJi,.
ling bad taste; but il is ignorance, sheer gnorr,
speaking evil Of the things it knows nor =
Is folly and madness throwing mud at a bs,,
tifol Grecan statue. The brave sons Of ;,~
mains a, the festive board in the .'m0gun,,,,.
city, bo' n understood and ie.i the beautfoi A.
leg"ry. 1t was addressed to them, aud ro,,
the bungliug caterers Of sentiment aud r,,,,
who emit the opposition newspapers. 4, -
regards them, all facts and arguments c, { rcd
by classical illusions, would be what D.,
Swift aptly call, "ehoppng q block ,cM "a.
ZoW."
We are actually ashamed tina, EncIi>S oE
tors Of newspapers who are cencrsly nav
almost always, scholars, genllcmen and ne,.
sons OF taste, should see such indics,or' NJ
the want OF education and moral culture in or.
Gazeltes and Journals. To explain Lri,,,
traits OF learning, and pregnant expression, q
genius is to debase them I'll is Ike holtin,,
candle 10 s-e the Sun. However, for the hcp,.
fit Of boys and rirls al school, and for the gr,i.
hcation Of their parents, We will remark. WIKI.
out saying word on the Ebon 'h,onc Of D ..lh
and Of The Prince Of darbaess that III. Icr,z !,
very celebrated among preciou, stones for il;
real AMI supposed qnali, e, AID properties +
is celebrated in the oldest book we haze. lbp
gave it high rank iii the brea,pIatc. or Irq
and 1hnmmim Of Aaron, the splendid oracle d
the twelve tribes OF Israel II was the scrorI
Jewel in the first row OF pres Ious stones ind,
sacred breas plate Of The Hebrew prics,ho.l
and had the name of iss0ehair upon il, 50 La
when personages of that tribe consulted +,
splendid oracle, II was tested, and The event m.
dicatcd by the ToPAz alone; and when rhosed
he tribe Of Simeon applied for rcs3orc The
oracular Jewel of that tribe was the apgti.
and so on throughout the twelve precious stone;
in The Utim AID Thummim. But among t.e an.
cient Jews and lIeathers none had the crIebi
~ OF the ToPlz for its wonderful, real or sup.
pns"d qualities and properties. The whole IS
scm5age Of precious stones in Tie Esc!o,.Id
the Jewish high p:Irst mean, light and pojt
FOn, or as some translate it, The GmjsSiatiOag
TRuTH 1t is possible that the PresIdcn my
have presumed too much on the knowe,gs Of
his audience; but he had right 10 suppose that
some Of them knew what THE Jt,Ce mean'.-
The preciousDcss of certain highly ,aluablsma
nera's HIS given rise TO numerous figures IN tie
metaphorical language OF the Fast; some o.
which have been adopted and expanded by he
most ingenious modern writers, both in pof'r
and prose. Among them Fene!0n and IotTn
stand pre- eminent. The doctrine Of Coon
counte ting EVIL in the moral governments
the world is conspicuous throughout the I'd
Testament. 1t shines in almost every pag,
Pluto 1t is alluded to in Teemachus, a:'s'
nized by JOHNSON, ADDISON and jESSINGNsN
BELIEVED in by the most rational C1r tan eH'
ry where. We ourselye>,in hi, new wo d, naw
seen marks Of its alternate operation from Ih'
first settlement of the coun,ry-"GooD counc'
acting ILL, and GLADNEss woe" We saw 70
our early defeats Oh the borders Of Lake Cham
plain, and in the subsequen, defeat and cap
ture Of Burgoyne: We saw it in The Jersr
and General Green repeatedly experienced ~
the South. We experienced ii in The Treason
of Arnold, and The subsequent execution Of A.
Dire. Yorktown afforded glorious INSANE
1t, yet not equal 10 that at Baltimore. 'E
seeming EVIL s,ill adducing coon" was roc'?
cuous throughout the reign o! George tO' %
down 10 1882, in all the affairs of AmerIca--''
in the last war on Lake Erie, and on 'h-@
plain, aud was acknowledged pRovIDENfIah'
Perry and AeDonough; and yet the Pre'Iat.
Of the United States is abused and deudcG J"
his allusion, in condensed sentence Of "I'd'"
patriotism and piety, as ii regarded the '@I'
ordinary DELIyERANcE VI The very ci'I nc W.
then in.
cannot therefore do homage to The WIS.,
and pat iotism Of Mr. ADAMS in better W."
han by repeating his own words" EHoM -"
TopAz. General Ross posthumou' ''''
firms; and the REPUBLICAN MLuN'NN va
gave it," The application OF these ''',
the spirit Of darkness or Of EVIL, and INC y
rit light, or OF Coop, TO the parts re'pr'"a