Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-07-31
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TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 81, 1927

TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 81, 1927.
In compliance with the Resolutions Of the
Meeting Of the Freeholders of the Town and
County Of Alexandria, held OF the alst instant,
an adjourned meeting wilssbe held at 10 o.
clock THIS DAY, the alst inst at the Court.
House in the town Of Alexandria.
THOMPSON F. MASON, Mayor.
JONAH THOMPSON, Prat. Lsvy Court.
Mr.. Ciay's speech is published to-day, agree.
ably to promise. Whether friend or foe, every
man that can read will soon have read it; and
we take upon ourselves to say, that however
some may resist conversion, none will be able
to escape conviction. No "inusndoes" will! be
found there-No suynises about things that
should have been kno,on-No base proposer of
corruption, dubbed ga member Of Congress of
high responsibility" sighting in,riguers
with their own weapons mo subte1fuges about
the miscarriage Of nevspapers-no sia66,ng in
the dark, and then acknowledging that the blow
may have been unjust Every thing is open
and above board, or as discarded Roanoke
would say, Is upright, outright, and downright"
ia ckson's nalied us and revengeful charges
were made in prime gatherings of the lowest
parasites, and never intended to be thrown in
the public Journals;-Clay's speech was DELI
vsred in the presence ofiwo thousand high mind.
ed, vigilant, and independent freemen; aud was
Immediately published to the whole world-no,
by Carter Beuer'ey!H-but by hin,selE-not
mi, n The srcbosod ilirs ion Of ~, IF Creo,y,
-bu, with its own commentary in every sem
tence. The reader will bear in mind that
whenever Mr.. Clay speaks of the "unkno,0n ne
gociator" Buchanaa Of Pennsylvania must be
understood. This secret has transpired since
the speech was delivered.
Under the impression, that Mr.. Clay would
return to the Seat Of Government, by the way Of
New York, preparations have been made al
many places to receive him, with the respect
due 10 his unsullied chsracter> and eminent
services. New Jersey, too, has made move.
At meeting Of the citizens of Newark, on
Wednesday last, a committee was appointed 10
invite, "the great champion of the American
System" 10 public dinner at that place. We
are induced TO believe, however, that MIR. Clay
will return by the way Of Wheeling, and will
arrive in Washington tomorrow evening: He
left Maysville, KY. on Thursday the 10Th inst
having the day before dined with more than
too thousand of his fellow citizens
1t mus: be fresh in the memory Of most Of
our readers, that General Sannders's Resolu-
ton so much discussed in the House oil Repre-
senta,ives during the last session of Congress,
had its origin, chiefly, in the wailings Of ISAAC
HILL of New Hampshire; from whom Mr..
Clay transferred the printing Of the Laws OF
the United States 10 the editor Of the New
Hampshire Journal. AS an argument against
Mr.. Clay, il was urged that Hills paper had
greater circulation than its opponent-thal
HILL was the selected printer Of the State Laws:
that the State Administration was opposed to
the Observation-Disclosures thatHill was man
Of great political influence, and much esteemed
by all who knew him-hence Mr. Clay mus,
have been Influenced by overbearing and cor
rupr motives in taking the public printing from
such man, and giving it 10 one who support
ed the measures of the General Administration.
But after all it turns out that neither the people
nor the Administration of New-Hampshire are
opposed to the National Administration, or in
favor OF Mr.. Hills being public. printer OF
any sort. AS an evidence of this, the Patriot
(Hiirs paper is rapidly declining, while the
Journal is rapidly increasing in the public esti.
nation and patronage; but yet stronger evil
dence may be found in the fact that the Secrefa-
ny of STATE Of Hampshire has also transfer
ed the public printing from the PatriO! to the
Journal The following is the correspondence
between Mr.. Hill and the State Secretary:-
L, is perhaps due to the people Of New-Hamp-
shire that the Secretary should, withou. reserve,
state his motives for changing the channel
through which the laws have been published
that if those motives be GOOD, they may be ap.
proved-,hat if they be innocent, he may stand
iusliHed-that il the editor OF the Patriot has
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