Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-29
For the Constitutional U1ig.
THE PRESENT CRISIs.-No

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Those who are old enough to have borne
p,r, in the tarly political contests OF our coun-
try. aud who have continued to feel sufficient
interest in public concerns TO have observed the
n,opre.s of parties f"r the last thirty Yeas,
mus find, in the present condition OF aHairss
matter for much curious speculation, as well as
dem rel ,ction. They will remember the time,
whc, distinct and veil defined principles created
Az obvious line OF separa ion between the con-
tending parties; and when opposition 10 the
men IN power, Was directed BY more lofty
motive than the desire 10 succeed 10 their p!a
ces.
Al the present day, il is openly and boldly a
vowed. that whrther the administration OF our
government, be good or bad, whether It's sys'en'
Of policy and the measures growing out oil IL
De wise aud virieous, or imb, Gle and corrupt,
the men WI" compose IL mus. be hunted down
and destroyed, because in their elevation ir"
aspiring demagogues, affecting to speak IN the
name OF the pr ople. were disappointed IN 'helr
selfish and ambitious views.
There is a bitterness Of HOSTILE y-an imPla-
cab,liry &C personal animosity and jeslousy-in
the morley combination Of an,ago"izing inter
e,,s by which the present opposition il rharac-
,erized, iha, puts q, defiance every thing like
patriotism, principle, or consistency. That
which, in itsClf,is undrnab!y prudent, sagacious
and expedient, becomes uDwIsr, inpoliiic and
ipiuriows from tre mere fact Of being recon-
nended nv pailiC ular indi' idrals
II is marifs st that there must be something
wrong, something radically vicious, in an OPP
position thus cons, tu'rd and thus conducted
There must be some motive OF action entirey
different from love OF country, or regard Tor the
public veal, that can excite such vehemence ut
hatred-such malignity 1T passi n such to-
tai disregard Of the common conr.eSirs III lie
towards our constitutional rulers. Mrr diff. r.
ercr OF opinion, could never lead I" such ,iru-
lenoe OF npprsito my, radics! diff
Of principle, would hardly justify 'he ilii"ra
gros, aud vulgar treatment which The cx;s'ing
administration has rrc"i, ed-ar The hands OF men
having the educ alton. standing ard char ac'rr,
OF gentlemen, and calling themselves patriots,
AMI friends Of the people.
If We ask what it rs, that has produced such
a state Of unapoeasahlr excite msn,--~e are an
swered, that Mr. Adams was elected PrcsIdeni
by "hargain, intrigue and man Cement!
Mr.. CLAW was 676ed 10 vote TO- him, by the
promise Of the high station whir h he actually
holds.-snd that such corruption is enough To
rouse the pure and Immaculate spirits OF their
disappointed competitors! And who is he,
who thus accuses the leading men Of his couu-
Or, Of dishonorsbe traffic for office! Even The
chief Of the opposition himself-'he very man
who is to profit by the propagation Of the Sian
ders-the high minded, chivatrous AID patriot
ic 4" hero Of the wars"-wbo, as we are told by
some Of his biogra piers had so litile regard ioi
SELF that he voluntarily "feo on aco,ns" during
part Of campaiyn, rather than FARE better than
his soldiers--who, according TO his own ac-
count. never sought an ofht e"-and who re
fused the invitation OF his friend TO visit pubs
lie watering place in neighboring State, les,
he might be suspected OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
man, SO circumstanced, and so chat acrerized 1
does not scrupr To make this barge of corrup-
ton against his rirnis; and, a, his ''own house
and frsside," for the entertainment Of Z" all hi,
Company" TO vaunt his own ma gnan unity, AID
to boast that he might have been President, if
he had been base enough to pay the price OF
Ms Clsy's corruption! -.
1t would be naturally supposed, that such a
ca,amny could no, have been uttered, such a
boast Il purity could never have been made, but
upon the best authority, and mos, unquestion-
able grounds. Is this the fact! No! The SLAM
der has not even "hsarsay'' TO rest upon: for the
very man whose name is given to the pubic by
General JAG ksun--but given only when he Is
compelled 10 seek voucher for his veracity-
contrsdict, every material poin, Ut his state !
ment, sud expiicitl, denies that he gave him a.
ny authority for his grstuilou, accusation of
MIR Ciay!-How this Immaculate patriot viii
escape the deep Disgrace TO which the Iestimo-
ny Of his own witness aud partizsn has conslgn-