Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-27
PRINTED IND PunLIsHEU,
From ne Constitutional Wig.
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRG!NI

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WAS eoua. to nv hopes. had not designed
further 10 lax your kindness or fatigue your pa
,ience; but have been driven from that pur
nose by perusal of the late appeal of Loualher
10 the American people. 1t is true, that many
Of the outragss which he discloses, have been
before referred TO; but, in addition TO new and
aggravaiing circumstances, Of which had
moi heard, he has furnished facts relating TO
Drrvious charges aud sustained by documenta-
nv proof, which give deepc: shade 10 Their
a,rocity.
The ways Of Providence are dark and in
scrutabIe, but their wisdom when fulfilled aud
the means Of their fulhlment, extort the fai'h
even Of the iaidrl. They teach the awful les
son, tina; though the guilty may for season
escape ieirbuiion, justice viii finally oYertake
them, and to render her triumph the more com
complete, she makes themselves unconscious
instruments in the execution Of her DEGREES
The unfounded and cruel ISLANDERS against
Louisiana AND same Of her most distinguished
citizens, propagaied by Jackson aud his par,,-
Fans, have brought to the public view some OF
his deeds which might otherwise have slept in
undisIurhed oblivion.
People Of Virginia! appeal 10 YOU all-no
matter By what party names you may be call
ed, whether JaCksonIes or friends Of the ADJ
minis,ra,iOn:-the melancholy necessity Of the
times will be my Apology for using such terms
of discrimina toni solenmly conlure YOU ali
10 divesl Yourselves, for one hour, Of the mill.
tarv nhrcnsy now raging through the land, that
reason NAV exercise her calm and sanitary III
fiucnce and then cad the case Of L0uGkiier. 1t
is matter of consolation tina, the tyranny which
oppressed this patriotic citizen, and those who
attempted 10 relieve him, does not now prevail
over our land. For Iitlle while at least yet to
Il. l,a
----.,-A ~ H. p~~-a. .rithnut ,."j~s''~1 a.
writer, who darts thus torrwaIn his country
men, 10 trial by a Court Marital for libel or
mutiny. The idol indeed is already sci up, s.
vengeance is denounced against every one who
will not bend the knee; but, the power is yet
wanting TO heat the oven. The furious pas
sion exists, and the faggol has been threatened;
bul | continue TO hope that YOURS Will be the
Office Of the miaistering angel, and that your
voice will be omnipotent TO save. beg vou,
aEair ard again, TO read the appeal OF Loual-
hcr.To estimate II rs il deserves, bring il home
10 yourselves, 10 your own fircsides--strile out
the name Of Louisiana, and insert FWginia.--
Figure 20 Yourselves u band Of armed soldiers
surrounding the capitol OF orr ancien, com>
monwcal,h, and excluding al The point Of the
bayonet, the Representatives of the people from
the Hall Of their sittings-the commanding
General contemporary jeering them with
charges Of treason, the misbcgOtten phanloms
Of his own iMaginalion--see his obcdirnt sol.
diery palrolling The streets with military war
rants to arrest private citizen for presuming
10 animadvert and that too, in the spirit Of for.
bcarance, on one OF his arbitrary edicts-de.
priying him Of his liberty, and bringing him to
a ,rial by Court Martial on charges Of mutiny
and libel ,--charges which only folly and despo-
tism united could have conceived See the
Hdbc0s Corpus, that great constitutional writ
which the wisdom Of our ancestors had provid-
cd against the caprice and wickedncss or ,y-
ranny, trampled under feet with superb liiOus
disdain ofits authority-see the Judge dragged
from the seat Of justice by armed bands and
carried TO confinement, for complying with his
oath and the injunclions Of the Constitution,
in issuing this wrt--his counsel sharing his
fate, and second Judge TIRE atened; while this
same General is proclaiming that our whole
capitol is his camp, and tina, he will be restrain
cd neither by law nor the constitution. From
such 4 scene as this, see him approach 10 de-
mand your suffrages for the first Office in the
gift Of free peope:-what would be your an
swer? Then know you would no. have so s.
bused yourselves Us To become his worshippers
Shall the lapse Of few intervening years cam
Gel all remembrance OF these outrages? Has he
performed any acts Of repentance or atone
ment since? Let his conduct in the Seminole
War, and as Governor OF Florida, answer
Three years ago the elec ton Of this man was
denounced ga curse upon his.country," and |
vast majority OF the people of Virginia gave
evidence by their suffrages that they so believed
Is il possible that, now, "unanonted and IMAM
nealed' as he is, you have changed your opin..
ions? Ihen, his deeds were comparatively bu, |
little known; they are noto before US with these |
aggrara,ins circumstances. Then you reject
ed him: can you roo with any consistency sup
port him? BY What process have his bitter
est opponents been converted into ardent
friends? Has some magician passed Though |
the land, seducing you with The high sounding
terms of his art, such as Estate Rights" STA
and corruption?" Ifthis be the
case, lei mr. beg you TO shake off his spell, bv
manly exercise of your own judgments. When
sou convict any man, on satisfactory evidence,