Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-07-02

al. You have broug forth which proSe' :,
he merits a continua public csnhcehce, y
and nothing, l am bd v. that ~justifies an .
investiture Of Andre son with it, in pre- !,
ference to him. The law Of our state, u
which inAicts a penal( officer Of the led J
eral government, who the same time,
accept an office in cot our elections. J
OF the policy Of this laV XII not speak; 1t II
is a law, and should be d as such. For n
a member of congress- home an active ;
electioneering partizan, be in conflict \
with its spirit. IL gives for the transfer S
Of ~faclious feelings gener the session OF '
congress, to the remotese 5 Of the land; !
and allows no time for thu ess and digni- 9
ty Of temper, Indispensable e legislation. {
| care not whether a membV IF or against !
the administration, during hbership, he \
is necessarily in!erdicted froN ming an in {
temperate caballer, by the ri Ind dignity |
of his trust. But, before wS d 10 settle
the merits and dement's of m ADAMS aud
Jackson, | must bring to your ktion some
part Of your political course 50 became
a prothonotary anil secretary common
wealth. A citizen, who exer4 18th such
freedom, Especially a public hen the
right of discussion, aud with so license,
invites a scrutiny into his pohtS inns to
respect and attention. All (say / koceed-
ings) who are devoted to their couy Id the
principles Of its government, must pckcd
al the successful daring OF Two risa rants,
in dividing the highest stations and how
err Of the government between then1 kola-
ton Of principle, in defiance Of publiV Ion,
and in contempt of public virtue. a
repetition Of the stale charge Of MIR, kr.
who, by advice Of his friends, took she b..
hind his privilege, when a highly disinq
tribunal were directed 10 inquire into his
1t has been reiterated in Jackson's insure
AIRY letter to his Kentucky friend, and it Vnt
mates from you, sir, who are from present {.
cumstances, deemed an adviser Of Mr.. q
mer's sophistical shyness Why was The
not then given? Why, let Inc ask you, is it d
withheld? The reference to the election in |
the newspapers, is a mockery so silly, as thai
would Justify a verdict Of lunacy against the U
terer never heard OF reference 10 all Il
newspapers of the day, 10 prove a fact, un,
general Eaton was pleased to give that author
ty, in defence Of Jackson's military court
New Orleans, III a reply he Favored me vii
last summer. You were, i believe, made
prothonotary, unrecommended, whilst a mo
numerous and respectable recommendation
a revolutionary veteran, was understood 10
unheeded on the governors table. In CORFU.
and corrupting times, | never heard Of any oil
suspected Of corruption in this, though pr
sumo you voted for the governor. You we
called, dnrecommended, 10 the Office Of the s
cretary Of the commonwealth, and one of yo,
early transactions was TO notify MIR. Jenninl
that his auctioneer's commission would
voided in ten days-when he appealed not &
retention, but for time 10 dispose of his bu:
ness, to save his customers from loss, he ";
sternIy answered, he must depart. II is-,ru
lie gave you q parting word, ard, l though
put you in the wrong This action savored
energy, and of something like a subserviency
the executive, that l cannot conceive BEGAN
cons,itutiohally a duty. Pending a very serio'
inquiry into the executive conduct, a schen
Of nomination was got up, evidently at the Sc
Of government, in the hope 10 secure the Z
election Of your patron.
A central committee was raised, Of which
think you were a member; one head of a depal
ment | know was TO promote his election. (
a public meeting in the county where | resid
| was incidentally induced o dissent from son
fulsome resolutions, which / deemed untrue ar
out Of time; the central committee in their wi
dom and friendly feeling, ins,iga,ed certa
printers to denounce me as ambitious. and
counting the federalists 10 retain that place, n
vote for the compensation law must forfeit n
with the republicans. These proceedings we
had very near you; with your knowledge dout
less, and perhaps with your concurrence. If
were so, I only hope not to be so unchsritab
with you, as to believe, in your apparent re
for Jackson, you have lost any Of your virtu
The election came, but these energetic procee
ings did not produce the desired effect. Nor
nation, for once, did not result in an equivale
for success at the polls. The election of 10:
leaving you at liberty, afforded you an opport
nifty Of traversing the state, and paying son
visits to Washington, under pretext, perhaJ
really in part, on account ola paper contra
with the post office. Mr.. Calhoun came in
Pennsylvania; his progress was announced
The Franklin Gazette, and some pretence W
made of claiming him for a native Of Pennsy
v%ania, on the ground, it is understood, that h
father passed through the state on his way flo
Scotland, whence he migrated to America
Early in the next session, general Rogers a
nouncrd him 4 candidate for the presidene
and the whole organization that wrecked NJ
Findlay by their energy, chimed in, thong
with an almost moral certainty he could n