Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-28

me TO Columbia, requiring i1e W iea'e Town In
the morning, prevents ne from accepting your
invitation.
lam eratiied that my course as Represep.
tative Of this state has met your general appro
baton, especially upon the disputed subjects of
the tariff and internal Improvements.
The protection and encouragement Of Amer
lean manu- features of necessary articles, seem 10
me TO be the same thing as The protection AID
encouragement of our acknowledgement
and has, therefore, received the support YOU ap
prove. e
Believing in the, power and duty Of the Gen
alGovcrnmem TO prosecute, a, ihc ra,iouale5.
oence, such great works Of Internal improve.
men, as are national in their character and quail
ity, have supported them alsc,whelher laey
related TO public defence, dissemination Of in.
formation by mail, or to the prosecution Of Oh,
external or internal commerce.
Roads and canals, Of that description, sEstG.
means Of attaining ends clearly enrusyfto The
General Government, hy tie consliIsNon; and
the individual states having given u2 10 the
Union all the fruitful sources Of Srycnue Lpn
foreign commerce AID public lands, do not hs.
sess even the power Of concert, or tie sources
Of revenue necessary to the completion o! such
national objects.
Ii i, time 10 give up the point decided a, TIE
formation Of the Union, and no longer 20 ,eg
the governmcnt Of .he United Sra.es--a govern.
ment Of ourselves by ourselves-aS an .rt adine
alien enemy, abou. 10 destroy The domestic gov
ernmcnls Of the individual states.
The power OF laying taxes, declaring way.
forming tariff, aud prosecuting objects CT in.
;crnal improvement. are all susceptible Of abuse
A.. j. hi
use.
My support of those disputed measures dill
not originate with the present Adminisrlcr.
In like manner, deemed it duty 10 rpmpls,e
the measures OF conciliation and f,icndsii9
with the Spanish American Republics of ,he
South, which we had begun under Mr. MoHrc:
with such Uncommon unanimty; and have been
prosecuted under his successor with such un.
common opposition. !, would be hypocrisy no;
TO connect this charge with the PresdcGInI
contest, which may prove the rock upon whjlh
we are TO split, without patriot modrralim
among the people themselves.
Finding the present Chief Magistrate puf.
suing what | considered the settled policy Ct
the nation, found myself amoEg his supper.
ers without any change in my former coura;
and believing his Administration TO he cxcr,inc
powerful talents and undoubted integrit, inlh
Jealous support Of the public good, (under
more embarrassing opposition than any one
encountercd,) shall moi change my course ic
the purpose Of arraying myself in an opposite
Of either a personal or sectional kind. Vel!
respectfully, your ob't.
DAVID BARTON
J. l. Tikon, j. B. Gordon, d. p Wiicor, s. Kirfhy
Ertract of a letter from gentleman in Fredereishg
tothe Editor of the Richmond Wig.
"The cause Of the Administration is ganIT;
ground here-the Buchanan pill is operaiin;
very happily, and believe the time arriving
when Henry Clay's standing in Virginia wi, :
if possible, be higher than ever The reaclln I
in his favor is already considerable. The vel
which intrigue and calumny bound over the VI
sion IF many honest men has been rent asundd
and with magnanimity honorable to natuF
they acknowledge the gross injustice Wild 1
has been done to Clay, and restore to him thu
high confidence Of which green eyed jealous
had for time deprived him. Gen. Jacksohi
Virginia hopes are fast fading Some Of b.
warm friends acknowledged that his trier: n
Carter Be- erly and the severe and powerful r'
spouse of CLAW, had placed him in dificu 70
They WIRE anxiously looking for succoart'a1 IA
his Pennsylvania ally (Bucbanan} but fS n
they find he explicitly denies ever having No
such communication to Jackson, and ehilI, 8}
exculpates Clay-and when they recoI'oct ="
Buchanan was at the last election and IS 10
the friend of Jackson, and political eaemG
Clay, in giving flu! credence 10 his stslcnn
which they can't withhold, they will leave 'c
Jackson deep in the mire where his own!mP
dence and the zeal OF his friend Garter bS'"'
have plunged him.
"In conversation with an Acquaintance W
was before recent Developments decor
friend Of Jackson, asked him TO say 81
frankness what impression the Beverly core
pondcnce. SC. had made upon his mind.
confess (said hey my prejudice against "
has been greatly removed: ! never th",s
Gen Jackson fitted fora President, but u.
was SO much talk of corruption and hargaIa'
a, Washington, and lending my beiict "N
thought it best to fight the Deviiwi,h fire.
therefore wished his election" MAJ
with truth say, that the strong current WI
for two years and half has been rnnniD5
gainst the Administration, has been gwen
great force by portion of the commu
who despising dishonesty, yielded 10 the -