Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-22
PRINTED AhO PUBLISHED,
DAILY,
From the National htsEgeneer.
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.

Adams aud General Jackson, we have, in for
mer numbers, explained to- our readers the
grounds upon which we are, and ever have been,
upon principie-upon considerations drawn
from the theory Of Republican Government,
and under the influence of facts not 10 be dis
puted (because indispulable) opposed TO the
election Of General Andrew Jac kson 10 the Pre-.
sidency. We have not, ii will be seen, ques>
tionei his patriotism, nor his military merit
We allow 10 him the most unboundcd devotion
10 the glory of his country: We allow him to
have done much for it., by his stern and deter
mined conduct during the siege Of New Or
leaus-by his prompt march to meet the enc
NV on their landing, and his subsequent wise
enrrsUchment aud vigilaut reserve, by which
the final victory was won. But we cannon adj
nit that either his gallant conduct on that oc-
casion, the general tenor Of his public acts, OF
his temper, Judged Of By them, qualify him for
the kighes, civil Office, In addition 10 our own
differences of his want Of adaptation to "the
dull pursuits of civil life," We have his own
convictions, according 10 the statement Of his
respectable bioerapher. Major Reid, whose
work was written under the eye of General
Jackson, and with every disposition Of he wri-
ter exalt and dignity his character Letany
one Peruse the passage from tina, work which
will be found in one OF he extracts from ano-
ther Journal, which we are about to introduce
10 our readers, and it is impossible TO avoid the
conclusion that General Jackson does himself
consider that 7,ther his min6 nor temper are
suited for civil orice.
Such, we ale satisfied, is also the opinion of q
majori,y Of the Combination by which, with
The aid Of secret Caucussrs and The " impro'e e.
merit of the condition of the Press" it has been
al. lie hy
and carry Cen Jacks fnrw ard, with roaring
surge of deafering olarnor, to The Presidential
Char Bur this clamor shall not st'tie che
'counse!s Treason nor drown the voice Of ruth.
The comLinatioa Of the CONDUCTORS Utthe press
for he support O. General Jackson is comb |
nation essentially bad. l Is a conhna'ian - |
put down the present Admin St alton OF the
Government, RI lit ~ " .ong, u Cs "hliSh on IS
fuins one which then ha0w Vii bc dangerous =, ,
least hazar lousy To heir caurtry HhY K%o"
il, We repeats s"d w sh- / enley o. TO p"u'c ii
upon them, because in pro inS 1--WE estah'l>i:
the Hypocrisy and basru, s. oi th IL Cr nlna,lcH
OF us because Of opr refusal to he led, humble
ard Hoodwinked. by Mr.. Van BIrep, or WHO !
ever else may De Inst.llcd High Priest Of the
New a,iu,.l -su-h. We will hold up mir
r3l .g '.-o- .sr, oN,se wi'hermg reflection
they would Ace II Sur shall not il
they would. Some of lacm tare nd the au- |
dacity recently to revile us because vc laee, re-
specIiuily and inoffrnsively we hope, pressed |
tine objections which we have TO the elevation
Of successful soldiers, aud men OF arbitrary ard |
ungoyt rnab!e temper, 10 The highest civil Offices
Of the Government. Let them look into tneir
own hearts--let them look al the recorded eNi
dences of their real opinions, which we present |
to them, and then turn again vihdcuveiv upon
US their late associates, whom, like the Numi- |
dian horse, they have deserted, and gone over
10 the other side in the heat OF the engagement.
We will no longer detain the reader from the
feast spread before him, than 30 say, that the
Journals from whose files the following extracts
are made, are the most clamorous Of those
which belong to the combination, and perhaps
the mos, influential. We head the column with
/. The Richmond Enquirer, that HM o. the
Wisp that has newidered SD la"se portion oi
the people of Virginia with its deceptive lights
We submit, without comment, the following
extracts from file of that print for TIE year
1924. assured that we have not reader who
will not make his own comment upon their,
without our aid We particularly ask the al
ts nton Of our Virginia friends to these extracts,
which might have been largely multiplied, HAD
our room permitled:
FROM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER OF
FEB 26, 1924
GAS to Gen. jackson, We would speak with
respect; we feel for him tie sincrrest grail
tude. Yel, even gratitude must have bounds.
when the happiness ola whole nation is at stake
Bring his qualifications 10 the bar OF public o.
ninion. and how will they stand! He saved
New Orleans; he is warrior, an apt and an
able one; man Of energy, of public spirit, of
integrity, of genius. But are these all the quail.
6cations which are required in President OF
the United States. He is distinguished sol
der: but is he a statesman Where is the evil
dence oft? Where are his political speeches!
his dispatches his esssysf rs measures
Where are the evidences OF tia. seiH and at T
tainmen, in politics to which las Of study,
and of exps%cnce, is 50 essentially neeessarE
Compare him Nth ADAMS and wiih CRAWFORD,
md hop INFERIOR rIpSt he 6e--when We ,asr i'-
TO account the series OF his pursuits and the
wan, of evidence which he has exhibited! HeI
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