Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-05-03
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80. of n, onn,sl,ion manifesto than IL mas
- e,r , long time past, being lmperceptioiy
,,d =, nv a desire TO ascertain whether II was
r. sopEs and serious production oil the gen,ie-
,npn whose names we're aHixeo I" IL, Ut one o'
hose freoue,,& often successful sallies OF humor
for which the worthy editor is SO Distinguish
.d Alter much hesitation, however, conciu'
dsl N rake il in good earnest, and, under mat
;,,nrsss;op. 10 venture few remarks, beseech-
;n, the authors, if have stupidity misunde:-
stood their purpose, al all events moi to sunJec'
me ,o military tribunal, least nv otfrnce mig"'
be brough, under the I'd section OF the aruc'eS
of war.
The very curious document alluded to, pur'
,>or,c =, be an exposition of the manifold SINS
and uickednesses of the present Adminis'ra-
,;op. of The dircful consequences when already
have. or mus, inevitably very soon result 10 the
r,,;nn from them, and concludes with spieh-
did ,antop,imick representation OF Gen. An
drew Jackson. the western planter and citizen
.oldiar. whose sword, like HarleQuin's wand,
On, o,,Iv visible means which he appears to
nossrs, Of accom- olshIng such prodigss)ny us
magic touch at once restores the chaos 10 or
der In the dramatic arrangement, oil The piece,
tho au,hors cannot Law claim TO originality as
!, has long been the practice on our stage 20
,e,;.v. the feelings when they have heen highly
and n,infully wrought upon, bv resor;lng 10 the
br,atlest farccs How often have we all, "hen
IMPRESSED With sympathy tor human woe, SICK
sred with commissera,ion for human Calamity,
or d;,p,s,ed with human depravity, waen pour
,r.v.d bv the potent pencil OF Shakespeare, re-
;o;csd 10 hear the spirit-stlriing trumpet an
nounce. "ne comes! he comes. the mighty con-
oncror Thumb" Why il Is cannot say, out
I nave remarked that no species oil Farce Is
to our subject ne scene rs laid al Fort To-
bacco--s bU place, which may aecoun, tor the
circumstance that they complain Of the cloudy
appearance OF every thing around them, when
all besil, are rejoicing in the radiance Of the
sun and the ETHEREAL mIldness OF The season.
Enter Mr. Stonestrert, his name probalv deriv-
ed from the circumstance Of the streets of the
town no, being paved,) hacus non hueando
Stone street.-The clouded, sc. Sc But now,
testing apart. lie, us examine this TRADE; for al
though il will probably never do any harm, 1t
certainly has not harmless intentions--tbe quo
amino i, as manifest as il is wicked. The hrs'
distinct proposition that we recognize in IL, is
,ha, the present Chief Magistrate was not elect
ed sa,isfaC tor,ly 10 them. Aye! grant II; and
his elevation was equally obnoxious TO many
others Of as various political casts and denomi-
nations. 10 Timothy Pickering, To Jonathan
RnsseU, TO Mordroa Noah, 10 John Randolph,
to Martin Van Buren,, to William b. Giles, or
Daft Green. Black spirits and white, blue spi-
rits and grey. But was he not the choice, in
the first place, of mos, respectable portion 1--WE
believe majority Of The free, tchife, educated,
sober. industrious citizens OF his country! Did
the final decision Of The question not, OF neoes;
sitv, go before Congress? was there amy posi-
bic constitutional means Of avoiding thatcourse!
and when there, was the selection not made
with the utmost deliberations! fes-Jus,ice
held the scales. In one were placed morality,
genius, education, untired application, and IN
domitab!e perseverance, and they. OF course,
carried with them respect for the first, adnira-
ton for the eeond, and confidence in the last,
And what was the counterpnise! The batlle Of
New Orleans. when first thrown into the scale,
it made far resounding din, but j, moved mol
the balance His friends then sought out dill
gently for some small services which, il was
said. he had rendered the state in the character
of LAWYER and Judge, and they might have acd.
ed Jury TOO, for he has acted in all these capa-
cities az the same ,i,pe-but they a, allied little
or nothing. The Seminole war, and his sari-
Gus desperate personal rencontres, &c. were
ufpr0-3ut JuStIS uSNuSut tHSes ~ eSSe
they must be tut in the opposite scale. All
would not do, he was found wanting, miserably
wanting; and Justice pronounced her immu'a
bic decree But we now come to the great Bug
bear that mas oeen dressed up with all possible
Ingenuity, in the most odious and offensive cos
tune that could be imagined, to frigE,en the
good people Of the country-I allude to the
part taken By the Secretary Of State in this EN-.
Urgency. Dives, j, Of all the false coloring with
which it has been dis6gurrd by envy, hatred and
malice, and wha, is it! That Mr.. Clay, having
some real or imaginary grounds OF complaint
against Mr. Adams-which, however did not
affec, his fitness for the high trust 10 which he
had been SO honorably called by the people
and being reduced 10 the alternative OF chOos- |
ing between him and man whom he belised
lin common with four. 6fths of the coun,ryD
wanting in the capacity, in the atianments. in
the experience and the habits suited to the sta
ton. and whom too he had accused solemn