Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-04-27
From The Baltimore .Americaa.

estimate o. public men, and public affairs, will
lind himself, in Certain crises, hurried into il.
temperance of opinion, which, when the ORR.
sion IS past, he Gnde reason TO condemn a..
| expects these ebullitons of popular feel;,n
when parties divide on momcntons oue,,;ons
whose decision, one wav or the other. INNS, h.
| followed Immediately by momen,ous conss,
quenoes. But under ordinary circums,,,ca.
ard when the republic is threatened from ~
quarter, one would think that the oue,r,r.
which una, odabIy arise in all states. ,n,ob, b.
canvassed a, leisure and without heat. and l.,,
to the final sober judg,nen, OF the Community
and SO they would be-, if there were not alw,r.'
a class Of cunning politicians, who find il CON,
venlcnt TO their personal purposes, to bri,,
passion and pre- JUDGE to take part IN the deba,s
Ii always difficult to expose the prercr'
sions OF these agLiaiors in their true liyh, bs
cause unfortunately the language Of honesty can
be wonderfully well assumed by the craf,y M
ma ter how lnconsidcrable or even false tho
point oil complaini,i II is always easy 10 swell i,
| into importance, by n,oking in aid of it som.
alleged infraction oil fundamental princiDls,
some imaginary invasion Of rights We sun.
pose there never was disappointed pacemau
that did not declare "lhe universe 10 be f.liu,
| IN ruins" or that the constitution had received
a stab, WHEN in truth, his own ambition ONLY
had received the wound: There is generalyno
better way Of testing the business of these H.
rndes, than TO contrast the heat of these palri.
OTIS, with The general temper Of those abou,
them: For as the public is not over an, to be
easy when any important matter is at stake, its
canness /, pretty sure sign that the violence
OF the other party is out of season
4 l,, iJ.I,
the temper of the leaders Of the present opposi.
ton, Is a, a much higher point than, to Judge
from the range Of the Thermometer Of public
feeling, il ough: in reason 10 be Not that we
would deny tina, large body of the people were
dspeased at the election Of the present Chief
Magistrate, and would vote against him on a
mother election But we doubt extremely if
their disappointment partakes very largely OF
the bitterness OF those who, to the chagrin Of
being governed by an administration odlous to
them, have 20 add that Of being denied the or.
porlunly Of making better one out of their
own body; and are disappointed not only in re-
forming affairs, but in advancing themsel'es&
the same time. AS little do the people pa,li.
clpate III the virulence with which the measures
OF the administration have been pursued
There are those who, indeed, think, strangely
enough, that we had no concern in the policy Of
the republics whose deputies convened Ct Pa
mama; that Gov Froup should have been left to
vap0ur as much as hr liked; that advancing the
welfare OF the Union by national improvements,
is no part Of the DUTY Of the government, Of the
Union; and tina, we might have enraged the yo.
LATHE Mr.. Canning by an act OF Congress; when
he was not TO be ensnared by a treaty. But
then all this Is thought and said in tone so
a a,axss of he opposition, that the conlras!
cnr;ous. and would be amusing, ii 1t dia h'''"
rood citizens, give US sober co"cer"
What ought to cast suspicion on '''e "'s.
sincerity, the measures of MI Adfa fans is fact
very worthy Of remark;-that principles here.
tolore discussed with perfect temper, put At
rest, TO all appearance, without any violent a.
citation IN the defeated party, and even acted
on without bringing either ruin or Glamour a.
bout our ears, have now come, all al once, to
Involve the very being Of the commonwealth,
and all The supposed misc ef is ascribed grcfa
to the persons in power Yet their importance
was the same then as now But so hard Isl,
to excuse in successful competitor, wha, We
can even applaud in a friend
so long as popular passion is sought to b:
awakened by apprals to passing topics the mis-
Cnlti 10 IeSS, uCCduSt the t8CltcIneHt DdSstSe d
way with the cphemeral subject that aroused
it. But they who aim, without strong Cause,
To create jealousy between the members OF the
confrderacy, and abet disobedience to its GOV.
eminent, out of dislike to those who admins
ter it for the time, merit and will meet from the
considrrate, resistance proportioned to the
real Character o: such politics Our Interests
as states and as confederaey are, and will con-
tinue, we hope, perfectly consistent. But, at
any rate, should they ever verge towardscon'
trariety, the Executive Department OF our gov
eminent depends too Immediately on the Peo'
pie, either TO retard or hasten very materially
so unfortunate crisis. In such case, should
it occur, the Causes of disunion would
traceable beyond the Execu i've; and those
who were, or fsnced themselves aggrie,rd
would do more justly 10 declare openly ttef
discomfort with the confederdcy they had h.
come parties to, than to vent it in the ,haps
Of ccnsure against this or that adminlstra'
ton. Plain dealing is best, for nothing rise,
at last, will carry the sentiment Of the people
along with it. IL The measures Of the present
administration we see nothing more than just
Interpretation Of the constitution of this unIor
and the national legislature seem 10 think 50
too. IL, therefore, We hear complaints, il must
be either tina, they are pretended, and will iaI
to the ground Of themselves, or that those who
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