Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-22

makes merit oil desiring, the total eXllnC Jon
of it a!lu ding TO his Letter 10 Mr.. Monroe.
otis an idle thing in this State, howrveT i
may be in others, TO strive eyen for moderate
suppori of Mr.. Jackson. He is wholly out Of
the question, SO far as the woes Of New-York
are in it. independently Of the disclosures Of
his political opinions, he could not be the Re-
publican candidate. He is respected as gal.
LIANT soldier, but he stands, in The minds Of The
People of this Stale, AT AN IMMEAsURAgLE DIS
rANcE from the Executive Chair His hc5iis.
aside from his politics, are quite loo summary for
that"
4. The New- York Euening Posi- is a new ally
of the Argus and the Richmond Enquirer
whose zeal, like that Of most other sudden con.
yerts, keeps full pace with its discretion. VIVA.
was its opinion Of Gen. Jackson, before any bo.
dy ever dreampt Of him as formidable candi.
date for The Presidency? Look, and behold:
FROM THE N. Y. EVENING POST OF
DEC. so, 1918.
"Gen Jackson, from the moment he was en-,
| trusted with command, has avowed and sysle.
matically made his oCn rH and pleasure The sole
rule and guide 0, all his actions; he has suspend.
ed the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial fnuc.
tons OF the States, with arbitrary sway: he has
insuIted the Executive Of the United States. At
whose pleasure he holds his commission, spurn.
ed its authority, disregarded and transcribed
its orders: he has nSurped the high prerogatiNe
Of peace and war, entrusted by all nations 20
the sovereign authority Of the State, and by our
Constitution, to Congress alone: he has abfo.
| gated the known laws of nations, and promul.
| gated new code OF his own, conceiUed in mad.
ness or.foly md ,wiiien in blood: HE HAS, IN FINE,
VIOLATED ALL LAWS, HUMAN AND DIVINE, and RIO.
| lated item ,cih impunty"
No 5. The DelQrare Gazette is another Fede.
raj ally Of the Albany Argus and Richmond
Enquirer. We should desire no worse vista.
ZION on our worst enemy Gf he were our enc
N.Y. than 10 be confronted, as the editor of the
Delaware Gazette has been, with The following
deliberate expressions Of his opinion Of one
whom he is now supporting for the Presidency
FROM THE DELAWARE GAZETTE OF
NOV. !, 1922
"Of ALL the gentlemen named, Gen Jackson
appears To US 10 be THE MOST OBJECTIONABLE.
| That he is man Of energy. no one will doubt;
but we think that, in Chief Magistrate of The
L S too much energy is extremely dangerous:
anil 1ce hare seen in the General such dis
regard for the institutions of the country,
such a disposition to place himself a6ore its
lars, and such AN lNcLINA1IoN TO TKAMPLE on
THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, when they stood in
competition with his OlOH interest or feelings, as
should render the citizens Of the United States
very cautious about placing HIM in the first Of,
| flee within their gift"
From the same Paper of February /, 1925,
Gin consequence Of a concurrence Of fortui-
| tous circumstances, the employment of means
to operate upon the passions Of inen, In vioa.
ton OF their reason and judgment. and HE ba.
sest political cont'i"ances, it has CHANGED that
Gen. Jackson is The highest in vote"
'They the trainers of the Constitution re.
yer intended that the Members Of Congress
should be- thus confined in their choice; and all
that has been said by the ad, ocates of General
Jackson upon this subject, is only an evidence
Of their own weakness or wickedness; and not.
outstanding the Members Of Congress haze
been threatened viM the use Of sworas and
mashets agoinst them finley ycntured 10
do 0fher,ciSe than elect General Jackson, we
do not doub, that they will do what they be.
lleve to be right; and that they will draw their
conclusions respecting their duty from premis.
rs very different from those which have been
laid down for them by THE LOVERS OF BLOOD
AND SLAUGHTER"
Nos. The New Hampshire Patriot ventured
not far to sea upon this question in 1924. But /
all the notice it did take of the claims of Gen. F
Jackson, which it now supports, was decidedly
hostile to them. Perhaps if we had searched
is files, more might have becn..found of the I
same import:
FROM THE N. II. PATRIOT OF MAY \
D, 1924.
"Of The real merits Of Gen. jackson as
statesman, an attentive observer Of men and
things at Washington, gives us the following
account:
"FEB7, ls24.-General Jackson, at the corr
mencemen' Of the session, seemed likely to ac z
quire considerable popularity, but his prospech "a
are declining. lie is in no respect qualified 70 q
The Presidential Chair. He is not, in point "a
information or understanding, superior to on:
half the members of the Senate and he is FcN
10 commit great errors, both from his prejudce' r
and his temper. His talents are merely gi
military kind.
7. The Southern Recorder we take an cxtractd
two from, because it happens to have fallenln
La, &c with