Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-07-28

ing you; they desire anotner opportunity oi CIV
ing YOU another proof OF their continued attach
ment and mistaken con6dence-an attachment
and confidence based upon an acquaintance OF
thirty years, above twenty OF which you have
been in the public service. We offer you our
cordial congratulations upon the success which
has attended your public life. During the
long time you presided indbe House Of Repre-
senta,ives in Congress, all parties concurred in
the ability and impartiality Of your administra-
tion When ou- country was involved in war,
YOU crossed the ocean and assisted in negotia-
ting an honorable peaoe.--When our Union was
thre atened with severance in the unfortunate
Missouri Question, you effected satisfactory
adjustment. When South America was tight
ing for the rights OF man, you were the hrst TO
propose the acknowledgment Of her independ-
ence, and persevered in that glorious effort UNI
til il was crowned with success. When our IN
FAINT manufactures were about TO be crushed
under British competition, you flung over them
shield Of protec ton, and they are now seen
floating on the side Of successful experiment"
When the powers Of our government were "a
bout . be payalized with the doctrine that we
could have neither roads nor canals, nor OBJ
s,ructions removed from our navigable rivers,
you conspicuously aided in securing the trl
umph Of the principle, which enables this peo'
pie to improve the internal condition OF this
CONFERENCE.-The grand theatre OF human great
ness--so as to promote the convenience, wealth
and safety Of The Republic. AT an important
crisis in our history, when our beloved country
was divided and distracted by the rival contests
for the high office of Presidency, you, with a
promptness and decision which has ever char
ac,erised your course aided in giving to this
Nation Chief Magistrate, who bad demon
strated by his course of public service, during
period Of above thirty years, that he was a
mong the first statesmen in the world. In this
act Of your life, like all that preceded il, you
followed the :llustrous lights that had gone be-
fore you. You -cposec your confidence in the
man that had previously received the confidence
of w ashngtoD, Jefferson, Madison and NfSn-
roe. The result has triumphantly justified you
Under his Administration, we occupy proud
station among the nations Of the earth. We
have liberty and unrivalled prosperity at home,
and peace and responsibility abroad. Through
GU, our vast country, the Singer Of oppression
hears not on one single citizen 1t is the glory
of the present Administration, 10 have shaped
it's course in such caution and wisdom, that E.
ven its most violent o2posers have not agreed
among themselves which of all It's numerous
acts to condemn. That any portion ofthe cit
liens Of these States should be politically dis
contented, at time when We are so highly IA
vored with all the blessings that freemen can
desire-that there should exist party, organ
Used for the purpose of changing the Admins.
tration of the present government, would excite
our astonishment, if we had not been ap2rised
of the fact, that the Administrations OF Wash
inpton, Jefferson and Madison, had been also
assailed by faction. We are not astoDished,
because our whole history proves to US, that SO
long as ambitious men want office, and avari-
cious men want money, the purest patriots will
be hunted for their places. When we look at
the catalogue Of vague assertions, insiaua,ions
and surmises against the members of the Cabi-
net, which darken and disgrace the press, we
rcpose ourselves on known facts. We look at
long lives spent in faithful and able services,
and ask who i, is that would rob grey-headed,
patriot statesmen Of their wel-earned fame?Ve
ask, who has filed the world with so much
clamor! Where do they live? How long have
they been known? Have they any reputation to
lose if they should be convicted Of SANDER? 1t
is as much the duty and interest of rreemen, 10
stand by and support, with just confidence and
applause, integrity and talents in our public
servants as it is their duty TO punish the faith.
less. For how is it possible TO form or main
tain free government, by any other means
than through the agency Of able and honest
representatives? And how are true statesmen
10 be sustained against the calumnies OF Office
hunters, unless the people will treat with indig.
nation all charges unsupported with fair and
satisfactory evidence? We believe in the JUS
tice Of our country, and in the final triumph OF
wise and prudent Administration, over the
Vaccinations of those who hunger and thirst
for power and emolumenl.
We tender TO you individually, and in behalf
Of the citizens Of this county, the renewed as
suranccs of our highest regard and esteem.
John Mills, James Bras6eld,
Colby H. Taylor, Mathew Thompson,
Thomas r Moore, Benjamin Harrison,
Sam NJ. Taylor, Richard Halves, jr.
James Brutou, ]. B Duncan,
John G. Stewart, Chiffon Allan,
G.. Morrow, Matth. Anderson, ]r.
James Simpson, BENZ. II. Buckner.
Silas Evans,
LEXINGTON, 9th July, 1927.
Gentlemen:-I have received the note which,
as Committee Of my feliow-citizens of Clarke
County, you addressed to me on the sth inst.
invitino me IN n nDbIic dinner At Winchester