Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-04
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SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1927.

inounces the return to the Seat Of Government
of Mr.. Barbour the Secretary Of War; and the
National Journal informs us that Mr.. Southland
the Secretary of the Navy, who is now on a
visit to the U. S. Ship North CAROLINA, will
spend few days at the White SuIpher Springs
in Virginia, before he resumes his official du.
! ties. The Virginians had better look out, Mr.
Southland must surely have some electioneeriss
project in view. Who knows but he may be
sent 20 the Virginia Springs for the purpose oil
deluding the Citizens of that inland region by
the promise ola Ship Navigation through the
Allegheny Mountain?
MIR. Walsh, the learned Editor Of The Ma.
| tionai Gazette, speaks Of Mr.. Claws address 10
his old constituents at Lexington, as "a very
able speech, OF defence and retort'' The Edi-
tor admits that General Jackson's letter TO Car
ter Beverly was well calculated 10 provoke Mr..
C!ay's retaliation; and is willing 6 10 make an
allowance for the acuteness Of the Secretary's
sensibility;" but with his characte rslic dog
ma,ism he pronounces the mode Of vindcalion
adopted by Mr.. Clay to be Inconsistent with
the dignity and RESERVE which would seem
to be due to his public station.'' Mark you,
reader-inconsisten with the RESERVE due
10 his station, from high officer Of the Gov
eminent, charged by the leaders Of Faction
with having defeated the will Of his constituents
by basely bargaining for the office which he fill
ed; and while the officer is on visit to these
very constituents, the charge is reiterated under
the name of Jackson himself, accompanied by
the desperate and imprudent assertion Of his
authorised agent, that il Mr.. Clay would deny
it, the Hero would Immediately produce his evil
dence. In such state ofthings, to whine about
"dignifed resercc," is as much mockery. Of
common sense, as if Mr.. Walsh had declared
the charge TO be true. The learned Editor clo-
ses his cynical remarks with the following SEN
tence, which is no further Objectionable than
that it contains pitiful sarcasm in the words
Table Orator:
'The whole illustrates the unfortunate charac.
'er of The present contest. 1t is derogatory and ev
"ery way lamentable that General Jackson of the
Candidates. should have been betrayed into the state
ment which forms the occasion ofthe severe, though
partlv Just animadversions of the taJlorator. The
scandid ties should keep aloof from the tustle and
''brsw:-General Jackson never energies writer
"but to disadvantage: in pressing him forth thus his
triends only exhibit stronger relief his untness by
education and habits for the high civa magstracy
"with which they labour to have him invested"
| We have made the remarks and quotation a.
boye for the purpose ofin,roducing the follow
ing eloquent article from the Democratic Press.
HENRY CLAY-No human lips ever poured forth
torrent of purer, holder, more conclusive and argu-
mentative Eoquence than those of Mr. Clay in his late
defence lie hasina mastery manner and with Hercu-
lean snew rolled back upon his assailant the world of
bitter waters with which it had been attempted to
overwhelm him. The charges against him are ''inthe
deep ocean buried" and with them, his accuser.-
Truth, patriotism self defence, self respect parental
love- honorable ambition; every motive public pri-
vatc. imperously called upon Mr.. Clay to cast
off the base and malicious crimes which envy
and hatred had labored, inviously, and in the
dark, to attach to him An opportunity peculiarly
appropriate presented ITSELF The friends, personal
and political, who for an age, had rallied round him,
in evil report and good report, again gathered a.
round him, to pay the homage Of their high conside-
ration TO his worth and to his talents He had receiv
ed written copy of the charges against him. they had
Just been given to the world with the name of an ac-
cuser endorsed upon them. He was far from his fam
w. distant from the seat of government with no pub
lie duties to perform; how utterly inexcusable how
! cupabe, would have been his conduct had lie not
seized the occasion to do himself and his friends JUS
tee, His accuscr was not obscure man, his was
name high on the rolls of fame, he was man who as
pred to the Chief Magstracy of this free country-he
was an accuser which it did not dishonor Henry Clay
to grappe with and to throw over the lists Of honor
The occasion was embraced, Mr.. Clay did bis duty,
and no more than his duty While his unrivalled elo
quence his unanswerabe defence is extorting praises
from every tongue; while the hearts of the American
,eope swell high with pride at this. manly and trium
phant yindcaton of one of the first and greatest o
their coun,rymen, one poor miserable, cold hearted
mortal sits shiverng amidst the fross OF dignity and
etiquette; gnawing his flesh. Ino'tlication eahs MN
to the bone because his ancient enemy has tiumphed
,,or b;s nrivate priefS. he takes down and