Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-09

even OF an English grammar, have set dow
write with "gre:t art and cautlor," and va.
have arranged" his composition a, n To-,
"nne. readers out of ten TO suppose tia, ".
was ignorant of that elementary rule Of "r,u
mar which requires at object for every arr G'-''
Having thought fi to ascribe to Mr. a.,
words a meaning which h. ew tina u.
Clay could never admit wi,hou, admit in, -
the same ime, that he knew as itiEe = Z "
Jackson himself Of the lang age spoken b, ~.
countrymen, MIR fat,n proceeds to taxi ,t'
boxing altitude at is" lays he "mj,ran,.
srnta Joni is untrue" That is, he MY.
on Mr. rlay's words a construr ton viii. ,h.'
do NOT authorize, a,d which is gramm2, ..T!
absurd, and then says if Mr. Clay choos-, =
defend this construction. he is guilty Of mn,
renres, nta,ion"- untruth This is not ~
actly the language of. p,ear chscals; bg !,
upite Apr PIRATE to a knight Of he ord n
ST. Andrew
Aflrr the flourish in phiIolpgy which h..
been noticed, Mr.. Eaton proceed, 10 comrsm
on Mr. Claws auusion to the now aSee,ig,..I
frct tina, ",he colleague, the friend and the bis,
s.r,ph.r of Gen Jackson" hJd advanced ac.'.
siderable sam OF money 10 a nress which, Nh
Ill The establishment, Of he Telegraph w.,,,;
,erssllv allowed 10 be more unprinciDed an
shameless than any Of the prin;s which he.
been. brought INTO being by lhr Efg !t5qaai
( doi?ar fund Nj Eaton dos not dtbylii, Ia,
( ~ B HE faci IS among The iH4iaiH ra3,l, If
/ Pennsylvania br coniesscs II in tie Ls.Ya
! s,vlc which The General advocate, orrn en-,
i, conyen,r, to "employ. ITO the editors d
shat paper, and a, tn ir request. DID LgyD
"suM OF MONEY: at that time, before, nor alter
"w IS there an agreement, or uudcF,yand.Bg,g
"prcssed ar'otherwi,c, as 10 any poiilcaIcOly
(which they should pursue. More than a W.
preceding this Circumstance, and before e.
scr knew M,s,rs. Simpson & Conrad, the e.
s'itors, had that paper been warmly anI zeal
"ousl, in the cause Of Gen. jackson. Ii w..
"My OWN MONEY, not the pubilc's," &c.
The schedule Of Simpson. had long ago s..
lisGed The public tha, Mr.. Eaton was his crci
tor 10 the amount Of S 500, aud had excut
strong suspicious, which other considcpou
made aImos, irresistible, tha, this debt olSmg
sons had some conncXion with Jacksoa's m.
tensions to The Presidency. The Scnaor BIS
Row kindly removed all possible doubt on til
subject. "Morc than a year preceding thi, Gil
"cums,anct," q. E. the loan sand before eva
"knew Mcss.s. Simpson * Conrad, the Editors
"had that paper been warmly aid zraloasya
",he cause Of Gen. Jackson" No pnIttce d
friendship, or any othei personal motive, Is
mere urged as the inducenent 10 this loan. Bg'
on the contrary, Mr.. Eaton thinks proper ia
his vindicatipn 10 s:ale the fact, that, for cOt
siderable time before, CAT the close Of The para,
graph he says righteen months,) the EtlH
had been 'warmly and zraIously in the cause Of
Seen Jackson" The state ofthc case lbeth
shortly this. A man is accused in the wa"
papers, and a judicial record is referred TO- n
support OF the accusation, Of having advanced
! Il sum OF money to a designated print, no'rr'
Gus for the ,irutence aid falsehood Of its chag
Is against Certain individuals. The ad'snt
! is PROVED: the party making j, then confess
the fact; but urges in his Justification thai ID,
! print, thus assisted by him, had, for elsh'n
mcnths before, been in the habit Of making
I these yirulent and false charges And as anti'
cuse for bribing or rewardmg these slanIers'S
/ he exclaims-"IT WAS MY own MONEY"
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