Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-02-28
From The National Journal.


The following is an Extract from Letter
lated the 10th instant, and written by gentle
=, an of The first responsibility and intelligence
in pennsylyania, at present friend OF General
I..rson and ga, one time in favor Of his pre-.
Ion ,ions 10 the high Office of Chief Magistrate.
u;c o,inions are entitled to much respect, ana
here is reason TO believe that they are In ao-
c,rd,uce with those of large and increasing
number Of the honest and well-iniormed GU
zens Of that State:
Extract of Letter from gentleman Of Pennsylvania 10
a Member of Congress, dated Feb. ~ loZf
uThe factiuus spirit which displays itself IN
the proceedings in Congress is odious, ana Is
reprobated by every sober-minded man out oil
The limits of Washington City. Every thing
is ATTEMPTED to be masked under pretended APP
neal TO the people. Commodore Porter SET the
example. and the result is claimed as common
cause. In your own body, when commit'ee
is in the discharge Of solemn duty, must they
he bearded by the "friend and representative
If the person who is the subject OF lnVes'iga-
ton, Gen Jackson has been blamed Tor the
exercise of factous disposition, but not Of inc
kind so violently evinced in Congress. Is IT re-.
ouired of Pennsylvanians, to JOIN the standard
of factious opposition, to acquire any RANK a.
monp the supporters Of Gen. Jackson! as
sure YOU + am not the only one who Is astonna-
ed al their own situation. A friend OF the zen
eral. an admrer of his public character, and at
one time in favor Of his professions TO the hlgh
Office of Chief Magistrate-but can adopt the
noli,ics of the party as exhibited in the temper
Of Messrs. Giles, M'DufIie, Forsyth, Hamilton,
and others! Pennsyvanians must be Beof'anS
indeed If they will agree 10 forsake their dearest
principles 10 follow the fortunes of,any individ'
ual Surrounded by the most no1ious politicians
With the cabinet at Wash
remark, on stale sGbJerv; tnsa Jberc is one
forgotten IN Congress. The members refer The
election OF Mr.. Adams 10 a coalition-a cor
rupt coalition! Mr.. Adams ard Mr.. Cla,
could not corruptly combine TO elect themselves
or any Of them lfthere was any thing CORFU ut
it was in Congress. 1t is, therefore, grea,
mistake to attempt to transfer their own odium
| il there be any, from themselves to the Presi.
deut and Secretary A legal and constitutional
election took place: Mr.. Adams was preferred
by majority Of votes. Is any man so weak as
10 suppose he should not have accepted the of.
Ter! The :hlng is absurd: no man living is SO
iastidlous: and no honest man would have done
1t. The spirit, OF faction might have dictated
10 MI Adams 10 refer the question back, Jy an
appeal to the people 1t would have been out
oil the mode provided in such an event by the
Constitution. And il he had done so, he would
have been responsible for any consequences
that might have followed. But his offence was
the appointment Of Mr.. Clay. Was MIR. Claw
unpopular in Pennsylvania? Was there any o.
Their man our State would have preferred?-
was he not emphatcaliy the choice Of the mid
die and western States? The western States
were not to be passed without notice. Who
has been suggested as preferable TO Mr.. CLAY.
Who was passed by that should have been pre.
ierled! Pennsylvania and all the States or the
ONO and Its tributary streams prefer him
virginia has the Secretary OF War; South.Caro
lima the Vice-President; Ohio the Postmaster
General; Kentucky the Secretary of State: Penn.
syvahIa the Secretary o. the Treasury; and the
Eastern States the President. There is no
complaint as TO the men-no complaint as TO
their ioca situation-no well founded complaint
as to the measures of the adminis,ration-no
prominent man passed by who should have
oeen taken into the Cabinet. Yet they must
De resisted IN eUery thing, at the point Of the
bayonet.
81 prefer my country to names; prefer prin.
e'P'es 70 men; prefer an honest regard of the
Pooic veal to ebullitions Of faction; prefer or.
der 10 dlsorder; due observance Of he consti
tuuonai forms OF government, to anarchy and
tSSis'"h|e' VIII SUPPORT what
deem right, and oppose what is wrong. l |
Will adhere 10 the broad principles of democra-
'y, as practised by Jefferson, Madison, and
sometimes by Monroe. will view with suspi-
lion any one who Genounces party, whose pre-.
vious lille has been "a continued Test of the in
sincerity of the den1pciatiop. prefer an O..
pen, candid expression of party par,ialities to
covert attempt by halfway me ans, 10 intro.
luce an "era of good feeIiog;" and, as a, pres.
nj advised, 1t seems all these preferences mus,
&c rehounced before | can be admitted as a
party supporter OF G fneral Jackson. The nr,s
nay De great, but the price is great.
There is another(point which has .,,onc
earring on my mindS Saunders re,o,n,;onS
S predicaled on the sentiments Of IN. IasL.
nan partymthat is, there is to be no party par.
ia 'hs Th. deny Ac toto. want to
les 'a 'e,v se sight Of the prnei
'vors on the persons why advocate them !.