Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-03-31

We do not know how lar we suah sa'siy our
readers Of the honesty and singleness oil pur.
nose with which we have, in this and preceding
apers, called their attention to the Signs OF the
Times. Every man knows his own motives
hest. and we have thoroughly siited our own.
We endeavor to have, in our editorial course.
M guide but Ithe public interest. II, on any
particular occasion, any thing like feeling is be.
trayed by US, it is only when, by circumstan.
css we are released from the restraint which
we habitually impose upon ourselves in ad.
dr.. ssinp the Public. 1t was not under the in
auence of any thing like anger, or i'll temper
that we opened this subject. 1t was under
deem conviction Of the duty Of rousing The al
,en.ion of the people TO the schemes Of manag-
inc their concerns, before. their liberties were
r,,, FRONT them. By their liberties, Of course,
we do no, mean their freedom from personal
restraint. or from privation Of property, bu, the
liberty Of free and unpledged suffrage for Pre-
sident ard Vice Presiden, Of the United States,
and of being legislaled for upon the principle
of the pubic interest, instead Of The principle
Of pro or con- the Administration, upon Which
! appeared to us that some questions mad been
decided during the late Session Of Congress.
To what we have had 10 say, OIL this SUBJECT
when nothing better could be answered, II has
been cast in our teeth, that we have "thrown OF
| the mask" and come out Tor the AdmiDislra.
lion Such is the substance Of the language Of
the Charleston Mercury. Not TO appeal to he
nersoual knowledge Of our readers, The suboin
ed extracts from our paper will shew VIVA,
foundation there is for this sarcasm. With re-
gard to the Administration, we ere J0r II, thus
Far. and no farther: we shall not fail 10 treat
with respect those Of its measures which We
approve, and we shall take espec ial care not 10
denounce measures merely because they are
supposed to have the appreciation Of The Exc.
cutive. We have spoken this language uni
iormly, in public and in private. There Lives
no, The man who can deny it. or truly attribute
10 US different sen,im, mt; and we do not hest.
tate 10 ayow, tina, if General JACKSON had sue.
ceeded 10 the Presidency instead OF Mr. ADAMS,
we should have given his administration the
same degree of support, had he pursued The same
national policy, and would not have aided in
preventing his reelection, 10 have put IN any
u,be- man in the Union. We respected the
course Of The Opposition, so long as we could
believe it fair and correct: we still respect per-
sonalIy most Of those who compose il, and none
more than some whose public course demands,
in our opinion, marked disapprobation. When
we see the same cause for expressing disappro.
baton Of the conduct Of the Executive, il shall
not be spared.
Our constant readers will, we think, do US the
Justice 10 testify that our public course has ne
YER been directed by our personal interest, as
some insinuatef who ought % be above the
meanness Of doing it. In the late Presidential
contest, preferring Mr.. CRAWFORD among the
candidates for the Presidency, we supported
him against the opinion not only Gas we sup
pose) Of the then venerable President, but al.
SO ofevery member Of his Cabinet. FIVE could
: i--.:-c,-y -sI,a-s,.,h1ir ;.sArps vpuld be
promoted BY opposing the re election Of the in.
cumbenr, and substituting for him any one Of
the persons proposed as candidates to succeed
him, no consideration Of personal nature
would prevent us from favoring that course
And, certainly, if private interest could be al
lowed to control sense Of public duty, our
readers would never have seen, by our light, a.
ny thing Of the Signs Of the Times"