Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-01-15

ror. however iriHing, Of the administration
all the vulgar violence and scurriiity "nich 10
necessary 10 render them disgusting in the
ewes of moderate and rational men-yet are
perfectly destitute of the intellectual strength,
and the union requisite 10 give system and
plausibility 10 their operations. lhey nave no
leader, and can have none, inasmuch as they
consist Of several factions, Justly suspicious OF
each other, and afraid to unite for the time, lest
they should become permanently consolidated,
| & eventually be led to abandon the worship OF
their old party idols. The unfortunate being
who appeared in the van during the last session
of Congress, and who seemed desperately deter
mined 10 obtain no,oriety at least, if he could
not ACQUIRE honorable fame, has ended by Tor
feitins all the meagre pretrnsions to sanity
which he ever possessed, and by making himself
has-rue-yeir TO the whole nation 1t would
seem that his friends ale now endeavoring to
keep him silent; but they will hardly be able TO
do so without resorting to the new speclhc
Foecundi cafces ouem non fectre diserfumS
Those who are familiar with the political his
tory of Grea, Britain will recoilect many instan-
ces, in which the most distinguished and Ell.
ligntened members Of the various opposi'ions
in that country. used all their exertons 10 thwart
be proposed, merely because they emanated
from the ministerial party. This as par,icu-
lary the case with regard to the celebrated Tx
else Bill proposed by Sir Robert Walpole IN
| 1882, it was defeated through The influence OF
Lord Chatham, (then Mr.. Pit,) though after
wards, when the 'whirligig OF time brought
that statesman and his friends into power, ne
was compelled to acknowledge the expediency
Of the measure, and to procure It's adoption.
The opposition always profess, as a matter of
course, willingness to Judge the Admlnistra-
ton by its measures; and as matter oil course,
too, they invariably Judge OF the measures by
their bitter feelings towards The Administration.
Consistency must be preserved, though al the
expense Of patriotism and good sense; and they
would rather, at any time, sacrifice the inter
esls ST the country, than appear contented, or
even placable. There is not the slightest doubt
that, if MIR. Adams mad been opposed TO the
Panama Mission, the very men who were so
loud in their clamors against II, would eagerly
have seized the opportunity TO accuse him ct
hostility 10 the cause oil South American indie
pendencc, and of a leaning towards the Holy
Alliance.
If theassertions of the Opposition are to be
believed, the whole nation is on the brink OF
ruin corruption reigns in every department oil
the Government; the national character is dis
graced, and the liberties of the country are pros
trated But these are the common place asser-
tions of every Opposition, in every age and
country, and are believed neither by those who
utter them, nor by those who hear them. They
would be made if an archahgel were sent TO rule
over US. VIVA, is the fact? Is there any ma
ton upon the face OF the earth, whose pros
poets are SO enviable as ours? Was there ever
a nation that advanced as rapidly as we are adj
vancing, 10 the very highest pitcn OF political
wealth and power? At the present moment
there is, within the limits of the United States,
more freedom. more public virtue and intelli-
man in any other coahiFsS Under the sun;
and the national influence is now greater, the
national character more exalted in the eyes of
foreign nations, than they have ever been before
since the Declaration of independence.
1t will be well indeed for the country if our
situation be never less prosperous, nor her Gov
eminent more corrupt and inefficient than they
are at present. There could not be man bet
ter adapted, both by nature and education, Cor
the station he occupies, than Mr.. Adams His
election has given cheering proof TO the mod
crate, upright, and sincerely patriotic portion
Of the community, that there is in the great
body Of the people, and of the peoples repre-
senta,ives, degree Of sound sense and discern.
ment which canno, be led as,ray, either by the
attractions of military fame, nor the articles or
misrepresentation of unprincipled intriguers.
The ordeal TO which he has been subjected
and is still subjected, will continue to reflect
disgrace on those only who condnct it. The
history Of his whole public life, has been ran
sacked with malignant curiosity--his most vir.
tuous actions in private life have been pervert-
ed-and yet the sum total of his iniquity the
grand aggregate of atrocities amounts 10 this;
that he is the son Of his father-and that he
bought billiard table Ridiculous mus
He is man who will need no other eulogy
to future times than brief, faithful and unvan.
ished biography. His best claims to the conf
dence which his country has reposed in him are
not his services, though he has served long and
faithiully-they are his talents and his unim-
peachable moral worth His adherents are not
so much his partisans, as they are the friends
Of their country; and they will abandon him
whenever he abandons thai country's interests.
LITERARY BARGAIN.
When Fielding had finished his novel of
Tom Jones, being much distressed, he sold it
to an obscure booksellerfor 25l. on condition Of