Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-29
From the National sourr,,
General Jackson v. General III.

"'"e'"' "ochSoh V. GENERAL Uasbios.
Jan'es MGdiS0n. and Others. '""'
Gay Or two ago, we gave to our resd..
PLAIN, uncommfn,cl on facts Of the onno,;a,Ne
Of Gen. Jackson to the response made FS h,
House OF Representatives TO the speech Ne
vered TO Congress by Gen. W,sbino,ssS" ,
Dec. l796. On that occasion, as on ,hs -"
question concerning the power Of e. pns'!
protect Domestic Manufactures and n %I""
system of Internal Improvements, Gen L|Vyp'
was found acting with VIM B. Gilrs. ,hs NsoA
er OF the dimiruti.e minority who ne;,b,a~'
GREETED Gen. W~astington's political lccc,,,
nor deemed his services worthy Of FORM.
acknowledgement. AS Gen. Jackson idsm"Sr,
bimself with VIM. b. Giles, in the onnn,;;
Of 1895, il may be well 10 pu, our rrsars,
possession Of such additional facts as will
BILE them 10 understand The views and on;r;.'
OF thai lltt!e partr, as expressed BIZ NJ CT
lis leader and organ. For this puruos. ~
have looked back 10 Marshai's Life of "
ington, where we fnh that Mr. Cites mo,s1..
strike out Of the reply of The House. all ,b,.
part which we extracted in our former ro,f..
being The whole which characterized the iJ.,'
~nistration Of Washington as"wise, firm. ,ml
| patriotic" and expressed regret a, his rr,;,.'
! ment from public life, as well as the re,ro,r..
tive eulogy on his conduct, and The Kind ,,I
~gra'efu! wish, with which the reply close, H.,
his example may be the guide Of his succ.s,,-,
"and afier being lis ornament aad s-Grpn,r5 ~,
the present age, become TIE pallmony Of On,
descendants"
Mr.. Giles moved TO strike ou, all this mar, Il
the reply; and General Jask,on voted Ior II.
motion. Mr.. Giles said, "that, with rc>,.,,
to The wisdom and frmness Of The Presidea, no
differed IN opinion from the answer" al, hal
not that grateful opinion there mrniioned"-
+" Ifihey turned lheir eyes 10 our foreign re,-
tinns, there would be found no reason to eyul,
in the wisdom and drmness of The .Admiusr,.
non. He bt licvcd, on the Contrary, thai, i, ",
from 4 wait OF wisdom and firmness. tha, y,
are brought mao our PRE- sen, critical situation"
To all this Gen. Jackson gave an ahirms,i,,
response, by voting for the melton of Mr. Gil.
On what ground, thea, are we required TO look
on Gen. Jackson as our second Washington
Mr.. Giles further declared that he did m,
regret the retirement Of Washington, for that
were thousands as competent 10 fl n.
tesidsnlial Chair. On this point thu eni,a,.
ed biographcr Of Washington remarks:
/" 1t might be true that there were many OH.
ers who could ill, with propririy and adyar.
vantage, the Presidential Chair but no man
could I'll it, vino possessed, in an eqpaIdegnt,
the confidence Of the people. The possession
Of this confidence enabled the Chief Magisrrat.
10 perform the duties Of his Office in a name.
greatly conducive to the interest Of ibe nation;
and the loss Of SO valuable a servant was cel.
'ainly just cause ofresret."
And General Jackson, by his vote, respond.
ed afirmatirely To all the opinions Of Mr.Giei.
Again: Mr.. Giles and General Jackson en-.
:erlained and were guided by those opinions,
against the sense Of the People Of tie UUisd
States When they forgot gratitude and due
recomprnse to Washington. they also forgot
their allegiance TO public opinion. The fisn'
rian Of the day tells us:
With this sentiment CONTAINED in the d.
bove c~x,ract) the feelings GfMe communicable
accorded. Ia ersry part o. The United Sn'a,i
declarations Of their constituents a,tcsted h.
regrets with which this event was c~Oniemph'
ted by them.
The facts themselves are sufficiently e"
quen,. We will MOI weaken them by unneee''
sary comments; but will simply :eprst tn:
.question-Wilh what proprIety Can Grneri
Jackson be likeneG "to a man whose pollcyE
thus refused 10 approve, and u whose iathS
ana virtue he denied even gratitude?