Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-22

sition, or an a. gument,no other proof should be
required tina, the whole is unworthy ut credit.
Whether they proceed from the obliqui,y Of
the heart, or the arrangement OF the head,
they equally operate to discredit the parties.
By the bye, there are some passages, some CIR
cumstances connected with this same New
York murder, which should have thought,
might have kept the idolaters OF the .Hermi-
tage, from making any reference to 1t But
of this on more suitable occasion.
After goodly portion Of denuncialion a.
gains, Mr. Adams and Mr.. Clay in the same
kind Of style, new vamping and relleraling re-
futed ISLANDERS and fasehood, and talking a.
bout "bOisterouS harangue, un6econ'sns
the gravity Of statesmen-6anquet 6raUa-
does, consistent NTH neither decency nor
courage; md bold assertion, bearing no
comparison with facts," all of which augur
the imminent pcrilo the country--these wise
men of Tennessee come 10 propose their rem
edy; and, quack like, they bring forth their
universe specific, their King Cure-ali, GE-
NERAL ANDREW JACKSON!!! And ne
yer vender of specific pulled it with stronger
cncomiums, better mixed up with fiction and
hyperbole:
"rhe FIRE of youth never ,mpeled him be
yobd the bounds Of honor "The force and
| fulness Of his intellect have never been found
inferior to he grandeur Of his character."!!!!!
But, lack a-daisy! "'rhis beloved citizen, this
genuine republican, venerable Tor his age, IL
lustrious for his ntlexible patriotism, has seen
not only his conduct distorted by SANDER, and
his glory furnished by calumny, bull the part
ner of his bosom traduced, and exposed, for the
sport of the Idle, and the malice OF The mia
| mous'!! And TO cap the climax "that some OF
the members Of The present administration OF
the federal government are accountable Tor
the SANDER and persecution of General Jackson
and his wife, is reluctantly, thought so!cmnly
asserted"
The commixlure Of vulgar abuse, Of con-
trr,ptible whining, and false assertion that
characterize these paragraphs, is scarcely ex-
Gee ded by the dir,est articles in the Telegraph.
The subject is TOO serious for leyily. the mat
| ter and style too low for tiul criticism.
In the Senate, the subjec, was debated part
Of two days As many as FIVE members VEN
| tured 10 speak against the reasons or exposl'
ton But when The vote was taken, two only,
Messrs. Bradford and Williams, had the cour
age to vote against hem. On the 22d October
they were agreed to in the Hou,e, by an unan-
imous vote: whereupoa Mr.. Rogers submitted
the following:
"Resolred, That the representatives in the
Congress Of the U. S. from The Stale Of Ten
nesscc, be, and they hereby are, requested to
prefer charges against John Quincy Adams,
now Pre- sidcnt Of the United States, setting
forth the charges and arguments contained in
the foregoing preamble and use their endeav-
ors. to have The said John Quincy Adams,
President as aforesaid, impeachrd and dismiss
ed from the Presidency of the United States"
But it did not suit these courageous cham2i-
ons Of political virtue, TO have their accuse.
lions presented in such form as would enable
The accused 10 be heard, and pu, themselves to
the proof. They were ready 10 assert, what II
true ought 10 degrade Mr.. Adams from his
station and consgn him 10 iniamy; but they
were not ready TO carry out their charges 10
legitimate result. The resolution vas mega
lived, three affirmative, thirty six negative
votes, which seems 10 be an admission that
they did not themselves believe in the truth Of
the charges they had just asserted, under the
sancity Of their official oaths.
If amy should think have spoken With too
much harshness, or, in one or two Instances,
with too great levity Of these proceedings, say
TO them thai have written more in sadness
than in either anger or lightness. know not
one individual Of those, whose conduct have
canvassed, and have no right TO suppose them
less just, or less honorable than the mass of
their fellow citizens. The deusion which seems
to control their proceedings, is an alarming
indication that our country is approaching
tremendous crisis. To believe that public men
are great criminals, plotting the destruction Of
their country's best interests, is to be more than
half prepared 10 send them TO the scailoId.-
To circulate this belief, and new model the
laws of crime and Of evidence, TO make out a
case against them, is to prepare the public
mind for judicial murders, if not for private
assassnations To pursue public men with
charges destructive 10 their fame, and endan-
gering their existence, is to provoke them to
seek violent redress. If by these courses one
set Of men drive another from power, the sue
ccssiul party will attempt TO protect themselves
from falling victims to their own means Of at,
tack Blu few Presidential elections thus
contested, must bring the parties TO different
arbiter than that Of the ballot boxes, when
hickory boughs shall adorn more dangerous
vehicle than a carriage, AMI hogs and Goldfish
be the SIpnrl cnr Charts moro his, p,>nc