Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-05-01

long time. We hope the following extract from
the Delaware Gazette Of 1922, will call forth
two columns more, The little editor will feel
better when he gets rid Of his bile.
est is presumed that the }edraEsts of Delaware, in
selecting magistrate for this greatrepublic will
character They wlno, elevate to that dstineuis ed
place, A MILITARY DESPOT, scho deliberately
b.lieres HE has AurRunlTT HANG distnguished cf.
hzens of the United Mates, under military la,u appE
cable only tn foreigners and ,cho HAS ACTUALLY
SHOT SIX aiLl1iAMEN ofthe United States, WITH.
OUT A TRIAL.
we wish the public to bear it distinctly in
mind, that these quotations do not express ex.
ac,ly our own opinions. Although Gen. Jack-
son is not our favonrite, vet we don't think so
badly ct hir, as all this We are only showing
what his most clamor present friends thought
and wrote, and printed, Of him few short
months ago. The little editor ofthe Delaware
Gazette will wriegie like tad-p pole in a bed of
embers, when he sees this. We should like 10
witness the experiment.!
The returns from the several counties COM
posing the Norfolk Congressional District in
Virginia, are now complete, and give tina, old,
able and fai hful Representative Thomas New
TON, an aggregate majority Of 4ss votes over
GEORGE LOYAL, Esq. the General jackson can
didate, ELIZABETH CITY COUNTY voted last,
and, contrary 10 the calculations Of both parties,
gave handsome majority 10 Mr.. Newton
The intelligent Editor Of the Norfolk Herald
makes the following remarks on the OCCASION:
THAT Mr.. Newton should have received
majority in this county was not expected at the
commencement of The contest His friends here
would willingly have compounded Tor maJo-
rity against him, Of 5O--it being the general O.
pinion that il would be much larger. Eliza
bethCity was added to the dis,ri' from the one
now represented by Mr.. Basser!, about years
ago. and had not become thoroughly arquaint-
ed with its new representative until the recent
opposition. 1t appears that closer intimacy
with him, however he may have differed in 20
litcs with the former incumbent, has perfectly
reconciled the larger portion of the citing popu-
la,ion of the county to his views Of national po-
licv, and gained their entire confidence in the
| consistency and patriotism of hi. public career
The vote of This county thus assumes an i'm
POI lance beyond It's mere numerical character
Mr.. Newton has thus received as strong an
assurance ofthe appreciation OF his constituents
TO the course he has pursued in relation to ma
tional measures, as he could reasonably desire.
The truth is, the people Of this district have
pretty generally been left to the independent ex-
sscise oftheir judgments upon political matters,
and as they do not lack intelligence, they were
not suddenly TO be persuaded that the policy of
the General Government, which they had so re-
peatedly confirmed their approval OF under eve
~ orber Administration, had, without any Visl
BILE change in its features, assumed characer
under that of Mr. Adams, too odious 10 be any
longer tolerated. They were told OF the ruin
Gus effects Of the tariff on the agriculture OF the
South, and the still more dele,erious effect OF
the re,aliatory system adopted by our Govern
| ment in its relations with the British colonies,
upon themselves in par,ic ular; but thew knew
tia, these measures did not originate with MIR.
Adams's Administration, and they would not
BE- persuaded by any process Of reasoning what
yer. that they hal been reduced to a state OF
poverty and wretchedness by their operation
| for the best reason in the world, that they we're
rxperienc ng the blessings ofcompetence,& per-
| fec,lv contcn,ed with their lot. A physician
NAV succeed with simpleton i'll persuading
him that he is sick when in fact he was never in
better health, but it is utterly impossible 10 per-
suade any rational man ;ha, he is starving, when
| he knows that he has never missed his three
meals dav Of good substantial food
We will take occ aston, nv the way, TO remark
| that no where was Mr. Newton so successfully
assaulted for his support of the tariff as IN Nam
semond: but VIC rather think it was the aDpIe-
hension Of the evil which ip was hereafter 10
bring down rpon the worthy yeomanry OF that
countv-certainly from no complaint OF It's pres
ent operation, for if we mistake not, the valua-
BILE crops of cotion-the thriving state Of farm
ing industry generally-the smiling plenty
the well-fed independence & warm-hearted hos
pitality which one meets with in journey thro'
that favored portion ofthe district, do not be-
token state of impoverishment, nor lead 20 the
conclusion that the country is in any danger OF
being ruined bv the tariff system as 1t stands at
present. 1t is fact, that when we look abroad
at the condition OF other nations, ard contrast
i, with our own, we have abundant cause to be
grateful, and must perforce admit that we are
the happiest and mos, prosperous people upon
the face of the earth"
FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
Nev- York, .Aprii 2s-Through the poli,eness
of Capt. VIM r. Bowers, who left San Bias on
! the Is, of March last, and came through the
interior Of Mexico to Vera Cruz, we have the
f,,Iow;no communic alton giving late informa