Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-03-30

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pers, tina, the ship Chancellor which sailed with
supplies for the Greeks, on the ll,h inst. re.
turned on Monday last to repair damages re.
ceiyed in a severe gale on the l4th, in lat S.
80, and long7e She will doubtless be pl omp
ly re6tted.
Two hundred new advertisements appeared
in the New-York Gazette Of Monday, and six,r
others were omitted for want of room. Iii
rarely, we believe, that the Gazette goes "a
press with less than hundred.
So rapidly is the administration growing in
the estimation Of the people Of Pennsylvania,
that the friends Of the Military candidate are
establishing new presses in different parts o,
the State, TO check, if possible, the alarming
decline Of their idols popularity. Mean time,
however, the General Jackson papers already
in operation, Notwithstanding the $50 900 sub.
scribed by the h" GRAND COMBINATION" during
the last session Of Congress, are evidently flag.
ging, while those that support The Administra.
ton are daily increasing in patronage and con.
fdence.
The Democratic Press has had so large an
accession Of the peoples support, during the
few last months, as to induce the Editor 10
make new arrangement in his establishment!
corresponding with his enlarged circulation
A part Of this arrangement is the association of
l. G. GiIleland, Esq.-a gentleman Of known
talents and energy-wi:h the editorial depart.
ment.
We make the following extract from the Edl
tors address, which appeared in the Press Of
Tuesday evening:
There is much agitation and heart-burnins
in relation to the person who shall be elected
President of the United States ir the year 1928.
These, and other, and worse feelings will
strengthen and extend themselves. There at
but two candidates before the public, the pre-
sent President J. Q. Adams and General An.
drew Jackson. Il would be Of little moment,o
enquire whether either Of these citizens is more
qualified by principle, education, requirements
and experience, or is, from a series Of public
services, better entitled to the high station pro-
posed than a thousand other citizens in the re-
public; it seems reduced to moral certainly
that we must support the one or the other, CT
cast away our vote and influence. This ques
ton will absorb all others, and it does not give
promise that it will be conducted with that
moderation and love Of order--that sober mild
ness which best becomes the citizens Of q eoul.
try where freedom dwells. There are some no;
and Choice. spirits al work who labor unceasng.
ly, and at great expense, TO infuse their angry
feelings and their bitter passions into the COM
munity. How far they will succeed time mus.
tell; but it requires not the gift Of propheeyo
foresee that the coming Presidential election
will be rather violent and ferocious in its cha.
racter. Ambitious and desperate men combin.
together 10 seize the reins Of government, and,
Phaeton like, drive it to destruction. Whea
bad men combine, good men must unite
When such 2ortentous contest is about to take
place, the law OF Scion seems to impose itself
and proclaim all neutrals Moral Traitors. Il
is already determined THERE SHALL BE NO SEu
TRIALS. The decree has gone forth, and he who
has issued it is as memorable as Napoleon.
1t is in vain that the quiet and the peace
loving would shelter themselves from the pend
ing storm. 1t will penetrate every hahi,alon.
Neither wealth nor poverty will be any security
The sooner, therefore, that the people who are
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anime 1t, the better will they understand its me.
rits, and the more certainly will they come to
right conclusions. At such time, willie We
are acknowledging the support we have 50
long received, and soliciting public patronage,
i: would be timidity or cowardice not Openly
and without reservation to avow the side OF
which we mean to be found contending, anG 70
give some Of the reasons which have brougk!
US 10 that determination.
To the election to the Presidency of General
Jackson we have many objections. We will
state few Of them, with all possible breviy,U
which we respectfully ask attention.
l. His claims and qualifications are wholly
Military and founded on Military services;
his whole life shews that that implicit
obedience SO essential in soldiers has been
vigorously exacted by him on all oees
slons, but he has not been obedieni, even
IN military matters, when orders have
been issued from the highest constitution
al authority. There is abundant evidence
OF this truth, in the correspondence OF Gen
Jackson with Gen. Scott and Gov. Rabun
II. If Cen. Jackson has any qualifications for
CirI lie, they have been studiously con-
eealed. II is not probable, however, tha;
he has any, as he has resigned every Ci'l
Station he ever held, from sense oil hH