Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-13

jtct which I have mentioned. This is but one
Of many proofs that the opposition does not
rest in the principle Of disapproba,ion Of toe
measures Of government. Many other eviden-
ces of the same truth might be adduced easily.
A remarkable one is, that while one ground of
objection 10 The administration is urged in one
place, its precise opposite is pressed in ano.
Their. Pennsylvania and South Carolina, for
example, are not treated with the same reasons
for a change of Administration, but with f1aliy
contradictory reasons. In one, the Adminis-
tration is represented as bent on a particular
system, oppressive 10 that stale, and which
must ultimately ruin II; and for that reason
there ought to be a change. In the other, that
system, instead Of being ~ruinous, is ~salutary, is
necessary, is indispensable; but the Admins
tration is but half in earnest in supporting il;
and for that reason there ought TO be a change.
Rejecting men have always supposed, that
if there were a weak point in the Federal Cons
stitutIon, it was in the provision for the exer-
else Of the Executive power. And this, per-
ha2s, may be considered as rendered more
delicate and difficult, by the great augmentation
Of the number of the States. We must expect
that there will often be, as there was at The last
election, several candidates for the Presidency.
All but one, Of course must be disappointed;
and If the friends of all such, however other.
wise divided, are Immediately to unite, and 10
make common cause against him who is elect.
ed, little is ever to be expected but embarrass-
ment and confusion. The love of Office will,
ere long, triumph over the love Of country; and
party and faction usurp he place OF wisdom
and patriotism. If the contest for the Execu-
tive power is thus 10 be reneweIt every four
years, if it is to be conducted as the present
has peer conducted, and if every election is 10
| n. ;p,,n.Ji ,talv fn1IoyUeI a G the laCt uac fol-
lowed, by a prompt union Of all whose friends
are not chosen, against him who is, there is,
in my judgment, danger, great danger, that this
great experiment Of conf, derated government
may fail, & that even those Of Us, who are not a.
mong the youngest, may behold It's catastrophe.
Ii cannot have escaped the notice of any grn-
lleman present, thai in the course Of the CON-
troversy, pains have been taken 10 affect the
character and the success Of the present chief
magistrate by exciting odIum towards that part
of the country in which he was born and TO
| Which he belongs. Sneers, contumely, re-
proach, every thing that gentlemen could say,
and many things which gentlemen could MOI
say, have been uttered against New England.
| am sure, sir, every true sun of New England
must receive such things, when thy come f. ON
sources which ought 10 be considered respect
able, with a feeling Of. just Indignation; and
when proceeding from elsewhere, with con-
tempt. II there be one among ourselves, who
car be induced, by any motives, to join ia this
cry against New England, he disgraces the
New England mother who bore him, the New.
England father who bred and nurlured him,
aud the New England atmosphere which first
supplied respiration to those lungs, now so un-
worthily employed in altering calumnies against
his country Persons, not known till yesterday,
and having lii lie chance Of being remembered
be yond to. morrow, have affected to draw a dis
tinction between the Patriot States, and the
States Of New England; assigning the last to
The present President and The rest 10 his rival.
| do NOT wonder, sir, at the indignation and
scorn which | perceive The recital Of this injus-
lice produces here. Nothing else was 10 be
expected. Faneuil Hall is no, a place where
one is expected to hear with indifff renee that
New England is not 10 be copnled among the
Patriot States. The PARROT States! What
states was ii, sir, that were patriotic when pat
riotism cost something? Where but in New
England, did he great drama Of the revolution
open? Where, but on the soil Of Massachu-
sets, wa: the first blood poured out, in the
Cause of Liberty and Indc pendence? Where,
sooner than here; where, earlier, than within
the walls which now surround US, was patriot
ism found, when to be patriotic was 10 endan-
ger houses and homes, and wives and children,
and TO De ready also, to pay for the reputation
Of patriotism, by the sacrifice ofblood * Of life?
Not farther 10 refer 10 her revolutionary me-
rits, it may be- truly said lhst New England did
her part, and more than her part, in the estab>
lishment OF the present government, and in CIV
ing effect 10 the measures and the policy OF tnr
first President. Where, sir, did The M Asurrs oil
Washington find the most active friends, and
the frmest support Where are the genera!
principles of his policy most widely spread,
and most deeply seated! II, in subsequent pc
RODS, different opinions have been held, by diff
ferent portions Of her people, New England has
nevertheless been always obedlcn, 10 The laws,
even when she most severely felt their press
sure, and most conscieEtiously doubted, or dis
believed, thei' prophecy. Every great and per-
manent institution Of the country, intended for
defence, or for improvement has met her sup
port. And if we look 10 recent measures on
subjects highly interesting 20 the community,
and especially some portions Of it, we see