Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-31
From the Boston C0uncr.
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In looking over the coasts given at 'ai'ous
places where the anniversary oil the oa'ue Oh
New Orleans was recently celebrated, we nave
been little surprised to see that there was cH
hibited, alinos, uniformly, spirit OF hos,li,.y
TO domestic manufactures. 1t is huie dim,
cult 10 account for such an unanimfy OIL senti-
ment on such an occasion in regard 10 suo>
icct no. necessarily connected with the ocea
sion. II would have been natural to suppose
that. IL by any sort Of "Reminiscences, our infant
manufacturing Establishments had been asso>
ciated with that event which has, by many,
been styled the finale Of our second ,Uar Of In
dependence, thy would have bren remembered
with favor. Certainly those, who, a: period
Of national calamity. acting, 100, under an i'm
piled pledge OF protection from The govern
ment, vested their whole property in establish
m.nts for the supply Of clothing for our army
which vas fighting in that war, ought not 10
br treated with indignity and contempt. nor,
when they ask for the fuihment OF their rea
souable expectations from the government
should they be insnl,ed by the political parti-
sans Of him who leo his soldiers 10 victory CLAD
in the products Of their patriotic enterprise. IL
from the mass Of volun'eer toasts given on thls
occasion We subtract those OF winch aware"
Jat kson" is the index. either by name or ny
some well unders ood metaphor, aud those
complimentary to the distinguished partisan.
OF Gen. Jackson. the prevailing sentiment OF
the remainder seems to be unfriend'y to the
success ofmanuisotures, and The auempt 70
convert he proceedings o! the friends OF IN.
pruvrment and domestic industry into political
intrigues is too apparent to he urnlrn. Inc
charge that the convention OF manufactures
and farmers, held in Angus, last at Harris
surg, was political eabal. projected and car
rird on FIR eec'ioueerins purposes by the
friends of tho p,esent administration, has IN
deed bern often n,adr, but without the 'tcbies'
su ,por, from facts or arguments. II has oeen
said, too, that the present administration has
made the trote ction Of manufactures and The
sys,em orinternal imp ements hobby, on
which il hoped 70 ride again into power and
place, for second term Of four wears. vi
this we have not been able to per ei'e any very
convincing proofs. II is uue that the secretary
of state and the secretary OF the treasury nave
been bid, frank and open III respect 70 me
protection which government owed to the IN
ternaI branches Of industry; but we DO rot re-
collect that tho president has ever avowed any
pariiaity Tor what is denomlnated tne amer
can System, or ,ha, he has by any implication
pledged himself to its support. ""e'her'
therefore, the farmers and manufactures are
;rying for protee lion, when they want only 10
elevate orr,ain men, or whether certain men
are making a political hobby Of the farmers and
manufacturers, (neither Of which hypothesis
are very satisfactorily settled it is qui,e appa
rent that the opponents OF the administration
are holding up this American System as po-
lit,cal scare crow. They have actually conn
,niIted the crime which they have been I'M
pu,ine TO the otter party. They have made it
a political question, ard a psrtlzan oil General
Jackson that is not opposed-bit'erly opposed
TO the Woo'Iens Bill~-to ali protective duties,
except those which protect and encourage ne
staple products Of the southern states, is as
rare as "snow IN SUMMER" and as "unscemly
as rain in harvest"
Can the good people Of Pennsylvania hesi>
tate between such statesman, the 'avo'ite OF
the republican party for the last 90 years, ard
a fortunate Gei c. al possessed OF no one sol'fa-
ry requirement for civil go, ernmrnt as his
mos, arden, supporters readily acknowledge.
What docs lIov Gi'cs of Virginia, say ot
Gen. Jackson, "that he is her alternative, moi
her choice" When The Generals talents was
called into question in The hearing OF John
Randolph, he replied with his cadaVerons gin
and cas,rato voice, "why yes sir he has talents
Just such talents as we want, the latent ~ Mrn-
ing Out John y. NaQne5S ike uruhkeu"e>S
dselo,es every secret.
Judge White, the respectable Senator from
Tennessee, was heard TO say chat he was a
neishbor and friend Of The Generals, and hav-
ing great personal regard FOR him should
give BIN his support, though, he did not think
him qualified for the Office of chief magistrate
OF this nation"
In short, Gen. Jackson is the tool of wick
ed intriguing party who make use oi MS
popularity 10 advance their disoreaniL,ng
views. In lending himself to them, he has
done more towards shaking the foundation oil
our institutions than he ever can atone Tor.
His friends know the ,xtent Of his capacity,
his excessive vanity and egotism, and therefore
rule him while he has forgotten Cor most pro-
badly never lesrn,) this maxim, '',hat the first
and leading point in any grsal man Is to be well
acquainted with the extent Of has own abilities
thai he may husband them with discretion Tor
generation accompanies man only, wh'e the
bounds of his capacity are undiscovered" He
alone whom none can fa,hom, dupe or deceive
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