Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-05


The Committee appointed by Gen. Jacksons
friends IN Nv York TO wait upon the Hero
a: his late great visit 10 New Orleans, and to
tender that homage and feal,y which is reck>
oned as due to him, have performed their du'
~, no doubt, in a verS satisfactory manner to
those who sent THIN. An address was deliv-
cred from which we select few extracts re
guessing our readers TO mark particularly the
sentences in ifaiie
Your friends, saw the Committee, advo>
cate your election to the Presidency, because in
yOur person IS furnishedth The last and only
apDroDriate Instance IN aohich the .4n'eri-
can people 'ojW hire IL az their po,cer 10 Sc
lect their Chief Magistrate from thaf re
rerpd band ofpQtriots to ,ohose heroisan and
sacrifices they are inde6ted for the ines a.
nobie Dr'viloge If choosing for themselves
their olDn rulers.
Because in he discharge Of .he numerous
and highly imnortant trusts to which you
have been cal,d from a very early period OF
our nauoral existence Amos, 10 the present
day. you hare inuoriabiy eeineed talents,
prudence and Integrity alike honorable 10
yourseIfS. conduciue to the public ,oeLfare.
Because, hy declining or resigning The
varions civ,l nd military offices conferred
upon y1u, whenever in your ju!gment the pub
Ii; interest did no, inperious'y demand your
ssrvic"S yru hive uniformly manfcsted Spi
ri of d,sinieyssted and nag, luminous patriotism
and proved yaur dtSrIi - The gre 1T repub-
hcaa prIociple thar Offices ,cere created for the
pr6Ic sceifare ard NOT for ihr qualification
of indiei ia interest or ambition.
AL SI,,oI hrs oppr
5eesaSarrk,d by subnissioa to the iq,rs amt
Ctitatiop oF Your COZ" try except IN one
ijHoace ~hon The rery existence ofthese
sjbcs AMI that onSfitution scere IN jr2par-
~; nd lou III not ten resi'a'. to ffer your.
- fla ii tim far the ,en~rat W. Hare hs King
kSpon Yourself yespous'h iltv indlNpe"> -blv
I.,rrrsslry for The puAli safety, but vi Oh none
: but thos, whose whole hcsrrs are d voted 10
the use Of liberty aud their country would
have had the gen rous orrage 10 assume
To t, il The General re plies in the following
terns-
''It is true, Gentlemen, this .faU portion
ofthe West ,0aS rescued from TIE grasp Of
a foreign f1e By me assumption # f'o'oer,
o,s,2ay % irI, at vayi1Rce tOih the regut'r
oDerifiOn of our sacred constitution 0nd
la,ss; mi you hare done justice 10 the ne
cessffg ,chich dictated 1T. Acting upon the
orr ciplr that the safety Of h people is ne
supre,ne Las * that it was better tnev should
at,er,pt a giorious dr,iverancr from the ia
p rs which threatened them, by SUSPENSION
Of heir inv rIuable righs than contend 20 Their
shadow, amidst the arr.is o. the en- nv, AMI
thirdly sa ri6ce the substance forever. l
shrunS no from the resHons bili which n
crisis d. vol,ed on me. Hal done otherwise
I should have thought myself a traitor 10 my
country
The New York, Daily Advertiser says, that
r IS x,r, mely Fortunate for General ja' kson's
interests, AID PROSPECTS, that the committee
haze settled ,hsse important questions. BE-
rause aitherto tnere have been m my prisons
who have entertained sIrong doub's ah"u
them Even on the material point OF necessr-
tn, they have not been convinced. Fortunate
" these able statesme have put an end TO the
controversv, and il will be singular enough Vt
there should be much more caviliing about 1t
There nave also herp those, who, from somr
mistake or mi>apprehension, have supposed
that General JAG kson was not so famous Tor
submission to the laws and constitution Tins
mater IS also disposed of by the committee, &
of course there need BE no more misgivings
Oh that subjec, hereafter.