Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-26

&c.. because he has never been taught 7
Speech on Retrenchmen..
.Commnnd in chief in eirl L6"-Tke great
beauty, force and novelty, Of this expression,
well deserve to be notec.
Nothing can be more unreasonable, than 10
objec, to President, or"Commandel in Chief,
ci,il or military, because he has not "Book-
farming; FOR, as the grea, Patrick Henry said'
"Nareral-parts is better than all the farming on
the year,h"- Wiri's life of Patrick Hen.
ry Among the greatest improvements OF
modern times, mot excepting steamboat na''-
galionl is the facility afforded OF conducting
SC schemes, moral and immoral, political, &c. oy
means Of Committees. We have had com
mittee 10 take charge Of Gen. Jacksons cha-
racter. commonly called the "WhltewashlhS
Commiltee"-and another 10 assist him In me
august ceremony Of eating dinner, when
Nigh, be properly termed the "ea,ing, or tor
The sake of Euphony, "1he Gas,ronom'cal
Com,nirtee"-Wh no: give him Committee;
not Of Lunacy-exaclly; but of"lLLllEKh-
CY"-(being new case, we must use nc"
word) to do all those little matters, such as
reading, writing, or spelling, which are vastly
beneath the attention Of great men, and should
always be done by proxy, or what would DC
easier, should The "Hero" be elected, than 10
send the young President elect 10 school, de"
voting to the laudible purpose OF paying the
professors who should find out some royal, or
heroica road 10 learning; portion OF the funds
saved by the speeches on Retrenchment.
Note C-"Ii is not those talents which enable
a man to write books, or make SPEECHES.,
that qualify him 10 preside over government. 7"
Speech on Retrenchment.
Note D-See 4Esop's Fable Of "The Frogs
desiring King" 1Esop was monarchist,
vet he ridicules the Frog Nation for exposing
themselves to the hazard Of having a"llE-
RO"--to rule over them. Ii is quite probable,
had he lived to modern times, he would have
been weak enough TO condemn the French for
choosing Bonaparte. and the Americans Tor &c.
string the Hero oil Orleans as their "Civil
Commanders"
Quere. Is not the similarity between the
fate of the frogs, and that which befe the
French, strange coincidence considering the
fondness of Frenchmen for Frogs?
Note E. Hlde6rand. 1t is not little strange,
tha, in late Ri graphical Dictionary, said TO
contain 4 greater number OF articles than any
other similar work, no notice whatever is taken
of this great man. There Can be no doubt, how
ever, that he was "noied Free -booter," who
Hourished-s somewhere; sometime; in the
century; and, probably, being Hero, escaped
hanging. For more precise Information, see
his life, if you Can find it; and thr speech on
Reucnchment: "And who were the Hide
brands, and The rest Of the Papal Freebooers
who achieved victory alter victory. over the
prouiest Monarchs aad States of Chrstsn-
dom' These men were brought up III Clois>
Ter, perhaps; but they were endowed with that
hishes, of all the gifts Of Henrsn,t the capacity
to LEAD MEN, whether IN the Senate or the
hrld-Ir its one and the same faculty and its
successful display has always ed and ever
will receive, The highest honors that man can
bestow: and lhis will be the case, do what you
will, CANT what you may about Military
Ciieftains, and Military Domination;-so long
as man is man, the victorious defender Of his
country will, AND OUGHT 10 receive that
suffrage, for all that the form Of her
government allows her 10 give" Speech on
Re,renchment.
tTruly this expression would seem to give
some countenanoc to the opinion imputed to
Mr. Adams, tina: the right to govern mankind
is jure d,uinO.
Note F.-Napoleon lie Grand: A great usur-
per and consequently great man.-"We hear
much ofAtilItary Usurpation-of Military Des-
potlSm-of the Sword oil the ConQueror-oI
C9sar--and Cromwell-sn 3onaparte"-A-
gain-"I deny that there is any instance on re-
cord in history, Of man MOI HAVING
MILITARY CAPACITY! being at the head If
any govrrnm, n,,w,th advantage TO that govern
ment, and with credit to himself. There i,
great mi, axe on this subject" Speech on Re-
trenchment.
Mr.. Jefferson it is well known, had no Militia
~ Capacity and his administra ion would, of
course, have been attended with ono advantage
TO the government, nor credit 10 himself" blu,
for the supper, kindly afforded him by the ora
tor on Re,rnchmen1, as mentioned in the fol,
lowing passages So supported for more than 5
years the administration Of Mr.. Jefferson II
Again 81 separated myself from Mr.. Jefferson
when Barnebas Bidwel and John Quincy A
dams joined him."'
"Nrver was any administration more bril-.
liant than that OF MIR. Jefferson, up 10 that peri
3D." Speech on re,rcnchment and note
Note G.-Marlb'rough. "This great man
could no, even spell" Speech on Retrench.
ment. How, then is it possible TO doubt the He,