Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-29

amsl 10 this dav, has apparently lei no occa-
sion esc ape him, OF bringing ~ person before
the public his own claims 10 The PresIGency,i'
represented as retiring, meek, and shy patti
ut, who neither courts nor declines honors: bu'
is in the hands of he people to be disposed OF
as they shall determine.
The same game, precisely, altogether resting
for us hoped for success upon The audaciy All
iteration which falsehond, sin ce acknon !cdg
I'd as sue would produce upon The publ
mind, was, during the late election, played of
in h.. Case Of Mr.. Crawford. Ai'er the hano
OF dl,ease had been 50 heavily laid upon tina
distinguished gentleman as TO render II quiz
certain that he could MOI pos IDLY fun! the du
ties Of the ati"n, TO" whlch he as still urged
as candidate; it was asserted again and agli
in the papers IN his interest, that his hrali Be-
was much imprpved-lhat he had transacted
business a, his officr-that in shor' the rumor
and public atiDns Of his impaired h alth, wer,
greatly exa ysrrated altogether unfnun ded;
vet time, the erea, revraer Of secrets, has mad
manifest the fact, tha' Mr.. Crawford was, a.
his oppone1 It's said, pnysic ally and mentally III
capable of discharging the du is Of a Presi-
dent, even if elected, and that he attem3
therefore to de!ude the public into contrary
btlif. was disrrspecful fabrication. SO, IL
both in Congress speech and newspaper pa
rLpraph>, now running he rounds, Of General
Jackson's alents anL Fl ness for civil rule. The
past history of the Gener contradicls indeed
these panegyrics; hut hey ae sill propagatcd,
'ey frequently too by those who well know
their inappicabi!i y, and by dinl Of confident
assertion and.tIrqprht repetition come to OBJ
lain some of the character and 10 produce some
Of the effec, Of truth
There is in this degradation IF the pr, S,
some hing very discpuraging. For i, is IN the
mature o! treason amo The ,enlinels appoints
ed o watch for the SAT " Of the whole, and TO
sgnaIizc danger from afr. If these ,hcr, in
secure reliance upon whom The great mass re-
lose inquiet, shall be'rsy ,hrir trusts, and give
Else re 2Urts, she foundation Of all confidence
is dcs royed, and confusion aud disorder must
ensue. SO when public Journalists deliberate-
ly msieprsents facts, or so colors hem, as 10
give them force OF effect entirely difftien
from their orig inal and real purport, he is a
treacherous sentinel, who mislrads and expos
es hose waom il is is duty and has priv, iIeg"
&c notify, and faithfully 10 inform.
10 reform, however, to the topic with which
we commenced these desullory remarks, il is
with cal satisfaction we perceive the growing
favor of the cause Of ihe adminstr alton; and
lie operation in its behalf of that calm and
quiet common sense, which works indet d un-
seen and noiselessly; but with most potential
fleet. Paitisans, 10 he sure, are still clanipr-
CTS for The Hero, though even their ,lamors
have now become more qurrulous and less as
surrd; but the substantial population Of the
cou"try is moving, or we very greatly mist axe
"thr signs OF the times" in mass, to uphold and
continue the supremacy Of civil rule.