Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-05
From tie =. Y American.
GEN JACKSON'S VISIT TO NEW OR
LEANS
letter TO HE EDITOR
Ne,o Ooy!e1ns l5h MauGry,

from which YOU NAV gather an insight OF some
Of the proo ceilings Oh the eth Of this month,
day never TO he forgotten III the annals OF our
country and which in this sec,ion OF The IN
ion would always have been remembered oV
every thinking ard well regulated mind win
feelings of gratitude toward the man, ny whose
zeal, activitv and courage most important
service had been rendered TO it You must
not, however, trust TO these prints Lou
isana Advertiser, the leading Jackson print,
for faithful narrative OF the public occur
reucrs on the late occasion. When you learn
tina, in Thursdays pa?'r, the editor declared
that he had been requested by The "commitire
Of arrangements OF he friends OF G"n. JACK.
son TO "suspend his own aocour OF them,
YOU cannot suppose that the honorable gentle
man would have fell himself a, liberty 10 DIR
10 the world anv thing but what bore the true
stamp and rnouring of The views IT his party
so well defined by Wifi as "rhe madness OF the
many for he ain of few" and modness, ab-
soule, downright madness it was, 10 expose
the veteran to the mort fcali0n CT such re-
cepfiou. Never was there a mole complete
fJilure from beginning 10 end. For years
and wears the day had posed b. wi'hou' any
of those cxolick demonstrations OF JOY "hlch
ON ,he present occasion and bv dipt Of a lorS
chemical ~ ocess Of the gfear political alchy-
mis,s of the moment, had been corJureh from
h. ir miserable cruc bles; mass at The CaIhe
DIAL, an ll-atisnded mill ia review on the pub
lie square, anc a pick-tick dlnner III DAVIS
BAL com would have &c ,eb' alsd is return
WV al or a lapse oil thirteen yc'rs, s"ch cell
chr. ton should have been deemed NECESSARY d,
could be- no secrer 10 the ehet ting part of cur
community. who always kept them selves alo"f
from the n,auy restless md r ckless adventure
rrs with which this state ab unds, who ever
found in Louisiana a convenient locus from
the desperadoes 10 VIII m any change mus be
change for the better; from the great mass of
fools, no basking H the glare OF sun ct their
rwn crea ion expect d 10 be rmauci atsd from
their kani'ua' perhaps co stltnNoTa lnslSnln-
canoe by Its genial rays, 10 rrur INC road u
rnnUtion BY notice, 10 which they could not
IT erwIse have he ,nti led, and were al all
events, II all h yards, "Cout que eonte,' as the
81 rious Commando Of our city cavalry, Pierre
Gallon woulG say, DE- t'Im,nrd 20 curry favour
with he rising luuinary from the woods OF
Ten essce, AID is sat llt,s from all p1r's oil
the Union hi, d y--this solemn day-tne
NIGH preparations t r ch had been made
to rrs5und through the Unlon, alas! has pa,srd
by with br'Ier modification 10 'h' least san
guipt naruisuns of It's grra, idol hr Legls
10 tnc feast, HAD f,rgouen, as our Governor
told III, ~ in hi, la message, 80 make APP
prop a ion, for thu PURPOSE" and had not d
nun c. e i i'm, su ,scTibed c. riain sum,
Tie oil G, nrrsl would have been obliged /"
pa,,ake f"poi luck" as tie saying is. h.
committee of ra"gemrnls had not, Tor long
line breu able to digest suitable pan tor he
re, ep,lor. The mas els e vessels who had
bre; ss<rd o furrs body and join the "grand
proces>iou," met, according TO a notice IN !hr
paper, 10 confer on tn cxpedienty oil The
propost d m, assure, when In the mlds o. the IN
spprar. d CAPTAIN Aired He non, usually not
considered arlvai man. br:ng well k"own
and well r, sweet d ue I'ber # the ba'; an"
Capfa,a G.. orge w. Morgan, rolonel n h. hr,t
regiment of o"n II Ina, and shc' tt Il ms
city, who, with no { than usna' trNo', wished
l., lupr, s. them with sense cf their bpunden
duty n tn, occ s on Blu n maser, did not
ag,er, and M, rely dec Jared Trey would, ("it"
ftw rAcep,lonsl hoist lheir lours rH COM
u.error u"n o. IN day." as usu H. N"twI h
"a ding, is no expi ii Grcla alton, they
were mt, tioa,d in the "play bills" as part OF
the $ ow, ENr'y thing was manag' q In t.c
sans We and >pir,i About e.eNen O'Clock,
all U, duz u stea nb"a brought the Genrrai'
i sri :. and .ome 1T mIliti", down from
hont S wi Ii. Gerrrai ON board, tk'"g ne
lead. ihi, was the only imp'eN,iN, not 10
Say m losng, light fin dy. IT. n, pow OF
tn, pp, a,or.,s wrrr dIsc,rnLhlt nj sq"ae
~ lie, If h@ G ner.l's nwn crop VI Colt 20. Oar
mi'tis Geoora Rlauch at ugh ny rad' a
cot, on bros r, ftnced nat Cinci lnatus IN his
r, ,ir IN 1T hid devils some new pl B." nttnrl'
6c lions a d two Of t., New York q l,gati"",
Mr. Saul 4Heq aud NJ. ThGdde"s Phelps, IT is
said, were quite sangoin in thi XpectAaons,
,ha, il wa. he Generals ntenuo" 10 eva q
,relr a il hi causr, by divid'nS the con
sly nmenl between item Bat no sue thug.
the cotton is to ne sod here The procys
| s, Oh of steamboats, moved down TO the Ole bat
! lie ground, now re d OF Sugar cane. M.
! Montg "meiv, he pr sent pr"p'"tor, OF G'n n.
| j., kson', old head quntcrs IN from, t the
| field. would 10 douDt h e l. I him In the
| house, h d Il the wno,e fla be p''ty ~
fans. and Mr.. Montgomery pring an Ada'nsItt.
So he Gen raj nd rs E lends were ,utier; 10
| r, IN IN or The le &c, where 10, IA nrs OF he
Day aerc brnrghr to haPp' deli ely. Mr..
GRIMES waosc raj icI ale"t ae "ndeniabl
ntye. spoke we'll t.is p &C vas shor'