Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-03-22

nance COmmitee. ne rendthS VI va 49,
ministry, who form constituent portion oil the
present, stand pledged to that measure. But
MIR. Herries say no-you shall not have COM
mitee; and yet we find Mr.. Herries and Mr..
IIuskisson sitting in the same Cabinet.
From the Constitutional Wing.
THE SECRETARY OF WAR AND HIS
SLANDERERS.
have seen, cannot Say with astonishment,
for what is astonishing now days in politics?
but will say with Indignation, the attempts
which have been made to preudicice the Peo-
pie Of the United States against the Secretary
Of War, on account Of the manner in which
Ger ain papers called for by Congress relative
TO the Militia men Of Tennessee, put 10 death
by lae orders of Gen. Jackson, were prepared
in obedience to that call The case, as l IN
dersand it is avery plain one. II appears,
as well from the speeches In Congress, as from
the last repor, Of the Secretary Of war on the
subject, that ii is the duty Of a clerk TO arrange
the papers in such Cases, and that this duty
has invariably, been performed in one way,
namely, The letters originally ISSUED from the
Office are put up in one package, ana NhoSe
which were received al the office III another
The numbering begins with the former, and
the series is continued through bolh packages
Mr.. Storrs of n. York, by his reference to the
arrangement, of the documents sent to Coh>
gres> from the same department IN relation 10
the conduct Of Gen. Jackson IN the Seminole
war, presented case dirsctly in point. YET
the eve of faction was not al that day, so dis.
coIoured with venom, or distorted with rage,
as to see vicious designs lurking In the loids oI
those papers.
That the pros,ilu,ed hirelngs; and unprin-
cipl-d partIsans, of the JAck,"nian ieagu Z,
should have made this gr0undess, and most
wicked charge, for the double purpose OF as
sailing patrio, who will not join in their coin
bnat,ons. and Of throwing dust in the eyes OF
The people To prevent ,helr sreing The naked
defoImi;v Of that deed Of blood; was 10 have
been expecttd - but ha! press claiming the
smalle.i reputation for caud"r, should have
sunk Itself into the deg, AIDED Instrument OIL
prupagaing so base an imputatlon, may we"
excite feelings Of regret mingled with lndis-
nation.--And YET, the Richmond Enqui er.i'
exhibited in this dishouourable attitude. IL
has DECEASED itself to the humble condition oi
being conductor Of the filth raked up from
the sinks of scandal ~ the scaNengers oil ia'-
ton, Duff Green, Stephen Simpson, and th'iI
associates, and which is coAtlhualh poured
forth against The reputation of many oil the
purest ard most distinguished public benefac>
In conf niat;"'-or THIS charge against the
edl ors Of thai paper, appeal 20 the fact-a-
mong others-of their having given COUNTIES
nance TO The talsehood circulated during the
last summer against Mr.. Barbour, imputing 10
him the meanne,s Of having peddled about
the country forged letters rea,ire 10 the mill
tiamen when on "Trip of health to The Bedford
Springs;-a faisehood which the Secretary
treated with profound and silen, contempr; bu
which political friends, as well as opponents,
WHO were with h'm az the Springs, th"aght OF
Sufficient importance 20 reiuc~-as thew did
most sa,sfacto'ily-in The National InteIli-
gen'er, but which the Enquirer never Thought
proper Ia notice! And in reference 10 the re-
cen, Islander about the documents which were
arranged by The clerk in the usual Day, that
pr!nl has suppressed The facts with view to
the same object-the d famaion Of The Sccre
tar, Of War.
Because this distinguished citze n, AID pa
,rint, will moi unite with hr editors or,hc En-
qnirer in Offering incense 10 'hcir idol, whose
election 10 he Presidency they hsve heretofore
dep'ecated as a curse 10 the nation he is 10 he |
nffered up as sacrifice! And does The En-
qd!rer :hlnk that the people Of Virginia are
prepared for this sacrifice? Mr.. Barbour is
one of her oldes, servan's-he has been hon
CURED with the highest evidences Of her conf>
dencr, aud | have never heard il minated by
those capable Of approaching his services,
thar he dad not discharge every trust which
she conhded to him with fidelity, zeal, and a.
bilily. believe the editors Of the Enquirer
have been eye witnesses Of his mos, importan,
acts, while he was in the service of the Stale,
and That before they enlisted under the BAN
'ers Of General Jackson they bore testimony
o his worth.
Suppose, for the sake Of presenting the cons
iuc' Of the Enquirer in its true ligh!, that Mr..
Barbour may be in error as 10 his political pre-
trences, he would, I am sure. be able at least
o show their consistency with his previously
vowed sentiments. Could the Enquirer do
IS much? Can that which was curse in
1884, and which has in no degree changed for
hr better be blessing in 1882
And can any act be more audacious, or more
UBIQUITOUS, Than The attempts Of The Enquirer
o blast The character Of the oldest and longest
lied SONS ofVirsinia because they have firm
ess enough 10 pursue their own course with
ut varying with the ever, arving Enquirer? I