Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-22
From the New York American.

The Philadelphia National q zete, IN reply
ing 10 some remarks Of a writer IN the Demo-
cratic Press, has this sentence, which, with Otis
crs ,hr Pos, has transie rrtd 10 its columns, To-!
the benefit pf those for whom " the reprooi" is
int.GdcC:
awe sh Ill merely add the hin; 10 its cores
ponlent, TO HON il seems we are kno,Dn, that
if he will examine thr National Journal OF the
4th inst. and the n Y. mrrican Of the Sd, he
will discover that Genl. Jackson has been Il eat
ed as a spira,or, liar, and slanderer, even IN
Journals Of the highest order. The stories Of
his marriage and the six militiamrn now
obsolete; but when they we're in vogue, he as
handled as all adulIerer and murderer also. A
more comfortable list Of titles could hardly have
been fire. med for national bensfactor. Nearly
as much kindness is extended 10 Mr.. Adams
on the other side"
Without meaning 10 admit, what we are sure
the editor Of the National Gazette would Dc
the las, to tlaim-the right Of that Journal, or
any other: u reprovr, however much lie may on
some points dissent from US, for the frank X
preston Of our opinions, we are not sorry TO
have this occasion Of stating our views in re-
laion To TIE question, OF how lar Is 1t proper
and CONNIE ndable IN conducting newspaper,
/" charactrrizr things by their RICH, names
a'Q SSDtSidns "HeH 3pedhiUS VI Sauuiod'SS 'or
public honours and confidence: ard in So doing,
We shall differ toto cGiO, from the doc rine inn
piled in the above extract from The National
Gazel,,. What particular article is referred
to a, appearing in this paper Of the Sd instant,
We arr at a loss 10 know; for, on recurring 10
our 6c, We do not find in the paper of thai date,
any lLing bearing upon the character Of Gen.
Jackson, either a. "conspir ator, liar, or slaR-
ri, rrr. M N l,y ma
is TO SHOW, that If by reference to undou6ied
and admitted facts, il STALL appear that any man
aiming at power and place, is liable to one or
all OF these charges, watch, as it is alleged in
the Gazette, has been made 10 this paper "a
gainst Gen. Jackson, II was duty SO 10 make
Them.
We cannot admit, that the very unreasona>
bleness and excess of that ambi ion, Which shall
Temp, its po,sessor 10 aspire 10 station far,
far beyond his merits or capacity; shall from
The res2stt due 10 that station, exempt the as.
pirant from ihc',ules applicable 10 other men;
and as TO hose rules we must insist-Ihai he,
who in private lie is immoral, feroeious, and
sangu,nary; who In public life is oyerbea airing,
lawiess, and regardless Of restraint, cannot,
without the risk Of coniounding all just notions
o! right and wrong, b. permitted TO point to
his military escutchcon, and by merely repeat
ing che Victory OF New Orleans! the Victory
of New Orleans!" silence the censurrs to which
all his life besides is So Justly exposed. Inap.
plying these rules then TO Gen. Jackson; If ad.
m,t!ed facts stamps him as a"murderer," an
"aduterer," "a liar" "a conspirator, IA SLAM
derer;" and If in spite Of such facts, he is still
pressed, and most unduIy presses himself. u
on the people Of the United States, for an Office
which, as II is The most exalted in moral gran
deur OF any known to man, so it should only be
the reward Of somewhat proporliona,e moral
exeeilence-if, we say, in spite of such fac:s,
Cen Jackson Is Candidate, i, is due to ruth,
to virtue, and 10 the happiness of his nation
(Which Cannot consist with rev arding inquiry
to Lake his unfiiness known. This paper has
never called Gen. Jackson an "sdullerer"; il
has indeed avoided allusion to the story Of his
marriage. YET The Nashville Committee, his
own friends, admit tina, he married, under mis-.
AXE inderd. but sill that he married, the then
undivoreed wife Of another man. What, do
laws human and divine pronounce that! We