Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-09-17
TIIF PUBLIC PRESS.
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HE ~ DlJlI TnIs'o.
r Is no, The leas Of The signs oil the times,
NOR bad argument in favor OF our cause, That
large majority Of the most talented and re"
snec,abIe newspapers ofthe country support he
.y,c,ion of Mr.. Adams and Mr. Rush. The
Press in his counrry, fee and unshackied as II
is, NAV, sometimes, sppea" 10 run and 'lo' In
i,s liberty, and "cut fantastic tricks In the
ewes Of those who dread its RIGHTEOUSNESS: but
its Independence makes amends Tor thousand
faults, aud where lis conductors are honest and
capable, il diffuses blessings in every direction
Where yenaiity and corruption have been at
work, however, the fountain being polluted, the
whole stream mus. be filthy and impure. The
Presses enlisted on our side, deserve aud ENJOY
the confidence Of a People, for whose rights and
liberties they are conlending. The New Eng,
laud papers, generally ably edited and well con-
ducted, are almost all for the Administration
We may find few Jackson prints among them,
:. g. the Boston Statesman-the only redeem
ing quality OF which is lis poery-and the
huge Eastern Argus, which has no redeeming
quality at all. They come. however, like SAN
gels INSISTS, few and fsr between" We take
but few papers from the interior Of New York,
but a majority Of the most influential presses
are with u.s. The Argus, at The bead Of the
Jackson presses, has ruined i,SsT ny lis incon-
all = Il, .,>l
managed by Van Buren,. IN the city of New
York, opposed to the American, Advocate, and
whose aid, his own party are very wiling 10
dispense with, and, tn rcfore, cannot be much
dreaded BY US. In New Jersey, the Adams
newspapers are all stann-h and strong In
Delaware the old Gazette tugs at the Jackson
oa, but II Iowed the other way in 1924, and
cant make make much head way now chang
ing, as we'll as rolling stone, gathers no moss
III Pennsy lvania, the newspapers on Our side are
numerous and active--especially those Of Phil
aue ph'a, where, against The united talen, Of the
edio'ia' corps, are arrayed the sleepy Sentinel,
du"' Stale, HAT and Improbable; Simpsons
Mercury, ~allowiOg in the very mrre of jack
'On'Sm; and The Philadelphia Gazette, Of which
'"e ''as' that we Can say is, that we are sorry
% 'Se II IN such bad company, and heartily
WISH 1t sale deliverance. The most talented
81 ne Western papers are in fasor of the Ad,
NinlSlraton: the Cincinnati Gazette, the Ken>
lucky Reporter, the Frankfort Commenta-
'or, the Western Herald, the Missouri Repub-
hcAn and number of others. Our cause is
'a' without able supporters in the South. The
Maryland Administration papers do their oar,
light noby. In Old Virginia, tn; Richmond
enquirer, shorn Of its hoaors-not now in its
o'Sh and palmy s,ate," ceases to command
,"e Influence 1t once did. The Enquirer has,
""e many other Jackson prints, lost i,s former
,,2a'a''OH by its Inconsistency. We have the
"'s' The Lynchburs Virsinian, the Peters
'n'eillgencer, the Fredericksburg Arena,
"s Winchester Republican, the Lrssbvrg pa
~ saving and excepting the "BuDs Eye"
~ precious sprig of the Telegraph sc. sc.
sOOu men and true. Farther South, then,
"AieiSh Register, the Charleston Gazette,
-, TIC charleston Courier, and the Darien Ga
we have not enumerated fourth part
"e administration papers--we merely men.
WI lew Of the principal.
" nome, the Administration is summarized nv