Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-26
TIE TEST.

| We take some degree rf credit TO ourselves
FOR having SO frequently, we nigh, almost say
uncr asingly, urced UPON our readers the imp.r
tant consideration OF she professions which the
In"onsidr' ate and incmpsrare friends Of Gen.
Jackson a.cribe to BIN, as The means of d-lu,l-
Ing the STATE rf Prnnsvlyania. ard other States
similarly oircunstanc"d out of their votes. If
the Commi'ree of Washington County had
done IL dury--and VIC all upon them fire.
qu"ntiy to do so-and had, as instructed, wri.
tel to Gen. Jackson and rrGuir d from him an
answer, wit Their I've vas, or wa, not. in favour
Of the American System, and tn projection oC
Amcric an Manufactures, we should, months
ago, have had something from himself or is
friends on which We Nigh, s,rclY reason, as a
strong indic<t"n a. least OF tn Generals opi>
mons. We should not, nor do W., EXPECT any
thing 'e'v explicit from the General. What
ever h. wrl'es viii b mystical AID susccpt;ble
81 iiffer'nl constructions. He will not dare 10
be "xpl ir-he Is TOO ANXIOUS 10 gain votes to
,pe Gu, H'a ".
We rccu" TO the subject once more. W.
are not frhil 'hat ~ e lusion viii asst much |
longer, but It has Listed too long &c ldv, and |
tn" s"or"r il i hi>p' led he better. .,gsin
I rn, we Il mand IL the n me 81 common sense
and common honesty Of some one or ali # lis
friends, 10 L II Us explicitly wherher General
Jackson Is, 81 is OF, an advocate and friend OF
The AMERICAN SysrEM"--of the inc,c Sc of
duties. wr mea", wool and wool, ms md il on
and other man"f,c tured gonds We know welt
enough tha' The Palladium, the ) ntinel, an!
The Mercury, wa would ssv and swear any
hing f. tie sake Of p omnting the immediate
y ieti they have in view, will at once answe.
General Jackson is most empha'icaliv friend
to the American System Mr.. Dallas and
Nr. impson Old US SO in the State Hou Sc ward
as, summer, and doubtless have repeated i,
thousand times since! Softly, gcntlemen-we
re so well satisfied o. your veracity that we do
i" cal you 10 give evidence. General ia K on !
inns, II has told us that he is friend to I
jadir,ons tar.B" A judicions tariff We /
'rre s"mew"a a a loss 10 define this phrase, l
NIL Gen Jar k>on's personal and peculiar
'le"ds IN South Carolina performed the duty
Or Us. They have explained, with admirable t.
recision, what is meant by General Jackson, o
nd what his friends mean, by al,ribuIing to a.
It u neral The desire for "judicious" Tariff D
repeal Of The Liars" imposing duty on
lose article, on which he friends Of the same
IN System" pray 20 have an additional! duiv D
wed! General ia kson's friends-we mean &c
IS ttlrnds in the Soufh for it seems lie hes two b,
is OF friends, who advocate his claims to the &c
residen'y en directly opposite grosnds-Ge- az
raj !ackson's friends in ire South, we saw, f,
Ppoti HIM on The express grounds OF his be- IL
e a southern man, with southern interests, 10
ID sou hern feelings" IL we are al a lass 10 w
d out ghich way ,hese feelings and interests to
nd, The resolutions and addresses o! General m
ksons sou H. rn friends supply US wi abun. Gu
mt rrld' nee thai no. hing short o total 'rr- ed
al OF all those protecting duties which are an