Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-04-11


for Mr.. Adams, for he has placed it on the cho-
SEN ground of 0 ,position, that of corruption"
The changes have been rung on this charge,lal
the mind is sckened and the ear Is deatened.
Proof have been challenged, and never given
Crowds of quasi witnesses have strulted mo
Court, talked loudly, proved nothing, and men
sneaked out. Voluntary testimony has been
exhibited on the other side, and the dithcu.'
task performed Of proving negative WIN
the now almost universal disb' liel OF those
charges, the probability Of Mr.. AGams's re'ei-
ec,ion has become almost moral ceriaih'!'
If, however, there be any from whose eyes .he
bandages placed on them by corps oil sc hsh
politicians have not yet been remo,ed, we con
lure them to tear off these badges Of vassal'ge'
and look al the statement Of Judge Marsha''
Ii is the statement Of a man who has passed
long life in analysing testimony, in examining.
comparing and weighing circumstances; IN ST.
ting motives, and estimating probabilities
This man, thus peculiarly fitted 10 decide Jus!-
iy the question submit ted 10 him, deliberately
and uuhcsi,a,inglv says tina, h. feels STRONG
SENSE" "of the injustice Of The charge Of eoTnp.
lion against the President md Secretary Of sfafe'
But this man, too sagaeious to be deceive"
himself, is he not also, too honest to deceive u
Tiers? to express a conviction he does not en-
unfalterng voice, answers YES! Has this emf
nent person, in voting for Mr.. Adams, or in
estifying TO his purity, and that OF Nj. Clay,
any resentments 10 CRAFTY, or any hopes 10
prosper? On The contrary, is it not obvious to
the mcrest sciolist IN our political history, that
anv appreciation which Judge Marshall express
SIS for those gentlemen must be accorded TO
them, strictly aud entirely, as PUBLIC MEM
What party or pers oual sympathies can he have
with either Of them?
Aware OF the just respect which would be
felt for any opinion of Chief Justice Marshall,
Gen. Jackson's organ in thi, city, has made a
puny Effort to Impeach the motives OF his IN
tended vote for Mr.. Adams, by ascribng it TO
considerations connected with the parties OF a
former day. This false and fool sh charge is
rot credited bv its trainers, and will meet with
universal unbelief among It's readers. When
las the venerable subject Of this SANDER shown
any disposition, since his elevation TO the
bench, to mins!c in polili S? Die: he co so hf>
teen years ago; when his political recolleclions
were comparatively recent, and when word
from him might have made more formidable
III, opposition to Mr.. Madison?
Instead Of pursuing The prepostcrous impu-
;aiion any farther, we shall merely remark, in
illustration OF the Jackson ethics, that The very
parry which in attacking Judge Marshall,
strives To array the old Democratic party a.
gainst Mr. Adams, is endeavorng, by taking
another tack in Massachu ,clts, 10 array agsins,
him the old Federal party!
We are as far as any Of our fellow citizens
from relying on the authority OF great names.
Bu' we live IN times when names arc welded
with energy, and some lines with effect. when
the name, for example, or the battle Of New
Orleans has been pressed on a free People as
authority Tor violations ei-h--~-''----''''---''~
Of law, ruman and divine, for outrages on hu-
mainly, and for the most disgrace full ignoi ance.
If the malignant ISLANDERS of Smyrh, the pue
rifle rant of a Hamilton, the reckless, drnuncia-
lions OF Wickifft. The "war.whopp" OF
Floyd, the brutal foaming Of a Kremcr, the ST.
mulated violence Of an lngham, and the syste-
matte mendaci,y Of the Telegraph, are ob,ru
ded OIL the American People as "authority" to
which their common sense ought 10 be surren-
dered-surely, we may properly appeal from
such authority 10 that Of JOHN MARSHALL, a
man whose long absence from political life has
placed him, as a former Speaker OF the House
Of Representatives beautifully and cloqurnty
sal! of Lafayette, Sin the midst Of posterity;"
a man whose pure and virtuous character,
whose republican manners, whose amiabe
heart, whose extensive learning, whose COM
manding talents, and whose iliusrious services
have long since made HIM the p,ideof his coun
try, and the admiration Of the world. That II
is now too late 70 assail this venerable masis
tra'e m ay be inferred, not only from, the unas~
sailabe strength of his reputation, but from
the fact that he is the only living man OF any
eminence who has escaped The slanderous
tongue. of MIR. John Randolph. This privile-
ged libe!ler, his ishmael whose hand is agains,
every man, has ofien paused in his career Of
and defamation, 10 do homage
TO the sPo,less fame of Marshall.
Its quite probable, indeed, shat Chief JUS
tice Marsha's in,i-,atcd dcterinina; ion to vote
for the reelection Of President Adams, may
abale the feryor Of Mr.. Randolph's enc omiums,
and may even provoke his most unmeasured
invec,ives. Bur this is 4 Contingency which
any one who knows the orator of Roanoke,
must deem far less penal than his friendship
We trust, however, that the ample set bv |
Judge Marshall will induce other patriots of
the Revolution, who have hitherto conten,ed !
themselves with silent resolution TO vote for