Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-24


tive the future preseu,s-from the meIanctP.t
experience oil the psst-and the few a,,,a";,E
hopes that are now held out by ST., Il anur;S
sal political dissolution; and it does ann. 'e'
me that, without mighty Change in the bsbn.
in the feelings, in the principles of The reorIa'
any attempt at re>unioh in political csa rS'
would be, as often as repeated, merely a con,a.
tra'on into one point, Of factions which s,".
and anon, upon the slightest blast Of oi>,o.4
would blaze out into civil war True, the ro,"'
ularily OF he present outward struggle. and Is
universal cry of vengeance against the rr,na.
Of Brazil, have operated TO produce ,emnorS
ny coalition in front Of the c, nmon enemy b.,
it matters not what signal is II rown on, w.
union, or that names, or that persons be chan.
ed, the materials remain t. reproduce the sam.
effects, and every proJec, thai is starred 4, the
timefor attaining that end, proves TO be ei,ns.
an idle chimera Of party, or child of The mor,
ster ambition.
Ii is a matter worthy Of admiration tina, ,b.,.
people, knowing from past experience .ha, II.
most dangerous rock on which their liberties
can be wrecked is that Of giving too much in,
ffuence to military power should no, have ,ro,
nted OF the propi,ious moment afforded BIZ g,
veral years Of a wise and liberal administrat;or
under new and wholesome regimen, 10 e>,,I
lish so firmly the same basis as to,rver ward IN,
necessity Of substituting that political morar,v
which operates 10 invest evtry individual in The
great mass OF citizens, with s,rong armour
for the defence Of his rights, by system 50 f..
vorable to the designs OF ty-auny and de,pO,.
ism. If we keep in view the pas, hi>toryo'
these provinces, We will not be surprised BIZ the
political phenomenon recently exhibited in ne
Banda Oriental, in the unwarrautable and de,.
potic proceedings of La'aeja, in The case Of
the two civil IN ,gIstra'es, OCampo nd Fgraro,
1t is repetition only of what has been, preyi
Gus to the year 1920, so often with ed in this
as well as the other provinces, and with which
,he inha bitanls had grown familiar.
The scenes Of April, 800, the affair Of San
Roque's Temple, SC. might be cite, They
were The results Of the conflict between phys.
cal and moral force-where military power, on
tive one side. reared its mailtL crest against
philosophy and reason and civil rish', on The
otker. He who, after combating thousand
perils, a, length succeeded in possessing Aim>
self Of The supreme command, was secure in
his new post only for short time, when amos
he had clamberd into power, apprar with
the same longing desire and ambition TO occu'
ply ii himself.
A Colonel, the Captain Of troop, could up.
root the whole base Of power; and The political
existence of these, in turn, reposed on their
subaltefns-on The s!rgeapts, the corporal, or
dtummcrs OF their corps. Such were the con-
sequence of prcpopd"rance OF military infu'
encr; TO tyranize being the circle oil vlclsstude,
of whirh its chiefs all went the rounds. TWAS,
indeed, subject of congra,ula,on TO the eOun'
Try That for six years pas, sound political mo.
rslity predominated--an enlightened system
and policy, main aiming their SWAY, markedly
the establishment Ct liberal institutions, and
the r. Did marci, in this quarter OF The great
cause of mankind But Buenos Ayres, which
has beer called the Athens Of South amsr'ta and
which appears to De more advanced than any
Of The sister States in the career OF civilization
and tree principles, has nevertheless THIS cay
to de plore that she did not avail OF that .avora'
BILE period to institute and nurse, on firmer oa'
ses, all those cardinal principles and guaranty
institutions, without which the System oil Ii
berry will continue TO be more exposed lhan
even at its birth or frs, introduction.
And first of these-rhat great pal adlum oil
human right, the Freedom Of The Pres, should
have been established in q manner secure anu
perfect. -,
The present Government have proposed 'ns
establishment Of what is here called The Ii'o''
mol of The Press, without being quite clear as"
whom should properly belong the power, orar
tribute Of naming the jury to compose IL.
question on which we see suspended me very
Fundamental guarantee of that huIwark oil l'e''
dom-and il has been considered triumph 10.
The "Cause Of Principles" that they shouo s'
length have discovered and determined he 'N
ercise OF that faculty 10 be the proper II y,
The legislative power, branch which, s"'u"
i, one day become in any degree suo,er'f" ~
the designs OF ambition Or ruled by iac'ion, "
susceptible Of being constituted The mo'' W.
midable engine in the agency OF tyranny -'"
is that, above all others, in this c'uoui, "
which the people should be most 'cn'u' &C
jealous, and agains, the possible eneroas"'''"'
Of which. most strongly fortined. .,f
A "oavenfion is about 10 meet at the .l3
Santa F., to be composed Of representa- i,,
from all the provinces. Two have oeen a"' :,
dy elected for that to Buenos Ayres anu a;
set out in few days for the place OF h,ee"as
The earies, object Of that assembly - Wr
known 10 be, to impeacb and bring 10 'rl', ID -.
Rivadavia and other memb rs OF the "a"