Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-31
ALEX. A N:D!AIAs :.
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 81, 1923

country TO support, against rude Assaults anu
the most determined opposition. Look abroad
upon the strife, and you will see our friends
contending on he side Of law and li5erty-our
opponents, joined in league to defea, the one,
and destroy the other.
Who are the great workers in the cause Ut
internal improvement? Who, from the COM
mencement, have advoc ated the necessity OF
protecting Domestic Manufactures by Tariff
no, form, d 10 make people FEEL, but 10 make
them prosperous, independent, and happy !
Who are the friends OF liberal and peaceful
intercourse with foreign nations? Who are
the friends Of law, order and civil liberty !
Who supper, the Union? Need we answer
these questions! Do not facts speak for them
selves, and reply, the friends of the Admins
tration.
On the other hand-Who would cramp the
energies of the Government, fill up every canal
dug by IFS aid, destroy the manufactures OF
our country, lead US into war with foreign pow
ers, place as a ruler over US man who has vio-
lared the laws, and sever the bonds which unite
us together? Need this be answered?
On This view Of the question, and i, is Que
which should be at,enrively considered, can the
people hesitate?
If they wish 10 preserve entire the rich inhe-
ri,snce which our fathers left US, and if they
are in deed and in truth the friends OF this
browning glory Of the new world, and admira
ton Of the old, can they hesitate?
If they, love liberty for liberty's sake, and
wish that their children should receive it as
precious legacy, can they hesitate?
Ifthey are interested in the preservation OF
our republican institutions, can they hesitate?
II hey wish the civil to be, in all cases, sn-
pcrior to military au,hori;y-and ii they desire
virtue, abilities, expert fence and honesty TO be
the only passports 10 office, ought they hesl-
tate?
If they are republicans, Americans, country
men of Washington, with his bright example
before them, will they hest ate?
I, is part Of the policy of the opposition
10 direct their calumny against all those who
have any cunnexion with the Administration.
They are not content with abusing and vihiy-
ing the President and his cabinet-but they
must attlck gentlemen in subordinate, though
responsible situations, al d strive through them
to wound the chief objects Of their malice. 1t
is thus, that they have gained for Themselves
the un,nyiabl- honor Of being unparalleled in
the ar,s Of calumnia,ion, and private defama-
ton.
Foremos, in this dishonorable employment,
as in every Other dry work, which man OF
any principle ould shrink from, is Duff Green.
A convicted liar, and an abandoned hireing-
Placed BY bis folly anu his impudence, and by
means Of men who should be ashamed to use
so vile a tool, in a situation, which while it
gives him momen,ary notorie,y, only serves
20 expose and lay bare his Characteristic man
is suffered to make inroads into private peace,
to barrow up aud mock at the feelings which
he wantonly Injuries, and to exult in the tavoek
and misery he occasions. He glories in the
strength and ksenness o. the poisoned shafts
of his malice, and if they take effect, If they
rankle in the heart, his joy is unbounded. No
uOuOt ne often tNinkS anu WohueTS Nv" 'H@'
damn'd starving guilty, called honesty, SO,
footing in the world" and adopts and acts upon
the answer to the question
"Why powerful villainy first set it up,
For It's own ease and safety. Honest men
Are the soft easy cushions on which KSAvEs
Repose and faten"
These attacks Of Green are often met, the
falsehoods Of his assertion exposed, and the
wretch left ito prayers with what devotion he
may" He lately made various charges against
MIR, Mckinney, Superintendent Of Indian At
fairs, which have been promptly answered by
the latter gentleman. Of'he malice which die
tated these charges there can be no doubt
They have, however, been triumphantly refut-
cd. 1t is strange that with these repeated and
2afoable violations Of truth before their eyes,
any person could be found, who would place
confidence in the assertions Of the Telegraph.
r, &c ,r,e there are very few who do Most of