Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-04
From the New York National Advocate.

From the New York National Advocate.
FROM NEW ORLEANS BY the Azelia, we
have received Nv Orleans papers to the l6tN
January, inclusive. II we may Judge from the
contents Of the papers The reception OF tn
Hero OF two vars WIS not such as his friends
had anticipated. We cannot DO better Than
give the following account Of The celebra ton
from ,hr Mercantile Advertiser ofthe 18th ult.
After quoting an appropriate extract from
q odds NTH, the editor goes on and says:
This beautiful extr CT from tie pen OF that
great pI'ilosophe", which furnishes commen-
taTy COL the celebration Of the eighth Of Jaau-
~, is The prinGinlr from winch We act in oppo-
sing the pro- erduga OF thai day. II is most hu-
initiating f.r citizen CT this phase, TO declare,
that the celebration of that day, was not such,
as unier diff rent circumstances we could have
wish {. NV Or.ean, can never feel unf lend
" TO Gen Jackson; and il is misfortune when
an honourahe man has to sntfer for the folly
and nIisorerion OF his friends The inordina,e
&ex'rANagdnt p.e,ensIuns sci up for Gen. Jack
5 n, that he pnsses,e, the strength Of SAmpso",
the wisdom of Solomon, he beauty e Absalon,,
s the WI tues # Ar,stidts must he offensive to
public, The ends OF whose moral iasitulions,arc
10 award every man equal aud exact justice.
Ex gerra,ed praise, is as ridic ulous as exag-
Of right and wrong. Those who lose sight Of
the distinguishing feature of our government,
(,he equality oil her citizens and attempt 10
lavish rewards and distinctions, which bear no
proportion TO The services, ought always to eX~
pect d,sappointmtH nj and modification. ID we
lest G., II. Jackson, d-plssionattly ~ he ord'-
nary rules Of If * do 20, steSHhy /, should
he o,herwise donb,'css he will lSSiound TO b. 4
verycxcellent man, of intelligence, but like
others with defects in his composition
These a.e he reasons why the sierling po-
mutation Of this city, comprising rs bone and
siuew'' took no part in the ctlebi ation. As
we strike yltngeJher at the principle Of unne-
cessagilv y att = men, the mere minute details,
we hone some one who wa, presen, at the
scene will give N accurate .,ecnun. II IS known
that the legislature di4vountcnante the pro-
ceedings ai,ogether-that in appointing COM
| mittee on trtir part, S'r oil them were admi>
pis,ra,ion, and two Jackson men from grace
alone 1t i known ton, that hey made no APP
propriation- FIR deiraying expenscskand that
tary refused that their committee N"uld be
under The controul OF tie one raised in this ci-
". OF the procession nothing Can be said
indeed if the troops Of the CITY had not very
literally turned out, there would have been NO
,,rocesSior. and half Of them or more, were
administration men. There was not maJoriy
OF any class Of the city, thai par,ieipated-no
of merchants, or any profession ot men. he
steamboats, did not all turn ou'-and but one
shin in ten, hois ed ,heiI flags. Of,he ball CIV
en. that was Notifying failure too: The price
of ,ic k.ts. was fixed al ten dollars and 5u, eight
net sons sub criped; it wa, then reduced TO hive
dollars, and but thirty Subscribed, and 1t was
arain reduced to three dollars We are not IN
formed what aumher attended, but we suppose
II was small. And 10 crown all Gen. Jackson
left here al one O'Clock in tn, night! What
could :his have been for, but to avoid the DIS
appointment Of seeing naked LeNee, III bfoaa
day light Bul this detail Is iksome to US, ana
we take no pleasure in blaz-ringi il TO the world.
The Deople of this cry, and the people OF
this state, particularly the rreoies, have cover
ed themselves with immortal glory. |, requr-
ed degree Of moral irlnness 10 resist the
CLAIMS Of Gen Jackson 10 our snfrages, which
would have done honor to the Romans, in their
best DAYS How profoundly ignorant were the
managers here of The people i l-nuislana:-
They expected VIXEN the general arrived, that
he would be Culiiyer in Lilliput, SIork among
frogs; who, when he left, would etoak out, III
obscurity their little day. But they have no
reason to say:
"why man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like Colossus; and We the people,
Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorabe graves
AS Madame de Steal says, "there is some>
thing Of grandeur in the ph,enzy of battles"
whic h generally entrances the multitude; but
the symphonies of wsriike music, had no effect
on this state; we have asserted ard maintained
the empire of reason over the passions. We
did 10, look upon the whole human race
as anonymous and worthless, because Gener at
Jackson lived; around whom is concentrated
| the glory belonging to three thousand men. The