Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-23

dress:-
Z" Friends and feiiou Citizens
You see before you fraii remnant OF ore
of those who have faced the British cannon,
and heard the still more appalling yeil OF the
! painted savage st the horrible massacre OF wy
oming. We gained for you the Liberty you
have enioyed for mcre-hsu half century In
| all human probability this is the last time our
faultering tongues will evei tell to you on an
anniversary OF freedom, the story OF our suffer-
! ings Nav the Almighty strengthen you with
virtue to defend your inheritance against tor
eign invasion, as well as against domestic in
! trigue and military usurpaiion."
Governor TayIor's Address, delivered on the
4th instant, at public dinner in Coumbia, 5. e.
al am afraid gentlemen, that, in this effort
make 10 respond To your kind expressions con-
corning nv public conduct, SHAH forfeit one
of those characteristics which, dcserredlY, is
held in high esteem by al true Republicans,
mean political consistency. For have UNI
fcrnly opposed the custom Of giving subscrip
| ton dinners 10 our public servants, and OF get
ting in return from them long speech over
their liquor. | do not think our public men
| have grown wiser or better since tue in'roduc-
ton OF this English mode of stimulating and
regulating public opinion. The conduct oil
| some, whom il is unEeo essary to name, would
go far 10 contradict the old adage, IN uino Ue,fas
| there is truth in wine.
| "Bu, claim this distinction, in the present
| case from the cases have alluded TO tins is
national festival, got up for no one; the arrival
Of this anniversary OF our national lndepeh-
dence cheers and opens the hearts Of all true A
mercans; there should be no concealmen's
when we meet 10 celebrate an event that we
hope, fondly hope. will affect, with tie most be
n,en influence, The destiny Of our country for
centuries To come.
I "In he spirit of this frankness, thank You
for the kind sentiments concerning my public
conducr; and, as thtre is much excitement on
some of The measures Of Tie General Govern
ren,, I presume it IS expected that l should
have no Coucealments on these subjects.
81; is true the late tariff, and all the tariffs oil
Congress, enacted 10 regulate the labor oil the
ci,i7en~, u control them in the choice Of pros
LESSONS and pursuits, possesses the very es>
scnce If tyranny. They are UNJUST IN taking
GU, of the pockets Of, one class OF citizens 10
enrich another. Tncy are hot III consonance
with either he letter or spiri, of the constilu>
ZION of the United States 1t is our bounden
dury TO ourselves, AID to postenty, TO strive. by
. oil fair means, 10 Cause them To be repealed,
! aud by our industry, economy, and sell denial,
to re- nder them, as mu, h rs possible, lnopera-
tive on ourselves.
ITO those who would go further, q believe
there are none such presently would stv look
20 the NOV, mems ur our neighborlng States,
aerieyed as We are by these laws Has North
n Carolina, George, or Virginia, advocated the
+. measure of conventions among the injured
States, of Withdrawals Of Senator'S and X pres
sen, a,yes from the aoor Of Congress? Shall
South Carolina, propelled by rashhcss, start
7 ,ba. ,io,, 4 Ia, ~ nj hpr
States vii! follow? Ne gentlemen, our own
citizens would not follow their lcaieIs, il their
t leaders should comni, this Jolly. The Legs
. la,ure OF the Safe of Pennsylvania, once Gin
= Omstrad's caSe,) undertook to resist the au
thorrty Of the General Government Governor
: Snydcr WAS directed, by resolution, 10 resist
J. with all the force Of Ine SAFE. He ordt red out
, brigsd Of militia % prevent the serving II a
process emauatiug from the General Govern
went; the streets Of Philadelphia were filled
with armed men, the brigade o! militia on one
? SID and he Marshal and his posse comitalus
: ~ the otter. Tie sober and thinking part Of
, he community were in agoniZiny expectation
Of the re>nl'. The women Rugged close to
;hrir 5os0ms their infants, i'll fear OF the hcr-
rurS # the civil strife, about TO be commenced;
= when To- and behold, back door was opened,
tie marshal admitted TO the dwelling Of the
| Ntlc'udW'S ptOStoS o'INVuS thC iont uooi
oprnrd: this even, announced, and the brigade
aud the posse oomi!atus Simultaneously dis
MISS Not 10 bear hard upon our respecta>
a die sister State, it is but fair 10 acknowledge,
f hat, il Pennsylvania was conquered, she was
conquered " her own citizens: ii was the good
sense OF a community correcting The rashness
Of themselves, after they had time to reflect.
: "rhs severing Of a member from an estab-
lish.d Confederation, is not so easy mater
"a some seem TO think. The project meet
with in some Of the newspapers, Of forming
conventions, Of Withdrawing our Senator's aud
Representatives, will repeal no law or treaty
now binding upon the whole. hose who act
under tn authority Of the General Go,ernmeni,
if they do their duty, must, on is performance,
ariug The two au horiiss in collision There
is no GLIDING the question:: il would arise The
: E,s, hour after the dissolution is attempted, and
then - bu, | will not go on. The picture,
or, rather, the reality, ough, 10 be yelled, for