Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-01-27
MR., Chiffon.

Of news, may diver. those who read Tor amuse-
To the Voters and Citizens of the Eleventh Congress
sional District, in the State OF Kentucky.
Washington City. Jan. 10, 1899
Fellow Citizens,-l know that II is an unusu-
al period Of The session to address you III a cir
cuiar, nor should | do so, il il were mol, that
there is such ALI unparalleled scarcity OF pubic
documents, that, should restrict myself TO inc
number Of them, that come 10 my hahds,
should be thought unmindful oil my cohslito>
en's, and perhaps regardless OF the solemn du
Ties which owe 10 them. 10 be unklnd TO
those, who have been so kind 10 me, would prove
me unworthy Of public estimation Sooner,
far, let me sink in the es,imdiion OF the world,
| than shake my confidence in the gratitude Of
my own heart, or the integrity Of my own IN
lenlions. ! know of no remark more strictly
applicable to our mutual conditions, than that
we are all highly indebted to Heaven, Tor the
blessings and advantages which we enjoy
Political stvrms have gathered over us-the
loud ,hund.rs OF party rage have caused the
political world 10 tremblp, even to its centre
kindness and broherly feeling have often been
sacrificed on the greedy altar of party strife :!
| and vet has a benevolent Crea blessed US with
| .aiing good heal:h, with fertile fields, and
| fruitful Sc asons. We have been blessed with
more. We are of the highly favored few who
inherit that which has cost others oceans OF
blood! Yes, we Inherit Liberty Glorious
LIBERTY -! WE, in reference 10 both Po-
litics and Religion, may be said 10 sit, at plea.
| sure, "under our own vine aud hB-tree, sur
rounded by none who are able 10 make US a.
fraid. Gazing with unspeakanle cx'acy upon
the "s,ar-spangled banner" which is the pride
Of every freeman, inasmuch as II has SO often
waved owe. the heads OF our fathers who are
gone-who fought aud bled Tor US. Blessings
like these are not only worth preserving; but a
recollection that they are ours, should humble
our hearts before the God of American Liber-
,y-unte US, in bonds Of brothery Affection
and cause US 10 emulate the worthy examples oil
our ancestors.
Without being charged with insinceriIy, |
hope may be permitted to Say, that my ina
ginatlon is vivid with recollection OF your
Kindness, and my heart humby devoted 10 your
| interests. Under such impulses, brief retros'
pect of the pas, is due to my feelings mean
not, RETROSPECT, Of any of the inconsiderable
| struggles through which have been individu-
ally destined TO wade. The ocean OF lie, has,
to me, been The theatre Of incessant s,orDs.--
It's pillows, which have beat upon me, are al
mos, as numerous as the sunbeams which have
played upon IT'S surface. But thus far have
SPLIT upon no latent rock; and hence, il is not
myself individually, whom congratulate.
My country has just emerged from storm
more angry, than that which ploughs the deep
est burrows upon the fsIe of The wide Atlantic
A storm which threatened not merely ship
wreck, 10 a solitary wanderer upon the troubled
main; but one winch was likely to oyerwhelm
with us surges, an innumerable crew Of blood
Dough, mariners. / do do not design TO revive
the question, as 10 who acted most judiciously
in the voyage; j merely mean TO thank Heaven
that the storm is over, and our political vessel,
once more, l hope, safely moored in port.
vessel which has ridden in triumph over so
many proud waves, merits port which is deep
ly en,renched in The affections Of (reemen.
Fellow Citizens: You may charge me with be.
ing some hat enthusiastic and fanciful; BUT IN.
der existing circumstances, why may not be
so? How could lover Of his county be other
wise. Permit the Imagination to rove:loo at the
past-look al the present-and view The future.
Rec emily, tiven by the laundering voice Of dssen
ton and s:rife-distrae,ed by the phrenzied im-
portunilies ofhealed partizans on all sides often
misguided by the incoherent and unintelliglble
ia, gon Of zealots, painting for victory, as does
The impatient steed for the din Of war, or the
clash OF arms. Fathers arrayed against sons
land soma agains, fa,hers-,he tenderest, nay,
the strongest ties OF consanguinity often on ibe
verge Of being forever dissol'ed-the dearest
social relations existing in civil society, vibrat-
ing like the wind-beaten reed, or The unstable
and flImsy web--characler, public or private,
held by tenure TOO uncertain TO yield even in
an,icipa,ion,a dividend Of happiness; too much
like an atom, borne upon The plnlons o! howl
ing storm, to be called sour otcn." These
scenes have Passed; and, as hope, never more
to return. Who, 10 look upon the peaceful
and exhiliraing sunshine Of Tho present hour,
Can either ial II sbutder Tor the past. or TO re-
joice in the cheering hope. that rs membrance
Of scenes which have gone by, will operate as
iniallbie aud unceasng beaoo ns, when parry
rage shall hereafter exhibit its haggard coun-
tenanc-, or set its fest upon a soil which has
been the pure hase oil both blood and treasure"
have rejoiced IN The bright p, aspect Of peace,
which, like tie twilight, bFgins to awake, aud
dawn upon Us. hail, as Que Of The proudest
moments oil my txls rnce, tha period, winch
Witnesses the "GODDESS OF PEACE" fold
ing her wings, and quietly perching On one Of
the most verdant branches of the tree vi Lii
berry.