Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-03
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,,n.y uoRNlNG, OCTOBER 5. 1923.

onnor,unity Of running our eyes over
~nr or FIVE first numbers of this Interest,"
-. and we hail it as decided and va
,co,isi,ion 10 the literature OF our
I,sst,ls is of the very highest order {;
''. s,r;.,v and character Of IFS materials, it
=. - none Of the class of periodicals to
A., ,i !. helongs-and if it be less scientific
"a. Edinburgh and Quarterly, or than,
:, ovu North American and American
.,, Il exhibits decided superiority TO
..r hem, in its mastery and comprehen-
.,.rs Of both sncien, and modern litera-
,,,rs IS ca canker in this hedge of
- tina, almost bligh,s its faiiest beauties.
,iyrd in the spirit of party. it scarcely
,o,tbss the subjects to which it processes
:, uo,t peculiarly devoted, withoa, losing,
;,s selr-command and its sef-respect.
,,oroundest dissertations on political and
"a law are, sometimes, broken Oft, to give
-. 70 train Of coarse and vulgar invectivcs,
.,,, suited 10 the columns OF the Telegraph.
Constitutional doctrines are made up OF the
,,mmon place a6surdties Of the Enquirer
,,d We should have no difficulty in selecting
,,,,ares from it tina, taken alone) would leave
!. mos, unravorable impressions both Of the
,pr,, anl the patriotism Of their authors,
Severe as these structures may appear TO be,
,,,, is no, one Of the numbers, 10 which our
.r,D,ion has been directed, that would not fur-
*, IN ample Justification for them. So extra
r,,,p,, indeed, ate some of the doctrines main-
,n,d aud so prepos,erous the reasoning by
With they are attempted to be enforced, that
., have been sometimes almost tempted 10
lev, The real object of tho Review was TO be
| D., IMP, mo ridicuie the whole system Of radi-
,r,p and state rights, first revived by the op>
,,,i,iop 10 Mr.. MoNRoE's Administration
rYDehenea BY the hostility 10 Mr.. ADAMS and
|Vf. CL,r-aud now drawing to a head, under
| he ,u,pieious auspices Of those who were lis
ndi:s mos, open, and mos, determined OPP
poneni'.
There has been something very singular IN
he pOprcss Of parties in this country The
Federal aud Dem ocratic parties, were certainly
bunatd in the different views entertained in
,aiou to the powers OF the General Govern
mn. The doctrines of the former received
hsi, abea exposition in the various reports
d GeuSral HAMILTON, and were sanctioned by
III. calm, practical aud unerriug judgment Of
GeOstsl WASHINGTON. They contained plain,
smple, and obvious rule Of constitutional con-
'iruc,iOu, applicable to every question of pow
er thai might arise And no better evidence
Of tie propriety and excellence OF that rule can
be given, than the fact Of its subsequent adop-
ion and practical application. by its opponents,
oSa extent lha, circumstances neither called
!or nor would have jnstiiied, in It's original au-
lhos.
That we may not be suspected Of speaking
aHad'issdly and without Authority on this SUBJ
ret We beg leave TO enUmeratc, as instances
Of such an application, the Cumberland road
1'i, the embargo and enforcing acts, and the
louisiana purchase Of Mr. Jefferson; the bank
oI; the continuation Of the Cumberland road,
md the benevolent appropriations Of MIR. Ma
d'oa, and Mr.. Monroe's whole coarse Of Ad.
nlS''iralior, in connection with his formal aud
'ae exposition of the appropria,ing powers OF
ne Government, Let these be tried by the rule
u 90 as laid down by Mr.. Jefferson and Mr..
Madison, ,chae in opposition, and it will wholly
All them. Apply TO them the plain and Prac-
acai 'ule Of General Washington, and they
vii De found TO be in strict accordance with
ne principles Of the Constitution.
From what we have already said, as well as
rom The fact, that the various measures above
'efFcd TO were supported by the mos, dis,in-
pushed men OF all denominations throughout
ne country, il is fair TO conclude that the orr
'nal distinction between the old parties was,
Or while, entirely lost sight Of; and accord>
'sF' Tor period OF nearly twenty years, the
!! OF state rghts aud federal usurpation was