Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-23
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EDITOR, CORRESPONDENCE.
<V.usvcroN. Nro-,l 1879,

For 'wo days there have been no outings ~
the Capitol. The President has sent no conn
den ial commune stions 10 hr sena'e, and thr
Speaker is. or has been, busily engaged IN ar
ranging the Sanding Commit Ell Of the House
Ct Representatives. q hrse wiz bt announ' ed
TO. morrow morning, and each committee VIII
and employment ready Tor hs hands, IN The Va
rious topics Of he Presidents Message, winch
have already been appropriated by The adoption
Of Mr.. Folks resolution.
presume you have aIre.dy received. and
probably conveyed TO your readers, the ar>t
formal repor, Of Mr. Secretary Eaton-a most
elaborate specimen Of the reform which has ia
ken place in the literary cabinet-a perfee' sal
maeundi Of orignaIities; concoeted OF facts,
deductions, moral reflections, apoth-gms, re-
mendations, hin,s, aud quotations the
whole mixed together with true republican re-
gard for the memory and labors OF Lindlry
Murray; a beautiful confusion Of pronouns, ex
hibi,ing a JohRsonian vigor and profunoity WI 4
an Addisunian elegance and smootbnrss oil
style This single report will immor'a'ize, not
merely ne author, Lut the whole adminsIra
lion. The annals Of our government furnish
no prototype, and the imagination Of man con.
ceives no parallel, it is novelty in the worih
Of art, mimi able and unapproachable. Should
the visions Of croaking political prophets De
realzed, and his government fall into 'he hands
Of bar bsrians, no usurping Jack Cade VIII con-
denim our iusirious Secretary TO be "huhg
with his pen aud ink horn about his neck. -
9TH bosom that shall sweep the cour clean oil
such filth" as traitorously cofruprs youth 6y
erecting grammar ho"is, causing print 10 be
used ins,ead Of tslys,cE * contrary 70 the dig
atty Of the" republic. "builds paper ii
is pre- sumrd would never disturb the greatest
and bes, Of men," seeing he is not chargeable
with keeping about him, men that talk OF
noun and verb, and such abomnable words
as no Christian can endure to hear"
II you publish the report, pray you to copy
from ihr original document in the pamphlet
form; for the editors Of the Intelligence, TO
show their malicious opposition 10 the cabinet,
haze enaa, cred % English it in their columns
Th. was very natural, as Mr.. Gales is known
10 be Of English descent, and to retain all his
national par,ialilies TO every thing monarch,
al md arrIstocratical, even 10 the paris OF
speech VIVA, an,i-repubIican prejudice!
Your columns may be too muLh crowded
with other matters, 20 be uyed as crucible
wherein to analyze the ingredients Of This re-
port; bu, you mus, allow me to call your al
ten,ion especially to Two or three sentences,
which are TOO profound or too sublime for or.
binary comprehension. In speaking OF deser.
ton from the army the honorable secretary
SAYS, 1.-The rigid exar,ions Of the law. in re.
ference TO this crime, 10 believed TO carry 100
great severity for state of pracr, and should
b. meiorated into something better CORES
pondng to the magnitude Ut he offenee"" II
can guess al the secre;ary's meaning in this
sentence. i, is, that the punishment OF death Is
100 severe FIR the crime Of desertion, and that
q m,ld~r punishment, should be substituted,
leaving that Of shooting to accompany crimes
of q greater magnitude than desertion bu'
hi. language, according % vulgar rules OF con-
struc:ion, implies that puni>hmtnts should be
graduated by an in, erse ratio, and hat the pc
nal,y Of a crime of magnitude" should be
g" Moderated" He AIDES |, is no. the guam
tim, but The certain'v Of punishment" that de.
t,s The IF nder. He objects to stripes as
substitute for shooting; and, as he recommends
no hing else il is inferred that he 'hlnks The
certainty Of death no so likely to restrain de
.ertiun % the fear # some iudi finite and unde-
fined punishment!
Both Inc President and Secretary Of war
SEEM 10 have abandoned the Southern policy.
in relation 10 The Military Academy at West
Point Two years ago, the leading principle
o. Jaeksoni,m wac opposi ion TO this oy,sio.
era.ieaL, anti-repubIiean institution, and you
F.. annot have forgotten he repea'ed cracks
made upon il hy Mr. Mitchell Of Tenn. M
Hsmil,, %, Mr. Kremrr Of Penn. Mr. Daniel. 4
Nr Ch,l'o" of Kentucky, md above all, 'h'
tremendous biow aimed a, its existence by Mr..
w Llff. of he me STATE. in his critical and
analytic al commentary upon Gen Nance's re-
DOR, f ,hr Exam cation in June 1927. Now,
the honorable secretary recommends it to the
good will and patronage Of Congress. and for
reasons so conclusive, that il as unreasonable
10 doub, heir cfhr acy as it would be nnjus I'd
their author to quoe them in any o'her word,
han hi. own. He Says Fr"m the expert
enes affni deG by other nations in times past,
,huw r.ma kablr tina, experience should have
been afforded IN times mast We are warned TO
he belief, tina, jeaious;es, and disagreemrn's.
and contest. are 10 be expected to come among
Us. Prudence to avoid, and preparation to
meet, such o state OF things, when rendered
unavoidable; Is demanded by proper regard
10 our safety and our Institutions" This
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