Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-07

veyor could eat no bread-for II might seem
the crust which had been taken from the mouth
of another! Do his talents, requirements, bu-
siness habits, or his any thing else, Fl, him for
the station? Report must most wofully belle
him if they do. Nothing vexes man so mueh
as TO tell him Of his ignorance; and, in charity,
supposing the Surveyor to be vexed enough
already, we will not add TO his uneasiness by
dwelling upon this poin,-sOme say his ,ueak
point. Let il pass. If the Government suffers,
lei the blame rest upon the heads OF those who
put him in Office in defiance Of. or in opposi-
lion TO, the wishes of the whole town.
We must refer again, evidence Of the
Surveyors uu6tness, TO the loud and deep"
complaints Of the whole BODY Of our citizens.
The office itself is an Insignificant one no one
is interested in IL, excepi SO lar as 20 wish ii
we'll administered; and yer, upon the present
Surveyors appointment, We see a town almost
10 muiiny, and its inhabitants pouring forth
curses, both loud and deep" upon The cause
Of their displeasure. If The present Sn veyor
had any claims for the office, his fellow ciH-
gems wese the ones to nave known il. If he
was qualified 10 fill his Office, Insignificant as
but the people among whom he resides? Can
he lay has finger upon the man who says he
knows the present Surveyor is qualified!
But it has been whispered, the Surveyor,
restless for place." certainly for the $500 an.
ne4ed to the place, Graves i, for the sake of
HONOUR! Did the Surveyor ever hear Of Fa!.
saF's soliloquv on honour? "Can honor set
leg? No; or an arm? No; OF take away
the grief Of a wound No.-Wha, is hrnour?
An" air-a trim reckoning" notwithstanding
wha, may be he Surveyors opinion, We are
iudnccd TO think the people judge, that in his
case, i, is an "dir-a trim reckoning"
Alter all, our resentment should be directed
agains, a higher source. This is but solila-
~ instance of misrule, and abuse Of power,
only felt severely because il has been struck at
home! lie, the candid look at this appoint
rnen; and Judge what sort Of rules we have
WE have lard OF threats, if we should per-
sisi in speaking out. THREATS and this
has somewha, impeed us 10 speak as we have.
Does the Surveyor think he can inimidate us?
We leave the Surveyor and his threats to the
talk big and bladder Of rcind will, make
noise If you squeeze 1t to hard we u.re dis
posed to use every think in power-io rake
up old transactions, and bring back the recol>
lections OF pas, days,--we could presen: such
a picture. that they Surveyor himself would be
frightened.
If any body is at loss to know what sort of
this Captain Bobadil was, We annex speech of his;
and the cap fits, the shoe pnches, it is not our
fault
Captain Bobadirs method Of defeating an .army
will tell you, Sir. by the way of private and under
seal, am gentleman; and live here obscure and 20
m, self But were known to his Majesty and the
ortls. me, woul undertake, upon this poor
head and life for the public benefit ut The state not
only TO spare the entire lives OF his CTS in general
hut 10 the half three furhs Of his year
" charge in holding war, and against what enemy
ever. And how would do it, think YOU Why thus,
SIR: i would select nineteen more to myself, through
pG' ne 'and gentlemen they should be; OF good sp,
TT, strong and able constitution. Iwouid choose them
by AZ instinct that have--And wouli teach these
nneleen the special rules; your Puno. your hever
40, Siocctta your mhrocata, your Pas,da, your
Nontonto; till they could al play very alto
gether, as well as myself This done-say the enemy
were forty thousand strong. We twenty would conc
into the Il i'd the tenth of March, thereabouts, and
W. wnnd challenge twenty of the enemyi they
nJ,, ,H their honor refuse us. Well-we would kill
them; challenge twenty more-kiii them; twenu
more kill them; twenty more, kill them too An
thus, would we kill, every man, his ten day that
Ten Ten score-that's two hundred, two hun
bred day five days. thousand: Forty thousand
forty times fve-fve times forty--two hundred days
kill them all up by computation. And this will ven
ure nv poor gentlemanike carcase to perform, (pre
siled there be treason prac;ised upon us) by fair
md discreet manhood; that is civilly-by the sword
FOURTH OF July. The continued torrents
IF rain, prevented our solrnieer compani"s from
parading on the fourth, The only public notice