Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-17

give it below lrDuH Green's hide is not as
thick as The skin Of a rhnoceros, he mnst feel
the lash applied here so vigorously
From the National journal.
The low scurrility Of The vulgar conductor
of print that has become infamous Tor us
fslsehoodS and mslign'y, would scarcely de-
serve attention If some of the charges which
this pensioned tool, with his characteristic Il :
fronrery and inpudence. has thrown ou' against
me did not demand some notice. II Is noto-'
ri0us 10 every one tina, this man has iahored
in his dirty vocation ill all sense OF decency,
and every feeling Of honor, are entirely annihi-
lated or disregard, d. He has waniony and
maliciuusy assaied al that is virIuous, res
Dq cta5le, or honorable, in the country; and his
rendered himself, By lis deliberate i,lsehoods
and low biingsgate. so Infamous, that dellca-
cy almos; shudders the name of thu recepta
Gle Of his filth. Every where has he been
stamped with The character Of biackguard
and liar.
It is surely not for such man to pirate a.
bou, the manners OF az her; he is as neon
pe,ent 20 Judge Of them as the rude savage
would b. to foim correct estimate ut the
polish Of French courier. II my manners
were at any lime suptroilious, II was 'ound
necessary To assume them 10 gcl rid oil such I'M
pertinent ard vulgar intrudcrs as he and his
satellites, and 10 Save the books from being
purioised
|, is false tina, the Library has ever been in
a state e derangement, and ii ii be no,0 IN
confuSion," as NJ asserts, The confession has
been produced by the person who has been
rhr,,st mo he Office contrary 70 law. That
it viii require the labor e many months be
fore he , an even unders aud he arrangement
is unuurs ionahly true; for a,>the arrangement
is sci,n Fl one, an ignorant and uncducaied
man, like tn, yulga slang whanger Of the Eel
ecraph and his agent, would be utterly ~
loss to comprehend it. To any man OF ordlna-
~ capacity, Information aDd sc, 'hr Library
,chen Jeff by me. nus have appeared, as II &C
tuallv was, m a sra,e Of order and bcauy. IL
is my pride TO say, and he fac IS k"own I"
every one who has been in the hAbi, Il NSihng
this literary establishment, tha, have Ia5orcd
for years 10 perfect The arrangemet, aud
TO reader the Library an object of ulilily
and beauty, and have every reason 10 bsll-'e
tina, my ,Fur's h ave met VIA the entire appro-
baton Of all who are capable Il Judging, an"
esprc ialiv of those for whose cxclnsi'e conve-
niencc and fit it was established. have
so arranged aud caaiogued every V"lumc,
that there i, 10 book rha' | couia no; fin in
stand, and with VI s.ifficulN, AID with he con
TENS If " hch was nol obliged 10 be i" some
manner aCquau'et.
Ve.y lew books have been lost, in the course
Of my loug sup,rir cadence, that have nj been,
or that cannot be. accounted for. (exocpt one,
tx II out ~ he very Usn v hD makes this haz
ardous assertion and il hey cannot be to"nd
according 70 the ca alogncS, Ii Is not nv iau",
| am no, IL DC answsrablc t.r the Ignorance
or stunidi,y Of those who haze been pot In o u
situation Tor which they may be wholly uhh'
Tine mex, cnarpe which shall no, Z, IS one
tnat. ,f true. should care very little ali "; hui
i, hal. nens to have the Telegraphic ours upon
it 6Lsehcod. That ] was one OF the main
promplefs if not contributors TO " we me REQ
plr." has been proved by the writcn de.'ari e
ton t he publisher ct tia sheer 10 be utterly
untrue, and i, is in the Characteristic style OF
! im2udpnce and tffron'ery OF The vulgar ana
pcusloncd Telegraph again to reuefa'e II.
| Jf sol;ci,aioas were made 10 the executive
! in nv behalf thew we're made by his and my
friends in Congress, who were apprlsed OF the
base and unHrinc,pled clio Is which the hungry
ofic,nn genfnfn1, who were inundaIIng the Cry
would max to displa.e all The most useful and
Efficient officers Of the Governm,ni; no mater
| nv what means. Ms WAS piit VI 'h' i"plINu
lions cot up bv Def Green and his c"'crie, IL
iniure me; and like the lnquis,ion, il was ONLY
n, cessarv 10 lodge secret information 10 consigI
the victim 10 The stake, or 10 lie. d him out t'
the auto de fe Such is the presrnt dePiora9i'
condition of our country, condition whl''
every pa,fio' must Lament and resist, II he WIS"
es to We its fair f,me from polation, and 1t
liber, les from destruction. Blu 1t would sren
hat agains, The express desire OF those 10
whose special benefit the Librs'y was cr'a
ted the Executive has undertaken, upo
the gross misrcpres rla'ions and 'aisehood
~ such a creature as Green, to put one OF hi
} roren.en INTO an flee over which The Pre,den
iourh, no, to have, if delIcacy did no. proven
him from now having, any possible conti"I
deem il unnecessary To notice TIE PAIR
ard contemplate qpihble about my bond. ]
I is on a par with every thing he has ASSERTED
and shows to what des2cra efforts the sian
] Gerer is driven when pushed, and dese''e
no further remark han rha, ii is nonscnsr'
= ard absurd The ne tectly unrxccPumab
> b nd" as he terms il, which has Den giveN .
. MIR. Meehan. Is in fact no bond al all; he