Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-05-04

ESQ. lie, TO the credit OF niHlseii, anu tio' iiS
and honorable feeling which characterzes the
South, refused to accept it, and the cluzens OF
Rodney to a man. and those convenient In he
country, united In apetltion for Mr.. Darts re-
appointment. 1t may be well to add, that MIR.
nart does not hold the office for its emoluments,
but for the convenience OF MS nelShDors, oil VI
whom wish him to retain 1t.
We sincerely hope, that the President, aware
If the trick that has been played upon his cred
ulity. and the.ridicule brought upon him by his
eagerness to listen to charges against political OPP
ponents. will continue this farce in the admin
,stration of the government no longer. will rein
state Mr.. Dart and not, for the future, prosecute
with such proscriptive spirit, his new tangled
system of reform. We hope he will turn back
into the good old ways Of the Republic, allow to
every man his wonted freedom of thought and
expression and free himself at once from that de-
monac spirit which erected the guillotlne In
France and the fiery stake in England.
Itseems presumptve in the editor OF coun-
try newspaper to be measuring out advice to the
President of the United States, whose life and
conduct should be an example for the good OF ag
stations: but when the President suffers himself
to be advised by man assuming fictitious name,
a name so noted too in fiction that the President
must have heard it-surely we, who sail under
our own banner, and "speak the words OF truth
and soberness," may venture some advice to save
him from modification, and our beloved country
from dshonor; and ifhe will follow it, we will al
so venture the assertion, that he will receive the
PRAYERS and benedictions of many good man,
who now stand at distance, silent and sorrow
ing.
They NAV also belivee that he is good. and
that he is great because goodness is the lrst con-
stituent of greatness. The humblest worship
per at virtues shrine, who practices christian
forbearance and forgiveness, is greater than the
President Of the United States. exercising the
power placed in his hands IN visiting beggary
on the poor, and scattering his revenge through
the land. The humane citizen who raises his
fellow -man from the dust, dresses his wounds,
and comforts his affection, is greater than the
President hunting in the hooks and corners OF the
| republic, opponents, on whom TO vent his person.
al spite: and under the mask OF ''reform', and
love of country. revealing in the misery it has
been his will to create.
interchangeable Natchez Galaxy OF April
8th, gives the following account of the proceed
ings of Choc,a,c Council-It is strong sign that
the Indians are about acceding to the wishes OF
the friends of Emigration-& that the Choctaws
at least are determined to pass to the west OF the
Mississippi, upon certain conditions.-We trust,
if this measure can be obtained by money--and
if the Chiefs have determined not to emigrate
..with poor pennyless, and ruined people"
that the Government of the United States will
be very liberal in granting them the necessary
facilities and suitable comforts. The bill, which
the Senate of the United states about to pass.
appropriates 100000 for the purpose of pro-
noting the measure-and places that sum at the
disposal Of the Executive.
Chocto,c CouaciL-We have been permitted
to make the following extract from letter TO a
gentleman in this city, from one of the Mission
aries IN the Indian Nation. Whatever may be
our views inrelation to the expediency the emil
grafton of the Indians, the scene described in the
letter would move the soul of Stoicism ITSELF
We can only say that we sincerely hope the ut
most leniency will be extended to them-fhat
the execution of the recent acts of the Lesisla-
ture in relation to them will be suspended until
the result of the mission Of the Federal Govern
ment shall have been ascertained.
"The National Council met on Monday tie
18th of March past, to determine the future course
in this great crisis of their national existence.
'.On the evening of the first day of the Coun-
Gil the 18th the Captains reelected Greenwood
Leiore Chief of the Western District, without
a dissenting voice. He was then carried in tri-
umph through the Captains of the other districts,
and large assembly of warriors, his officers
singing an hymn in their native language; they
then Frustrated themselves before the Eternal
when their Chief elect closed the solemn scene by
by an affecting prayer inbehalf of his nation.
Son the forenoon of the second day of the
Council the 10th, the Chiefs of the two other
districts, came forward with their captains and
warriors, resigned their several Offices, and unani
mously elected Greenwood Ledere the chief of
the whole nation. Then followed pleasant season
of reiocings, and the exercises of the forenoon
closed by their chief elect in solemn prayer, in
which the whole assembly united as with the heart
of one man.
''In the afternoon the National Council was
organized, and the important object of its call
introduced BY the chief.
"The chief presented a concise view of the
difficulties of their situation. and the alternatives
which were before them. and the necessity of i'm
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