Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-27

, az huge as that which the gentleman himself
has produced, ] would not touch one Ut them.
I see enough Of the violence Of our own times.
| 20 b. no ways anxious to rescue from forge'ful
ness he extravagancies OF times past Besides,
wha, is all this to the present purpose II has
nothing to do with the public lands, in regard
| TO which the attack was begun; and II has no.
thing 10 do with those sentiments and opinions,
which have thought tend 10 disunion, and all
| of which the honorable member seems 10 nave
! adopted himself and undertaken 10 defend
New England has, at lines. so argues The gen
| tleman, held opinions as dangerous, as those
| which he now holds. b. i, so But why !here-
| fore does he abuse New England 1t he hnds
| himself couutenanced by acts OF ners, how Is
| il that, while he relies on these scts, he
covers, or seeks to cover their authors with re-
proach? But, sir, il, in the course OF forty
years, there have been undue effsrSe'cences o.
party in New England, has the same thing hap
pened no where else ! Party luminosity and
party outrage, no, in New England, but else
where, denounced President Washington, not
only as a FedersIist, but as Tory, British
agent, man who, in his high ofi"e, sanction
I'd corruption, But does the honorable mem
Der suppose, that il l had tender here, who
should pu' such an effusion OF wickedness and
folly in my hand, tina, I would Stand up and
read il against the South Parties ran into
great heats, again, in 1899, and 1860. VIVA
was said, sir, or rather VIVA; was not SAID, IN
those years, against John Adams, one OF the
signers of The declaration OF independence, and
its admitted aoest defender on the floor OF
Congress-! If he gentleman wishes 10 increase
his stores Of parry abuse and fro'hy violence;
il he has determined proclivily 10 such pur.
suits, there are treasures OF that sort south OF
the Potomac, much 10 his taste, yet untouched
II shall not touch them
The parties which divided the country Of the
commencement OF the late war, were violent
But then there was violence on both sides, aud
violence in every State. Minorities and msjo-
rites were equally violent. There was no
more violence against the war in New England
than in o,her STATES; nor any more appearance
Of violence, except that, owing 10 dense pc
pula,ion, greater facility Of assembling, and
more presses, there may have been more in
quantity spoken and printed there, thsn in
some lher places. In the article Of sermons,
too, New England is somewhat more abundant
than South Carolina: and for that reason, the
chance Of finding here and there an exception
able one, may be greater. | hope, TOO, there
are more good ones. Opposition may have
embraced a larger portion Of the whole popu-
la'ion: but i, was 10 more unres'rained in its
principle, or violent in manner. The minori-
ties deal. quite as hsrshly with their own State
Governments, as the ma orities dealt with she
Administration here. There were presses on
both sides, popular meetings on both sides,
aye. and pulpi,s on both sides also. The gen
tleman's purveyors have only catered for him
no of oiG oinIu
shall not supply the deficiency, by furnishing
samples Of the other. leave to him, and 10
them, he whole concern.
II is enough for me 10 say, that IL, in any part
Of this. their grateful occupa'ion-if, in ell
history OF Massachusetts,, or New England, or
public body, disloyal to the Union, speaking
lightly Of its value. proposing to break il up.
or recommending non intercourse with neigh
boring States, on account Of difference Of 2o-
liIical opiaion--then, sir, ] give them oil up 10
the honorable gentleman's unres.rained rebukr;
expecting, however, that he will extend his
buHttings, in like manner, to al similar proceed
inss, wherever else found.
The gentleman, sir; has spoken at large Of
former parties, now no longer in being, oy thei
received appslla'iens, and has undertaken to
instruct US, not only in the knowledge of their
PRINCIPLES, but Of 'heir respective pedigrees all
so He has assembled to the origin, and run out
their genralogies With most exc Exemplary mo-
drs'y, he speaks Of the party to which he pro-
fessrs TO have belonged himself, as the 'rur
Pure-lhe only honest, patriotic party, derived
by regular descent, from fulher 10 son, from he
time OF the viriuous Romans! Spreading be-
fore US the Jamiiy Tree Of political parties, he
takes especial care 10 shew himself, tnugly
perehed on popular Dough! He is wakeful
TO the expediency Of adopting such rules Of
descen, for political parties, a. shall bring him
in, in exclusion Of others, an heir to The inhe.
ritance of all public virtue, and al true polri>
cal principle. His doxy is always orthodoxy.
Heterodoxy is confined 10 his opponents. He !
spoke. sir, of the Federalists, and l thought
saw some eyes begin 10 open and stare little,
when he ven;ured on that ground l expected
he would draw his sketches rather lightly, |
when he looked on he circle round him, and |
especially, il he should cast his thoughts 10 the |
high places out of the Srnae Never heIess,
he wen, back Rome, ad onnum urbe condifd
aud found the IA hers of The F pdr rali,ts in tbr