Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-10

M .ha thousands through the couho,! ''0
suffered for opinions sake. against ITO" NAY
have thew brought eTen We shade" Q, a .na
To what vile expedien,s have they 10. ieso''
TO sustain their ubiquitous proceeoss p
stoned defamer Is employed to murder '.le ePu'a'
tlons Of those whose characters IL Is ,'''",
Incident 10 kin by a violent death. The gniionnee
= he s,,rs has mt been erected. but the board OF
rewards and punishments, like only 10 'ne Sc
ere; tribunals of Revolutionary France ha' 'i-
vented fate. TO husband and iather Amos a'
dreadful. Under the shameless and ridiculous
pretence too of maklng the GcveFinehc Ha'"'2
ni-e. thew have carried their system oi puii's'-
ment even into the Navy Department, anu u'o
gallant defenders of the stars and the stripes. are
made 10 feel the miserable oiShe cao'he'.
In the better DAYS of the Republic II Was 'hoASh'
10 be as great stretch of power as pfuoeeHct
ouired TO be used 10 remove lie" men 'ioi,i VI
fee from cause-now however, the cause IS least
thought of, and the hyenas Of party only cont'n-
he upon the scent. opening their ravenouS Jaws
and Rowling after their prev, more. more .-Aetd
victim once marked, and his fortune must Dc
great if = ESCAPES. Anonymous enaFses' r"u'
Hoovers, Forged letters are all taken ny me iuid|
uIate as sufficient evidence o! pubic opinion, %
Justify the removal Of mefltolous oniCer' we
hesitate not TO saw that the generality oil the GoV-
ernment officers who have been punished. are aS
honorable. correct, intelligent and honest men
anv in the community: and what has me couh-
try gained hy the tReform.9 of the Admlnlstra,
tion Will the hoarse bawlers atter reform teit
us what the country has gained. Did not ,he otH'
ate Of the United States. majority OF mem ID
vu:ers of the present dynasty, IN some instances
have to interpose their authority to save tne co"n-
try from disgrace, and actually relecteu W.n',-
n9vslv the nominations OF the President: Ii lie
had been permitted TO pursue MS own course We
should have seen what The country would have
gained. As it is, VIC have gained Amos Kendall.
and if the rain extends any farther. or is OF any
greater value, We have never yet been able TO dis
cover it.
Along with the prescription for opinions sake,
the violation of pledges and promises should be re-
memhereti. fhc Western papers already begin
Significantly 20 ask WHO'S the Dupe'-it can
nor be denied but that the President has deceived
and rnisIed his Western friends. Bat his pro-
mises since his election, have been as IDLE as those
made made previously. He stated IN his lnaus.
ural. thai one consequence of his elevation would
! be the complete separation OF the federal inilu-
ence from State concerns and general eiecuons'
I Where has the promise flown to: Have not MS
Auditors and Comptrollers been employed IN
: editing partizan newspapers. and coiiectIn@ ooc-
uments to be used in elections BY the people tor
| their local officersss Never since the founda-
ton of the Government have the federal officers
| interfered 50 much with the freedom OF elections
! Along with this e >position of the course of the
partv, the principles of those who administer the
! Government should be borne IN mlnd-Douoie
faced IN their dealings, man can tell what
are their real views on great constitutional ques-
! tions-Thev are for or against internal improve
ments just as il suits their purposes and the Ia
nous Veto Message ia construed in twenty Diff
erent wavs, by its admirers-They would over
throw the bank Of the United States, and estab-
lish great political money machine IN ITS place
They are inimical TO the Judiciary-They are
in favor Of pensioning the press, they look upon
every thing as being fair in politics. and actup TO
tbe sentiment that the end jusrifes the means.
It's not worth while to mince matters-Ne
look on the present administration. as the most
weak, the most disgraccfn, the most tyrannical
that ever afflicted the county. We think all
their acts concIusivey prove this. The course
of marty ha, unfortunately brought them into
mower. but. thai they at this moment. command
the respect or support of q majority OF the intel
lipeDt people of this country, We do not believe;
if we did 50 believe. should loose much OF our
confidence IN the durability of our institutions.
II remains with the people 20 say. whether the
government having tins far strayed from ITS pro-
per course should not be restored TO It's original
nosiiion. It ,amaius for them 10 decide, wheth-
err they will suffer the Republic to be administer
ed on des.,otic principles. Or at best on prlnci-
pies ,ending 10 the destruction OF all freedom
A recent case in point mas occurred, which
we rive in the words Of the Baltimore Chronicle:
I'VE mentioned the other day, in publishing
the Resolutions adopted BY the people of fayette
county, Kentucky, disapprobatory OF the conduct
of President Jackson in rejecting the bill making
an appropriation to the Mays,ile Road. that
substitute has been moved aud rejected. approx
ing of his course. II appears now that this sub
stitute was in the hand writing of General John
McCaia. the Marshal Of the district of kentuc-
XIV. If any thing can, we think such imperti-
nent Interference by office hoders-by those
who are daily living on the peoples m"ney-to
deceive the people, to make them do violence to
their own principles and sacrifice their best inter-
ests-we say if nothing else will. we think such
conduct must open the ewes of the people as to
the motives of those who under the specious cry
of :. Re;renchment and Reform" are struggling