Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-16

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endure every privation-that sacred love OF
country which constitutes the richest treasure OF
people-that glory in which every rue>Ameri-
can heart claims to participate, are to be regard
ed as empty dreams among portion OF our ciu-
zens. The men who will wrench from the I'M
happy Indians their last foothod upon the soil
consecrat ted in their memories Dy every hailow-
ed recollection for the qualification of private cn-
nidity: who will measure the blessings oil our
Union BY the yard, and weigh them against pal
try lucre. thes emen are among those who most
cordially united vi promoting the success OF the
nresent administration, and bask in the sunshine
of its prosperity. Look among those Throughout
the nation who have won and enjoy IN sPeciai
manner the confidence OF our rulers. and STAND
distinguished in their estimation. II w0uid seem
that a sort of chemical affinity subslsts between
those who administer the affairs OF government
and those properties which excite the aohosrence
of the good, the honorable, and the patriotc. A
yirtuous ruler could never connect himself WIN
the bold bad men now elevated to power, ana
exulting in their triumph; an honorable states
man would never select for his confidential allies
those who in their private transactions stand
blackened with infamy; nor would the patriot dis
cover peculiar titles to his favor IN those who had
! been unsuccessful in their efforts to overthrow
vs.
! try.
| From these scenes and views, so full OF pain
and modification to every American heart, let
US cast our eyes towards the future. and see
| whether any signs NAV be discovered which will
\ shed their rainbow hues over those clouds which
now darken our political horizon. Thanks be
to God brilliant stream of glory is perceived
cleaning along the western heavens-whlch is
difusing its brillaucy and it's light wherever the
eve can rest From one extremity Of the Union
| to the other. we perceive the brightest and the
best arrayed in opposition to the powers that be.
| Acting upon the maxim. that ''when the bad
combine the good must unite" they are banding
themselves together like brothers and like patrl-
OTIS, concentrating their energies, and animated
with confidence and with zeal. The voice from
the East, which has proclaimed abroad the watch
word under which we glory TO array ourselves
=. Liberty 01sd mon, now and forever, one and
inseparabIe, has already reached every log
house beyond the mountains: the thrilling and
awakening sound has been borne on the waters
of every streamlet in our land. and its reverbe-
rating echoes reach our ears from every hamlet
The {. uniinea son of the West" has braved the
foe in'the field ofhis strength, and compelled him
in hying the encounter, to 'doff the lions hide. "
their brethren in the contest, Clayton & Sprague.
johnson. Holmes and others. have. by their viz
tues, their courage and their talents, shed lus-
tire over the American name, and the American
Senate, which no time can destroy.
"One common object has given animation and
yivacity to all. In times of impending difficulty
and danger, nation will. with one impulse. turn
its ewes towards those in whose virtues 1t can re-
pose confidence, from whose talents it NAV anti
Cipate success. With no previous consultation,
without intriguing combinations. with one heart
and one mind the country now looks. amid the
storms which threaten it, to HENRY CLAY. 1t
required the art Of Sphynx to divine the opin-
ions and principles of General Jackson-those
of CLAY are found emblaZoned on his shield, and
craven upon his buckler. We have apprehend-
ed that some bold effort would be made to sever
our federal commemorative turn our eyes to him
who has on former occasions. breasted similar
dangers, and hushed topeace and Cancellation the
! cries of ACKNOWLEDGMENT and diSunion. The prin-
cipIes of our Constitution have been abandoned.
and breach has been effected in this citadel of
our liber ties-and distressing him who has pro-
fessed to have acquired his knowledge of that
instrument during the times and from the actors
in the revolution, we rest our confidence in him,
who, for thirty years, has studied ITS language,
and assisted in carrying its principles into execu
! ton. We have felt our share of personal dishon-
or, in the open and unvarnished breach of public
treaties-the violation of national faith in the
! blushing attempt to eject the feeble remains of
once powerful tribes of Aborigines from their
| last homeland we confidently trust that the dis
grace will be erased, and lustraton performed
| by him, who knows and feels. and will respect
the obligations of solemn treaties. and the impos-
ing duties of humanity. We have seen dam
gerous attempt, through the instrumentality of
Presidential veto, in despite of gratnitous and
specific assurances 20 the contrary, to set at
naught the will Of the People, and the action of
both bodies of the National Legislature, By ar
resting the progress of Internal Improvements;
and we call upon all who hold the doctrine, that
individual will must weld TO the General opinion
and the common good. and who appreciate the
value of this system of policy to aid the cause by
elevating one to power whose untiring energies
have been exerted in extending througho the
land, practical and experimental sense of its
advantages. We find efforts made to surrender
that independence which we have attained by en-
couraging among ourselves the production and