Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-22
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The sixth toast wasi
! Louisiana-The memory Of him who acquir
Ell 1t, first honored, first honored by an anniver.
sary commemoration under the Presidency of
him who defended it.
We are told, in the "oficial account'' publish
ed IN the " official Government Journal, publish
ed at the seat of Government" that
"Long continued cheering, and brilliant mu.
SIC from the marine band, followed the delivery
OF this toast; and after the applause and accIama
tlons had subsidized, pause and silence ensued
which indicated the expectation of speaker
A feeling of disappointment had began to prevail,
when MIR. Benton rose and responded to the
toast, in brief address,"
We question whether the sfeeling of disap-
pointment" was lessened in any degree upon the
uprising of Mr.. Benton. To us it seems that the
gentleman being in the "vein," and dreading
that another opportunity might not be presented,
took the advantage Of pause to pour out little
fustian.
81 have risen said he to return thanks in the
name of all the inhabitants of the ancient Loui-
sana,--in> the name of all the inhabitants of The
Gree Hest''
We take the liberty Of questioning here,
also, whether the inhabitants of the '.Great
West" would not have wished more worthy
Representative upon this occasion. MIR. Benton is
rather too fond of volunteering his services
Since he volunteered the East Room letter, he
should always sstand back till bidden."
Following his ''friend from Missouri" rose
the "Peter" Of the Party's political faith Sc
nator Levi Woodbury., the Sampson of New En-
gland Democracy-but, as some will have it, the
Judas Iscariot Of his con6ding constituents
His harangue las indeed were all the rest was
but $3.50 sort of an affair, showing, throughout,
violent inclination to fling himself entirely up
on the protection Of his Southern friends, many
of whom, no doubt, think him a dead weight to any
cause. We have no room to comment upon our
''Peter's" speech.
Gen. Haynes speech, in reply to compli-
mentary notice Of his own State, is quite happy.
By this time, however, it is to be presumed that
the fever hogan to rise, and accordingly the Ge-
neral mdulged in some freedom of remark touch
ing the Union and the policy of the Government,
which, uttered in the presence of the President,
required at least some rebuke. And here we
NAV remark, that throughout there was breathed
none of those warm and enthusiastic expressions
of attachment to the union of the States, which
we might suppose to exist in the breasts of our
Patriots and Statesmen. The ''burthen of all
their songs was the injustice and oppression
, of the General Government-The fearful in
roads it is making upon the rights and sovereign
ties of the States, and seeming sc calculations
as to its very existence. Were these the views
and sentiments of the great man whose birth day
they had met to honor, and for whose opinions
they expressed 50 much respects Let his life
and actions answer.
Mr.. Wayne of Georgia followed Gen Hayne,
pretty much in the same strain, and much on the
same topics.
Whether these speeches are correctly reported,
we cannot say. We have heard not. AS they
are, however, we take them, and so we judge Of
them.
Our readers may form an idea Of the loyalty OF
tIle SenlllneutS dNOWcu, VI uc SOii0IthOoS VI Jul
comments upon them, when they see the following:
By Mr.. Troup, Of Georgia-The Govern.
ment of the United States: With more limited
powers than the Republic of San Marine, it rules
an empire more extended than the Roman. with
the absoluteness of Tiberius, with less wisdom
than Augustus, and less justice than Trojan or
the Antonines.
After the delivery of the various speeches we
have noticed-after the "nullifying' doctrine
had been expounded and explained-the 6 value
of the Union calculated''-.he measures of the
Government traduced, and its injustice fully ex-
patiated on-we have the toasts OF the President,
the Vice President, and the Heads of the Depart
ments, including the Secretary who thinks so
profoundly, and so much to the purpose:
By The President ofthe United Saies.-Our
Federal Union: 1 mrs be preserved.
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