Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-05-10
ALEXANDRIA, DC.
MONDAY MORNING, My 10. 1870


We trust that we have perfectly satisfied .
readers in the Gazette of Saturday. Concern.
the "positive contradiction" which Mr. p;.I
was pleased to make of an assertion in an ~
rial article on the Letters of AlgernoD s;d,
satisfied them that our assertion, notvi,bs,,,!
the "positive contradiction" was Eleravv ,o.' s
or if an error, that we were led into the sn, I'
Mr.. Richie himself. We would not rcf., '
to this matter. did we not see that there h..
some notice taken of it in Richmond xb.,, '''
might have been expected, the "pOsva o,'. q
diction" of the consistent editor, has c,n,.I
little establishment. The Richmond wr, =,
the 9th inst. contains the following arri,Is T..
the editor of that paper, with the accom,,,.
communications relative to this subie,, rI;t i
for our own justification, our friends nyr.,.'
us for copying
From. the Richmond UI,
NJ As the Alexandria Gazette is M, r.,.
ally seen in this city-as statement m,1 i,as'
terday in a neighboring print, i, caIcnI,,si ie
unexplained, to injure the former psper-sOS i
the facts mentioned by s.Peace Maksrs.
certainly correct, and explain the difficulty ,rI
liable to each of the Bellisprents. we han. y,
shall not be considered as intruding into ,6r ~
pute, in giving him place.
En- passaaf.-Why does the editor Of ,be 2,
quirer and Compiler, betray such eagerue,, :
clear himself Of the imputation of having evo,a
sed a preference for Jackson over Mr.. CnnE,E
Had he expressed that preference indeed AZ,
lodged in the Compiler in 1889, it would I,p
been very inconsistent with the language Of 4.
Enquirer, in l824-for it was to aid Mr. e.,
ford, that the editor, in the Enquirer Of that Ur
said she could not consent to lend hand !.
wards electing sach man as General Jac.sO.
he was too little of statesman-too rash,
much inclined towards arbitrary government
Nay, exclaimed Mr.. Ritchie,) we would ders
cate his election as curse upon our COlntr'
Truth is always important for its own sake. al
deserves to be indicated for itself, but after ii
thrice famed declaration, & the commentary T.
on it offered by the conduct Of the worthy edirt
we really cannot see any particular necessity
vindication against minor inconsistencies Ar,
the camel has been swallowed, the gnat we,slG
suppose, would give but little trouble.
TO the editors of the UMg
Gentlemen: Iperceive by the Compiler or
morning, that the Editor Of that peaceful plIs
and the Editor of the Alexandra Phenix GaR
have got to loggerheads-the latter having ta
ed the former with having inserted an editc
paragraph last summer in which he remarked
she had always respected Mr.. Crawford.
never thought his claims to the Presidency
80 strong as General JaeksOn's"-which az
ton, the former says, - is without the sI,
shadow of truth" Thus issue is joined be,Va
these worthy editors on matter Of fact via
when determined would apparently placerh
or the other of them in very awkward Prea
ment.
A short explanation will clear up this mar
and convince all that each of the gentemenha
est, and believes himself right, in his statenh
The article alluded to Was published in theC
piler, about the middle of August last. aPpr
" as editorial. 1t excited at the time, the ni
ishment of many, who knew the Comp %
conducted by the same editor that conducts
Enquirer. One gentleman Of my acquallnn
as competent as any man to distinguish edIte
articles from selections, went so far, Pe'uHf
the article to be editorial, as to writea pet
the subject, intended for publication. ltm
nally discovered, however, on seeing The q
article in southern paper at theColite fo.s'-
it was a selection, inadvertently inserted u
Compiler without the usual and proper cTcGi
ing given to the paper from which 1t A'
extracted.
The editor of the Alexandra paper ha
naturally fallen into the same mistake tia"
did, and which the manner Of inserting We
Gle in the Compiler was well calculated "
into. In fact, it was copied into other ~
from the Compiler, and credit given to ln r
forit. i.
This explanation, hope will put an eG Gro
war. A PEACE-MAhLH
Mays.
GpSince the foregoing was putt EtES, '
Their correspondent has handed US me la"s
article. for which believing the a u.
the Compiler to have been written Ol%%
itor of that paper, notwithstandlns n
PLANTATION ola "Peace Maker") hs e.. ,rca
privilege of a place in our columns E ;nr,l
ingly comply with his request, ASH n MaT,r-
for US to saywhich is right, .'Peace h. y.
ga Friend to Truth" In either case O'
andria Editor stands justified. .,,-r
A POSITIVE coNTRADICTIoN-coSihA'"5,
Mr.. Editor: Having seen, WIN 'c Tomr1
I.,;.I /, veatprday sIVpt