Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-05-31

on Mr.. N0aa'S nomination.. we quote the ar
ticle to show the .ha~mOny'' of the party:
Why did they not prescribe merchants, physi-
clans, mechanics and every other class except
LAWYERS. and thereby determine that we shall
have a privileged class? No one will deny that
such a course would have been quite as %constitu-
tional, as strictly in accordance with their oaths,
and as honest as the prescription of editors. Are
the people prepared for this state of things? are
thew prepared To see the constitutional rights Of
any set of men trampled upon, and By Senators
who have az different times themselves been gull
~ Of the heinOus offence of writing for newspa-
pecss Are they prepared to sustain a measure
which declares a certain profession disreputable.
by taking from all who embark in il, the rights
and privileges Of freemen? If they are, why so
be il. and let the Press, the great conservator
of our liberties, pass into the hands of the lgno-
rant, the designing and the dishonest. No man
who has any self respect, or who has sufficient
industry and talents TO sustain life by other
means, can, under such circumstances, connect
himself WITH it. 1t will become Il mere inStru-
ment of power in the hards of the wicked and
the ambiious, and enable such pare and patriotic
citizens as John Tyler, Littleton w. Tazewell,
William Smith, and James Iredcil. TO direct and
control it. But thank God this time has not vet ar
rived, and if we know any thing of the people
of the United States. and Of their patriotism and
attachment to the constitution, they will coRsiSn
these men to the walks Of private life, and brand
their names with the title of demagogues.
We say it, and we say it with shame and re-
greet, that these pure patriots, these conscientious
Senators, these great men and honest lawyers,
were reputed members of the great Jackson Re-
publican Party. Butthev were wolvesin sleeps
clothins-they have been stripped Of the gar
ment which covered them. and they now stand
exposed to the people of the United States in
their true characters.
Mr.. Tazewell shall in due time be held up to
the public in a light which he is now little pre-
pared for. He shall be seen complinenting
and praising the appointment to office of a GER
tain editor. He shall be seen declaring it the
most iudicicus appointment made by the ad-
ministratiOn, aud ne shall subsequently be seen
voting against this very appointment, because
his conscience had been more thoroughly over
hauled and found opposed to editors! Mr..
lredell has a more convenient conscience, and he
shall he seen saving 10 4 friend. | did vote for one
editor tn please Mr. but my conscience was
opposed to it. aud my conscience tells me that |
must not again triile with il.
We want no Office, we will take no office; but
We viii not consent to set with our arms folded
aad see the, generous SOUTH for whom we
have labored without ceasing. and to whom we
have AZ all times stretched forth the hand of
friendship, deserving the ranks of the Republican
Party. 10 assail and degrade the profession which
We pursue. If the people of the South will sus-
tain such men, and advocate the prescription Of
any set Of men, then have they sacrificed the
right TO appeal to the Constitution for protection
against any principles, or any laws which have
been established bv Congress. What right have
they to talk about the uncOnStitutiOnality of the
Tariff when their own representatives openly
violate that Constitution? Let them look to it.
-asSe3a~
Cold Comfort TO HN and Noah.-The Ian
caster PA. Journal, an original Jackson paper,
in reference To the nomination or appointment of
editors. says:
"We cannot join in the lamentations of some
of our brethren at the refusal of the Senate to rat
lily the appointments Of certain Editors, who if
our be correct and our memory TO be
depended on, opposed, ave, and abused General
jackson IN 1924, and who came into his support,
not. we believe, from love to the man, conviction
of his fitness and capacity, or admiration of his
principles, but as politics is their trade, from the
despair of success with any other candidate and
the desire OF obtaining Office, which they expect
ed to affect, by being as violent in his support in
1923, as they had been bitter in opposing him in
1924. With the rejection of such men-"men
Of principle in proportion to their Interest," We
are well content-our only marvel has been at
their nomination ;but this W. attribute TO their i'm
portuaitv untramelled by the restraint which real
friendship for the man, convictions of his capaci-
ty, aud admiration of his principles have imposed
upon his original friends.
AasS2e9a~
Charleston rs. c. Nay l..
The Southern Review, No. 10, for May. a
little DELAYED by the lamented death Of its late
able conductor, is thus day published. Its con-
tents are highly miscellaneous In character, tho
limited in number. They are as follows.
Bowrienne's Memoirs; .. Sir Philip Sydney's
Miscelianies; S. Ancient and Modern Oratory;
4. Etymolosy, 5. Bentham's Judicial Evidence;
6. Heber's Life of Jeremy Taylor; :. Lord By
ron's Character and Writings.