Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-17

be refused on the other; thus, the whole system
would be mere rope Of sand. In reference to
covenants and interpretations, mere power isFery
distinct from moral and political competency.
| The most violent and seditious of the speech
| es is that of Major Hamilton, candidate for the
nost IF Governor of South Carolina. We may
kope that it will cause some competitor less IN
temperate md bellgerent, to be preferred by the
state. Colonel Havne said most. in the most STU
died strains he is not so hot for war as the Sem
proni,ss; he does not call upon Carolina to rise
at once and grid on the sword; he promises 10
stand by her side s.whatever may be her course
at the present crisis" but he wished ''not to DE
| understood as indicating any particular course
as proper to be pursued by her, under existing
circumstances We cannot help imagining the
effect which would have been produced on the
Colonel and the multiplying company, 6y the SUD-
den apparition of Mr.. Webster at the table
s.the ghost of Banquo," not merely with spe..
culation in his eyes, but irresistible reason and
patriotic loyalty on his tongue. and Characters
tic manly confidence and composure IN his port.
Assuming as correct the statements in some OF
the orthodox Charleston newspapers, he would
have been heard BY large portion OF the assem-
blaze, with as much favor and assent as he found
with the great majority of his auditors in the
Senate at Washington, when he so LUMINOSITY
expounded the Constitution and so VIGOROUSLY
sustained the good cause. Among the toasts
printed in the Charleston Mercury, we note this
I'D. ]. E. B. Observation-Disclosures only
preservation" The sentiment is not less erro-
neous than it is candid and bold. Colonel Dray-
ton understands the case better. TO our Fede-
raj Republic--our UniOn-may be applied what
was said prophetically of the Roman empire. -
Compages haze conveIli sine convellenti,tm critic
non potest. The Charleston Mercury, OF the
9TH instant, observes of the Dinner
..The company remained together until late,
when they separated. with hearts full of devotion
to the great principles which they had assembled
tohonor and affirm. We trust that this exhibition
Of ..public opinion" will lead to reflection IN the
North, and to imitation in the South. Let the
people of every Southern city do as Charleston
has done-express their opinions and their feel
ngs openly and fearlessly-and then there can
be no doubt that our grievances will be redressed
by bioodtess reuoi,a,on."
We trust that the exhibition will lead to retaec-
hon in the South, as it certainly will be with
out imitation in the North: perhaps. the true and
expedient mode of regarding it is in the charac-
ter of timely vent for peccant humors or the
common spleen of disappointed ambition. The
steam, under high pressure, has burst the boiler,
and no injury has been done. The politicians
of the North and South will meet at Saratoga this
summer. and nudity together something stronger
than Tappan's ethereal Burgundy.
-<se7sHa~
From the Nat. Late!hgencer.
We are reminded, by the string Of private
acts, inserted to-day, to make remark upon the
unusual number of acts Of that description
which passed at the late Session of Congress.
CHANGING at the fact, we should be wanting in
common Justice to most faithful as well as in
tellisent public servant, if we did not attribute
it mainly to the ability and untiring zeal of the
Chairman of the Committee Of Claims. ELISHA
WHrrrLEsEY. a member from Ohio. He sue
ceeded, at the head of the Committee. LEWIS
WILLIAMS, Of North Carolina, who had presi-
ded over it with SO much fidelity to his duty and
40 much honor to himself for many years. but
whose health obliged him TO decline further SER
vice in that station. To succeed to his place
would have been disadvantageOus to most men.
Not so to Mr. Whittlesey. Endowed by nature
with peculiar capacity for the investigation OF
intricate accounts and claims. he unites also in
his character frmness. and patience. and perse-
verance. Not content with reporting bills to
the House. hefollowed them up to final decision.
He would endeavor 10 reason the House into
disposition TO attend to the business before 1t
he would intrect then to listen to the claims Of
Justice and long suffering: and when neither
argument or intreaty availed, he fairly shdmet
them into business-humor. For these and
other services in Congress, especially III his ex-
ertions in favor of measures for improving the
facilities of the Western Lake and River Navl-
gatlsn, the country is seriously indebted to him.
We notice this circumstance now, because 1t
so happens that the real businessmen in Con-
gress are almost hidden from public view. At
tending to the concerns in their particular charge,
they seldom engage in atitudinous debate and
an debates on claims, contested elections,
rules of order, &c. however long and even AMI
mated, are seldom published, their names are
not gazetted and sounded through the country.
The credit for the attention to private claims
at the last Session, particularly due to the wor-
thy Chairman, is due also to the other members OF
the Committee of Claims, as far as they had an
agency in maturing the bills. 1t is but just,
therefore to present the names of all the mem
bers of the Committee. They were as follows !:
EEsba UhifieseU. of Ohio.