Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-20

| raey stirring within them. They demand tho
reason Of maltreating the New England grand
mother prisoner He tells them she is con-
victcd before him, On the testimony Of old
musty journals and betrayed private CORES
pondence, Of suspicion of having thought;
some ninety-fve years ago, that the range Of
the Alleghanies would be agood western boun-
Diary to neat, little cis- Alleghanian, Yankee
Republic, on this Atlantic coast; and that the
old political witch shall &c to the stake! The
ladies demand, if his beautiful nymph under
his arm does not nov hold similar opinion
and vote against the admission of any new
State in the West! Oh, yes, ladies', but on,-
mia via cit amor-I love my nymph so much!
Then comes the scratching scene The la
dies fly in the face Of the conquering hero.
release the Yankee prisoner, and, even let
loose the outre nymph under his left arm, to
20 home, or run up tree, at will and plea
sure!
And there will end the triumph of 1899;
and there will commence the litigating scene
OF Scratchee plaintiff, versus Scrarcher etux
rem, defendants, which shall leave your I'M
aglnation to report, simply affirming that, let
the jury come of the females of either party, O.
Seratchee will be cast in the costs, and a mark
set on his front for his inconsistency and dis
regard to Washington's farewell address.
Our Saviour has been introduced upon the
boards, looking with composure upon the sla-
very Of mani will not enter into the delicate
grounf of slavery. 1t is our supreme curse
how shall we avert tl 1t is the secret poi.
son stealing its way to our vitals-how shall
we be healed of the malady?
Leaving 10 the Fathers of the Church ths
meaning of the Christian precept, "Whatse-
ever you would that meh should do to YOU.
do ye even so to them: for this is the law and
the prophets"-I pass on to remark, that
Christ did not come as temporal law giver,
to make statutes and civil regulations for the
Roman Empire; but advised his he rers to
obey the laws; TO pay their taxes 10 Caesar; to
peace and good will among themselves, and
to all manner of chartabIeness in the mputa.
ton of motives-judging not, lest they should
lie Judged.
He was no Roman Catalina to inAame sec.
| tional prejudices and local hatred and civil
discord; and to array the provinces against
each other, or against the imperial head, or
the Supreme Court of the Empire, that no
NIGH, gain the ilegtimate renown of being
considered the champion Of deluded pro-
vince!
Christ was better man! But however he
might have looked upon the slaves of Rome,
there is class Of mankind whom even Christ
himself, coming to forgive and to save, can.
not look with compcsure, but rebukes them
for coming about him!
1t is that class who follow after the flag Of
the victor, rather for the loaves and fishes,
than for the words Of political life. We read
that he gave gratuitous and miraculous feast
to about five thousand Of these gentry tis
knew their motives and their objects when
they praised his dinner-and, scorning their
company, retired to vessel on one of the in.
terror lakes Of Palestine.
They wanted more fish, and, following al
ter and praising him, crowded his little YES
sci, as General Jsckson's parlor was crowded,
in this city, on the 4th day Of March, 1929.
He knew what they were after: told them
to tEeir faces what manner Of men they were,
and rcbuked them for coming about him.
! And lei the President OF the United States
follow this liustrious example! And if there
be any such followers here, let them remem-
Der the examples of Christ and the precepts Of
Washington, and cease their sectional strife,
and conquer their relish for fish!
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In presenting friends with Ng. BAnros's Speech
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