Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-03-11
COMMUNICATIONS.


,ioni.,s." for YOU must know, il you do no;
already know, that there is party in this town
we'll deserving Of ,ha, appeiia'ion-l mean,
oarty who rule the roast aud kindly take care oil
ALL our concerns y even the strictest vi this
party, / say, will agree that the proceedings OF
Council, aud the committees, SC. appointed oy
them 70 transact the business Of US poor. tax
paving, know.noi hing c0naiLie, should be known
10 the People. take it for granted, that our
rulers are willing that we should know what
they are about. Now, Mr.. Editor, am, what
the exclusives" would call land dsspise,) a
Poor Mana Mecbanic-ihat IS, sir, earn my
bread BY the swea, Of my brow, and do not beg
favors Of The Banks. After my daily labor, l
go home TO my wife and children, and OF course
cauno, attend the night meetings OF the Coun-
cil-During working hours, | am al work, ard
Of course cannot attend the day meetings (f"r
I'm told they sit nighi and day. OF me same
body Well, sir, have resource leh-poor
as am I am We, able TO take, and 10 psy yoa
ycan all the exclusives" say the same > Tor
YOUR paper: and look TO that for an acc cunt
Of the proceedings OF the Corporate Legls'a-
ture. Bur, sir, ! am disappointed here. iuN'
HEsrrArINoLY AFFIRM, AND CAN PROVE, that the
proceedings of Council are NOT published by,
and presume arc not furnished TO, you. Even
the par, that is published is SO condensed,
" consolidated" or Crushed" that none ou,
an Exclusive" can understand il.
I believe, Mr.. Editor, il is provided, by
charter or by law, tina, the proces dings OF the
Common Council should be published Tor the
bench, and advantage Of the public. Though
a system Of penuriousness or false economy,
the Council, instead Of making a contract with
you to DO The public printing. and all the pub
lie printing, al fair price 10 them, and rra-
.onahle prof, for yourself aud for the support
of an Eiior who has always advoea'ed the
best interests OF the town, choose 20, deal WIN
YOU as any other transient advertising custom
er would. Every thing KEEP, back. is thus SO
mnch saved. and by this glorious system OF
keeping the public in ignorance Of their pro
ceed,nos, six or seven dollars are saved 10
them, and lost to you, in the course Of the year!
Admirable for Corporation which borrows a
Quarter Of a million a, tims-digs canals,
makes roads, and taxes the penPle.-O! wha,
a elm x for lamps that never are lighted
Now, sir, as ] never make assertions tha'
cannot support, will repea, that the proceed
iRgs OF the Council are not published. Nay, l
will go farther, aud say, hat in some instances
LAWS actually passed have been withheld Lei
il be denied Has any citizen Of The town ever
seen any thing in print, from our Council, re-
ls,iye to this famous Cansl loan? Are any re-
solutions, which are rejected, ever mentioned
in the OFF cial" port! l. fine, is no. just as
much published as suits the pleasure or conss
pience Of The ",xclu,ives"!
As 10 the condensing business, | refer you
TO your paper vi this day
" A communication from the Mayor was
received and read.
A communication trom-was received
and read"
{" A repor, from the Board Of Guardians Of
the free school was received aud read"
From several Of your previous papers could
furnish you with still more amusing instances
of the ART OF doing things on a small scale. Now
sir, it.slrikes my poor iooolish head, that the
people ore concerned, not to know that tn sc
thing. we're read 10 the Council, bur Dhai
they were. (By the wav, Mr.. Editor, pleas
reaues, the Guardians Of the Free School TO
to give you copy Of their report. am aux
ious to see il, and so are many Of your sub.
scribers
/ wish those concerned would look at the
custom Of our nelghbor GEoRGETowN on this
head. The paper in thar place, furnishes the
COMMUNICATIONS of the Msvor, the votes Of
Council on bills and resolutions. the members
present attending TO their duties, the laws of
the I0rpHratlOn, anu suCH 'ikS uSeteSS uUu
uninieresfing mailer kindly KEEP, in our town by
the = exclusives" TO themselves.
1 have not, MIR. Editor, made these remarks
in a spirit Of Consciousness, or for The graft
6cation Of my spleen All my interests and
feelings are united for the town. Ii was here
that I was born aud raised, and here all those
tender associations have sprung up, which
cheer me in my passage through life; aud j, is
here, 4, las,, shall lay down my bones, if they
don't tax my grave so high, that my people
canno, afford TO lay me in it. OF course, my
object is pure, and wi'hou. alloy. But | am
tired and sick, with the " exclusive way in
which business is transacted here. see so
mueh passing continually around me ealeulat.
cd to iniure the towo-to rePress the exer-
,iops and energies of our eitizens-to monop.
olixe power, aud in nv opinion, Ultimately TO
ruin US, tina, canno, remain silent. Un>
used to spsaar before the public as wriler,
am ne,er beless determined. with all the
Of style and blsnlness Of expression