Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-05-07

6y II. H. CmhereA-The President of the
u States: If the stree be Judged by its fruit, ~
verify then hickory ought to be grubbed up.
By a Classification of Election: Jackson
in his inaugural said, Executive patronage had
increased so as to interfere with the right of cleo
ton" He should have said ,oiH be increased
which fact he has verified.
By I. j. Allen of NorfoM Borough. Isaac
Hill: when his friends give him another dinner
to rock the cradle of his retirement, let us hone
they will not profane the names of the heroes
and sases of the revolution by their identity with
by John Ihompson.-Henry Clay, our next
President: his splendid talents, civic virtues
and dignihed self-command, borrow lustre from
comparison, and become brighter BY contrast
By James c. West.-Henry Clay the man who
should now be at the head of our country.
BY Doctor Hodges of Norfolk Borough
The typhographical atm0stphere of the Capitol
1t must be purified by Gales, and its vitiated hu-
mors be drained by Scaton.
BY Henry Woodis,-The great Debate in
the Senate, and the discontinue of Daniel Web
ster.
No more of that Hall. an thou lov'st me-"
BY an absent citi,cn.-The Senate of the u
nlted States-Representing the Sovereignty of
the States-the only constitutional asserter and
protector Of STATE RIGHTs--It has degenerated
into the instrument of executive tyranny.
BY James Carr.-Lee, Hill, and Decatur
A part of the filth. and scum floating in the po-
htical caudron; by the searching operation"
OF the Senate they have been skinned off, and
cast into merited obscWify.
BY an abseatee.-The present Administra-
ton: tyranny may veil itseifln the cloak of pat
riotism-but the spirit of truth and liberty devel-
opes the cheat, and shews it in its proper colours.
BY S. W. Hopper.-The Hon. Mr.. Barton
of Missouri: too honest to be duped by a corrupt
administration.
BY d. Nash.-The present Administration:
headed by combination of designing politicians,
misscalled retrenchers and reformers.
BY James E. Huson.-Thos. Chiffon: like
good Huntsman, finding himself wrong, he '.triss
back
By a Guest.-Webster, Clayton, and Barton,
the political Decii of the day.
BY JOHN p. Leigh.-The authors of the late
prescriptions: may they in turn be prescribed
BY the only legitimate power in Republic:
The PEOPLE.
Nh C'oy.-The foiloming pertinent remarks
are extracted from the New Orleans Argus of the
18th ult.
The truth is, disguise it as they will, its friends
well know that the present administration is fast
losing ground in the confidence of the people;
and that those who contributed to its elevation.
are every day abandoning it in disgust.-Public
sentiments are undergoing an entire revulsiun;
and Henry Clay, from being regarded as the in
strnment of bargain and intrigue" is almost
universally looked upon as the disinterested pat
riot, who would hazard his own reputation rather
THAI commit the destines Of the nation to hands
that he well knew to be rash and Incompetent,
He will receive the suffrages Of the hi5h minded
aud honorable men Ofthe rep,bic,a the next can
vass; and II vast experience. undertaking integ-
rty, and an untiring devotion to the public veal,
meet its just appreciation. in comparison with
little cunning aud parry intrigue. Hcary Clay
win fill the presidential chair during the next
term.
The Philadelphia Inquirer saws, that on Mon
day last splendid entertainment was given, at
the Mansion House, to Mr.. Poinset:, late Anne
rican Minister to Mexico. At S O'Clock about
one hundred & twenty gentlemen sat down to ia
bic. General Thomas Cadwailader presided on
the occasion, aided BY the venerable P. s. Du-
ponceau and Gen. Robert Paterson, as Vice Pre-
sidents. Among the invited guests were Com
modore Porter; Mr. Tornell, Mexican Minister;
Mr.. Brown. late American Envoy to Paris; Judge
Baldwin, of the Supreme Court of the United
States; Mr.. Oliver, and General Stewart, of
Baltimore The dinner and wines were of the
richest kind; the toasts were good, and the fest-
val altogether charming and delightful. Appro-
pirate speeches were delivered by General Cad
wallader, Mr.. Poinsett, Mr.. Duponceau, Gene
raj Stewart, Professor Heating, the two Mr.. In
gersolls, and Mr.. Chew. Letters from Mr.
Rush, late Secretary of the Treasury, and from
the present and late Governors of Pennsylvania,
in reply to the invitations sent to them, were
read, and complimentary toasts offered to the in
vited guests.
-seeea9e3em-
The present majority for the new Constitution
of Virginia, in 80 counties and boroughs, is