Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-01-27

vans amen,, for which he could pay only WIN
his blood But though there was value given,
he could never write value received.
Ard that h lf-hnished leuer-what isit! An
answer TO q memorial which he had sent 10 the
commander in chiefs office, setting forth his
claims to promotion upon the ground OF length
of service and severe wounds He waited long
and anxiously for it, believing that his case was
on. which entitled him to the favorable consl-
drra'ion of The horse-guards Hope drf'n
makrs the heart sick; but wa, medicine IS
there for the disease OF hope deslroyeu'--
This was his answer:
S1R-Your memorial has been laid before
the commander.in.chief,a and have il in com
mand to inform you, that The prayer Of II has
received every aI,enlion. The length Of ser
vice which you mention, as well as the srduous
nature of rha' service, together with the many
wounds which you have received, and the high
testimony borne by the distinguished officers
under whom you have served, are, all OF hem,
Giro ums,a nces which give you an undoub'ed
claim IL the gracious consideration OF his ma
ies,y: and the commandments would f'eI
prea, pleasure in recommending you tor pro-
motion. bui-"
But" exclaimed the veteran, as he lolded up
the letter, wi,hou finishing it, aud put It into
his pocket. while fain; flush ,inged his rough
soldiers cheek, {" have only my deserts 20
back me-my past services 10 Plead-and what
are they when 10 future ones are wan'ed"
Your only honest, upright, respectable char
scter in the worlds catalogue, is hr who pays
what he owes There is no nobility like the
nobility Of he purse; no roguery 10 be COM
pared with thai which is ragged and pennyless.
/, will sometimes happen, however, tina, The
man Of Thousand. lets his thousands all slip
from him, while he himself slips into debts
which are a Thousand fold greater Than his
M ans 10 discharge them; but-'here rs SUCH
thing as misfortune 10 account for the acc, :
dent in his behalf, who Came, plead necessity
How fares The man who never had his ,hou>
sand pounds, ", owes his fifty, with an insol
vent pocket? Where are The accidents and
misfortunes 10 speak for him, aud open his p'i
son door Alas! there is only one tongue that
can be made audible, and that is his receipt in
full. His creditor is an adept in nice and sub
tie distinclio master Of meisp ysical eth
les. He would never have adop,ed proceed
ings against him, 6ui-he considered himself
ill used: the i'll usage, correctly translated,
consisted simply in the foe, that he had not
been paid; aud hr would willingly drop the blu
siness now butt is in hi, lawyers hands, and
hr canno, Interfere. This, too, requires trans.
la,ion, when ii reads thus:-' shall be sa,isfi
ed with any. thing that SATISFIES my solicitor:
and | have told my solicitor not to be satisfied
with any thing except the money"
"Ano,her day has passed. exclaims a
| wretched criminal, whose hours are numbered,
as he css,s himself in anguish upon his bed
n. has been condemned 10 die Tor forgery; and
| the day of his execution is appointed. He is
! no common vi, i'm Of offended jusice-one
VINO has always had The halter round his neck;
and accounting every hour he lived triumph
over the gallows, for which he had long been
| ripe. He is . husband aud father and, till
| the comm sion OF the crime for which his life
had Leen de Glazed Forfeited, his name was high
and his credit like hi. name, upon The public
mar, where "Mercn ans mos do coDgregate.
Hi friends deplore-his miserable family he
wail-his fave. Its heavy md bitter penal
", pay down at The close Of life which has
,ue,ehed through half a century, for an ofrnce
which has many mitigating circuns' ances 10
sof en- all its darker shades.
! The prayers OF his wife and chldren, the in
,ercession Of his friends. the appeal for mercy,
even from his fellow citizens W o declared him
guilty, have m de hemselve, heard at the foot
| Of ,er throne Thee is hope! Whrn is there
no, for the wre ched! In vain the tongue de-
nies her presence; she lIngrrs in hr heart, ill
! that W, ich s,is lis last hrob, st,ls Ter voice
! Of promise. Bot "ano'her day has passed,
| and here are no tidings Of that which is 10 de
termine how. many days more remain for the
! snxious suppl ant in thi, world. Tomorrow
comes, to HIM tor whom, perhaps, there shall
only be another tomorrow; and with i comes
the dreaded certainty Of the worst His inter
ces,ors are told ha' all their represents ions
have been deliberately weighed--'hat he par.
tic ular circumstances which were considered
as discriminating he case Of the prisoner from
tna, Of the others doomed to similar punish
,nen,, had been altcntisely reviewed-that THEY
did indeed constitute strong ground for the
ex enslon Of merey-,hat thr learned Judge who
tried The Case had been applied TO, to refer 10
his own mites ofit- and that great hopes were
entertained Of such report upon all the circum-
stances submitted in ehalf Of The prisoner, as
would have justified the secretary Of STATE for
the home department in advising his majesty
10 extend his gracious clemency, bull"
What dismal consequence was here 10 be
gathered In The who'll vocabulary Of the En
| gish language was there a word, capable OF
conveying a stronger pang 20 an already ACE