Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-21
COMMUNICATIONS.
TConcluaeI from yesterdays Gazette.

TConcli,deI from yesterdays Gazette.
After the Indian Bill had granted to the Presi-
deaf authority to prescribe nations of Indians,
grateful ioy should have induced him TO have
Spared lis country the evils at his veto. And
af er being relieved. from the petty drudsery
of individual persecution. he should have had
the gratitude 10 have restrained his ministers
from sinking the few he had not dismissed
from Office. Declining this mercy, they, as sd
perciiiaries and a. arbitrary as himself. will pro-
coed In their cruel vocation; they nav, Tor
while BE- dilatory: ii so. the tears Of sorrowing
mothers will Only occasionally sprinkle The dusty
streets Of the metropolis. They will be the drops
of a mist compared TO the wees OF Indian mo-
Tiers. The wives of subordinate ofiCiates can
only be deprived Of the pittauce which feeds and
clothes her family Tue cruelty OF power can
do her no more harm. Injured by relentless man.
she NAV expect kindness from Heayen.-Be-
lieving sparrow's fall! is recorded, with faith
she nav confidently hope mamma from the skies
will cheris., her Young ones. The Indian mothers
will be exiled from country and home. This sad
doom comes on them when.they had Just tasted
the joy Of Christianlty, land little time after
they had become sensible Of the comforts of CT
vilization, and when they were willing, BY chaste
love, 60 mingle their saffron beauty with that OF
the lily and rose. A soldier at this moment
comes forth, not to lead them, like another Moses,
TO land Of promise, but with money in one hand
and sword in the other, to force them to take
the money and 20 away to another home, with
promise il shall be theirs forever. This would be
some consolation, IL there had not been previous
violations of the most solemn and sacred treaty
engagements.
The Indians can have no country that will not
be coveted. aud will not have to surrender; no
promise now made will be more sOundly kept
than those that have been violated. Political NOR
ais are not improved By time, nor will any future
Congress be more faithful to Indian treaties than
the present. There is paradox saving "OutOfa
great evil sometimes comes little good Since
the enactment Of the Indian bill, a mertorious
citizen, who had been exiled from his office. is
appointed to a new one; probably some others
who have been reformed by the screw of proscrip-
ton NAV also be restored to employment. But
this should not create hope with any who have
not as vet been inconmoded- they will not be dis
turbed. They should be ready TO 90; if slow.
the order will be certain. 1t IS vanity for them
TO fatter their hearts with hope that the minis
tiers of the President viii, in his absence, cease
to administer the poison Of wretchedness TO eve-
~ virtuous person in their reach, who was OPP
posed to their political elevation. As the cat,
palate is grati6ed. SO will these germans of human
sorrow nbble, to retain as long as possible the |
SAVIOR of prescription. BY this economy, exqu- |
siveness will not cloy their epicurian appetites.
Even at this time. the Secretary of the Treasury
is RECALLING himself with the misery of few citi-
gems Of the East Do what he may, he can never
make any man as miserable as he appears to be. |
Every one of his compeers will occasionally imi-
tate him. The Postmaster General will surpass
all of them.-This modern Nimrod was suprized
80 discover BY his report to Congress, he had
only reformed 500 of his deputies, not one of
them that was not his equal, and many of more
merit than himself. Notwithstanding a su5mis-
sive Congress, by the Indian bill, did set before
the President table elegantly decorated and
sumptuously laden with every tempting RECALL
ment, they apprehend he may not be permitted
to taste of it, and he will return with ravenous
appetite TO his common fare. This dread will
urge them to make good use Of his absence, and