Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-11-29

,,l,.rs. far ,,kiur Office under Nh Adams, that
Nhole sy,ten, Of sfudicd artitice pursued ever
since Mr.. jefferson disappointed his yon'h'ui =
pirations for the honors of Diplomacy, and ~
which be successfully imposed even upon tnose
who knew him well. and made the woriu peiefe
him another Cmcinnatus, very miracle oi d's'n-
tcrestpd .4rnor Pa,ri9--,his fudge Will daceive
no longer. The beautiful bubble Is exploded
That arrogation of superior purity " hich deceiv-
ed the world so long, now that the cheat Is detect
ed. will only serve to sharpen the sting OF rIdi-
Guile. Men will revenge themselves for having
been imposed upon. and john Randolp h-the
d;sinfereSted Patriot who never accepted Office,
until one was offered him'--wili suck 10 him with
the endurance of successful scarcasm.
Yet after all. Mr. Randolph ought not TO De
blamed for feeling the passions and INDUCING the
aspirations common to all. Ambition is aUdaole.
when its object is worthy. II is the ridiculous
aiiectation of patriotism superior TO the cons'd"-
ration Of SELF and to every other mans patriot
,m, and Of the possession of purity taking hlnl
out Of the ranks of men and associatins i'm WITH
angels: over ALL it is the vanishing and disappear
ance of these super hnman attributes. at The first
the uery FIRST application Of the tombstone. the
very first insIing of the purse containing SIS
O00-that is superlatively farcical and contempt
ibie.
There is another peculiar trait in the aGAir.-
Whoever heard Gefore, of such bargain as thai
made By the Executive with Mr.. Randolph: Ii
stav at st. Petersburg as lcng rs he found It cen
re,iie,,t, and then to travel Il, COCO miles distance
for the benefit of his health! Is keeping AN Am
bassador ut st. Petersburg. mare form. VI lia:
he real, constant and ,up0rlin, dltIrS To discharge
Is the Government at ii1rrty To make SUCH bar
gains with is favolitcs! Have they any warrant
under the name and prt;encr, al sending an Am
:,assador 10 the foreign court with which our re
lations are most important, 10 set him on his ira
wells and pay his expenses out of the treasury
Is any man so blind ia not to see, or SO reckless
as not to admit, that sending MIR. Randolph 4
St. Petersburgh as the Representative of the U
States. was mere sham!-that not this, but Il
nater and conciate his pride, and to remove
him from this theatre, was the true object. ANT
is the Administration at liberty, thus to use th
public purse to pet its favortcs, or TO get rid o
those whose presence is painful:
When Rufus King was sent to England, by
Mr. Adams, and on his passage. was seized will
that illness which speedily called him home ant
consigned him to the grave, none can have Tor
gotten the Liberal advantage taken of this chance
to arraign the Administration and to calumniat'
him. His appointment was represented as
reward"--his early return as authorized b,
the Administration, who II was SAID, permitted
him to return at the expiration of the year, Il
make that sreward" valuable: and the insul
and opprobrium heaped upon MIR. Adams for thi:
, alleged understanding, were infinite. Here
however, is case yet stronger. Minister i
appointed at the cost of s 5000, salary and out
ft-a sloop of war is got ready to transpor
him. at the COS, of S22. O0O-the Court to which
he goes. is the one where it is most Important
we should be represented-and this same Minis
ter is authorized by the Government, to stay a
his destination as long as has convenience permits
and then to ira, wheresoever pleases his good
pleasure! And what dove now find those who as
sailed Mr.. Adams for his supposed secret per-
mission to Rufus King to return home at the END
J of the year-what do we find those persons now
saying and doing? Why, to be sure. vindica
ting the Government. defending Jno Randolph.
and abusing all who criticize the ertraordinmJ
circumstances of the Russian Embassy, or the
more extraordinary conduct of the most Extra
ordinary Plenipotcntiary himself!
Congress is at hand, and we shall see how the
Representatives Of the People will regard these
matters.