Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-19
ALEXANDRIA. &c.
THURSDAY MORNING., AUGUST 10. ls;,

NsN -1Ri
andria Canal Company, held at the Conn's
Chamber, on the 18th and 18th instant; the ~
lowing gentlemen were elected to manage tho
fairs of the Company, until the lst Mi,ai~s
May next:
HvGH SMITH, PrcsiteAf.
WILLIAM II. MILLER,
PHlsEAs J~ANNEY,
ALEXANDER HUNTER, jn:.
ROBERT Blocker, ~
Troupsox f. Mason,
WuLiAa &. GARDNER.
~NS
Profession vs.. Praciice.-if, as we ba,..
them to be, the People of the United S,,,.
are really intelligent. We think they must f.
indignant at the game which has been pI,~
upon them by their present Chief Magistrate A.,
HIS adherents.- In ordinary life. ita man pIaJs,
his word to another for the performance Of r.
tain duties, and wilfu!!y neslects 10 redeem tr
pledge, what is the sentence passed upon l5,,
Is he not denounced as unworthy of belief
an impostor!-as one who would break tfeIm.
by which society is held together? Certain,
is. But suppose a person in 4 more elevated :.
tation in life should be guilty Of the same ma.
treachery, would moi a greater degree of contrg.
nation lie at his door: We think 50. Sapr2-
further. that a man who was seeking Inc M, 4
flee in the giftof a fee people. should make ca.
tain solemn professions Of political iaith--stm.
lay down certain rules, by which, ia he lu:
! Of his success. he declared his conduct ..oult,
go,erned-and. IN virtue of such profession, a.
! declarations. shoald he elected to he Office !;
desircl-and, when 50 elected. sl!Ou,d vida
/ his pledges ard diahonor his former professions
what would be thought Of such a man? Nc.!s
not the verdict al every honest, p!i.lt. lm.,
| tia! citizen. declare him 10 be An tMPoSIog a.
A TRAITOR? 1t is clear TO US that he should
! thus denounced. Would not the moral Guilt
such. a man be equal to that If the unlrr
nate Watkins, who is nov pinlng in prison "a
having obtained money .'by fIl-e pfetencs:
We do not assert that be would be iadi,tabe
- common law" for s. fraud:'' we onIy AK tt
moral part Of our community to p0in; oJtlcm
difference between the two cases.
II is well known that General Jackson, %. +
letters to Mr.. MUuroe aud in bis crIebrateisG 1
ti0neering communication 10 the Legislature
Tennessee, made certain professions Of ppIal :
faith: and it is equally we'll known that since
has been President he has openly violated tte-
We shall notice, briefly. one or two Instance,
this violation.
In his letters to Mr.. Monroe, General Jld4
son said that a Chief Magistrate should be Z
President Of d Nation. and not The President (
a Party. What has been his practice in tb,m 4
%ticular! All his nominarions-a,l his apPa,
ments, from the Premier down to the yerle,i IL
waiter IN Il :. iand--bave been made on paqN
grounds. We believe that not single in,nt
can be found of a man opposed in sgatimep, n
the President having been appointed 10 chle u
der the present Administrator
In his letter To the Tennessee Legi,auT Z
General Jackson pretended he saw great e'r'i
the appointment of Members of Congre.. ;ooit Z
stating that it tended to give the EAecla" d!
undue inhuen"c over the National Leg'l'R
and would, if connnued. "make couup.a IL
order Of the day." What became Of 'nc% Y I:
prehensions after he was chosen P%reSdcr-
Where were bis fears of - corruptlon" bcoaIl
- the order of the dav," when. in ncnni
lms Cabinet, he chose Insham ard BrSnch"
Eaton and Berrien9 Did he not smell az
/" corruption" when he appointed McLaHe'T D.
Riyes. aud MoorsW to be .'En'oY, EAns',
nary aud Ministers Plenipotentiar, abroad;
there was no corruption In all this u mus Is
solely because they were appointed by '"'
Jacksoa, and not by Mr.. ApAHs. 81
General Jackson also gave it as Ms oflGi'' |
his aforesaid letter to the Tennessee Legf'4N1
that the President should serve onIy one ~
and even recommended an amendment u
Constitution TO that effect. This topic wa
t%icularly dwelt upon by his partl'ans don'E
canvass. They commended, with some PARA
lily, that ifa President was made ;~nr.s'yt
second term Of service. he wolid more il'L'-
employ his time and talents for the coed A"
country, THAI ii he had an anxiety 70 ''"s
reelection But what has been the c'l'F
General Jackson and his friends: h's
consented, now that they have got po'e',g
the s.loaves and fishes" that he e1ol'd y
draw at the end oi his first term? la''
not. On the contrary, the present meD,l
has been regularly proclaimed a candidate Z
election; and his ofice-holding friends, VIM.
voice, unite in the significant, but 10 dow
ters supplication, that PrOridf't' ".
:. him 10 serUe his country another tTt
VOID or two with you. Messrs. ofIcs.
Oh your miraculous change Of opinion. fheE
gllar, gentlemen, that, in 50 short a TINE
! should have come TO the ri2ht-a-boa,-"'
shouid now advocate two term, i'r 5i.i'
, when, during the late contest. you rt' F"
,,..,uo e.. 81. nna lIL,t ran h. fp f'