Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-03-23

w ho'iiiio vi III H''S'-it liust De cOntpnt
following its old acknowledgement, ''I
conduct, and seeking to detract from hi, s, az
the lowest arts. A venal press cannot L.. '!
ceive even the unwary, and, in this case a. %
fusion will not last so long as in or5;,. uF
stances. IT,
thas been an object with the enemies o,,,
Clay to stygmatise him as an ambiriou. i j"
gosue. Nothing, as his whole life ,bom e'''.
be farther from his true character. n al ~
atoms, he has implicitly followed the conn, .'''
of those whom he was bound to obey. arII
invariably declined ofiiciously elevatine bimI -
Since the result of the Presidential cIqc,i,n -
has studiously kept alOof from being put in n.,'
ination as candidate in opposition to the D,s,
incumbent. 1t is their own fears, and the Iools
for of retibution, which induces them to hall.
Mr.. Clay as an object of terror and dread NJ
Webster well said, this ghost of the co,rs
is one of their own raising. 1t is an homes, d
IL ui'toio' IL" 'i'io.ei' Hail. IL Knows vb
its appearance will strike terror, and who W.
cry out ghost! Ifmakes itself visible IN !,
right quarter, and compels the guilty and =.
science stricken, and none others. to start ,;5
Pr'yihee, see there! behold-lOck-J
III stand here, sa,c him."
But who doubts, who can doubt The de,i..
of the American people at future dav, r.
have never yet condemned Mr.. Clay. Thai
tale Of the bargain is now disbeieyed and 49,,
dated. ltseryed its end-and ..ha. SINH r
the general mass of stale and loathed caI,m,..
What other crime did they ever aledse: w..
other charge did they ever bring agaip, Hr.
None. He stands even free from susrjcin
He scorns to supplicate the forgiveness. or +,
mercy of his enemies. He ask, only iu.,i,.
and Justice he will have.
-sne97a-
The unanimous rejection of Major Les Dpr.
nation by the Senate, has been productive Of u,
ny remarks from the public papers Of the country
The Telegraph excuses the President. by a,,s,
ing that Major Lee was recommended by sever,
distinguished men. We cannot put confderr.
in this assertion. Admitting it to be true how.
ever, it is, in reality, no excuse The WipA..
ter Virginian thinks that the President va, ura..
quainted with the facts connected with Mai,
Lees case! This is the most extraordinary 80.
gestion that could have been made. WIN. d,
four winds Of heaven had blown to every quartz
of the land the ''deep damnation" of Lees guilt
Morality and Virtue were so outraged By b
conduct, that men shuddered as they talked d
his crime, and every tongue told of the deed.
The fact is, since it was the President. inter.
ton to reward Lee, the situation he gave himvn
the most appropriate. He was removed out d
the country; and innocence, at least, had notn:
further to fear from his 'wiles. We rememberw
mentioned, at the time that he was sent TO A.
giers, that it was one of the four good things tia.
the President had accidentally perpetrated El.
cept Oh account of our national character, tlere.
fore, we should have been willing that Maj@Ie lie.
might remain as the Plenipotentiary to the Dc7
of Algiers. As it is, we are gratifed that he
comes home with the mark of the beast on BIZ
forehead, and that his devotion to the creates
and best" has not shielded him from nel'eir
,,roo ch ,p1 rohnl-,
-ssssaaese
The Z" famous" Mr.. Chiffon, has had theig
tune, or the misfortune just as it suits him. o.
being in hot water ever since he was able town.:
himself an NJ. C.. To use one of his Owa ei,'
CANT figures, it seems to us, that as 50 the Dew
said when he was shearing the pig, there Is
great cry but little wool" Mr.. Chiffon ba
been putting and blowing until he has llld'
blown himself clean out of Jackson and Reform
and lighted suddenly and very Unexpectedly o.
our side Of the fence. Now, we have no sCfS
objection to Mr.. Chiffon, thinking just as o
pleases, about Retrenchment and Reform, iN
all that sort of humbug and trumpery, but sna
he has bolted into our company, we must bsd
him to alter his ways, to wash off as mnta "
Jacksonism as he can conveniently, and to i'l'
to do all things " decendy and in order" w
must tell him that we want something O'o'
,Oind! and that he must .'act nell his part. ~