Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-07

He concluded however, with saying that lsl
would propose a toast, in which not only hrs
feelings but his interests were concerned:- "a
Prosperity, and success, now and forever 10
the ancient Borough of Norfolk"
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We read in philadelphia paper OF this morn
ing what we did not expect to see IN any Ameri-
can Journal-an eulogium upon Colonel Barr,
and an appeal to public sympathy In his oehaii;
and this on the eve of the anniversary OF Aner-
can independence. The obscurity, or Temporal
nv oblivion. to which the man has been consigned,
ought not to have been disturbed by either pane.
cyric, palliction or curse: his place and mode OF
existence form most curious Illustration OF the
excellence and popularity of our instituuons'po-
litical and social. 1t is not what he performed
and what he attempted at home. that should
alone be remembered when the living shade Is pa
raded before the public eve; but also what he SAID
and attempted abroad. The visiier, who por-
trays him in coors 50 winning and bright, does not
know, perhaps. that, in London, he claimed an
munity of the British government as British
subject.
Colonel Burr should not, indeed, be an object
Of .'pTivate persecution;' not even by dragging
him to light for public admiration or sympathy.
But, whenever so brought forward, or held up at
all, he must be regarded as - one entitled to pub
lie Reproduction" We should apply this remark
even to Major Andre, if he survived IN New
York, and forfiori, to .4r7'cld, in the same 81
tuation. The latter might have survived TO live
unframed, innoNious, and forgotten, near the
scene Of his most dangerous and perhdlous tfea-
son; he might have retained his intellectual tacui-
| ties, and pleased visiter by his coiioqula mer-
its: he might, likewise, have been represented
| IL l1o,,
officer in the revolutionary war.--at one time
favorite citizen of the nation" with too ardent
ambition" -but, whenever publicly described in
terms of favor and coincidence, and as an object
of general sympathy, the effect could be-, only,a
revival of :. public reprobation." Every such
apostate must ever be
Ills cnun,r,'s curse his chi'dren's shame.
| Outca~t Of virtue, ?, ace aud fame"
Virgil did not forget to exhibit to 1F.neas, as un.
der the worst agOnies of hell, him who had sold
his native land for gold or given it master.
Vend,li, hc patriam. d'miaum2; potsntem
impo~sk
The moral poet would not have made his fate
different, whether he had yielded to avarice or IS
tco ardent ambition whether he had succeed
ed or failed in his nefarious attempt.
The correspondent of the morning paper, speaks
1 d
suspicion of lawless views brings on the most tai
ented statesmen of the country" There was
much more than mere suspicion oflawless views /;
there was abundant proof, full notoriety; and
boastfu confession, too. after he had escaped by
what Sir. Burke calls the back doors and sally
ports of the law. 1t was not the action or dispo-
sitions of the government that drove him to Eu
rope, it was the whitening blast or the finger of
general scorn.
| We should not hold ourselves free to employ
thi, language, nor touch his present privacy and
insignihcanCe. If the eulogv and the appeal to
which we have referred, were not adventured.-
No one should invade his personal security; but
his example when, adduced IN a softened or
propitiatory aspect, becomes proper subject for
such representation and sentence. az it intrinsic
ally warrants and must forever incur This is
con- uncture when,-as we cOnceive,-the sem
sibilitv of the people should be rather refined and
excited. than deadened or perverted, in relation
| to seditious violation Of our laws" or da-
ring breach and rejection of the authority OF the
general government. The best way of ceIebrat-
ing the near anniversary of the independence OF
the United States. will be to proclaim and eyalt
the value of the Union, and the supremacy of It's
laws, with alluson to the bad doctrines and neil
aces of the nuIifying party in the South. and
their abettors wherever open in concurrence.
Nat. Gazette.
-asanap-
.7rriral Of The President. Jackson
arrived here yesterday afternoon about O'Clock,
on board the Steam Boat ATLANTA. The Alta
anta left here on Saturday. with a committee
and band of music. to meet the President. -
We are not in the secrets Of all the movements,
but we understand the committee consisted pref
~ much of government officials. The Surveyor
General. the Postmaster. the Brazil Charge, the
EX Receiver in his sk,ie of grey negro cloth, at
present printer Of the laws, and some plain cti-
zens Above Portsmouth the ATLANTA met the
President on board the Gondola, her engine
broken and in tow OF The EI1e.
! The ATLANTA took the Gondola in tow. and
relieved The Erie against which ,cOrk II i'aProve-
nent the President entered no VETO. They
passed Maysvl!le without landing.! No VETO
was entered AGAINST this movement.
| Between Maysvillc and Cincinnati, the Atalan
ia and her charge we're raet by the Clinton. that
left Cincinnati in the morning with a number
| of citi,anS IN hoard puhli,, eynsrtatinn was