Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-02-20

We belonged to neithes Of these two class
es; we had no personal stake 10 that rattle
no ticket in tina, lottery, except in common
With our country; We neither desired nor cx
pected any Office, or any individual advantage
We were not the subjects Of defea, in pre-,
sldential contest, except in common with the
Constitution and liberties Of our country. If
these wen, down, we went with them.
1t our candidate succeeded, we rejoiced for
our country; il his rival succeeded, and the
Conslitu Iional liberties OF The country were pre-
served, and its welfare were promoted, in an
equal degree, We were content and had gained
our victory.
we aid not dream Of hi, reckless pruscrip.
ton Tor opinions sake that now makes The
land pale Or this devastating persecution
tor the sxerci,e Of the high and sacred right
OF election, which now tears the vi,als of ibis
Republic
IL never entered our imagina hat Com.
blna'lon, guided by the friends Of par,y-disci.
pine, ofhce hunting and vo,e-auc,iouecrine
could SO soon convert the high and happy pri
Vilege Ut free elections into species Of contest
for victory and vengeance; and the Presiden-
ual elections Of our country into the sacking Of
c''les by the troops OF Suwarrow, and the Of
fees and honours and eno!uments Of our coun.
try into the mere spols Of barbarian war
We fondy believed the time TO lie far-far
IN unknown futurity, when the Presidential
Elections Of the United States, as the elections
of the Emperors OF Germany aud the Kings Of
Poland, should become the signals of civil DIS
cord and Sc iiona strife, and like them, prove
The rock upon which the vessel Of Safe mus,
We ultimately wrecked aud lost!
We beheid grea, Nation spring up on this
Continent, and suddenly extend itself from
the Atlantic Sea to the Mississippi, from a
sock Of fugiti,es from persecution and pro-
scription, both religious aud political in the
Old world; and we have been taught ard fond
~ believed, that so far from those demons Of
human misery reaching Us here, they had
been effcluaIiy excluded bv the ramparrs Of our
owa free cons,i,u,ion, that the exercise Of this
great fundamental RICH, OF election, which
l,s az the fou nda Ion Of all our iberties. would
never even embi.ter the charities OF he, or
disturb the harmonies of society Tor moment;
but that each freeman would Eke the Other net
ter for his homes, difference Of opinion, guar.
anteed To him by thu sacred compact Of our
civil insri utions, and consecrated 10y he blood
of the Revolution
II is true we bad been solemn!y warned, in
he Farewell Address OF the Father OF his
Country u the people OF the Uuited States in
Ca,aInes woult arise in days 10 'oms, in these
then happy states; and tina, densgoeues aud
IS ,iran's would spring up an,engs, us, whose
ohj~c would be TO CRAFTY ,heIr in'rdlna'e
and unhalowed AMBITION. whose mt ans of mis-
chief would he. To inhame sectional preJudi-
ce, and local animosi:iea in one portion Of The
UGion agains' ann' ner; to represent their IN
.eress 20 be diffe ren and iuconsisren, with
each other, and 20 cultivate aud cherish the
young devils Of discord, 20 tear GU The 'itals Of
the Union and scatter hem to the dogs OF civ
II war. and horrid anarchy-:ha, sucn Gaia
lines might reign Champions OF their dciu
,;ed lions of The Union, aud enjoy little
illegi,mate aud par,cidal renown
or these ABOVE al other enemies, he father
Of hi. country had warned us 70 be on our
guard!
Thus 70, warned, in lS24-5, that great mi
nori V believed they saw symptoms Oh he com
ing evil!
They beheld the people Of the United States
like an agi'ated ocean, threatened with the
storms Of sectional ambition, and no rrvou>
,ionary worihie, a. band, TO seize The helm ana
guide the vessel If state through the tempest,
with the irmness Of Washington, and The wis
dom OF Nrslor.
We conscientiously believed Mr.. Adams the
Gen. Jackson had taught US 20 diyest ourselves
of such sectional prejudices as our suua'io" q
education had subjected Us 10; and % revere
Mr. A. for his virtues, and 10 admire him To!
his ,aen s; and had auded his appointment 4.
Prime Minisler TO guide he administration OF
Mr Mouroe--the last of our Revolt ioDary
Pre- sidrnts.
Our devotion TO the civil over the military was
sincere. We perceived no essential difference
in their polite al principles. Their o"ns'roc
lion of the grea, charter Of our rights snd pow
ers was the same: their gres, leading principles
Of policy were he sumo. We saw no difference
then. We see none now.
Washing, on had warned US against sectional
iealousies, aud we remembered hat New Eng
land, the cradle Of the Revolution, and the oir'h
place Of American liberty, had given bur Tour
wears Presidency since The foundation OF me
Republic! New England recommended her
son, The friend Of Washington, and guide oil
Monroe, TO our suffrages, and honored him IN
animously with her own.
We sincerely believed that old Virginia and
North Carolina the mothers and gIanh mothers