Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-09-01
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WEDNEshdY M0RNlNG, SEPT ! g..

we would not so often caution our readers ,o.-
receiving the statements which are pn, f.r,
the presses in the pay of the Admini.:la,io,
But we have seen that they have no sr-r'r
about the means when they wish to s,tsis 20
end-that falsehood and deception are sliks -
pIoved bv them. and seem. in their code of p.
rails, TO possess equal claims with truth and &.
dealing. We, therefore, feel justified N ye.,-
mending suspension OF belief il all cases ..,
assertions rest on the mere creditilty Of I,'.'I
son presses.
The West India Trade has. of late. boo,
favorite hobby with the rewarded" E,nor
A report, originating with an obscure ps,er
Maine.-got up. doubtless, for the rlrno,s :,
influencing the elections in that State, -s3ir,
that the West india ports were about to be me,
ed TO American vessels, has travelled from o,
end of the country to the other, ami been ,e,,
upon by the Jackson presses as an cyiltpcq d
the :. diplomatic ability" of the present Ada,
nistration. The telegraph published hi, NJ
cious Nor ceou, but without vouchlng ior i.,'.
rectncss. We believed, from the first. tf,,
was mere invention; and when we saw !, q.
pied inta the Organ from another yaper. We h.
tura!Iy rhonsht that no Official information o! b.
fact had been received.
In the Telegraph OF Monday evening. we Ia.
the subject renewed. under ihe head II e, Ga
rious News" TAecsidence N which tie...
rious news" rests, l. the following extrac; ol :,
letter, dated
NV Yonx. August g. 1856
:. Captain Rodgets is below IN thr Calel,..
sailed from LIVERPOOL 10Th July. liz bio., p. Il
glorious news that the Hesf Mdid pyyis qea,I
opened on tie frs. q Jaa"aJy.'
| Now, as in the case Of the Easfport rumor. y,
do not assert that the information gwen in N,
above extract is not true: We will merely -,
why we think it improbable, and leave oot .t,.
ers to decide for themselves.
I 1t will be seen that the extract Of Letter i
dated :. New York, August o." On SlrdgI
last we received the New York papers Of e. |
day. containing the news brought By the Called
MIA, but entirely silent as 10 tie BEL a
TRUE. Yesterday we received The New I'll
American Of Saturday: but it had not a vc:j
the subject of opening Tie Uesi Adia parts. Il
1t probable, we ask, that Information 50 mpOdI
should have been brought tnrNew York BY ii
Caledonia on Friday, and moi have been DO,ca
BY the papers of that city, Is It likely III
almost two days SHOULD have elapsed since IL
receipt of this information. and the EdItco d
the American be still in the dark on the slbJc.
1t will be recollected that the American I,n
evening paper; aud we should think. II RESI-
more imp0rfaia TO our merchants than Tie 0p
fure If .4tgiers. had been received in NeW lOt /
Oh Friday, the Editors Of that paper would IN
fatnty have gwen il to their readers on Saturday I
But if the West India ports are really % |.
opened to our vessels on the first Of JAnc.y. We
think it strange that Government has had tol'
formation on the subject. We are compc.c-r
believe that nothing c6fcioi had been rrcei'cI
to Monday at noon; for, II otherwise. Why ,11!
Duff give the information as having been Ieort
ed "by gentleman of this CITY," instead Ct
publishing it - BY Authority with al Il
pomp and circumstance of the official s'sr
ment journal at the scat of government:
With our present light on the subject ne
constrained to the opinion, that thls '''"1
News" will turn out TO be a mere hs'N' ~
best, a-commerciai speculation.
-SHes-
The Washington Correspondent Of tie N%'
York Journal of Commerce after aaao'ad-:
the defeat Of the Jackson party IN hen'l1k, sd.
conjecturing similar result in Mary'al ''
Ohio. says:
80 These demons, rations afford ne iIi' GOT
fort or consolation. see in them the u''"
significance Of all human calculations upon E
events of futnrity. One might have ''gP
with such vote as General Jackson re'''oi
the last Presidential Election. he could W.T.
to perceive that he had been elected b' "'I'
pile, and not by party. and that nothing 'I
have tempted him to forfeit the boon gilh1
him. The jewel was most prcdlsaily eA. ..'
for the sordid qualification aud assr"Iai'@'
OF cabal, unworthy of even the name o. a.
and before the first two years OF his Ad.D'
ton have elapsed, he is pal pably cast Oh y
people, griesing. even in tears and 'oI'''' 4
their partiaIity has covered the co'ef'~,'.
the country with a--cloud. 10 hope I'D
will or can reform the Administrator, IA
The infatuation and crcdu!ity to "h'th hr y
jected by an unfortunate direction oil HI'
lence, has closed the door against al F''' 5
The writer of the above Is a Jackson man "9
doubt not that he speaks the language '' 1 '..
rity of those who supported the present , w..
bent for the Presidency. The oii'e-h''D.
Office seekers-men who would sup"' o.
dy-will, IF course, adhere to Genera 'a Ia IA
little longer; but those who voted f'r "' .l,
nrinciD!e. or from an honest conviction "'