Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-05-07

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was anxious to attend; and, that might r.. /
fair view. and be out OF harms way. got nert s
ed on branch OF that large spreading tree ,S..
graccd the corner Of Broad and WalI.s,s.u'&
SINCE the days when the Dutch negroes used :
dance and crack eggs in the fery-Rouse c",,.
of Garden and broad streets Long before IL.
hour the broad space was filled by the molly o,oaa
there was the Irish (patrioD laborer. his face noa
dered with lime. shirt sleeves torn or rolled y.
to his shoulders, came rafting up with his ropp
shod brogues; and the clam-men were there 4 ~
boat men were there; and the oyster.men wsr.
there; and the ash-men were there; and the c,r.
men were there, and their horses were thcrs
and the horses appeared to possess more sonr1
sense than their masters for the horses loved ard
licked the hand thar fed them, but these ianor,D.
cart.men knewnot Him in whom thew live. mor,
and have their being. The mob filled the Iarn.
space. down Wall-slreet asfar as the Mechan;ca;
Bank, and up as far as New-strect. They roI
| ed 10 and fro like the waves Of the sea. On II.
| corner, then occupied as watch-house. but pov
by friend Burtsell as Blank Book Store stOOI
a group, say eight or ten. respectable lookr.
characters: compassion was painted on their f,,cs
and pity shone from their swimming eyes. Tn,
beholding with sorrow the frantic tricks of tEs,
erring children. At the time, knew roneJ
them. but afterwards learned that among Them
was Gen. Hamilton, Coils. Varick, Giles &C.
men who had just sheathed their swords. an
| wiped the dust and sweat from their brows. sft.,
having gained their counry's freedom. On h.
steps OF the City Hall, Ior these men had usurn.
ed tie place of justice; stood another ground
cold, calculating, sinister looking faces. In then
countenances and eyes, you could read deed,
and plans of deep, dark, and daring political in.
trigue. knew none of them; but their imnre,
sion is stamped to this hour On my memory.
next saw them in the assembly room. in william.
street, encouraging blind Palmer TO preach h,
! Light of Nature. | next found them wnn,
999 numbers in the Morning Chronicle, to Drove
that the idea Of Cana. in this State was ii,
waking dream Of a wandering madman. not CA,
ing though the State should sink, proyidedtsr
might rise on her ruins. The next time ar
them, they had enlisted as drummers in Pamr
Wright's regiment, and were beating I'D forn
cruits, at the time she was trying to engage al /
the working men to work for the Devil. Tk
last time I srw them, they were celebrating Il, +
Grand Jacksonism triumph of republican libery +
of speech, thought and action; in the pIeniud, |
of their republican zeal, they surrounded III |
Custom House. Post Office, aud every other Office
that was worth fsoopence, through the wholeCoul
try. | saw few Of the remaining revolution,
ry soldiers. who still kept soul and body tOseA
err by sitting ut the receipt of custom, and rece,
Ing few dollars per annum. Well, these rap. |
cious friends OF liberty envied the poor old i,. |
lows even this miserable pittance, and said th,- |
ought to be starved to death for thinking il va
better TO employ shoemaker than tailor whe I
they wanted their boots mended; or. in othe
words, they had thought that jackson was ii.
best fighter. and Adams the best lawgiyer, in Tx
country. II availed the veterans nothing to plea
that these had fought seven years merely to be
lowed the liberty of speech, out they must Co.
Then came the tug Of war; the Custom. liOaa
was beset from the Coal Companies Bank L
Wall street, round to LongwortIl's manulactor
of names, on Pine street. The veterans had D,
yer learned to beat retreat: they stood tha,
ground as nobIy as on days of yore, when Wash
ington was at their head: but, alas they Wa.
beat: the spirit Of the soldier was as good a. eu,
but his flesh was weak; besides, many Of thta
had been sorely bed by the sharp points of la
English bayonets, and had never recovered h,
Nonttu StTciiSUs anu TIE DeSlegerS were 81 W
merous, they crowded over one and another.
heads and shoulders, like the railroad subscnb
ers at PhiladeIphia--some broke through th
windows. and some squeezed in at the door,
some entered by the cellar, and some crept dO1l
the chimney, and entered that place Of purtl
(where solemn oaths are coined as FAST as ii,l
coin buttons in Birmingham with faces, clOIe:
and characters, as black as the devil, their ma:
ter. could wish them Overpowered BY nIn
bcrs, inch by inch the veterans LOST ground, b.
they would not, and died in the las
ditch, assailants erecting hickoypOit
their mangled bodies, on which they n,cn%
g Gratitude Of Republics" thought nee
saw any thing more insulting to common sens
except it was fellow in a market town, isT
miles south of the Battery; the Declaration
independence was pinned on bis breast. he he'd
in one hand the Rights of Man, and cO0,kD
the other, and was selling man. his WIFE 1 DID,
three children, at vendue,-and this waS hJ h
Of Rights!
But IN following these hungry politicians h1
their serpent-like tracks, had near iors9' y
meeting. A tall fellow got up aud called u "
assembly to ortler--he might as well have To-:
Bnnker's Hill to he removed to the deep o.
Point-le then proposed Mr.. -
as chairman; he then took out a paper aod "a
something which neither he nor any one else
fpnI H.. l,n