Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-18
ALEXANDRIA, ID. C.
,rrp0sy MORNING. JUNE IS. 1851

m. True QueSfioR.- inc PeoP'e " ~
i ,""s..;,ed-the real matter IN dispute VIII DE-
DE- &C. and the satellites OF corrupt power eau
eNs"' .r, nubIic attention from the case at issue.
not u"S ,be true question? What IS the point
"ha' sb;cb the people are called to decide!-
aGou see. Let one OF the Pensloned miniohs
"" nav as, il they can.
s'n'lJ ,oSn months ago, this District was full OF
IS :, character which forbade their notice
pno', ,mhI;c prints. Long before this, however,
ID wO pnst,nces of a peculiar nature were wei
W.. hrt except that their recital shocked the
A'O%| fapling Of the vrtuOus to who" they were
Ah"' ,,h;ng occurred TO distinguish them from
3d. 1.-THE the like kind. in general. The private
Hans individuals, however notorious or pro-
'Ns' .hs individuals may be, are not the proper
@, n;a~t. for public discussion, mar has the press
'a0j ,;.;,,ate authority over them, save, when
a.! S,'.,me connected with public affairs, and
"e. controlling influence IN government
s~',,,' When they assume this aspect, they
R-',s' ~ liable to investigation and scrutiny
O''o". thor pol,icaI subject that can be men
IN suppose that Gen. Jackson was I'M
''A'I - with these - circumstances, Is to
"F-',,, ,nsnlecst absurdity. He certainly had
S1Pi & ,h,nI. ard was, no doubt, filly aware oil
- tS.,sr, 10 which rumor had gone. The ties,
, ~, ,,hich connected him to the individual
10. ,n,icated, could not be broken by the force
I," o,sIi, oplnion-and he persisted 10 appoint
,'yhim to a high office. As soon as 'nis was
'l',s 4, certain meddhug priest, the Marpiot IN
hi, ,ilainOus play, stepped IN 10 SOW d'scoru
ma create disturbance. through q very haturai
...Iips. and IN a eommendaole SPIRIT tire tami-
49,. u certain high officers OF government de-
Ii,sd habits either of intimacy or formal polite
o... with the family Of their associate. There
80 N the bosoms Of our females. certain scnt-
~snts which nav be called prudish, BY some,
h,t which. in our judgments, are every way no.
oor,hle and virtu6us. Ii is not to be expected,
,hs,a(nr,. that he accidental elevation of per-
IN m,kes nm. m their estimation, for the want OF
,,hsr mos, Indispensable acquisitions. This pro-
sIure. ~ was natural, CALLED the pride and
.b,E,d the spirit Of him who ought aud does feel
,o,., m this subject The President, as was ma
,nr,l ,lso symDathized with his friend, and es-
nnnSed his quarrel. To save appearances, how
ever an investigation was called tor. " coarse
.5,, investigation resulted to the Presidents sa-
.,faction Il Is not for US, roo 70 speak of the
secret meetiDgs-the eaves-dropping situations
heId and assumed during that secret investigation
# the President was content to shut his eyes to
What might have been revealed. we will rot fur
her and. as We might, for we have facts at handy
n exposing disgraceiul truths We have no
wish to remove the dark pail which covers still
darker transactions. When affairs had reached
rhis crisis, rumor again became busy. and reports
i all Prescriptions were bruited about the coun.
Try. At this period, this matter was made to as
sumo pubhc character, and the course oil the
Government came to be effected by disrepu'able
private transactions. The President had now
fairly enlisted himself as partiZan; and, Offend
I'd, as we'll as astonished, at the obstnacy OF
some members of the Cabinet, threatened them
with the loss Of their places unless they yielded
10 his wishes. They were firm; and there the
matter rested. During all this time, the press
silent: it waited, patiently aud prudentiy,
It's proper time for acton-That time arrived at
Iength The "malisn influence OF cunning
Secretary-who saw in all these things way, Or
thought he saw. BY destroying the influence OF
Others. to build up his own power, which had so
long been secretly at wOrk,-now suddenly dis
played Itself, and the whole caurtry was asto-
nl,hed with the unexpected dissolution OF the
CAbinet.. This even, GneNampled IN our coun-
lry, excited the intense curiosity OF the people,
vino now began TO perceive that they had been
Kept in the dark for long time back. 1t was
Neen that secret and mysterious causes lay at the
bottom of Gen. Jacks0n's an,ipathy to MIR. Cal
noun, and that artfu means had been resorted
to, in order to foment quarrel between these
two high officers. Still, however, "mysticism''
was kept up: the satellites Of power were afraid
Of bling exposed: They loved darkness rather
than light, because their deeds were evil. The
letter Of one Secretary, pretending to give the
rasOns for his share in the remarkable resigna-
ION, ~as as unintelligible as the poetical rhapso
dies OF Nat. Lee, aud the pretended reason VI
The other. showed, at glance, that other hidden
reasons existed. Now began too IN good ear
nest, the "wars Of the roses"-the Houses OF
No'ague and Capulet came, at last, to blows;
aud IN the scuiIle the veil was rent, and the peo-
pie saw something that was behind. At length,
Oa, one Of the Secretaries, who II was said had
Voluntarily resigned, came out with an avowai oil
MS expulsion, aud declaring that, in ''his private
"''ercOurse with the people of Washington" he
Lad pursued a course which his duty dictated,
and that he had ..gone as tar as man OF honor
could 90. The matter was no Longer secret
Inc Nh len influence" was exposed. lhe
public were put in possession of the iacts; ano
What was once the official organ of The Govern
ment. declared that Gen. Jackso: had been IN
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