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

such measures as may most eaectaally promote
the election of that eminent Patriot and States
man;''
Nathan Smith was appointed President.
e Gsn. Roger G. Weishtman, 5 dents.
GEORGE Gs'sr fs swssn s1d Secretaries.
After the President had stated the object Of
the Meeting,
On motion of Gen. Walter Jones, it was
ResoiUed, That Committee of five be APP
pointed to prepare suitable resolutions to be sub
mitted to the Meeting.
Gen. Walter Jones, Philip r Fendal, Rich
ard S. Coke, Ignatius Mudd and George Wat
terston were appointed accordingly.
The Committee then withdrew, and after haV-
ing been absent some time returned, when
Gen. Jones, as Chairman of The Committee,
reported to the meeting the following Resola-
tons, which were read; and. after eloquent and
appropriate addresses by Mr. Coke, Mr.. Fen
dali, MIR. Watterston and General Jones, were
adopted unanimously:
Resoired. That the citizens of the District OF
Columbia, though not possessing the right to vote
az the elections of the Federal Executive & Legs
lature have as deep an interest as any other citl
zens of the U. Sin the preservation of the Union.
their position at and near the seat of the General
Government, affords them opportunities for OBJ
serving the characters and conduct of the persons
intrusted with its administration, so it is their
right and their duty to use those opportunities
for the information of their fellow-citizens in the
several States.
Resotved, That the citizens of Washington
have, by the lights arising from their local rela-
tons to the present administration, attentivey
observed its proceedings, from its accession to
power on the 18th of March. 1899, to the pre-
sent tune: and have seen it attempting to enforce
among themselves system of intimidation and
corrupton. which proscribes their industry in all
its branches, wherever individuals are known or
suspected to entertain objections to the present
Chef Magistrate, and lavishes the public patron
age, without any regard for the public interests,
on his partiZans or personal adherents.
Res0lced. That without adyerting more par
ticularly to the numerous and notorious instances
Of misrue and incOmpetency which have disgust
ed all well regulated minds, and gricved the
Heart Of every patriot jealous of the honor of his
| country, and anxious Tor the permancncc and
purity Of its Institutions, there are several proml
nent grounds, for the truth of which we do COL
lectvely and individually pledge ourselves, and
upon which think all the confidence that
originally brought the present administration in
opower, ought to be withdrawn, & new strength,
activity and zeal, infused into all the elements
of dstrust that originally resisted its elevation to
power.
lst. The hollow and deceptive professions and
promises oil reform in the principles ADD prac-
tce OF the government, which the administra-
ton has manifested an equal defect of the will
and sincerity, as Of the wisdom. temper and
energy to fulfil, or even to attempt; and which
have resulted in nothing but inconsistency and
prevaricati0n.
Cd. The disinsenuous and paltry attempt TO
combine individuals and communities. among
whom the greatest divelsities of opinion OH GER
tain prominent topics of public policy and the
most decided opposition of supposed interests
prevail, into conseDtaneous organ of party
and of party organized on the worst and most
dangerous principles--a faction Of names, to be
made subservient to the narrow purposes and
selfish ambition of leaders whilst the great in
terests OF the whole nation. and even the sup
posed interests of its parts, are to be postponed
to the more sOrdd interests of faction of names
and men. Witness the INVESTIGATIONS and pre-
varlcatiOns by which the great and engrossing
questions OF Internal Improvement and pro-
tectlns Tariff for the benefit Of Domestic Manu-
factutes, have been attempted to be so managed
as 10 enable the partizans and tools of the ADM
nlshaton to show directly opposite colors TO the
great sections of the country, variously affected
towards those questions: witness the Earring and
broken fragments Of ~hat once bore the port and
name ofan INSTRUMENTATION one intelli-
eibe point Of division er.ong themselves, upon
any great question %. national policy, either
theoretical o. 7'actlca: and equally without one
principle Of cohesion for new party formations
around the .7''' of these fragments, bu, what
the minor ln'f.sues or discreditable squabbles
tor personal advancement ma, produce.
Sd. The paipahe design to foster and dlssem-
mate al the most baleiu and sordid passions Of
the human heart, and to enlist them under the
banner of GOvernment-iaction; aiming TO sway
opinions BY fear on the one hand. and by selfish
hopes on the other; and seizins upon that patron
age, which is at once the creature of our ma
tonal institutions and the property of the nation,
as the means of debasing those institutions, and
OF intimidating or corrupting the citizens for
whose benefit they exist.
4th. The encouragement to secret spies and
worst instruments of the worst
Sovernments-whose insidious accusations infer /