Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-05-02
ALEXANDRIA,. D. c.
MoaDsY MORNING. MY AS /.

HJtO3Y MUis S{.SG, NIL 49, -
Highly complimentary resolutions nave eeeh
passed BIZ the gentlemen OF the bar III ->orio,n'
on the OCCASION Of Gen. iayior.s accepting "'
Judgeship.
Hundreds of our citizens have laus he'd with US
over the admirable caricature OF the - running
rets," which has lately made its appearance, TO
eniyen the usual tediousness OF political contests.
The National Gazette thus speaks OF It,
GA very laushable caricature. Illustrative OF
the evacuation of the Cabinet. Is now running
like widfire, through the land. The Presidents
chair is giving way under him, and all toe sup
posed fixtures about him shew dismal caducity;
the word Resignation appears as sori OF wra-
ing on The Wai, while the Secretaries are rating
with the utmost possible expedition. The coun-
try has long SmeH rat, and now the case can
not he mistaken.
We think that the artist--who is admirable IN
/ his Iine-has not been perfectly ..True to ma
ture,'' in this allesorical work, in the pismness
of the flving squadron Obesity can never be
the condition of the heads Of the departments at
Washington: they are worked too hard. and paid
too scantiIy, ever to appear overgrown. These
| hg"reS resemble mere certain other quadruped
"a monosy'abie with the same number OF let
tiers. Moreover, the flight seems to be voluntary
or spontaneous with ali--WhiCh is not exactly
the fact. Two, we know, were requested to re-
treat, and have behaved like the weilbred per-
sonaye in the fable of the Town and Country
! Mouse. Thew should be particularly remarked;
for so complete was the identity in their conduct,
abilities, services. and personal and official rela
tons with the master of the Falling House,"
| that the complimentary congo addressed to each
| is word ~ point identical. We hop that it
will b. :. .c9' PED, aud preserved for al similar
occasions
| 1t has b ~ observed that Nature las mot pro-
duced any two objects between which here are
not differences to be distinguished h. some eye
or understanding. But here is an instance os
two secretaries WHO bad 50 acted aut, ale so con-
stitu,ed. as to deserve precisely inc same eulo-
gums and the same form ol--,,snissal. They
are abandan,ly praised, but the form of a circular
givesT marble-hearted air to the whole, and there
is chilling contrast in the solemnity OF - Sir''
and respectfully your ob't serv't'' compared
with the cortliality of the address and subscrip-
ton To their two colleagues The President may
have thought it due to the sensibilites of the lat
ter. to repress the warmth ofhis personal regard,
to fegn certain degree of GOODNESS, towards the
other: still the Secretary of the Treasury might,
we think, have FINAL repeated to him the verses
which All Irish lover once addressed to a mistress:
"ahen late attic mpted your pity 10 move,
oh, Why were you deaf To my prayers!
Perhaps it right to disscmble your love,
But why did you kick me down s,airs'"
Caricat,ues are pardonable and pleasant
warfare. They oftenaenblazon truth, and con-
vey saIutary lessons. They soften the asperty
and ferceness of party animosities. by relaxing
the muscles and exciting hiarity on both sides.
! .Iac,,
mant-to look at the present production, at the
same time with Clay man, and not laugh du-
ct with kim-aiiegro. presto. The party history
Of England is exemplified, and recorded, in a
regular series of burlesgue delineaions, which a.
muse and instruct the traveller in that country,
and have generally been received with eagerncss
and good humor even by the parties Attacked
They eyhlerate the public. without detriment to
taste morals, when their subjects are not coarse
or icentious in themselves; and they can do no
harm to politicians or political parties that de-
serve respect and confidence.
-aNSS-
The Review Of the Correspondence. an.
nounced in the Georgia Journal, and which we
conjecturally stated to be from the pen of MIR.
Crawford, has made its appearance. 1t has the
vice of being excessively long, and the merit of
moderation; but as the Correspondence" is get
ting behind the times, and no new facts are adj.
duced, we decline It's publication. We see that
we were mistaken in surprising Mr.. Crawford
its author, 1t closes in the following manner:
Upon taking leave of this subject, we beg
permission to state that we have not been actu-
ated so much by an inclination to defame Mr.
Calhoun, as to defend MIR. Crawford, He has
been eur particular guide and friend in the for
mer capacity as tutor, in the latter as patron,
and every consideration of gratitude and respect
has compelled us to this undertaking, doubtless
performed with zeal greatly beyond the ability
which: the yindicaton of his slandered character
deserved. He IS an old man, and nearly worn out
in the service of his country. He had fondy
hoped. that though he had carried into his retire
ment nothing of the wealth of Office, he had
sunk from the cares of the world rich in the cs-
TEEN of grateful people Of this consolation
an attempt has been made to rob him, and the man
who has risen, self poised, from obscurity, un-
aided by the force of fortune, or the influence
of family, to some of the highest distinctions of
his country. amidst the most trying scenes of OPP
position. and through which he passed with more
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