Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-03-26
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We continue to extract from the papers on ooth
s;dps of the Controversy between the Van buren,
and Calhoun parties, which description we are
Obliged, fante de nlieur, to give them. we 20
so. not because we take any particular Interest," III
il. as between the parties thereto, but that It Is
proper that our readers should know what tn'nss
thew say of one another, and also what tninSs'
in the heat Of the contest. they betray OF them
selves. One of our most enlightened contempo
raries. we observe, seems to think that this con-
troyersv. having ceased for being suspended) be.
tween the principals. pals. in the continuance OF
it. upon the public appetite. More's the pity, II
so it be: for this very controversy between the
subordinates, or organs, of the superior powers
discloses the principles and passions whtch mare
influenced and do no,o control the administration
of The affairs of his Government, and which 1t
most seriously imports the Public to know ana
to comprehend. Say that fall credit Is not 10 DC
given to what either party, under the influence
of excitement, or the impulse OF revenge, says Oh
the Other-and, truly, we shall be sorry TO Delie'e
all that they reel procaly crimlnate each oihef
with-still. is not enough disclosed, IN the pro-
eress of this controversy, to warrant more than
all that mas ever ueen dieue" aS"i'''' 49,
Of the present administration ny 'hoSe ""o nave
disapproved Off
What a picture of the Administration of the
Government is presented 10 the extracts furnish
cd to-day! Painted from life, by one who has
basked in the smiles and revelled in the favors OF
the subject, how the portrait stands out from the
canvas in all the contrast Of light and shade which
serves to exfsgerate its repulsive features! The
President of the United States, it will be seen,
is treated by this familiar friend as mere pa
yeant controlled and directed at will by his prime
minister "The Presidents feelings and sym
pathies have been abused" says the e-Royal
article. The hope also is fervently expressed
..,hat the voice of TRUTH may be made to reach
him." by which it is delicately suggested that
Truth is now denied access to the Chief Mags-
trate of the Union! With equal fervency, It Is
further hoped, by this writer, that the President
Twill see and understand the articles which have
been practiced upon him." thus directly lnsInu-
ating that he is but the passive instrument Tor
others to play upon! All this, too, by writer
who has had the best possible opportunities OF IN
formation Of the matters he speaks OF. what
admirable illustrations too, does this article eXhl'
bit of the machinery of pensoned presses, SO ''ar.
ranged" as to give responses to the dlctaton OF
the master spirit" The mind involuntarlly re-
ours to the instances in which we have seen
these simulated editorials strung together, IN the
columns of the official government paper. as SO
many evidences of spublic sentiment" IN favor OF
the prescription, and, and .'the knockdown and
drag out' system, witch is getting out OF favor
now that experience brings it home to Its fathers
aud not less criminal abcttors.
| We saw, then, that important instruction 10 to
be gathered from the perusal Of parts OF thsee ed
itoria illusions, aud they ought to be read. We
enter into none Of their bitterness Or vlndictve-
ness, but we cannot think that, as nauseOus med
icine is used to restore the heahful action OF the
animal system, so even these distasteful ingrc-
dents NAV not be without useful influence upon
the disorders with which the body polite is but
too seriously afflicted With these general OBJ
seryations, we leave the matter to the reflections
of the readcr.-Nutional hatelige ncer.
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New YORK, March %.
The Bank Robbery.-It appears from the fol-
lowing paragraph in the Gazette, that the rumor
in relation to a probable discovery Of the Bank
Robbers is unfounded; and that mystery yet
hangs over the affair.
s.On inquiry, it appears that the persons
who sailed on Sunday, for Charleston, IN
the ship Calhoun, are gentlemen of we'll
known character and responsibility Having
been detained by accident, beyond the appointed
hour. they were conveyed on board the ship by
standardization which, and the subsequent de-
velopement at the bank-the rumor naturally
arose that the perpetrators of the vlllainy had
adopted this mode Of making their escape"
! By an advertisement in another column, it will
be seen that the books of the national Bank will
be re-opened for subscriptions at the Merchants
Exchange, OIL Friday next. We learn that AL
bert GaIlatin, ESQ. has been chosen President of
this new Bank.
Opening of the Ca'als.-The Canal Commits
sioners have given directions to have the canals
prepared through the whole line, SO as to be navi
gable on the fifteenth Of April. This we believe,
is five days earlier than the water was let into
the canal last year.
The loan of $4,000 dollars to the Hudson
and Delaware Canal Company, has been taken
by Thomas Biddle & Co. and A. Benson & Co.
in Philadelphia.
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Master Burke and The Mayor Of Bosion.-
An old story newly vamped, has lately been re-
ported and at last printed in the Providence Pa