Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-31


ed. that as member of the United States Sc
nate, he gave all the aid in his power to ias'en on
the country the very policy which IN MS Messase
he thus severely condemns. and the conceP''oh o'
which he attributes to motive SO base'y cfimi-
nae If the Tariff System be the mischieVous
offspring Of a coure of legislation so unwise anu
corrupt then the President must not hope 10 es-
cape his Just share of the obloquy which belongs
to its orignators and supporters. In any event.
however, his contradictory views and opinions IN
relation to it, are sufficient to convince al ie-
! fec ting men that he is either dehcient 10 Jug
ment, or that he is destitute OF those nxeo OPT
mons Of policy and settled constitutional princi-
pies, without which the administrator OF the go.
vernment must be variable and uncertain ana
the people constantly "pcrplexed win the rear
of change" r
The veto on the bill re.chartering the bank OF
! the United States, opens wide held tor com
mentary. But. Justice could not be done TO inc
subject, in the brief space OF an Addres OF this
character, in which such variety oil topics are
necessarily embraced. Suffice it to say, that IN
that Message, as in almost every other important
Official act uf the Presidents brief career, IS to
he traced the insluous operation Of that ma
lsn influence' which has followed him ever since
his elevation to the Presidency. II may not BE-
un,mpcrtant, however, to remark. that, while the
President denies the cOnstitutonality ol the Bank
charter, AS presented to him for signature, he al
firms his Willingness to prepare prolef OF an IN
stitu,on, if not similar in its details, at least
identical in principle with that, which he has pro-
nounced to be unconstitutional. Without paus.
ing to admire the modesty ut this assumption OF SUI
perlor political experience. ut greater financial
skill, and Of a more profound and comprehensive
intellect than is to be found IN the two Houses OF
| -. ,hat, Of ha
stitutioD does the President find authority for his
unborn scheme, which will not alike sustain the
| bill which he has vetoed? Ii the President can
find any such provision, then we will admit tla'
his ingenuity Is equal to his modestv. We viii
not mpute to him, in his evident anxiety rather
to change the character of the Bank charter, than
to put down the institution itself, wish t"brlng
| that vast mone~ed institution, with the hundred
ewes Of Argus aud more than the hundred arms
OF Briarius, extending from the central seat ct
| its influence to the extremtirs Of the Union, I'M
der the control of the President, and thus ncreas-
ing to an uninaginable extent power and pa
tronase already feariully ormidable-although
IN truth, it seems difficult t" find any other mo.
tive for views which are repudlated BY the good
sense and relutcd by the practical experience OF
ninety nine .hundredths of the rejecting portion
of the community.
Bat we should extend this Address to length
alike announcement aud snprrti table, were we to
enumerate all the well founded objections |" the
re. cleo ton of General Jackson which crowd up.
Ion our minds. together with the reflections which
suggest themselves they are mentioned. 1t
must suffice. therefore to .ay, IN addition to the
foregoing observations. that
lie has corrupted the sources uf all political
Intelligence. by brstowing lucrative Offices
i o., Z war al
for the services rendered by them in that capa
oty--measuring the value Of the reward oy tie
extent of thu prostitution
| He has corrupted the sources OF legls at'on. BY
fconfer,ing on varou, Members of Con ,ress ottl-
ces of greater emnlument and If higher dignity
than that of Representatives; the :by bnving
their votes on the floor Of ConsT.ss, rrd their
i influence ALWAYS too great. with cOnsti uen'.-
Aud this too. notwithstanding he had asserted.
previously 10 his own election, that such a
course of policy must necessarily engendet, II |!
did not spring from corruption!
He has denounced the doctrine Of Nulifca.
ton in South Carolina. while, with cOnslslen-
CIV peculiar 10 himself, he sustans those who
carry the doctrine into practice. in Georgia:
H. has recommended Distribution Of the
Surplus Revenue among the States. measure
than which none can be more detrimental I"
tnelr prosperity, OF U'oIe Sc''ous'r '''ot - 49,
Sovereignty, az contended for by the States
Right party of which Mr.. Madison's celebrated
Report is the creed, and himself the founder
whist. at the same time. he processes to 60 be.
yond Mr.. Madison himself IN his devotion to the
doctrines of that party.
He has removed hundreds of competent Oil.
GERS, without even the allegation of fault, solely
because they supported ard voted for, his anita
gonst. and appointed in their stead, men whose
sole claims were founded in a servile devotion
to his person: in many instances, indeed, he has
appointed individuals, who. so far from being
only incompetent, superad'lcd to the irisnoranoe
of their duties criminal life, only exceeded
by the shameless audacity which provoked and
laughed at its exposure.
lie came into power with professions of Re.
form on his lips; and they have been redeemed
by the most shameless prostitution OF his powers.
He has effected changes, indeed; but they have
seen such changes a, were not required by the
interests or rights of the people, nor demanded
by their voice.
He pledged himself to economize the expen-
ditures OF the government: and they have vastly