Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-10-25
ALEXANDRIA, ID. C.l
THURSDAY MORNING., OcTUBE3 o. 49,.
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS

Extract Of a letter. from a highly re,O.,,.v
and intelligent gentleman 10 lower Virginia ,os
Editor Of the Alexandra Gazette.
I by no means despair Of Virginia. Dse,..
from Jacksonism is common and frequent Is
lieve. and believe conscientiously, that if Dro.
exertions we're made, and concert produesrd III =
vote Of this State would be extremely douht y
,f NOT certainly opposed to the Hero So r"".
rous have been the changes in and about E,.t
ricksburg, that an intelligent gentleman tod .'
few days ago. that it is thought e1lrm.,
doubtful whether General jackson will ,a.
there to lay the cornerstone Of the MonumsD,.
the Mother Of Washington. More parlicu,I'
as many, it not all. the members Of the W,.
nen Committee have abandoned bis cause n
delaying the matter 50 long Looks very liz. "'
The Jackson Party running two elec,or,I /,
kets, 1.-THE Van Buren, Jackson, aud the B,,."
Jackson, tickets,) renders our prospec, Of 9.
cess very probable. They, you know, an
wide asuuder as the poles; and although thpv,r
tain one common point Of union. wiz Jacks.
vet it appears to possess no powers of h..I,,
attraction They are irreconcileabIy d,unf.
The effect of this division Cannot yet BE- >,
foretold. Hopes are sanguinely entertained ~
it will produce result favorable to Mr.. Civ
1t is certainly calculated that it will glye II, :.
to Mr.. Sergeant.
The news from Pennsylvania, New J.r.,
and New York, is, indeed, most aninain,
: has caused the blood to recede from the cha.
of some of the Heroites, aud set them upon N,
wits ends to find out causes, and make e,cp,a
fur the disastrous intelligence. But none hs
hit the nail on the head They are so bluderk
they can't, or 80 prejudiced that the, won't u
the true causes. The people-the people. n
SO much abused and deluded people, are bal
ming to think and to act for Themselves, n.
have been taken to inform them, and Ii.h
gins to beam upon them. The Jackson koiaI
been torn from their eyes. and the abuses n
corruptions which they only heard Of at.aI
lance, and which they were slow to beep,
could not comprehend, are now present.t
them "in fu-ms as palpable" as the Ghbg%
see. Aye, the thing is nov as obvious to "a
senses As the bodies Of Lewis, Kendall, b.
Van Buren,, or even Jackson himself who
only gross masses of political corruption pens
fed. They fnd that they have been the
"Agcnts. or base second means,
The cords, the ladder, or the hangmen nihs
Of these vile, and guiIeful, and guilty imposes
And now, convinced Of their error, ,hey NJ
resolved to make the amsnde honourabls to "
injured country and to themselves, and reno,'I
the man in whom they had reposed or mi'pg4
confidence; in whose qualifications they II
deceived, and who has violated every priutr1
and pledge, and promise, with which he can,
to Office. They have divorced themsel'e a.
an attachment which had its commencem,s
his boosted patriotism and military renown IS
ends only with an attempt to increase hs \
power and to ruin his country. OF Penny!f
MIA it may now be said, with much TRUTH
"The Commonwealth is sick of their Osr.hi
"Th-ir over.greed, love hath surfeited"
The friends of the General say, that tied
tons in Pennsylvania is no test that The CAD
can do better than his friends can do for III
But reply to them. in the trte qa'!R
Mister Richie, clay not the Aa,terlng ud
to your souls" Revolutions never 60 bacsTl
This is especially true in popular so'praas
All history confirms the remark. And SM'
people have determined to accomplish AZ
end. they are not to be arrested in their @"y
course. The why and the wherefore. rs's
less to enquire Of them. 1t is sufii'isa
they will il; and unless they are mlslpd BY
practised deception Of artIul drmasosu'.
are seldom wrong in their conclusions shd %
limitations. 1t was this that brought Jics~
to power-wi'h only this exception IheHS
were deceived-grossly, cruelty deceived u
were taken to deceive them; money was D"
deceive them; the Press deceived them; pa
men deceived them; demagogues deceived !
and every artiice, and trick. and lnpo'''H
could be used, was brought to bear oP''
imaginations, their pride. their pa''on'
loves, their hates, their prejudces. me'
ons-by exaggerating the qualifications, q"
vices. and patriotism, and principles. Of U'
Jackson, and portraying to their easy aDo
tible fancies the Hero rich - military feo0'
valiant 10 brilliant and heroic achle'enu
Whilst, on the other hand, they d'stof'c
invented falsehoods, and forged lies, toe'
with disgrace and iufamy the charaetc'
Adams and Mr.. Clay. and render Their I"
measures odious to the people. What m"'s
have been expccteIl How else could i~f
decide than they did, when they eou'o y
were not permitted to know the tru'n' 'nI
thus PLAYED upon by designing and Oa's y
knaves, who had 10 view their own anO w.
eountry's, good? II would have been ""
had the result been different. But, NAM
the curren, has changed. Jackson !. D"
preme-and the laws and constitution -
The people are awake, and our coanrii
safe. The day Of retribution is at manu. ~