Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-12
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER ia, 1882.
POLITICAL DISCLOSURES.
From the y. s. Telegraph. ]

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We have said. and we now repeat that Mr..
Van Buren,, after having done all in his pow er
to defeat the election Of Gen. Jackson in 1924.
first made tender of his services to MIR. Adams,
and that Me- Adams refused to appoint him Mi
mister to England. In the mean time the oppo-
suon, headed by Mr.. Calhoun, rallied in favor
of Gen. Jackson, and then. add not until then,
did Mr. Van Buren, take ground against MIR. All.
ans. He il now the candidate of the Jackson
parfy, for the Vice-Presidency, upon the ground
that his election should be supported As parry
measure. We are OF that class Of public men
who acknowledge the binding force OF party falth:
Fuw public men in this country have obtained
an elevated party standing without great sacri-
fees of feeling. time, labor, and money; and no
one is justifabe, except upon the higher consi-
deratious of public duty, to do any act, endan-
cering the political standing Of prominent pubic
men, which il often more valuable than money.
|, sometimes happens that public duty requires
the severance Of personal ties at an expense OF
feeling which none else but public man, govern.
cd by high sense Of his party obligations, and
who has been required to make the sacrifice, has
felt. And the reader will. we trust, permit US
here to say, that although the writer OF this has
passed some severe and painful trials, none has
SO lacerated his feelings as that which separated
him from the Jackson party. HIS mind had,
from the first organization Of the administration.
been flied with the deepest anxiety and the most
painful apprehension as To the future. He was
aware that Mr.. Van Buren, intended to compel
him To enter the lists. his partisan, or else to
encounter the bitterest denunca,Ons of party
press. organized, arranged, aud paid Tor that
purpose. He knew that preparatory to this de-
nunc laion,a secret warfare was carried against
him by representing to the President. and intiu-
entail members If the party. that Mr., Calhoun
would De a candidate for the Presidency at the
ehd Of the present term: that the Telegraph was
pledged to support him against Gen Jackson,
and that its suppor, OF the measures Of the adm-
nlstratiUn was in>rnCere.
As il was important to concince Gen. Jackson
on this point and, as essential to the plan, that
the Telegraph should be disarmed of all power
to assaii Mr. Van Buren,, in case it was driven
into opposition, he surrounded himself with active
part,>ans, who were formed into corps Tor the
purpose of directing the presses Of the party
This was done by an active correspondence and
by editorial articles prepared for leading pres
SEES Editorial articles were prepared for the
Telegraph. some assailing the leading members Of
the opposition with great vrulence; others, com
mt,iny the paper, to what was termed, the lead
iue measures of the administration. Some OF
these articles we're published; some modified, s.
some rejected In the meantime, Mr. BIS parti.
sans, here and elsewhere, were taught to com:
plain that the Telegraph was not eflcien, in its
support of the administration. and Of the ar.
tclrs. thus prepared for 1t, were first submitted
60 the President, or spoken Of in his presence,
and alterations made by the editor cited as proof
Of his devotion to Mr. Calhoun. and also OF in
sincerity in his support of General Jackson and
his measures. The tendency of this proceeding
is obvious to the most careless observer. MIR
Van Buren, was, by this operation, rendering any
movement Of the Telegraph doubly difficult. He
was gradually destroying ITS power, to counter
act hi, intriSues when in the fulness of his pur
pose he should throw of the mask and make open
war upnn Mr. Calhoun. Bv the incessant and
bitter attacks levelled at the leading members Of
the opposition, 1t was supposed that their lasting
and unreenting hostility would be provoked
against this paper; indeed, Mr.. Kendall openly
ayowed this. in his letter 10 the editor. making
known the intention Of establishing the Globe
while It was Intended to compel such an anc on
ditional endorsement of ali the acts of the adj
minis,ration. to give the full weight OF our au-
thority for all its measures, and to compel us 10
acquiesce I'D every step whcih Mr.. Van Buren,
might adopt for the purpose of transferring the
party 10 him as the successor Of Gen. Jackson.
II may be asked, why we so long submitted:
Our reply is; 1t is difficult to break party shack
les. Our confidence in General Jackson had
been firmly seated; we talked with him fully: We
told him our trials; we complained Of his sus
picious. and zee had his promise that the in
trigues of our adversaries should rot prevail
Does one ask why we permitted Mr.. Van Blu
ren's par,isans to write for our editorial headi
The answer is. that We were told by Genera
Jackson himself, that one Of them was selected
for the office which he holds, because he would
be an able assistant, and that had We refused tC
insert their articles, such refusal would have
been cited as proaf of preference for MIR
Calhoun over General Jackson, aud urged a.
demonstrating the necessity Ut establishing ano
ther press, which we f"resaw would be the sig
nal for the dis oln'ion ct the parry, aud fraugh
with danger to the principles aud interests which