Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-21

-, right to complain: did he not support
Ne. j;hs last session of Congress, when, With
you .unoort. your measures would have fail.
%! "s; s,;d the President, believe ne voted
ed; friends on all important questions-the
SlIn ~ viii show. "Tell Mr.. Poindexter that
!'afuIb him for his support, and fof his generous
tldns IS" s. me On the Seminole War"
islc"s Outstanding these declarations, which
=. fnrced from him BY knowledge that the
". ..' we're undeniabe, he permits himself TO use
a:H ' W" indecorous and unbecomins any man
Isu "assnsct, his honor, whenever he speaks oil
VI" VIZ cannot drive me from my principles,
70. ,rsrs formed on great consideration and
80 ~. without reference to party or personal
'A'I E~sn,. and which shall endeavor, honest
'a ..d 6rmIy. to adhere to though life, whate-
a ~. the circumstances IN which L am
gnu. %I' ar The responsibility which may incur
p a''u' that Gen. Jackson is fast declining.
- ), hi. body and mind; and am persuaded
>" .t'. own fame, if not the good OF the country,
u.s., ,o admonish him TO retire at the end OF his
,,7.,at term of service. -,
-! rr;. curse am inclined to believe he would
-, limited. but for his known solicitude to IN
,-,,,re Martin Van Blren into the Presidential
~, a. his successor. To this end, all hrs ef-
,, ior some time past, have been directed, and
"' SIS his name to be placed before the
,..s,c,n People for reelection, under the
.';,f hat before the expiration oil another
GU ,As nubllc mind can be prepared to sanction
S," ', Of, Of this Ne,c Fork intriguer, to
=. f., office in the gift Of the people. Strong
'..,oDs will be made to place him on the
I'm t,rket as Vice President; calculating on
Is Eooxn popuarity Of Gen. Jackson to sustain
,r and in the event of his success, on his be-
MN, President, bv some casualty which may
...,,s = yacanty in that Office, aud devolve the
,,,., on The Vice President under the constitu'
.raal provisions on that subject. lh's Is the
IAN. and it remains to BE- seen whether the peo-
.Ie Of the South will fasten this curSe on them
,,,es, 10 crafty the whim OF man, whom they
ave heretofore delighted to honor. but whose
mind !, euleebled by aye and debility, and who
or5. himself 10 combination of the most cor
,rnt and upprincipled meh, who have ever as
rirrd TO control the destnies OF the nation. -
these are nv candid opinions of the present
,,,s of things, aud offer them to the serious
consideration Of INV fellow-citizens. Will they
,gpport a man who fixed on them the tariff OF
1928, and who is prepared To sacrifice all the
rrat interests Of the country. at the shrine OF
! ii, personal ambition? feel confident that they
will not. close this communication with an
assurance, that although my past services to Cen
Jackson. and my sincere desme to support him,
in all things not forbidden by duty, have Ueen
forgotten and overlooked by him, when clothed
with the power which contributed to give him,
shall steadily pursue that line OF conduct,
which looks directly To the welfare of my consti'
ueuts, and the glory and prosperity OF this great
republic. am, sir, with great respect, your
| friend and fellow citizen,
GEORGE POINDEXTER.