Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-03-31
POLITICAL MEMS.

1t has become entirely the fashion Of the day,
to claim for The states, as state right, any thing
which they may have disposition to 40. This
is the evil foreseen By the trainers OF the COnsti.
tuition So tar from any danger Ut consolidation
the opposite is The natural. and we fear will be
the irresistible tendency Of our system. Expe.
rience has proved, anu Is proving il every day.
General Jckson. SAYS Duff Green, never
was the pure. disLteres,ed, independent, and
enlightened patriot whom pe believed him to be,
or else he is so much under the influence of bad
men, that he IS incapable of main tanning his own
character No one among his most ardent ad.
mirers now, holds him in higher estimation than
once did. chung on to my attachment to him
as long as could do so, without sacrifice of
nv own good opinion am now denounced for
deserving him. When look back, am amazed
that did not leave him sooner. For this
have no other apology than the reluctance with
which ardent and honest minds reIinquish
long cherished hope.
Mr.. FORSYTH, in the Senate, recently remark
ed:-ln declaring, at The commencement Of the
discussion. that he would die in the last ditch"
he did not mean to make declaration of war
against the government. He would. indeed, op.
pose the protective 8, stem. by all fair, legal, and
constitutional means. He would 60 that far,
but not one step further. Should the majority
override us-shou'd the system be continued
he would not. on that account, sanction any
course of opposition that would endanger the
Union, or be contrary to the spirit Of the Con-
stitution. God forbid, that on the account Of
any erroneous legislation. he should be betrayed
into measures that would tend to the destrut.
ton of the Constitution.
We are BY no means, says the New York Cou-
rier and Enquirer, in favor of abandoning the ia
riif entirely-we desire to see moderate, uni
form, and, it possible, unanimous protection az
forded to our manufactures-we wish the con.
sent of all parties, but il that is not possible, let
US unite upon medium course. which may So.
tisfy the South, although it may not prove en-
tirely agreeable to the East This can be done
by the members of Congress from Pennsylvania,
New York, and Ohio, coming to some under
standing. and adopting modification of the ia.
riff that shall he accepted to the South, and ter
inmate the dissentions and heart burnings which
exist.
The public avowal Of Mr. Adams's purity and
patriotism aequts him, even in the plans OF his
accusers. of having CO.. rup'iy. or any how "dar-
gained' with Mr.. Clay. The acquittal Of the
principal. acquits also the accessory. They
both now stand out in their admitted purity
admitted to be pure by the uery men who de.
nounced them for their gaih and cOrruption!!!
The power of appointment and removal was
regarded by our fathers as power. OF which The
rant to some branch Of the Government was
necessary; and they selected the President to
be its dc posiary, because it could be more con.
vcniently exercised by him than by any other
branch, and because his responsibility was more
simple and direct Mr.. Madison, in his re.
marks on the removing power. uttered these me-
morablr words: -" contend that the wanton re-
movaI Of merltorious officers would subject him
ri. G. the President to impeachment and remov'
al from his own high trust" The father OF the
Constitution also said, that. even if such conduct
did not produce an impeachment before the Sc
nate, lit would amount to an impeachment be-
fore the Community"