Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-06-18
ALEXANDRIA, Cd. Co.
MONDAY MORNING. JUNE 10. 1852.

Great dissatisfaction existed on Saturday, III
consequence of the militia companies coh'raf!
to usual custom, being compelled to Paraae Out
in the open fields north Of the town. lhe aay
was excessively warm, and, in addition to the
great trouble and inconvenience such parade
put laboring men to, the exposure to a broiiins
sun two or three hours in the hottest part OF the
day, and that too. when there was no necessity
for it, may be productive Of sickness. The mill
tia laws are burthensnmc enough already. with.
out any extra hartlships being attached to them.
Our friend Of the Georse.e%- iumbian Ga.
zette is informed that we recrse a., paper very
irreguarly, and scarcely ever. o! late, until day
or two after its publication.
A man named Henry Murray. seaman, fro"
New York, jumped from one OF the wharves OIL
Friday and was drowned
Mr. Fan B,ven--The Telegraph having ac-
commodated the Virginia Van Buren, Delegates
with materials for their address to tine people oil
that State in his favor, in the shape OF his votes
upon the TARIFF, now does the like kindness tor
the Western delegates by showing them that
Mr. Van Buren,, BY his votes, refused to lessen
the price OF the public lands or continue theap-
preparations for the Cumberland road. The Te-
iesraph is very obligins. Might not an extra
meeting OF the Convention be called to return
thanks?
Post Masters. In the State of Ohio there are
SEVENTEEN POsTMASrERs belonging to
the JACKSON Central and District Commit
tees. We adopt the comment of the Telesraph:
4" Tit was wrong in Postmasters to become active
political agents under the administration of Mr..
Adams, it is aUorSe Cor them to be so under that
of Andrew Jackson. Mr.. Adams made no ny.
pocriticai pretensions on this subject-he vlo!at-
ed no pledges"
Coz. Hamiton's Speech.-We have read the
speech delivered by Gov. Hamilton at the Multi
fication Festival at Hamburg His new military
title seems to have operated upon his pugnacious
propensities, and made him rather more bel!ige
rent than usual. The speech is an effort further
to exasperate aud inhame the minds OF the people
of South Carolina, and to effect an alliance, Of
fensve and defensive, between the two sovereign.
ties Of Carolina and Georgia. He is violent
against Mr.. McLean's prcjt for the adjustment
of the Tariff, and thinks it has not even Mr.. Clay's
uncompromising boldness" to recommend 1t.
He scouts at any thing short OF an abandonment
of the entire principle of protection and COM
plete relInquishmment of the system. The pa
nacea for our political maladies with the Cover
nor is NuLLItIcArIox: and with what earnest.
ness this is enforced NAV be gathered from the
fact that he remarks, As for my single self, gen.
- tlemen, would not give tobacco stopper;
+" mo, not one Of the entities or qualities OF mo
/" mas Aouinas--,o have it determined. whether
g this be sovereign or constitutional remedy.
1T is sufficient for my purpose, if it be re-
"medy."
The speech contains some very curious 'rheto-
rical fourishes. We are not at all disposed to
"nlay the critic" and therefore shall not ana
lyze the correctness of the following:
We are richer, ten thousand times, than the
tabled fleece Of antiquity that spread their bios.
SONS and their fruit to an unclouded sun, and
burst, in the full hurricane of nature, from soil
blessed with more than Egyptian fertility, titled
by an ilustrious people, who, in spite Of the cal
culations Of fanatic philanthrophy, employ
cheap, aud what, under other circumstances,
would be, profitable labor.
There must be an error in the copy ne have,
or this "passeth cur understanding" Then
we have this
Despotism, thanks be to God, is a poor caleu-
lator. 1t seldom knows when to resist with sue
cess, or yield with dignity. 1t goes on. in the
career of sullen obstinacy, or stupid infatuaton.
until public opinion outraveIs the concessions ii
is at last grudingly and reluctantly prepared to
make, as immeasureably, as the sun seemingly
passes the poor feetng shadows on the face Of the
earth, which vainIy seem to mark and dot the
majesty of his durnal journey.
There are, however, many eloquent passages
Il f.