Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-10-08
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From the Philadelphia Gazette. (lately Jackson.)
We doubt not that there many oil the
friends of General Jackson who look upon his re-
cent acts with sorrow aad disapprobation. They
vet hesitate on the question Of abandoning hun,
although his defeat In the Presidential contest
would afford them but little regret. 1t would be
difficult for them to shut their eyes to the TACT
thar they are equally interested with the great
body of their fellow citizens In maintaining the
National Judiciary, in preserving SOUND curren-
CIV, and in curbing the executive power when u
inclines towards an arbitrary sway And feel
imp thus, there must be a very strong inclination
to renounce their adherence to man whose acts
are IN diametrical opposition to their wishes ia all
these respects. 80,
Ii is difficult, however, to relinquish the pride
of opinion. and unpleasant 10 encounter the O6lo-
guy which sometimes attends upon such changes.
But these objections not alter all, entitled to
much weight. Let any one look at the present
political parties If our country, and reflect up
on the hundred mutations which they have I'M
dergone within the last few years;-let him OBJ
serve how the two great parties which formerly
divided the country have been ,nextricably mixed
upon the various questions which have suppressed
ed the original causes Of dispute; -and he Will
learn 10 look upon such changes as the unavod-
able oncomitants ut the cver-changetul politics
Of the country. In the present instance. also, 1t
should be remembered that the chief magistrate
Of the Union. has violated many pledges gwen
TO his friends aud manifested the strongest hos
t,lity to measures which they approve with ar
deacy, and which they regard with veneratiou.
As to the blame with which they may be greet
ed by former political associates, 1t must be re-
collected that this Is bestowed uemen who are
generally interested IN the preservation of thor
ofhces,& therefore ready 10 suathenauZe 'he more
disinserested individuals whose unfettered condi-
ton have led to entranehisemeut from political
bondage. The motives of such individuals are
understood by the community. and the knowledge
is an antl,ote to their SANDERS.
There should therefore be little scrupe among
homes, men about renouncing Jdcksonism, when
thev see that It il attended with peril to the
mon interests. aud Is itself distinguished by ex-
trsordinary inconsistency. Thousands have al
ready abandoned the party, and the current is
setting irresistiby against 1t.
The whole weight of the Government, for
some weeks past, seems to have been devoIved
on the shoulders Of the Secretary Of the Navy.
With the exception of Mr.. Woodbury., there is
scarcely SINGLE officer at his post, nor has there
ben for several weeks; all have fed, and with
them many Of their subordinates. The Presi-
dent, the Secretaries Of State, War, Treasury,
the Attorney General, Postmaster General, one
Of his Deputies, the ether has but recently re
turned,) Comptroller Thornton, Fourth Auditor
Kendall, Second Auditor Lewis, Commissioner
of the Land Office, and host Of inferior off
GERS. who have fled from their stations under the
plea of bal health, which was ALWAYS good till
they got into office. This is the beautiful illus
tration of THE R-FoRM winch was promised BY
the friends Of this Administration. When the
late President had occasion to visit his yenera.
bic parent, one of the partisans Of A. Jackson,
now enj wing rich reward, al the expense OF
the people, for his effrontery, had the indelicacy
TO advertise him as runaway; and when any oil
the members of the Cabinet were compelled,
from III health. to take little excursion into the
country, or to visit Their relations, they were
called the Fiving Cabinet, and abused from one
end Of the nation to the other. Now the very
men who joined In the outcry are seen travelling
over the country. on the eve Of an election, and
the minions Of power are as mute as death.
Nat. h,tsL
The Pocer of the Federal Patronage We
Law before our readers to-da, two interesting do
cuments. which, as connected with the topics now
agitated bv the Van Buren, presses, deserve their
serious attention.
By looking over these documents, il will be
seen that there are IN the State Of New York,
one thousand tour hundred and nnetv one Post.
masters. whose annual receipts are SSla,O 9S,
and tina, in the city Of Ne" York alone there are
two hundred and forty live persons attached to
the custom house. whose salaries amount to the
annual sum of S269.l77 "a. II we multiply
the sum received by the Postmasters by four. it
will be found that the sum received by them du-
ring Gen. Ja,kson's FIRST term, will be SI,248.-
075 70. II to this we add his second and Mr.
Van Buren's two terms, we have the enormous
SUN Of S4.992, 500 SO; which the Post Office
Department alone throws into Mr.. Van Buren's
scale. For, although the Postmasters receive
but commission, the whole is disbursed by the
Department, and the disbursement soes to
sweif the number Of partisans enlisted through
its agency.
If we apply the same rule to the custom house