Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-12-17
ALEXANDRIA, I'd. CO.
yoYD,Y MORNING. DEC. II. 1852.
ppEsIDsNr's PROCLAMATION,

,.,.lama,ion, we stated, that, although we re-
,ooodsd heartily to its patriotic sentiments, Its
.Ioouent appeals, and much Of its effective and
t,,.ble reasoning. there were, 10 doubt, some
,,sof !, to which exception would De taken.
~. ollnded, Of course, TO its ultra national doc.
10. IN which. indeed. the President goes
.,,,.uba, too far for US. The National Gazette
says:
This Proclamation, or solemn exposition OF
.a,,;,uilonal law aud official opinion, is to Us
80, unexpested. and almost marvellous IN a
- D.;r,;pal. pcryading, distinguishing lneament
,.usa,s and sanctions the maxims and inter-
,a,,,jous characteristic of the old school Of Fe-
S,1r.n: il clashes entirely with the pretensiOns
" GOO Veto Message, and initiates against the
Tim ,s1of the recent Annual Message to Con-
..,., and Of the Secretary OF the Treasury's
Dor, We are curious TO see how the philo.
hs,s ol the Virginia academy-the cOad tutors
'.h.,ples Of the Richmond Enquirer-will
'.,,,ch and digest all these strong tenets. such
" x"ulI have litly come from Alexander Hamil-
.on.
TBi, curiosity may now be gratifed. The
Richmond Enquirer, after praisins the general
,nor of The Proclamation. says:
There are some dociriaal penis, to which we
h;pk il our duty To state that we cannot sub
,.,i,e They are not essentially connected with
6s main object Of the Proclamation land We
rs,re, tn see them in this paper at all. They
ara embraced in the passage which extends from
M paragraph commencing with the words " THIS
,ib;. 10 ,ecede," Sc. to the paragraph ending
vrh "mu.t oppnse it all hazards" These doc
RINGS relate 10 the right of secession-and to
The character of he jeisIGi compact. We re-
r,n the ri.ht Of secession IN the same light as
liz J,Rtrsun does IN the memorable passage We
nave nuo,r, above; and we contend that we ought
! 70 separate from our companions only when the
ale alternatives left are dissolution of our Uhion
with them. or subDuSsion TO a government auth
1m Limitation Of porerS" And we also disa
,rqr Nth the Proclamation, as to the nature oi
lie Federal Compact.
The Richmond Wing says
We Yesterday expressed our admiration Of it
d, paper Of unusual e"quence. We also said
il advanced high toned Federal doctrines. We
might have added, the highest tonelFederal doc
uhes-fnr 10 this respect 1t Is certainly not sur
passed By the Massachusetts srsument for the
Alien and Seditnn laws, nor by Mr. Webster's
Speech on Foot, resolutions, nor by any other
sritten or oral eaanatiun from Federal authOri
". with which We are acquainted. Are we mis-
taken, AT least we can say, If we are mistaken,
;ha, We have not wiltuly misunderstood the Pre-
sident's meaning.
The Governor Of Virsina's Address to the f.e
glslA,ure (see another column) will have the ef.
isct Of inducing some action on the part Of that
hJy on the subject of Nullh, alinn. Would to
Heaven that he State Of Virginia roald save the
| Union.
United States Bank Stock THIS stock fell
Suddenly from Is to 100 previous TO the receipt
u the Presidents Message in New York, and
subsequently tell to l04. AT the panic had
subsidized, the price recovered little; when the
correspondence between the Secretary of the
Treasury and the President of the Bagk relative
to TIE three per cents. was published. the stock
rose TO 1881. After the Presidents Proclama-
non was received, stock went up to 10, at which
v was vrr' hrm, The history Of this stock rare
y tart',hes 80 great a rise aud fall in so short
rrli.d
Cnarl's Wells, Esq. has been re elected Nav
aFo B'sron Washington living. Esq i, now
N Washington.
lac following gentlemen are announced as
,a'l Ial"s tor the seat in Congress which has be-
CONE vacant BY the lamen,ed decease OF Mr..
'irlis'. ct Virginia, Viz: Joseph johnson,
"" L. Jackson. Isaac LETTER, homas l..
Il :, 0Ond' Moses w Chapine
lee b. Big Tweed, Capt. King. in in 25
v'N' PA''ase from Kingston. Jam for Halifax,
," pat toto Hampton Roads IN distress. with
I've "s' q all he ere,c, twelve DAYS since. lex
>'P' he captain and Cook b. fever.
'et Editor OF New York paper read the
'''lrnts PrOc lana,ion IN the Merchants Ex-
''Se' TO an immense multitude of citizens
'eadlng being finished, the appreciation of
~ people was expressed in loud applause. The
'nn was then put: Is this proclamation ap-
,eu' Toe building rang with thousand voices
'r Affirmative. The negative being also put,
w Oae 'nlce was raised against II.
We Ghd the following anecdote in the New
% 1narIerand Enquirer: sending cartridges
CHARLESTON NAV become prof ao,e shipments,
I''usd they do not :. go Off So soon as these
II good Ho,,I r. AZ