Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-08-11

certain portion OF tne press Vi tiiS c"uh"J "
defend the prerogatives" Of the President,
are remarkable, coming as they DO from source
50 peculiarly REruBLrcAN, and, in many in-
s,nces, so purely DEMocRArIcAL! 1t Is SAID
that the President must defend and preserve ms
rybt,. ard authorities and privileges, against the
eoeroachments Of Congress-. All this puts US
very much in mind of the opinions OF the satei-
G,es If lanes l., as well as that monarchhimseif
II, i, well known that the Parlianents In bis resn
we're very refractory. and were apt to run coun-
Ter to the royal will. 1t is recorded OF James,
that on one occasion, becoming incensed al their
conduct, he reminded them "that he was an OLD
and experienced king, who needed none OF 'he'r
lessons; their privileges were derived from MS
grace: and that he thought himself very free and
abS 10 punish any mans msdemeanors IN Far
Iamsnt as well during their sitting as after;
which he meant not thenceiorth to spare upon any
,,casion of any mans insolent behaviour. NE
boveyer. assured them that they had nothing
10 dread if thew took care not to trench upon the
,rerooat,ye of the crown, which," added he,
would ENFORCE Us, W auy Jeot N'"S' -"
them of their privileges that would pare his pre-
rpyatiye and the flowers Ut his CROWN" Now'
il thi, has not parallel in certain editorial pro-
CARNATIONS through the Globe and other kindred
papers, we know not where parallel can be
found. 1t is the fashion to denounce Con-
yres. for not voting and acting with the Presi-
dent, and the punishments we have all seen: so
that what James only threatened has actually III
our day, come to pass.
Our recollection of English history can furnish
Us with many opposite quotations relative to the
political condition Of our country. Had weihe
room and time, We might make aainstructiVe
chapter Of references, which ought to be studied
aud "inwardly digested."
The Exeter News Letter says: p" No man in
England is attacked by the Cholera, Who pays
promptly his subscription for hIs newspapers 1t
attacks deiiRgueais aud borrowers without excep'
tion.w As the Cholera is now in this country,
would not an immediate attention to the above
be commendable. We would be happy to save
the lives of many-receipts III payment for SUD
ScripfiOns given at the shortest notice
CThe above was handed to US BY friend who
thought it too good to be lost. We are sorry to
think that, under such circumstances, we are
afraid the Cholera here will take wide sweep.
If this doesn't brighten the borrowers, we give
them up as incorrisible,
A. the late commencement of the University
Of Pennsylvania, the honorary degree Of Doctor
of Laws was conferred upon Samuel l.. South
ard, ESQ. Attorney General of New Jersey.
We arc informed. says the New York Ameri-
can, that MIR. l.. Sales, merchant. of that city,
mas made donation Of 5000 dollars for the bene-
hi Of the Poor.
L, s. Schooner Erpsriment.-Much CONVEX
s,ou has been elected relative to the US, Schr.
Experiment, which recently left Washington for
New York, and destined, we hear, ultimately,
for the Mediterranean. We have been request
ed to copy the following articles-the hrs' from
the New York American, the second from the
Washington TeIesraph-to direct public atten-
ton to the matter:
From the Ne,c Fork american.
The United States Navy Commissioners have
at the Washington Navy Yard built a schooner
caled the EXPERIMENT. of boards halt an inch
thick. several thicknessss crossing each other at
yarioa, angles, without tmbers oI knees. Iron
lOd nails. with copper nail every two feet, were
used in her construction.
This vessel OF war Is armed and equipped for
service; has made one trip tn BA.dm"re. ia Nor
folk, Va, aud Oack again TO Washington. when
her masts were shortened and stepped anew,
some knees put IN to stifftn her. aud she Is now
at Norfolk on her second trip. am an earhGsi-
astc admirer of the proves Of our naval officers,
ont would not leopard the life OF an individual
= that corps unnecessarily.
say to YOU also that the same experiment was
tired on Lake Champlain, and proved failure;
TROY, on the Hudson river, and sunk three
capitals Of first cost, of the steamboat Star. To
ply to aud from that place and Albany, and fail
ed entirely.
might saw also to you that no less than eigh-
teen Lieutenants have been ordered to her. ali Of
ShOm have been excused serving from some
cause or other; and one am told refused to 20