Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-30


ns norton of the country, is felt to be at the ex-
w. Of another-that collision and that excite
pent will come, and unhappiIy have come, to .
'lsgree which threatens alarmingly to disturb our
80 and harmony Need l offer you, gentle
S,sn any further comment upon this fruitful theme
,b,n merely TO refer you to those great battle
,,roupds of controversy, Internal Improvements
md the Tariff? But for questions such as
these, should we not now enjoy profound poll.
real calm? Am not then justified in saying
LAT our creed leads to peace and concord, whilst
,bs contrary one is calculated to keep Us forever
N troubled waterss This question shall be an
,vered. not BY me, but by one whose esponse
will have much more weight than any which
can saw. The Chief Executive Magistrate Of the
Unjon, as you will have learnt from the public
oriots, has Just rejected the bill renewing the
charters of the Bank Of the United States. lie
has had the frnness in the face OF menace and
intimidation, to do his duty, and to prove that ne
valued his country more than himsef-ior his adj
yersaries had solemnly and exultinsly forewarn-
ed him, that such step would cost HIM his cleo
non. And shall this iI-omened prophecy be ful-
6,leds Have we come to this. in little more
,han half century from our political birth, that
Ay.rice, and the avarice of fe,c too, has become
90 strong, that the energies Of whole people can
no, qrappIe with iti had read, that it was in
s,t;s,e-that il was flame which burns unceas.
molly: and that. whether it was fed by plenty or
starved by want, il was alike unquenchable. But
had not read nor heard, and trust shall ne
yer learn the fatal truth, that it is more potent
than the constitution Of my country; and that he
,yho has been placed, rs a sworn sentinel upon
,he watchtuwer, to guard that constitution, Is to
be hurled from his post for disobedience 10 the
hish behests of this monster. No, gentlemen,
Il cannot be, we must be reserved Tor other anu
higher destnies than these.
The Message sent to the Senate on this occa-
sion, at once shows the danger OF Federal en-
croachment and gives US reason TO hope that It
nav be arrested in its march. We are justly
told, in that valuable paper that most OF the dan
GERS which Impend over our own Union, have
sprung from an abandonment of the Legitimate
objects Of government By our national legislation.
We are told, too, aud rejoice to hear it, from
that high source, that experience should teach Us
wsdOm--that it is time to pause in our career,
aud review our principles. Gentlemen, our 60
vernment, so fruitful IN useful lessons OF nstruc
ton to mankind in this paper exhibits trait OF
character, as valuable, as It IL elsewhere un
known. 1t is this-in every other country on
earth, the Executive is the department from
which danger of usurpaion is pprehended-and
the Legislature is relied upon, as the barrier
against It. Here,'on the conrary.it Is the Legis-
ature Of whom the people complain, aud the
Executive is seen Offering Itself as bulwark
against the tide Of Legislative eucroachment.
Gentlemen, | congratulate you upon this inter-
esing event. congratulate you upon the late
yeo L. has been beautifully said, that there is
. pint Of depression, as we'll as Of elevation, be-
youd which human affairs seldom pass, and !rom
,SLi,h thau naturaiiv ratnrp in rnntrary
gres,. Nv own experience confirms the truth
Il tbs aphorism. For, in all the conditions IN
Gtich we have been placed, at every stage OF our
progress. no matter how the political horizon may
have seemed for the moment to have been over
cast, stmething has occurred, which, like the Sun
emerging from behind the passing cloud which
obscurel il. has cast cheering ray OF light over
the gloon, aud Frightened the prospect before u.s.
Such, in my estimation, is the late veto. At
ter that, We may indulge the hope, that the doc
trines which you and profess have reached their
lowest point Of depression-that in the natural
order Of bings, the time is about to come again,
when they shall rise to their true level, and
become thestandard of the true faith-when by
political sJcle, the legislature shall be brought
back to the roiut. from which its declination cont
menced. and, taking its position IN the POLITICAL
armament, by the side OF the Federal Executive,
shs,i, with that body constitute a consteiauon'
to which, as to the cynosure, we shall look, to
guide our course: when each and every depart
ment, in our complex Constitutional System,
shall move in, ts respective orbit, and thus each
perform its allotted part, towards the fuhlment
Of the great psrpose Of the creation OF ALBA
iianal strensth temented By natlona! harmony.
When, Gentleman, that time shall have come,
then, indeed, will the golden age of this Repub-
lie have returned amongst us-and so long as 1t
shall continue, we shall enjoy all that happiness
"a fact which our ancestors anticipated IN spscat-
iation. when they formed the constitution, under
which we i've
Judge Barbour sat down amidst enthusiastic
bursts of applause, and concluded by giving the
following toast:
TIE people of .4nherst.-I thank them for
their hospitaIity-l admire them for their sound
{olltical principles.
We read Ju dge Barbour's speech, at the Am
h rst dinner, with some curiosity, to ascertain
nhethesne intended to permit his name to be held
rpas candidate for the Vice Presidency. Ii
will be perceived however, that on that subject,