Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-10

dress was adopted, . sentence from which we
quote" A county which gave Washington, Ma
olson. and Monroe, to the U. States for their Chei
MAGISTRATES. and haIlows the recollection OF their
virtues and their talents, cannot consent to see
.sndrec Jackson, so complete an anithe''s, In
every quality of neral and political greatness,
an occunant of the same houored and exalted sta
finn. The contrast is too violent-the associa-
ton too inconsruous to be reconciled to our sense
Of decency and ProPriety."
We have no means Of judging how many dele
gates will attend the Convention, but ii time IS
given, the attendance will be full.
A day of humiliation, fasting and prayer IS
about to be recommended to the observance OF
the citizens of Phiadel phia-a meeting for that
purpose having been called by the Right Rev.
Bishop White and other clergymen.
Look ou!-The. following is from the Ken
lucky Reporter Of June so:
The .4ugust Election:-We say to our friends
IN few words, that it is time for every one to be
Oh the alert.
awe have it from good authority, that a
messenger of the Jackson Party at Washington
CITY arrived at Louisville last week, bringing
funds with him to be employed in the August
Election
II is announced that the Earl OF Belmore, the
late Governor General of Jamaica, with Lady
Belmore and suite, propose visiting Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other parts
Of the United States. 1t may be remembered
that his Lordsbip, accompanied by Lady Bel
more, made tour through Greece, visited Con-
s,antinope and the Pyramids of Egypt, and al
forwards passed into Syria to Jerusalem. He
took with him the celebrated Naturalist, DR.. Ri
chardson, whose observations stand high for the
correct information they convey.
A sharp debate took place in the Senate on
Wednesday last, whilst the Tariff bill was un-
der discussion k
Mr.. H.YNE said, it was question with him
whether their legislation was not influenced by
Certain lobby members. When any proposed re-
ready to cry ont sit will be the ruin Of the coun-
wv I'VE will be ruined"' The agricultunsts
were not thus represented BY agents-they re-
framed from thus influencing Ouf legislation. -
In the progress Of this measure, il could be shown
that many items had been introduced that, other
wise, would have found no place in the bill, by
the special influence of the manufacturers, and
those who acted as their agents within those
walls.
Mr.. WEBSTER said, there was a time when
their felow-citizens could not come within the
walls Of Congress without having reflections
made OH their characters. Happily, those days
had gone by. He had thought that the Senator
from South Carolina would have been the las, to
renew the system. 1t was averred BY him, that
many enactlnents in the bill would not have been
passed had it not been for the influence Of lobby
members. lie (Mr. W, would understand the
allusion. for it was made to be understood. 1t
was true, he must have been seen speaking to a
gentleman at his back without the bar; out than
that gentleman, no one bore higher or more no.
norable characteristic reputation was high and
unsullied; he had come here at his fMr. W's)
request. to give him information on some sub
iects with which he was more familiar.
And yet for this, reflection had been thrown
out that would strike many as uncaIled for, and
DlSnl De uesiShdtcu Ny language WHICH NC Wouiu
refrain from using. But were not the citizens
Of this country to pay attention to their interests.
whenever measures were about to be legislated on
Of vital Importance to their several interestss 1t
was miracle that more Of them were not to be
seen in attendance; aud sure he was. that if they
had feared that some Of the propositions recon-
mended by the gentleman from S. C.. had been
likely to be adopted, not individuals, but crowds
from the north, would have come here in process
sion, 10 protest against the destruction Of their
rights-not TO intimdate, but to look after their
general interests. He would ask if Phlladel-
phia blacksmith, or the manufacturers of iron,
whether of old scraps new. when in attendance
here, were to be denounced as 'lobby members"
Bet even the gentleman who had drawn up the
blacksmiths' memorial SO often REQUIRED to, had
given his opinion in similar case. Lobby
members, said he: let me see the manwho will tell
the citizens Of the United States, when they pro-
coed to look after the vital and important public
interests Of the country, that they lobby mem
bers. And this person was Mr.. Gallatin. He
would tell the honorable gentleman that when his
tMr. .'s) friends came here, they were not to
be sneered at and denounced as using an impro-