Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-13
ALEXANDRIA, ID. CO.
FRJDsY MORNING. JULY IS. 1852.

ton, by the two parues, Win great sP"i'' w,
with opposite feelings. The Union Party, for
example, at the singing Of the concluding chorus
of an ode written for the occasion, rose slmulta-
neously, and pledged themselves, as they did on
the last similar OCCASION while bowling before the
throne Of their God,
"Eyer to maintain. now,
Union-Lberty!"
Al the close Of their Grafton, too, the Orator
announced the gratifying intelligence, just re-
ceived. that Mr.. Adams Bill, relieving the coun-
try from heavy burtheu Of taxation, had passed
the House Of Representatives, and had received
the sanction of their honored Representative,
WIN. Drayton, and his compatriots James Blair
and Thos. r. Mitchell. This annunciation was
received with degree of enthusiasm, that evinc-
ed the deep anxiety Of the assembly for the pre-
servatiou of our glorious Union, and their over
flowing thankfulness for the probable removal Of
ITS most imminent peril.
On the other hand, the Orator Of the Free
Trade and State Rights Party-aiias Nulllfica-
,iun Party-is said to have delivered san arsu.
mentative rather than a fancifui oraton," in
which, "enfOrcing the duty Of resistance, he was
enthusiastically responded to BY his auditors''
Speaking of the news received in the morning,
of the passage of the Tariff bill, at the conclu-
sion Of his appeal-'' He said that when this was
offered to US as a concession, our answer was
that of the American Congress, when Great Bril-
tain offered conciliation-Ws have count ed the
Al, with all 10
hazards is better than voluntary slavery"
The Richmond Enquirer has "fallen into
predicament." with regard to the Internal In
proyement Bill which the President has recently
signed. While the Bill was pending. the En-
quirer sought eagerly l." to screw the courage" Of
the President up to the rejoicing point. On one
occasion it was said
y. 1.-The bill especially making appropriations to
various schemes of Internal tmprovement-har-
bprs, rivers, roads, &c, inyOkes once more the
genius OF the Constitution-and the energies OF
the man who signed the veto to the Maysvi!le
Road. Let Us not strain at gnat, and swallow
a camel"
Ga another occasion it vas said
"UM The Presiahi sanction IL? We hope
and believe il will not become law. We trust,
that the President wiU dare TO return Il TO the
Unconstitutional it might leopard his election"
At another time
ave have great confidence in the moral cou
rage Of Gen. Jacksen-and we do not hesitate to
believe that he will negative the bill unless all its
obnoxious features are stricken out, IT 1t ever
reaches him. And &c he does so-and we have
no hesitation in believing him prepared tor it
ohat credit will he not deserve for ais distinguish
cd energy add his public spiri,:'
But alasI alack! the :.moral courage" of the
forgetting the Maysyilie veto. and all that the
Enquirer said, the Bill was signed ard APPROVED.
The Enquirer in this situation, although re-
ceivins the news with surprise, is far from disco
yering any very great INDIGNATION. The viai'
of its wrath are poured out upon MIR. Clay when
ever he advocates Internal Improvements, out
they are sealed up when Gen. Jackson, disre-
sardlng a solemn official document, to which bis
signature was appended, now signs bill appro-
priatiug immense sums Of money for those very
purposes. But let us hear the Enquirer in the
STRAIT to which is nov reduced
We understand that the President Is not OF
opinion, that this bill comes within the principles
q. the Maysville Veto. We have no hesitation
in SAVING, that we essentially differ with him, and
that We cannot reconcile some Of its provisions
with that celebrated Document. Why did the
President disclaim such work as the Maysvile
Road? Because it was Of local, not general.
OF state. not national character. But can such
works as those for the Improvement OF the Cum
beriand, and Genesee, aud Savannah rivers, sc.
be considered a. OF national characters Ii those
are indeed to be considered as samples of a ma
,icnai character, then is the principle Of the
Mavsville Veto so tritered away as to be compa-
satively Of little account"
And tins is the extreme limit of the Enquirer's
thoughts upon this palpabe violation of pledges
i aud principles! Why does it not come forth
openly. manfully and fearlesslys Why not dis.
play little MORAL COURAGE.
Me- John Quincy Adams has published in the
National lntelIigencer long letter. addressed to
Mr.. Andrew Stevenson, explanatory of his views