Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-03-09
ALEXANDRIA,. DC.
FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 9, 1882.

The Correspondence. -" publish to-day the
correspondence between the political friends Of
Mr.. Van Buren, In the Legislature Of New York
and the President, to which we referred few
DAYS ago. wit, promise to spread it before our
readers. We subj ,in the spirited comments of
the Telegraph upon this correspondence, request.
ing that the text should not be read without the
annexation:
Never did we read document with 50 much
modification and alarm-never did one excite GO
many and such distressing feelings In our breasts.
1t is now no longer doubtful, what we have Iouc
fea,e ed, that the President, vested as he is with
the sacred trust Of executing its laws, and cloth.
ed with its high power and patronage, to give him
strength and dignity to perform his high maglstt.
rial duties, has descended from his high station
of Chief Magistrate Of this great Republic. into
the political arena, as the champion of tavorite
to raise him to the I'd office of the government
That this extraordinary correspondence and il,
publication at THIS time, was designed by the psr.
ties TO act upon the coming election of Vice Pre-.
sident, cannot and will not be denied. Its tone,
and the topics of which it touches, and the time
Of its appearance. leave no doubt upon this point
1t is well known that the election OF Vice Pre.i.
dent mainly depends upon the state Of Pennsyl.
vania. II is well known that a large majority Of
the people of that State are decidedly opposed to
the election of Mr.. Van Buren,. Its we'll known
that without her support he has not the sligbrps,
chance of being foisted into the Office Itiswel
known that the Convention Of the Republican
Party Of that State was held in Harrisburg on the
5th.instant, for the purpose Of making nomina.
ton of candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency. il is well known that without some
extraordinary and extraneous influence, Mr.van
Buren, had not the slightest chance to receive The
nominations; and finally, It Is we'll known that
General Jackson is supposed TO have an almost
unhounded influence in the State. AT this crit.
cal junctnre, when the fate of his favOrite was al
stake, the correspondence is published at the We.
~ point of time, to reach Harrisburg in order to
controI the choice Of the Convention, withou, at.
fording time for the minds Of its members to raj
ly, and the loud and deep tone Of indignation
which SO bold and audaciOus an interference IN
the part of tn President must excite with the
people 0f Pennsyl vania, who had already instruct
ed large maturity of the members OF the COn,eu.
ton to nominate a citizen OF that State. That
this daring and unconstitutional attempt on lhs
part of the President, has been preceded by eve.
~ art which ingenuity or corruption could sus
gest. in tampering with and acting on the hopes
and fears of the members of the Convention. can.
not be doubted; and il now remains to be seen,
whether this bold and corrupt attempt, in chsrae.
ter without a parallel in our government, has sue.
ceeded or nOt-whether the members ot the Con.
vention in fufiImeni of their instructions, Of the
known wishes of their constituents, have nomlnst.
ed any one of the candidates known to be the "a.
vorite of the State; or whether they have sue.
cumbed to this extraneOus, unconstitut iona, and
unheard Of interference of the Executive power
here.
If, to these reflections, we add the means
which have been resOrted to IN the correspond.
ence; the attack Of the Executive branch Of the
Government, vested by the Constitution wilbths
nominating and appointing power. on a co.ord
nate branch, vested with the power TO advise and
consecutive think the most Indifferent and mat
tentive cannot fail to be alarmed with the lndlra
tons of the times. That part Of the mem'n
Of the Legislature of the largest member OF the
Confederacy, and they, too, calling themselves
Republican, (they ought rather to be called slaves
Of despotc and corrupt political Organlzallonl
should act as agents in introducing the ChIs!
Magistrate OF the Union into this dissracelnl
scene; publicly exhibiting himself as the cham
pion Of favorite, and as the assailant Of cOor.
dinate branch of the government. acting on rs
constitutional sphere. adds the 3D.
ishing stroke to this humi liating aud alarming
spectacle .'
So much for the motives which actuated there
PLY. As to the style Of the Albany Address, We
find the following in the New York American;
at seems to me tina no man can have s'sl
the least attention to our political affairs ''as
the election Of General Jackson, without cels
disguised with the tawning and crng'ng suo'r
viency of his followers, and the fulsome nd',s.
which they have bestowed upon their idol ~
addresses which lie has received from bis parr
sans. instead of containing the lofty sen'ImTn,
of freemen and republicans, breathe the FI
and speak the language OF some feudal va. ASA.
dressing his lord, or some miserable suoJee!
despotc authority, in :" bondinan's phrase, ~
dressing his sovereign by the grace OF Goe' Nv
in none of them is this characteristic more so.
ingly displayed, than in the recent . k'a'
the Republican Members of the New YORK
sisature to the President" would mer'l!ggs
pose, that, instead of ''your Excellence ,
4 n ,,uhI; sb al with the substitution OF ~"