Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-29
ALEXANDRIA, I'd. CO.
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT 80. 1882.

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constituents in Georgia, sufficient to show his
sentiments. But that extract will not give the
reader an idea of the fire OF patriotism when
gIows throughout 1.-THE unexceptionaoie tone
aud spirit with which it is written and conceived
and its merits as literary composition. It's
dated in Albeluarle- County (Va.) In one place
he savs:-
Writing within view Of MoNrIoELLo. once
the home and now the grave OF JEFFERSON l
may mt profane the air breathe win the IAN
euape of Submission Neither must bear false
witness against NV neighoor, for HIS name re-
minds inc, that some FIVE and twenty years ago,
the Patriarch of American Freedom. assisted bv
Southern politicians, laid in the exclusion OF all
commerce with foreign nations the foundation Of
protection to domestic manufactures. - We
must bring our work shops from Europe!' "We
must not consume the productions OF those VINO
iniure and insult US" "Perish Commerce! let
our constitution live!" Such was the language
which for years found an echo in every Southern
bosom, from the Potomac to the Mississippi -
Such was the feeling that bore Us through En-
baryo---Non Intero ourse--Non lmportaton--
War. Need tell you. gentlemen. thai 1t was
Southern votes which, IN eighteen hundred and
sixteen, carried tariff partly for revenue. part.
~ protective, against the strenuous opposition of
the navigating interest! And must protest,
even to YOU. that this recapltuatlon. is not made
to defend or accuse. the past or the preseEf--to
inculpate or exculpate, anv man, or party or
peOpe-but simply because 1T is THE TRUTH
{" The thOrns we reap. are ct the tree we plant
eds" they may not wound us the less; bnt surely
we have no right to impute all the injury TO 9th
ers.
In another place he calmly appeals to the rea-
Is ,h c.,,h,r, ,.o,,o ,,o, rho rronrie,y
,,, true,
OF quietly awa'uhS me issue "' e'e"'S' anu "''''
ing to the business OF their cause
but before anu above all, we are ,iSn',
a. VIC III t's al ;,.,;ro connuer into.
r,st and nrdiudice? p,int to all the triumphs
If Tn TIL and TINE To reform IN the English
reformation. restoring civil privileges to perse
cuted ,ect-,o such an extension of the elective
franchise. ss Cu,ru,,, dared not mediate, ana
Fox could not accomplish. To reyoiu'nn les
bloody. and codes less barbarnus--tO the liberty
of the presto our own institutions, the hope
and adm ,ratIon of all that is liberal IN Chrl,t-n.
dom-,n word, to the extended aud extending
.,,,;,. of ,n;nion -
Speaking OF the Steps lha' 'tau " huhh."li'"
and the consequences, he thus remarks
g. Long before the complicated post nuIlifying
nrore,s OF revision corst pass ihruug its adv
r;u,h of tr,Dur,is-;is maze of fnrns-before
three aud twenty legislatures could assemble,
da,t.ra,o. acd decide. the SWORD. that keen
,od clear io,croreter of RIGHT and JUST. would
h,y. sc,yeA the constitutional Difficulty, and
whom fine snai.paced rescrirr came. it wcuId
co,,n tomsn. cla, in aoory steel. to be burned
IN ,,er;.,or. nv the torch Of civil war
NnIl,f;ra,;ou. however qualified, disguised, or
sxn,s,nsd IA. ,nen tb,s attribute of an evil .p.
-, II #, of fo,t on,v nm bad erraods. 1t
a.: ., J;..o,J. . Inns n h,;ny neace."
''es ~ 'S'''''
we nave o"'y room ''' o"e "'''' eA''''
that is his defence OF the tone OF his letter. "heh
might seem 100 mild for South ern spirits.
.A,rer will not bear that his antac onist
sho,ld he o,,v oeo,iv ceusured. and exhortatlons
:" moderate coonse,s crate harshIs ON the ears
IS ,ho ;r;nrsd w, after all. when d.lusions, not
HaaI s n,us, hs hroten. III. best words for SER
.';o, s,,oJ tho Is..t Iiks hlows, I admit, it Is
,a, .n.,rh ,h., hs whom you nonor with your
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