Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-08-10

Whereas. having experienced in our native
land the many evils of misgovernment. and bit.
terly felt its expressions, and having thus been
led to examine the sources from which these evils
flowed, we found them in the combination Of
those entrusted with public stations, to keep the
mower and emoluments of Office in their own
hands; employing for that purpose the patronage
and the money entrusted to them for the public
service, TO purchase adherents and to punish op.
ponents; using military displays to cajoe the
idle and thoughtless, and to intimidate the re-
ecting and the patriotic; and, at the same time,
neglecting the duties of their Offices, and dsre-
garding the public business and the public wei.
fare:-
And whereas this meeting, instructed by ex-
pereuce, have witnessed with regret and iDdig
nation the daring and repeated attempts OF the
present administration Of the General Govern
meut and its officers, by similar arts and combl-
nations. to pervert the institutions OF this happy
country, so as to control the free expression OF
opinion, and. under cuior of Republican forms.
by the seduction Of rewards given to political
friends. and the terror Of punishments inflicted
on political opponents; or, as a Member from
New York unblushing by avowed, on the Hoor OF
the Senate of the United States, by "distribut-
ing the spoils, ITO establish a system OF cor
where characterized despotism:-
And whereas, among the public evidences of
this corrupt system, and of the influence it has
already exerted among US, we would bring to re-
colIeo ton the letter of the relation and private
secretary of the President Of the United States,
addressed to a member of the Pennsylvania Ge-
neral Assembly, praying his influence to have
Andrew Jackson re.nominated, by the members
of the Pennsylvania Legislature. as candidate
for reelection as President of the United States;
which eectioneering letter was actually ranked
by Andrew Jackson himself:-we would also ad-
vert to the letter of the Fourth Auditor of the
Treasury, of the Esd April, 1882, believed to
be circular, announcing the plan Of the Execu-
tive, bv means of its power and patronage, to
organize the newspaper press so as to influence
6. all elections" "in every neighborhood in the
Upion":-we would also bring to recollection,
as being in the same spirit, and emanating from
the officers Of the same Treasury. the recent di-
rect and unprecedented interference Of the Gus
tom House Officers in Philadelphia, in calling
meeting to approve Of their patrons acts, and en-
deavor to secure his reelection. and their own
continuance IN office:-nor would we omit to no
tce the extraordinary and revolving means en-
ployed. by martial music. unanimously securing
our streets in carriages decorated by military ban.
and unthinking. aud to disgust. confound and
oyerawe the citizens who are capable OF appre'
ciatins the right "peaceably to sssemble":-
nor would we forget tine declaration lately put
forth by a sycophani. very near to the President,
whose Press is the especial object of Execu.
tive support, and the especial subject OF the
Fourth Auditors letter, before Northumberland
the President was - BORN TO COMMAND" de-
claration too closely resembling the absorption OF
Is Divine Right BY birth to Kings. aud of being
:. Henpen born' to Prime Ministers, which we
have often heard trumpetted forth BY the satel.
lites of power in our afflicted native Iand:-
And whereas, seeing these things, where we
had boped never to have seen them, and seeing
that those who are bought with price are, every
where, the prominent and noisy supporters OF the
administration, aided by some who are anxiously
expecting to receive their price, and that both are
ready to sacrifice the vital interests OF Pennsyl.
vania, and their own repeatedly declared and re-
corded convictions Of these interests, to promote
their Chieftain's views, and to attest their own
devoted allegiance. we cannot but perceive that
the contest i. now between the people on one side
and the a6sce holders on the other; and that the
dearest interests Of Pennsylvania, and the llDer'
ties and welfare of the United States, this happy
home of our choice. are deeply concerned IN the
issue. wherefore Tor tneSe anu hhahJ oliief iea I
sons
Resolved, that we have no confidence in the
present Administration of the General Govern
ment, and that we will embrace all proper occa-
s,ons to do Justice to principles. opinions and
feelings, by declaring that we cannot, consistent
ly, and that we will not vote for any one. as an
elector of President of the U. States, whom we
have cause to suspect Of a wish to promote the
election of Andrew Jackson as the next President
Of the U. States.
Resolved. that in the last paragraph but one
Of the late Veto Message Of the President, we
discern an intimatlon Vt design on the part OF
the Executive. to give all its aid to destroy the
system of protection to national industry, and to
annlhiIate the value of free white labor,-an in
timatloR the more censurable In the Chief Magls.
trate of free Republic, because OF the mystrri-
Gus and hypocriticaI ambiguity with which it is
sought to be expressed; so that while on the one
hand, it may convey to nullifers, and enemies
Of our own industry, in order to win their votes,
a sufficiently ineligible assurance that the Pre-.
sident, if reelected will cooperate with them in
all their schemes of destruction to American Ma.
nufactures and Internal mprovement-which