Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-07-29
ALEXANDRIA, Cd. c.
MONDAY MORNING. JULY %, 1858,

vice or national distinction should be elected to
the high offices Of our government" IS liable to
many exceptions, and should not be exclusively
acted upon in any republic. In fsctious ana
corrupt times, the best and greatest men Of
Ten 90 into retirement the post OF honor Is,
then, the private staiion;-thev leave those to
ride i'm the whirlwnd and direct the storm whose
capacities and dispositions fit them for scenes OF
contention and turmoil. We can readily ina.
zine the existence Of mind highly gifted, and
eaiaently qualified, from deep observation and
profound investigation, TO administer the affairs
Of this government, the possessor OF which may
never, either from choice or accidental circum'
stances, have filled "public office, either state
or federal.'
Here. the whole arcana Of state can readily be
e,plored BY those not welding power as well as
nv those who do. There are few or no state Sc
crets, and the whole plan and details OF the po-
Gtical machine which regulates this coniederacy
are unfolded with distinctness aud made intelli-
oihle tu the humblest citizen. Hence there Is
not the necessity here for that routine OF duty,
which prevails in mOnarchies, where men have
10 be schooled and taught the rodiments OF state
learning and graduated IN the intricacies OF d.
pomacy, by actually passing through all the
forms and personally experimenting many differ
ent departments
This is one Of the happy results OF our repub
can form Of government; nor do We see why IRE
should hesitate, when We see Cinclnnatus at the
plough, to call him from his humble labors to the
discharge Of higher ami more important duties.
We are glad To see, says the Philadelphia ia
Zette that strong efforts are making to purity the
press in America. This is what it needs The
spirit of party has too long been permitted to
overtop and smother tine cVurtesies OF life, and
10 travel out OF its path, into personality and in-
yeetiye. 1t is true, this course is never adopted,
save among those who guided by the impulses
of bad motives, whatever may be their station
Personality is the resort of low aud desplca-
bic soul; unjust differences, known to be such,
and drawn from distorted premises, proceed from
the same source. IL these could be passed over
IN silence by the party assallcd-it general
rule 10 this effect could be estabished-the odi-
um would return to plague the Inventor, aud eve
~ invidious attempt OH the part OF one lourna
,i TO pervert the language OF another, would Iaii
hurtless against the character Of its object Lee
/, be generally understood, that an article which
deserves no reply on account Of its scurrillty
cannot receive il, and the personalities OF the
press would soon be suspended. Even the
few ea,aiile Of the curps would find themselves
compelled into decencyand good manners.
The Pennsylvania supposes that Mr.. Amos
Kendall may be the Bank Agent appointed by
The Government to sound the State Banks % TO
their capacity to serve the Government, &c. &c.
Not unlikely.
Colonis ation.-The discussion which has late
~ been going on in Portand on this subject was
closed on Friday evening last. John Neal, Rev.
Dr. TYLER, Rev. Mr.. Beckwith, Gen. Fessenden,
and others, have taken part After the debate
was concluded, the Constitution for an Auxilia-
nv Colonization Society was adopted, and up.
wards of 200 names were Immediately collected
for membership, several Of them Tor lite mem
bers A committee was then appointed to no.
inmate officers, &c.
Shin Leiters-Sir thousand flee hundred and
thiriy,sir letters were received at the Post Office
in New York on Monday, the whole Of which
were either delivered or mailed Tor their place
Of destination before O'Clock in the afternoon.
The New York Mercantile Advertiser saws
"A letter from Liverpool, received by the
Nimrod, dated Saturday evening, June 9Th, says:
-" The sales of Cotton, to-day, are screen thou.
sand bales, principally to consumers, at extreme
rates. The markets. evidently going higher"
tits said that Mr.. Burgess Of Rhode Island. is
Is be vigorously opposed Tor Congress, by the
cunioined forces of Old Hickory and the Anti.
Masons. The coalition candidate IS not an
uounced We cannot suffer ourselves to believe
that Mr.. B. will be beaten.
The Fall River Monitor states that the Rev.
Mr.. Avery is among the missing. lie is not to
he seen in Bristol, aud no one knows where he
is. The popular excitement against this indivi-
al in New England has been continually spread.
ing and increasing in violence.
The Editor Of the New York Daily Advert
ser-Mr. Dwight-says that his History Of the
Hartford Conrent;on will probably be ready for
the press IN two or three weeks, and will be pub.
ilshed ip as short time thereafter as the nature
Of the case will admit He says that 1t will be
found very different from any sPecuia''ons winch
have been formed as to its probable character.
There has been a sharply contested election IN