Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-11-07

wish 10 see distress pervade the land, and their
happy and peaceful fresides to become the abodes
OF want and privation?-let them not hearken TO
me!-for, in their quiet slumbers, these things
will surely happen. But If the will OF the ma.
iority Is to triumph-if our land is yet to CONT
nue. the home OF freedom, and our people anu
our cities to 1ourish--if these are objects wor.
thy Of strife and contest, then let them awake
and be visilant; for now, il ever, wide and
sweepine peril menaces their dearest institutions.
II has now, houeuer. become matter Of dol
lars and cents no longer | verify believe that
the combat which must now take place will be
between Freedom and her sons on the one hand,
and Despotsm and its slaves on the other. We
are not to combat merely for this Banking lnstl-
tuition, or'that Banking institution.--We are to
fight for that which IS dearer than any moneyed
institution on the globe. We are to fight for
principle The power. OF. the Executive is max
ing rapid aud fearful strides towards an uncon.
trolied and unchecked dominion: the will OF the
people, as expressed by large majority Of their
representatives, is utterly dsresarded and de-
spised: the crushing power OF the veto beats
down all opposition. No matter what may have
been the barrier interposed BY law, the roagh
arm of the Executive prostrates and overcomes
it; and the whole power Of government, with all
been welded to aid and abet the cause Of party.
The Roman prescription has been re enacted.
| Old and tried officers have been cast loose upon
the world, 10 recompense with the "spoils OF
victory" the fawning sycophant and obedent
slave. Every within of the. Chief Magistrate has
| been gratified, no matter what NAV have been
| the cost, or what the haZard.-and to satisfy
them, the very operations OF government have
been checked. The will Of the people has not
been weighed as dust in the balance against his
highest wish. And these have been the results:
THE most popular institutions have been de-.
molished: the hands Of Congress have been tied;
the laws have been administered or not at the
dictation of Executive will ;-aud, mime, there
may be now said to be but one governing power
in this government Of checks, and that is, the
will Of Andrew Jackson.
| But l find have diverged from the main Oh.
Iject which had in view. 1t was to notice the
calamties which have already resulted from the
course Of the Executive. IN relation to the U. 5.
Bank. Great and overwhelming has been the
distress caused BY that Inflated act. The coun-
try. far and wide, has already began TO sound its
complaints of the evil policy which dictated that
measure: for instance, the people OF this CITY
are indebted in an enormous sum to the SAID
Bank. The Bank, in winding up It's affairs and
|
shortly demand the payment thereof. II time
could be given, all, perhaps, could be saved; but
the IS. fiat" Of the "poitical Jehovah" has gone
forth. and time cannot be given. Ruin for many
is the consequence this is not to be the on
~ theatre Of distress: from the fartherest South
Ito the extreme North of this Union, each and
everv spot will be more less subject to its vi.
station; and many is the smiling and happy flee
side now, which ere long will be wet with the
scadins tear of the bankrupt and the ruined.
| In the strength and in the unity of the Anne.
rican people resides the only remedy for these
manifold and impending evils. They are en-
phatcally the arbters of their own fate. and the
issue which from this time forward is to be tried
may well make them trembie to think OF the aw-
full responsibility which rests solely upon them.
That that decision may be such as 10 avert curses
and procure blessings for our country, cannot
but be the prayer and anxious wish of every one
calling himself AN AMERICAN. .
Washington City, d. C.. Nou. S. 1888.
Editorial Conuention The idea. stated a
year or two ago. of Convention Of Editors. to