Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-08-29
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PROPOSALS., by Thomas w. White, tor
publishing in the City of Richmond, new
tri.weekly Newspaper, TO be styled ldE
FRIEND OF THE UNION, and Aduoeaie o.
Stale Rights"
The Publisher. fattered by promises Ut encou.
ragement from various quarters, will issue ms pa
per as soon az the requisite number oil suoscr'o.
ers is obtained. There being already political
papers published in this city, besides Datty
Commercial, some will be apt to imagine the
scheme Of establishing another chimerlcaI; but
the Publisher is entirely willing to risk its sue.
cess upon obtaining the support Of one thousand
pat,ous.-a support which, without vanity. he
confidently anticipates. With due respect Tor
the gentlemen who now instruct political opinion
from the Metropolis, the Publisher thinks that
very large and respectable party in the state
entertain views upon public affairs, different from
most of thnse advocated by either OF them. !as-
pressed with this conviction, he will proceed TO
announce the principles of his own creed. pro-
missing that his paper will steadfastly maintain
them, through evil and through good report. 10
the first place, the Publisher processes an unal.
terable attachment to the Union Of these States,
"a union which, he believes, is fully secured by
Constitu ,ional Government, empowered to pro-
tect itself from dissolution. Tie cannot sup
pose, that the Fathers Of the Republic perform.
ed their work SO imperfectly, as to authorize Its
total suhyersion, at the will Of small and dis.
contened fraction Of those interested to preserve
it. The doctrine of Notification. therefore,
cannot receive his support or appreciation; but,
whilst thus frank 10 disclosing his opinion upon
this agiating subject, he will not consent to
brand with the epithe,s Of traitor and demagogue
those who entertain different opinions On the
contrary, he believes that for the most part they
are honorable and patriotic men, however mis'a'
ken they may be in their views OF the true theo'
~ Of the Constitution. With regard to the
much controverted question how far the kesou'
tons of '98-'99 favor the dOctrine Of Nuilinca.
ton, it is sufficient to observe, that the author oil
those resolutions has himself utterly disclaimed
any such inference, Upon the supposition, how
ever, that they do discountenance the ). Carolina
theory, it seems to the Publisher, that there is
very short method Of settling the diticulty-.6y
denying the validity or binding authority OF the
Report and Resolutions themselves. In truth,
it has always appeared TO the Publisher, as sa.
voring TOO much Of State pride, to represent Mr..
Madison's Report as the standard o. political or.
thcdoxy for the whole Union; and, he thinks it
great mistake, to suppose that the civil revolu.
ton Of 1900 turned upon the abstract specula'
tons Of that or any other political document.-
How could the general reception and sanction OF
that famous State paper be inferred from the De-
mocratic triumph in 1900, when probably not ole.
fourth of the people Of the United States. ever
saw or heard of its existence; or, how could that
celebrated docu,ne be considered as the test
Of Democracy. when the party which gave II no.
toriety, have always been, and are still, widely
divided, as to ITS true consfruc ton. The truth
is, that the overthrow Of the Federal Party in
1900 was caused By tie odious and tyrannical
operation of the Ailrn AID Seditlon Laws. Ju
d,cial prosecution, followed by fine and impri-
sonment for the free exercise Of opinion upon
public affairs vas the true cause which produc.
ed the prostraton Of one party, and the ele,a.
ton of another. When, therefore, the Publish
err Processes, in the title Of his paper, to be
the .Adcocate Of Mate Rights, he wishes to be
understood as referring To such rights as are
clearly defined in, or reserved by, the Federal
Constitution, the just protection Of which IS
cohfded to all the States in their confederate
character-and not to any one discuntented mem.
Der Of the Uuion. who may imagine that she has
rights Incompatible with the rights OF the rest,
and the common safety OF all.
Infinitely more dangerous however, than any
abstract specuiaiions upon politics. and perhaps
more alarming and fatal TO the true genius Of our
institutions, than the heresy Of Notification it.
self, does the Publisher conceive to be, that wide
spread and mischievous spirit Of man ,oorship,
which characterises the present period. The blind
confidence and extraordinary homage rendered
TO President Jackson in his late northern tour.
is, of all the signs Of the times. the most por
tentous Of evA That men, calling themselves
free citizens and republicans, should be found in
this age and country, SO stupifcd and degraded,
as to render to frail mortal, the alteration only
due to a Divine Being.-is subject Of NOR.
LITIGATION and humiliation. Hitherto, it has
been reserved for the serviie min,ons Of an Asia.
tic despot. to PROSTATE themselves before the idol
Of their worship. and beg TO kiss the hem Of his
garment-aud, it was only in the rotten and de-
cay.d institutions Of monarchy, that literary no.
nors could be prostituted at the shrine of pow |
er. But, in free America,-in happy and en-.
lishtened New England,-ln the first literary
city Of the new worId,-when such scenes are
acted, 10 the face Of day, and in contempt Of
every vir,uous and noble feeling Of our nature,
lit 10 time that public indignation should be
reused. and denounced in unequivoeal language.