Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-04-18
DANGER TO THE PUBLIC PEACE

DANGER TO THE PUBLIC PEACE.
We call upon the Richmond Whis to PAUSE
Why will 1t follow in the wake OF the TrlesraI;
The Wing exerts great inliuenee:-Why Wilt
permit that influence TO he directed for the uO,,
rather than the zeal, Of the country: Wegraal,
! thai by ransackIng the productions Of the North.
ern press, incendlary and fanatical publications
may he found. There is no quarter Of the cOua'
IS where fanatics cannot be iound-there ,hari'
~ community, however small. where they
not snos themselves. Is it any WONDER then,
thai ~ our land, where the utmost liberty and
license is gwen to thought aud speeeh-~hr.
the very genIu, Of our institutions allows meat
range OF opinion and OF expression unknOsn
ei.e~hete,--ls II any wonder, We say that 10
TIL, country there should BE- men like Lund! and
Carlson Bur because these and others ehoot
to write aud print their absurd and mIsc.e'oI
sen uments and designs, is there any reason Wy
an excitement should be raised IN the Scah
sgainst the North. The question is not lady
put or argued In the Wing. Show Us any thug
like q systematic design on the part Oi the Ncrla
ern people. or any portion OF the Northern Fsr
pie, To- ,neddle with our domestic concerns, and
we will willingly unite with the Wing, 10 soy
AID every MEASURE Of PrecaulIon and % DE-
FENCE. But until thar is done, for fiea''S'
sake, let not the nov Wondering fire 0! seei'a
al feeling be revivcd-let not the demon oil Or
cord be again Embossed after having 50 lately DE-"
chained and secured we had fondiy hoped, '''
the dragon of old, -. Tor thousand years,
UNWARRANTABLE INTERfERENOE
One of the most lndrlIcate and unwafiao''''
in,erfercnces on the part Of the Government !"
seemingly SOY with the state elections '''' "
remember 10 have seen, is to be found ~ ye''e
days Globe, which paper, just IN time 10 '""'
ence the election in Fauquier, comes Ou' WIZ
violent and abusive article against MI M'p
one of the candidates for Congress IRON Tue ~
trict of which that county forms part. y"
content with haiiiag the result OF TIE f'""
election, the Globe calls Mr.. Mercer "'"'
malignant enemy of the President" and u'''
that "honest JarksonIans viii not loFsel w"
the present crisis" Mercer was 50 D''"
his hate to the President" "We saw h''''
when he crepf round TO stanbery's seat 10 p'''
resolution in Siaubery's hand Mercer ~.
advantage of Stanbery's Infatuated iee''"g,
Z" The people of Fauquier will never ''""
colleague Of the elected stanbe'y 10 ''F
them in Congress-" These. and such ''"e ,''
less appeals to blind party rage arc '"I r,,.
the most shameless manner. and with the O0'".
and almo., avo~ ed design Of letting the pe'I' :,
part of Virginia know what are me f''''. 80:
wishes on their own business Or are We W.
Is this outrage upon common decency pe'Ps !.
ed BY the doIt who is pensioned to e"no'', i;
Globe, without the knowledge or license ".
masters? We would gladly believe >" ;,m
would willingly yield to the charitable =, w. -,
that in this case, as in many others d. Is
has outrun bis Judgment and that "
OVERSIGHT the bounds Of his Prescrioeo ~. 4 Ia
We refer to this matter as an evidence
national system Of political tactics no" po', ~,
and without wishing or intending our 'e"'''