Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-02-16
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coMMUNIoArED.
Mr.. Snoacoea-The deed is done. The olive
branch has been extended. The dawn Of peace
and reconciliation again lights up our political
horizon. and the patriots who feared they would
have 10 weep over the broken affairs Of this Union,
may now gather around them, and return their
heartfelt thanks for the bright prospect that opens
upon them of returning tranquility. The great
Statesman who formerly, when an agitating po-
lit,cal question: was threatening to rend asunder
the bands Of this Confederacy and PROSTATE the
pillars of our Constitution, stepped in and shield
ed US in the hour Of imminent danger, harmo-
aized the discordant sounds of party conflict
and local jealousy, and restored confidence to
all, has once more proved himself the Sausour
of his country, and. with masnanimity worthy
Of his high fame and exalted character, has offer.
ed to those who have been his avowed political
enemies, terms VI compromise and concession
that even the most inveterate and hostile must
acqRiesce in.
Wkaf these terms are, and hoao they are offer
ed, the journals Of the day have informed you.
Need say that they are such as hostility itself
must consent to-!
The great moral spectacle which is here Offer
ell to our minds, may well deserve admiration;
for it is Of rare and unfrequent occurrence
II has been said, by celebrated maa OF an
tiuuity, that the greatest OF all victories is that
over thyself When, therefore, we see man,
forgefftd of party rancor and party prejudice.
with an eye single to his country's good, descend
ing half way down the steps from the elevation
TO which the zeal of partizans had exalted
him, to effect work Of amity and cancellation
with opponents, the applause which flows from
US is not the work Of mere conrici,on, but the
spontaneous tribute Of our hearts. There is
something in it, that speaks home to our bosoms.
and tells Us This is indeed to be GREAT. In times
of tranquility we often neglect those whose sue
cor, 10 times Of emergency, we would be glad to
obtains. 1t is only in moments OF storm and
tempest, when the pillows shake their foamy
crests. that the trembling mariners look Tor safe.
ty TO the man whom, probably. in the days OF
calm, they had condemned; and he who before
had guided them safely over the dangers 0i al
angry ocean, IS now regarded as their only de-
pendence in hours Of peril and dismay. So 1t
has been with US. IS long as the breeze blew
iar, and the ship worked well, we thought not
of the man who before had quelled the storm spl.
rit when he gathered up his whirlwinds for the
onset; but now, the very moment that the lower
ing clouds have swept int sight, anxious and in
Vulnerable eyes are turned implorinsly to the
same quarter from whence protection and pre-.
servatiou had been before afforded.
Into the details Of the difficulty into which We
have found ourselves plunged, il will be unneces-
sary to enter. Suffice il to say, that one part OF
the Nation, infatuated at the pertinacious adher-
ence of Government to one system OF policy
which they deemed ruinous, had determined to
resist, at the point Of the bayonet, flor to that it
must have come at last) the execution Of that
system within her limits, and thus to precipitate
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of the Nation, breathing like spirit OF defiance
aud determination, had resolved to enforce the
Governmental mandates, and coerce that spir, Of
rebellion which had dictated resistance to our
laws. Whilst things were in this condition
and we almost momentarily expected to hear the
trump sounding the signal for contest-Lo!
treaiu of peace is extended. which if it fails to
re.establish concord among our distracted coun-
trymen, | do verify believe thar the battlements
Of our Government and our Liberty are cast
down at once, and that. after being tost about
on the raging pillows Of party strfe-after un-
dereoing the various gradations from Freedom TO
Hcentiousness, anarchy and confusion. we will
emerge under the iron rod Of DespOtism. Hea
ven forbid! that in this land that picture should
be realized!
And who ID the man that has thus extended
this olive brauchi Tie Is one against whom par.
ty malice has directed its most enpeaomed shaft.
One who, hunted after as he has been by the
trained Jackahs OF Executive power. has alike
defied the maiignity and un,iring persecution Of
the former, as well as the vindictive spirit and
gigantic pnwer Of the latter. One who. wrapped
in his own lofty integrity, looks down in suilen
disdaiu at the puny efforts Of subservlen, tools
and hear,less parasites. Go! ye mongre pack
and lick the hand that feeds you. The name Of
HENRY CLAY will descend To posterity as unfair
nishsd as yours will he erecratcd and despised-
and when the mistsof infatuation shall pass from
before the eyes Of deuded people, your hi
deousness will be seen, while his glory will be |
acknowledged to go beyond " all Greciau and
all Roman fame." SCIPIO.
The Missouri question.