Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-04-22

4 be made to discharge regular per diem, or dai
" pay, to each; with whole budget OF tavern
bills, and other moving expenses;-and all this,
with no solid view Of benefit to the country, but
entirely to satisfy. In all probability. the personal
views Of Secretary Woodbury. himself.
| Other views are, by some, taken Of the afore.
going Western and Southwestern excursion
One is, that the full contemplation. and Ostensi-
BILE design of it is, to provide for the thorough
yer il BY virtue Of this utter disrepltable sham,
played of upon the public so adroitly Another
idea is that from his acute naval tact and from
the formidable strength Of his judgment, from his
single survey Of the Harmon OF Pensacola and the
Coast of Florida, he can glance. at once into OBJ
jects Of national value, Of great necessity, and
extensive public utility. OF the correctness OF
this, the public can judge.
1t is quite industriously spoken Of, that the
withdrawal of the Treasury Deposites IS actual
ly to supersede every thing like executive favor,
an to precede every circumstance OF private IN
terest and political benefit. Ths Kitchen Cabi-
net-Messrs. Eaton, Kendall, Lewis, and Blair,
have. SO credited it.; and the Cabinet Proper
will have to bend perfect obedience to it; or such
is the influence of the wretched Cabinet impro-
per, that Secretary McLane will be immediate.
ly discharged from every thing like executive
trust. This is no idle idea; it is founded on
facts and circumstances so distinctly understood,
that none, who know, can be at all confounded
about it. The Vice President is DESTROYS OF haV.
tug it understood. that he is of the opinion OF the
Secretary Of the Treasury in retaining the De-
posites in the Uuited States Bank. The real
truth, however, is, decidedly, that ne is abso-
lutely intrinsically in favor Of the rapid with
drawal Of the whole monies Of the Government.
in whatever shape they come, or may come, and
Of whatever description they may be.
HIS object is, to cultivate all the favorltism
imaginable with every State bank in the Union.
50 as to stimulate as great an individual adher.
ence of the people to him as possible. This IS
to be done by the Bank Directors, with their in
huence and command over the people, from the
great dealings with, and debts OF the country
people to, the banks. This is the invidiously
cunning operation of the New York deeply de.
signing Magician; and the public cannot be SUI
feieully aware of him. The political gambling
he has put into operation is a most consummate
one, truly; and, IF not weH matched, will tend
to overwhelm public sentiment.
The Executive report upon the destruction OF
the Treasury Office. is very properly considered
to be a public matter Of the most frivolous and
utterly unmeaning Unsatisfactory character; pre-
cisely Of the ,haractcr most desirable to produce
infinite alarm, and extensive public reProbation.
| No one has doubted, and none ever will serious
| " doubt, but that the building was most trea-
cherouslv anHihilated; and none but the Heads
of Departments have ever Tor moment imas'n-
ed but that vast proportion OF the public BOOKS
and papers were actually lost in it. Their own
report land the extraordinary Indebtedness OF
il, as to the circumstances that were 40 notorious
iy known and believed to EXIST convince the
community that very great deception has been
attempted to be practised; and that the labor
with which il has been measured out to the pub.
lie is entirely corroborative Of the conspiracy
which produced it.
The matter is, that the report male by the
Executive officers is not even satisfactory to Pre-
sident Jackson himself: he has seen and heard
abundanty to convince him. that design alone
produced the destruction of the building; and
that there exists infinite vIleness in the whole
wretched course OF wickedness perpetrated up
on the country. A public call will most assur-
edly, at least eventually, be made for reaching
u full investigation Of II: such an one, too, as
will put to shame that which has already been
reported.
With respect to the General Post Ofice:-
There has not whit OF change tor the better
taken place in it. The common report is, that
it's utter arrangement is conspicuous; and the
Infinite disorders with which it is besieged must
produce, ere long, something serious. DIR Jones
Of the City Post Office will not, It is said. be
long continued, under any circumstances. He
does not quadrate with the views of Mr.. Van
Buren,; and his ideas Of general political mea-
surement are prudisiousy short, indeed, OF the
enlarged prospectus, SO very essential to the sue
cess Of his large political plans.
Out of all this seeming infinitely ludcrous po'
litical drama, great good, or vast deal of inju.
~, is to result to the natlon;-ei'her that Van
Buren, is fast over.workiag, and will overwork,
his scheme; or. if he succeeds, the country will
be thoroughly governed By deep course Of
| wretched device to deceive, dupe and misead,
the great mass Of the people.
When l again communicate to you, my hope
is, that my infurmants will possess me OF much
valuable matter. They are constrained. howev'
er, from the popularity Of their situations. to be
exceedingly cautious and clrcumspect IN making
Developments to me. There reigns here per.
feet sunprior shin over the actions and opinions oil