Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-05-10
90 THE ALExANDRIA GAZETTE.
FOH
ncrNE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

.h;oe and glory once made glad my heart
0u Won Buren-(taking the spectacles, and at
tempting to adjust the pivots and screws:)
Take them, my General!
and may Heaven, for many years to come,
live thee to see halo crcling
Thine own illustrious head.
Jackson All! Van! though time hath done its
work,
And dimm'd my vision, still enough
+ left to see that awful hand which on the wall
Retshazzar's doom inscribd
pan Buren. Dispel such fears, dear General!
nor believe
That aught can wrest the sceptre from your
hands.
Too much renown your arm in battle won
TO be of il despoiPd.
1ocksoa. Too well know the Senate, to ex-
Whom from the Bank forc'd the peoples funds,
Thatfhey would sanction it or hold their peace.
eo6gress trusted would my course sustain:
Rut though at first my friends outnumbered
there,
Like frost before the sun my party now dis
solves
md swells the list of foes. Shall not heed
virsinia's voice. which speaks in tones
nc joudest thunder. Little did think
TO cav of her, te Brute-that voice to which
re States now bark, as fiocks do to their shep-
herd.
How can you hope to reach my lofty seat
when your own State is lost.
Yam Buren The short-lived triumph which
our foes have gain'd
will not avail them much Inc oaoohng De
nate
Have for five long months, with zeal untir'd,
Essay'd TO raise the alarm. If there be aught
Can wean the people from us now, 1t IS the Sc
nate
Lot rs try to drive them from their entrench-
ments;-
If all else should fail, sooner than meet defeat
Let's use the last resort.
Jackson. The people know me well enough to
q RESPONSIBILITY" shun not: full oft its weight
pye borne But still methinks, with such cur
rent
,Gainst me, twere useless to exasperate them
more.
For thee. dear Martin! have brav'd the storm;
For thee have barred my breast-yet all to
nought:
for thee.
But as cannot bear thee up with me,
rl let thee fall, and try to make amends
For all my numerous sins will not thwart
The law in its intent, nor longer deal
In nice absurdities.
1Enter Amos Kendall, Blair and others, in a.
mazement
Yam Buren,. pray thee, General, do not thus
give DER!
A small reverse Of fortune should not break the
bonds
OF friendship thus.
Kendall Who has abus'd the Romans ear,
And so much griev'd his noble soul?
Whoe'er he be, he we'll deserves TO die.
OmRes To die were not enough.
Blair The keenest fortunes should be first
applied,
And while existence fingers, still
His body should be tortured.
THE K G. observe the National Inteligencer,
Alexandria Gazette, and Richmond Wing,
lying on the Presidents table.
Biair-(to Van Buren:) Pray whose incau-
tious kindness
Did outstrip his wish, and let these papers come
within this house?
Here is the cause of all this trouble.
Yam Buren, (to Blair) Icannot tell by whose
officious aid
This hubbub here is rais'd. And little thought,
When arriv'd to-day what Fortane had in
store:
He seems implacable; but see, my Blair,
If you can't win him o'er2 E,cit Van Buren,.
Blair. And can it be, most noble sire,
That in an evil hour your long-tried trusty
friend
You'll cast away. whose counsels sage the ship
of State
Have mainly helped to guide. greatly fear
Without his skiliul aid, IN times tempestuons
As the present, we'l dash the ship ashore
Kendall, ct cetera. Show pity, sire, nor let this
dire event
Prosrate our party, and cheer up foes.
Jackson. MOI I'al resolved. One more EA-
PERTINENT
Pllhy, and make you doctors swallow your
own pills
Omnes. Mercy General. mercy!
Jackson. Too many COOKS will spoil the broth,
they say.
Unit Cabinet III have--that Pm resolved:
And Downing he shall form it. 1t Ia had MN,
All would have happen'd well. Avaunt!
ie crew! IT'S done! And be IT known,
and the MAJOR are the GOVERNMENT.
E9eHtf Omnes.