Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-09-13
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g THE PROSPECT BEFORE US.

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-, Who can DENY it2 The thrall has been
ss"nn'tsn-the mists have passed away; and the
p phi sun of hope, whose struggling light had
U,ssns, hpen obscured, is once more beaming in
ats,1rence over the land. The notes of victory
emu facing. high and clear, over the broken
a an nTostrate ranks of Jacksonism-tellng of
asI iu that have passed, and prophetic of
.,;I more glorious successes IN the future. Ihey
sun sun tho knell of corruption, and proclaim the
sou" ao;n,tion of whole People from the chains
eI n?nh Tyranny had forged for them TO wear.
Who doubts il? Virginia, North Carolina,
:;,pa Indiana, IllinoiS,-all are ours.-
L,c%nrsypr the drilled forces Of Executive power
t.o 'anraored i'm the field, they have met with
n III and decisive diScomhture;-but these
:onts are. of themselves, of little consequence,
Iii, os they furnish means whereby to judge of
,hs future But six States nave spoken; eight
u e nrs rs vet unheard: but those six have spo-
ecu ecu :, ns in cheering one, that will no longer
A en n. m droOp and despOnd Virginia has
P,Ian in terms Of thunder she has spoken.
MI ,ninions and parasites OF power, in its high
80 end i'm its inm1St recesSeS have heard
roice and trembed as they heard. The
mO,I D,m;rion" is herself again, and, as dead
90, IN the first rank she places her loot upon
80 nacE of the modern Tarquin, her Wanting
U,1,,n :. Sic SsRDsr TyrdpRiS,' Is heard peal
80, Car and wide NJ her thousand valleys. and
Nth Carolina, too, is with us. She has told
=, that warned Of impending dagger, she has
u herself nv the side OF the Constitution
- IN, Law: ana hereby we have assurance,
nd dnuhlv SIRE" that her lofty and high soul
81 sf,t.r or The South will not be found wanting
!, the hour Of trial, in viudicating from VIOLA
ZION those sacred guarantees oi our liberty
which Tho laVleSS aud pnl'uung hand oi power
,r,ulj hin Ir5eCra'e. The Southern states al
A ~, tY.,a y,
savss and their country, and they will not see
onr'n,.ioaal standard sink ingIoriOuSiy, 10 be
succeeded by the glitter Of royal ensign.
Louisiana. tha land Of the cane aud the po-
r,sar,nata, has spoken. too, in accents that all
have heard. She has said that corruption and
,,a,.bpry will always find in her gallant sons
as sworn and uuShrnkng foes as the troops ni
the British monarch found, when they met with
,beel in conflict aDrg De Where's heath, and
me blood stained fields of Orleans She has
to,l Us. that in the far far SoUth,--in that land
where the expansive prairie waves IFS golden
locks, AMI whose sun IS not more iervid than
The enthusiasm offs warm and gifted children,
Freedom has one true and answering friend,
whose ablrs will be incesSant-wh vigilance
will De un,irinr 10 protect from the invasion of
ruthless power orr rights and our laws, and
transmit To posterity the sacred legacy of free
and equal liberty.
".
The voice has iSSuel out from the bosom of the
"great West" That voice whose notes, in all
alertme are destined to ring highest and loud
est. has ikewiS" given ms sounds of encourage
mpnt and greeting We are told by il. that the
hardy ami thrifty people all along the banks of
those noble streams that are tributaries to the
great father Of rivers" have vet glowing in
their bOsoms the same pure and holy fire that
warmed the breasts Of our fathers of the Revo-
luton. UsTn1tjoD and Tyranny will ever meet
with unqualified AMI UnCOmprnmiSing hostility
from them; AMI inst as easy would it be 10 turn
back their mighty rivers 20 the sources from
WHENCE they rush - check the full tide of po-
pular Indignation that is there foaming along,
threStentGg 20 bear down before it th1Se be-
trayeTS VIII IN they assisted IN place in power
wh9 have repaid kindness with ingratitude and
tramped upon tie interests of confiling and
deIuded people.
Who can doubt these manifestations ofpOpu-
lar opinion? The career Of the present party
IN power has been downward. ever since the
fagr2nt uSurpltion OF the Executive in Sep
tenhar laSt-vhen the President of these Unit
ed States with an audacity hitherto unwitness-
ed, dared to thrust his uuhallowed hand into the
arg OF our civil liberty, and Law his pouting
loth upon the leaves 0f our Constitution. The
result ~ this bold measure was the union of the
pnr>c and the sword in the hands Of one man.
aDlnrTe M once was concentration of nOwer.
IN the eyes of intelligent frecmrn, so dangerous
and 81 alarming, that they knew. if not prompt
" remejied, would lead To- the destruction of
those free institutions Gcrivcdrom our ancestors,
and subject us To the control Of Il deSposn as
absolute and unlimited as ever oppressed suffer-
ING and easlored man. The strides Of power
were here too sudden. They warned their vic
nm oi his Intended doom: and, thanks he to
Heaven. the warning has not been in vain. 1t
noo's not now 10 enumrratc the steps that have
oeeh taken 10 place all power i'm the hands of
one man: the Public know them; and popular
power VIII ere tong, chaStiSa the aulacitv of
tloSe who have sought to erect a throne within
the very walls Of a temple dedicated to the God.
ueSS ol Liberty. The thousand and one forfeit
e1 pledges of this Administration rise nm in
judgment against it, and the decree oc is con.
uemeatlon has gone forth. The rerjod of CON
mSt Is approaching; hut who can doubt lis isspa2
lhe forces OF each opposing political marty arc
marSh'Hng beneath their respective standards.
OUT now different are their frrlurS-rheir homes
.'e'r cause, The banner Of one, partv wears
uolMe 1SNece to those who look upon il NJ a
instance II l2aaarS ia the banner NJ NIoken-
Ma 10 ne oi White and SpotIesS hue and on lis
snowy lltS l. WTtfts, fr, I -