Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-09-17

TeLEcaApmaSA.-The Telegraph out again.t
Mr.. Leigh, and in favor of Mr.. Calhoun. "W.
care not for Mr.. Calhoun" says the Telegraph.
A few sentences farther on, and it says:
"The withdrawal of Messrs. Clay and Web.
ster, and the nomination Of Mr.. Calhoun, would
be followed by a response and union Of men and
interests, that would at once redeem the coun.
try. Present this single issue, and let it once b.
understood that we intend to make war only on
the abuses ofthe Administration; that We desir.
to let the President pass quietly through bis
term, and we can drive the Kitchen Cabinet in.
to Immediate disgrace. And Van Burenism
would be demolished before the close Of the
next session Of Congress"
And in the very next sentence he adds
Let it not be supposed that We have nomi.
mated Mr.. Calhoun"
Verify, lucus a non lucendo.
The Telegraph, in this same article, says
States has so large a share of the public conf
dence as Mr.. Calhoun"
Is the Telegraph serious7
The Telegraph does not believe that Mr.
Leigh can be elected. Although eminent in his
profession, and deservedly popular with many
of the citizens Of his own State, he is young in
public life; that confidence in these times is of
slow growth; and Mr.. Leigh is comparative.
ly unknown to the American people. Chi.
valric, proud spirited, independent, and magma.
nimous as he u.s. his name is associated with
none of those noble deeds-none of those lofty
sacrifices-none Of the arduous public conflicts
which have conspired to render John C. Cal.
houn the pride Of almost every man who ha,
been associated with him in public life"
So that the Telegraph comes full butt up to
Mr.. Calhoun every turn it takes.
The Telegraph has already announced that
under no circumstances" will it support Mr.
Clay or Mr.. Webster; and it now announces
that Mr.. Leigh won't do. He does not quite
come up to the Telegraph standard, we pre-.
sumo! Very well; this is all modest and ami.
able and encouraging. This is folloring public
sentiment with vengeance!l 1t now only re.
mains for the Telegraph to try and condemn,
as Presidential candidates, Judge Mclean and
ex-Secretary McLane, and the business will be
finished.
Is the Telegraph ambitious Of being the War
WICK of our country Must its Editor Give in
story" as the President-maker2 He has made
one President already. Heaven deliver US from
such another specimen Of his talents in thatline
We commend, however, to his attention the FOL-
lowing from the Boston Courier. The Tee
graphs course brings to mind, forcibly, the IA.
BILE of the Boy in the Apple Tree. We have
been throwing grass at him; it will soon be time
to see what virtue there is in stones. BY which
we mean to say that. in our opinion, the Tele-
graph presumes upon kind treatment But 10
the extract:
ave cannot permit the Telegraph to assume
that the small number ofindividGals in this coun
try, who believe in Notification, are alone actua
ted by a constitutional principle, whether sound
or un.ound. We hold to the Constitution justly
and truly interpreted; neither more nor less; to
the Union ira nsmitted to us by our fathers and |,
the Constitution as the record Of the condition
of that Union.
aft the Telegraph is for more We are not with
it, II it is for less, we are not with il; and We
claim for ourselves, what we concede to the I
Telegraph, the right to make and to follow
conscientious construction OF the Constitution (
We want no "strong central government" We
want government according to the Constln'
ton; devoted to its principles; anxious TO man.
tain il, and faithfully to act up to its require
ments; but at the same time scrupulousy anu
severely confined within its boundaries; unta1.
ed by the corruptions, and free of the usurpn. d
spirit, which distinguish and disgrace the pre-
sent Administration. Who may best presoe L
over such government. is not for u.s. nor lC
the Telegraph, but for the People, to determine
Extract of a letter received by mercanue
house in this place, dated Pernambuco, tNn
August, 1884: