The gazette., 1799-02-11

- Al'S = 70 oe oOl7FFe1, I52r NJ. MaZZei had
been in Virginia and was now in F1rone
flow came M. Mazzei to uudcrRaad 10 well
who the Americn republicans were, and wha,
Were their diainguilhing tenets and purfaits,
unlsls they exiiied as party vixen he was IN
the States, and had been added TO his Sc r.
Jtare5eS' by his friend Jeferfon? The q bro.
d.gioarFba4gs" argues no more than that the
Jtf- rionlan politics did not PROPER here; and
by no means that Mazzei was a total 9ranrer
70 their nature, but the very reverfe IF
this be the cafe, we fhall enquire il vain for
the true ienie OF Republication in order to
inter the sentiments Of Mr. Jeferion and his
Party-We muf reVerfe the enquiry and df.
cover # we can, the f.n,iments, vet not the fen
timents, bur the views, intentions, wihes, IL.
tereits, and circumstances of the party in order
10 inier the true nature Of Repnblcanilm. For
as nobody is republican but they, we can look
no where elfe and 70 It is fair 10 take them at
their words, as people who fay, slo qoe are
re republicans P'-Whatever they dc, and what
ever they yjufify is republican-at leaf they are
bound TO admit it. So that we have found the
meaning Of the word at laG to be { as ufed by
Jeferlon) the fame in amount and confequence
as rrbg, tory, Gaslbb, Gbi5ellire, 4ujite rae and
redreic, fed and anfjf6d, and all the parties that
ever have exlted. 1t is indeed for political
moment enveloped in the witchcraft Of terror
BY "fbs ESiP' OF France, but "Trip it of this
and It will be cant phraie to conceal a rogue,
and much the betterfor that purpofe on account
Of its being a word that will Ggnify anything or
nothing, but which among Americans is re-
ceived in good fenf-.
1t is not generally known that in Europe for
ftveral centuries, but particularly fince the
ufurpation Of Cromwell, the Precife iignifcatron
OF this very word is tantamcunt to that of fe-
dition, rebellion, &c.-The reafon is that being
ufed for democracy it fgnifes a principle in-
confident With the government of one or ofthe
few. But afz, if Europe it is 70 dangerous
as to be odious where the people have not their
lhare of authority, how vilanous mutt it be
when ufed in this country where the people
have juIt as much authority as they pleaf-, and
where there IS no danger but from their too
oficous interference, no hope but in their man
ly fenfe ? In republican government what
can be the meaning of executive, fupereminert,
and affirming republicans What but the fame
as hyPocrites in religion, who know the value
Of the name and ufe it, but for the WORT Of pur-
poles lin the one cafe as in the other, the
man of ienfe is not deceived BY the pretenGon,
but the multitude can hardly eicape the fnarc
and IT requires on the part of government in
the one caf- as of the acculcr in the other, an
immaculate character and an undermined life
to Be helieved. Nay, experience declares
that n thefe are not fuficient and that
we nua Be indebted to fortun-, or would ra-
ther fay 10 providence, for corroborative cir
cum&ances. or juRice, all plain, unaffected, and
iimPle as ihe is, would in nine cafes out Of ten
fall Prey to iniquity, forever on its guard,
forever dcGgning, and forever at work.
Let not the Jacobn think that a word will
fave or proted man in the United States,
though that word fhculd be Republican, Vice
Prefdent, or JeFerfon. The man who inGfs
upon rePublicanfm can have it in the trial of
himfef. The government is PoPular-anG the
people no longer difgrace themfelves, if ever
they did, (which fully believe to se a jaco-
binic fallhood) BY confdering it as party, and
weighing it indifFcrently againlt the opPoiition.
That oPPofition NUT now be dehroyed-But it
will be deltroyed by tie extinction of its interet
to exit and never BY reafon or victorious argu-
ment. If any lacr6ce be neceGary, the mild
neis Of our laws is fuch thar it can be only df-
grace-let it fall where it ought, upon THE
HEAD and not upon tbs heart, and then ler us
prize Alright that experience which will be the
only value received for many millions of mo-
ney. ITO Be continued.