Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-29

of numbers, under the Egna;ute OF Pub.ius,
llor,ly alter the promulgation Of the Federal
Contribution, and addvei1cd to the People OF th:
State of New Y ork, with the deiign of reinforcing
the prcpric,y and ncceflity ofi:s adoption.
1t is principally the production Of ! mail,
whole name will be he'll in lacrcd rel peel long
after the p,ifuI attempts which have been made
to flander his fame fhal have funk into OBLIVION.
Two other gentlemen, OF diainguiihei talents,
occaii lnay contributed lome e!layS, winch Will
be marked in 'he publlcation.'
All arties .e. IN at length united in profeiiiocs
Of regard FIR he Contribution; II they are Inn
cere, the G. ~ d, atom cannot til to epnanee the
value Of a wo.., which, by employ x IN its IA
v2r all the encrgs ii arsnnent, ans al u'c pei
uation Of eoquencs, wss e'''le!'tiy u!ciuI III pro.
noting its genera rattficii"n.
Wh,eycI Is lciifous OF beng ~ell lntorn!ea OF
the principle aad providrns ot"ut Government,
4 4 th. manner TX ,,h;th they have been ,up-
norecd ard vindicated, 81 the o.JectIors thac
we're made 70 ne ConAwu,ion by II fit oppol-
ere, a,.,, no they ~tre aDjF7rec, VIII md ti>ie
volumes fraught with appie anc ia,istacto'y IN
Rrueaion. The fudy of them mutt FORM an
eGe; tia par, Of the education Of the American
Ratc,n1lr. Politicians, indeed, ii every couil.
,rv viii here dicov>r materials in he lcien:e ~
cnwrnment well wcr,hy OF their attention;
fc;ence. of all others, The mott l,terehing to
mankind, ash: mba deeply Concerns human hap
p;nefs. The federaii.t CONTAINS Winc PIES hat
ma, he renen bered and Rudied with advantage
hv all caties OF men in other countries han our
own and in other ages than that in which we
live. The People Of America alone have al
f6rded the example Of pure Kstreienratise
Republic. IL hi, work it will appear, hat the
nrinciples of this form Of Government have been
welI'undei Rood, and thoroughly developed, and
fhould unfortunately, the experiment. ~hith We
have made hereafter fail, it will De in VAIN 70 at
tcmut the renewal of fnlilar iyften.s, as no n.
tional hope can be entertained, thar more corr
rect nsions on thus luDject will prevail than are
here exhibited.
To preHervc ,hefc papers, therefore, which
have 70 much in:riniic merit, and iuch laiting
utility, in drels lai,abic their character, IS
the inducen,ent to their Republication.
PAuFICUSis from the pen Of the fame en-
Iightened ffateln,an who was the chief au oLof
the FeaeraliR. 1heie kG'ys were written i, De-
fence of the fire. leading ftcp which our Gcvsrn-
n,ent took to preft1ve that Neutrality which it
continued TO- maintain during the late Trania,-
iaut;c corAiG; a conflict which has annihilated
:the minor pswsrs Of Europe, and ihaken the
civilized world. -"
Now that the form has paaed over, and the
angry and sumu'tous raIio'.s which at that time
.gi,ated our country. have in fome mes ARE iub.
Gded, ehefe papers will he read with prof, and
pIeafurc by the intelligent rrss' Of every party:
Candor will probably wonder. that any thould
have doubted Of The fitnefs Of the mesfures which
this writer has 70 ably advocated, and which ex.
perience has 70 foreibly proved 20 have been the
beH adapted to the iutcreEs OF the country.
To give to thelc latter EGaysa form which
fhalI outlive the fleeing impreflions of newlpa-
per, they are incorporated N tAe'e volumes
Publius and Paci6eus viii ier'e to Keep IN Jun
remembrance two very important events in the
hiiory of our country.
The frft gentleman here alluded to is &C.
neral Hamilton-,he other two, MI. MaditoR
and Mr.. Jay.