Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-14
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FeLLow CITIZENS,
We have been foid, and all of US be-
lieve, that there are times for all things,
and happy lhoald be could coniider
this epoch as time FOR the American peo-
pie to reioice--to aGslnble as formerly IN
the confident arength of their union, and
the glory Of their power. But departed
isthe time, aud doubtful lis return, Wien
) the war worn folder lhall meet the COM
pan;oa Of his lshors, aad fharer ia.hls
fame, mithonr aiaraa. Sach are the unfor-
( saaate events of the. preisot period, that
although equal virtue ard equal attach
nent 70 our coontry and contribution exit
in different minds, yet the Vaccinations
of defgning men 70 worked upon the IN
degitandiagS of many peiions, poaeaed OF
s fhesbelt intentions, assto induce them to.
difeard men Whole political career com
menced with the revolution, aud Whole
yirsres will be the theme OF future ages.
Every perfon prefent can call to his retol-
lection, icme evidence Of this tatf, and
the annals of this time will iprnilh the
hiRorians with ample materials to tanl-
nit to pofcr1ty the malice with which an
Sniur;ated executive has purified and drl-
ven from office, men who had made the
public good their end. Neither obfcurify
ofbi-th, nor want of Influential conneeti-
.oas, food ia the way TO preferment, IN
der the late order of thiogs- Mefit and a
bilities came up for a memorial and int
1 grisy found their due reward. How fad
the reverfe !-On>this aufpicious day IA
cred TO the caule Of America, 'that inltead
of liRen;ng to details flied with the ap-
plaafes due our national gle,tnefs, we
have TO reflect thar the voice Of the peo-
pie has placed on the pinnacle of our GO
vefnment, man who iparns at the iervices
: rendered in the revolution, and by whom
virtue is left to reward its vo1arics. Per
haps ere the 18th Of July IS marked in an
other ealenda~, tie people who boldly
dared in the facIed caule Of liberty aud
man, may be eoniigaed to receive a TO-
reign yoke, and foreign power That
your fouls dildain the thought aud that
your arms would repel the atiempt, have
NO quetion--but vigilance and prudence
are as nscenary il the camp as bravery in
the field. Let US devote fomething to
thofe principles, and every one Of US ex-
hort his neighboi C Judge for himielf; to
/ look into the book Of our public traulasti-
ons, and to reflect whether 1uch men, and
!, iuch rneafnres as are there exhibited give
confident hope that cur political barque
will etcape all the dangers that threaten
w;thouf, and menace Us within.
Let us conGder whelhcr meaiures cal
culated to divide, are not intended to de-
troy. Let uslook back in our own tine,
and we lhall find thole heroesiw obtained
for US our glorious Independence, forming
contribution aad administering ago
ye1nnsnr TO the happiaels Of all Ameri
ca, we .ihall ALTO find whenin the full tide
of fucceisful experiment, a miicreant band |
opponng the laws, and bidding defiance
10 its officers, and influenced by Gene
nayan Adventures, who now fills the frlt
department in osr treafury, and to whole !
fidelity the tax onoar indufry is all. con-
fgned. By what magic influence is the
fpirit of Americans 70 deceived! Who of
all The. American people that witneasd the
revolutionary fruggle, could have lnppof.
ed that the influence of a Walhington, who
at the head of an unpaid, unclot'ied, and
almoa unfed yeomanry foiled the forces Of
the mot warIike nations of Europe, andby
his magnanimity and virtue 70 greatly
contributed TO the ettabliihlnent CT, a con-
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