Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-26

THE FEDERALTSr was written in ferries
Of numbers, under the iignaeure OF pubiius,
ihortly after the PRONUNCIATION Of the reuersI
Contribution, and addreaed to the People OF The
State Of New. York, with the detign u enforcing
the propriety aud neceility Gifts adoption.
1t is principally the production Of man.
Whole name will be held in facred reipe4 long
alter The pisiful attempts which have been made
to lander his tame ihall have funk into oblivion.
Two other gentlemen, OF diitinguihsd salents,
occai .nally contributed fome eilays, which will
be marked IN the publication
All parties le=m at length united in profefliocs
of regard for the Contributions; il they are I'm
value OF work, which, by employing in its Ia
fua6on OF eioqucnce was elnlnently uiciul in pro.
moting its general ratification.
Whoever IS de6rous OF being we'll Informed Of
the principles aud prov:Gons Of our Government.
aud the manner III " hieh they have been iup-
ported and indicated, Of the objectiors that
were n,aJe to the Contribution by its trf oppot.
ers, ano how they were aniwered. will find thsie
voumes traught with ample and iatisfaefory In
Rruetion. The Rudy of them mutt form an
,elen,iai part of the education OF the American
itateim.n. Politicians, indeed, Of every ccun-
try, Will here dilcover materials in The icicnce OF
Government we'll worthy u their attention;
f ence, of all others, the moI interesting to
mankind, as it mott deeply concerns human hap.
pinefs. The Federaliit contains principles that
M, be remembered and ltud;ed with advantage
by III calies oil men in other countries chan our
own. and in other ages than that in which we
live. The People OF America alone have af-
fordcd the example OF pure Representative
Republic. In this work it will appear, that tho
principles of this form of Governments have been
wei undcrHood. and thoroughly developed, and
mould, unfortunately, the experiment. which we
havc made, hereafter fall it will be in vall to at.
tempt the renewal of iinailar iyttenas, as no "a.
toaai h,pe can be entertained, tina, more cor.
e4 notions Oh tbs iuojee will rievail than are
here exhibited.
10 preierva .hefe papers, therefore, which
have 70 much lntrinhc merit, and iuch iaiting
utility, in Lrei. iui.able to their character, is
he ina ace ent to their republication.
PAClFICUS is from tn pen oil the fame en-.
Iightened itatei'nan who was the eh.-f aus hor Of
the Fe,e,ailt. ineic Efiys were written il. de.
fsnce VI the fif le.lln. ltep which our Govern
mrnt took 10 rrel-.ve THAI cutIai,y which is
Continued ~ maj, tam during the .ase Iran'at-
lantic conflict; conflict which has anrihiIatcd
the minor pswets Of Europe, and flaken the
civilized world.
Nov that he ilorm has paIed over, and the
angry aud tamutous pliions which at that time
ayi,ated our country, nave in fome mcclure iub.
fded, ehele papers will be read with profit and
pleafure by the intelligent man Of every party.
Candor viii probably wonder. uh-t any hor!d
have ,louh-e.i nf the ffncc Of the me,(u cs which
this writer has 70 ably advocated. and which e1.
pcrienee has 70 forcibly proved to have been the
beit adapted to the intcreas of tho country.
TO give to tneic latter Enays form wh:eh
fhall our i've The aceting impretlions of newipa.
per, they are incorporated in theie volumes
Publius and Paci6cus will ferve to keep in juft
remembrance two very important events in the
hilory ,f our country.
The firit gentleman here alluded TO is &C.
neral Hamilton.-,he other two, Mr.. Madi.oH
and Mr.. Jay.
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