Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-14

'i0a0i all that man can with If ior s'a'a4'aa
FROM THE NEWARK oAas7r,
From ev5eaee lgaNa man 1..:.
men avitb b,eAd, here in Il, AsE
n.G :" ." wider.
An enquiry fimilar to the o..
text mutt naturally have been fus,s ~ my
the mind upon viewing the ma Sssaed TO
MI. Jefsrlon's difcipIcs and i ,''aae Of
who, with a!ppc:ites kecnly lsr 'Jbl, H.,
taiting' i'r[ !, him, upon ii, y 10 l'os
fen TO !. the Proficiency. AT hi, 5, ,;o, as(ci,
lew Offices were vacant, and l @ T.. pa'
were thele among 70 many !" W6;s sa''
lontilatlon appeared 10 limit the na. 'a'
OF tn: Prediont to appointment, = p's''
c :. vacancies /" from whence" ,s ~.'s
tore was 1t TO be expsa.d Oh. boa 'Ii's'
able TO iatlsfy thele men with 49, o
Oar government, with relpea to i, ~
GERS IN comparllon with other eov.ron s..'
ard the multitude who are isI;c;rans ,e e'
them, may indeed be conGlered q, = m;I
dernefs prefenting to their lonp;na u" =.
tires bat icanty morfsl. Ii recoe .
lever Offices, perhaps than any o.bs s 90
yefnment IN the world; Whit the pS %
Der OF candidates for them bear ,r;n.
proportlon-and the realon of It refIn
not only from the fpirir of our govern
ment, bat particularly from thofs notion,
OF equality which nave been infulel into
the minds Of its citizens. In The d,f
Place, all men are equally eligible TO Of
nee; ard in the next, all conlider them.
ielves equally qualified. - Becauic they
have been taugAr that I" all men arse
quail" they cannot conceive the reaion,
IT this be granted, why one man can be
better qualified than another, unleE blythe
poaefiion OF Jaoobinic principles, whichat
this day appears to be the only preponds.
rating recommendation. 1t indeed Teens
70 be conGaersd by Tome as countensacing
aFieocracy to admit thar men are bettern.
titled TO office and place becaule of their
education OF talents. For this would b:
acknowledging one fet OF men teten,r 10
another, which is contrary to ore greaI
Of modern republication.
Under theie co fieraiions, tha. lom
ny fhould lag claim to Office, and ai7in
TO its poaeaion, is not larprifog; but th
important enquiry fugge!ted IN my text
demands attention" From whence hsa
thele men be fatis6ed with Bread" 10
ratisfy them would require a miracle; Tor
# a man already poaeiied of fix :. Offices
hould undertake a feventh, follclt an
Eighth, and deGre ninth, when willie
,e latisfed : If the extraordinary power
which the PRECEDENT exerclied 10 he
,reale he means CT refrehment for them,
naead Of furnilhing an abundance aad TO
pare, it is obferved that not one fragment
ar be gathered. but thar they !;lll con.
niue TO furround him, crying, Giot' ore ~;
J. From whence fhaIl thele men be lani'
led ;" If for this purpole Efficiency BE-
,os found in the Offices Of cur Prei'a' ~
recourle may be expected 70"
lad either to arbitrary power OF 10 NV
ution; the former, which we may conn. s..r
Ter as 4 prelude, we have recently wi'nsi,
d in the late removals from oilee' q"
he latter may be expected TO Heal up
IS under the fpecious pretence' o. !. ', .."..
ny, reducing the fourccs of public f's w.
lae Until the government lhali oee0' rs ~ :,
cebled by poverty, ard deprived G .; w.
means of puntsuality; ha!l SIo%s a rs' i,
lifted abroad and contemplate al llG :'s,b;. |
:itizens acEen with its lsngor and l' .,sol,
;tv, and become the wiling ln.9 y. min.
n is final dearuttion; when fronts 'sn 'l,,r
hall be built up number Of ipa esd5c,eafsd !
governments, opening new al '''''''''
onrces Of anbitiors grat'hcss'lo' - foeef.
j is not the mere effect OF wn .of. IS Of /
= .;oo Will be evinced by a rei'o,Y'' a,e.