Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-05-07

the full tide offucceistul experiment. In
the laf address he again Internationally
becomes the panygerif of thofe whom he
ieeks to deprecate. The Gtua,ion in which
(humanly fpeaking) we have been pre-
fer,ed by the prudent and firm councils
-of-the preceding administrations, amidlt
the revolutionary and conyuliive throes,
amidf the delolating conflicts OF Europe,
is there theme Of emphatic graduation.
1t lhall not be forgotten, as the iolitary
merit of the addreis, that we are remind
ed of the gratitude due to HeaOea for the
bleilings OF this hsuatien. Amidh the
ipurioos lymptoms Of fpirit OF reform, 1t
is confoling to obierye one, which, IN
charity, ought to be fupPoled genuine.
But il would not have diminiihed our con-
vittion of its incerity, if the inaruments
of Providence in the accomplishment OF
the happy work, had not been entirely
overlooked ; fnce this would have been
evidence of a willingness to acknowledge
and retract error; to make reParation Tor
injury. But though they have been over
looked by the meaage, the American Peo-
pie ought never for moment to forget
them. Their efforts and their fruggles,
their moderation and their energy, theil
care and their foreiight; the mad and ma
lignant oppoftion of their political adver-
FAIRIES the charges of pufillanimity and
perfd} lavilhed on the declaration OF neu-
trality; the reliaance to meafures tor a
voided rupture with Great Britain; the
attempt to ruin at once into reprifals /; the
cry for war with the enemies of France,
as the enemies Of republican Liberty all
thefe things fhould be forever imprinted on
the memory Of a jult and visilant nation.
And in recollecting them, they ihould
equally rccollect that the oppolers OF the
falusary plans, to which they are 70 much
indebted, were and are the jealous parti-
Fans of the .preient head Of our govern
ment; who have az al times lubmitted
to his influence and implicitly obeyed his
nod; who never would have purified with
70 much vehemence the courle they did,
had they known it to be contrary to the
views of their chief nor lhould il be for
gotten that this chief, in the negotiation
with the Rritilh minifer, conducted by
him as Secretary of State, aztec preciie-
ly as if it had been his deGgn to widen,
not to heal the breach between the two
countries; thathesat frf oIjet7ea to the
declaraeion~of neutrality; was afterwards
.re.uaantly dragged into the meafures
connected with it; was believed BY his
friends not to approve the litem of con-
duet, OF which he was the official organ
was publicly and openly accufed by the
then agent Of the French republic with
duplicity and deception, with having been
the frlt to inaame his mind with i'll i'm
preilions of the principles and views of
leading characters in our government, not
excepting the reverend Warrington; thar
this chief, at very critical period Of our
affairs In reference TO the war OF Europe,
withdrew from the direction of thar de-
partment, peculiarly charged with the
management Of our foreign relations, evil
IDENTIFY to avoid being deeply implicated
in the consequences OF the petition, which
had been aGumed by the administration
bur on the hollow pretence of diilike to
public life and love Of Philosophical re-
tirement. Citizens of Ameriea-mark
the iepuel and learn from infructien =
You have rnce been agita'ed TO the GEN.
ter, TO raiie to the hrlf fation in your
government, they very man who, at a
conjuntture when your iafety and yeul
welfare demanded his fay, early relin-
quiff1ed a fubordinste, but exalted and We
ry influential poA, on pFetence as frlvi-
lous as it has proved infincere. Was he
like the virtuous Warrington, forced from
beloved retreat, by the unanimous and