Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-06-14

their deprayiry; 70 vent, fsarlefs Of pun
ilhment, thoie paflionsswhichhad long been
in confufon, and to exchange the pillory
and the jail, the jult rcwsds of THEIR
patrioti[m at home, for emoluments and OF
flee, is expected, nay is realized recon-
pence HERE.
It's to be lamcnted as an evil infepar-
able from our Government, that foreign
ers, iuch as Cooper, Duane, and Of fuch
only do we fpeak, are able to influence
public opinion. Always prepared, from
inclination and habit, to be employed as
tie ialtrunerts, of afpiring demagoguss !;
they become importantfron the evil which
they Can produce. Secondaries. iprlrg up
at home, who are willing to become the
humble copyies Of thief. Enrages, and to
lend their efforts TO scirculate thc potion
of public m8tais. #, therefore, the So
vernment is not energetic enough TO con-
trout the effects, Of silefe, joint labours,. it
mutt become the prey Of fafion.
1t is we'll known that the pre1es mott
zealouay engaged to difctedit the Federal
Government, were conducted by foreigners
ofthis deicription. Yes it is worthy ct
notice, that the era Of Wahington's re-
fgnation, was proclaimed as Jubilee By
native American. Bafe as the wretch
may be, who claims this country as his,
own, his heart NUT have funk, and his
hand trembIed, before he could have pub
Eeed to the world that Warrington was
a,TRA1roR. Nc, this deed was left for
the man who IS now AMAZING fortunss
in the fervice Of the prefent Administrations,
yTheie papers fooa fent into every nook
and corner of the country, the formidable,
catalogue of charges brought tolight, at
an early period, in Letter to Mazzei.-:
They fra fpread the alarm Of robberies,
defalcations aud burnings, while they
,psifed the wiidom, The patriotifn and vir-
tue of the men now in power. Filled with
eulogiums for their friends, and acculations
Hr enemies they traverfed the country,
Offering fomething fuited to the weakness,
tie pafions, the prejudices, the avarice,
the pride, the vanity, theanbition ofeyery
nan whom they CHANGED to meet, Every
aGailable point in the human character
Was applied in every form which ingenuity
could devife, or proaigacy practice. Isie
then 70 much cauie of wonder, that an
attack 70 cohant and various, 4hould
eventually prevail'
Perhaps it may be thought unjaa to i'm
plicate Mr.. Jeferion, Governor M'Kean'
and Gallatin, in an attempt to affect re.
'yolution; or to Allocate them in any way
with luch men as Duane, Calender and
cheetI,am, for foch a purpofe. We are
fcnGbfe that fuch connection is mont.
trous, and one that every man, who had
the leaf regard for an honef fame, would
lhfinlS from with horror. With this i'm
preflion On our mind, we are led into the
inquiry, hoping for tie honor of Our coun.
try, that the rafuir may not difgrace the
name of Republican Government.
Is it then known, that the Prefident,
or either of the Secretaries, or any Mem
Der Of Congress, has, in any inaance, dif
avowcd the principles which have marked
the Gszestes of their party? On the other
hand is il not true, that thefe papers, non
of.them conducted by foreigners, have
Grounded their nretentions RI corrfffnef.
and authority upon the fpeeches and letters
Of the leaders of the party; that they have
adopted their principles, held their Ian
guage, and circulated their profefions.-
No infance we prefume can be found, in
which thofc editors have ventured TO call
in queaion thofa maxims of policy, which
have been 70 often profefad by their die
tators. Their labors, then, 70 far as an
incubation of principle is concerned, are
identified. No difference has ever been
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