Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-03-18

THE FEDERALlSf was written in lerieS
o numbers, urder tie fgnature Of fub'ius,
lhortiy alter the p-omulgaticn Of the Federal
Contribution, and addre6ed to the Penple Of the
Safe Of New. York, with tn: deGgn Of enforcing
the propriety and necelity gifts adoption.
Ii is rrin, ipally the production Of man,
~h fe name will be held in lacred refpe& long
after the pit;fnI attempts which have been made
81 larder his fame flal have funk into oblivion.
Two other gentlemen, of diltinguiihed talent'.
occaG.nally contributed Tome e1ays, which will
be marked in the publications.
AL parties iesm at length united in prof. Gons
of regard fer the Contributions; If they are Tin.
cere, the confederation eannCt fa1 to enhance the
value of work, which, by employing in its ia
yer all the energy Of argument, and all the per.
fuafon Of elequenee, was enineatly uiefui IN pro.
moting its general ratification.
Whoever is deiircus of icing we'll informed OF
the principles and proviGcns OF our Government,
and the manner in which they have been iur.
D. r,ed and vindieated, Of the oijsaiu that
y ere made to the Contribution by its trff oPpol-
ers, and how they were anfwered, wiz find ,heie
lumcs fraush, with ample sad ia;isfaetory ih-
Grusfion. The nndy oe them msA form an
elsn,ial part Of the edseation Of the American
t4teirnan Po:isicians, indeed, Of every ccun.
try, viii hers dilcover materials in the icienee 81
Government. we'll worthy 81 their attention; a.
feierce, of all others, the mott intereiiing 70
mankind. As it mott deeply concerns human hap
p;us!x III. Feder1liG contains principles that
ma, be remembered and Rudied with advantage
BY all cafIe. Of men in other countries than our
own, and in other ages than that in which we
live. The People Of Ameriea alone have af-
II ~ <,f We
Republic. In this work it will appear, thar the
principles of this form of Government have been
we'll underlood, and thoroughly developed, and
iloud. unfortunately, the experiment. which VIC
have made, hereafter fa,:i wifi be in vain to at
tempt the renewal of iiaiilar fyfens, as no ra-
floral hope can be entertained, that more cor.
realnotions on this fuhjea will rrevail than are
here exhibited.
TO prelerve thefe papers, therefore, which
have 70 much intrinfc merit, and luch lalting
utility in drefs fuisablc to their character, 10
the inducement to their republication.
PACIFICUS is from the pen OF the fame en-
lighteneds flatefman who was rhc chief author of
the Feieralil. Thele EGays were written in de-
feace of the frft leading Dep which our Govern
ment took to preferve that Neutrality which IL
continued 70 maintain during the late Tranfat-
laneic confiel; confia which has anrihilated
1 che minor rsvers of Europe, and ihaken the
civilized world.
Now that the form ha, paHed over. and the
angry and tunuitous pafions which at that tuas
agita,ed our country, have in fone nlsature tub.
6ded. .hefe papers will be read with profit and
peafurc by the intelligent man Of every party:
Candor will probably wonder. that any thoulA
have doubted of tis fitnefs Of the meaiuies which
this writer has 20 ably advocated, and which ex.
p-ri.nce has 10 ftrcibly proved to have been the
heR adapted .oshe inrcreits Of the esusatry. .
To give to tbefc latter Edays form wLies
fall outlive ,hc aeeting mpreiiions Of a newtPa-
per, they are Incorporated il ,hcle volunes--
Publius and Paci6eus will Grve to keep in jnft
remembrance two very important events IN the
hiifory of our country.
s'fhe FIRE gentleman here alluded to is Ge-
neral Hamilton-the other two Mr.. Msdilcn
and MIR. Jay.