Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-12-10

an from the Prsf nave iGued ii: rawlings
Of pretcniei ea.hpG,fm, the ansshcmis OF
affected zeal. Through chicanery ard
intrigue, freedom ba. been their paaport
to power, whole ACTORS ponefs NOT her
fpilit, and bo:a Gully the icmb:sse OF her
fana;on.
Hypocrify hawcvcr daring in p~ojca or
luccels!ul in cxccuiS,a, wi! ionstitnss be.
,,av q glanrf- OF real charafte:. Win
., ihe has INDEED too long wore The maG;,
1ucceGfu!!y. Borne high OF tie tile o.
popularity, Che f"eIIs i"to u'hcna3ei con-
h!ence & dcfcs the efor,s Of thoi- who b.
Tie foe! influence of reaf2n, wou'd dn'
fip1.c hsr de.ufans EI. &c vii! find
mere are thafe who are TOO enlightened 20
,c the tape, Of her pretcnGons, and TOO
veil g 'ardcd by principle be & 'ac vie
:ims of pcr!;lsGon. There are ,ho!- who
,:actra,e tie Etmcy exiericr CT protd-
ion and detect beneath m irGnra'ing ala.
cri;y, and an impoGns zsa' tie fans OF
nGa:eI;,y and ofcrime. Among ms De-
wocrary however h4terins may be her
cre!-n, prof., 'eas) can not long f"urih.-
F.v.ry day is adding 10 thc lin OF her DIE
grace, as it difclol:s the catalogue of her
inns. Where is row the hoaEcd mil.
,en;um of her en,hnha!'s: Where lho(e
golden hours of prom:ftd t-anquility-
that iy frm ROXY Of which thou;d have re-
lievcd tie public burthens, and die harged
lhe public debt Alas inacad Of re.
sief from European controversy, we are
plfiIaninouny involved in riratlcal
warfare intead of that equitable taxa.
,ion which appor;ions tribute &c right the
earnings Ct irduiry are levied for the
pleafure Of tie great, and wealth is !ufer-
"a 10 erjoy witt, comparative exemption
from expence, the rights and privileges
Of citizens. Have we no. ieen the tanc-
fuary Of juGice violated , the connection
between mc,i; ard prsiermcnt dihoived,
ana the rewards Of aged patriotiim lavih.
eA on the incxperience Of The Rri?plmg
And i, this III: eI, Of reaion and Of right.
Is i, not rather the harveh.homc OF the
Pani=au and the Dem7sosae ?-Yes, in
Read Of the promifed eiyiium Of the The
oR1sr, We are witreGing the approaches
OF na,ional degradation; and unlels The
progress Of conviction be as executive rs
has been the dsluiion, we ihail have to
de, lore in experience, that error which
realon coull not reform.
70 the iacred tribunal of ta7 reaitode
ever makes her appeal, and from that trl.
hunsl error receives her fentcnce. TEofe
expectations " hich i2raos from the illudons
o. dem ctacy have van'ihed 'nto his air;
and ;hst ignorance which was deaf to ire
remorNrances Of truth, is learning convic-
ton in the fcvercr fthool of experience.
| he monentary deprtfion Of federalifm,
is therefore by no m:ans an event which
,houiI call fer the regrets, or deepen the
i.l1ondence of its votaries. Though we
nav have been the hupes ofpoli,ical inno-
va,;on, we are not yet The victims ct po-
Iirical phrcnfy. The gloom of prejudice
ard Ct rali,n depreAes, & tie isna tatn"'
f democracy contracts the f2here OF It's
.eccp;ions. Rut while tie prog'e'' OF
truth, though flow is certain, il is to he
lamen,ed that lach an apathy iubtlfs 10 IFS
l;Tuiioa. No7v ar the ye:y urihs OF
d-finy-now, when every nerve fhou'd
be ftrung, every principle Of acton routed
in'o exercife, il is altoniihing to obierve
the fame indifference which has hitherto
been adopted from motives of policy, itli
prevailing. They who leave TO fortune
and to tire tie .ateful reform of the ma,
ton, betray want of dfcernnent as men
and an unpardonable ccidnefs as The friends
of their country. With che advocates OF
democracy, alas fuch indifference is not
to he found. Occai n never luminous
,hcm in vain; neither bribery nor decep-
ton gre fp,red to propitiate tasor'te 20.
Icy, and every effort is attended by an
earnefnels and zeal which deferve "a
better caufe.
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