Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-13
FROM THH NEw-YoRK EVENING POST.
THE EXAMINATION.
NUN s Err TX.

The leading points OF the meEagc have
been fuAcien.ly canyaGed, and il is be.
lieved to have been fully demonarsted,
that this communication is chareeab!e
with all The faults which were imputed to
it on the outlet of the Examination. We
have fhewn tina, it has made or attempted
to make Prodigal acridces of contribution.
al energy, offeund principle, and OF pub.
lie intereR. In the doctrine reipetting war,
there is ienlelefs abandonment of the juh
and neccHary authority of the executive
department, in point material to our ma.
tional fafety. In the propefals to relin.
quih the internal revenue, there is an at
tempt to eitablah precedent ruincus to
our public credit calculated to prslong
the burthen of the debt, and generally to
entceble and ink the government, by de-
priving it Of refources of srea, importance
10 its re(pettabiliey, to the accomplishment
ofits mott falutary plans, to it. power of
being uteful. In the attack upon the ju.
dietary eaablifhmen., there j. a plain ef-
fort to impair that organ Of the govern
ment; on: on which its efficiency and
luccefs absolutely depend. In the recon-
rnendation to admit unfortunately fs-
reign emigran,s of every dcleription to
the privileges OF American citizens, on
their hrt entrance into our country, there
is an attempt to break down every pale
which has been erected for ,he preferya-
ZION of j national tpirit and national cha
racter; and to let in the mott powerful
means of peryerting End corruptiog both
the one and the other.
This is more than the moderate oppo.
nents Of Mr.. Jeferlon's elevation ever
feared from his administration much more
than the mott wrong-headed OF his own
fea dared to hope; it is infinitely more
than any one who had read the fair
promifes in his inaugural fpeech couldf nave
fufpeeied. Rejecting men nmG lie diff.
mayed at the PROJECT before US. II iu,h
rapid itridcs have been hazar5ed in the
very grille Of his administration, what
may be expected when it ihall arrive to
manhood 7 In vain was the collected vii.
dom of America convened at Philadelphia.
In vain were the anxious labors of 4
Warrington beloved. Their works are
regarded as nothing better than empty
bubbles defined to be blown away by
the mere breath of a dileiple OF 7x,ge.;
apupil of Condsrest.
Though the mott prcmincn: features Of
the mcdage have been portrayed, and
their defcrmity exhibited in true colours;
there remain many LET'S important traits
not yet touched, which, however, wilt
materially sGif Us in determining its t,ue
character. To particulsrize ,kem,wi.h
minutenefs would employ more time ard
labor than the cbjett delerves yet to PAT,
them by wholly, without remark; weod
be to forego valuable materials for illuf-
trating the true nature CT the performance
under examination.
There remains to Re cu.forily noticed,
difpoGt;on Of orr chief nasiarate, far
more partial to the fate governments, than
to our national government; to pull down
rather than tc build up ocr federal coffee
to vilify the paa sdminiitIation Of the
latter TO court tor hia,ielf pepular favcY