Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-03-10

ene Legislature VI tnS utisot A"S" pau
is an election ground OF m ale.houie.
Wirhn ,hele walls ,h-y are loft abroad,
they have had an enest, and ! tear are
/, fami capable Of aouiii.y popu,ar creduiisy.
We were next toid ,. tne parties which
have exlited, divided by the oppohte
views OF promoting executive power and
guarding the r,gnss Ut the people. The
gentleman did not tell usin plain Ian
g.sge, but he whhed It to be underrtood,
tina. he anu his trend were the guardians
OF the peoples rights, and that we were
the advocates OF executive power.
koow that this is the diitinttion OF
party with iome gentlemen have been
ANXIOUS to elsaoiin OUT II IS not the
ground on which w divide. am tatis-
fed with the conitltutionai powers OF the
executive, and never wiihed nor attempt
ed to encreaie rh,m; and ! do not be.
.lieye that gentlemen On the other iide OF
the houle ever had ferrous apprehen-
fion OF danger from AN encreaie OF exc
cu,ive authority. No, fir, our views as
TO the powers which do and ought to
belong 10 the general and fate govern
.ments. are the true fource OF our divl-
fins. ! CO operate with the party to
which | am attached, becaufe l believe
their true object and end is. an honeit and
efficient fupport OF the general govern.
msn,, in the exerciie OF the legitimate
pow,rs of the contribution.
pray to CD may be mifaken In
the opinion entertain as to the dsngns
OF gentlemen to whom / am oppoied.-
Thole dcisns believe hottie to the
powers OF this government State 1ride
extnguilhesa national ien'iment. What
ever power is taken for this government
j, given to the ttates.
The ruins OF this government aggran.
die the itates. There are itates which
are too proud to be controlled. Whole
leuie Of greatness and refource renders
them indifferent TO our protection, and
induces belief, that if no general govern.
ment exiited; their influence would be
more exteniive and heir importance more
conip;cuou>. TLere are gen lemen VINO
make no iecret of an extreme point OF de-
p fl n, to which the government is to oe
funk. 10 that Foin, We are rapidly pro-
erefing. But wo Id beg gentlemen to
remember, that human affairs are not to
be arreaed in their courie, at artificial
points. TIE impulfe nov given may be
accelerated by cauies at prefent out otv'ew
Ana when rhofe who now ds6sn we'll wit"
to top, they may find their p, wers unable
TO refil the torrent. |, is not true thai
we ever wilhed to give dangerous
r., Myth to executive power. While the
government was in our hands 1t was our
duty to maintain its conai,ulional balance,
BY pre(erving the energies OF each branch.
There never was an attempt to vary the
relation of its powers. The iruggle was
20 maintain the constitutional powers of
,he executive. The wild principles OF
F ench liberty were fca'tered through the
country. We had Our jacob Ms and diff
organizers. They faw no difference be-
tween King, and PRECEDENT, and as the
people OF France had put dow their KING,
they though, the People OF America Dug hit
70 put down their PreGdent. They who
coniiaered the contribution as iecuring all
the principles of rational and practicable
liberty, who were unwilling to embark
upon the tempeit 5 fea of revolution, in
purfuis of viiionary ichclnes, were de
nounced as monarch'is. A line was drawn
between the government and the people !;
ami the FRIENDS of the government were
marked as the enemies Ut the people. l
hope. however, that the government anu
the people are now the fame and pay
20 God that VIVA, has been frequently re
marked, may not in this cafe be dhcover-
ed to be true, that they who have ths
name of people the mott often In the :
mouths, have their true interehs the mott
fe.dom at their hearts.
The honorable Gentleman from Virgi
MIA wandered TO the very confines OF tbs