Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-27

crown, it may iaiely be affirmed, that no
Britifh Parliament would have quietly
fabmitted to iuch an indignity as this
No Rritih Parliament would have looked
on tarely, at the i'll timed interpoG,ion
Of the crown, to a,ref profecu,ion or
dsred by a branch Of the Legislature, a.
saina guilty aanderer Of its own fame.
!" To iuch an irfalt, an EngEih Par.
lament would Re as incapable Of fubmitt-
ing, as an Engliih monarch, though fur
rounded with all the pomp of prerogative,
would be of Offering it.
+" After fuoh an infance Of the paflive
temper with which the Senate is difpoird
to accedc to the Executive will, ihould
not wonder j; IT,, bSdy G'ould be cholen
to batter the contribution in breach, and
demo!ilh the judiciary fyfem, one Of the
great pillars on which that fabric isands.
Whenever the Executive and Legislature
fhall combine, either for the direct cpprei-
fon of individuals, or to dearoy the con-
aitution, no check to their prosreis can
be found, but in az independent juaici.
ary. Of ccnfsGuence; one of the fra
evidences Of iuch combination will be
an effort to defroy that Independence
The Executive is underltood to have o.
penly avowed this dedgn-- 1.-The Senate
will mott probably commence its execu-
tion."
CaS. y. S.
FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE UNITED
STATES.
My. BRONSON,
In number 2, of the acute and
able animadverGons Of LucIus CsAssUs
upon the me1age OF the preddent, l per-
ceiye mifccnception which the nature of
my function as Expoi.or ian unfalaried
office, in which Of courie I have no CON-
pe,isor) compels me to take notice. The
Preiident is BY this writer, luppofed to FAY,
tina; an accumu' alton of treafurc for the
for the purpo!e of defence might be the
means of producing war by tempting the
raracity of a greedy invader.
The PreGdent does not FAY fo-His
meaning is, that an administration pof-
fsiling the means Of defence, may thence
be tempted to engage in war which
they would o,hcvwiie avoid not that the
treafure mi sht tempt an enemy, but our
te!ves.-The idea is indeed ness and re-
fined, but it is nevertheless, his idea, l
am perfaaded. Attend to the policy of
of the administration. What is it Why
economy, fargeat beaxeeup d'axgevt, not
indeed to iquander, but to fave. AS fub.
iidiary to this, it mutt be pacific: tor
what is more expeniive than war =
We know that the mu&y, ruorm-eatrn
maxim was, 10 be prepared for war hence
old .Eiop's fable of the boar whetting his
turks, hence the fdcred depoft Of the Ro-
mans for defence againa the Gauls, hence
Mr.. Gibbons obiervation, that "they
preterved peace, by being prepared for
war" and the many other iufances which
might be sdduced. But the policy of the
new ichcol is, the very reverie of this &
its d;cip!es, realizing probably in them.
ielves, the Hudibraitic ardour, which
Cannot hear trumpet blow or drum beat,
Without feeling "a months mind to combat
void rather forego the means of defence,
than put fuch temptation in their way.
Another reafon might have eoncurred
in introducing this fentiment into the mef-
faee. An administration to be efficient,
lhould be popular, and as avarice Teens to
be coniidered as the mott prominent trait
in the American character, it has been mott
icduiouly angelo for. Hence the fenti.
lnent, in perfect unifcn with The Object of
catching money lovers, even goes little
further, and is probably bait thrown out
fox the fociety Of Friends. This reipeaa-
Die iociety are true lovers of peace, in
Which they coform to the Chriftianprecept.
But as they are 70 attached to table
and moral government, it is extremely
problsmatical whether they will be fuch