Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-10

THE FEDERALISi was written in ferries
of numbers, under the fgnaeure OF lubius
.horty after The promuig .tIon Of the iedsral
onitItution, and .ddreiicd to the I'enp!e OF the
state of New York, with the dsiign OF enforcing
,he propricty and neeeflity Of its ad ption.
/; Is Principally the production Oh man,
sh ic name will BE- he d in facred re'ptd lorg
.iter III pitifuI attempts which have been maze
to ilande his fame ih4li have funk ito oblivion.
NO oth>r sentenea, of diilmsu.ihed talents.
occaii nall, contributed lome eAays, which " Ill
be ma Ike lii h pub ication.'
MI partle IL M as length united in prof lions
OF regar.. i,I the Contribution; # they are en-.
ere, tn confederation cannot fail to enhance the
:aIue OF a work, Which by employing IN lis Ia
or all the energy OF argument, and all the per.
uailon OF tloqucnc>, Wa, eminent u.eiul in poo
nofng its general ratification.
Whoever IS !eGrous o: lei. & well irfNi med Of
shc principles and provilions Of our Government,
d the manner IN Which they have been .up.
ported and vindica.ed, # the o'j-eti1, thar
We made to the CoalsItution by it, h.t oppo(-
sr,, a., how they were auiwerc1, VIII iind ,heie
volume, faught with ample and fi,i,faetory in
itruction. he itu.y OF them mutt form an
ecnrial part Of the education OF the American
ta;elrlan. Politicians, indeed, of every coun.
t. y, will here uiic"ver mates ias in he icienct OF
Government We, worthy OF their attention;
iience, C al ,,h r., the mott intereting 70
mankind, as it Mott deeply Concerns human hap
n,ci,. he Feleraiiit contains principles hat
,,sy DC remembered and hudied with 4cvant re
D, all cial:s o. n.~u IN other Countries thln ,ur
own. and In ether ages tn n that in which ~e
i've. The People vt America alone have at.
;"rded tn exsmpie OF pure Representative
Republic. In this work it will appear, that the
principles of chs form of Government have been
vel underteood, and thoroughly developed, and
,hould, unfortunately, the experiment whi.h We
have made hereafter fail, 1t wal be IN vaiu to at
tempt the renewal If iiniiAr iyftems, as no ra-
tiona: hope can be Entertained, that nj re cor
'ect notions on chs iuI ect viii prevail than are
here exhibited.
10 prelerve thefe papers, therefore, which
have 70 much iutriniic merit, and iuch Iaiiiug
utility, in drels fuitable to their character, is
the inducen,ent to their re publication.
PACirIGUS is from th1 pen Of the fare en-,
Ishtened ttateiman who wa. The chief au her e
he Fedc ali!t ihefe tG4ys " ere written de-
Lence OF the frt e.diag ttep which our Govern
nlens took to preicive that eutraity wai,h i
continued to mai. tam during the late Irauat
Unite CO. Aict; conflict Which has a'I ihiated
the mino' powers Of Europe, and fianen the
civilized world.
Now that the form has paiIcd over, and The
angry and ,umuIt u, Patio which at ;,.s !nlc
sgltated our Country. have in lome meaiurc tub-
hJcd, theie papers will he read Nth prof, and
pealurc by the intelligent niau Of every party.
Cin.!or vii probably wuniei, that any ihouid
ia,. doubted Of the 6tneis of the meAiu es which
this writer has 70 ably advocated, and which x-
perience has 70 tcrcby proved to have heen the
och adapted to the ;nrcreas OF The country.
TO give to the.: latter EHays ;orm which
hall out.ive the hecting in,preliions f uew,p.
per, they arc Incorporated 10 theic v"iuarcs.--
pubiiu, and paciieus will fervc to keep ~ jula
remembrance two very important events IN the
aiitory OF our country.
The Erh gentleman here alluded t. is Ge-
neral hami;oA--ths other two, Mr.. Madilon
and NIX. Jay.