Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-12-02

su5lic funaionaf;es. In cur eyecufion Of
rh,t duty, we ihail endeayour 10 adhere
20 thcfe msxims of propriery which you
have 70 sc-cibly inou!cssed N the beautiful
language Of elegant fim9licity. We, wits
you, fir, mott iincsrely lament the plogrefs
Of PARTY SPIRIT. True it is, and with
{orrow we do acknowledge, that the mo.
ssrate, the wife, the prudent WASHING
TON, with all his great and good qua
lilies did rot eicapc from the tongue OF
Gander. Endeavors alto have been made
at no difant period, 10 enyelope in cloud
OF black onthole patriotic exertions
Of an ADAMS, q tightly aufpicious, and
evidently fervicea5le at an early period OF
cur Revolution, in an hour of extreme
weskneis, before even we had arrived at
the years Of political manhood. But the
anima5veffions on.the standardization of
cur psefent Chief MagiaIate--our mild,
or ferenc, our benevolent JEFFERSON,
Rave been cloathed iniarguage and charg-
ed with peculiar & unprecedented venom.
The purity Of his motives, the applaufe he
receives from the great majority of his
fellow citizens, however fweeten his IN
icred feelings and create in his hearf ge-
-rerous and benehcient conpaiiion for his
yevilers.
Whit we Go not all embrace the fame
political fentiments, we uu0ulmoxty de-
splore this inereaGng party fpirit-this We
hement zeal, which terds 10 inhame ths
.paiIions, and miiguide the judgment.
We unite in our wifhes, that every err
ror il Government may be itrialy watch
ed and publicly anslyted, nor in The indie
corous pirate Of contun,elious ilander, bur
in that pure and chaae language, BY which,
and which alone, The page Of argument
can be adorned, or conviction enforced
ION the honeG, intelligent and inquiitive
mind.
Wearc fenfble thar onrin,ereff & fafety !,
as nate, are involved IN our Federal con-
neeiion with our iiiaer fates, and we VIII
unite moa cordially, In every meafure
which tends TO itrsngthen the union, and
augment the dignity Of the United States.
In the new arrangement net e!iary 10 be
made refpe6aing the choice Of Reprelenta-
tiyes to Congreis, tha, frief regard ii all
be had TO The interef and convenience 81
the electors, which the Importance Of the
fubjea requires.
We, with heart felt pleaiure, Sir, en-
brace this opportunity ofaiiuring you that
we view your unremitted attention to the
diicipline Of cor brave and Merritolicus
Militia, as frong additional proof Of
that parental folicirous care with which
you have conffantly watched over the in.
tereas Of this State. The propriety Of
extending the public patronage, in proyid-
ing them with FIRE arms and field artillery,
as far as circumstances will permit, fhall
be made The fobjea Of early difcuAions.
The hourifhing fate Of our Schools ard
Colleges cannot fail Of giving high tatis-
faction TO The Legislature Of a people, wto
maintains as primary article of their po-
liticai creed, that Science and virtue are
the. corner Zones of a Republican Govern
ment.
We hsll be ready to receive any other
communication from your Excellency
which you may be plealed 70 lay before
rs, hoping that all our'public acts may
conduce to the be& intereits of the fate,
and that you may receive all that fatisfac-
ton, in your high Office, which does re.
falt, and can alone refult from the conici-
ousnefs of being the principal labourer tor
the common good.
BURLINGTON, November 4.
l., cur 1aA ,r,aei~,s r,rer trya ,,ninli O. e,l