Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-05-04

The electors chofen IN the different
Aates gave the fame number Of votes for
Thomas eaerlon and Aaron Burr; there
being a tie it devolved by the direction OF
the contribution upon the Houie of repre-
fentatiyes to make anelettion. We lin
cerely believed that Mr.. Burr was the belt
and the mott fit man to be PRECEDENT, and
we accordingly voted for him; we contl-
nued to vote for him fix and thirty times
we were anxious to have him elected and
we deprecated the election Of the other
candidate, but when we found gentlemen
were determined not to have the candidate
from N. York, and faid they would have
him from Virginia PRECEDENT, we or they
would have no PRECEDENT, who yeaerated
our contribution too facredly to do any
thing which hould hazard abe lois of it,
yielded. We believed Mr.. Jeferfon ra-
Ideally and on principle hottie TO the ma
tional conGitution--we believed iome OF
the mott important features in it obnoxi~
Gus to him--we believed him delrous of
defroy ing the independence of our judlci-
ary--we believed him oppofea to the fe-
nate as now organized, and we believed
him de2itute Of that degree Of energy ne
ceaary TO maintain the general liberty Of
the people of the United States. With
thefe impredions deep upon o1r minds, we
fhould have been traitors to our country
had we voted fer the gentleman from Viz
ginia, as long as there was any profpetf
left to US Of elevating the gentleman from
New York but when we found the OBJ
jet ofour preference was fo obnoxious to
gentlemen on the other ide, that they
would hazard the having Of no preident
rather than have him, we ceafed our oppo-
iition. And this is what the honorable
gentleman from Virginia has been pleafed
to call pulling forward to immediate the
contribution regret, Mr.. Chairman,
being compelled TO mention names and FAY
any thing Of a perfonal nature, but ain
obliged 70 do it in purifying the gentleman
from Virginia, who IN his extraordinary
courfe has not only mentioned the names
of gentlemen but afcribed unworthy mo-
tiges for their conduit. He las faid MIR.
Read, and MIR. Green voted for the law
under which they got appointments. Al
though they have abundant proof that mel.
Their of thefe gentlemen lolicited their Of
fees, that they were given fpontaneouly,
and without being expected, yet will
merely an{wer this oblervation by menti-
oning, what is very generally known to
all gentlemen who have been Of late in the
councils Of the nation-it is, that it was
the invariable practice Of the former exc
cutive to appoint gentlemen to Office with
out preyiouay advifng with them. Il is
well known that under the law gentlemen
are now endeavoring to repeal, Mr.. Jay
was appointed chief juhice, and about the
fame time feveral gentlemen in this houte
were appointed to fome Of the moa homo
rable aations under our goyernment--the
executives intention it is well known had
not not been previouily notified to them
it is known iheY all declined accepting the
places profered TO them. Permit me, Cir,
to give brief hifory Of the cafe Of NJ.
Green, on which the gentleman from Viz
GINA has dwelt 70 much.
(7o b csntinaed.