Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-14
FROM THE ALBANY CENTTNEL.

FROM THE ALBANY CENTINEL.
a correct and faithful Picture Of the Times.
THE most popular complaint against the Fe-
deral administrations, was, that OF squanderlng
the e peoples money!" and, consequently, I'M
posing unnecessary taxes to support the extrava-
gance. Indeed, these are comaon place sub
iefs, with all dis0rganfzers and they are
we'll ebelta. When the popalaee in any govern
ment, and particularly in republican one, are
to be wrought into revolutionary frenzy, some
thing must be hit upon that will come bomt to
their understandings something which they Can
feel and fee. Teder this head may be ranked
primarily, the levying and collecting taxes
When the honest peasant. unread III political SCI
ence, is called upon by the tax gaherer for part
of his hard earned savings, he gives it with an air
of mysterious reluctance, the effect of kind of
Hereditary confdenet in his rulers, mingled with
jealousy as to the object of its appropriation
But tell hlm that his yalers are unprinciped
knaves; that they have combined to easlave
him and his HOUSEHOLD; that they are taxing the
bread from the month IF labor, and the last cent
from the pocket of the poor busbandman, to
ssuander in Injuries, and lavish on wicked ia
vortes and minlons tell him these public SER
vanfi, the men chosen to manage the concerns OF
the nation, are riosng in riches and extravaganza
at the bsotle's exptnee, and rendering no bene-
fits in return. In short, tell him, i'll plain Ian.
guage of iacobin impudence, that taxes are un-
necessary TO the public good (; that they are levi
ed and collected torthe express purpose of null
tiplying officers, and providing subsistence fer
" state pensioners, state vultures, pension
ed Judges" " sycophant office hunters" &c. &c.
tell him these things, and he is ripe for revolu.i
on already is his foot on the threshold of insur.
reetion.
The truth is, xsuy is the great idol Of man.
kind in general, and conveys to the weakest un-
Outstanding and the most illrerate mind, precise
and comprehensive ideas and in proportion to
possession or RESTITUTION, their notions of good
and evil, of right and wrong. Hence we see this
oqtnxrning lVtr always resorted to by discomfort.
ed and designing MEN. And hence III all ages We
shall find this very subject of TAXATION and expen-
ditures, the flint and FEEL by which the dema-
gogues of faction have kindled chose revolution,
AIRY fires which have destroyed the peace and pres
periy ofrmpres and states. Precisely the same
has been the conduct of our democrats except
that they have improved upon tie examples Of for.
mer times. Yes, Fellow. Citizens, it must still
be in the recollection ofsyou all, that by their in
cessant clamours, and abuses against federal men
and federal measures, the democrats have succeed.
ed in their unhaIlowed purposes. Wcsa aa6al-
bqved purposes-for their conduit since they have
beer in power is demonstration. Are they not
indebted for success to their own faithless repre-
sensations of their adversaries? And we would
ask, where have they corrected The procedure that
the "teoph" are benefited, or the poor relieved
We have indeed, as we have formerly acknow.
lodged, seen their handy work exempli6ed in the
repeal of the taxes on coaches, whiskey, loaf SUI
gar, and green teas, &c. &c. and some, others
equally unimportant to the poor and middilng
classes of our citizens. And even with this t.iR-
ing cs,retlos, in order to raise funds, TO keep up
the appearance of consistency, we have seen these
democratic economists, in the short space ct two
years, wantonly sacrifice of the public property,
SUN it is believed, much greater than all the
taxes they have RENTED, would have produced in
the same time. We refer to the auction sales,
Of our navy and naval stores, and the sill more
wanson sacrifice of our bank stock, on which the
purchasers have cleared nearly Tquo Haad,ea
1'beasasd-a sum, which, had it not been given
TO foreign .pseulafo,s, might have been dstrbut-
ed amongst the INDECENT yoemanry Of our country