Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-06
Exsraa efa LETTER tyom Londondsrry, eftbe 1911
of fuly, to a mercantile bonle If Baltimore.


The union parliament has Just passed ar
aca for the regulation of passenger Ships from the
unired kingdoal, perhaps induced to it by mo
tivcs of humanity; bur 1t would appear 70 US from
mistaken notions, transformation Of the trade.
An American ship can 3nly take passenger on
board for every FIVE tors burthen, after deduaing
for any merchandise thai may be OH board there
are other restrictions and also penalties SO that
this act goes TO anh!iate the passenger trade, AS
the price must Of necessity he raised beyond
what the generality OF emigranrs from this place
are abe to pay.
One cause of the extraordinary demand the
LAST season for Raxseed, was owing to the large
quantities Of fax exported from this port to Scot
land. AS this trade may not be continued until
the next season, the demand for the seed willnot
be SO great"
With what matchlefs efFtontery do your foul
mouthed jacobins, rotor, upon the federalifts the
charge OF ilanderl Who are iheie e5a9e editors
Whence did they originate? What has been tbeil
employment thsie twelve years paa Arc they
not thofe iniquitous hirelings who have proaitut
cd their talents every fpecies OF bafeaefs, and
under whole able management faction has fuc-
ceeded topower3 Are not fome of them ranked
among the very dregs of foaiety, who, with up
ceating rencor,, have keen wholefale dealers in
asnder, abnfe and raiGrspTefentatioul To whom
the VIE and the virsuous wefs obnoxious, and by
when the faithful iervanls Of the republic have
been insamouay illuminated. But hecauie inqui
~ has Rouriihed, and The throne of democracy is
eitahifhed on the ruins Of federal repablicsniGn,
thele bale !ycoPhants allumc an mperious tone,
and with all the authority Of papal fnpremacy,
illuminate their snathemas againG those who noqu
Sare TO cenfate the wicked machinatious of a fuc
ceisful fattion. With all the infolence of power
they claim that ysspet7 Tor their rulers, which is
only due 20 rei7n4de and Talents. And bccaufc
federal;ts, who have ever acted on the detenGve
aganR the unprincipled attacks Of the{e iacoblns,
continue to repreient in true colours the conduct
of the party, every little jacobin editor iets up
barking, with all the fpitefulnefs of inteterate
malice; and as If power fantioued iniquty, and
the dignity of Office wiped away the tain of bafe-
neis, they yelp with tenfold fury, whenever a
doubt is fnggetted againa the Immaculate purity
of their Idel. Nor is this all; from the badneis
OF their caue, and the imbecility of its advocates
to fuPportit againf the mott eating truths, the
party have been reduced 10 the mifcrahle dilemma
of being obliged 70 call il aid iasv avbeb ;mels
strOagt If dfspotism, to held themfelvcs againft
the pOblicity of faf7s, which would carry irrehf-
able conviction of the impure views of democracy.
In this, they have afforded curious practical
commentary upon their avowed principles, which
has INDEED given the lie to their hypocritica pro
teficns. And do thefe mighty pretenders to pa
triotiim. the6 lvsn Of hbry, aatter themielvcs