Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-08

country was drawa to the brink ofdearu--
ton by unncceaarily mingling with Eu-
ropean politics, bur that he had luckily
fepped in to ward off the blow which
threatened humiliation. Are theic things
To-? No. The venue has mott certais-
ly in iome ,initances been leaened: But
has the people at large benefited by that !
No. Removing taxes from Injuries, from
coaches, &c. brings no relief to the Ia
bourer and the mechanic !; and it is Ger
tain fact that as loon as the duty was ia.
ken from whiikey, is telling value was
enhanced from 20 TO 80 per cent. Such
was the Democratic enshullafm that no
thing ehe would be ufcd, where other
liquors could be had where they were
nor astainable, people were obliged to inb-
nit to the impohtion.
A Virginia wsggoner when offered a
dram would reject the bea foreign fpiirit
and prefer wAiikey Jeeagls 1t pad ao
duty. On the other hand, is the high
duty on ialt 30 burthen on the people, who
cannot exit without it But the very
circumaance of this and many other arti
cles Of import being deemed enential TO
the comforts of the poorer claGss, was the
bett motive for continuing or increaGng
the duties on them, they mutt be had, and
this branch of the revenue was confe-
quently certain; and perhaps the ooly
means to Wiring ifom the hard hands OF
peasants their vile train = while the yeili
cies and the comforts of the wealthy
were not TO be checked by any taxation
however light. Yet this no doubt will
be called releahng the country from un-
necedary burthens. Should we trace the
administration through all the ,eAet; it
has afforded to It's idol, the people, we
fhould find them in general equally /u6-
faneial with the foregoing. They are
tod that great things have been done for
them, and the multitude ever credrlous,
ever prone TO be duped, give the tale full
confidence.
And is it to Mr.. Jsferfon we are in
debted for the adjutment of our quarrel
with Ffa1ce,the only eircumfancethat can
be hppcfed to have dref7Ly miled our ia
tereifs with the politics of Europe Ger
tsinly not. For that we are indebted TO
the manly 6rmnels eff Mr.. Adams, who
by the decided meafures he adopted, CON-
PEELED the Great Marion reluctantly TO
knowledge our independence. Through
him too was the negotiation catered In
to, and under his aufpices conducted TO the
iitnation in which Mr.. Jeferfon found it,
when MIR. DAYTON was appointed TO carry
the mere ratification TO France. Yer for
this is Jeferlon beipa'tered with ptaies,
by thofe who can find nothing more
worthy. Hi, was the honor of comn;0ion.
ing Mr.. Dawfon TO be bis me1enget to
Talleyrand his was the honor OF difpatch-
ing national fhiP, for the double pu'pofe
Of conveying MIR. Dawlon to France,
and Thomas Paine, the philolopher, TO
the United States. Be he praiiea accord
ingly I!
Men of understanding, however they
may for time be led a fray, will at lat
dilcover the falfe doctrines which have
miiled them, and, where intefelt or am.
bition does not fep in TO fife the voice
of virtue, they will avow their former or
rors, and warn their fellow citizens 2gaina
that by which they were thc,nfelves
deceived. This has been the cafe in va.
riety of inaances, within thefe laf two
years. Men were enamoured Of the
painted beauties of democracy, which at
a diaanee pfomifed 70 much blifs, fueh
raptnrous enjoyment but when they ap-
preached, wooed, and hoped by gaining
her to revel in delights, they found her
a very coeuette, who held lures 10 draw
them into her train, and then saaock the
aavery to which the had reduced them.
To warrant this remark, we have al
mott daily infances Of profound natural
and ACQUIRED talents, repentlnp OF their