Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-12-22

'1'at nc IS g man q afspeyate jostuae Ite
enterprlzlng, ambitious ana int,.;o , e'!a
thirsting far military glory end i85Sa as'age
an fame.V Thus far, it Is no, ~.
the patriot resembles Mr.. Jefferson ,uAded
read onl !" A nan Of no fixed sr G,, out
no consistency s character, IT con srlapf
viez0s as a palihcian, Of bouadless 5o,; i acfed
Estless etftde pu5Hc good; oae 7pio = a and
suing NTH " an appetite keen as asot5 F~,
a hand steady as hne'' projects disreb, IN, ana
to himself aadiyurious to the counfr, ,,' ~
Such is the man (they add who :. e E.
disturb the peace of the world' is an ~ 70
vorlng by Estle arts to supplant the sc cb;c
magistrate, and to estrange the aFec, in.s'
Of the people from him. This indeed ' On
been his uniform practice fran the mas aa'
moment the republicans agreed to sua ssg
Mr.. 9e6srson as president and hi;,nS rISas
Kice-Preside,lt," Yet after this agreem. ~
was entered into, the virtuous. patr;o. :'
Governor Clinton, declared, sswitb ens,
gy" he would act with vigor to s,nnos.
him were he only the candidate for the rr ~.
sidency instead Of the /" accommof..
ing trimmer they had pitched upon N.Y.
Jefferson.
Such being the opinion the Clintons bo,a
of our worthy President of the Un;.J
States; let lis now see what was NJ
Burr's opinion Of him. In page 18 ofthe
work last quoted, tits stated that Mr.. Burr
observed to Wood, on reading the cbar,c.
ter he had drawn of Mr. Jefferson, that he
did not think it " exactly descriptive Of
that illustnous person. He observed that
Mr.. Jefferson was not a man of peai1ls [; he
was a flodaSn8., aaechanicat person, of little
activity of mind, and possessed Of iudg.
ment not very discriminating. Mr.. LEI.
ferson, he said, had also another great fail.
ing: he cosrted and 1Oes }and Of bobulqrity;
Now when we recollect that according to
them Mr.. Burr is a man habimatedto secret
movements and dark consultations and one
C who appears solicitous only to wrap his
actions in brgtound mystery, this language,
especially to such fellow as Wood, a.
mounts to about the same thing held by
Clinton. To c0tgt and be f5ad IF tobula-
rity to a falling IS, in Mr.. Burr's dialect
equal to an ssaccommodating trimmer" in
Governor Clinton's and what the honest.
and independent federalist calls an unbrln-
cibled, ambitious demagogtte.
Having thus disposed of the two highest
officers in the government, and shewn the
public, in what degree of estimation they
are and have long been both held by those
who exerted all their I" energy to pro-
mote their elevation, we shall proceed to
exhibit the characters of some, OF inferior
note to be sure, but still who occupy ex.
allied stations. Let us not incur the charge
of SANDER for doing this, for it is to be re-
mcmbered we are only republishers. Pa
rodying a celebrated writer, we may ex.
claim, none but those intimately acquaint-
ed with them in their most confidential
hours, and masters of their choicest secrets
could have described them so we'll Fol-
lowing their own order w begin with the
notorious Ambrose Spencer. The reader
will however bear it in mind that we do
not republish all that is said OF the several
personages that are to pass in review be-
fore him; for that he must turn to the pam"
.phlet itself, in which, if he is fond ofseeing
strong invective conveyed in an energetic,
lively, and generally speaking, correct STYLE
he will be amply gratihed. 10 confess
the truth, we are inclined to steer Gear Of
a libel where we have no object worthy the
risk, though TO crafty our numerous rra-
ders as far as possible, We mean TO SoPret'
ty near the wind.
q Anbroe Spencer, has twice been thus inP0.
SD upon he nude district as its senator, wafn
rot a sllt.ry town in any Of the ceenE's 'h@'
compose it, conld be found to nominee hin
Having at the comnlencement of his political CO
reer, attached binsSl to Che federal party, be a,f
ed faithfully with them, until tie eud OF lNe
year 1898. At tha, period lie was member
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