Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-04-22
NUNBER-II.

the promife have made !" ny AT Hpui-
Der, il will be neccGary 10 enter into ar
examination of fome meafuTeS of theexat
ine naturalization as il is partly from
rheie, and partly from charges which at
feet Mr.. Jeffcrion's reputation as a moral
man, thar j have been compelled 70 alter
my opiBion of him. / advocated Mr.
Ieffsrfou, upon three grounds If, Be
caufe | believed him 10 be a genuine Re
publican aud vir,uous man: IDLY, Be.
caufe | was firmly perfuaded he was
friendly 10 our contribution AID 35ly,
Becauie I felr aiIured thar in his dlichasse
Of the prsfidcptial functions, he would be
governed BY the uneiring maxins OF truth
ana iufice. No views OF private na
ture made me embark IN his cauie. |
fought no Office wifhed no promotion,
Secluded in a great degree tom rhe butte
Of foeiety, my chief, may fay, my onb.
happiness conferred in retirement. Anbi
sion was dead in me. | was, therefore,
eratidcd az Mr.. efsrfon's election, only
10 ;ar as / conceived our inteteHs, IN
general point Of view, would be advanced
by that event | deem the!e PREDATORY
remarks neceGary, becauie il a Delnocfa'
becomes Fcdcrsii1s, he is irurnediateh
conGdered BY his former breshfen diiap-
pointed charaeter--as a mar who expected
IN oflise, but Whole merits were not iufl {
GENTLY great to entitle him 70 executive
patronage.
viii now enter into the proPofed in
vsaigation and in order that il may be
attended with fomc advantage, II will be
.neceilary TO go back 10 the period Of Mr..
letferfon's election, lotake a retrospective
view ofthe public mind az this criis, and
then 10 examine how far his fubiequoat
conduit has comportea with the pTonifes
and projections OF his Inaugural speech. -
However great the divifon may have
been among us, at the period OF Mr.. JEFF
ferfon's election, however one party might
have idolized and the other abhorred hims
yet fnce he had been conititutionally
elected to the hra Office in our govern.
ment, the iederalias acquefced in the de-
cifon, and hoped, but vainly hoped IN
deed, thar the opinion they entertained of
his character mieht be failacious. I, my
countrymcu, was one Of thole who indelg-
ed 10 thar hope with the fullca corf
deuce that il would BE realized. The fin
cere sad openly ayowed advocate of MIR.
I>ferEoo, | coniaersd him IS the very
perfou pointed cut by the finger Of heaven
i;iesf 10 aiuage the violence of party
10 heal tkoie wounds which had too long
bled and 70 rel}ore 10 our contitution
lis natural yigor. Spch were my hoFes
and expectations and they were greatly
chcfifhed indeed, by Mr.. Jefesiop's
Speech, on the day of HI, Inauguration.
There was fine dIpIay of every virtue
that can ennoble the human heart here
we were told that, that however VIC might
differ in fentimeps, in principle, we were
the fame; that we are all Repadkc0ns--
al FedeYahi9s; that 10 the conGitulon We
are all equally attached, and 10 fupport
that coafisution we would equally lend
our aid. We were aflpred moreover,
thar the tranquility Of Federalifs ihould
not be dillurbed ; that party fpirit fhould
ceafe TO exiG; and that once more we.
might exultipgly exclaitn. g we arc hap
py!'' How piesi3ng ;his portrait pitture );
how fattering lhsie pronilrs To ne
10 the enthaG4itic aamirer of MIR. fer
fsn's character, they Convey ed d ieofatiou
of pleaiure, which no 'aaguage can polh-
bly, deferibe ! Bat whsI wcre the copfe-
qaences +: Strcely was MFR. fcrion feat
cd IN shs pseii3eutlsl chair: Scarcely had
he siIuaed thofe rens which he has face
20 THANKFULLY + anagcd, than the conntcr-
part of every thing he lad proniied, took
place. The inafk was ioon thrown eff /;
aud the torch of unrelenting ytngeancel
was 70 be lfen blazing under the ailumed
veil Of political philanthropy. Fe.erallls
ror,,f,NeS trnra ot-cs ta,,.xaI,. ~ H.