Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-04-21
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L cool, deliberate teae61ion, urtiaGea
bJ prejudice, unrufied by the violence 0.
party anlmoiiiy, were filtered 10 review
the psa fix: years Of or political aaails J;
II candid and npimrationed enquiry were
allowed tor moment TO preefoninate O.
yer The rant OF democracy if the hume
rous charges. wh'ch have engendered in
The hot beds Of faction, which have been
reared and cppofed to the federal admin
itration, by the malignant Influences Of
party fpirlt, were fairly di(1uAei how
inefficient, how nervelels would be The
arm OF democracy. A power bottomed
/ on deception, would dlaolve, and like
. The balelels fabric of yifion leave not a
wreck behind. This difcuaion federal
ITS invite, they challenge the whole huit
of democracy to fub2antiate charges,
which as yet, ref only on eOsrfion.
What can it for moment be believed
that the tried patriots of our country,
men who fought its battles and at
chieyed It's Independence, were enemies
to the liberties they had iecured p
Can ii for moment be believed, that
when We trembling food upon I" the brink,
the very verge of liberty" the man
t" who was foremof in the CORN, WHO
rode upon the neck of danger ard plans-
ed upon puypofe big with DEATH" can
it be believed that this man and his CO.
patriots were traitors to thar country,
and had formed the nefarious deGgn OF
iacrihcing lis independence : Can il for
moment be believed that the ,irtuous
Wgl9mgto0, the favior of his country and
the guardian of its rights, with his poll
teal adoeiatcs, had contemplated to efab-
lifh mona,eby on the ruins of republi-
canifln, and riyet the chains which they
had juG brokens Folly and fupidity Can
alone be duped BY fuch belief.
YET this is charge, which, with IN.
blulhing confidence, with malignant plea
fure, democrats urge againf the real au.
tbors of our independence agsinit the
projectors of our contribution againa the
organizers of orr government. II is
true, that in the grateful moments OF felf
complaccocy, when fuccels bad crowoed
the exertions Of his party, Mr.. Jcfericn,
with all The modeffy ofunailomins merit,
but as an artful decoy for the minds Of
the Ignorant, eulogized the " bright con.
Relations" who had gone before him !;
and pailed an almoG unqualified approba.
ton on an adminif ration, who left the
government in the full tide of iucceis-
fnl experiment.
YET thele declarations but iii accord
with thoie contained in his letter to MAJ
zei. The weakness of inconG}ency, or
The turpitnde ofhypocrify mua be famp-
ed upon the man, who will utter opinions
glaringIy contradictory. Charges ike
thefe however have had their efea to
warp the minds Of the cfedulous, and to
excite an odium againa an administration,
honef in its views, upright in its cen
duct, and guided in its deliberations by
The puree principles of patriosifn. The
ingra,itude Of republics is rroverbial, and
ariking examples are afforded in the hi
fory of all republican governments, evin-
Give Of its truth. We, it will be found
that it is not the unbaled voice of the
people, but tie artful management OF de-
magogues, violent effects of parfi-
zans, that have cauied injuRice to be
done to merisorious public fervanfs, and
this for the folc purpofe Of building upon
the ruins Of their political enemies.
(Patsz9t.