Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-01-27

The iudicsasyi Assa' -
Gas the hrt object Of their violence
Win c!smor and calamny, Which hah'
had rendered as e4fy as tbs duties q q m
ehsp:caI proieaioo, they attempted 'h,'
Important branch Of our government.
pysry figure of rhetoric was duelp'ines
- abue, while an abfnrd APPEAL 70 fedora
n,;pc,.,,rs and bold denial Of zoe common
law, ccmpried their whole afgomen'
!. ! bo;Gerous lea OF heads" drowned Tbs
eaim e'oquence Of reafon, and the fury
II. fern was true teit OF The character Q
the trirmPh.
The violence ola p'roxifm IS tie mea-
6,re Of preceding la gum. On the in
,ortant aueRion, whether he raxss that
opcrclHed the poor, impofed IN mcmen'
when danger ioliciied even part o. ths
pittance of penury, fhould be reduced,
tEefe men were damb. In naughty, cb-
du.ate, and cupid iience, they tanttioped
rclolu,ions which plurdeF labor of It's r.
ward and prohibit indulgence TO The COT
,aoe. Theie men, that thew gigan!it
power IN overturning the mighty templS
Of iufice, wanted ftrengih to Tighten ths
hoIdens of ,hoie who work, ard coold bu
raife a, finger to remove feather from the
wheels of thofe who ide. The repeal Ct
RE inrernal taxes, ard continuance OF The
duties on neeeilaries OF life, were meafures
Whole defence was beyond the nerves Of
thots valorous knights. Happily, how
ever, for the pride of the PRECEDENT, craft
hielded thofe mad projects, whlchfophiars
could not render plauhble.
A conduct, which conceded the impo-
Icy of his fchemes, iecuFed their effect
His great band Of ita,efmen, paTalized in
impotence, became dumb BY policy, and
a reinquifhment of argument in ;heif
own fupport was all that could apologize
for an affected con,enp. Of the elcquence
of their Opponents.
During this period Of Legislative extra
vaeance, eeexomy was tie wonder work
ing word. When the exorhitance OF De-
ane's bill was known, ard an unprincipled
incrcafe of the falaries of the officers OF 60
vernment, had almof difpelled popular
deluhon, mott dcfpicable arsi6ce was
the only refor,.-A title of an atf was
tonfrutfed to deceive the conf;tuenTs of
thefc honef politicians. A law TO con
tinue our debt 10 an indefinite period, and
increafe our burdens, was publifhed to
the world as an ata fer diichaTging the
whole national deb IA contempt fer
the people, and belief of their ignorance,
could alone have induced palpable fraud.
Prudence is another name for wildom.
Our triumphant democrats have iubititut-
ed cunning for both, and for The lat act
of their augu& FELTON, reieryed The height
of their magic. They cheated the peo-
pie out of their confidence, ard now, by
a kind Of parliamentary bocrs pocus, the
old tried honeit fervants OF the people
were to be tucked out of their reputation.
TO icatter abroad fu{picions of others was
a certain means Of iecuring their own Gre
dir. Hence arote the famous Report of
the lnquiitorial Committee, traught with
INTERPRETATIONS, ard craftily offered in-
TO public notice, when no time was al
lowed for legislative enquiry. lis mo-
nentary deludon has pafed away, and
with the dlcovery of its falIacious detail
has terminated our confidence il its patri-
otto editors.
Orr eoant,y Is at length fa,tuaately roul-
cd TO a -fc,ntrms Of be 9ei,tieqi prQgrs6 o5.I
he frelfat admuyFrat,on. The people Jse
iS3f Their rgbt are lpo,fed qoItb, 0ndtbei'
'sterefs and feelings neglected. Try kneqv
fbe'r dcee'Vers, and objtrve, zr;t6 detsfQ-
TN, men, qUbo haze regulated rbeir cen
saf BY the ealeulations Of 4mbnior, ana
/ sap9ltd popular dsluGons to fbs charge, Of
CONFIDENCE. " Deception far mement led
f6sm of,ay. Orr teachers baVe caa(rd
i6em 10 err. Rsfefioa and experience