Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-01

very important Purpote, and mutt be con-
ildered, as very boasyable mean ofiecur-
ing dejfrabls end. Power was the OBJ
jet, virtue, patriotifm, diiinguifhed In
tegrity, and hyperion talents were power
ful obfaclcs TO its attainment. The DER
whelmlng torrent of calumny was in its
coure TO involvs in one undiAinguilhed
ruin, the venerable authors of our indie
pendence, the wife Importers Of our con-
aitotlon, the virtuons adherents TO Wafh-
ington and his administration. The
friend of religion and of Thomas Paine
the muniacent bcnefattor Of ttle amiablc
aCallender; the liberal rewarder of the
patriotic Duane the correspondent Of
Mazzei the jfneeye and ardent friend Of
Warrington was to be RATED to the eleyat-
ed height ofpower.
For this purpofc the character of Waih-
ington was to be aaailed, bulwark of
alarming ttrength againf the party the
citadel Of federalilm, behind the rampant,
which his virtues has raifed, was fecure
from the invaGon of in6dious foes Duane
and his myrmidons, well difciplined in the
arts of able editors, with the ability
Of active partizans, directed their whole
force to the defruetion of this powerful
fortrels they were honored with py0ud
triumph Yes, it was known that the
hrf and bef man in America, was a fe-
deralii that THE leading features Of the
federal governmenment, were 6nifhed from
his dedgns that he had universally, and
10 the mott public manner, faneioncd the
important meafures Of the administration
OF his iucceHor. TWAS known, that for
his we'll tried patriotifm, wifdom and In
tegrity,sa grateful nation placed implicit
confidence in his opinions. Democracy
therefore was deititu,e of hope, while fe--
deral principles were fupported by 70 pow.
erful an advocate. To weaken the con-
6dence of our citizens, therefore in fuch
character, was obviouly ncceaary to
effect the defgns Of the party. Paine's
iaimitabe letter TO PRECEDENT Warrington,
in which be has the goodnefs, toaccufe him
ofhypocricy, of puGlanlmity, of weakness,
ofunmilitary conduit, ofingratitude, or de-
ceit; The letter Of Jafper Dwight, writ
ten by Duane, a & paragraph in the Aurora,
in which the portrait of the venerable
ftatefman was 70 yafJ delineated; in which,
the friend and companion OF Mr.. Jsfer-
ion, has taken the liberty TO denounce
the bene.aetor of his country as man who
was the fource of its mistortunes, as
multiplier Of evils, as giving currency TO
political iniquity and legalizing corrup-
ton, as fupporter of nelarious projects,
as having cankered the principles Of re-
pablicanifm, as having dedgns agsina the
public liberty Callender's g PROJECT be-
fore u.s." pregnant with the mott precious
morfels OF .JacobiaTe tyufb; ,hefe produc
tons mutt be efeemed as aanding monu
mems of the prowefs OF thefe yirtuous
par,izans in the caule of democracy.
For their important iervices thefe men
have had theirreward, and with one ex-
ception at this day fand high in the eiti-
nation of our beloved PRECEDENT. Yes,
thefe bale aiIafins of character thefe TO-
reigners, who with hellilh malevolence,
exerted their preaituted talents to blaR
the fair fame of the great&good Walhing-
ton, are in presidential confidence and
(hare the bene6cent fmiles of the mild and
ferene JeGerfon. This fpeaks language
not difficult to be underfood ; this fllews
at Leaf that gratitude is virtue confpi-
cuous in the character of the chief magi
frste Of our ration. This is a fu5jea on
which democracy mutt delight to dwell.
Some of its difriples feriouay profels to
revere the principles, the character and
conduit of Warrington it mutt indeed
afford them ineifable delight when they
reflect that the urtpotted purity Of their
beloved PRECEDENT, has fantfioned their
opinions by taking 10 his bofom the in
temperate revilers of virtue and goodnels.
There is however ciafs of citizens IL
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