Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-08-03

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text snd-comment, it will'exhibit the per.
'fection of genius. Never did a man III an
official situation make greater promises, or
more diseetIy falsify, them IN his conduct.
But we shall consider more particularly
som Of the cases we have mentioned.
Had the Presidees caused the res'gna-
ton, or dismissed onlt the heads OF depart
ments, after experiencing from them opposi-
ton to measures which he conscientious
" believed, promative of.lhe pubic good, he
would have been justified in releasing him.
self from 50 perp'exed aud DIS Sreea-
blca situation, by the appointment OF men
whose sentiments would !larmonise with
his own. But in the commencement ofhis
administrator, before an opportunity for
opposition 70 his principles OF policy was
given, those officers were necsssTated to re-
sign, not for an unwlainsness to perform
their duty, but tnquestlonably from an in.
timation, that it was the only alternative u
avoid dismission. This however was only
the beginning of persecution. Well tried
servants, veterans In our revolution, and
war worn officers, without an inti,nation Gf
misconduct, were deprived Of ofh@es, and
forced in the close Of life, to seek other
means Of subsistence. An adherence to
the constitution and the principles adopted
by Mr.. Jeaerson's p~redecssSsg was their
real though perhaps nfaS@ a unpardon-
able sin. His open hostility 70 their system
is irrefragable evidence that difference Of
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~scription, thanunfalshfulnzss in Off. e. Ia
deed The voice efthe people has IL sone ~
stances done ample justice 70 the v~icli.ns
of presidential execution by inrusting ,o
them their most important rights. Mr.. O.
ts after his dismission, vas chosen q repre-
sentative and speaker of the general court
Of massachusetts, Mr.. Goodrich ap-
pointed clerk, sand Mr.. Chester speaker
Of the Assembly of Connecticut; Mr..
Sands chosen a representative to Congress
for New York, MIR. Adams chosen into the
Senate of the United States. Can an ex-
cuse for such proscriptive proceedings be
found in the administration Of W'ashington
or Adams during that of the latter only
three individuals were displaced, and one
of those at the time was a federalist. But
why do | mention these characters? Mir.
Jeaerson's glory exists only in his opposl.
ton to them. Let US however ask whe-
Their the dismission of ,EithM e&ce,s,
i" protects the rights of the minority2'
Whether &c it restores to social intercourse
that harmony without which life is but a
Hreary thing?" Whether " it Banishes po-
!itical intolerance as despotic as wicked 20
Whether it indicates a belief that "ditTer-
ence Of opinion is net difference of princi-
ple?" Is itnot rather violatirr the equal
laws, by which the minority are,Euarded "a
CANT oppression? IS it NOT cutting ,hc
cords ofna;ional affection, annihiIating So
cial harmony, and creating a vindictive IL
ritation which viii finally terminate in civil
war and entire ruin? Is itnot prescribing
half the community, because they viii not
become the apostles, Of democracvtendi.
ing to the extnctio1 of virtue. bv p~lacingm man
TN Ter the sole consroul ofhis passions?
The purity ofelectionsalone can preserve.
a republican government for virtue is its
oasls. What then can be thought eff the
pretentions Of Mr.. Jefferson to republican.
ism, when tits knowu after solemnlv mcul.
eating theimportant truth that purity and
freedom Of election can alone make dura.
bic our civil institutions, he should within
the short space Of TWO years, attempt to In
fuence i:iby correspond!nSwtta, & soliciting
q particular person even against his i~nclina-
ton, o be a candidate for representative to
Congress? Strange as such facts may
seem, thcy Vet exist in a casein Delaware !;
and perhaps constitute the first link IN the
chain OF events, destined to place us in the
calm of despetism. The cause of eternal
politics! ,rnth, as it is called, d. pendent on
elections cannot b.. slnnnrteG exccn, hn