Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-07-13

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lection II last madel@ win his friends
5 ~ il was the result, Of q conviction, that
be was the man best qualified for the Of.
ace I No-iftbey regard the truth. Mr..
JErrEksoN was not chosen till the de-
mocrats in the legislature Of Virginia,
waiting the event by prolongiag the ses-
sion alter the completion Of an business,
OPENLY ASSERTED, ii he should not be
elected, they would soERMNLY PRo-
NouNcE THE ANTiENr DOMINION INDIE.
PENDEST or THE uNieN. Yes he was not
chosen ill some Of his partizans in Con.
gress At the time Of balloting, boldly de.
elared, they would rather cause an in-
terregnum, and at once hazard the exis.
tence Of the constitution. than his electi-
on should not be secured. THENit was,
that the federalists, astonished at the
audacity Of party, relinquished their
voice in the choice Of a chief magistrate,
preferring rather to commit the constitu-
tiontopersons who had been distinguish.
ed for their enmity TO Il, than afford any
pretence for = separation Of the union,
and the sudden and immediate destruc-
ton Of this instrument Of their faithful
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No sooner was the person To BE Presi.
dent designated, than, in the language
of every demagogue and syeophant, he
Processes profound thankfulness for the
reception ofthis testimony Of confidence,
and pronounces that measure OF grateful
sstisfaction, derived from the suffrages
Of his fellow citizens (he ought to have
said slaves Of the southern states) to be
full. But in the midst of such an effusi.
on Of gratitude he Acknowledges his in.
competence for the Office, to which he was
promoted. Happy would it have been
for his own, and the reputation of Ame-
RIGA. had this sentiment always intluen-
ced, and secluded him from public life.
The world would not then have beheld
republic, running the road Of
corruption with more hasty strides, than
the Oldest nation nor would it have seen
the foreign hirelings Of MIR. JEFFERSON,
vilifying the greatest and best of men,
the father OF Ms country and himself
at the tomb Of WAsH,NcroN insulting
his ashes by the hypocricy ofmock tears,
Let the candid and impartial Inquire,
whether such an election displays lha, in.
trinsic worth which remains IN obscuritv,
unless sought after, and pressed into
public nosice. So far from it. This scene
ofnnoek patriotismpresents man, whose,
existence is only COMMEMORATIVE with the
uncertain favour of the n,Atitude, and
whose exertions are all centred in the
preservation ofthis phantom of night, the
basis Of his fane. I here is nothing Of
that Independence of mind, the effect Of
:nprightness which moves in the straight
line Of duty, whether with or agains. The
wind Of popularity. = a. -
Americans who glory IN. conscious
virtue, ought deeply to reflect on the
conduct, We have described. Its eonse.
quensess may RerhaPs be important be.
yond calculation.i for il was rcseryed for
Mr.. JEfrE1soR, FIRST to set the example
Of carry ing, an election By intrigue.
When faction shall ripen into civil war,
and violence be the test of virtue, and
real merit be banished from public life,
If the patriot enquire the origin of these
evils, he must be directe d 10 his electi-
on ;; pm election said by his friends TO be
glorious, probably glorious only for The
future destruction Of our country.
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