Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-11-26
From the caAR1xsros couRrsR.
(continued.)

ali shame. | do not pretend 70 say tnas
there have not been on the Federal side
some scurrility, and more is the shame tor
those that used it: But compared to the
abominable calamnies OF. the Democratic
press, they were innocent, polite, and gen
tie; and when.the objects OF the abuse on
both sides are compared, and the grounds
of both are examined, those on the Fede-
raj side almost vanish into nothing. The
words of the potent Peter Porcuplae HIM
self, poured forth upon open fae06l'as,
were milk ard honey, or as oancho Panca
saws. sstarts and cheese-cakes," when put
in comparison with the purchased and the
rewarded calumnies OF General Washing
ton, by the strong pen of Calender; yet
whose invectives, when compared with the
,blackguardism poured on that lllustrlous
man from print, the name OF which 1t IS
pollution to mention, were as the brilliant
satire of the gigantic Curran to the efosions
of the most voluble and furious drab OF
Bislingsgate. A charge ofscafrillty comes
with good grace indeed from the same
party that sent the Prospect Before Us into
the.worId. A charge otScalumny well be-
comes that party which villhed and oegrm-
ed the Immortal champion our rights ano
founder OF our freedom, Washington, with
all the slanderous filth whlch industrious
malice could pump from polluted and POI,
sonous hearts. On the abdicatlon OF Ge-
neral Washington, the press assassin OF
party exclalns thus:
The oAowing character q Gen. flashing
ton, appeared IN the Aurord 1aareh Q,
1897.
"LoRD, now le,test thou thy servant de-.
part in peace, for mine eyes have seen thv
.>salvation," was the pious ejaculation OF a
nan who behold food of happiness rush
ing in upon mankind If ever there was
-<ime that would hcence the reltsration OF
the exclamation, that time is now arrived:
For tie man zOho as the source ct all the
mis- fortunes Of orr country IS this dug re-
ducedto leUel Nth his felozii citizens, sz,s-i
IS no. lsnoer eesorooed of hozuff to naattLlbly
coils ubo1 the United States. II ever there
was period for rejoicing, this is the mo-
ment: every heart Ia unison with the Tree
dom and happiness Of the people, ought to
Beat high with exultatIon, that the name of
Washington from this dau ceases TO give a
currency to political inquiry, and to legalze
corrabtd0n--A nezo ara is now opening
upon us, a nezu ara which promises much
to the people; for public measures must
now stand upon their own merits, and ne
farious projects can no longer be supported
by name. When retrospect Is taken
of the Washingtohian administration for
eight years, it is subject OF the greatest
astonishment, that a single individual
should have cancelled The principles Q re-
bubAicanism in an enlightened people just
emerged from the gulf of dtspolsm, and
should have carried his designs against the
public liberty SO far, as 10 have put in
jeopardy It's very existence :a--such, howe
yer, are The facts, and with these staring
US in the face, this day 0Rght to be a I1fsbi-
lee IN the Unieed States"
The party read II, approve it, continue
to support The caumnlator, tocirculate his
paper, and TO ditfuse his principles. The
calunny i,-yerbatim disseminated through
the union, IN otherprlnts, and yer persons
of that partv have the nerve TO come fer
ward AMI talk of scurrlllty and caiumry.
Matchless efsontery! lnsolence, injustice,
falsehood, where will you be content to
stop, when you thus break down all the
fences which even the most abandoned and
impudent were once wont TO prescribe TO
themselves And here Mr.. Editor, beg
YOU will allow me to make a remark. II
has been reported that some persons Of that
party affected 70 take offence at the men,
ton made by you oil General Washington,
in your much spoken OF eulogy on gen
.eral Hamilton. According TO the COM
mon rule of reasoninp. should conceive