Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-04-27
From the CHARLrsTos CoURrER.
Subject continued jf0n Wedaesday's I'D
uertiser.

THE federalists; from a undergraduates
and on many Just accounts, stood 50 high,
and were apparently so'hrmlyrooeed IN pub
lie veneration and love, that it was thought
nothing could overthrow their power; Tor,
in considering the means by which they
were assailable, no good man could have
suspected that such as those by which their
exclusion has been effected, would have
been reserted to, or could have succeeded
While on the contrary, the persons now N
power stood so low that their elevation
seemed to be little less than impossible.
Very saeaciously however they considered
that the purposes which could not be ae-
complisaied BY fair means, mightbe brought
about by foul; and that the end they had
in view was one which, according to their
moral creed ought not to be sacrificed to
scruple or delicacy. /" fzectefe 81 neqtso
suberos Acheronta moUcb0.' The power
they could not obtain from Heaven they
would draw from Hell. One way only led
TO advancement. By ON mean only could
those whom they thought their enemies be
put down, and themselves raised to power
that was by deceiving the people. And
that they adopted without shame Or re-
morse. The passion for property to wh;ch
we have alluded was made the Instrument
of their designs. The Federal Admins
trations were represented by every means
which article could devise and clamourous
falsehood enforce, as reprehensible squan-
derers of the public money, and the naval
and military preparations which insult from
abroad and disturbance at home made ne
cessary to the public safety, were held forth
as acts of wilful, useless prodigality. Here
the faction first began, as the vulgar saying
is, to get at the blind side of the country
this was the string which they knew would
strike in unison with the hearts of the peo-
pie; and they wanted neither industry nor
cunning 20 take advantage Of this part Of
the public weakness and credulity. Mena-
ces from Europe rendered it expedient to
make provision against foreign attack, and
the plupder Of our commerce pointed out
the necessity of erecting navy for our de-
fence. The Federal administration did
so. This was represented as criminal
waste of public treasure. An outrageous
instruction called for military force to
suppress it. The force was raised and the
Instruction quelled. This too was held
forth as unnecessary waste. While on the
other hand it was poured into the ears of
| the country, that the state could never
| thrive till less prodigal men were intrusted
with its management: that if the Anti-Fe-
deral demagogues could only get in to adj
| minister, there would be no more of that
sort Of expence-; and that war should be
| banished from our system, and should
make no part of our defence. The eff
cacy of mendicant supplication was set in
| opposition to the more certain effects of sa-
| lutary vigour And the people were told
that national insults could be repealed, and
national honor maintained by the feeble
| process of negotiation. In shorttheir rea-
son was made pandar to the meanest Of
their passions. They were informed that
| the violence, the ambition, and the rage for
! domination which nothing but force had,
ever since the world began, been able to
repel, would yield TO a little good natured
/ expostulation, and they were ready to be-
! lieve it, because expostulation was cheaper
than force. When those miserable doc
trines and receptions had produced their
/ intended effect, and the Federalists, whose
/ spirit and wisdom had saved the country,
! where pushed out of the scat of gov
/ eminent to make way for their adverse
ries, it was thought advisable by the latter
to make their conduct practical comment
! ontheir former professions and opinions.
/ TO swell the treasury and at the same time
to tighten the burthens Of the people, or at
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