Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-06-08

yilest characters in America are his
warmest friends and most active sup
Porters, that q great proportion of them
consists of foreign wretches, who: are
ready TO devote theif talents great or
small % any cause for hire; such was
Calender, the notorious reviler Of WASH
ington and Adams-6rst the con6dant
and thenth betrayer of the present Ex-
ecutive. Such is Duane, whose first
efihrt in that glorious cause which has
raised him to afEluence and insolence,
was an infamous attack on Washington.
Such was Wood, who became so alarm
ed 1t his own libels that he shrunk from
public notice, and left his name TO pass
to oblivion loaded with exeeration.---
Such is Cheetham, the nuisance Of New
York, the foul instrument by which
wicked men. have involved that state in
dissen,ions and disgrace. These have
been the most distinguished in that petu-
Lans trdnn9us pecus, which has been
cast upon our shores in an evil hour, to
disturb our repose, and under the pat
ronage oftreacherous Americans to wean
US from the principles Of our government.
Should the friends Of the President a.
pologize (deny they cannot) by saying
thasit Is impossible toprevent even the
most worthless in society from espousing
his cause. We answer he can, and that,
BY deserving the support of the yirtuous.
These votaries of Ealsehood and calum-
ny were as naturally opposed to WASH
ington and Adams, as they are attached
TO their opposites. No sooner does a
man express wish favourable to "ho-
nest men" than they attack him by in
stinct. Of this an expression which
dropped from Mr.. Burr is glaring
proof. Had the President dared to fulfil
the promises ofhis inaugural speech
should he dare 10 relinqlish his partial
system of administration should he
dare to put in practice some Of the best
political principles laid down in his notes
on Virginia, a mutiny among his para
sites and oeulogists would Immediately
ensue, Witness Calender. His ap-
pication for favor, happened unluckily
for>him, when the President was not yet
prepared to brave the EXPLANATIONS Of an
indignant people. What was the conse-
quence of this instance of i" correct pro-
eedure 2" The loss of Callenders useful
friendship forever.
. But 1t is not the cause that these rene
gadoes are simply tolerated in the part
they have chosen Does not Mr.. Jef-
ferson merit the eternal reproaches of
his countrymen, that the author Of Jas-
PER Dwight, the worst abuse ever utter
ed against Washington Except Paine's)
the wretch who dared to attack that wor-
thy character while in ofice, and exnlt
in his retirement, prnclaiming it jubi-
lee, a. he now does the acquisition Of
Louisiana-that such being should
now be exalted to private confidence and
loaded with wealth from the national trea-
sury! Does the spirit Of the departed
hero ever take eognizanee of terrestrial
events-the wealth ofthat country which
owed him everlasting love and gratitude
on his ~ilest calananiater -
Sainted shade, forgive our country! but
let Americans, that can justify this, hide
their heads forever. =. : al
Some readers may think these remarks
too warm. Warm they arc, and who
contemplating such disgraeed, facts, can
write with. apathy. ~'Tis the. Ameri-
can that stirs within me-" When this
must be, suppressed, let the crispini and
RegaiR Of our modern Domitian WELD |
The pen alone,~ and every native citizen
witness his country's dishonor in silence. |
Hwhat we STATE be false, let the seve-
Fity Of the law be exercised If true, let |
the ignominy fail where il is deserved,
md we boldly assert neither Mr.. JefFer-
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