Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-08-03
Trsa the BOSTON EEKT1NEL.'
Reviev efgefsrson's administration.

son In connection with the means, which
resulted in his elevation To the Chief ma
,a,stracy of the union. the next Of any I'M
portance III order of tame is his inaugural
speech. This production viii long display
the insincerity, with which the most bril-
liant D, promises can be made. The ome
in which it was pronounced, yrs perhaps
the. most favorable OF any, since the lorna
tor of the general government, tor concsll-
aing the confidence and esteem or that part
of the nation, which itmnss ever be d1sira-
be for the executive to possess. Tie peo-
pie had paid certain taxes, disagreeab!v,
though imposed TO repel the mrn ices Of
foreign kingdom, and gaard against a tate,
similar to that Of Venice, with which ic
threatened us. The imposition of these
taxes for the preservation Of the country,
successfully used to impress q belief OF pro-
digality and corruption in the Federal Adj
ministratlon, had produced great conflict
|of opinion, BY the close however OF this
administrator, disputes with foreign ma
tons had been settled, and consequently
the necessity for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
had ceased. Nothing more then was re-
qusite TO unite parties at this perlod, than a
digni6eds impartial and ast conduct. This
was promised by the Pres'dent IN siren
language. which for a while sicnced the
voice OF all, though it could not. make ma
nv believe him sincere. Indeed the sweet
visions of the inaugnrals speech soon fitted
a way by the commencement of political
persecution. 1t was then thar the faith of
splendid promises was found o DC deluslve.
Instead of a procedure, tending to allay lr-
ri tation, the president apparently seemed
determined to Danish " the harmony OF
social intercourse from society.
Wenow proceed to give certain parts of
the inaugural speech of the President with
his actions, more Immediately relating to
them, hat the public may judge of promis-
es aud their performance. These parts of
the speech will form a text, GA whlca his
condact is a comment, as u,hecoming an
individual, & Incompatible with goodness
OF heart, as unworthy Il chief magistrate,
and ruinous 70 ,the. interest Of the nauon.
TEXT. i" The viii OF The majority to be
righ,ful must be reasonabe. The minority
possess their equal rights, which equal laws
must project, and to violate would be or
preston. Let us then, feslcw-oitizens,
unite with one heart and one mind let us
restore to social Intercourse that harmony
and Erection, without which liberty, and
even life itself, are but dreary things, Let
Us reflect, that having banished, from our
land religious intolerance, under Which
mankind So long bled and suffered, we have
gained little, if we coantenance a political
intolerance, as despotic, as wicked. Every
difference Of opinion is not difference of
principle. VS. are ailrepublicans, we are
all Federalists." Speaking of the princi-
pies, by which his administration was TO
be directed, he SAYS Equal and exact
ju,tlce to all men of whatever state or per-
s%uasion, religious or political. A jealous
care Of the right of election. Economy in
the public expense. The encouragement
OF agriculture, and of commerce, as its
handmade"
i ComMENr. We shall name only a few
persons, among msny others, who have ex-
eslenced poiitical intolerance bydismjssion
from office, or been obliged,to resign IN
consequence of it. Alessrs. Dtxser, Stod-
ftert, Adams, Smith, Humphreys, Haber-
sham, Otis, Goodrich, Chester, Sands, Mil
ler, hittera, Hodgdon, Talbot, Truxton,
Putnam, amidst. Clair Among thesewere
heads of .departmenrs, foreign ministers and
other important officers OF government.-
Not even the sixteen circuit Judges, who
were independent of Congress during good
behaviour, could avoid the SAM fare. The
interference Of the eKecutive,in the case Of
Bayard and Rodney, furnishes a striking
instance. with what Jealous care he watches