Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-02-14
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TUESDAY, FEBRuARy IA.
Erblanntlo17.

ETpla1at1on.
Alter the committee appomted to settle The
| pub.ic accounts, lad examined certified aad put
tie freasurers account into the hands Of the prin-
ter, Il til cesiss payments statedt!rr 10, amrun.
ne "a eighteen nuadrcd ard sixty one dollars,
and fifteen and halt cents were made, Increasing
The aalancc IN the treasury . two thoasand TWO
hundef and hfry elphtd Mars anS afteen Gents.
! These subsequent payments were introduced into
the account but omitted TO be noticed ii the Ger
tI6cafe.
P7ftical C05ttrast.--At this day, WHEN
/ democracy has cfept into almost every
nook and corner Of our political doniili,
/ and when It's nialons and undertakers seem
| to felicitate themselves on the security
/ which has followed their triumph; itwould
| be well if our. sober minded citizens would
IbetoWs a little atten0onnotionly or the cha
racters7of those now inpower, bat on those
| who pfece led them in authority, and on
! the means bV which this revolution in men
and PRINCIPLES has been produced. Let
! them also devote a few hoiies to the inves-
tigatioA of that bolihca}habybiness, that Kind
Of national jftEcffy which SO strongly mark
ed the American character during its fede-
ralprebatioa; and, free from the blindness
Of party prejudice, compare the remen-
brance Of IFS injured honors, and blasted
! virtues, with the dark portrait OF its living
character.
IN taking up this enquiry, we shall see a
nation bursting into life, overshadowed
VIII Egyptian darkness, and wandering
With fearful anxiety amidst the chaos OF
dangers, troubles and despair. We shall
see it led by its G,lqra,i4as Genus through
the fiery furnace of revolution aad dsor-
der, to peace, liberty, independence and
order. Under the benign influence Of his
councils and projections, we shall see these
blessings unfolding themselves, and by the
accumulating force Of kindred virtues,
cloathing our land in all the splendors of a
}golden age. We shall see the frowns of
war giving place to the smiles of peace
confusion and disorder 70 HARMONY and
concord--poverty and distress to individu-
al and national prosperity -jealousy and
hatredto compact ofreciprocal confidence,
love and good will-the III ght Of ignorance
and stupidity to the bright sunshine of SCI
ence, the love of wisdom, and the refine
ments of civilized and social life. In short
under the guidance of Washington, and his
colleagues in wisdom and virtue, we have
seen a ndtion built UP from the rudest ma
| terials--a world itselfreduced to the dtsci-
| pine OF government, and great people
raised from the very stool of humiliation
/ and chastisemeRt to the acme. Of political
| fame and national respect But, alas !
how fallen! how fallen
A et,ofrestless and ambitious wretches,
who envy the happiness of which them
| selves are neither the givers norpartakers,
| have not ceased to plot the ruin Of chat or
der of things which produced SO large a
share to our once honored country. BY
| intrigue and misrepresentation, aided bv
| the vile hand Of imported assassins, they
/ have undermined this iair structure Of ma
tional felicity, and given the death-stab to
| the brightest catalogue Of human achieve
/ ments that ever distinguished the annals Of
any people in a twelve years progress to Po-
! 1itical greatness. Shade Of Washington!
where is the mantle thou lettedsc fall on
| thy SUCCESSORS
CAz5any Geatinel.
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