Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-02-24

names OF those WIS, alter having been the
| authors oftheir country IS salvation, became
| the object Its deadly hatred, and impla-
cable persecution. Such has ever been the
reward OF those who have had Democracies
for their masters. In this country we have
had but TOO Frequently to notice the con-
tlaet, and to marx hesconfornlity Of cha
raster, displayed BY those who assume to
| themselves the agpellarioh Of Dsm0crats,
ana exert their every faeultyto convert our
republican constitution into aiding to suit
tReirsparposes. Ianothing has the distiaa-
! tive marks Of this detestabls systefa more
/ gilrillgiy a7,psared than il the persecution
Sc " ashinslo1.
For on that pare alone rests Al. The IN
| fanny which attaches 10 ta1 ing atitaae with
which he has been treated. Not on their
| }acgious, servle, sesEigtous journalists a.
lone would we fix this abAorrcnt 81 gnaa -
| 1t extends through THEN. whole ranks; and
| to their Representatives in Congress, their
/; Senators, nay, 10 their highest authorities
belongs tie i1delible disgrace. Ihsy have
all paftsken Of the crime; they have all
with che accord 6 imbrued their consci-
ence II the blood Of CESAR" Nor would
we visit, TO abate orc lQt Of that execrauoa
| which must one dag ogertakc such base
| ness.
We must limit those reflections which
we cannot prevent from rising in ouf mind,
lcn the contemp lation Of such picture
But who can be entirely silent.When he sees
| and hears such things as are daily done and
uttered against the fame of this most ex-
| sated man, even under the first patronage
IN the country, and beneath the sanctioned
legislative exemption? When he hears his
merits either slightly alluded to, or COM
temPtuously passed over, AID the well-earn-
ed recompence of public appreciation and
| applause, attempted to be torn from him,
not merely BY Paine, a DUANE, or any o.
ther wretched ielo de Sc scrib5ler, but can
st be believed! by Senator's, and in the Sc
nate Of the United Statess
tits unnecessary to say more. When
Twice prevails and iapious men bear sway"
when truth is prohibited under the severe
| penalties which ought only to pursue the
guilty svretch who profsnes 1t, when rnrn
in power protect their actions from public
A.serutiny BY the terrors of political proseeu-
{-tious, under an unwrittcp, exotic, and al
most underlined law, prudence opposed to
+! duty, must confne the Indulgence of the
! indignant esentmeht which is reused by
survey of such turpitude.
Its not from any ap5rehensions that the
| fame Of Washington can suffer bv all that
has been, or can be, done to tarpish or de-
stroy it, that these remarks have proceed
ed. 1t is not that we think his reputation
| can be served BY oar feeble testimony. 1t
lis thatwe feel for the degeneracy, the IN
fanny of those By whom it has been, and is
-assailed; and whom we blush to call our
felIow-citizens. We thank God that the
poison other darts is daily losing It's force,
uponthe public mind. Ihepeople are era.
dually returning to sense OF the duty they
owe to the memory oftheir deliver. And
we cherish the delightful hope, that We
shall see the day when he who shall raise
the voice of SANDER against Washington,
will be secuted from society, as being un-
worthy the title Of an American.
Amongst the few testimonies Of graf
tude to the memory ofthe Hero of cur re-
volution which have yet appeared, The So
cietv in this town bearing his name, stands
foremost for its design, and bids fair tobe
the most lasting and beneficial. We do
not mean at this time to enter into any de-
tail 0. its purposes or regulations; one Of
which latter is, that twice in each year, on
the memorable anniversary of our indie
pendrnce, and Of his birth who SO largely
contributed to the obtaining il, public o.
ration shall be pronounced, BY one of the
members, on some subject interesting to
the community, and appropriate to the oc-
casion.