Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-06-23
From the N-Ew-HAvEN V1s1roR.

4 x.
IJSuprriorify Of talents be conceded 10 r.
{ deraHsm, hozv hos Democracy gained ths
| ascendancy9
| TO follow the steps, TO note the pro-
gress of the party dominant, and 70 enome-
rate the successive articles which have ex-
allied its cheitains to that bad eminence'
OF conspicuous proaigacy, though awosk
OF iaborious research IS yet redundant IN
materials ard would be work OF equlvo-
lent profit. For such tssk he author Of
these sketches has not the leisure required;
what he very iinPegfectly performs as pa
ragraphist is ever the offspring OF haste
and Of transient intervals from the pressure
! Of more imperious concerns. Additional
facts, however, corroborative Of those d.
ready cited, and seiectyd from among tire
( most prominent transactions ataarccd to
he subiec5, shall strengthen the position
{ 64 has undertaken to malutain. lie has
! virtually asserted, and by facts VIII unequi-
: vocaily demonstrate, that the reign of
democracy is but triumph Of The pas
4ioAs
Tier process ofdee1ucing differences froga
cneir premises is little understood and less
practl5ed by the mul.itaie. in any coun-
try, Sober investigation has few charms
lor men not accustomed 10 the abStrnsc
science OF tracing The chain Of connection
!, b .ween cause and effect; the many, there
fore, whose occupations preclude them
FROM attainnlents Of this kind, are content
to be diSbur,heaed Of what is to them
obviously irksome, and to receive the ayti-
cles OF their political faith at the lips of
certain oracles, whom talents Or chance
have elected. in VULGAR estimation, for pro-
digies o. sapience. IF these popular del
uts are men Of lucid minds and sound mo-
tives, heir influence is sanitary; bat as il
so happens that most men nave projects cf|
theirovn to serve, rot aifoGs ther CORES
poudant with general Utility and especi-
ally, as it is the natnra o ambition 10 grow
more aspiring wieh success, this very in
hnence b. comes the alimsut for schemes
OF personal aggrandisement never before
contemplated, and which rarely fail NOV
ing counter TO tie public welfare. Here
th.n, opens a roiscIicyous career; the peo- !
PIES oracle, turned demagogne, fashions
taeir creed as byst suits his pl3as: He ha- |
rangues thefn upon the ruinous Tendency Of
certain measures, upon the political turpi !
tuje Of certain men, Comprising ali those
who stand IN the way Of MS pronosion)
ard u9on lis own boundless zeal 10 defend I
ter pteresss from such iofring merit.
rs co4hmatorY CT what he advances, be !
geccMa1nda some convenient vehicle OF
post. s one Tat is devoted to his views, |
anl richly stor Wltb &C. !ucu5Tatlons oi
himself ard brother rart!zans. These are
* l{ullY aIir sseI TO the peculiar preIu-
iIccs, and above all, 10 the passions, OF
heir readers. las there been any trivial |
occurrence which produces discomfort
s aEGw9 his is instantly vanished out
s an a{ftir OF magnit4de--.as the attempt |
d an overbeariag majority TO diyesf the
minor patel the community Of their equal
rgh5s. Does any provision Of govern
nent, harness III Itself bat 81 unpopular
shape or name, furnish pretext for COM
pialnt tits eagerly seized, and all that !
are odious IN ehiugs to which its name bears
alfi..i5y are ascrlbed TO this. Are any tax
IS assessed, especially those which have
direct operation on t.. purse ?---H re then
IS ample scope for the exercise OF dccep-
tious ngenuity--the appeal piefces to the
hearts core---it rouses the Goliah Of pas !
sions---it enlists Az iRICE---the victory |
Isl sure 1t vas t.lus that the Stamp Act,
and the Direct Tax, were warped to dupe !
thousands Of credulons bat honest men out
oItheir sober senses and 10 subserege the |
purposes of ambitious demagognes. 1t is
thus that unprinctpled ambition in free