Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-01-24

farm I'd NUMBERS OF EsttlOScs Itauiilppss iiici1
throughont s.e States, who have been most
instrumental IN bringing it about. They
find that accordlngto It's aisnal, never-fali-
ing course, it is going farther than they
expected it that It's running into a state.
of dangerous degeneraey; and that, pulling
the reins out Of their hands, and getting the
BIT between its teeth, it is running like a
wild horse, with It's nose to the ground,
headlong forum, whi.her it is likely to car
~ its riders. They now wish to retract.
Nay, they would do every thing in their
power TO undo what they have done. But
il is feared conviction has come uponthem
100 late, and that whatever thea and
renitence Of such folly may be, tlley are
likely to undergo it. The influence Of the
country, which first passed over from the
truly wise and good, to the weak, is now A.
boufto shift from the weak to the wicked,
aud blindly ignorant. n Pennsylvania
this is signally evident. Mr.. M'Kean, the
Governor, has found it necessary to exer-
else his. constitutional authority to prevent
the nnostruinous measures, and put hisine-
gative upon some mos. wild and mad =
democratic acts Of the State Legislature
aud the chance is great, that the influence
.of faetioa hostile to the true interests Of
the country, BY imposing its dictates upon.
il, will, on the first occasion, probably
throw him out |: whenthe mlschievoas spl-
TIT he has SO largely contributed to raise,
no longer contributed or guidetiby his great
and universally acknowledged vigor and
talents, nndismayed, unresisted, and unre-
strained BY wisdom and conscience, will
stalk through the country, tramp NJ down
every thing that is left valuable IN it--reli-
gion, laws, mo ais, manners, and all the Sc
curly they aiEord to person, property, and
social comfort.
In pretty nearly the same way is Mar
land, Governor Mercer, frightened at the
work ofhis own hands, IS exeTting his inRu-
ence, and calling in the aid of the wise and
erecting bulwark to press back the tor
rent-of wild democracy, which is now roll
ling, wave after wave, in endless, unrefnit-
ted succession, inundating notwithstanding
TO overwhelm that state. What success
he may have, who can pretend to tell? 1t
is hoped and believed that the principle of
that state is not SO tainted, nor SO radically
vitiated with Jacobinism as that of Penli-
syivania; nor is 1t SO much under the gui-
dance Of that class Of political adventures,
who make trade Of innovation and confu-
sion.
Where it will end, it is impossible totell.
Hitherto, though there have been changes
for the worse, tn power and Influence of
the country has not got entirely out Of the
track pointed cut by reason and nature.
Niensot some attachsacnt, of some intellec-
taal endowments, and of long established
properly, have not been excluded. But II,
things go on in the track in which they are
now moving, there is nothing SO bad that
the oldest among us may not fear toiive to
see come to pass. 1t will be indeed 8: a
sorry sight, if Our Presidents, Governors,
Legislatures and public officers, should at
last be selected BY an inverted order OF es-
timatior-rot for their wisdom, their
knowledge, their virtue, or thsir property
and consequence IN the state; but for their.
ignorance, and their want Of every proper
qualification. The cunning means adopt
ed to exclude from state affairs the MAORI,
ty Of the former description, will as efiec-
taally, though not SO Immediately, cause
the introduction OF the latter, as if it were
already carried by unanimous vote. over the
Union. And who will the Union have to
blame FOR shat? Even those who, when the
change shall come, will most Immediately
suffer BY it. Those now leading. n the pow
Grand government Of the Union.
(Ghars. C0urier.)
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congrgss Of tbe uniteD @tares.