Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-02-11

- of The ady4afa5ss 81 I'Ss Sisl-InS' hAu
is US 80. I.fatsa psrsy he disfranehiscd with
ssu'a 80 We save no security that II would not
take placc. .,o.+ ;aes,s..h,.
e.~ ...,ov governments. To check and con-
as,e tbs IS the part Of wise and Pfadsnt men.
pa,,o see one in point OF wisdom IS reputsd
:r.c,,cnste--who has again and again been del
ssa ,,;sb mach porp and parade head party
rsn ,be fame of pafty rsge--allure from ABROAD
. os csIunlAiators, and disseminate i had
s sl said With liberal band) his gold among
,bem. IS tsul1 astonishing Should the Chief ma
o;s,,ate Of i republic denounce a respectable
esry IS un6t 10 hold any Offices merely because
me sennnleats Of theparty met exactly coincide
witt, his on.ll, il would be at once arbitrary, ne
tolerant ard inpoltlc. II would nor indeed a.
m6uot 10 diFett violence. ltwould pick no mans
Docket or break his leg. But must be acknow.
ledged, that to degrade nan from Office, IS 70
woupd him in very sensible paTt--lt would
..nd to increase disadeeted point--to diminish
,be confidence OF the people in tteir government,
and to augment the virulcnce OF party spirit.
]. No measure can be better calculated TO Eli Offices
with bad men. Men who have no established
prnciples- who chsnge their creed with their
dress, aud can assume any shape as best suits
their interest, will always And tlcir way open 70
prou,oyion while the man who has more 6rmness
or less hypocricy, whatever may be his known
merit must be consigned to private station.
Wien we see a man TUNED our Of Offices which
he has filled for seveFf withdiga1ty, and 70
the satisfaction OF his fellow ctizers & has prov
al himself boaest, capsste, and friend 50 the
constitution" we are led 70 enquire why was his
ssmavaE Why bis sacrifice of the peblic good
and Of private feelings Tie answer is obvious.
The man does rot believe as The president be
ltyes. I4s Is ! heretic, an unheheyer; or, yer.
haps more correctly. he believes too much. This
nay satisfy children and iscoalas bur men Of
discernmsnt aud cander, OF what party soever,
viii not fail So disapprove ofsuch "oPerations."
And ur astional chsTaeter w.l suffer much ii
the view OF foreign .stions BY such inconsistency
Of sonducs.
Ia sons countries tif an rightly informral
areligous test his been required to render man
eligible TO ctEiee. This has, however, been
mach censured in modern rines, ard by none
lit,csl test. These men are generally p city Ii
bersl on the subject OF religion. Provided every
man have liberty TO believe aid practise no fei
gon al all, they can dispense with further csre>
mony on thar head; but they think IN politics
eveTy officer should b quite orthodox. AID
surely no better standard can be devised than
the man of the people Since this test has b..
come SO necessary, it should be the study OF eve
~ candidate to cRiec--he should furnish himself
with a couutersign, ard for thar purpose he viii
naturally enquire is il 70 advocate the indepen-
dencc Of Anerics H. No the mines of many
who espcused that cause with zeal and effect,
are now found IN he list of proscyiptiop. and
many tories arc now Ii office. Is it to avow
an attachment TO the f~dcrsi constitution No:
both parties pride themselves IN fyofDsng their
adherance toit, and $. me Of IT'S most zeslohs
supporters even some ct tbe trainers Of il are Is.
ncancsd as mcnarchis;s. Is II to declare for The
Constitution as X Is without fraffsgand fnteiaig
NO "a dcxterty in twisting il lutte now ard
then Is likely 10 become Scics}ce worthy of
executive patronage. Ist 70 submit TO the laws
\ OF the Unl.ed States, as enattcd and enforced
4 ey proper authority, in all their operations,
! good and peaceaDl- eitizcnsl No: some OF The
most notorious rngleaders Of rebellion against
Nose AVS are roa higa in oGsec, What then
\ = INC mighty I5i56asfb by waichto distinguish
s the P'eeious.trom theviIe Why simply this 70
8 osiafs leAa Adams traaor, ,vrant, and that
ns alnisa atEegsl hoaoss, aud that the pFoyisi.
n 0pai afny was Intended as sms body gusrd. rhis
..0ae IS Suiieieit now a days 10 prove man
eonssi, capabrc, and freud 70 the constisu.
FARMER.