Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-08-23
FaoM THE BALTlMeRE REPUBLICAN,, OR
ANrI-DEMocRAT.
ESSAY w..

SalQ on ttltS pO1LtS WhSu$ opptiE ~ 49,
! to it by the remarks of tie adversaries OF
.the constitution. They urged. : it is not
free government, it is al aristocracy,
aud was intended TO be SO by the trainers
of it.'Qj
!" Far, far other,o the Judge replied,
E"is the genius of the system. have had
already the honor of mentioning Its &c.
neral nature; but / will repeat it, Sir
in its principle it rs purely democratlcal !;
but It's parts are calculated IN such man.
ner, as 10 obtain those advantages also,
WHICH are peculiar to the other forms OF
government in other countries. BY ap-'
pointing single nsagist,ase we seeore
strength, vigor, energy, and responsible
~, in the executive department. By aP-
pointing senate the members OF which
are elected TO- sis gears, yetby rotation
already taken police ct they arc changing
every secondyear, We secure the bene TT OF
experience, while on the other hand, we
avoid the inconveniences that arise from
long and detached establishment. his
body IS periodically renovated from the
people; like tree which at the proper
season, receives its nourishment from It's
patent earth.
.In the other branch of the legislature,
the. house of representatives, shall we not
have the advantage of benevoence and ali
tachment the people, whose Immediate
representatives they are.
{" A free government has often been
compared TO pyramid. This ailuslon IS
made with peculiar Propriety in the system
before you; it is laic on the broad basis OF
the people; its powers gradually rise,
while they are confined in proportion as
they ascend, until they end III that most
permanent of all FORMS"
Thus we see that the judge was not to
be induced to callit a demos raey, or to de-
scribe it other than /, is, :" q constitution
containing due mixture of h principles
of different governments nicely poised and
accurately adjusted"--a constitution par
taking only of democracy, as the oval par
takes, in its nature, of the circle,
believe enough is said to satisfy every
candid inquirer after truth that the late
Judge Wilson neither believed himself,
nor endtavored to persuade others, that,
the constitution of the United States is a
democracy This political hrresy IS Of
more modern date. tits a child of anlbi-
ton, beget on anti-federaliam, narsed BY
iacobinism, and educated In the school OF
the new philosophy. @
Our constitution then takes its situatien
among governments, as TepIblic, or re.
preventative government; described by
those who franad it, sbenehcent and euer-
getic; in its principle oemocratici' and
Sits pats calculated in such manner, as to
give to it the advantages peculiar to other
forms Of government in other countftes.'
Therefore, as seen IL different aspects II
will appear To beieng to,eath, to all, and
TO neither. Such is the character OF q well
organized republic: and such republic is
the constitution Of the United States.
1t might perhaps be useful in this piaee
to stop and to enquire what is The object of
the leaders of the sec, calling, the mselyes
democratic? Do they think ;hat bv infus-
ing into the constitution the elements Ct
democracy CD they will bv ,ha' means be-
come masters of the states: They know
chat these elements consist If : baseaess
of extraction, gross ignorance, poverty,
and proRigaov." What security can they
have, that, when these shall preponderate,
they win NOT iall under the dominion of
.yraut?'
1t is duty incumben. upon those per
sons who have assumed his name, either
hastily or from want OF due examination,
ito take forthwith. a cool and disposition.
ate view Of the history of democracies.
They WILDE convinced, if they credi, The
most authentic accounts respecting them,
that no democracy can be long maintained
in its purity. It lsca government which is
necessarily destroyed by itself and exists
tor and by The destruction Of liberty. All