Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-07-15
To TIE EdTtoy Of the Rrats!s60rsggh Re
porter
Ny letters to my constituents be.

SER,
My letters to my constituents be-
ing closed, have request to make thso'
your paper, to the editors of the Vermont
Gazette, New Hampshire Centinel, Colum,
bsan Cehtinel, and all the publishers Of
papers who have given publicity to the fol.
lowing declaration of mine, to which, by
mistake, a very imprsper coloring has-bsen
given.
g The destruction ofeihe constitution
-.efahes United States has Been determined
sou- by private caucus of the iunso | have
alluded 70.
order TO determine to whom this
--Sharge was iasended % apply, RECOURSE
should have been had to my first letter,
where this junto is described. . A few
ambitious individuals undertake to ansici-
pate the public sentiment upon all imPess-
amt questions Sc. Every member of
the administration, every member of the
national legislature, is expressly excepted.
e / shall not impcaeh the integrity OF any
lnao in public life Great injustice has
.siirrrfore been done rae 10 endeayoring to
make me say that the destruction OF the
constitution has been agreed on In g a cau-
Gus oflegislators at Washington. have
not said so. From ihesfraRlic- rage OF the
-yevolutionists, their ayowrd hostility to the
constitution, their Internal prescription of
Its friends, and their constant habits of
scaacasine, together with some acts LOT a
private nature, am perfectly convinced OF
the truth Of the declaration which has been
made ;,--...but az ! am willing to yield
20 every member of the government the
same reputation for integrity which claim
myself, cannot but consider the applica.
ryiof which has been made OF that declare
yion as very unjust one. The expression
was at best incautious, but~as not intend
ed to " impeach the integrity" OF any
meaaber of the legislature.
II is true that there is standing" eau.
Gus of legislators at Washington" 1t Is
composed of very few individuals, and
not one member from the ,New.Engiand
states has ever been invited TO share 10
It's deliberations. lam prepared TO accuse
this caucus of attempting to govern the
Union in very improper manner but not
of,connspiring the total destruction OF our
present constitution. Fhey think the pre-
sent constitution very bad one, and wish
to give us good one in les room. The
several alterations which they proposed at
the last session of congress are traught
with ruin. In the opinion Of myself and
-.h--.- .i~s. ,~eald produce the &c.
struetion Of the constitution: bat the men
who propose them believe that they would
be very great improvements our SYSTEM.
If We say, therefore, that these gentlemen
have determined to destroy the consti,u-
ton, We must be understood merely as
saying that the measures which they par
sue viii produce that eFect, although their
object is very different. For myself / haze
NO more doubt of their integrity, than |
have. that their measures, if adopted,
will produce revolution, and of course
q despotism.
request the printers throughout she
raion, who have published the declaration
above quoted, to give place in their CO.
fumns to this explanation, which is not less
due to my reputation as man of veracity,
than to the cause of truth and the consti-
tuition.
JAMES ELLIOT.
Brattleborough, June 20, 1905.