Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-10

To Messfs. DALLAS and his telAozo address
crs of Philadelphia.

erS OF EhlId0eIpAha.
sIr is al undertaking of fome degree of defeaey TO
examine nto public dilorders It a man touches the
tru: grev nee there dnges th2thc may come near
perlon of weight and conequsnee, who VIII rather
be exafperatcd at the dcosery OF their errors than
thankful for the ocealion OF correcting then'' ne
ihoud obliged TO blame the favorires Of the people
he will be condered as the tool of power; 1t he ce
fures rhoe IN power he will be looked on ar nitru.
nent OF Cd ton But n all exertions OF daty, ioaie-
thing is to DC haz lrded. BURKE.
MEASURES, not men; principles,
mot parties; the attainment OF public good
by practical! pality, not metaphysical no.
tons and imorac.icable theories, are the
objects to which the labors of every eAici-
ent member Of society, and the pen Of
every honest writer, should be directed.
IL is for that reason | (hough earnestly
wishing you a complete victory over your
present adversariesJ cannot, in justice to
the naticn, withhold from you that repre-
hension which your past political conduct
deserves, and the public good imperiously
demands. And lam the more earnest in
this purpose; because think that If the
people of America are not determined a..
gainst conviction, they must, by the dis.
play give of the conduct of your party,
(their favorjtes) be convinced that they
ought ever hereafter to be q little more eau
tlous whom they trust; and little more
distrustful Of their own Judgment in the
selection of their friends; that they ought
not in concerns of so much Importance as
their civil rights, to take the opinion of
every noisy, plausible demagogue who fat
tiers them; nor above all to confde in
mighty promises and to make no account
of persons but as those persons can shew
Legitimate titles to their confidence, not by
eprofessions*of love and assurances of pros
pecsive fidelity but by past services, and
long-tricd approved integrity. Your con.
duct will go great way to shew them the
expediency OF this, if their eyes be not
ebstinately closed, and their ears locked
up against instruction; since the spirit and
every letter of all the principles, all the
practices, and all the promises and pro-
fessions by which you creps into popular
favor, are now disclaimed, nay most We
hemently>an justly condemned by your.
selves; since, on your own showing, the
people were wrong in confding in you at
that time; and since the rule of conduct
which you and your party undeviatingIy
once pursued, is now letter for letter re-
probated by yourselves. Permit, me,
therefore, in addition to what have stat
ed in my former letters, to recommend to
your notice the following instances.
You complain of the jacobins having
passed sentence Of corruption upon a ma
jority Of the present congrsss.' Is this,
in your opinion, wrong? If so, how is it
that 1t was not wrong in your opinion in
1875 What of l795 ? you will ask. Gen
tlemen, can you have forgotten, that in
|&1795, you, as members of revolutionary
committee, resolved g that majority Of
the senate had been 6ribed 10 vote for the
British treayp / must rub up your me-
mories aslit,le. Yes-you did utter tina.
most foul libel upon the senate, and the
executive of that day and for what 2ur-
pose Why, for the most abominable, fac.
tious purpose-to render the administra
ton of that time unpopular, by represent
ing as corrupt aud hostile to the interests
of America, a treaty Of theirs, which your
chief (tke leaders Of the malcon.en,s, and
abusers of that treaty. now thinks &! 10 be
! renewed and continued.
You complain of scmrHty and deja
nation being cast npon The veferons IF the
revolution, and republicans of the Dig Of
Trial." Truly have you said in this, and
Just and furious ought the general in1igoa
ton TO be, against such atrocious and AN
grateful wrongs. How often has every
+, federal print in the union repeated, over
and over again, that very same complaint
! am afraid, however, that YOU and the
Federal prints differ in the objects Of your
indignation; foryou, gen.lemen--you and
your party, are the very persons accused
by them; while the jacobjns of this day
are rhe persons accused by you. h,nd is