Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-06-28

solved 70 make Us all miserable by not saf.
ter.ng hinlsslt1o be again s;iosen President:
wesarc curious TO know ON whom Mr.. Ritz
chie has hxed as his successor. We visa
he We're such MAJ as on his Induction
could address the people In speech like
the following; or that the pssssens admini-
ration were such an one as could be spok-
On OF IN tne terms therein mas use of.
NaJolA Ledger.
"When it was first perceived, I'M early
times, thst no middle course for America
remained, between unlimited submission
to foreign leglp tasure, and total indie.
pendence Of IS claims men of rctlec,icn
were less apprehensise of danger, .frc.n the
formidable power of fleets and armies,
which they must determine tosresiss, than
fronn those contests aud disssntlons which
would cersaialy arise, concerning the forms
CT gOysrnmea, 10 be instituted, over the
whole, and over the parts oftais extensive
country. Relying, however, on saelpuri-
~ 8. their intentions, the justice OF their
cause, and the integrity aud Intelligence of
Inc people, under an overriding Provl+
deuce, which aad SO sigoaily projected, this
country from the first, yae Representatives
OF tais nation, then consisting OF little more
thar half their present aaInber, not only
broke TO pieces the cha rs wni.,h were forg-
log, and the rod of iron that was aired up,
basfrankly cut asunder the ties which had
bou j tae.n, and launched ialo an ocean of
uaceriainty.
. rhe zeal and ar1our of the people,
\ during. the revolutionary war, supplying the
place of goyernment, commanded a degree
kof order, sufficient at least for the tempo
Frary preservation of society. The confe.
Iteration, which was early felt 10 be neces.
isary, WAS prepared from the models Of the
Ba,avian and Helyetic coniederacies; the
4 orly xamples which remain, with any de-
tai. and precision, in history; aad Certain
" the only ones which the people az large
7 had ever considered. But rejecting on
tae striking difference, In SO MANY particu-
Z lars, between this country and those, where
a courier may so from the seat of govern
ment to the frontier in a single day, it was
then certainly fareseen, by some who as
sisted in Congress at the formation OF it.
that it could not be durable.
50 Negligence of It's regulations, mat
fentionto its Recommendations, if not dis.
obedience to It's authority, not only IN ln-
dividuals busio stairs, soon appeared with
their melancholy consequences universal
languor, iealoesies, and rivalries of states
decline Of navigation and commerce;
encouragement of necessary manuiAc-
lures universal fall In the value Of lands
and their produce contempt ofpublic and
private faith; loss Of consideration ard
credit with foreign ma ions; and at length
In discontents antmosities, combinations,
martial conventions, and Instructions.
threatening some great national calsmi-
~.
" In this dangerous crisis, the people
Of America were not abandoned BY their
usual good sense, presence OF mind, or IN
tegrity. Measures were pursued to con-
cert plan. to form more perfect union,
establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquil
lity, provide for the common deleace, pro-
mot, the generalweHare, and secure the
blessings Of liberty. The public DISGUISE
tions, discussions, and deliberations, is
sued in the present happy constitution Of
government.
:. Employed in the service of my coun-
try abroad, during the whole course Of
these transactions, / first saw the consti-
tuition Of the United States in foreign
country. Irritated by no literary alterca-
tons, animated by no public debate, heat
eddy no party animosity, I read il with
great Satisfaction, as result Of good
heads, prompted By good hearts as an ex-
pertinent better adapted to the genius, cha
racter, situation, and relations d this na.
! ton and countrq, than any 1.aich had ever
been proposed or suggested. limits general
principles and great outlines, it was con-