Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-10-30
Am THE VIRGINIA GAZETTE.

perfectly agree with The Aurora and the
Enquirer. that this election is of vast I'M
portance as it concerns the state OF Penn
sylvaaia, but of more, as It concerns the
Union at large. We consider il as the
commencement of total change of the po.
Ntical aspec, of rhe United States; as a
pledge that federal principles will again be
triumphans over democracy s jacobinisua
as the hasbinger'of the union of all upright
characters in design and effort.
A year since the federalisss were gene
rallyiu state OF despondeucy. They had
seen the constitution violated in the repeal
ING judiciary act, and the necessary inde-
psnd9ncs of the judges destroyed they
had seen the internal taxes abolished; they
had seen the president appointing to some
of the FIRST Offices, men not only devoid of
respectabllity or honor, merit or talents, but
many of them, with no trait OF recommen-
dation to his favor, except their knayIsh
conduct and bawlipg exertions TO secure his
election: they had seen men Of virtue, f.
deity and capacity, aud many of them men
who had split their blood in defence Of
their country, elected from Office and lefs
to dig or beg in che decline OF well.spent
life: they had seen scoundrel printer ia.
vored with immense patrenage, aud suffer-
ed wrong the government, apparently for
the purpose of rewarding him for his false
hoods and his vsllainies; they had seen an
amiable and worth pasr-master.gcneral
compelled to resign, apparently for his re-
fnsal TO conduct dishonc SHY n Office and
they had seen an instrument of executive
vengeance put in his place TO execute the
commands of party rage: they had seen
monies exofbitantly and unnecessary squan"
dered on asdeserving favortes. and with
held from merit: they had seen the execu.
tive wanlonly violating the principles and
hollow promises of his inaugural speech
they had seen auiniuriods and unnecessa.
ry alteration of the constitution for the pur-
pose OF securing she reelection OF Mr..
Jefferson: they had seen the number of
worthy aud exalted characters In congress
exceedingly reduced, aud their places sup
piled by base and ignorant tools: they had
seen in the government general spirit of
viadictiye rage and persecution towards the
fairest and best characters, merely from
IS unnessential differences OF opinion :"
they lad seen this spirit operating most in-
iuriousIy in the councils and the legislature
of tbs union: they had seen the insufhci-
ency of virtuous efforts, and witnessed the
triumph of deceit, dishonesty and d,shon.
or: thew had seen the axe of party malice
and ignorance appraised and ready to smlte
the neck of grey headed, infexible, just,
able and MISUNDERSTANDING, whose destruc-
ton was correctly viewed as only the hrs
blow towards the intended demolition OF
the judiciary: they had seen at the head of
the government man of weak nerves, de-
fective morals, and rotten political princi-
pies: they had seen an administration deb.
cient IN sagacity aud energy, but abundant
in cunning and deception: they had seen
the monuments of federalism, of the la.
bors of former administrations SUCCESSFULLY
falling 70 the ground: they had seen the
bawlars for liberty, butpractisers of intol-
erance and immortality, promoted to Office,
and VIRTUE, and HONOR, and RELIGION,
and MERIT, not so much in declaration as
in practice generally DENoUNcED-Seeing
these things, had not the federalists just
reason TO despond to fear that the worlds
BEST hope would prove its LAST?
In those states where democracy has
greatly abounded, in New York, PennsI-
vania, Maryland, Virginia, the Carol:nas
Georgia, &c. the fedcralists for several
years past have benin great measure dor
mani, waiting, rather with fearful forebod-
ings, than hopeful expectations, for the
correction of the public mind. They had
seen how the arts aud receptions of unprin.
cipled Office hunters and ran,ing dema.
gogues had in some cases niislee, 10 Others
debauched the public mind. They wet
knew that among the instigators and leaders
oE the REGULATION of ntt,Ec sentiment sell