Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-03-30

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10 the FtEEHoLBEH Of Londog, fasr s
fax, and Prince Fstiam counties. !,
i FELLowscfTIzEs,
AN address, Glazing, with what truth !
you are best able to udge, sne sansf'0n'eI|
lajeint committee ERIE counties 4, Lenasn,
Fairfdx, and PRIZE Wiilisa', has been !
widely dispersed skohgh our ccngresslon-
tal district for Frhs vowed purpose OF witfi<<s
drawing our conideaee, at the ensuing
lelection, from our worthy representative I
! Mr.. Lewis. as.
/ The party whose views This publication !
is designed TO promote, have not dared ass
an former occasion, 10 assalfN the prfvate
reputation OF Mr.. Lewis, lest their acalu m
ny should againrecoil onits Authors. An
Mr.Lewis's dement's are coaapre hended
in the single chargs that be IS a feafyattst.
The out cry against FEloERArsM IS again
dinnesl in our ears and the attempt re-
peated 20 seduce you from the path .Sof
SyysAsnIscToN, and yo5r consistent opposi-'
ton to the LNKMtRs Of his SsADaINIsTRA.
T1os. and the TRADUCERS OF his
FAME.
i We trust fellow citizens, It is mot ne.
crssary TO reed to- your memory the oalor,
the REVOLUTIONARY services, the u'isaom and
FRANCS Of our former rniesis. You haze not
fcrvt,s that to aFEDkRALlSF, Tor such
was cur w AsHzneroa to The day Of his
!! ieath. we were Indebted Ssnder the pyopt-
L aIsnce Of God, for the establishment fof our
sna,ienI independence. That to the H.
1 Auence Of federal sentiments, We are in.
dsbtedfor the adoption OF our present con.
stitutionlin despite of . most foruaidabl OPP
! position FROM the anti fsaerahsss Of that.
those SELF stiledsrepublicans OF the present
day.-Yeu caurot have forgotten, torit Is
q more recent event, that TO the prudence,
moderation and 6rmness, of federat admi-
nistration We owed the preservation OF our
aeutraEfq. at 4 time when almost the whole
eivilised world was convalsed with war &
our present rulers then IN the ranks q oP-
! tosit;on, exerted all their strength to move
rus TO hostilities with 6. Britain, IN which
from beingFne tavorea aifcs,we should have
1 become like the unfortunate Dutch, swiss
| and Italians, The miserable slavss OF France
1 Var! 1uar Nth England! was.the cry 81
these very partizans, who now exclusively
arrogate to themselves, the imposing title
of" loysys of seace.n e, Whata clamor did
they raise against the which terminated cur
! DISPUTES 1uith Great Britain. Although that
treaty secured to US ample indemnity tor
the spoilations which the British cru'zers
had committed on our trade. BQf when
1 France enlboldened by their bind, their
boasteS dsuotien to herinierest. &disappoin-
tied in her hope of entangting orr govern
men; inner tolls. Win France orrather her
| tyrants, insultet our independence, violated
| our neutrality, plundered our commerce,
I imprisoned our seamen, aud turned deaf
1 ear to all our rtma,aStyancss. When IN
fine she spulned the very ministers whom
4 we aent to treat with her fora cessation q
lthese 0utr1ges, and we were suffering as
far ash: was in her.pewerto inaict, all the
calansties Of ruar, the cry was {" IRE are at
4 peace" Thc measures o defsnce, to which
our government was at length driven were
dictated, we were told av "passion for
Fwar''--the taxes, which were levied for the
/ protection of The properly, liberty and
| lives Of our countrymen, by a love ofop'
pre- ssion.''
1 The provisional regiments embo6iedto
meet threatened invasion, they called, a
! standing army of mercenaries.' The ap.
1 propriaaons for building and equipping the
navy which,protected our foreigntfade the
| chief source.of cur public yeveaue, and the
chief spring OF our priuate industry, were
/ represented as "a waste oftrecSHre. .
An energetic administration Of the poUers
ofgsvernment. the more NECESSARY, hecauSt
they were assailed, at once by ioreigl an
domestic enemies, was ATTRIBUTED 10 : a dis
position TO tyrannize over the peQpls. ~
The preservation of the GonsAtuhoaaiegui
7 Esrium amongthe different branches Of TIL