Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-08-08
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/ the state of the nation when they came
| into power, aud the state when they resir-
ed. You see how much they have done;
and how much they have done to be cen
sured- Let us now see what the demo
Icrats have done to be applauded.
The government they received as the
! federalists left it, organized and IN tull
operation. The army was dlsbanded, by
The law that produced il. he sedltloa
act expired Of course. because IN It's crea-
ton it was temporary. For these mea.
aures, therefore, they can claim no credit,
Except that of having doae no evil; and
/ on this principle, the goperament that does
nothing is entitled TO the most applause.
/ But all their actions have not been mega
] tive. They have abolished the Judiciary,
lwhen the constitution expressly says, that
the Judges of the United Stages shall hold
/ their Office during good behavior. Ls is a
sound rule in the construction of laws, to
{; interpret them according to the obvious
meaning of the Legislature that produced
them. Yet those Judges were dismissed
without impeachment, without even the
! 1pretenSion that they had committed crime
Can this be holding an office during ,good
! beka0ior ? Oae of these two conclusions
mus. follow; either the supreme judicial
power may be .annihialed az the will of the
! legislature (which by n! writer's is defined
60 be the essence of tycanny) or the coa-,
stitntion has been violated.
| The presidenth has dismissed from Office,
during the recess Of the senate, andthere
by established principle, by which he
can keep his own 'nnions in authority, at
least tAyee-fourths o. Tie time in defiance
of all the powers Of government, when
the constitution declares, that he shall only
nominate and aRlj0inr by and with the aa-
Hvice and consent OF the. senate.
| They have altered the Magma charta'
Of our liberties, and given to the strong
the power of the zveak.
What will be the event Of lhis rapid pro-
tgression in change, time alone can deter
mine. Experience has long since told US,
that constitutions, before the rage of
party, are the mere web of a spider, to
enchain the lion in his wrath. Hence ours
has been mu;ilated; has been violated a
| gain and again, while the destroyer has
] pronounced his eulogiums, to lull the PEG
PIE to apathy and peace Bad saa IL bim
self 40 ideot cannot doubt the object.
aeH own parry begins to pause and to
retraet. We have every thing to fear from
the single state of Virginia. She has a
giants ps70sr. and though II be tyrmaous
10 use it, Heaven can witness that she has
the dispositiops
Butsueh remarks, we are told. are the
resals OF Federal chagrin without founda-
ton, and without propriety, because they
tend 70 excite The jealousy of the nation.
Would to Heaven, it were possible to a.
wake the,fears. a great proportion of our
CITIZENS only raise their sleepy heads, and
sook about and doze again, while ruin no.
vers round them like q mist. A strange in-
iatuation has seized the mind. New Eng.
land, though the first to ,iadicate her free
dom, is the first to destroy it; though she
IS the nursery Of science and the. arts, yet
she IS the stew of ignorance though she
Will have no slaves at home, yet she is the
mother Of oppression. While the South
ern states, though not to be compared TO
the eastern, are the cloud by day, and the
pillar Of fire by night. We follow them
implicitly, and strange to tell ! We adore
| them rs Gods Of FREEDOM. while th2ir slaves
are bleeding at their feet. Though the
whole country is titled Bye sinews Bought
and sold, by the unfortunate children Of
Africa, whose feelings are as keen as yours,
as sensible to pain; who tell their sensibi.
lIty, and their sorrows by the big tear that
stand IN their eye, while they pursue their
silent labors YET my countrymen, that IS
| the la'ad of Liberty! Though the lordlings
tatten on oppression, vet We are invited,
nay we are nrgedf to colleague with them