Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-17
Asrick Town H .raId.
Or THE DEMOCRATS. !
ears ago was introduced in

5 + s., atiOn that ever QisgTaccu any MASON
...es. whose long tried and approved patri'
otism and virtue had obtained for them the
eif;ces of government and who upon &C.
cepting them had relinquishsd every other
mean Of subsistence were rudcly thrust
from their employments and IN many IT,
stances reduced to indulgence and want, be-
cause they had exercised with hrmness and
independence their rights which i was the
boasr Of our glorious revolution TO have
secured 10 US.
AZ the time of the adoption OF this sys.
s tenn there were NOT wanting men to expose
lis iniquity and 20 predict It's result 10 the
ruin of every thing which freen,en ought
20 hold sacred and inviolable. L will be
recolleesed. however, that the opposition
70 these S doipgsn OF our newly elected
magistrates was cenEned entirely TO federal
men.
Every goea patrii0t who from the pures,
and most disinseressed motis es had espous-
ed change of men and measures, vas
loud in commentator of the plans which
opened the :. doors Of public honor and
confidence" TO their faverite seer. It re-
u;;red not however spirit OF diyination
10 fcresee that aIsho' this system would
for 4 time be a favorite one with that
acct. Il must in the end be productive OF
dire schisms amoag its original frieads.
They who had approved of il at first be-
cause il afforded 10 eaca of them chance
OF 4 participation ssot the loaves and fish.
esq could not have been suspected OF be-
ING 90 foolishIy tond of it, as 70 continue
their support TO its aethors alter every
nrosnect of benefit 10 themselves had va
nished. This no doubt proceeded from
the pussst pa,riotism. Having been I'm.
nelled by their love OF virtue and the pee-
ple 70 connect their own with the Puslls
interest, and each believing himself OF all
others the most competent TO the duties
of Offices of emolument, It was not TO be
expected that the uafGvored many would DC
so reqardless of their owl aud the publlc's
rood as to submit with patience for any
length of time 10 their own exclusion.
An exclusion, which 10 the honor OF the
mowers thar be-" it might be said was less
owing 70 the want Of the essential requl.
sites of integrity and ability IN the numer-
o,s = ace. huaters, than to tsse unfortunate
CIRCUMSTANCE of their being more candi-
d.tes for Office, than there were Offices TO
fll.
Svmrtoms of disaGection and s'oppug-
ra,;on'' to the domlhans party IN several
of ,hr democratic states have for SONS
I'm. ,,s, hecn manifested In Pennsylya-
MA. however, the state which may boast
nf having been the 6sst 20 adopt aud Prae-
tice the system Of persecution Yer opsns-
oa's sake, under the auspices OF governor
MsKean, a faction composed OF his Tor
mer supporters organized aud IN formlda-
ble nhaIaox have lately made a most decld-
ed stand against his reelection, and 10
their infuriale zeal to hurry him from OF OF
Ace. have equally forgotten all respect Tor
,ba characters of their enemies and tor
the immaculate virtues OF their le1ls
baod.., They declared him unwortny OF
n,,bI;c favor because of offences which they
had known him to have commltted before
his FIRST election by themselves iney
n,ocla;m. him to have bsen an arlsSocrat
and The enemy of liberty at the very time
,h,t each of them was industrious In re-
commencing him to the people as the pest
of patriots and of republicans.
Notwithstanding all this opposition and
sob,,se Governor MsKean, has been re-
elected to the chief rnagistracy OF the state
stare Of Pennsylvania. The people have
shawn themselves unwilling 70 trus, those r
Who by their own confession, had oeiore
prac,;sed upon them the gfossess deeepu-
pns a,d who had connected with the down
fal of MsKeau and his party,she demol.s on
of the state government and some e u - :
old and valuable essabllshthen's.. ~,
ons Of the party whichia former times taad
,honob, aud acted, in the most perfect AMI.
on had arisen faction more raneo9eus y =
=. en- .,iey 10 the railing power OF the sta,s