Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-03-13

the people, 90 aooi1H' e'S'|
bore even the similituds OF nnIi'a P''
Icy.
The C1mn7n La.u, then which so tar as
We had adopted it, constituted che law OF
the land, and is for the most pare the ira't
of the wisdom, and the offspring OF the ex-
Detiencs of Britain, BEEN natural oo'
;ec,o OF inveterate hostility. In the course
Of events the bench and the oar, VINO from
the nature Of their fuactlons,were most di.
rectly concerned in, aud intimately con-
nexted vita IFS operations, who from their
p,ore extensive knowledge OF rs excellence
we're peculiarly It's friends, and rs patrons,
and wAo from taclr leafning and eioquencs
and energy, were its most powerful sup
p2rters, necessarily Partsok of thier
auomosity. As in France, previous
to the abolition Of our holy religion. 1t was
found essential to the purposes OF IT'S lmpi.
GUS enemies, to overwhelm the III inisters
Of the gospel with food of defamation,
and popular odiuls so here, those who
were r, soevl Oh the exteru,ina ion OF the
whole system OF our Juris prudence, .no's
It expe,.ient u involve IN pr0sLrlplion and
ruin, the entire O.Ass Of Individuals, who
we're most able &c expound and define
II.
In probing then the generous humour,
whicA threatens u corrupt and elceratc the
verv vital. Of our body polite, it is in VAIN
t. conceal that We ind an Incorporate ha.
tired to particular nation and perhaps with
many of our citizens, an honest dread OF
beng contaminated ov her infuencc, 20 &c
the primary CAUSE Or evil.
here therefore let me pause, and appeal
Tag 10 every candid and virluouj mlu!s.e.
riatist, ask whether he Can any longer en-.
terrain reasonable apprehensions of An APP
Proclamation OF our constitution to'the Bril-
fish form OF government.
Whether under the administration of
Mr.. Jefferson, supported as 1t Is by vast
majority OF the people, and after 1t has
been fully demonstrated that the bare ac-
cusa,ion of an,i-repuohcaulsm, is alone
sufficient to defeat, and utterly PROSTATE
powerful party, it is possible TO tear the in
PRODUCTION OF monarctal establishment
Whether in the state of Pennsylvania,
while the veteran republican, Thomas NJ
kean, continues at the head OF it's affairs,
there is any good ground for the su.posision
that IN aristocratlc interest can gain the
ascendancy ! whether IN the present s!tua.'
alton of this coultry, the vast mass OF ali
political denominations OF meu, arc not,
n3tp, at least animated by a sincere attach
mtnt to republican government. Oris this
viii not be conceded ,at any rate, that every
class of our citizens have been taught by
experience, e is only By rigid adherence
10 republican principles, that any party us'
der any circumstances, can rise TO poIver or,
i9yy maintain its PoPuiarity
Let the man who Is disposed to answer
these questions with truth and caudor. fur
ther enquire, whether with tne Cause OF
apprehension, the measures which were
grounded upon it, ought not to cease and
she objects winch i,produced in the minds
OF the former opposition TO Dc abandoned!
And whether w can longer be considered as
lust or po!i,ic 90 cherish an invcrate dislike
20 ear oJeR !atl0s aud 5Er ozrn uya~es, mere
" because we have q. rived them from COR
British Ancestors If an approximation to
their political Institutions is not no5v to be
dreaded, (esen surprising the danger of
such an event ever to have exiSted,) ought
We nol0 To contemplate the abolition of
those mWlfciba' regahsions, under which
we have been Aouris lIng at home, and re-
speciah.e abroad; by which our persons
have hitherto been secured, our wealth in-
caieuia5Iy augmented, and our liberty emf.
nently protected, and enloved; m-relv be-
cause they have received the sanction Of
The nation from whom We have originated?
The p2Atscai rights of'hc peopIe are indeed
a hish and NOBLE OBJECT Of ambition. 1t is
those rights which secure their public free
dom, and are essentially conducive TO their
private happiness. IF the late admiustra-
ton ever intended to subvert, or meditat.
ed 70 impair them; if, at any time, it re-
ally contemplated the overthrow of the So.
rsrstgHty Of the people, or TO assimilatc in
Substance, or IN form, our constitution TO
the BRUSH frame of government. !. ought