Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-07-16
From The Fredsrr;icks. Town Herald.


die and the extremes, through the :. wide
spread ARENA of whole states, the dell Of
the forest, and the little lurking holes OF
x:ountiessand villages, the spirit of demo
cratic dissention is every where manifested
in~Ioudsss yels or sullen growing, in the
violence of declared $ oppus aation" or
the snarl of secret discomfort. OF this
ssectacie the most distinguished theatres
az present seem 70 be the great sister
statesn of Ncw-York aud; Pennsylvania,
where all is the rage and uproG Of strife
and division between o1ondTsn friends dis
pusing about the spoiis of their associated
wickedaess, and invoking TO their uahal-
lowed work the aid of toe virtuous aud
! wise whom they have robbeda and maligned,
now to ascertain between themthe degrees
of their guilt aud the respectivesrewards
of their iniquity. But ought the rational
traveller, a captive in the hands of banditri,
3 rise up TO assist any fellows of the horde
against their brethren, or make common
cause with any part amidst their conflicting
crimes, VIXEN nothing of relief to himself
or benefit TO society IS promised or can
sensibly be expected, let whatever may be
the events
In New York, Dewitt Clinton and his
partizans through the engines OF Cheet-
hams : Watch Tower" are laundering
war into the ears of governor Lewis and
the general assembly, denoaaeing the one
as an apossate, aud a majority OF the other
as venal traitors TO their party, and. profit
.,rl 4x, fr,sco all nh
10 barter their trust, their conscienccs an-l
their oaths 10 the highest jpbbcr IL the
market. This description of one set OF
democrats by another SET OF democrats
may be true, and II IS natural; and 1t May
serve TO confirm federal opinion and verify
federal prediction. Eas further than this
what is il TO the federalists whether &C.
nuine republicans" q real republicans"
slittle band," or any other livery shall at
tract g the leluded multitude" so hong as
the rnnltituderemain deludea !? What mat.
tiers il to the federalists, who have sense
and honor, under what name fools and
knaves may choose to disguise themselves,
or under whae change OF form or term OF
reproach they may continue to prevail or
become 6 lords of the aseeadant," so long
as their nature continues unaltered and
unalterabie Surely'in New York at least
we may rely that fatal experience has cured
all true patriots of that chmera OF vain
imagination, and will forever more deter
them from following again. that baleful me.
teor of third-party union, whose last dis
parting ,gleam was rejected from the fell
g eho on pO
with the malice Of disappointed pursuit he
turned aud "struck" 70 the heart the hope
and the pride of our land. the foremos.
man of all this world"
In Pennsylvania, of what consequence is
il 70 good and rejecting men, whether their
syrauts call themselves, : Fricads to the
people, or s. Constitutional Republicans"
ifshe federalists deem it worth while to
exert themselves TO prevent the paper OF
their constitution from being rent assun-
der by wild Irish fury goading on German
blindness, if they think to retard conyui
sion, which perhapsln the course OF things
must yet break forth 70 astonish the people
into their senses, let them do it without de-
scending 70 be the instrua,entsin the hands
of either SIDE, when OF both sides they Sc
themselves almost equally the common
mark of outrage and desraesion. Even the
virulenSe Of Duane's Aurora, has never
much exceeded that of MtKean's trium-
phant address to the rabble Of the Northern
liberties. Even SIMON Sayder a. ting uu-
der Duane and I4eib, could 6nd few fede-
raiisss 20 persecute, over whom, MsKean,
and Dallas, and ,Fench Coke have not al
ready exercisedithas power. Let who will
be governor, federalists will still be sub.
iects, subjects too forever considered in a
state of rebellion or conspiracy. For it is
observable tina. at thus very titne, when the
ruling powers in Pennsylvania are inviting
10 fact the assistance of-the frderalists to