Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-06-24

H. 70 =
taste Of the happy effects Of self-govern'
mens. 49,, aS
a No man can do my master the emper or
/ Greater service than he who brings the A
. q people to cast off their republican
form Of government and accepta monarchy
The way to affect this is obvious 70 you ;
carry democracy to the utmost extreme
make the people believe that they are gods
that they are wise in the extre me that eve
nv man is qualified to be a governor, a
Judge, ora legislator make the whole
people of the state draw lots for all the Of.
fees once in three months, ifposslble, raise
their. aversion to all ancient Institutions,
and all those men they have been accustom
ed 70 con6de in, especially real, well IN.
formed, honest republicans; get leaders a
head of your own stamp, ct them Halter
the peoples vanity and get them uneasy !;
tease them with new political dogmas, cry
out party party! Ssigmatise every one
who opposes you or presumes to think dill
ferent create rein OF terror under which
no one will dare to fall off from any naea-
sure proposed by the party, however bare
faced, or anti republican it may be say The
measure is opposed by IT'S enemies, mere.
lybecause they are not OF your party ;--
whenever you loose a point attack the con-
stItution; attack it again and agaln-no
measure ever served SO much to bring the
people Of France TO give up theirlibertless
as that of constitution making. In other
countries they have been rcckoned sacred
things, to be touched in case OF special ne-
cessity only counted upon as barriers a-
gainst the encroachment of any branch or
person in the government, and as check to,
the turbulent passions excited by any SUD-
den disgust. In France they have been
made and sworn to ; made and unmade
with such ease & rapidity,tha they became
contemplate, and ridiculous to that degree,
that when the instrument was offered for
the peoples sanction, which deprived them
Of the last hope of self government, they
received it with the same indifference and
sangfroid, as they would have done new
song. -
Ler the American people make new
constitution, or alter their old ones doz-
en- times in seven years, and | warrant
them ready for first consul for.life with
power,o iappoint his successor, or Tor an en-
peror, which ever is offered them. You
have with you fine promising young IMAM
for the purpose? he is naturally a tyrant,
with something of The adroitness and per-
spicui,y of my master; he has The same
assuming republican airs; his loquacious
manners are extremely well cal hlased to
draw artless, ignorant people into any snare
puff him high in every papsr say high
sounding things of his virtue and his in,eg-
rity keep out of sight his alistocratlc
principles /; don't suffer the people to know
that he opposes their right to general suf-
rage, and that he contends that no man
ought to vote in the peoples election who
is not land holder; he will make you his
prime minister no doubt, and then there
vii! be another TaTleyrand this you have
a right to promise yourselves in case of
success; in any event your labor Will be
we'll rewarded; stick to it that you are the
true organ of the public viii the peoples
own true friend talk big about your in.
hnence, wsite paragraphs putting your own
dear self, extolling your own supurlative
merit; send them to your subaliern satalites
from Maine to Georgia; let them make
them their own il. their own sooty pa
ners, and you can copy from them; tell
your creatures that you can make a.
ny MN goveror or legislator that YOU
please, make them believe it, and boast
OF tito shew your great consequence tell
them that you are poor and patriotic keep
your caTrisG. out of sight, and dor't let
them know that you live at The rate of or
5000 dollars year" There was thought
something in these instructions about plots
& the end justiyins the means; bus before
! could read the communication half thru
loud nolsein an adjoining room wa. d
me, as was examining some of the latter
pages OF this diplomatic correspondence.