Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-08-19
FaoM 1Hz BALTIaoRE REpuBLacAN, OR
ANTI.D DEMOCRACY.
ESSAY IT..

tllas IN proportion as there are FEWER re
s,raiats Oh people, the greater Is thel.
noht;caI adl civil liberty. This principle
which goes TO the overthrow of all regula'
authority, has been found to exist, in i; +.
most uncousrociable state, IN simple de-
m ,cracy, which signifies, from etymolo (.
gy, the gassrtsne'st Of The people and
therefore, a pure democracy has been cri s
ed Up. as tbs only good government; ADD,
,he ,nonstsous position has been taken, that
,the povernnent of the United States is a,
ssemoci acv.
They who, having examined history,
haze Observed the evils consequent on the
exclusive rr<dcminancesof the democratic
yprinciple 10 those. ancient Countries which
were deoominased free, from the tumulsu.
Gus .assem5iAge of thousands, agitated by
all the passions. OF popular phreazy, mac
cess,ole 10 reason, deciding without deli
ber4tlon, and sacrificing their beat friends
and benesactoys TO the mean insEigatTonf
of iow-minded envy and jealousy, may
see how irrational and absurd it IS 10
apply .uea principle TO sAe consultation
efthe .United States. they, TOO, who
have. observed the effects of every step
towards democracy in France; the ra.
wages of deso!asion In its bloody proscriP-
tons. in IT'S republican marriages, in its
mid{;ght massacres, in ITS revolutionary
tri5upaIs, aud IN IT'S miserable decisions
OF The Goddess Of Reason, OF Liberty and
Equality, aad of rhe Sovereign People,
nnst tara with disgust aud horror from
those who tell us--Ve, too, are DEMO.
caArse!!
4 Democracy Is a government which
acts Without the check of the wisdom OF
the fe5v. and the power of the one. An a.
rissocracv is government which wants
tbs check of the power of The one, and the
rights of the many. A monarchy is go
yernment which vests all power in thc'one,
unchecked by the wisdom of the fe1o, or
ther,gats of the many. Neither govern
men. is good IN itself. The evils of each
are cured, as well as the blessings of each
preserved, bybeiug intermingled. Agood
constitution, then, is one which, being
made p5of each of these three forms, has
the vices of neither, but the virtues of all.
Aud L is humbly presumed that such is
the constitution OF the United States :
and that our governments, instead of be-
ing Democracy, is Representative Re-
public. The legislative power fthe coun.
try emanates from three branches. The
first, and most numerous, is the popular
branch, elected by, and Immediately re-.
presenting the people the second, is the
< ar;stoefatlcal braach, or the senate, not e.
[ lected by the people, but by the state
governments, and which, therefore, is to
be considered as more directly represen ing
the separate states, or members of the
confederation the third, partaking of the
mouarchical, is the president, who in his
executive capacity, and particularly in his
foreign relations, is the great representa-
tive of the whole people of the United
States, and of the particular states, or
members Of the confederation. In these
three branches, with jude ary, in the
appointment of which the people hold no
voice, resides all power to make, explain,
and execute laws.
Here We discover in the people no right
or authority but tina, of election; no P01ver
TO transact any part of administration, to
frame laws, to explain, or administer them,
&c determine on peace or war, to make
treaties, send ambassadors, or, in fine, to
do any ole act of government. lis true
the nomination Of mos. those 10 whose
hands the affairs of government are en-
trusted, may be traced to the people, from
whom in the first instance ali power must
proceed; but this no more constitutes a
democracy than if the people at stated in-
tervals elected king, and entrusted every
department to his management. The
great excellence of the franchise of cleo
ton is, thatit,gives parcer to the Peobie.
and enables thentto administer the sqvern-
!. ment. and consequently abuse 1T but that