Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-04-28

St0WedsDy the PtoPte uPen stAoss VS. $50 !,
the greatest skill in the arts OF tatiSry, ana
The greatest talents In repeahng laws and !.
raging 10 the foundation every yesugs Of
our greatness aud glory.
Are the persons who have broaght about
this state OF things ratified to- our comb
dence?
Are The persons whohaye ieftour marine
| 10 rot Untitled to our confidence?
Are the persons who Will not suffer q
&C. nort,to be fortified Untitled to our conh-
dencs?
Are the persons who will take no pains
to have the militia putin course ofPrePa-
ration to defend our country Untitled 70 our
confidence
Are the person, who have formed dis
.inc,ions and planted enniiy between eitl
zen aud eitizen Untitled our coDhdence!
Are the persons who he IA manly Ian.
guage 10 public and dastardly one 10
private, the later only to be contormed
10 by heir paruzans. Untitled 70 our cont.
dsnce?
Are the persons who estimate their CHIC
es higher than all other CONSIDERATIONS lnu.
tied 10 our confidence!
Alas! Ii is pa nfully cy dent tia. eur e.
publican institutions, our legal institutions,
our moral habits, our political principles,
our general governments. our state govern"
ments, have undergone, and are undergo.
ing, the most radical changes. Netning
DOW is permanent Every thing manly,
moral, religious and peligical, has been
thrown into state Of fermentation. -----
& Death is in the pot !" aud he u. s like
huge stsne torn from the summit Of the
Alps, is roll:ng down the steep of demo.
cracy. TO the recipient Of all former repub-
lies, the long the dreaFy ADD dismal valley
OF despstism.
There are democrats who are notwish-
out their appreaeusions en- This head, who
viii yet pretepd 10 see no danger. There
are good men who exclaim, this state ct
things cannot last, that when things have
SO. TO the worst, they will mend. We
also say, this state ST things cannot be
permanent; Dot if good men, no matter
Of what party. VIII not exert themselves
TO stay the progress of the evilsnow pre-
vaiens, this stare of things will Eos meud,
bu, mus, assuredly get worse Haw was
it in the Greclan republics, the Roman re.
pobiic, and in ,h- French republic Lid
not things, 10 all these, after the ,eign Of
dsmagoguss commenced, 60 on from bad
to worse? What is TO prevent things
from taxing the SANG course In our Ame.
rican republics?
VIII The people reject all experience,
past aud present? II do acknowledge
(says 7ohn Horne locke that both 10 the,
outset AID progress Of The French rsyolu {
lion, was gully OF two most gorgeous
blundrss; by atribusing much greater
portion of airtue to inGividuais, and IN
dsrstanasag 70 the generality, than any sx
per.ence Of maxi I'D can jus'ify.'&
Such was the conviction Of an Egg
democrat bat our democrats are muen
wiser than Horne Tooke. Here, 10 the I
U. States, the generality assign all virtue
to few individuals, aud a je1v inalciagaAs
all understanding TO the generality
We have said that secre. iuaaenee
seems 10 pergade cur pubic affairs ex
anime our laws, it will be found amongst
them: But where will j. not be found!
In every quarter where elections are held
this monster becomas active. Tho Ike
the pestilence, it !raverses whole district:
without being seen, YET we easily trace isa
course by the ravages it occasions: Ger
taln newspapers have for some time been
pseparing the public mind for issvisible az.
pearance among as. Should their predc
ton be realized, or should certain war
rior u1fuH his standard in St. Petersburg,
the monster will be heard to roar across
,hs Atlantic, and be seen 10 all his .ersors
at the capitol.
Bur il is time to terminate this paper