Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-03-22

nSrai cOnSnltE'tOn, Il pernCiouS PreStdcnt may
lopera,e, w: equal effect, By solicitations Of
individuals. Thc question, therefore, is re-
daced to this point; whether members OF cor
gresS rcncGnce their rights of Suffrage, as pri-
Yate citizens ; sndif they do not, what greater
mischief is produced by u joint recommen-
dation OF President, ,han By IN union of the
sane Numbers in parties of three, five o: ten
J All the Vaccinations to draw The final election
into The house OF representatives, can be prac-
ticed with equal success by the activity of
small parties, US By the declarations of gene.
{ raj meeting.
| While YOU conceal the name OF your favor
ed candidate, you describe him, as man no.
Immediately connected with Mr. Jefferson
and you are therefore, disposed to make it a
condition with him, that MIR Jefferson adlni-
nistration will be impartially reviewed and
that those measures. which tend to promote
the public good will be adopted, and those Of
!, contrary tendency, which from the failibiiity
| OF human nature may have been pursued, vii.
be. abandoned, and, if necessary, exposed
You add as Il general principle, that all other
rotation in the Office of President is mockcry
| The republicans are not unanimous in just
| tying Mr.. Jeiierson's retirement from Office
If he had betrayed in his public conduct any
ct that WEAKNESS of faculties, of which he
complains, he would have risen to height OF
lrenown, which is the lot of but few Rortais
have had the merit of discerning his owa de-
iects, and frankly avowiug them to the world.
! His country would then have thanked him, FOR
not hazsrding by n d'minution of sight ard
attention, n fatal blunder in handling the pa
per', relative to formidable foreign nation
| or III deciding on them with n superanuatetl in
tel!ect. But rs it IS, he has been importuned
III terms the most fiattcring, to remain at his
post. How far he ought to have attempted bv
a Itch
dent after eight years, when the constitution
declares him TO be eligible, need not be ex-
amined 1t is enough for the present purpose
to say, that the general anxietyto re elect him.
has proceeded from the general appreciation of
his department in Office.
And yet even the disguise in your language
has not covered your real object You obvi-
ously mean, that there are acts of Mr.. LETTER
sons administration, which are of tendency
to obstruct the public good. and which ought
to be abandoned and exposed If they are clois.
tered in the archives of the cabinet YOU, gen.
tlcmen Of the house of representatives, feel
your own competency to DRAG them to light
If they have been promulged, they are alrca-
dy IN your hands If you seek 4 remedy for
misdeeds, the constitution instructs YOU
The most distinguished champions of popu-
lar government in treating of rotation in of
fee; do not intend to render a successor 4
censor spy upon his predecessor nerel, that
the successor should retrace the footsteps OF
his predecessor, to catch some deviation from
wha, ~ calls the true path. Undoubtedly il
will be the dutyof every President, immedi-
ateiy after his Inauguration, to acquire per
feet knowledge of the system. which has
been pursued, and TO correct, what he thinks
to be wrong But it is no less the duty of a
President, often and earnestly to advert TO the
principles of his own action, and to retrench,
or ampiify them, or to accommodate them to
every new eXigency. II must be confessed
indeed that 4 new President may be more
flexible to new measures, and more hostile, to
old ones, than the very author of them But
is novelty, the best palladium Of public happi
ness Is hostility to Jefferson's administration
the criterion of political excellence
For what part of Mr.. jeflerson's adm nistra
ton, MIR. Madison may be accountable; and
whether he will perseveIe in the spirit of IL
altho' he should be convinced of its imDropr;e
ty; every man will answer for himself as far
IS his materials Of information, and Mr..
Madison's character extend But can il be the
intention of the minority to insinuate, that Jef-
ferson has perpetrated acts. which deserve TO
be exposed, and that Madison will abet and con
summate his iniquity'
If it be allowable TO conjecture, whom you.
gentlemen, have in conclsve adopted as the
succeeding Pope, who is to cast into the flames
or to sprinkle JUNCTION Oh the acts Of his prede
cessor, is either Of the o5tensible characters
Mr. Clinton or Mr. Monroe recommended as
tho instrument far e-<fosi5g Mr. JefFcrson's adj
mnistration If Mr. Clinton like some of the
OLD patriachs, when upon the eve Of departure
from suSunary cares, now discovers n light.
which his optical powers have hitherto been too
gross to observe, be it So But Clinton, what
socver may be lis infirrnity, can never be false
10 his principles IT Mr.. Monroe is TO bear
the rod of chastisemcnt, and is to revolt against
the school, in which he was bred then shall
believe, that miracles have not ceased but
must still ask for the grounds of his CONVEX. |
sion.
For the moment, gentlemen, take leave of
you. AS your work would be imperfect, ifl
II had not concluded wi h the denunciation off
Mr. Madison so ought mine to be esteemed.
if criminally defective, if it fails in defending
him agains. ri your insinuations.
HOWARD.
The members of both branches of the
Legislature OF KENTUCKY have unani- |
mously recommended AMES MADISON,
as President Of the u. S.
Mr. GARDENER is rapidly recovering of
the wound received in the duel with Mr. |
Campbell.
The Union Manufacturing Company of |
opened their books at Baltimore |
on Monday last Their capital is one mil |
lion Of dollars, divided into 10000 shares |
at so dollars each 10000 shares were al
lotted for the city Of PaItimore of ,ph;nh /