Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-03
aIeranurta Dallp @a3ftte.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3.
:: : COMMUNICATION.
O5sfa principals.

pPO4 rot try them upon all his grounds at
o :. lest they fail Not so with conssitu.
% a.s they begin at the foundation
4, stake all upon a single throw. | have
" y, r.cenrlr ro.uminous publication, as
sSsd ia fudge Woodward, closed with a
.s,;rrf Tor changing the structure OF the ex-
,or,e 5ranct, OF the government OF the y.
.s,es. These essa:s, tedious and visioua-
they are, ridiculous as is their object,
!, 20 have attracted the attention OF the
asrc. Yish ny fathers head to be at rest
n,r his mansion is torn down about his
.rs Wc do not know when it is well with
We perpetually sigh for novelty, and
t.s s.oiled children we throw aside one toy
~j bawl for another. Surely there are
rbo 0ish TO soota their own inquietudes, by
ts,oe lie word with confusion and alarm,
s,cbcold booded maiignity is rare | hope.
{lqyse Idle innovations are engendered by a
|leated brain: they are the offspring of an
Imagination which pursucs the glowworm,
,.yar,lIrs of the wiids and morassss into
voich it conducts them. Such may be 1he
Judges case.
|'.Ia the name of peace what do we want?
Have we good government? Arewe hap
py under it Are property, psrsun. charac-
tr conscience, all that is dear to civilized
man, protected? Why then throw away the
|airld! Why temper with system con-
our ancestors i'll time of candid
d:hoersiion aaimascd by hearts pure as
puiotstn3 guided by minds adorned with
slid and extensive science 1t is too pro-
rokins what doss this learned Judge mean?
He will have the constitution minded, anil
|. the cobler himself. He is to be renown-
ed attic the temple of our liberties be pro-
fned. The executive department is now
50 organized, taas the President has right,
nay, it IS his most sacred duty, to consult
the heads of department upon all questions
cfmagnitude. Judge w. will have in place
dthis, a Presidency consisting ola Presi-
deaf and four aids, with their ffty-f,ur per
trn;. 6fty-two per cent.forty-eisht per cent
and fortv-six per cent. He "iIl have Di-
rc;oly peradveuture, CT nothing-Won.
dernl improvem ent!! amazing wisdom
Lsdite Roman. Scribt0r;s, cedite Grail.
--ihen to crafty Judge who has nothing
olOss, Congress is to debate day after day,
'nd weth after week about calling conven-
lo:--and then, convention is tobe called,
anu this great people is TO BE moved and a
giiata from N. Hampshire to St. Mays
The eoodly fabric of our government is to
Ss shaken to its base, aud the greater part
u he community to be tormented with fear
md dlsmay, in order that this Judge may
draw forth our energies, and profit by the
scramble. The liou is to be made angry
and TO cast the lightning from his name,
nas silly boys may laugh from the portico.
DO hope that the people, whom this
Judge ca|oies, will put their everything veto
upon his plans, ana teach him practical wis
ocm, his great desideratum that his fame
: not ito be built upon their ruin, and that.
me system, at the vestibule of which the
immortal Washington laid his conqueriug
sword, is not to be broken down by the de-
cam ers of this day. Let this gentleman
..upioy his percentage talents in initiating
a0ys INTO the rules OF arithmetic.
ale has written considerations on the sub
.ance of the Sun, and has met with rebuff
IL u attempting to analyse the Moon. Let
MN not despair. The learned may still
r ~ over Consideration OF the substance
a,he Moon"
Ns really odd to see these political en-
sEocs; they. propose to pull down aud set
Ta government with the ssme indifference
!. Ia pomposity that ----,in medicine or
gys'es exhibits in opening a vein or strang-
'a y, muse in an air-pump.
slV NnS 5ou say, rs no argument-the judge
~ =. ten volume. In the Fedcralisl,
s"oesoy Madison & Hamilton, in Wash
s'ans legacy, in experience, he will find
~ n'atatlon. That which genius evolved,
"s'oes fought for, science scanned, and time