Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-13

- r..eleetsd Governor of Virginia tor
me ensuing year BY a joint ballo1 OF ooth
bo.ses OF the General Assembly of that
commonwealth. -
ry.sr 5otA sides The American people
hold ths Sc political nlaSims to be saercd ana
e,eroyer,ible. IL That they have the rlgat
3 ieesy 10 examine into the public conduct OF
,.-,srulers, ard freely TO ccnsure or defend
,sc,n - That The constitution and govern :
,,cn, IS one thing; the administration appoint
eato carry them into operation, is another
Fiat the attempt to blend and ceniound these
distinct powers, is an iasidious attempt to un-
terainc a fundamental principle OF american
freedom, :--And, that while they maintain the
constitution hallowed, they arc free to cen
snre the administration or their measures.
II was the doctrine and the practice OF the
democrats during the whole period OF federal
ascendency, to proclaim and support these
nrinciD,es But now that they have got into
bower, free inquiry is attempted to DE st,tied
upon most important subject, by cry OF
6 every man must support the go' srnnent !!
Thus abandoning their own aYowed tenets'
and thus making tho governne nt and the adj
miaistrat;on inscp erable and Synonymous
Instead of temperate and official disclosure
being irst mado tc the public through Con-
sre.s iss near the tine OF mecting1 OF the
suspension Of The British Minister, we saw 1t
announced first FROM the governmental press,
ewithout the sanction eff a signatwel in terms
cfseyere reproach, calculated 10 enlist anu
enAare the pablic resentment against him.
We saw in al, the papers devoted TO the adj
ministration, the most rancorcus and unwar-
ranted abuse reiterated unheafd, against Mr..
Jackson aud his government. When these
iliiberal invectiyes were exhausted, We saw
the examinations changed from personalities
to the powers given by England to her Mi
4 Mister mere, as unreasonable and inadnlssib!e
s. and when ali these, varied and accommodated
TO the pala,cs ofthe populsce, were su!l found
insufficient to produce Chesapeake clarnor,
out comes Senator Giles in resolutions Of
thunder g to call into action the whole force
Of the nation - With humble solicitudc Mr..
Giles, permit me to inquire, if this resolution
i; not intended to cocgce freedom Of opinion?
1t 1t Is not the commencement OF sys-
i tenn OF terror which is to oycrturn our boast
ed liberties, and substitute a CALLING ty-
rann, ike France, at the point of your bayo-
y nets Sir, this resolution mas most awful
q complexion /! Has any man opposed the law
Has any man interrupted executive measures!
\. HAS any man attempted to rcinstate Jackson
HAS any man attempted to stir up iasarrec-
~ ton! No, none! Then why, Or for what
| reason Is the whole force Of the nation to be
# called out From the earliest ages of socie-
I Ylt has been the policy and the practice of
ia aemagosues and tyraats, to hunt up some pre-
81 text Tor collecting military power, to en-
So 'orce ambitious designs 1t has remained
~ lor the United States, &C the last resting place
Tor the liberty oFman.' to have produced a
rtfaohcan son who can call out the whole mi.
htary OF the nation, without giving pretex, |!
Sir system of,error, whether it be enforc-
81 sdhy the guillotine, ike Robespierre's, or the
oayonet, like Bonaparte's, altho' it may fer a
alne silence free discussion upon men and
measures, the minds of Americans will ne
rbe debased like French.ncn, so far as to
IS ~ their chains and worship the despot.
What has occasioned the murmurings