Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-20

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citation has been precipitatti quashed; at
home, the harmony between tae two sec
tons of the county, is near,y destroyed.
At this period, therefore, Of such deep
public distress, your fello"-ettlZens ca .h1ot
but regard your accesslonto the chief ma
gistracy as an aaspicloas and haPpy event.
10 administers this government (Which
IS oi so republican forin) with any degree
OF success, will require great integrity,
ilrmness and impartiality the poilcy OF
Machiavel and Cardinal Richelieu Will ne
yer do for free, spirited, and enlightened
people, such as those Of the L. otatcs.--
We trast, that the miserable success with
which t4zs Polcy his i'cen pursued by your
predece ssor, VIII furnish a serious and
profitable lesson to you in your admins
tration. 1t viii be Herculean task to re-
deem the wealth, Independence, and inte-
gritty OF the nation, which have been sacri-
feed during the last eight years you have
assembled the Presidential chair, with the
lmprecations Of all the present generation
heaped upon the late system, head, and
surrounded with numerous and dscoarag
ing embarrassmsntS there is no resource
lett but IN pursuing a temperate and ration
al policy; this will At least secure to you the
affection Of the citizens Of these states; to
a higher tribunal than created by mers bu5
hc opinion, seriously hope your actions
will never be amena5lt. If a3y fixed plan
has been lad 10 renew the present mon
strous system Of leg ion, it lies only be-
tween our conscience and your God re-
member, however, that the submission OF
such na,ioA as this, cannot be depended
On any longer than the measures OF govern
ment are equitable and impartial and have
net the atteStations OF thousands OF our
best and mos. intelligent ciyiz=ns demons
tratcd the ruinous tendency of the pre-
Sent system of measures ;" / hope to God
that none OF US VIII ever live to see our
country again in so degraded condition as
1t is at present--Surely our constitution is
a tree one +; the resources and energies OF
the nation are indeed impaired, bat they are
not 1UGateA. To your wisdom and integrity
1t remains to CALI them forth; and thus, 10
restore the dignity OF this great nation
abroad, and It's tranquility and haPpi-
ness at home. no one who calls him
self an AMERICAN, can be an enemy
to such system of conduct be a6sur-
ed, sir, that the best talents, the best
patriotism, and the best blood of the nation,
VIII al be laid at the altar, ready to be
sacrificed III SO glorious cause. Many OF
our citizens have been unfortunately duped
by tn shallow art fc S. of denla yogues and
kuaves ; it IS ur dutv, sir, to open the
eyes Of those poor delud1d citizens II you
have the good Of your country at heart, it
can very Little benefit US or yourself to con-
ceaI the motives Of your actions under q
aanct'frd misteIious vel. The his; ory OF
modern governm MS, VIII exemplify to you
abundantly how pernicious such couduct IS i;
human mature with us is not SO dlIferent
from what i, IS in Other countries, as to rem
DR. examples from history us-l-ss and abor-
i've. There are only two classes of men,
over whom despotism can be established
those who are TOO c0yyUbt, and those who
are 100 i9n0ra7t to be free. Almost al the
Asstlic nations are INSTANCES Of the former,
and greet many OF the European of the
latter; for instance, France and the empire
of Austria. So long as new England con
stitute part OF this nation, dcspoeic go
yernInent CAN never be established Over
US but if ever that part of the union is Sc
parat1d from the southern, it would be hard
to say how long OUR republican institutions
would be preserved. The last adnAinlstFa-
ton had its greatest friends and warmest
admirers among the ignorant part OF the
community over these citizens a complete
despotism ofthe mind was established ; the
emissaries OF France were well dispersed a
nong them 70 teach them the licentlous doc
trine Of liberty and equallty-and they rs
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