Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-22


committee; but as Mr.. Camp5el, its chair
man, does not return to congress, we need
not expect to see what they bring forth, dres-
sed up with as much comely ferceness, as
it was last winter. The accommodation
with England has met with such an hearty
welcome by the nation, that there IS not
much danger of its being plunged back a
gain into that " oblivious pool" where,
when it was shivering and grooming, it was
forced to listen to tie scowlings of COM
mittce desperately bent upon measures to
bring about war. What will you now do
gentlemen9 Taking you upon your own
principle as announced last winter, you
have got into a sdilemma from which you
cannot be extricated without shame or dan
ger. 1t to Be hoped that you will lay a
side as much Of your bullying, as may be
Just sufficient to save you from making war
upon your cid friend Ronapartea
North 4merican.
Peace Nth Great Britqiu.-It seems ra-
Their extraordinary that after adulation, Dor
dering upon idolatry, the jacobin prints
should so soon change their compiexions-
and leave off fulsome praise, without even
substituting negative commentators. Be
fore Mr.. Madison arrived at the station,
which placed the peace and prosperity OF
this nation in a great measure in his power,
we were wont to hear his praises sounded
with the most intolerable s~ycophancy but
when he has, in reality, rendered the great
est benefit to the republic when he has
rescued the country from the perils OF war,
and the distresses of crippled commerce =;
his services are neither contemplated with
pleasure, nor mentioned with applause, by
those fnmerly SO lavish Of useless and I'M
merited encomiums. Urged by a mean and
mercenary spirit they extolled him for vir-
tues they did not know him to possess, and
for qualifications Of which they were equal
ly Ignorant and Indifferent: for they cared
not whether he was as ignorant or as stupid
as Simon Snyder, he was the apparent sue
cessor of Mr.. Jefferson, and to worm them
selves into his favor was their Object
Selling held of the fleeing popularity of
Jefferson, they held up Mr.. Madison as his
pupil and political disciple. And traitors
to the people and their interests, they sup
ported him, calculating that his devotion to
Jeffersonian policy would make him seal the
destruction OF commerce, the main artery
in the vitals of the country. Jacobin irge-
nuity was put to the torture to find high
sounding terms of hatfery for " Madison
trained IN the school of Jefferson" But Mr..
Ntadison's presidency, has shewn these
that he will neither extend to them his pa
tronage nor pursue their policy that
he will not like Simon Snyder purchase
their presses to obtain venal p~raise;n Nor like
him leave his political conscience to the dl-
rection of designing knaves, or upstart ig-
noramusses but that following the dictates
Of wisdom and Justice, he will forego the
Rattery Of unprincipled ~sycophants, for the
appreciation OF the good. They, therefore,
have nothing to expect from him, and de-
tract from his fame, by attributing to " eff
ferson and the embargo the beneficial re-
suits OF our accommodated differences with
Great Britain. Before Mr.. Madison had
performed any important public act, before
his political wisdom and patriotism were
tested, the jacobins blazaned him forth, as
a miracle OF talents, and a prodigy Of pa
triotisn.. But the same pitiful spirits which
could applaud where no applause was due,
can withhold from merit its just reward
MIR. Madison has with promptitude and
manliness removed the obstacles to the a.
g~ricultural and commercial prosperity of
the nation. But this, say the jacobin prints,
was owing to Jefferson and the embargo
" MIR. Jefferson has sowed and Mr.. Madi-
son is reaplng arich harvest the wisdom
&C IeHarsnn laid e-fanndatio n for the fame