Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-25
From the PHILADELPHIA TICKER
C The Eeroes Of tie Rspohstion."

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q The Heroes otc tie ReDoAstion."
We s,arc2. ever read the proceedings OF a
Is nocra,ic debauch, without their toastlns
:. IN. heroes ct the revolution" i his,
finn fort--n:ne fftieths Of them, Is DOM
r,o.bt insult 10 those worthless, AID the com
mon-n,ace aclace Of C drunken men often
sneak the truth," does not hold good on
Hose occasions; for such is the rooted
aversion of the democrats, TO the r.@A who
actively assisted in achieving our inde-
pendence, that they 1t slip no op2oss >';llt}.
70 make every surviving hero OF ne revo-
lntion feel, thsf they can remove from Or
appoint to oRlcs, wko'nsoever thsy please
nav, the real hero OF seventy-six IS often
wvantonlv displaced, TO make room tor a
,,.oag,x sc7s,9ts -eixcr:: and fugitive from
Justice from any part Of Europe, IS DOW
entitled to that Distinction.
In support Of this position, We refer 70
lew &C The recent removals from and ap-
poinsrsats to Office, made By that Son q
Science, the democratic governor ct Penn
CHARLES BIDDLE, Esq. recently
removed from the Office OF rroghonotary o..
the court Of common pleas, iol the city aud
county Of philadelphia, was brave, active
and distinguished officer, and commands
Of public armed ship during ana at the
close CO our revolutionary war. Ills bro
tar commanded the Randolph triga,e, and
was blown up in her, IN "a engagement wlsh
an enemy's vessel Of superior force Eat
this did not avail hiln--he was ga here OF
the revolution,'' and must be elected to
make room tt0r a very cormorant tor Office,
Frederick NVolbert, who WAS not even
known in those trying times, and who only
sipnalized himself BY his avidity for being
5ileted upon the public, and suffering him
self to be sued Tor deficiencies as a collector
of taxes.
EDWARD CRAWFORD was lieut..
in the first regiment Of the Pennsylvania
! line, and received a wound IN 1777-but
his scars were laughed al, and as nezD Sc
veaty-si&er applied for it he was dismissed
from the ofire Of prothohotary OF Adams
! county. But the democrats still toast the
9 hero Of the revolution
EPHRAIM DOUGLAS entered the
service as an ensign, and in January, 1879
was promoted to jieutenancy, and served
IS such until the termination OF the war.
He was taken prisouera, the disastrous bat
tie on Long Island--outall his services and
suGerings were of no consequence IN ony-
der's eyes. The brother ct Pres!y Carr
Lane, speaker of the senate, felt Prede-
LECTION for the Office Of prothonotary ot Fay
cite county, and he was gratlhed at the ex-
renee of the war-worn veteran 1uzza
for the heroes CT '76."
j ANDREW HENDERSON has been
removed from the Office of register and re-
corder for. Huntingdon county. Snyder.s
objec ions -toMy. Henderson arcs principal-
" from his having served in the Pennsylva-
ma line, from the year 1879 to the conclu-
sion of the war. Ga the establishment OF
PEACE, Mr.. Henderson entered into the SER
vice Of the state, received FIVE wounds IN
the Wyoming affair !; and now carries a
|. buskshot he received at that place, in ms
lungs. Yet still the democrats toast the
heroes of the revolution J"
IOHN BOYD, Of Northumberland
county, with his two brothers, Thomas and