Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-29

ton Of the good people Of TIE y. States.
The only intere.t which, the bulk OF ING 4
people Of any country can have in the ads
min;.,ra,ion of il. affairs, Is. thatsthey
should DO managrd yveK Itsisof M: con-.
sequence to them (howev.r important To-.
the leaders, for whose smolunent they have
been divided into two gangs, and driven,
Ike so many West iadia negroes, under
the lash Of a pros.i,uted press --thas the
sedi,ion law, and the provisional armv, and
the eight per cent. loans, and the 2uasi-
zysr with France, were the works of fe,Ie-
raiists or, that the non-importation act;
the denial Of the writ Of habeas corpus, BY
military force, and ito proposed suspension
by one branch of the legislature the abro-
cation, by bill, of the constitution, as tire
specss treason; the smbroilins of our at
fairs abroad; the embargo, that !oathsome
SIN, and the ricLesy non.intsreourse law
have been the spurious offspring OF (selt'
calletO republicans. The people may IN
deed acquire one benefit from the lesson
before theM. 1t is that, here, as we'll as
in the unhappy country from which we are
descended; with all the clamo<- and invets-
racy of hate between wing and tory--wnigs'
in bover, become tories, and tories, e"t
Of bsuve,, 1vhigs; and to watch then, &C
cordingly. 1t is poor comfort to the Peo'
pie of England to be told TIA. the sep'enn''
al act, which slapped their constitution at
the base, was passed by the leading wings
of their day, whose attachment to the house
Of IIano, er, and their places; whose zeal
for the protestant religion, and far pen,
sious, drove the nation into rebellion, and
shook the government to its foundations.
And if politician propose to repeal the
constitutional definition of treason, sub't'-
tuting in its place the devices and desires
of his own wicked heart and erud: under
standing; or to suspend the writ of hobsas
corpus,t palliate its defiance by the militia
~ at the point of the bayouct; or 10 en-,
force an embargo, Tor any thing else by
pros,ratns every chartered, as well as ma
tural right OF the citizen; or to screen Sam.
Chase, or Burr, or Wilkinson, or John
Smith, of Ohio, from we'll earned punish
msnt--I care not to which faction he be-.
longs; he is no politician for me-.
But am wandering from my purpose
which is to request your serious attention,
and that Of every sobe r mipd in The state,
no, so much 70 any thing which am able
to Offer to your consideration, as to the
q. annual report OF the secretary oil the trea-
sury," made to congress on the 18th of
Dec. This memorable and mournful state
paper merits, and mxss receive, the deep
est attention. 1t is conclusive as to the po-
licY which HIS been pursued for the last
three years. Hitherto, the contest has
been carried on by charges, mixed with
some proof on the one side and persmp.
tory denials on the other; and the good
people have not known which party to be-
iieys more especially when all their know.
ledge OF the charges and proofs against adj
mini.tra,ion has been derived from so i'm.
partial source as the ministerial prints
There is now, however, standard to
which all may have access; from which
opposition ,WN not, and administration ca1-
nsi appeal. In this sinking political ba.
ro,ncter we discern revenue dwirdling,
in ;hr,e short years, from sixteen millions
to ien; from ten TO SIX AND AN HALF -
an enormous surplus Of preceding years
[befors folly had sna,ched the helm Of SO.
vernmeu.1 exhausted a redundant revenue
dried upi and b-fure any thing like prepa.
ration even for defence 10 made, loan Of
four millions certainly (perhaps mora be-
comes necessary This Is NOT the gloomy
picture Of \ factious federaliss, OF OF a dis.
eon.en,ed minority man, accused (for &C..
eusa,ion 10 ever ready" of priva.s grief;"
Il is the fairess view which one Of the cnbi.
n, s-(hims.lfa man Of ,ranseendans abili.
ties)--can present Of the state Of the nation.
brought 70 this point by the measures and
the eouns.ls Of his patron, his colleagues,
and himself. " ,
VII no, Great Britain aud France .ren-
bic at our powers Of annoyance. when thry
&c. this report When they are told by the
chancellor Of the American exchequer, the
creates. financier now living, ,aat tire ex.
,,... rs Governments (cxckssibei,s of fhe,