Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-22
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n,sr;encea., by changing the administration
of the -goyernment, from Federal pohs'es
20 Democratic, in our last paper, we partl'
cularIy noticed 'hs subject of the revenue
We now ask, rvhesher the nation Is more
usIrrp, than it zpas 6etare the change e
Ills true, Mr.. j. tftrson's popularity increased
for several gears. His hypoeriticai cum
ming aided by collateral circumstances,Pro-
Auerd the effect for which it was intended
81, deluded the people much longer than
could have been expected. Had he been con-
sn,sd ,wish reign OF only four gears the
evils of his administration would not with
.ou, extreme difficulty, have been eradieased
:, from the country. But, fortunately, he
wa. ambitious Of holding his place as long
"a gen. Washington did, and therefore
could not bring his mind to give up the
reips Of government shor. ofeisM gears
No hypecrise, in such an elevated and con-
sp;cuou. situation, ever stood his ground
for so lcng period as that. AT the second
election. he had all the votes Of the electors
.~,,e.b, fourteen. This was lou water with
federalism and it was that dangerous
>Aood tide with democracy, which ninety
nine times in a hundred, hurries dema'
sogues TO their ruin. Before the late e'ee'
, zion of president came round, the party
{ began to shsw symptoms Of sphtsins; and
when the votes, were, given in, it appeared
-;,ha, federalism was gaining pretty last
Instead of IA, the federal candidates had
>4s. No, only had the, federalists gained
strength, bp, the old democratic party was
-xerv much divided. And SO fearful were
<rhe JefFersoniahs, that if left to themselves,
>the people would not electMr. Madlson,thas
,,hey met in a caucus the winter preceding,
land nominated him as the next heir to the
Grown. The friends of governor Clinton
were in great passion On this subject, and
<he adhersnts of MIR. Monroe were but
little better. Nearly twenty members OF
congress, signed and published, a formal
protest against the presidential caucus. Mr..
Madison was, however, elected and what
is the state Of the party now: In Virginia
and some other Of the southern states, there
80 Monroe party, which appears to show
symptoms of vigorous opposition to the
Jsffsrsonians. In New York, there is a
Clinton party, and Madison, or Jeffer'
son party. That state, and Pennsylvania
arc in general uproar of party confusion /;
NO, from federalism and democracy, bu
from democracy divided against itself. Ir
New York. Cheetham is the advocate O
Gov. Clinton, aud the foe of De Wit
Clinton and Ambrose Spencer. "Ih'
Public Advertiser" is the foe OF Cheet
ham and Holt ; AMI Holt is the bitter adj
versary Of Cheetham, and the Public Ad
vsrtises. In Pennsylvania, it is but issl'
more chan year, since Duane and Leib
;oined With Binns, &c. in sxtsllipg Simo'
Snydsr 20 the skiss, and in making hin
cha roveraor Of that state. And they die
make him governor, with the greatest mum
Der os votes, thar aag man ever obsains'
fpr "a olies aths Unissd States. But, en-
anime he ssass Of things which exists sher
=. me prressas sims, and zee hew they ar
now si.uased. Duane and Lsib vsas bill
sina,gass Ut saydsr, and :Binns vsnss bill
linss gate q. Dasae and Lsib. Duane call
saydsr have and . fool and Binns In