Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-16
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10.

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: ,...ioned the partial triumph of federal
Philadelphia. The Common Coun-
q. federal, and one federal member OF
~ar,ss IS elected. The intellectual small
!, digni;ied with the name Of Porter,
y Tor several years has BEEN member OF
r,oorsss from that city, has now liberty 70
~ >, home, musing over the instability OF
m,Oue. the 6ckleness of popular favor and
1, mu,ability of democracy. The demo-
,,,;c Editors in other states lament this d.
Inn and insist on the necessity OF una,
,siy urging that private grudge, or the
.;o;on Of unworthiness in the candidate,
oacht TO give way, to prevent the possiblli-
,ofisderal success. If the eloquence Of
r;,.ro and the patriotism of Cato were
united in one person, and he were a tede-
,,Esl: and The democratic candidate were,
,ousunmate rascal, and an irreclaimab'e
nacshrad the democrats must unite and
,o-rr 10 send either the kuaye or the fool,
list an able and worthy federalist should OBJ
tain a seat. To this rule in alnost every
s,ly the democrats have more or less ad-
basd: hence the Leibs, Sloans, X Far
Lnds and so on, /" and so forth 10 the end
Ga long chapter"
Porter was FIRST brought forward by Du-
ans party. Why has Duane forsaken
him? The probable reason is an unwilling
ness on the part of Porter on all occasions
to submit 20 the will of Dictator Dunn. 1t
is very singular, yet not less true, that al
most all the men whom the Aurora once
supported and once called ineorruptible pa,
lriots, Of Interchangeable principles, the wisest,
the best, the greatest men in the nation, have
since by this same Duane been pronoanc-
ed, corrupt, changrab!e, ignorant, Office
hunters, knaves and fools. Recollection
brings before us few names: Galiatin
MKsau, Logan, Tenche Coke, Dallas,
Cooper, Snyder, Randolph, and Efies of
minor consideration. To Lieb ne however
siladheres, and Lcib as closely adheres to
him. We can accounsfor the long continu-
ance Of this friendship on one principle only.
Two nen Of greater depravity do not al
ways come together: their dark deeds are
well known to each other, of many Of which
The public are ignorant: eachis afraid of
dssciVng the friendship lest the other
should Olazon to the world his crimes.
lohnG. Jackson has resigned his seatin
congress much to the satisfaction of all par
"' He assigns as the reason of his resig-
nlon lndisposi,ion occasioned by his duel
Win Mr. Pearson. Mr.. Jackson has en-
u'aVorcd to throw all the censure on Mr..
larson; bat we1rust that when Mr.Pear-
an shall see Jacksou's statement, he will
pace the matter in It's true light. Some Of
l"Sson,s statement we know to be partial.
,'~ are we so ready to believe that Mr..
l'rsson was that mild homo, able man in de-
'~ nc would have the world now believe
.'D' he was a determined supporter of The
'u''0lstration and when his sophistry a.
'uSo nothing against damnable proofs that
nc brought against them, he resorted to
, 'uss' and in Quixotic spirit of political
"s0t errantry, was for fighting every
'"Wno should utter syllable disrespecs-
towards Jefferson or Madison. He be-
''So TO Pearson in most insolent man
hWath an expectation of Tightening him.
happened unfortunately for him to mis-