Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-09-21

name, it was s passport TO respect enu -
verence in every part Of the globe. Inc "
States lowered among the nations OF the
earth; few, very few rose above her III
wealth and prosperity, and none IN tree
dom, knowledge and civilization. But .h's
would not do. The democrats INSISTED lha'
the nation was going to ruin, and that no.
thing would save il but change in the ad-
ministration. The ftderallsts must be put
down or the people would be reduced to
poverty and slavery. The federalsts 7pefe
put down. And the honest, upright, all
knowing & people loving democrats reign
ed in their stead. For ten years past The
federalsts have had no voice in the govern
ment. Their influence has entirely ceased
they have not had power to pass slnGle
law, nor carry single measure. Wha
has been The consequence Almost every
measure which has been adopted by these
wise democrats has tended 10 impoverlsf
and disgrace the nation. The country has
been re duced to the most abject state of de-
graduation. The treasury has been exhaust.
ed. The people have been oppressed
: Commerce and navigation have been sus-
pended--Our fleet has been suffered to rot
in the mud Of the Potomac, and our army
on toe banks of the Mississippi. And the
name OF an American has become a SCOT
and bye word among the nations of The
earth. Who have done all this /? Why,
who could have done it, say the men OF
wisdom, the knowing and cunning demo
Gratis, 40 could have done it but the ie-
deralists. The iedelalists sold the navy for
Song, the fsdsrais,s built gun boats, the
tederailsts laid the embargo, the federal
lists passed the forcing law, law which
vii! be an everlasting disgrace to our sta
tute book /; the iederalists passed the non
intercourse act, az act as repete with folly
as the forcing law was with wickedness -
and after all the trderalists suffered those
foolish and wicked laws to slide into non.
entity, and made the nation lie down upon
its back, and cry Old Nick come take me.
But the reader will ask how could the fede-
ratjsts do all this They opposed all those
measures. But kind reader, you do no,
perhaps understand this business. it is a
plce matter which none but democrats can
clearly understand. 1t may he little diff
hcult 10 explain how this is done. but YOU
may depend the tederalIs.s do all the mis-.
chief. They have no power to do good
but they arc potent fellows to perform evil.
i ne democrats can do AZ initiate deal Of
good, but 1t is impossible for them to do
any 1nlng bad. -
This is the language of democrats-but
this is NOT halt the mserits which are laid
TO the evil genius of federalism. An the
agsrtssIons OF foreign powers on our com.
mcrce and national independence are ascrb-
ed to 1t; and nothing can befal Our country,
but what is laid to this weak band Of fede.
raists which according TO the democratic
papers is not fifth part Of the nation 8
band, which has neither power, property
nor talent.
This statement, strange rs it may apr ear,
is actually believed by many honest Ameri,
cans. 1t is fact that four ffths of the de-
mocrats are deceived by representations like
the above & that it is by such stories that
tie hatred to federalism is kept up. It is
but to open the eyes Of candid man to
make him a federalst. Were the leading
democrats but known, their best friends
would desert them. 1t is impossible for an
honest hearted lover Of America to support
set of men who are evidently enemies to
their country. Gould the conduct of those
who have for ten years past ruled the DIES Ii.
MES of the nation, be fairly laid before the
public, "the unfortunate" Barnabas Bid
well would not want company the people
would not wonder at the disgrace of the
country they would be astonished that a
nation under such management could SO
long exist.