Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-04-22
xIEx.sNpRI4 n.4yLY GAZETTE.
MONDAY, APRIL %.

,,f- honest men," The very idea of such an
even, terr;fies them excessively. Their lead
ers are conscious that should it take place,
their dominion would be at an end. We
hope their fears are well grounded. The
want Of integrity in the councils of this nation
has been much more injurious to us than the
want Of talents. Should our affairs be again
directed BY men of patriotism, instead OF IN
triguing oEice-hunters men who will steadl-
" pursue the public welfare, according to
their best Judgment, unappalled by clanor-.
Gus dcrayogues men who prefer the path
Of sober Experience to wild experiment !;
men, in me, who are neither swayed 10y
bird devotion to enc foreign power, or a dark
and deep rooted hatred towards another; then,
and not t., then, we shall be prosperous at
home, and respectable abroad. Such was our
70. during the first twelve years Of the Federal
gorcrnmcat. We heard no jargon then about
disnisea retirement" vet the course pursu-
cd was un;lorra by Hrm s successful. Unforsu-
nately anl5;tious AID unprincipled men sue
ceedei in persuadiEg the people to change
their rulers. A different system has been a.
dop,ed. In their anxiety TO avoid any thing
which might look Ike Federal policy, their
measures lave been Invariably ridiculous, ab-
snrd, and ruinous TO the nation. They have
been perp-tual!y engaged in trying new
schemes, until their prolific brains arc abao-
lutsly exhausted ashamed to return to the
true road, which they so furiouSly dcccicd,
icy are forced to psGse, and hunt out some
new de.i:e to amuse the people and probing
their own il-gotten and ill-deserved power.
But times mast alter. Every rejecting man
sees and bcwals the vast difference between
our present gloomy situation, and the pres
porous DAYS o. Washington and Adams. We
are insa!ted End ptundercd by the very man
whose GOOD will we have endeayorsd to con-
cisiate by tie most humble submission; q man
who robs US in contempt Of all principle, and
In defiance of his own most solemn engage
ment. Considering these things, the people
will, 'ere long, rise in the najcs.y OF their
strength, and using the constitutional priv
legs of freemcn, eject men Of l.onor and Ia
tents to manage their concerns men who
will not abandon the most pressing interests of
the> nation for the s;tke Of little fceting po-
pulariiy, to attend TO their own personal dis
putes. TIE fail Of folly and duplicity will be
rapid and tremendous. Tie triumph of Truth
and patriotista will BE- complete and pclma-
nent complete, because it will be gradual
and permanent, because, it viii be founded
on the solid basis of experience and reason.
This is the 6 Unisn of Honest Men" which
must fake place, unless the great body of the
nation shall be sunk in ignorance and corrup-
ton. A wise Servant shall have rule over
son that causeth shame, and shall have part
OF the inheritance among the brethren"
The Enquirer man gravely proposes the
following questions for discussion
Il. Was Mr. Smith fit for Secretary of
State F?
90. Is Mr.. Monroe the fit man to succeed
him?
as. Is Mr.. GalIatin worthy of our conf
aence?
The Enquirer certainly knows that these
Questions have been all settled by his fellow
hborers in the Vineyard, The Democratic
Press has asserted roundly that Mr.. Smith was
utterly incapable of performing the duties of
MS office, and that the whole labor consequent
~ devolved upon MIR. Madison. As to
Messrs. Monroe and Gallatin, Duane has treat
ca their Characters with very little ceremony.
Notwithstanding ell this, the Enquirer says he
snail " lay his sentiments freely before the
people" He had better take care that lis
sentiments agree with those OF the Editor
0'ehe Aurora he suffers none of his coadju-
tors TO Differ from him in tha en,aject ,,o;r,,