Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-02-02
Frsu the Nrzv York EOsning PSst.

Ladetendrnee Of South 44meric7, coaAfloH
with the United States. dnd 1Var 7v'fh %,
nnbarte, the poE',,'al sG!v0:'on Of Hs'm
and South Amcricd.
"A backwardness 10 suspect treachery,
may entail all the consequences OF Wal
lingness to abrt IT,
1t is certainly fair presumption, that the
three branches Of government, must be lul-
" competent to the right manage ment Oh
all our national concerns. In them IS sup
posed to be full repre- srn,asion OF the Wis
dom, virtue and patriolIc enere'ss OIL the
naton.-But it fortunately happens, that
prescriptions are done away, by the oPpo'
sing collision of experience and facts. re
democracies Of Greece and Rome were aot
possessed of sufficient wisdom and virtue 10
maintain thei, independence. In our own
day, We have Witnessed the tremendous ca
rser and crash of French democracy and
what Is all in,eres sling to ourselves, we have
discovered, and woei~.ly felt already, that
the beautiful system OF American de-
mocracy, is sinking under the incompetent
cy Of our ruzrs and representatives TO ma.
mage it with honor to Themselves, or pros
perity to the pesbe
In popular institutions and assemblies,
these results take place from various causrs.
Cithese, the most prominrn, and dangerous
are bribery and corruption, the tyranny
and blindness of party ieuds, and the un.
prin~ipled ambition Of factious individuals.
We think we arc independent, because
Of the universal rish. OF election. We Clio.
nv in the idsa.-'Tis falls, it is ilIusorv.
The mass of the people AID their rep,escn-
;atives in state OF general government. are
absolutely now thr creatures Of party pre-
iutlice, and OF taG.ira--a ,nt 81 lamenlable
trn.h 10 be altered b9!diy on the floor Of
Lanqrsss. II has appeared that all de-
rnucr acies have, as it werr, subducd Them.
selves, and after the most infamous exces
ses, terminated, like in France, in the en-
pire OF some one execrsbr usurper ard ty
rant. Ths people, as 10 Europe, when TOO
late, see and feel tneir errors, and CRASH
,!,eir teeth in endurance hard, and agent.
zing re,rospection. God help the good
Americans, that after being goaded for
years, under the baIeful philosophy of JET.
ferson and his satellites, they should be a.
gain plugged further in the abyss Of dis
grace, poverty and ruin, for no reason un-
der heaven, than to crafty the insatiable
malignancy Of one man, aeains, the English
nation Some republicans chusc to sink.
ths, a tyrant should swim-one who hates
our r-pnblic, above all others, with Liaboli-
cal jealousy and contempt. Re is deter.
mined 20 destroy it he has said it, and his
conduc, SO far has prsved it. And yet.
Bonaparte loves The Americans and
our patriotic democrats love their murder.
stained, impicus Suint Aapele0n-{'tis said
TO be an absolute fact that Bonaparte had
one Of the Catholic Saints struck out Of
the calendar, and his name inserted III
loved Prussia, Austria, Italy, the Pope i;
the brave and virtuous republics of Swift.
zerIand, Holland, Grnea, Venice, Swed n,
&c. and above all, Us. That is metapho.
rica''y speaking, he loves our merchandise,
and governmental weakness, and nerveless
submission.
Mr.. Eppcs, q Persons son in law has
boldly proclaimed Oh The floor OF congress,
that the discussion relative 70 the bank
sis a parry question, and will Chat is, shalD
take party course" The most important
interests ot the public ere TO be decided by
party prejudice, not by principle and rea.
son. The ali important question, about
the admission of foreign countries into full
and equal participation OF power and rights,
into consolidation win !he original thirteen
United States. is also to be party cues
ton. If this doctrine prevails. then the in.
de pendence of the middle and eastern
states, will be no more than nominal
independence. The quality or proportion
Of power AND dominion surely mrant by the
constitution TO be secured inv!oIa,e 70 ths sc
of the old states oil! be so divided away.
.ha, theiI original federal existence will be
sox ct pretoria nhIi, mere phantom,
q name without any sense. This mode Of
humiliation will never be submitted 10.
If The constitution admits Of any cons,ruc.
tive reasoning on this subject, th II it oueh,