Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-08-23

was actuateu Dy MOVIES 80 dlslnterested, that
ne was determined to promote their happiness
contrary even to their own wishes
The tederalists also disagree with Mr.. JEFF |
terson respecting his celebrated Embargo |
system, affirming that he thereby robbed the !
citizens of many millions Of dollars and so |
completely drained the public treasury, as to |
reduce the nation, if not to beggary, at least |
to borrowing. How, say they, with indig- |
nant triumph, can this be consistent with the |
prosperity of the country BE patient, and |
you shall hear. ask nothing but your own |
arguments and professions, to bring you to |
the most profound silence.
You profess to believe, at least some of YOU, |
that the toUe Of money is the root Of ell euil |
Love and fear are the two cardinal affections |
OF the mind. They are cherished and brought
to maturity by the contiguity oftheir objects
OF course the farther these objects are remov-
ed from us, the weaker our affections will |
become, till at length they will be entirely
eAtngushed, just as the body will languish |
and Gle for the want of food. Do you require |
proof Of thise You shall have it; for when |
ever proof is necessary, and sometimes indeed
when it is not, | am disposed to give it. 1t
shall be derived from high sourcc--from the
conduct and experience OF Mr.. Jefferson He
with him, that is, no cause of fear, whether
his neighbour believes in twenty Gods, or
no Godn-and why? Because this will not
"break his leg" This however might hap
pen from the discharge of British musket
10 any person therefore who loves whole
skin, these muslSets might be objects of fear.
Or course, in proof of my theory, the near
er these dangerous things should approach to
liz fkn ~nl, l.
would be excited. Now it is said that once
they approached SO near to him that on the
wings OF fear he actually flew from the com
forts of Richmond, to the black deserts of
Carriers mountain. Why does he not fear
less dangerous, but because they are in Spain,
at too great distance to excite the least alarm.
But to return
The love of money Is the root of all evil
This love will be weakened in proportion to
the distance to which its object is removed
from US of course while it is in the hands of
Bonaparte, like the British muskets in Spain,
it cannot have the same influence that it would
in our own possession Our evils win always
be in proportion to the root, that is, the
source from which they spring-the vigor of
| that root will be in proportion to the nourish-
ment derived from its object. He therefore
who deprives the people of their money, and
removes it to the greatest possible distance,
| deprives them of that which cherishes the
root of all evil, that is, he removes their e.
wills; which is the same with promoting their
happiness. That MIR. Jefferson has done this
| you yourselves confess; and you see in 1rhd,
manner have made it appear, that in doing
this he has aimed at the same point, the good
Of his country. Icannot avoid reminding you
what an evidence Of this kind Bonaparte has
lately given that he does in reality 'love the
| Americans;o and under arhGt kind of obliga-
ton they are for the favour
| When circumstances would admit, Mr.. JEFF
| ferson has added the pleasure of surprise to
his kindness. In his message to Congress, he
| minated that the treasury groaned under
such a superiluous burden, that they must
| take their choice either to build the walls Of
colleges, or pave the public roads, or beat it
into proper instruments and dig canals with
! it, Poor men! what days of anxious So
| lcitude did they not spend, till Gal.atin's re-
port assured them that their fears were
groundiess, They must authorize him to Dor
row FIVE million of dollars, or +" de veels of
government would stop" Who can paint
their emotions when they found that instead
of being perplexed whether to build, or pave,
or dig, all they had to do was to borrow this
trifling sum This was not only doing bust
ness; it was doing it in stile The most eff
fectual way to remove an evil is to strike at
the root Those who ego deeply" into the
matter seldom fail of success. In this in
stance too he has promoted the happiness of
the people, contrary to their own wishes, and
furnished another proof of his disinterested
benevolence.
Thus you see in what manner 1t can be de-
monstrated that Mr., jefferson has constantly
aimed at the good of his country, and of
course, that the federalists are wrong. My
arguments, it is true, did always admit of