Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-08-05


- eminent as have been thy statesmen aud
warr;ors, and still worse must be the con-
,:.0n If those States South and West of you.
Ifthe breaking Of the present union should
n.t in onlyitwo confederacies, but the
,h;ity is that the West will form another
PSsnandent secton--stilI if there be but two
.a.;ll he impossible for either to subsist with
-. ore;en allianee-Should the North ally
'.;tb Fneland and the South with France-we
IAN then only expect inextingulshablc war till
me- or other of these mighty nations shall
somnletelv triumph. 1t is painful even to
k,sath these apprehersions. The severance
II the union cannot be looked at without hor-
,or. particularly by Virginia and her southern
.ssociates The Northern conEederacy III such
case would have more ample means OF self
defence and for the protection OF their freedom
TO Virginia and the southern states--snch
.n event would exhibit aought but gloom and
Nick DESPAIR Yet these are the states most
Strenuous for this ruinuus i'll advised war
vim not enlavge---the lines OF the picture are
Observation-Disclosures Virginians you Can ELL
,be canvass .--then horror on horror in terrific
gora,s must rise before your eyes.
these caIamities No. In November the G.
Lection Of a President reserts to the Ameri-
can people. Then change your Presidents
that is your oBly chance of escape. Permit
bimto rule foar years more and your misery
will be unchangcabIy fixed. Either the union
will be broken asundeI by Yiolence----ors with
the aid of Napoleon our aily---you may have
throne established on the ruins Of your liberty.
But time presses. | am unwilling to harrow
ND yourfgelings by dwelling longeron this pic
ture of calamity, disgrace and unalterable woe.
If change OF President has become indis-
pensaole, the next important enquiry IS, who
ought he to be. A proper man has i'eady
been announced in Poulson's Philadelphia Ga
zctte of May 81, and as it is impossible to give
better reasons than are there expressed in
support Of that nomination Il shall be excus-
ed for inserting someextracts from it.
After prehciDg the nomination with the va
rious sogent reasons which render change
in the administration necessary, and pointing
TO Mount Vernon. as the place where the
most proper person to fill the presidential seat
vas to be fouad-tbe nomination proceeds in
the following WORDS the man alluded to is
the hon. Bushrod Washington, of Mount Yer
non, long one of the associate justices of the
supreme court of the United States, and now
in the full maturity of life.+ But il May be
asked, are there not others of equal merit and
Of equal virtue Yes. There is John Jay,
always next in greatness to Washington, and
In lame ever TO remain SO, most worthy to
have supplied his place. but now retired by
choice FROM public scenes, sunk In the vale
OF years and looking forward to the great
bourne OF mortal life and to world pure as
his virtue. There are also Charles Cotcs-
worth and Thomas Pinckney, brothers, sol
dlers, statesmen, patriots, gentlemen, uniting
every valued quality which can decorate the
name OF man. There too is John Marshall,
Chief Justice of the United States, than whom
spureh, better, wiser or more virtuous
citizen never existed in any age or country;
aud though last, not least, Rufus King, where
eloqgencc uncqua!led is only surpassed by his
virtue and has wisdom. Why not name one
OF these Not that MI. Washington surpasses
these great men IN personal ENDORSEMENTS, or
virtues OF any kind, nc is selected. 1t is sufi-
Client that he approaches to an equality. His
ovnmooest estimate of himself would take
place tar below them. And INDUCING his own
wishes, he would prefer either of the above nam
eagentlemeR in the presidential seat to himself,
DuI Inc people must not In SO important
concern consult the inclinations Of any indiyi-
Guai. In a republic the nation has para
mount claim TO the services of every citizen
and hewho unites in himself mostof the appur-
FINANCES essential to render him useful in that
hSh Office, should by the approving, though
.'hPNlsive voice of the people, be placed
@ere. tbs no trivial circumstance, that Mr..
Washington is the nephew, the adopted son
Az ana selected heir Of the Great Washington.
roy aelr alone to his property, but to his glo-
:! 70 whom has been committed the custody
u his lame who has been made the deposi-
.1'Y OF his confidence; on whom has been
imposed the sacred duty of upholding BY his
uf'Oe and patriotism the great home of his
p'eaecessor. What other individual has such
i'9lves to proper action? What other indi-