Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-02-04

8 :. no the order Of thf DAY
r r,r majority we're then il favor ,. o. !.
a srmy, q navy, war. loaas, taxes
s,laries. and patronage : they were
then opposed by powerful minority 1a:.
aam,osed Of such men as MIR. Jehn
Nicholas. and the late Mr.. Venaole'
Of d" Virginia, and gentleman. now a
member Of this house. Mr. siacq"'
who were then the friends OF peace
and eeoaomy, and in debate and by
their votes, opposed to army navy
loan and tax.bilIs. to high salaries
executive patronage. & for restrain.
;as and .eonfiniag appropriations to
the particular purposes Tor which
thew were made. lie said those Prin-
e;nies accorded very much with bis
own views and feelings. Finding
himself very unpleasa"tly situated
as is commonly the case with those =,
who in party times. cannot 80 al
lenpths on either side. for although
he a,,royed Of some Of the measures
Of the administration. he was obiis-
ed to vote against many OF them' ne
did nat wish to vote against the o
pinion Of his constituents, nor couid
he vote against his own j Judgment
In mi, situation he thought. instead
of choosing between the two e'ls,
that he would avoid them both. and
resigned his place. What, said MR..
p. had since taken place. The peo-
Dle were honestly opposed to the
measures of that Administrations anu
in constitutional manner remover
them from Office and from their conn !,
dence, and pu, in those composed OF
the then opposition, protesting prlncl.
ples more congenial to their own;
but they honestly thought they haa
been contending Cor principle anu
that il was measures and not men
that they had been eondemnins-for
if they were doomed to oppressioh'
it wsuld be no consolation to tnem
to have their burdens encreased oy
other men. What, said Mr.. +. DO
we now see. and what must we soon
expect to feel. We find the times are
changed, and we are changed in
them. Let us for a moment exa-
mine our present situation under the
present administration. compared
with the one Displaced by the people
for their extravagancies. We now
hear the same doctrines from the
present administration. as from the
former. They want an energetic
government they talk Of large
standing armies. ships, war, loans.
taxes. salaries, and patronage, and
instead of the skeleton ofan army Of
five thousand men. they have the
skeleton oran army Of fifty-fve thou
sand men. enlisted for different pc
riods. Instead Of frigates, they are
not satisfied with building new fri
gates, but must have ships Of the
lac.
Instead of a loan for five millions
Of dollars. they have passed laws
within wear. including the one un~
der consideration. for upwards Of
thirty five millions OF dollars. In
stead ofvedurIag the debt. it was in
creased last year ten millions six
hundred thousand dollars. and in all
probability will be increased more
than double that sum this year.
Instead of reducing the salaries of
the war and navy departments. TO the
sums they were, before they were
raised by temporary law of IA for
mer administration. which then
caused much dissatisfaction with the
people /; that law. he believed. had
been made permanent, and bills are
now reported to raise them above
the sum to which they were raised
before.
Mr.. P. here observed, if it could
have been possible for him TO have
been absent out of the country since
his resignation. without hearing or
knowing any thing about the state of
parties in this country. and could
50 have come into this house Il have
examined the army. navy, loan and
tax bills, and those for raising the
salaries of the secretaries of the
war and navy departments; he should
have thought that the same party
was now III power; that MIR. Adams
was IN The White house that he had
ny some means cOntr;yed To silence
The "uriiurs and complaints ot,he
people and to put do#a all opposi