Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-11-23
From the yrgmia .Aryas.
TO THE PEOPLE or VIRGINIA
Nh. I. ts.

-..- ., - II
II has not been usual with me to adj
dress you, fellow-citixens, upon the state
OF soar puolic concerns because had
heretofore believed that the publication
of the acts Of your gossrnnsns together
wiso tue conduct OF the respective pub.
lir avcats concerned therein, would a.
lone be sufficient 10 enable you proper
" 10 estimate both. In ordinary times.
I still presume, this would be the case.
But The present extraordinary crisis, has
called into action the public sensibili..
tiss In an extraordinary degree, and 81
ven rise to an unusual number OF pro.
leaders to public favor and support.
These protested devotees % your ints-
rests. avaiIins themselves ct ,hIs state
:nf th;nes. with an unusual activity and
.sal through the medium Of the public
,nriats, nave 50 COMPOUNDED truth and
.iaIsehood and 50 misrepresenied or
disguised the principles and motives of
such of yosr representatives, as they
consider Obnoxious 70 their views that
Il requires nore than an ordinary de-
gree of attention To form correct Judg-
ment upsn public affairs add upn,, the
merits or demcriss af those Engaged IN
their sdssiuistratisn.-T easy accessi-
biiity TO the printing presses, through
anonymous iisyaises, has enabled these
sbdrinss parriots, to practice with sue
cess upon tie public credality, and thus
to ed 3et their own selhyh purposes, when
IL stripped Of these DISCUSSES. inatesd OF
the ai.iatsrested patriot exclusively dc.
voted to your interests, and torgsttIns
his own you woald often ind, conceal.
ed beneath The veil, the anbitioas de,
mayoeue intent exclusively upon his
own personal aggra'1isement-at your
expenee or the unprincipled parasite
prostituung ehe efforts of his mind for
tho advancement of his patron TO gain
his daily bread being too lazy to obtain
IL by honester meais.--The objsct' OF
hi, address, therefsrs will be, to dissi.
pate an these false DISCUSSES, and 10 pre-
sont TO you the real state Of the facts
the case csnnested with some OF the
most important OF the receut measures
of the government. and to explain, as far
~ I have had any in then. The real prin-
ciple. and motives of my own conduct
III might reasonably DC expected, that
thiss alone would be Sufficient to exempt
them from all the malicious and stupid
imputstioas, which have lately been
thrown AGAINST them before the public
and certainly would be SO, if the public
mind nsw formed AN impartial tribunal
BUT I do nor fiai,er ruyseit With so for.
tuuate reent Because from the sr.
tifecs I have sireahy described, & IRE"
other eoacurring ca,-e,, phejudices *
resentments have certainty beon excn-
ed 20 a considerable degree; and, when
the PASSIONS and preJudiccs OF the best
Of men are once fully brought into &C >
ton, ,h- voice It truth ard reason Is
raised in vain-I, is ike the eloquease
Of phiipsophy' and fortitudc, addressed
60 h,fngry stouschs IN times OF famine.
II is not bsard and oi course, not re
pardca >-.Ste.susrns nave DO ears; as
6ssti,s,e of.rars fIr the reception OF
traits AID reason, are the passions and
pveiuI es Of .raHk,nd NotwitSstand-
ing ,ae inAaencs OF this conviction. l
have deemed i,my dtty to you, alter
much r.Hsc,ion, To iarnish you With the
means ii ,aisiag correctly IN these i'm
portsas respects. II is u duty owe al.
So - nyse.f, 20 exp,Aip the principles
and motives of INV ,8n conduct, shate
yer ne therecep,ion, or the consequent
ouences of such exploration Another
mc,ive has great influence VITA me tor
this proceedine. 1t the big 10 respect
Ifesl for opinions of posterity. tits the
love of future fame; At least 50 Tar asit
regards honorabie feeling, and parity OF
motive. IF the names OF those who have
lately been engaged in conducting the
uotnentous concerns OF this coeatry,
should be handed down to Pasteriiy, as
scr,ainiy they will be; how impor-
tant in II to every one cnreernsds who
feels this passion, that postertts should
be furnished with rhe means. af ladxing
Nightly? Because when these are al
,Snrdod. po.ierits being always Impartial
md ju,t, will always render right YER
dict, and pronounce right judgement.
Time, aud very little ii,ss to, gill
sseep from. this earth, the present &C.
nera,ion, With oil It's busy, angry, transit
torv PASSIONS, 90 highly e~cissd, ct this
time, by tie peculiarly asitated state OF
the ~orld and then. and not till then,
will the actions of those row engaged in
directing ,he destipies ofnations' be seen
In their truo ligh,i and sen.snce upon
the character Of each individual pro-
nonneed accordingly 80
But, before enter upon the part'eu-
n, topics OF this address, wish to pro-
mire, if, 10 the course Oft, j, should ap
pear as il viii appear. that differences OF |
opinion. and differences of no mconsi-
derable magnitude, have exis,edbet~een
En-. .1s,;,is,s .linn and mysAlE upon some |