Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-05-07
MIR. rIcKERINGas LETTERS.
LETTER <.
To the People effhe United States.

Happiness" adapted to the unders'a"al
mo Of every man who can read a''u
,he ADVICE Of the :. Old Farmss, woe
vr.te it, were followed in other states
a. il has been in Massachusetts,, u, Tue
a,e elections, those grsat 0isSs'ns'
would seen be restored. ),
rhs abicct of the "Old Farmer was
70 conv;,ce his bre,hren and I'll others,
bv . hose Iahors government IS support
ed Of ms, esroA in the Choice OF rulers
ohese measures have rrined our com
ne,ce, ,linlirished our wealtf, and rem
dered as unhappy; and sh9, hsssF'
have exchanged our peace tor tnS cas-
r,;t}es and miseries Of war. Ihey nave
onlv. .fen. 70 correct these errors end
choose rulers Of rhe opposite chafatt5'
=, reverse the scens--to ascape ron
those evils. ard recsyer the blessings q
peace, commerce, weakb an, ilapFiness
WYNN tbs ssiDe great OBJECTS e&c.'.-
! siye,yi view, / bavo statetl i"c,S ~t'~n
ny pubiis Situations bought ~'taln nay
no'':e; and, with the right eqoali! per-
t.inieg to every other clIzeA, nave
| ffselv expressed my scn;ihents OF Pnp
lie men and public measures believing
an exposure Of the former DOR less es'
sen,ial 70 . reformation Of abuses, than
tie ;ast censurs OF their measures An
cslincht writer remarks" Measures
no, men" is tho common cant OF affected
moderation. base counterfeit lapgu &C,
fabricated by knaves, and made current
a,nnng faols. Such gentle censure IS
not flied to the presep. deg cnera's STATE
Of society. What does II ava T. eA-
pose the ABSURD contrivance or peill-
cious tendency OF measures, II the man,
who advises or executes, shall be SUI r
ed not oalyto escape with imPanity but
even 10 preservs his power, and 1asAlt
US with The favor OF his sovereign :" ~
MUS Wrse in E0giand. ln the Om'ed
States, the Peohie are tie source, CT
power, the Sovereign, BY when MINIS
ters, public servants are appointed; and
rarely has the power aud favor OF any
sovereign been equally perverted and a.
based. To prove tbs To my tellaw ci-
tizens, has been the object Of the state
men,s and plaid observations | have at
any tine presented to their notlss, re-
spectnr men as we'll as measures. For
ia resuoiicsn elective gorernment,
where tus people choose their chat MI
Rislers, a knowledge of lie candidates is
essential to a wise ahd prudent choice /;
and ,hsy prove unfaitllnl, an exposure
OF their public character and conduct IS
essential to the correction OF their a
buses, bs stripping them Of pswsr, and
substituting faithful men IT, administer
the government. Onthis ground, aid
one more address and its subject is -
the sinister msaas By g0h'ch demaSog aes,
the great hretenders to hatriotism, arrioe
az hower in Il free state.
Among the means Of preserving pub.
lie power in the present hands, the par
tjs,ns of our rational rulers are contlnu-
ally re preaching those citizens who ques-
| ton their wisdom, virtue or pairiotism:
Aud if the investig atom of their met
surcs show them 70 be destitute OF all
those qualities, then such enqurers at.
ter truth are denounced as tbs friends *
advocates Of Britain; as taking tive part
Of the enemies Of our country. God fer
bid that sheaid ever dc this, ia thou sht,
word or deed. o. The contrary, In eye-
ry act of my life, / have been opposed
10 the enemies of my ccaniry. Tee
greatest Of those enemies are The msn
who have directed aud contributed tic
atrairs of the United States, since Mr.
/ Jefferson, in an evil hour, becd-. e their
President; and especially from the year
1906, when the seeds OF mischief, pre-
viously sown, had visibiy vegetated, and
have since yielded annual crops, more
or less abundant, of evils and calamitlcs,
and finally produced an unnecessary and
onius, war--a war by which Great Bn.
tain hes become an unviHisg enemy
co,ateHed to be such By oar rulers. The
latter, s the Ere nch government, jointly
and saYerally. have long considered as
the only real enemies OF the United
States; ard therefore, acco ding to,the
measure OF my knowledge of public al.
fairs, | have SO aimed TO represent them
to my fellow-ci,izens that both might
be deprived Of power and influence in
this country; wien, and when only, the
suffsyings we have long esen sustaining,
ard the heaviest OF al! calamities which
we nov feel, will have an esd.
Tie Road 10 Po7ver IN Free State.
Fan artful villain slip from the pocket
of An individual his watch OF his purse,
or palm upon him money or notes Inge-
niausly counterfsited-all men make
common cause with the sufferer. to fad
and bring to punishment the thief and
the cheat. But crafty politicians, under
false but plausible pretensions OF love 6
devotion to whole people, may steal
their affections and then destoa them,
not ef their PROPERTY only, but OF their
rights ard liberties and the citizens who
aa.s.. md aynose tho hubfc cheat, ~