Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-07-06
] C0LONEL DUANE

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to the public. from which the following
is extracted.
s He renews his wishes for the atten
Ition of those, who, in the midst OF TIT
Igrowing corruptions and abandonment o
1.-The times. adhere to the principles o.
HRS and 1897, upon which alone this
lpaper ever has been, and will continue t
Tie conducted, so long as the present Ed.
itor holds the pen which conducts it.
On renewing his engagement with the
lpublic, It's thought fit to state--distlnct'
liy-that this paperis not to be consider.
led as devoted to any man or set Of men
ito any party or faction; that as hereto
fore, il will maintain those principles
(which are indicated by reference or de-
tpendence on men in or out OF power
land will support whoever support them
and will oppose any mar, men, or party
which. disregards, erades, a6anaoRs, de'
mics, abuses. or tetrays them.
During the recentWar, the paramount
duty of sustaining the country agaiastth
foreign and implacable enemy, imposed a
lpassive course on this paper, in many IN
stances. which would have demanded an
active exposition and opposition under
different circumstances; the peace which
/, has been so fortunately concluded, leaves
the press free to discuss important cues
tons, which to discuss during a war.
might have tended to weaken the hands
of tie government, or to expose its weak
mess to the enemy.
The experience of the last war, has
however, demonstrated that the const-
tuition Of the government is defective in
many points essential to the best inte-
rests Of the country; that it does not
contain the provisions which are neces-
'sary to it's own efficient execution, and
the perfect security, stability and Ell
cheney of the social compact.
Experience has shewn during the Pc
Rod of the years between 1704 and close
of 1914, that the constitatio. is deficient
of some of the most essential means by
which society is rendered prosperous, Sc
cure from internal treason { external az
erosion; that it is want.rg in many of
those means necessary to rcuder nations
permanently free and inderendent.
/. That the finances, instead of bein"
placed on stable and ~eIl ordered sys-
item, has presented noth:rg but crude, IL
|digested, precarious, and clumsy expedi-
ents; fatal limitations of the stock JOB
tbiug, specializing ard ofhce-enriching
system Of England /; fraught with all the
evils against which Europe has given so
many caanitous warnings.
2. That political economy, the nrinci-
| Piles Of Which have received so .ruch IL
Illustration in the period of our indepenc--
ent existence, has been in practice, al
most totally Observation-Disclosures m
provements neglected, and errors cse-
risbed through the subserviercY IF mf1v-
Idices or partial influence. which ave tie
most rernicious effects, IN ofar,ling tie
general prosperity, ard sac fcins tie
most sacred interests Ct the sat'n to To-
cal passions or iealeysies, or to an uara-
Iturai spirit ofavaiice: which has affected
every avenue of society, and menaces the
government itself.
8. Censures the States unfavorable to
the war.
4. That the military institutions are
utterly deficient ard nugatory; in effect.
ruinous under any protraction of state
of war.
5. That the principle of the revolu-
ton are not kept in sight by any branch
of the social body, with that veneration
and fidelity which ought to be sacredly
observed; but that in the state govern
ments and in the general government.
there is an alarming and visible tendency
to oligarchy-er to the substitution Of
personal or factious interests, to those OF
the national and moral interests of go
vernment established upon the rights OF
mankind, and representation by free and
unbought suffrage.
| 6. Pronounces that too much encou-
fragment is given to external commerce,
and too little to interior improvements !.
trade.
Z. That this deviation is to be seen in
the state governments, which have be-
come the most inveterate examples OF re-
Igulated and systematic corruption; III
(which every thing hitherto held to be sa-
cred to the preservation of freedom, has
Ibeen converted into the means of corrup-
Ition--and to such degree as to inter-
Ipose further difficulties more intense to
THE correction Of the evil, and to eDgencer
general depravity out of the very neans