Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-01-19

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certainty Of value in the harvest
and commerce. after trasers tils s eve 8.
~ sea, returned with the riches q
every cline. a revenue, seclren e. ~
4 sense Of hsnor, collected without
and paid without mar ],
murs, melted away the Naiiona' ia
debt. and the chief eoncefn oi inc
public creditor arose fromits foe "a
bid dimiaution. a'fe warsa anu com.
motion Of the European nations, anu
lie interruptions OF their eemmer-
eiaI intercourse afforded TO those
WHO had not promoted. but VINO ..
would have reiioieed to alleviate their
ea.atnities, q fair and golden oppof-
unity, by combining themselves 70
lay a bread foundation Tor aatsonal
wealth.
Although occasional yexatiens to
commerce, arose from the faf'oas
collisions Of tie powers nj war. yeil
the great and good men OF that time.
CONFIRMED to the force OF circliin-
stance. whiea they could not control
and preserved their eeuntry III seen-
rity fran. the tempests which osrfe
&helme,l the old world. and threw
the wreck OF tl.eir fortunes on these
silo-es. Respect abroad. prosperity
al home, wise laws made by honor
ed legislators. anipre,npt Obedience.
yielded by conteDtet people. had
silencpd the eaenlies OF republican
institutions. The arts flourislled-
the sciences were cultivated. tllecem
fDrts and convenience af lie were IL
siyersalIy diifused-and nothing re-
raained for succeeding adm'nistra-
tons, but To reap the advantages, n
cherish the resources, flDwing from
the policy Of their predecessors.
But no sooner was a new admins
tralien established in the hands Of
the party opposed lothe Washington
policy, than a Fixed determination
was perceived and ayowed Of chang
Ing system which had alrea
DIV produced these substantial fruits.
The consequence of this change. for
a Few years after It's commence
ment. were not sufficient 10 ee,ln-
teraet the prodigious impulse TO-
wards prosperity. which had been
given to the nation. But a steady
perseverance in the new plans OF I'D
ministraiisn. "a: lrngth developed
their weakness aud deiormity. but
not until m ;joriiy ofihe people had
been deceived by iiaitery. and in
famed bv passien into blindness to
their defects. Under the witheriog
Influence 6fthis nrW system. iiie de-
cIension Of the nation has been uni
form and rapid. The richest att
yantsgps for securing the great OBJ.
iects Of the Constitution have been
wantonly rejected. While Europe
repeses from the commissions that
had shaken down her aaciel.t insi
futions, she belloIds with aInaZe-
ment this remote country, once SO
happy and so enyied, involved in "a
fuinous war. and excluded from In
tere0nrse with the rest 0fthe world.
70 investigate and explain thr
means whereby this fatal reverse
has hcen effected, would require a
discussion. Naihing
more can be attempted in this reror,
than a general aIlusion to the prin
cipal outlines of the policy "hieil
has produced this vicissitnde. A
mong these may be enumerated.
First, A deliberate and extensive
system for eiftctirg IA combination
moDg certain states, by exciting To-
cal iealousies and ambition SO as 10
secure 10 popular leaders 10 one seq
lion Of the union. the control of pub.
lis affairs in perpetual Succession.
TO which primar, object most other
characteristics ofthe system may be
recenciled.
Secondly. That political intole.
rance displayed and avowed in ex
Guiding from Office meg of unexecp-
IionabIe merit, for want OF adher
epce to the executive creed.