Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-04-08
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ALEXANDRIA.
MONDAY, APRIL g

MONDAY, APRIL =
wilson and suite reached Mon
=, IN fine 10Th ult. and on the 2sd pro,
Hsa aoJ 70 Quebec. He is to succeea
s Gan Drummond, !" as Administi ator u
r Cs;sf. and in the military command over
he two Canadas."
,r,. weather, during the first 90 days
sMsreh. was extremely severe, both at
o. o. re sbsc and Montreal. At Qnebsc, the
'gg sos was down to 90 below cy-
I i~ and at Montreal, to IS. The
g,ootreal Herald of the Esd OF Marc
sU u.rks that :. the average OF cold troH
-. IT.. 1st to the Goth. was greater thanin q
sSss taken together since the winter set
: a On the s1st of March, the snow
= the vicinity Of Qnebec, was between
foor and FIVE feet deep.
r,tract to a respectable merchant, dated
Cadiz, Feb. %.
:. su,erfne -four So; Beef "a: pork
90. tobacco % 100 lbs; Sherry wine 81
or, cask; Malaga Is to 20: lemon
S so per box.
Exchange on London IL per cent
ADVANCE. ''-Patriot.
Tbe following extract is from 20
Ii,ieal pamphlet lately published,
eaii,led the :" The CRISIS .
Ga the original consequences of
4 oup political Dissension.
.,yon. fellow citiSens, who are
\ savaeates for the present policy. I'm
d III very lately protested to believe
that an opposition to the measures
of the majority bad salutary eff
feet on the administratiOp' that il
tended to keep alive the spirit OF Ii
berty, and awaken the people to q
sense of dangerous encroachment OF
sbussd power. Had the leaders OF
the party in power opposed measures
onI,, You might, at this time, have
gloried in the privileges ofan cleo
tive government, and would. long ne
fore this, have arrested the progress
of these evils which have brought
rs TO the present alarming crisis.
/" 1ut this opposition was not con
Hned to measures. Federalist have
been prescribed. and denounced
as dangerous men. enemies TO ourre
publican constitution, tories and Bgi
/ tish partizans, unworthy the conf
dence of free people And this &C
\ pusatioa has been repeated so man,
\ millions of times that many OF the
4 honest electors really believe it must
De true they tell you that it is
vain to question the truth Of what
has been said for 25 years.
1 la those countries were the strne-
lures and administration of the GO
Sernment is based upon the ignorance
and AFFECT condition of the people.
it is not strange that the arts of
deception and falsehoOd should pre-
vail against reason and eommonsesse,
but that theamaiority of enlightened
citizens ofthe United States, should
q FALL tue victims Of the most absurd
81 and fatal delusion. in the very infan
cy OF that republic, which their Wis
DON. their virtue and heroio deeds
had Just achieved, is ore of those po-
litieal phenomena, which prejudice
alone can divest Of mystery. One
Would suppose that many Of our CT
tizens had utterly dcspaired Of saw
Ing the reps bio, aud seeing the
road to ruin inevitable, had resolved
TO shut their eyes against the light of
truth. thinking that like asses thew
can travel best in dangerous reads
With binders on"
/" 1t is time to look about as. and
examine the evidence which was gi-
sealo name a magic inference. which
20 'ae old world, has overwhelmed
VOarts and cabinets and churches,
aSu' 10 our own country has hissolv
- Tue endcaring ties which bind TO
se'der society and bless the cendi
uSa OF man and like tie horrid din
Ae 'ecsin, arrayed the fiends oil
a,ssa'ded passionsa against the laws
y HeaSen and nature and would e.
.sel Tor It's votaries Throne on
The Ruins Of liberty.
we present the following document:
a9.a tae pamphlet containing the histor,
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