Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-10-03
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+ 80 ~ : command of the state. are
'asra es,eo angry. In the first ebul''
inns of their disappointment, and yexa-
ltion, they set up loud CRY 2, DID, .a.
aud corruption against Their oppon,s!nS
|If they really believed tina they liao ll los.
| fhe prize by federal bribery, we are no,
| Il al. surprised that they we're mort,nea
= well AZ proypked. li,ey had SO long
|hsen accustomed to consider bribery and
corruption. as their exclusive privileges
and go entirely useful and necessary "a
their success aud prosperity--that they
|3nigbt vel, be disturbed in their tempers
|upon finding themselves toitsd with Their
own weapo... We might naturally
enough expo I to hear tIam exclal~ WIN
the Young Hebrew, when he was plum
|dered ofbis ephod & his.teraphlI,n - ye
have taken away our gods and VIVA nave
we more After having used this charge
for several days, TIE proiou = AUTHORS O.
It discovered that it had an edge to il that
thev did not at first Iii coperslft dersl'sts
gained the election by bribery, II must
ne cessariIy folly that democrats had f:en
bribed. This seemed to be an Implied
impeachment of their own integrity and
virtue, aud was not very strong argu.,
ment tolbe applied to the good sence and
patriotism Of the men who were mus
coarseIy accused Of having been bought.
Upon making this discovery and being
fearful that those people, who have 80
long been accustomed to- their fattery.
and adulation. night '.put up their backs"
at so foul charge from them, the pa,
pers. particularly the Baltimore Patr'ot.
& rises to explain,' and ayers that" ne
has shewn, that the republican papers
have not said that any democra was brlb-
ed; that only few men, who had &C.
IcasionalIy pretended to be democrats,
and occasionally federalists, and by re-
ceisilg large federal brides, voted so as
to tura the scale in favour Of federalism,
and 70 give that party the ascenddpcy IN
the electoral college and that il did not
require the bribery Of thousands, nor OF
one democrat, to effect the triumph OF
federal party.'' 1t seems. then. that as
the people who are claimed to have been
bribed, were not democrats, they must,
of course. have been fedefalist there
are, usually, but two sorts Of politicians
in ourcountry-federalists & democrats.
/; Here then was a new case-federaiists
bribing their own party. If this be the
fact, we clio not see what great ground OF
complaint there is among the democrats.
so long as the federalists lid not attempt
their virtue, but confined their brides to-
their own men.
This also proves another fact-and
that is, that the democrats are The mino-I
rity in MARYLAND. notwithstanding their
pretensions to the contrary. For it the
election was carried by federal bribery.
land that bribery was copfned 10 fe6e-
ralists, it mast follow as necessary con-
sequence, that the election was carried in
favour of the federa!ists only by bringing
out all their strength, which gave them
the majority. And such we understand
to be the plain confession OF the Patriot,
in the passage above quoted. He says
--'' that it did MT require the bribery of
| thousands Of democrats, nor OF one de-
mocrat, 20 effect the triumph of the fe
deral party. That is, the federal party
were able, if their whole force was in the
field. to carry the election, without pur-
chasing a single democratic vote.--The
language used must mean this. even if il
be true, that the election was carried by
bribery-forit seems it could be carried
without the bribery of one democrat,
which irresistably imrlies that there were
Ifederalist. enough Tor the purpose, if they
could only be brought out.
The fact, however. being conceded, as
lit here plainly is, that the federslists were
/ not under the necessity Of bribing, and
that they actually did not bride, demo-
Gratis, we think il will require some
stronger proof than the base assertions
of disappointed and angry democrats, to
establish the fact, that the Maryland fe-
|deralists actually bribed their own party
to vote for their own tickets.
Having lost the election, and in conse-
|auence thereof, having secured "a FEEDER.
al senate for the coming FIVE years, the
poor democrats are almost frantic, and
are now all agog for a reform in their
own constitution. The moment con
|stitutIon ceases to answer the purposes
|of that party, that moment it is in their o.
pinion, worthless and must be so modi-|
fed as thatit will accomplish their own
object Thus it was in the case of the
ofthe United States--as soon
las the government fell into the hands of
Mr.. Jefferson, he procured tito be al
fored an ar RI GO curn mt onl, hio NUN ro !