Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-02-09
ALEXANDRIA.
FRIDAY, FnBRuAsy 9
CONGi,ESS.

The A1ect tax which irf one shape Vt
,.bor hassengrossed so much OF the f'me
E me l.ensc OF Representatives,, eonSl-
s.ed to occepy it all yesterday. "A mo-
son to reconsider the proposition ies
,"nolete repeal Of the tax, was neg 'Sf's,
II bg a large majority. seldom has I
question occasisned such diversity OF
asnion. and seldnnser still has it haEN
,seeS that the only opposition made to a
parliamentary measures, came frem the
yrsrty with whom thatmeasure originated.
fad the democratic party been satisfied
.otake what they looked for, without
making gapour about it. this bill would
ayelOng SINCE passed through the house,
and probably other measures. which have
not 10 consequence been yet introduced.
. KoaId have passed their ordeal too, and
been now before the Senate.
Tie federaiists, in this. as upon all o.
ther occasions. haze showed themselves
Che friends Of their country and evineed
tseir consistency and adherence to prln-
SiDIe. Far from, them ana fron their
heart was The depFayity to oppose q
MEASURE which they considered pailtli
AID salutary TO The country, because IT
cane from their ad ersaries. iiow dir :
nifed is their conduct and have they
sAeHa themselves. compared with thel
men who usurp the name Of republicans.
The slater when in opposition to govern
mentopYcscd every measure CT the for-I
ner, holding them cut to the delude6
people as acts Of tyranny, as maDarchiai,
as downright deSpotis3,, and as the plans
Of British corruption. for no other pur |
pose than merely to cheat the federalistS
gu. Of the Offices iato which public con-
fdence. on the grounds OF their approx
ed integrity AID valuable services. had
bestowed upon them-and to cheat the
pubic out of the resese they feltin tr4sl
ing to their best benefactors, After hay-
ins tried their experimental policy upa0l
the nation Till It almost slipt from uader
ITEM, and br,aght the country nearly u
ruin, the democrats at last found that
they had nothing else fo9 their own sal
7atlon from ruin and disgrace, but to
dopt the very priReiples which they had
thus, for their own vile purposes, I'M
esaehedin the othsrs-and they did ado 81
item: but what was the CO duct of the
kderaiists in return-did they BY demo-
srahe example oppose those measures.
aud play the tricks of the mean unprin-
sned partisan s---No they support
ed them. Had the federaliSts been the
makers Of the treaty at Client, the sheet
would have been Immediately illed with
democratic blow-harns SoandiBg forth
NE charge Ofinsnesection The EritishI
sOayeatiOn would taye been denounced
as surrender Of OF rights to Great Bri-
ain--aml the most foul abase Of the whole
Nstenot taxation and every part OF it,
Sopld be spread over the union, likel
Sld-he, b. the we'll trained hacknled
ncsa'liafies Of th- faction, till all tie "a
eeNBable evcesses Of toe hiskey insur-
eciloa would he renewed in every Bartl
= The a0ioa, This lisnifed conduct VI
ne ieGeraiistS VIII do themselves immor-l
" aoear, bat il will not amend the OF
'e's. lt'say deprive the latter. to be
sure o. few occasions cfdisplaying their
Eeecalhcati n for unless, as Paddy
s'es, Tor lack of living antagonist put
sNaat on fence and beat it, they. it!
icy continue to act upon federal princi-I
pes.Si.i have 40 excuse for taking, and
nus talk to their mats but it will not
VsSe them Fepent--tor menNin receipt of
Spee lees seldom refent; neither win it,
make them blush; for, as Johnson says,
s0oatcertain political libelIers in ms day..
every body knows that they cannot be
Saaned."
Fed. Republican,.