The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-01-03
ALEXANDRIA HERALD.
For fhe Alexandria Herald
Fe the Voters of Loudon, Fairfax, and
'-. Prince William.

NV iaf oiStant when you WILDE called
upon to exercise your elective fran
: ctIse In choosing q representative TO
Congress from this 6is,rict--a right in
caicuiable to freemen, ard the more so
when 1t is recoilected that the citizens
OF the United States are the only peo-
pie Oh earth, who have the liberty of
cnoosing their own representatives and
diminishing them for misconduct After
much caucussipg Mai. Mercer is fixed
upon as the federal candidate to fill the
vacancy occssioned by MIR. Fitzhugh
deciining TO be candidate, tor reasons
assigned by him which were satisfacto-
~ TO the caucus
Before Maj. Mercer was Fixed on,
Sho will Certainly be the federal cand.
Adate, unless another SHOULD be selected
previous To the election, writer IN the
Aeesbnrg WashiBglonian, a paper ge
nerally filed with the scum and drip
pings OF the Federal Republican,, has
appeared under the sigeature OF Re
publican, name which he is no better
eniitled to. than Judas was TO that of an
-Sfosfke, after he betrayed Christ. But
my fellow ciizens it is not the usurp-
ed name of the scrlGtler in which you
are interested, bot his grinci - Il l-
p deed they deserve The name u .iinci-
pies. When read his Ggst nuiaber
concluded th.d he h7d - e. zen, he.
yondprobab y, ,aat 20 i.saNllctlG c.
uon would believe him, and when
read his second nanlber though, it al
first sight unworthy o, nonce, but Co.
reflection considered ;has Il BY glsiItg
him gentle rebuke could induce
nan N gentle manner 10 think scri-
ousiy on the impropriety of his misre-
presentation and enforce upon him The
belief that il is as criminal and irreligi
gious 10 misrepresent in political mat
tiers as 10 any other, should not have
spent my TING IN yain--lhis mast be
my apology
In the FIRST number Of the ficiious
republican, he states. after speaking e.
Sen. Mason as a candidate for congress
shat, The people Of this congve ssion,
al district are to consider him as hav-
lng asreed to The nomination Of three
men who 10 say the least or tie most
oi them, are uninfluential and ignorant
politicians" lnreply TO the foregoing /
committee who pu: general Mason in
nomination consisted at nine men as
stated In former numter OF the Lees
burg paper The writer having adrnit-
ed three instead CT nine, came enaEer
the trnththsn he has l"ne in tiie rs
marks which follow With regard 10
their ignorance / viii leave INC rea.,
der TO JUDGE. who where the creates,
6HngEeTS IN making their nomins ION
the iederaiists or the democI ats. II
further observes i now proceed t.
expose 20 my fellow citizens that
SpeDdthrIFt syst- N which has beeu
followed by these very men, who made
At their business to abuse ard eIlilg
the best men of our country, tor whal
lhey called wicked waste OF public
money, The party itt poBer were ovce
the enemies Of all taxes, &c" This
writer having accused the parry 10 pcw
CT with having pursued a aheHdthriTt'
system, it would be reasonable 10 exs
poet from him some Argument at least,
as he has not proved the facts, to sup.
port it--but he has given neither--wiIh
respect TO the democratic party being
81 'hCi'F W tdHSS itthHS Tue dbNnlllS-
sration OF MIR. Adams, he is right. The
democrats were opposed TO paying "a
direct tax for supporting standing ar
my at Harper's Ferry in time of peace
and for other useless purposes, they
could not conceive the danger Of an
attack upon that place by the French.
Answer says the fctious Republic
can, ifye can to the people, yc de
ceivers, ye falsifiers, ye betrayer5 Of
he public confidence how is it that the
most uDbouDded prtdigality * shame
tul waste OF money, that costly armies,
and heavy taxes, have been raised, lard
and defended by you" Alter which he
states on the authority Of Mr.. Pukin's
speech on loan I'll, that the expences
of the government mot word abouI
the war, from Jan /, 1912, to Docem,
bcr 81, 1914, a period of Two years,
mounted to 70, 335332 dollars and 80
cents. In stating this wonderful sum
from Mr. P's speech, MInlyrc has pro.
badly exhausted all the capitals and
ltalic type in his Office, yet tie reader
W vain looks for he proof OF that sun
otiDg thrown away as IS aflerw9rds
stated by tue writer As no man OF
sruth and information will hazard III