Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-06-23

diciOus part Of society consigning them
to silent contempt a-Instesd Of which
the most sen.e'.ss specuiations and self.
evident falsehoods, are discussed and pas.
sed from one to another, ont Of mere lack
Of something to saJ-and banded from
one Newspaper to another, out OF mere
lack Of some better matter 10 print.
II is not vague conjecture, il is an
obvious truth, that the politicians Of Eu-
rope, who read our public journals, must
inevitably conclude that there is at this
moment q party in the United, States,
headed by Mr.. Clay, and in open opposi-
tiun to Mr.. Monroe. A suggestion than
which nothing can be more absurd; since
whatever the private wishes Of Mr.. Clay
may be, he has too much sagacify to
imagine such an enterprise practicable.
l should as soon suspect him, or any
man Of equal sanity, Of eulisting him.
selfas one Of enplain John Cteares Sym
mes's hundred brace companions through
Siberia to the center Of the earth, as Of
setting up any opposition to the most po-
pular man in the union, hedsed in, as Mr..
Munrve is, by the well earned confidence
Of all parties and conditions Of men, and
every day acquiring an augmentation Of
the love aud trust Of the nation, by the
profound wisdom, the candid, generous
temper, and the spirit and safe complex.
ion OF his policy. 1t is indeed whimsi-
cal enough the confusion of projects and
opinions by which the volunteer heralds
aud precursors of Mr.. Clay's march TO
the first Office in the republic, betray the
arJor Of their desires, and the feebleness
Of their means.-Thuse of his advocates
in Kentucky arc quite at variance with
the insiuuations of his friends near the
seat Of general government. TIE one,
who il Is reasOnsi! e to suppose are not
without Mr.. Clay's private hints on the
occasion, deny that there is the least hos.
tility on the part Of their patron, to Mr..
Munroe while the Others, on the Gen.
trary, irsinuate that there is. A pretty
evident proof that il hcstilites are medita-
ted, the invaders have not yet agreed
upon a plan Of operations. Those who
are hopeless to effectually oppose Or in
jarc, however, may nevertheless hate and
calumniate: and Mr.. Monroe is obliged
t. sustain sentence Of condemnation from
the scattered maleccntents Of the uniun,
for not setting out like HudIbras, "ooLo-
MELTING" on the part Of the South Ame-
ricans, and inviting Mr.. Clay as a Raj
pho, to chop logic with him OH the way.
All the time, the whole country, with
the exception of those gentlemen male
contents, rejoice that they have chief
whose wisdom and firmDcss
secure us all from the pernicious wild
schemes of ambitious projectors; and are
thankful to God for sending them such
ono for the protection Of the union from
the disgrace and the mischisfs Of a spu.
rious Quixotism, generated between in
div;dual ambition, and corporate rapacity.
They do not believe that Mr.. Clay cares
an atom more for tie cause of South A
merica than any other man in the union
but tbey know him to be inordinately
ambitious-,hey have been informed that
he is disappointed of hopes which be had
unreasonaby entcrtained--,hey under
stand that he is ansry-and they are too
well acquainted with the process custo-
mary on such occasions, to be at loss
for key to the whole course OF M.
Clay's aud his agents proceedings
TSey know that when he talks OF incl
ting our government to hazard the ma
TONS peace aud prosperity for the South
American patriots, he only means to
raise recruits against those who have dis.
appointed his incorporate ambition-that
when he storms in congress about Vene-
zuels, his voice is intended to be heard
over the Appalachian mountains-and that
when he employs his tongue in justlfying
PuERREyDoN in the full cry OF overbear-
;p, ar, t,.u r., fbo nreyentafiyes Nf North