Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-19

the OHiteu DtdtcS. ~ auot S"'Sts ~
protest. deny that this county, or TINS
town is more embarrassed ihan the otner
commercial towns OF the y. States, wiEcn-
have continued 10 be nursed in the bosoms
Of their parent states. Whatever embar-
rassmem does exist here, has arisen from
the same common causes which have bFoI
80 muck distress upon the other CONNER
cial towns of the u. S. The sudden pa
ciication OF Europe, whereby foreign ma
lions have been enabled to supply their
wants by their own domestic resources,
and TO become their own carriers. Inc
rapid dimnution of the circulating medI-
u,n in consequence OF the banks calling IN
their paper; 4 the consequent reductionln
the value of property .-Butnot one cause
Of embarrassment can be traced TO the
cession Of the county to the United States
1 deny that this county, OF this town Is
more detected thai its neighbours; ana
whatever OF dejection may be apparent, IS
the consequence of be embarrassment al
ready accounted 10 :.
deny that this unity or this town is
degraded Isit graded by becoming the
seat OF the government of the Y. States!
Is il degraded because il is represented by
agent, in whose election it has no voice!l
If so, it is still on par with all the other
territories of the United States-lt is still
on par with the great majority OF the
people Of Virginia, 1t is still on par
With the minority, even of freeholders 10
Virginia, at every election. How csn it
be degraded when it enjoys all the bless
ings of liberty without evils Popular e..
leclions, with all their heart-burnings, and
hatred and revenge, are part OF the or
binary evils of liberty Taxes TO support
governors, and legislators, and Judges. and
court-houses and ialls are also generally a
part OF the price OF civil liberty. From
hese evils we are exempt Instead OF pc
ing the object of contempt, we are IN truth
the object of envy; and it is this passion
| which seeks to crafty itself by affecting
! TO call US degraded people. and by at
tempting to make US dissati.fed with our
happiness. Such an enthusiasm exists IN
every American bosom, IN favour OF llber
ty, and every thing connected with even
| it's evils, that it is easy to excite popular
Glamour by few cabalisliC words. but
| rejecting men wlll not give up the sub
stance tor the shadow Many good tbins
has been spoiled by the attempt!o makea.it
! better. LET 1ceL enough alone. is ia
vorite apothegm Of a learned Judge, who
has seen much of the world Let US not,
my fellow townsmen, be tempted by Inc
illusions OF hope, or the visions OF & low
ing Imagination, to relinquish the advan-
tages we already enjoy. tor the uncertain
allicipations OF the future :,
Pendlcton says instead OF the priyiie
ges of fostered child Of the Union, which
had been foretold 10 US, we find The fatal,
lty OF disfranchisemen to destroy our most
modera~ and rational demands.
What he means by fatality destroying
our demands, il would be difficult to con-
lecture, if the next sentence did not IN
form US that Instead OF favourable hear
ing from Congress, we receive either retu-
sal or contempt" Taking the two SEN
fences together, he seems 10 affirm that
because the right OF voting Is not attached
TO our fresholds in this county, Congress
refuses to hear o Ir most moderate and RAJ
tonal demands, and treat Us with con-
tempt This is a bold assertion; and as
boldly deny its truth. Congress has never
treated us with contempt-has never retu.
.ed TO hear our moderate aud rational de-
only heard, but granted our reasonable re-
quests. They have given US full share
Of their legislation; and IT is not their fault
that they have not given US more II is
because we cannot agree among ourselves
| hat to ask lor Every man cannot have
all things done according TO bis own Vii.
Many must be disappointed. Congress
cannot, and ought not legIslate exclusively
for individuals or for few, but for the
gene raj benefit OF the majority. And the
case would be the same if we depended
upoE Virginia for our legislation.
This disconentedg &c ntieman, Pendleton,
seems determined to find fault with every
| thing. Even our good president has his
share of reproach. We must go back TO
Virginia. because gentlemen have been
appointed to Office, who were not lnhsbi-
tants of the town. What security should
we have that the executive of Virginia
would regard the wishes of the town IN
| this respect. rather than the wishes o. the
whole state? or that the president would
pay more regard 10 the wishes of the town
alter its recession than he now does!
We are called upon by Pendleton to re-
lect what he calls the muni6cence Of Con
gress in defraying the expenses Of our lu-
dietary, because Congress m2y at some
future time resume their bounty. He is
welcome to the whole effect of this aIgu.
ment He quarrels with the court too be.
cause il has cbancery as we'll as a COM
mon law jurisdiction. But this is the case
with all the courts of the United States
and although it might, in some respects be
better to separate the jurisdiction, yet one
advantage arises from its combination;