Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-02-27

i;i;csI nar,i.s. viii be strengthened ard
rendered more dangerous by time. The
wisdom and integrity OF the PEG! = mcst
,rres, them IN Their commencement. A
strong expression g the public sentiment
is necessary to prevent them IRON sap
ping the foundations OF our INSTITUTIONS
By insisting on the conflicting interests OF
the south, the east, and The west; by ins,-
nuatin. the existence of an undue partial
;ty in the besiowment OF public honors, IN
the disbursement Of public money, and III
the direction OF public improvements, &c
signing men have fostered these unhappy
discont.n,..-Let Them not be disregard
ed and permitted to increase, TIL Ike an
avalanche they overwheln US. These are
the evils which Washington most dePfe'
Gated: from these he feared would come
divisions. which would terminate in the
subyersion OF our liberties.-Tne ap-
preaching election OF the Chief Aasis'Iate
OF the country is eminenlly calculated 10
call them all into operation and accord
inely. il threatens to be a contest between
the different sections OF our Union, kr The
honor Of electing one Oh their own ti!IZ us.
We do not inquire with SO great earnest
ness respecting !ne mental and moral qnaI.
i6cations of the candidates, as 10 what
State they were born. The people do not
so much ask, what are the claims OF IN
dividuaIs TO the Office what have been
their public services what their moral
worth and what will be the governing
principles of their administration ; as whe
Their hey come from the northern, or the
southe 70, or the western section OF the con
fede.acy. The interests OF particular pof.
tons are more consulted than the good OF
the whole nation.
Such sel6saness is unbecoming free
and enlightened people; It IS unworthy
the people of the Omitted Slates.-Let 10
such contracted views guide US in our own
choice. Let US not take into the estimate
Of a candidates claims, the place OF ms
residence. Without regard 10 whether
be comes from the north, the south, UT the
west. let that man be elected who will
best preserve the happiness, the Liberties,
and the honor OF our country. The whole
county is our common country; and all
petty local Interests should be absorbed in
the welfare OF the whole.
A spirit equally inconsistent with the IL
oeral principles Ct cur institutions, per-
vades the policy of considerable number
of the ministers o. the people. With the
cry of pobIic extravaganza and corruption,
and msmapage ment, they are destroying
the best establishments of the country
In their misdirected yea: for public econ
omy they do not remember. that timely
disbursements to prepare tor danger, Ire
Que ally prevent much greater disburse-
msnts TO repel it ~ They have adopted
a narrow minded policy, which regards
more the immediate cost than the benefits
which shall result to the nation "a poll
cy, whose conceptions are confined to the
short lin its of human beings existence;
not commensurate 10 the desilnies OF a
great nation policy which coDtenns ali
the 2recepts OF experience; which look.
with co,d iadiff, renee Oh the sufferings OF
the last war, and forgets the tremendous
expense, the disastrous uncertainty. and
the unpardJhable waste OF the lives OF our
fellow citizens
While our wounds were yet green, we
felt aud acknowledged the necessity OF a
comprehensive system Ut defence and
such an one was adopted with the voice
Of the whole nation. But this IS now a.
bandoned snd there has be substituted
parsinonious, whitening policy. which
permits public works, erected at vast
expense, to tall to rum by Withholding the
money indispensable for their completion;
which, to avoid small charge. leaves eI-
posed to each rude blast the lie currents
of the body polite; which arrests The
progress of measures. that an honorable,
but unnecessarily distressluI, war has
.hewn to be proper for securing unble-
mished the character and rigMs OF our go
yernmen,, and essential to the p:eserva-
ton Of ourselves, our houses, our barbors
and our commerce, from foreign aggression
and violence "a dishonorable policy,
which would sacrifice Inc public interests
at the shrine Of private ambition which
would undermine the strong deieDces OF
the nation for a shor.lived popularity, a.
moug the penurious, the ignorant, and the
unr 4 citing - a parlis! uHfeeiing policy,
which would leave unprotected the nina.
bi'ants OF the borders of our country -
which would cripple Our power on tue
ocean when il must inevitably follow,
that the war will be brought into our own
territories, the peaceful settlements of our
coun,rymen destroyed, and the fortunes
OF the wrelched persons, thus exposed, be
ruined IA cruel policy, which trust in
Col the people of this country will never
sanction: trust the native integrity and
patriotism If the body Of the people are
still pure enough to dtsapprove and correct
such pernIcIous measures.
The public sentiment will give tOrce to
these rising parties, or crush them in their
birth. The people may decide whether po-
liticsl divisions shall now commence (which
may hereafter SET one portion OF our country
in array against the other They loo my
give the character 10 our public policy
they may determine whether II snail be
illiberal, or MISUNDERSTANDING, or
oeoial -eeci,npaI or national