Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-11-23

1871 The idea OF 40 unpiedged Tick
~ ,r,e was started by the radical
e'ys hut they could cot get on, without
p'xyr s;tb those who we're the friends
ver carficuiaE candidate, and were A.
on ire pledged ticket from reasons OF
asaT ,,pt complexion than those which
sua Gales e. Seaton fancy-some be-
,hey dishked a legislative nnmina.
ess-o,hers becaS-e they were offended
1u -, seeing sone iederslists on the tick,
and others again who would not vote
NJ Adams, yet wanted TO vote, and
~ .,slore voted the opposition ticket. 1t
~. true either tha. only the friends Of
4, Crawford voted the nnpiedgsd ticket,
.ps,s were many friends Of Mr., Clay that
SJ n, same. The very idea Of an ua-
oIsaged ticket, snpposes the exercise of
'aS;yidual Judgment. How then can
Wsssrs Gales s. Seaton say, that the I'M
.l.dsed ticket of Massachusetts would
so,s for Mr.. Crawford.
The National Inielligencer has Geserv-
.alr held . high character in this country
mi Of late il seems 10 be cropping in
n,tness. The councils Of Van Beuren,
IA the .Mountqiin faction have embarked
,Asm in a cause, from which they can reap
neither honor 0 profit. nor even sell ap-
probation. W.
There is nothing more true, than next to
,se difficulty of doing ourduty to our God,
lilo our duly to our country. The slug.
card. Pfocrastination. by falacious pro-
m,se,. puts to hazard the felicities of hea-
YEN Eternity and its immortal delights
arc Cultivated by mental reservations to
,eeolleci them at some convenient future
neriod. when The temptations of pleasure,
and the invitations Of ayarice and Of am
hilton are grati6ed Deceptive expecta>
n !-wben did time ever give birth TO a
moment so felicitous. Fraii man, angels
mourn over your neglect 10 your God com.
parstiyeIy not more Than the virtuous CT
iizen sorrows over your neglect of duty to
YOUR country. The everlasting felicity OF
The skies you ~relinquish for The evanescent
pleasures oil the earth; and the perpetuity
Of your republican Institutions, the perma-
pent glory OF your country, and the pros
peyity OF your fellow citizens, you surren-
der 10 elevate some man 10 be your chief,
whom you sdmire more than you love
your country. Mark Anthony. who pre-
jered bis beautiful Cleopatra rather than
TO be the imperial master of a debased
world, is more to be admired than the
p~artiyans of the rival presidential candi-
dates, who, for the love Of men, willingly
risk the ruin oftheir country. Were they
patriots who aim 10 be the chief magis-
rate, they would not have been the will
inc instruments of irritation, OF discord,
and of general apprehension to the peo>
pie: and il these competitors were to re-
hect only for amoment, each would under>
stand be was unwelcome to an immense
majority oil the people. This is clearly
evinced by the few who have been in
duesd to vote, scarcely a fifth 4 dere-
LECTION Of duty, a franchised nation popu>
lous, ~sagacious and hitherto attentive TO its
political duty, could not have committed.
II any who have 50 pertinaciously and
hng sought the chief magistracy, bad been
considered meritiRg the elevated disiinc>
ion. Be this as it may, IL will be a mis-.
ortune If some one of them bas not a ma
jority OF all the electors; the resulting evils
from such an event at this moment, can.
moi be calculated, because they are not to
be imagined; yet every citizen who loves
bis country, and values national Liberty
aud bis allodial rights. may and will ex-
pect evils, which will affect with permas
nent impurity the political institutions OF
bis country. Nor can any be so creduious
10 believe, that irritated and interested pa
iriots, even when assembled in the nation,
al hall of constitutional liberty, illuminate
ed as it 10 by the light from The skies, Will
become SO mild and SO patriotic as TO De
Influenced and regulated by the dictates
ofpure and republican duty.
Is there 8 chance the adbereDts OF either
candidate viii abaDdoo the hopes so long
cherished, or be less anxious, or prefer the
nation and its prosperity TO the success OF
their iavorite Who can expect this
knows little of the inflamed ambitious
heart incapable OF accepting OF any vir
tuous compromise, or Of rehuquishing any
opinion, except induced by some vile con-
sderation
The rival competitors, having no plea
sure 10 private life, like infatuated game
sters, who pursue III luck TO the ruln OF
their families, they. for success, encou
rage their phrsnzied sdberents to hazard
NE destruction OF their country. lncon-
sldera:e men you nor no one can say
What will be the issue OF the obstinate COZ
tenlion Of your devoted friends IN Con-
sess Hall, but you and all others may
truly say, il will produce infinite mischief
oyour country, more than you or they
can ever retrieve or atone tor. The pro,
Oabllity is, that party inveteracy will pre-
SeOt either OF you being elected, and by
oSstinacy advance The Vice President to
as supreme magislracy, a Circumstance