Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-08-17
ALEXANDRIA,,
c,1rsDAY MORNING. AUGUST II.


,e;l,aelphis paper, announcing the arr'-
~ Of General Ls FArErrr' has been as
.,,,;oed 10 be tie work OF GOT cur
I'm However smart such ridiculous non.
.so,e may appear in the eyes ot its author.
-. esrisicly disgusting. TO the public. We
- for the credit OF the place. that such
"a, tricks may not be repeated.
We took an opportunity. some days a
. 70 express or spprobation of,he man.
;, n wh,ch The National Journal, edited
MI Force, was conducted; not dream
- ~ the line that il could possibly give
.s.oce 10 any body. Ii seems, however,
,s.,we were mistaken, for the editors OF
49, Jo,elIigencer are SO excessively wra-
-, m the occasioa, as to forget their
moo,sd dignity, aud 10 indulge them.
.slyes in low and piliiul philippick.
Ne beg leave 10 assure these conse-
soea..al gentlemen, that. although it has
40, heen our desire or intention 70 seek
their displeasure. yet we never tell The
G,r Of IL, even during the plentude OF
their lmporiance;-mucb less IS the dam
gsr now, when they grapple with death.
The friends Of the caucus system seem
;n,o,;cated almost to delirium, by drink
inc too deeply of the deceptlous draughts
br,sen,ed to their lips by the Van Buren,
conspiracy. Excited as they are, itamsy
Re fruitless to argue With them; hut still 1t
NAV be useful 10 tell them Of their folly
and il may be well TO remind them, that
The day is bard by wher reason asan must
have her sway. How inconsistent are the
ways Of men, when they tame'y abandon
their judgments. and consent 10 follow, i'm
picitly, the dictates OF an ambitious Juntu!
Principles which they once commended tor
as The key stone Of their political arch,
are. in the next moment, rejected by or
der OF their leaders. as moulderiDg block
threatening the dilapidstion of the whole
uperstructure. What was. yesterday de-
nOunced as dangerous aristOcracy, is
hailed to day as genuine repub!icanism;
aud those who were once loudesl in sup
port oil the will OF the people, ale now the
unblusblng advocates of an unprincipled
usurpalion. Not satisfied with calling the
&C, Of cabal, national nom'naton,'
they have the hardihood TO liken them
selves TO a band oil patriots; and while
cIsimingto be The exclusive republicans OF
The nation-the champions OF the casse OF
democIacy-we. hear nothing from their
ranks but the frantic shouts ot a glorious
victory and triumph OF republican
principles, because, forsoO,h, the servants
oil the people have defrauded the people
themselves of their just rights.
II this be glorious victory';-ii TO
coerce million of people, who thought
themselves fIeemeo, TO vote in diEect oP-
position TO their matured wishes, and 10
their most vital interests, be triumph OF
republican principles, we confess, that
until DOW, we knew not what republican
principles meant The people OF the stale
Of New York are opposed to the caucus
aud The caucus candidate; while the legs
allure. composed OF the SsrTGats Ut the
people, is said 10 be in tsvor OF both -
Deeming the approaching election preg-
Dant with the most awful consequences,
aud tearing that their weight might be
thrown into The scale against them, the
people demand of their servants the pri'l-
iege oil voting themselves. That no law
no compact--no republican, principle
would De violated by granting that pr''i-
iege, is a position that cannot be den'eo;
but it's said that the settled usage % q state
ought not 10 be changed upon The sOe 81 q"
sschOa,' Notwithstanding that this very
usage is about to shake the only solid fouD-
Cation OF a free goverDment-the soDeretsn-
" fhs peopts-snd is, at the same time,
acknowledged by its lime-serving sd'o'
Gates, 10 be an improper usage, and one
which ought to be changed as soon as The
election is over. What an anomaly 10 The
science Of politics does such wanion
sOsrse present 10 our view
We adUi. that the Legislature OF New
iotk Possesses the legal poser OF with
holding frow the peopis their right OF SUI
Hage; but We contend, that this, and all
.Nher Do ora u ich ~ holds Ware pranipd