Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-08-03

NOUS voice OF the county. aad command
ing, by lis wise and energetic policy, ti'e
appreciation OF its constituents, aud The
admiration of The world.
Our government may very fairly be said
TO have beena government oil experiment..
until towards the close OF the late VAL
1t bad been administered, at different
times, by two different parties, each ad-
vocating a system peculiar to itself, and
neither claiming tor its favourl,e prInGi'
Piles that authority which long and varied
experience alone can give.
One OF the happiest effects OF the late
war. was 10 open our eyes to The excei
lencies of both, and TO pave the way Tor
the adoption of a system OF administration
as perfect as human wisdom, aided 6y re
cent experience. generous splr,t OF con-
cession, and patriotism as eDlightene as
it was disinleresteI, could possibly have
devised.
To unfold ~ you, te'low-citIzens, the
various exce!lencles snd numerous delaiS
OF this system, " ,ud require greater ex-
tent, both of ti's and space. man we
pshould feel ourselves justified IN deyot'ng
10 it Its chief exceliency may however
be portrayed ID very few words. IL
consisted in vigorous effort TO give
strength and stability to our institutions. TO
develope gradually, but completely, the
varied resources OF our country, 10 en-
sure 10 the nation the benefits OF that poli'
cy which avoids war by its preparation TO
meet it. The favorie offsprings OF this
policy are national bank, essential TO the
judicious administration OF our finances
and The wholesome condition OF our cur
rency-an extended system OF lurtlhcai,,
tIons-an efficient nsvy-a small but wen
regulated military establiishment-and
liberal appropriation OF the public lunds
towards roads ami canals, intimately con-
nected with The convenience OF The citi-
zens, the commerce OF the states, and the
cheap and efficient defence of our C0un-
try.
Such is the general system Of the ADM.
nistratioD, at all times uniting IN ITS sup
port a large majority of Congress, but as
uniformly opposed by the greater portion
Of those who now present themselves to
Won a. the exclusive republicans OF the
dsy. Che navy and the army are con
demned as dangerous to the rights and IL
berries of the people, and these, together
with the system Of Notifications now in pro-
gress,. aud the liberal appropriations to
roads and canals, are made the foundation
OF general charge oil extravaganza against
the administration. These several ohjec-
tons proceed, it Is true, from different
sources, but they will all be found embo-
died in the late congressional caucus; and,
together with the political intolerance
which has been publicly proclaimed, may
be considered as the system which the
caucus party, if successful mean to intro
duce.
As the opponents of this system, and as
the Jealous and enlightened advocates, one
of them Indeed, in great measure. the
author of the more liberal and enlarged
system Of national policy which we have
endeavOred briefly 10 explain. we now
present to you the names OF General An
drew Jackson and John G Calhoun. II
would be needless to detail to you the va
rious grounds on which the claims OF these
distinguished citizens to your support
might be fairly urged Their splendid
exertions in the field and in The cabinet,
are TOO recent in their date, and too i'm.
portant in their results, to require TO be re
called to the grateful recollection OF the
country they have served II either OF
them has ever trodden upon questionable
ground, the circumstances in which he
was placed, the excitements under which
he labored, bis subsequent submission 70
the very laws he was charged with having
violated. but above all The glorious achieve
mems connected with the temporary eIe-
walton OF The military over The civil autho-
rites OF the country, may be safely relied
upon TO disarm the vengeance o. the ma
ton, and to justify bi0 in The eyes OF an
admiring world.
But, fellow citizens, strong as are The
claims Of General jackson and Mr. Cal
invite you to support them now rather Tor
what they are yet 10 do. than Tor what
they have already done. We ask you to
support them as the opponents OF the eau
Gus, as the advocates OF al enlarged sys-
TEN OF national policy, but above all as the
heads ct nation, and not toe chieftsins Of
a faction. The noble sentiments of one OF
them, recsntly developed in an insidous
attempt 10 destroy him, and the uniform
and manly principles of the other, are evil
dences that these ere the real grounds on
which they are willing TO place their pre-
tensions before the nation; and elected on
these principles, as il elected at all they
must be, they will insure to us an admins
tration distinguished by its talents, lis
energy and its integrity. and country as
united and prosperous at home, az it will
be respected and admired throughout the
world. pom the great point of rescuing
the nation from the tyranny Of caucus no.
limitations, and all The corrupt influence
they enpender. there Is heleYed 10 be