Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-10-07

q. ''' .se Is rapidly becoming by-word
Pc her sister states. Distinguished oy
9 10 snv ., her former councils, and re-
Mr. p.t,ble for the purity OF her own popu'
few che nov constitutes feeble cohort
'nds, y. ranks OF a paralyzed chiettain and
edls l;,uteaan,.
more r..n North Caroline has deserted her.
ould ,s,, s,a,e. ike others. had been claimed
de- IL daring effrontery, which had al.
- extort.d concession, where it now
and lars that concession was never due
nus Ma.ty $4,000 OF her independent yeo.
o'a a,ory have declared, in voice moi to be
mt understood, their hostility to the cau>
De -. il. principles and its favorites. In
mo. go Caroline, Yadicaiism has never been
neo, -. 10 stick its roofs. A caucus ticket is
'ne -, even talked of; and We take it for
an' MID that even the National lntelligen.
'oa M longer looks TO this respectable state
'ue- lin any other feeling than that OF despair.
uer, c.ora,a presents another dark spot in
s' ,ss Federal Union,-But she is excusabIe.
s, Che has yielded TO stale pride, and not to
lug ,ad;ral principles. And when her honest
,.omapry shall find that the support their
svo,ite has elsewhere received, has not
,ompg so much from an admiration OF his
SH character, or devotion TO their.principles,
:. from anxiety TO sustain totteriDg fac
inn they will feel no hesitation in again
craving themselves on the side of their
country and their country's best interests.
'"o' In The West, where shall We ouk Tor
-. single ray OF hope TO the caucus cause!-
The west is moving in one solid mass OF
determined hostility. We sometimes, it
h.a ;strue. learn from our neighbors of Wash
80: ;,O,on. that the star o. radical,sm is rising
;oth;s or that western state; but it still lin
sers so near the horizon, as 10 be obscured
lv the mists of the slough from which it
raw. has risen.
In Soe. we see no grounds on which a.
- nv other votes can be claimed, on prncI.
~. nile. 70, vi. Crawford, than those OF Viz.
ao. sipia and Georgia. making together 33.-
a All the rest thai may be obtained tor him,
-, uu.t be the result of that intriguing spirit,
w. which assembled together the black and
he blue and the grey spirits OF the eau
~. eus--wbich produced bis association with
4. &s Heterogeneous mass-and which now
- makes him the tavorite candidate OF the
= =. sxtremss of The two parties into which we
:. ;. we're once divided. We need hardly add,
IN, that our confidence 10 the purity OF the
n, ueople, and the excellence of our insliu'
ana lions. leaves US no approximations OF the
inc, success of such spirit.
The lntelligencer exhibits rather a beg
o." xarly account of veteran republicans
u" General Smith, who heads the list, has
u'p been Uniform opponent of two ont OF The
three administrations, denominated repub'
eq lican. And MIR. Forsyth. in 1908 or 10,
WV il said to have delivered fourth OF July
grafton. savoripg so little of veteran re-
pubIicaa,sm,' as TO have been devoted AL
most exclusively to the ridicule OF Mr. Jei>
ferson and bis whole system OF pollics'
Mr.. Van Buren,, too, was jealous ana
active supporter OF Mr.. Clinton, in those
days when be was denounced as having
separated himself from the 'repubcan
~ party And there is scarcely any prom'-
nent measure Of the present administration
which has not encountered The determined
~ opposition Of the Bafbours, Mr. Ruggies,
in Mr. Dckerson and Mr. Williams. Mr.
!, Holmes, of Maine, we think, will have
some right to complain at not being Inclu-
ded in the lisa of veterans His patent
Al bears date. we believe, in 1903, immedi-
ately after the rejection, on account Of SIS
h srtrsms violence, OF an address, prepared
ID BY him, tor federal committee.
- WASHINGTON Oct. 5-Roger G. Weight
man. Esq. was yesterday elected by the
u Board OF Aldermen and Board OF Coun'
IA Gil, in join, meeting, Mayor OF This CITY,
N for The term ending in June 1926. 10 the
\ place of Mr. ,Smallwood, deceased.
- Nat. Int.
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