The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-01-22

| less OF the same opinion, and of the national
party The military habits and character OF
/ General Washington, had probably no small
! shaie IN giving this bias TO his opinions, and
the superior talents of Col. Hamilton, added
| weight to the party. Nor is it any wouder
| that President should he iii favor Of a strong
! executive, or that persons in powe, shouli hc
| inclined to extend their authority. -The Fed
erai's:s. as Meu tcere nOtv called, became
therefore. the prevailing, the fashionable paw
~ The funding system, the manufacturing
and tariff system. were introduces by Col.
Hamilton, and with the treaty Of commerce
with Great B,itain. were carried successfully
against the opposition of the republican, de-
mocrat, or (now) anti federal party. Every
| man pretending to good society, was expected
to he OF federal politics, and the opposition
was considered as chiefly confined to the ig-
norant and turbulent mass of the people -
The excise upon whiskev, and the termiua-
ton OF that ill.judgcd in,urrcction, gave the
iederalists tor court party, as they were some
times ca'led) decided pre-emnencc over their
opponents; possessing, as the tederalists GER
,ainly did, in consid cradle degree, the coun-
ienancc Of the first man in the nation, Gen.
Washington Tn. banking interest, the mer-
camille importing interest, the military. all the
dependents on government, and all those who
sought 10 be such, were decidedly OF the same
party; which had undoub cd control from
Virginia northward Great force also was
given to anLrepub licau tendencies, bv the
excuses consequent on the breaking out Of
| the French revolution These excuses pro-
duced in many, an adherence for the D, inc;-
pies Of that revolution, as If they were differ
ent from own, and if the excuses OF
the eXasperated and misguided mod Of the
FauXbourgs, the necessary consequent
ces OF anopposition TO the execrable tyranny,
political and clerical, by which that nation
had been so long degraded and weighed down.
The federal party made skilful use Of these
circumstances, they excited to a very great
degree hatred against French principles, and
against the nation itself and brought about a
strong inclination to admire, TO praise and to
initiate the monarchical forms and principles
ct the British government. The republicans.
democrats, or anti-federalists were now put
under the ban Of all fashionable society. and
, every where denounced jacobins BY dc.
grees the PRINCIPLES OF our own revolution,
and our separation from Great Britain were
attacked, and every man who did not profess
to admire the British constitution was regard
ed a. an enemy TO our own existing gov eminent.
and beyond donbt, disorganizer and iaco-
bin. The great mass OF the people, however,
teit that all this was wrong; they knew that
our own revolution, and the French rcvolu-
ton, arose tn ON similar causes and were based
on similar doctrines. They revcltcd at the
notion of giving preference to the monarchi-
cal principles and forms of Great Britain,
| which in their operation had forced upon this
country the American Revolution and al.
though the men of superior situation, aud Of
comparative wealth, soon after the accession
OF President adcms. bcgnn to rxciaim with
out ceasIng. and abuse without disc .imn alton,
| all revolutionary principles as iacobinical the
people Of Ame lea thought otherwise, and felt
otherwise. But the violence Of the federal
party about this time. aided bv the political
character and complexion of the existing gov
| ernment under General Washineton's sue.
| cessor, and by their coincidence " it'll British
Mercantile Agents. Importers, and their
| merous connections. among retailers indebted
to them, gave them in the great cities. an un-
aonbted PredoDinancc; and produced that
| state OF things about two years after the re-
| tirement o. Gen Washington, which was not
| improperly. or inappropratc'y denominated,
| the reign cf terror ThcrealrrpnbIit ans who
arc now living, and are old enough to rcmem-
her the state'of parties on the retirement Of
| Gen. Washington, and the administration OF
Mr.. John Adams, kmotD the expression was
| well applied and that this is not a false and
| iancIul, but a fair and faithful Icpres.n. alton
ot the pnbhc feelings Of that day, and
with perfect safety appeal to them, for the
honesty and accuracy of this sketch. The
| conduct of Mr.. Fitzhugh, To General Sum
ter, in the theatre. at Philadelphia, in the
| summer of 1898, may be taken as sample.
! On the retirement Of General Washington,
the federal party put in MIR John Adams as
| President. Thus gentleman was known TO he
ultra federalist 1.-The adv ocate of a strong cx-
| ccntivc, III which no other should have any
| participation. (s) fIc had ~, i,ten defence Of
| the American Constitution, the II L. of his
| book imports, but defence Of the British
| Constitution IN reality. IL was thing OF
checks and balances. with monarchy as an es-
| sentia part in which the admiration Of tn.
| writer Tor the British system was clsrDg
| Mr. Adams was deemed TT pcrsci, 10 carry
| on the views of the federal party and wa,
! generally understood to have been chosen Nv
| The 'nbuencid men Of that party. because hc
| was likely TO be led by Col Hamilton and bis
! adhcrcUts. Col Hamilton is now dead J he
| animosIlcs oil party as 10 him. are gone nv
| did not, and do not coincide IT. opinion with
| that gentleman OF any subject within my pre-
| sent ecoIleciion but he was at heart fticni
| to his county. man Of sterling aicnt, a hold
and fearless politician, OF great ambition, above
all suspicion Of pecuniary bias. and bclie'c
| "a honest in his motives lie was daring IL,
| his measures Tc deserved TO be considered
| "a the leader OF his party and 1t vas no nrro-
| CanCc To aspect that a man inferior as Mr..
| Adams in practical information, III resources,
| and in eneI gy of character, should Re led hv
him. OF MIR Timothy Pickering, and The
| other minor officers Of govern sent. know
| nothing that can bc said in COMMUNICATION
they were entitled to no praise but for zeal in
support Of their party
| (JO he COn';nucH
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