Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-06-21

fresh memorial to thy glorious praise.
Many of the members of Congress, and other
gentlemen of distinction, were invited to attend
the State Rights Ceebrationin Philadelphia, on
the 18th Of April, MIR. Jeferson's birthday and
those who could not attend were requested to
furnish sentiment. We extract the following
from number of replies in Raguet's Examiner,
as a specimen of happy classic ausion, genu-
inc wit, and sound political sentiment.
From the Hon Waqrea r. Daris (of s. CT
WASHINGTON, April IL 1884.
Gentlemen: i have received your fattering
letter in behalf of the friends of State Rights in
the city and county of Philadelphia, inviting
me to join in celebrating, by a public festival,
the birth day of Jefferson.
had promised myself the happiness of meet.
ing you on that patriotic occasion, but am pre-
vented by the House of Representatives taking
up the annual appropriation bill for the civil ex-
penditures of the government which contains
SO many irregular, improper, extravagant and
corrupting appropriations, that feel compelled
to be at my post. But shall be with you in
heart and SOUL and feeling.
l rejoice that the indignant spirit of freedom
is kindling in Pennsylvania, the ancient soil of
every temperate, manly, sturdy virtue-the land
of M'Kean, Dallas, Rush, and Others and of her
adopted Gallatin. confess that until lately
any assistance to the cause of State Rights from
the 'skey-stone of the arch,n which had been in
the first contest, their firm and efficient supper
ter, but this movement in remembrance of and
for the purpose of cherishing the principles of
g freedoms giant child and darling Champion
will awaken all our hopes, and rouse all our en-
ergies. l knew, TO be sure, that you had the
same stock of men, with the same habits, with
increased wealth, intelligence and power; but
felt with the writer Q forgot who) that said of
Greece, cher climate and soil are as genial and
Iuxuriant as in the times of her freedom and
glory; her vines pomegranates and figs, are as
good as ever-but where are her Pindars?n-
Where are the representatives ofthe master spi-
rits who arrested the downward progress of the
Federal Governmental 1882 Where are the old
Simon Snyder republicans, the fast friends of
constitutional liberty and limited and regulated
governments
: / do not know more melancholy and mort-
flying exhibition than that of descendant of
noble patriotic guide mans get" as Burns
hasit bowling the neck, and crouching the knee
and begging some imitator of Caesar to accept
the crown, force bill, deposites and all! To see
such an one tossing up his cap, and venting his
breath in huzzas for any man in power who IS
prodga and indiscriminate in the use and abuse
ofits patronage, andwho maybe reckless enough
TO assume the responsibility of dsregarding the
practice and usages of government, the spirit of
the constitution, and the wishes and opinions of
the tax-paying people of the country. ~ take
the responsibility seems to have become
cardinal virtue in the estimation of the Office
holders ice-hunters and the whole herd of
parasites; but is it necessarily virtue, apart
and of itself, independent of the motive and OBJ
ject? Caesar took the responsibility when he
crossed the Rubicon-Cromwell took the re-
sponsibility when he prorogued the Rump Par
Bonaparte when he dispersed at
the point of the bayonet, the National Assembly
of the Representatives Of the people; and bull
sstakes upon himself the responsibility when he
breaks into china shopl
But all these incurred real responsibilities;
the two-legged rufhanS ran successfully the
hazard of the Tarpean rock, the gaows and i
the gullotine; and the bull incurred the RESPONSE
bility of an ounce ball in the curl of his fore
head. But what is the responsibility of a Pre-
sident of the United States? Impeachmentil
Why in nine cases out of ten, the President
with his immense patronage, and full treasu
ry. will have more representatives in CONGRESS-
than the people. II would be farce, dull one
70 be sure but still farce! In every other
country that know of but this, the universal
price of usurpation is the head of the usurper
here it is patry squib in the newspapers, or an
abortive attempt at Impeachment. But sup
pose if successful what would be the sentenced
Instead of bringing his head to the block, it
would only be what public opinion alone would
accomplish-disqualific TO hold Office. A
proper, wholesome, salutary responsibility to
public opinion, would be always felt and ack-
nowledged by men of virtue honor and cha
racter who have regard for their future fame
and the Judgment of history; but suppose that
hereatfer some frontier ruffian rowdy, like Maxi
min the Inraclan, should be promoted to the
purple on account OF the length of his foot his
skill in wrestling, keeping up with trotting