The Alexandria Herald

From the Milledgeville Journal.

"All the heads of the department have been roundly charged with being intriguers ? What of that ? Suppose they are intriguers ? Is not the spirit of intrigue intimately connected with the very existence of all our institutions? 'Jefferson was a giant at intrigue. So was Washington ; but veneration for his character gave it a milder name. It was called address. In them it was the disposition and the power to accomplish honest purposes by honest means : it was a necessary qualification in the stations they filled. And, in this sense, it is as necessary for the success and elevation of any man, in a free government, as the density of the atmosphere is for the elevation of the clouds."

If this be sound doctrine in Georgia, we do not recognise it as such in New England. What! Reduce Washington and Jefferson to a level with such men as Talleyrand, Fouche, Mazarine, or Machiavelli ! Is it really true, that intrigue is "necessary for the elevation and success" of any man in a free government ? We had once flattered ourselves that it was the glory of a free government like ours, where discussion is as free as air, that our citizens were elevated to office not by intrigue and management, but by a direct appeal to the good sense of an intelligent people, and we confess we still cling to the same belief. We do not believe that the people of our country are to be managed by intrigue, nor do we believe that our politicians will gain any substantial success by intrigue. They may triumph for a while, but detection will bring them to defeat and disgrace.-- Aaron Burr intrigued to the President of the United States, and let his fate be a warning to all intriguers for this office.-- De Witt Clinton is another sample of the fate which ambitious intriguers have experienced.

Our doctrine is, that for politicians as well as for every body else, "honesty is the best policy." And though we are assured that, in relation to the next Presidency, a system of "monkery" and intrigue is even now in full operation, we do not despair that the people will yet set all things right, that intrigues and intriguers will be disappointed, and that honesty, integrity, and faithful public services, will triumph over management, suppleness, and promises of executive patronage.

[ Boston Pat.