Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political

What is Republicanism?—It is a government of the people without monarchy. It is immaterial whether the monarch be called a king, an emperor or a president. If one man governs the whole it is no longer a republic; it is a monarchy. France is still called a republic! But where was there ever greater despotism than now reigns in France.

Republicanism is a regard for the true interest of the whole commonwealth: a desire to promote the general welfare.

Democrats and jacobins, assuming the name of republicans, deceive the people. Their object is to build up themselves, careless of what becomes of those who follow them.

What is Democracy or Jacobinism?

It is a compound of all the malignant passions,—envy, malice, hatred, &c. Thus a democrat or a Jacobin will do all in his power to pull down those who are above him and raise himself—he will prefer a Jefferson to a Washington—he will give his vote and use all his influence for a man of his politics, of no talents or virtue, rather than for a federalist of known and acknowledged talents, virtue and patriotism; he will oppose good laws: all this he will do with his eyes open; he knows he may ruin his country, but he gratifies his passion; he thinks he shall be built up himself. Rising on the shoulders of the people whom he deceives, he kicks them behind him unmindful of their fate.

(Boston Palladium.)