Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-10-07
FROM r#s BOSTON CENTINEL.
MR.. RUSSELL,

1GtiOn. Ii was one OF thoi: evidences OF
intalrranee which was 10 have been ex-
Pectei from the preient adminittrationnot-
withdrawing the bonisd promifes Of the
Inaugural Speech. But the public have
YET 10 learn, thae the Executive conduct
therein, exhibited fcene of the mott
deseltabie hypoerjD and dxbiieiy ever
known. This is particularly lbewn in
pamphlets which have now before me
and which ought to be in the poAeAion OF
every one deirous of information on ex-
<xeeMfivs conduit.
BY this pamphlet which is full of Off
cial documents it appears, that Governor
Sargent found it. neceHary, for the vindi-
cation OF his public conduct from the az
portions, of Davis, Claiborne, and other
interefted calumniators, to make voyage
30 the Atlantic fates. He reached Bof-
ton in May Taft, and made preparation for
a Journey to the feat ofgovernment; where
ne arrived on the goth of May; imnedi-
ately waited upon the PreGdent,. whom
he had preyiouly informed of his viGt,
and was received apparently very graci-
.oHIy-7e was introduced by the follow
ing:
s" Bsf7n, s11Ab May, 1901.
=" My friend. Winthrop Sargent, Co
vernon Of the Mifiaippi Territory, will
have the honor of pretending this letter TO
you. This gentleman ferved under my
command, in the revolutionary army,
with the highea appreciation to the COM
mander In chief, and of every officer in
the army, whole good opinion was of
any value. 1t is more than one quarter
of a century fince / have been intimate
with him, and Isnever heard of any &C.
tioIr of his. hut what would render him
honor, in the ahembled preface of all
created beings. know we'll the loft
nefs OF his mind, and his unaccommodation
to every thing mean, has created him enc
mics, and we have, ieen accuiations bro'r
forward, bat nor Imported before the ma
tional leginature. All he aks is fair,
unprecedented invetisa.ion. 1 have az.
fnred him mott ftrongIy, of that which he
before had no doubt, that you would mott
certainly Try before you Condemned, and
that upon trial, all being right, you would
vindicate his honor, and the honor Of 90.
vernment, by disappointment.
am,
Wlthhigh repeet and attachment,
:" Your obedient fervant,
:" HENRY KNOX"
-" lboma' Jzfey(0n, Prs6Aent # The
CLnited States."
notwithstanding the cordiality of his
reception, on the morning of the srft Gov.
5. was informed of the appointment of
MIR. Claiborne. This the governor
doubted, and one Of the heads of depart.
ments pledged hmfelf that it was not
true, and that Claiborne never would be
Governor. n MARK, READER,
CLAIBORNE WAS THEN APPOIN-
TED. Upon the 1T of June, Gov. S.
had audience Of the Preiident; ard fated,
chat the great Object Of his Journey, was
to re-e,tabliih reputation, which had
been violently and cruelty afIailed by
party, at the head of which and apparent
iy from very impure motives, was Mr..
claiborne, man who had eyinced his
enmlty towards him as early as 'oS who
had declared himfelf candidate for the
MiiiiiiPpi government and Gnce his re-
turn to TepneHee, infatuated that it had
been promiied to him--that it was fue-
geited thar commilion for him was &C
tually made out, which, although the 90
vernment was not, in a pecuniary point of
view, OF much confequence, would howe.
yer, affect him very lenlbly, as tending
to dePrefs all zeal fer good order in the
country OF his refdence, and obviouly af.
NIX the public fSs! to the volume of public
caiumnies that had been uttered--that he