Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-18

to the revolutionary mesfures; .s~baointely
Withdrew f.an,, or avoided alt ftdations
ofdanger or expence during. tie insahon
OF. f78I. Bad health, hattered conaitu-
lions, and various other excdss md fab-
tcrfuses were urged as the motives for
Withdrawing 10 places Of perfect fecurity.
l DO not win to be urged into Particu-
lars upon a fabjea which may bringcon-
fpicuous pe-fons into difrepute; bas as is
is wifer to carry the war into the terrific.
ry Of an adverfary, than to repel or op-
pofe him at my own door, fone plain and
unpleaiAnt things may perhaps be TOLD
hereafter upon this point. lfthis lhould
be the cafe, fone of the patrons Of the Au-
rora will with that Duane had remained
in the EAT Indies, or that he had foand a
| pafiage TO a climate Gill more hot. & ,
For the prefent l hall content myie!f
with a few plain quetions. They are as
{ollow. - b.
I Where were many OF the modern fire.
brand, republicans during all of the fun
liner ofthe year 1851 We're they with
fei:hei Of the American armies Did they
| oppofe the Btisih army in Virginia :
Were they with General Greene's army in
North or South Carolina i; or were they
~ the Gegc Of York Or rather, were
they net in fome fecure retreat until the
form and danger were over? IS =,
| What is it which at this time gives to
! thefc p~ertons the cxclrEve preference to
the political honors of the country ! Let
! i, not be anfwered that any Of them were
iomething, OF did fomething, in the years
I776, 1777, or 1913. My .queaions
relate to the year 1881, when the whole.
fouthem country, including a great porsi-
on of this Stare, was overrun by Britih
armies.
I ak by what right or upon what cor
fruaion they who avoided and e!capei
the dangers and hardihips of the year 1881
by fight or evaGon, form themlelves into
a party Of ca!unniators, and appropriate
to thofe Whole feryices were 70 e~fential at
that time, the odious term of TotyiGn :
Nobody who reads the Aurora can fup-
pofe that the editor of that paper intends
thele terms according to the contribution
which Mr.. ]eferfon tourd it e~xpedient to
make 10 the year 1898, which is explain
ed in the frlt part of this cnay.
Will Duane or any one for him declare
in what army or in what military i%ervicc,
or in what other capacity, he aided in the
caufe which fecured the Independence OF
this country ; 1t has been repeatedly urg-
ed that he is an American. Is this an
un,ru,h! Or lid he, ct The tire ar5icb tri-
ed msu's Iaai,, fcrccn hinfelf by ar evaii.
on? If he is not an American, he may he
executed for having rendered no ~iervic. IN
the contet ; but in this cafe he mutt ;ceafe
to claim the birth-right. 1.-The is an A.
mericau and rendered no %fsrvice, he houh
ceait to prste about bis sUr 1atri0tyhm, or
the Toryifm Of others, unlefs in the way
which Toryiln is defined by Mr.. Jeaer.
fon. MIR. JeRer[on's opinion is, that he
who iaPports the administration is To-
ry. Duane is therefore a Tory, and 70
are all ,hols who are the Importers, or
adhe-ents Of JcAerfon's administration.
Concerning Toryifm, Duane uses the
following words:
" The ranks Of Toryifm, like the ar
mics of Mahonet, are conpofed of pro-
(" felytes from the abandoned of all feas,
nations, and tribes. Il requires no
p~erlonal vir.ue-no private worth, no
regard Cor the laws Of morality or de-
corum. Every wretch who, finding
the p~urluits of debauehery and vice
Detected ard GJtouragfd+ by republi-
" cans, is f,.e to meet with imPunity and
fympa,hy in the ranks Of Toryifm."a
Mr.. Duane faems to have had fome par
,icular character in view, with which he
was intimately acquainted. With what
irprefive ardor and animation he has ex-
prelIed his f.ntiments-his whole foul
Teens to have been poured out in his words.
To fuch aGoc:ares as theie, Duane is more
than welcome. There is o a man of
~ h.,o -, bo,on,- "a rho rpbcla