Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-21

fon degraded himieit ana MS once by d.
focia,ins with that fellow, and, by Pro-
| curing him the moi profitable employ
| men,s rndcr the government: but who
| vii! undertake to FAY how much more he
might have beeh degraded if by neglect
| ing TO heap favors upon Dunn he hadFo-
ycEed him 10 tell what he knows?
What indictment had MIR. Jefsrfon TO
| write ! cordial letter TO Tom Paine, Civ.
ing him aAarance of his &" high sqesa
aal f.. 4,ouate GHachmenr2
This 'rom Paine, ha1 written an info
lent letter to Gen. Wa!hinston in which
| he tienominates him TRAITOR and
accu!je HIN Of every crime ~hich can
dii.yqce humani,y. he had al,o WHITE"
book acd drticareL il to The Amenoan
| ceople, which, IKE vauhting tooa de de-
clarsi would overthrow and eI''Epate the
ch7iiian religion.
For VIA. yea!5n was Tom Cooper, an
Englilh caII:co. iiin'cr, elected member
Of n. .!Auciican philosophical foc;esy, of
which Mr.. JeGtnon is prehdent
Tom Cooper had been guilty Of grois
violation of the laws of this country by
pu5liihins lalE, fcandalous and malicl-
Gus libel UPON the government which Mr..
!eifelion wanted to adminilter, aud for
thi, crime had FILTERED all ignomin!oGa pun
.lhrnent.
For what resion were two hundred del
lars taken from the public trealary by
Ms. Ief=rfon ard reitored to James
Ihomrion Calender, being part of bis
peaai,} for Pahli!hing a libel upon v an
ingio Adams and mcR of the officers OF
goyeInme.,;,
Mr.. Jcferfon had been aiding and abet-
| tirg. the publication Of that infamous
libel, and doubtless did not with tia, The
lwolli lhould know tia, the msn "hcie
virtues will fccure to him .ths -tausf
Ebase in tie voAams ge. fa1bfA b1qoO"
| hal, been 5enomiiarcd ga paltrsau"-1hc
I" grand lama Of federal: alteration, the
| inaiacplate divinity Of Mount Vernon
thai, he has been charged with " (ean-
| 9s!aui H. pafrly." and aecpted of in.roduc.
i1g into the government Ga Genre Of Is
naminy",-and all this with much more,
in a book, part of the materials tor which
he had himlelf furnilhed, and for the pub
LEGATION of which he hal given one hun
ired dollar, cue CT his own pocket.
Gas. z. S.
Exi,a1 Of later from Paris, 5uae Is.
{" Within ,heie few days much CONVEX
fation has taken place in a certain circle,
Rejecting probable changein the conf'i-
tuition, end this circumRance very lericu!-
ly occupies tie politicians mott looked up
TO for information much contrariety OF
opinion is en,ertaineG; but en- one point
the parties agree, that the word conaitusi.
on will be ihorly out of Tie, and that
GrGn.!l Char:e will be iubaituted. !, is
certain that the word contribution has been
very unfortunate; during fifteen hundred
years il could not make its way into France
at all, and for theie lat eleven, though re.
ccivci in triumph, it has been iubjeet to
every caprice. 1t is not efficiently un-
GesGood in this country, that men make
the laws, bet time the contribution. This
is, of all the Legislators among& this vola-
tile people, leaf Known, or the ieait con-
fitted, though certainly the dearea paid.
1t is laid, that there are TO be two Cam
bers or H,ait:, as in England, and the Sc.
material Powers (which originated in one
of the fine ideas OF the Able Sieyes) is to
be abolihed; if 70, fome vice mutt have
been found amonga the Senators them
ielves, and not in the idea, for It was the
only body viii Oh could preierve IT'S indie
peudsnee without danger, or .nlaniteit
poEtive ana blind adherence 70 the Court
wi,hou, apo!osies-the protecting and G.
lefaive rover, known. here by the title,
La Pm9anee Cog/frvatr1es ct EIeaiOe,
will be transferred to the conlular autho.
ri,y, who will then have the privilege to
rejeaS or accept the laws which may be
diicufed, or have pafied in the two cham