Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-05-27
FRoM THE GAZETTE OF THE U.STATEs.
DECIUS-No. III.

ca III tie, Aurora OF tile lztil iitt. oi ~
hrf number, have powerfully aided me III
conquering my natural Incidence, and in
duced meto proceed with my observations
on the late reporto of the invefigating com
mittee; if / lhould have leifure and reto-
luton to perieyere unto the end, thesAu-
rora fhall not long have caule to complain
thar have mentioned but one part of
the report" IfCongrefs had directed the
printing of the documents which accomPa-
MED, and which, il may befuppofed, were
intended TO fubaantiate the charge prefer
red in the report, we fhould be able TO fet
many fthe items Of /" the great account"
in much clearer point Of view; bur, de-
prived of thefe, there is fill enough known
to convince the unprecedented that the COM
miltee have acted ina mott unworthy man
ner. j lhall, in profecu,ion OF my inten-
tion, NOT be diverted from feady courie
by the animadverGons of the Aurora the
editor of that paper may, but / will not,
infult Mr.. SOLIDARITY fuppofing for mo-
ment that bis aOsytioas in contradiction TO
thefe of Mr.. S. will gain any credence !;
that editor may now think himfelf above
the form; fix or eight thoufand dollars a
year for printing, and about as much for
tatioasry, received by him from govern
ment, are very powerful inducements to
him to think all right, and to fay that all
was wrong, when be was not in the receipt
of thefe lums, the miniltry might buy a
great many Irifhmen at this, or, methinks
even at lower rate. Sir Robert Wal
pole, who knew perhaps better than any
other man Of "twhat wood patriots were
made" had high opinion of the potency
of the drug in bn@op. But | reflain-
6 the labourer is worthy of his hire
would only fay, ! do not applaud that e.
economy which pays the pioneer the wages
of general II would only Gay, that [,
who "fue tono miniGer for golden views"
am quite as likely TO be free from any In
tention Of deceixing, as one whoiues tsJaeb
time. | with the people to read The re-
port; to read every document that has
been, and that may be produced TO fub-
eantiate il, and, for the honor of the re-
prefentatiyes of my country, regret that
70 many thoufand copies of the report have
been distributed without the neceGary do
cnments to accompany them. As to what
concerns 70 inGsnihcant an individual as
myfelf, l believe that | am as incapable
of being guilty Of wilfully festing ny pen
10 paper, for the purPoie OF rnlleading my
ftiiow citizens, as | am independent of the
ADMINISTRATION.
But to return to the report-and, fra,
70 notice the deviation from appropriate
oas, with which col. Pickering is charged
and which the Aurora Jays did not no,
&c in my fra number. The report
charges, that col. Pickering did draw
from the treafury'' OH accouns of the ex-
peacesiincident TO intercourse with foreign
nations, negotiating treaties with the Bar
barry powers, and of the contingent ex-
psnces ofgovernmsnt, !" he fun Of 6s,o99
dolls. 81 cents, more than he applied 10
thofe ieveral objects, which, togetherlwith
the fun Of Il, sS8 dolls. 81 cents, gained
BY hin on the purebais gf6iM Of exchange
for the,nfe of the government, form mag
gregate of 1858 dolls. IL cents. The
ltatement c. (4vbieb has not been printed
the committee then acknowledge, will
thew that the whole Of this fun was ex-
pended by him on offsets OF public ma
ture, (as far as the committee can alcertain
the faal; but this expenditure, having
been made from appropriations dsfgued far
otber 0yeas BY lew, the Multiplication
Of the money has prevented the Comp
sroller ofthe Treafary from fsttling his ac-
counts.