Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-06-26

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i IN his own eiseem when he defended {,
+ low as 10 ak Mr.. Munro to give up b.
| iituafion and falary as clerk, and accep,
IN lieu OF it the important and refponGbls
office Of Superintendent at lois of three
! hcndered dollars per annuni? And how
/ much was he to be pitied when after hear
ing Mr.. Munro's refnfal, he could bring
/ hinlfelf to confels that. the reafon for
| putting the place at this FINAL aomiuai "a
! larry, was 70 fave hilnfeif from the hazard
Of Officiating certain applicants too repcc-
| table TO be refufed s" Isf&ll be made,up
| 70 hin ''--in the very sersss mama coaxes
her boy to give up play thing 70 bis lite
| brother who cries for il. LtNgnzd bemade
| MP 70 bin, /, How! As thepriatingsbufnels
| was enhanced to Duane lait iei1ion, I lilp-
potr, when the privilege Of proyid-
ing aafionary for congreis vas thrown
| into sthe bargain, by which tins foreign
renegade actually got more money than a
ny navy agents on this fde Of the Poto-
mac for experimenting a United States
navy yard whole year.
Donbilels we hall, bye and bye, Zee.
lecond fatemsnt ot./aOmgs from fon>e other
Iheodorus Bailey, IN which the difference
between the falaries of the Commil1ioners
under the ola administration and this fo- I
gle fuperintendant viii make an item CT
lolnc thouland dollars but this making np,
| fancy, will hardly find place in the ac-
count. All! if we could but get at a lew
of thefe making; up, juifto place on the
debit fde of the ledger, what a wide diG-
ference in the sfefulr of SAVING, moye er
les, would be preiented!
D1M1NUTIoNo of ExEcUTivE PATRONAGE.
This mornings mail has bronghtus tie
batch of new Bankrupt Comnailiioners. It
is another practical iafanceof the tineer;-
ty Of Mr.. JeFer!cn's dehre that |" his |
powers ihould be limited AID reduced"
A claafe in former law is repealed for
no realon under sheayen but TO yef in the
PRECEDENT the executive nomination OF the
officers, and vie now challenge any dcfen-
der Of the PRECEDENT to thew color OF rea
ION for this, other thar what We have az
dgned. Yet this is the man who is eter-
nally canting and whining about executive
influence. Take it away. he. exclaiEs, /
take ii away-and his mini9ers fay it is
taken away, while every law is repealed
and all exiting Offices abolithed to get at
the officers and Eacritise them to make
room for the friends and Importers of his
Excellency, plain Thomas .Ieferlop. -
Could any thing be wanting to excite the
indignation ofevery-virtuous American, it
would be the manner in which the offices
are beloved. Among the names Of The. |
favorites OF to-day, we find, Of John
Bfcome and Thomas Edgar. The for
mer is appointed, we preiun,e as reward |
to quiet his *perturbed fpirir, face The lois
OF his election. We have nothing to fay |
againft Mr.. Bronze. He is we'll known
in this city: particularly for his e4u- |
H0KDfeH EHkSHIJ. F1S " iliS I4IeEf3 tilSJ |
undoubted, fays the Citizen-" If any |
one doubt this, let him call on the Colo |
nel, who will, we dare to fay, remove his
doubts.'' /
For the other gentleman, Mr.. Edgar, |
the appointment can never be Efficiently
admired. The cafe neceaarily fugge!ts !
one Of the rules which our virtuous and pa ]
triotic Preident aanre,l the New flaven |
merchants lhould govern him in his reno.
vsls from Office; he there declared that
his vengeance fhould fall, among other
things, as much as Pofiblc on am re-
.v9k8f;enary adherence 10 arr enemiss. -
Some doubts were exprefed by the critics
when this 6rR appeared what defcription !
of perlons were aati-rsv0luHonay aahe-
,eats; the ificklers fog the PreGdentI
faid it was very clear that nobody /
could be meant but thofe perions who dn-
ring the laf war, were called tories, & oni
Il. / - Tho ,,,,hl,c