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

I F" Under the old French Sea
wheaa perfon vas from twenly years o.
1 ape too, iuhmured in the BATTLE. there
always .exiaed fome temptation 70 the
deed, fome Object of avarice, of luG, Of
ambition, or Of vengeance. An exp!ana.
rioa of this kind canno, be advanced for
the phlegm Of Wilmington. His refuial
muit be feiolved, therefore into thar utter
want 0 fieeling which contributes the key
fone of hi, character, and which has cot
the lives of 70 many hundreds. Of families
an the .fsnsh wsaern frontier" 80.
We beg Abe reader to re-peruie this
psGaee. THE man whcfe head has been
covered with the benedieions ofhis fellow
citizens from Georgia 70 Maine, and Whole
virtues have cxhauaed the language OF GU
logy, is here branded as one whole Actions
could no, even plead the exeufe Of avaTioe,
fuf, ambition, or Vsngfdnee. And tor
this a grateful letter OF compliment was
addreGed TO The writer by MIR. Jefcrfon
exprsAive Of his high spprobation-and
even the miier parted with his beloved gold
on this tempting location. But fay his
editors this al Of Mr.. ye35sySs msrisGt,
bays. Applaud it then ye who are baie
enough to Go To-
Adams and Warrington have incc
been haping a ferries Of lhefe papcr-job-
bers into Judges and AmbaAadors. AS
their whole courage lies in a want Of.
hamc, the(e poltfoons without riakirg, a
manly and ineligible defence other W
meafdres, raife an affected yelp againf the
corruption OF the French directory /; as If
any corruption could be more venal, more
notorious, more execrated that their own.
For years together the Grand Lama OF
Federal alteration, the immaculate dlv,nl-
,ty of Mount Vernon, approved OF and iub-
!cribed every one OF their blackcft mea-'
lures. Ci,iz,ns of Virginia |! qvken suAA
y. tegm 20 Mnk:"7z.
+ Imagine to yousieIf, kind reader, the
figure Of a man, with apparent cordiaiity
extending the right hand of friendhip 70
another, for whom he profefes the mott
unbounded eteem and refpea-ob!ef.e
now on the other hand placed behind bis
back, hold out a bank bill to d " needy
wretch and urging him by hsns to receive
it, in reward for having invented the moff
internal 1ander againf him whcie hand he
c!afps in fleming Affection, If this figure
is row diainaly before your eyes, you
have a pretty jut idea Of what has actual.
~ taken place iii real life.
" At a~critical moment Mr.. Visiting.
ton interpreted to break it up Il. e. the
treaty with France..) Whether he aaed
by himelf. alone or by Congreis csllec-
lively, it mua have been ~ttys4a,as de-
Jertion." 81.
Setting aide its grofs ingratitude &
per6dy towards France, this proclamation
1.-THE neutrality was in every point OF
view, and aaof the mott audaenw UsuR.
PATTON and oEsPoTIsM."
We come BOW to W%alhington's death
with what'emo,ions will the following
Palfage be read?
The REPUBLICANS were extremely
usN Etisfsdwith the demife of the gene
raj. They felt and feared his weight in
the fcale CT afiaocracy ; but they found
it necefrary to fave appearances with the
multitude, by pre(enting a prottaion of
forrow. l, was a reel farce to fee the
manner in which the citizens at large were
treated /; in this initance, by both parties.
THE Eroxabxriay Bot it is imPcaibie
to proceed with gravity i; or-to comPre-
bend by wha, mans Adams and Congreis
kept from laughing in each others faces,
when the latter pait their unnnim9m reio-
luton to recommend The, delivery Of h'fa-
bic orafions, d/feurees and pa5h frer-
en- p'7I.-Again," Upon the the 10Th
OF December 1900, General Lee prsferted
to Congrels the plan Of a Msufoicum to
the memory Of the Chief Magiftrate."
With regard'to this 'mauoleum the man
who halI vote one hilling for IT, nua
out go the guilt of the robber and the
houEe breaker. without their perfonal temp