Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-04-29
rus REWARD OF PATRIoTIsM.

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+ will Be remembered what a clamor
aid bv The Democrats, becauie Mr..
I'm; removed his ion as am5aiiador from
: Ma Hague 10 Berlin. This was done at
! ,,rIicular Recommendation OF General
Wilmington, who bore teitimony to the
ro,,b and talents of young Mr.. Adams.
|Wbat a wonderful change, the poiieiiion
4 office and power can operate in the len
inents ii lome people.
Soou after Gen. Dearborn came TO the
81 Of government, induced no doubt by
,,rroraI affection, and The deiire OF hav-
. hi, family about him, be diimiiied
Two = clerks in his office for the pulpoie of
;utroducingIhis lon and n-in-law. Some
time Afterwards prompted il was fupPoled,
u the DEERE of Iewarding merit, he raft
n the falaries Of iomc Of the upper clerks.
Not many months after the rchgnation OF
IF the chief clerk, left that Office vacant.
The ion in law OF the iscresary, is no
doubt a very worthy man, End who hall
blame him for providing for his children
The ion in law was accordingly prefer
red. Tie patriotiim and talents OF the
G:ncral have been very Handsomely re-
/ wafdsd, having as comfortable family
EeaabIiihment as need be wiihed.
Dolls.
Henry Dearborn, Secretary, at war 1900
Jeihua Wingate his ion in law dra
clerk 1870
Geo. R. Dearborn This ion) more
or leis' 1900
Giving family alary Of 754o dollars,
more or lefs.'
We will not pretend that the General
has talents fufhcient TO be fecretary al war,
bot every perion mutt acknowledge, thar
there is coiderable home bred cunning and
dOmslfic management in this. But the IA
mily affection be it more or lsfs' of the
worthy fscretary, did not flop here. He
has procured an appointment Of pot -maf-
ter, tor one OF his relations |" all along the
coat of Maine" One cannot but admire
the warmth of affection which character
ICES thefe family arrangements; i, glows
with aeadinels and brightness which
no difance csndiminiih, no length Of time
can tarniih. IF we cannot addreis the Re-.
cfetary in the glowing language Of Thomp-
ion, /" lis Heaven to be near thee We
may fay, il Isl very comfortable thing to
&c nearly related to thee. Wny6. Fed.
FRAUD IS frequently more fuccefsful
than force; infomuch that many forirefs
has been taken by fratagem, which it.
would have been impoflible to have taken
By form. The federal contribution, which
might prove impregnable TO the moa vio-5
lent aiiaults Of open and ayowed hoRility,
iexPoied 10 defrutfion By iniidious efforts
g undermine and abolifh icme of the pill
lars ufon which il refs. This may be
sffeetually done by the eneroachments of
one branch Of the government upon
the pIerogativcs and powers Of the other
branches.
WAsHlNcroN forcEaw the danger offa-
tai attempts of this kind, and, in his fare
wei sddref, he gave TO the people of the
tion.
Il Is important, lfaid that venerable
man that the habits of thinking in free
country, lhould infpire caution in thofe
!ntruited with It's administration, 10 con-
nne themielves within their reflective con-
hiiutlonal fpheres, aOo,ding in t6e eser-
eys y fbe powers Of one department to en-
f'aSeb atoa another. TIE ltint al en-
Enactment tends TO eonfokdofe aHtbe de-
Sa'fments IL ene, and tins 10 ersate, qybat-
fssr fe< fsrm government, real DEF
9oh/n."
loo we'll we now perceive the occas-
On and the neceaity of iuch nonitory lci
ION. ION. The late doings of the majority of
Songrsis IN abolifhing part of the Iudi.
GARY. are I.