Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-10-06

ears 10 Des luSy VIII NC unPSASo ~
think thar the charges expreGed or impli-
ed in the report Of the Inveftigating ccm:
mittee could never have been ieriouly IN
tended to crimina.e nor that they have
made very itrong imprefion on the mind
of any in the community, and that there
fore 70 laboriors an anfwer was-hardly ne
cefary. I'VE beg leave thento recall TO
their recollection the ,yirulent flanders
which, but little while ince, the mini
editors throughout the United States
built on this very Report. They were
not How to di!cover that mere 7Ua' INFANT
tbau met tie ear; taking this report as
their TEXT, & directed by hgnihcant hints
they without heftation indulged them
Gclves in every hcence againt the mott
vi,tuons men in the country /; including
III. whole of the lat administration. 1t
is inpoilible to fcrape together the outra.
geous abufe of all thefe icaudalous prints;
but the following extract from the Cisi-
zen OF May lsh may ierve as fpecimen'
of the ref. The editor of thar paper thus
introduces the report TO his readers
"We earneAly intreae our readers to
perufc with attention the following
important document. Ii exhibits Il
fcsne OF PAP iai7my, much more fright
ful, aud OF a nature much more dangerous
and alarming than any! thing yet delinea-
ted or conceived Of the late administration,
even by its mott pryhg srd cenforious
opponents. II uatolds rvaufan 7egft IT
tie pubic t,fGlare, TO an extent arbie6 1ve
assntsrr 70 Jay no nran ever tbo4gbt Of: al
mott inaced unparalleled in the hiitory OF
the mga frgF;gats government; AID it
will afford them abundant cau(e to rejoice,
thar they h,.e provlden,ia!Iy eicaped a
.l''sm the moe alarming, becaute the mott
m-meejaraby ,uiuons Of which sbs human
mnd can farm an idea. Much as we
know Of the txrfitxSe Of the ex-admiai
Fr=ta~, we candidly confeis or ideas fell
much ihort Of its immeofe wickedneis.",
When it is remembered that this was
the language whick it was thought adviie-
able 20 put into circulation, by means Of
the devoted preHes of the Executive, it
will be acknowledged, that it was highly
important that fome capable perfon fhould
appear, and fem the foul and headlong
torrent. Mr.. Wolcott, from former Fl
tuation, was better able to undertake it
than any other man, and he has accom-
flahed it in manner perfectly fatisfaeio-
ry to his friends, confounding to bis enc
mics, and convincing to every man of re.
fettion ard understanding. Ele has pot
diingenuous artifce to the blufh, has ex-
pofed inconGGcncy and injuticc, and has
done an acceptable ieryice to the cauie of
truth itlelf. We mean DOT to travel back
through his performance for remarks, but
two,o three will certainly be executed
The Report of the Committee was not
only framed by the majority, being mini
aegialifs, Blu, the three gentlemen Of the
minority, though of the mott reputable
tanding in Congreis, were not even ap.
priied of the ideas of the majority, till
they faw the refulr already prepared, and
about TO be prelented to the houie in the
ihapc Of 6niihed Report. This was a
proceeding equally ofenfve to -deiicacy,
and Objectionable on the icore of manners,
as it was unprecedented, supplementary
and unfavorable to truth and jueice. The
report itfclf did no difcredir to its parents
or the foul circumstances in which it was
engendered. Striking features only fhall
be noticed. Fira; the principles refpea.
ing fpeci6c appropriations, are not only,
at variance with eaablifhed mage we'll
underRood, and repeatedly recognized
and deliberately lanttioned by the Ma
tional Legislature. but 60 to make
tranfaetion legal at the time Of its
illegal by an ex psf fate
law a mof odious fpecies of tyranny, and
provided agaiofs in the confitu-
ton illelf. Mr.. Giles. we believe was
originally the author of the objections
founded on the viGonary, inPraaicable &
nonfsnGcal doctrine OF Lpeeife afpretns-
fious, as underftood by the prefens anti
federal party in the cabinet and Mont.
Galla,in, it Teens, adopted the brat as