Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-14

! ,yorld has wi.nsnsd an administration in
capable Of fraud or deceit; to whom poll
tical periecution was unknown, and Whole
iua, and mild Administration pafsd over
withoatone fear from the lword Of 'dilcord
Isor one tint of blood appearing on the gor-
| dian band that unlteS cur contribution and
Igoverpment. Neither, my fellow citi-
| zens, did any approved officer Of that go
yernment, for the fpace Of Twelve years,
embezzie one cent of the public money !;
| all their tranfattions have been looked az
by the jaundiced eye of malice, ana 90
| thing but a conduit that does them the
1 h;ghee honor is ditccvered, and the voice
! of truth is now calling TO their enemies to
ccafe biting, for they gnav againf a file.
Our redcub1ed faanciers, as | mentioned
before, tell US that they have paid the pub
lie debt; but how ? BY borrowing OF one
foreigner, and becoming indebted to him
for the amount We owe to another, and
then claim our high appreciation of their
condues, Whit under every prctcnce Cur,
funds are layilhed unnccefarily away.
The repairs to French thips of war have
colt Us not little, and if a mode lately
,nac public is continued we have great
reafon to believe that Inuct Of our wealth
will be lavihed on the b!eated caitiffss of
presidential favor. In CAT. OF war or en-
baEraiinent, the irnpoa on the neceaaries
ofllfe muf be augmented. An extenGon
Of inpoH on falt, bohea tea, coffee, brown
fugar, molaass, sc. mutt fupply the lois
OF the tax on carriages, refined fugars,
famp paper, whitley, sc. In cafe OF war
money mutt be RATED, or degraded fate
ofyafalage lubmitted to. You are there
fore either to become an eafy prey, or
fupport war by tax on the neceaaries
OF lie, Whit many Of tie luxuries have
ceafed to yield that Iupport which the VIII
dom OF the late administration had drawn
from them. The advantages ofcur trade
are foley relied on Tor the lapport of 60
vernment, fnbfantial evidence of the
propriety Of the Heafarcs adopted by the
late fyiten of politics for its prelerva,jon.
and Our gratitude is called forth to thofe
gallant men who difplayed iuch prowefs
with our infant navy. Soon'was our coat
freed from the depredations of thofe
Wretches who had plondefca our unarmed
fhips, ard taken our citizens into ignomi
NOUS and barbarous captivity. No Ion
ger did they dare 10 avail themfelves OF
the permiiilon giventheln, by a mini0er
OF our land, who, in defiance of the rights
OF his country, cfered to The French ma
ton facrifce of all our Merchantmen.
Such balencfs was prevented as foon as il
was known TO Cur beloved ADD lamented
Warrington, and the degraded nlinifer
was obliged difgracetully TO return to his
injured country, where, after avowing the
fatt, his abettors procured fcrhim the |
hlgheft honor that his native fate could |
aeitow. CoDtrait, my fellow country.
men, the different conduit of the different
men: On the one fde you fee Munroe,
the representative Of his country, offering
up to the French, what are now eifcened
the iinews Of your wealth, and after re-
turning wit, this load of infamy to his
government, you fee him by the demo
cratic band rewarded with the govern |
ment of a powerful fate, and all the par
ty friving to do him homage. On the
other hand, you fee the gallant Truxton
and his brave anocia'es, who gloriouly |
defended the commerce Of their country, |
and the honor of our flag, reviled, con- !
temned and inful,ed, by a fet oftyps.men
who, fix the implements of the prels, &C |
cording TO the rainiaerial nod. But this
conduct cannot long prevail The inju-
eies done to the meritorious cisizens of our !
country, will call for vengeance on their
enemies, and the brave Rodgers mula OBJ |
tain retribItion for the cruelty he expert |
.enced IN a diimal dungeon, where the man
1 Il I. a. !