Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-12-02

yenticn 10 reclaim ale, bu; VIM as eo'-
GETS. There was no party a,non o1' ,h ,"s-
with rciEpett TO ne. My only ha,. ' ,t'
reitcd on the Government Of Amrric, ~
II would remember me. Blu, the iey CYL b ..,.s
O ingrat'tude, in whatever man !, '
placed, has neither feeling nor (enrs Ne af
honor. Ii. letter Of Mt. ],ferfoo l., q
isrvea 60 wipe away the reproacb -,
done jaaice TO the MATS Of the neo,, @'@
America. VI
When party was forming in the late,
and Ct isycnty-ieven and beginning Of 6
venty-eighr, OF which John Adam, 80,
onc, 70 remove Mr.. Warrington f,om ,ba
command Of tie army, on The ccu,,l,;a s
that b< 9idxot@i4g, wrote The 9th num '
Of the Cr:fs and publilhed il at Lsncaaa.
tCongrels i,sing then at Yorktown in Pew
l;isapia 10 ward off that nedi,s,ed blon,
tor though ] we'll know ttat the bI,ch
times of feyenty-Gx wss natural .corSa
quetlce Of this want OF military jnd6,osos
in the choice Of petitions into which tbs
army was put about New York & Jer(ev
I.copld fee no pelIble advantage. and 10
thing but mitchell, that could arife h..
attracting the army into parties, which
wonid have been the cafe had the intended
motion gone on.
General Lee, who with farcafic o..
MUS joined great fund of military know
ledge, was perfectly right wher he fsid.
We baS,e no bnfnsl5 an JQas1,, and IL h,
boftom Of bags rcbtrt the enemy, BY The aid
1ns@,ps, can dylxg rs qvbele fo,es Qgaue
a PM q AIRS AID y5M Ha5. This had
like to have been the cafe at New York
and was the CAFE at FORT Warrington, and
wouId have been The CAFE at fort Lee. if
General Greene had not moved infanty
off on The fFit news Of the epsmy's ap.
proach. was with Greene through the
whole Of th;t affair, and know it perfect.
ly.
Bat though I care forward in defence
Of Mr.. Warrington when he was attacked,
and made the bef that could be made Of
ferries of biunders thss had nearly ruined
the country, he left me to PERTH when
was in priion. But a, | told him of il
in his life time, ! G,ould net now bring
il up, If the ignorant impertinence Of fcme
Of the federal papers, who are rulhing Mr..
Washington forward as their talking.
horfe, did not make it neceGary.
That gentleman did no, perform his part
in the revolution better, nor with more
honor than l did mine, and the one pare
was then as neceiIary as the other. He
accepted as a prefent Though he was al
ready rickl hundred thoufand acres Of
land in America, and left me to occupy
fix feet of earth in France. | win, Tor
his own reputation, be had acted with
more isaice. But it was always known
Of MIR. Wilmington, by thofe who bee
knew him. that he was of fuch an icy ard
death-llke conttitution, that he neithf
loved his friends nor hated his enemies.
Bot, be this as il may, lee no reafon that
difference between Mr.. Warrington and
me (aouid be made theme OF diicord with
other feoplc. There are 'hoie who may
fee merit in both, without making them
ielves par,izans Ct either, and With this re-
fiction ! ciofe the fubject.
As to the hypccritical abufe thrown OFF
by the federalits on other iuhjetts, re-
commend TO them the obfervance OF ccr'-
mandmrnt thar exifed before either Chnl-
tian or Jew exiRed.
Z" Thou ihalt make a covenant
with thy fenies.
6 With thine eye, that it beholds
no evil.
6 With thine ear, that It hears
no evil.
g With thy tongue, that lpeaA'
no evil.
q. With tby hands. that they