Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-05-08

dul}ry and fidelity. He has been aetul
citizen; hehas thirteen children, and mott
of them are daughters the eldea has
fcarcely numbered is years, and the
youngeA not more than eight months.
This gentleman has been placed or the
proicribed lif not, fir, becaufe he had
been negligent of any of his duties, but
becaule iome of thoie hands which las 1t
has been modealy iaid) BURT open the
doors Of honor and confidence, were
widely fretched out for rewards togive
them loaves and fines, they have been ia
ken from the fnpport of this numerous
and lovely family. Sir, there not only
exits, as my friend from Month Carroll
ma tells US, great and defroying fpirit,
but there are ALTO fubordinate fpirits en-
ployed in this goodly work OF profcriP
tion-the mater fpirit, unable to take
view of the whole ground, has its under
fpirits !; thefe minor fpirits, within the
ipheres of their respective departments,
are fngling our objects Of executive ven
geance. By fome of the papers which
lie before me on my defk,I fee the Pof-
maaer-General is buf.y employed every
pofmater and every little deputy pof-
matter, who cannot prove his claims to ex-
ecutiye favor by proofs of conformity to
the orthodox faith of the day, is conGder-
ed as hereto. In the perlecution by the
Pofmaaer- General of thofe who are not
devoted to the party, oofelve fomethlng
truly ridiculous thinking, | fuppofe,
that public opinion would demand iome
publication OF this conduct, he undertakes
TO afign reafons for it. I obferve in
the paper OF this morning the Poltmaiter
General has removed one OF his deputies
at AuguRa in Georgia, and makes fort
of apology for it. He tells the man it
is becaufe he is a printer and the occupa-
lions are incompatible. This gentleman
writes to him that he is nor printer and
that he never was concerned directly
nor indirectly in the publiihing CT pa
per. 1t feems then the Poamaeer-Ge-
neral was mifaken, but the deputy loft
his Office. This ledon viii prevent future
explanations probably BY the Foitmaiter
General, 1t will be more convenient for
him to wrap himlelf up in executive In
fallibility and Unfit " The king can do
no wrong" The gentleman from Viz
ginia has noticed the fedition ACT and Jays,
the prelent executive requires no fuch
fhield for his protection that he wants
no artificial means of defence yet in the
very fame breath we hear the gentleman
complaining of defamasory forsbblers, and
Of the preaigacy Of our preaes. Il does
not become the honorable gentleman to
complain Of the public prints. It is we'll
recolleeted that when hereto ore weendea-
youred to check the licentioutne!s Of the
prels, he and MS friends United that its
licentioufnefs and liberty were 70 clofely
allied that ihould we attempt to touch this
vein we would rum the hazard CT giving
a mortal wound to the great arteries of
the body polite. This was formerly the
language of gentlemen who are now it
feems lufering from the effects of their
paG policy; they are now experiencing
what they might have learned from
good old book, !" That who ieweth the
wind will reap the whirlwind.' Il did
not become them TO ufe Our Saviour's
expreaien} s. to cat the d1t aone.'' /
fhall hear, fir, clote my obfervstion: in
anfwer to thole offered by the gentle
man of Virginia, to whom | have had
location to refer 70 oten permit me
however, before taking my leave of him,
to express my forrow that he deemed it
neceGary in ranging the wild field he &C.
cupied to Witt Mount Vernon, and at
tempt TO diaurb the aihes of our politi-
cal father. This circumRance was not
required TO prove that pre-eminence is