Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-05-18

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grefs thar il appears, thar Colonel Picker
ing has applied all the public monies adj
yanced to himto public objects !; nay,
that he added to thcie iuals nearly fifteen
thoufand dollars, which he gained on the
purchaie Of bills land which iome honeit
men might have thonght it no very high
mifdemeanor to add TO their private iockl
when theie men tell congyefs further, that
Colonel Pickering remains charged with
two fums of 3, $50 dollars 20 cents and
s,zSe dollars 50 cents, one erIoneonily
paid, and the othernot yet proved to have
been received by the officer, part Of whole
falary it was, from the gentleman to whom
it was advanced when the mighty Pc
eulations CT Col. Pickering are thus wiped
away by bis bittereit enemies, by men
who had accels to every document that
could elucidate the fubjett by men who,
in an official report, made under high re-
fponfbili,y, have hewn a fpirit of mean
nefs and nalignity worthy Of Duane or
a Cheetham, what NUT the people fay !?
Will they not begin to reAecti Will
they nor feel for an honeG old ieryant
thus maiigned !? Mot anordly, every
man who knows the fweet enjoyment Of
confc. ouinefs of having well ferved the
fate, muf feel indignant at the bale az
faults that have been made on the fair fame
of 70 exalted character.
He care which the republicans las they
falfely Gil themfelves) who framed the re-
port alluded 10, have taken to mention
thoie niaing fums above noticed tina, fiji
remain to Col. Piykerlng 'sdebt, is charm
ingly Centralized BY the foft and mild kind
OF devil may care mode with which they
notice the delinquency OF plons brother
republican, Col. Pickering's p.edecehor,
Citizen Edmund Randolph. Itwas a Bit
ter dofe, but fwallow it they mutt. A
fuit not yet decided has been initituted a.
gainf Mr.. Randolph, formerly fecretary
OF fate, for a balance unaccounted Tor by
him. Not another word aboutit. How
concile--how satisfactory! Let any man
with the foul OF a man compare this with
the ref of the report, and then fay what
fuch men deferve: let him fay whether
this minifeslal majority of the committee
do not eyince a regret at pronoanclng the
acquittal Of an upright man, and defire
to icreen the conduct of notorious de-
faulter. Why Twill the qusRion be aGed
by every rejecting man) are there not
iome explanations respecting this balance
due by Mr.. Randolph, when every fate
ment relative TO tranfations of officers
known TO be Of the constitutional " fetat"
are expasiated upon with fuch care, wish
fuch fleming rapture I? Is il till true, that
/" dog Will not eat dog! The fun furely
might have been mentioned. ihould be
10th TO millead-but / remember we'll that
| heard this balance Of MIR. Randolph
fated to be about 60, 600 dollars, two or
three years ago. If l am wrong, great
fage of Clonmel; king of printers ard fla
tioners, mighty oracle Of wifdom, mirror
of truth, iet me right Thou knoweA, the
fun TO fraction, and " thou rifea to be
ufeful."
But great is the truth, and It will pre-
vail Members of congrefs and heads of
Departments may jein with ieoundrelly
printers to continue the deluGon, but it
will be vain. The people, / mean the
honef, quiet, reastting portion OF the PEG.
pie, fee the rapacity with which patriots
canfcramble for office. They Zee the boat
ed difntereitednefs of theie fummer infects
in its true colors, and fee too, that their
regard for the people is ofthe tongue, and
not Of the heart. They are beginning TO
| be fatigued with the everlaRing repetition
ofnotorious fallehoods, Ieipeeting men who
| !eryed them faithfully. They begin TO
lock for iome fubfantial bleilings from the