Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-05-06
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IT is 4 fact, perhaps ret generally
known, that many Democrats are in the
habit of whiting at Mount Vernon. 1t
would be well if theie friends and patrons
of the notorious Bsche, and the fill more
notorious Duane, would, when they tlnd
themielves within the walls of that hoi-
pitable mznhon, the feat OF our departed
hero, call to their recollection the follow
ing extract from the Aurora" and then
to dinner with what appetite they may"
DEMOCRATIC REJOICING
ON THE REslcNATIoN OF GEN. WASH
INcToN.
/" Noz0 lettof tbou Thy llruant Depart
" in feafe, Jar mme Jls have /efu fl1
/" Ialpaton,'' was The pions ejaculagl.
on OF a man who beheld food OF haPpi-
nefs rufhing in On mankind if ever there
was a time that would licenie The reitera-
5ion of the exclamation, the time is now
arrived: for the man who is the lource OF
the misfortunes OF our country, is this day
reduced to level with his fellow citizens,
and is 70 longer poiieiied OF power 70
multiply evils on the United States If
ever there was period for rejoicing this
is the moment, Every heart in uniion
with the freedom and happiness Of The peo-
pie, ought to bear high with exuItatlon,
that the name of WAsHINcToN, from ilns
day, ceales 10 give currency to political
iniquity, and TO legalize corruption. A
new era is opening upon us; an era
that promifes much to the people: for
puhlic meafures mutt now fand on their
own merit, and ntfarlcns projects can no
longer be fupported by a name When
retroipeet is taken Of the Wilmington ad-
miniaration, for eight years, il IS fpb-
jet of the greatef aitonilhmenr that fin
gle Individual could have cankered the
principles of republicanllm in an enlisht-
ened people, and fhould have carried his
aehgns againf the public liberty 70 far as
to have put in jeopardy its very exifence.
Such however are the facts, and with theic
taring US in the face, this day ought to
be day of Jubilee in the United States.
The f0llo7vng is an estraa ofQ letter t,om
a gentleman al Cape Francois, Gofea the
I4tb nit. to bis friend in Baltimore.
" The Americans here are much alarm
ed in confequence Of the conduct of the
French towards them lately. The COM
mander in chief has ordered or confui,
Tobias Lear, Efq. to execute his functions
no longer in this colony. He has conie-
quently taken down the fgn of the Anne
rlcan Eagle, and quit acting as contul.
Captain John Rogers, OF Baltimore, and
captain Davis, were two days ago arreR-
ed by order OF the commander general LIE
Clerc, and are now in leparate dungeons,
the mott iecure in the Cape, with every
communication denied them. The caufe'
ofthe arref, as far as l can find out, on
the fde Of captain Rogers, is, for having
fpoken ditrefpectiully OF the French 60
verrment. The charge againft Davis is
ola different nature, OF what kind ! know
not. The Americans are looked on here
in a trihing light, and every way abafed.
There is ieyeIe piece in one of the Phi
ladelphla papers, respecting the conduct Of
the French before and after taking ponef-
fon Of the Cape. The French are all in
arms rejecting it. They highly futpect
Rogers, while in America, OF beng the
author of it. ! am doubtful fer The fate
OF the Americans here-all are getting eff
as fat as they can; and the merchants are
packing up TO quit this, for America"
The uniform tenor Of our information
from the Cape, has been nearly the fame,
as far as cit related to the treatment OF our
fellow citizens there, until the receipt Of
Colonel Lear's letter at Alexandria. II