Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-11
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Affairs, be difmiaed from his Office.
TO which an amendment was offered >.
iubltltuse, 10 the following words:
4" That Thomas Paine be directed 70
attend at the bar Of this houie, TO ar(ws,
whether he had any direction or ner.piG;oa
from the committee of foreign affairs, f,I
me publications Of which he conieEed him
felt TO be the author, when he was bsso,.
/. The hoafe on the 6sh day Of January lat u
Another amendment was moved >, j
fabllitu'e TO both the foregoing progoG,
tons. IN The words following:
Whereas Congrels were aoou, to p,o.
ceed agaioa Thomas Paine, Secretary to
The COMMITTEES Of Foreign Affairs, for Ger
tain publications and letters, as being in.
confident with his official character AL
DUTY, when TIE faid Thomas Paine reGoo
&c his ofce; 'llereupon, Refolved, ,as,
the laid Thomas Paine is diGniaed from
ANY further !elvice in the faid Office, ami
the COMMITTEES Of Foreign Affairs are d..
rttted to cali upon fad Thomas Paine, and
re GIVE froEn'him on oath, all public letters,
papers and documents in his pofsAion.''
A fourth amendment was moved as a fab.
dilute TO the whole, in the words follow.
ing: " Relolved, That the Committee OF
Foreign AG.irs be directed to take cut
Of the poacfion of Thomas Paine, all the
pablo papers entrulted to him as Secretary
10 thar committee, ard then difcharqe
him from otiice.''
When.the o.,eRion was about to be Put,
diyidon was called for, and the queaion
being put to ADOPT the 6rR part,
Palled In the afimatiye.
On the qaeQion to adopt the fcond
part, the yeas and nays being required by
Mr.. Lowell, K was sefoiyed in she aair.
ms.ive. The qlsaion being then abou,
TO be PAT on the main queaion, divilion
was called for. ana the yeas and nays be.
ing required on tie hrf part by Mr.. Me-.
Kean. Resolved, unanimously, in the
affirmative.
On the qleeion 10 agree to the lecond
ciaulv, namely /" and then difcharge him
from thu, Office" the yeas ana nays being
required by Mr.. Penn.
" The States b-ins divided the c!au's
was loft.
So muck, for this luxurious rerfonage,
whilf in Office,
Bat We are told that he enjoyel the
1r..cnalhip an elteem of Wafhington.
We are happy in finding il at length
acknowledged, that it is an honor to have
enjoyed the f.iendlhip and eteem OF VAIN
inston. Let US examine whether Paine
was worthy Of the triendhip exPrehed .
Gen. Wathinston's letter to him, and IA
what manner thief, diioteFelted and unio'
lic,ted lervices w,re returned.
General WaI5mgf2u's letter 10 Paine.
ssR9rkybM SfPt. 10. l763'
"I have learnel, fine, have been at
this place, tina, you are at BoFdsHt0wa'
Whether for the fake Of retirement or G.
economy, l know not. Be 1t Tor either,
for both, or whatever il may, II you VIII
come to this place, and pAftake with "''
l lhaIl be exceedingly harry TO Zee you a.
il.
+" Your prsGnce may remind oong.sS
ofyour paR fervioesto this country y
if it is in my power to impress 'hea,' co.,
mana my belt excr,ions Wit ifesdsm a.
they will be rendered chceriuly 0y o's'
who entertaios lively fente OF the @P" +
taxce of y u zy5rt, AID who, win Il u =
pleaflrc, iabl,ribes h.ntcl, Your h0'''
friend, ,7y
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Extraas Irm Paiae's letter 10 Vg"''"S-
"Error. or caprices of TIE temper Cav e,
be pardoned and forgotten bot a eo @,
deliberate crime of the hcars, tuch as W..
Warrington is capable Of se}log, is 20. -
lie wathed away rag ~ =,