Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-24

itSAt3 Ill., 81 ASA q AS'husS ~ VIZ Ad(S
| Minlfers, for the recent war, its cauies and
confquences down to the " dsg,admg''
peace.
a bill was read for keeping full the
number of militia 10 be embedded for
monthly exercile, and TO empower the
king TO augment ii, in cafe of invaion or
any other public exigency, &c, 900 mem,
making then in the whole 81, 700. The
bill paAed for a third reading. lord Ho-
bart fad he was in favor OF the bill, be.
caufe OF the relative power Of France and
the rcf Of Europe NOT from any opinion
t that the preient French government did
not fncerely with fol The continuance Of
peace; nor iFon any opinion thar ii was
Ifs likely TO continue thar any former
peace. Lord Fitzwilliam yiewedthe peace
| as precaFiovs and uncertain and inferred
that luch was rely the opinion Of Lord
Ha5ert. The Marquis Of Buckingham
declared his perfect conviction of,he inie.
curly cethe prefent peace.
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Many Of the greatee charaders ofour
country have been charged with emhez.
zling the public money ;-and nothing
has contributed more than this charge 10
deagoy the confidence the people had in
,hsir pstriotifm. It was promiied that
{hefe charges lhould be proved 10 be true,
and for this pprpcie 'sa committee OF in
yefigation'' was choien from the demo.
cratic rhalanx, to invefigate their ae-
counts. As congress were about to break
up, this committee made their s Report
and TO the sitonilhment of all of their feef
who were not in the .fecret, in this very
report; elfsblifh The integrity Of the accuf-
ed Perfons beyond ali manner Of doub:.
lhe only charge they dared to make a.
gainf them, was. that when too large a
Rum was appropriated for one Object, and I.
iam not Efficient for another, thay had,
takenthe overplus of the one to FIJI the de.
hc,ency Of the other, when the public good
]eqnlred IT: or, in other words, that they
lad not confined themlelves itrittly 10 the
appropriations made b. law. 1t lhews TO
what great itrait theie fellows muf have
been driven, when they are compelled to
flofantiate their attentions by fuch lame
charges as theae. What would you think
OF a preacher who 'ihould tell you from
the pulpit that it was highly immoral to
car or drink, and fhould Immediately go
home and practice it hinfelfs And eqsaily
abfurd is this charge OF the Investigating
committee. /" 4 would ak, what apprc-
priation was there made by law for lend-
ing Mr.. DAYTON TO France as bearer Of
the treaty? What appropriation was there
for repairing the French Corvette Berceaus
What appropriations was made for Tending
fquadron OF. fhips TO protect our Medi-
tefranean trade! The laa you will fay
was r,eafure which tended to the public
good, and therefore, though no appropria.
ton was made BY law, fill Mr.. eferton
deferves the thanks OF the public for it.
l anfwer that the " committee of inveifi- !.
CATION" have acknowledged that every
deviation that was made BY Pickering os
S,oddert from appropriations made by law
tended to the public benefit, and therefore,
according to theie Acknowledgements de-
ferve praile infead Of cenfure--but with
fuch unlawful ule Of the public money as
Mr.. Jeferion has made in the affairs of
Dawion, and the French Corvette, neither
Pickering nor Stoddert has ever been
charged with, and ! have no doubt that
Mr.. Jeferfon, at iome future time, will
have 70 anfWer for this conduit. The
charge therefore, Of devialing from ipeci-
fed appropriations, when the public IS
benefited by fuch deyiations. is chlldifh
and iaigni6cant in the extreme--the re-
fponGbility Of the officer for the due per-
Torrance of his duty is the only iecurity
government can have, IN certain Gales, TOR
expenditures Of public money, and the Ia
veaigating committee could not but be
acquainted with this circum2ance at the