Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-06-16

he then received; but he rls'a ns "ais |
aduredly admit, if he believe, 'J Z nos
aifertions, that the former adniD; aIs ovl
were more economical it the pu,s lh'as0n
friends than the prelsnt. el hsA Of [
Rofs's pardon for mentioning hin; u,s MI.
fame line with the government = nra IN the
fasioner: tor the writer OF ,bs .la'siand
will yield to no man in his afFseion,pts's pieces
gard and efeem for Mr.. Rofs. 1 Tst re,
been a member Of the former sdm;a mad
ton, | ihould, if bribery had b sea .tl,
expedient, have given it as nv ds' mot ,
opinion, that les than five han{re l' %, :
lars would not have Dough, Dpans a0I.
Cheetham. The virtuous commit,ss 81 It,
US, that by law of Congress, pall.a H1,
1909 mark the date,) the expenl;,u u
for fecrss ierviccs are limited u 'I %s
I" contingent expenfes only of lore;o, u" =
tercourie;" and, tbsrtsre THAT Is : t a.'
cauie this act, inter aliat cit has NOT bes.
without comfortable furprile tina, the COM g,.'
mittee have feen the fame principle ami;
ed to the expenditures of the War Dep 5r.'
ment. Yes, notwithstanding this H.;
tation ofthe act of 1900, the lecretarv d
war eitablilhed contrary principle !,
1897, and the PRECEDENT and iecretary a
the treafury acted upon this contrary rrr.
ciple in I799.-Well might the wizard,
of the committee be furprifed, at fndipo
thar the late administration acted in a,Do.
ftion to a law which was thereafter 10
come into exiitence!! The committee with
all their cunning made mifake; thew
have fhewn fome kill in emitting luns;
1.-THE prelent cafe is friking infance Of
this) they ought TO have been equally carr.
fal III dates.
The act eaablihing the War Department
charges its head with all duties relativeto
Indian affairs. When we reAeSt, that the
two mott powerful nations Of Europe have
been tampering with our tawny neighboB;
that the Britilh till have potts in our i'm.
mediate vicinity that, for condder.
able time after the eitablllhment Of this
government, the fame power was in pos
feaion Of potts now delivered to US; when
we reflect on the intercourse that the Bri-
tih have with the Indians nay, on the
intercourle that we have, on the frequen.
treaties that we maH hold with them;
and when we remember that there was
formidable infurre6tion, in iuPprethns
which the head of the war department had
to bear a comfortable flare -lhall we be
furprifed at the expenditure of iixteen hun.
dred dollars in g fecret iervice" money!
Is there not real ground for iurprilc tia,
is was not abfolasely neceilary to ezpsna
much greater lums in that manner II IS
certainly much more furprifng than that
Mr.. Adams and his Secretaries ihould act
under the reliraints of law TO be maze
in future, on the Limitation OF VIII On the
committee ieem principally to fouod their
charge. However frong the claim Of
thele necromancers may be to a knowledge
of fatsrity, neither the former admnli'Ia-
ton nor 1keir friends ever thought them
felves entitled TO urge any fuch CLAIM, OF
fuopoled themfelscs bound by fel'f4li''
not yet in cxiaeacc.
In thir Natement relative to the aP'
poiintment conferred on Mr.. Tracy, ths
Committee appear to have incceisfuliy AIN.
ed at making one confufed charge upon
three points, on neither Of which CREME" va,
lily is clearly fixed. Firit Mr. l''e =
appointment has an appearance 9: nf':y'
teaey with a part OF the Confitatlon.-
2ndiy, For lcvcnteen days, MI l's ~
drew his wages and exPences as aSeA' ill., I,,'
his travelling expences IS fenatoE u, !. 2'3 IL
He did not in FIVE months iaih' t1'l ' ~
objects OF his milton. Now, | na" .b;'
conceive, that the committee BY a'i ;a ~.
meant merely to blame the late 'dGl'' .,h;el
ton for (if we may ue the phr1l y. N'I w.
they would have employed, it l'ey "a; e.,
fpoken OUT creating an office unau'''p a'..