Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-04

edly tell youfo. Hence, nothing bu. the
mott immoyeable ftupidity can torture this
eireumGance into an at Of fraud in the e.
cre,asy. Duane may rail and babble as
much Us he -pleafes. But there is no, a
man Of the fmaiieft fenfe, indeed it is In
conceivable that even'the greateft block.
head can believe one fyllable ofhis charge.
Thus Dunno fands convicted of a ,delibe.
rate and malicious lie, which be has re.
peated and reprinted an hundred times
over. Andinow let % ak what faith is
to be pa, IN the word of luch a man, or
what title he has to prate abou, p<y/onal
ur,ue, trivatt euortb, and rega,d IA, the
Laevs Of morality and dtesrxm We are
aRonilhed at the good ienfe of Mr.. Jeffer-
ion, the cunning of Gal!atin, and the ii.
Nudity of Madilon, in their Tutoring him
to proceed a, iuch an abfurd rate. II he
does not correct himfelf. the Aurora will
very foon become as infamous for its falle.
hoods, as ever the Brunels Gazette was
in Europe, or Rivington's Royal Ga
zette was at New. York. Thele remarks
are not connected with any ipirit of pique,
or of party. They are the plain dictates
of truth and reafon, and Duane himielf
mutt be perfectly conlcious that they are
70. When Adams was prefden., the fe.
dsral newspapers teemed with every fort
of impofure, and one of the fanding OBJ
jeetions to'him was, that he fufered fnch
atrocious calumnies to be told of Mr.. Jef-
ferion and the ref Of the republicans.
Mr.. Adams was con6dered and charged as
being not one jot better than his agents.
1t now appears, that, in this refpeet, Mr..
Adams and Mr.. Jeferlon, Mr.. Pickering
and Mr.. Madilon, Mr.. Wolcott and Mr..
Gallatin are all exactly upon level 1t
is in vain to deny the fact. You might
as we'll affirm that the fun fhines upon US at
midnight. Duane himfeIf, therefore, af-
lords the mott complete evidence, that
republicans are 10 better than other peo.
pie.
About a fortnight, ago, William Giles
was in Richmond. He had converfa.
ton upon the fubjed Of Pickering with
Mr. George Picket of this city. To our
fubfcribers at Baltimore, Bottom, New
York, Philadelphia and other diitant pla.
ces, it may be 'necefary to FAY, that Mr..
Picket IS gentleman Of very independent
circumstances, and very much above the
fufpicion of fibbing. To the citizens of
Richmond it was not neceGary to fay 70.
But if his name had not been introduced
our fubfcribers in the middle and eaffern
fates, might perhaps have fancied that
we were dafhing and raving like Duane.
To Mr.. Picker, Giles faid, that Pic.
kering had proved TO be a VERY HONEST
MAN. We preiume that Giles, in this ex.
preaion, had an executive reference to the
fubjed Of bxkhe many. Bur Giles added,
that Dayton..was a raical. Mr.. Picket re.
piled in thele words -" Why, laft year,
"Mr. Giles, you know you told US that
" Pickering was rafcal. If you give
I" Dayton another twelvemonth's time
" to clear himfelf, perhaps you will find
" that he has been juf as honef as Mr..
" Pickering !"-Here was another falle.
hood. With abilities and information far
above Duane's compass, the orator is juft |
as void of veracity as the printer. Day.
ton would be very glad TO Pillage, if he
eoxld. But Gallatin would be juR as will
l ng to conduct him to the gallows; and
if Dayton had been defaul,er, it is GER
tain that he would not, from the prefent
administration, have met with one mo.
men,'s mercy. Their Glence, and that
of the committee, place Dayton upon the
fame rock OF defiance with Pickering. If
he is defaulter, why did not Giles put
him into the famous ,ttort? The plain
anfwer is that, in this infance, Dayton |
was innocent, in fpite of all the venom and
foam of the AURORA.
We hope that Mr.. Picket will excufe
US for the fingularity, and the freedom, Of
popping his name into newfPaper. We
wanted the atteftation of Giles to the Pc
cuniary rea;.ude Of Pickering. We
wanted it as a final blow to the vtracity
OF William Duane. But il would have
Ggni6ed every little for US TO affirm, in
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