Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-06-12
seoM raE cAzrrrr OF The U. STATES.



the mott excellent committee Of inveGiga-
tion had been preged for time il making
sheir report; they hal only Ave snoashs,
and, Of em1s, " Ia. labor necea4ry to
inveaigate tlch mis- OF accomts," as
thofe coiaest.3 VITA the item on which
animalgcrtei In m lat, {" rendered il
'impodi lie tor "a com nittee to form an
opinion, as TO the manner in which the
FUN Of twenty millions of dollars" where
of the eight n7ui4al millions camoofed the
'nn(ettled balance. I" had been expended"
Here the cabalitic fpirit again rides in the
form: g the dog-ttar again RACES. -
People of comnoa understanding would
have fuppoied that the labor, which is de-
clared necedary in order TO the inveifiga-
zion Of the MATS, would have been the pTin-
cipal, il aoe the only means Of rafting
&poliibility for the COMMITTEES to form an
opinion as to the manner in which the fun
had been expended - out here it is iaid to
be direaly the reverle. This is another
mighty effort of their magical kill
What power can break This Gordian knot
of unintelligible foolery Out of their
own mouths will | condemn them. The
labor which they have deemed neceGary
to pull down the fair fa5rics of reputation
RATED by the preceding administrations,
will be as Migratory as their ueee1ay ac-
culations. s. In all labor" faid the wife .
man, there is proft,' but in the labor
of vanity there is nothing but vexation.
sss They have Town the wind, and ihall
reap the whirlwind."
8Almoit at every fep we tread on fairy
ground. The common rules of Judging,
the vulgar maxims from which we were
wont to draw, conclulions, and on which
TO found our opinions, are become the We
ry ihadaw Of a ihade. The mind is be-
w,ldered in paradoxes the head confufed
with iolicifns urged under the Tendance
ofIogical gravity. If held the pen of
Junius would fay to theie committee
men, /" Really, gentlemen, this way of
talkiag, for / Can call il nothing ellie, is
mockery of the com@on understanding
oftfse nation, too gsois to be endured. If
the miniitry are unable TO defend their
caufe by fair arguments, faauasd on fafFs,
let them fpare.us at leae the modification
of being amuted and deluded like child
ren." / would fay to them, fuch fluff
will lerve for the food of the worthless
underRrappers who now batten in the rays
of governmental muni6cence, whom Da-
yenant1delcribes as {" an ignorant, mer-
cenafy, and ferviie crew unanimous in
evil, diligent in mitchell, variable in prin-
ciples, confanr TO Aattery, talksrsfor Ii
5rrty, but aaves to power - but, for
Heavens fake, conlider the whole nation
is not moon-a truck. You tell US, that the
yoluminous documents accompanying the
report were NOT received by you until the
9th of April, at the feat of government,
difant I5o miles from here and Mr..
Duane tells US, and, mirabile dietu, fr4ly
tells US, that ore of them, the precious
document c. appeared in his filthy journal
in philadelphia four days before, on the
9Th of April. Now both theie tories
may be true; the latter is true. And tho
I might venture TO aaert that my head is
aomieaiy or my lhoulders, / ihould not
befnprized, Whit in this region of bulls,
to fee il perched upon Chrit Church fee
pie, or aRaaily rolling down the kennel.
To hear youtalk thefe things 70 leriouly
terrifes the mind, and makes it llrink
with fecret dread,
------ &c Grave ne Redirect
s. Secuum Pyrrha nova monfsra quefR."
One fun you fay has been expended
without any legal authority; the expendi-
ture of another could notlbe jaGi6ed at any
time much leis at the time when it was
msde. and you fun I'D your ei1ay with