Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-11

'I'hurliay, Jan. 7, 1870.
Cansreis ysfu,ns.i the confederation Of
the iuMeti uhieh was under debate yeiter-
div. Ana rhc following let OF refclaSions
were moved.
That all The late publications in the Ge-
neral Advertiser, printed by John Dan
lap, relative TO American foreign affairs,
are i'll judged premature and indiicrcci'
and as they mutt in general be founded on
very partial documents, ard eonieq"en'i}
depend very much on Conjecture, they
ought notify any means 70 0c coniidered
as juisly authenticated
That Coagrefs never has given occaii2n
for or fanttion 20 any OF The laid puh!ita-
tions;
Tha, Congreis never has received any
fpccies OF military flores as preiens from
the Court of France, or from any oineT
court or peIiansia Earepe.:
That Mr.. Thomas PAIGE tor his M
prudence ought Immediately to be d'imh.
fed from his Office of Secretary TO the com
mittee OF foreign affairs, and the fad com
mittee are directed to difa,ifs aan aocor-
dinghy, aud to take flch further i}eps re-
iatlye TO his multiplication Of public pa
pers as they ihall deem n@ceflarY.
In amendment, and as iua'a'ute tor
the foregoing, the following let OF re1oiu.-
tons was moved
Whereas Thomas Paine, Secretary TO
the committc of foreign affairs, has ac-
KNOWLEDGE himftlf TO be the author OF
piece ia the Pennfylyania Packet OF J]anu-
airy "a l779, under the title OF Common
Srnie to III. public on Mr.. Danes affairs,
in which is the following paragraph, VIZ.
{" IF Mr.. D,anc or aay other pafion will
procure an order from Congress to IN
feet an account in my cfice, or any OF
Mr.. Deane's friend, will take the tropoie
Of coming themfelves, | will give him or
chem ny attendance, and thew them In
hand writing which Mr.. Deane is well
acquainted with, the fupplles which he 70
pompouly piumes himfelf up N, were pro
ri(ed ana eogaged, and that, as prelent,
before he even arrived in France /; and
the part that fell TO Mr.. Deane v'as
only TO Zee it done, and how he has per-
formed that fervice the public are now &C
qoainted With The late paragraph 10
the account is, g upon Mr.. Deane's ar
rival in France, the buhnels went into his
hands, and the aids were al length en-
barked in the Amphtrlte, Mercury and
Ssne." Ard whereas tie faid Thomas
Paine hatt alfo ACKNOWLEDGED hiintelt TO
be the author OF peice in the fucceeding
packet Of January 5th 1879, under the
fame site, in which is the following pa
raeraph VIZ, " and in the iecond place
that thofe VITO are now allies, pretacel
that alliance by an early and generous
friendihip, yet that We might not attribute
TOO much TO human or auxiliary aid, 70
unfortunate were thele fupplies, that only
one chip out of the three arrived the
Mercury ana Seine fell into the hands OF
the enemy y
Refolved,- That tte inanuation con-
tanned in the faid publications, that the
Gupplies fent to America in the Amphitrite,
Seine and Mercury were pieienr from
France is untrue
That the attemf, Of the fad Thomas
Paine TO authenticate the faid falle iniiau-
atoms, by referring TO papers III the ohi,e
of the commi,te OF foreign affairs, is an
abu(e of office
That the faid Thomas Paine be, and he
hereby is diGnifed from his faid Office.
A third (c1 of reiolutions was moved as
an amendment and iubiitute to the TWO
foregoing FITS viz,
That congrefs are deeply concerned at
the imprudens Publication of Thomas
Paine, fecrctary to the comnltte OF foreign
affairs, referred to by the ninilser of
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