Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-06-26

danger have at leaf " done the fate Tome
lervice"? The /" infatuated fave of fac
ton may for moment rejoice in feeling
vagabond Irifhmen and Englilhinen glut-
ting their rage in this manner, but he who
feels that he has a country, who wifhes 70
fee the proud edifce Of its fame built on
the foundations Of truth, honor, and jul
tice; fuch an one muf confefs that this is
paying too dear even for a triumph over.
an enemy.
But he will confefs itmose freely when
he finds that this triumph, itnot quite ide-
al, mutt icon be changed into mourning.
The people are not isnsnutable; faltehood
willnor always flourilh. The tide Of po-
pularity has its GIBBS and lis ilood,; in ad-
vancing il sdafaes its fpray on 4 royal
Canute, and carries off into eye.lafting;
night the filth of jacobiniln il its retreat.
II is tickle deity, and fullsoft takes a.
fancy to have one Of lis prieas for facri-
fee. Therefore, trua il nor, Gentlemen.
Truth alone knows no change, and final
" will prevail.
had itriking proof but few days
sincc, of the ufe that is made by the ours
of fattion of the one fided tories in the re-
port. In paper printed in this fate,
and not twenty miles from the city, a.
midf MATS Of Aurora lies, it is fated,
that the fun (Which the eommittee l1y was
paid in confequence Of the award againe
Mr.. M'Heny, formerly fecrctary OF war,
for not occupying a houie which he had
leafcd at the new feat Of government,
having in the interval reGgned his office
conformably to the deGre Of the Pieddent;
that this fun twas paid in ooniequence Of
/ome tyaud on the part of that officer. -
This was copied from another paper, and
doubtless the greater part of the /" True
Republican" papers in the country will
echo tais infamous faliehood. Thus is
the cauie Of Repa6Lran5du Imported; and
~rhus are the characters of honorable men
to be desroyed. Is If rot leo hame-
full
/ with it not TO be undrrGood, howe
yer the expreaion may leem to demand the
inference, that I IN the leaf doubt the &C
tual payment of the two hundred dollars
above referred to. | leave thar modef
way of mJfnuatioa clear for the righs hon.
members ofthe committee OF inystigation.
They alone have the right by a malicious
I" aid TO haze been" to attempt TO raife
fnfpicion where they durlf not fpeak out.
l ule the exprehion merely TO jufity my
tranhtion that feel heartily forry if in
any of the numbers of that eight exami-
nation, | have been 70 unfortunate as 10
fpeak ofthe majority Of the cormhtee in
any terms, which, by the mott ingenious
cafuittry, could pombIy be conltrusd to
bear an appearance of the writer's enter
tanning the very leaf ientiment of reipea
for them. In heart, in word, and indeed
/ would always pray Heaven TO 81 end
me the erect, the ayowed, the manly foe."
II is grievous TO be attacked by any O.
ther. 1t is worie than the pains of death
to be fmitten by the hand which trenbles
Whit it gives the blow.
The manner in which the committe paf-
fed over every left handed rranfaefion Of
the men who were known to belong to the
feet now in power, cannot be dwelt on too
much. Was not Mr.. Randolph's delin-
quency, going even upon the prefenr
wretched iyfen ofcalculating mifdemean-
ora according to dollars and cents, was
NOT the notice of Mr.. Randolph's delin-
quency deferving Of little more minute
aeis- Why are we not told whether the
6o,o for which I" fuit has been inai-
tosed againf him. were drawn by him
from the tredfury for public fervices, in
conteqaence OF appropriation made accord
ing to the contribution, and by himflf, ap-
ptopyiatedto private purpoies Could not
the committee jzkL qJcertaiU whether Or
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