Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-04-01
From he Frederisl Town Iier.ld.

Secret serpice hiDnry. Some ccniec.
lures were offered II our last as to the
probable objectofthe appropriated Which
Congress, behind the screen of closed
ioors, have been opfofuse IN submitting
10 de disposal Of the Prssident. To
this subject We now return, and We shali
return tosit again and again II company
with our brother editors, until the people
shall appear generally 10 have ! foll I'M.
derstanding Of this most suspicious o.
mong the many suspicious transactions
which Government has lately exkibited.
Turing the Federal ADMINISTRATORS The
Dem0cSats now inpowert raised de most
furious yelping whenever occasions, lev
and special Is they were, occurred Ofsuch
4 nature asto require momentary priya,s
cy. While General Washington vas
President, and the British Treaty wns
under the considerationso f the Senafe ofI
the United States, democratic mernbef.
Of that body, the Honorable General Ma
son from Virginia, thought proper TO
break through 4 solemn injunction and
the obligations Of his Official oath by 1
sprensture disclosure and publication of
the Instrument in question The cry was.
that the government cf 1 free counry
should NOT keep secrets, no not for m
instant, from the view ofthe people! and
il was promised that, If Mr.. Jefferson.
was made President, he proceedings
Of evry kind whatsoever should be carri-
cd on In open day under the Most public
inspection What hasthe seqnaI protinr
ced! IL has produced, in this a. Ii other
instances, aconduct directly the reverse.
ofall the expectations which the parry,
took such incessant pains 70 create. The
FACT win warrant Sns, IL q believed. in,
asserting that during the few mnntkso 81
their lane session, ademocratic Consress
have observed more secrecy, and order
ed'more concealment, than the Federal
lists ever did througout the whole twelve
years IN which the vessel Of State was in-
der 4heir ccrnlrand Whenever 1 stbs.
ject came before the democrats this win
ter, ON which they were afraid ID have
theirrea sentimeiits known, or ashamed
Of exposing their wfetehed inSeriofity
contrast with the talants, the knowledge
and eloquencsof the Federal minority.
the constant triek was for some fellow
more silly and iihpudent than the rest TO
rise and move that the doors should be
elosed. Thus il was day after day the
Hobbies and galleries were cleared Of eve-,I
ny citizen spectator, that is, TO use fash.
tionable phrase, every day the represen-
tatiye servants were seen turning OUT Of
the house u portion q Lhsir Sovereign
masters, like tsuant school boys playing
Christmas ,pranks on their tutors. The
veil Of mystery was IN no case more stu-,
diously spread forth by the democrats,
than when they were aboutt to act ON mat
tiers involving the expenditure Of public
money, concerning which they have here's
tofore said that the nation has At al times
arightto NOS particular and satisfac-
tory inEofmatioh. The reader has alrea.
dy been told TINT Congress fuumcsibn Of
the sapiept General Smith passed . law,
putting TWO MILLIONS OF DOL
LARS under The arhiffsry discretion Of
the President, and thar 30 this sum, by
another law, they added TWO THOU
SAND FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS more; 90 that The whole amount
of money, now lodged under Mr.. Jeffer-
sons inanssement BY this new sort Of
specific appropriation, isrWo MfLLi6Ns,
TWO THoUsAND AND FIVE HuNDRxp
pelLARs. As to the manner Ia which
AZ this money Is 10 Be laid out, the public
are left entirely 70 guess. a conjecture
has already been proposed to thefeaders
Of the Herald, which seems TO accord
with the impression current in other pa
,pefs, andWhich carries with iteyery ap-
pearance of probability The object Of
our rceaomicai administration In all Ike
lihood may Be to sqnander away the FIRST
twpmillions Of dollars in bribing Talley-
rand and the other ministers 81 Buona-
parte to coax The First Consul 70 give
our embas hder Munfoe permission 70
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