Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-30
From ,as cAz,rrzE OF THE y. STATES.

our p9mpatSl WIS put into ~! haooo
yeilerday, and tais rainy morning has
been devoted TO rapid perniAi Of its con-
vents. Had TIC weather been anc son
would rot have had the trouble ofreading
this letter.
When you fat down 10 write yooi hould
have,confdered thai every man who COM
m:ts hinafelf TO the public, by means OF
the prels, challenges enquiry and provokes
inveaigation. You ought therefore 70
have abitaincd trcni icurriliry. Hsd the
federal party merrited all that you have
.aid, it would have been more confident
with the manners of a gentleman. and
the prudence Of official character, to have
diicuiIed the queaions you have thought
proper 10 raifc without the uie OF oppro-
bious terms. There is rsafon for this
moderate conduit which good fcnfc would
hsv. fuggcacd if the ealy offspring OF
your proGigate genius had not fascinated
,heparen,ial judgment for it's impoil-
bic 70 .fuppoie that the esrly habits OF
good company fhould have been wholly
dearoyed by your aaocia,ions in this
country. Had you reflected a little, you
mua have perceived E,hat BY eGablIfhing
your proportions you would eaeetualiy
e.eRroy ,hoie of your adyerfary, and then
the mob, to whom fuch things are rot
difreputable, would have made free ufe Of
all thcie terms in which your letters a
bound. You were moreover iure OF al
fltance in that ipecies of arguments from
the able editors, which a man IN your
Gruation had better employ than initiate.
But Sir, if it ihould happen that thete
men of whom you ipeak in terms 70 con-
temptuous, fhould be able to thew that
notwithstanding your acknowledged IN
fallibiEty and he zeal with which, IS in
du,y bound, you advocate the intereits OF
Spain, they lave fomc right 10 judge as
10 the intercas Of their country, ard have
nc, been wholly mieaken on iubjsd
relpeeing which they have taken the IL
berty TO exercife that right, would not
thofe indecent expeditions recoil ? Ard
is it not, humanity fpcskirg, pebble,
when We con6der the finfy nature Of
fuch competitions that par. Of the intid
matter might adhere. Ii IS at al
times pnpleaiant, and after the early
wears Of childhood, iomewhat ridiculous,
70 find o1rielyes bcgr;med with our own
filth.
L G,au rot prsfumc, fir, TO ertcr with
You into the argument; fr&, btcauie !
know tbs Difference due by an individual
20 a man in your elevated isa,ion. Sc
condly, becaufc do mot conceive myief
able ife.tiag aide the fapeT;oTisy of your
talerts) TO ccntcrd, with my limited
meaos Ct private information, in argument
ofrhis kind witha gentleman who draws
Intelligence from cflcial fo1n,ains.-
Thirdly, becauie Iae matter has, | am
tod, beer difcuGed in the ienate OF the
u. States with great ability, ard It is more
than probable that all could fay, and
more, has already been faid. ard in bet
Ter language than am mater Ct. And
faur,hly, / think proper TO be Elsns be
oeafe it is expeaed that ere long, events
viii fpeak Cor thesnlelveS.
Oae or two little matters, mere l9ots in
the fan. you will however Fa'don re for
laggeGirg 10 your notice. in cafe you
fhould favor the world with fecond d.
ton enlarged and corrected. In your
cs1l;sr let ers, the hrf OF which bears date
on The 9th February, you feem to cenfder
TIE csaion OF Eouiiianna and the reiulting.
podsdicn b. Fraace as problema;ical.: but
before you terminate ,hofs icfrnfive
communications, the LAT OF which is dat
ed The 10Th February, il iesns TO be pref
IL we'll iettled in your mind that The
news OF the lssfcr evenr may be hourly
expected. Plain men are apt TO fuiPett.
when they Zee zach appearances. They