Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-23

! r;obf 90 obicfve that B3naparte, WIN no 10
aTys lnpoled or the people, and i~o,e
fasli,y 10 TIA, con1itu,ion, which he al
,erwaTds put down.
From tbe FREDERICK Town Herald
s,,r<t Service Money-somc' conjee-
,ores were offered in our lai5 as to the
probable object Of the approp:l''i !, n
which congrc{s, behind the fereen OF c'ol-
ed doors, have been 20 profa'e IN 'ioln =,
ting 10 TIE difpafal Of the Pfeiident. 10
this fabiea we now reform, and We mai
return to i, agaia and pgain in company
with our brother editors, until me Feo,
ple fhall appear generally TO have a fuil
understanding Ct this mott fafpielous
rnong the many fufpcious tFsnias'ions
which government has lately exhib'ed.-
Daring the Federal Adminii'5atio the
Democrats now IN power rated The mols
furious yelpng whenever occaiions, Jew
and fpecial as they were, occurred OF tuch
nature as TO require a momentary prlva
cy. While General Wellington wa
prefaent, and the Br;tih Treaty was un
der the confederation Of the Senate OF the
United States, democratic member OF
that body the Honorable General Nlaion
from Virginia thought proper to break
through folemn iujonaion and the ooil-
cations Of his Official oath by a premature
difcloflre and publication OF the 'nitfnnient
in qaeaion. The cry was, that a govern
nenr Of free country ihouii not keep
sny Gecrct, no 10, for an infant, from the
view Of the people and it was pronlied
thar, if Mr. Jetfrlon were made Pfeh-
dent, the proceedings every kind what
ever fhould be carried on i'll open day
under the mott public irtpeaion. What
has the fcquel produced !? Ii has proauc :
Cd, in this as 10 other initances, conducf
directly the reveTf- of all the expectations
| which the party took inceaans pains TO
| create. The fa;t vii! warrant Us, It IS
| believed, in afer,ing that during the
| few months Of their iate felton,, demo-
cratic Congrcis his obierved more t.
crecy; and ordered more concealmept' than
the FederallRs ever did through the whole
| twelve years in which the veilel OF
| State was under their command. Wheoe-
yer a fubjett came before the democrats
this winter, on which they were afraid
| 20 have their real fentiments known, or
athamed of expoGng their wretched int
riority in contraG with theil talents,
the knowledge and cioquenee OF the re
| deral minority, the conltant trick was fcr
| fome felew more hlly and impndent than
| the reR to move thar the doorsl iAould DC
clofed. Thus it was day after day the
obbies and galleries were cleared OF every
I. citizen fpe6tator, that is TO ulea faihion-
able phrafe, every day the representative
deryants, were ieen turning out OF the
houfe a portion Of their lovereign matters,
ike truant fchool boys playing Chrilt-
mas pranks on their tutors. he ven OF
myRery was in no cafe more ltadlouily
| fp:ead forth by the democrats, than wnen
they were about to al on matters lnvoiv'
ing an expenditure OF public money, con.
corning which they have heretofore fad
that the nation has at al times right
| TO the mott particular and satisfactory in
formation. The reader has already been
told that congrefs Ton motion of the IA,
pient General Smith) padsd law, putting
| TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
under the arbitrary dilcretion of the Pieii.
dent, and that to this fun, by another law
they added tqvo tb0gtand fve baaSrea aol'
more 70 that the whole amount OF mo-
ney, now lodged under Mr.. JeffeTion'
management by this new fort of .lpfe11
appropriations IS TWO MILLloNi' TWO
/ THOUSANDS AND FIVE HUNDRED DOL.
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