Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-12-27

| port; betrayed both, and sahseor.ss'9 ''
| gave it to a third Here IS the essene .Auy !,
treachery, pure and subimatees.n "
(" The Office ofsecretary oithe s.ata =.
bestowed On man destitute of talents .nS
notoriously unworthy of ----'1' 'A
A contemplate shutting aposllccary WI.
.without talents to profit by the purs,,;, 0e
an honest profession, or even to deal 49,.
medicine BY the ounc,, has success;n Wv
assumed every character designated l,v h.
man actions. 70 accomplish hypocr;,;s a
purposes, he has travelled round the wbo,a
circle Of religious denominations h. ha
alternately embraced every sect. and .nI +'
scribed every creed, from outfaceon. , -.
tlsodisnl, 70 tie harmless and ii,oiieus;v. 49,
remonieso OF the Baptist, u..;il he has ~
mlnated.isis career in The sports of them
III dealing III horses, and in pol;,;aa,
-, without ingenuity to devise 80, "a
spirit to pursue any systematic plan Of I'M;
guilty.
$ Mr.. Clinton certainly displayed som.
management in making his arrangement
with Iiliotson and Armstrong. The re
signatioa CT this latter gentleman, and M
Clinlon's Elevation to the vacant seat ua.
the only possible mode in which he co S,
escape haailiat;cn, and arrest the EXPRESS;
on OF dlsapprobation which his constituents
were .prePaTed-to pronounce al the then AZ.
preaching elSction.'
g Consclous.of the Fate fast awaited ~,
he fixed his views on seat in the .sena,o
Of the United States, and escaped The n
dignation Of his constituents BY stepping !,
the place he had induced Armstrong 10 a.
bandon.
This lazy apostate had alternately es.
poused the doctrines and advocated the
principles Of the different parties in the
state. After vibrating between each, il
quest of favor and promotion, he at length
settled hlmselfF permanently, as he said. on
the side ofthe republicans, and they, ASH
sual, rewarded his trcachery with seat !,
the national senate. At Washington, how
ever, he found nothing congenial with his
warlike temper, nor any thing within the
influence of his aischievous disposition.
There 10 tumult or rebellion could he
raised. Distressed and hungry soldiers
are the only subjects onMiiich he can ope-
rate with, success, and for his attempts az
TIE close OF the revolution, he should have
receiveda fate which similar iacendiaries
seldom have escaped. Far above thu,
sphere in which he was formed to move.
unheeded and despised, ATr. Clinton found
it easy, presume. 70 induce him TO aban.
don. a place where neither apostates nor ad.
.vocates fer rebellion were received with
confidence or respect. His pro position
was made at.a judiciops moment; a pre.
position, which by its success, at once dis.
graced the national legislature, BY the. in.
production Of q ----- and an in6del,
and increased the dangerous dissen,ions in
the state, BY restoring 10 its. bosom an IN
cendiary, whose only OCCUPATION and a.
muscment has ever been 70 excite comes
tic broils and village mischief.
1lIlotson, the worthy relative Of this no.
noraoie man, bad travelled the country
round, Ikea hungry SPANIEL, begging an Of
fee as he went. He iourneyed to WASH.
lngton to solicit IL person the coectorship
OF NeW-York. The fsitility Of his claims,
and the seriousness and address with which
he urged them, formed subject of ridi-
cole to the administrator for month
NO sooner was this favorite scheme frustra-
ted, than he ransacked Maryland, andc.-
fered to h0n0r his native state with hisrc
sidence, if any thing worthy ofhis atten-
ton could be o8ered. There fort4oately
he was known, and nothing was presented
to induce his return. This active knight
from his romantic expedition,
cursing the vice president, procIaiming him
a federalist, and a tlaitox 10 his party, sim.
ply Tor having recommended another gen.