Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-14

that scarcely know which to notice FIRST,
each so equally solicits precedence. tap,
pears then, that you kn0w that Calender
was ungrateful and vindictive. Beso good
as 70 let the public understand to whom,
and on what account, he was SO migrate.
full.
You will not sport with the public so far
as to pretend that you mean he was un-
grateful to his own country and govern
ment; and as to his vindictiveness TO them
for his compulsory expatriation, that would
be rather recommendation TO your sys.
TEN, than motive to your anger. You
will not say that you meant he was migrate
full to General Washington andro Mr.. A
cams, or their friends the federalists--no-
thank God, they had not fixed upon their
characters the gnominious stain of having
paid that or any such assassin. Those are
the only persons he abused, that the people
Of America know Of, excepting Mr.. Jears-
son and his party.
1t must BE- to them then that you nm
peach him Of being ungrateful and vindic.
tive.
The confession, though not in direct
terms IS complete since, as ingratisade
pre-supPoses fayors and services done, and
vengeance some wrong of which it is pc.
ma retrl6ltion, your expression amounts to
an acknowledgement, that Nj. Jefferson
and your party did services to Calender,
and were at / asst supposed by Calender to
have done hin wrong. Here we have
summary OF all which the federaiis.s have
charged, and the democrats have eithef~en-
deavored 70 evade and explain away, or
else actually denied. When Calender was
endeaverihg to throw the rule and controul
OF our government into The hands OF mob,
VINO were his patron. and supporters You
have anticipated the answer ;you have con.
iessed that II was yourselves.
Who did your party aud its chiefreward
for writing The Prospect before Us, which
was composed purposety to sraduce the te-
deral administration, and bring your favor.
i,e to Office ? Him whom You now abuse,
Callender. Who was taken into his IA
miiy, and for months demonstrated in his
house, by senator Of the United States
A'o'h va kitild
10 whom did Mr.. jefferson refund a
fae imposed and levied by law, FOR viola
ton OF the laws ? Calender.
Who was supported by contribution
from the private funds of your party, for
the exclusive purpose of slandering Gen.
Washington, Mr.. Jay, Gea. Piucknev,
Gen. Hamilton, and others, whose talents,
services, and deep political knowledge, and
high character for all those qualities, rem.
dered 1t necessary that they should tall, in
order that the democrats might rise Gin
strict conformity to your own position in
your address, that" to the elevation Of bad
men, the trostrotion Of god men has ever
6sen t'und necessary preLude') -Callen-
der,
Yes, gentlemen, i, is true the carcase Of
the unhappy Calender is gone to the worms,
aad all that is bad of his spirit does indeed
survive, increased in malignity, but I'M
armed with his genius, andis now opposed
to you. AS the one was once yourinstru-
ment, the other is now your scourge.: But
while you accuse the DEAD with ngratitude
recollect that, bus for him, j, Is very pro-
babe that you and your late high towering
party would De still crawling upon your ap.
propriate ciod.
as
RecoElrct, THAI between the pecuniarv
reward which yor gave that unhappy man,
and the services which ne rendered to you
Scaere could be nc common measure and
thar when the quantum of his reward was
left to atter-dscretion, when the work was
done--that IS to say, when he worked With
oot a specie agreement, he had as good .
right 10 say that he got too little, as YOU
have TO say he got enough. Aud recollec;
too, thac fact is on his side; fox if in bar.
gain for the corrupt sale Ct the talents of a
man Of genius there be. as unqnestionably
there must Be grea; debassment on his part,