Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-27

,ha, col,nrry. constituted Mr.. Eatoa,g e'
nera, aud cemrnander ia chief OF his fdces
and with such an army as he~Was ADJ TO
raise and support, marched !hrougd'ae
Libyan desert, suffering every hardsoll Ia.
cident to such pe,iIous undertaking ,end
with his army commanded by general "a
Ton. aided by O.Bannon anc Mann,. tfes
American ofHcers, who shared with pun
the dangers and hardships ofthe campaga
and whose names their country Will rye.
YER record with honor, attacked the cltyot
Derne in the regency OF Irlpoll, on pc
9TH day of April, 1905, and after VII
fought battle took possession OF he
same and for the frst time planted r e
sAmerican, colours on the raa, parts q a
Tripolitan fort. And in several baYSs
afterwards, one Of which he fought wths
out the aid of the Americans they tiavpg
been restrained by orders, not warfanfd
by any policy, issued as appears by ar.
Lear. the American consul, detea.ed be
army of the usurper with great siAugnpf,
maintained his conquest, and without re
hazard of repulse, would have marehesfo
the throne Of Tripoii, bad he been sup
ported blythe cooperation Of the America
squadron, which Ia honor aud good taih
he had right to expect. Inc oonmit'f
would here explicitly declare, that IN th9r
opinion no blame oughr TO attach 10 CON.
modore Barron, a wasting sickness aHt
consequent mental as well as bodily debt
.litv. had rendered him totally unable u
exercise the duties Of commanding thf
neutrality-suspicious. tothis momentous CTS
SIS sand from which he has never recovered
land to this cause alone may be arrbut.
ed the 6nal failure of the piaa OF co.oPera1 !
ton which appears TO have been wisely
eoncertedbY the government, and hitherto
ebrayely executed byits ofhcerso
Ru. however unpleasant the task, the
4committee are compelled BY the obligations
Of truth and duty, TO state further, that
Mr.. Lear, to whom was entrusted the
power of negotiating the peace, appears to
have gained complete ascendency over
the commodore, thus debiiit ted by sick.
bess; or rather having assumed the COM
n1and in the natne of the COMMODORE 10
have dictated every measure; to have pa.
rallsed every military operation oy sea and
land; and finally, without displaying the
feet or squadron before Tripoh, WITHOUT
consulting even the safety OF ae ex bashaw
or his army, against the opinion OF all the
officers of the feet, SO far as the commit.
tee have been able TO obtain the same, and
of commodore Rodgers Gas appears from
Mr.. Lear's iettei + to the SECRETARY of state,
dated Syracuse hsrbor, July the 5th, 1so5)
TO have entered into convention with che
reigning bashaw, by which contrary to his
INSTRUCTIONS he stipulated 60 pay him six.
ty thousand dollars, to abandon the ex-ba.
shaw, and to Withdraw all aid & assistance
from his army. And although a stipulation
was mad eahat the wife and children OF the
sx-baskaw should be delivered to h'm
on his Withdrawing from the territories
Of FripolI, yet that stipulation has not
been carried into execution, and it is high,
ly probable was never intended to BE-. / he
committee forbear to make any comment
on the improperly of the orders issued TO
gen. Eaton to evacuate d rrne,6ve days pre-
vious- to Mr. Lear's sailing from Malta for
rripoli, to enter On his neg3ciatiou and
the honor of the nation iorbids any re-
y Extract Of a litter fran capt. Dent.
g 1t was generals believed by the Off
GERS in the Medi,erraneaa, that Mr.. l. ar
nad great asceudapcy over the comno.
dore ia all his measures relative 60 the
qgadron, & from frequent observations Of
Mr.. Lear's intimacy with the commodore
during his debllltated s.ate,*i an Of the
same oFinioa.'
t )" must here pay tribute of.jus,ice
to commodore Rodgers, whose coaduc1
during the negeciatlea on board, was mix
ed with that manly hrmness and eviden
wish TO continue the war, If i. could be