Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-10

dent to advance any thing llghdy on SO
naomentous and delicate a question. We
shall, however, by way of showing or re-
pugnance to believe charges so altrocious
gladly republish every excuipatory para
graph that we may find in any OF ,hespapers
devoted TO the administration. With such
view, we yesterday republished An editori-
al article from the National Inteligencer;
with the same view we give place TO the
following from the American cllizea OF
| this morning it being understood that we
do not approve of the personalities employ
| ed
!" TIE Leander.-- The proper au,ho.
rity has commenced q very rlgorlios lnyes-
| tiga;ion into the affair Of The Leander.--e-
The district judg. arrived in toWn on
Thursday last. and on Friday, Saturday
and yesterday was, with che district attor.
ney, wholly employed in examining ths
principal persons engaged in the expedite
on. On tbs subject OF the testimony CIV
enin, totally false and, as it regards the
! executive nia,be United States, a very ma
1icious paragraph appeared in Mr.. lapg's
Gazette OF Yesterday. In this paragraph.
it's lmpudently aud lying!y asserted mat
the testimony OF Mr.. Ogden, owner ct the
| Leaud-r, involves the executive. | have
made ii my business to enquire into this
allegation, and End, as kusW should
find, ,hatitis destitute Of the S. nlbiance
of truth. Nei,hsr Mr. Ggaen's tes,irso.
| ny, nor ihat of any oti14r person VINO has
been ezaniinea, Goes directiv OF Indirectly
implicate either the President or any ofis
Ger in The executive department, -Iodeed
| the paragraph, when was written Toe Mr.
Lang, mos, palosb.y contradlcis itself al
| Enough 1t would be admitted from Mr.
Lang as an apology by ali who knew him
thar he did mol perceive the contradictions,
Wne instituted tie judicial examination!
The President. .hink mr. Lang might
have perceived, had he reflected !ar come
hours, that the Prefden, would nos have
| begun an enquiry the ssue of which mus!
| duplicate himself
! II addition 10 the above, the following
from the Morning Chronicle of to-day,
also an administrator paper is given:
:" The secret expedition We have OBJ
served IN Mr.. Lang's paper of Yesterday
! morning an iodiscreet and indecorous ar
,icle relative to this subject which without
foundation iEpeaches our government, and
might If not corrected, ;end 10 the serious
injury OF our country. We re.anshorised
from the most iDdspu-able authority to
, say, thai The testimony of Mr.. Ogden did
! not furnish the slightest ground for the
! 'unadvsed assertions of Mr. Lang
The tes,,mony of Golooel Smith was Far
from pr"vjpg hat our government had any
concern or knowledge of the expedition
1t only proved and that mos. clearly that
colonel Saith had been the dupe of Mi
randa--it is by no meaus improbable that
the artiul lntriguer may haveinduced the
colonel, whose optical faculties do NOT en-
able him TO see far into Mill stone to be-
lieve that our governments did secretly
eoan:enanee the proceeding IN christian
i charity We are bound TO suppose thai this
was the impression which colonel Sni h re.
| ceivcd from general Miranda Blu 7Ve are
| certain from incontrovsrtabie evid NJ : that
government knew no aore than the most
! private individual, what was the concealed
! destination OF the Lsander, or the purpos-
/; es Of Miranda
J Every thing published IN the New York
! Gazette Of Yesterday must rest on the ties.
/ tt1ony of colonel Smih who has been
guh'ea oy an able and experienced general,
III intrigue as we'll as 10 war. Our govern
men, is perfectly innocent.
Our limits will not no. permit US to en-
ter minuteIy into the detail of this business
but We canno. dimiss the subject even For
! a day without again remaking on the very
reprehensible conduct of the Editor OF
the Gazette. His paper circolates extern
sively in this country, and is read in Ell.
rope. Our present situation with Spain is
! 4 LII.