Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-10

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We do not know for. what reason this
patriotic member of the committee should
manifest a disposition to conceal, or rather
tetpervert facts with which he musi:b be me-
cessarily intimately acquainted, andsproba-
oily from the highest authority.
The armysof Hames (; hashaw, conducted
by general Eaton at the taking of Derne
on eae 9Th April, consisted Of upwards Of
two thousand Moors and Arabs,o chris-
i,tian company of artillery, ons company Of
| Greek nfantry, and eleven 4uericana, The.
Uplted States brig Argus, the schooner
Nautilus and sloop Hornet were also under
! his direction Derne is aiortifed sity con-.
| tanning beIwesn we've and 6fteen,houssitf.s
soals, it is the capita! of the bes, province
of Iripoli, and the eastern key of the
Kingdom. Gen Eaton heldih.s important.
post, contemplate as Mr.. Clay may dren,
his dozen Americaas, forty Eve days, until
It was negotiated out of his hands aud IN
the saeantlme, totally defeated the ene.ny's
army, between thaee and four thousand
strong, which had been semitic resist his
| progress. And does any body pretend 10
deny. latter il has been stated by Mr.. Icf-
ferson, shae his ea,rrprsze gave peace TO
our county, and freedom to three hundred
Of oar fellow eitSens? Or is any body ig.
|.noyaat that in rendering his country these
Important services, he has rendered him
self an invalid? Yet Mr.. Clay can see no
extraordinary meriss jntksse atchis vc a1ynis
aud su4erings
Is. Mr.. Clay unacquainted with the en-
barrasslng or perplexfng difficulties this A.
meflcan encountered and overcame in get
ting access to the .ex. bashaw; in organizing
his heterogeneous army !; in conduct
ing them fifty days through desert which
never before received the impression of
christian footstep; in planting the Amrri-
can standard IN Land of tyrants and in
carrying, with him wherever he moged, re
apecs tor the american name and chaiac-
ter? Yet there is no extraordinary merit,
in Mr.. Clay's opinion, in such conduct
And Mr.. ]. Randolph Can see nothing in
all these transactions bat a seu67ea mere
scufle with parcel Of half naked.6a,bari-
ans whom he undoubtedly could knock on
the head with a foot glass But Mr.. Ran.
dolph's appeal toahe sensibility of his coun-
Icy, through the. nerve Of their purse
strings 10 the view of sitting thsirwish of
rewarding their fellow citizens who has de-.
verved well of them, is wretched compli-
! meot TO their understandings and to their
gratitude. They know, however, that
gen. Ea,on's enterprise has unshackled
their commerce, irem. apirasical and disas.
tfous war has saved millions of money
IN our treasury; and undoubtedly, redeem
I'D hundreds of our fellow citizens from
death and from bondage and they will not
be prevailed on tc feeEthat unusual acknow-
Judgements are not due TO such meritorious
llsh>d because acquired by about a dozen A.
mericans!
But if Mr.tRandolph's zeal on this sub.
| jecs excited solely by pure concern
| for the national treasury, we believe we
SHOULD see him more diligently at his post
on other occasions where it may suffer.
When the wheeh afgoOernmelst are.stobped
by weeks al. month 90 accommodate on
apartg ot. pleasure, say, does the pay of
congress aad the agents of government
stop also DO not strGus, Mr.. Randolph.
| We see our money more prodigaly drawn
from the treasury thanif drawnto reward
perseveriog. Patriotisns and long suffering
merit:.ss !, ~ ~ - y
Blu, general Eater, we are informed, is.
compiling a history of the war, and Of
our intercourse with Barbary; in which
perhaps it VIII appear ipo N documents, that
if the United. STATES are not now tributa.
~, 10 the regencies OF funis and Tfipo.
Ii, it is to be ascribed to his vigilance,
his. Gertrude, and his perseverance and
which may lead to some importan, dis
coveries concerning the agency of our cors.