Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-24

Z tam was a man Oh llnIucHSt ioW 1hItiSuS ~.
:: destitute Of real talents. He and several OF
sdhe federal members in congress as LIKEWISE
fthe late general Hamilton were one and lndl-
visible Previous to the ratification OF Jays
treaty, col. Connolly's plan of uniting kentuc-
/ ky and the western territories to the Canadas
| was in agitation and We are assured eYen re-
coiyed.the appreciation Of Gen. Hamilton, and
many of the eastern federaiist5 who were a.
| larnled atshe emigration that was then taxing
| place from the Atlantic states, and imagined
| If the AIlegany ridge was the boundary be.
| tween the Union and the British territories,
| that the harmony Of the states could be more
easily preserved. The n: achinations which
! Hammond was carrying On in the western
! countries, are even noticed by Fauchet III his
certificate to Edmund Randolph ~ Fauchct
| says, +" he said, Ed. Randolph, to me that he
!! was afraid civil war would soon ravage Anne
RIGA. enquired of him what new information
was procured. He said that. hebegan to believe
| the English were really fomenting the lnsur-
rection, s. that he did not doubt, that Mr.. Ham
/, n,ond md his Congress would push some mea-
! surcs with respect to the instruction, with an
intention Of giving embarrassment to the Unit
! cd States" This We must believe as true,
! for although it comes from Fauchet, had it
| been false Mr.. Randolph would certainly have
ccntradicted it.--Sut the character OF Mr.
Hammond cannot be better described than n
! hir. RandoIph'S own words. {. Who was MIR.
RqnR.ond2 In speaking Of him too, shall
conhnc nyselfto his political demearor. Into
his breast had been tranSiused the largest por-
tons Of his nations hatred toall persons In the
United States, W!.o were conceived to be at
tached to France. He denied to himself no
I, opportunity OF throwing an oclilln on them
You never viii forget sir, his long, in6oieEl, 3
cortuTnelious neglect OF tho ordinary ciVl!ltleS
due from him as foreign minister, 70 yourse.i
Washington as chief magistrate. on were
| 10 stranger to his personal irritation against
ne, for my friendship to Trance, fer ny re-
nlcnstrarce against soy. Slmcce's invasion; Tor
my GeEencc Of the government OF Hlqdc Isl
and, in rcclaimiag the citizens OF tic y. ).
impressed & detained Oh beard British ship
hal,tiiyS and for the order whicli in It's op-
pfr,ticn ougAt to have prevented Brush ships
OF var from using our ports az stations from
wAenco - prey upon tie French. You often
uttered your nd snaticn at his many con-
Paints, NlsEouta SHADOW OF PROOF !. ana the
lengths to which ne might &c transported by
tie Violence Of his passions, were rot easy 70
De ueEned. Was this the man tobc iinp!iclt-
y trusted for candor toward myseh, CT any
friend to France -
Fir. Randolph from the official station end
tae confidence which general washington re-
posed in him we have reason 10 believe, WAS
wei acquainted Wlth tie proceedings or the
kentucky Spanish Association as likewise the
plan Of ConolIy and We hope that his can
,lcr md integrity viii not permit him to pass
over such important circumstances in the his
tory Of Nirginia in ,Fhich lie IS at present cA-
oaged.
Tie successor 10 Hammond vas Robert
E.istofa, man Of equal intrigue, but CT .niI!to
more talent. The history Of tbs ambassador
vi! be particularly detailed when we come to
treat Of Biount'S Conspiracy. The Intimacy
gAica existed between him and president Il
dams is weii known and the SUPPORT which
be received from the tederalists, proves that
there was !. continuation formed in tie Unite.
States to 5ring their citizens entirely INTO the
influence o. British power. Perhaps under
these circumstances We ought to regard 1t as
an act Of p:1yi42nce, that ~ association exist
cd, whose object was the separation ca the uni
on in favor Of france !; fer the views OF the two
prties being SO opposite, happily preserved a.
balance and prevented that Calamity winch
nig;lb have taken place, had one ofthcm been
4nninilatei.
We trust however, and we have rsason to
believe, that the execrabie schemes practsed
il the United States, by tie emnissaIies OF
the administration Of Pitt and Melville, have
terminated with the death Of the unfortunate
Fierce. The murder Of this man appears to
lave been the dying effort Of the Barclay par
ty at New York to set the United States at
war with Great Britain. The scene is now
changed, and when We behold the man who