Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-11
LETTER

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par;isans nave labosed for reasons as well
20 iussity the refusal, as 50 decfy the letter
issglf. Among other things, It has seen
reported TO be $ 40 eiscslonssrog lssler, :
And ysur sscelleasy, as il 90 give sosas
saactioo 10 hal feppfr has sad that nay Set-
Ter ruas bysafed keffafe sott Tecefssd &c OF me
Uaoil
ia, a ra0nsDto0s crisis, TO exhibit q
plz;n. unvsraished tale of truth before the
eyes of al eople m;slsd BY the partial state.
~ ents. or misrepresentation OF pretenders
Go repehlcaaisrn aad patriotism, be 10 L.
sef proper. osgas ny letter 60 be censured
40 do eiecsioaeeFing pssjsSt! WAY 90 we
toast Of The freedom of the press, bns for
its ussfuiaess, 10 free cououy. 10 convey
cossect iDForma,ioa 70 Tic people Ter
taio rcwspspess had long beeo the vehicles
O. nis,ae neofs aud talsehooda, calculated
90 deceive the people. II was al Such a
tsSgs ia, lhooght il my duty TO come for.
) WsFd win 2 statement at The situation OF
cur pa5ic AFFAIRS, SIS far as ne are permit
Cd 10 snse thena --aod 10 youch Tor the
sYutls OF The statemsat w',h nv fianle.
s knew sAssthis you'd disturb the hornets
ness, and put the insects On sbe wing and
,has with snc,eased venom they would dart
~ me ,heirs poisoned siiuga: bot armed
with tynfh. as vifh coat of mail, had
nothing to fear from 'heir attacks.
In your exceilenes's letter TO me OF the,
f8.h Of March, YOU say. " have read
Z your leues In print. since ret"rned the
mapuscript. II ziias printed, I find, Be
tfsre receiVed {. 5y the mail" Really,
SIR, wish all nov previous Information OF
your character, ] was astoolshed at this
declaration TO me and 10 writing under
your o~n hand, which will preclude all
evasion; and when the falsehood ct the
assertion was Of SO easy detection. vii!
state the facts. NY letter bears date the
10Th Of FEBRUARY. On the 2Oth | put II
into the posi- Office at Washington. Ia
your letter o! March Sd, you acknowledge
is recelp, on tbs 3D. On the Flat Of Feb.
I pus ineo the post ofice hese copy Of my
letter Of Feb. | 6, addressed TO friend 10
Boston. This frieod ,in his le,ter OF MarchS,
acknowledged tbs receipt OF that copy
HI sad also, ,has after wsiElng as loag as
decorpm reqciyed, for communication
of it Though ihe medium OF she lsglsla-
fure, the press wonld give the letter 10 the
people in pamphlet. A shpr: address 60
the reader, pre6xed TO the printed letter,
Is dated at Boston The Oh CT March. the
very day CO which received at Washing
ton, ySur letter of the Sd.
Bot your excellcocy was not contensed
with the positive assertion, that The letter
Was printed before yau received It by The
ngail-you meant 10 indace belief 10 the
assertion, by suggesting semc ground tor
il. Your words are, . Il was printed, /
fna, before received ii by the mail" as
if your excellency had made previous
snqliry for she purpose of ascersaialog the
fact. And of whom would yoar excelien.
cy, as IawYer--of whom would any man
oe commoo sense, make the enquiry g
Certainly of the printers who set their
Games on the title page OF the letter: and
if you bad enquired of them, you would
have fund thar it was not Prlnted before
VOC received II, nor until after yoa had
acknowledged the receipt CT is,* HE
fsc,s which have sisted, demonstrate the
smb9ssibifty efwhat you assert, ms Will
spAbls every reader duly TO estimate all
yoer other assertions.
Your excelleucy uuques.iouably Intended
10 print the whole OF your letter, aud II,
by a bold assertion, yeu could have saSts-
fed The people that mice was printed oet
fore yoa received it, it would have coun'e'
naneed she report OF yonr friends, that IL
was~rnerely al eisctioneering letter. end
unworthy ,ef credit. Bot rejecting alsey-
wards on the certainty of detection you
concluded, TO keep ouf OF sighs the greater
part Of your letter, and particularly the