Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-04-26
Fyoan the Ne1o-7ork Daily Advertiser.

this alarming tlut Has Isl ldnCH dnu1i ~.
notice, and as it is the duty of every lndl-
vstfual in a free community relying tor Its
security on the integrity of its public 9TH
GERS, TO scrutinize their conduct, and salts
fv his mind that the most capable are select
ed 10 fill the Offices of Guardians Of the Pu6-
lie Treasure and directors Of The energies ct
the netioa1 /; we commenced the PerusM with
some degree of attention: but in the ilrst
mage we discovered, that it was only fur
ther developement Of the scheme OF that It
1yajsdg of Iafamy in which Itonfas JET
ferson then President Of the United States,
and 9aues EVilkinso11 Commander an Ghaef
of the armies Of The United States, were
the principal actors tissue OF the black
est crimes, perpeuated with themost dar-
inp. hardihood which ever has displayed
itself to th@people Of the United States
a people VIC from their infancy as nation,
have hitherto been supposed ignorantof the
deep stained i,1famA Of the European world,
but who have in this-ins'anee proved that
instead of new, autographed, >unsophlsti-
Gated people, we.have only crossed the At
lantict to obtain wider range for the oPera-
ton of The refined, su5lrmaied essence o ta1r-
bitrlde. The following is the motto and IL
troductory part of.fhe Pamphlet.
"Dissallowing all application Of money
varying from the appropriations in object,
or transcendillg them IN amount. --Jeefef-
sans JHessage.
Tos4HE PuBLlc.-a At the beginning.
&c M Persons administration, the pub.
lie were alarmed by the report Of a commit
tee Of investigation, accusing the late tede-
raj officers OF. not having duly applied and
accounted for the public monies. BY some
forced and unnatural constructions OF the
laws, this committee pretended to have
found cases of misapplication, altho' there
never was a pretence but all the public mo-
MES had been faithfully applied to the pub
lie service.
6 The misrepresentation OF the report
were exposed ia publications by Mr. VOL
colt and Mr.. Stoddert, to which no answer
was eyer attempted. From that moment
to the present, a period OF seven years, not
one of these pretended defaults has ever
been proved, Of. attempted to be froved;; not
a single suit has been instituted the report
ehas never been called up in Congress, nor
acted upon in any way whatever.-Wh hat q
comment upon the motives which produced
1t!
Meantime the Jeffersonian admins
tration established it as a principle, that IN
the appropriations of monies, the objects
were to be so infinitely specified as to leave
nothing to discretion.
Such were their PROFESSIONALISM WAS
their practice!
The French frigate Berceau, is COM
pletely repaired at the expense OF this coun-
try, and the money advanced apithout tie
authority Of Congress Or any eepro1f'fiatlo'l
znRate0e,.
Two millions are appropriated for foreign
intercourse, and applied to tie purchase q,
louisiana. Very specific The purchase
of province is foreign intercourse
Fifty thousand dollars are appropriated |
TO the repairs of the public buildings, and {
appled-to lay the fosgadation q a nezu1
zp;asr to the capitol.
Near million Of money appropriated by |
the federalists to build seventy-fours, has /
been seuandered on gun-boats and arsenais |
ut Washington.
But examples of inconsistency would be
infinite. We now present to the public !
transaction which accident first discovered /
and which stands authenticated by the pub :
lie accounts laid before congress, and ac-
companied by the reasons and motives of
those concerned.
More than $4,000 dollars have been
squandered upon one favorite greatPor- I
ton of this has been paid not only without
any appropriations, but in direct violation /
of the express and formal terms of an act of I