Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-14

INrs EtHCottS SAAe wa 49,
because Mr.. Ellicott had desired that IL
might be kept secret. Now, it in this letter,
end in verbal CO nm unication, Mr.. Eli
colt had expressly charged gen. W.with the
corrupt receipt money, how will it agree
with the assertion before quoted, that my
assertion was the first direct charge; ana
the one preceding it, that one letter only
land that anonymous) specified any partlcu-
lar fact? Yet such is the case. In the tes-
timony of MIR. Coke, (Note No. $50 we
find the following passage" January 80.
Andrew Ellicott informed me this evening,
that in the month of June 1901, as well as
recollect, he communicated personally to
Mr.. jefferson the exact sum OF money that
had been sent by Don Thomas Portell to
general Wilkinson that this sum was net
on account of any mercantile transactions,
but of the pension allowed the general by
the Spanish government that gen. w. was
not a man to be trusted; and, if continued
in employ, would one day or other disgrace
and involve the government inhis schemes"
In the letters of Mr.. Ellicott to the general
himself, Cant. page Co. he expressly states
that the copy Of .Gayoso's letter, in which
the general and others were menti oned as
being in the interest and pay of Spain, we're,
as well as the information received from
capt. Portell of the 964o dollars, reduced
to cypher, and communicated to the pesl'
dent. Now even if it be allowed that Mr..
ELECTS sdesires should excuse the president
from communicating his letters, yet surely
no desire of any individual could impose on
the president The necessity of asserting that
nc such communication had been made.--
Onthe 18th of January 1903, MIR. Eillcott
wrote me, as follows -
Lancaster, January 14h, 1903.
DEAR SIR,
The Letter mentioned in the 1850 page OF
| my Journal, from governor Gayoso to
| confidential Spanish officer, is, presume
| in the hands of MIR. Thomas Power. A
copy of the interesting part Will be found
| in the Office of the secretary of state. This
letter places the improper conduct OF Gen.
Wilkinson, and some others of our citizens
| in point of visw not to be mistaken. II
! corruption is criminal, this letter establish
| es the criminalty. Whenever think OF the
army, and the state of our country, the toll
| lowing lines from Anarchists never iail
presenting themselves to my mind -
" Les peoples de la Greece sont atfolblls
| and corrompus. Plus de lois, plus de ca
toyens MULE idee della gloire, nul attache-
lnent au lien public. Partout, de wills mer-
cenaries pour ssldats, ct des brigands pour
generaux."
To my knowledge, the present admins
tration has been infinitely informed of the
conduct of General Wilkinson, and why he
has been supported, and Pstronized, after
this information, is to me an inexpllcabe
paradox.
All the information that ] was able 10
obtain on the subject of those intrigues was
faithfully detailed, both to the former and
present administration and beyond those
documents (Which are deposited IN the Of
fee of the secretary OF ssate) have no
knowledge of those transactions. now
begin to wish that had kept copies Of these
papers-but have none.
/ am with great esteem,
Your sincere friend, and
Humble servant,
(signed) AND'W ELLICOTT.
Hon. d. CLARK, Esq.
1t lis true that the pres ident, in the mes
sage suggests that the testimony of Mr.. FL
licott might be procured from himself, and
that for that purpose he had directed him
to be summoned before the court OF enqui-
~. But he refused to attend-there was
no force to compel kim-and, i think, that,
after his refusal to attend was known, as
well as the country, have some reason to
complain that evidence SO important to sup !
port my declarauons-so essential to the
conviction of guilt-should have been with
held from the courts and from the public. |