Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-02-13
FROM THE rRsEMAN's JOURNAL.

es Passion and 03adaess, - ne speech OF
Il. QUINCY unveiiing what he deemed the
fk and delusive policy of the admnistra-
IN. was entirely political and in no degree
lsonal. It was severe but not ..busive.
be torrent of personal abuse with when 1t
Is attempted to overwhelm him was con-
ary to every principle SUPPLEMENTARY de-
DIM. Even afterhe had replied, in a man
II at once spirited and conciliatory, and |
aressiy disciaimed all personal alluslons, F,
ecept those which had been provoked ma |
MINER so wanton that they could not be a
vided, Mr.. T. 8. 1ackson, one OF the
|. s4ouai cousins,o instead Of reciprocating
6 magnanin1ity OF his opponent, burst
f%th in sill more furious hhiAbbic-ihi-
lipic, did we say-we beg pardon OF al! the
Muses. and all th1 Graces, for applying a
tim SO classical TO the eE1asions OF the rude
ad rustic orator from the western c.svelns
o.the Appalachian Mountains. Under the
circumstances which we have mentioned,
sgi the said Mr.. Jackson talk as follows
AID let any decenr man OF his party read
What he said, reflect upon It, and then go TO
ab3rt with zv'tGt appetite he can
6 MI. J. G. Jackson SAID he rose to no
tee some observations made by the gentle
tienan from Massachusetts to-day, which
were calculated to 10 away the highly re-
pre!lensible REMARKS he had made Oh yestes-
day. Yet notwithstanding the avowed ob-
;ect, he had indulged hinsel L II further ALT
msdyersions, and added to that feeling
which had been 50 uniustly excited. lhe
gentleman comm nced by asking whether
the ground he occupied was SOLID, whether
it would bear the scrulinizinG eye otreitee-
tion-Aad what WAS his ground, sir 1! II
was this, that the house had acted under a
deception, s~>.sei-5 tae r9nf:res OF sses:"IIi:5
trasionin recommending The embargo. Sir,
answer, that the ground is not solid it IS
a1uag,nire in which every plunge he makes
sinks him still deeper, Until he is swallowed
UP III ignominy, exciting no compassion
for his isste, and yet he complains Of the Sc
verify OF the style with which his remarks
were treated. Sir, it was proper that SO n
famous charge, coming from quarter
like that, where submission to every thing,
and resistance to nothing is characteristic,
should be rrpeIlcd in the way 1t was--it
was TOO gross censure, too ilagitioas IL
bel to pass with impunity, Notwithstanding
it was uttered i'll this sanctuary, whose Sc
curitv the gentleman has carefully arai'ed
himself Of, and which he interposes as a
shieid to his dastaydlv attacks. We were
imposed upon, he aiedses, touching tie
motives Of administration, and were lsstr,t-
mental in deceiviaS the people and yer
tools and sycophalts tl,at we are, he VIII cot
rest until he tiiags us before the nation, aud
exposes us to its vengeance. When 70 ali
this abuse it is added, that We are cauGat IN
the tolls of narrow policy which We persist
in from mere shame--that VIC wanted 10
frighten Mr.. Rosc-cast ourselves into the
arms Of Bonaparte, join the coaslsion against
England. When such accusations are made
hrre, and gentlemen feel wounded at the
unjust imputations, ask, sir, ought they
not to inhict little wholesome chastiscment
on the author, by casting tie foul charges
back in the teeth of him who made them /!
IF any gentleman thinks it no insult to be
accused OF political ilnposture, ayowing os-
tensible motives inconsistent with the real
ones, am proud to differ from him. have
this morning endeavored to shew that the
charges were false, and whether | have
succeeded or not, am willing to leave
to others-I heartily join in the appeal
to their decision. But the gentleman
says, the bearing" Of his argument was
not noticed by any one except his col
league. The answer Of his honorable col
league was confined exclusively to the ten
dency of such -revolutionizing, heart burn
ing appeals to the people, having tor their
object hostile opposition to the laws enacted
by this government. Thus, sir, by this
confession his motives are exposed to the