Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-21
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The Freeholderssof Fairfax county, are re-.
spectially uniformed, that the Elecdonof . SCI
nator for the district composed of the coun-
ties of Fairfax and Prince William, viii be.
held at Fairfax Court House, on Friday the
22d instant; andthat a poll will DO opened
for Mr.. John M civa of Prince William, BY
his own consent, whose charactcrand conduct
through lirc, we'll ensitlo him to the confidence
and sufilMges OF his fellow-citlxcns In tho
dls,rlcti Mr., M'crea has been uniform,
friend to that policy which marked tho poll
teal life Of The great Washington. Ills OPP
ponen. 10 colonel U1l'iam Tyler, adiscipls oil
tho ne~ School. Il 10 worthy Of remark that
col. Tyler has given proof. that he does not
think 1t a violation OF the laws Of God or ofhls
country, to be engaged as principal In q
duel.
II great Sccretary,--Mr. Secretary SMITH
has certainly I" cut figure" in the cores
ponlence with the British Minister. A de-
mocratic magistrate at Washington having
said the other day, that the Secretary ofSta,e
was feeble man, was told that the letters of
that gentlemen to the British minister and to
our minister in London, were written with abb.
lity. Ferry true, says he, but who surote them?
If Mr., MADISON did not write those letters, it
is certain that his PRIME Minister has initial
ed his style with more felicity than the style
of Pope or SrErNE has ever been initiated
BIZ any one Of the many hundreds who consti-
tutc the servile herd Of their literary follow
ers. Besides, there is apecuiiar reason why
the President should write them. He had,in
the capaeity of Secretary Of State, become SO
completely master of the subject Of our foreign
relations, that he would naturally wish to ex-
tend the chain which he had manufactured
with SO much ingenuity, into the precincts of
his own Presidency, especially as it would be
less labor for him to do it in the frs, instance,
than to direct Secretary of moderate talents
how 10 do it, and also to correctit when done.
The Secretary, however, although not pre-
eminent as literary ch aracter, is allowed on
all hands to be very ingenious in certain
sort Encouragement. The great interest which
his brother, the Baltimore General and Sc
nator, is supposed to have in producing war
with England, has subjected the Premier to
some strong suspicious. But let US hope that
he can no: only say, with A2tley in the Cas-
tie Spectre" Certainly my transsendant
merit has procured me some enemies and,
in common with many other great men, my
virtue at present labors under something OF a
cloud."-But can also say" Produce your
charges, let me justify my conduct, and doubt
not shall retrieve nay reputation from your
hands as immaculate and pure as a new sheet
offoolscap" -... 9.
(Freeman's Journal.
Extract ofa letter from a respectable cam
nercial house in Lioerbool, dated 4th No.
prn,6er, 1909, to a gentleman q PaiIa-
delbhia.
IS On the 27th-ult: the privy council for
trade came to the determination that neutral
vessels with cargoes from the United States
may land such cargoes, and change their
national character at an intermediate port,
and come forward to. this country, where
thew will be received as if direct from the
u. States, but cargoes having been depo-
s;ted at such intermediate port cannot be