Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-02-22
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY %.

-, Nook. from Cadiz, has arrived at
, ~ ,an letters are received by her 10 the
- !, Decembes, but they contain no news
For he .flsraaaria Daily Gazette.
NM TAM old and garrulous and oannot
.sct 70 interestingly, vet for want OF bet
~. : smnloer,crt sit down to write YOU few
Ss.s-y,tions made during The present month
At Washington, j. 80.
~ m epdeavoring 10 reach head quar-
49, Inn might be an eye and ear witness
aim proceedings Of our great men. MY
say;o,i,v has been grati6ed, but my anxiety
: ,otht fate Of our nation has not a,baetd
! ss.r ssrveving whatever is remarkable
IN Congress I{sll, the frs, Object, which |
,+rol,set to have arrested my attention was
Mr. SpFAkER. lis ia.fertia7ify and lore
sfsrder are, / think, as conspicuous, as his
ialmts and ccquaintance 1oith parlla17en-
arg 5roccedmes. Though digaJfsd and
graceful he is apparently as much at ease
as fine were smoking a pipe at his own
.fresill. in New England. | could not hesP
remarsjpg these things to a gentleman on
nv right, Who observed, I thought rather
Indignantly, " that his election to the char
ssryeda double purpose, to blind the yam
KEGS and expose the talents OF Massachu-
sets to derision % Whether this Is the
fact, deeper politicians than | pretend to be,
must decide--at any rate, the observation
excited train of thought, which | could
gladly have excused, and which was not
rendered more pleasant BY the answer re-
reyed to the question, where IS Wr.
Ds*ne :" 6 You mean Mr.. D&*ne of Mas
saChusetts," said the man on my right,
|" oil YOU may easily discover him by his
stupid looks. He blindiy advocates, /. e.
pstcs for, measures which he cannot COM
|prehend measures, which will inevitably
run the section of the union, he nliS-yepre-
sents. But thank God, he's ousted." For
thshonor of mysta!e | hope his next speech
wilprove your assertion libel, said L.
Hesfsas poor man." reioined my neigh
Dor, faith he's not capable of it. The
elushon my check was arrested, and all my
dsaSreea5le reflection banished by the
Pleasure with which | recognised in Mr..
1s"~Ssy of Massachusetts, the worthy re-
preventative of an ancient and illustrious
FAMILY. With pride l observed the firm
ena patriotic exertions of this able delegate
rom my native Suffolk. Even his political
opponents have acknowledged. that the
peaad ne defended, is constitutional and
Pc'iecty senable, by abandoning the field OF
sSsument and meanlv resorting to scuriity,
aackGuardism, and personalabuse the on
weapons, which they appear to handle
''n dezteriy. The Congressional de
uses are before the nation, and think ha-
-. .'a nothing in saying, that if the inoohe-
.ea' Favngs, the extravagart and absurd vo-
AS'atlons not to mention his violent and
Easaning gestures of a sS*#*n be com
Gu with the manly eioquence, the sound
Npefspicuous reasoning of Mr..
~ sentence must be, let iacobinisrn's sell
'sslde at the tribunal, " my sons you have
M NJ a'sgracefully routed" Indeed thS
''otl'y, | mean in r.unl6ers, are in truly
s:,SSsing situation their pride Undue
mem to perscvere In measures, the
n ,ae'A'y and atsurdity &C which IS daily &c,
-''s : tothe satisfaction of the rudes
n sSsect. The sarcastic humor which MIR
- aoieennecticut blends with unanswer
arguments ; the TWO edged sword Q
sA,e which Mr. R***s*mh ever make.
=, W. We'd the Irresistible and command
. sloquence OF XIV. G*x*#**xr, &c