Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-05-09
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Observation-Disclosures

Recent accounts from Washington men.
ton, that the majority Id congrs 80 having
liong fg1s their incapaeisy 10 conduct the go-
yerpmen,, find The msslyes at iength, in tha:
state 81 despair. in which they are ioresdao
acknowledge their Errors and FOLLY. The
total want of candor and liberality IN these
men, msy at 6Tst appear inepmpatible.with
the truth OF this Information. Though mil.
lions had bern sauandered md tens OF mil.
lions lost through their mad ,schenes, the
accumulated ruin served only 20 harden
their obstinacy. Whilst every thing around
reminded them 6fsahe ruin, which in copi,
Gus. streams flowed from their system, If
system itmigh be called, still they would
not be eonyinced, but like DR.. Sangrado,
though the practice OF their are was uni-
fornlS fatal. they were too much convinc.
ed of the correcrnsss Of the theofysto alter
their prescriptions. They have now Come
to a fun pause. They cannot go bach ward
nor proceed forward. They hare moth.
ing to cheer then in the future, and revert
ing to the past, they have only 10 survey a
melancholy scene of deyasfasicn their
hands have preducsd. Even the success
Of their cause in New Enslantl; eannot in
spire them with hopes for, after all, be
whom they serve, and who they fear more
than their Maker, is incapable becarss he
cannot be gratifed with q var against En-
gland. The deceptions through which the
patience and confidence of the people:have
been prolonged must finally be exposed, x
when the ball Of their policy is unwoupd. as
it soon must be, they know thar q clcven
foot will be found in The centre.
"A strong proof Of the despair into which
they are>edriyen. could not be conceived,
thar letter from democratic member Of
congress, printed In Democratic paper
Such however is she evidence, which we
produce Of the fact. The following is CO.
pied from the !. Philadelphia Democratic
Press, edited BY -Joha Binns, the favarite
print OF the government Of Psnnsylva.i
nia. = -
From tie Democratic, Psess.
EXT act Of a letter from member Of con-
gress, dated Washington, April 10,
1870. ~ -. Z, ! r., = 49,, -
6. The measarsS most likely. to succeed, If
any be taken On our foreign relations at all,
before the adjournment Of congress, is a
duty Of Fifty per eenr. on the present duties,
applicable to goods only the product or
manufacture of Great Britain and France
The immediate repeal of,the non.in.er-
course, or its expiration by its own lirnita-
ton And the old powerrof the president
to suspend the, operation Of the.duty in re-,
la.ieu' 10 ,he'recrding btllisers nts, continu.
ing it as to The other. .1su see to zchat rx-
be6ients ,zue ARE sycdlcsd;' the contest Il d,
bandoned, and we are where 1pe ueys tue
gears age. Providence may again inter
bose 'aad save u.s. fem earselves .ve can
hope nothing. There 10 nodoubt our rela-
tons with England have lately assumed
more catering aspect. negotiations are on
foo,-fair promises made bur no treaty con.
cluded. Our French affairs sssad as you
see them placed by the ktfry ef the Due de
Galore to Ar. AmsfrOns." :.
Here IS an undisguised COME ssion,, tia,
no good has been produced by two. years
ipaiction. :" The contest 10 abandoaed, and
we arg where we were two ysars ago. 49,
Want and beggary have been brought home
to the poor; the jails have received as tsu4
nants the industrious, who 10 better times
would have advanced toSease and CONNIE.
teucy our sestinen have flown into foreign
service; rival supplies have been tonaenssd
and forced into markets we have hitherto
enjoyed our revenues have been cut up' BY
the roots, and cpr, treasury Il empty. --.-.-Irn
this lameIftable and irrsmidsbls scndi,ico
tproyidsnee may says the member ofcen.
gress, :. again inlespose and save 10 from
ourselves We can hope nfsthibR. III d then
lseknowIsdC dyed that no sasvine. measure must
Ibe expected iron, congress OF the execssive.
Our rulers have lost all fsish ia ,hemsslses al
well GO embargoess n6nsinserccprse and
9 OUT LAST hcPe, the northern eSals dtsarv. r.
With religious humility they now presume
doubaully svh oPs rilief from Proyiasnce.
after having ci1ssea Humanity and com.
mon ssnss by alsaSntea ii,fendsfl hslf nn.