Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-14
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THURSDAY. JUNE il.
u,r,r 40HN ADAMS ARRIVED.

a'
,,;ry the arrival of the John Adams 8
\ 'a.,olis. after long and bOisterous pass
~ She lett Hayre the gath of April and
., with almost constant succession OF
D..,.rlv winds during the voyage. ~,
c,o,,io Fenwick, the bearer Of dispatches
..r France, arrived in this city last evening
~. contents of the dispatches have not
,espired. .rs. .. 5.:--f e..
We learn from captain Fenwick, that &C.
,.,,l Armstrong. our minister in France,
,,d proposed returning 70 the United States
!, the John Adams, but had found her &C
,,mmo,lotionS incSI.veMient for his family -
u MAS understood that he had taken his pass
,,e in vessel to sail from Bordeaux, ami i'll
deed that part ofhis baggage had been a!rea-
sy forwarded TO that place.
Capt fenwick brings no continental news
# Importance, which has not been antieipAt.
Cd BY other arrivals Nat. hreI. June l3.
Duane has commenced yindication OF
Gen. Wilkinson, and declares his intention
Idcvoting few columns to the subject
Wilkinson ought to exclainI
Nm foR auri6o, non detr,sorib~s ishis:
FOR hraprn's sake no such helh, nor sHch de-
JtadeTS.
There is ever suspicion of sin when Sa.
an becomes an advocate it's sickening
his disgusting to the highest degree, to see
he attempt WerS Wilkinson sPotless as
the mountain snow, such a defender must
blacken him. Forbid il, that we should con-
denim Wilkinson unheard, yet what now can
his enemies ask, AFTER such q character takes
up the cudsel in lis deiencei sWhere IS the
reat or tae good man that Dunn has de-
EEieI! Where the weak and the vicious,
l,a. he has not advocated? The cAlumniator
SrWashiR :ton, the defender OF Wilkinson.
Dsrepu,e or damnation Of character treais
il the footsteps ofalmost every person whom
he defends Duane, pause a moment What
can you think of yourself; or Whist believe.
you that the'world think Of you, when they
infect On the characters whom you have aP-
plauled or condemned? What reliance can
be had on yours opinion or asseveratiOn!
lock back a moment with me. !
Washington you traduced.-~Fonder on
&at. .
McEean' was by you exalted to the stars
I'd afterwards plunged in mfamy.
Tcnch Coke and Dallas you made angels
lilerwards devils.
GELATIN was the high priest Of political Or
hOloxy-- afterwards villain.
Snyderyway the'most firmanf0r Governor;
afterwards a fool and a scoundrel.
Burr was the greatest and best Of men,
ave Jefferson now he is the worst.
Logan was patriot; what have you not
Gncc made him? .,
What dependence do you think ought 10
attach to the opinions or declarations OF one
Who discovers such regeneration OF charac-
Ter? A holy irresistible indignation arises
IN tho breast of every good man when
one thought of you glances into his minds
but to see you attempting to arOiIrate and
decide on the eriminality or innocence OF any
man with an apparent expectation that any
tEOr, Of yours, or all yOnr efforts, can change
wise mans opinion; the abSurd'sy com"
minglcs laughter with disdain. Whom DO
you expect 70 convinced Fsdsrali'sS yield
you no crsdsuoc, and democrats know you
too well. .t....
Do YOU intend to answer oil the charges
brought against 5WilkinSOnj to examine An
'bs documents that are Yst, pubAet Does nee
Gana,.I "a. 3lo, nsalat S,o,, ln Ma own VlEldIs