Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-24

Such then are the serious consequences gu
shis measure consequences far more I'M.
,or,an, than any which have yet followed
from sny measure adopted 10y any aslnniras'
t,s,ion in our country. Eilher war upon
us bx Grea, Britain, war by us against hsr,
o; admission to all her all.daed wrongs,
and a total Suspension Of intercourse with
her. until either she or ourselves shall 90
far forge, our pride and honor as u eodfs
q renewal of inteEcoprse. ~.
{ Now, serious and alarming as this'pesi-
.;ou IS. no honorable man, no man whore.
cards the rights aud diguisy of his country
will regret the consequences, if the mea-
.snre was>ealled for by our honor if not,
lie, the censurs fall upon those persons who
rssh,y advised 80. hasty and ,nom.ntous a
step. The administrator have defended
this snsasuse by the example Of Gen. Wash
ingeoa IA tae case Of Geact. The allusion
is an enfortanate one, on every account.
/ had intended to cits this case against
them, and / csuld not have dreamaa that
Mr.. Madison or his friends would Ahave
had the impradence to induce us take re-
Prospective view Of that disgracstui scene.
Tha, these nssn, who now affect 70 besso
alive to the national honor, who are 50 rea-
dy to take offence at look, word, an in
situation, shall remind Us Of period in
which not only the honor OF the country
was trampled under foot, but in which the
foreign agents who iusulted US were honor
ed, tes.ted and set up in hostile array by
our own citizens agar. :heir own govern.
ment,>is among the marvellous events OF
even times On which we have fallen. &c.
net was not dismissed, his recall only was
requested, and his personal and political
friends, Thomas Jefferson and James Ma
Olson, knew it full we'll. '.rGrnet was not
requested to be recalled merely for any il.
sulting language towards our own govern.
ment: 1t was for long continued series OF
evcrt acts, for which he might have oeen
tried and punished, that Mr.. Genet was
suspended 1t was for assuming the func.
tiuns of his Office before he was accredited I;
for promoting military expeditions in our
territory; for resisting the execution ofthe
laws for openly defyings the executive au-
thority, to which was only sgbraaaed per-
sonai insults, which were repeated for sc.
vrral months before the prudu,ce and pa.
thence of General Washington were 'ex.
hsustcd. Mr.. jefferson and Mr..
eau tell, why the president was 40 forbear.
ing. They can tell us how large, how
powerful was the combination Of all their
friends, against our government, and IN
favor OF Genet. }
Let u, now proceed to examine the con-
cealed insult, which is said to hrk some.
zvherc in MIR. Jackson's correspondence. -
There were several interesting circums!an.
ces attending the disclosure of this pre-.
tended insult, which led many judicous men
TO suspect, that the transaction would not
bear the closest examination. The PEG.
pie at large are not capable OF expanding
the time and devoting the attention neces
sary to the perusvi and comparison of a
long correspondence expressed in studied
language of diplomatic men. twas known
to the administration, that il an unequivo-
ca, declaration should be rrade to the pub
lie, tina, Mr.. Jackson had insulted our 60
vcYnn1ent, (nlS WCuiU EeaCn every mead,
and inlame every heart in The u. States,
while the slow and lahorious vindication or
disproof of such a charge, received with
distrust, into minds already prejudiced,
would make bat feeble progress. The
&C. Of publishing the statement of Mr..
Jackson's insult liz the National IntelIieen-
Ger was the act Of the government That
statement proves to be-a copy Of the eff
cial note addressed to M. 7ackson. The
gov. rument then, ten days only before the
meeting Of congress, publish an account of
the dismissal and of its pretended causes
aud call upon the people to resen, this con-
duct before any evidence Of 1t was laid be-
fore them. The National :Intelligencer
sudeavored to excite the highest degree of
irritation and succeeded in it. Finding
that the public mind would become too
much excited, they changed their tone aud
begged the people TO restrain their rage,
and not to violate the immanitiss Of Mr..
Jaskson's Office by an outrage on his person.
In the formal notice Of the insult was the