Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-29

may not be iaisil slsssI e, % snsns % q "a
II. !, % III. - psDe kct'n, Murdered m the
s,natc. by one Who resembles Ssmpronlilnlss.
in ,yery thing butsais address end a'ii'',e -
araicst the tyran. nation tia. den,.s t s :;
,cTtat emperor ''ihe liberty OF the seas
which heis ia, ambi,io'.s" to- conquer oy
me swo,s.. md his sS-hru.her cfsA nsraca
10 obtain for him, by Ia .tion and prayer -
The measures which have led 70 our pr s ne
,li.as,roas and dissraeeiul condition, were
the measures sl fhat man. EsPouse thein'
and thew become wear own. You Idsnti'y
Yourself with him, who with a fuis aud per-
feet knowledge that he was about TO sur
render into our hands a begsared exche-
uuer, and that the deception could not DC
kept up twelve months after his retreat 90
the mountain, gravely came Ior~asd IN ms
last official address to Congress and 10 ,as
nation, affecting 10 be embarrassed win
",he surplus.es Of our revenue, and pre-
,.nding 70 tax the ingenuity OF the 'egI'la'
ture, not wi.h raising supplies, which he
we'll knew to be then wanting, but in devils.
inc WAYS and means to rid the country OF
the bur,hsn Of \ redundant treasury "A
man, " rvho dird politically with *s* IN
his neuth :" 1t is On record-It IL deposit.
ed in the archives of his coantry 1t was
a deception, too, tending. with tn isn'ran.
multitude of his wor.h!ppers, to throw the
odiun of the present defalcation from his
shoulders upon your arpn--to make rou re-
sponsihle tor the sudden ch.,asc effected ny
his absence from the helm Of govern nrnt-
for the vanishing Of the fairy treasures
the rich .ucc. .sion which he banded over
to you; his Jrienh ., -
On recurring to the journals Of III: house
of represe natives, l find - that so much
Of that mt ssage as related to the disPo 'iti,n
of the surplusses Of our revenue in tn
Improvement of roads. canals. rivers and
education, was referred to a select COM
mi,,ee." Why report has no. been Tn'de
on this subject, is, suppose, like every O.
Their faiurc of the four years, chargedhle
to tire misconduct Of Mr.. Randolph, lis
chairman. But wherefore that chief of
political sinners should have been selected
for this impo; tant task, or for the delicate
inquiry at pr, e"ding session, recommend
edb by the presiden, (along with book, ex'
,racted from the Enquirer, and resting on
The colossal basis OF its ed tors vrraci,y)
"whether the defect on Burr's trial was in
the evidence, the law, or the application OF
tive law Z" :: might puzzle the ingenuity
Of Mr.. Speaker Varnum fairly to account.
Blu, must leave the ex-Pvesidcnt and the
great delinquent, Randolph one of whom
already s,antls, and the oth"7 must soon
stand displayed IN his true character; to
attend to weighty matters.
must again ask your attention 20 the
secretary Of tho tr.asury's report. BY it,
We perceive that the ex?enc-s of our fcrmi.
dab!e navy aud re!aubtable army Including
the Indian depaItinen,] have !oe The year
past exceeded six millions of dollars! and
that unless these branches Of expenditure
are Immediately reduced to less than one
halt of that amount, the nation even Sup
posing no encrease OF our present expen
ccsl mus, inrur an annual d:6cis of more
than three millions Of dollars or in other
words. must enter on a career leading to
unaVOlQaptS o"EktuPtSS' w bScSn IOus
sir, to compare for momens the cost Of
these institutions with tie public benefit
derived from them N or with the pro,retio
which nigh. have been Afforded to the
country, at one tenth part OF the expenee,
by placing arms in the hands Of every able
bodied man in the community. ,.. - s..
Our radiant gun boats sail out Of port,
and then, sail back az IN. Our warliks
officers pocket their pay and emolumsn.s,
and peaceably devote themselves to wordy
warfarc to the editing Of ministerial Jour.
nals in the service OF his Galiic anil Italian
majesty or. after taking trip to Piris n,
the public expense, to fit themselves With
regimen,als of the most fashionable cut,
en-, ploy their leisure in carrying messages,
marshalling ladies on the parade Of an AZ.
sembly room, and Gaming members of con
gress. The republican doctrine (ous o.
bo,ver } was 4" No public money ,oishsus an
equivalent for servics.'' Tbs text Is to be
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