Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-09-06
Fer. the. Alexandria Daily Gazette.
TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, LATE PRESIDENT
nr THE limited STATES. 81.


S1R.-When an individual, he he whom he
may, addresses himselfto another it is the
matter and not the person that demands a.
tention, and that individual has right to
make the matter whatsoever his reason shall
dictate, provided,de does not dire-t it imPro-
perly. 1t is, sir, an inherent principle IN
human nature for every one to have feelings
for himself, which are Of IS much eonse-
quence to him as the collrd feelings Of man
kind are to the world at large. He feels not
the less for himself though the world should
feel to the contrary. Nor will |, perhaps,
be thought singularsin the present instance.
Thus then as an individual take the Eber-
" of addressing you and / have chosen
this mode (,hro' The medium Of the press)
! 1st, because You have acted as public
functonary. Cd, because ! conceive the
subject of public notorie,y; and lastly, that
my fellow citizens may judge OF my sent'-
ments. speak for myself alone, nor do |
mean to influence any ether. If, however,
there should be others who think and feel
as do, let them speak for themselves, and
by that means a correct census OF public
sentiment may be Obtained. Eut, SIR, as
long predatory remarks to short subject
mighr be disagreeable to one Of your en-.
Ightened unders:anding, shall be as brief
as possible. If in the few following traits
of your private as well as public character,
which wish to bring TO your own as well
as the public view, chronological order
should not be strictly adhered 10, | know
your poilteness vii! readily fnd an apollo
gy.
II is not, Sir, to be presumed that one
solitary pen, or even one hundred, could
bring to public view the ,housat dih part Of
your hvpocritical, tortuous conduct. Nor
do conceive, should this address ever in
tercepr your optics, thar it Will produce as
agreeable sensations as you experienced on
hearing that few misguided cili2ens, thro'
an excess Of folly, had erected bonfire
because you had been elected president. |
shalt pass over your conduct to tht Walker
family, odous as ii is. But, sir, your more,
If possible, than diaboEical treatment to CD
Jones, who was youl patron, protector and
friend, who in the solitary shadts of the
mountain, on the pure principles ofinaocent
friendship, (and it is supposed nosfar from
your since hiding place. gave you his purse
for your subsistance-was such as to merit
the bit'erest execraiion Of every good man,
Wha, was your conductto gen, Washington
after he appointed you secretary of state,
Frencau, Bache, and other editor. OF their
stamp, bad they been questioned, could
have testihed-Hut your letter to Mszzei
is such conclusive testimony as precludes
the necessity OF producing any further proof
On that score. Yes if that should still be
viewed IN questionable point of light |
beg leave to remind you Of other strong
circumstances, which trust will remove
ne doubts of sceptlcism itself. RecoIlect.
Sir, les, you may undertake to complain
thar you have not been depicted in colors
black as | trust you long since knew YOU
deserTed--I say, SIR, recollsct when Genet,
that flaming republican (snd famous disciple
OF anarchy } arrived in this, then happy, bat
now degraded country, who was it that, bv
language official, consequently public, and
by language confidential, and as it was pass
ed, private, had like to have blown the fair
fabric of liberty, which cost SO much blood
and treasure in its erection, into atoms 3
VINO, Sir, was the character thus engaged?
Will you spare the painful declaration by
an honest confession, that it was native
American, On his native soil, at that
time executing one of the highest Off
ces in the gift of the executive of that
country which is still held dear BY every
friend to rational freedom Have patti.
ence, Sir--Your quarrelling with the
other functionaries of the cahlnent at or a.
bout the period above alluded to, deserves
some notice They were republicans in
fact, and you found them inf=xiblv honest.
and would not be hoodwinked and led
blindfold BY you 10 that altar Of anarchy.
the then revolution in Frame ,nd oil ,,,,,r