Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-02-02

disgrace IN which he involved YOU b.
I making you his dup-. 1t was perfect
: ly understood at thu time, that he pa
cihed your rising vengeance BY suita
ole explanations and ardent promise,
: Of future atonement. He would hav;
I; lupei YOU again, sir, had not his pri
: vate resentments corresponded will
'1your facsious designs; and you owe j
more TO his passions than 60 mis- fidcli.
ty that he has Submitted to Congress a
! financial report which has palsied the
1 vigoF of administration and given CO.
.or and Currency to your own ungraci-
Gus reproscnes.
! Your friends do not seem to be an.
prized of the ridiculous situatior in
vnichthey place Mr.. Gallatin, when
:lthcy p 'onounce him "tae great. sc e.
naucier now living" aud yet declare
|taat his last annual rep ort els the fair
est vierv which he can present of the
'tate of the nation" If that document
lis to De received as the result. OF the ut
| nos ezertlon of his abilities, Ihave
no repagn nce 60 denouncing the Sc.
cretsry of the Treasury as the mast
coasuinmate of political impoetors.
WS'.st the revenue from commerce
was abundant, An accurate know
ledge OF the common rules of arith-
metic was sufficient to enable him
to discharge the duties of his Office.
1t was only when that revenue failed,
that he had an opportunity to display
the plastic power of his talents. Ba:
what has he exhibited! An extraer.
binary specimen of inaReIal genius,
indeed! A choice Of wr=tched expe.
dients; submission to foreign aggres.
sIons Ill front; and loans followed by
c.rect taxes, as the only alternativa.
dad Mr.. Gailatin presented LIBERAL
aud just view Of the wealth of the ma
ton, II would neither have answered
your expectations nor hive gratified
ais malice. Like the usterance of
certAiA witty repartees alca we
had III the Dialogues of comedies,
where the first speaker is made to saw
certain weak aud absurd taings in or
der that the second may say smart
ones, the annual repor: of the secretary
of the Treasury has been timidly and
falsely constructed to afford YOU an
opportunity OF carping at 1t. When
Mr.. Gelatin il trcacherous 90 his da-
ty to corroborats your spleen, you
may be as satirical and as scrupulous
as you please.
There are curious rumors abroad
that the Secretary of the treasury
means to resign the post he occupies.
| beg Of you, sir, not to be alarmed by
this sarcastic report. Depend upon il
that ne will never leave the cabinet
whilst there is the charter OF a nation
al bank to be sold, or possibility OF
destroying the reputation of SIR. Mad
ison. know the ruling passion of
his heart aud should be sorry to thwar.
/, it; but / will resist to the ustermoss
his endeavors to rain virtuous pre-
sident.
The situation of our foreign affairs
arises neither from the imbecility nor
from the wicke dness of administration.
Candid men can perceive in the unpar
allsled events OF modern Europe the
real causes of our present embarrass.
ments; and sur own conduct for four
years past, has In no smaH degree in.
creased the perpIexities Of govern.
meat. You purloined the affections OF
the public b. your artful professions
of patriQeYp at the commencement OF
Iyour p4itical career, aud you betray.
ed the popular confidence when your
country feqhged the utmost exertioa
Iofyour facGIeies. Your first dcsertion
Of your friends was distinguished by a
peculiar intimacy with British en-
yoy. Whist your acrimonious humors
sought Y faint the character of Mr..
JeGersoH ADD to poison the repu, a,ion
Of MIR. Madison, your wounded pride
pursued Gnsolation in the chariot Of
Mr.. Merry. The city of Washington
beheld your eccentric tangent win sur
prize: Bat, sir, neither toe theer-
: ing smiles of an English dame, nor
; the brilliant ministerial equipage oil
her lord, could sooth the asperity o
your tepRer nor assuage the pangs OF
: heartAthas ragged tor the graIeica-
ION of VAlawfl vengeance. What a
triumphant d1y was 1t for the frisnd.
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