Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-31
For tss .aeraadraa Daily Gazette.
NY FOURTH LETTER TO MR.. Ma
OLSON.

laid at your door, vet must say have been
yex'd 70 see the worst meaning sometimes pun
TO your words or actions. When you was
Secretary of State, YOU know YOU and !ohs
Randolph had some talk about purchasing me
Floridas, or something, OF France, ana YOU
told him that France wants money anu
must have il :" insinuatlpg, IS always tho L
and do vet. that then was therefore the best
time to get good bargain: not. As many q
rour enemies had twisted your meaning
namely, tia, Fr..nes wants 1seRSs saa
.siys II 70 ksr, vssey.se- o. Eo;. This, always
thought unfair: A,so IN yoar Calling Con-
sress about month only oeteSe the regular
time. some OF them accuse you OF = show CT
great interest for C0NTusToe. IN tbs thing.
without anv reaii1y.-NOW Tor nv part coasl-
deriae VIA. little YOU MEAN 20 rceonims;sd'
and what little Viii b 6oSse- | approve your
calling preciser ). she time so0 have you
know IN ex,r1 SesSSoa wuaaso COS, : NAS' cS1I
more. for netting. ard tA4s- u ecEs.S Convene
a month earlier than usual, Gs.y zooG1 ine
time Mr.. Foster vii Ac4F again 1-9Ca ho''ls
withou. bringing o. 5As expense an. ooa'0-
sion Of IN extra sSsssQG- Add CS1ny osher
little asfI-s, hare taken n2lsce o. 1AsTs
there seems : dsSpoSz-son - so1ae fc1Ss 10
withhold from voc vo.ar Sa>ssgcs- iseSe things
are mean. I slw4rs cz,cA h225 a every Esrlea act
o. yours -sazs : P7zSsc-Vc<12sy. make the mos
o. II; as the proveEb s4Es, Gz-e-s7szr EEets-
derry ms sizs Nv OLD pc-z5zllties have 10.
al left me; 2nd ! an no- entirely out OF
hopes Of making something on Of you yet:
for hope you are uoN sensible you are, IN
the main, vrOns- What mortal need had
yol TO al The iirtle insulting paragraph that
Robert Sral:.h says you di3 at the Erskiae
settlement Every body now says, and
am beginning 70 believe It myself that when
YOU saw Mr. E-skine come Forward, re-
move every obstacle to settlement you found
Il wcula take pace u spite of Jeferson'S
teeth or yOurs either, unless some sly lifts
S-u-zDEzn- bIock was dexterously thrown L.
rhr wzy-NoE Il this Is true, / viii Tot tell
rrzu here n public what YOU deserve. don't
se-as. vCa here Of pzrIial;tr, but must say,
IT, Lord be praised, nv old scbool-inate.
that neiihcr Tommy or yourself were at the
Rcd OF sff-irs, al the beginning OF the French
rcso,utio1 Instead Of Proclamation OF
NEUTRALITY, It would have been one of Ffve
u tUr- xis;ers France AID .9wfTTcc-One
end I..ETrfsfsle EU--c Don't blame me;
7 mus JsGge from your conduct. This par
tai. uDrlgataos,s o,-impoFtation is this mo-
men; szoping the yitals ct cur prosperity;
and to tell YOU wherein, j need only inform
ycu that frcsh English Goods are about as
nlsn;y and cheap as ever, In all our northern
Cities, and those who receive them are as
good patriots as you and l, at the same time.
too. They get their living by traffic, you
might as well try to deprive we from sowing
my ground, through patriotism, as those
merchants from their trade with England,
whereby thev &c, bread for themselves and
little ones; esseci1liy where you can't persuade
either of Us that your laws are j4ss = iHsg.Gr!i0E
These citizens that have always paid 10 or Is
per cent. duties. are now " II the full tide OF
Successful experiments" learning how easy
II Is 20 run goods into the United States, and
what handsome thing it is 10 save these du-
,ies. and even when trade with England shall
he free ao-ain, If ever II is so, We shall find
thew viii not leave of their tricks. The re-
yenue will feel it, assure you. This is the
nav tia, vou, by learning the importers bad
habits, arc sapping the yitals of our prosPeri-
~ II Is remarkable that all the spitefui.
one-sided laws that have been made. and all
the caper. that have beer cut these Ave years.
to curry favor OF Bonaparte, and inluIe Eng
land. have neither appeased him nor hurt her;
i,,.t have, as old Nick would have Ii. ali fell
plump on our own hands. The embargo (to
'a5sase Frasc- and shise England hurt none
but ourselves; 1t made the Canadians fortunes,
who began 10 sing out ike little Frank, "Oh
thar the embargo ought last forever" That
Insulting paragraph spoke of just now (s-rif
Zen tar tie same fartOse hurt none but our
selves; the settlement mIgbs hassi5ly hare
been agreed TO BY England, if that had not
been lacked TO it; and it did show the world
that our chief magistrate has some of human
s,ature about him, with all her mean dirty pre-
;udices upon her head Your refusing 20 re-
sognize the Spanish ambassador (for fhe sane
~.s1ivr } hurt none but ourselves. Dom Oris
.-ilions of milf dollars to pay Tor Spanish
.,r,,g.,dd ,.;,.ps on our commerce, when under
g..as's mb, also was authorised to settle
.hr 5s.anss of Louisiana. Your sending Joel