Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-12-11
From fhe Cnltri States Gazette.
ADROIT MANAGEMENT.

One OF the arguments uFSSu III lava VI ~
newing the charter of the United States BANK
was, that The public money lodged In the state
banks Throughout: the country. would not be
secure /; because the government could have
no such control over those institutions as 1t
had over the transactions Of the national bank.
We have heard report, which, it correct, cor
roborates that argument. We are told that
IN one of the cities at the southwark, there are
two banks In which the publie monies OF the
United States are deposited for safe keeping,
and that In consideration Of these deposits, the
officers of the two banks have come into STU
pulation to render, periodically to the secreta-
~ of the treasury, an account OF the situation
OF the institutions, containing statement OF
the quantity Of specie in their vaults, the a.
mount of their outstanding debts, sc. &c
Specie not being very abundant with them,
they are said to have fallen upon the following
pery honorable expedient for making good
statements. Whenever the time arrives for
one Of them to render an account to the Sc
cre:ary of the treasury, il 5orroIgs all the spe-
Gle from the vaults Of the other, and makes
statement of the whole and when the reck-
oning dsy for the other arrives, the specie of
both is all transferred and again stated as being
in the possession of the latter, and SO on from
time to time. Should this report be unknown
to the government, and should they be dispos-
ed to investigate the accuracy of it, we Can
put them In q way to ascertain the facts.
1t has been for years pretty prevalent be-
liet, that our democratic rulers are DESTROYS
of bringing this country into war with Great
Britain and it is very evident that they could
not have adopted more efectual measures to
render such war popular, than those which
have been pursued. We have, at last, arriv
ed at such state Of things that something
may be gained, and nothing can be lost by a
war. WheR We Say that nothing can be lost,
we speak of the nation at large, disheartened,
degraded, deprived of commerce, and of every
stimulus to enterprizing industry. Individual
losses must be great and will, no doubt, be Sc
verely felt. But these must be submitted to
for the attainment of great national good not
otherwise attainable. The tendency Of war
is to peace-real, substantial peace, accompa-
MED by amicable dispositions and conduct.
On the contrary, the system which our 60
vernment have been for ten years pursuing,
is necessarily accompanied by large por-
stantial prosperity of country, and tends,
cnotinually, to greater and greater alienation
of the affections, and to mutual irritations and
Viewing, therefore, the pre-
sent situation of the United States in relation
to Great Britain, and considering the continu-
ed perseverance Of our rulers in the system
of policy which brought us into this situation,
connected with the commanding ma Iorities
which they are still able to carry with them
We doubt whether those most DESTROYS of
cordial good understanding between the two
nations could, under the existing circumstan-
ces, devise better or more certain mode of
bringing it about, than a vigorous trial of
strength in an open, manly, and declared war;
fare. We ere, therefore, decidly in favor of
any measure of the government which shall
contribute to prepare the country for such an
event. When prepared to strike blow with
effect, the government will have time to con-
slider whether it be actually necessary, or
whether change in their own conduct, and
in the nature and extent of their demands can
be successfully substituted. Ifnot, give us
war, open and undIsguised, in preference to
this humiliating, facilitating, demoralizing
state of things, which is neither peace nor
war, but which comprises all the disadyanta-
geous and disgusting properties Of both.
The following article appeared in the Demo
cratic Press of yesterday evening. We re-
publish it without comment.
Communicated FIR the Democratic Pres,.1
Extract of letter from Washington, dated
lst Dec. 1911.
THE COURT MARTIAL.
"The court martial at Fredericktovn has
been in great confusion within few DAYS past
in consequence fthe unexpected appearance
of Thomas Powers, the noted Spanish a.ent.
who had been summoned from New Orleans !
as witness. On his first appearing in the
streets he was Kissed, and brow beat in court
by general WilkinsoH's party. Every indul-
gence has been shown to Wilkinson through
out the enquiry, and the court would have
closed its sittiags in a few days had not Pow
ers arrived-but the importan, testimony and
explanations he has given to the court seem
to have COMPOUNDED the generals friends.-
One document alone would hang him in anv
country but this. The facts are as follow