Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1811-08-12

prvr hf smith OF the a'fOntiAlnE
merit Of tholc productions ! The A
nerican people are now to turn fhel
attention from the meaiures of tht
! executive, examine Mr.. Smiths iet
7 tiers as they would ichool- boys ex
erc;ies, and inquire whether he real
ly penned them himielf or not
( This ito be the grand point, which
is 10 abiorb all our thoughts.
No, Mr.. Madilon = Of all your fee.
bic ichemes this IS the mott feeble
The letters in question, came from
the department. of ifate.--You
employed a man to be fure and KEEP;
hin. long time in one Of the firlt
Offices, in your gift and in the govern
ment, who found it convenient to
employ a clerk &c write Tor him
but the letters in queition pa!led
through Mr.. Smiths hands--they il
haed from his department with his
knowledge and appsobatien--he a.
dopted then as the exprelllon ofhis
own thoughts-the letters were to
all intents and purpoics his own.
Il would have been to the purpole
if Mr.. Colvin had denied that Mr..
Madifon made the ihaneful note at
the end of one of them, which Mr..
Smith in his publication, imputed to
the PreGdent; but he does not -on
the contrary, he confirms the evil
dence of MIR. Smith, on the only mar
ter Of conicquence The very point
which continued Mr.. Smiths
charge. He fays that he underltood
the note added to the letter to Tur-
reau was written by Mr.. Madifon.
ihis is the whole amount Of Mr..
Colvin's letter. But Mr.. Madifon-
& his friends at Warrington appear
to exPed the ahertion OF this clerk,
that there is 10 French influence
in the cabinet, and tina, Mr.. Smith
does not believe what he in(inuates,
will have great weight with the pub
lick. VIVA; weight viii the opinion
or the afcrtion of fuch man have
on the community "a man who
could not write this fho7t letter, d.
getted TOO for publick icrutiny, with
out committing himfelf by grois
and palpable falfehood. About the
middle of his communication he de-
clares folcmnly that the two letters
were written by him +" without any
particular direction from Mr..
omilh"-tea lines below he fays-
that " at the time of writing" one OF
them, "the letter TO Terreau") he
I" verbally remontirated sgainlt the
proceeding, in as bold a manner as
decorum would permit" Here is
man of truth for writing Of his
own accord for Mr.. Smith.-not die
tated to, by him; aud yet difputing
with Mr.. Smith about the contents d.
the letter, and writing agreeable
to Mr.. Smiths wifhes AID sgaint his
own
What group they are all to-
eether Mr.. Madifon involving his
country and himfelf in every fpecies
Of di(graoe and embarra9ment, expo
fed by man whom he had felected
among the principle itatefmen Of his
party for the high and refPonfbIe Of
nee Of Secretary of State. This Sec
Rotary Of State is so incompetent TO
his duties that he is obliged to en-
pioy a vagabond Jail bird to execute
his writing, His grateful protege'e
betrays his matters ignorance, and ia
king up the gauntlet for the Pref
dent, and calls upon the publick to
hear what he has to difclole. But
even he cannot write one fna1l para
graph without betraying his bafenefs
and his falfehood. Thefe are thy
Gods-O Columbia.-Ret~my.
Masaach~sesss.--i'hat large and res