Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-07-03
WEDNESDAY MORNING, july 5
JANIS i. M'KENNA was on Monday
last chosen Cashier of the Bank Of Alex
andria, in the place Of Gurden Chaplin,
Esq. deceased.
From the National LuteAigencer.

in the form of pamphlet, as we'll as in most
OF the newspapers in opposition to the go
pernment, and perhaps in some of different
character 1t is now some weeks since it was
exultingly announced by federal prints that
attack on Mr. Madison" We had hattered
ourselves that the Conductors of these jour
nails had suffered their hopes of discord to de-
ceive them, and that regard for his own re-
putation and feelings, if not for the public
good, would have withheld the threatened
publication Of Mr.. Smith. But the appear
ance of his address has dissipated hopes so
nationally entertained, and given birth to feel
ings painful in proportion to the regret we
feel at being irresistibly impelled by every
consideration of principle, to express senti-
meats, in relation to its author, very different
from those we have been disposed to entertain.
The publication in question is highly repre-
hensible i'll variety of respects, as shame
full breach Of official and personal confidence
as an underhand insidious recurrence to cir
cutnstances in which he cannot be chastised
by contradiction, the facts being known only
to the party attacked whose official station
forblds reply even for the refutation Of ca
lumny as a malignant though feeble attempt
to pull down the government and constitution
which he was bound by every tie of honor and
honesty to support. We here present to our
readers the pamphlet complete, and in our
next number we shall follow it with some
structures. In this task we shall however
confine ourselves to a single review of the
document itself We shall pry into no Office
secrets to test the truth or detect the f;lsity
of any OF. its statements !; we shall not ask
from the President any facts within his know
ledge since he certainly would not stoop to
inpart them for the sake of repelling a pitt
full assault OH his personal char acter. No,
we will not even strip the recreant production
of this cloak, too scant indeed to hide its de-
lormity. We take the publication into our
closet and dwell only on its inherent charac-
ter, expose its nefarious principles and notice
lis glaring absurdities:
There follows MFR. Smiths publication
BY the above article it appears that
Mr.. Smith will not escape unnoticed.
Feeling perfectly impartial in the bust
ness, we shall duly attend to any refuta-
ton of the charges alledged against Mr..
Madison, by that distinguished CITIZEN"
the late "illustrious Secretary" 1t was
our resolution at first, to which we shall
adhere, that we would smoothing extern
uate, nor set down aught in malice :"
We wish to give our readers fair ac-
count Of this ministerial sc falling off,"
we are anxious to let our fellow citizens
know 1oho are the deceivers, and 7cho haze
been dsceiped. What the Intelligencer
means by saying that Mr.. Smiths pam
phlet has been published Gin most of the
newspapers, in opposition to the govern
ment, and perhaps in some of different
character" is not easily explained; be-
cause the Baltimore Wing was the first
to announce this pamphlet. and to ex-
tract from it the Aurora has followed
the example and even the Intelligencer
has now inserted the pamphlet at full
length, in one publication and yet We
never understood that either Of these gen.
tIemen were in "opposition to the go
vernment."
The brig Junius, Capt. Anderson, arri-
we'd at Philadelphia on Sunday evening
last, in 80 days from Cadiz, bringing an
official account of the defeat Of marshal
soult, on the 10th of May, by tho allied
armies, Soult is stated to have lost at least
1000 men: the loss on the other side is not
mentioned. The battle, however, was
very bloody; and the British troops are
said to have behaved with great gallan
try. II
An arrival at N. York from .Oporto,
brings confrmation Of the account of
the defeat Of the French under Bessiercs..
g The saetisa lasted the whole day at
night beth parties rested on their own