Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-07

presidcn. approved OF lie ooHSuot q corn
dore Rogers. and HIS resolved 70 s'aoot.s,
eDaniry-rhus adopting at DICE, "a: plr
the confncdcre IS ID act Of TIE eo,cirnp
The consequence was cEerlt5bie. lit sbc,.
afterwards appear to the British scyern,e.
that The commodore was the ageIesSoT. n,
terna,iye wcu!d be ieft-the two nz,;o9y 2o,
be at war, withoct the ioiln-liiy oil pvb
declaration. To 2Yert tals--to prov oke .
eu;ry-to rouse Mr.. Madison ffom his +,
lethargv,a native American OF cZ-l,cd wc~
WHO Fad spent his whole life lii lie po,r
scrrice-and who is one or those rare ~.
who are fitted by nature 70 guide AID prcser,,
a natioH-souEds the AKIN, ard points ~,
the dangers that surround u. At length +
warning voice reaches tic gererGmert, and
court Of enquiry Is ordered. Mr.. Pickerinc,
object then being answered, he drops lie sd.
iect ard retires. 1t isBow matter sufj4G,,
and every mouth IS st.il-eyen the waicEdc,
Of fiction kaye ceased 20 bark. aEd the wE1.
nation stands In silent anxious Suspense, wan
ing the result.
At this rnoinerr a Frenctr-a'', trained =,
e in The very bosom o. desp0tisn.." WHO Id
been denounced By TIE Prbiic iu"c,cra.S /
Of three different nations. IS e.sfurt,r n
hrcce and order, man who can neither spess
Dor write our language correctly, ard who CT.
before within orr meH.oIy, I'D broke im,E
our public counssls and polluted tie tbeTnl.
cle-Thi5 man, xith restless impotence, AID
the fury Of gladLtor. steps tcr,h into TIL
midst of tie anpiiitheaire and throws down
.Ie. ~
lie opinion AID pre-judge tie case--To sup.
port his pretertios1s; be males 2 pompous|
display OF his titles, ofhces and honors-Tnes|
that were never hiS-oif!ces ti.a. he has nc:
held-and honors that lie never woref-He
summons to his cid, ell The lights Of uriveg.
sal science-He presses into his service the
civil, the maritime and the manicIPaf laws OF
all nations-He comes with treati5s. proclama.
tons, maniiestoes and huge foiios OF ancient
and modern history" news from al nations
numbering at his back''-and deficient, IN even
the rudiments of scholastic knowledge, he
who cannot WELD Latin fret.sfior,t would
fain PISS for Grotius or an Azuni.
Thus much for alr. Genet's claim 70 al
tention-His diplomatic learning and reason.
inc shalt receive notice in due season.
A NATIVE AMERICAN
t In Mr.. Gene,'s first letter to NJ. Pick.
ering, he tells Of his . Diplomatic missions at
different courts Of E1rote;' We find the same
story in his letter to Mr.. J. iierson, 18th Sept.
1898, and over and over again in his letter 10
that gentleman Of the 18th November, the
same vear-alwavs the herald Of his own fame,
he tells Mr.. Jefferson. that he was busy in
translating the American political papers OF
70 or III in the bureau of foreign affairs IN
France, under the direction of his father, al
The age Of years Wonderful hov-En ego
Ascanius after this and before he came to
this country, he says in his next letter, 8 that
he was seven years at the Aeud OF the bureau
one year at London-two 1t Vienna-one a;
Berlin-and FIVE in Russia" Here then he
has honors Of sixteen years growth in pc.
Rod of little short OF fourteen years-Sent al
over Europe between the year TT and the
year 90, and yet only II years old in the year
III" Fortuna improba sinonem vanum men
dacem que fnxit." Mr.. Jefferson did not
believe a word Of it-IYhen man is count
ing his honors, he should lever be guilty ct
Notwithstanding Marshal, in his lie Of
Washington, has cropt them all, and binding
them up in one knot lie represents him, as a
mere snb-cIerk in ore of the Inferior bureaus
of France, and afterwards a. only charge d'4t-
flares, or chief clerk to minister in Russia
And Mr.. Genet himself confesses to Mr..
Jefferson that he was expelled from Russia
driven out by order OF the empress. See
Marshall's Life Of Washington, S vol. p 4o9,
and Presiden, Washington's Message, Dec. 5,
1913, p 70, -, 81.
See Mr.. Comets first letter, where he
talks of defending our territories ter vi ct ar
mis-.
From tkr Palladium.
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