Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-08-02

In nv first address ! anticipated the
scurrility against me with which the vehi-
cles of SANDER and falsehOod have since
teemed. And ifin giving you some traits
of the characters Of your rulers Tor the
last ten wears, and Of the leaders OF de-
m ,craey, my sole Or primary view had
be N to hold them up as subjects OF scorn
AL CONTEMPT, their unprineipled advo-
cats might, with at least - the plausible
an ,earance Ola probability" have ascrib-
ed il to unjustifable resentment Or ma
lice. But apart from the public mischieis.
the deep injuries brought upon our coun
fry by the misconduct Of these m"n. they
would not have attracted so much OF my
attention as to have drawn from me sin.
PIE expression Of reproach or censure, -
IL their Encouragement OF public affairs
con!d have been ascribed TO weakness,
then eommisseration and regret that thcs'
had been entrusted to incompetent hands.
would alone have been expressed. Bu'
they have been held up to your view a
men of enlightened minds. and your two
Presidents particularly as political ium'-
narics of the first magnitude. and patri
OTIS of the purest order. Hence they have
received your implicit and unbounded con
fdeace. And hence the evils which op-
press the country. And hence the neces
ssity of exhibiting these men in their true
characters to convince you that they were
never entitled to your confidence: and that
this must be withdrawn. or the country.
even now on the edge of a precipiee. will
he plunsed into an abys of ruin. viii
therefore Draceed in my work regard
less Of ealumny. and OF all the personal
consequences Of determined opposition
10 fraud. deception and treachery where
ever they appear. and TO that baseness OF
fear and serviiity which. in rulers. may
be equally fatal to the liberties AMI indie
incidence ofour c0unt,y. The subject OF
the following a,l.Iress will be
President .NaGjsnm's SslbSerUiency to
E"Gnre.
AT the close Of my last address l re,
marked. that Tie subseryiency of our I'll
l.rs 70 the views of France. of which /
had indeed given annie proofs. was as i
respected .iir. Madison in particular no"
confirmed by MIR. Smith, late secretary oi
state. in the pamphlet he had just Dab
lished in vindicatiOn OF his resignation.
Tbis attachment and devotion of 1r. Ma
6isan TO France are OF ancient date. The
French minister in philadelphia. in the
last years of our revolutionary war. had
acquired such an ascendency in Congress
(ofwhieh HIr. Madison was then mem
herr as almost to dictate the resolutions
they should adopt, so far as they were
peculiarly interesting to France. 1t was
this Preach influence in Congress which
procured the dissraceful instructions to
our ministers, Messrs. Adams. Franklin
and Jaw. to make the most candid and con
6dential communications upon all subjects
TO the ministers OF our generous ally the
King of France. to undertake nothing in
the negotiations for peace or truce, With
ont their knowledge and concurrence. and
ultimately to g0rern themselves by their dd
cice and opinion? From the Fatal con,
SEQUENCES OF this absolute Submission to
@be French court, the United States were
saved by the penetration. wisdom iafiexi.
Bile integrity end patriotism of MIR. jay
For DR.. Franklin was disposed to be so.
yerned by the Instructions; and MIR. A.
dams was in Holland. until after the basis
nc the treaty OK aeaee between the United
States and Great Britain. had been form
cd nv MIR. Jay with the British ministe'
Mr.. Oswald. HIVE formerly mentione'
that when Mr.. Adams arrived in Paris
he heartily oo-oasratsd with MIR. Jay
DIR. Fran.s!;i also had previously concur
red wi,hMr. Jay--aftcr the tier refusing
to degrade himself and his country b,
plaenis both IN the power OF the fFene'
minister had induced the British govern
ment to send Mr.. OSWALD new commits
sion empowering him to treat with US, no