Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-05-31
FRIDAY MORNING, HAr 81.

The Democratic Warfare is carried Oh
with vigor BY the Riehmond Enquirer.
re now introduces ii in this way:
POLITICAL pLEAD.Nus!!!
SMITH IS. MADISON.
Cow,ssl FOR The Observation-Disclosures"
Speaking of Messrs. Saith and Nadi-
son, the Enquirer says:
The one lost the department OF state
au;i the otter lost; SECRETARY OF StGte.
';'ae aae last ,ha. which cannot De 30 easi-
" rsylaced-aaa TIN, other lost that which
NAV be more readily supplied. Nh. Smith
is saieg for damages Tor the less OF a
place and the otner is dragged INTO
oc;;ft. without even an attempt to utter a
word IN his behalf; or without having re-
faiusd or authorised 9 single advocate TO
defend his cause"
We doubt whether colonel Duane viii
allow that TIC efforts of the Enquirer arc
al graz uitous-that so diiigent an adyc-
cate lGbors without fee; especially as
he has been charged BY the latter with
beng actuatei by muca more powerful
motives than the mere lore IT .jHstice.
The AURORA says the Enquirer,
/" is at a loss to sec how We can wound
the feelings of Mr.. s.n;th, after having
expressed reluctance to Wouna those Oh
amy man. We hid supposed that very
small share OF con,mCn sense would have
been sufficient to have understood the re-
mark" Here is another direct attack OH
MIR. Duane's understanding an attack
which can least Of all be brooked by
those wAo nsost merit it. We see he does
not even allow the colonel small share
OF common sense
The Enquirer again ru5s the Colonel
on the score Of Office huating, and says
that :. he uoiH pledge himself, if the E
ditor of the Aurora will also pledge him
self, neither to ask nor to accept from the
present or any future president, any Oh
fee or commission whatever" With sub
mission, we thought the Editor OF the
Enquirer had pledged himself to this CT
feet we rec0llect he expressed hope,
that whenever he shonld solicit or accept
an Office, IS his press might forever lese
the confidence Of his country" He cer-
tainly said SO and we Published it as an
instance Of democratic tisinterestedness
so rare and praisewortiy, as to be almost
incredible. But perhaps it has been hint
ed to him by some kind friend, that the
declaration was rcsh'and unnecessary, as
the nation might require his services in
some shape or other; ard 50 he has
deemed il more prudent to mako the pro-
mise conditional, like the repeal OF Bo-
naDarte's DEGREES Be this as it may, 1t is
to lie hoped that col. Duane viii not give
the stipulated pledge because it would
be pretty affair indeed, il the country
should be forever deprived Of the splen
did talents OF, two such distinguished cl-
items Who knows how soon we may
want a Secretary Of State, or Com
mander in Chief?
The Wing contains long letter from
Baton Rouge, complaining OF the arrest
Of Coils. Gushing and Pike, as stated in
Yesterdays Gazette. The letter abuses
General Hampton most Gereeiy, calls him
." Yazoo swindlcr," ard asserts that
t" Lieut.. col. Pike was arrested, nobody
knows Cor what, unless to remove h,m
from the Court Martial which IS to Try
col. Gushing. Of which he was NOM
bc:,'' Sc. Sc. Abiding 20 Gen. Hamp-