Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-07-03

tur,,av. sirae,i " i Fashisstos:c1" whose
author. BIZ the bye, | take to Do adown-
right AiAD-isoniaR Ihc story is In
this wise Ut appears the Pies,dcnt and
his sserst-Ty Of state have haa inls,in-
derstandins. which has eventuatet III The
dismissal or the latter that the secref--
ary Knowing the blame must rest some
.efere. and feeling himself agsrieved. has
set about clearing himself, ny publishing
the facts which have ledto this dismissal;
that the sovereign people, may Judge
between them. Now see nothing easily
on, of the way in all this. This would De
dictator heweErr. considers it partial and
unfair in YOU, Mr.. Editer, even to give
this statement a hear.rs. because the
Presidents " exalted station" renders =
repulsion iaeonyenieat-sood :! With
submission then to this oracle. | suppose
if Mr.. Madison should. by chance. hop
rsm 70 be mortal, apd possess the frah-
ties Of one. he must be supported In alb
his tricks. because-he is the President
and cannot reply This reminds me Of
a spoiled child ofmy acquaintance, when
/ was "a boy: he was the bane Of half the
Juvenile sports of our little circle and
being considered non compassionate be
alarmed dear w. this application is in-
tended for one whom, though you advo-
cate so stoutly, never perhaps spoke to
YOU in his life, unless it might be iii the
street, to tell you to get ont Of his 1cay.J
was not amenable for his conduct, and
therefore mended upon his depredations,
with IMMUNITY even though the collisi-
ons chould be never 50 insuHerablc. he
must be excused, poor thing! he is a.
" crazy child"" This scribbler asks you,
Samuel, whether you, or the federal
party generally, believe Robert Smith to
be as great a patriot as he wishes to be
thought
What a solemn sort Of an unmeaning,
indefinite, vacant kind Of a qnestion Now
Twill answer this, by proposing another
Just about as pithy.-Is the re-publishing
his pamphlet any proof that we think one
1chit more Of his patriotism now than we
ever did? and the deuce thank him for
:. laboring to corroborate the very state
ments made in the federal papers months
and years ago." There are but two ways,
truth and error ;--if he has forsaken
Madison and error, he must embrace
truth and federalism. Mister " Wash
ingtonian" asks why Mn Smith did not
disclose these facts long ago !? and then
answers himself by saying /" his ardor was
suppressed by the weight of S 5000 per an.
num."-This needs no comment--l should
have made the same answer myself. He
asks next, whether any confidence can
be placed in the statements Of man
whose patriotism is justly subject to such
suspicious ?'' Now Washa, look just
above your first coaplst, for your answer.
Why should the fedepalists not put con-
fidence in " confederation Of the rery
statementS'' made by them " months and
vears ago?'' oh! Washa, thy arguments
are conclusive Ohe're mighty deep, too. J
To be more serious. Gf l cam, / suppose
Mr.. Smith has a character to support, as
we'll as Mr.. Madison, which. if all prin-
ters were of Mister s'Washingtonian's"
opinion, could never be done through the
medium of the press, and the most popu-
lar party would be victorious, let the me-
rit of the case be where it would. This
division in the camp will no doubt have
coed effects from this inveterate ebuli-
ton, will be thrown out "secrets worth
knowing ;"-and that trite axiom will in
this case be worthy ofan acceptation that
/" when rogues fall out, honest men come
by their right"
A REAL WASHINGTONLAN.
Mr.. SMITHS PAMPHLET.