Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-07-24
From the Boston Centinel.

From the Boston CeHtlnet.
An honest and upright President can
have no secrets which he would not wish
to disclose to the people, unless a negocia-
ton is pending which is not the present
case. We are indebted to the able and
correct editors of the Salem Gazette, al
ways found in the foremost ranks OF vir-
tue and patriotism, for the remarks we are
now about to make. Mr.. Smiths case IS
not a new one. The infamous Edmund
Randolph was dismissed by Washington
for having been proved to be engaged in
a corrupt plot with the agents of France.
Randolph, true democrat, had the ef-
frontery to publish a pamphlet against
Washington, and he applied to that illus
trious man, whose uniform the demo-
Gratis most impudently and foolishly affect
to assume, to know if he should be per-
mitted to disclose certain facts which had
occurred in his official intercourse with
Washington. How did that noble and H.
lustrious man conduct? Did he, like Ma
Olson, shrink from the investigation ?
Did he upbraid or reproach Randolph
with a wish to disclose executive and off,
cial secrcts9
No.-Honesty needs no such articles.
See his reply and contrast it with that OF
the guilty Madison -
cit is not difficult" said Washington to
Mr.. Randolph, to perceive what are
your objects; but that you may have no
cause to complain of the withholding Of
any paper, however prioate or confidential,
have directed that you shall have the
inspection Of my letter of ED of July,
agreeable to your request And yo1t are
at fill liberty to publish 7cithout reserve,
any and eOery pri0ate and confidential
letter erer urote you. Nay more, eOery
7cord I ever uttered to you or in yollr pre-
sence."
Here, fellow-c citizens, read and pause.
Contrast this language and this conduct
with that of Madison ; and then ask your
selves which is the language of conscious
uirtue-Ask yourselves, whether Madi-
son, and Gerry, and Lincoln, and such de-
graded men, have right to "assune the
Umferm' of Washington, when they de-
part so much from his spirit9
LoNGEv1rY.-The following extraordi-
nary instance of longevity is given in
late German journal -
"There is now living near Polosk, on
the frontiers of Livonia, a Russian Whe
served under Gustavus Adolphus, king of
Sweden. He was present at the battle of
Pultaway in 1909, at which time he was
Sc years of age. At the age of 50 he en-
tered into a marriage state and had chill
dren. The family of this Patriarch con-
sists of 1876 individuals, who reside toge-
Their in village, which comprehends ten
houses. This old man now enjoys per-
feet state ofhealth, though now 1907
TillocA;'s Philosophical .Magasine for .NoO.
1905.
Otium cum disnitate. does
that mean said newspaper reader
in a public bar-room. Mean! answered
another, strutting with self conceit, it
means that a man has only come to dig
potatoes!
King James I. mounting horse that
was unruly, cried "The deel tax my saul,
sirrah, an We be M quiet I'll send ye to
the five hundred kings in the house O.
commons. They'll sumo tame ye."
MARK WELL.
An American of the first responsibility
in France, in letter Of 9TH May, says,
g" .adrise N.Y. friends to send no more res-
sells to France"
The truth Of the Case.
Two vessels have arrived at Providence