Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-06-29

Ilieye Robert Smith to be as great a pa.
|uiot as lie wishes to be thought? know
YOU NAV be pleased to find that he is la
boring to coroborate the very statemxnts
made in the Federal papers months ana
years ago, when
ain ev'ry ear incessant rumors rung,
"Ahd gath'rng scandals grew Oh ev'ry
! tongue -
But if the accounts published by Mr..
Smith are correct, why did he not dis
close them beforeq If Mr.. Madison has
in fact betrayed his trust, if he is such
an enemy TO his country, such Guibbler,
such a, dupe, as Mr.. Smith wishes to make
ont, Why did not the latter proclaim it to
the nation long ago. Why did he suffer
those very rumors to be contradicted,
which he himself is now endeavoring to
establish? What must be thought of the
man who could look quietly on, and see
the honor of his country, as he says, le-
yelled in tEe dust !? Did none of these
warm feelings animate his bosom at that
time? Alas, no! his ardor was suppress
ed by the weight of $4,000 per annum.
Bat no sooner did he hear that his COM
pany could be disnensed with, that the dar-
ling salary was about to vanish, than his
fervor burst into fiame-than his breast
| is almost consumed with the glow of pa
triotism :
call at once It's fr'd,
"Not toach'd, but rapt; not zcaken'd,
but inspir'd."
You will say, perhaps, it is better late
than Meier that he has turned states evil
dence but l should like to know whether
any confidence can be placed in the state
ments ola man whose patriotism is justly
subject to such suspicious? Are we not
rather to infer that he is actuated by dis
appointment, personal malice, orambiticni
And how easy is it for Mr.. Smith to make
unfounded assertions, to publish garbled
accounts of conversations and dispatches,
which no person can contradict except
those who will not descend to the task
This the ex-Secretary knows behind this
shield he feels secure and, therefore,
like another Indian, he levels bis arrows
without fear of retaliation.
There is one thing, Sir, which is evil
dent from Mr.. Smiths own showing; and
that is, that if Mr.. Smiths advice had
been followed, this country would long
| ago have been involved in war; for he
| accuses Mr.. Madison Of half way mea-
sures, both with regard to England and
France. The Federalists, as l under
stand, are anxious to avoid war with a
ny nation, if it can be avoided. Surely
they must rejoice that the. views of this
hot-headed politician were defeated and
so terrible a calamity ayerted, by any
means.
For Mr.. Smith to endeavor to fix the
charge OF French influence on the Presi-
dent, is truly as laughable as his high
seasoned compliments to himself. Has
lie forgotten French Douceurs OF '9S and
'99 /? q? is he or Mr.. Madison the nearest
relation TO Napoleon ?-Should certain
ioiAs feel disposed to answer MIR. Smiths
pamphlet. they can " tale unfold,
which wiu
:. Maze each particular hair to stand
an end,
i" Like quills upon the .tre!ful porcu-
pine"
A WAsHINGTONIAN.
Conclusion of an article in Thursdays
Intelligencer:
{" If the government acquits itself to
| the Just claims Of a virtuous and well in
| formed people, and the belligerents, or
either of them, should still adhere to their
obnoxious edicts, an appeal will be made
to the wisdom of the Congress and Of the
| nation at the next session, enlightened, as
| we shall be, by past experience and inter-
vening events
NETWORK, June Is.
On Sunday afternoon, arrived off San
dv Hook. the British slOep of war Sap