Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-01-27
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Mr.. Gallatin's Letter to the Commits,
ways and means is not likely to ncre,s. :
popularity There is set of men opp,r,
him who will eagerly seize upon so favo,,,
an occasion to prejudice the public a,,,.
him. Nor is the disapprobation express,
confined to the honorable Secretary: the D.
sident is not forgotten. The Baltimore W.
has the following remarks upon the subieu.
"THE BUDGET
Is given at large to-day. Notwitbsta,li
the insidous efforts of the APOSTATE SF
CRETARY to deter the United States g..
vindication of Their rights, we believe tIs s
never occurred more suspicious mome.
than the present for procuring Justice FINN
England. Should we expend even .,Ls
millions in TWO YEARS WAR t5 S
chievement of the great objects would OYER
balance all cost.
Is it good policy to retain either PREg
DENT Or secretary of the treasury in Office
more than years:
No country has more resources than SIRE
they need only be gathered or concentrated &
taken out Of the hand Of TREACHERY tn
answer every useful purpose. "-Hhg.
These are charges of no common maeni
tude, preferred against the Executive Of thu
u. States. Ifthey are not calculated to sea,
ter dissention in our public councils" We
are at loss to know what could produce
such an effect. The hint about taking ii,
government out of the hands of 7reachsra"
may be intended to prepare the America
people for the nomination of Armstrong,
Clinton, or some other exclusive republican
as our next president. In fact it has been
for some time whispered that some suchno
minatinn hns boon already decided ON byUuT
great folks at Washington, who so generous.
ly undertake to perform extra work for the
public good, without charging a cent for their
trouble. If this rumor be correct, whichh
by no means improbable, Messrs. Madison
and Gallatin must exert themselves pretty
briskly, in order to secure their posts for The
four succeeding years.
The recommendations Of the Wing, to Ii
nit the Presidential term of service to four
years, is not a novel proposition. Mr. Eppf'
pledged himself, several years ago, to otter
such an amendment to the constitution
But pledge to American freemen, we sup
pose, is by no means so sacred as pledge
to Bonaparte, which is now regarded with
such reverence. Mr.. I.ppes's amendmeni
was never brought forward: Perhaps his If
lustrious father-in-law, who was then Prea'
dent, might have convinced him, by welghY
arguments of its improperly
Every one will admire the ease with which
the Wing allows eighty millions of dollars "'
t7vo gears war. We confess, VIC should ll"'
to know upon what ground it is calcul@'"
that war will continue no ionger than tO't
precise period. Every war-partizan, at lsa''
will allow, that neither England nor fra''
had greater cause of war, than zyc have: i"F
have been fighting might and MAN, aoO',
four times as long as the period prescliU''
for the duration of our contest Engiahu H"'
conquered all the foreign possessions OF fF"n'''
many of which are Of immense value: YET ~
naparte is as naughty as ever, although Nv ;"
subdued none of the British dOmlnIonS ~.
is there at present any prospect OF Sp''r
termination of hostilities between these w.
great contending powers. Granting '''
that we should conquer Canada, does Il ~
low, as a matter of course, that the war NV
necessarily terminate with the accoDp,'
ment of that object Does the history u s.,
British nation afford the smallest gFo"n'
believing that they will yield to our o'"' -.