Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-01-31
I, ,...s;,u measures which

on pr0p0'''0 ..,,,tary and necessary. BY
ppsars0 : :. ii was in his power to have
ush p'v nIc,ely on the President the re-
brown -. 49, 6 having rejected the profered
ponsl0lr But Mr.. Giles is net0rlously
when he inputes to The late rsss a@n
%r0oS' ;,;o, TO exercise his almost omnl-
~ lnu''p e,,snce over Congress to maintain
Pote''1 :" he f,yorise warfare against Brl-s
>Dd cur, =, I'D not abandon the embargo TIL
81 ''ln, . :. compelled him to do IT. 1t
par : J, favor and relieve MIR. Gallasln, out
"a :. ne nation from civil convalslon' that
..lv and periodically relinqulslhled his Ia
~ w. If coercion-whent the self-de-
Il. md patience Of the people displayed 2 IS
!. ..,rcs 10 support it. It was not then the
.t,rt Of MIR. Gallatin that the Embargo 'falled
~ -. hov many laws were passed to enforce
and all on information from the head o. the
Il -, hnt because the nation was sick OF It.
...ooc
,.gsrson Welded to the public feeling &
,.ndoned it. Had Mr. Giles looked further
Nh, he would have traced the cause Of our
3 n,sssnl psrils and difficulties to remo'er
.ce He would have found it in the con-
s,snptuOus rejection of that treaty. 50 wisely
...oc;ated by Mr.. Monroe, and so patrlotlcal-
!, concluded BY him and Mr.. Pinkney with
10 British government. The rejection oil
& ,b,, treaty, the responsibility of which act Mr.
Jefferson has boldly taken to himself, has been
,he fruitful source of ali the evils, which we
have suffered from embargoes and non-import-
atom acts, and may soon suffer from var
Whether Mr.. Gallatin and Mr.. Giles or Ell
,her were consulted by the President-whe-
,ber both or either advised the rejection of
that treaty, it is impossible for us to ascertain.
However the rejection seems to be approved
by Mr. Giles, as he attaches 10 censure on the
President therefor. He biames him only for too
great tenderness for the feelings and reputa,
ton of Mr. Gallatin. And he has selected
Mr.. Galatin as the scape-goat to bear the, sins
Of the President and of Congress. Perhaps
he has made wise selection andif ne shall
contrive that Mr.. Gallatin shall bear them off
to the western wilderness, so that the nation
suffer no i'll therefrom he will be entitled to
universal praise and thanksfuiness. But it
belongs MOTTO us in these days, by the sacri-
fee of a goat-~eyen of a great and eminent CT
tizen, to escape those cala,nities which are
the Just penalty of our follies. And perhaps
oIallthe late actors in the public drama, Mir.
Gallatin is least to be blamed for the present
impotent condition OF the nation. His finan-
cial reports in the days of prosperity have
looked to times OF war s. danger. He telt the
necessity of great national banking establish
ment, to AID the nation in difficulties, with its
loans-to facilitate the collection Of the reve-
nue., and the general fiscal operations of an ex,.
'enslve empire. In due time he recommend
ca TO Congress such an establishment, by en-
@'SlnS that already in existence, with means
commensurate to the future wants of our vast
anu increasing territory. But the prevailing
ueS're to lessen the great fame of Hamilton,
7" 'arHsh the lestre Of Washington, 70 build
=" uls runs OF their policy transient, gilt
'e'inS and ephemeral name, produced course
u measures, which have terminated in our
present hscal decripitude. When every COM
''e'elal town requires one or more banks TO
'u Tue Transactions of their commerce, the
'''' rulers OF the nation have rejected the a.
Sency OF SO important an establishment in the
Ser'enf OFT the great concerns Of the ma