Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-23


president might deem nccessat,s as the
ing as aforesaid, ard the securiIy Of !. oo'aAi'
ritory." wax Ter,
The provisions OF this act, ana sn,.
events deserve consideration. And f l's0'
how was the president to obtain n,ssl,a u'''-,
East Florida " BY AN arrancement , astoh Q!
local authority thereof" And what cnns s,; ne
ed that " local authority p The cnani ,i''uV
vernon and other officers. And whv .,,ao So
an arrangement with those Snss:s lS' up
GERS The president and congress kncwT v'A'
the sovereign to4oer Of Shqm alone conld , tu"
FULLY make an arrangement" for Transform,
the possession of the province to the UnasS
States. What sort of an arrangements, :" ,tsS
could be made with The governor and oIs Nv"
officers OF Last Florida There could bc hu,
one--and that one could be accomplished ~
ly by the voluntary treason of those off,.
of which the president was to take adyantaoa
OR by his employing our agent to aedrS.
them from their aHegiunce, and by cr,ub,;o.l
tempt them to become traitors to their Conn.,
try. And from the statement | am low NH
ing, such will appear to have been the deEheI
rate plan of the " virtuous and amable Nh
olson - Ofthe same man who in his late nee
sage TO congress, communicating the paper,
delivered him by John Henry, affected 10 he
deeply wounded by An act Of general Graf,
the British governor of Canada, in sendino
Henry 10 Boston to learn, if there be aEy truth
III his story, what was the situation of publ;,
affairs, and the strength and plans of parties
at time when the country was groaninp IN.
der the oppression of Mr.. Jefferson's PREACHER.
Gus and ruinous embargo Mr.. Madison could
then warmly declaim on this intermeddine ola
British governor, insinuating too, that Henry
was the " secret agent" of the British govern.
men,; al hough it doesnot appear by the papers
themselves, that Henry was employed by 90.
vernon Craig with the knowledge of his g9.
vernment--W With the like baseness and with
the absolute want of truth, Mr. Madison saws,
that Henry was employed in fomenting dis.
affection to the constituted authorities of the
nation, and in intrigues with the disafected,
for the purpose of bringing about resistance
to the laws, and eventually, in concert with
British force, ofdestroying the union" But
there is nothing in Henry's papers to warrant
this accusation. Henry says he did not open
his lips to a single person on the subject Of
his mission. OF course he did not I" foment
disaffcction to the constituted authorizes Of
the nation,' nor form any intri9ues with the
disaffected" 1t is vile SANDER on he re.
spectacle federal inhabitants of Boston, whom
Mr.. Madison meant to designate by the term
" diSaffected." And why should MIR Madl.
son in a formal communication 10 congress
utter this base Islander ?-The important cleo
tons in Massachusetts were approaching
His message was short and wonld be read by
thousands while Hcary's documents were
Tong and would be read but by .ft7V And stl!
fewer were likely to read them with the atten'
ton requisite to detect Mr. Madison's mlSre'
presentations.
But to return to Fast Florida. The British
minister at Washington, Mr.. Foster, on the
5th Of September last, stated to Mr.. Monroe,
Secretary of State, his information received
from The Spanish minister in Philadelphia
that Governor Mathews Of Georgia was on
the frontiers Of East Florida E" Tor the put'
pose of treating with the Inhabitants OF tI%
province, for its being deliverd up to the "
States government; that he was win '"is
view using every method of seduction TO CT
feet lis purpose offering to each white lnl'a;
bitant who would side with him 50 acres 0,
land, and the guarantee of his religion ana
properly; stipulating also that the American c
government would pay the debts OF the oPa.
nish government whether due IN pensions u
otherwise; and that the soldiers OF the S''n;,
sons TO be conveyed to such places as slo l.
be indicated, provided they did not Ta;aoi
choose to enter into the service of the Ohl;sb
States" These terms held out to the spans"
subjects of Florida have on the face o. 'ni in.
the stamp Of public authority. A private . "a
dividual, for his own private purposes ~| S.s
neverhave dreamed of making such 0Ser'u'..
Mr.. Foster adds" After the solemn ASST
rations which you gave me in the month month"; o.
July that no intentions hostile to the oP, rnur
interest in Florida existed on the part OF !oa.
Government. am wholly unable to snPp0'o