Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-11
FROM THE UNITED STATES, :

secrets, fo'shout a" expectation Of handli,,s .
my secret St'vice moneg
Knowing that many of our imho,lcJ ,o,.
were more In the secrets of the cabinct n'
most OF the alatipes of the middle and ..s Via.
states, and being acquainted with man L
this description who knew had been i
head quarters, thought to myself womgS
endeavor to learn what he knew abopt ,h'
views OF our rulers. In the course Of conrs"
sation my friend Cor you will see he snoL.
freely, and at this moment believe him 10 ho
nest as any man MIR. Madison advises u;,I
and perhaps as wise) told me the nres;1an,,
and his councils had to manage matters ~
well as they could in the old quav. Thai -.
system now acting upon, had been rcron,
mended by former administration, end W.,
predcated Oh the opinion that England wouM
finally have to succumb to the ruleref Fr,nca
under his powerful restrictions, on conomcrce,
and that we ought to aid him, in order 10 tro'
fitiate his favor. That hossibly Mr. JeAerso,
might have given the emperor reason 70 ev'
pect more than Mr.. Madison, however we'll
disposed, with but slender popularity, has
thought proper to venture upon, and this NAV
be the reason why he (NapoIeon) has proceed.
ed 10 violent coerei1n, by burning our yesseIs.
lmprlsoning our scamcn, &C."
Thinks admitting all tnis to be true. and
Judging of the public sentiment from the bad
success of the ioan, and the result of certain
elections, we Will provoke no war with Great
Britain at this time, and against France we
must do nothing. My acquaintance seemed,
however, to agree with me, that if equcL n,,a
sureS had been adopted against both, and sc.
r7ous preparations made for war some years
back, our rulers would have avoided their
present em6arrasSments; and he supposed
that such course might be fractcable, in
which case all parties would be so far united,
have mentioned the loan, which is now
closed every where, and could wish to know
it every man who subscribed considered Mf
ar'o7vcd object of it, and the probable manner
in which the money would be wasted-what
were the specific funds pledged for the pay.
ment of the interest. may be told there was
the faith of the government Yes, the faith
OF democratic government, which federal
one may possibly have to make good
A NATIVE AMERICAN.
A paper in this city, conducted by one Of
those patriots Of rs recently imported from
the British domnions, in speaking Of the a.
mount subscribed to the Gallatin Loan, says:
The conduct Of the federal party upon this
occasion transcends in intamy all their former
anti-American conduct. Never did they la"
bour more anxiously by day and by night, by
word and by deed, to gain an election than
they laboured to prevent the loan from hnS
Every body knows that almost the whole
sum loaned in this city was subscribed BY IT,
deralists. Their fault, therefore must consist
not Ia refusing to contribute their far proper
ton, but in heglecting to subscribe as nueAas
Mr., Galiatin wanted. Sorry to see any OF our
neighbors OFT Of humor about the matter ana
knowing that the money wanted cannot DC hSo
of the democrats, we will suggest to the ao'
mnistration mode of obtaining 1t and VIII Dc
responsible forts success. Letthemrepea Inc
embargo and non-importation acts, so as 70
give our merchants an opportunity to orinS
home their property from Great Britain ana
her colonies, and we will be answeraole lOF
their being able to obtain loan OF ten MA'''"1
in this city alone. II they cannot YET max
up their minds to part with these laVoll,'
acts, let them take good and unquest0naoi'
bills from our merchants upon their co'F''
pondents in England, and get the money nom
in any way they like best. PhlladeiPn'a
furnish such orders at par for the ~ho'e
mount required by the government
It seems dispensation of Heaven 'Da
when nation once leaves the his" 'ua
OF honor, nothing but experiences cfush Wv
ter, grinding experience, can bring aoouI
conviction When we cast a retrospect
the administration of Washington, ana Co"
trast the bold and imposing attitude 'neh :; :,
serted and maintained by our country WIN n,
present degraded and Impoverished amgusS
ter, the valedictery address OF 'r' .nne PRO.
patriot seems to breathe the spirit OF ''uo ~
phecy. Nothing was wanting 10 'i h,t ~ ncr-
ell n