Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-12-19

the whole state, aud appealed to the su-
neriar h7nor OF the saysges +! WHIST tho
he have abused the mos, worthy and be-
losed among the citizens, & the braves,
and most skiIiul of American Soldiers!
What though he have disgtaeed the adj
ministration ADD the war department
past redemption what though he have
raised the pride and hopes OF such of
our honest yeolBanry in the West. as
think highly Of offensive war, and have
left iaeir homes to join political and
warlike leader aud friend in his career of
glory, and nav have left their laurels
"ungathered," and gathered for them
instead " plentiful harvest of disap-
p,intment and disgrace !" what though
ir have degraded the profession of arms
and Disguised whole army!-Shal! the
annals Of our country be stained with
any dreadful and abhorrent outrage on
tie person Of commander by his own
frees, even If he be q coward, or any
Thing else sh',rt of an open, undisgpised
traitor Forbid it Heaven Forbid i;
every honorable, feeling of respect Gg
laws and for saiutasy subordination -
Bat knowing the uncontrolled and al
most uncomfortable Indignation of I'M
cultivated or unpublished hnt exaspeTatcd
and disappointed people in arms, Cart
not BIZ, trcmble iur the result.
S. You viii not thisk this the eif"Cl
either 81 gloom or superstition, ! trGs;,
when further add, that MIR. Col. otGen>
Peter B. Porter, whom Smyth had ap-
pointed to Tad the Proclamation Volnn-
tccrs, addressed the dismissed volunteers
OF the subject, throwing out veTy hard
:hi3gs against Smyth, and acknowledge
ing OF asserting, that be, Smyth, lad
5uhg tyoued hirnself a cozvard, Porter
is said 20 be behind few or ncne, In his
crimIn.tion If Smy,h-G frstfy iaar 'ru-
~ who perhaps would have loved one
asciher still, and enjoyed the Gyar 5cNs!
snu, y together, had not Smyth taken Il
into his head that the army MAS not sup
piled according tn contract; a"d there
fore proceeded TO buy in provisions all
about the country at the ensrm1ua fTcr
Of dollars per bushcl fer wheat III On
trio and Gennessee, aud other things
dsar IT, proportion; by which procedure
Porter ia, TO pay The government VA
the Gcn. gives, and. receives from &C.
ycrpmsnt only at the rate OF 20 cents per
ration. Although the price S@yth
gives should make tire cost five times
that sum. This is like to reduce Mr.
P B Poytei'a fra6!s OF this campalgA
fee thousand dollars, aud some say l:
will leave him in the iurch al last ).
Mr.. Porter undoubtedly noz9 has
poor opinioa sf S.nyth, tnaush by let
ter he wrote some weeks ago to Escort
Smyth's frs proclamation, 1t would
seem he shcn thought Sn,yth valiant
man as ever was starChsd up III Buck
ram,
9. Yet, after all this, it is reported b.
the electioDeerms runners Tor The war
candidates at our next Elsction--that
Forts Erie, George and Queenstowo, are
all taken by Smyth; nay, there are even
handbills out in remote counties, an-
pouncins that (al;huush Smyth Is yet at
BuEaloe, which they know the country
people will hear is the casey tie GsA
has still taken Canada; that that II the
reason why be did not let the asm! 80
oy%-; for the British seat over white
.Rae and formally surrendered ali the
country for leo rHilcs TO Smy;h, II he
would not iuya;ls il; and to gave colour
20 this she:u@fui and puerile electloneer-
iag rick, 1t j. stated in some papers that
a flag of truce was sent over TO Gen.
Smith on Monday, &c. &c. though tho'e
whs write ftom the spot say nothlnS OF
such ,h;ug, nor DO any genliemcn from
the West knSN Al. thing OF It.
10 And what Will snow still clearer
the dreadful state ii OIL" country under
a war SO conG' ., ID is, the iact that the
printer and editor cf the only paper IN
Buffalo is rssfrGit ed from pahiishlhg a
NJ thing but .hat Sn'ti Or h 'mflri-
nqeur approved FMS the editor has
Occurred to some friend, who inquired
the REASON OF tie non-sppearance OF
.owc things, and the total want OF re-
marks on the passing even's-he sad
he could no, have preserved MS ists Il
he had not submitted j.! This accounts
for the cramp AID lame, paragraphs To
der the editorial mead of chat Gazette, *
for the IFS, ands, perhapses, SIC which
accompany every partial statement or
piece of news. So what could not be
dong in Baltimore, has been effected in
BnGaIo Yet we are told there is no
e.agsr to BE- apprehended tron armies
eo,nmdsded by men moro hostile 10 the
principles OF rational liberty and lew,
,l.an the eneny IL is pretended tue army
rs 70 oppose
Dc-amgSr I'm 1912.