Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-03-26
,~-,IrrgsDAY MORNING, March 20.
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vay AGE AND BODY OF THE TIME
FORM AND PRESSURE.

.,ao, Henry'S {" disclosures WCIS HitSiiaoa %
.,.c,oneering trick--We find it now as.
..1 bv administration folks, that Henry dis.
.r,.ed what he did, OH the express condition
:. 10 should not reveal the names OF any
..,,s with whom he was connected III this
,ooD,ry; because, say they, Henry declared
!. would never betray the confidence those
,.rsons had reposed in him. All this is very
foe The man who acknowledged that he
,.,s;ued in his possession dispatches con6ded
n his ionor, would not betray private conf
S.cee for the world The american go
,srnu,ent have declared they know of no per-
sons connected with Henry; and the commit
Zee Of foreign relations expressly say that
sfrom the careful concealment on Henry's
rrt Of any circumstance which could lead to
the discovery and punishment of any indivi.
duGls, within the United States (jf there be
sv such who were criminally connected
With him, no distinct object zras Presented to-
he committee by his Communications, Tor the
exercise of this power with which they were
invested of sending for persons and papers"
Where, then, we ask, was the necessity for
EMPLOYING him and for what fair purpose
could his disclosures" have been intended
Surely Mr. Madison must look upon his lei
low citizens as extremely ignorant to rely en-
irely upon his ipse dixit, that Henry was en-
tayed in intrigues with the disaHeeted, for
the purpose of bringing about resistance to
The laws" The very documents brought for
ward to'prove this assertion, absolutely de-
aroy it: because Henry declares that he
could find no person of sufficient consequence
among the Federalists to intrigue with. He
was more successful, it appears, when he
turned his attention another 7vay!
There are some other circumstances rela-
I'VE to this transaction which deserve notice
Henry says, in his introductory letter to Mr..
Monroe; In making this communication TO
gco,slr, deem it incumbent on me distinctly
fad uneqaivocally to state, that / adopt no
party views; that haze not changed ANr of
ny Political opinions" SSc. Ali that we can
Know OF his political opinions, we must gather
nom MS own writings; and we have al seen
NC cohtemptuous manner in which he speak
u Mr. Madison himself, as well as of our
present form of government. Let his admi-
T'sr-psruse what he says in his tenth letter
/" craig, dated Boston, March %: "It
'0uld therefore, [says Henry be the peculiar
F''e OF Great Britain to foster divisions be-
"sen the north and south and by succeeding
0is' she may carry into effect her own pro-
~ ~ Europe, with a total disregard of the
.'s'5inent OF the democrats of this country"
''s' 'ne very time of making this disclo-
|'~s TO Mr. Monroe, he asserts that he has
h n, changed any Of his political opinions
N'un teneatis?
/. '-O'ner point worthy of consideration is
\ IN the first copy of Sir James Craig's
SS'si instructions to Henry, the former
6 shall not pretend to point out to
- mode by which you will be most likely
1pn this important Information your
puSment and the connections which you
|sps ,'e N the town Boston must be your
l.. But in the ertract from the same
l., Instructions, which for some odd rea-
L.. published also, the latter part of the !
Ia, s'ahds thus: " Your own Judgment
b.. connections you haze formed without
Ill., ~ ~dcre must be your guide
= this varia,ioas
H. j are other variations which justify |
zen ppa0n that the whole of this affair has