Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-12


~ contradicted, no doubt would, OF
could have remained, as to the truth or
calsehood of the charge. But, oy a
strange fatality, every act OF tue exeeu
i've. anG of his ministers and agents, has
tended strongly to confirm Its truth
Did Mr.. Barlow contradict 1t NO nc
simply declared, that he =" never before
had heard" of the decree-Has Mr..
Russell, the predecessor" of Mr.. Bar
low, ever publicly denied it' No; ne
has been vel con,ented, that his hsnor
should remain sligmatised by the oiacS
accusation.
And what has been the conduct OF
the executive? The session OF con
press in which ths war WAS declared.
did not terminate until the 9Th st july
Mr.. Barlow received the decree on the
le,h of May preceding. Or Course
unless there was uncommon delay, u
must have been received by the execu-
tive while congress. was in session -
Why was it concealed from them =
Was it feared thai, even then, it con-
vinsed of the pertiay of france, The
falsebood Of the proclamation, and the
error Of all their own acts tcnnded On
that proclamation, they would provide a
remedy for all tAeir errors, ant pretenl
the war! Was it feared that, even
then, the banquet of blood nigh. be re.
fused to the guests, whose knives were
sharpened and whose appetitcs were lin.
Fortunate for the barbarouS feast =
Locked up IN the bosom Of the execu-
| i've, il did remain, until C esress aeais
net, in the succeeding November
| rnen surely the foul accusation was
! communicated to the representatives OF
the people then surely. the feelings OF
w',u'ided hono', of Indignant limos ence,
,rna-,lng uader false imputation of guilt,
| Quest fnr.h N tones of denial, reproach,
! aud reseatmen, 81 feel degraded as an
! \ ne,lca +, when am forced to answer
, NO It'll the infamous imputation Is
concealed from the American people
! from the representatives oi the people,
the peculiar guardians of their interests
and their honor And never until on
,hy 81 of March, the very !asr day, and
A!mos, the last hour Of the session, was
it dragged from It's conceaimsnt, by
resolution of this house
Even then, not word IT denial, not
| a whisper OF innocence, not mu:mnr
OF resentment is heard-!t the subject
! i. permitted to rest In its present mys
tery, by every rule of evidence and OF
! common sense, what must DC the inter-
ence What the decision ct the word
! uoon the conduct Of the President -
GUILTY. GUILTY, will be the universal
verdict-And not man will exist WITH
out this nation, who will doubt the JUS
tice of the verdict
We are asked, if the infamous duke
Of Bassano," the author Of the charge,
is competent to excite a suspicion d.
gainst our executive? Mr. Speaker,
this minister is the Official organ OF the
Emperor he occupies the same Office
as did the Duke Of Cadore, when he
wrote the famou. letter Of August 5;h,
1910. The executive then recognize"
the act of the minister as the act OF the
government. BY what article OF logic
shall he now be permitted, when his owe
character is involved, to escape the rule
which he then established?
In this condition, is this dark subject
now placed The foul aecu.ation has
been made, officially made, by the go
vernment Of Frsnce. BY every motive
If policy, If honor, Of truth, the exccu.
tive was bound to stamp fsIsehood on
tie infamcas charge, and indignantly to
hurl Il back upon the Imperial Gallup
Dia,or This honorable and vlrtuou.
course he nas not pursued. Let Us now,
as the guardians OF American truth aud
10 or, DEMAND il at his hands.
But member from Tennessee (Mr.
Rhea) has justified the President in not
denying the accusati' n, or resenting the
insult. 1t might, he has told US, obstruct
our negotiations and injure our interests
in Frsnce--in other words, the Tyrant
might resent our attempts 10 yindicate
our honor.
Mr.. Speaker, have we arrived at that
degenerate age of our republic. VIXEN q
representative of the people dare adj
vance such slayish doctrines on th!.
floor? What, sir, will you truckle to
France to obtain justice? Will you,
like the crouching spaniel, patiently en-
dure the whips and scorns of an outra
geous Tyrant, lest he should frown upon
you?
o my country! if such is truly your
degraded condition, mock the world no
more with your vain boasts Of trsedom!!
If, to avoid the resentment and iDjus-
tice of tyrant, you must smile at In
suit. and become familiar with di.honor,
tear in atoms your instrument OF inde-
pendenee, strike the proud Eagle from