Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-06-29

varv the true simple statemeh, Oh '"s
case. Tie resolutions reJeeteo' q
altered as to defeat the falr purpo.s
their honorable mover, the CAN i'' ~
e,,Lar information refused, and tue inier.
.nre was irresistible 1.-The mind OF h,ah
Gold not resist ia verdict OF guu1y
you'd be pronounced, against admins,
ts.ion. by the grand inquest OF 'Ie I'D
ten. Os the other hand, lei tue i!e %.
den, confront hts accuser, and oificiaiiy
dry ,he oEicia! declaration ot the DUKE
of Bassaro, ard fhe national cha'ac'e'
would he in so much retrieved, the mo-
nor OF administration IN so iaf .f"i''o'"
ed. For himself, Mr.. II. sa'd,he couio
not bc.p thinking. as an American DC
could not ,clp hoping, the French NH
rts.cr would be convicted OF WAIVED ~
.r,aod,e.s. official f;lsehoad. -Ini't
rested where. and he himseii hopeo
it could be fastened Oh Fraace. ;.
MIR. Hanson said, that Faber IN e's
u Sketches. Of The internal state o'
France" Ia book which ought to 90 IN
the hands of every citizen OF TN: ana
any other country said "that IN france
va. exhibited Tie most eXtraofo!ha'!
Di,cromenpn ever known, a moral pro-
dizzy unexamp!cd in the history OF man
tind," which Was ",he regular sys'e'
matte elaborate organization of .a!sehood
q, tho basis of government and t'e soul
OF all its public acts" Now, SIT, SAID
be, when the question is pn. whether
Ibis government will exhibit to the
world TIC evidence tosustain this decia'
ration. Il last as far as administration IS
concerned, & SO demonstrated to the world
tic fraud apl rank corruption Oh The MI
ltar, 1lospo,ism so wei! described BY the
author ncnticaed, or. tacitiy admit the
imputa,ion against the President OF ia.
wing betrayed the people and trnckled
10 trrant, there should be no division
upon the question; jealous cntirns'2s-
tic riya!:; should be displayed by the
two parties in the House lii rallyinS
round the honor OF their ows govern
men,. I, was-hnt reasonable to expect
that lew, very few, would be found hardy
enough to vote in the negative.
AS hcr'y man, l am free to confess,
said Mr. Hanson, it will be the cause CT
no great agony Of grief with me, to see
tie resolutions rejected. But love Of
Country, tue grea, and SOLE foundation OF
all public virtue, checrfully yields tie
triumph, which such vote would as
sure 10 the minority You, sir, are not
now TO be i:.fcrmed that thousands and
hundreds Of thousands Of The free and
enlightened people Of this republic,
Judging from the mysterious acts OF adj
nrnisraiion, the Constant snd (lif my
juGgmenJ 4bomiuaLie practice OF sup
pressing ,nt,r;natiop, ard curious CO.
Incidence Ia cue measures, and those OF
d i~reigu power arc firmly persuaded,
II -. rivtsted in The opinion, that The
d.stl,!ies Of ,Eis la,iDn arc directed BY a
distant band, They kccv that f,ance,
ever since her resicidal era, when The
mid and amiablc Luis va. butchcfed,
has arrogatsd and haughtiiv exercised
the right Of superseding, by code OF
her own, all the sacred and recognized
principles of The laws vi nalions--this
France Tint fawns over her prey, and
courts whom she designs to destroy;
whose annals Of perhdy, usurpation and
blood have blo!ted Inc history OF man,
and at last provoked The wrath of the
Almighty; whose arm has been made
bare TO snite the monster identified with
her crimes. This people think that
France has plundered us of our proper.
ty without ole manly effort to recover
or protect it-cramped Us in our midas
try witbou, our daring to complain a,
hr..~ assigned limits to our commerce,
and fnal'y forced u. to unite in me-.
sures for its dcsli uction--robbed us of
our honor--chained Us to the car of the
corquerUr; coerced US to shout osan-
nahs to his fame, aud iabricatc apollo
gles Tor his misiortunes--tw listed knot
about our necks, which we are told the
tyrant's sword alone can cut. viii y u
reject these resolutions, and thus con-
linn all that will be, can be, and ought
TO be though. and said touching French
influence?
There exists, said Mr.. II another and
very important reason why the majo-
rity sEouId proceed cautiously, evincing
a dc!icacy al bonor, nice senslbiiity,
on question Which is to decide upon
their pretcnsinGs 10 whatever an honest
party propcrly appreciates. In addition
TO the jntio,ation by tie Imperial prime
minister that the privations aud n.iserics
with which the country has been aiilict
, cd for the last year, have been brought
upon US by The concealment Of docu
ment which would have prevented the
war, If communicated to cengress--that
our smoking and bleeding frontier has
been visited with the most awful Gala.
| miles, through tho treachcry Of our
/ rulers; in addition to these considefa'