Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-06-08


be prescribed and prosecuted BY that
house. Sir, have better hopes, nay bet.
ter certainty Of the dispositions Of the
gentlemen who sit aro1ad me.
But in truth and in fact, Mr., Richards
was neither directly nor indirectly inter.
es,ed in that paper. He was reporter
at a fixed salary; and so correct had his
department always been, bot as gen.
tleman in that house, and as reporter
of its proceedings and debates. that the
tongue even Of party violence had never
heretofore uttered complaint against
him in either capacity. 1t was equally
inpracticable and useless to give all the
.peeches ute red here at full length but
their substance, without prejudice and
wi.haut partially, he had always report
ed. In extracting speeches from other
p.oers, more on the one side than on the
other might have been published in that
pao,r. This was a matter wholly In the
discretion of the editors and for their
conauct they we're no, responsible to the
,en,le man from Maryland or to the
Speaker Of this house. Like all other
editors in these times Of party violence,
they sought to gill their columns with
sentiments in accordance with their own.
Ru, urljkc most editors. they had all
tines openly and boldly .profcssed their
principles have defended them with
6rmncss and ability never excelled, and
have been at all times ready to sealthem
win their beod But, Mr.. 6. said i'm
proper and irrelevant as all this mani.
fes,,y was, the gentleman from Mary.
land had pushed-his denunciation step
further. He had denounced the Fcde-
raj Republican newspaper as being in
Briti.s pay
Mr.. G.. repeated, that no violence OF
the gentleman from Maryland, should
seduce him to initiate ST. bad an exam
ple. But, Mr.. Speaker, .aid Mr. Il.
what is the proof IF this outrageous ca
lun,ny? Mt surely its opposition to the
measures Of admiDist alton, nor yet the
character Of its political oplnions---for in
these i, agrees with the best and the
s;s;s. "a. iots VITO ever adorned this
cspn.ry. >Mr. G said that the gentle
man had pursued different course to
attain his bIect He had introduces to
the house witness, living witness, to
establish his accusation.
And a. if miracles were never tn cease,
that witness is no other than William
Cobbe,t, man whom the poiluca!
friends of the gentleman would better
recopnizc under the name Of Peter Por-
cupinr. R;r. g. asked, how long 1t was
since this witness had become crtd'tabte
10 The opinion OF the gentleman from Ma
rylanl. And what period was he trans.
formed in.o good republican authority :
When did the accustr and the witness
ioin hands aud begin 20 walk tegsther
in po!i.al unity and peace? MIR. q, BID
supposed that republican OF the Old
School would ha' balanced long before
he would have introduced SO dangerous
A witness to sustain his charges, because
il is a maxim as we'll of common sense
IS of law. that all h swears must be re-
csiycd as true, or repudisted IS false
Mr.. G asked if the gentleman would be
hung on the first horn OF the dilemma.
Let him then travel back with me lew
Years 10 the early writings OF that poll
,ic,l rene rado, and Goblet himself shall
know all The members OF the present ad-
ministra ion, the vsriest tools and satel-
lites OF france.
Nav! Mr.. G. said, he would not an
So er isr it, but the same witness should
convict The gentleman himself Of having
been the mere creature of french i.fu-
ence. Would the gentleman then credit
or dis -re,!it his own witness Mr. u.
! /: him to choose his own alternative
But one piece Of advice he would obe'
the gentleman never to sustain another
calumny by witness SD foul, so rotten,
so dangerous.
TIC denuueiarions, said Mr.. G. OF Pc
ter Porcupine, are the strcnges p'o'ts
of worth, merit and ability. though
so when he was shooting the envenomed
ouills Of the PorcupiDe in America. l
think so nsw, that he is pouring forth the
MUDDY torrent of SANDER and talsehoed
in his native country.
Mr.. G.. said, he had presented the pc
iition, because ne believed its prayer was
reasonable because in bis opinion, the
exclusion of Mr.. Richards was hard
ship on himself, oppressive on the mi
nority, aod deeply injurious to the Pab.
lie.
II another reporter might be admitted
without convenience 10 the house
md on examination not a doubt could
remain thai he might-then this exciu'
! sion was an unnecessary hardship on the
petitioner. He understood the federal
,tenographer admitted, never attempted
70 report tebates-the minority there.
fore, were progressively deprived OF
reporter-nearly six Thousand OF the
Federal r publican newspaper were DIS