Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-09-22

recently ordered into service by his ex.
cellency. The rendezvous of those Of
Columbia was appointed to be at Kinder.
hook those Of Greene county at Athens
Of the seven companies ordered into
service from the county of CoIumbi,
which enrol between and 400 men, on
| ly ffy.three privates mustered, which
were marched the following mornin.
for Waterford, the place Of general rem,
devious. The officers who marched
with this fifty-three MEN. were Captain
Hayden, Lieuts. Park and Mesick, and
Ensign Evert Van Allen. Of the 6v.
companies ordered into the same service
from the county Of Greene, we under.
stand that only about so were mustered
and marched. Now, if the people, and
the Lord too, as the advocates Of thi,
war will have it, are with MIR Madison
| in this war, il is really uDaccountable
that they should turn such a deaf ear 10
his cries for help, when the country is
in such danger as is pretended. Tho
drafted conscripts have not yet received
their orders to march. Whether his ex.
cellency has spared them, for fear of 10.
creasing among the people hostility to
the war, or for some other reason is best
known to his excellency himself.
As to the political cha acter OF the Sc.
veral companies that have been ordered
iato service, with the exception Of the
one in this city, we understand that they
are composed of nearly All equal proper
ton from both political parties. The
one in this city enrolled between 40 ard
so men; of whom one only processes to
be democrat and an advocate of this
war and to exempt him from march
to the frontiers and also from the penal.
ty of fine for refusing to go, his friends
interested themselves 10 procure for him
under the new Marshal Of this state, the
appointment of deputy marshal and was
sworn into Office on Friday last, the day
after that appointed for him to muster
and march for the frontiers. Here isa
specimen Of the pains taken by the noisy
advocates for war in this city to scEen
some Of their party from the dangers and
penalties Of the CONSUMPTION but if a
federalist refuses to 90 and dares the PEE
nalty, he is branded with the epithet of
traitor and tory; and if it so happens that
a mechanic or labourer is drafted under
the conscription, who has heretofore
been considered democrat, who has no
other means of supporting family but
by his labor. and he begins to complain
of the hardship of his case, they immc'
diateIy appeal to his patriotism; and I'LL
his ears, to excite his passions, with la
bricated stories of the baIbarity of the
enemy. But where is the patriotism OF
these men who entrench themselves and
their friends behind the fat Offices of go.
vernmebt, land when nothing else will do,
petition the Governor to excuse them
20, say they, it is not expected that the
gentlemen of their party are going to
take the field; it is enough for them to
encourage the war, BY talking in favor
of it; it is the hardy laborious man, who
gets his living by the sweat of his brow,
that must 60 and fight. Yes, yes, my
good friends and advocates of this war
but OF what use to him, will be the pa
triotism as you call it, of this labouring
man who marches to the frontiers and
exposes himself to the fa,igues and dis.
eases of a winter campaign, if he should
return with broken constitution and in
sickness and distress Will his patrio.
tism repair his constitution Will it pay
his doctors bill Twill it buy food
and clothing for his wife and children
Or will it any way assuage the poignancy
OF his feelings on his return 20 see those
grown tat with much feedipg," who
like him were the subjects of this draft,
but who, because, they had friends Ito
procure civil appointments for them, or
had friends who basked in executive ia.
YOUR, were enabled to avoid the distress
and fatigue that has reduced him to
wret chedness Twill he not say to
himself, that he too, might as well have
s,aid at home, and been content with the
Indebtedness which the fse of govern.
ment would have imposed, as to have
gone to the frontiers and there soughta
degree of wretchedness, which not only
mocks his patriotism, but is otherwise
incapable of all alienation !!
We know that it is expected by many,
that we will take some particular notice
ofthe recent appointment of deputy mar
shall, with an eye to the outrageous tor
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on the part OF the young man appointed:
but we cannot conceive that the csnse'
quence Of the young man entities him to
any such distinction nor do we think
that his appointment ought TO excite the
establishment Of any one, when it is re-
collected, how other men have recon.
mended themselves to the patronage OF
government. and when it is known, that
the enquiries with the administrators OF