Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-03-26
Boston Pailaaium.

Extracted from No. IL Of Strie'
t;.res cad Reflections or. the last ccns-
tqisn," in the Federal Republican.
" Al the approached the last election
IN New York, the administration with
30 snail sollcitade, discovered that the
rising spirit OF Federalism, and tho po'
puarity ri the opposing candidate, must
ovcrwhelm his eXcellency unless sub.
sidized with treasures almost untold.
Upon this occasion, the sju>ce gates oil
pysiiigacy were hoistcd to their be plus
ultra. Will tie good people oil the y
Staes, AID especially the sons OF the an
tent dominion, beiieye, can they believe,
that 10 ensbio gov. rnmpkins to stem
the currca. of war and public opinion,
which was setting against him at the LAST
election, and % tow him once,more into
the chair OF stale, and FOR other purpo
ses, more thar SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS of he funds "f lie u, States
were tagovE INTO his hands: So is the
l.cl, s.ssd me books o! the war depart
Iment viii prove it!
oftt,c real object Cor which thess i'm
'perse finds were thrown, 50 epportcne-
", into TIE .lands of Gov omp kins, an
iGsot wupld .hsrt!ly doubt /; but what, it
may DC asked, was the ostensibie, justi-
fable object OF rbe administration Why
to carry on the acar--sgainst the COM
mcrcial state How, sober men will ask,
could gov Tompkins, even with his u.
! sual broad c,st, have strewed, in one
yeav, $50 900? The true answer shall
he given, though every citizen of New
YatA ssgula blush his ears hot while he
reads u? D D. Tompkins, the GOV. of
the first stste IN the Union, less regard
ing the rea' svskfare of 100000 OF peo-
pie whom ne goyerns than the hotulari-
~ o. the ad1,iris,ra'ion, whose tool he
and eli tie du,ies he owed to the interest,
chsract,: a;d wetase Of the peopls of
New Y9lk i3r the da,nnisg disgrace Of
becoming ti,e pay master general, the
quartsf raster general the commissary
genetai, the forage master general, the
Wagon master general, the cater mas
ter general, tho drum purchaser general,
the fife buyer general, the run master
general, the Jump master gen. the hop
master general, the skip master general,
the fuss master gen. the fsctissirnus fac
totum ofthe war department Of the north!
IN all the complicated hustle and Cir
cumiiDgie of these Offices has the poor
governor made out to thrszu agvay, not
only the 5 100000 furnished By the ad.
ministration, butlike Johnny Gilpin, go
Jog further than he intended, has ex-
pended 8 10000 more than he bad re-
ceiysd; but whether the money Of the
state of New York, or OF his own pri-
vate fortune. time must determine.
And now, alas when poor governor
Tompkins has got rid OF all the admit
nistrations money, and 1000 dollars of
some, 6edy's else when he has become
perfectly jaded out, in acting the part of
little animal, in eager chace after his
own tail: when he sees that James Ma
dison's guarantee for his chair is not
worth rush, and that at the end oftwo
years his slide upon the inclined plane
is certain as death; when he sees the
great wigwam of democracy, with all
It's tenants overtnrning in the gale of
indignation, then, behold the affrighted
wight comes trembling, with his bush
els of vouchers, 10 the war department
for the settlement of his accounts And
here, again, alas how notifying to be
told that he must leave his grist and
call again; that the whole department,
aided by committee in congress, arm
ed with powers to send for persons and