Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-11-19
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.leral Republican containing an adj
!ress 10 Governor Barbour; being |
iayselfstruek with the justice Of the
remark. satisfied Of the 'illibsrality
Of the attack the Governor has
made upon your town, in which !
have an interest and some friends.
I have to request the favor OF you
to publish il in your paper, and o.
blige . Fairfax Subscriber.
To his ErcelTcncy James Barbour,
Goperaor Of Fir5inia.
The manner in which you have
bccn pleased in your late Official mes
sage 10 notice the events which have
,aken place on the Potomac. and
especially the conduct OF the people
Of Alexandria. would have been pas
sed over with that silence. with which
inca ae,uaied by honorable motives
and proper principles, vii! ever'reat
| t'cif iefamer. did It not appearihere-
by that systematic endea,Or is
| making by the supporters of the adj
ministcation to throw the odium Of
their improvideat and objectionable
conduct upon the shoulders ofothers
Had not the pnhlic mind have been
inforn,ed upon that subject by a slate
mcnt at once full aud candid, sane
| toned by the csucurren; declaration
os AL political parties. the attempt
Of your Excelleney 60 add the weight
Of yoar name and character 10 tie
caiumry. which has been indns.ri.
| ously circulated against a yirtno
and suffering people, might have
been excused. upon the score Of pre-
judice and misinicrmaiiun. You
have. now sir. no excuse for il. but
you have awaited Yourself of the OPP
po-tunity which your high public
station a. the ciiief Of great state
offered. to become volunteer 10
aiding degraded administration.
You have. regardless Of that deco
RUS and feeling which ought to dis.
) tinsuish year station, become the
, retsiler OF the defamation which q
party has propagated against AN nm.
fortunate people. But The sanction
of public authority. however. siiall
not avail your excel'en"y; the dart
, which you have airaed al the breast
or an ianocent people. shall return 10
| rankle in your avn. The deception
!, shall be again exposed. and rosteri',
and the world shall know on whom
= the blame Of all the disgrace and
misery inflicted upon sn unprotected
capital. and its Deishoors ought to
fall.
/ Itwas 10 BIZ expected, that those
who Mere really in EAnlt. wonid seeb
10 cover their misdeecs ~ the i'm.
i plicatioo Of others. bu, il was not tc
: be expected that their mistate'nent:
]. would receive the sanction OF those
who were not immediately involved
III in their conduct.--1o volunteer in
tsupport Of misconduct. proceeding
: from official neglect. is perhaps " orse
!, Than the perpetratian OF il. because
! il adds meannsss 10 outrage.
when Mr.. Madisoncalied the n.
E tack upcn Washington /" sudden
iacursion,' and said ofshe Alexao
l drians that they (" Had inceusiGe
raieiy cast lhemselvesson The justice
and generosity ofthc riciors.'sser,
I. nan who was at all acquainted wiz
The transaction, saw through IN,
5 weak enGesyor TO cover The NEST
:, cuIpahle neglect. For mere than :
year the naval force Of the enem,
/ orcapied our waters unmciested. ant
were carrying plunder and de'as'a
ton wherever they pleased. The
: cherished object of Canadian war
fare. left us unprotected and desert
ed by The government. For some
months the British prints hadadVer
tised US that the war Was TO be pre-
secuted with greater ,igor. that We.
teran troops headed by able generals
we're coming TO assaii u, and that
eur capital would be amoag the first
s | objects OF attack. This notification,
according to yoEr message. induced
E your execllency TO take measures 70
dcfend your capital. The arrival al
troops in the Chesapeake from Der
muda, their passage up the Patuxcni
ua,e f.,efs known in time 10 have