Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-04-09

pet h discrimih,e. Ii is enough for my
my lose, thass the go ernmcnt VIII en-
ploy agents, who deserve not to DO en-
irustad
aa.dn, look sir, a, the two campaigns
alrea- ( past, and re4d the future ioIluns
Of the sr,sy; anA-sr. the more perfectly
10 updcr,.s9 \ w sAss been done,
point you to III Hsse F~ssa thu war OIL
fce. containing &c IL - g:evTrespon'
deuce OF your geDerais That Pampla.et
alone, is sufficient salap!e 20 .how the
total want ,.of arrangement, system OF
concert. Tine viii not permit Use TO
canine its contents; but take It 10
mass AID i, proves how badly every cps-
ration was contriysd, how wretcheoiy
executed. and the jealousiss, feuds ana
Standardization of tho officers. Ger.
wilkinson attributes to the dlsobedience'
Of G enera! Hampton, the failure Ct cap
turing Mont, cal, and in the same letter
s, rvs that there could be pc necessity
for Isis aid, as he expressly Mates, MAT
six huudJed men Only, naHqed thai CITY,
while GsnsrI " akinsoD' army exceed
ed ave thousand elective men.
am no Judge sir, ia. military men
pronounce leaving the forts IN Kingston
and Prescott, 20 pour OCT an army uP'n
toe rear Of the American TO scratch
TEN in ne beck" as an unpardohabsc O.
sersi hi; ard cantessreason seems 70
fottifv ,he opinion; whose fault tbs
vas seems nGt TO De determined, indeed
lie statements ofthc Secretary at war,
sNd the commcndcE OF he army, are $"
eaniyocai that ,ho~c gentlemen some
time afier, seem not TO know what O.
pinr ~ ,hcy hai given. What then,
out disregasd 10 The welfare OF our
couutry, or some fatal error, Will
induce US to make further experiments
hi h promise butlo waste the blood,
the treasute, and character OF the ma
,ion il .5ortiye attempts to retrieve
out 10 ses.
Mr. Chairman. the gentlemen oppo'
ed 10 ~ do net ag sc In their optp'no Of
wat is Right, what is tie Ia" OF ma
;,o..s, and ai,bcleii their difference
does not prove they are all wrong, yet
il is ,trery evidence that one Is wrong
II theretore, trey cannot sgiee about
the!r principles, wh'se iaoouitng 10
na!ntsin tDs came Canss,. thcy cannot
CON JAIN IF tue miuo!ity tor differing
altogether with one OF them.
lne .gcrtismah from Pennsylvania,
(air. In:rersui,} declared that nc was
veil stsisfed all cur difficulties had ar
risen f,cn The denial Of G Britain,
that free saips if.aae Tree goods, ahd be
exhausted much tine To pYoyS the cen.
aole of tie position. Ine gen cmsn
f,om Virginia (Mr lacescn,) i'ahky
declared that no prsefsion "as mnlS.
that free ships make .es goods In ti's
essential aud II 2 rtait p 1T ,hesSe gen
tlemen are 81 ls4ea. .7'faESs tiien tn'y
Should severely repretate t9e eppoSi-
ton from this side 70 principles which
they cannot agree ab4at mseiVss'
The gentle NAT from Nlf;Iria Sl'o Dc
cl,red that he wo.id not hove < NC to
var for NJ ural!zed seafncn, ~i!ie the
pen,leu man f.vm PENIS! lYaei' stated
iha, no peacc cooll DC made Gpll '%e
British would abanlon tbe ,ikntot I'm
messing ,heu, Here w lad iiose
gentlemen csn;enGing AGAINST each Q
lhcr, not ony a. to INC i!ted"F' ct
eoods which Fave neut' al Tag "ebHB
over them, but as i, rsapcc's y C Only
sen,a;airg cause .. war. ''Lsll The w'r
tte0 bs cpnilaucu soipne as lis adyo-
cafes really Prove the nsHt Tor which
re are fighlisg, is OF a nature 50 eqnWo-
cal that the advocates II ii'"t var hold
diiseient language and different opinions
as relating TO nc cause.
Tie gentleman from Virginia al
yaneed ore pfsprei.ion which cshhot
omit to na,ice. Ttat "retai'etion 10 be
1881 rsust not fal on the innocent thi'd
earty." Now, sir, ! admit this tie be
true, ard If true, what Will betome 81
the Presidents systeni If .eIsliation Up
on british q pt;yss Their innocence
is rot, ,aanot De denied. They have no
other gull; than every man who Is Con-
cerned III dlIeusise war.
THIS remark a the gentleman leads
ne back once more to the French. lie
made the remark as applicable to the
fel.,ion between the United States and
Great Britain, to sbew the unjust cha
s,ac,er 1 tie orders in council, which
are pretended"hy the British as mea-
sure oil recitation against The French;
and, said sae gentleman, 1T they In
tended TO ,etaliate on France they had
no RICH, toiaiure u.s." Be it so. And
hen ecrmit me to ask how can the gen.
tleman from Virginia in the same speech,
IN the same section Of his argument,
Justly the DEGREES of BerFa and Milan,
as retollatory measure against Eng
land, for ha, he calls her paper block
ade 1t piII not be denied, either tina,
sc are an innocent third party, or that