Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-04-06
ALEXANDRIA.
THURSDAY, Apnl1 6.
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS

adjoining district composed Of tho -. NC
ties of Prince Wiliiam, Loudoun aa,
FaiJaa, in which the Hon. Mr. 1.,': 1
and Col, II 7. .Mason are the con,,.s
slonal candidates, poll was held :.
Monday at Dumfries, in Prince WIZ"
when the following was the result
Mason 1913
Lewis GO
ia majority for
Mr.. Mason. :"
James b. Heath and Redmond Eos..
were elected delegates to the virc;o;
legislature.
The result of this vote proves that tbe,a
has been no change in that countv-.A.
vain boastings of Mr.. NJ sons friends 70
the contrary Notwithstanding.
On Monday next the ffeeholders oe
Loudoun viii be called on to give the,
sufrages, and we confidently tore t,er
viii rise in the majesty of their STRENGTH
and effectualiy silence the cackling Of he
administration geese and their go.Iins
Colonel Mason having in lats
address. controverted the document,
addaced BY Mr.. Lee. Mr.. Fi,2]ugh
and MIR. George Masonas Nlr. Lew.
ISIS friends; to prove that he had
always advocated measures Of de.
fence, but opposed those of aggr:s.
Sion; it may be necessary 20 saw, a
few words 10 answer. Col. Mason
says, and indeed the thing speaks
Tor itself, " that he writes in great
haste, and that he has no time for
revisiOa & correction" IF bis siule
alone, s.ood in need OF correction
and revision, il would be worse than
useless to regard it. But if his as.
ser'i0ns and redS6nings stand in need
Of them, the case is altered Justice
TO the public requires their refuta.
lion.
Col. Mason prefaces his statement,
by observing that "jGst before the
declaration CT war. and 1Chen il Nas
be'iered to be inerita5ie (ihat is about
six gOnths before it was deelared)
Mr.. Lewis voted against the follow.
ing important resolutions and bills
adopted as measures of preparation:
(Wayk this confession, AS com.
ment upon what is afterwards said.
+" II We went to war 1ciiliGut prerd-
ration, let MIR. Lewis and those who
voted with him bear the blame" -
Now We do most positively day
that any man, hut the admioistra-
ton party, did thiuk mar iEcTlIaslc
at that time; so far from il, that 1t
was the wish and expectation OF the
well wishers to their counlry's prOs'
nerity and happiness. that matters
might and would be accommodates
And so they might & so they woulo,
had il not have been fer the fear OIL
the great Emperor, who &lr. Grun'
ty said, he'd iied cord ABOUT as,
7chich nothing bat the s7cOrd icouls
cas. The numerous petitions 10
parliament, and the critical state OF
The British nation, then fighting a.
lone the battles of the world, against
the universal destroyer: gave every
reason TO believe that the orders III
Council would soon be repealed
they wanted but pretezt 10 soi'sn
down their former declarations upon
the case, and the appearance Of me
decree of April, 1911, gave }, 10
them. But so eager were our rulers
TO consummate the object OF NapO'
Icons wishes, before the preteAt ior
doing it was removed, that the me-
ment they saw from tue above W.
currenees, the probability OF the on'
" real cause of the war being fahfn
away, they FASTENED to make .n'
declaration although they we're , M.
plored by the best patriots Oh 'n'
nation, to delay the fatal measure
but for a short period. And no so'o.
or was the repeal of the Orders n ~
Council announced in about a po W..
than they changed the grouna: e o, ~" y
Var to /" free trade G,saiIors r,S"as TO-.
so determined were they on JUS P'v