Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-03-09

10 ne Peters Of the ca. e,...,
District composed of tbs stress''as|
e Fa':ta1' Prince William au'a y

o. Fa,rJar, Prince VIE qa'it
| Loud0nn. 'am an
Mr.. Mason in a recent a.,
you, has very justly reco "uu'est
the forgetting Of all parry irr;' "eaded
and as peace has blessed a ""''''i
once more. to think and act lit ill., 'a'd
theirs. i this honorable ss a"f s''.
had had its due influence si a' NJ!
ne never would have suffered NJ h;I ''1.
to have been held up by pa, "'t
a candidate for Congress -l r"v as
feared tina. there is too much w.; 10 %
concealed beneath the oe,a wv s"'t'
which compose This addr $. '0'd'
Why has Mr.. Mason come fo,v,,,
as The Candidate against Mr.. |''a
is? II is because he either cl;r ,%a'
a party. or because h, eo",s %
MIR. Lewis for not advocating a aa'
which he tells YOU he ,ejai.r, I hs.
terminated in peace, ta.t h. bo "a
will " assuage the bitterness of ~
ty feelings" p'''
II the object ofopposins Mr. lew
is is to gel out Of Congress a Frds
raiisf-tben the Object and ad,,,ss, |
are at variance with each other -
the motive for opposing Mr.. Levi,
is, that he was opposed to the war
then MIR. Mason cannot really h0
sati fled at the return of peace If
he is really rejoieed at the return If
peace, ne must Of course have heen
hostile 10 The war; ESQ, wly on.
pose MIR. Lt"is's re election for ,ot
ing against the zoar and all the mea.
sures which were Intended 10 pro.
cure the conquest Of Caaad mea.
sures which we are bound 70 beli,vo
MIR. Mason himself condemned, if
We believe him sincere in The sculi.
ments contained in his address.
Fellow citizens, you have long
known Mr.. Lewis; he has been your
representative for many years YOU
are asked by the writer of this ad.
dress, whether he has not been a
faithful servant to you. Gan one Of
you, sincerely and in truth declare,
that be has in any instance neglect.
ed your INTEREST," in any respect what.
eyer; have you not always found
him at his post, as a faithful sentinel
ought to be. Then why withdraw
your confidence from him. and trans.
fer it to one wIle remains TO be tried!
Ii is said he voted against raising
men for the infusion Of Canada;
for this was the use intended TO be
made Of the regular troops. In ibis
he stands in my humble opinion jus.
tiled, and no man not tied down like
a galley slave to party, will condemn
him; Mr.. Lewis knew that large
fleets and armies OF the enemy we're
destined for the Atlantic shores, and
particularly for the Chesapeake
he was willing to raise men TO be re.
tanned for the purpose Of defending
our shores and fire sides, and 'op'e.
vent the necess,t, Of the militia BE-
ing drawn as they we're fom 'hs
protection Of their wives and chill.
d"en. against a dreadful internal e.
Demy which we all feared. II S.H
Lewis's policy had been pursued ny
the government and The III jorl'y III
Congress many of YOU would not
now have to mourn The loss OF sons
dear to your hearts, who have lalleh
not in the field Of battle, bat BY 'hs
pestiIeDce Of the camp; many a W.
dow whose tears still beden her PAL
lid cheeks, would not now have 10
lament the loss Of "a kind and aNtc-
tionate husband, who was torn from
her by tue mandate Of the miii,'"
law, for the purpose Of sending ''"
TO defend the shores of the P"lo'I'"e'
Mr.. Lewis did oppose raising 'ny az
my for the inUGsion Of Call0a".
But perhaps. you may be toia Tia.
he government did not want the n'"
Tor this purpose. II an assertion o.
his kind should be made; the '0''
owing extracts from the dee' III "a.
ions Of some Of the members o. "" ~,
and Of Congress wiz
;hew the incorrectness OF any su'A
lenial. w.,
DR.. Hustis while Secretary a, ""I
,,,Ll;,. communication dft'a''"