Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-03-02

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ministrafion Of the government WA
conducted BY Was!,iHSton; but VIII
have, fertile pnrposeofe aab'ipgtllef
to carry on the iate war OF Canada
conquest, yielded their consolation
| and constitutional scriiplss VIII
have advocates; eeace and union will
France, and war with England; VIII
hare been the advocates Of embargo
non importation. and non-iatersours'
| laws; whose measures haze des
treyed commerce and the finances d
the nation; aud vile finally brough,
I on The war, and an immense debt with
long list of.sxes uien the people
who have been the advocates of con-
scription laws equal 10, if not worse
than. those Of sonapaxfe. 1t is for
opposing all thess measures that Mr..
Lewis is now opposed by Mr.. Mason
And as a means Of ensuring q sue
cessfnI opposition, has the Reverend
MIR. LiifiejoIin been placed at the
bead ofthis 1oise COMMITTEES, with tie
expectation THAT lie majority ofthat
respectable religious denomination.
the Metlodists, will SO withersoeyer
he may lead.
The committee most triumphanfIy
infarm US that when The enemy in
vadrd cur shores, Mr.. Mason mel
him at the waters edge. and Mr..
Lewis was resaliag himscifai feasts.
The COMMITTEES have forgotten the
situation liz which MIR. Mason was
placed. BE held Il commission in the
militia ofLoadoun euuBty; he Was
called on by the government to per-
form his daty as militia oeaeer; he
oheyed this call. in dsing this. he did
ne more than hundreds Of other ei
tizens did. and VINO made greater sa-
criiices by o5eying the call than MIR.
Mason did. What great merit was
there in this. Ii cannot be believed
Mr.. Mason will thank them for the
compliment. Mr.. Lewis has per
formed his duty in that STATEN in
which his country had placed him.
to wit. 10 Congress /; and in this res
peet he has done well !; and Mr.. Ma
son, no better.
But the writer would ask this sa- |
gaeiou, committee where they we
when the enemy landed on our
shores.
The chairaan of it probably was,
at this time Of distress. collecting the
zoar iGares. or making arrangements
for the collection Of them. The |
Honorable MIR. Love Was not, it is
believed, sen in the battles ranks
Where was the redoubtable Colonel
Tyler. who resigned his commission
eli Colonel Of .ns militia whilt thu
vds threatening 1edr
gailsi Great Rri!aia9 .shsre was
Cdptaia Stacey taylor, snug among |
the msustains Z DR.. Peake, we ali
know. Was in the So fe aad comforta
bic birth Of surgeon to the regiment
Of militia + SIN Fairfax.
Il Freehetder Ut Prince I'm. County
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APPOINTMENTS !
The following high appointments
have been n,ade by the President,
with the advice OF the Senate, VIZ:
James .noRros, Gate Secretary Of
War; 10 be Secretary OF State OF liie
United States.
JeAn Quincy oiddms, to be- Mi
mister. TO tirsat ;.rilaIn.
Hilbert Saltatu. 10 he Minister to
France, wee William Crawford, re
si,aesl.
james A Bayard, to be Minister
to fsessia, Wee jehn Z. Adams.
.Joseph .lnasrsoH, now Senator
from ienue-,ee) 10 be Comptroller
OF the Treasury, vice Ezekiel Bacon,
resigned.
Charles J. IngersoIl (new a Re
preventative in Consress) to be Al
toraey Of the LATED States for the
District OF Pennsylvania, vice A. ).
Dallas resigned.
Capts. yoaa Rodgers, Isaac Hull.
and Darid Porler, to constitute "a
Beard Ut Commissioners Of the Ma
Wy, under the act reerns!, passed.
Ali the above nominations are
said TO have been unanimously con