Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-01-19

Interesties Re1ie,c.-In the Aurora
there appears series of papers, headed
.si1tioaaL ttndace. No. Ill, supplies US
with an ESSAY, in which. the editor tases
occasion to make known his opinions
both of the talents and virtues ofcertain
of cur Secretaries of the Treasury. We
cannot spare room for the whole article.
but the following diSjoine'l extracts will
give our readers some idea Of the man
ner in which the editor speaks OF taese
persouages.- & Pest.
{. Habits of association and the pnr-
suits ofthe sane objects, had long inter
weyen the feelings and interests OF Mr..
Dallas, with his predecessor in fact. It
was Impossible for a man accustomed to
examine evidence, ant to balance the
RIGHT and the wreng Of question OF com-
.slexity. not to have perceived in the Il
Inancial career Of MR. 6allatin, the
wretched foundations upon which he ha9
erected great name, and amassed az
immense fortune. a
:. We think proper TO state here, thai
by his predesessor. we do not mean Al, !.
tCamE5ell, who. we knew. at the time Of
his appointment. was intended to be only
Successor in form.
"rhe third ;,aragraHh OF the report ct
STr- Dallas. we had occasion 10 notice
before. in which he galiops crer the If
inanciaI operations of lS1l-i2, NJ
that cpocha, the financial affairs of this
nation, and heavy ard just as the cen
/ sure Is, which MIR, Dallas directly and
Indirectly. however reluctantly. vet una
voidablv. inHicts on them: brief recur-
trencc to the transactions themselves,
viii. i there he common sense in the
cbuntrY, ard honesty in congress, serve
as d solemn lesson against theoyergrown
and destructive course which has been
ifora few years pursued. OF trusting i'm
.plicity to heads Of departments, on sub
giects which it's the rarticulaf duty. of e
very member, who accepts seat incon-
,sress TO be perfectly 6 personally &C.
.qua;nied.
* But our readers who can refer to
The reao.t Of MIR. Gailatin, of the 10th
San. 1912. which took him a full month
ito prepare they wil see commentary
In reverse uran Mr.. Dcilas's history OF
finance"
(. We wcald checrfa;ly copy the whole
report whichis tissue Of sntte,JN..e q
Iim5eciHty,, or trcaehery; cne or the o
|ther is inevitable"
g Here We scethe occcSioa over which
Mr.. Dallas PASSES with such celebrity, 4
to which all preceding 6nanciers owe
their temporary prostr4tion. But we
see in the. OCCASION itself, the means and
the men By whomth country Vas delud-
ed--the war, in tie FIRST campaigns dis
graceful, and cruel to the public iorce--
the whole consideration OF that period
was concentrated in reint-it was pre-.
narration fer acar-which embraced {.
Very Other, and superseded, OF right, e.
very ether, because in it was national
safety, the ex;sency called for the pro
Iyision of adequate rescnrces-and the
best talents and the best virtues were
tcal;ed for the pride of an able honest
Iman-tae love Of honest fame. the &c.
tnerous desire Of obtaining an honorable
kiistinction. by great Efforts OF mind
wratitude would have induced, even great
Isact.tices. Il necessary. and would have
leperated on heart truly virtuous--idr
IGaIiatiu had enjoyed the halcyon, bul
The shrunk iroGl the storm. and retlret
isoon after the close of the session-lt i
Inot of very much consequence now, whe
lther his retreatw was from consciousness
LOT incapacity or cunning.
t We have seen, by MF. Dallas's repor
ltl,at every days experience had shoTl
the incompeteney Of tie financial de
partraeat, up 10 the period when tn
Iadmiaisirataon scas compelled to abandon
4 d opinions, and bend to the necesslt,
Iaf taxing MIR. Gallatin's duplicate. II
| .act, these two gentlemen bear some re
'isenblance to two characters IN a vel
AnowH play, who alternately acted su
,Eboraiaatc parts for several years the,
lhave played upper or ander Paf's
IA, MAS always