Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-09-25

From the Federal Republican.
Tie President of the United States
will, we have no sort of doubt agree with!
us, that whenever a person IN whom he|
has confidence enough to honor with an
high appointment, speaks Of the cabinet,
and developers. its history, it rs direspect|
offered to cur first magistrate not to al
low him a fair hearing. We wish to OBJ
serve the democratic rule, to pay all pos
.ible reverence to the presidential Office
we view with suitable adherence, those
calumniators Of the president who assert
that General Duane can write nothing
worthr Of their rerusal. They know bet
|ter--and Mr.. Madison knows better, and
the cahnet knows better. Methinks we
see this respectable band OF patriots as
sembled at Washington, and peePlng
through9their spectacles on the following
panegyrick pronounced by WIN. Duane.
They have been called heroes, patriots
and statesmen SO long, that we have no
doubt the, sentiments Of Duane Will De
peculiarly welcome by way OF a change.
.if the members Of this illustrious body
have sometimes read in the pages Of Johs
Binns and others of his stamp, that they
are bona fide heroes and patriots, .et
them attend 10 what Duane says on this
subject, when he denies that they are:--
[if, after all, they should lave any doubt,
they may decide the question by the turn
|af, a halfpenny.
Extract from the .darsrr.
/ We wonder If Billy Duane would have
beea SO violently opposed to the best IN
terests Of the country, provided Mr.. Ma
olson had given him an agency to the
Mediterranean, and made choice OF the
mighty celoneps military work, in pre-
to Browns, SCOTS, etc.
So the administration refused, Gid
they--and they gave a preference, did
they. Duane's system was refused. =
Mhens When the war was over. But
It was, adopted before! Whens Why
during The war. So then Duane's system
was adopted during the war, and another
system was adopted after the war, by
a board of officers.
Well take all this for granted: it is all
true, and what then: why since then-)
the reader viii at once imagine what an
impression the Aurora has made uponI
the sensations of the writer for DuaneI
has ever since then poured forth yellsI
more hidcous than wounded hounds isl
sued!
This IS the way the party defends it.
self: this is the way the compensation
la,s is excused, the infamous stock. Job.
bing is withdrawn from public indigna-
ton: this is the mode in which the cor.
russion in the post office is rendered ex-
cusable: this is the way the treachery of
congress and the executive, aud the I'M!
oecility d the public measures are made
honest, faitaA, and wise.
We do not wish to intrudc unnecessa-
lily the subject referred to in this para
yraph upon the public: hut we reaIlyf
ong for an opportunity to do it, without
too mucbs we shall. we make
10 doubt, be provoked to do it; and veryl
title would provoke US; and if we shouldf
,e provoked, we shall certainly call a
lo7se by its right name we shall expose
uch scene of quaekery and contempti-
lie practices in the government of the
ountry such base prostitution on the|
art Of the government to favorites and
avoritism and su& scandalous disre-
ard of public interest and sacrifices eF
he good faith of the government to vile
Instruments and vile purposes as would
,ut to the blush the ministers of Ferai-
'sad himself!
The second of the abaye paragraphs.
as been in substance borrowed from the
paper in Philadelphia. Perhaps
vhen this point is touched, as we shall
low do, for we shall not suffer any oil
he assertions OF the party, to go unex-
,osed, the party may not possibly be we'll
atisiiea with the statement of facts.
As re have usually done, we shalt IN
his case first suppose all the allegations
o be true, and enquire into the case e.
zen upon that presumption. What is
he allegation Why that the editof
lppied to Sir. Madison, and was refused
"a agency to the Mediterranean. WouldI
UGH an application be an offence of suchI
nature as to be subject to reproach !? |
Was the editor fit, was he honest, was
,e capables The person who was twice.