Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-18


known at same failure time. nc
foregoing is u summary bat correct
statement cf The transaction ut tmS
place. in consequence Of Nhich,he gen'
t.emen cadets &c thr military academy
have bccn stiSmatiscd as mut'ncc'>.
and myself as promoter OF mour. !
If giving vent in regular. dcroroas
and customary manner. Ia the nehies'
feelings which adnn haman nature,
these of Scnaie friendship and re
>pOct. constitute mstiny. then are
,hese Young men guilty Of it-other-
wise not. lf reciProcatinS these NO
Die feelings in becoming manner,
he promoting or coantcnancing man-
ny. then am I saiity,-otherrcisf mol.
An impartial public VII! decide i'm,
partially respecting il and | feel
very confident. taat with all honcra-
Die persons, there will be bat one Cpl
Mon on the subj ect.
The cadets Of the Military AGA
deny have no disposition for mutt
nv. l know them well. Many of
them have passed from youth to man
hood under my particular care. |
pledge myself that they will always
take pleasure in obeying and respect
ing their officers and instructors but,
| Also pledge myself that no system of
moRkish OF inquisitorial tyranny will
ever reduce them to such an abjcct
state of degradation, that they dare
not express. in a correct, a decorous,
and a customary manner, the neble
affections of the heart. To such
conduct, narrow and jealous minds,
which arc entirely devoid OF the &C.
norons feelings that dictate it, may at
tach the terrific name Of mutiny as
they please, but it viii not avail.
/ am not ignorant of the source
from which this base calumny has E.
manatcd-it is from the same foul
source whence meny other falsehoods
equally malicious, but not of equal
Importance, have flowed. Let not
the contemplate being, however, who
has dared thus to caluminatet the men,
bers of this institution, imagine that
his own msignifrance will screen him
from detection and Justice. Let him
conceal himself with the utmost cau-
tion.--Let him shrink back Cf posi-
sible) into something less than his
original nothiDgness-still it will not
avail-he will eventually be dragged
forth to public view, and exposed in
ali his natural and acquired drformity.
After having been p member of the
Military Academy about twelve years.
and after having devoted about ten
years OF the best part OF my life in
endeavnnring to promote It's interests
and prosperity, it ran hardly be sup
posed hat | should feel indifferent as
70 itS final fate.
Il has now become absolutely ne
cessary. that it shauld be deiinitIveiy
decided, whether correct military
discipline is to pervade every depaIt
ment OF the Seminary, without which
it cannot long exist, and also whe-
thcr those persons belonging to il
who hare zcalOusly cndcayUui'ed to
promote its veal, interest, and pros
perity, are to be protected and shield
ed from indirect and insiIinus pcrse-
cuticn: or whether its destinIes are
still tn be Influenced by the intrigues
and cabals of Il MAN, who, IS ] am
crrdibly IninrmeG, was, not many
years ago, dismissed from pubic ser
vice on account Of his deblucised and
Immoral conduct Of a MAN, Who now
stands openly acc used beiore the pub
lie of both forgery and perjury, as well
as of other conduct, the mere mention
OF " hiCh, would wound the deiicacy OF
the public ear of a MAN. whU has al
lowed some Of his own iumily, M his
bearing and even in has presence, to
bestDw upon the commanding officer Df
the Military Acad'y, epithrts the most
vulgar and abusive,and 10 declare that
the cadets should be induced Gas far as
pnssible) TO break his orders and resu-
iations: ofaMAN, finally, the & neral
tenor of whuse conduct, since ie lae
been attached to the institution. has
beente instill into the minds oil the Ca
diets principles Of immortality aud INF
deity by Openly 4 repeatedly making
use of ppufane language in their pre-
sence-by speaking disrespectiaily
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