Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-21
James II Hoop esq President of:te Com
mnn CannciL Of Nc rahGriQ.

Won tAHCU 81 .itIHH.ItH'
SIR t. Be longer silent 10 the mis-
demonstrations Of Council and heir pro-
cectings. would be an acknowledgment
of them. When the ruling party COM
mencei It's career I did calculate t!at
their policy would carry with 1t its own
corrective: but her Isee officers. whose
humanity a, d ,idUity in he discharge
Of their duties ought 20 have beer their
protection ard guarantee. discharged
from Office, and their virtues made the
just ficatior II their Gisn.i..sI, and thar
Too 20 satisfy the eEprse # the leader q
the juuto. ny h.Tes vanish.
Thi-, sir. is tie secnfd n!suGGeGstard-
ing with the stue Countil party, ind
should have taught ttft from tie eyps-
rim eft trep nsce. hey would have pro.
Gted br it. lis trBe or relations then
and row are soneph.t changed as the
compilation 81 iae balances we're not then
ccmPietsd-now tiey are completed -
" hateysr might have been the motives
which governed then. SO it was. tia:
trom al Sbsenoe Of a few mon rs, they
wee impressed with the necessity Of ny
again undertaking the management {!
those balances. When tie proposal was
Fret made TO ne, il was rejected with
warmth, tom a sense OF their former
conduct toward. NE; but l was az las:
prevailed on 10 undertake them under
the most specious promises OF 4 libera!
conpen,atoG foT my se.!ces. Aware tha;
| alone was competent TO complete The
compilation Of the baaRcee-that the
Council themselves we're also 80 coRyln.
ced-I fat'ered myself that | should not
be deceived or disappointed in my IeII'
ance Oh the promises made To pers'u'
not acquainted with tue nature OF the
balances. it may appear round assertion
that was considered alOCe capable 10
adjust theW. Vet it is neves theies. most
true-.their confused and complicated
state requiring a person possessing iuIi
know ledge OF the town and the Affairs Q:
Council, Of which | was possessed bywY
long application to theu.-haNing bad on
intercourse With the body cOrpo; ate and
their proceedings Tor the better part @!
two years, during which time bad alter
nately been their clerk, suGi'c and cdi.
lector. Were | to assert that BY the
compilation. have saved the town from
{. TO 5000 dollars. | could do 30 with
truth, for the books and papers of Iogn.
Gil from 1902 10 1915 were pcrIeI
ch .os. Durln. this period, paving taxes
and Dui-ances were never hOhcrtd u
a place in any of thelr books. ut coz
united TO scraps Of PAPER. ard IaId .'ic'
to rest in Ubscvrty. 4 d would 90 nave
done had | not brought them again mo
view-month. have bsen devoted 10 thi'
crude matte Of Council pi'hout even
-cratch ei a pen being made on pager -
BY my second CoElIaC' with CDu"cH "
was agreed thai | Should receive Il! Per
cent. on the collections. and payment lor
the UOCks VIXEN completed, ior WHICH
told .hem at the time | should chage
fou.n COO to 1000 dollars. Rear'rs 10
dcmIr to the charge tom the geEt!eweh
negotiating with me IN behalf OF TIE
Council. title expected that TAR aHU
mo Ielatr charge would be disputed.
Ii, sir, la. b, en ,'at.d By a lnember OIL
Council that ives not disposed to 'e,,;s