Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-04-05

whicb should not he without its elect. VI
its general accuracy we have no douot.-
The number of applicants who had sea'S
in the last congress. may be ie" more o.
less; but that very many are thus so''c'''''s
Offices from the general! government! eah",''
be doubted Such condition Of 'h'hss %
manifestly discreditab!e both to the charac-
Ter O, congress and the nature OF our '"s'''
lutions. Its discreditable, that man Sc
lected to represent $4,000 ireemen ana 10
take part in the legislation for na''0" ''he
ours. should abandon his seat, or seek 10
do so, for the sake Of becoming justice or
a marshal, or a .ommissary. or collector
of revenue of newly acquired territory
il is reproach to our free Institutions that
in their operation so many persons are oe'e'
gated TO congress who are open 10 De &C.
duced by the petty temptations OF . salary
office, held at the beck OF the president
from the honorable station assigned them
by the people. Estimating as We % seal
on the noor of Congress, derived from the
free and unbiased votes OF $1,000 Tree ana
intelligent citizens, as most enviaole STA
ton, and one infinitely exceeding in honor
the most lucrative or powerful Office IN the
gift OF the government, it is nat without
strong feelings of regret and modification
that We daily see it abandoned for Offices OF
little profit and less honor. The remedy
for this is in the people. They must select
such candidates as will consider il both no.
nor and profit enough to be permitted 10
serve them; and not send TO Washington
men who 60 there merely for the purpose OF
specializing upon the value and influence of
their stations. .Neu- York Amer'can.
1.-THE Manufacturers and Farmers Jour-
nal" (of Providence. R. l.. has made this
assertion, which is equally illiberal and in.
discreet: that "ths Virginians are mortal
enemies to the growth and prosperity of
New England" The English historian,
Russell, has been bold enough to say, that
the Frent b and he English are natural enc
mics; tbi, is bad enougb;but that any Ame-
rican should have described such an ami
mostly to exist in one portion of the same
country towards another, is an insult upon
the common sense Of the whole. The only
reason insinuated is even more ridiculous
than the assertion itself-that Virginia is
opposed to the Tariff And yet, in the
same breath, he declares that many of the
citizens OF Boston are equally opposed to
il; and that. by means ofthis coalition. the
Tariff has been defeated. Enquirer,
PORT GIBSON. (mss.) MARCH 10.
The large barge Missouri left this port on
Sunday last, with full freight Of cotton for
New. Orleans.
The steam boa, Thomas Jefferson, Capt.
Offutt, arrived in our port on Monday last.
after short and easy passage from the RI
yer Mississippi. We hail this event, with
pride and pleasure, as it furnishes US with
. new era in the commerce Of our flourish
ing town. What hitherto has been deemed
impracticabe, is found, at this stage of wa
ter, perfectly easy; and Capt. Offutt is en-
titled to the warmest thanks of the people
Of Claiborne. for bis enterprise and determi-
nation, in bringing the boat up TO town.
No obstruction to his passage was experien-
ced, except the over-hanging branches OF
the trees; and he is Of opinion, that tri-
fling expense would make the most difficult
parts Of the stream navigable. in even tolera-
bic high water. We hope the arrival Of
this large vessel, (sbe carries $50 tons,)
will serve as new and powerful stimulus
to individual enterprise and public spirit
among ovr citizens.
As the Thomas Jefferson is now taking in
her cargo, we invite our citizens Of the coun-
try to come in and take view Of this august
and magnificent stranger, riding, like the
Leviatban of the deep, in our little harbor.
Washington. April 4.
APPOINTMENTS BIZ THE PRESIDENT.
Hugh Lawson White. Of Tennessee, Viii
liam King, Of Maine, and John W. Green,
Of Virginia, Commissioners under the llth
article of the Treaty of Amity, Settlement,
andLimits. between the United States and
Spain. concluded at Washing ton, 29d Feb.
1918. Nat. htcliiseneer.
From the Baltimore Morning Chronicle
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