Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-09-03
THE FIFTH OF MAY.

THE FIFTH OF MAY.
On this day, in The year $40, MoHAMhED
was born.
On the same day in The year 1894, Colum.
bus discovered Jamaica.
On the same day in the year l7l3, the
peace Of Utrecht was made.
On the same day in the year 1857, was
fought the battle OF Prague.
On the same day in the year l776, Con-
eress abolished the authority Of Engla over
the thirteen colonies.
On the same Cay in the year 1893, the As
sembly of the States General met at Yer
sailes for the FIRST time since the year 1914.
On the same day in the year 1897, Bona
parties sister married the Prince OF PlOm-
bino.
On the same day in the year 1904, France
was formed into an Empire.
On the same day in the year 1921, BcsA-
PARTE DIED.
Though our readers probably agree
with US in the opinion that MIR. Adams's
Grafton has made full as much stir as 1t
deserved, and are probably as tired OF 1t
and the quarrels it has produced as we are,
they may be amused by the extracts from
the National Gazette, which we publish
this morning In affecting to ascribe to
"British pens" some of the structures on
the address which appeared in the
Alexandria Gazette, the Philadel phia
Editor seems disposed TO retort the
charge which may so properly be made
on his former writings If the articles
which we published on the subject of the
Address" expresse d favorable opinion
of the rational and literary character Of
Great Britain, they certainly betrayed no
respect for the theory or practice OF her
government. nor attempted to stigmatize
rs weak or wicked such statesmen as Mr..
jefferson and MIR. Madison If the Edi-
tor of the National Gazette supEoses that
the public have forgotten that these lat
tar doctrines were once advanced by him,
he calculates more confidently on the OBJ
livious qualities of the american Re
view, and certain other Of his works than
even ourselves. Such rapid and Thorough
charges, are really surprising, but must
be ascribed TO the woodworking eff
fects of the Anti Missouri policy, and the
hope it offers that an early result of its
success will be to make the National Ga
zstte the organ of its oracles at Washing
ton.
eat an early period after the publiea
ton of the Address, two papers OF New
YorI. the Commercial Advertiser and
Daily Advertiser, contained the severest
censure upon the performance, which
censure was transplanted into one or two
of the papers Of philadelp hia. In Balti-
more. articles of Kindred tenor appear
ed. in Virginia, war was Immediately
waged upon it, particularly in the Rich
mond Euuuirer, and A Alexandria Gazette.
The labored and envenomed phiippcs in
the Alexandria Gazette, evidently pro-
ceesed from British pens" We saw,
also. not long Ter, animadversions in the
Charleston papers. The Washington
CITY Gazette collected, on the 2lst July,
a number of the hostile pieces, and stated
at the same time, that the Address re
ceived extravagant censure from angry
CAREERS" The National Intelligencer of
the Goth July expressed itself in these
terms-.sThe Address of Mr.. Adams has
brought forth a hOSt Of critics. One
does not like it because it is too florid;
another, because it is spiritless; another,
berause it is too pointed vindcation of
our political and literary character, and
fourth for no assignabe reason" The
Baltimore Morning Chronicle of July
esth savs-"We have seen sundry harsh
invectiyes against the Address of John
Quincy Adams, &C."
Ills depression. to the appeal from
the Judgments of Great Britain" only
betrays the personal feelings by which he
is actaated, and proves his want of candor
and information He could have learned
from some one near him, that the epilogue
cited in that work, was not wri ten by the
school boy who spoke il. but by profess
or of Westminster, 4 was formally adopt
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