The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-05-28

Tue act oil rcpuOliCans unoe' VIC ith-
preston of duty he owed to his country
and himself and not as the act OF iede
ralist, labouring to support the admininis-
tration of presiden, Adams. WIN this
Impression, and dismiss II.
After NV attempts TO Illustrate the a.
bove objec,ionto Mr Crawford,in which,
how far | have succeeded, is ieit to the
decision of candid and honest public
1t is difficult what next charge to take
up, for they are Of so slight nature 'ha,
II Is ludicroas 10 mention any one oil
them. shall, however, first take what
his enemies conceive to be charge OF
the most hsnious kind, his recommends
zion willis, secretary Of war, that inter
marriages should be encouraged between
The whites and sborlgines. l am not
disposed TO believe that 81 y one can con.
slider this as an objection to MIR. Craw
ford, on The contrary, that 1t waa recon-
mendcd for the purpose OF harmonizing
the Indians on the frontiers yet il must
not be supposed. that his object was tba,
these intermarriages should take place be.
tween our worthy white citizens y the In
dians, but merely extended TO the emil
grants from Europe, not those respec'a,
Bile ones whose main object is the desire
OF living in plenty under free and hap
ply government, but TO those thousands of
wretched redemptioners, as they are
termed, the refuge of the jails Of Eorop.
such were the men to whom he allud. d;
II was wise and happy plan, and doubt
less would have had the effect OF render
ing our frontiers more secure, and OF IN.
ducing the Aboiigipes to live IN bonds
nt amity with the whites. Thus Ear only
extended the recommendation of Mr..
raw ford-but throwing that aside, |
concern, he would have been jusiihablc
IN going farther, for there are no moral
TT religious considerations which could
prevent US from such intermarriages |;
there is no Law OF God or man by which
we can deem 1t Illegal; but the main OBJ.
lection appears TO be the color of their
skin but really cannot see in what
way color should have any influence over
| our passions, and il is we'll known that
the AburgiDes re the rigntful lords Of
the soil their blood has flowed through
as pure chaBBel as ours. Another OBJ
lection is, that they are uDciyilzed /; this
IS because they are still in the rude state
| o. nature in which we found them, and
proper means have never been taken to
render them yersed in the arts and seien-
ces, the sure road 10 civilization. These
last are mere suggestions of my own,ane
| are IN no ways connected with the re-
commentator of MIR: Crawford, which
only extended so FAR as intimated above.
These appear now, the only objections
agairs, Mr. @. The trifiing A. B. pho
in regardt 10 the Suppressed documents
having sunk INFO insIgni6cance he has
Ing been boDorabIy acquitted by ivy,
com mitees, on the second OF hich. q.
we have 1t from an authentic source,
there's only two friendly TO his cleo
ton thus what they, (Mr. C's. enemies.
supposed, would be bone for tkcm "a
pick at, has vanished, left them in the
dark, the only ones injured by the plot,
which has recalled upon its protector, :
thus should il ever be when intriguers,
and Office truckers oppose truth and ho.
nesty.
TO every unprejndiced mind, the at
tempts which have been made 10 injure
MIR & inthe good opinion of his fellow
citizens appear light y trif1ing by those
who look solely to the good Of iheircoun
try; those who possess none other but thai
consideration, he is looked to as the one
who will most Individually succeed, anc
Justly too our present chief magistrate, re
CARELESS Of all those pitiful charges which
they have brought, or may bring sgains
him. PAUSANlAS.
WASHINGTON, MAY l7.-Sir Having
reason TO believe that an immediate re.
moval Of the alien duties on tonnage and
imports now levied on British vessels en-.
tering the ports of this country FROM hi.
majesty's possessions in North America
and the West Indies, is generally expec-