The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-02-07

H. ouo' VI representatives ester.
gay round ''self engaged in a disGssior
ofa subject, of very differen, hanr.
from that of the politico econome oue.l
u@n WIN which it was occupiedon The
Inc whole day was Consume lin i;s
cusslon, of a delicate and vsrv .,,oh -.
mada III, ua'.re, which arose out ia motion
, maae oy Mr.. Cambell, of Ohid evider,ly
t.", uou' personal motives, to rursue still
.s''ner the investigation wbicj was ins,i.
s.'eo on letter addressed by Gales &
- on' 10 the house of representatives,
NJ capacity as printers that house.
IT. u did not move this frrther inquiry
ueeause he was not entirely satisfied with
the report of the late committee, so far
ha' report vent in theacquittal of the
persons implicated ; but, as tina, commit.
,ee had conceived its powers to have been
.hNed,and had not prosecuted its inoui.
tres o The discovery of the person who
oln make one, and the most material one
OF the erasures, he wished comm;,,ec
10 be appointed, with full powers te inve..
ugate the subject thoroughly, to the end
that the guilt, in the case, if anv ex;s,ed
might, it possible, be detected and exno'
sed. We do not know how To narrate ,h.
incidents OF this debate, of which ON,
reporter last night attempted an abrids
meni, but abandoned the task in despai,
OF success. The full report of the pro.
ceedinSs OF yesterday only, will require
more than one day 10 transcribe them.
and even then will be imperfect. 1t NAV
however, give an idea of the nature OF
tie debate to say, that 1t was of painful,
lnts' es', and that scarcely any one gentle
man engaged in 1t who was not more than
once interrupted by calls to order.
IL is no longer question in which the
printers 10 the house of representatives
(our humble se.ves) are personally con-
cerned. 1t embraces a wider scope en-
training within its vortex high officers oil
the government and members of congress
whose conduct and motives are arraigned
with freedom Of whic h in our Legislative
annals, examples have been seldom seen.
II Will be expected of us, that we
should report the debate at large and
because II will be expected of us it shall
be done, as soon as an inlcrmission OF un.
ceasing employment will allow us the
opportunity.
The subject being yet in suspense, W {
VIII only express our hope that il will no,
be suffered TO absorb other questions OF
greater national concernment, by occu.
YIng with too much intensity, or for toe
long time, the attention of the house
1--WE may be allowed to add, that ii w as
always our impression that this matter
was not ended, which has induced us
hitherto to refrain from observations upor
1t, more particularly, however, with q
view to the un!airness of the treatment
which, on this OCCASION, we have receiv.
ed from some ofeur professional bretb
rem, avowed friends, as we'll as polilica
adversaries. The editor of the Natiopa
Gazette, cum n,ufiS aiiis, has worse sin
as to us, 10 answer Tor, than solecism in
grammar. or a blunder in regard TO the
law ofnations. Every editor must have
known the charge against US 10 be false,
and had no right, by acts Of either omis-
sion or commission, to make different
impression on his readers
National Intelligencer Of ye8teyday