Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-08-19
ALEXANDRIA,,
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10.

We learn from the Intelligencer OF Sa'
,urday last, that it has been asserted IN one
OF the New>York papers, and COPIED oy
the Baltimore Patriot, that the editors oil
the National lntelIigencer had been 10 the
habit of putting into, type some OF The most
abusive pieces against the administration,
and Of sending them Tor publication IN the
Gazette.' To this charge. the editors
plead not guiIly;-call it most impudent
fasehood; and produce certificate from
their workmen, to prove that no suon
thing has ever happened in the office as IS
charged in the above extract, nor any
taang resembling IT. The certificate, we
think, goes little too far; for the editors
speak thus, for themselves The ewes.
dropping meddler who communicated TINS
deectabls intelligence to the press, has
probably seen boy from the Gazette OF
fee, carrying from ours, the type OF some
public document, or article OF news, which
had appeared ia our paper, and which we
have lent TO Mr.. Elliot to be copied lnto
his paper Now. this seems 10 look like
something very much resembling st.'
1t is a we'll known tact. that The Gazette
has. for a length of tine, been excessively
! abusive to the administration. or, at least,
to the President, and 10 every member OF
his cabinet, except Mir. Crawford. Many
columns of matter, al heavy expense tor
composition, have been daily devoted TO
this purpose: Mr.. Crawford is said to have
! Withdrawn has patronage, because the pa
per was too abusiue; and still the National
! Inteligencer furnishes the public docu-
! ments' and articles OF news, ready sci
up, to the bands of the Gazette-thereby
{ relieving the editor from The expense, the
trouble, and the consumption of time,
which he would otherwise have to devote
to this necessary part OF his paper; and
/ thereby leaving all his resources tree, to
| be applied to the main object. Gut If this
is not something sufficiently resembling
IT, perhaps the similtude may be still
| heightened by the fact, that against all this
abuse, some OF which, certainly, must
have been unmerited, the editors OF the
Intelligencer have preserved an unezpect-
ed and mysterious, il not a confirming 81
lence. This has mol Away: been their rule
OF action: Time was, when unjust charges
against the administration would have been
promptly rebut,ed, and when they would
moi have taken umbrage at an editor, who
had always treated them with respecD
barely because that editor spoke we'll OF
another, yho spoke well OF the admins
tra.ion. There is something rotten IN
Denmark.
An erroneous opinion has long time
prevailed, that the poisonous plant, COM
monty known by the name OF CORRUPTION,
was indigenous in the fields of the borough
mongers OF Eng land, and could no where
else be brought to state of perfection. A
few members of Congress, during the last
session, formed society, for the express
purpose of trying the experiment in the
varied Soils of our extensive county,
Seeds, with directions for sewing them,
were accordingly imported, and gratuilous-
ly distributed from Georgia to Name. In
many of the states they could not be got to
terminate; whilst in others sickly growth
kept hope alive. But it was left for New
\ ork to wear the Georgia wreath. In that
genial and fertile region, and under the I
skilful management of Senator Van Buren,,
the object of the society has reached ma
turity, far outs:ripping the calculations of
its most sanguine members. No longer
may the naturalist of the old world, preach |
tae degenerating qualities of the new; for
the CoRRUpTIoN' of the borough-mongers
is to that of Van Buren's as the bills of the
Mersey TO the towering Andes. The name
of this exotic vegetable is derived from its
properties, which, upon trial at Albany, |
were found to reside in its ROOT, and |
from which they were extracted by Steep
ing it in brandy or Holland gin. Why |
such an internal plant has been introduced |
into our country, is best known to its pro-
psgators, Van Buren,, Holmes & Co.; but
we pray, and humbly trust, that, if the
people tail in preventing its spread, Con-
gress. al the approaching session. will put