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incton, aProeus. !V.'-; - ' lor laughing) jump on to'fc and (bcm'bll afite-U' ! iacendiary I , In your letter Nov !5t& of the same year, thships, ottcu"rse are pltes w thfc tBytorx. ' by your son you cnarge ntr;t';vriuiexcccumy, any guier nia wiu.aipjj( pay 101; iiii.ihibuRVanfl oow-!r "that ' Political., U5TTF.H t( A OflEATjCilAK ACltll., A very interesting aid eloquent' Pan;pl)et tin- Set -Uil-titlt1 ha j'.st been published, Qnt'glding 'fis that ii.'rt irdi8ihe charactfcr,of Uve. ifjitu ,e 3.iu IwwiJO1N:-ADMIS. ' ByVthsfacU knon in this publication hii reputation . is ; fceJ,' and hls-tnask is su ipped from iiis face. . We Ver lament that a statesman, whorn we had been accustomed to reverence and .respect for.his early 'piaioiism and ardent senicts in his, country's Lsc, swerves from ttie paths oT virtue and honor 0& gqc$ oowti 'to mtn p-avti wrap. mvo '56 Af pjert??; '"crepin; twiHght his life 'VWyf" ''tvs'deiHUTh itnpMct i ffom the Tieti. oroba!Ir of tn tfoquent end distinguished rouseil-r-even this Genet, sent here to hi. - Ameiican GovernmehtKiinder Wash aiffNvfcom you branded' as the vilest that ever lived ; and whose exposure was sb )(eafng4o Oui that you repeated in your letter of October 15th, 1803; that " no! iJl Wash, ington ministersi Hamilton and Picketing , in cluded, could have Written, thepapej-4 which wtre so fatal to Genet' as those wittten by, him yet this very Genet, and perhaps the more earnestly for his Revolutionary adroitness, you have at temped' to' set before the American people s a lairiut ! You cannot dtny this1 without acknow ledging lhat yot. hot fraudulently used, the word celtbtat'd. lltte aie your expressions as contain ed vouv TelW th the Pt Jniers, vh.ciij Eppe"ired vtfstnatw ho 'soon after ihcortranizationof our -pntsent covernmert, was a Senator of W United jiiales and who, like other .disciples of Washing jj, has lived in' unambitious retirement. ' We make th? Jfqltowin extracts, which are as "copious as our limits will permit. 1 j No man Jiving; out of-your ' family, has been admitted to so near an 'mttmacy with your heart is'vou have indulged to me, for the purposes of furnishing me with materials for the renovation of soiino principles n me mines oi my counirymen, stftd'of resuscitating your reputation after decease. I chllvsiic o youf letters and oral communications, in the years 1 803, 4 and 5. ( 1 do not mean, to say, that theiionor of being "'ybuilstoiHogripher was given me by appoint- tncnUas it was conferred onDespreaux and Ra, - tine' by l.puis XlV,"but your antoRTa'ph viU shew, - that it was in the contemplation of such ' service, tliafyoii made me the depository of many secrets. This confidence I had determined, on a ro:,viction of your merk, bui tiot as a parasite, toconstc;ate, Wth zeal and fidelity, to its object When you reposed it, you did not, distrust any inju ticc to your fame by leavinc it in' the care of oihfs But to support yourself in a ntw character, you Rave thought it necessary to do your own embla. 2uniri5- and it hai, become the right and duty of jotr lormer inentis, ro expose uir notes you 4ave made in your escutcheon. I have thus accounted for "the tmrestrredness with wSich yay have re .vealed your-mind torn, on the various principles and characters, imbibed and extolled by' your ouiurymen ; uisung'uismijg uiose prmcipies wiucn ,'JiW t rought Such" wonfTtili.I effects" in, the twelve V'' jb- u'Arl tb'i-nttional govemvVnl and ;kaw ttttdcltdtstu to'huvc associated with your fiame by gtnevations to ceroei How fortunate foMhese principles 1 How auspicious to the fame of their advocates ! How damning to the adverse side! 1 ; V Look at your f Defence of the Constitutions of the Jotted States Look at your comsyunica tipns to congress, and answers to addresses when President Look at your letters to me in the years 103 and 4, and say. which are the " sentiments under your on hand'1 we must regard as yise and generous, those; which in the places ami at 4tbe prriods referred to, you inculcated, or those vhich yoti are now promotirg ? .OF the alterna tives u vhe sfnswer, you may make your election. Tu, ' cannot" buckle s your distempered cause H'iihjn.e belt' or rule " A' . 1 loncst, and 'generous spirits will disdain to Vceivethe oeoDle."M need not 4:ell von whfri JtiVomplimcnt t0ntegrity is recorded. But rj ic the honesty and feenercstty which disdain ffeceptionj'wbo,' because he is not -Cicero, will attacbtumselfto'Cataline ? Has he, whbibecause tie is not Augustus to the hourjaf gifa me tjour ttipkuac:- wilLX6rfeltrhis liile-to commendation ly repairing, to the standard of Anthony ? Has he, Whose heart resembles the fountain of thcScarrran Mh pouring out from onei side, a streammok ing as jt rolls ; and from the other, a stream tit fened with cold, and rattling with the loose pieces of congealed, water? This" you will understand as referring to your treatment of the- Federalists, the heads of whom you pursue with and your own works, I sliall leave to your own me roory to supply the omission of muc applicable matter. ", ' J? Skme eminent spirit, assisted by three or four .families connected with him, gains an ascendency, M excites fin enthusiasm, and then the Spirit, Pd. letter toooftbe Constitution, is made to give ay to him-'t Have you not, in your letters to Qe, characteri'.ed -Mr. as such a leading spirit f Have'you not mentioned uVlrA- ;-' as brother of the same principle ? j Hava you not pJiticulariKtl magy nTpr$ bthe deducing spirits ho ars defrauding the public credulity ? Have ou not said that the spuit, ahd JelTer too. of ne Constitution. have ft lien beforatlurn ? Have JU not slid Ki substance, that the" wreck of fnipiie" is .in close connection wtth their mea. lures? Itvveyou -riot laid to the charge qi Genet; Mat he. vvus the principal of the mob which beset President" Washington in his house at- Philadel phia? -And hiivtt- jou. Jiovduce-and-in the public paper, passed liiglj encomitims on Messrs. nj .i -i and. evfn spt this fienet. thU mn i7mT.iT: i J ' ' rTTTtSi "1 il. r ?. lo the world a devout atlmiret of him.'r 1 In the same letter, and in th one of Feb. 22nd,. 1SP9, you say of hinv' No man was a more' animated advocate for the; Trench, even t the highest strain of Jacobinism Wrl king killing ; yet now he11 ap pears tov the wojld as atdetit in his attachment to thel-ngUsh."j. , , -S In your letterof March 4tb, ybu meotiop that Tha UuUsh'iCft Ipt' searching our Shift t War, as well ai?us' .metxhantmenfor- earrjeo, in'th5 patriot of ep'tmbt ft 16th, 1809 :Yout was one -great point On vihich he' v. as plasedto hpeak'1 fit,st of the father,' and say" tie spoke 'differ, from you 'And the Engii-.h laniur- with great propriety and-! facility r was a man of letters and au excellenti , Hov much contempt has at anytime been ix wiiterT a Jealous advocate for America, and very , pressed of Washington, you have nad better op friendly to all Americans."'' To crown the climax portunilles of knowing than.. I, have."' You know of bis desert, and in this way to eulogise the son, how much detraction was vented by Duane, Giles, you ackft;" lie was the father of Mr. Genet, the and many o'her hair vbrained partisans of France. MimsttV Plenipotentiary Jrom thelrt neh Rcpub JDidMr. outdo these disparagers in con lie to the United States who has been &o much ccVe-jlept of YYashmgton ? Did he more than call him brated in thin tountrus has married into oneit our the source of our misfortrjr.es I ' Did hemore vou ever knew .n a ocntemDt ot vVashwieton.',rwaaexijlindctl' tn the' el.iy,4ii. a; : iJ Yet ; now,".. y ov-proceed and say, Jie appears this muff) if'Vetitipn 6f minfea' thousand 'time?1' most Wustrious'Yamilres, and still reside her.' hat prostitution to the views Gracious heaven ! of a pany ; '...than call htm " a conspirator against public 1U s I ty ? Did hev' more; than say, thatthe day of Uber his more ptohttblereffectuaUanjnni,f.ir,,t th pitiful pip pop play of gpo boats, ;oMhe. murder rous havoc of torpedoes f . v ',, , ; . Let bur nginers maka mjbec of mammoth :''. J mortars, that, will throw lrto flerjor army (ivV mies distant, a whole hogshead of snuff at vcc i'J iuciy tu-tr nt.-ul.,ill&l).or prflf i death did th ba..eing rams pf.tfi 'Vfiin eltiiir si,tir' or gun pad-r er-e, fartZti.tm .ht ttcHy ol above a;tWiur-4 wlJ urefy f neetT " ' "ay nmore; isiynotsel4'evi-.enti govern' V rant will but reduce ni net zing the ry 4prasr-' J , tice, from That moment We sliatl be invuhlerablti M j tverypass,ahdaiiiatch; fof all the worltf. , Npnt 1 of the valiant Sons of Mars will breach of our amniunitibn i 'not so much, for feasY.Vj ct oeung suDouea ana taken prisoner, as th, scan- 7 ; dalthar all this should beweffected by the. mean ! of Snuff? -.WHat would have betqme'of the honv V W or of Nelson if the Danes had; attacked, him with, , " I snuff instead f powder and taH?Vvhat a ndiciw',') loos blear eyedsubjectolaughtet he wobld'baye, been to all the uniyers'erWha1: officer1 on ea'rtfl 1 ought to be a dayt6f iubilee. irrthp .United that has any respect for the" t)dn6r of himself and You observe to me in letter of February i 1th, States I" Did he more than, charge1 him with " ajtamily, whould notTathc'rs'tttnd before acannona man do taken in- i809--l We have Gallatin disturbance had a, Shays's disturbance, a'neat and 'pure 'Violation of his oath to preserve the 'mouth and be 'blown to shivers t c, u i rits s uiaLLii U ai ill. .auu uuuuiuuuu t uiu uc more tuan say, mat uc wa.. siaicr uy snun vuiy tei .US once give our tndr dose ot dry ticoth Stiuff, and Qrvtn even a k picaroon will dare tckibrnei mt - witnin-signt ot our Coast- - Away then withvvour 1 first brigade of the third division of the militia oFmory of Central Washington, which should bear old Wsihoned guns apd mortars, and fireltfcfcs, and Massacnusetts,. you thus describcthe Dangers jsjmorfe than a trihutt: of gratitude for his military words congreve rockeis . gunboatV stink, ;'pits i - arc you not yoursclt eipployed on a Hemes ot guilty ot "audacious usurpation ana despotism, my s a good Insurrection aareuing i .' " . in making nis proclamation ot neutrality '. ' uidftaat time' not In an answer to an Address ot ttie onirer ot tsie he oppose tne erection ota monument to tncj American Liberty ;" Avarice, Ambition, Revenge and Qallanvty, would BreaK the strongest cords of our constitution, as a whale goes, through a net.'r . . " ' : .. . " Revenge is one of these strong handed foes. . Strong handed indeed! Is history muqk more than, a register of its enormities I Other passions can be satisfied and relax ; but this grows rapa cious with its glutony, and is as relentless as Jhe Hyena- Cazsar, affected by the slaughter of his countrmen on the plains of i'harsalia, vented the i ueful txclamation, They would have it so. Bui SyHa exulted when he heard the cries of thousands dvinc bv his orders in the Villa Publics. Are services, from an impression that his civil and po- and torpodoes snuffs will "protect us by landfit; 1'uical ought to be consigned to oblivion? If he I gainst all .invadersxScotch Snuff;; OLgh'. to .be? went to greater excess, or to, this extent, in " a written upon our national flag that all whp see it "'4 contempt ot VV asiungton, jet him ue damned i may Keep at a rcspecUul ilistancej and draV nesf forever - Let no ray .of mercy ever reach him. Iwliivawei Snuff will enable our1 marlnettto-navt' The excesses of the most violent in v favour of gate , the" ocean unmolested : the trump of Faiijfd France, you have described at large i your letter ; shall be filled with snuff triumphant, and blpw our of Oct. 15th, 1808-" Toasting the revolutionary sneeainp: reputation round the world. Vs.- madcaps of France---Exciting an insurrection in Philadelphia to curse and menace Washington Demanding war against. England, and an alliance vMGNAUF XlVQ TR0M THE VIRGINIA HERALD. . ' Tii.il i iaiii.w iuu wuigc aguiii Hit. ', - irjecio; Ci . (. c t't w yuuutfy ; 1 L ' . ' . that he lv se to the -highest poiht of this ardency J ileiow I send you an extract of a letter rr ' for France -To the highest pitch of this invete; ceived from Paris, under date of July : it voU J you not instigated by the hateful passion of He-1 racy against England. Such conduct in a private ! think it vTarthy of publicatiun't it is at. oiir services venge In the part you are-now acting ? We thank citiecn, niight have found some apology in a I will remark,' that the writer who of the 'fii'ftt4 ' you for 'be caution aga.8t suff riw.jj thi Levi f hoto,!it?rk iMhuua&flB lor-liberty, but would have than (io suit your nrt J to have Lis dangerous ben inexcusable in a member of the government &pom--Ana ior anointr cauuon comainta in aioi mis neuuei country, v--.. more particular description of this infernal enemy ; Of all kinds of spirits that we read of out of hell, -this (Revenge) is the las: that an enlightened friend of liberty would inculcate Examples enough of it, however, may be found in all revo lutions."t Mr. Adams has had 'he most ample means of formmg an accir'ate estimation of the charhater ol Jtff.rson. He thus paints him. . Fhat'tiur southren states should be infested with Jacobinisrr is generally thought more easy ot explanation' than its i existence, htre. .J3ut.natuijs is every where the same -Vesuvius blazes in tlie south, but the nort-Mias its Hecla ; and' hot. springs' is-fue from among frozen mountains, as vell as under the tropics. All the volcanoes of fusion resemble the btrdmbold in this - .they burn with out ceasing. -., . ' ' .-x , .:,'.'. The plan of administration pursued by Mr. Jtf (erson and prosecuted1 by his successor,' appears to have the help of France primarily in viewi. What will happen in the fart-het pursuit of this plan , before" we rea is i ati inqiivry? of much circuit and uncertainty. The war of sentiment, fiercely waged, produces that o the sword, which u in its progress metho dises its own course." j Hence the hopes of the as. piting. ' ' " . ... Once more of " our most illustrious families. vn ulence, , Less than seven years aeo, you told me of Mf. you rook with coldness on the ere at bodv. : m M,,.. u ,aa call them JSQttansrf - whu-h w. wM nr!n. . x t.;a - nwillinO' tft txtiifiiP' (Jflll Willi mintatiAnc from - e i T . ' . . o " "-fj"- -j -"... mean Liitibi i ixi Hianiv. an inrnmais nmhii Hom you exultihgly told me in Philadelphia,' tha jjour son John had, thrown1 upon his backhand Whom you yourself then loaded $vith all the ob , loquy which you can , deal-out. so roundly when ,Dcf tms.xi f , , . ' ;tlujd.iu. London edit. . ; rcspectabnkyi i has been a long' resident in Pans, and from hu situation, hat had it in hi power to . observe closely and Irequently men in office. . ' But what have' you taught me by your condem Paris, Julyiail. nation ot Mr. to tink cl yoUiselirj "Our government and the great mass jof-our1 Have I not your explicit declaration, 'that instead, people it would almost seem had a perfect X.ata of wielcing die pen singly to vintJicate your pre rus like patience, in enduring the evils infiicttdbii ' t- nsKUi to a merit above Mr. Jay. or to an equah- iheir trade by Fi ance, ana to be tonlent wuhths V ly of .me rit. ..with him, in the negociation of 17S3i meanest 'trttmbs of promise, from tae French em- . you have taken it in hand to keep alive a. Gallic .peror- ready on the am41est encouragement to f k mania in this, country, in opposition to the leading risk sequestratlbn, by again sending- property " federalists with whom at the period abuve re- within his fangs, whilst, and our citizens ought , feired to, you acted in concert ? And you are to pe convinced of it, he cares not about us or our ; ! inflnmip; the people with this madness in co.ope:' trade, except in so far as he can make us 'subserw ' ration with the leading Jacobins, to wnoni, at that vient to his views ajgainst jbngland. PcJitl(!0 anujsb much in In fact, the anti-commercislmeasures that! - PiuwwuuM i nnuuiuti, iii uiagu i uui liicii'j iui in 9U nil pui lam M yai hi AajJitoji a ojruitui, prove plainly that he is determined to destroy for eign commerce,' and to make France as far as practicable independent of foreign aid. v' ; " Forced from the ocean, confined within his ports byvthe British, and satisfied that while a gen j era! commerce exists, ijre nation will directly or t s conipany at a public table when they drank their toasts : burely this fs a wandering which ia bereft of the palliation of a virtuous but mistaken zeal. We uirc jallen nfipn evil times Mr. JMadisorir The iojlowing cruel, satire upon our, wise arid vali ant republican administration is copied lrom the llaitimore $un, lately the Evening Post, one ;of the most zealous democratic papers in the Union. -V. S. G. ipdirectly benefit thereby. Napoleon may possi- biy nave telt himseit compelled 10 pursue mea , sures Which might ave been' intended as tem ' ; porary, but whichare now engraftet1 on his ays- $ tetofi, and which' hedevelopes on the continent , ; (under his sway) with an energy and decision that ion. and a want of sincerity." Since then," vou have declared your-anticipations, realized ; and since making this? declaration,1 you have become his eulogist, andtht encomiast of his friends, and a fellow laborer with them ! What is there that Ambition, a thirst of Popularity and Insincerity will not perform ? , . ' You compared Mr,,. '-. to Lovelace, and tne t'eopie to viarissa. and said, f he artful be called lien s delight, thus to toss old tleatij, a villain will pursue the lovely girl to her ruin and thousand at a meal ; the very thought of it is e her death " This is the painting qf your own i nough to make a body tremble Btit, sir there pencil. Whose likeness does it exhibit ? Is it will be no jiiorc need of such destructive instru- not " a glass where you may see the inmost part ments if our government will take my advice as otyouf.' - , t .v - , . I mentioned in my last, that the intimations it contained should shield me against the censure of yourself and family. They related principally to two" characters- you shall know my meaning more explicitly. ; Pirbt of Mr. - , i . In your letter of Nov. 7th, 1?05.- you.iemark that the letters of this gentleman to . . r . ilshew.the-characterfthemmbitterahdjxialig;. nant ; ignorant and iesuitical.v . In the-sam Xru .loa THE SUN. Mr, Editor, You know that the world contains a genera: admits of no relaxation lion of blood hounds, who delight in war and I i " These measures will be most sensibly felt in say,'in the name of Bellbna, let them have their Virginia, and the. southern states. The entire fill of it, and rid the world of each other, by roe I prohibition of the article irjrjf tobacco, must effef1: thods of their own. Butwe Americans,"thougli Jouf," planters arid should it be Intended (jWhich we wish- to be at peace, with all mankind, may i as yetis not known) to extend such pfohibin to very soon be visited by those demons ; and then i the yheW Department of -Holland and the Hans c sir, what shall we do? ' Our seaports almost un protected ; our gun boats hot worth as many washing tubs toipedoes, to be"Fure we have, that can blow any shin into the air. if the com. mander on board will but let one of those infi nal points be stuck into the bottom of his vessel then indeed, by one murderous and tremewous crash, the ship, with alHts contents, goes post haste to peidtuon m a moment, lhis, sir may ter, you accuse, him of " Intrigues with Senators, which ltitl the Senate into violations of the Consti. tution." -You caH him a man in a maski some limes of silk, 'sometimes oHron, and sometitues ot $. Defence of Constitution, follqws Let them jirdfubit the exportation cf tobucca, establish manufactories of Scotch Snuff and erect magazines to store said .Snuff, in the vicinity oi an our seaports ana ironuer towns. Then, sir, should an enemy's fleet dare to come within our waters, let a thousand boats be- filled with dry Scotch Snuff, with helm a lee, send them round the foe. like swarms of locusts, with proper trains and fusees, to blow them up, while- our shios jc torts are discharging femnew construct cd'bpmbsmortars and "great guns, a'most horrP" ble tempest of barrels, kegs, cannistefs ,h bladders of Scotch" snuff l--What do you thinkiVir, by t histimelrmTistbe'vhc situation of the enemy ? See them dl cursing, stamping, coughing end sneez-m-officers atid men running against each other as-' blind aa, I'Sts. ' , - - t - Towns, Maryland (as well as Virginia) will be cut from the best market for its supplies. - " The Cotton Planters must henceforward con 1 V tent, themselves with much more moderate pro- ; :' fits than they hav6 for'years past enjoyed." Cor- j side r able less attends all shipments of that 'aitifU V J at present, loaded as it is with heavy duties, aru.1 subject as it must be to heavy charges of insu'- rvl 'ranee, Stc. . N V "-'"'.i" ,'" ';j ( Even admitting that the fititish Orders ijvw e-ooncii were witnoravvn, neuner cottojii., iu-.r scarcely any of our products would yield profiti , r; Large quantities would 'consequently arrive4ht. i, manufactories of cotton are not fostered bji , vernment, but the contrary. A godd deal -ofco . ton is; how grown in the . kingdoms of Italy lij .:xti Naples, and considerable quantities" will r.ovyi'.l beTfifroduced into Fnnce from !.iLevanr, bio' Bosnia and the lliyrian ' (.. it t: ;o irscste, where an etrenot ha heea Ha';ti;-v.'tab'hd, "All adventures, .to il'iui--- l,'.'vevernut ho considered at risk in the ; R j,arnta:'f poioji of sc.'P curity. of property t u iinj o.wh opiirfMi tfi - the future political mevit'je Vi Hcd Statis. .7 ithregad7q:'ETra:J3t.a': whkh-riTT-not-t;--with Kapdleon's ppliiknl ie,Jn,spi'od'ice,aoo'' ther sweeping 8equestiS.itn 'rf..c rrc:.tiori.' A( as the value-of l targoesi-.-iddi ho Franc 'i " ' irttist be re exported in French jjccchirw and imafir ' ufactuies' (and at present cne hclin. V'k. -gbQ&i j ihirc jaust be conscqveiiily, frra -re 6 -
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