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32: 95 Wcsibcsoxe' hinudsi'fde mWlly ll
tmd. by the comenu of mio impornnt'
'lddts from France; tho tula: of which
here. SS-We .lcc,sigivn uþ the whole ground;
of ciispuze with .Americn. and coocedca not
:litdc to us. '** !: alrca'dy appmss-twbc
'gl'c ed, that the visit ac sea;" (or in other
Womb the righc'os search for yhich me
but a iong comcndcd) " : measure of po
licyjdopled by all nations, is. not : viola
tion of meum] fighls, andzsim the decrec
of Milsim was intended only to proved! the
visit directed by she orders of couqcil, of
m"; 1307; by which ncutrah Were oblig
si: to go to Enghud, and there pay & ni
bu'r." '
And the agents of Opposition have been
found indesatigatble iu sowctmg the Wecdp of
prejudice anu dmmiun in . soik naturally
cdcuhted to bring tul'Lh union and enersiy
in support ostne rights and honor of our
much injured Country.
At the same time the repub' ' s and
fs'icnsils ot'goverumt-nt h'uve acte xth a
supincn ss umssforthy of their cause : while
thsseir opponems nave, th oub-sih cV- ry possssl
'blc medmm. been chcuutuug taics aouut
frcnch inﬂuence, tum cvcn rutmdly nanctsit
ed the enemixc had paid tuo millions
to Boxmpartu as a bribe ; instead of takmg
proper steps to COLlll'tLs.}C\ such vilc false
hootissiwc have genemny on the the eve of
an Z-Lcction ssiizsiu un ;.(nnc iocal pecztdulo
of our adversatic: which fails to make: that
impression on the pubhc mind that a cam
niJ ;tnzlcuresulexammatiun would insaili
'bly produce. _ Let such conduct cease , let
tts adopt the means which have produced
the eﬂect in other quarters ; let our .oppo
atsion be s} stematic and pe rsevering, and no
douht,wc shau be suCCessful and the pre
sent honorable inc-si-mbent of our seat n the
Rational Councils will descend to a rank
wente sensibh: he merits, that of a private
gentleman. -- '
REMARKS.
The frceholders of the district a!" Lan
duun, Prince William and Fairsax have,
to be dure, great cause to thank this cour
teous editor sor making their d'mrict the
devil's palacect—The ahcc at Washington
is, of course, the house of God ! How he
:: worshippecl there, the inhabitants of it
beﬂ know. W may be the eﬀect of such
PWTW ): thc take, the unfortunate peo.—
sih of ass ;ounty and district, m}! too soon
'unhapp'By see}. He could not, however. in
the whole range os thought. have produced
. better moon for the adherence of the
dim'm to their long end uied much!!! to
me pbuuu of the immortal wakiqgsson.
Zhu thn *,* they pouen such immedine op
pbispnixin o! oþuinin; cqqeeg insqrmcion
Of the love of c0untrctv and patriotism
which actuate the matjority ot'the ciuaens
of Loudoun, ? mce Wilham and Fairtax
there can be no doubt : a question u- si.\_v then
arise ; from whence ﬂows thetr (sippusluun
(ascxhibited through the mercdictu ut'our
representation in the [Nati nal Ltfgsitdl'MUIc)
to the spiritcd and energetic conduct 01 the
executwe in reshting ioreign ;tggrcsbion,
and their exertion to steer C-car of the tem
pests that have desolated the tairest por
tions of the civiliud world. Although we
Posisess such immediate opportunitics of
obtaio'ng correct 'msormatwn respecting
the motives and vicws which actuate the
ltlministmtiou, by our proximity to t :
lest olss gowmment, yet
orders in council, we cannot llill believe
then this our essnemy'o change of tone has
lmn ..ircly produced by either Operation
upon lus cummcrce ; and are not without
om' suspicion: thauhcre is an mdication
hchofa m'on: general tendency, mlor
ymusi-ndcd, (0 accommodatiun. Bi—cwecn
ancsi-e and America, however, if the pre
ceding intelliguuce be authemic, l'mh: now
remains for udjuscmcm ; and is. on thawe-J
word of me American cmbargo towards
France, the French commercial edicn fall
tolde ground, uur orders of council (for
which the premulgznion of tMsc'cdicts was
the avoch and just czum) must of course
dmp wctn'n them, without the necessity of a
H'hc'rc'wr God (rect: an house ofpray'r
The Dwil's surc- tz buit'd a ['cnucc- tiwre :
lpccifiu treaty.
(Times-j
_ From the Lct'sl/urg lez-publicmt Prsi'u.
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vvalmlyssao \'C ll-Ib ovv- uw—u—Qu ——'
Alexandria Dafiy Ox}: It.
).ONDAY, MAhCli "12.
THE. POLlTlCS 0? 'l'll DlS'l'RK-To
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have ekerted themselvel tossetcer del? Of
the tempests that have- deeolated thsieflil'en
portion: of the 'world." if this be their ne
rit, let us fairly examine it. in order toeteer
! c.:ar of these tetssnpem, nethiaz wu accel
tary on the part of "Autumn. but an hpsszsitelt'
and candid neutralitv, An equal portion of
eatiefaet'x'on orctblame with the conduct of the
behigerents. Now I appeal to every honelt
; demoei'at, is this the case Z—Not long ago
a treaty was concluded withEagland, by two
very worthy men, which wouid probably
' have oaved us from all further aggrceeion an
. osGreat Britain, thin treaty was
- ecut'back by.]eﬂ'enon, thout even sub
mining it came eenate, as ctvas his duty to
havedone-ct France, in open violation osa
treaty existing between us, undertook to
prohibit our tradc with England and its de
pendencict. No oppoaiuun was made to
thin outrage? but the moment G. Britlin
retaliated by her orders in council,to please
the mighty emperor, for he tells UI so him
eell, wsi- were subjected to all the dietreseea
of embargo and nun-intercourseilaws, by
which w: lost millione of 00! money that
we might starve the English ! Franrehurnn
and capturee all our vessels they meet with
on the ocean, andsi imptjisons out ssillow-ci
tizens, driving them at the point ofthe bay
onet to their dungeons in the interior of the
country. Yet where have we seen the spi
riteJandcnugitsi'c conduc't of th: admitti
attation in rsisistisshg xix.-se outrages ? But
really we are led by these soreign edltma of
newspapurs to xi.-lime, that Engi me] is the ss
only cnunt'siy w.- suﬀer outrage lion. The
ahninistraunn have latxly pretended vast
tlt-licacy osnati-mal feeiing in the case of
Mr. ]atksun, and we might have given
4 thtm credit [or it, had it net unibrtunatel)
_ come out that this thing was c-lsicially as
' visited in 'Paris. three days after it took
- place hfst'. The qunrrtctl with ]acksm
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mecsiihg !!Nsimodv ndneﬄ Uliijsihic"
me the ndmdsibuuþqoghy their Wmty
conduct: ofgovW'f !: us from !
come: and epeedy information rupecdnz
the momen and vim wh'ld amoud ths
former and pkescdcidmiohupxionﬂthn th'!
arc taught to abhorthem. He ny! ﬄeyhve
exhibieed " a spirired and encrgeticconduct.
. in rcoisting' sore-gn aggrcisirioo, ctand that they
.
scrings. To and in this object, two mum
tera have lately been sent to Russia, Shorc
and Adnms, at the expence os thirty Mau
' sand dolct'ars. 'l'o Rusaia ! with which na
tion we have hardly any cdmmerce ; and
which, of course, can only be, as Bona
ct parte informs his impcrial brother, to ap
proximte usto their system. ' Thus are
we to be drawn into all the mileries as Eu
rdpean war, pplitice and alliances, to '"P'z
rt that nommerce, which in the time: of ?
was therefore anosine-r thing planncd to
pirisc Bmiafsi zitr, and really it is top
scxinus a consideration, for the credit
of this country, to see the bungling, bare
faccd manner in which it has beenexecuted
The semblance of an implied aﬀront to the
the uncle of Bonaparte's nephew, is to
plunge us' into war! and yet these men won
der we sho 'ld continue scderalists! The
French emperor in OCLObcr last wrote
to- the emperor of Russia the se words—
"the U. .States are on the worst terms with
England, and seem dispoud sincerel)
and seriously to approximate to our sys
tem." \Vhat is thatsystem, the prostration
of the British navy. by the ruin of her
commerce. Bonaparte has felt that this
navy is the great barrier between himself
and universal cmpire. He can only de
stroy it, by destroying what sapports it—
the commessue asthe country. To aid m
. this has been the true secret ofnll our suf
jected with indecorous contempc—when all
theioucragco and violence: of thy other,
ares paned over in 'Iilelce, (ad in mon
favor'ue' view: under the omen lim
ccyss-and wicked pretence: cedulously
ymucdj m !!- M 'tis—zed te. blesu
thingcon and Adame, these very men
laid uhould be thandoned. When all at
tempt! 6- thc part of one nation are re- '
Lv
, lsitzTreactt mþmdoutd-rm "!
coctdctdb which ielndinlm b Man"!
DW the kedng editot of the ndmhimr'
ionsiplrsieody' recommended war uﬄsst-Rit';
I Ind,.oi {mace with .Fsimmr. ? "an UF 'ss't
neertchn : way to be uddemc-od by li'- ;
party, 0!" " Napoluu' te our. king?" TO
: ccomjzlit—h thie, atmitl are recommended
to be niece], Been cq'uipped Add NWY
tuee ippoud; for we are lotion]: mough
to Mosess thitt the money which th'!
havegﬄþoeed to borrow for these purpmel
we lbds not have to poy, if indeed they
will-leavc us the meum of peyingitp—
Ecenoiny wqonce the .vntdt word of the
siperty. When sedessnlicm was to be demoy
ed; armies and naviea were unlen and
dangerous; foreign embnuiel were unne
!
I
be honest who tBus change their principlea
to answer their views? With such motivea
! . .
sstruiy too,that France has injured no more. ,
They have teen various eﬀorts made on -
will be dilcomfited—New-York is treading
bachber ncps—the union will take the :
larm, lad the inhabiunn of the dicmet of
Prince William, Londoun and Fnir'sax.
with their repreunmive, will ridk high
amongst che W of Amcricn
QlYlt
lie national degradation ;) and ioana, we are
told, may be had to any extcnt the public .
exigmciea may demand. Can the men '
Agaimt these dreadful evils, tsio avert
their too fatal progren our representative I
in Congreaa has honorably and Zealoualy 1
cottteaded; and the gratitude as the dia
trict It ol hia country will be his reward—
every year will add to his papularity—Ahe
spirit ofour beloved Waahiagton atill ho
vera around and points to our political aal
vation—The friend- of French seater'aity
French aggreasiona submitted to* with pa
tience. They know that impartial neuttali-si'
ty is the only gtound we can safely atattd
upon tlpreaerve our peace, independence
& happineao—They have about that chante
suiiy abandoned, and an alliance with one
of the belligerents recommended and war
with the other. T hey know that peace
is to them an all important object, and
that an alliance with France Would be
the deatruction os American freedom.—
They can aee no object that can be obtain
ed by war, but public plunder, public dis
tress, a vast extant of executive inﬂuence,
and an accumulation of debte, that our
childrens' children may not be able to wipe
away. lmprened with thtae ideaa, they
cling closer than ever to the honnrahle po
licy of the imtssnortal Waahington. Peace
with the world -is their wish, as long as it
can be maintained by a just and equal cott
duct towards foteign nations. England
they :(nOW cannot deatrav them, bcqauae
they have cried the experimcnt; and He
sidea the commercial spirit of that nation
is best aatiafied with the iadustry and ex
isteace of the world in peace. But where
are the armiea of France to be supported
and kept up, but by the plundcr and aubju— ss
gation of manLind. 7 Aa aoon as the Bri
tish navy shall be destroyed, the impetuous
torrent will hunt from the European ahorea 1
and we too shall be deluged in its course.
ceeaary and expeneivess loana of money
were tricks to draw the public attention
from us expenditure; and our commend
tectiv. .'But now when war with Eng
land! the object. uaeleaa embataiea are
sent ; large armies are to be tained ; ﬂeeta
equipped, (tolcave commeree unproteeted
was English and did not deem: our pso- <ss
—they have seen none on the partofFrancc. ss
They have seen English eﬀorts at peace
rejected with contempto—they have leGn
the part of England to heal ons diﬀerences
ening at such abaurditiea, and turning to '
support them? his no wonder that we
Ire so many really honelt democrats,'aiek
fe'dcraliam and the only mlid safety of their
country. The iederalieta do not_deny,that
England hassiinjured ua ; but they say, and si
and eueh views, are we to be saticteficd, and "
dist. lsi'f -
A
R AN AWAY from the mbncriber, living
near 'Fnirsu Court House, on the fifth
inn. . ncgro eld, amed NANCY ( [bout
!! year- old, rather un dun attention, to
lcnblo likely. dark complexion, thin vlugc.
full mouth. has no men of tho 'whlp-nor ny
othcr viaiblo markt chem- her; took with
hn . ner yon frock, ctiiped red ad whlt'n
neven] stock- osedlco, 9 new green mull— ss
) bon'nct. lad lame other dmhhpsilsisswﬂl [In
,Tcn Dollm reward formed: in in my --
ful lo-thnl get MuganM3m-bh
charge- is brought home. She had dom. con
octiom in Monndrh ad London, P'" \
hop- lb. my man to one osebcn wm- ]
fonwnn Ill pendu- fmm "lind: 5" 00;
Would: or hire!" of her. '
l
, lsi Lem'lsi
LUWLL, csifm- '.
?
- Ten Dollars Rcward.
Brown Soap in do.
- N. E. Rum in hhdldnd hart -
March ]: - apt! '
A SElNE calculeted Q siah about eight-f
een feet. Ruquiro of tie Printer.
March ll. no
OPFERS FOR BALB,
6000 bushels Liverpool nd Linbn Sllt
Muscavado Sugar in barrel:
Loafand Lump do. do.
Coﬀee in barrele and each . - ss
Imperial and young hyson teesiinqﬂehemss
Spanish Segan in halshoxes "
Mould anþSpermtceli Candle in me.
Rcaalved, That : committee bessslppomþ' '
ed to visit the poor and work he did
report to next meeting of Coune'tr end.
and condition of the eaid home. _ ': sisi ' '
And on the question chlll die ' si _ _
pan. the ycn and my. weren. folloip : -.
an—Meurs. Young, Button, M,Kew '
zie, Lawrnon, Pruwn, Nevitt' lad
Dcm—F. ..) " .
NAYI—Mcnn. Cohqeq, 'M'Knight.
Aodereon, Butcher, Cadett, Heswmn lad
Rhodee—7._ Negatived;
The following ruolution was then mov-ct'
ed and pened,
Rcsolvcd, That the member: of the Cenct
mon Council do _mect at the poor and "
work house on the 26sih inn. at 8 o'clock
in the alternoon, and that the pqeoident o!
Council do invite the .trustreeesios said in-_
etitution to meet them at the mid bottle.
Extract from the minutrs, * -
ADAM LYNN, :. c.
asii-si '
Shipct' m m., g-pnhc _: ct um .
Liibon—Salr. &c.-damnWW-Q '. *
Left nLiobon. musffi PUM "se
capuiu Wolf, of. bode-fohnY-UW
ﬂhshfngton, sscapnin BW,. W ;
head,.bmh from 8!- Pclcnburffi'in'd _ .
' Fcb. 14, he. 35, 30, lengvu, spokes
Kcnmckymapuin ]onu, from ssw _
bound-co-Philadelphixsihd besiea' ct
the coast lost nones her nails,- , 'ss
16 inche am- in an hour, w _,
ter stove'm, benring awoy-sorBe _ _ ctct * _
.St. Bmholomews. " , .'ctsi 5 _'.
23d. s okc schf." Mary. fromWi _ - _'
tdn (sides bound to Lnguirl, out 3. . si
lax. 35, 16, long. 71. 80. - s ;ctsict,
_ March 0.- - inn.; ,
On balloeiog for : Prcsidcnn _ " *
Couucil, Edmund ]. Leg in duly deem}. ct' _
On ballocing for . Clerk to Comon
Lynn is duty clected. , -
On balloting for I Mayorfwillllm Her
bert is duly elected. _
On ballotinq for : MenengnctGCsinch,
James Harrio u duly cctldtu . ;
On balloting for aSupcriqendm ofPO-ct
lice. Alcxaodcr Smich il duly cleared. ,
On balloting for : Kecper of the Pocdel
House. ]ohn C. Mandell is duly cleared
On ballocing fd- Trusceu is the Po"
and Work Home, ]ohn January,. Thomas
Vowell, ]onah Thompooo And Andch
Scholficld .lrc duly tlecced. . 7
On balloting {or a pub!ic Fame, Samusiel
,Snowden is unanimouely clectcd.
Onuznzo, Tþat Charlu I. laden on!
John Suuon, with the prnifknc of tho
Common Council, be : commimc w, *
!end to getting the lawctamcndatory of 3
charcer of the town and the law to lamb;
rizc che erection of :: jai! in the man of"
Alexandria, passed by congrbu;
The following resolution wummd llsid
acconded. si,
!N comfz 0001vc1£h \
FOR SALE,
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