The gazette., 1799-03-11

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ua,;o,, nf Syb:ch we f,mly believe the Peaoe
= Tee,tv of Am rica to depend, becaale N lone
rel2eas 4 Judgment has differed iron. our owl
Various other points are notieed IN lhs -
drefs, alike calculated to excite yonr reie"t'ie'''
and provoke your rsiaance. Serloniiy 40 We
reoret the exprellion Of fuch ientlments Oy a
BODY 70 respectable. =
Ara time when all ought to unite N rePell-
inq every evidence of exi!tence OF divlilon ~
,he iIn;ted States on which divifon, our enemy
calcplates. and with her knowledge OF which
has had the preiumption to upbr@id US, II can
no, but infitf deep wound in the American
mind 70 find the Commonwealth OF Virginia
exhibiting through her Legislature iirehitible
te(l;monies of the degrading ehasge nor VIII
the embittering reflection be fotiened by ihe
declaration of determination 10 rePel foreign
iny,Gon. which is occaGonaliy interpreted IN
tboie proceedings. Hatred 10 goverRmentis
unapt to beget a difpoition TO unite in its de-
fence, and more probably would Projett other
fchenes, coupling defence from inv4iion with
chang of political fyatm. The reiult Of which
might be union with the invader, for he puT
pofe of accomplishing dettlabf reform. Ia
fortunately for the human rfce, iuch coalitions
have happened, and unfortunately tor The a
nercan people, another indance Of like conduSt
may be afforded Exhotta.ions TO dilregaFd
foreign danger, under pretence OF otoPPotlng do
mefic ufurpation, is an aFtifice which has been
often uGed 10 divide and ruin republican gov
ernments. Switzerland has lately afforded a
fatal proof Of this melancholy truth, and may
| heaven avert the ike fate from Us.
One other fertile topic Of complaint ag:inh
the general government, we mutt notice ; lis
| hfcai a arrangements, and increaGng expences.
In confidering this fnbjed, always reecolle a
that our revolutionary war left tn nation with
| a heavy debt (the price Of it's independerce)
and be1eft OF the means Of difchargng it.
When an individual or nation caonot pay
the principal Of an honeR debt, and can pay
| the intereR, every fair nlotive commands the
| principal to Be fecurtd, and the interea to be
| pnnaualy paid. Obedience 70 this hon@R il.
! jurai n produced the funded debt Of the United
States and although we pretend not to fay
that fonie mode more cCnionant to the Ameii-
can charzaer might not have been adop ed,
producing the fame end, yer we do aGerJ that
, the MODE adopted was the refut Of much la
bour, and much inveRgation, & that il received
the conltitutionAl anaion. 7 ON this we infer
that acquiefeenca in, and fupPoft Of the lyaem,
Is the proper conduit OF every good citizen.
Added 10 thefe original debts. has been the
vaR expence of defending Kentucky and the
weltern frontiers from the fudian enemy, and
the eRabliihnent of government in the north
and fouth weRern territories.
AT pr1lent, rhe defence Of the United States
claims money, and ,heir defence cannot but
f~ell conGderabIy the public demand.-Tbe
take IS our all-and 70 fave his all, who would
bsgru5ge part?
Bat we derive great confoiation in rem nding
curielyes Of the following fatfs Our reiources
are vait, are annually incre4fng are managed
with ability, and difburfcd with nregrity-That
they are appii-d to promote the peoples good,
only eontonant 10 their intenton, and bv their
c5oien irrvants-Ihat the choice Of our fIne-
tionares recurs ssufual, when the faithful fer
want will receive his reward, and the unfaithful
Be ordered to dePart-.1hat we are a great,
powerful and Independent nation-and that the
tatety and happineIs offuch people cannot be
promoted without proportionate fupplies oftheir
| money-Th4t the weight of tax gtion in the con
greional iyftem falls alnlolt entirely on The rich
That the capacity To pay arles in proportion
TO our iecurity from abr oat, and our tranquility
at home-That The prcfervaton fpeace is as t
has been, our conaast dciire, 70 prevent the
interruption Of which our government has
ably and Perieveringly fruggled-That war, in
defiance Of al our en1eAvours, impends over
our heads-iand that 10 avert its calamity we
mutt be prepared to meet it like men.
Continuing TO con6de 10 our governmcnt-
continuing To regard union as the rock Of our
political idlvation, ard the contribution As the
means OF its elervat;dn--continu;ng to prefer
tate or peace wiihou: d.lhonour, we will not
turn from the periis Of war with degraded
name, but like our fathers will be ready to rilque
life and fortune; expecting from the timely ex
ertCrs OF our government, TO be enabled to
meet any and every enemy on eqnal terms.
Lsgj0ature 9f -MaDacbyfsHs.
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