Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-11-06

both OF France and Great Britain. IF YOU
ihould perutc iome newspapers, which i,
needless Tor mo to name, and lhould OBJ
iervc their general ipirit and tenor for
years pait, YOU would find them from the
beginning TO the end of the chapter, ing-
ing $ Ca iras" to the homer OF France.
And, II you look into /ome OF the oppofite
papers, you perceive tie fame frain of Gu.
logy upon Britain: in the mean time both
iides ieeln to agree in proGrating the dig
nifty OF the United States at the feet OF
thoie foreign nations, whole caules thew
have respectively efpouicd. Such lire
of conduct is not itrange in fa,eigue,,:
this Is net their country, and il The whole
or the United STATES wete TO be funk by
an earthquake, they would regrer it iut
as much, as if the fame thing ihould hap
pen to japan.
Europe has been like furnace feven
times heated and cu,isrants from thence
come over with paiiions, prejudices and
Partiaities inhamed in the highc!t degree,
Tome for France and others for Britain.
OF contequence fuch emigrants as become
Knights ef tie quill, or editors OF newt
papers, mutt b. expected 70 write under
iniiHehce OF thoic violent inpreGions which
they receive In their own country. With
them, one or the other OF the Great nations
istilc itandard ofpolirical excellence. while
united America is viewed through their
optics as an inGgniificant fatelii,e, made
to revolve round the European luminary.
All this is natural and fach imported
empires, arc perhaps lels cuIpable than our
own citizens be, who purchafe and Jwal-
low their nofrums. Bat when native A.
merlcans, and men Of talents too. are feen
devoted TO foreign nation mo matter
which, and in the mean time catch at
every occailon to pour contempt upon the
country which gave them birth, we indig-
nantIy blulh ar their conduit.
Let the hard be withered, thar wopld
plume either THE Brni6 r,ozUu ar ,b.
f'T"e6 cap with feather pIucked from
the American Eagle. In the name Of rea-
ion, what benefit could accrue TO mank md
from the further ggrandilement OF Britain
or France The fafety Of minor nations
coniiils in the riva,ihip and equipo;f, Of
thoie gigantic empires whereas. If one
OF them iheuld fubdue the other, the cen
queFlng'nation would give law to the world.
1t would beitride the earth like a yatt Co
LOTUS, and other nations would aand Ike
pismies between its feet.
Shall Americans, then, throw up their
caps and exult, whenever one or the o.
ther of thofe proud AUTHORIZATIONS gains
victory s--When the cories of thoufands
of poor wretches, who are reluctantly
dragged into the fervice, are arown
over; the fields of battle or immerged in
the flea, ihallswe ihout becaufe foreign
general or admiral has gained hononr by
thu action /! Are we 70 ftupid as to think
that trophy gained by a Buonaparte or
Melton is a feather in our cap Away
with fuch foolfh and lervile attachments.
Let Britain live, that it may check the
ambition of France let France alto live,
that it may check the ambition of Britain:
and let us be 14merIcans, andagefpect our
own contribution, and feek the welfare of
our own nation, and mind our own buff
! nefs.---" To your tents, O Irael.''
JONATHAN.