Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-26
THE EXAMINATION.
NUMBER VII.

friction or naturaliza ion, airing from
previous reGdence. In tais the Prei;den'
IS not. more at variance with the concur
rent maxims of all concentrations on po-'
,ular government, than he is with himieit.
fhe Notes on Virginia, are in direct cen
rsdic,ion to the MeAage, and fnrniih US
with Rrong reafons againit the policy no"
recommended. The paHage alluded TO Is
here rerrefented Speaking of the popul'
ZION Of America, MIR. Jeftrfon there iays'
Here l will beg leave topropolea DOUBT.
The prelent deGre Of America, is to pro-
duce rapid population, by as grea: im3sria-
.vus of toragn<rs as poaible. BIT IS tb"
fannaed in good toAy?' Are there no IN
conyeniencles to be thrown into the fcaie,
aeainft the advantage expected from a
multiplication of numbers, by the mps,ta.
tisu Of to,s;gmers' 1t is tor the happ'nci
of thofe united in iociety, to harmonlze as
much as pof!ible, in matters which they
mutt OF neceaity tranfaa together. Ciyl
government being the lole objea Of fern.
Ing focieties, its administration mutt be
conducted by common content. Every
fpecies ofgovernment has its fpecihc prlr
ciplcs: Ours, perhaps are more peculiar
than thoie of any other in the univeric
It's e,mpsftion Of the f,esf principle: u
the Engi.b5 eonf,tu'ion, with hers, derl.
ed from natura. right and reafon. To
thele, nothing can be more oppoied then
the maxims of atfolute menarehies. Yet
from fuch We are to expect the grfafef
| mmbe, Of em;grAnt,. The, eul bring
| 4rab them tie principle; Of the soes'"-
,uent they lkavs, mbibed liz tbs@r eHrI
yoatb; or if able to thr.zv tktm Of, it
will be in exchange fer GU 2a5sas6ea liz
! eeutiog/ns5 fql1ng, as is g|xal fran enc
extreme to another. 1t evauld be mira
| Gle qvf,e they to Rop p,ssyry at I5e foiut
Of temperate Abery. TIER triaci3As
qrifb tbeir language, they 7rM tra.ix''
to their ebadrn. In proportion to their
numbers, they qui2 @are qrtb ~ in iks
hgJQa.iou. They will infuie into it .heir
fp,ri., warp and bias its direction, and rem
der it heterogeneous, incoherenr, difrac-
ted MATS. l may appeal TO experience.
during the prefent ccntef, for yeraea:i-
on of theie conjeclures but if they be
not certain in event, are they not roiib'e,
are they not probable Is it rot is'er to
wal, with patience for the attainment Of
any degeee of population deGred or ex-
pec,ed May not our government be more
homogeneous, more peaceable, more dura-
bic SupPoie 20 millions OF republic al
Americans, thrown all Of a iudden into
France what would be the condition CT
that kingdom? fit would be mere turbu-
lent, lefs happy, lels arorg, we may be.
lieve that the addition of half million OF
foreigners, to our preitnt numbers, would
produce fmilar effect here I hus
wrote Mr.. ]efferlon in l78l-Behold he
reverie of the medal. The meGaee OF ,ht
Proficient, contains the following fent'.
ments: A denisl Of citizenfhip, nnder a
reiidence Of "a years, is denial to asrea'
proportion OF ,hoie who ak it, and con-
trolls policy purified from their h:f tct-
Element BY many of theie aases, and iii;
believed of conlequence to their roir erity.
And ihall We retuie to The unhappy tu
gi.iyes from dierels, that hofpitaiity
which the iavages Of the wilderness ex:
tended to our fathers arriving in this lard !:
Shall oppreGed humanity hud no aly iun,
on this globe? Might not the general cha
rseter ard capabilities Of a citizen, be
fately communicated to ever one msnI-
feRing bona fee purrei. of embaIkns
his life and fortune permanently with US
But ,fgrati,ude can be allowed TO io'"'
an excuie tor inccnGfency III Fuolic cha
racser, in The M9n Of tie People; a erons
plea OF this fort may be urged IN behalf Ct
our prefdent. Its cer'an 'ha, had TIE tate
eieetion been decided inti,e,y By native
citizens, had foreign auAi iariss been re-
ieeted on toeh lides, the man who otten-
tatiouay vaun,s that the dasrs Of 3a0I't
bonor and eoafdtne: bAve been tn,f of,@
L..o k~.u RI.