Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-02
CONCORD, IN. H. June II.

rPJV~T52r5 0daTCS, Gf 'He Vf'"S
I&.u, 4oas brejfated the iits, BY fse
boue,abk Megrs. Payax, MClay,
Gilman, and Benan: .-... ....
Mayn pls4f; yoxr ercelleny,
Ata period when our. country lanents
N. excluion of many Of her ancient and
lonr aprroved ben.faaors from ner coun'
els saj sovernmeat, Ii Is VITA peculiar
pleaiure W. Zee your exceilency yet enjoy
inp he confidence of the citizens of this
fts:e, and to I'D you difpofel to accept
the important rruit committed 70 you by
,h.ir fufrases. Your exccllcncy's for
mer administration affords US iatisfying
evidence, that your communications TO
Us will be dictated by wife and faithful
regard to the 3uolic good, and ihat all
our eudeavors to promote the lame I'M
portans Object, will meet your fanStion
and ready concurrence. By an aadrance
of ourlfirm iupport ia every meafure which
fhall appear TO ne conducive to the interetts
Of our confiruents, permit US to invite
your exceilency to reciprocal confidence.
Although the particular intereas OF this
fate demand Our primary attention, we
fincerely participate in the rePofe granted
our European brethren from the alarms
AMI caiamities OF war; and notwich!tand-
ing the threatening afpea which the &C
cumulated power OF a particular nation,
and ,he depreiiion of Others, may have
upon the continuance OF peace, we would
fondly rher;h the idea, that thofe tempo
rary agitations will refult in the advance.
nent OF genuine liberty, and the .hapiRc!s
OF mankind.
A fenfe of ',he danger which have
furrounied US anidt the conflicts of con-
tending nations, is highly calculated to
excite our grateful Joy, and to appreciate,
in our etimation, the wifiom and propri-
ety.,of .hofe meaipr.s which e,the con:
fpicious means of preferving our country
from many inddious attempts to involve
Us in the coavulions OF Europe. 1t re-
mains, however, matter Of deep regret,
that thofs attempts, although failing of
their ultimate obj.a, have prevailed TO
diiieminate thofe principles of diSiiion
which Impair our Rreagth, dcgrads our
dignity, and even endanger cur national
exiftence And were the means in our
power by which VIC couid!extend the p0ei-
ftaiians of Europe to the brca4s OF An,e-
ricans, mott ard,ntly (horld we embrace
them as tn. fureit means OF our national
prolpefi,y and happiness.
Your exceIi.ncy has perfectly expreiied
our fensiments refpeting the Importance
ofhahits, opinions, morals and religion,
in free governments we firmly believe
them to be the foundation on which repa5-
lies reh, an1in proportion as rhefe are (hak-
n, the. whole faperarusture will be convul-
fed therefore, all attempts to miirsP'etcnt
III. neafurcs Of government, we cooiider as
hofiIe to tn: hfcty, Profperi'y, and peace,
ofthe community aud it is with 40 ln1all
degree of indignation we f':'". The fber:'
9ibe brcG." 70 grossly abut:d to promote
the purpoG:s Of deception, AM fa5ycr; the
lib. critics, ia, morals, and happiuefs of our
countrym.n. Deeply inpredod with
thls fentiments, we ihall not b. inatten-
tive to the recommendation Of your excel
lency, as Legislators ana n'asiftrates, to
do whatever may be in our power. both
by preceps land example, for the fupPreili-
on of licen:iouf1efs and immortality, and fol
the promotion Of uleful knowledge, vir-
tue and religion. f.. ..
We fhall CAREFULLY ftrive to render even
more per.ea thofe fyfems of government
from which we have already derived fuch
important bleflings, by endeavoring to re.
medy thofe defects which attend the mott
accurate productions Of human wifdom ;
but in this attempt we fhall cautioully fol-
low the fate iuaruaions of experience, fen
tible that theoretical CALCULATIONS fers e
merely to weaken that energy which is
of peculiar Importance, Especially in 60
yernment extended like that of the United
States, over 70 large a territory, and with
a population 70 rapidly increahug.
The hitory Of ruined republics affords
a mot valuable fund of inRruttion to thofe
who have the wiidom to receive inlruc-
tiou, and to avoid the evils which were
the eonfpicuous czafs of their overthrow.
We have lonp beheld with aporobation