Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-02-09
FROM THE PALLADIUM.

NATIONAL FINA NEE.
It's aoy<l, fl3 sehed by the Prcfident,
IS one motive !ol abolilhing all internal
revenue, that the accumulation eff lrealure
would be a temptation to wars which o.
,herwiie might no. happen: 1t IS not
expressly TAD, wh"the, lhis temptation Is
cooperate on ourtelves Or upon .oreign oupi-
dlty the mott obvious contraction is the
latter, bit recollection OF the many eIo-
qlent and patriotic di!coarfes, written or
promo n>ci in the lAit twelve years a.
sainit The darger o. pao'c cled's, as 700
ready ,s/aHrte, ani, Therefore, temp'at
on to var, leaves bat nt;ie ocah:, tha- dc
true meaning is, :1vs myf be toI0Hl lG
qxa!ifed FIR evar i 7pr lrterr,.y c2y5 70 Il
Uai1 H. ms ne1u mIxim oi Q.laucai
pls.oiaphy WAsHINcToN ana ADAMsf ee-
H., ati:nplei TO tn'ov INTO d:.s1~a". y
repeating ano.bs,, mntb tho ai.t n Or t'ue,
mat " Tx jHrsf qvGy 10 prge'De fS"e, IS
II be al7vzys 2rpared jlr u"r." io"ex-
IDLY siher'ag to the belei, hat 4 t~Pac1-
y Il rr5si or panjb ngg's@la 7r7; X: m,f
Lkel e0ay /, trs7'e~:: il, they maintained
that This capacity coniiaed parity in a
certain revenue, becauic in modern ,iNss
money IS a chief iinew Of war. st
WAsHIScroN and ADAMS forgot, tha, if
we cul.ivaie Gmity with the French Re-
puolic VIC can have nothing TO fear, for
lhe has a commanding .nflu nee among ,Ae
nations, always ready TO be exer'ed inbe-
hait OF her friends, whether thof: friends
be the g,vsrumfrtort sat!e OF every coun-
Try. is certain, that the cyp=:tations
rom French fraternity cannot he too
great; ye, it thould at the fame time be
:onteiied with candoat, that the Fren b
folders m,:t ae led, cioathcd al PAD
by ,hoGy va,le eau(e they embrace AID
Whole Adsry andwdtpsraenre fh.y aeytn6.
The FrSnvu FAY sney faved us isosu rhe
y rarny Of Britain, and ,k@y hive been
conseil:d to AID, very reluctantly indeed,
that they /avea US ia, Their oavs at; but
this fen,iment having been avowed, they
nsye. can forgive our in.rttiiude it we
refuie in future TO be lu.iery cn1 to their
advantage.
MIR. MusRoz, the pupil Of Mr.. Jrr-
PERSON, employed the Watt epersics OF
his mind to overcome tic cbH;aacy Of
WASHINGTON, ard to convince Kim, +
4ybat /.emed 0kmsG a kIt<vAl1rt ha.d,
that the fold intereffs OF the OAnra Stars
would be LEFT promoted by committing
them ablolu,ely to the care of France. "a
his admirable letter Of February II, 1873
he iays, Fran e had coc.emp,a ed, TO lake
US under its care and provide for our p:o-
seaion againit AIsiers (; fer the expulGon
of The Britilh from the welern potts, a:d
! the efsabli!ament Of our rights with Spai.
| to the tree navigation OF Tie MiGiGpri,'
&c. All theie and inuumcrable oshe:
good things were to have been done for
| US, only 70! the aid Of our credit, "ta OBJ
tain IsCu tr.m CIR o4cu bnnk'. This
| mention of ,hemcney, however, by 10
| we'll informed a ha,efman and 70 true
! patriot, ought TO isrisfy all Perioos that if
France would now take, US unLer her care,
and when ihe takes poaef,on of Le~ji""a
in farm, ihouId take charge Of rs IN tut,
fii!l all our reiources would be 'eGu'reo TO
meet the demands that may be made ufon
| rs. The examples Of Spain, Holland, J.
tally, Switzerland ard Belgium, all {:
! whom are defended by lsigc armies CT
| France veterans, orght TO teach Is, iast
the bleiIings which France ccnsess on her
friends cannot be eMi'eIy gratui'ous, al
,hous h they are irc'' 'nao.y precious COM
| pared with the r'le res1 which they eost'