Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-07-07

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nate and fotiorn iitua'ion of our forsia5asl,
at the beginning and for long TINA a. .l
the commencement of the Americ.n nv a'te'
luton. L will not be neceaa,v ~ ,evo.
70 enter into full recapitulat;oD ~ " :. me
hlitorical events connected with ii, - ,s' 'a'
luton. You all know the ilue Of d ItTo'
ent battles fought between ,hofc eni Jru:f'
OF delpotifm and American freenen 'r v
all recolleet with exultation, the to,,;, NV
OF your countymen in the hour Of d,a" sle
Youhave not forgotten their nssoan;aSs! s''
in the hour of victory. By the ioansn' ''
aRiaance Of France, the iatan, rsna I,
weathered the aorp-Thas nation conn.,; my
ferating our calamitous Gtuation, pn, uiD'.
It's inteFees with the feelings Of hun,D;;n,1S
afforded US luch aid as enabled the Ams.;
can armies to oppole with more lucce(; H.
well d;lcipl;ned troors of Great Br;,,a '
The fplendid and brilliant ADVANCE
gained by TIE coaleiced powers of Amer
ca and France put at length fortuna.
termination TO holtiIities. Grea, Rr;,,;.
defeated in her expectation offubiup,,iDg
thecolonies, was tired Of a war from yb;os
lhe gained nought but defeat; her tre,nr~
was exhaulted, Ter armies defeated II.
nation was dilsuaed with the protlena,;
Cal notion of iubjugating people who
had manifelted fuch determined relolS,io0
in defending their Liberties. A war, al.
tho it bad terminated 70 advan,apeouOv
to the United States, was in lome uea
furs inconvenient in its consequences.
The Golfers OF the United States had been
drained in obtaining liberty and indepn.
dence, and by a long and expenive war
public credit YVES injured. Ihole ve,s-
rams who had fought the battles Of their
country with honor to themleIyes, and
glory to the nation, were dibanded with.
out receiving the pecuniary compensation
itipulated for their ieryice. But with tha,
magnanimlty, the prominent characterif.
tic only OF freemen and patriots, they dif.
dained exciting connexions in the copn.
try they had jatt liberated from bondage.
1t was not to be expected that Great B'i.
tain would manifeit any great psriialiiy
for country that had juf emancipatedn.
ielf from the inglorious thraldoms Of 70.
reign teryitude. Nothing could have
been more notifying TO proud and al.
piring na,ion than the being defea'sdina
calamitous CONTEXT, in which the had iacrl.
feed on the altar of national folly thou.
fands of her inhabitants, and fquanderett
millions of her treaiure. The advantages
obtained by the American revolution have
not been exclulively confined to the Peo.
pie of the United States; the different
nations of Europe which before The reyo-
luton were excluded from our country BY
the inteleacd policy Of Great Britain, had
after, by the commercial intimacy exit,
ing between thole nations and the Unlea
States, participation in the ineznaelsl'
bic reources OF this immenie empire. lhe
arts which we're before blishted BY TIC
noxious breath of tyranny now HouIlllto
under the genial au(p;ces ofllbe1ty' o,isn,
ces which before had benefited none now
that liberty afforded them protection lnu
aiiRanee, became of lervice to al: w,
rioGty, one of the great fpriogs o. naIa 1
acrion had long AIN dormant, cut DON s' @J'
ed ysreafon, il led the human ul .'a5os
ing to i;nyeaigation,an men w0ndsleen .oS
they hadfo long remained inigno'an, .st ,la
ilavery. The Ic;erceofg Ove5nns''1'. S .ancd
before had been but partially unos CIV,
by the people of this couatfy, nov !S; ,tl
ed ample eiucidation, and each lno!'1 s.' ~
for the benefit Of all, learned what rgh os, ~
give up, and what to retain. oppf . o"r
Which before had .hwafted the views o. t 9m
forelashers was now no longer felt I,. ta'r
and a. 15s s aenis unhine Of bery''nd5 l G
p pu .ns hoas with replend5 oi , %
them. The human mind whole 'p'I VII s. lsu