Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-03-26
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rsltRr be CO iJeG q VII tltuss oilS"1S
ter, than ,te leader OF lasiihr, or TIE cher
Of ipnieus. Too often has you r confidence
been atu,et, your irlcIsrs iae!,soed at the
ihfine OF amtitio' .
Isavs as m9tl, at Cake as mot re.iers
in this ccmmonwsaIth; perhaps this may De
r iu.s,y Ter M Ifotssing your in;erets. as
they are connected With my Own. hsH
eos iider myleii a public servant. ! fhaii con-
fder my reputation as depending on my
eordust. / haii cenfGer your appreciation
as ,hs reward Of doing well, your dhguh as
tie punIhment ct evil.
In LEGAL matters, fellow citizens, I lhall
r. tuee.ed BIZ local circumstances but 10
all grand points, wEe.s the Federal Govern
ment is cenreeted, TIE contribution OF my
country will End a fr.u fupPorter IN me-
Irdiciduai aegrandiiemeni tha!i rot interfere
win ~ret!osai good. ! isk no Pot but
via, kEy ras:it demands. Should ! ever be
honoured viii. d~i&irguil.sd favour, It Msi'
rot retuit irom ny application. hope ne'et
TO lie in q ituatien, 10 deEend en- tile noh
e povsr. Merit pleads 10 Grong IN hehaif
Of .i.tu2, that, though vice receives tie re-
ward, he giyet feels the fang., :.
The.s are many TO doubt, fellow e%itiIeas,
more capsule OF concluding your affairs than
I am, but tised with former exertions, and
o;euTed with v~rsfent appearances they re-
main iraSiye. Am | then to be blamed,
fox Wiling to s.ne forward in 10 good a
caufe.
/, is rot left for me, fellow %eitizenf, TO
praiie OF condemn tie msalures OF my 60
vsrn,rsnt, but I have heard federal charac-
ter, stuied fer aas 70 iuf, that even their
ea!umniasors tluAhed at the idea.
Iremen.bsr when a Handing army, as 1t
was 70 called, was conidsred as a iteP te-
wards monarchy ; when this army was to
have iubv.stsd cur government, and deSFoy-
Cd our liber,ies. Fellow citizens, call your
boss from their books, hsw them the map
of the United States, POINT out the river st.
Croix and tie fou,hern boundary, ak them
if thirty. hy, hundred men can iubvert a
world inhabited by millions. AK them II
i~nvafon innpsnds, whether this would be a
force !utEc,snt &C guard 70 mary mics, much
more to dearoy American freedom. Area
Gy | Zee tl.em laugh. When politicians DE-
come the ridicule Of children, It IS m to
change the isere. Yea, the American uni
term was viewed with diaruh. The Anne
ricsn Gandard, was ieen pointing to a throne.
But, fellow s~itizens, before the American
Characters, who, then governed our land
G,ouId ast 70 bate, another fun mutt 'hine
upon this earth.
This mighty army, which was to defroy
cur liberties, if properly diaeetsd' would
hardly have Afforded a mcutsitul a man to the
Virginia militia. 1t would have oeen hardly
worth while to have Attended cur forces to
have made 70 imall a meal.
Another terrible tale has been founded in
ysur ears. A navy, it appears, was defined
to inbvert our dear priced liberties. A few
h.:ps, hardly one to every Port, was to fail
through cur country, commanding obedience
10 the will Of the dictator. You were no
deust told, that even the Allegheny would
rot obtsru0 their nonarehic career. No.,
fellow citizens, ,heGs very fhips were in a very
difTeren, climate, combating the defpoi!srs Of
cur trade, and ~iHiulters Of ourielves. They
were giving specimens of raval valour, in
t:s.t Of our enemies ports, they were the pre-.
teCtCrS CT CcfBtuSISt, ~ho oiHaii'sh'So VI TIC
ocean. Why has it plea'sd heaven to vain
eur Azores wi,h 10 vsf aiea, is i. that svery
wave faoald tell No Of cor inEgniheanee, and
eye,v breeze briag pirates to our ports
Blu, i, has been bIishtsd in the bud, cor e.
ms'ous youth may return to'tte plough and
naval glory expire without aEgh.
Archer mighty fin was attached to tede-
ralifn, it grafped at too mseb power.
Fellow citizens, mark my words. Intrigue
is the efor, eieewards. 1, i'll behts tn: brave.
The federal ehsraser grafped at too much
eswsr. Did they aduue power when iur-
rounded BY ,houiands Of bayone'sl Did they
afipue power when they might have given
laws from the mouth Of the cannon : Did
they aGume power, when thoufands waited
hu. for Ii. word, when a veteran army could
have pronounced our doom ! lfay. whsn
with all the force Of the country around them,
where is the po~sr they afumedi They
formed you a contribution, gave you the pow
q, and re6grsd their owl. Here was a con-
DUO. my ecunt,yren, worthy OF American.
heroes. Here was a eeudua well worthy OF
limitation. Ids not call for eempazion,, /