Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-28
Frca the N. Y. EVENING POST.
REYIEW CONTINUED.
Maasss's Em5as,y, lJe.

YlicatlOr or Cur MiniiteE, direct TIC I'm.
mediate reaoration of thcTioht OF dcpoh,:
what compensation will iuch taydy and
imperfect Juice afoid TO the inhabitants
of the weitern waters, for she ruin OF their
commerce even fer a Jingle fsaiuns By
wha, rule Of equity, by what procsfs OF
arith, nesic, or by what logic, can you
convince millions of honeR and induitrious
oitizens, thar their comfort and happ,reis
for year, and, perhaps, for life, ought
10 be dependant upon the capficlous will
ii foreign power By what trick or
continuance can you fuhfitute the artiii-
cial realoniogs of fhor,-dghsed politicians,
who more regard their own cafe and pow
ar. than the welfare Of the nation, 10
The common fenfc and natural feelings Of
mankind in cafe ike the prefent.
This fenfe may, for time, be b|unted
by powerful opiages thefe feelings may
a,e regretted for fsafon, by Aatteiy, by
lpesious promiies, and artful appeals to
prejudice, but the periodl will aaaredly
arrive when the dream which has lulled
The people into an ill.founded confidence
Ia ,hofe proniies will be difplyed when
they will Zee and feel that they have been
deceived by falfe patriots; that they have
sondded their honor and happineEs tofee-
bic hands, and timid hearts, to men inca
pablo Of ai.charging the arduoas duties Of
tbs high ana important trua--To re-
turn
q With what front can men talk Of ex-
pences On occafons like thefe J Is money
levied Oh the people, and employed in the
profeco'ionof jua war, s5rozva 1soGy ?
Isit rot better to Pot this money into the
pockets Of brave folders. devoted TO a
merisosi5us cau.e, than to bsteow II On
the agents of Spanifh tyranny, wac VII!
wrea much larger FUN from cur hands,
in The form Of duties AID brides? Com.
pare The expenses CT a mott formidable
eznedition, with the loiies accfuing from
the cenasienof commerce for few enfu'ng
months. Admitting, what no logic can
ever prove, that the provifion andpay Of
an army of our own citizens, isio much
taken fron the people, never to return to
them, what proportion do thefe bear TO
the profits of free trade Profits which
i, is the purpoie Of the expedition TO lecure
10 US, ard wheh will unavoiGahly De loft
by the employment OF ambaiIadofs, how
ever frccetsfal they may prove?
g If. therefore, our army ihould quietly re-
turn 20 our own territory. merely o. revival
Of the treaty az Madrid, it is naaifea that
we have gained the mon ineai,ua5le benefits
that the nation, by expend,ns.huadrsds, has OBJ
taircd millions; thlt We gaia advantages, not
20 be bought by marc money, IN the flutary
fear aud rcipeG, which ouc conduet viii I'M
pref UPON foreign nations; that the od.um OF
indoencc and coeardice, which patience under
fuch iniurieis viii ftamp iaaalib'y upon US, will
b. eascsu2liy wafhed away; that our prompt
refentmenr will make our neighbors lomewhsi
n, re cautioas in their fa,vre encroa, hnlei1ts
and infults; am they whom joaic or gratitHde
rearains net from mitchell, VII hereafter he'll
cate threugh fear.
/" But Spain. perhaps. wiil be angry at fpch
funanlary proceedings. She viii 60 TO ws-, to
regain her property and she Efforts employed
TO acquire, mutt be followed b continual efforts
20 prelerye and hence hanjing i,re mllt
b. MANI insa new fortreiics aauf fpring up
new ssxcs mul be laii upon the people: new
in;uricsiDa,eted on cur general commerce, by
,Danih crdizers, and Spanith interdiaions III
their European and Wet Indian harbors.
:. Its hsrGiy worth 4 moments trouble to
dillipate THIS phantom. They who know any
more Of Spaia than the name, arc throughly
appriztd o. her prefenr powerlefs and defence
icts condiyion; that the attacksto which fhe is
now every where expoisd VIII only be made
with more faciiity and confequcntly, her eau
fcs OF fear, her motives to forbearaaces and CON
cefion Will be Far greater, when this province
is lott, than at psefeut. That the nloR extra
VACANT demands will be complied with more
esger;y hy her, when made by the fovcreign of
the Miiliaippi than merely BY the mater of The
Ohio.
:. AHshst Is warsing to complete ;he ridirue
of an en1afIy to Spain is the Iecol'ettian that
s},e "a no }ourer fovercign of the MiiIEippi---