Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-07

paris, and defeaded b. the dlicIgined .s
teraus 81 Egypt.
am wiling fiji, 70 attribute 10 homo.
able gentlemen the bet Of motives. A.,
lure they do not with to involve IL.
country in war, and God knows DE-
p!ecatc its horrors as much as any man
bur this bu6nef. can never be adjaRcd,
broad lit will ultimately have to be let-
tied upon the banks OF The MilIiaipo, and
the longer you delay, ne more Tin, yon
wsae in tedious negotiations, the gres,.,
facridces Won make topr,traei tempora
ry and h,s.ow peace, the greater will /.
yonr emharraa,oeut when thc war Cone,
en, aud il is eneyitabe, unieis Honorable
genrlernen, opPcftd TO US, are prepared to
yield up the beit interefs and honor Of III,
nation Il believe the only qpetion, nov
in our power to decide, is whether il mall
be the oloo1leis war of a few mon.hs, o.
he carnage ii years.
Thcfe obftryations, Mr.. Prclilenr, are
urged upoa rhe fuppoiition thar it is in
she power Of the government to refrain
the impetnoliry Of The welern people, and
to prevent their doing juaice TO them.
fe!yes, which by the by, beg to be IN.
derGood as NOT believing, bur expressly
the contrary. They know their own
ltrcngtll; they know the feeblenets of the
cremy they know the importance Of The
fake, and they feel, permit ne 10 hy Or,
with more than mere fenibility The inialts
and injuries they have received they are
now all alive on this fabjett, ard | be.
lieye viii DOT (obnif, even for the aO.
preaching fsafon, TO their psefentru:noas
and hnmiliating iitaation. You had as
well prcyeai TO dam up the mouth othe
A1iEGp9i, AMI Gay TO its reflels waves,
ye lhaN ceaGe here, and never minsle With
the ocean, as to expe4 they viii be pre-.
vented from defending it. Wnhout ii.
free ufe Of the river, ana the necealry al.
yantages Of DEPOT, below our line, Their
fertile conntry is nor worth poattGns,
their produce ma} be waited in 'h.It
f.lis, or rot in their GrsnaTies; thefe ara
rishs no. only guaranteed TO 'oen BY
treaty, buf given to them BY the Golof
nature, & yhe0 will enforce them with, OF
wishou. tae authority al ne govemneQ5
AID lei me ak Iir, whether It is mott iig-
nidei for the government 80 lssi or toI-
low in the path Of hooor; one il mat Do,
or give ~ the Weitern country. But
independent. OF rhele conf ieratioos, .Di:
people have other folid claims upon the
government COR other luppor,. Un1ar
your sufpiccs and with the proniic Of yaar
protection, at the hazard OF their lives,
they explored and lc,,cd a wilderoeb.
The lonely def-rt thsy have Transformed
into cu,ivatei fields, the haunt OF rhes'i
beaf. they have made tie feat Of icienc,
ana where bur a few years lince was heard
only the hvage yell, 'hei' eotef2t'e have
reared towns and villages aad planted p.
lihed iocicti.s. rh=y are our felo. CT,
tizens, our friends aai oar brothers, ana
we are bound BY every Obligation d goa
iaith, AID every ienti'nent OF hoa'f
not TO abandon zen Tor moment. It's
COW in our power, without dl.ieay {"
!angcr. 10 r.d.cis thf wrong', and %
rcmove fosever, The podiolity Of lS. n.
iigni,ies 70 tie nation. Bot Mr.. psa.
'ent lei B>naparte once ta,le ql'et p2l.',
don of Inc mouth of the M,aiG:P'', Iol
ya lhaI hsve 4 var indeed, notboS oh
he i1os o oar fworis, All 'le oeit oisoa
0 our ciaz1ns viii ever maze /. olr'~
o1jea is u iyea Jon ion; aod ~
nero OF ltaly, he military spot o. r''I'
, man WROTE ,oRct.ng ambinoa os,tnag
,ae World, Whole VII is now rhe l'",
na IONS, w,,h dfty. million OF people, Az
e relolrces Of Europe at his conm'og
vii Be a toe not caiIv ranquLihsdi ~,
repeat ar, let h.'n only f:' BIS tool ~, y
IA, hore ,et him But plant ha5.e 's ~,
ara ,hers. AMI he will never yieldN D"