Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-15

ed and injured, the citizens Of country
with which America was then at profound
peace. =,
A imple aatement, in which we will
make ufe of the Preldens's own authority
sgziaa him, may perhaps, be conhdered
abundaDtly fuficent to e&sDliih this point.
1.-THE reader will refer to Mr.. JefsTfoa's
unbiaged opinion upon the lubjett OF ,po-
puIation, in the year 1881, when popnla-
ton was infinitely more wanting than
nov, we fhall find theie words:
" Here will beg leave TO propole
doubt. The prefent defre OF America,
is to produce rapid population, by as great
iimb9ytations ef Jo,eigneri as poihble. baf
IS ibis fouaded in good p0Aiey 8 T" Are
there no inconvenienclcs to be thrown IN
to the fcale,sgaiott the advantage expected
from multiplication of numbers, by the
imbortati9n Of farsiguer, 7 1t is for the
kappinefs of thoie united in loeiety, 10
hafmonize as much as pofible, N matters
which they mutt of pecefiiy tranfatt TO-
gether. Civil government being the fole
obieet of forming focieties, its admin
tration muR be conducted by common
content. Every fpecies of government
has its fpcciac principles Ours, perhaps,
are more peculiar than thoie OF any other
10 the uniyet(e. 1t is eompsffi0u Of the
fye1f principles of he EngA5@ C0gfitati9n,
with others, derived from natural rlght
aud rcafon. To rhele, nothing can be
more oppoied than lie max'ns OF abfoiute
monaYcnies. Yet from IS h, we sre to
expect the g,eatef namber q <aigrants.
Tbry rvN bring with 4bem The principles
at tbs governments they ltave, mbibSa in
t6ev early poaIb or if able 10 fbroqu
hen If, ii qOjN be in exchange fer an
4a6oanaed heeutt0g/usf,, bqZFvg asis sluai
tyqm one extreme 10 aAotber. II qvoalG be
a miracle aoeye they TO Rqp preejJ<J at The
5aiat qftempsrate liberty. T6sHbr,aeiplf'
qvitb s6eir language, they qVillfragfmH IL
Their Children. In proportion to their
numbers, thew eoiU Pare with rs IN t6t
legilafioa. They will infuse iai0 ii their
Ib.rit, warp and 5ia, its direction, and
render it heterogeneous meobereat, 2/
tral7rdmaji. I May appeal to experience,
during the prefer, con,et for veridcati,
on OF thefe conjettures but if they be
not certain in event, are they not poaihle,
are they not probable I Is it aat /afsr ia
q0a;t 4Oitb patience fl, TIE attainment Of
any degree Of population asfrea ar expected?
May not our government be more homo
geneous, mere peaeeable, mors dxrabkS
Suppols twenty millions of Republican
Americans, thrown all of fudeien into
France, what would be the condition OF
thar kingdom ; If it would be more 1af-
bulent, lsfs happy, lels fropg, we may
believe thar the /. addition of half million
Of foreigners, to our pfefent numbers,
would p oduce fmilar effect here
Ncthing can be, for 20 much, more
correct, or more profoundly ju& and poll
tically wife than this opinion 70 Jah and
wife is II, indeed, thar il would let ones
mind at Tea without rudder or ccmpais,
80 find OUT rational or probable mo.
tive for changing il, if sc did nos look
70 France, that baiefol planet, for direc
ton; bur the comet OF the French fevo.
Luton came acrofs our American STAR,
ana whirled him along with it. Paine's
Rights of Man, and the fuccei OF the
French revolution, fet all Earope 90 FIRE.
Ireland catches The flame few traitors
in England endcavoured to blow 1t up
there. The law lifts It's arm to pInilh
for tac pat, and prevent for the future,
she dsisns Of thofe daring inlurgents-
numbers fly with jOfice cloie at their
heels, even to the waters edge OF the
European flores they e(cafe, they come
60 America, and there they receive, as
they ought, he!ter and protection, and
at once get into the way OF earning an
honeit livelihood. But that viii not do.