Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-26
Fsom tic N. Y. EVENING POST,
REyIEIY CoATINUED.


81 the administration ia feia1ien 10 this a.
fair, and the chief actors Rave tho's them
Eslyes fecure from c-nluse while they PIE.
fSrved an impenetrable 6crssy. Bat ibis
ezptd;eat has been contsiycd and managed
70 uraSiliully, that, perhaps, We nsed nor.
warder Car in the region Of onjcetare BE-.
fore we difcovef their de6sns. The CAFE
IS thus clearly and ioreihiy fased by the
author
q Certain articles Of treaty. concern.
irg the navigation OF the MiHiIiPPi, are
. broken By the agents of Spain. As the
houcr and inteTelts of .he fate arc grossly
injured by The breach, the indigestion
which It excites is uuiverfal. AS the OF
feoce is given by ore feeble and defence
lefs, and as it is perfectly eaiy to repair
TIC wrong ourlclves, and as great and ma
nisef advantages will flow from being our
own avengers, and very great miichiess
frcm tire delays Of jafice delays that are
ineyi5able, itjuaice be intreatsd from the
wrong doer, infead of being taken by
farce, the general impulfe is TO arms.
The moif anxious inpatience is be-
srayed by all for orders to embody and
march.
(" Inaead Of thefe orders, however,
the moi} obhinate and upsccountable re-
fsrve is maintained ici long time. The
rational legilature aaembes; the fllit
nfaciarate imgarts, as ufual, a view Of.
the rate OF The nation, in which the trani-
ataions on the MiGifhppi, though by Tar
The mott momentous thar mad occurred,
tpce our revelation, are totally emitted.
Sometime after, the organs of the Pref
dem, in Congrtfs, afford US the conlola-
tion Of knowing that he is not inienilble
70 the iojuries we have fuaained, ana.
hin,s are vaguely fuggeaed thar Y hen all
pacifc exyedients,f for retrieving our rights
are exhaofed, other meafures will not tai
70 be tried.
.. The world fands IL fufpence. Ii is.
WHOLLY alta lofs TO imagine what expedi-
enss will ipggsa thertelves TO one, who
reforms us, that war is a remedy to be
employed in the laft place, and when the
dilsste is found 70 be invincible BY more
lepisnt methods. 1t was thought BY
fome not 70 be totally unworthy Of his
cool ard dclibsratiye head, while he II
sued immediate orders for attending and
eooipping an army, 10 delay their march
Till a nae{enger had been fer. TO New Or
leans, and ire alternative of war or peace
had been offered to the provincial govern.
msnt. He might have charged his nel-
leneer 10 fay: !" Revoke yoar orders,
which are manifea breach of The peace
fulfilling between your goyefrment and
ours. Reaore immediately The privileges
which our citizens have hitherto enjoyed
ard take your meaiurss without delay:
for, if You refuie, the force that IS now
p,esaripg, will defend the river, and the
province Will be taken into our p2iisfi-
en-
This msaage, not unworthy Of 8
"a IT lighted enemy toway ard hlooSlhed,
would yetbe, to The lat degree, abfuEd,
S;nce the infratfion of the treaty, by az
fording us an adequate excuie s,lr invad-
ing the province, and thus anticipating
the inyaGon of Others, was the mott ani-
picious event ateouli have happened.
They who rightly climate the inteFea OF
shs:r country, would be anxious to PRO
yoke hbailit;ss, and while they gladly
!rized the location thus offered than,
would be apprsherfve only thar the tears
or prudence eF tie Ssaniards would induce
IN into retra0 Gloon.
Willie our inasinations were bufy
on thcsc TOPICS, and on the rumour Of a
falling mercpry having taken fight at
Warrington for New Orleans, there ap-
pearc.a at isng h the appointment OF an co.
.xav sis1;5of<ax 10 Spain. This was the