Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-01

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10 por{5ie, BOT We bear il with pa;lencs,
tan. as, ard 3pt4T1tIt uaeoneern.
Sir, iasd Mr. 4 5. wien eses Us ~
frsS4ian Of The treaty. and asfufal risafs
Of Ills country nGls lotislaIciy aafe3
If tie " ,oad inflicted on nafIanai '',ii.'a'
lie nst l-nlbiy iett by the w'foie tllil.n
IS llere not lafse portion q yeur cat
| x9as sGpgied &c i.ata.aiate rain oy.a coz
,inaanee 81 tbs late Of til'ngsP The ca
| laniry lishss upon all thoie Who I'VE upon
RE wetcro waters. More thaa ban
million Of your citizens, are By tbs cn
OF from :nafket. v bar wea.d be tae
language, what wouid be The feelings OF
gentle sen ia this houfo, were fuch 20 IN
dignity offered on the AtIantlc coat =
What would they Gay if the Cs!tfapcaSe,
the Delawarc, 0. the bay Of New York
were thur up, ari ali egtefs prohibited by
foreign power? And YET nane Of thrir
waters embrace the inscreits d 70 many as.
the Nlldiifqpi. The numbers and TIC
property affected BY mating tbs river IS
greseer than any thing shat copld follow
by the blockade OF river on the Atantlc
coat. Every part Of the union was eqoai-
ly entitled TO protection, and no gooa red
ION could be offered why che part thou!d
be lefs attended 10 than the other.
Inshc lalt year goods to more than thc
value oftwo millions Of dollars had hcen
carried into the weAern coanfgy. Theie
goods were rurchaied on crstiit. The
confomption Of tha, merchandise Afforded
a revenue to our treaiury ct mere than
three hundred ihonf4nd dollars. The ialc
Of weaern public lands was counted upan
as PRODUCING half a million Of dollars an
nually. Large arrearages of internal taxes
were dee feom that c3untry. HE Peo-
pie had jae emerged from an Indian war.
They had overcome the tnoa frishtful ub-
Rruttions which ever.prefanted themielves
in the ieulenent of new country, and
although YET 10 their infancy, we mlsht
promifc curlclves an honorable ana a VI:
gorous manhood, if they were protected.
as we had led them to expctt-aiter a
little while their isrength aud faculty OF
Elf prefervation would be coclflete. Ger
,ainly they yet needed the kind io.ieflhs
hard of their parent aates. But Il that
be now Withdrawn, where is the revenue
on which YOU calculate How can they
pay fer your lanes How can they dn
charge lie arrearages Of ;axes How can
they pay your metcfan 10 Baltimore, or
Philadelphia ; They CANNOT 90 to mar
ket, they have no rei5urces but the FTo
ducc Of their farms. You fufar the Spa
niar,ls to Icok them %. You tell them
that their csopS nay, nay muif rot on their
hands, ard yet they matt pay you their
.ebts and taxes. Is this jnlt !? VIII II
be ful5tnitted 70 I'hele men bought your
lands 10 conaaancc ,hst the SPanifh treaty
would be maintained AL fales iince the
dare Of the treaty nov you iufer van
ION violation Of il without making an ef-
fort 10 remove the obnrutlion, and yet
tell them they muH pay you! This can
not be expected. 1t would not be the
rule between honet individuals, for The
feller of an eRate tutoring an eviction Of
the purchaier when he might and could
prevent it, would nor be permitted TO re-
cover the parcha(e money.
fit COMFORTS with your calculations
ofintegeG or convenience TO fubmit tame
y to this outrage, and to witnels the ru
in e one part Of your country for the
fake Ct peace in the reGdur, fareiy your
ideas of joi}ice will compel you to abiol7e
the wcaeyn people from all obligation 70
repay what il would ruin them to advance.
viii you pro(ccute them in yoar courts
Will You fell their LITTLE all by your
puoiic officers ? will you NOT be cen
tent with the lois OF all tie lively hopes
that they had entertained gaining new