Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-08-09

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The principal Tory paper 10 Ba!ti-.
IS more, which assumes the Parad6xical
/" title Of The REpuBMcAN, or ANIL
80 DEMocRAr, is said to exhibit certain
!" symptoms of approaching dssolusion.
Mr.. Su04vden,
was not litsle surprised At inding
the above false and ungrounded assertion
III the Eapositor, which, It is pretty we'll
known | belieyt) has been il, what is
vulgsrly called, gaIle3png e0usump-
tion, fer some time past; and unless the.
Post Master General should administer
some of his all po4vtrful tmoktaa in the
form of an advertisement for carrying the
mails of the United States very soon a.
gain, if report speaks truth, muse inevita-
bly, pop off in a taugeu,. :" The cecu
pier OF glass house should not throw
stones
II Friend to the Anti Democrats
Fifteen millions Of dollars 1.-THE price of
louisiana calculating more than ton to
every Wagon, would require a75 Wagons
to carry it; and (a'lowing 4 horses to
eace tsam) it would require fifteen hun
dred horses, they woald make string Of
FIVE miles in length. The money would
support s. thousand soldiers for seven
years and a half, pay at forty shillings
month.
Laneafer, Penn. Joa,ua'.
Wear told, that the purchase Of Lcui-
siana is another splendid ERA i'll the politi-
cal life of Mr.. Jefferson. But if it is
not treason TO ask questions, what is the
amount of his merit in this transaction ?
The restoration of our right at New Or
leans, and the extention of that right to
the entire Jurisdiction of the place is
valuable acquisition. Tie right Of depo-
sit, however, was secured to us by trea-
ty, and its infraaion offered fair justi6-
cation to re;nstate ourselves by force.
But this business slnelt Of gun powder;
it brought 10 mind the flightful images
of war. The marching Of q single regl-
ment to New Orleans, was violation
of the pacific system of philosophy. 1t
scattered dismay through al! the region OF
moonshine policy; itstruck at hrst prln-
ciples. 1t was, Of course, resolved to
take in meekness, the buffetings ola wan
ton and contemplate enemy, to yield our
cheek TO the fist Of the smiter and to
send Mr.. Munroe. This drained, to
the dregs, the cup of humiliation. Il Of
fered an opportunity to pay that tribute
TO France, which Mr.. Munroe and the
Directory could not extort from Wash
ington. We cad it tribute, because II
was paying for insult, for what was our
own, for what France did not want, and
could not keep. If France haa, in fact,
taken possession, we should then have
paid the tribute in some other way. But
Admiral Thornboroueh had orders to
watch the expedition to Louisiana twas
therefore prudently abandoned. Bona
parte knew that we had not policy or spi-
rit enough to take possession but he
knew England had. He had nothing 20
do then, but smile thrice upon Mr.. Liv-
ingston, which lie accordingly dad about
-
the eight, Of last March. This produced
the Memorial, as famous for its puerillly
and Misrepresentation, as it's for It's ab.
lea hattery of a tyrant. Asst happened,
not as it was effected BY Mr.. Jeferson's
or Mr.. Munroe's or MIR. Lvingston's
wisdom, there was pretence tor paving
fifteen millions Of dollars. The purchase
of wild acres, by circles of latitude ana
longitude, sounds largely; there Il more
surface than the dollars would cover.
This was glorious time tor Mr.. Nun
roe The longed for period had cone, to
tickle his palm with the tribute money
which pacific policy, the child OF fear, is