Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-08-10

nl;ps, although protected by every legal
| inGfumenf declared neccHary by the laws
Of our country. This unwarraatable pow
er aaumed over the rights Of our flag,
and carried during the lait war, to mot
uncxatnplcd extent of inf fence and out
rage, ought not TO be fabmittcd to any
longer. The Injuries Cur commerce fuf-
tains by ii are incalculable befdes we
have growing navy, the necefity Of uf-
ing which on more enlarged ica!e than
atprefert may arrive very foon, and il
any nation is allowed at plealure, author
lied merely by hyperion force, to de.
prive US Of our bea feamen, we may as
well lay our ihips up 10 dry dock at once.
II is time that we ihould ailert, in the
view of the whole world, that we are
nation-or if others would rather have it
70. apeople who have rights, and will
make thole rights reipeced.
We find already that men have Teen
impressed in tie West Indies, from seve-
raj Of our ships. If, in the first stages Of
the war, such position be assumed by our
government as it ought to MAINTAIN /; If it
were at once asserted that, as a neutral
nation it will make its neutrality respected
to the fullest extent; there is very little
doubt thar such policy would have the
most beneficial consequences. We can
not believe that it is the intention OF any
OF the European powers to so to war with
US; we are sure that il is not the interes
Of any of them to do 50. But without
making nice calculations on such chances.
our language, our action, should be such
as independence ought to dictate. Such
alone will ever make nation or govern
n,ent respected either at home or abroad.
The pulse Of cur present administrations
about TO be felt. We shall mark we'll all
the symptoms it may exhibit either OF con-
valesccnce or Of dissolution.
(l4sri- DEM.
NOT less for the amusement than the
information of our readers, we lay before
them the. following very curious extract
from democratic paper. As specimen
of nearly the whole compound mass Of de-
mocratie Viiy.afs; and democratic wisdom;
cf the moderation, the hoerality, the JUS
tice, the common honesty, and above all
I" the patriotism" of the true black blood
ed acobinic democracy ct tins county,
and at the same time of all which invete-
rate rancor and unbridled fury can lend t.
illustrate those vi,iues, 1t has never had
its equal, since the days OF Robespiere;
when every sentence liz every essay IN the
jacobin papers Of France, begun or ended
CT contained in its body some abominable
profaneness or some togrid oath or execra-
ton.
g. 1t seems as if the Friends Of Britain
mot TO use more haeknied harsh and
l,feless epithetl are seizing time by the
f,ehtk. They a. first whisper, they sooa
declare in 9aJhe. and will ere long brawl
out, that qve must jsia England N 6tr
present Just ard neeessary qvar, or must
be the next victims OF France. Rather
than be saved by joining England, against
any nation, let US all heart and hand go
to the He'll of Political Perdition together.
But need we do this, will not our own
valor--our well regulated Militia, and
our love for our government ION account
Of the happiness it secures to us) preserve
us from this cursed dilenlma?'
Fronl this, which indiscrteely speaks
the spirit of most Of Il 8. rank OF demo
Gratis, it appears, that iii contemplating
the important subject in question, ANA
RIGA is to consider, NOT her own interests
but the private national ayerslons and
rancorous feelings Of democratic indlvldu-
ais. The people, however, WI know
what value to set upon the advice OF one
who says, that rather than be saved oy
England, he would have us all go heart
ana hand to the Hell Of Political Pt,difs0n
together meaning We suppose together
with their iacobin brethren OF France.