Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-28

q purchsfrg the river! Do not The b'ench
Ink 10 this province for the refuretsion
&c their commerce, their power AID ;lAeif
,lo,v ; For en- outlet 10 their oyercharg-
eI popnia!iion Fer lc,tlement and re-
cf.n.pence 70 lheif numerous foidiery ! Fer
tbat inc. cafe III numbers ard wealth, to
which their prcfcat limits arc inadequate {
/. 30 t!lsy net reiort 10 this exped'en', as
The only enc that fortune las le.r them,
10 iecuIe the.s pre+eInincnce n EoscPe,
and The hursiliation Ct their rivals Ba.
Gland has barred up every other path
The ruinoas empire OF Turkey, ard ne
r;,i1 lcrl:nions ofeafern Ala, their naval
power has lecured from French i:avation.
Fortune has fuppIicd the place Of prudence,
and PEACE has given them fed, IN which
i tie nation can expand, enrich and nal1i-
ply itfelf, with nore rapidly, with fewer
itnpsd:nsnss, and into wider bounds,
than was p,liible IN any other fed. 10
a government with ach views, lhal we
have The folly to olfer azoney2 Whas price
can we offer, fappodng them inclined to
fe!ls Wsar price is car revenue able to
give, which G.a.i cone within Al hundred
degrees Of is value to France? Our sn4
nual Tevenae can icagcely &c RATED 10 IL
teen nliHiaes. VIVA, poltion Of this can
we Il. &C, from lie payment ct our deoss,
tie fuPpcrt of oas government, the pro
motion Of pubic works, and provIfion tor
defence and internal crl.er, as ;rlpu.e 20
forsign power, which they will nor iPurn
az asa rsIty ccmnutaticn iof the be-
nedts they fufcr is 70 rob them OFF What
fun could We give, though We shculd
drain car yi,a.s 10 give i, that could
bear compafilon with .he aaual revcnue,
both to The pcoplc and the government,
which a Aoarilnirg eoiony wouid give
lIlem: revenue, imall, perhaps, at ii!it,
but continuing forever, and inceilansly
;ncreaiing Not to mention the increaie
oflfips, power and territory, which can
nor rc tsought within tie ford.d bounds
Of pecuniary calculaiion, the mere cir
that would flow into her ireafliy, and
flow On WITHOUT end, would ,eAecs con-
tempt upon tie Target tsiou,e we are able
TO offer; tribute, indsnifcant and pal
try in itieIf, and necshaTily terminating
in fixed time.
/" Bur let US not forget, that tribute,
THIS paid, Though Of 'ittle value to them,
is OF "a luc 10 Us far exceeding the nominal
fum. II ] hold farm and pay my rent
10 landlord thar lives upon The {pot, and
continues it all in buying my PTovifors or
rewarding ny iegvices, the burthen is bnt
light. The return of The money to me,
the fopplyng me with ready falc fer all
my ingenuity and labor produce, converts
The ren, into mere fimulsnt TO my IN
3uitry. The ability to pay is exactly
rroportioncd 10 the demands that are made,
and the wealth of the farmer keeps pace
with the revenue of the landlord.
g II, On the contrary, al, agent reilde |
on the premHes, and the rent Of my farm,
;nitead Of paying wage, to my children CT
immediate neighbors. who give IT back
10 ne for food, clothing and fhelter, is
inllantly remi,ted to landlord who re-
iidcs in diaant country, who buys with |
it the labour of MGR, Whole exltence is
no benefit to me, what hut poverty and
defpair can be Eay portion /? a rent OF an
hundred pounds, can more eahly be paid,
in the ArG CAFE, that one OF twenty ihll-
lings in the latter. The whole CT the
fit returns to ne, and with it / anfwer
the new demand which every quarter pro-
duces. The fecond, when paid, yanllhes |
away entirely, and am every year poorer
by this fun.
Il i, nor denied, but that a purchaie |
can be made at price which we can al
ford to give; for if F a ce lhould and
the country occupied by another, or II
England fhonld refolve not TO permit her